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With its excellent manufacturing facilities, Aztech is able to manufacture high quality products that meet top worldwide industry standards. With state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, strong engineering capabilities and facilities, which are ISO9001:2000, TL9000, UL, TUV and CCIB certified, Aztech is able to roll out products that bring the best quality and value to customers.
Our R&D centres have more than 20 years of design experience to design products to meet and exceed the demand of new technologies and market requirement. Together with our strong design capabilities specialising in the PC and Telecommunication industry, we have successfully designed a solid line-up of ODM products in the DSL high speed modem, Analog Modem, broadband routers and wireless products. The company's ODM clientele has over the years, drawn on Aztech's superb R&D facilities and engineering expertise to launch revolutionary products and services.
Aztech offers electronics manufacturing services to our customers. With complete manufacturing services including design, material management, logistics services and customer program management, we provide customers with seamless, value added service at every stage from product transfer, component procurement, electronics PCB assembly, mechanical assembly, testing and final shipping the products. We play an important role to our customers to reduce their time to market cycle and in delivering product of the highest production standard. Aztech Group EMS services has built up capabilities to serve the manufacturing needs of the Computer and networking, Telecommunication, Consumer electronics and Health care devices market segments.
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The prospect of having someone else go through the ordeal of designing and arranging your room sure sounds interesting. However, to reap the most out of it, certain responsibilities would lie at your end too. It is only after that both the parties play their roles, will you get to see an end product which would be every penny that is spent on it. So, what are some of the things that you need to know about before you go for fitted bedroom furniture? Let us find that out.
When it comes to styling a room that would follow the contemporary designs, having a fixed budget would make things a lot easier.The goal is to stick to this budget so that you do not end up overspending on the project only to upset your finances by the end of it.
It is believed that having fitted bedrooms works better for people who seem to have their own individual sense of style. Knowing clearly in their heads what they truly want helps them oversee the project and dictate what they are looking for. For example, when going for a contemporary room, you need to follow a sleek and elegant theme that would use earthy tones and a touch of bright color. Such rooms have effects added through woodwork to add more persona to them. You would know these and many other such things only if you have a basic idea of modern trends and styles that would better fit your space.
This is the most crucial part of getting a fitted room designed.Even if you feel that you do not have the aesthetic sense to lead or supervise such projects, finding a reliable company will make up for the gap. Working with people who understand your viewpoint and are willing to accommodate your wishes is always anbonus. Find a company which has a good repute and has been around for some time to earn a good number of recommendations from those around you. Moreover, they should have samples that you can take a better look at and decide for your own self if their designing techniques are something that you connect with.
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Holly Evans: Infernal Ties
Posted by mervih under 1st in a series, fantasy, urban fantasy
The first novella in an urban fantasy series. Can be read as a stand-alone.
Format: ebook, kindle
Publisher: Chaos Fox
Evelyn and Quin Hawke are hunters who keep the Prague's supernatural beings in line. Evelyn is a strong, grim fighter and Quin is a charming negotiator who is fascinated with alchemy. He also acquires magical potions and powders which can negate magic or heal. Evelyn hates magic and trusts only a few people in addition to her twin Quin.
Now, Quin has disappeared and Evelyn is starting to first worry and then become frantic. She goes out to meet with people who might know something about her twin's disappearance, but they just make her run dangerous errands. She's really starting to lose her patience and she doesn't like almost any of the people she's forced to see.
This was a fun, quick read. I rather like action heroines like Evelyn. However, she made no effort to think about the situation, she just ran from one place to another hoping to find something relevant. It seems that Quin is the brains of the duo and without him Evelyn doesn't really know what to do, except demand answers with her fists and knives. She's angry and grim most of the time. But underneath, her emotions are churning. She's rude to the people she meets and dislikes almost everyone. She's also very worried about Quin and at one point she cries when she thinks about her former boyfriend.
The world-building was very interesting. I've never been to Prague but it was very nicely described. This world has witches, werewolves, necromancers, and various undead. It also has several kinds of fairies, including the sidhe and redcaps. Also, alchemists seem to play a big role.
Evelyn and Quin are orphans and one of the people Evelyn meets hints that their parents had some secret the twins never knew. But we don't find out more than that. Other than that, the story can be read as stand-alone. It's described as a prequel to the Infernal Hunt so it's nice to see a complete story. Even though Evelyn and Quin are twins, they don't seem to share any mystical bond which was another nice change from most twins in fantasy.
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El teselado cuacuaversal (quaquaversal tiling en inglés) es un tipo de teselado aperiódico del espacio euclídeo tridimensional, introducido por John Conway y Charles Radin.

Las teselas sólidas básicas son semiprismas basados en un patrón bidimensional que idearon con anterioridad, el teselado de molinillo. Las rotaciones que relacionan estas piezas pertenecen al grupo G(6,4) generado por dos rotaciones de orden 6 y 4, cuyos ejes son perpendiculares entre sí. Estas rotaciones son densas en SO(3).

Etimología
El término cuacuaversal está tomado del latín "quaqua versus", que significa "girado en cualquier sentido".

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Enlaces externos
 Imagen de un teselado quaquaversal
 Charles Radin. Página personal en la Universidad de Texas

Geometría discreta
Teselado

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The holidays can be a stressful time for a lot of us – money, expectations, family visits, gift giving, parties, etc. This year, I found a sweet way to navigate the season, thanks to my friend Shira and her spontaneous haiku to me, which inspired me to write "The 12 Days of Christmas Haiku." They're not the traditional verse, like in the song, but they capture the feelings of peace, love and inspiration I felt. I loved writing and reading them with these and hope you . Enjoy!


