When I need encouragement about my role as a church planter's wife, there is no better place to go than other church planting wives. They've been where I've been and they understand my concerns, joys, and struggles.
Give us some background on you, your husband, and your church.
JR and I were married in 1995. JR entered seminary and ministry right away. I grew up sensing a call to ministry myself, but God gave me clarity in that call as I married a minister and joined him in a life of serving together. After serving on staff at a couple of churches, we felt a call to plant a church. JR and I knew we wanted to plant in an area where the Gospel was weak or not present. Months of prayer with a small group of friends led us to consider several areas, one of which was NYC. In June 2004, we committed to moving to the Big Apple. Our home in our suburb was on the market by September and sold in December that same year. JR and I and our 2 children moved from Texas in January 2005 to plant in NYC. Our kids were 5 years & 17 months at the time. In 2008, our third child was born--our little "New Yorker." Our church began meeting as a small group in our living room with 13 people shortly after moving to NYC and has experienced steady growth. Apostles Church now meets in two areas of Manhattan and we hope to form more congregations throughout NYC in the years ahead. We deeply want to see the city moved by the Gospel...to see lives committed to Christ, to see renewal in the city and to see the church prevail here.
There is so much required of church planting wives because of their husband's job. Have you ever struggled with resentment about that and how have you battled against it?
We all deal with resentment, let's be honest--our hearts are prone to wander in that direction whether its over church, kids, house work, a pet peeve, really anything. I think one of the number one ways to battle resentment is learning to be content. Contentment is key. Where is your heart? Where is your "center?" If it is wrapped up in people-approval or recognition over your tasks done well or even your faithfulness as a wife to leave comforts of "home" to move and plant somewhere then you will feel entitled to some pats on the back or at least a desire for some help with the load you bear. We do bear a large load, especially if you are moving to an unfamiliar place with a family. You will bear the brunt of finding grocery stores, post office, libraries, play grounds, schools, and even trying with your kids to make new friends. It's taxing. You are making a new life, sometimes in a distant place or one that has a different set of values than you have within your home. It is easy to elevate the "sacrifice" you have made for the sake of the Gospel and seek reward in the "here and now" for the sake of self. Jesus exampled that sometimes we won't get our reward until the Father says, "Well done"...this is why he says, "lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroy." Sacrifice should not come as a surprise to believers; remember that Jesus walked that road fully and more deeply than we can know.
Another way to battle resentment is with perseverance. I love to read Hebrews..the message is to believers to press on. It is expected that persevering wouldn't be persevering without a certain degree of difficulty. "Let us cling to Jesus and never stop trusting him", Hebrews 4:14-16. He is our perfect high priest--one who has been there persevering to the end and able to relate to any and every struggle we face. Galatians 6:9 has been huge to me..."let us not grow weary in doing good for at the right time you will see a harvest" (my paraphrase).
One more thing that comes to mind is humility. Philippians 2:3-4 has become a motto in our home in how we treat each other and those outside our home. Our attitude should be like Jesus', "do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourself...look out for the interests of others." You can't praise your own efforts, triumphs, or even your sacrifices and be humble. Jesus sees, and in that I must rest. He is for me so that I can be for others...whether I am recognized or not.
What has been your greatest personal struggle(s) in church planting and what have you learned that might benefit another church planting wife?
Personally, my struggle early on in our church plant was my desire to be praised for what I had started or done. I ran our kids ministry for a couple of years to start us out. My prideful desire for recognition over all of my "hard work" week in and week out led to me harboring bitterness toward volunteers when they did not use some element of a lesson that I made or shopped for, spent a lot of time on, etc. Now, they never knew the feelings I was dealing with inside, but I had to deal with that bitterness before the Lord! The problem was not in them, it was in me...my heart. Church planting is so revealing...it opens the heavy curtains we shade those aspects of selfishness and pride with--flings them wide open. Sanctification on steroids!
My interview with Ginger continues in the next post, in which she'll share advice for church planting wives who are just starting out. To be sure you don't miss her wise words, you may want to subscribe. Thanks!


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Q: Mostrar estilos CSS según if con php Necesito que se muestren unos estilos específicos u otros, según la opción que elija el usuario. Si elige las opciones A o B, que muestre un div (style="display: block") y si es otra diferente que no lo muestre (style="display: none").
La cuestión es que no quiero repetir mucho código y quería saber si se puede hacer un if que condicione que sea "block" o "none" según corresponda.
Quiero que sea una solución lo más sencilla posible y sin hoja de estilos externa.
Lo que tengo hasta el momento (funcional):
    <?php
        if ($nombreTarifa == "A" || $nombreTarifa == "B") {
    ?>

        <?php echo $this->form->renderField('prod_potencia');

        // mucho más código irrelevante que he omitido

        ?>

    <?php
        } else {
    ?>
            //resto de tarifas que no sean A o B

             <?php echo $this->form->renderField('prod_potencia');

             // mucho más código irrelevante que he omitido

             ?>

       <?php } ?>

¿Cómo puedo cambiar la propiedad CSS "display" mediante un if (style="display: block; o style="display: none;) sin tener que repetir código?

A: Con algo así:
<div class="caja" style="display: <?= (...condicion..) ? 'block' : 'none'; ?>;">

Es decir, usando el shorthand de condiciones de php.
Puedes ver otros ejemplos aquí:
https://davidwalsh.name/php-ternary-examples
Por último, verás que en vez de abrir bloque php y usar echo, en el ejemplo he usado <?= el short tag + echo de php.

A: Veo que la única linea que se diferencia es el style="display: none;" y style="display: block;" de la linea
, así que podrías ocupar una condición ternaria:

    <div class="showontarifa_2.0 showontarifa_2.1" rel="showontarifa_jform[prod_tarifa]"
     <?php echo 'style="'.(($nombreTarifa == "A" || $nombreTarifa == "B") ? 'display: block;': 'display: none;' ).'"'; ?>>

    <?php echo $this->form->renderField('prod_potencia'); ?>

puedes consultar más acerca de condiciones ternarias

A: Otra manera pero esta vez sin usar estilos inline, ademas podes reusar estos estilos en otros lugares que lo necesites.
En tu archivo css agregas estos dos estilos:
.display-none{
    display:none;
}

.display-block{
    display:block;
}

Luego en tu php lo usas de la siguiente manera:
<div class="caja <?= ($nombreTarifa == 'A' || $nombreTarifa == 'B')?'display-block':'display-none'; ?>">

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Just in time for the holiday season, the IRS recently gave employers the perfect gift. It launched a new voluntary compliance program to give businesses that misclassified workers as independent contractors the opportunity to come into compliance for just short of a song.
Employers underpay the government by treating workers as employees, but not classifying them as such in order to avoid paying payroll taxes. These workers would have to be reclassified as employees under the program.
Employers accepted into the program will pay a surprisingly small amount, equal to just over one percent of the wages paid to the reclassified workers for the past year. Not only will they not have to pay interest or penalties, but they will avoid being audited on payroll taxes related to these workers for prior years. For the first three years of the program, employers will however be subject to a special six-year statute of limitations, rather than the usual three years that applies to payroll taxes.
The program, announced Sept. 21, is part of the agency's larger "Fresh Start" initiative to help taxpayers and businesses resolve their tax problems. As employers and taxpayers struggle with a down economy, the goal of the new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) is to increase tax compliance while reducing the tax burden for employers. The government hopes the program will also provide some added security for businesses, employees and the government. Rather than wait for an IRS audit, employers are allowed to come into compliance with a minimal payment to cover past payroll tax debts.
To be eligible for the program, the employer must have consistently treated workers as non-employees in the past, and filed all required Forms 1099 for the workers for the previous three years. In addition, the employer cannot be in the midst of an audit by the IRS, Department of Labor or a state agency related to the classification of these workers.
To apply, eligible employers must file Form 8952, the Application for Voluntary Classification Settlement Program, at least 60 days before they would like to begin treating the workers as employees.
As with any voluntary disclosure program that requires the participant to admit wrongdoing and pay what they owe, it is safe to say that many people do not take the government up on its offer. They gamble on the future with the argument that they haven't been caught so far. On the other side of that argument is common sense. The opportunity to pay just over 1 percent of what you owe in payroll taxes for the previous year is quite a deal. It also presents an opportunity to get your financial and legal house in order.
In fiscal year 2011, dozens of employers, including many from Florida bet on their luck holding out and lost. The IRS initiated 153 investigations and recommended 110 prosecutions. Of that number 79 were sentenced, an incarceration rate of 81 percent, while the average time served was 24 months.
Florida convictions included the case of Victor Manuel Amaya, owner of Amaya Contracting and Stucco Inc. Amaya was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay $319,585 in restitution to the IRS. From 2004 through 2007, he filed fraudulent employment tax returns, while his company failed to pay federal employment taxes. Amaya ultimately failed to report more than $2 million in wages, resulting in the tax loss to the government of $319,585.
If Amaya and others like him had the choice of a "fresh start," today, they would no doubt call an attorney and a CPA who specialize in these cases, and take the government's offer – just in time for the holidays.


