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Reader's Block – The Morgan Literary Magazine
Written by Logan Cummings|
Photos by Logan Cummings|
The 2016-2017 publication of the Morgan Literary Magazine is out! After a year of writing and work by the Lit Mag club, the final product has been released with the title Reader's Block. The magazine has 22 written entries from 15 different students and 8 pieces of artwork from 6 different students.
These are the students that contributed writing to Reader's Block:
Senior Emily Burr
Senior Jensen Garcia
Senior Jordan Ledyard
Junior Caitlin Jenkins
Sophomore Becca Cockley
Sophomore Meghan Denison
Sophomore Simon Hua
Sophomore Max Hurtubise
Sophomore Brittany Rojas
Freshman Lexie Arnoldi
Freshman Logan Cummings
Freshman Willem DeVries
Freshman Catie Duffy
Freshman Caden Sorota
Freshman Jay Woods
These are the students that contributed artwork to Reader's Block:
Senior Megan Appell
Senior Miranda Holifield
Sophomore Olivia Morrissey
Freshman Vicky Hu
Some of the writers in the club gave short author's notes about their piece in the magazine.
Please, Have a Pinch of Patience by Jordan Ledyard
"My personal essay is basically a public service announcement to let people know how hard it is to work at a restaurant, and a reminder to be thoughtful of people's feelings when you are a customer. Employees are people too! Although humor may take over most of the essay, the message should be taken seriously as it is important to many people in the workforce, especially those that are teenagers who do their best and are just trying to make some money! Enjoy and remember to always be respectful of others!"
The Recipe of Love by Willem DeVries
"My poem in the lit mag is the Recipe of Love. I created this piece to sound sweet and heartfelt. It is about what it takes to love someone for a long time both physically and metaphorically. I originally wrote this poem for myself to silently express my feelings about a girl I like because I was (and still am) too shy to ask her out. I believe that my piece does not fully express emotion, but it is still enjoyable to read and listen to."
Disrespectful, Americanized Know-It-All by Simon Hua
"This poem walks the reader through the frustration of having one's family stick labels on them, from the brother who shames them for acting so American to the father who is dead-set against them being anything other than a doctor. The tone flows from a calm beginning to a climax of frustration, which is brought back down in a calm ending as the poem comes full circle. I've already received positive feedback about the poem's uniqueness in regards to its topic and writing style. I certainly hope you'll give it a read."
To Those Who Turned Me Down by Logan Cummings
"This poem has characteristics of a slam poem, but it's less of a rant and more of a formal-sounding poetic burn. It's about the anger you feel after being harshly rejected, and the process of building yourself up after being broken down, all while stomping over the person who rejected you. The 'building yourself up' in this poem is made up of highly hyperbolic comments that reflect the feeling of arrogance in order to free yourself from feeling like nothing. The piece is petty, angry bashing and you'll probably love every line of it."
After all of the work put into the Magazine, many people like the outcome. Freshman Gavin Carlisle remarked, "I think that this year's publication of the Lit Mag looks like there was a lot of hard work put into it and that all of the people who contributed to it deserve tons of credit for what they have done this year." Olivia said, "I really enjoyed seeing the works all these students put in."
Faculty Advisor Julie Frydenborg is the main organizer of the club and the publication of Reader's Block. She stated, "I am extremely proud of this year's publication of the literary magazine because it shows off the creativity of our group and Morgan students."
To enjoy the written works of the students, please pick up a copy of Reader's Block from Ms. Frydenborg's room or view it here!
Reader's Block


