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EditorialOregon Certification Review Classes Help Operators Pass Licensing Exams
Oregon Certification Review Classes Help Operators Pass Licensing Exams
An Oregon operators' group devises certification review classes to help professionals from around the state improve success on exams.
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Certification exams often stand as obstacles to operators' advancement. Exam failure rates can be relatively high, and some operators fail exams on repeated tries.
An operators' group in Oregon is looking to remedy that by offering comprehensive two-day review classes for those seeking certifications for wastewater treatment plant and collections system operations.
The Umpqua Basin Operators Section (UBOS), one of six local sections of the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association, offers the class in March in cooperation with Umpqua Community College. Two separate sections are offered, for Grades I and II and Grades III and IV certifications. The courses allow operators to review information appropriate to the level of certification they are seeking, improve their wastewater math skills and work together in small-group problem-solving sessions.
Steve Miles, a systems asset manager with Orenco Systems Inc. and an Oregon Grade IV certified operator, is a member of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's Operator Certification Advisory Committee and worked with the UBOS group to develop the review classes, which are open to operators all around the state. Miles talked about the classes and their benefits in an interview with Treatment Plant Operator.
TPO: Why did UBOS develop these classes?
Miles: The Operator Certification Advisory Committee often discusses exam passing rates and other issues, and I bring those issues back to UBOS. One thing we were looking at was some sort of operator certification review class. We had one or two in Oregon, but they were rather generic one-day classes covering both water and wastewater operators. We wanted to create something more specific to wastewater and collections system operators.
TPO: What did the pass-fail rates look like in Oregon?
Miles: At the upper grades, III and IV, we were seeing only about half the people pass, and quite a few folks were taking the exams multiple times and still not passing. At Grade I, the passing rate was probably 70 to 80 percent, and at Grade II maybe 60 to 70 percent. As we moved up the ladder there was a lower percentage of passing. It's probably the same story throughout the country. Of course at the higher levels more difficult and complex questions are asked, and that's what we want, because at those levels operators are accepting more responsibility and running bigger and more complex plants.
TPO: Why did you see review classes as a potentially good remedy?
Miles: We were looking at ways to help operators study for the exams. For most operators it has probably been quite a few years since they were in school. And one of the areas they seem to struggle with is mathematics. We wanted to provide something that wrapped everything together — math, wastewater operations, troubleshooting.
TPO: Why did you decide to work with a community college to offer the classes?
Miles: UBOS has often coordinated with Umpqua Community College. In the past few years we've worked with them to put on short schools and conferences. They have a community education department specifically to support offerings like those. We have expertise in the wastewater business, so we developed the course. The college helps us with the registration, the paperwork, the promotion and collecting the course fees. They are used to doing all that and they have the staff to do it. We charge a fee to cover our cost and pay our instructor. After the class, some of the money goes to UBOS for scholarships and other purposes, and some goes to the college's community education department. So it's a win-win.
TPO: How did you arrive at the structure for the classes?
Miles: We decided we really needed to break it down. We didn't want to teach Grade I material to folks trying to get to Grade III and IV, and vice versa. So we split it into a two-day session for Grades I and II and a two-day session for Grades III and IV. We include both collections and treatment operators because there is a lot of overlap between those two areas. Maybe in the future we'll break it down even further and offer separate treatment and collections classes.
TPO: Who is the instructor?
Miles: We're fortunate to have Michael Fritschi, who is general manager of South Suburban Sanitary District in Klamath Falls. He has a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, has taught sanitary engineering practice and management, has experience in public works and holds a Grade IV wastewater operator certification in Oregon. He is a very sharp, engaging teacher, and folks really seem to enjoy his teaching style. He was a perfect match for us because he's not very far from our location and has plenty of experience.
TPO: How well have operators embraced these classes?
Miles: Last year was our third year, and participation has increased every year. For the classes last March we had 27 participants in Grades I and II and 22 in Grades III and IV.
TPO: What does the curriculum for Grades I and II include?
Miles: The first day covers wastewater math necessities, sanitary sewer flow rates and velocities, influent loading and preliminary and primary treatment. The instructor then has the class break up into groups and solve problems. That allows the folks who understand a little better to help the others. At the end of the day they do some practice testing. The second day goes into collections and lift stations, secondary treatment, sanitary sewer construction, disinfection, lab methods and operational tools. At the end, each person does a practice exam.
TPO: What about the class content for Grades III and IV?
Miles: For the upper levels the topics change. They still cover math and they get into solving wastewater word problems, where they have to take a sentence or two describing a problem and make it into an equation. A lot of operators have difficulty with that, so we give them plenty of examples. Then they delve into wastewater management issues, safety and maintenance, as well as the basic wastewater topics at a higher level of complexity.
TPO: How does the class help operators improve their math skills?
Miles: We teach a technique called dimensional analysis for solving wastewater problems. It shows a way to convert equations to make it easier to get to the right answer. For most operators it's a new way of looking at math problems. There's also a method called the Davidson Pie that's used for determining mass, concentration and flow rate. If you visualize, it's a circle divided in half with the bottom half divided into thirds. Operators have called it the Circle of Life because it has saved a lot of them by helping solve some of the math problems.
TPO: What about general advice on how to succeed on exams?
Miles: There are some test-taking techniques to learn. Oregon uses 100-question multiple choice exams. We advise operators, for example, to look at each question carefully and really understand what it is asking. Is it asking for gallons? Milligrams per liter? They need to make sure they understand the question before giving an answer.
TPO: How does taking the classes affect the need for other exam preparations?
Miles: We emphasize that these review classes are not a substitute for studying. Operators still need to do their due diligence. We recommend they study for exams well in advance. There are plenty of books out there to study from. The courses are just a good opportunity to review, practice and ask questions. When you study by yourself, you have nobody to ask. In a class the instructor can give you the clues and hints you need to figure things out.
TPO: Have you been able to measure the impact of these classes on pass-fail rates?
Miles: Statistics on that are not available, but based on operators' feedback the classes definitely appear to be helping. After taking the exam, operators have told us they thought the review course helped them quite a bit. They're real happy they took the course and they come back for more if they're trying to go to the next level.
TPO: Do these classes qualify operators for continuing education credits?
Miles: Yes. Operators in Oregon need two CEUs every two years to keep their certification active. The Oregon Environmental Services Advisory Council has approved the review courses for 1.2 CEUs. This helps make them more attractive to the operators and to the city or utility managers who need to approve and pay for the operators' attendance.
TPO: What advice would you give to other operator groups who might like to replicate these classes in their areas?
Miles: First, get together as an association and start a discussion. If you have a local community college, go talk to their community education staff. Chances are they will be excited to help. Then find an instructor — and it doesn't have to be just one person. You could have three, four or five or more. You might pull in one person for a math session, another for process control and so forth, just as it's often done for conferences and short schools. Ideally a group would work together to create a syllabus and then start contacting local people in the industry. You can also ask your regional association to help you out.
TPO: Ultimately, what is the value of these review classes?
Miles: Most people don't realize that a wastewater plant and collections system make up the biggest asset a typical community owns. They represent millions and millions of dollars in assets. We need highly qualified operators to run these valuable systems that help protect public health and the environment. It's worth putting in time to educate and train operators not only to pass the exams, but to do the best job they can at the plants where they work.
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Q: Globbing based on current directory Ran into some strange behavior today. Wondering if anyone here can tell me what is behaving differently. Environment is a RHEL 6.7 server.
I run the following command:
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If my cwd is / or a number of other places I get the following output:
Installed Packages
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MySQL-server-advanced.x86_64 5.6.27-1.el6 @/MySQL-server-advanced-5.6.27-1.el6.x86_64
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In a few other folders (including /opt on this server) I run the same command and get this output:
Error: No matching Packages to list
Now I know that I usually need to escape the wildcard in this command. If I run it as:
yum list installed \*mysql\*
then I get the correct output in both locations. I gather this is because of how bash globs wildcards. What I really want to know right now is why it globs it in one folder but doesn't in the other. I'm running both as root, printenv shows identical output (other than PWD), literally the only thing that changes between running the command both times is cd /opt
Can anyone tell me why this is happening or what things to look at to see why it might be different? TIA

