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The Weekend Stream: July 2, 2021
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While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter!
And today's is a bit super-sized, bringing together releases from this week, last week and even a few that might've missed your release radars!
Jonathan Wolff, Seinfeld: Original Television Soundtrack (WaterTower Music) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
This week's super-sized Weekend Stream is hardly about nothing: today sees the premiere release in any format of music from the long-running, critically-acclaimed NBC sitcom Seinfeld. Wolff's instrumental theme song, based around sampled synth slap bass and mouthy beatboxing, is a staple of TV history, and the accompanying album features score from across the show's entire run - including favorites like George Costanza's "Believe It or Not"-esque answering machine music!
The White Stripes, White Blood Cells (Deluxe Edition) (Third Man/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
Following Legacy's collaboration with Third Man that started with a White Stripes greatest hits album, Jack and Meg White's breakthrough third album - which featured the standout tracks "Fell in Love with a Girl" and "We're Going to Be Friends" - has been digitally reissued, paired with a live set at Detroit's Gold Dollar club on June 7, 2001. White Blood Cells is one of three White Stripes albums (alongside their 1999 debut and 2003's Elephant) that are also available to download in HD, with additional titles made available later this year.
Nas, It Was Written (Expanded Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
For the 25th anniversary of this stellar sophomore album, Nas' It Was Written has been rewritten with two bonus tracks making their digital debuts. A vinyl/cassette bundle is also being released this fall through Get On Down.
Roberta Flack, Chapter Two / Quiet Fire: 50th Anniversary Editions (Atlantic/Rhino)
Chapter Two: iTunes / Amazon / Spotify
Quiet Fire: iTunes / Amazon / Spotify
Last year, Roberta Flack opened the vaults for a 50th anniversary edition of her 1969 Atlantic Records debut First Take. The song stylist, working with producer Joel Dorn, followed up First Take in 1970 and 1971 with Chapter Two and Quiet Fire, respectively. Now, those two LPs have also received the expanded edition treatment - albeit (for now) in the digital domain only. Chapter Two, originally released in August 1970, featured Flack's interpretations of songs by Bob Dylan ("Just Like a Woman"), Jimmy Webb ("Do What You Gotta Do"), and Gene McDaniels ("Reverend Lee") along with classic ballad material ripe for rediscovery such as "Let It Be Me" and Man of La Mancha's "The Impossible Dream." The latter was only four years old but already had entered the pantheon of American standards; Flack eschewed bombast in favor of the quiet intensity that marked her finest work. The remastered Chapter Two has been expanded with just one bonus track, but it's a significant one: "Midnight Cowboy." Joni Mitchell's evocative song, written for but not used in the film of the same name, makes its debut here in Flack's cool, sly rendition - while Mitchell's own recording will appear this fall on her Archives Vol. 2 box set.
Quiet Fire, first released in November 1971, offered more from Webb ("See You Then") and McDaniels ("Sunday and Sister Jones") as well as Carole King and Gerry Goffin ("Will You Love Me Tomorrow") and the Bee Gees ("To Love Somebody"). Pop, R&B, jazz, folk, and gospel all intersected in Flack's discography as she stripped the soul of each song bare. The remastered Quiet Storm gains a remarkable seven bonuses including such familiar titles reinvented Flack-style as "What's Going On," "Here, There, and Everywhere," "O-o-h Child," and an epic, moody, 15-minute-long deconstruction of Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett's "Superstar." Shortly after the release of Quiet Fire, Flack's 1969 recording of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" would ascend the charts to No. 1 Pop and AC, and No. 4 R&B. The rest is history - hopefully soon to be addressed in further expanded editions from this singular, uncompromising vocalist.
Various Artists, Casablanca Classics (Casablanca/UMe) / Philadelphia International Records: The 12" Mixes Vol. 1 (PIR/Legacy)
Casablanca Classics: iTunes / Amazon / Spotify
Philadelphia International Records: The 12" Mixes Vol. 1: iTunes / Amazon / Spotify
Casablanca Classics has just five tracks but runs almost an hour long. Why? These five tracks are all extended 12" dance mixes from the vaults of one of disco's most famous labels. Collectively they're a floor-filling grab bag with Donna Summer's immortal "I Feel Love" in Patrick Cowley's definitive megamix; Teri DeSario's Bee Gees-penned and -produced "Ain't Nothin' Gonna Keep Me from You;" Meco's deliciously kitschy medley of John Williams' soaring Superman themes; Giorgio Moroder's "The Chase" from his soundtrack to Midnight Express; and a sizzling medley from producer Bruce Weeden's studio group Ultimate.
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records has taken a similar approach for another newer release. The 12" Mixes Vol. 1 is even more expansive, with 21 tracks and over two hours of music from the City of Brotherly Love's finest artists. These mixes represent PIR's biggest names (Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, McFadden and Whitehead) and some of the label's most unknown (Jocko, Frantique, The Force). This selection represents The Sound of Philadelphia at its absolute funkiest, with the irresistible rhythms emphasized and the grooves extended. Philly soul paved the way for disco; these tracks show the label's artists, producers, arrangers, and musicians embracing the dance genre on their own terms.
The Roots, Do You Want More??!!!?! (Deluxe Version) (DGC/Geffen/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
Another recent hip-hop expansion is The Roots' sophomore album, originally released in 1995. It's more than doubled in length with a selection of remixes and outtakes curated by the rap band's drummer Questlove (whose Summer of Soul documentary is now streaming on Hulu).
Lionel Richie, Time (Deluxe Edition) (Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
The ongoing plan to digitally expand all of Lionel Richie's non-Motown material continues apace with last month's expansion of Time. The 1998 album, featuring production by longtime collaborator James Anthony Carmichael as well as soft-pop king David Foster, got a muted reception upon initial release, but features some standout tracks like "I Hear Your Voice," "Closest Thing to Heaven" and Richie's own take on "Lady," the country-pop smash he penned for Kenny Rogers in the '80s. Bonus cuts include mixes of the title track as well as a then-modern remix of "All Night Long (All Night)," plus some intimate live versions of "Easy" and "Stuck on You."
The Art of Noise, In Visible Silence (Deluxe Edition) (Warner Music U.K.) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
The Art of Noise's 1986 sophomore album came at a critical juncture for the dance-pop collective, with members Trevor Horn and Paul Morley exiting the group over a dispute in direction. Continuing as the trio of Anne Dudley, Gary Langan and J.J. Jeczalik, In Visible Silence found success through novelty, namely through the U.K. hits "Peter Gunn" (a cover of the Henry Mancini theme with guitarist Duane Eddy) and "Paranoimia" (featuring Matt Frewer as digital TV gadfly Max Headroom). This deluxe edition, originally released on CD in 2017, features a host of single mixes, B-sides and then-unreleased outtakes.
Fleetwood Mac, Fireflies/One More Night (Demos) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)
