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Diapers, donations needed to help struggling CNY families
by: Ashley Cafaro
CENTRAL NEW YORK (WSYR-TV) — Diapers have always been in high demand, and sometimes the need for them is overlooked. But the Central New York Diaper Bank is working to change that.
In honor of National Diaper Need Awareness Week, held from Sept. 24 – Oct. 2, the non-profit is encouraging the public to get involved and make a difference.
The local non-profit is holding a "Downtown Diaper Walk" on Thursday, Sept. 29 at Salt City Market starting at 11 a.m.
"We're asking people to bring a donation of diapers or a monetary contribution. They can make it online or bring a check," says Michela Hugo, founder of Central New York Diaper Bank.
Hugo added, "As more families are struggling with the increasing cost of food and fuel, all of those things are part of a budget."
Add diapers to the list and things just got way more difficult for families across the U.S. including right here in Central New York.
"They are struggling with making a choice between buying food and buying diapers and that's a choice no family should ever have to make," says Hugo.
Diapers are also being impacted by rising inflation, making them even more expensive. A struggle the CNY Diaper Bank is hoping to end. All month long, CNY Diaper Bank sponsor, Pinnacle Investment is sponsoring the CNY Diaper Bank with a $5,000 match campaign.
All sizes of diapers are needed right now. But the CNY Diaper Bank has an immediate need for size 6 diapers and pull-ups. But the monetary donations with the match can go even further.
Hugo added, "We'll be able to buy twice as many diapers with every dollar that comes in."
Another way to make a difference is through a diaper drive. Whether it's a dollar or a diaper, it can go a long way.
The CNY Diaper Bank distributes 150 to 180 thousand diapers a month, roughly 3,000 children are receiving diapers. The non-profit is hoping to increase that number to fully meet the need.
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Has anyone brought their snowsuits yet. I've been looking and I don't know if I'm being fussy but I haven't actually seen any that I like, or the ones I do like don't have the attachable mittens.
You don't need mittens, just the fold overs.
I didn't care what mine looked like. I got an orange one at an outlet centre. It served the purpose. It was too big really 0-3 is massive. Depending on when your baby is born/where you live may mean you don't really need one. A fleecy all in one can work well.
I got a lovely grey one from mothercare from their Peter rabbit range don't know if they still do it?
I've got this from Asda, obviously won't put him in it in the car seat but I'll be walking the dog every day and walking the school run when I can be bothered so perfect for the pram.
You don't put them in the car seat in the snowsuit because the straps wouldn't be tight enough to keep your baby safe in the event of a crash.


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Introducing UNSA: Everything You Need to Know About UON's New Student Association
It's out with the old and in with the new as UON introduces UNSA, the new student association replacing NUPSA, NUSA and Yourimbah. Hollie Hughes explains everything you know about the change.
Currently there are three major student associations at UON which provide information, resources and support to students. Since 2016 these organisations – NUPSA, NUSA and Yourimbah – have been in discussions to come together and form a single autonomous entity in order to provide a more sustainable structure than the current separate associations.
This new organisation is called the University of Newcastle Students' Association (UNSA) and will have the capacity to represent and support over 30,000 UON students at all onshore locations as well as the 4,000+ students studying online effective from July 1st, 2020. UON staff outline that none of the current services or support to students will be lost and the new structure of the association will allow for an expansion of current offerings and support students who are not currently represented or supported.
Alike the present student associations, UNSA will remain a student-run, not-for-profit organisation that represents and supports UON students. Students will be represented through the Student Representative Council (SRC) led by the President, and governance of the organisation is overseen by the UNSA Board. The SRC and Board plan to achieve their goals through the support of dedicated staff who deliver key services and the day-to-day operation of the organisation. These services include; support for clubs and societies, academic support, welfare and hardship assistance as well as a range of events and activities across the academic calendar.
In terms of membership, the process will be similar to NUSA's current system of "opt-in".
A representative from NUPSA says,
"The New Association will not have automatic membership like we do but will have students sign up to a member list to participate in its activities."
Following the election in March and April this year students have been elected to the roles on the SRC, however, the positions for the Sydney Campus Convenor and Port Macquarie Campus Convenor are still vacant. If you are interested in nominating for either of these roles please email the Manager, Student Representation at StudentAssociationProject@newcastle.edu.au for further information including a Position Description and eligibility criteria.
Keep an eye out on UON's social media and website for more information about UNSA as it becomes available.
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If you are pregnant then a home urine pregnancy test usually become positive within a couple of days after a missed menstrual period. If it's negative at that time then you may need to wait for at least two weeks after your missed period before you can depend on a negative result.
Negative Pregnancy Test and STILL Pregnant?
In some cases, low levels of hCG in early pregnancy are not high enough to register as positive, and you could get a false negative result.
No matter how hard you try and try interpreting body changes as signs of pregnancy, you will need a positive pregnancy test to confirm that you are pregnant. You are NOT pregnant until the pregnancy test is positive.
A pregnancy test checks for the presence of the pregnancy hormone hCG or human chorionic gonadotropin in your body. hCG is a hormone made by the placenta and when you become pregnant, it takes some time for hCG levels to be high enough to be detected.
A "false negative" test means that your test is negative but you ARE pregnant. This usually happens when you test too early. Read more about a false negative test HERE.
A "false positive" test means that your test is positive but you are NOT pregnant. A false positive pregnancy test happens extremely rarely. Read more about false positive pregnancy tests HERE.


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Board of Health and Welfare to hold regular meeting on May 20
DHW Communications
The Idaho Board of Health and Welfare will meet via WebEx and in Boise at 8 a.m. Thursday, May 20, 2021. Members will vote on the concurrence of an appointment to the Time Sensitive Emergency Council, omnibus non-fee rules, and see a presentation called "The Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Family Breakdown from Dr. Timothy Rarick, a board member, among other agenda items.
Read the full agenda.
The general public can join the meeting in listen/watch-only mode by selecting this link:
https://idhw.webex.com/idhw/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0f809cc16830b1d0fc1c6c7fc43cd9c0
The Board of Health and Welfare is a rulemaking and advisory body that can adopt, amend, or repeal rules and standards of the department. The board's seven citizen members are appointed by the governor and each represent one of seven geographic regions of the state. The board also includes the department director, a representative from the governor's office, and the chairs of the germane committees for the Health and Welfare committees in the Idaho Legislature.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is dedicated to strengthening the health, safety, and independence of Idahoans. Learn more at healthandwelfare.idaho.gov.
Niki Forbing-Orr
Public Information Manager
Niki.Forbing-Orr@dhw.idaho.gov


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New Castle Riverside students honor heritage with Harvest Days
Rifle | November 25, 2018
Riverside Middle School students in New Castle took part in several Harvest Days activities recently, including cider-making, shown here.
Many schools across the country will choose Halloween as their big fall holiday celebration, but for nearly two decades teachers and students at Riverside Middle School in New Castle have opted to spend a day every fall to celebrate Harvest Days and the local agriculture community.
Riverside Middle School Principal Karen Satter said the Harvest Days theme acknowledges the community's roots, as the school adjusts its activities to reflect the diverse interests of students and community members.
Earlier this month, the students at Riverside Middle School participated in a variety of different lessons and exercises for Harvest Days, including corn husk doll making, tortilla making, fire department obstacle courses, hayrides, a petting zoo, making apple cider using an apple press, and more.
Colorado River Fire Rescue public information officer Maria Pina said this was the second year they set up obstacle courses for students. A lot of the activities were based on the agility tests that volunteers and firefighters are required to complete. Fire crews worked with seventh-graders throughout the day, as each grade was split into different activities.
"We would like to continue working with and building our community relationships to offer opportunities that educate and engage our students," Satter added. "It is a tradition at Riverside and one that we value as a part of our culture."
Red Flag fire danger warning issued for west Garfield County, broader region
Garfield County says no open burning is permitted between noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, due to the National Weather Service Red Flag warning.
UPDATE: CDOT partially re-opens one lane of Highway 325 to all travelers
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These two terracottas represent a River God and a Bacchus and were conceived as a pair: the River God is shown reclining with his right leg extended and his left bent back whereas in the Bacchus this pose is symmetrically reversed. The treatment of the clay is animated, with deep incisions. Although the rear of the figures is modelled, they were made to be viewed from the front. The absence of air holes, their weight (6,4 kg [River God]; 5,9 kg [Bacchus]), and the inspection of their bases prove the figures to be solid and not hollowed out.


