The Science and Entertainment Exchange found itself in Berkeley last week for Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's first-ever Science Cafe. The event featured Jaime Paglia, co-creator and showrunner for SyFy's hit TV series, Eureka, with a special Skype appearance by Colin Ferguson, who plays Sheriff Jack Carter on the show.
Eureka is an affectionate paean to the small town, with a twist: it's population is made up of brilliant scientists, all of whom work at a vast, sooper sekrit lab called Global Dynamics that gets a large part of its funding from the Department of Defense, yet is dedicated to curiosity-driven research — at least in principle. The show is a dramedy that combines elements of Northern Exposure and The X-Files, according to Paglia, with a dash of Scrubs for good measure. "It's small town trappings with endless possibility," he says, and admits the show's premise is at least partially inspired by places like Los Alamos, Berkeley Lab, Livermore, Bell Labs, even Area 51.
Among the tidbits Paglia divulged is that we will finally get to explore the town's early origins in the upcoming season, which is slated to begin airing in July — although he avoided specifics on exactly how the writers plan to explore that history. He also mentioned plans for a cross-over episode with another SyFy series, Warehouse 13, and he toyed with the notion of a possible spinoff series focusing on the town's kids at the Tesla School.
As Paglia said, the kids are some of the best characters, and we only occasionally get a glimpse of their lives. A high school science fair in a town filled with scientific geniuses is a wonder to behold. And instead of jocks lording it over the geeks and nerds, being smart is cool, with academic achievement valued far more than athletics.
For his part, Ferguson stumped the assembled science geeks by asking about Janelia Farm — probably the closest thing to a real-world counterpart to the fictional town of Eureka. It's an interdisciplinary research campus founded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, located near the town of Ashburn, Virginia. At Janelia Farms, the scientists come from all over the country on six-year contracts and get all their funding internally, bypassing the traditional grant process. They all live nearby and work together in the same building, which makes it easier to collaborate across specialties.
Janelia Farm sounds like a fascinating experiment, but one doubts they'll ever grapple with the kinds of complications that routinely plague Eureka: AI attack drones gone rogue, everyone in town sharing each other's dreams, nanobots pervading the lab and taking on the form of the local stray dog, rips in the fabric of spacetime, and Fargo literally turning green.
It's always an interesting dynamic weaving real science into science fiction. Paglia and his writers try very hard not to resort to the equivalent of "magic," even though the science as depicted on the show is very much fictional (and far more advanced than our own). That said, the story always comes first.
What Eureka does best is capture the culture of science: the almost childlike enthusiasm and sense of wonder about the world, and the endless curiosity that drives scientists to ask questions, test theories, all of which leads to even more questions. They worry about their funding, deal with family crises and lab mix-ups, and above all pursue interesting science. For science aficionados, Eureka is definitely their kind of town.


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Secondary cardiovascular prevention past, present and future
Home » News & Events » Events » Secondary cardiovascular prevention past, present and future
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No. 38, Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing
Secondary prevention is the prevention of future events in people who have already suffered a heart event. It includes management of all cardiovascular risk factors including adherence to evidence-based medicines.
This presentation will summarise the programs and methods by which secondary prevention has been delivered in the past, in the present and discuss how things could occur in the future.
Speakers: Dr Julie Redfern, Dr Tom Briffa, Dr Lis Neubeck, Professor Alexander Clark
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Diamond Comic Distributers released the Direct Market figures Friday morning, and while Marvel Comics still tops the market share categories, Action Comics #1000 selling over 500,000 copies at $7.99 a piece helped propel April into a positive month for comics.
Marvel faired a bit better than DC this month with Marvel having six comics in the top 10 compared to DC's three. DC's representation with Action Comics #1000 at #1, Batman #44 at #5 and Batman #45 at #7 was an impressive showing, but it was little compared to Marvel Comics that had Dan Slott and Stuart Immonen's Amazing Spider-Man #798 at #2 and #799 at #3, Charles Soule and David Marquez's Hunt for Wolverine #1 at #4, Cullen Bunn and Iban Coello's Venomized #1 at #6, Gail Simone and David Baldeon's Domino #1at #8, and Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's Captain America #700 at #9. Image Comics also had Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead #178 make #10.
When it came to graphic novels, DC faired even worse. While DC took the top spot with the Action Comics #1000 companion hardcover Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman, their only other representation in the top 10 was Batman Vol. 5 Rule of Engagement at #5. Meanwhile, Brian K. Vaughn and Image Comics took four spots with Paper Girls Volume 4 at #2, Saga Volume 1 at #4, Sage Volume 8 at #8, and Paper Girls Volume 1 at #10. Marvel rounded out the remaining four spots with Thanos: The Infinity Sibilings at #3, The Infinity Gauntlet at #6, Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 2: Legacy's End at #7, and Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey at #9.
In overall sales, Marvel took the top spot with a 37.59% dollar share and a 42.21% unit share, DC took second with a 32.39% dollar share and a 33.02% unit share, and Image came in third with a 9.16% dollar share and a 9.47% unit share.
Thanks to Action Comics #1000 and Marvel's impressive April lineup, its clear that April 2018 can be categorized as a win for comics. Comic book sales increased by 15.67% in dollars and 4.11% in units when compared to April 2017. This can be attributed, in part, to Action Comics #1000's high price point of $7.99. Graphic Novel sales were also up 11.08% in total dollars sales and 3.64% in total unit sales from last April, something that has been relatively unusual lately.