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Airbus, Boeing face pricing pressure
Airbus and Boeing face pricing squeezes that are the result of their continuing price wars and two products that need price cuts to maintain sales.
The fierce single-aisle battle between Airbus and Boeing, and to a much lesser extent, between Airbus and Bombardier, puts pricing pressure on the A320ceo and to some degree the A320neo.
Airbus and Boeing each blame the other for a price war that has put pressure on margins for the in-production airplanes, but market share battles are only part of the issue. There is the need to keep the production lines humming for these airplanes in advance of the transition to the re-engined A320neo and 737 MAX, particularly as the Big Two up production rates over the next few years.
Airbus announced plans to increase rates on the A320 line to 46/mo by the end of 2016 as the new Mobile (AL) line becomes operational. Although the A320neo is scheduled to enter service in October 2015, initially the Mobile plant will churn out A320ceos. Boeing is boosting production of the 737NG to 47/mo in 2017 and alerted the supply chain to prepare for a potential rate hike to 52/mo by the end of this decade. The new 737 MAX is scheduled to enter service in July 2017. Airbus and Boeing each plan a two year transition period during which the current airplanes will be produced with the re-engined models.
Our Market Intelligence tells us Airbus is already planning to take its Mobile production from 4/mo to 8/mo, the planned capacity of the plant, as early as 2017. This would give Airbus 50 A320s per month, still shy of the prospective 52/mo of the 737 MAX. Airbus' Tianjin plant, currently producing at 4/mo, has the capacity to go to 8/mo, for a system total of 54. But Boeing has the ability to go to 63/mo should the supply chain be able, and for the moment Airbus is tapped out at 54.
Cutting prices and bundling sales of the current airplanes with the new airplanes is necessary to stimulate demand of the A320ceo and 737NG. But this isn't the only reason there is pricing pressure.
Fierce market share battles are another. Airbus saw plenty of opportunity to flip 737 customers to the new A320neo and took every advantage to do so. It had the logistical advantage: the A320neo will enter service nearly two years ahead of the MAX, which was launched seven months after the neo. The fleet renewal demand of American Airlines was so great that Boeing alone could not supply American on a timely basis.
Having lost its exclusive supplier position at American, Boeing wasn't going to lose the next competition, at Delta Air Lines. Delta was only interested in today's airplanes, taking the conservative position that the Pratt & Whitney GTF and CFM LEAP engines are unproven technology. Delta, once an exclusive Boeing customer, became an Airbus operator with the merger of Northwest Airlines, and Northwest's management was now in charge at Delta. So a Boeing win was not a given—but neither was an Airbus win; the management likes dual-sourcing. In the end, the former NWA fleet planners and management chose Boeing. If one believes Airbus, it was because Boeing offered the 737-900ER for 10%-15% less than that offered for the A321ceo. Delta later also ordered the A321ceo, but only 30 airplanes compared with the 100 737-900ERs ordered from Boeing.
At United Airlines, another Airbus/Boeing operator after the merger with Continental Airlines, UAL was run by the former Continental management, a solid and exclusive Boeing customer. Legacy United had become a loyal Airbus customer. Legacy United ordered the Airbus A350 XWB and the new UAL expanded this order, but when it came to renewing the fleet with a major in-production order, the Boeing-centric United management chose the 737-900ER over the A321ceo. One officer told us the 737-900ER was a slightly "better" airplane than the A321ceo (and also remarked the A321neo is better than the 737-9) but that Boeing won the deal on "commercial terms."
Airbus and Boeing have challenges in the wide-body arena as well. Sales of the A330 have stalled. The A330 received a tremendous boost by the disarray of the Boeing 787 program and a boost from the delays in the A350 development. Helped by near-term availability to backfill these program delays, A330 sales were also boosted by willingness to cut the price dramatically. With tooling and amortization long-since paid off and completed, Airbus has tremendous room to drop the price. Sales were routinely in the $90m-$100m range and occasionally reported to be even lower than this. One Boeing salesman claims Airbus has recently sold the A330 for $65m, but we haven't been able to confirm any price remotely close to this. We've heard of one special-case transaction in the upper $70m, but even this is anecdotal.
A330 sales have stalled. Airbus has huge production gaps beginning in 2016. Customers are waiting to see what Airbus is going to do about launching the re-engined A330neo. The A330 Regional, intended for the Chinese market and with hopes for 70-200 sales, hasn't materialized even with deep price discounts.
Boeing is facing the prospect of cutting prices on the 777-300ER to keep this production line going until introduction of the 777X, which has an EIS of 2020. Boeing claims it will maintain pricing, but we already hear of deeper discounts than have been the case when sales were robust. There have been only 10 orders so far this year for the -300ER. We fully expect pricing to fall as the 2017 production gap gets closer.
We also expect Airbus and Boeing to cut production rates of their aging twin-aisle lines.
As for Airbus vs Bombardier, the pricing pressure faced by Airbus is one of its own choosing. Although Airbus officials publicly denigrate and dismiss the viability of the Bombardier CSeries, we know from our Market Intelligence that Airbus engages in extremely aggressive counter campaigns where Bombardier appears to be making headway with its CS300, which competes with the A319. Customers we talk with, and our own economic analysis, tell us that the economics of the CSeries is far better than the A319ceo or neo. Airbus declared in 2010 that it would not ignore Bombardier as Boeing had ignored Airbus in its early days. Accordingly, we are told that Airbus offers the larger A320ceo at a hugely discounted price to customers ready to order the CS300, a price that Bombardier can't match; and that Airbus is also offering to arrange acquisition of cheap, used A319ceos (lease rates below $100,000/mo) as an alternative to the $300,000/mo for a new CSeries. The tactics have worked in several campaigns.
Category: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney
Tags: 737 MAX, 737-9, 737-900ER, 737NG, 777-300ER, 777X, A320ceo, A320NEO, A321ceo, A321NEO, A330, A350 XWB, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CFM International, Continental Airlines, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Geared Turbo Fan, GTF, LEAP, Northwest Airlines, Pratt & Whitney, United Airlines
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31 Comments on "Airbus, Boeing face pricing pressure"
donal
And Airbus/EADS will go to the EU Governments demanding more money……..and use the threat of layoffs to extort more cash………..they are even throwing in "free-engines and other free spares" to keep the order books filled-in. Somebody has to pay for the "free-bees". Government run/sponsored entities always fail in the end…….too much bureaucratic-labor/overhead……..can't manipulate sales to EU Sponsored-Owned Carriers and their Affiliates forever to keep the lines humming. Airplane building-selling is always cyclic with sometimes drastic downturns………….been that way since Commercial Aviation began.
anfromme
And Airbus/EADS will go to the EU Governments demanding more money……..and use the threat of layoffs to extort more cash
In the same way Boeing used the threat of layoffs/moving jobs to extort tax breaks.
Seriously – let's not pretend either of the two companies is any better than the other when it comes to trying to leverage their power as a large creator of jobs towards the respective governments, be in Washington or South Carolina for Boeing, or Germany, France, or Alabama for Airbus.
they are even throwing in "free-engines and other free spares" to keep the order books filled-in. Somebody has to pay for the "free-bees".
This allegation had already been flogged to death five years ago. I would humbly propose to do some research on the subject of launch aids for Airbus as well as their balance sheet, which actually shows a healthy profit.
Government run/sponsored entities always fail in the end
Re-hashing this neither makes Airbus an entity that's more government-run/sponsored than Boeing, nor does it make the general assumption – that government-owned/sponsored entities always fail – any truer.
It's not ownership that eventually decides whether a company is going to be successful, it's its products, competition, and management.
If Airbus ever do fail, that'd be a very long end indeed… they've been around for over 40 years now, saw Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas fail as commercial plane makers, and are currently battling with Boeing over market share, with the expected split being somewhere around 50:50, no worse than 40:60 for either manufacturer, at any rate.
Kaitian (@Kaitian1)
Those actually were local state taxes which Boeing & aerospace suppliers requested to EXTEND the tax break from 2024 to 2040. They never requested any new tax breaks though. The B&O tax rate is going to be the same at 0.2904% instead of 0.484% going forward to 2040 which it'll go back to the rate of 0.484% in 2041 (if they don't request another extension then). The rate of 0.2904% comes from the 7E7 (now 787) tax package passed back in 2003 by Gary Locke and the Washington State Legislature. Airbus in the news is trying to challenge that tax break which has been around for 10 years now. Even if they got SB 5952 repealed, Boeing still benefits from the tax break for the next 10 years.
Boeing and both B&A suppliers still pays B&O taxes for every plane they manufacture and sell in Washington State. It's also impossible do tax evasion on the B&O tax break because it's a tax on economic activity.
Also the $8.7 billion tax break is not exclusive to Boeing because the Washington State Constitution prohibits that. Instead all of Boeing and their suppliers including Airbus suppliers can take advantage of the tax break. There are at least 25 Airbus suppliers in Washington State so Airbus is indirectly being affected by the tax break.
An example?
Exotic Metals supplies parts for the Airbus A300/A320/A330/A340/A380
http://www.exoticmetals.com/aboutexotic/history/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/mar/21/exotic-metals-forming-co-opening-plant-in-airway/
"Exotic Metals will be eligible for a reduction of the state business and occupation tax granted by the Legislature last fall as an incentive to Boeing Co. and the aerospace industry."
So when the Airbus spokesperson claimed that the tax break will pay for the cost of the 777X program, they're either lying or just hugely misinformed. The $8.7 billion (both 7E7 tax break and 777X tax break combined) affects the entire aerospace industry in the State of Washington.
"Today, Exotic is a major contributor to every model of Boeing airplane currently in production."
Another attempt to obfuscate the issue. Yes, they supply parts to Airbus, but they came into being because of Boeing and that is still their biggest customer.
Are there any exclusive Airbus suppliers in Washington state? I doubt it very much.
"Exotic Metals will be eligible for a reduction of the state business and occupation tax granted by the Legislature last fall as an incentive to Boeing Co. and the aerospace industry. The incentive was part of the state's effort to persuade Boeing to build its new 777X aircraft in Washington"
That is from the other link you posted. The quote does seem to sum up the situation quite plainly, Boeing…..and the aerospace industry. But the second line doesn't leave much doubt.
Those actually were local state taxes which Boeing & aerospace suppliers requested to EXTEND the tax break from 2024 to 2040. They never requested any new tax breaks though.
Your point being? If Boeing had moved 777X production elsewhere, they would have requested tax breaks there as well, as evident in their RFP sent out at the time.
To state the obvious: A tax break is a tax break, and this one was 100% designed to keep 777X production in Washington state. Whether it's a newly introduced one or an extension is a technicality. The extent of the extension is – at ~$8.7bn – about 62% larger than the existing tax break, due to run out in 2014 (at ~$5.3bn). A tax break, that incidentally was ruled illegal by the WTO.
So let's also not pretend that Boeing and Washington state didn't know what turf they were getting onto when they agreed on these tax breaks. Scott and others have continuously been pointing this out ever since the extension was first proposed.
Boeing and both B&A suppliers still pays B&O taxes for every plane they manufacture and sell in Washington State.
I fully expect them to pay all taxes they're not exempt from.
Also the $8.7 billion tax break is not exclusive to Boeing because the Washington State Constitution prohibits that. Instead all of Boeing and their suppliers including Airbus suppliers can take advantage of the tax break.
Yes, and Boeing could get launch aid from European governments if only they chose to develop and build a plane in the EU.
It's a technicality that in theory, Airbus or its suppliers could benefit as well. You know as well as I do that talk of extending these tax breaks only started when Boeing, their main beneficiary, threatened to move 777X production elsewhere.
Don't take my word for it, though, take Governor Inslee's, who said in October 2013 "If Boeing decides to build the 777X and its carbon fiber wing in Washington, I believe those incentives should be extended through the anticipated life of the airplane — to 2040".
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20131004/NEWS01/710049899
So let's make no mistake about it: The prime target and prime beneficiary of these tax breaks is and was Boeing. Had 777X production been moved elsewhere, they would not have been extended (and Boeing would have demanded and received tax breaks elsewhere instead).
Any effect these breaks have on WA-based suppliers for Airbus, Bombardier, Embraer, etc. is just incidental to wooing Boeing. The last time this was examined, the tax breaks were subsequently ruled illegal by the WTO.
Yes, I know that aspects of Airbus' launch aid have been ruled illegal as well, and I'm 100% against repeating/extending these as well. It's just that you chose to paint a picture of these tax breaks being really nothing worth talking about, which is a point of view I obviously disagree with.
@Aero Ninja:
Nice find 🙂
the existing tax break, due to run out in 2014
Sorry – typo, I meant 2024, of course.
"The extent of the extension is – at ~$8.7bn – about 62% larger than the existing tax break, due to run out in 2014 (at ~$5.3bn)."
Actually no, it's still the same tax break. Why? 10 years have passed since it took effect which there was about $265 million in tax breaks per year from 2004 to 2024. SB 5952 took effect when the Boeing declared Washington the site of the 777X aka 2014. The primary purpose of SB 5952 was to extend the tax break from 2024 to 2040. So that's 16 years from 2024 to 2040. With the new program proposed, it increased the value of the tax break from $265 million (assessed at the time) to an expected $335 million per year when SB 5952 was enacted.
So the reality is that HB 2294 still had life in the law and is still in effect today. Neither HB 2294 or SB 5952 gives dollar amounts. They only fix the B&O tax rate at 0.2904% which one can extrapolate based on current airplane sales from Boeing to get that figure. So HB 2294 was really worth $2.984 billion from 2014 to 2024 and SB 5952 is worth $5.7 billion from 2024 to 2040.
They pay the same Aerospace B&O tax rate that Boeing pays which is 0.2904% if their economic activity is tied to Aerospace but not necessarily Boeing but can be Airbus, Learjet, Bombardier, etc. They also get tax exemptions on defense sales.
"That is from the other link you posted. The quote does seem to sum up the situation quite plainly, Boeing…..and the aerospace industry. But the second line doesn't leave much doubt." I never denied otherwise. I gave the links knowing exactly what it contains. I also love reading direct sources such as the WTO ruling (353R-01). It's so amusing what the WTO claims is unfair while ignoring certain things such as contracts that Boeing won from the Department of Defense against other competitors (Lockheed, Northrop, Raytheon to name a few). They claim those contracts are subsidies so does that mean the German & French government buying A400M's are subsidies as well? They also cry foul about C-17 technology being implemented on the 787. They might as well just say that all of what Boeing does is illegal and should not bother to compete in LCA's.
"Had 777X production been moved elsewhere, they would not have been extended (and Boeing would have demanded and received tax breaks elsewhere instead)."
Not in the same amount that Washington had put up. Missouri could only put up $1.7 billion over 2 decades in tax breaks but nowhere in the neighbor of $5.7 billion ($8.7 minus $2.984).
Boeing already went to the government and did get a huge amount of tax breaks.
One of your biggest "EU Sponsored-Owned Carriers" is Lufthansa. Lufthansa was and is launch costumer for B737, B747-8i and B777X.
LH is no longer government-owned, not even partly – hasn't been since 1997. Of the types you mentioned, only the 737 was launched at a time when LH was a state-owned carrier.
Anyway, as I said, I think ownership is secondary – management and product are much more important.
If you really want to point to state-owned carriers ordering Boeing, don't go back to the old BA, LH and AF – just look at Chinese airlines (excluding Cathay) and the almost 600 planes (and counting) they ordered from Boeing in the last 10 years.
um, maybe Boeing should be glad of the EU ETS? They have been its biggest benifactor
JD Evora
And of course… the information about paying royalties to the governments from any A320 and A330 sold are just "unfunded rumors" 😉
Still stuck in 1975?
kc135topboom
Boeing, with a much better, and more independent, financial position should be able to underbid Airbus across the board.
"[…] Boeing offered the 737-900ER for 10%-15% less than that offered for the A321ceo."
"One officer told us the 737-900ER was a slightly "better" airplane than the A321ceo […] but that Boeing won the deal on "commercial terms.""
So Boeing already underbids Airbus but the wages are still to high to do it "across the board". Boeing should move production to Bangladesh…
Are you suddenly suggesting Boeing should compete primarily on price, not quality, something you riled against when you alleged Airbus was doing it?
Are you also ok with such undercutting being partially funded by tax breaks?
More to the point, though – I don't agree that Boeing is in a position to undercut Airbus pricing across the board.
Their 787 programme is still bleeding money – 200 frames in, each frame delivered is still sold for less than what it cost to build it. The fact that Boeing can write off the 787 cost overruns over the course of ~1300 frames (as per Jon Ostrower in his latest WSJ article) helps to cover this fact with regard to Boeing's annual results. But it doesn't change the fact that Boeing should be very eager to start making money on the 787 – and ideally other programmes – to recover the 787 cost overruns. They sunk a few billion into the 747-8, to, which they probably want to earn back somehow. Then there's the 737MAX, which is going to be more costly to develop than the A320neo (by a factor of 2, according to Ostrower), and the 777X, which Boeing still needs to develop, and which still needs to be delivered on time and on spec.
Airbus don't have as much on their plate – the A380 cost has already been written off, and the type is going to break even on a per-frame basis next year. Most of the NEO development is already done (EIS is next year), as is most of the A350 development (EIS this year – and no significant cost overruns we know of so far). They still have A330neo and potentially A350-1100 ahead of them, though.
So in short – I don't think either company is in a position to undercut the other across the board. Which is probably all right, as I wouldn't really want any company winning out just on price – having said that, I sort of frown on Airbus' tactics in trying to fend off the CSeries.
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Christopher D. Dye
Scott, regarding A's 320 production in Ala.,could you clarify where the fuselage and interior, wings, and empanage will actually be produced. I have the impression that these activities will not take place in the US, but rather in Europe, and that Ala. will simply put the finished parts together. Thx.
From what I've read so far, Alabama will work as a FAL the same way that Hamburg, Tianjin and Toulouse do. I.e. they will chiefly assemble pre-produced parts – cockpit and front fuselage from Saint-Nazaire, vertical stabiliser from Stade, wings from Broughton, etc.
They will probably source some lesser materials/assemblies more locally, but the main components will still be shipped from Airbus' main manufacturing sites in Europe. "Shipped" is the keyword here, too, as from what I've read, these assemblies will be sent to Alabama by ship, not Beluga.
Fromme is correct
Normand Hamel
If Airbus needs to keep the production lines humming for the A320ceo why then open additional capacity in Mobile to build even more of this obsolete aircraft?
I believe Airbus should have scheduled Mobile strictly for the A320neo and skip the A320ceo entirely. Airbus can only have a negative return on its investment to produce the A320ceo there.
I have never understood the Airbus logic to produce the A320ceo before the A320neo in Alabama. In my opinion that decision reflects poor planning and a lack of vision.
It is better for beginners to work on a well understood product than to do an all new product somewhere in the heat of the south. The A320NEO will be first produced by the assembly lines with best knowledge available. I guess Mobile and Tianjin will be the last plants to produce CEOs.
Lufthansa Technik now controls 787 production in Boeing's Charleston plant for several leasing companies and other airlines…
http://www.aero.de/news-19609/Lufthansa-Technik-schaut-Boeing-auf-die-Finger.html
There is also a rumor about 787 Neos in 2018 but just 2 of them;-)
http://www.aero.de/news-19616/Neos-least-zwei-Dreamliner.html
What you say would make sense for two different aircraft, like say the CRJ versus the CSeries for example. But I don't expect the neo to be that much different than the ceo, except for the engines. On the other hand he 737 MAX should be a different animal with many new "obsolete" parts. 😉
I always thought that the Alabama production was intended for the US market. So if it is the last facility to build the ceo it could only mean that American air carriers bought, or intend to buy, quite a few of them.
Delta ordered 30 A321CEOs. With an output of just 4 aircraft this is quite a lot of time to learn. After that the Mobil workforce would be ready to make a smooth switch to the predefined processes for NEO production then already elaborated by more experienced European workforces.
The next thing is the Mobil workforce is currently trained on the CEO production:
http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/first-manufacturing-employees-for-airbus-assembly-line-in-mobile-alabama-start-training-in-hamburg/
I am a bit confused by your position here Normand. On the one hand, you seem to find it unwise for Mobile to start u´p with the CEO but then you note that the biggest difference between CEO and NEO are the engines. Exactly what is the downside of letting Mobile start up on the CEO?
Unless Wikipedia is obsolete, the Mobile facility should be assembling by some time in 2015 (no idea which quarter) and the NEO should be introduced by October 2105. I woudl imagine the first NEOs will be built in Toulouse and/or Hamburg and once they get the wrinkles out, they would start up Tianjin and Mobile.
If they did not start up on the CEO, I would think there would be alot of wasted time and money. Of course I am assuming there will still be CEOs to be delivered at that point in time.
Yes you are right Aero Ninja, if they didn't start the ceo right away there would indeed be a waste of time and money. But I was always of the opinion, and still am, that Airbus should have synchronized the opening of Mobile with the neo in order to avoid having to set up for the ceo and then switch in a relatively short period of time to the neo.
I just hate situations where when everything is getting to speed you have to stop and go through a new process again. This could also be viewed as a waste of time and money. Not counting the inconvenience for the staff.
At least Airbus has, or had, the option. Bombardier did not. They build a brand new assembly building which should be operational early this summer, but there will be very few aircraft to build at that time, and for a prolong period, because the certification programme has been delayed. For the staff it will be very convenient though, for it will give them the opportunity to adapt to the new production environment at a less hectic pace.
Somewhen, somehow, Airbus has let the Cat out of the Sack, naively, imprudently – by way of commercial intelligence or otherwise … implying this : Airbus has been depossessed of a vitally important commercial secret = the extent to which A330 sales margins were confortable … However, the exact values of applicable A330 sales pricing strategy threshholds "R2", "R1" and "R0" are NOT accessible internally in Airbus to the average "Sales Director", wherefore presumed leaks if any must stem from higher hierarchic levels, or have been disseminated through customer-to-customer concertation, despite an explicit/very strict non-disclosure contract clause.
Whatever scandalously extravagant hard-discounting practises are being reported (??), in fact there are strictly no reasons for eg A330 prices to be discounted at all, never mind throwing in shirt and trousers : as an investment, the Payback Time @ List Price of an A330 ranges btw 2.3 and 3.5 years pending the market where the aircraft is deployed. So why are Airbus yielding to the abusive price pressure ?
It all amounts to a serious lack of sales discipline ! A Sales Price is akin Reputation : it takes a lifetime to establish, but one foul move and it's gone, hardly retrievable ! …
Imagine an active arm institution complementing NSA snooping ( using gained information for clandestine wide spectrum warfare against every other nation.
Schorsch
I can only understand the huge rate increase by an expected demand that comes from replacement of current single aisles. Given that oil prices start rising again, replacement of a 12-year old single aisle can easily become a business case for an airline if a 15% fuel burn improvement is possible. That puts a huge 4-digit number of "replacement" orders on the table. Values for CEO-aircraft will fall like a rock, just no one willing to put this truth out.
There has always been the feel good formula of blaming low prices for competitor success.Without any proof always.
Suggesting the A321 and 737-900/9 are somehow splitting the market is only for selected markets and time frame.
Hard numbers learn us the A321 has already outsold the combined 757, 737-900/900ER/9, 767-200 sales of the last 35 years, and it is getting worse fast.
AA didn't split their NB order between A and B. The orders and options numbers are far apart. I see the chances of UA ordering a sizeable A321 fleet in the near future as larger then 50% too.