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Born and raised in South Central, Los Angeles, London is a comedian and trained actor. He stars on the HBO series "Ballers" opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Previously he was the lead in "The Hustle" for The Fuse Network which was created and produced by Prentice Penny. He recently was recognize by LA's Best and received an award for his career and his involvement with the youth in the inner city community. Also won Best Actor for his role in Asia A at the Overcome Festival and Best International Comedian at the 2013 Black Comedy Awards in the UK. Opened for Chris Tucker and many other headliners, currently headlining his own comedy tour.
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Co-Starring next to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on HBO's Ballers, London Brown plays the charter we love to hate, Fat Reggie. When...
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The football comedy-drama "Ballers" has just wrapped season 4 and has been renewed for a 5th season! Now, imagine being cast in this show...
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Rated 5 out of 5 by super wrench Dave from heavy duty I have used this flexplate on my dragster before and with a msd starter and a 15 to 1 compression have not had any problems starting my 555.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Skidaddy from TCI flexplate I bought this as a replacement upgrade for a o.e.m.flexplate that cracked. I am running a T400 TCI trans. with 2800 stall 10" torq. converter in back of a 350c.i. 300hp motor. All is well.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by ishibob from OOPS Always ran TCI flexplates in 3 of my race cars with no problems but this particular one had ONE mounting hole drilled wrong size. Had to enlarge it.
Need a flexplate for a ls2. Whats the part number for that engine?
Thanks for the last answer - but, I'll ask again "Which TCI flexplate has 10.75 and 11.5" holes, 168 tooth, internal balance for Big Block Chev applications?'.
TCI does not have a converter with those specifications.
Hi, Normal 'dual-pattern' flywheels for Chev have 10.75 and 11.5 bolt patterns. This states "10.75 and 11.1". Is that correct? If so, which TCI flywheel has 10.75 and 11.5 patterns in 168 tooth/internal balance for CHEV MarkIV BBC?  Thanks.
Will this bolt onto a 5.3l vortec?
I have a Vortex 8100 engine, will this flexplate bolt onto it?


MR3 is a new execution engine for Hadoop and Kubernetes. It is a new execution engine with simple design, excellent performance, and native support for both Yarn and Kubernetes. MR3 is ready for production use as it supports all major features such as Kerberos-based security, authentication and authorization, fault-tolerance, and recovery. MR3 is implemented in Scala.
Hive, the de facto standard for SQL queries in Hadoop, currently supports three execution engines for its backend -- MapReduce, Tez, and Spark. Now Hive can run on top of MR3 as well. Hive on MR3 runs much faster than Hive on Tez by virtue of the simple architectural design of MR3. In particular, it yields a much higher throughput for concurrent queries by making a better utilization of computing resources. Hive 2 and 3 also support an execution mode called LLAP (Low Latency Analytical Processing) designed for interactive queries. In comparison with Hive with LLAP, Hive on MR3 allows elastic allocation of cluster resources, provides better support for concurrency, and fully implements impersonation.
With its native support for Kubernetes, MR3 can power Hive on Kubernetes clusters. As it creates and destroys containers as necessary, MR3 enables Hive to take full advantage of the dynamic resource allocation of Kubernetes. By reading data from remote sources while running containers on Kubernetes, Hive on MR3 can achieve the separation of compute and storage.


The focus of the Facilities team is to determine the needs of the Parish to properly maintain all parish facilities and grounds. This includes recommending buildings and grounds capital expenditures, a long-range plan, and a budget, as well as determining yearly and preventive maintenance requirements.
The Facilities team has been very busy getting bids, prioritizing, and preparing for various repairs and upgrades around the campus. Energy efficiency, building security, and safety issues are key items.
Volunteers are needed for the team as we review the overall needs of the land, buildings, and equipment of the parish and then develop routine maintenance and replacement plans. Those with architectural, engineering, and facilities backgrounds are especially needed.


There is certainly a cost to a falling US dollar. Many Americans are living the consequences of this multi-decade long trend. The Federal Reserve has only added fuel to this trend but many families are now realizing that there does come a cost to unrelenting debt based solutions to fiscal problems. Shopping at the local grocery store I've noticed that some items have doubled in the last few years. Fueling up is also more expensive. The issue with living on a low dollar policy is that eventually, you end up in a low wage capitalist system. The easy money slowly inflates away especially on global items. We are seeing this in the US in various arenas especially with higher education. The end result is that the standard of living for the vast majority of Americans has fallen dramatically in the last few decades.
The seems to be a basic stupidity in human beings as to the devastating impacts of "inflation" (i.e., counterfeiting by a central bank).
As an injineer, we can't have a "standard" that varies.
As a football fan, imagine if a yard was redefined each football season as 2% less. 35.28 inches. Easier to make a first down. Records would be meaningless. And, eventually, in 30 years, they'd play on a one inch field.
So why is it different for money?
In my lifetime, the "dollar", whatever that is, has lost 99% of it's value. Gasoline that was 30¢ per gallon was $3.75 last night. Has gasoline become more expensive? Those evil oil companies. No!!! Based on the price of silver, gas is actually ~30% cheaper.
Why can't "We, The Sheeple" see it?
And, in the general inflation (i.e., loss of value of the money), wages don't go up. Those on fixed income are so screwed. And, the poor get poorer. Savings are a joke.
Also even the stock market gets "hurt". Sure the stock prices go up, but never as much as the inflation rate. We've seen this in the Carter disaster. Then, stocks went up in the single digit %s, but the inflation was 25 or 30%. Hence the real value went down.
How does a tin foil hat view the world? Always price things in silver or gold. Makes it obvious.
A new men's outfit in Rome was two ounces of gold. Today, you can buy a nice outfit for 3500$! Clothing has gotten "cheaper".
A new car in the 60's was 6 ounces of gold. (I know a bought a Chevy Nova brand new for 1200$). Today, 10,500$ won't get you a new car. Cars have become more "expensive". Gas we've already said has gotten "cheaper".
What do you buy that's changed?
POLITICAL: NO more bailouts … … for ANYONE!
We request that all 242 Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives pledge to actively oppose and vote against all federal government bailouts for state governments or local governments.
No Funding bailouts for state or local governments.
No Loans for state or local governments.
No Loan Guarantees for state or local governments.
No cash. No loans. No loan guarantees. No co-signing.
Not for California. Not for Massachusetts. Not for Illinois. Not for New York. Not for any state or local government.
They must live within their own means. They must reduce and remove fat and non-essential spending from their budgets. They must seek and find ways to accomplish their essential duties – with lower overhead and less money.
Just like private sector businesses.
You must not enable them to continue their reckless and irresponsible spending.
You must not enable state and local governments to postpone the day of financial reckoning.
That's the addiction talking. Ignore it.
Once state and local officials realize that you will not bail them out, they will solve their own spending problems.
Once they come to terms with economic reality, they will seek and find cheaper, better, smarter ways to do their government's essential tasks.
They will become more responsible and accountable stewards of government.
Because almost all of you 242 Republican Members of the U.S. House of Representatives ran campaigns promising to roll back federal overspending, to exercise fiscal restraint, and to end federal bailouts, we ask you to notify state governments and local governments that you will vote against bailing them out.
Promising to exercise this Republican "Veto" – and using it, if the Senate or White House demands bailouts for state or local governments – will show Tea Party supporters, fiscal conservatives, libertarians, and independents that you keep your campaign pledges.
This may create momentum for your proposed federal spending cuts.
It may create momentum for 2012 Republican candidates for the U.S. House and Senate who promise to substantially cut federal government spending, borrowing, and taxing.
Perhaps even a like-minded Republican candidate for President.
It starts with you. Now.
Will you make this pledge?
We eagerly await hearing about and publicizing your No Bailouts Pledge. It will be a beacon of hope during these crucial months of budget negotiations.
GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Casino "subsidy" for farming; are you kidding me?
With the support of Sen. Chris Dodd, D.-Conn., the federal government has awarded $54 million to Connecticut's politically well-connected Mohegan Indian tribe, which operates one of the highest grossing casinos in the U.S.
I'm shocked that we pretend there is farming going on there.
LIBERTY: The Gooferment is in charge!
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Chrysler's sale to Fiat, turning down a last-ditch bid by opponents of the deal.
The court said late Tuesday it had rejected a plea to block the sale of most of Chrysler's assets to the Italian automaker. Chrysler, Fiat and the Obama administration had warned that the high court's intervention could have scuttled the sale.
A federal appeals court in New York had earlier approved the sale, but gave opponents until Monday afternoon to try to get the Supreme Court to intervene.
The bondholders really couldn't expect "justice" from a gooferment court.
Talk about a stacked deck!
The President's plan taken before the Government's Court. And, you expected a different result.
Watch the bond markets now! Nothing is safe from gooferment manipulation.
Now what happens to the Indiana pensioners who just got screwed?
POLITICAL: CA debt is a Federal problem?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – If AIG was too big to fail, how about the world's eighth-largest economy?
In a move with only one modern-day precedent, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration and members of Congress for federal loan guarantees to help the state out of a desperate, multibillion-dollar jam.
California is not asking for cash, like the tens of billions given to AIG, General Motors or Morgan Stanley. (MS) Instead, the state with the worst credit rating in the nation is asking that Washington act as a sort of co-signer on the state's borrowing, to be backed up with money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The S&L crisis started with Federal guarantees.
And, why should the taxpayers be bailing out CA bond holdrs?
Maybe CA should elect some politicians with fiscal responsibility.
What happens when and if CA goes under?
Maybe CA should secede? Or the USA from it.
Like voting it off the continent?
RANT: TARP Golden chute end run!
The agreement anticipates that the arrangement might not fly with government officials. According to the agreement  (see Page 6), if the Treasury Department or the bank's regulators determine that it breaks the ban on golden parachutes, the bank will try to work something out – either by tempering the agreement to conform to compensation restrictions or getting a waiver to break them. If that doesn't work, the agreement says Ms. Binder will just have to wait until the restrictions are changed or the bank pays back the TARP funds. Then she'll get her money in a lump sum.
The taxpayers are such suckers!
No Bailout for America's Newspapers!
I agree. The "liberal" media has a political agenda that is at odds with the American spirit. They have driven us to where we are: "political correctness", an "entitlement mentality", a psuedo "drug war", and a huge gooferment.
From the page: "I have never had anything but contempt for America's "greatest" newspapers." I agree. The "liberal" media has a political agenda that is at odds with the American spirit. They have driven us to where we are: "political correctness", an "entitlement mentality", a psuedo "drug war", and a huge gooferment.


