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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131125 - http://bit.ly/17PzTRe yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD
Errors, lies and secrecy: don't trust govts on national security - http://bit.ly/1iaWdeH great analysis (v @VictimsofDSTO)#snowden #AU
re last RT: what @seafishuk don't want you to know: "the stealth tax that says to hell with North Sea cod stocks - http://bit.ly/IgmMj3"
#TPP threatens "sovereign ability of nations to protect public health from tobacco-related disease & death" [pdf] - http://bit.ly/1aQ0crF
Upgrade to CC-BY((NC((ND|SA))?|ND|SA))?-4\.0 - http://bit.ly/1bRkJc7 interesting comment on #CC-SA
Shameful Business: Corporate Giants Target Activists & Non-profits 4 Corporate Espionage - http://bit.ly/1bRntGw #Microsoft, #Monsanto etc
#NAFTA Successfully Undermined Regulations - paved way for #TPP and #TAFTA/#TTIP (v @CeOlivet @pablosolon)
Troll wins #Newegg encryption patent case, threatening web firms that protect customers - http://bit.ly/1jEJxrV US patent system is a joke
Julian #Assange unlikely to be charged in US - http://bit.ly/18l1TPf but is it a trick? (v @charles_consult @kaatje36)
#Xinjiang university students must have political views approved - http://bit.ly/1iNSh1p #china really wants to be hated...
.@MBarnierEU:"Je vais lancer une consultation publique" on #copyright - http://bit.ly/1aQdZ1h we shall see (v @NeelieKroesEU)
Salt Lake #TPP negotiations end with growing desperation - http://bit.ly/1icbk7P who knows what will be the outcome...?
#NSA May Have Hit Internet Companies at a Weak Spot - http://nyti.ms/17QKA5U more details emerge
NAFTA & US Farmers—20 Years Later - http://bit.ly/1hfYe85 "food system that is dominated by fewer and bigger corporations" cf. #TAFTA/#TTIP
Leaked doc shows EU fear of inferiority in #TAFTA - http://bit.ly/1enGvaH "Commission during meeting presented its new website on #TTIP"
Trade unions oppose privileged rights for corps. in #CETA - http://bit.ly/1cMGPyh "failings of the #NAFTA must not be replicated"
Gobierno de #Ecuador invita a sociedad a elaborar de forma transparente un borrador de Ley del Software Libre - http://bit.ly/1b2ws6F nice
Facebook Messenger still reigns in the U.S. but other countries look to #WhatsApp - http://bit.ly/1exo6sq watch out, #facebook...
I am Richard Dawkins, scientist, researcher, author of 12 books, mostly about evolution, plus The God Delusion. AMA - http://bit.ly/1aW0pbX
Are UK organisations merely paying lip service to whistleblowing? - http://bit.ly/1hg4ooM more whistleblowers needed...
Open router project launched to improve network #privacy - http://zd.net/185brbB looks interesting #surveillance
43 Analyses of the Text of Leaked #TPP Text - http://bit.ly/1bliR0n this is the richness that #transparency brings: tabled documents now
Report: Android Tablets Will Be on the Rise Next Year - http://bit.ly/1cqL8iR #android tabs becoming the new #windows?
Medieval #Canada threatens global biodiversity - http://bit.ly/1b2BoIy "not all future Anthropocenes were created equal." (v @MarkJaccard)
"Clinical trial data cannot be considered trade secrets as they are generated 'using' human beings" - http://bit.ly/1b2NykK too right
How Big #Tobacco's divide-and-conquer strategy exposed the #'s flaws - http://bit.ly/1b2QUnU great reporting, sordid tale (v @DrRimmer)
.@UniversitiesUK:"does not promote gender segregation" – http://bit.ly/1aS2Yg8 witless policy, great comments on it (v @Stephen_Curry)
Here's why Obama trade negotiators push the interests of Hollywood and drug companies - http://wapo.st/1aWwaS1 excellent report (v @burcuno)
#NSA surveillance: Europe threatens to freeze US data-sharing arrangements - http://bit.ly/1blP7QP go Viv, go...
US #TPP Negotiators Accused Of Bullying; Refusing To Budge On Ridiculous IP And Corporate Sovereignty Demands - http://bit.ly/IgXlNx
EU to ban fish imports from Belize, Guinea and Cambodia - http://bit.ly/1hgDRrv great move; kudos to @MariaDamanakiEU
If You Don't Care About The NSA Because You 'Haven't Done Anything Wrong,' You're Wrong - http://bit.ly/194RLoc yup


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Shopaholic Hawaii
Shopaholic Hawaii is a game in which you will have to help a girl go shopping in Hawaii. You will have to walk around the cities of Hawaii, go to the hairdressers, buy new jewels, so as to look as stunning as possible at the famous party that you are attending. Your credit card doesn't have any limit.

