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DAF New XF delivers fuel economy boost for Stalkers
Stalkers Transport Services in Brampton, Cumbria, has reported 'an uplift in fuel economy' following the delivery of six DAF New XF 480 tractor units with Super Space Cabs and 'FTG' 6x2 twin-steer axle configurations. The New XFs are already delivering superior economy over the company's same-spec DAF CF models, averaging 8.5mpg and improving week-on-week. Over 12-months and compared to the CFs' average economy of 7.83mpg, this represents an increase of 8.6%.
This latest fleet replacement programme also marks the haulier's 50th anniversary and continues its long association with the UK's market leading DAF marque.
The New XFs replace a long-serving fleet of CF tractor units after a DAF New XF demonstrator returned outstanding fuel figures on an intensive two-week day / night operation. An 8.9mpg economy return is, the company says, 'a remarkable achievement following such a tough work-out'.
"We've always been a DAF operator, and we always will be," says Managing Director, Karen Stalker, "it's a great product supported by an exceptional local dealer, Solway DAF in Carlisle, with whom we have enjoyed a fantastic relationship for 35 years.
"Fuel, of course, is the big cost," she says, "and we're delighted that the New XFs are providing a significant uplift in economy. The demonstrator was worked very hard indeed and an 8.9mpg average was a remarkable achievement following such a tough work-out. The new fleet has already boosted our fleet average by over 8.5% and we're delighted with that. The introduction of DAF driver training has had a very positive impact on economy too," she says, "and we expect fuel consumption across the new fleet to improve still further as a result.
"We're mindful of driver welfare too,' adds Stalker, "and the Super Space Cabs provide them with all the creature comforts. I believe a happy driver is a productive driver and the DAFs will certainly help us retain the better ones – especially in this part of the world where excellent, loyal drivers are at a premium."
Since installing telematics across the fleet, Stalkers has been able to reduce its fuel spend from 42% to 30% of its overall fleet running costs. The company also reports that the fitment of forward facing cameras has drastically reduced insurance claims.
Stalkers has invested in greater warehouse capacity and in new equipment for their workshop, thus bringing its own fleet maintenance in-house and also providing a third party commercial service and repair facility. Together with secure parking, change-over area and a 24-hour Northern Gateway Hub, Stalkers offers an ideally located onward delivery service to Scotland offering other hauliers to opportunity to reduce both their costs and their carbon footprint.
Stalkers currently employs 70 staff and operates a fleet of 42 vehicles on a 24/7 operation, boasting state-of-the-art technology throughout the business.

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How Macroevolution Works
November 20, 2014 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment
Last updated: Sunday, February 12, 2017
Creationists will make a distinction between microevolution and macroevolution, accepting that the former happens but denying that the latter happens. One example of this is the article What Is The Difference Between Macroevolution And Microevolution? by John D. Morris from the Institute for Creation Research. Microevolution is basically understood as evolutionary change within a species. One example of this would be the transformation of wolves into dogs and the breeding of various dog breeds. Despite the differences between wolves and various dog breeds, wolves and dogs all have 78 chromosomes, and they may mate together and have Wolfdog offspring. So they may still be regarded as a single species. Creationists can accept that this happens. But they have a problem with the idea that one species can evolve into another. This is called macroevolution.
I was wondering about the mechanics of this last night. I knew that humans have 46 chromosomes and our nearest cousins, chimpanzees, have 48. So I was considering the idea that humans could not have evolved unless two of our ancestors picked up the same mutation for 46 chromosomes and started mating. This scenario would seem very unlikely, and I was wondering if it might have happened differently. So I did some research. My research led me to an article by PZ Myers called Basics: How can chromosome numbers change?. What I learned from this article is that having different numbers of chromosomes does not always prevent mating. Chromosomes are made by separating genetic code into divisions. A chromosome can be thought of as equivalent to a paragraph.
You can increase the number of paragraphs in a piece of writing just by making more divisions in the text. I could have written the text in this paragraph as part of the previous paragraph. But I started a new paragraph to make a point. Breaking something up into more paragraphs does not change what is written. Likewise, splitting genetic material into multiple chromosomes does not change the genetic code. Chromosomes can also fuse together without losing genetic material. This works like running two paragraphs together instead of splitting them apart. That's what I'm doing here. I could have started a new paragraph to explain this idea, but I'm explaining it in the same paragraph I illustrated fission in.
Chromosomes change in number through mutations that add or remove barriers between strings of genetic code. In computer code, we might distinguish strings with a separator character such as the newline character. In written text, we separate paragraphs by beginning a new paragraph on a new line, usually with blank space or an extra blank line before the beginning of the paragraph. So changing the number of paragraphs just requires inserting or deleting a few characters. In the same manner, changing the number of chromosomes requires very little in the way of mutation. A mutation just has to remove or add a barrier between pieces of genetic code. This rearranges the genetic code without increasing, deleting, or otherwise modifying it.
So, when a mutation changes the number of chromosomes in an animal, there is still a chance that its genetic code can line up with that of a potential mate with the usual number of chromosomes and produce offspring. PZ Myers does note that differences in chromosome number can decrease the chances of two animals successfully reproducing together. But in trying to combine together, genetic code from two different animals doesn't always follow the strict rule of pairing up chromosome by chromosome. If the genetic code is otherwise roughly the same on both sides, the right genes may pair up despite differences in chromosome number.
Initially, changes in chromosome number might have no genetic advantage. Since they do decrease fertility with the main population, they tend to be selected against. In fact, there is some chance that the offspring of parents with different numbers of chromosomes will be infertile. This normally happens when a horse, which has 64 chromosomes, and a donkey, which has 62, mate and produce a mule. But it doesn't have to happen all the time. And it is less likely to happen with close relatives than it is to happen with the horse and donkey, which are already separate species. Since differences in chromosome number do not totally prevent fertility, they can continue in the population despite selective pressures against them. This gives them the opportunity to spread in the population, such that eventually related animals who share the new number of chromosomes may mate together. And when they do mate together, they will be more fertile than they would be with members of the larger population. If other factors favor them, they may separate off from the larger population and grow in number. In time, they could grow different enough genetically that they could no longer breed with their cousins whose chromosome numbers remained the same.
This is basically what happened with the our ancestors. Some time in the past, two pairs of chromosomes in the 48-chromosome primates fused into a single pair, so that this primate had 46 instead of 48 chromosomes. This might have happened once, or it might have happened multiple times. Regardless of how many times it happened, this 46-chromosome mutation spread in the primate population, and circumstances then separated out a group of 46-chromosome primates from the others. They evolved down a different path, becoming humans, while their 48-chromosome cousins evolved into modern apes.
The main thing to take away from this is that the ability of a male and female to reproduce offspring together is affected by two things: chromosome number and genetic similarity. Back when our ancestors' chromosome numbers changed, there was enough genetic similarity to allow mating with 48-chromosome relatives. Since that time, enough genetic differences have evolved to prevent humans and apes from mating, thereby splitting them off into separate species. So speciation happens through two kinds of mutations — mutations that reorganize genetic material and mutations that change it — and when enough of both kinds distinguish two separated populations, they can split into separate species. That's one way macroevolution is able to happen.
But it should be noted that both are not required. Two separate species can share the same number of chromosomes. For example, Reeve's Muntjac and the Sable Antelope both have 46 chromosomes without being humans. Likewise, potatoes, hares, and chimpanzees all have 48 chromosomes, but they are different species. So, sometimes genetic differences might be all that distinguishes two species from each other. These come about through the same kinds of mutations that creationists admit happen when they accept microevolution. One final thing is that species is not really an absolute, inviolable category. A species is generally a population of lifeforms capable of producing offspring together. But the boundaries between species are fuzzy rather than clear cut. At the boundaries, what we might regard as members of two different species can sometimes mate. This fuzziness at the boundaries between species allows the transition from one species to another. It's never the case that one species suddenly has offspring of an entirely new species. Rather, it is that differences in separate populations eventually build up enough that reproduction between them becomes impossible or problematic. These populations may be separated by space (as the human and ape lines were) or by time (as modern humans are from our ancient ancestors).
One last thought here is that a species is analogous to a language. While members of the same species can reproduce together, members of the same language group can communicate with each other. There are languages that are distinct from each other, such as English and French, yet the boundaries between languages remain fuzzy, and over time a single language may change so much that it effectively becomes a new language, such as Old English changing to Modern English or Latin changing into Italian, Spanish, and French. For more on the evolution of language, I refer you to my earlier post called Linguistic Creationism in the Tower of Babel.
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Julianne Moore in Talks to Join Amy Adams in 'Woman in the Window' (Exclusive)
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Julianne Moore (left), Amy Adams
'The Darkest Hour' filmmaker Joe Wright is directing the thriller.
Julianne Moore is in negotiations to join Amy Adams in The Woman in the Window, Fox 2000's adaptation of the book by A.J. Finn.
The Darkest Hour filmmaker Joe Wright is directing the thriller, which sees Adams portraying a child psychologist with severe agoraphobia (and a penchant for mixing alcohol with her medication) who hasn't left her house in months. The woman believes she witnessed a horrible crime involving a new neighboring family but no one, including the police, will believe her.
Moore will play the mother of a mysterious young boy who moves in across the street.
Tracy Letts wrote the script for the adaptation, whose story is a nod to the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window.
Scott Rudin and Eli Bush are producing the pic. Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva are overseeing for Fox 2000.
Moore, who appeared as the villain in Fox's Kingsman: The Golden Circle, has several films wrapped, including Paul Weitz's thriller Bel Canto and After the Wedding, a drama that also stars Michelle Williams.
Moore is repped by CAA, Management 360 and Edelstein Laird.


