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A percentage of every fee dollar generated by the two businesses will be paid into the Make It Happen Charitable Trust and it is these funds that the Trust will make available as grants to the successful applicants.


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class CTiglUIDManager;
class CTiglUIDObject;
class CCPACSAircraftModel;
class CCPACSRotorcraftModel;

namespace generated
{
    // This class is used in:
    // CPACSAircraftModel
    // CPACSRotorcraftModel

    /// @brief Systems
    ///
    /// Systems type, containing the aircraft's control system
    /// data
    /// Please see the attached picture for further
    /// documentation
    /// @see controls
    ///
    class CPACSSystems
    {
    public:
        TIGL_EXPORT CPACSSystems(CCPACSAircraftModel* parent, CTiglUIDManager* uidMgr);
        TIGL_EXPORT CPACSSystems(CCPACSRotorcraftModel* parent, CTiglUIDManager* uidMgr);

        TIGL_EXPORT virtual ~CPACSSystems();

        template<typename P>
        bool IsParent() const
        {
            return m_parentType != NULL && *m_parentType == typeid(P);
        }

        template<typename P>
        P* GetParent()
        {
            static_assert(std::is_same<P, CCPACSAircraftModel>::value || std::is_same<P, CCPACSRotorcraftModel>::value, "template argument for P is not a parent class of CPACSSystems");
            if (!IsParent<P>()) {
                throw CTiglError("bad parent");
            }
            return static_cast<P*>(m_parent);
        }

        template<typename P>
        const P* GetParent() const
        {
            static_assert(std::is_same<P, CCPACSAircraftModel>::value || std::is_same<P, CCPACSRotorcraftModel>::value, "template argument for P is not a parent class of CPACSSystems");
            if (!IsParent<P>()) {
                throw CTiglError("bad parent");
            }
            return static_cast<P*>(m_parent);
        }

        TIGL_EXPORT virtual CTiglUIDObject* GetNextUIDParent();
        TIGL_EXPORT virtual const CTiglUIDObject* GetNextUIDParent() const;

        TIGL_EXPORT CTiglUIDManager& GetUIDManager();
        TIGL_EXPORT const CTiglUIDManager& GetUIDManager() const;

        TIGL_EXPORT virtual void ReadCPACS(const TixiDocumentHandle& tixiHandle, const std::string& xpath);
        TIGL_EXPORT virtual void WriteCPACS(const TixiDocumentHandle& tixiHandle, const std::string& xpath) const;

        TIGL_EXPORT virtual const boost::optional<CCPACSGenericSystems>& GetGenericSystems() const;
        TIGL_EXPORT virtual boost::optional<CCPACSGenericSystems>& GetGenericSystems();

        TIGL_EXPORT virtual CCPACSGenericSystems& GetGenericSystems(CreateIfNotExistsTag);
        TIGL_EXPORT virtual void RemoveGenericSystems();

    protected:
        void* m_parent;
        const std::type_info* m_parentType;

        CTiglUIDManager* m_uidMgr;

        /// Node for geometrical layout of system components
        /// based on simple geometric shapes
        boost::optional<CCPACSGenericSystems> m_genericSystems;

    private:
        CPACSSystems(const CPACSSystems&) = delete;
        CPACSSystems& operator=(const CPACSSystems&) = delete;

        CPACSSystems(CPACSSystems&&) = delete;
        CPACSSystems& operator=(CPACSSystems&&) = delete;
    };
} // namespace generated

// CPACSSystems is customized, use type CCPACSACSystems directly
} // namespace tigl

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Home Entertainment Legal notice to Kangana, Sikh institution apologizes on an indecent tweet
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Legal notice to Kangana, Sikh institution apologizes on an indecent tweet
NEW DELHI| The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (DSGMC) has sent a legal notice to Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut seeking an 'unconditional apology' for her 'derogatory' tweet against farmers and workers protesting against the Centre's agricultural bills. This information was given by the chairman of the committee on Friday. DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in a tweet on Friday, "We have sent a legal notice to Kangana Ranaut for her abusive tweet, in which she has depicted the elderly mother of a farmer as a woman available for Rs 100. His tweets describe the farmers' opposition as anti-national. We demand an unconditional apology to the farmers for their insensitive remarks on the protest.
The notice has come in the wake of the actress 'tweet alleging that' Shaheen Bagh Wadi Dadi 'has joined the farmers' agitation opposing new agricultural laws at various border points in the national capital.
The actress retweeted the post with a photo of another elderly woman, including Bilkis Bano, and wrote that the 'same grandmother' which appeared in Time magazine was 'available for Rs 100'.
In his tweet, he wrote, "Ha ha ha there Dadi, who became the most powerful Indian in Time magazine, and she is available in 100. Pakistani journalist has shamefully hijacked international PR for India. But our own people are needed to speak for us. "
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The Clocks
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Series: Hercule Poirot, Book 37
4.5 out of 5 stars 4.4 (268 ratings)
Poirot's Early Cases
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser, David Suchet
Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw? Was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a mere coincidence? And did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?
Poriot Early Cases <br />
By Jaye what if on 21-06-16
The Secret of Chimneys
Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia. The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles - until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret.
"Damned chilly things, pyjamas"
By Norma Miles on 01-02-16
The Secret Adversary
Tommy and Tuppence embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are "willing to do anything, go anywhere". But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.
A nice thriller with delightful detectives
By Sheryl Mason on 15-05-14
The Sittaford Mystery
In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan...dead...murder."
Perfect for winter evenings in front of the fire
By Sue on 21-08-08
The Man in the Brown Suit
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Another title in the ever popular Agatha Christie series.The suave and debonair Colonel Race must solve a question, not of 'accidental death or suicide', but 'murder or double murder'.Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her – and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electocuted on the rails.The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death.
Great story, shame about the narration
By catsatcastle on 02-01-17
Crooked House
The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion - until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, 50 years his junior. But the murderer hasn't reckoned on the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire's granddaughter.
Jolly good!
As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living-room floor.
What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike 3.00. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strange: only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house.
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"Deliberately fantastic." ( Times Literary Supplement)
"A sure-fire attention-gripper naturally." ( Saturday Review)
"Superlative Christie...extremely ingenious." ( The Bookman)
"Here is the grand-manner detective story in all its glory." ( The New York Times)
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Verwood, Dorset, United Kingdom
Christie does it again
Once again Agatha doesn't disappoint with this cracking read. I found this one a little easier to unfold as the plot went along and I did guess the end but that didn't detract from the overall enjoyment.
Audio quality was good and the narration up to the usual expected standards.
Agatha Christie at her best
I have recently been re-listening to Agatha Christie novels. I am especially a fan of the great Hugh Fraser reading the books. In 'The Clocks' you are left guessing until the end. I recommend this!
callington, United Kingdom
This is my second audible book. I started listening since I don't have much time for reading novels. At first I was still doubtful as to whether listening a book would give the same feeling as reading a book, but after this time, I got completed attracted by it. Either because of Hugh Fraser's appealing voice, or of Agatha Christie's amazing writing, or both? I don't know. It's just as fascinating as the solid paper is.
Mme Jabini
One of her best
Our detective doesn't arrive until late in the story, nonetheless it is a brilliant story. I almost listened to it in one day.
Loved the narration. Not one of my favourite Agatha Christie books, but after hearing, I'm going to read it again!
great listen
brilliant narration that makes it easy to get lost in the story and imagine the characters
interesting poirot murder story.
The Police investigate a murder when a elderly man is found dead in a blind woman's house. Hercule poirot is not in the story much but he pops up near the end to help the police with there enquiries.
The narrator is excellent as always.
Time for murder...
When Sheila Webb is sent out by the secretarial agency for which she works to the home of a blind lady, Miss Pebmarsh, to take some dictation, she is not expecting to find the corpse of a dead man in a room filled with clocks of different styles, but all pointing to the same time – 4:13. In a state of shock, she runs screaming from the house, straight into the arms of Colin Lamb, who is in the street on secret business of his own. Colin is involved in the spy business, and will get together with Inspector Hardcastle to try to discover the identity of the dead man and of his murderer. And along the way, Colin will seek the help of an old friend of his father, a certain M. Hercule Poirot...
This is one of Agatha Christie's later books, written in 1963. Although nearly all of her books are well worth reading, there's no doubt that by this period she was no longer producing novels of the same standard as in her own Golden Age, roughly the late '20s to the end of the '50s. In this one, which I hadn't re-read for many years, I found I enjoyed the journey considerably more than the destination.
The set-up is great – the idea of the clocks is a suitably baffling clue, and the scene of the discovery of the body, where blind Miss Pebmarsh nearly steps on it by accident sending poor Sheila into a state of hysterical shock, is done with all Christie's skill. There's all the usual fun of interviews of the neighbours, and Christie creates a bunch of credible and varied characters, who each add to the enjoyment of the story. We also get to see life in the secretarial agency, a career that I assume has more or less died out now, certainly in the sense of girls being sent out on brief assignments to take dictation and so on.
It's also a pleasure when Poirot becomes involved, though that doesn't happen till almost halfway through the book. Poirot is elderly by now, so doesn't take an active part in the investigation, instead relying on Colin bringing him information. It works quite well, and Colin is a likeable character, but my preference is for the books where Poirot is more directly involved. There's a nice little section when Poirot lectures Colin on detective fiction, referencing a mix of real and fictional authors. I suspect Poirot's views give an insight into what Christie herself though of the various styles.
Perhaps it was because I was listening rather than reading, but I didn't find this one as fair-play as her earlier books – it seemed to me rather as if Poirot summoned up the solution based on instinct rather than evidence, leaving me rather unconvinced in the end. It feels as if Christie ran out of steam somewhat, and having thought up an intriguing premise, couldn't quite find an ending that lived up to it. The ending left me feeling a bit let down but, as I say, I enjoyed the process of getting there.
What worked less well was the secondary story – Colin's search for some kind of spy. Again some of this is down to preference – I've never been so keen on Christie's occasional forays into spy stories as her straight mysteries. But I also again felt that Colin reached his solution out of the blue, and the tying together of the two plots contained too much coincidence for it all to feel wholly credible.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Hugh Fraser, who does his usual excellent job of giving all the characters subtly different voices and suitable accents, without distracting from the story by overacting any of them – i.e., no falsetto women, etc.
Overall, then, not one of Christie's best, but still well worth a read or re-read for fans. It wouldn't be one I would suggest as a starter to her work, though – there are glimpses of the old magic, but it doesn't show her off as the genius of plotting she undoubtedly was in her prime. 3½ stars for me, so rounded up.
Mrs P. Clarke
Lovely performance as always!
Classic Christie done beautifully by Hugh Fraser. Looking forward to the next one in my library.
Perfect Christie!
What's not to love about this audiobook?
It's a wonderful story - keeps you guessing all the way through - of course it does, that's what Agatha Christie does best.
It's very much of its time, and I love that. The narration is perfect for that, and the whole things makes a charming listen.
mr kieran j murphy
a very good example of Agatha Christie's Poirot books. wonderfully read by Hugh Fraser as usual.
Jane Ng
The aging Hercule Poirot makes guest appearances as an armchair consultant, but since the other two detectives are quite charmless, this isn't Agatha Christie's most interesting work. Rather disappointed.
This book has me gripped from chapter one, I usually listen to a book at night and will fall asleep - I had to turn this one off to get some sleep as the story line had me gripped. - I also loved the change of voices, well done and thank you


