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Use of levosimendan in the ICU
Levosimendan is an inodilator that promotes cardiac contractility primarily through calcium sensitisation of cardiac troponin C and vasodilatation via opening of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells. The drug also exerts organ-protective effects through a similar effect on mitochondrial KATP channels.
Levosimendan has been demonstrated to have potential utility in a wide range of critical illness situations encountered in intensive care unit (ICU) medicine: haemodynamic support in cardiogenic or septic shock; weaning from mechanical ventilation or from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; and in the context of cardiorenal syndrome.
A review paper, authored by experts from nine European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland), examines the clinical and experimental data for levosimendan in these situations and concludes that, in most instances, the evidence is encouraging, which is not the case with other cardioactive and vasoactive drugs routinely used in the ICU.
"It must be acknowledged, however, that in each sphere of application, the evidence is incomplete or indicative rather than conclusive, and further clinical evaluation will be needed to substantiate the case for levosimendan and to refine the patient categories and dosage schedules likely to be associated with the greatest clinical benefit," according to the authors.
Haemodynamic support in critical care
Levosimendan has been studied in several therapeutic applications, particularly in the management of acute heart failure (AHF) patients with low cardiac output and in high-risk cardiac surgery. The drug has also shown preliminary positive effects in a range of other conditions requiring inotropic support, including right ventricular failure, cardiogenic shock (CS), septic shock, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the most common etiology of CS but CS may arise from any situation of acute, severe dysfunction in either ventricle of the heart. The standard of care in CS consists of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for AMI, fluid therapy, vasopressors, inotropes and, in the last resort, mechanical assistance. Data from initial comparator studies indicate that levosimendan may be a useful addition to this regimen.
The currently available clinical evidence in septic shock indicates that: (1) Levosimendan can successfully replace dobutamine in supporting severe de novo AHF due to septic cardiomyopathy (SCM), with additional positive extracardiac effects owing to amelioration of multiple-organ failure (MOF); and (2) Indiscriminate use of levosimendan (i.e., without selecting severe cases of cardiovascular failure) to prevent the development of MOF is safe from a haemodynamic perspective but may confer no clinical benefit.
Weaning from the ventilator
About 10%–20% of intubated patients in ICUs are difficult to wean from mechanical ventilation, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. The pathophysiology of muscle weakness in these patients is complex but includes muscle fibre atrophy and reduced calcium sensitivity of the contractile proteins. Because respiratory muscle troponin resembles cardiac troponin, it is plausible that levosimendan may enhance muscular contractility in the same way that it enhances cardiac contractility. This supposition has support from in vitro data, experimental research, and a healthy volunteer study. Positive effects were seen in both slow and rapid diaphragm muscle fibres.
Weaning from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Most patients require inotropic drugs to support myocardial contractile function during weaning from venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), and the limited clinical evidence currently available suggests that levosimendan offers some important advantages over other inotropes for this vulnerable period: no increase in myocardial oxygen consumption, a prolonged cardiovascular effect (days), and improvement in endothelial function.
It should be noted that the HFA-ESC Task Force on Takotsubo syndrome advocates levosimendan as the single form of inotropic support in cases of unavailable extracorporeal life support (ECLS). Case reports are encouraging, and the pathophysiology is conceptually a good fit to the properties of levosimendan.
The authors cite that some clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of levosimendan in AHF showed a significant improvement in survival, whereas some (the larger ones) did not, but the bulk of evidence did overall support the efficacy and safety of the drug. Based on these findings, a market authorisation was granted in over 60 countries, with the notable exception of the U.S. and the UK.
"Central to future investigations must be the identification of robust and relevant end points. An improvement in survival/mortality may be plausible in cases where levosimendan substitutes for an adrenergic inotrope with a documented propensity to increase mortality. In other settings, however, it is not obvious that a mortality gain can be assumed nor is it certain that any such gain, welcome as it would be, would be the most pertinent measurement of any treatment effect," the authors write.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
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Herpain A, Bouchez S, Pollesello P et al. (2019) Use of Levosimendan in Intensive Care Unit Settings: An Opinion Paper. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 73(1):3–14. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000636
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For most people in Japan, Edo is more than just a historical city. It also has a symbolic image and meaning. It represents nearly everything that they consider a part of their "traditional" culture.
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. Culture and Lifestyle in Japan .
. Edo no gaidobukku 江戸のガイドブック Guidebooks for Edo .
- - - Edo Tokyo Database / Great-Edo Database - This database searches for and displays the Edo and Tokyo related documents on this site by document type and keyword.
. . . a facility to preserve the historical heritage of Edo-Tokyo.
... to let you explore and discover old Tokyo, in particular the areas associated with shitamachi.
江戸時代の絵画、書、和歌、俳句、古文書 - very extensive resource !
. MORE - Titles of Books, Articles etc. - Book, Buchtitel .
. Edogaku Jiten 江戸学事典 Dictionary of Edo .
the life of Okatsu, a young woman who grows up to be the Shogun's Queen.
Sacred High City, Sacred Low City: A Tale of Religious Sites in Two Tokyo Neighborhoods.
. Ishikawa Eisuke Ishikawa 石川英輔 .
Literature from Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850 .
In 2007, Tsunenari published a book entitled Edo no idenshi (江戸の遺伝子), released in English in 2009 as The Edo Inheritance, which seeks to counter the common belief among Japanese that the Edo period (throughout which members of his Tokugawa clan ruled Japan as Shoguns) was like a dark age, when Japan, cut off from the world, fell behind.
On the contrary, he argues, the roughly 250 years of peace and relative prosperity saw great economic reforms, the growth of a sophisticated urban culture, and the development of the most urbanized society on the planet.
. Buyo Inshi 武陽隠士 .
paints a vivid portrait of Tokugawa Japan, a time when contact with the outside world was deliberately avoided and the daily life of the different classes consolidated the traditions that shaped modern Japan.
and over 100 illustrations, authentic samurai, farmers, craftsmen, merchants, courtiers, priests, entertainers and outcasts come to life in this magnificently illustrated portrait of a colorful society. Most works of Japanese history fail to provide enough details about the lives of the people who lived during the time. The level of detail in Everyday Life in Traditional Japan allows for a more complete picture of the history of Japan.
Charles J. Dunn, describes how each class lived: their food, clothing, and houses; their their beliefs and their fears. At the same time he takes account of certain important groups that fell outside the formal class structure, such as the courtiers in the emperor's palace at Kyoto, the Shinto and Buddhist priests, and the other extreme, the actors and the outcasts. he concludes with a lively account of everyday life in the capital city of Edo, the present–day Tokyo.
Of all the world's great cities, Tokyo remains one of the least well known. Paul Waley calls forth the stories sleeping behind the glass and chrome of today's fast-paced metropolis and conjures the traces of Tokyo past overlapping Tokyo present.
Paul Waley is a scholar of Human Geography at the University of Leeds.
In Spectacular Accumulation , Morgan Pitelka investigates the significance of material culture and sociability in late sixteenth-century Japan, focusing in particular on the career and afterlife of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The story of Ieyasu illustrates the close ties between people, things, and politics and offers us insight into the role of material culture in the shift from medieval to early modern Japan and in shaping our knowledge of history. This innovative and eloquent history of a transitional age in Japan reframes the relationship between culture and politics. Like the collection of meibutsu, or "famous objects," exchanging hostages, collecting heads, and commanding massive armies were part of a strategy Pitelka calls "spectacular accumulation," which profoundly affected the creation and character of Japan's early modern polity.
Pitelka uses the notion of spectacular accumulation to contextualize the acquisition of "art" within a larger complex of practices aimed at establishing governmental authority, demonstrating military dominance, reifying hierarchy, and advertising wealth. He avoids the artificial distinction between cultural history and political history, arguing that the famed cultural efflorescence of these years was not subsidiary to the landscape of political conflict, but constitutive of it.
Employing a wide range of thoroughly researched visual and material evidence, including letters, diaries, historical chronicles, and art, Pitelka links the increasing violence of civil and international war to the increasing importance of samurai social rituals and cultural practices.
Moving from the Ashikaga palaces of Kyoto to the tea utensil collections of Ieyasu, from the exchange of military hostages to the gift-giving rituals of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Spectacular Accumulation traces Japanese military rulers' power plays over famous artworks as well as objectified human bodies.
Performing the Great Peace offers a cultural approach to understanding the politics of the Tokugawa period, at the same time deconstructing some of the assumptions of modern national historiographies. Deploying the political terms uchi (inside), omote (ritual interface), and naisho (informal negotiation)—all commonly used in the Tokugawa period—Luke Roberts explores how daimyo and the Tokugawa government understood political relations and managed politics in terms of spatial autonomy, ritual submission, and informal negotiation.
Roberts suggests as well that a layered hierarchy of omote and uchi relations strongly influenced politics down to the village and household level, a method that clarifies many seeming anomalies in the Tokugawa order. He analyzes in one chapter how the identities of daimyo and domains differed according to whether they were facing the Tokugawa or speaking to members of the domain and daimyo household: For example, a large domain might be identified as a"country" by insiders and as a "private territory" in external discourse. In another chapter he investigates the common occurrence of daimyo who remained formally alive to the government months or even years after they had died in order that inheritance issues could be managed peacefully within their households. The operation of the court system in boundary disputes is analyzed as are the "illegal" enshrinements of daimyo inside domains that were sometimes used to construct forms of domain-state Shinto.
Performing the Great Peace's convincing analyses and insightful conceptual framework will benefit historians of not only the Tokugawa and Meiji periods, but Japan in general and others seeking innovative approaches to premodern history.
The Freer | Sackler Library of the Smithsonian Libraries have completed digitizing over 1100 volumes/41500 images from its collection of illustrated Japanese woodblock-printed books and manuscripts from the Edo and Meiji periods (1600-1912).
The Edo period (1603–1868) witnessed one of the great flowerings of Japanese art. Towards the mid-seventeenth century, the Japanese states were largely at peace, and rapid urbanization, a rise in literacy and an increase in international contact ensued. The number of those able to purchase luxury goods, or who felt their social position necessitated owning them, soared. Painters and artists flourished and the late seventeenth century also saw a rise in the importance of printmaking. There were dominant styles and trends throughout Japan, but also those peculiar to specifc regions, such as the Kanto (Edo) and the Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto) and, more remotely, Nagasaki.
A Social History of Sōtō Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan .
IT IS LARGELY DUE to the efforts of the 19th-century Japanese artist, Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) , that the almost forgotten art of Rimpa was revived. Hoitsu, who hailed from Edo (present-day Tokyo), was the second son of the Lord of Himeji and of samurai stock. He seemed to have been familiar with the folding screens of Kyoto-born Ogata Korin (1658-1716) after whom Rimpa, 'school of Rin' was named, since a fifth- generation ancestor had engaged the latter's services. Hoitsu had impeccable artistic credentials. Enrolled to study painting in 1797 under the venerable Bunnyo Shonin at the Nishi Honganji temple in Kyoto, he was conferred the honorary rank of Gondai Sozu, given to those of illustrious background.
Although adept at both the Kano school style of Kano Takanobu as well as the 'bird and flower' style of Shen Nanpin of the Nagasaki school, it was the oeuvre of Korin that really moved him.
Around 1807, Hoitsu began to research Korin's works in earnest, going on to compile the first volume of Korin Hyakuzu (One Hundred Works of Korin) in 1815, followed by a second in 1826.
As samurai armor was rarely uniform, it became difficult to tell friend from foe in the close and violent skirmishes. Often the noborimono, or sashimono flags won in the back of the armour would be removed before battle, or be broken off, and in the excitement, fighters would forget the secret passwords decided upon at the beginning of the campaign, and so other forms of identification called Ai-jirushi were worn. These small flags would be fitted to the left shoulder guard, the front of the armor at the waist, and at the back of the helmet. Often weapons, particularly spears, would also sport these identification flags.
These particular ai-jirushi, in near perfect condition, date to the mid 1700's. They are made from coarse hemp cloth, (asa) and supported by a slice of bamboo. They were discovered in an old warehouse near Okayama about 5 years ago.
"Edo ki Onna Hyogensha Jiten,"
The Biographical Dictionary of Female Authors in the Edo period.
豊国 (国貞) Toyokuni III (Kunisada), the artist; the series title 江戸名所百人美女 Edo Meiso Hyakunin Bijyo One Hundred Beautiful Women at Famous Places in Edo; in the upper left inset is 赤羽橋水天宮 Akabane-bashi Suitengū Shrine.


