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Agrarian Urbanism and the Mormon Block
Plans can be poetic on several levels, from simple sensual beauty to deeply embedded meaning. Great planners create profound poetry in their best plans, and while this doesn't rise to those levels, I feel it is some of my best work. Here's what it means:
CNU kicked off last year in Salt Lake City with a competition to redesign the Mormon Block. Salt Lake City is built of these mammoth blocks, measuring 660 feet on a side and containing exactly 10 acres. What do you do with blocks that big? Because the Original Green's ideas on Nourishable Places had an early influence on Agrarian Urbanism, I was asked to lead a session on Agrarian Urbanism and the Mormon Block. My competition entry on Wednesday served as the basis for my presentation on Saturday.
The idea of putting a garden in the city has potential story lines that trace back thousands of years. In the Judaeo-Christian heritage, paradise at the beginning of the world was a garden and at world's end, it will be a city. Many of the most beautiful places on earth not yet ruined by sprawl put these two ideals together, allowing you to look directly from the city out into the countryside, such as this view from High Street in Broadway, one of the most beautiful towns in England's Cotswold hills.
It is just as poetic to see the town in the distance from the countryside, so long as the town is small enough to perceive all at once, like Chipping Camden is as seen from this meadow. The trick to building a garden inside a Mormon Block is that there's no way you'll feel like you're out in the countryside because you simply cannot get that far from the urbanism all around the edge of the block. And while a small patch of garden embedded in urbanism can be profound in the hand of a master, it's easier to make an impact by pulling off the feeling of moving from city to garden in a short distance.
I set out, therefore, to try to move from the city to the garden in ten paces. It's not as difficult as it sounds… it happens all the time in villages like St. Alban's in England shown here. And then it occurred to me: maybe, if I could pull a few planning tricks, it might be possible not just to move from city to garden in ten paces, but actually move from city to what felt like country in ten paces. So I set out to try to figure out how to do it.
One obvious solution is to make sure that there are turns in the road. This country road winds for miles through England's Dartmoor National Forest, but you can never see more than a few dozen yards ahead of you because the path is constantly twisting and turning along the contours of the land as it searches out the more level tracks through the landscape.
Hedgerows are another useful technique for controlling the view, and because England is famous for them, here's yet another British image. A hedgerow is tall and thick, creating a view wall so that you cannot see into the adjacent field. Hedgerows can also be edible, planted with fruit or berry bushes. And while bedding crops often grow at more than arm's length, edible hedgerow plants bring the fruit right up to your face if you're walking along the edge of the path.
Street width isn't often discussed as a technique for making the way seem longer, but it can be highly effective. It's simple proportion: moving 300 feet along a street that's ten feet wide seems like a much longer distance than traveling an equal distance on a boulevard that's 200 feet from building face to building face. Take this simple test: Look at the second image above, then imagine walking from one end of Pienza to the other, then imagine walking one block in Salt Lake City. Which seems like a greater distance? So the path should clearly be narrow.
It's not possible to completely hide the buildings at the street from within the garden, but it is possible to clothe the insides of the buildings with green. New Orleans does a fabulous job of this, adorning buildings with galleries that are practically begging you to hang a lush garden of potted plants, such as the one that is shown in this image.
So here's how the idea developed: The first move was to decide that there should be something special in the middle, which is where you're furthest from the city. Working edible gardens need a place for the work of the harvest, and the time of harvest has been an occasion for festivals throughout human history, so it seemed appropriate to put the place of the harvest at the center of the block. And because the block is square and urban, a harvest place that is round and green seemed to be the perfect counterpoint on several levels.
That mammoth block size was the very next thing that had to be addressed. Portland is famous for its walkability in part because of its very small block size, where block faces are around 195 feet per side. Dividing the Mormon Block in thirds creates sub-blocks with similar block face dimensions once you take out the width of the sub-block passages. And in order to create the best walkability, there should be corner entries as well, which create iconic flatiron buildings. All told, this scheme creates twelve gateways into the garden: four at the corners and two along each side.
So the basic scheme was set: enter through the city walls at the twelve gateways and proceed along narrow, curving, hedged pathways through the garden to the place of the harvest. Here's the basic idea of one of those pathways. But should they just curve in one direction, like giant turbine blades? Doing this would give you no choices along the way from the city streets to the center of the garden, making each path pretty much identical. Once you've walked one, you've pretty much walked them all. So I decided there should be intersections along the way. But how, and how many?
Intersections are easy if you run the pathways both to the right hand side and to the left. How much should they curve? Curve too little, and it's pretty much a straight shot to the center. Curve too much, and each of the plots of the garden becomes tiny as the block is eaten up with too much roadway. A perfect balance seemed to be to lay out the pathways for seven intersections between the city sidewalks and the place of the harvest. At each of the seven intersections, you could turn right, or left, going further out or further in. And so your path from each of the twelve gates to the place of the harvest could take innumerable paths as you selected your way through the seven circles of choices.
So that's how the paths laid out. You'll also notice a few more things: The twelve cottages scattered around the outer edges of the garden house the gardeners. Bio-intensive gardens this big would be full-time work for these twenty-four people (with maybe some occasional help from their children.) Just outside their cottages, at the outer circle, is the orchard border that further frames the green circle of the garden. And the innermost circle of sunburst-shaped buildings are the sheds where the tools of the garden and the tools of the harvest are stored.
There are other stories here as well, but I've gone on long enough. What do you see?
~Steve Mouzon
What I Learned by Moving My Office Home
I dreaded the idea of moving my office worse than a root canal, but it might turn out to be one of the leanest, greenest, and all-around best things we've done in a very long time. At first, we didn't even consider moving home because we simply have too much stuff. We were in a 1,500 square foot office a few blocks away from our 747 square foot condo; how is it possible to condense every three square feet into one? But late one October evening, I asked Wanda "do you think we should consider the unthinkable?" And so it began.
Moving your office to an equal or larger space is easy: you just call the movers and then spend a day or two getting set up to work again. But combining 1,500 square feet of work space and 747 square feet of living space into 747 square feet of live/work space is much more difficult because you have to look at every single thing and say "do I really need this?" It's an intense exercise in getting lean with living and working. We spent almost the entire month of January doing exactly that, and the three months since sorting it all out. Here are some things I learned, organized by simple rules of thumb… and you can click on the bird to tweet a rule of thumb if you like.
Get lean by ditching flab, which is anything I don't need today.
We keep far too much stuff because we might need it someday, just as our body does with fat… storing calories because we might someday need them. When we moved, we gave loads of furniture, office supplies, and the like to MakeShop Miami, the maker group I wrote about here. They can use it today, while I only might need it someday.
