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East Bay Backyards Become Butterfly Safe Havens
People of a certain age remember backyards with bountiful butterflies. And camping trips resulting in mason jars filled with caterpillars munching on moist leaves, soon to form cocoons and miraculously emerge as marvelous, colorful, winged-creatures.
Today, those miracles happen far less often. Western migration of monarchs specifically has declined 99.4 percent in coastal California, from an estimated 4.5 million in the 1980s to 28,429 as of January 2019, according to international nonprofit Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Garden landscaping and pesticides that "cultivate" nectar-producing flowers and destroy milkweed plants — along with building developments eliminating natural habitats — have radically reduced the food sources and places for butterflies to feed, sleep, and overwinter and for caterpillars to mature.
So when a bright orange monarch swoops through the Oakland backyard of Jesse Snyder, a 28-year-old student at CSU East Bay earning his masters in microbial entomology, he responded during an interview in elated, jubilant tones. "Look, did you see? That's a real monarch," he said.
Snyder and a growing number of neighbors nearby and worldwide are engaged in citizen scientist activities aimed at saving butterflies, among other invertebrates. He spends his days researching the devastating impact on monarchs of phryocistis Elektroschirrha, a tongue-twisting protozoan parasite that performs a deadly dance with its host, resulting in black goo instead of a monarch emerging from a chrysalis. During his free time, Snyder oversees a lineup of netted insect cages, including an enormous one the size of a large dog house, and a sprawling backyard with butterfly-enticing vegetation: milkweed, zinnia, lavender, lantana, butterfly bush, passion vines, fruit trees, and more.
"You can engage yourself in gardening, provide nectar flowers, and host species native to your area for butterflies," he said, about simple ways people can support the cause that has become his mission. "You can leave out dishes of sand soaked in water so they can go between the grains and feed. [Butterflies cannot drink out of bodies of water.] You can vote for politicians who are environmentally conscious."
Snyder can't explain why at age 2 during a visit from an entomologist to his preschool classroom he was held spellbound by the sight of a walking stick, cockroach, and tarantula. "I just loved bugs. They're like little aliens. They're the bottom of the pyramid, but cool little critters," he said. He recalled at age 3 looking at bees clamoring on the soft, honey-scented blooms of a butterfly bush and thinking, "It's like a cathedral of insects, drinking and stumbling around. It's enchanting."
What is not enchanting is multi-generational lack of knowledge that contributes to monarchs' decline. "Adults don't know butterflies sleep in trees and overhangs; kids don't play in and learn about nature. Most people don't know a lot about insects. Like ladybugs — people text me pictures of their larval stage and ask me what it is. They spray pesticides on eggs, caterpillars. Then they ask why they don't have butterflies."
Snyder's neighbor, Loretta San Souci, said longtime interest in the environment and reading about monarch decline and why pollinators are essential to the ecosystem propelled her into action. "I noticed there were less overall butterflies than when I was growing up. Here in Oakland, there'd always been plenty of wildlife. As more people moved in during the 40 years we've lived here, homeowners started removing overgrowth. When you do that, you're improving your property, but not wildlife habitat."
San Souci, 67, a library teacher in the Hayward School District for over 20 years, gradually transformed the family's yard. What was once ivy, acacia trees, and blackberries became milkweed, fennel, nectar plants, and flowers. Progress was slow-going; finding the best varieties was at first frustrating. "We didn't seem to be attracting butterflies or caterpillars," she said. "The fennel got bigger and bigger, and my husband was complaining it looked like giant weeds. Finally, I said I'd clean it out. I bent forward to start, and I had a face full of caterpillars. They had been there all along; they were just camouflaged."
On a shelf in San Souci's dining room, netted cages designed for insects hold fennel, milkweed, water, and caterpillars. After 10 to 14 days in the cocoon, they hatch and are released on a sunny day. "I release them by the flowers with the idea that they will lay their eggs and then we'll have another batch."
Energized by the power of fennel in a pot, milkweed in a 4-foot-square sunny plot, or brilliantly pink and orange zinnias to attract and feed insects, San Souci said, "Even a shoebox with netting tied on it and growing passion vines for hatching caterpillars is enough for anyone."
Like Snyder and San Souci, editor/writer Chris Treadway began his participation organically. "We just heard about the importance of milkweed to monarchs," he said. "We started with a couple of potted plants, and right now, we have 30 cocoons." Brought indoors from his El Cerrito backyard and placed in jars and old coffee carafes, the caterpillars cocoon, hatch, and are released. Treadway said if it were up to him, he would plant milkweed in all public gardens. "It seems like an obvious thing to do," he said.
The three citizen scientists point to development as the main culprit endangering butterflies. "We're building where butterflies are living," said Snyder. "Wildlife habitat is needed: the marshes, fields, and hills that don't have names. We're kicking out 90 percent of the creatures that live there. We're also going through an amphibian extinction, losing 10,000 a year."
Even experts like Arthur Shapiro, a lepidopterist at UC Davis, can only surmise that development — paving over where butterflies sleep and the plants they feed on — is the primary cause. "There's no peer-reviewed paper that asks why they're dying," said Snyder. "There's no money in it. Science is driven by money which is driven by politics."
Asked for local resources, they suggested Pollinator Posse (PollinatorPosse.org), Annies Annuals, Lakeside Ace Hardware, and East Bay Natives for plants, flowers, and advice, and the Xerces Society website (Xerces.org).
But the most likely place to discover what San Souci said is "a greater awareness of the world around us and trying to make it a better place," will come in a backyard filled with milkweed, fennel, flowers, butterflies, and butterflies-to-be.


