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What to Expect during your Child's Wellness Checkups Quick Reference Guide
|Updating the Medical History
|When performed
|A child's medical history is a complete set of notes from all doctor visits. It also includes a family health history.
|Started at first visit and updated every visit after that for all children.
The Head-to-Toe Physical Exam and Important Measurements
|Exam, screen or action
|When performed
|Physical exam
|Every visit for every child.
|Measure Length/Height and Weight
|Every visit for every child.
|Body Mass Index (BMI): This measurement is calculated from a child's height and weight. A very high BMI (over 30) suggests that a child may have too much body fat.
|Starting at age 2 for all children, then every wellness visit.
|Measure Head circumference: Shows if a child's skull is growing along with his or her growing brain.
|Every visit up to and including the 2 year visit.
|Measure Blood pressure (BP): If BP is high, it means the heart is working extra hard to pump blood. This could be a sign of possible health problems
Checking the Senses
|Exam, screen or action
|When performed
|Vision screen:A child identifies pictures or reads letters on an eye chart with one eye at a time while the other eye is covered.
|Hearing Screen: Low volume tones are made by a handheld device or earphones. The child will identify which he/she can hear by raising his/her hand.
Assessing Behavior, Psychosocial Development, and Mood
|Exam, screen or action
|When performed
|Developmental screen: The doctor asks parents to answer a series of written questions that can indicate whether their child is on track for development, or possibly behind ("developmentally delayed").
|Developmental surveillance:The doctor tracks a child's physical, mental, emotional, social, and behavioral growth by asking parents questions and by observing how the child moves, behaves and interacts with his/her parents and him/herself during the visit.
|At every visit for all children unless a scheduled screening questionnaire is administered (see above)
|Autism screen: Helps identify any issues a child may have with unusual behavior, language delays, and problems interacting with others. These can be signs of autism.
|Psychosocial/behavioral assessment: A doctor may ask a child questions about how he/she feels about him/herself, hopes, fears, friends, mentors, or moods. The doctor may also check for developmental milestones or use screening questions to identify risk.
|Every visit for every child.
|Alcohol/drug use assessment: A doctor will ask your child questions about alcohol use when they are middle-school aged.
|For at-risk youth, every wellness visit from age 11 through age 20
|Depression screens are most often questionnaires for children and/or parents to complete. Depression is an illness, not a phase.
|For at risk youth, every wellness visit from age 11 through age 20; any wellness visit at parent's request or per physician's judgment
Various screens from birth through adolescence
|Exam, screen or action
|When performed
|The newborn blood screening tests for several genetic issues and syndromes.
|Newborns should be screened before they leave the hospital; at the latest, 2 months old
|Critical congenital heart defect screening:measures oxygen levels in a newborn's blood. Low numbers can mean there may be a heart problem.
|At birth for all newborns.
|Screens for anemia–Anemia is a disorder that causes a child to feel tired because her body's cells are not getting enough oxygen. This is often caused by not having enough red blood cells or not enough iron. Blood tests are given: A hematocrit measures number of red blood cell in blood; hemoglobin measures iron
|Screening for lead poisoning –with a blood sample. Just a tiny amount of lead in the blood can cause damage to the brain, heart and immune systems.
|In New Jersey,
|The tuberculin skin test screens for exposure to (not necessarily infection with) to tuberculosis (TB), a very dangerous bacterial disease that damages lungs and makes it hard to breathe.
|Dyslipidemia screening includes blood tests for cholesterol, triglycerides and other substances that cause hardening of the arteries in the heart.
|Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): The doctor will ask the patient about sexual activity, number of partners and any symptoms. Based on the child's responses, the doctor will screen for disease by testing the child's urine, swabbing and testing any sores in the genitalia, or ordering a blood test.
|STI screening
|Cervical dysplasia screening: This is known as a Pap test. A doctor will take a tiny sample of tissue from the patient's cervix to test for precancerous cells. (May be done by a gynecologist instead of a child's primary doctor).
|For young women who are sexually active, within 3 years of onset of sexual activity
|Oral health: Doctors should refer children to a dentist when the child's first tooth comes through. Sometimes patients cannot get to a dentist regularly. The doctor should check these patients for oral/dental health and administer a fluoride treatment


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Friday, June 29, 2018
Stephen Miller, vice chair of Cozen O'Connor's White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice, is quoted Law 360 on the impact legalized sports betting has on the integrity of college sports. The issue is of growing concern for college sports, as amateur college athletes, who are not compensated beyond their scholarships to attend school, may be more susceptible or vulnerable to corruption.
"I think it is something that the individual colleges are going to have to get their hands around as part of their compliance departments," Stephen said. "They already have massive compliance departments devoted to compliance with NCAA rules. Sports betting just opens up another front where the compliance departments are going to have to be watching out for any signs of corruption."
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We humans are super stubborn especially when it comes to certain paths we take, we're truly wired up that way.
You've heard the expression "You can't teach an old dog new tricks", right?
Think about this for a second:
We're adamant about being a Democrat or Republican.
We're adamant about being a vegan or a meat eater.
We're obstinate about Ford vs. Chevrolet
Some of us have deep loyalties about Fender vs Gibson.
We're adamant about the manner in which we handle our relationships (most if not all of us need consistent improvement on that, present company INCLUDED).
Quite often we are unwavering on these ideals and we don't even know why. We don't have an opinion that is based on any kind of facts or accurate information, we just do what our parents did.
We follow the crowd we hang out with.
We staunchly support an ideal and we have done exactly ZERO research for ourselves.
I saw it on Facebook, so it must be true.
WAY too many artists are adamant about the path they are taking to climb the ladder of success in their careers.
They're understandably resolute in their approach because they've experienced and seen the manner in which all their favorite, life-changing, iconic artists have come into their awareness.
But, when does adamant turn into ignorance?
It's GOOD to be inflexible with regards to achieving your goals. This creates perseverance. When I was an artist there was no musician, girl, business deal, booking agent, tragedy, manager, label suit, sickness, injury, or excuse that I would give permission to stand in my way. No plan B. Only forward motion.
If you're stubborn about achieving the goal, that's awesome. If you're unyielding on the path you've chosen to get there, you're ignorant.
The path constantly changes in real life.
The path gets refined as you become more aware of what is really going on.
Many of you think you're determined to succeed but really, as Don Henley says, "That's just some people talking".
Too many of you are blissfully clueless when it comes to any kind of discernible business plan to bring your amazing music to market.
Sadly, most of you that have any semblance of a process or business plan to expand the awareness of your music in a market are working with outdated and inaccurate information.
You're refusing to recognize this fact.
You're sticking to your current path.
How's that working for you?
What metrics are you using to measure your forward progress?
Did you sell more CD's this year than last year?
Are you selling more tickets this year as opposed to 2014?
If you can measure it, you can manage it.
Do you have a reasonable, credible plan in place for 2016?
How is your song going to become my jam?
My father says that journeys like life or a business plan are living, breathing, entities in constant need of cultivation and reevaluation. John Sr. says a journey is similar to the flight path of a butterfly in that it's never in a straight line.
The butterfly that embarks on a voyage across a field of flowers will fly here, then fly there, fly forward, then backward, zigzagging, advancing and retreating until finally it reaches the other side.
A butterfly is never steadfast about the path. Untiring towards the goal, but open for suggestion and often unwillingly relocated by the winds of change along the way.
I've mentioned this in past blogs, but a great example of this was an experiment done in the 1940's designed to gather information on what makes a person really lucky or really unlucky.
The results were astounding.
Generally speaking, unlucky people are firmly entrenched in their pathway, blind to any outside anomalies or fluctuations happening around them.
Lucky people were more prone to take it all in, pay attention to everything, and learn.
Open for suggestion.
The experiment asked people to respond to a newspaper ad requesting people reply if they felt they were generally lucky or generally unlucky. The respondents would be paid handsomely.
In the experiment, the whole group was given a newspaper and asked to count the number of images that were printed in the paper. They were instructed to hand in their answers once they finished and they would be paid $250 (again, this was in the 1940's, I think, so that was big money).