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Is America ready for socialized medicine?
It's an intriguing question in light of the stormy reception afforded the Affordable Care Act. It's also a reasonable one considering that certain aspects of President Barack Obama's historic health care reform seem to serve as test balloons, and maybe even precursors, for a form of universal health care coverage.
To begin to answer the question requires two definitions upfront.
'Socialized medicine' and 'single payer'
Socialized medicine is generally defined as a system in which all are insured ("universal health care"), all medical facilities are owned and operated by the government, and citizens are charged based on their ability to pay. Great Britain's National Health Service and Soviet bloc health care systems are prime examples. The United States has a limited version of socialized medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs' VA health system.
A far more likely universal health care permutation on these shores is what's known as "single payer." Under a single-payer system, health insurance is administered by the government, which serves as the "single payer" for health services on behalf of its citizens, who are taxed for it based on their ability to pay.
Single-payer systems coexist well with privately owned hospitals and health care providers, as illustrated by the health systems in Canada and Sweden.
The U.S. boasts a very popular but limited version of single payer called Medicare. The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, recently reintroduced in Congress by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., advocates expanding Medicare into a single-payer system to cover all Americans.
Single payer has its fans …
A U.S. single-payer movement "is alive and well," in part because of Medicare's enduring popularity, says Deborah Chollet, a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
"No matter where you move in the country, you keep your Medicare," she says. "It allows you to go to any doctor or hospital you choose, and it's not wildly expensive given the relatively expensive population it serves."
Who favors single payer? Obama has offered qualified support, while acknowledging that a single-payer system is not the goal of his health care reform law. In 2009, he said, "I want to cover everybody. Now, the truth is that, unless you have what's called a single-payer system in which everyone's automatically covered, then you're probably not going to reach every single individual."
Staunch proponents include the more than 18,000 members of Physicians for a National Health Program, or PNHP, a nonprofit research and education organization of doctors advocating for a single-payer solution.
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Who's opposed? "Everyone who makes a living off of health care," says Dr. Deb Richter, a family practitioner in Montpelier, Vt., and past president of the PNHP.
"This is big, big money," Richter says. "Nationally, we're spending nearly 18 percent of our (gross domestic product), something like $2.9 trillion a year, on health care. The fact is, single payer stands to wipe out an entire industry that is making a lot of money and has a lot of power. The insurance industry doesn't want it. The drug industry doesn't want it. Even not-for-profits in those sectors are making a lot of money."
How a US single-payer system might work
How would single payer change your health care? For starters, say goodbye to out-of-pocket copays, deductibles and premiums. PNHP says all of that would be replaced by a progressive health care tax, meaning those who can afford it pay more.
Medical networks would vanish. You could choose your own hospitals and doctors. And all of your medically necessary care — like vision, dental, prescriptions, mental health and even long-term care — would be paid for by the government. And because the government would negotiate rates, costs likely would be contained.
Chollet says some states, including Massachusetts, Minnesota and Vermont, have been moving toward single payer for years, while others, including Colorado, New York and Washington, are testing the waters with the help of up to $300 million in State Innovation Models Initiative grants awarded by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.
Socialized medicine, here we come?
What are the chances that America will adopt single payer anytime soon?
"Higher than a lot of people think," predicts Tom Billet, a senior benefits consultant with the global consulting firm Towers Watson. He says once employers are faced with health reform's $2,000 penalty per uninsured employee next year and the trickle-down cost from a 40 percent excise tax on insurers who underwrite high-cost "Cadillac plans" starting in 2018, many may find it cheaper to pay the penalty and drop health insurance altogether.
"If we get to the point where employers start dropping insurance en masse, that could really change the equation," Billet says. "There are conspiracy theorists who believe that was President Obama's idea all along. I don't happen to subscribe to that."
Maybe not so fast
Chollet has a different prediction. She says the Obama health care reform law — with its simplifying and streamlining of how doctors are paid, together with its core quality and cost controls — can do what's needed without the expense and political dogfight that would likely ensue over single payer.
But Richter begs to differ. She predicts a state-by-state domino effect, possibly fueled by employers who may relocate to single-payer states to escape the high cost of health insurance.
"Single payer is inevitable. There is no other way to cover the population with what most people consider humane health care, for what you would consider a reasonable cost," she says. "When you have a block of states that, in effect, say, 'Look, we're getting better coverage for lower cost and you guys are getting hosed,' that's when you'll see the tipping point."
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Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced that the UK economy was the first in the developed world to be primarily based upon celebrity culture.
"For two centuries Britain led the way by moving from an agricultural to an Industrial base becoming the 'workshop of the world'," he said. "In the 20th Century we used services to transition from industry to the information age and now, as we embark upon the 21st century, the great pillars of our economy are paparazzi-photo filled newspapers, reality TV shows and of course text voting."
Mr Brown cited Britain's pre-eminent position in all areas of the celebrity landscape as evidence of the change in our lifestyles giving examples such as the Daily Express's fixation with Diana, Princess of Wales, or the Daily Telegraph with Liz Hurley.
"Sir Elton John, for example, was once one of the leading lights of the music industry, but has now become a professional wedding attendee in his desire to fuel the tabloid newspaper industry," said the chancellor.
"Thanks to the vapid spread of British culture, the world is obsessed with our ability to produce a stream of women who look thin in a hat and whose aim is to get onto the credit card and cock of a Premiership footballer."
Mr Brown said that the UK although pre-eminent, was facing stiff competition and would have to work hard to be as productive as the USA in terms of 'rehab dependency'. "The United States has always had a culture of seeking therapy but thankfully the youth of today have Robbie Williams as an excellent role model, easily outclassing the limited offerings from Britney Spears."
Critics argue that the UK is in fact suffering a reduction, rather than an increase, in celebrity after the export of the Beckhams to Los Angeles and the outsourcing of the winner of Celebrity Big Brother to India.
When asked by reporters at today's news conference in 11 Downing Street what impact the recent scandal of TV telephone voting would have on the celebrity economy, the chancellor replied "Oh, does anyone remember how to make a car?"
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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-35-149, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE PROVISIONS THAT REQUIRE THAT AN ORDER BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT MAKES AN INCREASE OR DECREASE IN AN AD VALOREM TAX ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY BE APPROVED BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
27-35-149. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in carrying out the provisions of Sections 27-35-143 through 27-35-147 to make such changes in assessments as will cause the taxes to be charged to the person or property liable therefor, and to fix the assessments of property according to the true value thereof, to the end that all property shall be assessed and taxed equally and uniformly. In all cases, the board shall adopt an order and enter the same on its minutes, and shall show in its order the page and line of the assessment roll where such change or correction is made. When an order is adopted making an increase or decrease in any assessment, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall certify two (2) copies of the order of the board to the Tax Commission * * *.
* * * Upon receipt of the * * * order (and application, if one be required), the clerk of the board of supervisors shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the tax collector of his county and shall file the application as a record in his office. No assessment shall be increased or decreased and no credit to or charge against the tax collector of any county on account of such increase or decrease shall be entered by the Auditor of Public Accounts or by the county auditor except as shown by an order adopted by the board of supervisors * * * as provided herein * * *. All changes in assessment made under the provisions hereof shall be entered on the proper line and page of the assessment roll in force, and the clerk and tax collector shall keep the proper record of all such changes, increases or decreases. Nothing in this and Sections 27-35-143 through 27-35-147 shall be construed to affect or modify any law with reference to the assessing of property which has escaped taxation in former years.


