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'Save Talk Radio!' Really?
Republicans amass an army to retain corporate control of the public airwaves...
By Sue Wilson on 9/15/2009, 2:53pm PT
Guest Blogged by Sue Wilson
I was strolling through my local county fair this summer, a small fair, a friendly fair, where cows, sheep, and pigs outnumber food vendors.
The Republican booth caught my eye, but not because of the red, white, and blue decorations. What caught my eye was the sign they'd posted, the sign that summed up the one key issue of importance to local Republicans.
What would it be, in this raucous political summer of 2009? Anger over bailouts, fear over death panels? No. The number one issue for Amador County Republicans: "Save Talk Radio."
I hadn't realized that the industry that just signed a $400 million contract with Rush Limbaugh needed saving, but they thought so; they even had a petition to save it...
Sponsored by a group called "First Amendment Now," the petition read:
We hold dearly our right to freedom of speech and the right for others to express their views. We believe that Government should stand aside rather than stand in the way of the discussion of ideas. We believe that because the First Amendment should be about freedom of choice.
Therefore, we the undersigned oppose all efforts of any Government to limit, censor, or restrict in any way our unfettered right to free speech on our radios, televisions, the Internet or any other medium.
Wow, I thought, a Republican petition that I can really get behind! Then I read on:
We reject any effort to institute (1) the "Fairness Doctrine" or (2) "localism", which in its various forms seeks to establish local committees of "community leaders" to determine if talk radio is "reflecting" the views of the community, or (3) a quota system for ownership of radio stations - or any variance of any of those.
In other words, they advocate free speech for giant corporations, but not for local people. Hmmn.
I wondered how pervasive petitions like this might be. It turns out there are many such petitions on line, promoted by groups much more familiar than "First Amendment Now." So many, in fact, that they have amassed an army of more than a half a million to silence local views.
The Christian Coalition:
They want to pass what is known as the "Fairness Doctrine", which is nothing more than a way for the federal government to demand that all broadcasters must give "equal time" to all points of view.
Equal time to all points of view? What a radical concept.
The Family Research Council:
We need to be aware, however, that liberals may achieve their ends without passing legislation, or even without a new FCC "fairness" rule. They could do it by requiring a fixed amount of local content for radio.
Local content on local airwaves? It must be a Communist plot.
It is easy to dismiss these petitions as fringe. But postings from the Free Speech Alliance reveal something greater:
Obama's FCC will use "localism," "diversity of media ownership" and serving the "public interest" as a backdoor "Fairness" Doctrine.
We must make any attempt by Obama's FCC to silence talk radio a political third rail, one that the Administration or Congress dare not touch.
We will defend talk radio from these governmental assaults on their industry, and build further the case for free speech in all things.
The Left dominates every medium of news delivery, save for talk radio. And they can't stand it, so they want to wipe it off the media map.
The Free Speech Alliance is an arm of Brent Bozell's rightwing Media Research Center (MRC), which for years has been claiming liberal bias in the media with little evidence to back up the claim. This group has been quietly building an army to "go to war" in support of corporate-owned media and to squelch local voices. From another MRC/Free Speech Alliance petition [emphasis added]:
MRC's Free Speech Alliance --- with 69 organizations now involved --- seeks to build the largest possible grassroots Alliance army. So far, we have over 550,000 members, but we need the maximum number possible to go to war when free speech is threatened.
Among the 69 groups in support are: Accuracy in Media, American Conservative Union, National Taxpayers Union, National Religious Broadcasters, Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, World Net Daily, Salem Communications, and Clear Channel.
The creator of the Free Speech Alliance is Seton Motley, the same Seton Motley who appeared on Glenn Beck's show on Fox to target FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd with fabrications about his suggestions in the Center for American Progress/Free Press study "The Structural Imbalance of Talk Radio" [PDF] to give local audiences more control over what they get on their radio stations over their public airwaves. (To see an interview with Mark Lloyd about that report, see the documentary Broadcast Blues, or see a clip of the conversation with Lloyd at right.)
