We are approaching a wonderful time as we prepare for 40 Days. There is excitement and expectancy in the air as we seek God more than ever. Prepare for this time by praying for openness to all God wants to show us and for who you can invite to the services.
The greatest joy in life is found as you come into the presence of God. Lean into Him as we discuss how we can live in His presence.
1. Read James 4:8. What does it mean to you to draw near to God? How does this look in our daily lives?
2. Have you thought about the difference of God's omnipresence (He is everywhere at all times, always in His fullness) and His manifest presence (God displaying His glory in real and tangible ways, allowing us to have an experiential encounter)? Discuss your understanding of the difference.
3. Read Psalm 27:1-10. We don't obey God to win His approval. We obey because He has already accepted us and longs for us to abide in His presence. Have you had difficulty feeling that God approves of you? How do these verses speak to your heart about this?
4. Read Psalm 27:11-14. Share a time when you witnessed the goodness of the Lord in your own life.
5. Waiting is so hard sometimes (well, most of the time!). How do these verses encourage you when the waiting seems to be unending?
6. Read Psalm 42:1 and 105:4. What are some ways we can pursue God fiercely on a daily basis?
7. Read Acts 3:19–20. How would our lives change if we were to embrace obedience rather than run from it? Share a time when you were obedient—even though you didn't feel like it—and what was the outcome.
8. Read Psalm 95:1-2 and 100:2. What would it look like to worship the Lord passionately? Do you sometimes find yourself just going through the motions during worship? How do these verses encourage us to refocus on the whole purpose of worship?
9. Take some time as a group and pray for 40 Days and who God would have you invite. Pray daily for the many whose lives are going to be changed and for God to manifest His presence and glory in our midst.


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The Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem is known for its strict adherence to Jewish law, since its establishment 100 years ago. But this week, a storm erupted among the Orthodox after the hospital allowed an operation to remove organs for donation on a brain dead patient at the hospital.
Haredi newspaper Yated Neeman reported that the surgery was carried out on a man being treated in the hospital who was declared brain dead Tuesday. The haredi sector was infuriated by the deed because it is forbidden by halachic rule (Jewish law) and violated agreements with Orthodox rabbis against carrying out such operations in the observant hospital. Brain death occurs when brainstem activity stops, which is responsible for blood flow, heart beat and breathing. Brain death is irreversible.
The hospital's rabbinical committee forbids the removal of organs from patients that are still alive according to Jewish law, and in the past ruled that if the family requests the organs be donated, the surgery must take place in a different hospital. Hospital officials responded that doctors went through with the operation at the hospital in compliance with a special request by the patient's family, and the organs saved the lives of two other patients.
The Shaare Zedek Medical Center has operated in accordance with Jewish law for decades, and until recently was subordinate to the authority of Rabbi Moshe Halberstam, who died about a month and a half ago. Rabbi Halberstam served as chairman of the Hatzolah Israel organization and as the halachic authority for the hospital. All questions regarding Jewish law that arose there were posed to him, and he decided the hospital's conduct.
A storm broke out when the incident leaked to the Orthodox community, who specifically choose to be treated there above other hospitals because of its reputation of being observant. The article further claimed that family members said they only agreed to donate the organs only after they were pressured by doctors.
"Last week as well," the sources added, "a similar incident occurred, but since the patient was not Jewish it passed silently." The Orthodox plan to hold a prayer rally and protest Sunday against the hospital's conduct. Details of the affair even reached Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv, spiritual leader of the Lithuanian sector, and he has already begun consulting with medical officials on the matter.
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The final day of the Games, and Greenwich Council made its own grab for glory by unveiling a statue of Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, in Woolwich's Royal Arsenal. Not a giant swoosh from the sportswear giant, but a gift from the city of Olympia, where the ancient Games began, to the people of London in recognition of our successful hosting of the modern Games.
It's a strange choice of location – overlooking Dial Square, birthplace of Arsenal FC, but nowhere near any Olympic and Paralympic venues. As the crow flies, it's midway between ExCeL and the Royal Artillery Barracks, about a mile and a bit away from each one.
It's an odd choice to tuck the statue away on the Royal Arsenal site – a favour for the council's friends at Berkeley Homes, perhaps?
Berkeley is the council's partner in the Kidbrooke Village redevelopment, while council leader Chris Roberts owns a Berkeley-built property in a gated-off section of the Royal Arsenal.
In fact, the statue's not even meant to be there in the first place. It was designed to sit on the meridian line, but somehow has ended up in Woolwich.
It's fair to say the Royal Arsenal isn't visited by millions of visitors every year. The Berkeley Homes development is supposed to be a temporary home, but so far no permanent home has been identified, despite the meridian line passing through both Greenwich Park and the North Greenwich/ O2 Arena.
Indeed, if the council had decided to place the statue in Woolwich, why not stick it in General Gordon Square, which has been transformed by the Games' good vibe and is looking like a success story it has every right to shout about?
But on Planet "Royal" Greenwich, only what gets picked up by a lazy media matters, the reality isn't really of any consequence.
So a city in a hard-pressed country, whose people have been told they must work a six-day week because of their politicians' failings, donates an expensive statue to the people of London, on the understanding it'll be seen by "millions of visitors". Instead, it gets hidden away on a housing development being built by a private firm which is close to the council, instead of being shown off to "millions of visitors" in somewhere that actually gets visited.
But it'll still get reported as a triumph by a media either controlled by the council itself, or too lazy to do anything difficult like ask questions.
Still, shall we retire for some bubbly?
11.40pm Monday update: Actually, both greenwich.co.uk and the News Shopper both emphasised that this might not be a permanent location.
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So true. It's there for two reasons. The one you mentioned and the fact that the Council always goes ahead with these plans without consulting stakeholders. As it probably doesnt own any land on the meridian they have gone for Plan B. Miight as well change name of Borough to Royal Borough of Berkeley Homes. Brown envelope anyone?
Gosh! That letter reminded me that its only months to go before the opening the London Cruise Terminal…..
A pity about Berkeley Homes getting in on the act because the current site is actually a pretty good permanent location for the statue – near the entrance to the historic Royal Arsenal and en route to Firepower and the Borough Museum. The sculptor did though seem to be under the impression that it was standing on the Meridian Line.
Not exactly going to be seen by millions of visitors every year is it ?
We love it (RA residents). Would it help if we took lots of photos and put them on Facebook to try and reach the millions?


