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Easy Thai Chicken Soup - GF! - Sparkles in the Everyday!
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Easy Thai Chicken Soup – GF!
This delicious and Easy Thai Chicken Soup is full of chicken, rice and tasty Thai flavours! It is quick, filling and tastes wonderful….and it is gluten free!
including a range of multicultural dishes.
One way is to celebrate a public holiday – Australia Day and we do it in our own way.
We want to recognise all the different cultures and people that make this beautiful country unique!
…including a range of fine foods from all over the world!
One of these dishes included this Easy Thai Chicken Soup!
It is easy to make, warming, filling and it is gluten free!
What more can you ask for…perfect comfort food!
The tip to this recipe is the red curry paste!
In a bowl, add in 2 tablespoons of red curry paste, 1 teaspoon of sweet chilli sauce, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, two tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of cornflour. Mix this into a paste.
Stir the paste into the soup and heat until soup starts to simmer and has a smooth 'velvety' look.
I love Thai food – I love the freshness, the spices, the taste and how easy it is to make!
Oh! ….and we finish the day with a good old fashioned Aussie Pavlova!
Recipe for Easy Thai Chicken Soup!
Tasty Thai Chicken Soup...Gluten Free!!
While preparing the soup, cook two cups of rice in a rice cooker and put to one side.
In a large saucepan add the oil, onion and capsicum and saute until soft.
Add the chicken stock and chicken pieces and heat through.
Stir the paste into the soup and heat until soup starts to simmer and has a smooth 'velvety' look.
I add in some fresh Thai basil leaves to give it an extra aromatic flavour.
When serving add one scoop of rice on the bottom of the bowl and then drizzle over the hot Thai Chicken Soup!
and then drizzle over the hot Thai Chicken Soup!
This is soooo delicious, I can never stop at just one bowl.
Another soup you might also like …..
Oh my – I'm a big fan of Thai food and this soup looks fabulous!
We love Thai soup around here! Is this one have a bit of a spicy sweet taste? I can never get the spice right with my recipe… I'm pinning this for next week's meal plan. Glad I found you through Merry Monday!
Looks Yummy. Thank-you for linking up to Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned this post to our board!
This soup looks yummy and warming! I love soups, but not very experienced with Thai dishes. The Thai inspired chicken dippers look good, too!
Thanks for linking up to Inspire Me Mondays!
I love, love, love this! Thanks for linking this up this week at Merry Monday's!


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PT former directors Zeinal Bava and Henrique Granadeiro accused in Operation Marquês
Two former directors of Portugal Telecom have been made defendants in Operation Marquês, the investigation into the life and financial times of former Prime Minister, José Sócrates.
This action makes Zeinal Bava and Henrique Granadeiro the 22nd and 23rd defendants in the long-running investigation.
Zeinal Bava was questioned on the Friday, February 24, at the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action, was accused and released. Granadiero was notified later that afternoon.
Bava and Grenadeiro follow Rui Horta e Costa who on February 8th, was asked to resign his non-executive directorship of Portugal's Post Office, CTT, after formally being accused as part of the operation.
These two former PT bosses are in illustrious company alongside the former CEO of Banco Espírito Santo, Ricardo Salgado and Carlos Santos Silva, José Sócrates's childhood friend who is accused of supplying illicit funds to support the former-PM's lifestyle in Paris and acting as a front for various high-end property deals.
Horta e Costa, whose was in charge of the Algarve's Vale do Lobo resort, is suspected with Diogo Gaspar Ferreira of, transferring an illicit payment of €2 million to Armando Vara of Caixa Geral and Carlos Santos Silva.
Zeinal Bava already has suffered the indignity of a house search in July 2016, when prosecutors and inspectors from the Tax Authority swooped on several properties owned by Bava and others owned by Henrique Granadeiro. (click here)
At the time, the investigations collected "complementary evidence to the ones already on file," and that "there are possible links between the financial routes investigated in Operation Marquês and PT and Banco Espírito Santo."
The investigation is focusing on amassing evidence that could indicate corruption, tax fraud and money laundering of which José Sócrates is accused.
Zeinal Bava was in trouble last May when the BES supremo Ricardo Salgado revealed during questioning in the Monte Branco money laundering case that in July 2014 a payment was made to Bava at Portugal Telecom. This was explained away as money for a share support operation which never took place and Bava had returned the money.
Granadleiro has no such convenient explanation for the estimated €24 million he received from ES Enterprises, thought now to be a generous 'thank you' for ensuring a deal went through between PT and Oi in Brazil, blocking Sonae from buying a key division of PT.
These payments were made from ES Enterprises based in Panama, the company that has been used by Salgado to make secret payments totalling €300 million to a number of businessmen, government officials, journalists and civil servants over a period of 20 years.
Salgado said the payment to Bava was an 'award for management' despite Bava's total denial that he ever had received any sort bonus or award.
Bava was moved sideways from Portugal Telecom to Oi in Brazil from where he was paid off on the most generous of terms, receiving 36 monthly installments of €150,000 on top of the estimated €50 million he creamed in while leading PT, ending up overseeing the catastrophic collapse in PT shareholder value, down 68% in 2015 alone.
Henrique Granadeiro resigned from the board of Portugal Telecom in August 2014 wanting to defend the "interests of shareholders," and wrote, "I am sure that the external and independent audit already ordered by the board of directors will clarify the processes and causes of the incident and will demonstrate that I always acted in the best interest of PT, of its employees and all shareholders." Facing trial for a €20 million bung may not accord with his earlier, rather optimistic, statement which will be tested fully in court, alongside the other 22 defendants in Operation Marquês.
+2 #1 Cicero 2017-03-05 09:22
Surely the sums of money these people have received without having any legitimate records or being able to show any viable reason for the payments and I would assume without the payments having IVA applied to them or being declared on the recipients tax return is more than enough evidence of their criminal activity and guilt, even if evidence of the actual bribery payments is not cut and dried due to a Panama company being used and the deviousness of Salgado and his cronies the authorities in Portugal should use tax evasion charges to put these people behind bars in the same way the authorities in the USA used tax evasion charges to put Al Capone in jail when due to his legal machinations all the other methods of bringing him to account failed.
The people involved in this case who have acquired large sums of money that they can't legitimately account for and therefore cannot prove that they have paid tax on, have, by definition stolen from the state and also the honest, tax paying citizens of Portugal and should have all the unaccounted money confiscated, be heavily fined and also receive long jail sentences as a warning to others who might be tempted to use their positions as a means of instigating or endorsing corruption.