Number one, as an american citizen and number two as a veteran, I stand and place my hand over my heart when the Star Spnagled banner is played at an event. If I'm wearing some type of headwear, I take it off. Now you can't be forced to do the same.
The NFL owners just passed a new policy that all players and team personnel must stand during the national anthem if they are on the field. If they kneel during the anthem, the individuals and teams are subject to fines. But here's the rest of the ruling...players can stay in the locker room if they want to, without penalty.
This is going to pacify some folks but it may also stir up the hornet's nest from last year. It will be interesting to see how this goes as the games start this season.


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Improving User Engagement Through Subtle Changes: Updating the Book Concierge
By David Eads and Christina Rees | December 12, 2014
The NPR year-end 2013 Book Concierge was a big hit. Instead of writing a bunch of lists, the books team solicited over 200 short reviews by critics and staff and put them into a single, beautiful website designed to make discovering great books fun. Readers loved it. For the 2014 Book Concierge, our goal was to build on last year's success and resist the urge to rewrite the code or wildly redesign.
This is a catalog of small improvements, why we made them, and the difference they made. We're using analytics for the first five days following the site's launch. Overall, pageviews are slightly down from last year (337,000 in the first five days in 2014 versus 370,000 in 2013), but engagement appears to have increased fairly significantly.
###Tag Styling In the 2013 concierge the list of tags blends together, making them difficult to scan. To improve the tags' legibility and click-ability, we tried different color combinations and styles with varying success. We tried alternating between 2 tag colors, as well as varying the tag length, but neither were satisfying.
Our final solution was to apply a color gradient over the list of tags. This transformed the tags into individually identifiable buttons that still feel like a cohesive unit. This year, there was an average of 2.7 tag selections per visit versus 2.3 in 2013, a 17% increase. In 5 days, about 86,000 people clicked the most popular tag (NPR Staff Picks), up from about 75,000 in 2013.
###Modal Improvements
We changed the modal design to help encourage users to read more book reviews. We replaced the modal's 'previous' and 'next' buttons — which were tucked away at the bottom of the review — with side paddles. This allows viewers to easily click through the reviews without having to hunt for the buttons at the bottom of each review. We also changed the modal proportions so that it fits into a wider range of screen sizes without forcing the user to scroll. By putting a max-width on the modal and limiting the book cover image size, we eliminated a lot of dead white space which improves the user's reading experience. We believe these changes worked. This year, users viewed an average of 3.7 reviews per visit, up 54% from 2013.
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###Filter Button Location In the 2013 concierge the filter button is positioned in the header above the ad on mobile devices, leaving a gap between the button and the book grid. In the 2014 version, we moved the filter button under the ad below the header, grouping the button with the content that it affects. Although the tag usage per viewer on mobile is similar for both years, we thought that this change created a more organized layout.
###Social Buttons We wanted to help users share their favorite books and reviews, so we added share buttons to the book modal. In the first 5 days, 6,110 reviews were shared through email, followed by facebook (2,866), pinterest (2,091) and twitter (559). ###Links to Previous Years It would have been cool to combine 2013 and 2014 into one big concierge, but we didn't have time for that. We still wanted to reference last year's concierge, as well as book lists from previous years, so we added these links to the header. Additionally, we added a link below the tags list to catch people who skipped past the header. On launch day, the 2013 concierge got 20,330 pageviews driven by the 2014 page.
###Lighten page load, improve performance We've been able to realize significant performance gains in recent projects by using custom builds of our libraries and assets. We shaved over 300kb off the initial page load by using a custom icon font generated with [Fontello](http://fontello.com/) rather than including all of Font Awesome. To further lighten the load, we dropped a few unnecessary libraries and consolidated all our scripts into a single file loaded at the bottom of the source. In 2013 each book had two images, a thumbnail for the homepage and a bigger version for the modal. This year, we cut the thumbnail and aggressively optimized the full-size cover images. The page weight is almost identical, but instead of loading a thumbnail for the cover and a full sized cover when looking at a review, only a single image is loaded. This makes load time feel faster on the homepage, and helps load the reviews faster. We also disabled CSS transitions at small viewport sizes to improve mobile performance and dropped all CPU intensive 3D CSS transitions. ### Responding to users after launch Finally, some librarians suggested to NPR Books that next year we should include a link to Worldcat, a site that will help you find a book at your local library.
We thought this was a lovely idea and didn't see why it needed to wait. So we used the Online Computer Library Center identifier API to get the magic book identifier used by Worldcat and added a "find at your library" link the day after launch. This quickly became the second most clicked exterior link after the "amazon" button. It's always awesome to make librarians happy.

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I've talked a bit before about how I wasn't introduced to many of my favourite vegetables until late in my teens. As kids, my sister and I ate veggies in the form of mixed peas, carrots and beans, broccoli (boiled and coated in cheese sauce), romaine and iceberg lettuce (coated in caesar and ranch dressing respectively), potatoes (mashed, tater tots, or in French fried form), and that was about it. I didn't know it at the time, but there was a great big wide world of wonderful produce out there, just waiting to be discovered!
This discovery happened in the last couple of years that I lived in Bahrain, which also happened to be the years that I was on my journey to lose a whole bunch of weight I'd gained in the process of moving there and eating my feelings. As I've explained in the past, I joined a Weight Watchers-like group where I learned about what a calorie is and how to cook in such a way that decreased calorie density but still kept me feeling full. The main tool in this toolbox: vegetables.
While lots of Bahrain's produce is imported, there's surprisingly a lot that is locally grown (or grown across the bridge in Saudi Arabia) as well. One of my favourite discoveries was butternut squash, but I'm going to save my stories about that for another week. A second vegetable that I quickly grew fond of was okra.
You might know okra as that funny looking star-shaped green vegetable that goes into Creole stews and gumbos (which is what I've used it in for today's recipe) but I really had no idea what it's usual applications were. I'd toss it into Asian-inspired stir fry dinners with a bunch of other veggies and thought it was fabulous because it provided a thick, sort of gooey factor once cooked. It sounds gross, but trust me, it's a good thing.
Another great thing about okra: It's low maintenance. No peeling, no seeding, no nearly cutting your fingers off – simply give it a little wash and chop it up, leaving the stem behind. Inside the pods are these cute little white seeds that are responsible for creating that gooeyness, and they only take a few minutes to cook.
So really, it's a stew by many people's standards.
A gumbo is supposed to have a gravy-like consistency, typically achieved by a thickening agent like flour whisked with oil over heat, which is known as a roux. Sounds heavy, right? Don't worry – I've kept heaviness to a minimum in my version while still maintaining the gumbo-like satisfaction factor. Instead of a large quantity of oil and flour, I used a little bit of coconut oil with a couple tablespoons of gluten-free oat flour, then tossed in a ton of veggies to make it a very nutrient-dense meal.
As far as protein sources go, the types traditionally used in gumbos vary widely. There are meat, seafood and sausage combinations, as well as recipes made with alligator, rabbits and squirrels. I consider myself an adventurous eater but there was no way I was throwing any of those 3 species into a pot over the weekend (or ever), so I stuck with tried-and-true chicken.
Chop up all vegetables, placing the onion, carrots, and celery in one bowl, and the peppers, okra, and seasonings in another. This will make for a much easier cooking process.
Remove the chicken from the pot and set it aside on a plate. Reduce heat to very low. Once the burner has cooled off, melt the remaining coconut oil and whisk in the flour, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
Add the remaining cloves of garlic, onion, celery, carrots, and ¼ cup of broth. Cook for 3 more minutes, by which time the onion should start to look translucent.
Add the peppers, okra, oregano, paprika, Cajun seasoning and cayenne, stirring to coat all the vegetables in seasonings for 2 minutes.
Finally, pour in the tomatoes, broth, the bay leaves and the cooked chicken. Give the pot one more stir, then put a lid on top. Reduce heat to low and let the gumbo simmer for 25 minutes.
Taste and adjust spices if needed. (A little Tabasco will help to spice things up if that's the way you like it!) Discard the bay leaf and ladle into bowls, or on top of rice if desired.
Is there a particular fruit or vegetable that you didn't even know about as a kid but eat regularly now?
Note: Wondering why there's no Try Something New Tuesday Recap today? Read this post!
I agree. To the grocery store you go!
I have only tried okra once and I loved it! It is amazing how if you travel to another country or continent the staples change completely!
Can you imagine that I just discovered sweet potatoes this year??!
Oh my gosh, really!? You're not alone though – I actually don't think I enjoyed my first sweet potato until my late teens because as a kid we always had the white kind and I didn't know there was anything else. Now I <3 them along with so many other veggies… yup, total produce nerd over here!
Excellent! I LOVE okra (mostly I batter and fry it, so not the healthiest procedure). In shrimp and grits too!
The most adventurous thing I've eaten was beaver in Stockholm. It was really good!
Just recently (for the first time ever). I tried dragonfruit, aka lilikoi. And it blew my mind? How did I live so long without this?
Okra's such a great ingredient though. Totally required for a good gumbo.
Oooh yes!! I love it too, especially because it's pink! PS. If you're a dragonfruit fan, stay tuned for Wednesday's post.. I think you'll enjoy it!