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String teachers have long turned to Ensembles for Strings to fulfill the need for easy to intermediate ensemble pieces for student string players. Familiar classical melodies are arranged here for 2, 3, 4 or more players - even string orchestra. Each piece is scored to be playable in first position, and in such a manner that maximum results will be achieved regardless of the instrumentation employed. All of the material has been carefully edited and bowed, and was performance tested by the string faculty at San José State University.


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Q: Plot categorical x axis I have a data set (shown in picture from excel):

and I want to make a scatter plot with the categories along the x-axis:

My current code is:
Mydata= readtable('D:\Download\Book1.xlsv');
y= Mydata.Group1;
x=Mydata.Y;
size= 50;
scatter (x,y,size,'magenta','filled','square');

hold on

y= Mydata.Group2;
scatter(x,y,size,'red','filled','d');

y= Mydata.Group3;
scatter(x,y,size,'b','filled','p');

y= Mydata.Group4;
scatter(x,y,size,'yellow','filled','h');

y=Mydata.Group5;
scatter(x,y,size,'k','filled','o');

hold off

With this current code, all data were plotted in one line not like in the picture. I also want to add an error bar for each data later. How can I achieve this?

A: Here is one way to plot data points for a category and color them by series.
% generate numbers
X = rand(3,4);

cols = {'r','b','g'}
num_categories = size(X)(2);
num_series = size(X)(1);

labels = cell(num_categories,1)
legends = cell(num_series,1)

figure;
hold on;

% plot series
for i=1:num_series
  scatter(1:num_categories,X(i,:),cols{i})
  legends{i,1} = ['series ', num2str(i)];
end

% generate labels for categories
for i=1:num_categories
  labels{i,1} = ['category ', num2str(i)];
end

set(gca, 'xtick',1:num_categories)
set(gca, 'xticklabel', labels)
axis([0, num_categories+1, 0, 1]);
legend(legends)

Can you elaborate what you mean with error bars and where you would want them to be? Do you want errors per category and series?