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We can now give both our small and large contractors the solution they want. We can do all that with one tool, one language and one set of code.
Customer Duro-Last is the world's largest manufacturer of custom prefabricated thermoplastic single ply roofing systems.
Challenge Provide a solution that independent contractors can use from desktops and mobile devices.
Solution Use Visual LANSA to deliver a dynamic Single-Page web application (SPA) that is available to authorized users across all device types and browsers.
Key Benefits Quick delivery with small IT team. The entire solution, server-side and client-side across many device types, was delivered with one tool, one language and one set of code.
Developing a web solution that suits customers ranging in size from one-man contracting companies reluctant to use a computer, to big construction companies with a large and demanding IT department, can be a challenge. Keeping your IT team lean and expecting your developers to handle back-end ERP systems, web applications, as well as mobile app development, sounds like an almost unrealistic challenge. Duro-Last Inc. has managed to do both with Visual LANSA.
Duro-Last is providing its 3,000 independent contractors with a web solution to manage their roofing projects, place and trace orders, view invoices, authorize payments and much more. Small contractors may use the solution from their smart phone, while the larger construction companies will have their administrative staff access the solution from their desktops. Duro-Last used Visual LANSA and is now benefitting from a solution that works across client devices of all sizes and across all browsers, from a single set of code. It has improved the customer experience has reduced the number of calls to Duro-Last's customer service center.
Duro-Last is the world's largest manufacturer of made-to order single-ply roofing systems and unique in its method of prefabricating the entire roofing system under ideal factory controlled conditions. Duro-Last's roofing systems are installed across the USA and Canada through 3,000 certified independent contractors. Duro-Last also has sales, engineering and technical staff, who are ready to assist the contractors.
Communication between Duro-Last and its contractors is by phone, fax and email through Duro-Last's customer services center, which is manned by 35 full time staff. Sue Gilbert, then Director of Information Services at Duro-Last, explains, "Our customer service representatives spend a lot of time on the phone, providing assistance with things that the contractor should be able to do online, such as placing of orders, tracking of shipments, managing invoices and more. Giving contractors online access to their data would save a lot of time, both for the contractor and for us."
Duro-Last's business model is unique, with its made-to-order products, technical support and incentive programs. Commercial off-the-shelf solutions were not suitable. So, Duro-Last went searching for a development platform that would allow its developers to provide contractors with a tailored solution.
Responsive web development was a top requirement, as the developed solution would need to be suitable for desktop access by office staff from the larger contractors, as well as for mobile access by the smaller contractors.
Secondly, the platform had to be productive, as Duro-Last's in-house team of two developers had to be able to develop and maintain the solution. One developer with .NET skills and one with legacy COBOL/RPG skills, both already busy with maintaining the ERP system. Another requirement was out-of-the-box browser compliance. Since Duro-Last has no control over what browsers contractors may want to use, it would be impossible to tweak the code for all possible variations.
Customer service spends a lot of time answering questions about things that should be available online.
Visual LANSA was selected as it met Duro-Last's criteria for low-code productivity, responsive web development and cross-browser compliance. Plus, Visual LANSA could integrate tightly with Duro-Last's ERP system.
'Account Details' allows contractors to view invoices, authorize payments, download statements and submit waiver of lien forms. 'Project Status' ties together all the tasks related to a roofing project, such as requesting technical assistance, placing orders, inquiry into shipping dates and booking the inspection of the finished roof. All tasks have a responsible person associated with it, providing workflow guidance to Duro-Last and the contractor. 'Program Standing' offers contractors access to Duro-Last's Incentive Program. The fourth component, 'My Profile', lets contractors maintain account details and setup the user-ids, passwords and access levels for their staff.
Although access to the solution's URL was sufficient from a technical point of view, Duro-Last preferred a downloadable app from a marketing perspective. Therefore, it was decided to wrap the solution in the Visual LANSA container app. As an added benefit, the container allows Duro-Last to wrap the solution with device security (Stealth from Unisys).
Visual LANSA's server platform can be Windows, Cloud (AWS or Azure), Linux or IBM i. At Duro-Last, the solution runs on an IBM i server where it integrates with the Infor XA ERP system (previously MAPICS).
Duro-Last®, Inc. is the world's largest manufacturer of custom prefabricated, thermoplastic single-ply roofing systems.
Gilbert said, "To me Visual LANSA is the cream of the crop, because it gave us the ability to create a responsive website and wrap it with security into a mobile app, while also giving office staff of larger contractors the ability to work with the same solution from their desktop. We can now give both our small and large contractors the solution they want. We can do all that with one tool, one language and one set of code."
"Getting quick results is also important. With LANSA, our developers became productive very quickly, because they didn't have to use a whole range of tools and languages. They can use the same productive low-code language for both the server side logic and the user interface," said Gilbert.
"Developers who are savvy enough, but don't have up-to-date web development skills, may be able to cut down web development time to less than half with LANSA, compared using the traditional mix of web development languages," estimates Schluckbier. "Plus, the quality is likely to be better, because developing good web applications comes with experience and when the tool takes care of the low level coding, there is less opportunity to get it wrong, especially for novice developers."
"The web world changes very quickly and programming languages come out with new releases and new features all the time. Not everyone has the time or the passion to keep up with that. If LANSA can keep up with those web developments, then that is going to save all its customers heaps of time. It feels a little bit like giving over control to the tool, but so far LANSA has been able to handle everything I wanted it to do," says Schluckbier.
Gilbert received very positive feedback on the corporate app, with contractors commenting they find the solution easy to use both on their mobile and desktop.
"The expectation is that the solution will reduce the number of calls to our call center significantly. However, a reduction in call center traffic was not our main driver. The most important goal is to improve the customer experience," says Gilbert.
"Timing is extremely important in this industry. We can produce almost all made-to-measure orders within a few days and our standard shipment is on the fifth day. The contractor may have hired a crane and booked hotel rooms for his staff. Online order entry and online inquiry are crucial for avoiding scheduling conflicts and the expensive consequences they may have for our customers."
"This is our second project with LANSA and working with the LANSA company and consultants is awesome. Our guys have picked LANSA up quick and find it simple to use. And most important, we like the results," concludes Gilbert.
The web world changes very quickly. If Visual LANSA can keep up, then that is going to save its customers heaps of time.
Duro-Last, Inc. is the world's largest manufacturer of custom prefabricated, thermoplastic single-ply roofing systems. Over two billion square feet of Duro-Last membrane has been installed throughout North America. Duro-Last is headquartered in Saginaw, Michigan with additional manufacturing facilities in Carrollton, Texas; Grants Pass, Oregon; Jackson, Mississippi; and Sigourney, Iowa.


