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Devin Leary transferring to Kentucky: Ex-NC State star QB provides instant boost for Wildcats offense
December 20, 2022 by TNSPILLS
shaper NC State quarterback Devin Leary is transferring to Kentucky, giving the Wildcats another NFL Draft prospect to follow in the wake of Will Levis' departure. Leary confirmed the news of his commitment to the Wildcats to On3 on Tuesday.
247Sports has Leary ranked as one of the top overall players in the transfer portal, checking in at no. 5 overall and the top quarterback according to the transfer portal rankings. Leary picking Kentucky is a huge win for the Wildcats not only to land an instant-impact difference-maker at the quarterback position but to beat out other SEC foes for his commitment.
Leary had a tremendous 2021 season that included 35 touchdowns to just five interceptions, which saw him break Philip Rivers' single-season school record for touchdowns and become the first and only player in ACC history to have 35 or more touchdowns with five or less interceptions . That record-setting campaign resulted in Leary being named the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, and the Wolfpack started the year in the top 15 of the preseason AP Top 25 poll.
Unfortunately, Leary, who has 62 touchdown passes and 26 starts across his four seasons at NC State, suffered a season-ending injury in a win against Florida State on Oct. 8. The expectation that is that Leary will be available for the start of the 2023 season.
"He's one of the more efficient passers in the country, doesn't turn the ball over and his arm is on another level," said 247Sports director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong. "Certainly, you hope he's heal and able to get back to the point he was at in that 2021 season at NC State where he was a Johnny Unitas finalist."
Hype building for Kentucky's offense
One reason fans were hoping to see Kentucky land a quality quarterback in the transfer portal is the news that Liam Coen would be returning as offensive coordinator. Coen was an offensive assistant under Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams for three seasons, including one year as the quarterbacks coach, before he was hired by Mark Stoops to lead the Wildcats offense in 2021. Coen's arrival saw an immediate impact on Kentucky in terms of where it stood among its peers in the SEC, going from No. 12 in the conference in yards per play in 2020 (5.15) to No. 5 in 2021 (6.40) and from No. 11 in scoring to No. 5 with an improvement of more than 10 points per game (21.8 points per game in 2020, 32.3 points per game in 2021). The offensive improvement contributed to one of the best seasons of the Mark Stoops era as Kentucky went 10-3 and finished ranked in the final AP Top 25 poll for just the second time since 1985.
Things went so well that Coen was hired back to Los Angeles, this time with a promotion to offensive coordinator, and Kentucky saw a reversal of its offensive fortunes in 2022. The Wildcats tumbled to last place in the SEC in scoring (22.1 points per game ) and no. 13 in yards per play (5.43). So when the news broke that Coen would be returning to Lexington, there was much celebration but even more anticipation for who would take over at quarterback with Will Levis off to the NFL Draft.
Leary has also been considered a potential NFL Draft pick, and started the 2022 season with a bit of a Heisman Trophy push. With a full bill of health, Leary can thrive with Coen at the helm of the offense.
Injuries have been an issue for Leary
One reason the excitement for Leary is focused around his 2021 output is that it happens to be the only full season he has played across five years of college football. Leary redshirted the 2018 season, then came off the bench to start the last five games of the season in 2019. In 2020, a COVID outbreak during preseason camp left Leary sidelined because of contact tracing, forcing him to miss the season opener. Five games into that season, he then suffered a fractured fibula that ended his campaign.
It was incredibly disappointing considering he had eight touchdowns to just two interceptions with a high pass efficiency rating, and it seemed like he had just gotten rolling after being sidelined for key portions of the preseason. That's what made 2021 so rewarding for Leary and NC State to see him not only start every game throughout the season but thrive with that opportunity. It's expected that Leary will be fully healed and ready to go for 2023, and if he can stay healthy through the season, Kentucky could see 2021-like numbers from the former Wolfpack quarterback.
Quarterback dominoes in motion
With Leary off to Kentucky, that increases the attention on where Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall will commit as both players shared some potential landing spots throughout this transfer window. With former Kent State quarterback Collin Schlee already committed to UCLA, the last remaining quarterbacks in the top 50 of the 247Sports transfer portal ranking are McCall (No. 6), former Texas quarterback Hudson Card (No. 10), former Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei (No. 22), former Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong (No. 27) and former Ole Miss quarterback Luke Altmyer (No. 34). For schools like Florida, Auburn, Notre Dame and others that are looking to potentially add a top quarterback from the portal, the time is ticking to land one of the blue-chip transfers left on the board.
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Meet the Uncanny Inhumans. MEDUSA! BLACK BOLT! TRITON! READER! HUMAN TORCH?! BEAST?! It's eight months later and everything is different for the Inhumans. Medusa and Johnny Storm are an item. Black Bolt is running covert missions of his own. And something so big happened between the Inhumans and the X-Men that Beast is now on the side of the Inhumans. And if that's not enough, the most dangerous villain throughout Marvel's history is against them-KANG THE CONQUEROR. Don't miss what the epic team behind DEATH OF WOLVERINE (Charles Soule and Steve McNiven) have in store for you.
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I generally dislike time travel stories, and this story is the perfect example why. Kang is mucking about the time stream in this book, but none of hit matt err series since everything is back by the end. The inhuman family drama is really boring. And the subplot of medusa going out with Johnny storm can't go anywhere interesting. Also black bolt is just around and he does something I really hated doing random ill advised things that later turn out to be part of a master schemes. What's even worse I'd that he can't explain the plan, so thing just kind of happens and you are left piecing together the nonsensical train of though he must have had. None of the characters are really interesting, and beast of the X-Men is there for some reason. There is some mention of something terrible them at Scott summers, also known as Cyclops, did that goes nowhere. The art is fine, but not good enough to get the book solely for.
I haven't read any of the previous stand-alone Inhuman books (except for the 2001 Jenkins book, which was just ok; and Karnak by Ellis, which was pretty good). I read this because I was on military duty and got a good deal on it for my kindle. I started reading in comics in the early 1980s, and was a bit of a Marvel zombie (I read almost every title for a number of years...except for Power Pack). The Inhumans appeared only occasionally, and usually in the pages of Fantastic Four. At various points, Crystal and Medusa served with the FF - their problem then and now is that they aren't interesting: lame backstory, poor dialogue, strange powers, and they were always secondary or tertiary characters. Blackbolt was thrust into main rotation when Brian Michael Bendis put him on the Illumanati and gave him regular interactions with the most significant heroes of the Marvel Universe. Still, he suffered from the typical Inhuman perspective of being boring - he can't talk, so it is extremely difficult to get a sense of him.
Additionally, Marvel now suffers from too many powered people being the head of a sovereign group or nation. Think about it: Namor, T'challa, Black Bolt/Medusa, Doom, Magik, whomever rules the Kree, whomever rules Shi'ar, whomever rules Asgard....you get the idea. They've all had storylines about "threats to their rule" and "I care so deeply for my people (even Doom, though it is different)." It gets old.
Marvel is trying very hard to make the Inhumans a thing (traditionally a terrible word, but a good way to describe it). Other critics and reviewers have also recognized that since Marvel doesn't have the movie rights to X-Men, they are trying to supplant them in the comics with the Inhumans. It won't work. They characters don't have the level or interest, back story, or pathos. Still, at some point I expect to see a forced cartoon or movie.
I gave this trade 2.5 stars because of Kang. As in many other time stories, despite drastic changing of the timelines throughout the story, by the end of the arc the status quo is restored (one of the few stories that had ramifications was the 2013 Age of Ultron by Benidis (far better than the same named movie)). Still, it is a fun Kang story that reminds me of the 70s and 80s time travel tales. I appreciate that. This all written, I will not be reading any future volumes (despite the fact that I like Soule's work on Star Wars).
3.0 out of 5 starsEnjoyable, but I am left wanting a little more.
I like the concepts around the Inhumans a lot, and some of their stories are quite fascinating, but there is something quite as interesting in execution with this title. The fractured Inhuman Royal Family after the events of Secret Wars and Death of X are interesting, the character development here is good, but Kang's power feels too silver age and one feels like Marvel is trying to make the Inhumans fill the role of mutants in their expansion in the general society. The Time Dynamics feel a little overwhelming. Soule's writing is interesting, but some of the side quests and characters seem a little slight. Enjoyable, but I am left wanting a little more.
A great start to the series, bringing a new crew to the Inhumans. The writing is excellent, especially with the way Black Bolt communicates to the rest of the world through his body language. And the story had some great heartfelt parts, while at the same point having great humor. The art in the book is excellent, nothing bad to say about it. I can't wait until the next part.
A perfect way to make Kang scary. Plus the screen time here is shared so well, keep it up Charles!
Great story, really hits in the feels.
Interesting take on time traveling.


Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem such as depression, it can predict good mental health in the future, even without treatment.
Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Sirry Alang of Lehigh University and her co-authors, Donna D. McAlpine of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Ellen McCreedy of Brown University, sampled people who met the criteria for having a mental health problem and examined differences between those who do and do not rate their own mental health as poor.
After examining whether self -rated mental health predicts later outcomes among persons with a mental health problem, they estimated the impact of self-rated mental health on later mental health for persons with a mental health problem who did not receive treatment.
Published this month in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, the authors found that over 60% of people who screen positive for either depression or serious psychological distress rate their mental health as good.
However, the findings also showed that those who rated their mental health positively were significantly less likely to meet criteria for depression or serious psychological distress at follow-up one year later compared to those who rated their mental health more negatively, even if they did not receive treatment for a mental health problem.
"That means future mental health was better, even in the absence of treatment," explained Sirry Alang, assistant professor of sociology at Lehigh University and co-author of "The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem."
Alang and her colleagues were surprised to find that self-rated mental health had an independent positive impact on future mental health.
She noted that good mental health is not only the absence of symptoms or mental illness. It encompasses the ability to cope and adapt to life, fulfill desired roles, sustain meaningful relationships and maintain a sense of purpose and belonging in life.
"Self-rated mental health is a very powerful construct that can be useful in clinical practice if we consider it a potential screener for mental health. Positive ratings of mental health even in the face of symptoms might not be a result of denial but may offer valuable insights about a person's ability to cope with their symptoms."
The authors conclude that simply asking people how they rate their own mental health is a simple intervention that can be used to identify individuals who may most benefit from treatment.


Louisiana Brand pellet grills are good, although I have never had one I know several that do have them and really like them.
Louisiana is the uber line of Danson grills, I own a Pit Boss 820 which is the China Made lower Danson and I like it.
I've seen a few YouTube reviews that I considered credible, back when I was looking for a replacement for the Traeger.
Don't remember the exact URLs for the reviews but the short version is the reviewers liked them. The only two real knocks I remember is that they thought the sheet metal was a little on the thin side and the paint could have been better quality and would need touch up with BBQ paint over time. Keep in mind that's all second hand and over a year old though. Best to judge for yourself at the store and talk to actual owners.
FWIW, the one that Costco is carrying now seemed like pretty decent construction to me when I got a look at it a month or two ago.
I just picked up the LG900 Pro with smoke box at Costco for a really great price, roughly 60% off! Started building it yesterday, just gotta put the smoke box on and then to cook it off and then season it. This is my first pellet grill, wish me luck.
CFlynt62 wrote: I just picked up the LG900 Pro with smoke box at Costco for a really great price, roughly 60% off! Started building it yesterday, just gotta put the smoke box on and then to cook it off and then season it. This is my first pellet grill, wish me luck.
I started using a Pellet Grill last summer, after years of using both a WSM and a stickburner. I *love* it! Haven't used anything else since. Bought a Camp Chef Woodwind with SG.


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Q: Graph and Hamming distance Let $m$ be a large integer. Let $G$ a graph with vertex set $V= \{0,1\}^m$ in which two vertices $x,y \in V$ are adyacent if the Hamming distance between $x$ and $y$, which is the number de coordinates in which they differ, is at most $m/2$. The number of vertices of $G$ is $n=2^m$. Show that every vextex in $G$ has degree at least $n/2-1$.
Any help? I think that by symmetry argument you can conclude but i am not sure.

A: each vertex $v$ is connected to all vectors differ from it in at most $m/2$ coordinates. for each $1\leq k$, there are $m \choose k$ vertices that have distance $k$ from $v$ (choose $k$ coordinates from $m$, then take the vector that differs from $v$ only in these $k$ coordinates, you get a vector with distance $k$ from $v$). so, the number of neighbors of $v$ is:
$ N(v) = {m \choose 1} +  {m \choose 2} + ... + {m \choose m/2} = {m \choose 0} + {m \choose 1} +...+ {m \choose m/2} - 1 \geq 1/2 * ({m \choose 0}+...+{m \choose m})-1 = (1/2 * 2^m) -1 = n/2 -1$

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There's nothing mysterious about the concept of collaborative BPM. Quite simply, the approach is based on enabling people to work together, often toward organizational transformation.
That wasn't always the case. "It used to be that people in their ivory towers would come up with some new best practice and then impose it on the practitioners below, only to find out that it didn't work because it had left out the customer requirements or something else," says Jeff Wissink, a senior partner at Chicago-based consulting firm Navint Partners LLC. What makes collaborative BPM powerful now is the way it gets organizational buy-in, he says.
In fact, collaborative BPM is a good news/bad news story. The good news is that it is not an exotic undertaking and requires "mostly common sense," says Nick Gall, a Gartner distinguished analyst. The bad news: To achieve success, you may need to keep a eye on scope and make sure—perhaps by using social tools—that your collaborative engagement is including enough of the right people and engaging them in a meaningful and productive way.
"One of the big challenges with collaborative BPM is building consensus," says Forrester Senior Analyst Clay Richardson. He acknowledges that the collaborative approach is similar to the social one, but adds that collaboration's goal is bringing together multiple voices, then driving toward a single outcome. "People have different points of view, and in collaborative, the point is empowering people to make decisions," says Richardson.
Another necessary component for collaboration: Someone needs strong facilitation skills. "The person driving the conversation or collaboration has to be comfortable with the whole idea of evolutionary requirements or process changes evolving," he says. That means understanding that consensus won't always be unanimous. "In collaborative BPM, you sometimes have to say '90 percent agreement is good enough.' You have to let it rest and let it evolve," says Richardson.
Evaluation capability matters as well: "Those who succeed focus on [key performance indicators] and using process metrics to drive conversations," says Richardson.
The right tools can also help with collaborative BPM, Richardson says. But he adds that, in general, those tools could stand some improvement. "We at Forrester are pushing the BPM suite vendors to provide better guardrails for BPM programs," he says. "That means really embedding methodology into the tool, instead of forcing the client to engage professional services." In fact, some vendors are starting to put those "guardrails" into their products.
Making collaborative BPM work requires achieving critical mass from either of two perspectives, says Nathaniel Palmer, executive director of the Workflow Management Coalition, an industry group. "Either it is so successful that it attracts participants, or it needs to tap into something that is already well adopted and widely used," he says.
Relying on email is, at best, fall-back position, Palmer says: "You want to have some technology that will allow people to participate in a passive way." Only a small percentage of participants may end up doing most of the work—but you still need ways to engage and involve the rest.
In terms of managing the human element, Palmer says it is vital to have someone to assist the process. But he emphasizes that the person filling that role should function as a facilitator, rather than as a dictator. "You will never achieve a situation where everyone is equal in the process, but you need someone to focus on democratizing it as much as possible," he says.
BPM modeling tools can also be useful for understanding the impact of process changes before implementation, Wissink says. "They are like Visio on steroids in that you can draw a picture but also run sample transactions," he says, referring to Microsoft's diagramming tool.
READER FEEDBACK: Has your organization successfully moved beyond email as a collaboration tool? What are you using instead of (or in addition to) email? ebizQ's editors would love to know. Contact Site Editor Anne Stuart at editor@ebizq.net.


