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Archive: News and Views 2006 January
- Review of 2005
- Update of the Medical Devices Directives
- Timeline and process of the update
- Clinical Evaluation of Medical Devices
- Cleaning and Sterilisation of Reusable Instruments
- Changes to the MDSS Website
MDSS can look back at a successful and to
an eventful business year. A considerable number of new clients
"appointed" MDSS as their authorized representative. As a result, the
number of incidents reported by MDSS to the various European Competent
authorities, on behalf of our clients, increased as well. Nevertheless,
all events were resolved or are being resolved to the satisfaction of
all parties concerned. The
increased event number is simply due to the increased number of
clients. However, an overall trend is noticed by the various competent
authorities as well. The authorities do not question the safety of
products at this point. It is simply concluded that the vigilance
system is now working as intended. In particular, the UK noticed a
significant increase of reports a while back with the promotion of
incident reporting by the user, patient or others which is already
implemented in other countries. Enclosed is a link to the German
statistic. It shows impressively the trend over the past five years. http://www.bfarm.de/de/Medizinprodukte/vigilanz/FallzahlentwAktuell.pdf
Review of 2005
In addition the workload for MDSS increased because the Competent Authorities' activity in terms of market surveillance is greater than before (!). I would like to illustrate this by the following example.
When the Medical Device Directive came into force, the vigilance system was new for the Competent Authorities as well. In the early days, a recall was considered an appropriate means for a corrective action and an incident was "happily" closed by the Competent Authority. Today, the vigilance goes further with monitoring the recall activities. Therefore, any recall should be handled in close connection with the involved Competent Authorities. Closure should be reached with informing the authorities of the recall success relevant to the particular country.
Update of the Medical Devices Directive
Another important event in 2005 was the publication of the Commission proposal just before Christmas updating the Medical Devices Directives. We would recommend starting the review process of the proposed changes to the Medical Device Directives in order to be prepared for the final document. There are significant changes in particular regarding the classification of Medical Devices and its related conformity assessment. Changes affect the design documentation and design review. Clarification has been given in the clinical evaluation area and the compliance of custom made devices. Last, but not least, the post market surveillance has been updated as well. In addition, the goal was to align all three Medical Device Directives -the Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive 90/385/EEC, the general Medical Devices Directive 90/42/EEC and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive 98//79/EC. Enclosed is the link to the CURRENT revisions. http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/legislation_en.htm .
We recommend downloading them for your internal quality records since they include the previous corrections and amendments. Most importantly it reflects the status of the legislation before the new upcoming major revision in a consolidated version. The consolidated text incorporates changes in the original text. It is simply a better reading. Please note that it does not reflect the new update!
Timeline and process of the update
The update
process started a while ago. The directive actually includes in one of
its articles that a review shall be conducted after 5 years. In 2003
this review started with a report on the functionality of the Medical
Devices Directive to the parliament. http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/consult_docs/com2003.pdf
After that a lot of the discussions took place at the Medical Device Expert Group. This group consists of stakeholders from the competent authorities, the industry associations and as well the commission. In the middle of 2005, a public consultation took place on the European Website (see News and Views May 2005). Quite a few responses were received and a summary of the responses to the consultation can be found on the EU website. http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/consult.htm
The public consultation was closed on June 25, 2005. From that day on the proposal was expected to be released at any time. The proposal was finally published on the EU website a few days before Christmas. http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/revision_docs/dgentr-pe-f3-32131-pe-md_en.pdf
An interesting reading is the impact assessment provided by the commission: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/revision_docs/entr_pe_dts_ia_md.pdf
At this point, I just want to note one aspect which I find very interesting. It was very much anticipated that re-usable surgical instruments will be reclassified to risk class IIa. This change has not been introduced in this proposal due to the input during the consultation process.
As already noted we recommend starting the review of the complete proposal to evaluate any impact on your quality system and/or product conformity. For higher risk class products the involvement of your Notified Body early on may be beneficial. The anticipated transition period for the implementation will not be as long as it was with the initial implementation of the directive. You may certainly involve MDSS in such a specific assessment. Please contact us for additional information.
It is expected that this proposal will go through the European Parliament without many obstacles. Certainly changes may still be introduced and if so mainly on the European Parliamentary level.
Clinical Evaluation of Medical Devices
I would also like to make our clients aware of some new additions and changes of the interpretation of the directive which will be fostered with the new directive proposal.
MDSS was hired to guide a German client –a manufacturer of risk class I products through a Competent Authority inspection. After a full day of inspection at the manufacturer's site, only a few minor aspects were noted. However, in the end the inspector noted that no clinical evaluation reports are available for the products which became a main subject for him. He referred to the guideline Evaluation of clinical Data MEDDEV 2.7.1(http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/medical_devices/meddev/2_7.pdf ) and insisted on a clinical evaluation. This was much of a surprise considering the low risk class of products reviewed (toilet chair for handicapped persons -:).
Today, it seems to be commonly understood among Competent Authorities that clinical proof shall be held by the manufacturer for all risk classes of products including risk class I products. This does not mean that clinical trials have to be conducted but clinical documentation e.g. literature review should be readily available at the manufacturer's site in the technical documentation.
On a different occasion, MDSS was part of an Authority's investigation of one of its clients and again the clinical documentation was questioned. The data provided were issued when the devices were CE marked for the first time in 1998. The inspector noted that these data are not sufficient to support the product any longer. He did not indicate that the data were not valid anymore but a thorough review should take place to evaluate whether in the meantime any new data have become available. Any new data should be evaluated by the manufacturer to ensure the compliance and state of the art of the product. The notified body confirmed the deviation.
The current interpretation leads to the conclusion that clinical data must be established as well for low risk class products and as well should be updated on a regular basis e.g. via a quality system according to EN ISO 13485 or simply GMP). You may certainly involve MDSS in such a specific clinical evaluation assessment –establishing and/or updating. Please contact us for an additional information.
Information concerning the cleaning and disinfection of reusable instruments
During the last year, inspections were done on manufacturers of reusable surgical instruments in Germany. In the MDD Annex I section 13.6 (h) essential requirements are stipulated for the instruction of reusable instruments concerning the appropriate process to allow the reuse of such products. Nevertheless, in the past no standard was available for the compliance of that particular aspect. Today, the standard EN ISO 17664 is available and should be taken into consideration when stipulating those aspects in the instructions for use. Clear statements in the instructions must be provided. MDSS recommends verifying that the standard is being followed.
The latest feedback we received from one client
was that it was considered a deviation during the surveillance
assessment conducted by its notified body. Please note that the
standard applied for your products should be reviewed on a regular
basis. A list of European Standards can be found on the EU website
which today is quite reliable and kept up to date. For the MDD: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/meddevic.html
For the IVD http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/invimedd.html
For the AIMDD http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/implmedd.html
Changes to the MDSS Website
Certain parts on the MDSS website will only be accessible to our clients. There are various reasons for restricting the access. The main aspect is that you, our clients enable us to provide the information on the website and therefore should have prominent access. In addition it will be used to provide detailed information on all related aspects regarding our service and you will find in the future the various MDSS forms and procedures relevant to our clients.
The Login name is: MDSSclient
The password is: password
As long no specific client related information is being stored on the website, no personnel log in is required. The password access will change regularly. We will keep you updated.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the trust that you have placed in us. MDSS wishes you a Happy and Successful New Year. May your European business continue to prosper.
As always if you have any questions or would like to have further clarification, do not hesitate to contact us.
Ludger Moeller


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All Hannah needs is a nice and quiet vacation after her first year of teaching French at a high school. She joins her brother Ben for the summer in their mom's log cabin in Arizona. There, she meets Josh again, Ben's childhood friend from the Navajo reservation. The little boy from the rez has grown up fast, and Hannah can't help but feeling more for him than just friendship. But fate apparently has something else in store for her. And it's not peace and quiet. Night after night, Hannah is plagued by strange nightmares about the past of Navajo Nation and terrifying shadows chasing her. They seem to come closer – and why is Josh always present in her dreams? Sometimes, the past has a way of catching up with you.
Yes,it was a surprise for me because when i first read the description i didn't know what to think,but let's say that the story was exactly what i really wanted to read at the moment.
I'm not really sure how to start.There were so many things that happened in this book and i'm a little confused.
Why it was something new for me?The story is not really simple.This was about Hannah and Josh-two young people who find each other ,but there is something that keep them apart.Well,at least that's not for too long.
There were moments when i didn't understand what was happening with Josh:why he was trying to stay away from Hannah,but when i finally read Josh's reasons i have to admit that i was a little shocked.
After one night when Hannah was attacked by three strangers she began to have nightmares.
That part was really interesting.Hanna's nightmares turned out to be more than i thought,because at some point i started to wonder if that really happened or those were just dreams inflicted by the warlocks to scare her.I admit it was a bit strange how everything happened.
Josh and Hannah were meant to be together and nothing or nobody could stop that,although at some point Josh's behavior made me doubt that.
This book was full of beautiful and amazing moments,but there were a few bad ones almost heartbreaking.
What i liked the most was how the author described everything-especially when she wrote about the Dinè.
I knew from the beginning that i will like this book.That was because i loved the description,but honestly it was much betther than i expected.


