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Albence & Associates is a boutique trust, estate & probate law firm. The firm's primary headquarters are in San Diego County. Offices are conveniently located in La Jolla, Chula Vista, La Mesa and Vista, California. All are easily located, have ample parking and are handicapped accessible. The firm's practice areas include Estate Planning, Estate Litigation, Probate, Trust Administration, and Conservatorship law.
Mission Statement: The firm seeks to establish long-term relationships of trust with each client and to provide competent, quality legal services that afford each client the greatest protections and opportunities under the law, at a cost-effective price.
Christopher J. Albence
Practice Areas: Wills, Trusts, Probate, Estate Litigation and Planning
Email: chris@albence.com
Christopher Albence is the founding member of the firm of Albence & Associates, APC, established in 1994. Mr. Albence's practice concentrates on wills, trusts, probate, trust administration and trust and estate litigation. He has practiced exclusively in trust and estate law for over 24 years. He became a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California in 2001, a distinction that fewer than 1% of all California attorney possess. He has drafted thousands of estate plans, administered hundreds of trusts and estates, and litigated hundreds of trust and estate cases. Trials and settlements on behalf of his clients in the trust and estate litigation portion of his practice exceed tens of millions of dollars. He has built the Firm to be a full-service trust and estate firm. Each firm attorney practices exclusively in the trust and estate area of the law and each has an emphasis on a subsection of the law including probate, estate tax planning, trust and estate litigation, conservatorships, long-term care planning, and special needs trusts.
His philosophy is that to become a great estate planning attorney, one who drafts high quality estate plans, one must have diverse experience in litigating and administering trusts and estates. It is difficult for an attorney who only drafts estate plans, without being involved in their ultimate administration or disputes, to become a great estate planning attorney. As such, each firm attorney has experience in litigating trusts and administering trusts. Many estate plans appear to be clear on their face when completed. The conflicting terms, gray areas, and lost tax savings opportunities often only become apparent after a death. Experiencing those unfortunate cases, affords each firm attorney the opportunity to become a more proficient and skilled drafting attorney, who can design an estate plan to avoid those unfortunate situations and provide our clients with the appropriate estate plan for their situation.
His first legal position was as an associate attorney for Senior Citizens Legal Services, a non-profit organization. He has conducted numerous seminars and speaking engagements on estate planning and financial protection of the elderly. Mr. Albence's business, financial and legal background have created a practice that consists of all facets of estate planning, trust administration, trust and estate litigation.
Mr. Albence was born in New Jersey and graduated from Jesuit High School Tampa, Florida. He did his undergraduate work at Clemson University and Florida State University, where he received a degree in Finance. He obtained his law degree at California Western School of Law and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1993.
His organization affiliations include the California State Bar, State Bar Board of Specialization – Estate Planning, Trust and Probate, 2003-2005 chair of the San Diego Bar Association Trust and Probate Section, 1997-1998 President South Bay Bar Association, the San Diego County Bar Association, the La Jolla Bar Association, the South Bay Bar Association, the California State Bar Trust and Probate Section, the San Diego County Bar Trust and Probate Section, the La Jolla Bar Trust and Probate Section; California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, former board member of the South Bay Bar Association, former Board of Directors for the South Bay Lawyer Referral Service and Board of Directors La Jolla Bar Association.
David S. Pawlowski
Practice Areas: Trust and Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, and Probate
Email: dave@albence.com
David S. Pawlowski has over 24 years of experience representing individuals, private fiduciaries and organizations in all aspects of estate planning and estate litigation. Mr. Pawlowski's practice focuses on Trusts, Wills, Trust Administration, Probate and Medi-Cal Planning. Over the course of his career, Mr. Pawlowski has acquired a reputation for quickly evaluating and assessing complex estate planning and estate litigation matters and a unique ability to think "out of the box" to resolve those matters. Mr. Pawlowski has vast experience in handling matters involving disputed trusts and wills, including capacity and undue influence claims, Trustee malfeasance, Trustee defense, matters involving powers-of-attorney and elder abuse claims. An advocate of employing aggressive litigation techniques to prepare for trial or negotiate a settlement from a position of strength, Mr. Pawlowski has achieved results for clients that seemed unattainable at the inception of the case.
Mr. Pawlowski handles matters in all courts in Southern California, including but not limited to San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Mr. Pawlowski also is "Of Counsel" for an estate planning firm with headquarters in Orange County with offices across Southern California and handles all of their estate litigation on a state-wide basis.
Graduating from California State University, Fullerton in 1989 and from Cal Western School of Law in 1993, Mr. Pawlowski is a member of the California State Bar, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section, San Diego County Bar Association, a frequent guest speaker concerning estate planning and estate litigation and formerly hosted a weekly estate planning and estate litigation radio show. Living in Del Mar with his family, Mr. Pawlowski proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, the Board of Directors for Solana Beach Little League, coaches his son's little league team and formerly was a member of a group based in Del Mar that owned horses which raced primarily at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.
Keeley C. Luhnow
Practice Areas: Probate, Conservatorships, Trust Administration, Estate Planning, Lost and Distant Heir Representation
Email: keeley@albence.com
Keeley C. Luhnow is a "superb" rated (10/10) attorney on Avvo.com. For 15 years she has practiced in the areas of probate, trust administration, conservatorships (general and limited), and estate planning and has filed probate matters in counties all over the State of California. Ms. Luhnow was co-chair of the San Diego County Bar Association Elder Law Section in 2006-2007, co-chair of the San Diego County Bar Association Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section in 2013-2014 and chair of the San Diego Probate Bench-Bar Committee in 2015. Ms. Luhnow was an editor and contributing author of the 2017 San Diego County Probate Handbook, published by Probate Attorneys of San Diego. In 2005, she was hired by the State of California to train Adult Protective Services employees in the legal fields of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney and advocating for senior citizens and dependent adults' legal rights. Ms. Luhnow instructed over 700 Adult Protective Services employees throughout the State of California.
Lucas A. Woodward
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust Administration, Tax
Email: lwoodward@albence.com
Ms. Luhnow's organizational affiliations include: Probate Attorneys of San Diego, San Diego County Bar Association Elder Law section and Estate Planning, Trust and Probate section, San Diego Superior Court Probate Bench-Bar Committee, and the California State Bar Association Trust and Probate Section. She received her B.A. in history from California State University, San Marcos and her law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Mr. Woodward's practice focuses on estate planning, trust administration, and probate and estate litigation. He has diverse experience in the areas of wills, trusts, business formation, federal and state taxation, and estate litigation. His litigation clients include individual and professional trustees, beneficiaries, surviving spouses, care givers, and omitted heirs. Prior to joining Albence and Associates, APC, Mr. Woodward was an attorney at a major securities litigation firm headquartered in San Diego. He was involved in a variety of complex litigation cases, including mortgage backed securities cases and post-merger derivative suits. His diverse litigation experience in multi-party, national scale cases, blends well with his estate planning and tax experience, to afford his estate litigation clients exceptional representation.
Mr. Woodward earned his law degree from the University of San Diego, where he also received a Master of Laws in Taxation, with an emphasis on complex estate planning and business planning. Prior to law school, Mr. Woodward earned his B.A. in Economics from UC San Diego. Mr. Woodward is licensed to practice law in California, and to appear in the Southern District of the United States Federal Court.
Mr. Woodward's philanthropic activities include the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, Habitat for Humanity, and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program.
Estate Planning:
Simple and Complex Will and Trust Drafting, Educational Trusts, Qualified Terminal Interest Property Trusts (QTIPs), Retirement Benefits Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs), Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITs), Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts (IDGTs), Crummy Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Estate and Income Tax Planning for IRAs,401(K)s and other retirement accounts, Transfers of wealth, real estate and business interests between generations.
Trust Administration:
Distribution of assets upon death, Trustee representation and counsel, Representation and advisement of beneficiary rights, Division of assets for A B Style Trusts upon the death of the first spouse, Sub Trust Funding, Establishing Trusts for minors, Fiduciary Accountings, Evaluation of tax treatment for IRAs and 401(K) distributions.
Probate:
Testate and Intestate Estates, Executor and Administrator representation, Spousal Property Petitions, Petitions to Determine Succession to Real Property, Petitions to Determine Persons Entitled to Distribution, Transfers of Small Estates Pursuant to Probate Code Affidavit method, miscellaneous probate matters and petitions.
Trust & Estate Litigation:
Will contests, Trust contest, Disputes between beneficiaries, Disputes between Trustees, Undue influence and lack of capacity cases, Prosecution and defense of caregiver beneficiary cases, Omitted spouse matters, Disinherited child cases, Lost will cases, Creditor claims against trusts and estates, Trustee surcharge actions, Financial abuse and fraud of elders or dependent adults, Prosecution and defense of trustee removal actions, Compelling trustee accountings and distributions, Objections to accountings, Reformation of problematic trusts, Court actions to modify irrevocable trusts, Establishing community property interests in a deceased spouse's estate for surviving spouses.
Elder Law:
Medicare and Medi-Cal Planning for Long Term Nursing Care, Medi-Cal qualification matters, Medi-Cal state recovery matters, Protection of home, maximizing assets which can be maintained by a spouse and family upon an elder entering a long term nursing care facility, Community Spouse Resource Allowance Increase matters, Special Needs Trusts, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, and Financial abuse of the elderly matters.
Conservatorships:
Conservatorships of the Person and the Estate, General and limited Conservatorships.
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Law Office of James Davis Chula Vista
231 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 (Get directions)
231 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910
info@albence.com
http://albence.com/


