I want us to think this morning about giving and giving to missions and tonight, even though there's something else that's a distraction today, but tonight at church, at six o'clock, we're going to think about going and the commission of Jesus to go into missions. But this morning I want us to think through the whole issue of giving to missions. You have, you have an enormous challenge before you in terms of your mission budget. A challenge that you've met time and time and time again in the past, but a challenge that we need to meet again this year and exceed, and exceed. And I want us to think through some principles about giving, and especially giving to missions, as Paul talks about it in 2 Corinthians chapter 8. Turn with me to this passage. I want to focus on a few thoughts from 2 Corinthians 8. I want to read the whole chapter, but before I do that, let's look to the Lord in prayer.
Lord, we come to You again this morning, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in communion with one another, with Yourself in Triune fellowship. We thank You for the grace of the Gospel that reached down and drew us into union and communion with the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank You for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, who upholds us, encourages us, strengthens us, intercedes for us, reminds us of the beauty and loveliness of Jesus. And now as we turn to the Scriptures, we thank You that holy men of old wrote this as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Once again we pray as we read the Scriptures that we might do so under the direction and guidance and illumination of the Holy Spirit that we might read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest, and all of this for Jesus' sake. Amen.
"We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints — and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace. But as you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you — see that you excel in this act of grace also.
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Now Paul had a difficult relationship with the Corinthian church. It was on again, off again, on again, off again kind of relationship. As you read this particular epistle, things have been off and are now on again. They have been critical of the apostle. He has promised that he will come back to them in person but he hasn't actually fulfilled that promise. There are those in Corinth who are suspicious of his motives. They're saying that perhaps he's only in this ministry for his own personal gain.
Now we need to understand that in the background here there is an offering that has been in the works for the best part of a year or two. This offering is being gathered among churches in Asia Minor in places like Corinth and Achaia in the south and Macedonia in the northern territories, largely Gentile churches, and this collection is being gathered to relieve an issue of poverty and need in the Jerusalem church. The Jerusalem church is First Presbyterian Church Jackson, Mississippi. It's "Mother Church;" it's where everything started from. From Jerusalem the Gospel expanded to Judea, to Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the world. From Jerusalem it went to Antioch and to Galatia and eventually to places like Corinth. These brothers and sisters in Corinth, in all likelihood, will never see the brothers and sisters in the church in Jerusalem. They're divided ethnically, they're divided culturally, but they have this one supreme thing in common — they are brothers and sisters by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. As you can imagine, and this is a sermon for another occasion, as you can imagine there is some tension between the Jerusalem church — largely converted Jews — and churches like Corinth — largely Gentile churches — because the Gentiles are coming to faith but they're not being circumcised, they're not obeying the kosher food laws, and so on. And there's a little bit of suspicion between Jerusalem and these churches. And Paul thinks it would be a wonderful thing, perhaps to kill several birds with one stone, that if the Gentile churches send an offering, a generous offering, to the church in Jerusalem, this will do wonders to restoring unity and a sense of vision and togetherness for the Gospel. That's the background here. This is Corinth being asked to give of their means to support a work that they've never seen and are likely never to see and among people that they are likely never to meet.
We are being asked to give of our means to support the advancement of the kingdom of God in places like Maine, where it is snowing, or places like Dundee, Scotland, where it is also snowing! Places like Bangkok in Thailand that, for most of us, we are probably apart from Dr. Cannada are unlikely ever to go to and meet. So the principle that Paul is employing here is very apt for raising funds for missions. And I want us to look at three motives, three aspects of how Paul addresses this particular issue of giving in the Corinthian church.
Now you understand what Paul is actually trying to do. He's trying to say to the Corinthians, "Are you going to let those Yankees out-do you? I mean, really? You know, when the general assembly reports of mission giving are published and graphs and pie charts, do you really want to see Macedonian Christians up here and Corinthian Christians down here? No, of course not!" Now call this what you will. Call this the motivation of envy; call this Paul understanding how politics and ethnicity and culture actually works; call this sheer brilliant savvy on the part of the apostle Paul, but it works! It really does work.
Now I boast about this congregation up and down. My new mission statement in the Carolinas — First Presbyterian Church Jackson is "Mother Church." You know, whether it's true or not, I tell people the PCA began in Jackson, Mississippi! It began in First Presbyterian Church! This is "Mother Church!" And do you really want some five hundred member church in some other city out-doing you in missions? No, of course not. That's exactly what Paul is doing.
Look briefly at some of the things he says about the Macedonian churches. He says in verse 4, "They begged us, begging us earnestly for the favor or taking part in the relief of the saints." Paul apparently, or Titus apparently, didn't have to go there and cajole them and threaten them. They were begging the apostle Paul for the opportunity. "We want, please, please! We want to give to this cause! We have so tasted of the grace of God that we want this opportunity to serve others!" They gave generously. Notice also in verse 3, "They gave according to their means." That is, they gave proportionately. The widow gave her mite. Those who had a great deal gave a great deal. And notice too in verse 3, "They gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means." Now Paul, don't get all bent out of shape, Paul isn't laying down here a law. He's not saying this is the law of the Medes and Persians — you must always give beyond your means. No, this is not a settled principle. He's just saying this is how it was in the churches in Macedonia. They gave beyond their means. They gave in faith. They gave trusting in the Lord. They gave generously and proportionally and even sacrificially until, until it hurts.
You know, I heard last week, and it's a wonderful idea, that you're all to give ten dollars. Was it ten dollars a week? Really? Do you really want — ten dollars a week? What is ten dollars? We spend more than that in Starbucks in a week. You know, can I do what Paul is doing here? What about generously and sacrificially and to the point, yes, to the point that it actually hurts a little? Now why would you do that? Why would you do that? And Paul introduces the motive for giving and it's very, very important that we understand the motive of Christian giving because he tells us in verse 9, and it's a Christmas card text. "You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though He was rich, yet for your sake, He became poor so that you, by His poverty, might become rich." He introduces the Gospel. He introduces the incarnation of Jesus in order to provide us with a motive for giving. This is a Gospel-based, grace-based motive for giving. "Let me," Paul says, "Let me tell you about giving and what giving actually looks like: He was rich!" He's talking about the Lord Jesus. He was rich; He was in His Father's presence enjoying a communion and a fellowship and a rapport with His Father that goes beyond our understanding and ability to relate! He was rich! He had all power and all authority and He forsook it all. He denied Himself all of that. He veiled all of that and He became incarnate.
You know, I think this is what John means in John 3:16 when he says, "God so loved the world." He means this kind of world, this fallen world, this corrupt world, this sinful world, this broken world, this world of sin and rebellion. It's not just that God loved an ideal world so that Jesus would say, "Yes, I will go but I will go to Baptist Hospital; I will go to St. D's; I will go to River Oaks." Imagine! He's born in a stable. Now don't sentimentalize that. You know, the Christmas card with a manger and the pine straw and the little doves cooing in the rafters and there's a cow with a smile on its face and they're looking at Jesus and there're little sheep in the corner and they're just gazing with big eyes. There was no room for Him, for the Son of God, for the Savior of sinners, there was no room for Him in the inn. He's born in an outhouse. He's born where they keep the cattle with the smell of dung all around. That's where He's born. He was rich but He becomes poor. The birds of the air have their nests, the foxes have their holes, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." He has no home. As soon as He is born He becomes a refugee, fleeing to Egypt. He is abandoned, yes, He is abandoned by His Father in heaven as He cries in dereliction upon the cross, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" He takes the curse so that we might receive the blessing. He was rich, but for our sakes He became poor. He identified with us; He took our place. He became our substitute; He became our sin-bearer. He took the wrath that sin deserves upon Himself that we might be made right.
Because, in the third place here, and you see it right in the last verse. Paul says, "You know, let me show you an example. Let me show you an example of giving." And he mentions these northern Macedonian Yankee churches. And he's saying, "Don't let them out-do you." And then he shows us the motive for giving, the giving of the Lord Jesus in our place and in our room and in our stead. And then he says, he says, and look at the exhortation. Give proof, give proof; demonstrate your giving. Demonstrate the grace of the Gospel in your giving. Show how much you actually love the Lord Jesus in this practical way — giving. "So give proof before the churches and our boasting of you to these men" — Titus and the great preacher that went with him and some other person who we don't know his name.
You know, imagine; imagine that that would be the test. Imagine that that would be a test this morning. "Do I love the Lord Jesus? Yes, I love the Lord. Lord, You know that I love you." How much do you love the Lord Jesus? And if my giving is a demonstration of how much I love the Lord Jesus, do you want that written down somewhere, as you whisper it in your own, in your own mind and in your heart? "I love You just this much. Do I love You enough to give you ten dollars a week or twenty dollars or thirty dollars or fifty dollars or whatever it is?" I know don't what you're going to do. I want to be able to boast about these cards that are about to be handed in and there ought to be more than three hundred cards from a congregation this size. In fact, in fact, every single Christian should demonstrate how they love the Lord Jesus, from little children, boys and girls; you too need to demonstrate how much you love Jesus, how much grace you have received from Jesus by giving to others in order that the kingdom of God might be advanced.
Do you see what this is? This is really not about giving. You know the giving part is secondary. The real thing here is consecration. Did you catch Paul saying about the Macedonian Christians, and he's having a little dig at the Corinthians by the way. "They gave themselves first to the Lord," he says. It's like a passing comment but it's a little dig in the side because that's the issue. That's the issue. Are you actually giving yourself to the Lord? "He is my everything. He is my everything. He is my all in all. I love You so much. You can have everything." But I want to tell you something — He already has everything. You know, nothing that we have is ours. we are just stewards of it. Now demonstrate, Paul says, demonstrate your love for the Lord Jesus in your giving.
Father we thank You, thank You for Your Word. It sometimes comes and it meddles with us; it gets into places that we wish it wouldn't, but we want to be open and transparent before You today. We don't want to be involved in a religion of pretense and show. We want it to be genuine and from the heart. We want to give ourselves entirely to You and we want to show You this morning how much, how much we love You because You have loved us with an infinite love. You sent Your Son to die for us and spare us hell that we might call heaven our home. So grant us Your blessing, Holy Spirit. Move among us just now and exalt and give glory to Jesus among us, for His sake. Amen.
Please stand. Now from the infinite resources of God's grace and favor, receive His benediction. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.