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Home / News / Dohne Merino Breed Society – 50 Years of existence to be celebrated in 2016!
Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2015 Saturday December 7th, 2019 by Kobus Delport
Dohne Merino Breed Society – 50 Years of existence to be celebrated in 2016!
Photo: Cameron McMaster at the time when the history of the Dohne Merino Breed unfolded
By now it is a well-known fact that the South African Dohne Merino Breed Society celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. The Global Dohne Merino conference to be held in Melbourne Australia, 22-23 July 2016, forms a large part of 2016's program, has also been very well advertised on our website – http//www.dohnemerino.com. What is probably less known, is that a fantastic book – "Birth of a Breed – The Dohne Merino Story" was written by Mr. Cameron McMaster and its official launch will be the climax of the Dohne Merino celebration! It is planned that the launch will take place at the envisaged Small Stock School at Gariep dam. This event will take place from 1 June 2016 to 3 June 2016. The International school is a first for South Africa and will be the climax of our 50th celebration of the existence of the Dohne Merino Breed society. Cameron will attend the Conference Dinner personally to formally introduce the book to all small stock farmers.
"Sheep in my Blood" there are still a few copies available – Contact Cameron McMaster.
It is with pride that Dohne Merino also announces that Cameron McMaster was presented with a Life Membership for services to the Australian Dohne Merino Breed Association. This acknowledgement for Cameron's continued development of his beloved breed on an international basis, does justice to his formidable contribution to the international small stock industry. Cameron is an accomplished writer who already successfully authored the book "Sheep in my Blood". This latest book on the History of the Dohne Merino is not only informative but makes for easy reading. Its compilation also makes reference to specific sagas very easy.
Some of the interesting facts on international highlights are set out in the following paragraphs to whet the appetites of one and all:
According to Cameron South African Dohne Merinos are globally, highly valued on account of the following sought after attributes:
Especially in the case of Australian sheep producers, the increase in the value of meat has been a major driver in introducing Dohne Merinos. However, the development of "low breech wrinkle" sheep (due to concerns regarding mulesing) and polledness (another easy care trait) has contributed to the expansion of the Dohne Merino in Australia.
The economic climate in most South American sheep producing countries prescribes a necessity for sheep capable of weaning weights of 30⁺ kg, and producing wool under 23 microns. The Dohne Merino is the only breed that meets these criteria.
Cameron states that in the long term, development and selection of the Dohne Merino breed in South Africa to pursue commercially justifiable objectives, has finally earned wide spread international recognition.
The Australian Saga:
Dohne Merino genetic material was exported to Australia for the first time in circa 1998 by means of frozen embryos. Thereafter regular exports of Dohne Merinos took place to establish a number of joint ventures between South African Dohne Merino Stud Breeders and Australian breeders.
Donor animals for the first embryo exports to Australia in 1998
The breed proved to be so popular that the inaugural meeting of the Australian Dohne Breeders' Association Limited was held at Katanning in Western Australia in October 2000. The six breeders on the steering committee became the first ADBA Councillors. Alex Leach was appointed as first president and Allan Casey as the Association's technical advisor. Shortly thereafter, the first national Dohne sale was held at Roseville Park in October 2001. The excellent result of 63 rams sold for an average of $4,950, serves as proof of the Dohne Merino gaining popularity in leaps and bounds. Currently the highest priced ram is UD080270 bred by Uardry, Hay NSW and sold to Calga, Coonamble NSW for A$23,000.
Formal committees to manage and coordinate Dohne Merino breeding in all regions were established in quick succession under South African guidance. Mr Cameron McMaster and the late Henri Londt played a major role regarding all technical aspects (recording and selection procedures) as well as training of advisors. Mr Cameron McMaster remarks "…Over a wide range of Merino types, the first cross Dohne progeny exhibited a remarkable trueness to the Dohne type, growing extremely rapidly and being plain-bodied with excellent conformation, muscle and carcass quality. The potential for subsequent generations was even better. Even F1 prime lambs fully met the requirements of the Australian Export Lamb market".
The Australian Dohne Merino Society, currently consists of 81 full members, 20 commercial members as well as 17 approved classers. According to an AWI and MLA survey (June 2014) the Dohne Merino Breed has had an influence on approximately 20% of Australian breeding ewes. The rate of genetic gain (registered animals) is also very high. Rams available in 2014 are 30 index points commercially more productive, than the base population.
South Africa incurred an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in the early 2000s, which has not been addressed to the satisfaction of the World Organisation of Animal Health. This meant that Dohne Merino exports by South African breeders ceased except for a short time frame during 2007. Australia made full use of the opportunity to export their newly acquired and sought after breed world-wide to other countries including New Zealand and South America.
Dohne Merinos in South America
Dohne X Corriedale ewe hoggets on Est. Santa Barbara, Tierra del Fuego
South American countries to which Dohne Merinos were introduced from Australia, include Uruguay, Chile, Peru and Argentina.
One of the most significant developments included Macquarie Dohne genetics' export to INIA (National Agricultural Research Institute) in 2006. It formed the foundation of Dohne Corriedale crosses on a trial basis in Uruguay. Results of the trial indicate a 10% increase in growth rates, 15% decrease in micron and 10% reduction in wool cut in F1 animals.
Additional embryos from studs including Kardinia, Macquarie, Mt Alma, Uardry and Roseville Park were subsequently exported.
The increasing number of breeders led to the formation of the Uruguayan Dohne breeders, an Association of Merino Dohne Breeders in 2013. South African leadership was again demonstrated when Mr Cameron McMaster was invited to attend this historical event. His co-operation with the very experienced scientist and consultant, Roberto Cardellino (Delta Animal Production), proved invaluable in terms of on-the-ground guidance and the continuity needed to ensure effective implementation of the Dohne breeding system.
Chile imported Dohne genetics as early as 2002. Macquarie Dohnes (Australia) exported 100 embryos to Hugo Vera in Punta Arena. These progeny were compared with imported Polled Merinos and local Corriedales. Dohne lambs outstripped the growth rates of the Corriedale and Polled Merino by 10% and 20% respectively.
The Falkland Islands and Elsewhere
From 2003 a number of Falkland Island farmers began importing Dohne embryos from Australia. The results were so positive that breeders like Ben Berntsen and Andrez Short embarked on ambitious programmes to multiply pure-bred Dohnes with further embryo imports and flushing of their own pure-bred ewes. Barry Armstrong of the Eastern Dohne Central Nucleus addressed their annual "Farmers Week" in July 2006 to provide leadership regarding the running of a co-operative group breeding scheme. Henri Londt also provided vital technical advice on the effective use of the Dohne Merino breed improvement system. Recently renewed interest in South African genetics led to the re-planning of possible embryo imports from South Africa.
Dohne Rams on the Falkland Islands (embryos imported from the Charfontein stud, South Africa in 2007). (photo Ben Bernsten)
Russia imported a number of live Dohne rams from two registered Australian Dohne studs (Roseville Park and Uardry) in 2007. The Director General of the Russian National Association of Sheep Breeders, Mikhail Egorov, mentioned that the ongoing Russian objective for importing Dohne rams, was to improve meat characteristics of local Merinos. Once again, Cameron Russian Meat Merinos – progeny of imported Australian Dohne rams
Russian Meat Merinos – progeny of imported Australian Dohne rams
McMaster provided them with advice and information on Dohne breed standards and selection systems.
In conclusion it is a tragedy that South African breeders and the country as a whole, only reap the benefits of the Dohne Merino's success in an indirect manner. We can only call on our veterinarian authorities to help in materialising the words of Cameron McMaster … "Make your Dohnes work for you – you should not have to work for them!"
Initially only 1000 copies of "Birth of a Breed – The Dohne Merino Story" will be printed. To obtain your copy, contact the Dohne Merino Breed Society on availability and pricing.
OF A BREED
CAMERON McMASTER
THE DOHNE MERINO STORY
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*PLEASE NOTE! Information on this page has NOT been Verified*
Information provided by Larry Sinkovich and was obtained from:
"Genealogy of the French FAmilies of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936" (second edition) by Fr. Christian Denissen,
"Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes" by L'Abbe Cyprien Tanguay, and
"Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Du Quebec" by Rene Jette
INDEX OF THIS PAGE
Names: Abbott, Brourassa, Brataniec, Chauvin, Chevreau, Drouillard, Enaud, Farre, Janson, Kasperek, Laduc, Lasnon, LeBeau, LeBlanc, Martin, Rapin, Salliotte.
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, CANADA
Montreal and Notre Dame, Quebec, Canada
Mareene, France
Detroit, Ecorse, Lincoln Park and Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
Bobrek, Chrzanow, Crakow, Poland.
Descendants of Jean DROUILLARD and Jeanne CHEVREAU
1.	Jean DROUILLARD was born in 1640 in Marenne, FRANCE.
Jean married Jeanne CHEVREAU on 30 Aug 1666. Jeanne was born in FRANCE.
They had the following child:
+	2	M	i.	Simon Argentcour DROUILLARD was born on 16 Mar 1667/1668 and died on 21 Oct 1733.
2.	Simon Argentcour DROUILLARD (Jean) was born on 16 Mar 1667/1668 in Marenne, FRANCE. He died on 21 Oct 1733 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Simon married Marguerite FERRE, daughter of Pierre FERRE and Marie Marguerite LASNON, on 25 Nov 1698 in Notre Dame, Quebec, CANADA. Marguerite was born on 7 Mar 1679/1680 in Quebec, CANADA. She died on 12 Sep 1711 in Quebec, CANADA.
+	3	M	i.	Jean Baptiste DROUILLARD was born on 14 Feb 1706/1707 and died in 1756.
3.	Jean Baptiste DROUILLARD (Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born on 14 Feb 1706/1707 in Quebec, , , CANADA. He died in 1756 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Jean married Elisabeth RAPIN, daughter of Jean Baptiste RAPIN and Catherine JANSON, on 5 Feb 1730/1731 in Quebec, CANADA. Elisabeth was born on 6 Jun 1712 in Batiscan, Quebec, CANADA. She died on 6 May 1757 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, CANADA.
+	4	M	i.	Simon Amable DROUILLARD was born on 4 Mar 1733/1734 and died on 26 Jul 1805.
Fourth Generation
4.	Simon Amable DROUILLARD (Jean Baptiste, Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born on 4 Mar 1733/1734 in Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. He died on 26 Jul 1805 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Simon married Marguerite MARTIN, daughter of Jean MARTIN and Theresa ENAUD, on 29 Aug 1757 in Soulanges. Marguerite was born in 1739. She died on 18 Nov 1803 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Simon and Marguerite had the following child:
+	5	M	i.	Jean Baptiste DROUILLARD was born on 28 Aug 1773 and died on 11 Nov 1819.
Fifth Generation
5.	Jean Baptiste DROUILLARD (Simon Amable, Jean Baptiste, Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born on 28 Aug 1773 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, CANADA and was christened in Assumption Church, Winsor, Essex, Ontario. He died on 11 Nov 1819 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Jean married Elizabeth (Isabeau) LEBEAU, daughter of Jean Baptiste LEBEAU and Suzanne CHAUVIN, on 30 Jun 1795 in AssumptionChurch, Windsor, Essex, Ontario. Elizabeth was born on 14 Feb 1780 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, CANADA and was christened in Assumption Church, Windsor, Essex, Ontario. She died on 27 Sep 1863 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
+	6	M	i.	Touissaint DROUILLARD was born on 18 May 1805.
Sixth Generation
6.	Touissaint DROUILLARD (Jean Baptiste, Simon Amable, Jean Baptiste, Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born on 18 May 1805 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Touissaint married Therese LEBLANC, daughter of Pierre Francois LEBLANC and Teresa BOURASSA, on 3 Feb 1829 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Therese was born on 22 Sep 1807 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
+	7	M	i.	George Isasia DROUILLARD was born in May 1848.
7.	George Isasia DROUILLARD (Touissaint, Jean Baptiste, Simon Amable, Jean Baptiste, Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born in May 1848 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
George married Anna LEBLANC. Anna was born in Feb 1850 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
They had the following children:
8	F	i.	Tillin A. DROUILLARD was born about 1870 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
9	M	ii.	George A. DROUILLARD was born about 1872 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
10	M	iii.	James S. DROUILLARD was born about 1874 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
+	11	M	iv.	Thomas Richard DROUILLARD was born on 25 May 1877 and died on 12 Jul 1950.
12	M	v.	Charles P. DROUILLARD was born in Oct 1878 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
13	M	vi.	Henry DROUILLARD was born in Feb 1886 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
11.	Thomas Richard DROUILLARD (George Isasia, Touissaint, Jean Baptiste, Simon Amable, Jean Baptiste, Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born on 25 May 1877 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA. He died on 12 Jul 1950 in At Home, Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan and was buried in Jul 1950 in , Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Thomas married (1) Estella (Stella) Otilda SALLIOTTE, daughter of Anthony SALLIOTTE and Agnes ABBOTT, in 1896 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Estella was born on 24 Aug 1878 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA. She died on 3 Dec 1962 in At Home, Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan and was buried in Dec 1962 in , Wayne, Michigan, USA.
14	M	i.	Ari Hyacinthe DROUILLARD was born in Jan 1897 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
15	M	ii.	Cletus C. DROUILLARD was born in Feb 1898 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
16	F	iii.	Bernadine M. DROUILLARD was born in 1907 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
17	F	iv.	Melvina E. DROUILLARD was born in 1908 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
+	18	F	v.	Marie O. DROUILLARD was born on 9 Sep 1918 and died on 30 May 1997.
Thomas also married (2) Rose LADUC. Rose was born on 28 Apr 1874 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