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Politics – Polish Parliament goes all V for Vendetta over Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Members of the Polish parliament donned Guy Fawkes masks V for Vendetta style in a show of solidarity in protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on 26 January 2012. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is considered to be potentially more insidious than the proposed and now defunct Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which had been the subject of worldwide protest when it was presented before the US Congress.
As an European Union member state Poland is a signatory to ACTA which is not a law yet in that country but a treaty which has caused a great deal of controversy in EU member states and protests throughout Europe most notably in Poland.
Other than that the action by the members of the Left Wing political party sitting in the parliament being just plain cool and establishing their social and street credentials the protest is indicative of action of a less recognizable style taken by other public figures and officials in other EU contries such as France where ACTA has caused one high ranking official to resign in protest. Continue reading
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In my opinion this is one of the most beautiful and powerful songs. Its significance and power is underlined by the fact that the artist who made this song famous, Edith Piaf, dedicated the recording she made of the song in 1960 to the French Foreign Legionnaires, in particular those members of the Foreign Legion's 1st REP (First Foreign Parachute Regiment), who backed the 1961 Putsch against the Algerian civilian leadership. France had been engaged in a bloody war in Algeria, until 1962 a French Colony, and the Legion had been in the vanguard of that conflict. Continue reading
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Peace House Adjusts To Increased Demands, Challenges During The Pandemic
KPCW | By Jessica Lowell
Published February 2, 2021 at 1:15 PM MST
Despite the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, Peace House has continued to offer their services to those in need.
Peace House is a Park City nonprofit that offers a safe haven for victims of domestic abuse. The pandemic challenged both counseling and shelter services offered by the organization.
Kendra Wyckoff is the executive director of Peace House. She said since the pandemic started, there have been more people in need of services.
"Early on during the pandemic, it was much more difficult for them to potentially engage in services because of some of the shelter in place mandates, which caused, you know, a ripple effect for victims in their home where they might have had increased exposure to their abusive partner because their partner was working from home," Wyckoff said. "They may not have had access to some of the resources that they had in the past, like friends and family because of the increased isolation."
She said they've seen an increase in call volume by about 50% over the previous year.
Not only has Peace House received more calls to their helpline, they also saw an increase in requests for residential services.
"We do have some increased capacity with our new campus," she said. "So we are seeing that we're able to serve more individuals. But we've had a 34% increase in the number of shelter nights that we've provided since last year. And I think that all of those are indicators of the increasing needs that we're seeing in our community."
Wycoff said they have 12 units of transitional housing and 8 units of emergency shelter. But they've had to shift the use of how they use some of their housing to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
"Because of the very high risk of the virus being, you know, transmitted in residential or congregate care, we still continue to use transitional housing units for our families, so that we can reduce risk of those that are coming in for emergency shelter, we're still using some of those units for emergency shelter," she said. "In addition, we also needed to use a couple of those units for circumstances where individuals need to isolate or quarantine."
She said to help stop the spread, Peace House provides daily health screenings and routine COVID-19 testing.
Wyckoff said they've also accommodated the length of people's stays.
"You know, our emergency shelter is short term," she said. "So typically, the length of stay historically has been around 30 days, we have seen that length of stay increase during the pandemic, where people need longer periods of time to be able to get connected to resources. But our support services...they work very closely with each individual on our campus, to connect them to a number of different supports, to help them transition."
Peace House is offering telehealth, to create more access to their counseling. Their services are available through a 24/7 helpline at 1-800-647-9161.
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Toyota Hiace Van: All You Need To Know About It
Toyota is one of the largest manufacturers of automobiles in the world. The Japanese automotive giant exports its products to more than a hundred countries across the world. One of its famous line-up of vehicles is Toyota Hiace Van.
If you are looking to get a MUV for yourself, you should read this article as in this article, we cover everything that you should know about it. To begin with, let us talk about the specifications of the van.
About Toyota Hiace Van
Toyota Hiace Van – All you Need To Know About It
The vehicle comes is a premium diesel MUV that has a seating capacity of 10 people. It competes with Renault Trafic.
It was first launched in the year 1967 and is available in several body configurations. Over the years, its design has been revised several times to keep it up to date with modern times.
Toyota Hiace Specifications
The Toyota Hiace Van comes with a massive 2982 cc, four-cylinder in-line, 4 valve engine. The engine is powered by diesel and has a dual overhead camshaft. The engine also has two balance shaft for vibration-free smooth performance and is belt-driven.
In terms of power generation, the engine produces a massive 134.1 BHP of peak power at just 3400 rpm and has a peak torque of 300 Nm at 1200rpm.
It comes with a 4-speed automatic gearbox with another option of availing a 5-speed manual gearbox.
Performance And Mileage
The van comes with a fuel tank of 70-liter capacity. On average, it gives a mileage of around 12 kilometers per liter on highways and around 8 kilometers per liters in cities.
The engine is powerful enough to easily carry the load of 10 people without any strain at high speeds for a long period.
Brakes And Suspension
The Toyota Hiace Van does not compromise with braking and suspension. It comes with ventilated disc brakes on the front and drum brakes at the rear. Talking about the suspension, the vehicle comes with independent, double-wishbone type dampers.
It has hydraulic dampers and a ball-joint mounted anti-roll bar. For the rear suspension, it comes with semi-elliptic leaf springs with hydraulic dampers.
Toyota Hiace Van Features
The Toyota Hiace, despite being a van, comes with a lower and wider front doorstep making it easier for you to board the vehicle and also get off the vehicle.
It also comes with a pre-collision safety system that can detect pedestrians and daytime cyclists on the road. To do that, it has a front camera and a radar system that warns you of the frontal collision so that you could take the right steps at the right time.
The van comes with a uniquely designed exterior frame that absorbs most of the impact and shocks in an unfortunate event of a collision. It makes sure that you escape the minor accidents safely, or with only minor injuries. Apart from that, it also comes with airbags and digital rear-view mirrors for enhanced safety.
The Toyota Hiace Van is one of the most premium MUV offerings from the stable of Toyota. If you are looking to get a MUV for yourself, you bet, you cannot go wrong with this model and will be satisfied with the van.
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Our society is divided into classes, largely based on income. But how has that income been obtained? The so-called upper classes largely exploit the rest of the classes. Capitalism is becoming unsustainable and criminally unfair! Everyone deserves a fair share and a decent life. So, no more cheating and extravagant bonuses, profits, dividends... No more tax havens or loopholes. This world needs honesty and justice to survive!
Schools teach children many historical details. Why not leave out some details and teach them the basics to make this world a better place? Emphasizing basic values, like honesty, solidarity, respect for people, Nature care, tolerance and non-violence, would make it possible to avoid many of the historical failures being repeated.
All over the world people are fighting and killing each other for political, economic and religious reasons. Why destroy lives? Why destroy Nature? Why destroy oneself? To defend an imperfect system? To gain more power or money? Or to gain more happiness?
Money does not make you rich or worth more than the poor. True riches have nothing to do with money, but with the size of your heart. The more you care about others and Nature, the bigger it gets and the richer you are.
Companies like to boast about their biggest profits ever. Peace wonders how these profits were made. Did the companies respect their employees and clients? Did they respect their suppliers and Nature? Did they not resort to market manipulation, consumer exploitation, selfish lobbying and other stratagems? Big profits often have a low human value equivalent.
All babies are born friends. They do not care about money, race, religion or the colour of their skin. They want to live in peace. Why do politics, economics and religions make many of them into enemies of one another? Why do they make such a mess of it all? Because they lack human values or peace!
Brexit – exit to what?
The UK has decided to leave the European Union. Some leaders are jubilant and ecstatic about it. Yet, they should not because we all need a future of international co-operation and dialogue to build a world of stability and peace. Then we can all be jubilant and ecstatic and enjoy a life of less worries and more quality.


