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stances of the effects of the multiplicity of gin-palaces, things that it wellnigh broke Robert's heart to witness, absorbed as he was in the novelty of his work, fresh in feeling, and never able to divest himself of a sense of being a sharer in the guilt and ruin.
Sir Devil listened at first with interest, then tried to lead away from the subject; but it was Robert's single idea, and he kept them to it till their departure, when Phoebe's first words were, as they drove from the door, "Oh, thank you, you don't know how much happier you have made me."
Her companion smiled, saying, "I need not ask which is the favorite brother."
"Mervyn is very kind to me," quickly answered Phoebe.
"But Robert is the oracle! eh? " he said, kindly and merrily.
"Robert has been every thing to us younger ones," she answered. "I am still more glad that you like him."
His grave face not responding as she expected, she feared that he had been bored, thought Robert righteous overmuch, or disapproved his opinions; but his answer was worth having when it came. "I know nothing about his views, I never looked into the subject, but when I see a young man giving up a lucrative prospect for conscience' sake, and devoting himself to work in that sink of iniquity, I see there must be something in him. I can't judge if he goes about it in a wrong-headed way, but I should be proud of such a fellow instead of discarding him."
"Oh, thank you!" cried Phoebe, with ecstaey that made him laugh, and quite differently from the made-up laughter she had been used to hear from him.
"What are you thanking me for?" he said. "I do not imagine that I shall be able to serve him. I'll talk to your father about him, but lie must be the best judge of the discipline of his own family."
"I was not thinking of your doing any thing," said Phoebe; "but a kind word about Robert does make me very grateful."
There was a long silence, only diversified by an astonished nod from Mervyn driving back from the office. Just before setting her down, Sir Bevil said, " I wonder whether your brother would let us give something to his church. Will you find out what it shall be, and let me know P As a gift from Juliana and myself—you understand."
It was lucky for Phoebe that she had brought home a good stock of satisfaction to support her, for she found herself in the direst disgrace, and her mother too much cowed to venture on more than a feeble, selfdefensive murmur that she had told Phoebe it would never do. Convinced in her own conscience that she had done nothing blameworthy, Phoebe knew that it was the shortest way not to defend herself, and the storm was blowing over when Mervyn came in, charmed to mortify Juliana by complimenta to Phoebe on " doing it stylishly, careering in Acton's turn-out," but when the elder sister explained where she had been, Mervyn too deserted her, and turned away with a fierce imprecation on his brother, such as was misery to Phoebe's ears. He was sourly ill-humored all the evening; Juliana wreaked her displeasure on Sir Bevil in ungraciousness, and such silence and gloom descended on him, that he was like another man from him who had smiled on Phoebe in the afternoon.
Yet, though dismayed at the offence she had given, and grieved at these evidences of Robert's ill-odor with his family, Phoebe could not regret having seized her single chance of seeing Robert's dwelling for herself, nor the having made him known to Sir Bevil. The one had made her satisfied, the other hopeful, even while she recollected with foreboding that truth sometimes comes not with peace, but with a sword, to set at variance parent and child, and make foes of them of the same household.
Juliana never forgave that drive. She continued bitter towards Phoebe, and kept such a watch over her and Sir Bevil, that the jealous surveillance became palpable to both. Sir Bevil really wanted to tell Phoebe the unsatisfactory result of his pleading for Robert, she wanted to tell him of Robert's gratitude for his offered gift, but the exchange of any words in private was out of their power, and each silently felt that it was best to make no move towards one another, till the unworthy jealousy should have died away.
Though Sir Bevil had elicited nothing but abuse of " pig-headed folly," his espousal of the young clergyman's cause was not without effect. Robert was not treated with more oper f' favor than he had often previously enduied, and was free to visit the party at Farrance's, if he chose to run the risk of encountering his father's blunt coldness, Mervyn's sulky dislike, and Juliana's sharp satire, but as he generally came so as to find his mother and Phcebe alone, some precious moments compensated for the various disagreeables. Nor did these affect him nearly as much as they did his sister, j It was, in fact, one of his remaining unwholesome symptoms that he rather enjoyed persecution, and took no pains to avoid giving offence. If he meant to be uncompromising, he sometimes was simply provoking, and Phcebe feared that Sir Bevil thought him an unpromising protege.
He was asked to the Christmas dinner at! the Bannermans', and did not fulfil Augusta's prediction that he would say it was a fastday, and refuse. That evening gave Phoebe her best Uic-a-iile with him, but she ob-' served that all was about Whittingtonia, not one word of the past summer, not so much as an inquiry for Miss Charlecote. Evidently that page in his history was closed forever, and if he should carry out his designs in their present form, a wife at the intended institution would be an impossibility. How near the dearest may be to one another, and yet how little can they guess at what they would most desire to know!
Sir Bevil had insisted on his being asked to perform the ceremony, and she longed to understand whether his refusal were really j on the score of his being a deacon, or if he had any further motive. His own family were affronted, though glad to be left free to request the services of the greatest dignitary
of their acquaintance, and Sir B evil's blunt "No, no, poor fellow! say no more about it," made her suppose that he suspected that Robert's vehemence in his parish was meant to work off a disappointment.
It was a dreary wedding, in spite of London grandeur. In all her success, Juliana could not help looking pinched and ill at ease, her wreath and veil hardening instead of softening her features, and her bridegroom's studious cheerfulness and forced laughs became him less than his usual silent dejection. The admiral was useful in getting up stock wedding wit, but Phccbe wondered how any one could laugh at it; and her fellow-bridesmaids, all her seniors, seemed to her, as perhaps she seemed to them, like thoughtless children, playing with the surface of things. She pitied Sir Bevil, and s'aw little chance of happiness for either, yet heard only congratulations, and had to be bright, busy, and helpful under a broad, stiff, white watered silk scarf, beneath which Juliana had endeavored to extinguish her, but in which her tall, rounded shape looked to great advantage. Indeed, that young, rosy face, and the innocently pensive, wondering eyes were so sweet, that the bride had to endure hearing admiration of her sister from all quarters, and the Acton bridemaidens whispered rather like those at Netherby Hall.
It was over, and Phoebe was the reigning Miss Fulmort. Her friends were delighted for her and for themselves, and her mother entered on the full enjoyment of the little brougham.
A Correspondent of The Winona (Minnesota) Republican writes that Mr. A. L. Jcnks of that place, who is prospecting in ono of those mounds which are so common in that country, recently discovered nt the depth of five or six feet, the remains of seven or eight people of very large size. One thigh bone measured three feet in length. The under jaw was one inch Wider than that of any otlicr man in this city. He also found clam shells, pieces of ivory or bone rings, pieces of kettles made of earth and coarse sand. There were at the neck of one of these skeletons teeth »wo inches in length by onehalf to three-fourths of an inch in diameter, with holes drilled into the sides, and the end polished, with a crease around it. Also, an arrow, five
inches long by one and a half wide, stuck through the back, near the back-bone; and one about eight inches long stuck into the left breast. Also, the blade of a copper hatchet, one and a half inches wide at the edge and two inches long. This hatchet was found stack in the skull of tho same skeleton. The monnd is some two hundred feet above tho surface of the Mississippi, and is composed of clay immediately above the remains, two feet thick ; then conies a layer of black loam ; then another layer of clay six inches thick, all so closely packed that it was with difficulty that it could be penetrated. There arc some four or five different layers of earth above the remains. There is no such clay found elsewhere in the vicinity.
