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The New Jersey City University's Institute for Dispute Resolution is an entity of the University Business School. The Institute aims to promote international negotiation and mediation techniques to manage disputes in cross-border commercial, investor-state and general conflict resolution forums. Co-founded by Karen DeSoto and David Weiss, the Institute's mission is to promote New Jersey as a place to conduct cross border disputes.
Contribution to New Jersey Initiative
The Institute's contribution to New Jersey was an initiative that they contributed to that was signed into law by Governor Chris Christie on February 7, 2017. The New Jersey International Arbitration, Mediation, and Conciliation Act allows certain nonprofits in the state to organize alternative dispute resolution centers, which would facilitate the resolution of international business and trade disputes through arbitration, mediation or conciliation instead of long legal battles.
Garnering Attention in the CDRC (Consensual Dispute Resolution) Mediation Competition in Vienna
A team of students from the IDR made their mark during the Institute's first year attending the CDRC (Consensual Dispute Resolution) Mediation Competition in Vienna, Austria. Leman Kaifa and Paola Andrea won an Award for Best Opening Statements, making the Institute proud of their hard work.
Participation in the 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, France
Justin Davis, Kaylee Saltos, and Leman Kaifa represented NJCU at this year's 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, France. Out of the sixty-six schools that were chosen to participate in the competition from across the globe, NJCU was the only business school to be chosen from the United States.


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Welcome to Goyomon.
- Location: the old village of Ainokura/Gokayama
- Category of style: Gassho-Zukuri
- Description: All Rooms are Japanese Style without private bath or toilet. The Meals are traditional style and are homemade by using local products.
From Ainokura-guchi Bus Stop it is 2 minutes walk to Goyomon. Please take a look the English Map of Gokayama.
Cancellation / Prepayment
- Cancellation and Prepayment policies vary according to Ryokan and us.
- Pets are not allowed.
Accepted credit cards
- This property only accepts cash payment.
Check-in time15:00
Check-out time10:00
- Air Condition
- Heating
- WiFi
- Hiking.
- WiFi is available.
- Free Parking.
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Wonderful stay in Goyomon in Ainokura(Gokayama) village
5 persons from Malaysia, January 2018Thanks for helping along my journey at Japan
Gokayama (Toyama Prefecture)Welcome to Gokayama. Gokayama regions line the Shogawa River Valley in the remote mountains that span from Gifu to Toyama Prefectures. Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995, famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Gassho-zukuri means "constructed like hands in prayer", as the farmhouses steep thatched roofs resemble the hands of Buddhist monks pressed
Sports & nature
- Enjoy walking around village
Nightlife info
- Enjoy stay in a Traditional Gassho-zukuri farmhouse
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- Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995
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There is only one true God revealed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ was both man and God.
The Holy Spirit is the power of God by which all gifts are given to those who God alone determines.
The Bible is the inspired Word of God revealing the trail and purpose of mankind.
The Church is the Body of Christ and is made up of those people that have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior and this Church's mission is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
There are two ordinances: Baptism by immersion at an age of accountability and the Lord's Supper.
Those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior in all its richness and glory have a heavenly place prepared for them, while those who reject the sacrifice of Christ will fall under God's judgment and spend eternity in hell.


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Saying Hello in Nessie's terms, usually involves 'Biting'.
However, today she was very kind and
shooked Mr Stan's hand nicely.
Afterwards, Nessie asked me if Mr Stan
can live in her cage with her.
Then I told Nessie that Mr Stan
cannot go and live with her in her cage
and she decided to do this .......
"Fine, then I will eat him!" said Nessie
Manners Nessie.
Where are your manners? - Myst
Learning how to use the computer
Nessie wanted to learn how to use the computer,
so I taught her a few Short-cut keys and
now she seems to be a 'Whiz-Kid' .
Nessie, its spelt 'Ctrl' for Control and what's does H do?? - Myst
"It's gunna take me to some HAMSTER sites!!" replied Nessie
"Can we do some more fun stuff tommorrow Myst?" asked Nessie
Of course Nessie!!
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She can really get chewing especially on random things.
"I'm not that stupid, I know its not food" - Nessie
Okay Nessie, you're right about that - Myst
Finally back to the chewing on the bars.
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Sandown Beach
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Nessie Entertainment - Series 3 - Animal Attack
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Ok, so I've managed to be unsuccessful in posting daily – somehow daily life just cuts across things too much. Although, in the spirit of all things positive, I have probably still managed to post more already in 2011 than I did in 2010!
High spots since last post:
:o) Allotment plans all looking good- hopefully going up there next weekend: this weekend's full of post-birthday catching up with visitors and such, so no chance of getting my wellies out just yet!
:o) My birthday present from Himself has arrived and is …. an apple tree! One of the multi-fruiting variety, three different apples from the same tree. Ceremonial planting took place this afternoon, complete with hip flask of home-made sloe gin (the actual gin wasn't home made, well not at our home but Mr.Lidl's – we're not quite that self-sufficient yet, but the whole adding fruit bit was very much done here, very lovingly and on a one-for-the demi-john-one-for-me gin allocation basis last October) – all good but probably single handedly responsible for the fact that I now have blood pressure at a very tender age! Now just have to stop dogs causing havoc to the tree before it takes root! Unhappily we won't be able to allow it to fruit this year, so the chutney cauldron will have to make do with the fruit of the old tree and my haphazard courgette growing, but in the meantime am going to take a leaf from Mo's book (well, blog, thank you Mo x) and use the birthday tree as my Tree Year tree! I was also thinking of doing our Mimosa tree as this is quite an unusual one for the South of England! May get my camera out again tomorrow!
:o) Lovey birthday dinner out with Himself yesterday. Was all very lovely until an old man arrived for the party dinner at the table next to us. He wobbled a bit on the small step down to our cosy nook and then farted like a fog horn at the shock of the wobble! We were mortified on his behalf (fortunate really because he seemed entirely unbothered by his mis-timed trumpet heralding his arrival). We did try to be mature about it but for all of my significant years of age I have still hung around with far too many 12 year olds (oh happy classroom days), although happily we did manage not to laugh out loud. Have to say, put me off my spinach and ricotta crepes a bit!
Low spots since last post:
:o) None, such is the power of positive thinking coupled with the ability to find fun in the simplest things, such as Himself and other people's unfortunate incidents in public places!


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We're Burning Sunshine is a Halo Wars: Original Soundtrack DVD exclusive song. It can be heard in the cutscene where Red Team battles Honor Guard Elites and John Forge battles the Arbiter. It also plays on the first level where the player takes out Covenant forces around the base to take it back, combined with Just Ad Nauseum. It runs for a total of 2 minutes and 43 seconds.
- The name of this song is a reference to Sergeant Forge's line "Gentlemen, we're burning sunshine here."
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What's in Your Orange Juice?
Alissa Hamilton, author of Squeezed: What You Don't Know about Orange Juice was featured in a recent article from Men's Health magazine titled "The Worst Chemicals in Your Food."
While many orange juice brands tout their products as "all natural" and "freshly squeezed" the fruit beverage's delicious flavor does not come wholly from freshly squeezed oranges from the grove. More often than not, commercial orange juice contains "flavor packs," which are essences and oils that recreate the taste of freshly squeezed oranges. According to Hamilton, the secret to attaining that fresh orange flavor is as mysterious as the secret formula to make Coca Cola! But one ingredient is known to be present in these flavor packs: ethyl butyrate. Though it remains an FDA-approved food additive, many juice brands are fighting pending class-action lawsuits against them for having allegedly misled their customers.
Squeezed explores the obscure history of orange juice and how it became a staple item in refrigerators across the U.S. What's more, she sheds light on how much of the orange juice-production process is remains largely unknown to consumers. This illuminating book's case study of the orange juice industry leads one to ponder the book's prevailing question: "Why we don't know how our food ends up our supermarket shelf?"
To learn more about Alissa Hamilton and her book, check out the Squeezed blog.