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Good grief, the anthroblogosphere was active this week! I usually don't have to omit too many entries I find interesting but this week you might need to do some searching on your own to catch everything. Send me what you find at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This delightful post on Evonomics.com uses Christopher Boehm's cross-cultural survey of "Late Pleistocene Appropriate" foraging societies to argue that the figure of the self-serving individualist promulgated by Objectivist author Ayn Rand runs counter to human (pre)history. The author illustrates this argument with examples from Colin Turnbull's classic, The Forest People. Ayn Rand vs. Anthropology. "Who is John Galt? He refused to participate in society and no one has seen him since."
Institut Pasteur reports on a study that compared populations in different Central African environments to examine the effects of moving to different environments on human epigenetics. Forest-dwelling and sedentary Bantu groups, who have lived in different environments for a relatively short time, exhibited epigenetic changes affecting immunity. By comparison, the genetic differences in immunity between Bantu groups and Pygmy groups, who have inhabited different environments for much longer, have become hereditary: Our Epigenome is Influenced by Our Habitat and Lifestyle
This HuffPost article makes the point that referring to terrorists as "animals" is a misnomer, because there are almost no parallels for violent behavior on that scale among other species: The Evolution and Ethology of Terrorism: We Are Unique, Violence is a Dead End, But There Is Hope
This piece on Literary Hub explores how multilingual people conceive of the characteristics of their languages differently depending on the times in their lives that they learned them, and how even "monolingual" people use different kinds of language contextually: Are We Different People in Different Languages?
Linguist Andrew Byrd speaks in Proto-Indo-European, a speculative reconstruction of the language that gave rise to the Indo-European languages, in this Earth, We Are One post: Listen to What Our Ancestors' Language Sounded Like 6,000 Years Ago
An anthropologist working in a non-profit startup reflects on his career in this interview on Anthropologizing: Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Kevin Newton, User Research Lead at Tennessee Data Commons
A few blogs covered the conference "Why the World Needs Anthropologists – Burning Issues of Our Hot Planet" that just took place in Ljubljana. This post in Standplaats Wereld, Anthropologist? You're Hired!, summarizes the main point of the conference: that addressing issues like global warming is a matter of convincing people to act collectively and that anthropologists are the most qualified people to do that.
Culture Matters also featured a post reflecting on the problem of selling (and determining) the value of anthropology as a discipline at institutional and transnational scales. The post argues that anthropology may need to recover its all-encompassing vision to make a difference, rather than just calling for attention to ethnographic detail: Why the World Needs Anthropology
The American Anthropological Association released a statement clarifying the vote on the resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions in Anthropology News, to address several misconceptions: mainly, that the boycott has actually been implemented, and that the organization is singling out Israel for such censure: AAA Statement on the Resolution Proposing a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
The Durham University Department of Anthropology hosts a set of resources and essays on anthropological writing on the page Writing on Writing
This post on Allegra Laboratory makes the case for investing real time and reflection in producing quality works, fighting against the pressures of audit culture in academia: Revisiting a Writing Process: Ode to Academic Freedom #humanrights
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This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
Yesterday, I had a really interesting escalated case for a "Site Down" situation.
The story was that after installing the regular Windows Updates for Windows Server 2003 on their SQL Server machine, the customer rebooted to complete the update installation. When the server came back online, no-one could log into Microsoft Dynamics GP anymore.
You might ask "What had Windows Update done to break Microsoft Dynamics GP?" Well, the answer to that question was "nothing at all".
As this was affecting all users (including the Microsoft Dynamics GP client on the SQL Server), we decided that the problem was with the SQL Server. Looking in the Application logs with the Event Viewer we found a number of errors of the form:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
Event Category: (2)
Event ID: 5118
Date: 9/21/2010
Time: 8:02:04 PM
User: DOMAINadministrator
Computer: NT5
The file "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLDataGPSTWOLog.ldf" is compressed but does not reside in a read-only database or filegroup. The file must be decompressed.
So why would we get a SQL Server Error 5118 about data files being compressed when no-one had turned compression on for that server? There was plenty of hard disk space available, so there was no need to use compression.
Looking at the Advanced Properties of the files in the C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLData folder by right mouse clicking and selecting Properties and then clicking Advanced showed us that the files had the Compress contents to save disk space option selected and so were indeed compressed and that the error message from SQL Server was the exact issue.
To make it easier to see what files were compressed we turned on the option in File Explorer to display compressed files in a blue colour. From the File Explorer Select Tools >> Folder Options (or Organize >> Folder and search options) and click on the View Tab and make sure the Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color option is selected.
Once this option was enabled, we were able to see that many files in the system had been compressed.
So the next question is "Why would a Windows Update compress the files?" and the answer is "It didn't".
The files were compressed at some stage prior to the Windows Update. It was the reboot that caused the failure as this would have restarted the SQL Server service. When the SQL Server service starts up and attaches the databases, it would have identified that the database and log files were compressed and generated the errors.
So "What could compress files without the user knowing?" and the answer here is "The Disk Cleanup utility!!".
The Disk Cleanup utility has an option to Compress old files and this could compress files that should not be compressed, such as the SQL Server data files. I would recommend un-checking this option as it will cause problems if SQL Server files are compressed and could affect performance elsewhere in the system. Hard Disk space is cheap now and so compression is not as needed as in the past.
To summarize: below are the events that caused the problem:
- A Disk Cleanup was run at some stage which compressed the SQL Server data files.
- The machine was not restarted and so SQL Server continued to work with the now compressed data files.
- Later, Windows Updates were installed which requested the machine be restarted.
- The machine was restarted after the Windows Updates forcing all services to start again.
- SQL Server service checked the files before attaching them and generated the error.
- Users could not log into Microsoft Dynamics GP.
The fix for this issue was fairly simple.
- We ran the Disk Cleanup utility and made sure that the Compress old files option was not selected. This will be remembered and so the option will not be used accidentally in the future.
- We clicked Start >> Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Services and stopped the SQL Server related services.
- We selected the C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server folder with a right mouse click, selected Properties and clicked Advanced. The Compress contents to save disk space option was not selected. We checked the option, clicked OK and then on the Properties window clicked OK. On the Confirm Attribute Changes window, we selected Apply changes to this folder only (see screenshot below).
- We then selected the C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server folder again with a right mouse click, selected Properties and clicked Advanced. The Compress contents to save disk space option was now selected. We unchecked the option, clicked OK and then on the Properties window clicked OK. On the Confirm Attribute Changes window, we selected Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files (see screenshot below).
This method then made sure all the files were no longer compressed and when we restarted the SQL Server services, the database files were successfully attached.
All users were now able to log into Microsoft Dynamics GP. Problem solved.
Note: After we confirmed that the issue with Microsoft Dynamics GP was resolved, we repeated the process to fix the compressed files from the root C: folder of the machine as well. We ignored the files that were locked, but this did remove the compression from most of the system.
Hope you find this article helpful.
This article was originally posted on the Developing for Dynamics GP Blog and has been reposted on http://www.winthropdc.com/blog.


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Updating first postings in Israel Daily Picture in preparation for Book 3, Jews and Holy Sites in the Holy Land, Revealed in Early Photographs.
|Damascus Gate (circa 1860)
Archeologists found a Roman gate built by Hadrian in the second century, probably on the foundations of an even earlier gate. Heaps of ashes, believed to be remains of Jewish Temple sacrifices, were found a few hundred meters from the Gate and remained until the early 20th century when they were cleared for buildings.
|This photo is labeled "Damascus Gate."
Actually, it is the city wall just to the
right of and above the Gate.
The daguerreotype photos were found in a storeroom in Girault de Prangey's estate in the 1920s. In recent years, the Biblioteque Nationale de France digitized them.
|This Damascus Gate photo dates back to circa 1859. It was
taken by the first Jewish photographer in Jerusalem, Mendel
Diness. After converting to Christianity, Diness moved to
the United States where he became a preacher named John
Mendenhall Dennis.
The photo below, from the Library of Congress collection, was colorized with an early process, "photochrome," by the Detroit Photographic Company. The photo is dated 1890-1900.
|Damascus Gate, circa 1890.
Photographs over the last 180 years indicate that the Damascus Gate was the primary entrance to the Old City. The gate is adjacent to the Old City's Muslim and Christian Quarters.
|The buildings on the right and left of the gate were shops built by a Jewish Jerusalem banker, Chaim Aharon Volero, at the turn of the century, Picture shows the construction of the row of Valeros' shops outside Damascus Gate (circa 1900). The domes of the Hurva and Tifferet Yisrael synagogues are on the horizon in the center-left of the picture. The shops were demolished by British city planners in 1937
Photographs also show how Damascus Gate was a center for nationalist and military activity in the 20th century after World War I.
|Arab Anti-Zionist demonstration, March 8, 1920, less than three years after the Balfour
Declaration and the British capture of Jerusalem. Many demonstrators declared
that they were Syrians.
|Old City held by insurgents, 1938. Damascus Gate locked
In 1938 local Arab terrorist gangs took control of the Old City. In October 1938, the British recaptured the city, described in the British Mandate report below:
During the month [October 1938], the arrival of strong military reinforcements brought about an improvement of the security position. The Old City of Jerusalem, which had become the rallying point of a large number of bandits and from which acts of violence, murder and intimidation were being organized and perpetrated freely and with impunity, was fully re-occupied by the troops on the 19th of the month. This was a successful, organized operation of considerable magnitude.
|Search for arms en masse outside Damascus Gate, September 9, 1938
|Damascus Gate. Troops retaking the Old City, October, 1938
|Damascus Gate today
Click on the photos to enlarge. Click on the captions to see the originals.


