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Presented is a new tectonic fabric map of the southern ocean south of 45S, derived from Geosat altimeter profiles and published bathymetric charts and magnetic anomaly picks. The interpretation of the Geosat data is based on an analysis of the first derivative of the geoid profiles (i.e., vertical deflection profiles). To improve the accuracy and resolution of the vertical deflection profiles, 22 repeat cycles from the first year of the Geosat/Exact Repeat Mission (Geosat/ERM) were averaged. At wavelengths less than about 200 km, the vertical deflection is highly correlated with sea-floor topography and thus reveals major features in areas that were previously unsurveyed. The density of the Geosat data is greatest in the high latitudes where lineated bathymetric features such as fracture zones, spreading ridges, trenches, and rifted margins stand out. To construct the tectonic fabric chart, the Geosat data are analyzed in combination with available shipboard bathymetric data and magnetic anomaly identifications. (Auth.)
Satellite altimetry data provide a new source of information on the bathymetry of the ocean floor. The tectonic fabric of the oceans (i.e., the arrangement of fracture zones, ridges, volcanic plateaus and trenches) is revealed by changes in the horizontal gravity gradient as recorded by satellite altimetry measurements. SEASAT and GEOSAT altimetry data have been analyzed and a global map of the horizontal gravity gradient has been produced that can be used to identify a variety of marine tectonic features. The uniformity of the satellite coverage provides greater resolution and continuity than maps based solely on ship-track data. This map is also the first global map to incorporate the results of the GEOSAT mission, and as a result, new tectonic features are revealed at high southerly latitudes.This map permits the extension of many tectonic features well beyond what was previously known. For instance, various fracture zones, such as the Ascension, Tasman, and Udintsev fracture zones, can be extended much closer to adjacent coninental margins. The tectonic fabric map also reveals many features that have not been previously mapped. These features include extinct ridges, minor fracture zone lineations and seamounts. In several areas, especially across aseismic plateaus or along the margins of the continents, the map displays broad gravity anomalies whose origin may be related to basement structures.
We have developed an internally consistent isochron chart and a tectonic history of the South Pacific using a combination of new satellite altimeter data and shipboard magnetic and bathymetric data. Highly accurate, vertical deflection profiles (1–2 μrad), derived from 22 repeat cycles of Geosat altimetry, reveal subtle lineations in the gravity field associated with the South Pacific fracture zones. These fracture zone lineations are correlated with sparse shipboard bathymetric identifications of fracture zones and thus can be used to determine paleospreading directions in uncharted areas. The high density of Geosat altimeter profiles reveals previously unknown details in paleospreading directions on all of the major plates. Magnetic anomaly identifications and magnetic lineation interpretations from published sources were combined with these fracture zone lineations to produce a tectonic fabric map. The tectonic fabric was then used to derive new poles of rotation for 12 selected times in the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic. From our reconstructions, we estimated the former location of the spreading centers in order to derive a new set of isochrons (interpreted unes of equal age on the ocean floor). We believe that the use of new Geosat altimeter data in combination with a multi-plate reconstruction has led to an improvement in our understanding of South Pacific tectonics.
Spreading ridges and hot spot swells are identified by their high surface heat flow, shallow seafloor, and high geopotential. To understand these and other thermotectonic features, the oceanic lithosphere is modeled as a thermomechanical boundary layer moving through a three-dimensional, time-independent heat source. The heat source mimics the heat advection associated with a spreading ridge or hot spot without introducing the nonlinearities of these flow processes. The Fourier transforms of three Green's functions (response functions), which relate the three observable fields to their common heat source, are determined analytically. Each of these reponse functions is highly anisotropic because the lithosphere is moving with respect to the source. However, the ratio of the gravity response function to the topography response function (i.e., gravity/topography transfer function) is nearly isotropic and has a maximum lying between the flexural wavelength and 2pi times the thickness of the thermal boundary layer. The response functions are most useful for determining the surface heat flow, seafloor topography, and geopotential for complex lithospheric thermal structures. In practice, these three observables are calculated by multiplying the Fourier transform of the heat source by the appropriate response function and inverse transforming the products. Almost any time-independent thermotectonic feature can be modeled using this technique. Included in this report are examples of spreading ridges and thermal swells, although more complex geometries such as ridges offset by transform faults and RRR-type triple junctions can also be modeled. Because forward modeling is both linear and computationally simple, the inverse of this technique could be used to infer some basic characteristics of the heat source directly from the observed fields.
Bathymetric charts are used with satellite altimeter profiles to locate major ridge-transform intersections along five spreading ridges. The ridges are the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise, the Chile Rise, the Pacific-Antarctic Rise, and the Southeast Indian Ridge. Analysis of these data show spacings between transform faults W increase linearly with spreading rate ν (W/ν = 6.28 m.y.). This linear correlation is explained by a thermoelastic model of a cooling strip of lithosphere spreading at a rate ν. The traction-free boundaries of the thin elastic strip simulate cracks in the lithosphere at transform faults. A two-dimensional thermoelastic solution for the in-plane stress shows the largest stress component is tensional and parallel to the ridge. Stresses are zero at the ridge and increase as (age)½ to a maximum value at an age of W/4ν. All stress components are small for ages greater than W/ν. When the transform spacing is large compared with the spreading rate (W/ν > 100 m.y.) thermal stresses exceed the strength of the lithosphere for ages between 0 and 30 Ma. The observed maximum ratio of transform spacing to spreading rate (W/ν = 10 m.y.) results in low thermal stresses that only exceed the strength of the lithosphere for ages less than 1 Ma. Thus transform faults relieve most of the thermal stress. Model predictions also agree with earthquake studies showing that normal faults in young lithosphere have tensional axes aligned with the ridge. Moreover, oceanic intraplate earthquakes rarely occur in lithosphere older than 30 Ma as predicted by the model. These and other geophysical observations confirm Turcotte's hypothesis that transform faults are thermal contraction cracks.
A fracture zone (FZ) model is constructed from existing models of the thermal and mechanical evolution of the oceanic lithosphere. As the lithosphere cools by conduction, thermal and mechanical boundary layers develop and increase in thickness as (age)1/2. Surface expressions of this development, such as topography and deflection of the vertical (i.e., gravity field), are most apparent along major FZ's because of the sharp age contrast. A simple model, including the effects of lateral heat transport but with no elastic layer, predicts that variations in seafloor depth and deflection of the vertical will become increasingly smooth and ultimately disappear as the FZ ages. Observations, however, show that both the FZ topography and the deflection of the vertical remain sharp as the FZ evolves. These two observations, as well as the observed asymmetry in deflection of the vertical profiles across the Udintsev, Romanche, and Mendocino FZ's, are explained by including a continuous elastic layer in the model. The asymmetry in deflection of the vertical is a consequence of elastic thickness variations across the FZ. Modeling also shows that the evolution of the FZ topography is extremely sensitive to the initial thermal structure near the ridge-transform intersection. Model geoid steps and their development with age are used to access techniques for measuring geoid offsets across FZ's. Reasonable step estimation techniques will underestimate the overall step amplitude by up to 50%. This implies that abnormally thin thermal boundary layers, derived from studies of geoid height versus age, are not required by the data.
Our understanding of the earthquake process requires detailed insights into how the tectonic stresses are accumulated and released on seismogenic faults. We derive the full vector displacement field due to the Bam, Iran, earthquake of moment magnitude 6.5 using radar data from the Envisat satellite of the European Space Agency. Analysis of surface deformation indicates that most of the seismic moment release along the 20-km-long strike-slip rupture occurred at a shallow depth of 4 - 5 km, yet the rupture did not break the surface. The Bam event may therefore represent an end-member case of the 'shallow slip deficit' model, which postulates that coseismic slip in the uppermost crust is systematically less than that at seismogenic depths ( 4 - 10 km). The InSAR-derived surface displacement data from the Bam and other large shallow earthquakes suggest that the uppermost section of the seismogenic crust around young and developing faults may undergo a distributed failure in the interseismic period, thereby accumulating little elastic strain.
