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Despite criticisms, bishop believes German Catholics share path with pope
By Barb Fraze Catholic News Service
Some European bishops have publicly voiced concerns about Germany's Synodal Path process, warning it could divide the Catholic Church. But Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, has continued to defend it and believes German Catholics are on the same path Pope Francis has called for in his quest for a more synodal church.
After Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki discussed the Synodal Path with Pope Francis March 28 and a subsequent Polish bishops' conference news release said the pope "distances himself from this initiative," the German Catholic news agency KNA asked the Vatican for a clarification.
Matteo Bruni, Vatican spokesman, told KNA Pope Francis had not changed his position since a June 2019 letter to Catholics in Germany. Bruni also said the contents of talks between Archbishop Gadecki and Pope Francis remained confidential.
In his 2019 letter, Pope Francis emphasized that taking a synodal path is a process that must be guided by the Holy Spirit with patience and not a "search for immediate results that generate quick and immediate consequences." Transformation "calls for pastoral conversion," he said.
"Brothers and sisters, let us care for one another and be attentive to the temptation of the father of lies and division, the master of separation who, in pushing us to seek an apparent good or a response to a given situation, in fact ends up fragmenting the body of the holy and faithful people of God," the pope said.
He also warned against a temptation to use evangelization as something that is adapted "to the spirit of the times."
Concerns about divisions and responding to pressures of the times are some of the main issues cited by those European bishops who have voiced their concerns publicly.
In a March 9 letter to Bishop Bätzing published on the website of the Nordic bishops' conference, bishops from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland warned against "capitulation to the zeitgeist," a term that means "the spirit of the age; trend of thought and feeling in a period."
"The orientation, method and content of the Synodal Path of the church in Germany fill us with worry," said the letter, signed by eight bishops, a cardinal and the conference general secretary. They acknowledged that the Germans felt the need to respond to the crisis in their country. The German bishops, responding to ongoing revelations of clerical sexual abuse and how bishops mismanaged such cases, see the Synodal Path process as addressing the exercise of power and authority in the church; sexual morality; the priesthood; and the role of women.
The Nordic bishops said the synodal process presupposes the image of the church as the People of God on pilgrimage, and "such a people needs to be sensibly organized." But the bishops also urged the Germans to focus on the church's sacramental mystery.
"We find that Catholics who constitute and carry the life of our parishes and communities instinctively sense this sacramental mystery but are not necessarily the ones inclined to fill in questionnaires or participate in group discussions," the bishops said. "Let us not forget, in the context of the synodal process, to attend carefully to their witness, also."
German bishops are keenly aware of concerns of others in the church.
At the end of their March meeting in Vierzehnheiligen, Bishop Bätzing said there were highly divergent opinions on issues such as blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples or the ordination of women as deacons or priests. KNA reported he pledged that the bishops would submit all the synodal reform decisions that can only be implemented at the universal church level to the worldwide synodal process launched by Pope Francis in preparation for the 2023 Synod of Bishops on synodality.
Earlier this year, Bishop Bätzing said he met with Pope Francis in January and that he is in dialogue with Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. Bishop Bätzing said a discussion group between the synod secretariat and the executive committee of the Synodal Path in Germany will be established.
Similarly, Bishop Bätzing visited Archbishop Gadecki in Poznan last November, and the two agreed that the reform projects to be launched in Germany, as well as the theological criticism of them, should be dealt with in depth in a contact group of the two bishops' conferences. The group is chaired by Bishop Bertram Meier of Augsburg, chairman of the German bishops' commission for the universal church, and Polish Bishop Jan Kopiec of Gliwice.
Because of these discussions, Bishop Bätzing said he was a little irritated when he discovered that Archbishop Gadecki's Feb. 22 letter to him had already been made public in Germany and Poland when he received it.
In the letter, Archbishop Gadecki stressed that in being faithful to the teaching of the church, "we should not yield to the pressures of the world or give in to the patterns of the dominant culture, because this can lead to moral and spiritual corruption."
Responding to Archbishop Gadecki's letter March 16, Bishop Bätzing rejected the accusation that the reform process in Germany was watering down church doctrine and bowing to the spirit of the times.
"We do not walk the path of conversion and renewal lightly, and certainly not outside the universal church," the German bishop said. "Several times I had the opportunity to speak with Pope Francis about the Synodal Path."
Bishop Bätzing said the German church was doing exactly what Pope Francis asked of the nation's Catholics in 2019, that is, embarking on a "spiritual journey in asking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit."
The head of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, told KNA in late 2020 the Synodal Path was "daring to ask very big questions." He praised the process as a path "of which you don't always know where it leads. One takes steps and together seeks out the next one."
But many German lay Catholics are impatient for results, especially concerning the role of women in the church.
In a Berlin archdiocesan virtual forum in mid-January, Archbishop Heiner Koch expressed concern that the issue of women priests would split the German church. The Catholic Church teaches that women cannot be priests.
"It is one of the biggest ... worries I have as a bishop -- do we stay together, does it keep us together, or does such a decision lead to ... a bit of disunity and even division? That is the biggest fear I have. In this state of tension I also stand, and I can't get out of it, either."
Contributing to this story were Anli Serfontein in Berlin and the staff of the German Catholic news agency KNA.
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The Ottoman-German Alliance was established between the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on August 2, 1914. It was this binding alliance that ultimately led the Ottoman Empire to enter the First World War on the side of the Central Powers.
There was a movement in the Ottoman Empire in favour of an alliance with France and Great Britain. Figures such as Talat Pasha favored an alliance with the Allied powers. It was impossible to reconcile an alliance with the French however, as France's main ally was Russia, the long-time enemy of the Ottoman Empire since the Wars of 1828.
The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V specifically wanted the Empire to remain a non-belligerent nation; however, pressure from Germany and Mehmed's advisor led the Empire to align with the Central Powers.
Germany needed the Ottoman Empire on its side. The Orient Express had run directly to Istanbul since 1889, and prior to the First World War the Sultan had consented to a plan to extend it through Anatolia to Baghdad under German auspices. This would strengthen the Ottoman Empire's link with industrialised Europe while also giving Germany easier access to its African colonies and to trade markets in India. To keep the Ottoman Empire from joining the Triple Entente, Germany encouraged Romania and Bulgaria to enter the Central Powers.
A secret treaty was signed between the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on August 2, 1914 to enter the war on the side of the Central Powers, one day after the German Empire declared war on Russia. The alliance was ratified by many high ranking Turkish officials, including Grand Vizier Said Halim Pasha, the Minister of War Enver Pasha, the Interior Minister Talat Pasha, and Head of Parliament Halil Bey.
However, there was no signature from the House of Osman, and the Sultan Mehmed V had not signed it. As the Sultan was the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, as written in the constitution, this made the legitimacy of the Alliance questionable, as this would mean that the army would not be able to fight a jihad on behalf of the Sultan. As the Sultan had wanted the Empire to remain neutral, he did not wish to command a war himself, and as such, left the Cabinet to do much of his bidding.
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Die Kantei (jap. ; kurz für , sōri daijin kantei; auch , shushō kantei; engl. Prime Minister's Official Residence) ist der Amtssitz des Premierministers von Japan. Sie liegt gegenüber dem Parlamentsgebäude im Stadtteil Nagatachō des Bezirks Chiyoda der Hauptstadt Tokio.

