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The assemble-to-order system is a classical model in inventory theory, in which multiple components are used to produce multiple products. All components are obtained from an uncapacitated supplier after a deterministic (component dependent) lead time, while demand for the products is random. The optimal control for this system (where the goal is to minimize the long run average inventory + backlog cost) is not known except for some very special cases. In this talk I will describe an approach to solving this problem using a particular multi-stage stochastic linear program with complete recourse, which we have shown provides a lower bound on achievable cost in the inventory system. Our approach requires translating the solution of this stochastic program into a control policy for the inventory system. I will describe how to do so, focusing on two special cases. I will also present a set of sufficient conditions under which a control policy achieves the lower bound (and is hence optimal), and show some examples where this occurs. Finally, I will outline how a modified version of these sufficient conditions can be used to prove asymptotic optimality of our control policy.
(Based on joint work with Mustafa Dogru and Qiong Wang)
Marty Reiman is a distinguished member of the technical staff in the Industrial Mathematics and Operations Research department of Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ. He has been at Bell Labs since receiving his Ph.D in operations research from Stanford University in 1977. His research has focused on the analysis, optimization and control of various stochastic service systems, with an emphasis on fluid and diffusion limits. His work has been motivated by problems in communication, computing and manufacturing systems. Dr. Reiman has been an associate editor and area editor of Mathematics of Operations Research, as well as an associate editor of the Annals of Applied Probability. He has served as chair of the Applied Probability Society of INFORMS and is an INFORMS Fellow.


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Alec Foster's firm grasp of the international insurance market is rooted in over 36 years of experience in the sector. Born in London in 1945, Foster's in-depth knowledge of insurance companies means he adopts a bottom-up investment style for his Polar Capital Global Insurance Portfolio. The fund targets companies investing in the international insurance sector and aims to outperform the MSCI World Insurance Index.

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One should, and I do, feel suitably sorry for the big three US automobile makers in Detroit who expected to sell more cars than they have been selling during the last three months of 1980.
And I should, and I do, feel suitably sorry for the retail stores which report that pre-Christmas sales so far are not up to expectations.
But my sorrow over their disappointments is tempered by the thought that just possibly we are seeing the beginning of the most vital ingredient in an anti-inflation program which almost all America hopes President-elect Reagan will launch immediately after his inauguration.
The main elements of the prospective Reagan program, as sketched out already, are supposed to be just the right combination of less government spending with careful control over the money supply and selective tax cuts.
We are assured by the prospective secretary of the treasury, Donald Regan, that if the new administration can get the proper mix of these three ingredients the results will be a slowing of the inflation rate.
Well, I have no doubt that such a program could, at least in theory, check the inflation and begin a gradual if somewhat painful march back to economic stability and a sound dollar. But there is one essential factor which Mr. Reagan did not mention when he passed lightly over the inflation subject in the unveiling of Reagan cabinet selections. The psychological factor was not mentioned, and it is that factor which will make or break any anti-inflation program no matter how sound it may be in theory.
The pyschological factor is the attitude of consumers toward prices. So long as the average buyer assumes that inflation is continuing he will buy today on the assumption that prices will be higher tomorrow. And so long as he buys on that assumption he gives the merchant both an increased incentive to raise prices and a reduced incentive to resist pressure for higher wages.
But suppose that the average US citizen becomes convinced that the Reagan anti-inflation program is sound and serious and suppose also at about that same time he becomes weary of those incessantly rising prices and suspects that he is being "ripped off" every time he goes to the store for food or clothing or anything else.
Then what happens?Suddenly a lot of people hold back on their buying, and there is a buyers' strike. Once a buyers' strike gets started merchants will react in two ways. They will slow down on automatic markups, and they will be reluctant to give in to the next round of higher wage demands. That is where a sound government anti-inflation program could really begin to work.
Are there convincing signs that a buyers' strike has begun?
With automobiles the evidence is impressive. Sales during October and November have been a bitter disappointment, particularly to the Detroit makers, but also to all but one of the foreign companies selling in the US market. Volkswagen, long one of the strongest sellers in the US market, has priced itself into trouble.
Sales of its American-built Rabbits were down 26 percent in November. Its more expensive Scirocco and Dasher models were even less attractive to buyers. The only foreign company which increased its US sales during November was Honda. Foreign imports dropped from 30 percent of the US market to 24 percent.
This looks very much like a buyers' strike. The prices are just too high for the average American. Dealers tell of case after case of a prospective buyer coming in, looking at the car with interest, then looking at the sticker price, and walking out.
As for Christmas sales, it is still early. Preliminary reports are patchy. But there are reports of many a store where the extra store clerks hired to handle the rush stand around with nothing to do. Perhaps it will come with a rush in another week, but right now it looks as though there just might be a buyer's strike in retail merchandise.
Suppose that this resistance to higher prices holds right through the holidays, and suppose that the Reagan program stimulates a feeling that prices might start coming down someday. Americans could be headed toward economic stability. It is of course just a faint possibility. But it's pleasant to think that there might be a silver lining to the cloud of lagging Christmas sales.


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"Longknife" Surname
Frequency of "Longknife" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Longknife" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Longknife" ranked #70,652 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
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Volume 21, Number 4
Hope Hospice's The Hike for Hope Set for May 4
(Photo Courtesy of Hike For Hope.)
After a one-year hiatus, Hope Hospice's annual The Hike for Hope is back on the calendar for Saturday morning, May 4th. This time the combined commemorative outing and fundraiser is taking place in a new setting, scenic Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore.
Proceeds from the event will assist Hope Hospice as it provides vital services to patients and families, regardless of ability to pay, notes Carolyn Siegfried, Annual Giving Manager of the nonprofit, which was founded in 1980 by a local resident. Today the original all-volunteer agency has become an invaluable community resource with a full professional staff--medical director, hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual care providers, home health aides, dietician, and physical therapist—who collaborate to deliver compassionate care, insight, and guidance to patients with a life-limiting illness. Volunteers round out the team, offering companionship to patients and respite for caregivers.
Patients receive care in their homes or in a facility "so they can live their lives as fully as possible, in comfort and dignity," comments Barbara Hepner, Public Relations and Advertising Manager. While a physician referral is required, hospice services can begin when life expectancy is six months, not just in the final weeks of an illness, she points out. "Many patients or their families have told us that they wish they had known about us sooner. In addition to the latest methods of pain and symptom control to maximize quality of life, our team of professionals provides emotional and spiritual support. We even have a new Voices of Hope volunteer choir, which will come to the bedside and sing for patients who enjoy music."
While most health insurance plans, including Medicare and Medi-Cal, pay for hospice services, as a nonprofit the agency does not turn away patients who lack coverage or cannot afford the care. "That's one of the reasons the Hike is so important for us—it allows us to accept patients without insurance," notes Siegfried.
Displaying its concern for all aspects of the end-of-life process, Hope Hospice also offers a bereavement support program, with age–specific groups and one-on-one counseling. The groups are open to the community at large, even if the family member was not served by the organization.
First initiated in spring 2010, The Hike for Hope is a fitting reflection of Hope Hospice's emphasis on family togetherness, support, and affirming life. "The hike is an opportunity to remember a loved one and we encourage hikers to bring photos or mementos of their special person with them," says the agency's CEO Victoria Emmons.
