The aim of the paper was to study the length of days open in Romanian Black and White cows according to county and parity. Researches were carried out on 3167 lactations obtained from 1200 cows reared in Timis and Caras-Severin counties. Average days open was 163.5 days (5 months and 11 days) for cows in Timis County and 122.7 days (4 months and one day) for cows in Caras-Severin County. The difference of 40.8 days in the favor of cows from Timis County was significant (p<0.001). The longest period of days open was obtained in primiparous cows both in Timis and Caras-Severin, being 174.6 days (5 months and 22 days) and 139.0 (4 months and 17 days), respectively. The shortest length of days open was obtained for both counties in the third parity, being 150.8 days (5 months and 4 days) and 112.9 (3 months and 21 days), respectively. In Timis County, primiparous cows had a significantly longer days open (p<0.05) compared to cows in second, third, fourth and seventh and over parities. There were no significant differences (p>0.05) for days open between parities for cows in Caras-Severin County.


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Drama > Romantic Drama
The Petrified Forest (1936)
directed by Archie Mayo
featuring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Genevieve Tobin
Drama > Psychological Drama
Drama > Crime Drama
Burned-out British intellectual Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) wanders into the desert service station/restaurant owned by Jason Maple (Porter Hall). Alan finds himself an object of fascination for Jason's starry-eyed daughter, Gabrielle Bette Davis, who dreams of moving to France and establishing herself. Boze Hertzlinger (Dick Foran), Gabrielle's gas-jockey boyfriend, grows jealous of Alan, but the penniless, dissipated Briton has no intention of settling down; in fact, as soon as he mooches a ride from wealthy tourists Mr. ... Read More
Burned-out British intellectual Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) wanders into the desert service station/restaurant owned by Jason Maple (Porter Hall). Alan finds himself an object of fascination for Jason's starry-eyed daughter, Gabrielle Bette Davis, who dreams of moving to France and establishing herself. Boze Hertzlinger (Dick Foran), Gabrielle's gas-jockey boyfriend, grows jealous of Alan, but the penniless, dissipated Briton has no intention of settling down; in fact, as soon as he mooches a ride from wealthy tourists Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm (Paul Harvey and Genevieve Tobin), he's on his way out of Gabrielle's life...or so everyone thinks. Later that same day, Alan, Gabrielle, Jason, Boze, and Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm are huddled together in the selfsame restaurant, held at gunpoint by Dillinger-like desperado Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart) and his gang. Alan seems indifferent to the danger, toasting Duke as "the last great apostle of rugged individualism." Sensing an opportunity to give his life meaning, Alan takes Duke aside, begging the outlaw to kill him so that Gabrielle can travel to Paris on the money provided by Alan's insurance policy. When the police converge on the restaurant, Duke announces that he intends to use Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm as a shield in order to make his escape. Alan tries to stop him, receiving a bullet in the belly for his troubles. "So long, pal," growls Duke fatalistically, moments before his own death, "I'll be seein' ya soon." Alan dies in Gabrielle's arms, secure in the knowledge that, alone among the film's principals, she will be able to escape the trap of her existence. When originally presented on Broadway, Robert E. Sherwood's The Petrified Forest starred Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart. Warner Bros. intended to cast Edward G. Robinson in Duke's role, only to be thwarted by Howard, who told the studio that he himself would drop out of the project if Bogart wasn't retained. The film proved to be just the break that Bogart needed; years later, he expressed his undying gratitude to Howard by naming his daughter Leslie Bogart. One year after The Petrified Forest, Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Howard co-starred in The Stand-In. Hal Erickson, Rovi Read Less
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Fall in love with Leslie Howard
OK, I haven't seen it for a while, but I remember it as one of my favorites.
This is the movie that gave me a crush on Leslie Howard when I was 14 years old. Ditto for my aunt at similar age, when the film was released. Because of this crush, I cringed to see Leslie later in "Gone With The Wind", or actually, in color. He is still gorgeous in Black and White.
This is the movie that made Bogart a star.
Movie had originally been a play, and it still seems like a good play. Would not be expensive to produce. I remembered it as desperado Bogart and intellectual Leslie Howard talking for most of it, as they sat in café with Bogart's gang holding everyone at gunpoint--but when I saw it more recently, it actually didn't take up as much of the movie as I had remembered.
Historically important line: "Tipping is un-American."
Its theme of people not living up to what they wanted to be in their lives is not restricted to the principal characters. This is a good historical movie with still-relevant situations and dialogue.

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China Development Bank (CDB) () ist ein staatliches Unternehmen der Volksrepublik China mit Sitz in Peking. Das Unternehmen wurde 1994 gegründet. Geleitet wurde das Unternehmen seit 1998 bis 2013 von dem chinesischen Politiker Chen Yuan. Von 2013 bis 2019 wurde die Bank von Hu Huaibang geführt, der wegen Korruption verurteilt wurde. Seit 2019 ist Zhao Huan Vorsitzender.

Das Unternehmen finanziert unter anderem große Infrastrukturprojekte, wie beispielsweise den Drei-Schluchten-Damm und den Flughafen Shanghai-Pudong. Für Kredite der CDB haftet die Regierung der Volksrepublik China. Im Unternehmen sind rund 3.500 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt (Stand:Ende 2004).

China vergibt über die China Development Bank auch Kredite an Länder wie Venezuela, Brasilien, Indien, Ghana und Argentinien, häufig zur Sicherung zukünftiger Rohstofflieferungen. Aufgrund der hohen Währungsreserven aus dem Export waren die ebenfalls staatliche Export-Import Bank of China und die CDA zusammen in den Jahren 2009 und 2010 mit über 100 Milliarden US-Dollar noch vor der multilateral agierenden Weltbank die größten Kreditgeber an Entwicklungsländer.

Der 2009 gegründete Flugzeugfinanzierer CDB Aviation in Dublin ist ein Tochterunternehmen der Finanzierungsleasinggesellschaft CDB Leasing Co. Ltd (1984 bis Mai 2008  Shenzhen Finance Leasing Co. Ltd.) für verschiedene Transportsektoren.

Galerie

Siehe auch
 Liste der größten Unternehmen der Welt

Weblinks
 China Development Bank (englisch)
 Bankportrait, FAZ, 27. August 2008
  In: FTD, 29. August 2008

Einzelnachweise

Unternehmen (Peking)
Kreditinstitut (Volksrepublik China)
Gegründet 1994

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A shaky global economy hasn't rattled the local real estate board president's confidence in Greater Victoria's property market.
"It's hard to look (ahead) over a couple of years, especially with the instability in the world economy right now," said Dennis Fimrite, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board and a realtor with Firm Management Corp., when asked about the future of real estate in the region.
Fimrite said historically, prices can spike dramatically in the region, then tend to flatten out for the following three to four years.
Good employment opportunities, a diversified economy and beautiful surroundings will hold the market steady, he said.
According to the Multiple Listing Service, sales slowed once again after a modest revival in August. In September, 458 properties moved, compared to 542 the month before. September 2010 was a particularly slow month, with 395 property sales.
Month over month, the average price of properties declined slightly in Greater Victoria. The average price of a single-family house was $622,393 – about $30,000 less than in August.
The average price for condos slipped slightly, by about $6,500 to $332,490 in September. The average for townhouses showed virtually no change.
In September, 17 properties sold for more than $1 million, including a Saanich East house that went for more than $6 million.
The average price for a detached house in Greater Vancouver was $888,243 in August 2011, or $407,457 for a condo.


