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A Checklist for Assessing Dividend ETFs (Part 1)
When selecting dividend ETFs, investors should look beyond funds' current yield.
Ben Johnson, CFA 18/07/19
Exchange-traded products belonging to Morningstar's "dividend" strategic-beta group form one of the largest contingents within this universe as measured by assets under management. As of the end of May 2019, these funds collectively held US$173 billion of investors' assets in the U.S.
This group has been growing at a blistering pace in recent years. During the trailing decade, dividend ETPs in the U.S. have attracted nearly US$133 billion in new assets.
This should come as little surprise in the context of the prevailing interest-rate regime and the secular upward trend in demand for sources of investment income, as the first waves of baby boomers have entered retirement.
Asset managers have taken notice, and product proliferation is in full swing. Of the 140 dividend ETPs that exist today, just under half are less than five years old. As the menu of dividend ETPs expands, it is important that investors understand that not all dividend ETPs are created equal. Each has its own unique characteristics, which stem from important--albeit often nuanced--differences in the methodologies of their underlying benchmarks. Understanding three key characteristics of these funds can help investors make more-informed choices. These include dividend yield, dividend growth, and dividend durability.
A fund's current dividend yield is often the first metric investors seek out when shopping for equity-income opportunities. The 12-month-yield metric aggregates an ETP's distributions during the trailing 12 months and then divides that figure by the fund's net asset value. While this metric is interesting, it is not very useful in isolation, because it lacks context.
Framing a fund's 12-month yield in the context of its historical values and relative to the current and historical values for comparable strategies provides useful context. For example, Exhibit 2 plots the current, average, maximum, minimum, and 75th and 25th percentiles of the monthly 12-month yields for dividend exchange-traded funds that invest in U.S. large caps and that launched before 2007. It also includes SPDR® S&P 500 ETF (SPY) as a point of reference.
It is apparent, based on a passing glance at this exhibit, that these funds' yields can be quite volatile over time. It's also obvious that they can diverge dramatically from one another. At the end of February 2008, the highest-yielding fund of the lot, WisdomTree US High Dividend ETF (DHS), had a 12-month yield of 10.32%, while the lowest-yielding fund was Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG), with a 12-month yield of 3.09%. That's a spread of 7.23 percentage points. The market downdraft provided a useful testimonial to the importance of understanding the particulars of the construction of these similarly labeled funds' underlying benchmarks. The former loaded up on stocks whose payments proved unsustainable, including many financial services firms; the latter looks to roll up stocks that have raised their dividends in 10 consecutive years, which is a sign of durability. Those ETFs that focus on higher-yielding stocks tend to take on more risk than others when they go about building an income-oriented portfolio. A high dividend yield may indicate that the market has soured on a firm's prospects and may be skeptical of its ability to continue to maintain its dividend at its current level. Cuing on dividend yield will lend a value orientation to a portfolio, but it may put you at risk of catching a falling knife (or two).
In part two of this article, we will discuss the other two key characteristics -- dividend growth and dividend durability.
Ben Johnson, CFA
Ben Johnson, CFA is the Director of Passive Fund Research with Morningstar.
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I have decided this year, to have a new fitness plan known as My New 2014 Fitness Plan, which means "out with the old, and in with the new". Just had to change my Fitness plan because boredom started to set in. Here are a few exercises I have added to my New 2014 Fitness Plan.
First, I indulge in a warm up to avoid injury. This session includes a few stretches for the back, the back of the shoulder, triceps, hip flexor, Calf, hamstring and quadriceps. Then I would go on the Cross Trainer for 10 to 15 minutes to conclude the warm up.
Next, on to the Leg and Hip abduction, 45 Kg's, 15 reps, 2 sets, but I found this challenging, so I started off with 10 reps instead, but I am now able to do 15 reps, 3 sets.
I was introduced to the TRX training suspension recently and even though it looks quite easy to use, in reality it isn't. TRX requires a lot of strength. TRX suspension training is where I use my own body weight to exercise by holding in to belts and relying on the core for movements.
TRX Squats, 15 reps, 2 sets.
TRX Flyes, 15 reps, 2 sets.
TRX Row, 15 reps, 2 sets.
And then on to TRX Squats, Rows and Flyes, 15 reps, 2 sets. The good thing about the TRX is that I am not stuck with one pose, and it gives you the chance to try out several poses, which eliminates boredom.
Afterwards I'll move on to the Treadmill, Manual program, Incline 5.5, Speed 4.5.
I have still kept the Bosu machine as part of my 2014 Fitness Plan. I mean, I've not literally kept it, but I've incorporated it into My New 2014 Fitness Plan. It gives me a burst of energy like I've never felt before.
The workout ends with some abs exercises are included like the Russian twist and back raises. My final destination would be to go on to the upright bike for 10 to 15 minutes to end the day's workout and more stretches.


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Poll: Voters trust Obama more on budget, blame GOP for gridlock
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{mosads}Meanwhile, 48 percent of voters say Republicans are responsible for partisan gridlock holding up a deal on the federal budget. By contrast, a third of those surveyed blame the president and 11 percent of voters say neither party is responsible.
But the poll also found a number of discouraging signs for the White House. A majority of voters — 56 percent — say they disapprove of the way President Obama is handling budget negotiations with Congress. Nearly one in four Democrats say they're disappointed, as do more than six in 10 independents.
Moreover, four in 10 voters now say the sequester has had no effect on the economy — an indication that the president has not been effective in his campaign to rally the country against the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts and intensify pressure on Republicans. On Wednesday, the White House said Obama would take a 5 percent pay cut in solidarity with federal workers.
"There are no winners when it comes to the budget battles in Washington," said Lee M. Miringoff, director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, in a statement.
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We suspected that the world of fashion was inspired by the beauty of the world around us but this Russian artist gives us a new proof! She compared designer dresses seen in parades with different landscape photographs and the result is striking! Discover the 25 parade dresses that seem to have been designed directly by Mother Nature.
It is the Russian artist Liliya Hudyakova who had the idea and we can say, really had the eye to give this series of juxtapositions « Fashion & Nature » an incredible accuracy.


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During both incidents in Nevada County, the man reportedly wore a blue, button-front shirt with sleeves pushed up, blue jeans, black shoes and a black San Francisco Giants baseball hat. He also attempted to conceal his identity by wearing a dust mask, or medical mask, with yellow straps and dark sunglasses.
The second robbery occurred about 10:35 a.m. Sept. 25 at the Umpqua Bank at 7843 Highway 99 in Los Molinos, in Tehama County. In this instance, the man approached a teller's desk and aimed a handgun at the teller, according to the FBI. He then walked behind the teller's desk and made demands while holding the gun in a pocket of the backpack. During this robbery, the man wore a back, zip-front, hooded jacket with with a Nike logo on the left breast. He also wore blue jeans, black shoes, a black San Francisco Giants baseball hat, a dust mask and dark wrap-around sunglasses.
The most recent robbery occurred about 10:24 a.m. Thursday at the Tri Counties Bank at 9411 Midway in the Butte County community of Durham. The man reportedly approach a teller and displayed a handgun while demanding cash. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money and placing it in a blue backpack, the man walked out of the bank and proceeded to a nearby orchard. His attire on this occasion matched that worn during the robbery in Los Molinos.
Anyone with information regarding the robberies or the man's identity is asked to call the FBI at (661) 323-9665 or (800) 885-5984. Additional details and photos of the "Bad Breath Bandit" are available on the FBI's Wanted Bank Robbers website, http://bankrobbers.fbi.gov/robbers-container/2014-11-14.1153334714.


This little treasure was abandoned on a dusty shelf in a thrift shop among cheap paperbacks and magazines. There was a comical sticky note on the cover which is worn and weathered red leather. The note said "belonging to an old person who liked to cook" and the price on it was 25 cents. The pages are wonderfully browned the color of coffee with cream and stuffed with old recipes in a scrapbook style, held together with a rubber band. There are mementos and clipped advertisements pressed between the pages which reveal that it was maintained sometime between the turn of the century and 1920. There is also a detached section inside made from an Excelsior exercise book dated 1901. The edges were once gilded in gold.
I wonder about the person who created it and kept it much like I keep paper journals of collage and personal notes never thinking anyone will see them. It probably never occurred to her that almost one hundred years later, someone else would find it and look at it with fascination as though a work of art.
It amazes me that a delicate personal thing like this survives for so long and finds a new audience and a purpose when many deliberate works of art from that time are long gone and forgotten. I enjoy the fanciful idea that it was a sheer act of will or a guided serendipity. It is at least a reminder that even the most ordinary and casual seeming of objects may have a path and purpose that is beyond us and surpasses our best laid plans. We do not decide what will be remembered and cherished. It's no wonder that I find dusty old antique shops and flea markets far more interesting than museums and art galleries.