Two trail options--an easy 2.6 mile roundtrip or a 4.4 mile hike with a moderate incline and spectacular lake and valley views—make the event appropriate for a gamut of age groups, from parents with young children in off-road strollers to co-worker teams seeking to build camaraderie or boost their corporate presence.
Hikers can sign up by going to TheHikeForHope.com or by calling Hope Hospice at 925-829-8770 for a printed registration form. Those who wish to support Hope Hospice but are not able to participate in the event can register as an In-Spirit hiker. Corporate sponsors are also welcome.
Also in this issue ...
- Anixter Security and Cabling Divisions Generate Record Sales
- Tri-Valley Karate Addresses Whole Body, Shapes Positive Mindset
- Business Bits
- Executive Profile: Congressman Eric Swalwell
- Hanger Hits Forbes' 100 Best Small Companies List
- One Risk Group Meets Growth Targets, Gears Up for Future
- Pleasanton Provides a Host of Sporting Activities, Leagues in First-Class Facilities
- Hope Hospice's The Hike for Hope Set for May 4
- East Bay Bicycle Coalition Plays Major Role in Improving Cycling Conditions
- Spectrum of Science Sets "Spectacular" Agenda for Summer Camps
- Hacienda Index
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The National Brick Research Center provides testing services to Members and Constituents of Clemson University for the following reasons:
- Permanent Center staff members conduct ASTM and other tests on bricks using documented procedures established under the Center's Accreditation. The Center also employs a small number of University students who assist in testing under the direct supervision of the Center's permanent staff. The purpose of employing students to assist in testing and to perform research is to augment their educational experience.
- The Center staff can advise Members and Constituents on which tests to perform, and the staff can help Members and Constituents understand the use of test results in analysis of manufacturing or service related problems.
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ISGMH is proud to announce Dr. Michelle Birkett has been promoted from Research Assistant Professor to Assistant Professor on the Tenure-Eligible Investigator Faculty Career Track! Dr. Birkett is the director of ISGMH's CONNECT Complex Systems and Health Disparities program.
Dr. Birkett's research uses network and quantitative methodologies to understand the social contextual influence of stigma on the health and wellbeing of marginalized populations, and in particular, sexual and gender minority youth. This work is influenced by a multilevel perspective of health that considers direct and indirect influences of multiple levels of the social and physical environment. This multilevel approach to understanding health underlies her interest in network data and her commitment to conducting research that leads to social change at multiple levels of society to eliminate health disparities.
Dr. Birkett has led multiple NIH-funded projects. She is the recipient of a NIH Career Development Award focused on understanding network, multilevel, and contextual influences on racial disparities in HIV within young men who have sex with men (K08 DA037825). She also directs Network Canvas (R01 DA042711; Dual PIs: Birkett & Phillips), a software development project which seeks to simplify the collection and streamline the management of social data, thereby allowing health researchers to assess more nuanced associations between social contextual factors and disease. She co-leads with Noshir Contractor the Network Data Core of RADAR (U01 DA036939), which is in charge of the collection and analysis longitudinal observations of sexual, drug, and support networks of over 1200 YMSM. Finally, she is an member of the Executive Board of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).
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RomaCinemaFest addresses Loren gaffe
EmptyROME -- Well, goodness gracious me! Rome failed to invite its own doyenne of cinema Sophia Loren to its big new film festival -- and looked to make good by asking her to come next year instead.
Nicole Kidman, Monica Bellucci and Sean Connery were among those in attendance at the inaugural RomaCinemaFest this week, Loren found herself left out of the party. La Stampa newspaper ran a front-page headline: "La Loren Furiosa."
But there were no apologies Wednesday for the iconic star from the organizers of RomaCinemaFest.
"We had already decided to make Sophia Loren the star of the second edition of the festival, so there should be no controversy," Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said Wednesday. "We didn't invite her this year because we hoped she would be the guest of honor next year, just as Sean Connery was this time."
It was Veltroni who came up with the idea for the Rome festival two years ago.
Loren confirmed in a statement that she would be "honored and pleased" to play a central role in next year's festival.
Loren's decision to accept the invitation for the second RomaCinemaFest had been the subject of speculation for several days, ever since Italian Parliament member Alessandra Mussolini -- granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator and Loren's niece -- blasted festival organizers for excluding the legendary actress.
The spat, however, did not deter from the day-to-day business of the festival, which returned to a full schedule Wednesday after many events were postponed or canceled the day before in the wake of a Rome metro accident that left one person dead and more than 100 injured.
Full houses greeted the highly anticipated screening of Giuseppe Tornatore's "La Sconosciuta" (The Unknown) and Shane Meadows' "This Is England" on Wednesday. Meadows' feature tells the story of a group of British skinheads in the early 1980s.
Also making news Wednesday was an announcement from four major regional film commissions to cooperate on seeding about six new films per year starting in 2007, agreeing to a ?3 million ($3.8 million) budget for the initiative. The commissions involved are Berlin-Brandenburg, Roma-Lazio, the Ile de France Film Commission (Paris) and the Madrid Film Commission.


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Rosemary Garlic Croutons from St. Augustine
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"I had the pleasure of eating these while I went to visit our new friends in St. Augustine. It was so cold there(much colder than in Orlando) and I would be so happy to sit down to a bowl of soup with these croutons! I think these are simply great! Try them and let me know what you think:-)"
READY IN:10mins
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup white bread, edges trimmed and the bread cut into 1/2 inch/ 1 cm cubes
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons pure wesson canola oil
- 1 clove garlic, peeled,washed and crushed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- salt
- Trim the crusts from the slices of bread.
- Cut into 1/2 inch (1cm) cubes.
- Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a skillet or frying pan on moderately low flame.
- While the oil is heating, crush the clove of garlic and rosemary, separately, using your mortar and pestle.
- You can also crumble the rosemary between the palms of your hands if you like.
- I personally like to crush it to bring out the flavour to the fullest.
- Now, add the crushed garlic to the moderately hot oil and cook for a minute, stirring continuously until it is golden.
- Remove the garlic.
- Toss in the bread cubes and crushed/crumbled rosemary.
- Cook these awesome croutons, tossing lightly, until they are lightly browned all over.
- Sprinkle with salt to taste.
- Remove from the skillet or pan and transfer onto paper towels to drain.
- Serve over soup (if they last that long!).
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Voucher preparation is very important and responsible job of an accountant. Before he prepares the vouchers, he has to clear the following terms:-
What is Voucher ? First of all, we would like to understand the meaning of voucher. Voucher is a very primary accounting record which shows the authenticity of the transactions. In business so many transactions take place. To record any transaction in account books, first of all a voucher is prepared by the accountant. Therefore, we call the vouchers as the base of the accounting system.
Voucher is prepared by the accountant with the help of source document. Source document means any proof relating to the business transactions. These documents include:- bills, cash memos, receipts, bank deposit slips, cheque book counter foils, challans and other details which show the happening of any transaction in a business firm.
The proforma of a voucher depends from company to company but all the vouchers have almost same details which are to be shown in it. A voucher shows the following details:-
- Serial number of voucher
- Type of Voucher
- Date of Voucher
- Debit Column
- Credit Column
- Amount in figures and words.
- Total Column
- Particulars column in which brief description of the transaction is being mentioned
- Signature of accountant
- Signature of Manager or other authourised person.
- In Case of Bank Payment Voucher or Cash Payment Voucher, signature of receivers is also shown.
