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Rahul Mandal has won this year's Great British Bake Off, triumphing over fellow finalists Kim-Joy Hewlett and Ruby Bhogal.
Rahul was crowned 2018's winner after a near-disaster in the show stopper.
He said: "I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. I just feel I need to talk with my mum."
The final three contestants were evenly matched, having each been named star baker twice during the course of this year's series.
The latest series has been a ratings success for Channel 4, who took over the show last year following its move from the BBC.
And there was no repeat of last year's embarrassing gaffe that saw judge Prue Leith accidentally tweet the winner before the programme aired.
The three challenges
In the signature challenge, the bakers were called upon to make two batches of iced doughnuts – one set filled and one set rings.
Indian-born Rahul was complimented for his decorations, with Leith saying: "The colours are absolutely amazing and have such personality."
Kim-Joy, who lives in Leeds, impressed with her amaretto creme diplomat doughnuts. Said Leith: "I might come back and eat that".
And Hollywood praised London-based Ruby's doughnuts adorned with chocolate rainbows: "They have great designs on the top and the decoration is very clever".
Let's go outside…
In a Bake Off first, the three finalists were then asked to take their cooking tools outside for a tough technical challenge.
Hollywood tasked the trio with making six pita breads and three dips in 90 minutes, using campfires for all the cooking.
Kim-Joy, a mental health specialist, won the technical for the first time.
Research scientist Rahul came in second and project manager Ruby took third.
But it all came down to the show stopper to see who would take the crown.
The finalists were given four-and-a-half hours to make a landscape dessert, painting a picture with cake, pastry and biscuits.
Drama ensued as Rahul created a rock garden, inspired by Victorian explorers bringing back exciting plants from around the world.
But his glass storage container smashed due to the 32C heat in the tent and after a swift clean up by producers he had to start again – with an extra 15 minutes to make up for lost time.
Kim-Joy's Lost city of Atlantis was also applauded for being "original and colourful".
But there were some questions on the amount of ginger she used in her biscuits and cakes – recipes that won her star baker in spice week.
Ruby's magical landscape, with unicorns and mushrooms, was praised for its theme.
The choux pastry mountain impressed with its height, despite being overcooked, whilst both judges praised the delicious flavours, beautiful sponge and buttery biscuits.
But the taste and complexity of Rahul's final bake saw him come back from the brink of disaster to win the final.
Rahul, who received the most handshakes from Paul Hollywood – the sign of an excellent bake – throughout the series, said: "This is probably the first time that I have got something like this, like a trophy."
Leith said: "He never reined in his ambition, he always tried to do a bit more than everybody else, and it paid off."
Hollywood added: "He is one of those characters that you will miss when you are not with him.
"I don't think he realises still how good he actually is and I think that's what's magic about Rahul."
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Alpha_Hydrae on 05/05/2018 at 01:09PM
A Tape Full of Mistakes, Dusty Love
Hello !
We are proud to announce you the release of Dusts, first album created by the collaboration of The Hathaway Family Plot and Monplaisir.
This album is made with collage of sounds, a lot of toys, some guitars found on the street, some cool feedback, some computers, instruments that don't existe and don't have names, in a relatively short amount of time and a distance of 3700 miles. (Thank you Internet)
It was a really great experimentation, made possible by this wonderful website : Free Music Archive.
So thanks a lot Free Music Archive.
Have a great listen,
A Tape Full of Mistakes
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Alpha_Hydrae on 02/16/2018 at 04:51AM
New Cuicuitte album ! L'Antéville.
Hi, it's Monplaisir,
I'm really glad to present to you the new Cuicuitte album called "L'Anteville".
It was a long run, a home made album we've worked with my friend Otite Noire during more than a year. We didn't know what we wanted to do as a genre of music (and we still don't know how to qualify what we do- if you have a word, tell us !) and we ended in this cute and naive noisy folky acoustic music.
I really hope you will like it ! Don't hesitate to comment what you think about it !
Alpha_Hydrae on 01/22/2018 at 03:38AM
New Komiku : Poupi's Incredible Adventures !
Hello there ! It's Komiku/Monplaisir, I hope you're okay ! Here is my new album "Poupi's Incredible Adventures !", which is an album of 70 tracks dedicated to my plush dog Poupi. At first, I thought to make this soundtrack as a cartoon soundtrack but it slowly became a videogame like soundtrack. I hope you'll like it, don't hesitate to send me feedback about it ! I leave you with the soundtrack and the pitch of their adventure :
It's the story of Poupi, a little dog who need to avoid the accomplishement of a prophecy. So, in one week, they has to travel through space to find the music sheet of serenity, and to go after the horizon to find the time flute. In their way, they will meet Mr Paillettes, a glitter with a crooner voice, and Princess Cheese Burger, the strongest person in the universe. Together, they'll need to find the tiniest place to play the time flute.
The story is more developped on my bandcamp if you want to read about it. If you wanna usethe story or the music, please go for it, it's all in Creative Commons 0. Don't hesitate to contact me, I'm always curious to know what you do with my music !
Thanks for reading this post and listening to my music, I love you all <3
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Alpha_Hydrae on 10/29/2017 at 02:39AM
My 100th released album
Hi, I hope youre okay. That's it, I just released my 100th album which contains the 1000th title I have put online since I started my musical production. It was cool, I learned a lot of stuff about music, composition, recording, instruments, my way of creating and my relationship to music and its creation have evolved a lot in proportion to the productions and anxieties connected with this activity.
I started publishing music on March 16, 2011, solo, my first recordings date back a few years before, in the U-Man improvisation duo and with a rock / folk band called Black Sheep. It was cool, and I still remember when I released my first album. I knew it was not top quality, it didn't sound like the artists I used to listen to, a point that really frustrated me for several years and I think I have since discarded. I released a second solo album a year later, on March 16, 2012 and an EP with the group Nobody Opposed The Project and then another EP challenge to record 5 tracks in two days. It was a hell of a challenge. I did not really master the production tools I used, nor did I have the same composition tools as now (creative path, instruments, references). Although I wasn't very pleased with the result of the two previous albums and EPs, it was really only at the release of the third album on March 16, 2013 that I really felt I could do things pretty good in music. It had been a while since I was making music in an amateur way and I had quite a few doubts as to what I was putting online. Everything I published was weighed thoroughly, I was really afraid of being ridiculous, of publishing things of bad sound qualities that would sweep away my words. Sometimes I have been hurtful about feedbacks on my work, but other messages have reassured and encouraged me in this direction. The shape really distressed me for a long time, and it was a big obstacle to my productivity but also gave me impulses of interest to the production. I then chained more projects and my production barometer exploded in 2016 and even more this year.
I came, across all my bands and musical aliases on the internet, not to mention the best of and the compilation Mothlight OST (I counted the 3 unreleased songs), to 100 albums and 1006 songs. Of which 4 copyright albums, 2 in CC-By-NC-SA and 3 in CC-By.
It's clear, I had something to prove to me. I am quite anxious in general and I needed to know that I was good at something, at least one, and I think that suddenly I master this stuff, produce fast, stuff not necessarily good sound quality which would provide a potential revelation at every listen but stuff that can make the ork according to the person who could listen to it. I did this in a large part for myself, for particularly selfish purposes, to have the biggest (even if I avoid saying it in society), to impress when I say it, to silence the old remembrances of rejection that I have trouble digesting, for when I am depressed to say that I accomplished this thing. I did it to stand out a bit of the lot of artists because it is my only way to appear from time to time on the bugged charts of some sites that only present the same artists all the time, so I mass produce so one of my titles has a little visibility and is listened, remixed, reused and can live a little bit. I did it to kill the boredom that annoys me every day, to give direction to my life, to say "I did this today" because it still has a little meaning and values in my eyes to do this every day, because it is one of the only things that I am able to master with certainty.