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The Maine shipyard and Austal USA originally teamed to build an all-aluminum trimaran version of the ship but ended the partnership in 2010. Marinette Marine was lead yard on a steel single-hull version. Both ships can top 50 mph and are designed to operate in coastal waters.


So Naso used to participate in amateur meteorology?
Re: So Naso used to participate in amateur meteorology?
I didn't exactly expect to see a link to a tropical meteorology forum I post on today. With that said, weather is likely the only topic Naso has ever made sense on tbh.
I thought Inks was the only meteorology enthusiast in this forum.
You probably don't know me well, but hi.
You cannot call me dumb or unknowing. I know what I'm talking about, and I know how to interpret. I don't know everything, but I know a lot more than you think I know. Mike Morgan said himself that the air is juicier in Central Oklahoma than it is out west. Mike Morgan said himself the air is like gasoline right now. I am saying nothing that Mike Morgan is not saying himself.
Watch out for that juicy gasoline air guys.
Dude, what's up with the eyebrows?
Lol is this really what Naso looks like?


BA (Hons) Advertising graduate Charlotte Cramer talks about her time at LCC and highlights of the course.
After graduating I was fortunate to work as a strategist at Mother London on a variety of accounts such as Boots and Stella Artois. After this role I joined JWT (Global Advertising Agency) where I am currently working as a digital strategist on Kit Kat, Aero and first direct.
In my spare time I work with my partner from university offering creative innovation consultancy to charities such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Save the Children. We also run a social enterprise that won Start Up Britain's Pitch Up competition and we are currently in the process of launching a product to help children deal with their fear of the dark (watch this space!).
I genuinely feel that the BA (Hons) Advertising course at LCC has helped make this all possible: from the course leader's relentless passion; to the amazing industry contacts such as the One Club in New York; and the open minded approach to problem solving.
I graduated with an incredible array of contacts, skills and aspirations that go far beyond traditional advertising. If you're lazy or think University's going to be easy, this isn't the course for you. If you're willing to put in the energy and enthusiasm then you'll graduate with what equates to a brilliant degree and well-rounded, practical industry experience.
Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about the course or working in advertising my contact email is aloha@charlottecramer.co.uk.


