text:
Feet to the Fire
ACTG Investigators Scramble to Convince Industry They Can Produce
Searle Study Could Usher in New Era of Efficeincy at ACTG -- or Drive Final Nail in Coffin
Like a slap-stick comedy sketch from a kiddy's cartoon escapade, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group is coming unraveled at both ends. Only there are no ubiquitous Acme parts purveyors here. Nor do the squashed or singed characters return resurrected in subsequent scenes. It's the federally funded AIDS clinical trials network, where public money and private lives are being sucked irretrievably down a wanton black hole. Farcical goings-on which unwittingly lend themselves so well to absurdist comedic fare would be hysterically funny were they not so gravely serious. The ACTG operates with an annual budget of $125M (adult + pediatric) and conducts clinical trials following some 7,000-10,000 patients each year. Its reputation internationally is of a top-notch research network, envied across the globe.
Down in Bethesda, Wellcome's Sandy Lehrman is PO'd about not getting to see Volberding's Q-twist paper which trashed AZT -- until after it had already come out in the New England Journal. "We were supposed to be partners," she opines. Boehringer's Maureen Myers, desperately scrambling to demonstrate a use for its now notorious Nevirapine, complains that the ACTG is not "user-friendly." While Roche's Waijen Soo laments over control of data and the arrogance of Harvard's stats center. Searle's Susan Smith explains how her company completed three phase I trials in the time it'd taken the bumbling ACTG behemoth to merely get one off the ground. Steve Carter, of Bristol-Myers Squibb (said to be secretly developing a protease inhibitor of its own), threatens to develop it -- alongside virtually all the industry's anti-protease drugs -- outside the ACTG unless he sees "substantial progress."
In the past 18 months, only 2 companies have come to the ACTG with phase I development proposals, while the likes of Merck (with its disappointing L-drug along with its protease), Bristol (the d4T phase II), Roche (its protease phase III) Abbott (its protease), Hybridon (GEM 91), ISIS (its CMV antisense) -- and even ACTG favorite Wellcome itself (something called FPC and a uracil compound) by-passed the federal trials network altogether and proceeded with early development on their own.
In all of 1993 only the flailing Upjohn (atevirdine) and a poorly capitalized start-up company called VIMRx (oral hypericin) have approached the ACTG with new products for phase I investigation. The beleaguered Upjohn, strapped for cash as its blockbusters Xanax and Halcion went generic, simply couldn't afford to turn down the resources offered by the ACTG system. And Searle too, which hasn't had a hit since NutraSweet, is being pressed into giving South Florida's Margaret Fischl a second chance -- even after ACTG loused up the development of its glycosidase inhibitor, N-butyl DNJ.
As the befuddled ACTG Primary Infection team (which continues to receive what some see as a disproportionate share of the ACTG pot -- some $16M for 1993-94 -- whether it has anything to study or not) watches one phase I after another pass it by, its research prowess at the other end of the spectrum -- phase II/III studies -- is being equally eroded. It was the OI committee that struck a blow for long-term follow-up with its unprecedented performance on ACTG #081, but the PI committee has failed miserably in its effort to hang onto patients in phase II/III antiretroviral studies such as ACTG #019 and #175. Drop-out and lost-to-follow-up rates in these two trials have grown so immense that neither is expected to reach statistical significance. With its seeming inability to successfully conduct phase I or phase II/III trials, one might query exactly what expertise the internationally revered research institution can purvey.
ACTG study #175 is only the most egregious and pathetic example of the ACTG's inability to follow study participants long enough to answer clinically relevant treatment questions. As far back as the early AZT studies, #019 and #016, one may recall that the clinical conclusions were based on the comparatively short time to development of, for example, PCP pneumonia; whereas it took the Anglos and the Gauls to actually follow the study participants to their final endpoint -- and reach a far different and statistically more powerful conclusion. For their part, British researchers have already begun savagely scrutinizing the ACTG's would-be white knight, RNA-PCR and bDNA viral measures, smugly quipping away about the "new magic" of as-yet-unvalidated virologic markers. Were these bold, new surrogates to prove reliably predictive of eventual clinical outcome, they would forever obviate the need for long-term follow-up --and the entire Primary Infection committee would breathe a collective sigh of relief.
A hotly debated study from the get-go, ACTG #175 was to reveal the optimal nucleoside regimen. But half-way through the study, some 30% of those originally enrolled have dropped out and 15% have been lost to follow-up. It is now readily accepted that this $18M-plus mega-trial will be a bust, lacking the statistical power to make any clear comparisons between the various treatment regimens.
Sometime this summer, Monsanto's drug subsidiary G.D. Searle is expected to bring its two anti-protease drugs into the ACTG system. (Actually, the company must first present its product to the AIDS Clinical Drug Development Committee (ACDDC), a needless and often humiliating formality which itself can add six months to a year of developmental delay in bringing a new drug to market.) The Primary Infection folks will be asked to turn around a quick-and-dirty phase I in record time even as they prepare for a larger phase II (ACTG #280) to begin sometime in December. It is the first phase I study the PI committee has seen in over a year, and ACTG simply can't afford to blow it.
With this mid-summer trial-by-fire, the ACTG organization will be given perhaps its final reprieve. Either it proves to industry once and for all that it can turn around a study with the speed and efficiency comparable to that of private research or it forever forgoes future opportunities for early investigation of anti-HIV agents. With the approaching "recompetition," where all ACTG committees must recompete for funding -- and which is expected to result in a Draconian down-sizing of the current ACTG structure -- the stakes could not be higher.
Most of those involved with the ACTG will readily acknowledge the fundamental conflict between the interests of science and those of profit. And in carrying out the Herculean task of clearing a common ground between the goals of public health and private industry, the ACTG has made a respectable showing. As for industry's concerns with the ACTG, emeritus Primary Infection committee member Mark Harrington is quick to point out that no one will demand proof of clinical efficacy if the "community" doesn't. "It's in everyone else's interests to approve ineffective drugs with the vaguest whiff of surrogate activity," he observes. "For industry, this means profits; for FDA, the illusion of compassion; for NIH, the illusion of progress. For people with HIV, however, it means stuffing handfuls of questionable substances down our throats and building up liver, nerve and other unknown toxicities, while paying through the nose." "As for Maureen Myers," Harrington continues, "she should know whether the ACTG is user-friendly: she helped to design it. And Ken Stanley couldn't have done more for Roche than he did with his post hoc subset trend analysis [of ACTG 155]. The drug companies want to throw out the DSMB [Data Safety Monitoring Board] and dredge the data every day looking for spurious short-term 'statistically significant' trends. What is Steve Carter's beef? Bristol got an NDA on the cheap with ddI, with the NCI [National Cancer Institute] doing phase I, the ACTG phase I and II, and no one doing phase III/IV. They'll probably get an NDA even cheaper with d4T. Probably the only thing less useful than ACTG phase I/II trials will turn out to be industry phase I/II trials, at least concerning antiretrovirals."