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Communal Violence in 2016
By CSSS team: Irfan Engineer, NehaDabhade and Suraj Nair
(Secular Perspective, January 1 to 31, 2017)
India continued to be confronted with the menace of communal violence in the year 2016. The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) monitors communal violence tracking 5 newspapers in two languages – English and Urdu. Some newspaper reports were then cross checked with web portal TwoCircles.net. The newspapers monitored were Mumbai editions of The Times of India,The Indian Express, The Hindu, Inquilab and Sahafat.
Violence is a broad term which encompasses in its ambit communal attitudes or symbolic violence, structural violence and physical attacks resulting in injuries, deaths or loss of property. However, the present report is limited to physical violence wherein communal hatred motivates attacks on members of a community only on the basis of their religious identity. The report excludes primarily ethnic violence with communal overtones as, for instance, in Manipur. This report does not include inter-sect or inter denominational violence, for instance within the Muslim community in Kalyan between Barelvis and Salafis on 28th December.
Every year CSSS reports communal violence on basis of data and figures released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). However neither the NCRB nor the Ministry of Home Affairs has released data on communal violence for the year 2016.There is usually a huge gap between the communal violence reported by the media and the data of communal violence gathered by the NCRB and MHA. For instance, in the year 2015, according to the Home Ministry data, there were 751 incidents of communal violence in which 97 people died and 2264 were injured. Whereas the 5 newspapers mentioned above, reported only 47 incidents in the same year in which 15 lives were lost and 272 suffered injuries.
The MHA data for the year 2016 is available only till the month of May. According to MHA data, upto May 2016 there were 278 incidents of communal violence in which 38 lives were lost and 903 were injured. The state wise break of the MHA data on communal violence in the year 2016 till May is as under:
States Incidents Killed Injured
Assam 1 0 2
Bihar 23 0 85
Chhattisgarh 1 0 3
Delhi 4 0 16
Gujarat 16 3 38
Himachal Pradesh 1 0 0
J & K 4 0 4
Jharkhand 12 5 76
Karnataka 40 4 116
Kerala 3 0 3
Madhya Pradesh 35 2 110
Maharashtra 40 4 127
Manipur 4 3 58
Odisha 2 0 26
Rajasthan 16 1 20
Tamil Nadu 3 0 3
Telangana 3 1 6
Uttrakhand 2 0 7
Uttar Pradesh 61 13 185
West Bengal 7 2 18
Total 278 38 903
Source: Statement referred to in reply to part (a to c) of Lok Sabha starred question N0. 35 for 19.07.2016. Showing number of communal incidents, persons killed/injured therein in 2016 (up to May)
For the sake of analysis in this study we refer only to the aforesaid newspapers and we compare it with newspaper reports of communal violence in 2015.
According to the data from the aforesaid newspapers, in the year 2016, there were 62 incidents of communal violence as compared to 47 incidents in 2015. In 2016, 8 deaths were reported in the newspapers against 15 deaths reported in the same newspapers in 2015. 435 injuries were reported in 2015 whereas the number of injuries reported in 2016 is 676. 323 arrests were reported in 2015 in comparison to 823 arrests reported in 2016.
Comparison between number of Communal Violence Incidents, Deaths, Injuries and Persons Arrested in 2015 and 2016
Communal violence 2016: Salient trends
Highest incidents of communal violence in 2016 were reported from the poll bound state of Uttar Pradesh (18 out of 62 incidents), followed by Bihar (10), Maharashtra (8), Jharkhand (6) and Madhya Pradesh (5). These five states made up for nearly 76% of total incidents of violence reported in 2016.
State wise break up of number of communal incidents:
Prominent scholars including Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer and Ashutosh Varshney described communal violence primarily as an urban phenomenon.We observe communal violence increasingly spreading to rural areas as well. The data in 2016 shows that out of 62 incidents of communal violence, 18 incidents took place in rural areas.
In 2016, Punjab witnessed communal violence for the first time after the Khalistan related extremism was neutralized. This time it was conflict between a section of Muslim and Hindu communities. The local Sikhs were in support of the Muslims.West Bengal is witnessing steady rise in communal violence after near riot free regime during the Left Front rule (24, 16 and 27 in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively according to Home Ministry data for those years).
Regime wise analysis of the data shows that almost 40.3% of incidents of communal violence were reported from states ruled by BJP which made up for 50% of the states where communal violence took place. 4.8% incidents of communal violence were reported from Karnataka ruled by Congress. Congress rules 8% of the states where communal violence was reported. Lastly, 54.8% incidents were reported from states ruled by parties other than Congress and BJP and they ruled in 42% of states where incidents of communal violence were reported.
Regime wise comparison of number of incidents of communal violence
The major triggers of communal violence in 2016 have been festivals like Muharram and Durga Puja. The second major trigger of violence was social media. While posts in social media were used as triggers in 7 cases of incidents of communal violence, it was used as a platform and tool of mobilization in other incidents too like Peda in Bijnor, UP.
The response of the police during communal violence has been wanting. The police took preventiveaction only in 3 out of 62 incidents reported. The police failed to respond effectively in BJP as well as non BJP/Congress ruled states.
Growing incidents of communal violence is increasingly normalizing violence in the society.Citizens are becoming indifferent to communal violence. In such a scenario and taking into consideration the above trends, it can be gauged and predicted that communal violence as a phenomenon in the society will continue and there is no end to it in immediate future or short term.
Communal violence Analysis:
As mentioned earlier, the states that have reported the highest incidents of communal violence are UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. Together they account for 47 out of 62 incidents of communal violence, constituting 75.81% of total incidents of communal violence.
Uttar Pradesh is slated for Assembly elections in 2017. It has been generally observed by many social scientists that impending elections and political mobilization strategies tend to be along caste and communal fault lines contributing to communal polarization and communal violence.
Bihar has witnessed increasing incidents of communal violence after coalition of JD(U) and BJP split in 2013. Maharashtra which falls in the West zone has been always prone to communal riots.
Communal violence in 2016 claimed 8 lives. 7 out of the 8 deceased were Muslims and the community of the remaining one deceased was not specified.
Zone wise analysis:
Zone wise analysis shows that the North zone of the country has reported highest incidents of violence– 42 incidents were reported in the North zone. West zone reported 12 incidents, while South and East zone each reported 4 incidents. North zone includes Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab and Rajasthan. The West zone consists of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The South zone comprises of states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka while the East zone comprises of the states of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. The North and West zone which is generally referred to as the cow belt for higher reverence of cows has traditionally been the hot site of communal violence.
Zone wise breakup of incidents of communal violence:
Triggers of communal violence:
A number of communal incidents took place because of the clash of Muharram and Durga Puja being on the same day. Stone pelting and tensions were experienced during the processions. Festivals and desecration of places of worship and sacred symbols were exploited to trigger communal violence. In Deoband, UP, locals found vandalised idols in a temple on 27thJuly. Suspect belonging to the Muslim community was caught and beaten up by locals before he was handed over to the police. Officers claimed Sadik appeared to be mentally-challenged. Though the gates of a religious structure of his community was found damaged late at night, police acted proactively and repaired the gates in the night itself and the situation was under control. In Shahabad, Karnataka, a youth called Shiva posted an inflammatory post on facebook against the Muslim community and was arrested for the same. Next day a Dussehra cut out was found desecrated. Rama Sene and VHP tried to exploit this incident to fan communal violence. The Muslims were being blamed for desecration and hurting the sentiments of the Hindus. This misinformation was spread to apparently secure the release of Shiva. Later it was found that some Hindu youth had desecrated the Dussehra cut off. The police arrested 5 Hindus and one Muslim in this case and prevented riots on a large scale.
Festival processions and Social Media were used as trigger events of communal violence.Social media posts triggered off 7 incidents of communal violence. Derogatory posts about Prophet Mohammad or Hindu Gods/Goddesses or other community were circulated on social media like facebook and whatsapp which triggered off violence. In one such instance in Sagar situated in Madhya Pradesh, a nephew of an RSS member was found guilty of posting objectionable post. One Muslim youth lost his life and 3 were injured in the violence that ensued in Ilambazar in West Bengal. 21 incidents took place during festivals of Durga puja, Muharrum, Ganpati procession, Hanuman jayanti and Eid-e- Miladun. Festival related incidents were reported highest in UP (8) followed by Bihar (4), Jharkhand (3), Maharashtra, West Bengal and Karnataka reporting two each.
Losses and Damages suffered in communal violence:
Muslims suffered more in terms of deaths, injury and damage of property.They also suffered more in terms of coercive force used by the state as a riot control measure,post riot arrests, and launching of prosecutions. Out of 62 incidents, in 12 incidents religion wise disaggregated data of arrests was available. In these 12 incidents, 178 arrested were Muslims and 75 were Hindus.
In the case of injuries, religion wise dis-aggregated data was available in 5 incidents.In these five incidents, 46 injured were Muslims and 11 were Hindus. In terms of deaths, religion wise dis-aggregated data was available in 4 incidents. 7 deaths were those of Muslims. In the case of damage to properties, dis-aggregated data was available in 3 incidents for vehicles, 6 belonged to Muslims and none to Hindus. In the cases of houses attacked, aggregated data was available in 3 incidents – 1 house belonged to Hindu and 67 belonged to Muslims. Dis-aggregated data was available in 3 incidents for shops attacked – 3 houses belonged to Hindus and 56 belonged to Muslims. These figures strike one as odd since the arrests indicate that the Muslims are perpetrators in the communal violence. But if this was the case, then the victims ought to have been the Hindus which should have reflected in the figures related to the number of deaths, injuries, houses/ shops/ vehicles attacked. But the figures tell a different story where major loss has been borne by the Muslims. Communal violence is a double whammy for the Muslim community as targets of violence as well as the consequent police actions. That is why there is no effective deterrence against communal violence.
Regime wise comparison of arrests, injuries and deaths of Hindus and Muslims
Regime wise comparison of property – Vehicles, Houses and Shops attacked of Hindus and Muslims
Regime wise analysis:
6 out of 12 states where communal violence was reported are under BJP rule, one under Congress and 5 under other parties.
40.3% of incidents of communal violence were reported from states ruled by BJP comprising of 26% of the total population. 4.8% incidents of communal violence were reported in states ruled by Congress which constitute for 3% of the total population. 54.8% incidents were reported from states ruled by parties other than Congress and BJP comprising of 72% of the population.
Regime wise comparison of percentage of incidents and percentage of population of states:
No. of states ruled by BJP, Congress and Others where incidents of communal violence took place
It has been observed from the data and number of incidents reported that in BJP ruled states, there is low intensity communal violence.There are no deaths but higher number of injuries (446) in 25 incidents. The number of deaths is low so as to not attract undue media attention or criticism from international organizations but communal violence is allowed to brew sub radar. This sub radar communal violence is used to impress upon the Muslims that they are second class citizens. The higher number of incidents is also because that the perpetrators didn't anticipate punitive action against them.
The Congress government in Karnataka was successful in preventing a riot in Shahabad where one Muslim and five Hindus were arrested (referred to above). In 2015, the media reported three incidents of communal violence in Karnataka and in 2016 also this number has remained the same suggesting no increase in the number of communal incidents.
The role of non BJP and non Congress governments has been distressing. The SamajwadiParty government in UP has failed to check communal violence though electoral calculations should require it to prevent communal violence.Communal violence benefits BJP as seen in 2014 general elections post Muzzafarnagar riots. However the role of the Hindu nationalist actors can't be ruled out given the hate speeches. The Samajwadi party led governmentinspite of booking persons allegedly involved in communal violence under the National Security Act and giving compensation to survivors of communal violence has by and large failed to prevent or contain communal violence. It was able to avert one incident of communal violence in Shahjahanpur due to active intervention of the police.
The Mamta Banerjee led government in West Bengal has also failed to arrest communal violence which has undermined the secular Bengali identity and helped emergence of a stronger Hindu identity amongst the Hindus in West Bengal. The failure to check communal violence can be attributed to either the lack of intention to prevent or contain communal violence or the ability to prevent/ contain it. However the BJP stands to benefit from the communal violence in West Bengal due to the polarization it achieved. Bihar government prevented one riot in Bettiah.
How were riots dealt with?
Ruling regimesare able to exert tight control on the state police as they determine postings/ transfers and promotions of the police personnel. Thereis little incentive to the police to act independently and uphold law and order even when it goes against the political interests of the ruling party. The policeaction(or inaction) during riots is largely determined either by their own biases and prejudicial attitudes or due to political pressure exerted. It is important to examine the role of police at three different stages of communal violence – prevention, control during riots and post riot actions.We here examine the role of police at all three stages in BJP, Congress and non-BJP/non-Congress ruled states.
The police were able to prevent only 3 incidents of communal violence and all three states were ruled by non-BJP governed states (Bihar, Karnataka and UP).
At the stage of riot control, the action of police has been inadequate in all states except Karnataka. The observation is based on comparison of religion wise arrests and victim community. In BJP ruled states, religion wisedisaggregated data is available in 5 incidents.Out of 189 people arrested in the BJP ruled stated for which religion wise disaggregated data is available, 18 arrested were Hindus and 171 arrested were Muslims even though the victims were by and large Muslims (see the graphs). In case of states ruled by the non BJP and non Congress governments, religion wise disaggregated data is available in 6 incidents. There were 52 arrests of Hindus (51 from UP alone) and 6 arrests of Muslims.The victim community in these riots was Muslim.
70 police personnel were also injured during the riots – 12 each in Umerkhed and Nandurbar.In all, 27 police personnel were injured in Maharashtra. 14 police personnel were injured inKhodadadpur (UP). BJP ruled Maharashtra thus reports highest number of injuries of the police.
Maharashtra police has also arrested the highest number of Muslims – 156(Nandurbar 21, Umerkhed 63 and Malkapur 72)out of 179 Muslims arrested in all the communal riots.In Umerkhed for which religion wise disaggregated data is available, 25 Muslims were injured whereas no Hindus were killed or injured whereas 4 houses were attacked whose community is not specified.
Comparison between no. of arrested from Hindu and Muslim community from the three areas of Malkapur, Nandurbar and Umarkhed.
Comparison between no. of arrested and injured from Hindu and Muslim community in Umarkhed
In Peda in Bijnore, the police though didn't respond in a timely manner which allowed the communal violence to take place, the police later arrested 23 Hindus. National Security Act was invoked against the accused 2 accused. In other incidents too,UP Government has invoked draconian law – NSA. However that has not proved to be a deterrent as high number of communal violence persists.


