What was the significance of the temple veil being torn in two?
During the lifetime of Jesus, the holy temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish religious life. The temple was the place where animal sacrifices were carried out and worship according to the Law of Moses was followed faithfully. Hebrews 9:1-9 tells us that in the temple a veil separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God's presence—from the rest of the temple where men dwelt. This signified that man was separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:1-2). Only the high priest was permitted to pass beyond this veil once each year (Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 9:7) to enter into God's presence for all of Israel and make atonement for their sins (Leviticus 16).
Solomon's temple was 30 cubits high (1 Kings 6:2), but Herod had increased the height to 40 cubits, according to the writings of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. There is uncertainty as to the exact measurement of a cubit, but it is safe to assume that this veil was somewhere near 60 feet high. Josephus also tells us that the veil was four inches thick and that horses tied to each side could not pull the veil apart. The book of Exodus teaches that this thick veil was fashioned from blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.
The size and thickness of the veil makes the events occurring at the moment of Jesus' death on the cross so much more momentous. "And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom" (Matthew 27:50-51a).
So, what do we make of this? What significance does this torn veil have for us today? Above all, the tearing of the veil at the moment of Jesus' death dramatically symbolized that His sacrifice, the shedding of His own blood, was a sufficient atonement for sins. It signified that now the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people, for all time, both Jew and Gentile.
When Jesus died, the veil was torn, and God moved out of that place never again to dwell in a temple made with hands (Acts 17:24). God was through with that temple and its religious system, and the temple and Jerusalem were left "desolate" (destroyed by the Romans) in A.D. 70, just as Jesus prophesied in Luke 13:35. As long as the temple stood, it signified the continuation of the Old Covenant. Hebrews 9:8-9 refers to the age that was passing away as the new covenant was being established (Hebrews 8:13).
In a sense, the veil was symbolic of Christ Himself as the only way to the Father (John 14:6). This is indicated by the fact that the high priest had to enter the Holy of Holies through the veil. Now Christ is our superior High Priest, and as believers in His finished work, we partake of His better priesthood. We can now enter the Holy of Holies through Him. Hebrews 10:19-20 says that the faithful enter into the sanctuary by the "blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh." Here we see the image of Jesus' flesh being torn for us just as He was tearing the veil for us.
The veil being torn from top to bottom is a fact of history. The profound significance of this event is explained in glorious detail in Hebrews. The things of the temple were shadows of things to come, and they all ultimately point us to Jesus Christ. He was the veil to the Holy of Holies, and through His death the faithful now have free access to God.
Biblical separation is the recognition that God has called believers out of the world and into a personal and corporate purity in the midst of sinful cultures. Biblical separation is usually considered in two areas: personal and ecclesiastical.
Personal separation involves an individual's commitment to a godly standard of behavior. Daniel practiced personal separatism when he "resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine" (Daniel 1:8). His was a biblical separatism because his standard was based on God's revelation in the Mosaic law.
A modern example of personal separation could be the decision to decline invitations to parties where alcohol is served. Such a decision might be made in order to circumvent temptation (Romans 13:14), to avoid "every kind of evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22), or simply to be consistent with a personal conviction (Romans 14:5).
The Bible clearly teaches that the child of God is to be separate from the world. "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.' Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord" (2 Corinthians 6:14-17; see also 1 Peter 1:14-16).
Ecclesiastical separation involves the decisions of a church concerning its ties to other organizations, based on their theology or practices. Separatism is implied in the very word "church," which comes from the Greek word ekklesia meaning "a called-out assembly." In Jesus' letter to the church of Pergamum, He warned against tolerating those who taught false doctrine (Revelation 2:14-15). The church was to be separate, breaking ties with heresy. A modern example of ecclesiastical separation could be a denomination's stance against ecumenical alliances which would unite the church with apostates.
Biblical separation does not require Christians to have no contact with unbelievers. Like Jesus, we should befriend the sinner without partaking of the sin (Luke 7:34). Paul expresses a balanced view of separatism: "I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world" (1 Corinthians 5:9-10). In other words, we are in the world, but not of it.
We are to be light to the world without allowing the world to diminish our light. "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:14-16).
The Mosaic Law takes up a large portion of the Old Testament and was of vital importance to the Hebrews of old. Even though we who are in Christ are no longer under the Law (Galatians 5:18), there is much we can learn from this part of God's Word. "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful" (2 Timothy 3:16).
The Mosaic Law reveals God's holiness. "The law of the LORD is perfect" (Psalm 19:7) because it is given by a perfect God. The stone tablets Moses received were "inscribed by the finger of God" (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10). The Law clearly reveals God's standard for His people living in a fallen world. The behavior it demands is righteousness in action. "The law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good" (Romans 7:12; cf. Nehemiah 9:13). God's desire is for that holiness to be reflected in His people (Leviticus 19:2; 1 Peter 1:16).
The Mosaic Law defines sin and exposes its heinous nature. "Through the law we become conscious of our sin" (Romans 3:20). With the giving of the Ten Commandments, God once and for all codified morality. Ever since Sinai, there can be no question of God's opinion of adultery, murder, theft, etc.—they are wrong. And the severe penalties that befell transgressors underscore the serious nature of sin as rebellion against God. In defining sin and setting a divine standard, the Law indirectly discloses our need for a Savior.
The Mosaic Law confirms our need to be separate from sin. Many of the Law's regulations were aimed at making Israel distinct from the surrounding nations. Not only was their worship different, but they had different farming practices, a different diet, different clothing—they even had a different way of growing their beards (Leviticus 19:27). Truly, the Hebrews were set apart from the rest of the world. God's people today are still to be set apart—not in the same ways as the children of Israel—but morally, ethically, and spiritually. We are in the world but not of it (John 15:19; 17:14, 16). We are to let our light shine (Matthew 5:14–16).
The Mosaic Law shows how God's plan unfolds gradually and progressively. The progressive nature of God's revelation is alluded to in passages such as Acts 14:16 and Acts 17:30. As has been noted, the Law brought clarity and definiteness to the meaning of sin, and the precision of the commandments allowed us to easily identify infractions. But the Law itself was meant to be temporary. It was, in fact, "our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith" (Galatians 3:24). Christ is the One who fulfilled the righteous requirement of the Law on our behalf (Matthew 5:17). In taking the Law's curse upon Himself, Christ brought an end to the curse and instituted the New Covenant (Galatians 3:13; Luke 22:20).
The Mosaic Law expounds on God's two most basic commands. Everything in the Law can be boiled down to two commands. The primary one is found in Deuteronomy 6:5, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." The secondary, related command is in Leviticus 19:18, "Love your neighbor as yourself." Jesus ranked these commandments as number one and number two and said they were the quintessence of the entirety of God's Law (Matthew 22:36–40).
The Mosaic Law predicts that God will not forsake His children. There were blessings promised to Israel for keeping the Law and curses for breaking it (Deuteronomy 30). God predicted, through His prophet Moses, that Israel would be disobedient and spurn the Law (Deuteronomy 32:21–22). Yet, in His great mercy, God promised to "vindicate his people" (Deuteronomy 32:36) and "make atonement for his land and people" (verse 43).
The Mosaic Law establishes the principle of sowing and reaping. The Old Covenant was conditional; God promised to bless Israel in the Promised Land only if they adhered to the Law. "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today" (Deuteronomy 11:26–28). The underlying principle of reaping what one sows is a natural law and one repeated in the New Testament (Galatians 6:7).
The Mosaic Law demonstrates the value of an intercessor between God and man. The whole concept of the Levitical priesthood was based on the need for an intercessor between man and God. Only the priests could enter the tabernacle, and only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies—and that only once a year with the blood of a sacrifice. Even then, there were special requirements placed on the priests concerning their behavior, physical appearance, clothing, and ceremonial cleansing. The point was that God is holy, and we are not. We need a go-between, and God is the One who chooses the mediator. Under the Mosaic system, the intercessor was a son of Aaron (Numbers 3:3); under the New Covenant, the Intercessor is the Son of God (1 Timothy 2:5).
The Mosaic Law shows the efficacy of a substitutionary sacrifice. The Law graphically depicts God's requirement of the blood of an innocent sacrifice to atone for the sins of the guilty. As the author of Hebrews says, "The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness" (Hebrews 9:22). The burning carcass on the altar was a vivid reminder that the consequence of sin is death (Romans 6:23a). Without such a substitute, the wrath of God would fall on the transgressor. The Law allowed for an animal sacrifice to be a propitiation for sin, and the Law called the sacrifice "a pleasing aroma" to the Lord (Numbers 28:6).
The Mosaic Law provides many pictures of Christ and His redemption. Every lamb that was offered under the Old Testament Law was a foreshadowing of the Lamb of God and His sacrifice on the cross (see John 1:29; Hebrews 7:27). Every priestly duty heralded the work of Christ on our behalf. The lampstand in the temple prefigured the Light of the World (John 9:5). The table of showbread was a picture of the Bread of Life (John 6:35). The veil separating the two compartments of the tabernacle was a symbol of Christ's body, destined to be torn to provide access to the very presence of God (Luke 23:45; Hebrews 10:20). In fact, the entire sanctuary built under Moses' superintendence was filled with "copies of the heavenly things" (Hebrews 9:23).
Christians today can benefit much from a study of the Mosaic Law. We understand that the Law was not meant for the church, and we are responsible to "correctly handle the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). But, properly understood, the Law remains "our tutor to lead us to Christ" (Galatians 3:24, NAS). Once we come to Christ, we find He "is the culmination of the law . . . for everyone who believes" (Romans 10:4).


