1. We long for security. Feeling secure is the major key to self-confidence. Security is the key to stability. Employers want men and women that are secure. It is difficult to live with the insecurities of the changes of life.
A. Insecure people have difficulty functioning in a normal world. The word "security" comes from the Latin se-, meaning without, and cura, which is care. To be secure is to be able to live without care, without worry, and without fear.
B. Many looking in the wrong place for security.
1. We think that we are secure if we have the right kinds of insurance policies, if we are more-or-less paid-up on our houses, and if we have secure jobs. Jesus' concept is different.
"In my view, there is no safe place in life--and my stories reflect that. The only safety and peace of mind that is discoverable on earth comes from a firm belief in an afterlife, so it's no surprise that so many people hold to such beliefs." He went on to comment, "I do know that the only people who seem to me to feel safe are people with belief."
A minister in Virginia phoned in his Sunday morning sermon title to the religion editor of the local newspaper. He said, "The topic for my message is, 'The Lord is My Shepherd.'" "Is that all?" asked the editor. Trying to make a spiritual point, the pastor replied, "That's enough!" On Saturday, when the paper was delivered to the preacher's door, he immediately opened it to the section containing the church notices. His topic for the sermon read: "The Lord is My Shepherd--That's Enough!" The editor had made a mistake, but it turned out to be very appropriate.
C. H. Spurgeon once said, "I have all things and abound; not because I have a good store of money in the bank, not because I have a good skill and wit with which to win my bread, but because' The Lord is my shepherd.'"
A. Being chosen is a very special thing. Small boy in high school being the last to be picked for a baseball team. Picked as a last choice.
1. Unflattering picture of yourself. "I don't like it, it's not me." It's you from a view point you don't care for.
2. A group of natives had a photograph taken, they had never seen a photograph of themselves, each native could recognize the others but none could recognize himself.
B. We usually evaluate things from our viewpoint -- makes it hard to see another's point of view. We usually need a different vantage point.
C. When you see God properly your whole perspective about yourself changes. We have a problem seeing ourselves as God sees us. We must feel secure with God before we can see things from his view point and reexamine our lives and missions.
D. We are chosen by God.
1. Top of the line spiritual blessing -- love and mercy -- picked out.
2. Not a theological riddle, it is a tribute to God's graciousness.
E. God has chosen us, doesn't just tolerate us, or half-heartedly let us hang around the edge of the group.
1.God has accepted each of us.
2. Not merely on the outer limits of fellowship with God -- not on outskirts of his kingdom. We no longer have a need to stand before god attempting to justify our lives.
3. Didn't chose us as opposed to people down the street. Chose to save everyone through the message of the cross.
4. Choice not because of our goodness -- desirability or our wonderful personalities.
Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
5. Adopted Sons -- not foster children. Gives an assurance of our value & his love.
6. God has atoned for our sins. We are chosen not through any merit of my own. It was God's choice.
What the Father does is change the balance of the scale of life. On one side of the scale are all the memories of hurt or rejection or failure or the pressures or difficulties of life. They weigh down our self-image until the scale tips to one side. Then the Father comes to us and begins loading the scale with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Suddenly, we see the scale not only balanced but tipped over completely on the side of the Father. And we know we are loved.
If the lame would suddenly walk and the blind see, it would be no greater miracle than when each of us has the deep, inner security of being blessed by God.
II. Chosen For A Purpose.
A. We are blessed because the Father has chosen to choose us. He has predestined us. The word "predestination" has had a lot of bad press through the centuries. We need to clean up some of these serious misunderstandings.
1. Predestination is not fatalism. The word does not mean that some impersonal force controls our lives. It does not mean that God has chosen some people to be saved and others to be damned.
2. Predestination is the conviction that God is sovereign and that salvation is His gift. We belong to God by His choice of us; He has chosen to be our God.
3. But predestination carries with it the idea that we must choose to be a part of God's predetermined will.
"The elect are the whosoever will and the non-elect are the whosoever won't"
1. Chosen us to know his will.
"To know God in trustful obedience is not only to know the truth, but through God's self-communication to be in it, in the truth that as love is at the same time fellowship." Brunner pointed out that God's revelation to humans is not primarily a doctrine but an act. To use another of his favorite phrases, revelation is a "personal correspondence" between God and humanity. "God does not reveal this and that--he reveals Himself by communicating Himself."
The young man had just graduated from college and went to work at his father's store. The first day his father asked him to sweep the floor.
"But, Dad," the son protested, "I'm a college graduate."
Replied the father, "I'm sorry, son. I forgot. But don't worry, I'll show you how to do it."
3. Chosen for a new creation.
4. Chosen to do his work on earth.
The testimony meeting at church had gotten a little out of hand. One man stood and said, "I've been smoking three packages of cigarettes a day, and I'm going to quit."
"I've been drinking two cans of beer a day, and I'm going to quit," echoed another man.
"I've been cursing an awful lot, and I'm going to quit," confessed another parishioner.
Caught up in the excitement of the moment, a little old lady stood up and said, "I haven't been doing anything and I'm going to quit."
5. Chosen to be priest.
An article in a 1978 Northliner magazine, distributed by North Central Airlines, reported that a number of religious conventions were held a Midwestern city that summer, and the local citizens couldn't have been happier. Sgt. Hayden Kirk, a police traffic supervisor tells why. He said that he was impressed by a woman who, after getting out of her car, noticed that a facial tissue has fallen out. "She went back over and picked it up," Kirk commented. "Now when's the last time you saw that?" He also said the trash collectors found that conventioneers had stacked refuse in neat piles next to containers when they became filled. And parking lot attendants didn't have to argue with delegates when they were asked to put their cars in certain spaces. Recalling how some other conventions turned into shouting matches because the visitors were unruly and demanding, Kirk summed it up, "But these folks were terrific!" Such testimony is consistent with changed and challenged lives. In these closing years of the 1980s we rarely see such changes.


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Q: PATH variable different when cmd was run through the context menu I just spent the last hour on trying to find out why the hell my PATH variable wasn't updating for my cmd.exe.
Now I figured out that it kind of did update, but only for certain conditions...
I updated it via Win+Break -> Change Settings -> Advanced -> Environment Variables...
Now when I open a new commandline via Win+R -> cmd -> Enter the PATH variable shows whatever I set it to.
But when I open a new commandline via Shift+Rightclick into folder -> Open command window here, the PATH variable shows outdated content.

My question: Why is this happening, what can I do about it?

A: As pointed out by Hans Passant, the problem was that running cmd via the explorer's context menu spawns cmd as a child process to the explorer causing it to inherit the environment variables from explorer.exe instead of acquiring them itself. And since a process usually only loads the environment variables once in the beginning and doesn't listen for changes, the explorer inherited outdated variables to the cmd instance.
So the solution would be to simply restart explorer.exe.

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Commission Hears that Reproductive Health Is Essential for Poverty Eradication
The United Nations Commission on Population and Development concluded its thirty-fifth session in New York on 5 April by adopting, without a vote, a resolution requesting the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to continue its programming on reproductive rights and reproductive health. The resolution also asked the Population Division of the Department of Economic Social Affairs to continue its research on population issues.
The Commission urged the two bodies to continue to work in close collaboration with each other and with all other relevant funds, programmes and agencies of the United Nations system.
In statements before the Commission, Members States reaffirmed their continued confidence and support for the UNFPA and its staff.
The Representatives of Italy, Philippines, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, France and Portugal, in separate statements, deplored the continued and unwarranted allegations against the UNFPA by ideological opponents of the Fund, who accuse it of involvement coercive practices.
Gerry Ash, the Representative of the United Kingdom, said that his country strongly supports the work of the UNFPA and deplored allegations that the organization supports forced abortions.
Brunella Borzi Cornacchia of Italy restated her country's support for the UNFPA and announced that Italy had steadily increased its contributions to the Fund, while Mr. Brunborg of Norway described the work of the UNFPA as valuable.
Members States also welcomed the UNFPA's effort to help countries achieve greater well-being. The representatives of India, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Philippines and South Africa, among others, praised the Fund for providing technical and financial support which makes possible the implementation of programmes, including those aimed at adolescents and youths.
Speakers also stressed the importance of effective implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994. The representative of Spain, Juan Maria Lopez-Aguilar, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said that reproductive and sexual health are crucial to any strategy for the eradication of poverty and for achieving other development goals of the United Nations' 1999 Millennium Declaration.
Charlotte Hohn, the representative of Germany, said it has become obvious that the sustainability of all development programmes will depend heavily on how the Cairo Programme of Action continues to be implemented. "Only when men and women are able to exert their right to protection against unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS, will they be in the position to use their own potential and have a role in promoting sustainable development."
Olga Sharapova of the Russian Federation said that the decisions of the ICPD have been a significant impetus for her country to shape its general policy in the reproductive health sphere. Because of measures it has taken to implement the Cairo programme, the Russian Federation has cut the number of abortions by 50 per cent in the past few years.
The United States is committed to providing assistance to achieve the three principal goals adopted in the ICPD Programme of Action, including making reproductive health care accessible to all individuals of appropriate ages through the primary health care system; reducing maternal mortality; and ensuring universal access to primary education, said Sichan Siv, the country's representative.
The 35th session of the Commission on Population and Development had as its theme reproductive rights and reproductive health, with special reference to HIV/AIDS. The Executive Director of the UNFPA, Thoraya Obaid, addressed the session during its opening on 1 April.
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In race to save women's lives, solutions are within reach, says UNFPA head
NEW YORK, United States - There are fewer than 500 days left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and too little progress has been made towards reducing maternal and child deaths. Yet simple, proven interventions can make these goals attainable, said Dr.
Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2013
Globally, there were an estimated 289,000 maternal deaths in 2013, a decline of 45 per cent from 1990.
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UNFPA Annual Report 2013
This annual report summarizes the 2013 programmes, objectives and initiatives achieved, both globally and regionally, in 2013.