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Greater Allegheny students raise more than $17,000 for THON
THON 2009 was a huge success! Penn State Greater Allegheny recently took part in a 46-hour, no sleeping, no sitting dance marathon to help raise money for kids with pediatric cancer. The Penn State Greater Allegheny campus collected more than $17,000 of the total $7.49 million raised. We would like to thank the surrounding community of Penn State Greater Allegheny for all donations and support.
Four dancers represented Penn State Greater Allegheny along with 704 other dancers at the annual Penn State Dance Marathon (THON) that was held on Friday, Feb. 20, through Sunday, Feb. 22, at the University Park campus's Bryce Jordan Center.
This year Michael Wanchek, senior information science and technology major, was chair of the drive. Co-chairing the drive was Amber Pistella, sophomore, pursuing a degree in engineering. Wanchek has been involved with THON since his sophomore year and was one of four dancers from the campus last year. Dancing this year were Danielle Soucy, sophomore, pursuing a degree in biology; Santwon Hines, a sophomore pursuing a degree in business management; Zach Schmidt, sophomore, pursuing a degree in journalism; and Ashley Altavilla, sophomore, pursuing a degree in elementary education. More than 50 current and former Greater Allegheny students, known as "moralers," cheered on the dancers through all 46 hours.
The goal was to surpass Greater Allegheny's last year's total of $11,200 by canning throughout the campus and local community. Funds were raised to support pediatric cancer patients at the Penn State Children's Hospital, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
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So six years after launching Let's Move!, we've seen incredible progress, and we have much more work to do together.
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As a digital creator, you may not even think much about the concept of digital governance. Don't worry though — this week's guest, Lisa Welchman, literally wrote the book on digital governance!
Our conversation begins with an overview on the topic, and Lisa describes how she got involved with digital governance. We also get into digital ethics, talk about how companies can apply digital governance to what they do, and a lot more. Lisa also discusses her recent vacation, the things that keeps her inspired and opens up on what she wants to do in the near future. Thank goodness we've got experts like Lisa to help decipher concepts like this that are important to our digital lives!


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One test we always impose on our work is a sense of discovery, because put simply, people like to forage. Perhaps it is human nature likened to the kind of intrigue experienced at a farmers market, bazaar or souk. It's stimulating to find the unexpected and transforms the experience from the foreseen to an adventure. We know from observation that a sense of discovery is a stimulating experience and essential in our craft. The "nooks and crannies" of place provide for discovery and surprise. It imbues a sense of curiosity that brings people back to explore over and over.
There are many great examples world-wide that demonstrate a sense of discovery. I've always been struck by the sense of discovery invoked by places such as: Worth Avenue, DeGraves Lane, Xintiandi, and in cities and towns such as: Honk Kong, Paris, Perugia and Honfleur. The narrow alley ways, mystifying cloisters and unexpected artifacts excite and intrigue. But it was the Santana Row district where I first understood the power of discovery. It was there that I realized one can visit the district many times and continuously discover something new and unexpected. It is this anticipation that draws people back again and again.
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The precise date is unknown, but towards the end of May 1968 The Beatles met at Kinfauns, George Harrison's bungalow in Esher, Surrey. There they recorded demo versions of a number of songs written in India, 19 of which later appeared on the White Album.
Most of the recordings were widely bootlegged, although the release of Anthology 3 resulted in previously-unheard demos of the four final songs. The seven Kinfauns demos included on Anthology 3 – licensed to Apple by George Harrison – were also of a better quality than the bootlegs.
It is possible that not all of the demos were recorded at Kinfauns, and it has been speculated that some were recorded alone by the songs' composers. Alternatively, previously-made recordings may have been brought to Harrison's house for overdubbing, but, again, this is far from clear.
Of the songs unreleased by The Beatles in 1968, perhaps the best known is Child Of Nature. This was inspired by a Maharishi Mahesh Yogi lecture, and was lyrically similar to Mother Nature's Son. Lennon later reused the melody for 1971's Jealous Guy.
What's The New Mary Jane was based around a nursery rhyme-style melody, and in the studio became one of Lennon's first avant garde compositions. It remained unreleased until Anthology 3, despite Lennon's various attempts to have it released by The Beatles or the Plastic Ono Band.
Two of Lennon's songs, Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam, were held back until 1969's Abbey Road, when they became part of the 'long medley'.
Just one of Paul McCartney's songs – Junk – was unreleased by The Beatles, although they returned to it during the Get Back sessions in early 1969. It eventually found a home on McCartney's first solo album.
Harrison fared less well, with three of the five demos failing to be included on the White Album. A studio version of Not Guilty should have appeared on that record, although it was eventually included on Anthology 3. Circles, meanwhile, wasn't issued until Harrison's 1982 solo album Gone Troppo.
Sour Milk Sea was given to Apple recording artist Jackie Lomax. It was his debut single later in 1968, produced by Harrison with McCartney on bass and Ringo Starr on drums.
It isn't known whether any of The Beatles' wives or girlfriends were present, although a female voice may be discernible on Revolution 1. Mal Evans and Derek Taylor are also addressed by the group on the bootleg recordings, and may have contributed.
The demo songs were mono mixed by Harrison, with copies given to each Beatle. The general public first heard them in the late 1980s as part of the Lost Lennon Tapes radio series, and 23 had entered general circulation by the early 1990s.
I just realized that I've got a really good bootleg tape – demos we made at my house on an Ampex 4-track during The White Album.
Work began on the album on 30 May at EMI Studios, Abbey Road.
We are going in with clear heads and hoping for the best. We had hoped this time to do a lot of rehearsing before we reached the studios rather than rehearse actually on the instruments but, as it happens, all we got was one day.
"Not Guilty" from the White Album demos is different from the studio version on Anthology 3. A longer version of the Anthology 3 track, and of inferior quality, can be found on Ultra rare Trax, Vol. 4.
For what it's worth,the most enjoyable White Album boot I've encountered is THE WHITE TAPES,a 3 CD set produced by a group in Mexico called Eye Of The Storm. They do a nice PEPPER sessions 2 disc as well. They are sold on EBay. Hope others can find and enjoy.
The May 1968 acoustic demo of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" can also be heard at the beginning in Living In the Material World Part 2.
I find it hard to believe John could not have released this on the Plastic Ono Band LP???????
Hope Apple remasters these acoustic demos and releases them someday! This would make a very pretty Beatles Unplugged album.
Done! You just have to wait the 9 November.
"Not Guilty was re-recorded by George Harrison for his 1979 solo album.
It's strange that nobody identified what type of Ampex recorded was bought and used by George Harrison for those session(s). It appears all we know about this recorder relies on a quote from George in the mid 90's about "4 track reel to reel recorder".