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The 2 asr times?
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Ever wondered why sometimes, in one prayer calendar you find asr prayer time is later than the other? Specially in the west, where people rely mostly on prayer calendar for timings, you find people often confused between the two asr prayer times. It is because of the difference in the opinions of schools of thought. Most school of thoughts (maliki, shafi', hanbali') agree that asr time starts when the shadow of an object is equal to itself. But hanafi school of thought says that it should be prayed when the shadow of an object is twice its height. There are hadiths that prove both opinions are valid. I personally support the first view because i find more evidence in the hadith supporting it. I however respect the other view too.
But lets keep the school of thought aside and go directly to the prophet's hadith. Instead of blindly following an opinion, lets go to the source – hadith, because that is where all the imams of different schools of thought have taken from and adviced us to take from too.
Abu Dawood Book 2, Number 0393:
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Gabriel (peace_be_upon_him) led me in prayer at the House (i.e. the Ka'bah). He prayed the noon prayer with me when the sun had passed the meridian to the extent of the thong of a sandal; he prayed the afternoon prayer with me when the shadow of everything was as long as itself; he prayed the sunset prayer with me when one who is fasting breaks the fast; he prayed the night prayer with me when the twilight had ended; and he prayed the dawn prayer with me when food and drink become forbidden to one who is keeping the fast.
On the following day he prayed the noon prayer (zuhr) with me when his shadow was as long as himself; he prayed the afternoon prayer(asr) with me when his shadow was twice as long as himself; he prayed the sunset prayer at the time when one who is fasting breaks the fast; he prayed the night prayer with me when about the third of the night had passed; and he prayed the dawn prayer with me when there was a fair amount of light.
Then turning to me he said: Muhammad, this is the time observed by the prophets before you, and the time is anywhere between two times.
This hadith clearly tells us that the prophet prayed asr at both times. On first day he prayed when his shadow was equal to himself and second day when his shadow was twice as his height. This proves that both times are valid. According to my understanding, this is for our convenience and to show us the flexibility in our religion. There are reports where prophet delayed prayer because it was too hot. And reports where he combined both prayers and prayed when zuhr time was ending and asr was starting.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) combined the prayers as he set on a journey in the expedition to Tabuk. He combined the noon prayer with the afternoon prayer and the sunset prayer with the 'Isha' prayer. Sa'id (one of the rawis) said to Ibn 'Abbas: What prompted him to do this? He said: He wanted that his Ummah should not be put to (unnecessary) hardship.
There is a short time frame (usually 30 – 40 mins) when the shadow moves from once the height to twice the height. One view is that zuhr time ends by then. But some scholars have said during this time, it will not be late to pray zuhr as well as not early to pray asr. It is the ending of zuhr and starting of asr. So, this is a time shared between zuhr and asr prayer.
About strictly sticking to one school of thought?
Saying that you should only stick to one school of thought and not follow the other is baseless. By doing this, you are giving the opinions of a certain imam priority over the words of prophet. People who dont pray behind others following a different school of thought are splitting up the muslims. These Imams respected each other and even prayed behind each other. Although these four imams were blessed with tremendous knowledge, they were no prophets or angels. They were humans who could make mistakes. Don't blindly follow them. We are followers of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and should strive to learn his way, instead of blindly following a certain imam who came years after. Why have we stopped going to the source? (Quran and hadith) and started relying on what we hear from people around? Before labeling yourself hanafi or shafei and dividing up yourselves, just think what the prophet was? And ask yourselves if there would be any difference in Islam if these four Imams never came?


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New BART station opens in Fremont
Louis LaVenture,
April 5, 2017
A huge glass rotunda with bright red letters that spell Warm Springs / South Fremont greeted riders on March 25 when the new BART station opened for business. It's been seven years, just less than $800 million and the new station is running, but not without hiccups. The new station does not yet offer full serv...


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Nikon 180-400mm Lens details leaked today, according to latest rumors the lens is expected to be announced 3rd week of January possible on January 18, 2018 in Japan. We may see the 180-400mm glimpse of this lens in the CES show.
The shipment of 18-400mm lens will start from March of 2018 and will be price around 1,287,900 yen including tax and possibly $11000 on USA.
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Author: Yuri Pasholok
Source: http://warspot.ru/6356-menshe-da-bolshe
Part 1:
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One thing that needs to be discussed separately is the tanks armament. The thing is, the SA18 gun, used on the Renault FT light tank, was already obsolete by 1926. The reasons why this gun appeared on this new vehicle were purely economic ones. The first reason was that the notoriously underfunded French infantry branch had to save money on practically everything, even on the metal for new tanks production. This was in fact one of the reasons for the appearance of what was basically just an improved version of Renault FT with thicker armor but in roughly the same weight category.
The second reason was that there was a very large number of these guns produced and they were used in the obsolete FT's. When in 1934 the French started re-arming the FT's with MAC Mle.1931 machineguns, they didn't re-arm only the machinegun variants but also the FT variants that carried guns before that. That left them with thousands of "free" guns. At the same time, those Renault FT's that were too worn-out were phased out as well for scrap. This process also became a source of "free" guns.
Renault R35 – Front
Eventually, the weight of the vehicle was increased even more, something that naturally had influence on its mobility. And finally, another big issue of the vehicle was the fact that it was actually really short, which meant that it had trouble crossing even average-sized trenches. This was eventually "solved" the same way it was nearly two decades ago – the vehicle received a "tail", the same kind the Renault FT was equipped with.
Regardless of these issues, the modified Renault ZM became the victor of the design competition – not that it was that great of a feat, mind you: Hotchkiss (the same company that was at the birth of the competition for next French light infantry tank) gave up and left the contest and all the other competitors were even worse compared to Renault's design, requiring many changes and fixes to be suitable. Under the circumstances, the Infantry Command had no choice but to declare Renault the winner. Renault ZM was thus on 29.4.1935 accepted officially in service under the designation of Char léger Modèle 1935 R.
The first production run was to consist of 300 vehicles that had registration numbers starting with 50001. Another production run followed and the French infantry finally received the long-awaited replacement for the obsolete Renault FTs.
Renault R35 quickly became the working horse of French tank units
In the meanwhile however, the vehicle suffered from more issues than just weak armament. Due to the changes made to the vehicle, the initial weight of 6 tons was actually increased to almost 11 tons. The original engine – 85hp Renault 447 – was sufficient to make the original variant mobile, but for nearly 5 extra tons it was woefully inadequate with only 7.7 hp/t.
Renault R35 during Normandy training in 1937
Another issue turned out to be the suspension, originally developed for a cavalry tankette and more suitable for plains and hard surfaces than rough terrain. It clearly had trouble during off-road driving – five roadwheels were obviously not enough, the suspension itself had trouble crossing various ditches and other obstacles. Regardless, the total number of R35s produced was 1540 vehicles. The military actually ordered even more (1800 + 500 immediately after the war began) but these plans were never realized due to complicated circumstances.
The Infantry Command partially "woke up" in 1937 and realized that the Renault R35 wasn't exactly the best thing on the battlefield. They did not miss the lessons learned from the Spanish Civil War, lessons that would positively haunt them in the future. It turned out that during the war, large numbers of anti-tank guns were used by both sides, especially the German 37mm PaK. In the June of 1937, one R35 underwent firing trials where it was fired at from at first a 25mm AT gun and then from the 37mm PaK. The results were – to put it mildly – a nasty surprise.
Renault R35, shot up by AT guns during testing
The tests have clearly shown that armor thickness by itself cannot guarantee solid protection. The issue with cast armor was that when compared to rolled armor plates of equal thickness, their durability was 10-15 percent lower. From 18 shots by 37mm PaK, 14 ended in penetrations. Neither the hull nor the turret posed a serious problem to the German gun.
What was even worse however was the fact that out of 22 shots from the French 25mm AT gun, 13 also ended in penetrations. It's no wonder that after such unexpected results, the French Infantry Comnmand started paying much more attention to the FCM 36 – although this vehicle was twice as expensive, it was protected by welded and well-sloped rolled armor plates. In addition to that, the FCM suspension turned out to be more suitable for off-road terrain.
Renault R35, experimentally equipped with a FCM turret (Tourelle FCM)
But the deed was already done and under the circumstances there was no time for significant changes. Even though the FCM 36 would have been nice, it was also expensive and the production capacities of Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée were limited. Even Renault itself had issues with fulfilling the military contract, as a result of which the French Infantry Command also ordered 100 Hotchkiss H35 tanks (a roughly similar vehicle to R35).
One of the most common solutions was – after the production of 1350 APX-R turrets – to equip the R35 tanks with FCM turret, originally used on FCM 36, which was considerable more protected than the original APX-R. Another issue came up however.
One of the few R35s equipped with the SA38 gun
With the constant increases in armor, the French suddenly realized that the old SA18 gun cannot penetrate even light tanks on the battlefield. The answer to that was the rushed development of 37mm SA38, penetrating 29mm of armor at 100 meters. Of course, that was too little even for 1938 (by this time, the Germans started producing tanks with 30mm frontal armor) but it was nevertheless more than SA18′s 20mm penetration. Another thing that was later found out was the fact that the welds of the FCM turret would break under intensive shelling.
As a result of these two factors, it was decided to install the new gun into the old APX-R turret. True, even this change took quite long, because apart from the R35, the H35 and H39 tanks by Hotchkiss also required the same re-arming. As a result, the SA38 became available for the R35 only at the end of its production run. One of the tanks that received this new gun was the vehicle registration number 51295. From that number alone, it's possible to make the conclusion that there were fewer than 250 of these re-armed R35s in total. It's however likely that there were even fewer than that – the analysis of photoghraphs shows that approximately one half of the vehicles produced after number 51295 were armed with the SA18 still.
R35, destroyed by the Germans in May-June 1940
The results of the obsolete French tank doctrine (based on First World War) became obvious during the French campaign of the Second World War. Interestingly enough, the first soldiers to actually try the R35s in battle were the Polish – the Polish army received 50 such vehicles, but for a number of reasons (including insufficient training) the results of these vehicles in Polish service during the Polish campaign were very poor. A part of these vehicles were captured by the Germans and the Red Army in working condition. Generally it can be said that the Polish 7TP tanks had higher combat value as they were more mobile and were able to penetrate any German tanks of that period.
As for the results of the R35 in France – the R35 was the most common French tank during WW2 (with the exception of the completely obsolete Renault FT), but it was a war it was not ready or suitable for. There were no massive attacks of hundreds of small light tanks against fixed lines like they were in WW1, the enemy the R35 gad ti fight was highly mobile. In reality, the tank battalions equipped with R35s were mostly static with little hanging on their performance. The French fought bravely, but what can you do when your gun can't penetrate the majority of German tanks and your armor gets penetrated by 37mm AT guns at 300 meters.
And one has to count in the fact that the commander of a French tank was also the gunner, loader and sometimes even the radioman. Even the old D1, considered unsuccessful by the French themselves fared better in combat than the R35. And so the French paid dearly for their failure to prepare for a new type of war.


