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In addition to the direct challenges associated with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is ample evidence linking it with elevated rates of substance abuse, and several recent studies add to the growing body of research on the topic.
A prospective longitudinal study1 published last year determined that ADHD symptoms in early childhood predicted substance abuse in the teen years. Researchers from three universities in the United States followed young children with ADHD and a non-ADHD control group until they reached the age of 18, receiving annual reports of their ADHD symptoms and substance use. Among adolescents with ADHD, the findings show a higher likelihood of trying cigarettes, starting alcohol use at an early age, and more frequent marijuana use. Additionally, after trying those substances the first time, the ADHD group was four to five times more likely to escalate to heavy use of cigarettes and marijuana.
A study2 funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), published in Addictive Behaviors in 2014, adds support to these findings from the other direction, so to speak. Researchers examined the substance use history of 941 drug-using African-American and Caucasian adults in Baltimore, approximately 13% of whom reported a history of ADHD. They found that those with ADHD had begun using alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and cocaine at younger ages.
The results also support the "accelerated gateway model" of drug use, showing that experimentation with tobacco or alcohol at younger ages, for example, led to earlier progression to more serious drugs like marijuana and cocaine. One possible reason for the earlier drug use among adults with ADHD may pertain to attempts to self-medicate.


Planning your wedding can be daunting especially with everything that is going on. I always suggest having a wedding planner to help you out so your not stressed on the day of but if you don't have a wedding coordinator don't worry because I will do my best to help you on your day and keep you on track. Here are some general ideas for timelines, now keep in mind that every wedding and couple is different in what they think is important to cover but this is what most weddings that I have shot are like.
I arrive to where the bride is getting read to capture those details (these are some of my favorite moments!) If you have added a second shooter to your package I will send them to where the groom is to capture those details. These photos include the finishing touches of hair and makeup and to document the bride getting into her wedding dress and the groomsmen making their final preparations.
I leave the preparations site to set out for the ceremony site. I will take a last look around and find where the light is coming from to best document the ceremony. At this time you should have a quick refreshment and take 15 minutes of quiet time with a friend, family member or each other if you are together before the ceremony.
The length of each ceremony varies, so please ensure you talk to whomever is marrying you to get an idea of time length. Also please allow time after the ceremony to allow for guests to leave and they will all wan to pass by and hug you on their way out. Most weddings last 15-20 min but Catholic weddings can last up to a hr.
The bride and groom's portraits begin. I think this is fun and most of my couples have fun too, even those that hate taking photos. We will work in a variety of locations that we have agreed upon in advance and capture a wide range of poses. We will first work with your bridal party so that once they are done they are welcome to leave, allowing the newlyweds some quite time to enjoy your portrait session. The more time we have with you to take photos the more creative we can be.
People put so much love and effort into a wedding day, and even the simplest weddings have lovely details to capture that make up your wedding day story. I hope to enter the dining room before the guests arrive to photograph the cake and floral decor. Right before the guests arrive we will touch base with the catering manager or wedding coordinator to see if there were any last minute changes to the reception schedule. If you have added a second shooter to your package I will send them to capture the details as we shoot together.
We arrange for a "first meeting" for the bride and groom where they see each other before the ceremony. Immediately after this we begin formal photographs with the entire wedding party.
The bride and groom's portraits begin. Same as listed earlier, just done before the ceremony instead of after.
So many things are special about your wedding day. While they may seem like small details, the unassuming pillow your ring bearer carried might have been made from your Christening gown. Or those shoes with the delicate pearl buttons may have been your mother's. These are the smaller, sometimes unnoticed details that tell the story of your special day, that we document for you at Kpix Photography. Whether it's your bouquet or your shoe or your something blue, it's all a part of your distinct personality as a couple, sharing your yesterdays while you prepare for your many tomorrows.


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Houston Texans news: 'Smart money' on Eric Bieniemy as head coach in 2021
By Matt Johnson
Oct 11, 2020; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy watches warm ups before the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Houston Texans news: The Houston Texans made the first big change of the NFL season, firing head coach and general manager Bill O'Brien. While the team's head coaching search won't officially begin until the offseason, one candidate already seems to be emerging.
There will be plenty of teams competing for top coaching candidates this spring. The Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions have already fired their head coaches. Meanwhile, plenty of other coaches are squarely on the hot seat in December.
NFL coaches fired: Latest coaching news and rumors
While there will be a lot of competition for Houston, the presence of quarterback Deshaun Watson could already be playing a factor in the search for a head coach.
Houston Texans news: Eric Bieniemy a candidate to become head coach
Since the Texans fired O'Brien, we've seen a different version of Deshaun Watson. Given more control of how Houston's offense is designed, he is playing at an MVP-caliber level. In the team's past six games, Watson has a 15/0 TD/INT ratio, 122.3 quarterback rating and completed 70.5% of his passes.
The Texans have also improved since moving on from O'Brien. After starting the season 0-4, Houston enters Week 13 with a 4-7 record. While it won't be enough for interim head coach Romeo Crennel to retain the title next season, it is helping the gig become more attractive.
Houston Texans news: Romeo Crennel, Jack Easterby won't retain interim roles in 2021
According to Pro Football Network's NFL insider Tony Pauline, the smart money is on Bieniemy landing in Houston. While the Atlanta Falcons are reportedly a possibility, it's viewed that the opportunity to coach Watson makes too much sense as a fit for Bieniemy.
Bieniemy is considered the most coveted candidate available next offseason. He received plenty of interest during the hiring cycle this past offseason, talking to the Colorado Buffaloes, Cleveland Browns and other NFL teams.
However, per Pauline, Bieniemy didn't interview particularly well. As a result, he was passed over for the opportunities at the time. Despite his stellar resume and a strong endorsement from Andy Reid, Bieniemy had to wait another year.
Houston Texans news: Will Fuller suspended six games
As Pauline notes, Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores experienced similar issues. After being turned down by the Arizona Cardinals, the Miami Dolphins hired him and he is now emerging as one of the NFL's rising head coaches.
Before the Texans hire a head coach, though, the team is targeting a general manager. Houston won't be following the structure that doomed them before, when they allowed O'Brien to be both coach and GM.
Houston Texans news: Could John Dorsey be team's next general manager?
Houston might have more difficulties landing a top candidate to become their general manager. O'Brien ridiculed moves left the Texans with no first- or second-round picks in the 2021 NFL Draft. To make matters worse, Houston's cap situation is dire.