In der Kantei finden neben Kabinettssitzungen und informellen Treffen auch Empfänge für ausländische Gäste statt. Das gegenwärtige Gebäude wurde 2002 fertiggestellt. Es hat sechs Stockwerke, davon fünf teilweise oberirdisch; wegen der Hanglage führt der Osteingang in die dritte Etage, der Zugang zum südlichen Garten liegt in der zweiten. Die Gesamtkosten für den Bau betrugen 64,7 Milliarden Yen. Im Keller befindet sich eine Krisenzentrale, die rund um die Uhr besetzt ist und den Premierminister und sein Kabinett in Katastrophenfällen mit Informationen versorgt. Das Gebäude soll auch stärksten Erdbeben widerstehen können, seine Glasfront besteht zum Schutz vor terroristischen Angriffen aus kugelsicherem Glas. Auf dem Dach liegt ein Hubschrauberlandeplatz.

Zum Schutz der Kantei wurde 2002 eine Spezialeinheit der Tokioter Präfekturpolizei Keishi-chō aus rund hundert Polizisten eingerichtet.

Kōtei

Die vorherige Kantei war 1929 unter Premierminister Tanaka Giichi auf dem gleichen Gelände errichtet worden. Sie dient nach der Fertigstellung des Neubaus und einem 2005 abgeschlossenen Umbau, bei dem sie um 50 Meter nach Süden verlegt wurde, als Residenz des Premierministers (, sōri-daijin kōtei, engl. Prime Minister's Residential Area, ).

Eine erste Kōtei war 1929 gleichzeitig mit der Kantei errichtet worden, wurde aber nur bis 1936 genutzt, als sie beim Putschversuch vom 26. Februar verwüstet wurde. 1937 wurde als Ersatz das Nihon-ya, das "Japanhaus", errichtet, aber nie als Residenz genutzt. Die Räume der alten Kōtei wurden bei einer Renovierung zu Büros umgestaltet. Ab 1936 wohnten bis in die 1980er Jahre die meisten Premierminister in ihrer Privatwohnung. Während der Besatzungszeit zog nur Yoshida Shigeru, Premierminister und in Personalunion Außenminister, in eine staatliche Residenz: Er bewohnte bis 1950 die damalige Residenz des Außenministers, das heutige Tōkyō-to Teien Bijutsukan (engl. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum). Eine der bekanntesten Premierministerwohnungen wurde das Privathaus von Yoshidas Nachfolger Hatoyama Ichirō im Stadtteil Otowa in Bunkyō, das den Spitznamen "Otowa-Palast" (, Otowa-goten) erhielt. 1963 wurde die ursprüngliche Kōtei renoviert und wieder als Residenz nutzbar gemacht, Satō Eisaku zog 1968 ein; aber Nachfolger Tanaka Kakuei wohnte nicht dort, sondern in seinem Privathaus im Stadtteil Mejirodai im Bezirk Bunkyō – auch "Meijiro-Palast" genannt. Seit Nakasone Yasuhiro wohnten alle Premierminister mit Ausnahme von Takeshita Noboru und Miyazawa Kiichi in der Kōtei.

In seiner zweiten Amtszeit als Premierminister ließ das Kabinett von Abe Shinzō, der (Stand: Mai 2013) nicht in der Residenz eingezogen ist, auf eine schriftliche Anfrage aus dem Parlament erklären, dass es nach Wissen der Regierung in der Residenz keine Gespenster gibt.

Weblinks

 Offizielle Internetseite des Premierministers und seines Kabinetts (japanisch, englisch)

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Standort der Exekutive in Japan
Bauwerk in Chiyoda
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Ecdamua cadenati is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie Torymidae. De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1951 door Risbec.

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Зазен (кинески: зуо-чан) је седећа медитација која се упражњава у зен будизму.

Изводи се у одређеном седећем положају, уз равномеран ритам дисања и у опуштеном и неактивном стању духа. Ум се једноставно задржава у садашњем тренутку, будан и свестан. Тело се држи усправно, прекрштених ногу, суспрегнутог даха, док је ум ослобођен било каквих приањања, жеља, појмова и судова. Циљ зазена је достизање саторија.

Доген је свео будизам на практиковање зазена или "седеће медитације", где се свесни ток садржаја ума посматра без заустављања на било ком појединачном предмету, све док се не смири и не сабере, не доживљавајући више никакво уплитање. У овом стању је могуће доживети пробуђење.

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 Instructions for Zen Meditation
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 How to Sit Zazen

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The Knowledge Manager manual shows you how to maintain sets of knowledge objects for your organization through Splunk Web and configuration files, and it demonstrates ways that you can use Splunk knowledge to solve your organization's real-world problems.
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Silent Waters triptych 2 – oil on canvas mounted on hardboard, 28x75cms.
Silent Waters Triptych 3 – oil on canvas mounted on hardborad, 28×75 cms.
These are three paintings I developed from the small paintings I put up in the previous post. They are all scenes from Mudgeeraba Creek, a few kilometres down the road, right up in the headwaters of it, where it is very shallow. There is a fantastic quality of light there in the early morning, when the sun is lighting up the tops of the trees but the under-canopy is in shadow. The colours of reflections this makes is amazing – like liquid gold and green satin. The work is currently on display at Monet's Art Garden Gallery, Metro Centre, Hollywell Road, Labrador. The mosaic table-top in the foreground is also my work, if anyone is wondering.
Top of the Falls, Springbrook, oil on canvas board, 30×30 cms.
Dancing ghost gums, Springbrook, oil on canvas board, 30x 30 cms.
Poinciana in Bloom, oil on canvas board, 30×30 cms.
Coomera Falls, oil on canvas board, 30×30 cms.
I recently had the task of painting twenty small sketches of "my place" for the Fine Arts painting unit I was then doing. These are some of the paintings that resulted. The exercise focused my thoughts on what I find so special in the place where I live. Many of the paintings were of Mudgeeraba Creek, an unassuming little water-way that wends its way through sub-tropical rainforest, often very shallow, rippling over polished river stones.


