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Venezuelan activists join Democrats in hamming 'sanctuary cities' bill
Venezuelan activist William Diaz, with moustache, was joined by, from left, Victor Torres, Carlos Guillermo Smith and Amy Mercado, and others, in criticizing SB 168.
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SB 168 puts Venezuelan refugees at greater risk of being sent back to Maduro, Diaz said.
Key Venezuelan activists said "thanks for nothing" to the Florida Legislature Monday for approving SB 168 to crack down on undocumented immigrants, saying it will hit Venezuelan refugees to Florida hard.
At a news conference in Orlando Monday, William Diaz of Casa de Venezuela-Orlando, Vicente Perez of VeneLegal and others were joined by three Orlando Hispanic Democratic lawmakers, state Sen. Victor Torres, and state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Amy Mercado, in charging that the bill heading toward Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk is not only bad for immigrants in Florida, but hypocritical for Republicans trying to support freedom and democracy in Venezuela.
The so-called "Rule of Law Adherence Act," was approved last week, forbidding Florida cities from declaring themselves sanctuaries for undocumented or illegal aliens, and requiring that state and local officials cooperate with federal immigration officials offering detainers on jailed undocumented immigrants, or illegal aliens, or seeking information. DeSantis had made the measure a priority piece of legislation for his administration and intends to sign it.
Diaz, who has thrown his support behind such Republicans as U.S. Reps. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, said Monday that SB 168 will put thousands of Venezuelan refugees in Florida in greater risk of deportation back to the country ruled by dictator Nicolás Maduro, known for cracking down on returning political refugees.
Perez said Venezuelan refugees in Florida are at risk in part because the administration of President Donald Trump and Congress have not acted on attempts to authorize temporary protective status for the Venezuelan refugees, and have, in Perez's assessment, made asylum far more difficult for any of them to achieve.
Diaz said he wanted to send a message to DeSantis and Florida Republicans that support for Venezuela must include support for Venezuelans in Florida, and that includes pushing for more asylum and TPS at the federal level, and includes not supporting laws such as SB 168 at the state level.
He said the Republicans he has supported "know Venezuelans. Oh, yes. But they approve SB 168, and you approve HB 527 [the House version.] So where do we go with that?" he added.
He said he also wants to send a message back to Venezuela.
"We want to let our brothers and sisters in Venezuela know that we are here fighting for them, fighting for their freedom," Diaz said.
Diaz said there are more than 38,000 Venezuelans just in Central Florida, "so we deserve respect."
Diaz also said that Republican state Rep. Rene Plasencia of Orlando, supported their concerns, though he was unable to attend the press conference. Plasencia was one of three Republican lawmakers who last week voted against the bill. The bill bans sanctuary cities in Florida and calls for public officials to cooperate with federal agents in requests for detainers and information about undocumented or illegal aliens.
Diaz also called out Republican state Rep. Ana Maria Rodriguez of Doral, whose House District 105 is home to a large Venezuelan population, for voting yes on the bill. "It seems like she's got no clue what's going on, Diaz said. "She's not representing the Venezuelans in Doral. She's not representing the Venezuelans in the state of Florida."
Rodriguez was not available Monday evening to respond.
"We've seen a 35 percent increase in the last year of deportations of Venezuelans back to Venezuela, the fact that it is harder and harder for asylum seekers, particularly Venezuelans, to be able to get the protection they need here in Florida, and the fact that they are now more likely to be deported back to Maduro's Venezuela is very troubling, and very disturbing," Smith said. "If we care about freedom for Venezuelans, and we support Venezuelans seeking freedom, why are we not supporting their seeking freedom here in the United States."
Torres noted that the Senate passed a resolution expressing support for those seeking freedom in Venezuela, a spirit he said was lost when the Senate passed SB
168."This is unfair to the community," he said. "This is what's going on in Florida: deprive, suppress, get people in fear of going out, working, enjoying their livelihood their families. This is unfair folks."
Mostly, Mercado, Smith, and Torres spoke more broadly about SB 168 and its potential impacts on all the estimated 775,000 undocumented immigrants in Florida. They repeated the criticisms of the bill they had raised on the floors of the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, where they each had tried, unsuccessfully, to attach various amendments that would have exempted various classes of immigrants including those seeking asylum; those identified as "DREAMers", brought here as young children; and those who had served in the United States military.
Scott Powers
Scott Powers is an Orlando-based political journalist with 30+ years' experience, mostly at newspapers such as the Orlando Sentinel and the Columbus Dispatch. He covers local, state and federal politics and space news across much of Central Florida. His career earned numerous journalism awards for stories ranging from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster to presidential elections to misplaced nuclear waste. He and his wife Connie have three grown children. Besides them, he's into mystery and suspense books and movies, rock, blues, basketball, baseball, writing unpublished novels, and being amused. Email him at [email protected]
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Lets see, we have Democrat / Socialist / Activist / Lawyers in the Northern Triangle of South America & Mexico; even as you read this instructing the populations the "benefits" & laws of coming top the USA….."credible fear." Then you have a Democrat House saying the crisis is "manufactured" as literally thousands attack our border daily? National Sovereignty is a myth to Democrats. The crisis is manufactured…by the Democrats themselves. Make no mistake about this, Democrats want this to happen and never stop.. They will with hold support allowing as many illegal aliens to enter the country before assisting in border security (if ever). Democrats offer rewards, incentives so…..More caravans on the way.
The current migration at our border is costing U.S taxpayers a Kings ransom. Fleeing persecution? or fleeing for freebies? they sure don't stay in Mexico when they reach "safety" or ask or offered political asylum in Mexico. Why? because Mexico will give them NOTHING. So they make the long journey to our border, our generous Democrats, and our tax dollars. Notice how many have made the long, difficult, dangerous journey to our country 8-9 months pregnant? Give birth on American soil and the U.S. taxpayers will not only pay for the birth of you're child but will also give you state government assistance.
TPS / DACA
To Democrats/Progressives/Socialists (whats the difference?) programs like Temporary Protective Status (TPS) or Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals (DACA) are permanent programs. There is nothing "temporary or deferred" about these programs to Democrats. These programs are designed to admit refugees (usually from the third world) then Democrats fight to keep them here permanently using the charge of racism, religion, guilt against anyone opposed. Simple formula works great.
THE PRICE:
It seems Democrats view U.S. citizens as acceptable collateral damage to their future long range goals of flooding the country with refugees & illegal aliens and having taxpayers paying the cost. Democrat politicians and their voters have put families at risk of being victimized by illegal aliens as in the cases Kate Steinly (nothing done) then, Mollie Tibbetts, (nothing done) Police Cpl. Ronil Singh, (nothing done) now Bambi Larson; butchered in her home, nothing will be done…who's next? These victims would be alive today if our border was secured. Most of these killers have been deported numerous times. Bambi 's killer claimed "amnesty" to get into the country.
Google search "illegal alien crime" or "victims."
Just a few examples of the more outrageous costs associated with illegal immigration, we will pass this burden on to our children & grand children as has been passed on to us.
* City emergency services Taxpayer pay for every police, fire, paramedic service call for illegal aliens in their city. Taxpayers also pay for all hospital, emergency room treatments, ambulances, medications….everything. Hospital wait times for citizens are negatively impacted.
*Cost of educating illegal aliens is staggering. From K-12 it costs taxpayers on average $122,000 for EACH illegal alien student. This does not include the millions spent on bilingual ED, instructors, special need children & day care. It is estimated nearly 100,000 illegal aliens graduate each year……you do the math. School class size are also negatively impacted by illegal aliens and our students suffer as a result.
*Taxpayers in some states are funding "in state college tuition" discounts for illegal aliens. (AZ voted to terminate this taxpayer expense.) Cost to taxpayers over a billion dollars annually.
*About one in five inmates in federal prison are foreign-born, & more than 90% of those are in the U.S illegally. This does not include local jails and state prisons. At roughly $24,000 per year expense per inmate.
*$3Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate, process Illegal aliens in the criminal justice system.
*$2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on is spent on food assistance programs such as SNAP, WIC, & taxpayer funded school lunches. Visit youtube search "cost of illegal immigration."
*Mexico received 33 billion last year in remittance from our country. $120 billion total was sent out of the United States in total remittance last year.
*Every child birth by illegal aliens in the U.S is paid for with tax dollars.In the US, the average cost to have a baby without complications during delivery, is $10,808, which can increase to $30,000 when factoring in care provided before and after pregnancy (July 9, 2018 google.)
* Section 8 housing. Illegal aliens take full advantage of this program. Citizens & their families in poverty in many cases wait years behind non citizens for emergency housing.
Democrat 2020 Platform & Goals:
-Open Borders.
-Sanctuary Cities.
-Elimination of ICE
-Disarming Americans.
-Infanticide.
-Voting rights for illegal aliens.
-Pack the courts with radical liberal judges (Like the 9th circuit)
-Increase refugee's from the third world.
-Illegal aliens allowed to hold public office.
-Socialism.
-Free Abortions for all (Taxpayer funded)
-The green new deal.
-End of Electoral College
-Free Medicare care for all including non citizens (taxpayer funded)
-Raise Minimum Wage
-Have adolescents vote
-!00% free college for all, including non citizens. (tax payer funded)
-Reparations for every race "harmed" by the white man.
-Convicts, Terrorists voting.
-Susie & Bobby using the same restrooms.
-Late term abortions.
-Pay check for every person in the US even if they choose not to work.
Sources: Straight from the Democrat's mouths.
I understand that people from war torn countries want to escape. However, Mexico and Colombia, as well as other South American Countries, offer political asylum and work permits to Venezuelans, Hondurans, etc. escaping civil wars.
However, Mexico and the South American countries which welcome migrants don't offer the "Pot Of Gold" that asylum seekers are also desiring from the U.S. due to our lack of border control and lax immigration policy.


