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Attention school marketing directors, are you looking for a way to reenergize your school's marketing mix and increase applications for full enrollment? An effective way of breathing new life into your admissions marketing is creating a great social media presence for your school or college. Imagine being able to effectively engage prospective students on the platforms where they already spend a significant amount of time: Facebook and Twitter. Informing potential applicants about all your school has to offer, while also entertaining them, via social network marketing can bring big rewards and help you reach your school admissions goals. In today's competitive marketplace, establishing and maintaining an engaging social media presence for your school really is a necessity.
Facebook reaches one billion users on a daily basis, and the average amount of time spent of the site is 25 minutes. Smart use of Facebook can bring your school increased visibility and brand identity. So, how do you create exciting school content on Facebook?
1. Have a Clear Focus
You can promote your Facebook Page, an event, applications or your website. Just focus on each one individually for the most impact. Facebook lets you highlight certain actions that your fans have taken, such as when people like your Page, like your content or make comments. This mirrors a traditional word-of-mouth marketing campaign. When prospective applicants see that their friends like your content, they are more likely to check it out.
2. Speak to the Needs of Your Audience
Think about the profiles or timelines of the individuals you want to reach with your ads, and generate content based on what your audience—prospective applicants—is most interested in. Share what makes your school unique. You can target applicants by: location, language, education, age, gender, likes, interests, connections and friends of connections.
3. Create Enticing Ads
Create a number of different versions of Facebook ads with distinct images and text to determine which combinations yield the most views and engagement. Your school Facebook ads should include your school name and a question or key information in their titles. Provide clear calls to action within the text of your ads, and highlight the benefits of doing so. Use a captivating photo that relates to your content. Experiment with demographics to find out which groups are most responsive to your ads. Use the Ads Manager to update your ads on a frequent and ongoing basis in order to keep them fresh and effective. Continually access your Ads Manager after launching a campaign to augment, edit and optimize your ad content. The Ads Manager provides demographic data and time factor analysis. Analyze specific time periods to learn how your ad performance has evolved, and learn which times of day your ads get the most attention.
Twitter has over 600 million users, and the average user spends 9 minutes on the site a day. Young people, including prospective students, spend a lot of time conversing, socializing and finding new information on the site. With high traffic and usage rates, social network marketing on Twitter would make a great addition to your marketing strategy—helping you reach out to your key demographic and achieve your admissions and enrollment and goals. How do you make your school succeed on Twitter?
Share lots of links to your school website and information about admissions news and events. Think about the people you want to reach with your content and generate content based on their interests. Creating calls to action in the content you share on Twitter will help you reach more prospective students and increase your ROI. An effective Tweeter is informative, entertaining, engaging and responsive—listening to, not only talking at, his or her followers. Twitter is a social network, so your marketing activity on the site should be social as well. Although sharing engaging content is essential, you also need to get involved, converse and truly engage your fellow Tweeters in order to achieve an increased ROI from your social network marketing.
Great Content Topics for Facebook and Twitter
1. Important School News
2. School cancellations due to weather
3. A photo of the day
4. Athletic scores and updates
5. Links to school newsletters and blog posts on your website
6. Admissions news and events
7. Alumni happenings
8. Engaging and relevant educational quotes
9. New academic offerings
10. Library additions and news
11. Outside news content that features your school
12. Community involvement, such as community service and fund raising
13. Extracurriculars, such as dramatic productions and student government
14. Spotlights on exceptional students, alumni and teachers
15. Videos of school milestones, such as graduation day and homecoming
Innovative Marketing Resources can create and maintain a targeted social media marketing campaign to help you reach your school admissions and enrollment goals. As a school marketing director, you are faced with two fundamental business needs. You need to understand the online application process so that you can forecast and predict application volume ahead of time, and you need to understand how different marketing initiatives can affect application volume. Max Traylor tackles these issues and provides insightful solutions in the Inbound Marketing for Schools Webinar.


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Kayla Gerdes On Drug Addiction, Recovery Years After Manslaughter ConvictionThe Long Island woman made national news in 2010 with her emotional perp walk after running over and killing a doctor while high on drugs.
Gov. Christie Pardons Man With Drug Abuse History For 1972 CrimeChristie took a step in an effort to end the stigma of drug addiction by pardoning a Philadelphia man with a history of drug use for crimes committed in NJ more than 40 years ago.
Gov. Christie Announces $12M For Addiction TreatmentGov. Chris Christie is continuing his public push against drug addiction.
21 Bills Introduced To Fight New Jersey Heroin Use, AddictionNew Jersey lawmakers are stepping up to try and fight the heroin epidemic.
Chiara De Blasio Honored For Opening Up About Depression, AddictionIn an article she wrote that was published on XOJane.com on Tuesday, Chiara de Blasio, the college-aged daughter of Mayor Bill de Blasio, didn't blame her family for her depression and drug addiction.
Dr. Max Gomez: Vaccine Designed To Kick Cocaine Addiction Near Human TrialsCocaine is one of the most addictive of all drugs. And an estimated 1.5 million Americans are hooked on it. But what if there were a vaccine that could help people kick their drug habit?
'Mean And Irritable' Mike Tyson: 'I Won't Survive Unless I Get Help' "When I start drinking and I relapse, I think of dying," Tyson said. "When I'm in a real dark mood, I think of dying. And I don't want to be around no more. I won't survive unless I get help."
Doc Gooden: Michael Lohan Was 'A Head Case,' Can See Why Lindsay Has Problems "Biggest issues? I would say Michael Lohan," Gooden told Rome. "Michael Lohan, I mean, he was definitely a head case. I hope he's doing well now, but now I can kind of understand why Lindsay has the problems she has."
Chris Herren Heads Back To Staten Island To Tell Story Of Drug AddictionAbout 1,000 high school students from 13 schools filled the St. George Theatre on Staten Island on Tuesday to hear from Chris Herren talk about drugs.
Schumer Calls On FDA To Change Prescription Drug Labels In Effort To Warn Pregnant WomenSchumer was joined by New York doctors on Sunday to call for a nationwide plan to combat the trend of babies being born addicted to prescription drugs or other opiates.
Former Jets Quarterback Ray Lucas Reflects On Drug Addiction, Suicidal Thoughts"I live day by day and one day at a time," Ray Lucas said. "I still have a lot of pain that I deal with, but I relish in the fact that sometimes you've got to walk through hell to get to heaven."
