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This past weekend, I had a chance to talk to a friend who's been trading financial markets for more than 30 years. When asked what he thought of the current market, he said it felt a lot like 1998.
More on that in a moment...
First, let me take everyone back to the year in question. "Titanic" had just been released... The Denver Broncos upset the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl... Microsoft was the largest company in the world... and Bill Clinton was denying he ever had "sexual relations" with a former White House intern.
There was certainly a lot going on in the news... and the stock market wasn't going to be left out, as you can see in the chart below (showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 1998).
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The most interesting part of the chart is the decline we experienced that summer, created by credit market and currency crises around the world, in Denmark, Russia, Thailand and others. Hedge funds had become highly leveraged in illiquid markets. They were enjoying great returns, but seemed to forget about exit strategies. This led to a liquidity crisis among the funds and a selloff in global stock markets.
So, back to my friend. When I asked him why he thinks the current market feels like 1998, he pointed out that individual investors are trading in illiquid markets and don't seem to understand the risks. One major market that could be facing liquidity issues is bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These ETFs hold hundreds and even thousands of individual bonds, many of which are thinly traded.
And that's just one of many risks to keep your eye on this summer. In 1998, no one seemed to understand that a currency crisis in Thailand could contribute to a chain of events that would lead to a crash in U.S. stocks. Likewise, in 2008, no one seemed to understand that the failure of two small Bear Stearns hedge funds could be pointing toward a larger financial crisis.
Now, in 2018, there are too many crises to name.
There's North Korea, of course. But there's also a potential trade war with China. And a new currency crisis in Europe, led by Italy.
In South America, Argentina's currency is crumbling while strikes in Brazil are creating unrest. And Venezuela could collapse at any moment. This level of economic and social disorder could (and often does) result in a refugee crisis, like we saw in Europe a couple years ago.
Now, imagine a refugee crisis at our southern border. I won't hypothesize further about that... but combine economic collapse in nearby countries with political flash points in the United States, and you can quickly see the setup for a stock market crash.
But there is good news. Crashes tend to come when technical indicators are bearish, and that's still not the case today. However, I am watching for signs of deterioration and remain focused on risk.
That's why I recently recommended a trade to my premium Income Trader readers from a stock that's delivered winning trades for us in the past -- five times, in fact.
Finding Income And Safety From A 5-Time Winner
The company is drug giant Abbvie (NYSE: ABBV), which is best known for Humira, the rheumatoid arthritis blockbuster.
Humira explains the company's strong performance over the past few years. The company generated $28.22 billion in sales last year, with $18.4 billion coming from Humira, the world's best-selling drug.
But Humira can also drag the stock down when traders worry about what will happen when the drug eventually has to face competition.
Those worries are more about the long term because Americans probably won't have access to cheaper biosimilar versions until 2023. That's why AbbVie confidently predicts annual Humira sales will climb to $21 billion by 2020.
The company attributed 2017's strong gain to increasing patient populations and price increases, not a gain in market share. With insurers and pharmacy benefit managers pushing for savings, it may be difficult to continue growing Humira sales with price increases alone.
ABBV is preparing for that by developing other drugs. In a recent presentation to analysts, the company said it could see more than $35 billion in risk-adjusted sales from non-Humira medicines in 2025, and as much as $47 billion if things go especially well.
However, it's hard for everything to "go especially well," and the company has already experienced a stumble.
You see, a key component of that 2025 forecast is Rova-T, a cancer medicine that came with AbbVie's $5.8 billion acquisition of Stemcentrx in 2016. AbbVie has suggested peak sales of the drug could reach $5 billion. Unfortunately, the drug fared poorly in a Phase 2 lung-cancer trial. More data from other trials is forthcoming, but there's a possibility the company may have to write off the acquisition. This led to the stock's recent sell off.
A large portion of AbbVie's ex-Humira growth relies on yet-to-be approved next-generation inflammation drugs upadacitinib and risankizumab; the company believes they have the potential to combine for $11.5 billion in 2025 sales. Both drugs will have to be extraordinarily successful in several very crowded and overlapping markets if they're to come anywhere near those expectations.
Long-term investors will need to follow these trials closely. But as short-term traders primarily focused on income, my Income Traders and I need only concern ourselves the near-term outlook.
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Galerie Largeness 28 (print project) - 2000
Materials: 32 unique prints
Dimensions: 11 x 13.5 cm each
Edition: 50
Galerie Largeness World of Art (1996-2001) was a project initiated in September 1996 by Luis Jacob. Each instalment of Galerie Largeness featured works by various artists produced especially for the Galerie. In the span of its thirty issues, Galerie Largeness presented work by some 90 artists, involving various solo and group exhibitions, 5 guest-curated projects, 5 audio-arts projects, one prayer project, one mail-art project, and 3 special events featuring video screenings and performances.


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Fitness equipment supplier Origin Fitness has doubled its turnover to more than £4 million and is predicting a further 50% increase in sales during its current financial year. The company, which supplies fitness equipment and designs gyms for the public and private sector, has increased its head count to 35 and plans to add a further five people before the end of 2012.
Sales director Jonny Curley told The Herald turnover had hit £4.2m in the 12 months to March 31, 2012, and was confident of further growth. Mr Curley said Origin Fitness was targeting £6m of revenue and has recently secured contracts worth six figures for staff gyms for Sony in London and Scottish Widows in Edinburgh.
Jonny Curley went on to say:
It has been non-stop this year, but the business is heading in the right direction. We have been winning contracts across sport and fitness and are also making a massive investment in our online presence.
He then said:
So we are taking staff on to do the service side of online, but the recruitment is across all aspects of the company with administration, accounts, service and sales all getting extra resource.
Although the business, which supplied the gym contestants such as Matt Cardle and One Direction used in the X-Factor house in 2010, has around 65% of its revenue in Scotland it is also seeing a growing demand from the rest of the UK and Ireland.
The company, based at Newbridge on the outskirts of Edinburgh, has also taken on UK distribution duties for brands such as flooring specialist Pavigym, indoor cycling company Spinning and Peak Pilates. Mr Curley said: "We are seeing more interest from clients outside Scotland. The sport and fitness market is still very buoyant on the back of the Olympics and the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.
"A lot of the gyms we speak to are very, very busy as that healthy living message continues to get through. "I don't think anyone really prepared for the bounce in interest from the Olympics so we are hoping to start seeing some orders in October or November as clients realise they are busier and start to look to reinvest in their facilities.
"Where we are differentiating ourselves is by selling quality products from around the world so we don't have to go into the budget end to compete with Tesco. "We reinvested everything we made last year into staff, software and stock. We are now holding a lot more stock in the UK which allows us to react more quickly than competitors."
Alongside supplying the public and private sector there has been an upturn in high-end home gyms. Mr Curley added: "We are doing a lot more personal gyms for high-net worth individuals. This is not someone buying a treadmill at £200.
