How Humans Are Empowering Digital Transformation In Industry 4.0?
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We all are surrounded by technology in one or the other way. In our personal lives, the presence of smart devices and digital transformation can be felt constantly to make our lives simpler and easier. However, the same cannot be said about many industry verticals and organizations, including the manufacturing industry. It is no less than a surprise that while many organizations have already ventured deep down into the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, a big majority of business leaders are still following the old-age saying, "If it's not broken, don't fix it." This approach is obsolete and redundant, to say the least.
The worst thing is that over-estimating redundant technologies and under-rating innovative technologies and revolutions like Industry 4.0 will eventually lead to their fall. On the other hand, businesses that are presently lagging behind them in terms of resources and market share but embracing Industry 4.0 will replace them in quick time.
The role of NetObjex is to help the manufacturing sector's entrepreneurs from the shop floor to the top floor to make accurate, precise, informed, and better decisions that are empowered by its state-of-the-art technology.
How Human-Technology Interactions Are Influenced By Industry 4.0?
There is no denying the fact that Industry 4.0 is knocking down on our doors. Its presence can already be felt almost everywhere. The manufacturing sector will be no exception and actually, this sector will be the biggest beneficiary. However, transitions will require manufacturing sector organizations to accept changes and evolve by coming up with innovative ways to enhance production. In other words, manufacturers will have to adopt technologies that are both innovative as well as agile at the same time and augment human labor.
The primary purpose will be to reduce dependence on human interaction as far as operations are concerned and enhance the quality of human interaction at the same time. In short, humans will not be expected to "waste time" in monitoring and supervising normal flowing processes. But they will be expected to be immediately available whenever a malfunction or abnormality is experienced and the machine cannot rectify errors by themselves. Human interactions will primarily be required and visible in critical aspects of decision-making regarding repair & maintenance.
What Are The Roadblocks Manufacturers May Possible Experience When Seeking Harmony Between Technology And Humans?
The biggest roadblock while seeking harmony between humans and technology is Culture. The responses of employees will almost always be negative if you as a leader have failed to build a culture for embracing disruption. This can further translate into sabotaging the concept and process of disruption. This is simply because the first thing that comes into the minds of employees whenever a talk is initiated about a technological change such as Industry 4.0 is job instability. Obviously, no one wants to get replaced by a robot that can perform his or her task with enhanced precision, accuracy, and with fewer mistakes.
However, employees must be encouraged and motivated to improve their existing skills and given a platform to enhance their sphere of work. They must be encouraged to view this association with robots as working side-by-side with a technical assistant that will finally help the organization produce better results and stay high on productivity. Obviously, a profit-making organization will be rewarding its human employees with better perks, salaries, and incentives. So, the association between humans and digital transformation is in the best interests of all.
How To Remove These Roadblocks?
Digital transformation entrepreneurs and market leaders can put their best foot forward in a quest to overcome these roadblocks. This can be done by creating, maintaining, and gaining a clear and complete understanding of how the values of their business can be modified and how employees can be positively challenged with a positive technological optic.
Entrepreneurs have to demonstrate to employees how they leverage the information. They also have to grant access to the employees so they can use it at their advantage.
How To Respond To Employees Who Fear Job Loss?
History has demonstrated time and again that each of the previous industrial revolutions actually led to the creation of more jobs. The Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 will be no different. In the past too, employees had their fears of losing their jobs. However, they were proved wrong as innovations instead brought new jobs on the table and these jobs are more meaningful, innovative, better-paying, and enhance skills. No doubt, industry critics and markets experts are of the same view that technology actually creates more jobs than it destroys.
There is no denying the fact that dangerous, repetitive, hard, and even boring jobs will go on a decline. But, isn't that good for everyone including the employees? Technology and innovations are meant to make human lives easier, simpler, better, and more meaningful. Thanks to these innovations and technologies, jobs across the world are more dynamic, safer, and better than ever!
Employees must realize that humans and machines are never going to be the same. Therefore, it is good to focus on those differences. After all, technology and machines work for human beings, not the other way around.
If you want to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), NetObjex Industry 4.0 solutions can help you in more than just a way. Give us a call now at 1 (855) 928-2283 or email us at sales@netobjex.com.


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Dispatches: Kenyan President Stepping Forward on LGBT Rights?
Neela Ghoshal
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program NeelaGhoshal
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta made his strongest statement to date in support of basic rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, in an October 18 interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria. For the first time, he publicly condemned violence and "witch hunts" against LGBT people. But his pick-and-choose approach to rights shows there's still a way to go in the struggle for LGBT equality in Kenya.
Kenyatta told Zakaria, in response to a question on "gay rights," that he would "not allow people to persecute any individuals… [or] to beat them [or] torture them." This commitment is laudable, as was his statement that constitutional rights extend to all Kenyans. "Every individual has a right to be protected by the law, and that's stated in our constitution," he said.
A recent report by Human Rights Watch and PEMA Kenya documented abuses against LGBT people in coastal Kenya, including mob attacks, physical and sexual assaults, and arbitrary arrests. We argued in our report that the primary issue affecting LGBT Kenyans is violence, and we are pleased that President Kenyatta concurs. His comments echo the African Commission's Resolution 275, condemning violence against LGBT people.
But the "witch hunts" Kenyatta has condemned are an unfortunate reality – most recently seen in Kwale County in February, when a public anti-gay uproar compelled dozens of LGBT people to flee their homes.
Two Kwale men have been charged with alleged "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" and face trial. Police plucked them from a bar on the basis of rumors that they were gay, and subjected them to forced anal exams – a form of torture – to "prove" their sexual orientation.
And this is where Kenyatta doesn't go far enough. Isn't the police treatment of these two men a violation of the very constitutional rights that Kenyatta says are inalienable?
Kenyatta said that although gay people should not be "persecuted," Kenya isn't ready to "legalize" same-sex conduct, arguing that for most Kenyans, "this is not an issue that they are going to put at the center. They have more pressing issues." Indeed, Kenyans have said in opinion polls that they are far more concerned about day-to-day survival – including access to health care, education, and basic security – than about the legal status of LGBT Kenyans.
But this is precisely a reason to stop prosecuting consensual same-sex conduct, not to criminalize it. In a state plagued by security issues ranging from carjackings to cattle rustling to terrorism, don't the police have more pressing priorities than peeping through Kenyans' bedroom windows?
Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/26/dispatches-kenyan-president-stepping-forward-lgbt-rights
Categoria: Around the world Tags: Africa, discrimination, Kenya, LGBTQ rights, violence

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Expert Karen Scarfone examines security information and event management systems and explains why SIEM systems and SIEM products are crucial for enterprise security.
Security information and event management systems provide centralized logging capabilities for enterprises, and security pros use SIEM products to analyze and report on the log entries it receives. Some SIEM systems, which can be either products or services, can stop certain attacks via specific configurations, generally by directing the reconfiguration of other enterprise security controls.
Traditionally, most organizations that have deployed SIEM systems have used them either for security compliance efforts or for incident response, detection and handling. But, increasingly, organizations are using SIEMs for both purposes. This increases the SIEM technology's potential value to the organization, but, unfortunately, it tends to complicate configuration and management.
Many of the SIEM products and managed SIEM services available today meet the needs of a wide variety of organizations. Taking every characteristic of every one of them into account is not feasible, so this article focuses on the features of the most widely used SIEM products and systems.
SIEM systems are available for several architectures, including software installed on an on-premises server, on-premises hardware appliance, on-premises virtual appliance or public cloud-based service.
SIEM systems and products serve two purposes: providing centralized security logging and reporting for an organization and aiding in the detection, analysis and mitigation of security incidents. Each of these SIEM architectures has its own advantages and disadvantages, and no architecture is generally superior to the others.
Another important aspect of SIEM architecture is how it transfers log data from each log source. There are two basic approaches: agent-based and agentless. Agent-based means an installed software agent is installed on each host that generates logs, and this agent is responsible for extracting, processing and transmitting the data to the SIEM server.
Agentless means the log data transfer happens without an agent; the log-generating host may directly transmit its logs to the SIEM or there could be an intermediate logging server involved, such as a syslog server. Most SIEM products offer agent-based and agentless log transfers to accommodate the widest possible range of log sources and long-term storage.
Using extensive research into the SIEM market, TechTarget editors focused on the vendors that lead in market share, plus those that offer traditional and advanced functionality. Our research included data from TechTarget surveys, as well as reports from other respected research firms, including Gartner.
Early SIEM services and products had a reputation as being intended for large organizations with advanced security capabilities. The main motivation behind these deployments was to duplicate network security logs in a centralized location so the security administrators and analysts could view all the logs in a single console, as well as to potentially correlate events across log sources in support of incident detection and real-time response efforts.
Since that time, SIEM systems have evolved to become a core security component for nearly every organization. As the number of sources of security log entries has grown, so has the need to view, analyze and report on the security events covered by those log entries from a single console.
Even small and medium-sized organizations typically need a SIEM tool for compliance purposes -- to automatically generate reports that provide evidence of the organization's adherence to various compliance requirements.
SIEM implementation costs vary widely depending on two main factors: the robustness of the SIEM's capabilities and the selected deployment architecture.
In terms of robustness, some SIEMs offer a light solution that provides basic log management and reporting capabilities without the advanced analysis techniques and other features that other SIEMs support. These light options are considerably less expensive to acquire.
The deployment architecture also has obvious cost implications for SIEM adoption. Most SIEMs require the purchase of hardware or software, while usage fees determine the costs of cloud-based SIEM services.
In addition to acquiring a SIEM product, organizations may have other upfront costs. For example, SIEM systems increasingly support the use of threat intelligence feeds, which contain up-to-date information on threat indicators organizations observe around the world. Threat intelligence feeds can significantly improve the accuracy of a SIEM's incident detection capabilities, but using such a feed generally necessitates paying a substantial subscription fee.
Today's SIEM offerings are invaluable to organizations of nearly every size, if for no other reason than because they centralize and automate aspects of security compliance reporting.
SIEM implementation and deployment costs are generally similar to other major security tool deployments, with one notable exception: integration. A SIEM service is of no value unless it can readily receive and parse log data from a wide variety of security log sources. Enabling this can necessitate extensive SIEM customization or development of custom code to translate a source's log data into a format that the SIEM can understand and process.
Another SIEM cost consideration is management. Most organizations seriously underestimate the management costs associated with a successful SIEM implementation, particularly if it's intended for incident detection and handling purposes. In this case, the SIEM will need frequent tuning and customization, not to mention constant monitoring so companies can validate and respond to incidents quickly to limit the damage.
SIEM products and services serve two purposes: providing centralized security logging and reporting for an organization and aiding in the detection, analysis and mitigation of security events. SIEM technology is available in several architectures.
Organizations considering acquiring a SIEM product should carefully consider the deployment and management costs. Because the SIEM ingests security log data from a wide variety of sources, there may be considerable integration costs to facilitate that transfer and the translation of the log data. Companies usually underestimate SIEM management costs, and, like many technologies, an organization gets value out of a SIEM comparable to the effort that it puts into its configuration, monitoring and other management aspects.
Does your organization use SIEM systems or products?
SIEM tools enable centralized reporting, which is just one of the many SIEM benefits. Others include real-time incident response, as well as insight for compliance reporting.
Establishing solid SIEM evaluation criteria and applying them to an organization's business needs goes far when selecting the right SIEM products. Here are the questions to ask.
Using criteria and comparison, expert Karen Scarfone examines the best SIEM software on the market to help you determine which one is right for your organization.
Explore the top SIEM software and vendors currently on the market to make your decision-making process just a little bit easier.
Does your organization use security information and event management services or products?