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COVID-19 and the tolerance of uncertainty: Teaching our frontline healthcare workers how to cope
We welcomed 2020 with no vision of what was to come – no one knew it would include the coronavirus pandemic. But with the COVID-19 crisis came contagious anxieties around the seemingly endless unknowns: What if I lose my job? How do I manage my business? What if I lose someone I love? How long will this last, and who do I trust?
In this way, tolerating uncertainty suddenly became a universal struggle; never more so than within the healthcare environment.
Who and how are people infected?
How do we diagnose and treat this virus?
What are the short-term and long-term impacts of the sick?
Will there be a vaccine, and if so, when?
Healthcare teams now rely on the critical skill of managing this uncertainty as they try to develop a timely, systematic and collaborative healthcare response to the growing number of Victorians who will require hospitalisation and intensive care treatment in the coming weeks.
But uncertainty in healthcare isn't a new concept, and can be traced to the founders of modern medicine and nursing in the mid-1800s. Canadian Physician William Osler famously said: "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probably". And Florence Nightingale wrote in her nursing notes that "apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion".
Canadian physician William Osler is often described as the father of modern medicine.
While the media and television programs often portray medicine as solely "facts" and "knowns", quality medicine is always changing and improving with new information. Patients themselves respond to treatments differently, or present differently, particularly when it comes to COVID-19 symptoms. Together, this means that medicine is inherently and intrinsically integrated with uncertainty.
This concept was starkly illustrated on the recent Four Corners episode "Inside Italy's COVID War", which showed the raw reality confronting frontline healthcare workers – Italian doctors and nurses, faced with unimaginable decisions about who received life-saving treatment and who didn't, where a "right" answer didn't exist, but still required answering.
Indecisiveness and avoidance when faced with these ambiguous healthcare situations would actually cost lives by delaying the decisions necessary to save them.
This ability for healthcare professionals to take judicious and decisive action regarding patient care despite there being no clear or right answer (often due to conflicting, ambiguous or unknown information) is an essential workplace skill known as tolerance of uncertainty.
Why is tolerance of uncertainty important?
Research shows that healthcare professionals with lower tolerance of uncertainty burn out, and their actions negatively affect patient care. This is likely because these providers waste time, money and resources in futile attempts to minimise implicit healthcare uncertainties and unknowns. Conversely, healthcare professionals with higher uncertainty tolerance are likely more cognitively flexible, resilient, and demonstrate empathy by involving patients in their own care, as they accept that decisions and actions must be taken even when there are limits to what is "known".
Despite tolerance of uncertainty being critical for improving healthcare outcomes, we typically select healthcare students based on how applicants perform on answering assessments "correctly" – even though evidence illustrates that interviews may be more valuable than single-answer, multiple-choice tests. What does this mean for the future healthcare workforce in these uncertain times? Are we selecting the right students into healthcare? Can we help students develop a tolerance of uncertainty through our teaching practices?
Can we teach it?
While some thought that tolerance of uncertainty was an unchanging personality trait (that is, nature), we now have evidence that shows healthcare education can either hinder or foster students' uncertainty tolerance (that is, nurture).
An interdisciplinary research team at Monash University received funding to explore how, and to what extent, higher education teaching practices foster and/or hinder learners' uncertainty tolerance both in the classroom and in the workplace. Preliminary research coming from this grant suggests that how we teach plays a more significant role in students' uncertainty tolerance than was once thought.
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While extensive oversight, policies and over-prescriptive educational guidelines (such as teaching that favours "least resistance" learning) stop students from tolerating uncertainty, there are practical classroom approaches that help enhance students' tolerance of uncertainty. These include opportunities to practise "uncertainty" using low-stakes unknowns. These include:
exposure to diversity (for example, diverse teamwork)
providing case-based learning activities without clear answers (for example, future-focused problems such as a pandemic or climate change)
"pedagogical bombing", where a solved problem is thrown a spanner.
Through these teaching practices, educators can actually help students develop the critical skillset necessary to tolerate uncertainty. Students who transform through this classroom "discomfort" become solution-focused, cognitively flexible, and prepared for "real-world" uncertainties such as those facing the frontline healthcare workers today.
The pandemic has highlighted the need for higher education to invest in our healthcare students now by engaging in future-focused educational practices that will equip the next generation of healthcare professionals with the critical skills and capabilities needed to effectively function in the unknown, and lead us through these uncertain times.
This research is funded through Monash Education Academy
This article was originally published on Monash Lens.
Gabrielle Brand
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Michelle Lazarus
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
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QCOSTARICA – A look back at Costa Rica through photos.
1980: The "polirestaurante", what we now call food court, located in the Centro Comerical del Sur in San Jose was a novelty in Costa Rica.
October 24, 1932 – Alajuela, the main road to Zarcero.
1968 – Avenida 2, downgown San Jose, from the Catedral looking northeast to the ICE building.
1968 – Downtown San Jose. The multi story building at the bottom of the photo is the Banco Central de Costa Rica.
1948 – The end of the civil war.
Undated – Travel to Mexico and back by bus for only ¢478.15 colones.
Visit the Fabook page Costa Rica Antigua for hundreds of photos of Costa Rica from the early 1900's to the 1990's.


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Narrow body (från engelska: smal kropp) är benämningen på ett passagerarflygplan som har en mittgång och tillåter sex stolar i bredd och normalt en flygplansdiameter upp till fyra meter. Den större motsvarigheten är Wide body flygplan med två gångar.

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Airbus A320
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Q: How can I edit existing State Machine (Step-Function)? This sounds basic but how can I edit an existing States Machine?
Currently what I do, is creating a new one from scratch using the code of previous version, which is obviously ridiculous.
Thanks

A: You can't. It doesn't make sense for UI, but it does for internal system. It would be disaster to run different versions of state machine at same time. To deal with update gracefully, they should support versions/deployments like Lambda, but currently it's not there.
At this point, probably the most user friendly approach is deploying state machines using CloudFormation template.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/tutorial-lambda-state-machine-cloudformation.html
Be warned, it's slow and fails miserably when your SF code contains error - you have to delete CloudFormation stack before trying again.
So maybe your own little script is going to be more productive. Note how CloudFormation creates State Machine with your specified name + random characters MyName-PAIXTGYUBZJD. You could take any small sized hash of state machine code to generate unique suffix.
Maybe apex is going to support state machines in its glorious way. Vote here https://github.com/apex/apex/issues/698

A: Update: November 2017.
You can finally now edit Step Functions.
See the new "Edit state machine" button on the Step Function page.

A: Editing and versioning of Step Functions is coming, per AWS: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=244167

We plan to work on editing and version for State Machine, in the mean time creating a new state machine is how you edit the flow of the state machine

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Ekow Micah Challenges Ganja Test
Lawyers for popular reggae musician Lester Ekow Micah have expressed doubts about the laboratory results on the substance found at the residence of the accused.
According to Andrew Kudzo Vortia, counsel for the accused, per the volume of substance used for the test, the results could not be "conclusive enough".
He stated that the minutest sample used for the test of the substance was not the true representation of the drug.
War of Methods
The lawyer was emphatic that the Square Root Method used for the laboratory analysis of the substance was questionable.
He stated that if Ms Mercy Agyapong, a government analyst at the Forensic Laboratory of the Ghana Police Service, had used other methods—among others, the Random Sampling Method—she would not have arrived at the result she had.
This was after Ms Agyapong, who during cross-examination by Mr Vortia, had told the court that she took 1mm per ml of the 127grams substance for testing and that it proved positive for cannabis.
She explained to the court presided over by Aboagye Tandoh that she dealt in weights and not in volumes and that there was no other method she could have used to arrive at a different result.
The government analyst indicated that on receipt of the substance, the envelope containing the dried leaves had the inscription, "Grace"—indicative of the fact that the substance was sealed in the presence of an independent witness.
Earlier, Ms Agyapong had said the substance which was handed to her in a sealed brown envelope was labelled, "the Republic vrs Ekow Micah".
The witness said after the substance tested positive for cannabis, she wrote a report on it and submitted same to the "submitting agency", insisting that the compressed substance weighed 127 grams.
Meanwhile, the prosecution at the sitting yesterday closed its case in respect of the trial.
Ms Agyapong was the last of three witnesses the prosecution had used to advance its case against the reggae musician of "Me Si Wu Hemaa" fame.
Previously D/Cprls Evans Adu and Richard Ayayi, both from the Airport Police Station, had testified in the trial.
Fate Hangs
Even though the prosecution has closed its case, the trial judge is yet to take a decision as to whether or not a prima facie case had been made against the musician who looked rather calm all through the trial.
The reggae musician has denied the charge of possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority and has since been on remand at the Airport Police Station.
Mr Tandoh is set to take a decision on Mr Vortia's motion seeking to recall one of the earlier two witnesses on Monday, October 19, 2015.
The accused who wears dreadlocks was arrested on August 4 by the Airport Police over an alleged extortion case currently in another Circuit Court.
The prosecution alleged that on the following day, at about 11:30 am, the Police and the accused person visited Micah's house to conduct a search and in the process, a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp was found concealed in Micah's bag.
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Stephen is also a senior practitioner member of the British Psychological Society's register of psychologists specialising in psychotherapy, and an HCPC registered health and counselling psychologist.
Originally, he studied social psychology at the London School of Economics before moving to London's Institute of Psychiatry where he was awarded his PhD for pioneering work in the psychology of traumatic stress. Following this he trained as a therapist going on to work at the University of Warwick as a trainer in clinical psychology. Currently, He is a professor at the University of Nottingham in the School of Education where he is part of the human flourishing research group and convener of the counselling and psychotherapy teaching group.
His new book Authentic: How to be yourself and why it matters aims to engage the general reader with the exciting and fast-moving research field of positive psychology.
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David mentioned as a follow-up on the action items, there were edits to the form, but discussions will be limited until glossary terms are clarified. Susan connected Valerie with the general counsel at UNC, and she indicated that they they collect data on spouse or equivalent, then dependent child; no one was looking at parent, sibling, or non-dependent child relationships. Monika commented in Virginia they are permitted to look at spouse only, not equivalent or domestic partner.
Pam and Heather suggested proposed changes to the glossary. Pam emphasized the need to include all views, and Heather agreed. Heather mentioned the first initial glossary was pulled from the IOM discussion paper. Additional information came from the preamble on the Sunshine Act. They tried to determine which terms were not included in the glossary that would be beneficial and which were just statements. Any overlap or definitions not discussed were taken out. David asked whether every data item will have a single definition consistent for all uses in the repository. Heather confirmed that and added the terms would be used consistently from disclosure to disclosure. Valerie noted there will be detailed definitions in the specification and will need agreement in the glossary on the conceptual pieces. Those definitions can be embedded in the data fields of the specification. Heather commented if there are nuances about the definitions a detailed description is needed. Steve recommended referencing sources when possible.