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In order to have healthy veins it is imperative to reduce the pressure on the veins and, fortunately, improving the diet can act magical for healing and preventing occurrence of varicose veins.
Medically speaking, varicose veins are a sign that your blood vessels are not in good shape. However, an intake of proper food and nutrition will make sure that all your blood vessels are working properly and that there's no clotting risk.
Here is a list of wide range of foods rich in acids, volatile oils, natural enzymes, nutrients, antioxidants and vitamins that can provide you varicose vein relief.
Foods that are rich in rutin can help in providing varicose vein relief. Rutin are a part of flavonoids that play a pivotal role in reducing the fragility and permeability of capillaries, which reduces the risk of developing new varicose veins. Foods such as buckwheat, apple, cherries, grapes, blackberries and apricot are naturally rich in rutin. Nutritionists recommend consuming foods that are rich in rutin to all people with varicose veins since rutin promotes vascular health.
Add more fiber to the diet. Consume whole wheat flour as it contains all vitamins, minerals, proteins and fiber that are omnipresent in the grain. Have whole wheat bread and whole wheat pasta. Instead of consuming wheat rice, consume brown rice and wild rice. Avoid sugar. Eat fruits as it boosts antioxidants, and such antioxidants will reinforce your veins.
Avocados contain natural compounds that combat varicose veins. In addition, avocados are also rich in vitamins C and E, two essential vitamins for preventing varicose veins. Most importantly, avocados have the highest concentration of glutathione, a tripeptide molecule that helps in protecting the veins and arteries from oxidant damages.
Benefits of ginger go a long way in the history for its aromatic and health promoting properties. In the parlance of herbal medicine, ginger is used to treat varicose veins because it has the ability to dissolve fibrin in blood vessels and to improve circulation.
Including beets in your regular diet can help in preventing varicose veins disorder. In beets, we find Betacyanin, a phytochemical compound, which is known to reduce levels of homocysteine. Homocysteine is responsible for causing damages to blood vessels.
Asparagus is a wonderful food to consider for preventing and healing varicose veins. It helps in strengthening the veins and capillaries remarkably well. Also it helps in preventing the veins from rupturing. Make sure that you don't forget to clean the shoots thoroughly prior to cooking.
Rosemary too is known to help in preventing and treating varicose veins. Rosemary contains rosmarinic acid known for protecting tissues from free radical damages. Besides, it also contains ursolic acid that helps in strengthening the capillaries. You can use rosemary as a flavor in preparing fish, roast meats and tomato sauces. Rosemary can also be used in flavoring fruits such as oranges.
you become what you eat is a good saying that is actually true, To improve various health conditions eating healthy and particularly according to your need is very important. Its not just about being full its about being full with various nutrients. I have seen so many people spend money on products and do so much rigorous workouts but not eat well, and that in turn kills their results, as proper nutrition is the key to stay healthy.


I also got something printed on Lulu.com so that's pretty cool. Hopefully it will arrive soon!
I would love to have Endwood finished by the end of the year, but if I manage that, it will definitely be a God thing. It's a very, very complicated novel (it will need a total rewrite which I won't tackle until I'm a much better writer). I've also got several chapters to critique from one author, and several other chapters from another.
I'd better get to work!


AGBU Alexander Primary School has been a small, independent, bilingual school that has served the Armenian community of Sydney for over twenty-four years. Service that has stayed focused on its mission and has proudly produced many fine, well rounded and well educated youngsters. These graduates, now as young adults, have taken an active role in the community in the true sense of our motto 'To Grow & Serve'.
For us, 'small' means every teacher knows every child; not just those in their own class or year group, which means every child feels important, safe and understood every minute of every day. Being 'small' enables us to be agile, imaginative, nurturing and personal.
I believe very strongly that it is our role as a school to both inspire our students and provide each of them with the opportunity to shine - be it in the classroom, on the sports field or on the stage. We promote a diverse and exciting co-curricular programme which encourages our students to be responsible and caring members of society. If a student has an interest, we help to foster that interest. We recognise the benefits in confidence building, encouraging individuality and feeling valued.
We have seen so many benefits to composite or mixed year groups. The expectation placed on children in single year groups, that all children should possess the same knowledge and skills at exactly the same time, can place enormous pressure on a child. With a wider age span it is easier to address each child as an individual and to champion their strengths and build upon the areas where they are less confident without the additional pressures of conforming to a peer group.
Our younger pupils benefit from the contributions of the older children which allows them to participate in far more complex activities than they would in year groups. They also go through their school life with the expectation that they too will become the nurturers when they reach the older end of the school. We strongly believe that a student should experience these nurturing contexts rather than just observing and imitating them.
AGBU Alexander Primary School is dedicated to excellence in education and the realisation of each student's potential, providing a balance curriculum encompassing academic, spiritual, cultural, physical and practical areas of learning.


EagleGet is a great piece of software. It is NOT as powerful as Internet Download Manager but it still is an EXCELLENT alternative. All my downloads using EagleGet work without corruption and it is VERY FAST! It does not appear to automatically sort downloads by type but this is a minor inconvenience. Thank you to EagleGet programmers for providing this FREE tool. By a SNAPFILES.com FAN!!!!!... EagleGet is a great piece of software. It is NOT as powerful as Internet Download Manager but it still is an EXCELLENT alternative. All my downloads using EagleGet work without corruption and it is VERY FAST! It does not appear to automatically sort downloads by type but this is a minor inconvenience. Thank you to EagleGet programmers for providing this FREE tool. By a SNAPFILES.com FAN!!!!!
EagleGet is a free all-in-one download manager, it supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS and RTSP protocol as well as popular online video websites. EagleGet can be integrated to Chrome, IE, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon, and uses multi-threaded technology to boost your downloads.... It uses the Video Sniffer feature to help you download videos easily from various videos sites including Facebook, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Pandora, MSN Video, Vidivodo, wat.tv, wideo.fr, etc. Thus, you could use EagleGet as an useful IDM alternative.
EagleGet is a great piece of software. It is NOT as powerful as Internet Download Manager but it still is an EXCELLENT alternative. All my downloads using EagleGet work without corruption and it is VERY FAST! It does not appear to automatically sort downloads by type but this is a minor inconvenience. Thank you to EagleGet programmers for providing this FREE tool. By a SNAPFILES.com FAN!!!!!


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Lawyer cuts fees in return for lap dances
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on Thursday said Scott Robert Erwin will begin serving a 15-month suspension for misconduct next month.
Erwin, who practices in the northern Illinois city of DeKalb, and his client mutually agreed that she'd perform nude dances for him in his office as a way to reduce her legal fees, the commission's report said. He credited her for $534 toward his bill for services of various legal matters, the report said.
While she agreed to the performances, the client contended he touched her inappropriately during those dances, and she went to police in 2002 with sexual assault allegations.
Erwin denied any inappropriate touching happened, and he was never charged criminally, the report said. He declined to comment on the panel's decision Thursday. The woman no longer works as a stripper, the report said.