The people who felt they were generally unlucky took an average of 2 minutes to complete the task.
The people who were generally lucky took an average of 15 seconds.
What was the reason for the disparity in the length of time required to complete the task?
In the newspaper, on page 2, was a black and white ad in huge block letters that read, "THERE ARE 48 IMAGES IN THIS NEWSPAPER, THERE IS NO NEED TO KEEP COUNTING. PLEASE WRITE THIS DOWN, HAND YOUR PAPER INTO THE INSTRUCTOR AND COLLECT YOUR $250 CHECK."
See my point?
The people that were ignorantly resolute on the guidelines (A.K.A. the path) continued to count all the images never seeing the ad with the answer because it wasn't an image.
The answer wasn't what they were looking for, rather, they were looking for images. Opportunities don't always come looking like what you'd thought they should.
Get it?
What's your plan of attack to make a living at your artistry?
While I'm quite sure you're determined to never quit until you reach your goal, how resolute are you to the tactics you're using to get there?
Don't be a moron.
Don't be naïve.
Plain and simple.
Don't mistake technologies that offer new ways for artists to connect with fans as the grand solution that will save the failing music industry and thus, your lot in life.
Consumers need reasons to like and stand behind an artist, not a new technological platform. When they have the reason, believe me the platform will not matter, they will find what they want.
How are all these artist platforms working for you?
Are they getting you paid?
Do you know anybody that knows anybody who BROKE on Pandora, Spotify, Bandzoogle, Reverbnation, iTunes, etc.?
If you're #1 in Kalamazoo for alternative country on Reverbnation how does that translate with regards to your bank account?
Now you may say, "Johnny, we make art for the sake of art so the sales don't matter, the recognition is what matters."
Well, somehow, at this moment, you're paying your bills with something.
Where did those funds come from?
What if your current bosses decided to stop paying you in exchange for blue ribbon each pay period?
Can you imagine?
What would you do if this happened?
You'd have to, wouldn't you?
My point is that somehow, some way, you found out how to get paid for a job that you'd probably rather not do if you don't straight up hate it.
Why on earth wouldn't you want to find a way to get paid to be an artist?
If you're struggling that means you aren't getting paid or you aren't getting paid enough to survive.
If you're just getting paid with some BS form of technological praise, I submit to you that the praise you receive PLUS $2.52 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Change your path.
Change it often.
It took Edison an average of 1,000 experiments to obtain the successes he needed for EACH of his 2,332 patents.
How may experiments have you tried to get paid for your music?
My guess is the first one, perhaps the only one, the one you're on now, isn't working well enough.
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I knew him in the late 80s and he was a true Lotus man, knowledgable, friendly.
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Like waiting on the tarmac for a doomed flight, Mets SNY announcing team Gary Cohen and Ron Darling had nearly four hours to kill last night while they waited out an intractable rain delay in Atlanta. What did the dynamic duo come up with to stave off boredom and pass the extended down time?
Well, someone in the SNY truck figured we'd want to know, so they threw together a time lapse video of Gary and Ron twiddling thumbs, stretching, and otherwise milling about. It's more enjoyable than it sounds! Here's a clip:
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As time wears on it becomes more and more real.
I think I've been saying that for six weeks now. And yet, I still can't look it full in the face.
When we took care of him for eight days after January 18, he was still there, with us. We chose the funeral home we did because of how the owner had taken care of his mom and my mom's mom. No caked on make up; that was the main thing. We sat in his office and he said, "Now I will tell you, there is special lighting. There are four different colors of light that are directed onto the spot where he will be lying, and the colors blended together give the skin a hue it won't have under fluorescent lighting." Jason, being a videographer, asked for the details of the lighting. And Jayson, the funeral home director, answered with particulars.
I half listened.
I was looking at the urns and memorabilia you could develop to remember your loved one. It was fascinating and horrifying at once. I could choose to have my dad's fingerprint made into a piece of jewelry. I wanted to want this, but my mind rebelled instantly. It's not him. It's a facade. There is nothing more despicable than fakery. It was not for me, but for others yes, maybe. I was glad they had that option, but for me it would be clinging onto death. As if I were to go into the morgue. Peel back the sheet. Remove a pocket knife from my jeans. Slice his fingertip from his finger. No bleeding because he was embalmed. Put the fingertip in my pocket. Disgusting.
Fast forward to last week, a coworker of mine was telling me about the scholarship race she organized in her son's memory. He was killed just over a year ago. As she walked out, she must've glanced down again, as she must a hundred times a day. "I have his fingerprint here with me always," she said showing me. She has her son's fingerprint imprinted on silver, and she wears it around her neck. It's beautiful; her baby, her toddler, her pre-teen, her teenager forever there for her to reach and touch.
We stood and walked out of Jayson's office to see my dad. We paused in front of the double doors leading into the funeral home chapel because Jayson was standing in our way.
"I want you to know, you will see him as soon as we open the doors. There is nothing blocking your view."
What a profound kindness. Continually as we dealt with these people I was amazed at their thoughtfulness, their learned intuition. Yes, learned, because they had been doing this and come to know what people were thinking and feeling.
He opened the doors and we walked in, down the aisle. Boxes of kleenex were on every row. I felt vaguely sorry for the ones who had to use this room for the final service. No loving church family? Then as with almost every thought, I turned it back around. This way they could have the service, and then never be in this room again, never have to look at the front of the church, and see the box even though it isn't there.
What are we expecting to see? I wondered. What are we expecting to feel, do, want? Would one of us scream or otherwise act out? Please no, please no. Would we need the boxes of Kleenex? Would we stand there waiting for him to open his eyes and sit up?
And there he was. Sleeping on the gurney. His skin looked healthy. He had not lain flat in weeks because he couldn't breathe if he reclined. Yet, here he was lying flat with a sheet covering him feet to shoulders. There was a hospital gown showing, and I had asked back in the office, embarrassed, if my father would be wearing underwear. Yes, he would be. Dignity, I had thought. Thank God for dignity.
And yet, through it all, day after day for eight days it was not real. From the blue chair to the men tamping earth over him, it could not become truly true. I had seen it all. He never moved. He never breathed. He did not try to climb out of the box when we kept vigil in the dark church. And yet, my brain could not connect the points on the timeline.
So having closure must mean something else. I shied away from nothing, and yet here I am three months later gasping silently, feeling vacant. It's not possible for the jeans to be empty, for the undershirt to never match the button up again, for the socks to be unneeded. It's not possible for the hands to never drum as they pass by a wooden surface. It's not possible to never care again if the carrots are shredded in the salad because he was the only one who wanted them that way. How can the pencils sit unused by the roughened hands? No more sheets and sheets of paper written in pencil, 'r' before 'i' in words like first and third. How could the voice never say "uman" and "umble" leaving off the "h" as if we are fancy people? And again, how could the man never say, "Hi, My Girl," when I called him from 2500 miles away?
In the past, I used to hear about a death and I would think of that person in one thought. Born and Died. With life in between; yes, and Heaven a foreign place we can't comprehend. But on earth there is the beginning of that person and the end. If it's someone I know who is grieving I would think, "How awful that it's over now, so completely over! How she is hurting!"
But now I see, I was wrong. Because it's not over at all. That annoying, trite phrase "He lives on in spirit," is more than true. It is full bodied, not just a spirit. He is, in my mind, very much alive here on earth somewhere. I just haven't found him yet. And when I try to follow him, in my mind, to where he must be, the world falls flat. Because he is in the ground where I put him. Trees collapse, hills become plains, no buildings standing. Flat with the shock.
I sat across from my friend having a lunch date. She is probably old enough to be my mother, but I'm not sure and it doesn't matter because we became friends on equal footing. Her mom has been gone for eight years. Her eyes welled with tears six or seven times during our 90 minute lunch. She bought my son the biggest, sweetest drink available. It's sweetness unto sweetness with a clump of cotton candy sitting on top of the glass, stabbed through by the straw. She laughed and she giggled with my boys who are silly in answer to her open faced silliness directed at them. And yet, she looked across at me, her expressiveness displayed like a book on her face, "It never goes away. I read your writing and I feel so bad for you, because I know what you are going through."