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Carolina Panthers Offensive Line Depth Chart
Jeremy Igo posted a article in Carolina PanthersThe Carolina Panthers offensive line depth chart has become a little more clear now that the OTA practices have come to an end and the Panthers Mini-Camp is set to begin. Here is how the depth chart is shaking out according to my eyes and notes... Left Tackle Michael Oher - Biggest question mark on the entire team. Jonathan Martin - Looking to revitalize his career Martin Wallace - Has earned a few second string reps David Foucault - On the bubble Right Tackle Mike Remmers - Has also spent limited reps at second string center) Daryl Williams (R) - Getting plenty of one on one coaching Nate Chandler - Chandler hasn't practiced, recovering from injury, slight speculation here. Left Guard Andrew Norwell - Future pro bowler? Amini Silatolu - Last year's starter Tyronne Green - 5th year journeyman our of Auburn, injury issues. Right Guard Trai Turner - Road grading guard Chris Scott - Appears to be in good shape, can also backup tackle position Jordan McCray - Tryout player looking for a chance Center Ryan Kalil - Leader of the offense. Brian Folkerts - Solid backup, used as TE on some rhino packages Ronald Patrick - South Carolina kid looking for a NFL home. Taking a quick glance of this lineup, it is easy even for the most casual fans to see a tremendous upgrade over the offensive line from this time last season. Three of the five starting offensive line positions have been upgraded tremendously (Remmers, Turner, Norwell) and the jury is still out on one position (Oher). The quality of depth found is also much improved with former starters moving back to backup positions where they probably should have been to begin with.
The Carolina Panthers offensive line depth chart has become a little more clear now that the OTA practices have come to an end and the Panthers Mini-Camp is set to begin. Here is how the depth chart is shaking out according to my eyes and notes... View full article
Profiling Left Tackles
Jeremy Igo posted a article in Carolina PanthersIt is obvious to even the most casual fan that the Carolina Panthers need a major upgrade at left tackle in 2015. Not so clear, however, is where to find that player. I decided to take the top ten left tackles, as graded by Pro Football Focus, and see if a bit of profiling could help determine where elite left tackles come from and how they got there. (Yes, I am aware PFF is not the absolute truth in terms of performance, but for this exercise it is good enough) Turns out, the results were a mixed bag. Jason Peters - Philadelphia Eagles - Arkansas - UDFA 2004 - 6'4 328 Peters spent some time on the Buffalo practice squad early, was cut once, and eventually earned time at right tackle. He started at right tackle for the Bills in 2006. In 2007 he was a pro bowl left tackle. He has been a stud ever since even after an achilles injury in 2012. Andrew Whitworth - Cincinatti Bengals - LSU - Round 2 (55) 2006 - 6'7 334 Whitworth spent most of his time at left guard until 2009, three years after being drafted late in round two. He then moved to left tackle and performed well. Joe Thomas - Cleveland Browns - Wisconsin - Round 1 (3) 2007 - 6'6 313 Joe Thomas started at LT from the moment he was drafted third overall and performed well ever since. Joe Stayley - San Francisco 49ers - Central Michigan - Round 1 (28) 2007 6'5 306 Joe Stayley started at right tackle after he was taken late in the first round of 2007 where he performed well. He started at left tackle one year later in 2008 and had mixed results. He didn't come into his own at left tackle until 2012 (5 years after being drafted). Kelvin Beachum - Pittsburgh Steelers - Southern Methodist - Round 7 (248) 2012 6'3 306 Kelvin Beachum saw some playing time at right tackle after he was drafted in 2012, where he performed poorly. In 2013 he moved over to left tackle due to injuries along the line. He actually performed adequately then. Beachum started every game in 2014 and had positive numbers in every game. Tyron Smith - Dallas Cowboys - USC - Round 1 (9) 2011 - 6'5 307 Tyron Smith started at right tackle for the entire 2011 season where he performed well. He started at left tackle in 2012 and had mixed results. In 2013 he performed much better and ended with high ratings. Donald Penn - Oakland Raiders - Utah State - UDFA 2006 - 6'4 317 Domald Penn too over at left tackle in 2007 due to injuries for Tampa Bay and performed well. He was an above average left tackle from then on. He had his best season as a pro in 2014 with Oakland. Branden Albert - Miami Dolphins - Virginia - Round 1 (15) 2008 - 6'6 309 Branden Albert started at left tackle right of the gate in 2008 and has had mixed results until 2010 when he started to improve. He was having the best season of his career in 2014 until he tore his ACL and MCL in week 10. Jared Veldheer - Arizona Cardinals - Hillsdale - Round 3 (69) 2010 - 6'6 315 Jared Veldheer was actually slated to start at center, but was moved to left tackle his rookie year. He won the starting job by midseason. Duane Brown - Houston Texans - Virginia Tech - Round 1 (26) 2008 - 6'4 315 Duane Brown split time at left tackle and ended with poor grades overall his rookie season. He started performing well in 2010, two years after being drafted, So what information can we draw from this if the Panthers aspire to have a top ten left tackle? I would say.... - If you have a top ten pick, you might get a stud left tackle right out of the gate. Unfortunately, the Panthers pick much later - Half of the top ten left tackles are first round draft picks. That is a pretty strong trend. - Three of the top ten left tackles are either a 7th round pick or undrafted, emphasizing the fact that once you leave the first round... there is little difference in the rest of the prospects. Whats the difference in a 4th round tackle and a UDFA tackle? Not much, apparently. - The left tackles taken near the Panthers selection either played at right tackle or struggled a bit their rookie year at left, but ended up being well worth the wait. Luckily for the Panthers, this years draft is said to be especially deep for offensive tackles. It is very possible that a top 15 pick in other years could fall to 26 this year, increasing the chances for a franchise left tackle. - Jason Peters early career resembles that of Panthers right tackle Mike Remmers.... (just sayin), So the Panthers might actually have their future LT on the roster already, crazier things have happened. Remmers played well once he was called upon, just like Peters. Conclusion? It seems like there may be another perfect storm for the Panthers. Last year a top need was receiver, and the best player available was a receiver. This is an ideal scenario. This season the best player on the board could very well be an offensive tackle. If that ends up being the case, the Panthers will pull the trigger on a tackle. From there, it would be wise to start the rookie tackle at right tackle and allow Remmers and possibly a free agent compete for the left tackle position. This arrangement would at the very least be a marked improvement over the Chandler/Bell experiment from last season.


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Believe it or not, you can still buy for £100, 000 in London.
Alex Gosling, managing director of online estate agents Housesimple.co.uk, said: 'I'm sure many people will be surprised that you could actually still buy something under £100k in London.
'The capital's property market is so hot at the moment that in many boroughs you would probably struggle to find anything under £200k let alone £100k.
'Any quality stock coming onto the market is gong under offer within hours of the "for sale" boards going up.
'And properties in the most popular areas are selling well over asking price as buyers compete against each other.
'Will we ever see properties under £100k again? I'm sure we will but don't expect to get too much space for that kind of money.
'Also, the chances are if you're spending less than £100k the property will not be in great condition.
'You might buy at a knock down price, but the refurbishment could cost you thousands.'
See full article online: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545768/A-100-000-property-London-They-STILL-exist-Buyers-snap-remaining-flats-going-cheap-dont-money.html


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Explore Artisan Handcraft at the Pasadena Bead & Design Show
Pasadena Bead & Design Show is Thursday, July 26th, 2018, through Sunday July 29th, at Hilton Pasadena. The largest bead & design event in California –with a growing record of attendance over the four days –is open to the public and everyone is welcome! We invite attendees to shop more than 300 exhibits of beautiful, limited-edition, artisan handcraft, including jewelry, beads, gemstones, clothing, paintings, crafts, pottery, glass, silver, ceramics, and textiles.
Pasadena Bead & Design Show was established by artisans who were inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement and the traditional sidewalk art shows of Paris. They wanted to offer the widest range of artisanal products to be found anywhere –providing an opportunity to eliminate the middleman and buy direct from artisans and tradespeople –and at exceptional prices.
Artisan exhibitors are chosen for artistic ability and singularity of work. The original pieces are created by the artisans and are offered for sale here, often for the first time. Many have spent upwards of forty years, perfecting their work, reviving lost styles, using meticulous, time-honored techniques and age-old tools to produce fine, handcrafted, artisan design.
The more adventuresome attendees may want to roll up their sleeves and participate in one of the 150 workshops offered at the show, taught by an artist-in-residence. Workshops start at only $20, and offer step-by-step instruction for all skill levels, working in various media, including wirework, jewelry design, art clay silver, metalwork, chainmaille, champlevé, beadmaking, crystal setting, copper electroforming, enameling, mixed media, tassel making, and hand knotting.
Many products offered are much-sought-after collectibles: African trade beads, Afghan kilims, nomadic textiles, folk art, ephemera, buttons, Taxco silver, Victorian jewelry, Roman glass, ethnographic objects, ceremonial pendants, carved marble figurines, needlework, and art nouveau painted silk.
Along with its artisan exhibitors, Pasadena Bead & Design Show also promotes artisan tradespeople who showcase a vast assortment of beads, jewelry and design components such as conch pearls, amber, lapis lazuli, custom gemstones, opals, Burmese rubies, Jizera garnets, art deco emeralds, antique pearls, gold and silver pieces, hard-to-find decorative charms, vintage artisan beads, and handwrought findings.
Show hours 10am to 6pm, Thursday through Sunday, July 26 – 29. Admission is $8 online or $10 at the door, good all four days. Hilton Pasadena, 168 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena. Visit beadanddesign.com.