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Ocean Parkway es un amplio bulevar y un barrio asociado en la parte centro-norte del distrito de Brooklyn en Nueva York (Estados Unidos).

Ocean Parkway se extiende sobre una distancia de 8 kilómetros, recorriendo casi de norte a sur desde las inmediaciones de Prospect Park a Coney Island y Brighton Beach. La avenida pasa aproximadamente paralela a la avenida de Coney Island, una importante avenida comercial varias manzanas al este. Se trata de una avenida central bidireccional de siete carriles, siendo el carril central para giros a la izquierda, dos pequeñas calles paralelas, y dos medaianas con árboles, bancos y sendas peatonales. La mediana oeste también cuenta con un carril bici, parte del Brooklyn-Queens Greenway. La avenida es designada New York State Route 908H, una ruta de referencia sin firmar.

Historia
Frederick Law Olmsted y Calvert Vaux (que también eran responsables de Central Park, Prospect Park y Eastern Parkway) sugirieron Ocean Parkway a los comisionados del parque de Brooklyn en los informes elaborados durante la década de 1860. Elaboraron un plan de cooperación para Ocean Parkway, inspirado en los bulevars de Berlín y París. En 1868 el terreno fue adquirido por la ciudad de Brooklyn y el trabajo comenzó en 1874 y fue completado en 1880. El resultado fue similar al Eastern Parkway, con una calzada central, una herbosa mediana y una senda peatonal, con una anchura total de 64 metros. Los árboles, las mesas de juego, y los bancos se alineaban en la ruta de acceso de los peatones y el bulevar. Ocean Parkway comenzó en el Park Circle (ahora conocido como Machate Circle en honro al oficial de policía Robert Machate), en la entrada sur de Prospect Park, pasando a través de Windsor Terrace, Parkville, y otros barrios. Con el paso del tiempo, nuevos barrios (como Kensington) fueron construidos a lo largo de su ruta. La Prospect Expressway, construida en los años 1950, reemplazó a la media-milla norte de Ocean Parkway, y en 1975 fue designado un símbolo de la ciudad para impedir cualquier modificación adicional.

El sendero peatonal se separó en 1894 para crear el carril bici, el primero en los Estados Unidos. Alrededor de 1900, las casas se construyeron a lo largo del perímetro de Ocean Parkway, y durante la Primera Guerra Mundial se construyeron numerosas mansiones. Los compradores llegaron a Ocean Parkway desde Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights y Bushwick. En la década de 1920 se construyeron complejos de apartamentos y viviendas de una y dos familias. La parte más septentrional de Ocean Parkway se convirtió en una zona de lujo, con apartamentos equipados de ascensores.

Véase también

 Anexo:Barrios de Nueva York

 Anexo:Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en Brooklyn

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 NYC Parks and Recreation Ocean Parkway Page

Barrios de Brooklyn
Calles de Brooklyn
Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos de la Ciudad de Nueva York
Carreteras en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
Ciclovías de Nueva York
Parques de Brooklyn

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Press TV has interviewed James Jatras, a former US Senate foreign policy analyst, and Jim Walsh, with the MIT Security Studies Program, to discuss Russia's military withdrawal from Syria.
Jatras says the pullout is part of a Russian "carrot and stick" policy toward terror groups, where, after pounding them for months, Moscow is now encouraging extremists to abide by the current cessation of hostilities.
Russia is basically letting them know that "this is the path forward for them if they do not want to be destroyed," he says.
The analyst further argues that the move would provide the US and its allies with an "exit ramp" to settle for the best deal they can get after failing to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
However, Jatras also floats the possibility that the withdrawal may be the result of a US offer, in which case he thinks Russian leaders should "take with a grain of salt" any such proposals.
"The 'Assad must go' crowd is still very loud here in Washington and we can't really bank on what people in Saudi Arabia and Turkey are going to do and what Washington is telling those people," he explains.
He says Assad is not disappointed by the move as such decisive measures are not taken unless fully coordinated with Damascus.
For his part, Walsh, describes the move as an "abrupt U-turn" as Russia has long been a firm ally of Syria. He thinks Russians are in fact pressuring Assad to step down.


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In just about every class, there will be some form of assignment each day. Often these assignments can have a major influence on your grade. Even if the assignments are only worth 10% of your total grade, which translates into one letter grade.
Recording the assignments when given in class.
Transferring the assignment to a calendar.
Completing the assignment and turning it in.
Assignments are normally not given as "busy work" in college. They are meant for you to practice and review the new material, so make sure you do your assignments even if you do not have to turn them in for credit. They usually don't take up too much time and are vital to your success. They help to teach you the material and get you into the habit of doing consistent work for your classes.
Most first year students think they can rely upon their memory to manage their assignments. This is a false sense of reality. Always write your assignments down in a planner. It will only take about a minute or two and there is a guarantee that you won't forget that you have an assignment due. Your planner needs to be nothing more than a small notebook where you record assignments. You should record the due date and indicate where you can find additional information on the assignment (e.g. the course website, your notes).
Some students would rather record the assignment information on an electronic device. That works also. The key is the discipline of actually making some reminder of the assignment.
Once you get back to your room after your classes are over, you need to transfer the assignments to a calendar. The calendar is generally a dry erase board that you can record up to four weeks of assignments. Once you have finished one week of assignments, you erase that week and record the dates that are four weeks into the future. A helpful way to keep track of assignments and their importance is to color code the assignments. Use a different color for tests, papers, quizzes, and homework. This will allow you to plan your time according to what needs to be done first.
The primary benefit of the calendar is that you can see the big picture of what you have to do. This is especially important in that you will have some weeks when you have a lot of tests. You will need to work ahead on assignments due these weeks in order to give yourself enough time to study for tests.
Do the homework for the subject that you like the most or that comes easiest to you. Getting those assignments out of the way early can allow you more time to work on assignments for classes you might not particularly like.
Start doing assignments as soon as you get them. This will help reduce the risk of forgetting to do an assignment or from just starting that assignment the night before its due.
When you complete the assignments, place them in a simple folder in your book bag.
Before you go to class each day, look at the calendar again to ensure that you have every assignment due that day in your folder.
Finally when you complete the assignments, draw a line through them on your calendar. As simple as this act seems, students find that drawing a line through the assignment gives them a sense of accomplishment.
When you go to each class, get out your folder and make sure to turn in the assignment. Also make sure your name and section number are on the assignment. Every semester there are hundreds of points from assignments that never got credited to students because they didn't put their name on them. Every professor will tell you that they often hear the excuse that "I did my homework, but I forgot to turn it in." An assignment not turned in is worth 0 points.
Every successful college student will develop some system like the one illustrated here to ensure that they get the full credit for the assignment portion of their classes..