I looked back at her. Eyes open, mouth closed, ears connected to brain, wide—talk to me. Show me. Tell me I will never forget him. Help me understand how I can carry this burden, but adjust it so that I don't crush the people around me with my struggle.
"Everything hurts, even the things that have nothing to do with her."
"Yes, everything. The way the food is stacked on the grocery store shelves. The staircase. The way the cars go down the interstate. Because he is no where. It all hurts."
Grieve well.
I had the temerity to tell others these two words, before all this happened with my dad. What was I talking about? I had only a vague idea, but I knew this: turning my face away from what caused deep suffering, acting like it wasn't true, that is not my way. Self-pity? That's not what I'm after. Honesty, looking grief in the face and saying, "Where do I put this? What do I do with it?" This is what I'm after. And every person has to learn it for themselves even though it's all been done before. Every pregnant woman feels unique and every grieving person is clawing, coasting, plunging plummeting, soaring forward in their New Normal. Even though, it's all been done before.
And yet, I'm in limbo because I can't quite believe it.
I know what is true. Bone marrow 95% affected. Multiple myeloma. Lungs filling with fluid. Kidneys failing. Two agonal breaths. Meetings with Jayson. A beautiful box with iron ornaments, made by the hands that once raised in brotherly fights, held the bottle, put it away again, clasped in the handshake of friendship, and finally, held out to steady. The younger, stronger brothers holding the now weakened, older brother. I helped lift him into the box. I stood by stubbornly waiting for the men to cover him. I know what is true.
And I know what I can't let go of. Dad, nimbly trundling up the mountain ahead of me, a strong 67 answering my questions without shortness of breath. Sitting across from me saying, "I see there's been a change in you; you answer me confidently with your opinion even when we disagree." A real milestone for me despite my age. I never liked to disagree with my dad, and there was seldom any reason to. Memory upon memory, his life and health and plans and strength as present as the computer before me now.
At the moments when it's fully true, I cannot breathe. And I put it away again. Like the relentless waves softly rushing up the shore trying to outdo each other, reaching beautifully with their foaming whiteness, and then slipping back again. My thoughts rush forward searching for the restful beauty of life, "He is there! He will talk to you. It was a nightmare after all!" And then slipping quickly back again, the thoughts like water, "No! Not there! His life seeped away like the salt ocean soaks into the sand of the shore. It's gone. It's gone, you can't hold it in place."
To fully acknowledge that he is gone for good from here, it is too much. Just as the earth feels like it's tilting off its axis, I reprimand myself, "Straighten up! Everyone suffers! Everyone hurts and many more hurt more than you do." But trying to be patient with myself, realizing I have to take this difficulty on at the point where I was when he left me, I try to keep an even keel.
I'm sailing in the ocean of grief, and the goal is to keep moving forward. I'm not speeding along to win the race, but also not capsizing never to right myself again.
I was sitting on the bed yesterday after Sophia aced her 10K, and I had bombed like a kamikaze. Tears slipping down, harsh words for myself, Brad listened. I had wanted to run it for my dad, even though that seems pointless given that I can't believe he's gone. And then I was ashamed because, while I did finish the race, I was second to last and wasn't ready for a 10K at all. I haven't been running because of my hip pain, and my new diagnosis. I was passed by the speed walkers, the grammas, the grampas, the run-walkers. My emotions were a wreck, shown upon my blotchy face. Who would want such a race to be run in his honor? Brad reached out his hand to take mine. Squeeze. "It's okay, Gina."
Half the time I'm interacting like a normal person, hopefully. Half the time I'm just trying to stand up straight. The Pointless Questions come at me. Why did you leave me? Why would God let this happen? What now? Who am I? Pointless only because it hurts too much to examine the answers for too many minutes in a row.
More than anything, I can honestly say, I want to help others be okay with grieving, to know that Yes, God is there in the trenches with the grieving person.
But right now, I'm floating face down in the water, breathing salt solution. I depended on him too much. I held him too tightly. Who can fault me? We aren't all superstar Christians. I knew it was dangerous to hold onto him, but he was my Dad. Yes, all the dad words–hero, guide, friend, mentor. Just knowing he was still there day after day, refusing to give in to the demons of depression and self-doubt, meant I too could go on. Everything was okay because Dad understood, because when I embarrass myself at the race, in front of my friends, children, strangers, he would say, "It's embarrassing isn't it? But remember, no one is looking at you as much as they are looking at themselves. Worried about the cotton in their own button. Just keep going, get your water or gatorade. Pick yourself up. Remember, Jesus didn't go around winning at everything. He just did what His Father said. He kept going. People loved him, people thought he was a fool. And even at the end, Jesus asked questions. Even on the cross, Why have You forsaken Me? God can handle you Gina."
Oh God, Oh God. I miss him. Groaning agony. Wishing 50 years was over or the Rapture was today. And I just made all that up but I know he would have said something just like that.
"Take care of your little tribe, Gina."
And my prayer is, "God help me make it count. Help me Live today for eternity. And help me make the dinner." I will raise my babies, love my husband, family, friends, strangers. "Help me to be faithful. You chose me for this; use me. You prepared this grievous path for me, and I for this path."
Isaiah 57:15
"For thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place,
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones,"
- Six, about to be Seven - March 15, 2022
- And God Accepted Job (Part 1) - January 12, 2022
- On Faith and Fear - March 24, 2020


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drooling and loss appetite
my angora female cat, 1.5 years old, was drooling about 5 days ago. she also lose her appetite. 2 days later, I brought her to a vet and they found some inflammation on her gums. they said that probably the symptoms caused by the inflammation or maybe kidney problems. (in addition, she always drooling if I give her vitamin gel or any oral drugs.)
they gave 0.1 cc im injection of dexamethasone and anti-hypersalivation, twice a day. They said I have to inject it for the next five days and if after it, she's still drooling, she has to undergo some blood test to precisely know if there's some kidney problem or not.
But, I stop the injection on the 2nd day and till now I haven't given the injection. but from my amateur physical examination, I think there's no more gums inflammation cause the gums isn't red anymore and I think the appetite almost back to normal. but she's not as energetic as usual. then, if I look at her urine, there's nothing wrong with it, nothing foamy or anything. so is the faeces, no blood or anything.
do I have to continue the injection? is there any complication cause I suddenly stop it?
and from your medical view, is there a possibility she has kidney problem? should I brought her to undergo blood test? should I change the food with the fewer protein? and is that ok if I dont change the food cause she doesn't want to eat except for the usual food?
please help me, I really worried about her. thanks for your help.
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"It sure seems that the story of Joseph is a typological foreshadowing of the life of Jesus," mused Peter Leithart recently, and I have to agree. It sure seems so! Leithart went on, in his post, to describe the kind of mental abstraction required to read the Joseph story that way; a "Proppian structural move that captures a common morphology" [had to look up "Proppian!"]
There's a reason Leithart needed to spend some time theorizing about how to make the case. The peculiar and stubborn fact is that the New Testament never invokes the Joseph story as something fulfilled or figured out in the life of Jesus. So preachers who want to make Christological hay with Joseph have to do it on their own, without explicit scriptural warrant.
That may not seem especially daring, but as it turns out, it's a bit of a watershed in typological interpretation. It's one thing to follow the lead of the New Testament in seeing Christ in certain specific figures of the Old Testament. But if we venture beyond that specific guidance and start finding types all over the Old Testament, what will restrain us from the blunder of finding types where there are no types, from fancifully finding Jesus under every rock and behind every tree, from seeing faces in clouds and beasts in the stars?
The careful, conservatizing case was classically put by 19th-century Anglican bishop Herbert Marsh, in his Lectures on the Criticism and Interpretation of the Bible. Marsh asked himself, "By what means shall we determine, in any given instance, that what is alleged as a type was really designed for a type?" and answered himself,
the only possible source of information on this subject is Scripture itself. The only possible means of knowing, that two distant, though similar, historic facts, were so connected in the general scheme of divine Providence, that the one was designed to pre-figure the other, is the authority of that Work, in which the scheme of divine Providence is unfolded.