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Turtle Mountain Community College
Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC), located eight miles from the Canadian border in north central North Dakota, is committed to functioning as an autonomous Indian controlled college on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation focusing on general studies, undergraduate education, career and technical education, scholarly research, and continuous improvement of student learning.
Turtle Mountain Community College maintains obligations of direct community service to the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe. Under this unifying principle, the college seeks to maintain, seek out, and provide comprehensive higher education services in fields needed for true Indian self-determination. The philosophical foundation of the college exists in the system of values expressed in the Seven Teachings of the Tribe: wisdom, peace, respect, bravery honesty, humility, and truth. By creating an academic environment in which the cultural and social heritage of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is brought to bear throughout the curriculum, the college establishes an administration, faculty, staff and student body exerting leadership in the community and providing service to it.
In addition to a wide array of associate degrees and certificate of completion programs, TMCC offers four year degrees in Elementary Education and Secondary Science Teacher Education and facilitates TMCC graduates' transition into the University of North Dakota four-year baccalaureate programs. The College offers tuition and fee rates that are among the lowest in North Dakota.
Turtle Mountain Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1994, Congress granted Tribal Colleges Land Grant status.


I popped into the Saint Lazarus Bar for a quick beer the other night after seeing John Zorn's Simulacrum at Johnny Brenda's. To the left of where I sat was this mysterious stranger hugging a guitar while slowly sipping a drink and to the right of me was this wall emblazoned with an image of a fiery red forest. Clearly this man was meant to be photographed in front of this wall. I ask to shoot people I don't know with some regularity so without hesitating I slid down towards the stranger, introduced myself and asked if I could take a picture of him in front of said wall on fire. He shot back a quick, "yes of course" as if he'd been expecting this inquiry. I had only my phone on me at the time but didn't want to miss this opportunity. After a few quick shots I asked his name. Melvin. He then gave me his card, said thank you, took a final sip of his beer, grabbed his guitar and vanished. The next day after posting the photo to instagram I pulled his card from my pocket and decided to reach out to Melvin C. McKnight aka Blaqmel to ask if he'd sit for a proper portrait. He again said "yes of course." The location I had in mind had been on my agenda to use for quite a while. Months ago while in the basement of my building someone turned the lights off and this was revealed to me. I thought Melvin would be perfect for this space plus I'm moving in a few days so time was not on my side. Clearly Melvin was also meant to be photographed in my creepy basement.


Come join us in our inaugural Troy 8 Week Skills Program at the Troy Sports Center and take your game to the next level!
Skating stride and edge work.
Puck skills in the form of handling, passing and receiving.
Small area games that promote skill and competition.
All skills are practiced both in-part, and as a combined whole, and are performed first at comfortable "learning speeds," and then, executed at a speed that simulates that of the game.
Includes 16 on-ice sessions, spanning from June 18 to August 15 (off 4th of July Week).
Sessions take place on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, MI.
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Jozef Malík (26. května 1901 Dolné Vestenice – 15. května 1959 Nitra) byl slovenský a československý politik Komunistické strany Slovenska a poúnorový poslanec Národního shromáždění ČSR.

Biografie
Členem KSČ byl od roku 1925. Pracoval jako dělník. Za první republiky organizoval stávky a byl opakovaně stíhán. Za tzv. slovenského štátu se podílel na organizování komunistické odbojové činnosti. Byl členem okresního vedení ilegální KSS. V okolí města Prievidza se podílel na přípravě Slovenského národního povstání, kterého se sám aktivně účastnil. Za SNP působil jako partyzánský organizátor. Byl komisařem partyzánského oddílu. Byl mu udělen Československý válečný kříž a Řád Slovenského národního povstání.

V roce 1948 se uvádí coby rolník. Roku 1951 je zmiňován jako ředitel krajského výkupního podniku. K roku 1954 se profesně uvádí jako pracovník zemědělského oddělení Krajského výboru KSS. Před svou smrtí zastával funkci člena byra KV KSS a vedoucího tajemníka Krajského výboru Národní fronty v Nitře.

Ve volbách roku 1948 byl zvolen do Národního shromáždění za KSČ ve volebním kraji Trenčín. Mandát získal i ve volbách v roce 1954 (volební obvod Nové Zámky-Komárno). V parlamentu zasedal do své smrti v roce 1959, pak ho nahradil Tibor Bohdanovský.

V letech 1946–1953 se uvádí jako člen Ústředního výboru Komunistické strany Slovenska. Malý slovenský biografický slovník ho uvádí i jako poslance Slovenské národní rady. V databázích záznamů jednání SNR ale jeho jméno nefiguruje.

Zemřel v květnu 1959 po delší chorobě.

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Nositelé Československého válečného kříže 1939
Slovenští regionální politici
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Členové KSČ
Členové KSS
Narození v roce 1901
Úmrtí v roce 1959
Narození 26. května
Narození v Dolných Vestenicích
Úmrtí 15. května
Úmrtí v Nitře
Muži

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Hannibal Lector isn't the only movie icon that happens to be getting his own show, y'know. Scream may not be the most financially successful horror movie franchise ever created, but its still ranks up their with the iconic heavyweights.
Is there life left in the franchise for another film though? Who knows, but MTV certainly thinks that Ghostface deserves a weekly chance to terrorise teenagers once again.
The US Network has commissioned the start of a new series, that will be helmed by former MTV executives Tony Disanto and Liz Gately. There's no word yet on whether or not Wes Craven will be involved with the series, or even what format it will take on.
After all, stretching a brutal killing or two over several weeks might not make for compelling viewing. Dexter has that market pretty much covered anyway.


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Authorship and Appropriation: Writing for the Stage in England, 1660-1710
Paulina Kewes
This book studies the cultural and economic status of playwriting in the later 17th and early 18th centuries, and argues that the period was a decisive one in the transition from Renaissance conceptions of authorship towards modern ones. In Shakespeare's time, creative originality and independence of voice had been little prized. Playwrights had appropriated materials from earlier writings with little censure, while the practice of collaboration among dramatists had been taken for granted. The book demonstrates that, in the decades following the Restoration, those attitudes were challenged by ... More
This book studies the cultural and economic status of playwriting in the later 17th and early 18th centuries, and argues that the period was a decisive one in the transition from Renaissance conceptions of authorship towards modern ones. In Shakespeare's time, creative originality and independence of voice had been little prized. Playwrights had appropriated materials from earlier writings with little censure, while the practice of collaboration among dramatists had been taken for granted. The book demonstrates that, in the decades following the Restoration, those attitudes were challenged by new conceptions of dramatic art, which required authors to be the sole begetters of their works. This book explores a series of developments in the theatrical marketplace that increased both the rewards and the prestige of the dramatist, and shows the Restoration period to have been one of serious and animated debate about the methods of playwriting. Against that background, the book offers a fresh account of the formation of the canon of English drama, revealing how the moderns — Dryden, Otway, Lee, Behn, and then their successors Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar — acquired an esteem equal, even superior, to their illustrious predecessors Shakespeare, Jonson, and Fletcher.
Keywords: Renaissance, Shakespeare, playwriting, Restoration, Dryden, Otway, Lee, Behn, Congreve, Vanbrugh
Print publication date: 1998 Print ISBN-13: 9780198184683
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198184683.001.0001
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Paulina Kewes, author
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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A Note on Dates and Texts
1 The Playwright and the Marketplace
2 The Proprieties of Appropriation
3 Plagiarism and Property
4 Collaboration
5 The Canon
Appendix A Dramatic Collaboration, 1590–1720
Appendix B Collected Editions of Plays, 1604–1720


text:
import hasUsableConsole from 'hasUsableConsole';
import cleanup from 'helpers/cleanup';

var Ractive_original;

module( 'Transitions', {
	beforeEach: function () {
		// augment base Ractive object slightly
		Ractive_original = Ractive;
		Ractive = Ractive.extend({
			onconstruct: function ( options ) {
				// if a beforeComplete method is given as an initialisation option,
				// add it to the instance (unless it already exists on a component prototype)
				!this.beforeComplete && ( this.beforeComplete = options.beforeComplete );
			}
		});

		Ractive.transitions.test = function ( t, params ) {
			var delay = ( params && params.delay ) || 50;

			setTimeout( function () {
				if ( t.ractive.beforeComplete ) {
					t.ractive.beforeComplete( t, params );
				}

				t.complete();
			}, delay );
		};
	},
	afterEach: function () {
		Ractive = Ractive_original;
		cleanup();
	}
});

asyncTest( 'Animated style', assert => {
	const ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: `
			{{#if show}}

content...