A three-dimensional approach to estimating elastic thickness is presented which uses dense satellite altimetry and sparse ship bathymetry. This technique is applied to the Louisville Ridge system to study the tectonic history of the region. The inversion is performed as both a first-order approximation and a nonlinear relationship between gravity and topography based on Parker's [1973] equation. While the higher-order effect on the gravity anomaly is nearly zero for most of the region, the magnitude is significant over the summits of the ridge. Nevertheless, the inclusion of the nonlinear terms has only a minor influence on the elastic thickness estimate within each region, lowering the value by similar to 1-2 km compared with the linear result. The incorrect assumption of two dimensionality for circular features exhibits a marked effect on the gravitational anomaly, resulting in false sidelobe structure of nearly 20 mGal for large seamounts. Our elastic thickness estimates are compared with the contradictory values obtained in previous studies by Cazenave and Dominh [1984] and Watts et al. [1988]. We find an increasing elastic thickness along the chain from southeast to northwest, with a discontinuity along the Wishbone scarp. The jump in elastic thickness values northwest of the scarp appears to be an indication of an age discontinuity caused by an extinct spreading center north of the ridge.
P>We present a semi-analytic iterative procedure for evaluating the 3-D deformation due to faults in an arbitrarily heterogeneous elastic half-space. Spatially variable elastic properties are modelled with equivalent body forces and equivalent surface traction in a 'homogenized' elastic medium. The displacement field is obtained in the Fourier domain using a semi-analytic Green function. We apply this model to investigate the response of 3-D compliant zones (CZ) around major crustal faults to coseismic stressing by nearby earthquakes. We constrain the two elastic moduli, as well as the geometry of the fault zones by comparing the model predictions to Synthetic Aperture Radar inferferometric (InSAR) data. Our results confirm that the CZ models for the Rodman, Calico and Pinto Mountain faults in the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) can explain the coseismic InSAR data from both the Landers and the Hector Mine earthquakes. For the Pinto Mountain fault zone, InSAR data suggest a 50 per cent reduction in effective shear modulus and no significant change in Poisson's ratio compared to the ambient crust. The large wavelength of coseismic line-of-sight displacements around the Pinto Mountain fault requires a fairly wide (similar to 1.9 km) CZ extending to a depth of at least 9 km. Best fit for the Calico CZ, north of Galway Dry Lake, is obtained for a 4 km deep structure, with a 60 per cent reduction in shear modulus, with no change in Poisson's ratio. We find that the required effective rigidity of the Calico fault zone south of Galway Dry Lake is not as low as that of the northern segment, suggesting along-strike variations of effective elastic moduli within the same fault zone. The ECSZ InSAR data is best explained by CZ models with reduction in both shear and bulk moduli. These observations suggest pervasive and widespread damage around active crustal faults.
[ 1] Exploring the earthquake cycle for large, complex tectonic boundaries that deform over thousands of years requires the development of sophisticated and efficient models. In this paper we introduce a semianalytic three-dimensional (3-D) linear viscoelastic Maxwell model that is developed in the Fourier domain to exploit the computational advantages of the convolution theorem. A new aspect of this model is an analytic solution for the surface loading of an elastic plate overlying a viscoelastic half-space. When fully implemented, the model simulates ( 1) interseismic stress accumulation on the upper locked portion of faults, ( 2) repeated earthquakes on prescribed fault segments, and ( 3) the viscoelastic response of the asthenosphere beneath the plate following episodic ruptures. We verify both the analytic solution and computer code through a variety of 2-D and 3-D tests and examples. On the basis of the methodology presented here, it is now possible to explore thousands of years of the earthquake cycle along geometrically complex 3-D fault systems.
A hybrid approach to topographic recovery from ERS interferometry is developed and assessed. Tropospheric/ionospheric artifacts, imprecise orbital information, and layover are key issues in recovering topography and surface deformation from repeat-pass interferometry. Previously, we developed a phase gradient approach to stacking interferograms to reduce these errors and also to reduce the short-wavelength phase noise (see Sandwell and Pi-ice [1998] and Appendix A). Here the method is extended to use a low-resolution digital elevation model to constrain long-wavelength phase errors and an iteration scheme to minimize errors in the computation of phase gradient. We demonstrate the topographic phase recovery on 16-m postings using 25 ERS synthetic aperture radar images from an area of southern California containing 2700 m of relief. On the basis of a comparison with 81 GPS monuments, the ERS-derived topography has a typical absolute accuracy of better than 10 m except in areas of layover. The resulting topographic phase enables accurate two-pass, real-time interferometry even in mountainous areas where traditional phase unwrapping schemes fail. As an example, we form a topography-free (127-m perpendicular baseline) interferogram spanning 7.5 years; fringes from two major earthquakes and aseismic slip on the San Andreas Fault are clearly isolated.
The March 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake was only the second giant (moment magnitude Mw ≥ 9.0) earthquake to occur in the last 50 years and is the most recent to be recorded using modern geophysical techniques. Available data place high-resolution constraints on the kinematics of earthquake rupture, which have challenged prior knowledge about how much a fault can slip in a single earthquake and the seismic potential of a partially coupled megathrust interface. But it is not clear what physical or structural characteristics controlled either the rupture extent or the amplitude of slip in this earthquake. Here we use residual topography and gravity anomalies to constrain the geological structure of the overthrusting (upper) plate offshore northeast Japan. These data reveal an abrupt southwest–northeast-striking boundary in upper-plate structure, across which gravity modelling indicates a south-to-north increase in the density of rocks overlying the megathrust of 150–200 kilograms per cubic metre. We suggest that this boundary represents the offshore continuation of the Median Tectonic Line, which onshore juxtaposes geological terranes composed of granite batholiths (in the north) and accretionary complexes (in the south). The megathrust north of the Median Tectonic Line is interseismically locked, has a history of large earthquakes (18 with Mw > 7 since 1896) and produced peak slip exceeding 40 metres in the Tohoku-oki earthquake. In contrast, the megathrust south of this boundary has higher rates of interseismic creep, has not generated an earthquake with MJ > 7 (local magnitude estimated by the Japan Meteorological Agency) since 1923, and experienced relatively minor (if any) co-seismic slip in 20111. We propose that the structure and frictional properties of the overthrusting plate control megathrust coupling and seismogenic behaviour in northeast Japan.
The global distribution of eddy kinetic energy has been synoptically observed from analysis of the Geosat Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) altimeter data collected for a 2-year period from November 1986 through November 1988. Using a technique developed by Sandwell and Zhang (1989), altimeter data from forty-four 17-day repeat cycles (2 years) were processed into sea surface slopes along the satellite ground track, averaged, and filtered to produce a mean sea surface slope profile having an estimated accuracy of 0.2 μrad (2 cm sea level change over 100 km distance). A series of global eddy kinetic energy maps, each averaged over 3 months, and their mean were then generated. The maximum mean eddy kinetic energy per unit mass exceeds 2000 cm^2/s^2 for most of the western boundary currents; however, it only reaches approximately 500 cm^2/s^2 for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). More than 65% of the world ocean has relatively low variability with an eddy kinetic energy of less than 300 cm^2/s^2. Results obtained from this study are in general agreement with other Geosat ocean variability studies (e.g., Zlotnicki et al., 1989). However, significantly higher variability is found when compared with either Seasat or ship drift data. Significant seasonal variations were found in the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio currents. The ACC system exhibits no apparent seasonal variation.
Interseismic motion along complex strike-slip fault systems such as the San Andreas Fault System (SAFS) can produce vertical velocities that are similar to 10 times smaller than horizontal velocities, caused by along-strike variations in fault orientation and locking depth. Tide gauge stations provide a long (50-100 year) recording history of sea level change due to several oceanographic and geologic processes, including vertical earthquake cycle deformation. Here we compare relative sea level displacements with predictions from a 3-D elastic/viscoelastic earthquake cycle model of the SAFS. We find that models with lithospheric structure reflecting a thick elastic plate (> 50km) and moderate viscosities produce vertical motions in surprisingly good agreement with the relative tide gauge uplift rates. These results suggest that sea level variations along the California coastline contain a small but identifiable tectonic signal reflecting the flexure of the elastic plate caused by bending moments applied at the ends of locked faults.
