CPS can provide assistance with all aspects of LCGE operations including management of LCGE "wastes", permitting of equipment and permitting of end use facilities.
The materials generated from land clearing, grubbing and excavation (LCGE) operations have the potential to cause a variety of adverse effects, through different media, to human health, safety, and the environment. LCGE therefore requires very careful management and operating practices. Most states do not allow the disposal of these materials at off-site locations except when a permit has been issued. Additionally, they impose certain limitations to those sites that implement either on-site storage and disposal, or off-site storage (prior to processing) operations.
The materials generated from LCGE operations can be managed in several ways, including chipping, shredding, mulching, composting, temporary storage or on-site accumulation prior to processing. Each of these management techniques can be done in a way to minimize potential nuisances and prevent negative impacts on health, safety and the environment.
Contamination of surface water may result via run-off from storage and disposal of LCGE plant material. Storage and disposal sites are usually maintained outdoors, where they are exposed to rain and snow. Over time, with the addition of water, LCGE plant material begins to decompose, releasing a dark brown organic l leachate, which may contain high levels of tannins, organic acids, and other contaminants. Due to its potentially acidic nature, leachate from wood material can degrade the quality of nearby water sources by reducing the pH, mobilizing metals within the soil and other surface formations, and lowering the level of dissolved oxygen in surface water which can kill fish and other aquatic organisms, and impair wildlife habitats.
Proper drainage (i.e., diversions, drains, dikes, etc.) should be constructed and maintained and on-site stormwater runoff may be directed to either a properly sized vegetated filter area for treatment, or a properly sized temporary storage impoundment or tank for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Compliance Plus Services, Inc. can also provide assistance with proper managment and permitting of stormwater run-off associated with LCGE activities as well as at storage and/or disposal sites .


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Die Liste gibt den Fortschreibungsstand vom 3. Oktober 2017 wieder und umfasst siebzehn Baudenkmäler.

Einzeldenkmäler

Prutting

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Aich

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Edling

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Forst am See

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Hub

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Irlach

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Köbl

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Langhausen

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Niedernburg

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Obernburg

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Rotterstetten

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Sonnen

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Wolkering

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Siehe auch
 Liste der Bodendenkmäler in Prutting

Literatur
 Michael Petzet: Denkmäler in Bayern: Oberbayern. – Hrsg.: Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1986

Anmerkungen

Weblinks

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Prutting
Prutting
Baudenkmaler Prutting

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StarForce Technologies and Safe`n`Sec Corporation announce a release of SoftControl Solution, a new tool to provide the integrity of the software environment of network endpoints in banks and financial institutions. The solution protects information system against unauthorized actions performed by own maintenance staff or violators outside.
SoftControl Solution includes a set of software components to deploy an information security system. It consists of a server and client for endpoint devices: ATMs, personal computers, workstations and servers. Through an integrated approach SoftControl can replace several information security solutions, which significantly reduces the cost of implementing and completely neutralizes the risk of inter-system conflicts during the operation. Another benefit of deploying a single system under the control of SoftControl is speeding time to market for new banking services while maintaining the required level of information security.
The use of SoftControl Solution also helps banks to be validated for PCI DSS compliance.
The clients of SoftControl products are located in Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa. StarForce Technologies is the main distributer authorized to sell SoftControl Solution worldwide.


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Q: when `mv` command delete original directories or files I am moving a large directory(contains many other directoris and files), after several minutes, I found that the original directory is not getting smaller, still the same size as begining.
Does mv command deleting all directories and files once all directories/files moved? not delete directory/file once the single directory/file deleted?

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Alton Estate. Alton East. The Alton East Estate consists of slab blocks, point blocks and low-level housing. The design "represents a desire by some architects to formulate a British version of modernism that was more sensitive to context and referenced a traditional vernacular."
Wimbledon, London. Wimbledon / ˈ w ɪ m b əl d ə n / is a district and town of south-west London, England, 7.1 miles (11.4 km) south-west of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton, south of Wandsworth, north-east of New Malden, north-west of Mitcham, west of Streatham and north of Sutton.


Taparia Gypsum (India) established ourselves as a prominent and reliable organization of the industry by manufacturing, trading and supplying a wide array of Plaster Of Paris, False Ceiling Channels, Wire Connecting Clip and many more. Offered products are manufactured from high-grade components with following industry norms and standards. Our offered products are highly admired by the customers for their high strength, long service life and excellent finishing standards. Apart from this, we are offering these products at budget-friendly prices within the assured period of time.


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"""Tests for print_selective_registration_header."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import os

from google.protobuf import text_format

from tensorflow.core.framework import graph_pb2
from tensorflow.python.platform import gfile
from tensorflow.python.platform import test
from tensorflow.python.tools import print_selective_registration_header

# Note that this graph def is not valid to be loaded - its inputs are not
# assigned correctly in all cases.
GRAPH_DEF_TXT = """
  node: {
    name: "node_1"
    op: "Reshape"
    input: [ "none", "none" ]
    device: "/cpu:0"
    attr: { key: "T" value: { type: DT_FLOAT } }
  }
  node: {
    name: "node_2"
    op: "MatMul"
    input: [ "none", "none" ]
    device: "/cpu:0"
    attr: { key: "T" value: { type: DT_FLOAT } }
    attr: { key: "transpose_a" value: { b: false } }
    attr: { key: "transpose_b" value: { b: false } }
  }
  node: {
    name: "node_3"
    op: "MatMul"
    input: [ "none", "none" ]
    device: "/cpu:0"
    attr: { key: "T" value: { type: DT_DOUBLE } }
    attr: { key: "transpose_a" value: { b: false } }
    attr: { key: "transpose_b" value: { b: false } }
  }
"""

GRAPH_DEF_TXT_2 = """
  node: {
    name: "node_4"
    op: "BiasAdd"
    input: [ "none", "none" ]
    device: "/cpu:0"
    attr: { key: "T" value: { type: DT_FLOAT } }
  }

"""

class PrintOpFilegroupTest(test.TestCase):

  def WriteGraphFiles(self, graphs):
    fnames = []
    for i, graph in enumerate(graphs):
      fname = os.path.join(self.get_temp_dir(), 'graph%s.pb' % i)
      with gfile.GFile(fname, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(graph.SerializeToString())
      fnames.append(fname)
    return fnames

  def testGetOps(self):
    default_ops = 'NoOp:NoOp,_Recv:RecvOp,_Send:SendOp'
    graphs = [
        text_format.Parse(d, graph_pb2.GraphDef())
        for d in [GRAPH_DEF_TXT, GRAPH_DEF_TXT_2]
    ]

    ops_and_kernels = print_selective_registration_header.get_ops_and_kernels(
        'rawproto', self.WriteGraphFiles(graphs), default_ops)
    self.assertListEqual(
        [
            ('BiasAdd', 'BiasOp<CPUDevice, float>'),  #
            ('MatMul', 'MatMulOp<CPUDevice, double, false >'),  #
            ('MatMul', 'MatMulOp<CPUDevice, float, false >'),  #
            ('NoOp', 'NoOp'),  #
            ('Reshape', 'ReshapeOp'),  #
            ('_Recv', 'RecvOp'),  #
            ('_Send', 'SendOp'),  #
        ],
        ops_and_kernels)