Types of Vouchers:- Generally, the following types of vouchers are prepared in a business firm:-
- Cash Payment Voucher
- Bank Payment Voucher or Cheque Payment Voucher
- Cash Receipt Voucher
- Bank Receipt Voucher or Cheque Receipt Voucher
- Contra Voucher
- Purchase Voucher
- Sales Voucher
- Journal Voucher
- Sales Return Voucher
- Purchase Return Voucher
Duties of Accountant in respect of preparation of any voucher:-
Vouchers are the base of whole accounting system. The accountant has to be very careful while preparing the vouchers. Voucher is an initial document of accounting system. If there is any mistake while preparing the voucher then every thing, automatically will become wrong. Therefore, an accountant must follow the following procedure while preparing the vouchers:-
- He must verify the supporting documents thoroughly in respect of date, amount, nature of transactions etc.
- The supporting documents must be approved by an appropriate authority.
- Then, the accountant has to select the type of voucher to be prepared for the transaction.
- He must have the thorough knowledge of accounting rules.
- He has to make sure that the total of debit and credit side of voucher are equal.
- The accountant must have good command over the various accounting heads which are supposed to be debited or credited.
Simple Rules of Accounting:- As we know that the voucher contains debit and credit part. But what is debit and what is credit? One has to understand it very thoroughly because whole accounting system depends on debit and credit. In accounting system we follow the double entry system. It means that according to the nature of transaction, one account head is to be debited while other account head is to be credited with the same amount.
Account head means a name of account under which all similar type of transactions are recorded. For example:- All expenses relating to printing and stationery will be debited under "Printing & Stationery Expenses Account" head. All Sales will be recorded under "Sales Account" and so on.These accounting heads are prepared after keeping in view the requirement of management or by concerned laws. Normally, the nature of the transactions are self explained by the account heads.
At the time of preparation of voucher, the accountant must assign the correct account head otherwise every thing will be wrong and will result into wrong information. Therefore, every voucher is checked by some supervisor to avoid the mistakes. Every voucher must be signed by the accountant and the supervisor and must be supported with proof of transaction.
Following are the simple rules for Debiting or Crediting the Accounting Heads:-
Rule No. 1:- Debit what comes in i.e. any thing which is received by firm in physical position.
(a) Cash received by the business firm. In this case, cash is coming in the business. Therefore, Cash Account will be debited.
(b) Furniture purchased by business firm. It means furniture is coming in the business. So, Furniture Account should be debited.
Rule No. 2:- Credit what goes out i.e. any thing which goes out of the business firm in physical position.
(a) Cash paid by the firm. It means cash is going out of the firm. In this case the Cash Account will be credited.
(b) Suppose a company has sold its old vehicle, then the Vehicle Account will be credited because the vehicle is going out of the business.
Rule No. 3:- Debit the receiver. Here, receiver means any third party.
(a) Goods sold to M/s ABC Limited. In this transaction, the receiver is M/s ABC Ltd.. Therefore M/s ABC Ltd. will be debited.
(b) Cash paid to M/s Supple Rubbers. In this example, M/s Supple Rubber is receiver. Therefore, M/s Supple Rubber will be Debited.
(c) Cheque received from a party and deposited in to bank. In this case, The Bank is the receiver of cheque. Though, initially the cheque is received by the business firm but it has no physical value unless it is deposited in to bank. Therefore, The Bank Account will be debited.
Rule No. 4:- Credit the giver. Here, giver means any third party.
(a) Cash received from M/s Bombay Rubber Chemicals. In this case, M/s Bombay Rubber Chemicals will be credited since they are the giver of cash.
(b) Goods purchased from M/s Morning Place. In this example, M/s Morning Place will be credited since they are the supplier of goods.
Rule No. 5:- Debit all the Expenses.
All expenses of a business firm must be debited to a suitable account head.
(a) Conveyance Expenses paid to a staff. In this case Conveyance Expenses Account should be debited.
(b) Salaries paid to employees should be debited to Salaries Account.
(c) Expenses relating to traveling should be debited to Traveling Expenses Account.
(d) Depreciation on Fixed Assets should be debited to Depreciation Account.
Same way, different type of expenses in respect of business should be debited to concern account heads.
Rule No. 6:- Credit all the income.
All income of a business firm should be credited to suitable account head.
(a) Sale of goods:- Sales of trading items, should be credited to sales account because sale is the income of a business firm.
(b) Interest received from banks or from other parties:- Interest Received account will be credited in case of interest receipts.
(c) Commission received:- In this case Commission is income of business firm. Therefore, Commission Received will be credited.
In similar way, any other income of a business firm, will be credited in suitable heads.
1. Every receipt is not an income:- For example – Receipts may be relating to personal account not an income
2. Every payment is not an expenditure:- For example – Payment may relate to Personal accounts is not an expenditure.
3. There are certain cases where no payment is made, even then the expenditures are debited. For example:- Depreciation of fixed assets, Expenses payable or provision for expenses.
4. There are certain cases where no amount is received, even then income is credited. For example:- Interest receivable, Commission receivable etc.
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I was invited yesterday on behalf of Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM) to give a presentation about YUM to 200+ students attending the Global Issues Network Indonesia (GINDO) Conference organized by Jakarta International School and Sinarmas World Academy.
I find it really inspiring to be among students who are aware of the global issues in the world and want to make a difference. I wish I had a forum like this one when I was in high school.
Today reminded me about a workshop I attended a couple of months ago with teachers from several international schools. The focus was on Service Learning and how to implement service within the student curriculum. Again, it's great what's happening in schools these days. To be able to learn and at the same time give back to the community gives each student a sense of belonging.
Before the workshop, we were split in groups and sent to various NGOs working with the Jakarta International School. I happened to be in the group heading towards projects by Habitat for Humanity who builds houses for very poor people, including the beautiful old lady below. The houses were in the Sentul area and we walked around and found a workshop where they were in the preparation stage of making flour out of singkong (cassava).
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4824 W Addison St, Portage Park, Chicago, 60641
Commute to Downtown Elmwood Park
4824 W Addison St is a 11 minute walk from the MD-N Milwaukee North at the Grayland stop.
This apartment is in the Portage Park neighborhood in Chicago. Nearby parks include Kilbourn Park, Eesfw Irving Park and Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons.
4824 W Addison St has a Walk Score of 81 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
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Anyone who is interested in some pretty gruesome tragedies ought to learn about the curse on the House of Atreus. The tale begins with Tantalus, who tries to test the gods by feeding them his own murdered son, Pelops. The gods realize the trick (well, all but one of them), and curse…Continue
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Theists have a paralyzed imagination: imaginary things have been imagined for them, and their own imaginations can imagine nothing more or less, but only what has already been prepared for them - ready-made thinking devoid of authenticity, only copied and memorized without a single original thought necessary to fit the prefabricated mold of what is supposed to pass for a mind.
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It might come as somewhat of a surprise to modern readers (it did to me) that the Odyssey was almost fundamentally an expression of the need to have a skeptical attitude to be a good, and especially heroic, person. Homer seems to have matured to some degree between writing the…Continue
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On at least two separate occasions in my personal life, and on many more while reading what theists have to say, I have come across an insidious argument which attempts to justify faith (through a rational argument, ironically enough!) by attempting to argue that every belief we have is grounded in faith. Here is my quick dismissal of this petulant argument:
The argument by the theists is that we have to take everything on faith, even reason. Besides the obvious objection…Continue
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I was actually shocked by the power of the arguments I found which, as I say in the paper, show that not only is it irrational to believe in an omnibenevolent, just deity given the problem of evil, such as the frequency of undeserved suffering in the world, e.g. the suffering of…Continue
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My paper on Thumos (Spirit) and how it can serve as the basis for human value, as opposed to Plato's theory of the Good as he presents it in the Symposium.
