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// Copyright 2019 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "content/browser/devtools/protocol/webauthn_handler.h"
#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"

namespace content {
namespace protocol {

class WebAuthnHandlerTest : public testing::Test {
 public:
  void SetUp() override {
    webauthn_handler_ = std::make_unique<WebAuthnHandler>();
  }

  void TearDown() override { webauthn_handler_.reset(); }

 protected:
  WebAuthnHandler* webauthn_handler() { return webauthn_handler_.get(); }

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<WebAuthnHandler> webauthn_handler_;
};

TEST_F(WebAuthnHandlerTest, EnableFailsGracefullyIfNoFrameHostSet) {
  Response response = webauthn_handler()->Enable(/*enable_ui=*/false);
  EXPECT_EQ(crdtp::DispatchCode::SERVER_ERROR, response.Code());
  EXPECT_EQ("The DevTools session is not attached to a frame",
            response.Message());
}

TEST_F(WebAuthnHandlerTest, DisableGracefullyIfNoFrameHostSet) {
  EXPECT_TRUE(webauthn_handler()->Disable().IsSuccess());
}

}  // namespace protocol
}  // namespace content

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Information about Dell's use of non-GAAP financial information is provided under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below. Non-GAAP financial information excludes costs related primarily to the amortization of purchased intangibles, severance and facility-action costs, certain settlement costs and acquisition-related charges. All comparisons in this press release are year over year unless otherwise noted.
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Q: Input Binding CommandParameter Bind to Window I want to have a window level KeyBinding with command paramter as window itself.
e.g.
<KeyBinding Command="{Binding CloseCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=mainWindow}" Key="Esc"/>

Binding works, but paramter comes in as null. What's the work around?
Following is my Command:`
public class DelegateCommand : ICommand
{
    private readonly Predicate<object> _canExecute;
    private readonly Action<object> _execute;

    public DelegateCommand(Action<object> execute)
        : this(execute, null)
    {
    }

    public DelegateCommand(Action<object> execute,
                   Predicate<object> canExecute)
    {
        if (execute == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("Action excute is null");
        _execute = execute;
        _canExecute = canExecute;
    }

    [DebuggerStepThrough]
    public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
    {
        return _canExecute == null ? true : _canExecute(parameter);
    }

    public void Execute(object parameter)
    {
        _execute(parameter);
    }

    public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged
    {
        add { CommandManager.RequerySuggested += value; }
        remove { CommandManager.RequerySuggested -= value; }
    }

A: Actually this working for me - but i am using the RelayCommand<FrameworkElement> of [MVVM Light Toolkit1.
<Window.InputBindings>
    <KeyBinding Command="{Binding MyCommand, ElementName=MainRoot}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=MainRoot}" Key="Esc"/>
</Window.InputBindings>

In my case the Command comes from a DependencyProperty, but that shouldn't make a big difference.
public RelayCommand<FrameworkElement> MyCommand
{
    get { return (RelayCommand<FrameworkElement>)GetValue(MyCommandProperty); }
    set { SetValue(MyCommandProperty, value); }
}

// Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for MyCommand.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
public static readonly DependencyProperty MyCommandProperty =
    DependencyProperty.Register("MyCommand", typeof(RelayCommand<FrameworkElement>), typeof(MainWindow), new PropertyMetadata(null));

public MainWindow()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    MyCommand = new RelayCommand<FrameworkElement>(DoSthYo);
}

public void DoSthYo(FrameworkElement fwE)
{
    var x = fwE;
}

So because this is working - i think its your Command that does not support CommandParameter maybe.

A: My advice is to use a RelativeSource in your CommandParameter binding:
<Window.InputBindings>
    <KeyBinding Command="{x:Static local:CloseWindowCommand.Instance}" CommandParameter="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType=Window}}" Key="Esc" />
</Window.InputBindings>

In this way your binding can be independant from the name of your Window.
Then you can create a static command for closing each window of your application:
public class CloseWindowCommand : ICommand
{
    public static readonly ICommand instance = new CloseWindowCommand();
    public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;

    private CloseWindowCommand()
    {
    }

    public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
    {
        return (parameter is Window);
    }

    public void Execute(object parameter)
    {
        Window win;
        if (CanExecute(parameter))
        {
            win = (Window)parameter;
            win.Close();
        }
    }
}

I hope it can help you.

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Heath Franklin, perhaps best known for his impersonation of the late Chopper Read, now has his own TV series…in New Zealand. Franklin as Chopper, it seems, is pretty popular in New Zealand, and appears on TV and tours live quite often. His series, Chopper's Republic of Anzakistan, is currently airing on TV3.
Playing on the historic friendship and rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, the series imagines that both countries have united as the Republic of Anzakistan with Chopper as leader. Dressed like a South American dictator Chopper addresses the united country, using his speeches to ponder the differences and similarities between the two nations. But it's there that the high concept of this series ends, for this is really just an excuse to showcase stand-up from Chopper, introduce guest acts (from both countries) and present some sketches about the ANZACs in the trenches. It's basically Legally Brown, but with more white people and swearing.
Chopper's stand-up is exactly what you'd expect (honed bogan material that gets solid laughs), the selection of guests is pretty impressive (Sam Simmons, Sammy J and Randy, Jesse Dixon as country singer Wilson Dixon and some good local acts) but the sketches need work.
The concept of an Englishman, an Australian and a New Zealander in the World War I trenches is reasonable enough, but hey, wouldn't it be funny if the Englishman had to take the coffee orders and the Australian and the New Zealand keep changing their minds about whether they want a soya mocha or a skinny cap? It's 1915, guys!!! Oh, and none of them can get phone reception, gee these Turkish telcos in 1915 are crap!!! Yeah, it's that kind of sketch comedy. Probably best to fast forward through those bits.
Chopper's addresses to the nation are also a bit half-arsed, but hey, it's a way to link the show together. Sort of. Seriously, they probably just should have framed this as a hands-across-the-Tasman-Sea-stand-up showcase – and without the sketches they could have had room for another guest! But as shows of this type go, Chopper's Republic of Anzakistan isn't bad. It's currently available in Australia if you know where to look for this sort of thing.


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Width: 120 cm | Height: 70 cm
The Architecture of Desire
The right notes
Width: 45 cm | Height: 45 cm
Rising Passion
The Soul Within the Soul
Twilight embrace
Embracing the future
Flight of fantasy
Gossip club
Parallel identity
The only hope
Mark Kostabi was born from a family of Estonian immigrants in California, where he will remain for the first years of his life, in the town of Whittier. He studied drawing and painting at California State University. In 1982, he moved to New York and from 1984 became an important reference figure within the artistic movement of the East Village.
Since 1987 he has been recognized as an international artist, since his works have exhibited and requested by art galleries in Japan, United States, Australia and Germany. In 1988 he founded "Kostabi World": his studio, gallery, office in New York. Also thanks to the many assistants who works there, this studio produces about 1000 paintings per year, of which only a small part bears the signature of the master. Since1996 he has been dividing his life between New York and Rome, where he has become a model for many Italian artists.
In his paintings there are some constants, such as the references to other works and the representation of faceless subjects that recall the figures of De Chirico's mannequins. In recent years he has dedicated himself to the design of advertising brands, such as Swatch watches, espresso cups, computer accessories and recently he has created the pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia. He has collaborated in painting with Enzo Cucchi, Arman, Howard Finster (in 1992), Tadanori Yokoo(in 1993) and Enrico Baj(in 1992). He has given interviews to CNN and the MTV channel, as well as to numerous magazines and weekly magazines such as: New York Times, People, Vogue, Playboy, Forbes, New York Magazine, Domus, Artforum, Art in America, Artnews Arts, Flash Art and Celestial Theme . The last interview was granted to Radio a New York with the well-known Italian presenter Tino Maiolo.
Mark Kostabi paints faceless, timeless figures that can be all of us and none of us. They express the fear of man inside the society, but also a universal language.
My goal has always been to create the most interesting art possible: my art should enrich the life of the observer, be it of a visitor who looks at my paintings in a museum, either of a collector who looks at a Kostabi for a long time at his house, both of a group of students reflecting on one of my ever-growing murals, performed for a public service, my images give joy, even if they tell stories of solitude, confusion and isolation ".
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Search, characterization, and properties of brown dwarfs
by Tata, Ramarao, Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2009, 118; 3401106
Brown dwarfs (BD) were mere theoretical astrophysical objects for more than three decades (Kumar (1962)) till their first observational detection in 1995 (Rebolo et al. (1995), Nakajima et al. (1995)). These objects are intermediate in mass between stars and planets. Since their observational discovery these objects have been studied thoroughly and holistically. Various methods for searching and characterizing these objects in different regions of the sky have been put forward and tested with great success. Theoretical models describing their physical, atmospheric and chemical processes and properties have been proposed and have been validated with a large number of observational results.
The work presented in this dissertation is a compilation of synoptic studies of ultracool dwarfs(UDs)1. (1) A search for wide binaries around solar type stars in upper scorpio OB association (Upper Sco) do indicate (the survey is not yet complete) a deficit of BD binaries at these large separations (< 5AU</italic>). (2) Twenty six new UDs were discovered at low galactic latitudes in our survey from archival data and a novel technique using reduced proper motion. (3) Six field UDs were discovered by spectroscopic follow-up of the candidates selected from a deep survey. (4) Optical interferometry was used to independently determine the orbit of the companion of HD33636 which was initially determined using Hubble Space Telescope(HST) astrometry and radial velocity found. Some inconsistency in the HST determined orbit and mass. (5) Optical linear polarization in UDs was used to investigate the dust properties in their atmospheres. A trend in polarization as predicted by theoretical models was validated, and atmospheric dust grain sizes and projected rotational velocities for these objects were estimated.
Comprehensive studies of UDs are proving to be crucial not only in our understanding of UDs but also for star and planet formation as brown dwarfs represent their lower and upper mass boundaries, respectively.
1We use the term "ultracool dwarfs" as the mass of most of the objects mentioned is unknown, which is required to classify an object as a brown dwarf. We define objects later than M7 as ultra cool dwarfs.
Advisor: Martin, Eduardo L.
Commitee:
School: University of Central Florida
School Location: United States -- Florida
Source: DAI-B 71/04, Dissertation Abstracts International
Subjects: Astrophysics, Astronomy
Keywords: Brown dwarfs, Star formation, Ultracool dwarfs
Publication Number: 3401106