From The Literary Gazette. RATIONAL MEDICINE.*
We fear that there arc very few members of the medical profession who possess the same amount of moral courage as Dr. Stephen "Ward, who, in his oration delivered before the members of the Hunterian Society, was bold and straighforward enough to give a clear, manly, and lucid description of his views on the subject of rational medicine. We agree most fufly in his opinion that a conviction of the large powers of nature, and the comparatively limited powers of art, in the cure of disease, is daily gaining ground. To use his own expressions— "Many able and experienced practitioners have such convictions, which they express, perhaps, in an undertone to some confidential medical friend, but which they think it premature or impolitic openly to avow." "Look what a handle you give to quackery if you admit all this," some medical men will remark, To which my answer has been, "What a handle has already been given to it by insisting on the importance of drugs, where they are but little, if at all, efficacious."
It is, however, satisfactory to know that in the rank of the few open-spoken professors of the healing art, there exists such an undoubted authority as Sir J. Forbes. In retiring from professional life, he gave a sketch of his lengthened experience, and his views resulting from it, " Nature and art in the cure of disease." He shows that the ignorance of the natural history of disease, and of the powers of nature, has led the public to place undue confidence in art, as practised by educated medical men, which confidence, when disappointed, has merged into every species of charlatanry. He cites instances in which diseases of various kinds have had a satisfactory termination without any special treatment, but he does not, on the other hand, fail to describe the beneficial results of special treatment in certain forms of disease. Dr. Ward does not cast any slur upon science, neither docs he attempt to underrate the value of the microscope or laboratory. "Under the term medicine," he says, "I embrace its different branches, and the art as well as the science; and I call that rational medicine which has its foundation laid in a recognition of nature's resources in disease as well as in health: which feels that its object is science, not mystery; which, for its advancement, has recourse to philosophical appliances and methods of investigation; which acknowledges no means but such as are adequate to
* Rntwnal iledinne: Us Petition and Protpecti. By Stephen II. Word, M.D., London, JI.K.C.P. London: Churchill.
ends; which holds hypotheses upon uncertain tenure, ready to relinquish them as fresh compelling facts flow in; and which, eminently eclectic, avails itself of what is good in all systems, and is yet slave to none!" This is a broad, enlarged view, worthy of a thinker and a worker; there is no globule enthusiasm, no hydropathic rhapsody, and though hygienic conditions are insisted upon, there is no attempt to deny that "there are many cases which modified hygienic arrangements will not meet, without the rational co-operation of special medicine." In that portion of the oration referring for the microscope, an acknowledgment is offered to the services it has rendered. Before its use, the anatomy of the tissues was unknown. In the capillary action of the blood, demonstrated by Malpighi; the law of cell development elaborated by Schwann and Schleiden, embracing all organic life; in the diagnosis of certain skin diseases, renal and vcsical affections of blood, and the detection of impurities in food and drugs—the microscope has ample justice done to its value. But can there Dc a doubt of " the school ofvoung medicine " devoting too much time to its excessive study? This class of students scarcely acquire any knowledge of the physiognomy of disease, and in our own experience they become inferior practitioners. Chemistry, again, as we have said, is admitted by Dr. Ward to be a most valuable ally_ of physiology. This hobby also is over-ridden; and so imperfect is it, even in its extended and increasing discoveries, that it fails in its utility to combat with all phases of disease. One theory, moreover, is often controverted by another. That of Liebig, for instance, on the nutrition of particular foods, once so plausible, is now no longer considered conclusive. "Advanced physiologists, and indeed chemists also, have adduced against the Liebig theory the facts that what nourishes one man is poison to another, that nitrogenous foods alone are inadequate to the purposes of nourishment, while food containing a very large proportion of non-nitrogenous material does nourish." Chemical dealers with disease too frequently forget vital action. The importance of this belief is ably brought forward by Dr. Ward, who judiciously quotes the author of " The Physiology of Common Life," to bear him out in his opinion. "Vital processes depend on chemical processes, but are not themselves chemical, and therefore cannot be explained by chemistry. There is something special in vital phenomena which necessarily transcends chemical investigation." The philosophic poet warns us :—
"From higher judgment-scats make no appeal to low."
Dr. Paris long since protested against the fashion of examining and deciding upon the action of drugs by a mere mechanical investigation of their composition. The author of this oration holds nis consultations with "nature, the wise physician," acting himself as the servant of nature, "nature's minister," to second her efforts and carry out her indications. In so doing, ample scope will be found for the exercise of the faculties, to employ chemical aid where required, and to avoid special drugging when it is not requisite. Dr. Ward quotes Sydenham most appositely on this point, "I often think that we forget the good rulefestina lente, that we move more quickly than we ought to do; and that more could be left to nature than we are at present in the habit of leaving to her. To imagine that she always wants the aid of art is an error, and an unlearned one too. If it were so, she would have provided for the human race less than its preservation demands." The quacks of former days, in their bills descriptive of their nostrums, generally used the expression, "with God's blessing," in the performance of a cure. These curers could lay no greater claim to it than Virgil's lapis in the curing of ^Eneas, who tried his skill, was very assiduous about the wound, and indeed was the only visible means that relieved the hero. The poet, however, assures us that it was the particular assistance of a deity that speeded the
operation. Dryden in his translation concludes :—
"lapis first perceived the closing wound, And first the footsteps of a god lio found: 'Arms, arms!' ho cries, 'the sword and
shield prepare,
And send the willing chief, renewed, to war. This is no mortal work, no cure of mine, Nor art's effect, but done by hands divine.'" We, of course, only deprecate a principle of undue interference, in the use of this quotation. The light of surgery stands out in striking contrast to the darkness of medicine. Dr. Ward urges the necessity of relying more than we do on the restorative powers inherent in our constitutions, from the ignorance of which " has arisen and been maintained among practitioners of the orthodox school, that system of polypharmacy which has weakened their position in regard to remedies where they are undeniably beneficial, and detracted from the credit, which has ever been justly their due, of having been alive to the importance in the treatment of disease of modified hygienic measures." There is much valuable matter in this oration. Dr. Stephen Ward is not a half-educated man; he is fully competent to test the value of all scientific means to be employed in the treatment of disease; but his common sense tells him how much may, and how much may not, be done to bring about its alleviation.
The* committee appointed to inquire how far and in what way it may be desirable to find increased space for the extension and arrangement of the various collections of the British Museum, and also as to the best means of rendering them available for the promotion of science and art, met on 5 June. Mr. Fanizzi, the principal librarian to the Museum, was the first witness examined. Ho stated that since the year 1848, various plans for increasing the accommodation had been considered. In every department, except those for books and MSS., there was a want of space. At present there was, according to the calculations which had been made, space for eight hundred thousand volumes, but he believed room could bo found for one million volumes, :-ti>! that the room would be sufficient for about fifty years, according to the number of volumes at present annually received. The only mode of providing additional space for the various collections, was by economizing the existing
accommodation, diminishing the number of articles, purchasing land contiguous to the Museum, or removing some of the collections elsewhere. In many cases the objects W£rc too much crowded together, mixed up almost indiscriminately, and difficult of access. Mr. Panizzi then entered into a variety of details relative to the various departments, for the purpose of showing the impossibility of providing sufficient accommodation in the present building.
The antiquities of London arc fast disappearing. Among the old houses in Church Court, Inner Temple Lane, Fleet Street, in course of demolition, is No. 3, the house in which Goldsmith died. A memorial inscribed with his name and the date of his birth and death has been placed over his remains in the adjoining churchyard. A bust of the poet and a tablet to his memory adorns the little vestry of the beautiful Temple Church.
From Macmillan's Mfignzine.
The long night-watch is over; fresh and chill
"O God! may ho awaken free from ill;
Many a night, with patient eye,
But the long June day was closing fast,
And yet lie did not come;
Some gazed without, sat listless some;
Welcome, at last, though late!
