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The Carolina Panthers looked invincible throughout the regular season and the first few games of the NFL playoffs but they will face a stiff challenge on Sunday when they face the surging Arizona Cardinals.
Super Bowl 50 spots are on the line when the Panthers and Cardinals meet in the NFC championship match-up with the winner facing the survivor of the AFC championship game between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos.
"Pressure and aggressiveness is evident through their entire team. Specifically on defense, they are not afraid to put guys on islands and bring people," Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said to panthers.com.
"They are going to bring people from both sides of the field in all situations. That's their style, they do it well. It's a very big challenge, there's no doubt about it."
The Cardinals led the league in total yards per game at 408.3 yards in the regular season. They are second in passing yards per game (288.5) and eighth in rushing yards per game (119.8).
Meanwhile, the Panthers averaged 366.9 total yards per game, just in 11th place in the entire league but they are second overall in rushing yards per game (142.6) and has held opponents to just 322.9 passing yards per game (sixth in the league) and to 19.3 points per game (also sixth in the league).
Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly agreed with Olsen saying that the Cardinals have "weapons everywhere" and said their defense needs to step up in the AFC championship game.
"They've got a guy back there that's throwing the ball, Carson Palmer, that's been around for a while and he's seen everything. He's played at a high level, not only this year, but in the previous years. You look at who he is throwing the ball to – they kind of have everything you want," Kuechly added.
The Panthers finished with the best record in the league in the 2015 regular season with 15 wins against a loss while the Cardinals are 13-3, second best overall in the NFL.
In the postseason, Carolina beat the Seattle Seahawks, 31-24 in the divisional round. Meanwhile, Arizona beat the Green Bay Packers, 26-20 in overtime in their own playoff opener.
The Cardinals won seven games in the regular season, a record high for the franchise but they need another victory in Carolina to advance to the Super Bowl.
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Obituary of Maureen Bologno
Maureen N. Bologno, 81, of Seaville, NJ passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
Born in Orange, NJ she had lived many years in Sea Isle City before moving to Seaville in 1997.
Mrs. Bologno had worked for Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City as a Cashier Supervisor for many years before her retirement.
She was active in the Church of the Resurrection having taught Sunday School, made bibs for the children who were being Baptized and enjoyed her after Mass luncheon friends at Dino's. She had been a Cub Scout and Boy Scout den mother, a member of the Red Hat Society and the South Shore Stitchers. She was an avid Mahjong player and active with her King Pin bowling league.
She was predeceased by her husband Thomas F. Bologno in 2002 and her sister: Dorothy Turissi on August 30, 2017.
Surviving are her children: Thomas G. Bologno of Sea Isle City, Deborah (Joseph) Brennan of Sea Isle City, Patricia (Paul Allegretto) Jackson of Ocean View, NJ, Joseph P. (Cheryl) Bologno of Dennis Township, NJ, Steven J. (Natalie) of Cherry Hill, NJ. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren.
A Mass of Resurrection will be offered Friday morning at 11 o'clock at The Church of the Resurrection of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, 200 West Tuckahoe Road, Marmora, NJ where friends may call from 9:30 until time of Mass.
Burial will follow in Seaside Cemetery, Palermo, NJ.
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Trucking safety must be key issue in Kentucky races
As a Nashville native who came to Lexington seven years ago to attend school, I've spent hundreds of hours traveling through the state on Interstate 65.
Sadly, I would need dozens of extra fingers and toes to count the times I've witnessed reckless truck drivers putting my life and the lives of others in danger.
I have literally been run off the road more than once by these dangerous scofflaws. Not that we needed it, but the March accident that killed 11 people serves as a sobering reminder of a serious issue.
The Herald-Leader commended the American Trucking Association for its candor about the trucking company involved and condemned the federal government's lack of oversight on the issue.
While both sentiments are well-founded, I also see this problem as an excellent one for our ever-present state political candidates to take on in the months leading up to November's election.
As one of the several states on the I-65 corridor, Kentucky and its citizens are victims of these irresponsible trucking companies, which apparently have free rein to shirk their industry's standards. As we well know, the consequences are grave.
I urge those asking for our votes to help our state become a leader in this desperate fight.
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Get the facts
It is still unknown whether the Obama administration will grow the largest deficits in a four-year period, but at this point we know that honor belongs to former President George W. Bush's administration.
Before the attacks of Sept. 11, Bush's priorities seemed to be centered around stem-cell research and illegal immigrants. That administration still managed to start two wars, cut taxes on the wealthy and erase a budget surplus left to them by the prior administration.
Democrats did manage to stop the Bush administration from gambling away the Social Security fund in the stock market.
Bush administration officials condoned torture and illegal surveillance and changed the game so that their rich friends could get richer.
My question is for the so-called fiscal conservatives and "I-want-my-country-back" crowd: Where were you? The only time you took to the streets was to re-elect the most fiscally irresponsible administration in the history of our country.
