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Noam Chomksy opens Rojava University Freedom Lectures
15 Jan, 2021 by O.C.
Today linguist Noam Chomsky will inaugurate the the Rojava Freedom lecture series at the Rojava University in Qamishlo.
Today at 4 pm GMT (5 pm in Central Europe and 6pm in Rojava) linguist Noam Chomsky will inaugurate the the Rojava Freedom lecture series at the Rojava University in Qamishlo.
The event will be broadcast online on the University's facebook page and YouTube channel.
We spoke to Gulistan Sido, Head of International Relations at the University of Rojava, about this lecture as well as the work of the university, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Sido is originally from Afrin, and graduated with a Master in Modern French Letters from the University of Sorbonne.
"The idea of organizing the conference in which the linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky is going to give a seminar, – Sido said – was proposed by initiative of the Higher Institute of Social Sciences. This is an annual conference, or seminar but we also plan to hold several conferences throughout the year, inviting on each occasion a specialist in different social aspects to contribute with their knowledge to our university."
This event, as most initiatives around the world, will be held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sido underlines that the pandemic has affected North and East Syria like the rest of the world. "In addition to the many problems caused around the world by this pandemic, however, – she underlined – we have to add the fact that we live in a war zone, and this makes things even more difficult. Unfortunately, we were forced to close our doors to students during lockdown and this meant not just trying to reorganise ourselves to be able to provide education online. It also meant that many students had to return to their homes, and thus were exposed to new dangers. I am thinking for example of the students from Afrin who had to return to the camps in Shehba where their family live. The roads from here to Shehba are very dangerous, they are often controlled or taken over by jihadists associated to the Turkish state. So, even going home is something very dangerous."
As to education online, Sido said that the university was "not prepared to switch to online education altogether. However, we managed to provide classes online." Sido also underlined that there is a problem with water. "Turkish-linked mercenary groups, especially after the occupation of Serekaniye in October 2019, are targeting the water supplies and this mean that people face shortage of water. And this affects our university and our students too."
The University of Rojava has been promoting collaborations with universities around the world since its establishment, in 2016.
Protocols have been signed with the German university of Emden-Leer as well as the California's Institute of Integral Studies and the University of Parma in Italy.
"Last semester – said Sido – we developed a co-seminars project between the Social Sciences Department of Emden-Leer and the Jineoloji Department of our university on the issues of gender violence and violence against women and strategies to counter this violence."
The students, said Sido, "received many messages from other students around the world and are often invited to conferences about various issues. Building and strengthening international relations is very important for us."
The University of Rojava
The University of Rojava was founded in Qamişlo in 2016, in the midst of the war, conflict, and extraordinary situation in Syria, in particular in Rojava/North and East of Syria. Today some 1,500 students are receiving education as the university opened several departments.
The University is an outcome of the Rojava Revolution. The University of Rojava offered an opportunity to students who had to suspend their education programs due to the conflict in Syria and geographical disconnection. The forced migration as a result of this conflict caused difficulties in finding professional and scientific staff. The University of Rojava became a solution to overcome these difficulties and support the students to maintain their education programs.
The foundation process of the University of Rojava is ongoing as it takes the universal experiences in higher education as a model, on one hand, and it adopts the historical and social values, and philosophy of Mesopotamia, on the other. The University of Rojava acknowledges and uses modern techniques in scientific and academic works, and believes that the concept of education in the Middle East should be redefined. The education model that imposes authoritarianism on the society will not help people who are aware of their ability and capacity, able to understand and interpret developments, and participate in creating. On the contrary, such authoritarian models create a memorizing mind, dogmatic beliefs and people who are far from creation and creativity. Such education models are one of the essential reasons behind the conflicts in the Middle East.
The Petro-Chemistry Faculty was founded in 2016. The faculty building and its dormitory are located in Rimêlan. The duration of the program at this faculty is five years.
The Faculty of Agriculture was founded in 2016 and its building is in Qamişlo. The duration of the program at this faculty is five years.
The Faculty of Educational Sciences was founded in 2016 and it includes Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Geography, History, and Primary School Teaching. The faculty building is in Qamişlo and the duration of each program at this faculty is four years.
Faculty of Ecological Engineering and Civil Engineering was founded in 2019. The faculty building is in Hesekê. The duration of the Ecological Engineering program is five years while of the Civil Engineering program (as an institution) is two years.
The Faculty of Language and Social Sciences. Kurdish Language and Literature, Fine Arts and Jineolojî departments were founded in 2016 and 2017 while the English Translation department was founded in 2019. The duration of the Kurdish Language and Literatur and Fine Arts programs are four years while Jineolojî and English Translation programs are two years.
The Advanced Mechatronic Institution was founded in 2019 in Qamişlo and the duration of the program is three years.
The Financial and Administrative Institution was founded in 2018 in Qamişlo. The duration of the program two years.
Source: ANF https://anfenglish.com/features/roj-49346
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Talkingpeace intervista Rufi Etxebarria. Esponente storico della sinistra indipendentista basca, Etxebarria fu tra i promotori del Foro d'Irlanda che apri la strada all'Accordo di Lizzara Garazi (1998). E' stato tra gli interlocutori degli ultimi negoziati (2005-2007). Per la sua attività politica è stato arrestato in diverse occasioni. Il giudice Garzon lo incluse, in primo momento, nell'inchiesta che portò all' arresto dei dirigenti della sinistra indipendentista basca nell'ottobre scorso, con l'accusa di aver elaborato la proposta politica per una soluzione del conflitto basco spagnolo attraverso vie unicamente "politiche e democratiche". La sua posizione venne poi stralciata. Etxebarria ha passato due anni in carcere dal 2007 al 2009 con l'accusa di essere dirigente della disciolta Batasuna.
Nel dibattito realizzato dalla sinistra indipendentista basca emergono due necessita: aprire nuovi spazi per costruire un processo democratico e anche riflettere sulla necessità di un cambio nella strategia della sinistra indipendentista. Pensate che sia principalmente la sinistra indipendentista che deve dare un impulso determinate per un cambiamento della situazione politica?Se valutiamo la lotta portata avanti dalla sinistra indipendentista in questi ultimi trenta anni, potremmo trarre due conclusioni principali. Da un lato, abbiamo conseguito logorare gli ambiti politici autonomisti imposti dopo la riforma del regime con la morte di Franco ed abbiamo evitato che Euskal Herria venisse diluita nella "Spagna delle Autonomie". Però d'altro canto, non siamo riusciti a superare la barriera che ci permetta costruire un nuovo ambito politico democratico che riconosca la territorialità di Euskal Herria ed il suo diritto a decidere sul suo futuro in modo libero. Durante questo processo di dibattito abbiamo discusso su quale deve essere la strategia da sviluppare della sinistra indipendentista per raggiungere l'obiettivo di questa fase politica, che noi denominiamo come "fase del cambio".
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Tens of millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain, costing the U.S. over half a trillion dollars in lost productivity and medical expenses every year, according to Stanford University. Unfortunately, the medicines physicians prescribe to treat intolerable pain symptoms are often opiate-based and addictive, and many individuals become physically dependent on them to simply feel normal. In fact, painkiller abuse has grown so quickly that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and other respected organizations call prescription opiate addiction the worst drug epidemic the nation has ever seen.