For two nights only, Dansehallerne will stage a performance that was named the 'Dance Piece of the Year' in Czech Republic for 2014.
This collaboration between Jiří Havelka and VerTeDance poses questions like what is freedom and how can one find inner peace within it through dance.
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Set to the sounds of the Clarinet Factory, which has been described as "music without borders", the show manages to do just that.
Careful and innovative dance and music are crafted into a magical performance told through shadow. Highly-acclaimed thanks to performances on Oprah and at the Oscars, this is a world-class show for the whole family.
A collaboration between young British, Spanish, Israeli and Slovakian choreographers brings a unique showcase of contemporary international dance. Expect humour, depth and unpredictability. Don't miss it!
Contortionist Andréane Leclerc has invited eight female artists, performers and burlesque dancers for a passionate, dramatic and perverse show that will challenge the audience's perception of women and their bodies.


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A rectangular solid (a closed box) is to be covered with a decorative paper. If three of the surface areas of the faces of the box are 48ab in2, 32ab in2, and 96ab in2, write a polynomial that expresses the total surface area of the box, in terms of ab.
A new 18 ft. by 36 ft. swimming pool is being surrounded by a concrete sidewalk (x ft. wide all around) and a planting area (y ft. wide all around). Express the amount of fencing needed to enclose this new pool addition (the pool, the sidewalk and the planting area), in terms of x and y.
The side of a game cube is represented by x - 4, as shown at the right. Express the volume of the cube, in terms of x.
The glass in a picture frame measures 8 in. by 10 in. The border of the frame is a consistent x inches in width. Express the area of the frame's border, in terms of x.
The area of rectangle ABCD is 2x2 + 17x + 30 square units.
The area of rectangle EFGH is x2 - x - 6 square units.
If EFGH is cut out of ABCD, express the area, in square units, of the shaded region which will be left (in terms of x).
The length of a rectangular billboard is three feet less than twice its width, w. Express the area of the billboard in square feet (in terms of w).
The ages of three friends in a band are represented by three consecutive even integers. If the youngest age is represented by a, express the sum of the ages of the friends, in terms of a.
The area of a parallelogram is 10x2 + 16x - 8 square units. A circle has a radius of x units. A right triangle has legs of x units and x - 1 units. Express the total area, in square units, of all three shapes (in terms of x and π).
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Four String Brewing is the latest victims of the changing environment in the American craft beer market. The brewery, which was one of the first to start the craft beer boom in the area around Columbus, Ohio, is now one of the first to close again. The company has this week shut down production at its brewery in Columbus, Ohio, canceled events in the two taprooms and laid off its staff.
Last year, Four String Brewing produced nearly 8,900 barrels (10,400 hl) of beer, making it the second-largest craft beer maker in Central Ohio, just behind Columbus Brewing Co.
As it looks now, the brewery did not foresee in time the boom in local breweries which made expansion out of the own market very difficult. In 2015, the brewery spent $2 million to triple the existing capacity and move to a new 25,000 square foot facility. Earlier this year, Dan Cochran, who founded Four String Brewing 7 years ago, explained in an interview that the initial idea behind the expansion did not work out.
"As we were going to far-off markets trying to spread the word of Four String, ten breweries popped up in Columbus and just started hammering at the local market," Cochran said.
Another example is Redhook Brewery. Once one of the leading craft breweries in the United States, Redhook suffered from the fact that more and more small breweries opened up and competed in local markets, where Redhook was selling its beers before. In 2016 the brewery sacked half of its staff at its in Woodinville, Washington, brewing site (inside.beer, 19.10.2016) and announced in May 2017 to close the site completely. In December 2017 the site was sold for 24.5m and in May 2018 it became known that two wineries, DeLille Cellars and Sparkman Cellars, will move their operations to the former brewery site.