The Falcon Lake ski slopes sat empty and forgotten. It was 1996 and no one wanted to ski in Manitoba anymore.
This would have been hard to believe just a couple decades earlier. In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the parking lot could not even fit all the wood-panelled station wagons. Moustache Gord, a long-time regular at the slopes, would plow a section of the lake and provide valet parking on the ice.
In those days the lifts were powered by tractor motors. There was no emergency shut-off switch, so the only way to get the thing to stop was to climb up onto the tractor and turn the key.
One time someone got hauled up the hill by their scarf. Folks were worried about it, but since no one was hurt, the "...until someone loses an eye" rule wasn't invoked and everyone soon went back to having fun. This was, after all, some time before safety was even invented. This was back when people hitchhiked. Children on Sesame Street were still crawling through pipes in vacant lots. It was when everyone knew their neighbours and grown-ups still had time for bowling leagues.
But we all know the story: Life got complicated. The pace of the workweek crept into the weekend. Skiing day-trips were among the first to go. Vacations changed too: Air travel became affordable and regular people began to fly far away from Manitoba to the flashy skiing resorts in the mountains.
Eventually, with dwindling crowds, the government-run Falcon Lake ski operation was to be shut down completely.
Every Day Bob, a gentleman who had been skiing there every day for decades, would have to find something else to do.
Craig Christie and Barb Hamilton, lovers of each other and lovers of a good time, were sure going to miss the slopes. Barb's mom, Grandma Maud, used to work in the kitchen in the shack at the bottom of the hill, cooking hotdogs for everyone on the wood stove.
Life is change. Grandparents still check their mailboxes daily but have long ago stopped hoping to receive anything that warms their hearts. Buildings that were really something in their day end up in the blades of bulldozers. Long grass engulfs drive-in theatres. Everything anyone has ever conceived of will eventually end up where ideas go to die.
Some call that progress, but Barb and Craig wanted to believe that there was still a place in the world for the rickety old ski slopes.
Their idea was to make the area into a year-round resort, and as carpenters they had the skills to make it happen. Surprising as it seems in hindsight, the bank shared their optimism! Soon, there they were with a young family and the tried-and-true business model of running an alpine ski area in the flatlands province of Manitoba. But, it's poor carpenters who blame their tools.
Barb and Craig got to work, and with a little creativity the resort and ski-hill combination was in business. The slopes slowly became a destination again.
Every year, the community at the slopes feels stronger: Staff feel like family; patrons become friends.
Every Day Bob is back too! Regulars, new and old, show up reliably every weekend. Mark Hood, an actually-pretty-good skier is there a lot. He keeps things challenging for himself on the gentle slopes by gliding down backwards. Moustache Gord teaches the youngins to keep their skis parallel on the bunny hill.
The local biathlon club, the Biathlon Bears, recently even produced an Olympic athlete! That's a fact that makes everyone feel real proud of their underdog venue. It's a ski resort with no black diamonds, but there is a scruffy black dog named Islay running around.
Some things are worth holding on to. In modern life it's easy to get distracted by the ever-faster and ever-brighter lights. It's easy to buy the idea that the path to satisfaction is paved with infinite choice. It's easy to believe that we can take care of our own needs and don't need a community around us all that much anymore.
We can take an airplane to the mountains. We can ride the freshest powder and sleep in the best hotels. That's all more accessible to us than it has ever been, and it's pretty neat. But it's not clear that we'll have a better time in Whistler than we will among friends, down the highway at that pocket-sized ski hill where everyone knows our names.
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The concept of "money changing hands" has changed dramatically over the past twenty years or so. Depending on your age now, doing your banking when you were younger may have waiting for your local bank branch to open and lining up to deposit or withdraw cash.
If you were born in the seventies then your first memory of banking might be those "holes in the wall" – ATMs were introduced to New Zealand in the eighties, hence eliminating the stress of needing to get to the bank before it closed!
Perhaps a more significant introduction though was the first credit card – Bankcard – which arrived in New Zealand in 1979. Over the succeeding years the popularity of putting things on the plastic has boomed; According to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), at the end of June we owed approximately $6.48 on our credit cards.
We put plenty of stuff on debit cards too. In fact overall, according to Statistics New Zealand, the total number of retail electronic card transactions in New Zealand average well over 100 million per month. That's the number of transactions (including both credit and debit) not the value. In fact that volume of transactions represents approximately 28 electronic transactions per New Zealand person aged 15 and older.
Despite all this electronic enthusiasm cash is still an important part of our transaction lives too – and it recently became brighter! In late 2014 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced changes to our banknotes in order to take advantage of technological advances in security features. Those changes have now been put in place. If you haven't noticed the new notes in circulation yet, you can check them out here.
That's how we spend money – but what do we spend it on?
Each quarter Statistics New Zealand releases details of where our hard-earned dollars go. Not surprisingly, supermarket and grocery stores take a big chunk of our money, as does hardware, building and garden supplies (we seem to be house-proud) and other food and beverage. Overall we spends more than $20 billion on retail per quarter!