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KAY WARREN, RICK WARREN, & PRAISING MOTHER TERESA
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 23, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:6-9)
Is The Protestant Reformation Merely A Distant Memory?
Apprising Ministries has pointed out that, for those blessed by God with eyes which see, it's painfully obvious there is a New Downgrade going on right now within mainstream evangelicalism, not unlike The Downgrade Controversy Charles Spurgeon dealt with many years ago.
However, because documenting this pathetic people-pleasing compromise is a large part a part of my labor in the Lord, I can tell you it's very likely history will show that unlike Spurgeon's time history will likely remember this gelatinous generation for it's Downgrade No-Controversy.
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear there's a Charles Spurgeon on the horizon. Here's a little example for you; as today Kay Warren, whose husband Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren captains the Southern Baptist flagship Saddleback Church, tweeted the following quote from Roman Catholic messed up mystic Teresa of Avila:
(Online source)
More indication of the growing infestation within the visible church of ne0-Gnostic corruption called Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster, perpetrated within the mainstream of evangelicalism as supposed Spiritual Formation with an able assist from his spiritual twin SBC minister Dallas Willard.
Then Kay Warren would tweet the following from one who took her name from that same mystic nun:
There is some truth there, God is faithful to His children; but the critical issue is how those enslaved to apostate Roman Catholicism, as was the late Mother Teresa, would teach people how to put their trust in Him. Now before you play the "narrow-minded ODM" card, I suggest you pay attention to the following from The Myth of Mother Teresa by well-respected Christian blogger Tim Challies, who's hardly considered a radical:
Upon examination, though, the Mother Teresa portrayed by the media and popularized in our culture is glorified (soon to be beatified) and almost deified. A close examination of her beliefs and the work she did shows that her legacy may be little more than fiction.
Mother Teresa, as goes without saying, was a devout Roman Catholic. As such, some of her beliefs would necessarily have to stand at odds with core Christian beliefs. This has not appeared to trouble many Christians who continue today, even in Protestant churches, to uphold her as a prime example of Christian virtue, love and self-sacrifice. Her devotion to Catholic theology is obvious in her speeches and writing…we get a glimpse of beliefs that contradict so many gospel truths.
We see a belief in transubstantiation (that the bread of communion actually becomes the body of Christ) and her belief that Christ is present in this bread. We also see her belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is a mediator between God and ourselves (see Catholic Catechism, paragraph #969, #1172 and #494) and as such, plays a role in our salvation…we can only be left believing that she was more than a Catholic, but was a Universalist, believing essentially that all religion leads to the same God.
Time and again we see her expounding such universalist beliefs… A Simple Path is a compilation of the teachings and meditations of Mother Teresa. Labeled as a "unique spiritual guide" we would expect this book to contain unique insights into Scripture and into the Christian life by someone who is perceived as being a Christian spiritual giant. Instead,… Through the entire book there is never a hint that she relies on Christ alone for her salvation. Rather we read things like, "I've always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic" (Page 31).
Consider also the following quote from another source, "I love all religions. … If people become better Hindus, better Muslims, better Buddhists by our acts of love, then there is something else growing there." Or in another place, "All is God — Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, etc., all have access to the same God." We see, then, that Mother Teresa held beliefs that contradict many Biblical principles… What, then, is the importance of debunking the myth of Mother Teresa?
The answer is this. Pastors of Protestant churches around the world continue to speak of Mother Teresa in saintly terms. They hold her up as the ultimate example of self-sacrifice for the sake of the gospel. From the pulpits they discuss how she responded to Christ's Great Commission to spread the gospel to all lands. The reality, though, is that if she preached at all, she preached a false religion. In so doing she provides us with an example not of a Christian responding to God's call, but an example of deeds of charity and compassion completely separated from the Truth. (Online source)
Well, as I already showed you in Rick Warren, Mother Teresa, And "All You Need Is Love", one of those "Pastors of Protestant churches around the world continue to speak of Mother Teresa in saintly terms" is Rick Warren himself. Note that in following tweet from Warren's Purpose Driven Connection the late devout Roman Catholic mystic universalist Mother Teresa is put into the category #christian:
Apprising Ministries correspondent Jim Luppachino of Watcher's Lamp first shared the tweet below from Warren in Rick Warren And Mother Teresa's Interfaith Intersection:
The link takes us to Time magazine's Special Commemorative hardcover book Mother Teresa: The Life and Works of a Modern Saint, with introduction by Rick Warren pictured above. You'll see from his introduction that Rick Warren does indeed hold up Mother Teresa "as the ultimate example of self-sacrifice for the sake of the gospel" as Tim Challies just suggested above:
You can see in John Piper Interviews Rick Warren At Saddleback that Dr. Piper has decided to continue with his reconstruction of the ministry of Rick Warren. Apparently he's become "appalled at the kinds of slanders" that have supposedly been leveled at Warren; and Piper is already on the record as having stated:
At root I think [Rick Warren] is theological and doctrinal and sound. (as cited Online source)
So I will ask again: Is This Doctrinal And Sound Dr. John Piper?
RICK WARREN, DR. DESTINY LAVERNE ADAMS, AND "APOSTLE" CHUCK PIERCE
SADDLEBACK CHURCH OF RICK WARREN USING ROB BELL TEACHINGS
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Don't let the frigid water temperatures deter you from hitting the rivers and streams this winter. There's still plenty of fish out there looking to be hooked.
Ohio State University Senior and ANGLR Expert, Jacob Jesionek, talks to us about his excursions winter fly fishing. He's always been an avid outdoorsman and remembers trying to net minnows in the surf during his family's beach trips during his younger years.
He convinced his family to try some guided trips and found the fun in working with a rod and reel. He was turned on to bass fishing during his high school years and hasn't turned back. While a member of OSU's bass team this past year, he made the National Championships which he fished during the ANGLR Tour.
Jesionek was in Gander Mountain one day and saw a sale on fly rods. "I had seen some YouTube videos and decided I needed another thing to spend money on," he joked.
He got on the Orvis YouTube channel to educate himself before spending a few days out in his backyard casting, learning to lay down the line.
"When it comes to trout, utilizing a fly and fly fishing tactics to target them works incredibly well because of how finicky the fish could be," Jesionek says. "But you need to be spot-on with your fly selection." That's especially true in the winter.
When you're trout fishing in the wintertime, it's all about your fly selection. Trout don't tend to mind the cold water much.
While they don't tend to hunker down in really deep holes like bass, they still find deeper areas. You'll be looking for heavier-weighted nymphs; something along the lines of tungsten head Prince Nymphs, Hare's Ear, or Pheasant Tail. In warmer months, you wouldn't typically be fishing with such a heavy nymph, but in the winter you need to get a little lower, so the extra weight is going to be your best bet. You definitely wouldn't have any need for dry flies, as there are no hatches going on this time of year.
Jesionek recommends trying your hand at fly tying.
Cabela's offers inexpensive kits you can pick up. Trout patterns for nymphs are normally fairly simple, so there's no need to worry about trying to learn the intricate dry fly patterns.
In the wintertime, you'll be seeking trout towards the deeper side of outside bends in the channel. While not as affected by the change in temperature as bass, they will still prefer sitting in deeper water. That's why the heavier-beaded tungsten nymphs come in handy. You can also use a split shot rig. Jesionek uses two nymphs to a rig and ties them 12-18" apart from each other. Above that, he adjusts the height of his indicator as high as he needs to go. You could choose either a bobber-style or the more finessed New Zealand indicator, an almost feather-weight clump of hairs that barely floats on the surface. Staying stealthy is important when fly fishing.
With the deeper floating nymphs, you'll notice more subtle takes because you're typically trying to find bottom. As your fly is tapping bottom, your indicator will be ticking. When the indicator shoots under, you know for sure it's a fish, but you really need to pay attention and learn the tick from the take.
"I've heard that all over the country, coming from seasoned fishermen. I heard it when I was out west fishing in Yellowstone, and I heard it when I was in Tennessee fishing the South Holston with the ANGLR tour.
Jesionek uses an assortment of rods. Right now, his preference is among three rods. The first is a 3-weight Cabela's three-fork rod with the wind-river reel.
It's a shorter 7'6" rod. "My favorite is the Orvis Recon." It's a 5-weight nine-footer. The third is the Orvis Clearwater. It's an 8-weight nine-footer. He reserves that one mainly for steelhead and saltwater. There's not really a whole lot of difference between the 5-weight and 8-weight, though it is easier to cast greater distances with the eight since there's more strength in the rod.
He fishes a floating line with all three of his rods. With the 3-weight, Jesionek normally grabs ultralight 6x tippet, which is somewhere in the three pound breaking range. For the 5-weight, he uses 2x to 4x, depending on the water clarity. He'll use 0x for the steelhead rod because he hasn't really found those fish to be very line shy.
Always be prepared for the cold. It's better to try to layer down as you go, rather than trying to figure out how to layer up. "Wading around in the water is a lot colder than you'd think." he warns.
Jesionek confesses he's not always as prepared for his adventures as he should be. Last year when steelhead fishing, he broke his cold-water waders, so he used his beach waders. "There was zero insulation in these wading boots. They were literally made for sand, so I was sliding everywhere." He was also miserably cold.
I definitely recommend the proper attire when trying to fish in the winter. Since his uncomfortable mishap, he's been relying on Compass 360 Gear. They've mastered the ability to add in a lot of insulation, while still keeping their waders lightweight. They're also affordable, which is nice.
Planning your trip beforehand by studying the stream you'll be fishing to figure out where the best meanders are is key to success. You can utilize resources like local guides and tackle shops that can give you tips. Apps like ANGLR can be an incredible asset. You can start by researching your location ahead of time by using the Explore Feature, marking waypoints to try. From there, the local word of mouth can send you to those spots that can be the most successful, also giving you pointers on what sort of ties are working well for the area right now.
WildTroutStreams.com is a site recommended by Jesionek as a source that provides the most comprehensive maps and mapping data for locating wild trout streams throughout the continental U.S. You can view each creek in the state and see what sort of trout stream it's classified as.