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The case for Ivermectin
By Bert Olivier
What is the reason governments, including our own, are slow to act on this potential Covid-19 medicine, and aren't we past the time where their reluctance could be justified?
Healing herbs and heritage
By Nobhongo Gxolo
For a lot of Africans, traditional and Western medicine have a symbiotic relationship and are not deemed opposites
The what, who and when of reporting Covid-19's festive season wave
By Ian Siebörger
Language reflects our preoccupations, and words such as "spike", "contract", "admission", "prevention", "grant", "MAC" and "amid" now predominate in reporting on the virus
The story as a creative psychological quest
By Sarah Jayne Fell
To combat anxiety in a disrupted, pandemic-riddled world, it's better to channel creativity into storytelling, art and design than into conspiracy theories
Ancient ailments and current contagions
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The effects of plagues in antiquity and modern ages reveal startling similarities.
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The great staggering: When the pre- and post-pandemic worlds converge
By Dion Chang on 17 December 2020
While 2020 was put in a holding pattern, there was consensus that the Covid-19 pandemic would produce a "new normal". But instead of a clean slate, the new normal will be shaped by residual issues we left in 2019
To BEE or not to BEE?
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VISNU-1: FOLFOXIRI vs FOLFOX as First-Line Treatment in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Lauren M. Dembeck
Conference | American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO)
A longer progression-free survival with FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab was noted in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with poor prognosis.
Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with poor prognosis had longer progression-free survival while taking FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab in comparison with those taking FOLFOX plus bevacizumab, according to the results of the VISNU-1 trial (abstract 3507) presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held May 31–June 4 in Chicago.
"The triple combination FOLFOXIRI [fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan] plus bevacizumab has been shown to improve progression-free survival and overall survival when compared with FOLFIRI [fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan] plus bevacizumab in first-line metastatic colorectal cancer patients. However, this schedule has not been adopted as the gold standard for all patients with metastatic colorectal cancer mainly due to a higher rate of toxicity compared with the biologic drugs," said Javier Sastre, MD, PhD, on behalf of the Spanish Cooperative Group for the Treatment of Digestive Tumors, who presented the results.
Therefore, the researchers sought to define which patient population would benefit most from the triple combination treatment. VISNU-1-an open-label, multicenter, randomized phase III trial-compared the triple combination treatment of FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab with FOLFOX [fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin] plus bevacizumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and ≥ 3 circulating tumor cells (CTCs) at baseline.
"We see that patients with 3 or more CTCs in blood prior to chemotherapy have significantly shorter progression-free survival and overall survival than patients with low CTCs," said Hanna Kelly Sanoff, MD, MPH, of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who was the discussant for the study.
A total of 349 intention-to-treat patients, who were required to be ≤ 70 years in age and have an ECOG score of 0 to 1, were randomized to receive either FOLFOXIRI (n = 172; median age, 59 years [range, 27–70]) or FOLFOX (n = 177; median age, 61 years [range, 37–70]) in addition to bevacizumab every 2 weeks until death, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal. The primary endpoint was PFS. The secondary endpoints were objective response rate (ORR) and overall survival (OS).
Both patient groups were predominantly male (FOLFOXIRI, 68.6% male and 31.4% female; FOLFOX, 67.2% male and 32.8% female). Patients were stratified according to KRAS exon 2 and 3 mutation status and the number of organs affected. Approximately 50% of patients in both treatment groups had mutated RAS (FOLFOXIRI, 49.4% and FOLFOX, 47.5%); some patients also had PIK3CA (15.1% and 9.6%) and BRAF (9.3% and 9.6%) mutations and a variety of microsatellite instabilities.
Patients in the FOLFOXIRI arm had longer PFS (median, 12.4 months) compared with patients in the FOLFOX arm (median, 9.3 months; hazard ratio [HR], 0.64; 95% CI, 0.49–0.82; P = .0006). In a multivariate analysis, BRAF mutation (HR, 2.49; 95% CI, 1.52–4.06; P < .001), RAS mutation (HR, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.42–2.51; P < .001), CTC count ≥ 20 (HR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.21–2.57; P = .003), and ECOG score of 1 (HR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.06–1.84; P = .017) were independent prognostic factors for PFS. However, no difference was observed in either of the secondary endpoints: ORR (median, 59.0% vs 52.0%; odds ratio [OR], 0.74; 95% CI, 0.49–1.14; P = .1685) and OS (median, 22.3 months vs 17.6 months; HR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.66–1.06; P = .1407, respectively) at a median follow-up of 50.7 months.
Grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events were more frequent in the FOLFOXIRI arm compared with the FOLFOX arm (78% vs 67%; P = .022), particularly, asthenia (16% vs 7%; P = .007), diarrhea (21% vs 6%; P < .001), and febrile neutropenia (9% vs 2%; P = .004). Deaths associated with treatment were similar between the two arms (5% vs 3%; P = .553).
"The incremental benefit of FOLFOXIRI was actually really quite similar to what we have seen in other FOLFOXIRI trials. So, CTCs to me appear to be prognostic but not particularly predictive for FOLFOXIRI benefit," said Sanoff.
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THE APPLE AND THE TREE
Kane September 25, 2018 September 25, 2018 Uncategorized
Courtesy: IsysIfe
There's an argument as old as psychology: "Which is responsible for the man, Nature or Nurture?"
Many wise men, over the years, have tried to answer the question; some cried nature, others are sure nurture is to blame. Never mind how well orchestrated any side's argument may seem, the opposition will never accept the other's claims. Both sides always have good arguments, no doubts, but then one can only expect as much when a bunch of old cronies, clad in really tight suits and dyed wigs, sit together in closed spaces filled to bursting with testosterone and hubris. Nothing ever gets done except the bruising of egos and the drawing of enemy lines.
'Nature or Nurture?' That was all Mrs. Quinn could think about.
Olusola Quinn, a 46 year-old lady who looked seven years older than she should, sat in her cell, hair cut short for easy maintenance. Her spent white shirt and orange jumpers were dirty, as were the sheets on her lice ridden mattress. She did not mind, she had gotten inundated to the sight of the annoying little bugs scurrying all over her bed and flesh and the smell of clothes in need of wash, she was equally unfazed by the worsening condition of her ear infection and her super-stinky athlete's foot. Seven years in prison would do that to you.
Locked-Up
"Lights out in ten!!!", called Officer Kendrick. Her coarse baritone eclipsed the chatter of the inmates; the repeated clanging of her baton on the bars, not six compartments from Sola's cell, reinforced the Officer's orders.
Her bed was littered with browned newspaper clippings, sketches of different faces and several wrinkled letters. Sola picked a letter and judging from minimal amount of creases on it, it was fairly recent. She reached for the rough sketch that accompanied the letter; she could not stop herself from sighing. She wondered when she would see his face in the missing columns.
The skies were pregnant with thunder clouds and the air heavy with moisture. It had rained almost non-stop for a week and the weather forecast bore little good news. The first weeks of the warm seasons in Ontario, Canada brought very little warmth to the city, but then comparing to the freeze of winter, the cold rains were a welcome reprieve.
As the grey skies of day turned dark with nightfall, the inhabitants of the city, clad in warm clothes and water-proof jackets, moved briskly in the face of the threatening rain. Funmi, on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying the weather. She had a shopping bag in one hand and an umbrella in the other, humming a tune to herself as she walked at a leisurely pace. While to onlookers, she seemed to be having a good time in the wet weather, she was simply trying to savor these final moments before she had to get to work.
'The rain is good', she thought to herself, 'nothing like the tears of spring to wash away the deeds of the sinner'.
Her apartment, a converted warehouse which was at least a mile away from her closest neighbor, was divided into living and working space and there was the basement. She had a hot soak, prepared herself a hot meal of chicken soup and a glass of wine. She was a ball of nervous energy, but experience had steeled her nerves… somewhat. She knew not to rush her work. Great work takes skill, hard work and patience. She had no intention of ruining her work by rushing down to her basement all nervous-like and then make a mistake she could live to regret.
After her third glass of wine, she was ready. She stood before a full length mirror as she slowly and sensually dressed herself, first, a pair of matching white lingerie which was lined with black lace, and fairly bright, ox-blood wrap-round gown that did wonders for her caramel skin and extolled her curves. She twirled before the mirror, she was a Yoruba-Canadian and her – just above moderate – breasts and her generous hips and derriere were testament to her African descent. Her father left her precious little. Save for the money and property he left bequeathed to her in his will, her unnatural brown eyes and her shoulder length brown hair, nothing else about her suggested that she might be of Caucasian blood.
She sat at her vanity, beautified her otherwise plain faces and picked her bag of work tools and slipped her feet into pair of comfortable 3" wedges. One last glance at the mirror and she descended into the basement.
In the large space that was filled with darkness and cool dry air, Funmi could easily make out the muffled sobs of her guest. She turned on the naked colored bulbs that barely illuminated the darkness and set a table before the sobbing man. The man hung from chains attached to the ceiling of the concrete roofed basement such that his feet barely touched the ground, forcing him to balance precariously from his toes; his mouth was gagged by a perforated red ball that made the poor man drool uncontrollably and his eyes were also blindfolded. He had a rich head of salt and pepper hair that was matted in sweat and blood and his chest hairs were coated in sweat and a slimy fluid that was most likely drool.
"I hope you like your chicken soup with curry and mushrooms?", she asked in a voice dripping with over-the-top sweetness as she took of the blindfold and gag.
She had left him hanging from the ceiling for nearly three nights now with naught but a glass of water and a hose down to keep him alive. No sane human would turn down a bowl of soup after going so long without food.
'Men are pathetic', Funmi thought as she hosed him down. She made quick work of his clean up and feeding. She hosed him down one more time before patting him dry with a towel.
The man tried pleading with his captor as soon as she finished drying his hair and was greeted with a mostly odorless gas that tasted faintly like almonds. Odorless as it was, it nearly made him choke as he gasped for breath. While he choked, he could not help but wonder why he felt hot in the stomach, or the inexplicable rush of restless energy that spread from his chest to the rest of his body. He was most worried, however, by the sudden – albeit unprovoked – rush of blood to his nether regions that resulted in the swift rise of his manhood. An art long lost to him and men of a certain age without the help of the little blue pills.
'What did she do to me?' He wondered.
She smiled at her ingenuity. The PT-141 was a close guarded secret that the FDA hid deep down in its archives. The long list of warnings that came with the experimental drug made very little sense to her although she easily appreciated its uses. The little aerosol was worth the fortnight she spent before a computer screen diligently chipping away at the FDA firewall and the time and resources it took to blackmail the right officials to bring her a case of the drug. Merely looking at the man in his late 60's, thrusting his throbbing member in the air in search of a moist receptacle, was a joy to watch.
Hell, with what little exposure she had to the drug, her panties were already damp with the excesses of her wantonness, not that she needed encouragement to begin with.
Exerting a fierce control on her body's desires, she walked to one of the many drawers that lined the walls of her little dungeon and pulled out a bullwhip that was almost seven feet long and ended in a series of knots, a pair of gloves and a set of brass knuckles.
"Let us begin, shall we?" she flicked the whip and pulled it back expertly, bending over backwards to compensate for the lack of strength in her five feet-seven inch frame; Funmi flogged her whip at her target, smiling as the knotted end zipped past her ear on its way to her captive's back.
CRAAACK!!!
Scream!!!
The knotted whip did its job well, rending supple flesh as kissed its target's back with all the tenderness of a butcher's knife. Funmi's eye held a deadly glow as she watched a shower of red fluid spray from his back and a smile of satisfaction crept onto her face at the shrill scream that escaped her guest's lips.
The smile was a vile slice glee that had little trace of humanity; mocking and selfish; evil and unapologetic, she reveled in his pain. She flicked her weapon and pulled it back again, this time, she aimed for lousy covering of flesh that covered his spine.
Funmi closed her eyes and savored the taste of his fear. If her panties were wet before, they were drenched now. She could barely contain her excitement, but she would have to, she had only just begun.
Sola listened to the pitter-patter of the rain through the bars on her window. She had always loved the rain. She closed her eyes, thinking back to that night, seven years ago; the night it all began. She had knelt in the rain, a bloodied knife in one hand as she held her wailing daughter in the other.
"Shush dear! It's alright", she cooed as she consoled the crying teen. "It's alright".
In the distance, she could hear the sound of police sirens and she knew her time with her daughter was up. She kissed the crying girl on the head.
"It's alright Funmi, the rain is good", the police cars were screeching to a halt behind her. "Nothing like the tears of spring to wash away the deeds of the sinner… You will be fine".
She was cuffed rather quickly, not that it mattered. Her daughter would be safe and that was all that mattered to her.
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precious_nkem says:
Very interesting, Kane. *clapping my hands* But you just had to put us on suspense. Chai.
Each chapter averages 1700 words… There are roughly four chapters…
You sure you want everything in one place?
Now that you've explained, I'ma wait.
*pulls out a lounging chair and sinks in*
But you l know I'm worth the wait… Yes?
Hmmmm *scratches chin in deep thought*
Of course you are. 😏
Me, i'm just watching how y'all are dancing round each other.
Writer and writess…
But you are right… This suspense thing is getting old
Yeye man!!!
And we will birth what, write-lings?
This girl… She seems disturbed.
Why is this story named the apple and the tree? Well this is chapter one so i'm guessing that the answer will be made available in the subsequent chapters.
Oh well… Nice work my man.
P.s: who is isysife?
Writess, you dey here this kyn chancing dey happen?
Bros… You wanna had be some sense please?
Don't be making trouble where there is peace


