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Mr and Mrs Cowley to get royal treatment as sons make Wembley debut with Lincoln City
Gill and Steve follow the Imps home and away, clocking thousands of miles in the process
The Checkatrade Trophy final will be an emotional occasion for everyone connected with Lincoln City.
It will be particularly poignant for Steve and Gill Cowley, the parents of the Imps' management duo.
Mr and Mrs Cowley have been almost ever-present at games their sons have played or managed in over the years.
The Essex-based couple will have ventured to virtually every non-league outpost in the south-east.
And they have been regular fixtures at Imps games since Danny and Nicky took charge almost two years ago.
Maiden Wembley appearance can breed new legion of Lincoln City fans, says Danny Cowley
Whether it's an Easter Monday at Carlisle or a Saturday in Exeter, the Cowleys have been there supporting from the stands.
This weekend's journey – around an hour depending on London traffic – will be one of the shortest they will make all season.
And they will watch the game from the salubrious surroundings of the Royal Box.
"They've been to a lot lesser grounds to support Nicky and I," smiles Danny.
"When I first managed at Concord they would have come to places like London Apsa. It was a stadium with a running track around it in east London, near Mile End. It wasn't the best!
"So the fact they'll be able to sit in posh seats with a nice cushion will be well-deserved because they've hardly missed a game between them.
"They come everywhere with us. They've always been incredibly loyal and Nicky and I wouldn't be where we are without their unconditional support.
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"It'll be a proud moment when we send a wave up to them. We always have the ability to find mum and dad in the crowd, I don't know why.
"It'll be a good day for our family, but we want to win."
Nicky adds: "There have been a few emotional moments for the girls [Danny and Nicky's wives Kate and Lauren], the kids and our parents over the last 18 months because we've achieved a lot of success."
"But walking out at Wembley will be a special occasion and I'm looking forward to seeing mum and dad on the day. I'm sure they'll be very proud."
Their family aside, the Cowleys seem to have created a new band of Imps fans in Essex.
"I think myself and Nicky have sold out one side of Wembley ourselves," jokes Danny.
"There are a lot of Essex people who now support Lincoln, which is great and something we're really proud of."


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MEDRAY S.T.A.R. hands-free Class IV laser receives patent pending status
Chiropractic Economics September 3, 2021
"The MEDRAY S.T.A.R. hands-free system has been extremely popular with doctors purchasing not one, but two or three units, and this gives them the protection they need…"
The MEDRAY S.T.A.R. (Stationary Therapeutic Application of Radiance) hands-free Class IV laser system from Accuflex Tables & Lasers has been granted patent pending status by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
"This means the special treatment protocols, cart, and the delivery system cannot be used, duplicated, or promoted without violation or permission from Accuflex Tables & Lasers," says Dr. Gary Huddleston, owner of Accuflex Tables & Lasers. "The S.T.A.R. hands-free system has been extremely popular with doctors purchasing not one, but two or three units, and this gives them the protection they need from other companies or doctors trying to use the S.T.A.R. system illegally or worse yet, without the fabulous safety protocols built into the S.T.A.R. system."
Accuflex Tables & Lasers introduced the affordable MEDRAY S.T.A.R. system, which takes the MEDRAY QUAD, DUAL, and T3 Class IV laser systems into a new and affordable realm of hands-free treatment. MEDRAY lasers come with proprietary software that has been designed for the MEDRAY brand that will allow doctors to set-up a treatment in just a minute or so using the S.T.A.R. protocols and hardware, and then walk away "hands free" to treat other patients, all while the best laser therapy is being administered easily and painlessly.
S.T.A.R. software should only be used with S.T.A.R. hardware and doesn't need to be edited or changed as the presets have been especially designed to work with the system.
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The system even comes with a wireless patient stop switch for the ultimate in convenience. The final piece of the S.T.A.R. system is the billet aluminum headpiece featuring a precision ground glass lens that makes the whole system compatible. You simply unscrew the end off the MEDRAY emitter and screw the optical headpiece on, then lock the emitter in the emitter holder and you're ready to go.
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Yes on 8 Campaign Files Class Action Law Suit Against California
The unbelievable has become a reality.
The Yes on 8 Campaign has filed a federal class action law suit against California challenging the Constitutionality of its campaign finance laws. These laws require personal information of campaign donors to be disclosed, and it is these donors who claim they are now victims of threats and harassment.
"This harassment is made possible because of California's unconstitutional campaign finance disclosure rules," said Ron Prentice, Chairman of the Yes on 8 Campaign. The suit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, includes examples of threatening emails, phone calls, post cards and even death threats.
One such email stated in the lawsuit sent to "John Doe #4" reads,
"hello propagators & litagators [sic] burn in hell" and another that read "congratulations. for your support of prop 8, you have won our tampon of the year award."
Another read "Consider yourself lucky. If I had a gun I would have gunned you down along with each and every other supporter. . . . I've also got a little surprise for Pasor [sic] Franklin and his congregation of lowlife's [sic] in the coming future. . . . He will be meeting his maker sooner than expected. . . . If you thought 9/11 was bad, you haven't seen anything yet."
Not that I support any such threats, but where was the indignation when we were harassed for our orientation, our businesses boycotted for who we were, our lives not only threatened but actually taken away for being a part of the LGBT community? This lawsuit is a smack in the face to us when numerous gay and lesbians have been victims of hate crimes, some actually killed, spurred on since the passing of Prop 8, simply for who they were, not for being political, while the Yes on 8 campaign is complaining that they're getting badly spelled (with suspicious authenticity) e-mails by obvious whack jobs threatening them for stepping into the political foray. (see a blog in support of the lawsuit)
The horror of this is that we, the LGBT community, are so used to hearing about hate crimes against us that we don't react as strongly as the Yes on 8 campaign to a few threats against them. Are we as a community that hardened that we just shrug our shoulders when one of our own is killed, beaten, raped? Our hearts went out to "Richmond's Jane Doe", but honestly, that was a rare show of solidarity for one of our own.
This law suit reeks of hypocrisy, a smell our noses have gotten so used to that our leaders probably won't bother to respond, much like the NoMobeVeto.org ad debacle. The Yes on 8 supporters give a forced, petty cry from a small scratch in a fray, claiming the rules of politics are unfair (even when they've won), while we, the LGBT community, barely react when we're stabbed, repeatedly now, for hundreds of years and more. But worse, we have been lulled into an indifference because society has a whole has allowed our plight to continue as acceptable, since after all, we a marginalized minority.
So why aren't we allowed to file our own class action lawsuit against our country, claiming hundreds of years of discrimination, threats, murders and harassment? If that sounds ridiculous, then the Yes on 8 Campaign is that much more unbelievable.
Labels: California, LGBT community, NoMobVeto.org, Richmond's Jane Doe, United Nations, Yes on 8 campaign
Our Post Prop 8 Strategic Approach
A new study on California's vote to ban same-sex marriage has revealed that far fewer African Americans voted for the ban. Exit polls released shortly after election day showed that about 70% voted for the ban, but the new in-depth study found a much different number: 57% to 59%. Out of roughly 700,000 African American votes, that's a huge difference.
Though I don't want to get into the details of the study, it does conclude that race was less of a factor in determining one's vote - it was more age, ideology and religious beliefs across ethnic groups.
As a community, the LGBT response to the vote has been to focus on minority groups in an effort to educate them more about who we are and how we live our lives, to show them that we are just like everyone else. And though this is good and must continue, this new study shows that only time can make the big change. Why? A quote from The Advocate.com:
"Perhaps surprisingly, the study also revealed that partisanship and ideology trumped the fact of knowing someone who is openly LGBT. About two-thirds of the state's self-identified conservatives knew someone who was gay and about 4 out of five of them voted for the measure – the same exact ratio of conservatives who voted for Prop. 8 but didn't know an openly LGBT person. Republicans demonstrated a similar pattern, with about four out of five of them voting to pass the ban regardless of whether they knew anyone who was out or not."
To really make a significant change in society so that, if necessary, same-sex marriage can pass on the ballot, people's beliefs and ideology must change, something that will likely never happen. Reaching out to this group doesn't appear to make that much of a difference because 4 out of 5 of them, who knew someone from the LGBT community, still voted to strip us of our rights.
So where's the hope? What's the key to our success? The new generation involved in what is currently known as the "youth movement." Just eight years ago, Prop 22 passed with 61% of the vote, while Prop 8 barely made it with 52% (Graph). Many of the "No on Prop 8" votes came from those who weren't old enough to vote in 2000, and not just secular youth. There's a panic in the right wing as they realize their own youth are trending towards support for same-sex marriage (read this illuminating article from ABCNews.com about the shift). This shift isn't just for gay rights, but also abortion.
This new generation is our key to success, our hope. When I say it may take time for our success, I don't mean a lot of time. I'm not going to "wait", a piece of advice MLK rejected in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". I'm going to help educate those who are open-minded, who are willing to look at me as a person and not a plague to "the family", who can see past lifestyle differences and respectfully acknowledge me as a fellow citizen of their country, not a second-class citizen. I'm not going to waste my resources on those who have proven again and again that though they may love me to my face, will continually stab me in the back by voting my rights away. And if we do in fact get a new initiative on the ballot in 2010, a mere year away, to allow same-sex marriage, I have complete faith that, with the help of this new generation of both secular and evangelical youth and our renewed focus on them, it will indeed pass.
Labels: african americans, California, LGBT community, Martin Luther King, polls, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage, vote
Gay Marriage Opponents File Responses to Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown
Claiming that California Attorney General Jerry Brown's brief supporting the invalidation of Prop 8 "failed on every level," gay marriage opponents filed briefs Monday in rebuttal to Brown's "invented an entirely new theory."
Brown's brief relied on the argument that "the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification."
Whitewater prosecutor and Pepperdine Law School Dean, Kenneth Starr, co-wrote the brief along with the Protect Marriage Coalition, saying Brown's theory is "utterly without foundation in this court's case law" and "is not only unprecedented but contradicts the most basic understanding of the role of the judiciary in a constitutional democracy."
Gay marriage proponents, surprised by Brown's about face, agreed with the attorney general that Prop 8 should be invalidated, but on the grounds that it was a revision to the state constitution and required a two-thirds majority of the legislature before it could go to the ballot, an argument that Brown rejected.
The California Supreme Court plans to hear arguments on Prop 8 in March.
Labels: Attorney General, California, opposition, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court
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Pages are linked from one web page to another web page which same domain.
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Facing a looming shortfall of primary care physicians in Alabama, a new UAB and Cahaba Medical Care program will train medical residents with a focus on underserved urban and rural communities.
Cahaba Medical Care partners with UAB to train 12 medical residents in urban and rural settings each year.Alabama faces a dire shortage of primary care physicians, especially in rural and urban settings, prompting the University of Alabama at Birmingham to partner with Cahaba Medical Care, a family medicine group with clinics in Jefferson, Bibb, Perry, Chilton, Dallas and Autauga counties, in an innovative program aimed at providing high-quality care and enhancing the pipeline of family physicians.
About 3,400 physicians are licensed in Alabama to practice in internal medicine or family practice, the two main primary care fields. That is about one for every 1,400 residents of the state. Since many physicians practice near major metropolitan areas, the problem of access to primary care is especially challenging in rural counties and underserved urban communities.
"Projections indicate that Alabama will face a shortage of more than 600 primary care providers by 2030 unless steps are taken now to recruit and retain family medicine physicians and other health care providers," said Irfan Asif, M.D., chair of the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, who helped establish the partnership with Cahaba Medical Care.
Upon graduation from medical school, new physicians spend several years continuing their medical educations in their chosen field as residents. The partnership between UAB and Cahaba Medical Care will recruit 12 new graduates per year during the three-year residency, and residents will split their time between UAB's hospitals and Cahaba's rural or urban doctors' offices.
The program will place seven residents at Cahaba Medical Care's West End Birmingham clinic, an underserved urban community, and five at its rural Centerville clinic. They'll spend the majority of their time seeing patients in those clinics, mentored by Cahaba's physicians, with additional training at UAB in family medicine, as well as specialty areas that include internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and emergency medicine.
Waits says Cahaba Medical Care has trained residents for almost a decade, but that this consortium with an academic medical center brings a powerful "value added" to the community-based training program. The program is interviewing fourth-year medical students now for residency positions beginning June 2019.
With health care costs' skyrocketing, Asif, who recently was recruited to UAB in part to strengthen primary care access, says we need to look at new ways to conduct business.
UAB maintains 40 other family medicine physician residents in the state, with current UAB residencies in Huntsville and Selma. The new program fills a gap in the Birmingham area, says Hoesley.
Cahaba Medical Care is a Federally Qualified Health Center. The 12 new residents are funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration rather than the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and require an FQHC partner, according to Hoesley.
Asif says collaborative programs such as the new residency can help to reduce the looming shortage of primary care health providers.