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Time to cleanse the palate with a catchy little Juice Newton ditty.
So what? Late 70s and 80s pop videos were the best.
LOL Rough dates. That crutch-thwack dropped her like a sack of spuds; cracked me up.
Side note: I love me some close-up card magic. RIP Ricky Jay.
I had always thought that this song was written by Dave Edmunds - turns out it was written by the pedal steel guitar player in Emmy Lou Harris' band, Hank DeVito.
I like both her version and Edmunds'.
I have and like both versions too; been a Dave Edmunds fan since he was a new act. Rockpile, baby; about as good as short pop tunes ever got.
been a Dave Edmunds fan since he was a new act.
Yeah...that was something you could chuckle at. All in good fun. Much simpler times.
...Turns out it was written by the pedal steel guitar player in Emmy Lou Harris' band, Hank DeVito.
Somehow even IT is now removed from modern "Country" sound.
Dave Edmunds, Classical Gas. NICE.
Good mid-80s ditty, cool, innovative vid too.
They lead vocalist still has his chops.
"Nothing even close"? Are you saying for you 'Take On Me' is your favorite song or video?
Were you guys into Linda Ronstadt at all?
What a band this was! Watch/listen to how sync and tight these guys are, the joy and passion as Linda exhorts them on. No AM station would ever allow the rides and this song to go on 6 minutes. They tore it up.
A great replacement for Mike Pence in 2020!
Yes indeed, despite her ill-advised romance with Governor Moonbeam.
She was young and naive so I'll give her a pass on that one.
Sad - she has lost her voice due to Parkinson's disease.
That vid was pretty good; I kept hoping gravity would win out against fabric technology, but no such luck.
When and where? I did college radio for 4 years and worked at a few small market radio stations in upper Michigan and the midwest from around 1977 to 1986 before getting a TV gig.
Not on air - I'm the classic example of someone who has a face for radio.
Mostly doing voice-overs, production, weather and directing morning news.
In 2020 you should consider running.... as Boris' VP.
Tremendous powerhouse vocals. She could belt 'em out. No one re-worked then covered other artists material like Ronstadt. AND...made it sound much better. Amazing.
Yeah, she was really cute. She did have a naive quality and seemed exceptionally genuine.
Btw, on this vid, check out how these guys at the sound-board all light up like little boys as soon as Linda turns her attention toward them. Everyone must have had a crush on her.
Her cover of The Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved" is an outstanding version of that 50's classic.
A couple others I really liked were Little Feat's "Willin" (great trucker song) and "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" a 1956 Wanda Jackson song - I thought Hank wrote it but I was wrong.
Yeah, Linda having Parkinsons is a shame. I'm also reminded of Teri Garr and her problem.
Linda was so gifted...and...her voice and personality a gift for all of us.
It's a reminder that we should learn to appreciate things...as nothing on this earth last forever.
I agree. She made it hers, totally. Probably my favorite Ronstadt tune.
Interesting on a couple levels there. You're a collector I presume?
...Mostly doing voice-overs, production, weather and directing morning news.
Very cool. All facets of production?
Any of your work preserved on YT?
Btw -- did you actually understand weather fronts and all that stuff weathermen through at us? Or just read the teleprompter?
Her role was to give Jerry Brown a "beard" to cover his homosexuality. I don't know about anyone else,but I didn't have a clue about her being a lesbian.
The Eagles got their start as her band.The last time I saw either,she was their opening act,and her last song was "Desperado". Which was the song the Eagles opened their act with that night.
Women had a voice that rings like a freaking bell. It has to kill her that she lost her voice and had to quit performing and touring. I was lucky enough to see her in concert several times,and she always performed like the champ she was.
Given that he is a homo and she is a lesbian,it wasn't much of a romance. She was just giving him political cover.
I like that a lot better than "packrat". I think I'll be a "collector" from now on.