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What are the Beatitudes taught by Jesus?
1 What are the Beatitudes taught by Jesus?
2 What are the 10 Beatitudes?
3 What the Beatitudes teach us?
4 Where are the Beatitudes located in the Bible?
5 What does the 1st beatitude mean?
6 What are the 4 Beatitudes?
7 What is poor spirit?
8 Who is poor in spirit in the Bible?
9 What does it mean to be rich in spirit?
10 Where did Jesus give his Sermon on the Mount?
For the poor in spirit, "theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Those who mourn "shall be comforted." The gentle "shall inherit the earth." Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness "shall be satisfied." The merciful "shall receive mercy." The pure in heart "shall see God." The peacemakers "shall be called sons of God." …
What are the 10 Beatitudes?
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
What the Beatitudes teach us?
From a Christian perspective, the Beatitudes teach that people are blessed even in hard times because they will receive eternity in heaven. Also, we are blessed for having honorable qualities such as being meek, righteous, merciful, pure, and peacemakers.
Where are the Beatitudes located in the Bible?
The Beatitudes in Scripture The beatitudes are found in Matthew 5:3-12 and paralleled in Luke 6:20–23: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
What does the 1st beatitude mean?
Beatitude #1 — Poor in Spirit This realization leads us to salvation and the promise of eternal life, which is why Jesus says those who understand this foundational truth will inherit the kingdom of heaven. Some Bible teachers say this Beatitude means we are to be humble and realize all our blessings come from God.
What are the 4 Beatitudes?
The Beatitudes unique to Matthew are the meek, the merciful, the pure of heart, and the peacemakers, while the other four have similar entries in Luke, but are followed almost immediately by "four woes".
What is poor spirit?
'Poor in spirit' is an odd phrase to modern ears, outside religious circles anyway. The traditional explanation, especially among evangelicals, is that it means people who recognise their own spiritual poverty, their need for God. Blessed are those who mourn is taken to mean people who repent and mourn for their sins.
Who is poor in spirit in the Bible?
Luke 6:20 simply has "blessed are the poor"; that Matthew adds "in spirit" is seen to be of great consequence. The phrase does not appear in the Old Testament, but Psalm 34:18 comes close. The phrase "poor in spirit" occurs in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and seems to have been an important notion to the Qumran community.
What does it mean to be rich in spirit?
Spiritual wealth comes from within. It's your contentment, mindfulness and spiritual self—things that you can have at all times. True spiritual wealth is something that you can control. Material wealth, on the other hand, tends to fluctuate.
Where did Jesus give his Sermon on the Mount?
The Mount of Beatitudes
The Mount of Beatitudes (Hebrew: הר האושר, Har HaOsher) is a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau. It is where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
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Aon has agreed to buy Leeds-based broker Henderson Insurance Broking Group in a move that could allow the broking giant regain some ground lost to rival Marsh in the UK SME broking space.
The deal, for an undisclosed sum, ends years of speculation about who would buy Henderson – one of the largest remaining independent UK commercial brokers with revenue of £34.5m for the year to 30 April 2017. Henderson ranked 38th in the 2017 Top 50 Brokers.
The Henderson acquisition would allow Aon to leapfrog Willis and move to fourth place from fifth in the 2017 Top 50 Brokers, giving a combined revenue of £755m. It would put Aon just behind Arthur J Gallagher.
Rival broker Marsh has made a big push in the UK SME broking space by buying Jelf and Bluefin in quick succession. These deals have made Marsh the biggest UK broker with revenue over £1bn, stealing a march on Aon.
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Henderson will become part of Aon Risk Solutions UK – the global broking giant's UK insurance broking business.
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Clafer: Lightweight Modeling Language
Automotive Electronic/Electric Architecture Modeling, Design Exploration and Optimization using Clafer
MMath thesis by Alexandr Murashkin
Modern car systems are getting more complex, so do car electronic/electric (E/E) architectures. E/E architecture of a car includes sensors, actuators, programmable ECUs and all the related communications. The complexity of E/E architectures increases dramatically: modern car have more than 100 of ECUs and communications spread over the entire vehicle. Therefore, the development of such architectures is a major challenge. Additional complexity comes from cross-cutting concerns, such as, variability and dependability. To manage this complexity and reduce costs, architects and engineers apply model-based methods to automate analysis, perform simulation, and make key decisions before the actual implementation. To quantify the analysis results, engineers use quality attributes, such as, cost, power consumption, complexity, maintainability, and wire length. Introduction of quality attributes also allows engineers to perform architecture optimization. In this work, we explore applicability of a modeling language called Clafer to address E/E architecture modeling, exploration and optimization problems. Clafer is a general-purpose domain-modeling language that comes with tools and solvers that are capable of performing consistency checking, design exploration and optimization. Clafer has minimalistic syntax, but its first-order logic based semantics is rich enough to represent a wide range of domains. Our main contributions include: formulation of Clafer domain modeling principles with respect to architecture modeling, identification of Clafer design patterns in general, and demonstration of applicability of Clafer to architecture exploration and optimization. To evaluate our approach, we develop the Power Window case study. The Power Window system's E/E architecture is a rich representative of a car E/E architecture: it can be decomposed into subsystems, it can have smart or dumb sensor and actuators, and it requires wire or bus communications within and across subsystems. We consider the following topics: representing Power Window system's features and functions, automated hardware topology generation, and automated deployment of functions to hardware. Our case case study concludes that Clafer is capable of representing all structural aspects of E/E architectures: from modeling a device to modeling an entire system. Clafer tools can facilitate automated deployment and hardware topology generation and perform architecture multi-objective optimization within a reasonable time. And finally, Clafer language features, such as arbitrary property nesting, result in clear, concise and lightweight structural models.
About Clafer
Clafer is a general-purpose lightweight modeling language developed at GSD Lab, University of Waterloo and MODELS group at IT University of Copenhagen. Lightweight modeling aims at improving the understanding of the problem domain in the early stages of software development and determining the requirements with fewer defects. Clafer's goal is to make modeling more accessible to a wider range of users and domains.
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Tutorial on Domain Modeling using Clafer