18.	Marie O. DROUILLARD (Thomas Richard, George Isasia, Touissaint, Jean Baptiste, Simon Amable, Jean Baptiste, Simon Argentcour, Jean) was born on 9 Sep 1918 in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan, USA. She died on 30 May 1997 in Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Marie married John BRATANIEC, son of Antoni BRATANIEC and Katarzyna "Katherine" KASPEREK, in . Wayne, Michigan, USA. John was born in Apr 1919 in Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, USA. He died on 12 May 1994 in , Wayne, Michigan, USA.
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Morning Roundup: French Open rainout alters schedule
Wire reports
Published: Thu, June 6, 2019 1:04 AM Updated: Thu, June 6, 2019 1:25 AM
Metallica performs the national anthem before Game 3 of the NBA Finals between Golden State and Toronto on Wednesday night in Oakland, Calif. For coverage of the game, go to oklahoman.com/sports. [AP Photo/Tony Avelar]
The second full-day washout at the French Open since 2000 made a mess of the schedule Wednesday and raised the possibility that the Grand Slam tournament will not finish on time.
Tournament director Guy Forget said there is a chance that the women's singles final could be delayed from Saturday to Sunday.
Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam site without a covered court; a retractable roof is expected to be added to the main stadium before next year's tournament at the facility in western Paris.
Boston's Chara uncertain for Game 5 of Cup Final
The Boston Bruins could be without captain Zdeno Chara when they take on the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night in Boston.
Chara did not go to the arena at all Wednesday, 36 hours after taking a puck to the jaw in Boston's Game 4 loss that tied the series at two games apiece. Coach Bruce Cassidy didn't talk to and only briefly texted with the 42-year-old defenseman, who has a facial injury that has been reported to be a broken jaw.
Elsewhere ...
• Boston Celtics basketball boss Danny Ainge says his role is not going to change, even after a second heart attack. Ainge says doctors told him to eat better and exercise more after what the team described as a "mild" heart attack during the playoffs.
• Authorities say two female acquaintances vanished with more than half a million dollars in jewelry from star NFL running back Le'Veon Bell's Florida home. Hollywood police say Bell returned from the gym May 25 and found the women gone and his jewelry missing. The police report obtained by The Associated Press refers to the two women as Bell's girlfriends.
• Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco will be sidelined indefinitely because of a recently diagnosed blood condition. The team said Carrasco had been feeling lethargic for weeks, and he is taking a leave of absence to "explore the optimal treatment and recovery options."
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Brian Williams, in 2002. (AP/Diane Bondareff)
Brian Williams' saddest sin: The real insecurity that destroyed NBC's star newsman
Williams tweaks his story to stay in the game: Since when does combat experience enhance professional credibility?
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2015/02/11/brian_williams_saddest_sin_the_real_insecurity_that_destroyed_nbcs_star_newsman/
Jerry Lembcke
February 11, 2015 4:28PM (UTC)
Hannah Allam and her employer, The McClatchy Company, objected to a passage in a prior version of this article pertaining to an interview she gave to Public Radio International. The article was not intended to cast doubt on Ms. Allam's description of her own experiences as a journalist in combat zones or the effect of those experiences on her. To the extent it did, Salon regrets it and apologizes.
NBC News anchor Brian Williams was recently revealed to have made up the story he told many times that the helicopter carrying him in Iraq in 2003 was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. The story itself was blown apart after he celebrated a reunion with one of his supposed rescuers at a New York Rangers hockey game on Jan. 29. Following news coverage of that reunion by his own network, crew members of the chopper carrying Williams said his story was not true—no hit taken by his helicopter, no rescue.
Since the big reveal, news organizations have been abuzz with speculation on how "one of their own" could have sullied Big News' reputation for accurate and objective reporting. Most of that speculation effused about journalism's high standard for the personal integrity of its members, the implication being that Williams was a case of "the right stuff" going wrong. The fallout could be serious, said the critics: If reporters can't tell the truth about their own time in a war zone, why should we believe whatever else they tell us? (Last night, NBC suspended Williams for six months without pay.)
Most of the punditry has plied the "character flaw" theme, looking for some personality defect that would explain how a news-business rock star like Williams could have done something so self-destructive. In her Sunday column Maureen Dowd alluded to a masculinity gap, hidden from the rest of us, which Williams sought to close with his own "Hemingwayesque, bullets-whizzing-by" tale of battlefield reporting.
The men-tell-war-stories explanation points in a promising direction. After all, from Vietnam to the present, news reports are littered with stories of men claiming martial accomplishments beyond what can be documented. Some coverage of Williams' mess-up, for example, recalls that Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal claimed to have been in Vietnam when he had not. (Actually, Blumenthal's claim was that he had been spat on by protesters when he returned from Vietnam—where he had never been.)
It is, however, the Williams-as-newsman angle that gives his case added significance. It does matter more than it otherwise might that he, a prominent figure with professional responsibility for accuracy in reporting, publicly falsified his experience in Iraq. That being the case, it is then curious that the critics have ignored previous cases with troubling similarity to his, indeed cases that may in fact help explain why he made the misrepresentations that he did.
According to the timeline constructed by the New York Post, Williams' initial recounting of his story in March 2003 had "the Chinook [helicopter] ahead of us almost blown out of the sky." On May 12, 2008, he revised it to "... as all four of our low-flying Chinooks took fire, we were forced down and stayed down." What might have prompted Williams to "reach" for a more combat-credentialing version of his story at that point in time?
The answer to that cannot lie in matters of character or personality; those were well enough established in the 55-year-old Williams. Rather, the answer has to lie outside him, in changes in the circumstances in which he lived and worked, changes perceived by him as significant enough—perhaps even threatening enough—to warrant an adjustment of his own personae. In keeping with a strongly held view among memory scholars that it is commonplace for us to revise our memories to fit the needs of our present—changed circumstances in our lives require alterations in our stories of how we came to be the persons we are—it is likely that events close enough to Williams' professional life could have prompted his change of story, and even changed what he remembered.
In January 2006 ABC newsman Bob Woodruff was wounded while covering the 4th Infantry operations near Baghdad. Like Williams, Woodruff was a news-media celebrity. It was a combat-journalist story that kept him in the news headlines for days, after which the coverage of his recovery at Bethesda Naval Hospital held the attention of news consumers and, of course, the journalism community. In February 2007, ABC News aired a documentary based on "In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing," written by Woodruff and his wife, Lee, about his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Within days of its release, the book had bumped Barack Obama's autobiography "The Audacity of Hope" from the New York Times No. 1 bestseller slot.
As the Woodruff story moved from battlefield to Bethesda and on to the bookstores, CBS news reporter Kimberly Dozier's story was running parallel. Dozier was wounded on May 29, 2006, on a foot patrol with the 4th Infantry Division. A woman war reporter wounded in ground fighting had enormous news value, as did the extent of the damage done to her body—much greater than that sustained by Woodruff. Dozier, too, wrote a book about the experience, "Breathing the Fire," and it was released on May 13, 2008.
On nearly the exact day that Dozier's book was released—and 15 months after Woodruff's book had taken the literary world by storm—Brian Williams claimed for the first time that his chopper, along with three others, had taken fire and been forced down.
Even without the imprimatur of memory theorists, the timing of that leap on the timeline of Williams' story—so coincidental, as it was, with the emergence of Woodruff and Dozier as celebrity warrior-journalists—is hard to dismiss. The ordinary exercise of putting one's self in his shoes lends sufficient appreciation for the temptation he must have felt to stay "in the game" by tweaking his own story. At that level, the "why?" question should not be furrowing so many brows.
More to the point of what critics are missing, however, is the culture of swashbuckling journalism that news-industry leaders had allowed to develop, a culture that encouraged their stars' self-representation as hero figures with battle wounds to validate their combat bona fides. At the time of Bob Woodruff's wounding in Iraq, there was speculation that he had been "hotdogging," unnecessarily exposing himself to fire when he was hit, and that ABC News had enabled his risk-taking to advance its ratings. And as with Williams, questions surrounded the authenticity of the story told: He had walked to the medical-aid chopper, according to a report carried by the Washington Post, thereby placing an asterisk on the drama surrounding his recovery. Those details notwithstanding, ABC News poured its resources and reputation into the promotion of Woodruff and his book, making him the poster boy of 21st-century war reporting and, more important, the image of Purple Heart journalism, journalism with the manly mettle credentialed with the wounds of war.
Kimberly Dozier, meanwhile, was lost in the footnotes of journalism history and yet she is a footnote with the poignancy of an exception-that-proves-the-rule. The details of the combat incident in which she was wounded and the horror of her injuries both surpassed the news value in Woodruff's story, and yet she and her book quickly fell from view. From the outset, she refused to play "the victim card." If anything, she positioned herself as the anti-Woodruff in the narrative of soldiers and reporters returning home from war with the hidden injuries of trauma beyond what was evinced by their bodies. Woodruff made himself the "face" of PTSD and TBI, the figure for the home-with-hurts narrative that the press establishment was building as its postwar coming-home story line. Dozier would have none of it, rejecting the diagnosis offered her for PTSD and declaring in her book, "I'm not a victim." In turn, the press establishment appeared indifferent to her Iraq experience and the book world ignored her book.
If Williams' demise began on the road paved by the Bob Woodruff story, surely his colleagues at ABC and others in the larger community of journalists bear culpability for abiding if not facilitating the war-story culture that metastasized in their newsrooms.
The questions raised about Williams' personal qualities would be better recast as questions about an American political culture that valorizes losses sustained in war as evidence of virtue and valor, and a culture of journalism in which combat experience is thought to enhance professional credibility.
Jerry Lembcke is the author of CNN's "Tailwind Tale: Insight Vietnam's Last Great Myth" and "Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, and Fantasies of Betrayal." The stories of Bob Woodruff and Kimberly Dozier referred here are more fully developed in his most recent book, "PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America." He can be reached at jlembcke@holycross.edu.
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Now Competing To Be The Master Of Your Domain: Squarespace
Squarespace's newest product offering takes direct aim at domain registrars like GoDaddy.
It's already one of the major companies dominating website hosting, with advertising that blankets the country from subway cars to print magazines. Now Squarespace is getting even more ambitious, looking to take on GoDaddy and move in on the domain registration business with a new product that allows users to buy and process their desired URLs through the site.
The company's new product, Squarespace Domains, entered soft launch in early April. CEO Anthony Casalena tells Fast Company that he is enthusiastic about the new product while also taking some veiled digs at other domain services.
"We looked around at the competitive landscape," Casalena said. "And we were like 'My God, this industry is so old and has so little innovation,' and there were very antiquated products for people doing this even though it's such a fundamental piece of doing a website."
Depending on the name of the URL that's purchased, Squarespace charges between $20 and $70 a year. Pricing is set depending on the top-level domain used and includes an ad-free parking page that follows Squarespace's aesthetic along with WHOIS privacy. By comparison, the company's fully hosted plans hover between $96 and $144 yearly for personal accounts.
By offering this product, Squarespace is able to offer a workaround for a price point issue that's challenged them for some time: Customers with a Squarespace account (Disclosure: This writer uses Squarespace to host his own website) have to pay separately for each site they open with the company. No volume discounts or package deals are normally offered.
This means that, in the past, a customer such as a small business that's looking to set up a separate site for something like a pop-up sale had to either buy a separate account (which can be quite pricey) or be lost to competing products such as About.me, Wix, Weebly, or WordPress. Most importantly, those customers registered their domains through third-party providers–even though they were already paid-up Squarespace consumers.
It also gives the company a lower-priced product to hook customers who aren't completely sold on a full-featured website yet. Promotional materials sent to Fast Company mentioned that "a 2014 survey by Vistaprint found that 43% of small businesses choose a domain name before doing anything else online, and anecdotal evidence suggests that many of our customers prefer to start with a domain as well."
Casalena added that "domains aren't the most exciting thing in the world, but we have a good take on it and we're excited to bring it into the modern age." In the coming months, the company plans to add free SSL certificates–and, crucially for keeping users in their ecosystem–the ability for current Squarespace customers to shift their non-Squarespace domain registrations to the company.
Domain hosting is the latest in a number of new product launches that Squarespace has made in the past year to target specific customer niches. In late 2015, the company introduced single-page websites with limited functionality that cost $60 per year at press time (making them cheaper, in some cases, than the domain product) and a new e-commerce product targeted at small businesses that starts at $312 yearly.
Squarespace's goal seems to be simple: Keep their customers in their ecosystem for as long as possible, and introduce progressively lower-priced products with limited functionality to attract customers who'd otherwise use competing products (including free and freemium alternatives). Their hope is that by offering domains, they'll attract users who will be more than happy to build a full-featured website later on.