If you wanted access to the demos included on the 7" that came with the super deluxe edition of Fleetwood Mac's Live album without adding another box set to your shelf, this is your chance: they're now available digitally.
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God created with functional maturity, not 'appearance of age'
by Jonathan Sarfati
Published: 10 March 2015 (GMT+10)
Philip Gosse (1810–1888)
Extracted and adapted from the author's landmark 2015 book The Genesis Account: A theological, historical, and scientific commentary on Genesis 1–11.1
One striking feature of the record of God's creative acts in Genesis 1 is	that the created things are fully ready to perform their appointed tasks. On Day	3, God created the plants mature, already bearing seeds. Later on, on Days 5 and	6, He created animals as adults ready to multiply, and finally Adam and Eve, likewise	as adults, able to speak and multiply. For inanimate objects, on Day 4, God created	the sun and stars already shining. All this is creation with functional maturity.
In contrast, there is an errant concept of 'creation with apparent age'.	One obvious flaw is that age has no appearance! Rather, we infer an age from appearance, after making certain assumptions about processes	changing over time, and about the starting conditions.2
I will try to explain further, presenting some case studies from Scripture and from	various Christians, including the errant but often-misunderstood ideas of Philip	Gosse.
What would be observed
A hypothetical modern observer who travelled back in time to see Adam and Eve at	the end of Day 6 might infer that they were 20-year-old adults, but in reality they	were less than a day old. However, they were mature adults. Also, when created,	the blood in their arteries was already oxygenated so it could power the cells in	the body. Nowadays, the oxygen comes from the air through the lungs into the blood.
But one striking feature, distinguishing them from all their descendants, would	be the absence of navels, since the navel (umbilicus or belly button) is the scar where the umbilical cord attached us to our mothers via the placenta. There is also a thinning of the abdominal muscles, which is a potential vulnerability to hernias.	Adam and Eve were direct creations of God, so had no navel. A navel in either of them would seem to have no function apart from looking like a history that never happened.
Some have fallaciously claimed that Adam and Eve had navels, because they would have had genes for them to pass on to their offspring. However, it's not just a matter of having genes for a navel. Genes are also switched on and off in precise sequence during embryonic development. Any genes controlling the navel are expressed during embryo development as tissues accommodate the umbilical cord. So today, our tissues are arranged in this way because of developmental sequence more than genetic coding per se. So since Adam and Eve had no mothers, there would have been no development of the navel.
Such arguments also overlook that Adam and Eve also had genes for embryonic and fetal hemoglobin, deciduous teeth, growth hormone, and controlling the changes in puberty, since these were also passed on to their descendants. But in this founding couple created as fully grown adults, these genes were never expressed either.
Similarly, the trees on Day 3 would be mature trees, and a time-travelling observer might infer that they were hundreds of years old. But if he chopped a tree down,	he might be dumbfounded by the lack of growth rings. Growth rings today are a record of mostly seasonal changes in the rate of wood growth, although not always annual. E.g. in dry climates, such as those in which the long-lived bristlecone pines grow, each heavy rainfall can produce a new ring. Also, even trees growing next to each other don't always have the same growth patterns, so correlations are problematic.3
There is an errant concept of 'creation with apparent age'. One obvious flaw is that age has no appearance! Rather, we infer an age from appearance, after making certain assumptions about processes	changing over time, and about the starting conditions.
Similarly, God probably created the sun with a fair amount of helium. A good amount	of helium seems like a design feature so that the sun is hot enough. The	reason is as follows. A helium nucleus (alpha particle) takes up less room than	four hydrogen nuclei (protons). This makes the core contract, and the higher temperature	and pressure increases the rate of nuclear fusion, hence energy output. It may also	be responsible for the sun's exceptional stability.4
But working back, a pure hydrogen sun would be much cooler—this is called	the faint young sun paradox.5 Evolutionists	and long-agers believe that life appeared on the earth about 3.8 billion years ago.	But if that were true, the sun would be 25% brighter today than it was back then.	This implies that the earth would have been frozen at an average temperature of –3°C. However, most paleontologists believe that, if anything, the earth was warmer	in the past.6
Adam and Eve were direct creations of God, so had no navel. A navel in either of them would seem to have no function apart from looking like a history that never happened.
Does 'mature creation' make God a deceiver?
By no means! Since age is an inference based on assumptions, there is no deception	involved when people make the wrong assumptions about the starting conditions. Indeed,	how could God be deceiving when He has told us plainly when He created? Rather,	those who deny His word are deceiving themselves. A charge of deception could only	apply if the appearance of a false history were created, one which was totally unnecessary	for functional maturity. Some examples are given in the discussion on Gosse and	'Light created in transit?' in the boxes below.
This concept has been cleverly illustrated by a parable about a candle, which I	thoroughly recommend as a good way of understanding why maturity is not deceptive.7
Gosse and Omphalos
Philip Henry Gosse (1810–1888) was an English biblical creationist who was also a leading science writer and popularizer, almost the David Attenborough of Victorian England (apart from Attenborough's staunch atheopathy of course). He was also an accomplished marine biologist and ornithologist, and inventor of the seawater aquarium. Unfortunately, he is best known for one monumental blunder.
Gosse was a contemporary of Darwin. To understand the background, Darwin's biological evolution was firmly based on geological evolution and long ages as taught by his mentor Charles Lyell,8 and Lyell's hero James Hutton (1726–1797).9 By Darwin's time, much of the church had already capitulated on the latter.10
Gosse had not though. In 1857, two years before Darwin wrote Origin of Species, Gosse tried to refute long ages with his Omphalos: an Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot. Omphalos (ὀμφαλός) is Greek for navel, and Gosse believed that Adam and Eve were created with them.
Most modern readers actually misunderstood what Gosse proposed. Gosse's failure was unfortunately to propose the unbiblical idea that time moved in a circle, which God interrupted when He created. Gosse called this time of real history since creation, 'diachronic'; while 'before' creation, the cycling time was unreal, 'virtual' time he called 'prochronic'. Thus Adam and Eve would have been created with a navel to reflect a prochronic history of growing from a mother's womb, even though there was no real 'diachronic' history of such a thing. Indeed, no evidence in the present could differentiate features produced in diachronic or prochronic time:
… we cannot avoid the conclusion that each organism was from the first marked with the records of a previous being. But since creation and previous history are inconsistent with each other; as the very idea of the creation of an organism excludes the idea of pre-existence of that organism, or any part of it; it follows, that such records are false, so far as they testify to time; that the developments and processes thus recorded have been produced without time, or are what I call 'prochronic'.
However, he won not a single convert to his views at the time, precisely because Christians thought that it would make God a deceiver. As shown, this was not Gosse's intention, but this is what everyone inferred. Also, scientists didn't like it because it was ad hoc, and making no practical difference was also thus untestable.
Nor has any modern creationist ever accepted the idea of God faking it, or planting evidence to test faith or such rubbish—despite the rather dishonest claims to the contrary by some misotheists, and even some sloppily-researching theists who should know better.11 But under an atheistic morality, what's wrong with deception? One evolutionist educator is even on record claiming that it's OK to deceive kids if it helps them believe in evolution.12
However, although Gosse was trying to defend the Bible, the Bible teaches a real linear history. Indeed, this was one feature that led to the blossoming of modern science in Christianized Europe.13 Conversely, a cyclical view of history goes back to the pagan Greek philosophers and is still followed by eastern religions. Gosse's view also contradicts 2 Peter 3:3–6:
Scoffers will … deliberately ignore this fact, … the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
This suggests that the Flood must have left some dramatic evidence, otherwise why would scoffers be held culpable for 'deliberately ignoring' the fact of the Flood if there is no evidence? Yet Gosse's theory of prochronic time is by definition indistinguishable from uniformitarian real time. By similar reasoning, Romans 1:18–22 is a good argument against theistic evolution. Verse 20 says:
Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
This passage clearly teaches that unbelievers won't have the slightest excuse for unbelief, because God's power and deity can be 'clearly seen' from nature. This seems to be a strong support for the argument from design. Both these passages imply that the fault is not just ignoring the testimony of God's written Word, although that is bad enough. Rather, they hold the unbelievers culpable even for ignoring the independent support in nature.
It's common to claim that this book made Gosse a lifelong failure, largely because of the purported biography Father and Son (1907) by his embittered apostate son Edmund (1849–1928). In reality, Omphalos was more an anomaly, written in the months after Philip's beloved first wife Emily died painfully of breast cancer. In the three years after Omphalos, Gosse published four books and over 30 scientific papers. And in 1860, he began a second very happy marriage with Eliza Brightwen (1813–1900), who became a loving stepmother to young Edmund. A modern biographer of the Gosses has documented serious errors of fact in Father and Son, and argued that Edmund was jealous of his father's superior abilities and tried to elevate himself by denigrating his father's character.14
Light created in transit? A modern Omphalos
Many creationists in the past have proposed a solution for the distant starlight problem: that God created not only the stars but also the light beams in transit. But this is reminiscent of Gosse's Omphalos idea. It fails for the same reason: while neither Gosse nor these creationists intend this, it would make God into a deceiver, by showing 'evidence' of events that have not happened. That is, this light pattern would show events that under this theory have never happened.
For example, a supernova is an explosion of a massive star that temporarily outshines its entire galaxy. But in 'core collapse' supernovae, this explosion is preceded by a collapse of the outer layers. This results in huge amounts of fusion reactions that produce enormous numbers of neutrinos. These are ghostly particles that interact only by the 'nuclear weak force', so mostly pass straight through matter. Then this implosion 'bounces', creating the explosion that we see. But because neutrinos pass almost unimpeded through matter, while light doesn't, we detect the neutrinos from a supernova several hours before the light.
But the 'light-created-in-transit' model would entail that a neutrino stream was created followed by a light stream, and just appear as if a supernova had exploded according to the laws of physics.
Creation Book Publishers, Powder Springs, GA. Return to text.
Wieland, C., The earth: how old does it look? Creation 23(1):8–13, 2000; creation.com/earth-look. Return to text.
Batten, D., Tree ring dating (dendrochronology), creation.com/tree-rings, 2001. Return to text.
Sarfati, J., Age of the Sun, creation.com/sun-age, 13 November 2011. Return to text.
Sarfati, J., Our steady sun: a problem for billions of years, Creation 26(3):52–53, 2004; creation.com/faint-sun. Return to text.
Faulkner, D., The young faint sun paradox and the age of the solar system, J. Creation 15(2):3–4, 2001. Return to text.
Wiebe, Garth, The Parable of the Candle, creation.com/candle. Return to text.
Statham, D., Darwin, Lyell and Origin of Species, creation.com/darwin-and-lyell, 5 November 2009. Return to text.
Reed, J., St Hutton's Hagiography, J. Creation 22(2):121–127, 2008; creation.com/hutton2. Return to text.
Mortenson, T., The origin of old-earth geology and its ramifications for life in the 21st century, J. Creation 18(1):22–26, 2004; creation.com/oldearth. Return to text.
E.g. philosopher Alvin Plantinga (1932– ) wrote that biblical ('young earth') creationists "often suggest that when God created the world 6,000–10,000 years ago, he created it in a 'mature state', complete with crumbling mountains, fossils, and light apparently travelling from stars millions of light years distant." (Where The Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism, p. 10, Oxford University Press; see review by Kay, M., J. Creation 28(2): 29–34). Of course, even a modicum of research would have shown that creationists believe that fossils are the result of rapid burial, mostly during Noah's Flood, and that today's mountains were uplifted after the Flood. Return to text.
Zivkovic, B. (aka 'Coturnix'), Why teaching evolution is dangerous, scienceblogs.com, 25 August 2008. See also Sarfati, J., Evolutionist: it's OK to deceive students to believe evolution; creation.com/deceive, 24 September 2008. Return to text.
Sarfati, J., (1) Why does science work at all? Creation 31(3):12–14, 2009; creation.com/whyscience; and (2) The biblical roots of modern science, Creation 32(4), 2010; creation.com/roots. Return to text.
Thwaite, Ann, Glimpses of the Wonderful: The Life of Philip Henry Gosse, 1810–1888, 2002. Return to text.
Is Genesis poetry / figurative, a theological argument (polemic) and thus not history?
How can distant starlight reach us in just 6,000 years?
Age of the Sun
Tree ring dating (dendrochronology)
The 19th Century ferment—Charles Lyell, Thomas Chalmers, Henry Drummond, Philip Henry Gosse
Analogy and geology—the 'science' of Charles Lyell
Did the Genesis 1 'days' vary in length?
Genesis Questions and Answers
Creation Compromises
'Young' age of the Earth & Universe Q&A
Science, the Bible, and the Age of the Earth (Creation Magazine LIVE! 8-04)
Is Genesis poetry?
The Genesis Account
Refuting Compromise, updated & expanded
by Dr Jonathan Sarfati
Refuting Compromise
Kindle (.mobi)
eReader (.epub)
15 Reasons to Take Genesis as History
by Dr Don Batten, Dr Jonathan D Sarfati
Six Days ... Really?
God Created With Functional Maturity Creation.com Article Podcast