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For many people who live on the edges of the poker world, they have a different perception of the game. Most of these people believe it is all about bluffing. Maybe they actually have a point? For those less educated the bluff is a thing of beauty. It is machismo at its testosterone powered best. For the more educated of us we realise that bluffing just wastes money, especially if used at the wrong time and against the wrong opponent.
There is no bigger leak in your game than the one where you consistently bluff against someone who is not going to lay a hand down. There are players who just cannot hand read very well. These types of players are going to hit KQ2 flops and are just never laying down a queen irrespective of what action you take. You know this but because in your mind you are the better player you convince yourself that you cannot lose a hand against them. If you do not have the actual hand then the only way to win it is to bluff. It is silly because no sooner do you make the bluff than you are castigating yourself for doing it. You knew he would never lay that hand down so why did you even try?
It is an interesting psychological problem and one that you need to spend some time trying to resolve. So next time you plan a fancy bluff against a fish at your table ask yourself this simple question: is he going to fold? If the answer is a big fat no then don't do it. Saving wasted money is the same as winning good money – remember that!
Written by Alex Corcoran, a keen Poker player. She mainly contributes to poker sites like this one but now and again she does play on Posh Bingo games so does write bingo articles as well.


Knoco stories: 2 types of community of practice.
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I have heard the phrase freezing rain ever since I moved to the East, but this is the first time I have actually experienced it. Amazing. (Terrible for traffic, more than double my commute time.) However, when I woke up this morning I went downstairs to get a banana from the kitchen and I looked out our huge window and was stunned. I had to go out there. I grabbed my camera, my hair was only half-way blow-dried. I was also a little late to work. Oh well, it was totally worth it. Here are a few of the pictures I got, the ice really does cover everything individually.
Just joking. As always, love your work, Ti.
Did you copyright your work so I wouldn't steal your pics anymore and put them on my blog?


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In adolescence Age primarily children receive money from their parents, but you can earn them in the summer. For example work postman and deliver newspapers. You can work in a shop. Can be arranged with friends. Here, for example this summer, my dad wants to get me to his company. How to spend the cash? Each spends them on their own way.
I think that pcket money must be earned when a person is alrady 15 or 16. Parents should never forget that giving pocket money is not bad or good, it is just necessary to make a young person understand what it means to have your own budget.
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Christine Suina of Cochiti Pueblo at rally for Sen. Barack Obama in New Mexico. Photo © Albuquerque Journal.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama met with about 100 tribal leaders during a campaign stop in New Mexico.
Obama met with tribal leaders at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. The center is operated by the 19 Pueblo tribes of New Mexico.
After the meeting, Obama spoke at a rally in Espanola, a city next to Ohkay Owingeh and Santa Clara Pueblo. The tribes' reservations stretch into Espanola, where Santa Clara operates a gaming facility.
Obama's speech focused on the Hispanic crowd, though, according to news reports.
Sen. Barack Obama heads to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in New Mexico. Photo © Albuquerque Journal.