Houston Texans news: CB Bradley Roby suspended six games
It will take a savvy general manager to rebuild this team around Watson, more so because of the club's limited draft capital and cap flexibility. It makes this opening one of the least attractive for an executive, but it might be the dream job for the right candidate.
According to FanSided's NFL insider Matt Lombardo, John Dorsey is among the favorites to land a general manager gig this offseason. Many in the league believe he will immediately hire Bieniemy and the two are a package deal.
Dorsey was the Kansas City Chiefs general manager from 2013-'16, playing a role in the selections of stars like Travis Kelce, Kareem Hunt and Tyreek Hill. Known as a risk-taker with his draft picks, he was later fired after the 2016 season. Shortly after, the Cleveland Browns hired him as their general manager.
The 60-year-old executive lasted just a few seasons in Cleveland before the team fired him on Dec. 31. While Dorsey has departed, the roster he helped build is 8-3 this season and on track to make the playoffs for the first time in years.
Dorsey recognizes the importance of having an outstanding talent at quarterback. If a team has that, building a roster around that and becoming a winner is easier. While there would certainly be challenges that come with this specific job, Dorsey could be the right hire to turn the Texans around. If he brings Bieniemy with him, even better for Deshaun Watson.

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Redefining a Visual Identity for the FIAU
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit is the national central agency in Malta that is responsible for the collection, collation, processing, analysis, and dissemination of information to combat money laundering and the funding of terrorism.
As a unit with such great importance for the country, FIAU needed to update its visual language and communications so that they fit into today's digital landscape. The new identity needed to be adaptable, instantly recognisable but able to thrive and grow on the foundations of a solid brand.
DEFINE & EMPHASISE
One of the key elements that drove this rebranding exercise was the importance of emphasising integrity and transparency of FIAU as an entity. The level of responsibility of FIAU on both national and international scales was to be represented in an identity that communicated seriousness, sophistication, and trustworthiness.
The logotype
The logotype represents the FIAU's core values, bringing a see-through element that signifies transparency and openness through its stencil format. The spaces in between each bar leave room for public trust and contribution.
The Iris
The iris icon further supports the logotype by bringing an element of focus to the visual language of FIAU. The lines radiate inwards, with spaces in between each, representing sources of information that are investigated. At the centre, the lines narrow down, signifying the diligence and professionalism in the work carried out by the FIAU in its efforts to stop financial crime. The iris, being a circle, also introduces the theme of unity and continuity to the brand vocabulary, alluding to all-encompassing and extensive investigations carried out by an entity whose existence is based on the goal of bettering society through its fight against money laundering and the funding of terrorism.
The colour scheme chosen is a pairing of the achromatic spectrum with a bright gold colour. This palette is an integral part of the FIAU's identity, as it represents the unit's fundamental functions, and keeps all visual communication serious and sophisticated. Colours are often the first thing that meets the eye, and with this identity, our aim was to set the tone outright, creating an immediately striking visual system.
Meticulous work
Professional execution
Respect & authority
The stationery
The stationery is a physical extension of the identity. Through the use of colour and brand elements, a visual system has been created, co-ordinating the various print items into one consistent image.
The business card was constructed in 3-ply, giving it a hefty weight and a solid feel. The idea of authority and dependability extends even to the point of first impressions: the business card.
The stock used for the letterhead had a grainy texture to it, also lending it some weight. The key feature, however, is the print of the iris on the back, which can be seen through the front as a faded watermark would be. This detail builds on to the idea of FIAU's continuous presence and meticulous scrutiny.
Stickers were created in order to seal envelopes or mark certain specific items, and given one of the three main colours: black, grey, or bright gold. This allowed for the creation of an internal colour-coded system, whether items were distributed internally or externally.
The website presented a challenge in that it had to host a large quantity of information and resources. All the material had to be organised in a clear way, while still keeping true to the new identity.
True to the unit's methodical nature, the website is organised into sections, where users can easily access any resources they need. Images and visual elements are used to support an intuitive navigation experience, and to help create visual breaks where needed.
The menu is the key component that links all the pages on the website together. Utilitarian visuals are combined with the iris icon, creating the notion of an all-encompassing tool within the website.
Our final thoughts and reflections
Communicating transparency and impartiality
Arguably the biggest anchor of the FIAU identity is its commitment to showing transparency. The challenge lay in balancing this with a sense of humility, accessibility and approachability, all the while maintaining professionalism and sophistication.
Brand execution on all fronts
Creating a brand identity that works on all media, creates a connection on all touchpoints, and carries the same weight and visual fingerprint in every execution.
How to command respect and earn trust
For an entity of the FIAU's calibre and nature, respect and trust are key. However, these are earned, and it was for this reason that we emphasised the importance of openness, highlighting it at every turn.
The FIAU of the future
Though the identity has been created, its development is far from over. An effective brand must continue to evolve and grow, both in execution and in output, as public expectations change and media develops. This is only possible when a brand's foundations are solid, which allows for growth and expansion. The FIAU is an entity that is key to the country's integrity, and the brand will continue to develop according to its needs. The FIAU of the future, and indeed, the present, will continue to be flexible and adaptable, while staying true to its roots.
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Princess Giulia Ghirardi Borghese Appointed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Francesca Giuliani (May 18, 2012)
From left to right: Renato Miracco, Deputy Consul General Laura Aghilarre, Princess Giulia Ghirardi Borghese, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero
Pictures by Laura Gasperini
In a ceremony held at the Consulate General of Italy to New York on May 15, Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero awarded Princess Giulia Ghirardi Borghese with the rank of Knight on behalf of President Giorgio Napolitano. An active promoter of Italian arts and Culture, Borghese received this appointment for the exhibition "Paintings from the Accademia Carrara," held at the Italian Embassy to the US in Washington, DC.
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On May 15, Italian Ambassador to the United States Claudio Bisogniero conferred the honor of "Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic" to Princess Giulia Ghirardi Borghese, Ambassador of San Marino to the Bahamas.
The Princess is awarded the rank of Knight by decree of President Giorgio Napolitano for her life-long commitment to the promotion of Italian culture and arts in the world.
Borghese has always been an active supporter of Italian cultural institutions around the world, particularly in Mexico and in the United States, and now in the Bahamas, given her current diplomatic mission to the country.
Borghese received the appointment as Knight after organizing a one year-long exhibition, titled "Paintings from the Accademia Carrara," which took place in the Embassy of Italy to the United States in the year of the 150th Anniversary of the Unity of Italy.