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Product review - Ryobi R18ALF Folding Area Light
Tuesday, 25th February 2020, 1:50 pm
Updated Tuesday, 25th February 2020, 1:52 pm
The Ryobi R18ALF cordless folding area light does exactly what its name would suggest.
It's a bright, cordless work light, designed for use in the garage/workshop and around the home with a clever, rotating design that can be arranged in a number of configurations.
It is part of the Ryobi One+ system which allows you to buy a single 18V battery and use it across multiple tools/devices. Ryobi says this means customers aren't paying for multiple batteries that they don't need but its tools are still far from cheap, and this light comes in at around £63 before you buy the battery and charger.
Two individually switchable banks of lights contain a total of 20 LEDs producing 850 Lumens at 5,700K. Unless you're big on your light ratings that's pretty meaningless but it is bright enough to light up a double garage with a natural-feeling white light. Fitting with the 4Ah battery, Ryobi says it will provide six hours of light before needing charged.
The folding design allows you to flip one bank over through 180 degrees, meaning you can move from a two-sided lantern to full-length light bar or angle-poise lamp quickly and easily.
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That design is incredibly practical, especially for working on vehicles or other handy projects where you need both hands free. The lantern mode gives a useful all-round light but being able to fold it over gives far more flexibility and the ability to direct all the light exactly where you need it. The neck adjusts almost infinitely through 180 degrees so you can angle it exactly as you need it and you can switch each bank of lights on and off separately to control how bright your work environment is.
Whichever mode it's in, the base, which houses the battery, is steady and stable but there are a variety of fold-away hooks should you need to hang the lamp in any of its various layouts.
There are brighter work lights available but I found the light from the R18ALF more than bright enough for a handful of car-related jobs as well as being useful around the house.
The light's only real drawback is its size. At 41cm long (minimum) and 10cm wide, it's too big to squeeze into smaller spaces such as engine bays, meaning it's not great for really hard-to-reach places.
Apart from that downside, which will have you reaching for a headtorch occasionally, the R18ALF is a clever, practical addition to any home workshop where you need close-up adaptable lighting.
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King's lecturer wins award for outstanding impact on student outcomes and teaching
Dr Russell Hearn has been recognised by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) for his contribution towards student outcomes and the teaching profession.
Nominated by King's, Dr Hearn was described as an inspirational and innovative clinical educator who places medical student learning at the heart of healthcare to achieve synergistic enhancement of learning alongside improved patient outcomes. The award recognises the unique learning opportunities he created for healthcare students to be part of the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic, alongside innovations he has led in undergraduate and postgraduate education over the past decade which have had national and international impact.
In July 2021, Dr Hearn played an important role in driving the COVID-19 vaccination programme in North London, where he led on the organisation of outreach clinics at mosques, community centres, food banks and homeless hospitals. He also helped set up and run a pop-up vaccination clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium.
More than 4,500 vaccine doses were also delivered at a 24-hour vaccine service Dr Hearn ran with the help of students. The 'jabathon', which took place the week before Christmas last year, began at 6pm on a Friday and continued through the entire night to finish at 6pm the following day.
Dr Hearn is a Reader in Medical Education and the Deputy Director of Community Education in the School of Life Course & Population Sciences. He leads on several areas of the medical school curriculum within GKT School of Medical Education, as well as leading a BSc in Primary Care. Clinically, he works as a GP in North London and is also a Dean of Primary Care at Health Education England.
Receiving a National Teaching Fellowship is an extraordinary honour, and I was very proud to have been nominated by King's. It has been a challenging few years for all educators and clinicians, but working within the Medical School I have been able to focus on student experience and co-creating healthcare interventions with students from across King's to improve health equity in London. The award recognises not just my work, but the supportive and collaborative teams that I work with, and the inspirational students who make teaching at King's such a pleasure." – Dr Russell Hearn
Dr Hearn joins a total of 54 individuals from across UK Higher Education institutions to be added to the ranks of National Teaching Fellows. Run on an annual basis by Advanced HE (previously known as the Higher Education Academy), the scheme seeks to celebrate educators from across the UK who demonstrate excellence across a range of categories.
Professor Claire Sharpe, Dean of Medical Education at the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, said:
We are extremely pleased that Dr Russell Hearn has been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship. His achievements in education span undergraduate and postgraduate medical training and this award is truly deserved. His innovative approach to teaching and focus on the student experience has made him an exciting and effective educator and we are proud he is part of our Faculty at King's College London." – Professor Claire Sharpe
Full details of Dr Hearn's award and nomination are now published on the Advance HE website.
Russell Hearn
Reader in Medical Education & Deputy Director of Community Education
Life Course & Population Sciences


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With three people criticizing the "high school dropout" phrase, I want to note that first, I did include in the post that Brin is on leave from Stanford's Ph.D. program. More importantly, I felt it was noteworthy that he dropped out of high school -- that the educational system was not meeting the needs of this obviously highly intelligent person. In many respects, that's gives him a more interesting platform from which he can critique the system. While I don't agree with all of his ideas, I meant no disrespect in publicizing a fact that he himself pointed out from the stage.
Here's how to control those moments: Don't take your kids to violent movies! Go play in a park! Go read a book! Why do we need to raise a generation on mass media, lightning fast images, and slapstick violence? Throttle back on the rush to adolescence.


Summer is here, which means you have to prep your home for the summer season. Some of your home features have just been sitting there over the winter months. Here's a checklist by Realty Times on the maintenance that needs to get done before you open up your house to summer guests.
As temperatures warm, you'll want to stay cool. And in order to enjoy the benefits of cooled-air you'll need to make sure that your air conditioner is running properly. Throughout the winter and spring months it is common for your air conditioner's condensing coils to get filled up with dust, lint, grass clippings and other debris. This can impair the units function. If you have debris, it's an easy fix. In most cases the debris can be cleared with a high-pressure spray down from a water house. It's also important to clear the area around your air conditioner unit. This means no overgrowing vines or shrubbery that can hamper its ability to operate.
Thinking about hosting a few cookouts this season? Not before you clean the grill. If you don't already have a grill cover, invest in one to keep it protected from the elements throughout the other seasons. Your first task includes scrubbing your grill grate with a wire brush. This should also be done every time you grill, but let's face it, sometimes it's overlooked. Next, remove and wash your burner protectors. These can be removed easily. Toss them in a soap-filled five-gallon bucket and get to scrubbing. After that, wipe up the grime from your burners and clean the plates underneath with a wire brush. The plates are also removable. Finally, remove the bottom tray that serves as a collect-all, give it a wash and put all of your pieces back in order. Then, you'll be ready to throw some steaks on the fire.
Many types of pests thrive in the summer months. Due to summer temperatures, which affect behavior and development of common pests, ample food sources and increased daylight, many house and yard pests thrive throughout these months. But homeowners can prevent pests. First, check moist areas around your home and yard, like the gutters, for example, as these moist areas are hotspots for pest activity. Take a hard look at your home and inspect the outside of your house for cracks, crevices and holes, as these can be used as access points for unwanted pests, large and small. While you may be able to treat and prevent a number of pests, some pests, including wildlife, require special removal. If you suspect an infestation it is wise to contact a specialist or professional, as these trained experts have the skills necessary to properly remove wildlife nuisances.
Take advantage of the warm weather, get outside and wash the windows. Ideally, your home's windows should be washed twice per year. This task can be simplified and expedited with a squeegee. Instead of rubbing the dust and dirt around in a circular motion, opt for a strip applicator and use a solution of warm water and dishwashing soap. Next, wipe the window clean with a squeegee and clean up your window corners with a dry rag. For multi-pane windows you can customize a squeegee to fit the area by trimming it down with a hacksaw. It's a simple solution for clean, streak-free windows.


Walk into the Brandeis quad at BJEP and learning is happening all around you. The halls are buzzing. Classes are playing games, making art, singing songs and telling stories. From Torah Yoga to YouTube videos, learning is experiential and fun.
Our Hebrew School runs from pre-K through 7th grade. Many students continue on through high school as teen aids in our Madrichim program.
BJEP is reinventing the "cheder," an old-world model for Jewish elementary education brought to life on a college campus. Widely found in Europe before the end of the 18th century, lessons took place in the house of the teacher who was paid by the Jewish community or a group of parents. The cheder was a model for building Jewish community centered around giving kids a Jewish education. BJEP is continuing in this tradition with a contemporary twist.
Learning happens for parents too. Through family and adult education classes and informal gatherings during Sunday school hours, there is always some way to learn while your kids learn.


NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - With paddles in their hands and their eyes on the ball, finance professionals duked it out at a charity ping pong tournament in Grand Central Terminal on Thursday.
The event benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, the mentoring program.
The quick-paced match is held in partnership with J.P. Morgan.
Matching one underprivileged child or teen with a mentor for their first year costs $3,500, according to the organizers. The money goes towards hiring caseworkers and transportation for field trips.
This tournament is in its 11th year. It happens every January, which is National Mentoring Month. The goal isn't just to raise awareness and funds for this organization but to shed light on the importance of mentoring across the country.


I suppose special mention should be made of the Churchill as being a tank designed for First World war environment that gained its spurs because its design allowed it to do things other tanks could not do in the mountains of Tunisia. And later with 6" 150mm of frontal armour it did not suffer as badly as other western tanks from the vanilla 50mm and 75mm ATG's. The very long hull beside giving great climability also meant plenty of room for becoming a Funny.
I absolutely agree it was the Russians who were the masters of tank design in WW2. In a sense they had to be as they were perpetually involved in a ground war and had been practising in Spain, in Finland, in the Far East, and Poland before the big match. For tank guns the Germans and the British probably share the honours. For ingenuity the British but there again a matter of needs must as the Dieppe raid proved that some special thinking would be needed for the invasion. Curiously the Germans though having two fine fighting tanks in the Tiger and Panther they were not strategic successes in the fiddliness to build and weight department. The Panther was a belated response to the T34 and did suffer some serious teething problems. Mind you I suspect most tanks did but not all of them started off in one of the biggest tank battles to prove it.
Traverse times are a very iffy area if translated as a target acquisition measurement. AFAIR one of the problem areas can be a speedy traverse can be linked to a "sloppy" turret where over-traversing occurs. Also taking a 360degree figure is not really a battlefield measurement as hopefully you are fighting with the enemy in a known quadrant. It would be an interesting line of enquiry as to whether short barrel weapons always have an advantage in quick targeting - all other things being equal. Rather as a pistol in a room is more use than a rifle! When I get a chance I will look at some of my reference books but AFAIR early war and tank turret rotation speed rings no bells. I suppose so many things are more relevant to tank effectiveness.
We all have hopes otherwise we might aswell be dead or join the Darkside. I think having reflected on what you say that you are right and probably the worst result possible has been achieved for the American people. But then lets face it the people are regularly screwed over there - other than financial frauds of course. In disgust they drink sodas which seems to me a very slow and expensive way to die.
Pilot Officer Edwards,1 was attacked by an enemy seaplane over the North Sea. His guns failed; the machine caught fire and crashed on the sea. The enemy pilot, keen to have confirmation of his victory, landed and picked Edwards up and he became the first British officer to be made prisoner of war.
? for UK TV viewers Why so few episodes?
India - worlds largest democracy - basket case economy. China - stable if undemocratic government - worlds third largest economy US - worlds 2nd largest economy - democracy - worlds largest debtor War is not going to help the US in any way other than increase debt but get some quid pro quo arms sales from interested parties. So economically speaking the public pays and shareholders come out ahead.
Quality discussion! Talk of democracy and my entire argument cut down at its knees reduced by two jabs on China. In case anyone is interested: http://urbanpeek.com/2013/04/13/top-10-cities-with-the-worlds-worst-air/ or more fully http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/en/ Unfortunately I cannot see a corollary between democracy and other forms of government. As to corruption in public services the US has is 19th with 18 more honest countries - curiously eleven of them are constitutional monarchies.
Well the good news is that democracy has worked in the UK - this time. Shame that Blair got away with it last time. I always think we actually have a problem with democracy, and an implicit assumption that is is the best form of government. Even the phrase the "least worst form" is a convenient cop-out to explain the huge running sores in many system of "democracy". Unfortunately the two nations that shout the loudest about democracy are also two of the biggest examples of what is wrong with most democracies. In the UK a party with a majority of the votes has not existed for decades. So when Cameron claims to speak for Britain he is a man that 11 million wanted and 18million did not. What kind of legitimacy is that? As for the US the level of corruption and special interests being served is also not that clever. Now in China there is every chance a party big-wig will be executed for corruption and I suspect the vast majority of non-politicians the world over will think is a very good idea. The Chineses system also bring stabilit with a large amount of consensus and long enough terms - 10 years that pandering to short term populist goals can be avoided. ANYWAY - a group only has to start a revolt claiming to be a new democratic force and the Wests leaders leap in to encourage [misleadingly] the revolution. Of course I should add this only applies if you are not a pro-Western dictator. I think most civilians prefer health and stability to fictitious possible improvements under "democracy". My brother was in Syria on holiday around three years ago and everyone seemed happy and I have also seen a very nice series on the school system. As in most revolutions a tiny minority start the action and with sympathisers and well engineered incidents a widr conflagration can be started. Perhaps the West would have more authority if the democracy that we preach as so wonderful actually was nearer the good end of the spectrum and less the cosy sewing up of the voting system. The revitalising of democracy is required : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland http://swiss-government-politics.all-about-switzerland.info/ http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2013-02-26-james-en.html For power-hungry politicians this simply will not be very attractive as power is so diffused : ) A lot to recommend it then ....... and what did we offer Iraq? A bodge.