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Nederburg The Beautiful Lady 2012
By Christian Eedes, 22 July 2013
Recently a tasting of the new releases in Nederburg's Heritage Heroes range, each wine commemorating a prominent figure in the Paarl cellar's history. This range was launched for the first time about a year ago (see here) and then I was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Now, however, I have to say I think they are generally too pedestrian – there's a sense of "safety first" about the wines and I'd really like to see more excitement from cellarmaster Razvan Macici and team.
The Young Airhawk 2012
Price: R95
Wooded Sauvignon Blanc. A shy nose. Vague green melon flavour. Plump and smooth textured on the palate with nicely coated acidity but lacks flavour intensity and appears a bit listless.
The Anchorman 2012
Price: R95
Wooded Chenin Blanc. The 2011 impressed but for whatever reason this does not appear to be in the same league. Again rich and smooth textured but not very expressive – vague peach and vanilla aromas and flavours.
The Beautiful Lady 2012
Price: R95
Wine of the day. Grapes sourced from the same Stellenbosch farm used by Günter Brözel to produce the Gewűrztraminer entry that earned him the title of Diners Club Winemaker of the Year in 1985. A delicate floral note on the nose while the palate shows litchi and spice. Lots of concentration but remains well balanced thanks to bright acidity. Residual sugar: 22.7g/l and total acidity: 6.1g/l.
The Motorcycle Marvel 2010
Price: R110
Grenache, Carignan, Shiraz. Red fruit, some spice plus an earthy quality. Medium bodied but simultaneously quite broad – ripe fruit, moderate acidity, soft tannins.
The Brewmaster 2010
Price: R110
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Red and black fruit plus some cigar box and spice. Full bodied but classically styled with good clean fruit and fresh acidity. Savoury and rather understated overall.


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The Arkansas Bar Exam assesses whether or not a candidate is competent to practice law in Arkansas. The exam is comprised of three unique parts - the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT). A minimum scaled score of 270 out of 400 possible points is required to pass.
The first portion of the Arkansas Bar Exam is the Multistate Performance Test, or MPT. Two 90-minute items are administered, each of which challenge examinees to separate relevant from irrelevant facts and communicate complex legal concepts effectively. The MPT is designed to test students' ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation.
The second portion of the Arkansas Bar Exam is the Multistate Essay Exam, or the MEE. The MEE consists of six 30-minute questions. Students must provide clear, well-organized compositions that demonstrate the ability to understand universal law concepts and communicate ideas effectively.
The third and final portion of the Arkansas Bar Exam is the Multistate Bar Examination, or the MBE. The MBE is administered twice annually; once on the last Wednesday in February and again on the last Wednesday in July.
AdaptiBar prepares students for the MBE portion of the Arkansas Bar Examination. The MBE occurs on one day, which is divided into two, three-hour parts, each consisting of 100 questions. When answering MBE questions, students apply fundamental legal principles instead of local case or statutory law. During the MBE, students analyze fact situations and apply black letter law. Students choose only one correct answer - the best answer - from the four available choices.
The Arkansas Exam is a 2 day exam.
For more information on the Arkansas Bar Exam, visit the official Arkansas Bar Examination site.
Interested in Arkansas Bar Exam pass rates? We've collected the Arkansas Bar Exam statistics dating back to 2002: Arkansas Bar Exam Results


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Good news for all T-Mobile customers: signing up for their services and paying for a new device in full now comes with new "value", which started this past July 24. With this offer, customers will now be able to purchase a new device with unsubsidized costs or with monthly installment payments.
The cheapest Value plan starts at $39 per month with 500 minutes worth of calls and unlimited texting. Value mobile broadband plans are also available for family lines starting at $49.99 per line. Customers may also bring used phones in exchange of this exclusive offer. Upon the release of the Value plans, the plans currently offered as "Even More" plans will be known as "Classic".


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Paul G. Shupe, MD, Houston, Texas UNITED STATES
Ryan J. Warth, MD, Houston, Texas UNITED STATES
Xueqin Gao, MD, PhD, Houston, TX UNITED STATES
Xuying Sun, PhD, Houston, Texas UNITED STATES
Sarah Amra, BS, Houston, TX UNITED STATES
Johnny Huard, PhD, Houston, TX UNITED STATES
Walter Richard Lowe, MD, Houston, TX UNITED STATES
Christopher D. Harner, MD,FAOA, Houston, TX UNITED STATES
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES
FDA Status Not Applicable
Autologous fibrin clot represents the first clinically-useful scaffold that satisfies each of the biologic requirements for tissue regeneration by functioning as a supporting structure for tissue growth, as reliable source of nutrition, and as a microenvironment rich in growth factors that recruits, maintains, and stimulates progenitor cells to participate in tissue regeneration.
In the laboratory, it has been shown that embedding stem cells into autologous fibrin clots may reduce the deposition of scar tissue and improve the quality of repair tissues. However, their survivability inside fibrin matrices has not been clearly demonstrated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of human whole blood-derived fibrin clots to capture human muscle-derived stem cells (hMDSCs) and to preserve their viability and intrinsic biologic functions over time. We hypothesized that hMDSCs would be captured within the fibrin matrix, would survive inside the clot for at least 2 weeks, and would also maintain their intrinsic capacities for proliferation and migration without undergoing programmed cell death.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval and individual informed consents were obtained before initiation of this study. Patients who underwent elective arthroscopic knee surgery with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) augmentation were enrolled in this study. On the day of surgery, previously-prepared hMDSCs (6 x 105 cells) transduced to express green fluorescent protein (GFP) were suspended in 3 mL of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and transported to the operating room. Approximately 30 mL of whole blood was drawn from each patient using the same venous access (separate from PRP), placed into a 100-mL beaker, and the hMDSCs were added to the blood. Each beaker was swirled in a circular motion for 10 minutes at 95 rpm using a commercially-available blood agitation device. The final clot was separated from its residual and transported in saline gauze to our laboratory. Small sections of each hMDSC-seeded fibrin clot were digested sequentially with collagenase, dispase, and trypsin over a period of 48 hours and incubated in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) for 48 hours, 72 hours, 4 days, 7 days, and 14 days. At each time point, GFP fluorescence of each digested clot fraction was evaluated for evidence of cell viability and proliferation. The culture media containing undigested clot fractions were also analyzed for GFP-positivity. In addition, multiple 5-µm cryosections were created and stained with either Ki67 (a marker for active cell division) or cleaved caspase-3 (a marker for active cell apoptosis).
Five hMDSC-seeded fibrin clots were analyzed in our laboratory. GFP fluorescence was absent in all residual sera after 48 hours of culture. GFP fluorescence of hMDSCs was observed after enzymatic digestion of each clot fraction, and the cells appeared to proliferate up to 2 weeks after clot formation. 5-µm clot cryosections were positive for Ki67 (active proliferation) and negative for cleaved caspase-3 staining (no active apoptosis) at 2 weeks. In the undigested clot fractions, GFP-positive hMDSCs were found outside of the clot matrix and within the culture media at up to 2 weeks.
Our results indicate that the viability and characteristic features of stem cell populations can be maintained within whole blood fibrin clots up to 2 weeks after clot formation, suggesting that autologous fibrin clot may represent an important biologic scaffold and delivery vehicle for future autologous stem cell treatments.


