Some quarterbacks are very skilled, talented and have the ability to put up big numbers… but some of these QBs have touch matchups where you project them not to do well and would like to bench them. Of course, every quarterback also has a Bye Week as well. During those tough matchups and Bye Weeks, there are some ideal backup quarterbacks you can have on your roster this year in fantasy that you can spot start for a few weeks during the season. These are my top quarterback pairings to get the most optimum QB start each week. Make sure to watch the entire video for detailed analysis and my bonus QB pairing at the end! If you haven't seen my Top 20 handcuffs list, you can do so here.
BONUS! Watch the video for my bonus QB pairing.
Thanks to FantasyPros who helped make researching this video easier with their QBBC list. For more awesome resources, tools and strategies make sure to sign up for a free Fantasy Couch membership.


Aged 18 and under, this young person has demonstrated real passion for their sport over the last 12 months.
They are highly regarded among their peers, team mates and managers for not only their sporting performance but also their drive and attitude.
What a year 2018 proved to be for diver Aidan Heslop, who at 15-years-old competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Aidan became the first diver to represent Wales in 20 years to qualify for the Games, a remarkable achievement in itself.
He qualified for the men's three-metre springboard but it was in the men's 10m platform where he really impressed, finishing sixth.
Aidan then claimed a bronze medal in July, competing in the 10m platform at the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Madrid.
He also added another bronze to his collection when competing for Great Britain in the synchronized event at the junior European Championships in Helsinki.
For most people, 10 metres is high enough but Aidan also competes in cliff diving and in September he became the youngest ever Red Bull cliff diver, jumping from a height of 27m.
The year finished with Aidan being described as cliff diving's hottest prospect by World Series Champion Gary Hunt.
Annabel started 2018 with a strong National Youth Selection series securing multiple podium finishes to gain selection for the Great Britain under-19 team for the upcoming European and World Championships.
These competitions would be vital in securing enough Youth Olympic Games qualifying points to be able to be selected to compete in Buenos Aires in October.
In May, Annabel produced a fantastic display to win gold at the under-19 International Modern Pentathlon Trophy in Portugal and this result plus an eighth place finish at under-19 Europeans in Poland and a top 40 finish at under-19 Worlds paved the way for selection to the Youth Olympic Games where, as one of the youngest in the field, she rounded off an amazing break through finishing eighth.
Ben represented Great Britain at the European and World Championships (U17) in Sochi, Russia and Italy, where he finished as the highest placed British fencer in both events for a second year running.
In his final competition in the under-17's category, Ben took both individual and team silver Commonwealth medals in Newcastle and then went on to win the British Championships in his first of three years in the under-20's Mens epee category.
This third British Champion title secured GB Team selection for World Cup competitions in Latvia, Luxembourg and Greece, where a top 12 finish securing him GB selection for the European and World Championships in 2019 and World Cup selections in Serbia and Switzerland.
Remarkably Ben also claimed a fourth British Champion title, this time at the under-23 British Championships guaranteeing selection for the under-23 World and European Championships.
Chelsea are well known for snapping up the best young talent from around the world and only a few of those players go on to make a name for themselves in the first team.
Former Exeter City man Ethan Ampadu made another step in the right direction at Stamford Bridge in 2018, as he made his Europa League debut.
That came in a 4-0 win over PAOK Salonika, he replaced Davide Zappacosta in the 63rd minute with the side already 3-0 up.
He then played the full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw at Hungarian club MOL Vidi.
Away from domestic football and Ampadu has also established himself as a regular in Ryan Giggs' senior Wales team.
He made three appearances for the side in the Nations League in 2018 and also started in a friendly match against Spain in October.
Such is his success, it is easy to forget that he is just 18-years-old and there are certainly bigger things to come from him in 2019.
One of the hottest prospects in British diving, Matthew Dixon has picked up the Young Sports Personality of the Year award on a number of occasions, but this year he is also nominated for the main award.
Coming up behind someone of Tom Daley's stature is not an easy task and has the potential to heap pressure on an athlete.
But Matthew has never seemingly let that effect him and had another impressive year in 2018.
He won the British Championships which enabled him to qualify for the Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the 10m individual and 10m synchronized events.
Matthew picked up a silver medal in both, narrowly missing out on gold, he also claimed silver in the European Championships in Glasgow.
In January 2018, Matthew even claimed a personal best score of 495 points and is continuing to make a name for himself.
He also finished ninth at the World Cup, his first time competing at that level and finished ninth in the synchronized platform with team mate Noah Williams.
Judo ace Max Gregory celebrated another fine year in 2018 and is currently the British Cadet Champion for the under-90kg.
The British Championship gold wasn't his only of the year, he claimed another at the Scottish and Welsh Open Championships.
Max's consistently impressive performances led to his selection for Great Britain at the European Championships, which were held in Sarajevo in June.
He then claimed another two gold medals whilst representing the Western Area squad in Holland.
If that wasn't enough success, he capped off the year by being selected as one of just 12 young athletes from Britain to attend the GB Futures Camp in Tokyo, Japan.
It indicates that 2019 might be an even better year for the young judo star.
Phoebe Campbell became the first young woman from the West Country to represent Great Britain twice at the World Junior Rowing Championships.
Her first time came in 2017 and she followed that up by competing in the Czech Republic last year.
Her 24x crew finished fifth but managed to beat the world best time for the event in the semi-final.
Phoebe also represented Great Britain at the European Rowing Junior Championships in France, competing in the single scull.
She became just the fourth British female under-19 sculler to row two kilometres in under eight minutes and also holds a course record for the under-19 single scull at Henley Women's Regatta.
Setting records is becoming a habit for Phoebe, as she finished the year strongly, setting a new British record for the 6k ergo in the women's 17-18 category, with a time of 22:19.5.


Albany, NY – NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs Special Prosecutor Patricia E. Gunning announced the sentencing of an Albany man, formerly employed as a Respite Worker at Hope House in Albany, for endangering the welfare of a child.
James Whetstone (DOB: 02/20/1984) of Albany, having pled guilty in December, was sentenced to three years' probation by the Honorable Judge Gary F. Stiglmeier of Albany City Court.
The Hope House facility where Whetstone was employed, and where the incident took place, is certified by the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS).
Supervising Assistant Special Prosecutor Rachel Dunn prosecuted the case. The Justice Center conducted the investigation and arrested the defendant with assistance by the Albany Police Department.
The Justice Center is authorized to investigate all reports of abuse and neglect, pursue administrative sanctions against staff found responsible for misconduct and its Special Prosecutor/Inspector General shares jurisdiction with local district attorneys to prosecute criminal offense allegations. The Justice Center notifies local district attorneys of all potential criminal cases. Justice Center Individual and Family Support advocates provide guidance and information to victims, their families, personal representatives and guardians about the reporting and investigation process, offer support during criminal court proceedings and are available to accompany victims during interviews and court appearances.


A lawn-tractor does the same job as a home lawn mower, but it was especially designed for mowing wide areas of grass as the driver can sit on it. This machinery is a self-propelled vehicle. It can be used in gardens, parks and other domains.
When cutting grass with a lawn tractor, the cut grass will usually come out of the side or back of the tractor, remaining on the field, however some models do have grass catching attachments available. Many models will also allow the driver to attach other devices such as snow ploughs, kemper headers or other cutting bars to the front of the vehicle or behind it. This makes them versatile enough to be used during the whole year. Models with higher engine power are usually also capable of being used for towing, making them useful as for example a garden tractor in other respects.
A special form of the this tractor is the zero-turn mower, this is a rotary mower, which is primarily used in North America for the professional care of big areas. In order to protect the driver in the case of accidents, some models are equipped with cabins or protection frames.
The first lawn mower was created by Edwin Budding back in 1827. Mowing-Technology has changed a lot since the early 19th century. Whilst the look and propulsion of modern machines is very different to Edwin Budding's invention, the way in which they work, driving knives on a cutting cylinder, is actually very similar to the way many modern machinery. As modern tractors were soon equipped with engines, the manufacturers quickly equipped the mowers with seats, steering-wheel and more horse power.
There are many different makes and models of lawn tractors. The one most suitable for your needs will depend on both your budget and your requirements. A lawn tractor with a wide cutting width will cut your lawn more quickly. Some of the leading manufacturers of lawn tractors include Amazone, Castelgarden, Etesia, Gianni Ferrari, and Kubota.