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Events July 9, 2019
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL— The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, in partnership with Flying Saucer Presents, proudly welcomes the return of Grammy award-winning County Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Lee Ann Womack to the stage on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Tickets for Lee Ann Womack go on sale to the public Friday, July 12 at 10 a.m.
Upholding the classic Nashville standards of earlier generations, singer/songwriter Lee Ann Womack became one of the breakout contemporary country stars of 1997 with her eponymous debut album, which reached the Top Ten on the country chart. The massively popular I Hope You Dance followed in mid-2000. Something Worth Leaving Behind appeared in mid-2002, and it was a sure fit for Womack to move into the country mainstream for good. Womack's latest album The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone was released in October of 2017.
NPR Music says Lee Ann Womack "occupies rare terrain in country music." Her latest album The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone (ATO) has "some of the most immediate and deeply felt vocal performances" of Lee Ann's career, and that she captures "tapping into the emotional core of country" (NPR). Praised by anyone from The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, New Yorker and more, Lee Ann has sung for multiple Presidents, performed award-winning duets with everyone from Willie Nelson and John Prine to John Legend, and much more. Lee Ann has built a career on songs that slice life wide open to let the pain and desire pour out; her music is the ultimate form of connection, unvarnished and true. With six albums and international chart-topping singles to her credit, Lee Ann has earned six Country Music Association Awards (including Single and Album of the Year), five Academy of Country Music Awards, a Grammy, and much more.
Recorded at Houston's historic SugarHill Recording Studios and produced by Womack's husband and fellow Texan, Frank Liddell (fresh off a 2017 ACM Album of the Year win for Miranda Lambert's The Weight of These Wings), The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone marks the culmination of a journey that began with Womack's 2005 CMA Album of the Year There's More Where That Come From, moving her toward an authentic American music that celebrates her roots and adds to the canon. It also underscores the emergence of Womack's songwriting voice: She has more writing credits among this album's 14 tracks than on all her previous albums combined.
Womack had brought a handful of songs to record, including the gospel-inspired original "All the Trouble"; the poignant "Mama Lost Her Smile," in which a daughter sorts through her family's photographic history looking for clues to a long-secret sorrow; and the love-triangle conversation "Talking Behind Your Back," which she penned with Dale Dodson and Dean Dillon, the writer of several George Strait classics.
Capturing the reality of East Texas music isn't always easy. Being in Houston and at SugarHill helped make that happen, inspiring an approach to the recording process that everyone embraced from the first note played. "Music down there — including Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur and all the way through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama — is this huge melting pot," Womack says. "I love that, and I wanted that in this record. I wanted to make sure it had a lot of soul in it, because real country music has soul, and I wanted to remind people of that."
Reserved seating tickets for Lee Ann Womack go on sale this Friday, July 12 at 10 a.m. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall and St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Offices and ticketmaster.com.
SHOW: Lee Ann Womack
DATE: Thursday, April 2, 2020 TIME: Doors 7:00p.m. / Show 8:00p.m.
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This article is current as of March 6, 2018. For the most up-to-date information regarding international travel, please consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website at www.cdc.gov/travel. Click here for the official announcement regarding Yellow Fever Vaccine from the CDC.
At Community Farmacy, we have been helping travelers from the Delmarva Peninsula protect themselves against diseases related to international travel since 2015. Our patients have traveled for pleasure, for business, and for medical or Christian mission trips. It has been our pleasure to help ensure that our patients return healthy from their trips abroad.
Recently, Sanofi-Pasteur, the manufacturer of yellow fever vaccine YF-Vax, has announced total depletion of the supply of yellow fever vaccine until the end of 2018. Some clinics may still have YF-Vax doses available, but once those doses are administered, there is no additional supply. Here at Community Farmacy, we have exhausted our supply and are unable to order additional doses. We don't expect to have additional doses in stock until they become available again at the end of 2018.
Travelers are encouraged to postpone travel if possible. We encourage church mission groups to prayerfully consider postponing their mission work until the yellow fever vaccine becomes available. The current estimate for availability is the end of 2018.
If travel is unavoidable, or has already been booked, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an alternate yellow fever vaccine called Stamaril under an Investigational New Drug (IND) application. Stamaril is manufactured by the same company (Sanofi Pasteur), and is available in over 70 countries worldwide. Stamaril is not investigational or experimental; it has been available for decades in numerous countries around the world. Stamaril has never been approved or licensed in the United States, but is comparable in bothsafety and efficacy to YF-Vax. To meet the requirements of the IND application, Stamaril is only available at select clinics in the United States. The CDC has a vaccine finder to help you locate clinics that are offering Stamaril. Currently, Community Farmacy is not an authorized clinic. As of this writing, the closest locations to Community Farmacy are those located in the Baltimore/DC Metro area or Wilmington, Delaware. You may search for a clinic near you on the CDC's website.
As always, please call the pharmacy at (410) 749-1899 well in advance of your trip so we can help you plan for any medications or vaccines that are recommended or required. We'll be happy to answer any questions you have about travel health!
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Since we investigate new particle formation we need information about the size distribution of particles in the air. Therefore the NAIS (Neutral cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer) measures the size and mobility of aerosol particles and ions in the atmosphere.
The NAIS that we use is manufactured by Airel Ltd., Estonia. With this instrument we are able to measure particles and ions with the size of 2 to 40 nanometers simultaneously.
To measure the ions as well as the particles, the instrument works in two different modes.
First the NAIS splits the air sample into two separate flows to measure positive as well as the negative ions, as can be seen in the figure.
After dividing the sample, the air flow is led to a preconditioning system which neutralises and filters the air sample, and charges it positive and negative, respectively.
The charged particles are now led through the mobility analyser, to measure the mobility diameter. Each size of charged particle leads to a different behaviour in the electric field. The signals are detected by 21 electrometers located in both columns. The mobility diameter can now be converted to a real size of the particles.
To only measure the naturally charged ions in the atmosphere, the preconditioning region is simply deactivated. The air sample is led directly to the mobility analyser, whereas one measures the positively charged ions, and the other one the negatively charged ions.


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Home Artists Päivi Häkkinen
Päivi Häkkinen
Maison Contemporain
Figurative , Abstract , Conceptual , Oil Painting
After spending 20 years with sculpture, Päivi Häkkinen started drawing after a personal crisis and loss. Drawing evoked a kind of coercion and, on the other hand, restrictions imposed by the practice. Doing so made it easier to deal with events and helped keep the restless mind under control for a moment. Also, drawing was more ephemeral than carving and could be done at home in quarantine. Over the course of the year, this sea captain's daughter worked almost maniacally, mostly at night, and completed over a thousand works.
Since then, the worlds and moods of Häkkinen's sculptures and installations have also shifted to drawings. The mixed media works using chalk, acrylic, watercolor and wood colors convey visions of the deep blood of the original mind and absurd worldview. Häkkinen combines high and popular culture and mixes marginality with salon fitness. In the content, the heavy meets the light. As the artist himself said, "I see the world as a tragic and comic series of coincidences, in which art does not help order or reason, but it makes it easier to handle, it is easier to question. "
Häkkinen's brave drawings are psychological portraits and dissertations on the human mind. The characters are inspired by the surrounding world and its events, but also by literature, history (of art) and mythology. The suffering of the Virgin of Vesta is mixed with that of the artist as she surrenders to fate. The Oracle looks to the future with a horrified look on her face. In Corrida, the creature tries to fight larger opponents with pathetic horns, but the look says he won't give up even if there is no chance of winning. During the conspiracy theories, the world is full of cheating characters like Fraud and Puppet. In the midst of crises and misinformation, many do not keep their heads together (Fly, Flicker). The lullaby (Lullaby) has become a parody jitterbug.
The drawings are harsh and mischievous images of a person and perhaps a kind of self-portrait. Or should I say caricatures? The expressive characters are thrown into the world, collected in the streets and in dreams. Häkkinen does not use the model at all. In the world of these expressive and brutal, almost crude works, the ghosts of everyday life haunt in fused harmony with imaginative characters. Disasters, death masks, mothers-in-law, martyrs, hawks, witch hunters and Oedipus complexes raise the blood pressure.
Päivi Häkkinen graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts as a master of fine arts and sculptor in 2002, after which her large human-like sculptural figures have been widely exhibited in various exhibitions in Finland and abroad. His works belong to several Finnish museums and state art collections as well as to private collections.
A versatile artist often works with different methods. Häkkinen became known as a sculptor, but recently his work has increasingly focused on painting and drawing. Häkkinen's work has alternated between private exhibitions and collaborations with other artists and groups. Exhibition venues have ranged from galleries and contemporary art scenes to alternative environments and urban spaces where art communicates in the midst of people's daily lives and celebrations.
"Don't joke, because you can reveal something of the futility of everything." - Jean Cocteau
Written by critic Sami Nissinen (SARV, The Finnish Critics' Association)
Works by Päivi Häkkinen
Abysmal
Ava Fischbach
Agathe Dos Santos


Description - The Nisqually River Delta is a biologically rich and diverse area at the southern end of Puget Sound that supports a variety of habitats including woodlands and fresh and saltwater marshes. Together with McAllister and Red Salmon Creeks, the Nisqually River forms one of the largest remaining undisturbed estuaries in Washington.
Attractions - The Nisqually NWR receives approximately 80,000 visitors a year. Many species of waterfowl feed, rest, and nest on the freshwater ponds at Nisqually NWR. Salmon and steelhead use the estuary for passage to upriver areas. Songbirds, woodpeckers, hawks and small mammals are found in the dense woodlands and grasslands. Mixed conifer forests on the bluffs above the delta provide perches for bald eagles, osprey, and other birds of prey, as well as the nesting site for a colony of great blue herons.
Twin Barns Education Center is available for school groups and is open to the public. There are photo blinds and observation decks for wildlife observation and a visitor center. The refuge has approximately 7 miles of foot trails for visitors.
Recreation - The refuge has numerous diverse activities for visitors. Hiking and walking on seven miles of trails, wildlife viewing and fishing opportunities are available.
Climate - The climate of Washington varies within each region. The Cascades split the state and alter the weather patterns. The mountains receive large amounts of wet, heavy snow from October through May. These peaks remain snow covered throughout the year. The terrain east of the mountains receives approximately 12 inches of rainfall per year, generally much less than west of the mountains. Since the area east of the mountains is landlocked, temperatures in this region are lower during the winter months. Frequent winds coming down from the mountains also contribute to the low temperatures of eastern Washington.
Due to the coastal geography, western Washington is primarily temperate. The proximity to the ocean stabilizes the climate, making extreme temperatures very rare. The area receives large amounts of precipitation from Pacific rain and snow storms.
Location - Nisqually NWR is located about 10 miles east of Olympia on the north side of Interstate 5. Take Exit 114, turn north under the freeway, then turn right on Brown Farm Road. A $3.00 entrance fee is required.
Report: The new boardwalk out to the tip of the Sound is open and it makes for an interesting walk. Lots of folks out because of a break in the weather and several field trips. We still saw many, many birds.
Seattle Area/Volcano Country - This is Volcano Country, home of three volcanoes and a gorge, all in remarkably close proximity to urban centers, from Portland to Puget Sound. This region includes the Seattle and Tacoma metropolitan areas as well as Vancouver, Washington.
Washington National Wildlife Refuges and Preserves - Washington's National Wildlife Refuges are found throughout the state. There are a total of eleven refuges in Washington.