Mathematica 6 uses new algorithms developed at Wolfram Research to add industrial-strength constrained nonlinear optimization and fitting. Fully integrated into the Mathematica system, Mathematica 6 provides a uniquely powerful modeling language in which problems can be specified directly in symbolic form—and then automatically analyzed to select the best algorithms to use.
Automatic selection between multiple algorithms, including linear and nonlinear interior point methods.
Automatic computation of gradients and Hessians using automatic differentiation.
Integrated with Mathematica database functionality, FinancialData, etc.


In November of 2011, Mary Wolf, and her son Danny, renovated a 100-year-old Nelson County schoolhouse into a restaurant, built an adjacent brewery, and began the story of Wild Wolf Brewing Company. Mary, a business-savvy entrepreneur, takes care of the business, and Danny, a formally educated Brewmaster, oversees production of an ever-expanding portfolio of award-winning ales and lagers. They now distribute cans, 22 oz. bottles, and draught throughout the entire state of Virginia, and also Washington, DC. Their current portfolio includes six year-round beers, over a dozen rotating and seasonal beers, and occasional single-batch creations.


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Network of Research and Policy Communities for Innovation: An Analysis of Co-Evolution of Technology and Institution
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Note: This is part of the panel presentation "Knowledge Use and Exchange for Policy and Society in Japan: Concepts and Practices." In this paper, we examine how collaboration networks involving academia, industry, and the public sector are formed and how technology and institution are co-evolved leading to innovation. A case study is conducted on the development of lead-free solders in the electric and electronic industry in Japan, Europe, and the United States. The structure and evolution of university-industry collaboration networks in Japan, Europe, and the United States are analyzed with expensive data on the participants in research and development projects and consortia as well as scientific papers, patent applications, and commercialization of products related to lead-free solders. Proposals to regulate the use of lead for soldering in products, including electronic equipment, were initially made in the United States. While the proposed legislation was not enacted in the end, the move to develop lead-free soldering technologies was started at the industrial level in Japan, through the initiative of university professors, who set up a working group on lead-free solders within academic society. Since then, several research and development projects have been established, with the later ones receiving financial support from the public sector. These have involved not only large manufacturers of consumer electronic products but also small firms producing materials and equipment for solders, as well as universities and public research institutes. Through these projects, technological development and evaluation were conducted cooperatively, with the formulation of roadmaps headed by university professors being particularly effective in coordinating the views and behavior of the diverse actors, with clearly specified milestones towards the development of lead-free soldering technologies. The establishment of extensive collaboration networks in Japan, linking academia, industry, and the public sector, was critical in promoting innovation on lead-free solders. On the other hand, although a legislative move toward regulating the use of lead was made earlier in the United States than in other regions, the formation of networks between universities, companies, and public institutes did not proceed quickly, as discussions on regulation ceased, although the U.S. networks have been growing rapidly, with several public institutes centrally positioned along with large electronic companies. Compared with Japan and the United States, the formation of networks in Europe has been delayed. While there are several European universities that have been very active in conducting scientific research on lead-free solders, the European networks have been created with universities and companies positioned in separate parts of the networks, which could have contributed to inhibiting close collaboration between universities and industry for the development of lead-free solders. One of the reasons for the delay in forming networks in Europe and the United States could be that university researchers in Europe and the United States did not play the critical role of taking the initiative, at least at an early stage of technological development, to create networks linking academic researchers, public institutes, and companies producing materials and equipment in industry for cooperation and coordination in technological evaluation and standardization. Technological progress which was promoted through the formation of university-industry collaboration networks, however, did not induce corresponding institutional changes in Japan. The university researchers who played a major role in the technological network for developing lead-free solders were not involved in the institutional network for discussing environmental regulations. This separation of technological and regulatory networks can also be observed in Europe and the United States. In that sense, technology and institution did not co-evolve through overlapping domestic networks. On the other hand, technological and institutional changes influenced each other beyond national or regional boundaries. The initiatives to introduce stringent regulations on the use of lead in the United States encouraged university-industry networks for technological development in Japan. The demonstration of the feasibility of lead-free solders through university-industry collaboration in Japan prompted the introduction of strict regulations in Europe. This regulatory development in turn encouraged further innovative activities in each region. In that process, the university researchers who made significant contributions to the development of lead-free solders through university-industry collaboration networks in Japan also initiated creating international networks for establishing technical specificities and standards at the global level.
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Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (3rd - Atlanta - 2009) [176]


This colorful, warm beet salad is the perfect dish for a cool evening as summer draws to a close. Beets and walnuts are both loaded with potassium, protein, and fiber, plus other amazing nutrients. Add a pop of color with corn, purple cabbage, spinach, and basil for a vibrant dinner that's bursting with flavor. Detoxing Beet Walnut Salad Serves 4 to 6 Ingredients 10 small red beets Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 3 tbsp. olive oil 4 tbsp. raw walnut halves Pinch lemon zest 4 cups baby spinach 1 cup frozen corn kernels, defrosted 1 cup shaved purple cabbage 2 tsp. finely chopped fresh basil 1 1/2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar Juice of 1 orange Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove tops and roots of beets and peel them with a vegetable peeler. Slice beets into 1-inch chunks. Place beets on a baking sheet and toss with oil, salt, and pepper. Roast for 35 minutes or until tender, turning once with a spatula to ensure even roasting. Remove from oven; toss with balsamic and orange juice. Add remaining ingredients and serve immediately. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Serve warm.
This colorful, warm beet salad is the perfect dish for a cool evening as summer draws to a close. Beets and walnuts are both loaded with potassium, protein, and fiber, plus other amazing nutrients. Add a pop of color with corn, purple cabbage, spinach, and basil for a vibrant dinner that's bursting with flavor.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove tops and roots of beets and peel them with a vegetable peeler. Slice beets into 1-inch chunks. Place beets on a baking sheet and toss with oil, salt, and pepper. Roast for 35 minutes or until tender, turning once with a spatula to ensure even roasting. Remove from oven; toss with balsamic and orange juice. Add remaining ingredients and serve immediately. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Serve warm.


Hundreds of car enthusiasts paid accolade to two collapsed NYPD officers, active their archetypal and alien cartage from Nassau to Queens Sunday morning.
The Long Island Alien Club sponsored the Run for the Dejected accident that appearance almost 600 vehicles, including Corvettes, Lamborghinis, trucks and BMWs, all of which bore dejected ribbons in account of the officers. The accident was additionally a fundraiser and there was a $25 donation and access fee for all vehicles. which will go adjoin the families of the collapsed officers, organizers said.
The advance larboard the Alien Classics architecture in Syosset, activity bottomward Jericho Turnpike, and catastrophe at Cunningham Esplanade in Fresh Meadows, Queens, breadth there was a commemoration with a blush bouncer and bagpipes, according to organizers.
Officers Rafael Ramos, 40, and Administrator Wenjian Liu, 32, were gunned bottomward in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on Dec. 20 by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, who again attempt himself to afterlife in a adjacent alms station. Brinsley had beforehand attempt and blood-soaked his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore County, Maryland, and acquaint threats adjoin badge on amusing media, law administration admiral said. Ramos and Liu were posthumously answer to the rank of first-grade detective.
The alien car advance featured a dozen auto clubs from the tri-state area, organizers said.
"The accident of two NYPD admiral addled us decidedly hard. We absitively to put calm what we accounted the advance of respect," said organizer Bobby Sands, admiral of the Long Island Exotics Club.
Retired NYPD auto-crime administrator Joe Deleon, 46, collection his Skyline GTR 33, which was alien from Japan and has a council caster on the appropriate ancillary of the car, in the motorcade.
Leo Mirzo, 25, apery United Speed Association, fabricated the cruise from Old Tappan in arctic New Jersey with his 430 atramentous Ferrari.
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Deon J. Hampton abutting Newsday in June 2012. He covers Brookhaven Town.