The investiture of Princess Borghese took place in the Consulate General of Italy to New York, in the presence of close friends and family. Deputy Consul General Laura Aghilarre greeted the guests on behalf of Consul General Natalia Quintavalle, on an official visit to Connecticut with Italian Minister of Justice Paola Severino.
Honoring Borghese, Ambassador Bisogniero commented on how intense her dedication to the promotion of Italian culture and arts has always been, and noted how her contribution to the promotion of the Italian artistic heritage was never limited to the ancient glories, but always focused on making contemporary Italian artists such as Guttuso and De Chirico known worldwide.
"Princess Borghese did so many important things for Italy, and even for this very building: she in fact contributed to the restoration of the Italian Cultural Institute, where one of the exhibition spaces, the one that normally hosts photographic exhibitions, is dedicated to her name," the Ambassador commented.
In his remarks, Bisogniero auspicated that the Princess will be actively involved in the works for 2013, the Year of Italian Culture in the United States.
"I am very happy and honored to receive this decoration, especially since I haven't been in Italy in a very long time," Princess Borghese told i-Italy.
"I truly believe that culture is the most efficient means to promote integration and peace in the world," she added.
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Four emerging global changes that will shape the decade
1The class struggle is growing globally driven by the attacks on workers' living conditions aimed at reviving the profitability of companies during the recession. Two examples. In Tunisia, where the struggle began rising in spring, local general strikes keep [occurring](http://www.webdo. tn/2020/11/25/tunisie-greve-generale-a-beja/#.X8H2L8KCHmw) and overlap with the sector-wide strikes in a nonstop continuum. Furthermore, there are also strikes of special significance, like the one at the Gafsa phosphate plant, revolts in the city of Jelma, and mobilizations of the petty bourgeoisie (journalists, lawyers) in the capital. President Kais Saied promises to put an end to anarchy but is the very embodiment of impotence. In India, where 140 million workers are unemployed and wages are falling, the strikes are massive: bank workers, [longshoremen and port workers](https://www.thehindu. com/news/cities/Madurai/strike-hits-work-at-voc-port/article33187254.ece), oil workers as well as electricity workers. The unions try to keep their leadership with national general strikes, but the truth is that the movement of struggles today is extremely wide in geography and in sectors, but also in its relationship with the unions and in capacities of self-organization.
In any case, an experience of mass struggle is being generated globally that is clashing with the unions when not drowning because of them. Now it is a question of seeing how this experience translates into advances in the class struggle or not, and these advances, in turn, into the workers being conscious of the means and possibilities of the struggles themselves. The development of political and militant expressions by the working class continues to be fundamental.
Berlin Tesla factory under accelerated construction.
2The green deal has been rolled out in Europe at a prodigious speed. The message: electrifying production whatever the cost. The German state multi-billion euro plans for the transition to the electric car were followed by the launch of massive investment plans by the energy companies in which green hydrogen plays a central role: [EDF in France](https://www. reuters.com/article/edf-revamp-idUSL8N2GZ4Z5), in Spain Iberdrola (75 billion), Repsol (18 billion), Endesa (7.9 billion). Everything is seasoned with contracts of hundreds of millions, hydrogen production projects in Portugal, new mass investments in wind energy in Germany and Great Britain and electrolysis infrastructures for industrial areas. During the last two weeks, investments and subsidies of more than 200 billion euros to be developed during the next 3 years have been announced.
This is not a technological change, this is a technological rupture. The combustion engine is being deliberately turned off.
Gunnar Herrmann, director of Ford Germany.
The immediate question is how are they going to render that massive amount of capital profitable. Electric automotive technologies, the production of hydrogen as a fuel, or the replacement of natural gas plants with renewables, do not involve physical productivity gains. The point is not that more will be produced by exploiting less labor and resources. And yet the expected return, the productivity of the investments in terms of profit, according to what the companies are publishing would mean entering a real golden age for the capital invested. Where are the revenues that will cover that relative difference going to come from? Three clues.
The first is the reaction of the American automakers. The statements of the German director of Ford complained about how the big American companies, which are lagging behind in their electrical transition, were being pushed aside if not expelled by the new environmental regulations in Brussels. The drastic turnaround of General Motors in the US, withdrawing its support for Trump's policy and aligning itself with Biden's Green Deal corroborates the fear of the American giants to lose even more international markets.
All EDF's profitable activities would be privatized by 35% while activities with massive investment demand would be made public.
Mediapart report on the restructuring of French public electricity company.
The second one, the restructuring of EDF and the strike that it has set in motion. In order to receive the massive capital allowed by the regulatory forced technological change, the company privatizes the operating branches while retaining a state-controlled core that will channel public investments. In other words: the state doubly subsidizes the profits of the capital invested in the company by renouncing a good part of its dividend. This would be trivial in itself: deals between capital groups and the state. But it has a direct consequence for the workers: the company breaks up into smaller units in which the working conditions of the new hires will no longer be the same. Green precariousness in the name of the supposedly common climate cause.
And finally the German experience or Israeli experience, and the last electric auctions in Spain make clear that electricity is going to be more expensive. For households in general, this means a direct tax which will have a direct impact on the increase in poverty. It is also a regressive tax because electricity consumption represents a higher percentage of the income for workers than for the rest of the social classes. But the effect of the new energy costs is not going to stop there. The rise in energy prices represents a supply shock that multiplies its costs in cascade throughout the productive chain. Only the large industrial companies will be left out, that is to say, the large industrial companies and the construction companies. In other words: electrification means a massive transfer of income from workers to capital and from services, small industry and agriculture to large capital and investment applications.
NATO maneuvers
3The supposed return to multilateralism will not halt the trade war or reduce military tensions. The evolution in the Asia-Pacific zone is proving to be very instructive. After the signing of the RCEP, which creates the world's largest free trade zone around China, China's retaliation against Australia has not yielded an inch. Ships filled with Australian coal remain at anchor in Chinese ports. Australian wine has just suffered a tariff of 200% which does not augur well for one of Australia's main agricultural exports. Relations between Japan and China, on the other hand, which seemed to be boosted by the treaty and, above all, by the positive impact of Chinese demand on Japanese big industries, seem to be increasingly poisoned by territorial disputes at sea and by Japanese military and armament efforts.
The reform plans of the NATO are no less illustrative: the confrontation of interests is taken for granted and an attempt is made to maintain the validity of a common goal by allowing internal coalitions and allowing joint actions even with the opposition of some members, thus putting an end to the practice of consensus. Obviously, they are afraid of seeing in the military organization the process of decay that we see in the EU and that Poland and Hungary are now leading. In Mercosur we have been seeing a similar idea of reform underway... which is what makes it possible, on the other hand, for Argentina to push for the integration of Bolivia.