"We did one recently which was £8000 and have done about 20 homes this year. It is a turnkey offering where we do the design, supply the equipment then fit it all."
Origin Fitness operates it's own gym facility in Cupar, Fife. Directors Paul Bodger and Josh Bicknell set up the business in 2009 with Mr Curley joining in January 2010.
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Family Arrested For Praying 'Nude' Outside Of A School [Video]
A family of four got arrested after stripping naked and praying in a parking lot at a high school in Philadelphia. The 44-year-old woman and her 23-year-old daughter, 22-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son got arrested after police found them inside a parked van on school grounds.
The family had been at the school for about 3 hours after having gone to pick up the woman's "biological child". But she didn't have any parental rights, so school officials wouldn't release the child . That's when they started singing religious songs and lay on the sidewalk at the entrance to the building.


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ESPN's Mike Reiss was at Patriots practice today and reports that quarterback Tom Brady went down on what he calls a non-contact play.
Brady walked off the field under his own power, but was limping on his left knee. He missed one play, returned for a few more, then left for good with head coach Bill Belichick and the team athletic trainer.
This does not sound like anything too serious, but it is never good when your star player goes down on a non-contact play. Former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker tore his ACL and MCL in 2010 on a non-contact play in Houston.
Sports Illustrated's Greg A. Bedard seems to think the move is more precautionary than anything:
Brady leaving practice after conferring with Belichick and McDaniels. Wise move
— Greg A. Bedard (@GregABedard) August 14, 2013
While initial reports are calling the play non-contact, it looks like Brady did get touched. Twitter user @ChadKopcak posted the play on Telly.com. Check it out:
Boston Globe writer Ben Volin reports there was contact:
Fan in the stands took a video. Nate Solder got pushed back by a DE and right into Brady's knee
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) August 14, 2013
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More than 200 of the world's best and brightest wastewater treatment professionals will compete in Operations Challenge 2013, a unique, fast-paced skills competition for wastewater operations and maintenance professionals this fall in Chicago, Ill. Now in its 26th year, the one-of-a-kind event will take place October 7-9, 2013 at McCormick Place. CWEA will have two teams in the competition: LA Wrecking Crew and North Bay Ryders.
Growing from an original 22-team event to this year's 41-team, two-division format, each four-member team will be judged on the best combination of precision, speed and safety. Winners are determined by a weighted point system for five events including collection systems, laboratory, process control, maintenance and safety. The events are designed to test the diverse skills required for the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities, their collection systems and laboratories – all vital to the protection of public health and the environment.
The Virginia Water Environment Association's Terminal Velocity will defend their title against the top regional teams (see complete list below) from the United States and Canada, including three representing Illinois and Wisconsin. In addition, the teams will deploy new fall restraint and rescue equipment in the safety event.
Operations Challenge is presented in conjunction with WEFTEC 2013—the Water Environment Federation's 86th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference—from October 5-9 at McCormick Place.


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Session XLVI of the OSJD Ministerial Conference (press-release)
On 5 June 2018, Session XLVI of the OSJD Ministerial Conference has started its work in the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, the city of Bishkek,. The Session is attended by ministers and authorized representatives of ministries and bodies responsible for railway transport of the OSJD member countries of the following states:
Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Bulgaria, Hungary, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Georgia, Republic of Kazakhstan, People's Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Republic of Poland, Russian Federation, Romania, Slovak Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Republic of Estonia.
Representatives of the OSJD affiliated enterprises - JSC "PLASKE" and KORAIL Corporation, as well as OSJD Committee are taking part in the Session. Attending the Session are also guests from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Republic of Korea, as well as from the following international organisations: UNECE Inland Transport Committee, Eurasian Economic Commission (EaEC), Directorate General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission (DG MOVE), Intergovernmental Organisation for International Railway Transport (OTIF), International Railway Transport Committee (CIT), International Union of Railways (UIC).
The following issues are on the agenda of the session:
- OSJD membership of the Republic of Korea.
- Report on the OSJD activities for 2017.
- Report of the OSJD Auditing Commission for 2017.
- Work progress of the OSJD Commission on Transport Policy and Development Strategy for 2017.
- Work progress of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law for 2017.
- Amendment of the "Agreement on the Organisational and Operational Aspects of Combined Transport in the Euro-Asian Traffic".
- Work progress of the International Conference for the adoption of the text of the draft Convention on Direct International Railway Traffic.
- Information from the OSJD Committee Chairman on the work progress in the UNECE activities "Towards Unified Railway Law in the Pan-European Region and in the Euro-Asian Transport Corridors".
- Work progress of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Vocational Training/Education in Railway Transport.
- OSJD Work Programme for 2019 and subsequent years.
- Payment of membership fees.
- OSJD Committee Budget (final - for 2018, preliminary - for 2019).
- Distribution of posts in the OSJD Committee managing board, chairpersons/chairmen and specialists in OSJD working bodies, starting from 1 July 2018.
- Appointment of the OSJD Committee managing board.
- Draft provisional agenda, venue and date of the XLVII session of the OSJD Ministerial Conference.
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Economics of Cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and worldwide. It is projected to soon surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death globally.
In 2010 the estimated overall cost of cancer treatment and care was $264 billion, including $103 billion in direct medical costs and $161 billion in productivity loss from cancer-related mortality and morbidity.
As efforts to control health-related expenditures intensify, the rising costs of cancer care is taking central stage. Even more urgently, a substantial amount of cancer expenditures do not always translate into improved health outcomes, yet costly new technologies in oncology often diffuse rapidly into practice. Simultaneously, cost-containment efforts may prevent adequate investment in potentially effective new therapies. To meet the needs of current and future generations, researchers and practitioners must meet these challenges and reduce cancer's medical and economic burdens.
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The University of Chicago Program in the Economics of Cancer is a joint initiative between the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Health and the Social Sciences. Supported by these two established Centers, the Program in the Economics of Cancer mobilizes university resources to address pressing national and international challenges in cancer economics.
The Program's primary objective is to help policymakers and scientists more fully capture the benefits of medical advances to optimize outcomes in cancer care, ideally reducing the human and economic burdens of cancer. To achieve this goal, we bring together faculty trained in the field of economics and other social sciences -- as well as basic, clinical, and translational cancer research -- to study the economic aspects of the current state of cancer care delivery.
Topics explored by Program scholars include the diffusion of new technologies in cancer and the associated costs and health outcomes; factors contributing to the escalating costs of cancer care; the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cancer treatment options or screening strategies; and disparities in the receipt of novel cancer treatments and in the uptake of cancer screening.