Click here to listen and learn the Bar/Bat Mitzvah music.
Get your date and Torah portion on this wonderful Shabbat Morning.
Find a mitzvah project by talking with and exploring options with non-profit organizations in the community.
Spend a day navigating the B'nai Mitzvah process with your family through experiences such as low ropes, the giant swing and more. This program is generously funded by The Leah and Morton Kemper Family Education Enrichment Program.
Meet with the Cantor to initiate tutoring. Throughout the year, have regular meetings with your tutor and the officiating Rabbi. Becky Gutin, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Coordinator, will schedule these meetings with you individually.
Our program is open to children of BHC members in good standing. INFO: David Bielenberg, Administrative Assistant and B'nai Mitzvah Coordinator, dbielenberg@baltimorehebrew.org or 410-764-1587, ext. 250.


Michigan and Michigan State are widely accepted to play different styles of basketball, especially on the defensive end. So while Spartan coach Tom Izzo and Wolverines coach John Beilein share skepticism regarding the new rule changes taking place in college basketball, it makes sense that each have reservations in different areas.
In Michigan State's 78-74 win over Kentucky during the Champions Classic on Tuesday, the Spartans were called for 27 fouls. This is a lot, but I'm not sure any definite conclusion can be drawn from the number considering they were called for 29 two years ago in the Champions Classic. Regardless, Izzo joked about the calls during his radio show on Wednesday.
Izzo said he "didn't think it was awful," but that he say "some strange calls." He sympathized with the referees, saying he didn't think they wanted to call the game that way.
Michigan State is historically a team that plays a physical brand of defense, and that's what Izzo is worried about. Beilein, on the other hand, is wary about how the new rules will affect his team's ability to implement one of its most prominent defensive skills: drawing charges.
Michigan attempted some charges against South Carolina State on Tuesday but each time was called for a blocking foul. The new rule states that a defensive player must be in position before the offensive player begins his "upward motion" with the ball, making it more difficult for players to judge whether or not they're actually in position at the right time.
Saying this year will see "more blocking calls than ever," Beilein speculated about the same thing as Izzo: will fans want to see all those free throws?
Earlier this season, John Beilein mentioned that this Michigan team is the hardest cutting team he's ever had at this stage in the year. It was something that surprised him early on, especially from such a young team.
But against UMass Lowell, in the first half at least, Michigan didn't show it. And it got the Wolverines into trouble.
Beilein lamented some of his cutters not following through on their cuts and giving up to early when they didn't receive the ball on immediate action following the cut.
Michigan was much improved on offense against South Carolina State partly because players did a better job of following through with their prescribed movement. However, Beilein said it was also because they are getting used to the anxiety that comes with playing in a real game in front of a real crowd.
Today, John Beilein once again reiterated — twice, actually, on the radio and on a Puerto Rico Tip-Off teleconference preview — that coaches still don't know when Mitch McGary will return to Michigan's lineup.
In the meantime, Michigan fans will continue to see more of Jon Horford. The redshirt junior has received the lion's share of minutes at the five and has accumulated an impressive 27 rebounds in Michigan's first two regular-season games.
It's likely Horford will get his share of looks in the post, but Beilein said he needs to earn the trust of his teammates by consistently catching and finishing passes in the post.


A sought after south establishment makes its way to Mandrem- Zeebop brings its taste of local flavours for one and all up north. Start off with the classics, they are known for - 'Stuffed Crab' and the seasonal 'Mussels Crumb' fried. For the vegetarians, the 'Cheese Balls' and the 'Stuffed Papadams' are a delight. For the mains stick to the seafood for daily catch. Try a 'Whole Red Snapper' – it was a fresh catch of the day with a variety of spices for the marinade - 'Recheado' or tossed in garlic or lemon butter. For the sweet tooth- look no further than the banana fritters with honey and the honey glazed banana pancakes.


Trump is an idiot. Most people know it. Lazy, self-centered bully and an embarrassment for the U.S. around the world. Making it OK for "Christian" teens to taunt a Native American elder who happens to be a veteran.
As much as I like the Royal Family, I DO think that Philip and the Queen are acting VERY entitled. Giving their staff the task of calling to check on the ladies in the accident instead of calling themselves. Disgraceful. Not wearing seat belts. Stupid.
Thinking now that early December might be better than November for London and Bath Christmas Market. Trafalger tree goes up early December from what I read. Would LOVE to get a ticket to Royal Ballet Nutcracker but it looks difficult for non-Royal Opera House members. Don't want to spend a fortune.


The Kensington floor plan was built as a patio home in stunning old world decor. It boasts a brick surround front courtyard that welcomes you to the magnificent foyer, which has a barrel beamed ceiling and wood / tile inlay flooring. It then delivers you to a grand living room and kitchen area with a vaulted and beamed ceiling. The spacious kitchen has a raised bar on a nice sized kitchen island that has room to comfortably seat four.
The Grand Master Suite and living room both have access to a spacious loggia with custom wrought iron railing, an outdoor fireplace, and stamped concrete flooring. The custom staircase takes you down to a beautiful bar and wine room that is perfect for entertaining.