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The fall of Lucifer with his demons from Mount Calvary to the depths of hell, was more turbulent and furious than when he was thrown from heaven. And although that place is always a dark land covered in the shadows of death, of a caliginous (dark) confusion, of miseries, torments and disorder, as Saint Job says, on this occasion his unhappiness and disturbance was greater, because the condemned souls received new horror and accidental grief with the ferocity of the demons that descended. It is true that they have no power in hell to put souls at will in places of greater or lesser torment; because this is decided by the divine justice, according to the demerits of each of the condemned. But, in addition to the essential penalty, the Judge orders other accidental penalties on some occasions; because their sins left in the world roots and many damages for others that for their cause are condemned, and the new effect of their sins causes them these penalties. The demons tormented Judas with new penalties, for having sold and procured death to Christ. And they knew that this place of such formidable sorrows, where they had placed him, was destined for the punishment of those who only had faith without works, and those who scorned the cult of this virtue and the fruit of human redemption. And against these demons manifest the greatest indignation, as they conceived it against Jesus and Mary.
As soon as Lucifer was permitted to proceed in these matters and arise from the consternation in which he remained for some time, he set about proposing to his fellow-demons new plans of his pride. For this purpose he called them all together and placing himself in an elevated position, he spoke to them: "To you, who have for so many ages followed and still follow my standards for the vengeance of my wrongs, is known the injury which I have now sustained at the hands of this Mangod, and how for thirty-three years He has led me about in deceit, hiding his Divinity and concealing the operations of his soul, and how He has now triumphed over us by the very Death which we have brought upon Him. Before He assumed flesh I hated Him and refused to acknowledge Him as being more worthy than I to be adored by the rest of creation. Although on account of this resistance I was cast out from heaven with you and was degraded to this abominable condition so unworthy of my greatness and former beauty, I am even more tormented to see myself thus vanquished and oppressed by this Man and by his Mother. From the day on which the first man was created I have sleeplessly sought to find Them and destroy Them; or if I should not be able to destroy Them, I at least wished to bring destruction upon all his creatures and induce them not to acknowledge Him as their God, and that none of them should ever draw any benefit from his works. This has been my intent, to this all my solicitude and efforts were directed. But in vain, since He has overcome me by his humility and poverty, crushed me by his patience, and at last has despoiled me of the sovereignty of the world by his Passion and frightful Death. This causes me such an excruciating pain, that, even if I succeeded in hurling Him from the right hand of his Father, where He sits triumphant, and if I should draw all the souls redeemed down into this hell, my wrath would not be satiated or my fury placated."
Is it possible that the human nature, so inferior to my own, shall be exalted above all the creatures! That it should be so loved and favored, as to be united to the Creator in the person of the eternal Word! That He should first make war upon me before executing this work, and afterwards overwhelm me with such confusion! From the beginning I have held this humanity as my greatest enemy; it has always filled me with intolerable abhorrence. O men, so favored and gifted by your God whom I abhor, and so ardently loved by Him! How shall I hinder your good fortune? How shall I bring upon you my unhappiness, since I cannot destroy the existence you have received? What shall we now begin, O my followers? How shall we restore our reign? How shall we recover our power over men? How shall we overcome them? For if men from now on shall not be most senseless and ungrateful, if they are not worse disposed than we ourselves toward this Godman, who has redeemed them with so much love, it is clear that all of them will eagerly follow Him; none will take notice of our deceits; they will abhor the honors which we insidiously offer them, and will love contempt; they will seek the mortification of the flesh and will discover the danger of carnal pleasure and ease; they will despise riches and treasures, and love the poverty so much honored by their Master; and all that we can offer to their appetites they will abhor in imitation of their true Redeemer. Thus will our reign be destroyed, since no one will be added to our number in this place of confusion and torments; all will reach the happiness which we have lost, all will humiliate themselves to the dust and suffer with patience; and my wrath and haughtiness will avail me nothing."
"Ah, woe is me, what torment does this mistake cause me! When I tempted Him in the desert, the only result was to afford him a chance to leave the example of this victory, by following which men can overcome so much the more easily. My persecutions only brought out more clearly his doctrine of humility and patience. In persuading Judas to betray Him, and the Jews subject Him to the deadly torture of the Cross, I merely hastened my ruin and the salvation of men, while the doctrine I sought to blot out was only the more firmly implanted. How could One who is God humiliate Himself to such an extent? How could He bear so much from men who are evil? How could I myself have been led to assist so much in making this salvation so copious and wonderful? O how godlike is the power of that Man which could torment and weaken me so? And can this Woman, his Mother and my Enemy, be so mighty and invincible in her opposition to me? New is such power in a mere creature, and no doubt She derived it from the divine Word, whom She clothed in human flesh. Through this Woman the Almighty has ceaselessly waged war against me, though I have hated Her in my pride from the moment I recognized Her in her image or heavenly sign. But if my proud indignation is not to be assuaged, I benefit nothing by my perpetual war against this Redeemer, against his Mother and against men. Now then, ye demons who follow me, now is the time to give way to our wrath against God. Come all of ye to take counsel what we are to do; for I desire to hear your opinions."
Some of the principal demons gave their answers to this dreadful proposal, encouraging Lucifer by suggesting diverse schemes for hindering the fruit of the Redemption among men. They all agreed that it was not possible to injure the person of Christ, to diminish the immense value of his merits, to destroy the efficacy of the Sacraments, to falsify or abolish the doctrine which Christ had preached; yet they resolved that, in accordance with the new order of assistance and favor established by God for the salvation of men, they should now seek new ways of hindering and preventing the work of God by much the greater deceits and temptations. In reference to these plans some of the astute and malicious demons said "It is true, that men now have at their disposal a new and very powerful doctrine and law, new and efficacious Sacraments, a new Model and Instructor of virtues, a powerful Intercessor and Advocate in this Woman; yet the natural inclinations and passions of the flesh remain just the same, and the sensible and delectable creatures have not changed their nature. Let us then, making use of this situation with increased astuteness, foil as far as in us lies the effects of what this Godman has wrought for men. Let us begin strenuous warfare against mankind by suggesting new attractions, exciting them to follow their passions in forgetfulness of all else. Thus men, being taken up with these dangerous things, cannot attend to the contrary."
Acting upon this counsel they redistributed the spheres of work among themselves, in order that each squadron of demons might, with a specialized astuteness tempt men to different vices. They resolved to continue to propagate idolatry in the world, so that men might not come to the knowledge of the true God and the Redemption. Wherever idolatry would fail, they concluded to establish sects and heresies, for which they would select the most perverse and depraved of the human race as leaders and teachers of error. Then and there was concocted among these malignant spirits the sect of Mahomet, the heresies of Arius, Pelagius, Nestorius, and whatever other heresies have been started in the world from the first ages of the Church until now, together with those which they have in readiness, but which it is neither necessary nor proper to mention here. Lucifer showed himself content with these infernal counsels as being opposed to divine truth and destructive of the very foundation of man's rescue, namely divine faith. He lavished flattering praise and high offices upon those demons, who showed themselves willing and who undertook to find the impious originators of these errors.
Some of the devils charged themselves with perverting the inclinations of children at their conception and birth; others to induce parents to be negligent in the education and instruction of their children, either through an inordinate love or aversion, and to cause a hatred of parents among the children. Some offered to create hatred between husbands and wives, to place them in the way of adultery, or to think little of the fidelity promised to their conjugal partners. All agreed to sow among men the seeds of discord, hatred and vengeance, proud and sensual thoughts, desire of riches or honors, and by suggesting sophistical reasons against all the virtues Christ has taught; above all they intended to weaken the remembrance of his Passion and Death, of the means of salvation, and of the eternal pains of hell. By these means the demons hoped to burden all the powers and the faculties of men with solicitude for earthly affairs and sensual pleasures, leaving them little time for spiritual thoughts and their own salvation.
It is not possible to rehearse all the schemes of this dragon and his allies concocted at that time against the holy Church and her children, in order that these waters of Jordan might be swallowed up in his throat. It is enough to state that they spent nearly a full year after the Death of Christ conferring and considering among themselves the state of the world up to that time and the changes wrought by Christ our God and Master through his Death and after having manifested the light of his faith by so many miracles, blessings and examples of holy men. If all these labors have not sufficed to draw all men to the way of salvation, it can be easily understood, that Lucifer should have prevailed and that his wrath should be so great, as to cause us justly to say with saint John: "Woe to the earth, for satan is come down to you full of wrath and fury!'' But alas! that truths so infallible and so much to be dreaded and avoided by men, should in our days be blotted from the minds of mortals to the irreparable danger of the whole world! Our enemy is astute, cruel and watchful: we sleepy, lukewarm and careless! What wonder that Lucifer has intrenched himself so firmly in the world, when so many listen to him, accept and follow his deceits, so few resist him, and entirely forget the eternal death, which he so furiously and maliciously seeks to draw upon them? I beseech those, who read this, not to forget this dreadful danger. If they are not convinced of this danger through the evil condition of the world and through the evils each one experiences himself, let them at least learn this danger by the vast and powerful remedies and helps, which the Savior thought it necessary to leave behind in his Church. For He would not have provided such antidotes if our ailment and danger of eternal death were not so great and formidable.
"MYSTICAL CITY OF GOD". YEAR 1888.