The global context is that of an apparent development of multilateralism which is in fact the minimum grouping necessary to ensure the coherence of different sets of contradictory bilateral agreements. In reality, the RCEP does not create a homogeneous market, not even the conditions of access of the members to the market of the other countries are equal for everyone. It is a set of pre-existing bilateral agreements to which the consequences of each agreement between a specific pair of countries have been limited for the other partners without reducing more than marginally the heterogeneity of the relations and their rules. NATO evolves to provide a lax global framework to different internal alliances and to the US military relations with each of the other members. Mercosur will allow for à la carte agreements with third countries and bilateral agreements between members beyond the increasingly weak common framework. The EU, bound by the treaties, is paralyzed by the contradictory choice between allowing advances and new treaties only for some states and incorporating decision mechanisms by majority.
Emancipation age in the different EU members
4The cultural transformations that the now accelerating crisis is imposing on the entire world are increasingly tangible and express global contradictions in different ways. Young workers are at the center of many of them. A clear example is the age of leaving their parent's house (emancipation). In Europe, the national capitals that have managed to dampen down the latest recessions with the greatest success have managed to keep this age close to the age of majority. In Sweden during the last decade it has always been below 18 and in Denmark it is around 20. But in Germany or France, although it has not yet reached 24, it tends to rise while still not reaching the levels of the European South.
This week in Spain a report showing that 82.7% of the population aged 25 years old still lives with their parents was published. The age of emancipation in Spain -29.5 years-, like the Portuguese, Croatian or Italian ages would deserve the consideration of social pathology insofar as it expresses that the level of precarization reached by the young generations of workers has produced an abysmal fall in both income and life expectations. The most frequent salary in the total of salaries is already 16% lower than the average pension of a new retiree. To stop the erosion of living standards the average working family has no choice but to pool income and subsidize young people by using the salaries and pensions of their parents and grandparents. The result is not only an illusion of income among young people, it is a deprivation: they do not live an longed youth, but they see their personal development blunted by a forced dependency.
In semicolonial countries the option to stay at home is not possible without endangering the very survival of the family nucleus. The result: migration at the cost, many times, of one's own life. But the question is not where it is worse for a worker to be young. Obviously, it will be worse in the weaker capitals needing to impose increasingly draconian conditions to maintain their profitability. The question is who sets the trend and how fast it develops. And in this, as in everything else, the horizon only highlights the need to overcome this system now.


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This week, Mike kicked off a new series of teachings, which will collectively outline the blueprint for the revolution that Jesus embodied. Because the Beatitudes were both foundational to this revolution and widely misunderstood, Mike clarified their meaning. As background, the Beatitudes are a famous part of the Sermon on the Mount; they can be found in Matthew 5 and proclaim that the poor, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in hear, the peacemakers, and those who are persecuted are all blessed. While many see these categories as personal characteristics that need to be developed, that view ignores cultural context. N.T. Wright's translation of the Beatitudes is more accurate; it states simply that there is "wonderful news" for those who were meek, merciful, etc., because God would bless them. This view stands in stark contrast to our American values, which celebrate strength, wealth, and success. God does not value these things, but instead blesses the opposite: those of us who do good without recognition, the humble, the grieving, those who await God's remedy of injustice. In short, Jesus' revolution begins with those on the bottom of the American "ladder."
Kali Echaves shares with us how she found God's grace as she was fighting anxiety, depression and physical health issues. Her anxiety had become so severe that she felt hunted by God; she couldn't even read the Bible, sing praise songs, or go to church. As she was going through a painful process of therapy, medications, and lifestyle changes, all she could do was to pray to God for His mercy. One day, she realized that God sees her and meets with her exactly where she is.
Posted on May 14, 2017 by Andy Lara and filed under teaching.
This week, Bonnie Lewis walks us through the practice of burnt offering described in Leviticus 1—specifically, the custom of skinning the sacrificial animals. The skinning, unique to the Israelites' offering, carries significance because it represents being discovered by God while naked. In Genesis 3, when Adam and Eve sinned and found themselves naked, God did not just expel them from the garden; He provided a garment for them and clothed them. In the New Testament, Jesus uses this imagery and language from the offering in the tabernacle when he teaches us to not worry about clothes because he will provide us with what we need. The key is, unlike in the Old Testament, in which the Israelites were commanded to bring offerings to make atonement for sin, Jesus shows us a new covenant where there are no more sacrifices to be made. Jesus saw us beautiful while we were still sinners and offered himself as the perfect sacrifice.
Posted on April 30, 2017 by Andy Lara and filed under teaching.
Mike's teaching today illustrated that there is room for all of us in God's kingdom…those who fail, those who are full of doubt and even those of us who miss the point God is trying to make in our lives. The basis of his teaching was in the book of John, chapter 20, where it gives an account of Jesus's resurrection from the dead, especially centering on His follower's various weaknesses at that time. Mike talked about how these devotees were grieving, doubting and even leaving the city. Even though these eyewitnesses had actually walked and talked with Him, they were still in process regarding their faith. Still, Jesus served them and treated them with love, not rebuking them for their fears, doubts, or wherever they were in their process. The point is that sometimes our own journey with God also gives way to a lack of faith and understanding, but He is there to love and comfort us no matter where we are.
Posted on April 23, 2017 by Andy Lara and filed under teaching.
We spent this Easter season exploring the reality of Jesus, suffering, and the hope we have to grasp.
Posted on April 16, 2017 by Andy Lara and filed under teaching.
While Pilate was arriving on the coast with his army, Jesus rode in to the city on a donkey in the east. This story is filled with subversion, desperation, and expectation. To best consider the symbolism of Palm Sunday we MUST consider the political context of the Jewish and Roman tension.
Posted on April 9, 2017 by Andy Lara and filed under teaching.
In a culture obsessed with youthfulness, we've watched the recent era of the church follow suite. When we observe the early jewish culture, to grow old was seen as victory and achievement. Also, the elderly was expected to pass on wisdom. In addition, the youth honored the elderly, and was given permission to fail and seek wisdom. At VOX, our hope is that we would be contrary to our cultures obsession with youth, and turn two generations opposed to each other toward love, grace, and unity for the sake of generations to follow.
Nate offers a word piece that shows us his journey though Christian life and questioning it all.
