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Patricia Calhoun's reporting about the model-train layouts that have graced Union Station for decades, and the prospect of them losing their longtime home, has triggered a mixture of nostalgia and resolve that the situation must be fixed. Here's one example -- a reader for whom the trains have a special place in his heart.
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This is a sacrilege without a doubt. I don't know if they checked it out or not, but I would recommend that they, the RR modelers, would contact the Forney Museum.
At 73, I remember this RR layout since my first visit as a child and have taken my grand children there as well. I grew up on the UPRR, as my dad was a section foreman for 40 years, as well as several of my uncles and both grandfathers. This hobby is worth perpetuating to the fullest for those of all ages.
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WOW, I am so excited! Trader Joe's has finally opened its new store in my neighborhood. I could not believe the price of the organic produce. I am lovin it!
While shopping for my weekly greens I came across Mache, it's fairly new to the green scene and not widely found. Mache has a mild nutty flavor, some of you may know it as corn salad, rapunzel, field salad, or lamb's lettuce, this comes from its resemblance to the size and shape of a lamb's tongue. It is actually not a lettuce but a herb. ($1.99 a bag).
Mache's nutritional benefits are that the omega-3's it provides helps to lower triglycerides and improve HDL (good) cholesterol levels, and this reduces inflammation and helps with the risk of cancer and heart disease. Mache also contains vitamin C, iron, folic acid and potassium.
Mache can be used in soups,sandwiches, rice, sauces, omelets, steamed and served as a veggie side dish much like spinach and of course you can use it in salads and add it to your green smoothies.
I made a tasty veggie pizza.
Tomato Soup
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Haphazard: Episode 22: Sonic the Hedgehog
Who could forget this nostalgic game? I'm guessing no one, but here are a six things I bet you never knew about Sonic the Hedgehog.read more
Art Attack! News: Episode 36: Jacks Wagons
If you were lucky enough to have a wagon when you were a kid, chances are you'll love everything I'm about to show you.read more
Obscure: Episode 35: Diogo Alves Head
Imagine, if you will, that the first thing you see when entering a building is a severed head, pickled in a jar. This is exactly what you would find, next to a diaphonized hand, when entering the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Medicine.read more
Haphazard: Episode 21: Wishbone
If you never watched Wishbone after school in the 90's, you missed out on a classic. I loved this show, and it became a staple in my education.read more
Art Attack! News: Episode 35: Kujiiira Art – Chris Helton
I've long been drawn towards peculiar creations, and when I first came across the works of Chris Helton, I became fascinated by their occultism.read more
Obscure: Episode 34: Bomb Village
During the Vietnam war, the US military dropped more than 1.6 million tons of bombs on Laos. This was part of a failed attempt to keep communism at bay, and made Laos the most heavily bombed country in the world on a per capita basis.read more
Random Rants: Episode 4: Idiots
Once you've reached adulthood, there's a good chance you've met a few idiots.read more
Haphazard: Episode 20: SkiFree
If you had a Windows PC in the early 90's, you might remember this little gem. I hope you felt that; the nostalgia in the air. This odd game was nothing ground breaking, but sure could kill some time; in the pre-internet world most of us grew up in.read more
Art Attack! News: Episode 34: Marilyn G. Brechin
Remember finger painting as a kid? Creating your own world with total freedom? Marilyn G. Brechin embraced that childhood freedom, and creates unique finger paintings.read more
Obscure: Episode 33: April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day is celebrated the world over on April 1st as a day of practical jokes, general silliness, and hoaxes. But, what prompted this tradition?read more


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KINGSPORT, TN (WJHL) – Investigators in Kingsport are trying to determine the identity of human remains found by a hiker who was trekking a wooded area along the South Fork Holston River.
The remains were found around 6:45 p.m. in an area adjacent to Riverport Road in Kingsport.
Police say due to the advanced state of decomposition, the remains have been sent to the medical examiner's office at East Tennessee State University to determine an identity and a cause of death.
No other details about this case have been discovered or released to the public.
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Bernstein: Bulls Above The ThugsStacey King called for retaliation. Pacers hoodlum Jeff Foster had just knocked Derrick Rose to the floor, inciting another heated exchange of words between the teams, and King had some words of his own.
King: 'Noah Is A Modern Day Dennis Rodman'The Chicago Bulls were without center Joakim Noah for 30 games. While they were still able to 22-8 over that stretch, they're a much more dangerous team with him in the lineup, despite his less than perfect looking shot.
Rose Made Statment In Win Over Heat, He's The MVPGoing into Thursday night's game against the Miami Heat, Derrick Rose's name was at forefront of the MVP discussion. After the game, Rose may have pulled away and ended any need for further discussion.
King: Bulls Will Be 'Scary' With Noah In LineupJoakim Noah is expected to return to the Chicago Bulls' lineup in the first game after the upcoming All-Star break. Once Noah is back in the lineup, the Bulls will go from a good team to a "scary" team.
King: Like Jordan, Rose Plays Through PainDerrick Rose has been suffering from stomach ulcers for close to a week. And despite the pain, Rose not only played on Friday and Saturday, you wouldn't have known he was injured.
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I'm a sort-of fan of Killinaskully. Some episodes are great while others are yawn inducing boring affairs. Last year's Halloween episode was great fun and the first episode of the new season opened with the depiction of a secret society called the Ancient Order of the Stoat. I almost fell out of my seat when I heard the initiation phrases uttered by Willy when he discovered where the society met. Some people are not going to be impressed!
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"The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For indeed it now feels not like going, but like going back."
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
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"Happiness of heart can never be measured out and bundled up, it's intangible. We keep running after it, grasping for it, and the heat of our running so seldom brings it closer. But now and then there may be a moment. We look at something and know it is good and beautiful. Those moments are happiness."
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What's this thing called creativity?
So, you don't think you're creative, do you? Did you ever think that how you put yourself together, or for that matter, don't put yourself together in the morning is a creative act? How about how you live your life? Doesn't that take an ounce of creativity? How you approach your relationships? How you prepare or don't prepare your food? I believe we all have some aspect of creativity that resides inside of us. You may not be a painter, or photographer, or gardener, but you might have a flare for putting together a great party, or making a mean chili! Take a moment each day to discover an aspect of yourself that sings out creativity. Be aware of this part of you that maybe goes unrecognized as you go about your day. Begin to nurture it and respect it. If you don't want to see it as creativity, find another way to acknowledge it. Maybe you prefer imagination. Find it and continue to develop it. Don't let it go by unnoticed. Feed it and it will expand and you will begin to see yourself with new eyes.


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"Imagine your grandma in hell. Baking pies without an oven."
George Carlin (1937 – 2008)
I wrote the next lines in his memory:
I can't understand the concept of cemeteries. They're just a waste of useful space. I mean why the fuck keep some corpses in the first place? Are people that arrogant in such a way that they buy property on which to keep their apoptotic former selves? Well they are! People will do almost anything to their cadavers except donate their organs post-mortem.
"Why the fuck should I help another motherfucker after I'll be gone? Maybe I'll need my fuckin' liver when I'm taking a harp lesson up on a cloud in heaven…".
I say: "Hey cocksucker! Maybe you're going to hell. You think god never saw you touching your niece's dog in an unnatural way? Down there a liver is just another piece of meat that aches".
Death should be a simple thing:
first – you die (so far so good);
second – a team of specialists harvest all your viable organs;
and third – they take the rest of your shit down to the crematory and burn it to ashes.
No need for the childish concept of afterlife, god, devil and all that shit. Some of your parts (always the brain, which when you think of it, is the source of all the nasty shit you've done in life!) go in a big ass oven, where they're cooked to ashes. Other organs take the higher role of saving someone else's life (maybe the kidneys, always kept clean by tremendous amounts of alcohol ingested, alcohol that also led you to suicide, but that's another story). So there you go: heaven for the holy parts of you, and hell for the less holy ones. And if you've really done something worth being remembered, you'll be remembered. A fucking sculpture of a Mercedes beside your grave is not a reason for people to speak about you in the centuries to come.