Even more specifically, Marsh says that we have no warrant for claiming to see a type unless a passage from the New Testament has expressly declared that the type is there. "There is no other rule … by which we can distinguish a real from a pretended type, than that of Scripture itself."
This passage has come to be called "Marsh's Dictum," and in its favor we can say that it takes typological interpretation seriously as something revealed: types are not a game, but the word of God. Cautioning us against the dangers of departing from his guideline, Marsh reminds us of what anybody who has read around in pre-modern interpretation knows: "Volumes have been filled with types and antitypes, which exist only in the fancy of the writers."
But Marsh's dictum seems to entail that the number of biblical types is finite; in fact small; in fact easily countable. Although Jesus told the disciples everything about himself "beginning with Moses and all the prophets," we as readers will only have a few dozen actual types to count up. Better safe than sorry?
But "behold, this dreamer cometh," this Joseph who saw such visions and took up so many chapters of Genesis and lived such a dramatic arc of humiliation and exaltation. "It sure seems that the story of Joseph is a typological foreshadowing of the life of Jesus."
Don't take my word for it. Check out this list of more than 100 parallels, drawn up by Bible teacher Ada Habershon (a remarkable woman, author of the song "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" –no kidding). Some of them are weak; at best devotional and surely not apodictic. But some are quite strong, and would make any adherent of Marsh's dictum feel like they were surely missing something, pretending not to know something that we in fact know. See for yourself:
Feeding the flock (Genesis 37:2).
The Good Shepherd (John 10:11, 14).
Their evil report (verse 2).
Their deeds evil (John 3:19. 20).
Loved (by his father) (verse 3).
My beloved Son (Matthew 3:17).
Hated (by his brethren)(verses 4, 5).
Hated without a cause (John 15:25).
Not believed (verse 5).
Neither did His brethren believe in Him (John 7:5).
Obeisance (verse 7, 9).
In all things the pre-eminence. (Colossians 1:18).
"Shalt thou indeed reign over us?" (verse 8).
We will not have this man (Luke 19:14).
Envied (verse 11).
Delivered for envy (Mark 15:10).
His father observed the saying (verse 11).
His mother kept all these sayings in her heart (Luke 2:51).
Sent to his brethren (verse 13).
I will send my beloved Son (Luke 20:13).
Here am I (verse 13).
Lo, I come (Psalm 40:7, 8).
Bring me word again (verse 14).
Now come I to Thee (John 17:13).
Out of the vale of Hebron (fellowship) (v. 14)
The glory which I had with Thee. (John 17:5:24).
He came to Shechem (verse 14).
To a city of Samaria which is called Sychar (or Shechem) (John 4:4, 5).
Wandering in the field (verse 15).
The field the world (Matthew 13:38).
Not where to lay His head (Luke 9:58).
I seek my brethren (verse 16).
Come to seek and to save (Luke 19:10).
Went after his brethren (verse 17).
Going after that which is lost (Luke 15:4).
They conspired against him (verse 18).
Took counsel against Him. (Matthew 27:1; (John 11:53).
We shall see (verse 20).
That we may see (Mark 15:32).
Stripped (verse 23).
They stripped Him (Matthew 27:28).
The pit (verse 24).
The horrible pit (Psalm 40:2; 69:2, 14, 15).
They sat down (verse 25).
Sitting down they watched Him there. (Matthew 27:36).
Twenty pieces of silver (verse 28).
Thirty pieces of silver. (Matthew 26:15; 27:9; Exodus 21:32).
Into Egypt (verse 36).
Out of Egypt have I called My Son. (Matthew 2:14, 15).
Servant to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard (Genesis 39:1; Psalm 105:17)
A servant of rulers (Isaiah 49:7).
The form of a servant (Philippians 2:7).
The Lord with Joseph (Genesis 39:2, 21:23).
The Father is with Me (John 16:32).
The Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand (Genesis 39:3).
The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand (Isaiah 54:10).
All put into his hand (Genesis 39:4:8).
Hath given all things into His hand (John 3:35).
Blessed for Joseph's sake (Genesis 39:5).
Blessed in CHRIST (Ephesians 1:3; 4:32).
Left all in Joseph's hand (Genesis 39:6).
Able to keep (II Timothy 1:12).
A goodly person (Genesis 39:6).
Altogether lovely (Song of Solomon 5:16).
Well favoured (Genesis 39:6).
Increased in favour with God and man (Luke 2:52).
How can I do this great wickedness (Genesis 39:9).
Yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15).
Where the king's prisoners were bound (Genesis 39:20).
When they had bound Him, they led Him away (Matthew 27:2).
Whose feet they hurt with fetters (Psalm 105:18,19).
They pierced My hands and My feet (Psalm 22:16).
Two of Pharaoh's officers . . . in the place where Joseph was bound (Genesis 40:2, 3)
There were also two other malefactors (Luke 23:32).
(To one a message of life) Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head and restore thee unto thy place(Genesis 40:13).
To-day shalt thou be with Me in paradise (Luke 23:43).
I do remember my faults this day: . . . and there was with us a young man, an Hebrew (Genesis
41:9, 12).
We receive the due reward of our deeds: but this Man hath done nothing amiss (Luke 23:43).
He served them (Genesis 40:4).
I am among you as He that serveth (Luke 22:27).
Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day? (Genesis 40:7).
What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
(Luke 24:17).
Think on me (Genesis 40:14).
This do in remembrance of Me (I Corinthians 11:24).
Show kindness, I pray thee, unto me (Genesis 40:14).
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done It unto Me
(Matthew 25:40).
Make mention of me (Genesis 40:14)Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father (Matthew 10:32).
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him (Genesis 40:23).
Yet no man remembered that same poor man (Ecclesiastes 9:15).
Here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon (Genesis 40:15).
Which of you convinceth Me of sin? (John 8:46-45).
Out of the dungeon (Genesis 41:14).
Out of prison He cometh to reign (Ecclesiastes 4:14).
The king sent and loosed him (Psalm 105:20)
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death (Acts 2:24).
It is not in me (Genesis 41:16).
God hath shewed Pharaoh (Genesis 41:25).
The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do (John 5:19)
A man in whom the Spirit of God is (Genesis 41:38)
Anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power (Acts 10:38).
God hath showed thee all this (Genesis 41:39)
The Father loveth the Son, and sheweth Him all things that Himself doeth (John 5:20).
None so discreet and wise (Genesis 41:39)
All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3).
Over my house (Genesis 41:40)
As a Son over His own house; whose house are we (Hebrews 3:6).
According unto thy word shall all my people be ruled (Genesis 41:40).
The government shall be upon His shoulder (Isaiah 9:6. 7).
Without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot (Genesis 41:44).
Without Me ye can do nothing (John 15:5).
Bow the knee (Genesis 41:43)
That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow (Philippians 2:10).
Thirty years old (Genesis 41:46)
About thirty years of age (Luke 3:23).
Joseph gathered corn . . . very much . . . without number (Genesis 41:49).
The unsearchable riches of CHRIST (Ephesians 3:8).
Manasseh – forgetting (Genesis 41:51)
He shall see of the travail of His soul and shall be satisfied (Isaiah 53:2)
Ephraim – fruitful (Genesis 41:52)
Much fruit (John 12:24).
As Joseph had said (Genesis 41:54)
His disciples remembered that He had said this (John 2:22).
Go unto Joseph (Genesis 41:55)
Lord, to whom shall we go? (John 6:68).
What he saith to you, do (Genesis 41:55)
Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it (John 2:5).
Famine over all the face of the earth (Genesis 41:56, 57).
A mighty famine in that land (Luke 15:14).
The famine waxed sore (Genesis 41:56)
Not a famine of bread, (but of hearing the words of the Lord (Amos 8:11).