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POPLIFE is a collection of excerpts from my work journal. There is no specific form or function the column serves other than to allow the reader to see what my experience in my first year as a comics-writer is like. Some weeks I get work done, so I talk about work. Some weeks I don't get any work done, so I ramble incoherently. POPLIFE's purpose is to provide a glimpse behind the curtain of my specific process.
The moment that the wheels of our plane touched the tarmac, Kelly Sue began lactating coconut milk. Around her feet swarmed hoards of skinks like a shimmering lizard blanket, everywhere she walked while in Quintana Roo. The effect was quite like she was floating. The dark and scaly little bastards would surround our bed at night and stare, a group of them forming the 26th hexagram of the I-Ching (meaning 'a great or an increased involvement in something', roughly) on the ceiling above us.
"Here Leezard leezard leezard," I'd say compulsively (and even though they swarmed around her feet anyway), because I'm a moron who's cultural touchstones are Taco Bell commercials rather than great works of literature. But that's okay. It was our honeymoon. It was a time for the Big Thoughts.
Later, as the last bits of Lili lash out around us, Kelly Sue sequesters herself in the spa and I flip channels until I find a Godzilla movie.
Life inside of a postcard is alright, to tell you the truth. Hung out with my wife, slept in, ate whenever, sat under the sun and swam under the water. Not just any water, either-- this was that grade-A blue postcard water that you've seen on the postcards. The blue so blue it'd be sky, except for all the fish and the not-breathing part. I'm not entirely sure what part of Mexico we were in-- I mean, I could isolate it on a map if I had to, and I know the name of the place but really, what does that tell you? A single point on a map is just a single point, and without context it doesn't mean anything. The Bermuda Triangle looks like a lovely piece of ocean from up there.
Here's how I can describe it best: when we were leaving the hotel to fly home, we pulled onto the highway and began heading north towards Cancun. We passed an old building that at one point was a gas station, but hadn't been a gas station or much else other than an old building for a very long time. A dog was standing on its roof.
"Hey," I said, "There's a dog on that roof."
Everyone agreed. It was a time for Big Thoughts.
So before we leave I am gifted, by Peter Artbomb Rose, with a copy of OFFERED. It's a fat little manga book by Kazuo Koike (the guy what wrote LONE WOLF AND CUB) & Ryoichi Ikegami (the guy what drew SANCTUARY) and published by Comics One. There's two of 'em, I guess. So, I wrote it up for Artbomb this week, and here's an excerpt that sets the story up for you:
Olympic-bound athlete Boy meets insane biker militia Girl, who is offspring of Hitler (whom we learn was augmented to greatness by some weird alien fetal mummy) and reveals to Boy that Gilgamesh ejaculated into elephant tusks and stored them in glaciers so that his seed would be eternal; Girl cajoles Boy into sex, believing the offspring of Hitler and Gilgamesh would rule the world; Girl is murdered by mysterious paramilitary supernazi treasure-hunting cabal while Boy believes himself to be the heir of Gilgamesh; Boy and crew team up to unearth Gilgamesh's hidden treasures.
Yeah. Okay. So, aside from the fact that WHO THE HELL GIVES SOMEONE THIS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY, here's the description for another of the Comics One manga books that Peter told me about called WOUNDED MAN, as taken from Amazon:
Keisuki Ibaraki is not a man to be trifled with and the pornography company, G.P.X., makes a grave mistake when they kidnap his high school sweetheart, force her to do unspeakable acts and then make her commit suicide. Keisuki is now on a mission of vengeance and will stop at nothing until he vindicates the memory of his dead girlfriend. Travel with him through the jungles of Brazil as he exacts his revenge, one by one, on the unsuspecting murderers. However, hot on his trail, is the pure-as-white reporter, Yuko Kusaka, sniffing out any kind of story that will gain her recognition. Keisuki confronts her and the ensuing Karate battle tests their wills, as well as Yuko's purity. Sit back, relax and let the sultry Brazilian weather lull you into a trance as you traverse through this action packed story!
I'm so bored by Western comics I could scream.
And so there I am, living in a postcard, thinking the Big Thoughts and all that. Thinking about how the serial, its brevity, and our inexplicable attraction to conventional three act structures sap the joy out of everything. And I'm trying very, very hard not to write. I didn't bring a laptop, I didn't bring the Pantsphone, I didn't want to do anything at all. I was taking time off for the Big Thoughts, no pressure or stress or Oh, fuck, what am I gonna do about this story or that.
Then the sun started to wreck everything.
I've never been really, properly sunburned before. I've had a few little dabbles with it here and there, but the whole seared skin experience had eluded me to date. So, yeah. Dicking around Mexico with no shirt and no sunscreen. Skin goes red and ouchy. The pain wasn't such a big deal; the pain was completely manageable and not an issue. There was one night where I'd wake up a lot, but it still wasn't so bad. There was this whole galvanic response phenomenon, which was fun in its own way-there'd be a breeze, and I'd get a shiver, go goosebumpy all over. None of that was a big deal. None of that was problematic. This was, I told myself while Really Not Writing Anything At All, the Sunburn Experience.
But then came the itching.
How is it that no one's ever told me about the itching? My fucking back has peeled like a map of Atlantis, I'm dropping DNA like a teenager out of tissues, and everything… fucking… itches.
Oh, oh holy god.
So, so anyway. I'm lying in bed itching and praying for death, and a sentence pops in my head. I don't know if it was part of a dream that I held onto or what. I start to roll the line around and repeat it and then another one follows it, and another, and then an idea starts to wrap around it all. And then there I am, writing to keep myself from drowning myself in the fucking ocean because merciful sweet lord god in heaven above does my back itch and it's not stopping. No phone, no computer, no desire to do anything other than stare at the ocean and not take my own life, and there the writing starts.
We're never in control of this kind of thing, I guess. The Big Thoughts just kinda creep up on you.
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Archive for June, 2010
MID-SUMMER COGITATIONSJune 21, 2010
THE CHORUS of the OVERCOMERSJune 13, 2010
I Thessalonians 4:17-18 "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
I John 3:2-3 "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him: for we shall see him as he is."
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."
Two passages that tell of the time in which Jesus returns and the saints put on incorruption. The first one offers up an admonition. "Wherefore comfort one another with these words." We are instructed to continually remind each other that this world is ever so temporary and that we have an everlasting abode in the presence of the Lord. It's one of the reasons that CR and I stay in touch. While we routinely discusss apocalyptic events, our conversation always gravitates toward heavenly things and the return of Jesus. Such conversation causes us to rejoice in our great salvation, to forsake every residual weight, and to be diligent about our Fathers business. Such conversation places a proper perspective on things and brings forth incredible comfort as we consider the age to come. It fosters sobriety as we consider the priceless souls all around us who are not saved, and resolve to hold fast the profession of our faith steadfast unto the end. As the apostle Paul observed "The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
The second passage discloses a method by which we can know whether or not a person is truly watching for Jesus return. "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself." When a person has their affections completely upon things above and is watching, it will be manifest in their lives. They will willingly separate themselves from the works of darkness and their conversation will be in heavenly places. This will not be a legalistic (and phony) practicing of rules; it will be the evidence of the living waters springing up from within. They will have abandoned the earthly kingdoms that once consumed so much time and energy as their foremost desire is to be a faithful ambassador for Christ. Increasingly, the frivilous issues that the world holds in high esteem will be a weariness as they have experienced firsthand, the goodness of God which led them to repentance and have tasted of the age to come. An everlasting habitation in the presence of the Lord Jesus, along with the great cloud of witnesses. Once a person has heard the heavenly choir, they will never again be able to get excited over the empty amusings of this world.