It is clear that the "right" has been quietly assembling troops and is now mounting their attack, an attack largely unanticipated by media reformers, an attack now staged on "Conservative" talk radio and TV (not that there is anything conservative about opposing localism.) Their dominance over radio, where "conservatives" voices outnumber "liberals" by nine to one, means their army is growing every single day, while the other side didn't even know there was going to be a fight.
An army of 550,000 from County Fairs and the Internet. How many more will there be as recruitment shifts to the public airwaves, currently under the private control of those who wish to keep it that way?
And who will stand ready to fight back?
Shortly after Barack Obama was sworn in as President last January, as Brad Friedman reported at the time, the new White House website "Technology" page signaled a hopeful change, and a call to re-examine the oversight of our public airwaves:
Encourage Diversity in Media Ownership: Encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse viewpoints, and clarify the public interest obligations of broadcasters who occupy the nation's spectrum.
A few months later, after the campaign from the right had kicked into full gear, charging that liberals were trying to prevent free speech on the radio, the paragraph was quietly removed from the White House website.
So I ask again...who will stand ready to fight back and in favor of real free speech on our public airwaves?
Sue Wilson is the Emmy Winning Director of the media reform documentary "Broadcast Blues".
Article Categories: Mainstream Corporate Media, Rights And Freedoms, Mainstream Media Failure, Barack Obama, Republicans, FCC
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"'Save Talk Radio!' Really?"
... BlueHawk	said on 9/15/2009 @ 4:17 pm PT...
I've often asked myself over the last 10-15 years; Why the conservative propaganda onslaught in the media ?
My answer came when I stumbled across information that characterizes the conservative mindset as *Authoritarian*.
The corporate-military industrial complex needed a compliant populace; and conservative-right wing programming would deliver that. There has been a generation of right wing lies and boogeyman politics that started with the Reagan administration and to this day is in full operation.
The public has been dumbed down to the point of what's said doesn't matter...only how it's said. If a lie is repeated often enough with fervor and with an authoritarian tone of voice it becomes the basis of belief.
We've been bludgeoned with the lie of *free market economics* and the boogey man fear of socialism, terrorism, we've been told the might makes right lie and that white males are *persecuted*; and the dumbed down television watchers believe it without question.
I also wondered why the word "liberal" was spit out of conservative mouths like poison...I settled on the answer that liberals have brought about every meaningful, humanitarian, progressive change this country has made...the conservative authoritarians despise change when they're in power...they despise questioning of their motives and tactics.
Conservative authoritarians are fighting a class war.... They've fully programmed those they despise to fight their battle on the front lines... while the right wing authoritarian oligarchs simply disseminate their orders to the mindless drones over talk radio and Fox news. The Oligarchs keep their hands and suits clean... while the foolish ignorant army they've programmed works enthusiastically against its own best interests....
Program a fool with hate... and he'll run into a collapsing burning building to satisfy that hatred.
The conservative-right wing-authoritarians don't need the white house or congress... they have the airwaves. That's where the real power is.
... don knuttel	said on 9/15/2009 @ 4:33 pm PT...
Great piece Sue. This was right up my alley, since my lone "Liberal" radio station was yanked right after the 2008 election.
I think you could have written this same piece using the "Tea Baggers". The Corporate MO is always working both ends(buying political access then also cultivating 50,000 men marches). They hate competition and love Monoply. Thanks
... Big Dan said on 9/15/2009 @ 6:34 pm PT...
"The Left dominates every medium of news delivery, save for talk radio."
Really? That's false to begin with. We're always complaining the opposite...with proof, that the so-called liberal media (the corporate media) speaks for it's OWNERS, the wealthiest few, the military industrial complex, and corporations. And we have proof, and there is no proof that the media is liberal.
