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College of the Holy Cross, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. An undergraduate institution, Holy Cross offers a traditional liberal arts curriculum as well as cooperative degree programs with other universities in engineering and business. Campus facilities include an art gallery, a greenhouse, and an aquatic research laboratory. Total enrollment is approximately 2,700.
Holy Cross, the oldest Catholic college in New England, was founded in 1843. Benedict Joseph Fenwick, the second bishop of Boston, was instrumental in the creation of the college. Women were first admitted to Holy Cross in 1972. Notable alumni include basketball player Bob Cousy and surgeon Joseph E. Murray, who was a cowinner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1990.


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ParityTrack is a collaborative forum that works to aggregate and elevate the parity implementation work taking place across the country. Parity Track aims to be the central site for mental health and substance use disorder, parity information and to offer an exclusive look at parity issues. Parity Track seeks to help consumers understand their rights under the Federal Parity Law and state parity laws and to empower consumers to exercise those rights.
We rely upon a multi-pronged approach that targets all actors responsible for parity compliance.
We accomplish this by:
1. Tracking parity-related legislative, statutory, regulatory and legal activities in all 50 states and at the federal level to monitor implementation throughout the country. The Legislation pages focus on parity-related bills that have been introduced by Congress or by state legislatures, the Statutory pages focus on passed bills that have become laws, and the Regulation pages focus on parity-related rules or actions taken by federal or state agencies. Additionally, significant state and federal ERISA and parity-related legal case summaries are also provided.
2. Developing model resources, such as legislation and compliance tools, that state and federal policymakers can use to ensure full compliance
3. Creating comprehensive and detailed issue briefs on parity and related topics to increase knowledge of behavioral health insurance laws
4. Developing Consumer Solutions and resources to educate consumers on potential parity violations and develop pathways for consumers to file appeals if coverage for behavioral health services have been improperly denied.
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The Kennedy Forum unites the community of behavioral health to advance an ambitious agenda that transforms the way we view and treat mental health and addiction. We are pursuing this much-needed change through payer accountability, provider accountability, integration and coordination, technology, and brain fitness and health.
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The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation is a Quaker-based, philanthropic, grant-making foundation committed to improving the system through which behavioral healthcare is delivered by providing strategic grants in the Philadelphia region and advancing health policy at the national level.
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Founded by the same researchers who developed the Addiction Severity Index, the Treatment Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit research and development organization dedicated to science-driven reform of treatment and policy in substance use.
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About the Parity Implementation Coalition
The Parity Implementation Coalition was formed to help ensure that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) is properly enforced. Coalition members advanced parity legislation for over fifteen years in an effort to end discrimination against individuals and families who seek services for mental health and substance use disorders and remain committed to its full implementation and enforcement.
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The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas.
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Community Catalyst is a national, non-profit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1998 with the belief that affordable, quality health care should be accessible to everyone. We work in partnership with national, state and local organizations, policymakers, and philanthropic foundations to ensure consumer interests are represented wherever important decisions about health and the health system are made: in communities, courtrooms, statehouses and on Capitol Hill.
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Health Law Advocates (HLA) is a 501 (3) public interest law firm whose mission is to provide pro bono legal representation to low-income residents experiencing difficulty accessing or paying for needed medical services. HLA is committed to ensuring universal access to quality health care in Massachusetts, particularly for those who are most at risk due to such factors as race, gender, immigration status, disability, age, or geographic location.
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Agricultural Plant Pathology Research
This section carrying out the subject matter research .The highlights of research project carried out are as follows.
- Survey of bacterial wilt of brinjal and tomato were carried out and still continued and found all the varieties of brinjal and tomato under cultivation are susceptible to the disease.
- Observations on incidence of diseases of the summer paddy were recorded in the month of April and May 2000. All verities were free from the diseases viz, Blast , Brown spot and bacterial blight etc
- The samples of eye spot of sugarcane were collected from different tahsil of Kolhapur district and isolation were carried out in laboratory and identify cultures Helminthosporium saccharae and curvularia spp.
- Jawar – Studies on assessing the resistance of jowar varities against downy mildew showed that the cultivar R-16 , Fr- 12, CSV-2 , CSH-1,CSH-2,SDM-9,SPV-340 and CSH-4 showed the high degree of resistance.
- Wheat – Fungicides Dithane Z-78 @ 0.25 % found effective against stem rust of wheat by reducing disease intensity to greater extent.
- Sugarcane – Field survey were undertaken in kolhapur district showed that the incidence whip smut of sugarcane was upto 5 %.
- Maize – Maize cultivars namely EVA-1 ,EVA-2 EVA-3 EH-2026 ,EHP- 101 EHP-100,EHP-106, were found promising against leaf blight (Helminthosporium turcicum ) .
- Chikku- From etiological work on flat limb is malady due to nutritional imbalance / physiological disorder .
- Mango- New bacterial disease caused by Pseudomonas sp. Recorded first time in Maharashtra on variety Ratna
- Gorundnut- Bud necrosis of Groundnut is found to be more prevalent in summer grown crop(Jan to May) and also in widely sown (30x15cm) crop than closely sown (15x10 cm) crop.
- Soybean-
- Rust of soybean caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi was first time observed by this section in the year 1994 on variety viz. JS-335 and MACS-13 grown at shirol tahsil. Field survey is continuously carried out.
- Studies on screening of soybean cultures against cercospora leaf spot under natural conditions was undertaken for 3 years and reported that ACPS- 92092, MACS-13 DS 97 DS 53 and Ankur varieties were resistant.
- French bean : Three years studies on natural screening of French bean cultivars against Anthracnose, Mosaic, Yellow Mosaic, Crincle Mosaic of 80 cultures , only four cultures viz. KOIB-2,3,4 and 5 found promising.
- This section has carried out the subject matter research on establishment of Soybean rust Trap Nursery, Wheat Rust Trap Nursery and Multilocation trial on cultivation of white milky mushroom.


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Russia's foreign minister says Moscow would welcome any country's offer of a safe haven to Syrian President Bashar Assad, but underlined that Moscow itself has no intention of giving him shelter if he steps down.
Russia has repeatedly used its veto right along with China at the UN Security Council to protect its old ally from international sanctions, but it has increasingly sought to distance itself from Assad. (AP)


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"Long-time Ajax resident, Mike Butler can quite literally be called a pioneer of digital art. In the early 1980s, in the infancy of the personal computer, he saw the potential for art-making with pixels and bytes that began a fascination that continues to this day.
After graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto in 1980, where he had studied fine art, Mike got himself one of the first rudimentary Radio Shack colour computers and immediately began experimenting with the creation of abstract designs.
Because this was prior to computer printers, he had to be content with his art being viewable only on his monitor – although he recalls that some artists from that era would take photographs of their screens and print them for display.
In this pre-virtual reality world, however, Mike imagined himself as the creator of digital art for people in the Cyberspace envisaged by one his favorite science fiction writers [William Gibson]. And, in a fascinating case of imagination realized, with the advent of the internet, his work has now become available to a world-wide audience."
From Mike Butler: a digital art pioneer by Allan O'Marra (Ajax News Advertiser)
Mad Science in Art
"[At that time], I often imagined myself as a character in one of his [William Gibson] novels, churning out digital art for the denizens of Cyberspace," Butler explains.
"This is a large part of the attraction, the kind of hot metal 'Gibsonesque' imagery that squirts out onto the screen. The unique qualities of digital art … are the instant feedback that you get, the speed of creation, and, of course, the undo button. But more than that is the feeling that you are painting directly with light. Seeing the images unfold on the screen has a kind of hot immediacy that you just don't get with traditional media."
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This post is part two of a two-part series on new drug laws in the United States. Missed part one? Check it out here.