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Spectacular Replica Fossil Fish
Phareodus belongs to the osteoglossids, which are represented today by the Arawana. Arawana are found in tropical and semitropical fresh waters of South America, central Africa, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. Phareodus means: phare-to-hve, odus-tooth. Phareodus lived during the Eocene Epoch and is about 55 million years old They can be found in the fine grained limestone layers of the world famous Green River Formation. These fine grained layers of limestone contain very well preserved fossils of fish, insects, plants and other inhabitants of the area which allow us to get an extremely good view of the environment of these ancient fresh water lakes.
The Green River Formation was formed by a system of three fresh water lakes, which covered parts of Colorado. Utah, and Wyoming. The area covered by these lakes, named Fossil, Gosiute, & Uinta, covered about 25,000 square miles. The life span for these three lakes was over 17 million years for Lake Uinta about 6 million years for Lake Gosiute, and only about 2 million years for Fossil Lake. The average deposition thickness for these three takes is about 2000 feet. The deposition depth at the center of Fossil Lake is about 200-260 feet thick. Lake Uinta deposition is in excess of 7000 feet in places. The bulk of the fossil fish coming out of all three lakes is from Fossil Lake. Based on the types of flora and fauna found in the Green River Formation, it indicates that temperate to sub-tropical conditions existed, similar to the Gulf Coast of the United States today.
Phareodus was more common in Fossil Lake and rarely occurs in Lake Gosiute or Lake Uinta. As indicated by its name, Phareodus testis was a voracious predator. Spines from Mioplosus and Priscacara are frequently found in the stomachs of Phareodus, as further evidence.
Maximum size for Phareodus testis was about 15 inches. Body depth was about 43-52% of its length. The jaws of Phareodus testis are smaller with fewer teeth than Phareodus encaustus. The gill plate cover is slightly larger in P. testis. The pectoral fin ray is 20-30%, or more, of the body length (longer in adults). Scales of P. testis are larger and fewer than the scales of P. encaustus.
Lepidotes elvensis, fish $150.00
Bothriolepis, Placoderm, Armored Fish $30.00
Atractosteus strausi , fish $99.00
Bothriolepis panderi, armored fish $400.00
Astephus antiquus, Green River Catfish $50.00
Bothriolepis, Placoderm, Armored Fish $252.00
Coelacanth, Holophagus penicillatus $112.00
Phareodus testis, Green River Fish $201.00
Pharodus testis, Green River Fish


A rescue ship drifting afloat the Mediterranean, with more than 600 onboard, was denied the right to dock in Italy and Malta - the two closest countries.
Italy's new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, after the two sides engaged in a war of words over Rome's refusal to accept a migrant rescue ship. Macron called the move irresponsible and cynical.
In the Italian town of Ventimiglia near the French border, migrants mainly from Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan, have been arriving regularly for more than four years.


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Head-on collision kills three, leaves one critically injured
Three people have died and another has suffered critical injuries after two cars collided head-on in South Australia's southeast.The two vehicles collided along the Princes Highway at Suttontown — near Mount Gambier — at about 12.30pm on Saturday.Three occupants of a Ford Territory, a 39-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man all from…
Three people have died and another has suffered critical injuries after two cars collided head-on in South Australia's southeast.
The two vehicles collided along the Princes Highway at Suttontown — near Mount Gambier — at about 12.30pm on Saturday.
Three occupants of a Ford Territory, a 39-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man all from Millicent, died at the scene.
Five people in the second car, a Toyota Landcruiser, were all taken to the local hospital with one person being treated for critical injuries.
The remaining four sustained non-life threatening injuries.
The Princes Highway is closed between Sassanowsky Road and Kangaroo Flat Road and diversions are expected to remain in place for several hours.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Major Crash investigators are at the scene and are yet to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.
The deaths bring the state's road toll to 85, compared to 101 at this time last year.
Police hunting for Lamborghini hoon spotted allegedly speeding in Sydney
Toys pulled from shelves, deemed unsafe for Children
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Concerns for low blood donations before Aus Day
36 Sydney suburbs on virus alert
Demand for HomeBuilder grants skyrocket
MP slammed for Australia Day suggestion
Motorbike crash shuts down section of Melbourne freeway


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RICHIE FAULKNER Says JUDAS PRIEST Songwriting Process Is 'Free' And 'Relaxed'
Full Album Stream: Blood Freak – "Total Destruction of the Human Form"
FROST Says SATYRICON's 'Deep Called Upon Deep' Is 'One Of Those Game-Changing Albums'
DISTURBED Frontman On New Music: 'You Fight To Make The Greatest Thing You Possibly Can'
Video Premiere: Lizzies – 'Final Sentence'
MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN: 'I'm Never Gonna Write Another 'Burn My Eyes' Again'
Watch EXODUS Perform In Sacramento
STONE SOUR Guitarist: 'We're Not A Politics Band'
POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT: Fifth Episode Of 'Rockett Vlog' Now Available
SEPULTURA Returns To Japan After 17 Years: Video Recap
GLENN TIPTON Rejoins JUDAS PRIEST On Stage In San Francisco (Video)
IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Says ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Is 'An Utter And Complete Load Of Bollocks'
TWISTED SISTER's JAY JAY FRENCH: 'I'm A Prostate Cancer Survivor'
METALLICA Manager Explains How Band Tripled Ticket Prices
Track Premiere: Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals – 'Choosing Mental Illness'
SAXON: BMG To Reissue Three Classic Albums On Splatter Vinyl, CD With Bonus Material
PROPHETS OF RAGE Release Music Video For 'Hands Up'
LIPS On ANVIL's Influence On Bigger Bands: 'We're All Inspiration To Others'
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Members Discuss Working With Producer JOHN CUSTER In 'No Cross No Crown' Album Trailer
SAXON's NIGEL GLOCKLER On Changes In Music Industry: 'In Some Ways, It's Better; In Other Ways, It's Worse'
GUNS N' ROSES Rumored To Have Been Paid More Than $6.5 Million For DOWNLOAD Performance
According to The List, GUNS N' ROSES is rumored to have been paid £5 million (approximately $6.69 million) for its headlining performance at this year's Download festival, which took place last weekend at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. It's believed to be the most amount of money promoter and festival organizer Andy Copping has ever handed out to a band to perform at the legendary metal festival.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "He paid GUNS £5 million for the set and that's the most he's ever done."
GUNS N' ROSES reportedly arrived a minute early for its set and left the site shortly after the performance in a helicopter.
According to Billboard, GUNS N' ROSES' "Not In This Lifetime" tour ranks as the fourth-highest grossing tour of all time, based on Billboard's Boxscore archives. The trek, which launched in April 2016, topped the $475 million mark in gross sales with the final show of the band's 2017 touring schedule on November 29 in Los Angeles.
About seventy people travel with the "Not In This Lifetime" show in addition to the truck drivers; that number goes upwards of five hundred, including the local workers, by show date once catering, security, etc. are factored in, according to the GN'R tour's production manager, Dale "Opie" Skjerseth.
GUNS kicked off its long-rumored and long-awaited reunion tour in April 2016 with a club show in Hollywood and appearances in Las Vegas and at California's Coachella festival.
The "Not In This Lifetime" tour features classic lineup members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Axl Rose (vocals) backed by guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and new second keyboardist Melissa Reese.
Photo credit: Katarina Benzova
Tags: A.M.S.G.