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Ready to work with father after 'SOTY': Varun Dhawan
Varun Dhawan, who is making his debut with Karan Johar's 'Student of the Year', says he always wanted to start on his own in Bollywood rather than getting launched by his father David Dhawan
"I had always wished to start on my own, to test waters on my own. Had I begun with my dad's film, the launching would not have been the way I wanted."
"And I would not have taken such a move. Now I have no qualms in working with my father," he told reporters here while promoting the film, which also stars newcomers Alia Bhatt and Siddharth Malhotra.
Siddharth, who essayed the character of Abhimanyu Singh in the movie, said, "I had never imagined to face the camera, that too for a sizable screen space, in a Karan Johar film at such an early phase of my career. "
The duo, who had earlier been assistant directors of Johar's superhit 'My Name Is Khan', recalled how they were taken aback when Johar first approached them with the role.
"We have been on promo from October 14 all over India and Kokata is the last leg. Hope the city of Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak will not turn its back to Students of the Year," Dhawan said.
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In our deed we own the driveway, but we haft to let our neighbors use it. They speed down it, they ran into our fence and broke it, the throw gravel in our yard, after I've told them to slow down.Can i change our deed? In our deed there is an alternate driveway to that house that they would haft to make.I've called the cops,and they cant do anything.


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Dr. Jaihyun Park is a professor in the psychology department at Baruch College. He received his BA from Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea, and MS. and PhD in social psychology from Yale University. After receiving his PhD in 1998, Dr. Park worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the National Institute of Health. He joined the psychology department at Baruch in August 2001.
Dr. Park has been interested in several research areas in social psychology. Among others, he has conducted a program of research on (a) stereotyping and prejudice, (b) jury decision-making, and (c) cultural psychology. More specifically, Dr. Park has been interested in investigating the mental process and representations that affect social judgment and behavior, with a focus on the implicit and unconscious ways in which social category information influences human judgment and behavior. He has also conducted research on cognitive, affective, and motivational factors that might affect jurors' legal decision making in courtroom. Lastly, he is also interested in exploring the impact that culture can have on shaping the self and characterizing its behavior. He has actively been working with graduate and undergraduate students on research projects across all his three research interests.
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Park, J., & Feigenson, N. (2013). Effects of a visual technology on mock juror decision making. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, 235-246.
Kim, S., Park, J., Park, K., & Eom, J. (2013). Judge-jury agreement in criminal cases: The first three years of the Korean jury system. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 10, 35-53.
Park, J. (2010). The jury system and legal psychology. Seoul, Korea: Ore Publishing Co.
Feigenson, N., & Park, J. (2006). Emotions and attributions of legal responsibility and blame: A research review. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 143-161.
Park, J., & Banaji, M. R. (2000). Mood and heuristics: The influence of happy and sad states on sensitivity and bias in stereotyping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1005-1023.
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As far as equips go the 4 most important things you need are:
Hunterfly cards x2 in a Carga Mace
Rideword hat +4 or +9 if you can afford it.
Immune Nyd or anything of the like.
Phen Clip or orleans armors with elements (Elemental armors are kinda required at higher levels anyway I suggest aiming for even cheap things like glittering jackets early on).
As a champion, I suggest leveling at Annolians with a wind fist from 96-99 to find yourself a carga mace to save some zeny.
I also suggest investing in a double minorous carga to start mvping @ 13x. You will need every bit of zeny you can get, as the later 130s need a bit more zeny per hr to level in scaraba. When you hit 14x and have GTR it wont be so bad at all.
Here is a list of common abbreviations I will be using:
RD: Rising Dragon
EG: Gentle Touch Energy Gain
KA: Knuckle Arrow
PA: Power Absorb
LR: Lightning Ride
RB: Raging Blast
GTR: Gentle Touch Revitalize
SB: Sky Blow
RTB: Raging Trifecta Blow
RQ: Raging Quadruple Blow
RT: Raging Thrust
AS: Absorb Spirit Sphere
WM: Windmill
TC: Tiger Cannon
That is pretty much every sura skill you will use to level. Everything else is pretty much a waste of points. With the exception of some PvP skills like Cursed Circle.
Several updates and edits will happen here, I'll do my best to keep you all updated. I will do my best to impart any leveling knowledge I can. I will not reveal my zeny making methods etc. so please don't ask.
So lets begin. The most common way to level any monk now is combo. If you're thinking of going anything else, forget it now. Spirit monks got nerfed in renewal. Until you hit Sura you will be using RTB/RQ/RT only. Any other combo skills are not SP effiecent enough to keep up with xp/hr. With the right gear you won't need any Champion combo skills. Champion is basically just being a monk, but with a 1 key summon 5 spirit sphere button called zen.
Ok as far as level 1-86 is concerned Eden group HQ tells you every zone or hunt you should be doing. If a quest is too hard on the board try another one on the eden board.
And here is a guide that covers most basic leveling in renewal includes videos etc:
dead link looking for new one.
Now for levels 86 and above the suggested leveling zones are as follows:
Roweens until 86-90 (One map east from Rachel?)
Dark Priests until 86-96 (Inside Glhast Heim Churchyard)
Stapos until 90-95 (South of Veins Town)
Magmarings 95-110 (The field outside of the area marked "Thors Dungeon" on the map button in the interface)
Volcano Dungeon 100-121 (aka Nogg, aka Magma Dun, marked ont he map button)
Juperous 121-134 (yuno_field07 aka El Mes Gorge aka Valley of Abyss on the map button)
Rachel Sanctuary 132-140 (skeptical about heading to 140 here I stayed until 138 just cause it cost about 0 zeny/hr to level here at 134)
Scaraba Dungeon 135-150 (Requires new world quest chain etc)
Abyss Lake 140-150 (Requires a set of easy to obtain quest items. Yet again marked on the map button if you hit tab)
Stat wise your stats should look something like this as a monk/champ:
AGI 80-85~ (Same as below you can do just fine with 70 STR until your agi and dex are high enough.)
Vit 20 (As a champ anyway)
Dex 70~ ( I suggest for dark priests this be close to 65~ before leveling there)
I've found that stats around these areas are typically best for soloing.
I have yet to level at Roweens, but it seems quite popularr, but for now I'll go through the basic equipment needed to level in the zones above. You can use eden HQ items all the way to 99, but it won't be as efficient.
When you ding around 86~ you have the option to grind dark priests, as they are now in range. The ideal equipment set up for this is Evil Armor (Bathory Card) and a Nemesis. Both of these items are rather cheap and are quite easy to obtain from vendors. For leveling in dark priests be sure to bring about 50~ white pots in case you run into to big a mob, with the suggested build above you should be able to RQ>RT>RQ and they are dead. If you need SP use AS (Hold Shift to target a mob with it or use /ns) to drain SP from monsters or zen/Summon Sphere/AS til sp is decent enough to continue. Never forget your Awakening and Concentration potions.
At around 90-95 you want to pick up a Ice Fist and Fire fist, or make a sage as an endow slave, then head out to Stapos. When you start leveling at Stapos, follow the same combo pattern as above. Use AS on the Droseras they seem to give the most SP back on that map, if the bots are to much for you use the in game map and hit tab to highlight the areas you can level at.
Magmarings is the exact same as leveling at Stapos. No changes here except use that Ice fist I told you to get.
Ok now that I've covered that onward to the real heart of this guide: SURA.
After obtaining 99 please be aware that up to I believe 30m EXP is stored at 99 Champion. Meaning when you job change to sura and kill 2-3 mobs you level instantly it helps alot, so be sure to grind a bit as a champ at 99/70.
Now onward, to the basic bread and butter of early leveling, without using up your skill reset is to go for Sky Blow as fast as you can. For a while you will be leveling like a normal combo champ on Magmarings until 105~ or Desert Wolves. Once you pick up Sky blow you can continue at either map or you can head on out to Kobolds (The level 107 Map I think if you see archers zone to the other map.) I leveled at Kobolds using LR. Like a fool snap zenning my way to 108~ish, Sky blow makes things alot faster I would imagine.
After obtaining SB level 5 start working to EG on the tree take EG to at least 3 as rising dragon will be the next skill you should aim for after getting Windmill.
Once you are around level 105-108~ its time to head to magma dungeon aka nogg aka volcano dungeon. You will be able to solo down here effectively with the right equipment and consumables.
Equipment I used:
+5 Double Hunterfly Carga Mace
+4 Nydhogger Immune (Ray or harpy mufflers etc will do just fine but this helps alot with SP)
+7 Pasana Glittering Jacket
+4 Rideword Hat
Phen Clip
Ring of Muscle
+7 Sky Petite Card Stone Buckler/Khalitzburg card Stone Buckler
Later on due to the recycle event and some other things my equips will change dramatically. You don't need full sets of everything to level anywhere, but a set of all racial Stone Bucklers and Rideword hat make the amount you will spend on consumables get cut in half or to none at all.
Volcano Dungeon 100-121
Now to cover Nogg leveling. Once you hit Sura, and have the base stats above for champ/monk start getting vit. You will need it to level until your 121~
Nogg leveling is simple. Windmill > spam SB in a large mob, then use Zen if you don't have EG. Be sure to have an endow for water it helps at early levels, but is not needed later on. As far as consumables go, until about 115~ I was burning close to 330k~ every 20 minutes to 1m/hour the amount is reduced later on due to your damage output providing more HP from the Hunterfly cards and Rideword hat. At 115 I went from using a mil an hour to about 200k~300k at best. I'd also like to add that bringing some ygg seeds and strawberries is highly suggested to reduce down time and chance of death. Once you have EG level 3 use SB Spam > Windmill if you feel your taking to much damage then spam SB with the spheres you got back from EG.
Juperous 121-134
Where do I begin? Here is where things change a bit. You will still be using SB at this point. If you wish try tiger cannon, I have yet to try it. If you have access later on Rampage blast is still viable for dragons I suggest using your guilds god items if you can to help you level. It is not required but it makes life easier.
Stats removed due to nerf to lightning ride (Why did this get nerfed? It's beyond me)
At higher levels the standard of 9x-100 in each stat applies. I suggest after STR is around 100 to get int up there for mvping later on.
This is probably the fastest leveling you will do as a 3rd class. Juperous is mobby, tons of fun and has the same problem as Nogg did at early levels in terms of zeny/hr which is actually fixed around 128~.
By this time you should no longer need to zen to gain spheres back, the trick to leveling here is to just snap around with EG on mobbing, SB > WM > SB > WM > SB etc. You should also have early levels of RD which you should use even if its only level 1-2. It's possibly the best sura skill in the tree. I suggest staying here until the exp gap hits hard at 134. The place has so many mobs it more then makes up for lack of the exp bonus for being in level range.
Rachel Sanctuary 132-140
Nothing changed here due to rampage blast being viable.
Ok here is where things change up a bit. By now you should have RD @ Level 10 and RB @ level 5. With around 125~ Str with buffs gear etc and a Double Archer Skeleton Carga +7 pref. You can one shot everything basiclly on Rachel Sanctuary Floor 1.
If not, you can use green pots and 9x vit to snap mob and LR, but this method consumes zeny, where the other option is 0z/hr.
The trick is to snap > heal > Snap > Zen > PA > Heal etc then use RB to one shot the vanberks you had trailing behind you. Its tedious at first, but when you get the hang of it you will end up saving yourself alot of zeny in pots. I suggest a full set of racial bucklers/guards etc. and an immune for this method or any of my above methods to leveling to succeed.
Now you don't need to stay here until 140, you can leave and take on scaraba level 2 at around 137~. Be warned if you do the cost to level in scaraba is dramatically higher then any of the previous zones until 14x when you have GTR.
Scaraba Dungeon 135-150
Advice for skill use removed, since build is now irrelevant.
Ok so you've made it this far, the last part of the hike to the top of the mountain that is 150.
Scaraba Dungeon is the best spot to level for 135-150. The only problem is the mobs have stoneskin. Its a pain in the butt. Now I'm going to list the equips I use to level down here:
+7 Double Kingbird Carga (Archer Skeleton)
+9 Rideword Hat
+8 Immune Nyd
+5 Bigfoot Card Stone Buckler
Clip under cast
If you intend to level at 14x I suggest you have the gear to do so or the buff slaves. Its a bit rough on the wallet that contains your magical zeny.