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Separations Technology Technical Section Gains Momentum
Separations technology-related content has been expanded and made available to SPE members through the efforts of the Separations Technology Technical Section.
By Robert Chin
The evolution of the SPE Separations Technology Technical Section (STTS) from its inception to its status today reminds me of an engineer's little boy who asked for a simple tire swing hanging from a tree branch in the backyard, but ended up with a roller coaster and no tree. However, in the case of the STTS, the results are for the better. Separations technology-related content has been expanded and made available to SPE members through several venues.
The idea for the STTS originated about 10 to 15 years ago during my discussions with Ed Grave, fractionation and separation adviser at ExxonMobil. We considered the formation of a simple technical group to exchange ideas and experiences about separations. Separation design combines science and art, and we knew there was industry experience that could offer a base of shared understanding. How could we tap into that wealth of experience?
This idea lingered until 2011 when I mentioned it to Ken Arnold, senior technical adviser at WorleyParsons, who led me to John Walsh, SPE technical director for projects, facilities, and construction, and principal engineer for water treating at the GHD Group, and Shasta Stephenson, SPE technical activities manager. As a result, the STTS was born. This will teach me to talk to Ken again!
In less than a year's time, SPE launched the STTS website, on which discussions were started by participants, and the STTS hosted a webinar, "Flow Conditioning Impact on Separations." The 2012 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) included a special session, "Knowledge Sharing on Separations."
The session covered separation topics ranging from issues with conventional separator design to emerging technology trends. Discussion centered on whether or not we really know how to design separators. The consensus was: maybe.
As Paul Jones, subsea manager at Chevron, wrote in "A Facilities Perspective" in Oil and Gas Facilities (December 2012), we have successful separators designed by various methods that include droplet settling and retention times. Arnold and Mark Bothamley, senior staff engineer at John M. Campbell, guided us through the industry's design of separators.
Arnold concluded that we do not know much about separation. We need to admit this inadequacy and develop an understanding of the sizing of separators and improve our ability to predict the performance of separation equipment. Bothamley tackled the issue of our ability to reliably design conventional separators. He pointed out that the trade-offs between required performance and costs are often significant drivers in our designs. Luis Caires, director of R&D engineering at Cameron, tossed into the mix the ubiquitous monkey wrenches of surface chemistry, contaminants, and chemicals.
A panel discussion about emerging technology trends concluded the session and included comments by Grave, Ole Økland, manager of subsea technology and operations at Statoil, and Jimmie Riesenberg, engineering manager of compact modular processing systems at Chevron. And if you are not excited by separations, take a look at Fig. 1 showing the complexity and advancements in subsea processing.
Fig. 1—An illustration of the Statoil subsea factory concept. Image courtesy of Statoil.
Statoil aims to develop the elements required for a subsea factory by 2020. Suited for resources located in deep, cold waters and harsh environments, the factory will make it possible to use remote-controlled transport of hydrocarbons at any offshore facility.
The Evolution of Separations Technology
Separations technology has come a long way from the onshore settling tanks to vessels on offshore platforms, and finally to the mudline that lies thousands of feet subsea. Application of subsea separation may offer economic advantages. By performing a three-phase separation on the seafloor, it is possible to increase cumulative oil production, reduce flowline infrastructure, enable viable flow assurance strategies, and to perform these functions with less power and fewer pumping requirements than subsea multiphase pumping. Subsea separation may be particularly attractive in deepwater fields, where the combination of low water temperatures and long risers presents challenges. Water separation and injection reduce the possibility of hydrate formation and may enable longer distance tiebacks.
Some of the most recent subsea installations are Statoil's Tordis gas/oil/water separator in approximately 650 ft of water, Total's Pazflor gas/liquid separator in approximately 2,700 ft of water, Petrobras' Marlim inline separator unit in approximately 2,900 ft of water, and Shell's Perdido caisson electric submersible pump gas/liquid separators in approximately 8,000 ft of water. The Marlim separating unit is multifunctional with a desander, gas/liquid separator, oil/water separation, and de-oiling.
Moving water treating facilities to the seafloor, with subsea separation and injection, reduces the requirements for topside facilities, operating costs, and environmental risks during upset conditions, and increases production.
Other examples of subsea processing are Statoil's Aasgard and Shell's Ormen Lange subsea compression projects. Both companies and their partners are in the process of qualification and testing of the subsea scrubber and gas compression units.
Currently, ExxonMobil has embarked on a significant testing and qualification program for its subsea applications. Its goal is to create a complete toolkit of subsea technologies that can be readily applied across the slate of prospects. This includes a three-phase gravity separation for shallow fields and a compact multicomponent system that enables three-phase separation for deepwater applications with a number of crude slates and gas/oil ratios.
Although subsea separation may be a new area of interest, the upstream and downstream onshore and topsides separation technologies are the main focus of the STTS. They offer plenty of challenges and room for improvement, and we learn to design for subsea from them.
Surface separation continues to encounter problems with large wash tanks for heavy oil dehydration, liquid carry-over from small compressor scrubbers, gas carry-under from production separators, and foaming in all parts of the separation train including contact towers. Water separation continues to have issues with tiny oil droplets and solids. Enhanced oil recovery methods bring in their share of separation problems.
There are many cases of successful separation designs and applications. However, the not-so-successful designs offer more opportunities for learning through the identification of root causes of the problems, and the development and application of the solutions.
The determination of root problems may involve field tests, computational fluid dynamics modeling, the changeout of internals, and chemicals. The problem ranges from the simple shearing of the fluids by a control valve to the complications found with foamy emulsions in a sloshing separator. And who has never encountered a problem that appears for a day or two and then resolves itself without an identification of its cause?
STTS Advances Information Exchange
The STTS offers a means of information exchange, developing designs, and networking. Its mission is to provide a forum in which technical professionals and academia in the area of separations can:
Share knowledge, experiences, and best practices
Identify major issues and technology areas in which to focus cooperation and discussions
Maintain and promote industry awareness of separation-related issues and technologies