text:
More About Berkshire East Mountain Bike Park!
Filming at Thunder Mountain Bike Park
Setting up the filming of the riders at Thunder Mountain Bike Park. Where else would you rather be than riding the trails at Thunder Mountain?
More Videos From Thunder Mountain Bike Park Videos!
Massachusetts Bike Park
Massachusetts Bike Park! Call 413-339-6617 to ride the funnest and fastest growing mountain bike trails in Western Massachusetts! Visit Thunder Mountain at Berkshire East Mountain Resort!
Thunder Mountain Trail Report
Thunder Mountain Trail Report for beginner, advanced, intermediary and expert.
54 Riders in 54 Seconds
Berkshire's Thunder Mountain Bike Park accomodates as many riders as can handle the trail! Do you think you can handle it? Come on out, check it out and ride the trail!
Berkshire East Mountain Bike Park
Experience the beautiful and amazing bike riding trails at Thunder Mountain Bike Park at Berkshire East! Offering an awesome experience, there are no other trails like the trails at Thunder Mountain! Come experience the fun and see for yourself!
Construction of the Blue Jump Trails
Construction of the Blue Jump Trails! We're looking at the Blue Jump Trail. It's an intermediate jump trail for people to learn how to jump, start getting their bikes free of the ground, and then it also has an element involved. We have longer landers,...
Dancing on the Blue Jump Trail
Experience the Blue Jump trail with this amazing video footage featuring the beauty of the Thunder Mountain Bike Park trails! Come experience the fun and excitement of the trails for yourself!
Eastern States Cup at Thunder Mountain
Eastern Cup Downhill Race Day! Real racers and real footage on the Thunder Mountain Bike Park. Awesome experience for even professional racers!
Eastern States Cup Training Day
Eastern States Cup Training Day! Tyler Conrad at Thunder mountain Bike Park. We have our first inaugural downhill tomorrow. It's going to be pretty exciting. Today is first day of training. People are really enjoying the track. Tomorrow hopefully nobody...
Filming at Thunder Mountain Bike Park
Setting up the filming of the riders at Thunder Mountain Bike Park. Where else would you rather be than riding the trails at Thunder Mountain?
Four on the Thunder Cliffs
Riding the Thunder Cliffs! Amazing scenery from 4 riders dusting up the Thunder Cliffs at Berkshire East! No other riding trails match the beauty and experience of the Thunder Mountain Bike Park!
Friday Evenings at Thunder Mountain
What's better to do on a Friday evening than ride the trails at Thunder Mountain? Amazing video of what your Friday night could be like at the Bike Park at Thunder Mountain! Come on out and spend your Friday's on the trail!
Gravity Logic Trails
Learn how the Gravity Logic Trails were built. The first step is they flag the trail and the next step is someone will come through with a chainsaw and rough the trail in where the excavators are going to go. The third phase is where the excavators come...
Check out what it's like to ride the trails! Just like a video game, real footage just like you're on the bike dusting up the Hawleywood trail! This video will motivate you to ride the trail yourself!
Lindsey Runkel and Tyler Ryan at Thunder Mountain Mountain Bike Park
Lindsey Runkel and Tyler Ryan at Thunder Mountain Mountain Bike Park! The second we pulled in you know we went down to the bike shop and bought our tickets. Nobody even kind of hesitated and looked at me like I was in a wheelchair and what's going on....
Conquer the trails with Colin McBride! Explore the exciting adventure of this amazing footage of the Thunder Mountain Bike Park trails in this awesome riding experience!
Noel and Austin Kelly at Thunder Mountain Bike Park
Experience the action of the trails with Noel and Austin Kelly at Thunder Mountain Bike Park! Almost like a real life trail riding experience. Gear up, pedal up and hit the trails at Thunder Mountain!
Riders On The Gronk
Watch this video to experience Thunder Mountain Bike Park. Gear up and come on out to the trails!
Schist Course Walking Inspection
Schist Course Walking Inspection! I am here at Thunder Mountain Bike Park and this is the official walking inspection of the Schist downhill race course for the Eastern States Cup race. We will have everybody here at the top. We got a World Cup style...
Thunder Mountain 101 Entry Level Package First
Thunder Mountain 101 Entry Level Package First! If you've ever thought about how to start downhill mountain biking then the Thunder Mountain 101 package is the best way to begin. It is suggested you first call ahead to book your reservation and reserve...
Thunder Mountain Bike Park Opening Day July 2015
Here we are at Thunder Mountain Bike Park grand opening. We had to delay by a day. Mother nature was not the most cooperative but we're on our tires today. Trails are in great shape. Temperatures are great. We've got our loaders in place. We're gonna...
Thunder Mountain Bike Park Opening Weekend
Thunder Mountain Bike Park Opening Weekend! Gabe Porter Henry at Thunder Mountain Bike Park to give a quick update prior opening weekend Saturday April 30th. Existing trails have been buffed out and are riding very. We'll build new trails as well. This...
Training Ride on the Schist
Colin McBride, training ride on the Schist! Jump on the bike with Colin and experience the Schist trail!
Woods To Reality - Thunder Mountain Bike Park
From a walk in the woods to the reality of Thunder Mountain Bike Park! The Thunder Mountain Bike Park went from a walk in the woods to a reality in less than 10 months because of the vision of the Schaefer family and the engineering excellence of Ropeway...

subset: commoncrawl


text:
As the year draws to an end, remodelers can now breathe a sigh of relief to have this sluggish year over with. 2011 may have been a tough year for the remodeling industry but with 2012 just around the corner the forecast calls for growth of 1% to 2% quarter-over-quarter.
The remodeling industry took note of Americans spending $116 billion on improvements to owner-occupied units in 2010, down from a peak of $146 billion in 2006. National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) remodeling forecast expects these expenditures to increase steadily as the general housing market recovers through 2011 and 2012, respectively reaching $119 billion and $131 billion.
The aging housing stock and increasing interest in improving home efficiency and green remodeling are key factors in the remodeling industry in order to increase business.
Joe Emison, vice president of R&D at BuildFax, said in a release "that homeowners are not only doing important 'maintenance' projects, such as fixing their roof, but also taking on projects that add to the 'livability' of their homes by adding decks, remodeling their bathrooms and updating their kitchens." These projects play an important role for remodelers because they enable future growth in the industry.
Over the past five years, roof replacements (21.4%), deck additions (7.9%), and bathroom remodels (6.9%) have been the most popular remodeling projects that keep the industry going.
A study has shown that of the 366 metropolitan areas in America, 20 markets should begin to see an increase in demand for home improvement, ultimately driving more activity. 9% additional growth is to be expected between now and the second quarter of 2012.
Although the 2012 remodeling industry forecast predicts future growth, the lackluster economy and the modest housing market that is present today will keep home improvement spending tepid through the first half of 2012, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA). LIRA predicts that remodeling activity could be down as much as 4% through the first quarter of 2012.
It is clear to remodelers that the ups and the downs in the economy are reflected in home improvement activity. Yet, the downturn in home remodeling is most likely nearing an end, as activity in home improvement spending slowly climbs to higher ground next year. But if another downturn does actually occur, it is expected to be significantly milder than the ferocious slump that preceded it.
Following a steep 20% slide in home improvement spending and growth, the remodeling industry is starting to get back on its feet.
We won't share your information and you can unsubscribe at any time with a single click.


text:
Apple haters take great joy in pointing out that Macintosh computers cost more than PCs, and for the most part, that's true.
But they often extend that criticism to Apple's iPhones and iPads, and defenders of the faith say that's not true. After all, iPhones start at $199, the general base price for all high-end smartphones. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a 10-inch tablet with specs similar to an iPad that can beat its $499 starting price.
But what happens you start looking at iPhones with more memory? Suddenly, Apple's value proposition isn't as attractive.
As you know, I'm considering switching from an iPhone to an Android smartphone. I'll make my decision once I see the next iPhone, which may or may not be unveiled on Sept. 12.
I did not list pricing as one of the factors in my decision, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately, thanks to the raised eyebrows of my lovely wife when I mention I may be spending as much as $399 for a new smartphone next month.
Why so much? Because if the next iPhone is my choice, I'm going to bump up to the 64-gigabyte model. My iPhone 4 has 32-GB of storage, and because I've got nearly 20 GB of music on it, the phone is almost full. And that's not all my music – I've probably got another 5 GB of songs that I am not syncing to the device to save space.
The base price for an iPhone 4S with a minimum 16-GB of storage is $199 with a two-year contract. There are two other models in the current lineup, with 32 and 64 GB of flash memory. For each bump in capacity, Apple adds $100 to the price, putting the 64-GB model at $399.
I'm presuming Apple will keep the same price structure with the next iPhone, though there's always the possibility that it will offer a 128-GB model, which could impact pricing of those phones with lesser capacity. Or not.
Although I'm waiting to make this call once the next iPhone is unveiled, I already have made one decision. If I get an Android device, it's going to be a Samsung Galaxy S III. Despite the fact that its case doesn't feel as solid as HTC's One series of devices – the other product I was considering – I've decided I like the features and design of the S III better.
The Galaxy phones also all have expandable storage, which the iPhone does not. The 16-GB version of the S III is $199, and Verizon offers a 32-GB model for $249. (I'm also considering switching carriers from AT&T to Verizon.) The S III can accommodate a 64-GB microSD memory card, so I'd probably stick with the base model. You can buy a SanDisk 64-GB microSD card at Amazon.com for about $50, which means I could have a smartphone with a capacity of 80 GB for less than the price of a 32-GB iPhone.
In addition, I could sell my iPhone 4 to recoup much of this cost. If I was to unlock it and sell it on eBay, it could fetch well over $300. I could also sell it to a company like Gazelle, which buys used electronics, for $190. Since I'd rather not hassle with eBay, I'll probably opt for Gazelle.
Here's the math:
iPhone 5 64GB $399 – $190 iPhone 4 sale to Gazelle = $209.
(Galaxy S III 16GB $199 + $50 64GB microSD card) – $190 iPhone 4 sale to Gazelle = $59
As you can see, mathematics strongly favors the Galaxy. However, I'd also have to factor in the cost of replacing paid apps I use regularly on the iPhone 4 with Android versions. I estimated I've spent about $150 over time, and while I wouldn't replace everything with paid versions, I could probably spend half that. Throw $75 in app replacement costs, and the S III still has a big price advantage over the iPhone in my scenario.
Still, the biggest factors in my decision to switch or stay put will be the quality of the hardware and software, as well as the overall ecosystem. If Apple offers a cutting-edge iPhone that leaps ahead of the top Android devices, the price won't matter all that much.