Introduction: The Sabbath is a special time. When I was very young, it was the day when the family was all together. No doubt there were times that I wished the Sabbath day would end because my parents restricted what I could do on the Sabbath. When I was in college, it was a great day to spend with my girlfriend and not have to study. In law school and thereafter in life, it was a wonderful time to rest without guilt. Normally, I've got things to do and deadlines to meet. But, since I believe that working on Sabbath is a sin, it was a guilt-free rest. What is the Biblical basis for taking the Sabbath seriously? How should we view the Sabbath? Let's dive into our Bibles and find out!
We have previously decided that the moral law (which includes Sabbath worship) is a map to help us avoid running into trouble by violating the natural laws of the universe. How does the Sabbath fit into that logical framework?
Read Mark 2:25-26. Two weeks ago we heard Jesus give a similar response. The religious leaders say that His disciples are violating the law and Jesus responds "you also violate the law." Do two wrongs make a right?
If hunger trumps consecration, what does that teach us about the Sabbath and eating?
Read John 5:5-6 and John 5:8-11. This healing was obviously not an emergency. Carrying the mat was not a necessary part of the healing. What lesson is Jesus teaching?
Friend, does this study give you a better vision of God's goal for His Sabbath? It is a day to celebrate what God has done for us. It is a day to take a break from our regular activities. It is a day to restore others. Will you determine to properly keep the Sabbath?
Next week: Christ's Death and the Law.