The San Andreas Fault System, one of the best-studied transform plate boundaries on Earth, is well known for its complex network of locked faults that slowly deform the crust in response to large-scale plate motions(1-8). Horizontal interseismic motions of the fault system are largely predictable, but vertical motions arising from tectonic sources remain enigmatic. Here we show that when carefully treated for spatial consistency, global positioning system-derived vertical velocities expose a small-amplitude (+/- 2mmyr(-1)), but spatially considerable (200 km), coherent pattern of uplift and subsidence straddling the fault system in southern California. We employ the statistical method of model selection to isolate this vertical velocity field fromnon-tectonic signals that induce velocity variations in both magnitude and direction across small distances (less than tens of kilometres; ref. 9), and find remarkable agreement with the sense of vertical motions predicted by physical earthquake cycle models spanning the past few centuries(6,10). We suggest that these motions reveal the subtle, but identifiable, tectonic fingerprint of far-field flexure due to more than 300 years of fault locking and creeping depth variability. Understanding this critical component of interseismic deformation at a complex strike-slip plate boundary will better constrain regional mechanics and crustal rheology, improving the quantification of seismic hazards in southern California and beyond.
The immersive environment of the Visualization Center at Scripps, coupled with the presentation of current seismological research, has great education and outreach potential. Since its March 2002 opening, the Visualization Center at Scripps has had more than 2,500 visitors, and numerous virtual visitors have explored our Web pages, which include streaming QuickTime movies of geophysical data, tutorials on how to use SGI/Mac/Windows registered visualization software, and examples of visualizations developed by SIO researchers and faculty members (http://siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/library.shtml). We will continue to expand the use of the Visualization Center at Scripps for K-12 and informal education, and to use the center to supply geophysical data sets, movies, and research results to as large a group of educators as possible. Our goal is to develop more sustained K-12 educational programs and to generate assessments of the center's programs and the educational products created at the Center.
Lineaments in the gravity field and associated chains of volcanic ridges are widespread on the Pacific plate but are not yet explained by plate tectonics. Recent studies have proposed that they are warps and cracks in the plate caused by uneven thermal contraction of the cooling lithosphere. We show that the large thermoelastic stress produced by top-down cooling is optimally released by lithospheric flexure between regularly spaced parallel cracks. Both the crack spacing and approximate gravity amplitude are predicted by elastic plate theory and variational principle. Cracks along the troughs of the gravity lineaments provide conduits for the generation of volcanic ridges in agreement with new observations from satellite-derived gravity. Our model suggests that gravity lineaments are a natural consequence of lithospheric cooling so that convective rolls or mantle plumes are not required.
Radar altimeter measurements of the marine geoid collected during the Seasat altimeter mission gave geophysicists hope of uncovering the gravity field over all the ocean basins. However, because of insufficient track density, it has taken 16 years for the full potential of the satellite altimeter to be realized. The high‐density coverage obtained by ERS-1 during its geodetic mapping phase (April 1994–March 1995) prompted the U.S. Navy to declassify all of the Geosat altimeter data in June 1995. The combination of these two high‐density data sets provided the first global view of all the ocean basins at a wavelength resolution of 20–30 km.
Marine Geology and Geophysics, Remote Sensing, Seismology and Earthquake Physics
Mailing Address: IGPPScripps Institution of OceanographyUC San Diego9500 Gilman Drive #0225La Jolla CA, 92093-0225
Location: 1104 IGPP II/1000Tel: 858-534-7109Fax: 858-534-5332
dsandwell at ucsd.edu


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Today, I tried out the services of the local European Wax Center. Oh, yes, I did.
And I'm well pleased...now. I will go back, they are definitely professionals there, and they know their waxing. But I digress...
During said service, when the lady said "Ready?" I was immediately transported to the film "40-Year Old Virgin" with Steve Carell - jump to this video!
Not that I have a hairy chest like his, or anything, so don't EVEN go there.
Waxing, which I never schedule with my aesthetician in a timely manner, due to my crazy schedule, always makes me think of nail salons. You know, those ones where you walk in, and they want to give you wine or a margarita, and sell you everything they have? Yeah. Those nail salons do waxing, too. Not me, boys and girls. But anyway, those kind of nail salons from this point on will remind me of my new favorite comedienne. Check her out - Anjelah Johnson.
Hope your weekend was awesome!
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"But there is a more serious difficulty here, namely to describe the different types of prayers. The apostle (St. Paul) notes four types. 'My advice is that first of all supplication should be offered up for everyone, prayers, pleas and thanksgiving' (1 Tim 2:1). … So we must first inquire what is meant … by thanksgiving. …. Thanksgivings: Unspeakably moved by the memory of God's past kindnesses, by the vision of what he now grants or by all that He holds out as a future reward to those who love Him, the mind gives thanks. In this perspective richer prayers are often uttered. Looking with the purest gaze at the rewards promised to the saints, our spirit is moved by measureless joy to pour out wordless thanksgiving to God." (St. John Cassian, CONFERENCES, pp 107-109)
Day: November 24, 2010
Strangers & Neighbors: Christian Thoughts on Thanksgiving (1989)
A sermon from November 12, 1989
Text: Luke 10:25-37 (The Good Samaritan)
Each November as we celebrate Thanksgiving we are also asked to especially remember the many people throughout our country and world who are suffering from poverty or from some natural disaster. The Parable of the Good Samaritan is an appropriate theme for promoting charitable giving.
I want to remind you this morning of the biblical notion of neighbor and of stranger.
In the bible, the words stranger and neighbor occur almost 260 times! These two terms are both important in understanding God's expectations of you and I. God has commanded us to be kind, generous, forgiving, loving of our neighbors. God also commanded us to be patient, kind and fair to strangers.
God taught us in the Old Testament that the stranger is to be treated as good as we treat the orphans and widows. We are to protect strangers and provide for them. We are forbidden to ever mistreat any stranger. For God Himself loves the stranger, both protecting the stranger from harm and providing him with food and clothing (Deut 10:17-18). And God reminds us that "You shall not mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the Land of Egypt" (Ex 22:21). It is precisely because we are and have been strangers on this earth that we can sympathize with every stranger we meet. We learn from the scriptures that the feeling of being a stranger is in fact a spiritual state which we sing about at each funeral service.
(Psalms 119:19) " I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. " We all need to remember the fact that our spiritual sojourn on earth from the time of the Old Testament has been one of exile. We have been in search of our true home and have often found this world to be hostile, even though this is God's creation and we are God's chosen people. We Christians are not to forget that are only true motherland is the Kingdom of God.
So, for us being a stranger is a spiritual state. It is our true status on earth. And it is because we ourselves know what it is like to be a stranger among other people, that God has commanded us to love and care for other strangers that we meet. In fact in Leviticus 25:35, God commands us to help any of our brothers and sisters who become poor just like we help and love the stranger. The way in which we care for the stranger is to be for us the model in dealing with our neighbor!
So, we are to love the stranger in the same way that God loves the stranger. This was a teaching of God set down hundreds of years before Jesus Christ walked on earth. It is this love of the stranger as I have already said which becomes the guide for us in loving our neighbor. For if we are to love those who are aliens and strangers to us then certainly God expects us to love the neighbor whom we know. We are commanded from the beginnings of God's law to love our neighbor, as we love ourselves – with the same intensity and strength that we love ourselves.
God strictly forbids us to do any harm or evil to our neighbor (Psalms 15:3, Proverbs 14:21).) God even forbids us to withhold any good from our neighbor when it is in our power to give the neighbor what he or she may need (Proverbs 3:28 ).
It is in this context of stranger and friend, that we hear our Lord Jesus Christ tell us the story of the Good Samaritan. For Christ again teaches us that to love the neighbor as the self does not mean that we can ignore the stranger. For clearly, the love we are given by God through the Holy Spirit, is a love for each and every person in God's creation, friend or stranger, brother or enemy, Greek or Jew, male or female.
We should also remember Jesus' own teaching about the Great Day of Judgement in Matthew 25:35 where the Lord says: "for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in…"
The Son of God identifies Himself totally with the stranger. And we know that to love and care for any stranger is to love and care for our Master Jesus Christ.
It is then not hard for us to understand Romans 13:10, "Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. " To love stranger or neighbor is simply to obey God's commandments to us.