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The hygiene hypothesis, in fable form
Cleanliness and sterility are all well and good, and of course we don't want to be surrounded by excrement and effluvia, but you know what? In this new century, when it's all pasteurize this, and filter-sterilize that, and launder this, and have an inspector certify the soundness of that… well, you know, me and the old lady, we grew up on the farm, and we didn't know from all this hygienic rigmarole the academic doctors endorse, and we just might have been healthier and heartier than youngsters today. A little dirt don't hurt.
So here's an odd little humor piece from Life magazine of February 25, 1904 (Volume XLIII, Number 1118, page 179), which medical men found so apt that it was re-printed in the Chicago Medical Journal, the Medical Fortnightly, the Mississippi Valley Medical Journal, the Indianapolis Medical Journal, the Eclectic Medical Journal, the Doctor's Factotum, the St. Louis Clinique, the Cleveland Medical and Surgical Reporter, and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Alumni Report.
Happy New Year, symbolism of babies, and all that.
And while we're at it, here's an enlightening ad from the same issue of Life. Did you know that people who don't drink beer seldom drink enough fluid of any kind? And that Schlitz is cooled in plate glass rooms? How has this wisdom been lost to the ages?


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Over the past 3 years DHV has consulted widely with industry and government stakeholders to improve the functionality of Whitecoat and ensure that it is Australia's most comprehensive online healthcare provider directory. Whitecoat profiles an immense range of healthcare providers and provides key contact details in an aim to offer a new portal of choice to all Australians.
We have developed Whitecoat to allow all Australians to search and compare healthcare providers to allow them to make better and more informed choices when selecting healthcare providers. Whitecoat is particularly useful for people who have moved to a new area or need treatment for a specialist service for the first time, as well as those wanting a recommendation from patients who have already visited a healthcare provider.
There are four key things you will notice in Whitecoat over the coming months.
Availability: We will make available to patients the ability to book appointments online, (for those providers who have an existing agreement with appointment engines that contract to operate on our site).
Transparency: It is important that people understand the costs associated with particular services and how providers approach them. For example, which specialists offer no gap payments, which practices accept Hi-Caps, which GP's bulk bill, changes to Medicare rebates and the PBS.
Education: We will invite professionals, professional associations and interested academic parties to publish information on Whitecoat regarding particular health issues. We will let consumers view the experience of others who have visited a listed professional.
Customisation: For private health insurers and larger provider groups who wish to, we will have a members' only section which will allow their customers to access their own data and health records.
If you register on Whitecoat (by claiming your profile) you can be assured of the following.
• People will be able to search for you based on postcode and a ranking system, which does not embed any particular provider at any particular time.
• You will be able to see the reviews people have regarding your practice. To date, more than 96% of the 50,000+ reviews on Whitecoat are positive. The four questions are the same for all modalities, with an optional section for comments, which are moderated prior to publication.
• You will be given a monthly report, which shows the number of people who have looked at your reviews or practice and more generally of practices (not named) in your area. In time, you will have the ability to upload links to your website and social profile, as well as any content that you wish to publish regarding your practice.
We believe Whitecoat offers a unique opportunity for smaller businesses to increase existing customer loyalty and grow new customers on an affordable basis. The aim of the site is to attract millions of visitors a year. We have asked customers what interests them and drawn upon international experience in determining our offers for providers.
•Where a provider has an agreement with appointment engines (Whitecoat will not be doing this directly), Whitecoat will allow for appointments directly through the Whitecoat site, within seconds.
We want Whitecoat to be the largest directory of its kind in Australia. We want to promote the best aspects of healthcare and do so with provider engagement and support. We are very confident that our property will allow many providers who would otherwise not get any use out of search rankings or social media to have a voice in their community.
Please visit whitecoat.com.au to see what we are doing. The changes are ongoing and we appreciate any feedback at any time.


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Point Hope is a subsistence community, and the creation of arts and crafts is a time-honored tradition. Some of the artwork that Point Hope is notorious for includes baleen baskets, bone masks, Eskimo yo-yos, ivory and bone carvings, ivory and baleen jewelry and scrimshaw pieces. Tikigaq Corporation frequently purchases Native arts and crafts from Tikigaq shareholders to help support their subsistence lifestyle. The artwork from Point Hope is very diverse and we display these items for sale in our display case at our Anchorage office location. Tikigaq Corporation also purchases booth space at many of the arts and craft fairs throughout Anchorage, where people often come seeking a particular item or work by a particular artist. If we do not have a certain item, we can help the customer get in contact with the artist.
If you are interested in purchasing some arts and crafts from Point Hope, Alaska please contact our office at 907-365-6299.