To put the seriousness of the problem into perspective, consider that more Americans suffer from chronic pain than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. Yet according to Stanford, only a fraction of the National Institutes of Health budget is spent studying chronic pain. Physicians who treat patients with pain issues often turn to highly addictive opiates as the go-to treatment solution, without addressing the source of the pain itself. Some physicians even wind up addicted to the drugs they prescribe. As the number of people who visit the emergency room for opiate painkiller overdose rises every year, so does the need to find an alternate solution for acute and chronic pain management.
The rise in the number of patients and physicians who have become addicted to drugs, as well as more than 100 million people who are currently suffering from acute or chronic pain in the U.S., has led to a number of professionals calling for reform. Gaining a better understanding of the sources of pain, as well as limiting the number of prescriptions issued for addictive drugs and physicians submitting to regular drug tests, are part of the suggested reforms; creating a "nationally coordinated approach" to pain management therapy is another essential short term goal, according to Stanford researchers.
Treating chronic and acute pain — despite how frequently patients report these symptoms to their physicians — is rarely taught, perhaps because of the effectiveness of opiate painkillers for the vast majority or people who take them. Making matters worse is that people who develop a physical dependence on opiate painkillers suffer pain as a consequence of withdrawing from the medicine that is supposed to help. Perhaps most frightening of all, as prescription painkillers become more difficult to obtain legally, patients who have developed an addiction sometimes turn to heroin as a way to soothe the symptoms of withdrawal.
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DENZEL WASHINGTON AND Viola Davis as Troy and Rose Maxson share a lighter moment in "Fences." The couple love each other immensely, but eventually hit a couple of rough spots in the film directed by Washington.
By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J., Chicago Crusader
The movie "Fences" is in theaters everywhere, and I have previously written about this movie, which is an initiative by Award-winning actor Denzel Washington to bring the late playwright August Wilson's work to the big screen.
"Fences" is a 1983 play by Wilson that is set in the 1950s in Pittsburgh. It is the sixth play in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle" that explores the Black experience, while examining race relations, among other themes. The plot centers around Washington, who plays a former baseball player named Troy Maxson who creates tension in his family when he denies his teenage son's dream of playing college football and comes home with the baby he had through an affair. The teenage son whose name is Corey is played by Jovan Adepo, and the wife Rose is played by Viola Davis. Other actors include Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby and Stephen Henderson in their respective Broadway roles.
The movie is fantastic, in that it reaches across many themes of Black life: father-son strife; husband-wife relationship; a mother's love for her son; infidelity; death; mental illness and the inability of Black civil servants to get ahead, among other things. The movie comes at you in some cases with lightning speed, meaning that the dialogue is fast and long sometimes, since it's based upon a play. Nevertheless, all actors are fantastic in sharing a story of a man who has felt cheated out of some things in life and who only wants the best for his son. However, this "best" for his son doesn't coincide with what his son wants, and Rose is committed to protecting her son, even if it means that she's challenging Troy to change his ways. As I watched the movie, I thought of Wilson and the play as I remembered seeing it. "Fences" can be rough going at times, especially when I felt that Rose was being mistreated. But she holds strong, and Troy's shocking revelation and the ensuing events will give you pause. The movie is good through and through, and it's playing everywhere.
Gene Siskel Film Center receives $10,000 grant to support Black Harvest Film Fest
"PURPLE RAIN" WAS the pre-opening film with after party during the 2016 Black Harvest Film Festival. It's good that the festival has received additional support for the 2017 event. The festival brings many national and international films to downtown Chicago, as well as great Chicago-based films during the Made in Chicago feature.
The National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $30 million in grants as part of the NEA's first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $10,000 to the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in support of its Black Harvest Film Festival. The Art Works category focuses on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts.
"The arts are for all of us, and by supporting organizations such as the Gene Siskel Film Center, the National Endowment for the Arts is providing more opportunities for the public to engage with the arts," said NEA Chairman Jane Chu. "Whether in a theater, a town square, a museum, or a hospital, the arts are everywhere and make our lives richer."
"We are delighted that the NEA has approved the Gene Siskel Film Center for a grant in the amount of $10,000 for the Black Harvest Film Festival. We are very grateful for their support and the endorsement of our work. We look forward to presenting the 23rd Annual Black Harvest Film Festival [in 2017], a program that showcases emerging and established filmmakers from the African Diaspora and attracts audiences from throughout the Midwest," said Jean de St. Aubin, the Gene Siskel Film Center's Executive Director.
The Black Harvest Film Festival is the Midwest's largest- and longest- running Black film festival and the Gene Siskel Film Center's most vibrant annual showcase featuring provocative films that tell stories, spark lively discussions, and address issues relating to the experiences from the African Diaspora. Black Harvest features Chicago premieres, filmmaker appearances, panel discussions, and special events. Presented are more than 50 features, documentaries and shorts, including a number connected to Chicago, affirming the city's role as a vital center for independent filmmaking. Supporting the Film Center's ongoing mission to present inclusive and insightful programming, Black Harvest will be presented August 4-31, 2017.
For more information about this year's Black Harvest Film Festival, visit http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/blackharvest.
For more information on projects included in the NEA grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
About the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Since 1972, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has presented cutting edge cinema to an annual audience of 80,000. The Film Center's programming includes annual film festivals that celebrate diverse voices and international cultures, premieres of trailblazing work by today's independent filmmakers, restorations and revivals of essential films from cinema history, and insightful provocative discussions with filmmakers and media artists. Altogether, the Film Center hosts more than 1,600 screenings and 200 filmmaker appearances every year. The Film Center was renamed the Gene Siskel Film Center in 2000 after the late, nationally celebrated film critic, Gene Siskel.
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What Is Death?
Why we've got nothing to lose by preparing for death
By Robert A. F. Thurman
In the popular imagination developed by a modern scientific education, death is most often supposed to be a terminal state, a nothingness, an oblivion, a void that destroys life, that swallows it up forever. It is aligned with sleep, darkness, and unconsciousness. It is feared by those who feel happy, or feel they should be happy. It is sought after by those who are in misery, filled with unbearable pain and anguish, as a blessed final anesthesia. But science should not neglect to question this picture. In fact, inner science begins with the analysis of nothingness. Nothing is after all just nothing. It cannot be a place that resembles an idea of nothingness. A place involves area, or extension. It is defined by coordinates and boundaries. It is not nothing. It is room. Nothing has no room, nor can anything be located within nothing. Nothing cannot have an inside or an outside. It cannot destroy, swallow, or terminate. As nothing, it can have no energy or effect. As nothing, it cannot be a thing, a realm, a state, or anything. It is absolutely nothing to fear. It is nothing to hope for.
Image 1: Untitled, Kiki Smith, 1987, ceramic and string. Courtesy Pace Wildenstein Gallery
The ultimate end of everything, the diametric opposite of all, is nothing in itself. And yet we think of nothing as something. Clearly, "nothing" is that conceptual entity that shows more clearly the illusory status of all conceptual entities. To use the verb "exist" about it is a misuse of language. To refer to nothing as "it," "this," "that," or whatever, without quotes, is a mistake, as only the concept can be referred to. "Nothing" is categorically unimaginable, so it is incorrect to picture nothing as a destination. It is wrongly imagined to be a ground state giving off no reading, which appears as an EEG flatline. It is incoherently imagined to be an anesthesia following a loss of all sensation. It is wrongly conceived to be a place of quiet within which consciousness can slip. It cannot be entered.