Enhance their own technical competencies that meet the needs of the petroleum industry
The STTS is also striving to initiate change on a larger, industrywide scale by pursuing the development of a global joint industry program (JIP) to enhance separation technology and make qualification more cost-effective by qualifying separation equipment only once for members.
The proposed JIP could streamline the validation and qualification process and help in developing global testing procedures, guidelines, standards, and provide an avenue for cost-effective fundamental separation research.
STTS members can follow the progress of the JIP at http://communities.spe.org/TechSections/STTS/default.aspx, where webinar and 2012 SPE ATCE presentations are available.
The STTS membership has grown to more than 150. The nominating committee is currently looking for SPE members to take on leadership roles starting in October. If you receive a call from a member of the committee, please consider accepting the nomination.
If you have not already done so, join the STTS and check its website forum discussions on separation issues related to enhanced oil recovery and design methodologies. Keep an eye out for the three separation focused webinars planned for 2013. We also welcome your ideas and suggested topics for the special session on separations, now in the planning stage, for the 2013 SPE ATCE in New Orleans. The annual STTS meeting will be part of the special session, so we hope to see you there.
obert Chin is chair and cofounder of the SPE Separations Technology Technical Section, vice-chair of the SPE Gulf Coast Section's Projects, Facilities, and Construction (PFC) study group, a member of the 2013 SPE ATCE PFC paper selection committee, and author of the separator chapter in the SPE Petroleum Engineering Handbook. He has more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas industry, mainly with Shell. He leads Shell's deepwater subsea processing and systems R&D team. Chin holds a doctorate in engineering (fluid mechanics) from Harvard University. He may be contacted at Robert.chin@shell.com.
Mr. Chin was previously with Shell.
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This glockenspiel has ten removable, pure copper tone bars that form a slightly curved resonating wall which, through its shape and spatial arrangement, stimulates free and natural play.
The copper creates a light, warm, bell-like tone with a relatively short reverberation.
This is of great benefit when playing melodies, because the often audible metallophonic interference (tonal friction between 2 intervals) is exceptionally low.
A set of 8 solid copper pipes, hanging in a beautifully curved resonance frame made of ash wood.
The hand hammered pipes produce a clear, ringing bell-tone that can be varied by use of different mallets.
Please note: the picture is of the pentatonic bell set.
There was no available picture for the diatonic.
They are similar, but the diatonic has 8 pipes not 7.
The Choroi-Glockenspiels (chimes) have been developed mainly for small children.
They have a clear and balanced sound, and are excellent first percussion instruments.
They are well suited to accompanying the soft tone of the children's harp.
The body is made of fine cherrywood.
Hand drums and tambourines are usually played with the fingers, the direct touch enables rich variations of sound and tone colour.
Only hand selected european goat skins are used.
The Hand Drum is made of laminated ashwood.
This instrument is very light so also suitable for children.
The small hand drum is very light and well suited to children.
These hand drums are very solid instruments with a handmade, ash wood frame, hand embossed jingles and selected goat skins.
Unlike drums, timpanis have a tightly closed resonating body.
Choroi timpanis have as a special feature, a wooden ring on the rim, which yields better resonance and makes it possible to strike the rim.
The lyrical sound is less direct than with open drums, but does not have the extremely long reverberation of the double-skinned drums.
This timpani stands on a tripod and is fully tuneable.
The frame is made of laminated ash wood and covered with European calfskin.
A solid tambourine made of laminated ash wood with hand embossed jingles.
Choroi Wood Drums are newly designed percussion instruments; each has a polygonal body with wooden skins glued to both ends, allowing thus two different pitches.
They are best played with fingers; their distinctive wooden sound is shorter than that of a normal drum, yet clear and transparent.
Three different sizes are available.
Universal, round mallet for Xylophone Blocks, solid felt head.
For the airing and/or storing of recorders e.g. in class rooms.
An intense, long lasting reverberation is characteristic of the Choroi Double-Skinned Drum.
It is the gong among drums.
The double-skinned drums have two, specially selected, natural skins which can be tuned separately and differently.
The drums are free-standing but can be hung or placed on a stand.
The Choroi Children's Harp is a pentatonically tuned instrument.
Its graceful, sculpted form and ethereal tone make the harp ideal for stimulating the young child's listening and free music making.
The harp can be given to the child, at age five or six, as his/her first string instrument.
The Choroi lyres and harps were created through a striving for a characteristic, radiant tone deriving its intensity from the properties of the different types of wood used in their construction.
Through carefully formed "organs" inside the instruments, these qualities of the wood are brought into connection with the resonating instrument cavity.
Variously shaped sound openings mediate between this inner space and the space around the instrument.
Through this interaction, a mobile equilibrium arises, giving the tone a living quality.
All the instruments are built with the highest quality craftsmanship from naturally colored, carefully aged wood.
In our striving for a beautiful finish, we work with traditional methods, including the use of natural resins and hand polishing.
This glockenspiel has seven removable, pure copper tone bars that form a slightly curved resonating wall which, through its shape and spatial arrangement, stimulates free and natural play.
When playing in groups, these single tubular bells can be used instead of a complete set of tubular bells.
Each note is sold separately.
Please let me know which note you would like.
Picture shows three different sizes.
Price indicated is only for one.
The Children's Lyre has an "open resonance" body, but in terms of tone, range and playing technique it forms a bridge to the larger chromatic lyres.
It is diatonically tuned (pentatonic tuning also possible) and offers opportunities to use many scales, minor as well as major.
Thus most folk songs and other simple melodies can be played on it.
12 steel strings in a line.
Choroi Tri- and Pentangles are hand-crafted and made from brass or non-alloy steel.
Even though the triangle is a very simple instrument, it offers different sound possibilities.
Whether it is a bell-like, warm and swinging tone or a clear, vibrant sound, depends on the material and the size of the triangle as well as on the way the instrument is played.
Every model has its characteristic sound.
Iron has a concentrating effect with its shorter, strong and elemental sound. Pentangles sound lighter and higher than triangles.
The xylophone blocks are simple percussion instruments with a warm, yet bright and transparent tone.
They are either held in the hand individually or lined up on a stand and struck with a mallet.
Because they are so easy to handle and have a vibrant tone quality, they are particularly suitable for making simple music with children and in music therapy.