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Now through Tuesday, January 26, "Citrus Fest" is taking place at Central Market, 3815 Westheimer. With citrus at its yearly peak, the grocer will feature more than 40 different citrus fruits for shoppers to savor. They'll also be showing off the amazing versatility and flavors of citrus with an array of new products and recipes, from citrus marinades to zesty breads and pastries.
From Monday, January 18 through Saturday, January 23, Genesis Steakhouse and Wine Bar will be honoring National Pie Day by offering their signature Berry-licious Pie by the slice for $6 or whole for $24. The recipe has been in founder Jason Goldstein's family for generations. Get a taste to see why.
Bistro Provence, 13616 Memorial, will be hosting a Tour de Bordeaux Wine Dinner on Tuesday, January 19 beginning at 7 p.m. The five-course French dinner highlights famed Bordeaux wines alongside dishes such as Texas quail filled with seasonal fruits, Boeuf Rossini with pommes Sarladaises, and a cheese plate from Houston Dairymaids. The menu is $89 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity. A $30 deposit via Paypal is required. Call 713-827-8008 for reservations.
On Tuesday, January 26 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m, Peli Peli and The Tasting Room will be hosting their first ever joint wine dinner at Tasting Room Uptown Park,1101 Uptown Park. The Winter Wine Dinner will be a six-course experience featuring a cocktail hour, plus wine-paired cuisine from Chef Pellegrino (Anejo, Tasting Room) and Chef Paul (Peli Peli). Indulge in dishes like Tiger Prawn Bisque, Oxtail Mieliepap, Roasted Bone Marrow with Ahi Tuna and Foie Gras, and Sticky Toffee Pudding. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $155.16 (including tax).
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At Saint Arnold Brewery, 2000 Lyons, the first Sunday in February means one thing: Super Beef Sunday. Oh sure, there's also a football game being played, but the brewery will be focused on the much more delicious BBQ pregame. On Sunday, February 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m, cold beer will be flowing as the legendary Louie Mueller BBQ, Pinkerton's Barbecue and Feges BBQ prepare and serve their finest smoked meats. Like previous years, Louie Mueller BBQ will have pre-wrapped whole brisket and beef ribs available for pre-purchase (these must be purchased at the time of your ticket purchase). Whole brisket will be $100 and a rack of three beef ribs will be $75. Do your best to arrive by 12:30 p.m. so you can try all of the different items the pit masters will have to offer. Tickets are $50 per person and include tastings from all three pit masters, beer and a commemorative pint glass.


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Shmitt makes sure every song gets the instrumentation it deserves. Spaghetti western guitar riffs add cinematic flavor to "Wings of Love," an accordion lilts prettily on the ballad " Anybody's Arms," and a baritone sax honks ominously on the gritty tale "Somebody Else's Money."
At times, Shmitt recalls Tom Waits with his barroom references, clattering percussion, distorted vocals and guitar riffs, and stubborn romanticism. Even when vowing, "I will never fall away in anybody's arms without one eye open," he sounds ready to do just that.
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There's nothing particularly fashionable or groundbreaking about Shmitt's music, and maybe that's why he hasn't received as much attention as he deserves. But surely it's just a matter of time: music like this has a trend-transcending appeal.


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I guess this qualifies as Blue on Blue, although it hardly rises to the level of violence.
Chris Cuomo acquits himself unusually well, perhaps because he comes from a political family and he understands why this stuff has to work the way it does. But maybe it's just because, beneath all that journalistic dishonesty, he's a decent guy in real life.
Then again, to be more composed and less catty than Don Lemon doesn't require very much. I guess we shouldn't take away from Cuomo's solid performance here just because his opposite number is such an utter embarrassment:
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Both men wrongly accept the premise that Trump's criticisms of Obama were race-motivated. They were clearly not, although the birther thing is impossible to defend and I never will. I think that was simply Trump amusing himself with some A-1 trolling and watching everyone else have cows over it. That's the sort of thing you can do when you're not running for president.
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Then again, he continued to do it when he was running for president. Come to think of it, he continues to do it as president.
But many of us who criticized Obama's presidency heard this repeatedly: The premise was that Obama was so obviously a successful president – and so gracious, you know – that nothing but race could possibly motivate criticizing him. There's no sense trying to disabuse a person of this nation if he or she is invested in believing it, but it became familiar enough that it's easy for someone like me to a) understand Trump's real motivations; and b) know that the Don Lemons and Chris Cuomos of the world will never believe it because they need to not believe it.
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But what of Lemon's insistence that, put in that situation (which of course he never will be), he would deny Trump even the most basic of courtesies because of what Lemon sees as Trump's crimes against decency?
Cuomo seems to understand what Lemon completely misses: Your own character is determined by how you decide to be with others, not by what you think they deserve from you.
I've been in social situations in which you either have to extend common decency to someone who really doesn't deserve it, or else you're the one who's creating a scene by refusing to do so. One of them happened pretty recently. I'm willing to admit an earlier version of myself might have gone the Don Lemon route.
But when you act that way – telling yourself "this is what he deserves" – what you're actually doing is choosing to operate at his level. Now you're the rude one. Now you're the judgmental clod. Now you're the one who made everyone feel uncomfortable. You're sure everyone will recognize it was only because the other person is so awful, but you can't assume they share your perspective.
If before the encounter the other person had a shaky reputation and you had a good one, the most likely outcome of DonLemoning the situation is that his will be no worse and yours will take a hit.
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But beyond that, there's spiritual value to always sowing decency and kindness. Indeed, when you're dealing with a person who tends not to embody those qualities, you sometimes agitate their spirit in a useful way by forcing him to deal with the very thing he probably wouldn't extend to you.
To look at it from a totally different perspective, the nation doesn't need its past and present leaders acting the way Lemon seems to want the Obamas to act toward Donald Trump. Partisan politics has become nasty and spiteful at just about every other level, and to no good effect whatsoever. If people can't be decent and courteous at a funeral of all places – particularly those who have occupied the White House – I don't know what hope we ever have of reclaiming the comity that once co-existed fairly easily with ideological disagreements.
But Don Lemon understands none of that because Chris Cuomo is right: He's petty and small. And this is the kind of guy CNN thinks we need to hear from every weeknight.
I don't think we do.