Symposium is perhaps Plato's best work, at least I found it so. It is Plato's attempt to describe Love, and through this to explain the Good. He first sets the scene of a group of 7 or so men meeting at one of their houses, when one of them comes up with a theme for the night's drinking - each of them…Continue
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The heroic spirit, the will to persevere, is the essential virtue. All else of human value flows from this primary human value. The title of this paper is called "The Threat of Temperance to the Heroic Spirit in the Epic of Gilgamesh".
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Mission Tithe Matching Grants are intended to foster and expand congregationally based global mission relationships by congregations within the Diocese of Massachusetts. Applicants should be intentional in their engagement in a mission partnership, and their mission work should have, or plan to have, a hands-on component and intentional mutuality. Congregations of the diocese may apply. Congregations are encouraged to partner with one another in working together on global mission. Mission Tithe Matching Grants are for work outside the geographic boundaries of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Both existing projects/programs and start-ups are encouraged to apply.
Mission Tithe Matching Grants
Mission Tithe Matching Grants are made possible through the Together Now Capital Campaign completed by the diocese, where a tithe of 10% of all funds raised was earmarked for mission. There are several grants available, as described below. All grants are designated for "Global Mission," defined as any church or community outside of the Diocese of Massachusetts, domestically or abroad. All are matching grants, and require the applicant to raise an equivalent amount to the grant request.
The application process is straightforward, and designed to ensure the potential funding of every application.
1. Please download and review the guidelines before you begin.
2. All applications begin with the submission of a concept paper, outlining the Who, What, Where, Why, How of your global mission plans. Please review the concept paper document, as well as the questions contained in Section 13 of the application you plan to submit.
3. Any material submitted by the 15th of each month will be reviewed at the end of that month by the Mission Tithe Matching Grants Committee, a group of priests and laity from across the diocese. In reviewing concepts and applications, they look for Elements of Healthy Mission.
4. After review, someone from the Global Mission office will contact the writer of each concept personally, to discuss any questions, concerns, and feedback expressed during the review. These should be addressed in the application.
5. Any application submitted by the 15th of each month will be reviewed at the end of that month.
6. Barring any issues, and assuming the church is in diocesan compliance with the items in Checklist A of the application, the writer of the application will receive a letter of congratulations in the first half of the following month.
7. A check will be requisitioned and mailed to the rector of the church before the end of the month.
8. A return receipt is enclosed with the check and should be signed and returned to the diocese.
9. A formal report is due upon completion of the grant activity, and prior to the submission of another application. (Pilgrimage Reporting Form, Refugees Abroad Reporting Form, Relational Reporting Form, Resettlement Ministry Reporting Form).
Different Types of Mission Tithe Matching Grants
Mission Tithe Matching Grant- RELATIONAL YEAR 1
Maximum request: $10,000
Restrictions: 50% of the grant must benefit the community in some way
Relationship with a church or community outside of the Diocese of Massachusetts
Typical Focus: Discern a new relationship; establish a new relationship, or review an existing relationship, in light of the elements of healthy relational mission; learn about each other; spend time together; limited travel, room, and board.
Mission Tithe Matching Grant- RELATIONAL YEAR 2
Maximum request: $10,000
Restrictions: 80% of the grant must benefit the community in some way
Relationship with a church or community outside of the Diocese of Massachusetts
Typical Focus: Build relationship; joint problem solving and strategic planning; support for on-the-ground development efforts, including activities like community organizing, leadership development, capacity building; projects identified and supported by partners; mutual travel by partners; very limited travel, room, and board by US parties.
Mission Tithe Matching Grant- RELATIONAL YEAR 3
Maximum request: $7,000
Restrictions: 80% of the grant must benefit the community in some way
Relationship with a church or community outside of the Diocese of Massachusetts
Typical Focus: Further develop partnership; support for sustainable investment identified by partners; joint root cause analysis of conditions on the ground; identify role the United States plays in creating those conditions; focus on projects that support independence and self-reliance.
Mission Tithe Matching Grant- RELATIONAL REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT & ASYLUM SEEKER MINISTRY
Maximum request: $10,000
Restrictions: Grant must support an ongoing relationship
Grant funds should be used for one-time, non-consumable expenses beyond the assistance provided by resettlement agencies.
Typical Focus: Develop friendship with local refugees; form partnership with local refugee resettlement agencies; support long-term integration into the community; provide support for rent, medical expenses, legal expenses, job training, or professional certifications.
Mission Tithe Matching Grant- PILGRIMAGE for FORMATION (Youth or Adult)
Maximum request: $10,000
Restrictions: Trip, whether youth or adult, must be an element of a mission education program.
Visit with a church or community outside of the Diocese of Massachusetts.
Typical Focus: Visit a congregation or community outside of the Diocese of Massachusetts, where cultural difference exists. Locations can be as close as New England where we have agricultural communities to the west, fishing communities to the east, isolated communities to the North, and inner-city neighborhoods to the south, or as far away as the communities of Siberia, Australia, and Africa. Work side by side. Learn about their life – its joys, challenges, and struggles. See God at work.
The Short-Term Mission Trip As Pilgrimage Reflection by the Rev. Chris Morck, Grace Church, New Bedford
Questions may be directed to Laura Walta, Project Director for Global Mission, at email@example.com or 617-482-4826, ext. 422.


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Quartz has an interesting article on the effects of climate change on the wine industry and some of the changes we'll start seeing.
Traditional winemaking strongholds like Tuscany and South Africa will soon become too hot for grape-growing. In fact, by warping the flavors of the most popular varieties and driving production away from the Earth's poles, climate change is threatening to remake the entire $30-billion global wine industry.
Does that mean a "grape-ocalypse" is upon us? No. But it does mean the wine you sip a decade or two from now will taste very different from today's tipple—and will be a lot pricier, too.
We're going to start seeing that by the mid-21st century that the optimal areas for growing grapes will move further and further north. The areas we currently know as "wine countries" will see a 70% decline. You'll also start to see more Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot being made because they handle heat better. Worst of all, the price of wines will get higher and higher, making your bottle of two buck chuck all but extinct.


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Hi Scott, On Tuesday, 2009-11-10, Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. > Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I > use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like > how it is more difficult to find help specific to Kubuntu and also > because Kubuntu is simply not as well put together as Ubuntu. There is > simply much more development and documentation specific to Gnome in Ubuntu. > > My question here is KDE well documented and stable on Debian? I can't judge the documentation since I didn't have any need for it yet, but the packages are usually very stable (I'd actually go as far as saying extraordinarily good :)) > I > understand that Gnome is also the default desktop for Debian, but is KDE > well supported? I don't think there is a default desktop in Debian. All variants, including non desktop environment graphical system (e.g. advanced windowmanager only) have the same level of integration, i.e. interaction with system features is based on whatever the graphical upstream delivers. For convenience there are several specialized install media which contain all important packages for common choices, e.g. a GNOME install disk, a KDE install disk and so on, as well as "basic" media like the Net install disk. I am usually using the latter (netinst) since I would have to update after installation anyway :) Cheers, Kevin
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GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (DUBBED) At Hamilton 16 IMAX + GDX
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Fathom Events and GKIDS are partnering to bring Grave of the Fireflies to movie theatres nationwide for a special three-day event on August 12 & 13 as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2018. Based on the retellings of survivor Nosaka Akiyuki and directed by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Iaso Takahata, Grave Of The Fireflies has been universally hailed as an artistic and emotional tour de force. This is the story of Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. Forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fires that swept entire cities from the face of the earth, their doomed struggle is both a tribute to the human spirit and the stuff of nightmares. Presented in its digitally remastered and restored format, it is one of the rare films that truly deserves to be called a masterpiece.