Joseph opened all the storehouses (Genesis 41:56)
The windows of Heaven (Malachi 3:10)
While He opened to us the Scriptures (Luke 24:27, 32).
All countries came to buy (Genesis 41:57)
My salvation unto the end of the earth (Isaiah 49:6).
He it was that sold (Genesis 42:6)
Blessing upon the head of him that selleth it (Proverbs 11:26).
He knew them (Genesis 42:7, 8).
He knew all men (John 2:24:25).
But they knew not him (Genesis 42:8).
The world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not (John 1:10, 11).
Joseph made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them. He put them altogether
into ward three days. (Genesis 42:7, 17
If they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; then He sheweth them their
work, and their transgressions, that they have exceeded. He openeth also their ear to discipline
(Job 36:8-10).
His blood is required (Genesis 42:22)
His Blood be on us, and on our children (Matthew 27:25).
They knew not that Joseph understood them (Genesis 42:23).
Of quick understanding (Isaiah 11:3).He spake unto them by an interpreter (42:23)
He shall receive of Mine and shall shew it unto you (John 16:13:14).
Ambassadors for Christ (II Corinthians 5:20).
He turned himself about from them and wept (It is mentioned seven times that Joseph wept:
Genesis 42:24; 43:30; 45:2, 14; 46:29; 50:1, 17)
He beheld the city and wept over it (Luke 19:41).
Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn (Genesis 42:25)
Filleth thee with the finest of the wheat Psalm 147:14).
Of His fulness have all we received (John 1:16).
To restore every man's money into his sack (Genesis 43:25)
Without money, and without price (Isaiah 54:10).
To give them provision for the way (43:25)
All your need (Philippians 4:19).
Thus did he unto them (Genesis 43:25)
All came to pass (Joshua 21:45; 23:14).
As much as they can carry (Genesis 44:1)
As much as they would (John 6:11).
Bring these men home (Genesis 43:16)
Compel them to come in (Luke 14:23).
Make ready (Genesis 43:16)
All things are ready (Matthew 22:4).
The men were afraid (Genesis 43:18)
Perfect love casteth out fear (I John 4:18).
They came near to the steward, and they communed with him (Genesis 43:19)
He shall teach you all things (John 14:26).
Other money have we brought down (43:22)
Going about to establish their own righteousness (Romans 10:3).
Peace be to you! Fear not (Genesis 43:23)
All joy and peace in believing . . . through the power of the Holy Ghost (Romans 15:13).
They drank, and were merry with him (43:34)
They began to be merry (Luke15:24).
God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants (Genesis 44:16).
He will convince the world of sin (John 16:8, 9).Joseph made himself known (Genesis 45:1)
Their eyes were opened, and they knew Him (Luke24:31).
At the second time (Acts 7:13}
They were troubled at his presence (Genesis 45:3)
They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him (Zechariah
I am Joseph your brother whom ye sold (45:4)
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest (Acts 9:5).
Come near to me (Genesis 45:4)
Made nigh (Ephesians 2:13).
God did send me (Genesis 45:5, 7)
God sent His only begotten Son (John 4:9).
A great deliverance (Genesis 45:7)
Who delivered us from so great a death (II Corinthians 1:10).
Not you . . . but God (Genesis 45:8)
By the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God (Acts 2:23).
Tarry not (Genesis 45:9)
Behold, now is the accepted time (II Corinthians 6:2).
There will I nourish thee (Genesis 45:11)
He that cometh to Me shall never hunger (John 6:35).
Joseph nourished . . . all his father's household, with bread as a little child is nourished (Genesis 47:12).
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want (Psalm 23:1).
Behold your eyes see that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you (Genesis 45:12)
Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me and see (Luke 24:39).
Ye shall tell my father of all my glory (Genesis 45:13).
The gospel of the glory of Christ II Corinthians 4:4).
His brethren talked with him (Genesis 45:15)
Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them (Luke 24:15).
Come unto me (Genesis 45:18, 19)
Come unto Me (Matthew 11:18).
Regard not your stuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours (Genesis 45:20)
Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before
(Philippians 3:13:14).
Joseph is yet alive (Genesis 45:26, 28)
One Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive (Acts 25:19).
Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not (Genesis 45:26).
They believed not for joy (Luke 24:11, 41).
Now let me die since I have seen thy face (Genesis 46:30)
Now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, (for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation (Luke
2:29, 30).
My brethren (Genesis 46:31; 47:1)
Not ashamed to call them brethren (Hebrews 2:11).
Why should we die in thy presence? (47:15, 19).
I am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25).
Our money is spent (Genesis 47:18)
When he had spent all (Luke 15:14; Mark 5:26).
Nothing to pay (Luke 7:42).
There is not ought left . . . but our bodies (Genesis 47:18).
Present your bodies (Romans 12:1).
I have bought you this day (Genesis 47:23)
Bought with a price (I Corinthians 6:20).
Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land (Genesis 47:23)
Seed to the sower, and bread to the eater (Isaiah 4:10:11; II Corinthians 11:10).
When Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead . . . they sent a messenger unto Joseph,
saying, Forgive. (Genesis 50:15-17)
And Joseph wept (Genesis 50:17)
Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me? (John 45:9).
God meant it unto good . . . to save much people alive (Genesis 50:20)
In bringing many sons unto glory (Hebrews 2:10).
Now therefore fear ye not, . . . and he comforted them (Genesis 50:21)
Let not your heart be troubled (John 14:1).
Joseph is a fruitful bough . . . whose branches run over the wall (Genesis 49:29).
I am the Vine, ye are the branches (John 15:5).
A fruitful hough by a well (Genesis 49:22)
In him a well of water (John 4:14).
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him (Genesis 49:23)
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3).
His how abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the
mighty God of Jacob (Genesis 49:24)
I have laid help upon One that is mighty (Psalm 89:19).
From thence is the Shepherd (Genesis 49:24)
That great Shepherd of the sheep (Hebrews 13:20).
The stone of Israel (Genesis 49:24)
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner (Matthew
Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph (Deuteronomy 33:16; Genesis 49:25, 26)
Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows (Psalm
Separate from his brethren (Genesis 49:26)
Separate from sinners (Hebrews 7:36).
The birthright was Joseph's (I Chronicles 5:2)
The firstborn among many brethren (Romans 8:29).
Not grieved for the affliction of Joseph (Amos 6:6)
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? (Lamentations 1:12).
A new king (which knew not Joseph (Exodus 1:8)
Which none of the princes of this world knew (I Cor. 2:8).
The house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts (Joshua 18:5)
Abide in Me, and I in you (John 15:4).
Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, (saying, Thou art a great people and hast great power
(Joshua 17:17).
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me (Philippians 4:13).
I am a great people forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto (Joshua 17:14)
Blessed with all spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3).
The hand of the house of Joseph prevailed (Judges 1:35)
More than conquerors through Him that loved us (Romans 8:37).


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April 15, 2020
Dear St. Joseph School Families,
Happy Easter Week to everyone! Alleluia! We have made it to Easter and vacation week.
At our faculty meeting yesterday (online), we discussed the wonderful progress that most of our school family is making. I congratulate our students, parents and our teachers for the tremendous effort that is being put forth by everyone and the support and patience we are seeing.
Unfortunately, there are still a few out in cyberspace who have not put in the effort or handed in their work during the past month, and therefore cannot be assessed. It is our responsibility as a school and part of the Catholic Schools of this Diocese and beyond to assess each student based on the work completed. We will be giving grades and not pass/fail as some school systems are adopting. This being said if there is no work to assess, we will have to consider the school year for those students as incomplete. If your student has missing work, you and your children (grades 4-8) have been notified by email.
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I ask all parents to be aware of continued communication with teachers through email. Teachers will also be attempting to meet with you and your children through Zoom and google meet and by the old-fashioned method of a phone call. We are also trying to be mindful of your time and space, as like us many of you are working from home.