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Old-Fashioned Regulators Miss What's New in Finance
Old-Fashioned Regulators Miss What's New in Finance by David Fuller
Here is the conclusion from this sobering column by Clive Crook of Bloomberg
What might be done? Simply turning back the clock won't work. Securitization -- the bundling of loans into tradable assets that can be pledged as collateral -- can't be uninvented. Even if that were possible it might not be desirable: The modern short-term funding market means cheaper and more accessible finance, which in normal times is a good thing. But, as we've learned, the costs can be colossal when things go wrong. The risks have to be reduced.
The leading academic analyst of the repo and related shadow-banking markets is Gary Gorton of Yale University. In a 2010 paper with Yale's Andrew Metrick (which I recommend for its clear account of the larger problem), he suggested a two-part strategy that parallels the traditional deposit-taker approach - - combining elements of insurance on one side and extra resilience to losses on the other.
For instance, Gorton and Metrick recommend that money-market mutual funds should be told to choose: Either be a "narrow bank" that promises to redeem investments in full, and be regulated accordingly, or a conservative investment fund offering no guaranteed return. The first would be insured by the government; the second wouldn't.
Regulating repo is more complicated. Gorton and Metrick recommend a new system of oversight of haircuts and acceptable collateral, but working out the details is hard. TheFinancial Stability Board -- the international coordinating body for financial regulators -- has discussed some ideas but, as Tarullo noted, there's no blueprint yet, much less new laws or rules to put any such blueprint into effect.
"I do not think that the post-crisis program of regulatory reform can be judged complete until a more comprehensive set of measures to address this problem is in place," Tarullo says. He's right, but don't hold your breath. Nobody's in any hurry, and the complexity of the issue has shielded it from political attention.
Calling for stronger consumer protection or for the banks to be broken into smaller pieces is more thrilling than (yawn) demanding better regulation of repo and other non-deposit shadow-banking liabilities. That's a shame. If regulators keep moving this slowly on modern short-term finance, the next crash -- which will be thrilling, but in a bad way -- is just a matter of time.
David Fuller's view On a sunny, lazy day people are understandably far more interested in fun things, rather than the dry subject of regulation.
The problem, however, is that in our big, bold, interconnected world, market downsides can be more traumatic if effective regulation and sufficient buffers are not in place. The problem, as I see it, is mostly a matter of unchecked leverage leading to reckless speculation of damaging proportions. The people who should know better sense the risk but are chasing the fashion because it is so lucrative. As Chuck Prince, chief executive of Citigroup said during 2007's build up to the credit crunch:
"When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing."
This article on the subject by Jeremy Warner provides a useful review. Here is a paragraph:
Indeed he was so worried about leveraged lending, he has just said, that he went along to the regulators to plead that they should do something about it. Blimey. I suppose this falls into the "somebody stop me" category of thinking, for it does rather beg the question of why he could not have simply limited himself. Don't you just love bankers. The crisis, you must understand, had very little to do with them, but was in fact the fault of the consumer for borrowing too much, the politicians for allowing it to happen and the regulators for not placing the right limits on the financial system. This is the same argument sometimes used by the petty criminal; I wouldn't have done it if the police had been doing their jo


Clairette du Languedoc wines are considered to have existed for as long as living memory. Mentioned by Pliny and later by Rabelais, they were King Louis XI's favourite. Today, AOC Languedoc's smallest appellation deserves to be rediscovered.
The nearby Greek colony in Agde explains the enduring winemaking tradition of the Hérault Valley. The Greeks introduced techniques for managing the vines and making the wines. In the first century BC, Roman settlers in the region brought new varieties including "Aminum", which is very famous in Italy and was served in Rome's finest restaurants. Bunches of Aminum grapes identified as the Clairette through grain morphology and DNA analysis were discovered recently at the bottom of a Gallo-Roman well. The two largest known wine villas in the Roman world were established on the soil of Clairette du Languedoc and exported their wines throughout the Empire.
From the end of antiquity and during the great invasions, the vineyards were partly neglected. It was the abbeys that dealt with maintenance in the Clairette du Languedoc region. However in 1472, King Louis XI's master sommelier was seduced by this wine with its aromas of pear, honey and peach. He bought the dry white (Picquardentz) and soft white (Cleratz) and thus began a renaissance. In the 18th century, the wine was much sought after; Clairette du Languedoc became fashionable and was much more expensive than other regional products.
From the 19th century until the early 20th century, Clairette du Languedoc was widely used to develop vermouth. However this lucrative trade didn't improve the image of the appellation and little by little, Clairette du Languedoc lost its reputation, becoming known more as the base wine in vermouth.
Following the efforts of a number of winemakers, Clairette du Languedoc was recognised as an AOC (appellation of controlled origin) on 28th September 1948. Today, a handful of winemakers continue to produce Clairette du Languedoc and are determined to restore its acclaim.


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Q: Flutterfire Configure - Unhandled exception and no firebase initialization I am trying to configure firebase on MacOS with the new method shown on official docs as below:
firebase login
dart pub global activate flutterfire_cli
flutter fire configure

It generates the below error. I searched for this and didn't find any solution. can you help?
please note flutter doctor show no errors in any category and the same project is working on android using the google.infoplist file correctly. I am facing this issue with the new initialization method on MacOS only.\
Error:
username@192 MyApp % flutterfire configure
i Found 3 Firebase projects. Selecting project [Myappname]
✔ Which platforms should your configuration support (use arrow keys & space to select)? · android, ios
i Firebase android app [app-package] registered.
i Firebase ios app [app-package] registered.
Unhandled exception:
Exception: /Library/Ruby/Site/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:88:in `require': cannot load such file -- xcodeproj (LoadError)
        from /Library/Ruby/Site/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:88:in `require'
        from -e:1:in `<main>'

#0      ConfigCommand.run (package:flutterfire_cli/src/commands/config.dart:540:11)
<asynchronous suspension>
#1      CommandRunner.runCommand (package:args/command_runner.dart:212:13)
<asynchronous suspension>
#2      main (file:///Users/username/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/flutterfire_cli-0.2.7/bin/flutterfire.dart:57:5)
<asynchronous suspension>

A: Try installing this in your terminal
 gem install xcodeproj
If you end up getting a permission error please consider running
sudo chown -R <your_user> $HOME/.rbenv

