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Q: how to replace group value using regex in c# .net I have a string like
string s= "I WAS born in AMERICA on december 1978.";

Now I want to convert december to December using regex
I have used below incomplete regex
s=Regex.Replace(s,(january|february|march|April|may|june|july|august|september|October|november|December),CultreInfo.InvariantCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(?????),RegexOption.IgnoreCase);

What I have to write here (?????) so that I can get below output
s= "I WAS born in AMERICA on December 1978.";

Is there any other way which I can apply??

A: Looking at regex.replace documentation, I notice that you'd have to use a callback function.
So write a function:
function CustomReplace( Match m ) {
    return CultreInfo.InvariantCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(m.Groups[1].Value)
}

and pass it as the 3rd argument:
s = Regex.Replace(
    s,
    "(january|february|march|April|may|june|july|august|september|October|november|December)",
    CustomReplace,
    RegexOption.IgnoreCase
);

A: Using a named capture and inline MatchEvaluator:
string s = "I WAS born in AMERICA on december 1978.";
s = Regex.Replace(
    s,
    "(?<months>january|february|march|April|may|june|july|august|september|October|november|December)",
    new MatchEvaluator(
        match => CultureInfo
                .InvariantCulture
                .TextInfo
                .ToTitleCase(match.Groups["months"].Value)
    ),
    RegexOptions.IgnoreCase
);


Every year too many children die or suffer serious head injuries that could have been prevented if they were wearing a properly fitted and the correct helmet for the sports or activities they play.
The mandate of the Lidz on Kidz program is to provide free educational sessions to generate awareness on the key messages on brain injury and the prevention to the general public.
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The Ontario Helmet Law came into effect on the 1st of October, 1995. Although originally intended to apply to all ages, it was amended by regulation before enactment to exempt adults 18 years of age and over. the penalty for failing to wear a helmet is $105 and the ticket(s) is given directly to 16/17 year old and to the parents of those under 16. However, set a good example and wear a bike helmet as an adult. Kids will follow your example and do the same. HELP PROTECT YOURSELVES AND THEM!
Please email lidzonkidz@biaww.com to arrange a school, minor sports group, community event or community group or to learn more about the Lidz on Kidz program.


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Because of the aero characteristics of the car, you won't find corner speed by the trailbraking technique usually associated with front wheel drive racers, instead the key is to maintain rollspeed.


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package com.graphhopper.routing;

import com.graphhopper.routing.util.DataFlagEncoder;
import com.graphhopper.routing.util.FlagEncoder;
import com.graphhopper.storage.NodeAccess;
import com.graphhopper.util.*;
import com.graphhopper.util.shapes.GHPoint;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This class maintains the surrounding edges for a single turn instruction.
 * <p>
 * There a different sets of edges.
 * The previous edge is the edge we are comming from.
 * The current edge is the edge we turn on.
 * The reachable edges are all edges we could turn on, without the prev edge and the current edge.
 * The surrounding edges are all edges surrounding the turn, without the prev edge and the current edge.
 *
 * @author Robin Boldt
 */
class InstructionsSurroundingEdges {

    final EdgeIteratorState prevEdge;
    final EdgeIteratorState currentEdge;

    // Streets that are alternative turns, excluding oneways in the wrong direction
    final List<EdgeIteratorState> reachableEdges;

    // All Streets surrounding the turn, including oneways in the wrong direction
    final List<EdgeIteratorState> surroundingEdges;

    final FlagEncoder encoder;
    final NodeAccess nodeAccess;

    public InstructionsSurroundingEdges(EdgeIteratorState prevEdge,
                                        EdgeIteratorState currentEdge,
                                        FlagEncoder encoder,
                                        EdgeExplorer crossingExplorer,
                                        NodeAccess nodeAccess,
                                        int prevNode,
                                        int baseNode,
                                        int adjNode) {
        this.prevEdge = prevEdge;
        this.currentEdge = currentEdge;
        this.encoder = encoder;
        this.nodeAccess = nodeAccess;

        EdgeIteratorState tmpEdge;

        surroundingEdges = new ArrayList<>();
        reachableEdges = new ArrayList<>();
        EdgeIterator edgeIter = crossingExplorer.setBaseNode(baseNode);
        while (edgeIter.next()) {
            if (edgeIter.getAdjNode() != prevNode && edgeIter.getAdjNode() != adjNode) {
                tmpEdge = edgeIter.detach(false);
                surroundingEdges.add(tmpEdge);
                if (encoder.isForward(tmpEdge.getFlags())) {
                    reachableEdges.add(tmpEdge);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the Number of possible turns, including the current turn.
     * If there is only one turn possible, e.g. continue straight on the road is a turn,
     * the method will return 1.
     */
    public int nrOfPossibleTurns() {
        return 1 + reachableEdges.size();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the surrounding streets are slower. If they are, this indicates, that we are staying
     * on the prominent street that one would follow anyway.
     */
    public boolean surroundingStreetsAreSlowerByFactor(double factor) {
        double tmpSpeed = getSpeed(currentEdge);
        double pathSpeed = getSpeed(prevEdge);

        // Speed-Change on the path indicates, that we change road types, show instruction
        if (pathSpeed != tmpSpeed || pathSpeed < 1) {
            return false;
        }

        double maxSurroundingSpeed = -1;

        for (EdgeIteratorState edge : surroundingEdges) {
            tmpSpeed = getSpeed(edge);
            if (tmpSpeed < 1) {
                // This might happen for the DataFlagEncoder, might create unnecessary turn instructions
                return false;
            }
            if (tmpSpeed > maxSurroundingSpeed) {
                maxSurroundingSpeed = tmpSpeed;
            }
        }

        // Surrounding streets need to be slower by a factor
        return maxSurroundingSpeed * factor < pathSpeed;
    }

    private double getSpeed(EdgeIteratorState edge) {
        if (encoder instanceof DataFlagEncoder) {
            return ((DataFlagEncoder) encoder).getMaxspeed(edge, 0, false);
        } else {
            return encoder.getSpeed(edge.getFlags());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns an edge that is going into more or less straight compared to the prevEdge.
     * If there is none, return null.
     */
    public EdgeIteratorState getOtherContinue(double prevLat, double prevLon, double prevOrientation) {
        int tmpSign;
        for (EdgeIteratorState edge : reachableEdges) {
            GHPoint point = InstructionsHelper.getPointForOrientationCalculation(edge, nodeAccess);
            tmpSign = InstructionsHelper.calculateSign(prevLat, prevLon, point.getLat(), point.getLon(), prevOrientation);
            if (Math.abs(tmpSign) <= 1) {
                return edge;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * If the name and prevName changes this method checks if either the current street is continued on a
     * different edge or if the edge we are turning onto is continued on a different edge.
     * If either of these properties is true, we can be quite certain that a turn instruction should be provided.
     */
    public boolean isLeavingCurrentStreet(String prevName, String name) {
        if (InstructionsHelper.isNameSimilar(name, prevName)) {
            return false;
        }

        // If flags are changing, there might be a chance we find these flags on a different edge
        boolean checkFlag = currentEdge.getFlags() != prevEdge.getFlags();
        for (EdgeIteratorState edge : reachableEdges) {
            String edgeName = edge.getName();
            long edgeFlag = edge.getFlags();
            // leave the current street || enter a different street
            if (isTheSameStreet(prevName, prevEdge.getFlags(), edgeName, edgeFlag, checkFlag)
                    || isTheSameStreet(name, currentEdge.getFlags(), edgeName, edgeFlag, checkFlag)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean isTheSameStreet(String name1, long flags1, String name2, long flags2, boolean checkFlag) {
        if (InstructionsHelper.isNameSimilar(name1, name2)) {
            if (!checkFlag || flags1 == flags2) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