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Q: Flair JSON returns invalid IMG tag in gravatarHtml Someone pointed out to me recently that my website doesn't validate. It seems the error is coming from the fact that the JSON returned for StackOverflow flair contains an invalid IMG tag in gravatarHtml:

The IMG tag isn't self-closing. Should be:

A: Image tags should not be closed in valid HTML, which Stack Overflow is
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd" >

Closing tags are reserved for XHTML. It's kind of a difficult move from here, since both parties can't be satisfied from the same source.

A: We've deprecated the JSON and IFRAME flairs in favor of the simpler .png image flairs:
https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/flair-now-even-flairier/
Can you switch to that?

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High school softball: Yoga serves as Perry's secret weapon en route to berth in Division I state semifinals
PERRY TWP.: The Perry softball team endured a little stress before defeating its tournament nemesis, North Canton Hoover, in the district semifinals. The Panthers then were scoreless for three innings before rising up to defeat No. 1 seed Louisville for the district title.
After four consecutive Division I tournament wins by a collective score of 35-0, Perry's moment of truth came in the bottom of the first inning in Saturday's Akron regional final against Willoughby South.
The home team Rebels had the bases loaded with one out and were threatening to be the first team to take a lead on Perry and ace pitcher Payton Gottshall. Possibly a big lead, which might induce big pressure on Perry. Or not.
Gottshall went to the back of the circle, regrouped mentally and struck out the next two Rebels.
Thank you, yoga. Thank you, Perry instructors Dr. Margaret DeLillo-Storey, district clinical counselor, and Lori Howenstine, the Health Science Academy department chair.
"It does help," Gottshall said after Perry's 14-0 win put it in Thursday's state semifinal against Teays Valley at Firestone Stadium. "They have us do breathing [exercises], deep breathing in and out. I did that that first inning. Then I got back on [my game]."
Perry senior Riley Lesh said the weekly breathing techniques they practice are a valuable restart mechanism.
"It helps us focus and remember to have calm intensity," the second baseman said. "Just bring it, and relax. Stay calm, cool and collected.
"I like it a lot. It helps us bring our focus back to the game."
Gotthshall was so focused (and relaxed) she drilled a home run in the third inning of the regional final to start the scoring. Lesh went 3-for-4 with a walk. And that's the way the Perry team has performed all postseason — with what coach Scott Daugherty has described as "a calm intensity."
Daugherty said before this season began that he wanted to put his Panthers in as many pressure situations as possible so they knew how to react when the heat was on. His previous four Perry teams had enjoyed great success — 20-plus wins, Federal League championships, No. 1 seeds and No. 2 state rankings — but had not advanced out of the brutal Massillon Division I district.
He felt the players internalized pressure and eventually it affected their efforts.
Enter yoga.
"It's something we've been doing once a week in addition to our strength training," Daugherty said. "We lift twice during the week and do yoga once, a lot of core strength conditioning. Our girls have noticed a difference in their flexibilty. But, it's really about the breathing.
"Yoga helps to slow everything down. Those deep breaths are just slowing down the athletes a little bit; it slows your heart rate down a little bit. Doing those things, I think, has really allowed them to relax and play well in these big moments."
Yoga is both a physical and mental exercise. It works the body and mind. It deals with the individual and the group.
"We do it in kind of a small room," Gottshall said. "So we kind of mess around a little bit. It's just relaxing for us. It gets our mind clear. We come in [to games and practice] refreshed."
Gottshall's battery mate Gia Durieux agreed.
"It helps a lot," the junior catcher said. "It definitely mentally prepares us. It helps mentally more than anything. We do yoga, sometimes we do water yoga and obviously we do our lifting. We do the yoga to mentally take a break from everything."
Not everything has gone Perry's way in 2018. It started out with washed-out, snowed-out games. Then a 3-3 start. Back-to-back losses to Hillsdale and Louisville. A knee injury to senior pitcher Makenna Durieux.
Throughout the early trials and tribulations, the Panthers were breathing as one. Now they are 23-5 and where they've always wanted to be.
"The only thing that's changed this year is we're doing more mental training," Daugherty said. "Is that part of the secret to our success? I have no idea. But our girls are playing with more confidence than they ever have before.
"I've got to believe that is part of it."


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Q: Is a custom UIActivity with the bookmark icon possible? Part of my iOS app is a file viewer with a UIActivityViewController. From it, I would like users to be able to do normal activity view stuff with the file, like mailing it, saving it to photos (if it's a photo), and everything else. However, my app has a bookmarks feature. I would like for users to be able to bookmark files from this menu. I have created a custom UIActivity to add the object to the bookmarks list, but I have not been able to figure out how to have it use the system bookmark icon. Is this even possible?
EDIT: For clarification, this is in the menu that you get when you click a "share" button.

A: Easy peasy. It all depends on how you are initiating it, is it in a navigation controller, swipe gesture, toolbar item or just a regular button? Either way it doesn't matter but if you want a specific answer you'll have to ask a specific question.
Here is an example how to accomplish your goal buy using a bookmark button that is connected in Storyboard interface, however the IBActions for addToFav and download aren't an interface and don't need to be:
-(IBAction) moreActions:(id)sender {
UIActionSheet *moreActions = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:nil delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:@"Add To Favorites", @"Download For Offline View",@"Open Document In :", nil];
[moreActions showInView:self.view];
}

And the way you perform actions is by calling the method below:
-(void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {

switch (buttonIndex) {
    case 0: [self addToFav:self]; //See IBAction below
        break;
    case 1: [self download:self]; //See IBAction below
        break;
    case 2: {
        //UIDocumentInteractionController:

        NSURL *docURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"filePathStringHere"];

        documentInteractionController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:docURL];
        [documentInteractionController setDelegate:self];
        [documentInteractionController presentOpenInMenuFromRect:CGRectZero inView:self.view animated:YES];
    }
        break;
}

}
 - (IBAction)download:(id)sender {
//enter your download code here
}

- (IBAction)addToFav:(id)sender {
//Code to add to your favorites
}


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Tag: pop nonsense
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
On December 5, 2009 February 10, 2010 By weirdestbandIn Uncategorized1 Comment
Okay, so in this case, it's not the band that's weird per se; it's the way they're working on their latest project. Dogs Die in Hot Cars is an awesome band from Scotland that first surfaced in 2004–a somewhat unfortunate time, as they got a bit unfairly lumped in with other similar-sounding Scottish and Brit-pop bands of the day like Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Futureheads, etc. After releasing just one EP (Man Bites Man) and one full-length album (Please Describe Yourself), the quintet decided to call it a day, abandoning work on a follow-up album in 2007 and going their separate ways. Or so we thought!
Last year, the band resurfaced, releasing demo tracks from their second album one at a time on their website along with the "stems" or individual elements, i.e. vocals, guitar, keys, etc., which they encouraged fans to use to create their own remixes or alternate versions of the songs. They're calling the whole project "Dogs Die in Hot Cars is making Pop Nonsense."
Bands releasing stems for fans to create their own remixes is nothing new; artists from Nine Inch Nails to Radiohead have launched similar projects. But here's where it gets interesting: DDIHC is promising to release their favorite fan-submitted mixes in an album sometime in the near future and split the royalties 50-50 with the contributors. It's band 2.0!
We did a lot of digging on the web and have been unable to get the full backstory on this project; it doesn't seem like the band has discussed it at all with the press, or if they have, any stories about Dog Dies in Hot Cars, the band, tend to get buried under "Dogs die in hot cars!", the public service announcement. Either the members of DDIHC couldn't agree on the final mixes or arrangements for their songs, or they got bored, or they got hosed somehow when their label V2 Records, dropped its entire artist roster in early 2007, which would have been right around the time they were in the midst of recording the tracks that make up Pop Nonsense. Also, a few months ago, the band announced that it was no longer taking submissions for the project and pulled all the downloadable tracks and stems off their website. So most of the music is no longer readily available at this point, unless you're lucky enough to know someone who downloaded all 17 songs.
There really isn't anything from Pop Nonsense available on YouTube, and the band's earlier material, while fabulous in its own XTC/Madness way, isn't really all that weird. But here's a link to a stream of the title track. (We were really hoping to find this one track called "Serious," which has a sort of drunken, impending-pub-brawl chorus that goes something like "Serious! I'm fookin' serious! Serious! I'm so illy serious!" But alas, we came up empty.) The band may be calling these "demos," but they sound pretty polished to us…in a good way. Here's hoping the full Pop Nonsense project, original tracks and remixes, finally gets a proper release, because these guys definitely deserve to be rediscovered.
Dogs Die in Hot Cars is making Pop Nonsense
Dogs Die in Hot Cars official site
Dogs Die in Hot Cars on MySpace