Secretary of State Robin Carnahan used Hannibal Days to ask Missouri Democrats for support in her race for US Senate as a closely watched campaign begins in earnest.
Senator Bond retires at the end of his term and the race to replace Bond, a three-term senator, has drawn intense interest both in Missouri and nationally. Republicans want desperately to retain the seat as they scramble for enough votes in Washington to block major Democratic proposals. Democrats are eager to increase their majority in the Senate and provide a filibuster-proof margin. Carnahan is the top Democrat in the race. Southwest Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt is the biggest name in the Republican primary.
Republicans featured the Blunt campaign during Lincoln Days in St. Charles the previous weekend. Democrats gathered in Hannibal made the Carnahan campaign the main focus of the traditional gathering in northeast Missouri that unofficially begins the Democratic political season.
The Blunt campaign has cast Carnahan as a liberal, claiming she will fall in line with whatever President Obama, Senate leader Harry Reid of Nevada or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, going so far as to call her rubberstamp Robin.
Carnahan said she had built a record to run on as Secretary of State. She pointed to efforts of the office to streamline paperwork and procedure for small businesses, protecting senior citizens from investment fraud and increasing consumer protections.
Carnahan stressed a theme of her campaign during the interview as well as a speech during Hannibal Days, that Washington is broken; too partisan, too ready to take care of the connected rather than the people and not concerned with providing accountability for spending. Carnahan criticized the deal struck to thaw the frozen credit market, blamed for triggering the recession. She said it gave money to banks without accountability and failed to address the factors that caused the problem. Carnahan blamed Blunt for his role in shepherding the bailout through Congress.
Though Carnahan criticized President Obama and Democrats in Congress for their spending habits, she defended the $787 billion dollar federal economic stimulus bill. Carnahan said Missouri has benefited from the federal spending; that without it education would have suffered and the state budget would be in worse shape than the state legislature finds it in now.
Health care is a major issue in the campaign. Carnahan said that as a breast cancer survivor, she takes the issue very personally.
Carnahan said health care legislation must increase access, as well as make health care more affordable and secure.


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Since the inception of this engineering consultancy in 1946, Arup has worked on iconic structures such as the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, Cornwall's Eden Project and the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. Arup has offices in 37 countries, and says it is involved in up to 10,000 projects at a time. However, it cut its UK headcount by 670 this year due to a falling workload. The firm is led by chairman Philip Dilley and is wholly owned in trust for the benefit of its employees. Sales were £889m in 2010.