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Ron Johnson on Jan. 6 Capitol attack: 'This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me'
Molly Beck
This story was republished on Jan. 14, 2022 to make it free for all readers
MADISON - Two days after members of the U.S. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Wisconsin's senior senator is questioning whether an armed insurrection even occurred.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson toured the state's airwaves on Monday making the claim, despite video footage and photos of the attack showing participants erecting gallows, deploying pepper spray strong enough to repel bears, carrying zip ties, hurling a fire extinguisher, using baseball bats to smash windows, and throwing flags like spears at police officers.
"This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me," the Oshkosh Republican said in an interview on WISN-AM with conservative talk radio show host Jay Weber, after condemning the events at the U.S. Capitol that day.
"I mean 'armed,' when you hear 'armed,' don't you think of firearms? Here's the questions I would have liked to ask. How many firearms were confiscated? How many shots were fired? I'm only aware of one and I'll defend that law enforcement officer for taking that shot. It was a tragedy, OK? But I think there was only one."
While it's unknown how many firearms were brought inside the Capitol during the attack, police recovered a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from seven people who were arrested over their involvement in the Jan. 6 riot that left five people dead, according to NBC News reporting in January.
Rioters also used a stun gun to incapacitate at least one police officer, causing him to suffer a heart attack.
A spokesman for Johnson did not respond to questions about what Johnson was basing his comments on.
Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson, a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate in 2022, said Johnson's comments were "unreal."
"They chanted 'Hang Mike Pence!' Five people died, Ron," Nelson tweeted. "Are you that craven & loyal to Donald Trump that you can't recognize that?"
Johnson, who voted Not Guilty, is up for re-election in 2022 but has not yet said whether he will seek a third term.
Fourteen people tied to the Jan. 6 attack are facing federal charges related to bringing or using dangerous weapons inside the building and two are facing firearms-related charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
Among those arrested after the riot was Lonnie Coffman, an Alabama man accused of bringing with him to Washington multiple firearms, 11 Molotov cocktails, a crossbow, smoke bombs and a stun gun — all found in his truck near the Capitol. He brought two firearms to the Capitol area, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.
"The amount of weapons suggests an intent to provide them to others, as no one person could reasonably use so many at once," federal prosecutors said.
Samuel Fisher, a New York man who is facing federal charges, is accused of traveling to Washington with multiple firearms and a bulletproof vest. On Jan. 6, he allegedly posted an image of two guns, saying he would take the pistol inside with him and leave the rifle and vest in his vehicle, "and if it kicks off I got a Vest and My Rifle," according to the FBI.
Christopher Alberts of Maryland faces gun charges after police found on him two firearms, both with fully loaded 12-round magazines.
William Watson of Alabama told the FBI he went into the building through a broken window and that he was part of a crowd that used police shields and batons when they encountered officers in the Capitol. Watson also admitted to carrying mace and a pocket knife.
Rachel Powell of Pennsylvania is charged with entering a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon after she was seen using a large pipe to break windows of the Capitol building.
Cleveland Grover Meredith of Colorado missed the riot but allegedly brought an assault-style rifle, a 9mm handgun with high-capacity magazines and more than 2,500 rounds of ammunition, including armor-piercing bullets, according to NBC News.
"To call that an armed insurrection, it was the most pitiful armed insurrection anybody could ever possibly imagine," Johnson said in an appearance on WTAQ, one of at least three interviews Monday with conservative radio hosts.
"The one guy in the Senate chambers there, he had plastic wrist ties. What was he expecting to do? Literally go up to Mike Pence and capture him? It's absurd."
Eric Munchel of Nashville is allegedly the man Johnson is referring to who has been photographed carrying zip ties fashioned into handcuffs inside the Capitol on Jan. 6. He is accused of stashing weapons in a tactical bag outside the Capitol during the attack, according to Nashville's WTVF.
Footage of the Capitol attack shows participants chanting "Hang Mike Pence" while others erected a noose and gallows.
In his interview on WISN, Johnson criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying Trump provoked the crowd and was morally responsible for the attack. McConnell made his floor speech after voting against conviction because he said he didn't think the Senate could convict a president who had already left office.
Johnson said he didn't appreciate McConnell making his remarks because he didn't believe most Senate Republicans felt the way McConnell does.
"You've got our leader out there really representing himself, and that's his right to do, but at the same time, he has to realize as our leader, what he says reflects on us," Johnson said. "I didn't particularly like it."
USA TODAY Network and Patrick Marley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contributed to this report.
Contact Molly Beck at molly.beck@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MollyBeck.