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Journalists roast reporter who claims Trump-Russia story was 'buried' despite years of non-stop coverage
FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold signs in front of the White House in Washington, DC, July 11, 2017. © Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
A correspondent for the Week was inundated with corrections and criticism after arguing the 'Trump-Russia' story had been "buried," as fellow journalists noted the so-called scandal garnered wall-to-wall coverage for years on end.
In an article published in the Week on Wednesday, national correspondent Ryan Cooper asserted that the Russiagate story – which dominated headlines and TV news networks for three years in a seemingly endless series of hyped up 'bombshell' reports – was simply brushed under the rug. Though a sweeping special counsel probe failed to result in any indictments linked to 'collusion' between the Trump campaign and Moscow, Cooper argued the core Trump-Russia claims were vindicated by a Senate report published in August.
Cooper's article soon made waves, though perhaps not the type the reporter hoped for, as colleagues assailed the story for glaring inaccuracies, starting with the main contention blared from its headline about the supposed 'burying' of Russiagate.
Mincing no words, Intercept reporter Glenn Greenwald shredded Cooper as "one of the media's absolute dumbest and banal liberals," while poking fun at his article's "unintentionally hilarious" headline.
One of the most unintentionally hilarious headlines in months, from one of the media's absolute dumbest and most banal liberals, who unironically seems to think that the problem of the last 3 years was that too *little* attention was paid to Russiagate. Why was this buried??? pic.twitter.com/wuOo5fOuYU
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 16, 2020
One of the funniest headlines ever. So glad we have brave truth-tellers like Ryan Cooper willing to "unbury" the Trump-Russia story, which otherwise had been shamefully ignored.
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) September 16, 2020
Cooper has since hit back in his own Twitter thread, accusing Greenwald of misrepresenting the argument made in his article, clarifying that it was only the "resolution" of Russiagate that had been ignored.
Despite Cooper's objections, however, within hours of publication, the Week was compelled to append two corrections to his story, one of which was noted by Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi, who was himself the subject of the error. Cooper later admitted to the mistake and apologized.
@ryanlcooper In your article about the Trump-Russia story, you claim I wrote "It's official: Russiagate is this Generation's WMD" in response to the Barr summary. I did not: that article came out on the evening of March 23rd, before the Barr letter: https://t.co/BWEhkU2Tlb
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) September 16, 2020
Thank you. https://t.co/1F2UbWHeIB
A second correction came after several journalists pointed out that Cooper had falsely asserted that Russian 'oligarch' Oleg Deripaska took part in an alleged Kremlin-directed hack on Democratic Party computers in 2016, an allegation that never featured in the Senate report cited in Cooper's story.
The article hilariously complaining that the Trump/Russia storied was buried already has 2 major corrections appended to before the day is done - ones far more significant than the corrections suggest. If you're going to claim this is a huge scandal, at least know the basics: pic.twitter.com/99nIVCeMXG
Update: @TheWeek has corrected @ryanlcooper's (2nd) error. Thx to the editors. I have to note the irony here of Ryan scolding Russiagate skeptics for allegedly "baldly misrepresent[ing]" the details... now having to make two corrections for baldly misrepresenting the details. 😂 pic.twitter.com/PBwR44VBVJ
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) September 16, 2020
While the president of the Democratic National Committee's own cyber security firm, CrowdStrike, admitted under oath in 2017 that his company had seen no concrete evidence of a Russian hack, the claim has remained central to the Russiagate mythos, alongside allegations of a conspiracy with the Trump campaign and a Russian "influence operation" on social media.
In a lengthy thread, journalist Aaron Mate challenged a number of other claims made in Cooper's story, taking the author to task for citing "zero evidence" in his article, instead passing off the Senate report's "suppositions" as fact.
.@ryanlcooper tries to make the claim that "Mueller found no direct connection between Trump and Russia because he was instructed not to look into it." This is a hilarious assertion on its face, but it's also already been contradicted by key members of Mueller's team. pic.twitter.com/AbjmCwY7qQ
The obvious tell that @ryanlcooper knows there isn't any underlying evidence, but wants to drink the Kool-Aid anyway, is his reliance on qualifiers such as "likely." Every supposed damning "detail" is "likely." pic.twitter.com/sfYcM7M7uI
Though the Week has since corrected Cooper's story, similar editor's notes and corrections have not deterred many eager to buy into the broader Trump-Russia narrative. A June report in the New York Times alleging that Moscow paid Taliban fighters "bounties" to kill American troops, for example, refuses to die, even after CENTCOM commander General Frank McKenzie dismissed the story as unverified earlier this week.
Also on rt.com US military reveals it can't corroborate NYT's story on Russian bounties to Taliban - months after vowing to get to bottom of it
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'Didn't know it's virus reservoir': Chinese travel blogger forced to apologize for eating BAT on camera (VIDEO)
Where's Greta when you need her? NASA witnesses dramatic polar ice COLLAPSE on Mars

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One of the biggest music festivals in the world is underway, and our major local stars did not want to miss out on the action.
We're talking about Coachella, of course. Or should that be, 'Beychella'?
SA celebs, including Khuli Chana, Enhle Mbali and Thando Thabethe have taken to California to have some fun in the sun while getting down to the likes of Black Coffee, Kygo, Gold Fish, and of course, Beyoncè.
The festival takes place from 13 to 22 April, attracting thousands of people from all over the world. If you're one of those who couldn't make it, don't worry, We got you covered with Instagram posts straight from California.
For now though, check out six local stars who are living their best lives at Coachella.
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ABBA Live is an album of live recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA, released by Polar Music in 1986.

History
A live album was something that many ABBA fans had demanded for several years. ABBA themselves had toyed with the idea on a couple of occasions, but always decided against it. Finally, four years after the members went their separate ways, a live collection was released after all. The resultant album, ABBA Live, contained recordings from 1977, 1979 and 1981. The tracks were mostly taken from ABBA's concerts at Wembley Arena in London in November 1979, with a few additional songs taken from the tour of Australia in March 1977 and the Dick Cavett Meets ABBA television special, taped in April 1981.