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Stefano Gervasoni (born 26 July 1962 in Bergamo) is an Italian composer.

A protégé of Luigi Nono, Gervasoni studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. In 1995 he became composer in residence at the Villa Médicis in Rome.  He has won many prizes for composition, and several of his works were commissioned by cultural institutions in France, where he spent three years.

He is currently professor of composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (Paris Conservatoire).

External links
 Personal site
 Kulturserver.de
 Rehearsal photographs
 Agora festival 2007

Italian classical composers
Italian male classical composers
20th-century classical composers
1962 births
Living people
21st-century classical composers
20th-century Italian composers
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21st-century Italian male musicians


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NUMBERS 34-36
« Numbers 33 | Numbers 34-36 | Deuteronomy 1 »
Instruction for Apportioning Canaan
34:1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders. 3 Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. 4 Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon. 5 The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.
6 'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.
7 'And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8 You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad; 9 and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.
10 'For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth. 12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.'"
13 So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. 14 For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession. 15 The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising."
16 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 "These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 Of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud." 29 These are those whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Cities for the Levites
35:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, 2 "Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities. 3 The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.
4 "The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around. 5 You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.
6 The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. 7 All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands. 8 As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his possession which he inherits."
9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there. 12 The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial. 13 The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge. 14 You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
16 'But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. 20 If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died, 21 or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
22 'But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait, 23 or with any deadly object of stone, and without seeing it dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury, 24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances. 25 The congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee, 27 and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession.
29 'These things shall be for a statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 'If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 31 Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. 32 You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. 33 So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. 34 You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"
Inheritance by Marriage
36:1 And the heads of the fathers' households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, 2 and they said, "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. 3 But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. 4 When the jubilee of the sons of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."
5 Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements. 6 This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, 'Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.' 7 Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 Every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance."
10 Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did: 11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles' sons. 12 They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the tribe of the family of their father.
13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which the LORD commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.


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Syfy Continues the New Year's Tradition with Its 22nd Annual "The Twilight Zone" Marathon, Saturday December 31 Through January 2
In addition, for the first time in its history of "The Twilight Zone" marathons, Syfy will let fans choose which episodes will air during primetime on Sunday, January 1 (from 8/7c to 11/10c).
[via press release from Syfy]
For the First Time in the Marathon's History, Syfy Will Let the Fans Program the New Year's Day Primetime Block
NEW YORK, NY - December 21, 2016 - Ring in the New Year with Syfy's 22ndannual 'The Twilight Zone' marathon, running from Saturday, December 31 at 6am through Monday, January 2 at 4am, and featuring 128 classic episodes, including "Twenty-Two" and "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet."
In addition, for the first time in its history of 'The Twilight Zone' marathons, Syfy will let fans choose which episodes will air during primetime on Sunday, January 1 (from 8/7c to 11/10c). Starting at 7:30/6:30c, viewers can cast their votes for one of two competing episodes by tweeting the specially created episode hashtags to the official Syfy handle, @Syfy. In all, 12 episodes will be in contention for 6 slots, with the winning episodes airing immediately following a 15-minute voting window.
Click here for the full 'Twilight Zone' marathon line-up.
About Syfy
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 96 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.