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An Amazon Vice President Quit Over Firings of Employees Who Protested
A prominent engineer and vice president of Amazon's cloud computing arm said on Monday that he had quit "in dismay" over the recent firings of workers who had raised questions about workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tim Bray, an engineer who had been a vice president of Amazon Web Services, wrote in a blog post that his last day at the company was on Friday. He criticized a number of recent firings by Amazon, including that of an employee in a Staten Island warehouse, Christian Smalls, who had led a protest in March calling for the company to provide workers with more protections.
Mr. Smalls's firing has drawn the scrutiny of New York State's attorney general.
Mr. Bray also criticized the firing last month of two Amazon employees, Maren Costa and Emily Cunningham, who circulated a petition in March on internal email lists that called on Amazon to expand sick leave, hazard pay and child care for warehouse workers. They had also helped organize a virtual event for warehouse employees to speak to tech workers at the company about its workplace conditions and coronavirus response.
Mr. Bray, who had worked for the company for more than five years, called the fired workers whistle-blowers, and said that firing them was "evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture."
"I choose neither to serve nor drink that poison," he wrote.
Amazon declined to comment on Monday. The company had previously said it fired Mr. Smalls because he had violated its policies by leaving a quarantine — he had previously been exposed to a sick worker — to attend the protest at the site.
Amazon told Ms. Costa and Ms. Cunningham that they had violated a policy that forbids Amazon workers from asking their co-workers to donate to causes or sign petitions.
Mr. Bray had previously worked at Google and Sun Microsystems and is one of the architects of XML, a markup language developed more than 20 years ago that has been used extensively to code web pages.
He said in an email that he did not have any specific goals in mind when he wrote the blog post and that he did not expect it to receive much attention.
"I'm a blogger and I share the story of my life when I think it might interest or help others," he said.
Employees have protested at several Amazon facilities, saying they feel unsafe and fear warehouses have been contaminated with the coronavirus. Other employees are demanding better pay or more sick leave.
Last month, Amazon came under fire after leaked notes, published by Vice News, showed Amazon's top lawyer saying that Mr. Smalls could be portrayed as inarticulate and discussing strategy for making him out to be the face of the worker movement.
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, both of New Jersey, have written to Amazon's chief executive, Jeff Bezos, to express concern about warehouse safety.
The company has rolled out various safety measures at its warehouses across the country, such as temperature checks and mandatory masks.
Mr. Bray acknowledged in his blog post that Amazon was prioritizing warehouse safety. But he said he also believed the workers.
"At the end of the day, the big problem isn't the specifics of Covid-19 response," he wrote. "It's that Amazon treats the humans in the warehouses as fungible units of pick-and-pack potential. Only that's not just Amazon, it's how 21st-century capitalism is done."
Amazon Web Services, the division in which Mr. Bray worked, is one of the world's leading cloud computing providers and, according to analysts, the most valuable part of Amazon. The business grew 33 percent, to $10.2 billion in sales in the latest quarter.
The company said last week that online shopping during the pandemic drove sales at Amazon to $75.5 billion in the quarter, up 26 percent from a year earlier and surpassing analyst expectations. But profit fell 29 percent, to $2.5 billion, due in part to the cost of keeping workers safe.
Amazon's chief executive, Jeff Bezos, said in a statement last week that the company would expect to make around $4 billion in operating profit in the next quarter. But he said Amazon expects "to spend the entirety of that $4 billion, and perhaps a bit more, on Covid-related expenses getting products to customers and keeping employees safe."
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Crypto executives urge light touch as Congress mulls new regulation
Stock MarketsDec 08, 2021 03:14PM ET
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Coinbase Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas looks on during the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., October 18, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson 2/2
By Pete Schroeder and Katanga Johnson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top executives from six major cryptocurrency companies including Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and Circle on Wednesday urged Congress to provide clearer rules for the booming $3 trillion industry, but warned that overly tough restrictions would push it overseas.
The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee hearing marked the first time the industry's senior leaders have explained their businesses to U.S. lawmakers amid growing concerns cryptocurrencies may pose systemic risks and hurt investors.
Crypto executives repeated calls for careful, bespoke rules rather than forcing the industry to comply with existing regulations.
"Without tailored legislative solutions that are openly debated with public participation, the United States risks unnecessarily onerous and chilling laws and regulations," warned Alesia Haas, chief executive of Coinbase Inc.
Congress is unlikely to make new crypto rules anytime soon, according to analysts, and lawmakers treated the hearing primarily as a fact-finding exercise.
Democratic Representative Maxine Waters (NYSE:WAT), who chairs the panel, said there are questions about proper oversight and singled out Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s stablecoin plans as a major concern given the company's huge global reach.
Some lawmakers, in particular Republicans, praised the executives for leading the way on what could be a pivotal technology.
"I am tremendously impressed. I see a lot of ingenuity, a lot of entrepreneurial spirit," said Representative Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican. "We need to be supportive of you."
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, FTX Trading CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Paxos CEO Chad Cascarilla, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Dennelle Dixon and BitFury head Brian Brooks also testified.
The rapid growth of cryptocurrencies and in particular stablecoins -- digital assets pegged to traditional currencies -- has caught the attention of regulators, who fear they could put the financial system at risk if not properly monitored.
Some policymakers, such as Senator Elizabeth Warren and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, are also concerned the products could be used for illicit purposes, or to take advantage of unsuspecting consumers.
In November, a U.S. Treasury-led working group recommended Congress pass a law specifying stablecoins should only be issued by companies that have insured deposits, like banks.
Executives said they would welcome regulatory clarity, which could help the industry expand, but that overly restrictive rules could prove counterproductive.
The rapid growth in the sector underscores there is strong investor appetite for digital assets and should be supported with clear rules rather than stifled, they said.
BitFury's Brooks, who was formerly CEO of Binance's U.S. business and before that a bank regulator, told lawmakers cryptocurrencies are similar to traditional assets.
"We are the last country standing that hasn't figured that out," he said.
But the complexity and volatility of cryptocurrencies, as well as wildly varying standards around disclosure, reserves, consumer protection and other policies left some lawmakers concerned.
"Most of the people that I know that have invested in cryptocurrencies (have done so)...because they think they can get rich quick," said Representative Juan Vargas. "We've seen this before, unfortunately, and it led to the financial crisis."
Bitcoin dips below $42K as new forecast says breakout 'most probable outcome' for BTC price By Cointelegraph - Jan 16, 2022
Bitcoin (BTC) returned closer to $40,000 on Thursday as $44,000 resistance proved too much for bulls to overcome.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewData...
Dogecoin leaps 25% after Musk announces DOGE payments for Tesla merch By Cointelegraph - Jan 16, 2022
Dogecoin (DOGE) prices rose substantially on Jan. 14 as Elon Musk announced that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) would start accepting it as payment for merchandise. After the announcement,...
Altcoin Roundup: 3 ways blockchain technology could further mainstream in 2022 By Cointelegraph - Jan 16, 2022
2021 was a breakout year for the cryptocurrency sector and this year is expected to see an extension of the "mass adoption" trend. Public awareness of blockchain...
TheNote Dec 08, 2021 6:49PM ET
Choose from 8746 different crypto currencies.. Utterly madness.
Thomas DeVito Dec 08, 2021 3:24PM ET
not like they don't print money outside the banking system or anything.
A_Jaundiced_Eye Dec 08, 2021 11:12AM ET
If the Crypto industry was smart, they have an easy avenue to get EVERYTHING they want from Congress. Just tell the senators that from now on, ALL BRIBES to politicians will be made only in Bitcoin.
SureWin Sam Dec 08, 2021 11:01AM ET
All they want is tax income.
jason xx Dec 08, 2021 11:01AM ET
Duh that's why they exist
Jo Pa Dec 08, 2021 9:56AM ET
Cryptos we're invented to bypass stifling government control. Government: how can we stifle cryptos?
Matt Brackley Dec 08, 2021 9:56AM ET
lol Cryptos were invited to stifel investing in sound money and as a tool to support the dollar without threatening the precious stonk market. Stay tuned.
*invented
Jeff Gordon Dec 08, 2021 9:30AM ET
just ban useless crypto like China
A_Jaundiced_Eye Dec 08, 2021 8:37AM ET
In other words, the Crypto industry is hoping Congress will pass on the chance to take control over yet another industry. Yeah, that happens a lot....too funny.
Damian Wahner Dec 08, 2021 8:27AM ET
Like Elon Musk said about Government they are the Biggest Monopoly ever and can kill you. Watch out I have a fear for the worst Crypto Crash ever.
Ravi Kiran Dec 08, 2021 8:26AM ET
The basic concept of crypto.. 2+2+2=6 here I solved a math problem. Buy the answer for $xxx
Steve Bucher Dec 08, 2021 8:03AM ET
So in other words .... Top executives from six crypto currency firms are trying to extort the US government and US people. It's time to burst that bubble once and for all.
Edward Chong Dec 08, 2021 8:03AM ET
haha u are so right. cheers!
taylor jason Dec 08, 2021 8:03AM ET
imagine having no idea how blockchain technology works while talking trash about the technology... I guess you like the internet being completely controlled by 5 companies that have prove time and time again they can't be trusted with personal/private data. but ya keep bashing stuff you don't understand,
8747 crypto currencies. Total madness.
Benjamin McIntire Dec 07, 2021 5:52PM ET
Heaven forbid they crash the biggest ponzi scheme in existence
A_Jaundiced_Eye Dec 07, 2021 5:52PM ET
They're crashing Social Security?
ILoveQE Dec 07, 2021 5:26PM ET
All good points. Hopefully, this WH listens.