			{{/if show}}`,
		transitions: {
			test ( t ) {
				t.setStyle( 'height', '100px' );

				t.animateStyle( 'height', '200px', {
					duration: 50
				}).then( t.complete );

				// should not have changed yet
				assert.equal( t.getStyle( 'height' ), '100px' );
			}
		}
	});

	expect( 2 );

	ractive.set( 'show', true ).then( () => {
		const div = ractive.find( 'div' );
		assert.equal( div.style.height, '' );
		QUnit.start();
	});
});

asyncTest( 'Elements containing components with outroing elements do not detach until transitions are complete', function ( t ) {
	var Widget, ractive, p, shouldHaveCompleted;

	Widget = Ractive.extend({
		template: '
foo
',
		beforeComplete: function ( transition, params ) {
			shouldHaveCompleted = true;
			t.ok( fixture.contains( p ), '
 element has already been removed from the DOM' );
		}
	});

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '{{#foo}}
<widget/>
{{/foo}}',
		components: {
			widget: Widget
		},
		data: { foo: true }
	});

	p = ractive.find( 'p' );

	ractive.set( 'foo', false ).then( function () {
		t.ok( shouldHaveCompleted, 'promise was fulfilled before transition had completed' );
		t.ok( !fixture.contains( p ), '
 element should have been removed from the DOM' );
		start();
	});
});

asyncTest( 'noIntro option prevents intro transition', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, transitioned;

	expect( 1 );

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '

',
		noIntro: true,
		beforeComplete: function(){
			transitioned = true;
		},
		oncomplete: function(){
			t.ok( !transitioned, 'transition happened');
			start()
		}
	});
});

asyncTest( 'noIntro option prevents intro transition when el is initially undefined', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, transitioned;

	expect( 1 );

	ractive = new Ractive({
		template: '

',
		noIntro: true,
		beforeComplete: function(){
			transitioned = true;
		},
		oncomplete: function(){
			t.ok( !transitioned, 'transition happened');
			start()
		}
	});

	ractive.render( fixture );
});

asyncTest( 'Empty transitions on refs okay', function ( t ) {

	expect( 1 );

	var ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		debug: true,
		template: '{{#if x}}

{{/if}}',
		transitions: {
			test: function ( transition ) {
				t.ok( true );
				transition.complete();
				QUnit.start();
			}
		},
		data: {
			x: true,
			foo: ''
		}
	});

	ractive.set( 'x', false );
	ractive.set( 'foo', 'test' );
	ractive.set( 'x', true );

});

asyncTest( 'ractive.transitionsEnabled false prevents all transitions', function ( t ) {

	var ractive, Component, transitioned;

	expect( 1 );

	Component = Ractive.extend({
		template: '{{#foo}}

{{/foo}}',
		onconstruct: function ( options ) {
			this._super( options );
			this.transitionsEnabled = false;
		},
		beforeComplete: function(){
			transitioned = true;
		}
	});

	ractive = new Component({
		el: fixture,
		data: { foo: true },
		oncomplete: function () {
			this.set( 'foo', false ).then( function(){
				t.ok( !transitioned, 'outro transition happened');
				start()
			});
		}
	});
});

if ( hasUsableConsole ) {
	asyncTest( 'Missing transition functions do not cause errors, but do console.warn', function ( t ) {
		var ractive, warn = console.warn;

		expect( 1 );

		console.warn = function( msg ) {
			t.ok( msg );
		};

		ractive = new Ractive({
			el: fixture,
			template: '

',
			oncomplete: function () {
				console.warn = warn;
				start();
			}
		});
	});
}

asyncTest( 'Transitions work the first time (#916)', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, div;

	// we're using line height for testing because it's a numerical CSS property that IE8 supports

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '

',
		oncomplete: function () {
			t.equal( div.style.lineHeight, '' );
			QUnit.start();
		},
		transitions: {
			changeLineHeight ( t ) {
				let targetLineHeight;

				if ( t.isIntro ) {
					targetLineHeight = t.getStyle( 'lineHeight' );
					t.setStyle( 'lineHeight', 0 );
				} else {
					targetLineHeight = 0;
				}

				t.animateStyle( 'lineHeight', targetLineHeight, { duration: 50 } ).then( t.complete );
			}
		}
	});

	div = ractive.find( 'div' );

	t.equal( div.style.lineHeight, 0 );
});

test( 'Nodes are detached synchronously if there are no outro transitions (#856)', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, target;

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '{{#if foo}}
intro
{{else}}
no outro
{{/if}}'
	});

	target = ractive.find( '.target' );
	t.ok( fixture.contains( target ) );

	ractive.set( 'foo', true );
	t.ok( !fixture.contains( target ) );
});

asyncTest( 'Regression test for #1157', function ( t ) {
	var ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '

',
		transitions: {
			test: function ( transition, params ) {
				t.deepEqual( params, { duration: 0 });
				QUnit.start();
			}
		}
	});
});

test( 'Parameter objects are not polluted (#1239)', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, uid = 0, objects = [];

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '{{#each list}}

{{/each}}',
		transitions: {
			foo: function ( t, params ) {
				params = t.processParams( params, {
					uid: uid++
				});

				objects.push( params );
			}
		},
		data: { list: [ 0, 0 ] }
	});

	t.equal( objects.length, 2 );
	t.notEqual( objects[0], objects[1] );
});

// TEMP so whole test suite doesn't hang. tagging with keypaths-ftw
/*
asyncTest( 'An intro will be aborted if a corresponding outro begins before it completes', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, tooLate;

	expect( 0 );

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: '{{#showBox}}

{{/showBox}}',
		transitions: {
			wait: function ( t, ms ) {
				setTimeout( t.complete, ms );
			}
		}
	});

	ractive.set( 'showBox', true ).then( function ( t ) {
		if ( !tooLate ) {
			QUnit.start();
		}
	});

	setTimeout( function () {
		ractive.set( 'showBox', false );
	}, 0 );

	setTimeout( function () {
		tooLate = true;
	}, 200 );
});
*/
test( 'Conditional sections that become truthy are not rendered if a parent simultaneously becomes falsy (#1483)', function ( t ) {
	var ractive, transitionRan = false;

	ractive = new Ractive({
		el: fixture,
		template: `
			{{#if foo.length || bar.length}}
				{{#if foo === bar}}

				{{/if}}
			{{/if}}`,
		transitions: {
			x: function ( t ) {
				transitionRan = true;
				setTimeout( t.complete, 0 );
			}
		},
		data: {
			foo: '',
			bar: ''
		}
	});

	ractive.set( 'foo', 'x' );
	ractive.set( 'foo', '' );

	t.ok( !transitionRan );
});

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Chieh (Ross) Wang
Researcher ‧ Engineer ‧ Educator ‧ Learner
About Ross
Web-based Video Log Tool
Dr. Chieh "Ross" Wang joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as an R&D Staff in July 2018. Prior to ORNL, he was an on-site engineer for the Applied Research Associates Inc. at the Florida Department of Transportation's State Materials Office. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech in May, 2017. He received his M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering at the National Taiwan University in 2007 and 2005. Dr. Wang's research revolves around utilizing emerging sensing technologies (e.g., 3D laser imaging and computer vision) for advanced condition evaluation and monitoring of transportation assets (e.g., pavements, traffic signs, and pavement markings) and traffic safety awareness in work zones and intelligent vehicles. In addition, Dr. Wang has extensive experience in teaching, including being a full-time teaching assistant (TA) at National Taiwan University for two years and a graduate TA of several undergraduate and graduate courses at Georgia Tech. Dr. Wang's goal is to become a civil engineering professor, dedicating his career to advancing the collective knowledge in transportation research and preparing the future generations of engineers. Outside of academia, he enjoys singing in the choir, playing the guitar, traveling with family, biking, and shooting some hoops.
More about Ross
Engineering Georgia (July/August 2016) – A picture of me as one of the three invited student speakers with the GAITE president at a GAITE meeting.
Engineering Georgia (March/April 2016) – Abstract of my award winning essay was featured in the magazine.
Student Profile on NCTSPM (September 2015) – A very nice article about who I am, where I came from, and what I do, published on the National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM) website.
News on CEE@GT (February 2015) – An article about the IRF Road Scholar Program and elected class president.
IRF Notes (January 2015) – A newsletter about the IRF Road Scholar Program and a picture of the IRF President & CEO C. Patrick Sankey and Ross (as the 2015 IRF Road Scholar Program President).
News on CEE@GT (November 2014) – A summary of departmental awards honoring top teachers, researchers, staff, and students.
A Web Scraper for Traffic Counts in Georgia
TRB LaTeX template update – A TeX-only (Lite) version
Finally, a real Microsoft Word template for TRB papers
TRB LaTeX template on Github
Visualizing and comparing retroreflectivity prediction results using ggplot2 and Plotly
Awards Culture Documentation ggplot2 GIS LaTeX Macro Microsoft Office plotly R Sweave Template Traffic TRB US Word
© Copyright 2017 - Chieh (Ross) Wang
Outside of Academia


Next Video The History Eraser Button!
Here's the last 10 minutes of the speech I gave on 1/16/19 when I was installed as the President of the Santa Cruz County Association of REALTORS. I talk about the app-ificiation of real estate, Zillow, Amazon, and the crucial importance of adding value to the lives of our clients and our community.


The average pay for an Infectious Disease Physician is €172,132 a year and €83 an hour in Finland. The average salary range for an Infectious Disease Physician is between €115,542 and €223,917. On average, a Doctorate Degree is the highest level of education for an Infectious Disease Physician. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Finland.
Diagnoses and treats diseases such as STDs, hepatitis, influenza, Lyme disease, and food-borne diseases caused by the entrance into the body of organisms such as bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and viruses that grow and multiply there.
Evaluates patients, performing examinations to determine medical problem, utilizing physical findings, diagnostic images, laboratory test results, and patient's statements as diagnostic aids.
Orders specific tests to detect abnormalities.