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The Adventures of C. H. Mouse is set, for the most part, in a rural area. C.H. is one of three children of Mr. and Mrs. Mouse. They get into trouble, as real children do, when they are young and curious.
Grandfather Mouse comes to their rescue numerous times, sparing them from being hurt, from the big yellow cat to the owls in the woods. He imparts his wisdom on the Mouse children and tells them about the world outside their surroundings.
Located at the end of the story are pages for the reader to create their own drawings to illustrate the book, making it personal for each individual child who reads it.
Sally Beebe lives in Missouri with her husband and their cat, Stretch. They have three grown children and six grandchildren. Sally taught for 29 years in Missouri. She has been retired for 14 years. In that time, she has been able to do many hobbies she hadn't had time for when she was teaching. Those hobbies include reading, writing, quilting, music, and serving at her church. Of course, being with grandchildren and their activities are both very important to her.
As a teacher she wrote as she asked her students to write, thinking modeling was the best example. Hopefully, some of the many students from her classes were inspired and continued to write also.
Her advice to anyone who has dreams is to never give up on those dreams. They may come true when the time is right.
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Hidden in a small valley surrounded by lush forest and jagged mountains lies the village of Okawachiyama (大川内山). Located in Saga prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu, this tiny hamlet is the birthplace of Japanese porcelain, and in the storied history of Japanese ceramics has earned it the nickname "Village of the Secret Kilns – 秘窯の里".
The techniques for making porcelain, which is often considered the most beautiful and desirable form of clay pottery, was originally developed in China and slowly spread to the Korean peninsula. Both foreign and domestic demand for porcelain was high. A closely guarded secret, the discovery of kaolin (the mineral critical to porcelain clay) some four centuries ago near the town of Arita triggered the birth of the Japanese porcelain industry. Shipped out via the nearby port of Imari, arita-yaki (Arita ware) and imari-yaki (Imari ware) became synonymous with high quality ceramics.
Wanting to control all aspects of production, and to keep the technology secret, northern Kyushu's ruling Nabeshima clan relocated the most skilled potters to the isolated village of Okawachiyama. The potters, craftsmen from Korea with the necessary skills, were strictly monitored to ensure that production methods remained secret (there's a great article here about the abducted potters). The hidden village, surrounded on three sides by high cliffs and impenetrable forest, was closely guarded and defended by the clan. Porcelain made here, Nabeshima-yaki, was exclusive to Japan's nobility and ruling class, and became the highest expression of Japanese ceramic art.
Today Okawachiyama is a charming village consisting of about 30 kilns and pottery workshops, with an atmosphere that transports visitors back to the Edo Period. Small storefronts line the narrow lanes, and examples of fine porcelain are exhibited everywhere, showcasing the skills of the master artisans. Across the village a graveyard and monument is dedicated to the Korean potters who made this area the birthplace of Japanese porcelain.


Wind proof diy lighting, Cafe lighting, Edison lighting.
Mike and I are all about the outdoors, dining, socializing and spending time outside in the garden is our past time. To enjoy our backyard and all the amenities of the outside from pit fires to hot tubing we decided we needed to light our yard and patio area. A year ago, we started by using outdoor lights that slightly changed colors to light up out fruit trees, then we added rope lighting to create trails and mark our boundaries. The idea, in theory, was great to create an ambiance, however, the lighting was not bright enough to do more than simply create a party feel. We dug deeper to find a better solution. Our DIY patio area lighting project is simple to replicate, and the ambiance it creates is comfortable, lit and perfect to host outdoor parties year-round. Lavishly live life out loud a little more lit!
Originally, we were going to light the entire yard, however; I realized that we did not need to light the yard, rather we needed to light the patio. The patio area is where the most traffic sits, stands, drinks, parties, while the yard is an afterthought for the times, we wanted have a fire. The patio area is the beginning point between both the house and the yard, so placing lighting there is the perfect situation. Placing patio area lighting in our case in on the patio, provided nice lighting around the patio itself but the lighting also extended well into the yard. And the fact was that between the patio lighting, the runways rope lights and the solar lights we had multiple ways to create ambiance.
What we decided on was cafe lighting. Cafe Lights are the game-changer of outdoor lighting. You see it advertised in magazines constantly, you notice it at your local restaurants or downtown business improvement districts. They are the thick Edison looking bulbs on heavy duty gauge wire strung from tree to tree over a patio, or a walkway or dinner event. They are beautiful, elegant and bright enough to make any design have theta WOW factor.
As taken as I was by these lights, and taking into account the area that I needed lit, and as always, I researched all my options. I found that the lights would amp up my outdoor space perfectly and provide lighting both on my patio and in my yard. And since the professional cafes, restaurants, streets, areas, ships all use these and I went for the products too.
Cafe lighting for outdoor spaces.


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Q: Microsoft USB dual receiver wireless keyboard (mouse and keyboard center) keeps waking up computer I have found out what is waking my computer up 1 minute after I click sleep. My Microsoft dual receiver wireless keyboard (mouse and keyboard center) in device manager is the culprit, according to powercfg devicequery wake_armed.
If I uninstall it, my computer sleeps like a baby, but then I have no keyboard. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot this? I can disable it completely but that doesn't work. only uninstall gets my rig sleeping peacefully.

A: Try this:  go to Control Panel > Power Options > Under your preferred plan click on Change Plan Settings > Then on Change Advanced Power Settings > Go down the list to SLEEP and Disable "Allow Wake Timers".  This May work or not.

A: Change Advanced Power Settings, USB settings: disable "allow to wake" for the mouse and keyboard.

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As I already told you yesterday, my weekend was very creative so I am back today to share with you another card.
Last week was my Grandmother's birthday. I didn't get to visit her on her birthday because she lives in another town and due to the snow around here the roads were not so good. But I prepared for her this greeting card to give her when we will meet.
The note card is again from Tania's blog. The dress shape is a printable found here.
Gorgeous card Alina! Such a beautiful dress!


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E/CN.4/Sub.2/RES/1994/13
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Situation in the Middle East
Sub-Commission resolution 1994/13
The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,
Noting General Assembly resolution 48/58 of 14 December 1993, Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/4 of 18 February 1994 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1994/44 of 29 July 1994,
Recalling the convening of the International Peace Conference on the Middle East at Madrid on 30 October 1991, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, and the subsequent bilateral negotiations, as well as the meetings of the multilateral working groups,
Noting with satisfaction the broad international support for the peace process and its contribution to the implementation and furtherance of human rights in the area,
Welcoming the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, signed by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993, and the subsequent agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area, signed by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, at Cairo on 4 May 1994,
1.	Reaffirms that the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East is essential for the implementation and furtherance of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the area;
2.	Welcomes the peace process begun at Madrid and warmly supports the subsequent bilateral negotiations through which it has been continued;
3.	Endorses the achievements of the peace process to date, which constitute important initial steps in achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, and urges all parties to implement the agreements which have been reached;
4.	Emphasizes the importance of making progress, as a matter of urgency, on the other tracks of the Arab-Israeli negotiations within the peace process;
5.	Supports the request by the Economic and Social Council that all States Members of the United Nations render support for the peace process and extend economic, financial and technical assistance to parties in the region, taking into account, in particular, the needs of the Palestinian people during the interim period;
6.	Expresses its full support for the active role which the United Nations is playing in the peace process, and in particular for its assistance in implementing the Declaration of Principles of Interim Self-Government Arrangements signed by the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization which constitutes a positive contribution to the protection of human rights in the Middle East.
34th meeting
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. VII.]


Farmer Habarurema Bosco did not feel like a human anymore after losing all of his family in the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi minority that saw the loss of about 1 million lives.
The number of religious "nones" in the United States are now statistically equal to the number of evangelicals, according to a political scientist who analyzed data from the recently released 2018 General Social Survey.
The new unit comes in light of reported sexual assaults in women's prisons at the hands of transgender women which has forced the government to review its policies allowing trans-identified inmates to serve in women's prisons.