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South Carolina has reopened an office in Washington, DC
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Former Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges backs James Smith for South Carolina governor in 2018
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Former S.C. Gov. Jim Hodges has endorsed fellow Democrat James Smith for governor and will speak at Smith's official kickoff event in Columbia on Tuesday.
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Union Springs/Port Byron boys soccer rallies twice, but falls to Dryden in double OT
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UNION SPRINGS — The Wolves rallied to tie the score twice, but fell short in overtime.
The Union Springs/Port Byron boys soccer team erased a two-goal deficit in the first half and quickly answered a Dryden goal in the second, but the Lions netted the game-winner 1:26 into the second overtime to top the Wolves, 4-3, under the lights at Union Springs High School Tuesday night.
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Transcendent 12: The WNBA
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The WNBA could be what helps flip power in the U.S. Senate. That's the magnitude of what the league's players did in 2020 and their portfolio of unified activism work will have impacts beyond the calendar year. The year was truly a crowning moment for a league that's never been able to "stick to sports."
The players went beyond words and initiated meaningful actions before any of their peers. Breanna Stewart spoke Black Lives Matter on the courts into existence and it was Angel McCoughtry who first floated the idea of putting Breonna Taylor's name on jerseys. They wore her name every game and each week honored a different Black woman affected by police or racial violence. During in-game media interviews and on social outlets they raised awareness of these individuals and continued their outspokenness in the league's offseason.
In August, players wore "Vote Warnock" shirts to support Rev. Raphael Warnock as a calculated showing against a team owner who stood against their values. He was then polling at 9 percent; now he's in a runoff with Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler. They spent the back half of their season getting out the vote, a success proved by more people than ever voting in the presidential election. They continue that work today with the runoffs through Jan. 5.
The NBA followed the WNBA's lead on initiatives, just as the sports world has followed in the WNBA's wide activism footsteps for decades. The Minnesota Lynx were the first to wear Black Lives Matter shirts in 2016, setting the foundation for sports-wide demonstrations in 2020. Without the WNBA players constantly bushwacking forward, it's easy to see how the activism leagues took this year could never have happened. The year 2020 was a crowning achievement for players left outside the limelight and one on which they won't rest their laurels.
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From LeBron James to Sarah Fuller, Yahoo Sports salutes the 12 athletes whose impact in 2020 most transcended competition. We recognize those who helped their communities during the pandemic, pushed for social justice and blazed new trails to equality.
Delay expected for planned Minoru Arts Centre
The planned conversion of the Minoru Place Activity Centre to an arts centre will be delayed, pending final approval from city council. Construction on the new arts centre was originally scheduled to begin in April, with the building currently acting as an emergency response centre for people experiencing homelessness. That contract—a collaboration with BC Housing and Turning Point Recovery Centre—was slated to end March 31. But because the city is seeking up to $2.4 million towards the project through the Investing in Canada infrastructure program's community, culture and recreation stream, which was delayed by the B.C. election, they could forego the grant amount if construction begins prior to notification of successful submissions. While the project could be completed using previously approved budget, it would then be ineligible for supplementary financial support. Successful submissions will be notified by this summer, and construction on the facility would be complete by late summer 2022. Councillors were in favour of the delay at yesterday's general purposes committee meeting, with Coun. Linda McPhail asking if BC Housing could extend the operation of their emergency response centre while construction was delayed. Richmond's director of community social development Kim Somerville said conversations with BC Housing are in progress about potential extensions. Arts groups that are hoping to be able to use the renovated space have also been contacted. "They're understanding of the need and the benefit to the city of this grant and just want to see the program move forward when the time is right for the city," said director of arts, culture and heritage services Marie Fenwick. Hannah Scott, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Richmond Sentinel
Dredging between Lake Clear and Little Lake Clear on hold
Eganville – As silt continues to pile up in the creek between Little Lake Clear and Lake Clear, plans for dredging are on indefinite hold. "Even if we do dredging between the two lakes it will be a snowball effect down the creek," Bonnechere Valley Works Supervisor Jason Zohr told a committee meeting of council recently. He pointed out the area from Little Lake Clear to Manning Road is very flat and full of sand. "It is still going to hold it back," he said. Councillor Merv Buckwald questioned the option of suction instead of dredging. "Would that make it more environmentally acceptable?" he asked. Mr. Zohr said he is still trying to find out more information. In his report to council, he said he was told by staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry that dredging could potentially have a significant environmental impact on sensitive fisheries in the lake. "They are worried about certain species in the lake because the lake has low oxygen levels," he said. "Due to the impact, there would have to be an evaluation done before anything were to move forward with dredging," he said. The issue of dredging or suction also has the problem of where the material would be taken, he said. "The shoreline around the lake is so shallow," he said. "We would not be able to just push the sand or shoot the sand onto the shoreline." Councillor Tim Schison said the sediment is looking for a natural way to come in. "For the most part, nature dictates the path taken," he said. "There is so much sediment and also sticks mixed together in that alley, I don't know if nature can do anything with it," he said. This a very bendy corridor which allows for places to plug up, he noted. Coun. Buckwald said Lake Clear has lost a lot of shoreline over the years. "When I was going, there were boathouses between Lake Clear Road and the lake," he said. "The shoreline was 50 feet out. All that had to go somewhere." The township has put a lot of work into the area because of this erosion, he added. "That is why we put the rock in there," he said. "It was going to erode the road." The last time the creek was dredged was in the 1950s, Mr. Zohr said. Councillor Jack Roesner said this is becoming a problem at the lake. "It's coming to the point where we are starting to see significant increases each year," he said. "It is going to back up." He suggested staff continue to look into options. Mr. Zohr said while he has been in touch with Renfrew Power Generation (RPG), they will not assist in this. He also told council staff at RPG said the Lake Clear water levels are currently 27 centimetres below the licensing levels. "We need to continue to look into things," Mayor Jennifer Murphy said. She also questioned if the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is concerned about downstream habitats because of this issue. "Every time you touch one point of a water system, you are impacting another point," Coun. Schison noted. The back up of water at the Petawawa River a few years ago was such an issue that the Remax Building was lost as much of the riverbank crumbled, he added. Coun. Buckwald said something will have to be done with this issue. "We should be on the lookout for any provincial or federal money coming up," he said. In his report to council Mr. Zohr recommend no action be taken about dredging but staff would continue to monitor the water levels. Debbi Christinck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eganville Leader
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David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account).[note 1] It was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens's own life, and it is often considered his veiled autobiography.[2] It was Dickens' favourite among his own novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens wrote, "like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield."[3] The novel describes the journey of the protagonist David Copperfield; modelled after Dickens himself, from impoverished and miserable childhood to becoming a successful and famous author. Like some of his other novels, it contains disturbing descriptions of child abuse.
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Labour didn't waste any time this morning. Just hours after Louise Mensch announced she would step down as an MP, the party's prospective candidate for Corby and East Northamptonshire fired off a press release.
"Louise Mensch was obviously struggling to balance being an MP with her family and business commitments. I respect her for the honest way she talked about this and her decision to step down," Andy Sawford wrote. "Labour is now looking forward to the campaign ahead. During the by-election we will focus on the two wasted years of Tory policies that have taken the country back into recession and left Corby suffering job losses in both the public and private sector."
The opposition's eagerness reflects the value of the seat. Corby is a bell-weather constituency, with a mixed social composition, which could greatly strengthen Ed Miliband's claim to be on the road to Downing Street.
The former steel town of Corby is ringed by beautiful, picturesque villages, giving the seat a complicated political personality. The town itself slid into anti-social behaviour and crime during its period of industrial decline but a Midlands main line boosted regeneration.