When this LP/CD was released, the band's popularity was at an all-time low and none of the members themselves were involved in the production of the album. Much to the dismay of both music critics and ABBA fans it also had 80's synth drums overdubbed on most tracks, taking away the true live feeling of the performances. Neither did it feature any of the tracks that the band had performed live on their tours but never included on any of their studio albums, such as "I Am an A", "Get on the Carousel", "I'm Still Alive", or the original live versions of the songs from the 1977 mini-musical The Girl with the Golden Hair: "Thank You for the Music", "I Wonder (Departure)" and "I'm a Marionette", all of which had slightly different lyrics and/or musical arrangements to the subsequent studio recordings included on ABBA: The Album. Several tracks had also been heavily edited, in the case of the 1979 live recording of "Does Your Mother Know" by as much as five minutes since it originally was performed on that tour as a medley with "Hole in Your Soul".

ABBA Live was the first ABBA album to be simultaneously released on LP and CD, the CD having three "extra tracks". The album did not perform very well, internationally or domestically, peaking at #49 in Sweden and only staying in the charts for two weeks. It was remastered and rereleased by Polydor/Polar in 1997, but is currently out of print.

Track listing
All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus except where noted.

Charts

References

External links
  Abba Live on The official ABBA site discography
 Abba Live on Allmusic.com

1986 live albums
ABBA live albums
Live albums by Swedish artists
Polar Music albums

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Flying at Hull (Hedon) Aerodrome goes back to before World War I. In 1916 the site was used as a night landing ground by 33 Squadron RFC, but there was little flying activity.
In 1929 The Hull Flying Club was established and Hull Municipal Airport was opened by Prince George on 10 October 1929. KLM operated a service to Amsterdam from May 1934.
Civil flying ceased on the outbreak of World War II, but the aerodrome was rejected by the RAF mainly because it was so close to the oil tanks at Salt End.
Post-war there was little interest in flying at Hedon and a speedway track was opened with the hangar being converted to a grandstand. The venture failed. A last attempt to bring aviation back to Hedon ended disastrously when the aircraft was damaged on landing from a demonstration flight.


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In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, there has been rhetoric about making schools "harder". The idea seems to be that if teachers (or other school employees) are packing heat, the bad guys won't target those schools.
Wayne LaPierre, the rabid cult leader (excuse me, that's not his job title. It's "Executive Vice President") of the NRA said to CPAC "We must immediately harden our schools".
Lots has been written about the fallacy of the logic of arming teachers. (Here's a great viewpoint from a teacher). There are the memes pointing out that President Reagan was surrounded by highly trained men with guns the day he was shot.
There is the fact that mass shootings have happened at heavily armed Army base Fort Hood. There is the fact that mass shootings have happened at movie theaters, night clubs, Las Vegas concerts, and churches. Do we need to make all of those venues "harder" too?
All of this talk about more "good guys with guns" as the solution is really a distraction from the attempt to have bipartisan conversations about meaningful changes we could make to address the public health crisis that is killing our children, making our public streets, public gatherings, places of anxiety, and causing the rest of the world to reconsider vacations to the US because of actual risk.
It's a worldview conversation we need to be having, of course. And rhetoric of "they want to take away our guns and the Second Amendment!!" on one side and "all gun owners have blood on their hands" from the other side, won't get us to a meaningful conversation.
I'd like to propose that instead of "harder schools", we need softer schools.
We need places where children can safely learn to address and process their feelings, so they won't grow up to be angry men who feel entitled to fire guns into public crowds as a solution to their woundedness.
It's sad and tragic. This officer, who by all accounts cared for the students at the school, was put in a position I would not want to be in. And one could argue that an armed police officer running into a hallway full of kids (remember, there had been a fire alarm pulled) was facing a difficult challenge. If he had killed the kid with the gun, it would have been a different kind of tragic. The whole set up is bad when someone has to die.
We need softer schools, places where relationships are transformative and life giving. You know who did put their bodies between the shooter and the students? Teachers and coaches. What was their motive? It wasn't a "small bonus" from the White House. It was because they loved and cared for their students.
I'm not saying we should be teaching about Jesus in public schools (although I can think of a few churches who might oughta consider it, among them the one that is blessing assault rifles). I'm also not saying it's a good thing that teachers are dying to save their students. I want fewer people to die.
We don't just need softer schools, we need a softer culture, one where our leaders don't insult people to build up their own fragile egos.
One where we value the lives of children more than we value wealth and power. And we need to value the voices of the students who are speaking their truth to power right now. There is strength in the vulnerable testimony of these young people. We must attend to them and stand with them as they do what we have not done.
I think Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the namesake of the school, would agree about softer schools. Read here about this 20th century activist.
We need a softer world, one where men (and women, of course, but women are not mass shooters) can navigate the travails of the world without resulting to violence.
One where our children don't have to practice active shooter drills but can be safe to play kickball, learn grammar and arithmetic, join an orchestra or band, create art, study history, etc.
One where mental health care is not stigmatized and is funded and available so people can work through their wounds in healthy ways.
It's easy, when facing the fears of the world, to become "harder". We separate from one another. We put Kevlar backpacks on our children and pretend it can somehow keep them safe in a country that won't do anything about gun violence. We demonize the "other" and talk about walls, literal and figurative, to keep the "other" far away.
The real challenge is to become softer, and to find the strength that is hidden in true and vulnerable connection, in honest dialogue. Human life is inherently vulnerable and there is strength in softness, in still choosing to live in a dangerous world without giving up what connects us, what makes it worthwhile. There is strength in the softness of placing our hearts into the care of others.
Let's hold each other's hearts more carefully.
February 23, 2018 in gun control, gun violence, Margery Stoneman Douglas High School, Reflection, reflection.
Beautifully said and explained. Thanks for remaining strong for us, and hopeful. It's not always easy or intuitive these days.
Wonderful post. Yes, we must start helping people through their anger and hurt and shame, the pain and suffering of feeling not wanted and misunderstood. We have to find ways to help men and boys express their sorrow without being viewed as weak, or we will continue this trend. And, yes, let us get rid of the labels that divide us, such as liberal and conservative, and get back to listening to each other, for no one is right 100 percent of the time.
Your points on whether more guns will make places safer would make thoughtful testimony in opposition to SB 1313. There's a public hearing on Stand Your Ground at 8 a.m. Monday in Senate State Affairs. I'd love to see you there!
Your article speaks volumes, covering so many important aspects of the debate. The picture of Reagan alone is worth a thousand words. Well done, Marci.
I am a person of faith. I am a teacher. I have a son that is a teacher. I teach future teachers. I want schools (and teachers) like this for my grandchildren–for ALL children. I humbly hope that I practice this in my own classroom.Thank you Marci!