... CharlieL	said on 9/15/2009 @ 7:57 pm PT...
Must remember to send a "thank you" note to Bill Clinton for signing the 1996 Telecommunications Act that allowed for such wonderful consolidation of the mass media into the hands of so few (right wing) corporate entitites.
... saintlouisblues	said on 9/15/2009 @ 10:03 pm PT...
The way to get local stations to air views on the left is simply send them an email informing them of the views. It seems to have worked locally. If the station can justify it being a local view they can run the story, however if no one says anything then it must not exist as a view in the community.
... Soul Rebel	said on 9/15/2009 @ 10:40 pm PT...
"Who controls the present, controls the past. Who controls the past, controls the future."
Really eye-opening. What's this shit about 'go to war'...my wife keeps telling me I can't have a gun, but hmmm, these bastards are totally batshit crazy and evil. They go for the jugular every time.
... Phil	said on 9/16/2009 @ 12:59 am PT...
The Progressive's are unorganized, they can't be counted properly for everything, there would be disagreement within it's own members on some of the simplest things.
The Corporate media (a dangerous cult) mixes everyone together using the word liberal or democrat, this is like mixing Satanists with Wiccans and calling them the same. They are not the same. Some principles of the understanding of the sources of power might be the same, but the direction and intent are not even close. (No disrespect to either Belief system)
Corporate media mixes everyone they disagree with into the term "liberals"
Progressives are not the same as the OLD term liberal. But are mixed in, however wrong that may be.
The corporate media makes use of the word "democrat" singular for the wrong plural form.
There are never simply called "democrats." Your not a democrat in the democratic party, instead your a democrat in the democrat party.
Example, Corporate Media use of the term "The Democrat Party" Makes it sound like one dude with a bong or a bottle of ripple. There is no equal vulgar slang response.
Now for the last 8-10 years we been hearing about this "Liberal Media" I first heard this term from Michael Savage's AM radio show like 8-10 years ago. I've yet to find this "liberal media" 's website or corporate station. In fact, I would argue most of the media is corporate media, and if there is any "liberal media" it's like a hand full of people on Earth, and that's if you can lump them together under some new term or buzzword, and that's only if they don't disagree among themselves and destroy such an idea in the first place.
If you really wanted to save talk radio, you wouldn't have allowed Air America, and Nova-M to get nuked to the point of irrelevance. Short of that, perhaps there should be a public access to much more broadcast spectrum under a emergency constitutional superfund. As the reality is currently there a HELL OF good amount of diversity, but when it comes to certain topics, like Electronic Voting, Forced Mail In Voting, Sibel, War Crimes, there are no voices at all. So while all the goody goody grand poo ba's all stroke each other for excellence in leadership the reality is they are miserable failures with a very loud voice.
I don't know what the answer is, I suggested making PUBLIC FILES for all stations available online. You can't tell me not one station doesn't have a website. If such files were made available, the public could literally eliminate corporate media which continuously controls the timing, topic, and direction of the discussions.
Hey there's a new OJ SIMPSON...The Yale Murder.
Yeah but, someone may have sold nuke secrets.
Fill out the PUBLIC FILE as a complaint, and slowly get the station's frequency allocation and station id revoked by the FCC. Instead you have a hand full of people out there who know good comments keep the station lit. So they get on the PUBLIC FILE with stupid shit like "Oh Thanks For that recipe on pork and cream cheese"
While Brad noticed the White House website scrubbing comments, I remember the FCC's mission statement got scrubbed. Remember we have an FCC controlled by a presidential appointee. Julius Genachowski is the current office holder. And the thing I notice right off is no real electronics background, not unlike Bush's appointee Former FCC Chairman Powell Endorses McCain - 2008-01-25 01:19:00 (Cough)
Anyway, it's a small world. Poor leadership, and decisions do have consequences, maybe AM RADIO does have financial problems. Although I don't really see how, all you need is FCC's blessing, an Antenna, A transmitter or two, phone lines, internet access, computers to move audio data, some rack effects, A few killer microphones and the balls to keep paying the electric bill. There's no secret here, it's not NFL and HDTV! At the worst a satellite link. For $250,000 a year you could probably squeak out video too.