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When in your 20s, focus on learning horizontally and laterally on a wide range of skills.
So in your 30s you should have carved out a niche for yourself and still have an accessory of skills, vast contacts and broad experience in various fields which will that gives you perspective.
When in your 40s, you can then seek to gain complete Mastery and the 10,000 hours rule should have kicked in and you're regarded as a guru of sorts.
And in your 50s and 60s you can totally dominate globally and be recognised as a notable authority.
Life is in phases. Men are in sizes. Live each phase per time.
There are things God will do, but there are also some which you must do for yourself like using Google to seek out great sources of learning.
It makes no sense just praying and hoping for a change of fortune, for the country to get better, for someone to locate you, for a dream job to land on your lap. Without doing anything while waiting.
I believe that Gods grace can make a way when there seems to be no way and get you in the door of key decision makers.
Now before that happens, you should concern yourself with your attitude and aptitude.
Give God a break. Upgrade yourself and make your life a Blockbuster!


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One Part of a Hackintosh High Sierra Build Is Easier
With the beta of macOS High Sierra, life is a bit easier for Hackintosh builders using NVMe Solid State Drives. This is unusual, because newer builds of macOS typically increase the difficulty of getting a fully-functional Hackintosh build. Yes, one part of a Hackintosh High Sierra installation is actually easier than on previous versions of…
Nice article Jeff. I wonder what the max speed of each of these connectors is. I *think* for nVME its around 4GBps, and for M.2/PCI its around 1.6GBps. The sad thing is I think these connectors are already dated and a problem. I think some of apple's top end models get around 3GBps through put. But you can get PCI cards on the now ancient cheese grater mac pro that do around 6GBps. Which may explain why apple has been all over the map with its SSD connectors...
If you use a 4-lane PCIe slot in the cheese grater Mac Pro then you are limited to a real world throughput of around 1500MBps. If you use one of the two 16-lane PCIe slots then you can as you said achieve 6000MBps aka 6Gbps.
Whilst the fact the cheese grater only supports PCIe 2.0 is currently not a limitation for SSD drives it already is starting to be so for newer higher end video cards. I would say we are now reaching the stage where it is also becoming a limitation for storage or will at the next step.
Since the classic Mac Pro cannot boot from an NVMe drive most people use AHCI drives. To get the 6Gbps you can use the Amfeltec Squid PCIe adapter and use RAID0 to stripe across four AHCI drives and get close to the theoretical 6000Mbps. See http://barefeats.com/hard220.html
(There is a driver that allows using NVMe drives as data i.e. non-boot drives in the old Mac Pro.)
Apparently with NVMe drives becoming the new i.e. current standard older AHCI ones are starting to get scarcer and actually more expensive despite being older slower tech.
Great. Apple should use standard connectors and ports, not soldered components that can be upgraded by users. And not charge 2 to 3 times more for the very same component like RAM. Check out that for new iMac on Apple Store and sites like Amazon (3 times more expensive on the former).
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Officials take swine flu precautions at Md. state fair
4-H members from all over are loading up their animals and heading to the state fair, and with six cases of swine flu reported in Queen Anne's County, Maryland State Fair officials said they aren't taking any chances.
At the Maryland State Fair, Carroll County Sophomore Brittany Lippy unloads her blue butt pig, Mecca. He is the first pig in the swine barn.
"My favorite part of summer is the fair," Lippy said. "I love it."
But this year there a lot of changes at the swine barn. Each of the pens are being sprayed with a bleach solution, and warning signs are posted with safety tips.
Across the nation, 230 human cases of swine flu have been reported. It's a different strain than just a few years ago that's spread through direct contact with pigs.
In Queen Anne's County, six cases were confirmed last week, and fair officials are taking numerous precautions.
"(We've) taken out all the bedding and replacing it all," Assistant State Fair General Manager Andy Cashman said. "We're really prepared for it."
"It's a lot different than other years. They've been strict on them, but this year they're going full throttle, so washing my hands after every time I touch them is very important, and the visitors know that they shouldn't reach into the pen to pet the pigs," Lippy said.
The state fair is taking other precautions as well. For the first time, they are not allowing pigs in the petting zoo.
"At the racing pen, they usually have a picture time and holding of the pigs. They're not going to do that. At the birthing center, we normally let the pigs be touched and get petted after they're born, and that's not going to happen this year, just to be cautious," Cashman said.
Department of Agriculture officials will be monitoring the swine barn around the clock, and animal health inspectors, like Daniel Mast, who work specifically for the fair board, are checking the pigs.
"We're here at the gate checking all the livestock as they come through the gate, checking their health papers to make sure they are current and up to date," Mast said.
But officials said the best defense is hand-washing, and that's while you'll find plenty of soap, water and sanitizers at the barns this year.