OR
sudo gem install xcodeproj

Those with Mac's silicone...please update to the latest ruby version

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While checking out some high-end cars one day, a couple of guys met and became friends. Their idea for a mobile app eventually became reality, and today it's a quickly-growing success. While their story had some unexpected detours, they found their way and are on the road to great things.
The regular "Cars and Coffee" event in Dallas is a great place for high-end car owners and fans to see some of the most beautiful automobiles in the world. Stephen Levin and Maximilian Von Brand would see each other there occasionally, viewing the Lamborghini section. The two men got to talking, and decided to start a Dallas chapter of the Lamborghini Club with Lamborghini owners.
Fully immersing themselves in the car community, Stephen and Max got to know many high-end car owners, and noticed something they all had in common — parking issues.
Stephen was inspired and had an idea for an app — one that would allow high-end car owners to reserve spots for their vehicles up front at participating restaurants and venues. It would give them peace of mind that their cars were being looked after by the valet service, and even allow them the option to park their cars themselves.
He shared this idea with Max, asking if he wanted to partner up and turn this idea into reality. Max said yes, and ParkUpFront was born.
Neither Stephen or Max had a tech background, or had ever tried to develop an app. So the first steps were to find a developer (which can be hard to find, since they're in such demand) and bring on qualified people to fill out the team.
After a lot of research via the internet, podcasts, books, and their network of friends, they began connecting with the startup community. They were pleased to discover that many startup veterans are happy to help each other, because they know the challenges firsthand and enjoy sharing their lessons and best practices.
Stephen and Max were able to build a solid team that brought a variety of skills, experience and unique perspectives. ParkUpFront still needed a developer — but their engine was running.
They started sketching out ideas for the ParkUpFront user interface, while avowed "Do It Yourself"-er Max tried his hand at writing code — but soon realized that they needed to bring in the pros.
Stephen searched for "top app development companies in Dallas" and found Code Authority (among four others that he liked). After meeting with their five favorites, the partners agreed that they got the best feeling from Code Authority.
Because building an app can be very expensive, they had asked each developer if they would consider doing a part-equity build. Unfortunately, most development companies rarely take on those kinds of projects.
But Code Authority told them about their annual CodeLaunch competition, in which the top idea receives the possible opportunity of an equity build. Max and Stephen figured that even if they didn't win, it would be helpful for them to go through the process and connect with other entrepreneurs in the same situation.
At the 2016 CodeLaunch event a few months later, the ParkUpFront team found themselves in the Winner's Circle — taking home first place, and the fuel they needed to keep going down the road.
Winning the CodeLaunch competition was just the beginning for Stephen and Max.
While the original ParkUpFront app concept enabled owners of high-end cars to reserve spots in front of venues — which benefited both parties — they discovered through user testing that owners of these exotic cars had more interest in booking local events.
This has enabled ParkUpFront to grow at an exponential rate. Today, the application is marketable in all areas, and they don't have to wait for venues to sign contracts for the user to have access to the reservation system.
The ParkUpFront team saw a gap, listened to their users, and adapted to fill that gap.
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It's time to review the payment process in your business to ensure the money is in the bank.
Selling when you get payment at the time of sale is the best possible way to set up your business, and it doesn't matter whether the sale is cash or on a credit or debit card. But for some businesses, particularly when you are selling to another business, it's quite likely that you will be asked to provide an invoice and payment will be made at a later date.
Don't just provide an invoice to everyone who asks for one.
Firstly, you should be asking them to complete a credit application where you can ask a series of questions about their business, get directors guarantees and ask for references.
Once you have this information, phone the references, do a Google search and see whether you can find out any information about them, good and bad, take into account your instincts if you've met the person or people involved and then set a credit limit.
This is the total amount that you'll agree to have outstanding at any point in time. Once they have spent that limit, they have to make a payment before you provide any further product or services.
Consider asking for up-front payment.
While you're processing a credit application, there's nothing wrong with asking for up-front payment for the first few transactions. This will give you a feel for how reliable they are, how committed they are to agreeing to your terms and so on.
Provide all potential new customers or clients with your terms of trade as part of the application process and have them sign an acknowledgement of having read them. The terms of trade will include your payment terms (e.g. 7 days, 14 days, 28 days).
The terms of trade will also include what will happen in the event invoices are not paid on time. For example, that you will put the invoices in the hands of debt collectors or take legal action without notice if invoices are unpaid and that the costs of those services will be added to their outstanding balance, also whether you will charge interest on the outstanding balance and at what rate.
Once you've started to issue invoices, the trick is to follow up and ensure that payments are made by the due dates. When payments are, make sure you use a variety of follow up processes, from sending statements and sending email reminders to phone calls.
During the course of this exchange, you can also advise that if payment isn't made by a specific date that you will take legal action for recovery. Once you've done that, you must follow through and set the debt collector or lawyer onto the recovery process.
Whilst you do have a sale when you issue invoices, as long as the money isn't in your bank account, it potentially is a sale without payment and thus not a sale at all, but rather a giveaway for free.
The longer the time after the issue of an invoice that it remains unpaid, the greater the risk that you've given away your products or services for free as the chances of receiving payment diminish. Following up regularly is key to keep your sale as a sale.
If you've got an opportunity to require payment up-front, use it. It will save on admin time, bookkeeping and improve your cash flow as you'll have the funds in your bank account straight away.
It's not a sale until the money is your bank account.
I've recently been working with clients who sell products in the disability sector. They have had issues when the NDIS has approved the purchase of the product for a particular person.
After the client has ordered the product and it was ready for delivery, the payment was due, and the NDIS has said that they didn't agree for it to be purchased and they refuse to pay.
This is a classic example of how the sale is not a sale until the money is your bank account, in this case, no sale but they do still have the product. Unfortunately, as many of these disability items are specially assembled for the person, it's not an easy on-sell to another customer.
And then there are other industries, like the construction industry, where invoices are routinely not paid, companies are forced to close down due to the mismanagement of cash flow by the builder or head contractor. The sale has happened in that the materials were supplied, the labour provided and the work is done, but when no money is received, the job was effectively done for free.
Even if your industry as a whole generally provides invoices and credit terms to their customers or clients, it doesn't mean that you have to follow along. Consider whether you could require payment up-front for new clients or customers by providing them with a reason why. A sale is only a sale in my book when the money is in the bank.


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Credit Agricole, Roche snubbed by Giro
Team also excluded from Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico
By gerard cromwell
Ireland's Nicolas Roche admitted he was 'in shock' last night after Bikeradar.com informed him that he will not be contesting the Giro d'Italia this year, as race organisers RCS announced his Credit Agricole team, along with several other ProTour teams, have not been invited to the world's second biggest tour.
Roche, who made his Grand Tour debut in last year's Giro, and whose father Stephen won the race in 1987, has seen most of his early season plans obliterated by the decision as it looks likely Credit Agricole will also have to sit out other races organised by RCS, including the opening classic Milan-San Remo and the prestigious early season stage race Tirreno-Adriatico.
After an unprintable initial reaction, Roche had time to think about the effect the decision will have on his 2008 season.
"I didn't know!" he said. "It's a pity, it's a big pity. I am very disappointed. For me those races were most of my early season programme. I was due to ride Milan-San-Remo, Tirreno Adriatico and the Giro. I was expecting a lot from these races this season.
These are very big races," he added. "I feel frustrated now because for the last few months I've been planning my season towards the Giro. It's a shock that we are not invited because the team have always done those races and we even have a few Italians on the team."
British riders Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins will also miss out as Team High Road were refused entry as well as ProTour teams Astana and Bouyges Telecom. RCS made full use of a new agreement with the UCI that they don't have to invite all of the 18 ProTour teams. Whilst both Astana and Team High Road (formerly T-Mobile) may have paid the price for having been steeped in doping controversy in the past, current reincarnations of both squads would appear to be doing all they can to change previous conceptions, including sacking riders and management and introducing strict in-house anti-doping programmes.
Last year's winner Danilo Di Luca will be back with his new LPR Brakes team despite a recent ban for working with an unaccredited doctor. Both Bouyges Telecom and Credit Agricole are also regarded as 'clean teams' but as mainly French outfits may have been omitted to make way for some lesser Italian teams to ride their national tour.
Race director Angelo Zomegnan has stated that selection was based on 'ethics, quality, internationality and long-term relationships with RCS', but did not specify which team fell foul of which part of the selection process.
"The ProTour was supposed to guarantee invites to these races," said Roche. "It needed a bit of work, but the system of selection is out of hand now. It feels like cycling is stepping back instead of moving forward."
After a few minutes reflection though, the young Irishman had managed to turn a positive spin on things. "I suppose now we will have to travel to new races around the world, which will be exciting… I hope!"
Ironically, Roche's Birmingham born cousin Daniel Martin could now make his Giro debut as his American Slipstream squad have been invited despite being a second tier Professional Continental team.
The full list of teams which have been invited to the Giro, which starts in Palermo on May 10th, are: Ag2r-La Mondiale, Barloworld, Caisse d'Epargne, Cofidis, CSF Group Navigare, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Française des Jeux, Gerolsteiner, Lampre, Liquigas, LPR Brakes, NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte, Quick Step, Rabobank, Saunier Duval-Scott, Silence-Lotto, Slipstream Chipotle – H30, Team CSC, Team Milram and Tinkoff Credit.
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"STAN" LOMAX
Lomax, who was born in Athens, was a successful football, basketball and track coach at Risley High in Brunswick before going on to become head football coach at Fort Valley State. Lomax had a combined high school and college coaching record 187‐69‐11. While at Risley, he led his football team to the 1950 and 1957 state championships while compiling a 101‐36‐4 mark. Lomax's 1950 team scored 427 points and allowed only 35 while rolling to an 11-0 record and the state championship.
He also won two state championships in basketball and five straight state track championships while coaching the Tigers. He led the Tigers to state titles in football, basketball and track – the only three sports offered for boys – during the 1950-51 school year. The basketball team posted a 24-4 record for the season while the track team finished unbeaten in the spring as the football team did in the fall.
Lomax became head football coach at Fort Valley State in 1963 and stayed until 1977, posting a record of 86-33-7. He led Fort Valley to 13 straight winning seasons while winning four SIAC championships and setting an NCAA Division II record by scoring 106 points in a single game. He coached teams that played in both the D-II and D-III playoffs in Phenix City, Ala., and Ithaca, N.Y. Lomax also coached in the East-West bowl game in Los Angeles.
He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
He continues to live in Fort Valley before passing way in Dec. 2018.