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Weekly Preview: Women's Hoops Face Off With Aquinas on Last Regular Season Game
Lawrence Tech (21-9, 13-7 WHAC) 13 13 18 21 4 69
Aquinas (23-7, 16-4 WHAC) 8 25 14 18 15 80
Pts: Nicole Buckingham - 28
Reb: Nicole Buckingham - 8
Ast: Cherilyn Banas - 6
Pts: Hannah Brefeld - 31
Reb: Bri Spica - 11
Aquinas (22-7, 15-4) leads the all-time series against Lawrence Tech (21-8, 13-6), 7-6. This is the second time the sides meet this season. On Wednesday, January 9, LTU fell to the Saints, 53-51, at the Don Ridler Field House. Kaitlyn Smith led the Blue Devil charge with 10 points. Nicole Buckingham contributed with nine points and paced the squad with 12 boards and two assists.
Last week, LTU defeated its three WHAC foes. First, the University of Michigan-Dearborn (24-6, 15-5), 73-68, on Monday, February 11. Then, Cornerstone (Mich.) University (2-28, 1-19), 83-52, on Wednesday, February 13. Finally, the University of Northwestern Ohio (10-20, 6-14), 67-61, on Saturday, February 16.
Through 29 games, Lawrence Tech has shot 41.4 percent from the field, 35.4 percent from beyond the arc, and 75.1 percent from the line. Buckingham has gone 35-for-35 from the charity stripe in the last four games. On the defensive end of the court, LTU leads the nation allowing just 53.1 points per outing.
Buckingham paces the WHAC with an average of 18.7 points per contest and is ranked 10th in the NAIA for total scoring, 542. She also sits fourth in the nation for defensive rebounds per game, 8. Rachel Price leads the Blue Devils, and ranks second in the WHAC, with 45 blocks. Lawrence Tech is seventh in the NAIA for total blocks, 126. Cherilyn Banas paces the team in assists, as she dishes out an average of 3.08 per game.
Aquinas has shot 43.1 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from deep. The Saints average 67.2 points per contest and allow 56.7. Michaela Faber leads the squad with 13.6 points and 7.8 boards per game. Carley Andrews paces the Saints with 84 assists and 67 steals.
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Microsoft releases Windows 10 for PCs build 14986 to the Fast ring - here's what's new
By Rich Woods Senior Editor for North America Neowin @@TheRichWoods · Dec 7, 2016 18:17 EST · Hot! with 19 comments
This week's Fast ring build has arrived, but while many would have thought that it would just be for phones, due to Microsoft pausing PC builds, it turns out that the exact opposite is true. Windows 10 build 14986 is for PCs only.
In fact, this is the first PC build in almost three weeks. Last week's Fast ring build, 14977, was Mobile-only, due to a blocking bug. The week before that was the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, so there were no builds.
As always, this build is from the Development Branch, meaning that it's a preview of the Creators Update, which is slated to arrive in March.
Here's what's new in Windows 10 for PCs build 14986:
Turn off your computer, change volume with voice commands: Being able to control your computer with just your voice is one of the top requests we get with Cortana, so we're excited to say that we've added several new features to Cortana that let you do just that. Now you can shut down your PC just by asking Cortana. You can also restart, lock, or put the system to sleep, and raise and lower your system volume with just your voice. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Cortana loves music: You can now use Cortana to control music playback on more of your favorite music apps (EN-US only). Starting with this build, we've enabled natural language compatibility for iHeartRadio and TuneIn Radio. This will work on both, above the lock screen (PC is locked) as well as below! You can try queries like…
Play Drake on iHeartRadio
Play Christmas music on iHeartRadio
Play NPR Hourly News on TuneIn
Play jazz music on TuneIn
Play 90.3 on iHeartRadioPlay KUOW on TuneIn
While you are listening to music in one of these apps, you can also use your voice to control playback and volume. With radio stations, we often want to know what that catchy tune is that has played a million times, so we added support for "What's Playing". Try saying "Hey Cortana, What song is Playing?" and it will work for all apps playing music. As a bonus, we made Cortana smarter by remembering the last played music app so you don't have to say "on Groove" over and over. All you need to do is say your desired app one time, something like "Play jazz music on iHeartRadio"; then the next time, just say "Play rock music" and it will play on iHeartRadio. Please look for the Quest and give us feedback!
Adding music recognition support to Chinese (Simplified): Cortana can now recognize music for customers in China. Simply tap the music notes icon in the top corner of Cortana's home page, and Cortana will listen to whatever music is playing and use Netease to tell you what song it is. This works exactly like the feature does in English (United States). You can also say "Hey Cortana, what's playing?" (except, in Chinese, of course, so you'd say 你好小娜,这是什么歌) and Cortana will start listening to the song.
Full screen when Idle: We've made major improvements to Cortana's look when using "Hey Cortana" when your PC is unlocked and idle. When your PC is in this state, asking Cortana questions will result in a gorgeous full-screen experience that is optimized for far field viewing! Give it a try by enabling "Hey Cortana" and then wait for about 10 seconds or so without touching your PC. May we recommend asking to see if it will snow tomorrow?
Cortana sign-in using Azure Active Directory (AAD) identity: This capability will allow you to sign into Cortana with your work or school account instead your MSA, enabling you to use Cortana even if your organization does not support MSA. To sign in to Cortana using your work or school account, just go to Cortana's Notebook and "About Me" and sign in. You'll get the full Cortana experience with most of the same features.AAD join is currently only available on Windows 10 PCs.
Enterprise Cloud Printing: The new Enterprise Cloud Printers discovery UI under Settings > Devices > Printers & scanners will enable corporate users to discover corporate printers when on Azure Active Directory joined devices when the IT admin deploys and configures the backend services.
This feature requires the corresponding backend services to work, which are not yet available. Please continue to use existing UI to discover and install printers in the interim.
Windows Game Bar improved full-screen support: With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we added support for six full screen games in Game Bar. For the Windows 10 Creators Update, we're working on adding many more. In this build, we've added support for 19 additional games in full-screen mode with Windows game bar. As always, just hit WIN + G to invoke Game Bar to capture a recording or screenshot.
Tip: You can control this feature through the Windows Game bar settings. In the settings dialog, look for the "Show Game bar when I play full-screen games" checkbox. See Major Nelson's post on Game bar for more info on how to adjust settings for best game performance.
Taking your Windows Ink experience to the next level: We've already announced and released some of the improvements that will be coming for our pen and Windows Ink users with the Creators Update, and with this build we're excited to announce some more!