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2020 FFTC Dragon Fruit Workshop — Dragon Fruit Value Chain for Global Markets
Date: 22-23 September 2020
Online and Onsite at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Dragon fruit production and markets in Asia are fast growing for the past five years. Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC) is working with its country partners and building a dragon fruit research network (DFNet) to help farmers in the Asian and Pacific Region to develop dragon fruit value chain for global markets. Two dragon fruit workshops highlighting the topics from production to distribution were organized in 2018 and 2019. This year, FFTC, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (TCDARES), National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) and DFNet are all collaborating to hold the 3rd Dragon Fruit Workshop focusing on dragon fruit value chain for global markets. Experts from the Asian-Pacific region are invited to discuss
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Power of photography: Prix Pictet
July 22, 2009 Tania Sheko 1 Comment
I stumbled across this website and have been moved and absorbed by these images, as well as the artists' thinking behind their works. The information in this post has been selectively copied from the Prix Pictet website.
Sponsored by the Geneva private bank Pictet & Cie, the Prix Pictet is the world's first prize dedicated to photography and sustainability
Prix Pictet's vision
Food riots. Loss of forest cover. Desertification. The ecosystems we depend on appear to face resource demands already beyond their capacity. As governments try urgently to stimulate growth, a central question remains. Can the earth's complex living systems sustain the future consumption patterns of another three billion people in the world's population by 2050?
Or are we making the transition, as the Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen has suggested, to a point where the face of the earth – its soil, its waters, its groves, its hollows – is no longer natural, but bears the terminal scars of man's intervention.
I was looking through the shortlisted artists, I thought I'd share some of my favourite ones.
Yao Lu : Dwelling in the Mount Fuchun
Photography can be understood in traditional ways: It can 'record' many histories long before our own time, and it can take people back to times and situations many years ago. But photography is also very contemporary. It can re-assemble and re-edit the things that we actually see in order to produce illusions that people see when they are in front of such photographic works. In these works, you see images that are both real and fictional.
Darren Almond: Shan Shui fullmoon
Since 1998, Almond has been making a series of landscape photographs called the Fullmoons. Taken during a full moon with an exposure time of 15 minutes or more, these images of remote geographical locations appear ghostly, bathed in an unexpectedly brilliant light where night seems to have turned into day.
Nadav Kander : Frozen River, Qinghai
China is a nation that appears to be severing its roots by destroying its past in the wake of the sheer force of its moving "forward" at such an astounding and unnatural pace. A people scarring their country and a country scarring its people.
Edgar Martins: Untitled from the series 'The diminishing present'.
For all their historical evocation and appeal to the sublime, these images reflect on both the physical death of the landscape and the death of the landscape as a pictorial 'theme'.
Chris Steele-Perkins: Early morning shadow of Mt Fuji from summit
Nowadays, Mount Fuji is a national park but it is covered in, or surrounded by, theme parks, golf courses, resorts, cities and scrap yards as well as being used as a military testing ground by both the Japanese and American armed forces. At the same time there are still magical areas of great tranquillity, but they are increasingly being eroded.
The Prix Pictet is born of a flicker of hope — that photographs … have the power, as Gro Harlem Brundtland put it in her remarks at the launch of the inaugural Prix Pictet in 2008 , "to move us and shake us". To take the sustainability statistic, validated, econometrically correct, but devoid of emotional force, and make it something that moves us to action.
Sponsored by the Geneva private bank Pictet & Cie, the Prix Pictet is the world's first prize dedicated to photography and sustainability. It has a unique mandate – to use the power of photography to communicate crucial messages to a global audience; and it has a unique goal – art of the highest order, applied to the immense social and environmental threats of the new millennium.
So much talent…
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The characteristic 'French face' was originally made in 1899 under the supervision of Joseph Pinel. Thus, what was originally French 10 pt. Nº 2, got its present name. More…
The Frenchman Joseph Pinel called himself a "typographical engineer", but was at the time employed as a type draughtsman at the Linotype Works in Altrincham. It appears that this and some other faces that he supervised, were, except for use on the Linotype, also meant for manufacturing matrices for the Dyotype. This composing machine was an invention of Pinel. The Dyotype was a rather complicated machine and consisted, like the Monotype, of two separate contraptions, a keyboard which produced a perforated paper ribbon and a casting machine which produced justified lines of movable type. Unlike the Monotype which has a square matrix carrier, the Dyotype had the matrices on a drum (in fact two drums, hence the name of the machine). A Pinel Diotype company was founded in Paris and a machine was built with the help of the printing press manufacturer Jules Derriey.
As is often the case, a lack of sufficient capital prevented the commercializing of this ingenious composing machine. Coen Hofmann digitized the font from a batch of very incomplete, damaged and musty drawings, which he dug up in Altrincham. He redrew all characters, bringing up the hairstrokes somewhat in the process. The result is a roman and italic, while the roman font also includes Small Caps
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Семён Ли́пович Ра́йтбурт ( — , Москва) — советский, российский режиссёр и сценарист научно-популярного кино. Обладатель премий Венецианского кинофестиваля (1955 и 1957 годов). Заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (1986).