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Location | 428 Forest Ave. (house), 951 Chicago Ave. (studio), Oak Park, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°53′38.86″N 87°47′59.21″W / 41.8941278°N 87.7997806°WCoordinates: 41°53′38.86″N 87°47′59.21″W / 41.8941278°N 87.7997806°W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1889 |
Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architectural style | Shingle Style |
NRHP Reference # | 72000456[1] |
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Added to NRHP | September 14, 1972[1] |
Designated NHL | January 7, 1976[2] |
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a historic house designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Located at 951 Chicago Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois, the house has been restored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust to its appearance in 1909, the last year Frank Lloyd Wright lived there with his family.[3] Frank Lloyd Wright purchased the property and built the home in 1889 with a $5,000 loan from his employer Louis Sullivan.[3] He was 22 at the time, and newly wed to Catherine Tobin. The Wrights raised six children in the home.[3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and declared a National Historic Landmark four years later.[4]
The original 1889 structure was quite small. The home was extensively remodeled in 1895, when among other changes the kitchen was enlarged and converted to a dining room, the upstairs nursery was expanded and converted for use as Catherine's dayroom, and the Children's Playroom and a new kitchen were added to the back of the house.[3] A second major addition was made in 1898, when the Studio and Connecting Corridor were built.[3] In the Studio, Frank Lloyd Wright and associated architects like Walter Burley Griffin and sculptor Richard Bock advanced the Prairie School of Architecture and designed many notable structures, including the Robie House, Unity Temple, the Laura Gale home, and the Larkin building.[5] After 1909, the Studio was converted into a residence for his wife and the younger children. Later on, the Home and Studio became an apartment building. In the 1960s it fell into disrepair as the owners began to neglect the property due to financial problems. The longtime roofing company entrusted by Frank Lloyd Wright, Oak Park-based Tuscher Roofing, took control of the property. In 1974, the structure was handed over to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the 13-year restoration began.[citation needed][6]
The Home and Studio was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976,[4] and has received the American Institute of Architects' National Honor Award.[citation needed] It is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and has been restored, maintained, and operated as a museum by the The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.[3] Every May, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust hosts a housewalk of the home and studio and various private homes.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio is located in one of three historic districts of Oak Park, Illinois. It is specifically found in the Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District, which includes 27 Wright-designed structures as well as other historical and architecturally significant buildings.
The Home and Studio Museum Shop is currently located in the East end of the building, and carries most of the extensive Frank Lloyd Wright, Prairie and Arts & Crafts related products available at ShopWright.org.
Most of the sculptures on the exterior of the Home and studio were designed by Wright's friend and collaborator, Richard Bock. These include the two boulder figures flanking the entrance of the studio, which features a man crouching and breaking free from the ground beneath him. Bock also designed the stork capitals on the exterior loggia of the studio. The capitals signifies the tree of life, the book of knowledge, an architectural scroll, and two storks full of wisdom and fertility.
Wright's home included many sculptures on the interior which added to and contrasted with the anti-Victorian decor. These objects include a frieze from the Pergamon Altar and several sizes of Winged Victory of Samothrace as well as a bust of Beethoven.[6]
See also[edit]
- Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
- Frank Lloyd Wright-Prairie School of Architecture Historic District
- List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, chronological list of houses, commercial buildings and other works by Frank Lloyd Wright
- List of Frank Lloyd Wright works by location, covering 4 countries and 36 of the United States
- ^ a b National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ "Wright, Frank Lloyd, Home and Studio". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b c d e f Abernathy, Ann; Thorpe, John G. (1988). The Oak Park Home and Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. pp. 4, 5, 33, 44, 46. ISBN 0-945635-00-1.
- ^ a b Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, NHL Database, National Historic Landmarks Program. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ Twombly, Robert C. (1979). Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 153. ISBN 9780471857976. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
- ^ a b Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust (2001). Weil, Zarine, ed. Building a Legacy: The Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio. San Francisco: Pomegranate. ISBN 9780764914614.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio at Wikimedia Commons
- The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
- ShopWright.org
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IL-1099, "Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, 428 Forest Avenue & 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, IL", 7 photos, 17 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- Architecture museums in the United States
- Art museums in Illinois
- Artist studios
- Biographical museums in Illinois
- Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
- Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School of Architecture Historic District
- Historic house museums in Illinois
- Houses completed in 1889
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois
- Museums in Cook County, Illinois
- National Historic Landmarks in Illinois
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Illinois
- Oak Park, Illinois
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Illinois
- 1889 establishments in Illinois


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The one occasion when I met Nigel Farage, the rising star of British politics, was at the East India Club in London a few years ago. I was having a drink with a senior member of his United Kingdom Independence Party, an anti-EU pressure group that at that time seemed still relatively insignificant. In an unscheduled appearance, Farage, leader of the party, joined us to make a threesome. His opening line was that he had heard all about me. Given the circumstances this was clearly baloney but it was delivered with a knowing gaze that suggested my goodwill could somehow prove pivotal to the party's fortunes!
Farage is a charming glad-hander whose media skills have served his party well. The latest evidence is the party's astounding success in local elections in England and Wales yesterday. On the BBC's early estimates, the party has received 25 percent of the votes, up from 12 percent in 2009. The party's advance has clearly come at the expense of all three of Britain's establishment parties but for Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in particular the results have been painful.
Farage, in common with many of his UKIP colleagues, is a former Conservative who has a tendency to say what Conservative politicians merely think. This applies particularly in the case of immigration, a hot-button issue among ordinary Britons, and a particular threat to the Conservatives. The problem is that, under directives from Brussels, the UK has little control over immigration from elsewhere in the EU. Cameron is caught between the Scylla of trying to keep the UK in the EU and the Charybdis of incandescent popular rage at what Eastern European immigration is doing – or at least is allegedly doing – to Britain's traditional social stability. For an ancient nation this has a visceral significance that could prove a deal-breaker for the "European experiment."
The Conservatives have repeatedly tried name-calling, with Cameron in 2006 branding UKIP a bunch of "fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists." The other day Cameron's minister without portfolio Ken Clarke characterized UKIP a collection of "clowns." The evidence is that this strategy has backfired as many ordinary Britons consider UKIP's positions no more than commonsense. Even some members of the Conservative party believe the name-calling is counterproductive. Among them is Conservative member of Parliament Douglas Carswell, who has written: "UKIP is a reaction to the lack of authenticity amongst the smug, politics-as-usual elite who rule Westminster.....For too many people, both Labour and the Conservatives seem to be two sides of the same debased political currency."
Name calling apart, Cameron some months ago tried to turn anti-EU sentiment to his advantage by promising an in-out referendum on the EU -- provided only he is returned to power in the next general election.
At this stage, it appears that neither gambit is working. Certainly Farage, a relentlessly cheerful former financial trader, has much to be cheerful about. This despite the fact that the British electoral system gives establishment parties a large institutional advantage. As he points out, the rise of the Conservative Party of Canada in recent years is evidence that a British-style electoral system does not always shield a cosy political establishment from the depredations of a well-led bunch of insurgents.
For the immediate future, however, the most important implication of Farage's success is to put strong pressure on Cameron and his finance minister George Osborne to back away from austerity as a panacea for the UK's economic ills.