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And she's like, "Can you undo my bra strap?"
I try to play it cool, in my head I'm like, "Aw yeah!"
Then she's like "I'm tired" and I'm like "Aw, man"
I whisper in her ear, "Are you awake?"
Kissed her on her neck, said "Good night. You my babe."
I've seen your Netflix queues, you're busted!
Can I even trust you, do you even know what love is?!
See I'm a man, but every now and then in bed I know when to say: "Alright, it's my turn to be the small spoon."
Feel those little prickly hairs that you missed shaving your legs and say, "Good night my love, it's been one hell of a day."
And you reply, "I'm sleeping."


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Palombaro is een gemeente in de Italiaanse provincie Chieti (regio Abruzzen) en telt 1146 inwoners (31-12-2004). De oppervlakte bedraagt 17,9 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 67 inwoners per km². Het plaatsje ligt pal ten oosten van het Majella bergmassief. Er lopen wandelpaden naar de hoogste toppen.

Demografie
Palombaro telt ongeveer 525 huishoudens. Het aantal inwoners daalde in de periode 1991-2001 met 4,5% volgens cijfers uit de tienjaarlijkse volkstellingen van ISTAT.

Geografie
Palombaro grenst aan de volgende gemeenten: Casoli, Civitella Messer Raimondo, Fara San Martino, Guardiagrele, Pennapiedimonte.

Gemeente in Chieti

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Kamloops, BC is renowned for its community investment in food security – home to Canada's oldest grassroots food policy council, it also has well-established municipal support for food security programs. Since its formation in 1995, the Kamloops Food Policy Council (KFPC) has collectively made decisions about the initiatives it values, including informal conversations over potlucks, strategic planning and participation in formal community consultation processes. These ongoing processes of deliberation reflect what Bruno Latour describes as the "passionate interests" of actors: intense attachments between members assembled around matters of concern that result in a reconceptualization of "value" as impromptu, mobile, and intransitive. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research conducted with the KFPC since 2017, I situate the network's decision-making and valuation practices in the broader historical context of agricultural disinvestment in the Kamloops region. As long-term economic and regulatory trends have eroded production and diversity in the sector, the priorities and interests of KFPC have grown more expansive despite the constraints that limit the possibilities of their work. I argue that, as members of the Kamloops food system network assemble around their urgent matters of concern, other "things" function as decision makers alongside them: past and current agricultural infrastructure, consultative planning documents, and indeed, the land itself. Though the network often takes up initiatives that fundamentally don't compute (in terms of dollars or calories), they erode reliance on dispassionate calculation and render alternative processes of valuation transparent.
Lindsay Harris is a community-based researcher living, eating and gardening with her daughter and partner in Kamloops, BC. Her research interests are focused on grassroots decision-making, food security and rural development in the BC Interior.


The first in a series of performative workshops to re-imagine the iconic Suffrage play A Pageant for Great Women, will commence on the 9th February 2019. A new project by Post Workers Theatre, Tomorrow's Great Pageant will be re-written for a 21st-century non-binary context.
Join us at The Place Bedford to co-author a new script that comments on gender and freedom today. Participants will work with forum theatre techniques, performers and contemporary forms of media, to collectively develop a new cast and agenda for the roles of 'Justice', 'Woman' and 'Prejudice'. A reading of the original script will be followed by discussions and collective brainstorming, working with actors, activists and designers to creatively engage with hopes, fears and ideas of alternative narratives.
As part of The Place Bedford's LGBTQ+ season in February 2019, this is a project by Post Workers Theatre in collaboration with The Place Bedford and Bedford Creative Arts.
If you would like to get involved, please contact postworkerstheatre@gmail.com.