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THE RENAULT MEGANE SMOKED THE NORDSCHLEIFE - NURBURGRING
Having established records with Mégane R26.R in 2008 and Mégane R.S. Trophy in 2011, the engineers at Renault Sport were not content to rest upon their laurels. With a lap time of 7m54.36s, Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R engraved its name and performance potential in the Nürburgring's history books right from its very first official outing.
Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R is a two-seater derivative of the recently-introduced Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy. This exclusive new Renault Sport limited-edition benefits from ultra-sporty features inherited from the brand's racing activities, while a loss of almost 100 kilograms has resulted in enhanced performance.
Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R comes as standard with the Cup chassis (complete with limited-slip differential), the 2.0-litre petrol R.S. engine boosted to 275bhp, a titanium Akrapovic exhaust system, 'Öhlins Road&Track' one-way adjustable dampers with composite springs and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres that are specifically-adapted to the car.
Whilst Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R manages without rear seats, in the front can be found Recaro Pôle Position polycarbonate monocoque seats, which yield a weight saving of 42 kilograms. These are fitted with a three-point seat belt, but a six-point harness with aviation-style buckle is available as an accessory. A retention beam and safety nets protect passengers from moving luggage.
For track-day fans eager to gain several vital seconds over the course of a lap, the use of a lithium-ion battery trims the overall weight by another 16 kilograms.
To ensure high-performance braking whilst at the same time contributing to the weight-shedding effort, Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R benefits from a special braking kit. Its 350/28-diameter steel and aluminium discs bring the car's weight down by a further three kilograms. Ideally adapted to intensive circuit use, these Renault Sport-etched brakes endow the vehicle with a sharper bite.
On the outside, Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R sports a new two-tone colour scheme, with an Etoilé Black roof mated with a Pearlescent White finish (optional). The Trophy-R branded F1-type front blade, chequered flag graphic at the bottom of the front doors and graphics on the side of the car are all picked out in Vif Red. Finished off with 19-inch black or red Speedline wheel rims, this is a vehicle that sets itself apart as much on the circuit as on the open road.
The exclusivity of Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R similarly stands out in details like its Alcantara-trimmed steering wheel and handbrake bellows, leather gearshift knob and red seatbelts which match the visible stitching of the seats and steering wheel.
Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R benefits from the experience acquired by Renault's engine and chassis engineers in motorsport – from rallying to Formula 1. This 14-seconds improvement on the previous record set by Mégane R.S. Trophy in 2011 was achieved thanks to the commitment of the teams at Renault Sport Technologies and their partners. Hundreds of hours of prior testing were conducted in France, Spain and Germany to optimise the development of this limited-edition model that boasts exceptional on-road dynamics. The new lap record established by Mégane R.S. 275 Trophy-R underscores once again the knowhow and expertise of the specialists at Renault Sport Technologies when it comes to designing outstanding affordable sporting cars.
THE RENAULT MEGANE SMOKED THE NORDSCHLEIFE - NURBURGRING VIDEO
To complete the French lesson, we are waiting for Peugeot to bring the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak on the Nordschleife, Nürburgring. In a total different categorie, the Peugeot 208 Pikes Peak could simply come to make the new lap record. Go Peugeot !
The 150,000 capacity Nürburgring is a motorsports complex around the village of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located about 70 km (43 mi) south of Cologne, and 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Frankfurt. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old "North loop" track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. The north loop is 20.8 km (12.9 mi) long and has more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) of elevation change from its lowest to highest points. Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track "The Green Hell," and it is widely considered to be the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuit in the world.
PEUGEOT RCZ R ON THE ROAD BY THE END OF THE YEAR
Does the Renault Megane R.S. will stay the fastest FWD on the Nordschleife Nürburgring ? Done in 8:07, the Renault Megane beats many Prosches and the record of the BMW 1-serie. Amazingly, Peugeot ...
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The Brownlow Medal is one of the most anticipated and talked about awards throughout the AFL season. The speculation surrounding the Brownlow Medal each year makes it a fascinating event for punters to bet on each year.
The Brownlow Medal is awarded to the fairest and best player each season and has proven to be an extremely tough market to bet on throughout the years.
Brownlow Medal futures markets go up as soon as the day after the previous Brownlow Medal was awarded making it an enticing market to bet on, There are a number of factors to take into account when betting on Brownlow futures markets.
History shows that it's extremely difficult for a player in a poorly performed team to take out the Brownlow Medal.
One of the most popular Brownlow Medal markets is the 'Most Team Votes' market. This market lets you bet on the player you think will poll the most votes for each individual team.
For example, you can bet on Patrick Cripps to poll the most votes for Carlton.
The Most Team Votes market is popular for multi-bets, if you can select a handful of correct Most Team Votes markets and multi them up, it can prove to be quite a lucrative option for punters.
Commentary on the Brownlow Medal is widespread to a point that every man and their dog seem to have a tip for the Brownlow.
Throughout the year there are typically a few players who are clear standouts for the Brownlow, but every now and then the award goes to a player who is completely unexpected to win the award.
Champion Data's Brownlow Predictor is typically a common source for punters to base their tips and bets around.
The Brownlow Medal is held on the Monday leading up to the Grand Final. Typically held in Melbourne. the Brownlow Medal is broadcast on the AFL's host broadcasters network which is currently Channel 7.
Live streaming of the Brownlow Medal has improved over the years and fans can stream the broadcast via the Channel 7 website or app.
Websites such as the AFL website have live and in-depth Brownlow Trackers, keeping fans who are unable to access live coverage the chance to follow the event as it happens.


The Ladies' Clubhouse at Little Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club in East Texas is one of those hidden time warps. To walk through its rooms and recognize that time has stopped is like some eerie dream. And it's very important that I tread quietly so not to wake it, because the last thing I want is for it to follow me into my century.
Several years ago, I worked with John Crow Miller on a 400 page historical book for Little Sandy written to celebrate a century of seasons at the club (it had just celebrated its 100 year anniversary). And at that time, there was talk that the clubhouse would have to be demolished. But now, John has written to me to say that there has been a change of heart. He also included a bit of its history.
(above) The side porch is probably what the front porch was like before it was enclosed in the 1940s. I'm wondering if they will ever consider restoring the front porch to its original state.
(above) The living area in 1952 was quite the social hangout. From this photo, I can tell that the walls were composed of exposed unpainted shiplap boards or beadboard. And since the family seems to be gathered on an area rug, I'm assuming the floors were wooden with no wall-to-wall carpeting. AND (drumroll) I spy traditional spring roller shades on the windows!
(above) Today, the living area has changed a bit. The side and back walls have been sheetrocked. The openings on either side of the fireplace indicate where the exterior wall dividing the space into a living room and outside porch had been once upon a time. And the wooden floors are now covered with a very worn wall-to-wall carpet. But check out that ceiling! Gorgeous and original!
(above) This hallway leads from the living area. To the immediate right, you will see a step leading up to a five panel door which leads to the stair to the second floor. Now why would there be a need to close off the second floor? The ceiling's acoustical tile can't be original.
(above) This is one of many guest bedrooms which are still being used. Hunters and fisherman don't seem to care about the interior design, as long as the sheets are clean.
(above) Some of these bedrooms actually have suites attached. Go figure.
(above) And to end this post, here's the back side of the ladies' clubhouse, which has not changed a bit since the day it was built. Well… maybe a couple of paint jobs have happened between then and now.
It's rare for me to experience an older building in Texas that hasn't been overly restored and/or altered. I guess it would be safe to say that this house has been preserved not restored.
Thank you, Patsy for this wonderful walk down memory lane for me and the inciteful information that the clubhouse will be preserved and hopefully restored.
I fondly remember sleeping in those somewhat challenging mattresses but none the less homey and comforting, the smells, the big bath tub downstairs and endless giggling with my sister and cousins. Playing cards and games in the main hub with friends while the adults mix there totties and relaxed after a hard day of fishing, all anticipating the resilient sound of the dinner bell. Thank you, thank you.
I am chairman of the Wood County Historical Commission and have friends who are members as does many of the historical commission. Also, Jewell McCalla and Withell Hall, daughter of Horace and Arzona Hall, were members for many years. Jewell McCalla has died and Withell is in a Tyler Assisted Living Center and suffering from dementia. The Commission is in the process of setting up an archive of the county history and would very much like to add the 2009 history of the Little Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club. Would it be possible to purchase one, and if so, could you furnish this information to us. You can email me at mineolababe@gmail.com or contact me at 230 Pat Drive, Mineola, Texas 75773.