end British rule using any methods at his disposal.
have an independent country with the caste system intact.
have one independent country which included Hindus and Muslims.
create a cooperative climate so the British could rule without using force.
the League was dominated by great powers.
the League could not impose economic sanction.
Third World countries have more influence in the United Nations.
the United Nations cannot raise an armed force to resist aggression.
U.S.A. signed the SALT I Agreement.
U.S.S.R. signed the Helsinki Declaration.
The war in Afghanistan was considered the U.S.S.R.'s "Vietnam" because the U.S.S.R.
took several years to win over the Afghan people.
was unable to defeat a small, militarily weak enemy.
invasion of Lebanon by Israel.
takeover of the Gaza Strip by Syria.
increase in Egyptian control of the West Bank.
use of oil as an economic weapon against the West.
claim that the whites were the majority in South Africa.
provide blacks with good agricultural land.
separate blacks from rebel forces in Namibia.
divide the resources equally among the major ethnic groups.
halt terrorist attacks from Kuwait.
acquire control of Kuwait's resources.
gain a strategic advantage in its war with Iran.
stop the spread of fundamentalist Islamic beliefs.
an end to the mandate system.
home rule for African colonies.
The use of threat or force no longer can or must be an instrument of foreign policy.
lost the support of the Russian people.
admitted to the military weakness of the U.S.S.R.
made it impossible for other countries to use force.
leadership of the UN Security Council.
strong representation in the labour force.
equal representation in national legislatures.
receiving salaries equal to or greater than those of men.
number of satellites in space.
number of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
What U.S. action, in 1956, resulted in closer ties between Egypt and the U.S.S.R.?
a decline in the influence of Germany.
a decline in trade among European nations.
an increase in ethnic and nationalist tensions.
an increase in the influence of Marxist ideology.
it has made no attempt to stop wars from breaking out.
all countries agreed to join in peacekeeping operations.
all the major world powers agreed to become members.
countries surrendered control of their foreign policy to the U.N.
Which two nations collaborated with Israel in the 1956 invasion of Egypt?
Israel's attack on the Sinai.
Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal.
Nasser's purchase of arms from communist states.
Which of the following actions was taken by the United Nations but not by the League of Nations?
expand colonial markets in Asia.
reunification of East and West Germany.
the acceptance of the postwar frontiers of Europe.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the United Nations in the 1960s?
The U.S.S.R. boycotted the General Assembly.
The People's Republic of China was not a member.
The Security Council voted to send troops to Vietnam.
Great Britain and France consistently voted against the U.S.A.
The graph below supports which of the following conclusions?
Infant mortality rates rose between 1965 and 1979.
Women needed to work to support a greater number of children.
Working women were more likely to have married at an earlier age.
Rising employment for married women was a factor in the decline of the birthrate.


Extech's TP875 is a bead wire temperature probe. This Type K thermocouple probe measures from -58 to 1000°F (-50 to 538°C) with a subminiature (mini-ANSI) connector. Compatible with most meters that have Type K temperature function.


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Q: Reason behind the uncertainty principle I know that Heisenberg Uncertainty principles states that the momentum and position of a quantum object can not be determined at the same time. This is very strange to me. I want the basic reason behind it, i.e why is this so.

A: The basic reason is that the position operator X and the momentum operator P cannot be simultaneously diagonalized because $[X,P]=i\hbar I\ne{0}$.  This means there is no state which is simultaneously an eigenstate of both X and P.

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Transfer Boost: Liverpool in talks to sign 'amazing' midfielder who idolises £42m superstar
3/14/2016 03:21:00 am | Jaimie K
Liverpool continue to be linked with Polish international Piotr Zieliński, and new reports over the weekend suggest that the Reds are set to take concrete steps this week to seal the deal.
Last month, The Telegraph reported:
"Liverpool tried to sign Zieliński in January [and] will try to revive that deal this summer".
According to the Daily Mail:
"Liverpool [will] hold talks next week over the signing of Piotr Zielinski. Scouts have continued to monitor his progress and watched him against Genoa last week".
Some info about Zielinski, who is currently on loan at Empoli:
* 21-year old central midfielder. Can also play as a number-10. 3 goals/8 assists in 58 apps for Empoli (One every 333 mins).
* On his goals for the remainder of the season: "I can still improve. I want to get 5 goals and 10 assists."
* On his football idols: "Santi Cazorla, Mesut Ozil* and Miralem Pjanic. Zinedine Zidane is the best of them all."
* Apr 2014: * Ex-Udinese boss Francesco Guidolin enthused: "3 years ago he [Zielinski] was skinny and fragile but with two amazing feet. This is why I decided to work with him - he has the stigmata of a champion".
In my view, signing players like Grujic and Zielinski highlights once again the ongoing failure of Liverpool's youth policy. What is the point in developing midfielders at the academy if the club then goes out and buys two YOUNG MIDFIELDERS (aged 19 and 21 respectively).
It must be so supremely demotivating for Chirivella, Brannagan, and Rossiter to see Liverpool bring in similarly-aged midfielders to basically replace them in the first team squad. Klopp is basically tell them: 'You're not good enough, so I'm forced to sign players who are good enough'.
With Grujic, Henderson, Can, Milner, Allen, Lucas, Zielinski (if he signs), and Camacho (who is also linked), Chirivella et al can kiss goodbye to regular first-team action next season.
* Cost £42m
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Our thanks to Lisa from Agassiz, BC for sharing this recipe with us.
Put bite-size pieces of chicken and oil in a large frying pan and fry till pink is almost gone.
Add onion (and peppers if wanted) and saute for 5 minutes.
Add all spices and let simmer for 3 min.
Then add milk, coconut cream and sour cream, stirring to combine everything.
Let simmer on medium heat for 20 min. stirring often.
Serve over basmati or jasmine rice. ENJOY!


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Last week, we talked about the capital consumed by Netflix—$8 billion to produce 700 shows. They're spending more than two thirds of their gross revenue generating content. And this content has so little value, that a quarter of their audience would stop watching if Netflix adds ads (sorry, we couldn't resist a little fun with the English language).
So it is with wry amusement that, this week, Keith heard an ad for an exclusive-to-Pandora series. The symptoms of falling-interest-disease are ubiquitous.
Summary: Timmy, a precocious ten-year-old opens a lemonade stand and learns about unbacked currencies.
"Dad, I'm excited and ready for business. Mom made me sign an IOU when she gave me sugar and frozen lemonade so I have stuff to sell." Timmy looked up at his father and smiled in anticipation.


Parenting is an ever demanding job that requires you to be ready at all times. For parents in the military, raising kids comes with an added degree of difficulty due to the many demands of military life. You've got this, but if there are days you wonder if you are up to the challenge, it's OK – all parents do.
Luckily, you and the MilParent community are in this together.
Getting a coffee or meal with a friend or having that venting session with your mom or dad does more than make you feel better, it can make you an even better parent. Research shows that supportive social connections can help keep your family strong. Several military community resources stand ready to provide support or connect you with other parents.
Your Military and Family Support Center can direct you to the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Program for health, fitness and family fun in your community.
Contact your installation's Family Advocacy Program, New Parent Support Program or Child and Youth Program to take advantage of affordable education programs, flexible child care, age-appropriate activities and more.
Military and Family Life Counselors are available to help talk through parenting challenges and military-life stresses.
The Military OneSource call center can directly connect you to these and other resources. Call 800-342-9647. Click here for international calling options.
You know what it is like to need a hand, and you may even know that it can be hard to ask for one. So, take a minute and offer help to others around you. Be proactive and ask, because ultimately working together creates a sense of community, and supportive communities help build strong families. Opportunities to connect with others – from eating together to lending a hand – builds resilient families and a healthy community.
Babysit. You don't need to offer your whole day or watch five kids at once to be helpful. Sometimes even a short break can make a major difference for a busy parent.
Cook. Whether it's an invite for dinner or dropping off a frozen casserole, helping with mealtime is a gesture that enhances community at any time – not just after a baby is born.
Listen. Sometimes a listening ear is all that is needed to regain perspective. Other times, it can provide relief and serve as a first step toward identifying that he or she may need benefit from additional help.
Compliment. Don't underestimate the value of a kind word or encouraging thought. Most people, parents included, are empowered by positive feedback. Be sure to tell the parents around you when you think they're doing great.