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- He was a man of divine establishment; he understood that there is order in heaven. Twelve is the number of establishment; the twelve stones represents the twelve tribes of Israel. He is not a true worshipper who is not worshipping the God of Israel. Elijah knew where the fire was going to come from. But water on the wood meant for fire? It sounds ridiculous. That is however, where the fire is. The water symbolizes the water of the word of God and according to Jer. 23:29A, "Is not my word like as a fire? Saith the LORD". Elijah was actually pouring fire but the people were seeing water; the carnal man was seeing water but Elijah was pouring the word of God, he saturated the altar with the word of God. Elijah satisfied the necessary condition for fire to fall; talking about doing the ridiculous for the miraculous. Sometimes God can ask you to do the ridiculous for the miraculous to happen.
- Elijah laid the sacrifice on the altar. He was a man of sacrifice; he understood the power of sacrifice. Elijah laid his life on the altar of sacrifice, he was not selfish at all, his life was sacrificial. He understood the power of laying his life on the altar of service of Jehovah the living God.
- Elijah was a man of divine timing.1 Kgs 18:36 says, "And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word". the Bible says there is time for everything. After doing all that he needed to do, Elijah waited, in fact, he allowed the prophets of baal to waste their time from morning until evening. He already knew that nothing was going to happen because they were connected to the wrong god. However, as the evening set in, Elijah capitalized on this. There is a time for evening sacrifice. Many people miss their miracles because of wrong timing. If you have the calling of God, please don't jump. Many have made a shipwreck of their ministry not because God did not call them but because they jumped before the right timing. Some of them did not survive it. Wait for the right time. God had to call Samuel three times before he jumped. For everything, there is a time, if you don't do the right thing at the right time, you will not reap the right result. The perfect time is God's timing not yours.
- Elijah was a man of prayer. I Kgs 18:37, "Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again". Once the stage is set, once you prepare the necessary atmosphere for fire to fall, there will be no need for you to pray long prayers before the fire falls, your prayer will be very brief just like Elijah's. Today, many people pray and pray, yet no fire. If you are a man of God's presence and you follow the steps enunciated here, you need not pray for too long before fire comes down. You must make the presence of God your lifestyle because you don't know when and how the challenges of life will come.


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Government's Sentencing Memorandum
The United States and Nippon Electrode Company, Ltd. (NDK), have entered into a plea agreement, pursuant to which NDK will waive indictment and plead guilty to the captioned Information. The one-count Information charges NDK with a violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1.
Section One of Title 15, United States Code, provides:
Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared illegal shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation . . . , in the discretion of the court.
B. The Information
The Information charges the defendant with participating in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the price of carbon cathode block sold in the United States and elsewhere in unreasonable restraint of trade and commerce beginning at least as early as February 1996 and continuing until at least December 1997.
C. Elements of the Offense
The elements of a Sherman Act offense, each of which the United States would be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt at trial, are:
D. Maximum Penalty
The maximum penalty NDK may receive upon its conviction in this case is a fine in an amount equal to the largest of: (a) $10 million; (b) twice the gross pecuniary gain derived by the conspirators from the crime; or (c) twice the gross pecuniary loss caused to the victims of the crime.
The Government and NDK agree that the following is the appropriate volume of affected commerce and the resultant United States Sentencing Guidelines fine range. The Guidelines calculation is set forth below:
Pursuant to the terms of the Plea Agreement entered into with NDK, the United States recommends that the Court impose a sentence requiring NDK to pay a Guidelines fine of $450,000. If accepted by the Court, NDK will pay the $450,000 fine within seven (7) days from the date of the imposition of sentence. Defendant's total relevant U.S. commerce during the conspiratorial period was $2,075,000. Thus, the Guidelines fine range is $415,000 to $830,000, and the agreed-upon fine of $450,000 is within the Guidelines range.
There are several reasons why the agreed-upon fine is the appropriate disposition of this matter. While defendant was a participant in the conspiracy, it was not one of its organizers, leaders or major players. Indeed, in terms of total volume of commerce, it was the smallest participant in the conspiracy. The individuals responsible for Defendant's antitrust misconduct are no longer employees of the Defendant or any of its affiliates. In addition, Defendant has waived venue and agreed to submit to jurisdiction. Further, Defendant has already provided meaningful cooperation in this investigation and its cooperation is ongoing. For all these reasons, the Government submits that this agreed-upon fine is in the public interest and is the appropriate disposition of this case.
The United States also recommends that the Court not impose an order of restitution due to the likelihood that the victims of the conspiracy, all sophisticated aluminum companies, may institute individual or class actions seeking treble damages and attorneys fees as provided for persons harmed by violations of the antitrust laws under Section Four of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 4. Indeed, we are advised that two of the aluminum companies have filed individual suits. Given the remedies afforded victims of antitrust crime and the anticipated involvement of private antitrust counsel representing victims in this case, the need to fashion a restitution order is outweighed by the difficulty the Court would encounter in attempting to determine the amount of any losses suffered by all of the victims and would unduly complicate and prolong the sentencing process. Further, we have notified the aluminum companies about this Information and they have the right to be heard at sentencing, if they so choose, and none have contacted us.
For the reasons stated above, the United States respectfully requests that the Court impose a sentence consistent with the terms of the Plea Agreement entered into between the United States and NDK and with the recommendation of the United States that NDK be required to pay a criminal fine of $450,000 within seven (7) days of the date of the imposition of sentence.
Dated: 4-24-02
This is to certify that on the 24th day of April 2002, a copy of the Government's Sentencing Memorandum has been faxed/mailed to counsel of record for the defendant as follows:


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Let me 'get all Propertarian' here. Define properties, axis, actions, Property, and costs.
Ternary : Neutral(Null), Benefit (True), Harm False)
RESULTS (In Descending Order)
1) Mutualism: both organisms benefit. TT
2) Commensalism: one benefits without affecting the other. TN
3) Parasitism: one benefits while the other is harmed. TF
4) Amensalism: one is unaffected and the other is harmed NF
5) (?): both are harmed : FF
OPPORTUNITY COSTS vs FIXED PRODUCTION/CONSUMPTION
The biological model above does not account for opportunity costs from production, where production in a division of labor. We must correct the difference between organisms that engage in production and those that do not.
An opportunity cost is the DIFFERENCE between one choice and another. In other words, only mutually productive exchanges are free of loss. ie: there is only one T position in the truth table. Unlike non-producing organisms. Biology is a poor analogy, because production is nearly unique to man.
Lets see if I can simplify this even more without losing the central idea.
A and B engage in a mutually productive exchange.
Neither A nor B at this moment have a more productive exchange to engage in.
This is the maximum yield any action can produce, at zero opportunity cost.
Every action OTHER than this one decreases the benefit and increases the opportunity cost from zero.
P= Production , ~P = Lost opportunity for production, H=harm
1) Mutualism: both organisms benefit. TT => P1 + P2 = TRUE
2) Commensalism: one benefits without affecting the other. TN=> P1 + ~P2 = FALSE
3) Parasitism: one benefits while the other is harmed. TF=> P1 + ~P2 – H2 = FALSE
4) Amensalism: one is unaffected and the other is harmed NF=>~P1 + ~P2 – H2 = FALSE
5) (?): both are harmed : FF => ~P1 + H1 + ~P2 + H1 = FALSE
Genetic Distance: ||
Humans demonstrate kin selection; treatment of self, near genes and farther genes as priorities with marginal indifference applied to offspring.
a) desire for cooperation (to reduce costs by increasing productivity)
b) prohibition on free riding (cheating as defense against parasitism)
Humans engage in cooperation, eschew free riding, and in any act of cooperation, opportunity costs guarantee that all non-productive exchanges (aside from kin selection) are net losses.
This is different from biological organisms who do not have the ability to cooperate on production by choosing between opportunity costs.
Curt Doolittle
The Propertarian Institute


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We added a new link to N-Chat to our Links-section subsection News & Reviews. Meet other C64 enthusiasts and chat with them.
Another year has gone and all we published was a song at the beginning of the year. Wow! So let's see what this year brings up. We wish you a happy new year. And we want to thank all people asking us to beta test new "64'er Commander" versions. Stay tuned, you'll get it. Maybe this year :-)
We wish you a happy new year. To welcome this new year we've added a new song 'Memories - Part 2 /Technodream' to the Music-section. You need to listen to it.