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Child Abuse Cases Point to Need for Social Reform, Not Legalistic Punishment
Brian Hioe 01/24/2019 EnglishJanuary 2019Politics
Photo Credit: Pixabay/CC
A SERIES OF child abuse cases has rocked Taiwanese society in the past month, with a number of incidents widely reported on in the media. Many of these cases became widely known through social media.
The first such incident took place after a viral video on January 8th showed staff at a New Taipei kindergarten beating children with a spatula, provoking anger and calls for the Department of Social Welfare to investigate the case and take punitive action against the school.
Ministry of Health and Welfare headquarters. Photo credit: Solomon203/WikiCommons/CC
The second case also took place because of a viral video, becoming widely known after a 42-year-old man was filmed beating his son and wife because his son forgot to order him peppers for his take-out Taiwanese bawan. After a video of the beating was posted on Facebook on January 12th, this led a crowd of vigilantes to gather outside of the man's home on January 13th, the crowd beating the man, force-feeding him peppers, and later grilling bawan outside of his home. Strangely enough, the crowd was later joined by police in their makeshift barbecue.
Two subsequent incidents took place on January 15th, with the death of an eighteen-month-old toddler that appears to have been beaten to death by its seventeen-year-old mother's boyfriend and three other individuals and the beating of a nine-year-old child by his stepfather for stealing a classmate's milk. The latter child was later removed from his parents' custody by protective services. Relatedly, a lawsuit would be filed against teachers at a Chiayi kindergarten for taping a child to a chair has also been in the news, with criticisms of Chiayi courts for not pursuing the case, which dated from 2017.
As such, increased attention has been focused upon the issue of child abuse in Taiwanese society as of late. Last year, over 9,000 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, with 15 cases ending in death. In order to combat child abuse, greater resources will need to be devoted to social services, education about the issue, training educators to be aware of warning signs of domestic abuse, and addressing when courts fail to take action on the issue.
NPP press conference on the issue. Photo credit: 立法委員 黃國昌/Facebook
Mechanisms will also need to be developed to identify abusive educators and remove them. Proposals have been made by the NPP to develop a database of educators who have committed cases of abusing students in the past and New Taipei mayor Hou You-yi has stated that this information is already available online, though the websites displaying this information have also been criticized for being opaque.
As observed in other past incidents, such as the suicide of writer Lin Yi-han in 2017, there is a continual pattern of educators who physically, mentally, or sexually abuse their students not only never being punished but never being removed from their positions and being allowed to continue to teach in Taiwan. At the same time, one hopes that a public database will not serve as the means for misguided Internet witch hunts, in the manner of the Internet vigilantism observed in the bawan case.
However, as with other similar panics one has observed in past years following repeated incidents of a form of violent crime—as with last year after a series of dismemberment incidents—many of the solutions proposed by lawmakers and social commentators have been more or less been legalistic in nature, with the suggestion that heavy punishment will serve as a deterrent. The suggestion has been made by KMT legislators Lai Shyh-bao, Hsu Chih-jung, and Alicia Wang as well as entertainers as Turkish YouTube celebrity Wu Feng that instituting the death penalty for child abuse is the way to prevent future cases from occurring.
KMT legislators Hsih Chiu-jung (left), Lai Shyh-bao (center), and Alicia Wang (right) holding a press conference calling for the use of the death penalty against child abusers. Photo credit: 立法委員王育敏/Facebook
This, too, was suggested after last year's spate of dismemberment cases, with a general failure to focus on the systemic causes as to why the dismemberment cases were primarily cases of men murdering women and instead the suggestion that future incidents would be prevented through instituting heavier punishments, with artists, other creatives, and young people being scapegoated as morally degenerate forces in need of harsher social regulation.
Such proposals are oftentimes made by politicians who hope to leverage on violent incidents widely discussed in the media as opportunities to grandstand in front of the public. Unfortunately, the solutions they propose are oftentimes shortsighted, with no real interest in addressing the systemic roots of any issue, but merely satiating the public's desire for harsh punishment—oftentimes acting more out of a sense of fear than anything else. It remains to push for less superficial discussion of child abuse in Taiwanese society which goes to the genuine roots of the problem, then.
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We've had to postpone this months breakfast due to the weather, so it will now be on Saturday 9th February.
Our first Messy Church of 2019 is on Friday 11th January from 3:30pm - 5pm. Theme is 'New Beginnings' and there will be the usual selection of crafts, activities, songs, talk and prayers. We would love to see you there!
We are running a free good practice training session on Wednesday 9th January which is open to anyone working or volunteering with children and young people. Good practice compliments Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults to ensure that all those working with children and young people do so in a consistent and assured manner.
Peasedown St John Christians Together invites YOU to Village Carols at Peasedown St John Primary School on Sunday 9th December at 2:30pm.
With Radstock & Midsomer Norton Silver Band and singing by children from the Primary School, followed by mince pies and tea/coffee.
Our next Handicraft Workshop Day is on Saturday 10th November. It is an opportunity to share ideas and learn a new craft or expand your knowledge and enjoy meeting new friends. All are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. The cost for the day is £5.00 per person to include tea/coffee and soup at lunchtime, but is exclusive of materials. No experience is needed, but booking is essential.
The World's Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 28th September is Macmillan's biggest fundraising event for people facing cancer. Last year alone the charity raised over £27 million and together we can make this another successful year. Cancer has or will affect some of us or someone close to us and the money raised at a Coffee Morning will help MacMillan make sure no one has to face it alone.
We will be hosting a coffee morning for this amazing charity our church from 9 – 11 am. Please support us by coming along for a cuppa and a slice of something nice.
Bring a friend or two – we would love to see you!
Our new youth club for school years 7 - 9 launches on Thursday 13th September.
Why not come along and bring your friends?
We'd love to see you and it's FREE!
It's a new term and we're ready to welcome this year's Year 3-6s!
Why not come try it out when we start back next Thursday (13th)?
Do you know we will be running a Youth Club from September!?
If your child is currently in Year 6-8 they can come try it out on Thursday 19th July 7:30-8:30 before it launches in September!
There will be pizza and games and it's free! Who's in??
Get sharing to get the word out and let us know if you're coming to our new youth club!!
Year 2's are invited to come try out Lighthouse club before we start back on Thursday 13th September!
The session will involve lots of fun, games and food – and it's free!
Why not take part in Peasedown Push Kart Race 2018?
Design, Build and race your kart at Party in the Park 2018. Entry is FREE!
Click here for more info (opens in new window).
For over 70 years Christian Aid has been helping change the lives of people of all faiths and none in the poorest communities around the world. Hurricane season is approaching and Christian Aid are asking everyone to #StandTogether and help build hurricane-proof homes that will last and help families weather future storms. Please give generously!
Village Christmas Carols with Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band and the Peasedown St John Primary School Choir.
Mince pies and drinks to follow.
Come and join in the seasonal fun at Messy Christmas as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus! A fun filling morning of crafts and activities for all the family and all for free! All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Lunches, gifts, raffle, cakes, tombola, silly games and lots more. Start your Christmas shopping early!
We are hosting a coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Why not come along and enjoy a cup of coffee, a cake and a chat, whilst raising some money for this fantastic charity?
We are delighted to welcome Rev David Winstanley, his wife Julie and their youngest daughter Charlotte to Peasedown St John. We look forward to meeting them and getting to know them.
We thank you for bringing David, Julie and Charlotte into our lives.
We pray that they will quickly settle in to their new home and that you will guide David in his ministry.
An occupational requirement exists for the post-holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
The appointment requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
On Thursday 6th & Friday 7th July we welcomed around 50 people to this year's Golden Years - Holiday at Home. On Thursday morning a variety of crafts were on offer, after which lunch was served. In the afternoon there was entertainment from the Somer Valley Singers, who were delighted to stay for tea. On Friday a coach took everyone to Dobbies in Shepton Mallet for lunch, followed by Burnham for an ice-cream, rounded off with a ride through Cheddar and a final photo in front of the Church.
On Saturday 10th June Peasedown held it's first Push Kart Race with what was the opening event of Peasedown Party in the Park 2017. Three karts and their teams competed for the honour of 1st place on the podium and numerous other teams of two completed for the honour of the fastest lap around the circuit. Thank you to everyone who took part and came along to support us. See you next year!
What does it take for someone to recognise and admit that they need Jesus?
Is there a spiritual war going on and if so, should Christians be going into battle?
Should we be going out of our way to engage with those from other religions on our community?
Why not take part in Peasedown Push Kart Race 2017?
Design, Build , Race for FREE. Starts 12 midday 10th June 2017 at Peasedown Party in the Park.
On Wednesday the Seeds Baby and Toddler group explored the story of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. Elmer is an elephant who has a patchwork body of yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, black and white. As you can see from the photos, the children enjoyed making very colourful models of Elmer.
On Sunday 30th April we said a fond farewell to Rev Michelle Ireland. After 10 years serving the people of Peasedown Michelle is leaving to take up a new post in the Forest of Dean. Michelle has guided and given her love to us in all she has done. We bless her on her journey and we commend to her new Churches.
Our next Messy Church is on Friday 12th May from 3:30pm - 5pm. Come and join in the fun at Messy Church. We use crafts and activities to explore Bible stories and share the love of God. There is no charge. This is a family event, so we encourage children to come along with an adult to share the fun. .
Our next Messy Church is on Friday 24th March from 3:30pm - 5pm. Come and join in the fun at Messy Church. We use crafts and activities to explore Bible stories and share the love of God. There is no charge. This is a family event, so we encourage children to come along with an adult to share the fun. .
Ladies and Gentlemen of Peasedown St John, we invite you to join our us for the day on Tuesday 14th March to share in our 'Golden Years Winter Warmer' day. Entertainment, fun, food, friendship and a friendly welcome await you.
Our next Messy Church is on Friday 27th January from 3:30pm - 5pm. Come and join in the fun at Messy Church. We use crafts and activities to explore Bible stories and share the love of God. There is no charge. This is a family event, so we encourage children to come along with an adult to share the fun. .
Our next Handicraft Workshop Day is on Saturday 11th February. It is an opportunity to share ideas and learn a new craft or expand your knowledge and enjoy meeting new friends. All are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. The cost for the day is £4.50, plus any materials provided by the tutors. No experience is needed, but booking is essential. For details contact Sue Macey on 01761 470951.
Shepherds, Wisemen, Angels, Mary, Joseph, a donkey, sheep, a star, baby Jesus, dodgy costumes and some amazing actors all equal All Age Nativity!
And from 12pm - 2pm bring yourself, your friends and your family along to our Christmas Fair.
Christmas is for sharing and once again we are supporting Operation Christmas Child to provide a small shoebox packed with gifts and love, that will bring happiness to children in need across the world.
Since 1990, more than 100 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God's love through the power of simple shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan's Purse works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts and share the life-changing Good News of Jesus Christ.
For further information please click here (Opens new window).
Seeds Toddler Group have been raising money for the RUH Forever Friends Appeal for several years and on 9th November Ted came to visit to say a big thank you. Everyone loved to see him.
On Sunday 3rd July Peasedown Methodists took part in the annual car treasure hunt. On a route starting from Peasedown and finishing at a mystery destination, participants were required to answer 50 observational questions and identify a number of signpost pictures which had most of the information blanked out. The photo below is of the winning team, sat with the owner of Meadgate Farm Shop (the mystery destination), who stayed open late to allow us to purchase well earned refreshments.
We have all been saddened by the events of the last week and in particular the news regarding the murder of the MP Jo Cox. Our prayers and love go out to her family, friends and colleagues at this time.
The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) of the Baptist Union, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have issued a statement which you can view by following the below link.
On Sunday 29th May CommuniTea, our bi-monthly after tea and chat, helped to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday with a special birthday tea. Don't those cakes look wonderful?
Jesus is Risen - Alleluia!
On Tuesday 8th March the cold winter weather was shrugged off as members of the Church family and local community enjoyed a day of crafts and fellowship at the Winter Warmers day.
From 12 noon on Friday 22nd January, members of Peasedown Methodist Church and other churches in the village will be holding a 24-hour time of worship. There will be 24 hours of constant prayer for the village. You will be able to pray for any concerns you have, at whatever time you arrive. Come and help us pray for the welfare of our village.
On Friday 18th December members of the local community enjoyed the annual Lunch Club Christmas Meal. Around 60 meals were served in total by volunteers from the Church family.
Lunch Club runs on the first and third Friday of each month throughout the year. Please contact Valerie Humphreys on 01761 434197 for more details.
On Sunday 25th October we were blessed with a full congregation for morning worship, spanning several generations. Pictured below is Ron, 94, and Oscar, only a few days old, and the newest member of the Church family. God bless both of them.
From 10:30am on Saturday 5th September until 10:30am on Sunday 6th September the church came alive to the sound of 24 hours of worship.
St John's led worship in 2 hour slots throughout the day and night.
Live music, loud music, quiet music, videos, meditation and reflection, there was something for everyone, but all with the same aim, to praise God!
Psalm 71:8 "My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendour, all day long!"
Soul Survivor is a five day event where thousands of young people and younger adults come along to worship God and to learn and grow in their Christian faith.
On 5th of September at 10:30 a.m., members of Peasedown Methodist Church and other surrounding churches will be starting a 24-hour time of worship. We are hoping this will be an amazing time of continuous prayer and praise.
It is a completely open event! Anyone (at any time) can come in and worship, pray, wait in God's presence, share testimonies/words or just come in and listen and see what its all about!
The 24 hours will be split into sessions with different worship leaders, band members and styles of worship! Information regarding this will be released nearer the time.
'Strictly Worship' (a worship event that we hold on the first Saturday of every other month) coincides with 24 hour worship and will last for an extended time of 2 hours between 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. on Saturday evening!
The event will draw to a close at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday 6th of September, which will lead straight into our Sunday morning service.
On Sunday 22nd March Church member Clare Midgley was commissioned as a Street Pastor, joining the team based in Midsomer Norton.
Street Pastors are a group of ordinary people from the local churches who have formed themselves into a Charity who go out onto the streets of Midsomer Norton on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm – 3am to help people who may be in difficulty.
Below are a few photos of Clare's commissioning (click to enlarge).
For more information on the work of Street Pastors in Midsomer Norton, please click here (opens window).
David Betts, a speaker from New Wine will be leading the day with his team.
There will be the opportunity to hear about why and how to pray for others, and during the four practical sessions we will have the chance to practice praying for one another in a safe and encouraging environment. The aim of any prayer ministry is to get more people praying more and strengthening one another.
Worship on Sunday 14th December was led by the Sunday School who presented a traditional nativity and introduced us to the Jesse Tree, a symbolized family-tree of Jesus. Below are a few photos of the finished Jesse Tree, a Nativity scene that was built up during the service and Christmas prayer tree (click to enlarge).
Sunday 28th September was Harvest Festival, but with a slight twist - Rather than produce from the garden, the Church was decorated with the fruits of the congregations talents. Below are a few photos from of the wonderful display and of the service (click to enlarge).
And you can even watch the video now!
Once again Peasedown Methodist Church has hosted a successful three days of fun for the more senior residents. From Tuesday 15th July around 30 guests came along to enjoy the various activities on offer including several crafts, making crosses out of paper or glass, flower arranging and covering and filling shoeboxes for the SMILE Charity with everything used offered free. Others enjoyed doing a complicated jigsaw, reading the newspapers provided or chatting together.
On two days there were refreshments morning and afternoon and a delicious two course lunch. In the afternoons, entertainment from the Primary School Year 2 choir and the Golden Oldies was enthusiastically received. A picnic was enjoyed on the Wednesday when we all went off to Burnham on Sea, via Cheddar Gorge thanks to Lionel, our lovely driver. The Baptist Church Hall, close to the seafront, accommodated us all so that we could eat and drink comfortably. The weather was sufficiently favourable to allow a stroll along the promenade and some indulged in naughty ice creams! This has been a very successful time with fun and friendship in equal measure. There were new faces, new acquaintances made and lots of love and laughter. The ethos of the Church shone through with all, guests and helpers alike revelling in the love and care that was shown. We couldn't have done so much had it not been for the contributions we received.
The Quartet Foundation gave us a grant, local businesses were very generous, donations in kind were received from Brian the Butcher, the Co-Op, Tesco's, John in the Post Office and books on Peasedown were lent by David in the bookshop.
We would like to thank all who came, some of whom also gave personal donations, as without the 'Holiday Makers' Golden Years would not happen. Thank You to all those who worked so hard. A huge thank you also, to the ladies and gents who came to the three days, joined in the activities so amazingly, and without whom there would be no Golden Years! Thank You, you are all wonderful.
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This week, Your News to Know rounds up the top news stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Predictions for gold prices in 2017, why gold has started a new bull market, and Commerzbank says gold is going back to $1,300.
Haywood Cheung Tak-hay of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society is one of several Chinese traders currently making bets on gold in the short and mid term.
Cheung, like his peers, fully acknowledges the global volatility that has bounced gold around between $1,100 and $1,377 so far this year. And with a Trump victory that surprised many in the mainstream, Cheung expects no shortage of volatility going into 2017, which he believes will bring gold to $1,500 an ounce.
"The political uncertainties are likely to continue to haunt investment markets next year. There are presidential elections in France, Germany and the Netherlands. These will all introduce uncertainties in the market," said Cheung.
Jasper Lo Cho-yan, the chief executive of King International Financial Holdings, agrees, but with an important difference – he sees gold going up by as much as 50% over the next twelve months. "The price of gold will reach $1,800 per ounce, I believe, up about 50 per cent this year," said Lo.
The Chinese trader also believes the volatile eurozone will act as a major tailwind for gold in the coming months. "The Italian referendum, like the British referendum on Brexit, may lead to a change in the leadership of the Italian government and may bring more upheaval to an already uncertain euro zone. This could hurt the stock market and be a factor that would help the price of gold in the next few months," added Lo.
In his piece on Business Insider, Jesse Felder states that gold is an extremely prudent investment in spite of recent fluctuation. If anything, Felder believes recent events only helped solidify the case for owning gold while creating an opportunity to buy.
Felder sees Donald Trump's prospects of increasing deficits and inflation as a guarantee of the yellow metal's performance going ahead – performance which, according to the analyst, marks the beginning of a bull market in the metal. And with rapidly shifting sentiment and increasingly bearish headlines, Felder sees a repeat of last year's case of gold bottoming out.
More importantly, Felder singles out the dollar's deceptive strength and says the greenback is looking "ripe for a major reversal" in a similar scenario as when it peaked in 2002.
But even with all the technicals in place, there's another argument for owning gold that could top them all: as Michael Lewitt put it, gold is an "investment in monetary policy failure" or at least a hedge against it. To make his point further, Felder brings up a recent speech by William White which suggested that, no matter the details, betting on central bank failure and inefficiency is always a safe bet.
While most gold watchers saw the metal's recent respite as momentary relief, analysts in one German-based bank noticed an upward trend which they expect to continue into the next year.
The analysts outlined investment demand as the main culprit behind the recent price declines but were optimistic regarding a reversal, in particular from the Asian regions. "This year's moderate demand for gold in Asia is likely to pick up thanks to low prices and an improved income situation among India's rural population following a better monsoon season," said the bank, calling the weak central bank purchases in recent months "probably temporary".
Commerzbank forecasts that gold will reach $1,300 an ounce by the end of 2017, with silver reaching $19 an ounce in that time frame. "Our currency and fixed-income strategists expect a further, albeit moderate, appreciation of the U.S. dollar in 2017 and a likewise moderate increase in bond yields. The headwind for gold from this side should therefore ease gradually," said the analysts of the near future.


Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney was born at midnight on May 8th, 1786, at Dardilly – a small village near Lyons in France. Jean Vianney's family were poor farmers, and although Jean wanted to become a priest even as a little boy, his family were too poor to pay for him to go to school. Jean begged his parents to let him become a priest and finally in 1806 at the age of twenty, he began to learn to read and write.
It was seven years later, in 1813, when he finally began to train as a priest. Jean found the work very hard and failed all the exams at the end of the first year. The Directors of the Seminary wanted to send him home, but he begged to be allowed to stay. Jean Vianney was finally ordained a priest on August 15th, 1815. The Archbishop of the diocese felt that Jean Vianney was not clever or talented enough to be sent to a big parish, so instead he sent him to a small, poor little village called Ars.
Jean Vianney was shocked by the terrible poverty of the people of Ars, and as their parish priest he felt he should be even poorer than they were. Jean Vianney gave away many things from his little home, even the bed, and he slept on the floor rolled in a thin blanket. He drank water and ate mostly potatoes and a hard cake made from a mixture of flour and water. He boiled potatoes at the beginning of the week and hung them up in his kitchen and took down two or three each day for his meal but by the end of the week, the remaining potatoes were mouldy! At one time he even tried eating grass – but found this impossible and he would faint from hunger.
When Jean Vianney first arrived in Ars only a few women and children came to the Church, but Jean Vianney visited every family in his little parish. He spent long hours talking and listening to people about their worries and concerns. Gradually, more and more people came to the Church for Mass. Jean Vianney's fame as a caring and devoted parish priest began to spread. People particularly liked to come to Confession to him because he really seemed to understand their fears and concerns. Jean Vianney would sit for hour after hour in his Confessional box in his little Church of Ars listening, advising and absolving people from their sins. He was always kind in his simple advice to everyone who came to him.
All through his life as a priest, Jean Vianney felt he was a failure and longed for a time when he could leave his parish and live alone with his thoughts and prayers. He tried many times to leave Ars but always felt drawn back to the village and its people. In the hot summer of 1859 Jean Vianney became very ill. He went to his beloved little Church for the last time on July 29th, 1859. He died quietly with a bishop and twenty priests with him on August 4th, 1859.
On May 31st, 1925, in front of a huge crowd, thirty-two Cardinals and two hundred Bishops, Pope Pius XI declared the poor, humble priest of Ars: "Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, to be a Saint and inscribe him in the catalogue of Saints".