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I finally finished typing my 2004-5 Spreadsheet up with all of the goodies we managed to get done in that school year. In case you are just stopping by for the first time, or if you haven't read my previous Homeschool Series posts, you can catch up on back-logs here. In the next few days I am going to create a series of posts highlighting the year my kids were in First and Second Grade. Here below is the usual pattern that I post and the topics I cover:
FIRST GRADE and SECOND GRADE (2004-5)
Post #1 - Book List
Post #2 - Curriculum
Post #3 - Field Trips
Post #4 - Learning Enrichment Ideas for First and Second Grade
Post #5 - Favorite KONOS Memories from First and Second Grade
Post #6 - KONOS Election/Presidents/Government Unit Fun
I'll be resurrecting my old post entitled, "More on Sprittibee's Homeschool Series" to add the posts above as links there. So, if you happen to be a Bloglines subscriber (or any other Atom or RSS feed subscriber), just know that it is not a mistake that you keep getting an extra copy of the Homeschool Series post. It is just because I am making changes to it frequently!
After I get finished posting the above schedule, I'll start on the details: Field Trip Foto Fridays, Project Photos, and such.
ANNOUNCEMENTS and REMINDERS!
In the mean time, you have exactly six more days to enter and win a free digital camera over at Spunky's blog... and her contest ends on the FIRST DAY OF FALL (Sept 22)! That is the day I'll be changing my blog template and the following day, September 23, will begin the Contest for a free digital camera here on Sprittibee!
Be sure to stop back in tomorrow for Post #1 above! See you then and have a GREAT Saturday! God bless you and yours!
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Double Wire Electric Fencing
Double Wire Electric Fencing is of the most efficient and cost effective barriers around farmland where livestock is kept. In an ever changing world, rapid technological advances make electric fencing projects so much simpler. Nevertheless common problems still exist no matter which type of metal fencing will form the basis for the electrical current. These can be avoided with a little technical knowledge and some common sense.
If the grounding is poor the electric fence will fail. It must complete an unbroken circuit if it is to deliver a shock. The normal installation formula is to position a minimum of three galvanised rods at a depth of 5 ft, 10ft apart.
Good quality ground rod clamps should be used to connect the rods but make sure that the metal you use is identical. For example if you mix copper with steel electrolysis will occur and your connections will rust. This will weaken the shock potential. If the ground bed is smaller than it should be you may notice too high a voltage in the ground rods.
Double wire fencing electric energiser
An energiser which is too small for the type of fencing you are using will not work effectively; resulting in livestock perceiving only a physical barrier rather than a psychological one which will cause pain when attempting to breach. The size of your fencing charger is crucially important if the barrier is to function properly.
So what size do you need?
Primarily consider the type of livestock you have, the quantity of fencing required and whether or not it is to be installed on a concrete base or soil where there's a lot of vegetation. Between 3,500 and 5,000 volts is usually sufficient to contain most livestock. You'll need a narrow pulse (low impedance) charger based on joule output. When purchasing an electric energiser (charger), be careful because unlike many things it might not be quite what it says on the box. For example, you might read that the charger will energise 80 kilometres of fence; but you need to make sure that this claim applies to double wire fencing or any other type of fencing you might be installing.
It's always best to buy an energiser based on joule output and a reputable supplier will be able to advise you on what you need. This information is free so ask questions before committing to a purchase.
For more details about livestock containment fences and double wire electric fencing options call the Siddall and Hilton sales team on +44 (0)1484 401610 who will be happy to share their expert knowledge with you.


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This guest blog post is by Andrzej Manka, Sales Manager at Timber Expo.
When we think of innovative sectors, the timber industry probably isn't the first that springs to mind. Many believe this industry is very traditional, conservative and reluctant to change.
In a word – die-hard! This is especially true when you compare it with other industries: new tech or finance for example, not to mention AI. In our ultra-modern world, we appreciate constant growth, astonishing productivity and impressive innovation above all else.
But this stereotype doesn't match with the reality; the timber industry is now up there at the top of UK and international innovation lists. Admittedly, these represent only a small minority of timber companies, but their success gives the industry dynamics and makes it the leading power in the whole construction business.
As Daniel Kahneman states in his brilliant book "Thinking, Fast and Slow", stereotypical and simplified thinking is a characteristic for the "Fast system" of thinking, the type we use to understand something immediately and without any unnecessary effort. This way of thinking and making sense of the world evoke an image of the timber industry as rather backward, and poor in innovation. However, there is a second way of thinking, the "Slow system," which enables us to go through all important details and deal with the more complex issues.
When you take the time to study the timber industry, as I have been doing for the past 11 months, you will discover so many astonishing and innovative projects in the industry that you'll likely fall in love in timber quite easily. Not to mention that wood is beautiful, and makes our homes and offices so much more aesthetic, natural and trendy.
"A timber revolution is in the air." – this is the first sentence of the description of the fantastic exhibition in Roca London Gallery.
"Construction heading towards a 'timber revolution" – proclaims another exciting headline from a video published by BBC.
Alex de Rijke, of dRMM described wood to be the new concrete: "Concrete is a 20th-century material. Steel is a 19th-century material. Wood is a 21st-century material."
Timber is becoming the leading material in construction industry in the UK and is nearly 30% of the whole construction projects.
The value of the timber industry to the British economy is £7 billion.
So let's have a look at the four wonders of the timber industry. They are not really "wonders" in a literal sense; they are actually the result of creative, courageous and hard working timber specialists. This is, of course, a very subjective (dare I say even controversial?) list of "Four wonders." It's more like an invitation for us to discuss certain achievements in the timber industry.
One other thing- this list list contains different categories like technology, production, and architecture. Maybe it's a bit risky to compare projects that belong to different science or business activities, but let's try.
1. Transparent wood
Invented first in 1992 by German researcher Siegfried Fink and then, independently developed by Professor Lars Berglund. This Swedish KTH research group, led by Professor Liangbing Hu from The University of Maryland, have elaborated a method to remove the color and some chemicals from wood. Thanks to that, the wood becomes 90% transparent. Potential application of this invention is very far-reaching and the wood could be used in construction, interior design and even the car industry.
2. Engineered wood
On the image above you can see an example Cross-laminated-timber housing in east London; "a 10-storey carbon-neutral apartment complex in London's Dalston, the "world's largest cross-laminated timber building".
Engineered wood technologies are what makes the timber & construction industry so dynamically developing and profitable. The most used in the construction industry are plywood, fibreboard, cross-laminated timber (CLT), laminated strand lumber, and many more. Because of the use of these timber products, it's been predicted many times during the last decade that timber will be the main building material in XXI century.
3. Timber skyscrapers
At the moment, the world's tallest timber building is a 14-storey apartment block in Bergen, Norway. However, we are expecting a lot of new timber skyscrapers in the UK, USA, Europe and Asia in future. One of the advanced projects that should be started very soon is an 80-storey, 300m high wooden building integrated within the Barbican (on the image above). Around 1,000 new flats will be build in this impressive 93,000-square-metre timber skyscraper project.
Timber skyscrapers are not only stunning examples of strong "timber trends" in contemporary architecture, but they also bring sustainable development to big cities, as well as reducing carbon emissions.
4. Museum Globe of Science and Innovation
Are you familiar with the history of the Internet? If so, you'll know that Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web when he worked in The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) based in Geneva, Switzerland. The same organization has built the Globe of Science and Innovation, a fine example of outstanding construction. The museum of modern technology, made of wood, is a perfect concept. It creates a very special atmosphere for those who wants to stop for a moment and contemplate the nature of technological innovation.
There are so many more impressive wooden wonders of the world! You can find literally hundreds of great examples. One of my favorites is The Splinter, a wooden sports car with a twin-supercharged 4.6 litre V8.
Not to mention an interesting initiative from Metsa, one of the world's leading timber companies. They have just started the Open Source Wood initiative, a project to encourage innovation and the sharing of knowledge inside the timber industry. Metsä Wood's Executive Vice President, Esa Kaikkonen, explains why the project was established: "Not enough knowledge about modular wood design and building is shared, so wood construction remains niche. There is plenty of innovation but it is difficult to find, so Open Source Wood is our solution. We believe that with open collaboration the industry can achieve significant growth."
There is still many ways in which the timber industry can evolve, but there is no doubt that the timber revolution has already started and it looks very exciting!