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The older I get, the more I see the world as both a beautiful and yet a fallen place. I think generation after generation after generation, as we've heard for thousands of years, we will always have tension roaming as we vacillate from brighter to darker times, then from darkness into light. Conflicts occur between nation-to-nation, community-to-community, family-to- family and being-to-being. Even within our own heart and mind, we find friction and turmoil.
I write this on Easter Sunday, a day two billion people come together and reignite hope. Hope is the antidote to this frustration, enabling us to see beyond normal horizons. Maybe for just an hour or so in church, in quiet meditation, in nature, or in yoga, we touch on a peace so compelling that we continue to chase after it. We get hooked, hoping we can find a way to sustain living in this well of abundant contentment.
Recently, I had this crazy dream. I was sleeping on my stomach with arms out wide like airplane wings (yep, even in my sleep I'm doing some yoga pose), and I could feel a swelling of warm beautiful loving heat emanating from my heart. In the dream, I could see the glow coming through my chest. It completely took me over and I started to rise off my bed what felt like a few inches. But soon, I noticed my neck started to hurt and in an instant, I crashed down on my bed and woke up. I got up and walked around not knowing if it was a dream or did that really happen?
Friends who know me well know that I'm both introverted and extroverted. It's important for my being to be both – and not just lightly. I love people and I love parties. I also love being alone and can ponder things for hours at a time, simmering on past events. The whole month of March was super busy, so my introverted side has been screaming for attention. I took off a few days and had the chance to review some big moments in the last month- moments worthy of sharing.
We recently hosted the USA Yoga West Coast Regional Yoga Competition with our friends BYMV, covering eight states. Over 40 athletes showed up to compete on this epic day, each performing six postures in three minutes. I competed again and managed to get first place and the honor of highest score for the day!
Then I got up on stage, and in the silence of three minutes doing the motions of the poses, my mind drilled me on how unprepared I was, how awful this is going to be, how I should have done this, that, and other unworthy "not going to help me right now" commentary. My lovely higher self was like, "Wow, so this is what you feed your mind with." Even so, my performance went okay – off the stage I went, but I knew my journey was to dismantle that delusional cloud of black smoke. If I didn't, it would hinder any future victory of any kind.
Fast forward to this most recent performance, and in the quiet of my mind is the presence of the gesture at hand as I sang a song of flex your foot, keep your elbows down, breathe, hold and enjoy this moment, etc. Cool! Then, I get to my third posture and without warning, my mind goes, "What are you going to do about your last pose?" as that posture is super hard for me and I know that I need more time to do it.
Superbly, my immediate instinct was to turn away from that flaming arrow of negative thought, bringing me right back to my task at hand. I transfigured it even more by soaking in the audience's vibe of sweet support during each posture hold. I finished nicely, but the true victory was that ability to overcome my negative mental patterns.
Mary Jarvis, teacher extraordinaire and coach to champion athletes and renowned teachers, came to Bikram Yoga San Jose for a rare one-day visit to teach class and lead a posture clinic.
It was to start at 10 am and end at 4 pm. It started at 10:30 am and we ended nine hours later at 7:30 pm.
Mary is an artist in this yoga world and you cannot predict or script her. She's a genius and if you are gifted with the blessing of her presence, you won't want to leave. Allow me to share two of many stand-out moments.
After a terrible car accident, Mary was in a wheel chair for a long while. This is how she found the yoga and found Bikram, attending classes including those taught by Bikram several times a week (and many times practicing twice a day). Over the years, she's healed herself and has endless knowledge on the spine.
Not too long ago, she broke her ankle. At the time, she owned a studio in San Francisco for almost 20 years. One day, a long time member that she hadn't seen in a while came back in to the studio. He told her that he sprained his toe and needed time off to heal. Not knowing that she had a broken ankle, they proceed to take class together. The whole class, he watches her use a chair to support the leg of her broken foot so she can still do every posture as each relates to her spine.
She tells the story with such love and humor that you are brimming with laughter at the idea that you should "take a break" from Bikram Yoga if you are injured. The ridiculousness of not showing up because of a sprained toe, hurt hip, tight shoulder, broken finger, sciatica, torn knee, and so forth. To Mary, if you can do something with your spine today, you are in class – no excuses. The spine is the beginning and the end to your health. If it's there, then you are good. If it's not, then you are in trouble. It will shape everything, physical, mental and spiritual.
Mary said the word "wait" at LEAST 50 to 100 times that Sunday, between class and her clinic. She repeated and reinforced it so often that I'm hoping everyone heard it at least once. Her recommendation in any pose, regardless of the physical condition you are in, is to do it right, find your limit, hold it and WAIT. Do not push the boundaries of the proper pose for the sake of your ego wanting to take it deeper or make it look better. If you do, you sacrifice any real progress you could make. Be wise here: do the pose to your ability and really work it accurately.
A good example is Bow Pose (Dhanurasana). If you are in Bow Pose on the floor with knees six inches apart and holding your feet the right way, don't open your legs wider in order to look up more and kick higher. It's wrong, because you'll never increase the flexibility of your spine that way, and a year later you'll wonder why you haven't improved! Keep your legs 6-8 inches apart only and WAIT!
At the end of the month, we held our 60-Day Challenge Party honoring our students who accomplished 60 Bikram Yoga classes in 60 days. Every year, this is the best event of all. There is little fanfare or preparation, there is no "agenda," no big promotion, hype, or even food.
But for all this simplicity, every time it is our most meaningful, our most intimate event at BYSJ. It's the Challengers' special time to pick up their hard-earned T-shirt and share an insight or two on what the challenge has meant to them. You won't expect what comes out of people, and you'll come away with a bellyache from laughing, tears streaming down your face from such inspiring stories, and a renewed commitment to your yoga practice!
On their own merit, these amazing events are worthy of consideration. Together, all three share a common lesson: they are an invitation to TRUST.
Bikram will tell you that when you are a true yogi, in the snap of a finger you can go from one subject to the next with absolute concentration.
My mental interruption on stage was unexpected but-in the blink of an eye!-I brought my attention back to the present. My practice gave me the trust to move past a potentially sabotaging moment.
Mary Jarvis underscored the discipline to Wait, which takes humility and trust. You never know how long something will take and you just have to trust the process. If you don't, your hard work is useless. You'll just stand in one place for the rest of your life.
And could you know what a 60-Day challenge will give you?
To make it through the rough days, the down-in-the-dirt days, you have to trust that you are capable of becoming more than you currently are, you have to have faith in that possibility!
When you do trust, miracles happen: the mind obeys, the body is effective and efficient, and the spirit soars. Your very being is victorious in ways that define and surround your life. You become super-natural, conscious of a power within you that you would not have otherwise discovered. This is the power inherent in Faith that only comes alive when we are at the end of ourselves.
In fact, in every one of these takeaways, victory has nothing to do with how much "better" you became in a pose. The victory is in transcending a screw-loose mind, overcoming a junk body, with a healthy spine to have and use for the rest of your life. The victory is attaining love for 60 days– love of self, love for others, love from others. This, my friends, is Self-Realization and the whole reason why Bikram Yoga San Jose exists and thrives.
My dream of being wide open, receiving love, and crashing painfully? It tells me that I've attracted a faith so great that my heart swells with love and joy. But the warning is there also: in a split second without notice, I can fall if I don't catch the things that pull me off my course – and Hope is the bridge that gets us to Faith. If I take my class, or head to church, or walk in nature, I can transcend a fallen world and prime myself to Hope again.
I see it everyday in you too, members, as you walk in expecting class to deliver on a promise that gets you out of any rut and back to hope, because part of our path in realizing Self includes the relationship of a Spirit within us that is beyond the physical and the mental. So when class delivers hope day after day, faith in something greater is more believable. Therein lies the purpose of Bikram Yoga: it is the best tool for everyone to come to know the unrecognized part of themselves meant to "sustain living in this well of abundant contentment," – a spirit of peace.


DARPA last year awarded Phase 3 of Tern to a team led by the Northrop Grumman Corporation to build a full-scale technology demonstration system. The program has since made significant advances on numerous fronts, including commencement of wing fabrication and completion of successful engine testing for its test vehicle, and DARPA has tasked Northrop Grumman with building a second test vehicle.
Tern envisions a new medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS that could operate from helicopter decks on smaller ships in rough seas or expeditionary settings while achieving efficient long-duration flight. To provide these and other previously unattainable capabilities, the Tern Phase 3 design is a tailsitting, flying-wing aircraft with a twin contra-rotating, nose-mounted propulsion system.
The aircraft would lift off like a helicopter and then perform a transition maneuver to orient it for wing-borne flight for the duration of a mission. Upon mission completion, the aircraft would return to base, transition back to a vertical orientation, and land. The system is sized to fit securely inside a ship hangar for maintenance operations and storage.
-- Wing fabrication: Since Phase 3 work started at the beginning of 2016, Tern has finished fabricating major airframe components and anticipates final assembly in the first quarter of 2017. Once complete, the airframe will house propulsion, sensors, and other commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems to make up the full-scale technology demonstration vehicle.
-- Engine tests: In Phases 2 and 3, Tern has successfully tested numerous modifications to an existing General Electric engine to enable it to operate in both vertical and horizontal orientations. This type of engine was chosen because it is mature and powers multiple helicopter platforms currently in use.
-- Software integration: This summer, Tern opened its Software Integration Test Station (SITS), part of the System Integration Lab that supports software development for the program. The test station includes vehicle management system hardware and software, and uses high-fidelity simulation tools to enable rapid testing of aircraft control software in all phases of flight. The SITS is helping ensure the technology demonstration vehicle could fly safely in challenging conditions such as launch, recovery, and transition between horizontal and vertical flight.
Additional tests are about to start. A 1/5th-scale version of the approved vehicle model is in testing in the 80' x 120' wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center's National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC). Data collected during this test will be used to better characterize aircraft aerodynamic performance and validate aerodynamic models.
Tern is currently scheduled to start integrated propulsion system testing in the first part of 2017, move to ground-based testing in early 2018, and culminate in a series of at-sea flight tests in late 2018.
DARPA and the Navy have a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to share responsibility for the development and testing of the Tern demonstrator system. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) has also expressed interest in Tern's potential capabilities and is providing support to the program.


