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Online services become "a church within a church"
By Joey Johnston | FLUMC
LAKELAND — On any given Sunday, senior pastor David McEntire delivers his sermon to several hundred congregation members at First United Methodist Church of Lakeland, all the while knowing a substantial online audience is also absorbing his words.
"I can't see those folks,'' McEntire said. "But, they are there.''
It might be 93-year-old Lakeland resident Zelma Daigle, who is blind. Daigle, a congregation member since 1950, faithfully listens to the contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. Sometimes, she will fill her morning with all four services.
"I think it's magic,'' Daigle said. "It feels like I'm at church.''
It could be someone who is sick or vacationing. It might be a snowbird.
There's a regular viewer from Holland. Others check in from France, Germany, Italy, India, and the Philippines.
Fist UMC, Lakeland, Senior Pastor David McEntire. Photo: Joey Johnston
First UMC of Lakeland, which has been live-streaming its worship services since 2012, gets a weekly online audience of about 150.
"That's a big church,'' McEntire said.
Or "that's a church within a church,'' said Janet Earls, director of church vitality and leadership development for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist.
Earls said 167 churches (26.5 percent of the conference's membership) offer some form of online services, although some churches are too small for online expansion to be practical. Whether it's an elaborate investment of professional equipment or Facebook Live, it's about making a connection.
The most obvious consumers are the elderly, sick, and shut-in congregation members, but pastors around the state have discovered surprising results.
Some churches utilize Twitter, the ubiquitous 280-character message system, for in-service communication. Others have online chats, where people can react in real-time, sometimes hitting the "like'' or "love'' button.
Melissa Cooper, pastor at St. Luke's UMC in Orlando, reports regular participation from people with second homes out-of-state and theme-park workers who are pulling the Sunday shift.
Edgewater UMC in Port Charlotte said its service is supported by an online group that gathers in Ohio.
"When we began collecting data on online viewing, there were lots of human-interest stories, and some of them were predictable,'' Earls said. "You had people who weren't able to get to church. They felt they were able to maintain a connection. They could see their friends in the congregation and hear the music. And all of that is great.
"But there were other things you couldn't predict. For some churches, people all over the world were watching. Some didn't have an obvious previous connection. It was like, 'Oh, I just kind of found you, and it's making a difference in my life.' So, there are surprises like that.''
At First UMC of Lakeland, there also are spin-off benefits.
Utilizing a $35,000 gift to invest in equipment, then adding to that outlay with an endowment from a former librarian who wanted to fund media services, First UMC of Lakeland has three-camera capability (operated by trained volunteers) for its contemporary and traditional worship services.
It has featured live streaming of its Christmas programming, along with weddings and funerals.
Lea Ellen DeWitt, an administrative assistant at First UMC of Lakeland, is grateful for the technology. When DeWitt's father died, her brother, who lives in Okinawa, was unable to travel to the service. So the funeral was live-streamed, and he saw it in real-time.
"It meant a lot, and it was as close as he could come to being physically present,'' DeWitt said. "We have found so many useful purposes for this. During some of the heavily attended holiday services, when parking is problematic, and some get scared away by just the volume of people, this is a nice option for them to still participate.''
With the rise of online viewing, McEntire said there are some logistical factors to consider, such as online prayer requests and online giving. It also drifts into the way he executes the service. There's already an inset shot of someone doing sign language to include the church's deaf community.
"The choir might be on camera, close-up, and they have to be conscious of that,'' McEntire said. "Sometimes, we use a lot of 'inside language.' We'll talk about our neighborhood ministries. Well, the person in Germany doesn't know what that is. Or we'll talk about Bob, who plays guitar in our band, but we might need to explain more about Bob instead of assuming everyone knows him.
"We're also conscious of mentioning and recognizing our online viewers during the service. We want to recognize they are there.''
VIdeo - Senior Pastor David McEntire talks about livestreaming services
McEntire said it's exciting to imagine future possibilities with online viewing. But he's quick to caution that even the convenience of online viewing can't substitute for the in-person church community.
And so much for future shock. He doesn't predict a future where he's preaching to an empty church while all the members watch online.
"People need to see each other face to face,'' McEntire said. "When you look at teenagers — the I-generation — you see that drinking and driving is down, and teenage pregnancy is down. But the reasons they're down are not good.
"They are more isolated. They're more likely to text than meet friends at a mall. They're less likely to go to a school dance or a party. Meanwhile, the rates of depression and suicide attempts among teenagers and young adults are on the rise. The remedy for that is to be in community. Church is a place that creates that. It's a value we all hunger for.''
McEntire said some of his church members have confessed to viewing online when they didn't feel like getting dressed or preferred to play golf (while watching the archived service a bit later).
"Do you get upset with that or just say, 'Thank you, glad you watched?' '' McEntire said. "I tend to be appreciative of it.
"Let's be honest, though. It's still a vicarious experience. You're not there. You're living through the medium. You can't talk to a friend in the next row. You can clap and sing, but you can't add to that community. I think we're always going to have people coming to church, singing from the hymnal, interacting with each other. Online is just a modern option and a great option for people who can't participate any other way.''
McEntire said he often describes Christianity as a round room.
"In the center is a relationship with God, where you find Jesus, and that's where you want to be,'' McEntire said. "There are many doors — traditional worship, contemporary worship, Bible study, camps, youth groups. It doesn't matter what door you come in as long as you get into the room and actualize the relationship.
"Live streaming is a door. It's not the answer. But it's a door.''
McEntire said more money could be spent to jazz up his church's live streaming service, but that's not the point. As long as the video and sound are professionally produced and the message is delivered and received, it provides a church connection for those who need it.
That's the point.
"For people who aren't able to be there, it's a wonderful way to stay connected,'' Earls said. "They feel like they're still part of a church family. People always ask, 'What service do you go to?' If you're a regular at one service and you watch online, you can see the familiar faces and still feel in community.
"I think we're all trying to analyze it and use it in the best way. But even though it's not for everyone, there's no question that it has become important, and the concept is here to stay.''
--Joey Johnston is a freelance writer based in Tampa.
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The beginning of a relationship is the most exciting and exhilarating time for a couple. The mystery of getting to know more about your partner drives the relationship into a whirlwind of new experiences for both parties.
However, after several months to a couple years, the excitement at the beginning of the relationship inevitably wanes. Once the so called "honeymoon" period had passed, both parties need to put more time in making the relationship as stimulating as it was in the beginning for it to last.
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Infuse spontaneity in your activities. Most long-term couples easily fall into a routine a year into the relationship. Although falling into habitual activities is unavoidable, you need to keep your relationship open to new experiences. You do not need to vary your entire routine to keep your relationship from becoming boring. Suggest simple activities such as trying a different restaurant or a new sport. You can also surprise your partner with a romantic dinner at home or send his favorite treats in the office. Just be creative. Learn how to loosen up and let your instincts drive you sometimes.
Visit new places. Going into a vacation in different places creates an ambiance of newness in a relationship. Plan to go to a different country or an exotic place that both of you haven't visited and just enjoy the new adventure. With a different culture and a new set of people around you, both of you can be filled with a sense of the thrill and excitement about new possibilities. Take this time to reflect on your relationship and dream about your coming years ahead.
Learn new skills together. Enroll in an instructional class about an activity you are both interested in. Whether it's dancing, cooking or a new sport, learning a new skill together helps strengthen your bond as you work towards a single project together. Becoming partners towards a common goal will help you discover new things about your partner.
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These are just a few tips to help you keep your love affair stimulating and exciting. For these tips to work, you and your partner must be determined to spend time and effort on your relationship. Take time to sit down with your partner and discuss what both of you can do for each other.