This 78-year-old woman presents with progressive gait difficulty over the past 8 years. She went from independent ambulation to requiring the use of a walker, and now has difficulty even with standing. Extensive workup eventually found an intradural lesion and she was referred for neurosurgical evaluation.
She is awake, alert, and oriented. Cranial nerves 2-12 are intact. Motor exam is 5/5 in the upper extremities. In her lower extremities, her hip flexors are 2/5, knee extensors 3/5, dorsiflexion and plantar flexion are each 3/5. She has increased reflexes and diminished proprioception in her lower extremities. She is unable to stand upright.
Figure 1: T2 sagittal image MRI shows a large intradural extramedullary mass causing severe compression of the upper thoracic spinal cord. The mass extends from the mid body of T1 through the upper portion of T3.
Figure 2: Sagittal T1-weighted MR image after administration of gadolinium demonstrates the upper thoracic intradural extramedullary mass dorsal to the spinal cord with mild enhancement.
Figure 3: Axial T1-weighted MR image after administration of gadolinium demonstrates the upper thoracic intradural extramedullary mass dorsal to the spinal cord with mild enhancement.
Figure 4: Sagittal CT image shows a heavily calcified mass occupying the spinal canal from T1-T3.
Figure 5: Axial CT image shows a heavily calcified mass occupying the spinal canal from T1-T3.
T1, T2, T3 laminectomy, T2 bipedicular decompression, resection of calcified intradural extramedullary tumor with microscopic dissection, placement of dural patch, T1-3 instrumented fusion.
Figure 6: Post-operative A-P x-ray shows a T1-T3 instrumented fusion.
Figure 7: Post-operative lateral x-ray shows a T1-T3 instrumented fusion.
Figure 8: Post-operative sagittal T2-weighted MRI demonstrates gross total resection.
Figure 9: Post-operative axial T2-weighted MRI with gadolinium demonstrates gross total resection.
Figure 10: Post-operative axial T1-weighted MRI with gadolinium demonstrates gross total resection.
At 5 months follow-up, the patient has had dramatic improvement of her ambulation. She still has some proprioception difficulties, but this is continually and progressively improving.
The authors present a case of a 78-year-old woman with significant thoracic myelopathy from spinal cord compression resulting from an intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumor, with imaging characteristics consistent with a meningioma.
The surgical goal in treatment of spinal meningiomas is the complete surgical removal while avoiding any permanent neurological sequelae. Paramount to the surgical management of these lesions is adequate exposure of the tumor. The demonstrated lesion has its cephalic end at the cervicothoracic junction and is very calcified, with significant mass effect on the spinal cord. Its diameter is essentially that of the spinal canal.
•	Allow for an easier dural closure (most likely with a dural patch graft).
With the noted degree of calcification in this particular lesion, a marked level of adherence and interdigitation to the lateral or ventrolateral dura is to be expected. The dural attachment most likely will need to be resected with the tumor, hence the consideration of a patch graft, as well as possible insertion of an external lumbar spinal drain to aid dural patch incorporation and to prevent CSF fistula formation in the immediate post-operative period.
After ridged fixation in a head-holder device, intra-operative neurophysiologic monitoring with SSEP/MEP information, as well as standard microsurgical techniques would be useful, as this case will include microsurgical dissection of the tumor from the lateral surface of the upper thoracic spinal cord. Furthermore, given the location of the lesion, and the need for extensive bony removal, adjunctive instrumentation is a must in order to maintain alignment and prevent late-stage delayed instability.
1. Sandalcioglu IE, Hunold A, Müller O, Bassiouni H, Stolke D, Asgari S. Spinal meningiomas: critical review of 131 surgically treated patients. Eur Spine J. 2008;17(8):1035-1041.
1.	Zhu Q, Qian M, Xiao J, Wu Z, Wang Y, Zhang J. Myelopathy due to calcified meningiomas of the thoracic spine: minimum 3-year follow-up after surgical treatment. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013;18(5):436-42.


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Q: Where can I find legendary crafting materials? My boulder barbarian would love some Reaper's Wraps but they require Reaper's Fear. I've found various other crafting plans that require legendary materials.
Where can I find Reaper's Fear and other legendary crafting materials? Are there places to farm these materials or is it all luck of the draw?

A: This Diablo 3 Craftables Spreadsheet is particularly helpful when trying to figure out if you are in an area with a possible legendary crafting material drop.
Here is the same list in not so sortable form:
Legendary Crafting Materials:

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*Adventurer's Journal

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*Found in: Acts 1-4 - Various World Objects

*Used For: Pender's Purchase

*Angelic Shard

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - The Great Span: Izaul

*Act 4 - Multiple Areas: Corrupted Angel

*Act 4 - The Silver Spire Level 1: Pyres the Damned

*Act 5 - Pandemonium Fortress Level 2: Celic

*Used For: Hallowed Protectors Set

*Behistun Rune

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Leoric's Manor: Krailen the Wicked

*Act 2 - Road to Alcarnus: Yeth

*Used For: Mark of the Magi

*Bloody Pincer

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - Tower of the Damned Level 2: Crabbs

*Act 3 - The Core of Arreat: Scorpitox

*Act 5 - Ruins of Corvus: Balata

*Used For: Demon Claw

*Born's Key

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Cemetary of the Forsaken: Lucious the Depraved

*Act 1 - Defiled Crypt: Digger O'Dell

*Act 1 - Defiled Crypt: Dataminer

*Act 1 - Defiled Crypt: John Gorham

*Used For: Born's Command Set

*Captured Nightmare

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - The Silver Spire Level 2: Grimnight the Soulless

*Act 4 - The Silver Spire Level 1/2: Terror Demons and Enslaved Nightmares

*Used For: Night's Reaping

*Captured Soul

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - The Keep Depths Level 2: Aloysius the Ghastly

*Used For: Lai Yui's Persuader

*Cartographer's Toolkit

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Festering Woods: Grimsmack

*Act 1 - Festering Woods: Enkidu (Ancient War Event)

*Act 3 - Rakkis Crossing: Lavarinth (Blaze of Glory Event)

*Act 3 - Tower of the Damned: Gholash

*Used For: Board Walker's

*Cultist Blood

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Halls of Agony: Cultist Grant Inquisitor

*Act 2 - Alcarnus: High Cultist Murdos

*Act 2 - Alcarnus: Jhorum the Cleric

*Used For: Blood Magic Dagger

*Defiled Doll

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - The Silver Spire Level 1: Kysindra the Wretched

*Act 5 - House of Deep Sorrow: Lady Victoria (Event Spawn)

*Used For: Spite

*Demon Skin

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - The Core of Arreat: Axgore the Cleaver

*Act 3 - Tower of the Damned Level 1: Haxxor

*Act 4 - Gardens of Hope Tier 1: Khatun

*Act 4 - Gardens of Hope Tier 2: Razorclaw

*Used For: Demon's Hide Set

*Element of Celerity

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - The Weeping Hollow: Mange

*Act 1 - Fields of Misery: Burrow Bile (The Forlorn Farm Event)

*Act 1 - Fields of Misery: Dreadclaw the Leaper

*Act 1 - The Lost Mine (Fields of Misery): Shanabi (Precious Ores Event)

*Act 1 - Watch Tower Level 2: Armorer's Bane (Scavenged Scabbard Event)
Used For: Fleeting Strap

*Essence of the Twin Seas

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*Found in:

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*Act 2 - Black Canyon Mines: Razormouth

*Act 2 - Sewers of Caldeum: Moontooth Dreadshark

*Used For: Captain Crimson's Trimmings Set

*Eternal Power Capsule

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Whimsyshire: Evil Oliver

*Used For: Arcane Barb

*Eyes of the Dead

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Leoric's Passage: Headcleaver (Quest Spawn)

*Act 1 - Cathedral Level 2: Merrium Skullthorn

*Used For: War of the Dead

*Frozen Blood

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - Caverns of Frost: Chiltara