To his mother's fond caress.
"But how is this? dear son, thy lips are pale;
And thy brow burneth, and thy speech dotl
Hath some sore sickness thus thy frame oppressed,
Or sinkest thou for want of food and rest?" All's well—I am at homo; but make my bed
'or I am weary, mother, and fain would lay me down."
/.•mi while ho spake, he tottered, fell;
The heavy lid reluctantly
Shrouded the glazing, love-strained eye.
They tenderly raised him; who may tell,
Vhat anguish theirs? That smothered cry 1
They bore him up the narrow stair;
They laid him on his bed with care;
)n snowy pillow-;—flower-besprent
Ah! for lighter slumber meant).
They know some pestilential blight
Burked in his.blood with deadly might,
And they trembled for the.morrow. Thus in the smitten house that night,
All joy was changed to sorrow.
Yea, swift and near, the fever-fiend
'Look, look! what' glides and glitters in the
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Growing up, I was a bit of a horse girl. I was one of those girls who cried over Black Beauty and Misty of Chincoteague. My favorite book in first grade was Brighty of the Grand Canyon, about a sweet little burro, which was close enough to a horse for me. Around fifth grade or so I received The Girl Scout Book of Horse Stories as a gift, stories combining Girl Scout resourcefulness and courage with the wild independence of horses. Like horses, Girl Scouts have a mind of their own.
I collected Breyer toy horses too and but I never had as many as my older cousin did. She had a whole cabinet for hers while mine fit on a shelf. I didn't have any of the showy appaloosas or pintos or paints like hers; instead, my horses were classic breeds, making up in elegance what they lacked in variety: the white Arabians, the golden Palominos, and the dark brown Thoroughbreds. I collected my horses in families of mother, father, and foal, with a cousin pony sometimes keeping them company. I still have those horses.
I love the beauty of horses but not so much riding them. They're alarmingly large to me and unpredictable. I've been on a horse a dozen times and always just manage to ride comfortably enough, the horse paying less attention to who's on their back than to finding dinner back at the stable. I may not be a rider, but I'm always thrilled to come upon a herd of multi-hued horses pasturing in the foothills along my drive to town.
And I'm still happy to chance upon a good horse story, like The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss, a novel of an unusual young woman, Martha Lessen, who "gentles" horses for a living. Inspired by the oral history of a "rancher's daughter" whose words introduce the story, the novel is set during WWI in eastern Oregon and the plot device—she travels a circuit of several ranches to train each family's horses—allows Gloss to examine the rural situations and prejudices of the times. I'm not sure what interested me more—young Martha's avoidance of gender restrictions with her "man's trousers" and self-reliant ways or Gloss's descriptions of the horses Martha handles. Despite her bashfulness, Martha never shies away from doing what's right, whether it's rescuing a horse from a foreman's whip or helping a family in need.
Gloss's authorial point of view is particularly adept at capturing the innermost thoughts of characters so that by the end of the novel, we've intimately experienced the sensibilities found in the rural West of the time. I didn't want the novel to end, but it did, beautifully. Leaving Martha as a young woman, newly married to a man who can love a woman who "doesn't want to stay in the house like women usually do," the novel flashes forward to an older Martha at a time far removed from the West of her young adulthood: "She said to her granddaughter, without planning to say it, 'You know, honey, I guess we brought about the end of our cowboy dreams ourselves.' It was a startling thing to hear herself say, but then she thought: Here I am in my old age and just at the beginning of figuring out what it that means, or what to do about it."
I have that feeling myself; even though I'm not yet facing old age, I am trying to figure out at fifty what to do with the next part of my life. As a young girl dreaming of horses, this jumping off feeling was breathless with possibilities of what I might be when I grew up. Now that I'm grown, I'm more cautious about the choices I may make, or more certain of the criteria they must fulfill. Still, at any age, we must choose how far we'll go without knowing exactly where we're going. Do we give the horse we're riding its head or hold the reins even tighter?

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'Tis the season for giving and to all a Merry Christmas this week. I hope everyone will be able to enjoy some egg nog and ham while spending time with family unwrapping gifts. 2013 has been quite a year for music including Hip-Hop and I decided to present a few mixtapes that were great, but slightly fell under the radar during the year-end awards. These projects vary in sound, region, and themes, but all are pretty fucking solid cohesive bodies of work. Without further ado, I give to you the Super 8.
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This 1000 foot roll of unshielded (UTP) Cat6 cable uses stranded conductors and features 550MHz bandwidth capacity. Stranded conductors are more flexible and less prone to breakage than solid conductors, making stranded cables well suited for less permanent runs and for connecting client computers. This cable carries a CMP fire safety rating, which means that it is safe for use within the walls of commercial buildings. Cat5e and Cat6 cables are made of 100% bare copper wire, as opposed to copper clad aluminum (CCA) wire, and are therefore fully compliant with UL Code 444 and National Electrical Code TIA-568-C.2 fire and safety standards, which require pure bare copper wire in Cat5e and Cat6 communications cables


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This chicken tortilla soup recipe has great flavor and doesn't take much cooking time. It's also a great way to use up those corn tortillas getting stale in your refrigerator.
How to Make It
Combine broth and tomatoes in a soup pot, and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, and let simmer 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add tortilla strips in a couple of batches and cook, stirring once or twice, until light brown and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove fried strips to paper towels to drain.
In same skillet, cook chicken 3 to 5 minutes without stirring, until nicely browned on first side. Add onion, garlic, jalapeños, cumin, and salt; cook 5 minutes or so, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are softened.
Add contents of skillet to simmering broth; cook 10 minutes.
Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish each with tortilla strips, cheese, and cilantro; serve each bowl with a wedge of lime.
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MS 78 abc. Senior thesis. 9 units; first, second, third terms. Prerequisite: instructor's permission. Supervised research experience, open only to senior materials science majors. Starting with an open-ended topic, students will plan and execute a project in materials science and engineering that includes written and oral reports based upon actual results, synthesizing topics from their course work. Only the first term may be taken pass/fail. Instructor: Staff.
MS 90. Materials Science Laboratory. 9 units (1-6-2); third term. An introductory laboratory in relationships between the structure and properties of materials. Experiments involve materials processing and characterization by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and optical microscopy. Students will learn techniques for measuring mechanical and electrical properties of materials, as well as how to optimize these properties through microstructural and chemical control. Independent projects may be performed depending on the student's interests and abilities. Instructor: Hofmann.
MS 100. Advanced Work in Materials Science. The staff in materials science will arrange special courses or problems to meet the needs of students working toward the M.S. degree or of qualified undergraduate students. Graded pass/fail for research and reading. Instructor: Staff.
APh/MS 105 abc. States of Matter. 9 units (3-0-6); first, second, third terms. For course description, see Applied Physics.
MS 110 abc. Materials Research Lectures. 1 unit (1-0-0); first, second, third terms. A seminar course designed to introduce advanced undergraduates and graduate students to modern research in materials science. Instructors: Bernardi, Faber, Fultz.
MS 115. Fundamentals of Materials Science. 9 units (3-0-6); first term. Prerequisites: Ph 2. An introduction to the structure and properties of materials and the processing routes utilized to optimize properties. All major classes of materials are covered, including metals, ceramics, electronic materials, composites, and polymers. The relationships between chemical bonding, crystal structure, defects, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, microstructure, and properties are described. Instructor: Faber.