Resuming previous screen sketches: We've heard your feedback that it can be too easy to accidentally lose your Screen Sketch sketch, so we're excited to announce that with build 14986 you can now resume previous sketches! By default, when you open Screen Sketch, it will always open to a new screenshot, but now you can click on the Resume button and it will take you back to the sketch you were working on when Screen Sketch last closed.
Updated Ink Flyout Visuals: The Windows Ink pen, pencil and highlighter flyouts now show a preview of what it would look like to ink with the currently selected color and width. This improvement will be visible in any app that uses Windows Ink with the Windows 10 Creators Update SDK. We've also updated the flyouts so that they'll no longer show what appear to be duplicate color entries when in high contrast, now support using the Esc key to close the flyout, and have returned the flyout to dismissing once you tap a color or change the width (rather than staying open until you manually close it)
Finer control over ruler rotation: We've updated the Windows Ink ruler to now rotate in sub-degree increments when you're moving it with touch, so as to make it easier to line the ruler up with two points on the screen
Polishing your inking experience: The cursor will no longer be shown while you're inking – we believe this makes the experience feel even more like pen on paper.
New Extensions in Microsoft Edge: Great news! We have new extensions to share with Windows 10 users. Please take a look at Ebates, Intel TrueKey, and Read & Write. Try them out and send feedback to the Feedback Hub or @MSEdgeDev on Twitter.
Updated Rendering Technology: We've changed the rendering technology used for many types of UWP app content, so please provide feedback through the Feedback Hub if you notice any new visual glitches in UWP apps. For additional context on this change, we are now widely using the same Windows.UI.Composition API that app developers have access to for XAML UWP app and shell rendering.
Narrator improvements: Making our products more accessible is a goal of ours and improving the experience when using Narrator is a big part of that. As such, this flight comes with a number of improvements, including:
Narrator has a new feature to give you additional information about fonts, colors, line spacing, margins and more. Press Caps Lock + F to hear this information. Continue to press Caps Lock + F to cycle through nine categories of information. Use Shift + Caps Lock + F to move through these categories in reverse.
The default level for a Narrator feature called Context Awareness is now set to 2. You will hear additional information as you move around areas such as the Start Menu, Office ribbon and more about the areas you are in. Use Alt + Caps Lock + / to cycle through the different options. Zero means off for the feature.
The key to get advanced information about the item with focus has been changed to Caps Lock + 0 from Caps Lock + F in Narrator.
We fixed an issue from recent flights where Narrator would only say "No item in view" when placing focus on the Start menu tiles.
If you haven't already read our plan for what to expect in 2017 with the Windows 10 Creators Update, and Office 365 – we invite you to go over it now. Lots of exciting things yet to come!
New Windows Defender dashboard: We are making it easier for you to view and control Windows 10 device security and health features available on your PC or tablet with the availability of a new dashboard coming in the Windows 10 Creators Update. Windows Insiders will get a preview of the new experience beginning today. After upgrading to this build, Insiders will have to restart their PC. After that, they can find the dashboard by searching for "Windows Defender" and clicking on the search result that says "Windows Defender/Trusted Windows Store app". Remember, the dashboard is a work-in-progress and not fully functional just yet.
Registry Editor improvements: Continuing our theme of enhancing your registry experience, we've taken your feedback and added the familiar File Explorer keyboard navigation shortcuts to Registry Editor, so you can now easily go up (Alt+ Up arrow), backwards (Alt + Left arrow) or forwards (Alt + Right arrow) in the registry. We've also added a new entry point in the View menu so you can customize the font Registry Editor uses.
The USB Audio 2 Class Driver and You: Previous builds flighted to Windows Insiders have contained a Microsoft class driver for devices that support the USB Audio 2.0 standard. However, if you had a third-party driver which was specifically written for your device, Windows would use that instead. In order to get more miles on the class driver, we are temporarily changing things as of 14986 to prefer the class driver over third-party drivers – this is so we can flush out device compatibility issues and other bugs in our driver.
When you have a chance, please go through all your regular listening scenarios and see how they sound (we'll be adding a Quest about this too!). If everything works fine for you, awesome! If you do run into a problem where our class driver does not work with your device, please let us know by filing a problem report, and then manually switching to your specific third-party driver
Some things that we are already aware of:
Our class driver does not support ASIO
Our class driver does not work in WASAPI exclusive mode in certain applications
For the most recent information on USB Audio in Microsoft Windows, see https://aka.ms/usbaudio.
Improved Update Experience: Windows strives to keep your device running the most secure, reliable and feature rich version of Windows available with minimum impact to you. We've heard your feedback, and as such, 14986 comes with two more improvements in this space:
Involving you more when specifying a time to update: For some of you though, receiving these updates has resulted in your device not being available for use when you needed it. For those of you that happened to fall into this category, you will be happy to see that we now have moved to involving you more in specifying when to successfully apply a pending update. If Windows Update in unable to find a good time to restart your machine to apply the latest updates, you will now get be prompted to "restart now", "Schedule" a time that works for you, or simply "Remind me later" which will not apply the update but offer you these options again.
Making it easier to free up space for upgrading: Sometimes PC disk drives fill up. When they do, you have to clear up space in order to install the latest update. Previously, this could be a bit of a hassle, but now we've simplified the process to help you through it and polished it up a bit along the way, so you can easily see how much space is needed, what your options are for creating it, and then make it happen. This updated Windows 10 setup page will be displayed in white (as shown below) when you encounter this issue while upgrading using Windows Update (there will be a link in Windows Update Settings to fix issues that will bring you here), and in blue when upgrading using an ISO (where there will be a link to fix issues before proceeding with the upgrade).
As you can see, there is quite a bit that's new in today's build. The new features seem really exciting, so we'll leave you to it.
Build 14986
Fast ring
Here's what's fixed, improved, and still broken in Windows 10 for PCs build 14986
FTC complaint says kid's toys "spy" by recording, storing audio on remote servers
Microsoft blocks Windows 10 version 1903 update on the Surface Book 2 due to a GPU bug
Here's what's fixed, improved, and still broken in Windows 10 build 18936