Check out the amazing line up for Big Blue Door's 2017 fall improv ensemble, Feminine Hijinks! Directed by Larry Goldstein. They'll be performing this fall will sibling team, Suburban Dictionary.
Marjory Ruderman. Marjory Ruderman is a consultant and writer of humor, fiction, and public health reports. She has performed with Mr Mammals and Colorblind Astronauts. She was one of thousands of people cheering in the stands for a pretend baseball game during the filming of the movie Bull Durham. That was thirty years ago, but she still enjoys yelling for no reason.
Deborah Arenstein has been performing with Big Blue Door for two years. She is not making that up. She is also a Live Arts company and board member, and enjoys working both on and off stage. She has two remarkably resilient children, a dreamy domestic partner, and a dog.


The new ICA Publication Policy is an important development reported in this issue of ICA News. We also learn about ICC 2019 preparations and are reminded about the beginnings of the Barabara Petchenik Children's World Map Awards. Thanking all contributors and readers for your continuous support.
lost the spirit of our Association. We look at ICC 2017 through the lens of various reports and statistics, and celebrate the achievements of our fellow cartographers. We are also invited to stay tuned to the summer events in Tokyo in two years' time.
Predictably, the ICC 2017 features strongly in this issue of ICA News, complemented by the 17th General Assembly announcement. We are invited to the world cartographic forum and celebrate another volume of Children Map the World book. I hope you find the content interesting.
ICA News 66 now online – with a new design!
That dynamism and buzz enjoyed by our discipline […] inspired me to take a fresh look at ICA News. More colour, lighter visual elements and a brand new typeface, supporting even the most demanding typographic requirements, make up the new design. I sincerely hope you like it.
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This 32-page issue of ICA News is the first in the 2015–2019 term. In addition to many familiar features, it contains the first report by our new President Menno-Jan Kraak and introduces the new Executive Committee. It celebrates achievements of ICA award recipients and provides detailed accounts of the ICA General Assembly and ICC 2015 held in Rio de Janeiro. IMY celebrations around the globe feature strongly together with an invitation to ICC 2017 in Washington D.C.
In this issue of ICA News, Rio de Janeiro invites us to celebrate cartography at ICC 2015. This time, the Conference is coupled with the General Assembly of ICA and its Agenda is described in detail. The International Map Year is in full swing in a number of countries, while children's world maps are the subject of another Esri Press publication.
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Students said they came for answers and received a sales pitch at the University's open student forum Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Pitt hosted an Open Student Forum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Ballroom as an opportunity for students to express concerns about the University's "Plan for Pitt" for 2016-2020.
Approximately 60 students suggested changes and asked questions to a panel of team members the Chancellor organized to enact the plan.
Although Raghav Sharma had a chance to speak, he didn't feel that University heard his voice.
"It seemed to me that this was an attempt by the University to say they addressed our concerns," Sharma said. "But in reality, it was a place for us to talk at the University and not be heard."
David DeJong, vice provost for academic planning and resources management, spent the first half-hour summarizing the plan for students before opening the floor to student questions.
DeJong outlined the five main goals in the plan of advancing educational excellence, engaging in research of impact, strengthening communities, building foundational strengths and embracing diversity and inclusion.
DeJong said the plan has been a work in progress since last year. Last February, the planning team started engaging with students, administration, alumni and local community leaders to decide on which points of concern the plan should focus.
"We are never going to say, 'Here is the final plan.' We are never going to etch it in stone," DeJong said. "We want [the plan] to [change] in response to the input we receive and the landscape as it changes."
The planning team held the forum in response to a letter Chancellor Patrick Gallagher received on Sept. 25, from members of Free the Planet and Americans for Informed Democracy. The letter stated their discontent with the lack of student input in the plan.
Kenyon Bonner, interim vice provost and dean of students, and students from Americans for Informed Democracy, Free the Planet and Students for Justice in Palestine decided an open forum would be the best way to gather student opinions.
Students asked about 20 questions during the hour and a half-long meeting, covering issues including how to improve interdisciplinary communication, promote entrepreneurship and support wage and contract negotiations for security guards, non-tenured professors and adjunct faculty. Students snapped in appreciation as they listened to their peers express concerns about sexual assault, diversity, fair wages and sustainability.
Sharma, president of Students for Justice in Palestine, was one of the first to pose a question to the panel. Sharma asked if the University had considered the multiple attempts students had made to learn more about the University's finances and the roadblocks they consistently encounter.
DeJong suggested starting a conversation with the appropriate administration members, which Sharma questioned.
"How can students have a discussion on those issues when they're not being provided with the information to have those discussions?" Sharma asked.
"That's a good question, maybe that's where we need to start," DeJong replied.
Sage Lincoln, a member of Free the Planet who was involved in sending the letter to Gallagher, asked how Pitt was planning to strengthen the South Oakland community and deal with the issue of high costs for sometimes unsafe living conditions.
Bonner responded that the University is partnering with the local community and that it is an issue Pitt "needs to start addressing."
Lincoln said there were positives and negatives to the night, but she felt that the students were "talked at" more than they got a chance to talk.
"It felt like we were being sold the University," Lincoln said. "But we already bought it. We're already here."
Other students took to Twitter to express their disappointment.
"We asked for a forum, not a sales pitch. #pittstrategicplan," @LofquistSam tweeted.
We asked for a forum, not a sales pitch. #Pittsstrategicplan
— Sam Lofquist (@LofquistSam) October 6, 2015
@PghStudentsPSSC tweeted, "Dejong: 'Sustainability will be center in strategic capital planning' OK so divest from fossil fuels."
Dejong: "Sustainability will be center in strategic capital plan" Ok so divest from fossil fuels. #ThanksPittAdmin #ThanksForAsking — StudentSolidarityPGH (@PghStudentsPSSC) October 6, 2015
Sharma said he felt as if the University controlled the conversation.
"It's a stalling tactic [the University] do[es] again and again. They will grant you an audience with some dean or some professor. They'll make you feel like you talked to someone," Sharma said. "And then go and do whatever they want anyways."
To move forward, Sharma said students should lead the conversation and plan the events among themselves before confronting the University as a united front.
"What we need is for students to recognize their own individual power and realize the incredible feats that we can accomplish if we put our individual power toward our collective interest," Sharma said. "We are unstoppable."
Sharma said he still plans to attend next week's forum, which DeJong announced will be 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14.
In the future, Lincoln hopes that the University makes it more clear what they expect from the students at the beginning of the forum.
"It wasn't clear at the beginning [that the University wanted] students to say 'This is important, and I would like to see this in the plan,'" Lincoln said.
Most students came prepared with questions and points that they wanted to raise. Lincoln and DeJong noted that several students brought up points, such as improving sustainability, securing higher wages for part-time faculty members and raising the amount of need-based scholarships outside of the plan.
To Lincoln, these diversions represented a lack of opportunities available for students to express their opinion.
Bonner insisted this would change in the future and encouraged students to contact him with their concerns.
"It could be as simple as emailing me. I could set up a meeting, I could invite people or we could come up with some other idea," Bonner said. "Whatever format, I'm open to it."
For Bonner, the forum was not about quelling concerns, but about learning what actions are needed.
"This type of forum is not the most conducive to answering questions or responding on the fly. The value is to get feedback," Bonner said. "I went into this looking to make a list of [the students'] concerns, interests and needs."
To create the plan, DeJong said the University went through several stages of receiving feedback, creating and revising the plan until it arrived at the plan it has today. Now, the University is moving into the implementation phase, while still maintaining conversation with the community.
"This is the stuff you look forward to. You get out and talk to folks, and that makes it all worthwhile," DeJong said. "Especially when you know you're converting this stuff to action. Otherwise it would just be soul crushing."
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Mama of 10 : Heart Cakes and Nesting!
We made this a few days before Valentine's. My husband got this pan for me one year for a Valentine's gift. My favorite homemade chocolate cake recipe is the one on the back of the Hershey's cocoa container. It is the best and not really hard at all. Once you make it and taste it, you will never go back to a cake mix! But I have learned that when you use a pan like this (I have a flower one as well) that you have to grease it with Baker's Secret spray. That is the only way that it comes out perfectly.
Every year my parents would get me and my siblings a Russell Stover heart shapped box of candy for Valentine's Day. I have kept up the tradition with my children. Mattie got a his own small box this year and boy did he love the chocolate. I love writing them each a little "love" note to go with it and placing it out on the table where they eat early in the morning. So, when they wake-up it's there. We had a great Valentine's Day, complete with flowers and Godiva chocolate for me : ) My daughter had a Valentine's tea for some of her friends over here last night as well.
But, in the midst of all of this........I am majorly nesting and trying to get my house somewhat organized before baby #10 arrives. I'm feeling the pressure to do get everything done and also the pressure that he is gettting very big and I'm very achy.
My boys spent a good bit of the day organizing and cleaning out the garage and now we can actually park a car in there! I cleaned out and organized the beloved shoe cubbies.
Mattie looks for proud of his box of chocolates. Too cute.