Ryan Caldwell is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Chiron Investment Management, LLC and has been with Chiron since its launch in 2015. From 2000 through the end of his tenure as co-portfolio manager in 2014, Mr. Caldwell helped lead portfolio management decision-making at Waddell & Reed for a suite of funds totaling $40 billion, including Ivy Asset Strategy, W&R Asset Strategy, and Ivy Funds/VIP Asset Strategy. Mr. Caldwell was named to the Institutional Investors list of 'Rising Stars of Mutual Funds' in 2009, and in 2007 was a finalist for Morningstar Manager of the Year. Mr. Caldwell serves as board advisor to Haymon Boxing/Premier Boxing Champions and has previously served as a Director to Delta Topco Group, as well as a board advisor to Legendary Entertainment. Effective February 2017, Mr. Caldwell serves as a Director for Chiron Funds ICAV, an Irish collective asset-management vehicle, with a sub-fund, Chiron Global Opportunities Fund, organized as a UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities). Mr. Caldwell earned a BBA from Texas State University.


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Cold - Lucy Schwartz
Brighter Than Sunshine
To the Wonder (feat. Kina Grannis) - Kina Grannis
Take On Me - Grey's Anatomy Version
Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) - From KCRW.Presents
Aqualung is the brainchild of British songwriter Matt Hales, who discovered his love of melodic pop music while listening to songs at his parents' Southampton record store.
Inspired by the artists he heard, Hales began writing songs on the family piano at the age of four. By the time he turned 16, the young musician had earned a scholarship to Winchester College, where he studied music composition. His classes often focused on classical music, and Hales responded by writing a symphonic piece, "Life Cycle," during his second year of study.
Hales was also interested in popular music, however, and began merging his influences into a contemporary style. He played alongside his brother in a Police cover band and later became part of the Brit-pop group Ruth, which released an album on ARC Records in 1999. After leading another band, the 45's (not to be confused with the Atlanta-based garage rock revival band), and issuing two singles on Universal, Hales grew disenchanted and started working on the Aqualung project in 2002, often co-writing songs with his wife Kim Oliver and brother Ben Hales. Although initially little more than a lo-fi bedroom venture, Aqualung became quickly popularized by a VW Beetle commercial that aired in the U.K. during 2002. The TV ad featured Hales' song "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You)," which coincided with the release of his self-titled debut in 2002. The song became a Top Ten hit, and the album went gold as a result.
Several singles followed into the next year, as did the second Aqualung album. Entitled Still Life, the record spawned another hit single with "Brighter Than Sunshine" and attracted attention from music supervisors on both sides of the Atlantic, eventually leading to a number of song placements in movies and TV shows. Hales then combined tracks from his earlier U.K. albums into one 12-song set for Aqualung's proper American debut, Strange and Beautiful, which surfaced in early 2005 via Columbia Records. Extensive touring throughout North America followed over the next two years, driving the album to number one on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and pushing it to sell over 250,000 copies.
On the road, Hales would routinely switch up the Aqualung show with different musicians, settings, and approaches to keep things as fresh as possible. The diverse elements he explored during these shows (including the use of an echo device called the Memoryman) subsequently drove the creative process behind what would later become Aqualung's next album, March 2007's ambitiously crafted Memory Man. Aqualung released the intimate Words & Music one year later, marking the band's debut for the Verve Forecast label, and returned in 2010 with Magnetic North. In 2012 Hales co-wrote and produced the Mercury Prize-nominated single "Is Your Love Big Enough?" for British singer/songwriter Lianne La Havas. He also found success that year working with Jason Mraz and Paloma Faith. 10 Futures, his seventh studio long-player to be released under the Aqualung moniker, arrived in early 2015. ~ Drago Bonacich, Rovi
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Detection of interleukin-6 and interleukin-1 production in human thyroid epithelial cells by non-radioactive in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical methods.
Zheng RQ., Abney E., Chu CQ., Field M., Grubeck-Loebenstein B., Maini RN., Feldmann M.
Human endocrine thyroid epithelial cells have been described to produce cytokines in vitro. In order to determine whether they do so in vivo during thyroiditis, parallel studies on mRNA expression with a non-radioactive in situ hybridization technique and immunohistochemical detection for the protein were performed on frozen sections of thyroid samples from autoimmune thyroiditis (Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis), non-toxic goitre and normal thyroid tissue. cDNA probes were sulphonated and their hybridization with mRNA was detected with a sulphonyl-specific monoclonal antibody. This signal was amplified and visualized with the alkaline phosphatase-anti-alkaline phosphatase (APAAP) system. The protein products were detected with immuno-purified rabbit F(ab')2 antibody fragments recognizing recombinant human cytokines, visualized by the immunoperoxidase technique. Each sample was studied at the two levels. Both interleukin-6 mRNA and protein were found in the endocrine cells. There was no obvious difference between autoimmune thyroiditis and non-toxic goitre. However, normal thyroid epithelial cells produced less interleukin-6. Interleukin-1 alpha mRNA and its protein were found in epithelial cells from Hashimoto's thyroiditis samples, but not in the others, except one Graves' disease sample, in which only mRNA was detected. Interleukin-1 beta was not detected in these cells, its mRNA was only found in one of the Graves' disease samples. These cytokines were also detected in some infiltrating cells.
Clin Exp Immunol
Epithelium, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Interleukin-1, Interleukin-6, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, RNA, Messenger, Thyroid Gland


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PETPVC: toolbox for partial volume correction (PVC) in positron emission tomography (PET)

## Publications
When using this toolbox, please include a reference to the paper:
- PETPVC: a toolbox for performing partial volume correction techniques in positron emission tomography
BA Thomas, V Cuplov, A Bousse, A Mendes, K Thielemans, BF Hutton, K Erlandsson
Physics in Medicine and Biology 61 (22), 7975. [DOI](http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/61/22/7975)

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## Pre-built binaries

Binaries for Linux, Mac and Windows are provided in the 'Release' section on Github. When running the Windows version, you must have installed the ***Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013*** ([link](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3179560/update-for-visual-c-2013-and-visual-c-redistributable-package)). For 64-bit Win7 it is necessary to install both ```vcredist_x86.exe``` and ```vcredist_x64.exe```.

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## Installation from source instructions

The following are required to build this software:

- [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/)

- [ITK - Segmentation & Registration Toolkit](http://www.itk.org) >=4.7

- A C++ compiler

### Building and installing
- Ensure that ```ITK``` has been built successfully, with the ```ITKReview``` module (```Module_ITKReview``` in CMake) enabled.
- Clone this repository
```bash
git clone https://github.com/UCL/PETPVC.git
```
- Create a build directory
```bash
mkdir BUILD
```
- Change to the build directory
```bash
cd BUILD
```
- Run CMake
```bash
cmake /path/to/repository
```
- Build and install
```bash
make
make test
make install
```
---

## Usage

### PVC methods

Although there are currently executables for every method, it is based to use
`petpvc` which has options to specify the method and parameters. Type
`petpvc` without arguments to get a usage message.