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Feb 16, 2011 – Today, advocates made available excepts of 15,000 pages of documents released following litigation by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Center for Constitutional Rights and Cardozo Immigrant Justice Clinic, seeking documents from federal agencies related to the voluntariness of "Secure Communities," the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program quickly spreading throughout the country.
Since the fall, the federal government has taken the position that Secure Communities is not an "opt-in opt-out" program.
Sarahi Uribe of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, plaintiff in the FOIA lawsuit, commented, "Contrary to the current ICE official position, local opt-outs appear to be possible. The readings indicate that states most likely do have the power to keep this devastating program out of local jurisdictions. The amount of dishonesty revealed in this process would make anyone question whether ICE recognizes it's operating in a democracy."
"Reading these documents raises questions about ICE's authority to require local participation in the program," continued Bridget Kessler of the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. "While the basis of ICE's policy may be unclear, the bottom line is not: communities should not be forced or coerced into a program with such far-reaching implications for civil liberties and public safety."
Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights said, "The internal email communications show government agencies manipulating answers to questions from Congress, media, and local policy makers. This level of deception is contrary to fundamental notions of transparent government."
The attached briefing document highlights some of the agency's misleading statements to Congress, state, and local officials, the internal confusion behind the program's implementation, and questions regarding the legal authority for federal authorities to force the program onto local jurisdictions. Across the country, communities have raised concerns about the impact on community-police relations, the high number of those deported under the program with no conviction record, and the evidence of crime victims being swept up in its dragnet. Advocates continue to call for a moratorium on the program's implementation due to the extent of disinformation and the questions raised by these new documents.
A Preliminary Briefing Guide of Documents is available at: http://ndlon.org/feb/
The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.
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From doors and windows to
roomside blinds, shades, and more, Pella Windows and Doors specializes in helping Whitney Point area homeowners add
innovative, useful elements that do more than just frame the landscape, they
make your life simpler. Back in 1925, in the
little town of Pella, Iowa, window screens that rolled up and
down like shades were new inventions.
Pella Windows and Doors is proud be a part of the same company who invested
in those inventions a while a
go, our manufacturing, product design, and business model
have certainly come leaps and bounds.
Why invest in your windows and doors? Well, there are
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your living space in Whitney Point. For aesthetic
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Customers shape TIA's insurance industry solution
Customers shape TIA's insurance industry solution
TIA uses a group of customers to play an active part in charting the future direction of TIA and the TIA Solution. The Customer Advisory Board is a important sparring partner for TIA management.
"The purpose of the board is to ensure strategies and plans are aligned with the purpose of long-term growth for all parties."
This collaboration between TIA and our customers, ensures that the TIA Solution continues to be the leading standard insurance solution on the market. It also ensures that TIA brings our customers true business value according to real business priorities.
Members of the CAB are C-level persons from customers in the TIA community. Currently, there are nine insurance companies participating in the board.


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Been hard at work lately opening sale avenues. Who cares right? Well, this is both an advert and shared experience for those who wish to sell their own work.
With that said let's begin:
I'm pretty well versed with eBay.so I began there. Title listing is key FYI. The channel for buyers is massive, so sales begin immediately. I'm kind of pinched with only being able to sell 10 items a month because I'm a new seller. I was still able to make it work starting with 2 price points. 99 cent starting auctions. Illustrations like sketch cards and loose fan art drawings. Things laying around I am will to sacrifice to the promotion gods.
Then medium price points 9.99-14.99 Art I'm willing to let go cheap, but not give away. I understand this can be difficult for some artists who believe their work has a higher value. Keep in mind eBay is an auction site. The truth can hurt, but it's important I move forward accept shortcomings, improve and grow.
I was recently allowed to post 10 more items, so I'm moving into the 19.99-39.99 price point. These will not fly off the shelves. It is important to show and note the work I believe to be a higher tier. Whether sales become of it or not, I am creating a standard. Listing fees are waived. I just pay the final value fee when/if the items sells.
Here are some the current things up:
The sales channel I opened was Etsy. Even though it shows I've been there for a year I've never really tried to use the site till now.
Listing fees are a flat 20 cents each which isn't bad at all. After uploading and observing the site I noticed it seems to be more of a social network than something like eBay where you post and shop.
This takes a little more getting used to in terms of getting interest. It seems to be more interactive which may be difficult for me to find time for. I'll make time each week to "favorite, Follow" and make small purchases on item I like. Well, see what becomes of it. My expectations are low, but it is affordable financially. Time may be my downside to this venture.
Since my expectations are low I put some of my medium priced work to use this channel as more of a showcase for the couple hundred sketch cover I've made and a couple of comics I've done.
Here are a few:
Last but not least is a this Alien drawing I made. Turned it into a trading card and randomly handed them out at the Cinedome in Hollywood California during the premiere of Alien Covenant
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Here's an updated fresh take on your regular plain-Jane headband, which also requires a lot of guts and the stamina to ignore the most annoying laughs while walking down The Avenues Mall, Balenciaga's satin bow headband. I actually thought it was made our of leather. Would I go for this look? yeah why not, I love experimenting with fashion, however, I'm pretty sure I'll end up wearing it once or twice, which means I'm not going to get much wearability out of it (aka wasted money). So what's new?!
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I Believe This Summer will be the Best
Every year for the past fourteen years of my life, I have always looked forward to hearing the teacher dismiss us, and hearing the final bell of the school year. At 2:11 on June 1st, 2007, I will hear the bell ring for the last time. Knowing that I never have to wake up early every single day to go to school ever again will make this summer that much better.
I plan on not wasting any time on having fun when this amazing time comes around. I will probably end up going to Cedar Point the day after the seniors get out of school. Then I can do whatever I want for two weeks until I start watching my mom's co-worker's daughter. She is in second grade, sleeps until 12:00 every day, and only watches T.V. and eats food. I have to be at her house by 6:30 every morning until 3:30 in the afternoon Monday-Friday for eight weeks. I will be getting paid three hundred and twenty dollars cash on every Friday. I added that up, and the total came out to be $2,560 within those eight weeks of sitting around, sleeping, swimming, and playing with a kid. Plus, I'll have two weeks off in July when the GM shutdown is taking place. I plan on saving half of the money every week, so I will have over one thousand dollars put away for school in the fall. During the duration of me having that job, I still plan on going out and having all the fun I would as if I didn't have to wake up around six o'clock every day of the work week, like I did when I had to go to school.
Two more events making this summer more exciting are the senior all night party and prom. These will be the last two times that all of us can be together for the rest of our lives, except class reunions. I'm going to try to hang out with all of my friends as much as possible, since some will be going away to college, and won't be around much anymore, or at all.