    graphs[0].node[0].ClearField('device')
    graphs[0].node[2].ClearField('device')
    ops_and_kernels = print_selective_registration_header.get_ops_and_kernels(
        'rawproto', self.WriteGraphFiles(graphs), default_ops)
    self.assertListEqual(
        [
            ('BiasAdd', 'BiasOp<CPUDevice, float>'),  #
            ('MatMul', 'MatMulOp<CPUDevice, double, false >'),  #
            ('MatMul', 'MatMulOp<CPUDevice, float, false >'),  #
            ('NoOp', 'NoOp'),  #
            ('Reshape', 'ReshapeOp'),  #
            ('_Recv', 'RecvOp'),  #
            ('_Send', 'SendOp'),  #
        ],
        ops_and_kernels)

  def testAll(self):
    default_ops = 'all'
    graphs = [
        text_format.Parse(d, graph_pb2.GraphDef())
        for d in [GRAPH_DEF_TXT, GRAPH_DEF_TXT_2]
    ]
    ops_and_kernels = print_selective_registration_header.get_ops_and_kernels(
        'rawproto', self.WriteGraphFiles(graphs), default_ops)

    header = print_selective_registration_header.get_header(ops_and_kernels,
                                                            default_ops)
    self.assertListEqual(
        [
            '#ifndef OPS_TO_REGISTER',  #
            '#define OPS_TO_REGISTER',  #
            '#define SHOULD_REGISTER_OP(op) true',  #
            '#define SHOULD_REGISTER_OP_KERNEL(clz) true',  #
            '#define SHOULD_REGISTER_OP_GRADIENT true',  #
            '#endif'
        ],
        header.split('\n'))

if __name__ == '__main__':
  test.main()

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text:
Q: How to add dll files from windows\syswow64 folder when publishing My Visual Studio 2015 application uses certain dll files that are located in the C:\Windows\syswow64 folder.
How can I include these files in the publisher so when it is installed on a different computer it adds these dll files to the correct folder?
thanks


text:
var Checker = require('../../../lib/checker');
var assert = require('assert');
var reportAndFix = require('../../lib/assertHelpers').reportAndFix;

describe('rules/disallow-newline-before-block-statements', function() {
    var checker;

    beforeEach(function() {
        checker = new Checker();
        checker.registerDefaultRules();
    });

    describe('with option value true -', function() {
        beforeEach(function() {
            checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: true });
        });

        reportAndFix({
            name: 'disallowed newline if there is one',
            rules: { disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: true },
            input: 'function test()\n{abc();}',
            output: 'function test() {abc();}'
        });

        reportAndFix({
            name: 'disallowed newline only for function definition block statement',
            rules: { disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: true },
            input: 'function test()\n{var obj = \n{a:1,\nb:2,\nc:3\n};\n\n return {\nval:1\n};\n}',
            output: 'function test() {var obj = \n{a:1,\nb:2,\nc:3\n};\n\n return {\nval:1\n};\n}'
        });

        reportAndFix({
            name: 'disallowed newline for all 3 statements',
            rules: { disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: true },
            input: 'function test()\n{\nif(true)\n{\nreturn 1;\n}\nfor(var i in [1,2,3])\n{\n}\n}',
            output: 'function test() {\nif(true) {\nreturn 1;\n}\nfor(var i in [1,2,3]) {\n}\n}',
            errors: 3
        });

        it('should not report disallowed newline before opening brace', function() {
            assert(checker.checkString('function test() {abc();}').isEmpty());
        });

        it('should not report disallowed newline before opening brace when there are white-spaces between', function() {
            assert(checker.checkString('function test()      /* COOOMMMENTTT*/ {abc();}').isEmpty());
        });

        it('should not report disallowed newline for object definitions', function() {
            assert(checker.checkString('function test(){var obj = \n{a:1,\nb:2,\nc:3\n};\n\n return {\nval:1\n};\n}')
                .isEmpty());
        });

        it('should not report disallowed newline', function() {
            assert(checker.checkString(
                'function test(){\nif(true){\nreturn {\nval:1\n}\n}\nvar obj = \n{a:1,\nb:2,\nc:3\n};\n}')
                .isEmpty());
        });

        it('should not throw error if opening parentheses is first symbol in the file', function() {
            assert(checker.checkString('{ test: 1 }').isEmpty());
        });
    });

    describe('with option value array - ', function() {
        describe('"if" blocks', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['if'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "if"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('if(i == 0)\n{\n\tx++;\n\ty = {\n\t\tb: "1"\n\t};\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "if" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('if(i == 0) {\n\tx++;\n\ty = {\n\t\tb: "1"\n\t};\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "if"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['else'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('if(i == 0)\n{\n\tx++;\n\ty = {\n\t\tb: "1"\n\t};\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"else" and "else if" blocks', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['else'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "else"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('if(i == 0) {\n\tx++;\n\ty = {\n\t\tb: "1"\n\t};\n}\nelse\n{\n\tx--;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "else" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('if(i == 0) {\n\tx++;\n\ty = {\n\t\tb: "1"\n\t};\n}\nelse {\n\tx--;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "else"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['if'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('if(i == 0) {\n\tx++;\n\ty = {\n\t\tb: "1"\n\t};\n}\nelse\n{\n\tx--;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"for" loops', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "for"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('for (var i = 0, len = 10; i < 10; ++i)\n{\n\tx++;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "for" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('for (var i = 0, len = 10; i < 10; ++i) {\n\tx++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when note configured with "for"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['if'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('for (var i = 0, len = 10; i < 10; ++i)\n{\n\tx++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"for...in" loops', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "for"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('for (var i in x)\n{\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "for" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('for (var i in x) {\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "for"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['if'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('for (var i in x)\n{\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('function declarations', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['function'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "function"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('function myFunc(y)\n{\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "function" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('function myFunc(y) {\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "function"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['if'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('function myFunc(y)\n{\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('function statements', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['function'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "function"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('var z = function(y)\n{\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "function" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('var z = function(y) {\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "function"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['if'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('var z = function(y)\n{\n\ty++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"try" blocks', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['try'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "try"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('try\n{\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "try" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n}\nfinally\n{\n\tq = 5;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "try"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('try\n{\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"catch" blocks', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['catch'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "catch"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e)\n{\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "catch" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "catch"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e)\n{\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"finally" blocks', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['finally'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "finally"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n} finally\n{\n\tq = 5;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "finally" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n} finally {\n\tq = 5;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "finally"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('try {\n\ty++;\n} catch(e) {\n} finally\n{\n\tq = 5;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"while" loops', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['while'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "while"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('while (x < 10)\n{\n\tx++;\n}')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "while" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('while (x < 10) {\n\tx++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "while"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('while (x < 10)\n{\n\tx++;\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('"do...while" loops', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['do'] });
            });

            it('should report extra newlines when configured with "do"', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('do\n{\n\tx++;\n} while (x < 10);')
                    .getErrorCount() === 1);
            });

            it('should not complain when configured with "do" and newline not added', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('do {\n\tx++;\n} while (x < 10);')
                    .isEmpty());
            });

            it('should not complain when not configured with "do"', function() {
                checker.configure({ disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: ['for'] });
                assert(checker.checkString('do\n{\n\tx++;\n} while (x < 10);')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });

        describe('other block types', function() {
            beforeEach(function() {
                checker.configure({
                    disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements: [
                        'if',
                        'else',
                        'try',
                        'catch',
                        'finally',
                        'do',
                        'while',
                        'for',
                        'function'
                    ]
                });
            });

            it('should be ignored', function() {
                assert(checker.checkString('{\nvar y = { "things": "stuff" };\n}')
                    .isEmpty());
            });
        });
    });
});


If your life fell apart, could you start again?The New York Times bestseller.'If you read just one book this year, read How to Walk Away' Nina George, author of The Little Paris BookshopMaggie Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she's worked so hard and so long for: her dream job, a fiancé she adores and the promise of a perfect life just around the corner. But on what should have been the happiest day of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a single catastrophic moment. In hospital Maggie is forced to confront the unthinkable. First there is her fiancé, Charlie, wallowing in self-pity while demanding forgiveness. Then there's her sister Kit, who shows up after pulling a three-year vanishing act. Finally there's Iain, her physical therapist, the one the nurses said was too tough for her. Iain, who won't let her give in to her despair, who makes her cry, but also manages to make her laugh . . . Maggie's new life is nothing like she expected. But could it be more than she had ever dared hope for? How to Walk Away by Katherine Center is an uplifting story of learning to live - and love - again.