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Enhanced Metal Clip: Last longer than plastic clips.
GOVO T3 Lanyard is designed for those who need to wear lanyards to work every day. The lanyard cord is made from 6mm round polyester cord which is very comfortable to wear. It will not become sticky on skin compare to nylon straps. It is also more comfortable than 4.5mm round jacquard cord lanyard. The metal clip is upgraded to thickened clip that can bear more forces. The breakaway buckle allows you to disconnect ID badge easily for door accessing or other purposes. It also comes with a safety breakaway button at the end of the lanyard which will disconnect when lanyard is caught by a machine in an accident. This safety breakaway button can be reconnect if it is disconnected. The T3 Lanyard is comfortable enough to wear, strong enough for everyday carry, and stylish enough for everyone.


Summer (and come to think of it, fall, winter, and spring) escapes are always wonderful. One summer trip that I took was to the south of France. I travelled with a long-time girlfriend. We've been friends for over 30 years (time goes by all too quickly) and this was the first time we had ever travelled together.
It was a leisurely vacation, taken at the start of the holiday season in Europe. Ignoring all the common sense warnings about booking hotels in advance, we made our travel plans daily. With only a few must-see places on our wish lists, we followed our whims and the recommendations of the very friendly locals and travellers from France whom we met here and there.
Our first overnight stay was in Annecy (the one and only pre-booked hotel). On the second night, we took refuge in Arles.
Below, is the view along Rue du Refuge, so very Arles-like. It's a narrow cobblestone street, lined with row-houses having pale stucco walls and brightly painted shutters. Pots of bougainvillea greeted us with fragrant bursts of colour.Rue du Refuge faces the Amphitheatre. Built in 90 AD by the Romans, the Amphitheatre's design is similar to the Colosseum in Rome, a little smaller, with room for ONLY 20,000 spectators. When the Roman empire fell in the 5th century, the site became a shelter. Later, it contained houses and chapels. In the early 1800's, they were torn down and the Amphitheatre was restored. More here. We meandered through the streets, finding wonderful vistas around every corner. No events were going on at the Ampitheatre while we were in Arles. Since we weren't dodging crowds (or bulls), our relatively slow pace allowed us time to catch up on each other's lives.
While walking through the city, in search of a restaurant on our second night, we passed the Thermes de Constantine. Originally Roman public baths, now a Unesco World Heritage site, they date from the 4th century.
Roman Public Bath Ruins, ca 4th Century. Arles, France.
Arles has a vibrant arts culture. One of the annual highlights is The Rencontres d'Arles, a summer-long international photography festival. The works, including still photography and film, are exhibited in beautiful historic venues throughout the city, many of which are only accessible to the public during the festival. If you do have the opportunity to attend the photography exhibit, allow at least 2 days to take it in.
Also not to be missed, are the street art installations. While strolling the side-streets and alleyways we came across many gems. We met the adorable gentleman below by the Rhône. He was looking slightly lost, as he made his way to the doorway that led nowhere.
Van Gogh moved to Arles in early 1888. Later that year, in the studio that he named "The Yellow House," Van Gogh took steps to set up his long hoped for artists' colony. He envisioned a collaborative environment. In a letter to his brother Theo, dated May 1, 1888, Vincent lightly mentions Gauguin as a potential artist to join him at the studio. Six months later, after receiving many invitations from Van Gogh, Gauguin arrived at the studio. Below are images of the self-portraits which Van Gogh and Gauguin exchanged shortly before Gauguin's arrival in Arles. Their studio "collaboration" ended abruptly with the infamous "ear" incident. There are two theories about what happened. The original one, suggests Van Gogh sliced off a piece of his ear in a fit. According to another, yet inconclusive theory, during a violent argument between Van Gogh and Gauguin, Gauguin sliced Van Gogh's ear with his sword after being attached by Van Gogh. This alternative is based on 10 years of research undertaken by the German academics Hans Kaufmann and Rita Wildegans. They dug through police records, letters written by the two artists and other documents, eventually writing the book "Van Goghs Ohr: Paul Gauguin und der Pakt des Schweigens" (title translates to "Van Gogh's Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence").
While Van Gogh and Gauguin's weeks together in Arles were disagreeable (appropriately called a "Clash of the Titans" by writer Lyn Bolen Rushton in this article) and ended tumultuously, I am happy my friend and I did not meet the same fate. Our ears are intact and we are still friends. I hope to travel with her again in the future.
Photographs: All by Sara Lynne Moffatt, with two exceptions. Right-hand photo of Rue du Refuge is by Andrea Schaffer. Photo of the mother and child (left of the Bulls mural) is by Katherine Hala. Images of the paintings per the links.
This entry was posted in Architecture & Design, Art, Artists & Artisans, France, Wanderlust and tagged Amphitheatre, Architecture, Arles, Art. Artists, France, Paul Gauguin, photography, Southern France, Street Art, The Rencontres d'Arles, Thermes de Constantin, Unesco World Heritage Site, Vincent Van Gogh on August 29, 2013 by Sara.


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import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
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import java.lang.reflect.Type;

public class ClassAnnotations {
	public static void printAnnotations(Type type) {
		if (type == null)
			return;

		//TypeをClassオブジェクトに変換する
		Class<?> cls = null;
		if (type instanceof Class<?>)
			cls = (Class<?>) type;
		else if (type instanceof ParameterizedType)
			cls = (Class<?>)
			((ParameterizedType)type).getRawType();
		else
			throw new Error("Unexpected non-class type");
		try {
			Annotation[] annotations = cls.getAnnotations();
			for (int i=0; i<annotations.length ; i++) {
				System.out.println(annotations[i].annotationType());
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		} catch (TypeNotPresentException e) {
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		}