Then I did it because some people told me that what I was doing pleased them, made sense to them or listened to it with pleasure. And because free licenses have allowed me to have feedback from anyone with an interest in my music beyond listening and fun.
I'm glad I made the choice to release my music in CC0, it was my only real hope of being heard somewhere. I have neither the knowledge, nor the values, nor the physical, financial or mental capacities to do anything alone in the mainstream or underground music scene. For a lot of reasons, these two layers of musical visibility are not made for me and could not receive me anyway. I do not conform to the mainstream system and the French underground system. I do not have a correct recording sound quality for the underground, a car license, a car and amplification gear to shoot in the coolest bars in France, I do not have the mental strength to call all the concert halls and bars in order to book dates, I do not have the mental strength to suffer failures to these steps, I do not physically have what it takes to turn with gear without hurting me .
So to you that make live this little world of free music and music from underground, thanks to you. It is thanks to you that I have this little radiance and that people can finally listen to me and use what I do. It gives meaning to a lot of things, so thank you very much to you, you are incredible.
Well, I released 100 albums, ok, it's cool, but what does it change in the end? Nothing. I should not be listened more because I have produced more, I am not superior to another artist who would have produced less or not at all. My words have no more credit than any other artist because I have produced more.
I'm still glad I did it.
If it is your will to do the same, produce a max like that, it is possible. It takes a lot of work, 2/3 years of unemployment still is not a lot to do it, and if it's something you want to do, make me sign, it would interest me to know other people who are in the same approach of production.
Now, I'll keep recording music, maybe take a little more time, do more collaborations and work not just for me. Besides, if you are looking for someone to make the music of one of your creations, do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and attention, I leave you to listen the 100th album called · I hope you'll like it.
Thanks again <3
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cheyenne_h on 03/20/2017 at 11:57AM
FMA Q&A: Public Domain Wonders from Monplaisir
Monplaisir is a man of many bands, and if you've ever cruised through the Public Domain offerings at FMA, you're likely to have encountered a project or two of his! He is devoted to sharing his music as openly as possible with a CC0 license, which allows for any type of re-use, and is internationally recognized as being dedicated to the public domain. Of course, it doesn't hurt to give credit when you use a Public Domain track, but there are no limitations to what you can use this music for. You can find some "Best Of" tracks in this collection: "Let's Hear That Crap!"
FMA: Tell me about your music projects on the FMA - you have a few. (Monplaisir, Alpha Hydrae, Komiku, etc). Do they each represent a different style or approach to music?
Monplaisir: I've started producing music under the name of Alpha Hydrae and after few years the name became boring so I've changed to Monplaisir. Monplaisir is like my nickname for everything that fit in noise rock/folk, Komiku is dedicated for the soundtrack of videogames that don't exist which can have some similarities with work under the Monplaisir nickname, Demoiselle Döner is for harshnoise/remix/cold electro, BG du 72 is french noisy songs about love and kindness. With this, I've some bands, SUMMER, frontwave/noise rock, Cuicuitte, a brut folk band with my friend Otite Noire, Pas Dans Le Cul Aujourd'hui, a heavy noise & guitar band, U-Man, improvised french songs... All those names are different ways to approach the music and reach the flow.
FMA: Do you collaborate with others or do you prefer to make music alone?
Monplaisir: I love to collaborate with musicians and to do music alone. Doing music alone is really cool to make fast and precise music, but sometimes it's difficult to make new music because of the lack of chaos and influence. I often collaborate with musicians to do improvisation like in U-Man and Pas Dans Le Cul Aujourd'hui, it's sometimes a pain but really surprising and rewarding.
FMA: Where do you get ideas for songs and albums?
Monplaisir: Most of the time I get my ideas by trying to do the same kind of music as other bands I listen often (like Cindy Lee, Vampillia, Xinlisupreme, Natural Snow Buildings...). Also I love to have challenges, like, to produce a maximum of music in a short time (Baisers de Sonora was recorded in 26 hours for the FAWM2017), to only use one instrument or two, or like for my project Komiku to create a soundtrack for something that doesn't exist. And when I'm stuck, I look for new guitars and effect pedals.
FMA: Why do you choose to license your work with a CC0/Public Domain license?
Monplaisir: I've chosen the CC0 licence for multiple reasons. First, because I hate the copyright logo, a little C alone in a bubble, so sad. Second, for obvious political choices. I find the actual copyright in France and USA completely absurd. It's based in a philosophy I really don't like, an old individualist way of seeing the culture, which is really sad and greedy. So I want to participate to the alternative. I've seen how it's hard for some people to remix stuff for their own project because of copyright. If I can help to save other artists some time and money to express themselves, all the better. Also, I really don't care about what people do with my music, except when people are oppresive against other people and using my music to do so. I find that a bit rude.

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This page lists allusions in Final Fantasy Dimensions.
Final Fantasy seriesEdit
Final FantasyEdit
- Matoya, a Dancer, is named after Matoya, a witch, and possesses the same Crystal Eye.
- Bikke, the pirate king, is named after Bikke, the pirate captain that was briefly controlling Pravoka.
- Elfheim is a town home to the elves in Final Fantasy.
- At one point the player must help an Elf Prince, much like in Final Fantasy.
- Sarah in Dimensions is named after Sarah from Final Fantasy. Both are princesses.
- Lufenia is named after the town of the same name from Final Fantasy.
- Mount Gulg is named after the location of the same name.
- The party at one point ventures into an underwater temple, alluding to the underwater temple in Final Fantasy.
- Shango sports horns in the place of knees, like Chaos.
- After the Warriors of Light get their jobs, Elgo recites the prophecy of Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy IIEdit
- Ricard, a Dragoon, is named after Ricard Highwind, the first Dragoon in the series.
- Mysidia is named after the town of the same name from Final Fantasy II.
- Cave to Deist is named after Deist Cavern.
- Elgo forms a pact with a great evil to rule the world for eternity, similarly to the Emperor.
- Imperio, and his alter ego, appears to be influenced by the Emperor's Arubboth and Hell incarnations, respectively.
Final Fantasy IIIEdit
- Carbuncle takes appearance of Carbuncle from Final Fantasy III.
- Falgabard is named after the town of the same name from Final Fantasy III.
- The Warriors of Light must make shrink to fit inside a tunnel, much like in Final Fantasy III.
- The Warriors of Darkness take their namesakes from the dualistic yet heroic forces of the same name, from the game of their first appearance, Final Fantasy III.
Final Fantasy IVEdit
- Maximum of five playable characters can participate in battle, much like in Final Fantasy IV.
- Dusk and Alba are similar to Palom and Porom in being fraternal twin magic users originating from Mysidia. While they follow a similar behavior pattern to them as children, Dusk is more like Porom in being a no-nonsense white mage, while Alba is similar to Palom in being an overconfident black mage.
- Eduardo, the Bard, is named after another Bard, Edward Chris von Muir. Eduardo is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the male given name Edward.
- Kokkol, a dwarf, is named after the character with the same name from Final Fantasy IV.