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Exactly who is a "U.S. Employee?"
Before filing a petition to sponsor a foreign national for an employment-based immigrant visa, the employer must establish that there will be no adverse impact on the U.S. labor market. This is accomplished by undergoing a labor certification through the U.S. Department of Labor. To this end, Employment and Training Administration Form 9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, requires the employer to attest that they have either engaged with a bargaining representative for their business or otherwise posted notice of the job at the worksite so that any other "U.S. employees" have notice of the job opening.
The relevant federal regulations expressly exempt private households from this requirement, for obvious reasons. Unless your home is one of those colonial outposts with armies of staff running around, the requirement is pretty pointless. However, the form (which must be completed and submitted online) is not designed with private households in mind. The employer must input the number of employees at the 'headquarters or main office," and the menu will not allow an input of "0". You have to just pick a number. So a certifying officer would see that, despite there being an 'employee' at the worksite, neither was a bargaining representative notified, nor was notice of the opening posted. And a particularly lazy certifying officer who doesn't take the time to notice 'oh yeah, this is for a private household,' might be inclined to deny the 9089 on that basis alone.
This occurred to one of my clients seeking to employee a nanny who entered '1' (the lowest possible entry) for onsite employees and 'N/A' to the questions regarding notice. My instinct was to simply reply to the denial by sending in a request for reconsideration stating "you dummy, there's neither bargaining representative for a private household nor requirement to post notice in the kitchen, and your form doesn't allow us to enter '0.'" Yet, I felt my duty of diligence owed to my client compelled me to dig a bit deeper. This fictional "1" in the number of employees section: who is he or she? Let's assume it was the foreign national au pair then-employed there pursuant to a J-1 visa. Is the au pair a U.S. worker for the purposes of the 9089?
Is a potential employer required to post notice of the job in their own house? Firstly, let's examine the purpose of the applicable regulations. Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 656.10, General Instructions, at section (d)(2) instructs that: "In the case of a private household, notice is required under this paragraph (d) only if the household employs one or more U.S. workers at the time the application for labor certification is filed." In our case, by answering "N/A" rather than "no," the employer certified that the conditions triggering the notice requirement were not present in the household. So the notice requirement quite clearly only applies to households employing U.S. workers.
What is the difference between an "employee" and a "U.S. worker?" So is our fictional employee a U.S. worker? In short, no. But indulge us here.
The terms "employees" and "U.S. workers" carry different definitions and are not interchangeable. Throughout the relevant PERM regulations, the foreign national beneficiary is frequently referred to as an "employee" who need not necessarily possess employment authorization to be eligible for an immigrant visa––such as a J-1 au pair. The regulations distinguish between "U.S. workers" and other "employees." For example, 29 CFR § 502.10, Definitions, at subsection (a) defines "employee" by function and reference to "the general common law of agency," listing a number of factors that have no bearing on immigration status. The term "U.S. worker" is used throughout § 502.10(a) in provisions relating to wage protection, job opportunity, and recruitment, and it is separately defined according to employment authorization as "a citizen or national of the U.S." or an immigrant "otherwise authorized to be employed in the U.S." The reason for the different definitions is made clear: a U.S. worker can be an employee, though an employee need not be a U.S. worker.
For this reason, the regulations governing private households seeking to employ a nanny distinguish between "U.S. workers" and other "employees."20 C.F.R. § 656.19(a), Live-in household domestic service workers, states that "[a]pplications on behalf of live-in household domestic service occupations are processed pursuant to the requirements of the basic process at § 656.17." Section 656.17, Basic labor certification process, at subsection (l), Alien influence and control over job opportunity, addresses scenarios in which the foreign beneficiary "is one of a small number of employees" in addition to U.S. workers to whom the job opportunity must be made available. The 20 C.F.R. §§ 656.10, 656.19, and 656.17 regulations directly address scenarios in which notice of the job opportunity must be provided to U.S. workers in private households. Read together, they make clear that in private households that have "employees" but not "U.S. workers," the notice requirements do not apply. Other regulations, case law, and agency guidance also distinguish between "U.S. workers" and other "employees". Indeed, employees must be distinguished from other U.S. workers to be consistent with other applicable regulations, including those pertaining to the Internal Revenue Code or other Department of Labor provisions.
Lastly, the 9089 itself reflects the distinction between "U.S. workers" and other "employees" in its question as to whether any laid off "U.S. workers" were notified and considered for the job opportunity sought and also in the required employer declaration that the opportunity has been and is clearly open to any U.S. worker––distinct from the verbiage merely inquiring into the number of "employees currently employed." Our colonial outposts with armies of foreign national staff running around would remain consistent by noting them as employees on the 9089 while distinguishing them from "U.S. workers" as designated elsewhere on the form.
The foreign labor certification process is designed to protect U.S. workers from exploitation of the labor market by non-U.S. worker employees. Conflating the terms "employee" and "U.S. worker" for purposes of notice requirement would defeat that purpose and render the regulations, case law, and agency guidance that carefully distinguish these terms meaningless.
So that's what we said instead. The denial was reversed and the labor application certified.
FWIW, the form still doesn't let you enter '0.'
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Also we need Scope to be made aware their own inaction in not campaigning with regards to the ILF closure is totally unacceptable from a major Charity who claim to be at all interested in the rights of disabled people. (apologies if this makes you all fall around laughing).
A representative from Scope is meeting with Government this week to speak for you – so can you email Scope on the contact below to let them know exactly what you think of them and what you expect them to say for you. Be as brief or detailed as you want, but don't allow SCOPE to sell disabled people out yet again.