Excel is deceptively simple to get started with. The ribbon interface works exactly like the other Microsoft apps. Each tab along the top opens a new selection of menu options. If you can't find a feature you're looking for, explore the other tabs to find it. You can also click the green box that reads "Tell me what you want to do" to search for a menu option.
When you create a new document, you can also choose from a wide variety of templates. Excel 2016 can search thousands of online templates, including personal budgets, vacation itineraries, expense reports, inventory lists, and more. You can search the template list for keywords or browse tag pages right within the app. You can also browse Excel templates online here.
This series assumes you understand the basics, but if you need a refresher, you can check out Microsoft's official Quick Start guides here.
Spreadsheets can be as simple as a basic table and as complex as an automated role-playing game character sheet. While everyone's needs are different, there are a few basic tasks that you can combine to make the most robust spreadsheet you need. Here's how to do some of the most essential tasks.
Formatting cells in a spreadsheet can turn a boring list of numbers into a useful document that's easy to read. You can manually set text and background colours, text size, highlights, and borders to help aid readability. The most useful feature by far, though, is the ability to style cells based on what's in them.
For example, in the screenshot above, I have a spreadsheet of comic book movies and how much money they've made at the domestic and worldwide box offices (yes, I really do have this, shut up). If I want to be able to see at a glance which movies have made the most and which have made the least, I can use conditional colour scales.
To apply a style, select the cells you want to apply the style to. In my case, I chose all the cells under a single column. Under the Home tab, you'll find a button called Conditional Formatting. Click this and you'll see a selection of styles you can apply. As you hover over each item in the menu, you'll see a live preview so you can see how your data will appear once you make a selection. In the screenshot above, I used a style called the "Green - White - Red Colour Scale." The highest numbers are coloured in green, while the lowest numbers are coloured in red.
Under the Editing section, click the Clear button.
In the drop-down menu that appears, select Clear Formats.
You can apply as many or as few styles as you want to a range of cells. You can also create your own styling rules if Excel doesn't have the option you need built-in already. Keep in mind that a style will be applied to every cell you select, so how you choose your cells may affect how the style appears. For example, in the spreadsheet above, if I applied the style above to the domestic and global box office columns at the same time, all of the domestic values would be on the red end of the spectrum, making the style useless. In order to be useful, I needed to apply the style to each column individually.
The first row or column of your spreadsheet is often used for labels. In my sample spreadsheet, I want to be able to see which column I'm working out of no matter how very many superhero movies I have to scroll past. You can lock your labels in place by using the Freeze Panes feature.
Freeze Panes: This option will lock any rows above your cursor and any columns left of your cursor. So, for example, if you want to keep the first row and first column of your spreadsheet visible, place your cursor at cell B2 and click this button.
Freeze Top Row: This option will freeze just the first top row in a spreadsheet.
Freeze First Column: This option will freeze the left-most cell in a spreadsheet.
Once you've chosen any of these options, the first Freeze Panes option will change to Unfreeze Panes. You'll need to unfreeze any panes before you choose new ones to lock into.
All those boxes of numbers aren't going to be very helpful if you can't do anything with them. The formulas and functions in Excel help you do a ton of complex calculations so you can draw meaningful conclusions from your data.
This would add the two numbers together—$373 + $414—to give me a grand global total of $787 million (each cell value represents millions).
The colon in this line indicates that the AVERAGE function should include the entire range of cells between the first and last cell. So, this function will take the average of every value for an X-Men film in column F.
This is what's called a nested function. First, Excel calculates the average of the cells in H26 through H33 (seen in bold above). Then, it uses that average as the number argument in the ROUND function. The 1 at the end of the line indicates that the number should be rounded to one decimal point. So, instead of getting an average rating of 78.875, which is the actual average rating, you see 78.9 in the final sheet.
As you can see, formulas and functions can range from very simple to incredibly complex. These examples just barely scratch the surface of what you can do with formulas and functions. You can check out this guide from the How-To Geek for a deeper dive into what you can do with functions. You can also browse the functions built into Excel and learn how to use them here.
In the above example, I used functions to manually create a table with information about my spreadsheet. Pivot tables offer an easier way to do this without having to carefully craft complex formulas to do basic tasks like rounding an average. When you're dealing with large data sets, this can be invaluable.
You can create a pivot table in one of two ways. On the Insert tab, you can click Recommended PivotTables and Excel will suggest tables based on the data you already have entered in your spreadsheet. Alternatively, you can click PivotTable to manually create your own. Both will open the pivot table interface on a new sheet.
By default, the table will show me the sum of each line. While that would be handy for something like total box office gross, in this case the sum of review scores is useless. I'll need to tweak it. To do that, I'll click the dropdown arrow next to "Sum of Metacritic" in the Values box. Then, I'll click Value Field Settings. This will give me new options for which data to display.
Just like in the last section, that trailing decimal in the Metacritic column is bothering me. Fortunately, I don't need to deal with nested functions this time. To fix this, I'll open up the Value Field Settings menu again. This time, I'll click the button at the bottom of the window that says Number Format.
My new pivot table is much easier to read. You can use pivot tables to examine your data in a variety of ways without changing the sheet your data is stored on. For example, I can quickly add columns for Box Office data or Rotten Tomatoes ratings. I could also drag the Film field from the Rows box to the Filters box so that my table only displays the totals for each column, instead of the individual lines themselves.
When you're dealing with huge data sets, pivot tables become essential. Sometimes they can be a bit difficult if your data isn't formatted quite right (the blank rows I leave between different franchises regularly throws off automatic pivot tables, for example), but they're often much quicker and more flexible than building your own tables from formulas.
Unlike Word documents, spreadsheets aren't designed with regular, easy-to-print pages in mind. To compensate for this, use the Page Break Preview feature. With it, you can change how your sheet is divided and what data should print on which page.
To open this view, click the View tab. In the Workbook View section, click Page Break Preview. Your spreadsheet will zoom out and show you which sections will print on each page. You can drag each line to resize the sections as you see fit.
Place your cursor on the row or column where you want to create a new page break.
Click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon interface.
In the dropdown that pops up, click Insert Page Break.
In the case of very long documents, Excel may introduce automatic page breaks when you reach the maximum amount of space that can fit on a page. You can't remove these page breaks, but any of the others including the page breaks you add can be moved or removed at will. To get back to the normal view, return to the View tab in the ribbon. Under Workbook Views, click Normal.
To get a better idea of what your data looks like, you can create custom charts based on all or part of the data in your spreadsheet. Excel comes with a ton of ready-made styles you can choose from, or you can customise your charts to suit your needs.
To create a chart, first select the cells you want to include. In some cases, you may need to format your cells a certain way for Excel to understand them, but you can read about how to format your cells for each type of chart here. In this example, we'll use the movie data for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the screenshot above. I'll select everything in columns A, E, and F.
Once you've selected your data, click the Insert tab in the ribbon. In the Charts section, you'll see a button called Recommended Charts. This will automatically choose the type of chart that Excel thinks is best based on the data you've selected. In my case, I chose "clustered columns" from my suggestions.
Once you've created your chart, you can customise it how you need. In my case, there are a few things I don't like about this one. I want to change the chart title so it's more descriptive. I want to add a label to the left axis to indicate that the numbers are measured in millions. Also, it would be nice if the colour scheme was a little bit less boring.
The first problem is easy. You can click the title of a chart to change it. To change the axis labels, you'll need to add one first. Click somewhere in the empty space on the chart to select the chart itself. Three buttons will appear next to the top right corner of the chart. Click the first button with a green plus icon. Here, you can add elements like an axis title. You can then click the label to edit it the same way you edited the title.
To change the style of the chart, select it and click the box with a paintbrush symbol on it. Here, you can choose from a selection of preset styles. You can also change the colour scheme of your chart by clicking Colour at the top of the style-picker box. Now, doesn't this chart look so much nicer?
By default, any new charts you create will appear on the sheet you have open. If you'd rather keep your charts separate, you can move them to their own sheet. To do so, right-click the chart and select Move Chart. In the box that appears, select "New sheet" and give it a name. Click OK and the chart will be moved to its own sheet.
You can search the ribbon: Just like the other new Microsoft Office apps, you can search the ribbon if you can't find the feature you're looking for. Click the green box at the top of the screen that says "Tell me what you want to do." Enter keywords or describe what you want to do and Excel will suggest features for you.
Collaborate with others in real-time: Another feature common to all Office apps, you can share your documents to your OneDrive account and work with other users on the same document at the same time. Much like Google Docs, everyone can see each other's changes as they happen.
Research in the app with Smart Lookup: If you need to find some quick information on a cell in your document, you can use the Smart Lookup tool to find it without having to leave the app. You can get links to Wikipedia, definitions of words, and get Bing image search results all inside Excel.
Draw your formulas with Ink Equations: Some matsh equations are easier to write than they are to type. In Excel 2016, you can draw maths equations to add them into your spreadsheet. This is particularly handy if you have a stylus or touchscreen on your computer.
There's a lot more buried old and new features buried underneath the surface. You can check out more about the newest versions on Microsoft's website.
Ctrl+N/Ctrl+O/Ctrl+S: Create, Open, and Save a document.
Alt+H: Go to the Home tab on the ribbon.
Excel also supports many of the same text navigation shortcuts that we've covered previously here. You can also navigate the ribbon by pressing Alt. The app will then show you what button you can press to change tabs or access the functions currently available.
Four skills that will turn you into a spreadsheet ninja: Mastering spreadsheets is an art. Our guide here will teach you about input forms, statistical calculations, pivot tables, and macros.
Learn how to master VLOOKUP to find data easily: One of the most useful functions in Excel is called VLOOKUP. This allows you to lookup one piece of data in your spreadsheet based on another piece of data you already know. For example, if you have a document that lists the name, price, and SKU of a product, you can create a formula that finds the price when you enter a name or a SKU.
Download free Excel templates to manage time, money or productivity: There's no need to reinvent the wheel. Not only does Excel have a huge repository of spreadsheet templates built-in, but you can find plenty more online to suit your needs. Find one you like before you try to build your own from scratch.
Excel Formulas: Why do you need formulas and functions?: This collection of guides from the How-To Geek covers intermediate to advanced lessons on how to use Excel functions and create formulas of your own.
Spreadsheets aren't nearly as boring as the movies have led you to believe. While it can take a little work to get started, you can turn tediously collected data into visually impressive and informative charts.