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|Christmas Carrol explains heading to Mr Henderson
UEFA FFP – The Big Question: Are Liverpool money grabbing opportunists or The Grand Rich History Club of our times? Liverpool bosses are feverishly looking into Thieving Bastard Manchester City finances whilst cleverly attempting to slam the TV money door in everyone's faces before anybody notices. "This is essentially a very clever move by Liverpool," Aleksander Whopper of Deloittes, says. "They have come to the conclusion that, despite flinging absolutely millions at Christmas Carroll and Herman Henderson from Sunderland, they will not have a proverbial sniff of Big Time Football trophies for the ever-so-foreseeable future. This is their way of evening up a sloping playing field, that they helped to invert in the first place. They know that all those football tourists who think football was invented by Richard Keys will happily ignore the fact that, like Manchester United, Liverpool stretched the transfer record every summer throughout the 70s and 80s. It's quite brilliant and it might just work, if everyone closes their eyes for a bit."
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Lord Coe looking for someone who looks like a potato to embody the Olympic spirit
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Wayne Rooney may be the figurehead Britain's national team sport has been looking for to embody the true charm and mystique of the Olympic Spirit. "What we really need," said Lord Coe, sipping on a mug of tea and chewing on a carrot, "is someone with the chizzeled features of a Greek God, an attitude to life that can be realted to by all youngsters in the UK, who watches reality tv and is fascinated by it, who comes into close contact with people who have embraced Britain's Rich History of Shopping and who, above all, when dressed in jeans and sensible jacket, looks like a giant gherkin with a cherry tomato on top."
GUEST PIECE by Mark Church Organ of the Daily Telegraph
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GUEST PIECE by BRIAN "PUTTY PEN" GLANVILLE
And so on and so forth. As Toad of Toad Hall may well have said to the Lilliputians.
When I was just a small boy, just knee high to Luciano Troglio, the great Torino coach of the 20s, he sat me on his gnarled old thighs and began to recite Proust whilst fiddling with my pyjama turn-ups. This had an efforvescent and humbling effect on my undernourished brain. All those long and twisted years later, I am moved to suggest that this Manchester City side is a tea stain on the very ironed apron of association football. They besmirch the good name of soccer and I would wish this malodorous guest far from my table if I had the choice.
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|One + Only: Micky Horswill
WORLD football chief and tireless charity worker Sepp Blatter is being congratulated after it emerged he oversaw the award of a €350 million World Cup contract to a company part-owned by the firm his nephew runs. Blatter, president of football's governing body FIFA, heads the 24-man executive committee which awarded South Africa 2010's 380,000-ticket hospitality contract exclusively to MATCH Hospitality in October 2007.
The firm, based in FIFA's home city Zurich, was picked by the executive committee after a public tender. MATCH is part-owned by Swiss sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media, whose president and CEO is Philippe "pro-Zone" Blatter, nephew of FIFA president Sepp. FIFA has confirmed president Blatter was partially involved in the decision to appoint MATCH, prompting criticism from politicians. "We said we wanted to keep everything tight and nice in the FIFA Family and that is what we are doing,"said Blatter later. "Now bugger off the lot of you and let me count my nephew's money."
The firm, based in FIFA's home city Zurich, was picked by the executive committee after a public tender. MATCH is part-owned by Swiss sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media, whose president and CEO is Philippe "pro-Zone" Blatter, nephew of FIFA president Sepp. FIFA has confirmed president Blatter was partially involved in the decision to appoint MATCH, prompting criticism from politicians. "We said we wanted to keep everything tight and nice in the FIFA Family and that is what we are doing,"said Blatter later. "Now bugger off the lot of you and let me count my nephew's money."
Heroes and helicopters, horses and poniesAh yes. Well, no. Actually, I'd rather not. Not just now.
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The fine early season form of Glen Johnson, the really quite good early season form of Kyle Walker of Tottenham and the nearly outstanding form of Where's Wally have seen them chosen ahead of Micah Richards of Manchester Death of Football City for the up-coming games with Spain and Sweden. Asked why Richards had not made his experimental squad, Capello said "I say before, I no like players who are in low level teams and who no play well. Ba. Go away now" Richards immediately took to twitter and AMAZED everybody with his foul-mouthed rant against the England manager "Don't know what more I could do" he tweeted in a terrible temper. "To say I'm surprised is an understatement". It is thought that his BOILING hot tempered BROADSIDE may well be considered as (all together now) bringing the game into disrepute. A ban for the mealy-mouthed England outsider could follow and he may never play for England again.
Bringing you the latest in stewarding techniques for modern crowd management by Brett Fist of ShowrespecAs we saw in the Manchester Ruining the Game City match with Aston Villa it is important at all times to be on the alert for 50 year old men with dicky hearts who wilfully refuse to sit down when a goal is scored, or an exciting event is unfolding.
Amy Wally, regional manager for Showrespec, says stewards were acting on the initiative of the God Theramiptides, who appears in visions to people on a higher intellectual plain than the rest of us, when they tried to remove a troublesome man with a heart condition for persistent heavy breathing and leaning on one of the concourse railings for support. "This was exemplary steward behaviour. If Ronald Hubbard, steward 236, who attempted the manouevre, were a footballer, he'd be John Terry. Commanding, willing, energetic, with a 6th sense for where the trouble is and leading by example."
BALLON DE PLOMB LATESTSteaming Argentina and Cheating Manchester City ace Sergio "Kun" Agüero has AWOKEN A HORNETS NEST by suggesting "it's a shame" that Carlos Tevez is mouldering in City's youth team. Aguero's TOTALLY UNNECESSARY outburst has come as a shock to players and managers alike. "This is what we don't want to see," said Stain Cauliflower in his radio show, "Cauliflower at One". "It is akin to (parp parp) bringing the game into disrepute. This is a club that is clearly out of control and lacking in class."
(Ballon d'Or latest: Wayne Rooney and Wengerboys Arsene have been named in the shortlist for the big awards this year. "No I don't know either," said a man in a street.)
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After the recent unveiling of the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand, it is rumoured that the Stretford End will also be changing name to the Sixes and Evans Stand and the opposite end will be known as The Last Stand in memory of the club's heroic attempt not to become second class members of the city of Manchester.
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Adult Mental Health First Aid Training
Berkeley Medical Center will be hosting an Adult Mental Health First Aid Trainings.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
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This is a FREE training. All materials and refreshments will be provided.
Space is limited so please only register if you are available to attend.
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Once upon a time, a long, long time ago,
there was a King who had been away at war and was finally coming home. As he approached the castle, his dog ran up to him looking crazy: his muzzle was foaming and bloody, he was running round and round the King in circles, and then back toward the castle where the nursery was. The king followed the dog to his new baby's room and, to his horror, found the baby's crib and wall spattered in blood and a large wolf laying prone in the crib. The King, terrified and then horrified, turned toward the dog and plunged his sword into him, thinking the dog had allowed his baby to be killed by a wolf. Just then, he heard the baby's cry from under the wolf. The dog had protected the King's baby.
Now, you may be thinking, like my clients when I shared this, How horrible! What a terrible story! What the heck does this have to do with eating disorder recovery; why didn't he just pause before killing the dog; and where is the Queen in all this?
In order to see how this relates to recovery, we have to look at it metaphorically and break out of literal mind. In this story,
- the dog is our body,
- the wolf is our critical, eating disordered mind,
- and the baby is our most precious soul-self.
The King could be many things: he could be our Observer-self (if he had paused), he could be the fierce action-oriented part of our self (that is helpful when channeled in the right direction and destructive when not), he could be the part of our self that integrates other parts…
However, the most significant question I have for you is: how is your relationship with the dog? Because your body is not the enemy here. And, in recovery, your body needs to (and has the capacity to) become your greatest teacher, ally, and communicator. What would happen if you listened, with curiosity, again and again?
Many blessings and so much gratitude for Dr. Anita Johnston, author of Eating In the Light of the Moon: How women can transform their relationship with food through myth, metaphaor and story telling (Carslbad: Gurz books, 1996) for this story. Dranitajohnston.com


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Fine Food Queensland, one of the country's largest food events and the sister show of Fine Food Australia, will take place in Brisbane in just under a fortnight, bringing with it a display of some of the country's great producers and talents.
From sustainable packaging to baking secrets, and from large-scale catering to new products such as edible insects and little known bush tucker, this year's show promises to bring the best of the state's producers and businesses to the fore of the food and hospitality industries.
The Talking Food Stage is packed with experts and topics that affect every aspect of the industry, including sustainability, food trends, technology and social media, as well as expert advice on staffing and management. Similarly the baking and pastry stages, and the barista competition, showcase the best of their categories in exciting sessions and contests.
Local and regional Producers and products are also a focus of the event, and Fresh Produce Lane is a showcase of the state's regional fare. This year the area includes the incredible Aqua Botanical made from the freshest produce, straight off the land, making it the first water in the world sourced entirely from fruit and vegetables.
How? Australian farmers grow copious amounts of fresh produce to guarantee a daily supply that feeds families all over the country, and some harvests are more generous than others, meaning not all fruit and vegetables can be sold in the fresh produce market.
Being aware of how much it takes to grow this perfectly fine food, many Australian farmers choose to bring their overabundance of produce to juice manufacturers. When fruit and vegetables are pressed to extract their juices, they produce a large volume of water in parallel as they naturally contain water.
In a drought stricken country like Australia every drop is valued, but until recently the aqueous liquid from juice was not re-useable. AquaBotanical found a way to help the world tap into this unique new water source - by filtering and mineralising the aqueous liquid from juice concentrate.
The end result is a clear and clean tasting water free of sugars, toxins and additives, and has helped fresh produce growers minimise food and water wastage - and garnered the attention of global awards as a result.
Another lovely example is Ugly Duck Preserves which is a boutique food business creating preserves from ugly fruit - that which cannot otherwise be sold due to cosmetic imperfections or oversupply. Working directly with farmers and growers, currently, 80% of the products are also made from spray-free produce with an aim to be 100% spray free within the next few months. No colours or preservatives are ever used.
On stage, local talents such as those of Urbane Restaurant's Andy and Alejandro will share their insights on how to make business sustainable, and reality TV stars are also lining up to take part, with MKR winners Dan and Steph who run a Hervey Bay cafe will be taking part, as will Puerto Taco owners John and Justine who featured on last year's Restaurant Revolution who will discuss the ongoing trend of food trucks, pop-ups, and taking food from the kitchen to the street.