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Study Establishes Health Benefits of Whole Grape Extract
Scientists from KGK Synergize administered 350 mg daily of VinCare®, a patented WGE from Ethical Naturals Inc. (ENI) to 24 human subjects in a six-week randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. They found that the VinCare® group experienced significantly increased HDL-cholesterol ("good" cholesterol) levels compared to the placebo group. Moreover, the study found that levels of 8-isoprastane (a marker of oxidative stress) and oxidized LDL (a risk factor for heart disease) fell for the extract group.
Given that all subjects exhibited symptoms for either pre-hypertension, overweight, pre-diabetes, or a combination, the results are particularly promising for population health.
"Our team put a lot of work into the development, patenting and GRAS affirmation of this ingredient (VinCare®)," comments Cal Bewicke, President of ENI. "This is something of a breakthrough, and does open the door for a new range of products in this important area of health support."
Ethical Naturals Inc. (ENI), a leading supplier of botanical ingredients to the U.S. and worldwide, produces VinCare® in a patented process. And while grapes and their corresponding extracts, with resveratrol, polyphenols, proanthocyanidins, and flavonoids have long been known to benefit overall health, this study demonstrates the impact of VinCare® on total cholesterol/HDL-C ratios, which were significantly improved for the extract group.
"The report provides specific, dose-related information for the use of a grape extract that supports cardiovascular health and antioxidant activity," says Bewicke. "So the results of this study are very gratifying to us."
About Ethical Naturals Inc. (ENI)
ENI is dedicated to bringing a new level of knowledge and integrity to the supply of key natural raw materials for the health supplement industry. ENI's key principle, NATURE VERIFIED BY SCIENCE®, is validated through their ProfileProven® Quality Assurance system, a program that tests and guarantees every ingredient from field to finished product. ENI offers a full range of standardized botanical extracts, plus a range of proprietary and patent-pending ingredients in leading categories including: antioxidants, joint care, and mood relaxants.


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'Tis the season and all that jive; beneath the tree this first week of November you will find two films set during the final week of December, when sugarplums and candy canes go on sale at the concessions stand for all the good little girls and boys' parents to buy in bulk. While Love Actually, with its four-lettered language and frequent flashes of skin, may be for the grown-ups, do not think Elf is where you drop off the kids for their screening; Will Ferrell, carrying director Jon Favreau's bag like it weighs two pounds, is no mere baby sitter. Elf may be no more than a pleasant, amusing trifle, a grin that fades well before Thanksgiving, but it also will endure in the way all decent Hollywood-made Christmas fairy tales last if they're rendered with good cheer and goodwill. Certainly it fancies itself an instant classic, with its copious references to holiday immortals -- Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life, the claymation of Rankin-Bass -- intended to suggest it not only borrows but also belongs.
With a cast that includes Ed Asner as Santa Claus and Bob Newhart as the elf who adopts a human infant and raises him as one of Santa's little helpers, Elf has the feel of a CBS-TV reunion movie; just where are Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury? Certainly, Elf's as inoffensive as prime-time programming; it's as cheery, too, a feel-good fairy tale with more happy endings than a back-alley massage parlor. Not even Amy Sedaris, Andy Richter and Tenacious D'er Kyle Gass as employees of a publisher of children's books can subvert the wholesomeness. Along with Upright Citizen Brigade's Matt Walsh (playing, uh, himself), they're pranksters at a 5-year-old's birthday party, throwing water balloons and pretending they're hand grenades.
Ferrell, recently seen streaking down Main Street on an Old School bender, spends the entirety of Elf in green tights and a pointy hat; it's his commitment to the costume this time that's truly amazing, transforming what could have been a sketch into something a wee bit more substantial. (The dude has silver balls.) Ferrell plays Buddy, a human amongst elves who eats nothing but candy and can't understand why he doesn't fit in the shower or on Bob Newhart's lap. He's as oblivious as he is useless, too big to build toys or make shoes, which leaves him nothing else to do except change the batteries in the fire detector and test defective toys. Still, it comes as a shock when he discovers he's not an elf at all, but a human whose daddy (James Caan) lives in New York City -- and is on the naughty list, to boot. So off he goes to Manhattan, where, Santa warns him, "a peep show doesn't mean they're letting you look at the presents early."
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Favreau, maker of Made and reformed Swinger, has created a bizarro fantasy world in which the North Pole's populated by talking snowmen and animated penguins; says Leon the Snowman, voiced by Leon Redbone, "I was just rolled up and left out here." It's the kind of kiddy wonderland Henry Selick, of The Nightmare Before Christmas, would love -- a brightly lighted fantasia in which dark things lie just beneath snow-covered surfaces. And it feels more real than New York City, where Gimbel's is still open for business and evil cops live in a Central Park castle and ride through the night like headless horsemen hunting stray reindeer. It's also a place where Zooey Deschanel (Almost Famous, The Good Girl) doesn't mind terribly much to find Buddy in the women's bathroom, accompanying her in a duet while she takes a shower; she's peeved enough to go out with him, after all.
There's nothing at all adventurous about Elf; it couldn't be more formulaic if it was cooked up in a chemistry lab. It goes for the obvious and lingers occasionally too long, never more so than when The Station Agent's Peter Dinklage shows up as a mean children's book writer and Buddy keeps referring to him as an elf, which sends the small man into an enormous, violent fit of rage. Elf's like Buddy himself, on a sugar high where everything seems enormously funny and sends everyone into fits of giggling and snorting. Elf plays too often like a first-timer's screenplay, because it is: David Berenbaum sold it on spec, and now finds himself polishing off old Disney product (Haunted Mansion, The Love Bug) to sell for the holidays.
You can, but of course, see the ending climbing down the chimney well before Christmas Eve: Santa's sleigh can't fly without a full supply of Christmas cheer, and Caan, as Buddy's biological father and a cynical publisher of books for the very children he can't seem to stomach, is the consummate Grinch. Will Buddy thaw his little black heart in time to propel Santa 'round the world? And will his daddy find a hit book in all this holiday fa-la-la? Do reindeers crap in the woods?
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The Venerable Bede
Biblical scholar and 'Father of English History
Bede, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow, both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede's monastery had access to a superb library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius among many others.
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The Venerable Bede (673-735) Within the walls of the imposing Norman Cathedral of Durham lies the simple tomb of a Christian monk who has earned the title as "Father of English History."
Bede was born at Tyne, in County Durham, and was taken as a child of seven to the monastery of Wearmouth. Shortly afterwards he was moved to become one of the first members of the monastic community at Jarrow. Here, he was ordained a deacon when he was 19 and a priest when he was 30; and here he spent the rest of his life. He never traveled outside of this area but yet, became one of the most learned men of Europe.