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I'm not sure this is really earth-shattering news, but high-school dropouts are far more likely to commit and be involved in crimes than those who graduate. But a study commissioned by California lawmakers, found that high-school dropouts cost the state as much as $1.1 billion in law enforcement costs every year. The study found that by cutting the dropout rate in half, the state would save more than a half a billion dollars annually (source).
Law Enforcement Officials are hoping that the results of the study will encourage the Governor to sign a bill requiring schools to accurately report dropout rates and identify signs that a student is at high-rick for dropping out. These statistics may help future policy makers implement programs to target at-risk youth for intervention before they decide to stop going to school.
As I expressed earlier, I'm not sure anyone doubts that high-school dropouts are more likely to be involved in criminal behavior. And I say this because I think most people who went to high school have observed the statistics first hand. The kids who were always skipping class, involved in drugs, and had problems with the police were the ones we rarely saw at graduation ceremonies. And although I agree that schools need more money to fund programs that help at-risk youth graduate, I'm not sure we need a study to tell us which students are at risk.
Although public schools receive a lot of flack for not educating our children properly, but—in general—teachers, councilors, administrators, and other students don't have a hard time identifying who is at a high-risk for dropping out. What they lack are resources.
To fight future crime, we as citizens need to support measures in our cities and communities that give schools the resources they need, not only to educate our children, but to help at-risk students stay in school, get an education, and stay off the streets. Crime prevention is more than locking our doors and leaving the porch light on, it is supporting local programs to help children avoid a life of crime before it starts.


I've been working through some of my all-time favorite Tomica Limited Vintage models. I showcased the Super Silhouettes last weekend, and this weekend comes the Porsche 911 (along with a few faves from Kyosho). Be sure to subscribe, and enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nujICxvwvmA Find the TLV Porsches at Japan Booster.
The new Lexus set from Kyosho looks fantastic. Especially if you live in Japan.
No matter what you think about the latest Honda/Acura NSX, Kyosho's replica is pretty brilliant.


As an attorney, Dinah Perez lends her services in the negotiation and drafting of various film industry agreements which include: literary option/purchase and work for hire agreements; co-production, joint venture, finance and distribution agreements; and production agreements i.e., director, talent, music licensing . . . agreements. Ms. Perez also functions as production counsel so that, in addition, to the aforementioned, she functions as an intermediary between the filmmaker and the completion bond company, banks, investors and distributors where applicable. Last, but not least, Ms. Perez also helps her clients choose and form the business entity more suited to their needs i.e., corporation, limited liability company or partnership.
Ms.Perez, prior to becoming an attorney, was an investment banker and the co-producer of two very low budget independent features. Her practical knowledge of financing and producing is invaluable to her film clients who include producers, directors, writers, actors, talent agencies, composers and management companies.
Ms. Perez is in private practice due to her interest in representing independent filmmakers. She works on a sliding scale and, sometimes, contingency basis. She offers prospective clients a free half hour consultation. Please contact her directly if you have questions or wish to schedule an appointment.