This paper may not exactly be an essay, but these are just some of the reason why I believe this summer is going to be the best one of my life.
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Farooq fake twitter account off the net after apologies
The fake account of union minister Farooq Abdullah today went off from the micro-blogging site with its discreet author apologising to the minister in a goodbye message.delhi Updated: Feb 26, 2012 14:43 IST
The fake account of union minister Farooq Abdullah on Sunday went off from the micro-blogging site with its discreet author apologising to the minister in a goodbye message.
This came a day after the minister for New and Renewable Energy registered a police complaint against unknown persons for opening a fake Twitter account in his name and posting "some objectionable, indecorous and intemperate things" on the networking site.
Apparently facing the heat of law enforcement agencies, the author of the account made two entries in his final messages apologising to the union minister and his family for inconvenience caused by him.
"I had no intention, whatsoever, to tarnish the image of Mr Abdullah or to cause any harm to his image. This account was purely meant for fun," the anonymous author said.
Within minutes after posting the final two tweets past 1pm, the page was off the micro-blogging site. However, police said that they would be able to trace the account at the earliest and bring the case to its logical conclusion.
The minister had on Saturday clarified that he had never opened any such account nor has authorised anyone to do it on his behalf.
"A complaint in this regard has already been lodged with Delhi Police with the request to initiate immediate probe in this regard," the spokesperson said.
Abdullah has expressed his anguish at "such misuse of social networking sites by unscrupulous elements which are otherwise a boon for spreading information and freedom of expression."
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146, Waterloo Avenue, City of Guelph, Ontario, N1H, Canada
146 Waterloo Avenue is located on the south side of Waterloo Street, east of Fergus Street, in the City of Guelph. The property consists of a one-and-a-half-storey stone cottage that was constructed in 1857.
The property was designated, by the City of Guelph in 1990, for its heritage value, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, By-law (1990)-13688.
146 Waterloo Avenue is set back from the street on a large lot. It is fronted by an extensive garden. 146 Waterloo Avenue contributes to the historic character of Waterloo Avenue.
146 Waterloo Avenue is a fine example of stone craftsmanship in Guelph. The one-and-a-half-storey Regency style cottage was built, of local limestone, in 1857. Its symmetrical facade is highlighted by the entry, which is topped with a rectangular transom and flanked by three-paned sidelights and the symmetrical stone chimneys on the hip roof.
Source: City of Guelph By-law (1990)–13688.
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of 146 Waterloo Avenue include its:- location on Waterloo Avenue- situation set-back on a deep lot- one-and-a-half-storey stone construction- symmetrical three-bay facade- two symmetrical stone chimneys- central entrance with sidelights and transom- hip roof
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CSIRO assisted Alkane Resources to learn more about their key gold deposits and inform better exploration planning.
The challenge
Developing a prospect requires in-depth knowledge
Alkane Resources is an ASX-listed Australian mining and exploration SME with a focus on gold, zirconium, niobium and rare earths. Alkane has recently developed three of their gold deposits in New South Wales to production.
Each gold deposit differs slightly from the other in terms of its orientation and mineralisation. A better understanding of what controls these differences and their geology helps inform company decisions during ore extraction.
Our response
Applying new advanced 3D modelling technology
Through a Department of Industry Researchers in Business project coordinated by our SME Engagement Centre, Alkane gained access to advanced 3D modelling technology. Using the models with structural data from drill cores and assay values helped visualise the mineralisation of the deposits.
By collaborating with our earth science experts to use the technology, the company could characterise the deposits and improve their exploration program.
The results
Progressing exploration with more confidence
- "This valuable information has helped us optimise our strategies and techniques, and has allowed us to progress our exploration program with more confidence," said Alkane's chief geologist, Terry Ransted.
- Led by Peter Schaubs, the team 3D modelled structural data from drill cores and assay values to build a better picture of the mineralisation of the deposits.
- The research validated prior assumptions, bolstering Alkane's understanding of the shape of the deposits.
This project was supported by the Enterprise Connect Researchers in Business program, which was an Australian Government initiative which provided funding to support the placement of researchers directly into businesses to help them develop and implement new commercial ideas.
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Campaign of the Month: August 2016
Oath of Crows
The Modron Bandits
Hunting for bandits
In the summer of 488, the same year as king Uther's campaign to Frankia, Cadry, Maelgwyn, Melkin and Gamond went hunting for the bandits that had been plaguing Hillfort for several years. They met up at Tisbury with all items and followers required to go to war in Frankia, but with plans of turning back and heading into the forest. Sir Maelgwyn had hired the service of the company of the black dogs. 25 spearmen to follow them into battle.
In Tisbury though, something had happened to two of sir Cadry's cows. The dogs wouldn't touch the meat and the priestess Llinos proclaimed with an ominous voice that the cows had been poisoned. As the matter was taken care of, word reached the group that two armed men were waiting at the borders of the Tisbury grounds. Our four knights went to greet these men that turned out to be prince Meliodas and sir Victus. Prince Meliodas was currently on a quest to find Modron's heart and Cadry explained that they themselves were heading into the forest to hunt for bandits. As of such, sir Victus and Prince Meliodas decided to come with them.
Once the party seemingly left for war, the four squires Deian, Dewin, Bern and Jasper were sent out to locate the bandits hideout. Scared and a bit unwilling the four boys went on a three day journey together with a guide into Modron's forest. The food went bad and more than once they doubted that they would ever catch up to the group that they had been following. Just before the bandits passed into a great swamp however the four squires and their guide caught up with them. The squires decided to send the guide back and pursue the bandits on their own.
Things started to go south when they came to a boat where the track split into two. While the other squires discussed what to do, Bern took a piss near a curious mushroom which suddenly cracked and a pink light flew out from it. In the end the squires split up. Dewin and Jasper were too afraid to continue, so Deian and Bern pushed on. The two squires came to a strange sign with amulets attached to it. In the ground they also discovered a rotting hand with a ring attached to it. Confused by these things they were still fixed upon finding the bandits' camp when they spotted a floating tower in the bog. Deciding that this had to be the place where the bandits were hiding, Deian and Bern started to head back. On their journey though they were suddenly ambushed by bandits. Deian managed to get away with bleeding wounds, but Bern was shoot down and captured by the bandits.
Jasper and Dewin waited for a long time until Bern suddenly came back. Dewin sensed that something was awry and started to question Bern. Deciding that this indeed was not Bern the two squires tied the fraud up and then went to find their two friends. Eventually they got to the strange sign and Jasper found the rotting hand and took it with him. Further up the hill they were unfortunately discovered by the bandits who shot them down with their arrows.
When our four knights arrived they were met by a feverish and delirious Deian, and then they found the false Bern tied up in the middle of the path. Cadry threw the creature a piece of cold iron making sure of his suspicions. The four knights then made a deal with the shapeshifter to show them the way to the bandits in exchange for the creatures life, but it seems like the shapeshifter will remember Maelgwyn for his cruelty.
The bandits hideout turned out to be in an old settlement named Willowbranch. It was well defended and well barricaded, and so our heroes were forced to take several arrows and spear wounds before they managed to remove the barricade and could lead the way into battle. Price Meliodas entered the hideout from the other side together with Victus, making a heroic entry to the battle flanking the enemies after their swim through the murky waters.
