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Terms DefinedBecause the terms mission, missions, missionary, and church planting mean different things to different people; the following definitions are provided to clarify how they are to be understood in this Philosophy of Missions:
The Underlying Premise Governing MissionsThe underlying premise behind our philosophy of missions is a conviction that the Bible not only establishes the specific mandate for missions, but that it also provides the general method for how that mandate is to be accomplished. There is little disagreement among Bible believing churches that the responsibility of the mandate given in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) is the responsibility of the church. So there is no question as to what we are to do. The question becomes, how is the church going to accomplish this mandate? Comparing the way missions is typically approached today with the way missions was approached in the New Testament, some notable changes become evident. When it comes to missions today, there is typically minimal involvement from the church on the local level with the missionary on the field. There is also very little accountability from the missionary to his sending church. The local church today has basically delegated its responsibility of selecting, sending and supervising missionaries to mission sending agencies and has left the burden of obtaining financial and prayer support to the missionary. The mission's philosophy and strategy of our church is largely taken from principles that are found in Acts chapters 13 and 14. Understanding that there is room for flexibility in missions due to changing cultural and technological factors, the basic pattern to follow has been clearly established by God principally, in the book of Acts. The underlying premise in our mission's philosophy is that the Word of God provides principles for how a local church should be involved in missions.
The Foundational Principles Supporting MissionsThere are four major principles found in the model of the church at Antioch and the unique relationship this church had with its first two missionaries, Paul and Barnabas. This model relationship provides the structure that supports our philosophy of missions.
- The missionary is to be proven in the context of local church ministry prior to being sent.
Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul (Acts 13:1).Before a missionary should be sent to the mission field, that missionary should first be involved in the ministry of the church. Barnabas and Saul were actively involved in a ministry that involved the communication of God's Word. The designation of "prophets and teachers" indicates a teaching and preaching ministry. It was in the context of faithful ministry within the church that Barnabas and Paul were separated out for missionary service.
As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them" (Acts 13:2).Paul matured as a leader in the context of his local church at Antioch, having been brought there by Barnabas.
And when he [Barnabas] had found him [Saul], he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch (Acts 11:26).While in Antioch Paul and Barnabas engaged in a teaching ministry for nearly a year, until they were entrusted to take relief money from Antioch to the believers in Judea who were experiencing great famine.
Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul (Acts 11:29-30).Paul and Barnabas proved themselves in the context of their own church by remaining faithful doing the work of God there. It was through serving in this local church that they proved themselves to be gifted leaders who demonstrated an ability to teach. Under their ministry the church grew and everyone in the church knew them. Discipleship is the responsibility of the church. When a church fails to effectively train, equip and then engage believers into the ministry of the church; then the pool from which to harvest missionaries becomes virtually nonexistent. A church that fails to effectively disciple and equip believers must then look outside its own ministry to find faithful missionary candidates whom they can support. When the Holy Spirit directed the church to send out its first missionaries, He identified two men who were already proven in the context of faithful ministry. When Paul and Barnabas went out from Antioch on their first missionary journey, they did not need seek support from other churches where they were not known and had not been proven faithful. They were sent and supported by the church with whom they had been proven. Paul and Barnabas were proven to be faithful servants who faithfully served within the church.
- A missionary's call will be confirmed by God to the local church.
As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them" (Acts 13:2).One wonders if they were following the instruction given by our Lord to pray for the Lord to send laborers into His harvest (Matthew 9:38). It is in this kind of climate that a sovereign God chooses to work. The Holy Spirit will reveal His will to a God seeking and Spirit sensitive church body. John Stott noted, "It is the responsibility of every local church (especially of its leaders) to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit, in order to discover whom he may be gifting and calling" (The Spirit, the Church and the World, 218). Someone who is not recognized by his church as faithful, mature and called should not pursue the mission field until others within the leadership of that church have a sense of God's calling on his life. It is essential that the church be faithfully praying for laborers and effectively equipping those whom God has called.
- The missionary is to be sent out by the local church.
Then having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away (Acts 13:3).Convinced of both the calling and qualifications of the two men, the church officially commissioned them and sent them out on their first missionary journey. The act of laying their hands on the two missionaries was recognition of the two men as their Spirit-chosen representatives to the regions beyond and was a mark of the church's confidence and commitment to their missionaries. Having been given authority by God to carry out the Great Commission, the local church is to ensure that the work is done according to His plan. The pattern is clearly church centered, church supported and church supervised. The missionary who has been commissioned by a church becomes the representative of that entire church. He is then able to extend his church's ministry far beyond where the church as a whole could minister. One concern with modern missions is the process used to get a missionary to the field. The sending role of the local church has been replaced by an individual autonomy when it comes to missions. A man who has been called into missions may find his church assuming little financial responsibility for him and virtually no oversight of him. This leaves the missionary dependent on the mission board system to care for him and provide accountability. Sadly, the local church is relegated to function in the role of providing limited financial support and minimal investment in the ministry of the missionary. In our day, a man might be saved, trained and then called into missionary service—all in the context of his local church—only to be left on his own to find a mission board under which to serve and other churches which will agree to support him financially. While his own church may promise a few hundred dollars per month in support, it is left to the missionary alone, to get himself to the field. Being "sent out" by a church today typically only means promised prayer support and minimal financial support. Most churches do not view the missionary as an extension of its ministry and the missionary does not view himself as an extension of his church. A missionary is more identified with his mission board than he is his "sending church." Therefore, the missionary is also more accountable to his mission board than he is to his sending church. He may be supported by numerous churches and individuals (with whom much time must be spent when back in the states) rather than being supported by his "sending" church. Sending, in the biblical sense, involves more than sending one off to the work. It involves sending in the sense of equipping with whatever is needed for the mission task.
- The missionary is to return home to the ministry of the local church following periods of ministry on the field.
From there they [Barnabas and Saul] sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed. Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. So they stayed there a long time with the disciples (Acts 14:26-28).There was an ongoing continued link between Paul and Barnabas to their sending church. Their return visit was for "a long time." This undisclosed extended time spent back in Antioch indicates that a continued ministry in the church had time to be accomplished. Even after being sent by the church in Antioch to Jerusalem to attend the counsel (Acts 15:2-3), Barnabas and Paul returned to Antioch to continue their teaching ministry there.
Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also (Acts 15:35).The sending church in Antioch appears to have served as a home base for the two missionaries. Even when Paul and Barnabas went their separate ways, the church in Antioch was where Paul returned after periods of ministry.
And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples (Acts 18:22).Time spent back with the missionary's sending church allows opportunity for the missionary to minister to the sending church body as well as for the sending church body to minister to the missionary and his family.
The Defining Purpose Directing MissionsThe purpose of missions in the church is to reproduce Christ-like disciples who will be able to reproduce themselves. This purpose finds its support from three foundational pillars. The first pillar that supports the mission's purpose of the Church is that God must be glorified. Glorification involves our worship of God. The driving force behind every area of the ministry of the church (missions included) is to glorify God (Ephesians 1:5-6; 11-12; 3:21; 1 Corinthians 10:31). This not only affects what the church is trying to do, but also governs the means of how the church will accomplish it. When this overriding purpose is implemented, it keeps the church from the pragmatic methods and means that stray outside the clearly defined doxological principles given in the Bible. The second pillar that supports the mission's purpose of the Church is that the lost must be evangelized. Evangelization involves our witness to the world. Believers have been entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18-19). Although evangelization is one part of the purpose, evangelization alone falls short of the commission. The third pillar that supports the mission's purpose of the Church is that believers must be edified. Edification involves our work with believers. Our work with those that we see come to faith in Christ is to teach, train and disciple them to maturity as Christ-like disciples (Romans 8:29). Christ-like disciples are to be established in the faith so that they can carry on the work of ministering. This being accomplished, God is glorified and the lost are evangelized (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 20:28-32; Hebrews 3:13; Ephesians 4:11-13). The commission given in Matthew 28:19-20 is the on going responsibility of the church. Christ-like disciples are to be reproduced and New Testament churches are to be replicated in order to continue the work of reproduction. This is to be an on going multiplication process. Since Pentecost, the life-cycle of a local church has been birth, maturity and reproduction. This life-cycle explains why there are churches today that are able to advance the gospel.