}

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Filipino komiks
For the Netflix adaptation, see Trese (TV series). For the city, see Trece Martires.
Original cover image of the first issue of Trese
Alamat Comics
Visprint (formerly Visual Print Enterprises)
Avenida Books
Ablaze Publishing
December 2005 – present
No. of issues
Main Cases:
Collected Editions:
Budjette Tan
Kajo Baldisimo
Budjette Tan, J.B. Tapia, David Hontiveros
Kajo Baldisimo, Ian Sta Maria, Mark Torres, J.B. Tapia and Brian Balondo
Trese (Tagalog: [ˈtrɛsɛ]) is a Filipino komik series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo. It tells the story of Alexandra Trese, a detective who deals with crimes of supernatural origin.[1] Its first issue was published in October 22, 2005, starting off as a niche work which grew in popularity as readers were intrigued first by the first two volumes' focus on Manila's urban legends, and then by the later volumes' development of Alexandra Trese as a character.[2][3] The series went on to win several accolades.
An animated adaptation for Netflix premiered on June 11, 2021 and has both Tan and Baldisimo as its showrunners and Jay Oliva as executive director.[4][5]
1 Publication history
1.1 Other publications
3.2 Recurring characters
5 Issue synopses
5.1 Main series
5.1.1 Trese 1: Murder at Balete Drive
5.1.2 Trese 2: Unreported Murders
5.1.3 Trese 3: Mass Murders
5.1.4 Trese 4: Last Seen After Midnight
5.1.5 Trese 5: Midnight Tribunal
5.1.6 Trese 6: High Tide at Midnight
5.1.7 Trese 7: Shadow Witness
5.2 Stories from the Diabolical
5.2.1 Trese: Stories from the Diabolical Volume 1
5.2.2 Stories from the Diabolical Blog
5.3 Precinto 13
5.4 Trese Komiks
5.5 Trese International Editions
5.6 Trese Lite
5.7 Trese Bloodlines
5.8 Trese shorts
5.9 Books and Stories in production
6 Graphic novels
7 Crossovers
7.1 Skyworld
7.1.1 Volume 1
7.1.3.1 Prequel
7.2 Ambush
7.2.1 Inferno: An Agents of Ambush Adventure
7.2.2 Plot
7.3 A Night At The Museum
7.4 Trese Deviations: Iunctura
7.5 Other appearances
8 Adaptations
9 Merchandise
Publication history[edit]
Trese was first published independently by Alamat Comics in ashcan and online format. The komik series is currently available in a collected, graphic novel form, published by Visprint, Inc (formerly Visual Print Enterprises). The retail company, National Book Store, re-released Trese: Last Seen After Midnight and Trese: Midnight Tribunal with dust jackets while FILBAR'S re-released the first three books with dust jackets.[6]
A hardcover compilation titled Trese: Book of Murders has also been published and contains the first three graphic novels. These compilations include journal entries from the protagonist's grandfather, Alexander Trese, which serve as additional commentary, providing more history and lore for each case. Trese: Stories from the Diabolical Volume 1 were tales originally published online as early as 2005[7] and compiled in 2008 in a blog[8] before it collated and published as a book in 2013. Cases #1, #2, and #4 were re-published by Visprint with updated, colored art by Kajo Baldisimo and translated into Filipino by Bob Ong. They also contained the translated journal entries from Trese: Book of Murders.
Trese and the Kambal have also appeared in other publications such as Skyworld and Agents of Ambush.
Other publications[edit]
With the goal of reaching a larger audience, the creators set up an Indiegogo campaign for the production of an international 32-page edition of Case 1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street that would contain updated text and art with bonus pages and would also include the same journal entries from Book of Murders. Aside from a variant cover exclusive, supporters could also avail the Indiegogo sketch variant with uniquely drawn covers.[9] The campaign was endorsed by Neil Gaiman.[10] Supporters from the Philippines were given freebies, 2 of the 16 designs sketches that were drawn in 13 ways, and a reprint of the original Trese #1 ashcan.[11]
At the release of Trese 7: Shadow Witness, Visprint Inc. sold more than 300 copies during the 40th Manila International Book Fair.[12] For the 14th anniversary of Trese, a reprint of Trese #1 Global Edition: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street was released exclusively by Comic Odyssey and FILBAR'S and called the "Anniversary Edition" .[13] It differed from the Global Edition in price and size, and included a "self-cover" where the paper used for its pages was also used for the cover page.[14] In the same year, Trese Deviations: Iunctura was released in ashchan format.[15] After the closing of Visprint Inc., Avenida Books published Trese Lite Postcard Book Vol. 1.[16] Another company, Ablaze Publishing, released the U.S. edition of Trese: Murder on Balete Drive, which used the Trese #1 Global Edition comic, along with an exclusive variant cover for Comic Odyssey and Sanctum Sanctorum Comics.
Plot[edit]
"When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don't you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly-lit side of the metro, where aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where kapre are the kingpins of crime, and engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese."[17]
The story of Trese fuses Philippine horror mythology with dark, graphic storytelling and follows Alexandra Trese, a mysterious detective who deals with crimes of supernatural origin mainly occurring in the capital region of the Philippines.[1]
Because of her specialization in the supernatural, Alexandra is often called when the police cannot handle paranormal crimes, by Captain Guerrero, a man who prefers to lean on her knowledge and specialized skills. Alexandra is supported by two mysterious and magical creatures with uncertain powers known as the Kambal and together, they protect the streets of Manila from various creatures of Filipino folklore.[18]
Volume 3 explores Trese's past, when, at 15-years old, she joins her father Anton on her first case. The origins of the Kambal are also revealed in later issues.
Trese was originally planned for 13 chapters or cases. Volumes 1 and 2 comprise self-contained chapters (Cases #1 - #8) and introduce the paranormal world of Manila. Most cases are standalone, with the exception of the third issue, Mass Murders, where Cases #9 - #13 are related and use different cues from previous books. Beginning with Volume 5, the komik series takes on a more serialized progression while continuing to incorporate aspects of episodic storytelling in each issue.
Trese's plot, world-building, and characters have garnered comparisons with American comics such as Hellblazer and Planetary, while writer Budjette Tan cited the former, as well as Batman, X-Files, CSI and Constantine as some of the main inspirations going into the creation of Trese.[19][20] Tan also named the anime film Ghost in the Shell as a major source of inspiration for Trese.[21]
Main characters[edit]
Alexandra Trese – A woman who works as a private detective and specializes in crimes perpetrated by supernatural beings of the Underworld, to which she has a deep connection. She is the proprietor of The Diabolical, a night club that serves the "best kapeng barako" in the street where it stands, which was originally run by Alexandra's grandfather.[22] She is usually dressed in black garb and is often seen working in her trademark outfit[23] a black button-down Chinese-inspired trenchcoat. For weapons, Alexandra uses guns and a magical kris blade called Sinag, which was created by Anton from the soul of Trese's twin sister who had died at birth. Trese appears to have a very complex relationship with her father, Anton. Her psionic potential was revealed at her young age and started aiding her father in investigating the mysteries as a young teenager. She finished her initiation rites within 3 years.
Trese was initially conceived as a male character named Anton Trese. The initial design for the character by Kajo Baldisimo was a "tough guy" who wields a stingray tail as a weapon. Budjette Tan suggested to make Trese as a woman after he felt that the character was "so typical" and remarked that it would be "very cliché to see another tough guy fighting monsters".[24]
Kambal (Crispin & Basilio) – Alexandra Trese's mysterious and imposing, personal bodyguards that are often seen floating and wearing black suits. Each sports a unique diamond-shaped mask, a happy face and a sad face. To tell them apart when they don't have their masks on, Kajo gave the happy-faced Kambal a long haircut and the sad-faced Kambal, a short one. The short-haired Kambal wearing the sad-faced mask is the eldest of the Kambal and is referred to as "Kuya" throughout the first several books until he is finally given the name "Crispin" in Book 6.[citation needed] The younger Kambal with the happy-faced mask and long hair, Basilio, is the more playful of the two. The true nature of their existence is initially unknown until it is later revealed that the Kambal were born from a woman and a Bukidnon war god, making them demi-gods, although their father aims to consume them in order to achieve more power.[18][2] "Kambal" literally translates to "twins" in English and the names after the characters in Noli Me Tangere.
Captain Guerrero – He served as a sergeant when Anton Trese, Alexandra's father, was aiding his former superior. Guerrero takes charge of the task force responsible for dealing with the supernatural and mysterious after his superior retires.
Hank Sparrow – He is the trusted bartender of The Diabolical. He loves to listen to stories of customers and if he likes their story he gives them a drink for free.
Anton Trese –He is Alexandra Trese's father and the former guardian of Metro Manila. He was a psychic investigator and had six kids. He died protecting Alexandra during her initiation rite when he sacrificed himself to fortify the tree. He is first mentioned in Book 1, and appears in Book 3.