- Dr. Lugae, a scientist, is named after the character of the same name, also a scientist.
- Dusk will get overpowered by a boss, and The Mask will aid him, much like Rydia aiding Cecil Harvey against Golbez.
- The allies of the both sides of the Warriors arrive to aid them during the final battle.
- Gardenia's world map location is similar to that of Kaipo: in the middle of the desert next to a lake, but Gardenia is located deeper into the lake than Kaipo, and the lake near Gardenia sports more green on the world map.
- The party must find a Sand Pearl protected by Antlion to help a child with desert fever, similar to how the party saves Rosa Joanna Farrell in Final Fantasy IV.
- Similarly to Rubicante, Shango heals party before their battle.
- Bahamut can be obtained by defeating him in the Mountain of the Father. In Final Fantasy IV, Bahamut is called "the Hallowed Father" and is met in Lair of the Father.
Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit
Final Fantasy VEdit
- The Dimensional Shift resembles Interdimensional Rift.
- Sol resembles Bartz Klauser by being the young protagonist, chosen by the crystal. Both are carefree and have no love interest. Their hometowns are similarly named: Bartz's hometown is "Lix," while Sol's is "Lux."
- The sound effect used for Ceres's voice is the one that Hiryu uses.
- The bond between Barbara and Ceres is similar to that of Faris Scherwiz and Syldra: all four are females, and Barbara and Faris care for their friends. Both creatures die, but grant the party a reward at some point: Syldra becomes a summon monster, while Ceres unlocks the Dragoon job from Abel's Spear.
- The scenario at Dragonweed Gardens in Final Fantasy Dimensions alludes to a similar one in Final Fantasy V where the party ventures to Drakenvale to get dragon grass to heal an injured wind drake, but the plant is poisonous to humans.
- In the battle between Freyr and Asmodai in Yggdrasil, Freyr will not die even if his HP has been reduced to 0, similarly to what happened with Galuf at the Guardian Tree during his battle against Exdeath in Final Fantasy V.
- Elgo's use of the power of Nil is similar to Exdeath using the power of the Void, both users suffering similar fates while their respective powers turn on them. He also wears armor similar to Exdeath's.
- Much like Final Fantasy V, the world is split into two and the two groups can receive their jobs via crystal shards.
- The iOS and Android versions redesign the attire of the Black Mage and give them more of Final Fantasy V appeal by standardizing the color robe for both genders as blue and adding five-point star and crescent moon adornments for the hats.
- The room where the player obtains rewards for defeating Ω Weapon resembles the room where the Sealed Weapons are located in Final Fantasy V.
- The battle against Odin alludes to Final Fantasy V: whose Odin was fought under a countdown, counting down to Zantetsuken.
Final Fantasy VIEdit
- Vata in a final battle against him as Nil Vata says that "he's like the wind...he goes wherever it takes him", referring to Shadow from Final Fantasy VI.
- Three of the Warriors of Light must traverse through an underwater tunnel to get to another town, much like Sabin Rene Figaro, Cyan Garamonde, and Gau.
- The Attune Blade works the same as Celes Chere's Runic Blade.
Compilation of Final Fantasy VIIEdit
- When the Mysterious Old Man tries to introduce himself as "Clou-", Alba replies her name might as be "Aeri-".
- Alba jumps to the conspiracy that The Mask is going to summon a Meteor for the Lifestream to come together so he can be reborn as a god, a reference to Sephiroth's goal in Final Fantasy VII.
- The Weresoldier enemies appear to be influenced from Vincent Valentine's Galian Beast form as depicted in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.
Final Fantasy IXEdit
- One of the dwarves says that "Mr. Pyntie-hat" isn't here, a reference to Vivi Ornitier. In Final Fantasy IX, dwarves of Conde Petie call black mages "pyntie-hats".
Final Fantasy XEdit
- Braska is named after after High Summoner Braska.
Final Fantasy AdventureEdit
- Elgo is a Red Mage and the Emperor of the Avalon Empire, referring to Julius, who disguises himself also as a Red Mage, and who is son of the late Vandolan Emperor. Both are guest members and final bosses of their respective games.
- While not named so, Despair, Suffering, Misery, and Anguish are based on Genbu, Suzaku, Byakko, and Seiryu of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. These constellations were used as the Four Fiends in The Final Fantasy Legend, but this is not a direct reference.
Anime and MangaEdit
- When seeing the Dark Flow, Alba says: "Its power level is over...well it's like nothing I've ever seen!" This alludes to the "It's Over 9000!" catchphrase derived from the Dragon Ball Z series. The catchphrase is typically used as an innumerable quantifier.
- A non-player character says "I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took...never mind. You wouldn't be interested." "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee" is a line that may be randomly said by guards in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The line went memetic during the game's development, but quickly grew hated due to how often it was used and is now considered a dated joke.
- One of the monsters in the final areas is called "Mother Brain", the antagonist of the Metroid series.
- Aulë is named after Aulë, smith of the Valar and creator of the dwarves from Tolkien's legendarium.
- Gramps predicts Alba is wearing a Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, like the 1960 song by Brian Hyland.
- After trading a tail to the Tail Gnome, he will sometimes say a variation of the line "Hips don't lie and I'm starting to feel it's right" from the song Hips Don't Lie by Shakira.
Western AnimationEdit
- Alba paraphrases the catch phrase of Inspector Gadget when she says "Don't worry about it, chief, Alba is always on duty!"
- Smokey Bear is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created to educate the public about the dangers of forest fires. His slogan is "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires". In Final Fantasy Dimensions Alba says: "So much for 'Only you can prevent forest Firagas'!"
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Published on : Sep 23, 2014
The U.S. and its allies in the Middle East rammed down a barrage of airstrikes on Syrian positions of the Islamic State militant group. The move is being considered a major expansion of President Barack Obama's efforts in destroying the extremist group that has been wrecking havocs in Syria and Iraq for the past three years now.
Rear Admiral John Kirby, secretary of the Pentagon press stated in an emailed statement that the U.S. military and forces from its partner nations have started military action against the IS terrorists in Syria. A mix of bomber, Tomahawk Land Attack and fighter missiles is being used for the purpose.
The details, however, regarding the involvement of allied forces were not officially released. According to U.S. defense officials with the knowledge of the airstrikes, Sunni Arab countries, including UAE, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia played roles in these attacks.
Other Arab nations, including Bahrain and Qatar contributed in the attacks by allowing use of intelligence, military bases and other support, the official added.
These attempts by U.S. and allied forces to curb activities of the Sunni extremist group are to stop the group from advancing further. IS has already seized control over substantial portions of Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon had previously pounded more than 190 airstrikes against IS targets. All the strikes were, however, undertaken in Iraq solely. Most of the strikes targeted individual targets such as military vehicles.
Kirby added that the decision of conducting the strikes was made by the U.S, Central Command earlier today.


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John 14:27
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
The Greek word translated "peace" in this verse literally means "to set at one again." The Good News is that Jesus can put us back together when we fall apart and Jesus can keep us together even when everything around us is falling apart. This is what Jesus is offering and promising His disciples.