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Relapse continues to pose a major challenge to successful chemotherapy of adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Even though 80% of AML patients achieve remission, in which the bone marrow is virtually clear of leukemic cells, still almost half of them eventually relapse. One of the major causes underlying this problem is lack of proper response of leukemic cells to chemotherapy treatment.
Contemporary chemotherapeutics push cancer cells towards auto-destruction by stimulating a process called apoptosis. In a healthy body, apoptosis serves to control growth of normal cells and is thereby essential to proper organization and function of healthy tissues. In cancer the process of apoptosis is often disturbed, which can cause inability of cancer cells to auto-destruct when stimulated with chemotherapy. This ability of leukemic cells to auto-destruct can be assessed by measuring the amount of proteins which either promote or block apoptosis in each cell. Interestingly, the levels of these apoptosis regulators in leukemic cells taken from AML patients at the time of diagnosis were able to predict if the patient is going to relapse. Individuals who later on relapsed had more anti-apoptotic profile of protein expression, while those who remained in stable remission displayed pro-apoptotic profiles.
In our study we investigated the changes in apoptotic profiles of AML cells during the course of chemotherapy as well as searched for novel protein factors, which might potentially influence these changes. To address these questions, we first measured the levels of apoptotic proteins not only in samples taken from AML patients at diagnosis but also after achieving remission, at later time point during remission and at relapse. In patients who did not relapse, leukemic cells had pro-apoptotic profiles at diagnosis and throughout the remission. Interestingly, in patients who did develop relapse, leukemic cells had anti-apoptotic profiles at diagnosis and at relapse but they were pro-apoptotic during remission. This was surprising since leukemic cells which remain in the patient at this point of treatment are thought to eventually repopulate the bone marrow giving rise to relapse.
In the current study apoptosis profiles were also measured in normal lymphocytes of AML patients at the same time points as for leukemic cells. Unexpectedly, we found that the level of apoptotic proteins in normal lymphocytes of AML patients were not only higher than in lymphocytes taken from healthy donors but also followed the same patterns during treatment as leukemic cells. This means that similar to AML cells normal lymphocytes of AML patients were also anti-apoptotic at diagnosis and at relapse but showed pro-apoptotic profile during remission.
The fact that both leukemic cells and normal lymphocytes shared the same ability to respond to apoptosis signals, suggests that this ability is strongly influenced by the surrounding microenvironment. In our study we showed that leukemic cells with anti-apoptotic profile when placed in the neighborhood of initially pro-apoptotic cells were able to make them anti-apoptotic.
In search of factors potentially responsible for this effect, we used mass spectrometry-based global protein profiling (proteomics) to compare proteins released by anti-apoptotic cells with those released by pro-apoptotic cells. Intriguingly, we found that proteins preferentially released by anti-apoptotic cells were engaged in various stages of gene expression instead of specifically in apoptosis regulation. Moreover, these regulatory proteins were also found in lipid vesicles released by the anti-apoptotic cells. This type of lipid structures could potentially be absorbed by bystander cells, in which their content might impact gene expression, including tendency to auto-destruct. Using confocal microscopy we showed that lipid vesicles released by anti-apoptotic cells are absorbed by pro-apoptotic cells. It remains to be determined what effect such uptake has on the functioning of the recipient cells, including the ability to auto-destruct. Further research on this matter will improve our understanding of how cancer cells communicate with their microenvironment, which is crucial for future improvements in both prognostic tools and therapy efficacy.


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I've used ViJava extensively in the past. I found your project in my search for an alternative as ViJava has no 6.0 support. Had a question about Yavijava.
Is SPBM support for vSphere 6.0 included in 6.0.03? Or is that something you are still working on?
Awesome work Michael ! Thanks. I will be using this 6.0 version and let you know if any issues.
It is something still being worked on.
SPBM support has not been completed as of 6.0.04 which was released today. I have personally moved to an OpenStack development team so my development efforts on anything VMWare related have slowed way down.