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You may or may not know that The Dear Handbrake is a foreign language teacher. As a dedicated deliverer of alien culture and wisdom from beyond the shores of this fair land to her charges, it has befallen to her for many years now to encourage and facilitate the noble art of writing letters to pen friends. She has just received and delivered this year's crop of contact details from IYS (International Youth Service) in Finland. Along with the contact details was a short note (below).
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Two of our female macaques make great mums!
On 3rd January, James, an infant male pig-tailed macaque, was brought in to our rescue centre in Ciapus by an expatriate European family living in Indonesia, who had kept him as a pet for 2.5 months. James is an extremely active young macaque, and our mandatory tests on arrival confirmed that he was healthy.
What to do with very young primates is always a challenge. Like human infants, they need a lot of affection, love and care, but if that is provided by IAR staff, there is a danger that they will become too dependent on humans, and jeopardise their chances of rehabilitation and eventual release, the ultimate goal of our project. Luckily, not long after we confirmed he was healthy and unable to pass any disease to other macaques, we were able to place him in a cage with Nonong, an independent adult female, who we hoped would adopt James and raise him herself. IAR staff were all tentative as we introduced them to each other, but as it turned out, there was nothing to be concerned about. Nonong and James have developed a strong bond, and Nonong is an extremely attentive mother, happy to share her food with James and indulgent of his rather boisterous character.
James was the second baby macaque that had been brought to our centre in the last few months. On 25th November, Dora, a female long-tailed macaque, was bought in by staff from the Jakarta Animal Aid Network. Dora was quite thin and extremely anxious when she first arrived, but in otherwise good health. After spending sometime in quarantine, building up her strength and getting accustomed to her new surroundings, it was decided that we would introduce her to Joy, an adult long-tailed female. Like James and Nonong, the introduction went well, and Dora and Joy now share a large enclosure together, and it's lovely to see them play together, using the enrichment we provide and sharing food.
It's heartening to see how well Joy and Nonong have taken to motherhood, and how well Dora and James have adapted, and we hope it bodes well for their future in the wild. However, while these two may have found a foster mother and now await their release into the wild, we can't ignore that many other macaques are kept as pets - often caught when they are very young. IAR continues to educate and create awareness about macaques used as pets and strongly discourages people from doing this NO matter how cute they are!


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My Lucky Day: Fabulous Video Game Finds
Okay, so perhaps "fabulous" is in the eye of the beholder here. Still, I came across a few finds which made me quite happy down at the local used goods store last week (and I'm only now getting around to talking about them, but what can you do?).
I'll start with the second one first: Altered Beast for the SEGA Genesis. My wife is something of a fan of the game, and I like it as well– it's sort of a guilty pleasure, but not one we're shy about, perhaps because it's so goofy. Suffice to say, I think we– and her especially– have put in a lot of time on it on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, probably more than anything else on the disc.
After an unfortunate set of circumstances which led to me losing her early Christmas gift on the way home, I wound up giving this to her in its place. Amazingly, I found it at a good price, and it's complete: Case, game cartridge, and even the instruction booklet! But as I said, we have it for the Xbox 360 through Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, so this was more a novelty gift than anything.
What's interesting to note is that the bottom is branded with the logo of Irwin Toy. It looks like they were the distributor for SEGA in Canada back when the Genesis first came out here, much as Mattel did for Nintendo, and as Tonka did for SEGA early on in the U.S. Irwin also distributed the Atari Video Computer System/2600.
The other item you can see there, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, is one I've been after for a long time… and it killed me to find out that one of the employees I talk to there all the time was planning to get it. Still, he said he'd rather I had it, and he could get another one at some point; I went ahead and let him know about the current Metal Gear HD Collection available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which should more than cover his needs.
Granted, I could have gone for that, too, and still wouldn't mind it. But the fact is, I wanted only one thing out of this package:
This is what I've long been after: Disc 2: "Persistence," which contains the now-useless version of Metal Gear Online, "Snake vs. Monkey" mode with Solid Snake hunting the monkeys from Ape Escape, and most valuable to me, the MSX versions of the original Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. These are on the HD collection as well, but to drop $30 for just these two seems a bit much.
Konami hasn't been much help, either, by not releasing these games as downloadables. They did collect Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence together in a PlayStation 2 compilation for the series' 20th anniversary; however, it was only the Japanese version of that collection which contained the MSX games, while Konami of America left them out, much to my chagrin.
I've been after this one for years, but have always been thwarted at every turn– specifically, whenever I would find a used copy of the game, it was always the first disc and only the first disc. I figured it would be the same this time, but to my surprise and delight, I finally got it. Meanwhile, The Wife is interested in checking out the other disc, so it all works out.
I wouldn't mind the HD collection for convenience's sake, but for now, I'm just content to finally be able to play the original two games. This is largely due to my having been introduced to the series with the NES game and its style of play– plus, I suck terribly at Metal Gear Solid, and just seem to have an easier time with the oldschool versions.
Screens courtesy of The Video Game Museum
Incidentally, I wish Konami would do more/better classic compilations. I've long wanted a Metal Gear collection featuring the two MSX games, the two NES games, and Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel, aka Metal Gear Solid for the Game Boy Color, plus some nice bonus material. And I know people say that Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge for the NES weren't as good as the MSX games, but they were still pretty good in their own right, and remain some of my strongest memories of the franchise.
I could also go for a Contra collection with the two arcade games, two NES games, the Genesis game, and the Super NES game (and bonus material, of course).
To close this out, there were two other games there which caught my eye, but I passed on. One was last generation's version of N.A.R.C. by Midway, which was a terrible Grand Theft Auto-styled "update" of the original. I sort of want to check that out, just as a fan of the original and to see how bad it really is. Sadly, it was for Xbox and isn't backwards compatible.
The other was the NES game Mach Rider, which was priced around eight bucks. Not terrible, but I can get the original on the Virtual Console for five, and it was just more than I was willing to spend on top of the other two at that moment.
All in all, though, a pretty good haul.