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With ten people losing their lives on Irish roads between the 24 th and 28th of January, the latest being 4 young men in County Donegal, Chief Superintendent Finbarr Murphy of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau (GNRPB) reiterated the need for all stakeholders to work together to build awareness and combat road fatalities.
"An Garda Síochána is deeply saddened by the horrific death toll on Irish road over the past week. I want to take this opportunity to send our condolences to all of those affected by these tragic events. An Garda Síochána views any road death as one to many and we will continue to work together with our partners in road safety to build on the reduction in road deaths evidenced over the past number of years," Chief Superintendent Murphy said.
"While we welcome the reduction of fatalities that we have witnessed over the past two years, events over the past week demonstrate that we cannot afford to be complacent in any manner and I appeal to all roads users to be extra vigilant – in particular on dark evenings and while using unlit or poorly lit roads. Be safe, be seen, be careful and be on the alert for other road users," he added.
The Chief Superintendent said that it is not appropriate to comment at this time on recent fatal collisions as they are subject to forensic collision investigations. Gardai say that they will continue to focus on the prime factors that lead to road traffic collisions, primarily driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and speeding.
Since the start of the year, 634 motorists have been arrested for driving under the influence of either alcohol or drugs, with three arrested at one checkpoint in Cavan over the past week alone. Chief Superintendent Murphy said that Gardai would continue its policy of testing as many motorists as possible at mandatory checkpoints, sites of collisions or sites where traffic offences have been committed.
"We will also continue to work with our partners in 'GoSafe' to tackle the dangers associated with speed. The development of the safety camera zones has had an enormous impact on safety of our roads. This combined with An Garda Síochána's own speed enforcement activities continues to form a key part of our strategy to reduce road deaths," he added.
To date in 2019, 9,343 speeding offences have been detected from the almost three million motorists who have been monitored by the road camera network. This indicates a high level of compliance but Gardai said that any driver who broke the rules while driving was not just endangering themselves but other road users and that there was zero tolerance in this regard.
Adding to the debate which has followed the recent tragedies on Irish roads, Ms Moyagh Murdock, Chief Executive of the Road Safety Authority, extended her sympathies to the bereaved, and called for Gardai to be able to conduct their investigations thoroughly before judgement was reached in any of the recent fatal incidents.
"In the meantime, I hope that this appalling loss of life will serve as a reminder to us all that life is fragile and using the roads is the most dangerous thing we do each day. Nobody ever believes it will happen to them but tragedy can strike anywhere at any time on the road. We need to remember this every time we set out on a journey," she added.