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Excerpt: The River House by Carla Neggers
From New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers comes the next standalone novel in her Swift River Valley Series, THE RIVER HOUSE! In this charming novel about the search for love, home and family, THE RIVER HOUSE takes readers on a journey to an irresistible town they'll want to return to over and over again. Order your copy today!
Felicity MacGregor loves organizing social events for others but her own personal life is a different story. After a brief but failed attempt at a career as a financial analyst, she returned to Knights Bridge where she enjoys running a thriving party-planning business.
Then Felicity's life gets a shake-up when her childhood friend Gabriel Flanagan returns unexpectedly to their tiny hometown. Now a high-flying businessman, Gabe always vowed to get out of Knights Bridge, but he is back for the local entrepreneurial boot camp Felicity's been hired to organize. Together again, they'll finally have to face each other—and their complicated past.
Gabe and Felicity soon realize their reunion is stirring up long-buried emotions. While Gabe has big plans for his future, Felicity is discovering that hers doesn't depend on fate—she must choose what's right for her. But if they can find a bridge between their diverging paths, they may just discover that their enduring connection is what matters most.
Gabe went into the master bedroom… He sat on the edge of his king-size bed and dug a small photo album out of his nightstand… Tucked inside was a sheet of Rhodia notepaper he'd folded in half three years ago that past February and hadn't looked at since. He opened it now and wondered why he'd kept it. A cautionary tale? Hell if he knew.
The note was in two parts, one he'd written, one Felicity had written. He'd written his portion in black Sharpie pen. They were the only pens he used. He was tidy, and he had his rituals. Felicity had resisted anything smacking of order, at least back then.
Felicity,
Meetings in Boston. Back at 5 p.m. Company arrives at 6 p.m.
Hint.
P.S. You know I'm right
Then her scrawl in blue Sharpie pen:
I made brownies for you and your "company." They're in the freezer.
Felicity, financial analyst
P.S. We'll see who's right
He'd left her that morning scowling at him in his bathroom doorway, wrapped in a wet, threadbare towel. He could have afforded new towels even then, but he hadn't seen the need. It'd been her fifth day sleeping on his couch, nursing her wounds after getting fired from yet another finance job. She had degrees and knew her stuff, but her heart wasn't in the work. He'd told her so, not mincing words. Then he'd jotted the note and was on his way. By the time he returned, she'd cleared out of his apartment. She'd cleaned up her pizza boxes, collected her dirty dishes, folded the blankets she'd borrowed, put her sheets and towels in the washing machine and tidied up the bathroom.
His "company" had been a woman he'd invited over to watch a movie. She'd promptly discovered a stray pair of lacy bikini underpants Felicity had missed in the couch cushions, refused to believe his explanation and stormed out of his apartment before he'd had a chance to pour wine. He'd thrown out Felicity's underpants—damned if he'd mail them to her—and opened the freezer. He'd figured he'd microwave a couple of brownies, drink the wine by himself and put the lousy day behind him. But there'd been no brownies, and he'd realized Felicity had never had any intention of making him brownies. She'd wanted him to open the freezer and not find any brownies.
Spite. Pure spite.
Seemed a bit childish now, but he supposed he'd had it coming.
He'd drunk the wine without brownies, without a date for the evening, without Felicity camped out on his couch with take-out pad thai or another pizza delivery. The next morning, he'd decided the ball was in her court. She was the one whose life was a mess, and he needed to respect what she wanted to do—needed to do. He'd had what he wanted and needed to do, too. He didn't have time to hold Felicity's hand through another mess. Nearly a week on his couch had proven that to him. She was a distraction, and he couldn't afford distractions. Since she didn't want or appreciate his advice, why push it with her?
And so he hadn't. He'd let her go.
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This sounds like it'd be really good!
I love these teaser type excerpts! Helps me know if I want to pick it up!I love the cover of this one!
I love this cover and the story sounds great!! I just might pick this up!
Never read anything by her, but this sounds pretty interesting!
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I want to say I used to read this author a lot but can't remember for sure! I like the synopsis so may check this out!
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This week's Bleeding Edge column will be postponed for a day due to an overriding last-minute announcement. In 2010 GRAMMY award-winning violist Kim Kashkashian initiated the Music for Food program in Boston. This was conceived as a musician-led initiative for local hunger release. All concerts are given to raise resources and awareness in the fight against hunger, empowering all musicians wishing to use their artistry to further social justice. Since its inception, the program has spread across the United States to the benefit of food pantries not only in greater Boston are but also in such cities as Washington, Gaithersburg (in Maryland), New York, Philadelphia, and San Diego. At all of these venues, 100% of audience donations have done to support a local pantry.
This performance will begin tonight (Monday, December 11) at 7:30 p.m. The venue will be the McRoskey Mattress Company at 1687 Market Street, a short walk from the Van Ness Muni station. The suggested donation amount is $30 or at least $10 from students and seniors. All proceeds will benefit the dining room in the Tenderloin run by the St. Anthony Foundation.