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- Born 1977 near Frankfurt (Germany)
- Long-term-student of Prof. Michael Sagmeister & Roman Klöcker
- Certificate program Berklee College of music (General music studies, jazz guitar)
- Lessons with R. Stone, B. Saunders, R. Peckham (all Berklee college of music)
- Certificate Audioengineering & Mixing (HOFA College)
- Teacher in his school Gitarrenakademie Waltrop learn2rock
- Lecturer at music college "Akademie Deutsche Pop"
- Member of the DTKV (Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband)
- Accreditation as a teacher & music school
Nico Pitzer is a professional german guitar player, composer, college instructor & teacher in his own school. He also teaches online using Skype or Google Hangouts. As a sideman and guitar player for hire, he plays with many different artists and has his own band called Nico Pitzer Band.
He studied with awesome musicians such as Prof. Michael Sagmeister, Roman Klöcker, Prof. Rick Peckham, Prof. Bruce Saunders and Prof. Robin Stone during private lessons and during his completion of the certificate program - berklee college of music.
Nico Pitzer is a varied player with high technical and theoretical skills for any style of music. Altough he´s primarily a rock player, Nico is highly influenced by and educated in Jazz as well.
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Each National Health Observance (NHO) presents an opportunity to educate the public, energize co-workers and community members, and promote healthy behaviors. The NHO toolkits have the information and tools you need to get started.
Use the tips in this guide to plan a successful health promotion event.
Planning is critical to the success of any outreach effort. Contact the NHO sponsoring organization several months ahead of time to request up-to-date information and materials. (Contact information for each month's sponsoring organization is provided in each toolkit).
Develop a publicity and media outreach plan. Designate a media contact from your planning team and make sure they are available to answer questions and follow up on media requests.
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MPZ gene
myelin protein zero
The MPZ gene provides instructions for making a protein called myelin protein zero. It is the most abundant protein in myelin, a protective substance that covers nerves and promotes the efficient transmission of nerve impulses. Myelin protein zero is produced by specialized cells called Schwann cells, which wrap around and insulate peripheral nerves. Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to muscles and to sensory cells that detect sensations such as touch, pain, heat, and sound. Myelin protein zero is required for the proper formation and maintenance of myelin. This protein is an adhesion molecule, which means it acts like molecular glue. It plays a role in tightly packing the myelin around nerve cells (myelin compaction).
Researchers have identified more than 120 MPZ gene mutations that cause a form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease known as type 1B. Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome is a disorder characterized by muscle weakness and sensory problems, especially in the hands and feet. Many of the MPZ gene mutations that cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome change single protein building blocks (amino acids) in myelin protein zero. Other mutations lead to a protein that is missing one or more amino acids. The altered myelin protein zero probably cannot interact properly with other myelin components, which may disrupt myelin compaction. As a result, peripheral nerves cannot trigger muscle movement or relay information from sensory cells back to the brain, leading to the weakness and sensory problems characteristic of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Some MPZ gene mutations cause a severe form of type 1B Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Symptoms begin during infancy or early childhood and include delayed development of motor skills such as walking. This form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is sometimes called Dejerine-Sottas syndrome, congenital hypomyelination, or Roussy-Levy syndrome. Researchers believe that the MPZ gene mutations that cause the severe form of the disorder probably disrupt the formation of myelin during early development.
Several mutations in the MPZ gene cause other forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease known as type 2I, type 2J, and dominant intermediate D. These forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, which often do not become evident until adulthood, affect the specialized outgrowths from nerve cells (axons) that transmit impulses to muscles and other nerve cells. People with type 2J Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease may also have hearing loss and abnormalities in the opening of the eye through which light passes (the pupil). It is unclear how MPZ gene mutations cause these abnormalities.
Cytogenetic Location: 1q23.3, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 1 at position 23.3
Molecular Location: base pairs 161,303,594 to 161,309,969 on chromosome 1 (Homo sapiens Updated Annotation Release 109.20200522, GRCh38.p13) (NCBI)
- myelin glycoprotein P-zero
- myelin peripheral protein
- myelin protein zero (Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy 1B)
- P0 Glycoprotein
- P0 Protein
- Berger P, Niemann A, Suter U. Schwann cells and the pathogenesis of inherited motor and sensory neuropathies (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease). Glia. 2006 Sep;54(4):243-57. Review.
- Bird TD. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Hereditary Neuropathy Overview. 1998 Sep 28 [updated 2016 Sep 1]. In: Pagon RA, Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Wallace SE, Amemiya A, Bean LJH, Bird TD, Ledbetter N, Mefford HC, Smith RJH, Stephens K, editors. GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2017. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1358/
- Boerkoel CF, Takashima H, Garcia CA, Olney RK, Johnson J, Berry K, Russo P, Kennedy S, Teebi AS, Scavina M, Williams LL, Mancias P, Butler IJ, Krajewski K, Shy M, Lupski JR. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related neuropathies: mutation distribution and genotype-phenotype correlation. Ann Neurol. 2002 Feb;51(2):190-201.
- Brennan KM, Bai Y, Shy ME. Demyelinating CMT--what's known, what's new and what's in store? Neurosci Lett. 2015 Jun 2;596:14-26. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.01.059. Epub 2015 Jan 24. Review.
- Grandis M, Vigo T, Passalacqua M, Jain M, Scazzola S, La Padula V, Brucal M, Benvenuto F, Nobbio L, Cadoni A, Mancardi GL, Kamholz J, Shy ME, Schenone A. Different cellular and molecular mechanisms for early and late-onset myelin protein zero mutations. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Jul 1;17(13):1877-89. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddn083. Epub 2008 Mar 12.
- Kochański A. Mutations in the Myelin Protein Zero result in a spectrum of Charcot-Marie-Tooth phenotypes. Acta Myol. 2004 May;23(1):6-9. Review.
- Mandich P, Fossa P, Capponi S, Geroldi A, Acquaviva M, Gulli R, Ciotti P, Manganelli F, Grandis M, Bellone E. Clinical features and molecular modelling of novel MPZ mutations in demyelinating and axonal neuropathies. Eur J Hum Genet. 2009 Sep;17(9):1129-34. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.37. Epub 2009 Mar 18.
- Niemann A, Berger P, Suter U. Pathomechanisms of mutant proteins in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Neuromolecular Med. 2006;8(1-2):217-42. Review.
- Numakura C, Lin C, Ikegami T, Guldberg P, Hayasaka K. Molecular analysis in Japanese patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: DGGE analysis for PMP22, MPZ, and Cx32/GJB1 mutations. Hum Mutat. 2002 Nov;20(5):392-8.
- Shy ME. Peripheral neuropathies caused by mutations in the myelin protein zero. J Neurol Sci. 2006 Mar 15;242(1-2):55-66. Epub 2006 Jan 18. Review.
- Warner LE, Hilz MJ, Appel SH, Killian JM, Kolodry EH, Karpati G, Carpenter S, Watters GV, Wheeler C, Witt D, Bodell A, Nelis E, Van Broeckhoven C, Lupski JR. Clinical phenotypes of different MPZ (P0) mutations may include Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B, Dejerine-Sottas, and congenital hypomyelination. Neuron. 1996 Sep;17(3):451-60.