I think those groups are ideological phonies. Truth be told, they probably don't like Democrats, liberals or minorities very much.
Nazi Germany was built, not on socialism, but on misinformation and a sense of nationalism that preyed on the need of the people to "get their country back."
Turn off Fox; its not news. Stop listening to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
We are all Americans and in this together. We will survive or fail together, not as parties. Get the facts. Stop leaving the most important decisions in our country's history to the opinions of propagandists.
Tony McCoy
Why my tax dollars?
I'm sorry the horse industry is having a hard time. But why do people who price themselves out of the market want my tax money to bail themselves out?
This isn't just the horse industry; the automakers did the same thing.
I do not have a problem with gambling in Kentucky, though I will never support it being only at tracks. That is about as unfair as it can get.
Pete Ayers
Change not easy
To experience shock and outrage every time the government grows in power or passes another bill is irrational in itself. It would be the equivalent of being appalled to see a lifelong smoker grab for a cigarette.
As I have browsed through the opinion sections of local newspapers during the past months, I have seen many writers crying out for smaller government, cries made for literally decades.
Even with the best efforts of small-government activists, the state has grown by leaps and bounds and continues to grow to this day.
When will we realize that we are chasing a unicorn? What a utopia the world would be if making it a better place was as simple as scribbling on a ballot or shouting on the side of busy intersections.
The following is a test for all of the small-government activists who want to change the federal government: If they truly do have the power to turn the world's largest and most out-of-control government into the exact opposite of what it is, a small and limited state, then surely turning a local group against itself would be easy.
To test this theory, these activists need to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and turn it into a loving and diversity-driven group or make a local street gang into a charity organization.
If they can't do this, then they need to stop talking about changing the size of the federal government.
Vaughn Bateman
Fake Christians
I have never read more ridiculous and irrational writing than that of columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. in the April 10 Herald-Leader ("Killing in the name of a weak God").
Pitts equates the nut jobs from Timothy McVeigh to the crazies of the Michigan militia Hutaree with true followers of Jesus — the same Jesus he more accurately portrays near the end of his rant, contradicting everything he said up to that point.
The "love-your-enemies" Jesus is the one I follow, and almost everyone I know who follows him is more like that than the extreme aberrations Pitts starts out using as examples of "Christians."
At the risk of judging others, I assert that these folks are not Christians at all (quoting the "by-their-fruits-you-shall-know-them" Jesus.)
In fact, this "weak God" Jesus is the one who prayed for his murderers. This Jesus needs no fake Christian death squads killing in his name. I pray that Pitts will come to know Jesus as I have — he will take away all your hate, forgive all your sins, pour his love into your heart and give you the ability to discern a fake Christian from a real one.
Bruce Martin
Costly three seconds
I have a message for the driver turning off Richmond Road onto New Circle Road's inner loop one morning last month.
Remember me — I'm the biker you cut off. I know you saw me. I was in the bike lane, with the green light. I had to lock up my brakes to stay out of your passenger seat. You were looking right at me when my eyes got big and I said something under my breath.
I remember the dirty look you gave me for not yielding to your car, so you could save three seconds. I know it was three seconds because the only other car in my direction passed me three seconds after you cut me off.
You didn't need to worry about me. I was wearing my helmet. I have health insurance. If you had killed me, life insurance would have taken care of my family. However, as a courtesy, I feel like I should warn you that you can't even imagine the hell your life would have become if you had hit me.
I ride five to 10 miles a day in the bike lane, in the gutter, as fast as my stubby, little legs can carry me. I try really hard to obey the traffic laws, I dress to be visible and I try not to hamper the bigger, faster vehicles around me. Any time you want to beat me out on the highway, you will win.
Think about how expensive those three seconds could have been.
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Scipy contains a good least-squares fitting routine, leastsq(), which implements a modified Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. I just learned that it also has a constrained least-squared routine called fmin_slsqp(). I am using simple upper and lower bound constraints, but it's also possible to specify more complex functional constraints.
What I did not realize, at first, is that fmin_slsqp requires a different type of objective function than leastsq. leastsq requires you to write a function that returns a vector of residuals, and leastsq automatically squares and sums the residuals. fmin_slsqp is actually more flexible, in that it can use any objective function that returns a single scalar value. To implement least-squares curve fitting, your objective function will need to find the residual at each data point, square the values, and sum them up. Hopefully this tip will save you some time.
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A former member of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra and the Quartetto Espressivo, she has also taught at Institutes and workshops in several states and served as a Board member of the Suzuki Association of Washington State, 16 years as an officer.
Credentials: BFA, MM, WA state teacher certification
Suzuki teacher training: Books 1-10 John Kendall (long-term teacher training) and Unit 1 Rosalind O'Keefe, Book 1 Mihoko Hirata and Yuko Mori, Book 3 Mihoko Hirata, Unit 4 John Kendall, Book 4 Shannon Murphy, Supplementary Materials John Kendall, and Japanese Pedagogy Yoshiko Nakajima (week-long courses).