Recently, governors in New Jersey, Oklahoma and Nevada have signed legislation to combat drug abuse, which the Center for Disease Control and Prevention classifies as an epidemic. Lawmakers in other states, including Illinois, are also working to pass laws asking state agencies to administer a statewide used prescription medication take-back program with local agencies and departments.
While these measures are being developed to help reduce prescription drug abuse, other states are working to address the environmental side of the issue. Recent studies in states like Minnesota are showing a significant increase in pharmaceuticals in lakes, rivers and streams. For example, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency published a report earlier this month on the issue, noting that chemicals such as antibiotics, nicotine breakdown products, antidepressants and medicines to regulate diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure were found in waterways both downstream and now upstream from wastewater treatment plants.
"We have known for some time that these compounds frequently turn up downstream from wastewater treatment plants," Mark Ferrey, the study's lead author, said in a news release. "And recent research has shown that a surprising number are found even in remote lakes or upstream waters. But we have a lot to learn about how they end up there.
Due to this growing impact of pharmaceuticals on the environment, counties in California and Washington have passed ordinances requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to fund safe disposal of leftover prescription drugs. The law is similar to legislation that governs the disposal of batteries, tires and other potentially harmful goods. Local government officials are placing the responsibility on pharmaceutical companies to figure out a solution and pay for other options to take-back programs as the Drug Enforcement Agency no longer financially supports them, while the pharmaceutical industry opposes the new drug disposal ordinances. As Ed Silverman of the Wall Street Journal noted in a recent Pharmalot post: "but the efforts have alarmed drug makers, which are concerned that still more local governments will pass similar ordinances and saddle them with additional expenses. The pharmaceutical industry, moreover, believes the laws are unconstitutional and is waiting to hear whether the U.S. Supreme Court will hear its objections."
That's where Deterra can come in to bring communities and the pharmaceutical companies together on cost-effective, green Rx drug disposal. Take-back programs have been discussed as a solution, and are a step in the right direction, but Deterra provides a more convenient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly option that goes a step further by deactivating prescription drugs. Deterra complies with the county ordinances for safe disposal while saving the pharmaceutical industry time and money to operate a program, as well as removing leftover prescription drugs from homes – and keeping them out of water supplies, landfills and the wrong hands.


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Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) is considered by many as the third preeminent theologian of the Lutheran Reformation, following Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz. In his magisterial Theological Commonplaces, he systematically, skillfully, and precisely presents the doctrines of the Christian faith, arguing against the positions of Roman Catholics (as represented by Robert Bellarmine) and the Reformed (as represented by Calvin, Beza, and others), as well as other more radical sects (such as the Socinians).
Johann Gerhard, theologian at Jena
As we commemorate his life on August 17, the following excerpt introduces Gerhard and his Theological Commonplaces.
It was a time of great deeds and deep faith. In the New World, small outposts were being formed. Captain John Smith would establish Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. In the Old World, discoveries were being made in science, art, and architecture. Eloquence and culture were prized and people attained heights of learning that have perhaps not been attained since then. It was the era of William Shakespeare (1564–1614), Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), and Rembrandt (1606–1669). The Church of the West had been divided into three main confessions—Evangelical Lutheran, Reformed, and Roman Catholic—and each of these confessions was busy organizing its congregations and working out its theology in detail. At the same time, it was an age when political tensions and religious animosities within the Holy Roman Empire would lead to three decades of bloodshed in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
This period in the history of Lutheran Germany is known as the Age of Orthodoxy. Its archtheologian was Johann Gerhard. Gerhard was born on October 17, 1582, the son of Bartholomew Gerhard, a city counselor and treasurer for the town of Quedlinburg, and Margaret Berndes. Although his father died less than sixteen years later (d. 1598), Johann Gerhard's mother lived for many years thereafter (d. 1624). In 1599, Gerhard enrolled at the University of Wittenberg and studied the curriculum of philosophy, which included courses in history, logic, ethics, mathematics, physics, and anthropology. During this time he also read "the best commentators on Aristotle."[1] From 1600 to 1602, Gerhard studied medicine at Wittenberg. In 1603, after working as a private tutor and moving to Jena, he turned to the study of theology at the advice of Johann Arndt, since "he was anxious to become a physician of souls instead of being a physician of the body." At Jena, Gerhard heard lectures on the books of the New and Old Testaments, devoting himself especially to the study of the Hebrew language and of the Old Testament. In addition, he read the early church fathers and the medieval scholastics diligently. Although he became an adjunct professor of the philosophical faculty in 1605, it was not long before Gerhard was called to the ministry. In mid-1606, Prince John Casimir called Gerhard to be superintendent of the churches of Heldburg and to be a theology teacher at the upper preparatory school of Coburg. Having been "crowned with the rite of ordination" on August 24, Gerhard was installed and invested in his new office on September 6 in the presence of the pastors of the twenty-six parishes under his supervision. The same year, Gerhard finished the work for his doctorate in theology and was awarded his degree on November 11, 1606. It was during this time, while serving as pastor, superintendent, and religion teacher, that Gerhard began to write his Theological Commonplaces. His first four Commonplaces were published in 1610, when he was just twenty-seven years old. Only a few years later, in 1615, having been called to be general-superintendent of the entire region of Coburg, Gerhard wrote a new church order (canon law) for the churches in his territory. Finally, Gerhard was called to a theological professorship at Jena and began his duties there in 1616. He remained at Jena until his death in 1637.
In his introduction to the first edition of On the Nature of Theology and Scripture, the first volume of Gerhard's Theological Commonplaces, Dr. Kent Heimbigner noted:
Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) is widely held to be the third preeminent theologian of the Lutheran Reformation, after Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz. Luther himself wrote no formal dogmatic theology comparable to John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, and with his death in 1546, the unifying mind of Lutheranism was gone. The Religious Peace of Augsburg in 1555 ironically allowed Lutheran theologians, especially in Germany, to turn their energies against one another. Various theological controversies ensued. These theologians generally divided between the "pure," or "Gnesio," Lutheran party, centered at Jena, and the "Philippist" party, named after Philipp Melanchthon and based in Wittenberg. The threat of a permanently divided Lutheranism was largely overcome by the wide reception of the Formula of Concord and the publication of The Book of Concord in Germany in 1580. The Formula was the work of Martin Chemnitz, who also wrote numerous other important works of Lutheran dogmatic theology. Particularly important were the Examination of the Council of Trent and his own Loci Theologici ["Theological Commonplaces"]. Chemnitz's Loci Theologici were patterned after Melanchthon's Loci Communes ["Commonplaces"]. Neither of these works, however, approach Gerhard's Loci Theologici, either in length or in detail.[2]
Gerhard was a versatile writer. In works such as the Theological Commonplaces and the Confessio Catholica he wrote vigorous polemic and detailed defense of each point of the Christian faith, employing arguments of every variety: from Scripture, from logic, from tradition, and from the inconsistency of his opponents. But in his sermons and devotional works such as his Sacred Meditations and The Daily Exercise of Piety, he wrote in a warm, devotional, meditative style. Finally, Gerhard's many Bible commentaries should not be forgotten—not only his many commentaries on individual books of the Bible but also his enormous contributions to the Harmonia Evangelica of Chemnitz and Leyser and to the Ernestine Bible. It also should be remembered that in the most polemical and doctrinaire of his writings, he still includes the "practical use" of the doctrine.
Theory and practice were not separated for Gerhard, though he focused more on theory in some writings and more on practice in others. One must keep the genre of the Theological Commonplaces in mind or else risk becoming disappointed in not finding what one expected. For example, while he acknowledges and quotes "our Luther" and praises Luther's translation of the Bible highly, Gerhard quotes the blessed reformer infrequently and never uses Luther's views as evidence that the doctrine set forth is orthodox. Instead, Gerhard quotes the early church fathers heavily. Rather than explaining this fact by saying that Gerhard did not value Luther, one should keep in mind the scope and purpose of the Theological Commonplaces. The subtitle of this work in Latin reads: cum pro adstruenda veritate tum pro destruenda quorumvis contradicentium falsitate, that is, "both for affirming the truth and for destroying the falsehood of some who contradict it." In the Theological Commonplaces, Gerhard is giving arguments to convince his opponents of the truth that he is setting forth and to persuade them that opposing views are false. Thus, when arguing against Roman Catholic or Reformed opponents, appeals to the authority of Luther would be out of place. Gerhard chooses instead to appeal to authorities that most of his opponents would recognize: the right-believing teachers of the ancient Church. . . .