How can I add and apply a custom photograph to a frame, computer, or TV screen in my plan?
In Chief Architect, a custom picture an be imported and defined as a material. Once this custom material is created, it can be added to your User Catalog and applied to an object in your plan. Some common objects in which you may want to add a custom picture to include a picture frame, a painting canvas, or a computer or TV screen.
Select View > Library Browser from the menu to open the Library Browser window.
In the Define Material dialog that displays, select the Texture panel.
Under Texture Source, click on the Browse button to display the Select Texture File dialog. Navigate on your computer to the image file that you would like to add to the library, click on it to select it, then click the Open button to close the dialog and return to the Define Material dialog.
Type a Material Name for your new material.
Check the box beside Stretch to Fit.
Click OK to close the dialog and add your new material to the library.
Browse the library for a picture frame or a screen that you'd like to apply the material to.
Picture frames can be found by navigating to Chief Architect Core Catalogs> Interiors> Accessories> Mirrors & Frames.
TV screens, along with monitors can be found by navigating to Chief Architect Core Catalogs> Interiors> Electronics> Televisions & Monitors.
Once an object has been selected from the library, click in your plan to place it in the desired location.
Place a desk frame, a TV, or a monitor on a desk, table, or entertainment center and its height will automatically adjust so that it sits on top of the furniture.
Place a wall-mounted picture frame or a wall-mounted TV against a wall and it will snap to the wall's surface.
Click on the object that was placed to select it, and then click on the Open Object edit button.
On the Materials panel of the Furniture Specification dialog that opens, click on the Picture, Photo, Screen, Image, or other component that relates to the object, then click the Select Material button.
In the Select Material dialog, browse to the User Catalog folder, click on the custom material that was created in the section above, then click OK to close the dialog.
Click OK to close the Furniture Specification dialog.
Select 3D> Create Perspective View> Full Camera from the menu to see the results.
Navigate to 3D> Create Perspective View> Full Camera and click and drag a camera in your floor plan looking at the object you'd like to apply the material to.
Once the view has generated, select 3D> Material Painter> Material Painter and in the Select Material dialog that displays, browse to the User Catalog folder, click on the custom material that was created, and click OK to close the dialog.
Click once in the center of the picture frame, TV screen, or monitor to paint the material onto the object.
It's important that you're clicking on the objects surface that you want the picture to be applied to. If you click onto the picture frame component or the TV/Monitor component that is not part of the screen, the picture that is used for the material will be applied to these surfaces.