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Our Clinic Fees:
- New Patient Visit: 60 minutes, $180.
- Office Visit, Regular: 45 minutes, $115.
- Office Visit, Expanded: 60 minutes, $150.
- Office Visit, Short: 15-30 minutes, $80.
- Acupuncture Treatment, Regular: 45 minutes, $95.
- Acupuncture Treatment, Expanded: 60 minutes, $150.
- Acupuncture Treatment: Short: 30 minutes, $80.
- Phone Consultation, Established Patient: $80-$150, by time.
Payment is due at time of service. We accept check, credit card or cash.
We do not do Skype consultations, or work with distant patients. We expect all patients to live within driving distance of Boulder-Denver, Colorado. However, I do consultations with out-of-town practitioners of TCM regarding their patients.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made during clinic office hours at least 24 hours prior to the appointment. Cancellations for Monday need to be received by Friday, 2pm, so that we can fill the space. Patients canceling the same day of treatment will be charged if we cannot fill the space. Patients missing their appointment or arriving late will be charged according to the time booked. Cancellation fees will also apply to new patients for a missed first visit. Cancellations due to weather or bona fide emergencies are excused if you call prior to your appointment.
Insurance payment
Does your insurance company reimburse for acupuncture? You must ask them directly. They may impose limitations, such as number of treatments, conditions treated, or the need for a referral from a medical doctor. Please determine your eligibility prior to your appointment.
The state of Colorado requires that insurance policies reimbursing medical doctors for acupuncture must also reimburse state licensed acupuncturists such as Dr. Fratkin.
Your insurance company may not pay for any lab tests an acupuncturist authorizes, and they generally do not pay the costs of natural medicines or Chinese herbs.
More and more of our patients find that their insurance covers our services. Please ask for a superbill to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.
Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs such as Kaiser Permanente and certain Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) do not pay for the services of an off-site licensed acupuncturist.


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For the past few months I've been hard at work with colleagues in The Methodist Church producing the first edition of a new magazine. We've called it the connexion and it's born today!
We're really delighted with how it looks and think it has a lot of helpful material in it for the Methodist people all over the British Isles.
What's it for? Well, the plan is to keep people up to date with life across the Methodist Church, not just here but all across the globe. In this first edition there are stories from North Korea and from survivors of the 2004 Asian tsunami.
We will have three editions during 2015 with a theme for each edition. This time around it's evangelism and there is a range of pieces in it about what it means for Methodists to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in their settings, including:
- The Lab in Newport: a 10-year-old Fresh Expression
- Whitley Church in Wiltshire: a village church that grasped a vision for growth
- An interview with General Secretary Martyn Atkins about "elevating the e-word".
Who gets it? We've printed close to 100,000 copies and every ordained person, Local Preacher, Steward and office holder should have three posted to their home address (except for a handful of districts who chose to have them delivered in bulk).
We've asked that people read one copy, give away two and encourage sharing to make sure that the connexion is read as widely as possible.
If you'd like to download a .pdf file of the magazine and read it online you can do that here.
Why the name? The word connexion is a classic Methodist word and has lovely resonances with our global bonds of fellowship. But, for me, as I say in the welcome column, it is also reminiscent of St Paul's description of the Church as a body with a variety of parts – but all connected.
Sadly, too many of us talk about the Connexion as "that lot up in London" and it's never been that. Even more so now with a dispersed team that has staff living all over the nations, the Connexion is all of us, the whole Methodist people.
Anyway, the connexion magazine is a way of communicating some of the good stuff that's going on in the Methodist Church. I hope you enjoy it as much as we've enjoyed putting it together.
There are two videos linked to it. There's a fascinating discussion between Martyn Atkins and Connexional Secretary Doug Swanney on evangelism, which you can find here. There's also a short introduction to the magazine from me below.


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Here bellow you can see my line of Doodles on Paper.
Drawing has been a constant thing for me. I have never been attracted to all the perfectly looking, proportioned objects but I did have a phase of "still life" obsession. I was never able to willingly follow the rules. So I always drew doodles… "garabatos" in Spanish, my mother language. I even like the word better!
I still draw a lot these days. Doodles. Patterns. I like colour. I like using a lot of colours, mixing watercolours with crayons or pencils… acrylics or just pen. I am enrolled in a curses with renowned English Artist Este MacLeod to take place in 2016. I want to expand my horizons!
I use a lot of those doodles to make patterns too as part of decorations for my ceramics. I transform them into "transfer decals" and fire them in my ceramic kiln and then they are ready to use everyday. Those form a part of my "Doodles on Ceramics" collection.