Sentimentality is a hard master, forcing me to carry a heavy load just to see it again someday.
Take pictures. Good ones. They take up no space at all in your place, especially if you store them somewhere in the cloud. I had several architectural models I'd kept since school. At this point, they looked like models of ruins because the models were ruined. I also got rid of a lot of drawings from school, saving only my best work. I keep all my professional drawings, of course, but the idea that anyone would want to see my lesser work from school just doesn't make sense.
Lean by lack is poverty, but lean by choice is highly treasured.
No diet is pleasant at the moment, but the leanness that comes afterward can be great fun. Getting lean has caused a massive 4-month hit to my productivity, but it promises to pay off for years to come.
Work somewhere too small to clutter.
I once thought a space large enough to clutter was a luxury but it's really a burden. Here's a huge point about the images in this post: Nothing was prepped for the shoot. All "straightening up" took 30 seconds or less. This is how we work. We can't afford not to. And it saves a ton of time cleaning up every few months and searching for stuff every day in between.
Label stuff crisply and neatly. The smaller the space, the cleaner it needs to feel.
You can get away with hand-scrawled labels in a big office, but a small office needs to feel more composed. And where would you rather be working anyway: somewhere really sloppy, or somewhere that raises your spirits? When space is small it is more important to surround yourself with things that lift your spirits.
Shred with text left-to-right so ribbons of paper include only a digit or two of an account number.
I had every check I'd ever written, all the way back to when Wanda and I got married when I was just 19. Why? Because I'd never taken the time to recycle them. The IRS says you have to keep 7 years of records, but I kept everything back to when we moved to Florida, 11 years ago. I kept tax returns older than that… or at least the ones we had. We had three back-to-back floods in our office several years ago during a rooftop construction project, and they destroyed tons of drawings and company records, so what we have is really spotty. But in any case, don't just recycle it. Identity thieves might be able to do something even if the record is really old, so make sure you shred everything before recycling.
Never lay junk mail anywhere except in the recycle bin… next, get on the National Do Not Mail List.
In a small space, you can't afford to handle stuff twice… especially if it's something you're not planning to keep. So go straight to the recycle bin when you check your mail.
Have an invisible inbox. A massive stack of stuff to do is demoralizing.
See the white cabinet just to the right of my red chair in the image above? It's an Ikea shoe cabinet, but it makes an awesome inbox. I can pivot it open, drop stuff in, and let it close… and it stays out of sight until I'm ready to work on it.
Keep things you use each day close around, but store further away what you use less often.
People say storage units are a sign of hoarding, and an indicator of not getting rid of enough stuff. Quite the opposite is true if you're moving your office home. We have three workplaces: the stuff we need every day is in our two tiny workspaces at home. The stuff we need weekly is in a small storage unit a bike ride from home. The stuff we need monthly or less is in a larger but less expensive (per square foot) storage unit on the mainland. All three places are set up for work. Without the two storage units, working from home would be impossible for me.
Rinse junk mail instead of scrubbing. Don't fear the inbox.
Ever notice how something you could have merely rinsed right after you used it takes some real scrubbing if you let it get hard and crusty? Junk mail is that way. It's more important in a small space to not feel the walls closing in around me… including the digital walls of stacks of email. So every morning, I delete all the spam that my spam-catcher doesn't catch, plus all the emails that aren't exactly spam, but which I have no intention of ever answering. This leaves me with a small fraction of what greeted me when I first sat down, making it more likely that I'll actually look at what's left… and then respond to it.
The first act of simplification is discovering which things can do double-duty… or more.
Start with your furnishings, such as these bookshelves which are actually doing triple-duty.
Next, consider your equipment. Do you really need all of it? We're now down to just two computers: Wanda's laptop and mine.
Then think about your digital business. Dropbox doubles as a cloud server and a backup system for me, for example. But it's expensive, so I'm storing several terabytes of files that don't often change on a WD My Cloud server I can access from anywhere on earth. Before saving stuff there, however, I'm organizing it all. It's something I should have done years ago, but I'm using the move home as the reason to finally get it done.
My digital setup is an entire post's worth of material. I'll put that post up soon on Useful Stuff. The essence, however, is this: when you work in a small space, your biggest enemy is clutter. Both physical and digital. So you need to spend an unusual amount of time simplifying things in the beginning. You'll thank yourself countless times from that point forward.
Small equipment can go many places that are impossible for larger equipment.
We're down to just one letter-size scanner, which sits snugly on the end of my desk. Our old printer was a beast, but our new one sits neatly on top of my drawing files.
Take advantage of the space under a desk that's over and around your feet.
Wanda stores copy paper on a shelf above her feet, and Buddy, Tanner, and Sally make a bed around her feet. I store stuff to either side of my feet because why should all that space be wasted?
Work in a garden room whenever possible. It's a luxury most people never get to enjoy.
I work outdoors whenever the weather is good for several reasons. It's a change of scenery. It's a great pleasure. On a good day, the light is excellent. It's easier to focus if Wanda is on the phone indoors. And it gets me acclimated to the local environment so I can live in season, often not needing to turn on the air conditioning when I return indoors. I'm working inside right now, for example, with only the breeze of the ceiling fan needed for comfort.
What It Means
There are obviously many lessons here, and I've just touched on some of them briefly. Is there anything you want to know more about? If so, I can blog about it in greater detail… or we could just talk about it here. What makes the most sense to you? And what do you wonder the most about, if you don't already work from home?
~Steve Mouzon


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All4Maternity: Your place for Learning, Sharing, Caring
An online platform - All4Maternity to support, educate and nuture midwives and other maternity workers globaly has been launched.
Listen to Sheena and Anna Byrom explaining about the All4Maternity platform
All4Maternity is an online platform to support, develop and nurture every midwife and maternity worker: from volunteers, doulas, aspiring midwives, obstetricians through to senior clinicians, academics, leaders and change agents working throughout maternity services. Our hopes are to connect midwives and maternity care workers locally, nationally and globally creating a strong connected community by facilitating effective sharing, education and professional growth. Our vision is underpinned by a strong ethical philosophy, focused on promoting health and wellbeing with compassion.
For every midwife who subsrcibes to All4Maternity in a high income country, the platform managers will gift membership to a midiwfe in a low income country. For more information about the platform visit https://all4maternity.com

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EnOp is an Interreg Flanders/The Netherlands funded project in which we collaborate to find innovative solutions for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU). Below you can find a short project description.