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Sakura Trick — 12
Posted on March 29, 2014 by Akatsukin
Mezashite! presents: Sakura Trick episode 12
For those of you who waited for us, thank you. For those of you who didn't, I hope you enjoy rewatching the finale.
Akatsukin (Translation, Timing, QC, Typesetting)
For once, finally, someone delivered and gave us not only the yuri anime that we've been waiting for, but a romantic anime where getting together is not the final point in the series (putting aside Haruka's retardation). Pretty sure I said I'd never do a sign-heavy anime again after KinMoza, but we just couldn't pass up the chance for something so well suited for Mezashite! It was again a lot of work, and I know due to various reasons the last two episodes were quite delayed, but I hope you enjoyed Sakura Trick as much as I did. I don't think my heart will ever be the same again. And since it looks like we're doing this, Mitsuki best.
Etoce (Editing, Typesetting, Songs)
Actually, I'm pretty sure we decided to do Sakura Trick because of a hastily made snap decision on a groggy Wednesday morning. Also, Kotone's probably the best girl.
furzi (Typesetting, Encoding (12))
Kaede best girl.
yuyu (Encoding, Slacking)
bad show
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61 thoughts on "Sakura Trick — 12"
donjuan on March 29, 2014 at 3:10 pm said:
I agree with yuyu. It was a terrible show.
Johnny on March 29, 2014 at 3:23 pm said:
Studio Deen could work on another season in the autumn.^^
yuyu pls
Frozenrain on March 29, 2014 at 3:52 pm said:
Thank you for all the work, I enjoyed all the show, and Mezashite version is worth the wait. They did a good work with the anime, and I really hope that more romance yuri gets animated in time. Thanks for everything ^^
xikarra on March 29, 2014 at 4:15 pm said:
Finally someone has got good taste.
Femto Zeta on March 30, 2014 at 4:35 pm said:
at least there still are some people with good taste ( ¬‿¬)
oops, forgot to add that it is Etoce in this case
shinobivdk on March 29, 2014 at 4:28 pm said:
Thanks for your work on Sakura Trick.
I really loved this anime and the few characters developpement.
Kotone is the best girl in my opinion.
By the way i used your release to make a french translation Thanks for all.
amb on March 29, 2014 at 4:34 pm said:
Thanks Mezashite~
ps. yuyu stinks
Jöül on March 29, 2014 at 4:36 pm said:
Thank you, that was worth to wait for it 🙂
Nice show, nice OP, nice characters (except Haruka).
Yep, Kaede best girl.
CMD on March 29, 2014 at 4:36 pm said:
Thank you all for the amazing work!
puddi on March 29, 2014 at 4:39 pm said:
senna not being top 5 comments what
Akatsukin on March 29, 2014 at 5:24 pm said:
wut. I'd better delete everyone else.
Devindor on March 29, 2014 at 5:49 pm said:
Season 2 when. R.I.P. my heart
Dylan on March 29, 2014 at 6:25 pm said:
I waited patiently for you guys! Thanks for doing such a great job with this show, always loved you guys' releases! Yuzu best girl
EinsamerWanderer on March 30, 2014 at 12:22 am said:
Seconded on all points.
Etoce on March 30, 2014 at 11:58 am said:
X-san on March 29, 2014 at 11:17 pm said:
Thanks guys. Worth the wait IMO.
Didn't know your group before this show, but I'll definitely keep an eye on your RSS feed.
SkyCorps on March 30, 2014 at 12:15 am said:
Thanks for the subs guys, I really enjoyed it a lot.
Yuri Fan on March 30, 2014 at 12:21 am said:
For all your efforts, I truly, truly thank you.
Maah on March 30, 2014 at 1:21 am said:
Yay! Thank you! Finally :3 I have been waiting for you guys <3
Choque on March 30, 2014 at 5:35 am said:
It was worth the wait 🙂 Any plans on releasing the BD versions?
williukea on March 30, 2014 at 7:48 am said:
finally it's over! I hope that Aikatsu can finally return on time!!!
Yuri stinks!!! More Aikatsu! more Mizuki-sama!!!
Abby_enon on March 31, 2014 at 4:23 am said:
no if they chose Wed or Thu shows☆
Abby_enon on March 30, 2014 at 10:15 am said:
and another good shit ends…
Planning to do GochiUsa for next season? It's Kinmosa's "neighbor" btw.
But the thing bothers me is that it will air just hours after Aikatsu…
misao on March 30, 2014 at 12:44 pm said:
well F you yuyu! your opinion stinks.
Williukea on March 30, 2014 at 2:35 pm said:
For next season how about Mahou Shoujo Taisan just it's unknown when it airs yet but I hope for a good group for this season's animes unlike the poor CR subs for WUG…
Don't mind this it appears that MahouTai is 4 minutes long with 26 episodes…
Miketsukami-kun on March 30, 2014 at 4:11 pm said:
Thanks for subbing this show I hope there will be a second season.
Btw, not relate this but do you guys have any plans to translate Kiniro Mosaic 2?
Senna on March 31, 2014 at 11:01 pm said:
Thank you Mezashite! for subbing Sakura Trick! 'twas a very entertaining and cute series, with Hidamari Sketch's director and all =D See you guys next season!
Also, since quite a few people are voting on who's the best girl, I'll show Shizuku some love!
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Lee Daniels' STAR adds more STAR power to its cast with the legendary Patti LaBelle and singer Brandy Norwood as guest-star in multi-episode arcs on STAR, beginning this spring on FOX.
LaBelle will play Carlotta Brown's (Queen Latifah) tough but loving mother, Christine; and Norwood will play Carlotta's younger sister, Cassie.
In the next all-new episode of STAR, "Faking It," airing Wednesday, November 15th (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, Ayanna (Michael Michele) must quickly do damage control to restore Midtown's image, amidst all of the heat the label is catching from the tragic police incident. Desperate for a spot in the showcase, the girls (Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny and Brittany O'Grady) work on convincing hot recording artist – Joyce Sheree (guest star Teyana Taylor) – to do a featured verse on one of their songs. Carlotta continues to fight for custody of Simone; a misleading photo of Noah (Luke James) and Alex goes viral; and Cotton (Amiyah Scott) juggles two relationships. Meanwhile, Brody's (Stephen Dorff) motivation for his return to Atlanta is revealed.


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I was struck by the view down Edward Street this new year's eve (Green Bag is like Green Bin). For a moment I wondered whether everybody had copied each other in putting out the wrong bag on the wrong day. But then I remembered that last week there was still snow and ice about.
Edward Street must have been more dangerous or blocked than neighbouring Victoria Road and Exbourne Road. The helpline was telling enquirers that it was up to the driver's discretion whether to collect specific streets.
The Loose Cannon brewery had a busy time leading up to Christmas.
This was my first time inside the brewery since it opened back in August.
The shop, out front, has been decked out with boughs of hops.
I wish Loose Cannon every success, and a Happy New Year. Abingdon Bridge, the regular brew, will be joined by a new IPA beer around February. You will have to hurry to get any of the Christmas Cannon.
Abingdon now has a brewery and a tearoom – two things that have been missing for a few years. The van is from Loose Cannon Brewery and is outside the window of Rosie's Tearoom.
and a steamy mist rose from the River Thames around Saint Helen's Wharf, and further afield.
Five new seats and five new bins have recently appeared in the Albert Park. This has led to a super abundance of litter bins since a lot of the old stone bins are still there – even though the broken and vandalised seats had to be removed.
In the Albert Park the thaw has led to some very slushy paths.


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Q: Producing an outstanding fees report in MySQL This question is about a MySQL stored procedure to select the records from two tables by joining them and also do some arithmetic operations in that.
I have 3 tables for fees one is to store fee types, another one is to store fee allocated to each student class wise, and the last one is to store the transactions like on which date they paid, and how much, etc.
This is my database and I have a query to result only transactions made: http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!2/479e4/2
But I want to sum the amount of each fee type in (tbl_feecollection) and subtract them from corresponding fee type allocated to each student wise (tbl_stdfee) at last show the final output only balance amounts for each fee type. Could anyone please tell me how to do this? I know this is complex SQL query, but I am a beginner.
Table structures and with some data:
CREATE TABLE `tbl_admission` (
  `AdmNo` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `Grp` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
  `Cls` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
  `rollno` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `StdNm` varchar(50)
);

INSERT INTO `tbl_admission` (`AdmNo`, `Grp`, `Cls`, `rollno`, `StdNm`)
VALUES ('1','4','22','1','zzz'),('2','4','22','2','xxyy');

CREATE TABLE `tbl_classes` (
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INSERT INTO `tbl_classes` (`C_Id`, `C_Name`, `G_Id`, `status`)
VALUES (22,'X A',4,1),(23,'X B',4,1);

CREATE TABLE `tbl_feevars` (
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INSERT INTO `tbl_feevars` (`id`, `FeeName`)
VALUES (1,'Admission Fee'),(2,'Spl Fee'),(3,'Tution Fee'),
(4,'Computer Fee'),(5,'Stationary'),(6,'Transport'),
(7,'Hostel fee'),(8,'Lab'),(9,'Library'),(10,'Miscell');

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  `computerfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
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  `transport` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `hostelfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `lab` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `library` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `miscell` float(10,2) default '0.00'
  );

INSERT INTO `tbl_stdfees` (`id`, `Admno`, `admissionfee`, `splfee`, `tutionfee`, `computerfee`, `stationary`, `transport`, `hostelfee`, `lab`, `library`, `miscell`)
VALUES (8,'1',5000.00,NULL,NULL,2500.00,1500.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,5000.00),
(9,'2',5000.00,0.00,0.00,2500.00,1500.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,5000.00),
(10,'3',5000.00,0.00,0.00,2500.00,1500.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,5000.00);

CREATE TABLE `tbl_feecollection` (
  `auto_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `GrupNm` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
  `class` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
  `rollno` int(2) NOT NULL,
  `sadmno` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `PaM` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
  `DDCN` int(25) NOT NULL,
  `bank` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
  `cheqd` date NOT NULL,
  `remarks` varchar(150) NOT NULL,
  `pdate` date NOT NULL,
  `admissionfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `splfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `tutionfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `computerfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `stationary` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `transport` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `hostelfee` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `lab` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `library` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  `miscell` float(10,2) default '0.00',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`auto_id`)
);

INSERT INTO `tbl_feecollection` (`auto_id`, `GrupNm`, `class`, `rollno`, `sadmno`, `PaM`, `DDCN`, `bank`, `cheqd`, `remarks`, `pdate`, `admissionfee`, `splfee`, `tutionfee`, `computerfee`, `stationary`, `transport`, `hostelfee`, `lab`, `library`, `miscell`)
VALUES (1,'4','22',1,1,'Cheque',12345,'ICICI','2013-07-01','No','2013-07-01',500.00,0.00,0.00,500.00,0.00,0.00,200.00,0.00,0.00,200.00),(2,'4','22',2,2,'Cheque',78787,'IDBI','2013-07-10','No','2013-07-12',500.00,0.00,0.00,500.00,0.00,0.00,200.00,0.00,0.00,300.00),(3,'4','22',2,2,'Cheque',78789,'IDBI','2013-07-31','No','2013-07-22',500.00,0.00,0.00,500.00,0.00,0.00,200.00,0.00,0.00,300.00);

And I have a query to show some results:
set @sqlList = null;
set @query = null;
SELECT
  GROUP_CONCAT(concat('tfc.', Replace(FeeName,' ','')))
INTO @sqlList
FROM tbl_feevars;
SET @query
  = CONCAT('SELECT tc.C_Name,tfc.rollno,ta.StdNm,
                tfc.pdate,',@sqlList, '
            FROM tbl_feecollection tfc
            INNER JOIN tbl_classes tc
              ON tfc.class = tc.C_Id
            INNER JOIN tbl_admission ta
              ON ta.AdmNo = tfc.sadmno
            where tfc.pdate >=  ''2013-07-01''
              and tfc.pdate <= ''2013-07-31'' Order by C_Name DESC ');

PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

Please tell me now how to resolve the issue.