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Covid-19: It's back to school in NZ today – but how many children are going?
Toby Manhire | Editor
Under alert level three, school doors are open to students up to Year 10 who need to attend. Initial signs are that only a trickle are heading through the gates.
Five weeks after they closed their doors as New Zealand went into the strict lockdown of alert level four, schools across the country are reopening to students today – but only up to Year 10, and only for those who need to attend.
After at first describing attendance as "voluntary" when the rules for alert level three were laid out on April 16, the government quickly responded to pushback from schools and changed the language to emphasise "need", with the directive that "all children and young people who can stay at home should stay at home". That appears to have worked, with the vast majority of students remaining at home today.
At her post-cabinet press conference yesterday, Jacinda Ardern said "initial signs are that we're expecting a very, very small number to return to schools".
A "snapshot" from the Ministry of Education, captured yesterday afternoon, estimated that the total expected number of students across schools and early childhood centres at 42,853. "This is comprised of 4% of the national school roll and 7% of the national early learning services roll," a spokesperson said.
Across the country, 5% of students were returning to school, said the ministry.
The highest expected attendance rates for schools was in Auckland, at 5%, and the Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast region, at 6%, and the lowest in Bay of Plenty/Waiariki (2%)
The highest expected attendance for ECE was in Auckland and the Taranaki/Whanganui/Manawatu region, at 9%, and the lowest in Tai Tokerau, where only 2% of children were expected.
Schools are operating their own "bubbles", with no bubble to contain more than 10 students.
A survey of schools by the Principals Federation found that of 650 that responded, the average attendance would be 6%, with as many as 16% of schools – roughly one in every six – not reopening at all.
"Low was expected, but I think this degree of low certainly came as a surprise," the president of the Principals Federation, Perry Rush told RNZ. "Parents have taken the prime minister's encouragement to keep children at home at this time seriously."
He added: "Over the past week and particularly yesterday, on teacher-only day, teachers have been meeting and going through the fine detail with regards to their health and safety plans. Principals and teachers wouldn't be heading back if there weren't established processes and routines at this time."
The Spinoff conducted a survey of its own – albeit more modest, contacting principals at a bunch of primary schools across the county and across deciles. Across the 20 we heard back from, the average was a smidgen over 4% expected attendance. There was no obvious difference between regions, size of school or decile.
"We have started with two bubble classes, each has a teacher and learning assistant," Viki Holley, principal at Onehunga Primary School in Auckland, told The Spinoff this morning. "One bubble has eight, the other has six children in it." The school has an overall roll of 460.
"We are prepared to start more bubbles as time goes on and more businesses open."
Stephen Lethbridge, principal of Point Chevalier School, also in Auckland, said that earlier in the week they had been expecting 18 students, but by 9am this morning that number had dropped to eight. They had not had any unexpected walk-ups.
In his capacity as president of the Auckland Primary Principals' Association, Lethbridge said: "We anticipate gradual increases in the coming weeks. There are varying numbers of students returning to school across the Auckland Region. Some schools will not open today as they have no children returning."
He added: "Each school must comply with public health guidelines. It is important that we know in advance how many children to expect. Schools are responding to the needs of their communities but do need some notice to be able to cater for the numbers arriving at school."
Some principals and teachers told The Spinoff they had needed to gently remind a few parents that school was only for those who had no reasonable alternative, or that parents had originally registered their children to return, only to change their mind when they learned how few were going back. Some said they expected numbers to rise as parents returned to work.
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Q: find first of documents for each distinct values for one field With a collection of documents with fields field1, field2, field3 and so on, I need to find

*

*distinct values for field3

*for each distinct value of field3, need to get the first document with each distinct value in field3
For # 1, I could do db.myCollection.distinct("field3")
How do I go about #2 ?
Sample Collection:
[
    { "field1": 11, "field2": "toyota", "field3": "camry" },
    { "field1": 22, "field2": "toyota", "field3": "corolla" },
    { "field1": 33, "field2": "toyota", "field3": "camry" },
    { "field1": 44, "field2": "honda", "field3": "accord" },
    { "field1": 55, "field2": "honda", "field3": "accord" },
    { "field1": 66, "field2": "honda", "field3": "city" }
]

Desired result:
[
    { "field1": 11, "field2": "toyota", "field3": "camry" },
    { "field1": 22, "field2": "toyota", "field3": "corolla" },
    { "field1": 44, "field2": "honda", "field3": "accord" },
    { "field1": 66, "field2": "honda", "field3": "city" }
]

A: You need to run an aggregate operation that groups all the documents by field3 and use the $first accumulator with the $$ROOT system variable to bring the first document, something like the following:
db.myCollection.aggregate([
    {
        "$group": {
            "_id": "$field3",
            "doc": { "$first": "$$ROOT" }
        }
    }
])

or for an exact output:
db.myCollection.aggregate([
    {
        "$group": {
            "_id": "$field3",
            "field1": { "$first": "$field1" },
            "field2": { "$first": "$field2" }
        }
    },
    {
        "$project": {
            "_id": 0,
            "field3": "$_id",
            "field2": 1,
            "field1": 1
        }
    }
])

A: Aggregation groups records according to distinct values of field using $group aggregation operator
According to above mentioned description please try executing following query in MongoDB shell
db.myCollection.aggregate(

  // Pipeline
  [
    // Stage 1
    {
      $group: {
        _id:{field3:'$field3'},
        data:{$first:'$$ROOT'}
      }
    }

  ]

);

In above mentioned query data from the first document for each group is being fetched through use of $first aggregation operator and $$ROOT refers to document currently being processed through aggregation operation

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17/04/2016 03/12/2016 Blogging, Books, Environment, Family Saga, Feature, Health, Life, Planet, Psychology, Review, Social problems, Society, Writing Africa's aids Hiv/Aids crisisAngelica PalmBiologist Jacob SegalCatholic University of LeuvenClinical and Epidemiological VirologyFort Detrick MarylandGuinea-BissauHIV in Cuba known as CRF19HIV infectedHIV/AIDSLizzy ParryNew aggressive strain of HIVPatients in CubaProfessor at HumboldtRate of progressionRecombinant virusStudent at Lund University SwedenSusan ScuttiSwedish researchersWest Africa Aids crisis
Aggressive New HIV Strain In West Africa?: Discussion Of Journalistic And Scientific Lunatics
HIV/AIDS meant for Africa but now a global issue.
BY MICROSURGEON JOHAN VAN DONGEN
"An aggressive new HIV strain in West Africa develops into Aids more Rapidly: What is a 'Recombinant' Virus?" This is the title of a feature article published on Nov 29, 2013, by Susan Scutti.
According to her investigations, the new strain is known as a recombinant form of the virus; geographic regions are often dominated by only one or two epidemic strains of HIV, and sometimes a person may become infected with two different strains, usually because they have traveled to or met someone from another region. In such cases, two strains of the virus may meld and form a "recombinant."
The recombinant discovered by the Swedish researchers, during long-term follow-up of HIV-infected individuals in Guinea-Bissau, is called A3/02 and is a cross between the most common strains, 02AG and A3, found in that region of West Africa. So far, the new strain has only been identified in West Africa.
The above-mentioned article was followed few days later by Angelica Palm. She wrote, "Recombinants seem to be more vigorous and more aggressive than the strains from which they developed." Angelica Palm, a doctoral student at Lund University, Sweden, explained in a press release, "In this case, the rate of progression, developing from infection to Aids, is up to two-and-a-half years faster than either of the parent strains."
Almost two years later an article was published by Lizzy Parry for 'Mailonline', on the 16th of February 2015 to be precise, called; "New aggressive strain of HIV can progress to Aids in just three years, scientists warn". Lizzy Parry pointed out in her article as follows:
New strain of HIV found spreading in Cuba is known as CRF19
Causes patients to progress to full-blown AIDS within three years
The average HIV patient progresses to AIDS in around 10 years
Many patients with new strain found to have AIDS at point of diagnosis
An article which drew my attention making the circle round was published by the Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. The title? "A much more aggressive than others" strain of HIV has been discovered by an international team of researchers in patients in Cuba. It can progress to AIDS in just three years, sometimes even before patients realize they were infected.
The new strain was found by researchers at KU. Obviously, all those publications must be a discussion of journalistic and scientific lunatics because all the information is published in my book; "Aids de grootste misdaad in de medische geschiedenis" -Aids The Greatest Crime in Medical History in 2002, through Elmar Publishers and all data written about dates back to the "Great World Wars".
So, why is it that journalists and scientists don't publish all those scientific references I described? Especially those scientists from the Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology at the Catholic University of Leuven; should have been aware of the data. Not only those data but also about the medical crimes Belgium committed in Africa by allowing criminal scientists like Hillary Koprowski to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of innocent African natives with contaminated vaccines.
Therefore, to make the record straight, my dearest Susan Scutti, Angelica Palm and Lizzy Parry, I would like to answer your articles in the following tone:
LABORATORY AIDS
The biologist Jacob Segal born in Russia, a professor at Humboldt University in the former GDR, holds a very special opinion about the origin of AIDS after. The scientist is convinced that AIDS was created in the laboratory. In a 1986 the pamphlet he wrote reveals; "AIDS: USA Home-Made Evil", he claimed that HIV was created by two existing viruses to tie up.
That would have happened in the laboratory at Fort Detrick in Maryland, headquarters of the US program for chemical and biological warfare where the virus could be tested in the late seventies on prisoners who had been made available in exchange for an early release. Because it didn't develop any symptoms within six months, the trials were deemed to have failed and the prisoners were released. According to Segal, few of those released who were homosexual caused the first AIDS infections in the United States.
This historical theory as the course of the disease, is unlikely, although this does not mean that scientists would be unable at the moment to create artificial HIV. Nathan Landau of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center at the University of New York, for instance, found out that a defect in genes, some people are protected against HIV infection and this protective gene, known as CCR5 gene, is curiously only in whites.
After the First World War, it was officially confirmed by Germany that more than 27,000 horses, between June 1917 and August 1918 have " ansteckende blutarmut" (Infectious anemia) a disease that infected more than five thousand animals. According to the Germans, it was accidental infections, but that's not true because it is known that for the production of biological weapons, as well as for the production of serums and vaccines. Plant for vaccine and serum production herein are specialized and can be used to exterminate a great number of animals.
After World War I, the interest of Germany in ansteckende blutarmut diminished a little but not for long. Because Lührs, a veterinarian at a military academy in veterinary medicine in Berlin, concluded in 1919 after his study with the horse Aids-causing virus, that cause sickness in horses, pigs and dogs could also affect people.
Therefore, they have to provide cooked meat, fried or steamed. A year after that opinion he published an article with the catchy title; "Ist das Wechselfieber Pferde auf der Menschen übertragbar?" ( Horses intermittent fevers, transferable on the people?) In the article, he described the horse AIDS virus can be transmitted to humans. He suggested that this is possible by injections of serum obtained from infected horse blood.
Lührs was taken very seriously because in 1922 the German government officially made known that people must bake, steam or cook their meat very well to avoid AIDS infection. German manufacturers of vaccines were required in order to heat their preparations extracted from horse blood for half an hour up to just below a temperature of 59 Celsius.
In the postwar years, there were virtually no new cases in Germany that registration of "Ansteckende Blutarmut" disease came to an end. The disease affects more or less forgotten. Only examining of a retrovirus by Luc Montagnier, the French researcher in 1983 of an AIDS-deceased young gay French clothing designer, published about the medical doctorate moment.
The malicious virus Montagnier noticed by the electron microscope was exactly the same retrovirus many years earlier affected horses in Germany. That "ansteckende blutarmut" was exactly the same as the virus found to be responsible for AIDS in humans.
Partly due to the finding of Montagnier, the debate about the origins of AIDS between the United States and France became known. Even former President Ronald Reagan and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac were involved in the a quarrel.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, East German couple Jacob and Lily Segal, published an article revealing that AIDS was the result of genetic manipulation. According to them, it was investigated in a secret military laboratory at Fort Detrick in the United States.
The Segals', made it known were the development of biological weapons. It is reported that an experiment was conducted to develop a new AIDS-causing virus but now coupled with the aid of a sheep AIDS virus to the human AIDS virus. This newly constructed war bio-weapon potentially appears namely in a position to be lethal to be able to have increased in human white blood cells.
Genetically engineered viruses were tested on homosexual prisoners. Shortly after their release, they had the disease. That is first contamination of homosexuals in San Francisco and Los Angeles. According to the Segals' AIDS was man-made disease provided specially for black people, unfortunately, or fortunately it has become a global problem through unprotected sex.
The pseudo-discoverers of the AIDS virus begin reluctantly admitting that AIDS does not come from the rain forest, but just from a laboratory tube. As Luc Montagnier wrote a publication of what he had discovered, while Robert Gallo was put under pressure, during the presentation of the Paul-Ehrlich Price in 1999. Because one of his horse AIDS' patients admitted that it was a special 'US Virus Program "participated under the code name" Project Office."
Knowing all the afore-explained events do I need to explain which scientists of the Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, at the Catholic University of in Leuven, Belgium discovered this new aggressive strain? Of course not, for they are to amateur for not reading the proper scientific literature!
Again people should know that Aids and Ebola were medical crimes to bring those responsible for those medical crimes to face justice. It shouldn't be an issue of unconcern because it happened to Africans. Since no one knows about the future, no one knows what comes tomorrow. We live in a dangerous world because some scientists, pharmaceutical companies,and politicians love money more than the life of a human being.
27/11/2015 Business, E-Commerce, Feature, Life, Society, Writing AfricaAsiaCommunicationCustomersDevelopmentEconomyEmploymentEntrepreneursExchangeGhanaGlobalGovernmentGuinea RepublicGuinea-BissauICTIndiaIndustryInfrastructureInnovationInternetInternet MarketsInvestorsIranLiberiaMarketMicro-FinancingMobileMoneyMobilizeMTNNigeriaPartnershipProductsProjectsRepublic of CongoResearchRudy de WaeleRwandaSouth AfricaStrategySwazilandSyriaTechnologyTelecommunicationsTelephoneTransactionTransferTrendsUgandaWorkshopsYemenZambia
The Development Of Africa And Asia Through The Lenses Of Technology And Communication
Modern technology, through communication and internet have influenced and enhanced Africa's development, in a way that lives of many throughout the continent have significantly improved. The demand of ICT companies in Africa, have created fast growing mobile and internet markets providing employment to thousands of people.
A country without technology economy can never grow. It is therefore the effort of every government in Africa to invest into ICT facilities to sustain the economy. Technology is therefore essential and important establishing sustainable startup companies and firms in Africa. Today, several major technology trends are shaping the lives of Africans and the economies, with many formidable mobile companies, with communication tools such as the internet and telephone enabling quick access to every part of the world.
Let's have a glance at the effect of ICT trends in Ghana, choosing MTN as an example. Officially launched in 1994, MTN Group is a multinational telecommunications group, operating in 21 countries throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The MTN Group is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in South Africa under the share code: "MTN" Detailed Report Data for 30 September 2010, MTN recorded 134,4 million subscribers across its operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Republic, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.
MTN MobileMoney, a service which allows users to perform micro-financing and transfer money from their mobile device, has been adopted across the continent. The basic satisfaction behind this is the answer to customers' dream of enjoying basic financial services on their mobile phones everywhere they go in Ghana and above all one doesn't need a bank account to cash his or her money. This service provided by MTN in partnership with banks is also available on the internet. MTN MobileMoney service is recommended to be secure, simple, fast and convenient solution for money transfer and other transactions including reloading of MTN airtime units.
Let's have a quick glance at India. What is a successful strategic technology? That is an existing technology that has matured, which is the case of India. The country has become an IT brand among the global countries over the years, with strong policies base in education, well-established telecommunication & infrastructure facilities and favourable market conditions that prevail. Many Indian cities are now holding prominent places in the global IT map. Now India stands out as one of the biggest and fastest growing economies in the world.
The country's matured technology offers an opportunity for strategic business advantage, continuing expansion in foreign firms owned establishments in India, with its emergence as favorite sector for local Indian investors and talented entrepreneurs. Yet Indian IT industry is still only in its very early stages of development both internationally and domestically and has strong growth potential.
The industry growing at 40 percent per annum between 1994 and 1999, with software exports alone more than 50 percent, earned revenue growth IT industry from $1 billion in 1990 to $8 billion in 2000, envisioned to reach $100 billion in 2008.
"While predicting the future is hard to do, it's indubitable that the Internet and mobile technology will improve the lives of many Africans in the years to come," said tech expert Rudy de Waele, who assists global brands and companies with cutting edge open innovation strategy on how to mobilize their business and products through projects, research, strategy, presentations, workshops and brainstorms.
ICT developed and developing continents, such as Africa and Asia hold its own communications future, as talent shines through and the continent becomes leading innovator, manufacturer and exporter throughout the continents and of the rest of the world.
11/04/2015 18/11/2015 Books, Education, Feature, History, Life, Non-fiction, Review, Society AngolaBelfastCockroachesColonizationGuinea-BissauLiverpoolLondonManchesterMiceMozambiquePaul SouthernPortugalSexusWest AfricaWorld War 1
Portugal: The Scramble For Africa
This is the history of the Portuguese colonisation of east and west Africa – what is now Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. The 19th century colonial scramble for AfricaA" found Portugal weak, vulnerable and completely unprepared to deal with the new realities foisted on it by the signatories of the Conference of Berlin in 1884.
Between then and the end of World War I, Portugal's colonial ambitions rose and fell. This carefully researched book documents the events of Portugal's colonial expansion into the African continent, the characters and personalities, the wars and battles, and the gradually changing social structure of the colonies.
Paul Southern
Following an induced labour some time in the 1960s (due date: Halloween night), I had my subscription to a normal life revoked by itinerant parents, who moved from city to city. Lived in Liverpool, Belfast, London and Leeds, then escaped to university, where I nearlydied of a brain haemorrhage. After an unexpected recovery, formed an underground indie group (Sexus).
Met the lead singer through standing on a bee. Made immediate plans to become rich and famous, but ended up in Manchester. Shared a house with mice, cockroaches, and slugs; shared the street with criminals. Five years later, hit the big time with a Warners record deal. Concerts at Shepherd's Bush Empire, Melody Maker front cover, Smash Hits Single of the Week, Radio 1 and EastEnders. Mixed with the really rich and famous.
Then mixed with lawyers. Ended up back in Manchester, broke. Got a PhD in English (I am the world's leading authority on Tennyson's stage plays), then wrote my first novel, The Craze, based on my experiences of the Muslim community. Immediately nominated to the Arena X Club (the name Arena magazine gave to a select group of creative, UK-based men responsible for shaping the way their readers lived and enjoyed their lives).
Wrote a second book, Brown Boys in Chocolate, which predicted the London bombings. Fell foul of the censors and subsequently gagged by the press. Got ITV interested in a story on honour killings and inter-racial marriages and was commissioned to write a screenplay (Pariah) based on my life story. ITV balked at the content.
Subsequently, trod the wasteland before finding the grail again: a book deal with children's publisher, Chicken House. Killing Sound, a YA horror set on the London Underground, was published by them in September 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Portugal-Scramble-Africa-Paul-Southern/dp/094699563X/