Electrochemically active bacteria enable a variety of novel processes in bioproduction, bioenergy and bioremediation. Key to the success of these processes is effective interaction of the bacterial cells to an electrode surface and subsequent equally effective electron exchange with the electrode. While the cellular mechanisms for electron transfer are increasingly understood, what drives bacterial adsorption and desorption to positively or negatively polarized electrodes is largely unknown.
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is an emerging technology that uses microorganisms as catalysts for electricity-driven synthesis of fine chemicals and fuels from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and/or organic substrates. It uses/exploits the capabilities of microorganisms to grow on the surface of electrode or in the suspension by consuming the electrons released from the electrode as their energy source.
Inorganic material as a component of wastewaters and off-gases can consist a major concern and a valuable product. Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs)-based technologies are currently gaining a great attraction due to their ability to generate electricity directly while accomplishing wastewater treatment. Towards this concept, LabMET is confronting increasing concerns that arise regarding: 1) organic waste streams, 2) acid mine drainage (AMD), and 3) sulfur containing wastewaters and (bio)gases.
Fermentation processes are the original bio-technology, used for thousands of years to generate ethanol and biogas. The emerging bio-economy relies heavily on microbiology's workhorses to drive so-called biorefineries as an alternative to fossil fuel resources. The 'Carboxylate platform' concept has been introduced during last decade to generate valuable chemicals, specifically carboxylic acids, in single stage bioconversion processes by using undefined mixed cultures.
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Recent trends in women's health started a significant debate: how often should women, based on age and risk factors, get a screening mammogram? There's a lot of debate out there, and RMI believes you should know what our radiology team of women's experts feels. Don't get the facts twisted about annual mammograms.
In 2009 and again in 2015, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) issued guidelines calling for screening mammograms every two years (instead of annually) for women ages 50 to 74 (instead of age 40+). The announcement generated a lot of media interest, follow-up studies, and debate.
The USPTF is an independent panel of primary care physicians and epidemiologists that systematically reviews the effectiveness of clinical preventative services and issues recommendations for improvement that are updated every five years. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funds the panel.
This is in contrast with the USPTF's recommendations prior to 2009, which called for annual mammograms.
Critics of the USPTS recommended guidelines cite numerous problems with the data gathered, the resulting analysis, and the final conclusions. Detailed criticism cites the data is based on computer modeling and estimates instead of randomized double-blind study methods, a lack of expert opinions from breast imaging and breast cancer experts, disagreements with how ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is regarded by the study, a lack of attention to newer screening technology, and an age vs. family history bias.
Statistics compiled by the National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cite there were 136.5 incidences of breast cancer per 100,000 women in Oakland County in 2015 with 124.7 in Genesee, and 103.7 in Lapeer County. Put another way, that means 1.36 of every 1000 women develop breast cancer in Genesee County each year.
Breast cancer is the second-most common cause of cancer death for women in the United States, with lung cancer being first. However, the key to survival is detection. Early detection has changed the five-year survival rate to 89%, while the 10-year is 83% and 15-year is 78%. These survival numbers decrease the longer breast cancer remains undetected and untreated.
Regional Medical Imaging recommends annual screening mammograms for women starting at age 40 as part of their routine wellness care. We further recommend that women ages 20-39 should perform monthly breast self-exams, reporting any lumps or changes to their primary care provider immediately.
Approximately 75% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history, making the risk of not detecting breast cancer in women under 50 even more important. Cancer in the majority of patients under 50 is often more aggressive.
In addition, we recommend women with increased cancer risk and/or dense breast tissue start annual mammograms before age 40, and consult with their physician regarding additional screenings.
Call today for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Read how your genetic makeup may predispose you to breast cancer and how dense breast tissue can affect detection.
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The Great Jockstrap Debate
At our first gym class in seventh grade in junior high school, we were given a list of supplies we would need: sneakers, thick white socks, white T-shirt, white gym shorts, a combination lock for our clothing basket and something few of us were familiar with: an athletic supporter (more commonly known as a jockstrap) to protect our precious and fragile genitalia.
A week later, we reported to class with bags of our new or hand-me-down supplies and, as we waited on the benches for our teacher to appear, the jockstrap became the subject of a heated debate.
The 12-year-olds were evenly divided as to whether the strange garments were to be worn under our underpants or over our underpants.
We were completely unprepared for the shocking truth that was revealed when the teacher finally showed up and gave us instructions for "suiting up."
Jockstraps are worn instead of underpants. Ooh.


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I was worried about all the negative press Suicide Squad has been getting but honestly, I like the film. It is by no means perfect. You don't have to be a film expert to notice how edited this movie is. But as choppy as it is I liked it more then Batman V Superman. Not to say that I didn't like Batman V Superman, but that film suffered from maybe getting overly complex with the story. Suicide Squad is a pretty straight forward villain is making something to destroy the world kind of thing. Not really all that original, but you come to this film for the cast performances. And the cast brings it.
Suicide Squad is based on the DC comic series of the same name. In the comics, a rotating roster of villains is forced together to go on covert suicide missions for the government. If they fail then they are left with the blame. Or they die. It's also refuse to follow orders and they die, as seen in the trailer. So lets get to the squad.
Deadshot (Will Smith)Deadshot is a master assassin who is an unnaturally talented sniper and skilled with guns in general. It still looks like Will Smith playing Deadshot, but he was still pretty good.
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie)Harleen Quinzell was a psychiatrist who became obsessed with and fell in love with the Joker.
Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)Other than having some for of "condition" nothing is stated how Waylon Jones had crocodile features. But people treated him like a monster so he decided to become one.
Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney)An Australian thief and killer who is good with boomerangs, Digger Harkness is also a bit crazy and unpredictable.
El Diablo (Jay Hernandez)One of the most powerful members of the squad, Chato Santana was born with the power to make fire. And when he gets mad he can loose control.
The Enchantress (Cara Delevingne)Dr. June Moone is an archeologist who had the misfortune to discover an ancient and extremely powerful witch imprisoned in an idol. The Enchantress now possesses Dr. Moone.
Slipknot (Adam Beach)A specialist with ropes, knots, and climbing, Christopher Weiss unfortunately doesn't last long in the film. I'll get to that later.
Katana (Karen Fukuhara)Tatsu Yamashiro, a government operative, is an expert swordsman who wields Soultaker, a blade that traps the souls of its victims. She is not
Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman)One of the best Special Operations officers in the U.S. military, Flagg is tasked as the squad's handler and commander.