C. F. W. Walther, a nineteenth-century scholar of Lutheran Orthodoxy, had high praise for Gerhard's Theological Commonplaces.
Among the works that deal with this discipline in detail, one can ask which one is first and foremost just as little as one can ask which star outshines all the others. Just as in the latter question one can only speak of the sun, so in the former question one can only speak of Johann Gerhard's Theological Commonplaces. . . . The proofs from Scripture are everywhere clear and exhaustive. The refutation of opponents is pervaded and pulses just as much with the spirit of love toward them as with the love of the truth; it seeks out the opponents in all their hiding places and always robs them of their last supports, so that no further contradiction seems possible. The application of the whole as well as of the particular is simple, illuminating, clearly arranged. Free from destructive fragmentation—at times an error of the later dogmaticians—the entire development of the doctrine flows along briskly with its linguistic, historical, and antithetical excursus like one great stream that describes pleasant bends in the river. Everything is all of a piece. Ethics here are not yet separated from dogmatics; the former appear here like grapes growing from a ripe vine. Biblical isagogics, hermeneutics, exegesis, history of dogmas, patristics, and polemics are added here not like a merely worthwhile appendage, but are organically woven into the whole like necessary beams, like adornments in this architectural marvel. The expression and style are so certain and thereby so simple and brisk; the development of topics, even with its exhaustive precision, goes forward without burdensome repetition so swiftly; even the most dry and subtle subjects are discussed with such exceptional freshness and facility; everything is handled with such holy seriousness; and the words are soaked with such devout meaning that the reader, being taken away by the speech of this precious man, does not know whether he has before him a work for the promotion of Christian erudition or a devotional book. One does not tire of it as long as he reads it and notes how light and warmth go forth from this speech of noble simplicity and true depth of spirit. In sum, in our opinion this work of dogmatics is, in content and form, the most glorious, most complete work in this field that has ever been achieved within Christendom, and until the Last Day it will probably remain the model for all who labor in this field.[3]
At Walther's time, only those pastors and scholars who learned Latin were able to prove the truth of his words. God be praised that now a new generation of English-speaking readers can read Gerhard's great work for themselves. Soli Deo Gloria.
[1] Erdmann Rudolph Fischer, The Life of John Gerhard, trans. Richard J. Dinda and Elmer Hohle (Malone, TX: Repristination Press, 2001), 3.1, pp. 26–27.
[2] Johann Gerhard, On the Nature of Theology and Scripture, trans. Richard J. Dinda, Theological Commonplaces 1 (St. Louis: Concordia, 2006), 9.
[3] C. F. W. Walther, "Lutherisch-theologische Pfarrers-Bibliothek," Lehre und Wehre 1 (1855): 300–301.
Some footnotes have been omitted.
From the introduction by Benjamin T. G. Mayes, in On the Nature of Theology and On Scripture, 2nd ed., Theological Commonplaces 1, pp. xiii–xvii. English translation © 2009 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved.
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Airport Information Systems Market: 2020-2027 Exhibit a Huge Growth by Profiling Major Companies
The computer system that can be used to display flight information in airports to the passengers is termed as airport information systems. A computer system is responsible for controlling either electronic or mechanical TV screens. The TV screen are usually located either around and inside a terminal. Besides this, a virtual version of the systems is available on the websites of the airports.
Key factor driving the airport information systems include growing passenger traffic. Besides this, rising need for real -time data sharing and association has also contributed to the growth of the market to a greater extent. In addition, increasing demand for risk management via information systems at the airport has kept the future of the market robust. However, information sharing regulations and rising cost involved in upgradation process has hindered the market growth. On the other hand, tremendous rise in personal mobile eco-systems are anticipated to create greater opportunities.
The market is segmented based on airport size, software, function, operation, cost and geography. Airport size discussed in the market research report are Class A, Class B, Class C and Class D. Furthermore, the software assessed in the market research report are passenger and non-passenger systems. Based on function the market the market is segmented as AOCC and DCS. The operations covered during the research includes airside and terminal side. Besides this, when focusing on the cost factor the study discusses about procurement, integration and operation. Regions experiencing tremendous growth are North America, Europe, Asia -Pacific and LAMEA
A closer look at the competitive landscape reveals that major IT brands are busy launching solutions and generating clients in the same month itself. Prominent market players are also seen acquiring new companies or local market players to maintain their competitive edge. Other business strategies favored by the companies include constant upgradation, joint ventures and collaborations. Key market players active in the market are Amadeus IT Group SA, SITA, Rockwell Collins, Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation, IBM, Siemens, RESA and Ikusi.
- The market research report provides an integrated information on the major drivers, restraints and opportunities influencing the industry growth, during the forecast period.
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To quote Michael Corleone, in the Godfather, Part III, "just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in." To blogging again, that is; not joining the Mob.
There is so much to catch up on in my absence, that I decided to apprise you, my loyal readers, of a subject I discussed earlier this year, the proposed Amendment 69 in the state of Colorado.
To refresh your memories, Amendment 69 (couldn't they come up with another number?), also called "ColoradoCare", was an attempt to create a single-payer system in the Rockies.
My previous three posts, "Colorado Gets Real on Workers' Comp and Health Care", "Colorado "Single Payer" in Health Care Industry's Sights", and "A Little Disruption is a Good Thing" outlined the plan for single-payer, the opposition to single-payer from the health care industry, and how it would be a good thing to have some disruption, especially in workers' comp.
My writing on the subject also got the notice of a fellow writer, Katie Kuehner-Hebert, of Workers Comp Forum, a sister publication of Risk & Insurance magazine. Her article discussed whether the proposed amendment would be helpful or harmful for workers' comp payers.
Last month, the voters in Colorado defeated the measure by a wide margin. On election night, at 8:30 p.m., with nearly 1.8 million votes counted across the state, the amendment was trailing 79.6% to 20.4%. Vote totals at 7 a.m., the next morning, with 86 percent of the vote counted, the measure continued trailing at roughly the same percentage or 1,833,879 to 467,424.
As reported in the Denver Post by John Ingold, throughout the campaign, the measure had polled better with Democrats than Republicans, and even in left-leaning Denver, the amendment lost by 2-to-1.
What does the defeat of the single-payer measure mean for the future of health care and possibly workers' comp?
It means that until there is a nation-wide push for single-payer, state-specific measures such as Amendment 69 will either go down to defeat, or be scraped altogether, as happened in Bernie Sanders' home state of Vermont. Amendment 69 was an attempt to get there, but as I followed up some weeks later, it was targeted by the health care industry, and never had a chance.
That brings me to my next topic. The recent political campaign that witnessed a misogynistic, egomaniacal, sexist, racist, Corporatist/Fascist bully and demagogue elected president, and a Congress of like-minded semi-demagogues.
Now this capitalist clown is appointing men to his cabinet who stand in opposition to many things the American people believe in, and one man, Representative Tom Price, R-GA , an ardent opponent of the ACA, is to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the department which oversees the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), who makes the rules for the health care law and the other medical insurance programs of the government.
Folks, that's like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. Sooner or later, the chickens are going to be devoured, except it won't be dead chickens lying around, but millions of Americans who will lose their health care newly won, and who may die because of it.