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Across all of our sites, we undertake around 165,000 examinations every year. You may need a radiology pre-assessment before coming into the department. You can read more about our pre-assessments here.
You can contact the Radiology Department on 0191 445 6092.
The Radiology Department at the QE is open from 8.30am-7.30pm Monday to Friday. Please note GP appointments are scheduled at set times within these hours. The department is situated at the end of the main outpatients corridor and is signposted from both the main entrance and the outpatients entrance.
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Q: Bar chart: set axis domain from csv without header I have the following code for a d3 bar chart from csv with header. I have removed code to mention only the relevant parts. I am using d3 v5.
data.csv:
Plan, TotalTime, Time1, Time2
A, 0.07, 0.04, 0.03
B, 0.08, 0.02, 0.06

index.js
d3.csv("data.csv", d3.autoType).then(function(data) {

x.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.Plan; }));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.TotalTime; })]);

g.selectAll(.bar)
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("class", "TotalBar")
.attr("x", function (d) { return x(d.Plan) ;})
.attr("y", function (d) { return y(d.TotalTime) ;})
.attr("height", function (d) { return height - y(d.TotalTime) ;})

Similar code for Time1 and Time2 columns
});

I am going to have the scenario where there won't be any headers. The 1st column and 2nd column will always be Plan and TotalTime respectively. In addition the number of Time columns will be varying. In this case, how to set the axes domain? I have the following code
data.csv
A, 0.08, 0.04, 0.03, 0.01
B, 0.09, 0.02, 0.06, 0.01

index.js
d3.text("data.csv").then(function(data) {
var rows = d3.csvParseRows(data, d3.autoType);
columnCount = rows[0].length;

x.domain(data.map(function(d) { return ??; }));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return ??; })]);

for (var col=0; col<columnCount; ++Col) {
    g.selectAll(.bar)
    .data(data)
    .enter().append("rect")
    .attr("class", "Bar"+col)
    .attr("x", function (d) { return x(??); })
    .attr("y", function (d) { return y(??); })
    .attr("height", function (d) { return height - y(??); })
}
});

A: You have two different solutions:
The first one is using the indices of each column. In your case, Plan is 0 and totalTime is 1:

const csv = `A,0.08,0.04,0.03,0.01
B,0.09,0.02,0.06,0.01`;

const data = d3.csvParseRows(csv);

const xDomain = data.map(function(d) {
  return d[0];
});
const yDomain = [0, d3.max(data, function(d) {
  return d[1];
})];

console.log(xDomain)
console.log(yDomain)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/5.7.0/d3.min.js"></script>

Another solution is using a row conversion function to change the data, making it an array of objects, just like in your first snippet:

const csv = `A,0.08,0.04,0.03,0.01
B,0.09,0.02,0.06,0.01`;

const data = d3.csvParseRows(csv, function(d) {
  return {
    Plan: d[0],
    totalTime: d[1]
  }
});

console.log(data)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/5.7.0/d3.min.js"></script>

Then, you can use your original code. In the row function, return the other columns as needed.
Finally, as a tip: get rid of that for loop. In a D3 code, avoid using loops for appending elements.