"Chronic". "Nagging". "Debilitating". Those are the words often associated with pain. If you find yourself dealing with extreme pain and need encouragement, be sure to read Kenneth Copeland's article, "3 Things to Do When the Pain Is Too Much". In it, Brother Copeland shares his own healing from excruciating pain and the connection he discovered between gratitude and overcoming pain. And as you apply that lesson to your life, stand on these five scriptures that can help you remain thankful in the midst of your pain as you stand for your healing.
Don't wait another day to begin thanking God for all the good things He has done for you…even in the midst of your pain. Let these scriptures serve as a starting point for your declarations of gratitude!
It was just after Labor Day 2004, and I was at the height of one of the most intense battles for healing I'd ever fought. A few days earlier I had ruptured a disc in my back. It felt like a toothache that was 4½ feet long—from my hip to the tips of my toes.
The experience left me mad at my legs.
It left me mad at the devil and anyone who came near me.
And I hadn't slept in days.
Never had I hurt as badly as I did at that moment. All I wanted to focus on was the pain and getting free of it.
God met me in it, but in a very different way than I would have imagined. Below are three things He taught me to do when the pain almost seemed too much.
I was on the back porch facing another sleepless night. One heating pad was wrapped around my calf. Another was wrapped around my thigh. Each was held on by a bathrobe sash. The heat was turned as high as I could get it. But nothing seemed to help—I was still lying there on my back crying.
I didn't feel very grateful. I certainly didn't look very grateful.
Right in the middle of all that pain, though, the Spirit of God dropped it into my heart to begin shouting out my gratitude for all my heavenly Father had done for me.
In the midst of all that pain, by an act of obedience I expressed gratitude to God…by faith!
Instead of focusing on the pain and hurt, I filled my thoughts and mouth with gratitude for my life, for my family, for all the years I've been in ministry, and for every other good thing that arose in my spirit.
I started praising and thanking God and the more I praised Him, the less pain I had in my leg.
And as I was expressing my gratitude to Him, God began talking to me.
The more He talked, the better I felt. Each day I progressed; not one day was as bad as the day before.
There were a number of things that brought me to the place where complete healing manifested in my body. Thousands of my Partners; many believers from Spirit-filled churches; faith-talking, true healing-believing doctors; my family and friends; all added their faith to mine.
Nothing, however, had more impact than what began that night on the porch. The moment I began thanking God for all that was going right in my life, I was on my way out of the problem.
If you are experiencing pain, then I encourage you to make the decision to thank God for all the good things He has done in your life.
If you'll think about it, we only have two real options in times of extreme pressure. Those options are to focus either on the problem…or the gratitude. In regards to pain, you cannot choose to focus on the pain you are experiencing and gratitude at the same time.
For instance, what happens if you have one sore finger? You may have nine fingers, your toes, arms, ears and numerous other body parts that are working perfectly, but that isn't your focus. No. All you can think about is how you are going to get that one finger healed. You begin confessing healing scriptures and try to decide what else you need to confess or do, to stop the pain.
But if you don't water those confessions with praise and thanksgiving, your focus on the one sore finger—or whatever problem—will continue to dominate your thinking.
If you don't redirect your focus, the problem can consume you. So start giving God thanks for everything that is working right. Praise Him for all the good things He has done in your life. As you do, you'll come to a place where you can release your faith and receive your answer.
You're right, I don't. But I do know you're breathing—not pushing up grass!
So just start thanking God for your life! Remind yourself that no matter what your circumstances are—it could be a whole lot worse. You're not dead yet!
And this principle applies to far more than just receiving healing. Expressing gratitude by faith will change everything around you. It will change the whole complexion of your life.
I'm not saying the challenges will be over when you start filling the atmosphere with shouts of praise and thanksgiving. In fact once you begin praising God with purpose, you'll become a prime target for the devil. Why? It'll scare the daylights out of him when you begin operating in gratitude…and he'll try to stop you.
He'll use the only tactic he possesses. He'll try to steal that word out of you by stirring up your flesh. Mark 4:16-17 tells us, "These are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard The WORD, immediately receive it with gladness; and have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for The WORD's sake, immediately they are offended" (KJV).
The enemy will try to get you to become offended. But that will only work if you have no root—if you're not grounded in the love of God.
Become so filled with His love that offense can't come near you. Praise Him for His marvelous love. Praise Him, and as you do the enemy will be stopped cold because praise "stills the avenger" (see Psalm 8:2, KJV).
Fill your mouth and the atmosphere with gratitude—thank God for all He is, for all He has done and is doing in your life—regardless of the pain you are experiencing. You and the world around you will change!


I just love this book. It is full of history of The Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It includes loads of photos with descriptions. I found it to be a fascinating pictorial of the area from late 1800's to 1960's. I have a rental cabin in the Sevierville area that I bought this book for, and I think our guests will really enjoy it.
I think the gift recipient will enjoy this book, but it is a fairly thin paperback for the price- only 124 pages. I probably wouldn't buy it for a gift again.
The book contains an excellent blend of photographs you would hope to see in a book about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and many photographs that have not been published before. The author's background in history and love of his subject are evident in the photograph selection and the concise and informative text and captions. Highly recommended for your personal collection or for gift-giving.
A small, but informative book. It made my visit to the Great Smoky Mountains NP more enjoyable.
Read the book and it had plenty of great old pictures. That is the reason I buy the images of America books.
Great Smoky Mountain National Park, covering 500,000 acres in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, is the most frequently visited of America's "crown jewels" in the National Park system. The Park is a place of extraordinary beauty, with its craggy mountains and its rivers and waterfalls, together with great diversity of plant and animal life, including its famed black bears. The Great Smoky Mountains are also a rich source as well of varied human activity. Over the years the Cherokee Indians, mountain people, loggers, and tourists have left their mark on the mountains.
Steve Cotham's book "The Great Smoky Mountains National Park" (2006) offers a photographic history the people and places of the mountains beginning from the late 1800's, continuing through the official establishment of the park in 1934, and concluding in the early 1950s. Cotham is the manager of the McClung Historical Collection of the East Tennessee History Center, and his book makes broad use of many rare photographs from its archives. The book is part of the"Images of America" series of Arcadia Press, which presents much local history of the United States in appealing volumes of 128 pages of annotated photographs. I have learned a great deal from this series about American places and people, both familiar and unfamiliar to me. The Great Smoky Mountains are somewhere between familiar and unfamiliar. I have visited them several times, but briefly.
In ten chapters of annotated photos, Cotham's book gives a good sense of the scenery and people of the Great Smoky Mountains. The book opens with a short overview of farming and settlement in the region from about 1880-1900. It is followed by a chapter on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and their Reservation which lies on the eastern boundary of the park in North Carolina. Most of these photos date from the 1930s, but they brought back memories of my visit to the Reservation some years ago.
From the early years of the 20th Century to the early 1930s, the Great Smoky Mountains were heavily logged, losing as much as one-half of their stands of virgin timber. The book offers photographs of the people, the railroads, the bridges and the heavy equipment, and the large trees involved in these massive operations. The Park was established, in part, to save the mountains from complete denuding in further timbering operations. Besides the logging, the Smoky Mountains became a haven for hikers. Harvey Broome was an early hiker who receives much attention in this book. He would ultimately become the founder of The Wilderness Society. Portions of the mountains also attracted a resort clientele, in part due to the attractions of mineral water. The resort communities which flourished up to the establishment of the Park receive documentation in two chapters of the book.
The most appealing chapters of the books are those which describe the mountain communities and their environs. The book shows a great deal of the character of mountain life, and I would have liked more. There is a consideration of the range of activities of those who lived in the mountains as well as some focus on individuals. For example, we learn about the seven Walker sisters who lived in a cabin in a mountain homestead from the 1930s to 1950s, about a lanky mountain entrepreneur, Levi Trentham (1852 - 1936) who succeeded in several ventures even though he was illiterate, and about Horace Kephart, author of a famous book about the mountain people called "Our Southern Highlanders." Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers Two chapters "The People of the Mountains" and the "Vanished Communities of the Great Smoky Mountains" tell the story of a rugged way of life that virtually disappeared from the Mountains with the establishment of the Park. Another chapter about the people of the mountains, "Gatlinburg" describes the bordering towns and how they changed in character from small, rural communities to tourist destinations with the establishment of the Park.
The establishment of the park, including the efforts of community leaders in North Carolina and Tennessee, and the purchase of the lands of the mountain families, the timber companies, and other landowners is described in a chapter of the book. Sadly, the old homes of the mountaineers were little preserved and today are largely relics in the Park. A final chapter of the book describes the dedication of the Park in 1940 by President Franklin Roosevelt and takes a short look at early tourism subsequent to the dedication to the Park and the surrounding towns..
The book offers a good photographic introduction to the land and people of the Great Smoky Mountains before and at the time of the establishment of the Park. A map of the park and its landmarks and their relationship to the adjacent communities would have been useful. I used a rough map in a National Park Service brochure of the Park to get my bearings.
I would strongly recommend this title for anyone with an interst in the Great Smoky Mountains. Mr. Cotham has done an excellent job of compiling photographs and sources. These photographs are breathtaking images that are not commonly seen in other books on the Smokies. If you know someone that has an interest in the Smokies or photography in general, this would be an excellent gift.