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Fiona Apple unveils full details of new album 'The Idler Wheel….'
Singer will release her fourth album on June 25 this summer
Tom Goodwyn
Fiona Apple has unveiled full details of her fourth studio album 'The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do', which will come out in June.
The album contains 10 tracks in all and will be released on June 25 in the UK and June 26 in the US. The LP is the follow-up to her third album 'Extraordinary Machine' and her first studio offering for seven years. The singer has debuted opener 'Every Single Night' and 'Anything We Want' during her recent live shows at SXSW festival.
It is the second time in Apple's career that she has named her album after a lengthy poem. In 1999 she released her second album, which has the full title of 'When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King. What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight. And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring. There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might. So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand. And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights. And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land. And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cause You'll Know That You're Right'.
The title of Apple's second album is the longest ever, according to the Guinness Book Of World Records, and contains 90 words in total.
Apple will tour the US in June in support of her fourth album, playing eight shows in total. It is her first tour of any kind for five years.
The tracklisting for 'The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do' is as follows:
'Every Single Night'
'Daredevil'
'Valentine'
'Jonathan'
'Left Alone'
'Werewolf'
'Periphery'
'Regret'
'Anything We Want'
'Hot Knife'


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'Bringing magic to people' - Foodbank's Christmas stocking campaign
Published: 10:35 AM November 28, 2021
Trevor Saunders wants to help spread the Christmas cheer to the people of Yarmouth. - Credit: James Weeds
Volunteers at a Great Yarmouth foodbank are working around the clock to ensure as many people get some festive cheer.
Mandalay Wellbeing Community Interest Company (CIC) in Victoria Arcade is preparing its fourth annual Christmas stocking campaign, which manager Trevor Saunders says will be its biggest ever.
"We've sent out 1,400 individual Christmas stockings to businesses, groups and individuals," Mr Saunders said.
"We have five donation trolleys at various supermarkets around the area with more on the way.
"Everything is now starting to come back and we have about 300 stockings which are filled and ready to go."
FLASHBACK: Dr Ailsa Sheldon and Trevor Saunders launch the 2018 stocking appeal Picture: Trevor Saunders - Credit: Archant
People will be able to exchange vouchers from Mandalay Wellbeing for a stocking and volunteers will be able to nominate other people in the community who may not request a voucher.
Mr Saunders said: "I'm really passionate to find people in communities who seem to be forgotten about.
"I love the idea of someone going out and donating a stocking to someone who may benefit and we want them to know there are people who care about them."
Stockings are available for people of all ages and genders, and there are also stockings available for homeless people and pets.
Mr Saunders said they want to help bring Christmas cheer to people in need.
"When I was a kid, I would look at the end of my bed and there was a stocking," Mr Saunders said.
"I knew that meant Father Christmas had been and that's the magic we want to bring to other people.
"Christmas is a really tough time for some people, and hopefully we can help those in need.
"This year, more than ever, things are really tough out there."
Mandalay Wellbeing CIC distributed 120 food parcels on Thursday. - Credit: James Weeds
Mr Saunders revealed that 120 people used the Mandalay foodbank on Thursday, and the company has recently donated three tents to homeless people.
People interested in donating for the stockings can do so at the Mandalay Wellbeing store.
The foodbank welcomes gift sets, chocolates, toys and tins of food.
Mr Sunders said: "When people ask me what should they put in, I tell them 'whatever you would like to receive on Christmas Day'."
Alcohol, sharp items or glass products are not accepted as donations for the stockings.


The Saloon, located at 1232 Grant Avenue in North Beach, is currently the oldest saloon of San Francisco and for decades has offered dancing and live music.
The Saloon first opened in 1861, and has been in continuous operation ever since.
This drinking establishment was originally owned by Ferdinand E. Wagner, the son of a liquor merchant in Studweiller (Bas Rhin, France), who named it Wagner's Beer Hall. In 1836 Wagner migrated to Louisiana, married a native of Cannes in 1845, and then opened a saloon there. But in 1852 Wagner moved to San Francisco, and first worked as a hotel manager and then as a fruit vendor. He brought his family to San Francisco, and by 1868 he opened Wagner's Beer Hall at 308 Dupont Street. When Dupont Street was renamed as Grant Avenue, it was renumbered as 1232 Grant. Ferdinand and his family lived in the two floors above the bar, and one of his sons would continue to operate the business after Ferdinand retired.
The building looks very much the same as it does in photographs from the 1870s. The elaborate wooden bar which is currently in use was installed in the 1860s, and was constructed outside of America and later shipped to San Francisco. The Saloon is located in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, although in the 1860s its location occurred near the northern border of the Barbary Coast district. During that time the Barbary Coast had scores of dance halls and concert saloons.
In 1906 San Francisco experienced a devastating earthquake and subsequent fire which destroyed most of the buildings in the area. Legend has it that a U.S. Navy frigate which was stationed on the northern waterfront extended a fire hose over Telegraph Hill and pumped water from the bay to fight the flames, thus protecting The Saloon. The aforementioned fire hose is claimed to have also fought the fires of nearby Jackson Square and a wholesale warehouse of liquor, Hotaling's Warehouse, claimed to have been spared from the flames. Historians have commented that establishments which housed or served alcohol seemed to get preferential support from firefighters during the great fire of 1906. But in challenging the belief that The Saloon was spared from the 1906 Fire, there exists a photograph taken from the Lawrence Captive Airship (a series of kites on a very long cord with a suspended camera) on 29th May 1906 that clearly shows the location of The Saloon as a large, burnt hole in the ground. Next door, another large hole in the ground, etc., for most of that block, as well as most of the neighborhood. The alley next to The Saloon as well as Dupont St. is clearly visible and unmistakable. The photograph is located on the wall in back of Spec's Bar at 12 Adler Place (now William Saroyan Place). Contemporary maps on Google Images show The Saloon as being in the zone of North Beach that burned on the 3rd and 4th day.
In the late 1960s and 1970s Grant Avenue had numerous blues clubs like The Saloon, which supplied live bands playing music every night. Though many of those blues clubs have disappeared, The Saloon continues to provide a dance floor and daily performances by locally acclaimed musicians. Despite its small size, throughout time The Saloon has attracted the performances of many talented and occasionally famous musicians.
This page was last edited on 30 December 2018, at 18:19 (UTC).


Logo placement on the award website, posters, flyers and marketing materials as "Headline Sponsor of the Responsible Business Awards"
Logo placement on the front cover of the official Responsible Business Awards Programme as "Headline Sponsor of the Responsible Business Awards"
Option to feature in the special publication of the Responsible Business Awards by the media partner "the Voice Newspaper", the No.1 UK newspaper specialising in Diversity and Inclusion publications forover 30 years with over 1 million readers every month.
Option for a promotional speech at the Responsible Business Awards ceremony.
A full-page advertising spread in the Responsible Business Awards Programme as "Headline Sponsor of the Responsible Business Awards"
Please note that the Headline sponsor for the Isle of Man Responsible Business Awards has now been reserved and is no longer available.


Roses have always been celebrated for their beauty, fragrance and to represent something. You simply can't be concluded that a particular rose is the most beautiful one in the world. Because, among the 100+ species of rose, none is lacking in beauty. With this effect you can place your photo or a photo of your loved one into a vintage frame surrounded by roses. It only takes a few seconds to do and all you need to do is select and photo, press "go" button and wait fore the magic to happen.


Northern Oswego County Health Services Inc. (NOCHSI) has changed its name to ConnextCare.
The health-care network, which has served Oswego County residents since 1969, adopted the new name to better reflect its growth in staff, services, and locations, Daniel Dey, president and CEO, said in a release.
ConnextCare has 235 employees across Oswego County. The organization doubled in size in 2013 when what was then NOCHSI acquired the Fulton and Oswego practices of Oswego County Opportunities and the Mexico, Phoenix, and Parish practices of Oswego Health, according to a spokesman.
The release stressed that the new name does not mean a change in ownership, leadership or operations. "Other than new signage, patients will not experience any operational changes due to the name change," Tricia Peter-Clark, VP of operations, said.
The new name and logo were introduced to ConnextCare staffers Wednesday morning at the Kallet Theatre in Pulaski.