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Two years later, looking at impact of End-of-Life Options Act in Colorado
Obstacles, concerns remain years later
Posted: 11:02 PM, Oct 24, 2018
By: Jaclyn Allen
DENVER, Colorado — Almost two years after Colorado voters approved an aid-in-dying law, an increasing number of terminally-ill patients are choosing to end their own lives.
But KMGH televisions tation in Denver found the process doesn't always go smoothly. From finding doctors to pharmacies to paying for the medication, there are obstacles and concerns. Presented below, several viewpoints on Proposition 106, two years after it became the law of the land in Colorado.
Harry Calvino
When the days are lonely and Harry Calvino misses his wife Antje, he takes comfort knowing she died the way she lived.
"She fought to the end," said Calvino, "she wanted to die with dignity, peace and grace, and I thought that was put pretty well by her."
Five years ago, at 61-years-old, Antje Calvino was diagnosed with stage 4 appendix cancer and fought with a vengeance.
"She was in pain all the time. She was on a Dilaudid drip," said Calvino, who said their at-home hospice care was excellent, but when Antje could no longer get out of bed, she decided it was time.
On August 19, with her family by her side, she took the medicine, and two hours later, she was gone.
"Antje had that right to say, 'Listen, I'm going to hang on as long as I can, and then it's over," said Calvino.
A growing number of families are using Colorado's 2016 Aid-In-Dying law, which allows some terminally-ill patients to give themselves medication to end their lives.
Father Luis Granados
You can't talk about "right-to-die" without talking about faith, and at the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, Father Luis Granados reminds us that in his Book, this is suicide.
"We are not masochists. We don't like to suffer just for the sake of suffering," the priest said. "It's not for us to choose the time of our birth, and it's not for us to choose the time of our death. That's a gift of God."
Suffering, in the Catholic Church, can have meaning. Granados pointed to the last decade of Pope John Paul II.
"When he was not able to speak, not able to walk. This is the powerful witness of our suffering. Because through suffering, we learn so many things and we teach others how to live," said Granados, who is concerned about the impact on the elderly. "With this law, the door is open for someone to say, 'I am being selfish. I should kill myself so my children stop suffering.' So it's kind of diabolical."
He and many others are alarmed at the increasing number of people taking this option. In 2017, 69 people in Colorado received prescriptions for aid-in-dying medications. In 2018, the numbers aren't final, but the state predicts an up to 40 percent increase. The vast majority of patients in 2017 have cancer.
That is a concern for Dr. Robert Jotte, a medical oncologist with Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers.
"My number one priority every day is to make sure my patients aren't suffering," said Jotte, who added he will not prescribe "suicide pills."
"In my opinion, that's not death with dignity, that's death. That suicide."
In his world, oncologists are making advances all the time with molecular diagnostics, targeted therapy that could add quality years to life, and in the end they could treat pain.
"Once you start peeling back those layers and find out what their trust fears are you actually can address the problem," said Jotte.
If the idea is to go in peace, reports of people taking hours or even days to die after ingesting the drugs are also causing concerns .
"The longest I've heard is eight hours," said Sam DeWitt with Compassion & Choices, who said part of the problem is the expensive name-brand drug. Secobarbital costs up to $4,000. A drug cocktail costs a few hundred dollars, and it's also effective, but can take longer. "Obviously, having a medical professional there in those moments if of utmost importance."
The more pressing issue, DeWitt said, is that many doctors won't prescribe the drugs, and many pharmacies still won't fill the prescriptions.
Patients are coming to Fort Collins Dr. Cory Carroll, who has openly endorsed the Right-To-Die laws.
"My fear is patients that would really want this and are desperate for it in certain pockets of the state, there's really no easy avenue for them to have help," said Carroll.
He has prescribed to seven patients who wanted to die on their terms.
"To me this is about patient autonomy. It's not about what I believe or what somebody else believes, it's 'what does the patient believe, what does the patient want.'"
Since Calvino ended her long fight, her husband has only become more convinced that when the time comes, he will also call Dr. Carroll and make the same choice.
"There's no question you're not going to live, you're going to die," said Calvino. "So making that choice of how you're going to do it, that's the key."
Fore more information on Colorado's Aid-In-Dying law, click here ; for the Compassion & Choices Find Care Tool, click here .


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Information visualizations usually try to tell a story. How could this story be made more tangible and how could data be presented physically? This project presents data through air and thereby creates a flexible data sculpture. To illustrate the idea, the interactive installation visualized the visitors breath as they were exhaling.
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Kimberly Kruge is a poet and translator based in central Mexico. She is the author Ordinary Chaos (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2019) and High-Land Sub-Tropic (Center for Book Arts, 2017; trans. from Impronta Press, 2019) which won the center's annual chapbook prize. Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, RHINO, Copper Nickel and many other publications. She is the recipient of a residency from the Millay Colony for the Arts and a graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. She founded and coordinates Comala Haven, a retreat and workshop in Mexico for women writers. She works to bring poetry in English and Spanish to new readers through translation and the organization of collaborative projects between writers from different countries.
Kimberly Burwick was raised in Massachusetts. Burwick earned her BA in literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her MFA in poetry from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is the author of five collections of poetry: Brightword (forthcoming), Custody of the Eyes, Good Night Brother, Horses in the Cathedral and Has No Kinsmen. She teaches at Washington State University.
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Just when we thought we couldn't love the Little Mix ladies any more than we do, Leigh-Anne and Jade give us even more reason to, by supporting Comic Relief in a huge and once in a lifetime opportunity.
Both Jade and Leigh-Anne will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. The ladies will be joined by other celebrities such as Danni Dyer and Strictly judge Shirley Ballas.
The ladies have already begun the the training for what will be a track of life time, and will see them have to overcome some really tough conditions such as freezing night time temperatures and altitude sickness as they make their way to the summit.
The trek will take 8 days and will be filmed and shown on BBC 1 as part of the lead up to Comic Relief.
Both Jade and Leigh-Anne are no strangers to supporting Comic Relief, having supported the charities sister initiative in 2014, releasing a charity single Word Up.
And visiting Liberia to see just how the work the charities do.
Red Nose Day 2019 will be broadcast live on BBC One from 7pm on Friday 15 March.
Are you as proud of Leigh-Anne and Jade as we for agreeing to do this once in a life time challenge to raise money for Comic Relief? Let us know your thoughts at @CelebMix!