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Q: Visual Basic, reading XML multi level nodes, and common attributes I have an XML data file which changes every month.
It contains data from jobs printed, by a high end print system.  I need read the coverage data for each page, I can retrieve the job name and most of the data, but I can't seem to work out how to ready the individual coverage for each page (linking it to the specific page) ?
Example File:
<JOBS01_2016>
  <JOB_01_06_2016_16_48_17>
    <JOB>
      <TICKETID>101</TICKETID>
      <JOBNAME>A4 booklet and creep test file.pdf</JOBNAME>
      <ERRORMESSAGE>Job processing was cancelled</ERRORMESSAGE>
    </JOB>
  </JOB_01_06_2016_16_48_17>
  <JOB_01_09_2016_20_48_39>
    <JOB>
      <TICKETID>103</TICKETID>
      <JOBNAME>BlackA45percol.pdf</JOBNAME>
      <HEIGHT>6916</HEIGHT>
      <WIDTH>9721</WIDTH>
    </JOB>
    <MEDIA>
      <MEDIAHEIGHT>7016</MEDIAHEIGHT>
      <MEDIAWIDTH>9921</MEDIAWIDTH>
      <MEDIANAME>Intec Light</MEDIANAME>
      <NUMBEROFPAGES>4</NUMBEROFPAGES>
    </MEDIA>
    <QUALITY>
      <RESOLUTIONX>1200</RESOLUTIONX>
      <RESOLUTIONY>600</RESOLUTIONY>
      <COLORMODE>4</COLORMODE>
      <COLORMODENAME>CMYK</COLORMODENAME>
    </QUALITY>
    <COVERAGE>
      <PAGE>
        <PAGENUMBER>1</PAGENUMBER>
        <C>3483675</C>
        <M>3483675</M>
        <Y>3948165</Y>
        <K>3483675</K>
      </PAGE>
      <PAGE>
        <PAGENUMBER>2</PAGENUMBER>
        <C>0</C>
        <M>3483675</M>
        <Y>3948165</Y>
        <K>3483675</K>
      </PAGE>
      <PAGE>
        <PAGENUMBER>3</PAGENUMBER>
        <C>3483675</C>
        <M>3483675</M>
        <Y>464490</Y>
        <K>3483675</K>
      </PAGE>
      <PAGE>
        <PAGENUMBER>4</PAGENUMBER>
        <C>3483675</C>
        <M>3483675</M>
        <Y>3948165</Y>
        <K>0</K>
      </PAGE>
    </COVERAGE>
  </JOB_01_09_2016_20_48_39>
</JOBS01_2016>

I have written code to bring in the job names (Parent Nodes)?
     Dim xml As New XmlDocument
    xml.Load("Jobs_01_2016.xml")

    ListBox1().Items.Clear()

    For Each node As XmlNode In xml.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("*")
        ListBox1.Items.Add(node.Name)
    Next

Then the user selects the job name, and should get the Job Name, Job Height, Width, Resolution and number of pages, along with coverage for each page (linked to page number).
This I can't seem to get?
I can't work out how to read it in connection with the selected job, and specific page number?
Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) _
    Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
    Dim Fred As String
    Dim sbReadXML As New StringBuilder

    Fred = ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString()
    Dim xml As New XmlDocument
    xml.Load("Jobs_01_2016.xml")

    Dim Jobname As String

    Jobname = xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/JOB/JOBNAME").InnerText
    sbReadXML.Append("Job Name: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(Jobname)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()

    Dim MediaHeight As Integer = Integer.Parse(xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/MEDIA/MEDIAHEIGHT").InnerText)
    sbReadXML.Append("Media Height: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(MediaHeight)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()
    Dim MediaWidth As Integer = Integer.Parse(xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/MEDIA/MEDIAWIDTH").InnerText)
    sbReadXML.Append("Media Width: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(MediaWidth)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()
    Dim Nopages As Integer = Integer.Parse(xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/MEDIA/NUMBEROFPAGES").InnerText)
    sbReadXML.Append("No of Pages: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(Nopages)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()
    Dim Printtime As String
    Printtime = xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/PRINT/PRINTTIME").InnerText
    sbReadXML.Append("Print Time: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(Printtime)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()
    Dim Resolutionx As Integer = Integer.Parse(xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/QUALITY/RESOLUTIONX").InnerText)
    sbReadXML.Append("Horizontal Resolution: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(Resolutionx)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()
    Dim Resolutiony As Integer = Integer.Parse(xml.SelectSingleNode("/JOBS01_2016/" + Fred + "/QUALITY/RESOLUTIONY").InnerText)
    sbReadXML.Append("Vertical Resolution: ")
    sbReadXML.Append(Resolutiony)
    sbReadXML.AppendLine()

    sbReadXML.Append(": ")

    txtContent.Text = sbReadXML.ToString 'Show Contents
End Sub

Any help would be appreciated.