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Topic: Where Angels Fear to Tread (not about the book) (09/08/11)
TITLE: In the Moments Before
By Glynis Becker
Gaius quietly murmured prayers through swollen lips. Lord, let Lydia know that I loved her. Protect and preserve my children. He was confident that the church would feed and clothe his family once he was gone, but who would play and laugh with his precious Phoebe? Who would teach Augustus how to hunt or teach him a trade? What about the child they had yet to see or name? Would he be a strong, healthy boy like they hoped? Would Lydia name him Gaius in memory of him? He would not cry. They would not see him weaken in these last moments. He knew when He decided to follow the Truth that this might be his end. And he certainly would not look back. How could he? He had no option but to go where His Lord led him. Even if it was a dark and fearful place. He remembered a Jewish song he'd been taught: "If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I descend to Sheol, You are there." Yes, Lord, You are here. I believe.
A sharp kick to his leg made Gaius look up, as best he could through the blood and bruising. His lips continued to move as He prayed blessings over those he would never see again with these mortal eyes and as he prayed strength for himself.
"Go ahead and pray, Christian," the menacing voice was dark. "It won't do you any good. If it were up to me we'd crucify the lot of you, just like we did to Him. But the governor likes the sport. Passes the time until the real games begin."
Gaius did not answer. What could he say? He had always prayed that if this moment came, he would have the words to preach like Stephen had, but now that he was here, he found his throat dry and his voice silent. Would he die well? He could not--would not--give these men any satisfaction by begging for death, but, Lord, how much more was he expected to take?
One of the guards grabbed his arm, pulling him up where he stood, hunched over, holding his cramping stomach. "On your feet! It's your turn." Gaius shuffled his feet but could not keep up with the guards who began to drag him through the dirt to the arena's entrance. He involuntarily squinted at the bright light. How many days had he sat in that light-less cell? The noise of the crowd was louder now and mixed with the feral growls of chained dogs, slavering for blood.
He was thrown into the sunshine, heat bringing fresh pain to his open wounds. Gaius raised an arm to shield his eyes. This was the moment that defined his life, a moment even angels fear. How would he die?
"With faithfulness." The voice was quiet, but it sliced through the crowd's roar like a sword. He saw a figure standing before him, spotless in contrast to the dirt of the arena, light brighter than the sun surrounding him. A glance at the man's hands and Gaius knew it was Jesus.
Through parched lips cracked the words, "My Lord". Gaius fell to his knees.
"Do not be afraid. I am here."
He heard the dogs unleashed, And he saw nothing.
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How to become #One without increasing number of stores?
mCommerce: Mobile commerce – or M-commerce – is the fastest growing area of retail. Retailers are scrambling to catch up with the rapid growth of smartphones and how they're changing the way we shop. About quarter of consumers have used their smartphone to access websites while out shopping. Tesco (Home Plus) reckon they've got a captive audience to try out their latest technology at Gatwick's North Terminal. It's also one of the busiest times of the year with tens of thousands of passengers with a lot of time to kill between flights.
"We don't think it's a gimmick – it's a taste of the future," says Mandy Minichiello, marketing manager for Tesco.com. "In 2016, about 90% of all mobiles will be smartphones. Tesco virtual shopping mobile app. A mobile app scans the QR CODE and orders the selected items. "We're doing this as a trial to try to get some customer feedback. We're keen to make customers lives as easy as possible. "Increasingly, they want to shop on the go."
Tesco was a pioneer of internet retailing and has more than a million online customers. They've also done a similar experiment in South Korea, where commuters pointed their mobile phones at billboards in subways and bus stops. These have become a permanent fixture.
The UK trial goes further with an interactive feature. "It's significant they're doing this before other mainstream retailers have got in on the act," says Neil Saunders, managing director with retail consultancy Conlumino. "It shows that Tesco are determined to make a success in the mobile retail environment and the potential for growth."
Changing fast – Other retailers will be watching closely. According to mobile retail strategy consultancy Velti, the industry is changing fast. Tesco virtual shopping: Tesco insist the idea is not just a gimmick. "Retailers are struggling to keep up," says Matt Cockett, vice president of sales at the company. "A mobile strategy is key for any retailer because the revenue has more than doubled in the past 12 months.
"Mobile investment is about how you develop a strategy and manage to take advantage of the oncoming rapid changes in technology. He added: "The Holy Grail is to connect the data touch points and to get a comprehensive view of each individual customer. "Retailers need to consider all touch points that drive mobile traffic to support online, mobile and in-store, and ultimately increase conversion rate." Retail is increasingly all about making it as easy and convenient as possible for consumers to part with their cash.
Perhaps it won't be too long before the Tesco experiment will come to a bus stop or train station near you.


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It has been announced that Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon is due to appear on Question Time. Lydon will join former home secretary Alan Johnson and Conservative MP Louise Mensch on the long-running BBC1 current affairs show tomorrow.
Producers will be hoping there is no repeat of the Sex Pistols' famously foul-mouthed 1976 appearance on Bill Grundy's show which propelled them into the headlines and wrecked the broadcaster's career.
Now that will get me watching QT.Oh please please call Louise Mensch a fucking rotter!
It is true that ohnny Rotten liked Hawkwind. The Pistols during reunions have played Silver Machine and not as an ironic statement!


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Kings Of Leon have posted the video for 'Beautiful War' online.
The clip, which features Tron:Legacy actor Garrett Hedlund, sees the star getting involved in a bar room fight and jailed for murder before he takes part in a bit of bull riding on the prison grounds. Click above to watch the video.
The band recently hit out at the state of pop music and they spoke about the sexualised performances from singers such as Miley Cyrus which have come under fire recently. "Some pop shows I watch, it feels like the end of the world, it's fucking awful," lead guitarist Matthew Followill said. He continued: "It's not even music any more. You would never want your children to watch [shows like that] and I can't believe that younger kids, even teenagers are watching that stuff. It almost seems to be making the world a bad place."
Bassist Jared Followill added that he finds it difficult to watch pop shows. He said: "They makes me cringe. I can't watch that stuff. Not even just because they're taking their clothes off it's the whole thing, the dance moves, it's not good."
The Tennessee rockers released their sixth album 'Mechanical Bull' on September 23. It became their fourth Number One album in the UK.