Nellie O. Hadley Brown, age 85, of Dubre, died at her residence Monday, December 25, 2017.
Born April 8, 1932 in Marrowbone, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Nettie Cooksey Hadley. She was the wife of Robert Brown, who survives. They were married 57 years.
She had retired from Osh Kosh, worked at Metcalfe Co nursing home, farmed, and was a housewife. She was a member of the Willowshade Church of Christ.
Survivors other than her husband include two daughters, Carla Fudge, Beaumont, and Lisa Gearlds, Edmonton; one sister in law, Violet Hadley; two grandchildren, Chasidy Matney and Katelyn Gearlds; and two great grandchildren, Liberty Brockman and RaeLynn Matney.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Timothy Robert Brown; two sisters, Lucy Mosby and Katheryn Shaw; and three brothers, Howard Hadley, Kermit Hadley, and Ed Hadley.
Funeral services will be Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at McMurtrey Funeral Home with Brother Gary Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Dutch Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 27, 2017, 1:00-8:00 p.m. and on Thursday, after 7:00 a.m. until time of services.
Barbara Ann Meron, age 74, of Edmonton, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at T J Samson Hospital.
She was a of the late John and Geraldine Brown Ruano.
She worked in the car rental business and was a Christian.
Survivors include one daughter Gina Teresa Putnam, Edmonton; one sister Shirley Auger, California; and one sister in law Paulette Yates.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by the father of her child Dennis Meron.
No viewing or visitation will be held as cremation was chosen.
James Lee White, age 78, of Summer Shade, died Thursday, December 15, 2017 at Bluegrass Hospice Care Center in Lexington, KY.
Born January 19, 1939 in Edmonton, he was a son of the late Clure Douglas and Kathleen Martin White.
He was a truck driver and an Army veteran.
Survivors include one daughter Lesa (Chris) Lopeman, TX; one son Greg White, Summer Shade; one step daughter, Sue Barone, Chicago; 5 grandchildren Jesse Ray White, Taylor Jean White, Harley Jean White, Nyssa Lopeman, and Raistlin Lopeman; 5 step grandchildren Tracy Murphy, Teresa Jones, Phillip Jones Jr, Shaun Murphy, and Josh Barone; several great grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy Stewart, Edmonton; and one half sister Josephine Harper, Edmonton.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one step daughter, Patricia White and one sister Shirley White.
Funeral services will be Monday, December 18, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at McMurtrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, December 17, 2017, 1:00-8:00 p.m. and on Monday, December 18, 2017 after 7:00 a.m. until time of services.


No connection between his actions and the damage caused to the tax administration was proven.
Former head of the tax directorate Miroslav Mikulčík is not responsible for the failure of the information system that collapsed back in 2012.
The Bratislava Regional Court confirmed the verdict issued by the district court last October. At the time, both the prosecutor and the injured party appealed the verdict. The recently issued verdict is valid, the TASR newswire reported.
"The proceedings of the first-instance court can be considered as exemplary, the appellate court has not found any procedural mistakes or other evidence and that should be complemented," the chair of the regional court's senate said, as quoted by TASR.
The regional court also accepted the lower-instance court's opinion that there was no connection between Mikulčík's actions and the damage caused.
Mikulčík, who served in his post during the Iveta Radičová government (2010-2012), faced charges for abuse of duty when administering someone else's property. He was allegedly responsible for the problems accompanying the launch of the KONS information system which was to clarify the system of collecting VAT and other taxes. As a result, the state suffered damages amounting to millions of euros, TASR wrote.
The prosecutor claimed that Mikulčík had signed an amendment to the agreement that was disadvantageous for Slovakia as the company IBM had promised to supply specialists to make the necessary changes to the tax system. They were not responsible for the performance of these works, though.
As a result, the tax administration collapsed on January 1, 2012, causing the state damage to the tune of €6.208 million.
"I'm glad the court agreed with me," Mikulčík said after the proceeding, as quoted by TASR.


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I approached the Rifkin Consulting attorney placement agency in the spring of 2009. Law firms were shedding lawyers fast and furious and I was looking for a job. Most of my conversations with legal recruiters took the tone of a therapy session, with the recruiter telling me not to worry too much because even though things looked bad now, the economy would turn around eventually. Not with Diane. My first conversation with Diane lasted nearly an hour, during which we really got to know each other. By the end of the conversation, Diane understood my goals and felt confident that we would reach them together. I worked with several recruiters during this time and I knew that Diane was in the know and looking out for me because she always approached me with opportunities first, while other recruiters approached me with the same opportunities several days later. While most other recruiters presented the same small universe of recycled openings, Diane was the only recruiter to present me with several unique opportunities.
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Europe has used these cameras for decades (and round-a-bouts as well) - I wonder what the longer term data says about that.
And I agree with you - drive conservatively and carefully and one won't need to worry about paying the city any money for tickets.
I wish there was a way that cellphone use would trigger the cameras. Sarah almost got hit this morning while we were running - some guy blowing through a stop sign on 57th. Big truck. Tinted windows. Odds are he was texting or talking.


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Today is one of those days. I'm feeling so low. OK, not without a reason, I admit. Some issues have come up with the schedule and it's getting on my nerves…which is VERY VERY BAD! Because I'm not in the mood to deal with anything of this sort, at the moment. But of course, Mr.Life (or is it Ms. or Mrs.) has this way of flinging problems my way whenever I'm trying to deal with another. Does he/she think it's funny? Because if he/she does, then it's NOT! It's seriously not funny to have to worry about something when I'm already a little low…when I want to be happy… Mr. Life, I think you should quit your job and let some awesome people (=ME, obviously) take over! I could do so much better than you! So, if you want to keep your job, pull yourself together, and get your act right!
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fully agree with you Ann 🙂 we always have a low just before a high!
Pillow sounds good… 🙂 And less harmful (to myself and others around me!).
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Remember the Endless Eight? You know, those eight episodes from the second airing of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, whicha re exactly the same as each other? Yes, that infamous arc which frustrated many fans, which many also say lead to the franchise's decline. Well, it seems that it's getting its own streaming event via Niconico Live.
And in the spirit of the arc, it will be an 88-hour marathon. The streaming event is titled "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu/Endless Eight 88-Jikan Nama Housou ~Oyoso 1/9077 Nagato Yuki Taiken~", and it's happening on 28th August at 8:00am JST. It will then end at around midnight on 31st August, completing the 88-hour marathon.
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Johannesburg - South Africa's highest court has rejected Oscar Pistorius' request to appeal against his 13-year jail term, ending the long legal battle over his killing of his girlfriend in 2013.
The former Paralympic athlete, 31, had asked the Constitutional Court to review the jail term, which was increased to 13 years in November.
But the court ruling released on Monday said that "the application for leave to appeal is dismissed" as it was not a constitutional matter.
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Pistorius shot dead Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013 when he fired four times through the locked door of his bedroom toilet, later saying that he thought she was an intruder.
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His legal team and state prosecutors have fought through the courts over the length of his sentence.
"This is the end of the road. There are no other legal options available," National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku told AFP, welcoming the ruling.
Tania Koen, the Steenkamp's family lawyer, said that Reeva's parents had "always had faith in the justice system" and had no further comment to make.
"June and Barry have been focusing their time and energy in the Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp Foundation which was established in her memory," Koen said.
The year before he killed Steenkamp, Pistorius became the first double-amputee to race at the Olympics when he competed at the London 2012 games.
Previously a role model for disabled people worldwide, his trial generated international headlines.
In a television interview, he said he believed an intruder was in the house and "instant fear" drove him to grab his gun and walk on his stumps towards the bathroom before opening fire.
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Is the light switch the same with car ignition switch? My light switch is broken and I brought it to a mechanic to repair it.
Thought I'd have to source a new one 'til e21Mark mentioned this thread – even a mechanical doofus like me has fixed it, easy!
hi! i'm new to the forum but i just bought a e21 and the turn indicators dont work, the owner said it was because the hazard light switch may have broke and that it was the relay. i really need to get this fixed and i dont know much about the car cuz im only 16 years old.
Pull the plug off the hazard switch and using a bit of wire, bridge the 2 lilac coloured wires and bingo, you should have indicators till you get a new switch.
so the hazard is the relay and thats what is making the blinkers stop working?
Possibly. Is the hazzard switch working? The flasher unit is in the steering column.
Your indicator circuit runs thru the hazard switch, so if you bridge the terminals I mentioned earlier you should see them working again. Either that, or stick a new switch in.
Opened the switch again but everything seems okay. I cannot remove the spring, is a bit jammed on the bottom of the switch... any suggestions?