If we can remember that in the Old Testament, the Israelites were constantly reminded to love the stranger because they had been strangers in Egypt and in the promised land. Now, the strangers are not the people of God, but those who have not yet joined God's people. As St. Paul told the Ephesians
2:12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
In Christ Jesus, we lose the status of being strangers to one another. In Christ Jesus you and I become brothers and sisters and fellow citizens of God's kingdom. So our love for each other increases, because we are no longer loving strangers, but we are now loving our family. And it is this growing love which we are commanded by Christ to share with every neighbor that we meet, so that any neighbor can also become part of our family, and can know that overwhelming love which God has shown for us.
Exodus 22:21 "You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:18 'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 25:35 'And if one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
Deuteronomy 10:17 "For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
Deuteronomy 10:18 "He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
Psalms 15:3 He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
Psalms 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Proverbs 3:28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give it," when you have it with you.
Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins; but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Romans 13:10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Ephesians 2:12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,


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Hey, it's me again. I feel like I do this a lot, huh? Anyway, for anyone who reads the other big thing on my blog, The Wheel of Time Casting Call, you'll know I'm about to have some free Fridays. The Casting Call is ending, and I plan on taking its place with the MS&T Re-read. Sorry it's been such a hectic schedule the last two months, but quite frankly, those two projects are too large to fit in the same week with each other, especially when I'm writing my own stories on the side, and am a full-time musician. So anyway, one more week, I promise, and MS&T will be back and ready for action.
Also, there may be a cool surprise for all you Tad Williams fans soon, collaborated between myself and Olaf Keith of A Gentle Madness. Keep an eye out for it!
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House Groups
Our church currently has two house groups, people who get together in someone's home to chat about their faith and life. For more details, contact the Minister.
During Lent we are sharing a study course with St. Mary's Sawston, St. Peter's Babraham, and Castle Camps and Little Abington United Reformed Churches.
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Scramble Market, a corner boutique in La Foret, is probably one of our favourite places in Tokyo… I know we say that a lot, but the depth and breadth of fashion in Tokyo is quite breath-taking and the result is that we have more than a dozen 'favourite' places!
I'm still in love with La Foret; I still get goosebumps when I step in through the huge glass doors and walk around and up and down and amuse myself on the tiny escalators. La Foret was the goal when I was a teenager: a huge fashion department store in Harajuku selling all of the Japanese street fashion brands I coveted, it must be heaven. After several years of popping in every other week or so, I can confirm that is rather heavenly, although sale season is definitely not – let's just say that Scramble Market really lives up to it's name.
One of the things that I really like about La Foret is the range of fashion inside: yes, you've got lolita and punk and gothic styles, and also H>Fractal, Par Avion and Gondoa all rubbing shoulders with each other. One must-see for us has been Scramble Market, who sell, among others, Tokyo Telephone favourites such as Etw Vonneguet, Christian Dada, Remain Silent, In-Process by Hall Ohara, FEAR, Nick Needles and red-haired super-cool model Sioux's new venture Vive Vagina (you might recognise the VV tights from various street snaps). All in all, a perfect selection of up-and-coming Japanese designers – and all freely available in La Foret! Now there's no excuse not to pick up something exciting – I think I'll be dropping some hard-earned cash here before Fashion Week…
Scramble Market looking deceptively small here – there's a ton packed in.
Yes, I love a good label shot. The Vive Vagina logo is fab – although perhaps not one to wear in the company of your mother-in-law.
New discovery: Remain Silent. Thanks to Scramble Market!
FEAR's new line, complete with zips at every turn.
Lovely badges from In-Process by Hall Ohara – gorgeous graphics, I've got my eye on a couple of these!
Silver leather birthday present-style bow.
Art collaboration with Yamaguchi Yusuke – his naive style contrasts with the clean lines of the designers.
More awesomeness from FEAR.
Really want to make some kind of 'let me lend you a hand' joke (terrible, I apologise).
Gold and pearls.
Really love these tote bags!
Etw Vonneguet on show outside…
Scramble Market is one of our top choices for independent fashion in Tokyo – we hope you'll love it just as much as we do.


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- 8w (300mm),16w (300mm)
- T8 Lamp Diameter approx. 25mm, Available in 15watt (450mm),25w (450mm),
- 30w (900mm),55w (900mm)
UV Ultraviolet Bulbs & Tubes
This replacement ultra violet light tube will fit many manufacturer's UVC units including Kockney Koi Yamitsu, Tropical Marine Centre, Evolution Aqua EvoUv and many more. Our Ultraviolet Tubes are High Grade Germicidal Bulbs by Osram, Written on one end of the uv bulb will be a code, it should say (G15T8) The first number is the wattage ie. 4,6,8,15,30,55, and the second is the size of tube ie. T5, T8.
UVs are used in the pond environment to 'kill' the microscopic unicellular algae that cause green water.
Ponds contain relatively large volumes of water requiring significant volumes to be pumped through a biofilter and UV. Consequently pond UVs come with fittings up to 2" in diameter with quite a wide diameter jacket around the tube to handle the required turnover.
The wattage of the UV must be geared so that the radiation is sufficient to denature the algae at a rate faster than it can reproduce. The radiation required to produce crystal clear water is below that of a sterilising action when the rapid flow rate is taken into account. Pond UVs can typically go up to 55W.
Consequently, to be more precise, these units are referred to as UV clarifiers rather than UV sterilisers. The distance between the quartz sleeve and the outer chamber will generally be greater than 10mm as they are designed to carry volume. This reduces the sterilising effect of the unit.
Adjacent to the pond the UV must be installed with a suitably sized biofilter with sufficient mechanical filtration capacity to remove excessive quantities of dead algae. Once installed, UVs are notorious for creating significantly more particulate waste and it is often wise to install an 'oversized' pond filter to remove the extra waste.
The UV radiation causes the microscopic algae to clump into 'flocs' of a filterable size. If these flocs are not removed then the floating detritus can often be less visually appealing than the initial green water problem. For this reason, the pump or drain should be placed where they rapidly remove the settled flocs of dead algae.
An unwelcome side effect of fitting a UV is that the nutrients (phosphates, nitrates etc.) in the water that are no longer fuelling microalgae growth can be utilised by macroalgae - particularly blanketweed. As blanketweed is not subjected to the UV radiation, then its growth may actually increase under the now improved conditions of enhanced light and freely available nutrients.
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Our Services
We offer a comprehensive marketing package, which is flexible and tailored to an individual Vendors requirements.
Our service starts with a free valuation, where we will advise on how to achieve the best price in the current market conditions.
Our services once you instruct Parkyns include:
- Full colour details including internal and external photographs.
- Floorplans.
- Internet advertising and campaigns on Rightmove.
- Regular weekly advertising in the East Anglian and local press.
- Property features in the local press.
- Office window display
- Property mail outs via email, text and post.
Parkyns use an up to date software package, which links both offices and allows us to match all properties with suitable buyers registered on both offices mailing lists.
Whilst we are marketing your home we will keep in regular contact with you, which will include providing feedback from all viewings, but also looking at ways to generate more interest, if required.
Once a sale has been agreed we have a dedicated sales progressor who will monitor the sale to the completion and identifying and resolving any potential problems, if they arise.
This is only a brief overview of what we can do and to find out more please contact us or email for further information.


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About the agency
What industry sectors does Mulberry specialise in?
In the UK, our home market, Mulberry has always specialised in working for B2B and technology clients – both large, established and publicly listed organisations as well as entrepreneurial and emerging smaller ventures. We were also practising integrated marketing communications and inbound marketing before either became the buzzwords that they are at the moment.
What's been happening recently at the agency?
Mulberry was less impacted than some other agencies by the economic crisis and I am proud to say that we never had to let a single colleague go. We have now emerged from the crisis well-positioned for further growth on a number of fronts. Whereas for much of the company's history we were best known for media relations, we are now getting a great reputation for other types of communication work including content marketing, events and visual marketing to name but three.
We were recently appointed by a very exciting and fast-growing retail tech company, Pricer AB (Sweden). Another interesting win has been a programme of content marketing for US tech company Serials Solution.