Hi Cathy! Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel!
Dessert parties and other dining events play by their own set of rules, which at times seem non-existent. Unlike Advanced Dining Reservations for table-service meals that open at 7 a.m. EST exactly 180 days before you check-in to your Walt Disney World Resort Hotel, some food-based events are unable to be booked until much closer to your trip. I had the same problem with the Fantasmic! Dessert and VIP Viewing Experience for my own trip in March; four months before our arrival I could finally see that it was to be hosted on the night we'll be in Disney's Hollywood Studios, however I was unable to secure our reservation until 90 days out.
The best advice I have is to keep checking back. I looked up the dessert parties you'd like to attend, and from today Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party at Disney's Hollywood Studios is both showing availability and is able to be booked for the rest of this month plus the entirety of the next two. Frozen Ever After Sparkling Dessert Party at Epcot World Showcase is only showing availability for select nights for the rest of this month plus next month. Both options at Magic Kingdom Park, the Tomorrowland Terrace party as well as the Plaza Garden Viewing, show availability for the next 90 days. To book any of these dessert parties you may do so online or call (407) WDW-DINE or (407) 939-3463.
I hope you're getting excited about your upcoming Walt Disney World Resort vacation, Cathy, and we'll see you real soon!


20 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins. 2 David took the crown from the head of their king[a]—its weight was found to be a talent[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David's head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city 3 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead. 15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[d] the Jebusite.
25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels[f] of gold for the site. 26 David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
2 So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. 3 He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed. 4 He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.
5 David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it." So David made extensive preparations before his death.
11 "Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would. 12 May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
23 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
6 David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel—three in all.
Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran—three in all.
These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
Jahath, Ziza,[j] Jeush and Beriah.
These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
11 Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel—four in all.
Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever. 14 The sons of Moses the man of God were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
Micah the first and Ishiah the second.
22 Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth—three in all.
24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the Lord. 25 For David had said, "Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, 26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service." 27 According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.
28 The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. 29 They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. 30 They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening 31 and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
32 And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests. 3 With the help of Zadok a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering. 4 A larger number of leaders were found among Eleazar's descendants than among Ithamar's, and they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of families from Eleazar's descendants and eight heads of families from Ithamar's descendants. 5 They divided them impartially by casting lots, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.
6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officials: Zadok the priest, Ahimelek son of Abiathar and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar.
from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
23 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first,[k] Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
from the sons of Ishiah: Zechariah.
26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zakkur and Ibri.
28 From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
30 And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth.
These were the Levites, according to their families. 31 They also cast lots, just as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did, in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelek, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites. The families of the oldest brother were treated the same as those of the youngest.
1 Chronicles 22:9 Solomon sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for peace.


Nowadays, there are many complex construction projects which undergo a lot of phases during their project management, job site operations as well as the actual phase of construction. And while there are many traditional ways to observe these processes, companies must adapt to new and improved approaches that will expedite their project delivery and keep their projects above the needed standards.
Along with this, the entire construction industry is aiming at a higher level. Skyscrapers are expected to be taller and buildings are expected to be greener and more efficient. In cases like these, the need for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance is more than just needed. In fact, the use of drone technology on commercial construction projects goes in line with the needs and requirements of this industry.
In a paper, an author and student at the California Polytechnic State University named Andrew Lin explores the possibilities of this technology – and its potential use in construction projects.
As the author notes, the nature of the construction industry and its mean and methods have not see much change or development compared to other industries (such as medicine and manufacturing) and many construction processes require manpower and workers getting on their hands and knees to accomplish.
Luckily, there are still aspects in construction in which technology can marginally replace human labor through mechanization. In this manner, many construction processes require projects involving manpower and workers getting on their hands and needs to accomplish.
The use of drone technology can drastically improve the mechanization, since there are many aspects in construction in which (this) technology can marginally replace the human labor while increasing the productivity and safety.
In the following sections, the author of this paper focuses on the impact on drone technology, evaluating the history of documentation of construction projects – especially at the time during which it was virtually impossible.
According to the author, digital photography was the first step in this transformation, where builders were able to quickly document the progress on a project and convey to the owner what was being completed on a daily basis.
Throughout the paper, Lin proposes a specific methodology which focuses on presenting an overall understanding of the drone technology, conveying specific uses of it in commercial construction companies, analyzing their benefits and exploring the room for improvement of drone technology. As a final point, he also mentions the importance of feasibility of setting industry setting standard of drone usage in commercial construction projects in the future.
Lin also uses information from case studies and an interview with Jeff Hadley of Robbins/Reed, a construction company owner which discussed the potential benefits of drones with him.
From the findings, it is easy to see that both the interviewer and the speaker are geared towards adoption of drone technology in construction, especially the latter, who already implemented a form of this technology in their business.
In the end of the paper, the author analyzes the positive aspects of drones in construction, as well as the negative ones and the room for improvement. To conclude things, Lin is stating that "as human society continues to evolve and develop, our technology advances along with us" which is why drones are the next step that is more than needed in the construction industry.


This patriotic Italian modular charm shows a red white and blue enamel and 18 kt. gold ribbon, on a stainless steel base. Made in Italy, it is the medium size. This beautiful ribbon is used to remember and honor the victims of the 9/11/01 tragedy and to show your patriotism as to the war on terrorism.