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
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WAKEFIELD — Moose Mountains Regional Greenways has announced that 212.8 acres in Wakefield are now protected forever by a conservation easement, thanks to its efforts and those of its partners and landowners. The land includes mature forests and part of a high quality wetland complex. Because MMRG honors its close and confidential relationship with landowners, who in this case asked that publicity be kept to a minimum, the organization will not be disclosing the exact location of the property.
Says MMRG Director of Land Conservation Keith Fletcher, "Protection of this parcel adds substantially to the conservation lands in Wakefield. It protects and restores important water resources and functions. It also meets the landowners' goal of protecting their cherished land in perpetuity."
The land was protected through the federal Wetlands Reserve Program, a program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which provided funds to purchase the easement and for future wetlands restoration work on the property. MMRG matched up the landowners with the WRP program and then worked closely with NRCS and the landowners to facilitate the deal, delineate the wetlands, and survey the land. In addition, MMRG provided matching funds to help the project succeed via a generous grant from an anonymous private foundation. These funds, which will help fund the wetlands restoration work, were critical in securing a high score for the project, thereby gaining the federal funds needed to complete it.
MMRG is grateful to the landowners for their kind patience with the process, and for following through with their vision of preserving their beautiful land for future generations.
Moose Mountains Regional Greenways has worked to create conservation land in the Moose Mountains Region for over 10 years, serving the towns of Wolfeboro, Brookfield, Wakefield, Middleton, Milton, New Durham and Farmington. This grassroots, membership-driven organization represents a dynamic collaboration between community leaders, private landowners, concerned citizens, and public and private conservation organizations. For more information on Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, see www.mmrg.info. To learn more about conservation options for your property, contact Keith Fletcher at (603) 817-8260 or e-mail infommrg.info.