Recurring characters[edit]
Tapia – Captain Guerrero's right-hand man in his investigations.
Nuno sa Punso – A small, dwarf-like creature of the Underworld. Their kind once lived in mounds of dirt or ant hills until humans started throwing garbage and littered their homes. This particular nuno lives in a manhole, does not like the sea, and seems to know Alexandra's father. In the komiks, Trese asks for permission when she passes by a dirt mound, saying "Tabi, tabi po. Good evening po," due to a superstition involving powerful curses being inflicted on unsuspecting humans who disturb a nuno's home.
Maliksi – A tikbalang responsible for multiple illegal drag race accidents held on C-5. He is the son of the Great Stallion and a member of the Armanaz herd.
Señor Armanaz – A tikbalang and the head of the Armanaz herd.
Santelmo – a friend of Alexandra who assists her in some of her cases.
Hannah and Ammie – Hannah and Ammie are Wind-people; beings that possess the magical powers of the wind. Hannah is from the Habagat tribe and Ammie is from the Amihan tribe.
Madame - a highly influential antagonist with deep connections to the powerful figures of the city,[25] noted to be visually reminiscent of the deposed first lady Imelda Marcos.[26]
Awards[edit]
Trese: Mass Murders, won the National Book Award Best Graphic Literature 2010.[27] Trese: Last Seen After Midnight, was nominated for the Filipino Readers' Choice Award for Comics/Graphic Novels 2012,[28] and Trese: Midnight Tribunal won the Filipino Readers' Choice Award for Comics/Graphic Novels 2013.[29] Trese: Stories from the Diabolical was nominated for the Filipino Readers' Choice Award for Fictional Anthology 2014,[30] and the anthology book Manila Noir, which contained Trese: Thirteen Stations, won the National Book Award for Best Anthology in English 2014.[31] Trese: High Tide at Midnight was nominated for the National Book Award for Graphic Literature in English 2015.[citation needed]
Issue synopses[edit]
Each issue of Trese is split into chapters known as 'cases', some structured like an actual detective case where Alexandra Trese arrives at a crime scene and gathers clues until the case is solved, while others are written as chapters for the issue's main story arc. Starting with the fourth book, cases are no longer numbered, but are listed in the order they appeared.
Main series[edit]
Trese 1: Murder at Balete Drive[edit]
"Case 1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street"
"Case 2: The Rules of the Race"
"Case 3: Our Secret Constellation"
"Case 4: The Tragic Case of Dr. Burgos"
Trese 2: Unreported Murders[edit]
"Case 5: A Little Known Murder in Studio 4": Starlet Heather Evangelista was found dead in the studio of her latest movie. Trese is called in after the remains of a dead duwende is found in the crime scene.
"Case 6: The Outpost in Kalayaan Street": A late case at the cemetery turns grim for Captain Guerrero and his colleagues when the dead rose from their graves and started attacking the nearby outpost.
"Case 7: Embrace of the Unwanted": A couple was found dead in a mall basement parking lot, ravaged by a very small creature. The case took several turns before finding its way back to a clinic in the mall.
"Case 8: The Association Dues of Livewell Village": A pattern of deaths is found in Livewell Village with a person electrocuted once a year, left with a sigil on their body. Trese's investigation lead her to a shady deal between the residents and a lightning elemental.
Trese 3: Mass Murders[edit]
"Case 9: A Private Retaliation"
"Case 10: Patient 414 in Mandaluyong"
"Case 11: The Fort Bonifacio Massacre"
"Case 12: The Baptism of Alexandra Trese"
"Case 13: An Act of War"
Trese 4: Last Seen After Midnight[edit]
"Cadena De Amor": A serial rapist is killed by a plant elemental at Luneta Park. The case opens up to reveal the whereabouts of a missing gardener.
"A Private Collection": A manananggal falls out of the sky with its wings carefully sliced off. The incident nearly starts a gang war in the area and Trese has to find the real murderer before the situation escalates.
"Wanted: Bedspacer": A strange illness of depression affects students living along Katipunan Avenue and Trese has to trace the source of the paranormal epidemic.
"Fight of the Year": With an aspiring boxer nearly lured into a deal he'd be sure to regret, Trese shows him what his idol has to do to achieve his fame and success.
Trese 5: Midnight Tribunal[edit]
"Maverick Rider"
"The Judge's Verdict"
"Return of the Madame"
"The Great Stampede"
Trese 6: High Tide at Midnight[edit]
"The Executioner's Return"
"Casa Lanan"
"The Plan of the Four Clans"
"The Executioner's Squad"
"Slaughter at Brgy. Pacifica"
Trese 7: Shadow Witness[edit]
"Thirteen Stations" – Reprinted story from Manila Noir
"The Exorcism of Linda Blasco"
Table for Three" – Originally printed as an ashcan
"The Madrid Gig"
Stories from the Diabolical[edit]
Budjette Tan created a blog, titled Stories from the Diabolical to share narratives that he could not put into the comic books. They would often involve "The Diabolical" and sometimes reference the main cases such as "Case 1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street" and "Case 2: The Rules of the Race". Some of the stories in the blog were made in collaboration with other artists such as Mark Torres, who drew for Image Comics, and Elbert Or, creator of Bakemono High. Most of the blog posts were published in the first volume and were all illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo.
Trese: Stories from the Diabolical Volume 1[edit]
"One Last Drink at the Diabolical"
"The Usual Spot"
"The Last Full Show", was the first draft that was developed into Thirteen Stations[32]
"The Choir"
"Coffee Black"
Stories from the Diabolical Blog[edit]
"Welcome to The Diabolical", used panels from Our Secret Constellation
"One Last Drink at the Diabolical" , illustrated by Mark Torres
"The Usual Spot" , illustrated by Elbert Or
"I Carry your Heart
"On the first of January"
"The Last Full Show"
"Night of the Creeps"
Precinto 13[edit]
Originally published as ashcans, they are currently available in the Trese blog. They were illustrated by artist Atan Talas.
"A Domestic Disturbance" Story by Budjette Tan. Scripted by David Hontiveros and Budjette Tan
"Premeditation"
"Midnight Patrol"
"Calling the Parents of a Little Girl in a Blue Dress"
Trese Komiks[edit]
These are re-released issues that have been translated into Filipino by Bob Ong with an updated colored art. They all have bonus material attached at the end.
"Sa Kanto ng Balete Drive": case #1 At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street
"Mga Tuntunin ng Karera": case #2 The Rules of the Race
"Ang Trahedya ni Dr. Burgos": case #4 The Tragic Case of Dr. Burgos
Trese International Editions[edit]
"Trese #1 Global Edition: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street" (Made available in October 2018, just before the Netflix adaptation announcement, for the backers of the Indiegogo campaign), retconned Alexandra's usage of a keypad mobile phone and fax machine[33]
"Trese #1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street (Anniversary Edition)" (In celebration of Trese's 14th Anniversary, "Trese #1 Global Edition: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street" was reprinted as an ashcan on 2019, similar to the original ashcan issue, exclusively sold by Comic Odyssey and Filbar's)[13]
"Trese: Murder on Balete Drive" (Published by Ablaze Comics, the book is an updated US edition of Book 1, featuring redrawn artwork, additional pages as well as pieces of annotated material taken from various books such as the Trese Global Edition and Trese: Book of Murders. It has a variant cover exclusive from Comic Odyssey and Sanctum Sanctorum Comics that was limited to 300 pieces.)
Trese 2: Unreported Murders (Published by Ablaze Comics, the book is an updated US edition of Book 2)
Trese Lite[edit]
"Trese Lite Postcard Book Vol. 1" (It was launched at the newly made komik store "Secret HQ" and had a panel and autograph signing with creators Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo and Iunctura writer David Hontiveros and artist Marvin Del Mundo. It's the first book published under Avenida Books publishing.)[16]
Trese Bloodlines[edit]
"Trese: Bloodlines Volume 1", the first installment in an anthology of Trese comic stories from David Hontiveros, John Amor, Brian Balondo, Mark Gatela, Marvin del Mundo, Brandie Tan, Jb Tapia and a new story from Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo. The book was released in December 2020. The stories are listed as follows:
"The Visions of Miranda Trese"
"Takutan: A Verdugo Mission"
"That Kind of Hunger: a Fr. Matthias Trese case"
"Iunctura: a Fr. Trese and Dakila deviation story"
"Personal Demons: an Alexandra Trese and Detective Andara deviation story"
Trese shorts[edit]
Numerous standalone comic shorts have been mostly written by Budjette Tan (with two notable exceptions) that are set in the Trese universe. They are usually illustrated by a host of different illustrators including Kajo Baldisimo. The Trese moniker is often placed at the start of the story's title to indicate its setting in the Trese universe. Sometimes, the connection is more subtle, such as when characters from the main Trese series appear in stories such as Songs of the Lewenri or when events from the main books are directly referenced in stories like The Clinic.[34]
"Trese: The Devil's Playground"', art by Melvin Arciaga and story by Budjette Tan (Released online in 2009)
"Trese: Masquerade", illustrated by Mark Torres and written by Budjette Tan (Appeared in the October 2009 issue of Rogue Magazine)