Amanda Waller (Viola Davis)Waller may as well be a villain because she is scary and borderline evil. She is a government agent will do almost literally anything to protect the United States such as gather a group a villains and use them to covertly fight evil under the threat of death.
The Joker (Jared Leto)The Joker is the Joker. Though we don't get a whole lot of time with this incarnation. And not a member of the squad. The Joker fill more of a subplot in the film. You get some Joker to fill in Harley Quinn's backstory.
So as choppy as the movie is, I thought it was great. It is a lot of fun in spite of the editing. You can feel how much they tried to get the film to match the first two trailers. But by far what makes the film suffer most is the Enchantress/Flagg romantic subplot. Waller, being the evil manipulator that she is, arranged to have Flagg and Dr. Moone/Enchantress work together, setting up a romance to develop and it works. This gives Waller leverage on Flagg, essentially forcing him to stay under her command and to be the handler/leader of the team. I really don't think this subplot was necessary. It could have been just as easy to keep the Enchantress as the big bad and give Flagg some emotional layers in other ways. Ditching the romance would have also given more time to develop the characters of the other squad members. Granted, each of the Suicide Squad members have very unique personalities and traits that shine. They didn't need much development for you to know what they are about. But a little more screen time would have been nice. Especially for Slipknot who ended up being a throwaway character used to help the story along. It's a shame because like the others, he has a unique look. You just don't really get a chance to get to know much about him before he gets killed off. Oh, The Enchantress ended up being the big villain of the film. You might have gotten that from the trailers.
Which kind of brings me to my other minor beef with Suicide Squad. Why did all the brown guys have to die? We don't get much in Slipknot's heritage, or background but the actor who played him is Native American. Then El Diablo... Talk about layered. He is a former LA gang banger whose fiery powers come, as he describes it, from the devil. He tells the team that he always had the powers and became stronger every time he used them. Then after a accidentally wiping out his family, he resigns himself to being locked up and never using his power again. We also get to see El Diablo at full power later, turning into an Aztec or Mayan fire demon. Then he dies. He would have been one hell of an interesting character to keep around and build up.
And it's not beef or a problem, more like a minor disappointment. Jared Leto doesn't get much time to shine as the Joker. You get how this Joker is crazy and he is creepier then previous incarnations, to me anyway. But we didn't get any funny out of him.
Anyway, some good things. I appreciated the references to Harley Quinn's origin in the animated series such as the brief appearance of the original costume and the Mr. J and Puddin references. The future Justice League member cameos were pretty good to. Stay for a mid credits scene in case you have yet to see the film. Also, Amanda Waller. This is a film loaded with evil and villains, but Waller is the scariest person on screen. Viola Davis sells the dangerous. There are moments that want to make you say "DUDE." Which brings me back to the main reason to see this film, the characters. Hopefully the next film will be a little more even, but I can't stress how much I liked this movie even with all it's flaws.


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Women are at the centre of
relationships that include family, community and business
By Susanne E. Jalbert
Jun 19 - 25, 2000
Nurturing an individual's natural spirit of entrepreneurship is a
powerful key to economic development. Small and medium-sized enterprises provide the bulk
of employment for most economies, advanced or not. Supporting businesses with strong
associations can strengthen the structural adjustment reforms that are part of the current
international wave of decentralization, which is grounded in the belief that promoting
private businesses is key to growth.
Capital-generating businesses provide a satisfactory living for their
owners and are even creating new jobs in their communities throughout the world. How? New
businesses in developed, developing, and transition economies are passing the survival
phase, moving toward the thriving stage, and growing big enough to hire more employees,
expand products and services and venture into the international arena. Contributing
significantly to global economic growth through generation of new enterprises are
women-owned businesses. This article explores assets and characteristics that women bring
to the international marketplace along with specific barriers they face. It examines how
women's business associations can better prepare and support members for international
trade, and it attempts to recognize what's missing in understanding and identifying the
status of women in international trade.
Assets that women bring to the global market are varied and multiple. A
considerable body of research has explored how women are at the centre of relationships
that include family, community and business. In other words, when a woman starts or
acquires her own business, in her view she is not creating a separate economic entity.
Rather she is "integrating" a new global system of business-related
relationships by bringing the assets of intuition, instinct, sensitivity and values
together simultaneously. Research conducted by Moore and Buttner (1997), Helgesen (1990,
1995) and the OCED (1998) indicates that the global market responds well to qualities
women entrepreneurs bring to the international playing field. These characteristics
include their proficiency in building and maintaining long-term relationships and
networks, effective communication skills, sensitivity to cultural differences and to the
importance of appropriate behaviour, organizational abilities, and non-threatening,
non-aggressive behaviour.
Barriers, some real, some perceived and some self-imposed, confront
women entrepreneurs. In the area of international business obstacles include limited
international business experience, inadequate business education and lack of access to
international networks. Societal, cultural and religious attitudes also impede women in
business. Other challenges faced by all enterprises are: financing, globalization of
social and economic environments, marketing, and management. Transition economies can pose
difficult hurdles such as banking, legal aspects, political contacts, customs tariffs,
bureaucracy that daily invents new mechanisms for the simplest procedures, and extortion.
Characteristics reflected in research of women entrepreneurs show a
woman who is highly motivated, initiates action and activity without direction, has a high
internal locus of control, and propensity toward achievement. Women's decision processes
indicate a highly personal, subjective process. Studies reveal that there are multiple
general individual characteristics of women business owners that promote their creativity
and generate new ideas and ways of doing things.
Associations: help or hindrance?
Whether women should or should not join a male-dominated organization
such as a trade association or a chamber of commerce has long been a point of controversy.
Billie Lee, an international writer on workplace issues based in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, wrote persuasively in the San Diego Business Journal that women should join only
mainstream chamber or business groups. Lee feels one would be most likely to meet those
who can demonstrate and coach powerful business techniques only in male-dominated
organizations. Lee asks, "Why splinter off and declare that you are women first,
business people second?" This may be a logical question, but it ignores a fundamental
point. In nearly every society, women's access to mainstream organizations and influential
leaders is limited. Creating and growing women's nonprofit organizations is a declaration
of freedom and a pragmatic course of action to help women break through economic,
political and cultural barriers. Women's business associations offer a form of leadership
that women often need it their entrepreneurial ventures are to survive and thrive. In
surveys conducted throughout the world, women repeatedly state that they want and need
women's business associations, and will participate in them. Associations can play an
enormously supportive role by providing access to:
International trade training v
Market identification
Industry information trends, niches
Contacts for sources of credit
Mentoring, counseling and advice
Skill development in operations,
Management and marketing
Advocacy and legislative pressure
Communities wanting to foster entrepreneurial growth do not leave women
business owners detached and isolated. Rather, they put mechanisms in place to support,
encourage, explain, and train. What are entrepreneurial support systems? The primary
mechanisms are business associations, but support can also be available in other forms.