An example of running iterative Yang with a 6mm PSF:

```
	petpvc -i <PET> -m <MASK> -o <OUTPUT> --pvc IY -x 6.0 -y 6.0 -z 6.0 [--debug]
```
where ```<PET>``` is the PET image file, ```<MASK>``` is the 4-D mask image file and ```<OUTPUT>``` is the destination file for the PV-corrected image.

*Warning*: there are currently 2 options which seem the same:
- `-n`: specifies the number of iterations for iterative Yang
- `-k`: specifies the number of iterations for deconvolution methods such as
Van Cittert and Richardson-Lucy.

Therefore, if you use RL only, you have to use the `-k` option. You can use
both options with for instance `IY+RL` to first run iterative Yang followed by
Richardson-Lucy for extra deconvolution.

### Extras

In addition, there are some utilities that you might find useful:
- `pvc_simulate` allows you to blur an image with a Gaussian (e.g. to simulate
resolution effects)
- some [mask related tools](parc/README.md)

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## Notes on input and output files
The applications in this toolbox use ITK image readers and writers and can
therefore accept common medical imaging formats such as Nifti, ANALYZE and Nrrd, and raw data with an associated meta-data header ([mhd](http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/MetaIO/Documentation#ITK_MetaIO)) file.

The tissue classification maps (referred to as mask files) can either be binary or probabilistic. All voxel values in a 3-D volume must be 0 <= x <= 1. The PVC applications expect the mask file to be input as a single 4-D volume, where each 3-D volume consists of a single segmented region.

The use of 4-D volumes facilitates the use of probabilistic segmentations during the PVC. In addition to the constraint that all voxels must be <= 1,  The sum of a voxel location across the fourth dimension should be <= 1. Ideally it should be 1, which requires the background to be included as a segmented region.

### Special cases where the inputs/outputs are different
#### Muller-Gartner (MG):
The Muller-Gartner correction requires only the grey matter and white
matter masks. Technically, the CSF space should be included as a third
region, but the contribution of this region is assumed to be zero. The
MG application still requires a 4-D mask volume, where the first volume is
grey matter and the second is white matter. The order is important. The
4-D mask file can contain more than two 3-D volumes, but these will be
ignored by the MG PVC.

#### Geometric Transfer Matrix (GTM) method:
GTM cannot produce an image. The output of the GTM is a
comma-separated value (CSV) file of regional mean values. The order of the
mean values for each region is written in the same order as they appear in
the fourth dimension of the mask file.

#### Single Target Correction (STC) method:
The STC method corrects a single region. The mask image should be a 3-D volume, where each voxel in the target region should be 1. All other voxels should be 0.