Here's another "basic skill" I don't know how to do an astonishing percentage of the time: talk.
This one is tougher to explain than, say, tying my shoelaces or handwriting my own name. Those are basically "one-shot" skill failures; either my hands do what my brain is thinking at them or they don't.
1. My brain can't find the word for a concept map or sensory experience. I'd classify this as a "what" problem, not a "how" problem.
2. Having found the word, my brain can't recognize it as an intelligible sound.
Has it ever happened to you that all of a sudden and for no reason at all you haven't the faintest idea how to spell the word – "wife" – or "house" – because when you write it down you just can't remember ever having seen those letters in that order before…?
4. Having found a context, my brain can't arrange the words into a grammatically-coherent structure.
5. Having generated a grammatically-appropriate sentence, my brain can't figure out how to "load" it for translation by my lips, tongue, and jaw into speech-noises. It's been suggested to me that this is a short-term memory problem, but it feels more like a speech-buffer problem. It's not that I forget what the words are or what order they go in; it's that moving that from thought to pre-action becomes impossible.
6. Having accessed a loaded "speech-buffer," my face doesn't know how to move to create the corresponding sounds. This is the part that is most similar to the problem in which my hands are holding the shoelaces but have no context for them.
7. My face moves to create the corresponding sounds to the buffered thoughts, but screws up and instead produces sounds that are unintelligible, even when the thoughts meant to be encoded in them are intelligible. This is probably classified most accurately as a motor problem. It is also the "how to talk" problem most likely to occur while I am speaking in front of a group – I do this at least once per lecture.
8. The sounds are intelligible as words but produced in the wrong order, even though they "buffered" in the correct order. I can't even begin to explain this one. This is the "how to talk" problem most likely to occur when I am typing as well.
Until I started learning ASL, I had no workaround for this. Now I do. In sign, it's possible to mix up the order many times and still be understood: "ME-WASH-CAR" and "CAR-WASH-ME" can rationally be understood as conveying the same information, especially when handshapes are placed in space to indicate progression (I -> washed -> the car, versus the car -> washed -> me).
9. The sounds are intelligible as words and in the right order, but my ears don't understand them as intelligible words in the right order. This causes enormous confusion and anxiety when it happens – probably worse than any other failure point. Because when it happens, I hear myself say something that I did not actually say, that is neither the thought-words loaded into the speech buffer nor produced by the movements of my face.
About the only consolation is that when this happens, my listener usually hears what I actually said. The problem in understanding is an auditory-processing one; it's between my ears and my brain, not between my brain and my mouth or between my mouth and my listener's ears.
Largely, much like you do living without it.
Like neurotypical people, I am blissfully unaware of this system as long as all the parts are working. Unlike neurotypical people, the parts of my talk-system break down a lot. My talk-system breaks down more often than it works.
Some breakdown points are easier to overcome than others. There's even a short-circuit loop, undetectable to many neurotypical listeners (because y'all do it too), that cuts out steps 1-4 entirely: babbling.
Until very recently, I would have argued that babbling is a way of "speaking" fluently that requires no attention to content, and that thus it allows "social" behavior without the risk of pulling the mind inward, thoughts being always more rich, subtle, and fascinating than their linguistic signifiers. Until very recently, my whole life was an extended siege against naming emotions.
Subverting emotional importance in order to "talk" (i.e. babble) is less about not getting "lost in thought" as it is about avoiding the loneliness and desperation that arise from putting in the extraordinary effort to wordify, organize, buffer, and mouthshape meaningful speech only to have it dismissed or misunderstood – or worse, both. (Few things are worse than being dismissed for something you didn't actually mean.) If there's no emotional importance to the words, it doesn't matter how or even whether others receive them.
Babbling includes the creation of superficially-intelligible mouthsounds, and for that reason it is often conflated with talking. Most people who know me would report that I have few or no problems with talking. But because the mouthsounds have no emotional importance, babbling is not communication.
I could, and can, and frequently do babble like a pro. Better than a pro: I babble like a neurotypical. But I talk (i.e. communicate verbally) far less, and it's because the more emotional importance my mouthsounds must encode, the more difficult they are to produce.
It's hard to estimate what percentage of the time I don't know how to talk. The multiple potential breakdown points complicate the math. I haven't decided if planning my spoken words in writing, in advance, counts as babbling – if so, I babble professionally and have for years. And whether or not an attempt counts as a "failure" depends on from where one measures the start and end points.
Is babbling, which skips points 1-4, a failure to talk? Is it failure when the talking is of emotional importance but consists of only one word, or a jumbled sentence, or sounds unintelligible to me but makes sense to other listeners – or vice versa? (If an autistic speaks in the forest and no one understands her, does she talk?) If I get stuck at "how to move the faceparts to make the wordsounds," then decide in a fit of fearful sour grapes that screw it, I didn't want to say the thing anyway, did I "fail"? Or did I quit?
Depending on how one answers these questions, I don't know how to talk anywhere from 50 to 95 percent of the time. The high end of that scale – 70 to 95 percent – assumes babbling is not talking, for increasingly broad definitions of "babbling" (mouth-running, echolalia, reciting what I've written – the last of which raises disturbing points on performative speech and its legal implications). But if we assume the low end contains only things I want to say (for whatever reason) but that fail to run the gantlet, it still captures how much, for one reason or another, I don't say.