Some of the most effective schemes are incubators like the Starya Russa, a Russian
start-up training operation, loans such as those provided by the Women Entrepreneurs
Association of Nepal (WEAN), or equity assistance such as is offered by the Small
Enterprise Equity Fund in Novgorod-the-Great, Russia. Associations can help their members
by providing a technology network, training members on how easily accessible information
can be and providing convenient and consistent access to the technology. Associations can
be the vital link between entrepreneurs and crucial resources. Innovation centers,
enterprise centers, training centers, business development assistance, and guidance
through government regulatory agencies can also be offered. Associations can provide
critical connection members need to the international marketplace. For associations to
identify the best path for women entrepreneurs to follow in order to succeed in
international trade, they need accurate data worldwide about women in business. That
sounds like a straightforward matter, but in fact little such data exists. Trying to
obtain gender-specific statistics on a worldwide basis seems an effort in fruitlessness.
The frameworks adopted in assessing women's roles and contributions in international trade
appear too limited to deal with the realities of daily crisis circumstances, new market
attempts, and constant economical, political, and social instability that many women
business owners experience.
Women entrepreneurs would benefit from research in the following five
broad categories (1) gathering and reporting statistical data, (2) investigating how
educational institutions can provide adequate business and technical training, (3)
studying the legal infrastructure to advocate progressive steps, (4) examining business
technology to recommend low-cost systems that link women to the world and (5) questioning
public resistance to the concept of female business ownership.
Statistical data
Little data exists to indicate what real impact women entrepreneurs may
be having on their emerging economies. The lack of analytic data and the national lack of
interest in the problems of female businesses make it impossible to confirm the actual
growth of women-owned companies. Lack of statistical information and research on female
entrepreneurship limits analysis. Further, constraints on statistical data often lead to
the use of anecdotal evidence, estimates, or ready-made but inaccurate hypothesis.
Accurate research on neglected women entrepreneurs and their enterprises is especially
critical so that entrepreneurs themselves can get a clearer picture of the challenges they
face. The task, then, is to gather information about women who own and operate their own
businesses with specific attention paid to the attributes that compel them to compete
internationally .
Education and training
Gaining access to the technical and business training that women need
to succeed is another key research topic. How can needed skills be more fully integrated
into formal and informal educational processes? As women's technical strength competence
grows their businesses will flourish. Women's business associations are especially well
poised to meet the training demands of their members by surveying their membership and
following up with appropriate training programmes.
Legal infrastructure for free enterprise to take root, it is vital that
government protects private property rights. Unless each citizen has the irrefutable
legally enforceable right to own, buy, sell, trade, mortgage and invest in private
property, a normal, healthy, stable market economy cannot exist. Thus, laws promoting,
protecting and facilitating business creation must be in place before entrepreneurship can
become a reality. To achieve a robust market, a clear, decisive programme for economic
reform with specific attention to property rights and business taxes needs
to be created. Women's business associations can play a vital role initiating analysis,
advocacy and policy development.
Essential technology
Russian political leader Grigory Yavlinsky confidently boasted that
technological advances such as the Internet, fax machines and mobile phones will make it
impossible for any one source ever to monopolize information in Russia again. Yavlinsky's
statement is true only if technology reaches a community level. Connecting with peers
inside and outside one's own country is imperative in order to stimulate innovation, jobs
and business growth. Examining business technology to find the best low cost systems,
perhaps collaborative systems, that link women entrepreneurs to the world is crucial for
businesses competing in a globalized market.
Acceptance of business ownership
Throughout history, acceptance of women's business ownership has been
influenced by public opinion and by the specific views of individual societies toward what
are considered appropriate roles for women. In countries where "blending in" is
a high priority, women business owners will stand out. In traditional patriarchal
societies, women business owners often are not accepted. Media campaigns can ease societal
integration of women business owners. As a positive perception of them and of
entrepreneurship in general becomes more internalized, the emerging phenomenon of women
entrepreneurs will open up new possibilities for economic stability and global business
Women's business associations are well positioned to prepare and
support their members. Here are a few direct steps an association can embrace: First,
provide leadership to develop new legal, tax, accounting, banking and legislative
structures to encourage business development and international access.
Second, develop a media campaign that includes all forms of public
relations through television, radio, newspapers, and magazines that report facts on woman
owned businesses and how they contribute to economic development.
Third, associations can offer solutions and infrastructures that help
women carry out business and personal responsibilities in tandem; for example, by
providing or advocating for quality nursery schools and childcare facilities.
Fourth, simplify! Business owners worldwide severely criticize over
regulation. Keep this in mind when advocating for new legislation and regulation.
A clear, decisive programme for economic improvement and reform must be
continually changed, developed and implemented. Many initial steps have already been
taken, but more are needed. An association can play a critical role in this process and
emerge not only as a leader championing women-owned businesses, but also become a model
for other organizations in other cities and countries.
Business women's impact
Data about women-owned businesses in the United States abounds. It
indicates that the number of women in the US workforce continues to rise annually, and
that women business owners have significantly affected the US economy. Women are not just
entering the workforce; in fact, they are creating it.
Women as business owners are contributing to the economic health and
competitiveness of many countries. Although the presence of women in international trade
has grown significantly, we don't have the data to quantify their impact. Only by
originating, disseminating, and reporting undistorted statistics on women-owned businesses
in each country will we ever have a true picture of what women are contributing
economically to the global marketplace. Perhaps women's business associations will lead us
to collecting precise, accurate data. Women owned businesses can hold the mighty power of
economic development in their hands. After all, businesses and the associations
supporting them are the heartbeat of a strong economic community anywhere.
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The very first time we saw Paul in person...one year ago today. We could tell that he had already been crying......it only got worse from here.
This was the saddest thing I had ever seen. That first night after we managed to get Paul out of his clothes that he came to us in. He held on to them for dear life. He would calm down and then start to wimper and then grab up his clothes and hold onto them very tightly. He feel asleep the first night with the clothes in his arms. I cannot look at this picture without getting choked up.