*Used For: Utar's Roar

*Glowing Ore

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*Found in:

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*Act 5 - Battlefields of Eternity: Sartor

*Act 5 - Pandemonium Fortress: Soul Scavenger (The Souls of Angels Event)

*Used For: Cosmic Strand

*Griswold's Scribblings

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Cathedral: Bookshelves

*Act 1 - Cemetery of the Forsaken: Gravedigger's Corpse

*Act 1 - Festering Woods: Enmerkar (Last Stand of the Ancients Event)

*Act 1 - Wortham Chapel: Bookshelves

*Act 2 - Khasim Outpost: Cain's Lost Satchel

*Act 2 - Khasim Outpost: Imperial Guard Supplies

*Act 2 - Zoltun Kulle Dungeons: Bookshelves

*Act 3 - Skycrown Battlements: Morgan's Satchel

*Act 3 - The Keep Depths: Lore Objects

*Act 4 - Multiple Areas: Angel Archives

*Used For: Griswold's Perfection

*Hilt of the Silver Wolf

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - Arreat Crater Level 1: Growlfang

*Act 3 - Tower of the Damned Level 1: Gnawbone

*Used For: Golden Scourge

*Human Cartilage

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Cathedral Level 2: Cudgelarm

*Act 1 - Defiled Crypt Level 2: Mangelmaw

*Used For: Wall of Man

*Iron Wolves Doctrine

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*Found in:

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*Act 2 - Dahlgur Oasis: Ssthrass

*Used For: Asheara's Vestment Set

*Living Flame

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - The Silver Spire Level 2: Sao'Thall

*Act 4 - The Silver Spire Level 2: Rhau'Kye

*Act 4 - Radiant Chapel: Malfeas the Abhorrent

*Used For: Cinder Switch

*Lyekurn's Diary

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - The Heart of Sin: Azmodan

*Used For: Corruption

*Maghda's Tormented Soul

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*Found in:

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*Act 2 - Lair of the Witch: Maghda

*Used For: Cain's Destiny Set

*Mystical Source

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*Found in:

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*Act 1: Whimsyshire: Midnight Sparkle

*Act 1: Whimsyshire: Nightmarity

*Act 1: Whimsyshire: Team Unicorn

*Act 1: Whimsyshire: Creampuff

*Used For: Sage's Journey Set

*Phial of Weakness

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - The Battlefields: Deadgrasp

*Act 3 - The Battlefields: Handible (Triage Event)

*Used For: Atrophy

*Quaking Vial

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - Hellrift Level 1: Sledge

*Act 4 - Hellrift Level 2: Hammermash

*Used For: Sunder

*Reaper's Fear

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*Found in:

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*Act 5 - Heart of the Fortress: Maltheal

*Used For: Reaper's Wraps

*Rydraelm Tome

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*Found in:

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*Act 2 - The Lost Caravan (Stinging Winds): Beyatt

*Act 2 - Daulguhr Oasis: Ashangu

*Used For: Mantle of the Rydraelm

*Shard of the Ensteig Plate

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Defiled Crypt: Lord Dunhyld (The Matriarch of Bones Event)

*Act 1 - Festering Woods: Feklar's Ghost

*Act 1 - Festering Woods: Hawthorne Gable

*Act 2 - Sewers of Caldeum: Shade of Nar Gulle

*Act 2 - Unknown Depths: The Archivist (Event Spawn)

*Act 2 - Tomb of Khan Dakab: Spirit of Khan Dakab (Event Spawn)

*Used For: Aughild's Authority Set

*Shattered Core

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*Found in:

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*Act 2 - Forgotten Ruins: Ancient Guardian

*Act 2 - Unknown Depths: Rockgut

*Act 2 - Realm of Shadow: Thrum

*Used For: Devastator

*Shimmering Quill

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Dank Cellar: Sarkoth

*Act 1 - Musty Cellar: Gorathra

*Act 3 - Keep Depths Level 1: Thornback

*Used For: Unbound Bolt

*Shuddering Demon Bone

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - Gardens of Hope Tier 2: Koa' Ahn

*Act 4 - Gardens of Hope Tier 2: Oah' Tash

*Used For: Archfiend Arrows

*Skeleton's Dice

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*Found in:

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*Act 4 - Gardens of Hope Tier 1: Torchlighter

*Act 5 -  Battlefields of Eternity: Emikdeva

*Act 5 -  Battlefields of Eternity: Korchoroth

*Used For: Skeleton's Deceit

*Skull of Raylend

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - The Keep Depths Level 2: Bholen

*Act 3 - Rakki's Crossing: Garganug

*Act 3 - Core of Arreat: Gorog the Bruiser

*Used For: The Helm of Rule

*Sydyru Bone

*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Cathedral Level 1: Gildewing

*Act 1 - Cathedral Level 1: Firestarter

*Act 1 - Fields of Misery: Sicklefang (Carrion Farm Event)

*Act 3 - Unknown Depths: Hellscream

*Used For: Sydyru Crust

*Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood

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*Found in:

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*Act 3 - Skycrown Battlements: Thromp the Breaker

*Act 3 - Stonefort: Bashface the Truncheon

*Act 3 - Stonefort: Dragus (Waiting for Reinforcements Event)

*Act 3 - The Keep Depths Level 2: The Crusher

*Act 3 - Rakkis Crossing: Busaw (Crazy Climber Event)

*Used For: Guardian's Jeopardy Set

*Torn Soul

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Southern Highlands: Lorzak the Powerful

*Act 1 - Southern Highlands: Skehlinrath

*Used For: Living Umbral Oath

*Urn of Quickening

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*Found in:

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*Act 2 - Stinging Winds: Erach

*Act 3 - Caverns of Frost Level 2: Chiltara

*Act 3 - Caverns of Frost Level 2: Scathach the Savage

*Act 3 - Icefall Caves: Zelusa the Grasping

*Act 5 - Heart of the Fortress: Malthael (* May be a bug)

*Used For: Kethryes' Splint

*White Oak Splinter

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Secluded Grove (Fields of Misery): The Old Man

*Used For: Rozpedin's Force

*Wooden Stake

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - Cathedral Level 4: Killian Damort

*Act 3 - The Keep Depths Level 3: Belagg Pierceflesh

*Used For: Blitzbolter

*Woven Plate

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*Found in:

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*Act 1 - The Cathedral Level 4: Captain Cage

*Act 1 - The Festering Woods: Enmerkar (The Last Stand of the Ancients Event)

*Act 3 - The Keep Depths Level 1: Captain Donn Adams

*Used For: Piro Marella

Infernal Machine Crafting Components:

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*Infernal Machine of Bones

*Infernal Machine of Evil

*Infernal Machine of Gluttony

*Infernal Machine of War

*Key of Evil

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*Various Acts - Keywardens

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*Infernal Machine of Bones

*Infernal Machine of Evil

*Infernal Machine of Gluttony

*Infernal Machine of War

*Key of Gluttony

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*Various Acts - Keywardens

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*Infernal Machine of Bones

*Infernal Machine of Evil

*Infernal Machine of Gluttony

*Infernal Machine of War

*Key of War

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*Various Acts - Keywardens

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*Infernal Machine of Bones

*Infernal Machine of Evil

*Infernal Machine of Gluttony

*Infernal Machine of War
Source for the various locations

A: According to this page on Diablofans, only Malthael himself drops this specific crafting material:

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*Acquired from: Act V, Heart of the Fortress, Malthael

*Where to farm: Act V, Heart of the Fortress

*Used for: Reaper's Wraps, Wrists, Health globes restore 25–30% of your primary resource, 5 random magic properties (as opposed to the 8
  properties according to Battle.net)

*Note: Malthael also drops the Recipe for Reaper's Wraps.