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Hello Beautiful Thinkers,
Write a scene on a boat. What kind is up to you and probably will vary depending on your story's setting. But just to get you started I'll give you a few things to consider. Is the boat out on the water or docked? Does it already have a destination set? How many people are going to be on the boat with your character? Does your character get seasick? Is this your character's first time on a boat? Does your character know how to swim? Can your character successfully fight off an attack by pirates? What if those pirates are curse to be undead skeletons that's true creepy appearance is only revealed by the light of the moon? Okay I'm mostly joking with those last two. Though piracy doesn't need to mean swashbucklers and sword play, there are modernday pirates still. Or you could write the equivalent for your story's setting if you wanted. Well before I start rambling even more about pirates or jump topics from pirates to sharks, I'll stop myself and let you all get to writing those boating stories.
Keep Learning Beautiful Thinkers,
The Boy In The Heart Shades


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November 17, 2018 @ 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm$30 – $35
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Paul Mills (guitar)
Tom Leighton (Keyboards, accordion)
Andrew Bryan (fiddle)
David Woodhead (bass)
Ariel Rogers
Nathan Rogers
Matthew Byrne
Dan McKinnon
Beth Rogers
Charlotte Moore
Ariel Rogers
Ariel is a familiar face at Hugh's Room Live – one of her favourite venues in Toronto. She has overseen the legacy left behind in the wake of Stan's tragic death and is pleased that Borealis Records will continue to nurture his music on the same firm ground. A musician in her own right, she has spent many years on stage and behind the wings in countless productions for community theatre in the Hamilton-Wentworth area. She has four very talented children who have also brought her much joy in the gift of four wonderful grand-daughters. Ariel is married to singer-songwriter Scott Cameron Smith.
Nathan Rogers
Maybe the expectations placed on the son of the Canadian folk icon Stan Rogers are extremely high, but he fulfills them effortlessly, with his own quality as a first class songwriter and interpreter. www.nathanrogers.ca
Some say he was born into it, some that he was born with it, while others claim he has earned it. With one foot planted firmly in folk music's traditional roots and the other reaching into its dynamic future, Nathan Rogers isn't entirely sure what 'it' is; singer, songwriter, guitarist, throat-chanter, percussionist, revivalist, or innovator. Whatever it may be, "Nathan has the ability to turn the folk world on its ears."
Matthew Byrne
Born into a family of Newfoundland music makers, Matthew's repertoire is heavily influenced by that unique musical lineage – the weaving of a great story with a beautiful melody – and he supports this tradition with powerful vocals, polished guitar work, and a presence that fills the room. His repertoire transcends time and place and his live performance reminds us how satisfying traditional songs can be when stripped down to their basic elements.
Dan McKinnon
Blessed with a warm, powerful baritone voice and an undeniable prowess on guitar, Dan McKinnon has carved out a unique musical path. Reminiscent of the bards and balladeers of old, Dan engages the audience with his sharply observed stories and passionately delivered songs. At the heart of Dan McKinnon's life and work is a profound respect for the past, balanced by a passionate attachment to the present. Dan's songwriting celebrates the rich heritage of Maritime Canada, a deep inquisitiveness into the human condition, tempered by a stubborn dedication to writing songs about where, how, and who we are. "Dan McKinnon puts so much heart and soul into his music that listening to him, be it live or on CD, is a healing experience." (Mary Beth Carty, Penguin Eggs)
Charlotte Moore
Over the summers of 2000-2001, Charlotte had the great good fortune of joining the Company of "Stan Rogers – A Matter of Heart", and we played with great heart in Hamilton, Toronto, and The Charlottetown Festival. She was also honoured to be featured as "The Woman" on the Cast Album for that show. Charlotte is a Dora-winning performer, who has appeared all over the country in roles such as Mama Rose in "Gypsy", Fantine in "Les Miserables", and six different characters over eleven productions of "Anne Of Green Gables The Musical". She recently returned from Jerusalem where she was appearing as Shlomo Carlebach's Mother in "Soul Doctor". Charlotte has two solo CD's to her credit – "Friends of Mine – Songs From Canadian Musicals", and "Long Road Back", her more recent album of all original tunes. charlottemoore.ca
Paul Mills
For over forty years Paul has been well-known as an award-winning producer of folk music recordings. He has produced over 200 records by various folk artists including Stan Rogers. All but one of Stan's records were produced by Paul. He has also worked with other well-known artists such as Sharon, Lois and Bram, Natalie McMaster, Ron Hynes and April Verch. This year, Paul was named a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his life's work. Paul is delighted to be once again producing the annual Stan Rogers Tribute at Hugh's Room Live now in its fifteenth year. He will be leading a first-class house band consisting of Tom Leighton on piano and accordion, David Woodhead (a former Stan Rogers bass player) on bass, and Andrew Bryan on Fiddle.