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Who's Your Fry-Daddy?
There's a history of deep-fry discussions in my life. That link shows you how Fred discovered that Eric's deep-fry hamburger theory was true. Chris's nickname is due to the fact that he once ate a hamburger topped with a wheel of deep-fried cheese. The combination of those two facts once spurned this conversation, where we successfully grossed each other out to the point where Eric and I broke up, Chris and Allison moved away and got married, and we never spoke of deep-fried basketballs again. I tend to take out-of-towners to Lulu's Blue Plate Special just to sample the deep-fried Twinkie, prompting letters such as this:
You are the first official winner of the Blynch Person of the Week Award. This honor has been bestowed upon you because of your recent recommendation that Blynch get a fried twinkie while in LA. Blynch was stated as saying "Wow" and even "Yum" after eating the wonderful delicacy. We do apologize that we have no monetary reward to go with this great honor, but knowing you are the first to receive it should be greater than any amount of money would could afford to give you. Thank you and congratulations,
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PS. Blynch was also quoted as saying "Great show."
I can't find it right now, but I once got an email from a TWoP fan, thanking me for suggesting the place in a recap).
So the question usually arises: Is there anything that can't be deep-fried and made better?
(I put that in the Sex and the City bold in honor of Sunday's craptacular episode. Don't tell me there are only eight left and then give me one that looks like it was written by someone who had never watched a single episode before.)
So. The question. After the initial inevitable jokes about deep-fried couches and deep-fried deep-fry, we do come up with serious suggestions. People agree that most things can and will be improved by introducing the element of hot grease, but I have always had one sticking point.
You cannot deep-fry citrus.
Apples, bananas, pickles, tomatoes, most veggies, all taste fine with a coating of batter and a few minutes in a fry-daddy. I do believe I've sampled most vegetables in their deep-fried state somewhere in the South (and I think every single one at Chris and Allison's rehearsal dinner, prompting another conversation of deep-fried wonder with stee, Eric, Chris, Anna Beth, Vince and others, including semi-strangers who wondered why Al had such weird LA friends (holding a cell phone at any point during the weekend made you one of those LA people).) I suppose a deep-fried avocado would…
…be delicious. I just imagined it. Mmm. Dip it in cheese.
Anyway, Brian and Andy, also known as the brothers K, have had separate arguments with me, insisting that deep-fried citrus would be delicious. Apparently BK once deep-fried a lemon, and loved it. He makes this hand gesture as he describes it, which means he delicately sliced the lemon so thin that he was probably eating the equivalent of the lemon-soaked breaded crumbs after fish and chips.
All of this is to say that we rang in the new year settling the score.
Kevin had brought up Snickers bars and batter, and was prepared to treat us with deep-fried candy bars. Brian is allergic to peanuts, which gave us the opportunity to pick another candy bar (just realized: Deep fried Sweet Tarts or Nerds, or any other pure sugar confection would probably not taste good after a meeting with a fry-daddy). Brian wanted a Twix, but Todd insisted that the cookie ruins the deep-fry, and makes it fall apart. By "insisted" I mean that Todd kind of yelled at us and overturned his chair on his way to get another Guiness, wiping a tear from the corner of one eye.
People tend to get passionate about deep-frying.
Brian and I insisted that the deep-fried Twix would be most delicious indeed, but as a back-up, Brian requested a Mars-type bar.
The deep-fried Snickers bars, while good, were cold in the center from the fridge, and felt like attempting to eat seven meals at once. This might be because Kevin bought king-size bars, and after two bites (you couldn't really bite into it, because of the cold center, but rather slide off a piece of chocolate batter, which was truly delicious), people were pushing the plates to the side, wondering how the Twix bar will turn out. For those of you who want to duplicate this situation, the film showing on your television must be Lake Placid.
The Twix bar was delicious, probably due to the fact that it was much smaller than the king-sized Snickers bars, and therefore felt like something you could conceivably eat without causing permanent damage to your arteries.
But I wasn't done yet. The room was quickly filling up with smoke, giving all of us that lingering smell deep in our clothes of a car that takes one trip a day to McDonald's. You know that smell, that oily, fry smell that stays on a person all the time? We were starting to gross ourselves out. (The smell never left the room, by the way, so if you're going to try your own deep-fry festival, please make sure you have plenty of ventilation. I had to wash one pair of jeans twice to get the stank out.)
But what's a new year without getting proven correct on the very first day? Why even have 2004 at all if I can't be right immediately off the bat? So, I ran to the other cabin and retrieved a banana and an orange (Thank you, vegetarian people, for providing us with fun. Sorry we used your carrots to feed the horses. Hope you don't get scurvy).
We deep-fried the banana first, which was the dirtiest thing Kevin has ever done, I'm sure. It was good, but better when smeared in melted chocolate.
Oh, man. That was good. Mmmm. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Brian was already making excuses about the deep-fried orange. He insisted that I wasn't removing enough of the white rind stuff (he had a name for it, but I can't remember), and that it would make the deep-fried orange bitter.
This is exactly why I said a deep-fried orange wouldn't work. It would taste bitter, and be juicy, and generally be an explosion of nasty in your mouth.
I forgot to mention the sentence Brian would repeat, in this "The defense rests" kind of manner. Ready? "What about orange chicken?"
As in the Chinese food. Stee had the answer for that. "First of all, there's no orange in orange chicken. It's not even really the color orange. And you're deep-frying chicken, not an orange. And even if you want to call that chemical covering the deep-fried chicken 'orange,' you'd have to admit that the orange goo isn't deep-fried, it's applied to the chicken after deep-frying."
Brian: "And it's delicious."
We dropped the entire orange into the pot of oil, even though Brian warned us that it would explode and shoot oil into our eyes (it didn't). We took it out and tried to cut it, but most of the orange was raw inside, and it looked like an orange with a batter covering (except there was raw batter throughout the inside of the orange, dripping white and scaring us). Brian insisted we only deep-fry a wedge at a time. So I deep-fried a triangle of orange, and pulled it out.
Before you eat it, all deep-fried food looks wonderful. This looked like an empanada.
I don't know how he tricked me, but somehow I was the one taking the first bite of deep-fried orange.
Imagine hot orange juice trapped inside a corn dog. Hot as lava, by the way. I spit everything into the sink, and told Brian he had no choice but to take the next bite.
Clearly I wasn't the only one who wanted to be right in 2004. "Not so bad," Brian said, nodding his head.
Stee, who didn't have nearly as much fight in him as I thought he would for this experiment, said, "You are a liar."
"You want to try it?" I asked stee.
"Don't you want to deep-fry something?"
"I smell so bad I want to cry."
The vegetarian spoke up. "It's terrible. But what's kind of nice is a warm orange. I like the orange part of it."
"Why are you eating it?"
"I feel bad for the orange."
We closed out the evening by deep-frying a spoon.
The Basic Eight, by Daniel Handler. Only in looking this book up on Amazon did I learn that this man is also Lemony Snicket, a name I typed seven hundred and eleven times last year. Also, accidentally, this is my third high school misfit/journal-type book in a row.
Carrie Pilby, by Caren Lissner. There's a recurring bit about Carrie loving new socks. This week I haven't been able to find any of my socks. Just about a half hour ago I was doing laundry and found in the dryer an entire load of socks, underwear and undershirts. I celebrated like I had won the panty lottery.
Abandoned: In America, by Susan Sontag. I realized I was forcing myself to read this, and not actually enjoying it.
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All right, I will say it. I never played Diablo 1 or Diablo 2. It is not because that I tried them and didn't like them. It is because I heard how much of a mouse click fest they were. So I decided to avoid them. I got a repetitive stress injury (RSI) from playing too much WarCraft II (as well as a bad ergonomic setup at work) so I was not going to chance it with these titles.
After twelve long years, Diablo 3 is finally here. Because I signed up for Blizzard's Annual Pass, I got Diablo 3 for free. So I decided to try it. Oh man, I cannot play that game for more than 10 to 15 minutes before my mouse hand starts cramping. I guess this is what they mean by a mouse click fest. As I am playing, I keep wondering why they only offer the mouse and a few keyboard commands as the only input method.
To my thinking, this game would be so much better with a gamepad. Yes, I know not that many people have them for their PCs, but this game cries out for them. The 95% mouse controls seem a bit archaic. It is so focused on clicking that you both click to move and click to attack which requires you to do unusual things like hold the Shift key down if you want to attack but NOT move.
If I were designing the control scheme for a gamepad, here is how I would do it.
To me, this is so much more intuitive. Plus, it is so much more comfortable. I am sure there are fans from Diablo 1 and 2 that want the exact same mouse and keyboard control scheme released for those games. But for a title that has been in development for so long, one would think they could easily introduce an optional and potentially better control scheme. What do you think? Would you prefer a different control scheme?
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Blade Runner (1982) quotes
Ridley Scott.
Harrison Ford.
Rutger Hauer.
Sean Young.
A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die.
– Batty
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
You've done a man's job, sir. I guess you're through, huh?
– Gaff
– Deckard
[Gaff throws Deckard his gun]
It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?
[Tyrell explains to Roy why he can't extend his lifespan] The facts of life… to make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system is fatal. A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.
– Tyrell
Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies, like rats leaving a sinking ship; then the ship… sinks.
What about EMS-3 recombination?
We've already tried it – ethyl, methane, sulfinate as an alkylating agent and potent mutagen; it created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before it even left the table.
Then a repressor protein, that would block the operating cells.
Wouldn't obstruct replication; but it does give rise to an error in replication, so that the newly formed DNA strand carries with it a mutation – and you've got a virus again… but this, all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you.
But not to last.
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long – and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite a prize!
I've done… questionable things.
Also extraordinary things; revel in your time.
Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for.
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down…
What one?
– Leon
What desert?
It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
But, how come I'd be there?
Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you…
Tortoise? What's that?
[irritated by Leon's interruptions] You know what a turtle is?
I've never seen a turtle… But I understand what you mean.
You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon.
Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you?
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
[angry at the suggestion] What do you mean, I'm not helping?
I mean: you're not helping! Why is that, Leon?
[Leon has become visibly shaken]
They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response… Shall we continue?
Do you like our owl?
– Rachael
It's artificial?
Of course it is.
Must be expensive.
I'm Rachael.
Deckard.
It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public.
Replicants are like any other machine – they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.
"More human than human" is our motto.
[narrating] I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life – anybody's life; my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.
Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shoulders… burning with the fires of Orc.
May I ask you a personal question?
Have you ever retired a human by mistake?
But in your position, that is a risk.
I have had people walk out on me before, but not… when I was being so charming.
You're reading a magazine. You come across a full-page nude photo of a girl.
Is this testing whether I'm a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?