One of the really great things about mostly not making any plans is that we are in practice for them not coming off when we do.
We had planned to travel down to Strasbourg over the past few days so that Shell and Jules could rendezvous with their train home on Sunday, but we hadn't planned for one of the locks to be broken a few tens of kilometres from our destination. By their nature, boats are difficult things to take around obstacles on canals, and rather than try to do that, in the light of the Canal Authority's advice that it would be fixed "after lunch on Friday" and our uncertainty about just how that might translate to a timeframe which could be relied upon, we decided that it might be prudent to take a train for a day of sightseeing rather than risk the journey by boat.
At a few hundred kilometres per hour, Strasbourg is just twenty minutes away, saving a day and a half of canal travel, but on our arrival the realisation that we were just "common tourists" without a place in the harbour to retreat to when we were a little tired or hungry took some minor getting used to. We did make it through a visit to the Tourist Office without being recognised as boat people, which is a first for a while, but that may have been because of the pallid English complexions carried by the "kids" so we aren't sure whether to count that as a feat or not.
The opportunity to tour the canals on a well organised ferry with commentary in twelve languages was one we couldn't refuse of course. Life wouldn't be the same without at least an hour on the water, and negotiating the locks did go very smoothly indeed with a captain and a deckhand doing the chores. Perhaps we'll have to look into that, and while we're at it, a pair of headphones that knew where we were at all times would be a handy addition to our kit.
As for Strasbourg, well of course it's a beautiful city, and we need much more than a day there to become familiar with its corners so we will return, perhaps in a few days and when we do we'll stay for a while. But that is starting to sound like a plan, and we will have the choice of two directions when we depart.
Shell and Jules leave on Sunday, and it will be time to decide our next move. We really have no clue at the moment, and that is just the way we like it.
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Fitness guru shares weight gain photos during infertility struggle
By Maddison Leach| 3 years ago
Fitness guru Ann Victoria has revealed that she's struggled with "anxieties" as her body has changed during her struggle with fertility.
"Conceiving naturally is not as [easy] my 18 year old self once thought," the 30-year-old wrote to Instagram.
Anna has spent the last 15 months trying to fall pregnant but revealed two months ago that she was having fertility issues, resulting in "multiple doctors' appointments, bloodwork, hormone injections and medication."
On Tuesday she shared two photos of herself, taken a year apart, revealing the small amount of weight she's gained while trying to conceive.
In the caption Anna explains that while the weight gain isn't drastic, the changes she sees in her body have been weighing on her mind.
"So many thoughts have gone through my head," she said.
"Is it my workouts? Am I working out too much? Is it what I'm eating? Am I eating too little or the wrong macros? Am I too stressed? Should I take a step back from everything? Is there something medically wrong with me?"
Anna explains she cut down her workouts and increased her calorie intake in the hopes it could have a positive impact on her fertility, both by allowing her to gain some weight and giving her body a rest.
But being a fitness influencer comes with certain expectations, and Anna confesses she has struggled with anxiety over the "extra pounds."
"I'm not going to lie and say it's been easy to 'just gain a few pounds' when I know how many people are watching," she writes.
"Even though I know you girls are THE most supportive and understanding community of women out there, there are still a lot of people who are not."
However, Anna's not letting that hold her back from her fertility journey, which she plans to share across her social media accounts as she works towards conceiving.
"Life doesn't always go as planned, and that's ok," she wrote on Instagram when she first revealed her fertility struggles in February.
"This is a topic that needs to be discussed more, out in the open, so other women don't feel so alone in their struggles."
She explained that she "never expected" to deal with infertility and that the situation has been hard on her relationship with husband Luca, but has also brought the couple closer together.
"We will get through this and we just have to trust that God has a plan."
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Quercus coccinea Münchh.
Scarlet oak
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a "circulatory system" for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Magnoliopsida Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass Rosidae Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order Fagales Birch, she-oak, beech, walnut, bayberry, others
Family Fagaceae Beech familhy
Genus Quercus Latin for "oak"
Species coccinea "Scarlet or bright, deep pink"
About plant names...
Scarlet oak is a native of the eastern United States, named for bright red colors of its leaves in the fall.
Identification: Trees reach 80' (24 m), with the maximum reported height of 181' (55 m). Leaves are deeply lobed, even more so than eastern black oak, and sharp-tipped. Acorns are ½-1" (1.3-2.5 cm) long. The cap usually covers half of the nut. See the Quercus comparison table.
Photo by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, from the Arboretum Robert Lenoir, Rendeux, Belgium, on 4/10/2008.
Online References:
Quercus coccinea on www.carolinanature.com
Quercus coccinea on the Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Quercus coccinea at the University of Connecticut Plant Database
Quercus coccinea on floridata.com
Quercus coccinea on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
Quercus coccinea at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Quercus coccinea at the Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Quercus coccinea on Wikipedia
Quercus coccinea on the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database
Sibley, David Allen, The Sibley Guide to Trees, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009, p. 187
Quercus coccinea description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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May be Quercus palustris · 10/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 9 × 14" (23 × 35 cm) ID is uncertain
or Black Oak? · 5/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts
≈ 12 × 8" (31 × 20 cm) ID is uncertain
≈ 6 × 9" (14 × 22 cm) ID is uncertain
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After the weekend's record-breaking rainfall across the country – especially the east and south coast – winter is due to set in by the end of this week thanks to a mass of polar air sweeping Spain.
Temperatures are set to plummet, and mountains in the north will see snow falling, according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET.
Flash floods in the province of Málaga caused a fireman's death, and here and in the east-coast province of Castellón, tens of thousands of properties had to be bailed out and numerous drivers rescued from their cars.
Over half a million children and teenagers in the province of Castellón were off school on Thursday and Friday.
Vinaròs (Castellón province) broke all records on Friday evening when 159.2 litres of rain per square metre (15.92 centimetres, or six-and-a-quarter inches) fell in the space of just one hour between 18.00 and 19.00.
Until now, the rainfall record has not been broken since March 2002, when Santa Cruz de Tenerife was hit by 129.9 litres of rain per square metre (nearly 13 centimetres, or just over five inches) in an hour.
Over two or three hours, between 192 and 234 litres per square metre (19.2 to 23.4 centimetres, or about 7.7 to 9.2 inches) was registered in the province of Málaga this weekend.
Thursday was the wettest October day since 1992 in Calamocha (Teruel province, Aragón) and since 1986 in Teruel city.
The rain has moved on to the Canary Islands today (Monday) and dry, sunny conditions are back elsewhere in the country, although weathermen have warned this will not last.
Temperatures will take a nosedive in five days' time, starting from the north, with rain returning to the north-east and snow at altitudes of around 1,000 to 1,200 metres upwards – relatively low for the time of year – plus overnight frosts in the northern half of the mainland.


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Baywatch is an American television series created by Gregory J. Bonann about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California.
The series premiered in the USA on NBC in 1989, but was cancelled after only one season because of the high cost of producing it and low ratings. Feeling the series still had potential, David Hasselhoff revived it for the first-run syndication market in 1991, investing his own money and additionally functioning as executive producer.
The show was hugely successful, especially internationally. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Baywatch is the most watched TV show in the world of all time, with over 1.1 billion viewers.
Baywatch originally aired in South Africa on M-Net and was one of the first international shows to air on e.tv. It later aired on DStv's M-Net Series channel.
See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
During the 1990s, Baywatch was one of the most popular and profitable syndicated programs throughout the world.
With its mix of melodramatic plots, bikini-clad women and bronzed, bare-chested men, the series presented the California sun-and-surf lifestyle as it depicted the adventures of a team of lifeguards that patrolled the beaches around Los Angeles, California.
Although it was criticized as 'jiggle TV,' audiences in 145 countries embraced Baywatch and, at its peak, the program boasted more than a billion viewers.
Baywatch focuses on the relationships and rescues of a Southern California lifeguard unit led by Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff). The lifeguards routinely save drowning victims, battle drug smugglers, and face shark attacks while falling in – and out – of love.
The show made superstars of beautiful cast members like Yasmine Bleeth, Carmen Electra and Pamela Anderson - who went on to become an international sex symbol - and sealed The Hoff's place as the most watched television star ever.
Baywatch's emphasis on its cast's 'wholesome sexuality' is the reason most often cited for its huge international acclaim.
In his Dictionary of Teleliteracy, David Bianculli identifies the reason for the program's success: "Basically, to ogle [is] an activity that knows no language barrier."
When Baywatch aired on NBC in 1989, it failed to attract a significant audience and was canceled after one season. However, its producers recognised its potential to garner a large international audience and chose to distribute it to independent stations around the globe.
The resulting enormous viewership and profits paved the way for other internationally syndicated programs during the decade.
Note: these broadcast details are for the run of the show on M-Net Series only. Broadcast dates for the runs on M-Net and e.tv are not available.
Each season consists of 22 hour-long episodes.
Premiere: 17 January 2006 | Finale: 13 June 2006 | Tuesdays, 18h00
Premiere: 28 November 2006 | Finale: 24 April 2007 | Tuesdays, 22h00
Premiere: 7 August 2007 | Finale: 1 January 2008 | Tuesdays, 22h00
Premiere: 17 June 2008 | Finale: 11 November 2008 | Tuesdays, 22h00
Premiere: 13 October 2009 | Finale: 9 March 2010 | Tuesdays, 22h00
Premiere: 16 March 2010 | Finale: 10 August 2010 | Tuesdays, 22h00
Premiere: 17 August 2010 | Finale: 11 January 2011 | Tuesdays, 22h30
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Parker Stevenson
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Mike 'Newmie' Newman
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Hobie Buchannon #2
Sofía Vergara
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Cody Madison
Kelly Packard
April Giminski
Erin Gray
Chief Monica Johnson
Michael Bergin
Jack "J.D." Darius
Mitzi Kapture
Alexis "Alex" Ryker
Brooke Burns
Jessica "Jessie" Owens
Eileen Boylan
José Solano
Maddy Gutierrez
Paul Linke
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Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft in the south
Oleksiy Yarmolenko
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft in the Mykolaiv region.
This was reported by the head of the Mykolayiv regional military administration Vitaly Kim, and the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"On October 21, around 4:00 p.m., in the Bashtanka district of the Mykolayiv region, a unit of the Odesa anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Southern Air Command shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft," the message reads.
This happened during the air alert throughout Ukraine.
The war. The occupiers mined the Kakhovka HPP dam, the US confirmed the presence of Iranian instructors in Crimea, the risks of a new offensive from Belarus increased. Day 240: live coverage