'Beyond the Wizard of Wor' is a new song in the Music-section. The song is inspired from the classic 'Wizard of Wor'. Yeah, one of those classics, that you can play 5 minutes or 2 hours without losing fun.
This news will tell you, that this site is still alive, even if there were no news for a long time now. Feel free to send us comments. :-)
After a looong time there's a new preview of "64'er Commander" out with version number 0.2a. New features are copying of files from one disk to another, export of multiple files (also complete discs) to PRG and many bug fixes. To get more details and download the latest version visit the commander page by clicking this link.
The Revival Team wishes to all of you a happy new year! Oooops, same text. Yep, as you can see this wasn't a very active year for our C64-Project. We promise you it's getting better this year. A new version of the "64'er Commander" is nearly finished so stay tuned.
Oh, what happened this year? Nothing at this site, but a lot in the background. Just want you to say that this site is still alive and there will be definitely a update in this year! So stay tuned....
The Revival Team wishes to all of you a happy new year!
It's been a long, long time since the last news at this site. Well, what should we say. We're both very busy at the moment, so there will be no new version of the commander this year. BUT we're currently in the state to start with the next version of the "64'er Commander" soon. This site will be updated more regular in the future, so the gaps won't be as long as now. So, that's alll for now. Enjoy your X-mas time and take a look at our site from time to time.
A long time has gone since the release of the last remix. Now we're proud to present a new one. This time it's not a remix of an original SID-sound. But if you want to know more about this song, then visit the Remastered Music Section.
After a gap of 2 months the next pre-release of the "64'er Commander" is out. If you want to download this preview-version then click here to visit the 64'er Commander page.
Just want to say that development of "64'er Commander" is going on and a pre-release of the "64'er Comander" is on it's way. There's also a new mix in the making, so stay tuned. So long, if you want to link to our site with a graphical logo or button you can use one of the following:
Ok, the final day has come. After tests and modifications it's out! The first pre-release of the "64'er Commander". Feel free to download this freeware tool. Click here to visit the 64'er Commander page.
A first pre-release of the "64'er Commander" is coded and will be tested intensively in the next days. After getting through this procedure "64'er Commander" gets public for download on this page. At the moment the wanted release date will be at the beginning of March. Don't miss it! So long stay tuned and visit this site from time to time.
Here's the first update of the demosection in 2002.
Come and see the two new demos Opium and Soiled Legacy.
A happy new year to all of you.
New year, new Power! Hopefully this site is filled up with lot of life in this year.
...be prepared for something you've waited so long...
Good news for all demolovers...
The demosection is up again. Have much fun and enjoy these fine pieces of coding.
After a big update- and message-gap we're back in life. After many problems with our old provider we finally decided to change to a new server. Now we're working to get it all running again. The Musicsection is on the line again, Demos coming soon!
Please don't use the URL back.to/64k anymore, take the new one c64.revivalteam.de.


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Parent company celebrating 150-year anniversary worldwide.
Bayer HealthCare Animal Health celebrated both the 50th anniversary of its Shawnee, Kansas, animal health campus and Bayer's 150th anniversary globally by hosting a celebration luncheon for more than 450 employees, community and state political leaders and local industry partners on Tuesday, June 18. The event featured an internationally diverse menu, which was also served to more than 110,000 Bayer employees worldwide.
"I could think of no better way to mark Bayer's 150th anniversary, and our own 50 years of animal health history, than by sharing a globally inspired meal with my colleagues," says Ian Spinks, president and general manager of Bayer's Animal Health Division in North America. "It reminds us that we are not only part of something very special here in Shawnee, but also part of a global company dedicated to science for a better life."
To mark the 150th anniversary of Bayer worldwide, the Bayer Cares Foundation awarded nearly $785,000 in donations to 150 volunteer projects around the world. In Shawnee, Trish Wilbur, senior staff associate for the food animal and equine business unit, was recognized as one of nine U.S. Bayer employees and retirees whose volunteer projects received a grant to help support their initiatives. Wilbur's grant of more than $6,500 will support Open Door Haiti's "Build a Bed" project. In July, she will travel to Bois De Lance, Haiti, to build beds for 32 families.
Bayer Animal Health employees were joined by community and state government officials, including Dale Rodman, Kansas secretary of agriculture. "Healthy animals are the foundation of a safe, wholesome food supply," says Rodman. "Your company's commitment to excellence and leadership in animal health has benefited the global animal agriculture sector for 150 years. It was an honor to participate in the celebration today. On behalf of Kansas agriculture, we look forward to continuing to work with our partners at Bayer for another 150 years."
Bayer's yearlong anniversary celebration includes numerous global and U.S. events focused on the company's employees, customers, partners and the scientific community. These events include a traveling exhibition focusing on healthcare, agriculture and high-performance materials and the Bayer Anniversary Airship, which will make stops on five continents. For more information, visit www.150.bayer.com.


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Top Chef Amar Santana Taught Us A Lot About Paella And A Little Something About Life
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PAELLA! — We sent Vince Mancini to meet with Chef Amar Santana to learn how to make Top Chef worthy food.
The Best of O.C.
The countdown is over, and 2016 is finally here! With the new year comes a slew of venues and individuals making life in Orange County all that much sweeter. Here, the best of what's out there and what's to come, and the results of our annual readers' survey.
Amar Santana Expanding His Broadway Empire With Vaca
His new, Spanish-and-beyond concept coming to Costa Mesa in 2015
Costa Mesa, City of the Arts: Vaca
Santana, an alumnus of the former Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdales in South Coast Plaza, was named in 2015 as one of the most influential people in Orange County by the Orange County Register.
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Achieve successful negotiation by asking great questions
Good negotiations will contribute significantly to your business success, so it pays to take them seriously.
If you go to the negotiation table with a 'I win, you lose' mentality then the negotiation is likely to descend into argument and conflict very quickly…
So where do the best negotiators start?
Where should you start?
Preparing and asking great questions to seek the understanding of both parties is essential for successful negotiation.
No amount of preparation is too much in approaching the complex or high stakes involved in some negotiations. Plan both your approach to the subject under negotiation and the questions you want to ask.
So, what are the best questions to ask?
Ensure your questions are respectful and working towards an agreement, don't make them antagonistic and confrontational – this will most likely make your partner shut down and prepare for battle…
Rehearse the questions and the likely outcomes – that way you can anticipate the possible response from your negotiating partner and additional possible questions to follow up with…
Click here to see why successful negotiation is about asking the right questions, in the right way, at the right time… with examples of great questions you can use.


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Well, kinda, with the RTX-Powered Apollo 11 Demo at SIGGRAPH 2019, and some nifty A.I.
At SIGGRAPH 2019 in LA, one of the fun demos is at the NVIDIA booth, and it involves participants pretending to take a walk on the moon.
I hopped on the set – the site of the Apollo 11 moon landing – and saw myself photo-realistically live-streamed as an astronaut into a scene involving the lunar lander on the moon's surface.
I could bounce around, and see myself, in a full spacesuit, do the same moves.
What was actually happening was that a single camera was capturing my poses and matching these to a rendered CG astronaut. The final scene is accomplished with real-time raytracing.
Pose estimation tech courtesy of NVIDIA Research meant that only that single camera was required (ie no mocap, no multi-camera setup, and no depth sensors).
The means used to reconstruct my 3D human body motion and position from a single 2D video feed was made possible with that pose estimation tech, "with Tensor Cores in RTX GPUs speeding up the AI inference to understand the person's movements," as NVIDIA advises in this blog post about the demo. The post also states: "That information is then translated and sent to the Omniverse renderer to match the precise movements to the 3D astronaut."
It's part of a whole series of demos NVIDIA has going at SIGGRAPH 2019 – you can check them out at booths 1303 and 1313.
This week at befores & afters are #realtimewrapup week, with reports on real-time tech and virtual production, direct from SIGGRAPH 2019.Need After Effects and other VFX plugins? Find them at Toolfarm.