When Jesus spoke these words to his disciples they were getting ready to go through a terrible trauma. Shortly they would all deny their beloved Master and see their hopes and dreams dashed and crushed. Jesus was promising that in this pain they would be comforted. Ask yourself, how would this comfort come? The context of the verse in John 14 tells us that they would be comforted through the return of Jesus in the Resurrection and the spoils of His Victorious Ascension to His Father's Right Hand: the out pouring of the Holy Ghost. In short, the disciples would be comforted by having a new relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Notice that in order for us to have this peace Jesus must lose His peace. The peace that Jesus gives to His followers isn't cheap. Jesus lost His peace so that we could have it. If we understand what Jesus lost we will understand what we actually have. What did Jesus lose? Jesus lost His relationship with God. "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" He cried during the agony of the Cross. Jesus lost His relationship with God so that we could have a relationship with God. This is the nature of the peace that Jesus offers us. Jesus offers us a relationship with God and this relationship is the peace He gives.
Jesus says that the peace He gives to His disciples and His followers is "not as the world giveth." There is a peace that the world can give you. But this worldly peace is not the same as the peace that Jesus can give you.
How can the world give us peace? The world offers us peace through, among other things, wealth and power. We think, "If I had enough money I wouldn't be worried about anything." But that isn't true. Even those who have a terrible amount of money worry over how to secure their money or even how to make more money.
We think, "If I had enough power and authority then I wouldn't be worried about anything." But that isn't true either. We dare not forget what Shakespeare taught us, "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
And there is another sort of counterfeit peace that is popular. One way to overcome anxiety is to check out. To keep telling yourself "I don't care," is one way to have a sort of peace, but it is not the sort of peace that Jesus gives. The peace that Jesus gives allows, in fact it enables you, to dream, and to care, and to engage the world around you with confidence no matter what your condition.
Unlike the peace that the world affords, Christian peace is not a vague hope. Christian peace is not based on circumstances or surroundings. Christian peace is the inward confidence and steadiness that comes from being in a relationship with God. That is why it is called "peace that passes understanding." Christian peace goes beyond what the eye can see to what the soul perceives to be true by faith. Christian peace lays hold of the fact that we are right with God because of what Jesus did for us and that we now enjoy a relationship with God where He is for us in all things.
Armed with this peace, we can go out into the world and take light into darkness. The God who created all things from nothing is our Father. We have nothing to fear. As Martin Luther said:
And tho' this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, We tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, For lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.


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It feels like this. Doesn't it?
By hell, it is like this.
And not just somewhere, but everywhere.
Go anywhere, and you'll see them. Their faces downcast, with eyes transfixed as though impaled to the tiny illuminated screen they hold in front of them, mere inches away from reality. Engrossed in the trivial, suspended in the binary, irredeemably locked into the Matrix (Yes! The Matrix. It is as real as the words on this screen. Hmm).
Poor souls.
They are, the walking dead in the Brave New World of the Android (no pun intended).
Capitalism has won.
The game is done.


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Meth Lab Dangers on the Rise Again – 2018
Written By: Robert E. Sheriff, CIH, CSP President
September 19, 2018
The use of methamphetamines as an abused drug is on the rise again- likely due to the pressure to reduce illegal opioids and easier and some less dangerous methods of production. Meth can be made from readily available materials found in drug stores, home improvement stores, and agricultural chemical supplies—by mail and the internet. It can be made in small quantities in a basement, garage, storage space, bathroom or bedroom. The latest is from mobile labs (a van or station wagon). It doesn't have to be smuggled in from Afghanistan or Columbia. As in the early 2000's, the increases seem to be focused on the Midwest States (OH, IL, IN, KY, TN, PA, MI, OK, MO).
In 2004, there were 17,170 meth lab "incidents" according to the Drug Enforcement Administration National Clandestine Laboratory Database. For the next decade those numbers steadily dropped but as of 2017, they are on the rise. Again, the greatest concentration ofthese meth labs is in the Midwest. Law enforcement personnel who perform seizures of these clandestine meth labs face significant dangers. This is also true of investigating officers who may be at a meth lab site for a significant period of time gathering evidence. Of course, there is significant exposure potential to occupants of residences where meth is formulated—including children and even unsuspecting new homeowners or tenants, where meth was formerly produced.
Exposure can result from inhalation or physical contact with a variety of known chemicals with known effects and a host of exposures to reactions that can occur from the chemicals used in meth cooks.
The probability that methamphetamine will contaminate a building where a cook has occurred is almost certain. It is also certain that contamination persists weeks, months, and possibly years after a meth cook or cooks have occurred. It is highly likely that methamphetamine contamination will occur in furniture, floors, walls, furnishings, clothing and personal items such as toys.
There has been no level of contamination considered safe since there is no research available on the effects on humans at low levels of methamphetamine.
Whether in an area where a cook or use has occurred, methamphetamine can readily become airborne both as a particulate and a vapor. It can thereafter settle on any flat surface and be picked up by passersby or re-aerosolized and inhaled. This is most important where toddlers and young children are present. Practically anyone associated with a meth cook area—family, friends, law enforcement, custodial personnel, will have positive urine tests for methamphetamines.
An area can also be contaminated by smoking the drug. Although methamphetamine can be ingested or injected, the most likely method of use is smoking. Tests by the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Colorado have shown that as few as 5 "smokes" can result in equaling the 0.1ug/100 cm2 clean-up level; resulting in exposure to other occupants especially young children – who crawl on floors, touch everything, and often have their hands in their mouths.
Allowable levels of methamphetamine after clean-up are not based upon health effects since there is little known on the subject of low level exposure. The levels are set based on limits of detection. The State of Washington recently reduced its allowable level from 5 ug/ft2 to 0.1 ug/100 cm2 for a surface wipe test. Colorado has set a limit of 0.5 ug/ft2 for a surface test. The limit for air samples is 0.1 ug/M3.
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After getting bored of working on the X Games replica, I decided to work on a track that I've had my eye on for a while. So here's my attempt to replicate Colton Haaker's Endurocross track. It's not a 100% replica, but it is pretty close. Remember to play it safe on those object doubles. And note, only the EX track is complete; part of the MX track is made just for looks.
Jay and the folks that worked on Mission Valley for decals
DJ, Haggqvist, P2sta, and Staydown for track objects
Zack Lerma and Greg Dearman for custom objects
SMR for the skybox tutorial and dealing with me
Whoever made the billboards (don't exactly know who)
Beta testers
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Information Communication Technology and Economic Development
Learning from the Indian Experience
Edited by Tojo Thatchenkery and Roger R. Stough
Chapter 4: Recent Developments in India's Service Economy and the Role of the Information Technology Industry
Cherian Samuel
Cherian Samuel* Structural change in an economy is usually measured in terms of changes in the sectoral – primary (agriculture), secondary (industry), and tertiary (services) shares of output/value added/employment. From a purely mathematical viewpoint, the economic structure at any given time is dependent on initial conditions of sectoral shares and the growth rates between the initial and final time periods. From this perspective, a study of structural change in an economy should ultimately focus on explaining the initial conditions and the subsequent sectoral growth rates. This chapter attempts to study recent structural changes in the Indian economy, with particular emphasis on the services sector. In turn, it also tries to identify the role of the information, communications and technology (ICT) industry in the recent growth of the Indian service economy. This chapter is divided into four parts: part one surveys the literature on structural changes in economies; part two presents the data analysis on structural change; part three looks at different aspects of the Indian information technology (IT) industry; and part IV concludes the study. I THE SERVICE ECONOMY For estimating the gross domestic product (GDP), the whole economy is usually partitioned into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. These sectors are used interchangeably with agriculture, industry and services. The GDP estimates of the primary sector, that is agriculture, forestry and logging, fishing and a part of the secondary sector, that is mining and quarrying, registered manufacturing and construction are based on the production approach. In the remaining part of the secondary...