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THE SPACE ON MAIN RECEIVES $25,000 CHALLENGE GRANT FROM THE JACK & DOROTHY BYRNE FOUNDATION
The Space On Main is pleased to announce it has received a $25,000 challenge grant from the Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation. The opening of The Space On Main will not be possible without the support of amazing organizations and individuals such as Dorothy Byrne and The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation.
The Space On Main is currently working to complete the rehabilitation and conversion of a much-loved historic building on Main Street in Bradford, Vermont that once held a "five and dime" store into a modern multipurpose community facility providing rooms of varying sizes and purposes designed to host coworking (office sharing), community networking events, hands-on Maker projects, conferences, meetings, training programs, social events, as well as educational classes for all demographics. Monique Priestley, President & Founder of The Space On Main said: "I started my research for what would soon be known as The Space by visiting with community members in local coffee shops, restaurants, workshops, and at their dining tables. People move here to get away from the city, for work, for a spouse's work, or to help family. They are nervous about living here. They are struggling with slow internet speeds, a lack of networking opportunities, and a feeling of being disconnected. The Space will address these needs, fill our Main Street gap, and weave a network of partnerships throughout the region. The opening of The Space would not have been possible without Dorothy Byrne's incredible support."
With a check for $5,000, Dorothy Byrne, President of the Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, wrote: "I am pleased to offer a modest contribution at this time and will offer a matching pledge of twenty thousand dollars, payable whenever you secure the funds. I can appreciate the need for such a facility. This is a need that exists in many New England towns. Congratulations on your efforts. I hope the community responds." And the community responded in incredible ways.
About The Space On Main (thespaceonmain.org)
The Space On Main is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and relies upon the generous support of individuals, philanthropic organizations, and businesses such as Vermont Community Foundation to provide their services. It is the mission of The Space on Main to foster entrepreneurship, innovation, the arts, education, health, and recreation in order to increase opportunity for personal and collective growth in the Cohase Region of Vermont and New Hampshire by providing a creative facility with access to affordable equipment, work spaces, and classes. It is The Space On Main's goal to ensure prosperity of our community by leveraging talent in the region by creating pathways to outside individuals, services, and technologies.
For more information, please contact The Space On Main at (802) 449-MAIN (6246) or on the web at thespaceonmain.org.
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OSU-Michigan 2003: Wolverines capture 100th game in rivalry vs. Buckeyes, 35-21
Updated Jan 12, 2019; Posted Apr 10, 2012
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Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards breaks the tackle of Ohio State free safety Nate Salley and heads toward the end zone for a second-quarter Wolverines touchdown on Nov. 22, 2003. With the extra point, it gave the Wolverines a 14-0 lead at the time. Michigan defeated Ohio State 35-21.
(Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer)
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 22, 2003 — The threat of its grandest escape ever flickered like a candle's flame, sometimes all but extinguished, only to grow bold and bright again.
Ohio State wouldn't die, wouldn't wave goodbye to both its Big Ten championship hopes and a return trip to the national championship game until Chris Perry's touchdown run with 7:55 left yesterday at Michigan Stadium.
Ultimately, though, No. 4 OSU's 35-21 loss to the fifth-ranked Wolverines loomed much earlier.
The scent of defeat was evident for the Buckeyes almost before the NCAA-record crowd of 112,118 settled into its seats for the 100th renewal of the border rivalry.
On Michigan's first snap, quarterback John Navarre's pass went off the fingertips of tight end Tim Massaquoi at the Wolverines 30. The ball hung invitingly for cornerback Dustin Fox in a made-to-order scenario for the fourth-ranked Buckeyes.
A Navarre turnover early, a short-field opportunity to score and the chance to get the Wolverines thinking about a third straight loss in the series fluttered toward Fox for the taking.
"The ball just nose-dived at the last minute and I couldn't get there," Fox said. "I don't know what happened."
Similar bewilderment would intrude again and again on an afternoon when the Buckeyes' indefatigable spirit and legendary good fortune deserted them.
OSU (10-2 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) therefore won't play for the national title and could fall out of the Bowl Championship Series rotation into the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
The Buckeyes' exact bowl fate won't be known for weeks, but what became clear at the Big House was Michigan's immunity to OSU's comeback magic.
"Things didn't go our way early, but we kept fighting and got right back in it," sophomore safety Nate Salley said. "I'm thinking, 'OK, here we go again.' But things just didn't work out for us this time."
Having rallied from the brink of defeat so often, having won half its games by seven points or less in a 24-of-25 thrill ride the past two seasons, OSU stood poised for an escape even Houdini couldn't have authored.
Using two Santonio Holmes' touchdown receptions and a short Lydell Ross dash after another Holmes catch-and-run, the Buckeyes were within 28-21 at 13:17 of the fourth quarter when Chris Gamble's interception set them up at their own 37.
"I felt good about our guys being able to get the job done," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "But there are those moments where you have to make a play that makes the difference, and we just didn't do it."
Backup quarterback Scott McMullen — who entered in the third quarter when starter Craig Krenzel was injured — threw incomplete on first down, a second-down run gained just a yard and a third-down sack forced a punt.
The moment had passed.
Perry had already shredded an OSU run defense rated No. 1 nationally for more than 100 of his 154 yards. Navarre had thrown two touchdown passes to Braylon Edwards and lobbed a third for an 87-yard TD that was called back by penalty.
Even so, the Buckeyes stayed alive despite an offense that managed three first downs in the time it took Michigan to score three touchdowns.
Quarterback Craig Krenzel missed a wide-open Michael Jenkins on what could have been a 73-yard TD with the Buckeyes down, 7-0.
Michigan promptly scored on Edwards' 64-yard catch, then smothered Krenzel for lost yardage at midfield on a third-and-1 run. Again, the Wolverines drove the distance, using Edwards' 23-yard grab to fatten their lead.
Suddenly, with 5:49 left in the first half, a team that had not trailed by more than 10 points in two seasons was facing a 21-0 deficit.
Even when things finally started to turn for the Buckeyes, they just as quickly turned sour. Krenzel's touchdown passes of 8 and 14 yards drew OSU within 28-14 late in the third quarter, but he was slammed to the turf on the next series and suffered a slight left-shoulder separation.
McMullen relieved, however, and drove OSU 93 yards to another TD on his first full series.
Gamble's interception came two snaps later, putting another jolt in an already electric rally. The next came on OSU's fourth-down punt by B.J. Sander. Michigan's Steve Breaston was under the 52-yard kick at his 12, squinting and circling as if the football was falling through gremlins with OSU loyalties.
Breaston fumbled as OSU's Tyler Everett converged, but Leon Hall made the saving recovery for the Wolverines. Still, all OSU needed was another stand by its defense, which had allowed only one first down on four straight possessions.
Perry, though, would not have it.
Last year at Ohio Stadium, with the field swarmed by OSU fans celebrating a 14-9 win over the Wolverines, Perry had remained on the field so long afterward that Michigan dispatched an assistant coach to retrieve him.
Perry explained those actions as wanting to soak up the celebration to stockpile frustration he would expend on the Buckeyes. And so, Perry started this Michigan drive with a 15-yard reception and a 13-yard run that helped the Wolverines complete their third scoring drive of 80 yards or more.
It ended with Perry's 15-yard sprint, on which he broke Will Allen's tackle at the line and veered into the clear along the left sideline.
That clinched Michigan's first Rose Bowl berth in six seasons. It also left Perry awash in admirers afterward, a rose in his teeth and a smile on his face as the swarm storming the field jostled him left and right.
"I think our fans," Perry said, "were rougher than Ohio State's defense."
- Story by Bruce Hooley, The Plain Dealer


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Offset Shooting: Migos Rapper Possible Target In Drive-By Shooting At Studio
by S. Leslie May 9, 2019
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Offset was a possible target in a drive-by shooting incident at a studio in Atlanta.
The last few weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster for Migos rapper Offset. Just when he managed to work things out with his wife Cardi B, all kinds of other things started falling out of place. Last week, an arrest warrant was reportedly out for his arrest after he snatched a phone from a fan recording him at a Target store. TMZ is now reporting that he was the possible target in a drive-by shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday night.
The rapper and other members of his entourage were at a studio last night where he was recording new music. In the middle of his studio session, someone started firing shots at the studio striking the exterior with bullets and damaging several cars in the process. An eyewitness says that shots began ringing out shortly after Offset took a break from recording and went outside for some fresh air.
The rapper was not hurt, and sources say he has yet to make contact with police officers. Additional reporting suggests that one man was shot in his leg and taken to a hospital. Surveillance camera also captured a car pulling up outside the studio and started firing shots before peeling off.
Offset has remained silent on the reports, but cops are actively investigating the shooting. It's unclear if he plans to cooperate with the investigation. Cardi B was not at the studio with Offset.
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Wednesday was the fifth anniversary of Laura's passing. Five years. And yet she is still as present to me as ever. On Monday, her dive buddy Jo and I had dinner together and reminisced about her – her charm, her quirks, her struggles, her kindness and her compassion. There is something magical about talking fondly about the departed. It is like rubbing their genie lamp. It seems to summon their presence. And as we left the restaurant one of Laura's favorite r&b songs was playing loudly.
Surely no coincidence that she chose something warm and homely – a comforter no less – to focus her attentions on. But when Jo finished she felt a strong pain in her knee. It was so bad, she went to see her doctor. An X ray revealed that she had a large sewing needle embedded in her leg. She had evidently sat on the needle, but not felt it. 'I was in a grief coma,' she says.
This grief-induced anesthesia can last for months. Until we can put one foot in front of the other and go on. My sister said recently: 'You seemed so flat in the autumn. I was worried about you.' I think there were times in the fall I wasn't sure I wanted to go on. There was an emptiness, a lack of desire to summon life through me. My energy shifted around christmas-time. Almost 9 months after mum's death. I remember 9 months being a turning point after Laura died too. So at the end of 2018, back in England, surrounded by the love of family and surrounded by all mum's things and her beautiful energy, the tide turned. And now, I feel more present, more joyful – wanting, desiring, enjoying, being. And I have faith that all will be well. Even if I can't always see how.
An ending sentence full of hope and so lovely.


This year has been a busy one for natural disasters. Around the United States, bad weather and bad luck have caused billions of dollars in damage. As a homeowner, you probably hear about these events and wonder: would my homeowners insurance cover me for that?
Let's look at some recent disasters and break down what your home insurance would likely cover.
Hurricanes Florence and Michael battered the eastern United States in late summer, and Hurricane Willa made landfall in October, bringing heavy rain to parts of Texas and Mexico. This makes two consecutive years of seriously damaging hurricanes, and climate scientists agree that this is our new normal.
So how can you expect your homeowners insurance to behave if you're caught in the path of a hurricane?
Wind damage from hurricanes is typically covered. We tend to think of hurricanes in terms of water, but they're also known for high winds. If those winds damage your property (e.g., by ripping off roof shingles), your home insurance will likely pay for necessary repairs.
Flood damage is not covered. Homeowners insurance doesn't offer coverage for water that comes in from outside your home. For that, you'll need a separate flood insurance policy.
Just as important as having the right policies, though, is making sure your property is ready to withstand extreme weather. Check out our tips on prepping your home for hurricanes.
In September, several homes in Massachusetts caught fire (and a few residents died) when their gas lines exploded because pressure in the pipelines was 12 times higher than it was supposed to be.
Fire damage is typically covered. Fires are a covered peril in nearly every homeowners insurance policy, so homeowners can likely make a claim to repair any damage caused by fires the explosions sparked.
Loss of use is usually covered. In cases where a home becomes uninhabitable because of a covered peril, homeowners insurance can typically pay for the residents to live somewhere else until their home is livable again. In the case of the gas explosions, thousands of residents had their gas turned off while the gas company made repairs – meaning no heat, hot water, or cooking gas. Most residents have reportedly opted to live elsewhere, especially as the winter approaches.
In this situation, the gas company is apparently paying for some of these costs (including, in some cases, temporary housing). Regardless of the details of the incident, though, an insurance provider may attempt to recover some expenses from a responsible party (like the gas company), if there is one.
As of October, wildfires had burned more than eight million acres of land in the United States in 2018, and that number is even higher now due to the latest wildfires in California. While homeowners insurance usually covers damage from fires, some homeowners in wildfire-heavy areas may not have this coverage (or may pay a high premium for it). Check your policy when in doubt.
Also worth noting: Mudslides common in some parts of the country are usually not covered. As with volcanoes, homeowners at risk for "earth movement" may want to seek alternate coverage or invest in infrastructure that could help prevent damage.