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By registering your trademark, you obtain the exclusive rights to use your name, slogan or logo in your industry.
Common trademarks include the following:
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- Company names;
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- Slogans; and/or
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Benefits of Registering a Trademark:
First and foremost, a registered trademark is an asset of the company that owns such trademark, with the following benefits, amongst others:
- The trademark may be pledged, for example, to a bank, in order for a loan to be granted to the trademark owner; and
- In the case of a franchise, a trademark, amongst others, may be licensed out to the franchisee by the franchisor. For instance, franchises such as Steers will license their trademarks, which consists, at the very least, of their brand name, slogan, and logo to the franchisee, in order that the franchisee may use such trademarks when operating their Steers franchise business.
A registered trademark gains the protection afforded by the Trade Marks Act, which, among others, provides what is known as face value evidence of the validity of the trademark registration. This essentially means that the burden to prove that you are not entitled to the trademark, shall fall on any party accusing you of not being entitled to the use of such trademark.
This differs from unregistered trademarks, in that the burden to prove your valid use of the trademark, falls on you to procure such evidence.
The Trade Marks Act also provides for certain forms of relief, such as damages, interdicts and royalties, should another party infringe on your registered trademark.
Another such benefit which is not too often spoken about is, what we term, 'keyword poaching' on Google Adwords.
It has become a growing trend since the advent of the Google Adwords program, that companies seek to use the trademarked name of one or more of their competitors as a keyword in their Google adverts which appear at the top of Google search results.
For the sake of example, Seeff may look at using the keyword 'Pam Golding' in order for Seeff's Google advert to appear at the top of search results when persons search 'Pam Golding' on Google. This may result in thousands of rands being lost by Pam Golding to Seeff due to Google users now utilising the services of Seeff, when, in fact, they initially searched to the term 'Pam Golding'.
In the above example, Google's internal dispute procedures will not entertain the removal of the offending keyword/s from Seeff's Google Adwords account unless, and only if, Pam Golding can produce a valid trademark registration certificate.
As the owner of a registered trademark, you may submit such a trademark to the Trademark Clearinghouse, with the benefit that, should any person, other than yourself as the trademark owner, attempt to register a gTLD internet domain name (Just a fancy term for certain types of internet URL's) which matches your trademark, you as the trademark owner will be notified of the attempted domain registration, in order that you may oppose such registration, and have the domain name transferred to you.
Trademarks are an essential component of protecting the rights of startup, and having a better understanding of their importance, will place startup founders in a far more informed position as to best to get your business off the ground in a legally sound and protective manner.
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The Board of Elections has scheduled a meeting via videoconference at the Elections System of the Virgin Islands (ESVI) Offices. Between ESVI St. Croix Office – Sunny Isle Annex Unit 4, 93A and
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Mochi Media, Inc.: UI Designer
Location: San Francisco
URL: www.mochimedia.com
Mochi Media, Inc. is looking for a User Interface Designer to work on our apps for Flash game developers and their players. Our UI Designer will be responsible for user experience design, visual design, and XHTML/CSS/JS development. You should be skilled at starting with nothing more then a description of features, and being able to craft a simple and easy to use page from start to finish. We're looking for a rockstar who is multi-disciplined between UX, design, and client-side development.
You will be working along-side artists, other UI designers, product managers and engineers to create these top-notch user experiences. The Mochi team is a passionate group of people who love games and building products for professional and indie developers alike. Your work will be used by thousands of game developers, and millions of game players all across the globe.
Requirements and Skills:
- 3+ years of real-world UI design and development experience required.
- Solid XHTML/CSS coding skills.
- Proven knowledge of Javascript and JQuery – We're looking for some innovative UI here.
- Extensive portfolio of online applications showing a good sense of usability combined with good layout and visual design.
- Able to take a concept from sketch or wireframe to final implementation.
- Comfortable working in Django templates or a similar template language.
- Strong knowledge of Python/Django for working in templates
- All the above with world class branding to boot
About Us:
Mochi Media is the world's largest online game network, serving the needs of thousands of Flash game developers, and reaching over 140 million unique users each month with a library of over 14,000 games. The company's products and services provide game developers with tools to track game analytics, manage distribution, and monetize their games via micro-transactions and in-game ads. We also foster the most active Flash game developer community, and are committed to its continual growth through our involvement and industry leadership.
To apply: http://mochimedia.theresumator.com/apply
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The faculty members of central technical institutions like IITs and IIMs can hope for a better pay package soon with the government setting up a committee for review of their salary and emoluments.
The committee is headed by former director of Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Prof Govardhan Mehta.
"The committee will make a comprehensive study of the 6th pay commission recommendations. It will speak to the faculty members of the IITs, IIMs, IIITs and NITs and consider their views and recommend an ideal pay package for the faculty members in these institutions," a senior official in HRD Ministry told PTI.
The committee has been given three months time to complete the report, so that the government could implement it before the general elections.


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Following his season-ending injury, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's knee surgeon has backed the Swede to carry on playing football for years to come, despite being 35 years of age.
The United striker tore an anterior cruciate ligament in the win over Anderlecht in the Europa League last month, and many believe the forward will not play for the Red Devils again.
Despite this, Ibrahimovic's doctor, Freddie Fu Ho-Keung, believes that the Swede is in fantastic shape, and tips him to recover.
"I can tell you he's in superb shape in all things," the surgeon told the South China Morning Post. "Healthy morphology, the quality of the bone and muscle, everything is as good as you can possibly see.
"He's one of the top athletes I've ever touched, he is in superb shape.
"He can still play for many years, he's so healthy, so strong."
And, when asked if he would like to do research on Ibrahimovic, the surgeon replied: "Sure, in the future absolutely, when he's retired."


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A House Divided?
Episode 125 · May 2nd, 2017 · 32 mins 30 secs
About this Episode
Reflecting on a recent podcast by Dan Carlin and an Opinion piece in the New York Times, we consider the future of our country as a united one.
Show Notes
-You can find the Dan Carlin podcast here: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/common-sense-315-war-on-a-whim.
-You can find the NY Times piece here:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/opinion/the-collapse-of-american-identity.html.