"The Clinic", illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo and written by Budjette Tan (Appeared in the 2009 graphic anthology Underpass). The story's connection to the Trese universe is revealed via the appearance of ABC-ZNN as well as when the main character references the events of the story Embrace of the Unwanted, referencing Robertson Mall by name.
"Songs of the Lewenri: Farewell to Pain" (Published in 2010 for Free Comic Book Day)
"The Last Full Show" (Appeared in the 2011 anthology book "Alternative Alamat", in a July 2012 post in the "Stories from the Diabolical" blog, and in the "Trese: Stories from the Diabolical Volume 1" in 2013 with an updated art)
"Thirteen Stations" (Appeared in the 2013 publication of Manila Noir, Abangan: The Best of Philippine Komiks, and reprinted in Trese 7: Shadow Witness in 2019)
"Trese: Engkanto in the City" (Appeared in the May 4, 2013 edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer)
"Trese: Table for Three" (Published in October 2016 as an ashcan and then appeared in Trese 7: Shadow Witness).
"Kambal: The Elegant Skull", illustrated by Ian Sta. Maria and written by Budjette Tan (Appeared in the October 2017 issue of Kommunity magazine)
"Trese Deviations: Iunctura, illustrated by Marvin Del Mundo and written by David Hontiveros. (Released in the 2019 November Komikon event)
"Trese Presents: Verdugo Takutan", written and illustrated by J.B. Tapia. This is the second Trese story not written by Budjette. It was released online weekly for free during the imposed quarantine in the Philippines.[35]
"The Siren's Executioner", written by Budjette Tan and Illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo.
Books and Stories in production[edit]
Trese 3: Mass Murders (Published by Ablaze Comics, the book is an updated US edition of Book 3)
Trese: Bloodlines Volume 2, the second installment in the anthology series. This book will be released in 2021 and will be based upon stories solicited from readers.[36]
Trese 8: Shadow Agents, coming out in 2021[37] It includes the story Tiger Burning Bright, which was released online. It will also include the story Bantay and the Askaleros, the preview of which was released back in 2015.
Trese 9[38]
Trese 10[38]
"Bantay and the Askaleros", a spinoff focusing on the character Bantay and his Askaleros. A preview was given out as a freebie during the Free Comic Book Day 2015.[39] The characters appeared a year later in a story from the Stories from the Diabolical blog.[40] The story is set to appear in the upcoming Trese: Shadow Agents book.
"Trese Occult Case #2", the Global Edition of Case 2: The Rules of the Race. It was dubbed as the Anniversary Ashcan issue # 2.[41]
Untitled Trese Deviations books[42]
Fr. Matt solo stories[42]
The Art of Trese
Halimaw, written and illustrated by JB Tapia and edited by Budjette Tan
Graphic novels[edit]
Book 1 – Trese: Murder on Balete Drive
Book 2 – Trese: Unreported Murders
Book 3 – Trese: Mass Murders
Book 4 – Trese: Last Seen After Midnight
Book 5 – Trese: Midnight Tribunal
Book 6 – Trese: High Tide at Midnight
Book 7 – Trese: Shadow Witness
Volume 1 – Trese: Stories From the Diabolical
Volume 1 – Trese: Book of Murders (Compilation of books 1–3 with updated artwork plus additional annotated material and was only limited to 1,000 copies, making them rare).
Volume 1 - Trese: Murder on Balete Drive (Published by Ablaze Comics).
Crossovers[edit]
Skyworld[edit]
Written by Mervin Ignacio, and illustrated by Ian Sta. Maria, Skyworld was set in an alternate universe, where Alexandra Trese and the Kambal act as some of the main characters that aid the main protagonist, Andoy. The single issues 1-3 were released at local conventions. Volumes 1 and 2 serve as compilations of these issues together with issue 4. They were published by National Bookstore Publishing.
Volume 1[edit]
Skyworld: Apocrypha
Skyworld: Testament
Every legend hides a lie. A murdered Skygod re-emerges in modern-day Manila. A Tikbalang prince plots vengeance for the death of his father. And the Queen of the Asuang unleashes the mythical Bakunawa upon the streets of the city. Caught in their age-old struggle is Andoy. a crippled orphan that discovers he is the fulfillment of a prophecy dating back to Lapu-Lapu himself.[43]
Skyworld: Prodigal
Skyworld: Requiem
Every legend hides a lie. The Queen of the Asuang and her legion have taken over the country. Alexandra Trese leads the resistance alongside Makabo, a Tikbalang warrior, and Kaio, the Duwende trickster. Trapped in their epic battle is Andoy, a teenage boy tasked with uniting an army of Tikbalang, Enkanto, Kapre and Duwende against the Asuang. But before he can lead them, he must first recover a mystical sword that was once part of the fabled Yamashita Treasure.[44]
This will be the last book in the series and is still under development, with the release slated for 2020.
Prequel[edit]
Skyworld: Dominion
Set after the events of Skyworld: Requiem, Andoy, currently called "Maharlika", now rules over a country in rebuild. A free version was released during the Philippine Independence Day 2017.[45] Originally it was titled Martial Law.
Ambush[edit]
Ambush is a continuing strip created by Andrew Villar and published daily in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The story follows Amber Gonzales, also known as Ambush, who starts her job as an agent at a very young age.[46] A variant cover with Trese paid homage to Uncanny X-Men #173 .
Several crossovers have involved Trese, some of which have been titled Trese: Ambush. A story published for the 2012 Free Comic Book Day Komiks anthology notably had Trese writer Budjette Tan write the script while Andrew Villar illustrated the comic. Other sample crossovers between the two include:
Inferno: An Agents of Ambush Adventure[edit]
When a big fiery dog razes a village, the bravo company discovers the paranormal is involved. Trese, the Kambal, and a former agent help, but not without a huge sacrifice that would change their lives.[citation needed]
A Night At The Museum[edit]
In honor of Batman Day 2016, Kajo and Budjette released online a non-canon story about Trese, Batman, and Wolverine teaming up to fight The Hand and Aswangs.[47] It was left without a conclusion. The last 2 missing pages were published in an ashcan titled, "Mga Drawing Ni Kajo #6" (The Drawings of Kajo). As part of the celebration for BatCon 2019, physical copies for the completed comic with an exclusive cover were released for the first 100 ticket buyers and included as a raffle for attendees.[48][49] On March 24, 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic), the complete comic was released in the official Trese blog.[50][51]
Trese Deviations: Iunctura[edit]
Written by David Hontiveros and illustrated by Marvin Del Mundo, the story is a crossover team-up between Fr. Mattias Trese and Dakila. It was a story canon to 'The Verse' universe by David Hontiveros. This was used as a way of featuring his character Dakila and the organization TierCell.[42] This is said to be the first story from the Trese Deviations title.
Other appearances[edit]
With the blessing of its creators, Alexandra Trese and the Kambals appeared in Kanto Inc (issue #3) and in a comic strip of Callous.[52] Parody versions also appeared in Beerkada comics.[citation needed]
Adaptations[edit]
See also: Trese (TV series)
The creators attempted to make a 10-minute long short film in 2010 but found it costly to produce.[53][54] According to the afterword of Trese 4: Last Seen After Midnight, the script was reused for the story "A Private Collection". There have been talks to adapt the series by Filipino studios and networks. Glaiza de Castro was a fan favorite for the role[55] and even showed interest.[56] A thesis short film was made by students but was only screened privately due to the creators having signed a contract with a potential film producer.[57]
On November 8, 2018, media-services provider Netflix announced at their "See What's Next Asia" event Marina Bay Sands in Singapore that they will air an anime-influenced web television series adaptation of Trese as part of their upcoming 'anime' lineup.[58] The animated series will be produced by BASE Entertainment with Jay Oliva as the executive producer. During the Trese Lite Vol. 1 launch, Budjette said that Filipino voice actors were used for the television series. In October 27, Netflix released the first look for the series, and set its release date for 2021.[4] On March 7, 2021, Netflix announced that Liza Soberano would voice for the Tagalog dub for the main character Alexandra Trese, with Shay Mitchell voice acting for the English dub.[59] The series was released on June 11, 2021.[60]
Merchandise[edit]
Due to its popularity, the creators sold limited amounts of shirts while several licensed shirts were produced by Art Initiative, Evil Genius Clothing Co., and Team Manila. Dolls of Trese, Crispin, and Basilio were made by Studio-Kaiba in 2012.[61] During Komikon 2017, The Keybie Cafe sold keychains of the characters[62] while Visprint sold refrigerator magnets.[63] In honor of the 13th anniversary of Trese, Hidden Fortress produced Trese and the Kambal 3.75" tall resin figures limited to 30 sets and was exclusively released for ToyCon PH 2018.[64]
In 2016, Balangay Entertainment announced Trese Case Files: War and Chaos, a cooperative board game for 1–5 players. Players would play as the characters from Trese as they protect Manila from villains from the comic and would need to work together to investigate cases, defeat monsters, gain favors, and thwart the mastermind's diabolical scheme.[65] Development stopped the following year in favor of other projects.
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The Bridal Chair is a British silent motion picture of 1919 directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Miriam J. Sabbage, C. M. Hallard, Daisy Burrell and Mary Rorke. A drama, it was written by Samuelson and Roland Pertwee.