Биография
Родился в еврейской семье 3 февраля в 1921 году в деревне Крамополь, Подольской губернии (ныне Винницкая область Украины). Юношей посещал кинокружок Одесского Дворца пионеров.

В декабре 1938 года поступил во ВГИК (мастерская С. Эйзенштейна и Л. Кулешова), эвакуированного осенью 1941 года в Алма-Ату, там же в апреле 1942 года был призван в ряды Красной армии. С августа 1943 в звании младшего воентехника воевал в 632 отдельном разведывательном артиллерийском дивизионе на 2-ом Украинском фронте, в одном из боёв получил тяжёлое ранение. В декабре 1944 года после демобилизации был восстановлен на третьем курсе режиссёрского факультета ВГИКа, который окончил в 1948 году. Выбрав научно-популярное кино, стал режиссёром «Моснаучфильма» («Центрнаучфильм» — с 1966 года).

Картины Райтбурта «На берегу озера Иссык-Куль» (1954) и «Развитие рефлекторной деятельности в онтогенезе» (1957) отмечены премиями Венецианского кинофестиваля 1955 и 1957 годов, «Секрет НСЕ» (1959) — премией Всесоюзного кинофестиваля (1960) и премией имени Ломоносова (1961). Был одним из авторов киноальманаха «Горизонт», снимал сюжеты для кинопериодики: «Наука и техника», «Хочу все знать», выступал как автор текста.

С 1961 года преподавал во ВГИКе.

Член ВКП(б) с 1950 года, член Союза кинематографистов (Москва).

Похоронен на Черкизовском (Северном) кладбище (участок № 1).

Фильмография
 Режиссёр

  — На берегу озера Иссык-Куль
  — История одного выигрыша
  — Дорога в жизнь
  — Развитие рефлекторной деятельности в онтогенезе
  — Дорогами жизни
  — Рассказы о семилетнем плане. Народное образование
  — Секрет НСЕ
  — Мозг и машина
  — День на реке
  — Здравствуй Латуня
  — Что такое теория относительности?
  — Семь советских песен
  — Играет Леонид Коган
  — Каникулы в каменном веке
  — ПТО — 68
  — Эффект Кулешова
  — Этот правый левый мир
  — Физика в половине десятого ''(киноальманах «Горизонт» № 7)
  — Математик и чёрт
  — Урок астрономии ''(киноальманах «Горизонт» № 7)
  — Девять писем одного года''(киноальманах «Горизонт» № 9)
  — Кто за стеной?
  — Время жизни ''(киноальманах «Горизонт» № 21)
  — Миллиард лет и один час
  — Лестница чувств
  — В кривом зеркале ''(киноальманах «Горизонт» № 30)
  — Познай себя
  — Репетиция оркестра
  — Чеховы
  — Юбилей
  — Русский модерн
  — Семь лет и вся жизнь
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 1. «Солнечное вещество»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 2. «С неба на Землю»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 3. «Невидимые лучи»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 4. «Нам не дано предугадать»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 5. «Почему светит солнце»

 Сценарист

  — Дорога в жизнь
  — Дорогами жизни ''(совместно с И. Болгариным)
  — Что такое теория относительности? ''(короткометражный)
  — Семь советских песен ''(совместно с Л. Белокуровым)
  — ПТО — 68
  — Этот правый, левый мир ''(короткометражный)
  — Физика в половине десятого ''(короткометражный)
  — Математик и чёрт ''(короткометражный)
  — Урок астрономии ''(короткометражный)
  — Девять писем ''(киноальманах «Горизонт» № 9)
  — Кто за стеной? ''(короткометражный)
  — Время жизни
  — Миллиард лет и один час
  — Лестница чувств ''(короткометражный)
  — Юбилей
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 1. «Солнечное вещество»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 2. «С неба на Землю»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 3. «Невидимые лучи»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 4. «Нам не дано предугадать»
  — Операция «Гелий». Фильм 5. «Почему светит солнце»

Награды и звания
 медаль «За отвагу» (6 июля 1944)
 медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.»
 орден «Знак Почёта» (1981)
 орден Отечественной войны I степени (6 ноября 1985)
 заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (17 июня 1986)

Память
 документальный телефильм из цикла «Острова» (ГТРК «Культура»)

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
 Райтбурт Семён Липович // История кинематографа
 Райтбурт Семён Липович // Энциклопедический проект «Личности»

 Семён Райтбурт. Кино на «ничейной земле» // телеканал «Культура»

Родившиеся в Винницкой области
Выпускники режиссёрского факультета ВГИКа
Кинодокументалисты
Кинорежиссёры-документалисты России
Преподаватели ВГИК
Члены КПСС
Члены Союза кинематографистов СССР
Похороненные на Черкизовском Северном кладбище


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REPORT: Seth Rollins Not Backstage At Raw
PWInsider is reporting that Seth Rollins is not currently backstage at RAW.
On their website, WWE has promised "Seth Rollins Injury Status To Be Revealed" on tonight's episode of Monday Night Raw. However, according to that PWInsider report, the former WWE Champion is not currently backstage at Raw in Portland, Oregon. And in fact, the report says Rollins flew back to Birmingham, Alabama, where Dr. James Andrews is based, this morning. Rollins flew to the Andrews Clinic last week following the injury, and early (though unofficial) word was that he had torn his MCL and would be out approximately 8 weeks, putting his planned match with Triple H in jeopardy. The WWE has made no official announcement about his injury, other than to say that Rollins was being pulled from all Superbowl weekend Live Events.
With this reported return to Birmingham, speculation is running wild, and there has been no word about a possible surgery or even if one has been scheduled.
Fightful.com will keep you updated when more information becomes available.


My Birthday present to me!
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Aberfoyle is a hilly course that lies only a mile out of the village on the main Stirling road. It is one of the many James Braid-designed heathland courses in the country and was established as far back as 1890.
The course has stunning views west to Ben Lomond and south to the Campsie Hills, so the overall panorama is quite superb.
Although relatively short, it is a tricky par 66 course with a number of neat little holes including the fourth, where a good tee shot leaves a short uphill approach to a green cut into the hillside.
From Glasgow,follow the A81 through Milngavie and Strathblane to Aberfoyle. From Stirling, take the A84 towards Callander and turn off to Aberfoyle just after the Safari Park.