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Alfonso Lara (27. dubna 1946, Santiago de Chile – 13. srpna 2013, Santiago de Chile) byl chilský fotbalista, záložník. Zemřel 13. srpna 2013 ve věku 67 let na infarkt myokardu.

Klubová kariéra
Profesionálně hrál v chilských klubech CD Magallanes, Club de Deportes Lota Schwager, Colo-Colo a Everton de Viña del Mar.

Reprezentační kariéra
Za reprezentaci Chile nastoupil v letech 1968–1975 v 29 reprezentačních utkáních. Byl členem chilské reprezentace Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 1974 v Německu.

Reference

Externí odkazy
 National Footbal Team
 Worldfootball.net
 Transfermarkt

Chilští fotbalisté
Fotbalisté Colo-Colo
Narození v roce 1946
Narození 27. dubna
Narození v Santiagu de Chile
Úmrtí v roce 2013
Úmrtí 13. srpna
Úmrtí v Santiagu de Chile
Muži
Chilští fotbaloví reprezentanti
Hráči Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 1974

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Shock anorexia billboard annoys fashion designers
Jess Cartner-Morley in Milan
@JessC_M
Wed 26 Sep 2007 03.21 EDT
The size zero debate is once again dominating Milan fashion week. But this time the emaciated frame causing the furore is not on the catwalks, but on a billboard.
A disturbing photograph of a naked anorexic woman, blown up to traffic-stopping scale, has been drawing shocked gasps from passing Milanese.
The photograph of 27-year-old Frenchwoman Isabelle Caro, who weighs 31kg (4st 12lb), bears the legend "No Anorexia" and the slogan of the Italian womenswear brand Nolita, for which it is an advertisement.
The Nolita campaign has been given the blessing of the Italian ministry of health, with health minister Livia Turco saying the image promotes responsibility towards the problem of anorexia.
The man behind the image is fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani, who was responsible for the controversial Benetton advertising campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s, including his 1992 portrait of dying Aids patient David Kirby.
Flash & Partners, owners of Nolita, have said that the image aims to raise awareness of an illness "caused in most cases by the stereotypes imposed by the world of fashion".
The billboards, launched during Milan fashion week, have met with a distinct froideur from many in the fashion industry, who dispute the theory that blame for anorexia can be laid wholly at their door. Caro, they point out, is not a model, but says that she has suffered from anorexia since she was 13 because of a "difficult childhood".
Designer Giorgio Armani queried the link between fashion and anorexia, commenting that "even people who take no notice of fashion get anorexic", while designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana described anorexia as a psychiatric problem with "nothing to do with fashion".
Isabelle Caro, author of a blog about her battle with anorexia, said she had appeared in the campaign "to show young people how dangerous this illness is".
Milan fashion week spring/summer 2008


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Forging Your City of Mist TTRPG Character Concept
By Kevin Carpenter, March 19, 2021
City of Mist is a tabletop RPG with an incredible amount of freedom when it comes to character creation. You can make karate monster hunters, time-traveling computer hackers, or even just some guy who can change reality but also lives in his mother's basement. This freedom is thrilling, but it can also lead to analysis paralysis. With infinite possibilities, where do you even start?
Thankfully, once you have your character concept, the rest of the process is simple. We won't be going into the mechanics of character creation today. Instead, we'll be talking about ways you can get that spark, that single concept to build the rest of your character off of!
MAKE THE MOST OF THE EXPOSITION SESSION
The best time to create your concept in my opinion is the Exposition Session. I've been a GM for many different systems and having a Session 0 to just talk about the game, table rules, and, most importantly, who your characters are is extremely helpful no matter the ruleset. But another reason City of Mist is a great TTRPG is because having a Session 0 is built right into the rules!
The Exposition Session is there for everyone to develop their characters and determine what the series is going to be about. The first thing you'll normally figure out is the shared crew theme, or the main identity of your party. Your character concept will need to mesh with your crew's mission, so pay attention to whether your crew is a team of private investigators, a squad of mercenaries, or just a gang of kids in high school. Having the central conflict laid out also helps you create a character whose personal goals are connected to that conflict. The more everyone talks about their characters and what they want to play, the more that'll help you figure out the same thing.
CONSIDER TRADITIONAL RPG ROLES
Figuring out your character with everyone else is also helpful to determine what roles should be filled. Even though City of Mist focuses more on narrative than mechanics, it's still a tabletop RPG, so you're still going to need your tanks, healers, faces, and mages to round out the party . If you've played other RPGs, whether on the table or on your console, think about what's your normal style of play. Do you prefer strong brawler characters? Social characters? Investigators who find the clues and learn the lore? A stealthy character? Figuring out the role that is fun for you is another great starting point for a character concept.
But maybe you haven't played many RPG's. That's fine! Another thing you can do is just wait for everyone else to make their characters and see what's missing. Is your crew full of anti-social fighters? Well, it's a good thing your character is great at talking!
BRAINSTORM YOUR MYTHOS AND LOGOS
No matter what your concept is, every character is a modern-day version of a myth, legend, or literary piece. And that means you'll need to think about how you're splitting your character into their Mythos and Logos.
There are a few ways you can approach this. You can start with a Mythos and figure out what this legend is like as a normal person in the City. If your Mythos is Thor, perhaps their Logos is working at a job that requires great strength, such as a construction worker. Or you can choose a gritty noir trope for your Logos first and then try to figure out which Mythos to match it to. If you're playing a lounge singer, maybe their Mythos is a goddess of singing or secrets?
You should also want to think about how your character balances the ordinary and legendary. This will determine your character's Awareness Level. Are they just Touched, a normal person who is just now discovering their own Mythos? Or are they Legendaries, so far gone, their Mythos powers have almost taken them over? Perhaps they are stuck in the middle as Borderliners? This will determine how many Mythos vs. Logos themes your character has.
The expansion Shadows & Showdowns includes a tool to help you create a great character concept. The Three Mythic Features process found on page 37 has you study a Mythos, select three features you like about it, and then use one feature as the basis for your powers (your Mythos themes) and one feature as the basis for your modern day persona (your Logos themes). The Rapid Character Creation process on page 40 also gives a list of Mythos and Logos options to choose from to make forging your character concept quicker and easier.
YOUR MYTHOS
Maybe you have an idea for what kind of character you want to play, but are having a hard time picking out a specific Mythos. Thankfully, all legends are fair game in City of Mist, which means there's no shortage of source material to draw from!
There are countless podcasts and YouTube channels that delve into different mythologies you can study. You can also go to your local library or check out Wikipedia and see where your search takes you. If the endless depth of human storytelling throughout history is too much, take a more personal approach. What are mythologies that are specific to your culture? What classic fairy tale or novel stuck with you as a kid? Researching these tales for City of Mist can give you a greater understanding of your own community.
You can find more ideas for Mythos character tropes on pages 70 and 71 of the Player's Guide along with a list of legendary archetypes and examples on page 41 of Shadows and Showdowns.
YOUR LOGOS
It can be easy to think of a Logos as "boring" compared to legends and superpowers. But noir movies and comics make ordinary people compelling characters all the time!
You're not just limited to normal lives for your character. Could your character be an assassin like Post-Mortem? A getaway driver like Baby New? Think big! Your crew theme does most of the legwork in this respect. If your crew is a bunch of bank robbers,for example, then it may be more helpful to think of your Logos in terms of heist archetypes.
But even if your character lives a normal life, that normalcy can make its own compelling emotional arc. The Defining Event and Defining Relationship themebooks are perfect references for these stories. Did a single supernatural tragedy change your whole life? Are you trying to keep your children from the dangers of the magical world? All of these and more are Logos conflicts that resonate and are very fun to play.
You can find more ideas for Logos character tropes on pages 72 and 73 of the Player's Guide and a quick list of noir archetypes on page 40 of Shadows & Showdowns.
PLAY TO CHANGE
There can be some anxiety with choosing a character concept, especially if you're afraid you won't like them once you start playing. But I'd like to quote James D'Amato, author of The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: "I advise people to 'play to change.' Look for the areas of your character's story where you can allow them to develop and evolve, while still staying true to their core character traits."
City of Mist is a game about narrative development, with a leveling system that encourages changing theme cards as your character develops along their journey. This should take some pressure off creating "the perfect character". Your character is going to change, and that can include the parts you find out you don't like!
Keep this in mind when making a character. Your character starts out with Mysteries they want to solve and Identities that are going to be challenged. Maybe take it a step further and think ahead. What's a conflict you'd like to see the conclusion of? Maybe you make a character with a magic weapon because you want to eventually play out what happens when they lose it. As Mr. D'Amato said, play to change!
There are countless ways to approach forging a character concept. But all of these tips follow a single throughline: find one thing you want to explore and expand from there. At the end of the day, you're playing a fun game with friends, so go wild!
Tell us about your favorite character concepts! What Mythos have you explored? What Logos did you live out? Let us know on social media or the City of Mist Discord.
Recommendations for Mythology Youtube Channels and Podcasts
Overly Sarcastic Productions: https://www.youtube.com/c/OverlySarca...
Extra Mythology: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Myths and Legends Podcast: https://www.mythpodcast.com/
Mythos Podcast: https://www.mythospodcast.com/
The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...