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New executive leadership committee in place with mandate to centralize planning and decentralize execution to eliminate bureaucracy, facilitate decision-making and enhance process improvement.
Evolved the disparate regional operating cultures into a single CSX culture, driven by a flatter and more streamlined reporting structure – converting 9 operating divisions into 4 operating regions and initiating consolidation of 9 dispatching offices to a central location.
Reduced the number of hump yards from 12 to 4 (Avon, Cincinnati, Selkirk and Waycross) to reduce freight handlings and transit times.
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Configni is een gemeente in de Italiaanse provincie Rieti (regio Latium) en telt 736 inwoners (31-12-2004). De oppervlakte bedraagt 22,7 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 32 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Configni telt ongeveer 276 huishoudens. Het aantal inwoners daalde in de periode 1991-2001 met 6,3% volgens cijfers uit de tienjaarlijkse volkstellingen van ISTAT.

Geografie
De gemeente ligt op ongeveer 549 m boven zeeniveau.

Configni grenst aan de volgende gemeenten: Calvi dell'Umbria (TR), Cottanello, Stroncone (TR), Vacone.

Gemeente in Rieti

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Trestná koza (někdy též osel, oslice. španělský kozel, dřevěný kůň, dereš) patří k mučícím nástrojům, používaným ve středověké a raně novověké Evropě. Nástroj byl užíván i jako jedna z forem pranýře. Jedná se o hranatou kládu nebo ostře přitesané prkno, jehož průřez mohl být trojúhelníkový nebo kosočtvercový. Kláda byla upevněna na dřevěném podstavci, připomínajícím kozu na řezání dřeva, někdy opatřeném kolečky. Celková výška bývala nejméně 150 cm, aby člověk, sedící na kládě, nemohl dosáhnout nohama na zem.

V českých zemích se tento nástroj nazýval nejčastěji osel a mučení na něm jako oslí jízda. Jeho použití je doloženo od 16. do počátku 18. století, a to nejen k vynucení doznání mučením, ale také jako druh tělesného trestu, srovnatelný s mrskáním. Jako mučící nástroj k vynucení doznání používala "osla" především španělská inkvizice, naproti tomu ve střední Evropě převládalo jeho použití jako nástroje tělesného trestu. Trestali se tak např. zloději, nevěrné ženy nebo i pytláci. V 18. století byla "oslí jízda" používána jako jeden z mírnějších trestů pro provinilé vojáky pruské armády.