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David Rodney Dewar
December 12, 1955 ~ December 17, 2019 (age 64)
David Rodney Dewar 64, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on December 17, 2019. David was born in Port Angeles, Washington on December 12, 1955 to Charles and Margaret Mary Dewar. He is deeply loved and will be missed every day by his family and friends.
He attended and graduated from North Central High School in the year 1974. After high school, David furthered his education at Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design in Spokane where he received a Cosmetology license. It was during those years of doing hair that he met Peggy, who would become his wife. David eventually settled in Bremerton with Peggy and was accepted in the Apprenticeship Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He graduated from the Apprenticeship Program with an Associates in Technical Arts in Welding Degree in 1988. At Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, David worked as a welder and Tool Room Attendant for 32 years. One of his biggest goals was to retire and he accomplished this on May 1, 2015.
He was best known for being able to talk to anyone and to tell a story. He had a great sense of humor and made us all laugh. He was an incredibly hard worker and provided unconditionally for his family. David was a wonderful father and passed on his love of music, tennis, and humor to his children.
His favorite sports were playing tennis and basketball. He played tennis all through high school and was one of the best tennis players in Spokane at the time. He made the best chocolate chip cookies and loved all the holidays, especially Halloween and the 4th of July where he would spend hours preparing for the neighborhood event.
David is preceded in death by his mother Margaret Mary "GoGo" Dewar and his father Charles Rodney Dewar.
He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Peggy Dewar; daughter Lexi Neigel (son-in-law John Neigel), son Derek Dewar, sister Debbe Hirata, niece and nephew Gobe and Jason Hirata, and Aunt Virginia Such. David was also loved by an extended family of cousins and in-laws.
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On the heels of Mississippi's rejection of an anti-abortion initiative this week, Colorado Right to Life Vice President Leslie Hanks vowed to move forward next year with a "personhood" amendment in Colorado.
Similar measures have failed here in 2010 and in 2008.
On Christian activist Kevin Swanson's radio broadcast today, Hanks encouraged supporters to attend a "March for Life" rally at the state Capitol in January.
"We're going to be launching personhood round 3," said Hanks, who hopes to gather enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot in 2012. Moreover, she said the personhood movement in Colorado is continuing to gain traction and is headed in the right direction.
Hanks says she traveled around Mississippi in support of the anti-abortion measure, calling her experiences remarkable even though it failed.
"When we do these initiatives we are educating, evangelizing, and we are increasing social tension because people have to say they're either for it or against it," said Hanks.
Ari Armstrong and I will be updating our 2010 paper -- The 'Personhood' Movement Is Anti-Life: Why It Matters that Rights Begin at Birth, Not Conception -- for any new personhood amendment in Colorado. Stay tuned.


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Separating moly from copper: flowing through the flotation circuit
Pumps Journalist July 30, 2021 July 6, 2021 Dewatering, Features, Mining, Projects 0
A $130 million molybdenum (moly) processing plant is being constructed at Newcrest Mining's Cadia mine in New South Wales. The plant will extract moly from the mine'scopper concentrate stream to produce a 50 per cent moly concentrate in dry powderform, with an anticipated production of 4.1 million pounds a year. Construction began in February 2020, with commissioning starting in March 2021 and first commercial production expected in the September quarter. Here, we take a look at how the processing plant operates and the equipment used.
Moly is a silvery white metal used to enhance strength, prevent corrosion and reduce brittleness in steels and superalloys, as well as for
lubricants, fertilisers and pigments. While it is sometimes mined as a primary product, it is most commonly recovered as a by-product or co-product of copper or tungsten mining.
Moly processing at Cadia
Newcrest will produce moly extracting it from the copper concentrate stream prior to it being pumped back to Blayney. Moly project manager, Malcolm McPhan, said, "We're literally tapping into the pipeline that runs to Balyney.
"We divert copper concentrate from the pipeline on its way to Blayney to the moly plant where we extract the moly via floatation process, then we pump it back into that pipeline and send it on its merry way to Blayney."
The small floatation plant is made of a series of floatation cells, thickeners, a grinding mill, dryer, scrubber, bagging plant and instrumentation to control it all. The level of control and automation provided is world-class to optimise recoveries and concentrate grades.
At nameplate capacity, it is expected it will generate an additional revenue stream of about $45 million per annum. The plant was designed using the latest intelligent 3D modelling software which provided insights throughout the design process and was expected to offer substantial benefits over conventional packages during construction and commissioning.
The project was expected to employ 140 people during construction and about 15 full-time roles when operational.
Cadia's new Molybdenum Plant under construction. Image: Newcrest Mining.
Moly flotation circuit
Copper and moly are often found together as sulfides, which in solution will float or sink with the right combination of chemicals and gas bubbles (froth flotation).
The sulfide ores are separated from gangue (waste) material, then from each other, by froth flotation. This separation and concentration of copper and moly is called the coppermoly flotation circuit, and is made up of a number of steps.
Various equipment is used throughout this process, depending on project needs and circuit design, but can include sludge pump skid, underflow pump skid, sand pump, diaphragm pump, rotary vacuum filter, flotation cell, SAG mill, ball mill, cyclone and spiral screen.
Grinding mills separate the ore from the gangue material, such as silica and organics, and reduce it to an optimal size for flotation. In this step a rod or ball mill is used and arranged with special non-sliming features like a peripheral discharge or large diameter discharge trunnion opening to prevent choking and provide greater grinding flexibility.
Any particles that are oversized will be caught by fine screens and transported back to the mill for regrinding, this can be done via a bucket elevator, sand pump or spitzkasten. Once particles are fine enough, water mixes in to form slurry to help in the transportation and separation of the solids.
Bulk flotation
The flotation stage consists of multiple steps, usually running through rougher flotation cells, then cleaner column cells, and often scavenger cells which work together to give a high total yield of the bulk ore. The regrind circuit usually consists of a closed-circuit steel head ball mill with a flotation cell and spiral classifier.
The flotation cell helps remove the freed mineral coming from the mill. The unit cell discharge is then transported to a heavy-duty spiral classifier which separates it into the fine flotation feed and the coarse
regrind product.
The standard rougher tailings can then go to the scavenger cells which pull out the last trace of mineral. The product is then subjected to two or three stages of cleaner flotation to produce a final flotation concentrate.
Thickening/dewatering
At this stage, a high rate thickener dewaters most of the coppermoly concentrate before further separation occurs. The moly flotation circuit has similar groups of flotation cells with chemicals to float the moly concentrate and settle out the copper concentrate.
Here, the less dense ore rises in the froth to be collected, while the gangue sinks to be discarded. Flotation separates the metallic minerals from the gangue this way and separates molybdenite from copper sulphide.
High rate thickeners are then used to thicken each of the copper and moly concentrates, and a vacuum drum (or other) filter dewaters the concentrates further before refining or storing until sale.
Tailings
The gangue (waste) from the rougher and scavenger cells flows to a tailings thickener to recover water for the process. Filters dewater these tailings further, or they are stored in a tailings pond.
Design of the proposed Molybdenum Plant at Cadia. Image: Newcrest Mining.
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Sudan attacks Darfur peace partner
Rebel group which signed peace deal with government calls assault "stab in the back".
The SLA is the only Darfur rebel group to have signed a 2006 peace deal with the government [EPA]
'Stab in the back'
After the signing of the May 2006 peace deal with Khartoum, the movement became part of the government.
Mohamed Bashir, head of the Minnawi office, said: "We consider this a very serious development. Half of Muhajiriya is burnt down."
"Genocide is a crime against humanity as a whole, not just against it's immediate targets. It therefore falls on the world at large to act."
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Mohamed Hamid Dirbeen, a Minnawi military spokesman, said there were many victims in the town, although there was no exact figure on casualties.
He said it was a "stab in the back of the Darfur peace agreement".
Rival rebel groups which did not sign the peace deal confirmed the attack, saying that government troops were massing near Tine town, on the Chadian border, preparing to attack rebel-controlled areas in North Darfur.
African Union peacekeepers are in the region to prevent the ongoing fighting, but a lack of resources has left them vulnerable to attack.
A UN official said Monday's attack and charges by rebels that troops had razed another Darfur town and killed 100 people in retaliation for an attack on African Union troops last month, showed the need to provide a planned UN-AU peacekeeping force with sufficient mobility and firepower.
'Very concerned'
Jean-Marie Guehenno, head of UN peacekeeping operations, said he was "very concerned" with the escalating violence in Darfur less than three weeks before scheduled peace talks in Libya.
The talks in Tripoli on October 27 are to encourage other factions to sign up to peace.
"At this stage we cannot formally confirm any particular responsibility but it's very troubling that the city which was under the control of the government of Sudan could be burnt down," Guehenno said.
The French diplomat added that the incident "shows the importance of having troops that are very mobile, with the capacity to dominate any situation".
Darfur, in western Sudan, has suffered widespread fighting since 2003, killing about 200,000 people and forcing 2.5 million from their homes.