At the right time - In the right place - With the right horse!
Are you looking for something extra special from your next riding holiday? No problem!
We have a selection of very special trails that are so impressive at any time of the year.
Flower splendour at the Cape – Flower Power Trails!
In April, Catalonia is adorned with the most beautiful flowers! Bright colours accompany us on our way and make these trails extra special!!
The deciduous and beech forests expand into green landscapes and shimmering snow-capped peaks are still visible on the horizon. Catalonia shimmers in the sun, enveloping nature with a touch of magic!
Insider tip for connoisseurs! Daily gourmet menu with local specialties and delicious wines from the Empordà region!
Horseback riding and swimming with the horses from May until October!
"Back to the roots" with pleasant riding temperatures! Let's go to the mountains – perfect riding weather even in summer!


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Le Groupe Demain est un groupe d'entreprises de l'économie sociale et solidaire spécialisée dans le recyclage des déchets et l'insertion professionnelle, implantée dans la zone industrielle de Lons-le-Saunier dans le Jura.

Histoire

Juratri
Créée sous la forme d'une Société à responsabilité limitée (SARL) en 1993, elle se transforme en Société coopérative et participative (SCOP-SARL) en 2006 à la suite de la sortie du capital de son actionnaire majoritaire.

En 2012, elle est la première entreprise française certifiée par l'AFNOR pour la qualité de ses pratiques sociales.

Le , la société devient une société anonyme (SCOP-SA).

Outre les 38 associés-salariés, Juratri emploie également une soixantaine de personnes en insertion par l'activité économique, qui se voient proposer des contrats d'une durée de deux ans au maximum. De plus, une part non négligeable de la masse salariale est consacrée à la formation (7 % en 2011) et quatre personnes supervisent l'insertion professionnelle.

Groupe Demain
Le , la société change de nom pour devenir le Groupe Demain, issue de la fusion entre Juratri et de ses filiales. La société est décomposée en cinq activités : Demain Environnement, Demain Emploi, Demain Habitat, Demain Service et Demain Lab.

En 2020, le Groupe coopératif Demain et son entreprise de Travail Temporaire d'Insertion Altera Interim obtiennent le Label RSEi, niveau Exemplaire, délivré par l'AFNOR et la Fédération des Entreprises d'Insertion.

Notes et références

Coopérative de droit français
Entreprise de l'économie sociale
Société coopérative de production
Lons-le-Saunier

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I love these big sixes! They don't turn up as often as they used to and when they do they're quite expensive now. They're worth every penny though.
This one isn't quite as immaculate as it looks in these pictures. The black hard rubber section is faded and the high points of the clip have lost some of their plating. Still, that's not bad for 60-odd years. This splendid nib is still glorious and the plastic buffed up well.
This was not a pen for the average person unless they were a real enthusiast. It was the doctor's pen or the lawyer's, or maybe even the bank manager's, though back in those days they tended to be paid in the hundreds rather than today's millions!
Regardless of who bought it when it was new, it would have been regarded as a lifetime's investment. And I'm sure it would have been, if ballpoint pens had not come along and spoiled the game!
A pen like this really does put us in touch with its past. There were never all that many of them and they were bought with a purpose other than just writing. This was a pen that was intended to make their owner feel good about him or herself and it was intended to impress those with whom he had dealings. I'm sure it did. All these years later it still impresses me!
That is one glorious nib. I don't think I've seen one yet.
It's big enough to dig the garden with!
Sounds like you have a great pen!
Hi Deb, I did some research and this is the Swan Mabie Todd no 2060. Again, a pure gem.
This pen was not assigned a number by Swan. Yes, we can calculate that it is a 2060 but that hasn't been imprinted on the barrel. A large proportion of Mabie Todd pens were issued without model numbers. I report what I see, and what we have here is a large no-number pen with a number six nib.
I see, thanks for that interesting info Deb… this is a strange practice though…Do you think that discrepancy in printing / not printing # was something current in the war era, or it has nothing to do with the socio-economic context?
They began issuing pens without numbers long before World War II and the practice continued until they went out of production. I have no idea why they did that. Perhaps imprinting the model number was not of primary importance to either them or their customers. The customer knew what he had bought and didn't need to be reminded of it. However, I would have thought that the presence of the model numbers would be very helpful to retailers. Really, we just don't know why they did things back then.


Scattering theory, Strichartz estimates, Analyticity and smoothing properties of solutions, Derivative coupling, etc.
Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation, Systems of wave equations, Strichartz estimates, Nonrelativistic limit, Self-similar solutions, etc.
Embedding theorems, Interpolation inequalities, Characterizations of fractional Sobolev spaces over Lie groups, etc.
COE Special Months "Nonlinear Dispersive Equations," August - September, 2004.
COE Special Months "Recent Development in Mathematical Material Sciences," October, 2004 - March, 2005.


What fun, and Happy Anniversary!
What a wonderful trip! When you were in Montreal,you were only about 5 hours from us! I have always wanted to visit PEI! I hear it is beautiful! Thanks for sharing your trip with us!
Sounds perfect. I think the bus tours are the best way to go when you have limited time. Can't believe how high those waves were.
I can only imagine all the ill stomachs!! Glad you were safe.
I bet the food was wonderful and I would love to have tried that pizza. So glad you had a wonderful 40th anniversary celebration.
Congratulations on the 40 years! It looks like you had a wonderful trip. Thank you for posting all the pictures.
Glad you enjoyed your trip. We went to PEI and then down the Maine coast a couple of years ago and we loved it...so beautiful!
Looks like a great trip and full of memories! Glad you made it back safe and sound and are back with us. ~ Just wanted to let you know Mom had a mini stroke on Wednesday and is in the hospital. When will it end!? :( Hope your dad is doing great today! I know it's a day at at time!
So glad you went and had a great time (minus the waves--sounds like something out of the Jonah account!). That old guy in the Lands End hat is too funny.
Oh, and hey--I have eaten at Regina's. Tiny place but so popular and the pizza is great. Also been on the USS Constitution. I like knowing that you and I have stepped foot in two of the same places now!
Sounds like a wonderful trip you had. You´ve seen so much! I can only wish. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing photos of your trip. Looks like you guys had a wonderful time. I've wanted to do a cruise like that for some time ... DH & I married later, so I don't know that I want to wait until we've been married for 40 years!! ha! Have a good weekend, dear one.
phew! i'm glad you survived that windy night!!! happy happy anniversary. may you have many many many more blessed years together. this looks like the best way to celebrate. what a fun time!
Love all your pictures and even more the reason for all the pictures. 40 years is an amazing testimony to marriage and faithfulness. Love that.
Love that picture with the Land's End catalog guy. Made me chuckle.
Always keeping you in my prayers.
What an adventure! Fun reading your updates on FB too, even though I haven't been commenting there lately...mostly reading about everyone's updates. Love the farmer's market produce. Bright!