In the camp Gamond discovered Anwyn who was fighting alongside the bandits. Her brother was strung up to be hanged and the bandits were forcing her to fight for his life. Trying with all his might to save Anwyn's brother Gamond tried to cut the rope by throwing javelins at it, but it was too far off. Eventually the brother was saved by Maelgwyn who cut Anwyn's brother down.
The squires and a bunch of commoners were freed, and amongst them three men and women were found with their eyes and tongues cut out. It turned out to be the cruel knight of ribs that was the true leader of the bandits.
Lost in Faerie
Having dispatched the bandits in Willowbranch, Sir Meliodas mentioned that he would set of together with Sir Victus to look for the heart of Modron that he needed to prevent a prophecy. The six knights set out together with Brangwen, for she would not leave her husband. The adventurers soon lost their way thanks to the fact that no one could properly handle the boat that they were riding around the swamp and thus they drifted. They soon lost sight of the familiar road and mist enveloped them. They started hearing unworldly singing and soon a beautiful apparition seemed to float over the water. She managed to lure Cadry into the water despite the other knights' efforts to hold him back. Brangwen soon went after him when she realized what had happened.
The remaining five knights continued to drift through the mists until finally they found solid ground and spotted a monk moving along the shore. The monk informed them that they had arrived at the isle of Glastonbury in Summerland and when they heard the date they realized that they had been away for a month. They managed to secure horses and went home after some time spent looking and waiting for Cadry.
Cadry for his part woke up on a strange beach and a foul-tempered dwarf sat and looked at him. When asked, the dwarf grudgingly presented himself as Grim. The dwarf said that he had rescued Cadry to repay a debt that he owed Merlin. It turned out that Cadry had called upon Merlin's favour that he had been granted two years back.
Grim informed the knight where to go to return to the lands of men. He did also mentioned that Brangwen, like Cadry, had ended up in faerie. Cadry demanded to know where she was and was told that she had been given to the princess of twilight.
After thanking the dwarf and telling him that he would always be welcome at Tisbury, Cadry set off across the dunes and into the mists. He walked for what seemed like an eternity but suddenly the mists parted and he beheld a never ending field of the most wondrous flowers he had ever beheld. Among the flowers, tiny glowing fairies were flitting about and up ahead he beheld a large stone circle in which beautiful shapes danced. He moved towards it and spotted Brangwen among the dancers. He pushed his way into the middle of the circle and there an elven courtier appeared and invited him to cast off all his worries and stay together with Brangwen. Cadry was sorely tempted but at the last second he remembered his sons and told the elf that he had to return with Brangwen. The elf called the Princess of the land and Cadry fell to his knees and begged and pleaded with the fair lady to return him and Brangwen to their sons. The princess demanded a price in exchange. She wanted Brangwen and Cadry's oldest daughter as her own, when the girl turned into a woman. Cadry agreed after having been given the assurance that the girl would never want for anything and would be treated as if she was the princess' own daughter.
Cadry and Brangwen thus returned to the mortal realm in the middle of Count Roderick's winter court and it turned out that half a year had passed.


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A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
have developed a compound that could potentially be used as
a new treatment for Gaucher disease, the most common genetic
disorder affecting Jewish people of Eastern European ancestry.
Although not tested in humans, the compound has shown great
promise in human cell lines cultured from patients who suffer
from the disease.
Patients with Gaucher disease may bruise easily due to low
blood platelets, and they may have enlargement of the liver
and spleen. Sometimes they experience fatigue due to anemia.
The disease also causes cells in the bone marrow to become
engorged with a fatty storage material, which may lead to
bone lesions, weakening the skeleton, and sometimes resulting
in painful fractures. In some instances, the disease also
impairs the function of the lungs.
In an article that will be published in an upcoming issue
of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
the TSRI group describes using small molecules to partially
correct the genetic defect that underlies most cases of Gaucher
disease. The defect prevents a crucial metabolic enzyme from
reaching the location in the cell where it normally functions,
but the small molecules act as "chaperones," guiding the mutant
enzyme to the right location and allowing it to survive and
"This is an entirely new approach to the disease," says
TSRI Professor Ernest Beutler, who is one of the authors of
the study and one of the world's leading experts on Gaucher
disease and similar metabolic disorders. Beutler's laboratory
was the first to clone the gene responsible for Gaucher disease
in the mid-1980s.
"And it may be less costly and more convenient than the
current treatment," adds Jeffery W. Kelly, who is the Lita
Annenberg Hazen Professor of Chemistry and vice president
of academic affairs at TSRI. Kelly led the research effort
along with the study's first author, Anu Sawkar, a Ph.D. student
in TSRI's Kellogg School of Science and Technology.
Gaucher disease, which is named after the French dermatologist
Phillipe Gaucher, who first described the condition in 1882,
is a genetic disease caused by heritable defects of an important
metabolic enzyme called lysosomal beta-glucosidase. People
with Gaucher disease have one or more defects in their beta-glucosidase
genes, and these defects corrupt their beta-glucosidase enzyme.
Some of these corrupted enzymes are apparently unstable because
they cannot fold properly into their correct three-dimensional
Normally beta-glucosidase resides and functions in macrophage
lysosomesthe sac-like organelles that recycle macromolecules
inside cellswhere it breaks down fatty substances known
as glucosylceramides. But the corrupted, mutant enzyme may
fail to reach the lysosome, and as a result, the fatty glucosylceramides
accumulate there. The macrophages become engorged with glucosylceramide-swollen
lysosomes, which causes problems in the spleen, liver, lungs,
bone marrowand, in rare cases, the brain.
There are dozens of different mutations that can cause Gaucher
disease, and the prevalence of the disease varies widely in
different ethnic populations. Most at risk for the disease
are individuals of Eastern European Jewish ancestry (the so-called
Ashkenazi Jews), among whom about 1 in 14 carry one copy of
one of the mutations of beta-glucosidase. As a result, the
prevalence of Gaucher disease among Ashkenazi Jews has been
estimated to be about 1 in 800. In the general population,
about 1 in every 40,000 to 100,000 people have Gaucher disease.
The current approaches to treating Gaucher disease involve
replacing the deficient enzyme, thereby breaking down the
accumulated glucosylceramide and preventing it from accumulating.
Enzyme replacement therapy is a highly effective way to restore
people to good health, but it has a couple of serious drawbacks.
The enzyme has to be infused intravenously or through a
surgically implanted catheterusually in a doctor's officea
process that takes several hours and must be repeated every
one or two weeks. Enzyme replacement therapy is also extremely
expensive, costing between $100,000 and $750,000 per year
per patient. And the therapy is not effective at treating
neurological complications of Gaucher disease.
Now Kelly, Beutler, and their colleagues at TSRI report
positive results on a radically different approach that may
address some of the problems with enzyme replacement therapy.
Rather than replacing the mutant enzyme, says Kelly, "We use
a small molecule to partially correct [its] imperfections."
Their small molecule "chaperone" stabilizes the mutant beta-glucosidase
enzyme, helping it to fold properly and find its way to the
lysosome, where it can degrade the fatty substance.