Wet feet, wet backs, what's the difference?
On January 12, 2017, just days before his term in office ended, former President Barack Obama ended a long-standing Cuban immigration policy which began under President Clinton, known colloquially as wet-foot, dry foot. Obama is reported to have briefed President Trump on the change.
That policy essentially said that if Cuban refugees could make it to U.S. soil they would be given visas and green cards after a year and a day and allowed to stay in the country as asylees.
If they were intercepted at sea (i.e. with wet feet) they were either forced to turn their rafts and boats around, or if the vessels weren't seaworthy, the Coast Guard would return them to Cuban jurisdiction or to that of a third country.
To the best of our knowledge, Judge Jon S. Tigar of San Francisco, an Obama appointee, didn't have a problem with a President making that change to existing immigration law. As noted in this then-contemporaneous Miami-Herald article, the basic facts under which the change was made closely mirror the current situation with the Central American caravans.
So what's changed in the ensuing 23 months? Obviously, the name on the Oval Office door.
Well, that and the pandemic outbreak of TDS which has infected the Democrat party and the coastal liberals.
Would that be anything like DACA?
It is this blatant hypocrisy that drives many Americans to conclude that liberals and Democrats (oops, sorry for the redundancy) have taken leave not just of their senses, but of their allegiance to this country.
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package com.baidu.rigel.biplatform.ac.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

/**
 * 占位符工具类,支持占位符格式为 ${name}
 *
 * @author xiaoming.chen
 *
 */
public class PlaceHolderUtils {

    /**
     * 从一个源字符串中解析所有占位符信息 如 abc/${1}/${2}/abc.action,解析出来的就是 ${1},${2}
     *
     * @param source 源字符串
     * @return 解析到的占位符信息
     */
    public static List<String> getPlaceHolders(String source) {
        if (StringUtils.isBlank(source)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("can not get place hode list by blank source");
        }
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{[^\\}]+\\}");
        Matcher match = pattern.matcher(source);
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
        while (match.find()) {
            result.add(match.group());
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * 从占位符中解析KEY,占位符实例: ${abc}
     * <p>
     * 如果不符合占位符表达式:^\\$\\{[^\\}]+\\}$ 直接返回
     * </p>
     *
     * @param placeHolder 占位符,
     * @return 从占位符中解析出来的KEY
     */
    public static String getKeyFromPlaceHolder(String placeHolder) {
        if (StringUtils.isBlank(placeHolder)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("can not get key from empty placeHolder");
        }
        if (!Pattern.matches("^\\$\\{[^\\}]+\\}$", placeHolder)) {
            return placeHolder;
        } else {
            return placeHolder.substring(2, placeHolder.length() - 1);
        }

    }

    /**
     * 将源字符串中的占位符替换成指定value 自动判断是否是占位符格式,如果不是补全以后替换
     *
     * @param source 源字符串
     * @param placeHolder 占位符,可以直接传一个KEY,也可以输入完成占位符,如 url 或者 ${url}
     * @param value 占位符替换的值,可以为null
     * @return 返回替换完成后的字符串
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException 源字符串为空或者占位符为空
     */
    public static String replacePlaceHolderWithValue(String source, String placeHolder, String value) {
        if (StringUtils.isBlank(source) || StringUtils.isBlank(placeHolder)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("params error, source : " + source + " placeHolder:" + placeHolder);
        }
        String oldKey = placeHolder;
        if (!Pattern.matches("^\\$\\{[^\\}]+\\}$", placeHolder)) {
            oldKey = "${" + oldKey + "}";
        }

        return source.replace(oldKey, value);

    }

}


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Everybody Should Tune Into This Beat: Genetic Heart Conditions
Dr. Mao helps oversee ARUP's molecular genetics laboratories where more than a hundred different kinds of genetic tests are performed.
As the Broadway season ramps up, there's time to think about Jonathan Larson, creator of the hit musical Rent, who died unexpectedly the morning of that show's first preview performance off Broadway in 1996. He tragically suffered an aortic dissection, a tear on the inside of his aorta—the main artery carrying blood from the heart to all other organs.
The cause was thought to be Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder in which connective tissue does not form in the normal way. In some cases, the aorta becomes inflexible from its stiff connective tissue, and can split under the pressure of pumping blood.
Larson's Marfan was undiagnosed. He was tall and lanky and had long fingers and toes—traits that sometimes result from the stretchy connective tissue in Marfan. He was among the estimated 1 in 5,000 people who have this syndrome; an estimated three out of four people with the condition inherit it from parents, according to the Marfan Foundation.
"Knowing in advance about genetic heart problems can make a huge difference: It can prevent sudden death."
Rong Mao, MD
Medical Director for Molecular Genetics and Genomics
If doctors had seen the signs in Larson on his two trips to the emergency room earlier the same week, when X-rays of his heart and aorta were taken, he could have had further testing and heart surgery that might have saved his life, according to the New York State Health Department's ruling to fine two hospitals in 1996.
"It sounds simplistic, but knowing in advance about genetic heart problems can make a huge difference; it can prevent sudden death," says Rong Mao, MD, medical director for Molecular Genetics and Genomics at ARUP Laboratories.
A genetic disorder is a disease that occurs partly or entirely because the DNA sequence has changed from the normal line-up. Such irregularities can cause later heart complications, such as those in Marfan. In a related vein, congenital heart defects (CHDs)—or problems with the heart's structure present at birth—affect nearly 1 percent, or about 40,000, of births per year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
If conditions are found early in a young child, they can be monitored and a healthy life may result. Newborns are typically screened for critical congenital heart disease,which often requires intervention within days or the first year of life.
While it is important to be proactive in guarding the health of your heart year-round, we're using February—American Heart Month—to increase awareness when it comes to your pulse provider.
Below are ways to increase your awareness about possible genetic differences that can cause heart problems and how to test for them.
If you have certain factors, chances of a genetic condition can be greater. These include one or more relatives with a medical condition; a relative diagnosed with a condition at an early age, such as before age 55; a relative who has a disease that is more rare in a certain gender (such as a female relative with heart disease); and combinations of diseases that run in your family, such as diabetes and heart disease, according to the Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah.
In some cases, conditions are more likely to strike individuals in a certain ethnic or birth group. For instance, the rare disorder Tay-Sachs disease is passed from parents to children. In this disorder, an enzyme that would ordinarily break down fatty matter is not present. Left without limit, the fats build up in the child's brain and affect nerve cells. Other functions, including paralysis that can affect the heart, result sometime after 6 months of age. The disease occurs most frequently among Ashkenazi Jews (individuals from Eastern and Central European Jewish communities); certain French-Canadian communities in Quebec; the Cajun community of Louisiana; and the Old Order Amish community in Pennsylvania. If the child's parents both have the gene for Tay-Sachs, the child will develop it. Because Tay-Sachs currently is not treatable, potential parents in these groups tend to undergo testing before having children; if both parents have the gene, they often choose to adopt.
Fetal Ultrasound
There is the possibility of apprehending a cardiac abnormality in the fetal ultrasound.
A young child can display symptoms such as heart palpitations, rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeats (arrhythmia), fatigue, and edema (a build-up of fluid in certain bodily areas, such as legs or lungs, if the heart is pumping blood less effectively).
If any of these possibilities show up, genetic tests can be administered. First, medical practitioners may do imaging, then move on to laboratory testing. If a condition is found, precautions can be taken to monitor or treat the person. ARUP's tests for genetic causes of heart conditions include: Aortopathy Panel, 21 Genes and Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmia Gene Panel.
Aortopathy includes any disease of the aorta; the test screens for Marfan and 10 other conditions. The panel includes three primary tests and several related ones.
Cardiomyopathy is a word that includes all diseases of the heart muscle; the muscle becomes thick, enlarged, or rigid—and in some rare cases is replaced with scar tissue, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. As the heart becomes less able to pump blood through the body because of the rigidity, difficulties such as fluid in the lungs, ankles, feet, legs or abdomen can result. Arrhythmia is often harmless, but in severe or long-lasting cases, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body, such as Long QT syndrome. Sometimes arrhythmia is caused by cardiomyopathy. ARUP's panel has choices of three main tests and three related ones.
"The risk for any disease is under-diagnosis," says Mao. "But early testing and educational awareness are both helpful for learning early about conditions."
Catherine Arnold, Science Communications Writer