The seat has always been a hard win. Even in the 80's Tory victories relied on 1,000 to 3,000 votes. Eventually that Tory lead slimmed to the tiniest of margins, allowing Phil Hope to win it for Labour in 1997 with a massive 22% majority. The governing party was lucky to keep the seat in 2005, when its majority was cut down to just 1,517. Rising affluence drove some voters towards the Tories, even in the industrial hub of the constituency, but the erosion of the Labour vote was also the result of Tony Blair's deteriorating popularity.
By 2010, Mensch was able to take the seat off Hope, although even then – with Labour's popularity at rock bottom under Gordon Brown – she was unable to win the type of landslide New Labour secured in 1997. Her majority is just 1,951 votes, or 3.6%. It is easily overturnable.
The bell-weather nature of the seat makes it political dynamite and it also ensures the by-election will be nastily fought. Having already been weakened by a disastrous Budget, a double-dip recession and mass rebellions by his backbenchers, Cameron cannot afford to see signal seats like this turn red. If the Tories lose expect all that Olympic chatter about Boris Johnson's leadership ambitions to reach deafening levels.
Miliband will be desperate for a win. This is precisely the sort of seat he should be in a position to take, given the coalition's disarray, the bite of austerity and his own soaring opinion poll ratings. It will also prove he can appeal to Labour's working class base as well as liberal middle class intellectuals seduced by his 'predator capitalism' message. Failure to clinch the deal would bring back those whispers about his leadership.
Whoever loses will feel the glare of the media spotlight on them from the November date of the by-election right through to Christmas.
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Celebrate The Season With Noel
For 11 years now, having Acadian favourites Roland Gauvin, Les Muses and Belivo take over Moncton's Capitol Theatre has become a Christmas tradition in Metro Moncton. What started as only one or two shows a year has grown exponentially, thanks to consumer demand.
The 2012 edition of Noël includes six shows crammed into a four-day span. The fact that the bulk of the shows now have limited ticket availability is a testament to their popularity and, more important, to the talent that graces the Capitol Theatre stage.
An accomplished solo artist in his own right, George Belliveau looks forward to performing with his brothers as a part of Belivo each and every year.
'It is hard to believe that the show is now heading into its eleventh year,' George says. 'In its earliest days, we travelled the show around the province. However, it arrived at a point that performing the show out of Moncton became one of the best options for all concerned.' George says that to keep the show fresh for the audience as well as the entertainers, the show undergoes tweaks, whether of the sets used on stage, the songs the groups perform, or other details.
'We are definitely not trying to reinvent the wheel with the show every year,' he said. 'We are very fortunate to have maintained such a dedicated following for the show with people returning year after year. There are some holiday songs that we are known for performing that people come to the show expecting to hear, so it is important that we include a significant amount of 'classic' songs.'
'It is mainly in the arrangements that people will notice the difference. For instance, ' O Come All Ye Faithful' this year has been given a bit of a Celtic makeover. The song stays the same, of course, but by approaching the arrangement with a different outlook, everyone gets something different out of the song. That really benefits everybody in the end.' Despite having had a busy 2012, Roland Gauvin says he looks forward to the annual holiday shows every year. There are songs that are certain to please everyone who attends.
'We have a big repertoire of material after 11 years of performing these shows,' Roland says. 'Last year, we included a medley of hits made famous by the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Christmas record. That went over extremely well with the audiences. The show is sung in both English and French which is, in turn, something that, regardless of what language you speak, helps to put everyone in the Christmas spirit. When it came to selecting the music that we wanted to include in the shows, there was a natural tendency on all of our parts to include music that we grew up listening to.
'Overall though, the manner in which the show is built very much sticks to a formula. Les Jeunes Chanteurs D'Acadie sing with us in the first half of the show and as such, the material in that portion of the show focuses primarily upon music that you would be likely to hear in church ceremonies.
'The second half of the show on the other hand, can probably be best described as being an East Coast kitchen party. That dynamic is something that we have found has worked well for the shows in the past.' These shows are special for more than just the music, however. They serve as an event of sorts for fans of both Les Muses and Belivo, neither of whom performs throughout the year otherwise.
In 2004, Les Muses stopped actively touring, while in the case of Belivo, George's siblings chose to pursue full-time careers outside music. Being the lone musical wolf standing doesn't bother George in the least. He insists that because he and his brothers no longer perform together full time, it lends a special quality to the holiday shows.
Roland says the popularity afforded to their Christmas shows continues to astound the performers. The fact there is so much repeat business year after year is proof people know when they are witnessing something special.
'It has been wonderful to see how this show has grown over the years,' Roland says. 'It grew from one night to three nights and then before long, we were adding matinee shows to help accommodate the ticket demand. I don't think any of us could have ever envisioned the show lasting such a long time and becoming as popular as it is.
'People come out to the show year after year though, and it never fails that after many of the performances, people will ask if we expect to be doing the show next year. I think it is safe to say that we will continue performing these shows as long as we are able to do so.'
Article published in the December 12, 2012 edition of the Times & Transcript
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audiobusio.PDMIn: (Microphone support.) Fix error in digital filter loop, which was generating quite inaccurate sample values. Fix crashes caused by buffers of certain sizes.
Update CPX frozen libraries to their latest versions (including tap support on LIS3DH). Include library version info (__version__). Don't include example directories.
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round() was always returning `0′. Fixed to return correct value.
audiobusio.PDMIn: MEMS microphone support is improved. (There is a MEMS microphone on the Circuit Playground Express.) We fixed several bugs that could cause hard crashes. The minimum and default sampling frequency is now 16 kHz (16000). The microphone is clocked all the time to avoid having to wait for it to start up, which can take up to 0.1 seconds. When you first create a PDMIn object, CircuitPython waits for startup_delay seconds (default 0.11 seconds) so that the first data from the microphone will be useful. The digital filter used to convert microphone data into PCM data is now much faster. Thanks @ladyada!
busio.SPI now has an additional operation SPI.write_readinto() which does bidirectional input/output. Certain SPI devices need this.
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Here are all the changes since 2.1.0. This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.2. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here).
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GARDNER � Sto Lat! Loosely translated from Polish, the saying means �may you live 100 years� according to state Sen. Stephen Brewer. The toast seemed particularly fitting when the Barre Democrat delivered it to those gathered to celebrate the official 100-year anniversary of the opening of Heywood Hospital on Wednesday. �So I say to you �Sto Lat times two,�� said the senator, who was among the local polity gathered in the hospital�s atrium. �I want you to endure and survive and thrive.� Mr. Brewer presented Heywood President Daniel Moen with a joint resolution of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the state Senate that recognized Heywood for its contributions and century of service to the community. Mayor Gerald St. Hilaire, along with City Council President Neil Janssens, also presented Heywood, which officially opened its doors June 27, 1907, with a certificate of recognition for its service. �It�s so important to remember our heritage,� said Mr. Moen. �Just think how many patients have been served. A hospital is a place where life begins and where life ends. People have been well-served in the last century.� Mr. Brewer was also quick to point out that Heywood, being the largest employer in the city with more than 900 on its payroll, constitutes an economic engine in north central Massachusetts. Heywood has maintained such a presence in the community while many other small, community-based hospitals � 30 percent in the last 15 years, according to Mr. Brewer � have gone under. �The economic multiplier in goods and services (the hospital offers) is in the hundreds of millions,� said the Barre Democrat. Dr. Jim Faust, who has been involved with the hospital for 40 years, was one of the many present who took note of the medical advancement highlighted by historic pictorials along the walls of the atrium. �It�s very exciting to think how far we have come in the past 100 years,� said Dr. Faust. dmcdonald@thegardnernews.com
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does anyone know of such a box that will enable me to send 'only' a selected channel to a synth?
see, i've got a couple of synths hooked up but one of them seems to be unable to be set to anything other than 'omni'..
so i was wondering if there's a hardware solution that will enable me to send it only the desired channel?
Look for a Roland MPU-103, Anatek Pocket Channel or one of the boxes from MIDI Solutions.
I've also got a bunch of omni only synths.
4 outs. It can do all sorts of handy things like strip certain info.. Transpose.. Even midi delay.
It's a handy bit of kit. Highly recommended.
I've got mine setup to spit 4 different midi channels to the 4 outs + I strip all the unwanted midi info.