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Forgot to take that ground beef out of the freezer this morning and now it's 4:00 and your kids are begging for tacos? Never fear – I'm going to show you to freeze your ground beef so you can thaw it quickly – in under 20 minutes – with no microwaving!
One of those meals was my dad's "famous" (in our house anyway) meatloaf. I'll share the recipe with you later in the week, but I wanted to first share a little tip with you that I learned not too long ago that has made my life a heck of a lot easier.
If you already knew this, do me a favor and humor me, k?
I like to buy the bulk size packages of ground beef, but because we are a small family, I can actually get four meals out of a package.
I used to just cut the package in four equal parts and wrap and freeze it in a big chunk. But it would take FOREVER to thaw, and forget it if you just decided on the way home that you were making tacos. There was just no time to thaw the meat, and I hate thawing meat on my kitchen counter.
After cutting the four equal chunks, I placed each portion in a sandwich size ziploc bag, flattened the meat, squeezed out as much air as possible, and placed them all in a larger bag.
I labeled the individual bag with the portion size (in this case it's just less than a pound).
Flattening the meat makes for much less thawing time. In fact, just place the bag in a bowl of COLD water and it takes less than 30 minutes to thaw!
or any other of a variety of options.
I'll share the meatloaf recipe with you later this week, as well as show you how I do this entire process, from frozen ground beef to hot, tasty meatloaf in under an hour.
What's your favorite tip from the kitchen?
Thanks for sharing and it's a great idea.
Thanks, needed to quickly thaw some meat for last minute company coming tonight.
You can do this with any meat. That's what I have done for years, with chicken, pork chops, etc. As long as it's COLD water, there's no chance of bacteria growth from not thawing it in the refrigerator.
Yes, this is true. However other meats will take much longer than 20 minutes.
Love meatloaf and am looking forward to your family's version!
Oh…can not wait for the recipe! thanks for the great tip!!


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Are you a Van Morrison fan?
Until somewhat recently, I'd only considered myself a mild fan of Sir George Ivan Morrison (aka: Van Morrison), and then I discovered two of his songs, ("In The Garden" & "Enlightenment") and was totally wowed over by the lyrics.
The depth of his lyrics touched me to the marrow, and I grew much more appreciative of his creative talent.
To me, Van Morrison reminds me of The Dude… you know…from "The Big Lebowski"….. Ahaha…!
Appearances can be deceiving…that's why we're taught not to judge or compartmentalize people or situations.
Since in doing so, we miss out on so many experiences that are trying to come into our lives…and into our hearts.
We expand in every dimension when we relax into life and allow it to unfold in wonderful ways.


Ambri's grid-storage battery uses liquid metals as the anode and cathode.
MIT spin-off Ambri is a step closer to bringing a novel liquid metal battery to the electricity grid.
The company on Thursday cut the ribbon on a new production facility in Marlboro, Mass., where it intends to make shipping-container size batteries. Ambri also said its first two customers will be a military base on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, and a wind project in Hawaii. The company will be making prototypes and demonstration units in Marlboro for installation next year and intends to have a full-scale manufacturing facility in 2015.
To keep battery prices low, Ambri uses inexpensive materials and a simple design. Each battery cell is a square metal box about 10 centimeters per side. (The image is a beta cell that was larger and circular.) Each cell contains two metals and a salt electrolyte that are all in liquid form when the battery is running. Because the materials have different densities, three distinct layers form. When discharging, metal ions from the top layer, which is the anode, travel through the electrolyte to combine with ions from the bottom layer, which is the cathode. The process works in reverse during charging. The battery operates at hundreds of degrees Celsius, and the heat generated by the charging and discharging keeps the internal cell components liquid.
MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his then-graduate student David Bradwell designed the first proofs of concept using antimony and magnesium with a salt electrolyte. In 2010, they formed a company, which has been funded by Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures, and energy company Total.
One advantage of the technology, according to Ambri, is that there is little storage capacity loss over time—an important consideration for utilities, which purchase equipment to last for decades. Also, the large cell design means there are fewer wires and connections required, reducing the number of potential points of failure.
Ambri is among several companies competing to deliver cost-effective energy storage for the grid. Other technologies include flow batteries, compressed air storage machines, and flywheels. With multi-hour storage, wind and solar farms can deliver power on demand and utilities could use batteries to ease bottlenecks in the power distribution network.
Because utilities are very conservative in adopting new technology, Ambri has targeted other types of customers to demonstrate its first working prototypes. The Joint Base Cape Cod will use batteries to provide a steady output from its on-site wind and solar generators at the military base. Such a battery could also potentially provide backup power in the case of an outage. The project is funded by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Bulk grid storage companies are also targeting island nations, which rely on expensive diesel fuel for electricity generation. Renewable energy developer First Wind will deploy another prototype energy storage system from Ambri in Hawaii next year, using funds from the Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research.
The key question regarding all emerging grid storage technologies is how well they will perform and at what cost. If a battery can be cheaper than a natural gas "peaking" plant or less than the cost of upgrading distribution equipment to meet growing demand, then utilities could warm to energy storage. That could lead to dramatic changes to how the grid is configured and potentially eliminate the need for power generators only used a few days a year to meet peak demand. But until then, companies like Ambri need to prove their battery is not just a good idea, but also a viable commercial product.
This post was corrected on 12 December 2013.


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DTE Energy Services, a non-utility business of DTE Energy, completes purchase of Marina Thermal Facility in Atlantic City
DTE Energy Services, a non-utility business of DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), today announced it completed the $100 million purchase of the Marina Thermal Facility from SJI, an energy services holding company based in Folsom, New Jersey.!
Located in Atlantic City, the Marina Thermal Facility is an eight-megawatt combined heat and power generation facility that provides electricity and hot and chilled water to MGM's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and The Water Club.
DTE's waste-to-energy initiative wins American Biogas Council's dairy project of the year
DTE Biomass Energy's clean, sustainable dairy renewable natural gas project has recently been recognized for its innovative business model.
DTE Biomass Energy opens first renewable natural gas processing and interstate injection site in Wisconsin
DTE Biomass Energy, a non-regulated subsidiary of DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), today announced it has opened its first and the state of Wisconsin's first combined dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) processing and interstate injection facility. With over three decades of experience in landfill waste-to-energy projects, DTE Biomass, along with local dairy farm partners, is leading the way in the Wisconsin dairy renewable energy movement.
DTE Energy and Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy announce renewable natural gas project partnership
DTE Energy broke ground last week on a project with Wisconsin-based Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy to begin creating renewable natural gas (RNG) generated from dairy cow waste as a fuel to power compressed natural gas vehicles, offsetting the use of fossil-based fuels.
DTE Energy to Power Ford Motor Company Research and Engineering Center with Advanced Technologies / Achieving 50 Percent Energy Efficiency
Created exclusively by DTE Energy, an "ultra-low" emission energy infrastructure of the future will soon power Ford Motor Company's Research and Engineering Center (REC) located on its Dearborn campus. DTE will build, own and operate a host of advanced sustainability systems including natural air flow ventilation, geothermal heating and cooling, and solar in a state-of-the-art energy infrastructure serving the REC.
DTE Biomass Acquires Renewable Natural Gas Facilities
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Solano County landfill gas-to-energy project providing clean power to homes
Potrero Hills Energy Producers, a partnership between DTE Biomass Energy Inc. and Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, recently started generating electricity from landfill gas. This cleaner source of electricity comes from a newly constructed renewable energy facility at the Potrero Hills Landfill in Suisun City, Calif.
DTE Energy Services to close Shenango Incorporated plant in response to steel industry downturn
DTE Energy Services (DTEES) today announced the closure of its Shenango Incorporated coke battery plant in Pittsburgh, effective mid-January, in response to a sharp downturn in the North American steel industry.
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You know those minutes on the treadmill or bike Academy instructors recommend? They are an example of aerobic exercises and are also fundamental to wipe that annoying fat! For that, you need to be dressed appropriately: the perfect fashion is one that brings together comfort and style, especially when it comes to physical activity.And Yes, we have the ideal suggestion to look for you to run them in the best possible way.
First, it is important to understand that the aerobics isn't at academies. Are all those exercises that stimulate respiration and circulation of blood with movements that allow the body to consume much more oxygen.Running, walking and cycling are great examples, and you need to be with the right outfit to not harm your performance in any of them.
Because they are 'free' exercises is very important that you have stability and lightness on Stomp. These characteristics you find EVA INJECTtechnology, present in the midsole of the TRYON AQUAmodel, which combined with the rubber sole will provide more security to your movement.
For the legs, a legging that shapes and gives firmness. In addition to protecting the skin from possible attackers, as the rays of the Sun or mosquitinhos (if you opt for parks), also reduces the friction between a leg and another. On top, a top, ideal to give support and security to the breast, prevents moving and end up messing up the exercise.The finish is a light fabric shirt with zipper, allowing you to decide how much you want to leave it open tocontrol the heat or just make a style.
To take your personal belongings, a backpack, which has the perfect format to distribute weight equally, without burdening only one side of the body. The photo is the GLOSS of TRYON, whose fabric come clad with a resin that makes current and structured.
In this look, black was the favorite in his pants, top and the t-shirt. Fortunately, a "little black dress" falls very well! Here, the color was only broken by the poás (polka dots) and Backpack White by mixing blue with lime green present in tennis.