Odsuzenec byl na "osla" vysazen, pro zostření někdy se zatíženýma nohama. Dalším stupněm zostření bylo pojíždění s nástrojem po dlážděném povrchu (v tomto případě docházelo i k prasklinám kostí pánevního pletence). Název nástroje je odvozen od analogie s kozím nebo oslím hřbetem, který je relativně ostrý. Celé zařízení bylo někdy opatřeno dřevěnou oslí hlavou, zejména v případě použití jako tělesného trestu na veřejném prostranství. Někdy mělo zařízení dokonce tvar skutečného, realisticky provedeného osla s ostrým hřbetem, vyrobeného ze dřeva či kovu. Tento typ reprezentuje moderní replika původního bronzového osla z 18. stol. na náměstí v polské Toruni.

Podobná zařízení jsou někdy užívána i v BDSM aktivitách.

Literatura

 Diether Blüm: Wenn Steine erzählen könnten … Verlag der Wochenzeitung Der Bensemer.
 Dietmar Sauermann: Thomasesel, Eselritt und Strafesel. In: Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde. 61/1970, S. 69-78.
 Ingeborg Bayer: Der Teufelskreis. Würzburg 1968.

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Q: CRM 2011 - How can I send a direct email using template from the contact or lead form? I'm still new to the CRM world. I know how i can send direct emails to contacts from the contact overview list. But is it possible to do this from u custom button on the contact form?
And if so, can i make sure that a specific template is selected by default?
Thanks in advance!

A: I'd have to dig deeper to find the answer to your second question but the first bit should definitely be possible.  In the Dynamics CRM SDK help look up RibbonDiffXml.  This will give you information on how to alter the ribbon-
Use RibbonDiffXml to create declarative definitions of modifications to the default Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 ribbon.

You can export this XML via the customizations area and update it to have a custom button.  In the actions of the button you can call a JavaScript method (from one of your web resources).  Through the JavaScript you should be able to pop open a new email (either a CRM one or custom ISV).
I'd recommend using the built in email templates when possible.

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Amazon make the process of deciding whether a model is suitable for use where you live, or not. They state whether or not machines are Carb-compliant. You will find models that do comply with all relevant legislation in the State where you live and manufacturers have worked hard to produce clean air engines that reduce emitted pollutants to a minimum.
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package com.openxc.ford.mHealth.demo.web;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import com.openxc.ford.mHealth.demo.AppLog;

public class WebService {

	private final String TAG = AppLog.getClassName();

	private static WebService sWebService = null;

	private WebService() {

	}

	public static WebService getInstance() {
		if (null == sWebService) {
			sWebService = new WebService();
		}

		return sWebService;
	}

	public String request(String url) {
		AppLog.enter(TAG, AppLog.getMethodName());
		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpResponse response;
		String responseString = null;
		try {
			response = httpclient.execute(new HttpGet(url));
			StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
			if (statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
				ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
				response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
				out.close();
				responseString = out.toString();

				AppLog.info(TAG, "Server response : " + responseString);
			} else {
				// Closes the connection.
				response.getEntity().getContent().close();
				throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
			}
		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
		} catch (IOException e) {
		}
		AppLog.exit(TAG, AppLog.getMethodName());
		return responseString;
	}

	public String request(String url, JSONObject json) {
		AppLog.enter(TAG, AppLog.getMethodName());
		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
		String dataText = "";

		try {

			JSONArray postjson = new JSONArray();
			postjson.put(json);

			AppLog.info(TAG, "json array : " + json);

			StringEntity se = new StringEntity(json.toString());

			// 6. set httpPost Entity
			httppost.setEntity(se);

			// 7. Set some headers to inform server about the type of the
			// content
			// httppost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
			httppost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");

			// Execute HTTP Post Request
			System.out.print(json);
			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);

			// for JSON:
			if (response != null) {
				InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();

				BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
						new InputStreamReader(is));
				StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

				String line = null;
				try {
					while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
						sb.append(line + "\n");
					}
				} catch (IOException e) {
					e.printStackTrace();
				} finally {
					try {
						is.close();
					} catch (IOException e) {
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}
				dataText = sb.toString();
			}

		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println(e.toString());
		}
		AppLog.exit(TAG, AppLog.getMethodName());
		return dataText;
	}

	public String requestGet(String url) {
		AppLog.enter(TAG, AppLog.getMethodName());
		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
		String dataText = "";

		try {

			// 7. Set some headers to inform server about the type of the
			// content
			// httppost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
			 httpGet.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");

			// Execute HTTP Post Request
			HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpGet);

			// for JSON:
			if (response != null) {
				InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();

				BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
						new InputStreamReader(is));
				StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

				String line = null;
				try {
					while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
						sb.append(line + "\n");
					}
				} catch (IOException e) {
					e.printStackTrace();
				} finally {
					try {
						is.close();
					} catch (IOException e) {
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}
				dataText = sb.toString();
			}

		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println(e.toString());
		}
		AppLog.exit(TAG, AppLog.getMethodName());
		return dataText;
	}