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During our ongoing discussions with top-notch industry leaders who are reshaping the wealth management landscape, we often touch on digital advice. Here, we present some of our picks in terms of robo components in WealthTech solutions, and how much these differ from the notion of digital advice. Before we jump in, here are some statistics to give you a clear picture on where the wealth management segment, based on artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, is heading.
According to Statista, the global market share of assets under management in the robo-advisory sector will reach $371,429m in 2018, with a gradual annual rise of 37.9%, reaching $1,353,268m over a five-year span. The US will be at the top of Olympus in terms of AUM, accounting for more than 70% of total automated online portfolio management: the numbers will grow from $266,190m in 2018 comparing to 2017's $182,505m (a more than 45% annual increase) in smart advisory models driven by algorithms.
Beyond that, Accenture suggests that, nowadays, robo-advisory capabilities are still works in progress, with some of the basic processes being outsourced to machines. Traditional questionnaires are still being used to assess the long-term goals of prospects and tailor portfolios according to those preferences.
Robo-advisory as a part of complex wealth management offerings
To begin with, it's worth mentioning the opinions of DriveWealth's C-suite executives, who took the company on a mission to transform the affordability and accessibility of solutions for the retail segment. DriveWealth aims to offer robo-advisory as a part of sophisticated wealth management product suite at a cost most people can afford.
For instance, Harry Temkin, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at DriveWealth, explained that one of the three primary types of customers the company serves is investment advisory firms who want to offer a digital-type product, particularly a robo-advisory product. The executive noted that for him "robo" is equal to an automated process in which a client loads an application and answers a series of questions. These questions could cover basics such as age, investment horizon, retirement age, etc. To top it off, the survey might include questions about investment style and philosophy with regard to accumulating wealth. After the initial insights have been collected, an algorithm automatically suggests the best-fit portfolio based on the information gathered. Harry noted that in the case of robo advice the process is fully automated, and there is no human intervention by a consultant.
"They have simply built an algorithm where, based on how the customer answers a series of questions, they're given a portfolio. That portfolio then has a drift factor associated with it and a time-based rebalance logic," Harry Temkin
Harry highlighted that rebalancing can be done every week or month, on a quarterly basis, or twice per year. The portfolio automatically rebalances and the application keeps the customer up to date on how the portfolio's performance, as well as providing a mechanism to add more money to it and to cash funds in.
Even within "digital wealth management" or "digital advice," to Harry there's still interaction between the advisor and their customer. The advisor might recommend a portfolio to the customer, but they're providing everything on a mobile device instead of via a traditional sit-down in the office. A meeting with a prospect can shift from "let's have a conversation or send an email" to a process through the device. That dialogue comprises a series of questions, but there remains an actual relationship between the human financial advisor and the customer. The myriad options allow customers to change the weights that the advisor is recommending to them. However, the client is still the one to decide whether to purchase or modify the portfolio. DriveWealth accounts for situations wherein clients want to make decisions solo, or with the help of a consultant:
"Our platform, along with our mobile applications, support either one of those environments. We actually call it full discretionary accounts where a broker can buy and sell securities without the client's consent and we have another account type called semi-managed, which is one in which the advisor recommends a portfolio to the customer but it's still an account in which they're controlling the trading decision," Harry Temkin
The top management of DriveWealth emphasized that a true robo solution is one in which customers have access to a fully automated environment in which they've been given a portfolio and all they have to do its monitor and control it, with technology supporting institutional customers. The company offers accounts where the managed system actually aggregates all the positions and cash into a so-called "master average price account," and allows the institution to trade in large blocks and then simply allocate the shares down to the customer at one average price.
There is no doubt that stiff competition and emerging technologies will significantly increase the adoption of robo components in wealth management products, but the personal touch will remain pivotal for customer service.
How does Europe feel about robo in WealthTech?
Martin Polasek from Swiss company Evolute is sure that in Switzerland robo advisors are not gaining significant ground in the market. The main reason why they can't keep up with client expectations pertains to the level of personalization:
"On one side, the robo-advisors can deal with the high level of standardization and simplification. Thus, they allow the company to accelerate in terms of the pricing point and create very attractive portfolio solutions to clients. On the other hand, they don't delight the customer."
The CTO of Evolute revealed doubts that robo solutions will substitute advisors in terms of the highly customized experience human touch offers, as well as replicating the ability of an advisor to handle the client's emotions and design bespoke solutions.
Three ways to embrace the robo component, from Folio Investing
But that's not all. While Folio Investing claims that the company is not a robo advisor per se, the WealthTech player collaborates with many robo advisors in the marketplace and provides technology and a platform for these robo advisors. The company serves the needs of its clients in several distinct ways:
- First, via a very simplified streamlined approach through which it automates the key components of a workflow and allows 80 registered investment advisors to eventually bring the efficiencies of a robo platform to their business.
- Second, by providing an opportunity to embrace a full suite of capabilities through a set of APIs, which enables robo advisors to create their own front end and their own client ecosystem and engagement environment. Thus, the client uses the full potential of APIs to actualize everything, including the patented Folio investing process, which utilizes dollar-based fractional-share investing that guarantees a precise and efficient investment outcome.
- Finally, later this year the company will launch a solution in collaboration with a very large enterprise client. Folio Investment management revealed that this offering will bring the robo experience to a whole new level with its modular-based, completely customizable and white-label platform:
"It will allow for a much deeper and much broader range of investment profiling and investor questionnaire to truly allow in a robo environment somebody to not only define and understand their investment profile, but to also be able to invest in accordance with their values, their beliefs, and truly refine the process to a level that, so far, hasn't happened," Greg Vigrass, President of Folio Institutional
The CEO of Folio Investing stated that this robo solution will actually allow for the creation of a bespoke portfolio, on the fly and completely tailored to the individual's needs.
Robos in the background of AI-driven asset management
Sid Sharma, a tech guru at Hedgeable, harnesses the power of AI that the company brings on board to put the robo aspect on the back in order to build the best product for the consumer.
"The real purpose of AI is not to put a robot in front of somebody's face," Sid Sharma
Sid was certain that robo solutions won't replace humans, since the latter do certain jobs much better than machines. However, there will be more specialized jobs, since building long-lasting ties with customers and remaining ahead of the curve entails a need for companies to pick up their game. While advisors can certainly perform the same tasks as computers, consultants will be more involved in personal aspects, and work on building the client's trust.
Bryan Sachdeva, a CTO of Canadian NexJ Systems, highlighted a clear distinction between digital and robo wealth management solutions. Bryan acknowledged that, from his perspective, robo advisors have been a great disrupter in the industry, in particular commoditizing the financial advice practice down to the mass market. It's now very easy for people with digital expectations, who are familiar with using self-serve apps, to go online, answer a few questions, and get an asset-allocation strategy that is managed for them. Bryan felt that this represents the first iteration of robo advice, but highlighted that one thing the approach lacks is an understanding of the client's chosen strategy, and how this relates to his or her financial plan.
"It's great for the hands-off consumer, but then when we get into the digital advice that's really interesting, because that's the hybrid approach," Bryan Sachdeva
The main question for WealthTech companies is how to augment digitization and introduce traditional human advisors in a more digital fashion:
"Sure, as a customer I can go and I can see my asset allocation, I can see how it's being rebalanced, I can see all the information, but I want to get advice from a professional, not have something automate the whole process for me, I do want that advice," Bryan Sachdeva
Bryan was confident that the trend of consumers seeking personalized advice is still there, as, on a global scale, we're not yet at the level where AI can really provide the required level of a custom-tailored portfolio to meet client needs. Another question to think about is how we can bring personalized advice to the digital channels and enable the advisor to be more present across all of the different channels:
"I think that's the fundamental difference for me with digital and hybrid advice, and I think that really is the direction that we're going to see the industry go, especially in the mass-affluence and HNWI segments," Bryan Sachdeva
The idea that customers may start off with robo, eventually grow their assets, and then want more sophisticated and personalized advice through a digital option is important to foresee and account for.
While robo-advice offerings are unlikely to overtake traditional asset-management practices, the automated component in wealth management products will augment the role of the human consultant, adding more edge to existing solutions. This is particularly true when it comes to high-net-worth and ultra-rich investors who will not blindly trust machines to manage their wealth. The best idea for wealth management companies will be to leverage the emerging technology to complement capital market expertise so as to better serve their clients with fewer dollars spent on mundane tasks and day-to-day operations.
Digital-advice is more about a hybrid solution where a human touch is still required. It is about the automation of all routine business flows and integration with as many players in the ecosystem as possible. Robo advice entails relying on AI for decision making, and there is no doubt that it represents the next step in investment management.