In 2015 I took the challenge of creating a body of illustrations to decorate a restaurant by the beach. I have created greeting cards for families as well as designed a logo for a small cooperative. I have also launched successfully, in markets and Galleries, a set of postcards (which gets constantly updated) with whimsical drawings and mindful messages.
They can be found and purchased on Markets and galleries or on my Etsy shop. If you don't have an account there you can easily make one or contact me and tell me what you need.
Now on sale via email through the contact button!
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Getting Breastfeeding Established
Here are some basic tips to help you to breastfeed your baby…
Ideally having lots of undisturbed skin to skin cuddles immediately after birth and during those first few days will help.
A few days of peace and quiet, just snuggling and feeding your baby will get you off to a good start.
Pillows and lots of them – a basic v shaped pillow or two can make a huge difference to how comfortable you can feel when feeding your baby.
Breastfeeding support if you need more help.
Drink lots of water and eat well.
Feeds can last at least 40 minutes so it can be important to choose a comfortable place for breastfeeding. How you sit in those early days is very important – it can help to sit as upright as possible, rather than slouching back because that makes it easier for you baby to slip off the breast. It can be very beneficial to hold your baby in a position that won't make your arms and back ache. Before you begin to feed your baby check if you are comfortable and that you can relax your shoulders and your arms – chances are you won't relax if you are uncomfortable and you can feel strain in your neck, back and arms.
If you know you are going to be feeding your baby for a while it can also be useful to have a drink, your phone and the TV remote control within reach.


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The Ferengi culture prizes commerce and profit. Different Ferengi interpret this differently. They can range from stout Anarcho-Capitalists who bend over backwards to make sure that their word is their bond, to greedy and rapacious swindlers out to steal everything that's not nailed down.The Ferengi reputation has suffered badly at the hands of unscrupulous Ferengi who were liable to do anything for latium and thought nothing of cheating anyone at any time.
The Ferengi often come off as shrill, nervous, angry and foul tempered. This is because they are one of the physically least imposing races in Known space. they stand about 1.5 meters tall and rarely top 55kg. The other races in the galaxy look like ugly giants to the average Ferengi.
Although often stereotyped as greedy mercantilists, this is far too limited a view. The Ferengi are better than average at math - leading to an edge in hard sciences and technology. They can be enormously creative and inventive people. And many of them will indeed stay bought.
Ferengi Trade HousesEdit
Or: Politics is Expensive to Do.
While the Trade Federation is sort of the central government, it and the Grand Nagus have about the influence over the average Trading House that the Klingon Emperor has overt the average Klingon House. It can vary greatly.
Speaking of "The Ferengi" as a united political unit is usually a misnomer. They are not united in anything but a love of profit. One house can be selling to you and at the same time sell to your foes. Another might not sell to you are all and be out to slit your throat.
Ferengi have the attitude that fighting a war is bad for business. And they never do things that are bad for business. Fighting in a war is unprofitable, selling to those fighting a war is fine. So they bend over backward to not take sides, or start conflicts.
Their own histories (30 slips latinum from Great River House) do not mention them ever fighting a war since they came to the stars. They do admit to getting embroiled in several wars, which cost them profit, but never as willing participants.
Ferengi will pretty much work under or with any government where they can make a profit. There are Federation Ferengi, Klingon Ferengi and so forth, but they are still part of the Ferengi Trade Federation.
The Rules of AcquisitionEdit
For the Ferengi the Rules of Acquisition are something between the Holy Bible, the Constitution and a stereo manual. It is the defining document of their culture. They frequently quote it.
Quark defined it as: Every Ferengi business transaction is governed by 285 rules of acquisition to insure a fair and honest deal for all parties concerned... well most of them anyway
"He goes to the Rules of Acquisition. Unabridged and fully annotated, with all 47 commentaries, all 900 major and minor judgments, all 10,000 considered opinions. There's a rule for every conceivable situation."
Generally Known Rules:
- 1 Once you have their money, you never give it back.
- 3 Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
- 6 Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.
- 7 Keep your ears open.
- 9 Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.
- 10 Greed is eternal.
- 16 A deal is a deal.
- 17 A contract is a contract is a contract ... but only between Ferengi.
- 18 A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.
- 21 Never place friendship above profit.
- 22 A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
- 23 Nothing is more important than your health ... except for your money.
- 31 Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother.
- 33 It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
- 34 War is good for business
- 35 Peace is good for business.
- 45 Expand or die.
- 47 Never trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.
- 48 The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
- 57 Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.
- 58 There is no substitute for success.
- 59 Free advice is seldom cheap.
- 62 The riskier the road, the greater the profit.
- 74 Knowledge equals profit.
- 75 Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum.
- 76 Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
- 94 Females and finances don't mix.
- 98 Every man has his price.
- 102 Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.
- 103 Sleep can interfere with...
- 109 Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.
- 111 Treat people in your debt like family ... exploit them.