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In the early days at Bishops Waltham, Bill and his other co-organisers often declared that they were irritated
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Coincidentally, Bill had been reading a historical description of Henry VIII's lost palace, located between Ewell and
Cheam in Surrey.The King had a sumptuous palace constructed there in celebration of his 30 years reign and the birth
of his first male heir, who later was to become Edward VII, and as a glittering demonstration of his extravagant
Tudor power. He engaged the finest craftsmen to construct the 'Nonsuch Palace' which was named so because he was
determined that "None such would match it in the world."
A visiting influential visitor at the time declared that no building was as grand and commented:
'This which no equal has in art or fame, Britons deservedly do Nonsuch name.'
Considered to be one of the finest architectural wonders of the world, it stood for 150 years until it was sold
and completely demolished in 1682 in order to settle the gambling debts of the mistress of the later King, Charles II.
Ironically, the Palace was rarely visited by any Monarchy and now has little remains, being covered by 700 acres of grassland.
It was thus agreed to change the name to the Nonsuch Folk Club, which could be used wherever the club was operating.
Some people suggested that the name may have derived from one of the Royal Navy ships, HMS Nonsuch, but no links
between the Royal Navy, Bishops Waltham, or the club, has been discovered.to support this hypothesis.
Although the current venue at the Bishops Waltham Social Club may not be the ideal location to run a folk club,
the club members still try to maintain the original intentions of providing somewhere to listen to live music,
by mainly local people, in a cosy, relaxed, atmosphere.


These time lines, especially mine should add or expand on what I have already written in my blog under the title 'Reminiscing' which was about my childhood thoughts that I would never see the year 2000 or if I did I would be to old to enjoy the time. Ah! how time has proven those young thoughts so wrong.


I recently sat down with Michael Phillips to discuss his journey into the world of coffee.
You may know him from his days at Intelligentsia or as one of the founders of Handsome Coffee Roasters. (yes, we're still sad it's gone) You may also know him as the 2010 World Barista Champion. Or, you may have seen him at one of the Blue Bottle coffee shops opening up around the freakin' globe.
But his path towards a life in coffee began like many other passions turned professions do, unintentionally.
Michael has a BFA in Digital Cinema from Northern Michigan University and was on track to work in the film industry.
But the further he got into film, the more he realized he didn't want to be, "that 45 year old guy standing around a craft service table waiting...to start shooting a commercial for a production I don't like."
Well, there was this girl...But first, there's a coffee shop. A coffee shop run by a "crochety old guy" where this girl worked. One he would visit regularly and speak with this girl about coffee and how cool it was. Thus, he kept coming back since he was "fond of her." This coffee shop was Dead River Coffee.
"This was around 2002 and he would brew every cup to order, by hand, it was traditional size espresso drinks in a podunk town in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Not metropolitan, not upbeat at all but it was a truly great shop. Everything was roasted fresh, there were single origin coffee's and I hadn't heard of or seen any of this. So just being in that shop, and talking to him - bit by bit - about this process brought it into my life as something that I valued."
He soon realized that he was no longer coming home at night to read about the newest film production or gear but instead, found himself reading coffee blogs. And it was then that he realized it was time for a change.
The transition from having coffee occupy, "no special place in my life other than helping me cram for tests." To having the realization that your passion for a craft is overtaking your profession is an amazing change to accept.
It's in those moments, where you either stay on track and live that unfulfilled life. Or you say screw it - and head down that crazy looking road that's so much more fulfilling. I freakin' love it when people choose that path. It's the only one I know.
But there has to be a catalyst to leads us t that profound moment where you are compelled to change. And I feel Dead River was that for Michael. It opened up a new world for him that never existed in his mind.
"I am a person who is hungry for challenge - but also gets high off of success. I am driven by big wins. That's where my satisfaction comes from." And that's why he was able to go from one career path and excel in another.
But we know how the story goes: Four years of competing in barista competitions, leading to him win the World Barista Championship. BOOM! Moving up at Intelligentsia and moving to Los Angeles. BAM! Opening up Handsome Coffee Roasters with Tyler Wells and Chris Owens. POW! And now rocking it at Blue Bottle Coffee as their Director of Education. YE-AH!
But Im not as interested in his destination. Because he's here. He's doing this thing. Cool.
Im more intrigued by people who excel in a craft simply by being both open to and in having faith in their ability to accept change.
I know - in my life - there have been times where I needed to be more open to the opportunities that came along. So it's valuable insight for anyone pursuing a craft to hear the journey of others.