We associate sleep with refreshment, rest, peace, and quiet. Someone with a mental or physical sickness who cannot sleep is considered to suffer torture, and sleep deprivation will destroy anyone's body before too long. We love sleep. Actually sleep does not correspond with a flatline, absolute lack of brain activity. Our brains can be more active during dreaming than in some waking states. Sleep is thus materialistically very different from the death state of a corpse. When we imagine death as entry into nothingness, we are merely comforting ourselves. Our sense of death as a sleep is a mere analogy even from a materialistic perspective. It is also likely that the dualistic model of "liberation" that motivates Individual Vehicle Buddhism and mystical forms of Hinduism, Taoism and Western monotheism—a model of liberation as a state of absolute aloofness from the world of life—is derived from this universal human experience of sleep. In most cultures, sleep is accepted as a blissful withdrawal into an aloof state of peace, a restful separation from troubles, worries, pains, and entanglements. So religious ideals of nirvana, conceived as a state apart, ultimate liberation from pain and sorrows, or a supreme release, may be nothing but guaranteed states of permanent, gloriously unconscious sleep!
Image 2: Untitled, Kiki Smith, 1984, plaster body cast with four glass, ink, lead solder, and wood objects
When we see this equation, we can understand at once why materialists scoff at spiritual or religious forms of liberation. Why would they need it? They have already guaranteed themselves permanent rest. They have a guaranteed nothingness waiting for them, attained without the slightest effort on their part, without ethical sacrifice, without realization, without developing any skill or knowledge. All they have to do is fall asleep, a skill they have already cultivated during thousands of nights.
But what is it that guarantees them a restful nothing awaiting them after death? Do they have any credible evidence? No one has ever returned to report entry into nothingness. They have no recorder, no viewer, no extension of their senses into the subjectivity of a dead person. They cannot physically probe into the brain-dead state of any being. They have no convincing description of nothingness, which obviously has no attributes. They have never observed even one material thing become nothing. Why should the energy reality of a state of awareness, be it even a minimal awareness of pure rest, be the exception to the law of physics that energy is conserved and only transformed? What makes the materialists believe so powerfully in the nothingness of that one energy continuum?
The answer is, obviously, that they have no grounds at all for this belief. It is merely a belief based on brave assertion, corroborated by many other believers, all without a shred of evidence, reinforced by constant repetition and dogmatic insistence. It provides ultimate comfort, satisfying the religious urge to have a complete sense of reality. This comfortingness might give rise to suspicion or doubt, so it is disguised for the materialist by the pretense that nothingness is something frightening, something undesirable, a bitter pill that he or she, the brave modern human grown-up, has learned to swallow.
This is why materialist scientists are so dogmatically dismissive of evidence about the post-death continuity of consciousness. They cannot consider the evidence even casually, because this would generate questions about their own belief. Like any religious dogmatism, since it is a logically weak belief, often admittedly irrational, based on no credible evidence, it cannot allow even the slightest questioning, for fear that the resulting doubt could not be withstood.
In fact, a considerable body of credible evidence supports the probability of post-death existence of consciousness and sentient future life continuity. First, it is the natural thing to expect, since everything else in nature exhibits continuity through changes. Second, many credible witnesses report that they died and experienced certain adventures. Some died clinically and were revived. Some remember as children details and circumstances of former lives, and some of their memories are corroborated by other people, standing up to the investigation of reputable researchers. Some codify the data collected in various ways and present it in manuals in traditions of dying used in many cultures. And the majority of humans in most civilizations feel they must have some concern for the state of their awareness in the future lives they will be obliged to face.
For even the most diehard materialist, Pascal's famous "wager" is still compelling: If we become nothing after death, we will not be there to regret having prepared for something. But if we are something after death, and we have not prepared at all, or are badly prepared, then we will long feel bitter, painful regret. So we have everything to lose by not preparing, and nothing to gain; we have everything to gain by preparing, and nothing to lose. Should our preparation be for nothing, a little time spent on it in this life will not be regretted for eternity. Should our preparation be for something, the time taken away from it for the sake of this life's business or pleasure will be deeply regretted for eternity as the waste of a vital resource.
To fall back on particular religious beliefs supported by no rational evidence or plausible inference is not sensible, given the fact that our choices of actions might have unlimited consequences. Having cured ourselves of the temptation to reify nothingness, why would we reify some improbable soul-state that reproduces the characteristics of pleasant nothingness—a blissful anesthesia, aloofness from connection to conditions, permanent isolation from experience, and all guaranteed by an absolute, nonrelative power that controls the relative yet is unaffected by it? Here, rather, we should use Pascal's wager in reverse. If, due to an inevitable destiny of soul, an Omnipotent Being will save us no matter what we do, we will not regret having spent a bit of time preparing unnecessarily to save ourselves. But if there is no such Being, or if there are divine Beings more powerful than us who can help us if we are prepared to accept their help, then we will deeply regret for a very long time our failure to prepare ourselves.
Image 3: Untitled, Kiki Smith, 1987, ceramic and string
A nourishing, useful, healthful faith should be no obstacle to developing a science of death. In developing such a science, it behooves the investigator to consider all previous attempts to do so, especially those traditions with a long development and a copious literature. Of all these, the science of death preserved in the Indo-Tibetan tradition is perhaps the most copious of all.
Given the boundless interconnectedness of living forms, beginningless and endless, and spread throughout an infinity of space, the materialist picture of evolution as natural selection operating purposelessly, yet efficiently developing life-forms through random mutation from a definite beginning point within a finite theater of planetary environment, needs some revision. First of all, postulated definite beginnings and finite settings are always suspect. The materialist account describes reasonably the material, causal development process, but why should not mind as well as body develop and mutate?
The Buddhist view of all this, the psychobiological evolutionary account known as the "theory of karma," is very like the Darwinian idea of evolution.
Karma means action that causes development and change, and so is close to what we mean by evolution. In Buddhist science, it has nothing to do with fate—it is an impersonal, natural process of cause and effect. Our karma at a given moment of life or death or between is the overall pattern of causal impulses resulting from former actions connected with our life-continuum. These form a complex that impresses its effects on our bodies, actions, and thoughts. In turn, our ongoing actions of body, speech, and mind form new causal impulses, which determine the nature and quality of our lives in the future. This complex can be called ourevolutionary momentum. There is an old Tibetan saying, "Don't wonder about your former lives; just look carefully at your present body! Don't wonder about your future lives; just look at your mind in the present!" This expresses the sense that our present body has evolved from a long evolution driven by former actions, and our future embodiments will be shaped by how we think and what we decide to do in our present actions.
The time of the between, the transition from a death to a rebirth, is the best time to attempt consciously to affect the causal process of evolution for the better. Our evolutionary momentum is temporarily fluid during the between, so we can gain or lose a lot of ground during its crises. Tibetans are highly aware of this. It is why they treasure the Book of Natural Liberation so much as a guide to bettering their fate.
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Shop these amazing nursery wall decals for your kids. Decorate the walls of their room, or your house with these cute panda wall decals. Your kids would like it for sure. The combination of butterflies, birds and clouds makes this wall sticker even more amazing.


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Hollowed sweet cherry peppers are stuffed with a blend of ricotta, blue cheese and Mama Francesca Parmesan, Basil & Oregano.