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Times & Seasons
Book of Mormon Midterm Answers, part 2
by Ben S. • July 26, 2012 • 4 Comments
Since these take a long time to write up, and the answers can be fairly dense, I've broken up the answers further. (Edit: Here is the original post without any answers, and answers part 1.)
18) On the back of this paper, provide a brief outline of 2 Nephi.
Outlining is a tool useful at several levels of the text (book, chapter, verse), that can help one see logical connections in the text. Faulconer has an explanatory chapter on it here, and here's what my quick sample outline of 2 Nephi looked like.
19) Who took a transliteration of Book of Mormon characters to see Charles Anthon?
20) Who helped Joseph translate early on, and switched a rock for the seer stone when Joseph wasn't looking to test him? (See this transcript)
21) Who "borrowed" the 116 first pages and consequently lost them?
22) Who mortgaged and then mostly lost his home and farm for $3,000 to pay for the publication of the Book of Mormon?
The answer to all of these is Martin Harris. I think all four questions were on the same test, likely weirding out students with the equivalent of 4 C's in a row on a multiple-choice test.
23) Relative to when Lehi and his family left Jerusalem, when did Nephi begin to write the large plates? The small plates? If God wanted a record kept, why didn't he command Nephi to start writing immediately when they left?
Many people read 1 Nephi as though it's a daily journal, but we should probably hear an older Nephi doing a voiceover, as 1 Nephi is a retrospective. Nephi began writing the large plates eight years after they left Jerusalem (and the small plates (i.e. 1st Nephi) 30 years after they'd left. In other words, when puts "pen" to "paper" to write "I Nephi, having been born", he's an older man looking back on the past, seeing it through the fraternal separation, conflict, and wars. These events affect his choice of material in 1st Nephi, which has strong political/religious content. (See here and here) Note that one of the major Lamanite obstacles to peace was the "traditions of their fathers" which included the following ( Mosiah 10:12ff).
that they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their fathers,
that they were wronged in the wilderness by their brethren,
and they were also wronged while crossing the sea;
that they were wronged while in the land of their first inheritance, after they had crossed the sea… because that Nephi… took the lead of their journey in the wilderness.
And again, they were wroth with him when they had arrived in the promised land, because they said that he had taken the ruling of the people out of their hands; and they sought to kill him.
And again, they were wroth with him because he departed into the wilderness as the Lord had commanded him, and took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, for they said that he robbed them.
And thus they have taught their children that they should hate them, and that they should murder them, and that they should rob and plunder them, and do all they could to destroy them; therefore they have an eternal hatred towards the children of Nephi.
The record of the small plates functions as an effective historical tract against these traditions; when Alma, Ammon, etc. evangelize the Lamanites "to bring [them] to the knowledge of the truth…of the traditions of their fathers" (Alma 17:9) it is those traditions in question, not doctrinal traditions. Once convinced that their founding narratives are incorrect, they convert. Here it is relevant to point out that while we say the Book of Mormon was written for our day, perhaps it's more accurately said that it was edited for our day by Mormon. By contrast, Nephi explicitly says he was writing the small plates for his people. (1 Nephi 19:3, 18, 2 Nephi 4:15, others)
At this point, the second half of my question should be somewhat obvious; Why does God wait so long to have Nephi write? (And are the small plates essentially a second draft?) I suggest the answer is similar to what Bushman says about Joseph Smith and the first vision. It's difficult to know of something's relevance at the time it happens. Looking back, what was relevant to Joseph Smith was not his own personal standing before God, but restoration. For Nephi, looking back, he knew how to write their story in such a way that it could convince his brothers' descendants of what actually happened.
24) Briefly explain the context (Israelite history, political/religious setting, etc.) of 1st Nephi 1. In other words, give the Near Eastern historical background of the Book of Mormon, using names and dates, as specifically as you can.
We usually skip this completely in Gospel Doctrine class, but it's important. Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem is quite good, but here's a short summary.
From 640 onwards, Israel is under de facto Egyptian control. The Assyrian empire is falling while the Babylonian is rising. In 614 and 612, the Assyrian capital (Nineveh) and namesake cities (Ashur) fall, and the Babylonians begin sweeping west to conquer the Assyrian holdings. In 609, Jerusalemite king Josiah (greatest Israelite king ever) is killed under strange circumstances by the Egyptians as they march north in support of Assyria, only to be routed and driven back four years later, during which time Israel is formally an Egyptian vassal. The Babylonians follow, swinging southward to invade Egypt, casually conquering Israel en route. Over the next 20 years, Israel rebels several times, resulting in deportations of various sizes, and culminating in the destruction of the city and temple c. 586 BC.
25) What three things did Nephi do that resulted in his vision? How do Nephi's vision and Lehi's dream differ? Are those differences significant? Why or why not?
1 Nephi 11:1- Nephi desired to know, believed that God could reveal it to him, and spent time pondering.
It's hard to know without Lehi's record to compare, but Nephi tells us in 1 Nephi 15:27 that "so much was [Lehi's] mind swallowed up in other things that he beheld not the filthiness of the water", thereby missing out on its significance. This tells us that reception of revelation may be partial, subject to human frailty and understanding, and someone else who experiences the same revelation may take different things from it. It's reminiscent of a story told by several General Authorities, here as President Lee told it.
"One of the General Authorities had a son working on the railroad that went up Emigration Canyon to the mines in the early days. This boy was found crushed to death under the train. He was working as a switchman. His mother had the feeling that someone had pushed him under the train and taken his life. When the services were held, she was not comforted. But after some weeks, the mother said this boy appeared to her. He said, "Mother, I've been trying to get to Father to tell him it was just an accident. I had thrown the switch and was running to catch on to the hand bars, but my foot tripped against a root at the side of a rail and I was thrown underneath the train. It was a pure accident. I've been trying to get to Father, but he's too busy at the office. I can't reach him." President McKay said, "Brethren, don't you get so busy at the office that spiritual forces are not able to reach you." (Relief Society Courses of Study, 1979-80, pp. 32-33)" Emphasis mine. This General Authority was too caught up doing his general authority duties to be receptive to comforting revelation, and Lehi's mind was too swallowed up in other things.
26) Context is the source we should look for if we want to understand the cause-and- effect of events and discourses in the scriptures. Joseph Smith said "I have a key by which I understand the scriptures. I enquire, what was the question which drew out the answer… To ascertain [a parable's] meaning, we must dig up the root and ascertain what it was that drew the saying out of Jesus." TPJS, 253.
a)What triggers Jacob recounting the Allegory of the olive tree? Is it just spontaneous, or is he trying to answer a specific question or need? If so, what is it? (3 points)
Jacob 4 and 5 are one chapter in the 1830 edition, and presumably one on the plates. We tend to break at the end of 4 and then treat 5 separately (see the Gospel Doctrine schedule), as if it were a stand-alone sermon or GC talk. Jacob in 4 talks about Jesus being rejected by the Jews, then logically asks, "And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become the head of their corner? Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery unto you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you." (Jacob 4:17-18) Jacob 5 answers the question.
b) What two specific things probably influence Mosiah's decision to change the government from kingship to a judge system? (4)
One of my axioms is that there is always context, though we may not be able to recover it. Mosiah has just been hit with a double punch of the dangers of kingship. First, with the arrival of Limhi's people, he's heard the story of King Noah. In case you didn't pick up on it, the moral of Noah is "how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause to be committed, yea, and what great destruction! Yea, remember king Noah, his wickedness and his abominations, and also the wickedness and abominations of his people. Behold what great destruction did come upon them; and also because of their iniquities they were brought into bondage." (Mosiah 29:17-18)
Second, note that Mosiah has several sons, and the heir apparent, Aaron, is neither in the land nor willing at the time to be king (Mosiah 29:3). Should another son be appointed instead? What if Aaron should change his mind? At this point, recall that Mosiah has also just translated the plates of Ether, which contain a bloody record of royal fratricide, patricide, regicide, long years of imprisonment of the heir, civil wars, etc. It's basically Game of Thrones. Mosiah raises this concern by summarizing thusly; "now if there should be another appointed in his stead, behold I fear there would rise contentions among you. And who knoweth but what my son, to whom the kingdom doth belong, should turn to be angry and draw away a part of this people after him, which would cause wars and contentions among you, which would be the cause of shedding much blood and perverting the way of the Lord, yea, and destroy the souls of many people."
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Stephen R Marsh
Maybe Lehi missed the filthiness of the water, and therefore missed out on its significance; or maybe Nephi assigned significance to the water that wasn't there, and either saw or remembered it as filthy to match the framework that he had constructed to make sense of the vision.
I've always been puzzled by Nephi's "filthiness" statement, given his statement in 1 Ne. 11:25 that the iron rod leads to the "fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life," both of which are a representation of the love of God. It sounds like he is describing the vision, based on Lehi's description of the iron rod leading by "the head of the fountain" (fountain=source) of the river, which was near the tree. Calling the water "living water," and seeing it as a representation of the love of God seems at odds with Nephi's statement to his brothers that the water was filthy.
It's possible that the "fountain" is not connected to the "river of water," and that they are two different bodies of water in the vision, but I'm not sure that's the most natural reading of Lehi's statements. I find it fascinating that while in the vision itself, Nephi refers to the source of the river as living waters, but when he is out of vision, and expounding to his brothers, he tells them that the river is filthiness, which separates the wicked from the tree of life. Separating the wicked from the tree of life could be a manifestation of God's love, but that still doesn't explain the filthiness. Maybe the point is that the world has corrupted God's gifts of love and made them filthy?
But it could also be that in the vision, the water was not filthy, and that Nephi, in recounting it, saw a different layer of meaning and explained that to his brothers, and in doing so, remembered (re-member=reconstruct) the vision to match the significance he had realized.
I also find it fascinating that Lehi, the prophet, visionary, and patriarch only tells the story, and doesn't explain it, while Nephi, the pragmatic builder, hunter, and leader, feels compelled to search out the explanation and give it to his brothers.
Could you provide a link to answers, part one? I appreciate this!
Ben S.
Done, Sam! Added to beginning of post.
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Dietmar Mögenburg (* 15. srpna 1961, v Leverkusenu) je bývalý německý sportovec, atlet, který v roce 1984 vyhrál na letních olympijských hrách v Los Angeles skok do výšky. Je pětinásobný halový mistr Evropy a mistr Evropy z roku 1982. Jeho halový osobní rekord byl téměř dva roky světovým rekordem.