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KSE: Banking was the only sector to report YTD gains of 3.82% at the end of June-06
Published July 4th, 2006 - 09:12 GMT
Kuwait stock market witnessed marginal gains in the month of June-2006, with the benchmark Global General Index registering a monthly gain of 0.36% to end the month at 278.7 points. The market cap weighted index still reported overall YTD loss of 12.97% at the end of 1H-2006. The market cap. of the stock exchange reached KD39.23bn, a monthly increase of 2.65% compared to the previous month. Kuwait Stock Exchange Price Index once again breached the psychological 10,000-point mark during the month, as it ended the month at 10,001.7 points, reporting a monthly drop of 0.82%.
On the macro economic front, the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) reported that the country's exports were KD13.14bn in 2005, an increase of 56 percent as compared to the previous year. Oil exports accounted for about KD12.4bn, or 94.4 percent of the total exports, where as the non-oil exports reached KD709mn in 2005 as compared to KD567mn reported in the previous year. The Kuwait Gazette announced the establishment three new real estate companies, Marina-Towers (KD13mn), Al-Qebla Real Estate Company (KD1mn) and Rafco Real Estate International (KD1mn). The companies would operate in ownership and sale of land property, and real estate development locally and abroad.
The broad-based selling sentiment's was accompanied with increased trading activity as the volume of shares traded saw an increase of 18.55% as compared to the previous month aggregating to 3.64bn shares. On the other hand, value of shares traded also witnessed a substantial monthly increase of 23.76% amounting to KD1.59bn. During the month of June, it was International Investment Group, Gulf Petroleum Investment and Grand Real Estate Company (GRAND) that hogged the limelight as they were the among the top price gainers with heightened trading activity. According to reports, GRAND signed a SR4bn contract (US$1.07bn) for a tourist project in Saudi Arabia. In addition, GRAND will be listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on July 12th, 2006.
Among the sectoral indices, with the exception of the banking sector, all other sectors have ended the month on a positive note. Interestingly, during the first half of 2006, banking was the only sector to report YTD gains of 3.82% at the end of June-06. On the corporate front, Kuwait Finance House (KFH) announced that it is launching a US$250mn BAITAK fund to invest in Asian real estate. The five-year KFH Asian Real Estate Fund, set up in cooperation with Singapore based Pacific Star Group, is expected to achieve an annual return of 8-10 percent. Moreover, KFH also stated that it had singed a US$20mn contract with a Turkish car fleet management company. Despite the positive news flow, the stock price of KFH declined by 4.7% to reach KD2.04.
Among the other development, Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL) said that it made KD20mn profit from selling a 50 percent stake (100mn shares) in subsidiary KGL Logistic at 315fils per share. Moreover, Kuwait and Gulf Link Ports International (KGL PI) (a subsidiary of Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company) signed a US$1bn, 40-year concession agreement to build a major container terminal in Egypt. As a result, the stock price of KGL appreciated by 6.7% to reach KD1.28. On the other hand, index heavy weight, Public Warehousing Company (PWC) announced that the US military renewed a transportation contract worth about US$300mn per year. It is a five-year contract with a total value of US$1.5bn. The stock price of PWC appreciated by 1.1% to KD1.86.
The market breadth was clearly in favor of decliners as 81 stocks reported month declines as compared to only 61 gainers. The major gainers during the month were Gulf Petroleum Investment (+54.8%), Kuwait Lebanese Real Estate Development (+41.0%), Kuwait United Poultry Company (+37.8%) and Kuwait Slaughter House (+30.4%). The biggest losers during the month were Hilal Cement Company (-17.6%), Ajial Real Estate And Entertainment (-17.5%), and Equipment Holding Company (-16.9%).
The market added four new companies during the month, further improving the depth of the market. Kuwait Bahrain International Exchange Co. was listed under the investment sector, National Company for Consumer Industries under the industrial sector, United Project Company under the service sector, while Ahli United Bank got listed under the Non-Kuwaiti sector. So far, 14 new companies have been added to during the first half of 2006, which has increased the total number of listed companies to 172 at the end of Jun-06.
Going forward, we believe there will be stock-specific action as the corporate numbers start flowing in from the second week of July. Moreover, the positive news from the elections, which ends on June 29th is likely to further improve the investor's sentiment and we will also see increased trading activity on the bourse. (Global Investment House)
© 2006 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
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Having spent the year organising with a camp committee led by my good friend Esther, there was huge anticipation of what was to come. Throughout the year we were continually prayerful and sensed God moving among our youth and telling us it was time for us to take a leap of faith closer to Him and revealed to us the camp theme for this year: Unchained.
So what does it mean to be unchained? By definition, to unchain is to remove the chains fastening or securing someone or something. In the world that we currently live in, it's difficult for us to identify the chains in our lives that hold us back from drawing closer to God because they are so heavily ingrained in culture that it becomes the norm for us. I'm not only talking just within the political and social context, but church culture can also be clouded. God had made it very clear that this was a camp that was both suited for those who were still yet to know Christ; to people like myself, who have been serving in church ministry for years.
We were privileged enough to have Pastor Ronnie from Maylands Church as our camp speaker and he challenged us from the very beginning. In order to identify the chains in our live, we first had to acknowledge our identity in Christ. Spending the time reflecting with God and one another allowed for us to pinpoint the things that kept us from acknowledging our identity which we find in our heavenly Father. As we were introduced to the camp and what was to come, we had to consider the authority of God over our lives as His creation. As God is the creator and this earth is the wonderful result of His work, all things that occur in this life points back to God as we are surrounded by his presence and that all meaning, purpose and action should be found in Christ. A grace cycle is what we called it. To begin to truly unchain, is to acknowledge God in all His sovereignty.
As this started to make more sense to us, we took advantage of the serene environment and isolation away from an over saturated, hyper-connected world and simply spent time with God on an individual level. The quiet allowed us to be still before God as He spoke into our lives revealing to us the chains that have entangled our lives. In Romans 8:13 it says "For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live". There is something truly great and empowering with the act of confession; to bring forth our misdeeds in order to take away its power. As the camp progressed, spirit fueled confession took place as we revealed sins and strongholds that had taken control over our lives before God and each other. For some it empowered them to stop denying themselves in growing closer with God; for others, it was tougher as it challenged their identity and being. Through all of it, there was truly a sense of community and fellowship as we sought to encourage and pray for one another. It really highlighted the presence of God as there was an overwhelming sense of love, encouragement and support that ventured beyond the natural.
As we left the campsite, it was evident we all had left something behind. As we double checked for lost property, we found clothing, old socks, sleeping bags and a myriad of other gear strewn around the campsite. As youths, this is unfortunately natural for us to go home to our parents with bad news of their now lost possessions. But what about what we gained? As we drove off, there was a sense of reflective silence in the cars and buses. Maybe it was because the fatigue caught up to us. I believe it was more than that. In amongst the contemplation, I felt we were so empowered to go back to our lives to bring forth testimonies and to be witnesses ourselves, just like all others before in history, as we fixed or eyes on Jesus. To me, what was lost and left behind at that camp, physical or not, meant a bigger and better cherished gain in Christ Jesus.
Andrew Chen is a physiotherapy student and attends Kingsway Methodist Church in Perth. He has a passion helping youth to discover and find their purpose in christ.