The Guiding Policies for Accomplishing MissionsThe purpose of having policies in the area of missions is to provide guidelines for how the church will carry out its philosophy of ministry. Policies are the specific applications of the Biblical principles that are laid out in Scripture. The following policies are intended to enable our church accomplish its mission purpose. These objectives outline the church's responsibility to the missionary as well as the missionary's responsibilities to the church.
The Responsibilities of the Church to the MissionaryObjective: Countryside will select and send its own missionaries. In the typical method of supporting missionaries, it is common for a church to support a large number of missionaries (often for $25.00 – $100.00 monthly) that few in the church know and actually pray for. A church believes that it is "doing missions" when large amounts of money are given to support a large number of missionaries. As a result, missions has become impersonalized. While the motives of how missions is accomplished today are not in question, the methods are. A system that sends a missionary candidate and his family out across the country on deputation has been largely unchallenged. In this system it is left up to the missionary candidate to promote or sell himself and his ministry to churches who will not have the opportunity to truly get to know or prove him in an actual ministry context. This impersonalized system enables some incompetent and unqualified missionaries to get to the field, while preventing some very capable and gifted missionaries from getting to the field. Unfortunately, if the candidate doesn't communicate well to an American audience, he may spend in excess of four years on deputation receiving little more than "love offerings" which enable him to make it to the next church seeking support. We have perpetuated a system that discourages good men from getting to the mission field and we have wasted millions of dollars to support a deputation system that could have been poured into field-ministry. A missionary who is supported by 20 or more churches and individual donors must spend his entire furlough crossing the country to visit his supporting churches and donors. However, a missionary sent and supported by one primary church is able to spend his time during furlough to engage in the ministry of that church. In sending and supporting missionaries from the church there are six areas that are required: Countryside will send those who have a proven testimony in ministry (1 Timothy 4:12; Acts 13:1-3). Any missionary sent out by the church must first be involved in the ministry of the church. It is here that his heart for ministry is seen, his theology proven and his character tested. Not only will the missionary be known and loved as part of the church family, but as the Lord uses him in ministry, his spiritual gifts will be experienced first hand by those he serves. Countryside will send those who have a divine calling (Acts 13:2). It is not only essential that the missionary have a testimony in ministry, but that both he and the church are certain of his calling by God. The church leaders have the responsibility to seek laborers for the harvest. As God leads, missionaries will be raised from within the church. Since our missionaries are church planting pastors, each missionary that is sent must meet the qualifications of an overseer as outlined in Titus 1 and 1 Timothy 3. Countryside missionaries are commissioned as pastors and will serve as elders on the church staff when they return for furlough. Countryside will send those who are like-minded in doctrine and philosophy (2 John 10; Romans 16:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15). Because the mission is that of reproduction, it is imperative that the right thing is reproduced. Having been involved in the ministry of the church, the missionary will have a firm grasp of the doctrine, philosophy, and pattern for ministry of his sending church. Just as it is expected that the ministry leaders within the church be like-minded, so too must the church planting missionary also be like-minded. Countryside will send those who will be involved in reproducing Bible teaching, New Testament churches. While there are many ministries in which a church may choose to be involved under the umbrella of missions, Countryside will limit its involvement to church planting related ministries where nationals are trained for leadership to pastor their own churches. We desire to establish church plants that will continue the process of reproduction where national leadership will be equipped to train and send their own missionaries to reach surrounding neighborhoods, communities, cities and regions beyond. Objective: Countryside will keep missions visible before the church. Keeping missions visible before the church will be accomplished through the following two responsibilities: Missions will be kept visible through teaching and training. It is the responsibility of the leadership of the church to properly equip the believers in the church so that they will be able to do the work of ministering (Ephesians 4:11-12). Paul instructed that the things received are to be committed to faithful men who will also be able to teach (2 Timothy 2:2). The purpose, mission, and philosophy of our church each require that we have a very visible mission's ministry. Missions will be kept visible through first-hand exposure to missions. Following a season of ministry on the field the missionary is to return to his sending church to minister for a period of time (Acts 14:27-28). This not only exposes the church what God has been doing through the missionary on the mission field, but exposes the people to the missionary as a functioning part of that body. The missionary will return as a member of the pastoral staff while he is home. He will be implemented into teaching, fellowshipping and worshiping with the body. His family will be embraced as one of the families of the church. The church will benefit from his ministry, the missionary will benefit from serving in one place, and the future mission of the church will benefit as others see missions as a natural ministry of the church. Exposure to missions will also be accomplished as members of the body go to the field in order to encourage the missionary. Churches that expose their people to missions through trips to the field where their missionaries labor, see others within the church become open to becoming missionaries themselves. Exposure to the mission field must begin at a young age. Therefore family mission trips are made available. On these mission trips, children may conduct puppet skits and songs in the language of the people to whom they are ministering. This involves them in seeing the benefit of preparation and then ministering first hand to people in another culture. Women and teens may prepare and conduct a VBS working alongside of national believers. Men may engage in a light construction project working alongside nationals from the church. On these trips there will be opportunities for testimonies, tract distribution and personal evangelism. Following each mission's trip an entire service is dedicated to communicating what was seen, heard, and experienced, thus keeping missions visible to the congregation. Missions is exposed to the church through the Great Commission Support Team (GCST). The purpose of the Great Commission Support Team is to provide a practical vehicle for encouragement and communication for Countryside missionaries and to promote Great Commission ministries to the church body. The basic responsibilities of the GCST are threefold:
- To ensure that our missionaries needs are met while on the field by 1) making regular contact with our missionaries, 2) keeping current with needs and prayer requests, and 3) Communicating the needs and requests to the church body.
- To meet our missionaries needs while they are on furlough by 1) ensuring that housing arrangements are made prior to our missionaries' return, 2) seeing that transportation needs are arranged, 3) acclimating the missionary back into American life, and 4) helping to assimilate our missionaries into the body life of the church.
- To expose Countryside to missions world-wide by 1) organizing and/or assisting with mission trips, 2) promoting mission events, and 3) communicating the spiritual needs of other mission fields where our church is not currently ministering.


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FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Although October (National Breast Cancer Awareness Month) is behind us, it remains imperative for both physicians and patients to keep up-to-date on the latest treatment developments for breast cancer, as well as all types of cancer. Metastatic breast cancer is breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast into places such as the bones, lungs, liver, or brain. Although metastatic breast cancer is not curable, there are many effective treatments, including a number of recent treatment advances that are enabling women with metastatic breast cancer to live longer and better lives. However, treatment needs to be highly individualized as no single treatment plan is right for everyone.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 of the world's leading cancer centers, has collaborated with the Discovery Health Channel to produce a program profiling three patients with metastatic breast cancer and their healthcare team as they customize each patient's treatment regimen to their individual tumor type and health status. The program, Metastatic Breast Cancer: Individualizing Treatment, premieres Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7 am EST on the Discovery Health Channel. This program is available for Continuing Medical Education (CME/CE) credits for physicians as well as nurses.