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The health care industry in the United States experienced an alarming number of identity theft in 2013, according to Identity Theft Resource Center. Accounting for 44 percent of total data breaches in the country, the industry is finding ways to update its information security.
According to the agency, the health care industry experienced the most number of information breaches in 2013. In contrast, the financial services industry only accounted for 3.7 percent of the total breaches.
In a survey done by ID Experts, 90 percent of the 91 healthcare organizations who participated experienced data breach in 2012 and 2013. Among these organizations, 38 percent experienced it more than five times.
These health care organizations lost an average of US$2 million. Summing the losses, United States has an estimated medical fraud between $80 billion and $230 billion annually.
The report also raised an alarming issue--the fact that identity theft doubled in the last four years.
The figures prompted several organizations in the industry to collaborate to fight identity theft. This year, they established the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA).
The alliance's main objective is to develop best practices that prevent identity theft. It also aims to educate the different entities involved and work with "policy decision makers to develop policies and procedures."
In addition, it aims to do research to "uncover the associated trends and patterns."
Rick Kam, president and co-founder of ID Experts said that criminals realized that using stolen medical identities to purchase services are "more profitable than drugs, prostitution, and other crimes they may pursue."
Ann Patterson, senior vice president of MIFA said that the health care industry must have the kind of cooperation that exists between banks to prevent such crimes.
Experts also believe that it is time to learn from the financial services industry.
Identity breaches are mainly caused by a lost or stolen data device, employee error, "Robin Hood fraud," and direct theft.
The alliance formation is a good development, but at this point, the health care industry has a long way to go to combat identity theft.