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New Study Revises History of Settlement on Faroe Islands
UMass Amherst research shows group of humans arrived before Vikings
Sometime around 500 A.D., an unknown band of humans settled in the remote Faroe Islands, a small, rugged archipelago about midway between Norway and Iceland, some 200 miles northwest of Scotland. This is a significant revision of the older consensus, which had Vikings peopling the Faroes around 850 AD, and it was made possible by evidence dredged up from the bottom of a lake.
"This is an important finding," says Raymond Bradley, distinguished professor in geosciences at UMass Amherst and one of the authors of a paper recently published in Communications Earth & Environment, "because it forces us to revise the early history of early exploration of the North Atlantic by pre-Viking mariners."
The Faroes are an imposing landscape of towering coastal cliffs, windswept interiors, and rocky tundra stretching under cloudy skies. There is no evidence that Indigenous people ever lived there, making it one of the planet's few lands that remained uninhabited until historical times. Past archaeological excavations have indicated that seafaring Vikings first reached them around 850 AD, soon after they developed long-distance sailing technology. The settlement may have formed a stepping stone for the Viking settlement of Iceland in 874, and their short-lived colonization of Greenland, around 980.
This new study, a collaboration between scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is based on lake sediments containing signs that domestic sheep suddenly appeared around 500, well before the Norse occupation.
Previously, the islands did not host any mammals, domestic or otherwise; the sheep could have arrived only with people. The study is not the first to assert that someone else got there first, but the researchers say it clinches the case.
The first physical evidence of early occupation came with a 2013 study in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, which documented two patches of burnt peat containing charred barley grains found underneath the floor of a Viking longhouse on the Faroese island of Sandoy. The researchers dated the grains to somewhere between 300 and 500 years before the Norse; barley was not previously found on the island, so someone must have brought it.
But the researchers in the new study employed a different, non-archaeological approach. In a small vessel, they sailed out onto a lake near the village of Eiði, site of an ancient Viking locale on the island of Eysturoy. Here, they dropped weighted open-ended tubes to the bottom to collect muck — sediments dropped year by year and built up over millennia, forming a long-term environmental record. The cores penetrated down about 9 feet, recording some 10,000 years of environmental history. The scientists had started out hoping to better understand the climate around the time of the Viking occupation, but came up with a surprise.
Starting at 51 centimeters (20 inches) down in the sediments, they found signs that large numbers of sheep had suddenly arrived, most likely between 492 and 512, but possibly as early as 370. The telltale signs: identifiable fragments of sheep DNA, and two distinctive types of lipids produced in sheep digestive systems.
"We see this as putting the nail in the coffin that people were there before the Vikings," said lead author Lorelei Curtin, who did the research as a grad student at Lamont-Doherty. She noted that while the Faroes look rugged and wild today, practically every square inch of vegetation has been chewed up by Faroese sheep, a staple of the Faroese diet that are found nearly everywhere.
The Secrets of the Islands: New Research Shows That Humans Settled the Faroe Islands Centuries Earlier Than Previously Thought
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Abd. Rauf Patong
Maggy Thenawidjaja Suhartono
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PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHITINASE ENZYMES FROM SULILI HOT SPRING IN SOUTH SULAWESI, Bacillus sp. HSA,3-1a
https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.21470
Hasnah Natsir(1*), Abd. Rauf Patong(2), Maggy Thenawidjaja Suhartono(3), Ahyar Ahmad(4)
(1)&nbspDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km 10 Tamalanrea, Makassar 90245, South Sulawesi
(3)&nbspDepartement of Food Technology and Human Nutrition FATETA and Research Center for Biotechnology, Bogor Agricultural University, Jl. Raya Darmaga, Campus IPB, PO.BOX 220, Bogor 16002, West Java
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Chitinase is an extracellular enzyme which is capable in hydrolyzing insoluble chitin to its oligomeric and monomeric components. The enzyme produced by thermophilic bacteria was screened and isolated from Sulili hot spring in Pinrang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The gram positive spore forming rod shape bacteria was identified as Bacillus sp. HSA,3-1a through morphological and physiological analysis. The production of chitinase enzyme was conducted at various concentration of colloidal chitin at a pH of 7.0 and a temperature of 55 °C. The bacteria optimally was produced the enzyme at a colloidal chitin concentration of 0.5% after 72 h of incubation. The optimum temperature, pH and substrate concentration of chitinase were 60 °C, 7.0 and 0.3%, respectively. The enzyme was stable at a pH of 7.0 and a temperature of 60 °C after 2 h of incubation. The chitinase activities was increased by addition of 1 mM Mg2+, Ca2+ and Mn2+ ions, whereas the activities were decreased by 1 mM Co2+, Fe2+ andZn2 ions. The molecular weight of the crude enzyme was determined using SDS-PAGE analysis. Five protein fractions were obtained from SDS-PAGE, with MWs of 79, 71, 48, 43 and 22 kDa.
colloidal chitin; thermophilic bacteria; chitinase
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SWR Notification 2019.South Western Railway, Bengaluru has released a notification for the recruitment of Senior Technical Associate and Junior Technical Associate vacancies.Check the eligiblity and notification prior to apply for the positions.
Qualification: Bachelors Degree (Civil Engg), Diploma (Civil Engg), B.Sc (Civil Engg).
Age Limit: For STA- 20 to 33 years ; for JTA- 18 to 33 Years.
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People CMM® is a global well-structured approach for assessing and improving an organization's people practices. A pioneer in its field, HCL BPO recognized the potential of the model, and understood that the implementation of this model would augment and enhance its existing people practices and procedures. The People CMM® was developed by Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. The maturity levels as defined in People CMM® institutionalize the level of capability for acquiring, managing, retaining, developing and engaging the talent within the organization.
"HCL BPO has always believed that its employees are its greatest assets. Most improvement programs emphasize heavily on processes and technology, as opposed to 'people'. People -CMM on the other hand concentrates on the work-force, which makes it an integral part of our efforts to provide uniform levels of people capability throughout our organization," said Ranjit Narasimhan, Executive Vice President HCL Technologies and Head, HCL BPO Operations.
"It was decided last year that HCL BPO would institutionalize some of the best HR practices and make the organization a truly 'people focused' global company. HCL BPO's Noida centre was identified to initiate the process of transformation, and it was here that the journey to attain Level 3 of People CMM® started. We started enjoying the returns of this journey with a significant improvement in employee satisfaction and considerable drop in employee attrition rate," said AP Rao, Senior Vice President – HR, HCL Technologies Ltd. - BPO Services.
"A dedicated HR, Quality and Operations team was constituted to drive this initiative. Our processes and practices were reviewed, refined and improved over a period of 15 months, and today we are proud of this accomplishment which could not have been possible without the energy and enthusiasm displayed by our employees," Rao added.
HCL Technologies Ltd. - BPO Services division ("HCL BPO" of HCL Technologies Limited, is one of the early players of Business Process Outsourcing. With several Fortune / Global 2000 customers, 130+ processes and 11,800+ professionals operating out of India and Northern Ireland, HCL BPO has strong domain knowledge and runs quality driven processes. The organization ranks 3rd in Highest Satisfaction for Business Process Outsourcing by Black Book of Outsourcing, 2007. HCL BPO is the largest BPO service provider in Northern Ireland and ranks 2nd in the Global Peer Group of BPO Service Providers. The organization runs the largest BPO telecom engagement in India.
The People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM®) is a framework that helps organizations successfully address their critical people issues. It helps organizations to characterize the maturity of their workforce practices, establish a program of continuous workforce development, set priorities for improvement actions, integrate workforce development with process improvement, and establish a culture of excellence. The People CMM® consists of five maturity levels (1 through 5) that establish successive foundations for continuously improving individual competencies, developing effective teams, motivating & managing performance, and shaping the workforce to accomplish its future business plans.


Ben Simmons went from hero to zero in the space of 15 seconds as the Philadelphia 76ers lost a wild one to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The basketball conundrum that is Ben Simmons was brutally exposed in the 76ers' wild 117-115 defeat against the Thunder on Sunday.
Simmons was immense for most of the contest — putting up a statline of 20 points, nine assists and 15 rebounds — and played exceptional defence as the Sixers almost pulled off a miracle.
Trailing by three points with 15 seconds to play, Joel Embiid drew a shooting foul on Russell Westbrook on a triple attempt and boldly made all three free throws to tie the game.
The Thunder immediately in-bounded the ball but Simmons trapped Dennis Schroder and forced him into an awful pass to mid-court, which Jimmy Butler intercepted. It really could have been recorded as the Australian's 10th assist.
Butler raced to the basket and made a contested lay-up to give Philadelphia a two-point lead, but after a Thunder time-out Paul George continued the epic back-and-forth by making a three-pointer, plus a bonus free throw after Butler impeded his landing.
The 76ers had five seconds to recover the two-point deficit and the ball was put in Simmons hands.
He dribbled quickly to the three-point line and appeared to have a lane to the basket. But he was determined to get the ball into Butler's hands despite appearing to have the better opportunity to score.
Butler was double-teamed and forced up a three-pointer that never looked like going in — and the game was gone.
Simmons with no faith in that jumper from that distance. Had a look and declined it. Awkward hand off to Butler. Gotta fix that.
One day Simmons will want to keep that ball and drive to the rim himself.
It looked like Ben Simmons might have a lane to the basket there, but he instead stopped at the 3-point line, and handed the ball off to Jimmy Butler. Butler's contested 3 misses off the back iron, and OKC wins 117-115. What a roller coaster of emotions in that final 30 seconds.
George finished with 31 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals. Westbrook had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and reserve Schroder also scored 21 points.
The Thunder had dropped five of six, including a 138-128 overtime loss against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.
Embiid, who was a game-time decision because of back tightness, had 31 points, eight rebounds and six assists and JJ Redick scored 22 points.


In the 2000s, in two Central Eastern European (CEE) countries - Slovakia and Hungary - governments proposed plans for welfare reforms that entailed radical shift from a state- to a market-oriented healthcare system. This paper focuses on the following question: Why did the governments in the two countries propose these reforms when support for the state-run healthcare in these two post-communist countries is still high? The paper shows that the healthcare policy reforms of the two Central Eastern European countries cannot be explained by the dominant accounts of policy change that assign key role to the characteristics of the government, such as its political orientation. Instead, the paper argues that the emergence of market-oriented reforms in the two countries is best explained by neoliberal ideas that strongly influenced government healthcare agenda. The neoliberal ideas built upon belief in the superiority of the market over the state and strongly influenced the CEE governments' plans for healthcare reforms offering solutions for two core policy problems - the healthcare sector-specific deficits and the increased pressures for budgetary control in the context of Europeanization.


From the anime series 'Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet' comes a PLAMAX model kit of the mecha used by the main character Ledo, 'Machine Caliber K6821 Chamber'.
From the anime series 'Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet' comes a PLAMAX model kit of the mecha used by the main character Ledo, 'Machine Caliber K6821 Chamber'. He includes all the armaments seen in the final battle of the series. The cockpit can be opened and closed and can even be removed and moved in various different locations.
· Jointed areas make use of polycaps allowing for the build product to be moved around.
· Chamber's Gatling Cannon, Beam Rifle and 5-barrel missile launcher are all included as weapons.
· A figure of Ledo is included on the same scale.
PS ready-to-assemble 1/48th scale plastic model kit.
Water application decals included. Approximately 170mm in height.