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My name is Dave, I am 50 and have been playing guitar and bass since I was 16. I was in a decent metal cover band in my late teens/ early 20's that was made worse by my subpar lead playing. We covered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Metal Church, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Accept, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, etc.
The last 4 yrs or so I have been playing in a classic rock-ish type band (which somehow plays about 10 Ramones covers), and having a lot of fun.
In the years between I have played bass and rhythm guitar in a few other bands that were some sort of rock or metal. I find I really enjoy playing bass live with a band.
Like lots of people I still listen to stuff from my youth (see the above mentioned bands), but lately have been into stuff that utilizes various degrees of lower tuning - Ghost, Arch Enemy, The Agonist, Carcass, etc. Because of this I have a couple of 6 strings dedicated to C standard, and one for D standard. I also have a Schecter KM-7 FR-S which I bought on a whim during a Stupid Deal sale that I actually ended up real liking.
Anyways, I have lurked here a bit - and decided to say hello.
Hi Dave, I bought that same Stupid Deal and also love playing that thing. All of my carbon fiber is good to go too. Gonna keep the Nazgul?
I really like the Nazgul, it was one of the selling points of this thing for me. I had a Jackson 8 string for a month or so before I returned it, couldn't handle the 8 strings - but loved the Nazgul/Sentient set it had. I have a couple of inexpensive 6 strings I have retrofitted with Nazguls (Nazguli ?).
Is there a issue with the carbon fiber binding on these guitars? Haven't had any issues yet on mine.


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By Kristina Skorbach, Epoch Times
Hollywood actor Ben Stiller joined in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit where he took the time to answer lengthy questions. Stiller was participating in the AMA during the time his friend and colleague Jack Black was also doing an AMA on Reddit.
"Ben Stiller, available for questions. But not too personal please – alright, no, forget it. Make 'em really personal. AMA," Stiller titled his AMA.
"Hi folks. Ben Stiller. You probably know me from Next Of Kin with Patrick Swayze, or Hot Pursuit where I play the bad guy," Stiller wrote.
"My latest project is today's reveal of the second season of Next Time on Lonny, a comedy series that parodies reality TV. It's executive produced by my very own Red Hour Digital and Maker Studios. New episodes are going to launch each Tuesday and Thursday on Maker.TV, and each Wednesday and Friday on Nacho Punch. Check out the insane Choose Your Own Adventure episode," he wrote.
"Hi Ben! Earlier today, Jack Black told me he hopes to have you half-naked strapped to a water buffalo some day. What do you have to say about that?" one fan asked.
"Heh. Yeah, that's true. Well Jack and I go way back, so I felt that we had a close enough relationship that strapping him to a water buffalo was within the bounds of our friendship, and he's a good sport, because it turns out the water buffalo was pregnant and I think he might have induced contractions in the water buffalo. That's a true story.
"Also, it wasn't that bad, because we were shooting in Hawaii and Jack was ordering out from Bubba's Burgers all the time. I don't think they could do that on Deerhunter," Stiller replied.
"What is it like being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" asked another fan. "It's a burden that I have to live with every day," Stiller responded.
"If you could have played any character in Game of Thrones, who would it be?" asked yet another Reddit user.
"The one with the long beard and the big sword!" Stiller replied.
Then a fan asked to name his favorite film from childhood, and Stiller replied with this: "I had a lot of different favorite movies. For a while, The Poseidon Adventure was my favorite when it came out, probably 1974 I remember going to see that at the Lowes theater at 83rd Street and Broadway probably 10 times in the theater. And I did get a chance to tell Gene Hackman what a huge fan I was of it when I worked with him on the Royal Tenenbaums. I'm sure of all the Gene Hackman movies I could have pulled out, it was Poseidon Adventure, and he gave me a look like "that's your favorite" but he was awesome in that… I mean, I remember seeing Annie Hall when I was 10 or 11 years old, 1977 I was 12, and I remember really connecting with that movie although I had no idea why I connected with it as a 12 year old when it's about how complicated relationships are…"
To read the complete AMA chat with Ben Stiller click here.


England fly-half Danny Cipriani has been fined £2,000 by his club Gloucester over a nightclub incident in Jersey.
The 30-year-old had already been fined £2,000 by magistrates after pleading guilty to assault and resisting arrest.
And he was charged by the Rugby Football Union on Friday with "conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game".
Cipriani has also been told by his club to do 10 hours of community service.
A Gloucester Rugby statement described Cipriani's transgression as a "minor incident".


In my Holy Thursday Sermon I talked about how the Church in Holy Week this year found itself more in harmony than usual with the mood of the nation.
Holy Week with its themes of darkness, despair, betrayl and failure is often difficult to observe in a world that finds it hard to deal with such negative things – It is a hard sell to talk about death and defeat when Spring is in the air, the evenings are getting longer and people are generally in quite good form. It is a hard sell in a world where so much store is put on personal success and the accumulation of personal wealth.
Hard to sell in a world where hurt and pain are hidden away and treated as signs of failure rather than an essential part of the human condition.
Not so this year – The nation is depressed for want of a better word and so there is a remarkable similarity between the emotions of the people at this time and the themes of Holy Week.
But Holy week is past – Jesus Christ is risen and as Christians we are called to be joyous and thankful.
But its not that easy because now we are feeling the conflict – now the discord is obvious – How are we going to hear these words – He is risen, He is alive? Or are we going to hear them at all? Are they like an idle tale? One which we do not believe?
If the apostles did not believe how are we, or even more of a challenge: How are others – those at the moment who are either outside the community of faith – how are they expected to believe? What proof are we going to show them?
We don't have those folded grave clothes – Even the shroud of Turin which many believe to be the burial shroud of Christ is the subject of dispute and debate and we will probably never know for sure if it is genuine or a brilliant forgery.
So how do we go about telling a land and a world which needs to hear the Good News so badly that this story of Jesus' resurrection is more than a nice story and an excuse for gorging ourselves on large quantities of sickly chocolate.
We do so I believe by being the people of the Resurrection by witnessing in our lives despite all the evidence to the contrary that this is not all that there is. We need to be people of Hope and transformation, demonstrating by our actions how this active faith can transform the bleakest of situations. Some would call this a leap of faith – and it is – and to make such a leap means having trust that there will be someone there to catch us.
It reminds me of games we used to play in youth club – games that are discouraged now for insurance reasons but games that taught a very valuable lesson nonetheless. They were called trust games and involved such things as standing up on a chair and willfully letting yourself fall over – trusting absolutely in those around you to catch you.
The story of Christian witness through the centuries is the story not just of comfortable and established institutions such as the one we call our spiritual home but it is also the story of individuals and communities of faith who proclaimed Jesus Christ Crucified and Risen in the face of persecution, torture and death – people who had every reason to doubt and to walk away from their faith were ironically those who became its most convincing witnesses.
It is all too easy, even in comfortable and relatively peaceful societies, for us to become consumed with anxiety about the future of Church and society. We need to witness boldly and clearly but not with anger and fear; we need to show that we believe what we say about the Lordship of the Risen Christ and his faithfulness to the world he came to redeem.
But I am not going to let the Archbishop of Canterbury have the last word – this is my sermon not his – however I was gratified to see that he agreed with me and also that he shares my propensity for 'open mouth insert foot' moments.
And that is significant for it emphasizes that we are, each one of us, always more than our worst day – our worst statement – our biggest faux pas – and that even after salvaging defeat from the jaws of success we can still go on and do good and help to share Good News. The same is true of the challenges we face in our lives – they too will pass.
We Christians have a very weighty burden of responsibility at this time. We are called to be HOPE for a people who have forgotten how to Hope, how to trust, how to believe. That is something that we can change – something that we do not have to resign ourselves to.
Hallelujah – Christ is Risen! – Let us bring that news out of this Church into the World so that it may bring healing and wholeness to all God's children and all Creation.
Nice sermon, Stephen. It occurs to me lately that being a Christian today - of any denomination - is quite radical. Have you seen Penn Gillette, an American illusionist and self-proclaimed atheist, talk about how he has no respect for Christians who do not proselytize: if we know that there is a Heaven and a Hell, and we know how to get to one and avoid the other, then why on earth aren't we telling everybody about it? He likens it to seeing a large truck bear down on somebody, who is unaware of the impending doom, and at some stage you just have to step in. This is the link if you want to have a look.
Ah, lovely, Stephen. That is hope.
At first, I wasn't going to say anything, and, of course, it's just my opinion, but I don't see the need for an apology. Although we don't yet know all that the ABC said, I presume he referred to the powers in the RCC in Ireland. What he said is, at least, quite close to the truth. Of course, his saying the words probably makes it more difficult for you in your ecumenical relations with the Roman Catholics in your area.
My easiest relationships with my Roman Catholic family and friends, and I have many, is when I don't hold them personally responsible for the actions of those in power and when my family and friends don't try to defend the indefensible.
Thank you Stephen. A Happy Easter to you and your family.