This guy once told me I wasn't very memorable.
I didn't ask him to explain, because I just wanted to change the subject. But that comment remained with me for the next 20 years.
Although I was offended, I think I now understand what he meant.
Where did the "meek little lamb" my grade six teacher taught, come from?
At a recent family wedding, my seven-year-old son put on quite a show. Seemingly oblivious to all the other guests, he danced around like Mr. Bean. I was in awe. He was having so much fun; free from any insecurities.
Meanwhile, my mom was showing off her glitter pants, à la Liza Minelli, which were beyond sensational.
For the most part, we allow kids to act silly. But more than that, we applaud them for expressing themselves. We want them to be creative. We want them to be courageous and bold.
Adults, on the other hand, are criticized or become the subject of gossip if any form of individuality is on display. Is it a midlife crisis? He must be drunk. After all, we must show our maturity as we age. Still, I wonder if we are, in fact, exhibiting genuine maturity when we repress our personality, simply to fit in?
But who really cares? All we want is to be "liked." So, we walk around inhibited. Afraid to express our inner child. Our inner creativity. Our inner fashionista. At my age, though, it's no longer about me. It's about supporting my children; encouraging them to honour self-expression during and past their adolescent years.
A lion in sheep's clothing?
Although I'd like to be able to pass down some of the invaluable lessons I learned about peer pressure and self-expression from the experiences I gained while a teenager, I really can't say I have any experiences to draw on.
I wasn't a very expressive teen. And even I admit, my high school years weren't very memorable. It wasn't an exciting time. I went to an all-girl high school, where we were taught by Catholic nuns; where a visit to the bus stop to see the guys from our brother school was a highlight; and where the length of your kilt spoke volumes. However, I got through it…thankful that social media didn't exist then.
So, without any personal anecdotes or genuine wisdom to impart to my kids, I'll have to simply model self-expression at its best. After all, I'm in my 40's now…"mid-life" and no desire to impress anyone, except myself.
To that guy who said I wasn't memorable, watch me…drop it like it's hot.


Photography and Filmmaking team Adam Bove and Kate Rolston have worked on a number of commercial campaigns both as individuals and as partners. In the past year they have collaborated on nearly all of their projects, so coming together as an official "team" was a natural next step. As a pair they bring the creative direction, vision and skills needed to see a project through from start to finish; working seamlessly as a photographer & filmmaker, director & DP or simply as two shooters on a photography or film project. Their approach, style and skill set complement each other to offer more value and more content to their clients.
Adam's Showreel is a compilation of commercial, narrative and doc style work. It showcases a collection of imagery from pieces he has either directed, DP'd, or in many cases acted as both director and DP.
A sample of Kate Rolston's work capturing authentic moments of people enjoying life. Most of these photographs are from commercial tourism shoots around Colorado using real people and real families as models.
The CU Denver commercial spot is a nice example of run and gun shooting in an urban environment, showing real people interacting and having fun. Locations had been scouted, but blocking and interaction was done on the fly with real students and real teachers having legitimate interactions.
30 sec broadcast spot for Copper Mountain. The idea going into the shoot was to utilize real people and real families in predetermined locations around Copper Mountain.
Yve Assad for Red Wing Heritage. We shot this piece in Nashville, TN for Red Wing Heritage. The approach we took was very much a documentary one. We sat down with Yve, a photographer by trade, to discuss her approach to shooting, her passion for motorcycles and ultimately, to see what inspires her. The resulting video and imagery was fun and authentic. Shot over two days with real people in and around Nashville.
The Rocky Mountain Table Company brand piece is another project in which Adam and Kate shot stills and video simultaneously.
Below is a handful of videos that have a brighter feel to them. Some have urban settings, others are countryside feels.


1 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 8/08/2009 08:23:00 PM.
A Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson went on show in London this Thursday for 3 days in the lead-up to an auction in New York where it will go under the hammer on August 18 at the Vered Gallery, starting with an opening bid of $800,000, but where it certainly will be fetching much more with the now renewed interest in all things MJ.
The highest priced Warhol portrait is "Lemon Marilyn" sold at Christie's New York in 2007 for $28.040.000 .