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The young Tricolours will be determined to return to the winners circle this Monday night when they take on the Wests Tigers at Allianz Stadium.
Despite a last start loss to the table topping Canberra Raiders, the Roosters will be battle hardened after two big clashes in a row.
The Wests Tigers currently sit sixth on the ladder, and come in to the clash on the back of a three game win streak, no doubt keen to knock off one of the competition heavyweights heading in to the finals series.
Samisoni Langi has been named in the No.6 shirt after missing last weekend's loss due to being called in as 18th man for the NRL squad, but the Tongan playmaker is expected to turn out this week in the NYC.
Willis Meehan has been promoted from the bench into the centres, seeing skipper Rhyse Martin move back into the backrow.
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Home » IoT » Semtech Releases LoRa Device for IoT-Enabled Smart-Home Applications
Semtech Releases LoRa Device for IoT-Enabled Smart-Home Applications
January 30, 2020 Rich Nass
Semtech is adding to its LoRa portfolio with the LoRa Smart Home, as LoRa is becoming a fast-growing low-power network. As the name implies, it's intended for smart-home applications that can take advantage of LoRa's low power and lower bandwidth. The Smart Home includes a transceiver that provides low power, broad coverage for indoor, and neighborhood area IoT devices connecting to sensors and actuators for safety, environmental, and convenience use cases.
First hearing about this, you may wonder what LoRa can do that WiFi or Bluetooth can't. But when you add in the long-range and low-power capabilities, it makes a lot of sense, especially to have LoRa co-exist with those other protocols. While you won't be sending video around the house over LoRa, there are some applications that could immediately benefit, like garage-door openers, smart door locks, and lighting. Such devices could come in with a lower bill of materials and a lower power specification compared to current offerings.
The new transceiver is intended for battery-powered sensors with multi-year operation. It features 600 nA of sleep current and 4.6 mA of active receive current consumption. With support for LoRa modulation for low power LAN use cases and (G)FSK modulation for legacy use cases, this device is compatible with existing LoRaWAN-based networks and supports proprietary protocols. Continuous frequency coverage from 150 to 960 MHz allows for support of all major sub-GHz ISM bands around the world.
Other features of Semtech's LoRa Smart Home, dubbed the LLCC68, include a sensitivity to up -126 dBm, +22 dBm of output power with a high-efficiency PA, and small size (4 by 4 mm). A dcv-to-dc converter and a low-drop-out regulator are integrated into the device.
For more information, please visit: https://www.semtech.com/lora/lora-applications/smart-homes-buildings
Richard Nass is the Executive Vice-President of OpenSystems Media. His key responsibilities include setting the direction for all aspects of OpenSystems Media's Embedded and IoT product portfolios, including web sites, e-newsletters, print and digital magazines, and various other digital and print activities. He was instrumental in developing the company's on-line educational portal, Embedded University. Previously, Nass was the Brand Director for UBM's award-winning Design News property. Prior to that, he led the content team for UBM Canon's Medical Devices Group, as well all custom properties and events in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Nass has been in the engineering OEM industry for more than 25 years. In prior stints, he led the Content Team at EE Times, handling the Embedded and Custom groups and the TechOnline DesignLine network of design engineering web sites. Nass holds a BSEE degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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New Clues to the Way We Metabolize Sugar
A gene that appeared sometime after humans began processing their food seems to protect some people from type 2 diabetes
By Sarah Davies on September 8, 2019
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It's well known among palaeontologists and nutrition experts that the human diet began to change after our distant ancestors transitioned from being pure hunter-gatherers to cooking their meat and, about 10,000 years ago, to cultivating crops. Unfortunately, our bodies had been evolving over millions of years to process food, and our metabolisms still haven't adjusted to our (relatively) new diet—one reason why the modern, high-sugar diets many of us now consume can trigger insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
But a gene variant that arose and started spreading sometime after 450,000 BP (before the present) could help us cope, according to a recent study led by investigators at University College London and published in the journal eLife.
After a meal and the higher levels of blood sugar in the blood that follow, insulin causes a pore to appear on the surface of fat and muscle tissue, technically known as a glucose transporter, which allows sugar molecules to pass from the blood into these tissues. We want this system to function well so that sugar can be removed efficiently from the blood. If something goes wrong with the process, and too much sugar is left circulating in the blood, it can lead to diabetes.
Humans rely on a protein called CHC22 to hold the glucose transporters inside muscle and fat away from the tissue surface, while we have low blood sugar during fasting. CHC22 is a form of clathrin (so called because of its clathrate, or latticelike, structure). Triskelion-shaped clathrins are part of a cell's internal machinery—they form a basket to carry proteins around in the cell, removing or adding pores like glucose transporters, or proteins that act as hormone detectors from the cell surface—so they are vital for the regulation of communication between cells and their environment. If clathrin pathways go wrong, the result can be cancer, nervous system defects, developmental defects or infectious diseases; some microbes can hijack clathrin pathways to enter cells.
In humans there are two clathrin types. The more common CHC17 form is found in all tissues and handles endocytosis—moving proteins inside the cell from the cell surface—while the CHC22 form is most highly expressed in muscle and fat and is not involved in endocytosis.
The original form of the gene that encoded CHC22, which first evolved around 450 million years ago, produced a clathrin that held the glucose transporter tightly inside muscle and fat. Somewhere between 450,000 and 12,500 years ago, however, a new variant of the gene appeared. What drove the evolution of the new variant? Its increased frequency in humans is linked with the introduction of farming and cooking and the accompanying shift to a diet more carbohydrate-rich than that of hunter-gatherer populations. This new form of the gene makes a version of CHC22 that is less effective at holding the glucose transporter in place inside tissue, so that it can make its way to the surface more easily to let in sugar molecules from the blood.
The original form of CHC22 had advantages for early humans: it helped to keep blood sugar higher during periods of fasting before we had easy access to carbohydrates. In turn, this contributed to human brain size increasing in size and complexity; more sugar circulating in the blood meant more energy for the brain to grow. But too much sugar circulating in the blood can be dangerous and even lead to type 2 diabetes. For modern humans, the new variant became more common because it is more compatible with the high carbohydrate diets we eat today, and there is still selective pressure on the gene encoding CHC22.
The new variant may make developing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes less likely, but not everyone has the newer version of the gene; based on the genomes of around 2,000 people from the 1000 Genomes project, around three quarters of the world's population may have the newer mutation, with one quarter having only this gene.
In mice, there is no CHC22, and they move their sugar transporters by a different mechanism, though mice produce, and can respond to, insulin. The gene encoding CHC22 originally evolved in our ancestors alongside backbones and complex nervous systems, and then it was lost in some animals, including mice, rats, sheep and cattle. CHC22 means a tighter regulation of blood sugar but the trade-off is an increased tendency to insulin resistance. Mice and rats are herbivores, and sheep and cattle are ruminants, so it makes sense that they have evolved pathways to deal with sugar that have better compatibility with their diets.
In animals that retained CHC22, there is still diet-specific adaptation within species. Bears do have CHC22, but there is variation in the protein among species. Polar bears, with very low carbohydrate diets, and brown bears, with a higher carbohydrate diet, have distinct CHC22 variants, suggesting that mutations that appear in the gene responsible for CHC22 are driven by nutritional need. Frances Brodsky, director of the Division of Biosciences at University College London, whose laboratory initiated this study, notes: "The fact that gene encoding CHC22 is lost in several species and variable in humans is an exciting example of evolution in action. And suggests that diet is a strong force in driving evolution."
Her group, which has studied clathrins for many years, found the mutability of CHC22 quite surprising since the more common CHC17 clathrin is highly invariant and is present in all so-called eukaryotic organisms from yeast to humans.
The way you handle blood sugar after a meal may well depend on which variant of CHC22 you produce; people with the newer version should have lower blood glucose levels. The investigators involved in this study predict that knowing which gene variant you have may help you understand your risk of developing conditions that lead to type 2 diabetes and encourage you to adjust your carbohydrate intake accordingly. Their current research is focusing on developing a test for the variation of the CHC22-encoding gene in individuals so that variation can be correlated with blood sugar levels.
Sarah Davies, PhD, is the strategic research and development manager in the Division of Biosciences at University College London.
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We Desperately Need a Merger between Education and Work
By Brandon Busteed on September 9, 2019