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Orphan, regia di Jaume Collet-Serra (2009)
Resident Evil: Retribution, regia di Paul W. S. Anderson (2012)

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Megan M. McGlinchey is currently the Executive Director of the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware (RDC). In this role, she guides the creation of strategies and objectives to fulfill the RDC's mission of creating economic vitality along the Brandywine and Christina Rivers, while enhancing the environment, encouraging historic preservation and promoting public access. Through targeted and leveraged investments, RDC creates employment and residential development while promoting education, the arts, recreation and tourism. Over the last 22 years, the RDC has spearheaded a one billion dollar redevelopment project along the Christina River that has seen an economic and environmental wasteland transformed into a thriving business, residential and entertainment center. Ms. McGlinchey has been a member of the RDC team for the last 20 years and has held various roles within the organization, most notably as Director of Operations and Deputy Director.
Ms. McGlinchey holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Delaware. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Zoological Society, the March of Dimes – Delaware Chapter, the Greater Wilmington Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Delaware Children's Museum, and she is the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation. She is also the chairperson of the Governor's Tourism Advisory Board. Ms. McGlinchey lives in Wilmington with her husband, Brian and daughter, Norah.


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Obama Opens Borders, Releases Illegal Immigrants Into U.S.
Written by Warren Mass
As the non-stop flood of illegal immigrants continues to pour across the Rio Grande, some are calling the boundary between the United States and Texas an "open border." Furthermore, instead of deporting most of these illegal border crossers — many of whom are from Central America — federal officials have been releasing them within the U.S. interior.
A large number of those traveling from Central America to our southern border are unaccompanied children. The Obama administration has estimated that 60,000 children unaccompanied by parents or relatives will pour into the United States this year, up from about 6,000 in 2011.
Among those who are highly critical of our government's virtual open-border policies is Albert Spratte, the sergeant-at-arms of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) Local 3307 in the Rio Grande Valley. A June 23 National Review Online article attributed an amazing observation to Spratte: "There are two types of illegal immigrants crossing the border: those whom Border Patrol catches and those who catch Border Patrol." Journalist Ryan Lovelace, who accompanied Spratte on patrol, witnessed a man emerging from the brush only to surrender to Spratte. The man said he had traveled 15 days from El Salvador and was headed to California to do some remodeling work. Though he still carried paperwork ordering him to appear in court several years ago, the man nevertheless did not fear prosecution or deportation, but assumed that immigration officials would safely guide him to his destination!
Spratte told Lovelace that a group of nearly 300 Central Americans had recently turned themselves in to U.S. officials.
"Next week 300 is going to be nothing," said Spratte. "It'll be 500 or 400 until they make the decision to start enforcing our immigration laws and deporting people."
In our June 20 article, we quoted another member of the NBPC, Stu Harris, vice president of the union's Local 1929 in El Paso, Texas. Speaking with Breitbart Texas (the section of Breitbart.com dedicated to covering Texas news), Harris shared his views on the vast increase in illegal cross-border traffic: "This situation is de facto amnesty. The word has gotten out that we will simply release people into the US if enough of them come at once. The result is that they are doing it."
A June report from KRGV News in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas that we cited recently noted that a Guatemalan woman named Nora Griselda Bercian Diaz had crossed the border illegally with her six-year-old daughter. Bercian Diaz related to KRGV that people back in Guatemala had told her: "Go to America with your child; you won't be turned away."
Bercian Diaz told the news crew that when the reporters encountered her, she and her daughter were lost and searching for Border Patrol agents!
It is obvious from these reports that failing to secure the passage of legislation offering amnesty to illegal immigrants (under the guise of "a path to citizenship"), the Obama administration is offering it anyway. Otherwise, why would illegal immigrants seek out Border Patrol agents instead of hiding from them?
In response to the massive migration of illegal aliens into our nation, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) posted a statement on his Senate webpage on June 3 carrying the headline: "President Obama is personally responsible for 'rising crisis' at border." His message began:
The rising crisis at the border is the direct and predictable result of actions taken by President Obama. He and his Administration have announced to the world that they will not enforce America's immigration laws, and have emphasized in particular that foreign youth will be exempted from these laws. The world has heard the President's call, and illegal immigrants are pouring across the border in pursuit of his promised amnesty. President Obama is responsible for this calamity, and only by declaring to the world that our border is no longer open — and that the law will be restored — can this emergency be stopped.
Sessions listed both humanitarian and budgetary reasons for holding the Obama administration responsible for creating the crisis in the first place — then spending large amounts of money to remedy its symptoms. He stated the incentive for crossing our border illegally — citizenship — must be removed:
Adding to the incentive, politicians in both parties have promised citizenship for anyone in the world who arrives illegally in the country by a certain age. The first overriding goal must always be to reduce lawlessness, not incentivize it.
Sessions noted that even the New York Times has reported that the Obama administration's lack of enforcement has become widely known throughout Latin America, saying that the United States might as well hang a sign saying "open" across the U.S. border.
If immigration officials are not deporting or detaining those who cross our border illegally, what are they doing with them? In a June 23 report, AP's immigration reporter Alicia Caldwell noted that the Obama administration has released a large number of illegal immigrant families from Central America in recent months, but — despite the fact the officials know how many they have released — they won't reveal that information.
When Caldwell called the Homeland Security deputy secretary's office on June 20 to obtain figures about the releases, she was told: "We will get back to you."
The AP report listed numerous occasions when U.S. officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske, and Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas dodged all questions concerning the number of illegal immigrants released.
The figure is widely believed to exceed 40,000 since October, noted Caldwell, which is "slightly below the roughly 52,000 children caught traveling illegally from Central America over the same period." Those figures closely match the administration estimates we cited above of 60,000 unaccompanied children who will pour into the United States this year.
The report noted that most of the immigrant families are from Honduras, El Salvador, or Guatemala and cannot be immediately deported, so U.S. officials have been releasing them into the U.S. interior with instructions to report within 15 days to the nearest U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office. We saw how that works out, however, when the Salvadoran man who voluntarily surrendered to Border Patrol Agent Spratte still carried paperwork ordering him to appear in court several years ago, and yet fearlessly crossed the border illegally once more.
With our borders open and armies of illegal immigrants who have traveled up to 2,000 miles to cross them, this situation can only be described as an invasion. Since that is the case, it is time for Congress to fulfill its mandate found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions."
Article IV, Section 4 also states, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion."
The Constitution is clear: It is time for Congress to pass legislation requiring the federal government to repel the invasion.
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Chapter 2: Dober dan from Slovenia & Croatia!
I was never a sneakerhead, and I honestly don't think I qualify as one now [these dudes are hard core in their culture]. But I do admit some sneakers have called out to me in the past -- their appearance and character as unique as my personality. And.. This seems to be how I united … Continue reading Chapter 2: Dober dan from Slovenia & Croatia!
Are You For Us?
This is a legit question. It's also the slogan for Forus Athletics, a socially-conscious athletic wear brand that launched August 4 in downtown Indianapolis. Forus' founders [former and current athletes] wanted to solve a problem with shoes that many other athletes experience - worn down and/or non-supportive insoles - but they also wanted to create something that would benefit people outside the athletic & shoe fields. They wanted to create a brand with an even greater purpose - a movement. So they invented an insole that provides support with amazing comfort [I kid you not], and they have forever pledged 10% of profits to organizations worldwide that service children. They have also promised to award scholarships to US college students who wish to work in career fields that involve and/or aid youth. Forus is not just a business, it's a cause that has brought together friends, family, colleagues, and even strangers who wish to contribute their individual talents and expertise to help Forus succeed. It has given everyone a feeling of purpose and community. Forus Athletics has been running a campaign on the crowd-funding site Indiegogo.com, and there are only 4 days left. BUT I am so excited to say that Forus is more than halfway to its goal! With a collective effort and one last push I believe Forus can meet its goal of $40,000. [Campaign here: bit.ly/QkgDOr] That is why I ask - "Are You FOR US?"