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Terri was on the Utah-Idaho LWML Mission Trip in 2014, which inspired her to write the following devotion. "Fry Bread" is one in a series of eight devotions, each relating the history and culture of the Navajo people where she served as a volunteer at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Navajo, New Mexico. Terri went back this year.
Fry Bread
One of the delicious specialties of the Navajo is their Fry Bread. The women patty out the dough into skillet-size flat bread and place it over an open fire to cook. Once it's done, seasoned ground meat and other toppings (like cheese and onions) are wrapped inside. Sometimes these are called Navajo Tacos. Both the Navajo and visitors look forward to these scrumptious meals.
In biblical times, God provided the Israelites with life-sustaining bread, too. As Moses led God's people through the wilderness in search of the promise land, they worried they would not have enough to eat in the desert (See Exodus 16:4a). The people needed faith that God would provide a new portion each day because the bread would not keep for a second day. Since God's people were to rest on the Sabbath, they gathered twice what they needed on the sixth day and only then did it last them two days.
All bread is given from heaven. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus taught His disciples to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."
Luther's explanation of daily bread is: "Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, self-control, good reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the life. So that encompasses just about everything imaginable."
When people followed Jesus around, they asked Him, "… What work do you perform? Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' Jesus then said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the Bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world'"(John 6:30b-34).
Jesus is the most fulfilling bread we can have since He is the Bread of Life. He will sustain us every day we delight in Him.
Dear Jesus, please give us this day our daily bread so that we are nourished in the Word and fulfilled with Your Spirit. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Finally we got to make a nice sharp rapier, the design is a mix of one of my previous rapier design and customer's choices and suggestions.
Twisted branches, fully hand engraved cup, steel wire grip and a sharp blade with reinforced tip.
A rapier fully decorated like this would be in the £700 range
Here the specs:
Weight: 1150 grams
Lenght: 118 cm - 47"
Width: 30 cm - 12"
Blade lenght: 105 cm - 41"
Blade Width: 2.2 cm - 7\8"
PoB from quillons: 12 cm - 4"½


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Speech-language pathologist Laura Moorer organizes a summer camp in Texas to help those with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Recently featured on Denton's local NBC affiliate, Moore's emplyer, Texas Woman's University in Denton, hosts the Childhood Apraxia and Motor Planning (CHAMP) Camp, which completed its fifth year today.
Moorer talks about what it's like for children to experience apraxia of speech and how the camp can improve their speech skills and build confidence.
Improvising Social Skills For Teens With ASD
CAS occurs in only one or two children out of 1,000, so many camps offering intensive treatment like this cost thousands of dollars. CHAMP camp is only $250 for two-weeks of daily sessions and activities, thanks to the university's support.
Shelley D. Hutchins is content editor/producer for the ASHA Leader. firstname.lastname@example.com


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This friendship-style bracelet from Brooke Gregson blends precious metals, dazzling stones and smooth, coloured silk thread for an understated design with 18ct gold and labradorite. Interwoven with delicate, dusty-hued silk, this bracelet makes a thoughtful gift for a special friend or loved one. Warmed by its gold setting, a brown diamond emits a natural shimmer, while the silver chain fastens with a gold button for a comfortable and secure fit. Arrange it with additional gold bangles and bracelets for a unique everyday jewellery curation. Friendship-style bracelet. Interwoven silk thread in natural pink and purple. Labradorite set in gold. Gold button fastening. Silver chain. Handcrafted in London and LA. Sterling Silver, 18ct Gold, Silk, Labradorite. Full Chain L: 16cm. With an eye for the beautiful and the unusual, jewellery designer Brooke Gregson selects gemstones for her pieces that are truly unique. Crafted by hand in one of the label's studios in Notting Hill or Venice, LA – the designer splits her time between the two, picking up inspiration along the way – each piece has care, soul and contemporary luxury at its heart. There's a certain, hard-to-describe delicacy about Gregson's work that gives it an aura of something special, something to hold onto. Colour: metallic


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In the last years innovation and technology play a significant role in the Global Mobility world. In the past, all the documentation was on paper. However, this is drastically changing. Our day-to-day activities exist of digitalization of data. Applications are used for collection of data and information. Voerman International is a launching client since Move4U initiated its solutions. With more than 35 years of experience in moving people to other countries, Voerman International is constantly striving for being innovative and with this distinguish itself in the Global Mobility Market.
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Cinderella Pumpkin
It was fall. I was driving home from a friend's cross-country meet. It was one of those gorgeous days that you just want to enjoy each vista and falling leaf. A sign for a prairie preserve called to me as I drove down the highway. Glad to get out and walk the paths- I remember it as a prayerful time.
On my way back to the highway there was a simple sign for a local orchard and pumpkin patch. Meandering further down the road, I was surprised to find this little autumnal oasis complete with barn animals!
The pumpkin I selected is the variety known as "Cinderella"- red orange with deep grooves and good for cooking. This pumpkin became a symbol of God's provision, bounty, spontaneous joy at a time when I really needed that promise.
This fall I started a painting of the pumpkin. Though I studied art in college, every time I sit down to do a painting or a drawing it starts out well but there comes a point in the middle of the project when I'm faced with an almost COSMIC lethargy, restlessness, or inadequacy.
In life, I often find that it takes spiritual courage more than a self will to persist through these doldrums- to go back to the simplicity and purity of my original objective. In this case my objective was to pray as I painted- to honor God's care for me and for all. In essence I was working to be Mind-ful.
So what is that yucky, frustrated, stagnant feeling that comes when you are in the process of great work/relationships?
Mary Baker Eddy calls this transformation "chemicalization" in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Here are a few excerpts…
"By chemicalization I mean the process which mortal mind and body undergo in the change of belief from a material to a spiritual basis." (SH 168:32)
"What I term chemicalization is the upheaval produced when immortal Truth is destroying erroneous mortal belief. Mental chemicalization brings sin and sickness to the surface, forcing impurities to pass away, as is the case with a fermenting fluid." (SH 401:16)
"In moral chemicalization, when the symptoms of evil, illusion, are aggravated, we may think in our ignorance that the Lord hath wrought an evil; but we ought to know that God's law uncovers so-called sin and its effects, only that Truth may annihilate all sense of evil and all power to sin." (SH 540:11)
What resonates with me about chemicalization is that it's not a threatening process. It's like a snake that's shedding its skin. I've outgrown the old and am ready for the new! As we grow spiritually we inevitably outgrow old ways of doing things and thinking about things. I've seen in my life that through the "upheaval" God is present- it's not so much that God is stirring up the muddy waters to punish but make space for new, fresh, diviner thoughts.
Mary Baker Eddy has this to say as well…
"The human heart, like a feather bed, needs often to be stirred, sometimes roughly, and given a variety of turns, else it grows hard and uncomfortable whereon to repose." (Miscellaneous Writings 127:31)
So this fluffing and fermenting is safe as it has a holy purpose. Chemicalization is an irreversible change- when we understand something- we can't slip backwards. In science chemicalization reminds me of process called a chemical change. Baking is an example of a chemical change. When I bake banana bread I don't worry about the flour, sugar, etc. separating after it's been in the oven. It has a new structure or form.