The scholarship and culture of Italy had been brought to Britain where it was transported to Jarrow. Here it was combined with the simpler traditions, devotions and evangelism of the Celtic church. In this setting Bede learned the love of scholarship, personal devotion and discipline . He mastered Latin, Greek and Hebrew and had a good knowledge of the classical scholars and early church fathers.
Bede's writings cover a broad spectrum including natural history, poetry, Biblical translation and exposition of the scriptures. His earliest Biblical commentary was probably that on the book of the Revelation. He is credited with writing three known Latin hymns.
He is remembered chiefly for his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People." This five volume work records events in Britain from the raids by Julius Caesar in 55-54 BC to the arrival of the first missionary from Rome, Saint Augustine in 597. Bede's writings are considered the best summary of this period of history ever prepared. Some have called it "the finest historical work of the early Middle Ages."
Bede's motive for recording history reminds us of his deepest desires. He clearly states his purpose in his writings when he says, "For if history records good things of good men, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records evil of wicked men, the good, religious reader or listener is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and perverse, and to follow what he knows to be good and pleasing to God."
Works by The Venerable Bede
The Ecclesiastical History of England examines the religious and political history of the Anglo-Saxons from the fifth century to 731 AD. St. Bede's historical survey opens with a broad outline of Roman Britain's geography and history. St. Bede pays special attention to the disagreement between Roman and Celtic Christians, the dates and locations of significant events in the Christian calendar, and political upheaval during the 600's. St. Bede collected information from a variety of monasteries, early Church and government writings, and the oral histories of Rome and Britain. This book is useful to people looking for a brief survey of religious and political figures and events in Anglo-Saxon history. Readers should recognize that St. Bede's religious and political biases are subtly reflected in his historiography, diminishing its objectivity. Nonetheless, his Ecclesiastical History of England is one of the most important texts of the Anglo-Saxon history. The book's historical import is evidenced by the fact that nearly 200 hand written copies were produced in the Middle Ages. St. Bede's text has since been translated into several different languages.
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Leafs Face Panthers, Red-Hot Luongo
by Staff Writer / Toronto Maple LeafsGAME: Toronto Maple Leafs (34-17-9-3) at Florida Panthers (22-25-13-3).
TIME: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST.
The Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs are playing their best hockey at the right time.
The Panthers will look to tie their longest unbeaten streak in more than four years, while the Maple Leafs will try to extend their road unbeaten run to eight games when they teams meet in Florida.
Florida extended its unbeaten run to four (2-0-2) and handed Boston its first regulation loss in 13 games with Monday's 2-0 victory at FleetCenter. The Panthers haven't gone unbeaten in five straight since a five-game winning streak from Jan. 8-17, 2000.
Roberto Luongo made 38 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, and Darcy Hordichuk and Andreas Lilja scored as Florida improved to 4-2-2 under new coach John Torchetti and moved into 10th place in the Eastern Conference.
Luongo has lost just twice in his last eight starts, posting a 1.23 goals-against average over that span.
"He's like our sixth defenceman, and you know you can take extra chances," Hordichuk said of Luongo. "That's why he's been an All-Star. If guys don't think he's the real deal, he's proven them wrong."
Toronto fell 2-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday for its third loss in its last four home games.
The Maple Leafs, however, are riding a 6-0-1 surge away from the Air Canada Centre. Toronto went unbeaten in a franchise-record nine straight road games during the 1947-48 season.
Leafs backup goalie Mikael Tellqvist made his third straight start Monday in place of injured Ed Belfour. Tellqvist lost for the first time this season, but continues to make a strong case to remain the backup when Belfour returns.
Belfour has missed nine of the last 10 games because of a back injury. Regular backup Trevor Kidd is 1-3-1 while allowing 22 goals in his last five starts.
"We can't blame it on him. He had an excellent game," Toronto captain Mats Sundin said after Tellqvist made 27 saves on Monday. "He gave us a chance, and that's all you can ask. We have to get better."
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Use the CREATE
statement to create a standalone stored function or a call specification.
A stored function (also called a user function or user-defined function) is a set of PL/SQL statements you can call by name. Stored functions are very similar to procedures, except that a function returns a value to the environment in which it is called. User functions can be used as part of a SQL expression.
A call specification declares a Java method or a third-generation language (3GL) routine so that it can be called from SQL and PL/SQL. The call specification tells Oracle Database which Java method, or which named function in which shared library, to invoke when a call is made. It also tells the database what type conversions to make for the arguments and return value.
You can also create a function as part of a package using theCREATE
statement.See Also:
CREATE PROCEDURE for a general discussion of procedures and functions, CREATE PACKAGE for information on creating packages, ALTER FUNCTION and DROP FUNCTION for information on modifying and dropping a function
"Examples" for examples of creating functions
CREATE LIBRARY for information on shared libraries
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals for more information about registering external functions
Before a stored function can be created, the user SYS
must run a SQL script that is commonly called DBMSSTDX.SQL
. The exact name and location of this script depend on your operating system.
To create a function in your own schema, you must have the CREATE
system privilege. To create a function in another user's schema, you must have the CREATE
system privilege. To replace a function in another user's schema, you must have the ALTER
system privilege.
To invoke a call specification, you may need additional privileges, for example, EXECUTE
privileges on a C library for a C call specification.
To embed a CREATE
statement inside an Oracle precompiler program, you must terminate the statement with the keyword END-EXEC
followed by the embedded SQL statement terminator for the specific language.
See Also:
PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference or Oracle Database Java Developer's Guide for more information on such prerequisites(invoker_rights_clause ::=, parallel_enable_clause::=)
Specify OR
to re-create the function if it already exists. Use this clause to change the definition of an existing function without dropping, re-creating, and regranting object privileges previously granted on the function. If you redefine a function, then Oracle Database recompiles it.
Users who had previously been granted privileges on a redefined function can still access the function without being regranted the privileges.
If any function-based indexes depend on the function, then Oracle Database marks the indexes DISABLED
See Also:
ALTER FUNCTION for information on recompiling functionsSpecify the schema to contain the function. If you omit schema
, Oracle Database creates the function in your current schema.
Specify the name of the function to be created. If creating the function results in compilation errors, then Oracle Database returns an error. You can see the associated compiler error messages with the SHOW
Restrictions on User-Defined Functions User-defined functions are subject to the following restrictions:
User-defined functions cannot be used in situations that require an unchanging definition. Thus, you cannot use user-defined functions:
In a CHECK
constraint clause of a CREATE
or ALTER
In a DEFAULT
clause of a CREATE
or ALTER
In addition, when a function is called from within a query or DML statement, the function cannot:
Have OUT
or IN
Commit or roll back the current transaction, create a savepoint or roll back to a savepoint, or alter the session or the system. DDL statements implicitly commit the current transaction, so a user-defined function cannot execute any DDL statements.
Write to the database, if the function is being called from a SELECT
statement. However, a function called from a subquery in a DML statement can write to the database.