I Peter 4:4 "Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you." (I wanted to type out I Peter 4:1-5, but for the sake of time, have limited it to this.)
It's an unavoidable thing. Those who are born of the Spirit and have their affections on things above will clash with those who love this world. And of those whose affections remain earthbound, the greatest hostility will oftentimes come from professing saints. Whether they are religious folks who have never entered into a relationship with Jesus, or have subscribed to the popular teachings of the day which focus on feelings and getting stuff, these will not have discernment concerning their dilemma and subsequently will harbor animosity toward the true remnant saints. As the beast system comes to the full, many of these will allign themselves with an enemy who has promised them continuance and support his endeavors to wear out the saints of the most high. David Meyers once stated words to the effect that when a person begins to stagnate, the first casualty is discernment. Once a persons discernment is neutralized they become easy prey. Never has it been more important for us to keep our hearts with all diligence.
It should be noted that many who fall away in this manner may appear to be solid examples of the saints right up to the moment of disclosure. It should also be noted that our greatest challenges will involve the people who are closest to us who have bought into the great deception; be they family members, longtime friends, or even saints that appeared solid in their faith prior to the hour of temptation.
Isaiah 26:3 "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee."
Recently two things have been on my heart. The first is the attributes of a true overcomer. One who has truly counted the cost and forsaken all that this world holds in high esteem. Such a one will continuously enjoy the peace of God and will not become fearful when the unexpected transpires. When the darkest hours are at hand, they who are spiritually prepared will be strong and do exploits. To those who abide in this place, "to live is Christ and to die is gain" is not simply a bible verse that has been converted into a catch-phrase through repetition. It's the way that they approach every facet of their lives in this world. They will not be found within the congregations that focus on material gain and a catering to the three lusts (flesh, eyes, pride of life) as they keenly remember the death that accompanied the former conversation. They continually remember the price that Jesus paid on the cross; that whosoever will, may have everlasting life.
The second thing is how few Christians, including myself seem to fully line up with these attributes. Looking at my own life, it's astonishing at how much time must be devoted to issues of seemingly no eternal significance. Equally astonishing is how many professing saints seem to not be bothered when the cares of this life begin to consume increasingly greater spans of time and energy. These are the ones who are always quick to issue the warning "don't be so heavenly minded that you're of no earthly good." Such a thing is not possible as a truly heavenly minded person will have clarity of the present situation. A heavenly minded person will see multitudes headed for an eternity without Christ and will continuously strive to reach them. A hevenly minded person will grasp the times that are upon us and respond accordingly. A heavenly minded person will consciously seek to walk in the Spirit at all times; being ready at the drop of a hat to share Jesus with one who inquires of the hope that is in them. A heavenly minded person will not squander countless hours in front of a television while their neighbors are merely a heartbeat away from hell.
Do we really grasp the truth that we are going to stand before God and give an account of how we utilized our time here? I've been asking myself this question for about a week or so. Even as I write this, I'm appalled at how much time I squander and am prayerfully seeking to change this.
I need to link to a post that Richard recently wrote because it speaks of the importance of walking in the Spirit. Most of the folks in our ambience are currently on a highway that leads to hell. It is imperative that when they see us, they aren't presented with a dead form of godliness, but a true example of one who is washed in the blood of Jesus and is seated in heavenly places. Richard points out that an unsaved person will recognize dead religion even better than most saints will. Here's the link:
Well this post has taken some unexpected turns, but it needs to be wrapped up. The verses at the bottom are from a previous draft of this which had approached this topic from a different angle. I'm leaving them because they all address this issue of overcoming this present world. Until the next time, blessings always in Jesus name.
I Timothy 6:7 "For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out."
Isaiah 57:1 "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come."
James 4:14 "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
Revelation 14:13 "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."
Wow! I just found this a few minutes ago and must share it. About two and a half years ago, Pastor Greg shared this story at our church. I've never been able to find it until about five minutes ago. Here's a link to the testimony entitled; THE GEORGE STREET STORY
THEY COMPASS SEA AND LAND as WE COMPASS OUR RECLINERSJune 10, 2010
Psalm 37:23 "The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way."
This morning presented a dilemma. After dropping Matthew off at school, I was prayerfully debating on whether or not to head down to Elkhart. Not only was fatigue setting in due to insufficient sleep, there was a lot of things that needed to be done at home. This was further coupled with the overwhelming sensation that, despite these many trips into the cities of this area, it wasn't making a difference. (If we present truth; it will not return void) Nonetheless I went down, not knowing what would transpire or who would be encountered. This is always the case. When we encounter a stranger, we have no knowledge of the person, save only that Jesus paid for their sins with his own blood. Their personal history; the events that helped to mold them into who they are at the present, their likes, dislikes, beliefs, affiliations, and what have you are initially buried in obscurity. We cannot navigate these waters from a standpoint of logical analysis, and yet, we cannot abstain from going because we feel "effective." (Noah must have felt exceedingly ineffective)
Pastor Greg, who used to be the youth pastor at our former fellowship, once made the following observation "people will neglect to share the gospel because they don't feel led. Here's what you do. Take a pencil and place it in your pocket. The next time you meet someone, place your hand in the pocket, rub your thumb on the lead, and go share the gospel." It was a memorable way of explaining that while it's imperative to be led of the Spirit, we just need to go as this is the great commission. Oftentimes, if we're consistantly walking in the light, our steps will be ordered by the Lord without our even being aware of it. This morning, while driving to Elkhart, Matthew 10:19 came to mind.
The morning was relatively routine. I crossed Island Park, headed through the downtown, and was soon passing through the troubled neighborhoods to the south. (I almost always pass through here) The reactions of those whom I came into contact with was equally routine. Before long, I came into contact with some Jehovahs Witnesses who were operating south of Indiana Ave. As if it weren't enought that I was already feeling ineffective, this amplified the perception. These folks are so methodical; almost like…to use the worn out phrase…."a fine oiled machine." I approached one of them briefly; just to verify that they were indeed who they appeared to be and went on my way. For a moment, I was almost envious of the dedication that these folks have as they share another Jesus. While many of our brethren are sitting on their seat; believing in a pre-tribulation rapture, the JWs are scouring the neighborhoods; seeking whom they may lure into a way that may seem right but is not. It was thoroughly depressing, and yet, while considering all of this, I was promptly snapped back into reality by words to the effect of:
"Just keep going the way you have been going."