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Syrian government shelling kills four Turkish soldiers in Idlib
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Turkey says is has struck back against Syrian military targets after at least four of its soldiers were killed by Syrian government forces in the war-torn country's Idlib region.
Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Monday that nine of its troops were also wounded in shelling by Syrian government forces in the last rebel-held stronghold in Syria.
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The ministry said its forces, who were sent in as reinforcements, came under fire despite advance notification of their coordinates. But Russia, a major backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said later on Monday the Turkish troops were shot overnight due to a lack of information.
The developments are likely to further increase tensions between Turkey and the Syrian government as such direct clashes have been rare. They could also cause friction between Moscow and Ankara, which have sought to coordinate their actions in Syria.
Speaking to reporters before departing for Ukraine, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara's response involved fighter jets and artilllery fire against Syrian military targets.
Erdogan said the counterfire killed between 30 and 35 Syrian troops.
"Those who test Turkey's determination with such vile attacks will understand their mistake," he said, adding that Moscow was told that Ankara would not stand for any "situation where we are prevented" from responding to Syrian assaults.
"It is not possible for us to remain silent when our soldiers are being martyred," Erdogan said.
The exchange occurred near the Syrian flashpoint town of Saraqeb, according to the the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group. It added that Turkish troops shelled Syrian army positions in three provinces, killing eight soldiers in Idlib, three in Latakia province and two in the Hama region.
However, Syria's state news agency SANA said government forces captured two new villages on the way to Saraqeb. It added that as Syrian troops were chasing fighters, four Turkish soldiers were killed and nine wounded triggering a Turkish retaliation – but it claimed there were no casualties among Syrian troops.
Meanwhile, the Russian military, which controls the airspace over Idlib province, said the Turkish aircraft never entered Syria's airspace during Monday's attack. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian military remains in "constant contact" with Turkish counterparts in Syria.
The developments came a day after a large Turkish military convoy moved into the area amid a new Syrian government offensive backed by Russian jets that has raised the spectre of a new refugee crisis.
The Turkish military convoy consisted of dozens of armoured vehicles, fuel tanker trucks and flatbed trucks carrying tanks and armoured personnel carriers.
Turkey has set up 12 military posts around Idlib in line with a 2018 deal between Russia, Iran and Turkey for de-escalation zones in the region.
Displaced by violence
Idlib province is home to about three million people, many of them displaced from other parts of Syria in earlier bouts of violence.
According to the United Nations, almost 390,000 people, mainly women and children, had fled their homes in northwest Syria since December 1 last year.
Turkey hosts more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees and is wary of a fresh influx.
The Syrian government and its main ally, Russia, maintain the military operation in Idlib is aimed at driving out "terrorists" from the region, in accordance with the 2018 de-escalation agreement.
The Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham armed group, a former al-Qaeda affiliate that is considered by Russia and Turkey a "terrorist" organisation, controls a large portion of Idlib.
Russia and Turkey cooperated late last year in establishing the borders of a so-called safe-zone in a separate region in northeast Syria, following an operation against Kurdish fighters dubbed "terrorists" by Ankara.
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Cornell Bunting: Fighting Against the Odds to Become a College Student
By Aly Hagglund on 01/22/2020
Cornell Bunting's story is like few others—a man who moved to America from Jamaica, became a father and had his heart stop, only to then pursue a degree in Marketing and double down on his passions. Few individuals have had a life-altering, near-death experience like Bunting, but many can relate to his unwavering love for his children, his aspiration to better his life and his drive to pursue his education.
Bunting had the opportunity to move from Jamaica to the United States at age 21 because of his exemplary work in the hospitality industry. He had won several awards in his field and was given the chance to transfer to a resort in Captiva Island, Florida. After spending time in the sunshine state, in 2004, Bunting left Florida and the hospitality industry behind and moved to New York. While living in New York he married his then wife and had three boys.
However, life's unforeseen circumstances brought him back to Florida and the hospitality industry, which he thought he left behind. Then, after a failed business venture, Bunting began looking into pursuing his education. He looked for programs in video gaming and simulation programming, which were true areas of passion for him. "There were a few colleges in my area and I was college shopping to see what would best fit me. I saw testimonials about Rasmussen and looked into the (then) program and I saw that Rasmussen would be the best fit for me with my boys," explains Bunting. He wanted to put energy in building a better career for himself and thus a better life for his family.
Tragically, in June of 2016 Bunting's life as he knew it would be forever changed. "For 16 minutes I died. My heart stopped and I was dead," Bunting states.
Bunting went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital. His heart stopped for 16 minutes before they were able to resuscitate him. The doctors then placed a defibrillator in his chest to prevent future attacks.
Bunting had felt tested before, but this quickly became one of the most difficult periods in his life. He was forced to drop out of his program at Rasmussen and was also unable to work. Struggling with the limitations of his health during the recovery, he turned to writing. He wrote two books and began working with a publishing house.
In 2017, Bunting's health was improving, his books were on the trajectory of being published and he knew that he needed to continue working towards his goal of obtaining a college degree. This is when Bunting chose to reach back out to Rasmussen College. He knew that education would benefit his family and career. Although he learned that his previous degree program was no longer offered, his advisor presented Bunting with several different options he could pursue at Rasmussen to help him reach his career goals.
Due to his positive previous experience at Rasmussen, Bunting decided to pursue the fully online Marketing Bachelor's degree program. "I am a dad to my three boys every single day, and I am also working," Bunting explains. "Being able to do school at my own pace within the week is so helpful."
While a new experience, Bunting doesn't feel as though he is missing out in a fully-online education. He explains how Rasmussen provides valuable opportunities to all of its students, such as the virtual career fair he attended recently. He also stops by the New Port Richey/West Pasco campus every now and then to talk with his instructors in person.