Write to the same table that is being modified by the statement from which the function is called, if the function is called from a DML statement.
Except for the restriction on OUT
and IN
parameters, Oracle Database enforces these restrictions not only for function
when called directly from the SQL statement, but also for any functions that function
calls, and on any functions called from the SQL statements executed by function
or any functions it calls.
See Also:
"Creating a Function: Examples"Specify the name of an argument to the function. If the function does not accept arguments, you can omit the parentheses following the function name.
Restriction on Function Arguments If you are creating an aggregate function, you can specify only one argument.
IN Specify IN
to indicate that you must supply a value for the argument when calling the function. This is the default.
OUT Specify OUT
to indicate that the function will set the value of the argument.
IN OUT Specify IN
to indicate that a value for the argument can be supplied by you and may be set by the function.
NOCOPY Specify NOCOPY
to instruct Oracle Database to pass this argument as fast as possible. This clause can significantly enhance performance when passing a large value like a record, an index-by table, or a varray to an OUT
or IN
parameter. IN
parameter values are always passed NOCOPY
When you specify NOCOPY
, assignments made to a package variable may show immediately in this parameter, or assignments made to this parameter may show immediately in a package variable, if the package variable is passed as the actual assignment corresponding to this parameter.
Similarly, changes made either to this parameter or to another parameter may be visible immediately through both names if the same variable is passed to both.
If the procedure is exited with an unhandled exception, any assignment made to this parameter may be visible in the caller's variable.
These effects may or may not occur on any particular call. You should use NOCOPY
only when these effects would not matter.
For datatype, specify the datatype of the return value of the function. Because every function must return a value, this clause is required. The return value can have any datatype supported by PL/SQL.
Oracle SQL does not support calling of functions with Boolean parameters or returns. Therefore, if your user-defined functions will be called from SQL statements, you must design them to return numbers (0 or 1) or character strings ('TRUE
' or 'FALSE
').The datatype cannot specify a length, precision, or scale. Oracle Database derives the length, precision, or scale of the return value from the environment from which the function is called.
If the return type is ANYDATASET
and you intend to use the function in the FROM
clause of a query, then you must also specify the PIPELINED
clause and define a describe method (ODCITableDescribe
) as part of the implementation type of the function.
See Also:
PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference for information on PL/SQL datatypes
Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for information on defining the ODCITableDescribe
The invoker_rights_clause
lets you specify whether the function executes with the privileges and in the schema of the user who owns it or with the privileges and in the schema of CURRENT_USER
This clause also determines how Oracle Database resolves external names in queries, DML operations, and dynamic SQL statements in the function.
Specify CURRENT_USER
if you want the function to execute with the privileges of CURRENT_USER
. This clause creates an invoker-rights function.
This clause also specifies that external names in queries, DML operations, and dynamic SQL statements resolve in the schema of CURRENT_USER
. External names in all other statements resolve in the schema in which the function resides.
Specify DEFINER
if you want the function to execute with the privileges of the owner of the schema in which the function resides, and that external names resolve in the schema where the function resides. This is the default and creates a definer-rights function.
See Also:
Oracle Database Concepts and Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals for information on how CURRENT_USER
is determined
Oracle Database Security Guide for information on invoker-rights and definer-rights types
Specify DETERMINISTIC
to indicate that the function returns the same result value whenever it is called with the same values for its arguments.
You must specify this keyword if you intend to call the function in the expression of a function-based index or from the query of a materialized view that is marked REFRESH
or ENABLE
. When Oracle Database encounters a deterministic function in one of these contexts, it attempts to use previously calculated results when possible rather than reexecuting the function. If you subsequently change the semantics of the function, you must manually rebuild all dependent function-based indexes and materialized views.
Do not specify this clause to define a function that uses package variables or that accesses the database in any way that might affect the return result of the function. The results of doing so will not be captured if Oracle Database chooses not to reexecute the function.
The following semantic rules govern the use of the DETERMINISTIC
You can declare a top-level subprogram DETERMINISTIC
You can declare a package-level subprogram DETERMINISTIC
in the package specification but not in the package body.
You cannot declare DETERMINISTIC
a private subprogram (declared inside another subprogram or inside a package body).
subprogram can call another subprogram whether the called program is declared DETERMINISTIC
or not.
See Also:
Oracle Data Warehousing Guide for information on materialized views
CREATE INDEX for information on function-based indexes
is an optimization hint indicating that the function can be executed from a parallel execution server of a parallel query operation. The function should not use session state, such as package variables, as those variables are not necessarily shared among the parallel execution servers.
The optional PARTITION
clause is used only with functions that have a REF
argument type. It lets you define the partitioning of the inputs to the function from the REF
Partitioning the inputs to the function affects the way the query is parallelized when the function is used as a table function in the FROM
clause of the query. ANY
indicates that the data can be partitioned randomly among the parallel execution servers. Alternatively, you can specify RANGE
or HASH
partitioning on a specified column list.
The optional streaming_clause
lets you order or cluster the parallel processing by a specified column list.
indicates that the rows on a parallel execution server must be locally ordered.
indicates that the rows on a parallel execution server must have the same key values as specified by the column_list
identifies the REF
parameter name of the table function on which partitioning was specified, and on whose columns you are specifying ordering or clustering for each slave in a parallel query execution.
The columns specified in all of these optional clauses refer to columns that are returned by the REF
argument of the function.
See Also:
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals, Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide, and PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference for more information on user-defined aggregate functionsSpecify PIPELINED
to instruct Oracle Database to return the results of a table function iteratively. A table function returns a collection type (a nested table or varray). You query table functions by using the TABLE
keyword before the function name in the FROM
clause of the query. For example:
SELECT * FROM TABLE(function_name(...))
Oracle Database then returns rows as they are produced by the function.
If you specify the keyword PIPELINED
alone (PIPELINED
...), the PL/SQL function body should use the PIPE
keyword. This keyword instructs the database to return single elements of the collection out of the function, instead of returning the whole collection as a single value.
You can specify the PIPELINED
clause if you want to predefine an interface containing the start, fetch, and close operations. The implementation type must implement the ODCITable
interface and must exist at the time the table function is created. This clause is useful for table functions that will be implemented in external languages such as C++ and Java.
If the return type of the function is ANYDATASET
, then you must also define a describe method (ODCITableDescribe
) as part of the implementation type of the function.
See Also:
PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference and Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals for more information on table functions
Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for information on ODCI routines
Specify AGGREGATE
to identify this function as an aggregate function, or one that evaluates a group of rows and returns a single row. You can specify aggregate functions in the select list, HAVING
clause, and ORDER
When you specify a user-defined aggregate function in a query, you can treat it as an analytic function (one that operates on a query result set). To do so, use the OVER
syntax available for built-in analytic functions. See "Analytic Functions" for syntax and semantics.