This sounds pretty plausible to me as I also got the plan from him (which seems to be a guaranteed drop).


The "Configuration, Instance, and Variables" page allows us to save application level variables which can be referenced in various areas of EASYProcess.
This structure so far can be enough to organize most Configurations, but sometimes a particular topic can accumulate lots of variables which can become difficult to manage. In these scenarios, dozens of variables can build up and in order to change one variable, you would have to scroll through all of them. This can get tedious especially if you wish to edit a group of variables pertaining to the same use case.
For these situations, Categories are available to further organize the variables. In the screenshot below we are looking at the control to View/Edit the existing Variables. Notice that at the top "No Category" is selected. This is the default option.
When categories are set up, the tree on the left looks a little different. Instead of the Instance (often "Default") being the lowest level available to select, you can now select the Categories.
In the table below we have edited the hierarchy to add the Category level. This shows the "EASYPay" Configuration breakdown both with and without Categories. You can see it doesn't affect the data, but it does organize it into smaller related categories which can be easier to maintain.
If you select the Instance level, the screen changes to give you access to the level directly below it. So if you click on "AppData", the screen will change to display the variables for this Instance. On this screen you have the ability to edit the values saved for the variables. However, you are not able edit the names of the variables themselves or add new ones. This is because the variables that exist under one instance exist under all instances of the configuration. So the values belongs to the instance, but the variable definitions exist under the configuration.
If you select the Configuration level, the screen changes to give you access to both levels directly below it: Instances and Variables. You will have the ability to view and edit existing Instances and add new Instances. Since the variable definitions exist under the configuration, you can also view and edit existing variable definitions and add new ones.
Since Configurations are the outermost level, in order to view or edit your configurations, you must select the very top node: "Configurations". Below is the screen shown when this level is selected.
You may have noticed there are two groupings of Configurations: System Configurations and Application Configurations. The only difference between these two is where they are defined.
System Configurations - Saved in the Base database because they are considered essential to EASYProcess. The Base database contains records that are needed to run EASYProcess and should not be edited. These System Configurations must exist in every Application in order to use it. Some of these configurations are Email SMTP server credentials for sending emails, database connection info for querying the JDE or the database EASYProcess is saved to, language translation API Urls, etc.
Application Configurations - Saved in the Application database (usually named after the application such as "EASYCommerce" or "ESS [Employee Self Service]"). These are not considered essential to run EASYProcess, but may be used by the Application itself.
For example, not every application will need OrderHistory variables. EASYCommerce uses this Configuration because users can place orders and access an order history. However, the Item Approval application users do not place orders so this configuration would not exist in that application. They might have a "ProcessLogging" configuration, which would mean something to the developers using it, but in EASYCommerce, it is not defined.


The life of the church does not consist in simply meeting together on Sunday mornings. Our small groups; Home Groups and Chatterbox Plus, give us an opportunity to meet together informally during the week.
All of our small groups are different and you are encouraged to find one where you feel you can belong. Each group is a unique mix of people who help each other grow relationally and spiritually. They provide the perfect smaller setting to meet with friends and feel a part of the family at Woodmansterne Baptist Church.
Everyone is encouraged to be linked to a Home Group for fellowship, Bible study, prayer and support. These small groups enable closer or deeper fellowship with a small number of people from within the Church. It is also presents the ideal opportunity to question, discuss, learn and share. Our current Home Groups meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings in members' homes or at the Church premises.
Please contact David Meseg for further information on 07902427774.
Chatterbox Plus meets on a Wednesday morning (term time only) from 9.30 to 11.15 am and share a variety of short courses, DVDs and more recently books together, ranging from women's and parenting issues, personal development and gentle introductions to the Christian faith. Babies and pre-school children are cared for by a team of helpers from the church whilst the mums enjoy a hot coffee and an hour together in conversation.
For further information please contact Krissie Meseg: 01737 668570.


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Deep in the dark there lay a man. This man has no name, indeed, no memory of his past. He simply is, peering and listening to whatever catches him, for the darkness is always there, like a weight that keeps him from moving. Many years ago, this his man came upon his resting spot, silent and confused. Sometimes he makes noises, sometimes he gets replies, but the voices are low, and broken, but they are words nonetheless.
Different voices comes and goes. Once, he spoke for a very long time to a man, or a woman, he couldn't tell. The person said that they wanted to be touched, to feel the warmth of skin. He, who did not otherwise move, lifted his arm to reach around them, but there was nothing to feel, not even cold.
The voice disappeared like all the others, eventually, leaving him to be the only constant in this strange world of voices. One day, when he cast his voice out into the dark for anyone to hear, a woman's voice responded. He knew it was a woman's voice because it was even lower than the rest, barely a whisper. The voice said that all she wanted was to be heard, and he listened, very well so, for her voice was soothing. Suddenly, things seemed almost well in the land of the voices and his heart began to stir, a single beat of blood coursed through him and when the voice stopped, she was gone.
But she had left something with him, for he now felt cold, in place of nothing. He felt he could move a little, but not by much. Even so, when the next voice came and disappeared, he could move a little more, and even more still, and when he finally stood, he too was gone.
And there was nothing that indicated that he had ever been anything but the darkness that remains.
© Christopher Stamfors
Art by ChrisCold
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Q: logging TCP flags I use nftables for my rules.
my question: How can I log the tcp  flags ?
this is my rule :
nft add rule filter input tcp dport 22 ct state new tcp flags \& \(fin\|syn\) ==\( fin \| syn\)  accept
the result that I am getting always  :
Dec  6 13:40:19 my_host  my_FIN   IN=eth0 OUT=eth1 MAC= SRC=x.1.1.1 DST=x.2.2.2 LEN=40 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=17695 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=54049 DPT=422SEQ=2558094232 ACK=0 WINDOW=8192 SYN URGP=0 MARK=0
EDIT
 my rule:
 chain FORWARD {

      ip saddr 1.1.1.1 ip daddr . tcp dport @myset tcp flags & (fin | syn) == fin | syn counter packets 0 bytes 0 log prefix " myprefix " group 1 accept

}

A: Netfilter's conntrack, for the TCP case, has extra consistency checks between its internal states and equivalent TCP states. This netdev 2.1 PDF document (sorry I couldn't find its netdev  url, this is from author's site instead) tells about it:

L4 trackers attempt to keep state, e.g. tcp: tracks state,
  checks sequence numbers. Example:

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*new tcp packet? SYN bit set?

*tcp sequence number in expected window?