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Thailand Barramundi fishing tour – 13 09 2008
Singaporean angler Stanley Ang and a friend visited the Barramundi ponds complex in Thailand.
Accompanied by Boy the anglers fished various ponds with a variety of surface lures catching numerous Barramundi to 9.5kg's.
After a short afternoon's Barramundi fishing the anglers had amassed a joint forty fish haul consisting of fish weighing between 3-9.5kg


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Tomorrow, the bullpens, live batting practice and fielding drills will become a little more serious, with the opening spring-training game at Salt River Fields for the Arizona Diamondbacks, as they take on the team they replaced as NL West champions, the San Francisco Giants. It marks the start of a month of Cactus League action, which will see the team solidify their squad, get a look at some farm system products and get themselves in shape to defend the division crown. Unlike previous years, there doesn't seem much, on the surface, to be decided for Arizona. But let's dig a little deeper: what should we be keeping an eye on in March?
1. Drew or Drew not. There is no 'try'...
The only real question-mark over the 25-man roster would seem to be the presence or absence of short-stop Stephen Drew, who is still recovering from the unfortunate injury he suffered at home-plate last season. On Monday, Seth Pollack reported that Drew took 40-50 ground balls, with Gibson saying he did well: "He put more movement, left to right, did a reverse pivot, planting in the hole, so I think he feels good. Tomorrow we may transition him in with his regular group and he'll get far fewer (reps) but it will be higher intensity."
While Stephen does seem to be making good progress, with the general consensus that he is ahead of schedule, it will likely still be some time before he is able to take part in a game. Gibson added Drew is "not even close" to running the bases, for example. That delay will put him behind his team-mates, who start their contests on Saturday and if base-running is the last thing to be tested, it would limit the possibility of him getting his ABs through a DH spot, unless some agreement can be reached with the opposite team about having a designated runner for him. At this point, I'd say he'll probably still start the season on the DL.
That would, at least, push back the resulting problem, of the DIamondbacks currently appearing to have 14 position players for 13 position spots. Something - or, more likely, someone - will have to give either by Opening Day or when Drew is ready to come back, and with John McDonald and Willie Bloomquist signed to two-year contracts, it would seem the men with most to worry about are Lyle Overbay and Geoff Blum, unless something startling happens, e.g. Paul Goldschmidt being sent down, an outfielder traded. Spring training performances could well factor into the decision.
2. Four into three does go.
Speaking of the Diamondbacks outfield, we'll see how the quartet of Jason Kubel, Gerardo Parra, Chris Young and Justin Upton work out. Much as I like the radical idea of playing four outfielders - given Arizona's fly-ball skewing pitchers, it's not necessarily a dumb idea... okay, it probably still is - I think we'll see Parra spelling mostly Young in center-field. This is based on Kirk Gibson's previous statements that he wants Parra to become more comfortable playing that position - it's not as if he really needs the time in the corner outfield spots. This could even mean Gerardo getting most of the starts, and doesn't necessarily mean anything as far as CY is concerned.
Of course, Chris is still going to need to get his time at the plate, so he might be a good candidate to DH for the team, when the chance arises. One suggestion has been to get the left-handed Kubel some time at first-base: if he could become the platoon partner for Goldschmidt, then against right-handers both he and Parra could play, without sacrificing as much defense (Lyle Overbay would then largely become superfluous to needs, addressing the issue mentioned above). It seems pretty unlikely - Kubel hasn't a single inning at 1B since turning pro in 2000 - but maybe Kirk Gibson watched Moneyball. If it is going to happen, expect lots of playing time there for Jason next month.
Keep an eye out for the heirs to the outfield spots as well, Adam Eaton and A.J. Pollock. Both were named by GM Kevin Towers as ones to watch this spring, and will be staking their claim for a call-up, in the event of injury or trade involving a current incumbent. Eaton is a lot of fun to follow, with a general agreement he never gives less than 100% on the field, and both players have impressive speed - they were the top two men in the organization for stolen-bases last year, Pollock leading the way with 36.
3. Know your (bullpen) role.
At the end of last season, it seemed like the Arizona relief corps had got themselves pretty solidly sorted, in terms of in-game roles. Fans could generally tell who was going to be used, leading up to J.J. Putz closing the door in the ninth inning. But then, the team went out and added Craig Breslow and veteran Takashi Saito over the winter, which lobs a couple of interesting, potentially useful spanners into the works. How will these newcomers be integrated into an Arizona bullpen which was a huge part of the reason why the team lost only 9.1% of games where we were leading after five innings - less than half league average (18.3%)?
It'll probably be hard to tell in Cactus League games, especially early on, where starters have their outings cut short, and reliever usage tends to be dictated by other factors, rather than purely winning the contest. Also factoring in is the team's stated desire to minimize Saito's spring workload, which is understandable given he just turned 42 earlier this month, and a history spotted with DL trips. Gibson has hinted that Saito will be primarily used in the 7th inning, though it may be subject to change, and given the Japanese pitcher's likely unavailability on back-to-back days, Bryan Shaw will still see his share of high-leverage work there.
Breslow is a left-hander, and it will be interesting to see how the suitable situations shake down between him and Joe Paterson. Breslow does have a lot more experience - 281 major-league games to Joe's 61 - but you'd be hard pushed to complain about Paterson, who held opposing lefties to a .574 OPS in 2011. Breslow's career splits don't show much of a platoon split (.648 OPS vs. RHB, .640 vs. LHB), so we may see him used in more of an extended role, with Paterson the scalpel brought in to remove a particularly-troublesome opposing left-hander, when the need arises.
4. How soon is now?
The Diamondbacks' rotation appears, at this point, solidly-set. Barring injury, we're looking at Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson, Trevor Cahill, Joe Saunders and Josh Collmenter going in to Opening Day. But, as has been mentioned before, five starters almost certainly won't be enough. Arizona hasn't used less than eight in a year since 2002, and spring training can be used to establish a pecking order among the pitchers that are next in line. Wade Miley and Barry Enright each made seven starts for the team in 2011, with Zach Kroenke and Kevin Mulvey both also having major-league experience.
However, it's the prospects that will be under the closest observation during spring, as fans get their first chance for an extended look at the trio of Trevor Bauer, Archie Bradley and Tyler Skaggs. Bradley is probably still too raw to get serious consideration, being aged nineteen and with a grand total of two professional innings to his name - it'll still be fun to see him. Skaggs is only a year older, but has already made 47 minor-league starts and reached Double-A, so can't be ruled out entirely; Bauer, despite limited minor-league experience, may be closest of that trio. And certainly, don't forget our other up-and-comers, such as Charlie Brewer, Andrew Chafin and Patrick Corbin.
For many of them, this will be their first opportunity to go up and measure themselves against major-league hitters, so it will be a good test of their development, even if they are found to be wanting in the final analysis. While it's a truism that there's no such thing as a pitching prospect, it's a pleasure as a fan to look at a team star and remember seeing him play, before he made his major-league debut. The problem with the Diamondbacks in 2012 is, there are quite a few potential stars. You might want to take a notebook to Salt River Fields...


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Tree Giant
for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano (2016, 8 min.)
Tree Giant (2016, 8 min.)
for fl/picc, cl/bcl, vl, vc, perc, pno
Written for the Atlantic Music Festival
Rachel Beetz - flute/piccolo
Ford Fourqureano - clarinet/bass clarinet
Hannah Ji - violin
Jennifer Bewerse - cello
Chris Herman - percussion
Sung-Soo Cho - piano
Lorimer Chapel, Colby College
7/23/16 | Waterville, ME


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Tampa, FL 33602
Tampa (Immigration Help Center)
5402 W. Hoover Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33634
Philadelphia Office
Public Ledger Building,
600 Chestnut Street, Suite 1257
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Jacksonville Office
6260 Dupont Station Court,
Suite A
Jacksonville, FL 32217
Dade City Office
14614 7th St
Dade City, FL 33523
Orlando Office
704 E Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL 32803
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