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Live Action
Grayson vs. Grayson: Solo Nightwing in Live Action Webseries
In 2006, I got an email from a friend. The subject line read something like 'HOLY FUCKING RED HOT SHITBALLZ!!!!!11!!!!' There was no message, no preamble; just a YouTube link. Hoping vaguely I wasn't about to see a trailer for 'GOATSE: THE MOTION PICTURE', I clicked, and was rewarded with this a longish trailer for an amazing vanity project called 'Grayson.' The trailer set a world where Dick Grayson was grown, retired with a family, and Bruce Wayne continued his one man war on crime until somebody put a slug in him. Read more »
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Trailer!!!
Check out the trailer for "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" the sequel to "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra".
CBMDb - "G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA" [2009]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 science fiction action film based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise, with particular inspiration from the comic book and cartoon series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. The story follows two American soldiers, Duke and Ripcord, who join the G.I. Joe Team after being attacked by MARS troops. Read more »
CBMDb - "THE CROW" [1994]
The Crow is a 1994 American action film based on the 1989 comic book of the same name by James O'Barr. The Crow stars Brandon Lee, in his final film, as Eric Draven, a rock musician who is revived from the dead to avenge his own murder, as well as that of his fiancée. Read more »
Live Action BLUE BEETLE Test Footage!
A year ago I posted comments from Geoff Johns about a live action "Blue Beetle" television series, along with screen captures of the test footage [View Post]. No further developments on this project have been reported. There is no confirmation that "Blue Beetle" is still in development or put on the shelf. In the meantime, enjoy the test footage.
CBMDb - "CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER" [2011]
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. It is the fifth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Captain America must stop Red Skull, Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of a mysterious organization that intends to use a tesseract energy-source for world domination. Read more »
CBMDb - "CAPTAIN AMERICA" [1990]
Captain America is a 1990 superhero film directed by Albert Pyun. The film is based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. While the film takes several liberties with the comic's storyline, it features Steve Rogers becoming Captain America during World War II to battle the Red Skull, being frozen in ice, and subsequently being revived to save the President of the United States from a crime family that dislikes his environmentalist polices. Read more »
CBMDb - "THE DARK KNIGHT" [2008]
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman returning as Alfred Pennyworth, James Gordon and Lucius Fox, respectively. The film introduces the character of Harvey Dent, Gotham's newly elected District Attorney and the cohort of Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Rachel Dawes, who joins Batman and the police in combating the new rising threat of a criminal calling himself the "Joker". Read more »
CBMDb - "BATMAN BEGINS" [2005]
"Batman Begins" is a 2005 American superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson, and Rutger Hauer. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of the character and begins with Bruce Wayne's initial fear of bats, the death of his parents, and his journey to becoming Batman. It draws inspiration from classic comic book storylines such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween. Read more »
CBMDb - "THE INCREDIBLE HULK" [2008]
The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. It is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner. It is the second film to be released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is not a sequel to the 2003 film Hulk, but rather a reboot that establishes a new back-story where Banner became the Hulk as an unwitting pawn in a military scheme to reinvigorate the supersoldier program through gamma radiation. Read more »


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Looks like we're out of the woods with the previously forcasted freeze. Which is a good thing for the fall garden left-overs. Although we're going to have wind and heavy rains, the freezing temps are not going to materialize. Still looks to me like a good day to just lie around and chew bones.
Winter Threatens Our Vegetable GardenWith any luck, in a couple of weeks the corn should ripen up before the colder weather gets here for certain. As you can see, the corn is almost there.
Jolly Green Giants
Thought about putting them in the greenhouse, but they are way too tall. It's incredible they gree this big in a pot.
(See our "Self-Watering-Container-Pots" construction and soil mix. No extra nitrogen was need, just the worm castings and VermaPlex®.) I'd say, these results show you can grow corn successfully using this method.
We'll do what we can to keep the corn going in hopes of being able to harvest it. What did we learn? For the fall garden, we need to get corn planted by early September. Even though it's very, very hot and the sun is very, very strong, it will be easier to protect them from the sun while they are still small than to deal with the November frosts and freezes when they are giants.
Say Hello to my little friend.
Gardening in North Central Florida has been more of a challenge than we ever could have anticipated (I'm speaking for Bill and Kayce, of course. Quite frankly, I don't do "anticipation". Living in the moment - that's ole' Digger). But, as we (they) build up our sandy soil over time, these self-watering containers are proving to be a viable way of vegetable gardening in the meantime.
Perhaps, we (they) may just dispense with the in-ground garden altogether and stay with self-watering container gardening as our (their) only growing method. As for me personally, I'm not that emotionally involved, being a carnivore and all.
Tomorrow we'll check out the green house, where all our pepper and tomato plants are hanging out. And where I've found some tasty little rabbits, I might add.
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Yesterday we looked at simplifying our lives by choosing our friends carefully. Family is a bit different matter and much more emotional. However, many of us choose family over our true happiness. Today we will look at some ideas to help us understand this choice.
But first…
Thankful Friday
As is our custom here we take a moment each Friday to thank those around us. This week I would like to thank those who have given me encouraging feedback about what I am writing. I thank you for taking the time to read this site and to offer your feedback.
As always we thank WordPress and FeedBurner. They provide the free tools that make this site possible. Thanks!
The nonfunctional family
To start our understanding of why false self is so attached to its family we must first look at the structure of the family. When we look at most families we do not find a strong influence of true self. There are many signs of this. We see issues like a controlling and authoritative parent, a required strong commitment to a religious or political ideology, physical or psychological abuse, and substance abuse.
All of these behaviors come from false self. This is by no means a definitive list, but it covers the most common issues that face families.
The way the family adjusts to these issues determines whether not it is a functional family. In a nonfunctional family it is usually only a few members who have any one of the behaviors listed above. The others learn to cope with the extreme false self behavior. Rather than bring it to the attention of the one exhibiting the behavior they keep quiet and try to get along.
Let's take the case of a domineering, controlling, and authoritative parent. In this example only one of the parents exhibits this behavior. The spouse most likely began to cope with this type of behavior before there were any children in the family. The children learned to cope with the behavior as they grew up.
Is everybody happy?
Is anyone in this family really happy? I would suggest that they are not. The authoritative parent is not. They are clearly coming from false self and as we have repeated, that is never a happy place. The spouse and the children are not happy because they must repress their true self so that they do not anger the controlling parent. Every time they strongly express any true self behavior the false self of the controlling parent views this as a threat and punishes the behavior. Eventually everyone learns to live in fear of the controlling parent.
The final test of a nonfunctional family is what happens when someone needs to leave the family. Over time the spouse and children of the nonfunctional family have learned to balance each other to keep a sense of stability in the family. This is not true stability because it is coming from the balancing of their false self behaviors against the false self behavior of the controlling parent.
This apparent stability is more like a house of cards that is in a delicate stasis. Because all the false self behaviors are linked to each other, if one person decides they need to get away from the situation to understand themselves – the whole house of cards comes down. As it comes down everyone in the family blames the one who chose for their true self as the cause of all the pain.
This is not a pretty picture, but how many of us encountered a similar situation as we chose to pursue our spiritual path? That is why I have felt the need to write about this. Choosing for the false self based family is one of the most common reasons people never choose to listen to their true self. At least it is that way in my experience.
The functional family
The functional family may not recognize that they are making choices for their true self. They probably don't see this. What they understand is that they are truly happy.
Here are some of their behaviors that are different from the nonfunctional family. They encourage each person in the family to learn what is important to them. They actively support what each person wants to do as much as is possible. The functional family wants each person to travel their own path of discovery. In a functional family you hear "I don't understand why you want to do that, but I will help you in whatever way I can." This is said with utter sincerity.
In a functional family the children are not told to be doctors, lawyers, or whatever the parents think they should be. Children are not forced to participate in sports in which they have no interest. No one cares. As long as the child is happy, not destructive of themselves or others, and is passionate about learning – nothing else is really important.
A functional family does not force any religious or political ideologies on its members. The family is strong enough to have any and all beliefs questioned. The family understands that all ideas need to be examined on a regular basis. If our understanding evolves, then our ideas should evolve. A lively discussion of opposing ideas without personal rancor is a sure sign of an open minded family.
Finally, the functional family only wants happiness for each of the members. The functional family does not push its members into unwanted personal relationships. It does not determine the race, social stature, financial stature, or sexual orientation of its member's personal relationships. They know that happiness is more important than any of these. If the person is not happy in the relationship then we help them understand their choice and help them back towards their true happiness. We do not condemn them for choosing the wrong relationship with the wrong person.
Breaking up a functional family
Unlike the nonfunctional family that breaks up with much pain, the functional family breaks up and reassembles itself very easily. A functional family is less likely to have interlocking false self dependencies. The members of a functional family are much more likely to be acting from true self. Remember, true self knows that it is complete in itself and does not need anyone else. What do we care if a family member chooses to leave to pursue their goals? All we want is for them to be happy in that pursuit.
The continuum
How many families are fully functional? Not many. How many families are totally nonfunctional? Not many but more than those that are fully functional. It is more like a continuum where most families exhibit some characteristics of a functional family as well as some from the nonfunctional family.
It all depends on which characteristics come into play for us as we relate to our family. Other family members will have different experiences than ours. Each family member experiences a different family. We need to learn about how the family that we experience is affecting our choice for true self. Not our sister's choice, not our mother's choice – our choice.
More on Monday
Today we have written the background for Monday's post. On Monday we will look at how to use these concepts of functional and nonfunctional families to simplify our relationships with our families. Have a great weekend!
Until Monday –
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We work towards an identical goal.
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2016 LIMA International Licensing Awards Winners Announced!
You voted, we tallied, and now we're excited to announce the winners of the 2016 LIMA International Licensing Awards!
Disney Consumer Products' Star Wars won four awards, while Hot Topic took home Retailer of the Year for Doctor Who. For the first time, a European venue was selected as the winner of the Location-Based/Experiential Initiative Award – AMC and Parque de Atracciones de Madrid (Striker Entertainment) took home the trophy for its The Walking Dead walk-through attraction. Winners in 20 categories were announced during LIMA's annual awards program, held at the 2016 Licensing Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas.
The full list of 2016 award winners follows:
Art/Design: The Very Hungry Caterpillar/The World of Eric Carle – owned by Eric Carle Studio, represented by Joester Loria Group
Celebrity/Fashion: cupcakes and cashmere – represented by Brand Central, LLC
Character/Toy Brand: Shopkins – owned by Moose Toys, represented by The Licensing Shop, Inc.
Corporate Brand: Girl Scouts of the USA – represented by The Wildflower Group
Digital: Candy Crush Saga – owned by King Digital Entertainment, represented by Striker Entertainment, LLC
Film/TV/Entertainment – Animated: Peppa Pig – owned by Entertainment One
Film/TV/Entertainment – Live-Action: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – owned by Disney Consumer Products & Interactive Media
Food & Beverage/Restaurant: Corona, Constellation Brands – represented by Joester Loria Group
Licensed Promotion: Star Wars: Force Friday/Unboxing Program – owned by Disney Consumer Products & Interactive Media
Location-Based or Experiential Initiative: AMC and Parque de Atracciones de Madrid – AMC's The Walking Dead, represented Striker Entertainment
Retailer: Hot Topic – Doctor Who licensing program
Sports: NFLPA
Apparel/Footwear/Accessories: Peter Alexander for Sesame Street (sleepwear, outwear and accessories)
Appliances/Automotive/Electronics/Hardware/Housewares/Paint: The Sherwin-Williams Company for HGTV HOME paint
Digital – Apps, Software, Video: Story Toys for The World of Eric Carle/The Very Hungry Caterpillar (apps)
Food/Beverage: The Republic of Tea for Downton Abbey
Health & Beauty Aids: Lovehoney for Motörhead Official Pleasure Collection
Home Decor – domestics, furniture, giftware, textiles: Pottery Barn for Star Wars Millennium Falcon Bed
Publishing/Social Expression/Back-to-School: Moleskine for Batman Limited Edition Collection
Toys/Games/Novelties/Role-Play: Sphero for Star Wars BB-8 app-enabled Droid