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From the minds that brought you Kik, the ultra-fast mobile messaging app, comes Clik: a new platform that will let developers create smartphone apps that can control just about any screen with a web browser.
To prove the value of its platform, the company is releasing a free Clik YouTube app today for the iPhone and Android, which basically turns your smartphone into an addictively powerful Youtube remote control.
Here's how Clik works: Simply visit clickthis.com in any web browser, scan the QR code with the Clik app (see right), and you'll be presented with options that directly control what the browser displays. On the Clik YouTube app, you'll be able to choose from featured videos, as well as search for YouTube videos, that will instantly start playing on the remote screen.
"Basically, we wanted to give you the Airplay experience with the minimum setup required," Clik (and Kik) Ceo Ted Livingston told VentureBeat in an interview last week.
Livingston tells me that the company initially began building Clik and the infrastructure powering it two years ago, but ended up using that technology to power Kik. Today, sending messages on Kik is nearly instantaneous. Now with a mature architecture behind it, Clik offers similarly fast control between your smartphone and other screens.
Clik also offers multiplayer capabilities, which could make for some fun parties. Multiple people can scan the QR code image for a single screen to control it, allowing groups to easily share their favorite cat videos.
The YouTube app is just the beginning for the company, as the technology powering Clik can let you push all sorts of content to your screens. With the Clik platform, third-party developers will be able to take advantage of the company's tech to create apps that can share pictures, music, and potentially even games on remote screens.
Livingston tells me that most of his company will now be focusing on developing Clik. Its Kik messenger app won't be going anywhere, but now that it's feature rich and stable, the company is tackling newer challenges building up Clik.


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January 19, 2014 – Nollywood Actress Susan Peters Buys New House & Car
For those who do not know her, Susan Peters is an experienced Nollywood star who hardly show up in movies these days.
She is secretly married to an elderly London-based white man who has never stopped spending lavishly on her.
The Benin-born Nollywood actress on Saturday shared photos of her newly acquired mansion and a brand new car. Susan Peters said it is a new year and everything about her must be new.
See Susan Peters' new house and car picture below
Nollywood insiders said the actress always get whatever she asked for from her British husband.
How many of her colleagues can date an old man….Nothing goes for nothing in this world.
Susan Peters is indeed a lucky girl. Congrats to her.


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10 More Truths…
By Ryan Chandler~@NayrRyChi
- Chase success, not money…Don't allow your reality to kill your dream
- Acknowledge what people have done, instead of what they have not
- Sex is an expression of love, lust, or curiosity
- Two types of guys that will forever attract women are: Funny Guys and Bad Boys
- When two "friends" have sex for the first time it is now the beginning of something great, or the beginning of the end
- Listening and hearing are two different things
- There is a lack of Alpha Males
- Some men tend to get lazy once comfortable in a relationship
- A man will do to a woman whatever she allows
- Social Media has changed the dynamics of dating
________________________________________________________________________________Ryan Chandler is a 23 year old south side Chicago Native and emerging hip-hop journalist. He is an avid hip-hop enthusiast who is not only immersed in the music but the dynamics of the culture, as a whole. Ryan aims to use his passion for hip-hop and people to further elevate the community. He has written for notable Chicago blogs such as FakeShoreDrive and is a welcomed contributor to the Street Intell brand.


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I heard about Killing Eve via the Twitter-vine and decided it needed a look-see. The whole box set is available on BBC iPlayer which is cool and I watched it over the last three evenings. On BBC America in The States and BBC Three in the UK, the story traverses UK, Russia, and France and has the spies zipping all over to try to catch the assassin. There will be spoilers ahead, so if you haven't seen it yet you may want to look no further than the trailer below.
Killing Eve
Based on the novels by Luke Jennings, a female security operative out of MI5 hunts for an assassin. The two women become obsessed with each other in this cat and mouse thriller.
Starring Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy), Jodie Comer (Doctor Foster), Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter), Kim Bodnia (The Bridge), Sean Delaney (Midsomer Murders), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Barry), Owen McDonnell (My Mother and Other Strangers), Darren Boyd (Stan Lee's Lucky Man), David Haig (Penny Dreadful)
Killing Eve Review Conclusion
I probably won't watch it again – Having never read the books I had no idea what to expect and was pleased by the largely female-led cast. But whilst there were plenty of fun and intense scenes there were a few that felt like adults pretending to be children pretending to be spies. The new clothes for old seemed like a forced imitation of Hannibal Lector helping Will
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Discounts drive into homes marketBusiness | Bloomberg 14 Sep 2018
Chinese property developers are offering free luxury cars and hefty discounts to lure buyers as lending curbs and funding constraints squeeze their finances.
China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings is giving away a BMW Series 3 or X1 to buyers of a three-bedroom unit or townhouse at its Shanghai development. The car, or cash equivalent, equates to about a 10 percent discount on the 3.1 million yuan (HK$3.55 billion) price of the 89-square-meter apartment.
At China Evergrande Group's (3333) 646 nationwide projects, a basic 11 percent price cut widens to as much as 26 percent once extra perks, such as discounts to buyers referred by Evergrande employees or previous buyers, are thrown in.
An initial down-payment of just 5 percent is required, compared with the usual 30 percent deposit required by local governments. Developers are bridging the gap by offering multiyear installment plans as a way of getting around higher thresholds aimed at deterring property speculators.
The giveaways and discounts suggest debt-laden developers are pulling out all stops to raise revenue, with the sector facing a record US$23 billion (HK$180.52 billion) maturity wall in the first quarter of 2019. At the same time, China's determination to keep a lid on home prices has made it harder for developers to generate swift cash from sales.
"Financing is becoming hard for everyone, even including the giant players," said Sabrina Wei, head of northern China research at Cushman & Wakefield in Beijing. "They need discounts to boost sales and collect cash."
Developers in neighboring Hong Kong are also offering perks such as free holiday and travel packages and easy credit to lure buyers in a sign one of the world's hottest property markets may finally be cooling.


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Father Patrick Samway, S.J. will discuss his work on Flannery O'Connor, delving into her letters and her experiences with editor Robert Giroux.
Category Archives: Books and Lunch
Chew on this…Books & Lunch 4/24/13: Rachel Hall
Chew on this…Books & Lunch 3/22/13: April Lindner
Friday March 22, 2013
Noon – 1:30pm
Wachterhauser Seminar Room
2nd floor, Post Learning Commons
Take a break and join us for lunch!
April Lindner, Ph.D.
Professor of English
April Lindner will read selections from her new book, Catherine.
This will be followed by a brief question and answer session.
A light lunch will be served. Hope to see you there!