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Championing cybersecurity in education settings
By Jo Ruddock
Published: March 25, 2020 ⋅ Updated: May 1, 2020
In the interest of safeguarding students and protecting data, cybersecurity is naturally high on the agenda of education establishments – even more so in the wake of GDPR. Peter Millar, technical consultant at Promethean, discusses key considerations surrounding cybersecurity in educational spaces and why it should be an integrated part of wider ICT strategies.
A holistic view of network security
When it comes to cybersecurity, there is no one-size fits all model for the positive implementation of strategies – after all, every school is unique and has a different edtech ecosystem. Whilst this can pose a challenge for standardisation and make best practice a bit more difficult to stipulate, there are a range of ways that edtech partners can practically support schools.
As technology becomes increasingly accessible and there is more choice on the market, school edtech estates are diversifying and operating systems such as Android are elevating in popularity. As a result of this change, there is an opportunity for edtech partners to really add value for schools by supporting cybersecurity measures.
IFPDs (Interactive Flat Panel Displays) have become a staple part of edtech provisions in schools, especially where interactive whiteboards are being replaced. Interactive whiteboards were an extension of classroom computers running on dedicated operating systems, but leading IFPDs typically run independently on Android systems as a way to provide educators and students with enhanced features and access to resources.
While Android has a strong reputation for being safe and secure, it is advised that school ICT infrastructures should always be vetted to ensure safety and security of the network and those using it. One of the most popular ways to do this is through a single locked VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) with security permissions. Security permissions will vary in line with different ICT policies and determine what access is to be given to educators and students. Recently, MDMs (Mobile Device Management Systems) have also become a popular way to manage edtech devices including IFPDs, allowing ICT managers to be more efficient by managing systems from a central location – particularly useful on large education estates.
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The edtech landscape is moving at pace and it is important that education AV and IT suppliers possess the skills to install new systems confidently and efficiently, adding wider value for schools by offering expertise on areas like cybersecurity. From an AV/IT supplier's perspective, it can be useful to partner with manufacturers that are focussed on education and understand the evolving needs of schools – perhaps offering dedicated installer training to partners like the Promethean Certified Installer Training.
Getting BYOD right
In education environments, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) provides a convenient alternative for teachers to use personal devices instead of classroom desktop computers.
However, permitting BYOD onto a school network can pose significant security risk when not managed effectively. Where the implementation of BYOD is being considered, the use of a new guest network is always advisable – one which is locked down and restricted from certain resources as appropriate. Guest networks can be useful to limit access to the internet and cloud-based applications only, with no access to onsite resources such as network drives.
The Promethean State of Technology in Education Report 2019/20 highlights that 38 percent of schools have adopted mobile phones as part of their ICT strategy, and 76 percent are using tablet devices. The education sector is recognising the potential of BYOD to provide additional learning opportunities, so it needs to be a major consideration in relation to the security of ICT infrastructures.
Determining access to content and resources
Education technologies are an excellent enabler for facilitating access to millions of classroom resources that save valuable teacher time, but with downloading content comes inevitable security risks. Even though restrictions are put in place by ICT managers by using MDMs, it is extremely difficult to pre-empt all cybersecurity breaches – therefore the best way to manage cybersecurity is with a common-sense approach.
Educators should take responsibility for their devices just like they would at home, and this should be ingrained in students too. If a user has a bad feeling or does not trust a website or resource, then they should refrain from accessing it, or alternatively log it with an ICT manager.
Again, school policies vary dramatically. Some choose to lock down resources and grant access on a request basis, while others leave everything unlocked and restrict access where appropriate.
One of the best ways to reduce risk is accessing content through trusted educational sources. For example, users that have a Promethean ActivPanel can use the Promethean App Store to download free teaching tools and resources. All of the apps accessible via the Promethean App store are safe and secure giving teachers and ICT managers peace of mind.
Why passwords matter
Individuals have so many online accounts for both professional and personal purposes which can make it difficult to create different passwords every time. Humans are creatures of habit but in the interest of cybersecurity passwords must be different – especially between home and work.
Users should also make sure autofill is switched off, despite it being helpful in speeding processes up when teaching time is limited. Screen sharing or connecting personal devices to IFPDs can be a useful way to bypass logging in via the front of class display, as when disconnected, the device becomes completely untethered. This can be especially beneficial for teachers who do their planning at home on lesson delivery platforms like ActivInspire and want to instantly share flipcharts in the classroom. Where users prefer to log in, the latest Promethean ActivPanel allows users to enter password details discretely on its smaller keyboards and pin pads which allow for privacy and easier navigation – educators should never be complacent with passwords.
Remember edtech is an enabler
Education technology has so much potential to make the lives of teachers easier. Educators should not be afraid of cybersecurity and its implications, but to instil confidence, ICT managers and edtech partners need to be supportive and encouraging in their approach. Every school will have a different policy or strategy, and these should be established based on need. As AV/IT suppliers, we need to share expertise wherever possible and build positive relationships that will not only bolster cybersecurity but help schools embrace the extensive value that education technology brings.
Jo Ruddock
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An Updated Look at the Mississippi State Bulldogs Coaching Staff
The Bulldogs saw quite a few changes come to their coaching staff during the offseason, and as the team heads to National Signing Day, there are more changes yet to come.
By justinrsutton Jan 25, 2016, 9:00am EST
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By the time Mississippi State had reached the end of the regular season, change had become the word that might would have best described the coaching staff of the Bulldogs.
During the season, many fans grumbled, hoping to see a change at the defensive coordinator position, but at first, most of the rumors swirled around Dan Mullen, making it sound, at least for a time, that he might be leaving Starkville. After rumors of Mullen being interested in or a target of several schools such as Miami, Maryland, Virginia and others, Mullen still remains the head coach in Starkville.
However, it would not be long before change came to the Bulldogs. As Mississippi State prepared for the Belk Bowl, Jackson State decided to head in a new direction hiring the Bulldogs' safeties coach and recruiting coordinator, Tony Hughes as their new head coach.
The changes continued when shortly after Mississippi State's victory over North Carolina State in Charlotte, Miami announced it had hired the Bulldogs' defensive coordinator, Manny Diaz, to the same position.
Earlier this week, Mississippi State officially announced several well-known changes. Perhaps the biggest being the hiring of a new defensive coordinator, Peter Sirmon, who previously served as the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Southern California. He also served as defensive coordinator in the Holiday Bowl. Sirmon played professionally with the Tennessee Titans for seven seasons.
The Bulldogs also officially introduced Pascagoula native Terrell Buckley as a member of the coaching staff earlier this week. Buckley comes to the Bulldogs from Louisville, where he coached cornerbacks. In his time on the Cardinals coaching staff, Louisville led the ACC in interceptions and turnovers gained. Buckley will coach the secondary in Starkville and serve as the recruiting coordinator.
While introducing two new faces, the Bulldogs officially acknowledged that cornerbacks coach Deshae Townsend has moved on to the same position with the Tennessee Titans. The former Pittsburgh Steeler and Super Bowl champion had been in Starkville for three seasons.
Mississippi State also announced that long time defensive line coach Dave Turner has been promoted to assistant head coach, while continuing as defensive line coach.
The departure of Townsend leaves one assistant coaching position still open at Mississippi State. It will be interesting to see what Mississippi State does with the position. On the offensive side of the ball, every position group has a coach: Quarterbacks (Brian Johnson), Wide Receivers (Billy Gonzales), Running Backs (Greg Knox), Offensive Line (John Hevesy), Tight Ends (Scott Salach). On the defensive side of the ball, Terrell Buckley has taken over for the secondary, a position that did see Hughes coach the safeties and Townsend coach the cornerbacks. As of now, the defensive coaching positions are as follows: Linebackers (Peter Sirmon), Defensive Line (David Turner), Secondary (Terrell Buckley).
So what will Mississippi State do with the open position? It will be interesting to see. Here are a few guesses:
1. Hire the best recruiter available and squeeze him in. This may put a double-dip at a position and an interesting title, but if it leads to large recruiting gains, all will be well.
2. Hire a special teams coordinator. Knox currently splits duties between the running backs and special teams. For several years, Bulldog fans clamored for Mullen to hire a special teams coordinator and give up the position. He did that in a way by giving Knox control of the unit. The hiring of a special teams coordinator would probably be well received by many Bulldog fans.
3. Hire a someone to coach either safeties or cornerbacks to help Buckley. With Buckley also serving as recruiting coordinator, it may help him to have someone with whom to split the secondary. This also makes the 2016 staff built like the 2015 staff, especially if the new coach takes over cornerbacks and Buckley stays with safeties.
4. Hire a linebacker coach to free up Sirmon. This might not be a bad move given that this will be Sirmon's first time as a defensive coordinator. If he does not have to focus on a position group, it could help him adjust to the new role.


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Thursday was Hope Hicks' last day as the White House Director of Communications. She had served at this post for approximately six and a half months - and another month as acting Director.
The video above shows her saying goodbye to President Trump just prior to his departure on Marine One. While the nonverbal elements in this brief exchange are numerous - the one highlighted here, while not as dramatic, is quite telling.
The instant captured in the image above (and the cropped-close up below, during the 0:09 mark in the above video) shows Donald Trump with his left arm around Ms. Hicks' waist, waving at the camera with his right hand - and smiling.
But wait - that's not really a smile.
Notice the left corner of Trump's mouth is elevated, while the right side is vectored downward. Such asymmetrical "smiles" - with one side up and the other side down - are always duplicitous. They're universally insincere.
Yet, even if the President's right side exactly mirrored the left side of his face - it would still not be a sincere smile, for all the other components of sincerity are missing in this moment (Can you name them?). Moreover, at no time during this departure did President Trump display a true smile of Joy-Happiness (aka a Duchenne Smile).
Fascinatingly, the side of the President's mouth which is feigning joy - is the same side as Ms. Hicks.
Summary: As he says his final goodbye to Hope Hicks, President Trump's expression is insincere. His "smile" and emotions are duplicitous.


It's often a fairly major decision choosing the right camera, especially if it's your first DSLR. However, whilst many photographers change their camera bodies fairly frequently, they don't need to upgrade their lenses quite so often, as good lenses should stand the test of time and continue to remain optically excellent for successive camera bodies. Therefore photographers often make a decision on one brand of camera and stick with it, so they can continue to use their compatible lenses.
There are numerous camera review sites these days and it's worth spending the time to read them, well before you go anywhere near a store. The site imaging-resource review cameras in great detail and they really go to town on showing various image quality comparisons, both comparing results from cameras at different settings and comparing results between cameras and their competitors.
Probably the best known review site is dpreview. Again they have in-depth reviews and when new models are announced they are quick to publish previews. They also have an excellent tool for comparing image quality between cameras with their Studio Comparison Tool. Both these sites also review lenses, printers and scanners, but cameras are their main focus. Dpreview also has active forums which are worth reading too.
Snapsort is a good site to quickly compare the specifications of cameras, as shown below.
They also have a good search filtering system, so you can choose the options you are looking for in a camera and recommended cameras will appear on screen.
Whatever camera you choose it is always good to remember that you also need to invest in lenses. Kit lenses are not usually very good, and it may be better to buy the camera body without the kit lens and then buy a couple of better quality lenses. For those who prefer to buy their gear online rather than at a store, Amazon is a popular place for this, here customers write their own reviews for products which is also useful information.
For microstock photography, don't underestimate the image quality required by the top microstock agencies. If you want your images in an online marketplace they have to get past reviewers' inspections first. Buy quality if you can, it will save you time and effort in the long run.