text:
|I got you, Babe: Yanks close House That Ruth Built in style
Everything about Sunday's final game at Yankee Stadium was just right. Andy Pettitte got the win, Jose Molina hit the last homer and the great Mariano Rivera recorded the final three outs of the Yankees' 7-3 win over the Orioles. Full story >
Jeter delivers final address
Who was the perfect choice to talk to the fans postgame? None other than the Captain. Full story >
Vote now for your favorite Stadium moment
Molina reflects on his place in history
Yanks prevail as Stadium goes dark
Yankees' old guard says farewell
Final Stadium events will stand forever
Stadium leaves night to remember
Bodley: Girardi moved by big night
Reality of finale sets in for Yankees
Generations merge in Stadium sendoff
Bauman: Stadium a Monument of its own
Bernie returns to the Cathedral
Yogi enjoys final night at Stadium
Claire: More to closing than goodbye
Yanks alumni consumed by nostalgia
Monument of Babe Ruth removed
Monument Park transition under way
Babe's daughter throws out first pitch
Steinbrenner looks on from Florida
Cathedral leaves lasting mark on fans
From Cathedral, new stadium in sight
Bidding farewell an all-day affair
Yankees, Hall talk Cathedral artifacts
Ruth's granddaughter pays final visit
Complete information: The new Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium archives & news
Yankees celebrate 100th anniversary
1977 All-Star Game
1960 All-Star Game
1939 All-Star Game
An All-Star Game for the ages
Through the years:
Yankee Stadium in pictures
Volume 1: 1927-61
Volume 2: 1965-85
Volume 3: 1985-2001
Volume 4: 2001-07
Postgame celebration
Finale pregame ceremony
Fans say goodbye to Cathedral
Yankees close Stadium with victory
Fans fill Stadium for last time


text:
Cars as Weapons have finished work on their yet untitled six-track EP and are looking forward to its release early next year.
The Surrey recording seals their "most mature and direct" songs so far, says drummer, Richie Harwood. The EP also sees one of the Weapons' eminent fans, Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Rival Schools) in his first transatlantic role as producer, also appearing as guest backing vocals (Vital Signs).
Since tools were downed earlier in November, Walt and Rival School-mate Ian Love have mixed the EP back in New York. Safely back in home territory, band friend Dan Carter, the be-whiskered bassist from 'A' and artist behind 'A' and Hundred Reasons cover work, has been designing the sleeve.


text:
Job Information
Oracle HCM Consulting Project Manager in Reston, Virginia
This manager-level position is responsible for a segment within a given project portfolio which can be defined by industry, service line, technology center, specialty area or region. Main responsibilities include people management, project oversight, and sales enablement. Accountable for operational/financial metrics and maintaining project/portfolio profitability while ensuring quality of project delivery and maintaining customer referenceability.
Responsible for adherence to operational policies and achievement of portfolio performance to support business plan. Responsible for solution and pricing of proposals and supporting the sales process. Is accountable for managing a profitable revenue stream. Typically manages a relatively small number of individual contributing project managers. Provides oversight to projects within portfolio to ensure high customer satisfaction in a profitable manner.
8 years of experience relevant to this position, including 2 years of project or direct line management experience. Demonstrated ability to follow solid project management principles and successfully manage projects of increasing complexity. Comfortable working in a matrix management environment. Strong influencing and negotiation skills to deal with internal stakeholders, customers, and vendors. Product, technology or industry expertise relevant to the portfolio focus. Selling skills preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience. Ability to travel as needed.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Oracle Cloud HCM (Fusion) Project Manager
Cloud Applications Consulting
Motivated? Like Challenges? Enjoy Working in Teams? How about a Consulting Career with Oracle?
_About Oracle Cloud Consulting_
For the last 25 years, Oracle has led the database and applications software market. The largest corporations and governments in the world use our market-leading products. Oracle employees enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health benefits, and a network of like-minded co-workers that drive innovation across the entire technology industry. For more information visit http://Oracle.com/about
Oracle Consulting plays acritical role in Oracle s cloud solutions. We offer a unique focus on Oracle-based application and technology initiatives by combining leading expertise, broad coverage, global scale, and flexible delivery. Oracle Consulting functions as the focal point of customer relationships with Oracle product development, Oracle Support, Oracle University, and other related business and technology partners. For more information visit: http://oracle.com/consulting
_The Role_
The Project Manager* *role is a challenging, exciting opportunity for you to manage full lifecycle Cloud HCM (Fusion) Implementations while using Oracle s OUM for Cloud methodology. In this role you will manage multiple cloud HCM projects and be responsible for the successful delivery of those projects. You will work with leaders in Oracle Consulting, Development and Support focused on Oracle s Cloud HCM
Preferred Qualifications:
- *
BS /MS degree
Experience managing full life cycle implementations of Cloud HCM (Fusion) ( PeopleSoft, Oracle, etc )
Strong analytical and time management skills
Ability to work well remotely with a diverse project team
Ability to work without direction
Ability to balance investigating/troubleshooting on your own
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to effectively transfer knowledge
Ability to effectively manage the customer relationship
Prior consulting and/or project management experience required
Self-starter, confident, driven with strong organizational skills
Willingness to travel approximately 80-100%
Why it s a great opportunity:
Work life balance
You will always be on the cutting edge of next generation technology
Not only is Oracle a great company to work for, but it s financially stable and growing! The sky is the limit in terms of growth both personally and professionally
Oracle Cloud is experiencing significant growth, it s an amazing time to join and grow as companies continue to rapidly adopt Oracle Cloud.
Gap in competitor offerings in comparison to what Oracle brings to the market is significant.
People are proud to work for and represent such a strong well-known brand
This opportunity comes with a strong compensation package, including base salary, and quarterly bonus. Oracle s benefits are unmatched in the industry!
_Getting to know you._
- */As part of Oracle's standard employment process, candidates will undergo a complete background check prior to an offer being extended. These background checks are conducted by a professional third party firm at no charge to the applicant and include: prior employment verification, education verification, social security trace, criminal background check and motor vehicles records (where required for position)./
/Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans/
Oracle Cloud HCM (Fusion) Project Manager
Cloud Applications Consulting
Job: *Consulting
Organization: *Oracle
Title: HCM Consulting Project Manager
Location: United States
Requisition ID: 19000XH6
- Oracle Jobs


text:
Shipping to: Sverige
Special Offer
Round, flat-topped brush for applying liquid or mousse products such as foundations, blushes and highlighters.
The compact bristles are the perfect length for easily and quickly applying the product and creating building coverage. The synthetic bristles are flexible, durable and highly effective at applying the product. The high-quality bristles are soft and smooth.
The brush's matte black handle gives this elegant tool a modern and professional look, whereas the ferrule with its gunmetal finish and engraved KK monogram adds a classy touch. The handle's ergonomic, oval shape makes it easy to grip for a controlled application.
The brush's unique shape optimizes the application of creams and mousses. The bristles follow the features precisely creating coverage that's buildable.
Collect some foundation with the brush. Apply the product to the face with circular motions, working from the center of the face outward and from the forehead down to the neck.
Clean the brush with the KIKO Brush Cleanser and let it dry in a horizontal position.
The brush is especially suited for liquid and cream products. The bristles are designed to not absorb the product but release it completely onto the skin, ensuring a precise and flawless application.
When applying the product, the synthetic fibers maintain their compact shape for a uniform finish.
The cost varies depending on the delivery service and the destination country of the order. For more details see the "Delivery information and costs" page.
More information
Shipping times may vary depending on the service chosen. In the countries served by Swiss Post (Asendia) only, delivery takes an average of 6-7 working days (up to a maximum of 10) from the order being dispatched. In countries where the Skynet service is also available, the shipping time is 2-4 days after being dispatched by courier. More information
Purchases made on KIKO are secure and guaranteed. All information relating to payments, including personal information and credit card information, is protected through an advanced encrypted data transmission system. Under no circumstances will KIKO file your credit card number, nor will it use or keep the information you provided on its own systems.
You have 14 business days from the date you receive the items in which to exercise your right to return the goods. Please let Customer Service know about any problems relating to the goods received.
To use a promotional code, select "Have you got a promotional code?" on the shopping cart page and insert the characters indicated in the appropriate field. If your code is inserted correctly, the amount and/or content of the Shopping Cart will be recalculated based on the promotion applied.
Face cream that promotes hydration and whips the skin into shape at all ages
Fan powder brush with synthetic bristles
Molto bello
Molto buono
Buon prodotto
Prodotto ottimo
Très bon pinceau !
Muy buena
La mejor