Wellness Journey from 10:30 am to noon. Learn what you need to know about your food and GMO, about vitamin supplements and how they differ, and glycobiology and how it relates to all body functions.
GrassRoots Gathering from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. A discussion of upcoming Wellness classes and possible topics for future classes.
Wellness Support Group from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. This month's topics are Autism (video clip: What Can Eliminating Gluetn, Casein, and MSG Do?), Vitamin C vs. Ascorbic Acid, and Killer T-Cells, Cancer, and Cell Surface Sugar Structures (video clip).
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When we purchase a virtual machine (VM) or virtual private server (VPS) from a provider, there are times whereby we have to configure the IPv6 address manually on the server. This may be due to the fact that IPv6 is not enabled by default on the server, even if the provider already supports it on the network level. Your provider might be giving you a static IPv6 address for you to configure manually on the server.
Below article contains step-by-step instructions on how to set up a static IPv6 address on servers running Ubuntu and CentOS operating systems. The command examples here were done on Ubuntu and CentOS virtual machines hosted in SimplerCloud. Since a root account was used, the sudo command was omitted on most of the steps. If you are using a non-root user with sudo access on an Ubuntu environment, please append sudo in front of each command (e.g. sudo ifconfig -a instead of ifconfig -a).
We need to get a static IPv6 address to be assigned to our server. This assignment is normally done by the service provider. Similar to IPv4, the information required for IPv6 settings consists of the IPv6 address itself, the subnet mask (for example, /64) and the default gateway. Note that your provider might be assigning a whole /64 subnet to you, if that's the case, you can just select one IPv6 address within the /64 subnet to be used for your server.
On below examples, we will use below IPv6 addresses to be configured on the servers.
To configure static IPv6 address on a server or virtual machine running Ubuntu Linux operating system, we need to login to the server using SSH as root. The file that we need to modify is "/etc/network/interfaces".
We can verify that the file has been backed up by going to the /etc/network folder and then type "ls -la".
We can then open the /etc/network/interfaces file using our favourite text editor, either "nano" or "vi". For most users, using the "nano" text editor would be much easier.
Kindly noted that 2400:c980:0000:0002::180 is the static IPv6 address that we want to configure on the server.
Save the file. If you are using nano, press "Ctrl-X" to exit, and then press "Y" to save the changes.
For Ubuntu 14.04, you would need to restart your server for the changes to take effect.
and verify that the correct IPv6 address is being shown.
/etc/sysconfig/network: Turn on IPv6 networking and disable IPv6 auto-configuration.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: Set static IPv6 address and the default gateway.
First, let us make a backup copy of the files first.
After which, we can use our favourite text editor (e.g. "nano") to modify the /etc/sysconfig/network file.
Note that 2400:c980:0000:0002::190 is the static IPv6 address which we have assigned to the server.
To verify that you have IPv6 connectivity and your static IPv6 address is working, you can perform some ping and traceroute tests to some IPv6-enabled sites. In Linux operating systems, take note to use "ping6" and "traceroute6" commands for IPv6 network, as opposed to the normal "ping" and "traceroute" commands for IPv4 network.
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PHOTO 5: L - R Senator Kashim Shettima exchanging pleasantries with the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, immediately after the close of plenary on Tuesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the current National Assembly and particularly the leadership style of it's chairman, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
Buhari's message was delivered by his Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari at a birthday get-together hosted Wednesday night by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in honour of Lawan who clocked 63 on Wednesday.
Kalu and Lawan have been close friends since their school days at the University of Maiduguri in the early 80s.
Professor Gambari said the President sent him to deliver a congratulatory message and express his admiration about Lawan's personal achievements.
"The third dimension of Mr President's message is to commend the celebrant for the very able manner in which he has steered the affairs of the National Assembly.
"Some people assumed that the role of the Legislative arm of government is to oppose government. That is not the President's understanding.
"The National Assembly is an arm of government just as the Executive is. Just as the Judiciary is. That means the three arms of government are to work in a complimentary manner.
"Therefore Mr President view the kind of flare, the commitment, the passion, the constructive engagement with the Executive under his leadership, the cooperation with the Executive as a sign, not of weakness but strength.
"It is easy to be critical. It is easy to be negative but it is a lot more difficult and more challenging to have a constructive engagement and cooperation with the Executive. But the beneficiary of such constructive engagement and cooperation is the nation.
"One of the achievements is that we now have a budget that runs from January to December and Mr President has just signed the finance bill and budget for 2022.
"So the President really commends the way in which he handles the affairs of the National Assembly and looks forward to many more periods of cooperation with your leadership," Professor Gambari said.
Speaking at the occasion, the Senate President passionately appealed to politicians irrespective of their political affiliations to work towards building consensus on critical national issues.
"Politicians across board must learn to arrive and achieve and sustain consensus on issues. Our country first. You can't be President, you can't be Senator, you can't be member of House of Representatives, you can't be Governor, you can't be anything unless there is a country.
"So we must build and sustain a consensus on certain fundamental issues about our country, irreduceable minimum below which nobody should go.
"Whether you are PDP or APC or APGA or whatever you are, because that will infringe on the very fabric of our country. So it is very important that we achieve that. Democratic countries elsewhere that are successful have largely achieved those kind of consensus.
"Whether you are Party A or Party B, if you are voted into office, there are certain things you cannot afford to do. Political capital can be made from anything but certainly not those kind of issues.
"I'm taking the opportunity today to appeal to all of us, politicians across the country, across board, to work for our country to achieve consensus on certain fundamental issues.
"Our people look up to us. They do what we give them education to do. Sometime they go beyond what we think they will do. At times, it becomes much more costly to deal with the consequences or repercussions. I advise that we should build consensus.
"In the Senate, we have been able to achieve some kind of formidable unity and consensus on what we must do for our country. We believe that this country can only be better if political leaders decide to do the right thing.
"Regardless of our political affiliations, in the ninth Senate, we have always approached issues mainly in national interest," Lawan said.
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Details for: Optimization Of Strontium Chloride For Parthenogenetic Activation Of Mouse Oocytes
Optimization Of Strontium Chloride For Parthenogenetic Activation Of Mouse Oocytes
By: Arslan Mahmood Ahmad (2007-VA-67) | Dr. Amjad Riaz .
Contributor(s): Dr. Aqeel Javeed | Prof. Dr. Mian Abdul Sattar .
Material type: BookPublisher: 2014Description: 38p.Subject(s): Department of Theriogenology DDC classification: 2188,T Dissertation note: There are two main methods by which activation can be performed: (i) physical methods and (ii) chemical methods. Physical methods include electrical stimulation, temperate and mechanical ways, whereas the chemical methods comprise of different artificial chemical agents, including strontium chloride, calcium ionophores, ethanol that promote to rise in intracellular Ca2+ oscillations, cycloheximide, that inhibit protein synthesis and 6-DMAP (6-dimethyl amino purine) which inhibit protein phosphorylation. The contribution of both maternal and paternal genomes is required for thedevelopment to full term of mammalian embryos. However, the percentage of parthenogeneticallyactivated embryos developing to blastocyst stage is lower as compared to normal fertilized embryos. (Renard et al. 1991).In mouse, strontium chloride has been successfully employed in manydifferent studies to induce artificial oocyte activation. The role of strontium to induce calcium oscillations appears to be more physiologically sound than alternativemethods of oocyte activation that produce a monotonic rise in calcium.Strontium chloride (SrCl2) is recognized as one of the most popular parthenogenetic agents for mouse oocytes activation and induces calcium oscillations leads to improved activation rate and blastocyst formation. (Locham-kaplan et al. 2003) (Satoshi et al. 2006). The diploid parthenogenetic oocytes have more developmental competence as compared to haploid form(Liu et al. 2002). A substancecytochalasin B (CB) prevents the release of the second polar body after activation of mammalian oocyte which results in diploid form of embryo (Fukui et al. 1992) and it may also contribute to prevent fragmentation and degradation of embryos ( Yi and Park 2005). Parthenogenetic oocyte activation technique is mainly used in cloning and is a key step for nuclear transfer for cloning. The technique is also useful for understanding of physiological mechanisms of fertilization and early embryonic development. Embryonic stem cells can be derived from fertilized embryos. The stem cells which are produced by parthenogenetic activation have the same totipotency and proliferation as formed by normal sperm-egg fertilization..( Ju et.al 2008). Resultantly, parthenogenetic activation technology has become a target of reproductive biology. This technology can also be used to establish embryonic stem cell lines (Mizutani et al. 2004) and embryonic stems cells are the fundamental source in field of regenerative medicine; used to treat many diseases such as diabetes, beta thalassemia, heart infarction etc by providing patient specific replacement cells. Mouse is one of the most commonly animal models used for parthenogenetic activation. The other animals which have been used for parthenogenetic activation include rabbits, cattle, sheep, horses, monkeys and pigs. Parthenogenetic embryos are failed to develop to term, due to genomic imprinting, an epigenetic change of certain genes, depending on the parent of origin.(Uranga and Arechaga 1997). The studies pertaining to parthenogenetic activation technology for mouse oocytes is extremely limited at present (Mizutani et al. 2004).
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There are two main methods by which activation can be performed: (i) physical methods and (ii) chemical methods. Physical methods include electrical stimulation, temperate and mechanical ways, whereas the chemical methods comprise of different artificial chemical agents, including strontium chloride, calcium ionophores, ethanol that promote to rise in intracellular Ca2+ oscillations, cycloheximide, that inhibit protein synthesis and 6-DMAP (6-dimethyl amino purine) which inhibit protein phosphorylation.
The contribution of both maternal and paternal genomes is required for thedevelopment to full term of mammalian embryos. However, the percentage of parthenogeneticallyactivated embryos developing to blastocyst stage is lower as compared to normal fertilized embryos. (Renard et al. 1991).In mouse, strontium chloride has been successfully employed in manydifferent studies to induce artificial oocyte activation. The role of strontium to induce calcium oscillations appears to be more physiologically sound than alternativemethods of oocyte activation that produce a monotonic rise in calcium.Strontium chloride (SrCl2) is recognized as one of the most popular parthenogenetic agents for mouse oocytes activation and induces calcium oscillations leads to improved activation rate and blastocyst formation. (Locham-kaplan et al. 2003) (Satoshi et al. 2006).
The diploid parthenogenetic oocytes have more developmental competence as compared to haploid form(Liu et al. 2002). A substancecytochalasin B (CB) prevents the release of the second polar body after activation of mammalian oocyte which results in diploid form of embryo (Fukui et al. 1992) and it may also contribute to prevent fragmentation and degradation of embryos ( Yi and Park 2005).
Parthenogenetic oocyte activation technique is mainly used in cloning and is a key step for nuclear transfer for cloning. The technique is also useful for understanding of physiological mechanisms of fertilization and early embryonic development. Embryonic stem cells can be derived from fertilized embryos. The stem cells which are produced by parthenogenetic activation have the same totipotency and proliferation as formed by normal sperm-egg fertilization..( Ju et.al 2008). Resultantly, parthenogenetic activation technology has become a target of reproductive biology. This technology can also be used to establish embryonic stem cell lines (Mizutani et al. 2004) and embryonic stems cells are the fundamental source in field of regenerative medicine; used to treat many diseases such as diabetes, beta thalassemia, heart infarction etc by providing patient specific replacement cells.
Mouse is one of the most commonly animal models used for parthenogenetic activation. The other animals which have been used for parthenogenetic activation include rabbits, cattle, sheep, horses, monkeys and pigs. Parthenogenetic embryos are failed to develop to term, due to genomic imprinting, an epigenetic change of certain genes, depending on the parent of origin.(Uranga and Arechaga 1997). The studies pertaining to parthenogenetic activation technology for mouse oocytes is extremely limited at present (Mizutani et al. 2004).


