Burke's Hauling Inc. is an excavating contractor that specializes in handling the excavation needs of underground installation. We provide full service for contractors ranging from small businesses to large corporations. We pride ourselves on being one of the most responsive contractors in the industry today. We also provide 24-hour emergency service for all of our clients. Burke's Hauling's top priorities are safety and efficiency. We are affiliated with the Local 150 operating engineers. When working with Burke's Hauling you can always count on getting an operator who is trained to the highest level in safety, as well as productivity for the work specific to your business. Let Burke's Hauling provide our expertise in excavation so you can focus your expertise.
The original Burke's Hauling and Refuse was founded in 1976 by Mike Burke, right after he graduated high school. He the sold the successful business in 1994 to pursue other ventures. Brian Burke and his mother Bobbi Burke then founded Burke's Hauling Inc. At the time, Bobbi Burke was a hairdresser. To aid her son in starting his business, she gave up her profession to learn how to drive their first dump truck while Brian attended school. Before anyone knew it, Burke's Hauling had grown to three dump trucks and several pieces of construction equipment. Along the way, both Brian and Dalton Harrolle - the first employee of Burke's Hauling, grew with the company to bring it to what it is today. Now in 2017, Brian is still running the family owned and operated business that employs more than twelve people. Within the history of Burke's Hauling, there are decades of experience which has taught Brian the importance of prompt, reliable, and accurate service.


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The A League School (TALS) is a private learning centre. We welcome students of different races from all over the world who wished to learn about the Singapore's education pedagogy, or take lessons to gain admission to Singapore mainstream primary and secondary schools.
TALS provides preparatory courses, for which International students would be able to gain admission into the Singapore Government School, if they passed or be successful for the Admissions Exercise for International Students (AEIS)*.
Our curriculum anchors on the MOE curriculum to ensure our students are well prepared for the Singapore education system. We are also unique in that we teach fundamental Chinese to all our students to allow them to better assimilate into Singapore, and to establish the foundation for future career opportunities in their adulthood.
We are also a language school, and conduct classes for those learning Berhasa Melayu, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. For each language, we offer a range of courses from basic conversational language skills, to business diction.
TALS is registered with the Committee for Private Education (CPE). Our registration number is 201919441C. Please click here for our certification.
* The Admissions Exercise for International Students (AEIS) is a centralized admissions exercise conducted by MOE in February and September or October each year for new international students who wish to join Singapore mainstream primary and secondary schools. AEIS consists of a centralized test on English and Mathematics that will assess the applicants' English literacy, numeracy and reasoning abilities.
To provide the very best for every student within a safe, caring and intellectual environment.
To inculcate the values of TALS into every student, allowing them to succeed in academics as well as in life.
School Motto
We to empower students academically in their studies to be top achievers in life while having the time of their lives in school with their classmates.
As such, our moto is: To Aspire in Life
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Registered Number : 201919441C
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Consultation on the exposure draft of the Regulations allows all stakeholders and interested members of the community the opportunity to consider and contribute to the final content of the Regulations and operation of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. Consultation on the draft Regulations builds on the extensive consultation undertaken in March and April 2011 on the proposed design of the Regulations.
Public meetings will be held nationally between 13 September 2011 and 21 September 2011 in all Australian capital cities.
There is also an opportunity for face-to-face discussions with Australian Government officials in a set number of meetings for individuals or organisations who have a substantial interest in the Regulations. These meetings are limited to half hour sessions and pre-registration of interest is essential. The department regrets that it may not be able to accommodate all requests.
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Volcanic Eruptions In India Linked To Dinosaur Extinction
Posted: Jul 7 2016, 3:09am CDT | by IANS , Updated: Jul 7 2016, 8:14am CDT , in Latest Science News
Combined impacts of volcanic eruptions in India and an asteroid impact in Mexico brought about one of the Earth's biggest mass extinctions that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, confirms a new study.
"It's quite likely both the volcanism and the asteroid were to blame for the ultimate mass extinction," said one of the researchers, Andrea Dutton from the University of Florida.
"The Deccan Traps weakened the ecosystems before the asteroid slammed into the Earth -- it's consistent with an idea called the press-pulse hypothesis: a 'one-two punch' that proved devastating for life on Earth," Dutton noted.
Located in India, the Deccan Traps are one of the largest volcanic provinces in the world.
Dutton and her colleagues at the University of Michigan utilized a new technique of analysis to reconstruct Antarctic Ocean temperatures that support the idea that the combined impacts of volcanic eruptions and an asteroid impact brought about the mass extinctions 66 million years ago.
Their research, published in the journal Nature Communications, used a recently developed technique called the carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometer to analyze the chemical composition of fossil shells in the Antarctic Ocean.
This analysis showed that ocean temperatures rose significantly.
The researchers linked these findings to two previously documented warming events that occurred near the end of the Cretaceous Period - one related to volcanic eruptions in India, and the other, tied to the impact of an asteroid or comet on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
To create their new temperature record, which spans 3.5 million years at the end of the Cretaceous and the start of the Paleogene Period, the researchers analyzed the isotopic composition of 29 remarkably well-preserved shells of clam-like bivalves collected on Antarctica's Seymour Island.
The data showed two significant temperature spikes.
The first corresponds to the eruption of the Deccan traps flood basalts. The other lines up exactly with the asteroid impact, which, in turn, may have sparked a renewed phase of volcanism in India.
Intriguingly, both events are associated with extinction events of nearly equal magnitude on Seymour Island, Antarctica, the study said.
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Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary
'People's struggles must be strengthened'
Sitaram Yechury. Photo: Shahbaz Khan/PTI
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary.
THE Left parties had big stakes in West Bengal and Kerala among the five States that went to the polls in April-May. While the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala secured a two-thirds majority, the performance of the Left Front in West Bengal was not on expected lines. Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), spoke to Frontline on the election outcome. Excerpts from the interview:
How do you interpret the outcome of this round of Assembly elections, especially the performance of the Left? Sections in the BJP are euphoric that the party has acquired a pan-India status, while the Left, in their perception, is fast losing ground.
The euphoria of the BJP is misplaced. Of the results declared in 820 Assembly constituencies, among the national parties, 64 seats have been won by the BJP, 150 by the Congress and 124 by the Left Front. The rest has been won by the regional outfits. Among the national parties, the BJP candidates lost their deposits in the maximum number of constituencies in these elections.
Kerala has been a very big win for the LDF. The BJP managed to enter the Assembly for the first time since Independence with a lone victory. And this was possible clearly due to a vote transfer from the UDF. It appears that there was an understanding with the UDF on eight seats; in the other seven seats, the BJP came second. Clearly, the people of Kerala rose above all such manipulations and gave an emphatic victory to the LDF. There was an anti-incumbency mood, malgovernance and massive charges of corruption against the Oommen Chandy government. Secondly, in the struggle against the growing communal polarisation in the country that has a significant bearing in Kerala, the CPI(M) and the LDF are clearly seen as stout champions of the secular and democratic principles of our Constitution.
In West Bengal, the main objective that the CPI(M) decided upon and what was announced at its State conference and at the Brigade Grounds rally at the time of the party plenum last December was: oust the Trinamool Congress government to save West Bengal and oust the BJP-led Modi government to save India. The central committee of the party met subsequently and decided that the CPI(M) and the Left would appeal to all democratic forces to achieve this objective in West Bengal. The main issue in West Bengal was restoration of democracy and the rule of law. The CPI(M) has been at the frontline in the defence of people's democratic rights, and in the course of the last five years the CPI(M) lost almost 200 of its comrades. Over 60,000 of our members and sympathisers are today living in temporary shelters, having been ousted from their land and home due to this terror. Hundreds of our party offices across the State have been seized, ransacked or rendered inoperable. The manner in which the central committee's understanding was implemented and the electoral tactics followed would be reviewed by the party and proper lessons drawn.
The outcome of the result in West Bengal is a severe setback, no doubt, for the CPI(M) and the Left. As expected, during the election process itself, there was heavy violence and after the elections, too, the violence is escalating all over the State. Our comrades are in the midst of a fierce battle even at this very moment. The charge raised during the campaign, of a vote transfer between the TMC and the BJP, which was captured by the slogan 'Didi Bhai-Modi Bhai', seems to have worked as reflected in the significant drop in the BJP's vote percentage from the 2014 parliamentary elections. And the entry of BJP candidates in the Assembly from constituencies where the TMC combine polled a low vote indicates that such an arrangement was at work. The TMC declaring, post elections, that it would support the Goods and Services Tax Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a clear giveaway of the kind of understanding they had.
One senior Minister in the NDA government declared that the Left had lost its relevance in the aftermath of the elections in West Bengal.
That is a ridiculous assertion. As I said, if you look at the results [in this round of elections], it shows that the Left has been elected in twice the number of seats as the BJP. The economic reform trajectory that the BJP is deploying and its complete surrender to imperialistic interests has already created a very severe economic crisis. Our industrial production is less than 2 per cent; manufacturing is at 0.1 per cent and agriculture growth at 1.1 per cent. There is also a decline of growth in the services sector including IT, software and BPO services. It has been officially confirmed that only 1.35 lakh jobs were created in 2015, while nearly 140 lakh, or 1.4 crore, youth enter the job market every year. There is severe agrarian distress, with farmer suicides increasing. There is drought and severe water shortage. The refusal to release funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act reached a stage when the apex court had to intervene and give directions. The consequent misery of the people is, therefore, visible and obvious. And the Left is at the forefront of championing these interests.
On the other hand, the communal polarisation is continuing unabated. In large tracts of the country, it is the Left that is rallying to protect the religious minorities who are under persecution and attack. Again, it is the Left that resisted the attack on educational institutions like HCU [Hyderabad Central University] and JNU [Jawaharlal Nehru University]. In the real world, the Left's relevance and need felt by the people is growing. The BJP can conjure up dreams in its illusionary world. We live in the reality.
The need to cobble up a secular front has been reiterated by some political parties. Is it still relevant?
Yes, there is a need for this. All those forces that value the secular, democratic foundation of India should come together in defence of our people. This does not mean that it is a political alliance. This means raising concrete issues in defence of our country and people against attacks mounted by the RSS and this government. People's struggles must be strengthened against both communalism and economic policies. The Left will independently strengthen people's struggles.
The growth of the BJP in the north-eastern region has very dangerous portents. Assam is an important State. It is very crucial in the north-eastern region. It has a sizeable proportion of religious minorities. These problems need to be handled in a sensitive manner, strictly adhering to the secular, democratic and foundational pillars of our constitutional order. The RSS-BJP's tendency to promote communal polarisation will be disastrous. Clearly, the BJP gained with its alliance with the AGP, which had twice earlier formed the government in the State. It is a matter that has to be addressed by the people of Assam and they have to rise in defence of the rich unity in diversity which is so crucial to the State and its people.
Is the Left Front still an alternative to the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal?
It is the only alternative in West Bengal. As we have seen in the results, the voting pattern has not been all that different as compared to the 2014 election. We have retained our vote share in West Bengal. Right now our priority is to defend our comrades from attacks and deepen our links with the people and launch powerful people's struggles in defence of their rights and livelihood.