Canola oil was initially rapeseed oil; the fat was unhealthy for human consumption due to its excellent content of undesirable substances; uric acid and glucosinolates. It was majorly for industrial purposes only. Scientific modification lead to the generation of a genetically modified rapeseed oil called canola. The oil contains reduced content of these two substances hence consumable by humans.
The primary composition of canola oil includes saturated fatty acids (7%), which are very important in the reduction of the cholesterol level in your body. Monounsaturated fatty acids (63%), mainly composed of oleic acid essential nutrient of the skin and polyunsaturated fatty acids (28%) that are potential sources of omega-3 fatty acid. Additionally, it contains a little of vitamin E and K.
Processing of canola oil leads to a reduction of its nutritional value. Also, evidence shows that the Omega-3 fatty acid content reduces during this processing. Finally, the erucic acid that is believed to be very low could be very high in canola oil.
Canola oil is a common ingredient in a lot of food products; also, plant-sourced oils can be used industrially to formulate lubricants, oils, furls and many more. Recent research has demonstrated that canola oil in combination with soy oil can act as active ingredients in pesticides products due to their high effectiveness.
Canola oil contains no cholesterol; this is a benefit if you are struggling with cholesterol levels in your body for some time. Cholesterol causes cardiovascular problems and is a critical contributor to atherosclerosis, which can result in heart attacks and strokes.
Canola oil contains Omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids, though there are considered as good and bad cholesterol, respectively. Your body requires them; canola oil has a ratio of 2:1 which is one of the healthiest proportions of any vegetable oil. Secondly, canola oil contains sterols that can reduce creation and absorption of cholesterol; therefore, canola oil can lower your cholesterol levels by 10-15%.
Canola oil is rich in vitamin E, an essential vitamin for the body. Vitamin E is an efficient antioxidant and can protect the skin from the damaging effects of free radicals. Thus, vitamin E keeps your skin supple and smooth, reduces the emergence of stretch marks, and slow down the appearance of wrinkles well into your old age.
Vitamin E is also a lipid-soluble antioxidant. Thus it can help protect the integrity of cell membranes all over your body. Cell membranes are essential for keeping your body system safe. Hence canola oil, through vitamin E helps maintain the integrity of your cell membranes.
Due to low cholesterol levels and high amounts of essential antioxidants; your body's metabolism moves at a regular rate. Thus, your body gets enough energy it requires to perform its functions.
Canola oil contains antioxidants, like vitamin E, which are very effective against cancer. The high levels of vitamin E fight the free radicals produced in your body that could to the generation of cancer. Also, it slows down the progression once cancer has presented itself.
The free radicals produced in your body by specific metabolic functions can lead to your brain shutting down due to the damage they can cause to nerve cells. Canola oil contains Vitamin E in plenty that can combat the free radicals hence helpful to your brain.
When you consume foods with canola oil; the oil distorts your Omega-6: Omega-3 fatty acid ratio in your body which is ideally in a ratio of 1:1. Canola oil does not resist heat damage of its fatty acids, therefore eating foods cooked using this oil introduces cholesterol to your body and makes you prone to cardiovascular diseases and cancer.


So go ahead, take on any business challenge.
Anything is possible when Loop's customers engage their world class IT security services. This was the starting point for reinvigorating the Loop brand with a whole new web presence.
A long-term Bang client, IT security experts Loop approached us saying it was time to update their brand image with a new web site, refreshed business positioning, and a design look and feel makeover.
The main challenge was in evolving Loop's imagery and existing narrative. Moving from a product centric story and sturdy visuals such as lighthouses, castle battlements, and pathways – to more of a consultative partnership tale from our security experts, complete with a renewed focus on positive business growth and outcomes for the customer.
The main creative takeaway should be a sense that Loop is "right there with you".
Our approach was to scope and plan a comprehensive web redesign project including: brand strategy, concept development, designing and building the new site, writing copy, SEO optimisation, front end development, and a content management system.
Exciting outdoor adventure themed imagery sets the scene on the home page utilising an innovative digital web design approach featuring full screen motion video. The footage depicts mountain biking, downhill snow skiing, and kayaking through rocky river rapids; while a consistent brand positioning headline reads: "Take on any business challenge knowing we've got your back".
The new web site has launched, gaining Loop new leads and a wealth of positive feedback.


In all the spiritual gifts inventories that I have taken over the years, administration consistently comes in high on the list. This is one particular spiritual gift that comes easy for me. Those with this gift feel very uneasy in unorganized settings, and immediately begin to see things that can be put in order. While this is a good gift to have if the organization is a mess, it becomes problematic when the organization begins to right itself from collapse.
If volunteers, for example, are organized into various work groups, or scheduled in rotating weeks or months then this works well for a while. If facilities are organized, cleaned, restocked, and order is restored, there is still a very demanding and unspoken next step. Â This next step is the difference between an administrator who holds the title of leader and a true leader who administrates.
There it is; the one word that makes or breaks a leader. Organized volunteers who serve in clean and organized facilities will only go so far without vision. Once order has been established, it is then time for casting a vision for the future. Without it, the organization crumbles and decays.
People need to see why they are organized in the first place. If they feel that they are simply walking in circles, even an organized circle, what's the point?
Vision, with regards to leadership, is the ability to see the future. It's like a driver who has the ability to see down the road, even through a thick fog of difficult circumstances, around the bend of time. They see where they are going and tell those following them the way. The leader shares what he sees.
Without a prophetic message from God (i.e. prophets of old, or His complete Word today), then people slip into sinful chaotic behavior. God's Word brings restraint, focus, and redirection. Without it people go into ungodly and worldly behavior. Without discipline children follow their sinful nature and descend into destruction.
Principle: Without one (God's Word or parent's guidance, i.e. leadership) then (unrestraint and unrest, i.e. decay).
Without a constant reminder of why we have children's ministry, youth ministry, church, or any other noble tasks, then people forget, get frustrated, tired, weary, and walk away into a disorganized mob seeking their own self interest. The goals and direction of the unit are now no more.
So a Christian leader's vision should come from Scripture, then it should be applied in their unique situation. It is then communicated to those organized people.
Share the reason as to why you exist, and then tell the people where you are going. Where will this journey take them if they stay on board? While continuing to organize, share the vision again, then do it again.
In his book Visioneering Andy Stanley says regarding Orville and Wilbur Wright, "This childhood experience sparked in the boys an insatiable desire to fly. The only thing they lacked was a means. So they immediately went to work removing the obstacles that stood between them and their dream." In our day of fighter jets, commercial airlines, and world travel, we often forget what a monumental feat this was in its' day. Often times having the dream or vision for where we desire to take the organization is not the problem. Many before the Wright brothers had dreamed of flight. But too often many simply give up when they see the obstacles before them.
There it is; the second big ugly word. So you want to win North America for Christ, you want to end hunger in your state, you want to eliminate illiteracy in your neighborhood? How are you going to do it? How are you going to overcome the obstacles of making this happen? This is where many dreams die or many turn their attention to chores of daily life (like the laundry).
This is exactly where we ask God to give us creativity and we take the big initial step to begin something that we are not exactly sure how it will end up. The end result is worth the risk. Don't get lost in the fog of uncertainty and doubt. Keep going and don't give up.