MS/ME/MedE 116. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 9 units (3-0-6); second term. Introduction to the mechanical behavior of solids, emphasizing the relationships between microstructure, architecture, defects, and mechanical properties. Elastic, inelastic, and plastic properties of crystalline and amorphous materials. Relations between stress and strains for different types of materials. Introduction to dislocation theory, motion and forces on dislocations, strengthening mechanisms in crystalline solids. Nanomaterials: properties, fabrication, and mechanics. Architected solids: fabrication, deformation, failure, and energy absorption. Biomaterials: mechanical properties of composites, multi-scale microstructure, biological vs. synthetic, shear lag model. Fracture in brittle solids and linear elastic fracture mechanics. Instructor: Greer.
MS 121. Laboratory Research Methods in Materials Science. 9 units (1-4-4); second term. Prerequisites: MS 115 or graduate standing. Introduction to experimental methods and approaches for the analysis of structure, dynamics, and properties of materials. Staff members with expertise in various areas including mechanical testing, calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, solid state NMR and electrochemistry will introduce and supervise experiments in their specialty. As the situation permits, students are given a choice in selecting experiments. Instructor: Ahn.
MS/APh 122. Diffraction, Imaging, and Structure. 9 units (0-4-5); first term. Prerequisites: MS 132, may be taken concurrently. Experimental methods in transmission electron microscopy of inorganic materials including diffraction, spectroscopy, conventional imaging, high resolution imaging and sample preparation. Weekly laboratory exercises to complement material in MS 132. Instructor: Ahn.
MS 125. Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy. 9 units (1-6-2); third term. Prerequisite: MS 122. Diffraction contrast analysis of crystalline defects. Phase contrast imaging. Physical optics approach to dynamical electron diffraction and imaging. Microbeam methods for diffraction and imaging. Chemical analysis by energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry and electron energy loss spectrometry. Instructor: Staff. Not offered 2019–20.
MS 131. Structure and Bonding in Materials. 9 units (3-0-6); second term. Prerequisites: graduate standing or introductory quantum mechanics. Electronic structure and orbitals in atoms. Structure and symmetry of crystals. Reciprocal space and Brillouin zone. Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Bloch states and band theory. Tight binding and plane-waves. Lattice vibrations and lattice waves. Total energy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy in solids. Stability criteria. Bonding and electronic structure in metals, semiconductors, ionic crystals, and transition metal oxides. Point and line defects. Introduction to surfaces and amorphous materials. Instructor: Bernardi.
MS 132. Diffraction and Structure. 9 units (3-0-6); first term. Prerequisites: graduate standing or instructor's permission. Principles of electron, X-ray, and neutron diffraction with applications to materials characterization. Imaging with electrons, and diffraction contrast of crystal defects. Kinematical theory of diffraction: effects of strain, size, disorder, and temperature. Correlation functions in solids, with introduction to space-time correlation functions. Instructor: Fultz.
MS 133. Kinetic Processes in Materials. 9 units (3-0-6); third term. Prerequisite: APh 105 b or ChE/Ch 164, or instructor's permission. Kinetic master equation, uncorrelated and correlated random walk, diffusion. Mechanisms of diffusion and atom transport in solids, liquids, and gases. Coarsening of microstructures. Nonequilibrium processing of materials. Instructors: Greer/Kornfield.
MS 141. Introduction to Computational Methods for Science and Engineering. 9 units (3-0-6); third term. Prerequisites: graduate standing or instructor's permission. An introduction to basic methods and code development tools for scientific computing in the Python language, including coding and visualization. Topics include: introduction to Python and its packages Matplotlib, Numpy and SciPy. Numerical precision and sources of error. Root-finding and optimization. Numerical differentiation and integration. Discrete Fourier transforms. Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations. Finite-difference methods for partial differential equations. Introduction to numerical methods for solving linear systems and eigenvalue problems. If time permits: selected topics on data analysis with NumPy, Pandas and Matplotlib. Students will develop numerical calculations in the homework and in a final project. Instructor: Bernardi.
MS 142. Application of Diffraction Techniques in Materials Science. 9 units (2-3-4); second term. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission. Applications of X-ray and neutron diffraction methods to the structural characterization of materials. Emphasis is on the analysis of polycrystalline materials but some discussion of single crystal methods is also presented. Techniques include quantitative phase analysis, crystalline size measurement, lattice parameter refinement, internal stress measurement, quantification of preferred orientation (texture) in materials, Rietveld refinement, and determination of structural features from small angle scattering. Homework assignments will focus on analysis of diffraction data. Samples of interest to students for their thesis research may be examined where appropriate. Not offered 2019–20.
MS 150abc. Topics in Materials Science. Units to be arranged; first, second, third terms. Content will vary from year to year, but will be at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. Topics are chosen according to the interests of students and faculty. Visiting faculty may present portions of the course. Instructor: Staff.
MS/ME 161. Imperfections in Crystals. 9 units (3-0-6); third term. Prerequisite: graduate standing or MS 115. The relation of lattice defects to the physical and mechanical properties of crystalline solids. Introduction to point imperfections and their relationships to transport properties in metallic, covalent, and ionic crystals. Kroeger-Vink notation. Introduction to dislocations: geometric, crystallographic, elastic, and energetic properties of dislocations. Dislocation reactions and interactions including formation of locks, stacking faults, and surface effects. Relations between collective dislocation behavior and mechanical properties of crystals. Introduction to computer simulations of dislocations. Grain boundaries. The structure and properties of interfaces in solids. Emphasis on materials science aspects of role of defects in electrical, morphological, optical, and mechanical properties of solids. Not offered 2019–20.
MS/ME 166. Fracture of Brittle Solids. 9 units (3-0-6); third term. Prerequisites: MS 115a (or equivalent). The mechanical response of brittle materials (ceramics, glasses and some network polymers) will be treated using classical elasticity, energy criteria, and fracture mechanics. The influence of environment and microstructure on mechanical behavior will be explored. Transformation toughened systems, large-grain crack-bridging systems, nanostructured ceramics, porous ceramics, anomolous glasses, and the role of residual stresses will be highlighted. Strength, flaw statistics and reliability will be discussed. Instructor: Faber.
MS 200. Advanced Work in Materials Science. The staff in materials science will arrange special courses or problems to meet the needs of advanced graduate students.
Ae/AM/MS/ME 213. Mechanics and Materials Aspects of Fracture. 9 units (3-0-6). For course description, see Aerospace.
APh/MS 256. Computational Solid State Physics and Materials Science. 9 units (3-3-3); third term. For course description, see Applied Physics.
ME/MS 260. Micromechanics. 9 units (3-0-6). For course description, see Mechanical Engineering.
MS 300. Thesis Research.