In this talk Qing introduces the Indexed Massive Directory, a new technique for indexing data within DeltaFS. DeltaFS is a software-defined user-space file system optimized for HPC systems and workloads. The Indexed Massive Directory is a novel extension to the DeltaFS data plane, enabling in-situ indexing of massive amounts of data written to a single directory simultaneously, and in an arbitrarily large number of files. We achieve this through a memory-efficient I/O pipeline to reorder data, and a log-structured storage layout to pack small writes into large log objects, all while ensuring compute node resources are used frugally. We demonstrate the efficiency of this indexing mechanism through VPIC, a widely-used simulation code that scales to trillions of particles. With DeltaFS, we modify VPIC to create a file for each particle to receive writes of that particles output data. Dynamically indexing the directorys underlying storage allows us to achieve a 5000x speedup in single particle trajectory queries, which require reading all data for a single particle. This speedup increases with application scale while the overhead is approximately 15% of increased I/O time.


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For all other questions or concerns, please contact us at (281) 398-2501 or visit us at www.JoanMurrayMinistries.org. Thank you.
Joan is an ordained minister, author, international speaker, missionary, and founder of Joan Murray Ministries and Seeds Of Hope Worldwide Missions. During the past twenty years Joan has taught the life-changing Word of God in churches, Bible study classes, international conferences, seminars and workshops. Her love for the Lord and her study of the Word has equipped her to teach, train, counsel and pray for those in need. Her gift of intercession has deepened her love for people and has given her a heart of compassion, as well as a passion to see people whole, healed and set free by the power of God. Joan ministers with an emphasis on teaching the whole Word of God. She has made appearances on Houston's Daystar Celebration TV show, TBN Houston, Houston Public Access Outreach TV, TCT Network, Larry on the Air.com Radio show, In the Spotlight with Theresa Hannah Radio Show, Revealed Radio Show and the Chosen for Destiny Shows.
What is Joan Murray Ministries?
Joan Murray Ministries is a non-profit, Bible-based, Christ-centered ministry dedicated to impacting the lives of people around the world with the Power and Truth of the Word of God. Joan Murray Ministries is called to share the life-changing Word of God to the masses; to care for the sick, the widowed, the poor; and to help provide shelter for orphans. The ministry is also called to teach, train, and equip people through the Word of God by helping them achieve freedom, wholeness and victory in Christ Jesus.
What are the doctrinal beliefs of Joan Murray Ministries?
We believe the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God.
The Word of God is the basis of our faith, conduct and doctrine.
We believe in one God who exists in the form of three distinct Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was born of a virgin, died and rose again. We believe that salvation is found in no other name, but the name of Jesus, and one day He is coming back for all believers.
We believe in water baptism, which symbolizes the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We believe that we must be filled with the Holy Spirit to be empowered for service in the Kingdom of God.
We believe that every believer should be disciplined to grow in a relationship with Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit of God will train and develop them to become conformed to the image of Christ.
We believe that we have power to overcome all situations because of the Presence and Power of the Holy Spirit living in us.
We believe that Jesus provided access for us to have a relationship with God when He took our past, present and future sins and nailed them to the cross.
What is the purpose of Joan Murray Ministries?
Our purpose is to change the lives of people through Bible-based teachings that will set the captives free. Through the Word, prayer, fellowship, and sharing, we see "Changed Lives." When lives are changed there is an awareness of God's greatness, and the understanding that He is with them in every situation which brings peace. It is also our desire to teach, encourage, pray for, support, and assist those who have a calling on their lives for ministry to fulfill the destinies that God birthed in them.
How is Joan Murray Ministries funded?
Joan Murray Ministries is funded by seeds from supporters who attend the Bible studies, her books, conferences and workshops, by supporters who plant seeds via our website, or through the generosity of Joan Murray Ministries' partners.
How do I contact Joan Murray or her team?
Your requests, questions or concerns for Joan or her ministry team will be acknowledged at www.JoanMurrayMinistries.org in the "Contact Us" section.
Where are the offices of Joan Murray Ministries located?
We are located in Katy, Texas and our mailing address is: P.O. Box 5073, Katy, TX 77491.
What is Joan Murray's message about?
Joan Murray Ministries' desire is to equip and bring freedom and deliverance to her audience. The message of hope and encouragement brings, healing, hope, and redirection to those who have been wounded by life's circumstances. The ministry attempts to clarify the destiny God has for those desiring to walk out of mediocrity and into the fullness of God by developing a hunger and desire for a deeper relationship with Christ.
Are the study messages available for sale to the public after each meeting?
Messages are available after every Bible study, or may be purchased at the website in the "Shop Online" section.
Has Joan Murray written any books or published any articles? If so, where can they be acquired?
Joan's books are available in bookstores or at www.Tatepublishing.com, Xulonpress.com, and other national websites- "Called and Chosen for Destiny"; "Winning in the Battles of Life"; "Time in Life's Waiting Room"; "Boldness in Christ"; "Freedom In The Son"; "Flow Through Me Lord"; "Show Me How to Love"; "Overcoming Loneliness and Aloneness"; "Hope in Difficult Seasons"; "Faith That Conquers"; "Worship, Our Deepest Need"; "Reconnect"; and "Lord, Make Me Whole".
Are there any radio or television broadcasts of Joan Murray Ministries?
Joan Murray Ministries show can be seen on You Tube and Facebook. The recorded messages may be purchased at the website under "Shop." We can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Blogger under the ministry name.
Where does Joan Murray teach?
Regular Bible study is held at various locations in Houston, TX and the surrounding areas. She also speaks at conferences, workshops, church events, and churches all over the world. For up-to-date information of Joan's current speaking schedule visit the website's 'Events Calendar'.
Is there a fee to attend Bible study or any event?
All Bible studies held are free. For all other events, please check the website for upto-date information regarding any associated fees.
Is the Bible study open for attendance or is reservation necessary?
You may attend Joan Murray Ministries' Bible studies any time without reservation.
For conferences, workshops or other private events reservation may be required.
Childcare is provided. You are welcome to bring your children. We are currently conducting a Bible study class for children during the main Bible study.
You may contact us at the ministry's website at www.JoanMurrayMinistries.org, e-mail us at JMMcontactus@gmail.com or call us at 281-398-2501.
Can I make a request to have Joan Murray speak at our organization's event?
Yes. Please use the "Contact" link at the website or e-mail us at JMMcontactus@gmail.com or call us at (281) 398-2501. The ministry will provide you with the appropriate event information package.
How can I find out if Joan Murray will be speaking in my city this year?
We frequently update our events at the ministry's 'Events Calendar' at the website. Please let us know, if you would like to schedule an event in your city at JMMcontactus@gmail.com; and we will make every effort to include your city or nearby cities for our future events.
Does Joan Murray Ministries support any non-profit organizations?
Yes. Joan Murray Ministries supports, Destiny Through Christ Church, Ericka White Ministries, Katy Community Fellowship, Word In Season Intl., Templo Monte De Sion Intl, and various ministries in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Zimbabwe, Haiti, San Salvador and many more.
How can I become a partner or a sponsor to Joan Murray Ministries?
To find out how you can be part of our rewarding tax-deductible partnership or sponsorship to Joan Murray Ministries please visit us at www.JoanMurryMinistries.org at our 'Resources' link.
Are there other Joan Murray products or merchandise available for purchase?
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Nineteenth-Century Music Review locates music within all aspects of culture in the long nineteenth century (c.1789-1914), covering the widest possible range of methods, topics and concepts. Through themed and general issues, articles provide both depth and breadth in their contribution to this expanding field. A rich supply of book, CD, DVD, and score reviews reflects the journal's title and commitment to stimulate and advance critical discussion.
Western Art Music in Japan: A Success Story?