Syracuse Surging in ACC and is Duke the Inevitable Champs?
After a disappointing non-conference schedule by Syracuse's standards, the Orange are knocking on the door to first place in the ACC. A win over Boston College on Saturday has Syracuse sitting at 8-2 in conference. The road gets rough to close out the regular season. Jim Boeheim and company will face four top-15 teams in the final six games.
Four non-conference losses are incredibly rare in the Boeheim era and the Orange, in fact, have never reached the NCAA tournament the same year they've lost that many games prior to Big East/ACC play. They're back on track now with more opportunities ahead.
College basketball analyst Dan Bonner joined Big Board Sports to break down the Cuse and the college hoops landscape including whether or not he thinks Duke is a sure-thing in March.


Executive Vice President-Sales & Account Services, CVS Health Corp.
Presently, J. David Joyner is Executive Vice President-Sales & Account Services at CVS Health Corp. and Executive Vice President-Sales & Account Services at Caremark LLC (a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp.). He is also on the board of Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc.
In his past career Mr. Joyner occupied the position of Account Executive at Aetna Health Plans and Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing for Caremark, Inc.
J. David Joyner received an undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University.


This text is published as Chapter 1 of How to Pray (Part One: Foundations), entitled 'How to Prepare'. An introduction to the life of prayer with much practical advice about how to deepen your prayer life.
UNION WITH GOD. CHURCH. SACRAMENTS.
Everything we need for holiness.
Believe in God, and in His goodness.
Believe that it's possible to achieve union with God.
Believe that every spiritual gift you need can be given to you; and remember: whatever you might have heard before now, there's no need for anyone to be despondent about prayer, or about the possibility of achieving union with God. It's widely suggested that there are no 'easy answers' today, on the subjects of Faith, Church, or prayer. Yet our age lacks none of the great spiritual blessings which have been showered upon people in past ages. God in His love and wisdom has given us everything we could possibly need - and even more than we need - so that we can love and serve Him, and hope to achieve holiness and peace - and Heaven.
List the good things you've already been given. It's true that life is hard. It's true that, as Christ told us, "IT IS A NARROW GATE AND A HARD ROAD THAT LEADS TO LIFE" [Mt 7:14], but the help we can have is astonishing, if only we'll accept it; and if we're listing God's principal blessings and helps, we're wise to be grateful, first, for life itself.
God: the Source of all good things.
Remind yourself that it was God Who gave life to each one of us: with a mind to know, and a heart to love, and with unique opportunities and gifts, no matter how blighted might be our circumstances. Furthermore, it's God Who gives faith to those who will open their hearts to truth; and He increases that faith in hundreds of ways, if we allow Him to do so.
Think about the heart of the Faith: about the fact that God the Father sent His Son to earth to live amongst us, and to die for us, and to rise from the dead - and to take His place in Heaven, and then to send us His Holy Spirit Who gives us the hope that we can one day join Christ in Glory. This really happened. It makes a difference to our lives, when we believe it and see the significance of it.
Believe that God is looking lovingly upon you at every moment: with Infinite tenderness. What makes Christianity unique is that Christians pray to God with the confidence of little children before their beloved Father; and it's right that we know how this has been made possible. When Almighty God, Who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, was long ago planning to rescue mankind from the slavery of sin, He prepared the Virgin Mary for a special role in His plan; then He worked the marvel which we call the Incarnation.
Understand that the Holy Trinity was at work as God the Father sent His Son to take flesh from Mary, by the power of the Holy Spirit; and that's how Jesus came to be born and to live amongst us as God and man. He didn't just live here, and teach and heal; He died for our sins. He rose from the dead and returned to Heaven, where He waits - as it were - for us to join Him. Because of this we can be sure that we who now believe in Jesus, and have been baptised into His Life (or hope to be baptised,) and who follow His example, guided by His Holy Spirit, are allowed to address Almighty God not only as "God" or "Your Majesty" - as if on our knees - but as "Father", or "Abba": which means "Daddy". It's because Jesus is the Son of God, and because we are now bound to Jesus, that we too are children of God: adopted children: heirs to the Kingdom. This is why we pray to God our Father "IN THE NAME OF JESUS" [Ac 3:6]. It's as though, when we pray in Jesus' name, we're standing side by side with Jesus, offering one prayer to the Father; and the Father hears and grants our prayers for Jesus' sake.
The reason for our trust.
Consider what it means, that you are an adopted child of God. It's solely because - through baptism or through our desire for baptism - we now belong to Jesus, that we have the right to stand before God and to ask for and expect His help. We don't have to grovel, through ignorance, as though before a ruthless tyrant. We must bear in mind what a privilege and marvel it is, however, that through Jesus' suffering and death the sins we've committed against our infinitely holy and compassionate Creator can be forgiven.
Think about the God-given security to be found within the Catholic Church. Christ, the Divine Son, left behind one holy Church on earth of which He is the Head, even though perhaps more of its members are sinners than Saints; and it's truly holy, this marvellous Communion that we can join - or perhaps have already entered - in order to find sure teaching about what Christ is like, what He wants of us, and how we can imitate Him.
Imagine how your attitude will change, when you really believe that Christ's Holy Spirit guides the Catholic Church. Today, as ever, He guides it to choose leaders who, by Divine authority, teach the Church and the world about how repentance brings peace-of-soul and about the joys of 'life-in-Christ'. Here in the Church we can find sure teaching about how to please our Heavenly Father, and about what to believe and what to do so that we can live and die with the sure hope of reaching Eternal Life when our earthly struggles are ended.
Holy Scripture, and a living Tradition.
Don't be cynical about the sure teaching which Christ offers us through His Church. There's no matter of importance - whether about how to achieve Salvation, or how best to love God and our neighbour in daily life and struggle - on which we cannot find sure guidance from Christ's Church. We are guided through the living Tradition which continues, still, and through the Holy Scriptures which the Church long ago selected and of which the Church is now the supreme interpreter, and through the authoritative teachings of the Holy Father with the other faithful Bishops.
Treasure the sacraments. We who believe in God and in His Son, Jesus Christ, can be baptised into His Church, can have our sins forgiven, and can receive the Divine Life which enables us to live on earth as true children of God, clothed in the graces and virtues which are God's free gifts to all who will accept them. We can allow an unending stream of Divine help and grace to pour upon us through the sacraments, which are Christ's special gifts to His Church. New members are initiated through the sacraments, and the Faithful are helped in particular needs.
Be confident about the power of the sacraments, which is Christ's power. A sacrament is a visible and touchable sign: a way in which Christ Himself, through the Church, gives His special graces, by which we mean His power and holiness. We can know, whenever we see a sacrament being validly conferred, that Christ is powerfully at work in a special way. There is no area of life, of course, where God cannot act or 'enter'; but it's when valid sacraments are celebrated that we have cause for special confidence in God's power, since Christ Himself has arranged that we can go to Him for His extraordinary help at each significant moment of our lives.
Consider the seven sacraments. First, think what a marvel it is when sin is banished from our souls and Divine Life is given, and we are each made a member of the Church, in the Sacrament of Baptism. What a marvel it is that the Holy Spirit is given to us in Confirmation. Isn't it wonderful that whenever Christ's Church is united in prayer, as Our Lord commanded, in order to celebrate the Mass, which is a living memorial of His saving work, we can receive the greatest sacrament - the Eucharist! Christ Himself is Present with us in sacramental form, under the appearance of bread and wine; and this King and Friend is made Present amongst us during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass which surpasses every other type of worship on earth and which is the most perfect act of worship that can be offered by the Church.