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Piping insulation
In support of an ever better building construction sector.
Insulate better to consume less.
To be aware of the consequences of global warming is of paramount importance today.
A real impact.
The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the gas most responsible for the greenhouse effect, derives mainly from consumption in buildings for civil use; about 40% of primary energy consumption.
The legislation currently in place considers insulation as a significant phase in the design of buildings, with a view of limiting the energy consumption while reducing economic efforts.
A well insulated building envelope minimizes the energy used, limits waste, increases the efficiency and durability of the living environment. And it reduces emissions.
Efficient thermal insulation, an active contribution to climate protection. A guaranteed investment.
Proper insulation is the way of the future and is a primary concern for all of us. In fact, that 57% (minimum parameters) of the energy consumed inside the buildings is used for heating, says a lot.
The potential impact that an adequate insulating package can have on energy and economic savings is therefore considerable. Really efficient and effective thermal insulation can allow almost no energy consumption.
In this perspective, energy efficiency is the most accessible and advantageous form of alternative energy.
The application of European Directives and Regulations, goals and objectives.
The Directives relating to construction products and concerning energy efficiency have been subject to continuous evolution. The former were originally created to remove trade barriers in the EU market, but today, with the Construction Product Regulation (CPR), they have turned into dictums regarding the implementation of quality control systems, and performance standards. The latter were born with the growing awareness of global warming and environmental impacts.
Of this second family, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which introduced the concept of energy certification of the building as a tool for determining and consequently improving the energy performance of the building itself. This certification includes, among other things, energy performance and relative consumption, indications on the state of the plants installed, the presence or absence of renewable sources (etc.). Its introduction has provided greater transparency, allowing the introduction of incentives and state subsidies for the achievement of threshold values (see legislation below).
In this panorama, insulating products represent, among the various building materials, the most immediate instrument for improving the energy performance of buildings. All the main families of insulating products are subject to a European harmonized standard that establishes the method and frequency of tests which the product has to undergo. This has been established to guarantee the declared performance levels. The maintenance of which is the responsibility of the manufacturer who must issue the DoP (Declaration of Performance), after having subjected the product to tests both internally and externally (issued by recognized certifying bodies).
Insulate efficiently. The legislation in force in Italy.
To limit emissions, in terms of energy efficiency, the European Union issued a directive known as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2002/921/ EC), subsequently updated with the Directive 2010/31/EU (EPBD2), which provides for the implementation by Member States of a plan for the improvement of the efficiency of buildings.
Italy incorporated the indications of the two directives through the DLgs 192/05, the Ministerial decree 63/13 (converted by Law 90/13) and the last, Ministerial Decree of 06/26/2015, which from October 1st, 2015 provides a minimum level of energy performance of buildings in the residential sector, introducing new ways of calculating the energy losses of buildings.
The minimum requirements to be obtained are expressed with the Thermal Transmittance U (W/m2K) value. A given threshold must me obtained for the various components of the heated building envelope (i.e. roofing, walls and floors).
On the regulatory framework.
For a sustainable future
On the product life cycle.
Its phases and its impact
On Phenolic Foam insulation
On thermal insulation.
The regulation of heat transfer
On water vapour diffusion.
How to regulate it
On product application and fixing.
Useful suggestions
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Q: How to change the display pictures in userform depend on textbox 1 value I have an Excel database of parts and I have created a userform where all the information about the parts will show up in the userform once I key in the part no in textbox1.
But now I'm stucked where I need the picture of the part to show up as well once I key in the part no in textbox1.
Need some help.
Please refer below for the picture of my datebase and userform and also my codes to pull up the information.
Thanks.
Database:

Userform:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    ClearForm
End Sub

Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
    Unload Me
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
    GetData
End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
    TextBox1.SetFocus
End Sub

Sub GetData()
    Dim id As Integer, i As Integer, j As Integer, flag As Boolean
    If IsNumeric(UserForm1.TextBox1.Value) Then
        flag = False
        i = 0
        id = UserForm1.TextBox1.Value

        Do While Cells(i + 1, 1).Value <> ""
            If Cells(i + 1, 1).Value = id Then
                flag = True
                For j = 2 To 10
                    UserForm1.Controls("TextBox" & j).Value = Cells(i + 1, j).Value
                Next j
            End If
            i = i + 1
        Loop

        If flag = False Then
            For j = 2 To 10
                UserForm1.Controls("TextBox" & j).Value = ""
            Next j
        End If
    Else
        ClearForm
    End If
End Sub

Sub ClearForm()
    For j = 1 To 10
        UserForm1.Controls("TextBox" & j).Value = ""
    Next j
End Sub

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Bought my kit on a Tuesday and by Thursday I was already programming it. Great stuff, this was exactly what I was wanting. A nice, moderate kit with exceptional documentation that was easily digested. It has been said before but the documentation (and the videos) are the real reasons why you want to buy from the NerdKit guys.
My only wish was this was available a few years ago when I first got interested in embedded programming (I put my comp sci degree to use as a prof. programmer) as it was an excuse to fiddle with C. Between the guide you provided with the kit and the other projects on the site, I was very quickly able to get up to speed on embedded programming and it is a LOT easier than I thought it would be.
tmeisenh : Welcome! Great review.
One of the reasons I bought a Nerdkits (apart from learning something new), was to build my own binary clock! Here's my journey!
Best of luck with your projects, it really is a fun ride.