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MOVIE REVIEW: Titanic in 3D
This movie review for Titanic in 3D was written by guest blogger Liz Parker...
I have been obsessed with both the actual story of the Titanic and the movie Titanic since the film premiered in December 1997, when I was almost eleven years old, and to see it again on the big screen was definitely a treat. Titanic's proof of success is that it reigned at the box office as the highest grossing film ever until, ironically, James Cameron's Avatar beat its record in 2009. The real question with the re-release of Titanic in 3D, as with most of these re-releases, then, is: should you pay to see it again in 3D?
In 1912, Titanic, aka "The Unsinkable Ship," is about to set sail for her maiden voyage, and everyone is excited to board it; everyone except Rose Dewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet, Contagion), that is, who calls it a "slave ship" that will take her back to America and to a life of privilege with her fiance, Cal Hockley (Billy Zane, The Confidant). Meanwhile, Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar) and his friend Fabrizio win a Third Class ticket onto the Titanic in a game of poker five minutes before the ship is to depart, and they run through the crowded English streets trying to catch the ship before it leaves. Rose ends up making Jack's acquaintance in an unusual situation once on-board, and even Cal and his henchman (David Warner, Planet of the Apes) cannot tear them apart. The romance is tested, of course, when the ship hits an iceberg and it is revealed by the ship's architect Mr. Andrews (Victor Garber, TV's Alias) that Titanic will be at the bottom of the ocean within two hours.
The story starts out, however, with a crew led by Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton, Haywire) searching through the Titanic's remains, for one specific artifact: the Heart of the Ocean necklace, rumored to be one of the most expensive diamonds in the world. They find an old safe in the remnants of what was Cal Hockley's suite, and are excited, thinking that the necklace will be there - only to find nothing of value in the safe except for an old sketch. The twist, however, is that the woman in the sketch is wearing the necklace. Rose (Gloria Stuart, The Million Dollar Hotel), now almost 101 years old, sees an interview with Lovett and the drawing, and immediately places a phone call to him; she is the model in the drawing, and she hasn't seen it for the past 85 years.
Definitely see this film. Even though Titanic weighs in at a lengthy 3 hours at 14 minutes, the film still manages to keep you captivated the entire time. This is probably due to the fact, among others, that it mixes many genres: there's the classic rich girl/poor boy romance, the disaster movie theme, the fact that it's based on a real event, and the dynamics between the rich (First Class) and poor (Third Class), and this is why, fifteen years later, it's still able to fascinate us.
James Cameron built an almost exact replica of the Titanic and was obsessed with historical accuracy, and these details really shine through in the movie; the love story is obviously fictional, but the rest of the movie is gorgeously historically accurate, down to the entrance to the First Class dining room to the staterooms and the ship itself. James Cameron decided that if he was going to make a movie about the Titanic, he would also use real footage from the wreck, as seen when a present-day Rose sees the footage on the computer screen. The acting, too, is phenomenal, and really boosted the careers of Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, two actors that are still very much in the public eye today; there's also some nice acting by Frances Fisher (Sedona), playing Winslet's mother, and Kathy Bates (TV's Harry's Law), in the role of Molly Brown, one of the only First Class people to still have a conscience, since she is from "new money." The classical score by James Horner, too, is very subtle but overall manages to enhance the film.
As for the 3D, I was overall impressed with it, but it was a bit shaky in some parts, noticeably so when there was a close-up of a person or in scenes when Rose and/or Jack are running through crowds or the ship. The 3D is more of the type that brings you into the scenes themselves than the kind where things "pop out" at you, and this was really nice; I felt like I was actually on the Titanic, which of course was fantastic until the ship started to sink. This film definitely didn't need the 3D to begin with, but it will most likely do well at the box office - people who haven't seen it will want to, and those that have already seen it will want to see it again. Titanic is one of my favorite movies, though I only watch it every five years or so because of its runtime, and I am hoping that with this re-release, a new generation of moviegoers will be encouraged to see it.
Titanic 3D is rated PG-13 with a runtime of 194 minutes, and is in theaters today, April 4th.
Story: 5 out of 5 stars
3D: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Liz Parker is a 2009 graduate of the University of Michigan. She currently works as an Assistant Medical Editor for a pathology website. Visit her at her movie blog Yes/No Films
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You are at:Home»Business»Warrington council buys Eddie Stobart distribution HQ for £26m
Warrington council buys Eddie Stobart distribution HQ for £26m
By	Gary Skentelbery on 16th October 2018 1:20 pm Business, Business News, News, Village Life
WARRINGTON Borough Council has bought Eddie Stobart's distribution HQ at Stretton for £26.1m, a 4.35% net initial yield.
The distribution HQ totalling 164,048 sq ft, has been purchased from Ropemaker Properties and adjoins the M56 at the established Stretton Green Distribution Park, Warrington.
Ropemaker originally bought the building in 2013 for £16m by way of a sale and leaseback from Eddie Stobart until July 2033 with fixed annual increases equivalent to 1.5% pa.
The 17.59 acre site incorporates a distribution warehouse, vehicle maintenance unit, head office and expansion land.
Warrington Borough Council used its in house property team for the purchase.
The Council's executive Board approved the proposal to acquire the property for financial investment purposes to support the medium term financial plan and reasons of economic growth.
Members of the executive Board were told the purchase supported the Council's Property Investment Strategy and seeks to deliver the ambition to become financially sustainable through longer term planning as set out in the Council's Corporate Strategy 2018-2020.
The property acquisition is an invest to save scheme, generating a commercial return to the Council.
The reasons outlined for purchasing the property, which will yield a rental income of over £1m a year are
•To provide a secure, net income stream for the Council
•To bring another Warrington property asset into Council ownership and open opportunity for future regeneration
•To enhance the Council's position as a major land owner with the ability to influence the growth of the future development of the town
•The Council is seen to be acting proactively and taking leadership, investing in the town to promote economic development
•To enable the Council's ambition to become financially sustainable through longer term planning
•To assist in delivering the raised target for property income
Last year the council purchased Birchwood Park for an estimated £200m which has returned a yield of around £5m in year one.
Meanwhile Stobarts have submitted a planning application to build a new state-of-the-art warehouse facility on Green Belt land opposite their existing HQ.
If the application by developer Liberty Properties for land at Appleton Thorn is approved by the Council's planning committee, the 630,000ft2 building will create around 480 permanent jobs on site and support another 250 off site.
The land earmarked for development
New £75m Eddie Stobart warehouse would create 730 jobs
Jim on 29th October 2018 11:33 am 11:33 am
Gary, I think we're all grateful to have you providing an alternative news source, but when you present a council press release like this you – arguably – give legitimacy to what looks like quite an iffy business proposition.
I hope you'll question WBC on this and other deals. It really would be appreciated – you're our best hope of holding the council to account.
Apologies Gary, now that you've clarified that this wasn't a press release I'm much happier. When you Google this stuff, Warrington Worldwide articles show up as 'Gary Skentelbery (press release)', which probably confuses things.
I don't like this deal on several fronts. As a business proposition, it doesn't stack up – has that site really gained so much in value? What happens to our margins when interest rates rise? How well have we factored in maintenance and depreciation?
And then the really big question – how can the Council possibly take an unbiased, objective position over the planning application for expansion? Stobart now has a loaded gun to the council's head.