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BacTech Mining Corporation has announced that while the Company remains primarily focused on implementation of their gold strategy , recent developments in the copper market may justify an early implementation of their copper business plan.
The high cost of treating copper concentrates and the limited smelter capacity makes the BacTech chalcopyrite leaching technology an attractive alternative for the copper industry. In particular, there are number of SX-EW (Solvent Extraction - Electrowinning) copper operations that have depleted their oxide resources. Producing concentrates from hypogene ores adds considerable cost and eliminates the need for the existing SX-EW infrastructure. By bioleaching concentrates on site, companies can leverage their existing SX-EW assets and avoid costly transportation, smelting and refining charges. More importantly, they are decoupled from smelter capacity, which is currently strained.
BacTech believes that its chalcopyrite leaching technology can reduce the total TC and RC as well as transportation and handling operating costs by as much as two thirds, thereby providing significant commercial advantages. Furthermore, its technology will continue to allow for the production of high purity copper with the continued utilization of the existing SX-EW facilities.
BacTech has successfully demonstrated their proprietary bioleaching technology on chalcopyrite in 1998 at Mount Lyell copper mine in Australia and more recently, in 2001, at a demonstration pilot plant in Monterrey, Mexico, as part of a program in partnership with Industrias Pe˝oles and Mintek of South Africa. BacTech is one of only two companies that have successfully built commercial bioleaching operations, but it is the only company to have successfully demonstrated copper (polymetallic) concentrate leaching technology. This is a substantial competitive advantage in the current copper market, particularly for treatment of dirty concentrates where some penalty elements associated with smelting can actually produce revenue streams from a bioleach process. Bioleaching technology is also an environmentally friendly technology in comparison to smelting, producing benign solid by-products as opposed to harmful gases.
BacTech remains focused on first delivering on their gold strategy. The use of bioleaching in complex ores to extract gold is well understood and accepted by the industry. Once the Company has delivered on its gold joint venture strategy, the next step will be to undertake concerted efforts in developing copper focused joint ventures.
"The copper industry is developing to be a significant opportunity for BacTech and an obvious place to start would be Chile." stated Ross Orr, the Company's President and CEO. He went on to say, "We will begin to move this agenda forward, but it is most important that we remain focused and first deliver on our initial joint venture plans in gold."
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Our Sweet Christ on Earth | Benedict XVI and the news that shocked the world
by Maria Grizzetti
The world is gripped by the shock of this week's announcement from Rome. This blog was born as an idea a few months back, and I had intended to launch it on the feast of The Annunciation, but as the title suggests, the Incarnation continues today, in our time. I think no current story more aptly illustrates this truth than the news of the Holy Father's renunciation of the papacy. And so, I offer some personal initial reflections, which, although incomplete, might through their writing, begin to guide our understanding of this historic event.
The Church certainly faces many challenges, and the media has once more begun to capitalize on the news from Rome this week, to make front-page headlines of these. But if one looks closely at the full arc of history, we see that the struggles we face today are no different in their intensity than those of the past. And so, as we begin to reflect on the significance of the Holy Father's decision to renounce the care of the See of Peter, entrusted to him by God through His Church, I am personally brought back to the 14th century, and to the life and words of a woman, the saintly Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church, who was for her times what we need again in ours today: a courageous defender of the papacy, of its beauty and dignity in the face of division, derision and scandal.
There is a poignant reflection, written by Benedict XVI himself, on the occasion of her feast in 2010. At that time the decision he announced this week may not have been a pressing priority on his mind, but he offered then some prescient thoughts in reflecting on her heroic life, which brought to bear on the announcement the world received on the 11th of February 2013, might begin to illumine our own reflections:
'The Sienese Saint always invited the sacred ministers, including the Pope whom she called "sweet Christ on earth", to be faithful to their responsibilities, motivated always and only by her profound and constant love of the Church. She said before she died: "in leaving my body, truly I have consumed and given my life in the Church and for the Holy Church, which is for me a most unique grace" (Raimondo da Capua, S. Caterina da Siena, Legenda maior, n. 363).'
'To be faithful…'
What is fidelity in the world we live in? It seems impossible to live 'fidelity' in modernity. One need only look at the countless examples of broken commitment in our world to see that this is no easy task. A possible answer to this question is that fidelity is humility in action: that kind of selflessness that looks at a personal vow, or a promise of such vast proportion and responsibility as that made by the Successor of Peter, and says, "yes, I will, with full freedom, choose what is set before me, in light of my own capacity or incapacity, of my desires or lack thereof, and do it well.' Fidelity is in effect freedom, exercised rightly, and with self-effacing generosity.
It is possible to propose then, that the renunciation of the Holy Father is an example of heroic fidelity. I received the news that many did, with initial disbelief. And then, a slowly creeping understanding emerged that this is a man who reports to no one else but Christ Himself. The Pastor of the Sheep had to converse with the Son of Man to come to make the decision he did 'for the good of the Church.' The realization emerged that now he will willingly and freely decide to watch and wait for the Holy Spirit he so trusts, to act in shepherding the flock that had been entrusted to his care.
Coming from a mind of such theological sophistication, and a heart of such profound humility, this level of confidence is perhaps the greatest gift of his papacy to the world. Much will be said in the weeks and years to come of this historical decision, but each reflection will need to converge on the courage and trust that the Holy Father has exhibited in Christ Himself, and left for us to witness.
Fundamentally, his renunciation of the papacy is analogous to the sacrificial offering of Christ on the Cross, and so becomes for us, a profound example of obedience in a world that renounces nothing. It is only so, that we can refer to this Pope, as Saint Catherine dared refer to Gregory XI, as our 'Sweet Christ on Earth.' Our task now is to behave as Simon the Cyrenean did on that Calvarian pilgrimage, and accompany this Holy Father as he prepares to lay down the weight of the Office of Peter on a modern Golgotha.
The road to Calvary is not easy, and each human life participates in the Passion at some point. It is in these moments of deep personal difficulty, that the power of the cross and the need for conversion is most evident. Like Christ and with Saint Catherine it can be said of Benedict XVI that he '[has] consumed and given [his] life in the Church and for the holy Church,' and this will surely have its own reward in the economy of grace.
As we witness these final days of service of the Shepherd of Rome, and embark on our own Lenten pilgrimages of grace, let us not forget that Christ himself came among us as Redeemer in the flesh, to show us that all things are possible in Him. The Incarnation continues– today—in this Priest and Vicar of Christ. And for him, surely, the Mother of the Savior will mightily intercede.


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Over the years an increased number of hikers have graced the PCT. We've all heard about the impact, some of it expressed hysterically. Even the permit process was changed in a draconian way to address this impact.
What is the evidence for this impact?
First, trail impact is just that, impact on the trail. If a business along the trail has too many customers, they are free to close their doors. The same for a private residence. Too many wayward hikers showing up at your door? Close the door.
While plenty of emotionally fueled, anecdotal evidence is sloshing around the internet, we can't find any 'hard and fast' evidence. The following is what we know for certain and without dispute.
+ The Angeles National Forest, section D, has no permit requirements for hiking or dispersed camping. In fact, they've removed wilderness permit requirements in recent years.
+ The San Bernardino National Forest, sections B and C, is the same. Permits are optional, they are not required for hiking or dispersed camping. They also have removed permit requirements for wilderness areas in recent years.
+ The Cleveland National Forest, section A, has no permit requirements for hiking. A permit is required for dispersed camping only along the 25 mile section between Hauser Creek and Mt Laguna. Using one or more of the 4 camp grounds negates the permit requirement. Yet once again, no permit is required.
The agency that creates and enforces policy, by virtue of the their own regulations, do not show any signs of impact at all. In fact, they have relaxed the regulations.
What is going on here?
At this point, we have no clue. We dare speculate that a chosen few with influence on the permit system have decided this is best for all us, with or without presenting evidence.