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Rather than providing extras to enhance education, find out how the funds have been used.
The Florida Lottery is not the jackpot you may think it is for public education.
In 1986, when voters overwhelming approved the Florida Lottery, they did with the understanding its profits would "support improvements in public education" and not be a substitute for state funding.
But the lottery's website boasting it has poured more than $30 billion into Florida's schools over the past three decades doesn't tell the whole story. Lottery profits have replaced state funds, not provided extras for the classrooms.
"It still makes my blood boil a little bit when I see the lottery tout how many billions of dollars they've raised for education," said Mark Pudlow, longtime spokesman for the Florida Education Association, the state's teachers union.
Education is funded primarily by local property taxes and state funds, which include sales tax and other revenues. The lottery proceeds were supposed to be additional money to provide schools with extras.
Yet exactly how the lottery money would be used to enhance education never was clearly defined in the law.
"I was concerned the legislature would abuse it," said Vern Pickup-Crawford, a lobbyist for St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Collier and the Okeechobee school districts. "They campaigned on the fact if you passed the lottery, it will guarantee dollars to enhance public schools."
This legislative session, multiple bills propose increasing the amount of money top students receive from the lottery-funded Bright Futures scholarship program. Another measure to expand gambling across the state could potentially pour more money into education. Some lawmakers also think it may be time to review how lottery money dedicated to education has been spent.
Because "education enhancements" weren't well-defined, lawmakers over the years have used the lottery money for a variety of efforts including college scholarships, building programs and the school recognition program, which rewards schools with high test scores with bonus money primarily used for teacher bonuses.
Many times, rather than increase state funding, lawmakers relied on lottery money to fund day-to-day school operations instead of extras.
Before the lottery was approved, the state funded 61 percent of education and today the state's share is 52 percent. Because state lawmakers historically don't like to raise taxes and local school boards have little say, lottery money helped fill the void.
"The result of that has been now we've got schools that need all kinds of infrastructure fixes, we have teacher salaries that are $10,000 below the national average," Pudlow said. "I think the most struggling schools end up not getting the school recognition money and they probably need it the most."
In the lottery's first full year, education received $700 million.
As the lottery continued to grow to become one of the nation's largest, the education contributions also grew and for the past 15 years have been more than $1 billion annually.
In 2016, the lottery sold a record-breaking $6.2 billion in tickets, providing the largest contribution to education for the 2016-17 school year of nearly $1.8 billion.
The money is deposited into a trust fund called the Education Enhancement Trust Fund. From there, it's up to lawmakers to allocate how the funds are divvied up.
Most of the lottery proceeds go into school districts, colleges and universities regular budgets and are not earmarked for extras, state documents show.
For this current school year, Florida colleges and universities received $584 million in lottery funds for general budgets plus another $288 million for financial aid, according to the Florida Department of Education.
The state's 67 school districts got a combined $822 million, which includes $277 million for the regular budget and $300 million used to pay down debt for schools that were built decades ago.
Another $104 million went to class size reduction last year, an amendment voters approved in 2002, which caps the number of students per class and has required districts to hire more teachers.
Tim Bargeron, St. Lucie County School District's chief financial officer, said class size should have received its own funding, but instead lawmakers funneled the lottery enhancement money into classroom building programs and to help pay for some of the program's operating costs.
The school recognition program was budgeted $135 million. State law allows any leftover money to be used by school advisory councils as discretionary funds.
Many years, like the 2015-16 school year, there is no leftover money after top schools got their bonus money.
Because of a new, tougher grading formula school grades dropped dramatically last year, leaving close to $49 million for discretionary funds.
Pam Miller, president of the Martin County Education Association and a retired teacher, said advisory councils are made up of teachers, parents and community members who decide how to spend the discretionary money.
"I think the teachers and everybody on the committees do a good job of providing for the needs of their individual schools," Miller said. "It's not usually a whole lot of money and some schools have used it for extra curriculum materials and teacher training. It's put to good use."
But schools can't rely on this money, she said, basically the only real money available for extras.
"It seems like if we were truly putting this as a priority, it would be a budgetary item that could be depended on from year to year," she said, adding schools have many needs.
Liz Cannon, president of the Indian River County Education Association, would also like to see more lottery money used for teacher training and school supplies. A 2016 survey by Scholastic publishing company found teachers on average spent $530 of their own money on classroom supplies.
Forty-four states have lotteries but less than half dedicate a portion or all of their proceeds to education, according to the North American Association of State & Provincial Lotteries.
States with lotteries contributing to education include California, New York, Georgia, Texas and Ohio. North Carolina and Tennessee even have the word "education" in their lotteries' names.
Other states use their lottery proceeds for a variety of purposes including to help fund parks, emergency responders, veterans' health and other services. Wisconsin spends its profits to lower state property taxes.
Florida is not alone in spending less on education after getting a lottery. Studies show states using lottery proceeds for education spend a smaller proportion of their budgets on schools.
This hasn't been the case for Georgia, which specified uses for its lottery money including a pre-kindergarten program, college scholarships and funding capital projects such as computer and technological upgrades.
Without similar language in Florida law, the money has been used for day-to-day operating costs.
Senate President Joe Negron said tough economic times put lawmakers in that position.
"I'm not going to quibble with difficult decisions the legislature had to make to balance the books," said the Stuart Republican.
State Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, acknowledged lawmakers have substituted funds, using lottery money to supplant general funding of education.
Florida Lottery spokeswoman Connie Barnes estimates lottery money represents about 6 percent of the total education budget.
"Everything we're doing — the games that we launch, the promotions — we're looking at how are we going to maximize and do the most that we can (to raise money for education)," Barnes said.
Former Gov. Lawton Chiles tried unsuccessfully multiple times to raise education funding to its pre-lottery level and let lottery money go for education enhancements.
"The promise of the Florida Lottery was not for replacement of education dollars," Chiles said in 1992. "The promise was for enhancement. … When we don't fulfill that promise, it amounts to a fraud on the public."
Because the lottery money was not being used for education enhancements as promised, some school districts looked for another solution: raising local taxes.
Voters didn't understand why there was a need for more money they thought was being provided from the Florida Lottery, so many school tax referendums, including six in 1995, were voted down.
Former Florida Education Commissioner Frank Brogan referred to lottery education funding as a "giant shell game" in 1995 and vowed to change the perception and restore credibility to how the money was being used.
He helped lay the foundation for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program that former St. Lucie County lawmaker Ken Pruitt shepherded in.
When Florida created Bright Futures in 1997, it modeled its merit-based scholarships after Georgia's successful Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship program.
In its inaugural year, about 42,000 students statewide were awarded $70 million in scholarships. Depending on certain criteria, they received either 75 or 100 percent of tuition and fees.
The program kept growing and for the 2008-09 school year, it cost $435 million. As it gained in popularity and size, it took up a greater share of lottery education money.
This led lawmakers to change the awards given to students to a fixed amount and make them tougher to get. So students who were once getting a full ride got only 50 percent of their tuition covered. Those who once received 75 percent, got a third of that amount.
According to a Florida College Access Network study, one in three high school graduates qualified for a scholarship in 2008 compared with one in eight in 2014.
The state estimates 95,718 students currently are getting about $217 million in scholarships, the lowest total in 15 years.
At the program's 20-year mark, more than 750,000 students have received the scholarships costing about $5 billion.
This session, lawmakers will consider once again providing full rides to top students and include a $300 stipend for books, costing an estimated cost of $157.5 million.
Negron, along with Florida Gov. Rick Scott, also wants to allow students to use their scholarships during the summer semesters, at a cost between $26 million and $47 million a year, depending on how many students take summer classes.
Negron said his goal is to fund the increase without affecting other lottery-supported education programs, possibly using other revenue sources to cover the added expense.
"The number of young people who have been able to continue their education and be able to graduate from college with little or no debt, that's a blessing," said Montford who believes the program helped motivate his students.
It's also possible more gambling money could go to help education.
Lawmakers will debate bills this session that could expand gaming by allowing new slot casinos in Miami-Dade and Broward counties and bring slot machines to eight additional counties — St. Lucie, Brevard, Duval, Gadsden, Hamilton, Lee, Palm Beach and Washington — where voters have approved them.
If the gaming measure passes, could it be deja vu for educators?
Harrell said she wants to make sure all designated education funds are being used as intended.
"To me, the key idea of the lottery was not to supplant what is spent on education but to add to education," she said. "I just want to make sure that the money that is going into the classroom is being used for some of the enhancements that were intended."


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Drop dead journalism - they make more money when people drop dead
You got to love the Internet, which enables you to find nuggets like this or ignore them. Cable/Network TV doesn't - other than 500 channels of mundane silliness.
These guys drop that idea that "globalization has it its high-water mark and begun to recede..." without a single example or quote to support it. In other words, this is simply an op-ed piece disquised as "news".
They ignore the results of increased trade, which is that there are changes in these countries politically. China and Vietnam no longer have pure totalitarian regimes, no longer pure Communist, but a blend and melange of democratic reforms and what they had before.
Communism, like capitalism, is designed to have a few getting rich and the bulk making a lot less. The difference is that in a capitalistic democratic republic, any one can get rich. Those that stay poor have made the various choices to do so. Many experiments have been done which test this and they all come out the same - if you want to get rich in America, you can do so.
What globalization is doing is to make greater opportunities in China, Russia and other countries so that any one can change their world and improve their lives.
But it's long from dying or even decreasing. Markets are expanding and interacting all over the planet. Friedman talked about the McDonald peace theory and also the Dell conflict-prevention theory - that as the standards of living raise, people don't have war with each other; that as production lines interact and cross boundaries, nations are less and less inclined to have war with each other - since they would simply be cutting off the wealth being invested in that country.
Going down this line, you see the nations on this planet now devoted against eliminating a non-national form of warfare. Extremist jihadism and other terrorism is the final last gasp of the non-globalized populations on this planet. As we bring more countries closer to being cross-involved with other countries, we will have greater and greater peace. As we plunk down our factories in foriegn countries and get them locally (not nationally) controlled, we will see a vast increase in interaction and so less conflagration.
(You can see that Iran and Venezuela are going down some very dark paths - that as Chavez continues to nationalize his industries and become installed for life as dictator, his country will have some nasty surprises coming in. Not to mention that our innovation in America will be dropping oil prices as we move away from our dependence/addiction to foriegn oil.)
Fill a need is the scene that runs this planet. AKA scratch my itch. And that is why globalization continues to expand, changing with every country it enters as the chameleon shifts its colors - still the same beastie, like it or not.
ZNet |East Asia | Capitalism and Democracy: Iron Fist Economics: "Democracy, FPIF columnist Walden Bello argues, has already helped to slow down the spread of unfettered markets through globalization. It's but one of several reasons why globalization has hit its high-water mark and begun to recede. Sam Pizzigati provides some additional statistics to demonstrate that globalization has helped the few, not the many, and international financial institutions govern on behalf of a global wealthy elite. And Dave Ranney shows in detail how McDonald's has needed McDonnell Douglas: the U.S. military has been a key element in promoting the U.S. economic agenda."