I have found it necessary, occasionally, to write about the street ministries in our city. Some of the following letters have been published in one paper or another, while others have not. It might be informative to publish these letters here. But first, I will lay down a little foundation for them.
Yea for Victorian England! This resolution I wholeheartedly advocate for the city of Red Deer. But even if every citizen were to refuse the monetary appeals of dishonest beggars, these vagrants would still be with us. They will be with us for as long as we continue to provide government checks for them to purchase their drugs with. We need to crack down on every addict, whether drinker or drug user, who is using his check to finance his idle habit. A person who is using his government check (which money comes from deductions made from your check) to buy drugs or drinks deserves to have his support revoked. Then he might appreciate, and be thankful for, the soup kitchens that he now blasphemes in. Then he might appreciate, and be thankful for, the kitchen staff that he now disrespects. Then he might appreciate, and be thankful for, the food that he now gulps down without thought and reflection. Then he might sober up, repent, and get a job!
But how do you know if a person who asks for money is a dishonest beggar? I would not want an honest person turned away who has a momentary need that he feels compelled to ask passersby to help him with. This lecture is not about that. These common vagrants who are cigarette smokers, drinkers, or drug addicts, and who want nothing to do but wander about at other peoples' expense, they are easily identified through conversation with 'normal' people. Learn to identify them. The best way to help vagrants and idlers (who are usually drug addicts and drinkers) is to refuse to condone and support their sins and crimes. They might hurt in the short term when withdrawal symptoms come on. But this is for their good in the long term. Better to suffer a little now than to continue as an addict indefinitely. The life of an addict is short, unhappy, and ends in misery. To sober up and repent is better. Sobriety and responsibility cannot happen with these vagrants until our downtown societies become intolerant of vagrancy and its associate evils.
Jesus did not 'hang out' with unrepentant sinners like certain pastors tell you and like certain street workers do. When sinners were within earshot, he told them to 'repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand' or he told them some parable with which to reprove their sins. 'Go, and sin no more' are the words he preached. He did not ask; he did not say 'please'; he did not apologize; he preached with commanding authority. And this kind of preaching is precisely what our vagrants need to hear today. Go and get a job, a life, and a reason to live honorably, you addicted, vagrant beggars, and sin no more. This is Christ-centered preaching because it imitates Christ's own words and spirit.
This idea that Jesus Christ was buddy-buddy with sinners comes not from the word of God. He was never with them in that spirit. Those who think that he was have received no illumination from God's word about Jesus' nature and the nature of his life. They are entirely ignorant of his ministry and the prophecies concerning it. Moreover, they must be entirely untouched by the Spirit of Truth. If you have this idea that the Son of God and Son of Man would be, if he were here physically, laughing it up in lighthearted conversation with obstinate punks and impenitent prostitutes, you simply have no Lord and Saviour for your soul as of yet; your Jesus, if you profess to have him, is not the Jesus of history and revelation. Any pastor who preaches Jesus as your buddy does not preach him as a person worthy to be worshipped or holy enough to save. Any pastor preaching a message like that must be a curse to the Church and a damnable soul; a blessing sent from God, this, he cannot be. Jesus may have been homeless; but he was always holy, and therefore never 'part of the gang.' The Prince of Peace was always the Prince of Purity and the Preacher of Holiness, never anyone less than that—never 'the nice guy' that it was fun to just 'hang out' with.
The letter below was intended for the Advocate. A friend of mine was concerned that it might discourage the youth. Another reminded me of the verse that warns against causing one of God's little ones to stumble. And so I withheld it. I hope that the good I aimed to achieve will not be lost by my sending the letter just to you. Beware of spinning your wheels, brothers. Redeem the time by walking by the commands of Scripture. Help your youth to lay up treasures in heaven by the practice of God's holy religion. Amen.
Re: Meet the Street Program.
Certain of our churches have just gathered their youth back from a 24 hour walkabout on the street. This Meet the Street program aimed to dredge up sympathy for the homeless by a 24 hour experience of pretended homelessness. Now, let me address each youth that took part in this event: You did well to go out as your church told you to, that you might be better acquainted with what it feels like to have no home. Do not be sad about what I have to say to your superiors. Even they need to be lectured from time to time.
To you superiors that hatched this program, or borrowed it. You are evangelicals, learned in the Scriptures, trying to live lives of useful piety. [I was embarrassingly generous in my assumptions in this place.] You want your church babes to be holy and fruitful too. Do you not use the Scriptures as your guide? Where in There do we see anybody being sent out by God or by Christ or by the Spirit or by the Apostles to pretend to be somebody he is not? Never mind your motives. I do not question your motives much. Where do you find the Lord sanctioning pretence? You do not. In the Scriptures we find men and women going about doing good, not being sent out for an experience.
Is it not a little true that this program tries to palliate the guilty feelings that one has for being fortunate in the face of another's poverty? Is it perhaps done to quell your children's troublesome questions about financial and spiritual disparity? Or are you trying to palliate your own selves vicariously through your children?
Regardless, if you will look away from your programs long enough to peek at the Bible, you will discover that reality, not pretence, is the norm for problem solving and blessing in There. If you must send your children out, at least come up with a biblical formula that will benefit these pampered youngsters and bless those whose lives are hard. If you were to rear up a responsible youth pastor, for instance, and send him out with his kids to read the Scriptures and godly books to the sick, to the dying, and to the lonely, then something substantial might be expected to take place in the lives of those involved. Why? Because that would approximate the true religion that James commands us to perform (James 1.27.) And obedience to God begets real fruit. The Holy Bible would have you know that you will get nowhere with programs packed with pretence. God desires servants, not actors.
Re: The Financial Strain at Loaves and Fishes.
The recent article on the scramble for funds by Loaves and Fishes needs a postscript. It says there that "everyone from single mothers with children to men looking for work access the meal program." This is correct. But who else accesses the meal program?
The fact that is continually ignored, for fear of being judged for bringing it up, is that there are people eating meals there who shouldn't. There are lazy freeloaders who don't cook and don't buy food when they could do both. And there are drug addicts who eat there so they can use their government assistance money to buy drugs instead of food.
As long as these classes of people are catered to, the need for funds will continue to grow, and those who really need the service will get less than they require. I can already hear the response this letter will cause. 'Mr. Gaboury, we should welcome everyone and judge no one.' If that's the attitude, expect conscientious people to put their money where discrimination is justly made according to need. To regularly feed a drug addict who uses his government check to buy drugs is the same as feeding him in order that he may buy those drugs. That's the reality of logic. It's just plain wrong to overlook the fact that drug addicts are being fed because they buy drugs with their government money instead of food. Everyone knows this is going on. It's wrong. It helps to entrench the drug addicts in their addictions. And it's time for the person in charge of the kitchen to put a stop to it. The problem can't be easily fixed. But resolutions toward fixing it should begin at once. Maybe when the drug addicts are faced with a choice between food and drugs, they will be closer to kicking the habit than they now are.
In consideration for the Advocate, I usually do not answer letters that are written against my own. But I'd like to get a few words in to defend myself against LK's angry response.
I communicated in my letter that it's wrong to regularly feed people who are using their government checks to buy drugs instead of food. I never said, blanket-like, Stop feeding drug addicts. This headline was put in by the paper.
Furthermore, LK misquotes me. Nowhere did I refer to "freeloading drug addicts." I mentioned lazy freeloaders and drug addicts separately. Emotional misrepresentation is the only way some writers can hope to convince readers of their opinion, I guess.