The film was premiered at a Trade Show in July 1919.

Plot
Sylvane Sheridan is a cripple in a wheelchair, engaged to Lord Louis Lewis, a faithful middle-aged man who resists the temptation to abandon her for other young ladies, such as Jill Hargreaves. He has vowed not to marry anyone else while Sylvane survives.

Cast

 Miriam J. Sabbage – Sylvane Sheridan
 C. M. Hallard – Lord Louis Lewis
 Daisy Burrell – Jill Hargreaves
 Mary Rorke – Mrs Sheridan
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Also known as the Tasmanian tiger or wolf, the thylacine was a large meat-eating marsupial that lived in Australia. It had a long, stiff tail, dark stripes on its back and rump, and a pouch similar to other marsupials like the koala and kangaroo. It was driven to extinction by human activity and the introduction of wild dogs onto the Australian mainland. The last confirmed wild thylacine was spotted in Tasmania in 1932, while the last captive one died in Tasmania's Hobart Zoo in 1936. Though widely considered to be extinct, sightings of this strange creature do still occur occasionally.
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CDER Priorities: During the Pandemic and for 2021
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CDER Deputy Center Director for Operations Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni met with the Alliance (by conference call) on August 4. She began the meeting by thanking the Alliance for their work and mentioned the Alliance's 2018 meeting with CDER Director Woodcock, which she attended. Dr. Peter Stein, Director of the Office of New Drugs also participated in the call.
Budget, Funding, and Priorities. With regard to CDER resources and priorities, Dr. Cavazzoni pointed to modernizing technology platforms that can support application reviews and other activities. She also pointed to CDER's drug compounding activities, which were previously unfunded.
Increased FDA appropriations have also supported CDER's advanced manufacturing activities, which have the effect of promoting domestic manufacturing. Among other things, CDER has approved six continuous manufacturing applications. CDER has also initiated a pilot program since much of this field needs to be demonstrated, rather than taken from an existing "how to" plan.
She continued: in the FY 21 budget, CDER requested additional funding for drug science activities to determine how to adopt new drug development techniques including enhanced biomarkers and novel clinical trial designs. If funded, CDER would work with third parties, academic institutions, and scientists to study and advance new drug development approaches. This is both a short- and long-term priority of CDER.
Recruitment, Hiring and Retention. Dr. Cavazzoni described the increasingly important role of the recruitment tools contained in the 21st Century Cures Act. This has allowed CDER to recruit a substantial number of new staff and given the agency needed flexibility. However, there are multiple recruitment and pay scales that often slow down the agency's efforts. She expressed interest in moving toward a single direct hiring authority that would apply to all recruitment and employees.
COVID-19. Not surprisingly, CDER has had to divert staff to COVID-19 activities. Within CDER that has primarily been to cover three functions: (1) therapeutics (particularly in the Office of New Drugs and Office of Generic Drugs), (2) supply chain surveillance and mitigation of drug shortages, and (3) regulatory enforcement.
In addition, CDER has tried to work closely with sponsors of non-COVID-19 clinical trials who faced operational issues in conducting their trials. As these submissions come in, CDER anticipates increased focus on resolving analytic issues created by necessary deviations from original protocols.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, CDER created a triage team to facilitate drug reviews and assure maximum productivity. As a result, COVID-19 work is being completed, while CDER remains on track to meet its user fee requirements. Conducting on-site inspections has continued to be difficult.
The accomplishments this year — under very stressful conditions — have only been possible because of the tremendous dedication of staff and their willingness to work long hours.
Future Impacts from the COVID-19 Experience. CDER is looking at the COVID-19 experience to see if there are ways to improve the review process in the future. Among the items that Dr. Cavazzoni pointed to were: learning how to increase surge capacity; tightening the monitoring of and response to supply chain disruptions; and harnessing technologies such as remote monitoring to continue trials during COVID-19. CDER may consider creating a hub within the center to deal with emerging technologies.
Evolution of Clinical Trials. CDER has a working group to evaluate decentralized trials and consider virtual medicine and telehealth technologies. Looking forward, Dr. Stein sees digital health technologies being used to monitor patients, ensure the safety of clinical trial participants, and inform endpoints. As the clinical trial landscape changes over the next 5-10 years, FDA is likely to need additional resources for data analysis and analytical tools.
Editorial Note: The Analysis and Commentary section is written by Steven Grossman, Deputy Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
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Non-standard monetary policy measures
Eurosystem has taken a number of non-standard measures complementing its regular operating framework.
Before the financial turmoil, the Eurosystem used to provide a pre-set amount of credit to banks through open market operations conducted through tender procedures, in which banks put up adequate collateral to guarantee the loans. Banks would also lend to and borrow from each other in the interbank market to meet their liquidity needs.
The turmoil in international money and capital markets triggered by the financial crisis affected banks in the euro area as well, which faced a lack of liquidity already from early August 2007. There were also dysfunctions in money markets. Thus, the Eurosystem decided to introduce several non-standard monetary policy measures, as described below, which have responded to the challenges posed by the different phases of the crisis.
In the first phase of the crisis, amid a lack of liquidity and dysfunctions in money markets, banks were reluctant to lend to each other in the interbank market due to a perceived increase in counterparty credit risk. Against this background, the primary aim of the Eurosystem's non-standard measures was to provide liquidity to banks and to keep financial markets functioning.
During that first phase of the crisis, the Eurosystem decided:
to adopt a fixed-rate full allotment tender procedure for open market operations (since October 2008);
to extend the maturity of open market operations (through six-month longer-term refinancing operations and three one-year operations) and to conduct complementary three-month open market operations; and
to expand the range of eligible assets that could be used as collateral in refinancing operations.
In the second phase of the crisis, which took the form of a sovereign debt crisis, the Eurosystem's non-standard monetary policy measures aimed to address markets' malfunctioning to reduce dispersion in financing conditions faced by businesses and households in different euro area countries.
In the second phase of the crisis, the Eurosystem:
conducted the Securities Markets Programme (SMP) and intervened in the secondary market by purchasing government bonds issued by certain countries (from May 2010 to September 2012);
purchased eligible covered bonds under its Covered Bond Purchase Programme − CBPP1 (July 2009-June 2010) and CBPP2 (November 2011-October 2012);
carried out two Very Long-Term Refinancing Operations (VLTROs) with a maturity of three years (December 2011-February 2015);
announced, in September 2012, Outright Monetary Operations (OMT), i.e. purchases of government bonds subject to strict conditionality. The programme has never been activated.
In the third phase of the crisis, the Eurosystem's non-standard measures were aimed to address the risk of deflation. With short-term interest rates already close to zero, the non-standard measures were intended to influence the whole constellation of interest rates that are relevant for financing conditions in the euro area.
The non-standard measures during the third phase of the crisis included:
a negative interest rate on the deposit facility (since June 2014),
Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs), designed to support bank lending to businesses and households. The first series of operations (TLTRO I) was announced in June 2014, the second (TLTRO II) in March 2016 and the third (TLTRO III) in March 2019;
forward guidance, which means communicating how the ECB expects its policy measures to evolve in the future and what conditions would warrant a change in the policy stance (since July 2013); and
the expanded asset purchase programme (APP).
The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in early 2020, has been a major shock to the growth prospects of the global and euro area economies. In the face of economic disruptions and heightened uncertainty in money markets the Eurosystem decided on a comprehensive package of monetary policy measures. Together with the monetary policy stimulus already in place to counter the financial crisis, these measures aim to the smooth provision of credit and better access to funds for those hardest-hit by the spread of the virus like households and small to medium-sized firms. To succeed in its scope, ECB made borrowing easier to banks by keeping its key interest rates at historically low levels, by initiating new refinancing operations and at the same time expanding the list of assets that banks can bring as collateral to get refinancing, and by increasing asset purchases to help boost spending and investments.
The non-standard measures during the pandemic included:
additional longer-term refinancing operations (LTROs) to provide immediate liquidity support at favourable terms to the euro area financial system, followed by a new series of pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations (PELTROs) to preserve the smooth functioning of money markets during the pandemic,
the application of considerably more favourable terms during the period from June 2020 to June 2022 to all outstanding TLTRO III operations, with the aim to support bank lending to those affected most by the spread of the coronavirus, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises,
a temporary envelope of additional net asset purchases of €120 billion until the end of 2020, within the existing asset purchase programme (APP) of net purchases up to €20 billion per month, ensuring a strong contribution from the private sector purchase programmes. This envelope will further support favourable financing conditions for the real economy in times of heightened uncertainty,
a new temporary asset purchase programme of private and public sector securities the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) with an overall envelope of €1.850 billion until at least the end of March 2022, to counter the serious risks to the monetary policy transmission mechanism and the outlook for the euro area posed by the outbreak of the coronavirus. It is noted that the new PEPP includes the purchase of securities issued by the Greek government,
the adoption of collateral easing measures to ensure that counterparties continue to be able to make full use of Eurosystem liquidity support,
the enhancement of existing swap lines with central banks across the globe to ease strains in global funding markets and preserve financial stability.
Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP)
The ECB's pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) is a non-standard monetary policy measure initiated in March 2020 to counter the serious risks to the monetary policy transmission mechanism and the outlook for the euro area posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This programme complements the asset purchase programmes we have had in place since 2014.
The PEPP is a temporary asset purchase programme of private and public sector securities. The Governing Council decided to increase the initial €750 billion envelope for the PEPP by €600 billion on 4 June 2020 and by €500 billion on 10 December 2020, for a new total of €1,850 billion. PEPP expansion will further ease the general monetary policy stance, ensuring that all sectors of the economy can benefit from supportive financing conditions that enable them to absorb this shock. This applies equally to households, firms, banks and governments.
All asset categories eligible under the existing asset purchase programme (APP) are also eligible under the PEPP, as well as a waiver of the eligibility requirements has been granted for securities issued by the Greek Government. In addition, the Governing Council decided to expand the range of eligible assets under the corporate sector purchase programme (CSPP) to non-financial commercial paper, making all commercial papers of sufficient credit quality and remaining maturity of at least 28 days, eligible for purchase under CSPP. All kinds of purchases help boost spending and investment, with the aim of supporting economic growth.
Purchases under PEPP are conducted in a flexible manner over time, across asset classes and among jurisdictions, on the basis of market conditions. The flexibility of purchases will contribute to effectively stave off risks to the smooth transmission of monetary policy to the real economy. Finally, the maturing principal payments from securities purchased under the PEPP will be reinvested until at least the end of 2023
Expanded asset purchase programme
To address the risks of a too prolonged period of low inflation, the Governing Council of the ECB introduced the expanded asset purchase programme.
This programme includes:
The asset-backed securities purchase programme (ABSPP). Purchases under the ABSPP started in November 2014.
The third Covered Bond Purchase Programme (CBPP3). Purchases under the CBPP3 started in October 2014.
The Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP), encompassing marketable debt instruments issued by central governments, agencies and international or supranational institutions located in the euro area. Purchases under the PSPP started in March 2015.
The Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP). Purchases under the CSPP started in June 2016.
The decision on the expanded APP was taken by the ECB Governing Council in an environment in which most of the indicators of actual and expected inflation in the euro area had moved towards their historic lows. Private and public asset purchases provide monetary stimulus to the economy at a time when the ECB's key interest rates have reached their effective lower bound. They also lead to a further easing of monetary and financial conditions, reducing the cost of access to bank credit for businesses and households. This tends to support investment and consumption and ultimately helps bring inflation back to levels of below but close to 2%.
The Bank of Greece has participated in CBPP3 since the launch of the programme. It has also participated in the PSPP, purchasing bonds issued by development banks and supranational institutions located in the euro area.
Net purchases under the expanded APP ended in December 2018. The total stock of assets acquired by the Eurosystem at the end of the expanded APP is shown in the table below:
Eurosystem holdings under the asset purchase programme (as of end-December 2018)
Holdings(in EUR millions)
ABSPP
CBPP3
PSPP
Total APP
Since January 2019, and for as long as the ECB Governing Council deems necessary, the Eurosystem has been implementing a policy of reinvesting the principal payments from maturing securities purchased under the asset purchase programme.
In November 2019 the Governing Council announced the restart of net purchases under the programme of €20 billion per month, which expects to run for as long as necessary to reinforce the accommodative impact of its policy rates, and to end shortly before it starts raising the key ECB interest rates.
In March 2020, after the coronavirus outbreak, a temporary envelope of additional net asset purchases of €120 billion was added to the existing asset purchase programme (APP), until the end of the year, to support favourable financing conditions for the real economy in times of heightened uncertainty
Securities lending of holdings under the asset purchase programme (APP) and pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP)
Securities purchased under the public sector purchase programme (PSPP) have been made available for securities lending in a decentralised manner by Eurosystem central banks since 2 April 2015.
Securities purchased under the SMP and meeting the eligibility criteria of the PSPP are also available for lending.
Several Eurosystem central banks make their holdings under the three covered bond purchase programmes (CBPP, CBPP2 and CBPP3) available for securities lending. As of 18 July 2016, holdings under the corporate sector purchase programme (CSPP) have also been made available for securities lending by the purchasing national central banks.
In addition, from 26 March 2020, securities purchased under the PEPP (Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme) are also available for lending by the Eurosystem central banks.
The aim of securities lending is to support bond and repo market liquidity without disrupting normal repo market activity.
The Bank of Greece makes the securities purchased under the PSPP and the SMP and from the PEPP those that are also eligible under the PSPP available for securities lending via the Fails mitigation programme (Automatic Securities Lending) and Agency Lending (GC Access) Programme of Euroclear Bank SA.
What does the asset purchase programme contribute to?
The Eurosystem has a clear mandate to maintain price stability.
The Eurosystem has a clear mandate to maintain price stability. This programme will help to bring inflation back to levels in line with the Eurosystem's objective.
But it will also help businesses across euro area to enjoy better access to credit, boost investment, create jobs and thus support overall economic growth, which is a precondition for inflation to return to and stabilise at levels close to 2%.
Is the asset purchase programme monetary financing?
The Eurosystem strictly adheres to the prohibition on monetary financing by not buying in the primary market.
The Eurosystem strictly adheres to the prohibition on monetary financing by not buying in the primary market. The Eurosystem will only buy bonds after a market price has formed. This ensures that the Eurosystem does not distort the market pricing of risk.
Outright purchases of marketable instruments are explicitly mentioned as a monetary policy instrument (in Article 18.1 of the Statute of the ESCB). This includes the possibility to purchase instruments such as government bonds, as long as they are bought on the secondary market from investors and not on the primary market, i.e. directly from Member States.
Is the ECB the only central bank conducting asset purchases?
Many central banks have used outright purchases as part of their monetary policy.
Many central banks have used outright purchases as part of their monetary policy. This practice, also known as quantitative easing or QE, has been employed by the Federal Reserve Board, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan.
Outright purchases become useful when policy interest rates cannot be reduced any further. They can help central banks to fulfil their mandate, which in the case of the ECB is maintaining price stability, and thereby supporting economic growth and the creation of jobs.
Is the asset purchase programme aimed at helping specific countries?
The programme is designed to push inflation and inflation expectations
The programme is designed to push inflation and inflation expectations back to levels closer to the Eurosystem's objective in the euro area as a whole. It does not reduce the debt of any particular country.
How does the asset purchase programme work and how does it benefit the economy?
Purchases under the programme influence broader financial conditions and, eventually, economic growth and inflation, through two main channels: direct pass-through and portfolio rebalancing.
Direct pass-through
When the ECB buys private sector assets, such as asset-backed securities and covered bonds, which are linked to loans that banks grant to households and firms in the real economy, the increased demand for these assets drives up their prices. This encourages banks to make more loans, which they can then use to create and sell more asset-backed securities or covered bonds. The increased supply of loans tends to lower bank lending rates for companies and households, improving broader financing conditions.
Portfolio rebalancing
The Eurosystem has purchased private and public sector assets from eligible counterparties that are financial institutions. The latter may choose to take the funds they receive in exchange for assets sold to the central bank and invest them in other assets.
By increasing demand for assets more broadly, this mechanism of portfolio rebalancing pushes prices up and yields down, even for assets that are not directly targeted by the APP. This results in reduced costs (the effective market interest rate) for companies seeking to obtain financing on the capital markets. At the same time, the compression of yields on securities encourages banks to lend to companies or households. The increased supply of bank lending to the real economy tends to lower the costs of borrowing for households and firms. By lowering funding costs, asset purchases can stimulate investment and consumption. More dynamic demand from both firms and consumers will eventually contribute to returning inflation to below, but close to, 2% over the medium term.
PSPP_ISINs
Asset purchase programmes
Pandemic emergency purchase programme