Note: This makes at least the sixth time in 17 years the LC has studied this famous passage–just over once in every three years. What makes this repeated study particularly interesting is witnessing in a snapshot expression my evolving application–as a maturing parent, and not just to my natural-born kids, but to all my kids, over the past 17 years– of this passage's powerful truth. Truth in time. Read, witness and learn from both my mistakes and perseverance.
Last week, in our study of the angel Gabriel's announcement to the priest Zacharias that his elderly life, Elizabeth would have a child, whom they were to name John and who would prepare the nation for this coming of their LORD, three things leaped up out of the text at me: 1) the work, time, inspiration and passion required to research, discover and write the Scripture's sustainable, eternal TRUTH—truth that even this morning, in the crunch, I was able to text to someone and calm them down within minutes concerning their anxiety, and this was not the first time this week, I have pounded another human mind with God's truth in order to give them peace. To me…that is amazing. No doubt, the Spirit of God rewarded Dr. Luke's diligence. Thought perhaps not inspired in the same way, my prayer is that the Spirit will reward my diligence with respect to not only Sustainable Love, but all the Sustainable topics to follow, including joy, peace, purpose, truth, community and influence.
2) That Spiritual faithfulness' reward–such as Zacharias and Elizabeth's with the conception and birth of their son who would become one of God's greatest prophets–is often delayed, comparative to our standards or time, is no less real and lasting; 3) Spiritually born of God for a purpose, are John the Baptist. John the Baptist foreshadows every Christian's conception, birth, growth and ministry. Every Christian, conceived within the mind of God is reborn in Christ and graced with God's Spirit to prepare others to meet God, pure and simple.
The goal in this second study now is to focus on Mary's humble reaction and response to the incredible news that of all the people on the planet, by the Holy Spirit of God, she will conceive and bear, not just a great prophet who will prepare God's people to receive their Messiah and Deliverer, as was the case with her cousin Elizabeth's conception of and giving birth to John the Baptist, but, in this case, the real McCoy, the world's Savior ("Christ" in Greek… "Messiah" in Hebrew) from sin and evil.
Teachers…This lesson for me over the past 17 years is about the incredible, required, divine and available grace to parent…or Spiritually nurture…not just any child, but the child of God…the Savior of the world. And yet, not unlike Mary, we too require this same grace to love, nurture and parent our children as well. Nothing has changed! Parenting still remains a daunting task that can only be accomplished with the help of God's Spirit.
• How did she become pregnant? • How big a town is Nazareth? A burg? Large city? • Where is Galilee? • What is Galilee? I thought Galilee was sea? • Why did God send Gabriel specifically? Was Gabriel also the angel God sent to Joseph in a dream (in Matthew 1)?
v. 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
What's a virgin? A young girl? • How old was the girl? 12? 13? • Who is Joseph? • How old was Joseph?• He comes from the family line of King David? • How does one know that someone a thousand years later that they are from the line of a king? • How long were they been pledged for? Is this like engagement? Or had this been arranged by their families? Had Joseph, according to Middle Eastern marriage customs, entered into a covenant to take Mary as his wife after he had finished preparations to receive his bride? And being a carpenter, was he building an addition to his father's house for Mary and him to live in? • Did Joseph and Mary love each other, like we think of love today? • Did they fall in love with each other? • When were they going to get married?
Did the angel just show up or appear out of nowhere? • Was Mary startled or afraid? • Why has was she chosen to receive God's favor? Had she done something special? Was she a good person? Did she especially love God? Or was this solely by grace? Or some combination?
v. 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
How upset was she? Did she cry or scream? Was she silent in her fear? • Why did the angel's words trouble her? What does it mean that she wondered what kind of greeting this could be? • If an angel appeared to me, I would be frightened out of my wits.
v. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.
The angel could sense Mary was afraid and sought to comfort her. • By re-emphasizing to her that God is pleased with her, does this imply that she has done something or has lived her life in such a way as to have pleased God? • Perhaps, the angel is saying, you are not in trouble, don't be afraid (like being called to the principal's office and fearing being in trouble for something that happened during recess. You are not in trouble; instead you are being praised for something).
v. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
Pregnant–you mean, like having a baby? You have got to be kidding? But I have not had sexual relations? I have not consummated my marriage vows with Joseph yet? • Why must we name him Jesus? * Does Jesus mean something special? Yahweh Saves? I AM Delivers? Why this name and meaning? Is God about to deliver or save his people and from what?
How will he be great? Will he be a ruler? A king? The messianic ruler or savior of the world? • Who will call him Son of the Most High God? • How will he be the Son of the Most High? Is he really God's Son? How can he be God's son, if he is Mary's son? • How is it that God will make him a king? • Are you saying that he is a direct descendent of King David? That David was his great-great-great etc. grandfather, and that is the way David is his father?
Forever? Is that truly forever or just a real long time? • Who is Jacob? Israel? Wasn't Jacob's name changed to Israel after he wrestled with God through the night in Gen. 32 at the River Jabbok? Are you saying that his people—the people he rules over–all came from Jacob's family?
Now when John the Baptist's father asked a similar question earlier, he was muzzled by God for quite some time, until his son's birth. Will Mary be silenced too? It's only fair?
v. 35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Who is this Holy Spirit? Can you see him? • God's power will cover her? How? • Is this what will make her pregnant? • So somehow God' power will cover her through this Holy Spirit and she will bear a child? And that is why he is called God's son? • Will she feel all of this? Will it feel wonderful? • Will Mary get sick in the mornings and throw up? What does "holy" mean?
v. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month.
She is related to Elizabeth? You mean God is making them both pregnant? Why? What is going on here? • How old was Elizabeth? 80?
So this is all an answer to Mary's above question? If I can do it with an old Elizabeth, I can do it with you–even though you are a virgin, because nothing is impossible with God. You mean God can do anything, including make old women and young virgins have babies? Yep!
v. 38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
Why does she say, "I am the Lord's servant"? Does this mean she is accepting what is about to happen to her? In other words, is she submitting to God's divine will?
Ask Who, What and Where?
(Substructure–how does the Angel comfort her?
besides it has already happened with your relative Elizabeth who is an old woman and everyone said it could not happen–therefore it can happen for you. vv. 35-37.
• Mary, God's Servant, Embraces Her Crucial Calling. 38.
• The Angel tells Mary she will have a special child–God's and David's Son, and he will rule forever.
• He will do this through the power of his Holy Spirit since she has not been sexually intimate with her soon-to-be husband yet, since she is not married yet.
• Mary graciously accepts God's call upon her life and body.
Or restated: A young godly virgin accepts the seemingly impossible role of bearing the Son of God.
What do I learn about God? Myself? Others? Life?
1) Angels exist; angels serve God; they are his messengers; they have names.
2) God knows and follows what we are doing within our lives and is pleased with our obedience–as in the case with Mary.
3) God knows the future and has a plan–as announced by Gabriel to Mary.
4) God desires to comfort the innocent's fears.
5) Jesus was the Son of God, born to a virgin (not having had sexual relations) and a descendent of David. God empowers him and "…will make him great." (Someday) He will rule forever a kingdom that has no end.
6) God manifests his power, or what seems humanly impossible, through his Holy Spirit–the third person of the Godhead who is unseen, but whose works are not.
7) Nothing is impossible–physically–with God. He controls the universe. He created it.
8) While Mary might have questioned how it was possible that she could become pregnant since she had not had sexual relations with a man, she graciously accepted what was about to happen to her as God's faithful servant. Can you imagine what people will think when the baby begins to show (or perhaps she didn't show much. Some women don't much, but it's doubtful). Will her parents, friends, and relatives believe her and Joseph that this child was conceived by God's Spirit and is holy–sacred, set apart for God's use in a special way…belonging to God…not common or profane?
How does all this apply to me?
I have much to be thankful for. I am alive. Yay! I am alive with my bride of 36 glorious years. Yay! Her skin cancer surgery was successful today! Yay! And we had a wonderful day, afternoon and evening together. We were like kids again, but in a good way. But even that growth and the ability to be like childhood friends together has come over a long time and great, but rewarding price. Thank you, God. And our kids? They continue to mature into wonderful adults and supportive friends. We are blessed.
In addition, everyday, it seems that God gives us more and more kids…many young adults or millennials that are naturally getting their tails kicked by life, as they should. and as we did. These millennials are desperately needing Spiritual parents to guide and parent them through these tough times and many previously unwise and costly decisions. And I love it! All the many lessons that I have had to learn and learn in the parenting of my own kids are coming into priceless fruition. Thank you, God. Thank you for so so many life lessons learned. Thank you for teaching me the power of patient waiting over the years…that pain prepares willing students to learn. So wait for the pain. Wait for the moment. Then, with the Spirit's delicate touch and leadership, pounce! Seize the day! Seize the teachable moments and opportunities! They will come. They always do. Childhood stubbornness and foolishly naivete are quickly exposed. Be patient. The moment will come. Be ready. Be sensitive, but be ready.
O God, reclaim your children from sick and adulterous generation and culture. Reclaim them, clean them, teach them and empower them, just as you reclaimed, cleaned and empowered me. Teach them the same painful parenting lessons you called, exposed and taught our Lord's mother two thousand years ago. The same lessons that you exposed me and Rhonda to over the last four decades. That because true Spiritual parenting is about process over time and NOT the momentary, pseudo-change that I seek to impose on my child in the moment, I…we can only do it with and by the merciful, miraculous and forgiving grace or favor of God. Amen.
What about you? What is the most difficult thing you are going through at the moment? How can one of these truths relate?