V roce 1979 se stal juniorským mistrem Evropy. 26. května 1980 v německém Rehlingenu překonal laťku ve výšce 235 cm, čímž tehdy vyrovnal jen jeden den starý světový rekord, který vytvořil v Eberstadtu Polák Jacek Wszoła. Na olympiádě v jihokorejském Soulu v roce 1988 skončil šestý. O čtyři roky později již na letních hrách v Barceloně neprošel sítem kvalifikace, když překonal jen 215 cm. V roce 1983 na prvním mistrovství světa v atletice ve finských Helsinkách skončil čtvrtý. Těsně pod stupni vítězů se umístil i na MS 1987 v Římě a také na ME 1986 ve Stuttgartu, kde byl rovněž čtvrtý.

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hooray for livejournal
Sometimes after I don't sit by myself in my room and read all of your livejournals for a few days, all the links seem to catch up to me and I feel I must put them all in one place.
1. It's so quick, it can destroy your entire face. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA
III AMMM AN ALLIIEENN
What does he say at ~6:00 ? "My __[hovercraft]__ is full of bees" ???
You don't get to see this kind of unabashed joy very often. I really love it.
2. Dry goods. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005195.html
3. Wood-assisted Rachmaninoff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w
4. Vienna Teng is gonna have a music video soon. Photos are up at her blog-thing. http://misc.viennateng.com/scrapbook_media/photos/20080205/7.jpg
Oh. Oh. Pretty.
5. Mr. Shen goes to Starbucks. http://www.vimeo.com/709949
I have to say: Alex is a pretty talented guy.
6. Where to get your hair cut in Berkeley. http://community.livejournal.com/ucberkeley/2857814.html
I'm so glad for lj communities. wow_ladies, too.
7. The Wembley DVD is coming out in March or so. Here's a clip, as recorded hastily from the BBC streaming radio thing http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=29589 graaaaaghhh
Haven't slept very much of late. HAven't eaten very much either. Haven't been hungry.
It's a new dawn. It's a new day. It's a new life.
Published February 22, 2008 By judytuna
mayamaia says:
For 1, it's a reference to an Eddie Izzard sketch. The relevant quote is "I like my coffee like I like my women – covered in bees!"
My coffee is full of bees? He says something with a bunch of syllables!
No, the usual joke is the last bit: "It's covered in bees!"
But but… what is that which is covered in bees??!! Or does he simply say "it's covered in bees" ??!!
Anyway, what he actually says is "My epiglottis is full of bees." Meaning, I think, his throat.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
elanor suggested chassis. i can't understand him D:
andeja says:
does that mean you are feelin' good?
no. i left that lyric out on purpose. OMG /WRISTS