Caroline can hear, but she cannot speak, and at the age of 11, she had virtually no ability to communicate. She was limited to pointing, nodding, and shaking her head. She would often cry suddenly, and her teachers didn't know why.
When Caroline was little, her grandmother wanted her to learn American Sign Language (ASL), and taught her a few words from a book, but the school district refused to support Caroline learning ASL. According to the school system, Caroline was severely cognitively impaired, but because she wasn't deaf, they denied her entry to an existing program that taught ASL. It turns out Caroline's IQ was higher than the school district thought – her teachers just couldn't measure it accurately because she couldn't communicate. So for nine years, Caroline was left sitting in a classroom where she could not communicate with other students or ask questions of her teachers.
Her grandmother came to LAF for help. We got a private sign language tutor for Caroline, and she began learning ASL to communicate. But the school district still left Caroline in a classroom where almost nobody else could sign, so she was as alone as ever. LAF then filed a second claim against the school district, seeking to place Caroline in an out-of-district school that provides sign language instruction and support to students who are both hearing and hearing-impaired. Our efforts finally prevailed – the district agreed to the placement, and Caroline now has peers and teachers who can understand what she's saying. She is thriving.


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In 2017 Titalia celebrates in great shape twenty years of life. Founded in 1997 by Marco Riboldi, an internationally renowned expert in the production and processing of titanium and Manuel Riboldi, an experienced salesman, Titalia immediately became a real reference point for the employment of this material, making the way for titanium utilization increase both in Italy and all over the world.
Nowadays Titalia is a reliable partner: big multinationals and firms belonging to every field rely on Titalia when they have to employ this material, often in adverse environmental conditions.
The excellence obtained in 20 years of uninterrupted improvements, achieved without distracting from its goal, conjoins with the flexibility of a structure able to realize several craftings in total autonomy, selecting and employing superior quality CP Titanium (Commercially Pure), called "Titanio Titalia".
Chosing to work with Titalia means working with a partner able to guarantee a maximum level expertise; moreover, the LLOYDS and Norsok M-650 Rev.4 certifications are unquestioned proofs of absolute reliability.
In the heart of Lombardy, Titalia is located nearby the main ground and air transport links, a big advantage for the extremely quick delivery times. Local deliveries are carried out with Titalia's own fleet, while for national and international deliveries the company uses selected carriers.
Brugherio Office Forge
Brugherio Office
Via Don Luigi Talamoni, 83
20861 Brugherio (MB)
Link to the map
Expertise, proficiency and passion: 20 years of extreme concentration on titanium processing mean discovering every criticality and potential of the material, in a constant process of optimization which allows to offer to the market products and services at maximum levels, also thanks to the continuous comparison with universities in a so called "open innovation" process.
Marco Riboldi
Manuel Riboldi
Pierluigi Loffredi
Always committed to the steel sector, at the beginning of 90's Mr. Riboldi deepens his knowledge of titanium, gaining a more and more specific experience, from which arose the decision of investing his own professional carrier in the processing of the material still known as "the iron of the future".
Are you already experienced in Titanium processing or other titanium related activities? Send us your resumee to let us know more about yourself and your skills.
At current there are no specific job openings, you may send your resumee using the online form
Send us your résumé
Global quality of Titalia processes is certified by LLOYD'S REGISTER according to ISO 9001 : 2015 and chapt. 1 par. 4.3 of PED (pressure equipment directive )2014/68/EU for titanium supply for all pressure equipment.
It's a very important certification for Titalia: the supply of maximum quality craftings and materials is a clear company mission which allowed Titalia to appear in the closed list of NORSOK M-650 qualified suppliers, an essential prerequisite for the supply of companies operating in the North Sea in need of reliability without compromise.
HSE: Health & Safety Executive
Titalia SPA considers workplace health, safety and welfare and environmental protection to be of a fundamental importance, as a primary core value.
Titalia recognizes that health and safety in the workplace is a right and both employees and visitors are responsible for safety .
It is possible to prevent any kind of accident and, for this reason, every individual working for Titalia collaborates within the spirit of our vision and policy and the management of Titalia will provide competent advice ,support and training to all the employees in order to keep them informed and well trained and to prevent all injuries at the workplace.
We work to protect the environment and to reduce pollution and we dispose of the waste in a responsible way and according to the laws, investing when possible in renewable energy sources.
Titalia SPA recognizes its responsibility and will strive to inform and train all the employees in order to provide and maintain procedures for a safe and healthy workplace and to avoid damages to the environment.
Titalia SPA will make sure that each employee is aware of the company policy; a copy of this paper is published on our website.
In February 2013 Titalia put into writing the ethical values that have always been at the base of its actions: compliance with the laws, transparency, management fair play, confidence, cooperation and the centrality of the individual are among the most important concepts which led to a deep consideration and specific choices, set down in the first version of the Titalia's code of ethics, a document that everyone can consult (it is currently available in Italian).
Working in accordance with our code of ethics enriches Titalia's daily commitment and allows us to lay stronger foundation for the future of our business reality which is constantly under construction. We want our code of ethics to be integral part of a society which aims to be more and more civilized.
With this in mind Titalia shares and promotes the 10 principles of the United Nations Global compact.
Titalia in the press
Our efforts, our collaborations with universities, some projects that have high visibility among general public lead the press - specialistic and generic - to write about Titalia. In this section, we are glad to share some of these articles.
MB News - October 2012
Stainless Steel World - May 2013
Stainless Steel World - October 2014