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Pam directs the Youth Choir which involves preparing them for singing in worship, directing their annual Dessert Theatre fundraiser, and coordinating the Youth Choir Mission Trip each summer. One of her favorite parts of her job is helping young musicians grown in their faith.
Pam was raised in a Christian home and became a follower of Jesus at age 9 and was baptized at Spencer Memorial Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida. She continued to grow in faith after moving to the Atlanta area, and upon arrival at FBCTLH in college at Florida State University. After graduating from FSU with a degree in Music Education, she taught school in Dekalb County, Georgia before returning to Tallahassee and First Baptist Church in 1992.
Pam is married to Jim, who gets the "best husband ever" award from his wife. They have two children in college: son Quinn and daughter Abby.
Fun Facts
Favorite Bible verse: Romans 12:1-2
Favorite place: sitting in a chair at the beach, reading a book
Trivia: she and Penny Folsom share the same birthday, September 11


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What is Under 21?
The Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year since 1986, with the exception of 1994 and 1995, to determine the Australian Under-21 national champion. The event is organised by Motorcycling Australia (MA). The event was run as the Australian Under-18 Championship in 1986. This lasted just one year and was changed to the Under-21 Championship in 1987 to bring it in line with the Individual Speedway Junior World Championship which is also for Under-21's.
The inaugural Under-21 Championship in 1987 was held at the Undera Park Speedway in Victoria. Queensland riders scored a trifecta. The championship was won by Gary Allan from brothers Steve and Tony Langdon. It would take another 22 years (2009) before another Queenslander would step on the podium when Darcy Ward won the first of three straight titles. Victorian Nigel Tremelling won the single Under-18 Championship in 1986.
Leigh Adams from Mildura, Sydney's Chris Holder and Victorian rider Max Fricke, jointly hold the record for most wins in the Australian Under-21 Championship with four wins each. Adams would win the 1992 Under-21 World Championship as well as winning a record 10 senior Australian Championships while in 1992 he became the first reigning Australian U/21 Champion to win the senior title. Holder won the 2012 World Championship. Triple Australian Under-21 Champion Darcy Ward won the Under-21 World Championship in 2009 and 2010 while finishing second in 2011 while Max Fricke won the Under-21 World Championship in 2016 after finishing 6th in the 2015 U/21 World Championship.
Leigh Adams, Darcy Ward and Max Fricke are the only Australian Under-21 Champions to have won the Under-21 World Championship.
No rider from Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory has won the championship, though 2003 and 2004 winner Rory Schlein from South Australia was born in Darwin (NT).
Max Fricke from Victoria is the current (2017) Australian Under-21 Champion. Frick won his record equaling 4th title at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri on 28 January.
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Interest subsidy
The value of a firm's deduction of the interest payments on its debt from its earnings before calculation of its tax bill under current tax law.
Interest Subsidy
The value of the tax deductions of an individual's or company's earnings resulting from interest payments on its debt over the course of a year. Some interest may be deducted from one's taxable income, depending on the type of loan or how it was borrowed. Common examples of interest subsidies include the deduction on home mortgage interest and student loan interest. Under most circumstances, interest on one's business is fully tax deductible.