We still don't know what will happen to the ACA after January 20th, because that man refuses to release his tax returns, refuses to commit to anything and goes off on tirades on Twitter to anyone who gets in his way. But I believe that this idiot and Congress will take away not only health care for millions, but eliminate Medicare and Medicaid, which is what Speaker Paul Ryan wants to do, but may be forced to back down once opposition gets wind of it.
Either way, health care in this country will get worse, not better.
That moron soon to occupy the White House has even nominated the CEO of a fast food chain to be Secretary of Labor. This guy, Andy Pudzer (or is it Putzer?, or just plain Putz?) wants to replace fast food workers with robots. Methinks he is one.
True, by 2025, it is predicted that 50% of all occupations will be replaced by automation, but the reason Pudzer wants to replace fast food workers with robots is so that the companies won't have to pay living wages of $15 an hour to their workers.
I guess this putz would like to see workers thrown out into the street, especially younger minority workers who generally take these jobs to give themselves some work experience, and older workers left out of the changing economy.
You know what 50% less workers mean for workers' comp? 50% less claims adjusters, physical therapists, durable medical equipment companies, pharmacy benefit management personnel, etc.
It also means that there will be more unease, anger, and maybe even violence. The kind of violence that has been avoided for decades, and that was predicted more than one hundred and fifty years ago by a certain German writer. And what if that 50% goes to 75%? What then?
One idea is to give these permanently unemployed a universal basic income (UBI), but with this Congress, that too will not happen.
There is an old Chinese curse that is appropriate now: "May you live in interesting times." Interesting, possibly; dangerous, most definitely.


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MOAB hits home — mine and yours
Dropped on our Portland neighborhood of HIllsdale, with 8,000 residents, the bomb obliterates every man, woman and child and all structures.
It would leave behind a wasteland.
If this is "conventional," as in "conventional weapon," we better rethink our conventions…fast.
A few other results from a search of the web. Two miles from where the bomb hits here in Southwest Portland, victims could be rendered deaf.
That takes us from Hillsdale to the Willamette River to the east, and to the Portland-Beaverton border to the west.
For several miles beyond that victims may suffer bleeding ears, to say nothing of trauma and the loss of family and friends.
Five miles away from the blast, the ground would shake and windows be broken. Question: Could this bomb trigger a massive earthquake?
Then there is the fiscal damage already being inflicted by the development and construction of this bomb. Each MOAB costs $16 million. That doesn't include the cost of the planes needed to drop it.
To put that number in perspective, Portland Public Schools estimates its budget shortfall for next year to be $18 million, resulting in a projected loss of 70 teachers.
And what are the consequences of accepting the use of this weapon as "acceptable." The military-industrial complex, and our power-mad president, have at the ready so-call "tactical nuclear weapons."
Russian, by the way, has a similar "conventional" bomb, and we know about the nuclear weaponry of North Korea, whose leader is as unpredictable and crazed as Donald Trump.
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Whenever a function is invoked, a set of operations is performed which includes passing the control from the calling function to the called function, managing stack for arguments and return values, managing registers, etc. All these operations take much of compiler time and slow down the execution process. This overhead can be avoided by using macros in a program. However, macros are not considered as true functions, as they do not perform type checking. Another way to make function calls execute faster and also perform type checking is to make the function inline.
An inline function is a function whose code is copied in place of each function call. In other words, each call to inline function is replaced by its code. Inline functions can be declared by prefixing the keyword inline to the return type in the function prototype. An inline function 'requests' the compiler to replace its each and every call by the code in its body. That is, specifying a function as inline is just a request to the compiler and not a command. So, it does not change the behavior of a function. Moreover, the compiler mayor may not choose to replace each call by the body. In case, it does, the function becomes 'in line' with the rest of the source code.
The syntax for inline function declaration is
inline return_type function_name (parameter_list);
A difference between a normal function call and inline function call is shown in Figure
In Figure, when the compiler reads the statement prod (a, b), it transfers the control to the prod () function. However, in Figure, the prod ( ) function is declared as an inline function. As a result, when the compiler reads the statement prod (a, b), it replaces the function call with the definition of the prod ( ) function.
Inline functions are ideal for functions that are small in size and frequently used by the programs. This is because inline functions reduce the time consumption and overhead involved in function calls. However, they also significantly increase the memory size of the program because each occurrence of inline function call is replaced by its code, which in turn may adversely affect the readability of the program. Also, these functions restrict the portability of the program.
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Wee Wisdom Little School places much emphasis on providing nutritious meals and snacks that cater to the tastes of children. Our onsite chef assures that all meals and snacks are within healthy, caloric, and fat content limits.
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A post from Katrina Luetkebuenger, a West Bend Loss Prevention Representative: There are many risks to consider with winter driving. I didn't think about this hazard until it almost flew right through my windshield. Last week while driving down the highway, a wintery explosion of snow and ice suddenly interrupted my thoughts. Several pieces of ice broke off the roof of the semi-truck traveling in front of me, causing cinder-block and brick-sized ice missiles to fly through the air at 70 miles per hour toward my minivan! With traffic on either side of me, there was no way to avoid them. Several huge ice chunks slammed into the roof of my car, each with a very loud bang. It sounded like somebody was hitting my car with a bat and instinct caused me to crouch in my seat with each thud. I thought the roof was caving in!
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Summer Heartbreak: Hot Cars and KidsJune 28, 2016
Every year, as the weather gets warmer, tragedies involving children and hot vehicles appear in the news. These stories are always so devastating. The fear felt by the child and the extreme guilt by the parent or caregiver is heartbreaking. Just in the last few weeks, there have been several examples from all over the country:…continue reading the rest of Summer Heartbreak: Hot Cars and Kids
Serious Car Wreck: Do You Drive Like This?October 20, 2015
Do you ever pass on the right while driving? Or cut across multiple lanes of traffic to get to your exit? Let's be honest, we've all gotten frustrated and decided it would be faster to go around in the right hand lane or quickly jump into the exit lane going way too fast. Take a look at this shocking video and I guarantee you will think twice about it next time.…continue reading the rest of Serious Car Wreck: Do You Drive Like This?
Dashboard Video: Distracted Teen DriversApril 22, 2015
The New York Times featured a video compilation of distracted teen drivers recently. It's terrifying. Unfortunately, teenagers are not the only ones who drive dangerously; many adults are also guilty of trying to text or send an email while driving.
As someone who is often running or biking on the shoulders of streets like these, I was especially nervous after watching this video. Luckily, there were no pedestrians or cyclists…continue reading the rest of Dashboard Video: Distracted Teen Drivers
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Every summer there are stories from all over the country of young children dying from vehicular hyperthermia after being unintentionally left in cars on warm days. Two tragic stories – one from Texas and the other from Georgia – have been making national news. Both instances highlight how dangerous vehicular hyperthermia can be and why it's so important to…continue reading the rest of Look Before You Lock!
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The National Weather Service has recently issued severe weather warnings for much of the United States due to excessive heat and humidity. High temperatures and extreme humidity will push the heat index to well over 100 degrees throughout most of the country.
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In Your Car: Avoiding Unknown DangersApril 05, 2013
Did you know many automobile injuries are actually caused by objects from within your car? During the past year, we had a customer slam on their brakes to avoid a collision, only to have a piece of equipment from the back seat catapult to the front and smash their car's console and navigation system. Fortunately, our customer was not injured.
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The Luckiest Driver You've Ever SeenApril 16, 2012
Exactly one month ago we shared a video of the most shocking car crash you'll ever see. In that short amount of time it has become one of the most viewed posts ever on Culture of Safety.
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The National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHSTA) has plans to announce a significant new piece of legislation which would require automobile manufacturers to install rear-facing cameras in all new passenger vehicles. According to The New York Times, the goal is to have this requirement in place by 2014.