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Mormon Temple Ceremony: Why do Mormons Have Temples? What Is the Purpose of the Mormon Temple?
Is the LDS / Mormon Temple Ceremony Derived from Free Masonry?
There are some parallels between the Mormon temple and some masonic rituals and symbols. For example, the symbols of the square and the compass play a role in both, though these are ancient symbols with religious meaning dating back to biblical times. Handclasps and other concepts are common with Masonry. This has led some critics to content that the Mormon temple ceremony was simply plagiarized from Masonry. But the use of some borrowed elements hardly explains the temple and its ancient roots. The differences between the ceremonies are dramatic, including their purpose, the content of the teachings, the covenants that are made, etc.
Joseph Smith's brief exposure to Masonry over the course of three days may have helped him in giving structure to some aspects of the LDS Endowment, but other Latter-day Saints who were experienced Masons did not see the LDS temple ceremony as plagiarism from Masonry, but as something vastly superior. Many of early Mormons were familiar with Masonry, and I know of no evidence from any of them that they struggled with the parallels between the Temple and Masonry, even those who later turned against Joseph Smith and left the Church. Heber C. Kimball, an experienced Mason with far more knowledge of Masonry than Joseph Smith ever had in his brief exposure, was impressed with the LDS temple ceremony. In 1858, writing to Parley P. Pratt, he said, "We have the true Masonry. The Masonry of today is received from the apostasy which took place in the days of Solomon and David. They have now and then a thing that is correct, but we have the real thing" (Kimball, p. 85). Clearly he didn't see the Endowment as a crude knock-off of Masonry.
Whether Masonry formed the impetus of revelation concerning the origins of the temple ceremony is open to question, in my view. I know that there is a tendency on the part of some to look for similarities in places where they may not be. For instance, one "high-ranking" Mormon Mason I know is of the opinion that Joseph Smith got the idea of prayer circles from the Most Excellent Master Degree and that the use of a veil came from Royal Arch Masonry. But, not only was Joseph Smith NEVER a Royal Arch Mason and he NEVER actually saw or participated either Chapter Degree, Royal Arch Masonry in America uses four veils, blue, purple, scarlet, and white, and none of these ever existed in the form and usage of Mormon temple veils, so far as I could tell.
The "prayer circle" of the Most Excellent Master Degree is nothing like that found in the temple, and is not referred to as the true order of prayer. [He then refers to details of the prayer circle that are profoundly absent in Masonry.] In addition, those who adhere to such a theory of origins are hard pressed to show where Joseph Smith would have adapted such an idea or where Joseph Smith would have had his brother, Hyrum, or his father, betray their obligations as Royal Arch Masons to tell Joseph Smith anything relative to these Degrees. And, if he had been aware of these, why did not he use this information much earlier, such as in Kirtland or Far West? Even if he had went on open exposures of the ritual that were published by his time, such as Morgan, these were not enough of use to him to formulate these portions of the temple ceremony.
LDS people familiar with Masonry in Joseph's day and ours don't see how Masonry could account for the LDS Temple. An accurate knowledge of Masonry will not devastate a Latter-day Saint's belief in Joseph Smith as a true prophet of God.
The LDS (Mormon) Temple is, in my opinion, a sacred institution that came through modern revelation as part of the "Restoration" of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is based on ancient covenant making concepts. While there are some common elements with Masonry, some of them may better be explained in terms of common ancient Jewish and Christian practices rather than modern plagiarism in the LDS temple. However, some masonic elements or elements other modern sources may have been borrowed as teaching tools to help carry out the teaching of revealed principles. Just as prophets convey their visions and revelations using the language tools and metaphors that they have available, so too the implementation of revealed teachings may draw upon modern elements in practical implementation. In any case, the elements common to Masonry and the Mormon Temple represent only a small part of the LDS temple ceremony. The temple itself contains a variety of ancient elements, many of which were not known even to scholars in Joseph Smith's day (e.g., the ancient covenant formulary, discussed below). See, for example, "Early Christian and Jewish Rituals Related to Temple Practices" by John A. Tvedtnes. (In fact, one could almost ask the question, "Was Freemasonry derived from Mormonism?") Revelation rather than plagiarism may be the primary source for the LDS Temple concept.
This ancient pattern is becoming relatively well known now, and has even made its way into some mainstream Christian sermons, such as a recent sermon by Reverend Neil Bramble-Chapman (amazingly, he even mentions the ancient Christian doctrine of theosis in his sermon).
There is much more in Levenson and other modern writings of ancient practices which puts the LDS Temple squarely into the realm of ancient practice. Some of the elements which deeply impressed me were the relationship between the Temple and the Sabbath day (sacred space and sacred time), the symbolism of the baptismal font (and subterranean waters in general) in the Temple, the relationship between mountains and Temples (also found strongly in the Bible and the Book of Mormon), the significance of covenant making, the link between Zion and the Temple, the things one does to show reverence for sacred ground, the significance of the Creation story, and so on. Levenson probably knows nothing of LDS Temples, yet his writings about the ancient Jewish experience did more for my understanding of LDS Temples than any modern LDS writer had.
Levenson's book is out of print, sadly, but a related summary of information about the ancient Middle Eastern temple concept is available online in John M. Lundquist's scholarly article, "What Is a Temple? A Preliminary Typology," originally printed in H. B. Huffman, F. A. Spina, and A. R. W. Green, eds., The Quest for the Kingdom of God: Studies in Honor of George E. Mendenhall (Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1983), which was republished in Temples of the Ancient World, ed. by Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1994, pp. 83-118), and made available online with permission on Ben Spackman's site, "Resources for Understanding the History and Symbolism of LDS Temples." While Lundquist's article is not explicitly about the LDS Temple, those familiar with LDS temples will find strong evidence for its ancient roots.
There are two books by LDS scholar Hugh Nibley that I would recommend to students of the Temple. Mormonism and Early Christianity , Vol. 4 of The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987), and Temple and Cosmos , Vol. 12 of The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992) are well worth your time. Just reading the direct quotes from ancient Christian documents - many of which were not even discovered in Joseph Smith's day - will truly surprise you. To me, there is little room for doubt that the LDS Temple is largely a restoration of ancient revealed concept. The "40-day literature," documents discussing the sacred things that Christ taught his disciples during his 40-day ministry after His Resurrection, are especially interesting. These things were sacred and were not intended to be passed on to the world or put into public texts. Also of great value are Nibley's discussion of ancient writings about baptism for the dead, the early Christian prayer circle, sacred vestments, apocryphal writings, geometrical symbols, and more.
LDS people may be interested in the works of St. Cyril of Jerusalem at the Early Church Fathers Site at Wheaton College. I especially recommend Cyril's discourses on the mysteries (lectures 19 to 23) found at the end of Book 1), including the lecture on "chrism." Cyril mentions some interesting rituals that correlate to a few specific details in the Temple. Some things are close enough to startle.
The handclasp continued in early Christian ritual, both gnostic and "orthodox." According to Galatians 2:9, "the right hand of fellowship" (dexias koinoas didonai tini) is given "as a sign of friendship and trust," though this does not necessarily suggest ritual practice, such as we found in the Sabazian and Mithraic mysteries. The handclasp as marriage rite, however, continued in Christian surroundings. The salvific handclasp is nearly the trademark of the iconography of Christ's postcrucifixion descent into Hades. One of the most frequent scenes in this tradition is that of Christ grasping the hands of Adam and Eve to lift them up out of hell and to resurrect them. While sometimes he grasps their wrists, . . . in other depictions he lifts them with a true dextrarum iunctio. The fifth-century Gospel of Nicodemus describes a true handclasp: "And the Lord . . . took the right hand of Adam and went up out of hell (tenens dexteram Adae ascendit ab inferis), and all the saints followed him. . . . He went therefore into paradise holding our forefather by the hand, and delivered him, and all the righteous, unto Michael the archangel." Here the [handclasp] starts the ascent, continues it, and ends it on the threshold of paradise. A similar handclasp is used in the apocalyptic 1 Enoch: "And the angel Michael, . . . seizing me by my right hand and lifting me up, led me out into all the secrets of mercy; and he showed me all the secrets of righteousness."