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Top 10 indigenous heroes includes Elijah Harper, Alanis Obomsawin | CBC News Loaded
Top 10 indigenous heroes includes Elijah Harper, Alanis Obomsawin
Earlier this week, a top 10 Canadian heroes list emerged that failed to include any women or indigenous heroes. After hearing from our audience, CBC Aboriginal was inspired to ask, who are your indigenous heroes?
A response to Top 10 Canadian Heros list that failed to include aboriginal or female heroes
Kim Wheeler · CBC News · Posted: Jun 18, 2014 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 20, 2014
Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has produced more than 40 films that chronicle indigenous life in Canada. ((National Film Board of Canada))
Earlier this week, a top 10 Canadian heroes list emerged and included Pierre Trudeau, Jack Layton and John A. MacDonald.
The list was created through an online questionnaire, where 12,000 respondents were asked the question "Which Canadians have inspired you the most over the last 150 years?"
Top 10 Canadian heroes list includes Pierre Trudeau, Jack Layton
Readers nominate #CanadianHeroes following story's all-male list
The Top 10 list of Canada's greatest heroes did not include any women and only one person of colour.
Top Indigenous Heroes
1. Elijah Harper
2. Alanis Obomsawin
3. Louis Riel
4. Tom Longboat
5. Rosemarie Kuptana
6. Chief Dan George
7. Hiawatha
8. Daphne Odjig
9. Harold Cardinal
10. Kateri Tekakwitha
After hearing from our audience, CBC Aboriginal was inspired to ask, in a decidedly unscientific manner, who are your indigenous heroes?
Here is a partial list of the suggestions that flooded in on Facebook and Twitter.
Elijah Harper (Oji-Cree): In 1990, with an eagle feather raised, Manitoba's lone aboriginal MLA voiced his opposition to the Meech Lake Accord -- a constitutional amendment to gain Quebec's acceptance of the Constitution Act. The accord had been negotiated without the consultation of First Nations and Harper's historic stance brought the accord to a standstill.
Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki):
Former politician and honorary Cree Chief Elijah Harper holds up one of the eagle feathers he famously held during the 1990 debate over the Meech Accord. (Tom Hanson/CP)
She is a documentary filmmaker whose more than 40 films have chronicled indigenous life in Canada from the 1971 debut Christmas at Moose Factory to her most famous work Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance.
Louis Riel (Métis) – The founding father of Manitoba and a leader to the Métis people, Riel sought to preserve the rights and culture of the Métis among the encroachment of European influence across the country and into the west.
Legendary Onondaga runner Tom Longboat ran the 1907 Boston Marathon 4:59 seconds faster than anyone of the previous winners. (Charles A. Aylett/Library and Archives Canada )
Tom Longboat (Onondaga): He ran the 1907 Boston Marathon 4:59 seconds faster than anyone of the previous winners. Two years later he won the title Professional Champion of the World in another . Longboat's coaches and the press didn't approve of his training regime and called him "lazy" when he incorporated hard, easy and recovery days – something that is now the norm.
Rosemarie Kuptana (Inuit) – A tireless leader of human rights, Kuptana served as the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation president from 1983-1988 where she was instrumental in developing it to express and reflect Inuit culture and society. She was elected to a three-year term as president for the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada in 1991 – the national voice of 35,000 Inuit people.
Chief Dan George (Tsleil-Waututh) – He was a poet, actor, and activist. (Picture: March 7, 1961. Cariboo Country- Production still with Chief Dan George.) (CBC/Alvin Armstrong)
Chief Dan George (Tsleil-Waututh) – He was a poet, actor, and activist. George was the first aboriginal person that people saw on TV and movies, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Little Big Man.
Hiawatha (Onodaga) – Born somewhere between the 12th and 13th century, he was central figure in the establishment of the Iroquois Confederacy between the five nations of the Mohawk, Onodaga, Cayuga, Seneca and the Oneida. The Tuscarora joined later to make it what is now known as Six Nations of the Grand River.
Daphne Odjig is described as the driving force behind the Indian Group of Seven. (CBC)
Daphne Odjig (Odawa-Potawatomi): She is described as the driving force behind the Indian Group of Seven. Her paintings are in the Woodland style and her work has addressed colonization, women and children and erotica.
Harold Cardinal (Cree): He rose to national prominence with the publication of The Unjust Society, in answer to then prime minister Pierre Trudeau's proclamation that Canada was a "just society." He was the main author of the Red Paper – another satirical response to the government's White Paper policy on the First Peoples.
The Rev. Brian Graebe places flowers on a statue of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Roman Catholic Church in Lagrangeville, N.Y. (The Associated Press)
Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk): In the Roman Catholic religion, Kateri was sainted 332 years after her death. It is said that after her death her smallpox scars healed. Others have also reported healing after praying to her and having soil and bone fragments from her grave placed on or near them.
There are many more names that were suggested including Haida artist Bill Reid; children rights' advocate Cindy Blackstock; Justice Murray Sinclair; singer Buffy Sainte-Marie; Metis leader Gabriel Dumont; and Harry Daniels, who fought for the rights of Metis and non-status Indians.
Who are your heroes? Let us know who is on your #IndigenousTopTen in the comments section below or on Facebook and Twitter.
Kim Wheeler
Kim Wheeler is an Anishinabe/Mohawk. She is a writer and an award-winning producer living in Winnipeg. Her work on the CBC radio series ReVision Quest garnered a New York Festival silver medal and two ImagineNative awards. Wheeler currently works as an associate producer for the CBC Aboriginal Digital Unit and Unreserved on CBC Radio One.


This article helps to explain the role of fascia, what it is, what can go wrong and the benefits of looking after your fascia.
Many times people often describe themselves as being 'achy' all over, they sometimes notice that when one area of the body is being stretched they feel it either further up/down the body. Others may tell you as one part of the body is injured they begin to notice other areas start to hurt as if the injury is travelling. A key reason for this is to do with the fascia.
Fascia is a continuous type of connective tissue found under the skin which surrounds the muscles and organs. Its texture can be described like toothpaste or a web like matrix, whilst its behaviour is similar to blu tack.
Although poorly recognised until recently there is more and more research being produced on fascia and we are starting to get a better understanding. Currently fascia is understood to play a role in: controlling muscle tension and movement, providing a layer of protection, shock absorbing, sensory reception, bio chemical processes and haemodynamics.
As mentioned before Fascia plays a role in tension and it is the fascia itself which can become too tight causing adhesions in some areas. Depending on where this occurs, this tightness can lead to discomfort and restriction of movement. Along with becoming too tight it can also become inflamed such as in the case of common injury; plantar fasciitis.
FASCIA RELEASE – techniques done by health care professionals such as Osteopaths can help to break up any adhesions within the fascia and reduce any irritation thus maintaining optimal function.
So if you are feeling like you could do with being 'ironed out' or have any more questions about Fascia feel free to contact us or leave a comment.


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extensively in VLFeat.  A feature frame or simply
a frame, is a geometric object such as a point, a circle, or
an ellipse representing the location and shape of an image
feature. Frame types are closed under certain classes of
transformations of the plane (for example circles are closed under
similarity transformations) and can be used in corresponding
co-variant feature detectors.

Types of frames

VLFeat uses five types of frames:

points defined by their center $(x,y)$;

circles defined by their center $(x,y)$ and radius
$\sigma$;

ellipses defined by their center $T = (x,y)$, and a
positive semidefinte matrix $\Sigma$ such that the ellipse is the set
of points $\{\bx \in \real^2: (\bx-T)^\top\Sigma^{-1}(\bx-T)=1\}$;

oriented circles defined by their center $(x,y)$, their
radius $\sigma$, and rotation $\theta$;

and oriented ellipses defined by an affine transformation
$(A,T)$, where $A\in\real^{2\times2}$ is the linear component and
$T\in\real^2$ the translation.

A frame of each of these types can then be represented by 2, 3, 4,
5, or 6 numbers respectively, packed into a vector frame
using the conventions detailed in vl_plotframe.

Features frames as geometric frames

The purpose of a frame is twofold. First, it specifies a local
image region. Second, and perhaps more importantly, it specifies an
image transformation. A frame instance can in fact be thought as a
transformed variant of a canonical or standard
frame.

For example, a point $(x,y)$ can be seen as the translated version
of the origin $(0,0)$ taken as canonical point frame. Likewise, a
circle with center $(x,y)$ and radius $\sigma$ can be seen as the
translated and rescaled version of a unit circle centered at the
origin, taken as canonical circular frame.

In general, different classes of frames are closed under different
classes of 2D transformations. For instance, points are closed under
all transformations, while disks are closed under translations, rigid
motions, similarity, but not general affine transformations. Within a
class of compatible transformations, a frame may specify one uniquely
if it can be obtained by transforming the standard frame in only one
way. For instance, a point $(x,y)$ can be obtained from $(0,0)$
through a unique translation $T=(x,y)$. Likewise, a circle can be
obtained from the standard circle by a unique translation and
rescaling. However, neither a point or a circle is sufficient to fully
specify a similarity transformation (e.g. a circle leaves the rotation
undetermined).

Since frames specify transformations of the image domain,
i.e.  coordinate changes, they are surrogates of geometric reference
frames. In particular, the mapping from a standard frame to one
measured by a local feature detector is often undone
to normalize the local image appearance, a key process in the
computation of invariant feature descriptors.

Oriented frames

While unoriented frames (points, circles, and ellipses) are easy to
understand, a few words should be spent illustrating
their oriented variants. Intuitively, an oriented circle
(ellipse) is a circle (ellipse) with a radius representing its
orientation, such as the following:

    The standard oriented frame: a unit circle, centered at the
    origin, with a radius pointing downwards. This frame can be seen
    as an oriented disc with null translation, unit radius, and null
    rotation, encoded as the 4D vector [0;0;1;0];
    alternatively, it can be seen as an oriented ellipse with affine
    transformation $(I,0)$ encoded as a 6D
    vector [0;0;1;0;0;1]. Figure generated
    by vl_demo_frame.