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Teresa Shirlen Freed
My wonderful wife, Teresa, was a teacher at Mount Hebron High School, in Ellicott City, MD, through the 2002 school year, starting her teaching career upon graduating from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, in 1994. She made a lot of friends and impacted hundreds of students over the years, just as she was impacted by them. She loved teaching, she love her students, and she loved the literature she helped the students experience as the 9th grade English teacher of gifted and talented (GT) freshman. She also taught a public speaking elective, and sponsored the speech and debate team.
She was a tough teacher, but, as the school year progressed, the students appreciated her style and passion for the books, novels, and Shakespearean plays she taught, realizing how much she cared. Her absolute favorite book was "To Kill A Mockingbird," by Harper Lee. Teresa also got to know her students. She wanted to create a bond with them in order to understand them, and creating an environment of trust within the classroom allowed them to be comfortable enough to share the best of themselves as they learned the rich curriculum she taught.
Many of her students were involved with the youth program at Grace Community Church. In fact, Teresa told me that she knew which students were in the program because of the way they behaved and carried themselves, and she even got to know the church's pastor and his wife, Mark and Lu Norman, because their children were students at Hebron, and she taught several of them. Mark has said that it gave them comfort to know there was a Christ-follower teaching their kids. At one point, her students who attended Grace attempted to play match-maker by setting her up with the, at that time, single youth pastor. But she never followed through with their requests to meet him.
I met Teresa on April 4, 1998, after being introduced to her by my cousin, Dan, who attended Montrose Baptist Church, the same church as Teresa and her family. We soon were dating regularly, and our relationship progressed quickly. The Class of '02 was witness to Teresa's stories of our dating escapades, as she shared with them the details of our storybook romance. We were engaged on February 13, 1999, to much hoopla from the kids in the classroom. I was not aware of just how much she shared with the students, and am amused to find out what they knew about me. We were married on July 24, 1999, in a wonderful, Christ-centered wedding in front of over 200 of our family and friends. It was one of the greatest days of my life.
The students continued to be regaled by Teresa telling stories about our life together, including when we added to our family with our Maltese pup, who Teresa named "Scout," after the little girl in "To Kill A Mockingbird," naturally. We moved to Howard County in August 2001, since we wanted to be closer to her place of employment, but also because we wanted our children to attend Howard County Schools, which, in our minds, are the finest in the country.
It was also at this time that the long-time principal at Mt. Hebron, Dr. Addie Kaufman, left the school to open brand-new Reservoir High School, in Fulton, MD, just down the street from our new home. Addie quickly talked Teresa into coming to Reservoir, making her one of the first hires of the new school, due to open in the Fall of 2002. While she had only ever taught at one school, and she hated to leave Hebron, she was excited by the opportunity to open a new school, especially since it was so close to where we lived. It was kept a secret for some time, but there was quite an outpouring of disappointment among the Hebron community that she was leaving. She finished up the school year in June 2002, and made the transition to Reservoir.
Fast forward to the Spring of 2003 and we found out that we were expecting. Teresa and I were excited and intimidated by the prospect of being parents. There's nothing to prepare you for it. But while we stayed excited, the reality of it all kept us grounded and we prepared for this incredible change to our lives.
At around this time, we began looking for a new church home. We wanted a church that was closer to our community, and after trying several different churches, Teresa recalled Grace Community Church. We visited in the Summer of 2003 and knew immediately that this was the church for us. Mark Norman's messages spoke to us, and while we already knew about the youth program, we quickly learned that the children's program was also pretty awesome.
Melody Grace was born in the Fall of 2003, several months into the new school year. And she did change our lives. She was so beautiful! And Teresa loved being a mom! Our little family now complete, we moved into a new phase of life. We also had some decisions to make. After much conversation and prayer, we decided that Teresa would take off for the rest of the school year. This allowed for Teresa to spend every day with Melody, and we didn't have to consider finding daycare, at least not yet.
April 19, 2004, was a beautiful day. We grilled burgers and corn on the cob, and had a nice dinner, then we decided to go out for a ride. It was too nice to stay home and inside. We drove out to Clarksville with little 5 month old Melody and Faithful Pup Scout, and got some ice cream. Then we drove up to Reservoir High School to see if maybe there was a game being played that we could watch. Teresa saw that Addie Kaufman's car was in the parking lot, and we decided to go over to the window of her office. I was carrying Melody, and Teresa had Scout on her leash. I stayed out on the sidewalk, while Teresa knocked on Addie's window. Then she suddenly collapsed on the ground. I had no idea what happened, and ran over to her. I watched her eyes glaze over and close, and her lips fluttered as the air expelled from her mouth. I knew something was terribly wrong.
Addie opened the window and I asked her to call 911. She did, and she also made an announcement for anyone who knew CPR to please come to the front of the school While we had taken an infant CPR class, I wasn't able to process what to do, so I was relieved to see a woman show up who did (she turned out to be a registered nurse). Addie came out and took Melody, who was crying loudly, so I could devote my attention to Teresa.
The paramedics soon arrived and they took over. The police questioned me well away from Teresa. It took the longest time, but they finally loaded Teresa onto an ambulance. I wanted to ride with them, but they wouldn't let me, and instead I was led to a police car for the ride to Howard County General Hospital. I didn't know it at the time, but because I was the only witness to what happened, I was being considered a suspect. Addie said she would take care of Melody, and one of the school custodians took care of Scout. Then we headed for the hospital.
I called Teresa's parents, Jim and Lynda, but couldn't reach them. I called my parents, and couldn't reach them, either. They finally called me back and I told them what happened. The Shirlens called back and I told them what happened. Everyone was en route to the hospital, but I knew it would be 30 minutes for them to get there. I asked the police officer if he was a Christian. He said he was Catholic. I asked him to please pray.