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Égalité, Liberté?
As I was thinking about the application of the liberty interest protected by s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the family/marriage context, which I have written about here and here, a question occurred to me: why wasn't it invoked to argue for the unconstitutionality of denying same-sex couple the opportunity to marry? The question is, of course, academic, since same-sex marriage has now been the law of the land for many years. But I am, after all, a wannabe academic, and find it quite interesting.
Probably the most significant judicial decision on the subject was Halpern v. Canada (Attorney General), 65 OR (3d) 161 (Ontario C.A.); it held that the restriction of marriage to opposite-sex couples was a breach of the equality guarantee of s. 15(1) of the Charter, while rejecting a church's claim that it was a violation of its freedom of religion. But the s. 7 liberty guarantee was not even raised before the Court. The same was true in Hendricks c. Québec (Procureur général), [2002] R.J.Q. 2506, a decision of the Superior Court of Québec.
Yet the Supreme Court's jurisprudence recognizes (and already recognized by the time these cases were decided) that "'liberty' is engaged where state compulsions or prohibitions affect important and fundamental life choices," as Justice Bastarache put it, writing for the majority in Blencoe v. British Columbia (Human Rights Commission), 200o SCC 44, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 307, at par. 49. It seems to me that the choice of a spouse is quite obviously a "fundamental life choice," or, to take up language from Justice Laforest's concurring opinion in Godbout v. Longueuil (City), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844, at par. 66, a matter "fundamentally or inherently personal such that, by [its] very nature, [it] implicate[s] basic choices going to the core of what it means to enjoy individual dignity and independence." And it also seems to me that it would not have been difficult to argue that denying homosexuals this fundamental life choice is arbitrary and therefore not in accordance with principles of fundamental justice ― not more difficult, in any case, than the very similar argument that was made in the context of the equality analysis.
Why, then, did the applicants in Halpern and Hendricks not invoke s. 7? Why, indeed, is the public discourse about same-sex marriage only concerned, so far as I can tell, with equality and not liberty ― why do we talk about marriage equality and not marriage liberty?
I can think of one way to argue that marriage isn't about liberty at all. It would involve saying that marriage is not something that people do, but merely a package of benefits that they get. In that case, it makes little sense that denying access to it is a breach of a person's liberty, though if the reason for the denial is discriminatory, it is a breach of equality rights. (Similarly, it would have made no sense for the appellants in Egan v. Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 513, the case in which the Supreme Court first recognized that sexual orientation is a prohibited ground of discrimination under s. 15(1) of the Charter, to argue that the denial to one of them of a spousal allowance because they were in a same-sex rather than opposite-sex relationship was a breach of their liberty.) But I am pretty sure that neither the advocates nor the opponents of same-sex marriage think about it as a mere package of benefits granted by the state. They see it as something more, something people engage in and not only receive. If so, then restricting it is a breach of people's liberty.
The only other explanation for the absence of liberty from the same-sex marriage discourse I have come up with is political. Same-sex marriage has been, for the most part, a cause of the "progressive" side of the political spectrum. Its advocates tend to be people who just are more concerned with equality than with liberty ― not just in the matter of marriage, but in most, if not all, of their political views. Equality-based arguments have more appeal to them than those based on liberty. Perhaps. But I doubt that that is all there is to this curious matter, and would be disappointed it were. What am I missing?
All that is not to say that the equality arguments in favour of same-sex marriage are mistaken or unimportant. Discrimination is at the heart of the denial to same-sex couples of the opportunities that their opposite-sex counterparts have always enjoyed. And so far litigation is concerned, there might be no point in invoking an additional argument if one is sure to prevail on another one (though recall that in Halpern, the applicants asserted a religious freedom claim, which in my view was much less plausible than the one based on liberty, and which indeed went nowhere). Still, I find the absence of liberty from the discourse about marriage perplexing, and the same-sex marriage litigation will remain something of a lost opportunity for courts to develop this branch of our constitutional jurisprudence.
Author Leonid SirotaPosted on July 18, 2013 Categories Constitutional law, Constitutional TheoryTags equality, liberty, marriage, same-sex marriage
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Optimizing power delivery networks
A few rules of thumb help navigate the nuances and common pitfalls of power system design using power modules.
By Jeff Ham, Principal Applications Engineer
With industry emphasis on minimizing and eliminating waste wherever possible, it is the responsibility of the system designer to optimize the overall power architecture. Every piece of electronic equipment has a power delivery network (PDN) typically comprised of, but not limited to, cables, bus bars, connectors, circuit board copper power planes, ac-dc and dc-dc converters and regulators. Everything within this network influences how well the design functions as it sees line, load and environmental variations.
Historically, power architectures have been defined in the late stages of product development, when space and options are already limited. A more proactive approach that places architecture design early in the process lends itself to producing more robust systems able to accommodate changing design specifications during development.
Power designers often focus on the conversion stages to maximize conversion efficiency and minimize power loss. The primary driver has been thermal management because the conversion stages are typically among the largest contributors to the thermal load. High power dissipation requires more complex and extensive cooling methods which all add cost and size, especially for applications in harsh environments.
Dissipated power is the difference between input power and output power. One determines the power converter's dissipated power by dividing the power rating of the converter by its decimal equivalent efficiency: A 100-W-rated converter with an efficiency of 80% will have in input power of 125W and a dissipated power of 25W. It is critical to consider each element in the system this way to determine total system losses. Boosting efficiency by even a small amount can significantly reduce losses. For example, a 10-point rise in efficiency–to 90% in this example–may not seem like much, but it reduces the power dissipated by more than half: 11.1W down from 25W.
What does this efficiency increase do for the power delivery network? Apart from reducing the thermal impact of a converter, it also reduces the demand on the input source which needs to deliver less power. This lower power use also means that for a given input voltage, the source current is also lower. From Ohm's law, power can be viewed as the product of voltage and current and as the product of resistance and the square of the current (P = VI = I2R). In analysis of power delivery networks it is the resistance term that is frequently overlooked. All paths from the source to the load have a fixed resistance. All of them bear on the power loss in the aggregate system. There are also safety and stability components that contribute to overall power loss that must be accounted for: fuses, circuit breakers and filters for electromagnetic interference reduction and voltage smoothing. In each of these elements, there is a voltage drop penalty that can degrade the stability of switching regulators and create other issues within the system.
End-use equipment (that the power delivery network supplies) that has large power swings like a CPU, pulsed load, or motor will cause significant voltage variation at the converter input and output. As a general rule of thumb, the source impedance the converter sees should be a factor of ten less than the lowest impedance the converter presents.
Going back to the 90% efficient 100-W converter example, let's say the operational input range for this device is 18 – 36V. At an input of 18V the converter draws about 6.2A. The converter input impedance (R) is therefore V/I or 18/6.2 = 2.9Ω. At 36V the input current is half, so the impedance is 11.7Ω. At the converter's lowest input impedance, the rule of thumb dictates that the source impedance to assure stable operation should be no more than 0.29Ω.
Figure 1: A 12-V low-voltage PDN supplying five independent loads. In this example the loads are low voltage (< 5VDC) and have higher current flowing between them and the converters (shown by the thick trace).
A point to note is that system stability is important when designing a power system. This simplistic resistance discussion does not account for the reactive elements, e.g., capacitance and inductance, both real and apparent in place which can cause resonances and other problems if not well understood. These topics are beyond the scope of this article.
What can be done to optimize the PDN as it relates to system power loss?
Whether it is analyzing an existing design or creating a new architecture from scratch, the approach is the same.
Figure 2: An Improved PDN with the source voltage raised from 12 to 48VDC. The five independent loads have the same current requirements as those shown in the first example. As a result of the higher source voltage, the current flowing from the battery to the conversion stage is lower (indicated by the thin trace).
First: Though it may sound obvious, use the most efficient available converters. Consider the PDN in two parts: the outputs from the actual application load(s) to the first conversion stage including any intermediate conversion stages, and the input from the source to the first conversion stage.
The application load will have a predetermined minimum voltage requirement. The current demands for modern electronic systems can be high, in some cases exceeding 1,000A at sub-1-V levels. To minimize losses in these applications, point-of-load (PoL) converters are placed near the load consuming the power.