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means, and brings about his work by that which nothing is expected of, 2 Kings v. 11, 12.
(7.) Lastly, Sometimes providence works by contraries, as the blind man was cured with laying clay on his eyes.
Learn to live by faith, and be frequent in meditation and self-examination, and be much in prayer.
Thus I have laid before you the duty of observing providences. May the Lord pity them that make no conscience of practising what they hear, and get nothing of all but a testimony against themselves. And may he give us all understanding in all things.
GEN. ii. 16, 17.—And the Lord God commanded the man,
saying, Qsevery tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat: but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shall surely die.
* AVING already shown, that God from all eternity decreed whatever comes to pass; that he executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence; that he made all things of nothing by the word of his power; that he made man upright, adorned with his moral image, consisting in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness; and that his providence, extends to all his creatures, and all their actions: that which now falls to be considered is the special act of providence which God exercised towards man, in the estate wherein he was created, namely, the covenant of works which God made with Adam. This covenant is sometimes called the covenant of works, because works, or obedience, was the condition of it; and sometimes the covenant of life, because hife was promised therein as the reward of obedience. In discoursing from this subject, I shall, I. Shew that God made a covenant with Adam, when he created him in a state of innocency. II. Explain the nature of this covenant. III. Shew why God entered into this covenant with man. • IV. Make improvement. * I. That God made a covenant with Adam when he had created him in a state of innocency, appears from this text with the context. For here are the parties contracting, God and man. 1. Here is the duty which God requires of man, not easing of the forbidden fruit; which was no command of the natural law, but superadded thereto, and implied his obligation to observe that law much more. 2. A threatening in case man should break this positive law, Thou shall die, 3. A promise of life in case of continued obedience. For the threatening manifestly implies another proposition, viz. * If thou eat not of this tree thou shalt live." Besides, the licence the Lord gives him to eat of every other tree in the garden, and so of the tree of life, imports this promise. 4. Man's accepting of the terms. This is left to be gathered from the proposal of it by the Lord to innocent man, who would refuse no terms that a bountiful God proposed. He objected not against the condition; he betook himself to the privilege of the covenant, eating of the other trees of the garden. Eve owns it, Gen. iii. § * Of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.' And when they had eaten of this forbidden fruit, their consciences terrified them, ver. 8. 'Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden." No wonder that Moses with a running pen describes this transaction, which, as to its being the way of salvation then proposed, passed as a flying shadow. Thus this covenant appears from the text. To confirm this, consider that the scripture speaks of two covenants, Gal. iv. 24, the one of grace, and therefore the other of works. See also Hos. vi. 7. "They like men have transgressed the covenant. The Hebrew bears, as Adam. It is the same word that occurs, Job xxxi. 33. 'If I have covered my transgressions as Adam." This will further appear while we shew, II. The nature of this covenant. Wherein consider, First, The parties covenanting. On the one hand was God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, man Creator and Sovereign Lord, who is the great Lawgiver, and withal good, and communicative of his goodness to his creatures. On the other part was man, God's creature; Adam, representing all mankind, and covenanting with God, not only for himself, but for all his posterity, as the natural father of all, of whose one blood nations of men were to be made, Acts xvii. 26. and the appointed federal head: which is clear from the imputation of his sin to all, Gen. ii. 17. "In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.' Compare Rom. v. 12. "As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." There was no mediator in this covenant; nor was there need of any : for man was as yet the holy friend of God, and his service while he stood was accCeptable to God, as being fully conformable to his own law, in which he could not but delight, as in his own image. Secondly, The condition of that covenant was perfect obedience, which God required of Adam, Gal. iii. 10, 12, "Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.—And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doth them shall live in them." The tenor of this covenant was, "Do this and live." Where three things are to be considered. 1. The law, which was to be the rule of that obedience; which is twofold. (1.) The moral law, or the law of the ten commandments, as the apostle explains it, Gal. iii. 10. forecited. It is true, Adam had not this law written on tables of stone, but it was written in his heart; the knowledge of it was concreated with him, so that he naturally knew it, being made upright; which he could not be without this, Eccl. vii. 29. Yea, this law is in part written on man's heart after the fall, as appears from Rom. ii. 15. Much more was it written on Adam's heart before the fall. This law is the perpetual rule of righteousness. (2.) There was the positive symbolical law, of not eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This law was revealed to Adam in the text, neither could he otherwise have known it; it being no part of the law of nature, but a thing in itself altogether indifferent, and depending merely on the will of God, who could have appointed otherwise. Only, as the natural or moral law obliged him to this, seeing it commands the creature to obey God's will in all things; so by this his respect to the moral law was manifested: for as in not eating he testified his supreme love and obedience to God, so in eating of it he rejected the sweet yoke of God, and took on that of the devil. 2. The nature of the obedience that was the condition of this covenant. It behoved to be perfect. (1.) In respect of the principle of it. So the law requires men to "love the Lord with all the heart." It required not only external obedience, refraining from the thing forbid. den; but internal obedience, which behoved to proceed from a disposition of soul bent towards God, in which there was no blemish, and altogether free and unconstrained with. out any reluctancy from within. And this implies, that the glory of God behoved to be man's chief end in all his actions, without having the least squint look to any other as his chief end. (2.) Perfect in parts extending to all the commands of God whatsoever that were given him, Gal. iii. 10, with respect to his thoughts, words, and actions. He was to do nothing that God prohibited, and to omit nothing that he commanded. He was to fulfil all righteousness, and his obedience was to be as broad as the law. Every command. ment, without the least exception as to one title, was to be obeyed to the fullest extent. (8.) Perfect in degrees. He was to "love the Lord his God with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his mind," Matt. xxii. 37. Every act of obedience behoved to be perfect in degrees, wanting nothing of that perfection which the law required. Every action performed by him behoved to be screwed up to the pitch determined in the law, without falling short of it in the least punctilio. that was lower than that height required, was to be rejected as sinful; and the least flaw spoiled the whole. (4.) Perfect in duration or continuance, without interruption, while God should have kept him in the state of trial, Gal. iii. 10. This state could not have been for ever, without rendering the promise of life fruitless; for to make a promise necessarily implies that a time is set for obtaining the reward promised to the obedience; and if Adam was to continue in a perpetual state of trial, he could never have ob. tained the reward of his obedience. The time of this probation is not mentioned in the Bible. Probably it was not to be very long. And perhaps the devil, knowing the benignity and goodness of the Creator to his upright creature man, that he would not keep him long in a state liable to mutability, was incited to attack him so very early as on the day of his creation, in order to prevent his confirmation in an upright estate. . This and no less was the condition of that covenant. On no other terms could he attain to eternal happiness by it, or be justified in respect of his state before the Lord, though he might in respect of particular actions. . Hence it appears, that sincere obedience could not have been accepted, if it was not altogether perfect; nothing could be accepted, but an obedience altogether without fault or blemish; and that there was no place for repentance under this covenant; no sorrow for transgressing in the least instance could be admitted : for the threatening was peremptory, "In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." Such a positive denunciation cut off all hope, and rendered repentance of no avail. 3. Adam's power to perform the obedience required. He was able to answer all the demands of that covenant, being made upright, Eccl. vii. 29. and in the image of God. There was light in his understanding, sanctity in his will, and rectitude in his affections; there was such an harmony among all his faculties, that his members yielded to his affections, his affections to his will, his will obeyed his reason, and his reason was subject to the law of God. Had he not then sufficient knowledge of his duty 2 and was he not invested with full power to perform the obedience required of him Besides, it was not consistent with the justice and goodness of God to have required that of his creature, which he had not given him power to perform. The case is quite otherwise with respect to us in our lapsed state, for we have lost the power of yielding obedience to God's law in Adam. But let it be remembered, that though we are utterly unable to obey, yet God has not lost his right to demand obedience; which should induce us to betake ourselves to the second covenant, where every thing is freely given, and the will accepted for the deed. Thirdly, The promise of the covenant was life, and therefore it is called the covenant of life. Now, a threefold life . was promised. . - : 1. Natural life, consisting in the union of the soul with the body, which should have been continued without death, if VoI. I. - K k
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Man's best friend opens paths to veterans with PTSD
What do you get when you put loving dogs, selfless trainers and veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder together? In many cases, a stepping stone to recovery.
Post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts more than 300,000 service members. Concern over its increase and impact continues to grow. Self-harm is now the leading cause of death for members of the Army. Every month nearly 1,000 discharged veterans attempt to take their own lives.
Lt. Commander Pamela Herbig Wall recently visited Naperville to participate in a community forum on PTSD. She noted that adjustment disorders include flashbacks and intrusive memories, trouble sleeping, alcohol abuse and problems re-establishing relationships with loved ones.
She likened a vet's wartime experiences to a person who runs across a bear in the woods. After that, "You're constantly looking for the bear," she said.
A variety of treatments to combat PTSD are being used and explored through the armed services. Brett Litz, a clinical psychiatrist in the VA Boston Healthcare System, said that the existing treatments often weren't enough to improve veterans' conditions.
Litz found an underlying sadness was the main thing he heard -- not just sadness related to loss, but also sadness he attributed to "bearing witness to evil and human suffering and seeing death and participating in it."
Dave Keeler is familiar with the trauma and sadness vets experience. He and his dog, a Goldendoodle named Magnolia, belong to "Divine Canines," an organization that brings service dogs to soldiers diagnosed with PTSD.
"This is important work," Keeler said. "We bring the skills the dogs naturally have to these men who have so bravely served this country.
"I come to the base to talk to the soldiers about fishing, reading, golf, anything other than Army. The dogs come to offer love -- it's part of their sweet nature. This is the power of love -- blessing both dog and soldier. And love heals," Keeler said.
One day, Keeler went to Fort Hood Military Base in central Texas to meet a soldier. He decided they should just sit on the grass and chat. He began talking, but the soldier did not respond. Maggie (the dog) just sat next to the soldier. Soon she rolled over on her back, placed her head upside down on his boot and looked up at him, wagging her tail.
The soldier smiled and began to talk. He told Keeler he grew up in the Louisiana bayou and loved to fish. They talked about fishing for quite a while, until Keeler asked the man if he would like to throw Maggie some balls.
He and Maggie played fetch and the soldier talked, smiled and laughed. "It was such an atmosphere of ease, love and comfort," Keller remarked.
After about an hour, the soldier had to go back to his barracks. He rubbed Maggie's head and thanked Keeler. After the two parted, an Army therapist came out and asked Keeler if he knew what had just happened.
"That soldier hasn't talked since he arrived here -- three months ago!" she exclaimed. She added that it was truly an amazing thing she had just witnessed and thanked him.
The love shown by these dogs and their trainers to soldiers all over the country is a key factor that helps veterans rebuild resiliency and learn that they can overcome the stresses, fear and sadness of deployment.
"Divine Canines" was formed in 2004 with a group of five handlers and dogs, and has grown to a staff of over 100 dog-handler teams. "Our success is based on two factors. First, there exists a deep, mysterious bond of healing between humans and their dogs. Second, dog enthusiasts are a responsible, dedicated and highly driven volunteer demographic," according to Divine Canines.
"Dogs need to be around people, and need to be loved," Keeler said, "but this work is not about us, it is about the person we are willing to help." The dogs, including Maggie, go through extensive training. She and Dave had to learn and practice obedience skills including no jumping, running around or being bothered by other dogs -- "…this is the dog's work," Keeler said.
Dr. Steven M. Southwick, M.D., has studied post-traumatic stress disorder for over 20 years. He is a co-author of the book, Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges. He recently told USA Weekend magazine, "Resiliency is not just a genetic thing that you have or don't. Resiliency is something anyone can learn. We hope to demystify the process." Southwick identified 10 factors shared by people who bounce back most effectively from traumas, one of which is social support.
"Out of those factors, if I had to pick, I'd say social support is one of the most important in developing resiliency. Knowing you have someone to count on is essential", Southwick said. And even dogs, like Magnolia, can provide a glimpse into being able to count on someone that helps a soldier rebuild mental health.
• Thomas (Tim) Mitchinson is a self-syndicated columnist writing on the relationship between thought, spirituality and health, and the trends in that field. He is also the media and legislative spokesman for Christian Science in Illinois.