A: Try xml linq

Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Linq
Module Module1

    Const FILENAME As String = "c:\temp\test.xml"

    Sub Main()
        Dim doc As XDocument = XDocument.Load(FILENAME)

        Dim jobs = doc.Elements().Select(Function(s) New With {
                                             .name = s.Name.LocalName,
                                             .jobs = s.Elements().Select(Function(t) New With {
                                                                             .jobName = t.Name.LocalName,
                                                                             .job = New With {
                                                                                .ticketID = CType(t.Element("JOB").Element("TICKETID"), Integer),
                                                                                .jobname = CType(t.Element("JOB").Element("JOBNAME"), String),
                                                                                .height = CType(t.Element("JOB").Element("HEIGHT"), String),
                                                                                .width = CType(t.Element("JOB").Element("WIDTH"), String),
                                                                                .errorMsg = CType(t.Element("JOB").Element("ERRORMESSAGE"), String)
                                                                             },
                                                                            .media = t.Elements().Where(Function(u) u.Name.LocalName = "MEDIA").Select(Function(v) New With {
                                                                                .height = CType(v.Element("MEDIAHEIGHT"), Integer),
                                                                                .width = CType(v.Element("MEDIAWIDTH"), Integer),
                                                                                .name = CType(v.Element("MEDIANAME"), String),
                                                                                .pages = CType(v.Element("NUMBEROFPAGES"), Integer)
                                                                             }).FirstOrDefault(),
                                                                            .quality = t.Elements().Where(Function(u) u.Name.LocalName = "QUALITY").Select(Function(v) New With {
                                                                                .x = CType(v.Element("RESOLUTIONX"), Integer),
                                                                                .y = CType(v.Element("RESOLUTIONY"), Integer),
                                                                                .mode = CType(v.Element("COLORMODE"), Integer),
                                                                                .name = CType(v.Element("COLORMODENAME"), String)
                                                                             }).FirstOrDefault(),
                                                                            .coverage = t.Elements().Where(Function(u) u.Name.LocalName = "COVERAGE").Select(Function(v) New With {
                                                                                .pages = v.Elements("PAGE").Select(Function(w) New With {
                                                                                .pageNumber = CType(w.Element("PAGENUMBER"), Integer),
                                                                                .c = CType(w.Element("C"), Integer),
                                                                                .m = CType(w.Element("M"), Integer),
                                                                                .y = CType(w.Element("Y"), Integer),
                                                                                .k = CType(w.Element("K"), Integer)
                                                                                }).ToList()
                                                                             }).FirstOrDefault()
                                                                        }).ToList()
                                         }).FirstOrDefault()

    End Sub

End Module


For some time, members of the "Messianic Jews" cult developed a relationship with soldiers staying in the Beit Hachayal hostel in Jerusalem for Shabbos. Taking advantage of the fact that these were "lone soldiers," without family in Israel, and therefore particularly vulnerable, the missionaries began dropping in during the meals and inviting soldiers to their homes for "desert." Needless to say, this included a large serving of Christian teaching.
In some cases, the missionaries showed up at the hostel and distributed copies of the "new testament" and an array of missionary material.
Yad L'Achim learned that four soldiers became regular readers of this material and one of them, whose full details are on file with Yad L'Achim, actually converted to Christianity, R"l.
The organization's counter-missionary department contacted the administration of Beit Hachayal, which checked into the matter and substantiated the charges. Yad L'Achim also turned to the Defense Ministry and other military sources involved in the running of Beit Hachayal.
The effort paid off as a letter was received from the Defense Ministry, headed "Your appeal to the defense minister regarding missionary activity at Beit Hachayal in Jerualem."
In the letter, the defense minister's office states that, in response to Yad L'Achim's appeal, the missionary activity had been stopped. A letter had been sent to missionary groups notifying them that they would have to receive authorization from the responsible parties in the IDF before they could conduct activities for IDF soldiers in hostels around the country, including Beit Hachayal in Jerualem.
Yad L'Achim said in response that it would continue to monitor the situation and take all legitimate steps to save Jews from missionaries.