*unacknowledged data? → adjust timeout

*rst? fin? → delete connection and/or adjust timeout

The conntrack NEW state matches a TCP SYN_SENT or TCP SYN_RECEIVED state. If you select the NEW state condition in your rules, using ct state new, it will never match any FIN packet, since there is never a FIN packet involved in establishing a new TCP connection.
Try again after removing ct state new.
UPDATE: there's a second problem I didn't see initially. this expression:
tcp flags & (fin | syn) == fin | syn

will simply never match with the FIN flag, since there's never both FIN+SYN found (except some random invalid attempts). The correct expression should be:
tcp flags & (fin | syn) != 0

which will match whenever FIN or SYN are set. Actually nftables simplifies it and only this is displayed or required:
tcp flags fin,syn

So taking both adjustments in account (ct state new must still be removed), the rule becomes:
nft add rule filter FORWARD 'tcp dport 22 tcp flags fin,syn log prefix " my_FIN " group 1 accept

or in the complete chain set:
 chain FORWARD {
      type filter hook forward priority 0; policy accept;
      ip saddr 1.1.1.1 ip daddr . tcp dport @myset tcp flags fin,syn counter log prefix " myprefix " group 1 accept

 }

Once you can actually detect FIN packets with this rule above, if your intention is to filter some TCP attacks (do you really need?), note that netfilter will probably consider first seing a TCP FIN in a TCP connection's first packet as INVALID state: you could be interested in logging those states (ct state invalid). There are netfilter sysctl toggles which can alter results about INVALID state: enabling nf_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal  which wouldn't classify this as invalid, and disabling nf_conntrack_tcp_loose which would stop recovering an established TCP connection, ie stop having a state NEW without SYN. This recovery should happen only after having lost connection tracking: after firewalling router's reboot or having flushed conntrack states with conntrack -F, but who knows, it's possible to choose paranoia here.


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Sessions start with a guided relaxing meditation before students begin painting and range from small group, large group and one-on-one appointments.
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If you don't want to cover an entire wall, we suggest getting crafty using the wallpaper to cover a canvas that can be put up to any part of your home. This is especially effective if you have neutral or plain colour scheme that would benefit from adding some texture and light. They also make a thoughtful gift idea for Mothers Day!
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A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett :: Grammar, style, and proofreading quizzes use sentences from literature.
Grammardog Teacher's Guide contains 16 quizzes for this short story. All sentences are from the story. Figurative language includes: long slumbering hospitality seemed to be easily awakened, the sharp dry twigs caught and held her and scratched her like talons, The old pine must have loved his new dependent. the great world for the first time puts out a hand to her, the murmur of the pine's green branches is in her ears, there was the huge tree asleep yet in the paling moonlight.


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Heidi Norton's Resin-Coated Instability
Heidi uses glass, wax, and resin to encase plants, often giving her pieces the appearance of microscopic slides or photographic wet plates. Once worried about the inevitable death that would consume her plant-driven pieces, Heidi has since let go of her grasp on the plants' continuous existence. The darkening of leaves and decay of root systems is now an accepted force, gradually altering the aesthetic appeal of her nature-based work through its own sculptural life cycle.
I\W: Can you give a bit of the history associated with your upcoming show at the Elmhurst Art Museum?
HN: The Elmhurst Art Museum was built in the 90s after the museum acquired Mies van der Rohe's McCormick House. The McCormick House was the domestic offshoot of the 860-880 Lake Shore Drive buildings. It too utilizes inexpensive technologies such as glass and aluminum, and was a prototype for a group of row houses planned for development in Melrose Park, Illinois. It's horizontal layout was a study for van der Rohe's high-rise towers, adapted to a horizontal row house form and here in this state people can see and touch the window structures up close. The museum was designed with Mies's conceptual agenda in mind. The Hostetler Gallery, where I will be showing some of my work, takes up a significant part of the museum. It is all glass enclosed windows, so there are no walls. I was very interested in that in terms of the materials that I use within my work, and particularly in these notions that Mies had in regards to nature, his famous quote is "Nature, too, shall live its own life." This speaks to his intense desire to conflate and blur the boundaries between interior and exterior. His domestic architecture in regards to nature is talked about most often in association with his Farnsworth House, and the title of the show, Prismatic Nature, came from the descriptions and words that were used to talk about the house. Lights, colors, reflections, and projections literally and phenomenally distort vision. The Farnsworth House appears to be plopped down in nature, where there should be minimal obstructions or obtrusions—so the glass looks like it is suspended or floating, and there is minimal color. The window inserts I plan to install are meant to further diminish these notions of inside and outside.
How are you using this notion of landscaping for Prismatic Nature?
I am interested in the back-to-the-land movement in the '70s, because that is the time period when my parents rejected the notions their parents raised them with—modern idealism and the perfect 1950s lifestyle. I am especially thinking of this movement and how it relates to the suburbs—what type of space that is and why it was created. I am thinking about how nature is landscaped and organized differently within the city, versus the manicured lawn of the suburbs and versus how one may habitat in a forest/rural woods area. I will be using materials that have been designed to disrupt or control landscape, or materials that give us greater control over it. You will see a lot of string, trellis, holes, landscaping stones and nails. You will also see annuals and perennials (some very generic like marigolds, and some much more wild and weedlike) as well as herbs and vegetables.
It took me awhile to embrace the instability of my work, or even get how it elevated my work conceptually. I am illustrating these cycles of life and death— and trying to highlight that death can be beautiful.
How are you incorporating the ideas of plant ethics within Prismatic Nature?
I think that because this show is going to be up for such a long time—it is going to run from June until August— the death of the plants will be especially highlighted. My show at the MCA was also up for a long time, but that show utilized much more paint within the work. The paint became an aesthetic backdrop that you could still look at when the plant died. With this upcoming show there is going to be a lot more transparency in the pieces. I like that it was erected at the beginning of the planting season where we see sprouts of a garden, bushes and trees barely in bloom, and that it will end late August just before the sun has fried the plants and the season begins to change.
What kind of upkeep will the show require?
The pieces that I am hanging in the Hostetler Gallery will have minimal upkeep. There will be the plants within the artwork, but there will also be plants sitting on top of plexiglass at waist level and hanging above the audience's head. The plants I am going to use will include a lot of tomato and strawberry plants— these plants that you might utilize in a garden—whether here in the city or in a more rural area. I have a feeling that there might be a little bit more twisting of the heart with the death of a tomato plant, or a tomato plopping down on the ground and rotting in front of someone. A lot of these plants cross between wild and domesticated. They also can be consumed and work well in landscaping.
How have you grown to accept the instability of the work you produce? Have you always been able to accept the pieces of your work that will inevitably die?
It took me awhile to embrace the instability of my work, or even get how it elevated my work conceptually. I am illustrating these cycles of life and death— and trying to highlight that death can be beautiful. It is challenging to make a work with an element that will probably die, especially when you think about art as being collectible or placed on a pedestal. I didn't know or understand how significant these cycles were in the beginning. I started off with tropical plants and painting them completely white or black, and then later used a lot of cacti because I could control their death. They die from the inside out. I have ones from 2012 that look the exact same from when I displayed them (actually better). Artistically, I grew out of the painting the plants and using only cacti or succulents, using other plant species was important. And after awhile I just couldn't control their life or death anymore. I couldn't get to the studio and water the plants as much as they needed. Every time I put a plant in a piece of artwork I would stress out thinking that it was going to die, so all my time became consumed with how to build irrigation systems, or how to put enough soil in the wax to maintain its life. Now I embrace it. I think about the colors and textures of life and death. Why can't brown or dry be seen as aesthetically engaging?
How do some of your larger glass pieces mimic microscopic slides?
I think they do for sure, especially the ones where there is more paint and the plants are really resined, adhered, and suffocated to the surface. They are smushed onto this flat plane. However I think the pieces are much more about this optical thing that happens, a conversation between the 2D and the 3D. The flat side looks so flat that it looks enlarged/macroscopic in some way—like the space has been expanded visually in a flat plane. Because the other side is so pressed and flat, its opposite becomes explosive in some ways— three-dimensional. The pieces also look a lot like photographic wet plates.
Have you found a way to perfectly preserve any of your plants?
I had one piece of work that I made in late 2010, that stayed green for a really long time. There is not going to be a perfect physical preservation, but there could be the preservation of another aspect of the artwork: the aura, the history that it holds, or the marks that the plant has made in the work. We know the plant it is not going to live forever, so there is something about what it can hold that is bigger than its own life. What does it mean to be put in a piece of art? What does it mean that it is going to sit in the work forever, or until I decide to destroy it or recycle it into another piece?
Are you more inspired by plants that are in their natural habitat, or have been brought into a conservatory, etc.?
I think I am more inspired in the natural habitat. I don't know if its just about plants, it's more about the environment and all of the relationships that are happening at once. I think I am much more in tune with that in those spaces— the air, the plants, thinking about photosynthesis, thinking about the relationship to my body and the sun. I really do like conservatories and I think their histories are interesting, but there are levels of modification. There is this idea of trying to corral nature and bring it inside. There is a level of interference. Where does nature begin, and where does nature end?