This figure was generated by using the vl_plotframe
function:

<precode type='matlab'>
A = eye(2) ;
T = [0;0] ;
f = [T ; A(:)] ;
vl_plotframe(f) ;
</precode>

This particular oriented frame is conventionally deemed to
be standard and, as shown in the code fragment above, it
corresponds to the identity affine transformation. Since this ellipse
is also a circle, the frame can equivalently be represented by an
oriented circle with unit radius and null orientation:

<precode type='matlab'>
radius = 1 ;
theta = 0 ;
f = [T ; radius ; theta] ;
vl_plotframe(f) ;
</precode>

A positive rotation of the frame appears clockwise because the
image coordinate system is left-handed (Y axis pointing
downwards):

    A frame rotated by 45 degrees; note that the rotation is
    clockwise: this is because the image uses a left-handed coordinate
    system (Y axis pointing downwards). Figure generated
    by vl_demo_frame.

<precode type='matlab'>
radius = 1 ;
theta = pi/4 ;
f = [T ; radius ; theta] ;
vl_plotframe(f) ;
</precode>

As indicated above, frames are often used to specify image
transformations. In particular, oriented ellipses and oriented circles
can be obtained by a unique affine transformation of the standard
oriented circle shown above (the difference is that, different from
oriented ellipses, oriented circles are not close with respect to all
affine transformations).

For the oriented ellipse, this affine transformation $(A,T)$ is
encoded explicitly in the frame vector used to represent
it numerically. For example, the code fragment

<precode type='matlab'>
f = [T ; A(:)] ;
vl_plotframe(f) ;
</precode>

produces the plot

    An oriented ellipse is specified as the affine transformation
    $(A,T)$ of the standard oriented frame shown above. Figure
    generated by vl_demo_frame.

Note that, when features extracted by a detector such
as vl_covdet or vl_sift, are normalized, this
is done by applying the affine transformation which is
the inverse of the one specified by the feature frame; in
this way, in fact, the frame is transformed back to its standardized
version.

Similarly, unoriented frames can all be seen as affine
transformations of the standard unoriented frame (the unit circle
centered at the origin). In this case, however, the affine
transformation $(A,T)$ is determined only up to a rotation $(AR,
T)$. >When this ambiguity exists and an affine transformation $(A,T)$
needs to be selected, it is customary to choose $R$ such that the Y
axis of the image is mapped onto itself (see below).

Converting between frame types

The function vl_frame2oell can be used to convert any
frame type to an oriented ellipse.

Since all oriented frames are special cases of oriented ellipses,
this transformation is trivial for oriented circles and ellipses. On
the other hand, rewriting unoriented frames as oriented
ellipses requires assigning (arbitrarily) an orientation to them.

By default, when an arbitrary orientation has to be selected in the
conversion, this is done in such a way that the affine transformation
$(A,T)$ is upright. This means that $A$ maps the Y axis to
itself:

\[
  A\begin{bmatrix}1\\ 0\end{bmatrix} \propto \begin{bmatrix}1\\ 0\end{bmatrix}.
\]

This effect can be better understood by starting from some oriented
frames, removing the orientation, and then
using vl_frame2oell to generate oriented ellipses back:
in the process, orientation information is lost and replaced by a
conventional orientation:

    Top: randomly sampled oriented ellipses. Middle: the same ellipses
    with the orientation removed. Bottom: oriented ellipses again,
    obtained by calling vl_frame2oell; note that the
    orientation is upright. Figure generated
    by vl_demo_frame.

</group>


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#ifndef KERNEL_H
#define KERNEL_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include <chrono>
#include "rtos/mbed_rtos_types.h"
#include "platform/mbed_toolchain.h"
#if !MBED_CONF_RTOS_PRESENT
#include "platform/internal/mbed_os_timer.h"
#endif

namespace rtos {

/** \addtogroup rtos-public-api */
/** @{*/

/** Functions in the Kernel namespace control RTOS kernel information. */
namespace Kernel {

namespace impl {
/* Internal integer-returning function.
 *
 * ARM EABI means that `time_point`s do not get returned in registers, so
 * it's worth having the actual exteernal definition return an integer, and only
 * convert to `time_point` via the inline function `now()`.
 */
uint64_t get_tick_count();
}

/** Read the current RTOS kernel millisecond tick count.
     The tick count corresponds to the tick count the RTOS uses for timing
     purposes. It increments monotonically from 0 at boot, so it effectively
     never wraps. If the underlying RTOS only provides a 32-bit tick count,
     this method expands it to 64 bits.
     @return  RTOS kernel current tick count
     @note Mbed OS always uses millisecond RTOS ticks, and this could only wrap
           after half a billion years.
     @note You cannot call this function from ISR context.
     @deprecated Use `Kernel::Clock::now()` to get a chrono time_point instead of an integer millisecond count.
 */
MBED_DEPRECATED_SINCE("mbed-os-6.0.0", "Use `Kernel::Clock::now()` to get a chrono time_point instead of an integer millisecond count.")
uint64_t get_ms_count();

/** A C++11 chrono TrivialClock for the kernel millisecond tick count
 *
 * @note To fit better into the chrono framework, Kernel::Clock uses
 *       std::chrono::milliseconds as its representation, which makes it signed
 *       and at least 45 bits (so it will be int64_t or equivalent).
 */
struct Clock {
    Clock() = delete;
    /* Standard TrivialClock fields */
    using duration = std::chrono::milliseconds;
    using rep = duration::rep;
    using period = duration::period;
#if MBED_CONF_RTOS_PRESENT
    using time_point = std::chrono::time_point<Clock>;
#else
    /* In non-RTOS builds, the clock maps directly to the underlying clock, and must
     * indicate that here, so we can do implicit conversion internally.
     */
    using time_point = std::chrono::time_point<mbed::internal::OsClock, duration>;
#endif
    static constexpr bool is_steady = true;
    static time_point now()
    {
        return time_point(duration(impl::get_tick_count()));
    }
    /* Extension to make it easy to use 32-bit durations for some APIs, as we historically have,
     * for efficiency.
     */
    using duration_u32 = std::chrono::duration<uint32_t, period>;

    /** Lock the clock to ensure it stays running; dummy for API compatibility with HighResClock */
    static void lock()
    {
    }

    /** Unlock the clock, allowing it to stop during power saving; dummy for API compatibility with HighResClock */
    static void unlock()
    {
    }
};

/** Maximum duration for Kernel::Clock::duration_u32-based APIs
 *
 * @note As duration_u32-based APIs pass through straight to CMSIS-RTOS, they will
 *       interpret duration_u32(0xFFFFFFFF) as "wait forever". Indicate maximum
 *       wait time of 0xFFFFFFFE for these calls (which is ~49 days).
 */
constexpr Clock::duration_u32 wait_for_u32_max{osWaitForever - 1};

/** Magic "wait forever" constant for Kernel::Clock::duration_u32-based APIs
 *
 * Many duration_u32-based APIs treat duration_u32(0xFFFFFFFF) as "wait forever".
 */
constexpr Clock::duration_u32 wait_for_u32_forever{osWaitForever};

/** Attach a function to be called by the RTOS idle task.
  @param   fptr pointer to the function to be called

  @note You may call this function from ISR context.
  @note Bare metal profile: This API is not supported.
*/
void attach_idle_hook(void (*fptr)(void));

/** Attach a function to be called when a thread terminates.
  @param   fptr pointer to the function to be called

  @note You may call this function from ISR context.
  @note Bare metal profile: This API is not supported.
*/
void attach_thread_terminate_hook(void (*fptr)(osThreadId_t id));