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Q: How does one forecast next point in time series using GAS package in R? I am using the GAS (Generalised Auto regressive score) package in R in order to forecast a chosen time series. I have read package documentation as well as author published paper and I struggle with understanding how they forecast the next time step.
Here is some code:
 gas_model <- UniGASSpec(Dist = "std", ScalingType = "Identity",
                GASPar = list(location = TRUE, scale = TRUE, shape = FALSE))

gas_fit <- UniGASFit(gas_model, time_series)

gas_forecast <- UniGASFor(gas_fit, H = 1, ReturnDraws =  T)

prediction_point <- mean(gas_forecast@Draws)

So how does this work exactly? The gas_forecast function forecasts parameters of a predictive distribution of the next time step? Then we draw samples from that distribution and take mean to estimate expected value of predicted distribution? Is this the next forecasted value in the time series, i.e. prediction of time point t+1 (given H = 1)? Have does one simply forecast next point in time series using this package?
The natural follow up question is: How does one retrieve fitted values?

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Maylands Peninsula Primary School has been selected in the second round of the Independent Public School (IPS) program. This will give the school greater autonomy in areas like teacher recruitment and education programs.
The first round gave 34 schools IPS status this year and another 64 schools have made the list for 2011. Some 130 primary and secondary schools applied for IPS status in the second round.
Admin staff have now attended many professional learning sessions re IPS and the business requirements in particular. The school received an additional $25,000 to assist with preparations for the 2011 start. Three teachers have chosen to opt out and one education assistant. IPS affords the school and its community exciting opportunities to do things even better.
S. Catlin, B. Roach and K. Ould. The school is fortunate to have sucn passionate, committed, and talented parents and caregivers.
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Stephen Ellis
Stephen Ellis is Desmond Tutu professor in the social sciences at the Free University Amsterdam, and a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre, University of Leiden. He is the author of Season of Rains: Africa in the World (C Hurst, 2011)
His previous books include [with Solofo Randrianja] Madagascar: A Short History (C Hurst, 2009) and [with Gerrie ter Haar] Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa (C Hurst, 2004). His articles include "West Africa's International Drug Trade" (African Affairs, 108/431, 2009)
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Анастасия Алексеевна Нифантьева (28 декабря 1988) — российская футболистка и игрок в мини-футбол, защитница.

Биография
Занималась футболом с семи лет, воспитанница тренера Петра Харитонова (г. Олонец, Карелия). Бронзовый призёр юниорского первенства России 2002 года в составе сборной Северо-Запада.

Взрослую карьеру в большом футболе начала в клубе «Нева» (Санкт-Петербург), с 2003 года играла в первом дивизионе, где дважды была бронзовым призёром (2003, 2004). В 2005 году провела все 20 матчей своего клуба в высшем дивизионе, однако «Нева» все эти матчи проиграла. В 2007 году спортсменка выступала за петербургскую «Искру» в первом дивизионе, стала серебряным призёром турнира и лучшим бомбардиром своего клуба (7 голов). Также в составе «Искры» завоевала серебро первого дивизиона в 2009 году.

В мини-футболе много лет играла за «Искру», а также за ряд других команд городского уровня. В составе «Искры» в сезоне 2010/11 стала победителем чемпионата МРО «Северо-Запад» (было приравнено к зональному турниру первого дивизиона России), стала лучшим игроком и лучшим бомбардиром соревнований (8 голов). Была капитаном команды.

Работает преподавателем физкультуры в одной из школ Санкт-Петербурга.

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Ссылки
 Профиль на сайте womenfootball.ru
 Профиль на сайте Федерации футбола Санкт-Петербурга

Футболистки России
Игроки ЖФК «Нева»

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Q: winrt navigation to page instance How can I navigate to already created page instance in winrt instead of navigating by type (frame.Navigate(typeof(SomePage)))?
Currently I just set Window.Current to needed page, but it is not animated and of course it would be better to provide some Back, CanGoBack logic, etc.

A: Obviously it is not supported built in, but you could try setting frame.Content = existingInstance or fiddling with page.NavigationCacheMode to achieve the effect you are looking for. If that doesn't work - you can implement your own navigation frame implementation, possibly based on a ContentControl. You can also steal my code from the AlternativeFrame control in the WinRT XAML Toolkit in which I am trying to implement all the features of a regular Frame control with the addition of page preloading and concurrent page transition animations. I think adding support for Navigate method overload that takes a page instance would not be to hard if you are OK leaving the official Frame and Page controls behind and diving into some open source.