In the USING
clause, specify the name of the implementation type of the function. The implementation type must be an object type containing the implementation of the ODCIAggregate
routines. If you do not specify schema
, Oracle Database assumes that the implementation type is in your own schema.
Restriction on Creating Aggregate Functions If you specify this clause, you can specify only one input argument for the function.
See Also:
Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for information on ODCI routines and "Creating Aggregate Functions: Example"Use the appropriate part of this clause to declare the body of the function.
pl/sql_subprogram_body Use the
to declare the function in a PL/SQL subprogram body.
See Also:
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals for more information on PL/SQL subprograms and "Using a Packaged Procedure in a Function: Example"call_spec Use the call_spec
to map a Java or C method name, parameter types, and return type to their SQL counterparts. In Java_declaration,
' identifies the Java implementation of the method.
See Also:
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals for an explanation of the parameters and semantics of the C_declaration
AS EXTERNAL In earlier releases, AS
was an alternative way of declaring a C method. This clause has been deprecated and is supported for backward compatibility only. Oracle recommends that you use the AS
Creating a Function: Examples The following statement creates the function get_bal
on the sample table oe.orders
(the PL/SQL is in italics):
CREATE FUNCTION get_bal(acc_no IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS acc_bal NUMBER(11,2); BEGIN SELECT order_total INTO acc_bal FROM orders WHERE customer_id = acc_no; RETURN(acc_bal); END; /
The get_bal
function returns the balance of a specified account.
When you call the function, you must specify the argument acc_no
, the number of the account whose balance is sought. The datatype of acc_no
is NUMBER
The function returns the account balance. The RETURN
clause of the CREATE
statement specifies the datatype of the return value to be NUMBER
The function uses a SELECT
statement to select the balance
column from the row identified by the argument acc_no
in the orders
table. The function uses a RETURN
statement to return this value to the environment in which the function is called.
The function created in the preceding example can be used in a SQL statement. For example:
SELECT get_bal(165) FROM DUAL; GET_BAL(165) ------------ 2519
The hypothetical following statement creates a PL/SQL standalone function get_val
that registers the C routine c_get_val
as an external function. (The parameters have been omitted from this example; the PL/SQL is in italics.)
CREATE FUNCTION get_val ( x_val IN NUMBER, y_val IN NUMBER, image IN LONG RAW ) RETURN BINARY_INTEGER AS LANGUAGE C NAME "c_get_val" LIBRARY c_utils PARAMETERS (...);
Creating Aggregate Functions: Example The next statement creates an aggregate function called SecondMax
to aggregate over number values. It assumes that the object type SecondMaxImpl
routines contains the implementations of the ODCIAggregate
CREATE FUNCTION SecondMax (input NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER PARALLEL_ENABLE AGGREGATE USING SecondMaxImpl;
See Also:
Oracle Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for the complete implementation of type and type body forSecondMaxImpl
You would use such an aggregate function in a query like the following statement, which queries the sample table hr.employees
SELECT SecondMax(salary), department_id FROM employees GROUP BY department_id HAVING SecondMax(salary) > 9000; SECONDMAX(SALARY) DEPARTMENT_ID ----------------- ------------- 13500 80 17000 90
Using a Packaged Procedure in a Function: Example The following statement creates a function that uses a DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH
procedure to return the length of a CLOB
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION text_length(a CLOB) RETURN NUMBER DETERMINISTIC IS BEGIN RETURN DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(a); END;
See Also:
"Creating a Function-Based Index on a LOB Column: Example" to see how to use this function to create a function-based index


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The move has astounded Jenny and Tim Bennett and a human rights lawyer, who said the couple's right to privacy has been breached.
The Christchurch City Council admitted on Tuesday it used the devices and normally sought permission before installing them.
That did not happen in the Bennetts' case.
It has now recalled all listening devices until its animal management officers have received refresher training to ensure they followed correct procedure.
This is appalling. To have the Council bugging residents because they own a dog. I'd be horrified at the thought that any conversations I'd had in my garden were being recorded by the local Council.
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For William Christie, founder of Les Arts Florissants: "Rameau is certainly the most important dance composer before Stravinsky. [...] At the end of this glorious Indes Galantes we have a rather extraordinary piece called La Danse du Grand Calumet, and since we've revived this work – and we've done it 40 or 50 times, maybe – the effect that it has on an audience is absolutely guaranteed. I can look out and watch the audience starting to move."
On Andrei Serban's opinion, Rameau's first opera-ballet, rediscovered in the middle of the 20th century and now known mostly thanks to William Christie and his crew, perfectly matches with the wishes of the audience nowadays. "We go to the opera to escape all this [tension]. To really feel that there is something that in art, in music, in theatre, in dance we are hungry for. [...] Rameau tells us, with his great wisdom, leave all that for life, for your everyday life. Come to the opera and just enter into another reality, into the reality of the imagination, escape the low quality of your life and try to reach higher."
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Paris St Germain beat Dynamo Kiev 2-0 to progress in the Champions League
Paris St Germain secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-0 win in Dynamo Kiev.
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Ezequiel Lavezzi struck both goals as Paris St Germain secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev.
Lavezzi gave PSG the lead against the run of play with a fine goal on the stroke of half-time and then made it 2-0 seven minutes after the re-start following a costly error by Dynamo defender Yevhen Khacheridi.
That was enough to secure PSG a top-two finish and they are still battling leaders Porto for first place in Group A, with one point separating the two.
Dynamo needed a win to keep alive their hopes of a place in the knockout stages while PSG only required a draw, and that was evident by the way the Ukrainian side took the game to their opponents in the first half.
Alex missed a good chance for the visitors early on but then Dynamo started to put PSG goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu in their sights.
Sirigu should really have been picking the ball out of the back of his net in the 25th minute though when, after he had done well to push out a Gusev header from on his line, Denys Garmash was left with a virtual open goal to aim at, but he incredibly smashed the ball wide from six yards out.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic tested Maksym Koval at the other end before Dynamo were back on the attack with Miguel curling a 30-yard free-kick inches wide before Dudu also saw an effort go not far from inside the area.
Dynamo could not find the breakthrough though and they were hit on the stroke of half-time by a rapid PSG counter-attack which Lavezzi finished off.
The Argentina international launched the attack himself from inside his own half before playing the ball out to Ibrahimovic on the right and continuing his charge down the centre. Ibrahimovic's return ball was perfectly weighted for Lavezzi to run onto before cleverly dinking the ball over the diving Koval.
That was a huge blow to Dynamo, but worse was to follow at the start of the second half when they gifted PSG a second goal - from which there was no way back. Khacheridi's attempted back-pass to his keeper from inside his own area was woefully under-hit and Blaise Matuidi got there before Koval and poked the ball inside to Lavezzi, who tapped into an empty net.