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It follows Kathy, a food critic in New York City. Her parents ask her to come home for Christmas, and there she meets a handsome police officer, which now complicates her situation.
Genre: Movies, Romance
Actors: Jesi Jensen, Joe Kurak, Kristen Ryda
Director: Joel Paul Reisig
Sullivan's Travels
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
The Man From Laramie
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
The Girl from Rio
Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world.
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Euro, Thailand
Enemy from Space
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth. The first film sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment (aka The Creeping Unknown), adapted from the second of the BBC's TV trilogy series about Dr. Quatermass.
Country: United Kingdom, Japan
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Judgment at Nuremberg
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
War Arrow
A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting Seminole allies, against his superior's wishes, to stop a planned Kiowa attack.
Genre: Romance, War, Western
One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a satchel of money, meant for somebody else, into Jane and Alan Palmer's back seat. Alan wants to turn it over to the police, but Jane persuades him to hang onto it 'for a while'. Soon, the Palmers are traced by one Danny Fuller, a sleazy character who claims the money is his.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman (Peter O'Toole) lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Based on Joseph Conrad's novel written in 1900.
Blowing Wild
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.
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A Practical Way for Canada to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Gwyn Morgan
Carbon dioxide emissions are a globe-girdling phenomenon driven by industrialization, and atmospheric gases obviously don't care about national boundaries. So it's distinctly weird that some left-leaning governments, Canada's Liberals among them, insist that recognized emissions reductions must take place right here at home! Isn't the goal "saving the planet"? In fact Canada has a clean-burning energy resource that's voluminously abundant and economically accessible with current technology – and which the world can't get enough of. As Gwyn Morgan writes, jobs, wealth-creation, tax-revenue and environmental improvement on a global scale all await, if only governments dropped their ideological blinkers.
In my most recent column I explained why attempting to replace fossil-fuelled electricity generation with wind and solar energy is "technically impossible and economically disastrous". But is there anything Canada could do to reduce global CO2 emissions while also creating substantial economic benefits? Indeed there is: Exporting large volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canadian gas fields to replace coal-fuelled electricity generation in other countries. If done on a large enough scale, this could cut emissions from coal-fired plants in half while creating tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic benefits for our country.
Here in Canada, the ongoing phase-out of coal has already yielded significant emissions reduction. The impact of replacing coal with natural gas is even more dramatically illustrated south of the border. The United States is the world's emissions reduction leader, with a 14 percent cut since 2005, equalling the reductions of all European Union countries combined. Switching from coal to natural gas has also been the key driver of CO2 cuts in other OECD countries. Meanwhile, non-OECD emissions keep going up and now account for nearly three-quarters of the global total.
Just as Canada's "landlocked" oil is being sold to the U.S. at heavily discounted captive-market prices, so too is our natural gas. The Asian LNG market represents the only hope for Canada's beleaguered gas producers to achieve international market prices.
China is the worlds' largest emitter of CO2. It derives 70 percent of its electricity from coal. And its emissions continue to rise. Plants fuelled by coal also emit toxic compounds and lung-clogging particulates that lower life expectancy by as much as ten years for the hundreds of millions of China's citizens living in smog-darkened cities. It's that health crisis, not CO2 emissions, that's driving President Xi Jinping's government to convert coal plants to natural gas.
As Canada phases out its coal-fired electricity production to reduce emissions (pictured above, the Highvale Mine at Wabamun, Alberta), China's emissions continue to leap upward (as at this coal-processing plant in Hejin, Shanxi Province).
China's domestic natural gas production is substantial – slightly greater than Canada's, in fact. But with 40 times Canada's population, its needs are vastly greater than its production, while Canada has large surpluses of natural gas to burn, figuratively and literally. China will need to increase its LNG imports sharply to accomplish coal-replacement, but finding enough LNG is made even more challenging as China's economic growth continues to drive its electricity demand. This makes the country's thirst for LNG virtually limitless. China is already the world's second-largest LNG importer, behind Japan, and plans to double imports over the next three years.
Canada's enormous natural gas reserves, our innovative and efficient industry's ability to produce that gas economically, and the relative proximity of our northwest coast to Chinese ports together make our country ideally suited to helping supply that demand. But currently, just as our "landlocked" oil is being sold to the U.S. at heavily discounted captive-market prices, so too is our natural gas. The Asian LNG market represents the only hope for Canada's beleaguered gas producers to achieve international market prices.
Other countries are not at all squeamish about pursuing the global LNG opportunity. Australia, long a global LNG player, has been constructing even more facilities and in 2018 became the world's largest LNG exporter.
After ten years and billions of dollars spent by more than one-dozen industry consortiums, that hope centres on one project. The $40 billion LNG Canada project, largest in Canadian history, is currently under construction in Kitimat, B.C. The Coastal GasLink pipeline from northeast B.C.'s gas fields, which will provide the needed gas supply, is also under construction. As LNG Canada's mid-decade start-up date moves closer, economically stressed towns including Dawson Creek and Fort St. John are experiencing major economic uplift as drilling and construction of gas processing plants and connecting pipeline infrastructure intensify.
First and potentially last hope: LNG Canada under construction at Kitimat, B.C. (left) and (right) an artist's rendering showing the project at build-out.
LNG Canada's shareholders include state-controlled PetroChina. Replacing a portion of China's coal-generated electricity with natural gas from this single project represents a global emissions reduction equivalent to taking up to 80 percent of all cars off Canadian roads. This is a vastly greater practical benefit than all of the Justin Trudeau government's economically debilitating and nationally divisive carbon taxes, electric vehicle and green power subsidies put together. Tens of thousands of well-paying jobs, billions in tax revenues to all levels of government for many decades to come, along with important foreign exchange revenue, will be created.
For this project to finally be under construction after more than a decade of navigating Canada's Byzantine and sluggish regulatory process, and while facing conflicting First Nations' claims and determined opposition from well-funded international environmentalist organizations, is a testimony to the determination and resiliency of the project's leader, South Africa-born engineer Andy Calitz. Without him, LNG Canada would have joined the crowded LNG project graveyard.
Project saviour: Engineer Andy Calitz (above). Sadly (below), many more foreign-funded Canadian LNG projects have been scrapped.
Ten years ago there were more than 20 projects proposed for the B.C. coast. The most significant were ExxonMobil's $25 billion West Coast Canada project, Chinese state-owned CNOOC's $28 billion Aurora LNG project and Malaysian firm Petronas's $36 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project. Given the global emissions reduction and economic benefits of just one project, imagine the impact if even a few of those 20 projects had crossed the finish line.
The only other major LNG export project left standing is Kitimat LNG, and its future is in jeopardy. Equal in size to LNG Canada, it is sponsored by American-owned Chevron Canada and Australian LNG pioneer Woodside Energy. Regulatory approvals had finally been obtained and site preparation was under way when, in late 2019, Chevron announced its intention to sell its 50 percent interest. Those close to the Chevron project believe that the federal government's weak response to the blockades of LNG Canada's gas supply pipeline led by non-elected Wet'suwet'en First Nations honorary chiefs that began in 2018 was the proverbial last straw for Chevron.
Global demand for LNG is projected to continue growing strongly, particularly in Asia. Note: "mtpa" means million tonnes per annum (year). Approximately 7.6 mtpa equal 1 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day, the common North American measure. Canada's natural gas production totals approximately 16 bcf per day, or just over 120 mtpa.
Other countries are not at all squeamish about pursuing the global LNG opportunity. Australia, long a global LNG player, has been constructing even more facilities and in 2018 became the world's largest LNG exporter. The U.S., which not even five years ago exported no LNG at all, today has five major facilities sending out on average more than 8 billion cubic feet per day – equivalent to about 60 percent of Canada's total natural gas production. These countries are benefiting while Canada virtually stands still. And Canada's captive-market exports of underpriced gas to the U.S. are, ironically, facilitating the U.S. LNG trade by helping to keep their gas supply cheap.
Asia-bound LNG cargo being loaded at the Curtis Island gas hub at Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Exporting LNG to displace coal could be a powerful, practical and profitable way for Canada also to become a leader in reducing global emissions. Yet one of the most perplexing barriers for LNG project sponsors is the fixation of Canadian regulators on the project's own domestic emissions, which are minuscule in comparison to their enormous global reductions.
Prior to the December 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, the federal Conservative Party urged the leaders of the Canadian delegation to put forward a motion that achievement of national emissions reduction targets include reduced foreign emissions from LNG exports. But this made far too much common sense for our Prime Minister and his Gerald Butts-led team of anti-fossil-fuel eco-zealots. It just wasn't in the script for the Environment Minister's speech in Katowice. Nor since. That needs to change.
Gwyn Morgan is the retired founding CEO of Encana Corp., formerly Canada's largest producer of natural gas.
Pandemic Follies: The Biggest Government Policy Mistakes
Canada's economy was supposed to have been cruising along the road to recovery by late last year. Instead, the nation is once again shedding jobs, unemployment is high, companies continue to shrink or go under, entire industries are threatened and growth is almost nowhere to be seen. So why are governments seemingly doing everything in their power not only to hold back recovery but destroy much of what remains? Gwyn Morgan assesses several key areas of our nation's battered economy and reviews the central role played by poorly thought-out, unneeded and avoidable government policies in each one.
Solar panels filling fields in cloudy northern countries. Wind turbines manufactured for export by the world's largest builder of coal-fired power and worst emitter of greenhouse gases. Governments deliberately demolishing their country's most valuable industry. It is increasingly clear that so-called green energy isn't just another instance of youthful idealism going a little too far, much less a practical way to a clean future, but a nasty utopian ideology bent on impoverishing entire countries. Gwyn Morgan examines a slice of this destructive landscape and warns of the severe risk to Canada's economic well-being.
Stepping Back from the Brink – Maybe
"You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone" was penned long ago as an environmentalist, anti-establishment lament. These days, the environmentalists are the establishment, industry is the underdog, and the federal Liberals have come close to destroying the nation's foremost generator of wealth and tax revenues. Some recent pronouncements by certain federal ministers, however, have Gwyn Morgan seeing glimmerings of reason, or at least pragmatism. If they do suspend their scorched-earth campaign against oil and gas, though, it won't be for any love of the resource sector, let alone of Alberta. It will simply be because they need the money desperately. If that's what it takes, writes Morgan, so be it.