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Science and Research Committee on June 16th, 2022
Evidence of meeting #16 for Science and Research in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was energy.
Committee Business
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Tako Van Popta
Stéphane Lauzon
Marilyn Gladu
David Novog Professor, As an Individual
Dave Tucker Assistant Vice-President, Nuclear Research, McMaster University
Ken Hartwick President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Generation Inc.
M. V. Ramana Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, As an Individual
Dazawray Landrie-Parker Director, Nuclear Sector, Creative Fire
Ginette Charbonneau Physicist and Spokesperson, Ralliement contre la pollution radioactive
Director, Nuclear Sector, Creative Fire
Dazawray Landrie-Parker
The conversation has to start early. Indigenous nations have to be at the table early. It can't appear that this is a check box. I know we have a duty to consult and accommodate, and various different regulatory requirements that come into play when we talk about consultation. I talk about engagement being more inclusive than that. We're talking from the very beginning. The minute we start even thinking about a new project, we need to start engaging with those nations and those leaders.
Ms. Landrie-Parker, will you forgive me for interrupting? I suspect colleagues are going to want to pick up on this.
Thank you so much, Mr. Soroka.
We're now going to Mr. Collins for six minutes.
Chad Collins Liberal Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Thanks, Madam Chair. I'd like to start with Dr. Ramana.
Dr. Ramana, you're not the first witness who has raised the comment as it relates to there being no customers for SMRs. We have had a lot of witnesses in front of us, including a public institution here tonight that has sold the merits of the technology. The private companies that have come forward have illustrated that they're willing to invest and have invested quite a significant amount of their own private capital and resources into making the technology work. We were given some very clear deadlines here tonight—guesstimates—in terms of when the technology would be not only ready but in use.
How do you rationalize that in terms of the private sector continuing to put money into this technology and spending its own money to make it happen? I can't imagine a business trying to sell a product when there is no customer at the end of the day to purchase the product.
Can you rationalize that in terms of your study and try to make some sense in terms of what we've heard to date through the first several meetings?
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, As an Individual
Dr. M. V. Ramana
I have two responses.
First is the fact that most of these private companies are not just investing their own funding; they are looking for public funding. In every country where SMRs are going forward, the United States, Canada or the U.K., they are all looking for public funding for a lot of their research.
The second thing to note is that companies make investments based on their assessments, but their assessments can be wrong. You've seen this time and again in the nuclear sector. Many companies have invested in various designs that have never sold. For example, Westinghouse invested a huge amount of money in what was called the AP600 reactor, which was never sold. It was pursued for over a decade. Subsequently, Westinghouse went through an SMR process called the Westinghouse SMR. Then, in 2014, when it realized the United States Department of Energy was not going to give it any money, it pulled out of that effort. While pulling out, its CEO said that the problem was not with the technology; the problem was that there are no customers.
If you have this question, it is a question private investors can probably best answer. I can't be in their heads to understand what they are thinking.
Thanks, Dr. Ramana. I will move on to Mrs. Landrie-Parker.
Thank you for your previous answers. You heard Dr. Charbonneau's critique of the waste and how no first nations communities have endorsed SMRs or nuclear technology to date. What has your experience been with the communities so far, in terms of public outreach and opinions related to SMRs and nuclear?
Respectfully, I think indigenous communities have spoken in support of that, at least some of the ones I've been in. I think it comes back to one of my previous answers around energy literacy: providing all the information or a full picture, so they can make informed decisions.
The 2018 report referred to earlier showed there wasn't necessarily an outright "I don't support this across the board", but rather "I want more information". We are now where they are getting more information, and we are, as I said.... I've done numerous surveys across Saskatchewan and Ontario, specifically, over the last couple of years, and we have seen support rising. Those are indigenous community members and not necessarily leadership speaking out, but there have been instances, as well, where leadership has spoken out.
We also have indigenous communities that are not necessarily first nations, or we have Métis or Inuit communities that are still municipal communities but mostly indigenous. They have spoken out in support of nuclear technology as well.
Thank you for that answer.
In my previous life, I was a municipal councillor for over 20 years. One of the challenges I always faced, when somebody came to town with a new technology—normally, energy from waste—was convincing the community they weren't guinea pigs. It was always an issue to try to build public confidence.
Does the federal government play a role in terms of education, instilling some sense of public confidence in the technology and assuring people it is a proven technology? We had an institution here this evening—McMaster—that would certainly, I think, vouch for it, and others have been in front of us. What role can we play in assisting communities in making an informed decision, whether it's an indigenous community or otherwise?
This is where partnerships with indigenous businesses or individuals in this sector come in, whether through research or actual partnerships where they are leading energy literacy programs. That's where it is really important.
Some of the research I've done has been around trusted sources of information on nuclear. It has come out that industry and government are on the lower end of trusted sources, but researchers, scientists and family friends are a bit higher. Again, it comes back to that local, lived experience. Indigenous businesses have that already. They know who the community champion is, so to speak—the person who volunteers for everything and knows how to get people out to a meeting to start talking about these things and holding dialogues.
Thank you so much, Mr. Collins.
Thank you to the witnesses for those answers.
Go ahead, Mr. Blanchette‑Joncas. You have six minutes.
June 16th, 2022 / 8:05 p.m.
Allow me to welcome the witnesses joining us for the second hour of this meeting.
My first question is for Dr. Ramana.
Dr. Ramana, thank you for joining us at this very early hour. Proponents of small modular reactors argue that they can be made more cost‑effective through economies of scale that can be achieved by mass manufacturing in plants.
During the last few meetings of this committee, we met with several stakeholders in the nuclear industry, but none of them was able to give us an idea of how many small modular reactors would have to be sold to cover the costs of their development, plant construction and approval by the relevant authorities. I know you've been looking at this issue.
Earlier, we got an answer from a representative of Ontario Power Generation, who told us that 10 to 12 would have to be sold. That's the first time we've had an estimate.
What are your comments on that?
This is a difficult question to answer empirically, because the empirical record on nuclear power around the world has been that costs have actually increased, not decreased, with more construction. In both France and the United States, the two countries with the most nuclear plants, the average cost of the nuclear plant increased as more and more plants were built. There's actually no empirical basis to assume or calculate the cost in terms of how many SMRs would have to be built in order to realize the economies of mass manufacturing and learning.
The second point is that to the extent that there is a limited amount of evidence for decreases in cost in very specific circumstances in certain countries where the same vendor, the same architect, is manufacturing and building multiple reactors, those cost declines have been very marginal. It's an increase of probably a few percentage points. If you were to assume something like 5% to 10%, extremely optimistic numbers, for learning rates, then what you find is that in order for the cost of SMRs on a per-kilowatt basis to match the cost of a large reactor on a per-kilowatt basis, you would have to build somewhere between several hundred and several thousand. In my opinion, 10 to 12 is completely impossible.
Remember that this is for the cost of SMRs on a per-kilowatt basis to come to equal that of large reactors, but large reactors themselves are not economical. If you're trying to compete with other, alternate sorts of energy, you would have to manufacture huge numbers of these SMRs, assume that everything goes really well, and have these very optimistic learning rates. I don't think that's very possible.
Thank you, Dr. Ramana.
I'd like to talk about another topic, the energy transition, which you mentioned in your opening remarks. Obviously, we are all concerned about climate change. It's a real threat, and it's the most serious one we must face collectively. To reverse this trend, we need to rapidly decarbonize our energy production.
Small modular nuclear reactors are still a long way from being widely commercialized and able to play an important role in the energy transition. We know that the technology is not yet mature.
Can you tell us more about that? If we really want to meet the 2050 target, should we be relying on that technology?
Small modular reactors are not new. The industry has been talking about this for decades at this point. In 2001 the U.S. Department of Energy commissioned a report that looked at different SMR designs. They concluded that one of these could be operational by the end of the decade, which means 2010. It's now 2022. There is not a single SMR design in the U.S. that is ready for commercial use.
The leading design, NuScale, when it was established as a company, promised to have its first reactors operational by 2015 to 2016. Now it is talking about 2029 to 2030. I think even that is optimistic. When the NuScale design, which was talked about as being very advanced, went to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, they found a lot of problems with it. There were problems with the steam generators. There was a problem with a certain kind of reactivity insertion. Those are safety problems that will have to be addressed. It's not clear that NuScale will be able to meet all of those by the end of this decade.
If you look at these kinds of examples and at the other countries I mentioned, where they tried to build SMRs and, when the first one was not successful, didn't follow up, I don't think it is possible that we're going to be able to meet our climate goals by pursuing SMRs.
We often hear that investments in the nuclear sector would help create a lot of good jobs and in turn drive the economy.
I mentioned this briefly in my remarks. The analogy I would give is that any investment will create jobs. The question is whether those jobs are sustainable.
Imagine, for example, you invest in a factory that's going to manufacture videocassettes. If you build that factory, of course it's going to create a number of jobs, but when the videocassettes come out, today nobody will be buying those videocassettes. What's the point of building that factory if nobody will buy these videocassettes, or if just a handful of people who like to preserve them for nostalgia buy them?
Dr. Ramana, thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Blanchette‑Joncas.
We will now go to Mr. Cannings for six minutes, please.
Richard Cannings NDP South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
Thank you, and thanks to the witnesses here. These are very interesting conversations.
I'll start again with Dr. Ramana.
Just to pick up on some of the previous comments, you said other countries that had produced SMRs—Russia, China and South Korea—had no customers. I'm just wondering if you could expand on that. Why were there no customers? Were there never any products built? Was the cost too high? Did it not work?
I would just like to know how we can compare that with the situation we're in right now, here in Canada.
The three countries are slightly different. Both Russia and China did build their first SMRs.
The Russian design was a so-called floating power plant, where the nuclear reactor was located on a barge. It was meant to serve as a way to electrify remote communities in Russia, which were on the Arctic coast. This was built. It was over a decade late. It was about three times as expensive as the initial cost estimates. That's the primary reason they haven't had any customers. There are many countries that would say that they would like one of these things. Indonesia is one that I mentioned. They said they have large numbers of islands and it would be great to have a floating power plant, but when they see the experience and the cost, they don't really want to go there.
In China's case, they actually built a high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor, which was based on earlier experience in Germany. This reactor, too, was about four years late. The cost was estimated to be 40% higher than the cost of electricity from light-water reactors in China. As a result, the plans they had to build more of these high-temperature gas-cooled reactors are being shelved. They talk about trying to make it larger, so that they can try to reduce the cost through economies of scale, which basically means that they are no longer talking about small modular reactors, but of large reactors.
In the case of South Korea, its SMART design was licensed for construction in 2012. They looked around South Korea, and not a single utility wanted to build one of these. Therefore, South Korea is looking for export markets. They're talking about Saudi Arabia and Jordan, but none of them have actually bought one so far.
On the next comment you made, I think you said that niche markets, such as remote mines, were limited.
In Canada, we have lots of mines. Why would that market be limited? Is the time that the mine is operational too short to make it worthwhile? What would make that market limited?
The main reason is that if you total up all the demand from all of these different mines, even if every mine and every remote community were to purchase one of these reactors, you're talking about a total demand of about 600 megawatts.
If you want to try to translate the 600 megawatts into the number of orders you would get because of that and compare that with what a company ought to be looking at when they are thinking about investing the hundreds of millions of dollars that would be required for setting up one of these factories, it's not clear that they will match. That's the main issue.
The second problem we found is that the cost of electricity from one of these could be as high as 10 times that of diesel. The question is whether a mine is going to say that it will buy power at 10 times the cost it is paying now, even though it may want to get rid of diesel.
Instead, we found that the cheapest way for them to try to reduce their reliance on diesel would be to invest in renewables and lower their diesel demand.
How much time do I have?
You have a minute and a half, Mr. Cannings.
Okay, I will turn to Ms. Landrie-Parker.
I believe you are in the Yukon, or you're studying at Yukon University. One of the classic communities in the Yukon that I think of that would benefit from something like this would be Old Crow. It's a remote community where everything has to be driven in on an ice road in the winter, or flown in. It's a completely indigenous Gwich'in community.
What's the process and what is the timeline for going through all the consultation, education and training necessary to convince Old Crow, first of all, that they would need such a reactor, and second, that they could build and operate it themselves?
I must admit I'm just a little skeptical of that whole thought experiment. I've been to Old Crow, and it just seems unlikely.
When we're looking at very specific communities, they are going to make their own decisions. A community like Old Crow, where they have implemented their own energy systems that they are in control of—and that local control is very important to them—may not necessarily ever be ever in the situation of wanting to see...in this case probably a microreactor in their community. I don't know, because we would have to have those discussions with them, but it really does come down to just empowering them to make that decision.
Again, as you know, Old Crow has demonstrated—
Mrs. Landrie-Parker, I'm sorry.