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An Angel For Satan
THE FIRST-EVER AUTHORIZED AMERICAN RELEASE In the final film of her Italian Gothic period, the legendary Barbara Steele (BLACK SUNDAY) stars in one of the most startling erotic shockers of her entire career: When a cursed statue is recovered from a villa's lake, a young heiress (Steele) will inflict a torrent of depraved seduction and homicidal madness on the local village. Anthony Steffen (THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE), Claudio Gora (DANGER: DIABOLIK) and Marina Berti (NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS) co-star in "a EuroHorror classic featuring Steele in all her mid-'60s glory" (DVD Drive-In), co-written and directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE) and scanned in 2K from the original negative - with both the Italian and thought-lost English tracks - recently discovered in a Rome vault.
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Home BOLLYWOOD Salman Khan's Impassioned Plea For Shakila
Salman Khan's Impassioned Plea For Shakila
Salman Khan has always stood for the oppresses is by now common knowledge. The beefy superstar with a heart of gold, was once again seen supporting a cause close to his heart.
At the special screening of Riteish Deshmukh's latest Marathi offering Yellow, Salman was the epitome of social consciousness, when he spoke at length about Shakila Zareen. He gave an impassioned talk about the need for safety for women.
"Yes, the girl, Shakila, had come to meet me. Her husband had shot her in the face, and left her badly disfigured. It was a very sad case. But I was glad to see, the lady is a fighter. She has an amazing energy, and I'm sure her face will become alright, Inshallah. I think there are about 9-10 surgeries pending for her face, and I really hope and pray everything goes off well. I hope she can lead a normal life soon." stated Salman Khan.
Shakila Zareen's face was left badly-disfigured after her husband shot her with a shotgun, which blew out her nose, an eye and impaired hearing in the left ear. It was her dream to meet with the Bollywood superstar Salman Khan someday.
And knowing Salman Khan's big heart, he ensured he made her dream a reality. He not only met with the lady, but reportedly gave her strength and courage to face her ordeal, with the kind words he shared with her. Now that's called being a people's superstar!
More power to Salman Khan!
DO CATCH THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO AND SEE WHAT SALMAN KHAN HAD TO SAY:
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When employees have been with you a long time they have experience that could be lost if you have to let them go to cut costs. That could have a detrimental effect on your business. You might not realize this until after they have gone, and then it could be too late to repair any damage that your business has suffered because of their loss. Before you let any long-term employees go, see if there are any other ways to cut your overheads.
With a bit of planning, this is one area where often money can be saved. You can have sensors fitted that turn lights off when no one is using a particular area, and you can change the business hours slightly to make the most of the natural daylight. But the biggest energy savings come from looking at different suppliers. The deal you have at the moment could have been the best around when you first signed up for it, but it might not be anymore. You have to remember that all the energy companies want your business and often if you can prove to your current supplier you have found a better deal, they will match or beat it just so they do not lose you. The same principle applies to communications bills.
Insurances are a vital overhead for any business but you should not pay more than you need to. The best way is to ask more than one company for quotes for your HGV insurance, inventory insurance, premises insurance and any others that you need. Check each quote carefully as the cheapest is not always the best and you need to make sure you have the cover you asked for.
You may be surprised just how many dollars you can save every year by comparing insurance quotes.
Hopefully, your economic downturn is temporary and will very soon be over with. However, in the meantime, you should chat with your employees to see if they have any cost savings ideas. Most of them will not want to lose their job and may suggest things such as reducing their hours for a few weeks to see if things improve.
Asking full-time workers to become part-time workers even for just a few weeks can save a lot of money and help to put your business back on an even keel. They most suggest a shorter working week or have other ideas where cash can be saved. After all, it is them that does most of the work and they may well come up with ideas that had not occurred to you.
Moving to cheaper premises could be an option worth considering. Although the actual move will cost you, on an ongoing basis you could be saving money, As long as the new premises are suitable, you could well be wondering why you had not done this before. Sometimes it is down to trying to make s business look as good as we can in great premises, but your customers would rather see you in somewhere cheaper and see you survive.
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Earlier this year, MD+DI asked if Johnson & Johnson was becoming a surgical robotics powerhouse. This seems to be the case now that the New Brunswick, N.J.-based company has said it will acquire the remaining stake in the Verb Surgical joint venture it has with Verily. The companies did not disclose the financial details of deal, which is expected to close in the first half of 2020.
In a release, J&J's Worldwide Chairman, Medical Devices Ashley McEvoy said, "We have reached this important milestone thanks to the progress the Verb Surgical team has made with their digital surgery platform and the strong collaboration with Verily, Ethicon, and the clinicians around the world who shared their passion, deep insights, and clinical expertise. We are building a truly differentiated digital surgery ecosystem to change the standard of care for generations to come, and our collaboration with Verily has enabled us to advance our vision to help improve outcomes for patients around the world."
J&J has been slowly but surely becoming a major force to be reckoned with in surgical robotics. The company made a significant end toward this goal when it announced it would acquire Auris Health for $3.4 billion with $2.35 billion in milestones. The Redwood City, CA-based company was developing the Monarch Platform, an FDA cleared system currently used in bronchoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
In addition to the device, J&J was able to bring surgical robotics expert Frederich Moll, M.D. onboard. Moll was CEO and Founder of Auris Health. His resume is extensive but one of Moll's major accomplishments was that he co-founded Intuitive Surgical - one of the largest players in the surgical robotics market.
J&J's acquisition of Auris Health also kicked off what the company called "a strong cadence of launches that will take place over the next several years."
The Game Has Changed
Verb was formed about four years ago. The joint venture occurred when Verily was moving at a rapid pace to secure collaborations with medtech companies. The formation of Verb also came at a time when Intuitive Surgical faced little to no competition in surgical robotics.
While Sunnyvale, CA-based Intuitive's da Vinci robot is still the most dominant on the market – both J&J and Medtronic have jumped into the mix. The duo's robotic platforms would challenge da vinci's position in the market. Dublin-based Medtronic gave investors and analysts a peek at its new robotics platform in September.
The medtech giant, also a finalist for MD+DI company of the year, anticipates submitting for CE mark in the Q1 of the company's fiscal year 2021 (Medtronic's fiscal year begins in April) and filing for a U.S. investigational device exemption to begin placing systems in U.S. hospitals, training surgeons, and gathering clinical data in the first half of its fiscal year 2021.
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Natural Hat Trick Productions: Sundin and Shanahan. . .
I'm not commenting on either really. Just posting for the sake of posting.
So December 1st is D Day, huh? Just five months later than the first day we all thought was decision day, July 1st, 2008. Alas.
And according to the article, somehow the Rangers and Flyers make the most sense. Hmm. Well honestly, considering the Rangers need scoring and that two of their "centers" seem to play better on wing. Perhaps.
As for Shanahan, Philly does make sense because Shanny's family is in NYC and he's not pulling the twins out of school, etc. But, for less than $1 million. Didn't he, somehow, with bonuses and such, end up costing close to $6 million last year. I personally think if it were less than a million he was asking, or willing to accept, he'd be still playing for the Rangers night now.
I listened to the Isles game earlier on the radio. After the Flyers 2nd goal, the Flyers announcers said it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop in the arena. Which, considering how few fans come to games, I'm not surprised.
But what I am suprised at is the fact they had the game at 2pm at all. It's Veteran's Day. And yes they are Nassau Veteran's War Memorial Colliseum. It is a fact. But how many people actually get off work for Veterans Day? Enough to justify a day game? Enough to justify a day game for a team that can't draw very well anyway? And they did this on Columbus Day too, didn't they?