"Discovery Health is thrilled to continue its ongoing partnership with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the launch of this incredibly valuable and timely program," said John Whyte, MD, Vice President, Continuing Medical Education and Chief Medical Expert, Discovery Health. "This collaboration directly aligns with Discovery Health's mission to deliver credible, high-quality Continuing Medical Education content to physicians and health care providers."
NCCN is known for developing the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology(TM), a leading clinical reference for health care providers around the globe. This program will include members of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for Breast Cancer as they explore individualizing treatment for patients with metastatic breast cancer and focus on evolving data for the disease and the application in the current NCCN Guidelines.
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The NCCN Member Institutions are: City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center / Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA; Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH; Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY; Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, Memphis, TN; Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stanford, CA; University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL; UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN. For more information, visit NCCN.org.
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Would you personally volunteer to risk your very life to save the life of a complete stranger across the country, just because he is a Brother Freemason and that's what your obligation expects of you?
Well, that's happening as I type this. "Thoughts and prayers" for a stranger in great distress take no effort. Writing a check or making an online Paypal donation takes seconds from your life and little thought. But what has happened today is truly a story of incredible self-sacrifice and indescribable generosity that is almost impossible for most people to comprehend. I'm referring to events that started in motion earlier this year with a story I shared, Help Needed! Washington D.C. Brother Seeks Kidney Donor concerning Brother Christopher Stevenson.
He did indeed receive an answer, from across the country.
I was waiting to post about today's events until both Richard and Chris got out of surgery today and woke up tomorrow. They've been keeping me posted all along the way, and this story is just plain amazing to me.
And make damn sure you take careful note of why Mark was involved, too.
The photo (clockwise from upper left): Richard checking in to GWU Hospital very early this morning, Richard two weeks ago with the master of Hiram-Takoma Lodge No. 10, Chris (second row, second from right) with the class after he was raised a Master Mason in Federal Lodge No. 1 in 2012, Richard outside his lodge in Utah earlier this summer, and (center) Chris.
Imagine traveling all the way across the country to have yourself cut open and one of your vital organs extracted, all for someone who just four months ago you didn't even know existed.
At this very moment, my friend Richard Vier is in surgery at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., to have one of his kidneys extracted. In the very next operating room is a 26-year-old who is dying from end-stage renal disease. He is waiting to have Richard's healthy kidney transplanted into his body. If it goes well, it will save his life.
In June, Richard read a post in Chris Hodapp's Freemasonry blog talking about a young D.C. Mason by the name of Chris Stevenson who is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. He suffers from juvenile diabetes, complications of which caused his kidneys to fail. Chris has been undergoing lengthy kidney dialysis three days per week. GWU's Transplant Institute says at least ten people in this country die every day waiting for a new kidney to be available. That blog post struck a chord in Richard. He felt compelled to respond.
Richard is a 32-year-old from Ogden, Utah, where he is the junior deacon of Golden Spike Lodge No. 6, and the father of two little girls. He contacted Chris and the GWU Transplant Institute, then began the lengthy and exhaustive transplant screening process. Transplant Institute staff told me the blog post had generated a lot of inquiries about Chris's case, but many people who are interested and start the process are not a good match or not medically cleared. Richard, who had never been to the District of Columbia before, came from Utah to D.C. three times for testing and evaluation, before flying in from Los Angeles last night to have today's surgery.
We Masons give a lot of lip service to the concepts of brotherhood, fraternity, and looking out after the needs of one another. We couch lofty ideals in honorable language. We say, oh, yes, if you are in dire need, if the likelihood of saving your life is greater than the chance of losing our own life, we will immediately spring to your assistance and help you. Yay, team! Brothers!
But in the real world, do we really do that?
Then here comes Chris Stevenson, a young, ambitious, worthy Mason with a terminal condition. We can't just send our "thoughts and prayers" and save him. Our lodges can write checks for millions of dollars, but that money isn't going to keep Chris alive. He is dying. What he needs is a mere one-third pound of living flesh from another person, a healthy, functioning kidney.
Richard Vier heard the call. He volunteered to come to the aid of a man he had never seen, never known, never met. There is sacrifice. There is risk. There is pain. There is blood. There will be scars. This is major surgery; there is the very real chance Richard could die.
Yet, Richard decided that the chance of saving his brother Chris's life is greater than all the risk and sacrifice to himself. He's giving Chris one of his kidneys.
I met Richard at the airport two weeks ago when he came to D.C. for his last round of testing and screening. I wanted to make sure he was healthy and happy, because if something goes wrong or his health or condition doesn't permit him to actually donate, I'm his back-up (those of you who've been worried about me and why I've been going to so many doctor appointments and tests lately, now you know, so you can stop worrying). Chris was in class that night, so I took Richard to a lodge where my friend Doug is master, and we all broke bread together and sat in lodge together as brothers. It was a meaningful experience. Richard is an honorable man. He has an amazingly pure and humble heart. I asked him why he was doing this. He said when he read about him, aside from Chris being a brother in need, what struck him most was that Chris was just so young. Truly, Richard knows what it means to be a brother.
I've known Chris since 2012, when my lodge had the honor of conferring his third Masonic degree on him as a courtesy to his own lodge, and I served as senior warden on the team. Since then, I'd see Chris now and then at various functions around town. He's quiet and studious. He's a good guy. He has potential. I'm pleased he's started graduate school this fall working on a J.D./M.P.A. program, and it worried me that he was going to try to start law school while undergoing dialysis. Dialysis is time-consuming and exhausting, with side-effects that would distract from the focus required for law classes, especially at a viciously competitive law school like GWU. He needs this transplant.
So, right now, my two friends should both be in surgery. Richard's will take about three hours. Chris's will take about seven hours. And then we wait.
Thus, to all my Masonic brothers, I hold Brother Richard Vier up to you as a hero and a selfless role model. When next you hear of a brother in need, even if you don't even know him, how will you respond? Would you shed your blood? Would you risk your life for a worthy, distressed brother? Would you emulate the example of Richard Vier?
Think about it.
As of 2:30, Brother Mark Wright reports that Richard is out of surgery. The doctors say his procedure went well. Chris will still be in surgery for several hours.
Meanwhile, here's a photo of the Brothers from this morning in pre-op sent by Richard.


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Some people just have entrepreneurship in their blood. That's certainly true for Shradha Agarwal (this week's live chat host — click here to RSVP), who started her first entrepreneurial venture as a 9-year-old.
But Shradha didn't just want to make money — she wanted to do good too. So she started renting her books to classmates who wanted to read more.
In turn, she used the profits to broaden her own library — to more than 300 books before her tenth birthday.
Flash forward to the present, and Shradha is still using her entrepreneurial spirit to build profitable enterprises with clear social benefits. ContextMedia, a company she co-founded, brings healthy living content to healthcare networks and physicians in nearly all 50 states to educate and inspire their patients. Not the sexiest industry, but one where she knew she could make a BIG impact.
"I wanted to bring information to people at a better time and place so they could take action and improve lives," Shradha said in an interview with Entreprenista.
Like a Pandora-for-health-videos, ContexMedia's content is tailored to the needs of specific doctors, locations and patients — and it's impacting people and care providers around the nation.
For instance, while watching the inspirational story of an Olympic swimmer, a Chicago man was motivated to lose 60 pounds. Other content has inspired employers to offer gym memberships to keep employees healthy. Meanwhile, the company's text message system delivers healthy living tips directly to patients' phones.
Shradha, however, isn't content to keep her battles focused on health issues. She also wants to help other entrepreneurs and startup founders succeed.
So last year, she and ContextMedia co-founder Rishi Shah pledged to invest $5 million in Chicago's startup community over the next three years.