"This recipe is well known in Singapore and is a great hit with tourists and locals alike! It is really spicy!!!"
Wash crabs and separate claws from body. Crack the shell and cut the body into 4 to 6 pieces.
In a large bowl, mix together ketchup, water, cornstarch, and soy sauce.
Heat skillet and the oil, stir in garlic and shallots. Fry the garlic and shallots for 1 to 2 minutes before adding the chili. Fry another 2 minutes. Add crab pieces and fry until they turn red, about 4 minutes.
Stir sauce mixture into the skillet until the crabs are well coated. Cover the skillet and let simmer on high heat, for 7 minutes or until the shells turn bright red.
Remove cover and stir in the lime juice. Stir in beaten egg until it is fully cooked. Turn the heat off and stir in green onions.
Try these cheese-filled and fried Anaheim chile peppers for lunch or dinner.
Too messy. Sauce was great but just too much of a mess to crack open the shell and dig out with the sauce. Maybe I might try it with cooked lump crab.
This was one of the most delicious and completely messy things I have ever eaten in my whole life. Wow.
Awesome, didn't change the recipe enjoyed by everyone.
i lived in singapore from 1973 to 1980 and have been back a few times. this recipe is as good as i remember. a little harder then expected but well worth it. and im not much of a crab eater.


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Eight New Banners For Django Unchained
By Jeff Beck @BeckFilmCritic 8 years ago
One of the biggest remaining question marks going into this awards season remains Quentin Tarantino's latest film, Django Unchained. The trailers have made it look like a fun ride, and for those of us who have already read the screenplay, we know that it has its share of great moments, but how will it all end up on screen?
Well, sadly we still have nearly a month and a half to go until the film finally opens, but at least that means the marketing for it will keep churning out goodies. Today, thanks to The Playlist, we have eight new banners for the film that give you some good looks at the cast, and even one of Tarantino himself.
I'm already about as excited as I can be for it, but hearing rumors of a three-hour runtime just makes me even more so. Tarantino has already delivered multiple masterpieces in the past including Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Inglourious Basterds, so I'm very anxious to see how he'll handle the western genre (or "southern" as he calls it).
So just how much of a chance will Tarantino's new epic have this awards season? Well, seeing as how Basterds was one of the best films of the last several years and managed to be beaten by a decent, but forgettable war film at almost every turn, I'm going to go ahead and say its chances aren't particularly good. However, you never know with the Academy.
Perhaps the film will end up blowing everyone away, but as I said, it's just one of the remaining question marks for the season, which also includes Les Miserables and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, two films that haven't been seen yet that are thought to have chances at Oscars.
We'll finally get our chance to see Tarantino's latest when Django Unchained hits theaters on December 25th.
Are you excited for Django Unchained? Do you think QT will have a shot at another Oscar, or will he get lost in the shuffle again? Let us know in the comments!
Tags: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Taratino
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Another letter to Mr. Trump
Stan Fields
Stan Fields is Immediate Past President of the Genetics Society of America. The views expressed in his posts are his and are not necessarily endorsed by the Society.
Dear President-elect Trump,
It's me again. I wrote you last week to say why you should make science a cornerstone of your administration. Don't feel bad that with all the hubbub of starting up your new job, you haven't had a chance to get back to me yet. But as I've read about some of your likely choices for cabinet posts and advisers, I want to write to you again before it's too late.
The American people will soon rely on you to sustain our natural ecosystems—clean water, breathable air, unspoiled public lands and all the species, including us, that depend on these resources. I urge you to appoint people with substantial expertise to your cabinet, regardless of their political philosophy. Experienced administrators with the long-term interests of the entire nation at heart are likely to make decisions that both you and I—and more importantly, our children and grandchildren—can live with. For example, William Ruckelshaus was appointed as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by Richard Nixon, and then a second time 10 years later by Ronald Reagan; in 2015 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.
But when I see that contenders for your key environmental positions include those who have served as lobbyists or executives for industries—like oil and gas—that they will regulate, I struggle to find the correct term for this phenomenon. Recalling your campaign promises, I am sure you have no desire to inspire the new slogan: refilling the swamp. It will be near impossible for individuals whose loyalties are one-sided to be effective stewards of the environment.
By contrast, fair-minded environmentally-aware appointments seem far more likely to promote the sorts of policies that will stimulate new industries and generate new jobs. Renewable energy can provide long-term jobs, whereas the future of coal is limited. You need only look at the air right now in India to see what awaits those who fail to pursue clean energy.
It is particularly disconcerting to us scientists that you are considering as EPA administrator someone who leads a group that is "focused on dispelling the myths of global warming." In the focused intensity needed right now to put together an administration, perhaps you have not had sufficient time to review the scientific evidence for climate change. If you can find a few minutes for this, my fellow scientists will provide you with digestible data to examine; a large fraction of the more than 300 million residents of the US and 7 billion on the planet will think your time considering findings and recommendations from climatologists well spent.
It's worth remembering that ignoring scientific evidence and professional competence by appealing only to your most science-skeptical and regulation-averse supporters can exact a steep price.
James Watt, a Secretary of the Interior in the 1980s, said back then that, "We will mine more, drill more, cut more timber"*, as he advocated reduced regulations on oil and mining and sought to open up wilderness areas to oil and gas exploration. Watt resigned fewer than three years into the job after a highly controversial tenure. He did, however, make Time magazine's list of modern history's top 10 worst cabinet members.
Anne Gorsuch, an EPA administrator also in the 1980s, cut the EPA budget and personnel, relaxed air quality standards, and encouraged the use of pesticides. It may be relevant to today's politics that she, too, hired staff who came from the very industries that they were being hired to regulate. But Gorsuch refused to provide Congress with documents related to charges of mishandling funds for toxic waste clean-up and was cited for contempt of Congress. She resigned after less than two years on the job.
And perhaps you recall Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who presided over the 2005 response to Hurricane Katrina as it devastated Louisiana. That presidential administration took a severe hit to its stature from Brown's actions.
During the recent campaign, there was hardly any discussion of the environment. Thus, while those who voted for you may be persuaded of your vision to bring back jobs and eliminate trade agreements, they cannot be said to have endorsed the view that climate change is a hoax. Many of them understand that it is real and that it is a danger. A Pew survey found that, "More than three-quarters of Democrats and most Republicans…say climate scientists should have a major role in policy decisions related to the climate."
Nothing from the recent election suggests that the majority of the American people support a desire to pollute the planet more drastically or to promote an increased use of fossil fuels that will lead to devastating droughts and floods.
Mr. Trump, you have the rare chance to be acclaimed by the world's citizenry as the man who saved the planet when many expected that you might destroy it. Seize the opportunity.
Those of you who have similar concerns should write your own letters to the new administration, and encourage your colleagues to do so as well.
*widely quoted in mediatransparency.org but site no longer exists
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Any plans for a male version for either 3 or 8 gen?
I seem to remember Zev stating that the male G3 wasn't being considered; something about sales. Don't recall if he's mentioned G8M.
I am playing with Skin Builder 3 but would still like a Skin Builder 8 to make it easier to make skins for Genesis 8?
Nope, you cannot share any assets and you cannot make a commercial set for G8 with the G3 MR.
Hey Zevo, any word on this?
Hi. It's still being finalized. Took a while to make it duel compatible with older skins that use glossy layered weight vs duel lobe, and to get the scripts to auto detect the settings and apply effects to external skins with different shader settings took lots of testing. I will let you guys know when it is ready.
I and others have been asked multiple times in the forums why characters whose textures have been modified by Brow Remover's face textures disappear after saving a scene, exiting DAZ, and restarting DAZ and opening the scene again.
...but it would be nice if Brow Remover were update to allow us to configure a path & a bunch of prefix names that would serve as a permanent location for the modified Brow Remover textures.
I tend to manually copy and rename the files manually under <Content library/runtime/textures/MyName/YadaYada> others prefer <Content Library>/Presets/Materials/YadaYada but many have insuffienct computer skills and DS skills to figure out how to get to the hidden temp directory the Brow Remover files or even that they'd need to as they consider the modified Brow Remover files to be a permanent part of the scene file they just created.
Any product in parnership with Draagonstorm can not be updated due to her passing. She kept all source scripts, and I only got encrypted versions. Also at the time we didn't know how to have custom save paths for textures. So there is nothing I can do on my side unfortunately. Also those files should remain there unless yo are clearing your daz cache. At the time we tested the temp path it did recall the texture files in there when opening a scene or saving a browless preset of a skin. Maybe something changed in studio afterwards. Regardless, I wish I could update some of these products but I cannot.
No problem, I explained it to your customer how to do that manually to save those files permanently in a non-temporary place. Too bad you can't update your product.
I guess this means there will not be a Brow Remover for Genesis 9?
Oooh!!! I can't wait. Instant buy for me!!
Eagerly anticipating this! I hope to see this in the store soon!
Yes, I was just checking to see about Skin Builder 8 too. I don't want to go to the level of expertise needed to use photo references to make texture sets but I want to be able to modify existing ones relatively easily via L.I.E. and diffuse layers and similar technicques with a bunch of plain Jane texture resources. I'd like it if we could add our own plain Jane texture resources too to supplement the supplied ones.
Its nearly done. on the surface it looks the same, but under the hood it was heavily reworked. We still having some minor script issues thay we are busy fixing now.
Great! Thanks for the response. Can we expect any additions like perhaps some different additional overlay map patterns?
Not initially. What we are doing is also updating the g3 version so when addons are made it can be implemented for both versions without any reworks. So the plan is to get the g8 version out, then release addons that can be used in both versions. Saves having to do things twice if that makes any sense.
I know it is June 21rst but was wondering if there is any update. I am looking forward to this, but using the Genesis 3 version right now.
We finalizing it. Been working on it 24/7 this month. We changed quite a bit as to how it applies maps and saves them etc. It is a hell of a product to test, and that is what is causing most of the delay. The base skins have also been reworked. We also have to make sure this works not only with skinbuilder skins, but any other G8F skin, so the scripts need to adapt to any shader settings and still apply properly. So yes, we running a bit behind, but we will rather delay it and make sure it works properly apon release.
another update question basicly what does this g8 version do will it have all the functions the previous one did besides skin tones will it also have eyes colours, nails, makeup, gen hair, eyebrows/lashes, Blotches, Dark Pores, Fine Skin Details, Freckles, Veins, Spider Veins, Age Spots, Moles, Acne, Stretchmarks and Tanlines.
It is more an upgrade package to Genesis 8. It maintains all the same funtions as previous version, however the application of overlays in this version has changed, so has the skin building shaders. The base textures and some overlay details have also been reworked. There is a lot of under the hood changes in this to make sure it works on Genesis 8 skins. It also has been updated to work with skin set shaders that use Glossy Layered Weight or Dual Lobe Specular Weight for SSS. So if a skin uses Duel Lobe (new standard for skin SSS), Skinbuilder will detect that it does and apply SSS overlay details to that channel, and not the standard Glossy layered weight. The issue is that some skins still use glossy layered weight, so basically we had to re-write the entire code to smart detect what the skin uses, because if Skin Builder applied an overlay to skin in the wrong channels, it completely messed up the skin because sometimes it would stack to duel lobe and glossy layered weight, because we found that in some skins both those channels had values or maps assigned to it. The G3 version will at a later stage also be updated with the new logic we added to the scripts, and some skin texture map changes which we made in this version. We also upgraded how it outputs skins when saving. When all is finalized I will post an entire list of all the changes. So in summary, on the surface it will look similar, but under the hood it is very different. Also this version is a fully licenced Merchant resource for Genesis 8, which most people have been waiting for. Also if you already own the G3F version, you will get a discount on this version.
will we get more options for the white hand/feet area for african skins?
Thanks for keeping us all updated, Zev. Are we any closer to getting wrinkles for the skins?
The african base skin already has lighter areas for hands and feet. I did create a hand and feet overlay aswell, i'll see what value that adds to the package. In order for multi swapping hand feet details, that means the african base skin has to be reworked, and the current light details removed in order for any overlays to be effective. Again this isn't high on the priority list, but I will see if it can be implemented. Any changes at this stage will just delay the release further.
The wrinkled skins will come in the addon. I'm not happy with the results yet. I am trying to come up with a universal solution that works on all skins, instead of using multiple steps to get it to work.
If you create it we will buy.