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Do you know if the nature of your construction work on a project allows you to register a valid builders' lien? You might be surprised to hear that not all types of work give rise to lien rights. In order for you to register a valid lien, the Builders' Lien Act (the "BLA") requires that the work you performed or the materials you supplied improve the lands on which the construction occurs. If your work or materials do not relate to an improvement, you will not be able to lien. It is therefore very important that you understand from the outset whether the work you are doing will allow you to register a lien against the project lands in the unfortunate event that you are not paid for your work.
Under the BLA, the definition of "improvement" generally includes anything constructed on the land but excludes those things not affixed or intended to become part of the land. There have been many Court decisions dealing with whether certain work or supply constitutes an improvement. In the right circumstances, the work of architects and engineers can be considered an "improvement". Even the removal of land, through excavation, has been held to be an "improvement".
Trotter and Morton Building Technologies Inc. v Stealth Acoustical & Emission Control Inc., 2017 ABQB 262 is a recent Alberta decision in which the Court considered whether pumphouse buildings were "improvements". The buildings were designed so that, after they were affixed to the land, they could later be moved without damaging them. Given this potential for removal, the owner of the oilsands project argued that the buildings did not relate to an "improvement".
The Court considered the following factors in finding that the pumphouse buildings were "improvements" and thus the liens were valid:
- Location and function of the buildings
- The buildings were to be placed at known and specifically designated and prepared locations
- The buildings were fully integrated into the larger oilsands project
- Size and weight of the structures
- The buildings were large (their weight ranged from 200,000 to 260,000 pounds)
- Degree of affixation of the structures
- The building and its structural base were then anchored to 12-14 concrete piles, with a minimum pile depth of 72 feet
Additionally, the Court considered the likelihood of the pumphouse buildings staying on site. While the Court declined to assign a percentage to the likelihood that the pumphouse would stay on the site, it noted that the buildings were very large and heavy structures and were currently affixed to the land. They were intended to be put in place and operated as part of the overall project. Even if the buildings were moved, it was possible that they would simply be moved to another part of the site.
The Court held that even though the pumphouse buildings could be moved after being put into operation, that possibility was not sufficient to prevent them from being improvements.
The subcontractors in this case made an alternative argument that if the pumphouse buildings were not an improvement, the oilsands project to which the pumphouse buildings were to be supplied, was the improvement. The Court agreed with this argument and held that it is the improvement of the overall project that must be considered.
How does this decision affect you? Work or material furnished with respect to a moveable structure can still be an "improvement" so long as certain factors are met. This analysis requires a careful examination of the facts of each case and consideration of the criteria the Court will apply. For more information on requirements for lien registration, contact Field Law, to discuss your options.


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The Academy Award for best assistant director of 1935 went to Clem Beauchamp for his work on Paramount's "Lives of a Bengal Lancer." The next year, in the same category, Beauchamp was nominated for "The Last of the Mohicans." Assistant directors were honored only from 1932 to 1937. Clement Hoyt Beauchamp, who pronounced his name "Bo-shawm," was born in Bloomfield, where one pronunciation of the name is "Bee-chum." He was one of two sons of Charles Beauchamp, a pharmacist, and his wife, Ula. The family relocated to Denver, Colo., and then Fort Worth, where the parents divorced. The mother then took her sons to Los Angeles. Beauchamp started in films at age 16 as a stuntman, breaking his nose while trying to jump a motorcycle over a train.
As an actor, he sometimes turned to a simpler name, Jerry Drew. His first film as an actor was the 1926 comedy short "The Radio Bug," and by the 1930s he was appearing in such films as "The Story of Temple Drake" and "The Painted Desert," both in 1931, and "International House" in 1933. His last acting role was as a drunk in "No More Ladies" (1935). Personable, versatile and witty, Beauchamp got his first taste of directing in 1926 with such films as "Kiss Me Kate," "Plumb Goofy" and "Mister Chump." In the 1940s he directed comedy shorts at RKO studios, under Sol Lesser. Beauchamp served as assistant director for "The Big Street" (1942), with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, and "Tarzan's Desert Mystery" (1943), as well as other Johnny Weissmuller films. As a production manager, Beauchamp left his imprint on many quality films, such as "Champion" (1949), "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950), "High Noon" (1952), "On the Beach" (1959) and "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963). He also was production manager on a number of "Superman" television episodes starring Iowa's George Reeves. In the late 1920s, Beauchamp had a short-lived marriage to Anita Garvin, who had starred in silent comedies and was often a leading lady in the Laurel and Hardy comedies. In 1935, Beauchamp wed script girl Sydney Hein, and the couple resided in North Hollywood. Beauchamp retired at 67 after scouting locations in Ireland for Blake Edwards' "Darling Lili." The couple later moved to Santa Rosa to be near their only child, and Beauchamp died in November 1992, 10 months after his wife. Daughter Michele is now the keeper of the framed parchment document awarded by the academy to her father.
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Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others. In Western Christianity, intercession forms a distinct form of prayer, alongside Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving.
The Apostle Paul's exhortation to Timothy specified that intercession prayers can be made for those in authority.
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
Studies on intercessory prayer have generally shown inconclusive results, with some giving little effect, but with the most methodologically sound studies showing no effect.
In the early ChurchEdit
The early Christians continued to practice intercessory prayer on behalf of others after Jesus' death. St. Ignatius of Antioch was one man who exhorted Christians to continue to pray for others, and especially for those who became Docetists or held other heretical beliefs.[1] In his letter to the churches of Smyrna, St. Ignatius exhorts the Christians there to pray for other people: "only you must pray to God for them, if by any means they may be brought to repentance, which, however, will be very difficult. Yet Jesus Christ, who is our true life, has the power of [effecting] this".[2] Throughout all of Ignatius's letters, the word for prayers of intercession appear nineteen times, and Ignatius asks for prayer "for himself (eight times), for the Christian church in Syria (seven times), for persecutors, heretics, and all people generally (once each)".[3]
St. Ignatius and the other church fathers, such as Paul the Apostle, who were keen on intercessory prayer based this practice on Jesus' own teachings which required that one pray for others, especially one's enemies:
But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
According to Lionel Swain, of St. Edmund's College, Ware, St. Paul believed intercession to be one of the most important aspects of faith and praying life, as praying for others is a recurring theme in his works.[4] Prayer acts as a way for St. Paul to acknowledge God's power. Intercessory prayer also acts as a way for the Apostle to "share in ... the Father's redemptive love".[5] Paul believed that prayer transformed the person doing the praying, as much as the one being prayed for, which creates a stronger bond between him and God.[5]
Prof. Dr Johannes van Oort, Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Church History and Church Polity of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa adds that, in addition to praying for wisdom, the early church was very much involved with different charismas, one of which being healing. Praying for other people's illnesses was another way that intercessory prayer was important in the early church, as healing was a sign of "the power of God's Kingdom".[6] This gift of healing is specifically mentioned, among the other charismata, as a sign of being a true Christian by Irenaeus of Lyons in his text, Against Heresies.[7]
Intercession of the saints is a doctrine held by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches that saints may be asked to intercede (or pray) for others. The doctrine of requesting intercession from saints can be found in Christian writings from the 3rd century AD.[8][9] The 4th-century Apostles' Creed states belief in the communion of saints which certain Christian churches interpret as supporting the intercession of saints. Following the stream of Judaic-Christian tradition, Judaism allows for the petition of the saints.[citation needed] In Lutheran teachings all believers are saints, but prayer to saints who have been transferred to the Church Triumphant is forbidden.[citation needed]
The deadEdit
In addition to praying for each other in life, early Christians would pray for those who had died.[10] There is no unequivocal evidence that Christians began to pray for the dead before the third century AD.[11] G. F. Hamilton argues that the earliest example of Church prayer on behalf of dead Christians are found in the Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis (350 AD).[12] Rather than pray for the departed in regular church services on Sunday, these early Christians would hold special commemorative occasions during the week. There was a sharp distinction drawn between remembering and praying on behalf of the dead, and those who were the "'faithfully' departed",[13] where Christians would only pray for those who had died as believers. The First Epistle of Clement (95 AD) contains a prayer, while mainly for protection for the living, also includes the dead.[11] Even quite early, a distinction was drawn between those who had died as Christians, and those who had died as unbelievers. In the Martyrdom of Polycarp (155 AD), Polycarp is killed and his bones are taken by fellow Christians and a shrine is set up to him, where they may remember his martyrdom.[11][14] In contrast, the "Apology of Aristides" shows how those who were not Christians were grieved for, while the dead faithful were rejoiced over.[15][16]
Although the idea of intercession or mediation (Arabic: s̲h̲afāʿa) has historically played a very prominent role in Islamic thought,[17] it is not universally accepted by all Muslims in the present day.[17] The Quran says that the pre-Islamic Arab pagan gods will not be able to intercede with God on behalf of humankind,[18] and that "the guilty" (al-mujrimīn, 74:41) will not benefit from any intercession on the Day of Judgment.[19] However, "intercession is mentioned in the Qurʾān with respect to angels praying for the believers and the Prophet praying for erring but repentant Muslims."[20] Furthermore, it became an orthodox Islamic doctrine or "cardinal belief"[20] that "Muḥammad will intercede for all Muslims on the Day of Resurrection."[20] While this particular tenet practically remained unchallenged throughout Islamic history, the widespread Sunni and Shia practice of asking deceased prophets and saints for intercession by praying at their tombs have become contentious issues in the modern Islamic world, with all these different types of intercession often being labelled by Salafi and Wahhabi Muslims as a type of polytheism,[20] in a manner akin to the attitude of many Protestants towards the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox practice of saint-intercession. In prophetic sayings there is intercession of martyrs for "seventy relatives" in the Hereafter.[21]
Some religions claim that praying for somebody who is sick can have positive effects on the health of the person being prayed for.