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Service for the Rule of Law
Posted By : Guest Preacher Sunday 2nd April 2017
A sermon preached by The Revd Dr David Coulter, Chaplain General
James E. Flecker, "The Golden Journey to Samarkand."
Lamentations 3: 19-33.
Text: Lamentations 3: 22
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end."
I am not sure if I have ever preached from the OT book of Lamentations before today, but then again I have never appeared before the Law, before today?
In July 2016 the Nepalese government announced that it would be setting new regulations for climbing Mount Everest. These new regulations, which are by no means the first regulations to hit Everest in recent years, are being put in place to reduce the risk to climbers on the mountain. The Department of Tourism released their draft Mountain Expedition Regulation under the Tourism Act in which the following rules were added:
1. Climbers must be accompanied by a guide at all times – no solo climbs.
2. Climbers must have summited a 7,000 meter peak prior to attempting Everest.
3. People over the age of 75 are banned from climbing.
4. People who are blind are banned from climbing.
5. Double amputees are banned from climbing.
6. Helicopter rides over EBC are to be heavily restricted.
7. Sherpa's will also to get a summit certificate after the climb.
In addition, the new regulations state that pregnant women and people with severe illnesses are not allowed to work as liaison officers.
I am sure the world over that a number of blind, geriatric, amputees who are devastated! But if nothing else it appears that the Rule of Law gets everywhere, even to the top of the world.
Many of you will be aware that the current High Sherriff Sir David Hempleman-Adams is an industrialist by profession and an adventurer by preference. He is also one of the few and most certainly the only High Sherriff who has ever climbed Everest not once but twice. The Pilgrim Poem, "The Golden Journey to Samarkand", by James Elroy Flecker, which David read, has become a motto for the SAS and the line: "Always a little further…" is inscribed below the new SAS memorial window in Hereford Cathedral. The sculptor John Maine was given a brief which was to be aspirational rather than brave in what is called the "Ascension" window as a focus for reflection, pilgrimage and worship; marking Herefords long association with the elite fighting force.
You don't have to be an aspiring Everest climber or a member of the Special Forces to want to "always go a little further." "Because it's there!" has been called the most famous three words in mountaineering and attributed to George Mallory in the New York Times in 1923. These words are invariably trotted out whenever someone is trying to justify an unjustifiable ambition. Why travel to the moon? Why explore the depths of the oceans? Mallory died on his third attempt at Everest in 1924, as countless others have died, "always going a little further" simply to achieve what's there.
In a few minutes the choir will sing the anthem: "It was in that train" composed by Barry Ferguson that tells the story of how on 10 September 1946 during a train journey from the plains to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa of Calcutta received what she described as the "call within the call" within her soul that changed the course of her life forever. In turn it led her on her journey of faith to establish the Missionaries of Charity whose members take vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, and a fourth vow to give: "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor". "Always to go a little further" because the refugee; the mentally ill; the abandoned child; the leper; the destitute; the aged and the infirm will, "always be there". Their mission is to love the unloved and in the words of Saint Ignatius Loyola pray:
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do your will.
I think there are some things in life which are hard to legislate against and which quite naturally lay a burden of responsibility upon all of us. The newly erected Iraq Afghanistan Memorial dedicated and unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen on 9 March 2017 includes the words DUTY and SERVICE. And the sculptor Paul Day deliberately left one side of the memorial rough-hewn to represent the unfinished nature of conflict but also the difficult journey and challenge involved in UK operations in the Gulf region, Iraq and Afghanistan between 1990 and 2015.
In her message at the unveiling HM the Queen said that: "It is with pride that we honour the contribution of all members of the armed forces and civilians who served our country – at home and abroad – while endeavouring to bring peace and stability to Iraq and Afghanistan. We shall be forever grateful to them for the part they played"…. HM went on to say: "I am sure the new memorial will provide a fitting opportunity for all to reflect upon events of that 25 year period, remembering the many examples of personal courage and achievement in adversity, and the great sacrifices that were made."
Courage; Loyalty; Discipline; Integrity; Self-Sacrifice and Respect for others, are the soldiers' core values that enable them to do their duty; to be a service to others and to do so with pride. Such things are enshrined in law but they are the very basis of military life. They enable good order and military discipline but they also provide a framework for living and a bond of trust where one soldier will lay down their life for their fellow man. As scripture says "Faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love."
What we find in the OT book of lamentations is not only moving and passionate expressions of grief and sorrow, but also of faith rising, phoenix-like, from the ashes of Jerusalem, where the city and the temple had been destroyed not only at the hands of the Babylonians but also at the hands of the Romans in AD 70. The faith of those left behind after the exile was grounded in hope based on the steadfast love of God, beyond disaster. The poems in Lamentations were a creative response to crisis for a people not bound by law; they enabled the community, openly and healingly in worship, to go a little further, to live through their tragedy and bitterness and to bring the questions they faced to God.
It is not surprising that these poems have not only helped sustain the Jewish community through the generations but have also found their place in the Christian tradition in the events of Holy Week and in this season of Lent. Their healing power is open to all who are prepared to live through tragedy and grief and to share it with God and their fellow believers.
In 1215 Magna Carta established the Rule of Law where "except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land" man's actions would be judged. This day let us give thanks to God for all those who apply the Rule of Law and who administer justice. For all those pilgrim people who climb mountains; keep the peace and put them-selves in harm's way that others might live in harmony and security. For all those who give of their time, talents and money for the good of their fellow man. And how in faith, hope and love we can all give thanks that the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end.


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Aethellis has the soaring majesty of classic symphonic rock and incorporates a contemporary rhythmic feel along with asymmetrical meters and polytriad harmonies. And the occasionally catchy hook!
Aethellis signed a record deal with US Label Melodic Revolution Records for the release of the new album Northumbria which was released on December 20th 2011. Northumbria has a more eclectic, pyrotechnical, aggressive feel with plenty of vocal harmonies.The debut Aethellis album was spearheaded and recorded in 2002/2003 by classically trained keyboardist/vocalist/hack guitarist/Narcissist Ellsworth Hall and has many influences including rock, classical, synth pop, funk, jazz and even hip-hop. This either represents wide tastes or an inability to focus. He puts this genre wanderlust to good use in his soundtrack work with Ellsounds.