}

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1And Abraham was old, and advanced in age; and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. 2And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh, 3and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God#GodHebrew: Elohim of the heavens and the God#GodHebrew: Elohim of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling; 4but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. 5And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again in any case to the land from which thou hast removed? 6And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again. 7Jehovah the God#GodHebrew: Elohim of the heavens, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land of my nativity, and who has spoken to me, and who has sworn to me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land — he will send his angel before thee, that thou mayest take a wife for my son thence. 8And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again. 9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.
10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; now all the treasure of his master was under his hand; and he arose and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor. 11And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, when the women came out to draw water. 12And he said, Jehovah, God#GodHebrew: Elohim of my master Abraham, meet me, I pray thee, with thy blessing this day, and deal kindly with my master Abraham. 13Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water. 14And let it come to pass, that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master. 15And it came to pass before he had ended speaking, that behold, Rebecca came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother; and she had her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher. 18And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink. 19And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough. 20And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water; and she drew for all his camels. 21And the man was astonished at her, remaining silent, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not. 22And it came to pass when the camels had drunk enough, that the man took a gold ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten shekels weight of gold, 23and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge? 24And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor. 25And she said to him, There is straw, and also much provender with us; also room to lodge. 26And the man stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah, 27and said, Blessed be Jehovah, God#GodHebrew: Elohim of my master Abraham, who has not withdrawn his loving-kindness and his faithfulness from my master; I being in the way, Jehovah has led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28And the maiden ran and told these things to her mother's house.
29And Rebecca had a brother, named Laban; and Laban ran out to the man, to the well. 30And it came to pass when he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's hand, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me — that he came to the man, and behold, he was standing by the camels, by the well. 31And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah! why standest thou outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32And the man came into the house; and he ungirded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who were with him. 33And there was set meat before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat until I have made known my business. And he said, Speak on. 34And he said, I am Abraham's servant. 35And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses. 36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old; and unto him has he given all that he has. 37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling; 38but thou shalt by all means go to my father's house and to my family, and take a wife for my son. 39And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me? 40And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way, that thou mayest take a wife for my son of my family, and out of my father's house. 41Then shalt thou be quit of my oath, when thou shalt have come to my family. And if they give thee not one, thou shalt be quit of my oath. 42And I came this day to the well, and said, Jehovah, God#GodHebrew: Elohim of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way on which I go, 43behold, I stand by the well of water, and let it come to pass that the damsel who cometh forth to draw water, and to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink, 44and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels — that she should be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master's son. 45Before I ended speaking in my heart, behold, Rebecca came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder, and went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me, I pray thee, to drink. 46And she hasted and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. And I drank; and she gave the camels drink also. 47And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands. 48And I stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah; and I blessed Jehovah, God#GodHebrew: Elohim of my master Abraham, who has led me the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. 49And now, if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; and I will turn to the right hand or to the left. 50And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from Jehovah: we cannot speak to thee bad or good. 51Behold, Rebecca is before thee: take her, and go away; and let her be wife of thy master's son, as Jehovah has said. 52And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he bowed down to the earth before Jehovah. 53And the servant brought forth silver articles, and gold articles, and clothing, and he gave them to Rebecca; and he gave to her brother, and to her mother, precious things.
54And they ate and drank, he and the men that were with him, and lodged. And they rose up in the morning; and he said, Send me away to my master. 55And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us some days, or say ten; after that she shall go. 56And he said to them, Do not hinder me, seeing Jehovah has prospered my way: send me away, and I will go to my master. 57And they said, Let us call the maiden and inquire at her mouth. 58And they called Rebecca and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 59And they sent away Rebecca their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 60And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies! 61And Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebecca, and went away.
62And Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi; for he was dwelling in the south country. 63And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the fields toward the beginning of evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were coming. 64And Rebecca lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she sprang off the camel. 65And she had said to the servant, Who is the man that is walking in the fields to meet us? And the servant said, That is my master! Then she took the veil, and covered herself. 66And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. 67And Isaac led her into his mother Sarah's tent; and he took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.
First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
A Wife for Isaac
1By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh, 3and I will have you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, 4but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."
5The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"
6Abraham replied, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there. 7The Lord, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there. 8And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."
9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
10Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Aram-naharaim.#24:10 That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia. 11As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
12"O Lord, God of my master Abraham," he prayed, "please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who responds, 'Drink, and I will water your camels as well'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."
Rebekah Is Chosen
15Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. 16Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
17So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."
18"Drink, my lord," she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
19After she had given him a drink, she said, "I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink." 20And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
21Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.
22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka,#24:22 A beka is half a shekel, or approximately 0.2 ounces or 5.7 grams. and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.#24:22 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams. 23"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"
24She replied, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor." 25Then she added, "We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night."
26Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord, 27saying, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives."
28The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things. 29Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring. 30As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and heard Rebekah's words, "The man said this to me," he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
31"Come, you who are blessed by the Lord," said Laban. "Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels." 32So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
33Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say."
So Laban said, "Please speak."
34"I am Abraham's servant," he replied. 35"The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys. 36My master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37My master made me swear an oath and said, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell, 38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.'
39Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'
40And he told me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house. 41And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'
42So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success! 43Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, 'Please let me drink a little water from your jar,' 44and she replies, 'Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,' may she be the woman the Lord has appointed for my master's son.
45And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
46She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels as well.' So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
47Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?'
She replied, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.' So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists. 48Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord; and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
49Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere."
50Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the Lord; we have no choice in the matter. 51Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, just as the Lord has decreed."
52When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord. 53Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother. 54Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there.
When they got up the next morning, he said, "Send me on my way to my master."
55But her brother and mother said, "Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go."
56But he replied, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master."
57So they said, "We will call the girl and ask her opinion."
58They called Rebekah and asked her, "Will you go with this man?"
"I will go," she replied.
59So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men. 60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
"Our sister, may you become the mother
of thousands upon thousands.
May your offspring possess
the gates of their enemies."
61Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
Isaac Marries Rebekah
62Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev. 63Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
64And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel 65and asked the servant, "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?"
"It is my master," the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself. 66Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother's death.
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