Now what do we get from corporate media who does a hell of a lot more than 250 and change?
Does the Sign mean, "Save Clear Channel?"
A quick observation on clear channel, the audio feeds on the web.. Ever try getting a winamp feed off a clear channel stream? That's right it doesn't work without some external hacking, and even then it times out. Good luck complaining about that.
I think the corporate media could possibly make itself completely irrelevant if it doesn't step back and look at the damage it leaves behind it.
While hell of people were killed in the US and outside in these wars, and hell of money is stolen, and hell of non constitutional laws have been passed, and Millions right here in the US lost their homes. Corporate media would rather, we eat 99 cent tacos at Jack In The Box, Recycle and Up Grade from our tube tv's to plasma, toss out all the other stuff, cassette, tapes, vcr, dvd player and go with BlueRay. They would have us cash for clunkers right next to the latest car/truck ad. How we supposed to do this? Oh yeah, the credit card. How did we get in this problem? Oh yeah, the credit card.
Next they want us to vaccinate with an unknown substance mixed with some known toxic substances.
That's controlling the topic and the direction of the discussion. Right there...
We need to be doing that, so we don't HEAR CORPORATE MEDIA.
This requires a few broadcast stations and licenses.
If you don't have a station/channel, you don't have a voice. This isn't something you treat as a quick garage hobby. A station has a birthday, and you don't kill your child.
You can make a video, but where can it play when you have no station?
Compare all media.
Network/CABLE TV
... Big Dan said on 9/16/2009 @ 7:50 am PT...
Here's my prediction the way rightwing media keeps pounding and pounding and pounding ACORN stories: someone's going to shoot ACORN activists, and they will be "heroes" in the rightwing media...just like the abortion doctor killer, and those rightwingers who shot people in liberal churches!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlyb1Bx9Ic
... BlueHawk	said on 9/16/2009 @ 8:25 am PT...
Comment #8....Big Dan...
Acorn is the latest right wing boogey man...
The MSM now gives Acorn the Orwellian 2 minute *hate* treatment. No one in the MSM untwists the lies and otherwise disinformation about ACORN and what it does. You have to ask yourself; why this is ?
I think it's because ACORN is a voice for the poor, the unheard and the evidence of how this capitalist system isn't working for the good of the whole.
The right wing authoritarians would rather smear and discredit ACORN, instead of acknowledging the injustices of the present system and work to help our economy work for all.
Our economy working for all involved isn't what the right wing authoritarians believe in. They believe in a prosperous few...and slavery for everyone else. it's how society is controlled. If someone is solely concerned about economic survival; he's less likely to speak out against his slave master.
It's why jobs today are very scarce...
ACORN campaigns: Affordable Housing, Better Schools, Fair Housing, Fair Tax Fees, Foreclosures, Gulf Coast Recovery, Health Care, Immigration, Living Wage, Paid Sick Days, Predatory Lending, Utilities, and Voter Engagement.
ZERO media coverage on the GOOD things ACORN does!
Talk about dehumanizing ACORN activists?
ACORN is the total opposite of everything the GOP stands for!
The GOP and rightwing media hates and fears ACORN, because it's the biggest minority driven activist group, having nearly half a million members.
The media said "a few bad apples" for the Abu Ghraib torturers, have you seen that media cliche for ACORN? They deomize the entire group of half a million people!
They DEHUMANIZE them, making violence against them more acceptable.
... Big Dan said on 9/16/2009 @ 10:52 am PT...
Fox News' Glenn Beck recently aired a video indicating that an ACORN employee shot and killed her husband, without first bothering to verify whether the husband is, in fact, dead. He isn't. The video is, in other words, a fraud. But that didn't stop Beck from calling it evidence of "murder" and perhaps even "premeditated murder." Of a person who is still alive.