With that much needed jolt, I headed back toward the east and, surprisingly, began to encounter far more people than I would have expected in this neighborhood. While many encounters ensued, the one that defined the morning involved two saints; Joe and his wife Matty. They were affiliated with a church nearby and and in the course of conversation they seemed to become profoundly aware of the times and what's at stake. Matty stated that some of the folks in their fellowship have been discussing getting more involved with outreach in their community. The knowledge of JWs working practically in their back yard, coupled with a goofy looking guy on a bike coming down from over 30 miles away to share the words of life, seemed to amplify the need for serious outreach. (I don't ride my bike that far; I drive down, park along Beardsley street, and head out from there) These two saints were a real blessing to talk to and this encounter seemed to be needful for all of us.
Interestingly; when I met Joe and Matty, they had just arrived home and were heading into their house. Had I arrived two minutes earlier or two minutes later, this encounter would not have transpired.
My prayer is that this little church received just the spark needed to turn Elkhart upside down. My church in Norfolk Virginia was a very small place, (nestled in a storefront) however, the saints were fervent insofar as evangelism. They had a heart for the lost; more so than any place that I've ever been a part of. One day CR noted how much I still talk about True Vine Church. It wasn't what one would call a holiness church, but they lived very godly lives. Their affections were solidly in heavenly places which manifested in their conversation and how they used their time in this world. They didn't openly preach against such things as TV, and yet none of them had one. They didn't have an elaborate worship team; only sister Brown on the piano, and yet the singing was out of this world. They never turned down a missionary preparing to head off to a foreign land and they never missed Saturday night street preaching. Every once in a while, a picture of their endeavors would appear in the newspaper as complaints were filed against them from time to time. Twenty one years later, I still miss True Vine Church.
There's a post that's been on my heart for two weeks, but this isn't it. Nonetheless, the need to be about reaching the lost becomes more profound by the day. Because each day brings us closer to the end and each day is somebodys last. There are people alive at this very moment who will be in eternity tomorrow morning, and a number of these departures will be unexpected. Sadly, the JW that I talked to appeared to be in his late seventies or early eighties. Later on I wondered if I should have engaged him in conversation, however, this would have negated the encounter with Joe and Matty. Please keep these saints in prayer along with Elkhart Community church. Well I must be going for now. Hopefully there will be more time available to get back on track in this venue. Blessings always in Jesus name.
Mark 16:15-18 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."


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Scripture: Luke 20:19-26
19 The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people; for they perceived that he had told this parable against them. 20 So they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might take hold of what he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?" 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, 24 "Show me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has it?" They said, "Caesar's." 25 He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said; but marveling at his answer they were silent.
Meditation: What do we owe God and neighbor but to love and to give each what is their due (Romans 13:6-8)? The Jewish authorities sought to trap Jesus in a religious-state issue. The Jews resented their foreign rulers and despised paying taxes to Cesar. They posed a dilemma to test Jesus to see if he was loyal to their understanding of religion. If Jesus answered that it was lawful to pay taxes to a pagan ruler, then he would lose credibility with the Jewish populace who would regard him as a coward and a friend of Cesar. If he said it was not lawful, then the Pharisees would have grounds to report him to the Roman authorities as a political trouble-maker and have him arrested. Jesus avoided their trap by confronting them with the image of a coin. Coinage in the ancient world had significant political power. Rulers issued coins with their own image and inscription on them. In a certain sense the coin was regarded as his personal property. Where the coin was valid the ruler held political sway over the people. Since the Jews used the Roman currency, Jesus explained that what belonged to Caesar must be given to Caesar. This story has another deeper meaning as well. We, too, have been stamped with Gods image since we are created in his own likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). We rightfully belong, not to ourselves, but to God who created us and redeemed us in the precious blood of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (see 1 Cor. 6:19-20). Paul the Apostle says that we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God (Romans 12:1). Do you acknowledge that your life belongs to God and not to yourself? And do you give to God what rightfully belongs to Him?
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and to whom you promised yourself. I pray you, Lord, make me taste
by love what I taste by knowledge; let me know by love what I know by understanding.
I owe you more than my whole self, but I have no more, and by myself I
cannot render the whole of it to you. Draw me to you, Lord, in the
fullness of love. I am wholly yours by creation; make me all yours,
in love." (prayer of Anselm, 1033-1109)


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Eliza Warner (nee Hawkes) approx 79
Lily Emily Shepherd and Violet Shepherd
Unknown relative of Lily Shepherd in an early Boy Scouts uniform
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Three Generations - Eliza Warner, Lily Shepherd, and Liliy Emily,
Violet and John Samuel Shepherd
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beginning of a family that would eventually
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in 1912.
George and Eliza Warner had a son William, and a daughter Lily.
Lily would grow up to marry Samuel John Shepherd, and together
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My human watches a lot of Star Trek. I didn't like it at first, but some of the episodes seem like they are real life. For instance, in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the Ferengis get a lot of focus and we learn a lot about their fictional culture. One of the things they revere is the quest for profit above all else. This is governed by their Rules of Acquisition.
Rule of Acquisition number 285 is; No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished. Apparently the IRS subscribes to this theory also. For instance, in the feel good article about a fan returning a treasured baseball to Derek Jeter, there is speculation on just how much the fan will have to pay in taxes for the rewards he was given for doing the right thing.
Now, there has always been a gift tax to prevent wealthy people from just putting items in family members' names to avoid taxes. However, Smutty thinks that when a citizen stands up and does what America CLAIMS is the right thing, there should be no tax on his reward.
Maybe if more humans were rewarded without punishment also, we could reach the enlightened level of society envisioned by Star Trek. No poverty, no hunger, no war (at least on Earth).
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Andes Candies. Love these things. Such a satisfying tactile thing they got going on, like tiny little gold ingots (in green paper). And they're delicious! Just don't give me that auslander shit with those other flavors. Mint or die. And speaking of delicious:
Bourbon pecan pie. Made it for the first time ever, for Thanksgiving. Home run, y'all. Bourbon bourbon bourbon. I love bourbon. And pie.
The Whale That Ate Jaws. Fuckin Great White shark cruisin the Farallones for easy-peasy sea lion snaxx, thinks he's the shit and ain't nobody can step up on him. Fuckin killer whale's all, hey man, I just ate like four sea lions already, bro, but guess what? BOOM! She T-bones the shark, flips him & puts him into TONIC IMMOBILITY, carries him around in her jaws for fifteen minutes while tourists are all OMG did you see that? Waits till shark's dead, rips out its liver, leaves the rest of it to the gulls! And just like when Omar's back in town, all the lil stoop kids clear out … sharks left town and didn't come back for YEARS. Fucking AWESOME!