NASHVILLE -- It was more than two hours after the triumphant Pittsburgh Penguins began celebrating on the Bridgestone Arena ice. In the Penguins' dressing room that looked like a tornado had just blown through, Sidney Crosby was having almost a private moment with his mother, Trina.
The Penguins captain was still in his hockey pants and stockings, his skates at least replaced by sandals. Cradling hockey's grandest prize for the third time in his career, he was wearing a Stanley Cup champions T-shirt, a ball cap bearing a similar message and a fatigued grin of complete satisfaction.
Countless beer cans and champagne bottles scattered on tables and the floor around them, with players and families milling noisily about, Crosby leaned close to his mother, looked her in the eye, exchanged a smile and said nothing at all.
Sometimes, silence is profoundly louder than words.
In a room across the hall sat the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to Crosby for the second straight year as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It looked almost lonely, its only company four empty beer cans while a computer monitor above cycled through the logos of 30 NHL teams.
Make no mistake, Crosby is fiercely proud of having repeated as winner of the trophy. Only Philadelphia Flyers goalie Bernie Parent, in 1974 and 1975, and Penguins legend and co-owner Mario Lemieux, in 1991 and 1992, have won it consecutively since it was introduced in 1965.
But it's the Stanley Cup -- the pursuit of it, the capture of it -- that fuels Crosby.
In the midst of the madness, I found a private moment to speak with the Penguins captain about late Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Béliveau. Le Gros Bill, one of the greatest players and ambassadors hockey has known, won 10 Stanley Cup titles with the Canadiens from 1956-71, his second five as captain.
Crosby's father, Troy, adored the Canadiens earlier in his life and was selected by Montreal as a goalie in the 1984 NHL Draft (No. 240), though he never played in the NHL.
Clearly, Sidney Crosby also admires and respects Béliveau for his play on the ice and his exemplary life off it.
"There's still a big part of Jean Béliveau in my heart," he said, emotion in his voice.
In a doorway across the hall, the Conn Smythe behind them, Crosby and his father squeezed tight for a photo with the Stanley Cup that still was in the player's grasp.
On the ice two hours earlier, Troy Crosby tried to find the words for a father who had just seen his son write another remarkable chapter in his life and that of the only team for which he's played.
"It doesn't get old. It's awesome," he said, watching his son try to navigate a rink packed with players, coaches, management, families and media.
"I've seen Sid grow as a person and a player. I've seen him mature into a great leader. They're all great," Troy Crosby said, unwilling to rank the three victories. "There's a little gap there after the first one (in 2009) with injuries and things, so it's nice for him to come back and win again.
"He's a competitor and a winner, that's all. He always was, so what we've seen this series isn't anything new to me."
Winning the Cup isn't anything new to Crosby; he's done it three times in his 12 NHL seasons. But across the rink, beaming, was Penguins assistant Jacques Martin, who waited 30 years in professional hockey to win his first Stanley Cup championship last season. Now he's won two in a span of 12 months.
"This one's definitely sweeter," Martin said. "When you look at our team this year, the injuries we had to go through, the character, the number of players who played hurt, it was outstanding. It was a difficult road when you look at the teams that we had to play -- Columbus, fourth overall, played really well, then Washington was the No. 1 team overall and it takes us seven games against them. Then Ottawa, who played extremely well, and then Nashville. It was a difficult path but one that was very rewarding. The guys are really happy with the result. It just shows the character of our team."
A career hockey man hugely respected for his teaching, Martin liberally spread the credit for the Penguins' victory.
"It's a lot of credit to the organization," he said. "The acquisitions we made at the [NHL Trade Deadline] were key as is the leadership we have on this team. It's one of the best leaderships I've been associated with.
"Our coaching staff has great chemistry, we work really well together. We bring different dimensions and I think that (coach) Mike Sullivan has done an outstanding job managing the players, getting the best out of our star players as well as some of our young kids."
Though Penguins goalie Matt Murray will get the lion's share of credit for his goaltending down the playoff stretch, his shutout of the Nashville Predators in Game 6 a bold exclamation mark, Martin pointed to Marc-André Fleury as a tremendously valuable member of the Penguins.
"You've got to give a lot of credit to both of our goaltenders, this year it was really a team effort," he said. "Marc-André really was a key cog in our first two series, allowing us to continue, then Matt came back in the third series and took it from there. To me it speaks highly of the people we have on this team."
The Penguins partied deep into the wee hours, scheduling their charter back to Pittsburgh shortly before noon. The Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy would fly with them, a parade in the works, and the Cup will spend the summer traveling far and wide. Martin will again bring it to his hockey school outside of Montreal, and Crosby surely will celebrate for the second consecutive summer in his hometown of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.
But those are plans for future celebrations. For now, it was time to enjoy what they had just accomplished.
The last I saw Crosby early Monday morning, going on three hours after the Penguins successfully defended their championship, he was still in his hockey pants. And as captain, in a labyrinth of celebration, he unquestionably was custodian of and tour guide for the Stanley Cup, anyone who took it off his hands making sure they returned it.


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Mark Frauenfelder / 8:30 am Fri, Feb 12, 2016
Nigerian astronaut lost in space needs $3m to get home
Anorak received an urgent email from the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde:
Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home Dr. Bakare Tunde Astronautics Project Manager National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) Plot 555 Misau Street PMB 437 Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA
Dear Mr. Sir,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.
In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.
Could be a scam


Studies show that curcumin, a turmeric bioactive compound, can treat depression, anxiety, brain ageing and any abnormal state where inflammation is present. But unfortunately, very few recipes are compatible with curcumin in order to provide the body the expected benefits.
A study shows that curcumin supplements improves cerebral blood flow as well as physical exercises. Another study found that consuming a certain daily dose of curcumin significantly improved concentration and working memory among older people.
Curcumin also acts as a powerful anti-inflammatory. Studies show that if it reaches the tissue with optimal concentrations, it can fight against any type of inflammation, including even those from acute illness such as intestinal inflammatory disease, pancreatitis, arthritis and previous chronic uveitis.
It also been shown that turmeric has the ability to reduce harmful cholesterol, to eliminate plaque accumulation in the arteries and to prevent blood clotting. The researchers are still studying its benefits for heart health.
Curcumin is known to have anti-arthritic properties. A recent study was conducted on a group of 45 people who were suffering from such problems. Those who introduced curcumin into their daily alimentation experienced a great improvement in arthritic symptoms.
So, what happens to your body is you eat turmeric every day? Only good things! You will improve your health and you will enjoy its amazing benefits!
If it's difficult to introduce turmeric in your daily alimentation, I suggest you to prepare a lemonade and add some turmeric in it. This is an easy and pleasant way to consume this healthy spice every day.
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Ephraim Henry Flay[1, 2]
Name Ephraim Henry Flay [3, 4]
Born 1874 Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3, 4]
Registration Between 1 Jul 1874 and 30 Sep 1874 West Derby, Lancashire, England [5]
Volume 8b, Page 553
Birth Registration for Ephraim Henry FLAY (8285)
Education 3 Apr 1881 [4, 6]
Residence 3 Apr 1881 71 Walnut Street, Liverpool, Lancashire [3, 4]
Died 1918 West Derby, Lancashire, England [4, 7]
Death Registration for Ephraim H. FLAY (8285)
Residence Bef 24 Nov 1940 42 Ridgeway Street, Liverpool, Lancashire [4, 7]
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Father Ephraim Henry Flay
b. Abt 1852, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
d. Yes, date unknown
Mother Ann Jane Rawlinson
b. Abt 1851, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
d. Abt Oct 1918, West Derby, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 67 years)
Married 13 Oct 1873 St Mary, Edge Hill, Lancashire [4, 9]
Family Sarah Emma Bromilow
b. Abt 1879, Manchester, Lancashire, England
d. 29 Nov 1940, Ernest Brown Junior Instructional Centre, Liverpool, Lancashire (Age ~ 61 years)
Married Mar 1903 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire [4]
1. Ephraim H. Flay
b. Abt Jan 1904, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
2. Florence Flay
Last Modified 3 Jun 2008
Born - 1874 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Registration - Birth Registration - Between 1 Jul 1874 and 30 Sep 1874 - West Derby, Lancashire, England
Died - 1918 - West Derby, Lancashire, England
Registration - Death Registration - Between 1 Jul 1918 and 30 Sep 1918 - West Derby, Lancashire, England
[S3657] The John Flay Line (Reliability: 3), 25 Apr 2009.
Temporary Tag
[S6297] Temp Tag 9 II (Reliability: 3), 23 May 2011.
[S1419] 1881 British Census and National Index, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).
[S1397] John Flay.
[S8515] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, ((http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl)), accessed 28 Jan 2017), Birth Registration for Ephraim Henry FLAY (8285); Sep 1874; West Derby, Lancashire; Volume 8b, Page 553. (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
[S1463] 1881 British Census and National Index, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints).
[S3203] Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
[S8529] England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, ((http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=7579&enc=1)), accessed 28 Jan 2017), Death Registration for Ephraim H. FLAY (8285); Age at death 45 (1873); Sep 1918; West Derby, Lancashire; Volume 8b, Page 416. (Reliability: 3), 28 Jan 2017.
[S1421] Vital Records Index - British Isles, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).
I would like to thank all the people who have contributed to The Williams Family Tree database over the years and to those who continue to do so. Without your help The Williams Family Tree would not be anything like as large as it is. I am very grateful for every piece of information whether it be a name correction, a photograph, a copy of a certificate, some biographical information or a whole data file.
Initially, the Williams family from Aberdovey was the main target of research. Being a very busy port, Aberdyfi produced sea-faring families with many of the men reaching the pinnacle of their trade as Master Mariners. My grandfather, John Davies Williams, served as a 'Boy' aboard the schooner Sarah Davies at the age of 13.
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Location : In your basement, sharpening my knife.
Seeing Gio's thread gave me an idea. Video Game Quotes. You can add things you ended up saying to the TV also.
Chocobo Handler: Who do you think you are?
Shiki: Neku! Pants off! Now!