Across America, auditoriums are filling up with nervous chatter, new students, and legalese. As you begin your journey into the legal profession, you might be hearing many unfamiliar terms. Some are ordinary words with different meanings inside a law school!
Here's the one thing I learned from orientation: when you're not sure about something, gather your resources and make a good-faith effort, then ask for help. For instance, knowing the difference between these common terms and their law school equivalents will save you from stress and embarrassment! If you haven't found a mentor, let's clear up some things.
One produces legal analysis read around the legal world (including on Westlaw!). The other produces musical send-ups of law school life. If you're into satire, look for law revue, but to read a piece about humor in legal opinions, look for a law review.
During orientation, you probably passed by several companies offering law school study aids and a course to help you review for a state bar exam. Another bar review often takes place after classes on Friday. Studies take second fiddle to unwinding from the week. If you're interested in the latter type of bar review, look for flyers announcing the week's get-together.
This has nothing to do with your summer exercise program or "getting swole." Instead, it refers to your fitness to practice law. In many states, like California, the law school has to make a declaration of the applicant's character. Generally this means disclosing law school discipline, knowledge of criminal offenses, personal conduct, and other issues. During orientation, we met our school's Dean, who urged us to behave ourselves. Even if law school squeezes your workout program, you should still dedicate all your time to character and fitness.
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the language of the law, Westlaw is here to help. Black's Law Dictionary is available on Westlaw, as a mobile app, and in print!
These fun examples are a prelude to the Latin maxims, terms of art, and other vocabulary you'll be learning. Precise language might not win you fame and fortune in your first few weeks of law school. With a sense for precise language, you could win cases with billions of dollars at stake.