A belief is an idea that constitutes your reality within your own consciousness none of which has to be true - indeed most is not true. A Belief System is the constructed matrix of those beliefs.
The BS (Belief System) of most individuals is the main thing which is holding them back from enjoying the world as it was meant to be enjoyed. Also because of the wide disparity between various Belief Systems, and the complete takeover by our society, our world is literally falling apart.
The reason for this is that every Belief System consists primarily of taboos and restrictions limitation. One thing which one misses in reading the U.S. Constitution is that nowhere does it restrict the legitimate rights of an individual. On the other hand, it severely restricts the rights of the Federal Government, and there is some restriction on State Governments, such as "No law shall be made which relates to religion," - any religion. These individual rights give us freedom to improve our lives and that is the reason for the greatness of the U.S.
There is serious restriction and taboo on the individual in religious matters in the Belief System (BS) of virtually all persons. But a person's Belief System serves no purpose in court (before fact and science).
It is different for every individual. It is very much a personal thing. Once it is in place it is nearly impossible to dislodge or modify. Every religion has one common dictate and that can be spelled out in one word, "LOVE". Often it is all we can salvage from religions.
In additon to Love, most churches teach Fear and hate. They create the devil to Fear and hate, in the beginning. But the devil is only a thing in a person's mind and Belief System. Another negative in the churches and more so in the society as a whole is the question, "Where can we get money?" and the emotion of greed and avarice rear their ugly head to hold back the average individual. These, - Fear, hate, greed, ego, intolerance, lust for power, competition, and devotion to power, are found throughout our society and even in churches - all churches in our world. The following is my Belief System.
Yes they all teach Love, Compassion and Charity, but hate, Fear and greed expand across the line and negate the first three. The negative emotions cast a pall over the positive thing which the churches claim that they do teach. It is all controlled by taboo. These taboos form the Belief System of the members. It is estimated that 98% of the people of the world have a negative Belief System built for them, when they should be learning about Unconditional Love, - even for one's potential enemies. The churches put conditions on the Love, and really do not know what Unconditional Love is. They install demons and teach hate and Fear for them. These demons are found only in the Belief System and do not have any part of reality. They do serve the purpose of instilling Fear and thus keep the congregations under control through hate and Fear, - Fear of going to Hell.
One must first understand the probable heirarchy of the various components of each living thing, including humans. When a child is born it is born with a Soul, a spirit, a mind, and a body. These four parts are in communication for all living things, (In fact all created things) plants, animal, birds, and fish, at birth. There is a division in humans in which this intercommunication is cut, at some time after birth, and the body, mind, spirit and Soul no longer have contact because of the taboos which they have drummed into them.
All other living things retain their communication. Anyone who has seen a flock of birds turning all in unison. Each is in contact with its four parts and they also have instantaneous psychic contact with all others in the flock. Fish do the same when in a school of fish of a given specie. Who has not had a pet which seems to read the mind of their master? Yes! A cat or dog, or horse can read the mind of their master, and if their master tries, s/he can also communicate with the pet psychically. But these people are only a part of the remaining 2% at most.
To digress a moment but still stay with my Belief System: All of our senses are based on being able to read rates of vibratory energy frequencies. We hear music, entirely as vibratory frequencies, with our ears. We see with our eyes by reading the higher vibratory frequencies of the light energy. Between these, our sense of smell is tuned to reading the vibratory frequencies of the elements and compounds, very much as a scientist reads the resonances. But now there is a sixth sense which is killed off when the false Belief System is installed in the child. This sense originally reads a vibratory rate of energy, but it is much higher than is read by the ears, nose, or eyes. All plants and animals have this sixth sense but we have eliminated it in our own species. There are a very few which regain it later.
So many people realize only that they have a body. They have no notion of the mind, spirit or Soul. They are very feaful of death, but death is only the second step upward in the circle of life. One becomes a discarnate, and because a person died without knowing of the other stages, it is only the mind and spirit. They end up in an area called the astral world. In ancient times this was called "Perdition." Recently it has been given other names. This discarnate never really knows that s/he has died, because the astral world is exactly like the world they have left. It is only different in that the ether of which they are constructed is less dense. In this condition they can walk through walls or other physical objects.
How do I know this? In the past two years I have encountered hundreds of them. I look specifically for those who attach themselves to living bodies in order to experience the joys of the individual. To some extent they control this body if they are allowed to do so by the victim.
A person who I know quite well had serious personality changes. I suspected a spirit attachment was causing this change. Remember the story a few years ago about the "Eight Lives of Mrs. Black". That did really happen as I now find out. Using dowsing techniques, I inquired if this friend of mine was being bothered by spirit attachments. The answer was "YES". I asked how many spirts and the dowsing said there were 27.
I called these spirits to me and asked the 27 if they had died and had no physical body. They were discarnates in the astral world and I described their world. I next told them that they were not in heaven, and their first move after death was to have gone to the portal, (the tunnel) and present themselves to the Christ Light. I then said, "I suggest you go there now." They hesitated a moment. I said "Immediately", and they vanished completely, just that fast.
In the next six months the condition would return and a new group of discarnates would attach themselves to this same victim. Over this six month I had kept count and there were more than 125 Discarnates which I had escorted through the portal and on their way from this one victim, to the true Spirit Heaven, over that six month period.
At this time I told the victim what was happening and was repeating with new attachments. Of course I was not believed. I knew better because of the drastic change in their outlook each time, and over time there was considerable change in the pains which the doctors, diagnosed as arthritis so long as I removed any new spirits. The victim swore that the pain killers were working better than ever. I knew better.
Now in the past six months the victim had a change for the worse in my presence. I showed this victim exactly what I was doing in facing the wayward spirits. This victim's Belief System was still complete disbelief in spirits or their presence. The spirits were actually being encouraged by this victim, but the numbers of them had dwindled until there were usually less than five spirits in each case, and most recently there has been only one, at a time.
In checking some of the Discarnates, I found that some of them had been in the astral world for many years and even many decades, since their death. The reason that I was able to remove them so easily was because, I, like all other living humans, have Divine Will and have learned how to use it with Unconditional Love. There is no Fear and there is no hate, or ego. Discarnates on having died lose their power of Divine Will. They will not get it back until they have passed through Perdition, into Heaven and finally through the next birth process.
After the birth the Body, Mind, Spirit, and Soul, are ONE. We start out trying to build a false Belief System and usually by the time the baby is 4-years old, we have usually succeeded in separating the body from the mind, the Spirit and the Soul. It is during this process that a mother will experience the "Terrible Twos" in the child because the separation is starting and the Mind, Spirit, and Soul are trying to prevent it. That is the meaning of the Biblical admonishment, saying, "Listen to the Chidren".
I really do not expect this information is going to change anyone's Belief System, but there may be a few who will begin to understand that humanity is not perfect.
It is a tremendous project for an individual, through introspection, to look inward and find those vestiges of hate, Fear, greed, ego, and whatever negative feelings are there in themselves. I have been working on this for many years and am just recently beginning to reconnect to my Spirit. The payoff is tremendous.


Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two sons, and one was named Mind Your Own Business while the other, they called Trouble.
One day the two boys decided to play hide and seek. Trouble hid while Mind Your Own Business counted to one hundred.
"Playing a game," the boy replied.
"What is your name?" the officer questioned.


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Court Awards Attorneys' Fees Against the City of Dearborn, Michigan for Violating a Christian Pastor's Right to Freedom of Speech
Today, a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Detroit, Michigan recommended that Robert J. Muise, the attorney for Christian Pastor George Saieg, be awarded $103,401.96 in fees and costs for successfully challenging the City of Dearborn's restriction on the Christian's right to freedom of speech at the 2009 Arab Festival held in the City. The City, not wanting to offend its large Muslim population, would not allow the Christian to hand out religious literature at the Festival.
In the order, the federal judge stated, "In this case, the Plaintiff received the full relief he sought — an invalidation of the leafleting restriction and a permanent injunction barring its enforcement. . . . Because this result 'cannot fairly be labeled as anything short of excellent, [Plaintiff] is entitled to a fully compensatory fee.'" AFLC Senior Counsel Robert J. Muise represented Pastor Saieg in this successful free speech case. At the time, Muise was Senior Trial Counsel for the Thomas More Law Center. The City has 14 days to appeal. [Read order here]
"The award of attorney fees in this case," noted Muise, "is critical in the lawfare against Civilization Jihad and dhimmitization, or subjugation, of an entire municipality in Michigan. Dearborn has a long record of this kind of illegal, heavy-handed treatment of Christians as an attempt to placate Dearborn's sharia-faithful. The court's ruling today demonstrates that this kind of behavior will come at great cost."
Muise recently won acquittals for charges of "disturbing the peace" brought by the Dearborn prosecutor against a group of Christians following their arrests by Dearborn police in 2010 for the same kind of peaceful free speech activities. Muise and David Yerushalmi of the American Freedom Law Center, along with attorneys from the Thomas More Law Center, currently represent these Christians in a civil action arising from these arrests.
The American Freedom Law Center is a Judeo-Christian law firm that fights for faith and freedom. It accomplishes its mission through litigation, public policy initiatives, and related activities. It does not charge for its services. The Law Center is supported by contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations, and is recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization. Visit us at www.americanfreedomlawcenter.org.
Update (January 29, 2012): Read WorldNetDaily article here.
Update (January 30, 2012): Read Dearborn Free Press article here.