The chaperone targets the most common Gaucher mutation,
which is referred to as "1226G" or "N370S." Virtually every
Jewish patient with Gaucher disease has this beta-glucosidase
A therapy based on these chaperones has the potential to
be much more convenient and less costly than enzyme replacement,
because small molecules could be taken orally and would be
cheaper to mass-produce than whole enzymes. In addition, small
molecules can be found that cross the blood-brain barrier,
and perhaps address the neurological complications of Gaucher
disease, if they are caused by mutants that respond to chaperone
The article, "Chemical chaperones increase the cellular
activity of N370S beta-glucosidase: A therapeutic strategy
for Gaucher disease" was authored by Anu R. Sawkar, Wei-Chieh
Cheng, Ernest Beutler, Chi-Huey Wong, William E. Balch, and
Jeffery W. Kelly, and appears in the online edition of the
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
the week of November 4, 2002. The article will appear in print
later this year.
This work was supported by the Skaggs Institute for Chemical
Biology, the Lita Annenberg Hazen Foundation, the Stein Endowment
Fund, and a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.
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Lucky, lucky Gigi Hadid has lived out our ultimate 90s dream – being on stage with the Backstreet Boys. #largerthanlife
The supermodel was appearing on Lip Sync Battle, taking on Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey, and she chose the iconic boyband for her routine.
Gigi, 20, had made sure she looked popstar-perfect, sporting a Britney Spears-esque PVC catsuit and microphone headset.
The star is seen starting to mime to Larger Than Life when the boys themselves joined the model on stage to uproar from the excited audience.
We already had an idea that Gigi was a fan of the Backstreet Boys – at the launch of the Balmain x H&M collection last September, Gigi watched the band perform and sang along, clearly familiar with all of the words.
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Sometimes success is measured by different means—yet each measure of success is an important one that not only changes a present situation, but has the potential to reshape a future. And, each success, ALWAYS involves feats of courage, strength, wisdom, hard work and dedication on the part of CFS staff, as well as an unwavering commitment from our philanthropic community.
IMPACT at a GLANCE - programs
Most recently, your support has helped CFS programs to:
o Redirect the lives and serve as a lifeline for 4850 at-risk youth
o Empower 7217 families with the ability to function self-sufficiently, and provide a proper environment for their children
o Prevent developmental delays and ensure a healthy start in life for 1351 at-risk babies
o Assist 831 senior citizens to remain living safely in their own homes, preserving their independence and enhancing their quality of life
o Avert subsequent destructive behaviors for 163 previously delinquent youth
o Help 310 youth to get off and/or stay away from drugs and alcohol
o Ease the struggles of 550 families with children who have chronic health conditions
o Improve social skills, self-esteem, problem-solving, teamwork and school readiness for 220 campers who attended Camp Spaulding
IMPACT at a GLANCE - advocacy
THE CFS impact can also be felt over generations of our work in the advocacy arena. A few examples include:
• Ensure health care for children in foster care. CFS led a collaborative effort to ensure that children in foster care have comprehensive, continuous health care to meet their unique needs, which continues to impact an average of 1000 children per year.
• Rescue and Protect more children from abuse and neglect. CFS beat back proposed legislative initiatives which would have made it more difficult to investigate abuse and neglect cases, thus protecting over 800 children a year who were subject of child abuse/neglect investigations. 8,000 children over 10 years benefited.
• Prioritize the best interests of children in divorce cases. CFS led a broad coalition to enact legislation to deal with cases of shared/contested custody of children in divorce and other complex situations maintaining a focus on the well being of children and impacting more than 3,000 children a year.
• Improve birth outcomes for at-risk babies. CFS successfully coordinated a state-wide effort to preserve funding programs that ensures that high risk babies get off to a healthy start in life. It has proven to be the single most effective program preventing low birth weight and addicted babies and saves taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars by minimizing the need for neo-natal hospitalization, foster care and special education costs. Over 1,000 NH babies are born healthier every year because of this program.
• Eliminate the use of corporal punishment in residential and educational facilities. CFS worked closely with Disability Rights Center to enact legislation prohibiting the use of dangerous child restraints in residential settings protecting the safety of over 400 children in state custody and thousands more in education and child care settings.
• Resuscitate delinquency prevention services. CFS leads effort to restore funding for Children in Need of Services (CHINS) thereby minimizing tax payer burden by preventing delinquency petitions, court involvement and out of home placement for 400 youth annually. Imparts a more effective, humane and long term form of justice.


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Whether you will be a borrower or a lender, the ultimate question is, "How will the money be paid back?" What are the chances? What are the odds? Are they 30 to 1 like we have heard of late regarding leveraged firms?
Whether you will be a borrower or a lender, the ultimate question is, "How will the money be paid back?" What are the chances? What are the odds? Are they 30 to 1 like we have heard of late regarding leveraged firms?
Would you lend $100,000 to a friend with only a 1 in 30 chance of receiving the money back? I don't think so.
You might be better donating it to a qualifying charity which could result in a tax deduction. However, there are IRS rules regarding limits of tax deductions per year based on income.
Before you borrow, or before you lend, the borrower needs to define on paper where the payback originates.
How secure is the income? Does the situation make sense? If not, figure out why not. Maybe it can be fixed — another word for improved — or recalculated to show better return on investment.
Then again, maybe not.
Better to find out before the big bucks are spent, before that 10-year triple net (triple what?) lease is signed that funds will be insufficient three to six to 12 months or three years into the business.
Once upon a time, I met a loan officer who automatically cut forecasted cash flow in half during the loan pay off prediction process. This seemed so unfair as some cash flows are very conservative. However, this professional had read enough pie-in-the-sky forecasts to merit the decision.
On occasion, a forecast will indicate a particular business operated in a certain manner will not generate enough money. It does not mean that person should not have a business. In some cases it doesn't mean they should abandon the particular business idea they are working on.
It might need a different approach, a different location, a different mark-up. Once in a while it indicates the person should drop that idea and find a more profitable niche.
Let not Main Street go the way of Wall Street.
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Mobee, providers of an offline data and insights platform that uses crowdsourcing to collect, organize and analyze consumer data at scale, has enhanced its data collection platform with expanded functionality for retailer and brand clients.
Mobee's enhanced platform is designed with four components (Crowd, Place, Data, and Insights) that can be customized. It lets users choose who collects insights, be it consumers or an organization's own employees; what type of information is collected, whether objective and observable, sentiment-like moment of truth, or task-based; and where the insights are captured, including in store, at home, or on the go.
Specific, new additions to the Mobee platform include private swarms, the ability to restrict a mission to a private group of bees; audience targeting, for insights by demographic and behavior; data integration, for combing insights with existing sales data, etc.; and a faster analytics engine. The Mobee platform includes crowdsourced solutions for the following:
"The market is demanding platforms over point solutions, and the competition has missed the mark," said Hal Charnley, CEO of Mobee, in a statement. "While we still collect observable data with our crowd of consumers in store, our enhanced platform now allows for collection of multiple types of data, by a public or private workforce, across thousands of locations or on the go. Legacy vendors simply can't provide that level of flexibility."


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Microsoft and McDonald's are leading a broad decline in the stock market after both companies posted sub-par results for the third quarter.
The two stocks were the weakest in the Dow Jones industrial average in early trading Friday. Shortly after the opening bell the index was down 67 points at 13,481.
The Standard & Poor's 500 was down six points at 1,451 and the Nasdaq composite was off 17 points at 3,055.
Microsoft's income fell 22 percent as PC sales took a dive and as troubles in Europe took their toll. McDonald's profit fell 4 percent as a strong dollar hurt international results. Both stocks were down about 3 percent.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged down to 1.81 percent from 1.83 percent late Thursday.