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Cleanup underway at site of early morning Dow Chemical release
PITTSBURG, Calif. (KTVU and wires) -- More than 20 workers are cleaning up an unintended chemical release at Dow Chemical's waterfront processing facility in Pittsburg Friday afternoon, according to a Dow Chemical spokesman.
The incident began at 2:50 a.m. at 901 Loveridge Road when a proprietary chemical known as Dowicil was being mixed with methylene chloride in a large tank.
Heat and pressure buildup caused thousands of pounds of the chemicals to be released in liquid form through a pressure relief device, leading county officials to issue a health advisory around 3 a.m. The all-clear went out around 5 a.m., and county officials lifted the health advisory at 5:39 a.m.
"The cleanup process has been going all morning and into the afternoon," he said. "We expect to be just about done by the end of the day, and the material itself is relatively water soluble so that makes things move nicely."
Kneibel said the part of the processing plant where Friday morning's chemical release occurred is temporarily shut down while experts investigate the cause of the incident. That could stretch into next week.
Employees who typically work in that part of the plant will not lose hours or pay as a result of the shut-down, however.
"We have no intention to send anyone home for any reason at this point in time," Kneibel said. "They're predominantly helping with cleanup operations."
Dowicil, the chemical released at the Pittsburg plant, is a biocide commonly found in liquid hand soap and other household materials like paint, according to Kneibel.
"It's not really all that bad, but we're having our folks wear respirators for extra protection, and the hazmat suits are pretty typical," spokesman John Kneibel said this afternoon.
Randy Sawyer, chief environmental health and hazardous materials officer for Contra Costa County, said the chemicals released seem to have stayed on-site but the California Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified about the incident due to concerns about how the nearby Dow Wetlands Preserve might be affected.
"It's directly downwind from this processing plant, and if (the chemicals) did go offsite it would affect those wetlands," Sawyer said. "It is toxic to aquatic life, so it's definitely a concern."
Alexia Retallack, with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the agency investigated this morning's spill but determined the accident was largely outside their scope.
"The material that was released shot up, the solid material dropped on site, and the rest of it escaped into the atmosphere," Retallack said. "It's really out of our jurisdiction and not something we typically respond to."
Methylene chloride, the solvent in this morning's release, is an anesthetic, according to the Center for Disease Control.
Inhaling methylene chloride can cause "drunken behavior" like mental confusion, light-headedness, nausea, vomiting and headache. Continued exposure can lead to unconsciousness or death, and high concentrations of the vapor can cause eye and respiratory irritation, according to the CDC.


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Documentary exhibition
Permanent event at the MG+MSUM in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Documentary exhibition. Courtesy of MG+MSUM
This year, Moderna galerija is celebrating its 70th anniversary and the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, a part of Moderna galerija, its 7th anniversary. The story of Moderna galerija began back in the 1930s, when Dr. Izidor Cankar managed to secure the support of the then Drava Banate and raise enough funds so that construction work on the Moderna galerija building, designed by architect Edvard Ravnikar, could begin. On 3 January 1948, the decree by which the government of the People's Republic of Slovenia founded Moderna galerija Ljubljana became effective. Since then, Moderna galerija has carried out its function as a museum to collect, keep, study, and present the works of Slovene fine or visual artists of the 20th and now also 21st centuries.
The main theme of this documentary exhibition is exhibitions. More than 1,500 of them have been staged by Moderna galerija over these past seven decades. They are catalogued in the chronological lists of exhibitions at the Moderna galerija or the Museum of Modern Art 1946–2017 (a few shows were staged at the museum before its official opening), at the Likovno razstavišče Rihard Jakopič (Rihard Jakopič Gallery) 1979–1989, at the Mala galerija 1959–2011, and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova 2011–2017.
We highlighted a selection of exhibitions that were recognized as watershed, referential or pioneering events by professional audiences or the general public and were (co-) curated by Moderna galerija curators. They are described in more detail and illustrated with documentary material, as they were (or still are) influential in their various respective ways: they opened or expanded the fine or visual art space; encouraged artists to persevere in pursuing a particular trend, style, manner, form, or concept; or provided, by being major survey, study or retrospective exhibitions, systematic overviews of a given period or particular artist.
In The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco speaks about the differences between practical and poetic lists; practical lists have three traits that set them apart: they are referential, finite, and unchangeable. The latter two refer to the fact that at the moment of drawing up a list of things (in our case, exhibitions), the things listed are what they are and no more. As authors of this exhibition we trust we have drawn up practical lists and made relevant selections.
MG+MSUM
Moderna galerija is a national museum that works, in accordance with its mission, in the fields of modern and contemporary art. Moderna galerija became the principal national institution of modern and contemporary art and an increasingly active link between the local and the international, in particular Central and Eastern European, contexts.
Museum profile
More from MG+MSUM
Temporary Slovene Dance Archive
Permanent event
Points In Time 1889–1991
What's in a Number?
Arteast 2000+
More in Ljubljana, Slovenia
20th Century. Continuities and Ruptures
Permanent event at Museum of Modern Art
From 1918 onwards
Permanent event at National Gallery of Slovenia
Zoran Mušič
Mihael Stroj: Luiza Pesjak
More in Slovenia
The Krn Room
Permanent event at The Kobarid Museum in Kobarid
Alma M. Karlin
Permanent event at Pokrajinski muzej Celje in Celje
The Second Floor
The Great War in the Krn Range


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