Once at the hospital, I started to rush towards the ambulance bay, but the police officer led me instead into the main Emergency entrance, where I had to wait until cleared to go into the ER. But instead of being allowed to be near her, I was led to a little room with a small table and several chairs. There was a Bible on the table. I thought to myself that this was a room where they give you bad news.
I prayed. It was all I could think to do. I asked God to please bless Teresa, to be with me, to be with little Melody... I still believed that she would be okay. I didn't want to think of the alternative. It seemed like a long time, but, finally, a man with a lab coat came in, along with a well-dressed woman carrying a clipboard. They joined me at the table and told me that they did everything they could, but there was nothing that could be done. Teresa had died. I was devastated. It was just a nightmare. (Days later, we got the coroner's report saying that Teresa died of a massive heart attack. She had Mitral Valve Prolapse complicated by an enlarged heart. She was gone by the time she hit the ground after collapsing.)
Later that week, at the funeral home, we were met by so many current and former students from both Mount Hebron and Reservoir High Schools. It was an incredible turn out. And they told so many stories about their teacher. There was so much sadness over the whole thing, but we found comfort in sharing those stories. It was about the best thing for me, given the circumstances.
In the days to follow, I fell into a deep depression. I'm so thankful for so many who helped us through that terrible time, from my parents and in-laws, so many friends, Pastor Mark and Grace Community, Reverend George Aist, my colleagues at work, teachers and staff at both schools...there was no shortage of prayers and support.
And then there were the students. I was told that both schools wanted to start scholarships in Teresa's name. In addition, Reservoir collected money for a college fund for Melody. Such wonderful gestures, I was and still am amazed by the generosity of so many people impacted by our loss. Mount Hebron had an essay contest in order to give out a one-time scholarship award to a Class of 2005 student, from the last class Teresa taught at Hebron. Reservoir had a self-sustaining annual scholarship in Teresa's name, and allowed the family and several students and staff to establish the criteria for the award. In addition, a memorial garden was set up in the front of the school, with a plaque on the outside wall of the school with names of community members who have passed on. Teresa's name is the first one listed. And to this day, the garden is a wonderful sanctuary to her memory.
Fast forward again to several weeks ago. Daughter Melody, now 13 years old, is involved in that same youth program at Grace Community Church that had impressed us all those years ago. Melody listened to one of the youth counselors, Greg Murach, share that he was a teacher at Mount Hebron High School. Melody, who is not nearly as out-going as her extroverted mother, approached Greg to tell him that her mother also taught at Hebron. He asked her name, and Melody clarified that he was probably too young to remember her, but when she said Teresa Shirlen Freed, she told me that Greg just stared at her for the longest time. Of course he knew her. He was one of her students! After the service, I went over to the Warehouse and met Greg, and we shared several stories over the next hour. It was so cool to hear him talk about Teresa, and I think we were both astounded over this coincidence. Even more, we realized just how much God had a hand in what was happening, and how much Teresa had played a role in us meeting at that moment....
Teresa had taught at Mount Hebron High School, impacting and being impacted by students, particularly those who were in the youth program at Grace Community Church, including a young Greg Murach. Teresa and I later meet, get married, and begin attending Grace because of the wonderful experiences Teresa had with the students there. Melody is born, and once old enough, begins attending that very same youth program, where she meets Greg, who is not only a youth counselor, but a teacher at Mount Hebron. And the circle is completed. God is so good!
Yesterday, I received an email from Greg asking if I would be at Grace last night, that he had a gift for me. He approached me during the service and handed me a large photo album. He warned me not to look at it until later, because he was emotional after looking through it. The album contained so many letters written by Hebron students addressed to Melody, telling her about what her mother, their teacher, meant to them. Most were written only days after Teresa's homegoing. They were compiled and being held by one of Teresa's colleagues from back in the day, and it was only because Melody approached Greg that they were brought to light. What an amazing, precious gift!
It was like opening a time capsule. Melody and I spent the whole evening laughing, crying, and discussing so many of the little stories captured by the students. I don't have the words to describe how appreciative I am for this incredible gift.
Teresa was an amazing person. I loved her so much, and I miss her every day. She was an amazing teacher, friend, daughter, mother, wife, and companion. I look forward to our grand reunion some day, but I'm thankful for the gift of eternal life that can only be found in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know Teresa is in the arms of God, and that helps me get through each day, just as my wonderful, beautiful daughter, Melody, reminds me of just how precious life is.
Have a wonderful evening, everyone!
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By acknowledging local decay and phase evolution, single-shot parameter assessment by retrieval from signal encoding (SS-PARSE) models each datum as a sample from (k, t)-space rather than k-space. This more accurate model promises better performance at a price of more complicated reconstruction computations. Normally, conjugate-gradients is used to simultaneously estimate local image magnitude, decay, and frequency. Each iteration of the conjugate-gradients algorithm requires several evaluations of the image synthesis function and one evaluation of gradients. Because of local decay and frequency and the non-Cartesian trajectory, fast algorithms based on FFT cannot be effectively used to accelerate the evaluation of the image synthesis function and gradients. This paper presents a fast algorithm to compute the image synthesis function and gradients by linear combinations of FFTs. By polynomial approximation of the exponential time function with local decay and frequency as parameters, the image synthesis function and gradients become linear combinations of non- Cartesian Fourier transforms. In order to use the FFT, one can interpolate non-Cartesian trajectories. The quality of images reconstructed by the fast approach presented in this paper is the same as that of the normal conjugate-gradient method with significantly reduced computation time.