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The Lycée français Jules Verne ( is a French international school in Fraijanes, Guatemala. It serves levels maternelle (preschool) to lycée (senior high school).

See also

 French Guatemalan

References

External links
 Lycée français Jules Verne

International schools in Guatemala
Education in Guatemala City
Guatemala


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Arc8 – Game Review – Play Games
Arc8 is a blockchain gaming platform developed by Gamee, where various mini-games are available to play.
The arcade-style games are playable in 1v1 or tournament-style competitions to win GMEE tokens which is an ERC-20 coin. The Arc8 platform sustains a wide variety of smartphone-like blockchain games which are very fun and easy to play. The developers focused more on the gaming perspective of this project rather than just minting money.
So, there are 10 games ranging from card games to action games and from arcades to puzzles. These games resemble the classic arcade games like 99 Blocks (Tetris), Asteroids, Globo Run (Temple Run), etc, giving the players a nostalgic throwback. However, all of these games are skill-based with little to no chance for luck to play a role. Therefore, making Arc8 games all the more legit.
There are 3-4 tournaments live at a time which makes it possible for players to enter and play to earn valuable rewards. The exciting aspect of the Arc8 game is that it is completely mobile-based crypto gaming. Moreover, the crypto feature is only added as an additional feature which makes it the first of its kind.
Arc8 In-game Currency
The game has two currencies, one is the free currency in purple color while the other is GMEE cryptocurrency. This gives the player an option of either playing risk-free to just have fun with the games or to play with GMEE tokens to earn money. The earned GMEE tokens can be saved in the Arc8 wallet and are easily transferable to other wallets.
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Arc8 is a blockchain gaming platform developed by Gamee, where various mini-games are available to play with an option of earning real money.
Arc8: All NFT Games, Crypto Games, Play To Earn, P2E Games in our video games list;