Freeway launched its most recent NACS featuring National Artist for Music, Levi Celerio. Freeway's continual collaboration with our country's National Artist since 2009 has paved the way for Fashion and Art to come together as it serves as an avenue for the younger generation to be reintroduced to a taste of the Philippine's Arts and Culture.
What first drew me to Freeway's NACS Featuring Levi Celerio is its hypnotic cosmic theme. Its elegance and its flexibility can come in handy for today's woman. Hip, classy, sophisticated and even corporate.
The launch was hosted by Giselle Tongi herself. Who, I believe, was one of the pioneer endorsers of the Freeway before she left to settle for the states a few years back. She looked as gorgeous as ever, if I might add. The launch began with introduction of who Levi Celerio is. Even at my age, I was surprised to learn that our country's "Christmas caroling anthem," "Ang Pasko ay Sumapit," was composed by him. Even the classic lullabye, "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan," composed by his genius. That is the one lullabye that can bring me to tears in a heartbeat. Before I get ahead of myself. Here's an excerpt about our most heralded National Artist for Music, Levi Celerio.
Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002) is a Filipino composer and lyricist.
As a kid who grew up with an immense passion for music, it was not much of a surprise that he received a scholarship to the Academy of Music in Manila and became the youngest member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. He wrote several number of songs for local movies, which earned for him the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Film Academy of the Philippines. Celerio has written lyrics for more than 4,000 Filipino folk, Christmas, and love songs, including many that became movie titles.
Known for being a good lyricist, his songs cherish life, convey nationalistic sentiments and utter grand philosophies. Celerio wrote more than 4,000 songs, among them are popular pieces, which many consider to be immortal. Some of his popular love songs include: Saan Ka Man Naroroon?, Kahit Konting Pagtingin, Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal, Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan, and Ikaw, O Maliwanag na Buwan, Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak,Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, Bagong Pagsilang, and Sapagkat Kami'y Tao Lamang, while his folk songs include Ang Pipit, Tinikling, Tunay na Tunay, Itik-Itik, Waray-Waray, Pitong Gatang, Ako ay May Singsing, Alibangbang, Alembong, Galawgaw, Caprichosa, Ang Tapis ni Inday, Dungawin Mo Hirang, Umaga na Neneng, Ikaw Kasi, and Basta't Mahal Kita. Celerio also wrote nationalistic songs such as Ang Bagong Lipunan, Lupang Pangarap, and Tinig ng Bayan.
Levi Celerio died at the Delgado Clinic in Quezon City on April 2, 2002 at the age of 91.
Allow me to play favorites, as I attest this to being the best Freeway NACS launch I have attended to date. The musical stylings and stage presence of Asia's Queen of Songs, Pilita Corrales must have a lot to do with it. I was too thrilled as I was watching Pilita that I was heavily tweeting and switching to recording the video and back again! I was so giddy until days after and you can guess what my LSS for days after.
Meanwhile, here are more from the Freeway x Celerio National Artist Collectors' Series Fall 2012.
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Household debt rises at fast pace in Feb.
All News 12:00 March 09, 2016
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Household loans extended by local banks rose at a fast clip in February, quickening from a month earlier amid continued demand for home-backed loans, central bank data showed Wednesday.
Outstanding household loans extended by local banks came to 644.2 trillion won (US$530.77 billion) as of end-February, up 3 trillion won from the previous month, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).
The 3 trillion-won gain far outpaces an average 0.9 trillion won on-month increase for February in the 2010-2014 period. It also marks an acceleration from a 2.1 trillion-won increase in January.
"Household lending by banks continued to rise at a pace that exceeds the average rate for previous years, rising 3 trillion won in February," the BOK said in a press release.
The banks freshly added 2.7 trillion won to their home-backed loans in February alone.
Credit loans gained 300 billion won from the previous month to 160.9 trillion won, marking a turnaround from a 600 billion-won on-month drop in January.
Household debt is fast becoming a headache for the government and the central bank, which could quickly cause a financial crisis should interest rates begin trending higher.
The BOK earlier said the country's household credit, which represents total borrowing by households, reached a fresh high of 1,207 trillion won as of end-December, also breaching the 1,200 trillion-won mark for the first time in the country's history.
The central bank has kept its key policy rate frozen at a record low level of 1.5 percent for eight consecutive months since last June, despite lingering calls for an additional rate cut to bolster growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Unlike households, local firms continued to cut down on their borrowing.
As of end-February, outstanding corporate loans extended by local banks came to 733.4 trillion won, up 2.4 trillion won from a month earlier and marking a slowdown from a 6.9 trillion-won on-month gain in the previous month.


The Sonic Electro Acoustic System comprises the bridge pickup, internal pre amp and power supply.
At the heart of the system is a hand built twin transducer bridge. The standard bridge is manufactured in two parts enabling the top half to be replaced should you wish to change the set up, or if it becomes damaged. The lower section contains two small, very low mass ceramic transducers set above each bridge foot on which the upper bridge piece sits. This configuration, and traditional bridge design, captures the natural dynamics and balance of the instrument both from the strings and the body.
The transducers are internally connected to a carefully designed, ultra high impedance, discrete class A pre-amp. The pre-amp is powered by a standard 9V PP3 battery mounted in an easily accessible spring loaded drawer below the chinrest. This mounting position eliminates the feel of the additional mass. Many Electric Violins use lower voltage batteries or capacitors, these seriously compromises the preamp headroom and therefore the dynamic range of the instrument.
A standard ¼" jack socket is mounted in the internally reinforced rib of the left hand lower bout.
A "Deluxe" transducer bridge is also available for violin and viola; this was developed for the Sonic Heritage range where the acoustic performance is very much a part of the appeal of the instrument. The transducer is permanently assembled as one piece to reduce the foot width to that of a standard acoustic bridge. This transducer is available as an option on all other models for an additional £60. The standard Cello and Bass bridges are both one piece designs.
"Having already tried, tested and bought the Sonic Viola and being very happy with it, I have now had the same system installed on one of my 'Saxon' violins. It's an excellent replacement for my main fiddle which can now have its million mile service. The Sonic is the first viable replacement I've found in 35 years!!! I recommend them.