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Facebook Pages BLOCKED! Pro-Pakatan Facebook users to retaliate!
WILL THE RETALIATION CAMPAIGN OF PRO-PAKATAN USERS WORK?
Among others, they have urged netizens to report the Facebook pages of blogger Papagomo and Shen Yee Aun, a former DAP member and current Utusan Malaysia columnist, who has been gloating about the actions taken against the pro-Pakatan Facebook pages.
The BN-Pakatan Rakyat cyberwar has taken a new turn with pro-Pakatan Facebook users vowing to strike back with attempts to disable pro-BN Facebook pages.
Over the past week, netizens have been unable to access several popular pro-Pakatan Facebook pages in Malaysia, but the pages were still accessible abroad.
It is understood that opponents of these Facebook pages have mounted a coordinated campaign to report the pages for violating Facebook's policies.
In retaliation, a new page, dubbed the Pakatan Fanpages Alliance, has urged netizens to adopt the same tactics on pro-BN Facebook pages.
Illustrated instructions detailing the necessary steps were also supplied. As of noon, Shen's Facebook page remains intact.
Thus far, the Pakatan Fanpages Alliance have claimed victory in disabling access to a pro-BN fanpage known as Boikot Barangan Cina DAP, which reportedly had 62,224 followers.
One more Pro PR page with 700,000 likes have been block! Lawan Tetap Lawan!
Malaysiakini has written to Facebook to seek comment on its alleged regional blocking of the two pages, but there has not been a reply at the time of writing.
At least two more pro-Pakatan Facebook pages had become inaccessible for Internet users locally today, raising more questions among netizens if the inaccessibility was being caused by a ban by local authorities.
After the unavailability of several Chinese-langauge pages which were popular with netizens during the 13th general election, netizens today reported that a Malay language pro-Pakatan page, 'Otai Reformasi II', which has 68,000 followers, had also become unaccessible.
The other Facebook page which suffered a similar fate today was a Chinese page for overseas voters, called 'Hai Wai Xuan Min', with 14,000 'likes'.
This takes the total number of pro-Pakatan Facebook pages that had become inaccessible since the weekend, to at least five pages.
However, Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Jailani Johari said that he did not know about the supposed blocking of these pages.
Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Jailani Johari said today he was not aware of regulators blocking access to pro-Pakatan Facebook pages.
Jailani said his ministry was neutral and would assist in censoring the Internet if people complained.
However, he said, he does not know whether the pro-Pakatan Chinese language Facebook page 'We Fully Support Pakatan (DAP)' was being blocked.
*This Facebook Page hasn't been blocked.
2. Apa polis boleh buat, kita raja. Buang semua polis Melayu.
3. Mati Melayu, sakai pergi masuk .
4. KL sekarang Cina punya.
5. Melayu balik kampong, Melayu sekarang tiada kuasa, sekarang kita Cina sudah control.
6. Melayu keluar! Apa lagi duduk sini, kita hentam lu, sekarang kita sudah ada kuasa.
7. semua Melayu kasi habis, kasi halau semua polis.
8. Apa ini Melayu, kita sudah perintah dia negeri, ini negeri bukan Melayu yang punya, mata-mata lancau.
9. Butuh Melayu, Malai si pergi mati Melayu.
Melayu.Fakta ini telah dibacakan oleh bekas ahli parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu, Zulkifli Nordin di dalam parlimen, dan tidak pernah dinafikan oleh ahli parlimen DAP yang termasuk Lim Kit Siang sekaligus mengakui Lim Kit Siang pernah mengeluarkan ungkapan begini.
Ramai generasi Melayu tidak tahu mengenai fakta ini. Diharap semua dapat CLICK SHARE untuk sebarkan sejarah yang perlu kita ingat siapa itu Lim Kit Siang DAP? CLICK SHARE!
*This Facebook Page isn't blocked.
Setelah beberapa FB pages berbahasa cina menjadi mangsa disekat, kini tiba pula giliran FB pages berbahasa melayu yang pro PR.
Otai Reformasi II (https://www.facebook.com/otaireformasiII) yang mempunyai 68k fans adalah mangsa terkini disekat dari diakses dari Malaysia.
Bebaskan FB dari gangguan politik!
Pro-Pakatan Facebook pages blocked in M'sia?
Several popular pro-Pakatan Facebook accounts have been inaccessible in Malaysia since yesterday afternoon, sparking speculation that they are being blocked locally.
Attempts has been made to access the affected Facebook pages, but the URLs directed back to the Facebook homepage.
According to a press statement by Perak DAP economic bureau chief Chong Zhemin, the affected Facebook pages include 'We Fully Support PKR<DAP>' and 'Zhong Zheng Kuai Xun'.
These Facebook pages are popular among the Chinese community, especially during the last general election, circulating pro-Pakatan messages and garnering up to 500,000 likes.
According to a screenshot circulating on Facebook, 'We Fully Support PKR<DAP>' questioned whether they are being "oppressed" by the authorities.
However, a pro-BN group leader claimed that 'We Fully Support PKR<DAP>' is instead being blocked by Facebook after receiving report that it contained "hate speech".
According to the screenshot uploaded by Shen Yee Aun (right), the president of Malaysia Youth Rights Movement, it was mentioned that the 'We Fully Support PKR<DAP>' page "has been removed in certain regions where legally it can't be posted".
"Today is the happiest day in my life. DAP's Red Bean Army No 1 page has been shut down by Facebook. This is what it means by karma," said Shen.
Shen is a former DAP member-turned-critic.
He and the mainstream media had claimed that DAP controlled a cybertrooper called the 'red bean army', an allegation the opposition party has denied.
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Ein schnellerer Weg zu tiefsten Temperaturen
A Quicker Way to the Deepest Cold
Press release from 03/09/2020
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Illustration of an ion trap quantum simulator including the auxiliary particle (red)
New cooling procedure facilitates the realisation of quantum simulators
Quantum technology has the potential to enable revolutionary technological applications. However, conventional computers lack the power to calculate the properties of complex quantum systems. Phenomena such as quantum superposition or entanglement cause an exponential increase in operations that would take modern supercomputers several years to complete. Quantum simulation can solve this problem. Since quantum simulators are quantum systems as well, they are able to use the same exponential complexity for operations, therefore determining the properties of other quantum systems efficiently.
Nevertheless, generating and controlling quantum states relevant for simulations is still difficult. A team of physicists led by Hendrik Weimer from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at Leibniz University Hannover has developed a new approach for realising suitable ground states more efficiently. In the current issue of the scientific magazine "Science Advances", the researchers introduce a general cooling system for strongly correlated quantum systems.
Typically, interesting quantum states in strongly correlated systems can be found at extremely low temperatures close to absolute zero. The cooling process - especially in multi-particle quantum systems - is time-consuming, difficult to control and requires significant resources. In their new approach, Weimer and his team connected the quantum simulator to an auxiliary particle so that energy can be exchanged between them. Controlling and extracting energy from a single auxiliary particle - therefore cooling it - is significantly easer. The loss of energy is compensated via the connected quantum simulator, causing it to cool even further. Via dissipative cooling, the researchers were able to lower the temperatures of the quantum simulator to as low as a few nanokelvin.
"The main advantage of our approach is that instead of an entire system, we only have to cool a single particle", explains Hendrik Weimer. Together with his team it was possible to demonstrate that this is both efficient and feasible using relatively modest technical efforts. This enables researchers to prepare and control quantum simulators more easily, especially for strongly correlated systems. For example, fascinating materials such as high-temperature superconductors could be calculated more easily via quantum simulators.
The publication originated from the collaborative research centre DQ-mat and received funding from the Volkswagen Foundation. Within the scope of the collaborative research centre DQ-mat, researchers from Leibniz University Hannover, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), and the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity in Bremen investigate how complex quantum systems can be controlled in order to use them in Metrology.
Initialization of Quantum Simulators by Sympathetic Cooling
Meghana Raghunandan, Fabian Wolf, Christian Ospelkaus, Piet O. Schmidt and Hendrik Weimer
Science Advances 6, eaaw9268 (2020).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw9268
For further information, please contact Dr. Hendrik Weimer, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Leibniz University Hannover (Tel. +49 511 762 17344, Email hweimer@itp.uni-hannover.de).
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Q: AS3 Sliding Puzzle with Tweens I was wondering how can a sliding puzzle can be achieved like here:

http://mypuzzle.org/sliding

i have googled all the way but unable to find any tutorial

A: TweenMax for tweening objects.
And I found a lot of tutorials while googling.
For example http://ajaybadgujar.com/2011/12/06/as3-number-slide-puzzle-game-for-beginners/
Or here you can find a lot of topics and source code related to puzzles
If you think you start making the application straight away, you are kinda wrong.
You have to break the app down and think what you really need.
Some quick simple model as an example:

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*Main menu

*Grid (as array)

*Tiles

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*Filled in grid array and updated via loops

*Contain their own picture

*Attach event listeners to objects (MouseEvent.CLICK or others)

*Check for a win situation with every move.

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Combine both the flour in a bowl. Add salt, baking soda,asafoetida, and red chilli powder to this.
Pour 2 tblsp of hot oil to the flour mixture.
Will post the mixture recipe soon. For more tips on making boondi visit my post on boondi ladoo.
Simply delicious and crispy looking Kara Boondhi.
Fantastic clicks and looks fabulous!
Crispy, fresh & so tempting!!
Nice crunchy snack !! looks very tempting !!
My very favorite snack.I always like to have at any time during the day.
I am always scared to make this .. due to holding the ladle close to oil .. hopefully someday I will do it :) .. looks yummy.
once i tried this boondhi...my hubby's favourite snack...having it with a cup of tea wow yummy combo!
Looks tempting. I love to eat this with hot cup os tea.
all time perfect muncher,loved it!!
Send me a bowl,feel like munching some.
I would eat anything if kara boondis is served as side. Lovely prep jeyashri.
looks delicious... fabulous kara boondhi..
YUM YUM n YUM ~ so very delish n perfectly executed!
Lovely lip smacking snack, love it anytime. Looks fantastic.
wow simply feel like picking up tht bowl.....looks so good!
I can never stop munching on kara boondi. Delicious.
Lovely click always been a big fan of ur site Jeyashri.
just did it thk u came out crisp. happy diwali to jeyashri and ur family.
Thanks for sharing....tried your version of Kara boondhi,it has come out very well.
hi jeyashri thks for sharing this recipe. If we add curd to this karaboondi and can have it. it is also very nice.
Hi.. I wanted to try tis for Diwali.. Can v avoid baking soda or I there any substitute for it?? Pls let me know..
Hi if you avoid baking soda the boondis won't puff up well. I haven't tried without adding soda. If i make by this weekend will update you.


Have you observed that there are quite a number of people that remain with their car insurer for years? A normal assumption anyone could give is that they might have provided good rates and insurance conditions with them. However, you might be amazed to learn that a fair number of people just want to avoid to undergo the same trouble of searching and undergoing unfamiliar processes with other companies even though they offer a better rate.
These days, you may experience being swamped with so many offers from company to company regarding how great their insurance policies are and why you must do business from them instead of the other. How do yo find the best deal among policy after policy?
An easy way to start is to compare the best rates of few car insurance policies and pick a few ones you can start digging more information about it.
What types of car insurers are out there? The first step is to group a few of these insurance companies by checking what kind of marketing they execute and the size of their organization.
Authorized insurance consultants – There are quite a number of insurance companies who hire people to sell insurance policies as authorized agents. Some people also prefer having a consultant designated to them for a more personal type of service. You will find that some of them have good rates.
Customized business hotline – There are companies who used a different approach by selling the insurance policies personally over the phone. They get in touch with customers through phone or online. Rarely do they meet in person with their clients. By enrolling with them, you are assured that the policy comes from them and is real.
Freelance consultants - They are simply people who spend time to compare each policy and recommend the best deal at hand for a service fee. They can even provide common solutions on minor setbacks to increase your chances on getting approved.
How to choose the best car insurance that is catered for you? How do you know you are with the right car insurer? A good basis would be to observe if they can get a clear overall picture of you and your details before forming a policy that listens to your needs and consider your standing. They give much thought and effort to investigate your driving profile and credit profile. They look into meticulous details prior to calculating an estimate and giving a rate as a result of it.
Spending time comparing and researching can be quite overwhelming and tiring however one must think about the long term savings when your policy takes into effect.