Suggestion: Serve as part of an antipasto platter.
Pull stems off of cherry peppers. Clean out centers with melon baller until all seeds are removed.
In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix Mama Francesca Parmesan, Basil & Oregano, ricotta, blue cheese, scallion, parsley, salt and pepper.
Place mixture into a plastic bag and cut a corner off to form a piping bag.
Fill each pepper with cheese mixture and serve at room temperature.


It's my second time vending at this show and I am super excited as I got so many Christmas goodies, the artists are fab and the organizers are phenomenal. It's in Hingham Nov 24th and 25th and I hope to see you there.
And there you have it for the Christmas shows……. apologies to everyone in Cleveland as I wont be vending at Bazaar Bizarre this year. This summer has just been to involved on the house and we just are not able to make the trip this time around…..
I have been working on new Christmas goodies for the shows and I will get them photographed and in the shop real soon for everyone unable to make the shows.
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One of the richest rewards God allows us to participate in is the act of baptism and seeing a life truly changed by the Gospel. Daniele is a new Italian brother who came to faith a year ago through the faithful witness of his sister and brother-in-law who are members of Serenissima. Daniele works as an electrical technician and is also a single dad. For the past year, he has been discipled one-to-one by another brother of the Serenissima, Antonio, who is pictured with him at the baptism.
July 29, 2018: Daniele is pictured here being baptized by his pastor and discipler, Antonio, on one of the hottest days of the year.
When sharing his testimony in front of the church earlier that day, Daniele proclaimed he often relied upon his own success. He felt since he was making good money and had the prestige of others, he was very proud. Every time he sorted out a problem or God would take care of a problem in his life, he would turn around and give credit to himself; but his life remained a wreck. But as God got a hold of his heart, he realized how much he was taking credit, how much he needed to give over to the Lord, and how much Jesus had already done for him. He is now standing firm and sharing with others around him about the work of Christ and what God has done in his life.
This story is a special praise and testimony because Daniele was cared for and brought to faith by a whole family of believers, and his baptism was witnessed by many who were seeing a baptism for the very first time. May God receive all the glory and praise!
Victory: Daniele couldn't wait to be baptized. He had tears in his eyes the entire ceremony and testified to many to follow him as he is now following Christ.


Grandpa's Growing Tips » When is the best time to plant?
• Containerized trees--- Almost anytime! But best during months with an "r" in them, such as September, October, November, and February, March and April.
• Bareroot trees--- February, March, April and sometimes May are the best months.
• Fall planting of bareroot trees has "risk", even if you can get a bareroot tree.
While, Grandpa could take any fruit tree, anytime and make it grow any where, even he had the best luck planting at the "right time". Containerized trees can be planted almost anytime of the year because you are hardly disturbing the root system when you plant. However, to get the best results, you want to avoid transplanting a containerized tree in times of higher temperatures and drier breezes like May, June, July and August, when moisture stress will be the greatest. But, anytime during the spring (as long as you can dig a hole without it filling up with water) and anytime during the fall (up until the ground starts freezing) are good times.
• In the spring, a containerized tree usually doesn't have a great amount of new growth on it yet to create a water stress on the newly transplanted tree, which allows for its growth to continue unchecked as long as it is well watered and taken care of.
• In the fall, a containerized tree is starting the process of going dormant for the winter. With cooler temperatures and usually better rainfall and soil conditions, there is less water stress, so even a containerized tree that has a lot of new growth and leaves still hanging will hardy know that it has been transplanted into the ground. Bareroot trees usually are only available during the spring.
This is really the most limiting factor as to whether you can plant bareroot in the spring or fall. See the article "Plan Ahead!" to learn the real reason. It is almost impossible for BYFGer's to get bareroot trees in the fall from a nursery, unless you are right next door and they are willing to sell you a few.
• In the spring, the bareroot tree should be fairly dormant when it arrives and should be planted as soon as possible. This allows the roots to start growing in the cool soil, before the tops start responding to the warming spring temperatures and start their new flush of growth, which puts water and fertilizer demands on the small, limited and developing root system.
• In the fall, a bareroot tree will actually grow a lot of roots and have an opportunity to get well established. A fall planted tree will really take off in the spring! But there are some potential dangers! Usually in the fall, bareroot nursery trees are not as well hardened off and ready for winter weather than a comparable tree that has been grown in the orchard for at least the summer season.
In order to grow a large nursery tree, most nurseries "push" the trees harder with optimal levels of fertilizer and irrigation, so the trees are "softer". o Most fruit tree nurseries dig nursery stock in the fall. That way they have all winter to grade and store it in protected cold storage. The young trees are not exposed outside to treacherous winter weather.
If there is a particularly hard winter, with sub-zero temperatures or fast, extreme cold snaps in the late fall or early winter, a newly planted nursery tree can get cold damaged or flat out frozen and killed. You must be able to accept the potential "risks" of planting a bareroot tree in the fall.


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Value of Meeting: collaborative learning environment; range of relevant topics; returning home with new information about specific QI projects run by other IPs; re-energizing participants though exposure to new information, networking, and opportunities to build professional connections with IP leaders and staff as well as NIPN partners in other states.
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Last Weekend Now: Too Many Races in Mallorca in One Weekend
What happens when you put two major races on one tiny island, all on the same day? Columnist Brad Culp breaks it down.
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The major players in the triathlon universe have done a remarkable job of coming together for the greater good over the past ten years. Ironman and World Triathlon (you can still call it ITU) actually started speaking again after a decades-long holdout. And they get along quite well, because it turns out they both like triathlon and money. Ironman and Challenge have even managed to coexist somewhat peacefully, and by that I mean they don't purposefully pit events against one another. That is, until last weekend, on a tiny Spanish island in the Mediterranean.
Before we get into what happened in the professional races at Ironman Mallorca and Challenge Peguera-Mallorca, let's try to make sense of how these races came to happen on the very same day, even though there's no sense to be made.
If you haven't been to Mallorca, it's as perfect as it probably seems (as long as you don't go to Magaluf). It's inarguably one of the best places on earth to ride a bike, and it has one of the most sport-centric cultures on earth. It's also about a quarter of the size of the Big Island of Hawaii, and while it has a lot more roads and people (about five times as many of each), it also has a climate that gives organizers a roughly nine-month window to put on an event.
This makes it possible for dozens of triathlons to coexist peacefully on this tranquil little isle. The full-distance Ironman Mallorca, which typically takes place in May, was postponed due to never-ending COVID-19 restrictions. As they looked for a new date in the fall, they settled on the third Saturday in October, which has always been the date of the half-distance Challenge Peguera-Mallorca. It's worth noting that these two events took place about 50 miles from each other, and athletes competing in one event had no idea there was another happening on the opposite side of the island.
So why does any of it matter? Isn't it a good sign that two high-profile events could take place in such close proximity at the very same time? Maybe. But it's also a sign that triathlon remains among the most siloed sports on earth. By spacing these events a week or two apart, both could have been lifted up with additional race entries, deeper professional fields, and better sponsorship activation. These are two major events on the Spanish triathlon calendar. Marquee Spanish brands, like Orbea, would normally have a big presence at both. Now those brands are forced to pick one or pull back their commitment to both. Even boxing—the most siloed sport on earth—doesn't put on two competing heavyweight title fights on the same night, because they want both to be as big as possible.