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Since 2008, insurance claims for metal theft have ballooned by 81 percent, with more than 25,000 reported between Jan. 2009 and Dec. 2011, according to a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Ohio, Texas and Georgia led the states with the highest metal theft claims, with California, Illinois rounding out the top five.
What thieves want:
Cataclyitc Converters. These valuable car parts are usually sold to recyclers for $15 or $30 a pop. They pack precious metals like palladium, platinum and rhodium, NICB spokesman Frank Scafidi told Your Money, and recyclers aren't exactly prone to asking questions when suspects turn up toting truckloads of the things.
Copper. You might want to keep an eye on your A/C unit, which is chockful of copper, usually hidden by shrubbery and therefore a prime target for thieves.
"Most homes built after the 60s all have copper wiring and many still have copper wire supply lines," Scafidi said. "If there's no one living in the place and all utilities are shut down, somebody could get in there and rip that stuff right out of the walls without too much trouble."
Your best defense:
Thieves are typically drawn to homes that are deserted–making areas with high foreclosure rates easy targets.
If you're planning an extended vacation, ask your neighbor to keep an eye on your property and agree to return the favor. "In my neighborhood there are homes that have been vacant for a long time as people have been foreclosed," Scafidi said. "But we keep an eye on things."
Report suspicious activity to law enforcement or anonymously by calling 1-800-TEL-NICB (1-800-835-6422). You can also text keyword "fraud" to TIP411 (847411) or visit www.nicb.org.
iPhone or iPad users can download the NICB Fraud Tips app to quickly send a tip and get a response.


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Radium Photo
It is very unusual for a business to continue and be successful after 105 years….Radium Photo has done that. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2014/12/radium_photo_expands_services.html#incart_river
That Radium Photo has changed and been able to prosper in the photo finishing business….and remained in downtown Muskegon is remarkable.
Of course being a 4th generation family business makes a significant difference….as well as adding new products and services.
"105 years young, and four generations strong, Radium Photo is the only of its kind in Michigan's photographic industry. Honesty, integrity, and killer customer service will make you a client for life. " – A good reason for longevity!
I may have visited Radium Photo once or twice….they are to be highly commended for their 100+ years of business.


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Just sold my Zenair CH 300 !! I am looking for a Zenair 750 STOL kit, or unfinished project , will consider Cruzer also . Serious buyer in Ontario Canada , willing to do road trip
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Hi everbody ! I am a happy Zenair owner /pilot. Two years ago I purchased a Zenair CH300 Tri Z , powered by a Continental 0300 , with warp drive prop. I am a Recreational Pilot, enjoying every minute of flying, talking flying and aircraft topics. Looking forward to building a Zenair 750 STOL, which I intend starting in very near future ( this year)


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Carbon fiber customization.
At the 2017 Geneva International Auto Show, Russian tuner, TOPCAR, put lightweight power on display with their new Porsche 911 Stinger. This carbon-clad super car was quite the star at the international motor show, and part of it was because of its new ADV.1 Wheels.
The new TOPCAR Porsche 911 Stinger is based on the 991.2 Porsche 911 Turbo S and it packs quite a lightweight punch. An 18-piece carbon fiber upgrade package helps reduce weight and give the rear-engined sports car an exotic appeal. New front and rear bumpers, ventilated front fenders, side skirts, door elements, extended rear fenders, roof, and wing are all made from carbon fiber. Even with the laundry-list of individual components, the 911 Stinger retains a clean shape and profile.
In addition to the weight-saving goodies, the twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter flat-six engine that makes the 911 Turbo S oh so special also got a bit of a boost. Here, TOPCAR gave the 911 Stinger a nice little tune that increases output to 650 horsepower. That means the already-incredible performance figures of the factory 911 Turbo S are even more mind-blowing.
While this carbon-clad beast is awe-inspiring in its own right, the new set of ADV.1 Wheels complete the overall package to make it a real show-stopper.
The TOPCAR team gave the Porsche 911 Stinger a new set of ADV5 M.V1 SL Monoblock forged wheels. These five-spoke wheels have a classic shape with a chiseled and defined cut in the middle. Up front, the new wheels measure 20 x 9.0 while the rear comes in with a staggered 21 x 11.5 setup featuring a slight concave.
The step-lip ADV5 M.V1 SL Monoblock wheels also have a Liquid Smoke finish that perfectly matches the carbon fiber body work of the TOPCAR Porsche 911 Stinger while the monoblock forged alloy construction keeps with the lightweight performance theme.
Thanks to the new set of ADV5 M.V1 SL Monoblock wheels and the carbon fiber body work, the TOPCAR Porsche 911 Stinger was a star of the Geneva Motor Show.
Fitment Specifications
Vehicle: TOPCAR Porsche 911 Stinger
Wheels: ADV5 M.V1 SL Monoblock forged alloy
Wheel Finish: Liquid Smoke
Front Wheels: 20 x 9.0
Rear Wheels: 21 x 11.5
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TOPCAR Porsche 911 Stinger with ADV5 M.V1 SL Wheels Gallery
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