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In bedrooms, basements and in-home studios across the world sit a legion of the most dedicated and passionate content creators you've ever seen. This is the world of Twitch.tv, and its inhabitants have something very important to teach you about content marketing.
At Radix I'm used to working with brands that understand and respect the value of great content. But at home, there's another bunch of amazing content creators that I avidly follow—and for these guys and girls, their content is their brand.
For those of you with lives, Twitch.tv is a livestreaming and video site dedicated to gaming content. Its broadcasters pull in millions of viewers from across the globe every single day, showcasing a wide variety of content with something to suit every kind of gamer.
Most just do it for fun, but for a select few, it's their job—and it's a pretty well-paying one too. With Amazon acquiring Twitch for just shy of a billion dollars in 2014, there's no denying that there's now huge money in the streaming platform.
Twitch's broadcasters earn money in two ways: by running advertisements during their broadcasts, and through voluntary donations from viewers. To gain a significant amount of either, a broadcaster needs to pull in and hold the attention of thousands of simultaneous viewers. Their content is the only tool they have to make that happen.
On Twitch it's simple; you either make amazing content and rise above the rest, or produce average content and sink into obscurity. With that in mind, I think there's a huge amount that we as content marketers can learn from the Twitch.tv elite.
What does it take to become a great Twitch broadcaster?
First up are the seasoned professionals. These gamers play at the highest possible levels and will often be ranked among the very best in the world in their respective games. In most cases they focus on playing a single game for long periods of time, learning everything there is to know about it.
The appeal of their content is clear—they have deep, specialised, expert knowledge that others simply don't have. Viewers tune in because they want to see the games they love performed to the highest possible standard, and learn how they can replicate that performance themselves.
Secondly, you've got the enigmatic entertainers. The big pull of their content is their personalities. They're rarely high-level experts in the games they play, but their personalities carry their content and earn them legions of loyal fans. They might be very funny and make the game more entertaining to watch, or just be eccentric characters with over-the-top mannerisms that audiences find amusing.
The final group can broadly be categorised as community leaders. These broadcasters focus on interacting with their viewers, and enabling those viewers to interact with one another. Fans gain a sense of identity and belonging from following them, often inspiring extremely strong long-term loyalty that keeps them coming back for more.
So why should you care about them?
So, why should you care about all this? Well, I think that each persona represented within the ranks of Twitch's top broadcasters can teach us something extremely valuable about high quality content creation and curation.
The seasoned professionals show us that if you have fresh insight to share on a topic that others are interested in, your content will naturally attract a lot of attention. And, once you establish yourself as an expert that's constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in your industry, people will eagerly check back to see what you've been sharing.
The enigmatic entertainers show us the value of adopting a unique tone of voice and unreservedly pouring your personality into your content. Don't just speak like a human being, speak like a human being that stands out from the crowd and has a clear, confident identity—that's what your audience will really latch onto.
Finally, the community leaders show us just how valuable it can be to nurture a community around your content. When you're ready to share something, use your chosen social platforms to engage with your readers, build conversations, and even allow them to shape your future content efforts. If your goal to create content that gets people talking, don't forget that you need to be a central part of that conversation too.
As content marketers, we don't need to fit into a single one of those personas—we can take on the best characteristics of all three in every piece of content we create.
By looking at content marketing through the webcam lens of a Twitch.tv streamer, we can take things back to basics, while getting a unique and interesting new perspective on what really makes content great today.
At first glance, it's a world that appears starkly different to the one we operate in as B2B marketers. But, once you scratch the surface, the similarities are remarkable.
In Twitch, we have a world of committed and passionate content creators that pour everything they have into making a name for themselves and standing out in a ruthlessly saturated and competitive environment. I guess it's up to you to ask yourself just how different that sounds from the industry you operate in.
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Medical Tourism Links
Home > Medical Tourism Links
You will get the following information from this section
Waiting List for surgeries in your country.
Update Health guidelines from WHO relating to visiting India.
Update guidelines relating to Inoculation in your country while planning to visit India for your medical treatment.
Contact Information relating to Indian Embassy / India Consulates in your country which can be helpful for approaching them for India Medical Visa to travel to India for your Medical Trip.
Airline ticketing companies in UK dealing in cheap air tickets to India
Waiting List for surgeries in your country helpful links
www.health.nsw.gov.au/waitingtimes/
This website link provides up-to-date information on NSW (Australia) public hospitals waiting times and waiting list for various surgeries / diagnostics / health check-ups.
www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/waitlist/
This website link provides up-to-date information on British Columbia (Canada) public hospitals waiting times and waiting list for various surgeries / diagnostics / health check-ups.
www.nhs.uk/england/AboutTheNhs/Default.cmsx
This website link provides up-to-date information on NHS (UK) public hospitals waiting times and waiting list for various surgeries / diagnostics / health check-ups.
Guidelines issued by WHO from time-to-time visiting India
http://www.who.int/en/
This website link is of The United Nations public health arm. Monitors disease outbreaks, assesses the performance of health systems around the globe.
Guidelines issued by CDC from time-to-time for Inoculation to visit India
http://www.cdc.gov/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal government agency for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.
Contact Information for Indian Embassy / India Consulates in your country which can be helpful for approaching them for India Medical Visa to travel to India for your Medical Trip.
Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi : for links to mission and posts (Embassy) of India in all countries. Read more...
High Commission of India, Sydney
In Canada and BC
Consulate General of India, Vancouver
Consulate General of India, Toronto
High Commission of India, Ottawa
Consulate General of India, Frankfurt
In Persian Gulf
Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi
High Commission of India, Wellington
Embassy of India, Moscow
Consulate General of India - New York
(Consular Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands)
Consulate General of India - San Francisco
(Consular Jurisdiction: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
Consulate General of India - Chicago
(Consular Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Consulate General of India - Houston
(Consular Jurisdiction: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas)
Embassy of India, Washington DC
(Consular Jurisdiction: Bermuda, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
In UK & Ireland
High Commission of India, London
Consulate General of India, Edinburgh
Consulate General of India, Birmingham
Honorary Consulate of India, Belfast (Ireland)
There are many airlines flying from the UK to India, ranging from British Airways to Air India. All British Airways flights depart from London Heathrow. A BA return flight to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore or Chennai costs £455 including taxes, fees and charges, and to Kolkata it costs GB£505. Air India (airindia.in) also depart London Heathrow to Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad with prices from around GB£322 return and there are a handful of other Asian airlines to consider such as Singapore Airlines (http://www.singaporeair.com), Thai (www.thaiairways.com) and Malaysia.
But it's well worth exploring the charter flight territory; depending on when you fly, flights can cost as little as £250 return. Try www.flights4less.co.uk which is part of lastminute.com or www.cheapflights.co.uk. (These are indicative pricings, check current pricings before purchasing tickets with them).
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Think Ascot Racecourse and it's more than likely your mind immediately switches on an image of that great meeting in the middle of June. Royal Ascot: one of the world's most famous, most hallowed, most prestigious occasions, five days of elite racing, huge crowds, high fashion, royalty, and celebrities.
It has 30 exceptional races, eight of them G1, and the racecourse has zealously pushed and promoted them so that they have continued to grow in value and status, and have attracted some of the best animals from around the world to what is arguably the finest race meeting anywhere.
Yet the track's biggest race - the one that's worth the most, the one it prizes above all others - isn't run at Royal Ascot. The 65th running of the mile-and-a-half King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, now worth £1.25 million, takes place this Saturday, and it's a renewal they are particularly proud of.
The King George was founded in 1951 as the ultimate clash of the generations, the chance to measure the Epsom Derby winner and the other leading 3-year-olds against the best older horses, and it was an immediate success.
Some of Europe's greatest have triumphed, Ribot, Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard, Dahlia, Shergar, Dancing Brave and Montjeu among them. And some of its epic battles have become legend, including the 1975 "Race of the Century" when Epsom Derby winner Grundy eventually ground down the mighty 4-year-old Bustino, and the 2001 classic when Coolmore's outstanding Epsom hero Galileo held off the prolific Godolphin 5-year-old Fantastic Light.
More recently, however, a question mark began to hover over the race. Fewer 3-year-olds were stepping up, rarely was a Derby winner sighted. In the five years from 2004 to 2008, just two members of the classic generation took part (one in 2004 and one in 2005). No Epsom Derby winner ran in the King George at all between Kris Kin (third in 2003) and Workforce (odds-on favourite when a below-par fifth in 2010).
Was a mile and a half becoming a little too off message for a stallion prospect, especially if he had already won over that trip? Certainly many connections appeared anxious to drop their charges back to a mile and a quarter instead to show their horse had speed despite the stamina.
Then again, perhaps it was felt a run in the King George could compromise a horse's chances of a successful campaign aimed at one or more of the big, increasingly fashionable autumn races.
Was the King George losing its lustre?
Well, if it was, it has certainly regained it now. And this weekend's contest is the perfect illustration, with this year's Epsom Derby winner, Golden Horn, now top of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings - rated 2 pounds ahead of U.S. Triple Crown hero American Pharoah, staking his reputation against a stellar collection of older horses, led by the formidable Juddmonte 4-year-old Snow Sky, stunning winner of Royal Ascot's Hardwicke Stakes over the same course and distance last month.
And this after a vintage renewal in 2014, when the filly Taghrooda, hugely impressive winner of the Epsom Oaks, accounted for a field that included the winners of the Eclipse, the Hardwicke, the Irish Derby, and the Breeders' Cup Turf.
Smith said much of the credit should go to race sponsors Qipco. "The King George is our most valuable race outside of the industry day [the end-of-season-finale British Champions Day in October] and it is our most important race. We feel incredibly protective of the King George. In Qipco over the last couple of years, we've found a partner who are ready to invest both financially and in terms of marketing and publicising the event and who totally understand where it should be.
Smith said talk of the race's "declining years" was misguided. "We were still seeing great horses win the race. We had the Arc winner Danedream [King George winner in 2012], plus we had Novellist coming and making it two in a row for Germany. We've had fascinating and great renewals, albeit when the 3-year-olds haven't held centre stage, and that's the nature of horse racing in the 21st century.
Indeed, the King George is one of the three races for which Ascot has particularly lofty ambitions. "The King George, plus two Royal Ascot races - the Queen Anne and the Prince of Wales's - those would be our three focus races," he said.