Surely local governments played a big role here. It's not like Ironman just got to pick any weekend to reschedule their race. And hopefully this was just a one-off thing because of COVID-19, and not a sign that Ironman is going back to the dark ages of training to assassinate the local competition.
With that, here's what actually happened at the races.
(Photo: Eric Alonso/Getty Images)
A nail-biter at Ironman Mallorca
Taking place in Alcudia, which is perhaps the most popular resort town on the island for vacationing cyclists, Ironman Mallorca began as a full in 2014, switched to a 70.3 in 2017, and returned as a 140.6-mile race this year.
Britain's Ruth Astle, who is still the reigning overall age-group Kona champ, won the first professional Ironman of her career, winning a nail-biter of a race that saw the top four women all finish within three-and-a-half minutes of each other. After swimming near the back of the pack, Astle somehow managed to ride faster than professional cyclist/triathlete Lisa Norden, which put her at T2 four minutes behind the Swedish Olympic medalist.
Astle tracked Norden down shortly after the halfway point of the marathon, but then had to worry about a pair of women behind her running even faster. At one point, her lead over France's Justine Mathieux came down to just 30 seconds, but she managed to hang on to win by more than a minute and collect the $15,000 top prize. Germany's Kristin Liepold was another two minutes back in third, with Norden hanging on for fourth.
The men's race also had a professional cyclist in the mix in the form of Australian Cam Wurf, but unlike Norden, he found himself with plenty of company at the front of the very challenging bike course. Wurf was in a virtual tie with France's Leon Chevalier and Denmark's Kristian Hogenhaug at T2, but it was Chevalier first onto the run course and that was the last he'd be seen all day.
Even though he slowed to a walk with just a mile left to run, the Frenchman hung on for the first Ironman win of his career. (He did win the full distance Embruman in France in August.) Germany's Florian Angert, who has quietly climbed his way up to #11 in the PTO World Rankings, ran his way up into second, finishing just 56 seconds back after an incredible 2:43:46 marathon. Wurf marched his way through the marathon to cling to third, proving that being mediocre at two sports is almost as worthwhile as being good at one.
Chevalier now sits just outside of the top 20 in the PTO Rankings, which is remarkable given he started the year ranked 420th, having made just one pro start. Angert's performance will move him up to #8 for the time being, which would mean a nice $40,000 bonus if he can remain there.
(Photo: José Luis Hourcade)
Spirig's streak continues at Challenge Peguera-Mallorca
An hour's drive from Alcudia is Peguera, and like every beach town in Mallorca (aside from Magaluf), it's an ideal place for a triathlon. Even though Challenge Peguera-Mallorca offered a quarter of the prize purse as big brother on the other side of the island, it only required half the miles and still brought out a top-notch pro field.
Two-time Olympic medalist Nicola Spirig—also currently ranked #11 in the PTO World Rankings—put the cherry on top of the best season of her long-course career. She's raced six times in 2021, winning on five occasions (all at the 70.3 distance). The only race she didn't win was the Tokyo Olympics, where she finished sixth. Not bad, super mom.
Swiss countrywoman Imogen Simmonds kept the living legend honest on the run, finishing less than two minutes down. Both Swiss women were forced to run down Britain's Lucy Hall, who posted both the fastest swim and bike splits of the day before fading to third. Hall is currently #27 in the PTO rankings and has been racing furiously to climb as high as possible before the $2 million year-end bonuses are paid out. There's big incentive for athletes to climb into the top 20 right now, as it means a bonus check of at least $10,000 instead of $5,000.
Germany's Frederic Funk has done just that, entering last weekend ranked #19 in the world. He could creep up another spot after a narrow win in Peguera over American Collin Chartier. The 24-year-old Funk has low-key been one of the best triathletes in the world over this distance in 2021, and he was voted "coolest name in triathlon" by writers of this column. It's Funk's third Challenge victory of the season, which also sets him up nicely to take home a big chunk of Challenge's $150,000 end-of-season bonus too.
In third was Denmark's Magnus Ditlev, who won, lost, and then re-won Challenge Budva-Montenegro over the course of last week. He originally won the race, then was found to have been led astray on the run course by the lead cyclist and was disqualified, then was reaffirmed the winner after cooler heads prevailed. I get that athletes are supposed to "know the course," but so should the lead cyclist and they should definitely have GPS helping them along the route. It's 2021. If we can launch William Shatner into space, surely we can get a cyclist to meander around a 13-mile course without messing up.
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First Report of Session 2017–19 Contents
Instruments recommended for the affirmative procedure
At its meeting on 5 September 2018 the Committee considered proposed negative instruments laid by the Government and has recommended that the appropriate procedure for the following instruments is for a draft of them to be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament before they are made (i.e. the affirmative procedure).
1The European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
1.1The European Research Infrastructure Consortium (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amend provisions deriving from EU legislation (Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009), "the ERIC Regulation". The ERIC Regulation sets out the legal framework under which an ERIC is created and operates. ERICs are organisations or structures set up to deliver major international science and research collaborations in the EU, in which the Government states it is "crucial" that the UK retains the ability to participate.
1.2The Committee notes the Government's Explanatory Memorandum which states that the Regulations amend "provisions which are inappropriate or redundant as a result of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU." The Government further argue that this does not represent a policy change and will ensure that ERICs will continue to have the same attributes as they had under the ERIC Regulation before exit day. However, the Committee believes that further explanation is necessary on how the ERIC Regulation, as it forms part of retained EU law, will facilitate UK membership as a non-EU Member State in these consortia after the UK has left the EU. While it can be argued that the policy has not changed, future UK participation as a third country will inevitably mean that the policy functions in a different context.
1.3The Committee also notes the continued, albeit limited, role for the European Court of Justice in adjudicating on the granting of ERIC status and assessing compliance with the rules of ERIC itself. This is an area the House may wish to explore further.
1.4The Committee therefore recommends that the appropriate procedure for the instrument is for a draft of it to be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament before it is made (i.e. the affirmative procedure), on the ground it is of political and legal importance.
2The Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
2.1Unlike flag flying from Government buildings in the rest of the United Kingdom (which is advised by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on an annual basis, via a list of designated flag flying days), flag flying from Northern Ireland Government buildings is regulated by the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 ('the 2000 Regulations') (as amended).
2.2The Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 are required as it would be inappropriate and unnecessary to retain the legal obligation to observe Europe Day in Northern Ireland once the United Kingdom ceases to be a member of the European Union. In addition, the instrument will also ensure that Northern Ireland reflects custom and practice in the rest of the United Kingdom regarding Europe Day, which will cease to be a designated day in Great Britain following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. The non-legislative guidance for Great Britain will be updated to reflect this position.
2.3The issue of flags in Northern Ireland is of legal and political sensitivity. The Committee notes that as a matter of policy there is nothing contentious in the amendments proposed by this instrument, and that they make only the obvious and necessary consequential changes to reflect Brexit. However, the Committee believes that, given the political sensitivity, the House would wish to have the opportunity of satisfying itself of that fact through affirmative resolution scrutiny and debate.