Islamabad: Consumers this winter could hope for improved natural gas supply this winter season, as the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) mulls at severing gas supplies to four fertilizer plants in Punjab.
The diversion of gas supply from these four fertilizer plants to consumers may bolster the supplies to end consumer, the government hopes. This may help in easing the woes of consumers in Punjab, who have faced the brunt of gas loadshedding in the last few years during winters.
Some officials feel the gas from these fertilizer plants should be diverted to the power sector, which could bring a relief in electricity outages and also reduce the power tariff, due to switching to a cheaper source of power generation.
During the PPP tenure, these four fertilizer plants had been started providing with domestically produced gas. Since these fertilizer plants are said to have switched to imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) for their operations, the government has formulated a plan to withdraw 155 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) from them.
Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) are expected to be re-allocated this gas for supplying forth to end consumers.
The four fertilizer plants which are recipients of this locally produced gas are; Dawood Hercules which is receiving 40 MMCFD gas, 58 MMCFD to Pak-Arab Fertilizers, 25 MMCFD to Agritech Limited and 79 MMCFD gas to Engro Fertilizers.
ECC is expected to formally approve the diversion of 130 MMCFD of gas from Kunnar-Pashaki deep field to SNGPL and SSGC. And as per the proposal of petroleum ministry, 25 MMCFD is expected to be re-allocated from Makori East field of MOL to SNGPL.


Smith's of Midland Blog - Midland Michigans "oldest, yet most progressive" florist.
Midland Michigans "oldest, yet most progressive" florist.
As noted in our last blog addition, there are some really upset, and rightfully so, consumers and Senators alike.
Cathy wrote a great blog piece about it "Whither the ethics" on the Real Florist Blog, and there are many more examples floating about cyberspace from the last week or so.
We as florists are glad to see the US Senate taking a hard line on this type of marketing, which is at best a scam, and at worst out right thievery.
Yes, Smiths Flowers is still a member of FTD, and we do use 1-2 of their services to facilitate customer order transfers when customers do not wish to use Our List of Preffered Florists, but that's where the association ends. So while we utilize FTD, we are not FTD and have never been a part of their web marketing schemes.
… including sellers such as 1800Flowers.com, Fandango, FTD, Orbitz, Priceline, Shutterfly, Buy.com, Barnes & Noble, Expedia, as well as many, many more.
All the ballyhoo comes from their web loyalty programs that generate dollars via clickthroughs and signing people up for supposed discounts at a later date, but actually many consumers don't even know they are sigining up for an automatic charge to their credit cards month after month.
After six months, this Committee has found that the companies we are investigating have figured out very clever ways to manipulate consumers' buying habits so they can make a quick buck. American consumers have been complaining for years about these misleading practices and asking for answers – and rightly so. […] Millions of Americans are getting hit with these mystery charges every month – we have to do all we can to protect the hard working families relying on us to look out for their wallets and well-being.
All we can say is that it's about time.
Again we thank you for your continued patronage, and look forward to serving you again this holiday season… Be Blessed!
Join us November 19-21 for our annual Holiday open house!
The holidays are upon us once again and it's time for our annual open house to ring in the season. Stop in November 19-21 and save 10% on all holiday decor with the "early Bird" special.
Sample our new line of candies and fudge, and there will be drawings for a $50.00 gas card, holiday centerpieces and beautiful Poinsettia plants.
Once again we are offering FREE DELIVERY on Poinsettia orders placed during the open house when they are paid for in advance for delivery at a later date.
Smiths has one of the best places along the route to watch the annual Midland Santa Parade too!
It's been some time, years in fact since Smiths Flowers in Midland MI has done a wedding show, but once again we are. On November 8th, from 1pm-4pm you'll find us at the Elements of Elegance Bridal Show being held at "the H" hotel on Main Street in Midland.
We'll have several fresh bouquets and staff will be on hand to answer any questions you my have regarding wedding flowers, our services and anything else you need information on.
We hope to see and meet you there.
For the second year in a row you voted us the #1 Gold "Best Place To Buy Fresh Flowers" in Midland MI in the Midland Daily News Readers Choice poll.
We are honored and humbled by the trust shown in our business and staff by your choice.
We truly strive to provide the freshest possible flowers and plants available, and work hard on customer service, store presentation and our 100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.
Thank you again Midland… we really do do it all for you, because without you, there would be no us.
Smiths Flowers Circle Gallery would like to invite local artisans near and far to contact them if they would like a venue to show their wares for this Fall and Christmas Holiday shopping season.
The Circle Gallery, housed within Smiths Flowers 7000+ square foot building designed by Alden Dow AIA and a work of art itself has room for many varied media from 2D to sculpture, furniture, pottery, woodwork, metalwork, jewelry and much more.
The Circle Gallery, has a generous commission structure 70/30 for the artist and will work to sell your items.
You can look in on our space here.
ScienceDaily (Dec. 30, 2008) — Contact with nature has long been suspected to increase positive feelings, reduce stress, and provide distraction from the pain associated with recovery from surgery. Now, research has confirmed the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery.
A recent study by Seong-Hyun Park and Richard H. Mattson, researchers from the Department of Horticulture, Recreation and Forestry at Kansas State University, provides strong evidence that contact with plants is directly beneficial to a hospital patient's health. Using various medical and psychological measurements, the study set out to evaluate if plants in hospital rooms have therapeutic influences.
Studies show that when patients have great stress associated with surgery, they typically experience more severe pain and a slower recovery period. Some of these problems are treated through the use of anesthetics and analgesics, but, if not properly administered, the drugs can have side effects ranging from vomiting and headaches to drug dependency or even fatality. It is therefore beneficial to patients and care providers to develop approaches that improve the overall patient experience but don't rely on pharmaceuticals.
The study, published in the October 2008 issue of HortTechnology, was conducted on 90 patients recovering from an appendectomy. Patients were randomly assigned to hospital rooms with or without plants during their postoperative recovery periods. Data collected for the study included information on the length of hospitalization, administration of drugs for postoperative pain control, vital signs, ratings of pain intensity, distress, fatigue and anxiety, and the patient's room satisfaction questionnaire.
An interesting note to this study—the majority of patients who had plants in their rooms reported that the plants were the most positive qualities of their rooms (93%), whereas patients without plants in their rooms said that watching television was the most favorable aspect of their rooms (91%).
The study suggests that potted plants offer the most benefit, as opposed to cut flowers, because of their longevity. Nursing staff reported that as patients recovered, they began to show interaction with the plants, including watering, pruning, and moving them for a better view or light. A number of studies have also shown that indoor plants make air healthier and provide an optimum indoor environment by increasing humidity, and reducing the quantity of mold spores and airborne germs.
This nonpharmacological approach to recovery is good news for patients, doctors, and insurers alike in terms of cost effectiveness and medical benefits. The study provides strong evidence that contact with plants is directly beneficial to patients' health, providing meaningful therapeutic contact for patients recovering from painful surgery.
Adapted from materials provided by American Society for Horticultural Science, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
The Circle's Sidewalk Days were quite a success, so we've decided to carry on a bit longer. Nearly everything in the store will remain on sale for a limited time. Stop in to take advantage of some fantastic savings (15-75%). Even the artists' items (jewelry, tables, photography, etc.) are 15% off!
Go Green – Recycle your unwanted vases @ Smiths!
Pack 'em up, and bring them by Smiths Flowers in Midland MI and depending on quantity and type, we'll give you a nice fresh bouquet to enjoy yourself or to share with someone special to make their day.
Green Plant Sale @ Smiths!
Summer Green Plant Sale going on now!
30% OFF all in stock and special order plants!
Time to spruce up a room? How about something for the deck or patio? All varieties we normally carry in 6-8-10 inch pots are up for grabs, as well as anything we can get that you would like to special order. We bring plants in from the greenhouses on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons so we'll always have a good selection available for you to choose from.
This sale is cash and carry only, not available for deliveries.
Stop in soon as this is a limited time offer!