In the Bible- Jacob experienced chemicalization when he wrestled with the angel. His persistence to know God brought about a significant name change to Israel. (Genesis 32:24)
I love these lessons that I'm learning from painting, picking pumpkins, and travel. I'm learning to not fear these occasions- to shed the old ways of thinking gratefully. God is good, the source of wholeness, bounty, and spontaneous joy.
Diane Hermann #
What a wonderful, insightful, positive way to look at chemicalization. Thanks for offering such a clear way out of woe-is-me thinking. Love the implied metaphor of the transformation of a pumpkin into a coach for Cinderella – a chemicalization of sorts, overcoming stagnation and becoming something new, vibrant and active. Loved the slide show, too!11/18/2011
Holly #
I LOVE these thoughts, Ginger! Thank you. I have felt that exact same imposing fear when drawing, working, doing anything. I feel like I'm strengthening my spiritual muscles when I turn to Love and move right through those fear. I love the thought of walking over, not into, the current of world thought. God takes us right through it or over it. We are SO taken care of! Thanks again!12/18/2011


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CALM writer Richard does his best Scrooge impression and cuts those Christmas 'classics' down to size…
The Christmas season now seems to commence on or around October 24th. It is around then that we are first subjected to the usual sentimental Christmas adverts by major retailers and the first tawdry tinsel is draped feebly in shop windows. It is also around then that the first tingle of anxiety and foreboding start to wriggle into my consciousness. Christmas is approaching remorselessly and there is nothing I can do about it.
When young, I regarded it as a magical time. Although I never fell for the Santa propaganda, it did seem a period bedecked in bunting and fantastical with fairy lights. Even rushing down in the morning to prise open a tiny square on my Advent calendar, revealing a deeply unconvincing reindeer, could send me into paroxysms of fevered excitement.
As I grew older, the Christmas period was more often besprinkled, if not drowned, in oceans of booze; from about the 22nd December to the 2nd of January, I was mired in a miasma of alcohol fumes. All I had to show for it was the odd vague, confused memory – an ill-judged remark on the 23rd; falling down in an alleyway on the 27th; a mysterious, livid bruise on my inner right arm gained some time on the 29th…
Nowadays, Christmas Day feels like an amalgamation of all the dreary and uneventful Sundays of the year.
Can music save Christmas? It is, after all, the time for the traditional beloved Christmas carols and the old pop favourites of yesteryear, resurrected and played to death on the radio and in shops. However, now that I harbour a far more jaundiced and world-weary approach to Christmas and all its irksome trappings, I find myself reacting in the following irascible manner to these festive tunes:
"It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – please furnish me with incontrovertible evidence for this unfounded and arbitrary assertion.
"Ding Dong Merrily on High" – cease your interminable and overpoweringly annoying ding-dongery.
"Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Way" – you leave me no alternative but to inform the local noise abatement officer. Expect a visit shortly.
"The Holly and the Ivy" – what do you expect me to do with such wretched foliage?
"Christmas Time, Mistletoe and Wine" – the wine is corked and of an inferior vintage and the mistletoe is frankly inedible.
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – don't bore me with the colour scheme of this ghastly quadruped's proboscis.
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" – I refuse to pay heed to the ceaseless brayings of those cumbrously-winged beings.
"Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart" – I fail to recall you proffering such a distasteful and almost certainly illegal gift. Socks please this year.
"Once in Royal David's City" – I expect once was more than enough in that contemptible metropolis.
"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel" – Not so. I am clad in drab and unostentatious garb, thank you very much.
"Little Donkey Carry Mary Safely On Her Way" – clambering aboard a malignant, malnourished ass while heavy with child verges on the criminally negligent. See you in court.
"Oh, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" – such a longing renders you unfit to hold public office. Bother us no more.
"Silent Night" – a vain hope with police helicopters droning overhead, car alarms screeching, foxes emitting unearthly yelps, revellers bellowing inanities beneath my bedroom window. Don't be facetious.
"Are You Hanging Out Your Stockings on the Wall?" – I possess no such garment and, even if I did, wouldn't put it on public display for voyeurs to gawp at.
"Fairtytale of New York" – OK, I'll let you have that one, it's a classic.
"In Dulce Jubilo" – Eh?
Despite this parade of negativity, I still hope that this year's festivities can actually pass without too much mental struggle and emotional turbulence. I may regain some of that childhood magic and wonder and find some joy and happiness. It is possible, especially if I avoid the Birds of a Feather 'Christmas Special'.
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Cyberpunk Dystopia
This two-player card game of cybercrime pits monolithic megacorps against subversive netrunners in a high-stakes struggle for valuable data set in a dystopian future. Humanity has spread its wings and taken trade to the far reaches of the solar system, having colonized the Moon and Mars. Visionary corporations created braintaping techniques that have led to the development of lifelike artificial intelligence. But as these massive corporations guard their intellectual property on the network behind layers of ICE, netrunners seek to expose their secrets, for ideological reasons or for profit.
The New World Order
Technological advances have allowed corporations to push the envelope of human experience to heights previously unimaginable. Most users transfer data via gestural interfaces and virtual displays, but the elite "jack-in," connecting their brains directly to the omnipresent network. Everyone relies on the network. It is the backbone of modern civilization. It is also the greatest weakness the megacorps have.
Opposing Authority
There are those who hunt constantly for flaws in corporate security measures. Some hope to expose the root hypocrisy of these business giants built upon the labour of mistreated and impoverished drones. Some want to usher in a new age of free information. And others merely want to make some quick credits. These rogue operators with the hardware, software, and raw talent to exploit the corporations greatest weaknesses are the individualists known as netrunners.
Corporate Giants and Smooth Criminals
Amid the future's breath-taking developments, four giant corporations tower above the rest as paragons of industry, each unique in their field. For instance, Haas-Bioroid leads the work replacement revolution with its bioroids, humanoid machines possessing artificially-intelligent minds developed from careful braintaping while NBN owns what you think and dream, with the largest and most pervasive media network ever conceived by man streaming everything from music to threedee, news to sitcoms, and classic movies to sensies. Conversely, the three types of netrunners are identified by their motives more than by their achievements. They don't build up. They tear open. Anarchs work from their hatred for corporate corruption, purely interested in the act of ripping apart corporate lies and spreading their viruses to hinder the corporate machine. And then there's the Criminals that are in it for the credits, getting paid for the secrets they uncover.
Amid the future's breath-taking developments, four giant corporations tower above the rest as paragons of industry, each unique in their field. For
In Android: Netrunner, each player starts with five credits, five cards in hand, and a set number of actions per turn. Each player seeks to score seven points from agendas, but from there the corporation and runner verge in two wildly different and wholly flavourful directions. Corporations seek to score agendas by advancing them. To buy the time and earn the credits they need, they must secure their servers and data forts with "ice" – the corporation's virtual eyes, ears, and machine guns on the sprawling information superhighways of the network. In turn, runners need to spend their time and credits purchasing the necessary hardware, and developing suitably powerful ice-breaker programs. Their jobs are always a little desperate, driven by tight timelines, and it's not uncommon for an unprepared runner to suffer massive brain damage as a result of a failed run. Even if a runner gets through a data fort's defenses, there's no telling what it holds.
The Future Is Now
Players in Android: Netrunner find themselves in a game of ever-building tension. The corporation's every step is an investment in the grand scheme, but can they protect their assets from the runner's ingenuity? And will the runner steal the corporation's most valuable secrets, or will he stumble into an explosive trap? Richard Garfield's classic card game of 1996 returns cleaner, sharper, more flavourful, and better than ever with the release of Android Netrunner: The Card Game!