3The Postal and Parcel Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
3.1The Postal and Parcel Services (amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 amend provisions in the Postal Services Acts 2000 and 2011 and revoke the EU Parcel Delivery Regulation, the Postal Services Regulations 1999 and Commission Decision of 10 August 2010. Specifically, these Regulations remove references to the Postal Services Directive 979/67/EC in the Postal Services Act 2000 as the UK will no longer be subject to the terms of the Directive once it withdraws from the EU.
3.2The effect of the Regulations is largely confined to the removal of redundant references to EU legislation, which is of a sufficiently minor effect to rebut presumption of the use of the affirmative procedure. However, the Committee notes that the Regulations revoke the European Commission's Decision of 2010, which established the European Regulators Group for Postal Services ('ERGP'). The Explanatory Memorandum specifies part of the role of that group as facilitating consultation, coordination and cooperation between Member States on postal services. The revocation of the Decision may be a necessary consequence of the UK leaving the EU, but the Committee believes that the Government should provide further information on the effect of the UK's non-participation in that group, and possible alternatives for future arrangements, recognising that the UK will maintain an interest in an effective postal and parcel service between the UK and the EU after it ceases to be a Member State. These are issues that the Committee believe should be debated.
3.3The Committee recommends that the appropriate procedure for the instrument is for a draft of it to be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament before it is made (i.e. the affirmative procedure), on the ground it is of political importance.
4The Trade Barriers (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
4.1The Trade Barriers (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 revokes EU Trade Barriers Regulation 2015/1843 ("the TBR") which establishes processes for European Commission prioritisation and decision-making on trade barriers.
4.2The Committee notes the Government's evidence that the TBR has been used infrequently as a way to resolve trade barriers and "will be superseded by new UK market access processes" that "will come into force when the UK leaves the EU, rendering the TBR redundant in the new UK context." Further, the Government says that the policy intention is to provide a clear, non-statutory route for UK businesses to report market access barriers they encounter, including through the exploration of digital solutions. The Committee believes that Members will want to scrutinise the transition to resolution of trade barriers through non-statutory provisions further and that the issues raised are of sufficient political sensitivity and commercial and economic importance to warrant debate.
4.3The Committee also note that the Minister's Opinion is based on an extremely narrow interpretation of the criteria for deciding on the appropriate procedure. We expect the Government to provide more information than simply confirming that the regulations do not implement changes specifically disallowed under the 'negative procedure' in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The criteria that the Committee will apply is based on the work of the Procedure Committee in the House of Commons, and is clearly set out in the Report of that Committee. A similarly expansive view is being taken by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in the House of Lords, as set out in its Report on its working practices. The Committee expects all Government departments to have regard to the criteria for deciding on the appropriate procedure set out by both Houses and to provide adequate information and reasons in the form of Minister's Opinions, in line with its statutory duties, to allow the 'sifting' Committees to conduct their work effectively.
4.4The Committee recommends that the appropriate procedure for the instrument is for a draft of it to be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament before it is made (i.e. the affirmative procedure), on the ground it is of political and legal importance.


Question: I have heard that the reason for there being two sajdahs in namaz is that when the angels together with Iblees were commanded to make sajdah, Iblees did not make sajdah. When the malaa'ikah raised their heads from the sajdah they saw that Iblees was still standing. Thus the angels went in to sajdah for the second time.
"I am better than Adam. You have created me from fire and created him from sand."
"Iblees was the very first person to use analogy against the command of Allah."
Evidence is recognized in shari`a in order to support a law and apply it to another case. Iblees had presented evidence to break the command of Allah. That is why it is kufr.


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Trimble's New High-Accuracy Handheld Augmented Reality
System Takes Data Visualization Outdoors
Trimble SiteVision Provides an Innovative Way to Visually Explore and Understand Complex Information
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 16, 2019—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its Trimble® SiteVision™ system, an outdoor augmented reality (AR) solution that enables users to visualize 2D and 3D data on virtually any project site with cellular or internet connectivity for easier and more efficient planning, collaboration and reporting. Combining hardware and software in an integrated, lightweight handheld or pole-mounted solution, users can view 3D models and assets in a real-world environment at a 1:1 scale, from any angle or position.
The system consists of:
Hardware: The Trimble SiteVision Integrated Positioning System integrates the Trimble Catalyst DA1 Antenna, Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) rangefinder and power management into a lightweight, handheld device that connects to a user-supplied Android™ mobile phone.
Software Subscription: Available to single users on a monthly or yearly basis. The SiteVision software subscription combines Trimble's high-accuracy positioning services and cloud-based processing technology to create a centimeter-accurate AR system. The system leverages Trimble cloud-based processing to manage and deliver data and design models.
SiteVision enables users to visualize digital models from a wide range of data collection, design and constructible modeling tools in open industry-standard formats including IFC and LandXML. For civil projects, SiteVision accurately visualizes data from Trimble's Quantm, Business Center and Novapoint; design data from Civil 3D® and Bentley® OpenRoads; and GIS data from Esri® ArcGIS® software. SiteVision powers Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects with open data from Trimble's Constructible BIM solutions including SketchUp and Tekla, and BIM data from Autodesk Revit® and AutoCAD® software. For utility companies, PLS-CADD™ power line design, Distribution Design Studio (DDS) and other industry-specific design data is also supported.
Using Trimble Connect™ cloud-based hosting, SiteVision can access models from all stages of the lifecycle of infrastructure and buildings—from initial concepts of roads or buildings through the operations and maintenance phase of the assets—to increase collaboration, enhance work accuracy and ultimately improve operations and utilization.
SiteVision simplifies complex concepts by allowing users to blend digital content with real-world environments. For example, city planners can visualize a new building design in the exact spot it is to be erected, a work crew could identify the exact position of underground cables or pipes before digging, an electric utility can confirm placement of poles and lines with customers and crews, or a construction supervisor could assess the progress of heavy equipment by visualizing actual work performed against the site plan.
"It's easier to understand complex ideas when we can see them in a real-world context," said Mark Nichols, general manager at Trimble. "SiteVision improves our understanding of projects and worksites with a handheld device that is accessible to a wide range of users. Augmented reality is now ready for everyday use in a wide range of applications."
Trimble SiteVision is available to order now through Trimble's authorized distribution channels for Civil Engineering and Construction, Geospatial and Buildings. For more information, visit: https://sitevision.trimble.com.


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Home Country and city reports Illinois Neighbors Sue To Stop Short-Term Rentals On Highland Park Block
Neighbors Sue To Stop Short-Term Rentals On Highland Park Block
After the owner of rapper Chief Keef's former home ignored his HOA's ban on vacation rentals, his neighbors asked a judge to stop him.
HIGHLAND PARK, IL — A homeowners association is asking a judge to block the owner of a mansion from renting it out on a short-term rental website. The association changed the rules of its membership agreement last year to exclude such leases of less than a year from permitted uses of the five properties located on a small cul-de-sac south of Half Day Road off of Ridge Road in west Highland Park.
Despite tens of thousands of dollars in fines and a cease and desist letter, the property remains listed online for rent one day at a time. Neighbors hope a Lake County court will put an end to the practice of vacation rentals by the home's owner and his daughter, both of whom live out of state, which have led to disruption, debauchery and property damage.
Bal K. Bansal bought the Cooper Lane home in 2005 for $1.9 million as its first owner, according to property records. It was listed in 2012 for $2.19 million, and the asking price was gradually reduced to $1.425 million in 2015 before being pulled off the market.