Posted on March 26, 2017 by Andy Lara and filed under teaching.


We have SAP R/3 4.6C in one of our location and at HQ we are operating Virsa 5.2 with ECC 6.0. The question is can we operate Virsa 5.2 with R/3 4.6C. If yes, what are the prerequisites. Our external consultants are not able to do this and internal expertise is not there currently. Can any one help ?
Yes, Virsa 5.2 as a front-end system can support any SAP ERP system as a back-end system from R/3 4.6C release.
You just need to install a Real-Time Agent (Connector) on your SAP R/3 4.6C to be able to run SoD risk analysis on it.
All available RTA can be downloaded from SAP Service Marketplace.
They only drawback with the 4.6C RTA is the use of flat-files.
I think you're mistaken here - 4.6c has a "real" RTA, while older systems have to use the flat file import mechanism.


Japan's solar power sector could ease up as it transitions away from feed-in-tariffs (FiT) to competitive auctions for the procurement of solar projects with 2 megawatt (MW) or more, Fitch Solutions said. This, paired with FiT subsidy cuts for smaller-scale projects could slow down the growth of the sector which grew to 48.6 GW in 2017 from 23.5 GW in 2013.
"These changes seek to address the increasing concerns over the high costs of subsidising Japan's solar power expansion amid elevated retail electricity prices in the market," Fitch Solutions explained.
The government-orchestrated push has been fueled by Japan's aim to displace natural gas and coal imports with renewable energy.
In this situation, companies and households could capitalise on the higher FiTs available currently, Fitch said. "This could lead to a short-term boom at the distributed solar capacity level, akin to what has been the case for utility-scale solar projects since 2013.


The benefits of marketing online are particularly clear in the real estate industry, where agents are constantly looking for the next lead or referral to keep their commissions rolling in (especially as the holidays approach!).
Today, internet search plays a vital role in the home buying process. This means that real estate agents can't afford to miss out on online opportunities.
Here's why marketing online is now a major stop on a buyer's journey, and how agents can incorporate this new customer behavior into their marketing plans to attract, capture and close more leads.
The best way to make yourself valuable to a new client is by educating them on what to expect, right as they begin their home purchasing journey. And increasingly, that journey starts online. The National Associate of Realtors has found that 44% of buyers search properties online as the first step in their home buying process.
Even if home buyers don't initially start their search online, the internet still plays a major role in their quest for a new home. NAR says that 95% of homebuyers will use online websites throughout the buying process.
Whether they start their search online or incorporate digital components later on, at one point or another home buyers will likely turn to the internet for resources, advice, and reviews. Make sure your real estate business is front and center for them to find as they navigate the web looking for helpful information — and ultimately, a real estate agent.
Real estate agents know better than anyone that the competition for business can be fierce. You can't afford to let competing agencies dominate such an important platform for attracting home buyers.
Just how many of your competitors have an online presence? According to NAR, 93% of real estate firms have a website.
The fact that so many real estate firms have a website means that they're likely marketing online to other channels as well.
If you do spot your competitors involved with any of the platforms listed above, then it's time to up your digital game so you can also be seen and heard online.
If launching content on the same channels as your competitors is not within your immediate reach, it's important to keep their online activities on your radar so you can come up with strategies for reaching the same audience of potential home buyers.
Marketing online won't just help you attract the interest of home buyers; it will help you communicate with them as well.
The home buying process can be complicated and confusing, so it's essential to provide leads and clients with multiple ways to get in touch with you. Some people prefer to communicate via email, phone, or even texts; and while a phone call may be appropriate during the day, your number alone doesn't provide people with a way to reach out to you if a question pops into their head at 2 AM.
By being present on social sites, email and through your website, home buyers will have plenty of ways to get in touch, according to their preference. For example, a potential client with a question outside of your normal business hours could easily tweet their question to you, send you an email, or fill out a contact form on your site.
Failing to provide leads with a way to digitally communicate with you sends a signal that you haven't adapted to newer technology. This assumption can be fatal to your business, especially since 89% of buyers surveyed by NAR said that agent communication skills were important to them.
A good first step to improve your online communication is to set up a website with a contact page featuring an always-available form. Social media is also an ideal way to provide home buyers with a platform where they can ask questions and express concerns 24/7.
Even if you're not online, your past clients are. Many of them may even be posting reviews, letting the world know what they think about your skills and service.
For many home buyers looking for a real estate agent, these reviews can help them decide if they want to work with you. Zillow's report on the relationship between buyers and agents found that online reviews and ratings of agents are important to 49% of home buyers.
Regardless if these reviews are good or bad, you need to make sure that you're part of the conversation. Thank clients who leave you positive reviews, and address poor ratings. Don't attack reviewers who say bad things about you; instead, apologize, ask them to provide more information so you can correct that mistake, or provide context for their criticisms (especially if it involves a factor that was beyond your control).
Don't be left out of real estate's digital revolution!
The world of real estate has found a new home: marketing online. If you haven't yet migrated your business to digital platforms, you are letting valuable leads — and ultimately commissions— slip through your fingers.


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Apodryininae es una subfamilia de insectos de la familia Dryinidae.

Géneros
 Apodryinus Olmi, 1984
 Bocchopsis Olmi 1989

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 http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=154167
 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Dryinidae.html
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lin=s&p=has_linkout&id=144390

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A subdomain of the U.S State Department was defaced by an Indonesian hacktivist identified only as Dbuzz, but the motivation for the attack may have been a benign attempt to demonstrate the website's lack of security.
"Dbuzz doesn't appear to be that prominent, more of an opportunistic website defacer. The messages do not appear to be politically or religiously motivated, simply a proof of exploitation for the world to see," said CloudPassage's Andrew Hay.
Hacked by Dbuzz! Secure Your Box. Cheers To : Black Angels ~ pH4TH0rM0n ~ Pak RT!
"Dbuzz is either an idealist or a state sponsored actor, most likely, but there's no way to know for sure with such a small footprint. By the sites he's defaced he seems to be less interested in doing harm than showing people their vulnerabilities, so I'd err on the side of saying an idealist. But it's all speculation," said WhiteHat Security's Robert Hansen.
The hacktivist is also implicated in the defacement of the USEmbassy.gov website, according to reports.


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Troops to wait longer for phones
During pilot program, some soldiers became addicted to gaming
The military decided on Thursday to postpone its plan to allow soldiers to use cellphones while in their barracks in the evenings.
A pilot program indicated that mobile video game addiction was developing among soldiers.