text: Yemen's foreign minister said the deal aimed to "reconfirm the unity" of Palestinians [AFP] Azzam al-Ahmed, a Fatah politician, and Mousa Abu Marzouk, the Hamas chief negotiator, signed the deal in Saleh's presence at the Yemeni presidential headquarters. Jacky Rowland, Al Jazera's correspondent in Jerusalem, said the deal, which agrees only to open talks on a number of issues, appeared to bear little substance. However, she said: "Anything which can be seen as getting Hamas and Fatah to agree to talk to each other has to be seen as progress in itself when one bears in mind the events of the last year." The two delegations had earlier accepted the initiative as a blueprint for peace but disagreed on practicalities that would restore control of the Palestinian Authority (PA) over the Gaza Strip. Deep divisions Fatah mainly argued that Hamas should cede control of the Gaza Strip as a precondition to restore the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority. But Hamas argued that withdrawing forces from authority and security buildings in Gaza should be part of an agreement to restore a national unity government. Palestinian unity Yemen's peace initiative proposes seven points for Palestinian reconciliation • Gaza must be returned to how it was prior to the Hamas takeover last June • Agreement to hold early elections • Resumption of dialogue on the basis of the 2005 Cairo agreement and the Mecca agreement of 2007 • Respecting the Palestinian Law and Basic Law and adherence to it by all parties • Reconstruction of the Palestinian security institutions • All Palestinian institutions to be free of any factional discrimination, subject to the law and the executive authorities To prevent the failure of talks in Sanaa, the Yemeni President reworded the initiative to address those concerns while introducing new mechanisms for reconciliation. Saleh's revised plan stated that a solution should be a wide-ranging deal, including agreements reached by Palestinian factions in Cairo in 2005, as well as the Saudi-sponsored Mecca accord between Hamas and Fatah that led to the formation of a short-lived Palestinian unity government earlier last year. "Hamas and Fatah have agreed to accept the Yemeni initiative as a framework for dialogue ... and a return of the Palestinian situation to what it was before the events in Gaza [last June]," the declaration said. The text, which was read out to journalists by Abu Bakr al-Qurbi, the Yemeni foreign minister, said the dialogue also aimed to "reconfirm the unity of the Palestinian homeland in terms of its land, people and the Palestinian Authority". The deal calls for the restructuring of Palestinian security institutions, with the forces intended to come under the control of the Palestinian Authority and government rather than Palestinian factions. A committee comprising a number of Arab countries would follow up the implementation of both the Cairo and Mecca deals. Sanaa and other Arab states that support an inter-Palestinian dialogue would "put pressure" on Fatah and Hamas to hold direct talks on the basis of the Yemeni blueprint, a source told Al Jazeera. Dispute An unexpected upheaval, unrelated to the initiative itself, came when Abbas sent a delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the Sanaa talks, prompting Hamas to initially refuse any negotiations. The PLO, established in 1964, is internationally recognised as the sole representative of the Palestinian people. Hamas, founded in 1987 in the Gaza Strip, originated outside the framework of the PLO, and has been seen as a challenge to the long standing organisation. But in 2005, Hamas and the other Palestinian factions reached an agreement in Cairo to achieve representation in the PLO. Hamas insisted that the Yemen negotiations be between Fatah and Hamas in order for their differences to be resolved. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies


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Our first good find was a colony of Clavaria pyxidata, Crown-tipped Coral mushrooms or they could be Ramaria stricta, I just can't decide. There must have been 30 or more in very large clumps. Roody in Mushrooms of West Virginia writes that they are edible but I'm just not ready to taste these just yet. He claims they taste mild to peppery. I think they are pretty and that's enough for me.
I was thrilled when Jane pointed out these earth stars. I believe they are Geastrum fimbriatum. The rain has made them glossy looking and they almost sparkle don't they. I asked Jane to squeeze one so I could get a photo of the spores coming out but I didn't get the photo and she got a face full of spores. I don't think she will do that again even if I begged.
We saw many other mushrooms that we didn't identify before the rain began to really come down and we had to leave.
Then last Friday after work I drove back up to see if I could find more and I was blessed with these two bright orange ones. I believe they are Hygrocybe cuspidate, Candy-apply Waxy Caps. With that red color you would think they were poisonous but they are not.
There were plenty of regular shaped mushrooms all about but I was going for the more exotic looking ones such as this Clavulinopsis aurantio-cinnabarina. That's a mouth full isn't it? The common name is Orange Spindle Coral. I found some twice the size of this one but I'm showing you this because I have my hand there for scale. They can get up to 5 inches, but I think I only saw some up to 4 inches. At first it seemed like there was only one but once I started looking I could see them all around.
I was also going for the colorful when I photographed these Lemon Drops, Bisporella citrine. They are one of the most common cup fungi in my area. This log was covered with them.
I walked on up the hill to find the earth stars again but found this box turtle instead. He seems to have all the fall colors of the mushrooms in his face. He doesn't look too happy but I suspect he has inner peace if not a joyful face.
I didn't find the earth stars but I did find this Pestle-shaped coral, Clavariadelphus pistillaris. If you look closely on the left side you can see the teeth marks of something that ate its way along. I think it was a tiny snail.
As I was getting back into my car I saw some movement and followed a chipmunk to its hideout. I guess it thought I couldn't see it and was very still and watchful. I was rather surprised because there are so many squirrels about that I rarely see a chipmunk at this end of the mountain.
It was getting late so I took this parting shot before I drove home. It was truly a perfect and colorful day.


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KAMLOOPS - If you bring a load of garbage to the landfill you will be looking at higher fees but it should have little impact on the average homeowner who has garbage picked up curb side.
Public Works Director Jen Fretz said the hope is increased fees will help divert waste, but it is also necessary to keep up with the rising cost of running a landfill.
"There are a number of other factors we need to consider," Fretz said of charging homeowners on property tax bills. "But I wouldn't see a substantial increase at this point."
Mayor Peter Milobar said costs of garbage and collection are largely disregarded by the public.
"Garbage is thought of as free because out of sight is out of mind — but it's not," Milobar said. "The reality is garbage is incredibly expensive, and there's no way to hide it."
Milobar said he understood concerns of illegal dumping but that occurred even when there were no landfill fees.
The fee increase at the two city landfills — Mission Flats and Barnhartvale — will come in Jan. 1, 2015. A raise in fees at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District landfills came in to effect July 1.
In addition to increased tipping fees, a new structure will be given to the fees and fines will be increased to help address illegal dumping or disposal.
The new tipping fees will see municipal solid waste (household and office) go up to $80 per tonne from $60 per tonne. Demolition, land clearing and construction waste will increase to $160 per tonne from $60 per tonne. If separated, that drops to $100 per tonne.
Fines will be increased to between $500 to $10,000, up from the current range of $25 to $100.
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Re-accreditation of ICFH demonstrates Fiscal and Management integrity
The Institute for Child & Family Health (ICFH) has just received notification that the organization has been reaccredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA). COA accreditation affirms that an organization meets the highest national standards of best practice and establishes the organization's credibility as effective and professionally sound and that it has met rigorous national standards for financial and management integrity.
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Broward Regional Health Planning Council is committed to delivering health and human service innovations at the national, state and local level through planning, direct services, evaluation and organizational capacity building.
To assume a leadership role in health planning, system coordination, community collaboration, and implementation of health and human services planning to meet the needs of the community.
Develop a district or regional area health plan that permits each local health council to advance strategies and set priorities for implementation based on its unique needs, and advise the District Administrator of the Department of Health care on issues and resource allocation. Promote public awareness of community health and human service needs, emphasizing education, health promotion and cost-effective health services selection.
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Members shall be representatives of health care providers, health care purchasers, and nongovernmental health care consumers. Members of the consumer group shall include a representative number of persons over sixty (60) years of age. A majority of members shall consist of health care purchasers and health care consumers.
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On another (random) note:
Ha, this made me laugh…came across an ancient sketchbook of mine. These "majestic" watercolours were done when i was around 16…that's my excuse. My musical obsessions of the time (thanks to John Peel) were Orange Juice, hence Edwin Collins and the Birthday Party…and we should all be thankful that there are no Nick Cave watercolours waiting to be unearthed… Love the way i signed them…for posterity i guess???
…and Annabella Lwin? I quite liked Bow Wow Wow and i thought she looked cool!