It's now listed on the vacation rental by owner site Airbnb at a nightly rate of more than $700.
One of the block's full-time residents, Ken Cooper, told Pioneer Press they have to clean up beer cans from the street after parties. He said some of his neighbors have had their homes damaged by guests and police have had to be called to shut down a party of 300 people.
"The four other home owners are frustrated by the use of a residence as a commercial hotel with all the noise and vices a hotel creates including heavy traffic and drunkenness," Cooper said. "When the wind comes from the west, one can smell the dope being smoked."
The Highland Park City Council considered banning short-term rentals last year but decided against it since the Bansal property was the only one whose neighbors were complaining to police, according to Highland Park News. Council members instead allowed an amendment last year to the rules of the homeowners association mandating any rentals last a minimum 12 months.
The Cooper Lane Homeowners Association alleged in a filing in Lake County Circuit Court, where its seeking an injunction, that the home was rented in violation of the rules more than 20 times between September and April, Pioneer Press reported. Bansal had been fined more than $40,000 as of April by the association, which sent him a cease and desist letter last year before filing suit in November.
According to the home's Airbnb listing, rentals as hosted by Bansal's daughter, Rania Bansal of Highland Park. However, she alleged in a court filing that she spends about 10 days a month at her mother's Highland Park house but the bulk of her time at her own home in Ohio, according to Pioneer Press. Her father told the court he has authorized his daughter to manage the property but he payments are sent to his account.
1887 Cooper Lane (Realtor.com)
The short-term rental listing describes the house as 10,000 square feet and six bedrooms, however its real estate listing from the last time it was offered for sale pegs it at 6,700 square feet and five bedrooms.
In April, nearby Lake Bluff approved a pilot program allowing for six short-term rental permits following a year of contentious debate featuring no shortage of letters and lawn signs. Some other communities ban vacation rentals outright, while others require property owners to register and pay taxes and fees.
Prior to being offered as a vacation rental by its former resident, the Cooper Lane home was leased by Chicago rapped Chief Keef before he was evicted for missing about $30,000 in rent payments, the Chicago Tribune reported in 2014.
Attorneys listed for both parties have not responded to a request for comment. The next status hearing in the case – Cooper Pond of Highland Park Homeowners Association vs Bal Bansal and Unknown Owners and Occupants — is set for July 27 in Waukegan before Judge Luis Berrones.
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Entertainment News: Gul Makai trailer launched.
Jan 11, 2020 Atul Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, Mukesh Rishi, Pankaj Tripathi., Reema Shaikh
Gul Makai director Amjad Khan said that telling the story of Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai comes with a huge responsibility. The trailer of Gul Makai was released on Thursday. The film portrays a 15-year-old girl's life before and after the brutal Taliban attack and draws attention towards the importance and influence of Malala's family throughout her journey.
"It's a privilege and equally a huge responsibility to make a movie on Malala Yousafzai. I strongly believe that such story's need to be told. There is a Malala in every household, anyone can bring a change if you have the will for it, and that's what Gul Makai portrays. I am extremely happy and very proud that my film Gul Makai is all set to release in theatres," Amjad said.
Popular television actress Reem Shaikh will be seen as Malala Yousafzai. It also stars Divya Dutta, Atul Kulkarni, Mukesh Rishi, and Pankaj Tripathi.
Presented by Dr Jayantilal Gada (Pen), Gul Makai is produced by Sanjay Singla and Preeti Vijay Jaju. The film is set to release on January 31.
Gada said that he feels the story of Gul Makai is very inspiring as it talks about the very important subject of the right to education.
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Who generates and loads a PRL file?
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Proxicast typically loads the carrier's current PRL into the LAN-Cell Mobile Gateway at the time of manufacture. Some carriers can update the PRL in the device "over-the-air". For others, we can provide special software tools to update the PRL -- although this is rarely necessary.
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While attending college in Chicago, Michael, along with his wife, Linda, ventured into remodeling as a creative way to pay the bills while they were in school. Michael has always had a natural aptitude for construction and mechanical work, which was now undergirded by his architectural major. While in Chicago, their company remodeled multi-unit apartment buildings, kitchens, and baths, as well as full-home restoration projects for investors.
In 1991, with the family quickly expanding, Michael and Linda decided to return to Maryland, their native state and started Native Sons, Inc. Over 30 years (and thousands of remodeling projects) later, Native Sons Inc. has emerged as Central Maryland's premier Home Remodeling and Kitchen/Bath Specialists. As a fully licensed, full-service remodeling company Native Sons, Inc. is ready to serve you.
Why Choose Native Sons?
Native Sons is a family owned and operated business. Unlike most business owners, who leave the field, Michael is hands on. He is a working owner and in some way, he is part of each and every job we complete. Our mission statement is Service with Integrity. To us, this means 3 things:
For Our Customers – Fair Prices For Professional Quality Work
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AUSTIN— The Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP), filed suit today to challenge overreaching state regulations that make Texans more vulnerable to costly, surprise medical bills and drive up the cost of health insurance premiums for Texas employers and families.
(TDI) adopted regulations inconsistent with and without a basis in Texas law as enacted by the Legislature. Those regulations, among other things, mandate payment of out-of-network provider charges that are often 500% to 600% of what is paid by Medicare.
"Health care is expensive enough for Texans. While certain government regulations are both necessary and effective, the TDI payment mandates concerning out-of-network providers and facilities are overreaching, drive up the cost of health care, and go against the best interest of Texans," said Jamie Dudensing, TAHP CEO.
The rules challenged today have caused Texas consumers to bear the expense of some of the highest emergency care costs in the country. Data tells us Texas is home to more than half the nation's population of freestanding ERs, one of the biggest culprits for surprise medical bills, and is ground zero for sky-high emergency physician and facility charges. Nearly 70 percent of out of network emergency care facility claims in Texas come from freestanding ERs. Many of these facilities are setting up shop across the state, primarily in affluent areas that already have more than sufficient access to emergency care, with a simple business model of remaining out of health plan networks in order to take advantage of Texas regulations that allow out-of-network providers to dictate their own exorbitant payments from health plans and patients. The result is surprise, exorbitant, out-of-network medical bills that are taking up a larger and larger chunks of health care budgets and driving up the cost of premiums for Texas business owners and families.
To view the Petition for Declaratory Judgement, click here.
TAHP is bringing this legal challenge to stem the ever upward spiral of emergency and other out-of-network medical costs. TDI's rules addressed in the lawsuit have exacerbated the emergency care cost crisis, providing direct incentives for emergency care providers to remain out of network and charge high fees. The rules unfairly obstruct private negotiations between health plans and providers by mandating payment amounts to out-of-network emergency care providers while not limiting or even addressing the charges and other marketplace conduct by those providers. What's worse for consumers is that TDI's rules do not require those providers to accept the mandated payment amounts as full payment, thus allowing providers to balance bill patients in excess of these payments – often seeking amounts that are many times higher than the rates paid by Medicare. The rules in question financially encourage providers to stay out of network and employ surprise billing and balance billing tactics. This legal challenge is an attempt to create a level playing field for health plans to negotiate fair market rates on behalf of Texas consumers with emergency care providers and those who are currently choosing to remain out-of-network, so that more Texans can have the peace of mind knowing they will not receive exorbitant, surprise, out-of-network bills in emergency medical situations and when seeking medical care.