The winter season in Bora Bora starts in June and ends in October. Although it is the dry season the tropical climate does result in summer showers so don't plan for no rain at all. What it actually means is that there is a slightly lower chance of rain, significantly lower humidity and cooler average temperatures at around 25°C (78°F). It is also the most popular time to visit, which means prices sky-rocket and there are plenty of other visitors around.


March 6, 2013 - Marcin Gortat goes down with an injury against the Raptors.
When: Saturday at 5 p.m.
Each week, azcentral sports spotlights a member of the Suns. This week's visit is with Gortat, who has been out since suffering a foot sprain March 6 but has begun to travel with the team and do on-court work in hopes of a brief comeback.
Question: What things have you started doing to pass the time during your rehabilitation period?
Answer: Clash of Clans (an online strategy game). You build your own village, and you have to protect your resources. Channing (Frye) is the master of that. I just started, so I'm trying to catch up. You have to come up with different things to do to pass time. It's hard to do. I'm on the 33rd level, but he's on like the 68th level. I wish to be in his clan, but I can't be.
A: I visited my dentist for all the work I was supposed to do in the summer. I checked broadcasting and how it is to be a host in the studio. I realized I will never be a guy working in TV because you have to lie all the time and you can't be honest. I check my portfolio to see how my investments are doing. I spend time with my girlfriend and family and take care of my foundation. I watch the game from a different perspective. I spend the time behind the scenes to realize how people are talking about the game and how we are performing. It was [a] great experience, and I learned a lot. I've spent a lot of time with (Suns Vice President of Player Programs) Mark West, who inspired me in many different directions. We talk about what I need to do to be a better player, and we built a plan for me for the summer. Now it's up to me to follow it. I'm going to try to study the game more this summer. I'm pumped up for the summer. It's going to be the most important summer in my life because I'm going to be a free agent (in 2014).
Q: What are you going to do about playing with the Polish national team?
A: In the worst case, I might take a break that's six months. That's going to be almost impossible to do.
Q: How did you wind up flying out more kids from your Poland camp to Phoenix this year?
A: We had a competition that the one best kid from all the camps came to a finals camp. We had those eight compete in a skills competition just like the All-Star Game. I had two favorite guys. I thought they were going to win. I put too much pressure on them and they burned and ended up fourth and eighth. I made a mistake. They started crying because they lost. I felt bad and I wanted to fix it quick, so I said all eight kids are going to fly for the NBA game. It was initially supposed to be only the first guy. I announced that in front of 3,000 people, and my manager lost his mind. We found investors and sponsors, and the Suns organization was kind enough to give us tickets, jerseys and T-shirts for them. It was really, really nice. We made a dream come true.
Q: Did you have them over to your house?
A: Not even close. My privacy is one of the most important things. I don't do interviews at home or bring people there. Only my closest friends and my family enter my area. I don't post private pictures.
Q: Did you try any other activity you could do without basketball?
A: I couldn't really do anything. The first three days, I thought I needed a few days and I'd be fine. I put a cast on and thought it'd be a week. From Day 1, everyone is saying I'd be out at least four to six weeks. I was like, "Nah, that's impossible. I know my body." I took my cast off after a week or 10 days, and my foot was disgusting. It was swollen. I couldn't feel it. It was super bad. I had pain.
Q: How did you take the cast off a day early on your own?
A: Just with my bare hands, a screwdriver and some wire scissors. I fought that cast for a few good hours, but I got it off. I knew then that I was probably done for four or five weeks.
Q: What did you learn about the behind-the-scenes aspect of the NBA?
A: All the games are about business. I learned that from Jermaine (O'Neal) with how he approaches it. You better perform and show what you can do. I know how people are talking about different players on the team right now. When you have two or three games that you're not performing, you get the rumors of "I don't think we need this guy" and "I think we're going to trade this guy." Those guys don't hear it or know it, but you don't want to be in that situation.