It's not just money Shradha is pledging — it's also her mentorship. When not leading ContextMedia, she passes along her wisdom as a conference speaker and startup mentor. She was honored at the White House as one of Empact's Top 100 Young Entrepreneurs and named one of Crain's 40 Under 40 for 2012.
"There are a lot of great ideas out there, but a lot of people get scared worrying about, 'What if it doesn't work?'," Shradha told Crain's. "I am one of those people who always wants to try it out."
This Tuesday at 3 PM Eastern is your chance to talk to Shradha about being a lifelong entrepreneur, bootstrapping your "for-benefit" startup, building a socially-conscious company, startup mentorship, and maybe even some healthy living tips during an hour-long #StartupLab live chat, presented by Citi. Don't forget to bring a few questions to ask Shradha, live!
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We've seeing some leaks regarding the Huawei P10 over the past days and right afterwards we're treated to what look like images of the device. It's waaay too soon, so caution is a must. And that's exactly what we applied, especially after learning it may be a fake.
The leaks come from Weibo and seem to suggest we're dealing with a Huawei P10 prototype, all clad in metal and sporting a dual camera at the back. The "Dreams" logo at the back is the one that points away from Huawei, since that company may be the one that made the clone. Also, instead of seeing "Leica" printed next to the camera there's a "HANZO" engraving.
One of the PhoneArena readers also pointed out that this model is actually a replica of the Huawei P9, sold in China for $95. The device maker, Dreams specializes in such clones, including ones for the iPhone 7. We take everything with a grain of salt here and a kernel of truth may be present, because the front fingerprint scanner may make it to the final model. If previous releases are to be used as landmarks, we may see the P10 launched next April.
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How Is Tree-Free Paper Greener?
When trees are cut down and used for the creation of paper products, they can take as long as 30 years to grow. But we're slowly learning that quality paper can be produced without cutting down trees.
There are now over 45 countries around the globe in which tree-free paper is being made, but what are the advantages of tree free paper? And what materials can be harnessed to help protect natural trees?
What are the Most Popular Tree-Free Paper Products?
There are a number of products that can be used to produce high quality paper materials without having a significant impact on forests and woodlands across the globe. The following are examples of natural materials now used to produce tree-free paper:
- Sugar cane
- Bamboo
- Cotton
Recycled sugar cane waste fiber, otherwise known as bagasse, has become a popular tree-free paper product. Bagasse is the sugar cane residue left after sugar and sugar cane residue have been extracted from the plant.
Paper produced from bamboo is becoming one of the more popular products on the tree-free paper marketplace. Companies are experiencing excellent yields using bamboo because the grass produces 4-to-5 times the fiber of the fastest growing commercial tree species.
Cotton paper products are manufactured from cotton liner's and are designed to have superior strength and durability to wood-based paper products.
The Environmental Benefits of Going Tree-Free
So now that we know the main tree-free paper products, what are the leading benefits of choosing these products over their tree-based alternatives?
- Tree-free paper helps preserve forest areas
- Use of sustainable plants helps reduce manufacturing costs
The use of sustainable plant products such as bamboo and sugar cane for the creation of paper also helps minimize manufacturing costs. Instead of requiring 30-year growth periods like trees, these plants are available within a two-year growth cycle. This helps improve the production capacity of paper companies and ensures environmental sustainability.
- The cost of production can be lower
Without the need to cut down large amounts of trees for paper products, companies can preserve the natural ecosystems around the globe. These additional trees can help absorb some of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, therefore further improving our air quality over time.
In addition to the efficiency and environmental advantages offered by tree-free paper, the cost of producing large quantities of the product is lower than with tree-based products. That's because there are fewer steps in the production process and, when paper companies are not using a finite resource such as trees, they can plan their production to ensure cost-efficiency in a range of areas.
The preservation of our natural environment is a leading objective within the global business marketplace, and the use of tree-free paper is a large step towards our environmental preservation objectives.
Consider your paper use habits and the impact you can have on the global environment by going tree-free! It's a commitment that millions will be making for the future.


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There is a lot of news and information — and misinformation — about diabetes nowadays. It affects millions of Americans of all ages and races. Do you have diabetes or are you worried about getting it? It's a myth that only fat people become diabetics. You can be a slim, athletic person with a very healthy lifestyle and still get diabetes. It can be an inherited trait. It can be caused by other illnesses and even by pregnancy. There is also some scientific evidence that additives like nitrites in food can contribute to diabetes. A parasite called eurytrema has also been identified as a culprit.
While there is yet no cure as such, it's also a myth that diabetes can't be relieved or stopped. What herbs and natural methods can we use to prevent and treat diabetes?
The goal in all forms of diabetes is to increase the amount of insulin the body produces, reduce blood glucose and improve blood circulation. Some herbs and natural foods promote this balance.
American and Panax ginseng — not Siberian — are used in traditional medicine to treat diabetes. A Canadian study tried American ginseng with patients for whom medication did not fully control blood sugar levels. One study revealed that when taken in conjunction with a pectin-like fiber, ginseng could help normalize blood sugar. The second study indicated that ginseng could also improve the body's use of insulin. More tests need to be made but it was clear that the effects were real.
Ordinary cinnamon may be very helpful. Preliminary tests showed lowered glucose levels with very small amounts of cinnamon. In fact less seemed to work better than more. Patients taking only one gram per day had the longest-lasting effects. You can take cinnamon in capsules or just sprinkle some on your food.
Ginkgo helps with inadequate blood circulation, the cause of diabetes' many debilitating side effects. Look for ginkgo extract capsules with a high level of flavoglycoside, the active ingredient.
Blueberries and blueberry juice have very high levels of flavonoid antioxidants. They help with weight loss and improve the way the body stores and processes glucose. The scientists who did the preliminary studies were especially interested in how blueberries affect "metabolic syndrome", a collection of conditions that increase the risk of both diabetes and heart trouble. Blueberry leaves have even more antioxidants than the fruit does. Look for blueberry leaf extract at your health food store.
There is some evidence that flavonoids improve blood circulation and may have insulin-like effects. Besides blueberries, they're also found in cranberries, black grapes, green tea and cocoa — although a study showing high antioxidant levels in dark chocolate was funded by a candy company and may be exaggerated. Flavonoids also improve memory and may be useful in treating Alzheimer's patients. An herb called Indian kino contains very high levels of a flavonoid called epicatechin. Known in the western world as dragon's blood, kino has been used for centuries to treat diabetes in India.
Onions appear to be helpful because they have lots of chromium, an element which tells your body to produce more insulin and improves your ability to use the insulin you have. It may also help the body use carbohydrates more efficiently.
Lentils, beans — black, red, white, lima, soy or garbanzo — and split peas are great. The high fiber content binds to carbohydrates and slows the digestive rate. This prevents blood sugar spikes after meals. There is some evidence that if eaten regularly beans can lower your overall blood sugar levels. They're also an excellent source of protein.
Check your fasting blood sugar levels before and during using these nutrients. It may take up to a month before you will notice significant results. If you want to try controlling diabetes via completely natural means, check with your regular doctor and work with a good naturopathic physician. Traditional Ayurvedic medicine from India has a number of formulas and recommended diets and recipes for diabetics.


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New Year Refresher
Below are the common activities that need to be addressed to get WorkLoud ready for the upcoming year.
Please send us any questions or schedule a walk-through at firstname.lastname@example.com, if you need any additional help getting prepped for next year.
Accounting Periods
In order to use leave functionality Accounting Periods must be created for the new year. If you can't schedule leave for a future dates, double check your Accounting Periods.