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H2-Share hydrogen truck up and running
4209 Schelluinen, Netherlands
VDL: 27 ton hydrogen truck
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The H2-Share hydrogen fuel cell truck has had a successful demonstration in Schelluinen, in the Netherlands. Next, it is going to DHL in Germany, with demonstrations to follow in France and Belgium. H2-Share is extremely optimistic that the truck will become an essential element of emission-free heavy-duty transport going forward.
BREYTNER succesfully tested the hydrogen-powered 27 ton rigid truck in three different delivery routes. Thanks to the fact that a hydrogen truck offers a bigger action radius, it didn't have an impact on the logistical planning. Furthermore, it fills up quickly (in roughly 10 minutes) and is less noisy. A formal evaluation of the demonstration for BREYTNER, done by sister company Vlot Logistics will follow shortly.
Not only is the truck up and running, but the mobile hydrogen refuelling station (HRS), built by the German company Wystrach, is well-functioning too. Since the system was handed over to the team in Schelluinen, the refuelling is happening nearly daily, fully automated and hassle-free. Unique about the HRS is that it enables the use of trucked-in green hydrogen (produced through solar and wind energy).
The H2-Share video shows that the hydrogen and fuel cell technology is ready to play a central role in zero emission, heavy-duty and long haul transport.
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This is episode 1670: Set as default chart.
Hey welcome back to MrExcel netcast. I'm Bill Jelen.
One of my favorite old tricks from Excel 2010 and earlier is we create a chart in a single keystroke. So you choose the data Alt+ F1 but what chart do you get?
Alright so if I set that as the default chart-- now in the future when I select that data, Alt+F1, I get that chart as the default instead of the standard clustered column chart. Alright, great little feature.
Where is it in Excel 2013?
Alright so here's my chart. I go to change chart type. It's on the design tab. We have all these different charts and we even have the templates but there is no apparent way to set as default chart.
It's hidden right here. You have to right click one of these little thumbnails and choose set as default chart or if you're in a template right click and set as default chart. So they've completely hidden the button. You have to know to right click in order to use that so here let's use this one, set as default chart, click OK and then we will do our little test. Select the data then Alt+F1 and we get that chart as the default.
It's a great feature, just much harder to find in Excel 2013 than in Excel 2010.
All right, well, hey I want to thank you for stopping by. We'll see you next time for another netcast from MrExcel.


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Nils Gustav Stenström, född 25 september 1892 i Stockholm, död där 4 april 1933, var en svensk läkare.

Nils Stenström var son till snörmakaren Johan August Stenström. Efter studentexamen i Stockholm 1911 studerade han vid Karolinska Institutet och blev medicine kandidat 1914, medicine licentiat 1919 och medicine doktor 1924 och var från 1925 docent i medicin där. Han tjänstgjorde 1925–1927 och 1930–1933 som biträdande lärare i medicin och 1927–1930 som laborator i fysiologi. Som militärläkare från 1919 blev han regementsläkare och överläkare vid Garnisonssjukhuset i Stockholms medicinska avdelning 1930. Han hade bland annat studerat för Willem Einthoven i Leiden och blev under sin korta levnad en föregångsman inom experimentell medicin i Sverige. Flera av hans tidiga arbeten avhandlade simningens fysiologi. Han var själv en god simmare och vann bland annat en Öresundssimtävlan Landskrona-Skodsborg 1913. Sin främsta insats gjorde han inom elektrokardiografins område, och som hjältdiagnostiker blev han en av Sveriges främsta specialister. Två gånger, 1918 och 1925, fick han Svenka läkaresällskapets Alvarengapris (för arbeten utförda tillsammans med Göran Liljestrand).

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James Allen (1809-1837), also known as George Walton, Jonas Pierce, James H. York, Burley Grove, was a Massachusetts, United States highwayman in the early 19th century.

According to his confession, Allen made many attempts to find work in his early teens but turned to theft after multiple employers failed to pay him what he was owed. Allen was in and out of prison from 1825-1837, eventually imprisoned in the Massachusetts State Prison, which opened in 1805, in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. He died there, and is remembered for delivering a deathbed confession to the warden in 1837, one copy of which was bound in the author's skin. This 40 page copy of the Narrative of the Life of James Allen, alias Jonas Pierce, alias James H. York, alias Burley Grove, the Highwayman, Being His Death-bed Confession to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison now belongs to the Boston Athenaeum.

Other copies are extant and can be found in other libraries.  A scan of the text is freely available from the Internet Archive. A transcript of the text has been made available by the Boston Athenaeum.

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Allen, James. Narrative of the Life of James Allen, alias Jonas Pierce, alias James H. York, alias Burley Grove, the Highwayman, Being His Death-bed Confession to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison.  Boston:  Harrington and Co., 1837.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Oct. 29, 2014 -- Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that TalkTalk, a leading telecommunications provider in the U.K., has chosen an integrated headend solution from Harmonic to help deliver its IPTV services. Utilizing Harmonic's Electra(TM) 9200 universal multiservice encoder and ProStream(R) 9100 with ACE(R) stream processor and transcoder, which feature a highly dense and scalable architecture, TalkTalk can cost-effectively deliver high-quality live and VOD content and an increased channel lineup to subscribers' set-top boxes.
"YouView from TalkTalk is Britain's fastest growing TV service. To deliver our growing range of content to more than a million subscribers, we needed an IPTV headend solution that would increase our encoding efficiency and support future growth," said Naresh Raj, broadcast systems team leader at TalkTalk Group. "Harmonic's integrated video processing solutions provide outstanding video quality while lowering our capital and operating expenses through density and scalability. Relying on a unified headend from Harmonic, we have the flexibility to support additional subscribers and add more channels as our market requirements change."
Harmonic's Electra 9200 provides high-quality, low-bandwidth MPEG-4 AVC encoding of video content for TalkTalk's IPTV services. Through a high-density design that supports up to eight HD output services per chassis, Electra dramatically lowers TalkTalk's capital and operational expenses. Electra offers a rich feature set that also includes powerful integrated audio encoding tools and enhanced serviceability via hot-swappable dual power supplies, fan assembly, compression modules, and processing cards, increasing the telco provider's video quality, reliability, and operational efficiencies. As TalkTalk adds more linear channels and video-on-demand content to its lineup, the encoder's scalable architecture will grow to accommodate additional channels.
TalkTalk is also leveraging Harmonic's ProStream 9100 with ACE. As the industry's highest density processing and transcoding solution, ProStream with ACE can transcode up to 60 SD MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC broadcast services, maximizing TalkTalk's operational efficiencies and cost savings. ProStream with ACE delivers superior video quality while providing TalkTalk with the flexibility to support a variety of complex digital processing applications, including digital turnaround and any-to-any audio and video transcoding, further streamlining the delivery of its IPTV services. Hot-swappable dual power supplies provide TalkTalk with high reliability and simplified serviceability.
"Harmonic is the leading global provider of IPTV headends," said Ian Graham, vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Harmonic. "Our IPTV headend solutions offer the density, scalability, and advanced compression technology that will allow TalkTalk to easily meet the growing subscriber expectation for more content and better video quality."
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to the anticipated capabilities and benefits of Harmonic's Electra(TM) 9200 and ProStream(R) 9100 with ACE(R) products. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the possibility that neither the Electra 9200 or ProStream 9100 with ACE products will meet some or all of the anticipated capabilities or provide some or all of the anticipated benefits, such as lower capital and operating expenses through density and scalability, increased video quality and reliability, greater flexibility and efficiencies, and simplified serviceability.