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Pioneer: Saul Bass
His long and prolific career has influenced legions of designers and filmmakers.
The design accomplishments of Saul Bass (1920–1996) encompass many areas of visual communication: graphic design, movie titles and films, corporate design programs. For more than five decades Bass was a design innovator, in the corporate world with logos for AT&T, United Airlines, North American Rockwell and working with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Otto Preminger. The scope of Bass's long and prolific career has influenced legions of designers and filmmakers.
"Bass fashioned title sequences into an art, creating in some cases, like Vertigo, a mini-film within a film," said director Martin Scorsese. "His graphic compositions in movement function as a prologue to the movie—setting the tone, providing the mood and foreshadowing the action."
In addition to his work on titles, Saul directed a feature film and several short films, often in collaboration with his wife, Elaine. Commissioned by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Why Man Creates, received an Academy Award. In addition, as visual consultant, he directed the famous shower scene in Psycho.
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Born in New York City, Bass studied at the Art Students League with Howard Trafton and at Brooklyn College with Gyorgy Kepes. After working in New York for a number of years, he moved to Los Angeles and founded Saul Bass & Associates in 1946.
His work received many awards such as the New York Art Directors Hall of Fame in 1977 and the AIGA Medal in 1981, but his view of himself remained quite modest. "There is nothing glamorous in what I do," he said. "I'm a working man. Perhaps I'm luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from doing useful work which I, and sometimes others, think is good." ca
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How much does it cost to build a payment gateway?
There are several development and maintenance costs associated with building your own payment gateway. The initial cost of creating your own payment gateway is typically higher than paying the associated fees to use an external payment gateway; however, by opting to go with a custom platform you are also investing in a long-term product for your company that is optimized to meet your specific business needs.
What Are Merchants Looking For in Payment Gateways?
A payment gateway should allow you to accept payments quickly and easily. The key component of any payment gateway is to process transactions securely and keep your customer's money and data secure. A secured payment gateway helps you gain the trust of your customers so they are willing to make transactions. A custom payment gateway may require a greater initial investment in terms of time and money, but this custom solution will dramatically help in growing your business.
There are a vast array of payment gateways to choose from in today's market, each with their own benefits and drawbacks that affect the services you can offer through that payment gateway. Determining whether the pros outweigh the cons in every off-the-shelf product available can make finding the right payment gateway for your business an extremely time-consuming process.
Below, we discuss the pros and cons of creating a custom payment gateway, the key components of a payment gateway portal, common pitfalls, differentiating factors for your payment gateway in an already overcrowded market and what are the merchants looking for.
Save on Payment Gateway Fees – Off-the-shelf payment gateways usually have a high sign-up cost and a fee associated with every transaction that is made, which over time eats up a large portion of your profit. With your own payment gateway, you save on these long-term fees and sign-up costs.
Custom Features – Even if you manage to find a good, reasonably priced off-the-shelf payment gateway that offers low transaction fees, you can still find yourself restricted by the limitations of that gateway. For example, a payment gateway owned by a third party may not support recurring payments and multi-currency transactions, which would limit your ability to process such transactions. With your own payment gateway, you can customize and add new features depending on your business needs and requirements.
Offer Payment Gateway Products – You can offer and sell your payment gateway as a product to other merchants, ISOs, and Agents.
Payment Gateway Development Costs – There are several development and maintenance costs associated with building your own payment gateway. The initial cost of creating your own payment gateway is typically higher than paying the associated fees to use an external payment gateway; however, by opting to go with a custom platform you are also investing in a long-term product for your company that is optimized to meet your specific business needs.
Payment Processor Integration & Certification Cost – Integrating with payment processors is time-consuming and requires going through a lengthy certification process. Using an off-the-shelf payment gateway is often simpler and faster in this respect, as you essentially pay for the convenience of using an existing gateway.
Handle Settlement Reports – Payment processors send settlement reports in a raw format.
Integration with Multiple Processors – Integration to different payment processors provides multiple options for your merchants to choose from when selecting the acquiring bank they want to use to create a settlement account. This also helps you provide competitive transaction fee rates to your merchants, as different processors have different interchange fee rates depending on factors such as merchant's business and transaction volume.
Security – PCI Compliance & Fraud Management – Every merchant looks for a secure payment gateway that will help them gain the customer's confidence. Merchants also look for fraud detection mechanisms built into payment gateways to avoid chargebacks and other issues that result from processing fraudulent purchases.
Scalability to Add New Features – The ideal payment gateway for any merchant should be able to adapt to the ever changing world of online payment processing. The upcoming surge and worldwide acceptance of new payment methods, such as the Bit Coin currency, is one example of why merchants must have a payment gateway that they can easily customize and update.
Disputes/Chargeback & Arbitration – Merchants will benefit from a payment gateway that has an interface to report and handle disputes from issuing banks.
Stuck With a Single Processor – A payment gateway integrated with a single processor will not be able to offer competitive fee rates to merchants. The payment gateway will also not be able to offer multiple options for creating settlement accounts between banks and merchants.
Manual Processing of Settlement Reports From Processor – The settlement reports coming from processors need to be manually parsed in order to be presented in a readable format, which can be a very time consuming and cumbersome job.
Not Supporting Recurring Payments – Most merchants do not want to store a customer's credit card information on their site and will prefer to look for a tokenized approach for accepting recurring payments from their customers.
Not Providing an Off-Site Payment Interface – Merchants tend to look for a "pay page" within a payment gateway to redirect their customers for processing ad hoc payments.
APIs For The Outside World – Building an easy and simple to use API to be used by merchant application.
Enhanced Security (3D Secure Transactions) – Merchants always look for security measures added in the payment gateway that will reduce chargebacks.
Ability to Handle Disputes, Chargeback & Arbitration – Merchants need a good interface and reporting mechanism to view and manage their chargebacks.
Providing Off-Site Payment Interface – Merchants typically opt to have a "pay page" for their payment gateway to submit and process ad hoc payments.
Supporting Recurring Payments – Merchants do not want to store a customer's credit card details on their site and will often prefer to look for a tokenized approach for accepting recurring payments.
Customer Support – Merchants will seek round the clock customer support to make sure that their business is not negatively affected by glitches on the payment gateway side.
Owning a payment gateway that is designed to your specifications can be a valuable tool for your business. It allows you to provide a single, integrated solution for point of sale (POS) and payment processing, which you can then offer to merchants as a replacement of the current payment gateway they may be using.
However, to ensure that merchants are willing to part with their current provider, your payment gateway must be secure to reduce the risk of charge backs and have a wider range of options for choosing an acquiring bank for creating settlement accounts. It should also offer competitive fees, faster settlement, excellent customer support and high-quality reporting.


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Document worth reading: "The Big Potential of Big Data"
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Big data works. Adopters have reaped benefits in ROI, customer interactions and insights into customer behavior. Of the organizations that used big data at least 50% of the time, three in five (60%) said that they had exceeded their goals. At the same time, of the companies that used big data less than 50% of the time, just 33% said that they had exceeded their goals. The more frequently that companies felt that they were making sufficient use of data, the more likely they exceeded their goals. More than nine in 10 companies (92%) who had always or frequently made sufficient use of data said that they had met or exceeded their goals, while just 5% who said that they were making sufficient use of data said that they were falling short of their goals. At the same time, marketers seem to be suffering from a personality split. The overwhelming majority of executives say they are satisfied with their marketing. When pressed for more detail, however, the participants' rosy view contradicts other, more detailed findings. Executives believe that they are using big data enough when they aren't. A majority of agencies and non-agencies said that they were frequently or always making sufficient use of data in marketing decisions. However, only about one in 10 non-agencies managed more than half their advertising/marketing with big data, and a third of agencies used big data in more than half their initiatives. Many executives may be struggling to define big data and its potential benefits. Just over half of senior executives (both at agencies and other companies) said that they agreed or strongly agreed that they had a good understanding of big data and its benefits. Systems that generate data quickly and can account for changing consumer behavior – those that utilize machine learning – will be increasingly important. Roughly a quarter of respondents called them critical to the success of their marketing, while another 43% of agency executives and 44% of senior executives at non-agency organizations said they would be increasingly important for most initiatives. The Big Potential of Big Data