Today is Monday, November 14, 2011. Layla is our leader. Our exploratory class is at 9:50 a.m. Group 1 goes to Computer Lab, Group 2 goes to P.E., and Group 3 goes to Compass Lab. Remember to be responsible for your day. We are Mighty Titans!
This is the perfect place to put Happy Birthday to someone. I always draw music notes around Happy Birthday as if I'm singing (which I do as soon as the birthday child arrives). The reason I am sharing this is... forever and a day I wrote the sentences in two colors of dry erase marker. I didn't last year (can't figure out why I stopped), but started it back today. I am going to point out to the children that I change colors when I begin a new sentence. I also begin having students (who feel comfortable and ask to do this) write the morning message. They know it has to be approved by me before they go home or I will correct it myself.


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Цэвэгийн Тойвго (1 сентября 1917, Бурятия, Российская империя — 2000, Монголия) — монгольский ветеринар и научный издатель.

Биография
Родился 1 сентября 1917 года в Бурятии. В 1933 году поступил в Иркутский ветеринарный техникум, который он окончил в 1938 году. Одного диплома ему показалось мало, тогда он переехал в Монголию и в 1941 году поступил на ветеринарное отделение МонГУ, который он окончил в 1946 году. С 1946 по 1961 год работал преподавателем в сельскохозяйственном и ветеринарном техникумах при МонГУ. С 1961 по начало 1980-х годов работал в НИИ животноводства. С 1980-х по конец 1990-х годов работал в Институте общей и экспериментальной биологии.

Скончался в 2000 году в Монголии.

Научные работы
Основные научные работы посвящены ветеринарии и животноводству.
 Исследовал причины падежа молодняка сельскохозяйственных животных в Монголии.
 Разрабатывал вопросы стабилизации производства животноводческой продукции.
 Уделял внимание проблемам охраны природы, в т.ч защите редких и ценных промысловых зверей МНР.

Издательская деятельность
Под его редакцией издавались следующие научные энциклопедии и словари:
 Малая Монгольская энциклопедия.
 Русско-монгольский словарь с основами научной терминологии.— В 3-х т.

Членство в обществах
 Иностранный член ВАСХНИЛ (1967-92).
 Член АН МНР (1961-91).

Литература
 Биологи: Биографический справочник. — Киев: Наукова думка, 1984. — 816 с.

Ссылки
 Биографические сведения.
 Подробная биография на сайте Кто есть кто. Монголия сейчас.

Ветеринары по алфавиту
Издатели по алфавиту
Учёные по алфавиту
Ветеринары Монголии
Издатели Монголии
Иностранные члены ВАСХНИЛ
Члены Академии наук МНР
Выпускники МонГУ


Coral islands have a reputation as being heaven on earth. The reef systems that gave rise to these islands support the vast majority of marine species on our planet, but they are now under threat. This episode explores the delicate balance between exploiting and preserving these extraordinary natural wonders.
World's Greatest Coral Islands is part of the World's Greatest Islands series.