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A List of Kirk Douglas' Most Iconic Movie Roles Through the Years
We all know Kirk Douglas has always been a fighter, and we're not just saying that because of the image that was projected in his movies. For starters, the amazing man is over 100 years old, and, given his appearance at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards, is showing no signs of slowing down. And this is despite the fact that he suffered a severe stroke over 20 years ago. It's exactly that kind of strength that has kept us fascinated with him for all these years, and will ensure his legacy will live on long after he's gone.
Born Issur Danielovitch (c'mon, it's a natural progression to Kirk Douglas from there) on Dec. 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, NY, he made his film debut in 1946's The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, but catapulted to stardom only three years later with Champion. Things just continued from there, with Kirk starring in one classic after another, and moving from cop stories to Westerns to period dramas, most notable among them is 1960's Spartacus.
What follows is a countdown of a dozen of his most popular films, and they genuinely just start to scratch the surface of all that he has been able to achieve.
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We ended (Part Two) on the Predatory World with the thought that Jesus tells His followers that He Himself would become the instrument of healing for the world as He is lifted up as a symbol of evil – on the Cross: "As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life" (John 3 v 14).
On Animal Souls
A belief in 'souls' is a matter of faith, whether animal or human. It can be likened to a faith in God. Faith is faith and proof is not scientifically available.
I believe in the existence of animal souls because, to me, the scriptural evidence for them is conclusive. In Genesis 1 v 21-24 the words 'living creature' are the Hebrew 'chay nephesh'. Over 400 times the Old Testament translates 'nephesh' as 'soul'. The essential basis of the Gospel is that Jesus is Lord of ALL Creation and, by His sacrificial death on the Cross, He has reconciled to God ALL of Creation, "For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in Heaven, by making peace through His blood shed on the Cross" (Colossians 1 v 20).
Sadly, arguments against the existence of animal souls have traditionally been weighted so heavily by the alleged importance of 'intellect' and 'will'. Together with countless other Christians, I believe that animals do have both intelligence and will.
If reconciliation to God is dependent upon an intellectual relationship with Him, what then of a severely mentally-impaired human? In fact, upon what point of the 'divine I.Q. test' does any one of us pass or fail? Jesus Himself said, "I assure you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it" (Mark 10 v 15).
But I believe faithful humility is the key to this issue, as it is human arrogance which centres all worth upon the human self. It is also human arrogance which can taint even Christianity and cause a sincere Christian to be insensitive to the God-given rights and needs of their fellow creatures. And what this arrogance omits to realise is it is simply not possible to proclaim Jesus as Lord and Saviour without proclaiming Him as Lord and Saviour of the WHOLE Creation.
Thankfully, it has now been established that in important scriptural passages, which speak of the scope of the Christian message and of the inclusiveness of redemption, the original texts must be interpreted in such a way as to include the WHOLE Creation, in all its cosmic immensity. Thus Mark 16 v 15 says, Go forth to every part of the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation". Similarly, Revelation 5 v 13 says, "Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever'".
The Good News is infinite and boundless. Christ Jesus has redeemed the WHOLE Creation and in His eternal love there is a place for the soul of EVERY creature.
On Redemption
The Christian faith is based on the belief that all is NOT well with the world; that the WHOLE Creation is fallen from God's original perfect will (Genesis 3, Romans 5, Romans 8, John 3 v 14-16, 1 Corinthians 15 v 21-22 etc.). It is because we are 'fallen' that we need a saviour, a Saviour who, as Jesus of Nazareth, came to share in the sufferings of His world. In Him and in His death on the Cross the WHOLE fallen Creation has its hope of Redemption (Colossians 1 v 19-20).
Jesus based His teachings upon love, "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" (John 13 v 34). But our human attainment of love is weak and flawed, unless it is grounded in the perfect love of Jesus; and not one of us will achieve this expression of love until we know Him 'face to face' however one understands this concept, "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known" (1 Corinthians 13 v 12).
As we are, we are children of the 'Fall' awaiting the fulfillment of our 'Redemption'. A belief in the concept of the 'Fall' is something which most secular animal welfarists choose to reject and, by so doing, they also reject major portions of the New Testament.
Either consciously or unconsciously, they then reject their need of redemption and their need of the salvation which is freely offered to them by Christ (Romans 5 v 12-20).
There is nothing simple about a faith in God incarnate, crucified, risen, ascended and awaited. It is a faith, extraordinary and supernatural, but I believe that this one Christ Jesus is either everything to the WHOLE Creation or that He is nothing. And that we must either choose Him in all His mysterious and complex fullness or that we must reject Him. The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth and that Truth will ultimately be found in Christ Himself, who will stay with us, if we ask it of Him. He says, "I AM the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14 v 6), "Here I AM! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3 v 20).
A major tragedy of today's Christianity lies in its general absorption of the current worldly exploitation of animals. There is no justification for this in the scriptures and Christians are, therefore, corporately and individually culpable in this respect, not only for their apparent indifference to legalised animal abuse, but also for the loss to Christ of thousands of, often spiritually thirsty, animal welfarists who are drawn towards New Age and Eastern religions or no faith at all. It is, therefore, vital that Christian animal welfarists attempt to alert Christians to this fact and to assure these caring secular animal welfarists of Christ's love for them as well as for His animal kingdom.
Thank you for reading and following our blog! We hope you will 'like' and 'share' it! Your comments are always welcome! ~Ros
My calling as a Child of the Creator is to take the Gospel, as it relates to the WHOLE creation, to the world; and to remind the Church of its Biblical responsibilities to non-human animals and the earth.
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Hi, I'm Edna-Jakki Miller, Creator of DanceFit thank you for visiting us. For the past 40+ years, I have been designing and teaching integrative holistic-based fitness and wellness programs. Our team has put together a great selection of classes, workshops and programs for you to choose from. If you don't see something that you need, please contact us and we will make sure that we put it on the schedule.
At DanceFit, we labor to provide you with a great environment to meet your goals. Feel free to turn your training schedule into a group effort with cardio classes, toning and strength classes and exercise classes. And we offer "free" community offerings several times per year.
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My favorite photography magazine is one I write for, Black & White Photography. Although it may seem a narrow niche, it always seems to have a lot for everybody. Consider this month's issue:
"The renowned photographer, writer, and winner of the Deutsche Borse photographic prize, Robert Adams, reveals what drives him in an in-depth interview. Accompanying him in this issue is Ragnar Axelsson, whose regular trips to the remote Faroe Islands have resulted in a stunning documentary of this archipelago, and Paul Strand, whose European work broke boundaries. Learn how to make paper negatives and thiocarbamide tone, in our technique features, and discover whether the Zeiss Ikon will take its place among the classics."
It's got interesting columnists (really, besides me), a regular feature on vintage cameras, exhibition news, and doesn't stick to only one style of photography, instead showing a wide range. It's very well edited (I know whereof I speak, having been a photo magazine editor myself), and maintains a high standard. Even 100% color digital photographers will be entertained, have their horizons broadened, and see some good pictures every month. Altogether top drawer.
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My Vintage Precious is a serie where I ask people working on the creative field to share their most beloved second hand possessions and reveal the stories behind them.
|Photo © Laura J Powell
"My vintage precious is an antique baroque-style Bishops Mitre that I got on loan from the Welsh National Opera costume archive for a photography project. While sifting through the Opera's archival warehouse for props, I found the Mitre lying in the bottom of a Tupperware box, where it appeared to have been untounched for many years. It immediately grabbed me, with its mix of the shabby and decadent, the Mitre might easily have been lifted straight out of an eighteenth century Gothic Romance novel. The ornate embroidery, made to imitate the classical ecclesiastical "cloth of gold" is in parts worn away and some of the jewels are missing or hanging off, but I feel this only adds to the beauty of the piece. I am unsure of the precise age of the Mitre; however, I would guess that it was made circa 1910-20 as it has an almost art nouveau vibe. I have used the Mitre for several of my own shoots, including a shoot in which I collaborated with House of Po. However, most recently I modelled the hat for a set of images taken by the talented photographer Laura J Powell. You can view the images on her blog here."
Big thanks to Lou for sharing her story!
Lou Deeley is an aspiring photographer residing in Cardiff, Great Britain.
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2012 f150 remote start problems
Car configuration discussions and experience sharing
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2012 f150 remote start problems
I bought the antenna from tasca and a cheap key from ebay. I turned everything on using forscan,programmed the new key to the pats system, and programmed the buttons. Problem is that the key will remote start the truck by just pressing the start button one time by itself. The truck will not turn off with the remote start button either. I can get the key and press the x2 button once and the truck locks,honks horn and starts. Pressing the x2 button to kill it just locks the door. Is this a problem with the cheap key i bought?
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just a fair warning remote start comes with a double edge sword. having this installed can short out your VCM or BCM on your F150 and ford does not recommend you having this installed with a PATS System.
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This is a factory ford system. The only thing was adding the ford antenna and turning it on in the bcm and ipc on forscan. Nothing was cut or anything, its its all plug and play ford parts
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Re: 2012 f150 remote start problems
I would try reprogramming the key but i really suspect its the key itself. I've done quite a few of these (even my own 2013 f-150) and the keys can be hit or miss but for the price you can't beat it. If the seller allows returns and you haven't cut the key yet that's what i would do. Sometimes reprogramming works but very rarely.
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try holding the start button 3-5 seconds when remote started .
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(And all things related. Whatever they may be.)
Who doesn't like icecream? (I know several folks, actually.) I like icecream a lot. I don't love it, or live off of it, like my dad, his wife and my little sister do. They go through a few cartons of Edy's Double-Churn and Breyer's Light every week. I don't eat enough icecream to justify buying it in the grocery – if I do, I'll only buy a little-bitty one so I don't waste money. And I buy only certain kinds.
- Mayfield, preferably in the old-fashioned box and never vanilla.
- Blue Bunny, because it's the icecream that Dad and I used to buy and he would throw such a fit over in the middle of the grocery. (It's a comfort thing.)
- Breyer's Vanilla Bean. I love vanilla bean icecream.
It's summertime – time for making icecream at home, like good hot weather-loving Southern folk ought to. And I've made a batch or two of my own, even without the icecream maker I've been promised, notably the green tea icecream a few posts down. But there are others I've seen, that I want to emulate or fiddle with, and if I don't write them down, then I'll forget to make them, and that would be a shame. So, forthwith:
- Brown sugar buttermilk icecream, adapted from Emiline's Creamy Buttermilk Ice Cream
- And honey buttermilk icecream.
- Emiline's Creamy Buttermilk Ice Cream, of course. Gotta try the original, too.
- Cheesecake Ice Cream from Kitchen Confit's Cheesecake Ice Cream Pie, with a few tweaks (I'm not a lemon-twang fan, myself – maybe caramel cheesecake?)
- Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream from Miche Mâche – actually, it's the next creation on my list, and will probably be made tonight as a caffeinated 'tribute' to obscenely late hours and last-minute summer classwork.
- Matcha icecream (not just green tea)
- Roasted Peach Ice Cream from Susan at Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy (I have peaches that need using!)
- Mint julep gelato from Mike's Table
- Caramel Coconut Icecream (from a coconut base)
- Blackberry and mint gelato
- Lapsang and ginger gelato
- Balsamic strawberry icecream
Looking at the list now, that's a whole lot of icecream and other frozen delights to be made. And tasted. And pondered. And I may not be able to make all of it before the icecream season's over.
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As of this past Monday, Google's Gmail for its Premier Apps users was still experiencing some accessibility issues. The recent troubles followed shortly after an outage that lasted up to thirty hours for some customers last week. Google apologized for the outage that affected, what it said, was a small number of Gmail and Apps users. The outage was reportedly fixed within a day, but that did not stop some from calling the outage more than just a headache, as businesses (especially of the smaller variety) have come to rely on the services to perform essential office functions.
What remains unclear is how many of the users that were affected from the earlier outage were subscribers to the Google Apps Premier Edition, which is Google's business class offering of Web apps that can be had for a relatively small subscription fee. As Google seeks to expand its SaaS presence within the business market it faces increasing scrutiny over whether its web services can meet the needs of corporate users -- scrutiny that may be, in all fairness, above and beyond what traditional software applications have been put under. Google's position as a consumer powerhouse may have left the company in a catch 22 with new enterprise users -- generating very high expectations while having their every mistep broadcast by media outlets.
Also, as I will be covering much of the Web 2.0 and SaaS news for ebizQ, I would like to welcome any enterprises with relevant news or press to please email me, Jason Hinkley, at jason(at)ebizQ.net.