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Robert Stanley Warren Bell (1871 – 26 September 1921), was an English novelist, journalist and the first editor of The Captain, a magazine featuring stories for 'boys and old boys', of which P. G. Wodehouse was an early contributor.

Life
Robert Stanley Warren Bell was born in 1871 at Long Preston, Yorkshire, the eldest son of the Rev. George Edward Bell. In 1875 his father was appointed Vicar of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, and it was here that Robert spent most of his childhood. One of twelve children, his brothers included John Keble Bell who, under the pen name Keble Howard, also became a writer and journalist. Robert was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead.

In 1890 Bell began a career in journalism on Tit-Bits and afterwards joined the Evening News. He became a contributor of stories and papers to The Pall Mall Gazette and The Westminster Gazette a number of which were subsequently published as The Papa Papers and The Cub in Love.

Bell's first novel was Bachelorland. In 1898 he was appointed first editor of The Captain which published a number of school stories written by P. G. Wodehouse. Bell himself contributed stories to The Captain including The Duffer, Cox's Cough Drops and Green at Greyhouse.

Bell co-wrote Marie Corelli: the Writer and the Woman, a 1903 biography of novelist Marie Corelli, with Thomas F. G. Coates.

Bell retired from The Captain in 1910. He wrote a short story, Company for George, which he turned into a play that was performed at the Kingsway Theatre in 1910 and he later adapted into a novel. Most of his later work was directed towards the schoolboy market and featured stories set in schools.

In 1905 Bell married Edithe M. Barry.

Bell died aged 50 on 26 September 1921, after a long illness, in the Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. His obituary in The Times stated that he would be 'much missed by his friends. as well as by his large constituency of schoolboy readers, who recognized in him a kindred spirit. He was very tall, standing over 6ft. 4in.'

References

1871 births
1921 deaths
People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead
English children's writers

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Apples n' Pears in Perfect Condition!
We are sometimes offered windfall apples or pears, which is fine if they haven't been heavily bruised when falling. We would much rather come and view your tree and help you pick it or pick it ourselves then we can be assured the quality of the fruit for our juice, jam and chutney making.
We can of course accept windfalls if they are in tip top condition! Please comment here, or email us on wenabundance@gmail.com if you have any fruit to offer us!
Paul looks glum as he can spot some bruised apples!
Where do you pick your blackberries from?
It seems as if this year so far there has been a bumper crop of blackberries and plums, as well as some early apples. I picked my blackberries from Gunnersbury Park and was fortunate enough to be asked to pick some wonderful plums from an allotment, but where did you pick yours from and what interesting things have you made so far? Fill out the poll below and tell us!
We have nearly come to the end of our apple picking for this season, however we still have a lot of pears to pick! We are picking once again at Northfields allotments this Saturday 3rd October at 10.30am. If you are interested in coming along please arrive by 10.30am sharp at the entrance gates by the bus stop on Northfields Avenue. We will supply all the equipment just come suitably dressed for picking on a muddy allotment! If you are unfamiliar with Northfields Allotments they are run by 'Pathways' so this is the signage you will see and they are surrounded by green metal fencing along part of Mattock Lane at the Lido Junction end and down Northfields Avenue.
The pear trees are easy to get to so will suit small children as the allotment is also secure. Some lifting is involved, and of course the picking of pears from the tree!
Pauly picking apples! And only 3 1/2 too!
If you are free then come along to Walmer Gardens with your garden gloves, secateurs and/or loppers. Clearing is quite hard work and only suitable for children over the age of 12. Please contact Diane Gill on wenabundance@gmail.com or 07736857700 for further information, otherwise we will see you there on the day!
If you can't help with clearing, but have a car and would be willing to take garden rubbish to the dump please contact me or turn up at the Orchard on the day.
We are also looking for more expert volunteers, so if you know a bit about apples/pears and could help with picks in the next couple of weeks please email me.
Many thanks and hope to see you on the day!
Have you got a couple of hours spare this Saturday 22nd August to help with our Orchard in West Ealing?
We have now had two successful clear up days in the Orchard at Walmer Gardens, West Ealing, but there is still more work to be done! We are still cutting the brambles, nettles, Ivy etc. and would love some more help to do this . If you are free then come along to Walmer Gardens with your garden gloves, secateurs and/or loppers. Clearing is quite hard work and only suitable for children over the age of 12. Please contact Diane Gill on wenabundance@gmail.com or 07736857700 for further information, otherwise we will see you there on the day!
We are also looking for more expert volunteers, so if you know a bit about apples/pears and could help with picks later in the year please email me on the address above.
Many thanks and hope to see you there where Elizabeth and David will greet you.
A Successful Orchard Clear Up Day!
The WEN Abundance team enlisted the help of neighbours living around Walmer Gardens for the first of our monthly clear up days in the council owned Orchard we look after. We cut down nettles, Ivy, elder and grass over a couple of hours and took a lot of rubbish to the dump too! With a handful of people it is amazing what can be achieved. There's more to do over the summer months so if you fancy getting a bit of exercise in a beautiful location, whilst doing some good then contact Diane Gill on wenabundance@gmail.com to get involved in these clear ups.
The following dates are planned all from 10am – 12pm: Saturday 18th July Saturday 22nd August Saturday 26th September.


A trailer for my first feature – Nic and Tristan Go Mega Dega?! Making kids and their hip parents laugh till they hurl – available on Netflix, and Showtime. Written with fellow Cartoon Network alum., John Infantino, Mega Dega?! hearkens back to a time when 'kiddie-flicks' didn't necessarily just mean 'totally lame' movies. What is Mega Dega?! For Nic and Tristan it's the Biggest Skate Competition EVER! But it's also superstitious Mom and Dad's 13th wedding anniversary! Hi-jinks ensue when real life skateboarding twins meet: An overzealous babysitter, a punk rock mob, an evil security guard, a mysterious talking statue, an adorable slobbering Pooch, and so much more…!
Put on your helmet 'cause you might go Mega Dega watching this entertainingly-unsubtle-kid's-adventure!


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High River Lift Station Upgrades
2016-2018 | High River, AB
McElhanney led the team to design the upgrade of the main lift station in High River, through which all of the town's wastewater flowed. The budget-friendly re-design included a much-needed new bypass around the lift station for emergency or other temporary use. Through intricate design, the team managed to tie it in with existing, unused infrastructure to save the Town of High River added expense. The design also included a customized mechanical screen within the lift station to automate the extraction of unwanted solids from the wastewater.
The upgrade mitigates against the likelihood of the Town facing same dire situation they did in 2013 when the lift station flooded and the community had to be evacuated. Without this upgrade, the possibility of a straight discharge of waste to the environment or back-up into residences was much higher should the lift station experience a critical failure. Instead, today, if the lift station should fail, one operator can simply activate the bypass within minutes of arriving at the lift station and it will keep the waste flowing to the treatment lagoons.
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