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NEW DELHI: Facebook has for years trying to take on its arch rival Google's video platform YouTube. The social media giant has pushed its live videos to more users in the past few months, in addition to introducing more video editing tools. Also, the company has been rumoured to launch TV-like shows for past many months. Finally, Mark Zuckerberg and his team have announced a new tab inside the main Facebook app, marking the company's full-fledged entry into video space. The new tab called 'Watch', as Facebook says, brings original video content onto the social media platform, which also makes it stand tall against the likes of YouTube, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
The new 'Watch' tab for now is limited in the US region on mobile, desktop and Facebook TV apps. "Shows are made up of episodes — live or recorded — and follow a theme or storyline. To help you keep up with the shows you follow, Watch has a Watchlist so you never miss out on the latest episodes," said Daniel Danker, director of product, Facebook in an official blog post. The tab will also tell users what their friends on Facebook are watching.
The tab will have section such as Most Talked About, What's Making People Laugh and What Friends Are Watching. Each video will also show user comments. To help users know more about the show before watching it, the social media giant has also introduced Show Pages. The Show Pages give more background information about the show, lets users watch the episodes and related videos.
With Facebook's 'Watch', creators and publishers will be able to earn money for their work. "To help inspire creators and seed the ecosystem, we've also funded some shows that are examples of community-oriented and episodic video series," said Danker. Creators will be able to put ad breaks inside their shows. TechCrunch says that Facebook is yet to finalise the length of ads. They can also do a product placed content, tagging the sponsor for better transparency.
If Facebook plans to introduce the new 'Watch' tab in India, it is likely to show some local content as well. For this the social media giant will most probably team up with different production houses in the country
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the god of our sentimentality
One thing that makes the Bible so believable is that is does not back down from facing the hard questions about God or human nature. Unfortunately, in order to maintain some sort of hope or dignity in ourselves, we often keep a safe distance from these hard questions. In our various church traditions we tend to avoid looking these uncomfortable questions directly in the eye. Our readings of the Bible are selective and we cherry pick portions that affirm to us what we want God to be like but circumvent the Texts which show characteristics that seem to contradict our imaginary deity. This makes us feel good until reality strikes in the real world and we suffer affliction. Shallow theology will not do in the face of suffering. We need, rather, to sink our roots deep down in the Scriptures as to be ready for any contingency. As it is, what do we do when we face difficulties? Unfortunately, more often than not, we complain ... so today I wish to wrestle with the concept of how we can change our thinking about our lot in life so that we would glorify God by being content in the conditions He has placed us in. We will cover the subject of complaining and murmuring along with God's fairness.
I confess that I personally murmur, complain and am sometimes irritated at some of the slightest inconveniences, like a lost sock or a computer meltdown. Living on this earth I suffer and have my share of problems. That is to be expected. And to be frank, my own world I live in is fragmented which can make it difficult to be recollected and centered in Christ. Daily life can be complicated, disorganized and haphazard. With all the duties I attend to, the routines can create a compartmentalized existence. Sometimes I face hardship but overall I must acknowledge that my life is a good one. I daily maintain and build Monergism.com with a team of people with the objective of heralding the supremacy & coherence of Jesus Christ in all things, but, being on the Internet, along with great encouragement, we brush up against some of the strangest characters you can imagine. Most of the letters we receive are good ones but online Christianity seems to draw out some wacky people. My desk and bookshelves are chaotic and cluttered but in a way that I understand. Each day there are more emails piled up than I know what to do with, some that I even answer. There are endless stacks of tasks waiting for me to complete. But I thank God I have a lovely wife who takes great care of me, yet most of my family are distant and fragmented (there's that word again). My friends are scattered all over the world since we have moved so many times but I have one or two growing friendships here in Portland. But as you know, relationship challenges can sometimes be daunting. Furthermore, there are Websites' to mine, blogs to read, books to purchase, most of which I will not have time to read. In the midst of all this chaotic enterprise I am supposed to meet with God. It is actually a delight to pray and spend time with God. This is actually my favorite time -- one that I look forward to, yet this frazzled world calls me away from it ... and that is why we went on a retreat this weekend, away from the city to a nice quiet location.
Although I have just expressed a litany of things that may seem like complaining, overall I have a pretty good life and should have little to complain about. So when I was recently reminded of the complaining of the Israelites who were severely disciplined by the Lord, I must admit that I have been guilty at least murmuring under my breath. The fact is, there are people who have it much worse than I in the world, but even so, do any of us ever have a right to murmur against the Lord for our conditions, whatever they are? It is worth considering that whenever we mumble to ourselves in complaint about a situation we are in, we are actually complaining about God's gracious providence to us. In other words we are making a commentary on God's fairness to us, are we not? Oftentimes when we don't like what we see, we complain, and it seems to me, Americans more so than others since we somehow think we have personal rights ... but as Christians how we react to various conditions and situations is a place where we can give the best witness to a hostile or indifferent world, but it is often the case that this is where we are worst. Why is this? Perhaps because most of our shallow theology has given us a selective memory of what God is actually like, and what our position is before Him.
This selective theology is very popular these days and has rubbed off on a greet deal of evangelicalism. Although Clark Pinnock is an open theist, when I was recently reading his response to a Calvinist piece on election by Robert Reymond, I noticed a kind of superficiality in his writing that many in the modern church could perhaps relate to. Without really quoting the Scripture much in his response, except to remind us that 'God is love', Pinnock critiques Reymond's view by appealing mostly to sentimentality. Instead of giving us a full orbed view of God, we are given a one-dimensional god whose only characteristics are the ones we happen to like. He characterized Reymond's God as an unloving God, determining all moral good and evil including, for example, the rape of women. That Reymond's God is all determining and all-encompassing. Pinnock concludes by calling this profoundly at odds with the central message of the Bible and should be strongly rejected. He calls Reyond's view an obsession with God's absolute power that obscures God's goodness. While I understand the necessity to proclaim God's love, Pinnocks' response seems overly selective. There is a centrality of the loving work of Christ all though Reymond's writing, so Pinnock's critique seems more than a bit off kilter. Pinnock appeals to his readers with emotional pleas that point to horrifying atrocities which his own God of love would never do and argues that God's character cannot be like that because 'He is love'.This appealing to our sentiments rather than actually taking the time to see what the Scriptures actually teach is endemic of our Christian culture. We want a God we can keep in line. But to honor God we must hold the whole counsel of Scripture in proper tension, not just do away with the part of divine revelation we feel uncomfortable with it. This type of theology has contributed to the decline of honest biblical exegesis.
It surprises, frustrates and angers many like Pinnock that God might actually ordain an evil event to come to pass. But do we stop to consider that whatever we receive here in this world is most certainly better than we deserve. In fact, anything less than the full wrath of God poured out on us is supremely merciful, so who are we to complain whatever befalls us here. I am not claiming these situations are not difficult. Life is very hard, especially in extreme situations like the one described, but we must consider that God might ordain and use that evil to bring about an even greater good. The Scripture has endless examples of such events climaxing in God ordaining the crucifixion of His own Son. If we take a close look at Pinnock's complaint it does not fit the facts of real life or divine revelation but comes off simply as an Americanized, preconceived notion of a tame genie-like god who only loves in a sentimental way at all times. Our secular culture has absorbed some of this mentality when it produces bumper stickers which say things like "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" which misses the point that if justice were done He would "bomb" all of us and He will "bomb" eventually all who do not ultimately yeild to Him. Their perception of Jesus as a simply a sentimental deity was most likely given to them from well-meaning Christians.
The witness of Scripture goes directly contrary to Pinnock and is pervasive. We will endure great hardship on this earth - Jesus promised this and this is the beginning of God's just judgment against the world that he unleashes in the Book of Revelation prior to his return. Pinnock would disbelieve in a God who could ordain any kind of evil, even though the Scripture is replete with examples that He does indeed do so. These are hard teachings but we must face them if we are to correctly represent God in this world and endure to the end. That is not to say we need to represent God as a mean ogre, but rather to try to come to an understanding of God by being honest with all the data. Anything less is gross misrepresentation. Take a look with me at just a few passages which show judgment on this earth coming from God on normal people like you and me -- then judge for yourself whether they are comparable to Pinnocks' example of God ordaining girl being raped.
Deuteronomy 20:10-16 (English Standard Version) "When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it. And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you. But if it makes no peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it. And when the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword, but the women and the little ones, the livestock, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as plunder for yourselves. And you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you. Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here. But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes"
So in this passage, especially the last verse, God just gave the green light for Israel to commit genocide and earlier kill or take into forced labor of those outside Israel's' boundaries. Of course, there were no prisons in those days so slavery was a normal practice in its stead. We use prisons today for the same thing. But God, and justly I might add, told Israel to put to death all in the land they were going into. This is no movie folks, this is a real and historical command from God to His people. Hello, is anyone listening? Someone might protest, but doesn't this violate the command "thou shall not kill"? No, because is is a judicial sentence. There were many commands to put people to death for violating God. But since God is always right, He passed judgment on a these peoples as a whole and He determined that they deserved to die by the sword, and this included livestock and infants on a mass scale. That is hard to bear, but it gives witness to God's holiness. Or what about that event that took place on a much more massive scale called the Flood, where God decided to take out the entire human race in one fell swoop, except for eight stragglers. Do you think that those God drowned in the flood were any worse people morally than we are? You are deceived if you do.
And so, no evil event of any magnitude should surprise us, because it is still better than we deserve. What about an event that takes place every day that is even greater than the judgment of the flood? What event could be greater you ask? That event called death which takes out every one of us. That is God's judgment against us all, or have we forgotten this? Without God's will not even one sparrow falls to the ground, not to mention all human beings. You mean its God's will that we die? Yes, it was a judgment God pronounced against us all in the original garden.
Or consider in the New Testament book of Revelation. Those who disobey Christ will...
"...drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he "...will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night..."
These, and the many texts of God's judgement are meant to make us all feel uncomfortable because God wants to remind us of our desperate condition. The cotton candy theology that we are all used to just won't hold up under either biblical scrutiny or in real life when suffering actually comes. What is more comforting to you, that God has a purpose in your suffering or that he has none? That God has control over suffering and will make sense of it one day or that suffering is completely outside his control? These are rhetorical questions folks.
The fact is that not only do we suffer but God became a man to suffer with us and for us. Jesus Christ is the ultimate speaker of all our laments, complaints and praises. His life, death and resurrection should clear up many of our most important questions about evil and whether God indeed cares for His suffering and bruised creation. Every cry of pain finds solidarity in Christ. God alone is all-sufficient, that is, satisfied in Himself alone but through Christ He communicates His sufficiency to the creature (that's us), so that the full measure of grace in Christ fills us in every way. We will suffer but as we abide in Him, He bears us up and makes us content to endure in all situations. Though we are not sufficient in ourselves, we are sufficient in Christ.
We are called to yield to God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition, and many times this means we are to be silent under His rod of discipline, knowing that we are in His school and that the passing sufferings we endure here will appear as nothing when we finally behold our blessed hope. God would have us depend on Him though we do not now understand our pain nor how he will bring about deliverance or purpose in it. If we do depend on Him He will often bring the improbable to pass. "Keep quiet under afflictions oh my soul. God has acted and so I am satisfied in my judgment in what He has done. I freely take pleasure in your disposal God. You may remove my burden in due time or if you choose to keep the burden there make me pleased that your hand is in it." In whatever condition God puts us in we should not only be content but see His good hand in it. If we choose to see evil in our condition(s), then we actually complain against God's providence for us. But remember He has promised to deliver us. In the meantime we must learn and witness to the world around us in whatever condition He has placed us in. Like David, we must say, "it is good that I was afflicted."
If we are to be content in hard situations we need to look beyond second causes and see God's hand in all things. Otherwise, if we think like Pinnock, we will be unable to bear up under it for we will not be sharing in Christ's sufferings. We must see the wisdom of God in EVERYTHING, and take pleasure in it though we do not necessarily understand it. Remember, Christ sees much further than we do, and we only see what is right before us. So we must continually remind ourselves when undergoing sufferings that had it not been for this pain we are enduring, perhaps we would have become lost or undone -- therefore we do not lose hope when God gives us much or gives us little for He is all wise and has a purpose in it we do not see. But when we see God in our suffering, we then trust in His love as unfailing. But if God is not in the affliction, like the god Pinnock represents, and suffering simply happens by chance or is outside the control of God's sovereignty, then the suffering becomes meaningless and we can then only despair of all hope.
Let us pray that we would submit willingly and gladly to whatever condition God sees fit to bring about in our lives. Pray that WHATEVER the affliction, may we be at peace, no, more, that we would have the God who gives peace ... for difficult times will come. It is not a question of if, but of when affliction will come, so let us be ready by looking carefully into Scripture, having a right view that does not manufacture a god of our own choosing. Let us, rather, face reality by drinking the down the full revelation of God.
Remember that God always has a purpose in affliction. We may be shaken in our affliction but God promises that we will be the better for it. To this suffering Christ calls us, that we may follow Him by taking up our cross daily. He will turn our affliction into glory and will bring us from darkness to light. God uses the evil in our lives to bring about good (Rom 8:25-30). All our afflictions are sanctified in Jesus. If we suffer poverty, did not Jesus suffer the same? If we are afflicted, disgraced, cursed, did not Jesus also endure these things? Like Job we pray, "the Lord has given and the Lord has taken away: blessed be His name". If you lack, remember that Jesus takes from us that He might be all in all. We can have no certainty in this world except in the covenant which God has made with us in Christ.
"....We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." 2 Cor 4:8-16
Excellent words. There is too much weak theology being taught today. I often hear individuals proclaiming the importance of balance in teaching the attributes of God. I disagree. If we attempt to balance God's love against his wrath we may inadvertantly lower one to raise the other. What we need to teach is the FULLNESS of the attributes of God. We need to teach the fullness of God's love and the fullness of His wrath as they are displayed in His Word.
An excellent series regarding this topic is "The Hardening of Pharoah's Heart" which can be found in the audio section of this site.
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This article pulls no punches about the real God of the Bible. I love monergism.com and all of its sister associates.
There is no question that Marcion's heresy is creeping its way back into the Church. If we neuter the power of the God of Israel in deference for the "loving God of the New" what is our faith based upon to begin with?