Today's building is the Pennsylvanian.
The Pennsylvanian was first constructed in 1900 as Pittsburgh's Union Station train station. The architecture is one of the most significant in the city, particularly the dome-shaped rotunda at the entrance. The building was designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. At the street level the rotunda sheltered passengers as carriages turned to pick them up. The rotunda itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In the late '70s, the Penn Central Corporation accepted bids for the complex. With proposals to make it a federal office building, city hall, senior citizens home and keeping it a rail station, the building almost became the Convention Center.
Finally, in 1986, a $20 million restoration of Union Station began to convert its office tower into apartments. Now called The Pennsylvanian, the building opened to residents in 1988. The concourse is not open to the public anymore and is now the lobby of the building. The rotunda is no longer open to cars, as modern vehicles are too heavy and could risk caving in the roof of the parking garage below.


April 2018 marks the end of the ABCDR project, which started in 2013 with funds from the Research Council of Norway. The project set out to determine the useful life of Long Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLINs) for malaria control in Tanzania by assessing Attrition (net loss; A), Bioefficacy (B), Chemical content (C), and Damage (D). The project also assessed insecticide Resistance (R) in malaria mosquitoes.
The useful life of bednets for malaria control in Tanzania: Attrition, Bioefficacy, Chemistry, Damage and insecticide Resistance.


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The Association of Early Dietary Supplementation with Vitamin E with the Incidence of Ulcerative Dermatitis in Mice on a C57BL/6 Background
J R Mader Endocrine Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
M A Mason Endocrine Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
L K Bale Endocrine Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
N M Gades Department of Comparative Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
C A Conover Endocrine Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
The purpose of this study was to ascertain if prophylactic ingestion of a diet rich in vitamin E would prevent or impede the development of ulcerative dermatitis in mice on a C57BL/6 background. Mice were fed after weaning a standard mouse diet, vitamin E (99 IU/kg), or a mouse diet fortified with vitamin E (3000 IU/ kg). Cases of ulcerative dermatitis were recorded by individuals (i.e. aware of) the diet assignment. The incidence of ulcerative dermatitis in a retrospective cohort of mice on standard diet was compared with the group on the diet fortified with vitamin E. Age was associated with ulcerative dermatitis in standard diet and vitamin E fortified diet groups, r = 0.43, p-value < 0.0001 and r = 0.18, p-value < 0.02, respectively. The average age of incidence for ulcerative dermatitis in the mice fed the standard diet was 89 weeks and for the mice fed the vitamin E diet it was 41 weeks. The unadjusted odds ratio comparing the incidence of ulcerative dermatitis between the two diet groups was 4.6 with a 95% confidence interval of (2.44, 8.58), x2 p-value < 0.0001. Therefore, there was an association between the diets and ulcerative dermatitis, with the mice on the vitamin E fortified diet having almost five times the odds of having ulcerative dermatitis compared with mice on the standard diet. Incidence of ulcerative dermatitis was not influenced by sex or genotype. Our study results show that a diet fortified in vitamin E initiated at weaning does not prevent or impede the development of ulcerative dermatitis in mice on a C57BL/6 background and on the contrary accelerate development when administered to young mice.


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Took this a few years back while visiting Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Being that I'm a Huge Alabama Crimson Tide Fan I had to catch this shot. Lived in Tuscaloosa for 4 years. Loved it there and the people were very hospitable.
I wonder if they will erect another statue to the current coach? It sure would be fitting to have Saban right along side the Legendary Bear Bryant.
There's already one there of Coach Nick Saban Dennis Burlingham.