PoL avoids long wiring distances between the converter and load characterizing conventional power supplies and provides a precise voltage supply that meets low-voltage/high-current needs. The PoL stage should be located as close as physically possible to the load it powers to minimize the interconnect resistance.
Moving toward the input, the PoL input voltage should be as high as practical. Consider a 12-V low-voltage PDN supplying five independent loads. In this example the loads are low voltage (< 5VDC) and have higher current flowing between them and the converters.
Such a setup could be a legacy computer supply, vehicle power system or drone payload. There is a fixed trace resistance to the input to the PoLs that will have a given power dissipation for any given operating power level. If we can increase the voltage by a factor of four (i.e., to 48V) at the same power, the current flowing in this leg is now one-quarter of the previous level. Thanks to the squared current term in the power equation, the new power dissipation is significantly less, and there is a reduction in voltage deviation too.
Additionally, 48V is a good distribution voltage because it is also within Safety Extra Low Voltage (SELV) limits, defined by the IEC as having a low risk of electrical shock. For an existing application, raising the voltage will require different PoLs. Here, a modular approach using a device having the same package size will be an easy conversion because the converters will be drop-in replacements.
Example: Tethered-UAV power delivery network
Figure 3: Top, comparison of current, voltage drop and power loss reduction for different source voltages in each tether conductor for the airborne vehicle requiring 500W. Below, optimized tethered drone PDN from the ground supply to the airborne vehicle. The 800V used within the tether minimizes the critical transmission losses and voltage variations due to the operation of the UAV. Because the current is significantly lower than with lower supply voltages, the move to 800V has the added benefit of potentially reducing the tether windage and weight by allowing for the use of smaller-gauge conductors.
Consider the more extreme example of a tethered UAV or drone and specifically, the effects of the source-to-first conversion stage. The tether represents the interface between the ground supply.
Assume the UAV tether is 100 ft long and contains 24-AWG conductors, each of them having approximately 2.5 Ω of resistance per 100 ft.At a 48-V distribution, the current in this tether is about 10 A; the resistance is 5 Ω for the 100-foot round trip, so the power lost in the tether is 500 W! Clearly this UAV can't fly because the tether dissipates all the power, leaving nothing for the vehicle.
Now consider use of a higher input voltage. Assume a 400-V system with the same conditions as above.
At a 400-V distribution, tether current drops to about 1.25 A and the tether only dissipates about 8 W. Doubling the input to 800 V drops the tether current to about 0.6 A, reducing power dissipation in the tether to about 2 W. The lower current draw potentially makes possible the use of smaller-gauge tether conductors, potentially reducing drag and windage and possibly the power needs of the UAV as well.
Power dissipation is one thing, but regulation at the end of the tether is also important. The regulators onboard the UAV will have a defined input voltage range. There is a voltage drop across the tether resistance. Given the 24-AWG 100-ft tether and its 5-Ω round trip resistance, there is a 5-V drop for every amp of current. Reducing the voltage dropped across the tether also reduces the ratio of the voltage drop over applied voltage, further improving regulation: If the voltage doubles and the current is halved, the the drop across the tether halves and the ratio of tether drop to load voltage is quartered.
It should be apparent moving to an 800-V source for the ground supply is the way to optimize power transmission up the tether. But the UAV must convert that 800 V down to low voltages to power its motors and electronics. For this part of the PDN, 48 V for the onboard electronics makes the most sense for reasons described earlier.
All in all, the path to optimize a PDN can be summarized into six steps:
Think power first. Once you have the initial power requirements, carve out space for a modular power design. A modular approach is flexible and scales easily.
Pay attention to each element in the current path.
Use the highest voltages allowable to reduce the amount of current needed.
Use the most efficient conversion elements possible to reduce conversion losses.
Use the highest power density devices to allow for close placement to loads.
Minimize interconnect resistance as much as practical to reduce both voltage drop and power loss.
This article was originally published by Power Electronic Tips.
Jeff has been with Vicor for 25 years – and been in the power industry for 39. He holds a BSEE from Northeastern University.
His email address is jham@vicr.com.
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SO! Lightworkers, the big question now is- what is it that you're going to manifest?? Because I promise you, whatever thoughts you project out into the universe is exactly what you're going to get back. Scary? It could be. Exciting? Definitely! This is why we have a regular daily spiritual practice- so we're ready for whatever challenges come our way. Not only that- but so we concur them and learn to view everything in a positive bright white light!
Now, how do we manifest a life of our wildest dreams?
Surround yourself visually every day in this space of healing.
Stay tuned for our #lightworkers community to soon make an online presence.
To build authentic relationships you must share where you came from, what you're doing and where you're going.
Feeling like myself again: healthy, energized, HAPPY, silly and full of laughter. I had a rough 2014 full of sadness, anxiety, panic attacks and not wanting to leave my bed. I haven't shared this with many people because I worried about others perception of myself. I realized how others see you doesn't matter if you're miserable!! I decided to push excuses to the side and live the life of my wildest dreams. I'm stepping into my true self by following my true passion of helping others. Believe me when I say you can live the life you've always wanted because if you decide & commit you will succeed. I truly believe living your dream-life begins with a strong foundation of good health. If this resonates with you and you would like more info on how you can get involved in my wellness team to become the best version of yourself be sure to leave your email or shoot me a msg via Facebook. Why Wait for 2015?
This article was originally published on one of my yoga teacher's (Allision Kaplan) blog, here!!!
Your core is the very center of your physical, emotional and spiritual universe. Everything about us somehow relates to this real and magical place; where energy, courage, passion and self-confidence generates. The famous psychologist, Carl Jung, once said that Manipura chakra is where we burn through our passions and desires in order to become a completely realized individual. Becoming a fully realized person will take you to the test. Believe me, I know how uncomfortable and scary change can be and that it usually requires us to give up something big (really scary) to make room for something else (much bigger) that often ends up as unexpected amazing.
Keep reading! There's a great core strengthening workout for you further down the page.
According to the Kundalini yoga tradition, traveling along our energetic highway of chakras, the third chakra, Manipura translates as "city of jewels" or "lustrous gem". This is exactly what we hold within us. A dazzling, radiant center of energy that distributes life throughout the human framework. Just as the earth would not survive without the sun, we rely on our third chakra to regulate and energize our systems activities. There are many techniques one can use to stimulate, balance and connect more fully to our manipura chakra. According to many traditions, including Kundalini Yoga, the third chakra is the actual place of awakening the kundalini energy; the center of will and action. This is the fire that sets it off! You can read more about this on Spirit Voyage.com. It really is interesting stuff!
So, what is one such way to get this glowing fire going? Simultaneous breath work and simple movement will stimulate the navel center and surrounding area. I'm not saying that the exercises you will hopefully be doing are going to be easy and painless – not at all. You can expect the sensations in your belly and in your head to be intense and challenging. This is how change begins. You gotta feel in order to grow! So, stay with it and you're going to feel amazing!
Begin creating change by setting aside time for a morning ritual.
First thing in the morning, these exercises, practiced regularly, will shift your energy from slow, sluggish and unmotivated to strong, radiant and ready to roll. Your body, mind and spirit will become brighter, lighter and more powerful than you ever could have imagined.
A good nights sleep is vital to your whole health so don't skimp on those precious healing hours of rest. Train yourself to go to bed 30 minutes earlier than usual. This will allow you the time needed to complete your core awakening workout without compromising your nightly rest. Here you go!
Begin with one to three minutes of Breath of Fire (rhythmic nostril breathing that sounds much like a panting dog) Sit cross-legged with your spine tall and eyes closed. Raise your arms over your head, palms facing away from you and bring your thumbs to touch with your fingers softly curled into your palm. Or, rest your hands (palms up) on your knees. Begin to breathe in and out of your nose. Keep this breathe work going for one minute. Be patient with yourself ; new is strange and uncomfortable but soon becomes an old friend. Don't rush it; allow the process of daily practice to bring you to this place of comfort and ease. Click here to watch a great video and learn more about breath of fire.
Regular Crunch – with bent knees, feet on the floor: Just lift shoulder blades off the floor and go!
15 minutes each morning and you will create a core defined – radiant and powerful forever more. That's you!
Yogi Bhajan said, "Keep up and you'll be kept up." But what if you're put down? Remove yourself from these toxic energies. I know, I know. It's much easier said than done- trust me, I learned from experience. But I promise you, when you immerse yourself with other light leaders such as yourself the opposite will fade away from your life. These like-minded will bring ease & joy into your life. You'll find yourself effortlessly inspired to approach all interactions in life with loving consciousness. The clarity I'm finding by personally surrendering to divine alignment is opening myself up to be a vessel for ancient teachings to speak through me in order to give back to others.