Keep in mind the whole human life-span, and then realise that there's a sacrament for when we're in need of God's forgiveness because we've given in to mortal sin - and then look for reconciliation in the sacrament of Penance, often called Confession. There's a sacrament for our wedding - Christian Matrimony; and there's a sacrament provided by Christ for when a man has accepted a vocation to be a deacon or a priest or a bishop and is ready to be sent out to do his work: Holy Orders or Ordination; and there's a sacrament for when we're sick and helpless or dying - the sacrament of the anointing of the sick.
Pause for a moment to think about God's lavish generosity. As if the graces listed above weren't enough, we have Heavenly companions to help us. They're unseen at present; but we have the joy of knowing - by faith - that Christ's own Mother, Mary, is praying for us, as are the other Saints in Glory. We are united, through Christ, with the Holy Souls who have gone before us. The Holy Angels guard and guide us today as always, as God intends; and whether we are free or imprisoned, sick or healthy, hard at work or made redundant, surrounded by good-hearted people or lonely, we can know, if we have only a mustard-seed of faith, that God the Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - listens to our every whisper whenever we turn to Him in prayer, and leaves no prayer unanswered. We will meet hardship and persecution; but God can give us the courage to endure everything and to hope for perfect joy in Heaven.
Ask yourself: surely this is Good News? Yet although it's all true, it's also true that courage is needed to start acting upon it: to confide in God, to ask for His help, to give up sin, and to turn to His Church to receive the Divine graces that will make possible a way of life which, for those who persevere, will bring peace and joy beyond their wildest dreams. But that life must usually be lived out in a society and a world which heaps scorn upon simple faith: upon the idea of 'putting God first'. Indeed, many people don't believe that it's possible to know enough about God and His wishes to be able to aim for sanctity. Don't be amongst them.
Pray to be given grace and wisdom so that you listen to what God is teaching us through the Catholic Church. Practice your faith. Don't be afraid to say with conviction to other people that some ways of life are good and some are evil, that God alone can lead us to choose to do good, and that God alone can give us the graces necessary to achieve holiness and Salvation.
Be determined to love and serve Christ, and to be faithful to the Catholic Church, which He founded. It's not the most important answers which are lacking, in the Church today. What is lacking, rather, is the faith to accept the answers now being offered by Christ, through His Church. What is lacking is the courage to make the sacrifices which must be made by anyone who hopes to draw close to Christ, to 'run the race' to the finish, and to be with Him in Heaven forever. It's through prayer that we can say 'Yes' to God's friendship, 'Yes' to His wish that we love Him and our neighbour whatever the cost, and 'Yes' to His offer of unceasing and loving help on our journey to sanctity; and so I hope and pray that something within this little book on prayer will touch a few hearts and minds, and will encourage some of you to listen to Christ, and to enter the "NARROW GATE" [Mt 7:14] which is mentioned in Saint Matthew's Gospel.
Try to learn a little about the sort of devotions which are commonplace but valuable, in Catholic life. We can omit some of our devotions, temporarily, in times of illness or crisis; but it's best never to omit the 'basics', by which I mean daily praise and thanksgiving to God, no matter in what 'shape' it's offered, nor how briefly.
Don't believe that you have to pray in precisely the same way as everyone else. I've included numerous details not in order to persuade everyone to pray in the same way but only to show that the true prayer-in-union which some of us hope to achieve needs a firm foundation. Although it's true that we can only pray because God in His kindness has first prompted us to do so, and then has enabled us to pray to Him by the power of His Spirit, and in the Name of Jesus, it's also true that each of us needs to make important choices: first, whether or not to pray, and secondly, when to start, if we're willing.
Don't be ashamed to admit that you've never prayed sincerely, or regularly, and don't really know how to start. It's a wonderful thing to see the truth, and to admit it.
Accept this assurance that I'm going to write about a way of praying which is fairly straightforward and which will bring whoever chooses to practice it closer to God. But I'm not saying that it's the best or the only way. If I met someone who asked me to teach her how to swim, I'd probably teach her the side-stroke; but another person might teach her how to do 'the crawl'; but in either case, she'd learn how to move in such a way that - at the same time - she stayed afloat in the water and also moved swiftly to the other side of the pool. So with prayer; methods might vary, but the main aims should be unchanging.
Be content to pray in the way which God has brought to your attention through a book, perhaps, or through a prayerful friend - as long as that prayer involves belief in God, with reverent and trusting attention as you approach Him in the Name of Christ. I'll explain more about Christ in a moment; but every reliable Christian teacher wants to help people to raise their hearts and minds to God; and so all methods and recommendations can be judged - where this is necessary - by whether or not they do indeed encourage you to move towards God in sincere praise, thanksgiving, contrition and trust.
Take a look at the next few pages, where you'll see most of the things I've suggested to people who've asked me about prayer in the past few years, though, as I've said, there are numerous valid and worthwhile 'approaches'; and of course we can pray absolutely anywhere, at any time; but my aim has always been to encourage people to develop the habit of prayer; hence the details below about place and time and posture, as well as about our attitude.
Think about friendship, if you want to look clearly at God and at the subject of prayer. If you have friends or relatives on earth whom you love and admire enormously, you probably make sure they're involved in your life. So it should be between ourselves and our loving Creator.
Recognise the pattern you follow whenever you meet someone who seems to admire you, and who is good company, or can be helpful. You probably want to know more about him. You long to see him, or even to visit places connected with him or with his family. You long to be worthy of his friendship. You have perhaps decided to make good changes in your way of life in order to please him; and perhaps you've told your friends about this great person. So it can be with you and your Divine Saviour, if you're sincere about becoming His friend and companion.
Look at Christ's life, to learn about prayer. Prayer to His Father was important to Him, and frequent and trusting; and Christ prayed before every major event, decision or new venture.
Be reverent before God. True prayer can scarcely begin in hearts which are cynical, arrogant or greedy: hence the importance of reverence before God, with contrition and trust, and gratitude and love. These are the virtues by which we open the 'door' of our hearts to the Invisible but Infinitely-beautiful and tender God Who is inviting us to meet Him; and surely - if our Eternity is to be spent with Him - we'd be sensible to meet Him now, instead of pushing Him aside, so to speak, until the day when, without preparation, we risk being overwhelmed by the contrast between His Glory and purity and our sinfulness.
It wasn't my idea to write a book on "How to pray". But now that I've finished the book I hope it will be useful.
I'm a 'convert' Catholic. It's thirty years since I was received into full Communion; and it's because I want to encourage other Catholics to pray regularly that I've included suggestions for people at different stages of the spiritual life. There are things here for beginners as well as for long-time praying people. In just over a hundred pages, there's some practical advice about how to start praying; and this includes "How to pray the Mass". There's a rather daunting description - for determined souls - of the various stages of purification which are usually experienced before a sinful soul is ready for the bliss and glory and holiness of Heaven; and there are some illustrations which I hope will lift a few hearts and minds towards Heavenly realities, and which might provide a reminder that God and Heaven are more real and glorious than what we usually call 'real life' on Earth.