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Solar evaporation ponds near Moab, Utah
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Last Updated: Aug. 9, 2017
NASA IMAGE OF THE DAY | An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of solar evaporation ponds outside the city of Moab, Utah. There are 23 colorful ponds spread across 400 acres. They are part of a large operation to mine potassium chloride—more commonly referred to as muriate of potash (MOP)—from ore buried underground. MOP is in high demand as fertilizer because there are no easy substitutes for potassium, an essential nutrient for plant growth.
Each pond color indicates a different state of evaporation. The deep, royal blue color is due to a dye that is added to a full pond of potash brine and water in order to speed up the rate of heat absorption. The seafoam green colors indicate shallower waters (with less dye) that are well into the evaporation process. The tan colored ponds are nearly dry; salt crystals (the final product) are left over in the pond and ready for collection.
Shadows cast on the landscape show the depth and dimension of the surrounding Utah desert. The Colorado Plateau stands at an average elevation of 1600 meters (5200 feet) above mean sea level, in contrast with the Colorado River Valley, with an average elevation of 1200 meters (3900 feet). The darker areas along the river bank are rich in green desert vegetation. Hatch Point Road leads to a scenic overlook for viewing the Cane Creek Anticline.
Astronaut photograph ISS052-E-8757 was acquired on June 26, 2017, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using an 1150 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 52 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed.
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If your company already has a custom domain name, as an administrator, you can add it to Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises to use with your services.
After you've added your domain name to Office 365 to use with SharePoint Online and Lync Online, you can create email addresses, Lync Online accounts, and distribution groups that use your custom domain name. You can also use your domain name for a public website hosted on SharePoint Online but there are some additional steps you need to take. See Use SharePoint Online on a custom domain together with other services.
Before you add your domain name, keep in mind the following.
To add a domain name, you must have already registered a domain name and have the sign-in credentials needed for your domain registrar.
If you don't have a custom domain name, you can buy one from a domain registrar.
If you already have a domain name but you don't have the sign-in credentials at your domain registrar, contact the person who registered the domain name.
For more information, see Locate your domain services or buy a new domain.
If you are currently using custom domain names in Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, you cannot add the same domains to Office 365.
You can add multiple domains to Office 365. However, you can't add the same domain to different Office 365 accounts. So, for example, when you add your domain to Office 365, you can't create another Office 365 account and add the same domain name to that account.
The Add your domain wizard.
The Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell. For more information, see Install Windows PowerShell for single sign-on.
A Windows PowerShell cmdlet. For more information, see Manage domains.
To add a custom domain name to Office 365, use the Add domain wizard as follows.
On the Admin page, in the left pane, click Domains, and then click Add a domain.
On the Add a domain page, under Specify domain, type the domain name that you want to add, and then click Next.
If this information doesn't match what you're seeing, you may be using Office 365 after the service upgrade. Try Add your domain to Office 365 to find the information that applies to you.
Follow the steps in the wizard to verify with Office 365 that the domain name you have added belongs to you. For step-by-step directions to confirm domain ownership at several popular domain registrars, see Create DNS records for Office 365.
After your domain ownership is confirmed, you specify the services with which you plan to use the domain name in Office 365, and then set up the domain name to use it with Office 365, as described in the next sections.
After you add your domain name to Office 365, you can change the default domain name for new email addresses. For more information, see Change your default domain name. You can also update your own email address (which is also your user ID) to use your custom domain name instead of the onmicrosoft.com domain. For more information about working with user accounts in Office 365, see Create or edit users.
When you're adding your domain to Office 365, you have to set a domain purpose for the domain. This is a selection of services that you plan to use with your domain. Later, Office 365 uses this to show you the list of just the DNS records (such as an MX record) that you'll need to create or update at your DNS hosting provider website, so that Office 365 services will work. By knowing the purpose, Office 365 can show you only the DNS records that apply to you, keeping the list shorter and less confusing.
The Add a domain wizard steps you through setting the domain purpose. If you need to change it later, do the following.
On the Admin page, in the left pane, click Domains.
Click a domain name, and then click View DNS settings. page, click Edit domain services.
Under Domain purpose, click Change domain purpose.
After you add and verify your custom domain name, the next step is to edit the DNS records at your domain registrar or DNS hosting provider that point traffic to your Office 365 account. Office 365 provides the DNS information that you need.
If you've just completed the Add a domain wizard, click Configure DNS records. Otherwise, follow these steps.
Click the domain name that you want to set up, and then click the DNS settings tab. The DNS settings page lists the DNS records for your Office 365 services.
If you want to configure a service that you don't see on the DNS settings tab, check your domain services selections to make sure you've chosen that service for this domain name. To change the settings, for example, to add Lync Online, see Specify the services you'll use with your domain name.
At your DNS hosting provider website, add the required records to your DNS file. To learn how, see Create DNS records for Office 365.
Typically it takes about 15 minutes for your changes to take effect. But it can take up to 72 hours for the DNS record that you created to propagate through the DNS system. If you need to view these record settings again, on the Domains page, click the domain, and then, on the Domain properties page, click the DNS settings tab.
To check the status of your domain, on the Domains page, click the domain, and then, on the Domain properties page, click Troubleshoot domain.
If you have any problems, see Troubleshoot issues after changing your domain name. If your changes still aren't working properly, see Get support for Office 365.


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Maggie started playing the piano when she was 6 years old. She enjoys a variety of music genres, such as jazz, rock, and opera. In addition to enjoying music, she also enjoys sciences, math, and visual art. Maggie is currently 15 years old, and is working on her RCM Level 8 piano, and Level 9 Harmony and History theory levels.
Repertoire List
Piano: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Freddie Mercury, "Solfeggio in C Minor" by Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, "Sonatina in E flat Major (Movement I)", by Ian Ladislav Dussek, "Lieb' Schwesterlein (Dear Little Sister)" by Robert Fuchs, "Seven of Hearts" by Kevin Olson, "Disco-Visit" by Mike Schoenmehl.
Flute: "Beauty and the Beast" by Alan Menken, "Jurassic Park Theme" by John Williams, "Ash Lawn Echoes" by Robert W. Smith, "A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Johnny Marks, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Johnny Marks, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
List of Performances
Venta School Christmas Concerts: December 2013, December 2014, December 2015, December 2016.
Venta School Summer Concerts: June 2013, June 2014, June 2015, June 2016
December 2017 - Christmas Concert at Red Oak Senior Home
Musical Accomplishments/Musical Experience
All Saints Instrumental Class
Private Lessons on Piano 2008-present
Private Lessons on Violin 2013-2014
Other Instruments I play: Flute (2014-present), Guitar (2015-present).
Royal Conservatory Exams 2010-2017: Prep A to Grade 7
Title: Got A Love
Keyboard: Maggie
Rhythm Guitar: Thomas
Bass Guitar: Nick
Drums: Sam
Tambourine: Xavier
Baritone Saxophone: Zachary
Tenor Saxophone: Eric, Paul
Alto Saxophone: Conrad, TP
Soprano Saxophone: Adriana
Trumpet: Victoria
Vocals: Will
Story Behind the Song: Music inspires people, and this song reflects how our love for music drives us to feel happier and more motivated.
My Song Video
Song Lyrics and Chords
Reflection Video