} // namespace Kernel

/** @}*/

} // namespace rtos
#endif


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An Expensive Cash Cow by TipRanks
By Dorothy S. Massey	 Last updated Sep 29, 2021
© Reuters. Electronic arts: an expensive cash cow
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ 🙂 is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, specializing in the development, marketing and publication of video games.
Electronic Arts produces and owns the rights to some of the best-known and best-selling franchises, such as FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield, The Sims, and many more.
The company has grown into a $ 38.1 billion giant, while management has recently started accelerating returns on capital to shareholders. I am bullish on the stock. (See EA stock charts on TipRanks)
A cash flow machine
Electronic Arts manages a diverse portfolio of franchises, each targeting different audiences, freeing up multiple sources of cash flow for the business.
This allows for a staggered release time for its games, which means consistent revenue. The gaming industry is subject to seasonality, which the company has managed to mitigate.
In addition, economies of scale work considerably in Electronic Arts' favor, which translates into substantial profitability. The costs remain fixed for a studio, whether a game sells a few thousand or a few million copies.
As Electronic Arts' player base has grown over the years, the company has gradually increased its gross margins, which currently stand at around 73.4%. Margins are also favored by the tendency of retail sales to go digital, which saves intermediate costs associated with retailing.
With such high gross margins, the company has always been very profitable which, along with its ability to generate consistent sales, makes it a cash cow among its peers.
The company is able to evolve its current securities while maintaining a stable and relatively cheap CAPEX. For this reason, the majority of its operating cash flow declines to become free cash flow.
The business model is not capital intensive, so management can take advantage of the company's large generation of free cash flow to develop a healthy balance sheet, while returning a significant portion to shareholders.
Return on capital, valuation
The management of Electronic Arts gradually began to return an increasing portion of its excess cash flow to its shareholders. Over the past four quarters, the company has repurchased approximately $ 1.16 billion of its common stock.
Additionally, about a year ago Electronic Arts released a quarterly dividend, currently earning a tiny 0.5%. The return is not that significant now, but the dividend has the potential to grow significantly in the future.
At an annual rate of $ 0.68, that implies a payout ratio of just over 10% based on consensus EPS estimates of $ 6.61 for the year.
With revenues expected to continue to grow as the video game industry continues to grow, the title looks very reasonably priced.
With a forward P / E of 18, the stock is trading at the low end of its historical range. Therefore, it probably offers an attractive entry point for investors.
After all, the company reported $ 6.1 billion in bookings in its latest results, indicating that both revenue and profit should continue to rise as we move forward.
The Taking of Wall Street
When it comes to Wall Street, Electronic Arts has a strong buy consensus rating, based on 16 buys, three holdbacks, and no awarded sells in the past three months. At $ 173.13, the EA mid price target implies upside potential of 29.4%.
Disclosure: At the time of publication, Nikolaos Sismanis does not have a position in any of the titles mentioned in this article.
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News Lurie Children's distributes free car booster seats in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood
Lurie Children's distributes free car booster seats in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood
Unintentional injuries, primarily those resulting from car accidents, are the leading cause of death among children nationwide. On November 18, in recognition of National Injury Prevention Day, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's Injury Prevention & Research Center gave away free car booster seats at the office of Belmont-Cragin Alderman Villegas. "The event was a great success," commented the center's director Amy Hill, sharing that 123 booster seats were distributed and that 12 families with younger children to were referred to car seat education classes. In the past year alone, the program sent over 620 car seats directly to the homes of families.
Booster seats, which are for older children who have outgrown their forward-facing seats, are a potentially life-saving stage in child passenger safety that parents often skip. "When compared to seat belts alone, booster seats reduce the risk of serious injury by 45% for children between 4-8 years of age," shares Dr. Kareen Sheehan, a Lurie Children's emergency room physician and Medical Director of the Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, the hub for Lurie Children's community-focused initiatives.
All children should use a belt-positioning booster seat until the vehicle seat belt fits them properly, usually when they have reached 4 feet 9 inches in height; most children will need a booster until they are 10-12 years old. Children no longer need to use a booster seat when the vehicle's seat belt fits them properly, which is when the lap belt is across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt is across the center of the shoulder and chest (not on the neck/face or off the shoulder). Even when caregivers do use a booster seat, just under half of them are misused in a way that could reduce their effectiveness. To help ensure proper use, the booster seat giveaway event included car seat safety education and installation guidance.
In addition to the booster seat giveaway event, Lurie Children's joined trauma centers and community advocates around the country in shining a green light to build awareness about National Injury Prevention Day. Other participating Chicago landmarks included the Willis Tower, the John Hancock Building, the American Dental Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Prudential Plaza buildings.
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Mongoose on the loose in Tonga
Mongoose control
By Steve Cranwell
For island habitats where the indigenous flora and fauna evolved in the absence of mammalian predators the threat of invasion is an ever present danger. There are numerous examples in Oceania where the sudden arrival of rats and other species saw a rapid decline in the indigenous flora and fauna and numerous extinctions.
This nightmare situation is again being potentially reenacted with the escape in Tonga last month of six small Indian mongooses that hitched a ride from Fiji inside a shipping container along with assorted hardware supplies. It was not inspected until after a startled local realized the super large rat he was watching was actually a big mongoose. In a lesson for the future, Tonga Quarantine was not called immediately. They subsequently learnt of the six stowaways. Two were dead, one killed by the staff of the importing company and another by a close by trap. But two escaped and while they have been seen, they are still at large.
Tongan Quarantine and Environment agencies together with regional partners SPREP, BirdLife International, Island Conservation and the Pacific Invasives Initiative coordinated in providing an immediate response to the incursion. The BirdLife Pacific Invasive Programme Manager Steve Cranwell joined Viliami Hakaumotu from Tonga's Environment Department and Graham Mala'efo'ou and Siutoni Tupou from the Quarantine Division in establishing a network of traps in the area the mongoose escaped into. Located in people's backyards and areas where the mongoose are most likely to be active these traps have been maintained continuously for the past three weeks. An awareness campaign has also sought information from the public on sightings.
The latest sighting was on Monday 25 July in a drain near the site they escaped from. They are clearly using this drain network to move around the area and it is proving difficult to trap them. However, the 'good news' is they appear to have remained in the area the trapping is concentrated in and with some modifications to the trap placements, persistence and a bit of luck there is hope they will be caught.
Mongoose were deliberately introduced to Fiji in 1883. Sugar planters imported the small Indian mongoose from Jamaica to four Hawaiian islands and to the Fijian island of Viti Levu where they subsequently established.
"The theory was that mongoose would help control the rat population that was a problem for the sugar plantation. But like so many introductions of one predator to control another this did not work, mongoose are only active during the day and sleep at night and rats are mainly only active during the night, so they never really meet," he said.
Steve Cranwell said that in Fiji, mongoose is implicated in the extinction of at least one of its native ground birds and the extirpation of others. The barred-wing rail was common in 1875 and within a few years of the mongoose introduction (1883), the rail was never seen again. They're also a problem for other wildlife and are linked to declines in Fiji's endemic ground frog and are a problem for chickens. "Wild junglefowl common throughout the Pacific including Tonga are rare on islands with mongoose, and it's likely if mongoose establish on Tongatapu it will be difficult to sustain free ranging chickens there too," said Steve. They are also a danger to people's health as they can carry and spread diseases such as leptospirosis and rabies.
A situation that further highlights the invasive species crisis for Pacific Islands and the importance of prevention in protecting the Pacific way of life. A story we remain hopeful will end well…


2015 LCEF $1,000 Scholarship Winner!
Jordyn is the 2015 South Wisconsin District (SWD) Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) $1,000 Scholarship award winner. Jordyn is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and is studying Lutheran Elementary Education with a minor in mathematics at Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW).
"As the daughter of a Lutheran teacher and a graduate of Trinity Lutheran School and Sheboygan Area Lutheran School, Jordyn has seen the life-changing impact the Gospel of Jesus Christ has on students of Lutheran schools and their families. Through her clinical work and other urban experiences through Concordian's Institute for City Education (ICE), she has witnessed first-hand the great need for impactful and compassionate educators for Lutheran urban schools. Jordyn has demonstrated servant leadership through her support of the faculty and staff in the School of Education and through her assistance in Milwaukee area Lutheran schools.
Watch for 2015 LCEF scholarship winners to be announced in early May this spring!
This month, we congratulate Aerwyn Debroux who received her South Wisconsin District 2014 LCEF Scholarship funds on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at her home congregation of Divine Redeemer in Hartland, Wisconsin.
"I believe that the work of Lutheran Church Extension Fund encompasses exactly what our purpose on this earth is for…spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ," wrote Debroux in her application.


The proton transfer equilibrium in a series of Schiff bases derived from substituted salicylic aldehydes and aliphatic amines has been investigated by means of variable temperature multinuclear magnetic resonance and the deuterium isotope effect on 13C nuclear shielding. Most of the compounds exist in two tautomeric forms in CDCl3. The populations of the tautomeric forms have been estimated using 3J(NH,H) and 1J(15N,H) coupling constants. One goal is to describe the characteristics of both tautomers. Deuterium isotope effects on 13C chemical shifts (nΔC(XD)) are shown to depend on the position of the tautomeric equilibrium. nΔC-2(XD) and nΔC-1 ′(XD) are found to be a sensitive non-monotonic function (S-shape) of the mole fraction. The pattern of the dependence seems also to be general for other tautomeric compounds with intramolecular hydrogen bonds, but with much lower barriers to interconversion like β-diketones and piroxicam as well as organic acid–pyridine complexes with intermolecular hydrogen bonds. This new feature is a valuable tool in the characterisation of tautomeric and other equilibrium systems.


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Mercury Marine celebrates graduation of the first certified technician from Universal Technical Institute's Marine Mechanics Institute
Mercury Marine is pleased to announce the graduation of Jacob Parker of Wilson, Oklahoma, the first certified technician to graduate from Universal Technical Institute's Marine Mechanics Institute (MMI) in Orlando. Mercury's established global network with over 10,000 points of service will be enhanced with the continued collaboration with MMI as it reinforces the pipeline of trained people to help continue the company's growth.
Parker completed MMI's core marine technician program along with specific training in Mercury Marine technology and products, giving him the designation of a Mercury Certified Technician. He is the first graduate of Mercury's manufacturer-specific program, which gives students the opportunity to achieve provisional certification as a factory-certified technician for Mercury Marine products.
"Investing in training qualified Mercury Marine technicians is an investment in our future" said Rob Schrage, director of field service development and operations, Mercury Marine. "We are proud of Jacob Parker's accomplishment and look forward to supporting him and other technicians receiving certification in the future."
Parker was immediately hired by MarineMax, where he began the dealer's six-month new technician training program.
"We are excited to have Jacob on our team" said Chris Butts, MarineMax Technical Training Center Instructor. "Having the Mercury Certification is a benefit to our company because this gives him the basic knowledge of the Mercury products and allows us to advance him further through our training program so he can begin his career as a marine technician."
Mercury Marine and Marine Mechanics Institute (MMI) continue their commitment of investing in the success of their dealer and OEM partners by providing the necessary resources to train future technicians in the marine industry. Currently, MMI is the only career technical education school in the country to offer a Mercury Marine certification program.
"MMI is proud of our manufacturer-specific training programs, which help students hit the ground running in jobs with industry leaders like Mercury Marine and employers like MarineMax, and we offer our heartfelt congratulations to Jacob," said Steve McElfresh, MMI Campus President.