Bunting feels his life is finally changing for the better. In 2018, his two books were published, first a compilation of poems called Bunt Walk and a children's book called Peedie likes the Drip Drops: Understand the Drip. His books did well and he was able to travel to Europe to host a book signing. Then in 2019, he published his third book Lion With No Roar: Finding His Calling.
Looking to 2020, Bunting wants to launch a brand name around his work as an author and a public speaker. He would also like to incorporate his interest and knowledge in video gaming and turn his books into animated simulations. Bunting explains that these aspirations seem more attainable with the marketing knowledge he is gaining from his program. "They (instructors) are helping in a big way," Bunting explains. "Even just the information I have already acquired has made a difference for me."
It's clear that Cornell Bunting is working to make an impact on his professional goals and on his sons. If you know someone who could use a boost to help their dreams come true, visit the Change a Life Scholarship page to nominate them for a scholarship.
Aly Hagglund
Aly is a freelance writer for Collegis Education who writes student-focused articles on behalf of Rasmussen University. She is an advocate for higher education and enjoys telling the stories of individuals who are furthering their education in pursuit of their aspirations.
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Operating temp for oxycon - Lampwork Etc.
Just curious if you are familiar with guidelines for what range of temperatures you can run your concentrator? I have heard 60 degrees or as low as 50 degrees on the low end and about 90 on the high end. Thanks!
The manual for one brand of machine states 5 to 40 degrees C is the operating temperature range. Yours may be different.
If you do not have a manual, Google and see if one is available on the net.
Concentrators were made to run in homes where temps are pretty comfortable and do not have a wide range swing from day to night. I would say 60-80 is best but others run theirs cooler or hotter. I have no idea if it shortens the lifespan of the unit or not?
I copied this from the ISGB forum. It helped me to know more about my concentrator. Hope it helps you.
"The air that we normally beathe contains 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, 0.9% argon and 0.1% other gases. Oxygen concentrators are able to filter and compress the 21% of 02 in the air to a high enough concentration for use with lampworking torches. The purity of the oxygen produced by this kind of system varies from about 85-95%, depending on the amount of usage of the concentrator since it was new or was last rebuilt, and the liters per minute (lpm) at which the concentrator dial is set while it is running.
"Adsorption" is the name given to the tendency of many gas and vapor molecules to stick to solid surfaces. Oxygen concentrators use as their solid surfaces -- in the form of two "seive beds" -- a material called zeolite, to which nitrogen particles adhere for slightly longer than oxygen particles do. This is the reason that most of the nitrogen particles in the air are left behind on the seive beds after being pushed through them at high pressure, and the compressed "air" that comes out through the concentrator outlet is purified concentrated oxygen.
While operating, the first of the two seive beds becomes saturated with nitrogen fairly quickly, at which point, the concencentrator switches the air feed into the second zeolite bed, and vents the purified oxygen from the first bed out through a small outlet valve. This process is called "regenerating" the bed, and at about the time that it is completed, the second bed switches the air flow/purifying process back to the first bed.
Most concentrators switch back and forth in this manner every few seconds, and you will hear them "breathing" as they perk along while you are inhaling ordinary (but hopefully safely-ventilated) air. While one seive bed is "inhaling," the other is "exhaling," providing a constant and almost even flow of 85-95% pure oxygen all the time the unit is running.
This is normal, and when this occurs will vary enourmously depending upon the humidity in your area, the hours that you use the machine, and whether the filters are kept really clean. (Dust and humidity are BAD enemies of concentrators.) The compressor inside the machine can also wear out and need to be rebuilt.
But a good reconditioned concentrator that starts out with new seive beds or has not been used for TOO many hours since the seive beds were last re-poured, should function well for several years before needing repair or replacement. Oxygen concentrators are built to last for at least 250,000 hours before they become too worn out to be worth rebuilding anymore -- but they will likely need to be rebuilt at least once, and perhaps more often, during their long lifetime.
That's the last of the material I am quoting from articles I found that were written by technicians who helped to design and work with these machines all the time (I paraphrased, of course, for my website.) The repair guy at my own local medical supply place, which supplies concentrators only for medical use, repours seive beds and rebuilds compressors all the time, just in the course of normal maintenance of concentrators that are owned or rented by patients.
While we're at it, it is very common practice to re-set the hours meter on oxy-cons frequently -- as often as every day, week or month with some patients, so the number of hours on a concentrator meter mean little or nothing. They probably do NOT reflect the number of hours of total use of a particular machine.
A used unit that registers, say, only 5000 hours, may have had its meter reset 100 times or more in the course of its use. So one that shows 5000 hours may actually have been used more and longer than one that registers 30,000 hours. It is the practice of my local repair guy, for example, to reset the meter to zero every time a machine is dispensed to a new patient. That is the only way that patients and doctors can easily keep track of the number of hours of use by that patient.
Also, it is bad practice to turn the machine off and on frequently during a beadmaking session. I understand that doing THIS is the single most damaging action for an oxy-con. So if you are going to be making beads all day, but taking breaks, just leave it running until you are really ready to quit working. (With the oxygen valve on your torch OPEN, of course.) Then shut everything down at once.
Thanks to you both for responding. I have an opportunity to have a vent from our new gas heater open to my studio. It is really a "put together" studio when we semi-enclosed our back screened in porch. So definitely not air tight, but we have some insulation boards up and it isn't too bad if it is in the 45 -50 degree range. Once it starts getting colder, it is a lot harder to bead because I worry about the concentrators. I was thinking adding the vent would be another way to keep it closer to at least 55 and not too humid.
I torch in our unfinished basement and have to have windows open. So, for me and oxy con I try not to be down there unless it's over 50. I'm betting that the humidity in the summer is worse for it than the cooler temps.
There have been previous threads on this subject and that's where I got my general 50 degree rule.