text:
Ordinarily, you'd look at a 5-under-67 after Tiger Woods' name and think that's a pretty good score at a major championship. But when you look at the British Open leaderboard and see that John "Train Wreck" Daly shot a 66, you might want to hold off on plans for Tiger's victory parade.
There's no denying Thursday marked a good start for Woods on the Old Course at St. Andrews. He drove the ball well on a course where you really have to work hard to drive it badly. He putted well with a new putter that features a grooved face. He registered just one bogey on the day.
But it's one round on one day on a golf course that was playing easier than a pitch-and-putt. In the morning, when Woods and Daly teed off, there was no wind, no rain, no sun, no anything except a gentle mist that softened the greens and left the Old Course there to be abused by the greatest golfers in the world.
"She was naked this morning," Tom Watson said of the revered old course. "She was defenseless."
Indeed, she was, and no one was bragging about breaking par in the morning rounds. It would have been like a healthy teenager bragging about getting out of bed before noon.
Rory McIlroy, the 21-year-old phenom who is still looking forward to the day when he has to shave, shot a 9-under 63, matching the record for lowest round ever shot in a major. The measure of St. Andrew's toothlessness was that the Northern Irishman's great round gave him no better than a two-shot lead over Louis "Who's He?" Oosthuizen, a South African who failed to make the cut in the Masters and U.S. Open. Daly and three others were at 6 under, and Tiger was in a large group another shot back.
When you look at it in that context, Tiger's round was OK. Call it encouraging, if you wish, because that fits, too. But don't take it as a signal that he's finally got his game back together eight months after the Thanksgiving meltdown that crippled his marriage and so dramatically changed his life.
Before his life-altering experience, Tiger would have shot 10 under with the benign conditions he faced Thursday. The fact he could muster only a 67 shows how much he's still hurting.
Tiger has finished in the top four of the Masters and the U.S. Open this year. In his other tournaments, he's been less impressive, working hard at times just to make the cut (and to miss the cut). At no time in his comeback has he looked as if he can put four rounds together the way the old Tiger Woods could be counted on to do week in and week out.
Logic says Tiger still has his enormous talent and at some point will put his game back together and resume his once-relentless pursuit of Jack Nicklaus' record 18 major titles. There is no physical reason why it shouldn't happen.
But sports aren't always logical, especially when an athlete's most pesky organ — his brain — gets involved. Tiger has looked as if what he lacks more than a consistent drive and a reliable putter is his old confidence. The old Tiger, who knew he was the greatest golfer on the planet, has not been sighted in almost a year. In that fellow's place is a man who plays and talks as if he remembers that feeling and would dearly love to find a way to get it back.
That's why it's a bad idea to draw any conclusions from one decent round of golf on a defenseless course. In Tiger's case, you can't even draw any conclusions if he comes back on Friday and Saturday and repeats his performance.
The only way Tiger can convince anyone that he's back is by getting to Sunday in position to win and then taking the title.
At his stage in life, there are no moral victories. He has had four months of play and practice now to get things in order. At any other time in his life, that was more than enough time to fine-tune the greatest game in captivity.
Not this time. It's evident that the extra-marital affairs and public humiliation affected Tiger at a deeply personal level. Most of us are incapable of even imagining what it must be like to be him. Speaking for myself, I don't want to find out.
He can say he has recovered. He can say he's all right. He can say he's driving it well and rolling it straight.
None of it means anything. It has always been about winning where Tiger Woods' career is involved. When he starts doing that, we'll talk.


text:
Cerebral Hemorrhage Risk in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (BVMN6203)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01158807
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : July 8, 2010
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2018
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
This study is one of the three projects of an NIH Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortium. A "consortium" is a group of centres sharing information and resources to perform research. The consortium research focuses on brain blood vessel malformations in three different rare diseases.
The focus of this specific study is on Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT).
HHT is a condition characterized by blood vessel malformations, called telangiectasia and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), occurring in the brain, nose, lungs, stomach, bowels and liver. Brain AVMs (BAVMs) in HHT are difficult to study because they are rare, affecting approximately 10% of people with HHT. While other types of BAVMs have been studied in depth, studies in the HHT population have been very small. Here, we propose the first large-scale collaboration by joining with 12 HHT Centers of Excellence in North America to perform a large study of risk factors for bleeding from BAVMs, called intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in HHT patients.
The current standard of clinical practice across North America, is to screen all HHT patients for BAVMs with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). If BAVMs are detected, patients are referred to a multidisciplinary neurovascular team for consideration for treatment. Treatment decisions are made on a case by case basis, balancing risks of complications from the BAVM with risks of therapy, but are limited by the few studies available in HHT. We hope that the knowledge we obtain about the risk factors for intracranial bleeding in these patients from this larger study will help us to improve the care of HHT patients.
We plan to study risk factors for rupture of BAVMs, including primarily genetics and imaging characteristics of the BAVMs. Knowledge about risk factors will help in the care and management of HHT patients. This will be achieved through the collection of health information to construct a HHT database, blood sampling and banking (through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NINDS]), and through genetic analysis at the University of California San Francisco.
|Condition or disease
|Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Show Detailed Description
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|1800 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Cerebral Hemorrhage Risk in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (RDCRN# 6203, Protocol Version Date 07Jan10)
|Study Start Date :
|April 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|August 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|August 2019
HHT- Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
1. Definite clinical HHT diagnosis (at least 3 Curacao criteria) or genetic diagnosis of HHT
- Intracranial hemorrhage. [ Time Frame: From diagnosis to end of study ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion criteria:
- Definite clinical HHT diagnosis (at least 3 Curacao criteria)or genetic diagnosis of HHT or
- Definite clinical HHT diagnosis (at least 3 Curacao criteria) or genetic diagnosis of HHT and Presence of Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
- Able to provide informed consent
Curacao criteria:
- spontaneous recurrent nosebleeds;
- mucocutaneous telangiectasia at characteristic sites (lips, oral cavity or the nose);
- visceral involvement such as pulmonary, hepatic or CNS BAVM; and (d) an affected first degree relative by same criteria.
- Willingness to participate in the study and ability to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients not complying with Inclusion criteria
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01158807
|United States, California
|David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|Contact: Polly Kay, R.N., CCRP 310-794-0376 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Justin McWilliams, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|Contact: Dianna Guo 415-476-2677 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Michael Lawton, MD
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University
|Active, not recruiting
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520-8042
|United States, Georgia
|Georgia Regents University
|Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912-3135
|Contact: Melissa James, RN 706-721-8391 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: James R Gossage, MD
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|Contact: Gina Robinson 410-502-3628 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Doris Lin, MD, PhD
|HHT Foundation International, Inc.
|Monkton, Maryland, United States, 21111
|Contact: Marianne S Clancy, RHD, MPA 410-357-9932 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Nicole Schaefer 410-357-9932 email@example.com
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|Contact: Sue Ann Donlinger 507-284-9259 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Vivek Iyer, MD
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|Contact: Sharon Heuerman, RN 314-747-8174 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Murali Chakinala, Dr.
|United States, North Carolina
|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|Contact: Karen Smith 919-966-0817 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Raj Kasthuri, MD
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Utah
|University of Utah
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132
|Contact: Renee Neuharth 801-587-4877 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jamie McDonald, M.S
|Sub-Investigator: Kevin Whitehead, MD
|Canada, Alberta
|University of Alberta
|Active, not recruiting
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
|Canada, British Columbia
|St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia
|Active, not recruiting
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z 1Y6
|Canada, Ontario
|St. Michael's Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
|Contact: Marie E Faughnan, MD MSc FRCPC 416 864 6060 ext 5412 email@example.com
|Contact: Dewi Clark 416-864-6060 ext 2887 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Marie Faughnan, MD MSc FRCPC
|Hospital for Sick Children
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
|Contact: Stephanie J Manning (416) 813 - 4903 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact (416) 813 6167
|Principal Investigator: Felix Ratjen, MD PhD FRCPC
|St. Antonius Hospital
|Nieuwegein, Netherlands, 3435
|Contact: Marleen Peterse-vanSchip 030 - 609 34 59 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Hans-Jurgen Mager, MD, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Marie Faughnan, MD MSc FRCPC
|St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
|Responsible Party:
|St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01158807 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1U54NS065705 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|July 8, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 2, 2018
|Last Verified:
|June 2018
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Vascular Malformations
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Pathologic Processes
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hemostatic Disorders
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases


text:
follow us:
Serving the Nebraska Communities of:
Building Details Printable FormSite Details Printable Form
308-991-3296 mobile
Central Community College is your workforce training partner. The CCC network has three campuses and three centers. The Holdrege center's computer lab and distance learning classroom are ready for training customized to your needs. Students trained by CCC are ready to accept one of your jobs.
Phelps County has the medical amenities to serve the needs of businesses, families and individuals. With a 25-bed critical access hospital, 2 ambulance services, multiple doctor's clinics and specialists, two assisted living and three skilled nursing facilities, there are services to meet virtually every medical need.
If you love the outdoors, this is close to paradise. Hunting. Fishing. Hiking. Cycling. Water Sports. Here in Phelps County you'll find a YMCA, bowling alley, movie theater, restaurants, 800-seat performing arts theater, two golf courses, parks, swimming pools, and yes, even a sky-diving school and fun jump center.
From country cafes to fine dining – and everything in between – Phelps County will delight your taste buds. You might expect to see some of the world's best corn fed beef on the menu and you won't be disappointed.
If you love the outdoors, there's plenty to do in the region. Right here in Phelps County you'll find a YMCA, bowling alley, movie theater, restaurants, 800-seat performing arts theater, two golf courses, many parks, swimming pools, and yes, even sky-diving.


text:
By Eric Rindal – Sierra Leone – KF15
I am writing this blog by hand today as I sit at my desk in Makeni, Sierra Leone. There is no power for the whole office. When I ask, "isn't there National Power from the grid?" people just laugh (it only comes on at night for a few hours). When I ask, "What about the generator?" people just shrug (it runs on petrol). The town is actually out of petrol on this cloud-tumbling Monday morning. With finicky fuel costs, scarcity of fuel, and an inflation rate of 17.7% there are many reasons for days like this. The MFI (Microfinance Institution) staff is fidgeting to power up their computers and begin working on the ebb and flow of loans, clients, and monthly reports. Such is life in rural Sierra Leone, where verdant tropical forests blanket the region and scattered mountains are sleeping like behemoth tortoises.
So, what is it like for an "upcountry" MFI to partner with Kiva?
Salone Microfinance Trust (SMT) has five branch locations, and only one has internet by sharing three USB modems (with speeds equivalent to shouting at a satellite). This is a slight issue when one of my objectives is to upload more Kiva borrowers each month to Kiva.org (yeah, using the internet). With no shortage of microloans to offer clients and no shortage to post on Kiva.org, I'm analyzing the operations and systems in place to achieve this. In one way or another I have adopted the personas of both Sherlock Holmes and Abigail Van Buren to seek out clues and offer support and solutions. Meeting a monthly posting goal is not my MFI's unique plight, but is very much a challenge of working in the rural areas of the world. If you have ever searched on the Kiva website for a country with remote locations (e.g. Sierra Leone), you may have wondered how those loans get posted.
If there is any confusion, Kiva.org is not a do-it-yourself website where entrepreneurs in developing countries fire up their Mac Book Air in the marketplace, take a snappy self-portrait, and then write a 3rd person description of their life, family, and business.
I am beginning to understand the sheer dedication and effort MFIs make in order to post loans from rural entrepreneurs "out there". They go to the ends of the earth, and it takes quite a bit of effort to get an entrepreneur's loan up on the Kiva site. SMT receives a "delivery" of Kiva questionnaires (used to write Kiva borrower profiles) once a month from branch locations 2-6 hours away (this delay could be averted if they had internet). I was introduced to this remoteness today as I left the rural city center and visited a branch office in a village. As we drove retrogressing from cement homes to mud brick homes and finally to palm branch sided and roofed homes, I was in awe to see the lives of Kiva borrowers. With few to no other MFIs in the rural villages where SMT works, it was evident how imperative business capital is for the rural working poor. I felt SMT was like an ink dye dropped into water and I witnessed it dispersing plumelike through rural Sierra Leone. It was encouraging to know SMT worked in these areas, and even more amazing to know remote entrepreneurs are being profiled on Kiva.org.
Have I solved the issue of posting? Not really. The posting of loans truly happens when rural MFIs value the Kiva partnership and believe their effort will improve the livelihood of their clients. When this is the case, it does not matter how far a loan officer has to drive, how long they must walk, or how patient they must be with the internet. I have invariably found that MFIs are willing to walk two miles instead of one, in pursuit of changing a life. And you know what? They expect Kiva lenders to do the same. Maybe that means to share the story of "your" borrower with a friend, or give someone a Kiva card (I got one last Sunday for my birthday), or whatever way you see fit to walk two miles instead of one for an entrepreneur living at the ends of the earth.


text:
Liberty News
Liberty University's seminary reinstates old name
Liberty Theological Seminary is now Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
The name change was announced by Dr. Ergun Caner, president of the seminary, during the Seminary Christmas Banquet on Dec. 14.
The word Baptist was taken out when Caner became president in 2004. In his banquet address, Caner told faculty that the earlier change "served notice to the larger Christian community that we were willing to do anything for the sake of the mission. … Changing the name was just one small component in our overall strategy. It obviously worked. We have had three straight years of growth and have doubled our residential enrollment to over 400 in the seminary."
But now, he said, it is time "to build bridges to a lost world without burning the bridges of our doctrinal heritage. We are putting Baptist back in our name, and taking back a term that has been misused.
"It just made sense," he said, "following the vision of our founder and the new chancellor, to proudly state that we are Baptist with a capital 'B'."
The name was approved by Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. last week.
The seminary was founded in 1973 as an outgrowth of Liberty University. Now, close to 4,000 students from all 50 states and other countries are enrolled in both the residential and distance learning programs. The seminary is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.