Somerset wanted a website that showcased their capabilities as printers. So we brought the experience of touching and feeling the page online. First we created a printed website; over 20 techniques were printed on a duplexed press sheet. We created online interactions like a map that could be zoomed with stickers, a GIF made with scanimation, and much more. Then we shot every interaction in stop motion to bring print online in a tactile experience.
The 2019 Photography and Illustration Awards Competition is now open! Submit your pieces before January 25 to save on your entry costs!


The Symposium brings together oversize/overweight transportation professionals and permitting officials to discuss permitting harmonization and safety concerns. Beyond education sessions, the meeting features an exhibit center showcasing over 40 companies and many networking opportunities.
Click here to visit SC&RA's Events page for more information.


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Geoff Daily VidChat with Director of LUS Fiber, Terry Huvall
Fri, February 5, 2010 | Posted by Christopher Mitchell
Terry Huvall, the head of Lafayette's municipally owned fiber to the home network, discusses the history and motivations behind the community fighting for four years to build their own network. Lafayette has a strong tradition of publicly owned utilities -- they were the first community in Louisiana to build a municipally-owned water and electricity utility, voting to tax themselves to fund it in 1896.
That investment allowed Lafayette to prosper and surpass other communities in the following decades. This investment will have the same effects.
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For three quarters of a century, the Communications Act has defined a successful communications policy as fostering ubiquitous, affordable service available on a nondiscriminatory basis in competitive markets. The penetration of phone service of over 90% for a quarter of a century in this country, as compared to penetration rates in most of the rest of the world, was widely touted as an example of our success as a nation and as critical to maintaining a unified society in which all had access to a technology critical for health, safety, and economic advancement.


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Make AOL
Smartphone Obsession Can Cost You...Dinner
Harris Effron
Smart phones and dinner conversation
Can't bear to let go of your smartphone? It'll cost you.
Last week, it was widely reported that Eva Restaurant, a small eatery in Los Angeles, is offering customers a 5% discount for handing over their cell phones before dining.
According to the Associated Press, owner Mark Gold says about half of his customers take him up on the offer.
"We just want people to connect again," he told Fox News. "It's eliminating one more distraction from the dinner experience."
Gold isn't the first restaurateur to tackle the issue of distracting cell phone use. Darren Groom, who owns a coffee shop in Norwich, England, attracted media attention when he put up a sign in front of his register, reading: "Sorry we are unable to serve you if you are on the phone. Thank You."
But Groom isn't anti-cell phone. He just enjoys making a personal connection with his customers. "I only did it because when customers come in it is nice to greet them and there is better interaction for myself and staff," Groom told EDP24.
Both owners say that the responses from their customers have been nothing but positive.
In food establishments that don't have explicit cell phone policies (i.e., most of them), some diners have taken it upon themselves to incentivize putting away their phone during meal time.
In January, Brian Perez, a hip hop dancer in California, introduced to the world the game of "Don't Be a D**k During Meals." The basic idea is as follows:
Each diner places his or her phone face down on the table.
The first person to crack and look at their phone loses and has to pay the check.
If no one looks at their phone before the check is delivered, everyone wins and pays their own way.
Even as some restaurants and people actively try to curb the use of cell phones, others actually encourage it. During New York City's Restaurant Week, patrons who connected their Foursquare accounts with their American Express cards could knock five dollars off their bills when checking into the restaurant on the popular social network. Other apps like Groupon, Living Social, ScoutMob, and LevelUp also encourage diners to use their phones to claim discounts while eating out.
What do you think? Should people make a concerted effort not to use their phones while eating out? Or is it OK as long as it's not too disruptive? Let us know in the comments! Or tweet us @daily_finance.
Darren Groom
eva restaurant
Mark Gold
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SCOTUS casts doubt on campaign finance rules in Ted Cruz case
Biden nominates Muslim woman to federal bench, 1st in US history
Calif. approaches pandemic record for all hospitalizations


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Yanni Kaldis (born September 30th, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League (AHL). He was an All-American for Cornell. He is also known for ocular patdowns and the ability to disarm people.

Playing career
Kaldis began his college career in 2016 after two very productive years of junior hockey. Against stiffer competition, his offensive numbers weren't quite as good, but Kaldis' defensive performance still earned him a spot on the ECAC All-Rookie Team. He helped Cornell reach the conference championship game that season and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years.

In his sophomore season, Kaldis showed moderate improvement offensively, but the team took a big step forward by finishing first in the conference standings. It was the program's first regular season crown in 13 years and though they stumbled come playoff time, it was a sing of things to come for the Big Red. Kaldis, himself, followed suit as a junior and ramped up his scoring. He finished third on the team and pushed the team to another regular season title. Cornell returned to the ECAC championship game and was named to the All-Tournament Team despite Cornell losing to Clarkson. Cornell made its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament and finally managed to win a game. Kaldis assisted on the opening goal and spurred on a run that ended with a 5–1 victory.

As a senior, Kaldis was named team captain and continued to produce from the back end. It was, however, his defensive exploits that allowed Cornell to be ranked as the top team in the nation towards the end of the season. Cornell ended the regular season with just 2 losses in 29 games and, with the #3 Pairwise ranking, it was a mathematical certainty that the Big Red would be selected for the NCAA Tournament for a 4th year in a row. Unfortunately, just prior to Cornell's quarterfinal match with Princeton, both Harvard and Yale withdrew from the conference tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the remaining six team held onto hope that the tournament would continue, a day later the conference announced the cancellation of the tournament.

In spite of the disappointment about how his final season with Cornell ended, Kaldis' performance earned him All-American honors and he was able to sign a two-year contract with the Bakersfield Condors after graduation. Due to a delay to the start of the following AHL season, Kaldis began the year in Austria, playing for the Dornbirn Bulldogs on loan. After joining Bakersfield, Kaldis established himself as a steady defender and helped the Condors win the Pacific Division playoffs, the only postseason title awarded that year.

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1995 births
Living people
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
American men's ice hockey defensemen
Bakersfield Condors players
Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey players
Dornbirn Bulldogs players
Nanaimo Clippers players
Ice hockey people from Quebec
People from Saint-Laurent, Quebec


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Springdale Cemetery's scattering garden is now open
Leslie Renken of the Journal Star @leslierenken
PEORIA — The growing popularity of cremation has not been good for cemeteries.
Since taking over the reins at Springdale Cemetery six years ago, general manager Mark Matuszak has watched the number of burials decrease, a trend that is making it difficult for the publicly-funded cemetery to reach its financial goals.
It's a trend that will likely continue. Cremation has become more socially acceptable, and it's simpler and cheaper than burial. So Matuszak has decided to jump on the trend by offering a service no one else in the area offers — a scattering garden.
"Most people don't realize scattering cremains without permission is illegal virtually everywhere," he said while driving through the immense historic cemetery to the newly created Prairie Gardens on Monday afternoon. "Do you know where they have the biggest problem? Disney World. People scatter remains there routinely."
While families can bury cremated remains in cemeteries and erect a headstone to mark the spot, the vast majority do not.
"About 80 percent of cremains go home with the families and are kept on the fireplace mantle, a closet shelf, in the attic, or wherever," said Matuszak. "Though people often request that their remains be scattered somewhere specific, often the family never gets around to it."
Matuszak is offering families a solution.
Situated on a hillside at the bottom of the South Bluff section of the cemetery, Prairie Gardens is part of 15-acre parcel of native tallgrass oak savanna protected by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Trees tower over the site, and wildflowers are starting to pop out of the newly thawed earth.
Enhancing the natural beauty of the area is a round patio decorated with granite columns and columbarias, which double as benches.
"Families can come here and have a gathering, then take the remains and scatter them on the hillside," said Matuszak.
Cremains scattered at Prairie Gardens will be memorialized with a small plaque mounted on a granite monument soon to be installed at the site. Families can choose from three different sizes of plaque — the largest and most expensive will include a photo of the deceased. For families who don't want to scatter their loved one's ashes, 20 niches have been created at the site.
Another benefit of scattering ashes at Springdale is that the final resting place of the deceased will be recorded in the permanent records of both the cemetery and the state of Illinois. In the future, people will be able to do an internet search and find relatives scattered at Springdale.
A ribbon cutting ceremony for Prairie Gardens will be held on May 31. The project was about four years in the making, from concept to completion. Clearing the overgrown forest took about two years.
"Mike Rucker and his crew with Peoria Wilds cleared out this area, which was just terribly overgrown with exotic, invasive plants," said Matuszak. "They would pile all the debris on the road and then cemetery staff would come out with skid steers to take it to the dump area."
Peoria Wilds is a group of volunteers who restored and continue to maintain the savanna at Springdale. They are very protective of the site, and along the way there was much spirited debate about placing a scattering garden within the protected natural area. The debate continued as ideas for the hardscape design were being tossed about, said Matuszak.
"There was some resistance to putting concrete in the savanna," he said. In the end, not a single tree was cut down to accommodate the hardscape, and the use of concrete was kept to a minimum. Only the 30-foot patio is made of poured concrete, pathways were constructed with water-permeable crushed granite.
The project cost just under $90,000, and was paid for with capital funds, donations from the Springdale Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation, and private donations, said Matuszak, who is predicting a good public response to Prairie Gardens. Already three niches have sold, and two scatterings are scheduled for later this summer. The cost of a scattering, including a small memorial plaque, runs from $395 to $595, depending on when the service is held.
"I see this as a part of Springdale's obligation to the community," said Matuszak. "Every option that's available should be available at Springdale."
Leslie Renken can be reached at 686-3250 or lrenken@pjstar.com. Follow her on Twitter.com/LeslieRenken, and subscribe to her on Facebook.com/leslie.renken.