Walls loved licensing fictional characters to sell their ice cream in the 1970s (but then again, so did Lyons Maid, who used the Six Million Dollar Man for one of their confections. In the mid 1970s Walls used Doctor Who as its inspiration for a new iced lolly. There were other examples of the BBCs Doctor Who being used to advertise products, like the John Pertwee iteration of the Doctor on chocolate bars, and the thrill of collecting Tom Baker-era Doctor Who cards in packets of Weetabix, but this particular licence from Walls, featuring the classic Who villains the Daleks, is a little bit special. Why? Because the artist behind the illustrations is the renowned Frank Bellamy, a British artist from Northamptonshire who produced outstanding work for Eagle and TV21.
The lolly itself was a chocolate and mint creation, and as chocolate and mint go together very well, it was a good choice. What is a real treat is the detail that went along with the lolly – for more information, I would like to refer you to the following links (see below), as they are excellent resources (especially the Frank Bellamy links).
What a great name for an ice cream. You just cannot imagine anyone daring to call a lolly a 'death ray' anymore. Or have it illustrated by a leading comic artist!


PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — An iconic symbol of the mining tradition and the history of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville marks its 75th anniversary this year. The world's largest "M," located on the Platte Mound four miles northeast of the city of Platteville, has served to help identify the university throughout the years.
At a December 1924 meeting of the Engineering Club, members voted to place an "M" on the mound. A committee of five students was formed to investigate the project. That investigation did not take place and there was no mention of an "M" until 1936.
"Shortly before sundown we walked back to Platteville and were happy to note that the 'M' could be discerned at a distance," said Knoerr in the book.
The weather was particularly cold and the image of the "M" was frozen in the hillside. "This freeze contributed to the life of the snow 'M' and to its visibility, because a noticeable amount of dust or other material accumulated in the frozen pathway to make it more visible," recalled Knoerr.
The following spring, a classmate of Knoerr suggested they construct a stone "M." Another student suggested they make it the largest "M" in the country, even larger than the Colorado School of Mines' "M," which was 200 feet high.
The school obtained permission from landowner William Snow to construct the "M," which is 241 feet high and 214 feet wide.
The "M" was completed in the fall of 1937.
Throughout the years, the "M" has been cemented, limed and whitewashed.
The outline of the "M" is lit once each year in the fall and for special occasions, using coffee cans containing kerosene. Wicks made from sound-deadening board are lit inside more than 200 cans.
The "M" was first lit Oct. 16, 1937 as part of Homecoming festivities. The torch traveled 4.6 miles, in an Olympic-style relay between students from the university to the "M." After being lit, the "M" is visible from parts of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The original "M" design was based on the monogram of the Wisconsin Mining School in 1936.
The "M" garnered national fame in the May 23, 1949 edition of Life magazine. The multi-page spread highlighted the lighting of the "M" and compared it to others throughout the country.
MTV featured the "M" in November 1987 as 650 students gathered to complete the music television's logo on the mound.
Following the Snow's death, the 90 acres became the property of L.R. Clausen. He later donated the property to the Wisconsin State College and Institute of Technology. The Platteville Mining School became the Wisconsin Institute of Technology in 1939 and later merged with the Platteville State Teachers College in 1959 to become the Wisconsin State College and Institute of Technology at Platteville. In 1971, the name changed to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
The land remains under the ownership of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and the property was later named Clausen Park.
The Platteville Mound is one mile long and approximately one-half mile wide, 150 feet high and 450 feet above the city at the summit of the hill. The "M" was built on the south side of the hill at a 45-degree gradient.
The "M" is maintained by VECTOR, a student organization on campus consisting of representatives of organizations within the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Sciences. Maintenance includes whitewashing the "M" with lye at least once a year.


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In 2018, the YMCA announced it would be pausing to review the future of the YMCA Swimathon. After seven years and raising over $1.4 million, we felt it was time to take stock and ensure it was meeting our organisational objectives.
In December 2019 we announce that the YMCA Swimathon will no longer continue.The past two years at the YMCA have seen significant change, and with change often comes difficult decisions.
This was far from an easy decision. We are forever grateful for what all our fundraisers, participants and donors have done for people in need in your community. Your efforts helped fund our Swimability program in NSW, Deaf and Hard of Hearing lessons in Victoria, and all-inclusive lessons for children in the Northern Territory. That isn't even mentioning the hundreds of hours of training, free lessons, inclusive programs and accessible equipment that thanks to you, we could provide all over the country.
For more information about what the YMCA is up to, you can follow the YMCA Australia Facebook page.
We'd like to send our thanks and appreciation to everyone who ever participated, fundraised, donated, worked behind the scenes, supported and advocated for the YMCA Swimathon. Your outstanding efforts made, and continue to make, outstanding things happen.