- New life for the classic card game by Richard Garfield
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- Exciting asymmetrical game play pits a corporation player against a runner
- Four corporations and three runner classes spark imaginative deck designs
- The Living Card Game format promotes regular, organic growth
- Playing time 30-60 mins, ages 14+, 2 Players


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Post-bariatric mortality higher from rectal cancer, not colon cancer
A study led by researchers in Sweden that patients who has bariatric surgery were more likely to die from rectal cancer, compared to colon cancer. The investigators from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, said that although this was the first study to examine this issue more research is needed before a definite association can be concluded. If the association is true, they state, clinicians should be made aware of the increased risk and poorer prognosis of rectal cancer in patients with prior obesity surgery. The paper, 'Colorectal Cancer Prognosis Following Obesity Surgery in a Population-Based Cohort Study', was published in Obesity Surgery.
Bariatric surgery involves mechanical and physiological changes of the gastrointestinal tract that could promote colorectal cancer progression, therefore the authors hypothesised that this type of surgery is associated with poorer prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer.
To assess their hypothesis, they included all patients with an obesity diagnosis who subsequently developed colorectal cancer in Sweden from 1980 to 2012. The main outcomes were whether they had bariatric surgery and colorectal cancer-specific survival, and the secondary outcome was overall survival, measured through all-cause deaths.
This was a nationwide, population-based cohort study including all patients with a hospital discharge diagnosis of obesity in the Swedish Patient Registry combined with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer in the Swedish Cancer Registry from January 1980 to December 2012.
The outcomes revealed 131 obesity surgery and 1332 non-obesity surgery patients with colorectal cancer. There was a statistically significant increased rate of colorectal cancer deaths following obesity surgery (disease-specific HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.00–2.19). When analysed separately, the mortality rate was more than threefold increased in rectal cancer patients with prior obesity surgery (disease-specific HR 3.70, 95% CI 2.00–6.90), while no increased mortality rate was found in colon cancer patients (disease-specific HR 1.10, 85% CI 0.67–1.70).
The study cohort consisted of 1,463 patients with an obesity diagnosis followed by a colorectal cancer diagnosis during the study period. Among these patients, 1009 had colon cancer (69%), 449 had rectal cancer (31%) and five had both colon and rectal cancer codes.
In total, 131 (9%) had undergone bariatric surgery, while the remaining 1,332 patients had not. A flowchart describing the inclusion and exclusion of patients is presented in Figure 1. The bariatric surgery group was younger and included more women than the non-obesity surgery group, while diabetes and cardiovascular diseases were more common in non-obesity surgery patients.
Out of 45 (34%) patients in the bariatric surgery cohort that died during the study period, 32 (24%) died from colorectal cancer. The number of deaths among the non-obesity surgery cohort members was 596 (45%), of whom 354 (27%) died from colorectal cancer. Most patients with colorectal cancer as the cause of death died within the first 5 years of diagnosis.
Colorectal cancer patients who had undergone bariatric surgery experienced higher cancer-specific and overall mortality rates than non-surgical patients. Separate analyses of colon and rectal cancer patients revealed no significant difference in mortality rates between obesity surgery and non-obesity surgery patients with respect to colon cancer.
However, cancer-specific deaths in rectal cancer patients were threefold higher in those who had undergone bariatric surgery, compared to those who had not. Overall survival mirrored the disease-specific survival. In a separate analysis, obesity surgery was categorized according to type of procedure. The results showed borderline significant association between colorectal cancer-specific mortality and restrictive procedures, and no significant association with gastric bypass or malabsorptive procedures.
The researchers also state that they cannot exclude that other confounding factors (eg. changes in lifestyle factors) could have contributed rectal cancer following bariatric surgery, although any such factors should be similar for colon cancer, and they believe that following bariatric surgery lifestyle habits usually change to more healthy behaviours.
The authors acknowledged that this study could not confirm if type of bariatric procedure had an impact on colorectal cancer prognosis as the sample size was not sufficiently powered to evaluate the association between specific types of bariatric procedure and colorectal cancer-specific deaths.
"The overall higher rate of deaths observed in obesity surgery patients in this study contradicts previous findings that obesity surgery is protective of mortality," the researchers note. "However, our analyses are limited to patients with colorectal cancer, and a majority of these patients succumbed to their cancer (71%). Thus, findings from the all-cause mortality analysis were mainly influenced by disease-specific mortality…we cannot exclude that the findings in the present study are due to chance, in spite of the strong and statistically significant association between obesity surgery and rectal cancer."
The investigators from Karolinska Institutet were assisted by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US, University of Leeds, St James's University Hospital, Leeds and King's College London, London, UK.
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Udall speaks at MLK event in Albuquerque
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January 21, 2019 07:28 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sen. Tom Udall will be in Albuquerque to attend a Martin Luther King Jr. event Monday.
The senator is expected to address the partial government shutdown and has been very vocal about being against a border wall.
After spending time in Albuquerque, Udall will head to Santa Fe to spend time talking with New Mexicans about the shutdown. For those government workers who have been affected by the shutdown, today is day 31 without a paycheck.
Over the weekend, President Trump presented a deal, but that deal was rejected by the Democrats.
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This ICC YAF event will feature a roundtable that will include debates on recent reforms to the energy law, inclusion of the arbitration agreement in contracts related with the oil and gas industry, investment arbitration in the oil and gas sectors, as well as experiences in the Latin American region.
Who should attend?
This conference is aimed at young arbitration practitioners of approximately 40 years or under: counsel, arbitrators, corporate counsel or academics. The ICC YAF Conference is an ideal forum for young practitioners to exchange thoughts on international arbitration and to enrich their network in the region.


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Madison Elementary offers school tours the last Friday of the month, starting at 8:30 AM. No RSVP required, but PEN recommends calling the school (626-396-5780) a day or two ahead of time to confirm the tour date.
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Focus Friday: What Are You Fighting For?
Have you ever heard the saying, "If you argue for your limitations, they're yours to keep"?
This holds true in all things- for scarcity, for our unhappiness in our lives, for our lack of self-love.
In today's Focus Friday, I ask the very simple question: What are you fighting for? In hopes that it will ignite a spark in you that helps shine the light on the fact that you are worthy of so much more than you have fought for…
That at any moment, should you choose to do so, you can stop the fight and simply step in to the fullness + magnitude of who you truly are.
In This Episode:
The incredible In(Her) Circle retreat speakers: Melyssa Griffin, Julie Solomon, Chris Harder + Lewis Howes [ :45 ]
Why I'm on a plane headed back to LA [ 4:20 ]
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How to shift our belief in ourselves [ 9:25 ]
Soul Shifting Quotes:
"If I believe that we live in an abundant Universe, living in a place of scarcity is contradictory."
"I'm not going to fight with you about whether you're worthy or you're not- I just hold that belief consistently."
"We are all born worthy. We all come in to this life with the invitation to be loved by others simply because of our being."
"Your worth is presupposed; it has never been a question."
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These are 2 from my renders. I need more help to make renders look more realistic.
I need some opinion to improve my renders. To make more realistic.
Nice images, but since you asked:
You seem to have outlines enabled - this is normally used to make things look less realistic and more "conceptual".
Everything is 'perfect' - real life has imperfections; not all the chairs are perfectly aligned, not all the plates are perfectly stacked...