I got quite some feedback about a previous post about career choices. In particular about the idea of quitting as the hardest decision.
We live under the constant pressure of success. The definition of success is unclear, for some is money, for others it's the job title they have, others find success in the relationship with the loved ones. But we all agree that strength is the key to success..
We celebrate momentum, continuity, commitment. Which makes sense if we consider life as a straight path, where the goal is clearly located at the end of it and the only action required is to keep going.
The truth is that our goals, even when well determined, are never in sight. They are not at the end of a straight tunnel; they tend to be somewhere hidden in a maze. The ability to navigate the maze is the real key to reaching them.
So it's true that momentum, continuity, and commitment to the action of discovery are key to find them; the ability to make choices is crucial to be effective at solving the maze.
Real choices are never about what we pick, they are rather about what we decide to leave behind, understanding that going in one direction, precludes all the others and very often there is no turning back.
Here comes the necessity of developing the ability to quit. As soon as the condition change and new information show we are heading in the wrong direction, we need to adjust the path. Keeping the old route would be unreasonable, stupid, and plain wrong. More often that we would like to admit, the route needs to be completely recalculated and letting go is the most reasonable choice. The hardest for sure, but the best in the long run.
Only developing the ability to quit, we find the true value of momentum, continuity, and commitment on what matters now.
It is hard to learn how to detect when the conditions have changed. Once learned, it is hard to overcome the inertia of continuing to do what you are doing.
I wonder if we're living a hangover of sorts from the industrial days, when men went to work for 30 years in the factory and got a pension. It was an artificially constructed time, I think. We are back to normal now, where there are few guarantees.


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Mulshi Pattern is a movie directed by Pravin Tarde	featuring Pravin Tarde, Mahesh Manjrekar.
At a discussion on the financial success of Marathi cinema in 2018, the director lashed out at the media and a section of the audience for targeting his film Mulshi Pattern for its content.
The director also revealed plans for a sequel to his earlier film, Deool Band (2015).
Salman Khan Films has acquired the rights of Mulshi Pattern and the Hindi remake is expected to go on floors by mid-2019.


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ACC Archived News - March 2009
ICC World Cup Qualifier Preview
The captains of Oman and UAE along with Afghanistan's Raees Ahmadzai opened up to the ICC prior to their departure for South Africa where their teams will play in the ultimate World Cup Qualifier for a place in World Cup 2011.
"If we do qualify there will be a lot of local interest and that is going to be a huge leap for the game."
Iran Goes International
Iranshahr, a city in Sistan & Baluchistan Province in south-eastern Iran, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan with the Gulf of Oman to its south, recently completed Iran's first international cricket tournament between eight local and foreign teams.
China Get Going
The cream of the Shenzhen women cricketers have reached Chengdu after a 31-hour train journey. Three more, including national captain, Mei Chun Hua, have joined them along with five softball players chosen for their fielding ability.
Ten of the national men's squad are also in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in south central China. The slogan of this camp - they are given a fresh one each time - "Be Motivated By the Possibility". Everyone's aiming for the Asian Games in Guangzhou in November 2010.
Saudi Cricket: The Centre Spreads
Saudi Arabia is to hold its first ever regional tournament, taking the game across the vast kingdom. Six regional associations will field 104 teams for the Dil Se T20 Championship in what is being heralded by Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC) Chief Executive Officer Nadeem Nadwi as "the biggest event in the history of cricket in the Kingdom."
MCC To Play In Nepal
The MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), always known for sending strong representative teams to spread the benefits of the game, will be in Nepal to play three 50-over matches, a Twenty20 and a three-day match against local opposition in March.
In his time as a player, Roy Dias took on just these kinds of sides prior to Sri Lanka achieving Test status.
China: Javed Jumps In
Pakistan's Ambassador for Cricket to China Javed Miandad has completed his first visit to the People's Republic.
He joined the men's and women's national squads at their spring training camp at Chengdu and personally worked with them on batting, fielding and wicket-keeping.
Iran Cricket Draws A Crowd
The Iran Cricket Federation have shown their wares at a sports exhibition in Tehran where more than fifty different local sports bodies were also present. Iran Cricket Federation President Sadegh Abedin and Vice President Dr. Reza Ali hosted the pavilion, along with Mr. Juggu Sawhneyof the Technical Committee. They were honoured by a visit from the Secretary General of Iran's National Olympic Committee Bahram Afsharzadeh who said afterwards, "Cricket is new but we never thought this sport is improving in Iran but now we are excited that people welcome cricket. We will support cricket for Men's and Women's Asian Cricket Council tournament and specially the Guangzhou 2010 tournament."
In addition, the President of Iran's Olympic Committee Ali and Physical Education Organisation Ali Abadi visited the pavilion during the five-day exhibition, inscribing a cricket bat with "I wish Iran Cricket Federation every success for improving this new and beautiful sport in our country."
India's Maben In China
China's new national women's coach Mamatha Maben started her assignment in China this week with sessions in Shenzhen for the senior team. Her services have been provided by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
"It's just been four sessions with them so far, but from what I have seen the girls have a good grasp of cricket and are showing a little potential, " said Ms. Maben, a former India international.
Kuwait Ready for U-19 Elite
With just six weeks to go, Kuwait are more than ready for the ACC U-19 Elite Cup which starts at the end of April.
Four grounds, including their latest turf facility Sulaibiya, will be used during the ten-nation tournament. "Not only is this an ACC tournament, it is also an ICC U/19 World Cup qualifier so things have to go very well," says Kuwait Cricket Director General Asad Baig. "We are very much ready for all that is to come."
Asia's Development Winners Announced
Following the submission of nominations to the International Cricket Council (ICC) the Asian Cricket Council have announced their regional winners for the 2008 Pepsi ICC Development Programme Awards.
"These awards are important as they recognize and appreciate the hard work and development of cricket in the countries. It gives Associations encouragement to develop their governance and improve on planning. I am disappointed that not all countries have sent in nominations but pleased with the ones that have, and hope all will now follow suit", says ACC Development Manager Bandula Warnapura.
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ACC U-19 Elite Cup fixtures
The fixtures for the ACC U-19 Elite Cup in Kuwait have been announced.
Defending champions Nepal are favorites to win an unprecedented fifth consecutive U-19 tournament. The winner of the ten-nation ACC tournament will go forward to represent the Asia region in the 2010 ICC U/19 World Cup in Kenya.
"The U-19 Elite competition is strongly competitive. Most teams will be trying to defeat Nepal. It will surely be an interesting tournament." says ACC Events Executive K. K. Haridas.
UAE Announces World Cup Qualifier Squad
The UAE have completed their selection process for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier to be played in South Africa this April. Khurram Khan retains the captaincy, with former captains Saqib Ali and Arshad Ali also in the squad which is packed with all-rounders. Of the 15-man squad eight were at last year's Asia Cup, while three - Khurram Khan, Arshad Ali and Naeemuddin Aslam - remain from the squad for the ICC Trophy in Ireland in 2005, the last time UAE were vying for a World Cup place.


For those of you long-time customers, you probably remember Dr. Bott with this veterinary clinic even before the namesake of Countryside existed. Dr. Bott was a partner with Dr. Ron Maifeld when the practice resided at of 1st Avenue as Maifeld Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Bott and Dr. Shoemaker purchased the operating entity in 2000 thus starting Countryside Large Animal Veterinary Clinic. The new clinic was built in 2003. Dr. Bott came to the Greeley clinic upon graduation from Colorado State University Veterinary School in 1996 and has been associated exclusively with this operation ever since.
Dr. Bott was born in Rocksprings, Wyoming and spent summers with his parents on the edge of the Wind River wilderness where his father was employed as a Range Technician with the US Forest Service. They moved to Montana when he was three and he grew up on a commercial cow/calf ranching operation. It was here that he developed his love of farm animals and an appreciation for what can be accomplished with hard work. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Montana State University and completed a degree in Animal Science. While at MSU, he worked summers for the US Forest Service and developed a fondness for packing and spending time in the backcountry on horseback. After graduation, it was on to Colorado State University where he graduated with his degree in veterinary medicine.
Shawn is married to wife, Kristi and has a son, Seth and a daughter, Hannah. He enjoys spending time with them hunting, fishing, camping, and tinkering in the shop.


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Biografia
Primo Giudici studiò all'Accademia di Brera, raggiunse la notorietà con l'opera "Il primo dono" e "Ghiottone" entrambe esposte alla Mostra Nazionale del 1887 tenutasi a Venezia. Successivamente all'esposizione milanese prese parte con la scultura Il Garibaldi a Cavallo in bronzo e il Ritratto del generale Nicola Fabrizi.