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Occupy Fenway Park
Jarrod Kimber goes after every cricket board in the known universe and wants to Occupy Lord's:
Maybe it's time cricket's 99% had more say. Maybe it's time we Occupy Lord's. Let us show those in charge know that we are the people who finance this game, and our voices should be heard. Sure Lord's isn't really the ICC home anymore, that's now nestled in cricket's heartland, but it's the ground that calls itself the home of cricket, and it's a far more grand statement than occupying some soulless building in a non cricket loving country.
It's great writing, it's honest and best of all, it ends with a call to action.
However, the good news is you don't have to travel down to St John's Wood with your sleeping bag, a few tins of fair trade baked bins and a guitar you can't play. You can just email the ICC's independent governance review here governance.review.icc@uk.pwc.com.
Unite. Unite all you deep, backward, short and silly fans of the game.
The title of this post borrowed from an idea from Matt Becker's response to Kimber's post, titled Occupy Bryn Mawr Park:
As you start to dip your big toe into the American Sporting Waters, you will be tempted to dumb the game down for the unwashed masses: don't do this. And, in fact, stop doing this everywhere else, too.
What I mean is: test cricket is cricket at its very best. Full stop. And this is coming from the uneducated cricket loving American. [..]
Other than that, remember this: it is a beautiful game. Full of villains, and history, and magic. I fell in love with it instantly and deeply, but only by accident. Stop being so insular, celebrate your game, as it really is for everyone.
Uneducated cricket-loving Americans. We're adorable and naive, aren't we?


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Mandhira Kannilae Song Lyrics from " Mandhira Kannilae Album".Mandhira Kannilae is sung by Chinmayi. Mandhira Kannilae song tune made by Saurabh-Durgesh. Kabilan Vairamuthu penned Mandhira Kannilae song lyrics.
Nee Venakale Nadichi Song Lyrics from " Nee Venakale Nadichi Album".Nee Venakale Nadichi is sung by Chinmayi. Nee Venakale Nadichi song tune made by Saurabh-Durgesh. Anantha Sriram penned Nee Venakale Nadichi song lyrics.
Saayaali Song Lyrics from "Adanga Maru".Saayaali is sung by Sathya Prakash, Chinmayi.Saayaali song tuned by Sam C.S. Saayaali song lyrics was penned by Sam C.S.


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University of Oklahoma Law Professor Sarah Burstein Appointed to INTA Committee
September 24, 2015 | By Mackenzie Dilbeck, Director of Communications
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NORMAN — Associate Professor of Law at The University of Oklahoma, Sarah Burstein, was recently appointed to the International Trademark Association's (INTA) Design Rights Committee. Professor Burstein's two-year term will begin Jan. 1, 2016.
This year, the INTA received more than 3,400 applications for membership on one of their 37 committees. The Design Rights Committee, on which Burstein will sit, is part of the Advocacy Group of committees within the INTA's structure. The committee works to develop and advocate the INTA's policy on the impact of design law and enforcement on trademark rights.
"This is a unique opportunity to get to know and work with design law experts from around the world, including in-house counsel and leading practitioners," said Burstein. "It's important to maintain connections with practicing intellectual property lawyers. Knowing what's going on in the field helps me be a more effective teacher and also informs my scholarship."
Burstein joined The College of Law in 2012 and teaches Copyright, Design Law, Intellectual Property and Trademarks. She previously served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa and also worked as an intellectual property litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She received her law degree from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University. She is a recognized expert in design patent law. Her most recent article, Costly Designs, is forthcoming in the Ohio State Law Journal.
In addition to her new role with the INTA, Burstein serves as chair of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section's Design Committee and as chair-elect of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Art Law.
The INTA is the global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property in order to protect consumers and to promote fair and effective commerce. For more information about the INTA, visit inta.org. (link, opens in new window)
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Brewery: Pipeworks Brewing Company x Tired Hands Brewing Co.
Other Notes: Hops – Simcoe, Centennial and Sorachi Ace. Malts – 2-row, Marris Otter, White Wheat and Acidulated Malt. Other – lime juice, lime zest and dextrose.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Warriors from two clans have teamed up and hit the seven seas to bring you an IPA like no other. Pipeworks and Tired Hands have set sail with Simcoe, Centennial and Sorachi Ace hops in hand. We've also added enough lime zest and juice to keep things tart. Enjoy this unique collaborative effort before you walk the plank, ya Scurvy dog!
Appearance: It poured a golden straw yellow colour with a three finger white head that had pretty good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Strong lime with a touch of grapefruit pith and lemons.
Taste: Like the aroma, tangy lime is at the forefront followed by some lemon, zest and grains.
Overall: This was not bad but perhaps a bit too much lime such that it overpowers everything else.


Mr. Santhosh chikkanna, is a young artist, whose works depict the paintings of cow. Cow is one of the most holy and sacred animal in Hindu Religion, worshipped across the nation.
Santhosh's artistic style presents different postures of Cow, which illustrates its mild and delicate nature. Main focus of his paintings are on the face and horns of the cow. Various shapes of Gods and Goddesses are shown in the horns, which is the unique factor in these paintings. These symbolisation shows in the fact that cow is being worshipped as the sacred animal since ages past.
Such artistic works are very much essential and relevant in today's time. As the idiom says, "A Picture is worth a thousand words".


We use BuildWrapper and the GHC API to execute the expressions every time the file is saved. The expressions are persistent and hence survive restarting Eclipse.
I don't know when EclipseFP 2.6 will be released, but you can of course get the current code from github.
I seem to have managed to free myself a bit of time, which means I can work a bit on EclipseFP 2.6. I've added support for cabal sandboxes, so you'll be able to use sandboxing with cabal 1.18 in pretty much the same way cabal-dev was supported. You can have a per project or per workspace sandbox, and the fact that add-source is dynamic simplifies the internal code somehow. Cabal-dev is still supported.
A nice side effect of supporting Cabal 1.18 (thanks again to dynamic-cabal) is that we can use a sandbox to install the executables we need, like buildwrapper and scion-browser. Up to now, if you hadn't installed them, you'd get a dialog box asking you if you wanted to. Users have complained that this was an unnecessary step, but I didn't want to install executables with many dependencies into the user's package database without a notice. Now, executables get installed into a specific sandbox, so the install may be a bit longer if you already had some dependencies, but we don't mess up anything on your system.
The only issue is that inside a cabal sandbox, all packages need to be coherent: you cannot have two different versions of the same library. This shouldn't normally be an issue, but it is at the moment, because we try to install HLint and SourceGraph, that both require a different version of haskell-src-exts. I have sent a patch to Ivan Lazar Miljenovic so that SourceGraph can support the latest version of haskell-src-exts so hopefully this will be sorted by the time EclipseFP 2.6 hit the metaphorical shelves.
So hopefully EclipseFP 2.6 will be easier to install and will take advantage of the latest Cabal functionality!