If you happen to visit Fairfield, CT anytime soon you just might hear the tale of Huga Tuga, a magical blue sea monster that was born in the imagination of Joe Shandrowski and soon after brought to life in a series of successful children's books.
Huga Tuga (pronounced hooga tooga) is the star of The Wonder Series, stories that have been designed in a way that Joe hopes enhances the storytelling experience between adults and kids.
"Huga Tuga takes children on amazing adventures through the world of imagination," he said. "Along the journey the children learn valuable lessons about life, family and friendship."
Joe has just released his third story, this one called "Huga Tuga In The Dinosaur Adventure."
"The book is geared toward ages 2-7 and deals with the consequences of stealing," he said.
Since the release of the first book, Joe has used Huga Tuga to create a complete program he performs called "Reading Rocks Live! A Pep Rally For Reading." The performance is an interactive theater experience that includes a spectacular light show, cartoon illustrating, bubble magic and the "Treasure Chest Of Imagination." Along the way the children also get to dance along to the cool cat sounds of Huga Tuga and the Sea Animal Band.
When Joe began performing "Reading Rocks Live" in 2002 he appeared in two schools. Today he has worked with more than 150 preschools, elementary schools, libraries and hospitals throughout Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The idea for the show was simple and personal for Joe.
"When I was in grade school no one ever visited our class to encourage us to pursue our dreams or to believe in our imaginations," he said. "I never thought I would find myself on stage performing but it is an amazing experience. Hopefully by visiting schools, libraries and hospitals I can put a smile on the face of a child, and at the same time help them realize their full potential by believing in their imaginations." Becoming an author was not something Joe thought about until a car accident left him with severe back and neck injuries in 1993.
"I couldn't go back to work so I went to college," he said. "I took a few early childhood education writing courses and the fuse was lit." With the help of his family, Joe, at the age of 34, opened up Huga Tuga Creations in 1997 with the goal of creating a publishing company that would distribute original material. Unfortunately things did not work out and the company folded in 2000. "We just had no experience in the business and it quickly became overwhelming," he said. "My family thought it was best to close the doors. I couldn't blame them. They had their full-time jobs and family matters to deal with.
But Joe was not about to give up. He knew in order to keep his dream alive he would have to make tough decisions. Over the next year he cut back on a more normal life to pursue one of a starving artist. He was determined to bring Huga Tuga to life.
"You quickly realize if you want something bad enough you have to depend on faith and determination to see it through," he said.
Nine years later he has published three books with six more on the way. There are plans to put the "Reading Rocks Live" performance in a permanent theater. "It was literally a one-in-a-million chance of success, but I didn't want to regret not having at least tried," he said. "I also knew I would never be happy if I didn't. I'm glad I took the risk."


Bell-Scott served for a decade as co-founding editor of SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. She is a former contributing editor to Ms. Magazine. She is also a cofounder of the National Women's Studies Association.
A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Bell-Scott lives in Athens, Georgia with her husband, Charles Vernon Underwood Jr.


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Eat like Daenerys (or drink like Tyrion) at this Game of Thrones-inspired pop-up dinner
No blood-letting needed to get a seat at this table
By Shradha Shahani
Game of Thrones will take its final bow on 19 May, but the chatter around the show will most definitely live on for a while. If you're itching to discuss just how bland the finale turned out (or just how amazing the show was, regardless), you're in luck. There's a special Game of Thrones-inspired dinner for you, where the spread and the company will likely be worth your time.
The Literary Table, a series of sit-down dinners, is organising an eight-course meal inspired by the scenes and characters from the series. TLT was started by chef Shriya Shetty after her stint at Ellipsis and Gaggan Bangkok, and food and travel writer Shirin Mehrotra. The two marry food and literature by curating menus around books. The last two pop-ups were inspired by the Harry Potter series and the books of Haruki Murakami. This time, it is Game of Thrones.
The chicken liver soaked in beetroot juice takes its inspiration from a GoT scene where Daenerys Targaryen eats a stallion's heart.
The duo isn't letting out much about what they are serving, except that vegetarians will be accommodated and that the star dish of the night is the 'The stallion who mounts the world'. It draws from a sequence where a pregnant Daenerys Targaryen eats a horse's heart as a rite of passage into the Dothraki tribe. Don't worry: there are no horses at this dinner. Your meal will be mocked up with chicken liver soaked in beetroot juice and chilly oil.
And of course, because it is Game of Thrones, there will. be. wine.
The dinner will be hosted at Pop-Ups by Devika, Lower Parel on 25 May at 7.30pm. Meal for one priced at Rs3,800, inclusive of an eight-course meal and four glasses of wine. Diners must be 18 or above. Book here .
A previous dinner organised by The Literary Table
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Rain follows through with his promise to shower Cosima with gifts, and elder brother Wind teases her with a few tidbits of information.
Thank you. Honestly, the game gives me the ideas randomly most of the time just from the craziness that is built in. I never know what to expect.
Cosima just has the best facial expressions. Love her!
The expressions are purely a product of patients. Pausing and starting frame by frame through animations until you get lucky. As for the leather shorts. well… that speaks for itself.


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Volvo Trucks' Fuel Saving Technology Will Memorize Routes
April 08, 2016 by Carina Ockedahl, @Ockis9
Volvo FH European model truck equipped with I-See. (Photo: Volvo)
Volvo Trucks North America plans a U.S. roll out of technology that memorizes a driver's route and then manages how the vehicle operates in order to increase fuel efficiency.
The software, Volvo I-See, stores information about thousands of routes. The data is then used to keep the truck in the most fuel-efficient gear possible the next time it drives a familiar road.
When cruise control is activated, the system records the topography of the route, storing up to 4,500 hills in its memory, the truck company said. I-See will recognize the route on future trips and work in tandem with the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission to choose the optimal gear.
"The integration between the transmission and the engine is critical to getting the best performance and efficiency possible," said John Moore, a Volvo product marketing manager. "Drivers are now going to get more power for less fuel spent."
The system saves up to 5 percent fuel when activated, Volvo said. It's been available in Europe but not in the U.S.
The technology is specifically designed to climb hills in a way that optimizes fuel efficiency.
(Graph: Volvo)
It does this by monitoring the vehicle's speed, weight and engine load, and by working with Volvo's semi-automatic transmission to prepare for upcoming inclines and to help the truck manage its speed over the hill.
It keeps the truck in a higher gear for better power and performance, while avoiding unnecessary downshifts, which can waste fuel, Volvo said.
When I-See recognizes an upcoming hill, the truck accelerates to gain momentum. Once on top, the truck's speed is curbed and it rolls in neutral, saving energy.
As the truck gains speed going downhill, the system automatically applies the brakes to keep it under control. The vehicle then rolls off the hill in neutral gear, building up its speed again.
Check out the video below to see it in action:


Your labor breathing should make you feel comfortable, safe and relaxed. Several levels of breathing awareness can be used during labor. Choose the level of breathing that gives you the most comfort with the least amount of effort. There is no particular level for each phase of labor. Experiment and practice to discover what works best for you. Begin labor breathing with early contractions.
Combine breathing with relaxation. Determining a focal point will help you concentrate better. Choose a person or an object in the room as your focal point.
There are several breathing techniques. This is an example of one technique. Others may be discussed at childbirth classes.
Level I breathing is slow, relaxed breathing, about half the breaths normally taken. Lie on your side or recline in a lounge chair. The coach should place hands on your back, 3 inches below the waist. If no coach, you should place your hands below your abdomen. Take a deep, comfortable breath as each contraction begins. Then breathe in slowly and deeply to the level of the hands. The chest and abdomen will move in and out in a relaxed pattern. You may listen to your breath as you inhale and exhale or repeat phrases such as "I can do this" or "energy in, pain out." Another approach is counting "in, 2, 3, 4, out, 2, 3, 4" as you breathe, or rock in rhythm to your breathing.
Level II breathing continues at a slower rate. Coach's hands are now placed on your waist. If no coach, you should place your hands at your navel. Begin each contraction with a deep, comfortable breath. Then breathe to the level of your hands. Continue your counting "in, 2, 3, out, 2, 3," or move for comfort with your breathing.
Level III breathing is at a slightly faster rate than normal. It should not exceed twice the breaths normally taken. Coach's hands are placed below your shoulder blades at bra height. If no coach, you should place your hands on your breasts. Begin each contraction with a comfortable breath. Then breathe in comfortably and quietly to the level of the hands. Recite words in rhythm like "health-y ba-by" or count "in 2, out 2." This type of breathing is tiring when done for a long time. Go back to Level I or Level II when possible.
Many women have an early urge to push during labor. It is important not to push until the nurse or doctor directs you to. Using proper breathing techniques will help give you control.
When your cervix is completely dilated, you can begin pushing or bearing down during each contraction. Your position should be comfortable during pushing. Select from semi-reclining, sitting up, side-lying or squatting position. Keep your mouth open slightly, relax your legs and pelvic floor muscles, and look toward your body.
It may help to think of pushing as if you are trying to empty your bladder forcefully or pushing your Kegel muscle out. Because pushing takes so much work, begin pushing only when your body tells you to push. Build the push smoothly with your contraction, pushing the hardest at the peak of the contraction. You may feel like you need to have a bowel movement. This is a normal sensation as your baby's head presses against your bottom.
As your baby moves down, you may experience a large pressure or burning sensation. Most women feel a strong desire to push. Do not push during practice. To assist in pushing, there are two methods of breathing.
Begin each contraction with two deep breaths. Inhale deeply and exhale slowly through pursed lips. Relax your bottom and push down. Keep your abdominal muscles tight around your baby as you take another breath. You may find yourself making throaty sounds. Repeat these steps as long as the contraction lasts.
Begin each contraction with two deep breaths. Inhale deeply and hold your breath in the back of your throat (not your cheeks) for more than 6 to 10 seconds. It may be helpful for your coach to time this for you. Push while holding your breath. Keep your abdominal muscles tight around your baby as you take another breath. Repeat these steps as long as the contraction lasts.
For more information on labor breathing and childbirth education classes offered at Saint Francis, click here.
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Topic: Is the mobile game going to come back?
So I've noticed that the mobile game has gotten a couple updates in the Apple App Store, is the mobile game finally going to get some love and continuous updates?
Topic: How do you download the game?
Re: How do you download the game?
In my email it says that it's an Alpha 4 key for steam... is that a mistake?
So I've been checking the app store on my phone, is there not an update out yet for SC Mobile?
It is unfortunate that other people are having problems, but I at least am having the same problem that you are having Magarkus. Has anyone been able to beam down to planets or get money from missions?


More progress on the Porkers V8 engine. A set of goetz rings have been supplied and fitted.
The heads and cam boxes have been bolted on. A new cam had to obtained for the left hand bank. The old cam had snapped off at the shoulder ,where strangely, there is a sharp edge . Theories about these cams snapping include thing like the cam wheel being loose or not torqued up enough don't apply here because the wheel tight on the stub of the broken cam ,as was the retaining bolt.
over the last couple of days i have fitted the belt and covers,alternator and power steering pump. I'm just waiting for the rubber stands for the Kjet intake to arrive and the engine will be complete enough to go back into the car.
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Most people would guess the 11 Premier League goals already scored by Tottenham's Harry Kane in 2017 would make him the leading scorer in English's top four tiers this calendar year.
Instead, that accolade goes to Stevenage forward Matt Godden - a man who has found the net 12 times in 12 matches for a form side thumping up the League Two table and who only joined the club from non-league in the summer.
Of course, if you factor in Kane's FA Cup hat-trick against Fulham he overtakes Godden, not that it takes off the gloss of being mentioned in the same breath as an England striker.
"It's a bit surreal," Godden, 25, told BBC Sport. "Nobody's probably heard of me before this season so it's just nice to put my name out there and stand up.
"I'm not massive on social media, I stay fairly quiet, I just like to be nosey and see what's going on in the world.
"After a game I just have a check and more often than not this season it's been nice messages. It just makes you feel proud, and you're keeping the fans happy doing what they want you to do."
Godden has been an integral part of Stevenage's rise up the table, which has seen them win seven of their last eight matches to go sixth in League Two.
The forward credits his team-mates for making the job of scoring much easier for him, but he still has a seemingly insatiable appetite for getting on the scoresheet, annoyed with himself that he failed to add to the two goals he notched in Saturday's 3-0 win over Notts County.
"I'm never happy," he said. "Everyone has been asking me what's next after hitting the 20-goal mark. It's about not stopping at 20 and just be satisfied. I need to keep going and get as many as I can."
Godden has taken the long road to professional first-team football, having failed to break through at his first club Scunthorpe United, hampered by persistent injury.
"Managers and youth-team managers at Scunthorpe, especially Tony Daws, showed a lot of faith in me at the time," he said.
"I got a professional contract and they gave me my first chance in League football. To have such an injury-hit few years was disappointing because there were people who had put a lot of faith and time into me and it was unfortunate I couldn't repay them."
Despite failing to make a true impact at the Iron, Godden made sure to get some experience in "the more physical and demanding" side of football on loan at non-league clubs such as Brigg, Gainsborough and Tamworth.
"That's made the player I am today. I went to some eye-opening places, but that's football. The lucky ones break straight through but football is a game of building your way up. You get reward for working hard in this game. That's what I've found.
"You find nowadays that youngsters at 17 or 18 are quite narrow-minded. They want to break in to the first team where they are. If they get the opportunity to go out on loan they want to go to a team in a higher division.
"The way I saw it when I was younger was that you can go out on loan, play games, get experience and then maybe your second loan could be to that club you'd have like to have gone first."
In 2014 Godden's contract was up after Scunthorpe's promotion to League One, but the Iron still wanted to take up the option in his deal.
However, Godden made a decision that not many would think of - dropping down into the Conference South with Ebbsfleet, a club close to his Kent home.
"I didn't get released by Scunthorpe, but I had an agreement with Russ Wilcox, the manager at the time, that I really wanted to play football consistently," he said.
"They offered me a new contract up there but I felt the time was right to have a fresh start, go back towards home and drop down a few leagues to Ebbsfleet to rejuvenate myself.
"If I was going to drop to a side in that division, that would be my first choice. It's not the closest club to me, but with everything going on at Ebbsfleet, the way the owner runs things - for the level it's at it's second to none."
Rejuvenate himself he did, and in the second of his two seasons at the club he scored 30 league goals to alert English Football League clubs.
After seeing the club's facilities, which are "up there with if not better than some Championship sides" in the words of Godden, he was sold on Stevenage, becoming Darren Sarll's first signing as permanent manager.
A slow start to the season followed. Stevenage were 22nd in October, but Sarll is a man for whom graft has no bounds, candidly admitting that he struggles to switch off from the day-to-day life as a football manager.
"I've never known a manager to be so hardworking," said Godden. "If he gives us a Sunday off, you know for a fact he's probably watched the game twice over from the day before.
"He's a really hardworking manager on and off the field. That's starting to pay off in games. Everyone knows how he wants to play and he's got us playing in a way that we're all enjoying and thriving on and that's why we've picked up our results."


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I ran the Chicago marathon in October 2016 - my first marathon - a year and 10
months after I first started running. I had 5 half marathons, 4 ten milers,
and a few other races under my belt so I had a pretty solid running base.

I primarily used the Nike+ running coach app (now defunct I think)
marathon training program to plan out all my training runs.
It's a 20 week training program with runs 5 days per week.
A little intense compared to Hal Higdon's beginners' training program, but I
just wanted to be well prepared.

Below is the schedule of what I actually ran.
I did very little actual cross-training, just some easy yoga every once in a
while on Sundays.
Each week I show in parentheses my actual mileage / planned miles for the week,
so you can see how well (or poorly) I stuck to the plan. Days I was supposed to
run but didn't I marked with zero miles (as opposed to rest days).

### Run Schedule

| Week  | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday| Sunday |
|:------|:-------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-------:|--------:|
| 1
(15.2/19)  | Rest   | 5.1 miles  | 0 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 10.1 miles | Rest |
| 2
(22.4/25)  | 4.1 miles | 3.15 miles  | 4 miles | Rest | 4 miles | 7.1 miles | Rest |
| 3
(18.1/24)  | 4.1 miles | 4 miles  | 4 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 0 miles | 6 miles|
| 4
(4/20.2)   | 4 miles | 0 miles  | 0 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 0 miles | Rest |
| 5
(15.2/20.2) | 2.4 miles | 5.05 miles | 3.2 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 4.55 miles (10k)| Rest |
| 6
(23.6/23)  | 3.2 miles | 6 miles | 3.2 miles | Rest | 3.2 miles | 8 miles | Rest |
| 7
(14.1/28)  | 4 miles | 0 miles | 0 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 10.1 miles | Rest |
| 8
(26.2/30)  | 4 miles | 0 miles | 7.1 miles | Rest | 5 miles | 10.1 miles | Rest |
| 9
(0/32)  | 0 miles | 0 miles | 0 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 0 miles | Rest |
| 10
(24.1/34) | 5 miles| 7 miles | 0 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 12 miles | Rest |
| 11
(37.2/37) | 5 miles | 8 miles | 5 miles | Rest | 5.05 miles | 14.1 miles | Rest |
| 12
(31.5/31.1) | 4.1 miles | 8.05 miles | 4 miles | 0 miles | 2 miles | 13.35 (half marathon)| Rest|
| 13
(22.9/24) | Rest | 5.1 miles | 0 miles | 3.75 miles | 0 miles | 14.1 miles | Rest |
| 14
(37.5/39) | 5.1 miles | 8.1 miles | 5.1 miles | Rest | 3.1 miles | 16 miles | Rest |
| 15
(39.55/41)| 5 miles | 8.1 miles | 5.1 miles | Rest | 3.4 miles | 18 miles | Rest |
| 16
(35.5/43) | 0 miles | 8.2 miles | 4 miles | Rest | 3.3 miles | 20 miles | Rest |
| 17
(44.5/49) | 5.1 miles | 12.4 miles | 5 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 22 miles | Rest |
| 18
(31.3/35) | 0 miles | 6 miles | 5 miles | Rest | 4.2 miles | 16.1 miles | Rest |
| 19
(33.4/33) | 4.15 miles | 8 miles | 5.1 miles | Rest | 4.1 miles | 12 miles | Rest |
| 20
(35.4/49.2) | 4.05 miles | 5.1 miles | 0 miles | 0 miles | Rest | 0 miles | 26.2!!! |