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Notre Dame Reaches Tentative Deal To Host 2019 NHL Winter Classic
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Notre Dame Stadium is said to be the host of the NHL's Outdoor Winter Classic featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins on New Year's Day in 2019.
Several news outlets say the Notre Dame Athletic Department has reached a deal with the NHL but nothing is set in stone. If an official agreement is reached a formal announcement is expect to come next month.
If all falls into place, this would be the second time ever an NHL Winter Classic will be played at a college football stadium, the last being at the Big House in Ann Arbor on the University of Michigan campus between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2014.
The Winter Classic became an outdoor annual tradition for the NHL in 2008, when the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres met at New Era Field in Buffalo, which normally is home to the NFL's Buffalo Bills' home games.
(PHOTO: 2017 Winter Classic-Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues/Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)


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We went to the County Fair on Saturday. Everything has gotten so expensive. Luckily, the kids like the free fun. We love seeing all the animals. Last year a chick hatched right in front of Kieran. There are so many types of bunnies. Thank goodness they didn't have the sign from last year that said something like "meat stock". That took a lot of explaining. We pet the llamas, calves and horses. There was a parrot club in the San Diego Pavilion that let us hold their Cockatoos and a green Eclectus named "Toby".
The boys new favorite thing is a demolition derby. haven't been to one of those since Ascot was still around. And we watched people ride on the big fire truck.
I think they like each other (today).
All three had an art project in the Kids' Best area.
If there isn't a steer to rope, a sister will do just fine.


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So far I have been able to do the following:
1. Jailbreak my ATV 2
2. Install XBMC on ATV with full functionality using the pre-defined scripts in Terminal for Mac
3. Download the .zip file to my Mac desktop
Now I'm stuck.
The next step is to use Terminal to get the .zip file into the ATV/XBMC. It says it "goes in the/private/var/mobile/Media folder".
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Chapter 1501:17-1 Visitation
The following rules are applicable to all nature preserves and natural areas under the supervision and control of the Ohio department of natural resources or its designated custodian. However, nothing herein shall be interpreted or construed in such a manner as to prevent or delay authorized personnel of the department of natural resources, law enforcement officers from another agency or its designated custodian in the completion of necessary duties or while on patrol or emergency service.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/06/2015 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1517.02
Rule Amplifies: 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 7/25/95, 10/1/07, 9/20/10
As used in these rules, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, except where the context otherwise requires:
(A) "Department" means the state of Ohio, department of natural resources.
(B) "Division" means the Ohio department of natural resources, division of natural areas and preserves.
(C) "Custodian" means the department, any division thereof, agency, or individual who is so designated in the articles of dedication to administer and manage a nature preserve or natural area.
(D) "Nature preserve" means an area which is formally dedicated and administered under Chapter 1517. of the Revised Code.
(E) "Natural area" means any area owned or managed through easement, license, or lease by the department and administered by the division as a part of the state natural areas system.
(F) "Vehicle" means every contrivance on wheels or runners capable of being used as a means of transportation on land.
(G) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power.
(H) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or any combination of individuals, or any employee, agent, or officer thereof.
(I) "Camping" means utilization of a sleeping bag, tent, trailer, or other mobile equipment, for the purpose of occupying a portion of state land for transient and temporary outdoor living away from home.
(J) "Picnicking" means the consumption of a meal in the out-of-doors by an individual or group of individuals.
(K) "Areas and facilities" means all trails, parking lots, restrooms, well shelters, observation blinds, towers or vistas, boardwalks, piers, docks, bridges, benches, picnic areas or roadways and any lands the chief designates for public use.
(L) "Chief" or "chief of the division" means the chief of the division of natural areas and preserves, department of natural resources, state of Ohio.
(M) "Appointed agent" means an employee of the department or division who is designated to administer and manage nature preserves or natural areas.
(N) "Idle speed" means the slowest speed needed to maintain steerage and maneuverability.
(O) "Wake" means a track left in the water by a watercraft causing waves that may cause discomfort, injury or damage to persons, watercraft or property.
(P) "Firework" means a device consisting of various combinations of explosives and combustibles used to generate colored light, smoke and/or noise.
(Q) "Alcohol" as defined by section 4301.01 of the Revised Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/06/2015 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1517.02
Rule Amplifies: 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77, 4/27/84, 7/25/95, 10/1/07, 9/20/10
Persons shall be permitted within the confines of a nature preserve or natural area only in those areas and facilities provided for general public use.
When a trial or trail system is present , no person shall leave the trail or trail system, except with written permission of the chief of the division. In state nature preserves or natural areas that are open to the general public by access permit only, persons must receive written permission from the chief of the division to enter upon said areas and must carry said written permission while on the area and present it upon request. Areas and facilities provided for general public use are open from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset unless otherwise posted.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/06/2015 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1517.02
Rule Amplifies: 1517.021
Prior Effective Dates: 7/11/77; 4/27/84; 7/25/95; 6/13/98, 10/1/07, 9/20/10
Rescinded eff 10-1-07
(A) No person or persons shall conduct any public meeting or event upon the lands or waters owned or administered by the division without first obtaining a permit from the chief of the division upon application made not less than thirty days prior to the day of the proposed meeting or event.
(B) A permit shall not be granted if it is determined by the chief that the specified meeting or event has a reasonable probability of having any of the following effects:
(1) Interfers with normal area usage, or
(2) Endangers the environment, or
(3) Creates great risk of physical harm to the public present in the area, or
(4) Violates the articles of dedication.
(C) The chief may require a performance bond from the permittee as a condition of the issuance of the permit.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
09/29/2014 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1517.02
Rule Amplifies: 1517.02
Prior Effective Dates: 06/25/2000


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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country located in the heart of Central Europe. Bordered by Germany (810 km), Poland (762 km), Austria (466t km), and Slovakia (265 km).
The Czech Republic is luckily located very close to the Industrial Backbone of Europe. The area where it is located is considered the best option for investments in sectors like transport or logistics because of its perfect location in relation to the areas of consumption and production. This, together with the addition to the EU, makes the country a perfect gate to enter the European Single Market of 502 millions.
Basic data of the Czech Republic
|Official Name:
|Czech Republic
|Territorial Division:
|13 regions and capital Praga
|78.866 km2
|10.380.000 inhabitants
|Population Density:
|133,2 inhabitants km²
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The regions of Czeh Republic: Central Bohemia and Praga
The Czech Republic is divided into thirteen regions (Prague South Bohemia, South Moravia, Karlovy Vary, Hradec Králové, Liberec Moravian-Silesian, Olomouc, Pardubice, Pilsen, Central Bohemia, Usti nad Labem, Vysočina, Zlíny) the capital is Prague. Each region has its own selected Regional Assembly and "Hejtman" (usually translated as "president"). In Prague, powers are executed by the City Council and the mayor.