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New Vehicle Sales Drop in March to Close a Down First Quarter in 2020
March 25, 2020 • by ADT Staff
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The car shopping experts at Edmunds say that March will be a down month for the auto industry due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, forecasting that 1,044,805 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. for an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 11.9 million. This reflects a 35.5% decrease in sales from March 2019 and a 23.4% decrease from February 2019.
Edmunds experts note that the downturn in March will also lead to a drop in quarterly sales, forecasting that 3,546,415 new cars and trucks will be sold in the first quarter of 2020, which reflects an 11.8% decrease from the first quarter of 2019.
"The first two months of the year started off at a healthy sales pace, but the market took a dramatic turn in mid-March as more cities and states began to implement stay-at-home policies due to the coronavirus crisis, and consumers understandably shifted their focus to other things," said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds' executive director of insights. "The whole world is turned upside down right now, and the auto industry is unfortunately not immune to the wide-ranging economic impacts of this unprecedented pandemic."
Edmunds analysts note that the nationwide shutdown of auto manufacturing facilities and limited inventory mean that automakers aren't currently pressured to offer attractive incentives on new vehicles, but that will likely change as the COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve.
"Automakers can count on capturing some deferred demand once we get past the worst of this pandemic, but since they'll be competing with so many other companies for consumer spending at that point, they're really going to need to create incentives to spur some sales," said Caldwell. "Things might look a bit bleak as automakers are taking a hit right now across the board, but the massive stimulus package deal that was just announced is an encouraging update. History has shown us that this industry can survive through almost any financial or natural disaster, and we're confident that they're going to come out of this tough period on the other side."
Edmunds estimates that retail SAAR will come in at 8.8 million vehicles in March, with fleet transactions accounting for 26.3% of total sales.
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Advanced Dealer Solutions Welcomes Buddy Nelson as Account Specialist
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Black Book Expands Senior Leadership Team with Industry Veteran Rene Abdalah
In this role, Abdalah will work closely with vehicle manufacturers, captive finance companies, lenders and other automotive-related companies in the United States and Canada to deliver industry-leading data and analytical solutions.
Auto/Mate Named a 2020 Best Places to Work in Albany
The announcement marks 11-straight years and the first time since being acquired by DealerSocket in February that Auto/Mate has received the honor, which recognizes companies with strong workplace cultures and engaged employees.
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AUL Corp Promotes Ryan Hackett to Manager of Newly Merged Service Support and Claims Department
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DealerSocket Hires Automotive Software Veteran Byron McDuffee as COO
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A routine call for a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at the Chantry Flat recreation area in the Angeles National Forest turned into a terrifying situation when his team noticed a large bear.
According to KABC-TV Los Angeles, Deputy Ricky Hernandez was being lowered from a helicopter to inspect an abandoned car in the brush on Sunday. When his team spotted the bear, they tried to warn Hernandez, but lost radio contact.
The bear was startled by the chopper and ran off, but Hernandez knew it'd be back after finding a nest of bear cubs inside the car.
"The vehicle was all torn up. All the liner and upholstery was cut up and made into a nest. I entered the vehicle… when I got inside I noticed two or three bear cubs inside there," Hernandez said.
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Being The Listener's Surrogate
by Brooke Gladstone	| 11.11.10
Categories: commentary
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Brooke Gladstone's Transom manifesto from 2004 was recently quoted in Bill McKibben's article about public radio in The New York Review of Books. Here's more.
from Brooke Gladstone
Here's what I like about most public radio news magazines. The reporting is solid, the subjects are important and relevant, and the level of discourse is high. The audience is respected. These are the keys to public radio's success. While more and more news outlets slice up consistently smaller pieces of the audience pie, public radio consistently gains listeners, so it's doing something right.
Here, in my humble opinion, is what's wrong: As they become the primary news source for more and more Americans, public radio newsmagazines are restricting their own ability to move listeners. Like physicians in medieval times they seeks to balance the four humors (so as not to be too choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic or melancholy) by bloodletting. Public radio newsmagazines are looking a little pallid these days, because the passion has been drained off.
There are strong personalities and neutral ones. Hot ones, like Scott Simon or Susan Stamberg, Jacki Lyden or Robert Siegel, are risky. People will love them, but they will also loathe them. The neutral personalities that hold most of the on-air positions on public radio today are safer. They bring us the news, they keep the discourse high. They are polite to the guests and the listeners. We don't hate them. We don't love them. We don't know who they are.
When you read a newspaper (increasingly, public radio's model) the reporter generally is absent. When you watch TV, the reporter is showing and telling, with pictures and charts. When you watch TV, in the back of your mind is the certain knowledge that tens of thousands of other people are watching with you. With radio, you can almost feel the breath of the reporter on your cheek. Radio is personal.
Only on radio do hosts and reporters serve as the listener's surrogates. Only radio can maintain the illusion of a one-to-one relationship. Listeners need that person to guide them through the story, paint the picture, explain the situation. Listeners respond, actively, to the audio equivalent of a raised eyebrow, the vocal transmission of amusement or fear. It's like dynamite. It can blow up in your face. But skillfully applied, it provides context far more intensely than an avalanche of words.
Click here to read the rest of Brooke Gladstone's Transom manifesto. Brooke's quote also appeared in the book Reality Radio.
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Brooke Gladstone's freelance pieces (on topics ranging from orgasmic Russian faith healers to the aesthetics of Pampers) have appeared in the London Observer, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The American Journalism Review and In These Times, among others.Brooke started out in print journalism, writing on defense policy, strip-mining, cable television, and public broadcasting (the latter for Current.) She also wrote and edited theater, film and music reviews for The Washington Weekly. Brooke's world changed in 1987 when NPR's Scott Simon asked her to fill in as senior editor for his still-new program, Weekend Edition Saturday. They finally gave her the job, and a couple years later, she became senior editor of the daily news magazine, All Things Considered. In 1991, Brooke was awarded a Knight Fellowship at Stanford and a year later she was in Russia, reporting on the bloody insurgency of the Russian Parliament and other interesting stories for NPR. In 1995, Brooke was packing for home while NPR was creating its brand new media beat. That became her job, and so it has remained, sort of. After six years on the media beat in NPR's New York Bureau in midtown Manhattan, she was tapped by WNYC several subway stops downtown, to help relaunch On The Media. She took over as managing editor and co-host and On The Media was reborn in January of 2001. It has since doubled its audience and won quite a few awards by brazenly showing how the journalism sausage is made. Brooke has won several awards too. She's most proud of the one recently bestowed by the Milwaukee Press Club for lifetime achievement, called the Sacred Cat Award. However, much to her dismay, On The Media's staff stubbornly refuses to perform any of the associated rituals.
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While these comments broach a topic that is being foolishly and to my mind snidely overlooked by the shapers of NPR they are too timid to hit home and turn the heads that need to be turned. The aspiration to neutrality has transformed NPR news into a kind of propaganda for a world that exists only on NPR. The audience is offered insipid, test marketed and predigested news-pablum which we are expected to treat as real information. Topics of serious import are treated so sparely and with so little hard information that we are left, not with information to consider, not with thoughtful and provocative commentary that truly reflects the diversity and sophistication of American discourse but only the topic itself. As though telling us there is a world wide struggle over financial issues , and that America wants something sorta like this but China doesn't will inform us about a complex topic that needs to be looked at by more than an executive branch sound bite.
Also why is there no correlation between predictive accuracy, and the attention paid by NPR to the voice of that accurate prediction. The people who accurately predicted what would happen in Iraq or who foretold the causes and and nature of the financial collapse are given no place to comment on more recent military adventures or to address the ongoing economic crisis.
I am not alone in these feelings. I find people who used to listen regularly to NPR who now simply don't bother or if they listen, think of it as a kind of news gossip. NPR may soon find yourself in the same boat as Obama: abandoned not because you are bi-partisan, not because you press for reform, not even because you betray your own standards, but because you serve no purpose at all with any discernible will or courage.
Meanwhile the music coverage gets better and better while the music itself gets less and less spirited.
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Steve-O Brings Bam Margera on Tour, Jokes He's Britney Spears of 'Jackass'
First Punisher Cover Hits Auction Block, Valued at $2 Million
First Punisher Cover Hits Auction Block, Valued at $2 Mil!!!
10/13/2020 12:30 AM PT
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What does a 1974 Spider-Man comic book cover featuring The Punisher have in common with the Mona Lisa? They're both masterpieces that were lost and recovered ... but only one's actually hitting the auction block.
The folks over at ComicConnect have found the original cover art to Spider-Man issue No. 129. The issue's special because it's The Punisher's first-ever appearance on a cover. The Punisher is the alter-ego of ex-marine Frank castle. The character sought revenge after the mafia killed his wife and children in a Central Park shootout.
For decades now, the cover art was only rumored to exist. But, little did anyone know co-artist Gil Kane quietly and privately sold the piece to a private collector.
ComicConnect now has a hold of it and values the piece of art at a whopping $2 million!!! How'd they come up with that number? When the original cover art of Hulk featuring Wolverine's first appearance in issue No. 181 was rumored to exist, speculators valued that cover art at $2 mil. ComicConnect will soon know what it's really worth.
The cover art will hit the auction block beginning November 23 until December 14. For context ... a few years ago a CGC-certified copy of Action Comics issue No. 1 sold for a record $3,207,852. There was also an original cover art to Amazing Spider-Man issue No. 328 ... which sold for a cool $690,000.
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Evangelical Biography: Being a Complete and Fruitful Account of the Lives ...