I moved across the country during week 9 so I logged zero miles that week.
In week 5 / 12, I didn't run a 10k / half marathon race as suggested- just the distance.

My goal for the marathon was to finish under 4:55, and I got in with a minute to
spare at 4:53:59 or a pace of 11:13 min/mile.

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that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have forsaken the Lord, He hath also forsaken you;" they could not bear this severe rebuke of the prophet. " They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones to death (at the commandment of their wicked King Joash), in the court of the house of the Lord." And thus, this wicked king Joash, added ingratitude to murder; for although he had been indebted to Jehoiada, the father of Zechariah, for the stability of his throne from his infancy, by doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to the advice of Jehoiada, the priest, all the days of his life; yet, after his death,
he remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada the father had done to him, but slew his son Zechariah; and when he died, he said the Lord look upon it, and require it; and so the Lord did, and avenged the innocent blood! For it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against Joash to Judah and Jerusalem; and although the Syrians were but a small company, the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand; and thus executed judgment against Joash and his people, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers, and had slain his prophet Zechariah, even in the holy place, dedicated to his worship and honour!" And when the Syrians de. parted from Joash, they left him in great diseases--the hand of God was upon him his own servants conspired against him for the blood of Zcchariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest; and they slew him on his bed, and he died—but they buried him not in the sepulchres of their kings."
What history ancient or modern, can exhibit a narration, so concise and dignified, so marked with authentic testimony of the special interposition of God, in his wise Providence, to punish whole nations, Rulers as well as People, even in this world, for the chastisement of their sins, and for their refor. mation and amendment?
More from sacred history is here unnecessary. What has been already stated gives the fullest sanction to this day's solemnity, and leads us directly to our main business and duty upon the great occasion; namely, the most serious consideration, and meditation upon our own ways and works; and the improvement which, as a Christian people, it becomes us to make, of our deliverance from the late awful calamity, with which it pleased Almighty God, in his sovereign wisdom, to afflict this city, and its vi. cinity.
The means of improvement pointed out and recommended by public authority*, and sanctioned by the voice and word of God, are-" The acknowledgment of his divine power and goodness, in the deepest humiliation and abasement of soul: the sincerest confession of our manifold sins and transgressions of our duty; contrition and sorrow for the neglect and forgetfulness of God's former mercies; earnest repentance and supplications for forgiveness, joined to sincere purposes and stedfast resolutions of future amendment and obedience to his holy will and laws."
See an abstract of the Proclamation, p. 77.
Thus humbled, prepared and melted into love and gratitude, by a due sense of " God's mercies and long sufferings to us ward; (He not being willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance*;") our Prayers, Praises and Thanksgivings this day, we trust, will ascend as a sweet incense and sacrifice, holy and acceptable before the throne of his Grace! But, without this preparation of the heart, if we could Pray and Praise and give Thanks, with the tongue and voice of angels, it would all be vain and empty-nothing more than as sounding brass, or the tinkling cymbalt."
In this preparatory part of our work, therefore, let us in good earnest enter into our own hearts, examine their plagues, as in the presence of the Almighty, and not deceive ourselves, or think we can deceive him (like the people in our text) by " flattering him with our mouth, and lying unto him with our tongues, while our hearts are not right with him, and we are not stedfast in his covenant," made with our fathers ; nor in our purpose of future obedience to his holy laws and commandments.
But, more especially, this becomes the duty of those who appear as the preachers of righteousness the ministers and messengers of God, (of every degree and denomination), to stand forth; awfully impressed with the weight of their subject, and not to be afraid of the faces of men, but to speak boldly, even to authorities, and dignities and powers ; not to deal treacherously, or seek " to heal the hurt of the
• II. Pet. iii. 9.
| I. Cor. xiii. 1.
daughter of God's people slightly, with the enticing words of man's eloquence, " saying, Peace, Peace, when there is no Peace*;" but to probe the wounds to the bottom, by means of " the word of God, which is quick and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heartt."
But although it falls to our lot, in preaching repentance, on this great occasion, more immediately to the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, who were among the primary and chief sufferers, under the late awful visitation of the Almighty; and although great and manifold are the sins, for which, in his righteous judgments, He might have inflicted this calamity upon us: Yet it ought not to be considered that it was for our reproof and sins only, but those of United America, that the Lord chose us as among the first to speak to in his fierce angerț. The application of our Saviour's doctrine, preaching repentance, upon the punishment of the Galileans and others/l, may be allowed here.
Suppose ye, says he, that those Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices, were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered
Jer, vi. 14.
+ Heb iv. 12. | Christian charity, as well as a grateful remembrance of the sympathetic feelings, and of the relief yielded us by our dear brethren and feilow citizens in general, throughout the United States, in the day of our distress, warrants us to believe that they did not consider us as sinners above all others, but they looked upon God's visitation of us as a warning to themselves, also; and that if they did not repent, they might well expect his severe chastisements, in their turn.
U Luke xiii. 1 -5.
such things? I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen upon whom the Tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
Thus warranted by the Preaching and doctrine of the great author of our salvation, to consider particular Punishments as general Warnings; the remainder of my discourse will be addressed to the whole body of Citizens, Rulers as well as People, in these United States. And to this I consider myself, as more especially called; being honoured with an audience, so numerous and respectable, among whom I behold the Father of these United States, and many other characters of the first impression, whose exemplary virtue and piety must strike deep into the future prosperity and glory of our rising American empirean empire which, under the protection and favour of divine Providence, has laid the foundation of all that can adorn and dignify man in the present world, and guide him forward in preparations for the acquisition and enjoyment of glory, honour and immortality, in a world to come!
Keeping in view, therefore, the history of the people of Israel, and taking up the parallel between God's Providence and dealing with respect to them and ourselves; I may be allowed to recail to your mind, those times when our ancestors were but a small people in this land; how the Almighty smoothed their passage to it through the dangers of the stormy ocean; how he planted and supported them in a wilderness, and