WorkLoud Protip: The Accounting Period start and end is at the day start, and the last day of the old and first day of the new should be the same.
Other areas that may require updates after your new accounting periods are created below.
If your Accounting Periods are mapped, update the Entity Mappings after your new accounting periods are created.
Qualifications Management
Employees qualifications may need to be audited or adjusted. The qualifications can be for Shifts, Shift Groups, Jobs, Job Groups, etc.
Base Schedule Management
If employees have no change to their day to day schedules this step can be skipped. If employees' day to day work schedules changes, this step needs to be completed prior to generation.
WorkLoud Protip: Never make changes to existing Base Schedules, rather, create a modified copy.
Base Schedule Design
Through the Base Schedule Design functionality, a new base schedule can be created or modifications to existing base schedules can be made.
Base Schedule Allowances
Through allowances, the user defines which employee may be assigned to which Base Schedule. The user may qualify all employees to all Base Schedules if flexibility is a concern in the future.
Base Schedule Assignments
If assignments are changing in the upcoming year, the Base Schedule Assignment of affected employees will have to be changed. Given each employee can only be assigned one Base Schedule during a time period, the user will have to manipulate the validity of each Base Schedule Assignment.
Leave Management
Employee Leave Balances are tied to Accounting Periods. Once the Accounting Period is over, the leave balances will reset. The user will have to issue new balances for the new Accounting Period and carry balances over manually if required.
Schedule Generation
Once employees' base schedules updates are complete, you are ready to generate next year's schedules.
Schedule Posting
If you're using a posting date, it will need to be extended into the next year so your employees will be able to view via ESS. If schedules exist, but your employees can't see them, verify the Schedule Posting is expanded into the next year.
Once new Accounting periods are configured. The user will create new Quota definitions or update existing Quotas for the new Accounting Period.
Employee Attributes
If employees have no change to their attributes or if they are managed on an ongoing basis, this step can be skipped.


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Before you decide to replace your existing office furniture, it might be a good idea to consider all your options. It's important whatever furniture you end up with fits your bottom line as well as your space. That's not something you'll hear very often from a furniture dealer, but Team Office isn't just a furniture peddler. Our goal is to share all our experience and expertise and help you make decisions that are best for your business.
Your success is our success and sometimes that means we don't sell you new or pre-owned furniture. It may mean we show you how to keep your existing furniture and enable you to get the most value from it possible.
Before you decide to replace your old furniture, be sure to consider the following 7 options.
1. If you think you need new office furniture because your old cubicle walls are too high, see if the old panels can be cut down. Be sure to get more than one opinion on this. Give us a call for a free, no strings attached estimate to cut down your old panels. We'll even help you think through all the logistics involved with cutting down cubicle panels.
2. If your old furniture is looking a little shop worn, consider giving it a face lift. Old cubicle panels and chairs can be steam cleaned or reupholstered. Metal surfaces can be touched up. Wood desks and furnishings can be touched up or even refinished. Worn laminate surfaces can be replaced. It's amazing how much better your old furniture can look with a minimal investment.
3. If you do decide to replace your old furniture, what will you do with it? Is there any resale value? If so, how much? Who will manage the removal of it and when? Don't forget to time and coordinate the removal of the old with the arrival of the new. This can be tricky if you're using different vendors. At Team Office, we do both – everyday. Just click here for help.
4. If you're moving into a new space, could the old furniture fit? You'll need a good inventory of all the parts and a drawing of how it might fit in the space before you'll know for sure.
5. If you're moving and have more than enough furniture, can the excess parts be traded in as credit against your move and reconfiguration?
6. Is your old furniture fully depreciated? Furniture is typically on a 7-year schedule. Be sure to check with your accountant before you get rid of old furniture and make sure it's been fully depreciated.
7. If you do decide it's time to replace your old furniture, consider trading it in for a credit against your new equipment. Trading in is the most efficient way to get rid of old office furniture. Not only will your installation and removal be automatically coordinated, but you'll also eliminate the task of selling the old stuff while lowering your costs for the new furniture.
While it's always exciting and fun to get new office furniture, it's important that it's good for your bottom line as well. Before you decide to buy or not to buy, make sure you have all the information you need to make the best decision possible for your business.
In our next edition, we'll talk about leasing versus buying office furniture.


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Stories about "College Choir"
Bates College Choir offers two December programs
Friday, December 2, 2005 2:51 pm
John Corrie, lecturer in music at Bates College, directs the college choir in two December programs open to the public at no cost. The choir sings Johann Sebastian Bach's "Magnificat" and Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. For more information, please call 207-786-6135.
Latvian choir to perform
Tuesday, October 6, 1998 1:52 pm
Minjona, a 32-voice woman's choir from the University of Latvia in Riga, will perform at Bates Sunday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Alum's compositions on choir program
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 11:45 am
The Bates College Choir performs at 8 p.m. March 22 and 23, and at 2 p.m. March 24, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.


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Fantasy Tan is the planet 's first airbrush tanning business and the leading manufacturer of professional spray tanning equipment and related sunless or spray tanning products.
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We are all about spray tan instruction here, so learn the measures a salon should go through when giving a great spray on tan. Many people like the colour and evenness you get with spray tanning, others believe self tanning lotions and gels are better.
A natural-looking tan typically requires a few visits to the tanning salon, or even to the beach, but with spray tanning, all you need is one 2-3 minute session! Here clients can have the confidence they're receiving their sunless tan by a trained professional, who will ensure their spray tan is as flawless as it could be. We offer a spray tan that makes your skin forthwith bronzed or a spray tan that gradually builds over time.
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We have fully enclosed private tanning rooms, where the art of hand spraying the right airbrush spray tan will happen. Air brush tanning is a spray on tan performed with a professional.
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Proper skin care prior to, during and after sunless tanning will extend the life and look of your suntan.
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Sunless spray tanning in Las Vegas is getting popularity these days due to reasons of convenience. Spray tanning works by applying a special mist to the body. Mystic Tan, among the very famous brands of spray tanning booths, states that once an optimal shade is reached, it could be maintained by tanning every five days.
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Sunless tans are the healthy way to obtain that rich bronzed tan that all of us want, and at SunFX we care about your health more than any spray tanning company. Bronze on the GLO is a luxury, spray tanning salon focusing on custom, airbrush spray tanning in the Metropolitan Phoenix area. Our spray tan system is the most salon-favorable, repeat-customer-generating, money-making airbrush spray tanning system in the whole industry.
Among all sunless tanning techniques, spray on tanning is receiving more focus not only due to great benefit but more importantly, for reasons of safety. This includes using a sunless tanning booth, having an airbrush tanning kit, and using a self-tanning spray.
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Our new video provides an exclusive look into how we attain great spray tan results at New Gorgeous, including spray tan preparation, an breakdown of technique and highly recommended spray tan after care merchandises to help keep your every spray tan looking it's finest.
So after spray tanning, your skin takes on a golden brownish colour that normally looks like a natural suntan.
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Our UV Free airbrush tanning solutions supply the safest and most health conscious method of tanning in under 10 minutes. There are a lot of companies that produce spray tanning products that possess the same ingredients you'll discover in a salon or airbrush firearm.
It is a first class luxurious Personal Airbrush Tanning salon which includes today's most complex techniques. All sunless spray tans services offer members the opportunity to achieve beautifully bronzed skin in seconds without any exposure to ultraviolet rays.
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Being new to custom airbrush spray tanning, I was extremely nervous about streaks, splotching and other funky stuff.
What's most remarkable is that, unlike previous sunless tanning methods, the consequences of spray tanning actually seem great.