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Schools in Malaysia strive to supply students with a culture of high expectations plus the understanding they must turn into profitable, lifelong learners and generate a shared understanding for students, parents, and educators about what students should know and be able to do .
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The service sector accounts for 49% of all jobs generated in Kuching. Of this percentage, 89% are direct jobs, the rest are indirect jobs.
Have 1453975 neighbors. In Kuala Lumpur, 54% are women and the unemployment rate is around 2% of the population.
Offers amount of services that demonstrate this city is totally habitable. At about 26km exists a large mall with all kinds of integrated services.
58% of people working in the sector directly or indirectly car. Another vast majority of the citizens of Kampung Baru Subang are unemployed.
The heavy traffic of vehicles from Petaling Jaya makes contamination is high. Public transportation is insufficient and 47% of the population gets the private car.
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It is one of the most important cities of the country. Klang is within 38% of relevant cities in Malaysia. Has 10 parks within the town.
Kota Bharu city has 6 tourist attractions and its citizens recommend that tourists who come to the city or its surroundings, visit these tourist spots.
The service sector accounts for 60% of all jobs generated in Ipoh. Of this percentage, 25% are direct jobs, the rest are indirect jobs.
A recent study says that 23% of citizens Perak think that 89% of the basic services are not covered completely.
Kuala Lumpur state was created by one or more counties with a distinct regional identity.
49% of the population living in Pahang has an economic level above the national average.
38% of states in Malaysia have 61% of the total population. Enter these communities is Selangor.
The creation of the contemporary Sabah was preceded by an intense political debate; that is, the period of political debate that led to the institution of autonomous communities as the first-level political divisions of Malaysia.
A recent study says that 54% of citizens Pulau Pinang think that 2% of the basic services are not covered completely.
Kedah is one of the regions of Malaysia. Its location within the country is strategic. The vegetation is abundant.
Sarawak state was created by one or more counties with a distinct regional identity.
The 89% users who leave an opinion of this school, live within 4KM.
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The 47% users who leave an opinion of this school, live within 6KM.
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9th Cir. Sacks EA's Free Speech Argument in Ex-NFL Players' Suit
By Mark Wilson, Esq. on January 08, 2015 | Last updated on March 21, 2019
Back in May, the NCAA, game-maker EA Sports, and plaintiffs reached an agreement over the NCAA's use of college football players' likenesses without paying them.
Earlier this week, video game football was dealt another blow as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed an ex-NFL players suit to proceed against EA for using former players' likenesses without their permission.
My First Amendment Right to Make Money From Your Face
EA moved to dismiss the suit under California's anti-SLAPP statute. The motion, whose name stands for "strategic lawsuit against public participation," is designed to dismiss nuisance lawsuits targeted at people exercising their rights. So why does EA think this lawsuit is infringing on their rights?
Free speech, man!
EA argued, apparently with a straight face, that deliberately using all the personal details of former players -- short of their names or photographs -- along with their historic team affiliations, in a video game designed to make EA money, was actually an exercise of EA's First Amendment rights.
EA had tried this "First Amendment" defense in the original NCAA lawsuit, but then, as now, the Ninth Circuit said there were no First Amendment defenses available. For example, though EA claimed that its video game was protected by a California statute regarding "publication of matters in the public interest," the panel reiterated the Ninth Circuit's findings from the college football decision: "Put simply, EA's interactive game is not a publication of facts about college football; it is a game, not a reference source."
EA also argued that any use of the players' likeness was "incidental" to its First Amendment exercise. As you might expect, the panel wasn't buying any of that. "EA goes to substantial lengths to incorporate accurate likenesses of current and former players, including paying millions of dollars to license the likenesses of current players," Judge Raymond Fisher wrote. "EA has acknowledged, '[t]he Madden titles are successful in part because they allow consumers to simulate play involving any of the 32 NFL teams, using real NFL players.'"
So, utilizing players' likenesses is a feature, not a bug.
You Can't Have It Both Ways
Arguing the First Amendment defense when you've created a product that's dependent on customers recognizing their favorite players or musicians is sort of a non-starter. Because California is a hotbed of entertainers, all of whom want to retain the rights to their likenesses, the state jealously guards publicity rights.
How is this case different from the Manuel Noriega/"Call of Duty" case that a California superior court dismissed in October? The importance of the celebrity to the work comes to mind. Manuel Noriega wasn't really the reason people bought "Call of Duty." But the promise of real NFL players is definitely a reason why people buy Madden.
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Sterling started off with a bang. Prior to cutting away to Europe at age 17, he played in the Topanga Canyon (California) avant guard band "Science & Industri." However, finding the perfect bohemian scene in Berlin, Sterling hooked up with the notorious underground German artist Gasi Twist. They formed "Sterling/Twist" and catapulted to the big time; appearing regularly on German television and releasing several dance rock records to critical acclaim, Sterling/Twist were all over the airwaves.
Rap rock band "Skin" came next, bringing Sterling on dizzying tours all over Europe and Russia. With the opportunity to work with Will Calhoun (Living Colour, Mos Def…), Doug Wimbish (Mos Def, Mick Jagger, Paula Cole…), Dave Stewart, Terence Trent D'arby and Howie Gaddawi (Amy Winehouse), Sterling moved to London. Live shows with Living Colour members and a critically acclaimed E.P. "Bad Girls And Beautiful Boys" provided Sterling with impressive credentials to return to Los Angeles and work closely with (among others) Ivan Neville, Fabrice Morvan (Milli Vanilli), Eric Gales and Mike Phirmen (Hard & Phirm).
In 2008 "The Sterling Experience" is ready for the world. The album "Good Hurt" is produced and performed by Sterling and Mike Phirmen. Most impressive of all, the Executive Producer is none other than Michelle Phillips of "The Mamas & The Papas!" Three tracks are co-produced and performed along with Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun. The track "Dreamin" grew out of Sterling's association with Fabrice, one-half of the infamous duo Milli Vanilli; the song tells the story of that group. "Julia" was co-written with Cody Chessnutt of the Roots.
In the tradition of Jimi Hendrix (note cover of 6 wuz 9), Seal, Lenny Kravitz, Terence Trent D'arby, and Ben Harper, "Good Hurt" is an electric and star-studded album. Cutting to the words of Sterling, "this music has no bounds. It is colorless music (in the vernacular) for all music lovers…I ain't buying the old stereotypes…"Did we fail to mention that above all, this album is fun! In a natural way, it has a breezy (and occasional funky) quality with some tongue in cheek and grease on the runway. File under soul, funk, R&B, pop, and rock n' roll! The Sterling Experience will be touring the west coast of the US extensively in the fall of 2008. A press and media campaign was instigated in August/September 2008.


SOME CHURCHES celebrate Pledge Sunday this month, where members commit to giving God a portion of their income in the new financial year. Are there any hymns we can sing to reflect this spirit of joyful giving?
Here is a hymn written in 1961 by the Rev Robert L. Edwards, an American Congregational minister. Among the many hymns the Rev Edwards composed, "God Whose Giving Knows No Ending" is the most famous.
The hymn begins with a strong statement that God's giving is endless. His grace is abundant! This is manifested in His gift of creation and our salvation through Jesus Christ, His only Son. In response, we offer our praise and thanksgiving through our song.
The second and third stanzas remind us that our gifts of skills and time are for us to use, not for ourselves but for the advancement of the kingdom of God. The hymn brings to mind Jesus' teaching about wealth in Luke 12:13-21.
It may be interesting to compare this hymn with John Wesley's teaching on stewardship. Wesley preached "Gain more, save more, give more!" These three principles were paramount to Wesley's teaching on observing good stewardship. Wesley teaches that gaining and saving without going further does not make sense. He entreats us to take a step further and "give more".
For some congregations, it may not be a practice to sing a hymn during offertory, but I think it will be the most appropriate time to sing this hymn, especially during times when we choose to give back to God what He has abundantly given us.
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Iran Says Ready for Uranium Enrichment at Higher Levels
Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi says Tehran is prepared to increase its uranium enrichment to higher levels if nuclear deal salvaging with the EU fall through.
"We have of course adopted some measures in order to prepare the ground for eventually increasing the level of enrichment if it is needed and if the negotiations with the Europeans fail," he said on Tuesday.
"We are of course continuing to carry out and implement our obligations based on the JCPOA," he noted in reference to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Tehran.
"But at the same time, taking every scenario into consideration, we are preparing ourselves," he added.
In May, US President Donald Trump announced that he would pull America out of a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and re-impose the sanctions that the deal had envisaged to be lifted.
Since the US president pulled Washington out of the nuclear deal, European countries have been scrambling to ensure that Iran gets enough economic benefits to persuade it to stay in the deal. The remaining parties have vowed to stay in the accord.
Earlier in the day, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced that European countries have activated a blocking statute that prohibits companies from complying with US sanctions on Iran.
"Today, the European Council has endorsed the update of the blocking statute annex on the nuclear deal with Iran," Mogherini told reporters in Brussels at a meeting with EU foreign ministers.
A blocking statute is a law enacted in 1996 to protect European entities "against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country."
On Sunday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that European signatories to the nuclear deal with Iran must provide Tehran with necessary guarantees about the continued implementation of the deal.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that drawing up a "stable economic roadmap" was needed to solve the country's economic problems, emphasizing that solution of those problems must not be made conditional on the continuation of the JCPOA.
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Biden Must Return to Commitments as First Step to Win Iran's Trust: Spokesman
Iran Says Producing Uranium Metal for 'Peaceful Purposes'
US Sanctions on Banking Ties, Oil Exports Must Be Lifted: Iran
INSTEX Failed Because Europeans Weren't Brave Enough: Iran
Iran Downplays E3's Concerns over Its Uranium Metal Production