Meta-studies of the literature in the field have been performed showing evidence only for no effect or a potentially small effect. For instance, a 2006 meta analysis on 14 studies concluded that there is "no discernible effect" while a 2007 systemic review of intercessory prayer reported inconclusive results, noting that 7 of 17 studies had "small, but significant, effect sizes" but the review noted that the most methodologically rigorous studies failed to produce significant findings.[22][23]
See alsoEdit
- ^ Shepherd, Jr. Massey Hamilton. "Smyrna in the Ignatian Letters: A Study in Church Order". The Journal of Religion 20.2 (1940): 151. Web.
- ^ "CHURCH FATHERS: Epistle to the Smyrnaeans (St. Ignatius)". www.newadvent.org.
- ^ "Smyrna in the Ignatian Letters: A Study in Church Order". The Journal of Religion 20.2 (1940): 152.
- ^ John Greehy, John Quinlan, Lionel Swain and S. Purcell. "Homiletic Notes", 17 The Furrow Vol. 19, No. 11, Supplement: The Bible, No. 6 (Autumn, 1968), pp. 14–19
- ^ a b "Homiletic Notes" 17
- ^ van Oort, Johannes. "The Holy Spirit and the Early Church: The Experience of the Spirit". Hervormde Teologiese Studies 68.1 (2012): 1–7.
- ^ "CHURCH FATHERS: Against Heresies, II.32 (St. Irenaeus)". www.newadvent.org.
- ^ "On the Intercession and Invocation of the Saints". orthodoxinfo.com.
- ^ "The Intercession of the Saints". Catholic Answers. Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ^ G. F. Hamilton. "Prayers of the Ancient Church for the Faithful Departed". The Irish Church Quarterly Vol. 9, No. 35 (July 1916), pp. 201
- ^ a b c Hamilton 203
- ^ Hamilton 209
- ^ Hamilton 202
- ^ "The Martyrdom of Polycarp (Hoole translation)". www.earlychristianwritings.com.
- ^ Hamilton 204
- ^ "The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher". www.earlychristianwritings.com.
- ^ a b Wensinck, A.J., Gimaret, D. and Schimmel, Annemarie, "S̲h̲afāʿa", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.
- ^ See Quran 19:87, 36:23
- ^ See 74:48
- ^ a b c d Hoffman, Valerie J., "Intercession", in: Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
- ^ http://en.islamtoday.net/node/1318. Missing or empty
- ^ K. Masters, G. Spielmans, J. Goodson "Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic review." Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2006 Aug;32(1):21-6. [1]
- ^ David R. Hodge, "A Systematic Review of the Empirical Literature on Intercessory Prayer" in Research on Social Work Practice March 2007 vol. 17 no. 2 174-187 doi:10.1177/1049731506296170 Article abstract Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Full length article
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Thanks for your interest in Harbor City Church, San Diego
Our Vision is to see a renewed city, through a renewed people, to the glory of God.
Service Time & Location
Services at 9am & 11am
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705 16th Street (between F St. and G St.)
San Diego, CA 92101
What To Expect on Sunday:
We are a diverse, multi-generational family of faith experiencing the renewal of Jesus in our lives and displaying Him to our city. Harbor City Church is casual and welcoming to all—come as you are! We gather together on Sunday mornings to celebrate the good news of Jesus with a simple liturgy that rehearses our redemption, worship music from both ancient and contemporary sources, thoughtful and relevant preaching, and weekly Communion. Coffee and refreshments provided.
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Let's talk about the Gucci Cruise18 collection! Oh it's very fetching! The accessories are colourful, arty, lush and plush featuring soft velvet clutches, bold backpacks and man bags, but there are also some retro pieces borrowing from past collections too. It is quite impressive and sees the fashion house picking inspirations and paying homage to designs from the 20s, 50s and 70s.
Here are our favourites from the collection:
Men's Loafers
Contemporary new men's loafers have a thick rubber sole.
Gucci Ace Sneaker
The retro design Gucci Ace sneaker features the King-snake print on the side. It also comes in another design set on a crystal embellished rubber platform.
Ballet Pumps
New pearl encrusted flats with large bows and bee detail – a design first introduced by the house in the 70s.
Platform sandals with the iconic bee symbol and star motif from the 70s designs and slip-on platforms with lace overlay on satin.
Silk Scarves
Eclectic and House motifs feature on silk scarves – which have been a canvas for the Gucci designs since the 20s.
GG Marmont Bags
The new GG Marmont bag comes in soft velvet, has a structured shape with flap or sliding fastener with the GG hardware. It has intricate rose embroidery and pearl appliqués spell out 'Love' – for the flap- and 'Blind For Love' – for the sliding fastener bag. Just beautiful!
GG Caleido Print is seen on men's backpacks and messenger bags – particularly love this print. So edgy!
I mean we can go on and on. The collection is simply beautiful and there is something there to cater for all tastes; but still staying true to the brand. Hooray to Creative Director Alessandro Michele!!!
You can shop the above and more men's and women's pieces from the collection on the Gucci website.
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Basic Training Module
Ana Barner teaches Voice Dialogue predominantly in the form of weekend seminars. These groups are designed for anyone interested in personal development and professional training, as well as practitioners who want to extend their facilitation skills. People often participate to explore their personal lives and relationships without the intention to becoming a facilitator. The Theory of the Psychology of Selves and the practice of Voice Dialogue is always interspersed with a range of lively experiential processes. The basic training module consists of three weekend seminars, these three levels form the platform for further personal and professional training.
Level 1
The aim of this seminar is to introduce you to the basics of the Voice Dialogue approach. The workshop is a mixture of learning about the theoretic structure, getting to know your own personality through experiential processes and learning the beginnings of facilitating others. The course also serves as an introduction to further training.
Level 2
This level takes the participants deeper into the different aspects of Voice Dialogue. It extends the subjects covered in level 1 and introduces several more advanced techniques. Students are encouraged to practise facilitation with each other during the course and in between seminars. After completion of level 2, participants usually feel more comfortable beginning to facilitate others.