By leveraging 90-nm CMOS technology, a 15-x-15-mm RF module is able to integrate an RF integrated circuit (RF IC), antenna switches, power amplifier, filters, and oscillator circuit. In doing so, it promises to reduce the form factor of mobile WiMAX devices. The 94-pin MB86K71 operates from three voltages: 1.2, 2.925, and 3.3 V. It covers the 2.496-to-2.69-GHz band. Bandwidth is 5 and 10 MHz. For wireless access, the module relies on 512/1024 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). Its modulation methods are 64 and 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK). This module supports multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). in addition, it supports the WiMAX Forum's Wave 2 specifications. The 2-x-2 STC/MIMO antenna, which supports Matrix A and B, flaunts impedance of 50 Ω. The MB86K71 is now sampling for a price of 5000 yen. Fujitsu.
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The Phatt Chef Road Side Diner and B&B is an owner run destination situated on top of Oliviershoek Pass on the R74. Accommodation is offered in comfortable bed and breakfast rooms, all with incredible views over the Drakensberg range of mountains.
Run by Chef Patron Simon Kerr and his wife Megan, the Phatt Chef Roadside Diner at The Border Post serves well matured steaks as well as a range of dishes that keep all our patrons satisfied. Breakfast, lunch & dinner as well as all day teas, not to mention our fun pub, The Bent Arm Bar, are what the Border Post is all about.


Patagonia Elements has been safely running the Futaleufu River, (without an accident of any kind) for over ten years. Our by-lingual guides, are some of the most experienced on the Futaleufu with an average of 6 years experience on the Futaleufu. Following the highest industry standards(in the world), we employ safety catarafts and safety kayaks on every trip. This strong safety net insures errant swimmers are immediately rescued.
Patagonia Elements uses the finest rafts with foot cups in the industry. Built by "Sotar", in Grants Pass, Oregon, these rafts were custom designed specifically for use on the Futaleufu. We strictly follow high water guide line cut offs measured on a series of river gauges along the river. If the water is too high for a departure and we have to cancel the trip, we will either refund the guest or give them a credit to come back the following day or when the water recedes to a safe level.


Ask my husband and he will readily tell you that my favorite condiment might just be pesto. I seldom make it, but I love it on sandwiches, in soups, as pasta sauces. No doubt amazing goodness from the oil, basil, and pine nuts. So simple yet completely flavorable!
I started with a recipe from Tracy over at Shutterbean (I love her photography and her recipes, so go check her out if you haven't). I knew I had some pesto in the fridge that I needed to use and I know my husband loves soups but needs protein to make it more filling. That is how I made the soup my own.
Cook onions, garlic, and turkey together until done. Let drain. Add the seasonings, broth, pesto, chickpeas and bring to a simmer. Add back in the turkey and onions and garlic. Add the tortellini and cook until done. Then at the very end add your spinach.
Serve with croutons, toasted bread, or parmesan cheese (or all three).
I know this soup is good. I made one a couple of days ago and I was working on a post today for it. The ingredients are very similar. My 17 year old son said this was the best soup he had ever had. This is saying a lot because he is my meat and potatoes man. He normally does not prefer soups.
Thank you so much for linking up this delicious soup recipe. I really appreciate your support.


Mary Colin became the Elementary Principal at CHCS in the fall 2009. She originally came to CHCS in 2008 as a teacher, the Athletic Director and coach. Prior to her arrival at CHCS, she taught for eight years in the public schools in Carthage. Mary, a graduate of CHCS, is married to Adam and they have two children. She and her family are active members of College Heights Christian Church.


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How much redistribution does Uruguay accomplish through social spending and taxes?
In Social Spending, Taxes and Income Redistribution in Uruguay, we apply standard incidence analysis to estimate the impact of social spending and taxes on inequality and poverty, using the Encuesta Continua de Hogares (2009) and the Encuesta de Gastos e Ingresos de los Hogares (2006). In our incidence analysis, social spending includes direct cash transfers programs, non-contributory pensions, food transfers, and public spending on education and health (also known as in-kind transfers). Contributory pensions are considered part of market income. However, we have carried out a robustness check of our results by including contributory pensions among government transfers and assessing the sensitivity of our results.
In Table 1 we present the impact of social spending and taxes on inequality and poverty. We do this by tracing the "evolution" of inequality and poverty from market income (pre-taxes and transfers), to net market income (market minus direct taxes), to disposable income (net market plus cash transfers), to post-fiscal income (disposable minus indirect taxes and plus indirect subsidies), and to final income (post-fiscal income plus in-kind transfers—i.e., public spending on education and health). As can be observed, direct taxes and direct cash transfers are equalizing and poverty-reducing. Indirect taxes offset in part the equalizing and poverty-reducing effect of cash transfers: While the Gini (headcount index) for post-fiscal (after indirect taxes) income is lower than the market income Gini (headcount index), it is higher than the disposable income Gini (headcount index). Public spending on education and health is highly equalizing.
Overall, the combined effect of social spending and taxes reduces the Gini coefficient by 10 percentage points. Direct cash transfers reduce the incidence of extreme poverty (measured with the purchasing power parity US$2.50/day poverty line) from 5.1 percent to 1.5 percent, and indirect taxes raise it to 2.3 percent. The combined effect is a reduction of 2.8 percentage points in the incidence of extreme poverty.
Table 1. Gini and Headcount Index for Different Income Concepts.
In Figure 1, we present the concentration coefficients for all the programs, sorted by progressiveness. The reader should recall that a negative concentration coefficient means that the transfer is progressive in absolute terms. That is, the per capita transfer declines with income. A positive concentration coefficient, but one that is smaller than the market income Gini, means that the transfer is progressive in relative terms. That is, the transfer as a share of market income declines with income. If the concentration coefficient is higher than the market income Gini, the transfer is regressive—that is, unequalizing. The only components of social spending that are not progressive in absolute terms are spending on high school education (which is almost neutral in absolute terms—per capita benefits are the same throughout) and tertiary education. None of the transfers is outwardly regressive, but spending on tertiary education is almost neutral in relative terms. In other words, spending on tertiary education disproportionately benefits the rich (in comparison to their weight in total population).
In sum, Uruguay stands out as a country in which the government seems quite committed to reducing inequality and poverty through its fiscal policy (Lustig et al. 2013), except for access to tertiary education from which low-income individuals are blatantly excluded. This exclusion occurs because of a relatively high dropout rate for secondary education. Whether the high dropout exists because students from low-income families cannot keep up with the academic demands or because they need to work, remains to be seen.
In addition, although by international standards extreme poverty in Uruguay is very low and direct net transfers significantly contribute to this outcome, extreme poverty has not been eradicated. Except for noncontributory pensions, the size of the average benefit of other direct cash transfers is not significant enough to move all beneficiaries out of extreme poverty.
Taxes, and Income Redistribution in Uruguay. CEQ Working Paper No. 10, January.
on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay: An Overview," CEQ Working Paper No. 13, April.


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Hi, everyone! I wanted to share some projects I've made the past couple of weeks. I love a good challenge, and my favorite ones are the Prima monthly challenges!
Next, I used the Build a Page sketch.
I followed the sketch, but I made some adjustments: I rotated the design vertically, and didn't use stars, but circles. I added some journaling at the top. I used the new Heaven Sent collection, as well as some Prima vines and alphas.
This is the first of many layouts going into this little man's first year book, and I'll be using the Heaven Sent collection!
Lastly, I tried my hand at the newest Prima challenge for cards and tags.
I love this sketch, and I knew I wanted to use the Heaven Sent collection because I'm not using the girly pinks for my boy book, but it's too cute not to use!
I love how the sketch showed the large layers, so I decided to curl mine for dimension. I love the look! I added a Prima doily die cut to the middle of the card, and I misted the paper with Color Blooms sprays in cotton candy and peony to kind of blend all of the pinks from the papers and flowers I chose. I fussy cut the baby and the "Baby" title from the papers and popped them up with foam tape. The heart resin is misted with the pink sprays that I used on the doily. I stuck in some of the vellum ephemera under the rolled paper, and added some of the pink crystals on the doily.
Thanks for taking a look at my projects! I hope you get a chance to play along with these fun challenges too!