By Erasmus Middleton
with peculiar rapture. As a Christian, his life and con duct were, " as becometh the Gospel of Christ." He was kind, affable, and generous. The poor, in him, lost a friend and an unwearied benefactor. To do good to the souls of inen, and to promote their temporal and eternal happiness, were the grand ends of his life, in subordination to the glory of God.
OWEN, JOHN, D. D. was second son of Henry Owen, esq. originally of Dolgelle, in Merionethshire, North Wales, and was born at Stadham, ini Oxfordshire, where his father was minister, in the year 1616*. He had such an extraordinary genius, and made so quick a profia ciency in his studies at school, that he was adınitted into Queen's College at about twelve years of age, and when he was but nineteen, commenced M. A. 1635. He pursued his studies with incredible diligence, allowing himself for several years not above four hours sleep in a night. While he continued in the college, his whole aim was to raise himself to some eminence in the church or state, to either of which he was then indifferent. It was his own acknow. ledgement since, concerning himself, that being naturally of an aspiring mind, affecting popular applause, and very desirous of honour and preferment, he applied himself closely to his studies, to accomplish the ends he had in view; and he was ready to confess with shaine and corrow, that then the honour of God, or serving his country, othere. wise than he might thereby serve biinself, were reinote from his intentions. His father having a large family, could not afford hiin any considerable maintenance at the university, but he was liberally supplied by an uncle, one of his father's brothers, a gentleman of good estate in Wales; who having no children of his own, designed to have made him his heir. He lived in the college till he was twenty-one years of age, from which time he met with extraordinary changes, which through the unsearch able wisdom of God, turned to his great advantage, and made way for his future advancement, and eminent usefulness. About this time Ds. Laud, abp. of Canterbury, and chancellor of Oxford, imposed several superstitious rites on the university
• Dr. Owen derived his pedigree from Llewellyn ap Gwrgan, prioce of Glamorgan, lord of Cardiff; this being the last family of the five regal tribes of Wales.
upon pain of expulsion. Mr. Owen had then received such light, that his conscience could not submit to those impositions ; however temporal interest might plead for his compliance, yet other more weighty considerations of a religious nature prevailed; for now God was forining imprese sions of grace upon his soul, which inspired him with a zeal for the purity of his worship, and what he thought to be reformation in the church. This change of his judgement soon discovered itself upon this occasion, and was observed by his friends, who thereupon forsook himn as one infected with Puritanişin ; and upon the whole, he was become so much the object of resentment froin the Laudensian party, that he was forced to leave the college. ;
When the wars in England broke out, he owned the parliament's cause, which his uncle, who had maintained bim at the college, being a zealous royalist, so vehemently resented, that he turned hiin at once out of his favour, settled his estate upon another, and died without leaving him any thing. He lived then as chaplain with a person of honour, who, though he was for the king, used him with great civility; but he going at last to the king's army, Mr. Owen left his house, and caine to London : he took lodge ings in Charter House Yard, where he was a perfect stranger. During his abode there, he wrote his book called, "A Display of Arminianisın;" which met with such acceptance, as made way for his advancement. It ca:ne out in 1642, a very seasonable time, when those errors had spread themselves very much in this nation; so that the book was the more taken notice of, and highly approved by many. There were soine considerable persons who had a just sense of the value of this work, and did not fail to give real, and particular inarks of their respect to so learned an author. For, soon afier its publication, the committee for purging the church of scandalous ministers, · paid such a regard to'it, that Mr. White, chairman of that coinmittee, sent a special messenger to Mr. Owen, to present hiin the living of Fordham, in Essex; which offer he the inore chearfully embraced, as it gave him an opportu. nity for the stated exercise of his ministry. He continued at this place about a year and a half, where his preaching was so acceptable, that people resorted' to his ininistry from other parishes; and great was the success of his labours in the reformation and conversion of many. Soon after he came to Fordham, he married a gentlewoman, by whom he had several children, all which the Doctor out-lived. In 1644 he published his discourse, "Of the Duty of Pastors and People."
Upon a report that the sequestered incumbent of Ford. hain was dead, the patron, who had no kindness for Mr. Owen, presented another to the living ; whereupon the people at Coggeshall, a market town about five miles from ihence, earnestly invited him to be their minister; and the earl of Warwick, the patron, readily gave him the living ; which favour of opening a door for preaching the Gospel, in that place, he thankfully acknowledged; for here he taught a more numerous and judicious congregation, seldom fewer than two thousand, where he found the people generally sober, religious, and discreet, Hitherto Mr. Owen had followed the Presbyterian mode; but after a due search, and study into the nature of church governinent, he was fully convinced that the congregational way was most agreeable to the rule of the New Testament. His judgement, in this matter has been printed, with the several reasons for it, in two quartos. Several ministers of the Presbyterian denomination were dissatisfied with this change of Mr. Owen's judgement, and particularly Mr. Cawdry re-, proached hiin very unhandsomely, to whom he gave a much more civil answer. He had formed a church at Coggeshall upon congregational principles, which conti. nued long. The worth of so great a man, so eminent a: light, could no longer be concealed; his fame and - réputation spread both through city and country. He was sent for to preach before the parliament: this sermon is entitled, " A Vision of free Mercy, &c." on Acts xvi, 11.' April 29, 1646. He pleaded for liberty of conscience and moderation, towards men of different persuasions, &c. in an " Essay for the Practice of Church Gorernment in the Country," which he subjoined to that sermon. In 1643 hé published " Salus Electorum, Sanguis Jesu: or, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ." This is a noble undertaking, carried on with all the vigour of argument and learning, of which himself was so conscious, that though the most modest and humble of all writers, yet he scrupled not to declare, that " He did not believe be should live to see a solid answer given to it."
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hall some days, he became acquainied there with Mr. Owen, and: likewise four cominíssioners sent by the house into Essex, to look after their affairs in that county, entered into a conversation with him. About this time also he became knowu to Cromwell, who happened to hear him preach and solicited his friendship. He acquainted Mr. Owen with his inteuded expedition into Ireland, and desired his company to reside there in the college at Dublin; but he answered, the charge of the church at Coggeshall would not perinit him to coinply with his request : Cromwell was not satisfied with the objection, and would have no denial; but at last from desires he proceeded to commands, and resolved he should go; at the same time telling him, that his younger brother (whom he dearly loved) was to go as standardbearer in the same army : he not only engaged his brother to 'persuade him to a compliance, but also wrote to the church at Coggeshall, to desire leave that he might go with hiin to Ireland ; which letter was read publicly amongst them, yet they were utterly unwilling to part with him on this occasion; but at length Cromwell told them plainly, he must and should go. Mr. Owen consulted several ministers about it, and they all agreed in their advice for his • going; upon which he prepared for his journey, not with the army, but more privately. He arrived at Dublin, and took up his lodgings in the college, preaching there, and overseeing the affairs of that eminent school of learning. Here he staid about half a year, and, with Cromwell's leave, returned into England, and went to Coggeshall, where he was joyfully received. He had scarcely time to take breath there, before he was called to preach at Whitehall, which order he obeyed,
In September, 1650, Cromwell required Mr. Owen to go with him into Scotland, but he being averse to this journey also, the general procured an order of parliament, which left no room for any objections. He staid at Edin. burgh about half a year, and then returning into England, he went once more to his people at Coggeshall. There are two sermons printed which he preached, the one at Berwick, and the other at Edinburgh, entitled, "The Branch of the Lord, the Beauty of Zion," upon (saiah lvi. 7," Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people." He hoped upon his return to Coggeshall after
this journey, to have spent the remainder of his days there; , but he inust now leave his private service of being overseer to a congregation in the country, to preside over a college in Oxford, and after that over the university there. The . first intelligence he had of this matter was by one of the weekly newspapers at Coggeshall; where he read words to this effect : « The house taking into consideration the worth and usefulness of Mr. John Owen, student of Queen's College, master of arts, has ordered that he be settled in the deanery of Christ's College, in Oxford, in the room of," &c. and soon after he received a letter from the prin. cipal students of that college, signifying their desire of his coming, and their great satisfaction in the choice the house .) had made of him to be iheir dean. With the consent of his church he went to Oxford, and settled there, in 1651, and in the following year he was chosen vice-chancellor of that university; and adınitted September 26, 1652; in which office he continued successively five years. About this time also he was diplomated doctor of divinity. He took care in managing this trust, to restrain the loose, to encourage the sober and pious, to prefer men of learning and industry; and under his administration it was visible, that the whole body of that university was reduced into good order, and flourished with a number of excellent scholars, and persons of distinguished piety. The Doctor's governa ment, as vice-chancellor, took up a great part of his time, together with other avocations which daily attended him in that station; yet notwithstanding he redeemed time for his studies; preaching every other Lord's day at St. Mary's, and often at Stadham, and other places in the country, and moreover he wrote some excellent books. In 1654 he published " The Saint's Perseverance," in an answer to Mr. John Goodwin's " Redemption Redeemed." It is a masterpiece of this kind, full of close and strong reasoning, whereby he has enervated all the subtle arguments, and answered all the objections of the adversary, confirming the truth by the Scripture evidence, and in the whole has given the world an example of a rare : Christian temper in the management of controversy, .
In 1655 he published, "Vindiciæ Evangelicæ ; or, The Mystery of the Gospel vindicated, and Socinianisin examined," which was chiefly designed against John Biddle, a Socinian, who had published iwo Socinian Catechisms
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Cold Ashton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Pensylvania.
Cold-Ashton, 1½ m. W. Marshfield. P. 414.
Ashton (Cold), a parish in the hund. of Pucklechurch, union of Chipping-Sodbury, Gloucestershire; 10¼ miles east by south of Bristol; 5 north of Bath. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £17 1s. 8d.; gross income £492. Patron, in 1835, W. Batchellor. There are 2 day-schools here. Pop., in 1801, 224; in 1831, 322. Houses 68. Acres 2,310. A. P. £3,665. Poor rates, in 1837, £57.
Pensylvania, a hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, Gloucester; 2 miles SW of Marshfield.