In addition to our London Waterloo office, Mulberry currently has three offices in the U.S. and ones in Australia, Singapore and a joint venture in China (Beijing and Shanghai). There is a lot of growth opportunity, focus and excitement for the Singapore office currently and I see this location as being vital in helping our clients to extend their own reach around the world. I think it is highly likely that you will see other Mulberry offices open in other regions of interest to our clients and I am personally intrigued to see whether we will be needed to open in South Africa or South America first!
What qualities do you look for in new recruits?
For me it is about their attitude and personal characteristics more than a piece of paper that says that they have been to this or that university. I look for positive energy, an analytical mind, confidence (not arrogance), but with strong listening skills, too. And also creativity, focus, that they are detail-oriented, they are a good relationship-builder, they are a team player, tech and web-savvy, and at the end of the day they are someone that I would feel okay socialising with outside of work.
In your opinion, what are the main challenges facing the PR industry today?
The main challenge (and opportunity!) that I see is the way that PR, which for decades in its most simplistic terms was all about achieving positive print coverage for clients, has to now encompass and leverage an ever-expanding number of communications channels to hit clients' targets. If your agency doesn't have an integrated offering including search marketing, social media, content marketing, media relations, analyst/influencer relations, employee communications, crisis communications – yes, even in B2B – and digital marketing, I would be seriously worried about how you were going to feed your children in the future.
About clients
Can you list some of your most well-known or respected clients?
As we work for the B2B and enterprise tech sectors, most of our clients are known in their own particular space or industry rather than to the general public. So while the name Jaga or IDeaS might not mean much to readers here, they are global leaders in renewable heating and hospitality software, respectively. Another long-term client, Iron Planet, has totally changed the way that heavy construction equipment is bought and sold. Similarly, other clients like Rubbermaid, Sealed Air, Guestline, Nuix, Metsa Tissue are all well-regarded leaders in their fields.
How do you harness social media for your clients?
That is too broad a question! It all depends on our brief from a particular client but generally our strategy is monitor, participate and publish. In general terms we may be doing any or all of the following for clients….blogging, open and closed forums, crowdsourcing, wikis, surveys, design competitions, etc.
What has been your most outlandish campaign?
One recent initiative that springs to mind for creativity – rather than being outlandish – is the great success we had recently for our machine-to-machine solutions expert client Digi International (NASDAQ symbol: DGII). The Connecting Light Project was a two-day interactive digital art installation of 400 light-filled balloons communicating with each other in pulsating colour along Hadrian's Wall, and was powered and controlled by the company's IDigi Device Cloud. As we anticipated, this attracted media interest from around the world – broadcast as well as print – because it was such a visual way to demonstrate what was possible with our client's technology.
What advice would you give to recent business start-ups on their PR strategy?
Often with start-ups, it begins with helping them to get straight in their own mind the basics of how they want to be seen, by whom, how they want to engage, and what they then want this audience or audiences to do or say. I also would counsel them that to keep in front of potential customers, distributors or investors, often their communication campaign has to build and evolve more rapidly than their product or service offering, which can be a slightly tricky concept for many to grasp.
About journalists
Which areas of the press do you communicate with the most and which media outlets or journalists do you find you work with the most often?
It would be the B2B media, particularly in the technology, heating and ventilating, construction, hospitality, industrial automation, cloud computing, cleaning, hygiene and health care sectors.
How do you build and maintain strong relationships with journalists?
It is about having a true understanding of what the journalist needs and helping them to file a story that will enhance their own reputation and engage their readers/viewers, striking a chord or answering a need that will create a reaction or response.
If you could ask a journalist one question out of the ordinary, what would it be?
Do you want to work for Mulberry? That assumes of course that I rated the journalist in question and I genuinely felt that Mulberry offered them a better career track.
About you
What media do you seek out first thing in the morning?
That depends a little on which day of the week it is as I like different newspapers on different days. On the train in to the office, The Times, The Mail, the FT and The Sun will all feature on my reading list. I am also an avid reader of US business magazines like Inc. and Fast Company, too.
Are you involved in any other projects?
I act as a non-exec director for a very exciting architectural lighting company called Aether Lighting. I also wouldn't bet against other start-ups from Mulberry in areas that are tangential to communications.
Name three guests you'd invite to a dinner party and why.
David Moyes, manager of Everton F.C., as I am a huge Everton fan. I had the pleasure of meeting him briefly once and never have encountered anyone before or after who gave such a strong impression of a natural born winner.
Martin Sorrell from WPP, so I could pick his brains non-stop on how to grow Mulberry.
Finally, the Queen so I could understand how she has stayed so knowledgeable, so relevant, so trusted and so respected for decades.
Do you attend networking events? If so, which are you attending soon?
Not really, as I never really see a return from the investment of my time in attending to make these pay off for me. However, I do acknowledge and respect that others have built their business or career on formidable event networking skills. I do network fairly assiduously online though.
What's the first rule of good PR?
Know what end result you want to get out of any situation, interaction or opportunity.


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American Modernism 1920-1950: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Sept 2, 2008 - Jan 18, 2009
Boca Raton Museum of Art
American Modernism presents the competing forces of tradition and innovation during a pivotal era in American history, when artists struggled to define what was quintessentially American. Offering glimpses into a changing America are rarely seen gems from the collection by social realists, regionalists, figurative modernists and early abstractionists. This sampling of American art between the World Wars presents more than 40 paintings, drawings and prints by well-known artists such as John Sloan and Raphael Soyer along with works by under-appreciated talents such as Vaclav Vytlacil and Richard Florsheim.


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Where: Tuscola County Conservation Club
1060 Gun Club Road, Caro, MI
When: Saturday, June 6 - 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Class Fee: $120.00
Ron Champagne - NRA Certified Instructor
Phone (989) 670-5234 - Call for details
Email: email@example.com
What to expect?
There will be (5) hours of classroom. A Law Enforcement Officer or an Attorney will present a State of Michigan legal review of concealed pistol license and concealed carry laws, liabilities, and responsibilities, which will include a Q&A period. This is an excellent time to get one-on-one answers to your most challenging questions.
There will also be (3) hours of outdoor range time
(please dress appropriately in case of inclement weather).
No experience required.
Lunch will be provided.
Course materials will be provided.
What to Bring?
· Eyes and Ears protection
· 100 Rounds of Ammo
· MI Drivers License
What if I don't own a gun?
If you do not own your own gun, please call to make arrangements for a gun loan for the class.
All students are required to bring their own 100 rounds of ammunition.
Online Registration and payment for your convenience, or contact instructor.
Please contact instructor for gun loan and ammo info & questions. The only stupid question is the one that went unasked - so please ask!
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Git — remove all deleted files in one line
I got sick of manually removing deleted files, this makes it easier:
$ git rm $(git status | grep deleted: | awk '{ print $3 }')
HTML formatting man pages
I'd like to be able to print out man pages as HTML.
Attempt 1. print man output straight to file (failed)
We can try redirecting the man output directly:
$ man grep > man/grep.txt
but that emits a whole lot of non-printable characters — it is for the shell after all.
Attempt 2. format with man2html (succeeded)
The man2html documentation states that the following should work:
$ man grep | man2html > man/grep.html
It doesn't though (on cygwin anyway). Instead it produces a message like:
Content-type: text/html Invalid Manpage The requested file (stdin) is not a valid (unformatted) man page.
Obviously it does not understand the above formatting being output from man. It seems to be requiring unformatted output, which means the raw man file itself.
[TBD: Verify same behaviour exhibited on Linux]
Getting the right file format for man2html
1. Use man's t option
Try and get man to output a format understood by man2html.
$ man -t grep
as described in the manual, the -t option employs groff with postscript default:
Use /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc to format the manual page, passing the output to stdout. The default output format of /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc is Postscript, refer to the manual page of /usr/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc for ways to pick an alternate format.
resulting in a file like:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%Creator: groff version 1.19.2 %%CreationDate: Sat Oct 24 14:57:32 2009 %%DocumentNeededResources: font Times-Roman ...
which cannot be processed by man2html. I guess I could've tried to change the groff format to output html directly, but I didn't.
2. Supply raw man file to man2html
Rather than pipe the output from man, we could bypass it and send a file instead. All we need to do is locate the file on disk.