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The discovery of the ruins of ice
By David Bressan on Tuesday, December 21, 2010
"It has already been said, that no small part of the present work refers to the nature and phenomena of glaciers. It may be well, therefore, before proceeding to details, to explain a little the state of our present knowledge respecting these great ice-masses, which are objects of a kind to interest even those who know them only from description, whilst those who have actually witnessed their wonderfully striking and grand characteristics can hardly need an inducement to enter into some inquiry respecting their nature and origin."
James, D. Forbes (1900): "Travels Trough the Alps." [page 17]
Fig.1. C. Wolf and M. Descourtis "La Grosse Pierre Sur Le Glacier de Vorderaar Canton de Berne Province d'Oberhasli", Amsterdam 1785.
Today worldwide glaciers were studied and monitored as climate proxies, and the recent measurements show that almost all of them are retreating fast. The story about glaciers, their influence on the landscape and their possible use to reconstruct and monitor climate is an intriguing one, with many triumphs, setbacks and changes of mind.
For centuries, if not even millennia, the high altitude belt of mountain ranges were a region visited and travelled by man, however also haunted and forbidding places. The glaciers, masses of ice enclosing peaks and extending their tongues into valleys, were considered the residence of mountain spirits, then during the medieval times the prison of damned souls (the Italian poet Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 imagined the centre of hell as a frozen wasteland) and the playground of demons, who from time to time send avalanches and debris flows into the valley.
Despite these myths there was some early insights of what glaciers actually really are made, the Greek historian and geographer Strabo (63 - 23) describes a voyages trough the Alps during the reign of Augustus and mentions
"…there is no protection against the large quantities of snow falling, and that form the most superficial layers of a glacier…[]. It's a common knowledge that a glacier is composed by many different layers lying horizontally, as the snow when falling and accumulating becomes hard and crystallises...[]."
However the knowledge got lost, and was only rediscovered during the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci´s (1452-1519) is considered one of the greatest Renaissance-geniuses, he studied anatomy, biology and geology, however regarding the glaciers of the Alps his ideas were somehow confused, the thought glaciers were formed by not melted hail accumulating through the summer. But soon the study of nature experiences an incredible raise, and glaciers find place in various descriptions of travelling scholars.
Between 1538 and 1548 glaciers were labelled (even if not depicted) with the term "Gletscher" on topographic maps of Switzerland. In his account on the Swiss land the Theologian Josias Simler in 1574 describes the Rhone-glacier.
The first historic depiction of a glacier is considered the watercolour-paint of the Vernagtferner in the Ötztaler Alps from 1601. The Vernagtferner was a glacier that repeatedly dammed up the Rofen-lake (named after the Rofen-valley), which outbursts caused heavy damage and loss of property, particularly in the years 1600, 1678, 1680, 1773, 1845, 1847 and 1848.
In 1642 the Swiss editor Matthaeus Merian the Older in his "Topographie Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae" published various copper engravings of glaciers, and in 1706 Johann Heinrich Hottinger is interested to explain the motion of "the mountains of ice" in his "Descriptio Montium Glacialium Helveticorum."
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, visiting in the year 1705 the Rhône Glacier, published his observations of the "true nature of the springs of the river Rhône" in the opus "Itinera per Helvetiae alpinas regiones facta annis 1702-1711", and confirms the idea that glaciers are formed by the accumulation of snow and they move and flow.
Fig.2. The description of the Rhone glacier according to Scheuchzer´s "Itinera per Helvetiae alpinas regiones facta annis 1702-1711", the engraving shows the "false springs at the mountain Furca" (M, N, O - left and right of the picture) and the "true springs" (J, K, L) coming from the snout of the "great glacier" (A-F), surrounded by the "small glacier" (G, H).
The increasing interest to study glaciers in the Alps is also encouraged by enthusiastic travel reports; in his "Voyage pittoresque aux glaciers" the A.C. Bordier of 1773 describes the Bosson glacier as a "huge marble ruins of a devastated city".
The naturalist Horace Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799) is fascinated by the mountains of his homeland, he climbed mountains around Geneva since 1758, and after 1760 he travelled more than 14 times trough the Alps (considering the possibilities in this time an extraordinary achievement). Between 1767 to 1779 the first volume of his "Voyages dans les Alpes" is published, were he reassumes his observations and theories about the visited glaciers, he recognized moraines and large boulders as the debris accumulated by the glacier tongue and proposes to map them to interfere the former extent of glaciers. Despite this exact statement, de Saussure failed to connect large boulders found in the foreland of the mountains to the glaciers of the Alps. He assumed that these rocks were transported on their recent locations by an immense flood. That seemed to explain why most of the boulders found scattered around the plains of Germany came in first place from the regions of Scandinavia, where the same lithology where found in the crystalline continental basement, like Precambrian metamorphic rocks and Paleozoic sediments. The theory worked lesser to explain the foreland Alpine rocks - to transport boulders from the Alps the flood at least had to reach 1000 of meters.
The idea of a flood as the explanation for "glacial" deposits became largely accepted, it seemed to fit the description of the biblical flood; even Lyell and Darwin assumed that huge erratic boulders were transported by swimming ice drafts on top of a flood wave.
That glaciers could propagate far out of their valleys was however not an unusual idea for local inhabitants, who observed and experienced the growth and recess of glaciers. In academic circle this approach was a little more difficult.
A contest thought to demonstrate the former extension of Swiss glaciers initiated by the Swiss pastor Jakob Samuel Wyttenbach in 1781 (maybe inspired be the advance of the Alpine glacier in 1770) didn't arise any interest.
"Could it be proven to ourselves on the available documentation that both by the progress of our ice mountains as by our misbehaviour once for pasture most suitable land is currently covered by ice…[]"
There were only careful speculations considering a former expansion of glacier: the geologists James Hutton (1726-1797) and his friend John Playfair (1748-1819) speculated about glaciations of the northern hemisphere. In 1826 a publication by the Danish mineralogist and mountain climber Jens Esmark (1763-1839) was translated into English, in this paper Jesmark discussed the possibilities that glaciers where much greater in the past then today. J.D. Forbes and Robert Jameson (who were the geology professors of Charles Darwin at Edinburgh University, Darwin in his autobiography of 1876 remembers "The sole effect they produced on me was the determination never as long as I lived to read a book on Geology or in any way to study the science.") discussed glacial theories during their lectures. And even Buckland, who still in 1831 argued "northern region of the earth seems to have undergone successive changes from heat to cold", in 1837 was converted to Lyell's uniformatism and considered that sudden changes, like an ice age and glacier expansion, simply don't happen in geology.
In 1815 Jean Pierre Perraudin, a chamois hunter in the Val de Bagnes, told to the engineer Ignatz Venetz his theory that the glaciers once covered the entire valley, and Venetz mapped features that made him even recognize that once the entire Swiss was covered by ice. Vernetz´s lecture on the assembly of the Swiss association for natural history in 1829 found little interest, only Jean de Charpentier, director of the salt mine in the city of Bex (Western Swiss), who 14 years earlier had meet and discussed with Perraudin, this time accepted and got interested in this theory.
He begun a detailed mapping project, and in 1834 Charpentier presented again before the Swiss association the results of his investigations, but the flood theory had still much supporter. One of the critics in the public was a former student of Charpentier, named Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, respected palaeontologist by the establishment. Charpentier invited Agassiz to visit the city of Bex and surrounding mountains, and to observe glaciers.
In the following year (1837) Agassiz held an enthusiastic lecture about glaciers, ice ages and ice shields, and in 1840 published a detailed study of modern glaciers, their deposits and their spurs in his "Etudes sur les glaciers."
Agassiz experienced the same scepticism as many other ice-age proponents before.
"I think that you should concentrate your moral and also your pecuniary strength upon this beautiful work on fossil fishes .... In accepting considerable sums from England, you have, so to speak, contracted obligations to be met only by completing a work which will be at once a monument to your own glory and a landmark in the history of science ...[ ]...No more ice, not much of echinoderms, plenty of fish..."
Alexander von Humboldt in a letter to Agassiz on 2. December 1837
However Agassiz had good connections to the most important geologist of his time. Soon he could persuade William Buckland and later Charles Lyell. After that the most respected geologist gets convinced, the rest, as always, is history:
"advice - never try & persuade ye world of a new theory - persuade 2 or 3 of ye tip top men - & ye rest will go with ye stream, as Dr B. did with Sir H. Davy and Dr. Wollaston in case of Kirkdale Cave"
Edward Jackson, about an advice given by his professor Buckland in 1832
Fig.3. Reconstruction of the glacier that filled the valley of St. Amarin (southern Vosges, France), probably the first tentative reconstruction of an ice age glacier - from COLLOMB (1847): "Preuves de l´existence d´anciens glaciers dans les vallées des Vosges."
Agassiz research on the Unteraar-glacier established the foundations of glaciology; he recorded the dimension of the glacier, his velocity and even ventured inside the glacier by passing trough a glacial mill. Soon after 1850 the measurements methods introduced by Agassiz were carried out on various glaciers of the Alps and repeated nearly every year.
Fig.4. The Hintereis-glacier (in the centre of the picture), Hochjoch-glacier (left) and the Kesselwand- glacier, drawing by Schmetzer 1891, the Hintereis-glacier is one of the glacier with the longest active monitoring program, values about his length change reach back to 1848, since then the glacier lost 3km of his tongue.
"Aus den tiroler Alpen: Der Abschluß des Oetzthales mit dem Hochjochgletscher (links), dem Hintereisferner (in der Mitte) und dem Kesselwandferner (rechts oben). Nach der Natur gezeichnet von K. Schmetzer (1891)."
These records showed various fluctuations, but from 1850 onward a general trend of recession of glaciers in the Alps is observable. This trend has experienced a strong increase in the last 50 years, causing concern for the fast change in the landscape, the destabilisation of the rock walls once supported by the melting glaciers and the alteration of the discharge and hydrology of mountain ranges.
Fig.5. Temperature rise in the Alps and length loss of the glaciers of the Ötztaler Alps (western Austria) in the period 1900-2010. The valley glaciers with their tongues extending in the valleys showed the strongest retreat and degradation of the studied Austrian glaciers.
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