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Korotych Kristina 08-0801 "Doctor in the House" by R. Gordon The text under analysis is taken from the book "Doctor in the House" written by Richard Gordon. Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, a ship's surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon's twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical student's years of professional training. The text belongs to the group of fictional texts. The events in the text refer to the real world and the author seeks to judge the text subjectively. The text under consideration is a witty and humorous description of such a hard and important thing in students' life as their final exams. The author shows us the condition of students before, during and after exams, therefore, the aim of the text is to describe the students' feelings, emotions and preparations for them. ...read more.
The story is interlaced with the great number of descriptive passages and a few dialogues of the personages. The author makes use of the long and complicated sentences as well as the short and simple ones. An account of events interweaves with a humorous portrayal of different types of students waiting in the room for the exam itself. So, the prevailing mood of the story sometimes is rather humorous, cheerful and optimistic and sometimes is strained, ironical and pessimistic in a way. The author thoroughly describes the personages, their thoughts and environment. The plot is ordered chronologically and the action is slow moving. The text is easily divided into complete parts. In the exposition the author describes what the final examination for medical students is. The complication of the narration is showing the process of exam. The moment of anticipating the results and excitement of the hero is the climax of the story, and the outcome of it is the only word "Pass" and the blind stumbling upstairs of the main character. To achieve desired effect in describing character's appearance and environment the author uses different stylistic devices. ...read more.
Here is also a sustained metaphor in the text: this "judgment day" is decisive for the students' future existence: whether they would pass and "go upstairs", which means go to heaven in this context, or they would fail and "slink miserably out of the exit to seek the opiate oblivion", which means in its turn go to hell. To stress the extreme agitation of the main character the author uses the next exaggeration in his story: "My palms were as wet as sponges... The windows were rattling... My pulse shot in my ears... The world stood still". All in all, this story tempts the reader. Although it is written in humorous way, it makes us sympathize with the characters and remember our exams and feeling of intense excitement. As for me, every time the examinations require from me much effort and nerves for preparation and passing them. So, heaving read this story, I found that Richard Gordon is a master of witty descriptions of serious and important events in people's life. Not many authors are able to achieve this effect in his or her works, but Richard Gordon made this perfectly. ...read more.
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The fertile crescent stretches from the northernmost tip of the Persian Gulf along the River systems of the Euphrates and Tigris to the north-west then west to the Mediterranean and South down the coastal strip to the border of Egypt. The land which it encloses on three sides is primarily desert, a harsh environment in which to live, or travel. Thus, most trade from east to west and vice versa would be made through the fertile crescent and this, together with its agricultural value made the land so important.Around the year 3000 BCE, the city states of the Sumer region began to reach out with their influence, both in terms of trade and in the necessity to take control of surrounding land in order to feed the growing populations within the cities. This inevitably led to clashes over land between rival cities and the subsequent development of military forces, both to protect the land they held and as we shall see, increasingly to take land that was held by others. Thus, in the next 500 years, there followed a series of wars between city states. Sometimes these campaigns would result in conquest and sometimes merely in the establishment of a tribute system by which the subservient city paid its dues to the controlling authority, but remained self-governing and independent. One symbolic gesture of this relationship seems to have been the removal from subjugated cities of the statues of their gods which were then transported to the victorious city where they were displayed in the Temple, one presumes, as an indication that the God had left its original city and now resided with, and thus favoured, the victors. You may recall that we discussed this during the foundation of Uruk. Thus, although sources such as the Sumerian Kings list gives us an indication of the existence of a high king, a king over all other Kings, it seems likely that most cities remained independent entities during this period. It is clear from the sources that the fortunes of individual cities waxed and waned and during this period as a number of different cities held the throne of the high king at different times during this period.
The city state settlements had begun to spread first North and west across the Fertile Crescent into what we would know today as Syria. These settlements included Mari in the middle Euphrates Valley, Ebla and Nagar in central Syria and Ugarit on the coast. It is likely that they started out a small city states maybe even as was the case with Babylon as a tent city, a resting place for merchants and travellers and a trading post. It is interesting to consider the expansion of these cities and why it might have occurred. Certainly at this time there is clear indication that these cities resembled the city states of Sumer in their structure and the archaeological evidence indicates the presence of Sumerian merchants within the cities. Whether the arrival of these merchants was the primary event for city foundation, that is the merchants travelled from Sumer in search of resources which were not available in their homelands and having found them in faraway places set up trade stations, which then developed into cities or whether alternatively these merchants travelling out from Sumer found already existing urban populations in these places and set up trade posts within them is not at all clear.
The situation in Sumer started to change around the year 2340 BCE when an Akkadian king named Sargon began to take direct control over a number of city states. The Akkadians lived in the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates to the north of the Sumerian city states with their capital at Assur. Archaeology indicates that they had Sumerian-type of city organisation and religious ritual; although it appears that they did have their own gods or at least their own variants on the Sumerian gods. They spoke a Semitic language. Sargon, which means the righteous king, was originally the cupbearer to the King of Kish, one of the Sumerian city states. Details of the story are rather hazy, but it seems he assassinated his master, recruited an army of Akkadians and proceeded to start to conquer the cities of Sumer. He also had a liking for collecting titles: some were fairly straightforward – King of Kish; King of Sumer; King of Akkad, but others represented his connection to the gods: Ensi of Enlil, the God of winds or appointed of Auo, God of the heavens or Lord of the Universe. By 2300 BCE, Sargon's Empire stretched from the Eastern Mediterranean (modern day Lebanon, Syria and south-east Turkey) through the fertile crescent to Sumer and the Persian Gulf. His descendants followed his lead. Naram-Sin, his grandson invaded Elam, on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf, central Turkey and pushed South into the Levant. Like his grandfather, he also collected titles including King of Kings; King of the four corners of the universe and 'he who will be deified to join the gods'. But this was not just a period of conquest, it was also a period of growing administration. From this time we have the first records of tax, mostly levied against conquered people, to pay for the bureaucracy and the army. We also have a number of ambitious building projects in both the Akkadian cities and in those of their subject peoples. The great Ziggurat at Ur dates from this period. The line of Sargon the Great came to an end with the invasion in 2193 of the Gutians, believed to be a people from around the shores of the Caspian Sea, an area which would be a recurrent source of trouble to the peoples of the fertile crescent. We know they captured and sacked the Akkadian capital, Assur, although after this they vanish from history and are presumed to have returned to their homelands. There was now a short period when there seems to be no controlling authority in the area. In 2112 Ur-Nammu, Lugal of Ur, established the neo-Sumerian empire covering the lands of Sumer and Akkad with its capital at Ur. He went on to conquer Northern Elam and establish hegemony over the Mediterranean and Levantine areas of the old Akkadian Empire. His son, Shulgi, is more renowned for his cultural impact on society. His is the earliest law code yet discovered, a fragment containing 47 clauses and it is during this period that the first records are made of ancient Sumerian myths. In around the year 2006, the Elamites regained their northern territory and continued to press north into the neo-Sumerian empire eventually sacking the city of Ur.


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Two special guest artists are sharing stories from another storytelling project called Vancouver Stories.
Thanks to Brian and Odessa for sharing with Kerrisdale Collective Memory!
Brian Lye was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1980. His love for filmmaking grew from making skateboard movies with his friends in high school. He has worked, studied, and shot in Canada, Japan, Uganda, Australia, and the Czech Republic. As a filmmaker he uses imagination and humour to reflect on life experiences. He has written and directed many award-winning short films. With the Vancouver Stories Project he is excited to learn different perspectives on the city and meet new people and help them share their stories.
Odessa Shuquaya has been working as actor, director and producer in Vancouver for the last ten years. She studied acting at Douglas College and continued her acting training at UBC where she earned a BFA in Acting with a Minor in English. While working as an actor, she became fascinated with filmmaking and went to Capilano University to earn a certificate from the Aboriginal Film and Television production program. Since that time she has enjoyed working on both sides of the camera and learning as much as possible in both Aboriginal and mainstream media. She has worked as a location scout for commercials, series and feature films for several years and has assistant directing experience. Her production experience involves her own 15 minute documentary that garnered her an award from the NFB as "Most Promising Aboriginal Filmmaker", segments for Telus TV, and two short films last summer one of which she wrote and directed.
For 17 years, Suzanne Ahearne has been a photojournalist and magazine writer and has written and produced radio documentaries for CBC Radio.
As a natural extension of her passion for photography, writing and her desire to help others find their voice, she is also working with community, educational and media organizations in using digital media to create opportunities for new stories, story forms and storytellers.
Suzanne co-teaches a Digital Storytelling workshop through Continuing Studies at Emily Carr University of Art & Design and in the fall, Suzanne will be starting the Master of Journalism program at UBC.