- 112 Never have sex with the boss's sister.
- 125 You can't make a deal if you're dead.
- 139 Wives serve, brothers inherit.
- 168 Whisper your way to success.
- 190 Hear all, trust nothing.
- 194 It's always good to know about new customers before they walk in your door.
- 203 New customers are like razor-toothed gree-worms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back.
- 208 Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer.
- 211 Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.
- 214 Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach.
- 217 You can't free a fish from water.
- 223 (incomplete, but presumably concerned the relationship between "keeping busy" and "being successful")
- 229 Latinum lasts longer than lust.
- 239 Never be afraid to mislabel a product
- 263 Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum.
- 285 No good deed ever goes unpunished.
- Unknown: A man is only worth the sum of his possessions.
- The Unwritten Rule: "When no appropriate rule applies... make one up."
Stages of AcquisitionEdit
In addition to the Rules, Ferengi recognize five Stages of Acquisition
- Infatuation: An unreasoning love or attraction … "I want it."
- Justification: Moral excuse used to explain … "I must have it!"
- Appropriation: To take to one's self in exclusion of others … "IT'S MINE AT LAST!"
- Obsession: A compulsive or irrational preoccupation … "My Precious!"
- Resale: The action of selling something previously bought … "Make me an offer."
Ferengi Houses in Epiphany TrekEdit
House AckEdit
- Main Alliance: Themselves
- Political View: gimme, Gimme, Gimme!
- Main Contact: Ack
- Allies: None known
- Rivals: Everyone else.
- Planet: Ferenginar a hand full of ships.
- Notes: An average Ferengi house wise enough to to screw itself over. "Honest profit does not bite your ass". That should be in the Rules of Acquisition.
House AukEdit
- Main Alliance: None
- Political View: Show me the Money
- Main Contact: Auk
- Allies: None, and fewer than he had.
- Rivals: Recurrently on the wrong side of Admiral Hailey. Not a good place to be.
- Planet: Ferenginar
- Notes: Orion ship, mixed crew. Due to dealing with Hailey he will be starting at a 6. The current owner of record of Molmagh, an acquisition he is regretting because all the good stuff belongs to House Javos by Klingon law. As it stands he will be lucky to break even.
House BoncEdit
- Main Alliance: Themselves
- Political View: A profit a day keeps the taxman away.
- Main Contact: Cord
- Allies: United Services
- Rivals: Everyone else.
- Planet: Ferenginar a hand full of ships.
- Notes: They score a 14 on the Ozain treatment scale. They don't get charged for air, and docking fees will not take your breath away.
House CazzEdit
- Main Alliance: Orion
- Political View: What the Orions tell them
- Main Contact: Coldor, the guy holding the leash
- Allies: House Caven, Orion
- Rivals: Everyone else
- Planet: Ferenginar, Nar
- Notes: Ferengi dumb edition, they are at this point owned lock stock and barrel by the Orions of Nar. They played fast and loose and stupid in the trade war and lost big time. Scoring 4 on the Oz Scale.
House DarfEdit
- Main Alliance: They hold no alliances.
- Political View: Or political views.
- Main Contact: Rik At Renaissance Station
- Allies: Koc, Grand Pooba of Finance, Oz
- Rivals: None official
- Planet: Ferenginar
- Notes: 19 on the Oz scale. Smart Ferengi. they are one of the few Ferengi houses to keep an office at Renaissance Station, or that can afford to.
House EnneeEdit
- Main Alliance: Youn
- Political View: Youn are wonderful.
- Main Contact: Dir
- Allies: Who the Youn tell them
- Rivals: Orions.
- Planet: Ferenginar, Tilayoun
- Notes: Another house that got too embroiled in the Youn-Orion trade war. This time on the Youn side. They score a whopping 5 on the Oz scale.
House FergEdit
- Main Alliance: None
- Political View: Likewise
- Main Contact: Ferg
- Allies: None
- Rivals: None
- Planet: Ferenginar
- Notes: Single ship up and coming, Plentiful Goods at Reasonable prices. They score a 17 on the Ox scale. They have done Starfleet a well paid solid. Hence the scope.
House MoronoEdit
- Race: Ferengi
- Main Alliance: Themselves
- Political View: gimme, Gimme, Gimme!
- Main Contact:
- Allies: Youn, Orion
- Rivals: house Davan United Services, Lawful organizations
- Planet: Ferenginar, branch office on Youn
- Notes: Typical Ferengi stupid version - would rather steal a nickle than earn a buck.
Technical Solutions of FerenginarEdit
- Race: Ferengi
- Main Alliance: Ferengi Trade Federation
- Political View: do unto others and then split
- Main Contact: TSoF, Ferenginar
- Allies: limited commerce with house Hamilcar
- Rivals: United Services, Lawful organizations
- Planet:
- Notes: Hired by the Ferengi government to disrupt the growth of Far Sector they operate as back stabbing saboteurs in secret and through mercenaries.