To make it look 'lived in' you need to insert some sign of human habitation; a stray coffee cup, a bunch of keys, an open magazine, a discarded scarf, some 'pocket' items, a discarded kids toy, signs of baking/cooking in the kitchen... (one or two - not all of these.) Or you can add some form of pet... but that can back-fire: if the client is a 'cat' person and you inset a dog.
Great work! Your wood textures wrap around 90° corners, you could use a different orientation, those things also usually help. Also, I think the green of the indoor plant is too dark or unsaturated, compare to the outside vegetation in the window.
Whith 'realistic' i meen for the lighting, the materials, the shadows of object in the ground or wall etc.
Does any one upload setting of enscaoe for inetrior. The value of of every thing. Is better to use hdri or rectangle light in windows like in Vray to have more light thet enter from windows. Thanks...
The realistic settings in Enscape are the default settings. Everything you modify from that (like the sun brightness) is non realistic. If you want to have a brighter light from outside, you should use a skybox and increase its brightness. An area light at the windows is not a very good idea because it will be noticeable in the reflections that you have an even-colored area light in front of each window.
Personally I find the kitchen furniture, especially the white, to be off. It's really mat. They look like super mat wall paint. You should reduce the roughness value for them a bit, since even mat lacquer has some glossiness to it.


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This summer I have been reading resources on how to improve my writing. Even if you are an avid reader, understanding exactly why you liked something much less how to duplicate that in your own writing can be really hard. There are lots of resources out there but a few have been recommended to me.
Donald Maass "The Emotional Craft of Fiction" and "Writing the Breakout Novel" and Matt Bird's "The Secrets of Story." Maass is the head of a large and successful literary agency. He also runs workshops around the country for writers who want to improve their craft. The workbook version of "Writing the Breakout Novel" got me unstuck in my writing this summer. After reading the first two chapters I had to put it down and apply the exercises to the novel I'm working on now!
Matt Bird is a screenwriter but his advice and suggestions are easily applicable to writing novels, fiction or non fiction. Connecting emotionally with the reader is the central theme. He also tells and shows you how to do that in clear terms. He also has a blog called Cockeyed Caravan where many of his suggestions appear.


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How to use:Apply 4-5 drops onto your clean face and neck every morning and night.
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Medicare Advantage: CMS Assists Beneficiaries Affected by Inappropriate Marketing But Has Limited Data on Scope of Issue
DIANE Publishing, 2010 - 48 pages
Questions have been raised about complaints that some Medicare Advantage (MA) org. and their agents inappropriately marketed their health plans to Medicare beneficiaries. Inappropriate marketing may include activities such as providing inaccurate info. about covered benefits and conducting prohibited marketing practices. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for oversight of MA org. and their plans. This report examined: (1) the extent to which CMS has taken compliance and enforcement actions; (2) how CMS has helped beneficiaries affected by inappropriate marketing and the problems beneficiaries have encountered; and (3) info. CMS has about the extent of inappropriate marketing. Charts and tables.
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Model Devin Devasquez poses for photographs during the lauch party for the "Studded Paul" KISS Kondom and the celebration of the second issue of "Gene Simmons Tongue" magazine at the Barfly on September 27, 2002 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images)
A man dressed as British Telecom's giant bird Buzby helps launch the company's latest recorded service for gardeners, the Woolworth Gardenline, with model Holly at his side. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 29th January 1981
A model wearing Rachel Pally poses during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios on March 29, 2004 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
A woman modelling a "Sarong" brand sari bra whilst holding one on in each of her outstretched hands. She is standing in front of an effigy of an multi-armed Hindu goddess toting a bra in each hand. (Photo by Vecchio/Three Lions/Getty Images). 1949
Backview of Actress Samantha Mumba arrives at the UK film premiere of "Spider-Man 2" at the Odeon Leicester Square on July 12, 2004 in London. (Photo by Steve Finn/Getty Images)
Patti, who is a stripper by night, still finds time to give her husband some affection. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
Best New Starlet winner Cytherea poses with rocker Gene Simmons of the band KISS at the 2005 AVN (Adult Video News) Awards on January 8, 2005 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Actress Jodi Albert and boyfriend, singer Kian Egan of Westlife, arrive at the British Soap Awards 2005 at BBC Television Centre on May 7, 2005 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Singer Lisa Maffia arrives at the MOBO Awards 2005, the tenth anniversary of the annual music event, at the Royal Albert Hall on September 22, 2005 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images)
Sophie Anderton models the new Kinky Boots Collection, a fundraising collection of footwear designed by celebrities including Cher, Sting and Trudie Styler, Sadie Frost and Colleen McLoughlin, at Selfridges on October 3, 2005 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Actress Sarah Silverman attends the afterparty following the premiere of Roadside Attraction's "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic" at Rock Candy November 7, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
A model goes through a body painting session during the 18th Shanghai Real Estate Fair on December 2, 2005 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Actress Jenny Wade blows a kiss as she arrives at the premiere of the movie "Feast" at the Palms Casino Resort September 12, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Woman in bed yawning. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images). Circa 1950s
A Thai fashion models laugh during the "Bangkok Fashion City Extravaganza" February 15, 2004, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
A Cavalier girl performs during a break in the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Utah Jazz on November 16, 2007 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavs won 99-94. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Visitors enjoy taking a Chocolate Bath at Hakone Yunessun on February 14, 2008 in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. In Japan, women customarily gift chocolates to men on St. Valentine's Day and the hot spring complex offers the bath till March 31 to celebrate the day. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
Models pose for a photo prior the show by White Kitten and Femina's as part of the inaugural Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival 2008 in the Piano Room on August 14, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mike Flokis/Getty Images)
A view backstage at the Tim Hamilton Project Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at on September 7, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)
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Who am I?
I'm a Software Developer at Indeed Tokyo. Indeed is currently hiring for many positions in San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, Tokyo and Hyderabad.
I started writing this blog for different reasons : get better at writing technical content in English, motivate me to dig deeper into the subjects I study, and finally to learn how to grow an audience… But let's be honest : I do appreciate ego-boost as much as the next man, and enjoy showering myself with internet Kharma.
The posts are mostly about puzzles I stumbled upon, actual real world technical problems I encounterred during my everyday job, or just small hacks I thought about.
They revolve around my interests : algorithm, math, search technologies, machine learning and single-page JS application.
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We are now settling back into the 'land' based routine, which in reality, is little different from life on Sonrisa. Days revolve around the boys, who are now spending some (not enough?) time in school and day care. The orchard and property and just like a yacht, one never finishes all the chores and there are always broken bits and pieces.
Mel and the boys had a great time in Adelaide visiting family and friends plus Mel's 20th school reunion – even Mel's terrible cold didn't spoil the party. Perhaps she should do it more oten?
A few cherries are ripening after the birds have had a feast, though we are much better off with the apricots which will provide Mel with a bounty to make jam and pies – yummy. Peaches, nectarines, plums are all looking pretty shabby with the wet winter and lack of attention. Quinces on the other hand are magnificent so a good load of Quince paste is on the cards.
A fishing trip yesterday with Wakka and the boys in 'Slippery Sid' was a complete flop – only a few bites and not one flathead landed – so much for them jumping into the boat! The festive season appears pleasantly subdued without the explicit capitalism – well at least down here in Marion Bay.
Perhaps one more update before 2011 finally ceases, so to all of our friends over this magic world, enjoy every day and what nature has to offer – it's the 'real thing'


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