By CNN'S JUNKO OKURA IN TOKYO CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORT.
(CNN) - A woman who carried a firearm onto a flight from Atlanta to Tokyo's Narita International Airport on January 3 returned to the US the same day she arrived in Japan, according to the country's Transportation Ministry.
On Monday, the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) disclosed that a passenger at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport passed through a TSA standard screening checkpoint with a firearm after standard procedures were not followed.
Japan's Transportation Ministry said there are no penalties for Delta Air Lines or TSA, but it does deem TSA responsible and asked the organization to take preventative measures.
Delta Air Lines also issued a statement to CNN, saying that "upon the customer's disclosure, the airline reported the incident to the TSA."
"The perception that this might have occurred as a result of the partial government shutdown would be false," TSA said. "The national unscheduled absence rate of TSA staff on Thursday, January 3, 2019, was 4.8% compared to 6.3% last year, Thursday, January 4, 2018. So in fact, the national call out rate was higher a year ago than this year on that date."
The TSA noted that it will "hold those responsible appropriately accountable."
"Security standards will NOT and have NOT been compromised," said Michael Bilello, TSA assistant administrator for public affairs, on Twitter.
In an attempt to ease the financial pain caused by the government shutdown, the TSA announced Sunday that it would provide a day's pay for those who were on duty the day after the lapse in funding, and also award $500 bonuses for work during the holiday travel season.
"While I realize this is not what you are owed for your hard work ... and what you deserve, I hope these actions alleviate some of the financial hardship many of you are facing," TSA Administrator David Pekoske wrote.


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Producing content marketing might be easier/cheaper than you think. As a matter of fact, marketers should for example think about the Top 30 questions that prospects could ask them. When prospects drive into the "conversion tunnel", they surely have many questions. In order to do that, it is crucial to define your personas, listen to your customers and collect all the questions during sale. You may not realise it, but by providing useful advice and sharing your opinion on a subject to your prospects, you actually create content. Be careful though, this strategy only works if your answers are impartial and trustworthy.
3. How to organise your content?
Content marketing must first and foremost be used to convert prospects into customers. To do so, the strategy need to be based on 3 pillars: 1) hub of content, 2) distribution, 3) landing pages. How do these pillars work together? The hub, devoted to animate and retain the audience, provides content to distribution in order to publish them on social media, blogs or resource centres. Through "Call To Action" buttons, content attracts the prospects to the landing pages.
More contents lead to more inbound leads (leads through content). Hence marketers need to be organised and constantly post something online to generate inbound traffic. Inbound lead should not be taken lightly as you have 758 times more chances of closing an inbound lead than an outbound lead (that you went to get with telemarketing, cold calling etc.).
Last but not least, do not chose quantity over quality. And vice versa. Marketers must work with both. According to Marcus Sheridan, Founder of The Sales Lion, "most of the average contents published online will definitely have more impact than fantastic content that is never going to be published. The solution is to produce content regularly in order to get better with time". The best way to do that is to define objectives specific to each social channel and publish on a regular basis. On the contrary, publishing white papers or e-books from time to time without a clear strategy should definitely not be a solution.
4. How to define a proper lean content marketing strategy?
First of all, and before starting producing content, marketers should define what the audience is interested in: we call it content curation. Content curation is the process of gathering information relevant to a particular topic or area of interest. Researches are vital to understand what works online and what does not.
Tools are at your disposal to share existing content in a different format. Graphics can be converted to blog posts for instance, and vice versa. According to Mark Traphagen's experience, Manager at Online Marketing, "we started sharing all of our content multiple times and we discovered that traffic on the posts was almost as good as the 1st share". Finally, marketers should analyse whether each post was successful or not by looking at traffic, amplification, leads etc.
To sum up, content marketing is the fuel of online marketing as content enables customers and prospects to be aware of the brand and what it stands for. The internet is increasingly becoming a private sphere where ads are not welcomed. One internet user out of ten have installed an ad blocking app on their computer in France. It is one out of five in the United Kingdom. In this context, marketing content seems to be the solution, provided that a well thought out strategy has been set up upstream.


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University of Florida researchers have created a mathematical model that shows how citrus greening is transmitted within an infected tree - an important step toward helping scientists understand the devastating disease.
The model, published this month by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed that once a tree is infected, insecticides to control the pests that spread the disease may not be enough to halt the disease's progression in the tree, and instead may only slow its spread within the tree.
Removal of obviously diseased new growth, called flush, or shoots, is not a solution either. The model shows that even without showing symptoms, many shoots may already be infected so that infection of other parts of the tree can continue.
Greening has cost Florida's economy an estimated $3.63 billion in lost revenues since 2006 and poses a huge threat to the state's $9 billion citrus industry, the nation's largest. It weakens and eventually kills infected trees. For now, there is no cure, although growers are using cultural management strategies to keep groves productive.
Ariena van Bruggen, the professor who supervised the model's creation, said having the model is "just a first step," albeit an important one.
UF Emerging Pathogens Institute Director J. Glenn Morris Jr., also an author of the paper, said the model gives scientists subtle hints about which direction to go with future research.
At the heart of the problem: The bacterium that causes the disease is nearly impossible to culture in a laboratory, meaning scientists can't isolate it and subject it to various substances to determine which, if any, might be effective against it.
Movement of the bacterium through the tree cannot be monitored, so it's difficult to determine if the tree is more resistant to the disease movement after chemical treatments. The model shows that resistance to internal movement of the bacterium is one of the most important factors affecting its spread.
The model confirms that the odds of killing psyllids with insecticide sprays can vary, depending on the timing of the first spraying, spraying frequency and the effectiveness of the insecticide itself.
Expanding the model to follow the disease's progression as it moves from one tree to another is the next logical step for the research, van Bruggen said.