United Services, IncEdit
- Race: Ferengi
- Main Alliance: Ferengi Trade Association, Anyone with Latinum
- Political View: Make a profit and don't hand me that crap!
- Main Contact:
- Allies: The Youn and STB 600 Almost everyone who like legitimate business
- Rivals: Pirates, orions, thugs and stupid Ferengi
- Planet:
- Notes: A rational Business organization - dedicated to providing goods and services for maximum profit and customer satisfaction - drives hard but fair bargains
House XEdit
- Main Alliance:
- Political View:
- Main Contact:
- Allies:
- Rivals:
- Planet: Ferenginar
- Notes:


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Tip #12: delete a local replica 17 Sep, 2003
The code
Nice and short this one. You just need to edit the constant at the top detailing the replica ID of the file to remove. I typically dump code like this in a button in a mail or whatever. It's a common request in our organisation, so maybe this will be of use to you too.
Dim db As New NotesDatabase("", "")
Dim strRepID As String
Dim strMsg As String
Dim strTitle As String
Dim strPath As String
' // Replica ID of file to remove
' // (omit the colon in the middle)
strRepID = "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@"
Const SUCCESS = "Database successfully removed."
Const NO_DB = "Halting: Couldn't find database to removed."
If db.OpenByReplicaID("", strRepID) Then
' // Found Db, so grab its filepath and title
strPath = db.FilePath
strTitle = db.Title
strMsg = "I've located the database to remove ('" &_
strTitle & "'). Is this OK with you?"
' // Set to Nothing so we can re-instantiate
Set db = Nothing
' // Instantiate once more, this time using
' // file path derived above
' // This way we can remove the db; the
' // previous way we could not
' // and we needed to use db.ReplicaID
' // first time around
Set db = New NotesDatabase("", strPath)
If db.IsOpen Then
' // Prompt YES / NO to removal
If Messagebox(strMsg, 4, "Remove?") = 6 Then
Call db.Remove()
Messagebox SUCCESS, 0, "Complete"
Exit Sub
End If
End If
Messagebox NO_DB, 0, "Complete"
End If


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The Deluxe Moh's Hardness Pick Set now comes in two case types. The wooden case is small enough to carry and the top screws into the base to make a perfect desk stand. The plastic case is longer but the thinner size makes it easier to carry in your field tool set.Hardness is an important and quantifiable physical characteristic of a mineral and in your effort to identify an unknown mineral, the hardness, if known, combined with other properties, can narrow your search to just a handful of possibilities. Simply scratch a smooth surface of your unknown mineral with the picks of various indicated hardness. As an example, if a No. 5 pick scratches the mineral, but a No. 4 pick does not, then your mineral hardness is 4.5. Then compare this against a table of minerals listing hardness values to aid in identifying the unknown mineral.
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A slightly gentler and shorter day today. We were expecting Boe later this evening so Kidderminster was the goal.
7.92 miles, 7 locks, 5 hours 1 min
|How does this get a boat safety certificate??
|I'm not sure I would like to be living on top of a tunnel....
|...and no sign of a train line
|We have fewer locks today but as ever Geoffrey has his faithful companion to assist
|How this gardener did not fall in whilst constructing this garden is beyond me!
|Kidderminster Church in sight
|and moored beneath it
It looks ideal in the picture and it was a good mooring despite having a ledge. However the mooring was the best part of Kidderminster. A little way from our mooring it was decidedly scrubby and full of litter and what I find quite sad.....many solitary men through the day sitting by the canalside drinking cans of beer with obviously nowhere to go......
In addition the Marks and Spencer was the worst one I have ever been in........ I am very fond of M&S and tend to judge a town by how good it is...........
However Geoff did his usual town explore and made an exciting purchase.......a new PLAIN BLACK wheelie shopping basket. He has always hated my psychedelic coloured one and that is now waiting to be consigned to the next rubbish point....shame!!Boe arrived safely later in the evening for her final summer visit before returning to her teaching job in Moscow.
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MODESTO -- A barricaded man finally surrendered to Modesto Police after an hours-long standoff Monday, but the arrest doesn't happen smoothly.
While neighbors captured his arrest on their smartphones, there was fear and sadness, but most of all empathy for how he ended up in handcuffs.
"He obviously had some stuff going on that, you know, he had a hard time dealing with," Ann Burris, a neighbor told FOX40.
The Modesto Police Department said the original call was for a shot that was fired inside a home on Yosemite Avenue near Western Way. The gunshot prompted the lockdown of nearby schools. Modesto SWAT officers also cleared more homes after the sole suspect was taken in.
While neighbors are glad that a potential danger is now gone they can't help but think of the man who they say is heartbroken.
"I do believe it has something to do with with the mourning of his lost family member. Especially since today's the funeral so from what I heard it's today," Brittani Moreno, another neighbor said.