To find a man page on disk (in this case for grep), run:
$ man -w grep
Which produces:
Notice the .gz extension: the man files are compressed. I am not sure if this is always the case.
So, we need to decompress grep.1.gz to get the raw man file:
$ gzip -dc $(man -w grep)
producing a file like:
.\" GNU grep man page .if !\n(.g \{\ . if !\w|\*(lq| \{\ . ds lq `` . if \w'\(lq' .ds lq "\(lq . \} . if !\w|\*(rq| \{\ . ds rq '' . if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq . \} .\}
Which is the unformatted man file required by man2html.
Pretty simple really:
- Unzip the required man file
- Pass it to man2html
Here's how:
$ gzip -dc $(man -w grep) | man2html > man/grep.html
[!] The -c option on gzip ensure the original file is preserved. If you don't supply this, you'll have your compressed man file replaced with its uncompressed version.
The only problem I have with that is that the documentation reads:
The man2html filter reads formatted nroff text from standard input (stdin) and writes a HTML document to standard output (stdout).
But the raw man files are not in nroff format, and if I try this:
$ gzip -dc $(man -w grep) | nroff | man2html > man/grep.nroff.html
The resultant file contains error message:
The requested file (stdin) is not a valid (unformatted) man page
Grepping lines with multiple matches
I want to filter log files by matching lines that contains all of set of matches (I don't want to alternate them).
For example lines like:
RawURL /1.2/user/authorize?ip=10.254.142.175&method=GET
I want to match lines that contain the terms "RawURL" and "/1.2/user/authorize?" without resorting to piping multiple greps:
$ grep RawURL | grep /1.2/user/authorize? *.txt
This means I want a regexp like:
Translating to grep extended regex, this becomes:
$ grep -E RawURL.+/1.2/user/authorize *.txt
Note: There is no need to enforce non-greedy matching.
Regular expressions, character classes and special characters
The expression:
Is not equivalent to:
Because in the second one, the special character '.' is no longer special. Character classes have all special characters turned off.


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Effective tennis elbow treatment involves a complicated process of finding the source of the problem. When dealing with chronic tennis elbow, one must act like a detective and figure out all the complicating factors that might cause the not only the pain caused but the problem to the muscle. To understand tennis elbow we must look at what tennis elbow is and how it starts. Fixing tennis elbow sounds like all you have to do is avoid the use of your elbow and the problem is solved. However, there are several complicating factors such as: shoulder movement restrictions, decreased hand strength, as well as functional biomechanics of your swing that could be a culprit to the problem.
Tennis elbow is a condition in which there is an irritation due to chronic repetitive use of the wrist extensors. The symptoms of tennis elbow are as follow:
- Pain is felt on the outside of the elbow. It is more common for the pain to gradual increase over time.
- Pain is worse when shaking hands or squeezing objects and can usually be associated with a feeling of weakness.
- Examples include lifting, using tools, opening jars, or even handling simple utensils such as a toothbrush or knife and fork.
- As the name suggests tennis elbow is very common in tennis players due to the repetitive nature of the game. The best tennis elbow treatment to keep you from getting tennis elbow would to be to follow the exercises listed below. Tennis elbow treatment is very difficult especially when a player doesn't want to take time off from playing. Making sure to do these stretches and exercises everyday will help eliminate the problem from occurring.
- PIR Stretch- PIR is an effective technique that causes brief periods of relaxation in the muscle following a contraction. This allows a greater stretch to occur within the muscle.
- Rubber Band Exercises- Take a variety of rubber band thicknesses and using your fingers open the rubber band and put them around a cup that is above a 3 inch diameter. This should be a difficult task for some of the tougher or tighter rubber bands.
- Ice Cup Massage- Using a dixie cup (6-10oz cup) fill up half way with water and then put in the freezer. Once frozen, rip off the top of the cup until you expose about an half inch of ice. You can now use the cup portion remaining as a "handle" and rub over the top of your arm. Focus on the areas that might be tender and press and rub in the area. This is a great way to keep inflammation from occurring in that area and is an terrific method to use following a practice or tough series of matches.
- Rice Exercise- Fill a 5 gallon bucket with rice about half full with rice. Immerse your hand until you are halfway to your elbow. Using the force applied by the rice, make a fist and bring your wrist forward and back 30 times and then switch to going from side to side 30 times. Next, open and close your hand in the bucket 30 times. Take rest as needed but work to complete 30 repetitions in each direction.
Treatment (Professional Options)
- Deep tissue laser treatment– Using a class 4 laser such as the Lite Cure EX laser, a treatment can work to eliminate the inflammation at the cellular level. Laser treatment is a highly successful treatment in treatment and prevention of tennis elbow. When looking for a laser therapy clinic, make sure that you ask the power of the laser as you want something in the range of above 10 Watts. A lower powered laser is not going to apply the required dosage to create dramatic change in the tissue.
- Sports Massage Therapy– specialized massage therapy technique that is designed for optimizing the function of the muscle and promoting a healing environment for the surrounding muscles. This technique will utilize an active approach to massage therapy and has the patient perform certain stretches and motions while massage is being done.
- DMS– Massage tool that is used by several professional sports teams. The massage tool uses high frequency vibration therapy to help promote circulation and break up adhesions in the tissue.
- Graston Technique– A massage technique that will use stainless steel massage tools to help break up adhesions and allow greater range of motion of the muscle. This can be a very rewarding choice but tends to be on the painful side.
- PRP Injection– This is a great method in which they take your own platelet cells and put them within the tendon to allow healing at an accelerated level. This usually requires a patient to wear a brace and have minimal use of the arm while healing. Most insurance companies will not cover this procedure and would recommend someone that does this under live ultrasound.
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There appears to be a discussion on Google Help regarding small dots appearing in Google search results near the ŌĆ£PreviousŌĆØ and ŌĆ£NextŌĆØ buttons. So far, those dots seem to appear only for Firefox 3 users.
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The "Unworking" Mom
Tips, Tricks, Ideas and Musings from a mom who doesn't work.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Along The Toddler Way book Review
This is the second book I wanted to get read by Christmas and I finished it today. This book is the second book by Ezzo and Ezzo (see my other review under "books") and I enjoyed this one a little more. I think that they have some great concepts when it comes to raising good children. Some of the truths that stuck out to me were raising one command kids which means they learn that when you tell them to do something, you expect obedience the first time. Of course, this means consistency on the part of the parent because if obedience isn't the immediate reaction, than the parent has to follow through. Compared to as much detail as they went into in the first book, this one seemed like an over view but the ideas themselves are easy to grasp too. I did not agree with everything but isn't that typical? I personally do not agree with using a crib as a place of punishment. I don't want their crib, at this age, to be associated with doing something wrong because i want my kids to want to go to bed. The author does address this and he states that they will be able to tell the difference because you will use a stern voice and there won't be the kisses and snuggles that happen at bed time. I'd prefer to use a different location though. Would I recommend this book? Absolutely. Would reading Along the Infant Way help with this book? Not necessarily - there are a few terms you might not recognize but they are not imperative to glean good concepts out of this one.
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nicaragua recently inaugurated a brand new facility for its Adventist Hospital in Estelí, Nicaragua. The facility becomes the only private hospital in the city, located 93 miles, or 150 kilometers, north of Managua—the capital city.
The Jan. 9 inauguration ceremony drew city officials and community and church leaders.
"This is a very important entrepreneurship lesson because the church has worked hard in Latin America with these initiatives and today it is our turn here in the city of Esteli to have this beautiful Adventist Hospital for the well-being of all Nicaraguans," said Mayor of Estelí Francisco Valenzuela.
Ministry of Health Director Dr. Víctor Manuel Martínez also applauded the church for its focus on health care and its commitment to the community. "We are very glad to work together and move forward to accomplish so many things so that the northern part of the country can have better medical attention and become healthier," said Martínez.
Inter-American Division President Pastor Israel Leito congratulated the efforts of the medical staff and everyone involved in the project to continue trusting in God as they continue providing health care. "We exist to serve and to share the love of Christ with everyone," said Pastor Leito.