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A Bright, Offbeat Wedding at the Foundry in Long Island City, New York
Emma Case Photography
For Risa Abrams (32 and a TV producer) and Michael Smagula's (33 and a high school guidance counselor) summer wedding in New York City, traditional simply wasn't going to cut it. With the help of coordinator Jove Meyer, the pair planned a funky affair at the Foundry in Long Island City, New York, with a spectrum of eye-catching color, personal touches and a few surprises. "We are a bit allergic to tradition and what's typically popular, so we just did what felt right to us," Risa says. For the ceremony, Risa and Michael knew they wanted something lighthearted, so they asked their close friends to write and officiate the ceremony. Jove Meyer handcrafted a colorful ribbon backdrop that lit up the outdoor space, and Michael got crafty in the months leading up to event, spray-painting the couple's silhouettes on old records that he had painted gold. After exchanging heartfelt vows, the Hungry March Band made their way down the aisle and whisked the newlyweds and their wedding party into the reception. "We wanted to keep them a total surprise and only told the people in the wedding that they'd be there," Risa says. The couple kept things simple when it came to the decor, allowing the Foundry's character to shine through. Colorful linens and bud vases filled with bold pink and red blooms added a touch of personality to the space and set the tone for the evening's festivities. "We did not have any major centerpieces, formal seating, place settings or name cards," Risa says. "We just wanted to marry each other and have a huge dance party. And make music, dancing and color the focus of the whole thing." Instead of a formal sit-down meal, the pair opted for a more relaxed format that encouraged guests to mix and mingle. A popcorn machine greeted the couple's friends and family as they arrived and caterer Betty Brooklyn served an unforgettable spread of decadent eats, from mini fried chicken biscuits and veggie kebabs to stations of pasta, sliders and more. As a special late-night snack, a gelato truck from Grom, the couple's favorite gelato spot, indulged guests in a variety of cool, icy treats. After getting their fill, Risa, Michael and their family and friends hit the dance floor, glow sticks and all, and got down to a playlist of oldies and '80s and '90s pop music spun by DJ Shakey. "We had ended up ordering so many glow sticks that when the lights dimmed, the room was lit by our glow sticks," Risa says. "It was magical." A tip from Risa and Michael: "It's your day, so make it about yourself and don't be swayed by traditions that don't speak to you."
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THREE LIVES OF TOMOMI ISHIKAWA by Benjamin Constable, Book Review
ByJoanne P Last updated January 10, 2018
In Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa, a new and enticing voice in fiction draws readers through the streets of Paris and New York on an intricate adventure.
Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa Synopsis:
What writer Benjamin Constable needs is a real-life adventure wilder than his rampant imagination. And who better to shake up his comfortable Englishman-in-Paris routine than the enigmatic Tomomi "Butterfly" Ishikawa, who has just sent a cryptic suicide note?
She's planted a slew of clues — in the pages of her journal, on the hard drive of her computer, tucked away in public places, under flowerpots, and behind statues. Heartbroken, confused, and accompanied by an imaginary cat, Ben embarks upon a scavenger hunt leading to charming and unexpected spaces, from the hidden alleys of Paris to the cobblestone streets of New York City.
But Butterfly's posthumous messages are surprisingly well informed for the words of a dead person, and they're full of confessions of a past darkened by insanity, betrayal, and murder. The treasures Ben is unearthing are instalments of a gruesome memoir. Now he must draw a clear line between the real and surreal if he is to save himself, Butterfly, and what remains of their crazy and amazing friendship.
(Gallery Books – Simon & Schuster, 2013)
Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa by Benjamin Constable is a puzzle not for the faint hearted, both in construction and its subject matter. It is challenging but in the main, rewarding reading.
From the opening lines narrated by the author Benjamin Constable himself, you just know it's going to get complicated and fast.
'I'd like to write a book where the two main characters are me and you.' I said to Tomomi Ishikawa, and absentmindedly organised the objects on the table.
'Oh good,' she said, and started to cough.
I am a sucker for a puzzle though and put my mind at the mercy of whatever Constable had to offer. In a similar vein to Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveller, at the forefront The Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa is a novel about the act of both writing and composing fiction and the mysterious relationship between author and audience.
And if the reason for my writing is still enigmatically shrouded in drivel, what I imagine is becoming clearer is my method for postponing the inevitable. As well you know, I have long taken shameless pleasure in the avoidance of the crux of any matter. "The point" is so often a delicacy to be savoured, its anticipation a tantalizing delight, teasing its way closer with agonizing lethargy, in its every delay a mounting of the tension and a prolongation of the bliss.
However, what I have to say is important and sadly carries with it little pleasure. (Parenthetically, this style of never getting to the point is in some ways an appropriate reflection of our friendship. We are neither of us a stranger to the eternal flow of conversation, twisting its way across the floodplain, dallying in the shallows, splashing over small rocks, resting calm in deep pools, spinning in eddies and forming unlikely currents, because the experience of the journey has been the joy, and to reach the ocean is to signal the end.
While the prose was undeniably beautiful and penetrating in places, I did find the frequency and length of the introspective passages draining at times.
Within this story however lies a complex detective plot which I enjoyed most – at its simplest a scavenger hunt of sorts, at its more complex, a bed of subterfuge and thrilling deception.
Elements within Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa, both characters and events, in addition to the storyline itself can only be described as audacious. The macabre described with sociopathic indifference is confronting but compelling.
Benjamin Constable set himself a very ambitious goal in penning Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa. The execution was sublime in places but a little strained in others, but it was unfailingly surprising – a unique work from an exciting new talent.
BOOK RATING: The Story 4.5 / 5 ; The Writing 4 / 5
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Genre: Literature, Drama, Crime-Detective
About the Author, Benjamin Constable
Benjamin Constable was born in Bristol and grew up mostly in Derby. He lives in Paris where he writes fiction and teaches English. Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa is his first novel. Check out Benjamin's website.
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* Receiving this title free from Gallery Books via NetGalley did not impact my ability to express my honest opinions in the review above.
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my father went into the army as a blacksmith tradesman.learned how to repair watches and clocks. set up in business as a jeweler. had two sons both have spent years in the business of horology. i the eldest went into electronics and electronic engineering also in between sold spares and was employed as a car mechanic.
SO finally the members of parliament in the united kingdom given up on democracy?
Hi so why are american women on such a witch hunt. wanting to be famous for something maybe.?
The majority use Microsoft. why simple to use yes you do need anti virus. apple usually does not have the issues with a virus?
So i see we here in the united kingdom are still discriminating against disabled people on public transport?
So why can't we chose the correct category to ask questions in . why does yahoo answers make such **** yups.?
Any one any insight as to why apples new Sierra is so slow?
So why does yahoo answers fall over so often.?
Exactly what's up why do we not able to answer questions as we keep getting your criteria doesn't match any questions.?
So why has no one mention september 11th today. (9/11)?
Hi so why is yahoo into fake news. our current PM has no intention of resigning. so why do you rat bags even suggest it.?
Well given that we are talking about shoddy materials used on the grenfell tower. accountants have a lot to answer for.?
Hi so why due we see so many disasters under a tories government . simple it is the legacy left by the labour party. who is to blame ?
Yahoo questions have now got serious censorship it stands out loud and clear.?
Hi so i see we have censorship now anything that shows that we have answered a question with some intelligence is not allowed.?
Hi the whole of the yahoo questions is moving so slow it has gone to sleep why.???
Hi as every answer is showing as having problems.then we must assume the system is faulty.?
Why as there are more fools wanting answers. than are capable of answering them.?
Why so much adverse comments come up with we are experiencing some difficulties that in it self is biasing the subject yahoo.?
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This cardio thing. You seem to be confused. Let's clear some things up.
When, how much, how fast, how long, how far?
Weights then cardio, or cardio then weights?
The list goes on and on. As a result, one of two things tend to happen.
1.) You're confused and overwhelmed. You do nothing.
2.) You really want to get in shape. You do some cardio. A little bit of everything. Enough that it feels like you're trying. Not enough to see results.
When nothing changes, you get frustrated. You do more cardio. You cut calories and carbs. Or you quit. Either way, your body isn't going to respond the way you'd like. I call this scenario – right idea, wrong action. It is frustrating as all hell. It's enough to make you give up. Don't give up. Let's fix it. Right now.
Before we dive head-first into the cardio conundrum, let's make sure we're on the same page.
Cardio isn't one thing, it's a lot of things. It's different things to different people. For instance, a bodybuilder might walk on a treadmill and call it cardio. An endurance athlete would snicker at this sight. Regardless of how fit you are, or how fit you intend to be, it helps to have a baseline understanding of what cardio actually means.
Cardio, short for cardiovascular. Your lungs and your heart.
From here, most people lace up their sneakers and set out to pound the pavement. The thought is, if you get your heart rate and break a sweat you're doing cardio. Which isn't wrong. There's just a little more to it.
Now, if you've ever read anything I've written, you know I try to keep things simple. I'm not trying to overload you with nonsensical fitness facts. My goal is to give you the information you need in an actionable and easy to digest format. I want you to understand it, yes. More importantly I want you to go implement it. With that in mind, here's some need-to-know about energy systems. It's not comprehensive, but it will make for a solid foundation.
Think of anaerobic exercises as short bursts of all out effort. Sprints, for example. You're working so hard you can't breath. You're huffing and puffing. You might vomit.
Now that you know which is which, the question becomes which is best?
Alright, this where things get a little tricky. Before I'd recommend either form of cardio, I would suggest you undertake a strength training routine. Even if that's bodyweight, kettlebell and TRX training, I'd start there.
If you can make it to the gym or have access to free weights, that's great too. Stick to compound barbell movements like squat, deadlift, bench press, overhead press and bent rows.
From there, I'd begin to implement anaerobic training in the form of interval sprints or plyometric type exercises. Aim for 2-3 days of strength training, plus one day of interval based training.
Get going – start with one, 10 minute session. Warm-up before performing 15-30 seconds of all out effort, followed by 60 second rest period.
You can use the same template and substitute any total body or plyometric exercise for running. Try burpees, box jumps, kettlebell swings, jump rope, or jump squats.
Over time, based on your fitness level and progress, you can begin to increase the length of the workout. 10 minutes, then 12, 15, 18, 20, etc. Cap your cardio workouts at three interval based workouts a week, no more than 30 minutes long.
Week 1-3. No cardio. Stick with strength training. Two to three workouts each week.
Weeks 4-6. One interval based cardio session each week. Perform 20 seconds effort followed by 20 seconds rest for 10 minutes in week four, 12 minutes in weeks five, 15 minutes in week six.
Choose from jump rope, jump squats, burpees or kettlebell swings.
Weeks 7-10. Two to three interval based cardio session each week. Training sessions will be 15-30 minutes. Plan 15-30 seconds all out effort, followed by 30-60 seconds rest.
Choose from sprints, hill sprints, rowing, kettlebell swings, box jumps, etc. Or some combination of exercises.
If you like running, run. If you have a burning desire to train for and complete a marathon, or half-marathon, or triathlon I say do it.
But, beware. There is a such thing as chronic cardio. Running and running, and then running some more. Junk miles add up. They break down your body. Throw your hormones all out of whack. Cortisol – a stress hormone – will sky rocket. You gain weight instead of losing it. Add fat, lose muscle.
This doesn't happen to everyone. It's not a scare tactic. I want you to find fitness and do what works for you. That said, I want you to do it safely and efficiently.
I'm speaking from experience when I say, beware. I took fitness too far. I ran too much, too often. I didn't listen to my body. I literally ran myself into the ground. I ran so much, so often that I developed a stress fracture in my pelvis.
Yeah, I did some triathlons, marathons and a few ultras. But, at what cost? I looked fit on the outside, but I was actually unhealthy. I lost a year to rehab and recovery. Everything from my muscles to my eating habits and hormones had to be overhauled. At some point I stopped training and started obsessing.
I regained control. I was able to start over and define fitness for myself. Now it works for me. I want it to work for you too. I mean it when I say I want everyone to be happy and healthy. Using the most effective and efficient methods is one way to do that. Less time training, better results, more time living.