To them, this was his call for help.
"To see somebody so young take such a sharp turn in life you know 'cause this is not going to be an easy one to fight," Moreno explained.


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Justin Bieber has been officially warned against posing with big cats by authorities in Toronto, Canada, after getting close to the animals earlier this year (16).
The Baby hitmaker hit headlines in April (16) when he was photographed cuddling up to a Bengal tiger at his dad Jeremy's engagement party.
He was then pictured playing with another exotic animal, Alex the Lion - a white lion cub owned by millionaire entrepreneur Alex Haditaghi - before his concert in the city in May (16).
On both occasions, the 22-year-old was blasted by animal rights activists for appearing to promote keeping big cats in captivity, and now officials at Toronto Animal Services have issued him with a formal violation notice over the incidents.
They alerted Bieber and his manager Scooter Braun to the notice in a letter, obtained by bosses at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in which they cite Toronto's municipal code, which bans keeping big cats, such as tigers, lions, and cougars, in the Ontario capital.
"No reputable animal-care facility lends out exotic animals for private parties and backstage Instagram photos," PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet says in a statement. "PETA hopes the authorities' warning to Justin Bieber will remind people everywhere that lions and tigers are sensitive living animals, not selfie props."
According to PETA, warning missives were also issued to bosses at Bowmanville Zoo, which provided the big cats, and associate Haditaghi. The zoo is owned by disgraced Hollywood animal trainer Michael Hackenberger, who is currently facing five counts of animal abuse.


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February E-News
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Plymouth Rock Foundation's E-News – February, 2011
by Dr. Paul Jehle, Executive Director
Peter Muhlenberg
On Sunday morning, January 21, 1776, in the village of Woodstock, Virginia, Pastor Muhlenberg carefully put on his Anglican pastoral robes as he did every Sunday. This time, however, there was an added expectation. War had come to the Colonies several months prior at Lexington and Concord in April, and then Bunker Hill in June. Known as a patriot pastor for his leadership on the Committee of Safety and the local Committee of Correspondence, he had also been elected to the House of Burgesses in 1774. As a delegate to the First Virginia Convention, he had contact with George Washington.
Washington wanted him to be a Colonel in the newly forming Continental Army. After all, the clergy were the most significant group to which Washington had turned in his hour of need to defend the country from the unconstitutional and unprovoked attacks of a British ministry and military gone mad with the "prerogative", or the idea that the Crown was personally in control of everything regardless of their written Constitutions.
Pastor John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg knew that this was the Sunday he must preach a message brewing in his heart for weeks. Why had he waited this long? What had caused him to ponder and ponder the move of joining the ranks that fought alongside Washington? Well, to be sure, the cost was great – especially to his wife and children. But the cost was also great to his congregation. Who would lead them? Was it right for a clergyman whose job it was to preach the gospel of peace to become a leader in war? He thought of the last communication he had with his brother Frederick who was also a minister in New York City. Frederick had been clear, no minister had any business mixing the gospel with politics and especially war and thus he had no business considering Washington's request.
His mind turned to Ecclesiastes 3, the text from which he would preach. His mind had hardly been tuned to the psalm singing that just concluded. He was now mounting the steps of his pulpit, and about to address his congregation. He knew them all well, farmers, wives, merchants and recent immigrants. Close to the Blue Ridge Mountains, many thought they could avoid the decision to fight since they had such natural protection and so little communication. But this pastor had decided to bring the decision to his congregation and not wait until circumstances would bring it to them. He knew what he had to do, he had the support of his wife Anna of six years.
After speaking for some time on the context and meaning of the passage at hand, "a time to be born, and a time to die… a time to weep, and a time to laugh" he brought his message to the main point. "A time for war, and a time for peace." He then declared:
It is a time for war! And not only in New England. War has come to Virginia! The British have marched on our own city of Williamsburg, seizing our supply of gunpowder and munitions. Soldiers are entering private homes, homes just like ours. It is time for war! We are only farmers, you may say. Patrick Henry has rallied five thousand men – farmers just like you – to fight back and drive the British out. It is time to act! Many of us came to this country to practice our religious freedoms. It is time to fight for those freedoms that we hold so dear, it is time for war!
With that, he closed in prayer. But then, to the astonishment of the congregation, after he had prayed, he began to take off his clerical attire. "I am a clergyman, it is true. But I am also a patriot – and my liberty is as dear to me as to any man. Shall I hide behind my robes, sitting still at home, while others spill their blood to protect my freedom? Heaven forbid it! I am called by my country to its defense. The cause is just and noble. I am convinced it is my duty to obey that call, a duty I owe to my God and to my country." Then, he threw off the last robe, revealing the full uniform of an officer in the Continental Militia!