This legal challenge builds on TAHP's continuing efforts to reduce out-of-network emergency care costs and protect consumers from surprise billing. TAHP has strongly supported mediation of out-of-network surprise bills and transparency of network status and out-of-network charges. TAHP also consistently submitted comments to TDI during the rulemaking process warning of the adverse effects that would result from adoption of the rules. Although TAHP has today initiated a legal challenge to these harmful regulations, TAHP hopes to have further productive discussions with the current Department administration about a different regulatory approach that protects patients, promotes competition, and improves the affordability of health coverage in Texas.
The Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP) is the statewide trade association representing private health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and other related health care entities operating in Texas. Our members provide health and supplemental benefits to Texans through employer-sponsored coverage, the individual insurance market, and public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. TAHP advocates for public and private health care solutions that improve the affordability, access and accountability of health care for many Texans. As the voice for health plans in Texas, TAHP strives to increase public awareness about our members' services, health care delivery benefits and contributions to communities across Texas.


David Bacon founded Two Plus Four in 1977. His strong leadership has guided the Company from its inception. Dave has a personal real estate portfolio of over 60 projects that consist of 2500 units. This has provided us with extensive management experience and contributed heavily to the current success that the company enjoys. His broad real estate and financing background has lead the way for over twenty years and is responsible for the strong reputation for which the company is known.
Prior to 1977, Dave owned and operated a mechanical contracting company employing over 150 employees and contracted for schools, universities, libraries and a major beer brewery.
He is a graduate of Cornell University, School of Engineering and holds Professional Engineering License in the State of New York.


Soon all new Roblox users will start with a house instead of a cruddy 32×32 baseplate with only a table and a bed on it. The first time they visit their new place, they will see something like the image above. An empty house, teeming with possibilities. Thanks to the 9 players who participated in our little building contest, new players will have a choice of 46 items of furniture to place in their dwelling from the Toolbox. Of course, everyone playing now benefits too. Check out the new Furniture catagory in the toolbox the next time you need stuff to put in your house.
If we were giving a prize for the most awesome scripted model, miked would take home everything. Incredible stuff.
Let's check out some of the other winning submissions, shall we?
Other creative entries that we saw we a soda machine, a bouncy castle, a ceiling fan, and inflatable furniture. Yes, Robloxians will be living in style for months to come.
Incidentally, this is everyone who entered the contest. Guess the rest of you should have jumped on this, huh? I may be less generous in future building contests — you guys just saved me a lot of time and I'm grateful.
Ok, we have a lot of winners, and customizing your avatar involves some work on my part, so everyone needs to read these instructions carefully and follow them so that I don't go crazy.
Get a Figure model from someplace. A good way to do this is to insert one into a level using the Toolbox (everyone should have a Figure model).
Color the character's parts however you want.
At your option, you can put on different face and torso decals. A good size for a torso decal is 107×128, which will prevent stretching.
Publish this figure model to Roblox.
Message Telamon and tell me where you put the model.
If you try any funny business like making an invisible character with transparent parts or setting the Humanoid MaxHealth to a billion, you will forfeit your prize. Please do not modify the actual model by adding, removing, or resizing parts.
Make sure you get the model looking the way you like before you message me. I don't want to change your character more than once.
If you use decals in your model, remember that we still don't support decals well in multiplayer. They may or may not be visible to other users. We are working to fix this in the near future.
If you have questions or need help with any of this, message me. I'm shooting to get the new characters up by Monday.
If you did not win, do not message me asking for a customized character. It takes time to set up and I need to spend that time developing Roblox. Everyone will get one eventually.
I had fun runnnig this contest, but managing it was more time-consuming than I had expected. Should we continue to have building contests in the future? We've tried to have building contests in the past, but this was the first successful one. I imagine this is either because: 1) making a piece of furniture is a 5-10 minute job, so anyone can get involved without a large time investment or 2) people really want customizable characters and this was the only way to get one for now. Would anyone be interested in a building contest where you had to make something bigger? Like a house? Or an entire level? Or would that be too much?


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Primeline Sales and Marketing UK	Admin	2020-07-25T18:26:01+00:00
Quick Business Overview
To add to our already established Irish business, we launched Primeline Sales & Marketing UK in 2016. This combined UK Ireland business now uniquely allows us to offer an integrated end-to-end solution to our clients across both marketplaces. Primeline Sales & Marketing partners with both the most-established and fastest-emerging food, drinks and household brands in the UK and Ireland. Our unrivalled experience has given us an exclusive insight into how these businesses work. As a result, we are uniquely positioned to provide bespoke strategic sales and marketing solutions that build our clients' brands in the UK and Irish marketplace across the multiple, convenience, independent, retail, pharmacy, wholesale and away from home channels.
The Primeline Group are the largest independent Irish provider of logistics, sales and marketing services to home-grown and international brands and retailers across the Irish and UK markets. We have spent 29 years working closely with brand owners and decision makers supplying product into the Multiple Grocery, Convenience and Foodservice sectors. So if you're looking to expertly transport, professionally manage or successfully market your brands, your end-to-end solution starts here.
To add to our already established Irish business, we launched Primeline Sales & Marketing UK in 2016. This combined UK Ireland business now uniquely allows us to offer an integrated end-to-end solution to our clients across both marketplaces.
Primeline Sales & Marketing partners with both the most-established and fastest-emerging food and drinks brands in the UK and Ireland. Our unrivalled experience has given us an exclusive insight into how these businesses work.
As a result, we are uniquely positioned to provide bespoke strategic sales and marketing solutions that build our clients' brands in the UK and Irish marketplace across the multiple, convenience, independent, retail, pharmacy, wholesale and away from home channels.
Our dedicated team of experts have built long-term relationships to maximise sales and visibility of our clients' brands across all channels, with a key focus in the Multiple, Convenience retailer and Wholesale sectors. Their unique understanding and experience of different businesses and issues, combined with our strength of coverage and channel expertise, allows Primeline Sales & Marketing to support you fully to meet whatever challenges you come to us with.
Our dedicated team of experts have built long-term relationships to maximise sales and visibility of our clients' brands across all channels, with a key focus in the Multiple, Convenience retailer and Wholesale sectors.
Their unique understanding and experience of different businesses and issues, combined with our strength of coverage and channel expertise, allows Primeline Sales & Marketing to support you fully to meet whatever challenges you come to us with.
Our dedicated team has the experience and skills to professionally manage brand requirements on the ground, build meaningful customer relationships, provide sales-driven merchandising and co-ordinate key promotional activities for our many clients.
They professionally manage the wide-ranging needs of our many brand partners across multiple channels including Grocery Retail, Convenience Retail, Garden Centre Retail, Away From Home and Wholesale, providing strategic in-depth reporting on distribution and rate of sale, so that we consistently deliver for our clients.
From market leaders like Oven Pride, Hospec, Clean n Fresh and Bin Buddy to the best up-and-coming brands, we approach every partnership with the same commitment to building our client's brand.
This pride, passion and focus on professionalism allows us to work with established and emerging brands in the UK and the Ireland including Dolmio, Uncle Bens, Sunpat, Whiskas, Pedigree, Lindt, Bounty, Wrigleys, Ambrosia, Sharwoods, Bisto, Branson Pickle, Del Monte, YR Sauce, Maxwell House and Kenco.
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