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Lance Stroll heads into his seventh season in Formula 1 in 2023. It will also be the Canadian's fifth year with the Aston Martin outfit, having previously joined them in their Racing Point days.
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Name Lance Stroll
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Date of Birth 29 October, 1998
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Biography of F1 driver Lance Stroll
The son of billionaire Canadian businessman Lawrence Stroll and Belgian fashion designer Claire-Anne Callens, Lance Stroll started his motorsport career like many by making his mark in karting.
After taking home numerous honours in Canada and North America, the youngster was seemingly always destined to find his way to the F1 grid.
Now with Aston Martin, Stroll continues to look to establish himself as one of the young drivers to look out for in the sport. Here's everything you need to know about Lance Stroll.
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Stroll's early career
Stroll began karting at the age of 10, claiming honours in Canada and North America including the Federation de Sport Automobile du Quebec Rookie of the Year award in 2008.
He joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2010, making his car racing debut in the 2014 Florida Winter Series, a non-championship category organised by the programme. Competing against the likes of Nicholas Latifi and Max Verstappen, Stroll finished on the podium twice and took pole at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Stroll's competitive single-seater debut came in the 2014 Italian F4 Championship for Prema. The Canadian took the title with seven wins and 13 podium finishes, despite missing the final race of the season due to injury.
After winning the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series, Stroll contested the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema, in which his father had taken a stake.
Racing with names such as Antonio Giovinazzi, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Alexander Albon, Stroll finished on the podium six times from 33 races. He ended the year fifth in the championship.
In November 2015, it was announced that Stroll would leave the Ferrari Driver Academy in order to serve as the test driver for Williams. Following a fifth-place finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona, Stroll took part in his second Formula 3 season in 2016. Driving for Prema once again, he took 13 victories, including five in a row to end the season, and claimed the title by 187 points over Maximilian Gunther.
Move to F1 with Williams
Stroll made the move up to F1 for the 2017 season, driving for Williams alongside Felipe Massa and becoming the first Canadian in the sport since 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve.
After failing to reach the end of the opening three races, Stroll's first finish came at the Russian Grand Prix. Despite spinning on the opening lap of the event, he managed to come home in 11th spot. His first points were achieved on home soil, as he finished the Canadian Grand Prix in ninth.
Stroll improved on that at the following race in Azerbaijan, becoming the youngest rookie and second youngest driver after Verstappen to finish on an F1 podium at the age of 18 years and 239 days. He just missed out on second as well, as Valtteri Bottas passed him on the start-finish straight and took the position by just 0.105 seconds.
The youngster set more records at the Italian Grand Prix, qualifying fourth in a wet session. However, penalties for Red Bull duo Daniel Ricciardo and Verstappen saw Stroll promoted to second on the grid, making him the youngest Formula 1 driver to start on the front row at 18 years and 310 days. He finished the race in seventh.
Stroll's final points of the year came in Mexico with a sixth-place finish, as he ended the season 12th in the overall standings with 40 points, three back on teammate Massa.
Partnered by Sergey Sirotkin for the 2018 season, there were few bright spots for the team and the Canadian.
Williams managed just seven points over the course of the campaign, finishing last in the Constructors' standings. Their best finish came via Stroll's eighth position in Azerbaijan, while the only other points were taken in Italy, where Stroll finished ninth and Sirotkin picked up his sole point of the season in 10th.
Although the FW41 languished behind the rest of the field, it proved to be a reliable car as Stroll only retired from two races. However, unlike the previous season, he failed to finish in the points at his home Grand Prix in Canada due to a crash with Brendon Hartley.
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Switching to Racing Point
Stroll left Williams and joined the newly-renamed Racing Point team for 2019 after a consortium led by his father, Lawrence Stroll, purchased the outfit in the latter stages of the 2018 season.
It didn't take long for the Canadian to score points for his new squad, finishing the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in ninth spot. Stroll finished outside of the points at the following two races in Bahrain and China, the latter of which saw him criticise his team for their strategy.
A second points-scoring finish came in Azerbaijan, but Stroll followed that up with a DNF in Spain after colliding with McLaren's Lando Norris. He secured more points at his home race in Canada, finishing ninth after starting all the way down in 17th.
Stroll qualified 15th at the German Grand Prix, ending a run of 14 events in which he had failed to make it out of Q1. He almost managed to make his way onto the podium while running with slick tyres on a drying track late in the race, but ultimately had to settle for fourth.
After finishing 10th in Belgium, Stroll's final points-scoring result came in Japan where he finished ninth. In the end, he finished 15th in the Drivers' standings with 21 points, well behind teammate Sergio Perez and his 52 points. Stroll was also outqualified 18-3 over the course of the 21 races that season.
Maiden pole position
Racing Point kept hold of Stroll and Perez for the 2020 season. After failing to finish the season-opener in Austria due to engine problems, Stroll recorded a seventh-place finish at the Styrian Grand Prix.
It started a run of seven consecutive finishes inside the points for Stroll, culminating in his second career podium at the Italian Grand Prix and matching his previous best result of third. He almost followed that up with another podium finish at the Tuscan Grand Prix, but a failure caused him to crash out at high speed.
Stroll failed to finish in Russia after Leclerc made contact with him and sent him into the wall, and he didn't take part in the Eifel Grand Prix due to illness. Shortly afterwards, Stroll tested positive for COVID-19, though he returned for the following race in Portugal. He failed to finish once again, this time colliding with Norris.
Despite tricky weather conditions, Stroll took his first career pole at the Turkish Grand Prix, becoming the first Canadian F1 driver to do so since Villeneuve back at the 1997 European Grand Prix. Although Stroll led for 32 of the 58 laps, damage to his front wing resulted in severe tyre graining, and he fell to ninth by the end of the race.
Stroll added a second podium of the season with a third place finish at the Sakhir Grand Prix, and ended the year 11th in the World Championship standings with 75 points.
Racing Point become Aston Martin
While Sebastian Vettel was brought in to replace Perez for the 2021 F1 season, Stroll remained with the team under their new Aston Martin name.
Stroll's team owner father, Lawrence, explained how he has never considered trying to find a seat for Lance at another team.
It was clear from the early stages of the 2021 campaign that the team were not as competitive as they had been in the previous year, and there were mixed fortunes for Stroll.
The Canadian scored points at three out of the five first races of the season, before retiring in dramatic style from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he suffered a tyre failure at high speed. Title contender Max Verstappen was hit by a similar issue later in the race.
After earning some more points in the races that followed, there was another DNF for Stroll at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Aston Martin driver caused a collision that put himself and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc out of the event on the opening lap, and Stroll was handed a five-place grid penalty for the incident.
At the Italian Grand Prix, Stroll secured his highest finish of the season so far with a P7, but there was drama at the next race in Russia, where Stroll unintentionally squeezed teammate Vettel into a wall before then making contact with Pierre Gasly in the AlphaTauri. This earned the man from Canada a 10-second time penalty, though this ultimately did not affect his final position of P11.
Stroll eventually recorded his best result of the year at the Qatar Grand Prix with a sixth place, and he ended the season in P13 in the World Championship with 34 points, one spot behind Vettel in 12th.
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Poor car performance and race collisions hamper 2022 season
Continuing alongside Sebastian Vettel for 2022, the duo perhaps hoped for better results through the reset in the technical regulations, despite the team's transitional and growth period.
The Aston Martin AMR22 was a late bloomer, and the team languished towards the back of the field for most of the first half of the season.
Despite competent drives to single-point finishes in four of the first 12 races, bigger points opportunities were harder to come by. Clumsy qualifying errors at the Azerbaijan GP meant he couldn't back up Vettel's strong P6.
Stroll was able to equal Aston Martin's season best result of P6 with a fine drive at the wet Singapore GP, but a costly error when racing future teammate Fernando Alonso denied the team a bigger points haul at the US Grand Prix.
He also received a penalty for a questionable defence against retirement-bound Vettel at the Sao Paulo GP.
With Aston Martin missing out on P6 in the Constructors' Championship by one point, Stroll may have ended the season with some regrets about the missed opportunities.
What can Stroll do in 2023?
In 2023, Stroll will enter into his seventh season as a Formula 1 driver, and his fifth with the Aston Martin outfit.
With Vettel announcing his F1 retirement partway through 2022, it was swiftly confirmed that Fernando Alonso would join the team for 2023, with Aston Martin looking to build on their improved car performance in the second half of 2022.
Will there be fireworks at Aston Martin in 2023? How will Stroll compare against the two-time champion?
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Florida Jobs Growth Grant Fund
Pete Antonacci takes cues from Rick Scott, Enterprise Florida board
Published on August 21, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by News Service Of Florida
Expect little change in direction of the state's business-recruitment agency under its new management. Pete Antonacci, a former general counsel for Gov. Rick Scott who was appointed last month as president and CEO of Enterprise Florida, said Monday he intends to maintain the goals of the agency's board, which is chaired by the governor.
Raises will be provided to 16 upper-level and mid-level employees of Enterprise Florida, as the state's business-recruitment agency does away
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The Kolbe A Index is different from any personality test or IQ test because it is the only test that assesses the conative part of your brain, which shows your natural tendencies, impulses, and directed efforts. The Kolbe A Index is composed of 36 questions that rate you on a continuum from 1–10 in four different categories: Fact Finder, Follow Thru, Quick Start, and Implementor.
Your four-digit Kolbe Index A score is based on the following categories.
Taking the Kolbe A Index and understanding my results completely transformed the way I interacted with my family and colleagues. Knowing my Kolbe scores and the scores of those around me taught me how to communicate more effectively with them and completely transformed my relationships.
For example, I am a 9-7-2-2. That means in order to make a decision, I need a lot of information and will ask a lot of questions until I am clear about the end result. Someone with a lower fact finder score does not need as many details. In fact, that many details might overwhelm them and they will not be as efficient or effective. Any individual who has a difference in score of 4 or more in each of the 4 areas may face potential conflict. Knowing this type of information about the people you are around allows you to communicate and work with them so they are always at their best.
Kolbe Corp offers many different indexes to help you understand the way you inherently go about doing things and how that is helpful to you in different scenarios. It is highly recommended or required that you take the Kolbe A Index before proceeding with other indexes or assessments.
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