text:
We oppose Islam, not Muslims. We are against hate, not faith
German police have detained a suspect with "Islamist links" following a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund football team.
Prosecutors also said the three explosive devices contained metal pieces.
Two letters claiming the attack on Tuesday evening were being investigated, they said.
Prosecutors are treating the blasts as a terrorist attack but say the precise motive is unclear at present.
Quran (3:151) - "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority".
Quran (4:95) - "Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home), except those who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame, etc.), and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has preferred in grades those who strive hard and fight with their wealth and their lives above those who sit (at home).Unto each, Allah has promised good (Paradise), but Allah has preferred those who strive hard and fight, above those who sit (at home) by a huge reward "
Cologne to Protect Iconic Cathedral from Terror with Concrete Blocks
The German city of Cologne is putting up heavy stone blocks around its famous cathedral to protect the landmark building and its visitors from potential terror attacks.
Cologne Police president Uwe Jacob said Wednesday the city was increasing its security in reaction to vehicle attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside Spanish town last week.
The German news agency dpa reported that the stone blocks, which are several hundred kilograms (pounds) heavy, are discarded parts of the cathedral. They will be used to block the entrance to the big square in front of the cathedral.
Germany has suffered several terror attacks last year, including a truck attack in Berlin in December in which the driver ran the vehicle into a Christmas market, killing 12 people.
Asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq and other war-torn states who are registered as refugees and receive social benefits in Germany do not hesitate to opt for a "vacation" in their war-ravaged countries, a German media report has discovered.
The information was unveiled by the outlet Die Welt am Sonntag, citing its own investigation. The inquiry included testimonies from registered asylum seekers in Germany who are entitled to so-called HARTZ-IV social benefits. Some of them confirmed to the newspaper that they "traveled for a short period of time back to countries like Syria, Afghanistan or Lebanon."
manfred wrote:Some guy from "Yugoslavia" when on a rampage in Düsseldorf main railway station in Germany, randomly attacking people with a knife. Obviously not related to terrorism or with Islam. We are told, obviously, he was a mad "lone wolf" again.
I wonder if he could be from Bosnia, possibly?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03 ... n-station/
pr126 wrote:At least they [the state] don't use euthanasia. Yet.
Ariel wrote:pr126 wrote:At least they [the state] don't use euthanasia. Yet.
Yes...So true, Yet.... Like in Holland where a so called social liberal party ( D66) is doing its utmost to promote euthanasia. They call it " A completed life" . Anyone, if you are sick, or healthy but over 75, you can end your life.
I am of the opinion that anyone who vote for this party MUST end his/her life at 75, and their possessions and money must be given to islamic asylum seekers, and not to their children.
D66 is a convinced advocate of bringing in many, many more asylum seekers. Preferable islamic asylum seekers.
A Cologne mayor has accused the city's police of 'giving up control' of a town square frequented by drug dealers.
The critique came after a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in a gang fight between African migrants on Ebertplatz in Cologne's central Innenstadt district.
Andreas Hupke, mayor of Innenstadt, said police had been focusing on Cologne's central station, where mass sexual assaults took place on New Year's Eve 2015, leaving criminals to take over other parts of the city centre.
'It can't go on like this. Ebertplatz has been a trouble spot for a long time. The most recent incidents are a horrible proof of what the police have been saying - they can't solve this problem alone,' Mr Hupke said according to The Local.
Mr Hupke, a Green Party politician, added that police had 'given up control of Ebertplatz', a square infamous for drug dealing.
Police report that the area is frequented in particular by young men, and many of non-German background.
Local newspaper The Express reports that frequenters are 'young men from north and sub-Saharan Africa [...] some drug dealers are travelling there from asylum shelters from across the country'.
Police have referred to the square as an 'Angstraum' a term which literally translates to 'fear room'.
The term is used to describe an urban space where there is a feeling of being under threat or risk of being a victim of a crime, such as dark underpasses or unsupervised carparks.
The man who was stabbed to death on Eberplatz on Saturday was a 22-year-old African migrant.
And they've just re-elected the woman who enabled it. Clearly it is what Germans want.
Germany: Migrants turn part of Cologne into 'no-go zone'. Mayor admits police have given up on the area
German quality newspaper "Die Welt" published an article about a "no go-zone" in the centre of Cologne. Is it really that bad? When Cologne's mayor says "police have given up on the area", the answer is probably yes.
We're talking about the "Ebertplatz" here, an inner city square at the heart of Cologne that connects several streets. According to German newspaper "Express" the place is a popular location for African migrants who live nearby to deal drugs. The police call it a hotbed of crime as several police interventions didn't change a thing. Some of Cologne's inhabitants even call it an "angstraum", a fearful place.
A week ago a young African man was stabbed to death at the place by fellow Africans. Earlier a TV-production had to be cancelled because the crew was threatened by drug dealers. One of Sony's producers said that "young girls were especially scared and serious threats were disrupting the scenes".
People who live nearby want politicians to take action as the situation is spiralling out of control. But politicians don't seem to have a real solution. The mayor of the left-wing Green party says that "this has to stop as the place is a criminal hotspot". But he adds that "the problems are impossible to be solved by police alone". After Cologne's large-scale sex attacks during New Year's Eve 2015 the mayor thinks the police are focusing on the central station and "have already given up on the Ebertplatz".
After the influx of more than a million migrants Germany's big cities have serious problems with controlling migrant crime. Earlier we wrote an alarming report about the situation in Germany's crime-ridden capital Berlin.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


text: NFL Merchandise > Buffalo Bills Flag White Buffalo Bills Flag View All Buffalo Bills Flag ITEMS Quantity $29.95 Out of Stock Add to Cart IN STOCK Standard & Express Shipping Available Order by 2pm CST (M-F) — Ships Same Day Item ID#: SS-3x5-BFB-White Tweet Wish The White Buffalo Bills Flag is made of 100% polyester, measures 3x5 feet, has Quadruple-Stitched Flyends for durability, and provides two metal grommets for attaching to your pole or one of our many styles of tailgate poles and 6' flagpoles. Our White Buffalo Bills Flag is screen printed with the licensed designs, as shown. This flag is viewable from both sides with the opposite side being a reverse image.Due to its large size, this flag is also perfect to hang in your game room, sports room, garage or office.Fly your flag with our 3 packages of tailgate poles or 6' aluminum flagpole and adjustable flag bracket. NFL Officially Licensed by Wincraft, Inc. Customers Also Bought... Flag & Pennant Accessories Aluminum 6' Flagpole - Heavy Duty $21.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart Aluminum Adjustable Flag Bracket $10.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart Tailgate Pole for Game Tailgating $66.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart US 3x5 Embroidered Flag $28.95 Out of Stock Add To Cart


text:
As the days get cooler in New Orleans, some visitors may seek fun and adventure indoors. During the late fall and winter months (and any other part of the year), you and your family can visit the Audubon Institute's Aquarium of the Americas or the Butterfly Garden and Insectarium to get out of the cold and into exhibits displaying the wild, beautiful, and even unusual aspects of nature from around the world.
The city's state-of-the-art aquarium is home to 15,000 creatures of the sea, representing nearly 600 species. The moment you walk in, you're greeted by a mammoth whale shark hanging above the lobby, followed by the Caribbean Reef tunnel with fish and cownose rays on both sides and overhead as you pass through it. From there you'll walk through dozens of exhibits featuring fish and underwater life from all corners of the globe, plus interactive and multimedia setups to enrich what you see and learn. There is also an IMAX 3D theatre where you can experience some of this underwater life in movie-form as you're enveloped by the sounds and screens of IMAX projections.
At Parakeet Pointe, you and your children will delight in feeding the hundreds of colorful parakeets using a stick of bird seed—especially when they land on it for you to hold. The Amazon Rain Forest has many different types of fish, sea, and land creatures plus a tree-top loop where you can catch glimpses of macaws as well as the fish and other animals from above. There is a stingray touchpool, a penguin habitat, and a jellyfish exhibit that are some of visitors' favorite attractions.
The Insectarium, which is the largest free-standing museum dedicated to insects in the US, has 23,000 square feet comprised of 13 galleries with more than 70 live exhibits throughout the museum. There are also many interactive multimedia elements to fully emerge you into a bug's eye view of these creatures' lives. You can meet an entomologist and touch live bugs, sample exotic insect cuisine, and watch the amazing flight and metamorphosis of butterflies right in front of your eyes in the butterfly garden.
All attractions are open from 10am to 5pm Tuesday through Sunday. Tickets for the Aquarium of the Americas are $21.00 for adults, $14.00 for children 2-12 years old, and $17.00 for seniors and students. Tickets for the Butterfly Garden and Insectarium are $16.00 for adults, $11.00 for children 2-12 years old, and $13.00 for seniors and students.