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Dr Bambi Rakhel Ward
Founder, Judaism for the Soul
MBBS, FRACGP, MFamMed, Grad Dip Fam Med, Grad Cert Oral History and Historical Memory, PhD student
Bambi Rakhel is passionate about helping people connect or reconnect to Judaism in a meaningful way.
As a second generation holocaust survivor who was denied a Jewish upbringing, Bambi Rakhel searched for years to find meaning in her life that would fill the void she felt inside her.
After years of searching, she realized that her Jewish soul was crying out to be nurtured and nourished. So at the age of forty, she embarked on a journey of educating herself about Judaism.
Along the way, she encountered teachers of mystical Judaism and Kabbalah that transformed her life.
These teachers include:
Deborah Masel
Rabbi Henoch Dov Hoffman
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira
Rakhel has been studying Jewish mysticism weekly since 2007. She has been teaching regular Torah classes with a mystical flavour for many years, gives regular drashot and facilitates mystical seders. Venues include the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia, the Jewish Museum of Australia, Limmud Oz, and a Service for the Soul group.
Rakhel has a background in family medicine, medical education and oral history. She is currently writing a book about her spiritual journey.
About Rakhel's teachers
Deborah Masel (1957 – 2011) was an outstanding teacher of Jewish mysticism who inspired a love of Jewish learning in those who had the privilege of attending her weekly classes in Melbourne, Australia. Despite her secular upbringing, she developed a passion for Jewish learning in her late thirties. This included studying the Talmud, the Zohar and Midrash. The lineage of her principal teachers can be traced back to the Baal Shem Tov.
Debbie was also a wonderful author, journalist and poet who graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Arts after majoring in English Literature and Political Science. Rakhel has vivid memories of attending the book launches of In the Cleft of the Rock, a beautifully written book which includes prose poems about the parshah of the week, and Soul to Soul, a poignant memoir of Debbie's experience of metastatic breast cancer. Her energy and vitality during those book launches amazed those who knew how unwell she was.
This list shows Debbie's main teachers of Torah. This is important, because the lineage of her principal teachers can be traced back to the Baal Shem Tov.
Nachmanides
Rebbe Reb Nachman of Brazlav
Mordechai Josef of Ishbitz (the Ishbitzer Rebbe), and his book Mei HaShiloach (The Running Waters)
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira, the martyred holy Rebbe of Piecezna and author of Esh Kodesh. (Holy Fire)
Rabbi Henoch Dov Hoffman, from Denver, Colorado,
and Dr Avivah Zornberg, from Jerusalem, Israel,
both of whom she studied with for many years.
Books published under the name of Deborah Miller
In the Company of Words. Papyrus, 1998.
Sacred Fire: Torah from the Years of Fury 1939 – 42. Edited the translation of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira's Hebrew manuscript, Jason Aronson,2000.
The Maisonettes. Papyrus, 2004.
Books published under the name of Deborah Masel
In the Cleft of the Rock: Writings on the Five Books of Moses. Black Pepper, 2009.
Soul to Soul: Writings from Dark Places. Gefen, 2011.
Painting the Song, by Victor Majzner and Deborah Masel, 2012 (Also refer to Seeing the Song: Collaboration between Victor Majzner and Deborah Masel, by Victor Majzner, Metasenta, 2013.)
Well Waddaya Know! Kindle ebook, Gefen, 2012. (a short sequel to Soul to Soul)
"What to say to suffering and death". "The Spirit of Things", Radio National. Presenter: Dr Rachael Kohn, 14/8/2011.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/spiritofthings/what-to-say-to-suffering-and-death/2930174
The first half of this program is a tribute to Deborah Masel, aired several weeks after she passed away. It includes an excerpt of an interview that the presenter Rachael Kohn did with Deborah Masel about her book "In the Cleft of the Rock", her journey with cancer, and how Torah learning has supported her during challenging times. The program also contains part of a memorial service by Rabbi Ralph Genende.
Debbie inspires listeners with her courage, her honesty and her willingness to show us her vulnerability.
Both the interview and the transcript can be downloaded by going to the above link.
Rabbi Henoch Dov Hoffman, from Denver, Colorado, is a teacher of Torah, Kabbalah, Jewish history and Talmud. He has a special interest in teaching classes on the writings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira and the Ishbitzer Rebbe.
Rabbi Hoffman is also a pastoral counsellor and psychodrama therapist who leads spiritual journey expeditions in the wilderness. In 2014, he led a unique pilgrimage to Ukraine and Poland, in which he taught at the graves of Tzaddikim.
Deborah Masel was a long term student of Rabbi Hoffman's for many years, both over the phone and face to face, in Safed, Israel, and Denver, Colorado. She introduced Rakhel to him.
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira, also known as the holy Rebbe of Piecezna and the Esh Kodesh, supported his students in the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust by delivering inspiring drashot (interpretations of the Torah portion of the week). He wrote these sermons down after the Sabbath, put them in a canister, and buried the canister in the rubble of the Warsaw ghetto. The canister was discovered years after his death, and his writings sent to his relative, Rabbi Yeshaya Shapira, in Tel Aviv, with the request that they be printed. Although available to Hebrew speaking readers, it took until the year 2000 for his teachings to be published in English. Rakhel's Torah teacher, Deborah Masel (known as Deborah Miller at the time), edited the book Sacred Fire: Torah from the Years of Fury 1939 – 1942.
The Esh Kodesh's message of faith is a practical one that can be applied to anyone going through a dark period in their life. His teachings were of enormous comfort to Debbie during her battle with breast cancer. She writes of this in her book Soul to Soul.
Although the text of Sacred Fire can be challenging to understand without an experienced teacher, Rakhel believes it is worth studying if it resonates with you.
Relevant Books:
To Heal The Soul : The Spiritual Journal of A Chasidic Rebbe, by Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, Aronson, 2004.
Conscious Community : A Guide to Inner Work, by Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, Aronson, 2004.
A Student's Obligation : Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto, by Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, Aronson, 2004.
The Holy Fire : The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto, by Nehemia Polen, Aronson, 2004.
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use utils::data::hash_map::HashMap;
use utils::data::pair::{Pair, PairTWHash};
use utils::data::uid_remap::{UidRemap, FastKey};
use queries::geometry::Contact;
use narrow_phase::{CollisionDispatcher, CollisionAlgorithm, ContactSignal, ContactSignalHandler};
use world::CollisionObject;
use math::Point;