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The business of banking has evolved over the past several decades, from institutions largely limited to making loans and taking deposits, to financial supermarkets that offer a range of banking, investment and insurance products. Not surprisingly, as banks began to serve customers in new ways, they also changed in appearance. Today, trends in bank design support a hotly competitive, retail-oriented industry with a focus on customer-friendly environments, cost-efficient operations and brand-driven design elements. Today many banks are choosing to forego a thick brick and mortar style and teller cages that hold customers at arms' length, for buildings designed to be accessible, efficient and customer-friendly. Even traditional bank facades, which may be favored by an older, more conservative customer base, can be designed with contemporary, innovative and "green" building materials that create inviting, but secure environments.
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e-learning, Diet Coke, and the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is all you hear about these days in Boston, where our sports teams are doing great (how 'bout those Red Sox!) I'm not a huge football fan, but I read reports of how Tom Brady practiced yesterday and his right ankle was not taped, swollen or discolored. And I stock up on Diet Coke at Super Bowl sales.
Technology is playing a greater role every year in sporting events. Social networking is being used by Nielsen to rate Super Bowl ads. "Nielsen Online also will provide real-time analysis of messages and opinions from 70 million blogs, message boards, online communities, video-sharing sites and sports enthusiast sites." Their site, Hey! Nielsen, is "a way for you to influence the TV and movies you watch, the music you listen to, and more… all while making a name for yourself." Clearly someone at Nielsen saw that Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2006 was You. I'd like to learn more about the technology they use for text analysis and drawing meaningful conclusions from these millions of messages.
But what does this have to do with e-learning? I kept hearing on the radio "blah blah University of Phoenix Stadium blah blah" before it hit me – the 2008 Super Bowl is being held at University of Phoenix Stadium! The University of Phoenix' home page doesn't mention this, but it can't hurt enrollment. Does this mean e-learning has reached a tipping point?
My biggest take-away from all this has nothing to do with sports (although I might look for an online course to finally understand football). What I learned was linguistic. Today's Boston Globe reported that "Plaxico Burress went Joe Namath on us Tuesday and got a lot of headlines." Joe Namath? I'm going to use that 3 times in a sentence today.


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One of the reasons I became a nutrition and wellness educator was because I knew from my own experience and from watching others get better, how powerful eating right, eliminating toxins, and treating oneself with love can be. In fact, Revive Primary Care highlights the top four underlying causes of any disease or illness, as voted popular by many health care practitioners: stress, immunity, diet, and toxins. In my experience personally and as a health coach, I tend to agree.
These four reasons are why I swear by my (mostly) daily meditation practice, and exercise regularly.
This is also why I'm a big proponent of non-toxic products that I use on my skin and around my house. Your skin is one of the largest organs in your body and it readily absorbs anything you put on it. Think about what you slather on and breathe in on a daily basis!
And this is why I play in the dirt and love on cats and dogs with reckless abandon, and why I avoid anti-bacterial soap.
And of course, being known as a sugar sleuth, this is why I enjoy reducing the sugar and refined flours in my diet and teaching others simple ways to do the same.
But there's also one other very important piece that I strongly believe can help or hinder your wellness journey: the ability to love yourself from the inside out.
We are vibrational beings; everything in life resonates at a particular frequency (this is hard science people!), and that includes the cells of your body. Our thoughts and emotions can and do influence the frequency at which our cells vibrate. And believe me, when you believe you aren't good enough, when you believe your too this or too that, said enough times to yourself, your body believes it. And instead of filling and surrounding your cells with healthy and healing energy of love, you have chosen to feed them with lower vibrational thoughts that can result in sickness, especially when combined with subpar factors of diet, immunity, stress, and toxins.
I want to emphasize here that it is important not to beat yourself up over what you are or are not doing for yourself. You are where you are, and I'm pretty certain that there is beauty in that place of being! This is part of self-love too.
So love yourself. Instead of bad mouthing what you don't like about yourself, tell yourself that condition is improving every day. Appreciate and focus on what you DO like about yourself; what we give our attention to grows. And graciously receive compliments from others, and generously give them out to both yourself and others.
This self-love practice is more than affirmations (although that can help); it's about reaching down into the core of yourself and cleaning up your belief systems — the foundation of who you are.
Love yourself healthy and well. This is my wish for you.


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Tuesday's NCIS: Los Angeles may prove once and for all just how much agents Kensi Blye and Marty Deeks really care about each other.
When a secure facility housing sensitive materials on a Marine base is compromised, Kensi (Daniela Ruah) must go undercover to get close to Stanley King (guest star Victor Webster), a world-class thief suspected of several high-end heists. Kensi has to gain King's trust by any means necessary, which isn't good news for Kensi's partner Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen).
NCIS: Los Angeles exclusive: Will Victor Webster come between Kensi and Deeks?
"Kensi and [Stanley] definitely get along," Ruah says with a sly laugh. Now whether that's for her to get closer or because she thinks he's cool, the audience will have to figure out. But there's definitely a little flirtation going on, and I think Deeks gets a little jealous."
But Ruah also says it's a safety issue. "This big-time robber seems to eliminate every partner he's ever worked with, so she's under some kind of risk," Ruah says. "Deeks is feeling really protective. It's not just the fact that they might like each other. It's also the fact that, above all, they're also partners and their job revolves around protecting each other. He has my back, I have his and that's what we do. It's a great bonding episode for Kensi and Deeks."
Ruah says the fact that Kensi has allowed Deeks to get as close as he already has is telling. As a teenager, she lost her father. Last season, her former partner Dom (Adam Jamal Craig) was kidnapped and eventually killed, and earlier this year it was revealed that her former fiancé suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and disappeared.
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"Kensi has a background of having lost every man in her life. She has this huge fear of losing someone else," Ruah says. "She has these walls up and I think very slowly she's letting them go down with Deeks. If something were to happen to him, it would be completely devastating."
So can those Keeks (or Densi, depending on who you ask) 'shippers look forward to something more between the characters?
"I think Kensi tries to fight against it as much as possible, but there's definitely something there that's going to be developed," Ruah says. "You want to surprise the people who watch the show. I think we have to be careful with going too far too soon; it doesn't leave a lot of places to go."
NCIS: Los Angeles airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on CBS.


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This comfortable and welcoming hotel is located in a quiet residential area near tennis courts and many water sports possibilities. The island of Brac is the destination of choice for those seeking an exhilarating holiday. The family-owned and run hotel lies only about 100 m from the beach, and here guests will enjoy a distinctive Mediterranean climate with mild, mostly moist winters and dry, hot, and sunny summers. This is definitely the warmest part of the northern Mediterranean coast. Brac has the highest mountain peak (\"\"Vidova Gora\"\") and is the third largest island in the Adriatic. In ancient times, people lived here in caves and worked with stone, the stone carvers being known as \"\"Artisti\"\". Known sculptors such as Juraj Dalmatinac, Andrija Alesi, and Nikola Firentinac lived here or used the stone for their works. The white stone of Brac has been used in many famous buildings such as the White House in Washington DC. In its heart, Brac hides such pearls of cultural inheritance such as the Glagolitic stone Pustinja Blaca, which is the most remarkable architectonic monument on the island, the Dragon Cave, Skrip (the oldest part of the island), and Supetar. The nearest nightclub can be found 200 m away, the centre with links to public transport and a bus station in 400 m, and Split airport in some 90 km.||Established in 2003, this charming, small boutique hotel comprises a total of 23 rooms spread over three floors, a garden and a terrace as well as including personnel from England and Spain. The air-conditioned hotel also features a garden cafe with a bar in the shade of majestic palms and olive trees as well as an excellent restaurant. Guests are welcomed in the foyer with 24-hour reception desk, a hotel safe, a currency exchange facility and a cloakroom. Moreover, guests may make use of the conference facilities, the room and laundry services and the bicycle hire. Parking is available on the street opposite the hotel (no charge).