The Central Bohemian region is located in the central part of the historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, which is located in the centre of the region. The city of Prague, however, is not part of the Central Bohemian region, it is a singular territory.
Central Bohemia
Central Bohemia was founded as a division of the largest local government in 2000. It covers an area of 11,012 km², what makes it the largest region of the Czech Republic. In this territory is located the region of Prague.
It geographically belongs to the Bohemian Massif, one of the oldest European massifs. The highest peak of Central Bohemia is the Tok Brdy Mountain, located in the district of Příbram, the lowest point is the basin of River Elbe, in the district of Mělník.
Since 2003, 26 administrative areas or municipalities were created. Those municipalities are: Benešov, Beroun, Brandys nad Labem - Stara Boleslav, Čáslav, černošice, Český Brod, Dobříš, Hořovice, Kladno, Kolin, Kralupy nad Vltavou, Kutna Hora, Lysa nad Labem, Mělník, Mladá Boleslav, Mnichovo Hradiště, Neratovice , Nymburk, Poděbrady, Příbram, Rakovník, Říčany, Sedlčany, Slany, Vlašim and Votice.
Central Bohemia offers a variety of natural and technical cultural monuments. Its most important cultural monuments are in the World Heritage Sites of UNESCO. The historic city centre of Kutna Hora, the Santa Barbara Church and the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady at Sedlec are part of the World Heritage sites of UNESCO since 1995. Křivoklátsko, a Natural Protected Area, was included in the Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO in 1977.
Prague (Praha) is the capital of the Czech Republic. It was formerly the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and Czechoslovakia. It is also the capital of the region of Bohemia.
Located on the Vltava River, Prague has approximately 1.2 million inhabitants, what makes it the most populous city in the country. Prague metropolitan area has a population of 1.9 million inhabitants.
Since 1992 the historic centre of the city is a Heritage of Humanity. Its beauty and historical heritage make it one of the twenty most visited cities in the world.
The city of Prague is an observer of the following international organisations: Aner, CSO, Les Rencontres and Red Art Nouveau.
Since 2000, the city is a city-state, which means that many of the powers of the State are transferred to the city. The leader of the capital is the mayor. The city is administered by three entities: the Prague Assembly, made up of 70 representatives and the Prague Council, made up of 11 members of the Assembly and the Prague City Hall.
Prague is administratively divided into 22 districts that are numbered from 1 to 22, which are divided into 57 municipalities, of them only 4 belong to the historical Prague, and each one has its own elected representatives and competencies.
Prague is the economic centre of the country. Besides being the capital of the country most of the financial institutions and transnational corporations, it has its headquarters in the city. These, among other reasons, make it possible for Prague to represent about 25% of Czech GDP.
Economic Data of the de la Czech Republic
|GDP per cápita (€):
|Annual increase of the GDP (%):
|Inflation Rate(%):
|Unemployment Rate (%):
|Exports 2012 (billons €):
|3 062,8 (annual growth l 6,4%)
|Importaciones 2012 (billones €)::
|2 752,0 (annual growth 1,3%)
Economic Activity of Czech Republic
Nowadays, the industry is still very important for the economy of the Czech Republic. About the participation percentage, the industry is the 35% (62.3 % services, 2.8% Agriculture). More than 40% of the employed citizens work for in the industrial sector. The most important pillars of the Czech Industry are engineering and machinery construction, mining, chemical and food production, followed by the energy industry, civil engineering and light industry.
Engineering and Machinery Manufacturing
Engineering industry is among the most traditional industries in the Czech Republic. The most important part is the auto industry, because it is the major exporter. In 2010, 54.2% of the exports were products of the automotive industry. The automotive industry in the Czech Republic has more than 120 000 employers, what makes it the largest producer; the most important automotive company in the Czech Republic is Škoda Auto.
The leading companies in the field of automotive engineering and transport in the Czech Republic are:
- Automobiles
- Vehicles and large trucks
- Buses
- Trolleybuses, trams, metro and rail motors
- Motors and carriages
- Tractors
- Motorcycles
- Aircraft
- Boats and Ships
Mining Industry
The mining industry is often related to the engineering industry. At the moment, the mining industry is mainly concentrated in regions with raw material deposits (black coal, limestone), that is, mainly in the Ostrava region. Minerals such as iron and steel are imported.
Chemical industry
The chemical industry is an indicator of the economic level of the country, as it requires qualified human resources, specific raw materials, and water and energy sources. Czech chemical industry is mainly concentrated in the region of northern Bohemia (Usti nad Labem in Hradec Kralove). The chemistry of Moravia's area is mainly located along the central and lower part of the river Morava. Crude oil is processed in areas close to the pipe (Litvinov, Kralupy nad Vltavou).
The leading companies in the field of chemistry:
- Petrochemical production
- The chemicals
- Rubber industry
- Plastic materials
- Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
Food industry
The food industry is distributed to the territory of the Czech Republic. Among the most important products of the food industry Czech, the beer production remains one of the leading positions. Each year, more than 2 million hectoliters of beer are exported from the Czech Republic.
Leading companies in the food industry:
- Meat and meat products
- Crude Fat and oil
- Light Production
- Natural Sugar Production
- Beer
External Trade of the Czech Republic
Changes from last year in %
Coverage of imports by exports in %
in billions (CZK)
4 944,4
2 532,8
2 411,6
5 566,3
2 878,7
2 687,6
5 814,8
3 062,8
2 752,0
Communications and logistics rutas in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has a railroad length of 9.435 kilometers; 9.341 kilometers of them are standard gauge. Electrified railroads have generally voltages of 3 KV CC or about CA: 25KV. 94 kilometers (58 miles) of track is narrow gauge. The most important railway-company is the state-owned Czech Railways.
Prague has an underground rapid transit system, the Metro of Prague. In addition, the cities of Brno, Liberec, Most, Olomouc, Ostrava, Pilsen and Prague have tram systems.
The Czech Republic has 127.810 kilometers of roads; 90.532 kilometers of those are highways. In 1980 and 1990 there were significant increases in passenger road-transport in Czech Republic, this was associated with a strong increase of traffic accidents. In recent years, the number of traffic accidents has been reduced. However, the mortality rate per inhabitant is moderately high, comparable with United States.
The roads of Czech Republic are divided in highways and motorways. Those roads are managed by the State Highway and the Highway Directorate- RSD, founded in 1997. The first modern road of the Czech Republic was the Highway of Prague, through the Slovak boarder Beno, whose construction started on the 2nd May of 1939.