Dynamo needed a quick response and they almost got it in the 57th minute when Dudu's deflected shot looked to be looping inside the far post, but Sirigu did superbly to back-peddle and claw the ball away for a corner.
Dynamo would not come any closer than that in the remainder of the match as they had to settle for a place in the Europa League.
Dynamo Kyiv | Team Statistics | Paris Saint Germain |
0 | Goals | 2 |
0 | 1st Half Goals | 1 |
5 | Shots on Target | 3 |
8 | Shots off Target | 2 |
5 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
6 | Corners | 1 |
15 | Fouls | 16 |
2 | Offsides | 3 |
4 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
81.6 | Passing Success | 78.7 |
24 | Tackles | 27 |
70.8 | Tackles Success | 63 |
52.4 | Possession | 47.6 |
56.1 | Territorial Advantage | 43.9 |
429 | Total Passes | 395 |
27 | Total Crosses | 11 |
155 | Lost Balls | 147 |
66 | Recoveries | 71 |
51 | 1st Half Poss. | 49 |
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Promariner 2500 or Xantrex Freedom 2000?
I'm in the market for a charger/inverter... Pretty sold on a single unit vs a separate charger and inverter for simplicity sake.
I don't want to spend 3000 on a mastervolt or Charles (which would be my obvious first choice). I would really like to spend around 1000. Anyone have luck with either the xantrex freedom 2000 or promariner 2500? Or recommend another C/I in that price range? Thanks |
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I have a 32' ericson sailboat btw. Light coastal cruising, part time live aboard (8-10 nights a month). Fwiw
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Where are you fitting the battery capacity on an E-32 (32-200, 32, 32-3?) for a 2000W inverter?
Personally I think the Magnum I/C's are quite good, reliable and have good tech support. The MMS1012 is a nice compact pure sine 1000W X 50A I/C.. Mastervolt & Victron are also good but pricey. What are you using this for? What type of loads will you actually be drawing? Even 1000W is a LOT to be drawing without a large bank to back it up.. I would certainly recommend a pure sine model if spending the money to do this. The Xantrex SW2000 will be the best price but you need to add in the cost for the remote (you do with most). The tech support and history of Xantrex reliability should be well researched before making a buying decision. We really need more info about your system to more accurately give you the best advice. |
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Actually I don't have much of an AC power requirement while underway... I really use AC power mainly off shore power at the dock. That said, I need a new charger, and the boat doesn't have an inverter so I thought I'd get a C/I and "upgrade" a bit. 1000w is plenty, but I just thought the better units (read more reliable) were only available in the higher wattages. I hadn't really considered battery capacity because I can't imagine drawing more than 600-800W offshore. Does that magnum have or require a remote panel? Are there any decent 1000W or less combi units beside Magnum? |
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The REAL issue you should consider is this: with a combined unit, if one side goes belly up, so does the other. Maine Sail has long been a proponent of separate units and there is great validity to that point of view. Especially given your situation, where you do not "need" AC power when not at a dock.
That said, when I researched this for our new-to-us 1986 boat in 1998, I did all my homework, research and cost estimates. I chose to go with a Freedom 15 and a Link 2000. The Freedom "forced" me to consider how to wire my charging systems (shorepower AND alternator) since the Freedom only had one output, just like the alternator. Back then most folks had moved to separate house and reserve banks and used two output shorepower charging systems, so they didn't worry too much about the single alternator output 'cuz they'd go home and plug in. We liked being out on the hook. That's how I "discovered" the Yandina combiner, which remains operative on our boat. That said: If I were you, I'd buy separate units. |
Re: Promariner 2500 or Xantrex Freedom 2000?
I second the suggestion of Magnum products. The small charter company I work for has been migrating away from Xantrex for a while now. As they fail, they are not repaired but instead replaced with Magnum. Magnums have been pretty much bulletproof. That was a poor ballistic phrase....
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Re: Promariner 2500 or Xantrex Freedom 2000?
Thanks everyone...
Ugh, I ordered a magnum MMS1012 from an online retailler, and after a week with no shipping and no confirmation - I emailed them.. No reply... Then I called - No reply... Then I sent another email saying that the customer service was horrendous, and if they dont reply, I'd post a negative review... Then the CEO of (said) online retailer replied and said the item was out of stock, that they had emailed me 4 times (lies), and that he researched my business (I own one - unrelated to boating) based on my email address and was going to "retaliate - Times 5" if I posted a negative review using his "Power as CEO". Unbelievable. Anyhow, I filed a report with ripoffreport.com... What a nightmare So this has nothing to do with Magnum, but I'm now wondering about (control) with separate charger/inverters. I like the idea of the remote panel, automatic switching, etc with the combo unit.. If I bought a separate charger and inverter how does the "switching" happen? is there a remote panel that can manage a separate charger and inverter? Thanks in advance... You guys are awesome and unbelievably helpful. |
Re: Promariner 2500 or Xantrex Freedom 2000?
Sorry to hear about your difficulties.
As far as separate units, you MUST install a switch that will allow ONLY either the shorepower or the inverter to feed your AC on board unless you do not connect your inverter to your AC wiring. The advantage of the combo units are they have internal automatic transfer switches. The Blue Sea 8032 or 8132 work just fine, and they also have a rotary switch model, but I don't have that model #. |
Re: Promariner 2500 or Xantrex Freedom 2000?
I would buy two seperrate units and a switch. Look into Mastervolt chargers...they are great
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Late last week Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the United Nations to request an official recognition of Palestine as an independent state with full statehood status at the UN.
The majority of Christians and church leaders in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip support the Palestinian bid to seek full statehood at the United Nations. This position is not driven by anti-Israeli or anti-American sentiments but rather because most Arab Christians believe that without a resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict they have no future in the Middle East, and without Palestinian statehood, there will be no end to the conflict.
The political turmoil in Palestine and the neighboring countries has prompted many Christians to abandon their homelands and seek refuge in Western countries. This trend will continue until the political chaos that springs up from the Arab-Israeli conflict ends.
Consequently, Western Christians who are concerned for the future of the Church in the Palestinian territories and the rest of the Middle East need to support the Palestinian drive for statehood.
Palestinians, like most nations, are seeking a free, independent and peaceful state on 22 percent of historic Palestine and have already recognized Israel's sovereignty on 78 percent of the land. Palestinians have shown willingness to swap land with the State of Israel in order to make accommodations for what Israelis call 'new facts on the ground.' In addition, Palestinians are willing to consider the Israeli demand that a future Palestinian state would be demilitarized and allow for measures that create secure borders for the State of Israel.
Furthermore, as the Middle East and North Africa experience tremendous political awakenings, peace with the Palestinians is the top guarantee to peace and security for the State of Israel. A genuine peace treaty will bring as much peace to the Israelis as to the Palestinians and to many countries of the world including the United States.