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Ubi Franklin Professes Love For Iyanya Amidst Feud
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The feud between music promoter Ubi Franklin and singer Iyanya may continue to escalate as both parties keep divulging different information about their dispute over Triplemg.
Iyanya, during an interview with Freeze on Cool FM had revealed his own side of his face-off with the music manager And Ubi Franklin also went to Cool FM to explain his side of the story.
This is a text transcript of the interview TripleMG Boss Ubi Franklin granted detailing the genesis to the revelation of his brouhaha with Kukere crooner Iyanya. Ubi's words:
"I had to miss my son's first Inter house sports just to be here. I shed some tears downstairs before I came up here…because that guy means a lot to me.
But shout out to his mom, She's actually going to represent me today, you know, to make sure everything goes properly.
The Triplemg boss who agreed to state only facts and numbers said Iyanya threw him under the bus. He said 'I am going to start from the genesis.
"Sometime, in 2012, we have gone to one of those top records label, I am not gonna mention names. They use to live in Omole ( Dotun: Are you sure that's not P square).
We have gone to visit them, we had drinks at their pool side. And then they invited Iyanya into the house and then they had a conversation with Iyanya, with myself, Emma Nyra, Deetunes and Bassey. I'm sorry this conversation cannot be complete if I don't mention their names.
When we were driving back, Iyanya broke the news to us that they wanted to sign him..
When they Called Iyanya into the house, I was not there, We were all seated at the pool side having drinks.
So, going home, I was fuming. Like why will you let them sign you. I was not saying that they were not up to signing you but I believe that the whole team that came here with you, we work hard for you to make sure that you are where you are right now and you are able to carry us. This is a team, so pulling you out is going to be a big situation for us. I made him understand that and then we drove home.
"It was in the night. We drove from Omole to. The next day we drove to Cool FM for an interview. (Dotun: Thats a long time)
When we went home, we talked about it. I then said, "I don't think you should sign up for any record label. I believe what should be done is that, since there are a lot of people that believe in what you and I are building, we should make sure that we can support them too.
He (Iyanya) said noooo there's no money. I said, "Listen when you start something then you find money. The easiest thing in my life for me to do is to look for money. Once there's a product that can generate money, going to look for the money is easy. I will always tell people, don't look for the money before you have the product to carry yourself.
So we had the conversation and we were talking, he now said, "listen he's not cut out for doing music business. He's not cut out for doing the business side of the music. I had witnesses there. Myself, Bassey. I don't think Deetunes was there, it was the next day.
The next day, we were at the balcony where I used to live. I was squatting with somebody. Emma Nyra use to come around because the studio was closer.
So, I want to call the company a name. I now said, "Made Man Music" but Emma Nyra said no since there are two guys, it should be "Made Men Music". I was like, Oh that makes sense. We chopped knuckles.
"Iyanya was pressing his phone. I told him, "we have found a name, let's go and register our name. He told me clearly. He said, I am not Interested. He do company, as far my music and everything is, you can handle everything. I just want to sing.
So, I went to Abuja. There was a friend that introduced me to a lawyer. His name is Obinna. Obinna helped me to do the registration. Then company registration, if it's not a lawyer nobody can do it. Now it's actually easier.
So, Obinna got all the details. *Display the company's first CAC Certificate that was registered. May 21st 2012.
I have a lot of documents that Iyanya had signed that will prove that this was his signature.
I gave shares to my brothers because you can't be on the shares only you.
*Dotun: The first CAC document, Iyanya was not part of the shares from the beginning?
Ubi: Yes, And I can say that everywhere. This is proof. He said he was interested in doing the business side of music. We parted ways in 2016.
When we registered this company, business was not really going well. Things were actually rough.
So, In August or September 2012, we have gone for a top government official mom's burial in Delta State. So when we alighted from the flight, I saw a lady carrying a bag. I now told Iyanya, I don't know who that lady is. See that lady, go after her, help her and carry her bag. She might be the woman that can help us. You know we are looking for money, she might be the woman that can help us.
Iyanya went and helped the woman, they started talking and gisting, So I cut up with them. We were just talking. Then she now introduced who she was. She works at Access Bank at that time. She revealed that her kids love Iyanya and his songs. At the time Kukere was reigning.
Iyanya refused signing the document.
So when we got back to Lagos after the trip to Asaba, Delta state. I contacted the lady. I said, MA I know you work in a bank, things have been tough for us. We are trying to push Iyanya and everything. Is it possible for us, for your bank to give us a loan? "
She now said, Yeah sure. Come to the office.
We went to their office in VI and we spoke to them and everything. And she said, can she see our CAC document. I brought that.
So when I presented the document, she looked at the document and found out that Iyanya's name was not on the document. She now said, "Ubi, If Iyanya's name is not on this document we can't give you the loan because it's Iyanya we know.
So I turned and looked at Iyanya, he put his head on the floor. He knew he messed up at that time because this is business for us, and I always told him, if I ask you to do something, let's do it. Because it might not make sense now but it might make sense tomorrow.
She said we should go back to CAC and rectify the document. We went back to CAC in September 2012 and we got new document. This document shows Iyanya. October 2012.
Ubi then referring to Iyanya's accusations that he has repeatedly forged his signature, He said, "I have never ever forged anybody's signature.
I come from a very proper legal background and those that know me, knows that I was sent to school to read law. I know the legal implications of forgery. It's the easiest way to go to jail. I would never do that.
Barrister Obinna made a mistake with Iyanya's name. A lot spell Iyanya on the internet.
So when we came back, they approved the loan.
Freda Francis, I'm sorry to say this. She was the person that gave us security for the loan. To back up the loan. We pushed kukere to the next level. We did a video for 'your waist '. We needed to push the face with the song, that's why we acquired the loan.
We signed the relinquishing share document that says that everything the company's make, we are going to make 50/50.
In late 2012, we had gone to Abuja to record a song. A young man (Tekno) walked into the studio. And started singing, "Ekaete loves to dance". I was impressed. When I see a good talent, I'm up for it. So I was impressed. So I met him after the whole thing and asked if he was signed. He said yes for now. I told to let me know when his contract expires.
Iyanya doesn't like Tekno and I have proof to prove that.
Later, Tekno called me and I sent him my house address. We were moving to a new house then. I contacted his lawyer. We did all the documentation.
Iyanya was on Tekno's album, Ekaete loves to dance. I asked Iyanya if he remembers Tekno, on the music album. Can we sign him.
Iyanya told me point blank, I don't want to be part of anything artiste. I want to focus on my career and I am not interested in signing any artiste.
I gave Tekno a room downstairs in our new house. Tekno said he can't stay downstairs and believes he should stay upstairs. So I reasoned, he is not just an upcoming artiste because he already has his songs, holiday and Onyeneku singing on radios.
I went upstairs and told Iyanya, let's take this guy upstairs and all that. Iyanya was fuming and said he doesn't want to do it.
Freda Francis called me. She was there when all these were happening. She called me and said, "Ubi, I know you are a great business guy and I know that when your mind tells you something that something is gonna be right, that thing will happen. Please if you know that you can do this thing and in the future it will turn out right, please do it".
I said, you don't need to even tell me, Me I know I'm gonna do it. Because we need to make sure that it's not just from Iyanya.
Despite my partner Iyanya reluctance in signing the deal, I believe that Tekno was gonna a big star. I had no doubts about that. If you stay with Tekno you will love to even sing.
Iyanya never spent a dime on promoting Tekno. If he says he has spent, he should bring the proof.
I spent a lot trying to shoot Tekno's video "If I dance. Things were really rough for me after I shot that video. It didn't pick up as much.
In 2015, Tekno did Duro and that was when things picked up for Tekno.
On the 30 million naira, Iyanya claimed Tekno made and he got only N145,000.
Ubi said, I had bills to clear. Bills that I incurred trying to promote Tekno.
So in early 2016, Tekno has started making money. Iyanya came to me and asked why he is not making money from Tekno. And I told him, "Bro you can't make money. You can't come to me like that. You are even supposed to be apologizing to me for not bringing a dime to promoting Tekno.
Before we started making money, I had to transfer the management of Tekno because I had too many artistes to manage.
So Paulo tried to settle us. In New York. He advised I give Iyanya a percentage out of whatever Tekno is making. I thought about it and agreed. So after giving Tekno his own share, I and Iyanya shared the remaining 50/50. And he thanked me and left. I have proofs. Whatsapp messages. Iyanya got more than N145,000 from Tekno's deal. I have proofs.
I had bills to clear but Paul said he was gonna clear the bills and any money that comes in, we are gonna take that money to offset his own side of the business.
From the messages, Iyanya said he was tired of Paul sitting down, collecting money and doing nothing. I told him, he needed to calm down. Because at that point, Paul was trying to help us close up a lot of bills that we had incurred.
This happened for about 5 months. And Iyanya left in July.
So when Iyanya was leaving. He said he wanted to leave everything, that he doesn't want to have anything to do with the company.
In July, I started getting emails from him for a settlement contract. At that point, I didn't know he was going to that label that he went to. So I didn't know that the lawyer that came with was represented by***. You know the two labels are***.
On the settlement agreement, which I posted online, Iyanya relinquished his shares on the company. All the shares. He transferred the shares to me.
I sent my cousin to convince him not to leave. He sent me a message to me that I should help him set up himself. I promised him that. That was before he went to the other label.
I'm not addressing this issue again even if they bring the whole allegations against me. If anybody comes here to sit down and tarnish another person's image, please ask them to bring proofs.
These are proofs of what I spent. Bills of food we ate. At shows. I spent money. I am a businessman.
If anybody is coming at me, they should come out clean.
I am not perfect. Neither is anyone listening to me. Iyanya should point one person he helped in this life. (Dotun: Ahh that's getting personal)
I want to address this, music managers, we take all the blows. We take all bad vibes. Because you know we always do, we tell the artist to stay behind let's go and do the dirty job. So perfect might hate me. Ubi you are this, Ubi you are that. Good, it's because I do the dirty job. We are representing the artist. Because we know the fire the artist is giving us back.
Till December 2018, every now and then when I meet him. I ask him how far. Iyanya's career is personal to me.
I don't address anybody's issues and after today I will feel bad for myself.
I feel bad for myself. I am here at the detriment of son's inter house sports. I feel bad for myself. So for whatever reason, I am here to clear myself and put the records straight.
I am a business man, I don't go out to defraud anybody. I invest in business. I run seven businesses. If I see a viable business that I think it's gonna be, I invest in it.
Triplemg was a successful business, we paid back the loan.
Okay everyone, no matter what I say here, I might look the good guy to some people and look like the bad guy to some people. I'm not here to throw anybody under the bus. Iyanya, love youuuu. I care about you. You know that even before now, I always come through for you. I was always there for you but I don't think that you needed to go this way to do this to me. I love you and I will always love you and I really really care about you.
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Doing as we're told, mostly Manitobans largely heeding public-health call to stay home, but some continue to flout rules, data shows By: Ryan Thorpe and Michael Pereira Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 13, 2020 Last Modified: 8:34 AM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2020 Updates
The data is clear: Manitobans, for the most part, have got the message and are staying at home.
But there are outliers ignoring public-health directives, increasing the risk of community spread of COVID-19, which has eclipsed 100,000 deaths worldwide.
Data from Toronto-based Environics Analytics shows Manitoba has done well when it comes to sheltering at home as the pandemic deepens.
TREVOR HAGAN/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Large crowds like the ones at the Gimli Icelandic Festival in the summer of 2015 will be uncommon in the province this year.
Environics Analytics senior vice-president Rupen Seoni said the company used cellphone location data from apps to track weekend movements throughout the country from Feb. 1 to April 5.
The data was used to calculate an "out-and-about rate," looking at those who were 100 metres or more away from their home postal code for at least 30 minutes during daytime hours on a weekend.
"We've been working for three-plus years on using opt-in mobile device movement data. It is consenting…. It's all based on people opting-in on an app-based permission," Seoni said.
"It became very apparent to us that this is useful from a COVID perspective because people are being asked to stay at home."
On the weekend of Feb. 1, a month before "social distancing" became common parlance in Manitobans' vocabulary, the province had an out-and-about rate of 35 per cent — one of the highest in the country.
By the weekend of April 5, that figure dropped to 15 per cent — one percentage point below the national average.
Manitoba's rate largely follows a trend and timeline seen across the country. From a baseline of 35 per cent, the province saw a seven per cent dip between the weekends of March 8 and 15, which bookends the announcement of Manitoba's first positive case of COVID-19.
The weekend after Manitoba declared a state of emergency on March 20, the out-and-about rate fell another five per cent, holding steady at 22 per cent for a week.
That period also marked the first death in the province attributed to the coronavirus, followed by several days of double-digit case announcements, as well as a new public-health directive to shutter all "non-critical" businesses.
By April 5, Manitoba's out-and-about rate was 15 per cent, below every province but Quebec.
"You can only get so far with blanket, broad-based messaging. A lot of that has been effective in changing people's behaviour, but there's still going to be people who either won't abide by the stay-at-home guidelines, or they can't because they're essential workers," Seoni said.
Melanie and Shane Embury, a husband and wife who manage a business in Gimli, weren't surprised to learn some Manitobans are thumbing their noses at stay-at-home orders.
"The frustration for us was the amount of people coming out for days trips. There's no reason for that. People are coming out in groups. They're coming to the store and asking to use the washroom. They're frustrated with us because there's no washrooms in Gimli for them to use."
– Gimli business manager, Shane Embury
They said it was clear to them hundreds of Winnipeggers made day trips to the community on the west side of Lake Winnipeg over the long weekend.
"The frustration for us was the amount of people coming out for days trips. There's no reason for that. People are coming out in groups. They're coming to the store and asking to use the washroom. They're frustrated with us because there's no washrooms in Gimli for them to use," Shane said.
"It's like, 'You know where the washroom is? It's at home where you're supposed to be.'"
Melanie said their son also works at the store and she's worried about her family's safety, particularly as the weather improves, increasing the chance of drawing more out-of-town visitors.
"We did 500 transactions on Friday. Out of those, at least 300 were people we'd never seen before. And out of that, I'd say about 100 were people coming in groups who were obviously just out here on day trips," Shane said.
"We don't have a problem if you want to come out for a drive, but pack some groceries, some water or whatever, and stay in your car."
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Greg Rickford, who represents the riding of Kenora-Rainy River, has been outspoken on social media about the need for Manitobans to stay home and refrain from travelling to their cottages during the pandemic.
On April 4, Rickford took to Twitter to say there are growing numbers of cottagers returning to the area, and warning this could overwhelm the regional health authority if there's a spike in COVID-19 cases.
"I have worked closely with the municipalities, health units and Indigenous leaders across northwestern Ontario, and we all share the same concern for continued cottage travel into the Kenora area," Rickford said in a written statement.
"The Northwestern Health unit does not have the capacity to deal with an influx in population… I am asking all seasonal residents to respect our efforts to contain the spread and protect our health-care services. When this is over, we will welcome our friends from Manitoba with open arms, but right now we need everyone to do their part and stay home."
Seoni said that as the pandemic continues governments and public-health authorities will need better and more localized data to properly tailor their messaging and reduce the risk of continued community transmission.
"Understanding who those populations are and where they are can help the government and public health design better messaging, better interventions, and to focus on those populations that will not, or cannot, comply," he said.
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Frankly Wines' Liz Nicholson writes to announce that she is expanding into the space next door at West Broadway between Murray and Warren, having taken over the lease on the old massage parlor (sorry, H.). The state liquor authority just approved the move, and after some more permitting, they will get started on construction. The hope is to be finished by late summer.
This is one of these things you should do just because we live in New York and not in [insert suburb of your choice]. And sure, maybe you go just to say you said you went, but maybe – just maybe — you will relax long enough to enjoy it. The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra perform Mondays at 1p through April 30. St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway and Fulton.
The Mysterious Bookshop will host Hallie Rubenhold on April 9, 6:30p, here to discuss her excellent new nonfiction book, The Five, which examines, in detail, the lives of the five women murdered by Jack the Ripper. Through extensive research, Rubenhold has uncovered more information about these women than ever thought possible. Beyond just telling the stories of these particular characters, though, the author uses their lives to examine the greater hardships that faced women, and especially poor women, in Victorian England.
Ref St Paul's Chapel. If you want to have a really serene moment before the week starts, try Compline at St Paul's Chapel at 8 p.m. on Sunday evenings.
It lasts less than half an hour, there is no talking just singing until your candle burns down.