Home › Kindergarten › POST 1. ROBOTICS IN THE EARLY YEARS?
We've been overwhelmed since the moment we were told at school about the idea of a workshop on robotics and technology for very young children. We felt so skeptical about it at first … Nevertheless, as we are passionate about teaching and learning, we decided to take this project as a personal challenge. We took it as a provocation for us to co-learn about the subject with the children.
We started off by researching Robots/coding apps/robotics and coding literacy, so as to open our minds to the unexpected possibilities that the children might want to explore and therefore make clear pedagogical choices. Our goal was to help them foster their curiosity for the technological world, and the understanding of computational thinking concepts.
Research shows that young children can learn programming at a very early age, that's why we wanted to give them developmentally appropriate materials for them to manipulate, explore and engage in playful learning. We know without a doubt that young children learn with all their senses so we decided to start with unplugged activities using their bodies first, and only then start using screens and writing programs (coding).
We are embracing this new workshop not only as an opportunity to teach the children, but also as a chance to keep up and learn ourselves what seems to be the language of the future.
We´d like to share this amazing learning journey with you!
Girls, I m so proud of your effort and your desire to learn!!


He is best known as the author of the book Snow Falling on Cedars. Guterson is also a Guggenheim Fellow. It was during his teaching career that Guterson began to publish stories and essays in small magazines and periodicals, later selling pieces to Esquire, Sports Illustrated and Harper's Magazine. Published in 1989, his first book, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind was a collection of short stories set mostly in the Pacific Northwest. His second book, Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, was published in 1992 and contained essays on family and education. As of 2014 his third, and so far most popular novel, is Snow Falling on Cedars, published in 1994. Guterson's freelance journalism included articles on environmental issues, travel writing and human interest features.
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Set of 4 SIGNED First Hardcover Edition's of his novels. All are signed by David Guterson on the title page. Includes Snow Falling on Cedars which won the PEN/Faulkner Award; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest and The Other.
David Guterson Omnibus: "Snow Falling on Cedars", "East of the Mountains"
Snow Falling on Cedars In 1954 a fisherman is found dead and a local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course of his trial, it becomes clear that more is at stake than one man's guilt. For San Piedro is haunted by memories: of a past love affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl; of land desired, paid for and lost; and of what happened during World War II when its Japanese residents were sent into exile while their neighbours watched. East of the Mountains When he is diagnosed with cancer, Ben Givens leaves his home in Seattle and heads east with his Winchester and hunting dogs in tow. It is to be a final journey to a place of canyons and orchards on the verge of the Columbia River, where he had entered the world and had decided he will now leave it. But what transpires is anything but the journey he anticipates.
Young pill popping teenaged runaway receives a visitation from the Virgin Mary one morning while picking mushrooms in the woods of Washington, the following days miracles recur.
David Guterson, American writer. Recipient Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association award; Guggenheim fellow.
Guterson, David was born on May 4, 1956 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Murray Bernard and Shirley (Zak) Guterson.
During his childhood, he attended Seattle Public Schools, went to Roosevelt High School and later attended the University of Washington where he earned Bachelor of Arts Degree in English literature and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing.
He is best known as the author of the book Snow Falling on Cedars. Guterson is also a Guggenheim Fellow. It was during his teaching career that Guterson began to publish stories and essays in small magazines and periodicals, later selling pieces to Esquire, Sports Illustrated and Harper's Magazine.
Published in 1989, his first book, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind was a collection of short stories set mostly in the Pacific Northwest. His second book, Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, was published in 1992 and contained essays on family and education. As of 2014 his third, and so far most popular novel, is Snow Falling on Cedars, published in 1994.
Guterson's freelance journalism included articles on environmental issues, travel writing and human interest features.
Currently, he lives on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, and is a co-founder of Field's End, an organization for writers.
Married Robin Ann Radwick, 1979. Children: Taylor, Travis, Henry, Angelica.


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What is the scale of COVID-19 non-compliance?
Rowland Manthorpe looks at who's sticking to the lockdown rules, who's not and which rules they're flouting.
Pfizer vaccine may prevent transmission of coronavirus to others, Israeli study suggests
Pfizer vaccine recipients are unlikely to transmit the virus to others, according to the author of an Israeli study. Participants in the survey developed up to 20 times more antibodies within a week of receiving the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The survey, which reviewed data from 102 of about 1,000 of the Sheba Medical Centre's medical staff who have received both shots, showed that only two subjects have developed low amounts of antibodies - one of the subjects suffered from a compromised immune system. There was no explanation for why the second person did not develop antibodies, and the hospital said it was investigating the matter. The rest - 98 per cent - have developed levels of antibodies that were even higher than patients who have recovered from a serious coronavirus-induced condition, the hospital said in a statement released on Monday.


Director of Prisons, Gladwyn Samuels, told <<<Inews>>> that the matter is not closed and that the police are presently still conducting their investigations in this regard.
Reports are that at about 22:58h on the night of the beating, Ali was in Bay One at the Lusignan Prison when several other prisoners began to beat him following a dispute.
The injured inmate was taken to the GPHC where he was admitted as a patient. However, on April 5 at about 20:50h, he succumbed and a report was subsequently made to the police.


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