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The wrong way to attack and defend evolution?
December 7th, 2016 in clues. Tags: Christianity, Evolution, False arguments, Science
The biological theory of evolution has been the subject of argument ever since it was first proposed, especially from those christians who believe that the Bible teaches that animals haven't evolved from simple life forms, and thus evolutionary science must not only be wrong, but also evil. But their arguments are often naive and misleading.
Of course many christians (including me) accept evolution as a scientific fact, even if some of the details are still doubtful. But secular scientists must sometimes get tired of answering the naive arguments of fervent creationists, which sometimes leads them into their own poor responses.
Here are a couple of cases in point …..
Mary Schweitzer and Tyrannosaurus rex
Mary is a molecular paleontologist who has been researching the proteins found in Tyrannosaurus rex bones for about 20 years. In 2005 she reported that she had been able to extract soft tissue (collagen) from some bones, something that surprised scientists because it was considered impossible for such proteins to survive anywhere near as long as the 68 million years since the dinosaur was alive.
Other scientists disputed her findings, but more recent research has confirmed her work. This has led to creationists claiming that her discoveries show that the earth is quite young after all, and contesting her explanation that the presence of iron has preserved the protein.
But the criticism hasn't been all from that side. Schweitzer is a committed christian who accepts the science of evolution, but has reported some scientists have questioned her results because of her faith. For example:
I had one reviewer tell me that he didn't care what the data said, he knew that what I was finding wasn't possible … . I wrote back and said, 'Well what data would convince you?' And he said, 'None.'"
Mark Armitage and Triceratops
Mark Armitage was a university microscopist expert in "scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, confocal microscopy and tissue processing and sectioning" when he reported in a scientific paper in 2013 that he had found soft tissue in the horn of a 65 million year old Triceratops.
Mark is a creationist christian but he made no mention in the paper of any possible implications of his find. Nevertheless he believes that soft tissue is widespread in old bones and fossils, and cannot be explained except by a young earth. It was also claimed that carbon dating showed the bone was much younger than you'd expect if evolution was true. I haven't seen much scientific response to his report, but biologist Jerry Coyne says his claims are not credible.
Armitage discussed some of the implications with students and he was soon facing criticism. He reported that one university offical reacted by saying to him: "We are not going to tolerate your religion in this department!" and he was subsequently dismissed from the university.
Recently the university settled a case for wrongful dismissal out of court for a large sum. Although they claimed his dismissal was for budgetary reasons, the suspicion remains it was in response to his creationist views.
Time to take a cold shower?
It seems to me that both "sides" need to reconsider their approach in matters like these.
Creationists
Creationists must understand that one piece of adverse evidence doesn't undermine evolution. Evolutionary science is based on a mountain of research results over more than a century, and it is foolish to suggest that one result will overturn that. If evolution is ever to be shown to be wrong, it will be the result of slow and methodical research over many years.
Evolutionists
Evolutionists must beware of being as unscientific as the creationists they criticise. If a research report appears to present evidence against evolution, shooting the messenger because they are a christian is neither scientific nor helpful. If the report is wrong or misleading, the correct response is to show this by careful science, not knee-jerk rejection.
A better way?
The correct response by both sides, surely, is to accept the research unless it is clearly incompetent, but make no immediate claims in support or against. Science proceeds by investigating anomalies and finding how they fit into the bigger scientific picture, and this takes time.
The time to be making pronouncements, either for or against evolution, is after the report has been verified or falsified by further research, and evidence-based explanations either found, or found to be difficult.
In the meantime, the soft tissue found in ancient bones apparently remains only partly explained at this stage.
Photo: Triceratops skeleton in Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, Wikimedia Commons
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Alex J says:
14 December, 2016 at 5:40 am
I am just finding this blog but I love it already! I grew up in a very science heavy background and never really believed in God. This last year I started going to church and my life has changed dramatically for the better. I gladly say I am christian now but I still accept things like evolution as a reality.
Just because I believe in evolution doesn't mean I discount God or vice-versa!
Alex – http://www.fixmybrokenmind.com
unkleE says:
14 December, 2016 at 11:57 am
Hi Alex, good on you! Thanks for the encouragement. I think you are exactly the sort of person I write this website for!
Some christians find it difficult to accept evolution because they have been taught that evolution and God don't go together. That may be true if we accept the early parts of the Bible as totally literal history and science, but if we see that it could be picture language or something like that, something appropriate to pre-scientific people, then most of the difficulties evaporate.
What branch of science did you grow up with?
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Home » High School » Video Homeschool Curriculum in High School: Why, How, and WHOSE?
Can I just come right out and say it?
It's not Mr. Tregaskis's fault. I happen to have a brain that is great with short-term memory but not long-term. I could literally get an A on a test and by the following week not remember anything on it, lol! But also, it was a very long time ago, hello.
One of the biggest fears we ALL have about homeschooling high school is trying to teach higher level coursework such as Biology. I know I'm not the only one who doesn't remember what we learned way back when — and yet we think we have to be able to teach it to our kids.
There are SO MANY ways to outsource the stuff we can't (or don't want to) teach. In fact, I'm a huge fan of independent learning, which is when the teen actually learns the material all on their own.
But even then, sometimes reading a text can be difficult or boring. And it's not always possible to join a co-op or hire a tutor or take community college classes.
Enter video homeschool curriculum. Using video can be one of the best ways to homeschool high school, especially for those subjects that are intimidating to the homeschool parent.
The subject is taught by an actual teacher who has experience with the material and how best to teach it.
Visual demonstrations of concepts can be shown, rather than just described (as they would be in a textbook).
The needs of audio AND visual learners will be met.
Hands off for the homeschool parent. If you're anything like me, this is HUGE.
The student can gain a more thorough understanding of the material, since the lectures and the textbook complement each other. What is not understood in the textbook will probably be explained in the video, and vice-versa.
Provides the opportunity to learn note-taking skills.
The ability to work around your own schedule — videos can be watched any time. You don't need to be in class online or at the community college at a certain time.
The benefit of a "real" teacher without the expense of a "real" class. Also, the ability to rewind and rewatch — you can't do that in a classroom!
The whole family can watch and learn — and discuss!
So, where to find video homeschool curriculum and how to use it?
1) YouTube — you can find videos about individual topics, if you just want more information about something you're already studying.
Pros: Fun supplement to regular curriculum, short videos don't take up much time.
Cons: Possibly time-consuming to find decent videos, always the possibility of being distracted and watching Jimmy Fallon or The Voice clips instead. Not that I would ever do that. Um.
2) Whole-curriculum video sources such as BJU or Abeka. Both of these companies have been around basically forever and have been offering video instruction for many years. With these, you can sign up for an entire year's worth of coursework — ALL on video — or you can pick and choose individual courses.
I have not tried these myself, but they appear to be very structured, with separate platforms for the student and parent, online quizzes and tests, community forums, etc. The how-to of these is very straightforward — they basically tell you everything to do, and you proceed to check all the boxes.
Each of these, though, seems to rely almost completely on video instruction, with the student watching a 30-to-45-minute video most days of the school year for every subject.
Pros: Can be a quick solution when you're searching for curriculum; all of the organizational work is done for you.
Cons: Can be expensive, LOTSA screen time (especially if you are doing the whole-curriculum option), might get boring doing the same thing repetitively every day. Evaluation happens on the computer, which often limits it to shallow, multiple-choice or short-answer comprehension questions.
P.S. Acellus is similar, although much less expensive. But still completely video-based — in other words, no accompanying text.
3) The Great Courses — This company makes video courses for just about everything. From history to communication to foreign language, they offer it all.
Pros: Lotsa topics, many inexpensive.
Cons: No lesson plans, quizzes/tests, assignments — just videos. That leaves a lot of work for the homeschoool parent as far as planning time and creating assignments. Also, some are pretty pricey, considering all you get are the videos themselves.
4) And then there's Compass Classroom, which I recently discovered and have now explored first-hand.
And I gotta say, as a way to outsource high school curriculum, Compass is a GREAT solution.
They have courses in several subjects, including History, Economics, Science, Latin (you may have heard of their Visual Latin, which I had — but I didn't realize it was them), and more.
These are reasonably-priced video courses with a real teacher giving lectures about their topic — but ACCOMPANYING a text, not in place of the text. Just like a school classroom (hence the name — Compass CLASSROOM, get it? lol).
Now, I know we homeschool to get away from the typical school classroom where everyone is grouped and the class keeps moving on even when Johnny doesn't understand and our kids learn a lot of unnecessary stuff (and not all academic, if you know what I mean) and we're tied to someone else's goals for our child.
I have taken a detailed look at their Devotional Biology, which is their newest course offering. And I am impressed!
The teacher got his grad degrees (notice the plural) from HARVARD, y'all. He studied under top evolution scientists, even as a Creationist — and is now one of the top Creation scientists in the world. Actually, ALL of Compass's video teachers know their stuff way better than you or me — or the usual high school teacher.
We mentioned how a typical school classroom may not have the proper goals for your child — well, if your goal is for your teen to learn more about God, then Devotional Biology will do that. Each chapter starts with an attribute of God — then goes on to explain how that is manifested in the biological world. So it's a high school level credit in Biology, while at the same time deepening your child's faith. What school classroom will give you that? For this kinda price?
In fact, almost all of Compass's offerings express a Christian worldview (the only exception being WordUp, which is a vocabulary course — not much scope for worldview with that topic, lol). So if you want to grow your teen's understanding of how the Bible fits into "real" life, Complass Classroom is a solid way to do that.
The Biology course comes with a downloadable textbook, lab manual, scope & sequence (i.e., lesson schedule), answer key, and also power points — and the videos themselves, obviously. For this course the videos are only available as streaming right now (although DVD's are coming in June 2018) — but you can download them for keeps. Their other courses also come in DVD and streaming formats; and all also include text, scope & sequence, and whatever else is appropriate for the given topic. For Biology you can also buy a printed version of the text and/or lab manual, and the lab supplies are available for separate purchase, as well.
Notice that the videos are not the sum total of the course. The activities are not computer-based. The student spends time with a textbook and does not watch a video every day. Evaluation happens OFF the computer.
To me this seems like the best of all worlds — it outsources a tough subject, it encourages my child in a Christian worldview, it can work around the demands of our schedule, and it's not just a check-the-box solution. My teen learns from an expert — in the comfort of our own home.
And because Compass is NOT a whole-curriculum program, there is room to individualize the rest of your kid's day. Use Compass for the subjects you want (there are lots to choose from!) — and find other ways to do the rest. This adds up to variety, not boredom. Always a goal when it comes to teens!
Video homeschool curriculum was not around when my oldest kids were doing high school, and we kinda got in a textbook rut. My youngest, though, is ready for Biology next year — so we are excited for her to learn it in a new way! And I bet she'll remember it, lol!
Do you think the Devotional Biology videos alone would be good to do as part of a high school biology course? Or do you really need to go through the textbook as well?
No, the videos do NOT make a complete course. You need the textbook. The videos supplement the textbook.
Are quizzes and tests a part of the material that you receive?


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Prohibited type of trading in certain street - Newspaper - Meaning of newspaper - Meaning of "outside of a shop" - Dublin Police Act, 1842 (5 6 Vict., c. 24), s. 17 (7) -Street Trading Act, 1926 (No. 15 of 1926), ss.3 (2), 4 (2) (b) - Street Trading (City of Dublin) Regulations, 1926 (S.R. O., No. 63 of 1926), Art. 3.
R. carried on a business of selling papers, magazines and periodicals in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, for many years. His business expanded and it became impossible for him to hold all his wares in his arms, so he utilised the steps and the premises of E., a firm of book-sellers and stationers, after business hours. The premises of E. were approached by a number of stone steps, the lowest of which was flush with the general building line in the street. When the premises were closed a folding shutter was drawn down on these steps leaving three steps between it and the footpath. The lowest step did not at all protrude out from the building on to the footpath. On these three exposed steps R. laid out his wares. He was prosecuted under s. 3 (2) of the Street Trading Act, 1926, for carrying on a class of street trading, namely the sale of books and magazines in a street in which such trading was prohibited. He was also prosecuted under s. 17 (7) of the Dublin Police Act, 1842, for exposing for sale on the outside of a shop certain articles contrary to the said section. By virtue of the provisions of the Street Trading (City of Dublin) Regulations, Art. 3, only newspapers may be...


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In their final moments before journeying to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney recorded an intimate tour of the Hermes spaceship and downlinked the video to Earth for broadcast. The stream included an introduction to each member of the ARES 3 crew and a farewell message from Mark. "Farewell" launched our prologue campaign for Ridley Scott's The Martian, establishing an emotional back story for the characters, introducing the mission, and giving people their first look at the cast. WhatCulture called it "the best teaser you'll see all year."
From the outset, we were inspired by a simple idea: depict the Ares III astronauts as celebrities and follow the events of the mission in a manner that blurred fiction and reality. The result was this film, which was inspired by the playfulness of early Apollo-era documentary videos and Chris Hadfield's recordings from I.S.S. To add an extra layer of reality, we designed and animated a Facebook Live-like social media feed, complete with messages for the crew, trending topics, and individual crew facts.
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The Songs Of Time
Mango Mage Records and Respawned Records are collaborating to release the The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time piano arrangement album "The Songs Of Time" on vinyl.
The release will be a single LP available in four different variants – a "Timeless Hero" green and white swirl variant, a "Dark Reflection" black and red swirl variant, a "Spiritual Stones" gold with red, blue and green splatter variant, and a "King of Thieves" green and red swirl variant.
It will be housed in a gatefold jacket featuring new artwork by Michael Lee.
Preorders opened on July 17, 2021 and it was scheduled to release in Q4 2021, but has since been delayed to early Q2 2022.
Composer(s): Koji Kondo
Label(s): Mango Mage Records, Respawned Records
Game(s): The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
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1992 109 Comedy, Foreign Language, Romance
Fernando Trueba Spanish
Penelope Cruz, Jorge Sanz, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Miriam Diaz-Aroca, Ariadna Gil, Maribel Verdu
Handsome pacifist Fernando (Sanz) deserts the Army during the Spanish Civil War and befriends elderly Manolo (Fernan Gomez), a self-described "heathen, rebel, and libertine" who invites him home. Fernando then meets Manolo's four beautiful, flirtatious daughters — sweet-natured Luz (Cruz), young widow Clara (Diaz-Aroca), aggressive Violeta (Gil), and perky Rocio (Verdu) — each of whom tries to seduce him, with perplexing consequences.
This infectious, ribald romantic tale has a simple, humorous set-up, but doesn't shy away from tragedy or depicting the realities of life during wartime. Still, it's a mostly lighthearted romp, and Trueba orchestrates the farcical aspects deftly, creating bold, well-developed characters and coaxing fine performances from his lead actors, particularly Penelope Cruz, who was still waiting to be discovered by Hollywood (and Tom Cruise) in 1992. The erotic shenanigans take on an added twist when Manolo's wife Amalia, a touring cabaret star played by the peppy Mary Carmen Ramirez, shows up with her new lover. Winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, "Belle Epoque" is seductive, eccentric, and lively — like Spain itself!