The iTAN spray booths utilize a spray-on process designed to deliver a customized sunless tanning session. We offer the Versa Health Spa spray booth, which is comparable to the mystic spray tanning booth having a couple of upgrades.
All types of self tanning and spray tanning use the exact same active ingredient, DHA.
And when you are likely to have someone come to your own home (called mobile airbrush tanning) expect to pay a bit more than that.
So overall, spray tanning in a salon is usually going to really cost a lot more, per session, than utilizing a self tanning product at home (such as a lotion or gel).
In the current well-being and wellness-focused society, UV-Free tanning is becoming one of our most famous day spa services.
If you're short on time, you'll love our Mystic Spray Tan. While there are not any legal minimum age restrictions for spray tanning, our business policy will not allow anyone under the age of 15 from doing spray tan with no parent or guardian present to directly supervise. Follow these links that will help you better prepare for your first sunless tan.
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CNG Station Locator Dhaka: Windows Apps
Life is going to be so easy, if you are a Bangladeshi Windows Phone user. In the busy life, when you'll travel outside at many place of Dhaka, then you may need CNG fuel for your cng conversion vehicle. On that moments, just you will find out CNG Locator by using Windows Apps. The current generation is more addicted on technology. Many people using Windows based Smartphone, Tab.
Try to use it and just check out CNG Station Locator of Dhaka.
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Information and Communication Technology Trade Mission to Turkey
The International Trade Administration has announced an information and communication technology trade mission to Turkey Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2016. This mission will focus on cybersecurity and e-commerce.
A minimum of 15 and maximum of 20 firms and/or trade associations will be selected to participate in this mission. Recruitment will begin immediately and conclude no later than Sept. 6. Each applicant must submit a completed and signed mission application and supplemental application materials, including adequate information on its products and/or services, primary market objectives and goals for participation. Companies must also provide certification of products and/or services being manufactured or produced in the U.S. or, if manufactured or produced outside the U.S., the product and/or service is marketed under the name of a U.S. firm and has U.S. content representing at least 51 percent of the value of the finished good or service.


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City of ShakopeeHome Menu
In the Schools
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E)
D.A.R.E. is designed to teach students how to say no to drugs, make good decisions and face the consequences of making decisions. The program is taught to fifth-graders at Shakopee Area Catholic School (SACS).
The program's 10-week curriculum allows students to learn about drugs, how they affect the body, the consequences of choosing or not choosing to do drugs, how to make good decisions and what alternatives they have. The D.A.R.E. program is taught by a Shakopee Police Officer Anderson. For more information about the D.A.R.E. program, please call 952-233-9400.
Community Outreach by Police for Students (C.O.P.S.)
C.O.P.S. is a custom-built program that addresses the specific needs of the Shakopee School District. Shakopee officers work closely with teachers, school staff and students to form a positive relationship that extends beyond the classroom. C.O.P.S. focuses on giving students the "Courage to be Cool" in every aspect of their lives.
Shakopee officers visit all fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade classrooms across the district. C.O.P.S. addresses critical topics such as stress, peer pressure, drug and alcohol abuse, and risky behavior. Students were given the tools and knowledge to improve communication skills and practice active listening. Officers also helped students identify their personal help network and provided refusal skills for when students are faced with critical decisions now and in the future.
School Resource Officers
The police department and Shakopee School District partner to provide safety and security for the Shakopee Public Schools through our School Resource Officer Program. These officers work in assigned schools during the school year and rotate to patrol duties during the summer. Officers Yzermans and McLain are assigned to the Shakopee Senior High School; Officer Conway is assigned to Shakopee East Junior High; and Officer Weiers is assigned to Shakopee West Junior High. The SROs are also assigned to the elementary, alternative and parochial schools.
School resource officers perform various duties throughout the course of a school day. Their main role is the safety and prevention of any critical incident or criminal act within the schools. The majority of a school resource officer's day consists of partnering with school administrators, teachers, school counselors, parents and students to help resolve issues, build positive relationships and provide a safe learning environment.


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The first podcast looking at issues affecting the island through a public health lens.
After Hurricane Maria, I returned to Puerto Rico to bury someone I loved, and in his memory, for all those lost to us, I began this journey. To inform, organize and mobilize on issues that affect us.
This podcast is called Borikén, to remind us that before Spain's arrival on it's shores, before it was colonized, Puerto Rico was free. So with "Borikén" , I hope to imagine a world where anything is possible, including the freedom of a nation that continues to be colonized.
The Mission:
To Inform on the social, political, & economic factors that impact Boricuas everywhere.
To help Organize and be a sounding board for organizations in the US and Borikén that are making a difference.
To Mobilize the Diaspora and provide visibility into the issues, especially those not shared in the media.
The Purpose of this Podcast is to ask *how* we can all be a part of building a better future for our people?
Check out the Episodes available to learn about issues affecting the health and well being of Boricuas everywhere.


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DC Current Input Ranges (per-channel basis)
– ±20mA, 0-20mA, or 4-20mA DC (default).
– User-configured on a per-channel basis.
Input Scaling (per-channel basis)
– Floating Point Format: IEEE-754 32-bit configurable for 12 digits with 4 decimal places.
– 16-bit Signed Integer Format: All channels are represented as ±30,000.
Input Resolution and Accuracy
– Resolution: 15-bit maximum, 0.003%.
– Accuracy: Better than 0.02% of range.
Input Impedance
100 ohms.
Input Scan Groups and Scan Times
– Eight user-enabled 4-channel scan groups.
– 5mS (200Hz) update of all 32 channels.
– 8mS (125Hz) update when totalizing.
– First 4-channel group updates in 770µS (1.3Khz). Each additional 4-channel group adds 590µS to update
Sample Averaging
– 0 to 500 samples, user-configurable.
Input Overvoltage Protection
– Bipolar Transient Voltage Suppressers (TVS), 18V clamp level typical.
Noise Rejection
– Common Mode (50-60Hz): Better than 72dB.
– Failsafe or non-failsafe (software-configurable) relay trips on power or link-loss failure.
– SPST-NO, 1 Form A, Class I, Division II approved.
– 5A @ 24V DC/250V AC, 6000 cycles resistive.
– 3A @ 24V DC/250V AC, 100,000 cycles general.
– 2A @ 24V DC/250V AC, Hazardous locations.
Maximum Switching Voltage and Power
|Internal Switch or Hub/Repeater
– Dual-port Ethernet switch.
– Web-configurable as a true switch (default mode) or low-latency hub.
Network Connector [10/100 Base-T(X)Copper]
– One or two 8-pin RJ-45 connectors. Automatic MDI/MDI-X. 100m communication distance.
Network Connector (100 Base-FX Fiber-optic)
– One multi-mode duplex SC connector. 2km communication distance. Full/half-duplex, selectable.
Protocols and Addressing
– Modbus TCP/IP or UDP/IP. StaticIP, DHCP, BootP.
Configurable IP addresses.
– Ethernet Modbus TCP/IP Sockets/Sessions
– 1-10 socket/sessions programmable via web page.
Ethernet Redundancy
– Compatible with STP, RSTP, proprietary schemes.
|Operating Ranges:
-40 to 70°C (-40 to 158°F).
Power Requirements
– 18-36V DC. Redundant, diode-coupled terminals.
– 4.2W (copper ports), 5.25W (fiber-optic ports).
Ambient Temperature Effect
– Less than 25ppm/°C (0.0025%/°C).
– I/O, power, relay and Ethernet port-to-port.
– Peak: 1500V AC, ANSI/ISA-82.01-1988.
– Continuous: 250V AC, 354V DC.
|Safety Approvals
– CE marked and UL/cUL Listed.