Those who pray for "the peace of Jerusalem" need, at the same time, to support the immediate creation of a Palestinian state. Christians tarnish their testimony in the world when they continue to endorse or be passive about the lingering injustice in Palestine.
The Israeli government refused to halt the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank in order for negotiations to resume. Even when the American administration requested a two months' freeze on settlement construction to allow for negotiations, the Israeli government wouldn't cooperate. Now, Israelis are accusing Palestinians of refusing to return to negotiations.
How can one negotiate with a friend on dividing a cake when, all the while, the friend is eating the cake?
It is not that Palestinians are against negotiations, but rather, they are exhausted by two decades of fruitless and painful wrangling with Israeli leaders. It is our Christian duty to become aware of what is going on in political circles and on the ground and then to take a stand with the truth. Christians are not called to be morally passive and politically indifferent but rather to be active in promoting solutions that will bring about reconciliation and an end to the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians.
Some Christians hesitate supporting the Palestinian bid for statehood for fear that it may result in creating a militant Islamic state. Fortunately, the current move for statehood is driven by the most secular, progressive and non-violent branch of the PLO. For this reason, Hamas, the Islamist movement in Palestine is not in agreement with the move.
The danger is this: If the Palestinian Authority fails to deliver to Palestinians an independent Palestinian state due to US and Israeli political maneuverings, in the near future, the secular Palestinian government will surely fall and only Hamas will be left to lead the Palestinian struggle for independence. This does not bode well for Israelis, Palestinians, future peace talks, or for the Christian communities in the Middle East.
The Church loses its influence in the world if it abandons its mission to be "the salt of the earth and "a light to the nations." May the light of Christ in us help guide the Palestinian people in their perilous path towards statehood.
Rev. Alex Awad is the director of the Shepherd Society, a local ministry of Bethlehem Bible College, serving marginalized families in the West Bank. He is also the pastor of East Jerusalem Baptist Church, an interdenominational and international congregation which meets in the Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
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WORLD'S TALLEST SKYSCRAPER BEING BUILT BY SLAVESby Rafia Zakaria |
(PNS) -- While newspapers across the Middle East and South Asia spend much time decrying the imperialism of Western countries' poor treatment of Muslim minorities, little or no energy is spent discussing the plight of the Gulf's modern-day slaves, whose masters claim to be the most authentic and representative Muslims.According to news reports Burj Dubai is set to overtake Taipei 101 and the Sears Tower as the world's tallest building in the coming months. The Burj, which means tower in Arabic, will have 124 floors upon completion, as well as a luxury hotel and four luxury swimming pools along with offices and residential units. Designed to resemble a glittering desert flower, the Burj Dubai when completed will also be the tallest manmade object ever built on earth.Indeed, given this iconic position on the human landscape, the Burj is not unlike the Egyptian pyramids of yesteryears which were also testaments to the wealth and might of the burgeoning Pharoanic kingdom and commanded awe and respect from all who viewed them. Undoubtedly the United Arab Emirates is now a world trading giant, having successfully harnessed the forces of globalization and free market capitalism in its favour. Its increasingly crowded skyline and its cavalcade of luxury shopping malls, selling all manner of luxury items from Mikimoto pearls to Armani suits, are testament to its voracious desire to be respected as an international destination for investors and tourists.And if one is to stretch the pyramid comparison a little further, the same problem confronts Burj Dubai as did the Egyptian pyramids. Are the pyramids to be revered and admired as symbols of a powerful empire; or are they to be reviled as physical testaments of slavery: the ultimate reduction of human beings to mere instruments in the service of an oppressive regime? Is Burj Dubai a symbol of progress or a mocking tribute the existence of modern-day slaves? |
According to "Building Towers: Cheating Workers," the latest report issued by Human Rights Watch, construction workers in the Gulf States face some of the most horrendous work environments on the planet. Forced to work sixteen- to twenty-hour days in debilitating heat, without any vacation for years and with compensation withheld for months on end, the Dubai construction workers eke out an existence devoid of any dignity or freedom. Living at the mercy of the employers, who literally "own" their employment visas and hence their freedom of movement, these modern day slaves are unable to leave any employer for fear of deportation.The employers, on the other hand, can, like the Pharoanic rulers of Egypt, easily trade them for cheaper workers or sell them via trading their employment contracts to other companies.In addition to the restricted freedom of movement, companies in the UAE, both large and small, often refuse to pay these workers since few legal enforcement mechanisms exist to force them to do so. According to the Report, Al-Hamed Development and Construction, a company worth over $300 million and one of the fastest growing construction companies in the world, failed to pay 7000 of its construction workers in 2005-2006. The smaller companies are also notorious for absconding or simply closing up shop without paying their workers.The fact that the construction workers are "guests" without equivalent legal rights that would enable to contest such actions without fears of reprisals, further enternches their status as slaves in a society that surely treats them as such. In addition, most workers still owe debts to their handlers and so cannot return without wages to pay them off; so they are caught in a vicious circle of persecution.The living conditions of construction workers who build towers such as Burj Dubai are further proof of their slave status. Tours of labor camps in Dubai and other Emirates have revealed that workers were often housed in abject conditions without proper plumbing or even sleeping facilities. In one camp, run by the East Coast and Hamriah Company in Sharjah, human rights workers found overflowing toilets and no electricity because the company had failed to pay its bills. Workers who were still living in the camp had not been paid for seven months despite their continuing work on the Company's projects. In addition to problems with working conditions, many workers who die while on the job are buried and forgotten with little notice or compensation to families abroad.Taken cumulatively, the condition of the Pakistani, Indian, Sri-Lankan and Bangladeshi workers who make projects such as Burj Dubai possible expose the ugliest and most repugnant face of supposed "progress" in the Gulf States. While newspapers across the Middle East and South Asia spend much time decrying the imperialism of Western countries' poor treatment of Muslim minorities, little or no energy is spent discussing the plight of these modern-day slaves, whose masters claim to be the most authentic and representative Muslims. Where indeed are the Islamic values of justice, piety and egalitarianism when it comes to foreign workers imported to be human machines?Sky-scrapers and fancy malls exist all around the world, but the Gulf States are unique in creating a system of labor exploitation where workers are not only denied citizenship despite years of residence but are treated as mere chattel unworthy of even the barest minimum of respect. Housed in camps, fed like cows and worked like horses they are the most reprehensible example of human subjugation in the world today.While the skylines of city states like Dubai and Sharjah may increasingly resemble those of New York, London and Chicago, underneath the faade of glittering metal and overblown luxuriousness hides the ugly secret of a form of exploitation that is truly unparalleled anywhere else in the developed world. Burj Dubai may well resemble its skyscraper counterparts in terms of structural similarities, but in the oppression and exploitation of its genesis it is no better than a Pharoanic pyramid, a relic of an archaic age that fails to respect the dignity of the human being. Albion Monitor August
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