Editor's note: the author, Jessy Burcaw, is a 24 year-old young adult member of Unity Moravian Church in Lewisville, NC.
These days a lot of people are talking about young adults in church–how to get them there, how to keep them, and how to get them involved. Here are four tips that might be helpful as your church thinks about engaging young adults.
Well-meaning people have suggested that I need to bring my friends to church or have implied it's my responsibility to fix the "young adult problem." This logic has a few flaws. Most of my friends are Moravian and already belong to a church. My non-Moravian friends either have their own church to attend or are not interested in church. So if young adults don't bring in more young adults what do we do? Listen to the young adults you do have. Realize it may not be a Sunday School class they want. You may have to try some new things and get out of your comfort zone a bit as a church. Young adults are happy to help but it's not our job to fix the young adult problem just because we are young adults.
Often times when young adults come home from college and want to be involved in church, people assume they want to work with kids or youth. In my case, as a teacher, the last thing I want to spend my Sunday doing is working with kids. After a long week working with children, I want a break from them. Yes, it is true that many young adults do enjoy working with youth or children but keep in mind we are all different. Millennials are not all the same! We have many gifts and talents that can be put to good use in church. For some it might be playing handbells or singing in the choir. Others might want to get involved with building and grounds and help take care of the church building. Others will organize outreach and mission. Take the time to get to know us and to understand what gifts and talents we might be willing to share. Not only will it make us feel more welcome, it will also make a better church!
Many young adults grew up in the church we attend now. That means people remember us when we were children running around after church or when we were teenagers acting cooler than the flip side of a pillow. It also means people sometimes forget we are no longer those 16-year-olds in church because our parents made us come. We are now coming to church because it is a place we want to be. We want to make a meaningful contribution to our church family, but it is a two-way street. Churches are going to have to not just create space for us, but proactively invite us to get involved in meaningful ways. This means people who've been in leadership for years might have to move over and let young adults help, which might mean changing "the way we've always done it." Young adults don't need to run everything, but one day we will be the ones making the decisions. Why not start training us now, let us in on some decision-making, or at least listen to our voices? It's time to start being intentional about sharing responsibilities with young adults who want to be involved.
Just because I am not in church every Sunday doesn't mean I don't want to be involved anymore. A lot of my friends don't go to church every Sunday, but they still want to be involved too. Many of us (not all) get more out of mission work and putting our faith into action than we do sitting in church on Sunday morning. Now don't get me wrong–I enjoy very much going to church and listening to my pastor, but that's not always enough. I don't need to sit in church every Sunday to feel close to God. Sometimes I feel closer when I am on the mountaintop at Laurel Ridge singing camp songs, or sitting by the river writing in my journal. The place I felt God's presence the most wasn't a church; it was when I sat on the floor of a school in Nepal listening to a child read to me. For many young adults, church isn't about being in one place to worship or listen to God's word. Church is walking in the Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk; church is going to Nepal to teach; church is helping with hurricane relief; church is so much more than a building. So just because you don't see us in worship doesn't mean we are never coming back. It just means we are out in the world putting our faith into action.
Young adults do not just represent the future of the church–we are the church right now! Please continue to encourage us, love us, and make space for us as we embrace both old and new ways to follow Jesus in the world.
Jessy is a lifelong member of Unity Moravian. She grew up in Winston-Salem and attended Appalachian State University to study Elementary Education. Now she is a 2nd grade teacher in Winston-Salem. She is a proud mother of her fur-baby, Olive. Jessy has a passion for mission work and spent her summer in Kathmandu, Nepal working in a school. She plans to return this summer again to continue working with the school.
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It's the most performed piece of classical music in the world: George Frederick Handel's famous oratorio Messiah. Almost a Cliff's Notes of the Bible, the piece tells the story, in orchestral and vocal form, of Jesus Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Composed in 1741 and almost immediately a hit, the piece has never gone out of style: in 2010, according to the web site Classical Net, there were enough productions of Messiah worldwide to hold two a day, nearly every day of the year. That's more than twice as many as the next-closest competitor, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
Although Handel didn't envision Messiah as a Christmas work–he actually wrote it for Easter–most of these performances will be compressed into this very season: the weeks between the November 1 and December 25.
And she wasn't alone; the members of the chorus were as diverse as a group could be, with black people, white people, men and women, students, parents, grandparents. All could agree on the joy of being a part of the stirring performance–the club's 80th, no less.
At this time of year, as musicians everywhere start their seasonal rehearsals, the question arises: What is it about the Messiah, or about spiritual music in general, that has such power to move us and draw us back, a cross-section of humanity, again and again? Is it its familiarity? Is it the tradition?
Literally meaning "the collective hymns of a specific religion, place or period," hymnody more broadly refers to the shared musical experiences of a community of people, singing commonly known, ecclesiastically-based music. Amazing Grace. Be Thou My Vision. Silent Night. Even the Messiah's famous Hallelujah chorus.
Sacred music is not the only music that can draw people together as a community. Rock, jazz, pop, and country songs can all do it. The difference, according to Eads, is that rock or jazz or country songs are usually based on emotion, and they speak to one individual, or to a group of people that can identify with the emotion that the songwriter is conveying.
"The composer has said, 'How do I personally feel today?' and whatever one group of people may be going through enables them to relate to the song equally emotionally," Eads says.
For a piece to have hymnody, it has to affect us in, literally, more ways than one.
"There's a collective consciousness that sets hymns and pieces of sacred music apart. They are based on group knowledge; they are emotionally transcendent. They have an ecclesiastical embodiment. And they are able to reach most of us psychologically, wherever we are. They are bio-psycho-socio-spiritual. They speak to us on all four levels.
As instruments tune, choirs assemble and the season to sing out gets under way, people everywhere can know again the power of a shared, sacred musical experience, whether or not they are Moravian–"The singin'-est people I've ever met," declared a friend after attending a lovefeast for the first time.
Farrell, Michael. Blake and the Moravians. Palgrave MacMillan, 2014.
Schonberg, Harold. The Lives of the Great Composers. W.W. Norton and Company, 1997.
This week Moravians around the world celebrate one of the things that makes us unique–our understanding of Jesus Christ as the Chief Elder of the Moravian Church. At a Synod in London in 1741, the Moravian leaders struggled to elect a new Chief Elder. The office had been vacated when Leonard Dober decided that, after having served as Chief Elder for six years, the job had become too much for one person.
On September 14, 1741, Jesus Christ was officially named Chief Elder of the Moravian Church. Being in the days before email, text messages, and cellphones, it was decided that time was needed to spread the news around the Moravian world. November 13 was chosen as the day for all Moravians to celebrate the selection of Christ as Chief Elder.
Even now, over 275 years later, many congregations will celebrate Christ as Chief Elder with Holy Communion and/or a lovefeast on the Sunday closest to November 13. For me, having been born and raised in the Moravian church, I have always understood that Jesus is the head of our denomination. However, I've never really given it much thought, beyond knowing it as one of those things that makes the Moravian church different from other denominations. But is it something that is still relevant to the Moravian church in 2017? And what does it really mean to claim Christ as Chief Elder?
It is clear from this that the Moravian church continues to recognize Jesus as the head of the church and, beyond celebrating it as something from our history with little contemporary relevance, considers it to be an important doctrine. In other words, it is not just something that our Moravian ancestors believed and we remember, but it is also the belief of the Moravian Church today. The language used may be a bit different, as the Ground of the Unity uses the phrase "Head of the Church" as opposed to Chief Elder, but the idea is the same.
It's important that we understand that Jesus has been and is the head of the Moravian Church. But it is even more important that we understand what it means to recognize Christ as our Chief Elder. First it means that we look to Jesus for guidance, counsel, inspiration, and direction in ALL that we do. We rely on his leadership to help our church to be a reflection of his light in a dark world, we rely on his guidance to allow our lives to be a source of his love in a world filled with hate.
Jesus has been here, he has done what we are called to do. He knows how to lead us and guide us to be the people he has created us to be and to be the church that he calls us to be. He knows the challenges that we face and he can help us to overcome them and share his light and his love.
That is what it really means to claim Christ as our Chief Elder. It means that we are following the lead of someone who knows the way. On this day, as we celebrate our Chief Elder, as we remember how he loves us and gave his life for us, let us reclaim him as our Chief Elder, as Chief Elder of our church and of our lives. Let us follow him out of the dark and into the light. Let him lead us into love that overcomes hate.
Faith is an active verb. Taking faithful action, by asking, searching, knocking on the door, co-creates a result that is linked with God's answer of giving, finding, and the door opening for us.
But in between those paired actions and responses something else, something important, is going on that encourages that co-creative relationship with God that builds a faithful, fruitful life of discipleship.
What is this special something? It is the recognition that to move forward we first must trust God's power in us.
If you know how to drive stick shift cars, you know this lesson.
While recently preparing to teach a class on communication as spiritual practice, I remembered a rerun of an Army Wives episode. The family tradition between mother and daughter in this program is to pass on the legacy of being able to shift like a trucker in less than a day.
Daughter is skeptical, mom is persistent.
Before getting in the car, mom shares that the clutch is about trust, the accelerator about power. As her hands make the familiar foot movements, she explains that to move forward you have to trust.
She then draws her daughter's hands into her own, lifting them to join in the fluid motions of trust supporting power.
And, indeed, the daughter was shifting like a trucker before they sat down to dinner that evening.
Faith is so very much about that willingness to take action, trusting that God's power will guide us to seeing the next moment of truth, be it the giving, the finding or the door opening.
Faith is an ongoing series of asking, seeking, knocking, sometimes constant, always consistently showing God's action and willing support for us to live abundantly. It is about acknowledging, with deep, abiding gratitude, what God has already entrusted to us by virtue of God's power in us. In you, and in me.
My thought is that most of us are willing to take that first step; and we are delighted when it is clear that God has heard and answered us in a way we understand. Faith becomes daunting if we get stuck in the fear of what comes next.
False modesty doesn't create the kind of results God has been credited with through generations of women and men who have used their faith to create lasting change, community and hope in the world. God loves to work through people.
But do we love God working through us?
William Sloane Coffin once wrote that faithfulness is more demanding than success. It is. Rather than being defined as a reachable goal, faith is more akin to a lifestyle choice, a way of being and becoming.
And I believe that is the absolute best part of actively living faith as a verb.
Choosing faith means you and I are always standing in trust and power. Reminding ourselves of that makes it a whole lot easier to harmonize our choices and our actions with God's choices and actions on our behalf. Knowing that, believing that, acting from that, means we are less likely to allow doubt or fear to keep us stuck in first gear.
There is nothing wrong with being in first gear; sometimes that is simply where we are, and God is with us there too.
But it is really satisfying to get the harmony and rhythm of trusting, of letting that trust in yourself and God support your next step forward. And the one after that. And the one after that.
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Movement in the Pennsylvania area. I especially like the groove which you and that piano player played so well together. He looked like a young man.
mission to reach out to His people, in song, will bring us together, one day, in that Great Music Room in Heaven. Lord from my mouth to your Ears, please, in Your Name. Name above all Names!