Musei
 Musei Civici di Arte e Storia di Brescia
 Musei civici viggiutesi
 Museo Identitario, Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

Esposizioni
Nel 1895 espose Biennale di Venezia l'opera I due orfani.

Sculture note
 Basamento busto di Francesco Filippini con busto bronzeo di Paolo Troubetzkoy, 1895, conservato presso i Musei Civici di Arte e Storia di Brescia.
 Monumento a Paolo Gorini (1899) in Piazza Ospitale a Lodi
 Edicola Pierd'Houy (1902) - Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

Premi
Nel 1879 vinse il Premio Fondazione Canonica con l'opera "la madre fiorentina che salva il suo bambino da un leone".
Vinse numerosi altri concorsi tra cui quello un monumento a Re Vittorio Emanuele da erigersi a Milano.

Note

Bibliografia

 Vincenzo Vicario, Gli scultori italiani dal neoclassicismo al liberty, 1990
 Ercole Ongaro, Il Lodigiano nel Novecento: la cultura, 2006
 Rossana Bossaglia, Valerio Terraroli, Il Liberty a Milano, 2003
 Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, L'arte in Italia dai secoli più remoti ai tempi nostri: sguardo..., 1914

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Lombardia Beni Culturali, Scultura - Monumento sepolcrale - Edicola Famiglia Pierd'Houy - Primo Giudici - Milano - Cimitero Monumentale


De Kleine Komedie is a theatre located on the Amstel in the centre of Amsterdam.
De Kleine Komedie (lit. "the Little Comedy") is one of the oldest surviving theatres in Amsterdam. The theatre has become one of the most relevant stages for both beginning and established Dutch cabaret performers and comedians.
De Kleine Komedie building was originally built in the 1780's and first opened as a theatre named "Theatre Français sur l'Erwtemarkt", specialising in the French theatre performances that were popular in those days.
During its long history the location has frequently changed function and name. During the last two centuries it has been a French theatre, a German theatre, a Scottish Missionary Church, a lecture room for the Amsterdam Protestant University (VU), and even a bicycle shed during Word War II.
Shortly after the second world war it was reopened as a theatre with its current name De Kleine Komedie, which quickly grew into a hot spot for local cabaret artists.


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Expert says parental child abductions are on the rise
Attorney Pamela Brown discusses pursuing justice across international borders
Sept. 25, 2012 – Pamela Brown, director of the Bi-National Family Violence Project at Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, told law students that international parental kidnapping cases have become more common in recent years during a noon-hour gathering today at the University of Houston Law Center. Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid is a non-profit organization that provides free legal advice and representation to low-income residents in southwest Texas.
"Abduction rates are increasing in part due to globalization," Brown said during the talk hosted by the Immigration and Human Rights Law Society. "The relationships of families do not end at international borders. We do not have an exit control nor would we want one. We are an international society."
Brown noted that international parental abduction has increase by 65 percent in the United States from 2005 to 2009. In addition, nearly one third of the children in the United States abducted by a parent end up in Mexico.
"Hundreds of Texas children are abducted by a parent every year and taken to Mexico," Brown said. "Most of the left-behind parents don't know where to go for help and do not have access to legal help."
According to Brown, there are two legal frameworks for handling such cases: Internal custody litigation and the Hague Abduction Convention. Under the Hague Abduction Convention, an international treaty concluded in 1980, parents can petition for the return of their children through the civil courts. Mexico and the United States have signed the treaty and each has a government office specifically to deal with these cases.
Brown handles roughly 12 international parental kidnapping cases a year and has helped recover more than 50 children since 2001. She also runs training programs for law enforcement, social workers and lawyers across the state to prepare them for handling such issues.


Draft legislation that lifts immunity for foreign private security companies gained the consent of the Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 30 — Draft legislation that lifts immunity for foreign private security companies gained the consent of the Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday and sent to Parliament for approval, a government spokesman said.
The measure would end a provision that protects the security companies from prosecution, which has been in effect since 2004, when the Americans handed sovereignty back to Iraq.
The provision has long rankled Iraqis, who say the private guards have used excessive force on a number of occasions, wounding or killing civilians. It became a major point of contention between the American and Iraqi governments after a Sept. 16 shooting by guards working for Blackwater that Iraqi investigators have said left 17 Iraqis dead and at least 24 wounded.
The Iraqi government's decision followed reports that the State Department had promised Blackwater guards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of the shootings. On Tuesday, the State Department confirmed that some Blackwater employees questioned in connection with the shootings had been granted a form of immunity in exchange for their statements.
The draft law canceling the private security firms' immunity was written by the legal adviser to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. It would overturn a measure known as Order 17, dating from the administration of L. Paul Bremer III.
Under the version approved by the cabinet, foreign security companies would have to meet several criteria, including a requirement that all their weapons be licensed by the Iraqi Interior Ministry. Their equipment, including helicopters and armored vehicles, would have to be registered with the appropriate Iraqi agencies and all foreign employees would have to obtain visas from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.
Currently, many contractors in Iraq, including those who work for security firms, enter the country without regular visas because they have badges that say they work with the Defense Department or another agency either of the United States or of a country in the American-led coalition. The Iraqi government previously accepted the badges rather than requiring visas.
Although the Iraqi government now appears to be serious about changing the law, it remains unclear why it took so long, given the public anger over the contractors' status. Mr. Bremer's order states that Iraqi law is paramount, meaning that the government may change a law whenever it chooses.
A spokeswoman for the American Embassy, Mirembe Nantongo, said diplomats had just received the draft law and were reviewing it.
The cabinet's approval is the first step in the legislative process. Parliament is likely to amend the measure, but, according to a Shiite member of Parliament, only to make it tougher and more restrictive.
"The Iraqi Parliament is enthusiastic about controlling these companies and will not allow them to have a free hand, especially after the massacre of Nisour Square," said Jalaluddin al-Sagheer, the member of Parliament who is from the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, one of the country's most influential Shiite parties. He was referring to the square in Baghdad where the Sept. 16 shootings took place.
Three American soldiers were killed Tuesday when their patrol hit a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad, the military said. Their deaths brought the number of American troops killed in October to 36, the second lowest number of deaths in a month since October 2005, according to icasualties.org, a Web site that tracks American deaths in Iraq.
Because there is one more day in the month it is possible that the number will rise, though it is still likely to be among the lowest in the last two years.
In Samarra, a city about 90 miles north of Baghdad in the largely Sunni Arab province of Salahuddin, militants attacked a building used by Iraqi and American security forces. The American military brought in air support in response to the attack, according to a member of the Salahuddin police.
Later Tuesday, a car bomb exploded at a joint Iraqi Army and police checkpoint west of Samarra, killing four policemen and wounding eight.