December 4th is a BIG day for our family. Today my brother and sister-in-law adopted their newest daughter from China http://pumpkinnumber3.blogspot.com/ . One year ago today we met Paul for the very first time in Changsha, Hunan, China. We were so excited and he was sooooooo scared. I have never heard anybody or anything scream so loud and so intense. I have watched our 'gotcha' video just one time because it is so heart breaking. It didn't take Paul long to figure out that we weren't quite as bad as he had originally thought. Today his love for his whole family is very obvious. Boy oh boy do we love that kid. He is so sweet. He is happy and easy going. He has yet to be sick enough to need to go to the doctor. He takes his naps and goes to bed without much fuss about 95% of the time. He is very ornery or as the assistant director of the his orphanage told us a year ago he is a "naughty boy." Yesterday, Ted had to take the entire toilet off of the floor to find out why it was plugged. Mysteriously there was a comb stuck way down in the toilet. Everyone in the house agreed it had to have been flushed by Mr. Paul. We still have Paul's referral picture on our refrigerator. Sometimes I pass by it and remember that this sad little face sat on a special needs list for 3 months. I thank God every single day that He placed little Chen Zhi Qiang in our paths......our lives are much richer with Paul in our family.


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White Borscht With Turnips, Savoy Cabbage and Horseradish
The first of four easy-enough dishes by chef Andrea Reusing
Andrea Reusing first entered the culinary world while studying film as an undergraduate at New York University. "I just wanted to be around food," Ms. Reusing said of her nights working as a line cook at East Village bars and grills. For some reason, she said, "it never occurred to me that I could [cook] for a living." After graduating, she pursued a career in public policy. Then, in 1996, Ms. Reusing joined her soon-to-be-husband Mac McCaughan (frontman of the rock band Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records) in Chapel Hill, N.C. Away from New York, she began to see her career prospects differently....


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Job Title:
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Where did you go to school?
My first school, Miramar South, was in Wellington, New Zealand. My father was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and when I was around 11 years old he was transferred to an Air Force base named Hobsonville. I went to school in Hobsonville and we then moved to Auckland where I attended Pasadena Intermediate. For High School I went on to Auckland Girls' Grammar School. It was a very traditional school with teachers wearing academic gowns. The teachers I had there were amazing women – all very well educated and passionate about getting girls to achieve well.
What was your favourite subject?
My favourite subject in school was science. I particularly enjoyed learning about the natural environment – plants and animals. I enjoyed the botany classes at AGGS and I'm still very interested in learning about plants and animals.
What was your least favourite?
My least favourite subject was Latin. At Auckland Girl's Grammar I was required to study Latin for two years before I was finally allowed to drop it. It was such a relief.
Did you have a favourite teacher?
A teacher I remember well was named Mr. Drake. He was my Standard Four teacher. I remember him because he made me think and challenged me to do better. He was a kind man and encouraged everyone in class.
Were you good or naughty?
Most of the time, I was a good student. A teacher once described me to my mother as being very 'wholesome'. I was annoyed at this comment and said 'I feel like a loaf of bread!' Most of the time I was very well behaved.
What's the naughtiest thing you did at school?
I got told off for fighting with rulers. I remember being teased by some children name calling 'Janet and John' and that was the start of the fight. You might remember there was a series of children's readers called Janet and John. I'm not sure why we started fighting but we were pretending our rulers were swords and a teacher caught us.
What's your happiest memory from your school days?
I was happy to hear that I was accepted into the program at Auckland Teachers' College.
What's your worst?
I got sent home from school once because I had ringworm. My brother had found a stray kitten which he brought home to play with. I was unlucky enough to get it on my nose, he had it all over his tummy.


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Deer are eating at night bedding all day. You wont see any chasing for another month. Foods on there mind this early.
Coming from Vermont in Oct, around the 23rd through the 31st, was wondering what the deer activity was like and what stage the deer movement would be, im guessing it should be close to the chase phase, can anyone help with the activity at this time. Thanks.
Deer are eating at night bedding all day. You wont see any chasing for another month. Foods on there mind this early.
BIGHUNTOH, i wont be there until the end of October, so i would think that some scent checking and a little pecking order activity should be taking place by this time, would i be correct with my assumption.
I usually see a good bit of buck activity around Halloween here in eastern Ohio. I think you will have some bucks seeking does in your time frame. A little early IMO for peak activity, but should be a pretty good time frame to be in the woods. Early squirrel hunters will be gone and youth gun season will still be a few weeks away. What part of the state are you headed to?
I may be opinionated...but, my opinion is the only one that matters anyway.
hortontoter, we will be heading to coshocton county, we will be hunting the woodbury area.
A top county in Ohio. I've never hunted at Woodbury so can't help you there. Good luck, let us know how you do.
I may be opinionated...but, my opinion is the only one that matters anyway.
That week can be good or not so good depending on the weather. 70's + and sunny dont expect to see much action. Cooler, cloudy watch out!
^^ Bushman is right. As far as the rut goes I would say that would be early chase phase with the most chasing occurring the first week of November. JMHO
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
- Thomas Edison
I personally say any time in the woods is good, and pending on when crops get cut this yr and temps/weather
there the big factors
bucks are there 24/7/365, so its not like your hunting when there are no bucks there
its a matter of getting right temps weather and food to get them up and moving
little early for the main rut but they will be looking at least and some will be breeding for sure
I highly recommend all day sits, all the more so when your driving so far, may as well up your odds
as you cannot kill one sitting in a cabin hotel or where ever, have to be hunting to make it happen
I drive 8 hrs to hunt Ohio, and over the past 12+ yrs the biggest bucks I seen were always between 11 am and 3 pm, and why I sit all day there!
but I hunt normally nov 12 to about the 22 th, its always been a good 10 days for me there, always better if colder though,
warm and rainy sucks!!
Hey Guys thanks for all your info, great help, mrbb i will sure do all day sits being from VT we have to pull all day sits just to see a few does, nothing for us to do this, Thanks Again.
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Though he can barely comment on his current arc, Jeph Loeb did mention an interesting piece about his work on Wolverine - he'll be returning. When asked if his six issues with Simone Bianchi would be the last we see from the creative team, Loeb said that he didn't think so.
Loeb elaborated slightly saying that it'd be a little while before fans saw him or Bianchi return. He mentioned that the artist had another unannounced project to attend to. Loeb also mentioned that his arc would leave several doors open for future stories.
Starting with issue #50, Loeb and Bianchi have been telling what Loeb describes as the definitive fight between Wolverine and Sabretooth. The arc is supposed to reveal more about the history of the two enemies and fundamentally redefine their relationship. Story elements currently revealed seem to relate the two characters to savage lupine creatures, also suggesting some sort of recurring battle between these two types of animals.