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The One Constant in the Stock Market in the Last 100+ Years
Over the past 100 years the stock market has evolved greatly, but there has always been one main thing that has never changed in the market…
If you know the things that never change in the market you will be much better at predicting future price cycles.
The History Of the Market
Around 100 years ago in the stock market everything was done based on tickets, you would exchange tickets in order to purchase stock.
Prices were also dealt in quarters, meaning that instead of purchasing a stock that cost $30.23, you would pay $30.25.
Today, things are done in decimal format, and the internet has given us the ability of high frequency computer trading. Also, we no longer have stock certificates because everything is done digitally.
As you can see, a lot has changed in the market over the past 100 years but the one thing that has not changed, is human behavior.
If you watch human behavior and listen to what is going on around you, and see how it's applying to the stock market, you will be able to predict future trends much better.
How Does Human Behavior Apply To The Stock Market?
- Seasonality is the first thing that affects the stock market. In the summer time you do not see a lot of people investing, this is the time that they are traveling, going on vacation, and spending time with their families. It has remained the same over the past 100 years that in the summer, the market volume dies down. In the winter time, people tend to invest more due to bonuses or extra income.
- Baby Booms also affect the stock market. When a baby boom happens, people have less money to invest due to having to spend money on their children. This can last anywhere from 5-15 years after the baby boom. So when this happens everything in the market tends to slowly die down as well because people are using their extra income to support the new member of their family.
Final Thoughts
Normally the market evolves much more rapidly than we as humans do, but if you pay attention to these cycles and you look at them very closely, you will be able to predict trends of what will happen to the market. You will be able to predict if the market will slow down or if it will accelerate which will give you a huge advantage.
You must understand that this is a long term play, it is not a computer algorithm because the change is very slow. But paying attention to these changes will help you gain long term success in the market.


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May 18, 2011
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by Robert E. Geer, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University at Albany-SUNY
I can almost hear the exchange. First, Alex Trebek quizzing Jeopardy! contestants: "This will enable a bright future for students while improving national competitiveness." Then, Watson's response: "What are 'specialized courses of study, particularly in science and technology'?"
Correct indeed. The U.S. economy has always been driven by innovation, with high-tech research, development, and commercialization spurring economic growth. We have relied largely on our universities as the training grounds for the high-tech workforce.
But to compete-and succeed-in today's global economy, our universities must do more than simply impart knowledge. They need to offer specialized courses of study that teach students how to create knowledge, innovate, and blend multiple disciplines to forge new pathways in science and technology.
A prime example of students capitalizing on specialized degrees is in the field of nanotechnology. The National Science Foundation projects that the U.S. will require at least 2 million nanotech-savvy scientists, researchers, engineers, and others by 2014.
One such public undergraduate program exists at University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering. With $7 billion in public and private investment, it gives students a unique opportunity to study and drive innovation and technology transfer-and to obtain employment with more than 250 global corporate partners, both before and after graduating. In the process, CNSE has helped create and retain thousands of high-tech jobs, with an average annual salary of $81,000.
As the saying goes, "Opportunity only knocks once." The specialized undergraduate degree gives students the key to unlock that door-and our nation's economic future.
by Linda H. Halisky, College of Liberal Arts Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
In an attempt to address the nation's need for a ready workforce, some argue that early specialization, preferably in a professional discipline, is key. What experience and research are showing us, however, is that such an agenda would likely work against us.
In a recent Harvard Business Review item, writer Tony Golsby-Smith points to the limitations of an education focusing more on skills that prepare us to "control, predict, verify, guarantee, and test data" and less on the aptitudes necessary to "navigate the 'what if' questions" the real world presents.
In addition, New York Times columnist David Brooks writes in the "The New Humanism" that talents like the "ability to enter other minds and learn what they have to offer" and the ability to "see patterns in the world and derive a gist from complex situations" are critical to our future success. Such abilities, of course, are honed by the study of such things as literature, history, philosophy, and art.
The role the humanities, arts, and social sciences plays in developing the "whole persons" we need to become-to live rich and meaningful lives and address complex problems-are all factors students should be encouraged to explore throughout their education.
This debate really needn't be about one or the other: It's the cooperation and interplay of the liberal arts with vocation-specific training, as it turns out, that holds the most promise.


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26. How do I determine my current legal status in the U.S. as a J-1 status holder?
The Exchange Program Period that is marked on your Form DS-2019 Certificate of Eligibility determines the length of your legal stay within the U.S.
27. What is the grace period on J-1 visa?
As J-1 exchange visitor, you are permitted to remain in the country up to 30 days past the end date of your Form DS-2019 . This time is to allow you time for tourism and packing. You do not have work authorization during this time. If you require additional time to complete your project, request both DS-2019 extension, if eligible, before your grace period begins.
28. Can I leave and re-enter the U.S. if my DS-2019, Certificate of Eligibility, and I-94, Arrival-Departure document, are still valid but my visa has expired?
Yes, but you will need a new visa to re-enter the U.S. Reapplying for a J-1 or J-2 visa may be risky in some countries.
29. I am a J-1 student. How long can I participate in practical training upon completion of my degree program?
The length of time varies depending on the degree awarded. If you have received your baccalaureate/ master's degree you may enter a training program for a maximum period of 18 months, while post-doctoral individuals can receive practical training for a maximum period of 36 months.
30. Can I change status to J-1 student from J-1 researcher?
Yes, you may change status from J-1 researcher to J-1 student, however, some program sponsors require you to go abroad and apply for another J-1 visa under the new program before allowing you to change your status.


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This article from an education blog details some technologies and classroom activities that can be used to create our stories that will pass on to future generations.
The ideas outlined in this article could be used by family hsitorians to preserve their stories.
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