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Dulat's Militants
by Proloy Bagchi
I do not know how many have read "The Vajpayee Years" authored by AS Dulat. He was the Indian Intelligence chief and is kind of an expert on the militancy that prevails in Kashmir. Later he became the Chief of the Research & Analysis Wing, the country's snooping agency. He was also Adviser on Kashmir affairs to the then prime minister, Late Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 2000 and 2004.
He is a self-confessed garrulous man who talks a lot. And he talked to almost all the militants that came his way. Sometimes he seems to have even sought them out. Whether they were of Kashmiri origin or not, somehow they would open up to him and reveal their experiences or thoughts on our Kashmir or POK or even their mentor, ISI in Pakistan. Dulat probably won their confidence and they openly told him what their masters in Kashmir or across the borders would not have liked. I had jotted some of their conversations as recorded by Dulat and am reproducing them below.
The first Independence Day after revocation of Article 370 giving special status to Kashmir and the ongoing discourse over it is probably an opportune time to recall these conversations as fears are being expressed about intensification of militancy as a consequence. So, here it goes:
An unnamed militant saying: "Once you go across (to POK or Pakistan) you don't know if you are going to be used or misused... Once you have been to that randikhana (brothel, it is not clear whether he means Pakistan or its ISI) it is very difficult to get back out...The guys who have come into proper contact with the ISI are never going to be in position to work something out with Delhi."
Firdaus who used to be an assistant of Shabir Shah, a Kashmiri militant, told Dulat: "Each and every Kashmiri he met in Pakistan felt they were in an alien land. They also advised him to never merge Kashmir in Pakistan." He also told Dulat that he realised on being refused SAM missiles that "lSI was not interested in escalating the proxy war and was not interested in the fact that the Kashmiris had gone all out to fight their dirty war."
Hashim Qureishy, the highjacker of Indian Airlines flight from Srinagar to Lahore told Dulat, "I speak the truth so they call me an Indian agent... I say that Hurriyat people should give up accession to Pakistan, as should our people. 65 years have passed, another 500 years will pass, Kashmir will never become Pakistan. You can write it down... and people (addressing Kashmiris), don't sacrifice your children. You are not going to get anything from their (Hurriyat's) struggle. If you are sincere then say both India and Pakistan should get out of our land".
Again another militant said, "There is no country freer than India and people don't realise it. America is a great democracy but has not even spared our ministers from physical searches. I know of a Tamil Nadu minister who went there, he had lot of hair coming out of his ears. They searched that even. India has let down a lot of people, no one more than me. They have no morality. But at least they are humane."
Abdul Majeed Dar, a former militant of Hizbul Mujahideen was later described as a sane voice when he realized the futility of the gun. He told Dulat, "Kashmiri militants settled in Pakistan are an unhappy lot and long to return (home). Most of them are disillusioned with Pakistan which only wants to merge Kashmir (in Pakistan) as against demands of militants for Azaadi". Majeed Dar was so disillusioned with the ISI that he not only contrived to come away to Kashmir but also refused to take its calls. Obviously the ISI found him very precious for their designs in Kashmir and didn't want to let go of him. For his intransigence, however, they had him shot and killed.
All round disillusionment with Pakistan was so great that even Prof. Abdul Ghani Lone once told Musharraf when he was CEO Pakistan that he shouldn't worry about Kashmir, he should take care of Pakistan instead. Dulat has written that when ISI found out that Lone was working for peace and was in favour of the 2002 (Kashmir) elections it had him killed. Prof. Abdul Ghani Bhatt too is reported to have said "Who can depend on Pakistan? It cannot look after itself how can it look after us?"
Perceptions that one gets from the statements of the militants' statements in many ways work out to be synchronous with the general understanding of the situation in this country. The ISI has been wary of escalation of matters in J&K as its aim was to run a covert war of "thousand cuts" against India and did not want to provoke a severe reaction from it. Pakistan is now reluctant to expend its own manpower in Kashmir.
It is also largely known that Kashmiris who are anti-India and are involved in militancy in the Valley are, in fact, fighting ISI's war by proxy. Hence the call to Kashmiris in the Valley not to sacrifice their children! It is also clear that whatever happens in Kashmir happens at the instance of Pakistan's Army – actually its Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). It was also known that the militants who had crossed over were generally unhappy with the treatment that was meted out to them in Pakistan. For Pakistan, Kashmir was a piece of land that had to be wrested from India with religion being used as a fig leaf at later stages for the purpose.
The civil government of Pakistan has no role in deciding the Kashmir policy this way or that. The villain of the piece is the Pakistan Army as stoking trouble in Kashmir ensures its own survival. Out of the blue the revocation of Article 370, therefore, came as a hard kick on its butt. It apparently had stunned it for a while. Pakistan, whether its army or the civil government, is going to find it a handful to deal with the Modi-Shah combine. They are not like the softies that they have dealt with hitherto.
One cannot but agree more with Hashim Qureishi when he said that "65 years have passed, another 500 years will pass, Kashmir will never become Pakistan." Another 7 years have gone by after this statement was published and Kashmir has remained where it was. Kashmir is going to be with India till eternity. Only for India it is going to be a long haul as it will have to face the aggressive neighbour that has lost face having lost four wars to a country it considers its adversary.
Without caring one bit for Kashmiri lives it has, therefore, come down to giving pin pricks by staging skirmishes. India has to put up a solid, impenetrable front to these warmongers across the border.
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One of the world's richest people is devoting his resources to finding a cure to Alzheimer's. Bill Gates said his $100,000,000 donation last year is just the beginning. See Alzheimer's Advocate Maria Shriver interview Mr. Gates on the TODAY SHOW.
Did you neab 1000,000,000. To many "0"
You're right. Corrected. Much appreciate it.
My wife passed away April 10 this year after coming down with dementia and then Alzheimer's. I had her on four different trials during the 15 years of her disease. She had 24/7 care at home with our head care provider having 27 years working with patients and the disease. To keep her from going into the embryo stage she received acupuncture twice a week. Also physical therapy twice a week and massage therapy twice a week. The Detroit Free Press wrote a front page plus story on Valentines day 2013 about unconditional love. We were in Maria Shriver's four one hour shows on HBO about Alzheimer's. Two things we can't teach care providers. Common sense and compassion. If I had to do it over again I would marry the same woman.
Alzheimer's is such a horrible disease! My mom just passed away in June after I took care of her for 12 years. I thank Mr. Gates for all the help he can give. We need to find a cure for it!


Gelegen direct aan het water op slechts drie passen van het dek naar het strand. Een van de laatste werkende vissersgemeenschappen. Vissen, zwemmen, fietsen, internet bbq t. v. Dicht bij restaurants, cafés, The Shore club Dance Hall met zaterdagavond dansen en kreeft diners Er zijn tal van lokale kunstgalerijen, wandelpaden We sluiten naar Chester Mahone Bay en Lunenburg en slechts 45 minuten van Halifax Geniet van spectaculaire zonsopgangen en zonsondergangen is geen oven dus het is licht koken met BBQ, kookplaten, magnetron, slow cooker en grills.
Words cannot describe how amazing this place is- you truly must see it to fully appreciate it! The house is clean, well equipped, and beautifully decorated. And the location is breathtaking! We loved grilling dinner on the barbecue while the kids played outside in the ocean mere steps away, then eating outside watching the waves roll in the the fishing boats come and go. The hosts are friendly and helpful and we are so glad they decide to share their seaside shanty with us!
We have stayed at several great vacation rentals across the continent but this one takes the cake! Can't wait to return!
Beautiful view and outdoor space! Friendly and helpful hosts!!
This is a wonderful little house, right on the water. Everything represented in the pictures is just how the place is, and it is very soothing and relaxing there. We had a wonderful time and will go back as soon as we can...we loved it! It's a great place to rejuvenate. Fred and Barb are great hosts, too.
Just a beautiful cottage on the waterfront with a breathtaking view. Fred and Barb are the most generous hosts. Thank you for a wonderful vacation spot.
We had a fantastic stay at the Seaside Shanty. My children (3 and 5 years) had a great time combing the adjacent beaches for seaglass, shells, and little critters (crabs, mussels, etc.), and watching the boat/fishing activity at the warf. The view from the deck makes this shanty a very special place to stay. The steps to the second floor were quite steep, which wasn't a problem for adults, but a bit tricky for the kids, and the bedrooms have large beds, but the rooms themselves were quite small (which was fine with us). We were asked to keep water use low through the use of bottled water, paper plates, limited flushing, etc. There is lots to see and do in the area. Overall a fantastic stay. Thank-you!


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John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West
David Weston Marshall
In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first U.S. expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the twenty-eight month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier. But when the journey was over, Colter stayed behind, spending two more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory. Along the way, he charted some of the West's most treasured landmarks.
Historian David W. Marshall crafts this captivating history from Colter's primary sources, and has retraced Colter's steps—seeing what he saw, hearing what he heard, and experiencing firsthand how he and his contemporaries survived in the wilderness (how they pitched a shelter, built a fire, followed a trail, and forded a stream)—adding a powerful layer of authority and detail.
The American Grit series brings you true tales of endurance, survival, and ingenuity from the annals of American history. These books focus on the trials of remarkable individuals with an emphasis on rich primary source material and artwork.
50 b&w photographs
David W. Marshall, PhD, is a historian and archivist on the faculty of Texas Tech University, with 34 years of experience as a researcher, instructor, professor and archivist. He is the author of Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West (Countryman Press, 2016). He lives in Lorenzo, Texas.


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