The concept of fitness, in fact, many-sided and does not affect onlyelements of physical training and technology weight loss (although it is a set of exercises firmly associated with the concept of our time). In a deep sense, the concept of fitness covers general physical condition, or rather the preparation of (trained) body. Ie, it is, in some way, a perfect (or close to that) the state of the body, defdeter- mined as biological (innate) characteristics and acquired during life, in which a person can successfully pass on their genetic information to their offspring and easily and adequately respond to the specific conditions and situations in their environment. To those defining characteristics include the work serdechnososudistoy system, muscle flexibility and endurance, strength, balance, coordination, reaction and body mass index. If you do not go into much deeper detail, fitness is a set of techniques and trends, aimed at changing the forms and states of the body, as well as strengthening and support the results. Fitness- Is a comprehensive program that includes how exercise and proper nutrition (diet), fixing the results of physical training. All methods are strictly individual fitness and take into account the condition of the body of each individual engaged. Among the most popular and sought after techniques which in some way may be referred tofitness, isolated: sport (any of its kind aimed at strengthening and improving the body), dance, gymnastics, Pilates, Bodyflex, martial arts and gymnastics, and much more.


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The word Zabaniyah may have been derived from the syriac shabbāyā, used to describe angels who conduct the souls of the dead or as frightening demons. Another suggestion attributes the origin to rabbāniyya referring to the lords angelic council. Further Zabaniyah may refer to a class of Arabian demons. According to a recent etymological suggestion, this term may derived from Sumerian zi.ba.an.na ("The Scales") and Assyrian zibanitu meaning scorpion. Thus, it is suggested that Zabaniyah are originally astrological figures with their lord Maalik symbolizing the Mars, that reigns the "scorpion" in the astrological imaginations. On the other hand, nineteen Zabaniyah also originated from astrological map. In ancient concept, the seven planets and twelve astral houses together corresponded to the number nineteen. Al-Mubarrad suggested, zabāniya could derive from the idea of movement and the Zabaniyah are those who "push somebody [back]".
In Miraj literature, one of the Zabaniyya called Susāʾīl, is ordered to show Muhammad the punishments of hell. Islamic art, commonly pictures them as horrifying demons with flames leaping from their mouth.
As part of Ismaili eschatology, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi identified the Zabaniyya with the seven planets, who administrate the upper Barzakhs, indicating that there is a kind of hell within the celestrial spheres. Accordingly, impure souls remain emprisioned within bodies, missing salvation in purely intellectual existence. The Houris appear as counterparts of the Zabaniyya, who are, in contrast to the Zabaniyya, items of knowledge from the beyond.
During the post-quranic-exegesis, Zabaniyah were also identified with the angels of death assisting Azrail, who conduct the sinners at the moment of death, and seize their souls, appearing as black shadows.
Prior to the anglification of the Zabaniyah, they were probably thought as a kind of demon. Al-Mubarrad relates them to Afarit, a type of underworld demon still prevailing in later Islamic thought. He states that Afarit are sometimes referred to as "ʿifriyya zibniyya", "ZBN" denoting "pushing back" as their characteristic action.
In Turkic lore they are used for hellhounds or hellbound demons, who dwell in the underworld to torture the sinners. Some traditions hold, that they sometimes engage in war against the angels of mercy. If they meet each other, their strikings can cause thunder.
^ Lange, Christian. "Revisiting Hell's Angels in the Quran." Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions edited by Christian Lange, Brill, LEIDEN; BOSTON, 2016, p. 82 JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h1w3.10.
^ MONA ZAKI JAHANNAM IN MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC THOUGHT 2015 p. 205 ff.
^ Lange, Christian. "Revisiting Hell's Angels in the Quran." Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions edited by Christian Lange, Brill, LEIDEN; BOSTON, 2016, p. 79 JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h1w3.10.
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Biometric firm takes off with safer air travel
WEBWIRE – Tuesday, November 23, 2004
In airports on both sides of the Atlantic, BioWise is taking off as a leader in the provision of multi-biometric and multi-modal identification and authentication middleware for safer air travel.
Working with SITA and UNISYS, the BioWise system is in use in the US' large-scale registered traveller's pilot programme for internal flights. "In return for registering," explains André Oeyen, Managing Director of BioWise, "they will be considered as trusted travellers and will be granted some privileges, allowing them to pass faster through the airport gate." This is only once they are accepted into the programme, and have their smartcard with their biometric details authenticated at the BioWise kiosk. During registration travellers have both their index fingers and irises scanned and stored according to International Civil Aviation Organisation recommendations for biometric information storage, and have valid forms of identification checked by the police authorities.
Initially deployed in airports in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Houston for a trial period of 90 days, after well over 120 days it is still in use by thousands of registered travellers instead of the planned hundreds. Its reported popularity among travellers make it likely that more kiosks will be rolled out next year across the 500 US airports that qualify for this kind of infrastructure, believes Oeyen.
In France, BioWise has kiosks in place in six major airports where it is being used for authenticating any kind of airport-related staff. The system incorporates different kinds of face, iris and finger print scanners used to compare the scanned traits with those stored in the database. Currently the French Civil Aviation Authority, the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC), is certifying the technologies. According to Oeyen, after six months the DGAC will chose which ones are sufficiently robust and secure, and so can be deployed nationwide, if airports wish to invest in such an infrastructure.
BioWise, founded in 2003, was a buyout of the biometrics development team department at Keyware Technologies. With finance from BioWise's French mother company, the Ingenica Group, this small Belgium-based company of seven brought with them the biometrics customers and projects that have given them a head start over their competitors.
"Our core activity is biometrics systems integration," explains Oeyen. "Basically what we have is standard middleware that allows for easy integration of different technologies but also offers a very uniform interface to passengers or staff at airports." The middleware application behind the BioWise biometrics kiosk "whether it is finger print or iris for us it does not matter, can cope with any kind of technology and that's what you need to do today if you want to be successful in a very fast moving industry," states Oeyen.
Oeyen believes the secret of their success is their strategic marketing partnerships. For example they were able to bid for the US pilot programme with SITA, the world's leading provider of information and telecommunication solutions to the air transport and related industries, present in every airport in the world, and one of the S-TRAVEL partners. "SITA's worldwide sales channel has people that spot opportunities, and they go after them together," says Oeyen. "Many other SITA sales people are now looking in their territory for similar kinds of opportunities. We have a potential winning team here."
"I consider that BioWise has a significant potential to accompany the biometrics deployment wave in security systems, across all industry domains," says SITA's Michel Saunier.
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Atinuke Odufuye | Day 12
by Atinuke Odufuye
Features • Stories and Poems
Nekpen and Daniel | STORIES