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var ToolbarToggler = require("../toolbars/ToolbarToggler");
var UIUtil = require("../util/UIUtil");
var VideoLayout = require("../videolayout/VideoLayout");
var messageHandler = require("../util/MessageHandler");
var PreziPlayer = require("./PreziPlayer");

var preziPlayer = null;

var Prezi = {

    /**
     * Reloads the current presentation.
     */
    reloadPresentation: function() {
        var iframe = document.getElementById(preziPlayer.options.preziId);
        iframe.src = iframe.src;
    },

    /**
     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the presentation is visible, <tt>false</tt> -
     * otherwise.
     */
    isPresentationVisible: function () {
        return ($('#presentation>iframe') != null
                && $('#presentation>iframe').css('opacity') == 1);
    },

    /**
     * Opens the Prezi dialog, from which the user could choose a presentation
     * to load.
     */
    openPreziDialog: function() {
        var myprezi = APP.xmpp.getPrezi();
        if (myprezi) {
            messageHandler.openTwoButtonDialog("dialog.removePreziTitle",
                null,
                "dialog.removePreziMsg",
                null,
                false,
                "dialog.Remove",
                function(e,v,m,f) {
                    if(v) {
                        APP.xmpp.removePreziFromPresence();
                    }
                }
            );
        }
        else if (preziPlayer != null) {
            messageHandler.openTwoButtonDialog("dialog.sharePreziTitle",
                null, "dialog.sharePreziMsg",
                null,
                false,
                "dialog.Ok",
                function(e,v,m,f) {
                    $.prompt.close();
                }
            );
        }
        else {
            var html = APP.translation.generateTranslationHTML(
                "dialog.sharePreziTitle");
            var cancelButton = APP.translation.generateTranslationHTML(
                "dialog.Cancel");
            var shareButton = APP.translation.generateTranslationHTML(
                "dialog.Share");
            var backButton = APP.translation.generateTranslationHTML(
                "dialog.Back");
            var buttons = [];
            var buttons1 = [];
            // Cancel button to both states
            buttons.push({title: cancelButton, value: false});
            buttons1.push({title: cancelButton, value: false});
            // Share button
            buttons.push({title: shareButton, value: true});
            // Back button
            buttons1.push({title: backButton, value: true});
            var linkError = APP.translation.generateTranslationHTML(
                "dialog.preziLinkError");
            var defaultUrl = APP.translation.translateString("defaultPreziLink",
                {url: "http://prezi.com/wz7vhjycl7e6/my-prezi"});
            var openPreziState = {
                state0: {
                    html:   '
' + html + '
' +
                            '<input name="preziUrl" type="text" ' +
                            'data-i18n="[placeholder]defaultPreziLink" data-i18n-options=\'' +
                            JSON.stringify({"url": "http://prezi.com/wz7vhjycl7e6/my-prezi"}) +
                            '\' placeholder="' + defaultUrl + '" autofocus>',
                    persistent: false,
                    buttons: buttons,
                    focus: ':input:first',
                    defaultButton: 0,
                    submit: function (e, v, m, f) {
                        e.preventDefault();
                        if(v)
                        {
                            var preziUrl = f.preziUrl;