In it's infancy, DUST was a concept in my brain before it really got fleshed out into a reality. This may seem obvious, but I knew I wanted all original everything – that meant music too. How this was going to happen I did not know,. I understood it would come to fruition as I have SO many talented friends in all aspects of art and performance art. It just so happens, my husband is one heck of a guitar/bass player and one of my good friends is an amazing singer/songwriter (Adien Lewis).
I asked Adien if he would be interested in writing the songs for the films DUST and WATER, to which he gladly accepted! I knew this young man was talented, but holy crap balls!!! He's amazing! I don't think there is an instrument he can't play or doesn't understand. The man IS music personified.
Adien is a dream to work with. He is very focused, gave me a good base for explaining to him how I wanted the music to flow and portray the story while also being 'danceable'. I explained that dancers count in 8 counts and musicians in 4 counts and we learned each other's language. His eagerness and ease of learning and creating something amazing, within an artistic box, was incredible. Furthermore, I already knew he looked good on film, as my adopted little brother, Frank Hernandez, filmed all of his music videos for Youtube and they were amazing – even more so when considering their limited resources! These films are personal to all of us. Adien and his family, were by Frank's side when his mother passed from Lymphoma, again strengthening the bond of a collaboration of artists creating something beautiful for a cause that we can all say we have experienced on some level…whether it be ourselves, the people we care for or a loved one.
I am SO lucky to have met Adien Lewis when I did, as he is now in LA 'blowing things up'. The Voice approached him, but he declined as he is an experienced singer-songwriter and producer, making catchy electronic R&B and Pop. Adien broke into the music scene, penning Youtube star, Jason Chen's hit single, "Best Friend", currently at over 10 million hits on Youtube. He has worked with Atom Phly Media in the past, writing the main theme song to Atom Phly's 2012 film, "Keep Going". Adien has started gaining a dedicated following of his own by posting his eclectic covers and remixes of popular songs to his own Youtube channel. Adien's cover songs, remixes, and his first EP album, "Canvas" are all available for free at http://adienlewis.com. He is currently working with various record labels, artists and producers around the world, while finishing up his new EP album.


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Konami Cup Asia Series: Dragons edge S. Koreans to win Asia Series
by Rob Smaal, Staff Writer (Nov 13, 2007)
All this success by the Chunichi Dragons was starting to give manager Hiromitsu Ochiai a case of air sickness, but he can put away the Dramamine for now.
Ten days after his club won its first Japan Series title in 53 years, Ochiai was once again being tossed in the air by his players, this time after the Dragons beat South Korea's SK Wyverns 6-5 in Sunday's Konami Cup Asia Series final at Tokyo Dome.
Tournament MVP Hirokazu Ibata came through once again for Ochiai's club, delivering a tiebreaking RBI single in the top of the ninth off former Hiroshima Carp pitcher Mike Romano to ensure that the team from host Japan has won this event every year since its inception in 2005.
On Thursday, the Wyverns had beaten the Dragons 6-3 and the Korean club went into Sunday's final as the only unbeaten team in the four-team tournament, which features the league champions from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China's national team.
"We had lost to them once already but we really rose to the challenge today," said Ibata, who had driven in all four runs for Chunichi in their 4-2 victory over Taiwan's Uni-President Lions on Friday.
Daisuke Yamai, whose last outing for the Dragons was a historic performance in the clinching Game 5 of the Japan Series, got the start Sunday. While Yamai didn't come close to matching his eight innings of perfect pitching (24 up, 24 down) in the 1-0 victory over Nippon-Ham on Nov. 1, he did enough to keep his club in it through seven innings, limiting the Wyverns to five hits and two earned runs while striking out six and walking three.
Yoshihiro Suzuki got the win in relief with closer Hitoki Iwase retiring the side in order in the ninth to preserve the victory.
Dragons outfielder Lee Byung Kyu didn't win over any new fans in his native South Korea when he smashed a two-run tater in the sixth to give Chunichi a 5-2 lead.
"I play for the Dragons and this is a club competition, not national teams, so I don't really have any mixed feelings about it at all," said Lee, who played for the LG Twins in the KBO through last season.
The Wyverns pulled even on the strength of a solo homer by designated-hitter Kim Jae Hyun in the sixth and a mammoth two-run shot into the second deck from Lee Jin Young in the eighth off reliever Shinya Okamoto.
Earlier, Chunichi DH Kazuki Inoue homered off Wyverns starter Kenny Rayborn--another former Carp pitcher--in the second inning. It was the third home run of the tournament for the Dragons veteran.
Leadoff hitter Masahiro Araki provided a real spark for the Dragons all tournament, hitting .421 with three stolen bases.
"As usual, I asked my guys to go out there and just play ball," said Ochiai. "We really had no special approach for this tournament. There's always going to be a winner and there will always be a loser, and any game can turn on one key moment. I just wanted to take the pressure off my players so they could relax and play the game naturally."
American slugger Tyrone Woods, who led the Dragons in both home runs (35) and RBIs (102) this year, did not play in the event.
Japan Series MVP Norihiro Nakamura probably wishes he hadn't either. Nori, batting in the cleanup spot, was 0-for-3 Sunday with a pair of walks and the veteran infielder hit a dismal .077 over four Konami Cup games.
Romano ended up taking the loss Sunday, giving up one run on one hit in 1 1/3 innings.
Both the Dragons and the Wyverns finished with 3-1 records while the Lions were 1-2. China's national team, managed by American Jim Lefebvre, were the whipping boys of the competition, going 0-3 and getting outscored 31-6.


Having recently imported a 2001 Harrier, I scoured the web and the forum on the subject of language conversion, but never found any clear answers.
Just to encourage anyone who may be looking for info on this, I have just successfully converted my Harrier from Japanese to English. To do so I replaced the satnav disk unit (under the floor in the trunk) with one from a 2002 RX300 (part # 86841 47030, £175.00 on E-Bay) and the mutlifunction display unit/nav screen with one from a 2002 RX300 (E-Bay £80.00). The latter was included as part of the entire center console so I was also able to swap over the Japanese buttons for English ones.
I was hoping to also swap out the radio to get UK bandwidth, but the UK radio unit had two plugs on the back while the Japanese radio had three, so I failed on that.
For anyone outside the UK, my (seemingly endless) research suggests that the disk unit must come out of a UK model Lexus/Toyota. Same disk unit is also used in some other Toyotas (e.g. LS430), and I think there are other earlier/later disk units that may work.
Satnav worked immediately - in English - as soon as I swapped the rear disk unit, but audio features etc on the display remained in Japanese. Swapping the screen unit in the center console switched all features into English.
So - it costs a few quid, but it is actually easy to do - all plugs - except the radio unit - were the same.
Congrats on finding the second hand parts and getting it all working. If you were to purchase the parts required new from Lexus the total would be more than the vehicles worth, probably several times overs.


Increasing amount of people contemporarily are keen on travelling as well as visiting other countries. It is indicated by the fact that, first and foremost, tourism provides us wide range of opportunities to experience something new. Moreover, we are recommended to also not forget that meeting new countries provides us an attractive possibility to meet new people, learn something about their culture as well as attitude in life.
How BMW navigation system can be helpful for our car?
Travelling by car is one of the most relaxed ways of touring. It is easy to get a travel license which is necessary to own if you would like to drive a vehicle. Moreover, the vehicles which are presented for present drivers are also progressively luxurious and furnished with helpful devices. One of the company which has made a useful upgrade for their users is a German automobile company, popular as BMW.
Travelling belongs to the most popular hobbies majority of people contemporarily have. It is implicated by great range of reasons. First and foremost, we ought to not forget that owing to it we are likely to meet new people as well as new places.
Poland is lately very fashionable nation visited by various visitors from various locations over the world. The foreign tourists admire the beauty of the nation, its special nature, interesting locations and another points related to the Copernicus' country.
Markets of our eastern neighbours are starting to be more and more attractive. Especially when it comes to is Russian market. Why? Russina citizens are getting richer.
Services – why is such a topic becoming more and more popular in majority of the well-developed economies globally?
Improvingly often these days it is discovered that services becomes the most influential topic of each economy, being responsible for generating far more than a half of the GDP of countries, which are counted as well-developed economies. It is implied by the fact that the tempo of changes currently becomes more and more intensive, and, therefore, the information has become the most important good on the market.