You've heard a lot about SIP; you know the networks are phasing out ISDN, and there are now more SIP circuits in the UK than ISDN, and so it's got to be done, but it's hard to feel excited about it.
What's the benefit? Why now? Is it worth making the change? Is it right for you?
The mistake many buyers make when purchasing SIP is to underestimate the benefits of the move. By simplifying and streamlining voice, video and data and delivering the capability to scale quickly SIP is a critical ingredient in delivering happy customers – especially as you move your communications infrastructure into the cloud.
So, should you be looking at SIP? Definitely. As one of the leading providers of Hosted Telephony, we use SIP a lot. We understand how it works and what the best services available are – let us guide you through what you need to know and how we can help.
There is a lot of choice out there – many resellers all offering this week's great deal to migrate to their SIP. You need to remember that telephony is a critical tool of your business; you need to balance cost with quality and reliability.
For us SIP is an essential tool that enables us to deliver our Hosted Telephony, UC and Contact Centre services, so we are pretty astute at selecting the right service.
We are not tied to one single service provider as this reduces our options and flexibility. We have a portfolio of services which enables us to meet the SLA requirements of our customers for the best possible price points.
If you call us about SIP, we won't just quote a price. We will understand what you need, what value you are looking to gain and help you truly understand your options.
When just making a like for like for comparison, there are significant benefits that makes SIP compelling.
However, the greater flexibility of how you flow calls into your organisation enables you to work in a way that is simply not possible with ISDN.
Reduce Cost – any change starts here; we can help you compare the numbers, but you will find that SIP will reduce line rental costs and call charges, in some instances by as much as 50%.
Scalability – you no longer have to pay for what you don't need. You can scale up and down SIP circuits in increments of one, a major plus over ISDN.
Number Flexibility – SIP is not tied to the number ranges of the local exchange; this means you can have a local number, from each region, non-geographic number, and free-phone numbers all delivered centrally over the same circuit.
Resilience – SIP is not tied to a single physical circuit; you can deliver your calls over your current Internet connectivity, you could put in a separate Internet connection, or you could spread the load to ensure you have no single point of failure.
Manageability – You will find SIP is easy for you to manage and control – redirecting a number is a click, not a request to the provider that could take days to execute.


Through advising Master's students develop a preservation related individual Final Project or Thesis including the design and planning of the project and carrying it to completion. If choosing the Thesis option, work must conform to pertinent Graduate School policies. Required of all Historic Preservation majors; represents the student's culminating academic exercise prior to graduation.


Prall is the worker city on the island of Centralia. Prall is in direct contrast to Centralia Prime. It is dirty and dangerous. The 'See a Crime, Punish It' motto of Centralia is perverted here to 'You Make Your Own Law'. The only constant law here is that if you have to either work for a boss, steal it from your fellows or do menial labor in Centralia Prime (washing up first so as not to offend their delicate sensibilities).
The largest industry in Prall is the gigantic iron mill on its east side. The miss is constantly spewing forth fire and "stuff". It makes the whole city have a greyish-green haze, and sediment collects on everything that stands still for more than a minute. Since the death of the god Taurus the mill is often visited by shady people from all over the world.
The fires from the mill, and other industries, cause Prall to appear, from a distance and not infrequently from nearby, to be burning. In Prall these fires provide enough light that the roving gangs don't need to supply their own.
Various physical areas and/or industries are presided over by a boss. A boss is like a union head or minor mobster. They are always accompanies by some muscle (thugs) and people are bred to jump at their command. Prall does not have crime families as events are always too volatile to allow for dynastic behavior. Bosses choose their successor but that person has to prove themselves worthy of taking the title or another will take it from them. These scrambles from the top generally come down to a single act of violence: fast, first and final.
The Alleys is the worst neighborhood in Prall and hence in Centralia and likely all of the Rhine. In the Alleys touching your weapon is considered an invitation to duel. A code of honor exists among duelers… oddly enough it is a concept of fair play. If your opponent draws a huge sword he is either a poor swordsman or inviting you to match the capacity of his weapon. If you draw a huge sword and your opponent draws a small, blunt, kitchen knife he obviously considers his skill with that weapon to be a match for your skill with yours. Sometimes people mis-gage one another and a dualist may disengage to change weapons or just run away. Invariably such a person is laughed at.. if they don't get killed in the first few mismatched seconds of the dual.
A duel generally draws a huge crows that makes bets and waits for some sign of unfairness. At the first sign of unfairness the crowd will move in to make the fight fair again. On occasion the result is a feww for all frenzy of bloodletting.
Avenging Angels are the Prall equivelant of our modern Guardian Angels. They are not priests of Tor, merely believers in Justice. They are an organized group. Most work alone, but some in pairs or trios. Those working in small groups tend to use the "raptor technique" for controlling violence. One member approaches the trouble and gets its attention, while the others sneak in fromt he back and/or sides to blindside the rabble with quick and decisive action.
The Angels train hard and guard their image almost as zealously as thier city. Anyone caught wearing their mark who isn't a member is encouraged (painfully and permanently) not to repeat their mistake.
The Flaming Zeal - The Flaming Zeal is a bar in Prall that also serves as the local Temple of Orus. Aldo, the proprieter believes himself a priest and loudly, and boisterously, preaches while serving drinks and working people to a fevor.
Jakes - Jakes is a barber shop on the northern end of Prall. Jake is probably the oldest man in all of Centralia and is considered very wise. He is Prall's version of a priest of Taurus. Although not truly a priest , he does have an uncanny ability to size up people and things and to learn a great deal from them. Outside his shop is a red and while pole that revolves. Locals believe that it wards off evil so Jakes is a sanctuary for those people who are plagues by the demons and evil spirits that life in Prall (and cheap access to bad drugs and alcohol) will often give a person. Local belief is that a bald man is a truly troubled soul. The Refuge - Picture if you will… an understaffed, catholic hospital from the 1950's. The Refuge is a clinic in Prall. It is manned entirely by volunteers (mostly women) who believe in healing and helping people. There are a few genuine priests of Isis here and priests from Centralia and Pregada often take a turn offering their services here.
Weary Knickers - Stylish pub near the docks. This pub was newly built and decorated in a manner to attract the business of sailors. Until the breaking of the reefs (in Irkusk of 10026) Prall was not able to handle seagoing traffic. When planning for the Breaking had been approved docks were built and harbor type businesses followed quickly.
The Weary Knickers speciallizes in sandwiches and does not serve hard liquor or mixed drinks. Beer, Ale and Wine are all that is available. Sandwiches are fish (in several varieties and preperations), rat and rabbit.
Tenament House - Its on Barker Road. And has at least 32 rooms.
125 Drako Street - Its a person's residence. See 2004-03-06 Game Writeup.


Thank you for your prayers! Pray for healing: my face and other parts of my body are starting to swell up probably due to an allergic reaction. God bless!
peace of mind on it soon.
URGENT: Please pray for Chuck, 82 yrs, a Christian. He has been in the hospital for over a month. He is on a ventilator & feeding tube. Ifhe doesn't get off the ventilator soon, they will have to do a tracheotomy. He had a fall (his head) prior to this, but no details. JESUS MIRACLE, NO COMPLICATIONS! Thank you so very much for praying.
Pray to eliminate our financial problems right now & for John & I to GET GREAT PAYING JOBS SOON so that our wedding can go on as planned. And bless us and our marriage.
I am asking God for a Financial Blessing to Pay our Rent, Debts, & Obligations (All Past Due) for my Family & I. Thank you. Michael Moore.
Lord and His love for deliverance.
are needed for my dear friends. Both are compassionate loving people.
With God all things are possible, by HIS stripes they are healed.
Dear Lord, please take my bag safely to Reagan National Airport untampered with. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Dear Lord, I pray the affirmations I left at Bible Study were not thrown out . I pray they were read. I pray the tracts and affirmations i leave in the airport (shuttle) and on the planes will not be discarded. Use them all to save or stir up hope and expectation. In Jesus' mighty name. Amen.
Please pray for Sallie who has been in the hospital very sick with the flu. She is still experiencing a lit of nausea and vomiting. Thank you for caring to pray for her.
Please pray in love for Beth who has Chron's disease but who also has had serious pain in her shoulder from four breaks in the bone. She has been limited in mobility and is losing strength. She needs more physical therapy but is limited by medicare. Thank you for caring to pray for her. She lives alone and it is a real challenge to have so much pain and be alone.
Please pray in love for Michael. He is in a lot of pain in his right leg and complete numbness in his lower left leg from the stenosis in his spine. He also is dealing with Myasthenia Gravis and takes a chemo therapy that makes him sick at times. His wife passed away and now he has been throwing himself away and doing things that are harmful to himself and those around him. Thank you for praying for his healing in MANY different ways that he needs healing.