– Hazardous Locations: Class I; Div 2; A, B, C, D.
– Open board units: UL Recognized.
– Shock and Vibration Immunity (in enclosure)
– Mechanical Shock: 50g (3ms), 30g (11ms).
– Random Vibration: 5g, (5-500Hz).
Current inputs, two Cu ports, IP20 enclosure
Current inputs, two Cu ports, open board
Current inputs, Cu & fiber ports, IP20 enclosure
Current inputs, Cu & fiber ports, open board
|File Name
|ES2161 EtherStax Industrial Ethernet Analog Input Module


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- For the staff of the seminary. Their names, photos and some details are available on "the faculty profile" section of the website.
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new RED color science, and how to make it all work with After Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5
[UPDATE: The Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.2) update installs the new RED importer plug-in, so you don't need to install it from the Labs website.]
Adobe just released a new RED importer plug-in for After Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5 on the Adobe Labs website. This new set of software supports the current RED firmware (#30) and new color science.
At the bottom of this post is a set of instructions for a way for you to fix a problem with color space interpretation for all RED files.
What's changed with the new RED importer software?
RED has been making a lot of changes in the past several months, including introducing their new Mysterium-X sensor and a new "color science" that includes something that the RED folks are calling FLUT. You can read what Jim Jannard and Graeme Nattress have to say about FLUT and the new color science on the RED User forum, on threads such as this one and this one. You can find more information and download the new firmware on the RED website.
My oversimplification of the gist of FLUT is that it's a control for manipulating brightness in the midtones while not clipping highlights (though they'll be rolled off and therefore may get crushed). FLUT is manipulated in terms of stops, so an increase of 1 is equivalent to a doubling of ISO number.
If you're just working within After Effects, we still recommend that you do your manipulation of exposure and related characteristics within After Effects in a 32-bpc project, so you don't lose any detail in your highlights. The RED R3D Source Settings color adjustments don't currently preserve overbright values (values above 1.0, where 1.0 is pure white). Color adjustments done within After Effects, on the other hand, can and do preserve brighter-than-white colors when you work in 32bpc (bits per channel) color.
But, if you must manipulate color settings in the RED source settings, the new FLUT control makes it so that you lose less highlight detail than you did with the previous version.
new and changed features:
- Added new Color Version menu with Version 1 and Version 2 options, so you can choose whether to interpret your RED footage using the old color science or the new color science. (Note: Mysterium-X requires Version 2.)
- Added new FLUT slider.
- Added new Shadow slider.
- Added new option to Color Space menu, REDColor.
- Added new option to Gamma Curve menu, REDGamma.
- Kelvin slider now only goes to 10,000 instead of 100,000 (which was not a useful range). You can still directly enter larger numbers.
- Added options (2500, 3200, 4000, 5000, and 6400) to ISO menu.
- Names for saved presets are limited to not contain certain characters (such as / : * ? " | ). If you attempt to save a preset with a name including one of these characters, a dialog box will appear that tells you to not do that.
- Minimum color version and camera firmware number now appear under Properties in Premiere Pro.
(Note: The FLUT, Shadow, REDColor, and REDGamma controls and options are only for color version 2.)
bug fixes:
- Importing Premiere Pro CS4 projects with RED clips resulted in clips having yellow-green coloring.
- User Curve Setting is now saved in RED R3D Source Settings dialog box. In the previous version, it was being set back to As Shot.
- The RED importer can now work with Unicode characters in paths. In the previous version, the importer failed when attempting to read from paths containing some characters.
how to change your interpretation rules so that RED footage works with color management
If you're using color management, you should interpret RED files as HDTV (Rec. 709). We actually added an interpretation rule in After Effects CS5 to do this automatically, but we made a mistake. It's a very easy mistake for you to fix in your interpretation rules file, though.
See the bottom of this page for instructions on where to find the interpretation rules file and how to edit it.
The problem is that the rule that was supposed to make the correct input color profile get assigned automatically was put at the bottom of the file, whereas it should have been put higher up in the file.
Look for this rule, which should be at the very end of your interpretation rules file:
# rule to make red raw files available as Rec709
# with Gamma encoded 32bit float data
*, *, *, "R3D ", * ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", 0
Cut that rule and paste it above this passage in the file (which is roughly in the middle):
# this soft rule should be the last in the list of soft rules
# soft rule: tag all untagged footage with an sRGB profile
*, *, *, *, * ~ *, *, *, *, "sRGB", *
After you've done that and saved the file, restart After Effects. Now, when you import a RED R3D file and you have color management turned on, the colors will be interpreted correctly, using the HDTV (Rec. 709) color profile.


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In the 1830s the stretch of Broadway from East 4 Street to Astor Place was lined with elegant Federal-style mansions. No. 712 exemplified the grand residences. Three and a half stories tall, it featured an ornate entrance with an exquisite fanlight.
But the golden age of this section of Broadway would not last long. By the end of the Civil War No. 712 had fallen to commerce; its brick façade painted to resemble heavily-veined marble. The home of Tilman's, sellers of artificial flowers and feathers, it foreshadowed the coming millinery trade, still blocks to the south.
|No. 712 Broadway was covered in faux-marble plaster by 1866 when Tilman's Flowers took over. photograph by Maurice Stadfield, from the collection of the New York Historical Society
On February 22, 1890 the Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide reported that the "three-story brick store" had been sold for $88,000 to "Mssrs. Scholle Bros." That significant price tag would translate to about $2.3 million today. But Bavarian-born William and Jacob Scholle recognized the property's potential on a block rapidly filling with tall commercial structures.
Three weeks later architect Alfred Zucker filed plans for what the Record and Guide called "a handsome store building." Zucker would soon make his mark on the neighborhood. Before 1893 he would design about eight substantial structures within a two block area.
For some reason construction was delayed for two years. But finally, on February 20, 1892 the Record and Guide reported "The old-time building at No. 712 Broadway is being torn down preparatory to the erection of a fine new store and office building on the plot."
The fine new store and office building was completed in 1893. Eight stories tall, its side piers--two stories of chunky granite and six stories of faceted brick—pretended to be structural. But they disguised a modern iron framework. They abruptly ended in blunt carved drums that rose slightly above the cornice. Zucker filled in the space between with airy cast iron. Spartan, pencil thin columns separated expanses of glass. Their lack of ornamentation was made up for by the intricate designs of the cast spandrels.
The area was now the center of the garment and millinery industries. Among the first tenants was Lion Mfg. Company, makers of boys' clothing. The firm sold apparel to retailers like Bloomingdale's which resold its double-breasted suits for $5.00 and $6.50.
But not every tenant was in the garment trade. The office of The Murray Hills professional baseball team was here immediately after the building's opening. On August 16, 1893 The Sun noted "The Murray Hills have Aug. 19 open to play any first-class club. Address Nat C. Strong, 712 Broadway, New York city."
N. Beubrik & Brother moved in as well. The brothers established their clothing manufacturing operation during the Civil War. Clothiers' and Haberdashers' Weekly sympathetically described them on December 20, 1895 saying "The partners are both old men, who have been connected with the clothing trade over thirty years."
The elderly brothers were now in financial trouble. When creditors appeared at their office here on Friday, December 13, 1895 they were shocked. They "discovered that the firm had discontinued business and removed its stock."
When the elevator boy was questioned, he said that during the past two weeks the firm "removed about twenty-five cases of goods in lots of three or four cases." The slippery old men had eluded their creditors, leaving about $700 worth of goods behind.
Clothiers' and Haberdashers' Weekly reported "The liabilities are estimated at $38,000, and there are no apparent assets."