The Ministry of National Defense of Korea said that it will postpone its plan to allow soldiers to use cellphones until after June 2019.
The ministry originally planned to introduce the policy before June. The plan will allow soldiers to use personal cellphones in their barracks from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on a regular day and from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on their off days.
"We will be implementing the program in stages in 2019, and we will decide in the earlier half of next year when to fully implement the program for all soldiers," the ministry said in a statement Thursday.
The ministry had previously announced that it will allow the use of cellphones in the barracks for all soldiers before June 2019.
It has been running a pilot program in four units since April. The program was launched to help soldiers stay connected with their family members and friends back home.
During the pilot program, some soldiers developed an addiction to mobile video games.
"Over the weekends, when the use of cellphones in the barracks was allowed from the morning to evening, some soldiers were seen playing games all day," a ministry official told the JoongAng Ilbo.
"There were cases when soldiers were addicted to the point it began to have a negative effect on their work and duties."
The official said that the pilot program will run for at least two to three months next year.
An earlier policy in which soldiers were allowed to share cellphones that could only receive communications proved to help communication between soldiers and their relatives.
Before the pilot program was launched, the military's biggest concern was possible security breaches. The ministry said there was no serious security leak during the pilot program, however.
The official added that there will be technical solutions to limit the use of cameras and voice-recording mobile applications on the soldiers' cellphones to prevent any leaks of defense secrets and intelligence.
The ministry also announced that starting in February 2019, all soldiers will be allowed to request individual free time outside of the military barracks twice a month. The ministry has been running a pilot program on this since August.
"They can venture to areas near their barracks for medical purposes, personal errands, or to meet friends or relatives, as long as these activities do not hinder them from their duties," the ministry said in its statement. "The area they can venture out to will be limited, and the time will be limited to 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m."
BY LEE KEUN-PYUNG, ESTHER CHUNG [chung.juhee@joongang.co.kr]


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Practical Uses of the Internet of Things in Government Are Everywhere
From flood control in Texas, to wildlife protection in Florida to earthquake alerts in Los Angeles, the IoT is making connections in the public sector.
by Tam Harbert / January/February 2017
The Lower Colorado River Authority in Texas has installed sensors to track stream levels that could lead to floods. Shutterstock
In the Internet of Things, the large, cutting-edge projects usually get the most attention.
In the public sector, headlines are dominated by infrastructure projects like sensors in roads that help manage traffic or smart meters used by utilities to save energy.
Yet it's often the more prosaic use cases and smaller-scale projects that lead to real, long-lasting benefits. These projects are often at the local level. They fly under the radar and have modest goals. But this is where public servants are using the technology of IoT to better serve their constituents.
In fact, the definition of the Internet of Things is nebulous, noted Joshua New, policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation. A report by the center defines IoT as a set of physical objects embedded with sensors or actuators and connected to a network. That's a broad universe. "It goes from the really benign to the super-futuristic," New said. "You can pretty much 'sensorize' and connect everything."
The technology is in its infancy in the public sector, at both the federal and the local levels. "The Internet of Things is super-promising for local and state governments, but because it's an emerging technology, it can be expensive and it is relatively untested," New explained. "That creates a high level of perceived risk."
In Washington, the state's centralized IT department, Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech), is migrating to IPv6. IoT was just one of several factors that prompted the move, according to Daniel Mercer, WaTech chief technology officer. The prime reason was that the state needed to change how it governed Internet protocol (IP) addresses. Under IPv4, each state agency obtained and managed its own IP addresses, which in some cases led to problems. With IPv6, WaTech will manage all IP addresses. Also, the state needs to adopt IPv6 in order to be able to work with the federal government and commercial business partners in the future. IPv6 will enable state employees to move among networks and devices seamlessly, enabling a more efficient mobile workforce. In addition, the state is simply running out of IPv4 addresses.
Although there aren't many IoT projects in the state's agencies yet, the migration to IPv6 and central management by WaTech should enable a smoother transition as more and more things become Internet-enabled. An IPv6-readiness assessment of all network gear and applications should be complete by summer 2017. Then WaTech has to request the funding for the migration. Assuming the funds are available, the actual migration will take at least five years to complete, probably longer, Mercer said. Some vendors have implemented IPv6 in software rather than in hardware, he said, which could strain network processing power. In addition, there are applications and infrastructure-as-a-service providers that are not yet IPv6 compatible. "We'll probably be in a dual-stack world — where we'll have to translate between IPv4 and IPv6 — for 10 years," he said.
The same factors that the center identified in a recent report as holding back IoT projects at the federal level are likely to be even bigger barriers at the state and local levels. These include a lack of strategic leadership on how to use IoT; a lack of skills in using the data generated by IoT; insufficient funding to modernize IT infrastructure to enable IoT projects; procurement policies that make it difficult for governments to quickly and easily adopt the technology; and risk and uncertainty about privacy, security, interoperability and return on investment.
But strip away the label of "IoT" and you'll find dozens of interesting projects that use connected devices to increase efficiency, lower costs and even save lives. For example, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) started deploying sensors along the Colorado River in Texas decades ago to help track stream levels that could lead to floods. Back then "they didn't realize they were implementing an IoT system," said John Miri, chief administrative officer of LCRA. "They were just using the tools that were available."
The LCRA was created at the height of the Great Depression to help Texas better manage the flood plain along the lower Colorado River basin, as well as to produce and distribute hydroelectric power to the cities in the area. Over the past several decades, LCRA built a network of 275 connected river sensors — called Hydromet — to monitor and report stream flows and other data, including temperature, rainfall and humidity, on a public website in near real time.
This year, LCRA received a $650,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to investigate better sensor technologies and software needed to disseminate information and alerts during a flood. The sensors used in the system today are expensive — costing anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000 each. One goal is to find or develop a next-generation flood sensor that would take advantage of advances in hardware and consumer sensor technologies yet still be rugged enough to last in harsh outdoor conditions.
Today, LCRA is evaluating sensors that cost $200 to $2,500, Miri said. The other goal is to build a better framework so that data can be used more practically. Rather than just post it on a website, LCRA might be able to help emergency responders geo-target the smartphones of citizens in specific areas where flooding is imminent. "If this works, then the cities and counties we serve could use this technology to send out better, more targeted warnings to keep their citizens safe," Miri said.
Alerting residents to danger is the goal of a new project in Los Angeles as well. The city has lots of Internet-connected things, including 145,000 streetlights and 4,500 intersections. And yet IoT was not the goal. "Now we call them IoT devices. We've put a name, a label, a concept around it," said Ted Ross, L.A.'s general manager and CIO. But "three years ago, they were just devices."