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Robert Joseph Cox (né le  à Tulsa, Oklahoma, États-Unis) est un ancien joueur, instructeur, manager et manager général dans les Ligues majeures de baseball. Il est intronisé au Temple de la renommée du baseball en juillet 2014.

Brièvement joueur de troisième but puis instructeur chez les Yankees de New York, Bobby Cox est principalement reconnu pour avoir été le manager des Braves d'Atlanta pendant 25 saisons.

Avec 2 504 victoires, il est au quatrième rang (en date de 2010) sur la liste des gérants ayant remporté le plus grand nombre de parties dans les Ligues majeures. Il est premier parmi les managers des Braves d'Atlanta pour le nombre de parties dirigées et le nombre de victoires.

Élu trois fois gérant de l'année dans la Ligue nationale et une fois dans la Ligue américaine, Bobby Cox, qui a aussi dirigé les Blue Jays de Toronto pendant quatre saisons, a mené les Braves d'Atlanta à la conquête de la Série mondiale 1995. Il a aussi reçu une bague de champion de la Série mondiale en 1977 alors qu'il faisait partie du personnel d'instructeurs des Yankees de New York.

Cox est aussi le manager ayant été expulsé le plus grand nombre de fois par un arbitre au cours d'une partie des majeures : il l'a été à 158 reprises en saison régulière, auxquelles s'ajoutent trois expulsions en séries éliminatoires.

Carrière de joueur

Carrière d'instructeur

Carrière de manager
Cox a été à la tête des Braves de 1978 à 1981, puis a pris les rênes des Blue Jays de Toronto de 1982 à 1985. Il est ensuite revenu dans l'organisation des Braves au poste de manager général, puis a repris le poste de manager en 1990.

Braves d'Atlanta (1978-1981)

Blue Jays de Toronto (1982-1985)

Braves d'Atlanta (1990-2010)

Il a remporté 4 fois le prix de Manager de l'année dont 3 fois avec les Braves. Il a mené les Braves à 14 titres consécutifs de Division entre 1991 et 2005 (la saison 1994 a été raccourcie par une grève et aucun titre n'a été décerné) et à 5 titres de la Ligue nationale. En 1995, les Braves remportent la Série mondiale sous sa direction.

Il annonce qu'il prendra sa retraite à l'issue de la saison 2010. Les Braves se qualifient comme meilleurs deuxièmes de la Ligue nationale au dernier jour de la saison régulière, permettant à Cox de diriger pour une dernière fois une équipe en séries éliminatoires. L'équipe est éliminée par les Giants de San Francisco en Série de division. Cox dirige les Braves pour la toute dernière fois le 11 octobre 2010 à Atlanta.

Expulsions

Bobby Cox détient le record du plus grand nombre d'expulsions en Ligue majeure. Le 14 août 2007, dans un match contre San Francisco, il est expulsé par l'arbitre Ted Barrett pour avoir disputé la zone de prises. Avec sa  en carrière, il dépasse le record du colérique John McGraw. En date du 17 juillet 2010, il avait été expulsé à 156 reprises.

Cox est aussi la seule personne, managers et joueurs inclus, à avoir été expulsé deux fois de parties de la Série mondiale. Lors du troisième match de la Série mondiale 1992, il est mis dehors par l'arbitre après avoir, de l'abri, lancé un casque protecteur sur le terrain du Skydome de Toronto. Lors de la sixième et dernière partie de la Série mondiale 1996, au Yankee Stadium, Cox est à nouveau expulsé, cette fois pour avoir contesté la décision de l'officiel de déclarer Marquis Grissom retiré autour des buts.

Temple de la renommée du baseball
Le 9 décembre 2013, Bobby Cox est admis au Temple de la renommée du baseball. Il y fait son entrée en compagnie de deux autres gérants élus en même temps que lui, Joe Torre et Tony La Russa, lors d'une cérémonie à Cooperstown le 27 juillet 2014. Le même jour, deux de ses anciens joueurs étoiles, Greg Maddux et Tom Glavine, font aussi leur entrée au Panthéon.

Statistiques de joueur
En saison régulière

Note: G = Matches joués; AB = Passages au bâton; R = Points; H = Coups sûrs; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Coup de circuit; RBI = Points produits; SB = buts volés; BA = Moyenne au bâton

Statistiques de manager

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Biographie sur le site officiel de la Ligue majeure de baseball

Naissance à Tulsa
Naissance en mai 1941
Manager des Braves d'Atlanta
Directeur-gérant des Braves d'Atlanta
Manager des Blue Jays de Toronto
Joueur des Yankees de New York
Instructeur des Yankees de New York
Joueur américain de baseball
Membre du Temple de la renommée du baseball
Joueur des Chiefs de Syracuse

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Worried wife of a husband with re-occurring bladder cancer treated with bcg, having lower back pain and changed mood?
QUESTION: My husband has had re accuring bladder cancer which was treated with bcg but since then his doc says his urine samples is still showing abnormal cells but doing no other tests to finding out why?
He is tired, all the time has lower back pain, always cold and his mood has changed so much it scares me as he is normally easy going but now is unreasonable and gets annoyed for the slightest thing.
He sleeps very badly up frequently during night to wee, but also has at least five bowel movements, day and night.
Sadly he smokes 40 cigs a day and drinks 5 pints a day also. His mum died of colon cancer at 60. He gets angry if i ask him to cut down. But i see my husband turning into a cranky depressed sick man and am lost as to what i can do he is only 62 and we have been married for 40 years?
First of all, you have to know that BCG vaccine is used for the treatment of early stages bladder cancer. In addition, this treatment works in most of the patients, but there is small number of patients, who are not so lucky.
cystectomy, which is an operation, during which the bladder is going to be removed. Is this intervention applicable to your husband? What does your doctor state?
Generally, after this operation, reconstructive surgery is going to be executed, so your husband will have bladder again.
I understand that this is very hard period for you, but you have to do everything possible in purpose to convince him that the operation is the only solution (in case he does not want to).
However, find a way to explain this to him delicately, because I'm sure that it is hard even for him.
With regards to his mood changes, they are typical for cancer patients, because they are afraid of the disease (psychological part) and because of cancer spread to their brain causing damages there (organic cause).
Most of them are trying to escape this reality and they are using alcohol for this, like you said about your husband up to 5 pints a day.
Regarding the lower back pain and the frequent urination during the night, they do confirm bladder cancer. These symptoms show that the cancer grows and this requires immediate medical attention and operation.
I hope you can find a way to convince him, but remember try to be delicate, don't you dare forcing him, because he will refuse every treatment or help.