At the turn of the century, the city enacted a forerunner of Clean Air Laws by prohibiting the burning of bituminous, or "soft coal." The burning fuel gave off heavy black smoke as opposed to the more expensive but cleaner-burning anthracite coal. The superintendent of No. 712 ignored the regulation, possibly in an effort to save his employers money.
About two blocks away, at the corner of Great Jones Street, was a fire alarm box. Early in 1901 a concerned citizen, seeing the black smoke rising from No. 712, turned in an alarm. Four FDNY engines and two hook and ladder companies responded, only to discover there was no fire.
A few months later the scene was repeated. Then, on October 28 that year the fire alarm box was pulled once again. The Evening World wrote "For the third time within the year an alarm of fire was turned in from the box at Broadway and Great Jones street early this morning because a citizen noticing the soft coal smoke arising above the building, concluded that the building was afire."
Fire Chief Croker had had enough. He instructed Policeman McCauley of the Mercer Street station to arrest the building's engineer for violating the soft coal law.
The estate of Jacob Scholle still owned the building in 1903 when the Norwich Nickel and Brass Company leased the store and basement. Upstairs, Gustav Krakauer moved in, a "manufacturer of pantaloons;" as did the Waverly Novelty Company, "manufacturers of pattern hats." The Connecticut-based Norwich Nickel & Brass Co. would retain its showroom here for years, selling display fixtures to clothing retailers.
|The Norwich Nickel and Brass Co. offered an extensive array of store displays here Men's Wear, August 8, 1906 (copyright expired)
Harry J. Jacobs was a clothing salesman working here in 1907. When he made an inappropriate comment to the sister of Earle Kakke, things got heated. Jacobs appeared before Magistrate Baker on January 21. "He said that Kakke had written to him, making a threat against him because of a fancied insult to his sister." The threatening letter was signed "E. H. Lowenthal."
Earle Kakke, who made his living as a real estate dealer, admitted he had written the letter, "but contended that he did not mean it in the nature of a threat." The judge was not convinced. Kakke was held on charges of sending a threatening letter through the mails. It is unclear as to whether Harry Jacobs learned his lesson about how to speak to women.
At the time of Jacob's messy incident the building was filled with garment and hat manufacturers. Louis Lazarus moved here from No. 583 Broadway in 1907. In reporting on the relocation Millinery magazine said "he is designing and manufacturing tailored and untrimmed hats for ladies' and misses' wear. The assortment in all the newest braids and trimmings is such that buyers will be impressed with their style, quality and salableness."
There were no fewer than six other clothing and millinery manufacturing firms in the building at the time.
No. 712 Broadway was struck with tragedy on the evening of April 27, 1912. Louis Ginsburg was an elevator operator here and after work that day he was walking along Third Avenue near 11th Street. Suddenly a man approached him, jammed the muzzle of a revolver into his side and pulled the trigger.
The New York Times reported the Max Moskowsky and Jacob Batherman, "who were near by, saw the deed, and started a cry of murder. The man who had fired the shot ran. He knocked down half a dozen people with well directed blows of his fists.
"Just as the murderer was about to dive into the Subway express station at Fourth Avenue and Fourteenth Street, he ran into the arms of Patrolman Thompson, of the Fifth Street Station." The witnesses told Thompson what had transpired. The bleeding elevator operator identified his attacker.
When the assailant was taken into the police station, he was recognized as the man who had come in the day before complaining that he had been slashed with a razor at a restaurant on Third Avenue. The 21-year old John Gallagher was taken to the hospital, where Ginsburg again identified him.
At the time, death bed confessions or identifications, called "ante-mortem statements," were considered iron-clad. As he lay dying, Ginsburg said he had never seen Gallagher before and did not know why he was shot.
As the decades passed, the garment and millinery district moved north of 34th Street. In 1938 the store was leased to Wehman Bros. Books. A much different type of commercial tenant took space on the upper floors. In 1959 Permarite Corp. was here, hawking government surplus sunglasses to retailers. At least two handbag manufacturers were in the building in the 1960s, and in 1980 Beam Supply, a janitorial supply house operated here.
By now the Broadway block filled with trendy shops catering to the New York University students and the artists spilling over from the Soho lofts and galleries. In 1982 the upper floors of No. 712 Broadway were converted to "joint living and work quarters" for artists. The ground and second floor became home to Antique Boutique—a vintage and imported clothing and accessories store with no-so-vintage prices. In January 1985 it advertised Italian leather bags ranging from $175 to $325.
|Luxury apartments replace the spaces where ladies' straw hats and boys' suits were manufactured. photo http://streeteasy.com/property/7747147-712-broadway-2
Alfred Zucker, known for his exuberant use of carved stone and chunky Romanesque elements, reined himself in when designing No. 712 Broadway. It survives as an integral part of the long block of commercial structures that transformed the neighborhood in the 1890s.
non-credited photographs taken by the author


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USER EDITORjaynashvil
-There are no Eddie Haskells or Walter Dentons at Stu's school; all of the students at Hamilton High are earnest to the extreme.
-Joyce's desire is only to get married once she decides on the boy. Her desire to wear a strapless gown is considered risque.
-Stu regularly gives those types of long-winded speeches that "Green Acres" later made fun of by having "Yankee Doodle" play in the background. He'd pontificate with the utmost seriousness on most anything, from how studying Latin in school is crucial in life to freedom of the press to the superiority of men.
The one "fly in the ointment" was young Jackie who said what was on her mind and delivered the zingers no one else would dare say.
The series' recurring characters included handyman Willie, a rare Black character for the time, who was often employed in one of Stu's schemes. Though quite toned down, Willie was still in the tradition of the offensive Black servant stereotype: slow-moving, bugged-out eyes, and mumbling. Neighbors Harry and Adele Johnson were regularly seen friends/enemies of Stu and June. George Selkirk was a bossy school official who usually caused headaches for Stu. Actor Martin Milner played two roles in the series. Early on, he was Drexel Potter, a frequent boyfriend of Joyce. In the final season, he played Jimmy Clark, Joyce's new husband.
"Trouble With Father" underwent several title changes during its run, including "Life With the Erwins", "The Stu Erwin Show" and finally "The New Stu Erwin Show". Airing on the then-struggling ABC network, the series aired new episodes in a bizarre fashion designed to get maximum usage out of the reruns. Season One consisted of 52 all-new episodes. Season Two (10/1951-4/1952) aired 26 new shows followed by 26 weeks of repeats. Beginning in the fall of 1952, every third episode was a rerun from previous seasons. For a full 65 weeks beginning in July 1953, ABC showed nothing BUT reruns. The final season was a traditional 26 episodes of new programs. It's during this last season that the series finally acquired a laugh track.moreless
|S 4 : Ep 26
|The Matchmakers
|Aired 4/13/55
|S 4 : Ep 25
|The Pearl Necklace
|Aired 4/6/55
|S 4 : Ep 24
|Pecans vs. Pistachio
|Aired 3/30/55
|S 4 : Ep 23
|Separate Vacations
|Aired 3/16/55
|S 4 : Ep 22
|A Job for Jimmy
|Aired 3/16/55
Stuart Erwin
Stu Erwin
June Collyer
June Erwin (as June Erwin)
Sheila James
Jackie Erwin
Ann E. Todd
Joyce Erwin (1950-53) (as Ann Todd)
Merry Anders
Joyce Erwin (1954-55)
S 4 : Ep 25
Aired 4/6/55 (27:00)
S 3 : Ep 10
Aired 1/16/53 (30:00)
S 1 : Ep 9
Aired 12/16/50 (27:00)
S 1 : Ep 3
Aired 1/1/50 (26:00)