Right on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, Four Seasons is an attractive resort property with lovely light rooms, beautiful decor and sea views. Its closeness to the airport makes it very convenient for short stays - but why not linger longer - it is also close to Emirates Mall and all that shopping.
The gardens are well established as the new Four Seasons lies on the site of a former beach club.
Views are tranquil and the interiors full of elegance, atmosphere, and new fresh feel.
There are excellent dining alternatives, with several more Four Seasons outlets just outside the hotel.
It is like a market where you can choose between Chinese Italian etc.
Suq includes three open kitchens, a private dining room and an outdoor terrace with views of the gardens, pools and sea.
The bedrooms are fresh and light...with attractive colour schemes and lots of space - all 237 accommodations have balconies and are from 70 sqm in size for the smallest.


Psychological research has emphasized the importance of narrative for a person's sense of self. Building a coherent narrative of past events is one objective of psychotherapy. However, in guided self-help therapy the patient has to develop this narrative autonomously. Identifying patients' narrative skills in relation to psychological distress could provide useful information about their suitability for self-help. The aim of this study was to explore whether the syntactic integration of clauses into narrative in texts written by prospective psychotherapy patients was related to mild to moderate psychological distress. Cross-clausal syntax of texts by 97 people who had contacted a primary care mental health service was analyzed. Severity of symptoms associated with mental health difficulties was assessed by a standardized scale (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation outcome measure). Cross-clausal syntactic integration was negatively correlated with the severity of symptoms. A multiple regression analysis confirmed that the use of simple sentences, finite complement clauses, and coordinated clauses was associated with symptoms (R2 =.26). The results suggest that the analysis of cross-clausal syntax can provide information on patients' narrative skills in relation to distressing events and can therefore provide additional information to support treatment decisions.


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Michaels in Guelph opening hours
Guelph is one of the shops of Michaels that have a place at 15 Woodlawn Rd W, N1H 1G8. Our website provides detailed information about the opening and closing hours today, the address, services and more. The shop serves customers landing from neighbouring areas, for example,
Bank of Montreal,BMO in Guelph - about 1.1 miles away,
Canada Post in Guelph - about 1.1 miles away,
LCBO in Guelph - about 1.1 miles away,
Michaels in Guelph is typically open on Monday: 09:00-21:00, Tuesday: 09:00-21:00, Wednesday: 09:00-21:00, Thursday: 09:00-21:00, Friday: 09:00-21:00, Saturday: 09:00-21:00. Its Sunday opening hours are: 10:00-19:00. The store provides services including:
15 Woodlawn Rd W
N1H 1G8
Subway in Guelph - about 0.3 miles away,
TD Canada Trust in Guelph - about 0.6 miles away,
Tim Hortons in Guelph - about 1.3 miles away,
Shoppers Drug Mart in Guelph - about 1.5 miles away,
Michaels in Waterloo, 50 Westmount Rd N (14.8 miles)
Michaels in Milton, 1140 Steeles Ave E (20.3 miles)
Michaels in Brantford, 221 Henry St (28.3 miles)