> QEMU output with SeaBIOS 1.9.0 and above: Did it work with some prior version of SeaBIOS?
>> QEMU output with SeaBIOS 1.9.0 and above: > > Did it work with some prior version of SeaBIOS? Yes. Tested it with the default version (1.7.2.2) of my distribution, 1.8.0, 1.8.1 and version 1.8.2.
It appears the fault is occurring in the OS bootloader, not in the SeaBIOS code. [...] >>> > >> QEMU output with SeaBIOS 1.9.0 and above: >> > > >> > > Did it work with some prior version of SeaBIOS? > > > > Yes. Tested it with the default version (1.7.2.2) of my distribution, > > 1.8.0, 1.8.1 and version 1.8.2. It's odd that it works with a different SeaBIOS version. You could try bisecting between 1.8.0 and 1.9.2 to see what change the crash starts at - but be aware that random differences in the SeaBIOS binary might be tickling the underlying issue.
You could also try reporting to the kvm list - they'll know how to interpret the cpu dump.


How can I obtain your watch band catalogue?
Please send us an email at info@replateit.com and we will send you our catalogue in PDF format.
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Simply send us an email at info@replateit.com with the codes and quantity of straps you want to purchase. The same way we will arrange shipping and payment.
Am I going to be notified when you receive/send out my item(s) to be refinished?
We will email you as soon as we receive your items to give you an estimate of the costs. Once your order is ready to be shipped, an invoice will be emailed to you indicating your order is ready and will be shipped within a few days.
Will I have to pay duties when I receive my pieces/watch back?
Normally you should not be charged any duties. Duties are paid on sold merchandise and not on services. We mark packages as "Returned merchandise". If you are charged duties, please contact your local customs office.
How can you be so competitive for the quality of work you do?
It's very simple. We have eliminated middleman and every process is done strictly IN HOUSE. After many years of research & development, we have developed in house techniques that enable us to achieve an excellent quality for a fraction of the cost without compromises. Also, we spend time getting work done rather than interacting too much with each customer. This means we can get more work done during the day.
Yes, we proud ourselves of doing business across the world. Furthermore payment must clear before returning any pieces/parts refinished/re-plated. For our shipping address please click HERE.
Can you convert pocket watch cases in to wrist watches?
Our work is limited to the cosmetic aspect of a watch case.
Why don't you offer the disassembly service and insist on having only the watch case shipped to you?
It's very simple. We are a watch case refinishing and re-plating workshop, so our specialty is to work on the watch case itself and its parts only. Having to do the disassembly would slow us down from our work and that would mean a considerable increase of the cost which would affect our pricing to the customer. The majority of our customers are already watchmakers and dealers, which means they can do the disassembly themselves and save on the final cost. However, we are looking into offering a VIP service in the near future. This service will be designed to cover the needs of retail customers that have no knowledge on watchmaking.
It is our STRICT policy NOT to work with deadlines or with rush orders.
Simply ship us your items to be re-plated (for watches please send only case and case back without movement and strap) along with complete contact info and instructions at the following address: 617-620 Cathcart Montreal, Quebec H3B1M1 CANADA. Once your parcel has been received a job ticket will be made and your order will be processed. If the costs exceed the average charge (click here for price list) we will than contact you with an estimate and wait for your approval. Once the order is complete and ready to ship, we will send you an invoice with the total and wait for your payment. When payment has been cleared we will than ship you back your items.
Please note! This shall not be used in any way as a guaranteed delivery date!
Can you make a brushed finish on my watch case?
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How thick can you plate?
For gold, silver and nickel we can plate at almost any thickness desired. Rhodium plating is limited to 0.5 micron as these are only decorative.
This will depend on the thickness of the plating you decide to plate (click here for details), how often the item is used, and also on the person using the item (different people have different degrees of skin acidity). The minimum thickness for gold plating watch cases is 5 microns. For jewellery gold plating minimum is 1 micron. For thicker plating an estimate is always given up on examination of the piece.
Do you do Chrome Plating?
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Are you able to repair dents and holes on watch cases?
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Q: Why \countdef, \dimendef, and alike require custom-named register to be empty before assignment? Why \dA can't be assigned a value before it is assigned to \dB?
\documentclass[varwidth,border=5mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
  \newdimen\dA
  \dimendef\dB\dA % ERROR IF PRECEDED BY NEXT LINE
  \dA=2.2pt % CANNOT PRECEDE PREVIOUS LINE
  \the\dB % SOME RANDOM VALUE (NOT 2.2pt)
\end{document}

A: When interpreting numbers, such as the register number in expressions where TeX searches for such register numbers, TeX converts dimensions to sp and uses that sp value (without the unit) as the meant number. So in your case you're trying to define \dB to register number 144179, which doesn't exist.
Little document that illustrates this, I use \dimendef\dB\dA when \dA has still the value 0sp, and get \dimen0 as the definition for \dB therefore:
\documentclass[preview,border=3.14]{standalone}

\begin{document}
\newdimen\dA
\texttt{\meaning\dA}

\dimendef\dB\dA
\texttt{\meaning\dB}

\dA=2.2pt
\number\dA
\end{document}

Side note: The LaTeX2e kernel uses this fact as an optimization when accessing the 0th registers, by using the dimen \z@, which is 0sp. This way it can save on tokens, since TeX's memory was quite limited back in the days.

A: The syntax for \dimendef is

\dimendef〈control sequence〉〈equals〉〈8-bit number〉

With e-TeX extensions the number can be 15-bit; with LuaTex it can be 16-bit. The purpose of \dimendef is to define a control sequence that will refer to one of the available registers, not to set the value of some dimension register.
When you say \newdimen\dA, TeX knows the last allocated register number, say n, and it will do

\dimendef\dA=n + 1

(in pseudocode). So, if the last allocated register is 42, \newdimen\dA will do \dimendef\dA=43. Now, \dA will be equivalent to \dimen43, but one doesn't need to know the actual number, which might change from one run to another, if the code changes with a new allocation beforehand.
If you do \newdimen\dA, TeX allocates a new register number and sets it to 0pt (unless you have tampered with registers assigning to them directly by register number). If you do
\dimendef\dB\dA

the required 〈8-bit number〉 is coerced to be the value in scaled points of the register \da, in this case 0. Indeed
\newdimen\dA
\dimendef\dB\dA
\show\dB

will issue
> \dB=\dimen0.

However, this is clearly a misuse of the syntax. If you want to allocate a new register with the same value as \dA, you have to do
\newdimen\dA
\dA=2.2pt
\newdimen\dB
\dB=\dA

because 2.2pt is 144179 in scaled points. But even if the value in scaled points was in the allowed range, after \dimendef\dA=\dB the newly defined register named \dA would contain the value 0pt:
\dA=2sp
\dimendef\dA\dB
\showthe\dA

would answer
> 0.0pt.

The moral of the story is: never use \dimendef directly, unless you want to define names for "local register", but

*

*this must be done in a group;

*you have to make sure that the code doesn't do assignments to registers that may be the same as those you use locally;

*you don't do global assignments to the "local registers".

Failure to comply with the above rules can lead to weird results.


While we're currently bundling up to ward off the cold, Kate Moss is galavanting around a "clothing optional" St. Bart's beach in an itsy bitsy bikini.
When Kate wasn't splashing about in the water, she was busy gettin' busy with hubby Jamie Hince on the sand.
Well, romantic until the two it-Brit's got photo bombed by male genitalia!
That's right, the couple was photographed with a stark naked guy in the background.
Head over to see the full-frontal shot on TMZ. You know this is one you won't want to miss.


How mobile-friendly is Wizz Air?
Lucky for you Apple device users out there, Wizz Air has an iOS app that will work on all of your devices.
As the most popular mobile platform in the world, Wizz Air has taken notice of Android and provided an app for most Android devices. Perhaps standard practice these days, the Android app offers the same functionality as the iOS app from Wizz Air.
Also take a look at Wizz Air's website by clicking here — you should be able to do what you need there.


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Q: SQL QUERY regarding single row as output I want a query in which it only returns only one output row based on the values in a column.
What I need is
Table A has values
  A
 ----|----
   1 |
   2 |
   3 |

required output
  A
 ----
 yes

so I need a query in which if table a has 3 in its column then the output I need to get is yes or else no.
my code:-
WITH
number_tb AS (select * from t1),
out_put as (select case when a = 3 then 'yes' else 'no' end a_case from number_tb)
select * from out_put

output:-
a_case
-----
no
no
yes

I only need single row output. if 3 is present then yes or no, I don't need it for each row.
Is it possible to do so??