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The models of life jackets that we can find are the traditional ones to the sports ones. They are available in fluorescent orange and black colors, these products range from size to xl. In this way each member of the crew will be protected.
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Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)
Being and Nothingness
Anti-Semite and Jew
Critique of Dialectical Reason
Themes, Arguments, and Ideas
Summary Nausea
The main character in the novel Nausea is Antoine Roquentin, a historian who has retired to a small, depressing village called Bouville. The novel is made up of Roquentin's journal entries from 1932, in which he records his ever-intensifying struggle to understand the sickening anguish that overwhelms him as he observes the world and questions its meaning.
Nausea begins with a fictional editors' note, claiming that the diary was found in Roquentin's papers, and the actual diary then begins with a brief introduction by Roquentin that explains his thoughts about diary keeping. In the entries that follow, Roquentin describes an uncomfortable feeling that plagues him from time to time—a feeling he calls "the Nausea." He describes his daily life, in which he talks to few people, has casual sexual encounters with women, and thinks occasionally of a former lover named Anny. He interacts with the town and its people, often describing them and his interactions with them. He visits the library frequently and often sees and talks to someone he calls the Self-Taught Man. He wishes to escape the feelings of despair and hopelessness that overwhelm him, but he cannot repair the disconnect he feels with reason and the comforts of humanity. Failing to find salvation in his outward pursuits, he is forced to look inward, and he describes his confusion with what the world means and the Nausea that comes and goes.
In one entry, he reports receiving a letter from Anny, requesting that he meet her at a hotel. He remembers pieces of their past together and decides he'll go to see her when she arrives in one week. In subsequent entries, he describes occasionally thinking about her as he goes about his daily life.
In conversation one day with the Self-Taught Man, Roquentin is suddenly struck by the reality of a dessert knife he is holding in his hand—the feel of the handle and blade, its appearance. Believing he suddenly understands the Nausea, he says, "Now I know: I exist—the world exists—and I know that the world exists." He is overcome by the bare reality of existence. When he examines a stone on the seashore, the root of a chestnut tree, and other objects, he is taken aback by a revelation that exposes the things as pure existence rather than the "essence" of what they are. The discovery forces Roquentin to confront what he sees as the complete meaninglessness and nauseating purity of existence.
A few entries later, Roquentin describes his meeting with Anny, who looks older now. Their encounter is awkward, and Roquentin describes feeling uncomfortable in her hotel room. Although he is initially happy to see her, eventually the conversation becomes accusatory, with both of them bringing up hurts from the past. He dreads leaving her and knows he'll probably never see her again. The next day, he finds her at the train station, but they do not speak, and her train leaves.
In an entry near the end of Nausea, Roquentin describes sitting in a café and spotting the Self-Taught Man at a table with two young boys. A Corsican sees the Self-Taught Man make a sexual advance to one of the boys, and he and another café patron say this isn't the first time they've seen the Self-Taught Man do this kind of thing. The Corsican punches the Self-Taught Man in the face, and though Roquentin tries to help him, the Self-Taught Man orders him away.
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Crude aqueous extracts were prepared from freshly gathered leaves of Vitex negundo (lagundi), Tamarindus indicus (sampalok) and Psidium guajava (bayabas). The effects of the extracts on human complement-mediated hemolysis were determined for both the alterantive and classical pathways using in vitro microtiter plate assays. The effects of these extracts on chemotaxis and phagocytic activity of human peripheral blood leukocytes were also assessed in vitro. A modified Boyden chamber method using Escherichia coli bacterial chemotactic factor (BCF) and zymosan-activated human serum (ZAS) as chemoattractants was employed for the chemotaxis assay whereas microscopic observation of the engulfment of Staphylococcus aureus was used in the assessment of phagocytosis.