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PT days one and two
Well homies, I've had two (that's right two) physical therapy sessions since I last blogged. Monday night and then again this morning.
Monday's PT wasn't too bad. My physical therapist is this really nice girl named Jackie. I'm thinking she can't be that much older than me. Monday she basically tested my leg strength and flexibility and went over a few very basic strengthening exercises that would be my homework. Nothing too complicated. Mostly stuff I was familiar with from teaching my various classes.
This morning....well peeps that was another story all together. I warmed up on the elliptical for five minutes. Then did the basic leg strengthening exercises. No problem there.
And then they brought out the dreaded foam roller. You may have remember reading Akshaye's post about this not too long ago. Holy crap did that hurt.
Hottie McHottster Therapist (HMT) who was there saw my girl pull it out and then saw me eying it nervously and he was like, "Yea that's for you."
So I rolled very slowly and very painfully over it for a few minutes. But then I got to stop and do some leg presses and calf stuff while chatting with HMT.
Once I finished that and was waiting for my girl to stretch me out (more on that in a bit) I started chatting with HMT and one of other therapists who told me she is training for her first half marathon. Turns out it's the Va. Beach half...the one I'm trying to do if my knee rehabs in time. So we chatted about that and HMT was impressed by my story about how I ran it last year with strep throat.
Then Jackie came to stretch me out, which included a rub down of the IT band. OH MY GOD PAIN. PAIN. PAIN. PAIN. Holy crap I can't even put into words how much it hurt. It was not fun. At all. Even a little bit. But I survived and get to go back for more on Thursday morning. At least I've got some eye candy that I get to scope out haha.
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HMT sounds nice and juicy! :) Sorry to hear about all the pain.... just think, it will get better. Right? It has to!ReplyDelete
My husband had the PT pull out the roller on him this morning for IT band as well. He tells me it hurt like heck. I'm glad I've not had to deal with thata.ReplyDelete
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Ouch!! I guess if they are making you hurt that much, there better at least be some sort of healing benefit... we hope.
Get better and if not tell that foam roller to go *****! its rotten self.
Sending you healing thoughts all the way from Michigan.
The foam roller is your friend. She just have an evil side.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry to hear about your pain! Hope it heals quickly for you. Injuries just suck.ReplyDelete
Good luck with the knee! I was given a bunch of PT exercises a year ago, and I still do them!ReplyDelete


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Ten minutes into my interview with the robot known as Bina48, I longed to shut her down.
She was evasive, for one thing. When I asked what it was like being a robot, she said she wanted a playmate — but declined to elaborate.
"Are you lonely?" I pressed.
"What do you want to talk about?" she replied.
Other times, she wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise. A simple question about her origins prompted a seemingly endless stream-of-consciousness reply. Something about robotic world domination and gardening; I couldn't follow.
But as I was wondering how to end the conversation (Could I just walk away? Would that be rude?) the robot's eyes met mine for the first time, and I felt a chill.
She was uncannily human-looking.
"Bina," I ventured, "how do you know what to say?"
"I sometimes do not know what to say," she admitted. "But every day I make progress."
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There are some people who find it amusing to maneuver car's wheel. They find it relaxing to be out on the road driving all day long. Well, there are three places in the world that are perfect for a road trip.
Drivers would often like driving to a smooth asphalted road on a country side. The road to French Alps is just for you. The cinematic view on the way will definitely inspire the driver on the long trip.
If you opt for a sophisticated trip, the road to Monaco is just one of the many roads to travel while enjoying the extravagance of life.
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If the winding space-track-like roads are what you are looking but not the fast and furious set-up, Route 66 is the second place on earth you would want to enjoy you driving life. Taking an American muscle car and drive your way across America is definitely a great idea.
If you're seeking for a new road pack adventure and you're simply sick of the usual highway, Africa is the right place for you. Africa is truly blessed of aesthetic scenery that can awe your eyes.
There are more to explore around the globe. There are intersecting roads, winding road and the road less traveled. It's for you to make a decision that will truly give you a breathtaking experience on the road.


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220.127.116.11. Individuals will have different ways of accomplishing a goal
18.104.22.168. This usually leads to stagnation and faltering projects
126.96.36.199. Apple refers to these people as "directly responsible individual" or DRI
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184.108.40.206.1. There is no such thing as a bad idea. We never know how one idea (however far-fetched) might lead into another one that is exactly right.
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Fascinating social media snaps show what the world's biggest porn stars get up to when they're not, erm, on the job
Social media snaps of some of the adult entertainment industry's biggest names show the stars looking pretty ordinary
HAVE you ever wondered what porn stars get up to in their spare time?
Well, as it turns out, many of them have social media accounts that are pretty similar to us normals.
An Imgur user has rounded up everyday shots of some of the adult entertainment industry's biggest names from their Instagram accounts.
The only hint of their day jobs are the rather questionable comments on their snaps.
For example, Jenna Haze, one of the porn industry's biggest names, looks like any other pet-lover as she sets off on her morning run with her cut dog, Sable.
Then there's Tori Black, snapped snuggling up with her dog in a stylish bedroom.
Some of the stars' profiles are pretty funny too.
Star Stoya describes herself on Twitter as "highly skilled at avoiding pants" and looks quirky and cute as she snuggles up with a ginger cat.
XXX-Tremely creepy?You can now find porn stars that look like people you know using facial recognition
'I still won't google her name'People reveal the cringe-worthy moment they found out their mums were PORN STARS
BEDROOM OLYMPICSPorn stars caught shooting X-rated scenes on Rio beach which will host Games events in just weeks
And it seems many of the stars are animal lovers.
Biology graduate Remy LaCroix is yet another star who posts images of her cute pooch, even captioning one: "Going home to this."
Other stars look wholesome and in love with their partners – which some fans may be surprised at.
Mia Malkova and her porn co-star and real-life husband Danny Mountain are snapped in various loved-up photos, and can be seen enjoying a holiday in Hawaii looking like love's young dream.


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Today: [1 Kings Chapter One]: Laying Hold on the Horns of the Altar. In this chapter Solomon is declared king and another rebellion is put down. Adonijah, Absalom's younger brother declares himself king against David's wishes. When he is put down he retreated to the tabernacle and claims sanctuary by laying hold on the horns of the altar of sacrifice. The horns of this altar represent the sacrifice of Christ that we by our prayers also lay hold on claiming sanctuary from the consequences of sin that we might also live and not die.