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About Us - Press Release - CEMEX receives United Nations award for its contributions to the fight against poverty
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publishDate1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:23:00 +0000
publishDate2 Sep 22, 2010 10:23:00 PM
publishDate3 September 22, 2010
CEMEX receives United Nations award for its contributions to the fight against poverty
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) was honored yesterday at the World Business and Development Awards by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the International Business Leader Fund (IBLF). CEMEX was recognized for its contributions toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals through several of the Company's programs to foster and facilitate development.
Martha Herrera, CEMEX director of Social Responsibility and Community Development in Mexico, was on hand to receive the award on behalf of the Company at a ceremony headed by Helen Clark, Administrator of the UNDP, and also included Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for the UK Department for International Development; Rajiv Shah, administrator of the US Agency for International Development; and the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Created in the year 2000, the World Business and Development Awards foster the pursuit of productive and innovative business-driven solutions to sustainable development.
Among the community development programs for which CEMEX is being recognized is Centros Productivos de Autoempleo. This initiative consists of establishing community centers where low-income families can produce basic building materials for the construction or expansion of their homes. The program has already benefited over 3,000 families through 193,916 square meters of construction.
CEMEX creates these centers in partnership with municipal or state authorities. The centers offer families temporary employment in which they help produce concrete blocks used for construction. Half of the blocks produced are then given back to the families for use in constructing, repairing, or expanding their homes; the other half is bought by the municipal or state government for use in infrastructure development.
Recently, the centers have been a crucial part of CEMEX's strategy to aid the victims of Hurricane Alex in the northern Mexico state of Nuevo Leon. In addition to opening ten centers, CEMEX also donated 550 tons of cement for the production of concrete blocks as well as materials for the creation of 220 housing starts.
The Millennium Development Goals were agreed upon by 189 countries, which set 2015 as the deadline for reaching them. The goals are related to eight main areas:
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality rate
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development
This is the third time in four years that CEMEX has been recognized by the United Nations for offering viable, innovative solutions for low-income families to improve their quality of life. In 2006 the Company received the World Business and Development Award for its Patrimonio Hoy program, and in 2009 it received the UN-HABITAT Award in the Accessible Housing Solutions category, also for its Patrimonio Hoy and Centros Productivos de Autoempleo programs.


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Unintended butreckless or negligent acts are lesser crimes than those where 'malice aforethought' or 'mens rea' isevident.
Does not "have the energy to care"that clothes no longer ?t. Patients in poor medicalcondition may simply not survive the operation or its complications.


Community Engagement Co-Directors Rashanda Freeman and Melissa Hamilton explain in their "Around the Corner" interview.
The green coworking space in Rittenhouse is teaching people how to interact more compassionately. The program has a pretty cool funding model, too.
In her new column, Social Good and the Solopreneur, Capture Greatness! founder Melissa Rowe shares practical tips with local change makers who are doing their part to make the world a better place.
The project, which held its first meeting just weeks ago, will hold the Cooperative Impact Conference on May 14.
Caitlin Quigley shares how more co-ownership and co-ops could be introduced in the sharing economy.


A few weeks back, Matt Bradner and Julia Bradner talked to the CO staff team about family and marriage. In addition to personal benefits the individuals gained from attending the training, the staff was able to use the talk to foster healthy team dynamics among themselves.
I asked Paul Poteat, the regional director for CO Minneapolis, why having a healthy team is important. "Jesus said that 'people will know that you are my disciples by your love.' That being the case, it is really important how we, as Christians, display our love for one another. Because of this we put a heavy emphasis on the health and unity of our team.
We have roughly 28 staff with COM. Therefore, we try to leverage various training opportunities for the entire team to participate in and experience together. We typically have three distinct times of training each year: over the summer at our Summer Training Project, in August before school starts up, and in December at the close of the semester.
This year, however, we added an additional time in February to focus on marriage and family. We have 10 couples on the team and 6 families. While single and ministering to college students, it can be a little less hectic figuring out time in your schedule to meet with people; it's easier to sleep in or stay out late. Once you add the pressures of your marriage and even more so, your children, this gets difficult. That's why it's important to give some special emphasis at points to marital and familial health.
Devin Smith, on staff with CO at the University of St. Thomas, attended the Bradner's training and brought back some really helpful notes.
One of his biggest takeaways was the concept of nourishing and cherishing. Nourishing refers to the aspects and attitudes toward a relationship that are growing, challenging, developing, and directional. A helpful analogy is milk that strengthens the relationship. Cherishing is the affectionate, passionate, relaxed, celebratory aspects of a relationship. This is represented by a glass of wine to symbolize delighting in the other person.
The Bradners, using this concept, set a vision for a healthy marriage. It should be a love culture that consistently nourishes and constantly cherishes. It should consistently grow where it isn't developed and constantly love and delight where it is. This can be easily translated to any type of relationship.
Throughout their talk, the Bradner's used personal examples and scripture to help pass along their vision for family and marriage to the CO staff. Their desire was that everyone would display the enjoyment of life through igniting the heart towards knowing God, preserving the privilege of family, experiencing the joyous necessity of friendship, and extending oneself for the good of others.
And from what I heard from the CO staff, it sounds like it was a success.


DETROIT (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals needed something to get them going on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers.
Out of nowhere — again — a squirrel appeared.
In an episode sure to revive St. Louis fans' memories of the 2011 Rally Squirrel, this game at Comerica Park was scoreless going into the seventh inning. That's when a squirrel took up residence between second and third base.
There was a delay and, with some prompting from the Tigers infield, the critter moved into foul territory and eventually made its escape in right field.
The Cardinals wound up scoring five times in the inning and avoided a series sweep with a 5-2 victory.
During the 2011 NL Division Series, a squirrel cut across the diamond at Busch Stadium, running right past home plate during a game against Philadelphia. The Cards went on to win the playoff series and later the championship — their World Series rings even depicted a squirrel.
The Cardinals lost the first two games of the series in walk-off fashion and didn't have a baserunner until the sixth against Michael Fulmer.
St. Louis, which has a one-game lead for the second NL wild card spot, won for the third time in eight games.
John Gant (7-5) allowed two runs on five hits and a walk in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six.
Carlos Martinez pitched the ninth for his second save. After the game, Shildt said Martinez will replace Bud Norris as the team's closer.
Fulmer (3-11) was perfect through five innings but only got four more outs. He allowed five runs on five hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings, striking out five.
Fulmer fell to 0-6 in his last nine starts, with the Tigers losing all nine.
In the seventh, Marcell Ozuna and DeJong both hit infield singles with one out, and Wong followed with an RBI single to left. Yairo Munoz followed with a flyball down the right-field line that Niko Goodrum dropped, allowing the second run to score.
Carpenter and Shildt were both ejected after Carpenter was called out on strikes to end the ninth.
The Tigers brought up three players from Triple-A Toledo, one day after the Mud Hens were eliminated from the International League playoffs. Prospect Christin Stewart is expected to play regularly in left field, while C Jarrod Saltalamacchia will serve as the third catcher and RHP Zac Reininger will add a bullpen arm. Stewart made his major-league debut, pinch-hitting for Ronny Rodriguez with two out in the ninth. He popped out to third to end the game.
Cardinals: Return home for a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Adam Wainwright (1-3, 4.00 ERA) starts Monday for the Cardinals against Pittsburgh's Trevor Williams (12-9, 3.15).
Tigers: Justin Verlander (14-9, 2.73) returns to Comerica Park to face the Tigers on Monday in the first of a three-game series with the Houston Astros. Francisco Liriano (4-9, 4.90) starts for Detroit.


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Apocalypse to start on April 11 claims David Meade
Serial predictor David Meade, who previously claimed the world would end on September 23 and November 19 in 2017, says the new date of the apocalypse is now April 11.
Mr Meade begins an article on Planet X News by saying: "The fat lady is about to sing. It's all over."
Mr Meade gives a list of reasons as to why he believes this will be the date of the end of the world, also adding this will be the year the Antichrist finally reveals himself to usher in the apocalypse.
The conspiracy theorist said the Great American Eclipse which took place on August 21 last year, was a "harbinger of a seven-year Tribulation period".
Mr Meade added the solar eclipse began in Oregon, the 33rd State, and ended in South Carolina, which is in the 33rd parallel – a circle of latitude which is 33 degrees north of the equatorial plane.
Mr Meade said: "The last eclipse of this nature was 99 years ago (33 x 3)".
Three is significant in Biblical terms as it represents the Holy Trinity. Thirty three is how old Jesus was he died.
He goes on to say the "crazy people of the United Nations" declared on December 21 that Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel.
This was followed 42 days later by the blood red blue supermoon.
Following this, Mr Meade says "Ron Reese, a Bible scholar of many years … says the Tribulation begins on or around April 11, 2018."
Mr Meade says the Antichrist will step out of the shadows following this date and "I think I know who it is but there is no way I'm releasing that information."
He said North Korea will commence World War III later this year and that the fabled Planet X – a mythical planet that is allegedly heading towards our solar system and will knock Earth off its axis and cause widespread destruction – will appear.
Mr Meade said: "Halfway through the Tribulation the Antichrist declares himself in the rebuilt Hebrew temple in Jerusalem. There's major trouble from that point forward. Everything escalates a hundredfold.
"The Antichrist's time is brief (a full 3.5 years) but he wrecks havoc on the earth in that time. He creates nuclear wars and as a result there is famine and pestilence."
Stuntastic
In this article:Antichrist, David Meade, Planet X
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The possibility of Planet X being a ship planet
On September 8-10, 2020, several new videos were posted online by different accounts, in which people captured, as it seemed to them, Nibiru: Unfortunately,...
Is Planet X a miniature black hole? Astrophysicists have come up with a way to find out
This can be tracked by miniature flashes of light that will form after a black hole absorbs surrounding objects. Could a hypothetical ninth planet...
Looking for Planet X: Everyone can already see Nibiru
The following article is quoted from an archived New York Times article from … July 1, 1987: According to NASA's scientist John Anderson, if...
SoulAskJune 27, 2020