Ms. Nasser's Art Studio: Howe Manning Celebrates Montani Day!
It was a bitter sweet day at Howe Manning as we bid farewell and happy retirement to our beloved P.E. teacher of 37 years! Everyone dressed in their favorite sports attire to celebrate the day and applauded Mrs. Montani each time they saw her in the halls.
At the end of the day the entire school came out into the halls for one final goodbye to Mrs. Montani. Students applauded, gave high fives, and cheered and cheered. There has even been a request from students to hold a yearly Montani Day every Oct. 29. You can clearly see how loved she is by both students and faculty!
you will be missed more than you can know!


At the end of September, I got brave and decided to talk more openly about my story as a pediatric cancer patient and survivor. Since September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, I wanted to do my part in raising awareness and sharing a REAL look at treatment and life after. And yes, while I've written a lot about my experiences as a survivor here on HTC, talking about it face to face (well, with my face on Instagram Stories) was really intimidating. It's hard to relive those memories of my diagnosis, treatment, and life immediately afterward in such details and it puts me in a very vulnerable and sensitive state. But. That IS my story and even though it took me a . . .
I nervously get into the passenger seat of our Ford Edge at 7:40 AM on a Friday morning and buckle myself in. I tell myself over and over again that I shouldn't feel so nervous, that there is no reason to worry, that this is my 12th year of going through this process, but I'm still shaking a little bit. It's hard to listen to logic, sometimes, when there's trauma telling you otherwise. Dustin drives. He talks about the plans for the next Jeep project and I try to focus on the words as much as I can. Slip Yoke Eliminator. Rear Leaf Springs. High Pinion Danna 30. All projects he wants to tackle this summer before we take out next trip to Moab, and all things that . . .
About a year and a half I opened up about something that I rarely had talked to anyone about before: dealing with survivor's guilt and anxiety. It was a really hard post for me to write, but it was therapeutic as well. I finally felt like I was in a place in life where I could openly admit that I was dealing with those things and that there was no need to be ashamed of them. Last March, I opened up again and talked about how cancer complicates my birthday. For the last nine years, I have had a really hard time wanting to celebrate my birthday because the survivor's guilt was so heavy. I would find myself in a deep depression during the month of March and last year . . .
Sorry for the heavy post today. I just had to get it out. I was one of the oldest kids on my hospital floor during the year of my chemotherapy treatment. My nurses and doctors kind of choose me to be the "welcome to cancer floor" ambassador because of my age. I didn't mind it at all; I was honored to be the roommate that they choose for new kids to talk to and hoped I could help by answering their questions about treatment and medicine and Make-a-Wish. That's how I met Maddie. They put her in my room during her first chemotherapy and asked if I would chat with her and answer any of her questions. I think she might have been a little freaked out about me at . . .
I've been really experimenting with my personal style recently, trying to build a wardrobe that is 100% ME and filling it with things that I feel confident and beautiful in. At the same time, I'm still trying to push myself outside of my comfort zone and find new things to wear that help me embrace my body: scars and all. So, with my hot V-day date night approaching, I got to work trying to figure out what my Valentine's Day #ootd would be If you were to tell me this time last year that I would be comfortable wearing liquid leather leggings, I would have laughed and said something like: "Have you seen the shape of my left knee? There's no way that ugly thing would . . .
We made it to Arizona in one piece and with only a few minor setbacks on Thursday and have been unpacking and settling in since. We'll be getting internet installed tomorrow and I'm so excited to be able to get back to blogging. Today, my youngest sister, Katie, who has guest posted here before, is taking over again. A couple weeks ago, when I wrote this post about survivor's guilt, Katie and I got to talking about how my cancer had affected her (she was 10 when I was diagnosed). We had a very long and beautiful heart-to-heart and I felt like the things she had to say were so important that I asked her to share them here. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month . . .
I've been debating sharing this post for the last week because it's super personal and it's raw and real and not entirely happy. However, it's been very therapeutic for me to write this out and after reading this post from Summer, I realized that I could be brave, too, and share what's been happening in my life lately. Two weeks ago, I went down to Boston to see my Oncology team at Dana Farber (If you're new here and need some catching up on my story, you can read about my cancer here, here, here and here). I had various tests, scans, x-rays and blood work done to check on my remission status. And I was officially declared 9 years in remission. My doctor said . . .
My Timehop has been full of Facebook posts and pictures from nine years ago when I was in the middle of my fight with Osteosarcoma. It's crazy to look back at those photos and to realize how sick I truly was. Being nine years in remission now, it's easy to kind of forget the details of that time and to block out the more unpleasant parts of my illness. But, looking back at those photos of 16-year-old-me, I can't help but think about where I was and what I was going through and how much I wish I could go back in time and tell her that everything is going to work out. I've been thinking about what I would want her to know; what lessons I learned from cancer. . . .
Many thanks to eShakti for sponsoring this post! I received a free product in exchange for my honest opinion. I finished my last chemotherapy treatment on October 16th, 2007, three months after my junior year of high school started. After undergoing inpatient treatments for the better part of a year, I was excited to have my hair grow back and regain a bit of normalcy in my life. I soon realized that there was no going back to "normal" after cancer. My whole life had been altered with this one word, this one tumor that had changed who I was and who I wanted to become. I'm not going to lie, going back to "real life" was much harder then I thought. I constantly was . . .