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How do we choose beauty products? We read labels and after that, we get round to reading the list of ingredients, check out the consistency and scent. However, it turns out that ingredients on a label don't work they way their names suggest. Products marked as hypoallergenic, natural, described as having the power of laser or botox, enriched with the hormones of happiness don't necessarily include substances which would confirm that. These are often just some catchwords. How to avoid being caught?
Many people suffer from skin allergies thus go for products that are labelled as 'hypoallergenic' or 'not causing allergic reactions'. Surprisingly, this term doesn't exist in a law concerning beauty products. Even though the definition says that hypoallergenic products cause fewer allergic reactions, the list of allergens is actually endless. There are as many allergies as there are people… or even more, because one person can be allergic to a few substances.
Certain certificates determine if a beauty product is natural. Nevertheless, many brands still claim they produce natural cosmetics, not marking it with an appropriate certificate. After looking through the list of components, we often see parabens at the top of INCI, followed by SLS. It's hard to call such a product natural.
A cosmetic which works like Botox, laser or facelift is non-existent. Still, we often fall for such promises, especially when manufacturers incorporate terms such as 'facelift effect' or 'à la botox serum'. Even though it is almost unlikely for a cosmetic to give at least similar effects to the aesthetic medicine procedures, some women using it aren't aware of this fact.
It is manipulation, too. Cosmetic manufacturers allegedly enrich their products with hormones of happiness and youthfulness or stem cells. In reality, they use plant stem cells, phytoestrogens and phyto-endorphins.


Prior to the arrival of Bobby Bowden, the Florida State Seminoles had played in seven bowl games going just 2-5 in those bowl games. After the arrival of Bowden, however, the Seminoles have seen tremendous bowl success. From 1982 through 1995 the Seminoles won 14 straight bowl games. Historically, Florida State has played in both the Orange Bowl and theGator Bowl seven times apiece, and the Sugar Bowl six times. Florida State defeated Auburn in the final BCS Championship Game 34-31 on January 6th, 2014.
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Itinerary: Some times it is difficult to plan Nepal visit because number of sources recommending minimum 3 weeks and long itinerary. Our travel schedule prepared by Visit Nepal is a very good sample of itinerary covering different experiences of Nepal such as: Himalaya trek as it's sportive and aesthetic component, Everest flight – the touch of the spirit of the world's highest mountains, wild life of Nepal in Chitwan, historical treasures of Kathmandu valley, trekking songs and Nepali dances. Actually, we are very happy that our trek guide was Narayan Gurung and we would like to mention specially his team of porters. Excellent knowledge of mountains in ABC area, good relations to all the locals and nepali songs during the trek gave us lots of memorable moments during heavy "stairs climbing" everyday work.
We were happy with our guide in our bird watching and elephant safari tour at Hermitage Hotel in Chitwan as well.
The guide who took us through the Buddhism and Hinduism centers in Kathmandu was also fantastic. It was not just naked factual outline, but open discussion about Buddhism and Hinduism and the role of historical places and monuments in spiritual life of Nepal.
Many thanks to Birendra Adhikari – our trek organizer with whom we have achieved in full all our expectations of the Nepal trip.
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We are able to provide this credit because we are an independent title company. This means we do not share our profits with referral sources through Affiliated Business Arrangements (ABA) or Marketing Service Agreements (MSA). Because of this, we are able to pass along the savings to our clients. That boils down to an average cost savings of up to $750 per client.
The homebuyer, the homebuyer's real estate agent, or the homebuyer's mortgage lender must order settlement services online at www.federaltitle.com.
The subject property must be located within the District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia.
A homebuyer will receive the benefit of the credit (or a portion thereof); subject to their lender's underwriting requirements. In rare instances, the homebuyer's mortgage lender may preclude the homebuyer from accepting the full amount of the REALCredit™.
A homebuyer may not receive the benefit of the REALCredit ™ if the subject property also qualifies for a title insurance reissue rate discount.
FTE reserves the right and has sole discretion to alter, from time to time, the herein stated terms & conditions as well as the credit amounts.
HOW CAN YOU OFFER SUCH A LARGE CREDIT?
SOUNDS EASY, BUT WHAT'S THE CATCH?
You must order settlement services online from our website. THAT'S IT! By you entering the information online, you save us a lot of time and effort in tracking it all down, and we reward your efforts in the form of a RealCredit™ to your homebuyer.
DO I HAVE TO WORK WITH A PARTICULAR LENDER OR AGENT?
Nope. Homebuyers may work with the lender and agent of their choosing and still receive the RealCredit™.
Not a chance. We do not inflate fees to cover the RealCredit™. In fact, take a look at this fee comparison chart among DC Metro Area title companies, and see that Federal Title ranks among the lowest in settlement fees, thanks in part to our RealCredit™.
HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE YOUR QUOTE?
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BUT REALLY, HOW CAN YOU OFFER SUCH A LARGE CREDIT?
With your help entering the details of your real estate transaction through the online order form, you save us a lot in terms of overhead. It takes fewer people to track down information and we reward the efforts with our RealCredit™.
Federal Title is a forward-thinking company. We recognize consumer-driven market pressures, as exemplified by HUD's recent changes to the Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) that aim to bring more transparency to the title industry, and we seek to offer your homebuyer substantial closing costs savings combined with a streamlined closing process.
IS THE REALCREDIT™ A TRUE CREDIT?
The RealCredit™ is an absolute TRUE credit to the homebuyer. Unlike many of our competitors with similar credit incentive programs, we do not inflate our customary settlement fees and title insurance premiums to offset the credit.
Furthermore, Federal Title gives all homebuyers a clear choice between the standard (less expensive title policy) and the enhanced title insurance policy. Many of our competitors issue the enhanced coverage without giving homebuyers a choice.
ARE THERE ANY TERMS OR RESTRICTIONS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE REALCREDIT™?
Settlement services must be ordered online at www.federaltitle.com. Homebuyers will receive the benefit of the credit (or a portion thereof), subject to their lender's underwriting requirements.
The subject property must be located in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia or Florida.
No other Federal Title & Escrow Company programs may be combined with this offer for additional discounts.
The homebuyer must agree to the RealCredit™ program's terms & conditions as stated above.
WHY DO I HAVE TO ORDER ONLINE TO RECEIVE THE REALCREDIT™?
Saving time is saving money. The more time that we save in data retrieval/input, the more savings we can pass along to your homebuyer. Therefore, we require you or your homebuyer to input the data (i.e., buyer/seller names, agent names/address, sales price/loan amount, property address, current address, lender info, email addresses, etc.). Requiring you or your homebuyer to input data also eliminates a lot of potential errors. The approximate time to complete an online order is about 5 to 7 minutes.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER BENEFITS TO ORDERING SERVICES ONLINE?
Homebuyers will receive an instant, online, GUARANTEED quote for services that will reflect the REALCredit™. The quote will include ALL title charges, government recording charges and transfer/recordation taxes.
A RealCredit™ partner (agent or lender) can order settlement services on behalf of their homebuyer and, by providing the homebuyer's e-mail address, Federal Title will email the GUARANTEED quote to their homebuyer along with the following compliment: Dear [Homebuyer's Name], Your Realtor, [Your Name] of [Your Company Name], has saved you $750 by ordering settlement services online through the REALCredit™ program. This email confirms that settlement services have been ordered for your upcoming closing. See the Guaranteed quote below.
CAN A SELLER RECEIVE THE REALCREDIT™?
Unfortunately, no. Only homebuyers can receive the credit.