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Georges Méliès
Born in December 9th, 1861
From Paris, France
Georges Méliès Biography
Georges Méliès, full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. One of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, tracking shots, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work, Méliès pioneered effects that would define cinematic special effects for decades to come.
A prolific innovator in the use of special effects, Méliès accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896, a method of creating seamless disappearing and/or appearing effects used throughout both films and television for decades to come. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, Méliès is sometimes referred to as the first "Cinemagician".
Two of his best-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904). Both stories involve strange, surreal voyages, somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. Méliès was also an early pioneer of horror cinema, which can be traced back to his Le Manoir du diable (1896).
In early 1909 Méliès stopped making films to protest Thomas Edison's Motion Pictures Parents Company monopoly, and presided over the first meeting of the International Filmmakers Congress in Paris. Further financial hardships created by his opposition to Edison and diminishing influence, Méliès disappeared from public life. By the mid-1920s he made a meager living as a candy and toy salesma in Paris, with the assistance of funds collected by other filmmakers.
Although he was recognized for his contributions in cinema, Méliès spent most of his later years in poverty before being accepted into La Maison du Retraite du Cinéma, the film industry's retirement home in Orly.
Georges Méliès Filmography
The Extraordinary Voyage
A Trip to the Moon
The Untameable Whiskers
The Infernal Cauldron
The Kingdom of the Fairies
The Melomaniac
The Man with the Rubber Head
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As the national discussion around gun control continues, Minnesota Democrats attempt to push two gun control measures in the State House.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House Public Safety Committee held a hearing to review two proposed gun control bills.
One of the bills, HF 1669, mandates criminal background checks for firearm transfers, and the other, HF 1605, enables law enforcement and family members to petition a court to prohibit a person from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others.
Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom, a proponent of Pinto's legislation, encouraged legislators to take "common-sense approaches" to gun violence.
During the hearing, Pinto attempted to justify his bill expanding background checks by comparing it to airport security.
"I'd like members just to have us thinking about going to the airport, and there's a security line at the airport, and there's a screening to go through to make sure that when somebody gets on a plane, we're sure that that person is safe to be on the plane," Pinto said.
A few Minnesota gun owners were given a chance to speak on the issue as well.
Doar argued that Pinto's bill expanding background checks is unconstitutional, highlighting statistics that show firearm homicides have actually dropped over the past two decades. According to data from Pew Research Center, the gun homicide rate has dropped by nearly half.
Another speaker, Daniel Ward of the African American Heritage Gun Club, aimed to bring a different perspective to the hearing. Ward urged committee members to think about the people who this bill, and others like it, will hurt the most.
The Public Safety Committee voted to table both HF 1669 and HF 1605 by votes of 9-7 and 10-6.


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Time to face the music
Comparing Paris to Sydney might seem as daft as comparing French humour to its British equivalent, given that one of the few things they have in common is the fact that both cities have been lucky enough to have me as a resident. Different hemispheres, polar opposite cultures and climates, and entirely contrasting philosophies regarding space. I've seen bathrooms in Australia's biggest city larger than my whole apartment. No word of a lie. But finally, as of last Wednesday, there's one thing that binds both cities together, making them artistic siblings in a sense – they both have outlandish concert halls to boast about.
Located in the up-and-coming 19th arrondissement on the site of Napoleon III's ancient slaughterhouses, the brand new Philharmonie de Paris is nestled in the south-eastern corner of the Parc de la Villette in the Cité de la Musique. It may not resemble mating turtles like its antipodean counterpart (as it is often described), but its space-age silver design definitely follows the trend for modernity when it comes to famous music venues. If we really want to stick with the mating theme, then it's reminiscent of two giant, silver space creatures being squashed by a small meteor mid-coitus.
Paris' newest resident is the work of architect Jean Nouvel, the man behind two of the city's other famous buildings, the Arab World Institute and the vegetative Museé de Quai Branly, amongst other global projects. And it's closer to Sydney than you'd think since the acoustics were designed and calibrated by a two-man team, including Yasuhisa Toyota, responsible for the sound quality of Australia's opera darling. Both buildings went seriously over budget too, though Paris only went a conservative three times over budget, compared to Sydney's gulping fourteen and a half.
There were also similar dramas with the chief architects, both Pritzker Prize winners and demanding to a fault. Though Jean Nouvel saw his entire project through, Jørn Utzon didn't have the same fortune, resigning before the completion of the Sydney Opera House and never seeing the finished building in the flesh. Both architects were notably missing from the lavish opening ceremonies (taking place on the 14th January in Paris), with Nouvel refusing to attend claiming that the new home of the Orchestre de Paris isn't finished and has opened too soon. Diva behaviour maybe, but he does have a point – a week later and the cranes are still hanging around.
Francois Hollande was present though, enjoying the opening concert in the main 2,400 seater auditorium, whose acoustics have been described as 'stunning'. The building also boasts educational rooms, two restaurants, six rehearsal rooms and an exhibition space. In an effort to reflect its modern, futuristic design (perhaps), the first exhibition to be held in it (beginning on 3rd March) will be a tribute to David Bowie, celebrating his life, music and unique style. If buildings were people, then Bowie this would surely be.
If you're a classical music fan, you'll probably be happy to pay the 50+ euros you need to spend to take in an evening of music, but for non-appreciators, it's worth a visit anyway to take a look at Paris' most weird and wonderful new addition. Modern critics have often accused of Paris being stuck in the past, its reputation nothing but a colourful shadow of golden ages past, but high in the corner of the 19th, it's great to see a modern wave of culture finally taking hold. And if David Bowie's on board, then I am too.
Check out the official website here.
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Extract From Untitled Novel
Dorothy Johnston (Creative Writing: University of Glasgow)
I did my training in the mountain towns around Rieti. We did a lot of walking, up steep slopes, Vicky did a lot of talking, and she did a little selling. That she didn't sell a great deal didn't surprise me; it seemed astonishing that she sold anything at all.
It was January, chilly, and I shivered in a thin black jacket I'd bought in a back street in Rome. Vicky was resplendent in a trench coat, high heeled knee length leather boots, and matching lemon coloured scarf and leg warmers. Once more I wondered what it would be like to her. At least it would be warm.
She told me the story of her life, in fact, she told me several different versions, stumbling over words as she tried to insist that she belonged to a county horsy set when she was back in England. In the next sentence she'd switch to a tough, intimidating Manchester accent.
Her face was conventionally pretty, features small and symmetrical, apart from big pillowy pink lips. Yet, now and then, something spoiled the pale peaceful blue of her eyes. An expression would suddenly come, serious, troubled, as if a recurring, unpleasant thought nagged at her insistently at unexpected moments.
She never hesitated. When wrong she was completely wrong, but from her, this seemed admirable, like foolhardy courage. What would that be like? I wondered, to have conviction. When learning Italian it wasn't getting the grammar right that made people understand you. I'd been dismissed as a babbling foreigner although I'd known that every word and conjugation was correct. No. It was the force of your delivery which broke through. Confidence.
One late afternoon in an electrical goods store, at the end of a successful sale, I shook a woman's hand over the handshake Vicky was giving her husband. This made the sign of the cross, causing bad luck. At the time Vicky mugged the Italian gesture to the couple of biting her hand, but afterwards, when we'd got out, she thumped me on the back. It wasn't particularly painful and I surprised myself by how little offence I took. It seemed a normal release of pent up irritation. I didn't hold it against her.
Most of the time she was encouraging. "I'll make you good, Mattie" she'd say, as we walked from one shop or office to another, up and down the cobbles, the hills, "you wait and see if I don't. Now Bridget, you know? That shy little girl what works for Bibi's group? well, she's a two to four sales a week girl. Now that's bread and butter business, we need that, it keeps us going and them girls always keep it up, they slog away, but you'll be better. You'll be good, yeah? but you'll never be a star. And that's what I need. A star."
It was a girl called Patty who was, apparently, going to be a star. "She has a big day, then she'll blank for a week," said Vicky "but if I can make her repeat the big one every day, she'll be the best. And Bibi won't get her for her own group, not this time. Patty'll be the biggest star we've had, and she'll be all mine."
We went to shops and offices and factories and asked to see the boss or manager, "il capo". These were known as 'calls' and intensely boring. Vicky would involve the person in a conversation and a 'spiel.' In any language she talked as if this were her last chance on earth, relating minute details about previous jobs and her life back in England. Her Italian was bad, but she wasn't aware of that and it seemed to make her more endearing.
I always missed the moment. Sometimes it never came. On those occasions we'd politely wind up the conversation and go on our way. I had only the vaguest idea of what she was actually selling. Vicky would lecture me as we walked to the next call as to what had gone wrong, as if she'd lost it on purpose to give me this example.
At other times, the moment came, as if something alchemical had taken place, mysterious. Some of the people we spoke to were visibly miserable, wearing their coats, working in cold offices. There was some sort of energy problem and the government had passed a ruling about heating being turned on only at certain times.
Often the first expression we saw on their faces as we walked in was of refusal. 'What do you want!' But in the midst of Vicky talking, the tired, cynical, irritated, or downright resistant person we'd walked in on underwent some kind of transformation. They sat up, a light came into their eyes, they responded to questions eagerly. They followed every motion of Vicky's face as if afraid that she might disappear. As if they'd been enchanted.
It was not the same Vicky they then saw, not the woman who'd walked in, no longer the person that I knew. While they gazed at her with veneration as if she were an ikon, she'd have her hand on my back as though leaning on it. Her long sharp nails would be digging in, sharp enough to be felt underneath my jacket, because I was stumbling and stuttering over what was called the 'certificate page.' I had to read out to the person what was written on the front page of a sort of portfolio we carried about. And I had to go through these motions, because of course, Vicky was training me.
And some of this enchantment was absorbed, as if a reflection of the image these people were seeing glanced off, ricocheted and struck me too. While she spieled them, making them look at her with different eyes, so too did I.
And as the days went on I determined I would find a way to do this, I would do it well, and more, I would do it for Vicky.
eSharp issue: autumn 2003. © Dorothy Johnston 2003. All rights reserved. ISSN 1742-4542.