The three-floor modern facility has 10 private rooms and 20 beds, thanks to contributions by Loma Linda University's (LLU) Adventist Health International, Inter-American Division, the South Central American Union, and initial funds by Dr. Donald Vargas an orthopedic surgeon born and raised in Nicaragua, now based in Texas, said Dr. Elie S. Honoré, Adventist Healthcare Services Inter-America president.
"The hard work of the hospital staff, led by Dr. Socorro Úbeda, has been tremendous during more than a decade," said Honore. The Adventist Hospital used to be located at the city of La Trinidad but years later moved to a small rented house that kept serving the community with excellent medical care and community outreach, explained Honore.
Honore visited the new facility days before the inaugural ceremony with LLU's Albin Grohar, PhD., associate professor of the School of Public Health, and Hospital Director Dr. Úbeda, on the continued collaboration among the health institutions. So far LLU has donated a brand new X-ray machine and supported the operating room by providing equipment and parts for the operating system regularly, explained Honore.
"There are plans for LLU medical teams to visit and teach in the new facility and assist with health clinics in the community," said Honore.
"The excellent health care the community of Esteli has seen confirms once again how a hospital or clinic can be a center of influence in the community," added Honore. "It's about the church with its health message as a whole playing a very vital role in the life of that community in Esteli".
Thanks to the health educational programs, medical brigades, and specific health programs carried out by the Adventist Hospital in Esteli, the government is inviting the church to branch out in other cities across the country, according to Honore.
The Nicaragua Adventist Hospital is own and operated by church in South Central American Union headquartered in Costa Rica. The hospital is part of a network of 14 hospitals operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church under AHS in Inter-America.


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Entering the multiverse is a hands on storytelling workshop exploring the keys for crafting immersive narratives. Understanding the implications of immersive worldbuilding as a possibility space where discovery is as important as plot. Participants will explore the richness of human interaction as a journey that activates different potentialities or multiverses, experiencing the concepts of human Interface, neo-narrative structures and designing for error.
What is like to step inside stories with our whole bodies? If the body is used as an interface is it used as an element of diversity, interaction or colonization? How do you narrate through emotional story nodes? Entering the multiverse is both a workshop and an experience to discover the transformative spirit of spatial narratives.
The workshop will explore the key elements of immersive storytelling and worldbuilding through gamified open source prototyping, work on the notion of human body as both interface and designed-possibility and experiment with the ideas of user journey and hero's journey in a storyworld by designing emotions as discovery nodes.
This event takes place in English.
The workshop is sold out. (Limited capacity)
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1182 Saint-Laurent Blvd | (514) 871-9883
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You see them in Perry County at TC Market. You see them for hours in Millersport most every day. Enough is enough.
I was recently working across from the Millersport Fire Department when I heard a motor running. I went to take a look and saw it was the squad from Fairfield Beach. I noted the time and the squad ran for over a hour before two firefighters came out.
I thought that they would go going back to The Beach. Boy, was I wrong. They went to Sammy J's Deli with the Millersport squad right behind them. I followed them and went inside. They were all seated together.
I asked them who was at the Fairfield Beach Fire Station. The new fire chief said he was. I told him that he was here right now. He said "no," and I said then the station is abandoned. He said "yes."
I then asked who was at the Millersport Fire Station. He didn't say anything. I said its abandoned too, isn't it. I then asked whether being at the restaurant slows down response time. He said "yes." I asked if minutes save lives and he said "yes." I also asked about fuel and wear and tear on the vehicles.
Tina Singleton spoke up and said there isn't a place to get anything to eat at The Beach. I told her to pack a lunch. But I should have realized that they won't even take the time to clean up the four or five couches and chairs that have been sitting behind the Fairfield Beach Station since last summer. Are they going to wait until us taxpayers have to pay an exterminator to get rid of the rats and bugs living in that mess?
I wish the Village of Millersport would figure out how much money is being wasted and just use that money to hire company to provide three meals a day so that they wouldn't have to get out from behind the $10,000 worth of computers that taxpayers bought them. At least they would be at the fire station. We hired them to serve and protect us, not the other way around.
I not saying they don't do a good job when they are on a run. I am saying that the fire equipment shouldn't leave the fire house unless they are on a run. To Tina Singleton, I want to know why when you are on duty at The Beach that the squad spends so much time running in front of your house. If you don't believe me, ask her neighbors.
Now Millersport is getting two new police cruisers and a squad. And if they can't pay for them they can just let them go back. Is anyone else hearing what I am hearing? Let them go back, then we don't have any!
Millersport doesn't know how they are going to open the pool this summer. Yet they want to buy two new police cars and a new squad. Wake up! Times are tough and we already have four or five squads now. And where did they get the figure that it is going to cost $21,000 to keep the police cars on the road. You could buy and install two new engines and transmissions for that price and basically have two new cars. You know what's next – more taxes for the police department.
I am a 50-year resident and pissed off taxpayer.
Roger Mattis
Fairfield Beach


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Fort Hood Rampage Trial Shifts To Suspect
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood now gets his turn in court to present his side of the story.
But there are questions about whether Maj. Nidal Hasan will even present a defense to jurors starting Wednesday on the Texas Army base. Military prosecutors rested their case Tuesday after calling nearly 90 witnesses in 11 days.
But Hasan is signaling that he might not call any witnesses on his behalf. He told a military judge Tuesday that he no longer needed a religious professor who was among the only two witnesses on his list.
Hasan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others. Jurors could begin weighing his punishment early as Wednesday if Hasan's case doesn't last long.
MICHAEL GRACZYK,Associated Press
PAUL J. WEBER,Associated Press
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Nailberry Manicure
£30- Approx. 45 minutes. This treatment includes file, shape, moisturing and polish.
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Our Nailberry manicure is a healthy yet highly effective manicure - perfect for vegans, greenies or if you're looking for something that's a bit easier on the nails in general. This brand of polish is animal cruelty-free and is an impressive 12 free formula. Nailberry is a long wear polish, creates an immaculate shine and the pigmentation game is strong. On top of this, the polish allows your nails to "breathe' and allows water vapour and air to pass through the nails, which helps your nails stay strong and healthy even when wearing polish (which is typically dehydrating for your nails).
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- Trimming nails to the desired length
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When one of our Salonettes arrive at your house, you'll recognise them easily as they will be wearing all black, sporting our logo. Invite them in, and then the manicure process can begin.
The Salonette will begin by sterilising your hands as well as theirs with a quick spritz of sterilising spray: we care a lot about hygiene at LeSalon. You don't need to worry about any mess being created, as our Salonettes are well trained and have punnets and towels to keep their kit together.
Cutting and shaping
This part of the process is sort of where the magic happens. Your Salonette will ask you what type of shaped nails you would like, so this can be square, rounded, almond-shaped - whatever you want. To make sure it's the one that you want, the therapist will do this on one nail and you can make a decision if it's the style you would like to stick to.
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Cuticles are important to be tended to as they can be prone to infections and are sensitive. A removing solution will be put on each finger around the cuticle, which the therapist will then remove thoroughly. The solution leaves the cuticles clean and soft; the therapist will then proceed to push back the cuticles gently. Do not hesitate to say if the pressure is too much/little, our Salonettes are trained to go at whichever pace you prefer. Once the dead cuticles appear, these will be neatly clipped away.
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A bit of lotion will be applied to the hands to keep them soft and supple.
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If everything looks good, so that's the shape and the cuticles, then the hardest part comes next. Choosing a colour! The nail technician will then scrub the nail plate clean using acetone or alcohol. A base coat will then be applied to protect the nails and allow for a smoother colour application, followed by two coats of the colour you chose, finished off with the top coat.
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Once everything is dried, the cuticle oil is added and rubbed in. And voila- the classic nail manicure is complete.
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Before the therapist leaves, she will ask you if you would like to book for another treatment again. We are confident in the service that we provide and are sure that you would be happy to book again. It takes no more than 20 seconds, just confirm the date that you would like to book in and leave the rest to us.
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- Which brand of polish do you use? We use a range of brands which includes: OPI, Essie, Vinylux and Orly.
- Is Nailberry vegan friendly? Yes, you can read the full rundown of what Nailberry actually includes following the link above.
- What is the best way to keep the manicure intact? We usually recommend to just treat your hands fairly and to keep away from any harsh chemicals for the best results. A cheeky trick is to paint on an extra top coat yourself a few days after your treatment.