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Scientists Create Battery-Free Underwater Camera Powered by Sound
A group of scientists has developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera that is powered by sound and is around 100,000 times more energy-efficient than other undersea cameras.
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Photographing Waves: One of The Most Rewarding Subjects
Waves are some of the most rewarding subjects for photography that I know. For starters, if you miss one, another will be along very soon! Of course, they are also unpredictable and can be dangerous.
Underwater Photos of Woman in a Net Show the Horrors of Ghost Fishing
Artist Christine Ren and photographer Jose G. Cano have collaborated on a powerful photo shoot titled Silent Killers to highlight the devastating toll that "ghost nets" are having on our oceans.
Beautiful Photographs of Microscopic Plankton that Look Like Photos of Outer Space
When you look at the photographs in her series Into the Umbra, photographer Julia Bennett wants you to think you're looking at outer space. And then, just as your mind is struggling to expand to encompass the far reaches of the solar system where the image was captured, that's when she wants you to realize that you're looking at something you could find in any old liter of Sea Water.
Her images weren't captured with a telescope peering into the heavens, but a microscope that peers into the micro worlds inside droplets of seawater.
Photographer Puts His Beautiful Underwater Photography to Use Saving the Oceans
The oceans are in trouble, and while marine biologists and conservationists and (God help us) politicians are the main advocates for the health of our planet, photographers can also play a role.
One photographer doing his part to help ensure future generations enjoy pristine oceans is Richard Salas, a talented underwater photographer with a decade of underwater photo experience who is currently crowdfunding the last of a trilogy of underwater photobooks that are helping both fund and inspire change.


Welcome to KOEN, a unique Japanese BBQ and Sushi experience! Sharing a meal has always been a cultural cornerstone that brings people together from all walks of life. KOEN in Japanese simply means, "A gathering place" where creating lasting memories with family, friends, and loved ones is built right into your table, literally!
KOEN is the only restaurant in Lincoln, NE where you can enjoy authentic Japanese BBQ flavors pre-marinated and brought to you plated and ready to grill to your liking. Every guest becomes a world-class chef with personal smoke-less grills built right into each table. Specially designed ventilation systems pull smoke away and vent completely outside, so you can relax in a clean and healthy atmosphere. And if family style grilling isn't your goal, come in and relax with an Asian inspired cocktail, partake in daily happy hour specials, or order fresh-made sushi for dine in or carry out. Online ordering is also available.
1. Choose from a diverse menu of specialty cut, thinly-sliced portions of premium beef, pork, poultry, seafood, and fresh vegetables.
2. Add authentic Japanese house-made sides served family style to complement your meal.
3. Select from 6 KOEN signature flavor marinades and dipping sauces.
4. Grill each entrée personally, mixing and matching signature sauces to create your own memorable flavor profiles.
5. Enjoy your masterpiece with family, friends, and loved ones!
Japanese BBQ, also called "yakiniku", is the Japanese take on Korean BBQ which simply means grilling pre-marinated thinly-sliced premium cuts of protein on a gas or charcoal grill. The Japanese then placed their own spin on the concept and added soy and gochujang based dipping sauces making the final dish completely unique. This hybrid technique became widespread in Japan after WWII and ventilated grills finally came about in the 1980's making dining experiences more comfortable. Restaurants featuring this type of cooking have only recently surfaced in the United States in larger metropolitan cities with the closest being in Chicago, IL.
Brian attended business and culinary school in the United States and Korea. To this day, he continues to travel all over the world relentlessly searching for inspiring new trends and culinary ideas to implement in his restaurants. He got his first official apron dirty helping his family run Shogun Japanese Restaurant, a local Lincoln tradition. Brian then purchased Kinja on 70th and Pioneers in 2010 and continues to successfully serve Lincolnites as the #1 Go-To destination to satisfy sushi cravings. While he enjoys owning and operating Kinja, Brian found that he seriously missed eating Japanese BBQ and wanted to introduce the long-honored grilling tradition to the Midwest. Creating a sense of community and a comfortable family atmosphere is his secret ingredient, as his fondest memories growing up centered around sharing food with his family and friends. And so, after several years of planning (and a few kitchen taste tests later) KOEN was born! This very first Japanese BBQ and Sushi Restaurant established in Lincoln, NE promises to create unforgettable memories that will quickly become one of Lincoln's premiere dining experiences.


We have communion services in churches today because, at the Last Supper, this was the way that Jesus instructed his followers to remember Him; this, of course, was on the night before he died.
At that meal Jesus effectively changed Jewish Passover into Christian Communion, therefore He did one or two things just a little differently. However, He would have almost certainly still used unleavened bread, simply because the Jews followed the Passover instructions in the Old Testament and this is all that probably would have been available on that evening (Exodus 12).
There are some Christians today who believe that we ought to use unleavened bread because Jesus probably did so (although we cannot be entirely sure about that for the reasons I will state later), this is why some congregations use wafers.
However, most Protestant Christians do not use wafers, or unleavened bread, because we have to understand that Christ fulfilled all of the types involved in the Passover. He Himself is our Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7) who passes over the transgressions of sinners when they daub His blood on the doorposts of their hearts. The wine represented His blood and the bread represented His body, spilt and broken as a complete flesh and blood sacrifice. Likewise, normal leavened bread during the Days of Unleavened Bread (but only during that period), became symbolic of sin for the Jews, so the Israelites were commanded to de-leaven their homes, but, of course, only Christ can redeem us from sin. So our Lord and Saviour fulfilled all of the types involved in Old Covenant Passover and He has brought that particular religious service to a conclusion, being replaced by Christian Communion.
This matter seems to be finally clinched by the New Testament's choice of Greek words in describing the Last Supper; only the word 'artos' is used for bread in Matthew 26, Luke 22 and in John 13 when Jesus actually gives communion at the Last Supper. In Matthew 26:17 the Feast of Unleavened Bread is referred to (unleavened bread: 'azumos'), but when Jesus breaks bread in verse 26, He simply uses the word 'artos' (bread) with no mention of its leavened/unleavened status. This occurs again in Luke 22. The arrival of the Feast of Unleavened Bread is mentioned in verse 7, but when Jesus breaks bread in verse 19, He simply uses the word, 'artos.' Again, in John 13:18, the reference to 'bread' in that verse comes from 'artos.' Then in verses 26 and 30 the bread which is given to Judas by Jesus is simply called, 'artos' - bread. Of course, the use of 'artos' does not necessarily mean that this bread was leavened (since leavened bread would have been difficult to obtain at Passover time), but it does strongly suggest that Jesus (and the later New Testament writers) did not feel that the precise kind of bread was important, only its significance as being representative of Jesus' body.
But the question has to be asked: If Jesus really wanted us to only use unleavened bread during communion, would He not have inspired these particular texts to describe 'unleavened bread,' rather than simply 'bread'?
"After the thanksgiving, it is very clear that our Divine Lord broke the bread. We scarcely know what kind of bread was used on that occasion; it was probably the thin passover cake of the Jews; but there is nothing said in Scripture about the use of leavened or unleavened bread, and therefore it matters not which we use. Where there is no ordinance, there is no obligation; and we are, therefore, left free to use the bread which it is our custom to eat."
So this is best considered as one of the changes which Jesus made as He developed Passover into Christian Communion, or Eucharist.


text: Q: Grails: Set of Integer not persisting when I create a domain object and save it In my grails application I am constructing a domain object. I add elements to a Set property of the domain class. I then save the domain object with .save(flush: true). Then I print out the size of the set to the command line and get 2 as expected. However, when I retrieve that same object right after in what is essentially my RESTFUL GET method and print out the size of the set I get 0 as if I had never added the elements and saved the changes. What could be the reason for this?


Solidarity with ex-Carillion workers at the British Museum!
Five years ago, the British Museum outsourced a number of its facilities jobs to Carillion. That company has now collapsed, but the museum is refusing to give those workers any reassurance that their jobs will be secure. In fact, they're refusing to even meet with the workers or their PCS union reps.
On Monday, March 12, more than a dozen demonstrators entered the Louvre museum in Paris and laid down in front of Theodore Géricault's iconic oil painting The Raft of Medusa, 1818–19, in protest of the French oil and gas company Total and its sponsorship of the institution.