Garrett Ugray spoke at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay to talk about his career path and experience in entrepreneurship. Garrett is a business student at Lakehead University, and spends his summers fighting fires in northern Ontario.
show, Mrs Leadsom said the UK should "get on with it".Mrs Leadsom, the , pro-Brexit activity ministerfaced questions about a 2013 accent in which she said abrogation the EU would be "a adversity for our economy".She said she had been on a "miu miu replica journey" since authoritative that accent and that David Cameron's ameliorate renegotiations with Brussels showed the EU was "just not reformable".


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Politics and the Church – The Hypocrisy of Politics in the Church [Part 21]
During the MFSA conference of 1951, the conference chief McMichael denounced the Korean War. Even during this conference some division was starting to appear. Retired Bishop Francis McConnell, at the very same meeting, derided Stalinist communism, while admitting some MFSA ideas "Might seem like Communism." ["Left Wingers Open Evanston Church Session", Chicago Daily Tribune (September 5, 1951) Page 8]. A professor from Methodism's Candler Seminary in Atlanta who served on MFSA's executive committee warned his colleagues:"You are going out of your way to expound a justification for Communism." ["Red Issues Win Debate in Group of Methodists", Chicago Daily Tribune (September 7, 1951) Page 3].
A Methodist laity group called "Circuit Riders" arose in 1951 to combat MFSA, which they claimed "encourages anti-American teachings, notwithstanding the reputable bishops who may be members of it." McMichael responded that allegations of communism were "very silly stuff." He called the Circuit Riders a "small clique of laymen who were using scare words to try to silence or intimidate the social impetus that grows inherently out of the Gospel of Jesus." ["Perkins Will Lead Methodist Drive on Anti-Americanism", Baltimore Sun (October 2, 1951) Page 32]. (Communism a growth from the Gospel of Jesus?)
Then the Methodist Church's involvement in politics hit the 'big time'. In 1951, the US House of Representa-tives Committee on Un-American Activities condemned MFSA, repeating its 1948 statement that MFSA was a "tool of the Communist Party, denounced by numerous loyal American Methodists", but claiming to speak for 17 Methodist bishops and 4,000 ministers and lay people, while exploiting Methodism to "promote the line of the Communist Party." Of course MFSA called the congressional charges "ridiculous and untrue." ["Left Bias Seen in Church Unit", Baltimore Sun (February 17, 1952) Page 24]. The 1952 Methodist General Conference, meeting in San Francisco, disavowed MFSA, asking it to leave Methodist offices in New York, which it did, and to delete "Methodist" from its name, which it declined. One conference delegate derided MFSA for opposing the Marshall Plan, supporting the communist Chinese, and funding legal defense for US communists. A delegate defending MFSA admitted it was "vigorously liberal" but warned against the "present tendency to shut up dissenters." ["Methodist Social Action Unit Asked by Church to Alter Name", Baltimore Sun (May 6, 1952) Page E9]. The 1952 General Conference declared:"There can be no condoning of the ideology or practices of Communism," because of its "terrible forms of tyranny," its "atheistic totalitarianism", "clever deception" and "ruthless violence", making it the "major foe both of Christianity and of freedom in the world today." The conference urged communication with Christians in Russia, who persevere "despite severe repression." The delegates resolved that the "best defense against Communism" is not "military force or the suppression of civil liberties," but improving democracy by ending racial discrimination, poverty, hunger, and disease while also meeting spiritual needs. It repeated the 1948 opposition to war. [Journal of the General Conference, Methodist Church (1952) Pages 154-197]. Little did these church leaders understand about communism. (I can't help but wonder who funded some of these Methodist organizations?)
In their episcopal address to the 1952 General Conference, the bishops celebrated that America had "chosen to defend the Republic of Korea, through the United Nations, from the aggression of a Communist invasion…a price to pay for a safer world." Contrary to the to the MFSA position…no worry here about offending…The bishops also admitted the "philosophy of atheistic communism must be frankly and aggressively faced by the Christian forces of the world." They declared:"We believe we have the truth, we believe the Christian, democratic way offers the only solution, but if the earth-bound philosophy of Communism is not to be accepted by the multitudes of earth we shall need to out-think, to out-love, and to out-sacrifice the leaders who offer it." Communism is a "perverted and godless way of directing revolution to its own evil ends." The bishops expected that millions in revolt around the world would eventually turn to the "God-given yearning for freedom." They also derided growing McCarthyism as a "sinister threat to the liberties we cherish." A police state was not to be the answer. [Journal of the General Conference, Methodist Church (1952) Pages 154-197]. Today some of the largest Christian churches in the world are in the Republic of South Korea.
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam took the lead in defending Methodism from charges of softness on communism. In 1952, while addressing the Methodist Board of Education, he lashed out at a "new breed of self-appointed un-American vigilantes" who "masquerade as defenders against infiltration of Communism and Russian aggression." He insisted that the Communist threat to freedom was so serious that "we dare not allow these racketeers to divide us," urging trust in the FBI and the courts. ["Bishop Oxnam Scores Sowers of Distrust", New York Times (March 5, 1952) Page 10]. In 1953 Bishop Oxnam declared:"I challenge the critics of the church to name one clergyman who holds a position of large responsibility in any Protestant church who is a member of the Communist Party." ["Oxnam Challenges Critics on Communist Infiltration", Christian Science Monitor (July 2, 1953) Page 5]. He also admitted that the US Congress had the "right and duty" to investigate churches, and communists in churches "should be found guilty and punished." ["Oxnam Favors Punishment of Church Reds", Chicago Daily Tribune (March 23, 1953) Page 20].
Not to be outdone, California Congressman Donald Jackson responded to Oxnam by declaring on the floor of the US House that the bishop "served God on Sunday and the Communist front for the balance of the week." At his own requests, Bishop Oxnam testified before the US House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee in his own defense, blasting the committee for "playing into Communist hands" and "bearing false witness" against him. [Oxnam Report Debates Charge of Links with 'Communist Fronts'", Christian Science Monitor (May 7, 1953) Page 12]. This makes putting voter guides in the narthex look pretty tame.
The debate on communism by politicians and the church had come nowhere close to the end. We will continue the 'debate' next week. I have still yet to identify the break of politics from the church. Church leadership is heavily involved.
– Bob Munsey
"It isn't where you came from …it's where you are going that counts"
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