He calls what the city has done so far "Smart City 1.0." The next step is to gather information from and send data to multiple sources — not just city-installed sensors, but the sensors that people carry around, such as smartphones and watches. Smart City 2.0 is about gathering "streams of data, then laying them atop of each other and getting situational awareness and location intelligence," he explained.
For example, the city and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) developed a project called "Quake Alert," which uses sensors to detect the nearly constant tremors in the area. Today, that data is used to visually depict a quake in progress. To take it to the next level, the city is developing a system of sending alerts to citizens' smartphones to give them 15 to 30 seconds to take cover. The application could save not only lives but also millions of dollars in damage if, for example, alerts went directly to manufacturing equipment, which could shut itself down to avoid ruining product, noted Ross. "That's a classic IoT conversation, but under a very constrained timeline."
L.A. is working on a sensor-based system to alert smartphone users about an earthquake before the shaking starts. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
Los Angeles is also using sensors to monitor environmental factors, including the health of trees. In its Internet of Trees project, the city is combining data from Google Street View with a machine-learning algorithm developed by Caltech to inventory its urban forest of some 700,000 trees scattered over 469 square miles. That has saved the city approximately $3 million, which is what it would have cost to deploy an army of people with clipboards to visually inspect each tree. Now, it is in the process of replacing 200,000 trees (removed when road repairs are made) with new ones that contain sensors to monitor moisture, air quality and the health of the tree itself.
The future value of such projects depends on the city's ability to innovate with the data, which is why it created a federation of 11 local universities where students will do projects with data from various use cases, Ross said. "We think an investment in data science and analysis will have multiple benefits."
Connected devices are also helping small cities save time, money and labor. Tamarac, Fla., population 65,000, uses IP-based controllers in many areas of city infrastructure, including controlling HVAC systems and monitoring data centers for humidity, temperature and flooding, said Levent Sucuoglu, the city's director of IT. Today, Tamarac requires that sensing and IP-based controls be considered in all new city construction. "We make that part of our construction documents, then as we go through the design phase to ... determine how much [technology] will be included based on cost, functionality, availability and reliability," Sucuoglu said.
The city's new fire station, now under construction, will include IP-based building access control, security surveillance, HVAC and lighting control. It will have IP-based sensors to monitor the amount of gas in the facility's pumping station and report how much gas is distributed to each fire engine. A city-run golf clubhouse to be constructed next year will include energy-efficient, IP-based LED lights. Central control will also lower costs by turning the LEDs off when they're not needed. In addition, the city can add some whimsy: The lights can be programmed to change colors to match holidays or seasons — displaying red, white and blue on the Fourth of July, for example.
But network-connected sensors aren't always cost-effective, Sucuoglu noted. "There are a lot of practical applications, but the ones you read about in magazines — all those futuristic IoT devices — they aren't really widely available or affordable."
They also might not be very secure. Phil Bertolini, CIO of Oakland County, Mich., is extremely cautious when it comes to IoT. While central management and control of systems via the Internet can reduce costs and increase efficiency, it can also increase the danger that such systems can be hacked.
"I'm concerned about the Internet of Things from a security perspective," Bertolini said. "It scares the heck out of me that [we could rely on] some of these forward-facing IoT devices." What if a hacker shuts down the air conditioning in a data center, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage to computer equipment? Worse yet, a nefarious actor might take control of all those Internet-connected lights and plunge a city's entire downtown into darkness. "As government, we have to be extra careful," he noted.
Oakland County is installing a new building management system that will be centrally controlled, but the connection will usually be over a secure fiber-optic network connection, not riding over the open Internet, Bertolini said. There will be a way for IT managers to dial in remotely via the Internet, he added, but it will be through a secured "tunnel" connection requiring two-factor authentication.
At the state level, activity ranges from small, limited departmental projects to statewide initiatives that are laying the groundwork for possible IoT applications in a few years.
Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has been using sensors to track various kinds of wildlife for at least 15 years, said Chip Deutsch, associate research scientist. In one project, researchers attach GPS tags, along with temperature and depth sensors, to manatees to study their movements and habitats. The tags allow researchers to track the animals, documenting where and when the manatees travel in search of food, for example. With the latest sensors, Deutsch said, "we can get incredibly fine-scale on the locations and the time." The project has helped wildlife managers know where to put boating speed limits in order to protect the animals.
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Indeed, getting everything to work well together, even in limited pilot projects, can be challenging. If it finds lower-cost consumer sensors and hardware for its flood alert project, LCRA will have to find a way to use them in conjunction with its existing system, Miri noted. "These sensors won't work exactly the same way, they won't provide data exactly the same way," he said. "So part of what we're doing is changing the whole notification system, the whole business process around it. That's what will help us get to a more cost-effective system."
But this isn't IoT for IoT's sake. LCRA is quick to note that the exciting thing about its project is the intended outcome, not the technical architecture. "We are not doing this because we want to do an IoT project," Miri said. "We're doing this because we don't want people to die or property to be destroyed in floods."
Editor's note: Information about the LCRA's system was updated Jan. 4.
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Philosophy of public administration?
Philosophy has well-developed theories about the foundations of government — the moral principles that underlie the legitimacy of government; the nature of rights and duties of citizens; the limits of government authority; and so on for a large number of issues. These debates take place within social and political philosophy, a field whose lineage extends back to the ancient Greek philosophers, through Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Mill, and into the twentieth century in the writings of people like Rawls, Habermas, van Parijs, and Nozick.
What does not yet exist is a discipline that treats the workings of government itself as a philosophical subject. This field could be called "the philosophy of public administration." This subject matter invites us to focus on the "social ontology" of government — the mechanisms of governments as concrete human institutions and the logic of interaction that these constituents produce. How do governments, as extended social entities, perform the functions we attribute to them — knowledge gathering, belief formation, policy and priority setting, legislation, regulation, and enforcement? Governments are not unified entities; they are extended networks of agencies, organizations, alliances, interests, and actors, and it is worth careful philosophical investigation to consider how this kind of entity can be purposive, intentional, and calculating. A philosophical reflection on these questions would focus on issues about mechanisms, order, and dysfunction within government, through attention to the actors, institutions, and organizations that constitute it.