This light-based IPL hair removal device from Veet is FDA cleared for sale to the public for home use, with all the appropriate in-built safety features required. It can be used for male or female full body hair removal (not face) and has a decent treatment spot size of 4 cm sq. It comes with 5,000 flashes, sufficient for a good number of treatments and currently retails at around just $130. However, at the time of writing, finding replacement light cartridges was virtually impossible.
The Infini'Silk Pro consists of a hand-held unit which is designed for corded use, straight from the mains, and can be used for both male and female bodily hair removal.
The installed light cartridge emits 5,000 flashes and there is an indicator light to tell you when it is running out.
Features include 5 light energy levels and skin colour and contact sensors.
It is FDA cleared for safe home use for permanent hair reduction, which is defined as "the long term stable reduction in the number of hairs regrowing when measured at 6, 9 and 12 months after the completion of a treatment regimen".
The Veet Infini'Silk Pro has a pretty reasonable spot size of 3.9 cm sq, making it suitable for covering larger areas quickly.
The treatment window is slightly recessed and has built-in skin contact sensors to prevent accidental flashing of the unit when not in contact with the skin.
It also ensures that there is not too much light seepage around the edges as the device will not operate unless it is held fully flush against the skin.
The skin tone sensor, which should be used prior to every use, detects whether the device is suitable for use on your particular skin in any given area.
IPL is not suitable for those with darker skin tones - this is explained more fully in the next section, and works best for those with dark hair and light skin.
The device has 5 power levels, so that you have control and can select whichever level you find comfortable for each area of the body that you treat.
It is loaded with a 5,000 flash replaceable cartridge, which should be sufficient for many treatments. The caviat to this, though, is that currently we have found it difficult, if not impossible, to find replacements to purchase.
Given this, the 5,000 flashes does not seem such a good deal, especially given that the Veet Infini'Silk model apparently delivers up to 30,000 flashes at a slightly lower cost price.
To give you an idea, 1,500 flashes will provide approximately 4 treatments for 2 legs and 2 underarms or 2 full body treatments.
The Veet Infini'Silk Pro can be used by both males and females, and the best results are achieved by those individuals with pale skin and dark hair.
You can check your skin tone against the colour chart to see if the device is safe for you to use.
The in-built skin tone sensor in the device will detect if your skin is too dark, and automatically stop it activating.
It is possible that some areas of the body have a darker skin tone than others, so it is important to use the sensor prior to every use, on the actual area that you wish to treat.
There are also some medical conditions which preclude the use of this product and it is vital that you read all the recommended precautions and warnings in the user manual thoroughly, prior to use.
It should never be used on recently tanned skin (within 28 days) or if you have dark brown or black spots.
Read all the instructions carefully, paying particular attention to all warnings and precautions prior to use. Misuse can lead to serious side effects including burns and blisters.
Prepare - shave the area to be treated and ensure that it is completely clean, dry and free from any cosmetic products. (Hair must be shaved and not plucked, waxed or epilated as the hair root needs to be in place).
Turn on - press the on/stby swith and the orange power indicator light will turn on and you will hear the sound of a fan. The indicator will turn green to show that it is ready for use.
Energy Level - the device automatically comes on at the lowest energy level (1) and is increased each time you press the energy level settings button (-/+) to a maximum of 5. There are 3 indicator lights; at level 1 the left light is steadily lit, at level 2 the left light is steady and the middle light blinks, at level 3 they are both steady etc. You should select the highest energy level that is comfortable for each area of the body, following the instructions given.
Apply - ensure that the skin being treated is spread flat and apply the treatment window to it so that it is in full contact, at which point the ready indicator light will blink.
Pulse - press the pulse button. The skin tone sensor will detect if your skin tone is suitable and if so, a flash of light will be delivered, and you will feel a mild warm, tingling sensation. If your skin tone is too dark, the device will not operate and the skin tone warning indicator light will blink.
Cover area - after delivering a pulse of light, you should move to the next patch of skin, in a grid-like order, in rows, and after approximately 3.5 seconds the ready indicator light will turn on to show that it is ready for the next flash. Each area should only be flashed once in any given treatment session.
IPL, or intense pulsed light, works by using pulses of light of varying wavelengths to target the dark pigment, known as melanin, which is found in skin and hair.
Melanin is particularly concentrated at the base of the hair root, around the hair follicle.
The follicle will be permanently disabled or damaged enough so that the hair will not re-grow, or if it does, will likely grow back finer and lighter than before.
Anagen - the actively growing phase, and the only one during which IPL is effective, as the hair root is attached to the follicle and "live".
Catagen - the end of growth phase, when the hair is cut off from the blood supply, turning it into a club hair. IPL is ineffective when the hair is in this phase.
Telogen - the resting phase, during which there is no growth and the dead hairs are gradually shed from the body. Again, IPL is not effective on hair that is in the telogen phase.
It is for this reason that IPL is not a "quick fix" but will take time and many treatments to see a permanent reduction in hair regrowth.
Do you need protective glasses when using the device?
Can it be used cordless?
How long is needed between sessions?
Does it work for facial hair?
Does it remove gray hair?
Can I wax between treatments instead of shaving?
Does it matter if I don't shave first?
This is a relatively inexpensive device of its kind, but the difficulty in purchasing replacement bulb cartridges is a major issue as 5,000 flashes will not last forever.
In comparison, other similar home IPL devices such as the Silk'n Flash & Go, which also has 5,000 flashes, have cartridges readily available online.
You might like to take a look at our home roundup review of best home laser hair removal kits before you make up your mind.


Here's a heads up for a Nivea offer! Nivea will be having a Happy Hour with a giveaway, coupon, or special prize! This offer is going to happen sometime today. I will keep you posted once I find out it's live. You can also "like" Nivea and get the alert as soon as it happens.
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I love pie. All pies. But I have never gotten the hang of making my own pie dough. Especially not when there is a great one all ready for you to use.
Last year started my obsession with mason jars. They are just too cute for words. I have several that I have painted and I've even baked a chicken pot pie in some.
When I saw all over Pinterest these baked pies in the mini mason jars, I knew I had to try it. So my co-worker Michelle's birthday was coming up and I thought I'd make these to take into the office. And I can report they were a hit at work.
They are a bit of work – even with ready-made pie dough and filling – but oh so worth it. Add some vanilla ice cream to the mix and it's like buttah.
Wash your jars in hot water and dry.
Roll out your dough. Place a jar on the dough and cut a large circle out. You will be able to get 3 pie jars out of each pie dough, including covering the top.
Spray the jars with Pam spray.
You will need to gently fold the dough into the jar. Press the dough around the inside of the jar. Once you start pressing the dough, it will all fit together smoothly.
Repeat with the remaining jars.
Open the pie filling and add to the jars until they are filled to about the bottom of the rim.
Add your designs (or just a circle) to the top to cover the pies.
Mix together the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of the pies.
Place jars on a cookie sheet and bake for about 35 minutes or until pie crusts are cooked.