Nene was hurrying home to catch a favorite TV show. The good thing about becoming a fulltime staff nurse was that she could afford DSTV. On days like this when she was not on night duty, she looked forward to getting back home from the hospital to some warmed up jollof rice and soft drink in front of the TV. Her flatmate who was a school teacher in one of the new-generation private schools was away visiting her boyfriend for the weekend. This could easily have been one of the most relaxed weekend night she'd had in months.
Daniel had a hangout with his boys he could not think of missing. After having sat at home for two years, one of his Unilag chums had finally got a sweet job, a consulting position with a top accounting firm. He was the last in a group of five friends to land a job. To celebrate, they all planned to take him out and about Lagos on some serious partying spree. But his mom won't hear of it. She said he'd be exposing himself to attacks from enemies by going out to drink and party a week before he resumed his new job. So the boys settled for a Bruce Lee marathon on Daniel's 80 inch TV with unlimited beer and suya.
But the July rain had a slightly different plan for Nene and Daniel.
The express way was about a mile away when Daniel hydroplaned, skidded off the road, and went over a spiky metallic thing. Flat tire in the rain with three hours of stand-still traffic ahead of him. Daniel knew there'll be no Bruce Lee lounging tonight. Luckily, a vulcanizer was only about a hundred yards away.
Nene, who was waiting under the vulcanizer's shed for the rain to subside saw everything. In the few seconds it took for Daniel to come out of the car, she tried to picture what the driver of this sleek Toyota Corolla would look like. She thought of a middle-aged man, light skinned, slightly pucker-faced, a lawyer maybe. She was still drawing out the feature of this imaginary driver when Daniel opened the door and walked hurriedly to the vulcanizer's shed. He was more seductive than charming in a suit so dapper and a face to handsome that it made her sick to the stomach. But many years later when she narrated the story of how they met, she'd always say that all she saw as he walked towards the shed was the scar on his face, a dark thin line running from his temple down to the bottom of his chin.
While the vulcanizer and his boy went to work on the car, Daniel sat on the bench and pulled out his phone to let everyone know what was up. Nene was leaning against the shed. If she had left the hospital an hour earlier she would've missed the rain and would have had no trouble finding buses. Right when she was about to leave, a truck load of accident victims arrived. She hated it when that happened. Why do people decide to get into accident just when her shift was over? When the matron asked her to stay back and help out with getting things settled, it's not like she had a choice to say no. By the time things were in control enough for her to sneak out, it was raining heavily, buses had disappeared, and the few that were still running were asking for amounts of money that she would pay only if it got dark.
You know when you feel someone's eyes on you and the feeling leaves you with a passing sensation of being cold and exposed. That's how Nene felt as she stood there with her back facing Daniel. The vulcanizer, an old baba was wiping water off his face. The tattered, rainbow-colored umbrella that his boy was holding over him wasn't helping much. The tools were slippery and sliding from his hand, but the old man was doing the best he could. She wondered why Mr. Dapper wasn't trying to be of help or, at least, show some interest. Why he was just sitting there fiddling with his phone.
Daniel could not get his eyes off Nene because he had never seen a nurse that attractive. She wasn't wearing the white sack-like thing that nurses tended to wear. Her uniform looked like a white dress, a pretty dress, fitted and rather flattering of her perfect body. She had black ballet shoes on, not some stodgy utility shoes. He knew a thing or two about the dorky and bitchy world of nurses. After the fall that gave him his scar, nurses and doctors were practically the only family he had during weeks and weeks of operation. The thought of this nurse standing before him and wearing a pair of girlie ballet shoes gave him a thrill. That's why he was watching her so intently. But had he overdone it? Did she know that he was looking so intently at her back? Why had she suddenly become fidgety? He wondered.
The bad tire had been removed and had to be repaired. Daniel had no spare. A similar incident had occurred a couple of weeks ago. He had used the spare and had not had the time to replace it. The vulcanizer came back to the shed and set about turning on the generator so that he could get his fire-spouting machine going. When it kicked on, the generator drowned out not only the sound of the falling rain but also Daniel's voice when he said to her: "Hello."
She didn't turn around because she didn't hear him. It was the vulcanizer's boy that she heard. "Sister, Sister…," calling her attention to Daniel's attempt to get her attention. Daniel had planned on saying something about her shoes being lovely, but when she turned to face, first the boy, and then him, Daniel lost his voice. He wanted to flirt with her, but in the vulcanizer's shed where the rain and the generator were carrying on a shouting match, flirting just did not feel right. Instead, he asked: "Don't you want to sit?" Even though he asked, he was half-surprised when she came to sit on the bench beside him.
Nene was fine standing and would certainly have refused his offer if she wasn't tired of having his eyes bore through her back. She knew he had been looking at her and if sitting by his side would make him stop, she saw nothing wrong with that. When she sat next to him, she felt his body heat and smelled the woodiness of his cologne. His phone was back in his pocket, and he was looking out into the rain. She didn't know if she was expected to say something.
The first thing Daniel noticed as she walked towards him was her newly done braids. They were on the thicker side and would have hung down to the middle of her back if she hadn't pulled it up in an aqua colored hair ruffle. He didn't want to seem rude so he didn't take a long enough look at her face. But from the little he saw, her lips were full and rounded and her eyebrows were clean and perfectly arched. She was clearly the kind of girl that was finicky about her body. It made him wonder whether she was also as finicky about that other part of her body. This thought threw him into a bit of a confused state, leaving him thankful that thoughts were private. After struggling without much success to prevent his thoughts from straying any further up her body, he decided to ask her her name, hoping it would distract his imagination.
"What's your name?" he asked at the same time that she said, "how did that happen?", pointing to his scar. They both laughed. Not a loud laugh. They were too nervous for that. Then there was a second of silence during which each waited for the other to go first. She was the first to speak.
"Nene…My name is Nene."
"Is that the full name?"
"No one ever calls me by…"
"I'm just curious," he cut her off. She fell silent.
Feeling sorry, he quickly added, "I didn't mean to cut you off."
"No wahala.," she said waving her hand as if to say she was not upset and that he didn't need to apologize, but then she did not continue with what she was going to say. The silence went on for a while and grew more oppressive than awkward. He felt like a jerk for rudely cutting her off. Suddenly, the thought of parting like this frightened him. For a moment, he felt there was a spark between them, and he liked it. But the longer they sat in silence, the more he felt the spark dimming. Soon, he would be some guy with whom she shared an awkward moment at the vulcanizer's shed while she was waiting for the rain to stop.
The vulcanizer was nearly done patching the tire so he had to act fast.
"I fell from a tree when I was ten," he said.
"Pardon…did you say something?" Her mind had indeed drifted.
"You asked what happened to me." He waited for her to recall her question.
"We went to spend Christmas at the village."
"Where," she asked.
"Oshogbo. The moment we arrived, I climbed this really tall Fruit tree. It was an old tree and not all the branches were as solid as they looked. The next thing I remember is waking up in LUTH…You work at LUTH, right."
"Yeah…my mother was freaked out. It was clearly something no hospital in the area could handle so they had to hurry back to Lagos. When I fell, I landed with the right side of my face on the sharp metal burglary proof on the fence. It took several surgeries…up to five…the last was in England…to get it to look like this."