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Mike and Kevin walked back into Mike's bedroom. They had just been in Mike's computer room, where Kevin had watched Mike play Wolfenstein 3-D and cuss at the soldiers, telling them they'd all die. Then the game froze, so the two of them decided to come back to Mike's room. Mike opened the door, and the two of them walked into the room. Mike closed the door. The room was pretty dark. The blinds on the windows were closed, blocking out the light from the sun. The only source of illumination was a small light mounted on the wall. It looked more like evening than afternoon. Then they realized something strange. Mike's CD player was turned on, and "People Are Strange" by The Doors was playing:
People are strange when you're a stranger. Faces look ugly when you're alone. Women seem wicked when you're unwanted. Streets are uneven when you're down.
"Hey, Mike, where are Jason's tapes that you were talkin' about?" Kevin asked. "I think they're in the closet, man." Mike replied. "Oh, okay." Kevin turned and opened up the closet door. A figure standing inside handed Kevin a case full of music tapes. Kevin took the case. "Thanks, Jason." He closed the door and turned around, then stopped and considered what had just happened. Mike picked up a CD case off of the bed. "My album, man." "What the..." Kevin wondered. He opened the closet door. Jason was standing there. He had his arms out in front of him like a zombie. "You dareth take my tapes." He began choking Kevin, then pushed him onto Mike's bed.
When you're strange, Faces come out of the rain. When you're strange, No one remembers your name. When you're strange, When you're strange, When you're strange.
"What's up, man?" Jason asked, then closed the closet door. Kevin stood up. "Jason, please. How many times have I told you not to do that? Mike, how many times? That's right!" "I'm comin' outta da closet, man. I'm comin' outta da closet." Jason explained. Kevin nodded. "That makes sense." "Yeah." Jason agreed. Mike shut off the music. The three of them walked over to Mike's chair. Jason crashed on Mike's bed, knocking Mike's tapes onto the floor. "Jason!" Mike yelled. "Get up, man! Don't even be - don't even start sittin' on my tapes 'n' shit, man. Get your ass off." Jason moved slightly and lay down on the bed. Mike sat in his chair and placed a pillow on his lap. Kevin sat on the edge of the bed. "Jason, how many times have we told you not to sit on the bed like that and mess up Mike's tapes?" "Uh..." "Twentieth time, man." Mike answered for him. "Oh, yeah. I mean...yeah." "I mean, when's it gonna stop, Jason?" Kevin asked. "When's this gonna stop, man?! I'm sick of it!" Mike yelled in rage, throwing the pillow onto the floor. Jason pointed at himself. "When they become my tapes!" "Oh. Okay. I can put up with it then." "Boy, this is fun!" Kevin said. "The Three Musketeers back together again!" Jason sat up. "You got a candy bar, man?" Mike laughed. "Yes! Candy bars kick ass!" "No, do you have any, like, in the fridge or somethin'?" Kevin asked. "I like Snickers." Mike commented. "Then why are you talking about Three Musketeers when you ain't got no candy bars?" Jason asked. "He's talkin' about, like, the people I think." Mike said. "I think he's copying quotes from that idiot show he watches. You know, Saved by the Bell?" "Uh,..." Kevin began, "oh, yeah, The College Years." Mike smiled. "Hey, Jason, I bet it must've felt a lot better coming out of the closet." Jason just stared at him. Mike and Kevin began to laugh. "It was dark in there. It was scary." Jason replied. Mike continued laughing. "You don't have to hide it anymore! You can go on Geraldo, man!" Jason started kicking at Mike and Kevin. They held up their hands to avoid getting hit. "Jason's pissed." Mike laughed. "It's funny!" Jason then kicked Mike's chair, causing him to spin around in circles. "Whooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhh!" Mike suddenly forced the chair to stop spinning. "Quit, man." "Puke. Puke." Jason told him. Mike pretended to throw up on Kevin. "Oh, man, my pants." Kevin complained. Jason then took Mike's stuffed Pound Puppy and "vomitted" it past Mike. Mike laughed, then flicked Jason off. "Fuck you! Fuck you, man!" Jason gave Mike the peace sign. "Peace. Smoke a joint!" Mike laughed again and pretended to smoke an invisible joint. Jason put on a black cap. "La doobee!" Mike nodded, accepting it. "Cool." Jason lay back down on the bed and took off the cap. "Aw, shit, man." Mike complained about the heat. Jason sat up again. "Hey, man, you know what we need?" "What's that, man?" Mike asked. "Some tunes!" Mike stood up, thinking it was a good idea. "All right, man, I'll put on one." Jason stood up and walked over to the CD player with him. "No, I got it, man." "No, I know how to fix it, man." Jason opened up the lid. "You got The Beatles, man?" Mike put The Beatles' "Revolver" CD in the CD player. "Yeah, man. Close it, man. I'll put it on." He selected track 14. The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" starting playing. "The Beatles are cool." Jason commented. Mike sat back down in his chair, and Jason lay back down on the bed. Jason put the cap back on.
Turn off your mind, relax, and float down stream. It is not dying. It is not dying.
"Oh, by the way, Jason, did you bring the drugs?" Kevin asked. "Drugs?" "Yeah, you know." Jason sat up. "Oh, yeah, those!" "Cool!" Mike said. Jason stood up and walked over to the closet. "I think they're somewhere in the closet, man. Check it out!" "All right!" Mike said. "I'm gonna smoke some grass, man!" "Yeah." Kevin agreed.
Lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void. It is shining. It is shining.
Jason got a box out of the closet that look remarkably like his tape case, yet it was not. The box had a picture of Bill Clinton on the top. The President was wearing a cap with a pot leaf on it. He was smoking a joint and saying "I never inhaled!" Jason read this line to Mike and Kevin. Mike laughed. "That's cool, man!" Jason lay the box on the bed and took out a bomber joint. "Look upon this!" Mike laughed.
Love is all, and love is everyone. It is knowing. It is knowing.
Jason lay back down on the bed. He gave Kevin the peace sign, which Kevin returned. "All right, now we gotta go to the bathroom 'n' smoke it." Jason said. "No, come on. Just pass me the joint, man." Mike said. Jason lit the bomber joint and smoked it. Then he passed it to Mike, who smoked it as well.
It is believing. It is believing.
"Want it, man?" Mike asked Kevin. "Yeah." Kevin said. Mike gave Kevin the joint. Kevin smoked it, then began coughing from the smoke. "Don't be a wussy, man! Smoke it, man!" Mike told him. Kevin smoked it again and didn't cough. He was beginning to feel the effects. He laughed in a silly way. Mike laughed. Kevin smoked it again, then passed the joint to Jason. Jason lay down and smoked it.
So play the game "Existence" to the end Of the beginning, of the beginning.
Jason threw the joint to Mike, who smoked it and threw it to Kevin. Kevin yelled and quickly put out the fire on his pants. He smoked the joint and passed it to Jason. As the song reached the end, the three of them kept passing the joint around. Mike stood up and walked over to the CD player. "Hey, man, I'm gonna put on more songs, man." "Yeah, man! Yeah!" Kevin said in a funny voice. Mike laughed. He selected The Doors' "Strange Days" album and selected track 1. "C'mon, throw it to me, man." Mike said. "Strange Days" began playing. "All right, there, man. It's on a new track, man." Mike walked back over to his chair. "Who's got it, man?" Jason asked. "Where's the joint, man?" Mike asked. "C'mon, man. What happened to the joint, man?" Mike and Jason searched for the joint, while Kevin turned on the TV. "Man, turn it off!" Mike yelled. Kevin turned off the TV and sat back on the bed. Jason found the joint and smoked it, then passed it to Mike. Mike smoked it and passed it to Kevin, who continued to laugh whenever he smoked it. They kept passing the point around.
Strange eyes fill strange rooms. Voices will signal their tired end.
Mike laughed. "Dude, it's funny as fuckin' heck!" Jason passed Mike the joint, and Mike smoked it, then passed it to Kevin.
The hostess is grinning.
Kevin smoked the joint. Jason sat up and took the joint away from him. "Dude, you're kissin' the cherry!" Mike laughed. "You're really fun, man!" Jason and Mike gave each other peace signs. Jason then covered up the joint with his hands as he smoked it. "Censored." Mike laughed. "Dude, do you ever feel - do you ever get the feeling like people are watching us doing this?" Kevin asked. "I dunno, man." Mike said. "I don't give a shit either. Hey, fuck you, man!" Mike yelled into space. Kevin passed Jason the joint. "What are you watching for?!!!" Mike screamed into nothingness. Kevin let out a silly yell. "I'm getting dillusional, man." Mike said. "You know, now that I'm thinking about it, I think I feel ourselves watching us smoking this." Kevin said. "I mean it's weird! This stuff must be gettin' to me." Kevin offered Jason the joint. "Roach it." Jason said. Not knowing what Jason meant, Kevin smoked it again. He then passed it to Jason, who smoked it and passed it to Mike, who smoked it.
As we run from the day To a strange night of stone.
The song ended. Kevin got the joint again and smoked it, then offered it to Jason. "Roach it, man, roach it." Jason said again. "Yeah, man." Mike said, not knowing what Jason meant either. Kevin smoked it more, then offered it to Jason again. "Roach it!" Jason yelled. "Roach it!" "Roach it, man! C'mon, don't be a sissy, man!" Mike yelled. Kevin kept smoking the joint. Jason sat up and took the joint from him. "Don't hog it, man! Roach it! Roach it!" He tapped the ashes onto the bed. Mike laughed. "Save this for later." Jason threw the joint onto the floor. "Cool." Kevin scooped up the ashes and swallowed them. "Mmmmm!" Jason stood up. "Now what?" Kevin asked, standing up as well. Jason picked up Mike's Nintendo Zapper and began firing. "Now we see ducks! And dogs! Woof! Woof!" He began firing at Kevin. "Yeah, Jason, okay..." Kevin said, backing away. "Arf! Arf! Arf!" Mike watched and laughed. And thus this continued late into the night.
Copyright © 1999 by Mark Moore


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Two square matrices A and B related by the transformation B = SAT, where S and T are nonsingular matrices and T is the inverse matrix of S.
Similar Matrices
Two square matrices A and B of order n are said to be similar if there exists a nonsingular, or invertible, matrix P of order n such that B= P-1AP. Similar matrices are obtained when the matrix of a linear transformation is given in different coordinate systems. The role of the matrix P in this case is played by the matrix of the transformation of coordinates. For a given matrix A it is often important to select a second matrix B that is similar to A and has as simple a form as possible—for example, the Jordan matrix. Similar matrices are of identical rank. The characteristic polynomials ǀ λE – Aǀ and ǀλE – Bǀ and, consequently, the determinants ǀA and ǀBǀ and the eigenvalues of the similar matrices A and B coincide.


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