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The MVRHS girls varsity hockey team moved two steps closer to its first state tournament appearance with wins last week over Quincy/North Quincy and Mansfield/Oliver Ames.
The Vineyarders are 7-5 overall and need three more wins or six points from their final eight games to clinch a playoff spot. The girls can also qualify by finishing first in the Southeastern Mass. Girls Hockey League. M.V. is currently 5-1 in league play, with a rematch against league leaders Scituate looming on February 11. The Sailors defeated the Purple 2-1 during last month's Nan Rheault tournament at the M.V. Arena.
On January 28 at the Arena, the Vineyarders rolled over Mansfield/Oliver Ames, 10-2. The hosts stuffed the opposing net with eight first-period goals, the final four of them scored in a span of 1:27.
Celia Mercier scored four goals and Kassidy Bettencourt netted a pair. Callie Jackson, Sydney Davies, Rilla Hammett, and Olivia Cimeno scored once each. Assists went to Emily Cimeno (2), Aubrey Ashmun (2), Callie Jackson, Lizzie Kelleher, Lily Gazaille, Olivia Cimeno, and Skylah Forend.
Vineyard netminder Katy Smith earned the win in her first varsity start. Coach John Fiorito lauded his goalie after the game. "I couldn't be happier with the way Katy played," he said.
Saturday's win came on the heels of a 4-1 league victory January 25 over hosts Quincy/North Quincy.
The Vineyarders got goals from Emily Mercier, Emily Cimeno, Callie Jackson, and Lizzie Kelleher. Texe Craig was the winning goalie.
Coach Fiorito cited the effort as his team's finest of the season. "It was our best game of the year by far, from start to finish," he said. "We scored on the first shift. We had four different goal scorers and got contributions from lots of people. We played great defensively and held them to five shots on goal in the first two periods."
Next up for M.V. is a home game Saturday at 1 pm against Whitman-Hanson/Pembroke.


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You're on vacation and you want to enjoy every bit of your time off. But when it comes to food, you skid to a halt and let guilt take hold. Everyone likes to indulge in a bit of great cuisine every now and then. But, like me, if you're a bit of a health freak and watch every calorie, it puts a big dampener on your vacation experience.
It is absolutely silly to not enjoy local cuisine while traveling. You don't want to think back regretting passing up that delectable steak, chicken curry, or any other popular dish in your vacation destination. The whole idea of a vacation is to enjoy every bit of it – on your plate and off it.
So, I came up with 7 tips to eat without guilt AND to stay healthy:
- Drink a glass of water – Simple, but effective, having a glass of water a little before you eat helps dampen the appetite. This stops you from eating more than you should.
Image courtesy of Kostantin Stepanov on Flickr
- A healthy entrée before the main course – It is guaranteed to take quite an edge off an impending guilt trip.
- Snack healthy – Keep a few healthy snacks handy to munch on them when you feel peckish. We often anticipate a really good meal and build up an appetite. Don't keep yourself starving all day. You'll end up gorging – and that is not good for the body nor the mind!
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- Stay active – While on vacation – walk whenever possible, swim whenever you can. Go dancing, that sure burns up a lot of cals! There are other more exciting calorie burning activities, choose whatever you feel more comfortable with.
- Tomorrow is good enough – Sometimes some dish is just so unusually delicious, you can't stop eating it. Know what I mean? Well, I say, savor it with all your heart! You can always compensate the next day. Mañana is good enough for me.
- Unsweetened lime juice – I found that drinking a glass of unsweetened lime juice after a particularly rich meal helps cut fat and aids digestion. (But not for those who suffer from acidity.)
- Don't worry, be happy – A bit cliched, but believe me, it makes sense! What I find really works for me is the state of mind – just be happy. Guilt and worry interfere with digestion. Too much negative energy there. You want that awesome meal you just ate to be digested. So there – be happy! It works every time, I promise.
You're on VACATION – which means you take a break from everything that is routine. This is a time to let your hair down, let go and live it up. That should be your vacation mantra.
Let me leave you with a quote that sums up every thing I said above:
"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance of the morale." Elsa Schiaparelli
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