I'll quote responsibly. LK says, "I have love, compassion and kindness in my heart. What does Gaboury have?" Is it loving to let drug users go headlong into self-destruction by continually enabling them? Here's what Gaboury has. I love drug users enough to welcome new measures that will compel them to use their money for food instead of drugs. This is loving, for it is better for a person to eat than to shoot up.
I think the public is given to understand that Potter's Hands is a Christian service and that Chris Salomons, its kitchen coordinator, is a Christian. I am not wholeheartedly convinced.
Any gospel-believing Christian organization will tell you that helping needy people achieve a better life for themselves cannot be the ultimate end striven for in helping them because a merely moral life cannot gain anyone an entry into heaven. They need the gospel, not just help, because the Bible teaches that sinners (the ones not yet saved) stand condemned before God and will be judged by him unless the obedience and merits of Christ are credited to them through faith in his name.
The religion of Chris Salomons in Street Tales falls way short of the gospel. I can show this from at least four of his articles. I'll just paraphrase the last paragraph of the one from August 18th, The horrible burden of self-loathing. Don't condemn street people, he says. They already condemn themselves. Let's help them make some changes and then guilt will no longer keep them down.
I'm not for condemning anyone. But if sinners are on the road to damnation, as Romans 3 teaches, can it be wrong for a Christian to warn them of it by the use of words like 'guilt' and 'condemnation'? After all, it is necessary to do this in order to preach the gospel of salvation from the punishment guilty sinners will get if they don't repent.
All sinners, including street people and drug addicts, face imminent condemnation by God and will be kept down in hell by the guilt of sin forever unless they are redeemed and released by the salvation Jesus provides through faith. Do you not agree, Mr. Salomons? Aren't you a gospel-believing Christian?
Re: The last 'Street Tales' article.
What is being accomplished by Potter's Hands vis-à-vis the drug/prostitution problem downtown? Chris Salomons thinks it's a great victory when a streetwalker condescends to talk to him about her tiresome occupation! Why such hollow victories reported by the author of 'Street Tales?' Does Potter's Hands have a gospel of deliverance to go along with its deeds of help?
True, Mr. Salomons, you do not 'pound' your beliefs into people. But what is your alternative? "Just let her know that she was an OK person." That was the message you had for the streetwalker you spoke of. This message will do little lasting good. Sinners need to be told they are not OK. That is a negative, offensive message. But it is the truth. And it is a message that may lead to repentance, which turn from sin is necessary to being delivered from sin and hell. I'm not talking about hell on earth (though prostitution must be hellish), but the hell of everlasting misery that is consequent to death.
Is Potter's Hands a Christian ministry or not? Does the gospel of salvation from sin even exist over there? Saving sinners from hunger and loneliness is a good work. But it is not the gospel. Do not leave out the most important message: the death of Christ for sin, which saves the sinner from hell through a confidence in it. Streetwalkers don't just "need a chance to talk" (the title of Mr. Salomons' article.) They need to be told to repent.
Mr. Weber recently commented on information already provided in the homeless report. Easy job. Homeless people include a certain percentage of women, immigrants, etc. We need some new information.
Mr. Weber is an investigative reporter, is he not? Some of us want the following statistics to be gathered. What percentage of homeless people are on drugs? What percentage of them are on alcohol? What percentage of them are on government support? What percentage of them use their government checks to support their addictions? What percentage of them are unthankful for the soup kitchens that provide free food for people who waste taxpayer dollars in this way? If these numbers were collected and then submitted to government authorities, then something might be done to stem these abuses that cost taxpayers so much hard-earned money.
One might begin by asking Mr. Salomons at Potter's Hands for some of these important statistics. But will he even admit that street people are sinners, that some of them are criminals, and that system abuse should be curbed? The new building operated by that ministry, down in Fairview, is not that fair to look upon. Its filthy state is proof that people 'reformed' by Potter's Hands are not reformed at all. If they were, Convent Park would not be filthy, but clean. The tenants are not reformed enough to clean the lobby? Maybe they are too busy being busybodies downtown! Maybe government workers should be hired to do it at more, yes, even more taxpayer expense!
The following letter is about the nature of poverty. Since this subject is intimately related to street ministries, I include it here. Many street people are on AISH, and are therefore far from being poor. I know people who work hard for a living but whose paychecks do not exceed what AISH recipients receive for doing nothing at all. If you are on AISH, don't whine, be thankful, and make sure you don't spend these generous taxpayer dollars you receive on sinful habits like cigarettes, booze, drugs, and taxi cabs. The grateful recipient will spend taxpayer dollars responsibly.
On December 2nd, Lorna Crozier became guest host for a day on CBC radio's 'The Current.' Her piece of journalism was called: 'We are the 10%: Poverty in Canada.' Lorna Crozier, an award-winning poet, means to include herself in that word 'we.' This is interesting, for she admits that for her, being poor as a kid means that you had food and shelter, but no piano, music, or books.
Most of the persons interviewed by her (in a hushed tone because of the travesty involved) admit that they did not consider themselves poor while growing up. In fact, they testify to having pleasant memories instead. Now, thanks to Lorna Crozier's keen judgment, they think they were poor! Thanks for putting such a black mark on all those pleasant memories! Thanks for making satisfied persons into whiners!
Here are some samples of the poor people interviewed for this documentary. A man is poor, but smokes a pack a day of cigarettes. A mother is poor, but able to support her expensive drug habit. One woman considers herself poor because she has only $1200.00 left after all her bills are paid. Another woman considers herself poor because she can't buy a house.
Of course the numbers of poor people are 'staggering' when we assess the matter like this. Lorna Crozier should study the potato famines of Ireland or follow the news of famine in Somalia. (Both subjects are covered by the CBC.) Then, with fresh knowledge of what poverty actually is, she could be on her way to changing her mind about how rampant poverty is in Canada. And hopefully, too, she will repent of dumping her pity-party on us about that piano she didn't get as a kid. CBC is often the platform for preaching the increase of social funds, not just for the needy, but for the not-so needy as well. That's what's going on here.
In the follow-up to this program, Anna Maria Tremonti and Lorna Crozier teamed up to take some calls from across the nation. One woman phoned because she could not afford skis and hockey equipment for her kids. Welcome to the real world, lady. Some privation will do your kids good. She had heard, to her dismay, the following proverb: 'Don't expect anything; nothing can disappoint you.' This is not Scripture, but it's a very good motto. She should memorize it and then put it into practice. Another woman phoned in to say that 'poverty in Canada is like poverty everywhere else.' Now there's a proverb that should dismay all of us, because of its untruthfulness. Did the hosts correct her? No, they're in the dark about what poverty is like elsewhere, I guess. They accept the statement as valid; they must believe that poverty in Canada is largely the same as what we see in Bombay, Haiti, and Somalia. They must suppose that there are just as many programs to help the poor in those places as there are in Canada! Speaking of middle-class persons or even lower-middle-class persons as poor is an insult to everyone who is poor for real!
There was a lot of talk about rights in this discussion on poverty, very little on duties. A blind man, for instance, called in to whine that his check was being handled by the people he lived with. Yes, but he was sleeping with the daughter of the house! You lose some rights, man, when you shirk your duty to be an upstanding, dignified citizen! What you reap by your sin is loss. That's the way it goes. Maybe the most pathetic element of this propagandist program on poverty is the tone the hosts used during the discussion: the hesitant, I-don't-want-to hurt-you whisper, the sympathetic I-feel-your-pain outreach. I took in this propagandist effort in toto; I can, with confidence, conclude, that none of the people who phoned in is truly poor.
Hi mark, I have read some of your letters. They do address the real problems that are in our culture, as well in the churches.


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