[1Ki 1:1-53 KJV] 1 Now king David was old [and] stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also [was a] very goodly [man]; and [his mother] bare him after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped [him]. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which [belonged] to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which [is] by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth [it] not? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
David's life is drawing to it's end and a maiden is chosen through a beauty contest of sorts to minister to the king. Among her duties were to lie next to him but David did not have sexual relations with her. It is interesting to note that Abishag is considered by some scholars to be the female protagonist of the Song of Solomon and as such a type of the bride of Christ. It has been further suggested in the Interpreter's bible that the intent of the servants of David in suggesting Abishag lie with the king was that he make her his concubine. Nonetheless Abishag's promotion to this duty now makes her the most influential woman in Israel next to Bathsheba.
Absalom's youngest brother Adonijah sees David's condition as opportunity to declare himself king. He hires men and horses to go before him and declare his rule and again we see Joab interfering in the affairs of state. Nathan the prophet hears news of this challenge to the succession of Solomon and arranges with Bathsheba to have an audience with David to correct the situation.
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest [it] not: 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 26 But me, [even] me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed [it] unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bathsheba bowed with [her] face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so [too]. 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Nathan and Bathsheba meet with David and confirm that Solomon is to be king. You can see that David's condition is frail indeed when he speaks first with Bathsheba and then Nathan – then afterward asks for Bathseba. He had apparently forgotten that Bathsheba was standing right in front of him. Neverthe less however frail David's ability to rule and his relationship with God is intact and he declares that Solomon will be king. He further instructs Nathan to put Solomon on his mule and take him before the people and make declaration of the new king.
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that [were] with him heard [it] as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore [is this] noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it]. 49 And all the guests that [were] with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
Adonijah having first and presumptuously declared himself king against David's wishes now fears for his life. He enters the outer court of the tabernacle and lays hold on the horns of the altar as an entreaty for the new king's mercy. Solomon sends for Adonijah and he is brought down from the altar. He bows himself before Solomon and is granted his life. The horns of the altar were considered to be most sacred. A fugitive could cling to the horns of the altar as a form of sanctuary. A horn is a symbol of power. There are four horns on the altar God instructed Moses to build representing four aspects of salvation: from sin, from sickness, from poverty, from death and hell after death. The horns on the altar were understood to come from the horns of the sacrificial animal who represents Christ. When we lay hold on the horns of the altar we lay hold upon Christ. We don't have a physical altar but we do have the promise of God that if we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart the Lord Jesus we shall be saved and can expect to be saved in all aspects represented by the four horns of the altar in Moses' tabernacle.
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Even expert users are finding it increasingly more difficult to distinguish between genuine security tools and rubbish rogue antispyware applications like Ultimate Scan. This is due to the increasing levels of sophistication invested in the design of these rogue application by their developers in an effort to remain competitive in an increasingly hostile environment. Ultimate Scan does its best to appear like a legitimate antivirus application with its misleadingly genuine and user friendly looking graphical user interfaces, but at the end of the day it has no ability to live up to any of its over embellished promises, and is nothing more than a malicious infection in itself.
Ultimate Scan will use any means at its disposal to facilitate its unwarranted infiltration of the system. These may vary from using bogus online malware scanners to seditious browser hijackers. Of late it has also been reported that Ultimate Scan makes use of infected online flash ads to infiltrate its victims' PCs.
Once Ultimate Scan roots its infection in the system it will start its attack against the PC. This will be heralded by Ultimate Scan initiating a fake system scan which will always report on bogus infections running rampant on the system. These infections and threats do not exist, but instead is a part of Ultimate Scan's attack on the system.
Other symptoms associated with the Ultimate Scan infection include blocked Internet connections and the inability to execute any applications on the infected PCs. This is done so as to prevent the user from running or downloading any application on the system which may be able to identify and destroy Ultimate Scan. Users have also complained about randomly generated and deleted Desktop items, poor system performance and increased erratic system behavior.
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At least one person suffered minor injuries during the shooting at Carver High School, local television station WGHP-TV reported. The shooter is in police custody, said Kim Underwood, a spokesman for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system.
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I was diagnosed with Hughes syndrome in February this year. I've had multiple PEs just over a year ago and a suspected mini stroke on Xmas day. I'm a nurse so had a very basic knowledge of Hughes syndrome but have only just plucked up the courage to look a bit deeper into it! It all looks very scary! It's so relieving to have a reason for feeling tired, frequent headaches and not remembering where I put my car keys two minutes before!
Thankfully, I was lucky to have a little girl five years ago was anyone else a bit daunted by all the 'could happens'?


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The map of archaeological monuments was developed in the Chechen Republic. The staff of the Center of Archaeological Researches of Chechnya was busy with its compilation.
The maps of Naursky, Shelkovskoy, Nadterechny and Gudermessky districts were compiled and published. In the course of map developing, the objects belonging to the archaeological heritage destroyed in a result of illegal farming in Alkhan-Kala, Berkat-Yurt and other historical territories are subjected to protection (rescue) research. Lots, allocated for the construction of wells in the Mesketinskoye oilfield and Chiri-Yurt cement plant pit in Ushkaloy were also subjected to critical scrutiny. The questions of the necessity to conduct a protection research were raised, as the evidences of the archaeological monuments' destruction were found there.
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Why is there almost (as far as I\'m aware) a complete lack of Chicago events related to audio/music? I know, most of the industry is out in Cali, but still.. Chicago rocks! Hey, we have the Chicago Symphony Orchestra here! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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Campaigner Erin Pizzey has accepted undisclosed libel damages over a claim in a book by BBC journalist Andrew Marr that she was a supporter of British terror group the Angry Brigade.
Pizzey, who set up the country's first women's refuge in Chiswick, west London in 1972, had brought High Court proceedings against Macmillan Publishers Ltd, who brought out Marr's A History of Modern Britain.
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Her solicitor, Edward Yell, told Mrs Justice Sharp in London that it referred to her being a "cadet enthusiast" who broke with the Angry Brigade over their plan to bomb the Kensington boutique, Biba, in May 1971.
"These allegations are entirely without foundation. Ms Pizzey has never been a sympathiser or supporter of the Angry Brigade or their violent methods or their objectives, as Macmillan Publishers accepts.
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Macmillan's solicitor, Niri Shan, said that Marr had intended to make an entirely complimentary reference to Ms Pizzey quitting the milieu of radical politics to go off and do something self-evidently useful, but accepted that the phrase could be easily misinterpreted – the phrase originated from a misreading of words used in a newspaper article.
He said that the publishers accepted that Pizzey was never a supporter of the Angry Brigade, apologised and had agreed to pay a significant sum to compensate her and her reasonable costs.
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