                            if (preziUrl)
                            {
                                var urlValue
                                    = encodeURI(UIUtil.escapeHtml(preziUrl));

                                if (urlValue.indexOf('http://prezi.com/') != 0
                                    && urlValue.indexOf('https://prezi.com/') != 0)
                                {
                                    $.prompt.goToState('state1');
                                    return false;
                                }
                                else {
                                    var presIdTmp = urlValue.substring(
                                            urlValue.indexOf("prezi.com/") + 10);
                                    if (!isAlphanumeric(presIdTmp)
                                            || presIdTmp.indexOf('/') < 2) {
                                        $.prompt.goToState('state1');
                                        return false;
                                    }
                                    else {
                                        APP.xmpp.addToPresence("prezi", urlValue);
                                        $.prompt.close();
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        else
                            $.prompt.close();
                    }
                },
                state1: {
                    html:   '
' + html + '
' +
                            linkError,
                    persistent: false,
                    buttons: buttons1,
                    focus: ':input:first',
                    defaultButton: 1,
                    submit: function (e, v, m, f) {
                        e.preventDefault();
                        if (v === 0)
                            $.prompt.close();
                        else
                            $.prompt.goToState('state0');
                    }
                }
            };
            messageHandler.openDialogWithStates(openPreziState);
        }
    }

};

/**
 * A new presentation has been added.
 *
 * @param event the event indicating the add of a presentation
 * @param jid the jid from which the presentation was added
 * @param presUrl url of the presentation
 * @param currentSlide the current slide to which we should move
 */
function presentationAdded(event, jid, presUrl, currentSlide) {
    console.log("presentation added", presUrl);

    var presId = getPresentationId(presUrl);

    var elementId = 'participant_'
        + Strophe.getResourceFromJid(jid)
        + '_' + presId;

    VideoLayout.addPreziContainer(elementId);
    VideoLayout.resizeThumbnails();

    var controlsEnabled = false;
    if (jid === APP.xmpp.myJid())
        controlsEnabled = true;

    setPresentationVisible(true);
    $('#largeVideoContainer').hover(
        function (event) {
            if (Prezi.isPresentationVisible()) {
                var reloadButtonRight = window.innerWidth
                    - $('#presentation>iframe').offset().left
                    - $('#presentation>iframe').width();

                $('#reloadPresentation').css({  right: reloadButtonRight,
                    display:'inline-block'});
            }
        },
        function (event) {
            if (!Prezi.isPresentationVisible())
                $('#reloadPresentation').css({display:'none'});
            else {
                var e = event.toElement || event.relatedTarget;

                if (e && e.id != 'reloadPresentation' && e.id != 'header')
                    $('#reloadPresentation').css({display:'none'});
            }
        });

    preziPlayer = new PreziPlayer(
        'presentation',
        {preziId: presId,
            width: getPresentationWidth(),
            height: getPresentationHeihgt(),
            controls: controlsEnabled,
            debug: true
        });

    $('#presentation>iframe').attr('id', preziPlayer.options.preziId);

    preziPlayer.on(PreziPlayer.EVENT_STATUS, function(event) {
        console.log("prezi status", event.value);
        if (event.value == PreziPlayer.STATUS_CONTENT_READY) {
            if (jid != APP.xmpp.myJid())
                preziPlayer.flyToStep(currentSlide);
        }
    });

    preziPlayer.on(PreziPlayer.EVENT_CURRENT_STEP, function(event) {
        console.log("event value", event.value);
        APP.xmpp.addToPresence("preziSlide", event.value);
    });

    $("#" + elementId).css( 'background-image',
        'url(../images/avatarprezi.png)');
    $("#" + elementId).click(
        function () {
            setPresentationVisible(true);
        }
    );
};

/**
 * A presentation has been removed.
 *
 * @param event the event indicating the remove of a presentation
 * @param jid the jid for which the presentation was removed
 * @param the url of the presentation
 */
function presentationRemoved(event, jid, presUrl) {
    console.log('presentation removed', presUrl);
    var presId = getPresentationId(presUrl);
    setPresentationVisible(false);
    $('#participant_'
        + Strophe.getResourceFromJid(jid)
        + '_' + presId).remove();
    $('#presentation>iframe').remove();
    if (preziPlayer != null) {
        preziPlayer.destroy();
        preziPlayer = null;
    }
};

/**
 * Indicates if the given string is an alphanumeric string.
 * Note that some special characters are also allowed (-, _ , /, &, ?, =, ;) for the
 * purpose of checking URIs.
 */
function isAlphanumeric(unsafeText) {
    var regex = /^[a-z0-9-_\/&\?=;]+$/i;
    return regex.test(unsafeText);
}

/**
 * Returns the presentation id from the given url.
 */
function getPresentationId (presUrl) {
    var presIdTmp = presUrl.substring(presUrl.indexOf("prezi.com/") + 10);
    return presIdTmp.substring(0, presIdTmp.indexOf('/'));
}

/**
 * Returns the presentation width.
 */
function getPresentationWidth() {
    var availableWidth = UIUtil.getAvailableVideoWidth();
    var availableHeight = getPresentationHeihgt();

    var aspectRatio = 16.0 / 9.0;
    if (availableHeight < availableWidth / aspectRatio) {
        availableWidth = Math.floor(availableHeight * aspectRatio);
    }
    return availableWidth;
}

/**
 * Returns the presentation height.
 */
function getPresentationHeihgt() {
    var remoteVideos = $('#remoteVideos');
    return window.innerHeight - remoteVideos.outerHeight();
}

/**
 * Resizes the presentation iframe.
 */
function resize() {
    if ($('#presentation>iframe')) {
        $('#presentation>iframe').width(getPresentationWidth());
        $('#presentation>iframe').height(getPresentationHeihgt());
    }
}

/**
 * Shows/hides a presentation.
 */
function setPresentationVisible(visible) {
    var prezi = $('#presentation>iframe');
    if (visible) {
        // Trigger the video.selected event to indicate a change in the
        // large video.
        $(document).trigger("video.selected", [true]);

        $('#largeVideo').fadeOut(300);
        prezi.fadeIn(300, function() {
            prezi.css({opacity:'1'});
            ToolbarToggler.dockToolbar(true);
            VideoLayout.setLargeVideoVisible(false);
        });
        $('#activeSpeaker').css('visibility', 'hidden');
    }
    else {
        if (prezi.css('opacity') == '1') {
            prezi.fadeOut(300, function () {
                prezi.css({opacity:'0'});
                $('#reloadPresentation').css({display:'none'});
                $('#largeVideo').fadeIn(300, function() {
                    VideoLayout.setLargeVideoVisible(true);
                    ToolbarToggler.dockToolbar(false);
                });
            });
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Presentation has been removed.
 */
$(document).bind('presentationremoved.muc', presentationRemoved);

/**
 * Presentation has been added.
 */
$(document).bind('presentationadded.muc', presentationAdded);

/*
 * Indicates presentation slide change.
 */
$(document).bind('gotoslide.muc', function (event, jid, presUrl, current) {
    if (preziPlayer && preziPlayer.getCurrentStep() != current) {
        preziPlayer.flyToStep(current);

        var animationStepsArray = preziPlayer.getAnimationCountOnSteps();
        for (var i = 0; i < parseInt(animationStepsArray[current]); i++) {
            preziPlayer.flyToStep(current, i);
        }
    }
});

/**
 * On video selected event.
 */
$(document).bind('video.selected', function (event, isPresentation) {
    if (!isPresentation && $('#presentation>iframe')) {
        setPresentationVisible(false);
    }
});

$(window).resize(function () {
    resize();
});

module.exports = Prezi;

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