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Togo ALERT: Journalist arrested for covering police activity
Pierre Dabla, managing editor of La Voix de la Nation, a privately-owned news website was on April 3, 2014, arrested and detained at the police post of the Hédjranawoé market (an area north-east of Lomé).
According to the MFWA's correspondent, while he was reporting from the Hédjranawoé market, Dabla chanced upon some police officers seizing some goods at the market and decided to take pictures.
He was subsequently arrested, ordered to delete the pictures he had taken on his camera. His recorder was seized. He was held for about an hour before being released.
This new incident involving Dabla adds to the already long list of journalists whose rights have been abused by the security forces while they were discharging their professional duties.
The MFWA strongly condemns these repeated attacks on journalists and urges the Minister of Security and Civil Protection to take strong measures to ensure that journalists are free to perform their professional duties. We also call on the Minister to bring security personnel who violate the rights of journalists to book.
Sulemana Braimah
MFWA
Tel: 233-0302-24 24 70
Fax: 233-0302-22 10 84
Facebook Media Foundation for West Africa
Twitter @TheMFWA


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{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
{-# LANGUAGE StrictData #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}

-- | http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-apigateway-documentationversion.html

module Stratosphere.Resources.ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion where

import Stratosphere.ResourceImports

-- | Full data type definition for ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion. See
-- 'apiGatewayDocumentationVersion' for a more convenient constructor.
data ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion =
  ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion
  { _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDescription :: Maybe (Val Text)
  , _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDocumentationVersion :: Val Text
  , _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionRestApiId :: Val Text
  } deriving (Show, Eq)

instance ToResourceProperties ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion where
  toResourceProperties ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion{..} =
    ResourceProperties
    { resourcePropertiesType = "AWS::ApiGateway::DocumentationVersion"
    , resourcePropertiesProperties =
        hashMapFromList $ catMaybes
        [ fmap (("Description",) . toJSON) _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDescription
        , (Just . ("DocumentationVersion",) . toJSON) _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDocumentationVersion
        , (Just . ("RestApiId",) . toJSON) _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionRestApiId
        ]
    }

-- | Constructor for 'ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion' containing required
-- fields as arguments.
apiGatewayDocumentationVersion
  :: Val Text -- ^ 'agdvDocumentationVersion'
  -> Val Text -- ^ 'agdvRestApiId'
  -> ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion
apiGatewayDocumentationVersion documentationVersionarg restApiIdarg =
  ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion
  { _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDescription = Nothing
  , _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDocumentationVersion = documentationVersionarg
  , _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionRestApiId = restApiIdarg
  }

-- | http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-apigateway-documentationversion.html#cfn-apigateway-documentationversion-description
agdvDescription :: Lens' ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion (Maybe (Val Text))
agdvDescription = lens _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDescription (\s a -> s { _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDescription = a })

-- | http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-apigateway-documentationversion.html#cfn-apigateway-documentationversion-documentationversion
agdvDocumentationVersion :: Lens' ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion (Val Text)
agdvDocumentationVersion = lens _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDocumentationVersion (\s a -> s { _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionDocumentationVersion = a })

-- | http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-apigateway-documentationversion.html#cfn-apigateway-documentationversion-restapiid
agdvRestApiId :: Lens' ApiGatewayDocumentationVersion (Val Text)
agdvRestApiId = lens _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionRestApiId (\s a -> s { _apiGatewayDocumentationVersionRestApiId = a })

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Statistics reveal that Michigan is the state with the second largest number of registered boats at 1,00,337. A large number of people in Michigan enjoy boating. While boating can be a delightful recreational activity, it can also be dangerous. When boating accidents do occur, and another party is responsible, victims can unexpectedly end up facing a large number of unforeseen obstacles including large medical bills and life-changing injuries.
If you or a loved is involved in a boating accident due to the negligence or recklessness of another party, it is critical to quickly obtain the assistance of a skilled accident attorney who will remain committed to making sure that you receive adequate compensation. At Jay Trucks & Associates PC, we refer to ourselves as Michigan's attorneys because we have the skill and experience necessary to make sure that boat accident victims obtain compensation.
Boat passengers. Boat passengers who are careless or reckless in where they sit on the boat can obstruct the view of the boat's operator, which can lead to accidents.
Excessive speeding. Much like motor vehicle drivers, boat operators are expected to follow certain rules which include avoiding travel at excessive speeds. Accidents caused by excessive speeding can lead to collisions and other accidents which can severely injure and even kill the boat's passengers and operator.
Inexperienced boat operators. It is critical that people who operator boats have the training and experience necessary to do so safely. Boat operators who attempt to control a boat without adequate training can up jeopardizing their life as well as the lives of passengers.
Operating a boat while using alcohol or drugs. Boats are often used as a source of entertainment, but it is important to avoid combining boating with alcohol or drugs. Boat operators who drive while under the influence can end up causing very serious accidents. The United States Coast Guards reports that in 2016 there were 282 boating accidents involving alcohol use which resulted in 87 deaths and 264 injuries.
Poor weather conditions. While boating is an enjoyable activity, it is a wise to avoid boating during storms or other adverse weather conditions because this can result in deadly accidents.
Recklessly operating a boat. This category includes a variety of driving patterns that can endanger the life of the boat operator include failing to notice nearby water vessels, jumping wakes too close to other watercraft, and violating low wake rules.
Keep a fire extinguisher and first aid kit on the boat in case of emergency.
Make sure to thoroughly inspect a boat before each time it is used.
Never let more passengers on a boat than floatation devices are available.
Remain alert to the weather forecast and not boating in bad weather.
Take a boating safety course in case there are weaknesses you have in boat operation.
Under no circumstances combine alcohol or drugs with boat operation.
At Jay Trucks & Associates, PC, we have represented a large number of individuals who have been harmed in boating accidents. If you have been injured while boating and another party is responsible, do not hesitate to contact our firm. After a free case evaluation, we will begin to take the steps necessary to make sure that you have the strongest legal defense finished. From start to finish, we will remain committed to making sure that your case has the best possible outcome.


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Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji: Kanika Maheshwari quits the show
Star Plus Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji latest news, TSMP serial gossips
Here's latest buzz from the sets of Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji (Shashi Sumeet Mittal Productions).
As per sources, TV actress Kanika Maheshwari who essays the role of Meenkashi has decided to quit the show.
When questioned about the reason the to leave the show, the actress mentioned that she has taken the decision to move on. She shared "I have already ended my part. My character will not die but will end in the scheme of things. I had a wonderful journey with the show. Wish everyone great success."
Meanwhile in the ongoing track of the show we have seen that Kanak (Rhea Sharma) and Uma Shankar (Avinesh Rekhi) are heading for a divorce on account of the misunderstandings created by Uma's Maa Saa. kanak has 30 days time to save her marriage. At the same time, Maa Sa's son entry will be bringing major twists in the upcoming track.
Stay tuned to this space for latest gossips and upcoming twists of Tu Surja Main Saanjh Piyaji.
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