text:
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a display of unity between allies who often disagree, President Barack Obama assured Israel's visiting leader Monday that the United States "will always have Israel's back," and said the U.S. and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons.
"Both the prime minister and I prefer to solve this diplomatically," Obama said as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began several hours of White House consultations. The U.S. will consider all options in confronting what it sees as the unacceptable outcome of an Iranian bomb, Obama said.
"Israel and America stand together," Netanyahu said. He added that Israel is a sovereign nation with the right to defend itself, a pointed reference to the main question hanging over Monday's high-stakes meeting: Whether to try to stop an Iranian bomb by with a military attack in the next several months.
Israel must remain "the master of its fate," Netanyahu said.
Obama will try to persuade Netanyahu to slow quickening pressure among many in his hawkish government to attack Iran's disputed nuclear development sites. Obama is trying to avert an Israeli strike that could come this spring, and which the United States sees as dangerously premature.
The president is expected to tell Netanyahu in private at the White House that although the U.S. is committed to Israel's security it does not want to be dragged into another war. Obama is unlikely to spell out U.S. "red lines" that would trigger a military response, despite Israeli pressure to do so.
Obama previewed the Oval Office meeting with a speech Sunday to American supporters of Israel, a key constituency in this election year.
Obama said he doesn't want war but insists he would attack Iran if that was the only option left to stop that nation from getting a nuclear weapon.
"Loose talk of war" only plays into Iran's hands, Obama said.
U.S. officials believe that while Tehran has the capability to build a nuclear weapon, it has not yet decided to do so. They want to give sanctions time to pressure Iran to give up any military nuclear ambitions. Israel says the threat is too great to wait and many officials there are advocating a pre-emptive strike.
Obama did not directly call on Israel to stand down, and made a point of saying Israel should always have the right to defend itself as it sees fit.
That was the part of Obama's speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that Netanyahu said he liked best. Speaking to reporters in Canada ahead of his arrival in the U.S., Netanyahu made no reference to the sanctions and diplomacy Obama emphasized.
Obama is unlikely to persuade Netanyahu that economic sanctions and diplomacy are enough to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and he is unlikely to win any new concessions from Netanyahu on peace talks, the issue that drew bad blood between the two men in previous meetings and led the Israeli leader to publicly scold Obama last year.
Netanyahu has not publicly backed a military strike, but his government spurned arguments from top U.S. national security leaders that a preemptive attack would fail.
"Now is not the time for bluster," Obama said. "Now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in."
Israeli President Shimon Peres, who had a meeting with Obama Sunday, said he "came out with the feeling that the man is determined to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons."
Netanyahu was more subdued in reacting to Obama's comments Sunday, saying, "more than everything, I value his statement that Israel must be able to protect itself from all threats."
Obama framed military force as a last resort, not the next option at a time when sanctions are squeezing Iran. He said just the talk of war has driven up the price of oil to the benefit of Iran.
Although Israel says it hasn't decided whether to strike, it has signaled readiness to do so within the next several months. The top U.S. military officer recently called a unilateral strike "imprudent," a mild catchall for the chain-reaction of oil price hikes, Iranian retaliation, terror strikes and a possible wider Mideast war that U.S. officials fear could flow from an Israeli strike.
Israel says a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to its existence. It cites Iranian leaders' repeated calls for Israel's destruction, support for anti-Israel militant groups and its arsenal of ballistic missiles that are already capable of striking Israel. Israel also fears a nuclear Iran would touch off an atomic weapons race in a region hostile to Israel's existence.
Addressing the powerful pro-Israel lobby, Obama delivered messages to multiple political audiences: Israel, Iran, Jewish voters, a restless Congress, a wary international community and three Republican presidential contenders who will speak to the same group Tuesday.
At the core was his assertion that the United States will never settle for containing a nuclear-armed Iran or fail to defend Israel.
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Monday his organization has "serious concerns" that Iran may be hiding secret atomic weapons work, as he acknowledged failure in his latest attempt to probe such suspicions and listed recent atomic advances by Iran.
"The agency continues to have serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said in Vienna.


text:
New 2019 NissanKicks SV SUV
- Stock: 19K046
- Fuel Economy
- 31.0/36.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Super Black
- Interior Color
- Charcoal
- Body/Seating
- SUV/5 seats
- Transmission
- continuously variable automatic
- Drivetrain
- front-wheel
- Engine
- 1.6L I-4 cyl
Nissan Kicks
Highlighted Features
- Blind spot sensor
- Automatic temperature control
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Split folding rear seat
- Remote keyless entry
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Rear window wiper
Detailed Specifications
Dealer Notes
Need gas? I don't think so. At least not very much! 36 MPG Hwy*** Are you thirsting for a car that you don't have to wonder if it will start in the morning? Well, this 2019 Nissan Kicks SV will have you excited to pick-up even your mother-in-law*** Optional equipment includes: Center Armrest w/Storage, Carpeted Floor Mats w/Cargo Mat, Splash Guards Grain (4 Piece)...
KBB.com Consumer Reviews
- 4.0
Very Comefortable
By lab99 on Tuesday, May 07, 2019This is a second car so I don't drive it every day but the car is comfortable, low noise smooth ride. performance wise, it only has a 1.6L engine so you are not going to go 0 to 60 in 5 seconds, that being said it has good acceleration. Mileage, best I've gotten is 44 MPG on the road, in town stop and start driving, average is in the 31 MPG range. One of the things I like about Nissan's is that their body styling is unique, and the Kicks does not disappoint, it has smooth lines and does not look like every other SUV on the road. I only have two complaints... 1. Other than the glove box, which is small, there is no other in cabin storage, the center console is one solid piece so there is no where to put my umbrella other than under the seat. 2. The vehicle has AEB (Automatic Emergency Braking), the sensor was found to be defective 2 days after I purchased the vehicle. Dealership replaced it (took 2 months to get the replacement sensor) but not once has it activated after it was replaced. Dealership says it is working fine, if that is true, then I must be the safest driver in the world or the slowest for it to not have activated at least once after driving the vehicle for 8 months. Other than 1 and 2 above, I like the vehicle, it was good choice for a second car.
- 4.0
Overall great mini suv. For the low cost
By Mike on Sunday, August 04, 2019Great vehicle for its price it offers reasonable comfort and luxury feel and look. It has a light weight car feeling when driving but it feels well planted with plenty of grip when turning or breaking hard. Fairly cheap cost of maintenance $136 for synthetic oil change, tire rotation and refill of other fluids. Avg. mileage for mostly city driving 25-27 when I get long freeway driving it goes up to 41 mpg based on computer trip. Decent power for a 1.6l naturally aspirated engine, although uphills with five passengers and a/c running would be forcing it too much. Built quality structure wise is very simple, with proven reliable technology like rear drums brake and rear semi independent suspension. Huge cabin and cargo space for its relatively short wheel base. Great infotainment system with apple carplay and android auto. Sound system volume is clear and somewhat loud enough for stock. Plenty of cup holders 1 in each door and 3 in center console. 3 USB ports and cigarette lighter port. Huge sunvisor with plenty of option to modify to. Exterior Paint is very easy to dent, to scratch or to even make a deep scratch to where you can see the bare metal. Overall my wife and I we are very happy with our car. This is a car that if kept well it could easily make the 20 year mark. At a cheap cost in both short and long run.
- 5.0
AWESOMEly Fun Vehicle
By Kicks Lover on Thursday, December 27, 2018Been a Nissan owner for several different vehicles; Altima, Versa, Versa Note, Sentra, Rogue Sport and co-owner of a Titan with my brother. I have to say, before my new Kicks, the one I truly loved the best was my Note. This Kicks handles as well, if not better, than my Note. Cornering is amazing and it does have spunk...the puppy moves incredibly well. The standard sound system suits me just fine. The appointments inside are a step above, honestly. I truly do not think you will get anything better for the money. Worth every dime! It is truly fun to drive.
*Manufacturer's Rebate subject to residency restrictions. Any customer not meeting the residency restrictions will receive a dealer discount in the same amount of the manufacturer's rebate.


text:
With the cold short days and long dark nights, we all know we're missing the feeling of the warmth on our skin, but now it's official - You NEED a sun holiday and quick!
Seven leading groups including Cancer Research UK, the National Osteoporosis Society and the Multiple Sclerosis Society have issued a joint statement making it clear that little but frequent exposure to the sun is vital to maintain Vitamin D levels.
Unfortunately, the sun in Ireland is too weak during the winter months to stimulate Vitamin D production in the skin, low levels of which can put people at risk of diabetes, rickets in children, brittle bones in adults, heart disease and cancer.
Adequate sun exposure during the summer may allow the body to build up stores of Vitamin D, but the groups admitted a large proportion of Irish weren't getting enough sun.
Paranoia about developing skin cancer, which has led to a possible over-use of sunscreen, is one reason, but it is also acknowledged that in Ireland, the sun's rays are only strong enough to stimulate Vitamin D production from 10 till 4, even in the summer.
Health groups are now advising people to expose their skin to the sun for 10 minutes a day, without sunscreen, to build up levels of the essential vitamin.
The experts said that a winter holiday to a sunny destination might be beneficial, though ski holidays would not bring the same benefit as skiers tend to be well-covered.
So next time you're discussing a winter break with the other half, you can tell them to book on doctor's orders.
Stock up on Vitamin D with one of our Holiday Special Offers!
The choice of sun holiday destinations from Cork has never been better. There's also some great value on offer this year. Just take a look at our holiday deals from Cork at the bottom of this page, or search for your ideal holidays using our handy flight schedules below.


text:
The following biographical information has been provided by John W. Coffey, Deputy Director for Art, Curator of American and Modern Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh North Carolina. Feodor Zakharov was born in 1882 in Astrakhan, Russia and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He came to the United States in 1924 and eventually took American citizenship. Throughout his long life, Zakharov remained true to his academic training. His art serenely ignored the succession of modernist movements that agitated the twentieth century. Zakharov achieved modest success in the 1920s and 30s as a society portrait painter. Among those who sat for him were Mrs. Woodrow
... Displaying 750 of 1309 characters.