Rail passengers in India may soon have the luxury of Spanish coaches on the Rajdhani and Shatabdi express trains. The existing LHB coaches will be replaced if the railways' experiment with high speed Talgo trains is successful.
A senior rail ministry official said the average cost of manufacturing LHB coaches is around Rs 2.75 crore for each unit while the Talgo trains cost only Rs 1.7 crore per coach. This will help railways save at least Rs 1 crore per coach besides saving upto 30 per cent of electricity as compared to the trains being used in India.
Officials said the average speed of these light weight aerodynamic coaches can be 50 per cent higher than the Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains and hence the travel time will come down significantly.
The Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express runs at an average speed of 85 km per hour while the Talgo trains can maintain the average speed of 125 km per hour. At this speed, the journey between Delhi and Mumbai can be completed in about 12 hours as compared to the 17 hours at present.


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The 405 Podcast: Loyle Carner
Ken Grand-Pierre sat down with rapper Loyle Carner to discuss his debut album, Yesterday's Gone.
The 40519 Jun, 2017. Photography by Ken Grand-Pierre
For the latest edition of The 405 Podcast, Ken Grand-Pierre sat down with the charming Loyle Carner in New York to discuss the artist's debut album Yesterday's Gone and what he has planned for the future. Check that out below, along with some exclusive photos.
You can visit Loyle Carner by heading to his official website. You can subscribe to the 405 podcast by heading here.
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Gauging Cosmetic Safety in a Post-Animal Testing World
Robert Ross-Fichtner and Daniel Noble, Focal Point Research, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Few subjects in the world of cosmetics have generated the fury and debate as that of animal testing. Originally developed as a means to ensure the safety of products for human use, it has become the target of individuals and organizations outraged with its cruelty and widespread use. While there has been some degree of understanding of its use for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, its use for cosmetics has become a lightning rod for special interests and legislators who want it to stop.
Animal Testing's Long History
The roots of animal testing lies in early Greek biomedical research. Physician-scientists including Aristotle, Erasistratus and Galen performed animal experiments to advance anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology.1 In the 12th century, an Arab physician named Ibn Zuhn introduced the use of animal testing to evaluate surgical procedures before attempting them on humans.1 Since then, animal testing became quite popular as a means to supply greater understanding in medical research, ultimately revolutionizing human health outcomes.
As pharmaceutical science became advanced in the 19th and 20th centuries, a number of health disasters made scientists take stock of their work and look for ways to better predict the safety of pharmaceuticals before they were used in the human population. Most notably, disasters surrounding the use of diethylene glycol (DEG) and thalidomide are examples of pharmaceutical agents that led to tragic outcomes. These two incidents helped move U.S. regulators to implement animal testing as a mainstream protocol for safety evaluation.
In 1937, an American company used DEG as a solvent in the preparation of a drug called Elixir sulfanilamide, which was used to treat a variety of illnesses from sore throats to gonorrhea.2 Not knowing the poisonous nature of DEG and without any animal testing performed, the product was marketed in the U.S., leading to the death of more than 100 people.2 Due to this tragic event and the public outcry accompanying it, the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed, requiring the safety testing of all drugs on animals before they were approved for sale.
Another infamous event occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Thalidomide, originally marketed as a sedative or hypnotic, soon became a common drug for alleviating nausea and morning sickness in pregnant women.3 It was later found that thalidomide could pass through the placental barrier and cause phocomelia in infants, a rare disorder causing malformed limbs.3 Worldwide, the drug caused more than 10,000 babies to be born with phocomelia; those born with the defect saw a mere 50% survival rate.3
Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) never approved thalidomide for sale in the U.S., large human clinical trials were still being conducted. These horrific events prompted the U.S. to re-evaluate its drug approval system and create amendments to the 1938 Act that would intensify safety regulation. Of these changes, animal testing found itself in the heart of all new drug safety testing protocols.
Animal Testing Implemented
In particular, testing on rodents became common. Mice actually share 95% of human genetics and have very similar organ structure and systems, making them excellent predicators for drug testing. Beyond their value for drugs, they became common in evaluating medical devices. Medical devices must have the ability to function with living tissue without harming the tissue.4 This is called biocompatibility and is an obvious necessity within medicine. For example, stainless steel and ceramic are two materials frequently used within the biomedical industry with excellent biocompatibiliy.4 Animal testing comes into play for medical devices when new materials are introduced without knowledge of their biocompatibility.
However, as animal testing proved useful in pharmaceuticals, it became a common tool to ensure the safety of chemicals used in non-medical applications. What we are experiencing today is a lack of tolerance with its use for any application that is seen as discretionary. This no doubt has led to the inspiration behind two bills in Canada and the U.S., following the developments in the European Union (EU) and China.
Anti-cruelty Tempers Animal Testing
In Canada, the proposed Cruelty-Free Cosmetic Act (Bill S-234) would prohibit cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics developed or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing in Canada.5 Currently, animal testing is not required but companies may still use it to validate the safety of their product.
The Humane Cosmetics Act introduced in the U.S. also aims to ban animal testing in any U.S. laboratory for both cosmetic ingredients and finished products.6 While the U.S. does not specifically require animal testing to substantiate the safety of products, the FDA has consistently advised cosmetic manufacturers to use whatever they find appropriate and effective to validate the safety of their products.
In recent years, animal testing for cosmetics in the EU and China has been substantially changed and, in some cases, completely eradicated. In 2003, the EU passed a law banning the testing of cosmetics and their ingredients on animals.7 This seventh amendment to the Cosmetics Directive imposed a timeline for phasing out animal testing. Finally, after the 10-year phase-out period, a complete ban of animal testing on all cosmetic products and ingredients came into effect in 2013.8
The Chinese Government also changed their laws last year to no longer require animal testing on domestically produced ordinary or normal cosmetics 9, which include products like makeup and frangrances.9 Although China has made substantial progress towards reducing animal testing, it can still require foreign importers to use it as well as domestically produced special-use products such as hair dyes, perms and hair growth products, deodorants, sunscreens, skin-whitening creams and products that have functional claims on product labels.9
This makes quite the ethical dilemma for companies that wish to be a part of the important Chinese market, yet feel ethically obliged to follow their cruelty-free policy and end the practice of animal testing of their products. Perhaps the most recent changes to China's animal testing practices is the beginning of a movement towards a more comprehensive phase-out strategy to replace animal testing with alternative safety tests.
The development of alternatives to animal testing safety assessments has seen significant progress and includes:
A variety of in-vitro test methods where tissue models and cell-based tests are used to examine the safety of ingredients and products.10
"Organs-on-chips" have also been created that contain human cells that mimic the structure and function of human organs and their systems.
Computer modeling has also earned a spot as a replacement for animal testing, as new computer models are able to simulate human physiology and pathology.
"Microdosing" of human volunteers, which can yield invaluable safety data on drugs and how they are metabolized in the body.10 This extremely small and one-time drug dose can screen out incompatible compounds so these drugs would not need to advance to animal testing.
The FDA states that some animal testing is still required for pharmaceuticals, because it allows "scientists (to) measure how much of a drug is absorbed into the blood, how it is broken down chemically in the body, the toxicity of its breakdown products (metabolites) and how quickly the drug and its metabolites are excreted from the body."10 These findings provide essential feedback on their ability to root out potentially dangerous ingredients and compounds.
In the world of cosmetics, sensitive questions remain. New chemical entities are constantly being developed for the industry. More and more of these ingredients are considered "active ingredients" because they claim to influence the structure or function of the skin. While strictly speaking, these could be considered drug entities; so far they are in most jurisdictions still regulated as cosmetics as long as the claims made about the finished products are restricted to cosmetic claims.
The questions we must face as an industry include: what constitutes adequate and sufficient safety testing for these new entities? Are the in-vitro methods sophisticated enough to stop serious, unexpected adverse reactions and allow a completely new molecule access to the market? In this complex regulatory controversy, one thing is certain: regardless of the methodologies used to assess safety, manufacturers of ingredients and finished products are being held to the highest safety standards ever, by consumers, non-government organizations and government regulators.
R Hajar, Animal Testing and Medicine, NCBI Web Site, available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123518/ (Accessed August 21, 2015)
Sulfanilamide Disaster, FDA Web Site, available at http://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/whatwedo/history/productregulation/sulfanilamidedisaster/default.htm (Accessed August 27, 2015)
G Annas, and S Elias, Thalidomide and the Titanic: reconstructing the technology tragedies of the twentieth century, American Journal of Public Health, available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508516/?page=2 (Accessed August 20, 2015)
Biocompatibility Testing: Tips for Avoiding Pitfalls, Part 1, MDDI Web Site, available at http://www.mddionline.com/article/testing_tips (Accessed August 28, 201)
Bill S-234, Parliament of Canada Web Site, available at http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=8055486&File=4 (Accessed August 27, 2015)
H.R. 2858 – Humane Cosmetics Act, U.S. Congress website. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2858/text (Accessed August 27, 2015)
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council, Europa Web Site, available at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/sectors/cosmetics/files/pdf/animal_testing/com_at_2013_en.pdf (Accessed August 19, 2015)
S Adler, D Basketter, S Creton, Alternative (non-animal) methods for cosmetic testing: current status and future prospects – 2010, NCBI Web Site, available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533817 (Accessed August 25, 2015)
M Yeomans, Can cosmetic brands afford to opt out of China over animal testing? Cosmetic-Design Web Site, available at http://www.cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/Regulation-Safety/Can-cosmetic-brands-afford-to-opt-out-of-China-over-animal-testing (Accessed August 28, 2015)
The Beginnings: Laboratory and Animal Studies, FDA Web Site, available at http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm143475.htm (Accessed August 24, 2015)
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Bethel Woods Welcomes More Than Twelve Thousand Vehicles At Inaugural Drive-thru Light Show
The light show opened on Monday, November 23rd and ran nightly through Saturday, January 2nd.
BroadwayWorld.com Jan. 11, 2021
This winter, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts hosted the first-ever Peace, Love & Lights, a drive-thru holiday light experience at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY. The light show opened on Monday, November 23rd and ran nightly through Saturday, January 2nd.
A collaboration with Pamal Broadcasting, Healey Brothers, and the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association ("SCVA"), Peace, Love & Lights welcomed more than 12,000 vehicles through its gate and over 40,000 friends, families, and guests. The light show weaved through several areas of the historic site and totaled just over one mile. Almost a quarter of a million lights made up the animated light displays, including a spectacular 120-foot Twinkle Tunnel, and featured themed areas such as Groovy Way, Enchanted Forest, Snowflake Alley, and Santa's Workshop. Additionally, Bethel Woods hosted 12 socially-distant dinners with Santa himself in the beautiful Event Gallery.
"It has always been a goal of Bethel Woods to expand our programming into the quieter winter months. With a large portion of live events being impacted by COVID-19, this proved to be the perfect time to offer a safe and family-friendly holiday attraction to the county and the region," said Eric Frances, CEO, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. "We are looking forward to making Peace, Love & Lights a cherished tradition in our community for many years to come," Frances continued.
Bethel Woods strives to remain at the forefront of innovation as a key economic catalyst for Sullivan County and beyond, especially as the region continues to navigate the financial and societal repercussions of COVID-19. The SCVA estimates that the event has generated an economic impact of $17 million to the Sullivan Catskills this winter, $9 million of which was direct economic output.
"The SCVA was pleased to be a part of this new initiative to expand our visitation season. It is the goal of the Visitors Association to further position the Sullivan Catskills as a four-season destination. Peace, Love and Lights was an integral part of creating that synergy, bringing the Sullivan Catskills to a new level of a safe family 'Catskill Confidence' destination," stated Roberta Byron-Lockwood, President and CEO, SCVA. "The economic impact of this event and other county-wide events and vacation packages like this will continue to spur growth and tourism to our Sullivan Catskills, thus furthering that goal," she added.
Peace, Love & Lights saw significant success with community partnerships, as dozens of bags of food items and groceries were donated by guests to the Nourish Your Neighbor Community Drive to benefit the Shepherd's Food Pantry in White Lake. Additionally, more than 500 walkers explored the light show during Sullivan 180 Walkthrough Wednesdays, with Bethel Woods donating $500 of proceeds to the Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless ("SCFH") once the goal of 500 miles walked was reached. Inspired by the initiative, Liberty NY Rotary Club and Mullally Tractor Sales offered to match the $500 donation. The PRASAD Project also generously donated an astounding $2,000 to the SCFH towards children's clothing. In addition to monetary donations, gifts were collected for 60 children in need at the Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless.
"We are so pleased to have teamed up with Sullivan 180 on Walkthrough Wednesdays and all of the local organizations and visitors who were immensely generous to those in need during this holiday season," Frances added.
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts looks forward to the expansive opportunities if Peace, Love & Lights continues next winter and expects to reopen its doors for programming in the spring. For more information and to stay up-to-date on the latest from Bethel Woods, please visit BethelWoodsCenter.org.
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This Full Moon is a particularly powerful one for RELEASE. The journey of the cosmos mirroring that inner, spiritual journey we make throughout the year and across our lives.
What to bring: Your yoga mats, a cushion and a blanket for meditation. Feel free to bring crystals or any sacred object to contribute to the shrine.
The Light Collective Full Moon practises allow you to dive deep- check in on the life you are creating for yourself and the affects of your intentions and how they are manifesting creatively.
Together we explore with the vibration of the full moon and understand how it's astrological position may be affecting our lives. Through the practise of specific breath exercises, mantra, yoga postures and meditations we align and attune ourselves to this energy, tapping into the more subtle aspects of our minds, bodies and our yoga practice.
Much more than a standard yoga class you can expect to shift energy, create new openings and be part of a group of conscious individuals ready to connect with themselves and each other in a grounded and authentic way.