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2020 « Organization « Biden for President « Press Release
Biden for President
Biden for President Recognizes Campaign Organizers as Members of Teamsters Local 238
Today, Biden for President has announced that the campaign has recognized Teamsters Local 238 as the bargaining agent for the campaign's field organizers.
Statement from Biden for President Campaign Manager Greg Schultz:
"Joe Biden has fought for the dignity and respect of working people his entire career and we are proud to be a campaign that puts his values into action — including a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and of course the right of workers to organize. We look forward to working with our field organizers, as the newest members of Teamsters Local 238, who are helping power this campaign to victory."
For more on Joe Biden's previously released plans to strengthen worker organizing, collective bargaining, and unions, please visit https://joebiden.com/empowerworkers/.
Biden for President and Teamsters Local 238 Announce Signing of Collective Bargaining Agreement for Campaign Field Organizers
Biden for President field organizers, represented by Teamsters Local 238, have ratified with overwhelming support a collective bargaining agreement effective May 1.
Teamsters Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer Jesse Case said the agreement reflects long overdue changes in an industry where workers have traditionally worked long hours for low pay.
"For the first time in history, the campaign staff for a presumptive nominee of a major political party will be covered under a union agreement that includes overtime pay for all hours worked after 40 in a week, 100 percent employer-paid health insurance, a six-day work week, a union grievance procedure and other protections afforded by a union contract," Case said. "We are pleased to announce that Biden for President field organizers, represented by Teamsters Local 238, have ratified a collective bargaining agreement effective May 1."
"Since the campaign launched, Vice President Biden has been clear that if his staff chose to unionize, he would be fully supportive of that effort," said Maju Varghese, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Advisor, Biden for President. "We are proud that our campaign continues to live out the values that have defined Vice President Biden's career. That is why his plan to grow a stronger, more inclusive middle class – the backbone of the American economy – demands that we strengthen public and private sector unions and help all workers bargain successfully for what they deserve. Our hardworking field organizers are no exception, and their efforts are critical to our success at the ballot box this fall."
In line with Vice President Biden's calls for a $15.00 federal minimum wage, this agreement will guarantee an hourly wage above $15.00 and overtime wages for all hours above 40 hours each week. This will result in an overall average increase of $1,900 in annual wages for field organizers, who will also get a 100% employer contribution for employee medical and vision coverage.
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Q: Statistics/Econometrics related question: I'm a student trying to complete a university assignment involving an empirical analysis.
We're doing multiple regression at the moment in python and I'm wondering if I went about this the right way.
What I'm trying to do is a hypothesis test to check if the effect of one variable is the same as the other. it's just a snippet but you can imagine I have a dataframe, of which I am currently interested in the variables that take up column 1 and 2. Column 0 is a constant added to the model.
Am I correct?
    import os
    import numpy as np
    import pandas as pd
    import scipy.stats as stats
    import statsmodels.api as sm
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import seaborn as sns

    newvars3 = data[['w_a', 'gender', 'gkclasssize', 'gkclasstype', 'gktyears', 'gkabsent']]
    newvars3 = sm.add_constant(newvars3)
    modelnewvars3 = sm.OLS(ymath, newvars3, missing='drop')
    resultnewvars3 = modelnewvars3.fit()
    print(resultnewvars3.summary())
    csvnewvars3 = resultnewvars3.summary().as_csv()
    open(report_dir + 'summ_newvars3_math.csv', 'w').write(csvnewvars3)