The silence that followed his telling of this little story drowned out everything—the sound of honkings car, the clanking noise from the vulcanizer's tools, the rain, the generator—and overpowered her. Nene said nothing. She looked at the scar again, she still said nothing. Not because she didn't have anything to say. She wanted to say that the scar made his face so much more captivating. She wanted to say that it was not the power suit he had on, but the story of the brave little boy, that told her that he was tough stuff. The expensive banker suit was eye candy. It wasn't strength.
Even though she couldn't say these things, she did have to say something in return. After all, she was the one who asked him about the scar in the first place. In truth, Nene wasn't thinking when she asked the question initially, and she'd hoped he wont really respond. It was a bit forward to ask a stranger such a personal question, and now she was been ruder by not responding. Desperate, she did the next thing that came to her mind. She touched the scar.
"Jesus!…I didn't just do that," she gasped.
"It's okay," he said, laughing. She was both reserved and forward in a way that puzzled Daniel. He liked that about her.
"I get that all the time, " he added to reassure her that she did nothing bad. In fact, he quite liked the rather odd turn of events.
"People touching your scar?"
"Just kidding…At least, you weren't put off."
As Nene wondered how she would ever forgive herself for having done such a thing, the vulcanizer called and said the car was good to go. The process of deciding what to do next was a bit awkward. For some reason, the few minutes that passed seemed like eternity and had somehow transformed the vulcanizer's shed into a crossroad. They could both sense that whatever decision they made at that moment would change their lives for ever. He stood up not knowing what to do or say. Ask for her number? Give her his number? Do nothing and let her get on with her life? Nothing felt right.
She continued sitting down thinking how badly she had bungled her encounter with this perfect stranger and how much she would love to have a little more time with him and possibly redeem herself.
"So are you going to tell me your full name?," he asked, nervous.
"Nekpen."
"It's pretty. Omo Ibo?"
"There you go," she says in mock anger.
"What did I do now?"
"You're Yoruba, right?"
"Is that what I've done wrong."
"No, but why do all Yoruba people think that if you're not Hause, you've got to be Ibo?"
"If you're not Ibo…"
"Edo…I'm Edo," she cuts him off.
"Aren't Edo people Ibos?" he asked, laughing.
"Why do I feel I'm been made fun of?," she laughed. The sound of her laughter and the shape of her mouth when she laughed seemed, to him, the loveliest things.
He had to get going. The vulcanizer was calling him to inspect his work. But he didn't want to let go of her for one minute, scared that she would slip away forever.
"Look, Nekpen…"
"I told you, no one calls me by that name."
"Nekpen," he repeated with an emphatic tone that shut her up. She was going to continue her protest, but the way he said her name, the plea, passion, joy, the impatience with which he pronounced her name made her stop.
"Nekpen, I want us to continue this conversation. So here is what' we'll do. You are going to tell me where you live and I'll take you there."
She didn't say anything so he continued, hoping she won't say no, ready to beg if she did.
"It's going to rain through the night and the buses are getting fewer by the minute. I don't feel right leaving you here all by yourself."
Daniel paid the vulcanizer under the shed. She couldn't tell whether he paid the man three times the usual price to impress her or whether he was just been kind to an old man who had labored under the rain to repair his car.
They both ran to the car shielding their bodies as best they could from the rain. Inside the car, they looked at each other's face, slightly wet from the rain and began laughing. He was thinking how stunning a face she had and how he would never let her go. She was thinking how charming his smile was especially when the part of the scar that came closest to his mouth creased.
"So where are we headed?," he asked.
"Ikeja."
"By the way, I'm Daniel."
"Nice to meet you Daniel" she said, smiling nervously.
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Harry Mariani, Pioneering Importer and Champion of Italian Wine, Dies at 78
Alongside his brother, the former Banfi president brought both Riunite and Banfi Brunello di Montalcino to America
Harry Mariani (left), with his son James, niece Cristina and brother John, at Banfi Vintners' Long Island headquarters. (Emily Wilson)
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Harry Mariani, the former president of Banfi Vintners who helped introduce many Americans to Italian wine, died Jan. 5 in Huntington, N.Y. He was 78.
Working with his older brother John, Mariani built their family wine import firm into a major player beginning in the 1970s and '80s with a sparkling red Lambrusco called Riunite. Its success enabled the Marianis to establish their own winery in Montalcino, Castello Banfi, helping spark an American love affair with Brunello.
"My father made a great contribution to wine culture and trade, particularly in his earlier years, when wine quality management was nowhere near as developed as today," said James Mariani, Harry's son and current co-CEO of Banfi Vintners. "This expanded the opportunity for consumers to try and enjoy a good bottle of wine, especially from Italy."
Harry Mariani was born Jan. 21, 1937, in New York, the youngest child of John Mariani Sr. and his wife, Eva. John Sr. had established Banfi in Greenwich Village in 1919, importing wine and food for Italian-American communities.
Harry spent most of his childhood on Long Island, in Garden City. Tall and lanky, he was named to Long Island's All-Scholastic Basketball Team in high school before attending Colgate University and graduating with a degree in economics in 1959. Later that year he married his high-school sweetheart, Anne.
He had joined the family business right after graduation, joining his father and brother John Jr. Banfi's focus was now wine, and Harry began coordinating marketing and sales in the U.S. His brother, who had traveled in Europe during two years in the Army, focused on finding new sources for wine overseas and in California. Their father handed off control in 1964—John became CEO while Harry was president.
The brothers had a symbiotic relationship that made the company go. John was the ideas guy, always bubbling with inspiration. Harry, soft-spoken and level-headed, was the practical one who crunched the numbers and made the ideas work.
While Banfi had some success importing high-end wines, the brothers wanted something that would appeal to a wider audience. In 1967, John traveled to Emilia-Romagna and met with a farmer's cooperative called Riunite about importing Lambrusco. Harry and John specified that they wanted a special version of the wine for American palates—slightly sweeter and more carbonated. "Ultimately, we hope this will be another Coca-Cola," Harry later told New York magazine. "We want this to be in the fridge along with the beer and soft drinks and orange juice." Propelled by ads with the tagline, "Riunite on ice—That's nice!", by 1983 Riunite was the No. 1 imported wine in America, with Banfi bringing in 11 million cases.
Lambrusco's success allowed the brothers to realize another dream—to not just import wine, but make it. In the mid-1970s, they hired Italian enologist Ezio Rivella to scout for vineyards in Tuscany. In 1977, they bought 4,500 acres outside the small town of Montalcino and established Castello Banfi.
It was a surprising location. While Biondi-Santi and a few others produced well-regarded Brunellos, the wines were largely unknown in America. Ever the dreamer, John saw potential. "It was a beautiful area—ideal for viticulture," he told Wine Spectator in 2007. Harry remembered another reason: "It was the one place in Tuscany where you could buy large tracts of vineyards."
The Marianis invested huge amounts of money and manpower. Rivella focused on new methods in the vineyard and cellars to produce wines that could be drunk in less than a decade but would still age. In the 1990s, Brunello became Italy's new blockbuster wine in America, thanks in no small part to the Marianis' efforts.
Mariani served as a trustee of Colgate University from 1987 to 1996 and was honored with the designation Trustee Emeritus. A longtime champion of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, he served as a trustee of the Cornell Society's Foundation. He also served on the Board of Directors of Huntington Hospital.
Mariani is survived by his wife, Anne, his daughters Ginny Kitt and Katy Goodrich, his sons James (currently Banfi's co-CEO) and John, as well as eight grandchildren, and his siblings Joan and John.
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