Level 3
The focus of this seminar is to increase the level of confidence and skill of the participants. There is room to practice facilitation within the group and in pairs. Advanced techniques such as Voice Constellation, Body Dialogue, working with dreams and Transpersonal Dialogue are explored in more depth.
Apprenticeship program
After the completion of the basic training module there is the possibility to be accepted into an ongoing apprenticeship program. This includes being able to participate and assist in any level 1 program for free. Individual sessions and supervision as well as groups supervision (telephone conference calls) are offered for reduced cost. Other training opportunities available are the local bi monthly extension days and evening programs. Part of the apprenticeship program is the emphasis on personal work…it is only possible to become a good facilitator when you have explored your own personality in-depth.
Local ongoing programs
After having completed level 1 there is the possibility of joining an ongoing fortnightly evening group and the bi monthly extension days. These are often very experiential deep explorations using a variety of Voice Dialogue tools. They suit especially participants who want to use Voice Dialogue to deepen their own personal process. Students who are interested in extending their facilitation skills are invited to practice the different techniques within the group.
Conscious Relating seminars
Ana frequently works with couples and there has been strong interest in extending this to weekend groups. These seminars are open to anyone with a genuine interest in understanding and mastering all kinds of relationships. Participants do not need to have any prior experience with Voice Dialogue. The groups are designed to give couples and singles more insight into the dynamics of relationship and to develop new ways of relating. The workshops include a theoretical exploration of the sub personalities engaged in a relationship and the bonding patterns that develop. Practical and experiential processes deepen these insights. There is the possibility to learn the beginnings of facilitating each other.
Voice Constellations
This dynamic and lively form of Voice Dialogue provides the opportunity to explore personality and relationship patterns within a group format. Participants do not need to have any prior experience with Voice Dialogue. Using different people within the group to embody the internal family of Selves, the participants have the opportunity to experience their personality in a three dimensional active form. This process can be used to explore relationships, allowing participants to experience how their protection patterns keeps them away from experiencing and expressing vulnerability, restricting their ability to connect more deeply and fully.
Telephone Conference calls
These meetings provide the opportunity to process personal and professional situations within a small supervision group. The prerequisite to be able to join is the completion of a level 1 seminar or a similar program. Participants do not have to be currently working in the counselling or coaching field. Some groups are more focused on the professional context whereas others provide the opportunity for a more in-depth personal process. Most are limited to 4 people, each person has the opportunity to explore an issue within a 30 minute timeframe.


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KnowYourMeme: Internet Meme Archive
KnowYourMeme features internet memes comprising of videos, images, news, discussions and more. Part of the well known vlog Rocketboom, the site archives web culture and stuff which has gone viral.
The homepage has a featured meme database which shows thumbnails of popular memes. When you click on a thumbnail, it takes you to the meme page which is basically a one-stop page for all the latest information about that topic/news.
It has videos, pictures, Google search insights, user discussions and much more. You can join in and comment, or suggest changes to the meme by signing up. You can also browse the image stream, video episodes and discussions.
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First Time Home Buyer Programs in New Orleans for Teachers
Overwhelmed by the many first time home buyer programs in New Orleans. Youth Rebuilding New Orleans is actively seeking first time home buyers in New Orleans. We have several properties that take advantage of the city's soft second mortgage program! Candidates must be teachers to qualify for our homes; however, if you are not a teacher we can still help you. We have partnered with another non-profit to help maximize the impact we can have. Please read the information below or visit the city's website. Please contact our organization if you or someone you may know could qualify for this program. Some applicants can qualify for up to $65,000 in forgivable loans.
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On October 27, 2011, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced a $52.3 million soft second mortgage homebuyer assistance initiative to be run by the City's Office of Community Development that will provide hundreds of New Orleans families an opportunity to become first-time homebuyers. The goal of the initiative is to strategically promote homeownership opportunities for low and moderate income residents and families who are buying their first homes. The city of New Orleans will provide affordable gap financing in the form of a "soft second" mortgage for two programs: the Direct Homebuyer Assistance Program and the Affordable Home Development Program.
The term "soft second" comes from the fact that the government is subsidizing money for potential homeowners through forgivable loans to purchase property and become first-time homebuyers. This subsidized loan bridges the affordability gap between the price of the home including closing costs and the maximum amount a homebuyer can borrow with a first mortgage loan. The homebuyer will receive only the amount of soft second funding that is needed to close the affordability gap which will be determined by need and annual household income. To be eligible for assistance, homebuyers must complete a pre-approved 12-hour homebuyer training course to prepare them to qualify for a mortgage and to become homeowners, sign a purchase contract for a home and obtain a commitment for a first mortgage.


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The following announcement has been made today at my own church in Walderslade, in West Malling, Offham and Kings Hill:
"We are very pleased to announce that, subject to the satisfactory completion of legal procedures and CRB checks, the Bishop of Rochester has offered the appointment as Priest-in-Charge for West Malling and Offham to the Rev'd David Green and that David has accepted."
So there you have it. In a few short months, I am going to be moving on from my curacy to become a Vicar! It's been an interesting couple of months as this post became available, I applied and my wife and I went through the emotional-energy-wringer that is the interview process.
I feel bad posting two photos of the church buildings at West Malling and Offham because it is the people that matter most, not the buildings, but I have to work the photo resources that I've got for the moment! It also doesn't pay any tribute to the Anglican community on Kings Hill who have no building of their own to photograph! I'm sure I'll get to know the people in due course.
We will be very sad to leave Walderslade and so many friends that we've made in our time here, but the missus and I are also really excited to accept this invitation and to become part of the next chapter of the story for St Mary's, St Michael's and the Anglican congregation on Kings Hill at a key time for all three church communities.
It's an exciting challenge. It's also very daunting. However, we can see that the Lord has led us in this direction and that encourages me enormously. All being well, we anticipate that we'll be moving house in August and my licensing as Priest-in-Charge will take place in September.


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The Tire division is known for maximizing safety through short braking distances and excellent grip as well as reducing fuel consumption by minimizing rolling resistance. Tires are the vehicle's only link with the road. They have to transmit all forces onto four areas of the road surface that are roughly the size of a postcard. In critical situations, it is the technology level of the tires that determines whether a vehicle is able to stop in time or stay in the correct lane during cornering maneuvers.
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* Responsible for the implementation and application of the Quality Management System in the designated area of responsibility;
* Supports the identification of manufacturing and quality issues affecting product quality;
* Performs internal audits on a regular basis;
* Daily, monthly and yearly analysis of the scrap figures and corrective actions;
* Issues work instructions for the material check, specifications, control plans and procedures;
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* Technical University degree;
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by Amy Lifson
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Those famous words do not actually appear in the original 1880 novel Ben-Hur by General Lew Wallace. Karl Tunberg, or more likely Christopher Fry or Gore Vidal (there was a dispute over the screenplay credit), gave that line to Roman patrician Quintus Arrius as he confronted the magnificent, nearly-naked galley slave Judah Ben-Hur, played by Charlton Heston, in the 1959 Hollywood blockbuster. The film cost MGM $15 million to make, won the studio a record eleven Oscars, and was seen by ninety-eight million people in cinemas across the United States. It was the only Hollywood movie to make the Vatican's official list of approved religious films, and, like clockwork, it is rebroadcast on network television every Easter. And yet the movie's acclaim still does not compare to the waves of religious ecstasy that followed the publication of the novel, which is the most influential Christian book written in the nineteenth century.
Since its first publication, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has never been out of print. It outsold every book except the Bible until Gone With the Wind came out in 1936, and resurged to the top of the list again in the 1960s. By 1900 it had been printed in thirty-six English-language editions and translated into twenty others, including Indonesian and Braille. more


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Cavalry FC players are alleging racist remarks were hurled their way during the fireworks that capped Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with host Forge FC in Hamilton.
At least three stars of Calgary's professional soccer side took to social media in the hours after the emotional game to express their disgust in the wake of the Canadian Championship contest that ended with a melee between players and coaches of both Canadian Premier League clubs.