- I'd like nail art, do you do this service? Yes, we do basic nail art from £10.
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Simon Roberts (1974, U.K.) first published the monograph Motherland ten years ago. It was based on his travels through Russia, meeting with the locals and documenting their lives in relationship to their landscape. That project led him to question his national identity through the lens of another culture, comparing his Englishness to the patriotism of the Russians. Since then he has gone on to publish two more equally critically acclaimed books, We English and Pierdom, in pursuit of an explanation, or at least an exploration, of what it means to be English. More recently, he was the official artist for the United Kingdom's 2010 General Election and later was granted access to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Here he speaks with us in an interview about landscape, national identity, the speed of modern journalism and, of course, the English.
Your images are typically broad shots of a whole scene, showing larger groups of people and more of the landscape, often described as 'taking a step back'. What brought you to use this style?
It really came from the work I was doing in Russia for the book Motherland, on a trip between 2004 and 2005. There I was exploring ideas around people, landscape and national identity, so the book was a mix of landscape and portraiture. I got quite close, face to face with the people that I met, so I started taking landscape pictures with a more distant perspective.
Then, when I got back to England and started to print the work large, the relationship between the viewer of the print and the figure in the landscape echoed ideas of history painting, and it made you the surveyor of the scene rather than part of the scene. I was surprised how the Russians' idea of national identity was more than just patriotism and was tied to ideas of belonging to the Russian landscape. Which to me was quite surprising because I was quite ambivalent towards notions of Englishness and my own relationship to the English landscape. So I went on a similar journey to what I did in Russia, but this time I spent a year travelling around England for the project We English. I wanted the photographs to echo that sense of distance and the viewers to have a bird's eye perspective over the landscape I was looking at. Taking that step back gave more opportunity for the landscape to take precedence, and then within that landscape to create these small narratives, or vignettes within the larger tableaux.
In 2010 you were the official artist for the general election in the UK, and to me what stands out in those images is the mob of journalists and photographers crowding around solitary politicians. They give the impression that the politicians weren't there so much for the people but more for the press. Did you plan the message you wanted to convey beforehand, or was it something that emerged while you were there?
No, I had a pretty clear idea what I wanted to do with the commission, because the idea was that you have special access to the three main party leaders, so you could become embedded and travel around the country with each of the leaders. I was very dismissive of that access and worried that I would become part of the press dialogue, part of that scrum. So I decided to take a similar perspective to We English, taking that perspective would always put me behind the press. What I wanted to do was to put into context what we were seeing in the news, in terms of these little press conferences and political theatre that was taking place and put it into the context of how it was orchestrated. So you could see the sheep pen in which the press were supposed to stand, where the security guards were and what the general public were doing, so you knew how many people there were there. I was interested in those peripheral moments as well as the British landscape and architecture. Little details that help to extend your visual references.
Well, architecture became very important when you photographed the 2012 London Olympics. You split those images into three distinct parts: the sports, the crowd, and the architecture.
There again, the Olympics were interesting because there were so many photographs created. I heard a statistic that within 90 seconds of Usain Bolt crossing the finishing line the Daily Mail picture desk had received tens of thousands of images of that moment. Each photographer had arrays of cameras set up on remote, all of them linked, so that within milliseconds of a photograph being taken they were transmitted to the picture desk. Yet all of the images were close-ups of Usain Bolt, so despite this deluge of photographs, they are all pretty much showing the same thing.
With all my photographs it was again about setting a scene from which you can begin to understand what else is going on. So with my picture of the 100m final, you can see all the cameras in the foreground with 600-700mm lenses, but you can also see the crowds, the lighting rigs and some of the architecture. For me, the ones which were particularly successful were the images where you get a sense of London, where you can see how the Olympic committee and particularly Locog (The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) branded London: how it was used as a beautiful backdrop, which they could then set the sporting event within and have these images transmitted around the world. Ostensibly it was a PR job on behalf of London and Britain and I wanted to get a sense of that.
You seem unimpressed with the effect of digital photography and in particular that deluge at the Daily Mail.
It's not so much the digital – for the Olympics I shot on digital – but it is more about that process of distribution. Which was something I was interested in my series The Last Moment and Ctrl+Alt+Del. We are all in this new phase now where everything needs to be recorded, yet everything is recorded to be immediately shared, rather than contemplated. We all have to show where we are in that moment, then have that moment liked and commented upon.
I studied human geography and did my dissertation on photographic representations of East Africa. What I did was examined the tourist literature and how it depicted East Africa, then I went on one of the 8 week tours and tried to map the experience and understand how their visual reference of the place chafes once they experience it. Instead of being challenged, they tried to recreate the pictures that they saw in the tourist literature. I remember being on the Serengeti and everybody was photographing at the same time. Nobody was in the moment, they were all trying to re-photograph a photograph they had already seen in the tourist literature to validate the experience they were paying for. So how much of our experience is different from what we've had a stereotypical idea of before? What is in that space between what we see and how we experience it?
In Ctrl+Alt+Del, where you photograph the back screen of the digital camera, there is this sense of loss and regret going through the series about the speed and ease of destroying photographic information.
I shoot very slowly and don't shoot a great deal of material. Like the image of David Cameron outside of the polling station for the election project: I had been there for 14 hours so I could set up my shot, make sure there were no roads closed off by police, all so I could get exactly the frame that I wanted. But, because I was shooting a 4x5 camera with film, by the time that David Cameron had walked out of the polling station and got in his car, I only had time to take two photographs. In that same time a press photographer on a motor drive could have taken 200. I didn't need to take more than that but there was this element of luck as well. It was the same for the Olympics -- it was more about finding the location, then waiting for the picture to form.
Your series The Last Moment, where you scan and rework press images published in British newspapers to essentially remove a lot of visual information, seems like a counterpoint to your normal approach of stepping back to reveal more information about the scene. Is this also a way of slowing down the image?
With that, I was trying to create a barrier, to make the viewer do more work, and there is this element of confusion when you first see them. It is very difficult to tell online, because these things are supposed to be prints -- it's a very different experience looking at something 40 inches tall by 60 inches wide. What you first see is your eye being drawn towards the devices that are being used. You look first off at how many of these devices are being used at a time, then it becomes about elements of the devices, for example some people are using two phones at a time, the nail varnish on the fingers, the back of the phones decorated like cassettes. You know but are not quite sure of what they are all recording. Then the title gives you a little bit more of a sense of what you are looking at, for instance the GaGa one is just called Poker Face. When you read that, then you start looking and can see the translucence effect that I put over the rest of the image, and taking a step back you begin to see Lady GaGa's face emerge until you realise what it is you are looking at. So, what I'm trying to do is make you spend more time looking at the image, contemplating what you are looking at, thinking about the process, because these pictures are often made in a split-second and our time with them is another split-second.
This project was started at a time when Kodak was going into administration. Here you have a huge multinational company that was so tied to photography. The Kodak Moment was the birth of amateur photography.
Was this why you named the project The Last Moment, as a reference to The Kodak Moment?
They collapsed as a result of digital and they hadn't realised the effect that it would have. What the mobile phone has done is enable people to take a photograph and share it instantaneously. Three to four years ago, most digital cameras that you could buy weren't WIFI enabled, but mobile phones were! So the mobile phone basically killed the compact camera market because all people want to do is transmit an image. It's not about creating something that will sit in a photo album for relatives to see, it's something that people will see now. Everyone is continually positioning themselves in the moment. That's why it's called The Last Moment. Not just because of The Kodak Moment, but also because we are always recording that last moment, that here and now.
What do you think you've learnt about the English by examining them for the last 10 years?
I've learnt to love and hate my country in equal measure. One of the great things about doing We English was it took me to all these little places that I never really knew about. There is no doubt that it is an incredible country with some beautiful places but you can also see just how mundane and banal our high streets are. One of the great things for me about immigration is the colour that it brings to some of our streets. You drive around parts of Birmingham and Leicester and its quite extraordinary, the different elements of life there.
Simon Robert's 2010 work The Election Project is on exhibition in London, to coincide with the upcoming General Election, at Photofusion from April 10 till May 12, 2015.


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