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A reassessment of the early church using the archaeological evidence
Ramsay MacMullen considers the unwritten evidence for Christianity in the centuries before and after Constantine's conversion in order to gain a better understanding of the second church, the church of the majority of Christians, as well as that of the first church, that of the bishops who in part condemned, in part tolerated, and in part re-shaped the church of the many. MacMullen uses the excavation reports of hundreds of churches of the fourth century to reveal the religion that the majority of ordinary Christians practiced. He then uses the material remains to reassess the total number of Christians who lived during this period. MacMullen argues that by AD 400 Christians constituted a far smaller percentage of the total population than previously suggested, raising very large questions about the place of religion in the life of the times and in the social composition of both churches.
Ramsay MacMullen is Dunham Professor Emeritus of History and Classics at Yale University. He is the recipient of a lifetime Award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association and the author of numerous volumes on Christianity and the Roman Empire.
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"Ramsay MacMullen—for many years the spokesman for the majority of the people who are not represented in the writings of the elite—here focuses on the beliefs and practices of the mass of Christians. He brings forward impressive evidence, mostly archaeological, for the third and especially the fourth century C.E., showing the persistent predominance of pagan rituals among the vast majority of Christians, especially in burial practices and veneration of the dead. While only a small minority of them went to church, most could have been found celebrating the memory of the departed with food and wine at the cemeteries, often in a manner that their bishops hardly approved. For the first time most of the relevant materials with illuminating illustrations have been brought together in this publication, which should be on the reading list of all courses teaching the history of ancient Christianity." — Helmut Koester, John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard University
"Do not let the small size of this book mislead you. Anyone who wants to know what Christianity was like in the crucial two centuries discussed here—not just what the bishops and theologians were thinking, but what the other 95 percent were doing—will discover the weight of this book to be many times its physical heft. MacMullen, one of our most distinguished historians of Roman antiquity, tries here to refocus 'the mind's eye,'—the only tool we have, finally, to imagine that 'second church'—to sweep away the double astigmatism that besets our usual scholarship, skewed by what our texts say Christians ought to be and what we want them to be. The result is history purged of wishful thinking, and it should make us all blink." — Wayne A. Meeks, Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University
"If you wish to know what it was like to be one of the ordinary Christians who lived in the Roman Mediterranean, then begin here. Through artifact and word, by means of a scholarly excavation of detail and fact from great metropolises and isolated hamlets strewn around the central sea, MacMullen brings to life the varied and contradictory life of Christians at ground level." — Brent D. Shaw, Professor of Classics and Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics, Princeton University
"This fascinating book presents us with a picture of popular Christianity in the third and fourth centuries, that is, Christianity as it was lived by masses. These were the vast majority of the Christians, as opposed to intellectuals, bishops, and upper classes in general. Their faith expressed itself in ways that are recoverable not only from hints in Patristic writings, but also through alternative channels, especially archaeological. MacMullen, a Roman historian, allows a great deal of everyday Christian life and cult throughout the empire to emerge from darkness. … This volume is rich in photographs and illustrations, and is carefully edited. This is an outstanding contribution, which completes the picture of the early Christian church provided by literary sources and sheds much light on 'the second' of 'the two Churches,' the Church of the masses." — Ilaria L. E. Ramelli, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Although to a certain extent a small book, it is at the same time a very full book: an enormous amount of details, quite a few clear figures, and a clear-cut proposal to reconstruct Early Christianity. There is much to learn from this book, and that is [the] best compliment to give." — Bart J. Koet, Bijdragen
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The Florey scientists also discovered that in Huntington's diseased brains, information processing between neurons is disrupted, but the neurons do not die, which means the brain may respond to new anti-dementia drugs that can restore memory.
Huntington's disease is an incurable, inherited disorder of the nervous system that affects specific brain regions and inevitably leads to death. Symptoms range from disrupted control of movements and thought processes, and emotional problems. These include: jerky arm or leg movements; difficulties with speech, swallowing, concentration, memory and learning; and depression and personality changes.
Huntington's disease is caused by a mutation in a single gene. When this defective gene is passed from parent to child, 50 percent of the offspring will inherit the disorder, which can be detected by genetic testing.
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Our Real Responsibility for Fake News
January 25, 2017
January 25, 2017
The 2016 political season brought new light to the problem of fake news. But it's not a new problem, especially if you're involved in agriculture production. The real news is that farmers, agribusinesses and the food industry have been battling elements of fake news for years.
There are a multitude of examples around GMOs alone, often with dire consequences. The site www.realagriculture.com, in the article "Fake News Also Plagues Ag and Food," reports that "right now 2.7 million children are dying every year, because of the fake fears of a GMO rice that could get more Vitamin A into kids in some of the poorest corners of the world."
The problem even extends to the weather, at least in one case cited in a blog by University of Georgia Extension on January 3, 2017. The blogger, Pam Knox, writes about an example of fake weather: "My Facebook feed has been buzzing the last few days about the potential for snow or other wintry weather in parts of the Southeast this coming weekend.
"Many of these stories are presented by people with no experience in weather forecasting. For example, one prediction of a 'blizzard' in central Georgia was based on a single model run hyped by a minister of music down in Dublin, Georgia, someone who has no experience in meteorology and has no credibility in forecasting."
Now, at least, thanks to the political turmoil over fake news, some outlets are starting to do something about it. Facebook, with its 1.8 billion members, is trying to make it easier to report fake news. Other organizations are also looking at working with fact-checking sites to help flag false information.
What is our real responsibility, as members of the agribusiness community, to help combat this fake news plague? Social media certainly has a role in helping police the worst of it. But we should not sit back and do nothing to counteract false claims posing as "news."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." So separate opinion from fact, do the work of researching an issue and find credible evidence to support your side. Take the fake on by standing on facts when you're confronted by it. It's not easy work, and not always pretty, but it's increasingly crucial in supporting and advocating for our industry.


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There is nothing better than a functional, comfortable and well-designed living room. Well maybe one thing… a South African living room!
This is why today at homify, we are going to look at 7 beautiful South African living rooms to inspire and delight. These all feature a little bit of local flavour, but are each very unique and stylish in their own right. They will show you how you can truly create your own, signature living room that is still cosy and comfortable.
As Walt Disney said,
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
Shall we take a look?
This living room, by designers Generation, is a wonderful example of how a neutral colour palette can create a very cosy, warm and charming environment.
Tip: Cream sofas look beautiful, but go for darker if you have children. You don't want any stains!
This eclectic living room features an abundance of plants and trees throughout the living room environment, connecting it to the beautiful outdoors.
Plants hang from the ceiling while pots holding a variety of other plants are located throughout the living room. This creates a very refreshing environment that looks rather exotic!
One of the easiest ways to enhance your living room, no matter what the style, is to let in as much natural light as possible.
In this room, we can see how dark tones have been chosen for the interior design. Dark colours can give a room a very edgy and elegant look and feel, but work especially well if there is natural light. You don't want your living room to seem to dark!
Look at these tips for bathing your home in natural light.
This living room features beautiful grey and beige tones, with pastel cushions that give it a subtle and sophisticated touch.
The wall features a beautiful piece of artwork, which shows how a carefully selected decor item can really transform an environment.
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Paint one of the walls in your living room a darker colour for a little bit of elegance. This will mix up textures and tones, while adding something special to the room in a very cost-effective way.
Here we can see how the wall above the fireplace has been painted a charcoal black, complementing the lighter tones used throughout the rest of the living room environment.
Don't be afraid to use them to introduce a little bit of personality and charm to your living space.
This living room features a trendy clock sculpture, which makes a unique impression.
We can also see how a little pot plant here and there can make a big difference.