Nowadays, RSD manages and maintains 726,9 kilometers of motorways and 391,2 kilometers of highways.
677 km, the Elbe (Labe) is the main river.
Decin, Mělník, Prague, Usti nad Labem, Moldauhafen in Hamburg (non-operating port, will be delivered to Germany in 2028).
In 2006 the Czech Republic had a total of 121 airports. 46 of these airports had paved runways and 75 had unpaved runways. The largest and busiest airport in the Czech Republic is the Prague Václav Havel Airport opened in 1937. Other international airports are Brno Airport, Karlovy Vary Airport, Ostrava Leos Janacek Airport, Pardubice and the Kunovice's airport.
Technological Capacity of the Czech Republic
In 2008 the ratio of degrees awarded in science-related fields (engineering, manufacturing and construction) was one of the highest in Europe.
Secondary technical schools and vocational training centres
Technical secondary schools and integrated schools take students to a relatively high professional level through a mix of general education courses, theoretical and practical training in certain fields such as general machinery, textile machinery, agricultural machinery, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, etc. Students who take the "maturita examination " (graduation) are eligible to apply to colleges and universities.
Vocational Training Centres offer training much more aimed at work from three or four years specialized fields (for example, high voltage electricity, textile machinery and automotive electronics). Extensive practical training in companies is an important part of the curriculum. Three-year programs conclude with a discussion of learning. In some cases, students can opt for a higher course of study (four years instead of 3), together with practical training, it also provides a broad education. In this case, students will also conduct a "review maturita".
Higher Vocational Schools
Equivalent to the German Fachhochschulen, the Higher Vocational Schools are usually located on the same campus and share resources with secondary technical schools. Usually provide technical education of three years after the completion of secondary education. Higher Vocational Schools are not currently recognized universities.
Currently, there are more than 83,000 technical university students studying technical subjects in other universities. More than 17,000 graduated university students in technical and scientific fields are members of each year's Czech work-force.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Institute of Chemical Technology of Prague
Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of life in Prague
Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Prague)
The Technology Centre is a consortium of legal entities (institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic): Institute of Physics, Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Institute of Plasma Physics, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Technology Management Ltd. The consortium is also opened to legal entities outside the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Czech Liaison Office for Research and Development (CZELO) in Brussels
It provides to the Czech research institutions specific and updated information about the possibilities to participate in international research consortia.
It also arrangees and facilitates meetings of Czech researchers with relevant EC officials, organizing information days on Czech research and development for representatives of the European institutions.
Promoting Czech systematic research, its results and successfully cases.
The Technology Centre Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Czech Republic (Tc)
The Technology Centre is a national key institution for the infrastructure, investment, development and a research aimed at science areas aimed at science, technology and innovation areas. TC is an updated information source about European investigations, development and innovation.


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Shocking! Bar Council Of India: 126 Protesting Lawyers Suspended In Tamil Nadu :- The Bar Council of India suspended 126 lawyers, including office bearers of various Bar Associations of Tamil Nadu. This is the first kind of decision in the legal history. They were suspended because they are going ahead to strike against the Madras High Court notification amending Advocates Act despite requests to withdraw the protest.
On Monday, the action was made public hours before the lawyers planned to encircle the Madras High Court campus. The decision to suspend the lawyers was taken at the General Council of BCI held in New Delhi on Saturday. The 21 members of the Joint Action Committee is spreading the agitation against the new notification of the Madras High Court.
BCI said that it was very painful and the Indian legal profession is facing the darkest days of its history. The suspended lawyers include P Thirumalairajan, Chief Coordinator of JAC spearheading the agitation and its members Arivazhagan, M VeImurugan and Nalini.
14 lawyers from Dharmapuri, 11 each from Ramanathapuram and Namakkal, 13 from Coimbatore, 9 from Tiruchy, 10 each from Tuticorin and Karur were among those suspended by the Bar Council of India.
The resolution said that most of the Bar Associations of Tamil Nadu State absented themselves from work for the last two months. They indulged in several kinds of unruly, indecent, arrogant activities which are most unbecoming of the conduct of an Advocate.
The resolution said that These suspended persons shall not be allowed to practice in any Court in India. Suspended lawyers shall not be treated as an Advocate for any purpose.
The suspended lawyers said that we will face it legally in the court.
Mr. Arivazhagan told DC that We have been conducting our agitation in a very peaceful manner and we will continue to do so. There was no need for the Bar Council to suspend so many lawyers. We will challenge it. We will face it legally.
Lawyer Ms Nalini said that it is a wrong move of Bar Council. We had met the Chief Justice of India only a fortnight ago seeking his intervention to solve the issue. But suddenly, the Bar Council has suspended us. We will not accept the suspension. We have been fighting for the right cause.


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The divers were honing their skills in preparation for a more detailed search further away from Tyneside.
But they found what is believed to be the country's second submerged Stone Age development, while practising in the North Sea off Tynemouth.
Another slightly more recent site, still from the Mesolithic era, was also found on the seabed nearby.
The settlements came to light when Dr Penny Spikins of Newcastle University noticed some flints on the seabed, which she instantly recognised as being significant.
Dr Spikins, leader of the international research team behind the Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes Project, said: "I was learning to scuba dive and was in the middle of a training session in the sea when I noticed lots of pieces of flint beneath me on the sea bed.
"To the average person they would seem like ordinary stones you would find on the beach, but to a specialist they were something very exciting indeed."
One settlement is thought to date back to the late Mesolithic period, 8,500 to 5,000 years ago, while the other, found further out to sea, is thought to be early Mesolithic, 8,500 to 10,000 years ago.
Mesolithic people were hunter-gatherers and lived in the Middle Stone Age - between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago.
Coastal luxury
Both sites would have been gradually submerged as sea levels rose following the end of the last Ice Age.
The precise location of the sites is being withheld for their protection, but the experts said they were off the Tynemouth coast.
Dr Spikins added: "We think that Tynemouth could have been an important place for the early settlers, because as well as having the luxury of coastal resources they had the River Tyne nearby."
Archaeologists always suspected that there were sites to be found under the British North Sea after a fishing trawler picked up a Mesolithic antler harpoon there early last century.
But the Newcastle University team has found the first evidence since then.
Dr Spikins said: "Archaeologists thought that the sites left by people who lived 5,000 to 10,000 years ago had simply been lost to the sea.
"But our finds could change our understanding of the earliest occupation of the British Isles."
English Heritage's chief archaeologist David Miles said the discovery gave a
glimpse of the "prehistoric Atlantis" which linked modern Britain to continental Europe.
He said: "This is a tremendously exciting discovery.
"We know that there is a prehistoric Atlantis beneath the North Sea where once an area equal to the size of present day Britain attached us to the continent.
"It is potentially an area for exploration and this discovery by the Newcastle University team gives us a stepping stone into this unknown world."