An unconfirmed report says the Cavs were primarily incensed by abusive words from a Forge FC assistant coach.
"There's no place in the game for racism, whatever the circumstances," tweeted Cavalry FC midfielder Elijah Adekugbe (@elijahadekugbe). "What happened in last night's match was disappointing and should be dealt with to ensure the future of our game is something we can be proud of."
Added Cavs defender Nathan Mavila (@N_Mavila) on Twitter, "When things get heated is when you truly know what someone thinks. Things got heated last night but for someone to be racially abused in this day and age under any circumstances should not be condoned period. Action needs to be taken."
It's unclear exactly when the alleged remarks were made, but personnel from both sides came together in a brouhaha to conclude what was a hot-under-the-collar match that went down to the wire. There was plenty of pushing and shoving and words exchanged in the temperamental moments after the final whistle, not long after Cavs attacker Dominique Malonga tied the affair on a penalty shot that was wildly vilified by Forge FC and its fans at Tim Hortons Field.
The Hamilton-based club argued a dangerous kick by the Cavs attacker Jordan Brown should have made the play dead just seconds before Forge FC goalkeeper Quillan Roberts seemed to deliberately take down an onrushing Malonga, who was attempting to track down the ball in tight on the home-side goal.
Roberts was issued a red card and ejected from the game, giving Malonga the penalty shot on a midfielder-turned-goalie — since Forge FC had already used up all three substitutions — that produced the tying strike five minutes into injury time.
Frustrations then boiled over at the final whistle seconds later, as both squads pushed and shoved their way around the pitch for several minutes.
It's not certain if any punches were thrown in the lengthy dust-up.
Regardless, the Cavs came out on social media post-game about the racial slurs they were subject to during the night.
"We'll be reporting this as a team," wrote the Cavs' Brown on Instagram. "Hopefully the right call gets made."
As the two teams tangled post-game in Leg 1 of the second-round Canadian Championship series, fans apparently got in on the action — at least verbally — as well.
"Cameras aren't going to lie," said Cavalry FC head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. "So I'm sure the Canadian soccer (disciplinarians) will review the game film at the end of the game and review what happened with fans."
The same two teams met last month in a heated 2-1 decision also favouring Cavalry FC that was again decided in the 95th minute on Nico Pasquotti's timely goal. That contest, a CPL regular-season tilt, was also played at Tim Hortons Field.
The Cavs and the Forge meet for Leg 2 of the Canadian Championship challenge — also known as the Battle of the North — next Tuesday at Spruce Meadows' ATCO Field (7:30 p.m.).


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After two days of deliberations by gambling regulators, the race for the state's sole slot parlor license appears to have narrowed into a head-to-head contest between Penn National Gaming and Cordish Cos., the companies that consistently scored best in the state gambling commission's exhaustive review of the three proposals.
On Thursday, in the commission's most anticipated meeting since the panel was formed in 2012, the five members are set to begin their final discussions to decide which project will win the state's sole slot parlor license.
Commissioners expect to pick a winner no later than Friday. Their decision could come as soon as Thursday.
Not even the commissioners are sure how the discussions will unfold, but they probably will look a lot like a jury deliberation — if juries had to perform in open session before a public audience and the media.
"We're learning as we go on this, but I think I'll probably ask everybody where they stand," said commission chairman Stephen Crosby, explaining to reporters how he will kick off the final deliberations.
The panel has had very few split votes, and the commissioners will try to be unanimous this week, if they can, on such a significant choice.
The discussions will take into account a series of rankings the commission has developed for each project, across five distinct categories.
Commissioners, each of whom oversaw the review in one category, spent Tuesday and Wednesday presenting their findings.
Penn National's proposal, planned for Plainridge Racecourse in Plainville, earned the highest score in two of the five categories: finance and mitigation. The Cordish project, proposed for Jungle Road in Leominster, won one category: general overview of development plans. The two developers tied for the top score in other categories: building and site design, and economic development.
The commission has yet to decide how much weight to give to each category. Those decisions are expected to evolve during the panel's final deliberations.
A third proposal, by Raynham Park, the simulcast parlor and former dog track in Raynham, won no categories. In many cases it scored behind both Penn and Cordish, and it is difficult to imagine, based on the rankings, how Raynham could leapfrog the other two projects. The commissioners, who reviewed the projects in two categories on Tuesday, finished up the final three categories Wednesday.
On economic development, Penn and Cordish each scored "very good" ratings for encouraging tourism, support for external businesses, and for job creation, finishing ahead of Raynham Park, which was rated "sufficient" in each area, according to documents summarizing the review led by commissioner Bruce Stebbins.
In the mitigation category, which included a comparison of the strength of public support for each project, the three applicants rated equally on the contents of their negotiated municipal host agreements, and their deals with surrounding communities.
Cordish's traffic management plan scored best among the three. "It was a more detailed plan than the others, with more commitments to the community," said commissioner Gayle Cameron, who led the review of the mitigation category.
Penn National's plans to combat problem gambling earned the highest score. Its "responsible gambling practices appear to meet, and in a number of cases exceed, the American Gaming Association's responsible code of conduct," Cameron said.
In the fifth and final category of review — general overview — Cordish came out on top.
The Central Massachusetts project, near the junction of Interstate 190 and Route 117, was "judged to be the most effective regional location for a gaming facility, on the theory that in the long run, the region is least likely to be served by the other Mass. gaming facilities," according to a summary of the review, led by Crosby.
Crosby said he was pleased with the way the commission's public presentations had unfolded over many hours on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"What we've wanted to do is have a participatory, transparent process," he said.
The state's expanded gambling law, passed in 2011, authorized as many as three resort-style casinos and one slot parlor permitted to have 1,250 slot machines. The slot applicants are also offering restaurants and other amenities.
The slots license will cost $25 million; the slot parlor will pay a 49 percent state tax on gambling revenue.
Mark Arsenault can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @bostonglobemark


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A study published by the University of Reading's Centre for Agri Environmental Research suggests that honeybees may not be as important to pollination services in the UK than previously supposed. The research was published in the Journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.
"Pollination services are vital to agricultural productivity in the UK" says lead author Tom Breeze "as of 2007, 20% of the UK's cropland was covered by insect pollinated crops like oilseed rape and apples. For decades now we have assumed that honeybees have been providing the majority of pollination services to these systems but have very limited evidence to base this assumption on."
But the study, which compared the number of hives present in the UK with the numbers research suggests are required to optimise crop yields, demonstrates that the UK has, at best, only 1/3 of the honeybees it needs. This compares to 70% of its requirements in the 1980's. These astonishing declines in the capacity of honeybees to satisfy UK pollination requirements have raised questions about what other species may be providing services to UK cropland.
"You would think that such a severe deficit in honeybees would cause massive loss of crop productivity" adds Professor Simon Potts who led the study team "However, examining yields of these crops since the 80's, they have just kept going up. While some of that is down to better production systems, other species have probably stepped in to fill the gap left by honeybees."
The results of the study demonstrate the need to explore what benefits UK crop growers are gaining from the UK's 250 species of wild bees, many of which are now threatened by intensive agricultural practices. However, the study also iterates that honeybees are still an important component in providing pollination services to UK agriculture with the authors citing examples from Scotland and the US where a combination of species is needed to maximise yield and quality.
Original publication: T.D. Breeze, A.P. Bailey, K.G. Balcombe and S.G. Potts, Pollination services in the UK: How important are honeybees?, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, published online 20 May 2011, doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.020 <http://dx.
Other press releases from the STEP project:
Pollinators make critical contribution to healthy diets Posted on 24 of June
Pollination services at risk following declines of Swedish bumblebees Posted on 21 June
First analysis of invasive plant impacts worldwide Posted on 20 May
Major European project taking steps to protect pollinators Posted on 16 May