A: If a proper boolean true/false value is also acceptable, you can use
select exists (select * from t1 where a = 3) as a;

If you want a string with yes/no instead you can use a CASE expression to turn the boolean value into a string.
select case
          when exists (select * from t1 where a = 3) then 'Yes'
          else 'No'
        end as a;


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World Wide Web code that changed the world up for auction as NFT
London - Berners-Lee, a London-born computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
Published: Tue 15 Jun 2021, 5:35 PM
The original source code for the World Wide Web that was written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee is up for sale at Sotheby's as part of a non-fungible token, with bids starting at just $1,000.
Berners-Lee, a London-born computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989, revolutionising the sharing and creation of information in what is seen as one of the most significant inventions since the printing press appeared in Europe in 15th Century Germany.
The digitally signed Ethereum blockchain non-fungible token (NFT), a one-of-a-kind digital asset which records ownership, includes the original source code, an animated visualization, a letter written by Berners-Lee and a digital poster of the full code from the original files.
NFTs have exploded in popularity in recent months, including at auction. A digital-only artwork by American artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, sold for nearly $70 million at Christie's in March.
"Why an NFT? Well, it's a natural thing to do ... when you're a computer scientist and when you write code and have been for many years," Berners-Lee said in a statement. "It feels right to digitally sign my autograph on a completely digital artefact."
The files contain 9,555 lines of code including implementations of the three languages and protocols invented by Berners-Lee: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers).
Also included are original HTML documents that instructed early web users on how to use the application.
Bids for the NFT, a way of asserting ownership of a digital asset, start at $1,000 in a standalone online auction titled "This Changed Everything" running from June 23-30.
While working at Europe's physics research centre CERN in 1989, Berners-Lee laid out his vision for what he initially called "Mesh".
His boss at the time wrote "vague but exciting" on the cover of Berners-Lee's 1989 paper "Information Management: A Proposal".
Berners-Lee in 1990 was building an application he called "WorldWideWeb". It was originally developed in Objective C programming language on a NeXT computer, founded by Apple founder Steve Jobs after his ouster from Apple.
"Sir Tim's invention created a new world, democratizing the sharing of information, creating new ways of thinking and interacting, and staying connected to one another," said Cassandra Hatton, global head of science and popular culture at Sotheby's.
"Over the past several centuries humankind has seen a succession of paradigm shifts that have brought us forward into the modern era ... but none has had the seismic impact on our daily lives as the creation of the World Wide Web."
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Q: Control center not working in portrait mode (iPad 2)? I just upgraded my iPad 2 WiFi to iOS 7.0.4 and noticed this bug that's really strange:
No matter what I do, I can't bring up the control center when the iPad is in portrait mode. When in landscape, it will come up with a swipe just fine!
More bizarre, when I hold it upside down (the front camera on the button), the control center also shows!
Anybody has any idea what's going on and is there anyway to solve this?


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Exclusive Single Premiere: Plotz "Baby Shakes" (2019)
Melbourne quartet Plotz are kick starting their 2019 this week with the release of "Baby Shakes", their first single since their EP All Up The Wall And Down The Street in 2017, and the first from the band's forthcoming EP, which is due for release later this year. Ahead of the official release of "Baby Shakes" later this week, we're excited to be bringing you this exclusive early stream.
"Baby Shakes" is a bright and bold dose of indie rock, full of jangling guitars and laid back good vibes aplenty. The band have hit that perfect balance of the lo-fi aesthetic they've become known for and the more intricate psych elements they're introducing. Those half buried backing vocals were a nice touch too. Replete with a woozy charm, "Baby Shakes", has got me excited to hear more from the band and from the forthcoming EP.
Here's what guitarist and lead singer Yonatan Rotem had to say about the inspiration behind the new single:
My girlfriend was here on a university exchange program from Peru while we met, and had to go back to Peru for a year to finish her studies, so we had a sixteen hour difference between us for a year until she came back. In that time my housemate and one of my best friends started getting really sick.
The song tries to shine light on a dark situation, where the meaning of the term Baby Shakes is contrasted from the verse to the chorus to show the instability, which I thought would be a momentary experience, with a hopeful vision of things getting better.
With the band's new EP set for release later this year, 2019 should prove to be a busy year for the Melbourne band, with the promise of a national tour in support too. However, if you happen to be in Melbourne, the band will be launching the single with a special show at The Grace Darling on April 13th. Until then sit back and given "Baby Shakes" a few spins below.
You can keep up to date with the band via Facebook and via their Official Site.
Plotz will be officially launching the single with a special show at The Grace Darling on April 13th, joining them will be Dark Fair and Steve Tyssen. For more information and tickets head HERE.
Books Editor. An admirer of songs and reader of books. Simon has a PhD in English and Comparative Literature. All errant apostrophes are his own.
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Anthroposophy: Christianity
Anthroposophy: Esoteric Studies
Religion: Esoteric Christianity
Descent into the Depths of the Earth on the Anthroposophic Path of Schooling
Judith von Halle
Translated by Matthew Barton
Size 5" x 7"
"The contents of this volume have arisen from my own spiritual experience, and do not represent any kind of hypothesis or speculation, except where I expressly say that I am unable to make any definitive statement about a particular event or set of circumstances." —Judith von Halle
Beginning with Steiner's seminal lecture on the nine layers of the Earth, the author directs her spiritual research toward Christ's descent into the Earth's depths following the Crucifixion, and discusses the relationship between that event and the modern spiritual student's path of training. As she points out in her foreword, the contents of this book may initially appear more abstract than other books in the series on "Approaches to Understanding the Christ Event," because they deal with processes we can accomplish only in a purely spiritual way, in spheres where no earthly perceptions can penetrate.
According to von Halle, when pursuing the anthroposophic path of inner development, we cannot avoid, at a certain point on this path, experiencing what is traditionally called the "descent into hell." This journey finds its parallel in the mystery of the Representative of Humanity's descent into hell, through the Earth's nine layers. By entering the spiritual Earth organism, esoteric students encounter both the being of the Antichrist and the place where the substance of the Grail vessel originates.
Von Halle shows how the Earth's interior is a mirror of the past, present, and future human soul states, explaining the causes of the three earthquakes that occurred during the night before the first Easter Sunday. Above all, she shows how we can rise to spiritual heights only to the degree that we also plumb the depths of the abyss.
C O N T E N T S:
Foreword — Forewarning
1. Aphoristic Comments on the Schooling Path
2. The Nine Layers of the Earth
3. Secrets of the Earth's Interior—Christ and Anti-Christ
Appendix: Extract from a Lecture by Rudolf Steiner (April 16, 1903)
Judith von Halle was born in Berlin in 1972. She attended school in Germany and the U.S. and studied architecture, graduating in 1998. She encountered Anthroposophy in 1997 and began working as a staff member at Rudolf Steiner House in Berlin, where she also lectured from 2001, while maintaining an architectural practice. In 2004, her life was transformed when she received the stigmata. Her first book was published in German in 2005, and she now works principally as a lecturer and author. She lives with her husband in Berlin.
And the Earth Becomes a Sun
The Mystery of the Resurrection
Approaching the Mystery of Golgotha
Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha
Human Life in a Cosmic Context (CW 175)
Christ and Sophia
Anthroposophic Meditations on the Old Testament, New Testament, and Apocalypse
Death as Metamorphosis of Life
Including "What Does the Angel Do in Our Astral Body?" & "How Do I Find Christ?" (CW 182)
The Mystery of the Trinity
Mission of the Spirit (CW 214)


Aurora lucis rutilat is an Easter hymn sung at Lauds, or Morning Prayer. I currently use the Mundelein Psalter, and this is how the chant appears in the Mundelein Psalter, courtesy of Google books. As you can see, the chant is at the top of the page, with all the text below. I'm still learning how to read chant, so I found this too hard to attempt in the early morning. Since this hymn will be used for about 2 weeks, I figured it was worth learning!
If you have trouble sight-reading chant too, the audio and full image of the chant (shown below) should help you learn it.
Note: A few words in the video do not match the score.
If the YouTube video doesn't work, you can also listen on Spotify.
This hymn was modified by Pope Urban VIII, and many translations have been made. Here is one translation by Fr. Edward Caswall from his "Lyra Catholica" in 1849. It is the translation of the modified hymn, Aurora coelum purprat. Confused? Yeah, me too. Here is a little explanation from Matthew Britt in his "Hymns of the Breviary and Missal".
For more hymns, please see Catholic Songs to Learn and Sing.