text:
European Telcos Threaten To Withhold Next Gen Wireless Upgrades If Net Neutrality Rules Passed
from the chicken-little's-manifesto deptTell me if you've heard this one before: broadband carriers are once again claiming that if regulators pass net neutrality rules, their ability to invest in next-generation networks will somehow be severely hindered, causing no limit of damage to consumers, puppies, and the time-space continuum. That's basically the line U.S. broadband providers tried to feed the FCC in the States. But no matter how many industry-tried, cherry picking think tank studies have tried to claim that net neutrality hurts broadband investment, real world data and ongoing deployment show that just isn't true.
As we noted last October, Europe passed net neutrality rules that not only don't really protect net neutrality, but actually give ISPs across the EU's 28 member countries the green light to violate net neutrality consistently -- just as long as ISPs provide a few flimsy, faux-technical justifications. The rules are so filled with loopholes as to be useless, and while they technically took effect on April 30, the European Union's Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) has been cooking up new guidelines to help European countries interpret and adopt the new rules.
With BEREC's public comment period set to end on July 18, European net neutrality advocates are giving it one last shot to toughen up the shoddy rules. Fearing they might succeed, a coalition of twenty European telcos (and the hardware vendors that feed at their collective trough) have taped together something they're calling their "5G Manifesto," (pdf) which trots out some pretty familiar fear mongering for those who've remotely followed the last fifteen years of net neutrality debate.
Among them is the continued, not so veiled threat that technological progress will stop dead in its tracks if these companies don't get the kind of consumer net neutrality protections they want (namely, none):
"The EU and Member States must reconcile the need for Open Internet with pragmatic rules that foster innovation. The telecom Industry warns that the current Net Neutrality guidelines, as put forward by BEREC, create significant uncertainties around 5G return on investment. Investments are therefore likely to be delayed unless regulators take a positive stance on innovation and stick to it."And the threat doesn't just involve next-gen wireless. The carriers also proceed to effectively argue that unless they're allowed to include huge gaping loopholes (like the existing exemption of "specialized services"), other technologies like VR, smart cars and smart cities will all be hurt (much like ISPs here in the States tried to argue that net neutrality rules would somehow hurt medical technology unless ISPs were allowed to discriminate):
"In this context we must highlight the danger of restrictive Net Neutrality rules, in the context of 5G technologies, business applications and beyond. 5G introduces the concept of "Network Slicing" to accommodate a wide-variety of industry verticals' business models on a common platform, at scale and with services guarantees. Automated driving, smart grid control, virtual reality and public safety services are examples of usecases with distinguished characteristics which call for a flexible and elastic configuration of resources in networks and platforms, on a continuous basis, depending on demand, context and the nature of the service."This is all, for lack of a more scientific term, unequivocal and total crap. The argument that "net neutrality rules will stop us from keeping your pace maker from working" is fear-based prattle with no foundation in reality. If anything, the EU's rules go well out of their way to ensure traffic can be treated differently (to an extreme fault). As for 5G, these upgrades are a necessary part of doing business, and carriers will invest in networks whether or not there's some flimsy net neutrality rules governing their behavior. Realize too that the "manifesto" is talking about rules as currently written that effectively say it's ok to violate net neutrality provided you support your anti-competitive behavior in veiled, faux technical justifications (see comments made by Sir Tim Berners-Lee).
In short, people should understand these European companies' lawyers and lobbyists directly wrote net neutrality rules pretty much ensuring they can do whatever they like -- about as "certain" as things are going to get -- yet they're still god-damned complaining.
When it isn't busy making empty threats, the manifesto trots out some similarly-meaningless promises, such as claims that the "right" net neutrality rules will result in scheduled large-scale 5G demonstrations by 2018, and the launch of 5G commercially in at least one city in every EU country by 2020. Again though, this was already happening with or without net neutrality rules. Tying the success or failure of network investment to net neutrality is a hollow bogeyman, one we've seen used repeatedly in countries where carrier executives twitch at the faintest specter of a regulator actually doing its job and protecting consumers from the aggressive abuse of uncompetitive telecom markets.
Filed Under: broadband, eu, europe, net neutrality, telcos, upgrades, wireless


text:
Ezra 6-8 New International Version (NIV)
The Decree of Darius
6 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:
Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid. It is to be sixty cubits[a] high and sixty cubits wide, 4 with three courses of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury. 5 Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; they are to be deposited in the house of God.
6 Now then, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and you other officials of that province, stay away from there. 7 Do not interfere with the work on this temple of God. Let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild this house of God on its site.
8 Moreover, I hereby decree what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the construction of this house of God:
Their expenses are to be fully paid out of the royal treasury, from the revenues of Trans-Euphrates, so that the work will not stop. 9 Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, male lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and olive oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given them daily without fail, 10 so that they may offer sacrifices pleasing to the God of heaven and pray for the well-being of the king and his sons.
11 Furthermore, I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it. And for this crime their house is to be made a pile of rubble. 12 May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem.
I Darius have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.
Completion and Dedication of the Temple
13 Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence. 14 So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. 15 The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. 17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering[b] for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
The Passover
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover. 20 The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their relatives the priests and for themselves. 21 So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel. 22 For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra Comes to Jerusalem
7 After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest— 6 this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him. 7 Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. 9 He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. 10 For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.
King Artaxerxes' Letter to Ezra
11 This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the Lord for Israel:
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, teacher of the Law of the God of heaven:
13 Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who volunteer to go to Jerusalem with you, may go. 14 You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand. 15 Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, 16 together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem. 17 With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.
18 You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God. 19 Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God. 20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.
21 Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— 22 up to a hundred talents[c] of silver, a hundred cors[d] of wheat, a hundred baths[e] of wine, a hundred baths[f] of olive oil, and salt without limit. 23 Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the realm of the king and of his sons? 24 You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God.
25 And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God, which you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach any who do not know them. 26 Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.[g]
27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king's heart to bring honor to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this way 28 and who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king's powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
List of the Family Heads Returning With Ezra
8 These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
2 of the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom;
of the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel;
of the descendants of David, Hattush 3 of the descendants of Shekaniah;
of the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
4 of the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;
5 of the descendants of Zattu,[h] Shekaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men;
6 of the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men;
7 of the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
8 of the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;
9 of the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
10 of the descendants of Bani,[i] Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
11 of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
12 of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
13 of the descendants of Adonikam, the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
14 of the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai and Zakkur, and with them 70 men.
The Return to Jerusalem
15 I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there. 16 So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning, 17 and I ordered them to go to Iddo, the leader in Kasiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his fellow Levites, the temple servants in Kasiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God. 18 Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah's sons and brothers, 18 in all; 19 and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all. 20 They also brought 220 of the temple servants—a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.
21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. 22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him." 23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, 25 and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. 26 I weighed out to them 650 talents[j] of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents,[k] 100 talents[l] of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[m] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
28 I said to them, "You as well as these articles are consecrated to the Lord. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your ancestors. 29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel." 30 Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way. 32 So we arrived in Jerusalem, where we rested three days.
33 On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui. 34 Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time.
35 Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering,[n] twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. 36 They also delivered the king's orders to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.
Cross references:
New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
John 21 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 "I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We'll go with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5 He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?"
"No," they answered.
6 He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.[c] 9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
Jesus Reinstates Peter
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?"
"Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."
16 Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you love me?"
He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."
17 The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?"
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, "Follow me!"
20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is going to betray you?") 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, "Lord, what about him?"
22 Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me." 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?"
24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
Cross references:
New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
You'll get this book and many others when you join Bible Gateway Plus. Learn more
Starting your free trial of Bible Gateway Plus is easy. You're already logged in with your Bible Gateway account. The next step is to choose a monthly or yearly subscription, and then enter your payment information. Your credit card won't be charged until the trial period is over. You can cancel anytime during the trial period.
Click the button below to continue.
You've already claimed your free trial of Bible Gateway Plus. To subscribe at our regular subscription rate, click the button below.
It looks like you're already subscribed to Bible Gateway Plus! To manage your subscription, visit your Bible Gateway account settings.
Upgrade, and get the most out of your new account. An integrated digital Bible study library - including complete notes from the Believer's Bible Commentary and the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (NIV and NRSV) - is just a step away! Try it free for 30 days.
Three easy steps to start your free trial subscription to Bible Gateway Plus.


text:
- ISPN-2803 - Memory leak on every cache write.operation
- ISPN-2804 - Memory Leak: TransactionTable never cleans up complete transactions
A big thanks to Erik Salter for spotting and patching the above issues!
For a complete list of things included please refer to the release notes. Remember to visit our downloads section to find the latest release and if you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.