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Planning a trip to see the Dolomites? Here is a one-week itinerary in the Dolomites of Italy that will make sure you see all the most beautiful mountains, lakes, villages, and hikes in the Italian Alps.
The breathtaking region around the Dolomites of Italy is honestly one of the most beautiful places on earth. This picturesque countryside is full of rugged mountains, scenic hikes, beautiful lakes with brilliant turquoise waters, and charming, tiny villages straight out of a fairytale.
Here are our recommendations for the most beautiful, must-see places in the Dolomites and the best hikes with the most spectacular views.
Our 6-night itinerary in the Dolomites of Italy includes 2 nights at Italy's famous Lake Como — a must-see in northern Italy! You could spend an entire week just visiting all the charming towns around Lake Como. But if you only have 2 nights, you want to pick the most beautiful, picturesque village on Lake Como: Varenna.
Arrive in Varenna. If you're arriving by plane, the closest airport is Milan. For this itinerary you need a car, so you can rent one here. Milan isn't that big of a city, so don't be too worried about driving there. Spend the afternoon and evening exploring Varenna.
Albergo Milano — This charming hotel has lakefront rooms with balconies overlooking Lake Como. Book 2 nights here.
Full day at Lake Como. Hike to Castello di Vezio for a panoramic overlook of the lake and walk along the lake through the terraced gardens of the Villa Monastero. You can also take the ferry to Bellagio, another popular town on Lake Como.
Have a relaxing breakfast overlooking Lake Como on the terrace of your hotel in Varenna, then travel to Bolzano, about 4 hours by car. Bolzano is the biggest city near the Dolomites of Italy. Spend the afternoon exploring the town. You'll be spending the next 2 nights in Bolzano. Try to book a hotel or Airbnb near the main square, Piazza Walther.
Spend the morning at Lake Karersee. This is a beautiful lake with brilliant turquoise green water and the dramatic rugged Dolomites of Italy in the background. There is a big parking lot across the street and an overlook for the lake. There is also a walking trail around the lake which takes around 20-30 minutes.
We passed this cute little church on the way from Bolzano to Lake Karersee! How beautiful are the Dolomites of Italy in the background?? The entire drive is charming countryside like this.
In the afternoon you'll visit one of the most beautiful villages in the Dolomites of Italy. Santa Maddalena is honestly one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my entire life. I was so giddy the entire time I was here, I felt like I could start twirling around and singing. I could not believe this is a real place!!
Santa Maddalena is a teeny, tiny quiet little village in the Dolomites of Italy. You will pass several beautiful little villages like this as you drive through the Italian countryside on the way here. One thing I loved about Santa Maddalena was it felt like we had the whole village to ourselves.
It was so quiet and peaceful here. All we heard were the faint jingling of bells from the cows grazing in the distance. We hardly saw anyone else here! It was so incredible to have such a magical place all to ourselves.
There are two small hotels in Santa Maddalena where you can have lunch outside on a terrace. Or wouldn't this be the PERFECT place to bring a picnic lunch with the breathtaking Dolomites of Italy in the background?? Honestly, can you imagine a more spectacular lunch view?
After lunch and an afternoon in Santa Maddalena, stop by Chiusa Klausen on the way back to Bolzano. You can drive up to the Kloster Säben for beautiful, panoramic overlooks of the area and the Dolomites of Italy. Spend the late afternoon and early evening exploring Chiusa Klausen.
We had dinner at Parkhotel Post, and this was one of my favorite meals of the trip. I just had a simple spinach ravioli with butter and parmesan, but it was perfect.
The next morning you'll leave Bolzano and make your way to Pragser Wildsee, one of the most gorgeous lakes in the Dolomites of Italy.
Pragser Wildsee is a stunning glacier lake with vibrant turquoise blue water and the towering Dolomites of Italy in the background.
There is an easy hiking trail all the way around the lake that takes about 1 hour.
There are beautiful views of the lake and the Dolomites of Italy all along the trail. The color of this water is not photoshopped!
You can also rent a wooden boat by the hour and paddle around the lake at the foot of the mountains of the Dolomites of Italy.
There are a few places to buy food near the lake, so grab something to go and have a picnic lunch with a view of the lake and the Dolomites of Italy.
For our last two nights in the Dolomites of Italy we stayed in a tiny village north of Bolzano at the Ansitz Heufler. It's an actual castle, and the views of the mountains and tiny village around the castle are incredible. The rooms are super nice, and the service is even better. If you're celebrating a special occasion, I highly recommend upgrading to the tower suite. It's very affordable and totally worth it. The restaurant is also very good, so definitely have dinner here one night.
We stayed here because it is a bit closer to Pragser Wildsee and the next hike, Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Although from here, you are still about a 1-hour drive to Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
If you want to be even closer to the next hike, another nice place to stay in the Dolomites of Italy would be Cortina d'Ampezzo, a beautiful ski resort town.
Tre Cime di Lavaredo is one of the most beautiful hikes with the most amazing views in the Dolomites of Italy.
This is honestly one of my favorite hikes I have ever done.
There are just unbelievably magnificent views of the Dolomites of Italy the entire hike.
Get there early and park at Rigufio Auronzo. There is a very large parking lot here.
The full trail loop is about 6 miles. I wore these waterproof hiking shoes.
Plan 3-4 hours for just hiking, but give yourself plenty of extra time for taking photos!
Don't forget water and snacks!
You'll definitely also want to stop and have lunch somewhere along the trail.
You can bring a picnic lunch with you, or about halfway through the hike you will reach Rifugio Lavaredo where you can buy lunch and drinks.
In the late afternoon after your hike, you will have time to explore one of the villages nearby. I recommend Cortina d'Ampezzo, it's one of the most charming ski resort towns in the Dolomites of Italy. Have dinner here and spend your last night at Ansitz Heufler.
If we had one more day in the Dolomites of Italy, I really, really wanted to do the Lago di Sorapis hike. Look up Lago di Sorapis on Pinterest and read this article for some very helpful information on this hike: Hiking to Lago di Sorapiss.
Where to go after visiting the Dolomites Italy?
3 nights in Venice — Be sure to do the day trip to Burano!
1-2 nights in Verona — The third largest colosseum in the world is in Verona and is still used for concerts and operas today. It's also famous for being the town where Romeo and Juliet takes place.
2-3 nights Cinque Terre — 5 beautiful villages on the Italian coast. There are hiking trails between each village with fabulous views of the Mediterranean Sea!
2-3 nights Florence — Be sure to do a day trip to Pisa!
2-3 nights Siena — Use Siena as a base to take a road trip through Tuscany.
We were there in mid-August. This is a super, super, SUPER busy time of year in Italy. I would avoid July/August at all costs if possible — it will be much less crowded in May or September (and even June) and the weather will still be nice.
Any questions about hiking the Dolomites in Italy?
Thanks so much for reading! Here are a few more pictures from our Tre Cime di Lavaredo. If you have any questions about this itinerary please let me know in the comments!
Thanks so much for your sharing ! Loved all your pictures, we will be visiting Northern Italy in July this year. Trying to follow the route you recommended. Appreciate if you can let me know about the car rental. We will be at Conque Terre for a few days, thinking of getting a rental car from there, drive up to Varenna, and then across to Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Just wonder where can we drop off the vehicle ?
You should be able to return the car in Bolzano. I always rent from Europcar and they have a location at the Bolzano airport. It's the closest big city nearby! :) Hope this helps!
I was so glad to stumble across this post, my husband and I are heading to the Dolomites this May. This was a great resource!
Any recommendations for someone coming from Florence with no car? I am studying abroad in Florence and want to hike the Dolomites in April, but I'd like to stick to buses or trains if possible. Are there buses to any of these hikes? Love your photos!!
Thank you so much! I think there are some buses, but we had a rental car the entire time so we didn't take any!
How was driving and navigating? I've heard Italy is difficult to drive – including tolls and knowing where to park, etc. Just wondering what your thoughts were.
Wonderful post! Trying to decide whether to visit the Dolomites OR Cinque Terre with our two teenagers (14 and 16) — would you recommend one over the other? Many thanks!
Which website do you recommend in scheduling train rides throughout Italy? My husband and I are going to Italy in October and we are curious which website is the best?
Incredibly beautiful pictures! I really love your post. May have to change my itinerary on our trip to Northern Italy this May. Thanks so much for the GPS info of Santa Maddalena. We love photography and will definitely bring home a lot pictures of this gorgeous place. Quick question: how did you manage to avoid the crowds in August? There are no people in your pictures.
Love all the vibrant color and life in these shots! It truly captures the beauty of this region. We visited Bolzano and Chiusa last spring, but missed Lake Karersee unfortunately. Time for a return trip I guess!
Oh my gosh, these photos are stunning. My case of wanderlust is worse than ever. I am SO going to visit the Dolomites! Thanks for the great posting.
Yes, I would like to know as well. Just beautiful. I would like to take the exact same trip.
I can't even!! Those mountains are unbelievable! I could spend a lifetime there.
We were there right in the middle August. It was a super, super, SUPER busy time of year. I would avoid July/August if you can — it will be much less crowded in May or September and the weather will still be nice.
This is definitely on my Italy list. Thank you so much for all your valuable info and beautiful photos.


Rayon Sports head coach Ivan Minnaert has warned Gor Mahia ahead of Caf Confederation Cup Group D opening duel on Sunday.
Rayon Sports will host K'Ogalo at the Kigali Regional Stadium in Nyamirambo and the former AFC Leopards tactician has expressed optimism to pick all the maximum points in the opening round.
"The chase for the ticket to quarter-finals starts Sunday, and we can't afford a false start. Like in all our home games, we are going to do everything possible to get a win.
"I have no fear for Gor Mahia," Minnaert told New Times .
The Belgian's chances of picking a win at home have been boosted by the return of midfielder Pierrot Kwizera and forward Caleb Bimenyimana.
The duo missed the return-leg against Mozambique's Costa do Sol in the play-off round in Maputo.
Minnaert is the first coach to have guided Rayon Sports, the first Rwandan club to reach group stages in any Caf Competition.


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Review: Jim Snidero
By ljazzn on 24 January 2011 • ( Leave a comment )
Jim Snidero and the Barry Green Trio
(Spice of Life, January 20th 2011, review by Frank Griffith)
The Spice of Life, a below-stairs venue in the heart of Soho has recently celebrated over ten years of three-times-a-week jazz programming. Last Thursday, the subtle but scintillating alto sax of New Yorker Jim Snidero was in full flourish. Boasting stints with jazz legends including Toshiko Akiyoshi and Jack McDuff, Jim has been touring internationally as a solo act for a good while, but, strangely, had never played in London before this visit.
Snidero was backed by an ever-able UK trio, and the two sets consisted largely of the leader's originals. "One by One" (not to be confused with Wayne Shorter's tune of the same title recorded by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) caught the ear in particular with its slowish sauntering, minorish walk that had a distinctively Jewish- folklike theme and mood. The measured waltz, "Tranquility" spun a similar effect on the listener with its melancholy, yet ultimately victorious and inspired message. To complete the first set, "Interface" prevailed with its upbeat straight quaver feel which thoroughly opened the playing field for improvisations by all hands.
Snidero's alto sound, while clear and lyrical is not overly bright or cutting. His lengthy phrases pour forth fluently. His deft technique coupled with his still composure, not moving a muscle, offer a refreshing tonic to the current myriad of saxophonists whose bowing and swaying run the risk of distracting the listener.
The profound and sophisticated piano offerings of Barry Green were complimented by the no-nonsense basswork of Jez Brown and the solid but fiery drumming of Matt Home. His unaccompanied solos were a delight as well engaging the listener with his dynamism and drama. The second set featured jazz classics like Charlie Parker's "Au Privave" and Monk's immortal "Round Midnight" which brought a rich trove of repertoire to a well-rounded close.
Special plaudits to very imaginative programmer at the Spice, Paul Pace (the hardest workin man in show business) for his indispensable role in bringing Jim Snidero here, and for maintaining the quality and integrity of this characterful and unique venue.
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