The Annual KEG Ab Ablett Memorial Golf Tournament is a way to spend an afternoon remembering Ab while taking part in two of his favourite things…. golfing and helping others.
This year, the Ablett family has chosen the Starfish Backpack Program as the benefiting charity. The program is a collaborative effort between Kamloops Rotary, The United Way, School District 73 and the Kamloops Food Bank. The Starfish Backpacks are filled each week with fresh healthy food and distributed to local school children. The objective is to provide students with access to snacks, juice, fruit and vegetables while they're in school.
Dinner: Attendees will have a choice of either chicken parmesan or a steak sandwich. Please note when purchasing a ticket to choose the meal you would like.
Golf Carts: Please email kamloopsexplorationgroup@gmail.com if you require a golf cart as the number of carts is limited.
Sponsorships & Donations: If you are interested in being a hole sponsor, hole host, or if you would like to donate a silent auction item or prize please contact Julie Dormer at 250.320.2411. Hole sponsorship is $100.00 +gst and includes your company logo on a sign at a designated hole. Your logo will also be on our social media pages and website as well as other signage at the event. You can also host the hole and talk with attendees.
Silent auction items and/ or prize donations will see your logo on our social media pages and website as well as other signage at the event.
For more information, please contact Julie Dormer at 250.320.2411 or kamloopsexplorationgroup@gmail.com or visit the KEG website here.


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Q: Create App page lacking Game or App checkbox and "An unexpected error has occurred." Publishing an app on behalf of a client on their Play Console developer account, and not sure if there are items that are not setup (my account lacking permissions to check on that).
The app page seems to be missing the Game or App checkbox, and after trying a dozen times (logging in/out and also restarting), this error continues to occur:

"An unexpected error has occurred."