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NEW YORK/MIAMI (Reuters) - The ill-fated U.S.-flagged El Faro cargo ship sunk by Hurricane Joaquin was sailing at near full speed into the centre of the storm before it lost propulsion amid mountainous waves and brutal winds, according to ship tracking data.
The data on Thomson Reuters Eikon raises questions about the ship owner's assertion that the vessel's captain had chosen a "sound plan" to pass around Joaquin "with a margin of comfort" but was then thwarted by engineering problems. It shows that even before the ship lost power it was in stormy waters that many mariners interviewed said they would never have entered.
After reviewing the data, Klaus Luhta, a former ship's officer and chief of staff at the International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, went silent for a moment as he contemplated what has been called the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel in more than 30 years.
"I don't know what he was thinking – I can't even speculate," said Luhta in a telephone interview. "He headed right into the track."
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While the decision-making may appear inexplicable from a distance, Captain Michael Davidson was an experienced mariner and it is not clear what factors he would have been weighing as he sought to save his ship from calamity. El Faro stopped communicating after reporting early on Oct. 1 that it had lost propulsion, was taking on water and listing. No reason was given for the loss of power.
A spokesman for ship owner Tote Inc, Michael Hanson, declined comment, saying the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the sinking, had asked the company to refer all questions related to the investigation to them.
The ship tracking data, which may provide the most complete track yet of the El Faro in the 24 hours before disaster struck, also shows that contrary to some reports the ship did not follow its normal course.
At 6.16 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 30, 10 hours after heading out of Jacksonville, Florida, the ship began deviating from its usual straight-line route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, hugging nearer to the Bahamas but still on course to meet the storm's path, according to the data, which uses a ship's satellite transmissions to track its location and speed.
By that night, squeezed against the chain of islands to the west, El Faro was trapped as the storm track shifted further southwest, putting the hurricane on a collision course with the 790-foot (241 m) cargo ship with 28 U.S. citizens and five Polish nationals aboard. At that point the ship was still sailing at near full speed.
Ship captains who reviewed the data said that on the morning of Sept. 30, still north of the Bahamas and hundreds of miles from the storm, Davidson still had three good options: slow down to assess the weather; turn around; or change course, heading west and hugging the Florida coast.
He would have had access to weather forecasts every few hours from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) giving the likely speed, strength and direction of the storm.
The El Faro took the Florida coast route on Aug. 25, when tropical storm Erika was heading towards the Caribbean. The decision not to use that route on Sept. 30 is unclear. The captain could have been worried about skirting the Florida coast and then threading between Cuba and the Bahamas in nasty weather, maritime experts said.
As El Faro plowed on, its options dwindled.
At about 5 p.m. ET on Sept. 30 - nine hours after Joaquin was first declared a hurricane - the ship sailed on past "Hole in the Wall," a gap in the Bahamas archipelago used by seafarers for centuries to slip westwards through the islands towards Cuba. Escaping via that route would have lengthened the ship's voyage and consumed more fuel, possible factors in the captain's decision not to take it.
At that point, with the NHC forecasting the hurricane would sweep close to the Bahamas, before heading back north, Davidson ran out of feasible options, maritime experts said. The ship was committed to a southern route, straight into the storm.
"You should always have an emergency escape route," said Captain Scott Futcher, a master mariner with 20 years of experience at sea. "He should have gone further south. We are taught that you have to have an out, even if you have to make a huge loop around."
The tracking data shows that the ship did in fact go further south, deviating nearly 100 miles off its usual course, but it was not enough to escape Joaquin.
There wasn't "much room for manoeuvring," said John Konrad, master mariner and founder of GCaptain, a maritime news website. "He has the whole ocean to his left in the hurricane. Once you go west there are islands there and you are boxed in on all sides. "The only option" he had was to turn back.
At 9.09 p.m. ET on Sept. 30, about 200 miles northwest of the storm, the ship was sailing at 20 knots (23 mph), very close to its full speed. El Faro was heading straight into the NHC'S projected track of the hurricane, which was then packing 105 MPH winds and whipping up 50-foot waves.
At 2:09 a.m. ET, Oct. 1, El Faro was only 50 miles from the eye of Joaquin. At that point the ship was still moving at nearly 17 knots, according to the ship tracking data.
Facing fierce winds and high seas, the ship had made little progress by 3:56 a.m. ET. In its last logged location, the ship was less than 50 miles from the eye and had slowed down to 10.7 knots.
The company has said there are a number of different navigational trade routes used for the voyage to Puerto Rico that vary according to conditions. The course was charted by Davidson without head office involvement, it said.
In contrast to El Faro, at least one other ship in the area of Joaquin gave it a wide berth.
The Azure Bay, a tanker owned by Singapore-based Pioneer Marine, was heading north past Cuba towards the Bahamas in the early hours of Sept. 30, when its captain warned that its intended course could bring it within 150 nautical miles of Joaquin. The captain, liaising with Pioneer, decided to circle back south of Cuba, to "ride out the storm" according to Charan Singh, a senior vice president at Pioneer.
"We try to avoid large storms," Singh told Reuters.
What happened in the early hours of Oct. 1 after contact was lost with the El Faro is not known. NTSB investigators will now likely sift through the debris and try to locate the ship's black box, or voyage data recorder, to try to put together at least some pieces of the puzzle.
(Additional reporting by Barbara Liston, editing by Ross Colvin)
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If you can keep the parade of (white) college coeds straight, then you might find this movie more worth your time than I did. After one student turns up dead, her boyfriend and his roommate go missing, followed shortly by the possible kidnapping of fourth student. Meanwhile, another packs off to Europe without notice and yet another just looks really guilty. That's not to mention the handful of dormmates and friends who appear as witnesses.
Tammy Driscoll's death from an apparent hit and run prompts a police investigation, but trouble starts before that with an art vandalism and even further back with one father's bad investments. Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) is drawn into the case when her cousin, Philip (Dylan Sloane), doesn't show up for his birthday dinner. After she receives a cryptic call from him, she checks in at his dorm room because I guess non-college students drop by all the time at this school. She discovers that Philip's roommate and Tammy's emotionally abusive boyfriend, Josh (Dakota Daulby), are missing. What looks like an isolated case turns into something more when the police find $4000 stashed in Philip's room and Ro learns that her cousin has been lying about visiting a childhood friend, Clayton (Thomas Elms).
It took me awhile to distinguish the students, and I never did end up caring about any of them, not even when abandoned vehicles turned up with the students' blood stains. I also got a little confused when Jason Dell (James Rittinger) appeared, having forgotten that he's a series regular replacing his brother or cousin Perry. Jason is a young member of the Real Murders Club, Ro's group of amateur detectives who dig through old and cold cases and increasingly new ones. The trouble is, this movie is lazy with its characterizations, and few of the people in this town have any personality.
The Disappearing Game does try to spice things up with a new romantic interest for Ro. Neighbor Nick Miller (Niall Matter) replaces her former partner, Martin, who left several episodes ago to do secret spy stuff in South America. This household, i.e. my mom, is a fan of Matter, and Nick at least isn't overly protective of Ro. The psychology professor trusts her instincts, so let's hope he continues to assist her rather than nag her if he lasts longer than one movie.
I had initially thought that Nick would be one of the suspects since that's what guest stars do. There's enough going on with the students and their families though, with special attention given to Clayton's wealthy parents, Dan and Carolyn Harrison (Ken Tremblett and Teryl Rothery). They have a reputation in town, and Dan's business has earned him a few enemies, some of whom could take out their disagreements on Dan's son.
There's at least two more Aurora Teagarden Mysteries in the works, but I've already checked out. As Ro's best friend, Sally (Lexa Doig), observed, she's getting a little bossy and self-important. and I don't know if I have room in my life for a smug librarian, even if she does solve every murder in town.
Highlight for spoilers: The Harrisons do what the privileged do – cover up for their misdeeds and excuse them as mistakes when they get caught. Clayton vandalized the sculpture in the opening scene, and when discussing this crime with Philip and Josh, he accidentally hit Tammy with his car. Not knowing what to do, he bundled the two roommates away and asked Mom and Dad for help. Dan Harrison faked his son's kidnapping and used the supposed ransom money as a cover to fund Clayton's escape to Europe. Ro eventually finds the two students locked up in the Harrisons' basement after following up on a clue in the kidnappers' recycling bin – empty pizza boxes.
Released: 2018
Dir: Terry Ingram
Writer: Teena Booth
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure, Marilu Henner, Peter Benson, Lexa Doig, Dave Collette, James Rittinger, Niall Matter, Dylan Sloane, Dakota Daulby, Ken Tremblatt, Teryl Rothery, Thomas Elms
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When oral contraceptives, or as they are more commonly known 'The Pill', hit the market in 1960, women became more empowered than ever before. Sexual liberation took place and women gained better control over the course of their own lives with the ability to avoid pregnancy.
Yet few of the 3.5 million women in the United Kingdom or the 100 million women worldwide who take the pill actually choose their own brand, let alone know what generation of the oral contraceptive they are on. The pill has been around for so many decades that several generations of oral contraceptives have been developed. More specifically there are four, maybe even five, generations.
In light of new research conducted both in the United Kingdom and Denmark, the fact that women are unaware of which generation of the pill they are consuming may put them at risk. Findings show that women using oral contraceptives of generations III and IV are twice as likely to get a venous thromboembolism, blood clots found in predominantly in leg veins that may travel to the lungs, in comparison to women using generation I or II.
Findings in a British Medical Journal article by Øjvind Lidegaard stressed that "users of oral contraceptives with desogestrel, gestodene, or drospirenone were at least at twice the risk of venous thromboembolism compared with users of oral contraceptives with levonorgestrel". In layman's terms, this means that generation III and IV put women at a higher risk due to their content of desogestrel, gestodene, or drospirenone.
Here is a brief overview of some of pills in the different generations:
Generation I: still exists but is rarely prescribed today.
Generation II: Neogentrol, Neogynon, Trinordiol, Triminetta, Triquilar, Gynartrol, Malonetta, Microgyn,
Microgynon, Fironetta, Rigevidon, Cilest.
Generation III: Desorelle, Femelle, Marvelon, Microdiol, Gracial, Femigen, Mercilon, Novynette, NUVARING, Gestinyl 30, Gestoden 30, Gynera, Lindynette, Milligest, Minulet, Milvane, Modina, Triminulet.
Generation IV: Yasmin, Yasmin 28, Yasminelle, Yasminelle 28, Yaz.
This is not a scare campaign, it is simply meant to be informative for you to assess your own health in regards to the pill. The pill is great for many things. Not only can it prevent pregnancy, but it can also clear skin, reduce period pains and provide you with a regular cycle. So, if you are taking generations III or IV you should not panic, but you may want to consult your local GP or gynaecologist.
Despite not being as relevant in Scotland where NHS covers the cost of oral contraceptives, generation II is in fact substantially cheaper as well. This has led to speculation as to whether generations III and IV are predominantly being prescribed and marketed instead of generation II for greater economic gains as many of the newer generations are still patented.
It has to be noted that pregnancy itself carries a higher risk of getting a blood clot than taking oral contraceptives. Moreover, it has been found that if you do not experience any problems during the first 6 months of taking the pill, which is when the risk of blood clots is the highest, you will probably be fine. But check with your doctor and enjoy the freedom and control the pill was designed to give you.


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Greetings from New Mexico, USA!
I've been enjoying your website and learning about my new favorite classic car. I'm writing because of a video I own called 'The Man From Planet X.' There is a small car in the film and I had a devil of a time tracking its identity, but as they say, "Everything's on the web", and I eventually sifted through Austins, and Morrises, until I found the Standard Motor Company. I'm attaching a screenshot I took from the dvd which I'm hoping you can post on your site. If you feel some copyright info may be required, I would guess this might do:
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In fact you are not the first American who has told me about this. I have featured the film and the car on our website
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3 secrets to unlocking board support for business continuity
Often, employees find it challenging to prove to boards the importance of having a truly executable disaster recovery/business continuity plan. Although boards are well aware of NCUA Requirements, many may cite excuses such as lack of time, money or even interest in building out a comprehensive, tested plan. If you're among the many that are looking for support from leadership teams, or your board, these three steps could go a long way to help get your initiatives pushed through.
Secret #1: Determine their Risk Tolerance
Everyone serving in leadership roles or on your board should be aware of the FFIEC Requirements on Business Continuity and NCUA Recommendations, or at least the basic principles of risk management. Although everyone has an individual bias towards how they respond to the risks that face their organization, there should be an overall consensus about your organization's risk tolerance. It is vital that those responsible for the health of your organization understand and agree on the risk tolerance of the credit union as a whole. This way, everyone will conceivably agree on how and where to appropriately spend time, energy and resources preparing an optimal recovery solution.
Before approaching your team, consider examples of different threats that could occur, and determine the impact (risk) those disasters could have on the following:
- Reputation (impacts credibility to members and the overall community)
- Financial Well-Being (losses and costs of an outage)
- Responsibility (to members, stakeholders, employees and the greater community)
- Requirements (FFIEC, NCUA, Audits etc. that all require a plan in place to restore operations)
Secret #2: Determine the ROI on having a tested, proven plan
Once you've analyzed these aspects, your next step should be to determine the return on investment (ROI) of having a proven plan in place, i.e. a tested recovery strategy. Leadership will most likely require hard numbers or evidence that will illustrate how the time and money invested into this program will benefit your members in the long run, and outweigh the potential losses if any type of disaster were to occur.
Understanding how having a current documented or tested recovery strategy can help you serve your members, and maintain requirements or regulations within your industry, or better position your credit union for employees and the community following a disaster, are just a few examples of the "return" a successful business continuity strategy can have.
We all have a duty to enable the communities we serve to recover quickly in the hours and days following a disaster, and that requires commerce to resume. Serving our members with their financial needs immediately, regardless of the scope of damage or interruption we have experienced, is a foundational responsibility. That responsibility requires that we have some basic needs met, like power, office space, communications access, and computer systems. And having a proven plan to restore these fundamental elements can pay huge dividends when you're able to serve members in their greatest time of need.
Secret #3: Present a "program", not a project
When you're ready to sit down with the board or leadership team to present your case, don't ask for a simple "test" of your strategy. At this point, you've put the work in and deserve to request a comprehensive, ongoing program; one that will not only help your organization get prepared, but stay prepared. Here are a few essential elements to have in your program:
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- A Testing Plan – A plan to at least annually test your plan, in a variety of ways, using multiple scenarios. The plan should involve all critical operations and staff, and enable you to push the current recovery strategy to its breaking point.
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By Martin Rücker
When a few weeks ago it looked as if the anaesthetised castration of small piglets would finally be banned, farmer and meat lobbyists were in a furious riot. The federations used every lever to allow the cruel method, which had been practiced for years, to continue for at least another two years. Johannes Röring, for example, President of the Farmers' Union in Westphalia, addressed the members of the Bundestag and demanded an "extension of the deadline". How practical that the road was not too far – after all, Mr. Röring is not only a lobbyist, but also a member of the Bundestag himself. As a part-time job, my main job – yeah, what is it?
Most people have ONE job and are filled with it. Others need two to make ends meet somehow. But Johannes Röring, one of the most influential politicians when it comes to our food, must be a real jack-of-all-trades. He sits on the Agriculture Committee of the Bundestag and is the head of an agricultural lobby association in NRW and a member of the presidium of the powerful farmers' association GLEICHZEITG – but not only: Altogether, the MEP lists 21 (!) functions "on the side", believe it or not. And to crown it all, he himself is active as a farmer with a pig fattening farm. There one lobbies for the own interests – and can in the committee and in the Bundestag in own thing immediately co-decide…
It must not be the case that lobbyists in the Bundestag make their own laws.
With the piglets we have lost: The majority of the Bundestag voted in the end to allow the anaesthetised castration for another two years – a real scandal. But we must not give up our fight against the harmful influence of the agricultural and food lobby! We must disclose the interdependence between business and politics and make it an issue. I am sure that consumer, environmental or animal protection will only not get under the wheels if WE exert pressure outside the Bundestag.
How is it possible for a Member of Parliament to be precisely responsible for this area by working as an entrepreneur and lobbyist on his own account? The interdependence between business and politics is becoming to an extent that is highly problematic for our democracy! Unfortunately, it is not about individual cases! For example, Peter Bleser: For years the highest consumer protector of his parliamentary group, "alongside" the head of the supervisory board of an agricultural trader with a turnover of billions, in 2006 "godfather" (!) for fields with genetically modified Monsanto maize – at the end of 2017, as state secretary on behalf of the federal government, he campaigned for the continued use of the agricultural poison glyphosate, with which above all Monsanto makes profit.
Is there no shame line? There is simply no such amalgamation of interests DARF! When lobbyists in the Bundestag and the Federal Government build their own laws and decide on their own subsidies, only one thing helps: WE consumers have to hold against it!
The worst part is: In the food and agriculture sectors, there is an almost endless number of overlaps between companies, lobbying associations and politicians. It is teeming with conflicts of interest, the roles are lively changed and mixed:
Friederich-Otto-Ripke: first State Secretary in Lower Saxony, then lobbyist for the poultry industry.
Günther Tissen: for years government director in the Federal Ministry of Food, today head lobbyist of the German sugar industry.
Karl-Heinz-Funke: former Federal Minister of Agriculture, now on the board of trustees of the Wiesenhof Foundation.
Christian von Boetticher: first environment and agriculture minister in Schleswig-Holstein, today food producer and vice-chairman of the lobby association of the food industry and still head of the influential CDU economic council.
Franz-Josef Holzenkamp: for a long time "consumer policy spokesman" of his parliamentary group in the Bundestag, now (and already alongside the mandate) head of the powerful Raiffeisenverband.
Silvia Breher: Holzenkamp's successor in the Bundestag, first managing director of a farmers' lobby association, now in the Bundestag's agricultural committee.
Gert Lindemann: first State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (this is the Ministry that is also there for consumer protection!), then Supervisory Board Member at Nordzucker, a company that is one of the top beneficiaries of agricultural subsidies. And then, as if nothing had happened, suddenly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs in Lower Saxony…
Matthias Berninger: first Secretary of State for Consumer Protection, then corporate lobbyist for Mars and co-preventor of traffic light labelling, now lobbyist for Bayer-Monsanto – allegedly because he wants to campaign for world nutrition there.
This list is by no means exhaustive. And now I ask you: How can agriculture be made more consumer and environmentally friendly, animal welfare improved, the use of pesticides reduced, the fight against food waste successfully fought when politicians sitting in the Bundestag and the Federal Government are so closely linked to the industry? When deputies and secretaries of state go through the revolving door to the lobby job? There's only one way to counter them: We have to do it ourselves! We need to research interdependencies and make influences public. We must make it an issue when economic interests are simply served – to the detriment of all of us. With your membership you help us to strengthen the voice of consumers and to build up a counter lobby. Thank you. Thank you.
This combination of interests leads our democracy ad absurdum. The Süddeutsche Zeitung recently quoted a politician who had been approached by an agriculture minister after a critical speech: "If at some point you're on track, we'll take care of you too". – "Lucrative items" in return for line loyalty? It's killing the barrel! There are deputies sitting with part-time jobs lobbying on their own behalf and then voting on their own interests. Associations and companies buy ex-politicians who use their wires in politics to push through economic interests. And if someone is still not on line, you can discreetly show them where to go. We can't put up with this any longer!
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As part of the new structure, Jeffrey Yarbrough will be promoted from Director to Executive Director of Safety and Security. Behavioral Health and Risk Management will now be under the Safety and Security umbrella.
"We often say that safety is our No. 1 priority and we mean that. We know that students cannot learn if they don't feel safe. And we also know that part of feeling safe is access to resources to help students deal with behavioral, mental and emotional issues," Flores said. "In Round Rock ISD, we are here to help and develop the whole child, and this new structure will strengthen our ability to do that successfully."
"We also understand that safety encompasses a wide range of issues, from School Resource Officers to technology tools, emergency drills and environmental factors," Flores continued. "We are assembling a team to ensure all of those issues are addressed, monitored and evolving as necessary."
The District is also creating a new position of Director of Behavioral Health that will report to Yarbrough. The position is aimed at improving student academic achievement and well-being by providing mental health services and will include overseeing programs for students who are in crisis or at risk due to depression, grief, suicidal ideation, anger, inadequate social skills, disruptive behavior or family problems.
A citizen's task force focused on student and staff safety in the District reported to the Board of Trustees in September after spending a year researching the issue. A chief priority for task force members was addressing prevention and behavioral health issues in any long term strategy for safety in the District.
"We are so appreciative of the citizens who gave up significant time from their personal and professional lives to address this important topic and we couldn't agree more that a holistic approach to safety is critical given the challenges schools face today," Yarbrough said. "I am confident this connectivity between traditional safety and security and behavioral health could become a national model and I am so proud to serve this District in leading the charge."
Yarbrough has served as Round Rock ISD's Director of Safety and Security since April 2019. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operations Officer and Chief of Police for Bastrop ISD, overseeing safety operations, emergency services, security, transportation, food services, maintenance, construction, facilities, energy management and more. He has also served as an investigator in the Public Integrity Unit for the Travis County District Attorney's Office, a senior investigator for the State Bar of Texas, and Assistant City Manager and Chief of Police for the City of Tulia. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Yarbrough served in the 101st Airborne Division and was a Distinguished Honor Graduate of the Advanced Training Program.
He holds a master's degree from Texas A&M University and a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Brownsville.
In addition to his new duties, Yarbrough will continue to be responsible for coordinating security for all campus and District events and serving as the liaison between the District and law enforcement agencies in emergency situations, ongoing training and security issues, and the School Resource Officer program, currently staffed by officers from the Round Rock Police Department, Williamson County Sheriff's Office and the Austin Community College Police Department.


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Grease Management Program
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Fats, oils and grease (FOG) disposed of incorrectly can have severe unintended consequences. Oils and grease poured onto the ground can be harmful to pets and can attract pests, while oil or grease poured into the sink or storm drains pollutes local bodies of water, harming wildlife.
Grease makes its way into city sanitary pipes when you dispose of oil, butter, dairy or other everyday cooking products down the sink.
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Grease disposed down your kitchen sink clogs drains and creates sewer backups. Blocked sewer pipes can cause raw sewage overflow in your home, your neighbors' homes or in parks and streets. Grease may lead to an expensive cleanup and plumbing repair bills at your expense.
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- COLLECT grease in a container once cooled and dispose in the trash. For very oily liquids, mix with dry wastes such as kitty litter, paper products or other absorbent materials.
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- Grease Management Quarterly Report
- Gray Water Return Authorization Form
- Grease Interceptor Cleaning and Disposal Log
- Best Management Practices Manual for Fats, Oil and Grease
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- Grease Pumpers List
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Ecogeographical variations of chromosomal polymorphism in Hawaiian populations of Drosophila immigrans
Item Summary
|Ecogeographical variations of chromosomal polymorphism in Hawaiian populations of Drosophila immigrans
|Paik, Yong K.
Sung, Kee C.
|LC Subject Headings:
|Drosophila immigrans.
Chromosome inversions.
Drosophila -- Hawaii.
Drosophila -- Genetics.
|Date Issued:
|Feb 1973
|Island Ecosystems IRP, U.S. International Biological Program Reports
|Paik YK, Sung KC. 1973. Ecogeographical variations of chromosomal polymorphism in Hawaiian populations of Drosophila immigrans. Honolulu (HI): Island Ecosystems IRP, U.S. International Biological Program. International Biological Program Technical Report, 12.
|International Biological Program Technical Report
|Eighteen samples from twelve populations of Drosophila immigrans in the islands of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii in the Hawaiian archipelago were analyzed for inversion polymorphism in 1125 females and 206 males. Three kinds of second chromosome inversions, which appear to be identical with those previously reported by other workers, were present in all of our populations; two other new inversions of the same autosome were detected from the Hawaii collections, but their origin, whether natural or laboratory, could not be assured.
The average proportion of inversion heterozygosity per individual of the populations from Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii was about 34%, 32% and 65% respectively. The frequencies of heterozygous inversions Here similar between different populations within islands (with one notable exception on Hawaii). In contrast, the frequencies were significantly heterogeneous from one island to the next. The results of gene arrangement frequency analysis consolidated the above findings. It is suggested that the inter-island differentiations are due to natural selection and probably maintained by the isolation by oceanic channels. Two near-by localities on Hawaii were inhabited with significantly heterogeneous populations. Such a microgeographic differentiation has been interpreted as being due to the presence of highly localized, differential selection forces in the two localities, and the difference seems to be maintained due to isolation by the lava flows.
Our data suggest that the breeding units of Hawaiian populations of D. immigrans are not so small as to allow for genetic drift to significantly affect the populations. Inversion polymorphism was similar between females and males taken at the same time in the same localities.
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Tuan will sometimes go along for a while with whatever his peer group is doing, even if it isn't very good; he went along with Blossom in attempting to corner Shauna to be hypnotized by Lem, though thought better of it and turned away at the end. At the space camp, he sometimes seemed to be playing along with the creepy things the other boys at the camp were doing (such as a panty raid on the girls), but seemed to have some distaste about it.


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SPANISH authorities are bringing police reinforcements back to Benidorm for the World Cup semi-final after English fans caused havoc in previous games.
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A trusty companion for the slow and thoughtful home and the inner utilitarian in us all, How to Split Wood, Shuck an Oyster and Master Other Simple Pleasures allows you to experience the singular satisfaction of doing it yourself.
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A SICKNESS bug has swept through three Midland hospitals leading to the closure of five wards and visiting hours being cancelled.
Bosses at Birmingham's Selly Oak and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, together with Solihull Hospital, have stopped families visiting sick relatives in a bid to halt the norovirus bug from spreading further.
At Solihull the outbreak of the bug, which causes heavy vomiting and diarrhoea, has led to the closure of the clinical decisions unit and wards 19 and 28.
At Selly Oak and the QE two wards have also been closed and visiting restricted to emergencies only.
Two more hospitals, Heartlands and Good Hope, in Sutton Coldfield, also have patients with the bug, although no wards have been closed.
Three patients have gone down with it at Heartlands and four at Good Hope.
A 40-year-old mother of two, who did not wish to be named, said her mum was admitted to Solihull Hospital last week with a suspected stroke but she has been unable to visit her because of the bug.
"My dad went to the hospital on Monday but they told him visiting hours had been cancelled and he should call back on Tuesday," said the woman, whose mother is in the clinical decisions unit.
"However, when he rang yesterday they said visiting had been cancelled that day and he should ring this morning.
"We've also heard that someone had a stroke but they were turned away from Solihull and redirected to Heartlands because they were worried about this bug.
"I know they're closing the wards for the good of the patients and they've been brilliant with my mum, but we're really worried that she'll wonder why no-one's going in to see her.
"My mum's 67 and I hope they explain that we aren't allowed in - it must be pretty bad if they're turning visitors away as well."
Lisa Dunn, director of the Heart of England Foundation Trust which incorporates Solihull, Good Hope and Heartlands hospitals, said they did not yet know when the wards would reopen.
"Norovirus is quite unusual for this time of the year and the wards have been closed to visitors and admissions as a precaution," she said. "There are 13 patients affected on three wards and until this is resolved, visiting is being stopped."
There are no reports currently of norovirus at City Hospital.
The bug has already swept through the Black Country where last week Ward C5 at the Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, was effectively sealed with visiting times restricted and relatives warned to stay away unless absolutely necessary.
Previously Sandwel, Walsall Manor and Wolverhampton's New Cross hospitals have been hit.
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Beazley's 1st Napa Valley Harvest
Oct. 4, 2010 | by Jim Beazley
It was harvest 1981, October 1st. Our mentors, Jack and Essie Doty–owners of Chalet Bernensis, were gone; not just out of town, but out of the COUNTRY!
They had taught us all we knew about innkeeping and then gave us the best possible send off: it was up to us: we could fly or flop. The Dotys, Napa Valley's second B&B owners, were the reason we had become innkeepers.
It was an easy choice for us really…Carol had been a head nurse and I a photojournalist. We lived in Reno where I had been raised. We were both burned out of our careers and wanted a change.
Our first harvest was a total sensory experience.
The vines turn from green to gold to red, responding to the shorter Autumn days. The sun's angle adds drama and an overall golden hue to mornings and late afternoons.
Workers crowd the vineyards picking the rapidly ripening fruit. The excitement is contagious as the fruit is rushed to the wineries. The crush has literally begun.
The fall air is pungent with the scent of fermenting grape juice and the stems and seeds which are spread in the newly harvested vineyards.
We were nearly overwhelmed with new guests and the experience of an entire community caught up in bringing in the harvest.
It was a time of promise of fine things to come, a memorable vintage for the Napa Valley and the beginning of a 30 year career of hosting happy guests for new innkeepers Carol and Jim Beazley.


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Health and Social Care Staff Survey Results Released
24/06/2016The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has released the results from its latest staff survey. Every member of staff working in health and social care across Northern Ireland received the survey at the end of last year to share their experiences.
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• 80% of staff feel satisfied with the quality of work and patient care that they are able to deliver which is above the NHS national average of 76%.
• 67% of staff said they would recommend the Trust as a place to work – also above the national NHS average of 54%.
• 76% of staff said that care of patients is the organisations top priority – a 15% improvement from the previous survey in 2012.
Welcoming the findings, Southern Trust Chief Executive (Interim) Francis Rice said: "We have over 13,000 staff working across the entire Southern area, two thirds of these delivering direct patient care and the other third providing essential behind the scenes support. We want to hear first-hand from our staff who provide our services every day, what it is really like for them working in the Trust.
"We are committed to listening and learning from staff and involving them in shaping services, so it is encouraging that we scored highest in Northern Ireland and above the UK average for employee engagement.
"Whilst it is reassuring that we rank well amongst our counterparts across the NHS, we recognise
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Matthew 2:1 When Iesus was borne at Bethleem a cytie of Iewry, in the tyme of Herode the kynge. Beholde, there came wyse men from the east to Ierusalem, Matthew 2:2 sayinge: Where is he that is borne king of Iewes? For we haue sene hys starre in the east, and are come to worshyppe hym. Matthew 2:3 When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges, he was troubled, and all the cyte of Ierusalem with hym. Matthew 2:4 And whan he had gathered all the chefe prestes and scrybes of the people togeather, he demaunded of them, where Christ shulde be borne. Matthew 2:5 And they sayd vnto hym: At Bethleem in Iewrye. For thus it is wrytten by the prophet: Matthew 2:6 And þu Bethleem in the lande of Iuda, art not the leest among the princes of Iuda. For oute of the shal there come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel. Matthew 2:7 Then Herode (when he had preuely called the wyse men) he enquyred of them diligently what tyme the starre appered, Matthew 2:8 & he bad them go to Bethleem, & sayd: God your waye thither, & searche diligently for þe childe. And when ye haue founde him, bryng me word agayne, that I maye come and worshyp hym also. Matthew 2:9 When they had heard þe kyng, they departed: and lo, the starre which they sawe in the easte, went before them, tyll it came, & stode ouer the place, wherin the chylde was. Matthew 2:10 When they sawe the starre, they were exceadynge glad:
Matthew 2:11 and went into the house, and found the chylde with Mary his mother & fel downe flatt and worshipped hym, and opened their treasures & offered vnto hym gyftes, golde, franckincense, & myrre. Matthew 2:12 And after they were warned of God in slepe (that they shuld not go agayne to Herode) they returned into their awne countre another waye. Matthew 2:13 When they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appered to Ioseph in slepe saying, aryse, & take the chyld and his mother, and flye into Egipt: and be thou there tyll I brynge the worde. For it wyll come to passe that Herode shall seke the chylde, to destroye hym.
Matthew 2:14 So whan he awoke, he toke the childe and hys mother by night, and departed into Egipt, Matthew 2:15 and was there vnto the deeth of Herode, that it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken of þe Lorde by the prophete, sayenge: out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.
Matthew 2:16 Then Herode whan he sawe þt he was mocked of þe wyse men, he was exceading wroth, & sent forth men of warre, & slue all þe chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all þe coastes, (as many as were two yeere olde or vnder) accordynge to the tyme, whych he had dilygently knowe out of the wyse men. Matthew 2:17 Then was fulfylled that, which was spoken by the prophet Ieremy: where as he sayd: Matthew 2:18 in Rama was there a voyce herde lamentacyon, weping, and great mourninge. Rachel weping for her chyldren, & wolde not be comforted because they were not.
Matthew 2:19 But when Herode was deed: beholde, an angell of the Lorde appeared in a slepe to Ioseph, in Egypte,
Matthew 2:20 sayenge: aryse, and take the chylde of hys mother, and go into the lande of Israell. for they are deed which sought the chyldes lyfe. Matthew 2:21 And he arose, and toke the chylde and hys mother, & came into the land of Israell. Matthew 2:22 But when he hearde that Arthelaus dyd raygne in Iewry, in the rowme of his father Herode, he was afrayde to go thither. Notwithstandinge, after he was warned of God in a slepe, he turned a syde into þe parties of Galile,
Matthew 2:23 and went and dwelt in a cyte which is called Nazareth: that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite.


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His sweet face! Can't believe it's been 8 months (today)! He's getting SO big!!
(Really. He is SO big -- it's killing me to carry this kid!)
Here he is practicing his new skill...standing/cruising.
This next section is meant to be like a flip book. I was too lazy to make a slide show or anything else. So -- here is Christian getting into the laundry -- literally.
"Look at me, Ma -- I'm standing -- AGAIN!"
"Mmm, smells great! I love fresh laundry!"
"I think you know what I'm thinking, Ma. I can't help myself!"
"Wahooooo -- wait a minute. This isn't so comfy. Hey -- you with the camera. Get me out of here."
"Ahh heck. one more smile for the camera."
"Now seriously. Get me out of here."
Wow, Christian has been developing by leaps and bounds lately! Last week, as I was rinsing dishes and loading them into the dishwasher, Christian was crawling around the kitchen (on the search for anything life-threatening no doubt), when he took interest in the open dishwasher. He started grabbing at the door, and the next thing I knew he had pulled himself into a kneeling position. Surprised, I congratulated him. He had never done that before. I continued rinsing dishes, only to look over next and find him standing by the washer clutching a knife (from the washer) and wearing a very large grin.
This kid doesn't stop. He is not interested in sitting. He still doesn't even sit very well, actually (meaning, he still flops over sometimes). He just has no interest in remaining stationary. I'll sit him down (which is really hard to do in the first place because he always sticks his legs straight out and won't allow himself to be seated), and then about half second later he's gotten himself down to the ground to go exploring again (and, of course, stuffing dangerous objects into his mouth as fast as he can). Getting him to hold still long enough to change his diaper is a true feat! (And just forget about trying to change his diaper at church.)
It is clear that walking is his goal. Now that he can stand, he will race over to the couch, pull himself up with ease, and start "cruising". He is very happy and proud of himself when he is standing tall. He looks SO little to me still, though. It seems very unnatural for my little infant (in my mind) to be standing and trying to walk around. I guess he takes after Andrew -- from what I hear Andrew was walking (and very shortly thereafter -- running) at 9 months. I would not be surprised to see Christian walking by next month. I thought Kate was an early walker at 11 months. Man. (Hmm...just checked earlier blog posts and realized that Kate was cruising at 8 months, too. I guess he's not that far ahead of her!)
Christian is generally very happy. He gives big sweet smiles, and will often (when he's getting sleepy) lay his cheek against mine, and we'll just sit there "cuddling." Despite his love for exploring, he still loves to be held, and he will almost jump out of my arms in excitement when I pick him up (if he's been crying for that). He loves to yell (happily) and bang his arms on the ground while kicking his legs up and down. It's really funny.
He sleeps all night long now, which is so wonderful I can hardly stand it.
He has two bottom teeth with no sign of others.
He lets me feed him for a few minutes before wrestling the spoon away from me so he can play with it. It's really not a fair fight -- the kid is strong!
He loves his big sister, and he will even tolerate her cleaning between his toes (a compulsion of hers -- she has to clean out her toes after taking her socks off before she can do anything else. Now she has to clean Christian's toes, too. Not sure how long I will let this go on...) I will come into the living room sometimes, and Kate will be smacking his chest and stomach way harder than I think she should be. I start to scold her, but she'll respond, "He likes it!" And sure enough he'll start laughing hysterically. Who can argue with that. She is always watching out for him and making sure he doesn't put (too many) little things into his mouth.
Christian makes a great travel/errand companion. He just loves to get out of the house and rarely complains. We were in the light section at Lowe's the other day, and I think he thought he had died and gone to heaven.
I would be posting more pictures, but since my computer crashed a few weeks ago I don't have Photoshop set up on my computer (and am having problems getting it to install). But he's a beautiful, beefy boy -- and oh do we love him!!


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The resurgent popularity of Best Nootropic Powder—an
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consulting Reddit's (predictably) excessive guide for beginners—it
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of taking different amounts of varying nootropic substances, which users
are encouraged to refine for as long as it takes to achieve Peak
First was a combination of L-theanine and aniracetam, a
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neurological diseases. I tested it by downing the recommended dosages
and then tinkering with a story I had finished a few days earlier, back
when caffeine was my only performance-enhancing drug. I zoomed through
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rearranging others to make them tighter and punchier.
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The tales of two pernicious pugs and their doormat.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Bebe Puggee!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Breakup Post
I don't want to write about what I think is wrong with him and me, and us because 1) I don't want to tarnish the good memories, 2) I don't want to emphasize the flaws, and seem like a vindictive ex, 3) in the case that he reads this, I don't want to hurt him. We've both been hurt enough, 4) if I absolutely have to vent, I have family and a therapist I can talk to, 5) there are people who might (although probably not) read this blog that know both of us personally, friends or co-workers, and it's really none of their business (unless we feel like talking to them face to face).
So this is the last you'll hear about the breakup. I want to move forward and forget the past, and embrace my ex as a great, and hopefully lifelong, friend. So here's to friendship.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Celly's Belly
She got dropped off at the vet's around 8 AM, and I picked her up at 5 PM. I remember when Babs went through this, he was great. When they led him out of the back room, he was grinning and walking about as happy as can be. Celly, on the other hand, well, not so much. The nurse had to carry her to me, and I swear the poor pug looked just like a toddler who's had a horrible day. Her face was all crusty, her nose was full of dried up snot, and her eyes were wet with tears. She was so exhausted and terrified she didn't even cry (and believe me, Celly cries really loudly when she's scared). She just looked at me as if to say, "You are such a cruel mother. I will never forgive you for this. E-V-E-R." Poor little baby. Making me feel guilty for making sure she doesn't have to go through the whole "getting knocked up at a young age, unmarried, working her way through college with a baby on the hip" thing. Well, the pug equivalent anyway.
But anyway, just blogging to let you all know I'm doing much better. Maybe soon I'll do a post about the reasons for the breakup. I don't even know if you care, but I think I might feel better about putting it out on paper (or e-paper, whatever). So bear with me.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Still Hurting, But Trudging On
I am stuck on pug, 'cause pug's stuck on me.
How do you eat your pug?
Half the pug, all the taste.
Snap into a slim pug.
I was a pug weakling.
Do The Pug (check it out!)
Pug, take me away.
I bet he drinks pug.
You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with pug.
So easy, no wonder pug is #1.
Mamma mia, that's a spicy pug!
Pug tested, mother approved.
Out of the strong, came forth pug.
There ain't no party like a pug party.
A pug a day helps you work, rest, and play.
And my favorite....
A day without pug is like a day without sunshine.
Tee hee hee! So true.
Monday, February 11, 2008
It's Over
Thursday, February 7, 2008
What I Want To Do Before I Die
AndreAnna, over at Diary of a Modern Matriarch (a place I lurk at but almost never comment), had a really interesting post today about our goals and dreams. Things we want to do before we die. And I really enjoyed her post - so much, that I decided to follow her lead and do one myself. I really encourage you all to do one too - first off, because I'm nosy and I wanna know, and second, because, well, I really do think it's important to write these things down. It makes it more tangible. Makes you want to really sit down and plan when you'll be able to do it. So write, people! Write! Here's my Top 20 list (in no particular order). I'm sure there's more, but you don't want to read a Top 500 list, do you? I thought not.
1. Skydive, bungee-jump, and hang-glide (I put them all under the same number since they're rather similar in nature. And I need my extra spaces!)
2. Write down all the recipes my family has accumulated over the years, print it out in book form, and give it to the next generation. Our love of food and family shouldn't die with my sibling and cousins.
3. Sit down with my mother and father, and transcribe all the stories they remember of their childhood and youth. My parents really have amazing, sometimes tragic, stories to tell, and I don't want them to be lost when my parents die and I get too old to remember them.
4. Buy all the books I adored when I was a child, and keep them safe for when I have children, or if I don't, for my nephews or nieces. I want them to appreciate good literature and love to read, to listen to stories. Reading shaped my life so strongly that I want to pass it on.
5. Visit every continent in the world, and as many countries as I possibly can (except Antarctica. Antarctica can kiss my ass).
6. Learn Portuguese.
7. Spend substantial time in Brazil.
8. Write a book about my experiences as a child, and as an adult. There are already so many things I don't remember, and it is important to me to have a record, somewhere.
9. Buy a large, LARGE bathtub and take a bath whenever I want to. Baths rock.
10. Have fresh asparagus in my fridge at all times.
11. Be as environmentally friendly as possible. Install solar panels on my roof. Buy a hybrid. Shop at the local co-op. Whatever I can do within my means.
12. Take care of a baby. My mothering instinct won't shut up until I've held a baby, changed it's diaper, fed it, bathed it. Hopefully it'll be my baby. If not, my cousin's might find their kids missing one day.
13. Eat something sweet and naughty every day. Just a little bite of chocolate or cheesecake.
14. Find a job I love. Not a job I like. A job I L-O-V-E.
15. Learn to truly be happy by myself. Learn to not let others hurt me, or bother me, or annoy me.
16. Try to really live my life by the rule: "Do to others like you would want them to do to you." And not get upset when they sometimes act like assholes.
17. Love my partner and children.
18. Learn how to sew.
19. Be as debt-free as humanly possible. And learn to save.
20. It's harder than it sounds (for me, anyway), but learn to say "I love you" to the people I really love.


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I've read lots of tweets lately from fellow writers venting about needing to just buckle down and write. Some said they were distracted by the internet. Others were stressing over meeting their daily word count. I think most writers go through this at some point, so how do you beat the slump? How do you make writing fun again?
1. Write the acknowledgments page for your work in progress.
This has two benefits. The first is that should your WIP be published you won't have to rack your brain for the names of all the people who helped you along the way, praying that you don't forget anyone. The other benefit is that this is something that is writing related, but not actually "writing," so if you find yourself at a loss for ideas and need a break or maybe you need a break because you have too many ideas, give this a try. It's fun and it can give you a bit of perspective, helping you to appreciate all the hard work you've put into you WIP. Hopefully, this appreciation will motivate you to finish your WIP.
2. Write out of order.
Inspiration comes at the worst times. In my case it happens when I'm on the stairmaster, dripping with sweat, with no pen or paper in sight. I'll think of a snappy bit of dialogue or a scene that belongs in the middle of the novel I just started. Write these things down. I used to tell myself I'd remember, but never did, so I rarely go anywhere without a pen or paper or my phone, so that I can write down inspiration when it strikes. So how does this relate to write out of order? I used to simply jot down my inspiration in short hand and would come back to my notes when I got to that scene, but I never used to write the scene. For some reason, I was hellbent on writing in chronological order--I think it was a fear that my writing would appear disjointed if I wrote out of order. Recently, I was stuck on the piece I was writing. I kept rewriting this one scene. It didn't feel write and I couldn't move forward. Then I had an idea for a scene that is probably 4 chapters ahead of where I was. Rather than writing shorthand notes, I decided to write the whole scene. It worked. The juices were flowing and when I was done and returned to the scene I had been working on, I was no longer stuck.
3. Do something else.
For me, it's going to the gym. See stairmaster reference in the example above. Having a separate activity that I am involved in not only serves as a release, but also helps me be more disciplined as a writer. I work best when busy, so it helps me to have to pencil in writing around other activities. I find I get more writing done on days when I have other plans than days when I have "nothing" to do.
4. Make a time card.
If you are surfing the internet too much while you are writing or maybe you just aren't making the time to sit down and write, start a time card. Writing might not be your full-time job, but if you consider writing your job rather than your hobby and treat it as such, you might be more productive. Being honest with yourself and recording how much time you are actually spending writing could make the internet less tempting. Sign in when you write. Sign out when you surf (unless it's research). Then sign back in. Having a tangible record of your time spent writing can help keep you focused. It can also show you how much time you are wasting.
5. Find a strong section in your WIP or a trunk novel.
Stuck? Feeling unmotivated? Find a section in a piece you've written that you like and reread it. It doesn't have to be a section in the piece you're working on, but it can be. I find that if I am stressing or losing faith in my project, rereading something I've written that I am proud of reminds me that I am a good writer and I can do this.
6. Outline or make a story board.
If you are stuck on a plot point, outlining can help you sort out the problem because it helps you think about the bigger picture. Story boards work the same way. They help you find your bearings when you are feeling a bit wayward.Take a step back and ask yourself the big questions. Where is this scene going? What does it reveal about my characters? Is it driving the plot forward and if not why?
These are just a few of the tricks I use when I get stuck. What works for you?


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Psalms 16:1 {Michtam of Dauid.} Preserue me (O God) for in the do I trust. Psalms 16:2 I haue saide vnto the Lord: thou art my God, my goodes are nothing vnto the. Psalms 16:3 All my delytes is vpon the saynctes that are in the earth, and vpon suche lyke. Psalms 16:4 But they that runne after another, shall haue greate trouble. Their drinckoffringes of bloude will not I offre, neither make mencion of their name in my mouth.
Psalms 16:5 The Lorde him selfe is my good and my porcion, thou mayntaynest myne enherytaunce. Psalms 16:6 The lot is fallen vnto me in a fayre ground, yea, I haue a goodly heritage. Psalms 16:7 I will thanke the Lorde for geuynge me warnynge: my reynes also haue chastened me in the night season. Psalms 16:8 Afore hand sawe I God alwayes before me, for he is on my righte hande, that I should not be moued. Psalms 16:9 Therfore dyd my hert reioyce, & my tunge was glad, my flesh also shal rest in hope. Psalms 16:10 For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, neither shalt thou suffre thy saincte to se corrupcion. Psalms 16:11 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe: thou shalte make me full of ioye wyth thy countenaunce. At thy ryght hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.


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