Marching to the back of the church – he declared "if you do not choose to be involved, if you do not fight to protect your liberties, there will soon be no liberties to protect!" Just outside the church on the training green drums began to beat, calling for recruits. Some three hundred men and boys joined their pastor that day to fight for liberty. Muhlenberg led the 8th Virginia Regiment, went to Valley Forge, and fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. At the final battle of Yorktown, he commanded the first brigade of Lafayette's Light Division, and was thus present when the war ended.
Peter then served in the Executive department of Pennsylvania until he was elected to the House of Representatives in the first Congress. His brother was Speaker of the House! Yes, the brother that opposed his joining of the army. He had changed his mind when the British burned down his church in New York. He had waited until the battle had been brought to him, but joined his brother in the same cause for liberty. May we learn key lessons today from this January story, and may those who lead the church that bears the name of Christ today wake up and lead their people today!
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World education summit offers reform proposals
07 Dec 2010
I chaired the plenary session at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar today. 1,250 delegates from over 100 countries attended.
The theme was how to improve education systems through reforms to teacher quality, through the use of digital technology, and through partnerships.
Coming on the day of the OECD PISA results - which showed South Korea, Finland, and Singapore holding onto their top spots in the international league table of reading and maths - there was close interest in how education systems can learn from one another.
Amongst the conclusions of the debate were:
- improving schools is essential but not enough - transformation is required;
- raising respect for teachers is vital to raising standards;
- local partnerships are not enough, there's also a need for global partnerships;
- colleges need to use ICT to share programmes and expertise.
The debate included case studies of teacher education reform in Indonesia, the problems of delivering university education in the scattered islands of the West Indies, and reform to school systems through ICT.
You can follow the entire debate here: web.dbee.com/wise/20101207_am/en/index2.php
And if you want to watch live streaming of the rest of the conference, go to the main WISE website: www.wise-qatar.org/
Tomorrow's plenary debate - which I will also be chairing - is on the topical issue of funding education at a time of economic austerity.


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When something catches you off-guard, I think it is more shocking, harder to deal with and more lengthy to come back from. When something is common to us, we have the strategies to hand, the tone-of-voice autopilot mode ready to
Homework = Hell for our ASD Daughter
Are you sitting comfortably? OK, well I'm going to tell you a story… This story contains all the classic emotions, humour, suspense, drama, anguish, shock, fright, terror, upset, empathy, regret & exhaustion. It's a real page-turner, you will be on the edge of
"Don't Leave Me Here"
'Crack', I actually think I heard my heart break this time, not a shatter, not an implosion but the subtle warning sound that ice makes when it threatens to crack under the weight of the pressure above it. A hairline
Super Parents?
Every once in a while, an article is published that really gets me thinking, discussing, debating and ruminating on (and sometimes fuming about). Last week, we were informed that 'Super Parents' can improve the lives of their autistic children… "WHAT", I hear you cry, "Parenting
Ding, Ding…Round 3
I am normally a pacifist. I abhor violence in any form, cannot watch anything higher than a 12 certificate and yet last week I was preparing for a fight. A battle of epic proportions, a war that would change the face of
The Meteorologist
The weather in Scotland is often described as four seasons in one day and I find it a perfect analogy for our Aspie/ADHD girl. Any given day can bring with it a mish-mash of temperature changes, sudden icy chills, heavy downpours, blissful
Fully Prepared
How does my BIG birthday impact on my Aspie girl's future? Well apparently with age comes experience but I also think with age comes a resilience, a strength and a determination that can only truly be accessed when you have
Shiny Things
Glittery, sparkly, twinkling gems, fluttering, eye-catching, attention-grabbing flashes of brightness grab her focus every time. Whether it be a bubble floating up from the sink, a helium balloon sadly floating away from some crying child, a mirror reflection or anything
Finding My Way
I've been to Limboland, I've been to Worryville, I've roamed Surreal Street on many occasions and the Disbelief District is a regular haunt. These are the many places that you visit as a parent of an ASD girl (Gorgeous Gardens,
Proud: An Understatement
I am always proud of my Aspie girl no matter what, but which words can you use when she does something so mind-blowingly brave that 'proud' just doesn't cut it? I wracked my brain, I looked in a thesaurus, I


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By Erin McPike and Alice Popovici NEW YORK (Reuters) – Candidate Donald Trump on Saturday satirized his imaginary presidency with a Washington Monument covered in gold mirrors and policy agenda made of magic in his turn as host of comedy show "Saturday Night Live." The Republican front runner steered clear of making fun of an immigration plan that has angered Latinos but the show's writers did make sure he was called a "racist" during his opening monologue. Actor Larry David stood to the side of the stage and yelled "racist" as Trump spoke, saying he heard he would make $5,000 for doing so — a reference to one group's offer to anyone who yelled that at Trump during the live NBC show. During a sketch depicting Trump's cabinet two years into his term, Trump told his team "I don't have to get specific" about policy.
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