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Perfection and Its Discontents
Every Leicaphile Loves a Good Cat Picture. This was Shot Digitally, But Looks to Me A Lot Like a Well-Printed Film Negative, Plus-X Maybe?
I make no secret of the fact that I love the look of 35mm B&W film. A properly exposed, competently printed 35mm Plus-X, Tri-X or HP5 negative has a beauty that simply cannot be matched by a digital file of whatever native quality. In comparison to the film print, the digital print will always have a certain thinness, a lack of heft, a "plastic" look. While it's hard to put into words – given we're talking of visual matters – it's there, I can see it, it's real (I think).
There's an organic quality to a film print, as best I can tell the product of four inherent characteristics of shooting film: 1) silver grain as the light-transforming medium; 2) better highlight rendering, the result of the fact that film, unlike digital capture, does not record exposure values linearly, as does digital capture, but compresses those values at both ends of the exposure curve, giving better highlight definition (e.g. it is less prone to "clipping" highlights) and deeper, "richer" shadows (old-school film photographers know exactly what I'm saying here, digital era photographers will mostly be clueless – for further discussion, see this); 3) the inherent resolution limitations of general purpose b&w films like HP5 or Tri-X, which, to my eye, equal in look somewhere between 6 and 8 mpx of digital resolution, in combination with the less resolute optical characteristics of film era lenses, which were developed to give an appealing look within the confines of limited film resolution; and 4) the necessity of shooting at the low ISO's required by film. Put all of four of these characteristics together holistically, and you have the "film look," a result of both the native strengths, and inherent limitations, of silver halide as a medium.
Unfortunately, that "film look" is difficult to present online in the sense that a scanned film negative – a requirement to presenting it for web viewing – looks different from a wet printed film negative, the difference created by the digitization itself. Scanned film negatives usually have more pronounced, harsher grain that is not present in a wet printed version of the same negative, the result of the relative harshness of the scanner's light source, which artificially accentuates grain when compared to the same sized wet print, where the enlarger's light source is more diffuse and produces smoother grain texture. Anyone whose both wet printed and scanned and then inkjet printed the same negative knows precisely what I'm talking about, but it can't be represented digitally because scanning is a necessary prerequisite to do so.
The CMOS Version Leica MM
Given my preference for B&W, which to me is "real" photography, I admire the Leica Monochrom cameras, and I admire Leica sticking their necks out to produce them, an example of Leica at its best, attempting to carry on their patrimony into the digital age. However, unlike how they marketed the MM – bundled with Silver Efex and referring back to 50-60's era B&W photography – the MM isn't going to digitally replicate B&W film; at best, it's going to create a new look – "digital B&W". [ Ralph Gibson seems to understand this]. Given what was said above, it becomes obvious why a dedicated B&W digital camera can't digitally duplicate traditional B&W photography. Stripping the color out of the capture won't address the inherent exposure curve differences between analogue and digital capture, and the increased resolution of the Monchrom vis a vis standard 35mm B&W film compromises the look as well. Given the native differences in capture, no amount of running the Monochrom digital file through film emulation software will accurately mimic real B&W film.
Where the MM might have an advantage in replicating the film look might be to the extent it allows use of older film era rangefinder lenses. Mandler era Leitz optics give a certain signature we equate with film capture, both in the look of how they resolve details and also in the look given by lenses with the small film to flange distances typical of rangefinder as opposed to Reflex systems. Of course, this would only be true to the extent when we're speaking of a traditional "film look" what we really mean is the look give by 35mm film rangefinder photography. If so, then the MM can't in any way be inherently better than any other full color capture digital Leica rangefinder (e.g. M8,M9,M10) given the defining shared characteristic is a function of film to flange distance unique to any digital rangefinder or, for that matter a mirrorless design, that allows the use of traditional rangefinder optics created to take advantage of small film to flange distances. My experience with the lower resolution M8 confirms this: I've always thought a greyscaled M8 file with some grain added looked more like native B&W film than did the files from the MM, probably a result of the M8's decreased resolution coupled with its ability to use film era Leitz lenses.
The Fuji S5 Pro. Its Files Look A Lot Like Film. There's a Reason…
Which gets me to the premise of the title of the post: much of what we identify as the strength of film – the film look – is a consequence of its limitations, its imperfections, imperfections that are a part of its character. As digital technologies have advanced and matured, the photos they produce, while closer approaching a technical "perfection," have lost character. As a consequence, those of us educated by experience to notice it often end up dumbing digital RAW files down to mimic the imperfect look of film.
For my money, the Fuji S5 Pro digital camera, produced by Fuji in 2007 using the Nikon D200 chassis and Fuji produced Super CCD SR (Super Dynamic Range) sensor, comes as close to replicating the traditional B&W film look as any digital camera I've used. It may be just me, I don't know, but the S5 files, run thru Silver Efex, even without using any specific film emulation (e.g. no specific film exposure curve applied, just grain added), have a certain solidity to them, a lack of that "plastic" brittleness often characteristic of digital black and white. After thinking about it, I've concluded that the S5 mimics the traditional B&W film look because of both its unique extended latitude sensor but also because of its inherent technical limitations.
The SR Sensor found in the Fuji S5 Pro – either 6 or 12 mpix depending on how you define it – offered almost two stops more dynamic range than conventional CCDs of the same era (2007, roughly the M8 or D200 era). Beneath each micro-lens on the sensor surface are two photo-diodes, the primary capturing a dark and normal light levels (more sensitive), the secondary capturing brighter details (less sensitive). The signals from the two photo-diodes are then combined by Fuji's in-camera software to deliver an image with extended dynamic range. What's of interest for film users is the way the extended dynamic range is achieved. Unlike normal cutting edge CMOS sensors that give excellent dynamic range, the Fuji gives a certain type of dynamic range, a type that more closely mimics the type of dynamic range given by film, the added latitude at the highlights. Like film, you've really got to work to clip the highlights on an S5 DNG file.
Fuji S5 RAW Run Through Silver Efex to add Grain. No Specific "Emulation" used i.e. Tonal Range is as S5 Sensor Captured It
A lot of this is subjective, no doubt. There may be something similar to a "placebo" effect, where believing is seeing. I'm willing to entertain the possibility that I'm as clueless as this guy when discussing my preference for the Fuji S5.*** What I do know is this: I really like my S5 for B&W capture, especially when I print as the end product. It checks many of the film experience boxes – low ISO capability (500 ISO is about as high as you want to go), having to work within the constraints of limited resolution, ability to use film era lenses (in this case, old MF Nikkors for the 50's-70's), excellent highlight rendering. Much like a 35mm film camera, the S5 is a camera that's as much about its limitations as its strengths, limitations the photographer must work around, or within, the resulting images in part a consequence of those limitations.
The irony is that most people chase the film look by looking to digital cameras with ever increasing resolution, dynamic range, ISO capabilities etc, when a more thoughtful, and effective approach, might be to embrace technically less capable digital tech like the Fuji S5.
[*** "Comparisons" like this guy's tell you nothing, typically accompanied as they are by statements like "However, there is an impression of clear intent demonstrated by that lens" (huh?) . This is the sort of fuzzy thinking cloaked as rational analysis that drives me nuts. Which begs the question: Am I doing the same thing? I suspect that some folks will see this essay as basically the same thing – a word salad dressed up objective analysis. And then there's the cat pictures….]
This entry was posted in analogue photography, Film photography and tagged Digital B&W, Fujifilm S5 Pro on January 16, 2019 by Leicaphila.


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Home News Tiredness and Driving – A Deadly Combination
Tiredness and Driving – A Deadly Combination
Tiredness, or fatigue, resulted in 177 deaths and 4,063 injuries, of which 589 were serious enough to require hospitalisation, in a total of 2,722 road traffic incidents in 2017, the last year for which complete data is currently available.
Of the total number of incidents, 2,722, the majority were on the secondary road network, the location where more serious incidents occur than any other road type. Of that total, 2,351 incidents with victims were on secondary roads, where there were 165 deaths and 3,574 people injured, of which 523 were serious.
July, August and September were the months of the year in which there more injury incidents due to fatigue than any other, whereas November, March, February and January respectively saw fewer incidents.
In terms of fatalities, the figure recorded month by month is very similar, although August and November stand out, both with 19 deaths. Similar to the number of incidents per month, February and March saw the least fatalities with 6 and 8 respectively.
Although the majority of fatigue related incidents occur during daylight hours of the working day, between Monday and Friday from 07:00 to 20:00, when there were 1,695 injury incidents which resulted in 105 deaths and 2,471 injuries the days with the highest number in a 24-hour period corresponds to weekends, and in particular Sundays, where there were 556 incidents, then Saturdays with 471 accidents, totalling 1,027, compared to 1,695 incidents between Monday to Friday.
The riskiest time of day is between 07:00 and 14:00, when 852 incidents and 70 fatalities were recorded.
Aside from the statistical data, fatigue is one of the most dangerous and common contributing factors to road traffic incidents, mostly because it is impossible to react to the situation until it is too late, resulting in very serious consequences.
Despite the risks, 55% of drivers in Spain admit to continue driving despite feeling drowsy behind the wheel, according to a study by Linea Directa which reveals 17 million drivers have suffered drowsiness behind the wheel and 8 million have experienced micro dreams.
Some of the habitual recommendations to fight drowsiness include resting well before undertaking a trip, and planning to avoid the most dangerous hours or long trips, especially at night. Make sure that you take a break every 2 hours or 200 kilometres travelled, do not tilt the seat too far back, ventilate the interior well, do not eat a large meal before driving, talk to your passengers and stay properly hydrated during driving. It is also important to try to avoid long and boring stretches, or take more frequent breaks, always respecting the rules of the road.
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