    ##Testing the effect of gender vs race
    R = np.array([0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0])
    tvalue = R @ resultnewvars3.params / (R @ resultnewvars3.cov_params() @ R.T)
    pvalue = 2*(1 - stats.norm.cdf(tvalue))
    gen_race_hypo_test = pd.Series(np.array([tvalue, pvalue]), index=['T-value', 'P-value'])
    gen_race_hypo_test.name = 'Hypothesis test for same effect: Gender vs Race'
    print('\n', gen_race_hypo_test)

data['w_a'] is a dummy variable for race, 0 for white/asian, 1 for other.
Statistical theory/Knowledge is required to answer this question.

A: When you do a regression you are going to get a model

y
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There you could see if B1 and B2 are going opposite ways. But I don't think that's how you should prove you hypothesis. Maybe doing a simple linear regression and seeing it result model and its attributes for each variable could be the best way to do so.
I'm assuming that if you are interested in column 1 and column 2 is because those are your x-(independent variables), then that would make your column 0 your y-(dependent variable)? For a model y~x1 and y~x2.
You should provide more information about this and be clearer about the step you are doing. The snippet only shows the calculation of the p-value and t-value not the columns you are referencing.


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Because several drugs have been proven to improve cholesterol levels and reduce the incidence of heart attacks and death, it also can be argued that substituting garlic for that purpose is senseless. In a Los Angeles Times interview, lead author Christopher Gardner said: "It just doesn't work. If garlic was going to work, in one form or other, then it would have worked in our study. The lack of effect was compelling and clear." The study was supported by a $1.5 million NIH grant.
Pakistani public health leader murdered. Dr. Abdul Ghani Marwat, who headed the Pakistan government's polio vaccination campaign in Bajaur tribal district near the Afghan border, was killed by a roadside bomb (the same type used by the Iraqi resistance against U.S. occupation forces) while returning after meeting a local religious leader. Two other health workers were injured, one fatally. The blast came amid rumors that the vaccination drive was part of a Western plot to sterilize Muslim children. Some 1,500 health officials, including doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, reacted by wearing black armbands and executing a strike to protest the killing and lack of security. The Pakistani government has said that the parents of some 24,000 children had refused to give them the polio vaccine because of opposition by Muslim clergy [Health workers boycott polio vaccination in Bajaur Agency. The Pakistan Daily Times, Feb 20, 2007] Pakistan is one of only a handful of countries countries in Asia and Africa where polio has not been wiped out.


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I Have 4 Tattoos, 11 Piercings – Nayas
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Ghanaian actress and CEO of Nayas Films Production, Gladys Mensah Boako, popularly known as Nayas1, has disclosed that she has four tattoos and eleven piercings on her body.
"I've a lot of tattoos, I've about four tattoos and eleven piercings but upon all that, I love God. God doesn't judge based on personality but from the heart," she told Zionfelix in an interview.
The Kumawood actress beseeched Ghanaians not to judge her based on her outward appearance.
Citing the late Ebony Reigns as an example, Nayas1 said: "I'm someone who worships God a lot, let's take the late Ebony for an example, she worshipped God a lot, so, if you judged her based on her tattoos, you got it wrong."
Nayas has been in the news lately for her inability to deal with her break-up with gospel musician Ernest Opoku.
She claimed the musician jilted her after getting her pregnant and promising to marry her.
The controversial actress also recently made headlines when she posted pictures of herself and fellow actor Apostle John Prah on social media with the inscription, "What God has put together, let no man put asunder", leaving entertainment lovers to wonder if the two had tied the knot.
However, Apostle Prah has explained that the photos were taken for a movie in which he played the role of a husband to Nayas and has, therefore, denied having any relationship with the actress in real life.
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The truly happy family
The great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy said it with the first line of his novel Anna Karenina: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Actually, he said it in Russian -- this is just the most common translation -- and of course he was exactly wrong. Following a very few patterns, unhappy families seem to chart almost identical downward spirals into misery or dissolution.
Happy families, however, seem to find the resources to overcome obstacles, conflicts, griefs, and the natural cycles of life.
I suppose it's arrogant of me, as a lesser novelist, to say so, but ... what a failure of imagination on Tolstoy's part!
Of course, he did live in a different time, when everyone tried hard to create and maintain the appearance of happiness, and only a few courted scandal by opening their private failures to public inspection.
But even then it should have been obvious, if only from the scandals themselves, that there is an oppressive sameness about failed families, while I find an inspiring variety in the families that are determined to succeed.
Perhaps my disagreement with Tolstoy is merely a sloppiness of definition. What do we mean by a "happy" family?
If we mean one in which each individual never knows a moment's grief, frustration, anger, disappointment, resentment, envy, loneliness, or suffering, then "happy family" is a term without a referent in the real world.
Even if such people existed, they wouldn't even know they were happy, having never experienced anything else. In fact, knowing what I do of human nature, I'm quite sure such imaginary people would soon work themselves into a frenzy of suffering over the fact that their lives were so boring!
A happy family will always contain unhappy individuals, because such is the nature of human life. We always want at least some things that cannot be had; we always lose things we wish we could keep.
The natural course of life leads to suffering and loss.
Our bodies don't do all we want them to do; we suffer ills and pains.
There is no such thing as a satisfying career, because careers by their nature can never satisfy us for more than a moment at a time. When you achieve the pinnacle of your ambition, the thrill lasts about fourteen seconds, and then you cast about wondering what to try for next.
Either we don't have all the children we wanted, our children make choices that we wish they hadn't, or they do everything perfectly -- and then move away to start their own families, leaving us comparatively lonely and purposeless.
And yet people going through all these natural woes may be living in a genuinely happy family.
Those of us who have suffered the worst thing in the world -- the death of a child -- are perhaps most keenly aware of the great paradox: It is while suffering the worst of grief that we feel most keenly the joy of family love.
The world gets confused and thinks that joy or happiness are identical to pleasure or amusement. Wicked, miserable, cynical, lonely people can smile and laugh; happy, generous, hopeful, loving people can weep.
The measure of a joyful family life is not in our transient emotions, but rather in our lasting commitments.
Let me give you a seemingly trivial example -- the current hit movie 17 Again. The premise is silly enough -- a man whose family is falling apart is given back his seventeen-year-old body in order to fix his life.
Only he quickly discovers that fixing his life actually comes from fixing the broken lives of his family. Because he is now (anonymously) their peer in high school, he can see what his children's lives are actually like. He can see his love-starved daughter's willingness to give herself to a brutal, exploitative teenage boy; he can see how his son's lack of confidence hides his own talents from him.
And when he befriends his own son and comes home and sees his wife through new eyes, he realizes talents and desires in her that he had been blind to before, because of his own self-obsession.
With his new understanding, he is able to help them achieve new visions of their own possibilities. He helps his son become a good basketball player and achieve a different social position in school; he helps his daughter stand up for herself and, through the heartbreak of being dumped by an unworthy boyfriend, raise her standard of what she expects from a man in her life.
And he takes the first steps toward healing his marriage, by showing his wife that the despairing man he used to be has now been replaced by a husband and father filled with commitment to and hope in his marriage and family.
Because of the magical story element, this looks like fantasy. But the power of this simple story is this: There isn't one thing he achieves through his magical opportunity that he could not have been achieving all along by overcoming his own selfishness and focusing on his family.
He could only find individual happiness by loving those who needed and depended on him the most.
Nobody involved with 17 Again would make any claim that they were creating great art at the level of a Leo Tolstoy.
Oddly enough, however, I think there is more truth about happiness in life in 17 Again than there is in Anna Karenina, if only because 17 Again actually knows what happiness is.
No offense, but Tolstoy was an idiot compared to, say, David O. McKay, who said, "No other success can compensate for failure in the home."
The other side of that is: If your family is committed to helping each other achieve worthy goals, then nothing the world can do to you will take away that fundamental joy.