The topics of dysfunction and imperfect functionality run throughout these discussions — not because government is an especially defective kind of social organization, but because all extended social collectivities confront the sources of dysfunction mentioned at many points in Understanding Society. Principal-agent problems, conflicts of interest within individuals and between groups of individuals, multiple understandings of the setting of organizational action and the means that are available, conflicting priorities across agencies and groups involved in coordinated activity — all of these features of social "friction" are to be found within government, as they are within all kinds of large social collectivities.
Moreover, the bureaucratic state has changed greatly in the past century, and plays a much larger role in everyday life than at any earlier point in history. In a sense the subject matter of public administration simply didn't exist at all in the ancient world of Plato and Aristotle. There was no "public administration" in the polis. (The same cannot be said of the Roman Empire, where there were clear divisions of bureaucratic responsibility and accountability, but I am not aware of any philosophers who studied the functions and dysfunctions of Roman administration.) So the fact of a deeply ramified and bureaucratized state is a fairly modern phenomenon that it makes sense for philosophers to attempt to address.
Another important change that has occurred in the past fifty years is the emergence of a much better-defined area of sociological research aimed at achieving a better understanding the workings of organizations than has been possible in the past. Organizational sociology and organizational studies have progressed rapidly since the 1960s, and these new areas of social-science research provide new theories and questions on the basis of which to try to understand the workings of governments and their agencies.
We might think of this field in analogy with the philosophy of action. Philosophers in the philosophy of action ask questions about the rationality and purposiveness of the individual, the materiality of the acting individual, the connections that exist between mental reasoning and bodily skill and habit, and other intriguing questions about how humans and other organisms can be said to "act". These questions are similar in form to the questions that can be raised about government: how does an ensemble of separate organizations of government come to function in some limited way as a "collective actor"? How are the individual actors within government brought into some degree of coordination and collaboration in pursuit of common purposes? What is the substrate underlying action in the two realms (neurophysiology and organizational functioning)?
A good start for thinking about the philosophy of public policy is to ask, how does government work? What are the constituent processes of government through which governments "think" and "act"? What kinds of dysfunctions and surprises are embedded in the processes that appear to constitute the workings of government? And what hidden assumptions do we make when we think about the workings of government?
Here is a preliminary list of interesting questions:
How is authority conveyed through the multiple levels and organizations of government?
How are principal-agent problems solved within governments?
How can governments handle problems of conflict of interest in its agents?
How can governments address the issues raised by conflicting assumptions and priorities driving the actions of a range of sub-units of government?
How are purposes and goals embodied in agencies and departments?
Do agencies serve "functions"?
How can governments achieve a degree of unity of purpose and action?
And we might add a final question: what makes these topics philosophical rather than sociological?
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Effective immediately, GIA will suspend diamond sealing services. The Institute is taking this action after recently encountering a small number of GIA sealing packets that had been compromised by third parties after the sealing packets left GIA. In these instances, GIA determined that the diamonds originally enclosed in the compromised packets had been replaced with HPHT (high-pressure, high-temperature) treated natural diamonds. The substitute treated diamonds superficially matched the GIA report information for the original diamonds, including information on the sealing packet data label.
GIA is suspending sealing services in all locations indefinitely, pending an investigation of the source of this fraud.
Anyone with concerns about a GIA-sealed diamond may submit the unopened packet to any GIA laboratory for verification services. If GIA concludes that the diamond in the sealing packet is the diamond described in the original report, the Institute will issue a verification letter confirming the diamond matches the original report. If the diamond does not match the GIA report, the Institute will issue a new report with the correct results. All sealed diamonds submitted for this free-of-charge verification service will be returned unsealed.
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The name Gage is a boy's name of French origin meaning "oath, pledge". Gage is ranked #328 on our popularity charts and is often added to lists like Middle Names for Boys and discussed in our forums with posts like "A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia".
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COVID-19: Lockdown across India, in line with WHO guidance
24 March 2020 - India's decision to impose a 21-day lockdown, which was announced on Tuesday, comes after a call from the UN health agency, WHO, for the country to take "aggressive action".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order for the country's 1.3 billion people to stay home, is an escalation of the 07:00 – 21:00 "Janata curfew" introduced on March 22, and it comes a day after the government grounded all domestic flights. Mr. Modi reportedly declared that the lockdown applies to "every district, every lane, every village", and warned that "If you can't handle these 21 days, this country will go back 21 years".
As of Tuesday, WHO figures showed that India is so far relatively unscathed by the pandemic, with fewer than 500 confirmed cases, but there are fears that, if the disease takes a hold, the consequences could be more catastrophic than anything seen so far in China, Europe or the USA.
Speaking at press briefing in Geneva on Monday, Mike Ryan, WHO Emergencies Programme Director, said that it was important for India to introduce ramped up measures at a public health and societal level, to control and suppress the disease. "India is a hugely populous country", he said. "The future of this pandemic will be determined by what happens to densely-populated countries".
A 'timely, comprehensive and robust response'
Dr. Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative to India, praised the country's response to the pandemic, describing it as "timely, comprehensive and robust", with the authorities taking the "whole-of-government" approach advocated by WHO, and Prime Minister Modi personally spearheading efforts.
The government, he continued, is making headway in areas such as prevention and containment, including "strengthening surveillance, laboratory capacity, contact tracing and isolation, risk communications and initiating emergency measures".
Dr. Bekedam noted that Mr. Modi's call for social distancing has received widespread community support across the country, a step that is expected to help in "flattening the curve" (slowing the rate of infection).
WHO and other UN partners, noted Dr. Bekedam, have been working closely with the Indian government on preparedness and response measures, disease surveillance, laboratory and research protocols, risk communications, training on infection prevention and control and cluster containment plan, surveillance and tracking of travellers.


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WeatherSTEM stations to improve emergency weather reports for Lowndes County
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Lowndes County in Georgia, USA, has completed the installation of two new WeatherSTEM stations to provide improved access to real-time local weather data.
Located at Lowndes County Emergency Operations Center and Lowndes County Utilities at Grassy Pond, the new weather stations will provide more accurate, real-time data that forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS) can use to monitor approaching storms and provide better forecasting.
Emergency management and first responders will also have access to more real-time data that will aid them in their responses to emergency situations which could be affected by, or caused by, the weather.
Each station is equipped with a live stream camera, enabling anyone to see current weather conditions at station locations in Lowndes County.
Meghan Barwick, public information officer, Lowndes County, said, "Citizens can also access the data for things like rainfall, wind, humidity, heat index and other factors that might influence their work and leisure activities. This additional information will allow those who have to be, or plan to be, outdoors to make better, more informed decisions and stay safer."
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