// FIXME: move this to the `narrow_phase` module.
/// Collision detector dispatcher for collision objects.
pub struct CollisionObjectsDispatcher<P, M, T> {
    signal:           ContactSignal<T>,
    shape_dispatcher: Box<CollisionDispatcher<P, M> + 'static>,
    pairs:            HashMap<Pair, CollisionAlgorithm<P, M>, PairTWHash>
}

impl<P: Point, M, T> CollisionObjectsDispatcher<P, M, T> {
    /// Creates a new `CollisionObjectsDispatcher`.
    pub fn new(shape_dispatcher: Box<CollisionDispatcher<P, M> + 'static>)
        -> CollisionObjectsDispatcher<P, M, T> {
        CollisionObjectsDispatcher {
            signal:           ContactSignal::new(),
            pairs:            HashMap::new(PairTWHash::new()),
            shape_dispatcher: shape_dispatcher
        }
    }

    /// Updates the contact pairs.
    pub fn update(&mut self, objects: &UidRemap<CollisionObject<P, M, T>>, timestamp: usize) {
        for e in self.pairs.elements_mut().iter_mut() {
            let co1 = &objects[e.key.first];
            let co2 = &objects[e.key.second];

            if co1.timestamp == timestamp || co2.timestamp == timestamp {
                let had_colls = e.value.num_colls() != 0;

                e.value.update(&*self.shape_dispatcher,
                               &co1.position, &**co1.shape,
                               &co2.position, &**co2.shape);

                if e.value.num_colls() == 0 {
                    if had_colls {
                        self.signal.trigger_contact_signal(&co1.data, &co2.data, false);
                    }
                }
                else {
                    if !had_colls {
                        self.signal.trigger_contact_signal(&co1.data, &co2.data, true)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /// Iterates through all the contact pairs.
    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn contact_pairs<F>(&self,
                         objects: &UidRemap<CollisionObject<P, M, T>>,
                         mut f: F)
          where F: FnMut(&T, &T, &CollisionAlgorithm<P, M>) {
        for e in self.pairs.elements().iter() {
            let co1 = &objects[e.key.first];
            let co2 = &objects[e.key.second];

            f(&co1.data, &co2.data, &e.value)
        }
    }

    /// Calls a closures on each contact between two objects.
    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn contacts<F>(&self,
                    objects: &UidRemap<CollisionObject<P, M, T>>,
                    mut f: F)
          where F: FnMut(&T, &T, &Contact<P>) {
        // FIXME: avoid allocation.
        let mut collector = Vec::new();

        for e in self.pairs.elements().iter() {
            let co1 = &objects[e.key.first];
            let co2 = &objects[e.key.second];

            e.value.colls(&mut collector);

            for c in collector[..].iter() {
                f(&co1.data, &co2.data, c)
            }

            collector.clear();
        }
    }

    /// Registers a handler for contact start/stop events.
    pub fn register_contact_signal_handler(&mut self,
                                           name: &str,
                                           handler: Box<ContactSignalHandler<T> + 'static>) {
        self.signal.register_contact_signal_handler(name, handler)
    }

    /// Unregisters a handler for contact start/stop events.
    pub fn unregister_contact_signal_handler(&mut self, name: &str) {
        self.signal.unregister_contact_signal_handler(name)
    }

    /// Creates/removes the persistant collision detector associated to a given pair of objects.
    pub fn handle_proximity(&mut self,
                            objects: &UidRemap<CollisionObject<P, M, T>>,
                            fk1: &FastKey,
                            fk2: &FastKey,
                            started: bool) {
        let key = Pair::new(*fk1, *fk2);

        if started {
            let cd;

            {
                let co1 = &objects[*fk1];
                let co2 = &objects[*fk2];
                cd = self.shape_dispatcher.get_collision_algorithm(&co1.shape.repr(), &co2.shape.repr());
            }

            if let Some(cd) = cd {
                let _ = self.pairs.insert(key, cd);
            }
        }
        else {
            // Proximity stopped.
            match self.pairs.get_and_remove(&key) {
                Some(detector) => {
                    // Trigger the collision lost signal if there was a contact.
                    if detector.value.num_colls() != 0 {
                        let co1 = &objects[*fk1];
                        let co2 = &objects[*fk2];

                        self.signal.trigger_contact_signal(&co1.data, &co2.data, false);
                    }
                },
                None => { }
            }
        }
    }

    /// Tests if two objects can be tested for mutual collision.
    pub fn is_proximity_allowed(objects: &UidRemap<CollisionObject<P, M, T>>,
                                fk1: &FastKey,
                                fk2: &FastKey) -> bool {
        let co1 = &objects[*fk1];
        let co2 = &objects[*fk2];

        let can_move_ok = true; // XXX: ba.can_move() || bb.can_move();
        let groups_ok = co1.collision_groups.can_collide_with_groups(&co2.collision_groups);

        if *fk1 == *fk2 {
            can_move_ok && co1.collision_groups.can_collide_with_self()
        }
        else {
            can_move_ok && groups_ok
        }
    }
}