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Posted on June 11, 2010 by Kevin Jones
A safe (social) system of work
For years Australian OHS legislation has focused on establishing a "safe system of work". This focus is inclusive and is an understandable approach to safety regulation but it has also generated a fair share of confusion. If a business does not have a documented safety management system, does it have a system of work? Yes it does but the lack of documentation makes it very difficult to describe, particularly if there is a performance benchmark such as "compliance". Humans like to have a clean line of cause and effect or a linear, causative management process. So vague concepts like "system of work" can be challenging.
Prescriptive rules used to be the way that safety compliance could be met but that world is long gone. Its distance can be seen by looking at the Australian Government's new model Work Health and Safety Act which compounds the vagueness by including "as far as reasonably practicable" wherever possible. All of this vagueness makes the lot of the business operator more complex and more costly as the business operator seeks clarity from others such as lawyers, OHS consultants, auditors and Standards organizations. Is it any wonder that safety is seen as an exorbitant cost? In essence, OHS regulators have outsourced the responsibility, and the cost, to employers. Continue reading "A safe (social) system of work"
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Posted on May 26, 2010 by Kevin Jones
"We will trust but we will verify" – upcoming lessons from the Gulf of Mexico
The mass media is full of reports on legal action being taken on behalf of shareholders in BP over the continuing oil spill from the former Deepwater oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
An Australian video report was broadcast on 25 May 2010 and a composite article has appeared in The Australian on 26 May 2010 as well as elsewhere. Many outlets are mentioning the law suit (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Robert Freedman v Anthony B Hayward et al, Court of Chancery for the state of Delaware, No. 5511) but no details of the suit are publicly available at the moment.
Although safety is mentioned as one of the bases for the suit, it is likely that environmental impact will get prominence over occupational safety and that impact on stock value will be of the most concern. The shareholder outrage mentioned in some of the articles seems to focus mostly on the financial impact on BP share value rather than any moral outrage on environmental impact or dead and injured workers.
BP CEO Anthony Hayward has acknowledged the substantial "reputational risk" but his comments are almost always reported surrounded by financial bad news. Continue reading ""We will trust but we will verify" – upcoming lessons from the Gulf of Mexico"
Posted on April 29, 2010 by Kevin Jones
National recognition of Workers' Memorial Day – US & UK
The United States President, Barack Obama, has officially proclaimed 28 April 2010 as Workers Memorial Day.
It may be a politically appropriate announcement given the multiple fatalities that have happened recently in the United States, which the President mentions, but this should not overlook the fact that the leader of one of the most influential countries in the world has acknowledged the International Day of Mourning. Continue reading "National recognition of Workers' Memorial Day – US & UK"
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Kevin Jones
Work/life balance needs to grow into sustainability
Just as government is reigning in the excesses of the financial sector over the last decade or so, there is a strong movement to pull back on the workload excesses. Some of this is through the work/life balance movement.
In terms of occupational health and safety, this movement has a strong base that is reflected in a lot of OHS legislation where individual employees have a responsibility to ensure they are working safely and not putting themselves at risk. This can be a very difficult obligation when one is working in an organisation that does not grant safety or mental health or its social obligations much weight.
In terms of occupational health and safety, this movement has a strong base that is reflected in a lot of OHS legislation where individual employees have a responsibility to ensure they are working safely and not putting themselves at risk. This can be a very difficult obligation when one is working in an organisation that does not grant safety or mental health or its social obligations much weight. Continue reading "Work/life balance needs to grow into sustainability"
Changing political support of workplace safety in the US
Occupational health and safety used to be above political argy-bargy. It was accepted that the safety of workers was a core importance to the management of any business. Often it operated as a subset of industrial relations and popped its head up occasionally, usually when new of revised legislation was due. Rarely has workplace safety been a catalyst for political controversy.
In the United States, the last political fight was over the ergonomics rule under a Republican Bush presidency in 2001. According to one media report:
"The president has directed Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to find a less expensive way to protect worker health." Continue reading "Changing political support of workplace safety in the US"
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The Blue Alien's Mate — Zara Zenia
Zara Zenia
The Blue Alien's Mate
eBook / Audio
Royally Blue - 1
Celestial Mates
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Can these two mates live together in harmony?
Carina is tired of working hard with manual labor to help serve the now broken down Earth's society. She wants to have new experiences. She knows the only way off the planet is through Celestial Mates, the mail order bride service, so she decides to sign up.
She finally gets selected and gets picked up by a spaceship to take her to her new life. Little does she know, one of her friends who has always had a crush on her, climbs aboard the spaceship as a blind passenger since he doesn't want to lose her. But he's captured and sold as a slave for the gladiator arena for the aliens.
Gar'zul was once the commanding warrior officer in the Delgar forces. But when his own family is killed in family fire, he decides to leave the force and become a gladiator in the interstellar fighting arena.
He misses his family and since he can never get his own family back he decides to create one of his own. Though he has no intentions of looking for someone himself. So he decides to go through Celestial Mates to find him a human wife from Earth.
Carina needs to figure things out with her new mate, the big blue warrior, Gar'zul. Getting adjusted to the new life in the new world isn't easy.
Will Gar'zul be able to get along with Carina enough to keep her as his mate and wife? Will Carina be able to tolerate her mate's career choice? Will she be able to save her friend from his likely death inside the arena?
Alien Gladiator's Mate is part of the Royally Blue - Celestial Mates series and is a full-length science fiction romance novel. There are NO cliffhangers, NO cheating, and a guaranteed happy ending!
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4,600 is the number of children between the ages of 10 and 24 that die by suicide each year; while during that same period, an additional 157,000 are treated in Emergency Rooms across the country for self-inflicted injuries.
That's approximately 323,200 parents who will question every decision they ever made up until that point and worse, roughly 9,200 that will be left childless.
And unfortunately as heartbreaking as those statistics are, that's only where the ripple effect begins.
1. You are perfect exactly as you are.
Accept yourself. Don't ever be ashamed of who you are. Celebrate your perfections and your flaws they are what makes you unique.
If you don't, others won't either. Remember the world sees what you put out there. Hold yourself to a high standard of grace and elegance.
3. Your self-worth is not determined by others.
Ignore the opinions of other people. Your opinion of yourself is the only thing that matters.
And it doesn't matter. Don't let it phase you. The sooner you embrace that, the better off you'll be that they don't. But the one's that do, they will never forget you.
Peer pressure is pressure you put on yourself to do things just to fit in. You're not going to fit in with everyone. The great ones never do. Why try to fit in when you were born to stand out.
6. Being popular doesn't matter.
It's less important to have a ton of friends then it is to have a handful of real ones. Surround yourself with people who push you to go further in life and believe in your dreams.
7. Bullies are unhappy insecure people.
8. Don't stress yourself too much.
Take a deep breath. You are strong enough to cope with your challenges. Smart enough to find solutions to your problems. Capable enough to do whatever needs to be done. Just do your very best.
9. Your sexuality does not define you.
It's only part of you. If you're straight, great. If you're gay, great. If you're bisexual, great. If you're unsure, great. Don't let anyone make you feel ashamed of it.
Don't beat yourself up. Mistakes are meant to guide you not define you. Learn from them and move on.
Even if your voice shakes. What you say matters. Speak up for what's important. It's possible to be honest and kind. Your voice is important. You words are your power.
Yes, we all feel this way sometimes. No, you won't always feel like this. Yes, the world is a better place with you in it.
13. Never never never give up.
Life is good. And when it's not, it will get better. Whatever it is that you're going through, you will get through it. So do not give up over one bad chapter in your book. Keep going… Your story has just begun.
And I will always love and support you.
1 in 100,000 children ages 10 to 14 die by suicide each year.
7 in 100,000 youth ages 15 to 19 die by suicide each year.
For every suicide among our youth, there are at least another 100 suicide attempts.
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual kids are 3x more likely than straight kids to attempt suicide at some point in their lives.
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Injury forces Mississippi State to change QBs for Music City
Garrett Shrader suffers injury, leading him to step down at quarterback for Mississippi State University in the Music City Bowl. MSU graduate Tommy Stevens will start in his place.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , Associated Press Friday, December 27, 2019 11:11 a.m. CST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mississippi State graduate transfer Tommy Stevens now will start at quarterback in the Music City Bowl after freshman Garrett Shrader suffered what coach Joe Moorhead said is only an "upper body injury."
Moorehead said Thursday after practice that Shrader is doubtful for Monday's game against Louisville (7-5). Moorhead had announced late last week that Shrader would start the game, which would have been the freshman's fifth career start. Asked Thursday what prompted the switch, Moorhead said it was Shrader's injury.
"We're experts at it this year," Moorhead said of making another quarterback change. "So we've done it a time or two. We've played the shuffle. But yeah, I mean Tommy's an experienced guy. When he's been healthy, he's performed very well."
Asked if Mississippi State (6-6) would hold any one out of the bowl due to suspensions or academic issues, Moorehead said no one would be out because of grades with everyone eligible.
Shrader played in 10 games and leads Mississippi State averaging 175.7 yards of total offense per game. He threw eight touchdown passes and ran for six more. Stevens ranks second averaging 155.5 yards per game, and he has thrown nine TDs while scoring on three runs.
Stevens started eight games this season as a graduate transfer. Moorhead said Keytaon Thompson will be the backup. Moorhead said Shrader is expected to join the Bulldogs in the next couple of days.
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Firefighters Discover Burning Body in Thousand Oaks
Firefighters in Thousand Oaks discovered a body on fire outside of a house that is under construction.
By Kelly Goff
Published Aug 29, 2014 at 3:27 PM | Updated at 10:12 PM PDT on Aug 29, 2014
Firefighters in Thousand Oaks discovered a body outside of a house after responding to a small fire on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.
Firefighters in Thousand Oaks discovered a body on fire outside of a house Friday afternoon, a spokesman said.
Capt. Mike Lindbery said firefighters responded to a call of a small fire outside of a house in the 3100 Foothill Road at 1:25 p.m.
When they arrived, they discovered that it was a body on fire. The gender and any other details are not yet known.
It is considered to be a suspicious death. Investigators are working to find out if anyone was at the residence where the body was found earlier in the day.
Ventura County Sheriff's Department is investigating.
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package xerial.silk

import java.io.File

import xerial.silk.frame.Database
import xerial.silk.macros.TaskMacros._

/**
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package object frame {

  implicit class SQLContext(val sc: StringContext) extends AnyVal {
    def sql(args: Any*)(implicit db: Database): SQLOp = macro mSQLStr

    private def templateString = {
      sc.parts.mkString("{}")
    }

    def toSQL(args: Any*): String = {
      val b = new StringBuilder
      var i = 0
      for (p <- sc.parts) {
        b.append(p)
        if (i < args.length) {
          b.append(args(i).toString)
        }
        i += 1
      }
      b.result
    }
  }

  def from[A](in: Seq[A]): InputFrame[A] = macro mNewFrame[A]
  def fromFile(in: File): FileInput = macro mFileInput

}


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