We end off our tour in this stunning living room, which features gorgeous boulders, wicker egg chairs that are suspended from the ceiling and stunning lamps that drop down from the roof.
The result is a wonderful and serene ambiance with a rustic touch.
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New food truck hits the streets
Greg Olson | Journal-Courier
A downtown Jacksonville entrepreneur is venturing into the mobile food business.
Nicole Riley, owner and operator of The Soap Co. Coffee House at 66 E. Central Park, has bought a 1969 Shasta camper that was converted into a food trailer. She dubbed it The Honeycomb Grill.
"A few years ago, I bought a 1952 Dodge Power Wagon with the intention of converting it into a coffee truck," Riley said, "but after learning about certain health code regulations I would have to follow, I decided not to make the necessary alterations to the vehicle. I wanted to keep the truck original."
The new food trailer, which was rolled out for the first time Friday, will be used to serve a variety of food and beverages. Riley has spent about a month doing some light remodeling and painting to The Honeycomb Grill to get it ready.
"My kitchen at Soap Co. is rather small and it limits our menu options," Riley said. "The trailer will give me an opportunity to have some fun with a variety of food and allow me to go mobile."
At first, Riley plans to serve sandwiches, some baked goods, tacos, iced coffee and lemonade.
"Our tacos, which we serve during First Fridays, have been really popular with our customers, and I definitely want to offer them from the food trailer," she said.
Riley said she hopes to have The Honeycomb Grill open to the public three or four times a month in Jacksonville and possibly in a few surrounding towns.
"I've been wanting to own a food truck for a while to give me some creative freedom with my menu choices and to mix up my surroundings," she said. "I want to keep my business fresh and new."
Greg Olson can be reached at 217-245-6121, ext. 1224, or on Twitter @JCNews_Greg.


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1. Bhakhra Nangal Project = Punjab, Harayana, Rajasthan
1. Bhakhra Nangal Project = Punjab, Harayana, Rajasthan
- > Its a joint venture of Punjab, Harayana, Rajasthan.
- > Its is India's biggest multi-purpose river valley project so far completed at a cost of Rs.236 Cr.
- > It consists of a straight gravity dam, 518 mts long & 226 mts high across the Sutlej at Bhakhra.
- > The Bhakhra dam impounds 986.8 Cr cubic mts of water.
- > The canal system of the project is now irrigating 14.8 lakh hectares.
- > It generates 1204 MW electricity.
2. Chambal Project = Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
- > The Chambal project being jointly executed by M.P & Rajasthan.
- > In the 1st stage, the Gandhi Sagar dam & its 115 MW power station & the Kota barrage were completed.
- > The Rana Pratap Sagar dam with a power house of 172 MW capacity was constructed in the 2nd stage.
- > The 3rd stage comprises the construction of the Jawahar Sagar dam & 99 MW power station.
- > With the completion of all the stages, the project will generate 386MW of power.
3.Damodar Valley Project = Jharkhand , West Bengal
- > This project conceived for the unified development of irrigation, flood control & power generation in W.B & Jharkhand.
- > The project is administered by the Damodar Valley Corporation established in 1948.
- > The irrigation potential of the project is about 5.51 lakh hectares & its installed power generation capacity is 1181MW.
- > It is designed on the lines of Tennesse Valley Authority in the USA.
4. Farakka Barrage = West Bengal
- > It consists of a barrage across the Ganaga at Farakka, another barrage at Jangipur across the Bhagirathi, a 39 km long feeder canal taking off from the right bank of teh Ganga, at Farakka & tailing into the Bhagirathi below the Jangipur Barrage .
- > road - cum - rail bridge over the Farakka barrage have already been completed.
The basic Aim of Farakka barrage is to preserve & mountain Calcutta port & to improve the navigatability of the Hooghly river.
- > Farakka is to use 40,000 cusecs of Waterout of water stored in the dam to flush the Calcutta port which is get silted up.
5. Indira Gandhi Canal
- > It is one of the biggest irrigation project in the world.
- > began in 1958 as Rajasthan Canal.
- > it will provide irrigation facility to N.W region of Rajasthan a part of Thar desert.
- > The project which the use water from the Pong dam consists of 215 km long Rajasthan feeder canal & 445 km long Rajasthan main canal lying entirely in Rajasthan.
- > The project will ultimately irrigate about 14.5 lakh hectares.
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6. Hirakud Project = Orissa
- > the 4801.2 mts long main Hirakud dam in Orissa is on the river Mahanadi.
- > its world's longest dam.- > The project migrates irrigation an area of 11.98 lakh hectares.
- > its present installed power generation capacity is 27.2MW.
7. Kakrapura project = Gujarat
- > it is on the river Tapti, 80km upstream of surat,
- > it is being built by Gujarat government
- > a 621 mts long & 14 mts high weir near Kakrapara in Surat district was completed in 1963.
8. Koyna project = Maharashtra
- > it is on the river Koyna & has been built by the Government of Maharashtra.
- > it comproses the construction of a 208 ft. high dam
9. Nagarjuna Sagar project = Andhra pradesh
- > it is undertaking of the government of A.P. for utilizing the water of the Krishna river.
- > it was inaugurated on AUg 4 1967.
- > it is suited near Nandikonda Village in Miryalguda Taluk of Nalagonda District.
- > it is of 1450 mts long & 92 mts high dam.
- > the project will ultimately irrigate about 8.95 lakh hectares.
10. Rihand project = U.P
- > This project comprises construction of a concrete gravity dam across the Rihand river in Mirzapur district U.P. & a power house at Pipri & neccessary transamission lines.
11. Thien Dam = Punjab
- > a 147 mts high dam built by the Punjab government at Thien Village acorss the Ravi 25 km. upstream of Madhopur head works.
- > it will irrigate 8 lakh hectares land & generate 600MW power renamed as Ranjit Sagar dam it was dedicated to the nation on March 4 2001 by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpaee.
12. Tungabhadra project = Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh
- > it is a joint undertaking by the government of A.P & Karnataka.
- > it comprises a 2441 mt long & 49.38 high dam the river Tungbhadra near Malipuram.
- > it irrigates about 10.22 hectres land.


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Data storage costs drop as vendor competition increases
In its latest analysis of cloud pricing trends, research firm 451 Research showed that the cloud price battlefield has shifted from virtual machines to object storage. The firm predicts that other services, particularly databases, will undergo the same pricing pressures over the next 18 months.
Until recently, the prices of services beyond computing held steady in the face of intense competition, according to 451 Research's Cloud Price Index. VMs have been the traditional battleground for price cuts as providers have looked to gain attention and differentiation.
The tide has now turned, the report said, with object storage pricing declining, including a drop of 14% over the past 12 months. For comparison, VMs have dropped a relatively small 5% over the same period.
Analysts think market maturity is leading to price cuts moving beyond computing. Other factors include increasing cloud-native development and growing confidence in the cloud model.
While some in the industry have speculated that cloud providers have been using cheap VMs as "loss leaders" in their cloud portfolios, 451 Research finds that, even in the worst case, margins for VMs are at least 30%. There is little data suggesting cloud is anywhere near a commodity yet. Analysts think the cloud market is not highly price- sensitive at this time, although organizations want to make sure they are paying a reasonable price.
"The big cloud providers appear to be playing an aggressive game of tit for tat, cutting object storage prices to avoid standing out as expensive," said Jean Atelsek, analyst, Digital Economics Unit at 451 Research. "This is the first time there has been a big price war outside compute, and it reflects object storage's move into the mainstream. While price cuts are good news for cloud buyers, they are now faced with a new level of complexity when comparing providers."