PETIT project aims to install the machine in public and private spaces where it is the user who processes the packaging directly. It has the capacity to transform and store up to 40 kg of material, which is equivalent to 2000 large containers.
PETIT promotes the recycling of PET bottles and solves transportation of the materials to recycling centers.
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Meet The Head Of School
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Academy 2021-2022
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Silverdale Online
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Early Birds & Night Owls
Veterans Day Program
Pray For Me Campaign
Silverdale Center
Throwback Prom Gala
A Private Christian School Engaging Hearts and Minds
The Silverdale Scoop: March 9th
Thank You, SAGE Dining!
By Beth Allison, High School IMPACT Teacher
Sage Dining Services' website describes the company as "more than just a food service company." This past week my students were able to see the truth behind that statement. Chef Tim can always be seen walking around the cafeteria, checking various food stations, stacking cups, wiping spills, and most importantly greeting the students and faculty as they enter the cafeteria. He has taken the time to understand our school community, our tastes, and our preferences.
Chef Tim was gracious enough to take a break from his busy schedule and give the High School IMPACT students a tour of the kitchen. A major goal of the High School IMPACT program is to provide hands-on vocational training. During our tour, Chef Tim stressed the importance that every staff member, every job responsibility relates to helping Sage achieve its mission of being "more than just a food service company." My students were able to see each job in action from the Steward accepting a milk delivery, the Prep Cook preparing sesame chicken, and to my personal favorite - another cook prepping the dessert! We were even able to try our hand at decorating the chocolate pudding with a swirl of whipped cream.
I am very thankful for Chef Tim and Sage Dining Services for going above and beyond each and everyday.
You're Invited to Attend the First Of Its Kind Parent Forum!
For Parents, By Parents
Tuesday, March 28th, 6:30pm in the Silverdale Room
Our topics of discussion will include:
How well do you know social media?
Knowing what your children are doing on social media & building trust within the family
Concerns of the digital age
Space is limited to the first 20 families, so sign up today! We ask that only parents attend due to the content of the discussion.
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Student Quotes Following Hidden Figures Movie Screening
Below are some of the responses Mrs. Hansard received from our upper school students following their screening of the new movie Hidden Figures, seen by the entire upper school during Black History Month:
"I loved the movie. Thank you so much. The one thing that impacted me the most was to never judge people."
"Thank you - the movie was great. In the movie I learned that there is only one race - the human race. I also learned about segregation."
"I loved the movie. It taught me that we should treat everyone with respect."
"Thank you for taking us to the movie we really enjoyed it. I learned that everybody is created equally. What stood out to me was that the main character had to walk half a mile to go to the (colored) bathroom. That should never have happened because God created us all equally."
"Thank you. The movie was great. The movie made me realize how bad segregation is."
"Thank you so much. Hidden Figures was one of the best movies I've ever watched. It really stood out to me how bad and segregational is. It really taught me a lesson."
"This meant a lot to me and how I see the world."
"Thank you so much for the movie. I liked how Mr. Harrison broke down the "colored" sign at the bathroom. Mr. Harrison just wanted the work to be done. It didn't matter what race (the main character was), he wanted the work to be done."
"Thank you so much for the movie. I know it impacted everyone's life. It really showed me that there wasn't equality. It shows me how bad the nation was back then. I'm glad that it isn't like that anymore."
"Thank you for letting us watch the awesome, amazing movie. I loved the movie and it is definitely going to be one of my top ten favorite movies."
"I liked how the movie showed accurately how black people were affected during the time of the Civil Rights movement. A lot of people here don't understand that it was a day to day struggle. I was glad we all got to see that together."
"I liked it because it was impactful to see examples of perseverance even though many people might have said it was a lost cause."
"It is a piece of history that I had no clue about, but it s really interesting to be able to recap on a groundbreaking experience between Blacks and Whites and segregation. It's crazy that all of those people in the background didn't receive the credit they should of received until now."
"This movie was very inspirational and impacting. I learned that no matter who you are, what gender, or race, you can impact the world."
AP Psychology's Annual "Baby Project"
Mrs. Pierce's High School AP Psychology Class has been participating in a "Baby Project" and classroom observations in the Preschool and Elementary as part of their Development Psychology unit in AP Psychology. Students are responsible for looking after "babies" for two weeks and then creating a scrapbook (either digital or hard copy) detailing what their "babies" are capable of doing based upon their developmental stages according to Piaget and Erikson. They were also assigned to Preschool classrooms where they observed children ages infant-PreK 5 and Elementary classrooms where they observed in K-5th grades plus related arts classes. We took time in our classroom after each observation to compare notes on what the students were capable of doing at different ages. This is a cool example of what types of unique learning opportunities are possible in a PreK-12 school.
Parent Meeting Resources
If you misssed last Monday's Parent Meeting in the sanctuary with guest speaker Heath Eslinger, you can find resources from that meeting on our Parent Portal now, under the Parent Meeting Resources listed in the navigation. Click Heath's title slide above to go directly to audio and video recordings of the night, along with his presentation from the evening in both PowerPoint and Google Slides formats.
Donate to the annual Siskin Children's Institute Easter Egg Hunt
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Check our website often for job postings for the upcoming school year! Currently, the Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and High School are all hiring!
PLEASE NOTE: In the event of a delay of school for any reason, there will be NO Early Birds services provided. Please make arrangements to arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before the designated start time, as indicated on your phone message, email, and social media outlets. The safety of students, parents, faculty, and staff is our top priority. For questions, contact Kelly Walden, Early Birds & Night Owls Director.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION: If you have questions contact Angie Howard at extension 2225 or by email or Pam Riley at extension 2226 or by email. Don't miss a beat in the world of tuition and finance – check the Financial page on the Parent Portal for current information.
ACADEMY MASTER CALENDARS: Check Academy dates for vacation, holidays, etc – the school's master calendar for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 are available on our website.
March 10th: Spirit Day
March 13th-7th: Staff Appreciation Week
March 13th: Class Pictures
March 15th: Middle School Honor Inductions
March 17th: Half Day - Report Cards
March 20th-24th: Spring Break
March 28th: Social Media & The Digital Age Parent Forum (see above)
April 4th: Math Olympics
April 7th-8th: High School Drama: The Sound of Music at The Colonnade
Preschool Open Enrollment: March 14th at 7:00 am - Feel free to spread the word to friends and neighbors. Limited spaces still available. Call (423) 499-3822 for more information.
Half Day Dismissal at 12:15 pm - March 17th: There will be NO Night Owls and NO afternoon carline. Parents should enter through the playground to dismiss children from the classrooms.
Spring Break: March 20th -24th - No childcare available.
Spring Semester Field Trips: Please see your child's teacher for details. All students MUST have at least one adult chaperone to transport and accompany them off campus. Cash payments only for Field Trips.
Preschool Parent Portal: CLICK HERE
BOOST Session 4: It's time for Session 4 of the Elementary BOOST After School Enrichment Program. We will start the new session on March 28. Registration forms will be sent home Friday and will be due back no later than the end of the school day (12:00 noon) on Friday, March 17. Late forms will not be accepted. Please contact Robin Williams with questions.
HELP! Coach Neighbors is looking for volunteers to help with the Spring Coke Sale. If you are interested, please email him.
Elementary Parent Portal: CLICK HERE
March 10th - Spirit Day
March 13th - Class Pictures
March 15th - Middle School National Honor Society Inductions during chapel time at 11:50am
March 17th - Middle School Service Projects in the morning - 1/2 day of school.
Middle school cheerleading tryouts will be April 3-7, with more info coming soon. For questions, email Coach Bates.
Middle School Head of School & Honor Roll List: CLICK HERE
Middle School Parent Portal: CLICK HERE
Senior Talks: Tuesday, March 14th: Haley Grider, Brittany Portwood, Hannah Culpepper
Friday 3/10: End of 3rd quarter
Friday 3/10: Spirit Day – High School students are asked to bring items. An email was sent with the grade level breakdown of items to bring.
Schedule for next week will be as follows due to the ½ day on Friday with service projects:
Monday - Odd block
Tuesday - Even block
Wednesday - Odd block with AIT
Thursday - Even block
Friday - no classes - service projects - dismiss at 12:00.
High School Parent Portal: CLICK HERE
ATHLETICS:
Spring Sports Pictures: Save the date! Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 after school from 3-4pm in the upper gym.
Middle School Cheerleading Tryouts: Clinic: Monday, April 3 3:30-5:30 (mandatory parent meeting 5:30 P.M.) Tuesday, April 4 3:30-5:30. Thursday, April 6 3:30-5:30. Tryouts: Friday, April 7 3:30. ••All dates are mandatory.•• For more information, see Coach Kim Bates or contact her by email.
Physical Form: TSSAA Physical Form
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BOOSTER MEMBERSHIP: Sign up to be a booster member here. For questions or more information about becoming a booster, email Tiffany Givens.
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[Xinhua]China calls for int'l cooperation to promote green agricultural development
文章来源:Xinhua 2019年11月13日 作者:huaxia 点击数: 次 发布时间:2019-11-14
Chinese agricultural officials and scientists called for strengthening international cooperation to push forward green development in the agricultural industry and rural regions through the advancement of science and technology.
At the 6th Global Forum of Leaders for Agricultural Science and Technology (GLAST), held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization Qu Dongyu said the world is facing mounting challenges including persistent difficulties in eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, the impacts of climate change, resource depletion and environmental pollution, and growing risks of trans-boundary animal diseases and plant pests.
Qu said agriculture will need to feed 10 billion people globally by the middle of this century, up from 7.7 billion today.
"We need to urgently act and move toward sustainable agriculture that produces food that is nutritious, safe and accessible to all while nurturing healthy ecosystems and supporting the sustainable management of natural resources," Qu said.
He said that science, technology and innovation are fundamental for achieving the United Nations' sustainable development goals and science-based knowledge should be an integral part of all national sustainable development strategies.
In this regard, China has set a remarkable example battling unsustainable agriculture, through policy incentives backed up by scientific results obtained in pilot projects, Qu said.
Zhang Taolin, vice minister of agriculture and rural affairs, said green development has been high on China's agenda for its rural revitalization strategy and the modernization program for agriculture and rural areas.
Zhang said China has focused on controlling the total water consumption for agricultural use, reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and recycling livestock manure, straw and mulching film.
He said the Chinese government and research institutions will double their efforts to achieve breakthroughs in areas such as the technical equipment and models for water-saving irrigation and the highly efficient use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, so as to shift agricultural research and technology from being production-oriented to green and efficiency-oriented, to realize high yields, high quality, high efficiency and multifunctional development of agriculture.
China is willing to share its experience and models in the green development of agriculture, and strengthen its R&D cooperation with other countries, Zhang added.
Tang Huajun, president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), said the challenges facing global agriculture are interrelated and require comprehensive policies at the national level and coordination and cooperation at the global level.
He said the CAAS hopes to continue cooperation with organizations in other countries to jointly study major common and key technical issues and promote the green development of agriculture and rural areas on the basis of science and technology.
More than 400 senior officials and renowned scholars from agricultural research institutions of 39 countries and relevant international agricultural organizations participated in the forum with the theme of "Green Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas Driven by Science and Technology."
A declaration passed by the participants of the forum notes that the international community of agricultural science and technology should further strengthen cooperation in innovation, make full use of various cooperative research projects and platforms, and jointly promote green agricultural development driven by innovation in agricultural science and technology.
To achieve the United Nations' sustainable development goals, it is necessary to build and improve a green agricultural production system. Innovation in agricultural science and technology is an effective means to realize green agricultural development, the declaration says.
The declaration also emphasizes that the protection of the ecological environment and natural resources in agriculture and rural areas is the top priority for green agricultural development, while overcoming the constraints of the environment and natural resources is the primary prerequisite for agricultural modernization.
It also calls for the acceleration of the development of agricultural information technology and the construction of innovative agricultural production and business models on the basis of smart agriculture.
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Q: Extracting multiple lines of data from single cell to multiple cells I have a mailing list that's setup in Excel. There is only one column and each cell has a full mailing address. I need each line of data from each cell extrapolated to the appropriate columns in order to sort the address correctly.
For example:
John Smith
123 Main St.
New York, NY 00000

Extrapolated to this ( "|" denotes a new cell)
John Smith | 123 Main St. | New York | NY | 00000

Any help is appreciated

A: Select the cells you wish to process and run this short macro:
Sub ReOrganizer()
    Dim r As Range

    For Each r In Selection
        ary = Split(r.Text, Chr(10))
        r.Offset(0, 1) = ary(0)
        r.Offset(0, 2) = ary(1)
        bry = Split(ary(2), ", ")
        r.Offset(0, 3) = bry(0)
        cry = Split(bry(1), " ")
        r.Offset(0, 4) = cry(0)
        r.Offset(0, 5) = "'" & cry(1)
    Next r
End Sub

For example: