Nature's Sunshine has Lobelia extract, and we have Yerba Santa in the CCA W/Yerba Santa Extract. This, in itself, might be good. You can make an extract out of Mullein yourself, if you like -- but this ready made one would really do the job -- it has the mullein and the yerba santa in it. Give it a try. This "blurp" on it is from the NSP website. We use it "straight" with a glass of water afterwards. My grandchildren have used it since they were babies. I would just drop a few drops in the baby's mouth and then give her a little water.
Use the Lobelia as Judith suggested.


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#61391:Dec 19, 2021:Transfer Agreement FRBP. Transfer Agreement 3001 (e) 2 Transferors: CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC (Claim No. 20149, Amount $39,696,491.20); CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC (Claim No. 20121, Amount $39,697,528.17) To CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L. (related document(s)[37559]) filed by Patrick Maschio on behalf of CVI CVF II Lux Master S.a.r.l.. (Maschio, Patrick)
Full title: Transfer Agreement FRBP. Transfer Agreement 3001 (e) 2 Transferors: CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC (Claim No. 20149, Amount $39,696,491.20); CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC (Claim No. 20121, Amount $39,697,528.17) To CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L. (related document(s)[37559]) filed by Patrick Maschio on behalf of CVI CVF II Lux Master S.a.r.l.. (Maschio, Patrick)
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Carval Investors, LP Debtors: Lehman Brothers Special Financing 1601 Utica Avenue South, Suite 1000 Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. as Minneapolis, MN 55416 described on attached Schedule 1.For value received, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC ("Transferor") hereby unconditionally and irrevocably sells, transfers and assigns to CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L.all of its right, title, interest, claims and causes of action in and to, or arising under or in connection with, the claims and in the amounts listed on the attached schedule (the "Claims") against the debtors listed on the attached schedule (the "Debtor"), in the case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "Bankruptcy Court"), or any other court with jurisdiction over the bankruptcy proceedings of the Debtor.Transferor hereby waives any objection to the transfer of the Claims to Transferee on the books and records of the Debtor and the Bankruptcy Court, and hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any notice or right to a hearing as may be imposed by Rule 3001 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Bankruptcy Code, applicable local bankruptcy rules or applicable law. Transferor acknowledges and understands, and hereby stipulates, that an order of the Bankruptcy Court may be entered without further notice to Transferor transferring to Transferee the foregoing Claims, recognizing Transferee as the sole owner and holder of the Claims, and directing that all payments or distributions of money or property in respect of the Claims be delivered or made to Transferee.
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Case No. 08-13555 (JMP) (Jointly Administered) TRANSFER OF CLAIM OTHER THAN FOR SECURITY A CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED IN THIS CASE or deemed filed under 11 U.S.C. § 1111(a). Transferee hereby gives evidence and notice pursuant to Rule 3001(e)(2), Fed. R. Bankr. P., of the transfer, other than for security, of the claims referenced in this notice and evidence of transfer. Transferee Transferor CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L. CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC Name and address where notices to transferee Court Claim #: See attached Schedule payments should be sent: Amount of Claim: See attached Schedule c/o Carval Investors, LP Debtors: Lehman Brothers Special Financing 1601 Utica Avenue South, Suite 1000 Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. as Minneapolis, MN 55416 described on attached Schedule 1. Name and Address where transferee payments should be sent (if different from Above) I declare under penalty of perjury that the information provided in this notice is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Transferee CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L. By: Carval Investors, LP Its Attorney-in-Fact By:______________________ Transferee/Transferee's Agent Penalty for making a false statement: Fine of up to $500,000 or imprisonment for up to 5 years, or both. 18 U.S.C. §§ 152 & 3571
TO: THE DEBTOR AND THE BANKRUPTCY COURT Transfer of Claims For value received, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC ("Transferor") hereby unconditionally and irrevocably sells, transfers and assigns to CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L. ("Transferee") all of its right, title, interest, claims and causes of action in and to, or arising under or in connection with, the claims and in the amounts listed on the attached schedule (the "Claims") against the debtors listed on the attached schedule (the "Debtor"), in the case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the "Bankruptcy Court"), or any other court with jurisdiction over the bankruptcy proceedings of the Debtor. Transferor hereby directs the Debtor and the Bankruptcy Court to make all payments or distributions of money or property in respect of the Claims to Transferee. Transferor hereby waives any objection to the transfer of the Claims to Transferee on the books and records of the Debtor and the Bankruptcy Court, and hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any notice or right to a hearing as may be imposed by Rule 3001 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Bankruptcy Code, applicable local bankruptcy rules or applicable law. Transferor acknowledges and understands, and hereby stipulates, that an order of the Bankruptcy Court may be entered without further notice to Transferor transferring to Transferee the foregoing Claims, recognizing Transferee as the sole owner and holder of the Claims, and directing that all payments or distributions of money or property in respect of the Claims be delivered or made to Transferee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this EVIDENCE OF TRANSFER OF CLAIM is executed this 20th day of December, 2021. Transferor Transferee CVF II LUX FINCO, LLC CVI CVF II LUX MASTER S.A.R.L. By: Carval Investors, LP By: Carval Investors, LP Its Attorney-in-Fact Its Attorney-in-Fact By: ___________________________ By:____________________________ Name: Name: Jeremiah Gerhardson Jeremiah Gerhardson Title: Title Authorized Signer Authorized Signer
Schedule of Claims LBSF Claim No. LBHI Claim No. Claim Amount 20149 $39,696,491.20 20121 $39,697,528.17

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Coffee, Tea and So Much More!
Coffee goes with so many things. Coffee while watching the news is top of the list. Coffee while reading a good book is also good. What about catching up with a friend over coffee? Coffee with donuts is delicious.
Coffee is also great anywhere. Coffee in the car while driving to work is inevitable and necessary. Coffee at home on the front porch is the best. Coffee in front of the television is of course a regular thing. Coffee at a coffee shop is of course most preferred.
If you agree with the last line and you live in the NW Chicago area, then read on.
What is your poison? No, I am not asking you about alcoholic drinks. Instead, I am asking you about what ice cream flavor you will not be able to resist. Ice cream is ice cream, I believe. Any ice cream is bound to make most kids, if not all of them, jumping up and down, making cartwheels and rolling on the floor for joy. Too bad for you if you decide to open up an ice cream tub at home. If you feel this way, then on August 27, 2016, pack up your picnic blankets and hurry over to Glenview, IL for a different ice cream experience. This is a GOOD deal that you will not want to pass up.
Going to a baby expo is not just exciting for exhibitors, but for attendees, as well. There is a certain charm to knowing about new ideas and products. Of course, there is a lot of pull to getting tons of FREE stuff!


Born again Conservative Protestant Christians do not believe that Jesus is God the father, but that he has the nature of God like God the father. Yet Jesus is also a human being. He is the God-man (God the son).
John 8:24, 58 Jesus said we will die in our sins (no eternal life) if we do not believe he is the "I am" (of Exodus 3:14).
Matthew 1:23 "Immanuel" means: God with us.
John 1:1 The word was God.
John 1:14 The word became flesh and dwelt among us.
John 20:28 Thomas called Jesus God. If Jesus was not God, as a good Rabbi, he would have rebuked Thomas for blasphemy. But instead, he congratulates Thomas.
Acts 20:28 God purchased the church with his blood. God the father is spirit, so he didn't shed blood, but Jesus did.
Romans 9:5 Christ is God over all.
Phillippians 2:6 Jesus' nature is God.
1 Timothy 1:17 Jesus is called the only God.
Matthew 4:7 When the devil tempted Jesus, Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:16 "Do not test the Lord your God". Jesus was referring to himself.
John 5:18 Jesus was making himself equal with God.
John 8:57-58 Jesus said he is the "I am" of Exodus 3:14. Jesus was claiming to be God, because the Jews picked up stones to kill him for blasphemy. Jesus was not claiming to be Messiah, because under Jewish law, claiming to be the messiah was not a reason to stone someone to death. If Jesus was claiming to be messiah, surely he would have objected to the Jews stoning him. But instead, he hid himself.
Hebrews 1:8 Thy throne, O God, is forever.
Colossians 1:16-17 Jesus created all things visible and invisible. Jesus existed before anything was made.
Colossians 2:9 In Jesus, all the fullness of the deity dwells in bodily form.
Hebrews 2:9 Jesus made himself a little lower than the angels. Only God can do that, a created being cannot.
John 2: 19-21 Jesus raised his own body.
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 God the father raised Jesus body.
Who is the alpha and omega, the first and last?
Wisdom is speaking in this verse. Yet Proverbs 1:20, 4:7-8, 8:22, & 9:1 show that wisdom is female. And Proverbs 8:12 says that Prudence lives with wisdom. So these verses could not be referring to Jesus.
2) Mark 5:30/ Luke 8:45 When Jesus was walking through a crowd, he didn't know who touched him.
3) Mark 13:32 Jesus didn't know when he was coming back.
Jesus didn't know who touched him or when he was coming back because he "gave up his place with God, and made himself nothing" (Philippians 2:7) to come and live among mankind. He voluntarily ceased using some of his divine attributes in order to accomplish his objectives (he laid aside his glory as God, so that he might be born in the likeness of men). Jesus made himself a little lower than the angels (Hebrews 2:9), so he must have existed as something higher than the angels before he came to earth. In John 17:5, Jesus asks the father to give him the glory he had before the world began.
4) Mark 10:18 Jesus does not consider himself good, but tells a man no one is good but God.
Where in the verse does Jesus explicitly say he is not good? Merely asking the question: "Why do you call me good?" is not a confession that Christ is not good. Jesus wasn't claiming that he did not have the goodness characteristic of God, nor was he denying that he was God. Jesus was asking the young ruler to examine the implications of what he was saying. Jesus was forcing him to a very uncomfortable dilemma: either Jesus was good and God, or he was bad and man. A good God, or a bad man, but not merely a good man. No good man would claim to be God when he wasn't. Jesus statement could be summarized: If I am not God, don't call me good, for only God is good. Or: you have given me a title which belongs only to God. Do you understand and mean it?
5) John 14:28 Jesus said: "my father is greater than I".
Jesus is not speaking about his nature or his essential being, but rather his lowly position in the incarnation. Jesus did not say my father is better than I. The father is greater than Jesus because he has a higher position. (That is why the father knew when Jesus was coming back and Jesus did not). But the father is not better than Jesus. Example: the president of the United States is greater than us because of the office he holds. But the president of the United States is not better than us. Greater is position. Better is nature. The father has a greater position than Jesus, but not a better nature.
6) John 10:30 Jesus said: "I and the father are one". This could not mean Jesus is God, because it contradicts John 17:11, 21-22.
John 17:11, 21-22 Jesus asks the father that the disciples may be one with him, just as Jesus is one with the father.
The context in the above 2 chapters of John are entirely different. In John 10:33, the Jews picked up stones to kill Jesus for claiming to be God in verse 30. If that is not what Jesus meant, he would have corrected them. John 17:11, 21-22 are discussing unity of will and purpose, not becoming one in essence. Jesus' disciples were subject to the world's evil influence, and the protective power of Jesus' physical presence was soon to be withdrawn. He is praying that his father (whose holiness separates him from the world) will keep all who belong to him holy and separate, and that by the disciples' love for each other, they may reflect the unity of will and purpose that exists between the father and himself.
7) John 20:17 Jesus said: "I am returning to my father and your father, to my God and your God".
Since Christ came as a man, and since one of the proper duties of man is to worship, pray to, and adore God, it was perfectly proper for Jesus to call the father: "my God", and to address him in prayer. Positionally speaking, as a man and as a Jew, Jesus could address the father as God. However, Jesus did not relate to the father in this way until he emptied himself and became man as it says in Philippians 2:6-8. The reason Jesus did not say: I am ascending to our father and our God, is because Jesus was always careful to distinguish his relationship with the father (God's son by nature), from the relationship humans had to the father (God's son by adoption).
This verse also says that Christ is the head of man, and that man is the head of woman. The Bible is clear that men and women are equal in terms of nature. Even though men and women are equal in nature, there exists differences between their functions. In the same way, Christ and the father are utterly equal in their divine being even though Jesus is functionally under the father's headship during the time that he possesses his human nature.
9) Colossians 1:15 Jesus was born, he had a beginning. Yet God always was and always will be.
Firstborn in Greek means preeminent, not the first one born. This verse is saying that Jesus was preeminent over creation. Firstborn in Hebrew means both the first one born and can also mean preeminent. Example: In Genesis 41:51-52 Manassah is the firstborn. Yet in Jeremiah 31:9, Ephraim is firstborn (preeminent over Manessah). Manassah was dropped out because of his sins.
10) Revelation 3:14 Jesus is the beginning of God's creation. He had a beginning.
The word beginning in this verse is from the Greek word arche, which means first cause. Some translations render this verse "JESUS IS: the beginner (Goodspeed), the moving cause (Barclays), the prime source (NEB), the ultimate source (JB) OF GOD'S CREATION". Since the use of the Greek word arche in Revelation 1:8 and 21:6 does not mean that God the father had a created beginning, why insist that arche in Revelation 3:14 means that Jesus had a created beginning?
11) Jesus is not God because the doctrine of the trinity was borrowed from pagan beliefs. Example: A carving found in a temple on Elephanta Island, Bombay, India claims three Gods-Destruction, Creator, Preserver. These 3 Gods are treated as one. This illustrates the pagan form of the trinity as expressed in the mythology of Hinduism.
Artwork from Hindus and Buddhists that depict triad or trinity gods were created centuries after the trinity had become the official religion of the Roman empire. It is possible then, that the Hindus and Buddhists of that time period got their ideas from the Christians. Pagans teach the concept of a great flood that killed much of mankind, and the idea of a messiah like figure named Tammuz who was resurrected. But just because false religions have similarities to biblical teachings, this does not discount the truthfulness of the biblical teachings.


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Why So Many Tech Companies Are Having Difficulty Surviving
Ray Zinn Forbes Councils Member
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Ray Zinn is the longest-serving CEO in Silicon Valley with the most consistently profitable semiconductor company in the industry.
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FitBit, a high-flying consumer tech startup, priced its IPO at $20. Today, it is trading for less than $6, and the company is losing money. GoPro, the action-camera company, went public for $24 a share, is barely above $8 and lost a boatload of cash last year.
I could go on, for this is too often the norm with tech companies. Here in Silicon Valley, the streets are paved with gold and lined with the corporate corpses of tech companies that launched strong, IPO'd big and flamed out into obscurity, typically due to the same circumstances.
Sadly, post-IPO shareholders take the ultimate beating. At the turn of the century, IRAs and 401(k)s saw a trillion dollars evaporate within a year. We may be on the cusp of repeating that process since some tech and consumer stocks are extravagantly valued. For example, the S&P 500 would be half of its current value if just Google, Amazon and Facebook had price/earnings ratios that matched the historical average of the index.
What Is Wrong With Tech?
The technology business is an exaggerated form of every other business. It has predictable product development and business cycles. But these cycles are more volatile, and many green tech companies do not adapt their business processes to meet the markets. In my 50 years in Silicon Valley, 37 of which I've profitably led a semiconductor enterprise, I have seen a few common causes of magnificent corporate crashes.
Product development and business cycles: New product development, at least for consumer gadgets, takes four to five years. Often though, market viability for new product categories can be shorter than that. This means that a tech company needs to be developing its next great idea not long after launching its first. When it doesn't, its first market dries up and it faces revenue depletion.
Instant competition and price erosion: Technology is easily replicable and not always patentable. This whelps instant packs of rabid competitors, which in turn starts the price erosion of a product category. Tech companies have significant R&D expenses, and maintaining R&D when revenues are rapidly declining is a painful way to live but a fast way to die.
Failure to build an innovation company: Too often, a tech company starts based on one bright idea by one founder. After that, there is little innovation within. Technology is all about innovation, and founders who fail to make their organizations innovation factories will soon face saturated markets and have no new products to offer.
Unseasoned and often unsavory leaders: Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were both about 30 years old when their company went public. Before their IPO, they hired Eric Schmidt as the company's CEO to provide "adult supervision." Many tech companies never reach adulthood, or even profitability, because of undisciplined leadership. Other outfits -- Uber being the current corporate poster child -- might even have leadership that is outright disreputable and endangering. Ineffective management/leadership causes employees to lose faith and drags the company downward.
Fast markets, brutal competition, poor management, ineffective leadership. This is what mom-and-pop investors are currently wagering on when they buy high-flying tech stocks.
Tech Can Thrive
The forecast is not for doom, despite the insane valuation of many companies (Amazon, which is just as much of a tech company as it is a retailer, has a stratospheric P/E ratio of 212.22 versus the S&P historical average of 15.66). The externalities of the technology markets will not change, but every tech company can learn to survive and grow within tech business realities.
Aim at enduring: The biggest crime in Silicon Valley is committed by venture capitalists (VCs) who constantly badger startups to focus on revenue growth and not on designing an enduring company. Without a focus on sound management, profitability and corporate culture, even innovating companies will crash.
Focus on profit: Nobody goes broke with cash in the bank. Yet too many startups put profit behind growth and implode in their first cash crunch. Reasoned frugality and sticking to business plans/goals make more sense.
Never stop churning: Google and Facebook are interesting to watch because they apparently never sleep. They constantly explore what can be done and how what they do can be done better. They are companies designed to perpetually innovate and maintain both staggering growth and profitability.
Every formerly famous firm, from Aston-Tate to Jawbone, fell by not paying attention to the basics of the tech industry. As Silicon Valley culture begins its migration to all corners of America, it would be wise to start attending to these fundamentals.
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It may be that the towns of northern Ohio are about the prettiest I've ever seen. Each little town is full of endless green lawns and 1880 houses bright white with crisp green or black roofs. Nobody is scurrying; there's no traffic to speak of. Even the town bank is an architectural beauty. In Norwalk, OH, I get myself caught in the wrong lane for a moment while I try to negotiate my way to a different highway than the one I came into town on. Momentarily I'm blocking three of the four lanes of traffic. Nobody honks. Nobody flips me the bird. A guy on a tractor in front of me, points once, up highway 113, and then once at highway 20, as if to say: "You can do one of these two things." When I pick one, he gives a little wave, traffic continues as it once did, and I'm pushing down yet another road of perfect houses, red flower planters on porches, a fat kid bouncing a ball, and a fire station done up in American flags and a banner saying: "Pancake Breakfast, every Sunday."
Oberlin College is finishing its first day of the new semester when I arrive in town. The campus is bustling, but beautiful. A middle quad of enormous relative size is ringed by benches, large painted rocks, and students of every variety walking back to dorms.
Martha Collins has given me directions to her Rice Hall office, but I stagger around campus a while first, carrying my gigantic bag of cameras and recorders (and batteries, and tapes, and notebooks). Two girls wearing red "Lifeguard" sweatshirts are talking to a young man with a blank look on his face. He's holding a crumpled piece of paper and actually scratching his head. As I pass, I hear a few words, "Professor...across there...need your schedule...going to Akron...those are cute pants."
When I find Martha, she's cheery. I'm tired from the long day and a head full of allergies to some of these gorgeous trees, but once inside her bright basement office, I feel better. Martha's smile is big and welcoming and we get to work. During the conversation she laughs easily. It's clear she's tickled by these discoveries my questions have brought. She talks about her work with real care. She doesn't have a casual relationship to her work like some poets do. I get the feeling from her comments that those poems were written with great care by a precise and exacting woman, and even talking about them years later, she's affording them the same kind of attention.
We go out to a small courtyard between Rice and Professor Halls and shoot some photos. Mosquitoes love me, always have. My wife tells me I'm so sweet, but she always says sweet like it's a four letter word. I get six bites on my bare legs while I'm shooting Martha up against some great looking trees. We say goodbye, and I pack my big bag again. I walk back through campus the other way. Once, as I stand on the corner of College Street, letting a perfectly good walk light go by, a big African American man on a tiny green bicycle asks me if I know where I'm going. "Yep," I say. "Just taking it all in." "Oh," the guy says, and he and his bike ride off.


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Q: How can I block social share buttons in webpages
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How to block annoying facebook and other social network widgets

A great many pages have these "Like", "Tweet", "G+1", "share" row of buttons all over the place and in each post in threads.
I do not use any of these services, am not interested, and find it distracting. I want to treat these elements the same as unsolicited web advertisements or Google text ads, i.e. remove them.
Is there a way to do this?
I am using firefox 14.0.1. and AdBlock Lite.

A: I believe there is an Adblock subscription available here at the bottom of the page named Antisocial (not affiliated) which should remove most social media elements (buttons etc.) from browsing.
There is another called the Fanboy Annoyance Block List (available here) which might also do the job and removes some social popups etc too.
There's finally something called Ghostery, mentioned in a previous question, although I have no idea if it works for social media elements (link here).
Hopefully one of these solutions should do the job.
Thanks!

A: You may try Adblock Plus with Element Hiding Helper. Once the elements are blocked, there is a less chance for them to apear again.

A: You can use the Anti Social list of Adblock to remove the annoying social buttons.

A: In addition to what everyone else has suggested, Disconnect.me can be another layer added for blocking these services (it's an extension for your browser).

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Tomio Koyama
Nana Funo
22 Oct - 17 Nov 2014
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The Humidity of Underground and the Feel of Paper, 2014
The Humidity of Underground and the Feel of Paper
The paintings of Nana Funo symbolically represent graceful animals, plants, figures and letters that cover the whole pictorial space, regardless of its size. The repeated layers - created using various techniques such as acrylic paint, dyes, and masking, possess "a spatial complexity that cannot be captured through such mere expressions as those of floating, overlapping, or depth."(Mitsue Nagaya, "VOCA 2009: The Vision of Contemporary Art"). Along with her painting works, she also draws by pen in a notebook for 3 to 5 hours a day. The technique and unique textures she brings about by continuously moving her hands across the picture plane start to function as an independent language, and it is as if the artist gazes in concentration at the state of the world, while keeping it at a certain distance from herself and her works.
"When I am creating, I feel as if I am diving into water, or descending into the underground inside me. What I rely on at that time are the drawings that I have drawn many times which my hands remember, and the motifs that have come to be closely related to me as I have drawn them repeatedly.To stop breathing as long as possible, but never to drown. To draw continuously for a long period of time. To step forward without fear, even though the stairs continue such a long way down to the underground, and though the sunlight does not reach it." (Nana Funo)
The exhibition features paintings as well as almost 50 drawings drawn with charcoal that are to be displayed for the first time as an exhibition. Nana Funo usually does not make any draft version or add corrections. However, when she draws with charcoal, she repeats the act of drawing and erasing, and she says that the motifs seem to possess a trembling movement until the work is complete. Please enjoy the world of illusion filled overbrimmingly with Nana Funo's stories.
Nana Funo was born in 1983 in Shizuoka, Japan. In 2008, she received an M.F.A. in Painting from Kyoto City University of Arts. She currently lives and works in Kyoto. She has held solo exhibitions at Tomio Koyama Gallery three times: "The Fish Glitters as Its Scales Tremble "(Singapore, 2014), "Vessel That Never Leaks" (Tokyo, 2012) and "Who Knows the Stories" (Kyoto, 2009). As for group exhibitions, a selection includes "The Way of Painting" (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2014) and "VOCA 2009 - The Vision of Contemporary Art" (The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, 2009). Her work is included in the Japigozzi Collection, Takahashi Collection, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, MONTBLANC and GBU Japan.
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Habib Beye, (ur. 19 października 1977 w Suresnes we Francji) – senegalski piłkarz występujący najczęściej na pozycji prawego obrońcy.

Wychowanek Paris Saint-Germain, w którym jednak ani razu nie zagrał w pierwszym zespole. W latach 1998-2003 zawodnik RC Strasbourg w barwach którego wystąpił 134 razy i strzelił 8 bramek. Jako gracz tego klubu w 2001 roku zdobył Puchar Francji. Od lata 2003 do sierpnia 2007 był kapitanem Olympique Marsylia z którym w 2004 roku grał w finale Pucharu UEFA. Latem 2007 za 2 miliony funtów przeszedł do Newcastle United. Od sierpnia 2009 roku gra w Aston Villi. W nowym klubie zadebiutował 15 sierpnia w ligowym meczu z Wigan Athletic.

Razem z reprezentacją Senegalu w 2002 roku Beye wystąpił na Mistrzostwach Świata w Korei i Japonii, na których dotarł z drużyną do ćwierćfinału.

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Video Game Review: Arkham Knight!
I've finally done it. I've beaten Arkham Knight.
Comic Reviews: The Punisher and Aquaman!
I'll be honest; I didn't think there was going to be much to get me excited at this year's San Diego Comic Con. With the exception of the WB panel, there didn't seem to be a lot of hype going out pre-show. Marvel Studios wasn't going, Disney wasn't going to premiere a new Force Awakens trailer, and many of the comics publishers had announced their big publishing movements BEFORE the event even kicked off. It just seemed like SDCC 2015 was going to be a big bore.
Comic Reviews: Hawkeye and Justice League!
Comic Reviews: Lando and Star Trek/Green Lantern!
Comic Reviews: We Stand On Guard and Green Arrow!


The camp experience has evolved and offers a wider range of activities to a wider range of kids than ever before. Special Needs Camps provide kids with unique challenges the same kinds of experiences that have made summer camp a rewarding experience and a lifetime memory.
Camp Casey is a 501c3 nonprofit horseback riding program for children with cancer headquartered in Michigan. Through generous donations and amazing volunteers, Camp Casey has spread the healing power of horses for over eight years.


The players below represent ALL players who played at least 1 game for the 2003 Mobile BayBears.
34 Jon Benick 1B 6-1 215 B-R 1979-09-26 23 Wilkes-Barre,Pennsylvania AA 1998-2006 - Greater Nanticoke Area (Nanticoke,PA) Virginia, Auburn U.
14 Jason Clements OF 5-11 170 B-R 1978-03-01 25 San Antonio,Texas AAA 1999-2005 - Temecula Valley (Temecula,CA) Oral Roberts U.
3 J.J. Furmaniak SS 6-0 190 R-R 1979-07-31 23 Bolingbrook,Illinois MLB 1998-2011 2005-2007 Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook,IL) Lewis U.
6 Jake Gautreau 2B 6-0 185 L-R 1979-11-14 23 Mcallen,Texas AAA 1999-2008 - McAllen (McAllen,TX) Tulane U.
15 Khalil Greene SS 5-11 210 R-R 1979-10-21 23 Butler,Pennsylvania MLB 1999-2009 2003-2009 Key West (Key West,FL) Clemson U.
24 Joe Hastings 1B 6-3 205 L-R 1978-06-25 25 Hickory,North Carolina AA 1981-2004 - � East Carolina U.
- Johnny Hunter P 6-1 190 R-R 1975-06-14 28 Sherman,Texas AAA 1996-2003 - James Martin (Arlington,TX) Texas A&M U.
1 J.J. Trujillo P 6-0 180 R-R 1975-10-09 27 Corpus Christi,Texas MLB 1999-2010 2002-2002 W.B. Ray (Corpus Christi,TX) Dallas Baptist U.
29 Steve Watkins P 6-4 190 R-R 1978-07-19 24 Lubbock,Texas MLB 1998-2007 2004-2004 Lubbock Christian (Lubbock,TX) Lubbock Christian U.


Interview with 8th-grader AREEN NASHEF, by Yale University intern ZOE LIBERMAN.
It Is an Experiment, But It is Working.
At the Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem, Arab and Jewish students are taught together and learn about one another's language, culture and traditions. The students understand how important it is for places like their school, which allow the two communities to interact and build relationships, to exist.
One Arab student, 8th-grader Areen Nashef, articulates her experience and how it has affected her particularly clearly. "In my school I get to see both sides," she says. "I feel that we (Arabs and Jews) are equal and on the same level. While in school we feel equal, we cannot feel real justice outside of the school — there we are not equal."
She explains that in Jerusalem, women who mark themselves publicly as Muslim by wearing head scarves are made to wait at certain gates and places, while Jewish women can just walk through.
"People see us as Arabs and not as individuals," she says. "I hope eventually that people can learn to get past that."
Areen has seen discrimination all her life; attending a Hand in Hand school gives her a sense of control. "I decided to go to this school because I want to be equal," she says. "I need to believe that we are equal, that they (Jews) are not better. It is easier to do that in this school than in other places in Israel. Being in this school has taught me that I can be whoever I want to be and not be judged. Not all Jews are bad, just as not all Arabs are bad."
As a result of her integrated education, she says, she understand things that many people her age do not.
"My friends are not just Arab," she says. "Some are Jewish, too. I am sure that many Arab girls have a lot in common with Jewish girls, but they do not know it because they will not take the time to find out."
She particularly notices the barriers that exist between Jews and Arabs when she sees her friends from the north of Israel. "They think I am doing something wrong by going to this school," she says. "They do not see what I see. They believe that all Jews want to kill them. But here in school we see everything differently."
"However, the school in some ways is not a bubble," she adds. "We see what happens daily and are affected by it. We talk in school about everything that happens, such as the war in Gaza. Talking about these things in groups with people from both cultures allows us to see each side and handle it better than other people."


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Cook Islands Crimes Bill deferred once again, delaying debate on same-sex rights
by Island Times November 26, 2020 November 26, 2020
RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS NEWS)—Cook Islands Parliament is expected to once again delay debate of the controversial Crimes Bill that effectively decriminalises homosexuality in the Cook Islands.
Members of Parliament are scheduled to meet this Friday for a one-day sitting of the House, during which it is expected a progress report will be submitted by a select committee that has held a series of consultations with the public on the bill.
The 2018 draft of the Crimes Bill does not include controversial sections in the existing legislation, which labels "indecency between males" as a crime.
However, an interim report prepared by the committee says out of 168 written and oral submissions received by the committee during the public consultation process, the "majority" wanted the controversial provisions reinstated or included in the new bill.
The report says the Cook Islands Crown Law office has advised inclusion of the provisions, specifically sections 154, 155, and 159 of the Crimes Act 1969, may contravene the Constitution.
The report notes that Crown Law was tasked with amending the 1969 Crimes Act in September "to ease the concern raised by the public" over exclusion of the controversial provisions.
Pukapuka MP Tingika Elikana, who chairs the select committee said that process is still continuing.
"In terms of the Crimes Bill, we are seeking further adjournment because we are waiting at the moment for assistance from Crown Law," Elikana said.
Further adjournment of the bill is expected to raise the ire of a number of groups and individuals that have been lobbying for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community.
Local rights group Te Tiare Association has waged a multi-year fight to see the removal of the provisions in the 1969 law, which list punishment for "indecent acts" between two males of up to five years in prison.
Association president Valery Wichman said: "We implore and challenge that the Crimes Bill select committee will make the right decision and be on the right side of history and submit their recommendations at the next Parliamentary sitting as it has been deferred over and over again which has caused angst within our community."
"We would like to see the removal of the discriminatory provisions which criminalise consenting same-sex relations for a more equal Cook Islands."
The select committee report doesn't provide details on the groups or individuals that provided 166 written submissions. A footnote in the report says the written submissions are available from Parliament.
During the upcoming sitting, acting Clerk Jeannine Daniel said Parliament is also expected to receive progress reports by the Agriculture Bill and the To Tatou Vai Authority Bill select committees.
It is also expected that Parliamentarians will delay debate on those pieces of prospective legislation as well.
Seventeen reports and two amendment bills related to Covid-19 are also expected to be tabled during the brief sitting, Daniel said.
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The Argentine Agency for Investment and International Trade (AAICI - www.inversionycomercio.org.ar) has launched "Where in Argentina", a tool with key information for investors interested in developing their projects in the country.
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Home Music Top Tickets: White Denim, the Melvins, Hall & Oates, and More Play...
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Top Tickets: White Denim, the Melvins, Hall & Oates, and More Play Gigs in L.A. This Week
Here are the must-see shows of the week
In 2013, Southern rockers White Denim released their sixth studio album, Corsicana Lemonade, to much critical acclaim and airplay. The Austin quartet have been touring extensively since its release and this marks the closing night of their North American tour. The band has earned a reputation as one of the best to see live for their ability to freshen up studio versions of their songs, turning them into energetic spurts that take the listener somewhere unexpected. Fonda Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Tix: $20
The Melvins started out in 1983, a decade before the music they make would be labeled grunge. Indeed, they lit the fire on the sound that saw the commercial success of bands coming up from the Pacific Northwest, like Nirvana and Soundgarden. Buzz Osborne, the remaining founding member of the band, is credited for introducing his childhood friend Kurt Cobain to Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, his Nirvana band mates. Despite the fads in music that have come and gone, the Melvins has stayed true to its brand of rock; last week the band released its 21st studio album, Hold It In. The Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. Tix: $20
A former touring member of the Slits, island pop musician Hollie Cook is coming into her own and doing her parents proud (her father is Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, and her mother, Jeni, was a back up singer for the '80s band Culture Club). Cook's lyrics focus on life's joy and pain; her band keeps the melodies lush and fluid. Comparisons to Lily Allen have been made, but Cook's records have something extra—they make you daydream about being on the beach. The Echo, 1822 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park. Tix: $12
Eight years after rock star (and sometime prisoner) Arthur Lee, the eccentric lead singer of the '60s psych band Love, passed away, the group that backed him comes together to perform the live album Forever Changes in its entirety. El Cid, 4212 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Tix: $25
Hall & Oates have sold more than 80 millions records and released 21 studio album, so it wasn't surprising when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. Aside from this tour, both Darryl Hall and John Oates have stayed busy outside the studio and unable to work on new material; expect a set list full of favorites from the duo's vast catalogue of hits. Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz. Tix: $55-$128
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The Guardian wrote that Goat Girl is "rebuilding London's indie scene." That's a lot to lay on a young band (each member just recently turned 20), but they definitely seem up to the challenge.
For the past 18 months, the four-piece has been on the road supporting well-known acts like Parquet Courts and The Fall — all the while refining their ferocious rock sound, a window to how it feels being a young person in today's rapidly-changing London.
Our Song of the Day — "Crow Cries" — is one-half of Goat Girl's recently-released double A-side ("Mighty Despair" is the other). Listen below. Purchase via Rough Trade Records.


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New B-Series compactors roll with the punches
3/1/2015 By Press information
The new SD75B, SD115B and SD135B soil compactors from Volvo Construction Equipment are packed with advanced technology that adapts to the application and jobsite, however arduous, providing maximum versatility and performance.
Introducing the new Stage IV-compliant soil compactors from Volvo Construction Equipment. These versatile and intelligent machines help the operator to achieve as high a level of performance and efficiency as possible, whatever the demands of the job. Volvo's advanced drum control system, for example, allows the operator – via an easy-to-use console – to adjust the frequency and amplitude, compensating for changing soil types and conditions. Two frequency settings come as standard but five can be included as an option. High or low amplitude can be selected to adjust the drum's dynamic force based on the job and material depth. Meanwhile, the optimized centrifugal force and auto-vibration feature also improve performance, ease of operation and productivity.
The traction system provides excellent climbing and traction capabilities in difficult applications, such as steep inclines or slippery surfaces, preventing wheel or drum spin for excellent gradeability, performance and productivity.
The B-Series compactors can be set up in three different configurations and are available with a smooth or padfoot drum. The compactor can also be quickly and easily converted from a smooth drum by clamping on a padfoot shell – further improving versatility.
Exceptionally efficient
The premium Stage IV-compliant Volvo engine delivers high torque at low rpm for lower emissions and decreased fuel consumption without compromising on power. ECO mode now comes as standard on the SD75B, SD115B and SD135B models and can achieve up to a 40% reduction in fuel consumption by matching engine speed to operation mode. Furthermore, the new eccentric design provides quicker ramp-up speeds at lower pressure also for increased fuel efficiency.
The passive regeneration automatically cleans the filters during normal operation without any input from the operator or negatively impacting on performance. Meanwhile the hydraulically-driven fan with variable speed draws power only when needed. Lower fan speeds reduce noise, resulting in greater operator comfort and a lower total cost of ownership.
The B-Series compactors also help to promote high operator efficiency and productivity thanks to the industry-leading cab with excellent visibility, grouped ergonomic controls and a comfortable environment. The ROPS/FOPS certified cab has floor to ceiling glass for a commanding view of the jobsite with clear sightlines down to the forward drum, while the fully adjustable seat rotates and slides to further enhance visibility and comfort. The new high-tech colour operator display, showing operational information and key diagnostics, is easily visible at all times even in bright sunlight.
Robust and reliable
The new Volvo SD75B, SD115B and SD135B are also some of the most robust and durable soil compactors on the market, providing superb uptime and a long service life. The B-Series models feature only the highest quality components, clever routing and a clean design. The heavy-duty drum, centre joint and front frame components are engineered and manufactured for longevity and performance. The frames are welded and built from high quality steel with precise and consistent welds guaranteeing a strong structure. All components and electronics have been moved into the cab and mounted on the rear wall to protect them from the elements.
A tilting cab is standard on the B-Series models to provide easy service access to all hydraulic components. The engine hood lifts electrically for extensive ground level access to the engine compartment. Maintenance and inspections can be conducted more efficiently with minimal downtime – increasing overall productivity and reliability.
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Model SD75B SD115B SD135B
Drum Smooth Padfoot Smooth Padfoot Smooth Padfoot
Engine power kW/hp 55.4/75 55.4/75 110/150 110/150 110/150 110/150
Operating weight w/ cabin (CECE)kg 7 091 7 351 11 743 11 900 12 828 13 000
Drum width mm 1 676 1 676 2 134 2 134 2 134 2 134
Vibration frequency Hz
- low/high 30.8/33.8 30.8/33.8 30.8/33.8 27.5/33.8 30.8/33.8 30.8/33.8
Centrifugal force kN
- low/high 96/132 96/105 208/258 208/258 208/258 208/258
The SD75B, SD115B, SD135B soil compactors are available in EMEA regulated markets.


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Q: Need help making a delay in a javafx application I am making a javafx application that simulates a robot vacuum.
I want it to be automated so it would vacuum the environment by itself.
I need to insert a delay so a human can see the steps the vacuum is taking as it traverses the environment.
So far all the delay methods I have tested crash my program if they are inside a while loop.
If I put it outside the while and just click a button for the next step, everything works fine.
It also works fine if I set the delay to really short time, like 1 ms.
Any ideas of why this is happening?

A: Any application that executes a set of instructions for a while (is busy) and cannot respond to user input or system events is "seen" by Windows as "not responding" and when you try to interact with a "not responding" program, Windows will tell you it crashed.
The problem, you see, is that you try to delay interface updates with a while loop, and that makes your program execute something for a while and while is busy executing your loop it cannot respond to system or user events.
If you want to make delayed updates, use multithreading. Your while loop is blocking the main thread which is also responsible for rendering and taking any input, so you cannot block this thread. Create another thread and share state (eg. use observer pattern). And then you can execute TimeUnit's sleep() in this helper thread and it won't make your app "crash".


Joao "John" Machado Gomes, 79, of East Falmouth, died peacefully at home on January 12, 2019. He passed in the comfort of his own bedroom surrounded by his beloved family.
John is survived by his best friend and wife, Maria Alvarena, and their four children: John Gomes II, Delio Gomes, Paula Hayden and Mary Jo Geggatt; his grandchildren: John Gomes III, Justin Gomes, Jordan Gomes, Connor Hayden, Keely Geggatt, Lukas Hayden, Jason Geggatt Jr.; and his great grandchild, Kaleb Gomes.
John was born on March 3, 1939 to Jose and Rosa Gomes in the village of Lajes on Terceira Island, Azores (Portugal). He was the youngest of 10 children. He grew up working on the family farm at a young age where he learned the value of hard work and family commitment. He married the love of his life, Maria Alvarena, on September 22, 1962 and shortly thereafter began growing their beautiful family with the birth of their first child in 1965. After leaving the family farm, John began working as a cook at the dining facility on the US Air Force Base at Lajes Field. It was a job he was proud of and enjoyed. It was there that he learned the very basics of the English language and American culture. He was held in very high regard by his colleagues and friends due to his tremendous work ethic and the caring nature of his personality and warm smile. He always took the time to remind his family of the importance of hard work, integrity, and pride in your family name; never forgetting where you came from.
Wanting a more promising future and better opportunity for his children and future grandchildren, John made the decision to move his young family to the United States in 1974. He began his first job performing light maintenance work on cars and pumping gas at Jesse Torres Auto Shop in East Falmouth. After a few years, he began working as a machine operator at Augat, Inc. in Mashpee and would remain an employee for over 20 years. He then returned to food service as a cook at Atria Woodbriar Assisted Living in Falmouth, and worked there until his retirement in 2004. Preparing delicious food for others to enjoy was something he truly enjoyed doing. Whether it was on the job or at home with his grandchildren, he loved to cook and be in the kitchen.
He took care to ensure a central part of his and his family's life was the Catholic faith and he took great pride in being a parishioner at St. Anthony's Church in East Falmouth for over 40 years. He was an active member and volunteer of the Azorean Holy Ghost Society of East Falmouth, where he could be found cooking the food he loves with lifelong friends and celebrating Portuguese culture with the community.
His favorite pastime was spending time in the yard tending his gardens and lawn. People driving by in cars would stop just to tell him how gorgeous his yard looked and compliment his perfectly-trimmed hedges, well-manicured lawn, and bountiful grape vines. His garden was always filled with beautiful hydrangeas, colorful flowers and vegetables; a pastime that reminded him of his days in the old country doing the same and providing for his family. More than anything else though, his greatest joy of all was being with his family that he loved and cherished so very much.
Visiting hours will be held from 4-7, on Wednesday, January 16th at Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 475 Main Street, Falmouth. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10am on Thursday, January 17th at St. Patrick Church, 511 Main Street, Falmouth. Burial will follow at St. Anthony's Cemetery in East Falmouth.


Welcome to our live blog as League Two leaders Lincoln City take on Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park.
The Imps returned to top spot on Saturday despite being pegged back by Mansfield Town in added time as MK Dons suffered a surprise 3-2 defeat at Stevenage.
With cup matches against Carlisle United and Accrington Stanley to follow, it is a big night for Danny Cowley's side, who do not return to league action until the trip to Stevenage on December 8.
The Imps will be backed by around 500 supporters, who are expected to make the trip to Greater Manchester.
Oldham have had an inconsistent season since relegation from League One last season, but manager Frankie Bunn has been encouraged by his side's recent displays.
Follow the build-up, the match and the reaction in the feed below.
Macclesfield's appointment of Sol Campbell as boss appeared to inspire his new players to a 1-0 League Two win at Exeter.
But Harry Smith's second-half goal earned a second consecutive 1-0 win after Saturday's defeat of Yeovil.
Lincoln City were forced to settle for a point against ten-man Oldham Athletic on an eventful night at Boundary Park.
Home striker Ismael Miller was shown a straight red card just before half-time for an appalling challenge on Imps keeper Josh Vickers.
But it was the Latics who opened the scoring early in the second half with a spectacular strike from Mohamed Maouche.
The Imps weren't behind for long though as Michael O'Connor made it 1-1 with his third goal of the season.
However, despite creating plenty of chances, City couldn't breach the home defence again and had to settle for a draw.


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Winter is wrapping up and the excitement of the coming spring is upon us. This is the hard time of year as you don't want to jump the gun and plant to soon but the itch is on. So what to do, Valentine's Day is a good marker for the end of our frost season, which does not mean it can't happen - pay attention as this March is predicted to be cooler than normal. This is the time of year to prune crape myrtles and roses, add organic matter to your garden beds, turn and/or prep your vegetable beds, get your early seed starts going, and plant fruit trees, trees, roses, summer bulbs, etc.. In the vegetable garden – now is the time to plant potatoes, carrots, cold weather root crops, peas and beans. And it is time to walk around the yard, think about what you want to see when spring and summer kick in and plant accordingly.
1) realizing the ultimate size of the plants – as the plants will grow up, it is important to pay attention to what experts predict the final plant size will be and then allow room for the house, structure, sidewalks, driveway etc. prior to putting in the plant.
2) There are several reasons to make this determination. One is that the plant needs room and the house needs good air circulation. It is typically never a good idea to plant right up against your home and almost always better to set your beds away from the house to allow airflow and access for house and plant maintenance – you and the plants will be happier. An additional consideration is the drip line, or more likely the water dump line given our recent onslaught of deluges – plants set right in the path of a gush of roof water will suffer and look a whole lot worse for the wear – offsetting these just a bit will make you and the plants happier. Keeping this in mind as you plant about your house will make your garden look better and, most importantly, this initial work reduces the pruning and maintenance efforts later on.
3) There are several reasons to consider the ultimate height of a tree – will it hit the roofline? Or the power line, such that the "Tree Experts" will come and massacre the beautiful tree to make way for power. Setting it a few feet off the line will make the view, the tree and you a whole lot happier. Under the power lines, crepe myrtles and large shrubs are ideal as they provide both an offset from the road, a softening of the power line and a nice hedge to look at.
4) Planting trees and shrubs and bushes does not need to be complicated if you remember a couple of simple tidbits. A) dig a wide hole approximately double the pot size but only a little deeper then the root ball. When you are finished planting the plant should sit at the same soil line it had in the pot, too deep and the plants roots can suffocate, too high and their roots dry out, so again just set the plant so it is level with the where it sat in the pot and the plant will thrive. In the 4th Ward the soil is often sandy, which allows the water to run out too quickly at times and sand holds little, if any, nutrients. By adding lots of good composted soil to a large diameter hole, the plant can have a ready supply of nutrients and water – suggested composts that are awesome for this include mushroom compost, cow manure and well aged pine bark, which are all readily available in the local, family owned nurseries. As with all things, there are some exceptions when it comes to planting depth and like every rule of thumb it is a pleasant practice to inquire with a knowledgeable gardener, a good nursery, or time tried methods – all of these will assist you with intelligent and informed advice.
5) Once the tree or shrub or bush is in the ground, it is vitally important to remove the air pockets, so do diligence in this requires that you gently pack the dirt back into the hole, stick your hand in fingers deep to make sure there is dirt all the way around the plant – the goal is to eliminate all air pockets and ensure that the plants roots are in contact with dirt, the transport mechanism for nutrients and water. After the hole is filled, it is good to gently pat it with your hands or if this is a honking big tree, to press with your feet, probe with a stick or pole and remove all the air pockets that are noticeable. You and your plants will be happier. Once done, a good soaking with water will allow your newly planted plant to settle in, grow and provide you with many years of happiness.
6)Finally, as plants are living things, just remember, if you meet their basic requirements , they will be happy, your yard will be amazingly beautiful and you will be happy too. Happy planting!


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ABC News 24 Political Editor Lyndal Curtis discusses multiculturalism and migration with Cabinet Minister Chris Bowen and Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos. This Capital Hill was first broadcast in November 2012.
ABC News 24 Political Editor Lyndal Curtis discusses political communication with Cabinet Minister Chris Bowen and Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos. This Capital Hill was first broadcast in July 2012.


Tiger's Eye comes in red and gold, the blue version is called Hawk's Eye.
Tiger's Eye attracts good luck, stimulates wealth and the ability to keep it.
It protects from negativity, witchcraft, and evil. Brings stability, calmness, and clarity.
It helps to eliminate the "blues" to bring brightness and optimism. It allows one's life to open and blossom. Reduces stubbornness. Enhances your psychic abilities, perception, awareness of your needs and those of others.
Tiger's Eye balances 'Yin Yang'. Good for strengthening bones, asthma, brain, throat, eyes and sexual organs.


COVENTRY and Warwickshire manufacturers are being urged to attend an event which will outline a new £125million cashpot for the region's supply chain.
Firms will be given an in-depth opportunity to find out how they can benefit from the government's Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative this week.
Up to 500 companies are expected to attend the special briefing event at the ICC in Birmingham on Friday, which will detail how firms and related organisations can take advantage of the new £125million fund.
Delegates will hear how the national programme aims to support existing supply chains to grow and become world class, whilst also encouraging new suppliers to establish operations in England.
AMSCI will provide grants and loans to successful projects creating globally competitive supply chains in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, chemicals, low carbon and renewables.
Funding will support a combination of investment in capital equipment, associated R&D activity and training and skills development needed to secure, develop and deliver major opportunities.
Paul Heaven, board member at Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP, will open the event: He said: "This briefing will give Coventry and Warwickshire manufacturers a detailed insight into the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative.
The £125million Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative is being funded by the Regional Growth Fund and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.


Go ahead and make your skin glow, you deserve to look and feel fabulous.
Find out the most important ways to take care of your skin!
To treat oily skin, we need to remove the excess oil from our skin by medicated cleansers. Make it just twice or thrice a day and not more than four. Never wash your face more than three times a day, by doing it may irritate your skin and increase the dryness which could make your skin worse than before.
Dryness is a sign of dehydration and lack of skin repairing vitamins, Maintain skin's natural moisture level with cream based cleansers or medicated moisturisers which could keep your skin healthy and clear.
Heavy cleansing creams can be a problem for your skin in any weather, so it is best to use warm water while you wash your face as it dissolves oil in your skin better than cold water. So always use warm water while washing your face or body.
Sand damp skin leads to infections. And also ends up with rashes and different painful skin conditions. Dirty water causes severe infections of toes and other parts of the body. These conditions are too dangerous for diabetic patients. So it is always good to have a clean and dry skin.
For some people, skin gets wet and dry constantly because of the humidity. Wash your face thoroughly with medicated soaps or face wash for 5 to 7 minutes. And also if your face gets wet, just dab it with a tissue or apply moisturiser.
To avoid problems such as change in skin colour, dullness, texture, rashes and patchy skin my advice would be, to drink more water to overcome skin problems. Use anti-bacterial soaps, medicated face wash or cleansers to keep your skin healthy.


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3: Information Systems Beyond the Organization
Information Systems for Business and Beyond (Bourgeois) (2019 Edition)
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13: Trends in Information Systems
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Computer Applications and Information Technology
David T. Bourgeois, James L. Smith, Shouhong Wang & Joseph Mortati
Biola University via Saylor Foundation
Sidebar: Mary Meeker and Internet Trends
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Study Questions
Upon successful completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
describe current trends in information systems.
know how to think about the impacts of changes in technology on society and culture.
Information systems have evolved at a rapid pace ever since their introduction in the 1950s. Today devices you can hold in one hand are more powerful than the computers used to land a man on the moon in 1969. The Internet has made the entire world accessible to you, allowing you to communicate and collaborate like never before. This chapter examines current trends and looks ahead to what is coming next. As you read about technology trends in this chapter, think how you might gain competitive advantage in a future career through implementation of some of these devices.
The first trend to note is the continuing expansion of globalization. The use of the Internet is growing all over the world, and with it the use of digital devices. Penetration rates, the percent of the population using the Internet, remains high in the developed world, but other continents are gaining.[1]
Internet Users by Continent (Source: Internet World Stats)
In addition to worldwide growth in Internet penetration, the number of mobile phones in use continues to increase. At the end of 2017 the world population of people over the age 10 years (those old enough to possibly have their own mobile phone) was about 5.7 billion with an estimated 4.77 billion mobile phone users. This equates to over 80% of people in the world having a mobile phone. [2]
World wide mobile phone users (Source: Statista)
Social media growth is another trend that continues at a firm growth rate. As of April 2018 there were about 2.18 billion Facebook users, a 14% increase from April 2017.[3]
Facebook users world wide in June 2017 (Source: Internet World Stats)
In 2018, of the 2.2 billion users who regularly use Facebook, only half them spoke English and only 10% were from the US.[4]
Besides Facebook, other social media sites are also seeing tremendous growth. Over 83% of YouTube's users are outside the US, with the UK, India, Germany, Canada, France, South Korea, and Russia leading the way.[5] Pinterest gets over 57% of its users from outside the US, with over 9% residing in India. [6] Twitter now has over 330 million active users. [7] Social media sites not based in the US are also growing. China's WeChat multipurpose messaging and social media app is the fifth most-visited site in the world.[8]
Ever since the advent of Web 2.0 and e-commerce, users of information systems have expected to be able to modify their experiences to meet their personal tastes. From custom backgrounds on computer desktops to unique ringtones on mobile phones, makers of digital devices provide the ability to personalize how we use them. More recently, companies such as Netflix have begun assisting their users with personalizations by viewing suggestions. In the future, we will begin seeing devices perfectly matched to our personal preferences, based upon information collected about us.
Mary Meeker making her Internet Trends presentation
Chapters such as this are difficult to maintain because the future is a moving target. The same goes for businesses looking to figure out where to develop new products and make investments. Enter Mary Meeker, up until 2018 a partner at the notable venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and now forming her own investment group, Bond Capital. For the past several years, Ms. Meeker has presented the "Internet Trends" report at the Code Conference every May. The presentation consists of rapid-fire summaries of data that provides insights into all of the latest trends in digital technologies and their impact on economies, culture, and investing. For those wanting to keep up with technology, there is no better way than to unpack her annual presentation by watching a video of the presentation and reviewing the associated slide deck.
Here are the last few years of videos of her presentation: 2019 2018 2017
You can view her slide decks from previous years by going to the Bond Capital archive.
Perhaps the most impactful trend in digital technologies in the last decade has been the advent of mobile technologies. Beginning with the simple cellphone in the 1990s and evolving into the smartphones of today, the growth of mobile has been overwhelming. Here are some key indicators of this trend:
Mobile vs. Desktop. Minutes spent each day on a mobile device are 2.5 times the number of minutes spent on a desktop computer.
Daytime vs. Evening. Desktop use dominates in the daytime hours, but mobile devices are dominant in the evening, with peak usage around 8:00 pm.
Device usage. Smartphones are used more than any other technology. Laptops are in second place, followed by tablets holding a slight edge over desktops. [9]
Smartphone sales decline. According to Gartner Group, world wide smartphone sales declined in the fourth quarter of 2017 by 4.7% compared with the fourth quarter of 2016. This is the first decline in global smartphone sales since Gartner began tracking mobile phone sales in 2004. [10]
The rise and fall of tablets. In 2012 the iPad sold more than three times as many units in its first twelve months as the iPhone did in its first twelve months. However, tablet sales dropped 20% from the fourth quarter 2015 to fourth quarter 2016. [11]
The decline in tablet sales continued into 2017 when first quarter sales dropped 8.5% to their lowest total since the third quarter of 2012, the year they were introduced. [12] In comparison, PC sales dropped only 1.7% in 2017 compared with tablet sales being down 10%. [13]
As discussed in chapter 5, the advent of 5G connection technologies will accelerate an "always-connected" state for a majority of people around the world.
The average smartphone user looks at his or her smartphone 150 times a day for functions such as messaging (23 times), phone calls (22), listening to music (13), and social media (9).Many of these functions would be much better served if the technology was worn on, or even physically integrated into, our bodies. This technology is known as a "wearable."
Wearables have been around for a long time, with technologies such as hearing aids and, later, bluetooth earpieces. Now the product lines have expanded to include the Smartwatch, body cameras, sports watch, and various fitness monitors. The following table from the Gartner Group reports both historical and predicted sales.
Wearable Devices Worldwide (millions of units)
Wearable Devices Actual and Forecast (Source: Gartner Group, August 2017)
Notice the strong growth predicted by 2021. Total wearable devices are projected to increase by about 45% from 2018 to 2021.
Waze Screen Shot (Click to enlarge)
As more people use smartphones and wearables, it will be simpler than ever to share data with each other for mutual benefit. Some of this sharing can be done passively, such as reporting your location in order to update traffic statistics. Other data can be reported actively, such as adding your rating of a restaurant to a review site.
The smartphone app Waze is a community-based tool that keeps track of the route you are traveling and how fast you are making your way to your destination. In return for providing your data, you can benefit from the data being sent from all of the other users of the app. Waze directs you around traffic and accidents based upon real-time reports from other users.
Yelp! allows consumers to post ratings and reviews of local businesses into a database, and then it provides that data back to consumers via its website or mobile phone app. By compiling ratings of restaurants, shopping centers, and services, and then allowing consumers to search through its directory, Yelp! has become a huge source of business for many companies. Unlike data collected passively however, Yelp! relies on its users to take the time to provide honest ratings and reviews.
One of the most amazing innovations to be developed recently is the 3-D printer. A 3-D printer allows you to print virtually any 3-D object based on a model of that object designed on a computer. 3-D printers work by creating layer upon layer of the model using malleable materials, such as different types of glass, metals, or even wax.
3-D printing is quite useful for prototyping the designs of products to determine their feasibility and marketability. 3-D printing has also been used to create working prosthetic legs and an ear that can hear beyond the range of normal hearing. The US military now uses 3-D printed parts on aircraft such as the F-18.[14]
Here are more amazing productions from 3D printers.
Buildings. Researchers at MIT in 2017 unveiled a 3D printing robot that can construct a building. It has a large arm and small arm. The large arm moves around the perimeter of the building while the small arm sprays a variety of materials including concrete and insulation. Total time to construct a dome-shaped building is just 14 hours.
Musical Instruments. Flutes, fiddles, and acoustic guitars are being produced with 3D printing using both metal and plastic. You can click here for an example of making a violin.
Medical Models. Medical models are being used to help doctors train in the areas of orthopedics, transplant surgery, and oncology. Using a 3D printed brain model similar to the one shown here, surgeons were able to save a patient from a cerebral aneurysm.
Clothing. How would you like clothes that fit perfectly? Special software is used to measure a person, then 3D printing produces the clothing to the exact measurements. The result is well-fitting clothes that consume less raw materials. Initially the challenge was to find materials that would not break. You can read more about 3D printing of clothes and shoes.
3-D printing is one of many technologies embraced by the "maker" movement. Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine, puts it this way[16]:
In a nutshell, the term "Maker" refers to a new category of builders who are using open-source methods and the latest technology to bring manufacturing out of its traditional factory context, and into the realm of the personal desktop computer. Until recently, the ability to manufacture was reserved for those who owned factories. What's happened over the last five years is that we've brought the Web's democratizing power to manufacturing. Today, you can manufacture with the push of a button.
The "Internet of Things" (IoT) refers to devices that have been embedded into a variety of objects including appliances, lamps, vehicles, lightbulbs, toys, thermostats, jet engines, etc. and then connecting them via Wi-Fi, BlueTooth, or LTE to the Internet. Principally three factors have come together to give us IoT: inexpensive processors, wireless connectivity, and a new standard for addresses on the Internet known as IPv6. The result is these small, embedded objects (things) are capable of sending and receiving data. Lights can be turned on or off remotely. Thermostats can be reset with anyone being present. And, perhaps on the downside, how you drive your car can be monitored and evaluated by your insurance company.
Processors have become both smaller and cheaper in recent years, leading to their being embedded in more devices. Consider technological advancements in your vehicles. Your car can now collect data about how fast you drive, where you go, radio stations you listen to, and your driving performance such as acceleration and braking. Insurance companies are offering discounts for the right to monitor your driving behavior. On the positive side, imagine the benefit of being informed instantly of anticipated traffic delays each time you adjust your route to work in the morning.
Think of IoT as devices that you wouldn't normally consider being connected to the Internet. And, the connection is independent of human intervention. So a PC is not an IoT, but a fitness band could be. One keyword for IoT would be "independent", not relying directly or constantly on human action.
Another keyword would be "interconnected", in the sense that IoTs are connected to other IoTs and data collection points or data servers. This interconnectedness or uploading of data is virtually automatic.
"Ubiqutous" is also a good descriptor of IoTs. And so is "embeddedness." It is reasonable to expect that devices through IoTs are reporting data about conditions and events that are not foremost in our thinking, at least not on a continuous basis. Today there are IoTs for monitoring traffic, air quality, soil moisture, bridge conditions, consumer electronics, autonomous vehicles, and the list seemingly never stops. The question that might come to mind is "How many IoTs are there today?"
The Gartner Group released a study in January 2017 which attempted to identify where IoTs exist. They reported that over half of all IoTs are installed in devices used by consumers. They also noted that growth in IoTs increased by over 30% from 2016 to the projected levels for 2017.[17]
Benefits from IoTs are virtually everywhere. Here is a quick list.
Optimization of Processes. IoTs in manufacturing monitor a variety of conditions that impact production including temperature, humidity, barometric pressure – all factors which require adjustment in application of manufacturing formulas.
Component Monitoring. IoTs are added to components in the manufacturing process, then monitored to see how each component is performing.
Home Security Systems. IoTs make the challenge of monitoring activity inside and outside your home are now easier.
Smart Thermostats. Remote control of home thermostats through the use of IoTs allows the homeowner to be more efficient in consumption of utilities.
Residential Lighting. IoTs provide remote control of lighting, both interior and exterior, and at any time of day.[18]
Security issues need to be acknowledged and resolved, preferably before IoTs in the form of remote lighting, thermostats, and security systems are installed in a residence. Here are some security concerns that need monitoring.
Eavesdropping. Smart speaker systems in residences have been hacked, allowing others to eavesdrop on conversations within the home.
Internet-connected Smart Watches. These devices are sometimes used to monitor the location of children in the family. Unfortunately, hackers have been able to breakin and again, eavesdrop as well as learn where children are located.
Lax Use by Owners. Devices such as smart thermometers, security systems, etc. come with a default password. Many owners fail to change the password, thereby allowing easy access by a hacker.
Another trend that is emerging is an extension of the Internet of Things: autonomous robots and vehicles. By combining software, sensors, and location technologies, devices that can operate themselves to perform specific functions are being developed. These take the form of creations such as medical nanotechnology robots (nanobots), self-driving cars, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A nanobot is a robot whose components are on the scale of about a nanometer, which is one-billionth of a meter. While still an emerging field, it is showing promise for applications in the medical field. For example, a set of nanobots could be introduced into the human body to combat cancer or a specific disease.
In March of 2012, Google introduced the world to their driverless car by releasing a video on YouTube showing a blind man driving the car around the San Francisco area. The car combines several technologies, including a laser radar system, worth about $150,000. While the car is not available commercially yet, three US states (Nevada, Florida, and California) have already passed legislation making driverless cars legal.
A UAV, often referred to as a "drone," is a small airplane or helicopter that can fly without a pilot. Instead of a pilot, they are either run autonomously by computers in the vehicle or operated by a person using a remote control. While most drones today are used for military or civil applications, there is a growing market for personal drones. For around $300, a consumer can purchase a drone for personal use.
As digital technologies drive relentlessly forward, so does the demand for increased security. One of the most important innovations in security is the use of encryption, which we covered in chapter 6.
As the world of information technology moves forward, we will be constantly challenged by new capabilities and innovations that will both amaze and disgust us. As we learned in chapter 12, many times the new capabilities and powers that come with these new technologies will test us and require a new way of thinking about the world. Businesses and individuals alike need to be aware of these coming changes and prepare for them.
Which countries are the biggest users of the Internet? Social media? Mobile?
Which country had the largest Internet growth (in %) in the last five years?
How will most people connect to the Internet in the future?
What are two different applications of wearable technologies?
What are two different applications of collaborative technologies?
What capabilities do printable technologies have?
How will advances in wireless technologies and sensors make objects "findable"?
What is enhanced situational awareness?
What is a nanobot?
What is a UAV?
If you were going to start a new technology business, which of the emerging trends do you think would be the biggest opportunity? Do some original research to estimate the market size.
What privacy concerns could be raised by collaborative technologies such as Waze?
Do some research about the first handgun printed using a 3-D printer and report on some of the concerns raised.
Write up an example of how IoT might provide a business with a competitive advantage.
How do you think wearable technologies could improve overall healthcare?
What potential problems do you see with a rise in the number of autonomous cars? Do some independent research and write a two-page paper that describes where autonomous cars are legal and what problems may occur.
Seek out the latest presentation by Mary Meeker on "Internet Trends" (if you cannot find it, the video from 2018 is available at Mary Meeker). Write a one-page paper describing what the top three trends are, in your opinion.
Select a business enterprise of interest to you, one that you may pursue following graduation. Select one or more of the technologies listed in this chapter, then write a one or two page paper about how you might use that technology to gain a competitive advantage.
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Ranger, S. (2018, January 19). What is the IoT? Everything You Wanted to Know about The Internet of Things Right Now. ZDNet. ↵
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12: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Information Systems
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The University of Gujrat on Tuesday acquired 100 acres of land at Behbal Wali and Kaka Padda villages on the main Narowal-Shakkargarh Road to establish its sub campus in Narowal.
The possession of the land was taken over by UoG Registrar and Director P&D Dr Tahir Aqil and Deputy Director P&D and focal person Muhammad Faheem Aslam. Director UoG Sub Campus Narowal Sahibzada Faisal Khursheed, Assistant Professor and Coordinator for UOG Sub Campus Narowal Shahzada Zia Ahmad, and DSP Narowal were also present on the occasion. The government of Punjab had provided Rs253.994 million for the acquisition of the land.
The campus will be established under the HEC-approved project 'Strengthening and Expansion of University of Gujrat and Allied Campuses'.
The sub campus will have admin and academic blocks, library, multipurpose hall, hostels for faculty and students, guest house, faculty residences, masjid, boundary wall, roads, etc.
The campus will accommodate 15,000 students, faculty and staff. It will serve the students from all parts of the Punjab, but is likely to be the first choice for students from Narowal, Shakargarh, Zafarwal, Pasrur and Badumalhi being in close proximity.
Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reforms Prof. Ahsan Iqbal will perform groundbreaking after this Eid-ul-Fitar.


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Kenya Army: Somali Villagers Need Food Aid
Dec. 13: Female villagers speak to soldiers from both the Kenyan army and a Kenyan-allied Somali militia, in Ras Kamboni, southern Somalia. (AP)
BUR GARBO, Somalia – Trade stopped months ago when Kenyan soldiers came here in pursuit of al-Qaida-linked militants. Now thousands of unsold bags of charcoal are stacked 15 high, and fishermen are prohibited from going too far from the white sand shore.
That has left Somalis in this small seaside town dependent on handouts from the Kenyan military, which again asked aid agencies to step in during a rare food distribution Wednesday.
The Kenyans clearly realize that the ultimate success of their mission in Somalia depends on improving the lives of residents. But equally clear is that they did not plan on having to do it all themselves.
"Unless the humanitarians can help these people now, it might jeopardize our operation," Maj. Solomon Wandege said.
Kenya sent troops into Somalia last October after a string of kidnappings and attacks on Kenyan soil. Yet what was originally touted as a punitive raid has become a long-term military commitment.
Kenyans have worried for years that insecurity in the failed state of Somalia would spill across into northern Kenya. They used the kidnappings as a reason to cross the border and advance into al-Shabab territory alongside a Somali militia the Kenyans had largely trained and recruited.
Rains, or politics, quickly stopped their advance and for now Bur Garbo is as far as they have pushed along the coast.
Residents in this town of mud and stick houses earn a little cash fishing or selling charcoal to Arab traders at around $2 a bag.
Now the Arab dhows have been replaced by Kenyan navy boats and the fishermen are not allowed to go too far from shore. Al-Shabab insurgents are waiting just across a creek, and the Kenyans are wary of boats going too far out. Wandege said they have exchanged fire perhaps 10 times in the two months that he has been in charge of the town.
On Wednesday, the Kenyan soldiers unloaded dozens of bags of rice tea and women came forward with plastic bags to collect some rations. A fighter from the pro-government Somali militia sifted through the bags, picking large clumps of mold out of one and throwing it on the ground.
"Before (food) came from Kismayo, but now there is no boats," explained town elder Abdullahi Omar Bulgas, as his associates nodded their henna-red beards around him. "It was worse, but now it is more worse."
Many Kenyan soldiers expressed their frustration that international aid agencies were not quicker to move into areas declared to be safe. The need is immediate and overwhelming, and the Kenyan military is not equipped to cope.
However, the head of the the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia said it's not their job to go in after military operations.
"We're not in the business of winning hearts and minds," Kiki Gbeho said. "We assess and the most vulnerable is who we target. Sometimes we have to make hard choices but that's the job."
When a Kenyan army medic began seeing a few patients in a dilapidated house whose crumbling walls were slowly caving in, the area was rapidly swamped with scores of would-be patients.
"I have never seen a doctor in this place," said 27-year-old Sokorey Ahmed as she jiggled a sleeping, sweaty infant against her chest and used the other arm to press against a sore stomach.
"I can never remember seeing one."
She would only have been 7 years old when Somalia's last central government dissolved into bloody clan warfare.
"We don't even have enough malaria medicine to give these people. Sometimes we go to their house secretly to give medicine instead of being here because then they all come," said Wandege as he looked over the robe-clad women and children lilted up patiently in the sun.
"It is a real headache for us. Let's move from here. They are going to think we can help them."