Sean Hannity aired it, too.
Here's a bunch of Fox News "reporters" who are outraged about the murder. Which didn't happen. Because the guy is still alive:
http://www.youtube.com/w...;feature=player_embedded
Even Jon Stewart did a hit piece on ACORN last night...but I, Big Dan, stood my ground that they are being smeared!!!
I wouldn't doubt if ACORN was setup, and this story is at least not totally true, and most: totally not true!
THAT is why responsible news sites aren't running with this story until all the facts come out!
...I said: "...but I, Big Dan...." ...just for effect, btw...
... Brad Friedman said on 9/16/2009 @ 11:10 pm PT...
Is there a limit on the number of characters you're allowed to use in a single comment, Big Dan?
... nikto	said on 9/17/2009 @ 12:40 pm PT...
The Konservatives have THEIR reality:
he Left dominates every medium of news delivery, save for talk radio."
And we have ours:
"Hitting Conservatives very hard over the head with an aluminum baseball bat is good for their health, and will make them into better people."
... blubonnet	said on 9/17/2009 @ 5:10 pm PT...
Everyone here has brought well composed thoughts and valuable information. I find that on Left leaning sights.
I appreciate that, considering I go to Right wing sites and engage them, in debate, challenging them, bring numerous sources, show evidence that is in mass, and beyond question, yet, it is irrelevant to them. What does it take to make one merely connect the dots to see that which is obvious?
The wealth of the corporate elites, own free speech, after all, free speech has only so much power, measured simply by how far reaching that microphone/in top percentage of network ownership. These are the people with the free speech. Hell, we don't really even get to decide who the "legitimate" presidential nominees are. The damned MSM, (and I can't remember what network it was) but they decided that in the campaign debates, apparently the most honest, ballsy in speaking out, actually doing what the country wants, by most all polls, regarding issues, not those voting ofor him, the things people most wanted then, the end to the war, recognizing the problems we here all know, the guy, most people I talked to, Dennis Kuccinich, was the choice most all of us, I bet, and most friends I have, that are Liberals, all of us. So, I can't help but wonder, HOW in the hell did the MSM get away from offering in the debate Dennis Kuccinich, when, my bet is, he was the number one choice, except that we got distracted, when that point in the started getting 24/7 media coverage of the ones the MSM decides who and what are "newsworthy". I resent that.
Anyway, the main reason I decided to post, was this information:
A study by American Progress reported-
*257 news/talk stations are owned by 5 commercial stations owners, and reveal that 91% of total weekday talk radio programming is Conservative
* 9% Progressive
* Each weekday 2,570 hours and 15 minutes of Conservative, to 254.
*10 times as much.
I greatly appreciated Phil's link he left here, wealth of knowledge those here bring.
Also, for all those that are serious about understanding and making information available, the immensity of this problem, and how we are being shorted as a supposed "democracy", the documentary movie will fill an evening with a sense of being politically inspired, and mentally more rich, with information to share with others. Let's not let the thugs destroy our democracy. Media ownership is just one of their thuggish tools, keeping the stupid stupified. Anyway, this link will enlighten you greatly if you are debating facts on the subject of media, IN the now more remarkable, and trusted forms of media, the internet, which has opinions and sources to offer discussion, actually a much more trusted source, assuming we hear all sides of it. Don't count on the Right wing to share that though. The MSM is not respected anymore either, among thinking people.
http://video.google.com/...cid=1925114769515892401#
... Jeannie Dean said on 9/18/2009 @ 4:04 am PT...
Blubonnet (#23):
It was NBC. Oh, it was. I know because that was the day 'NBC' became a four letter word, in my house.
In fact, it was NBC's CHUCK TODD who made that unbelievable, antithetical-to-all-things democratic, knuckle-headed, bong-wrong call to oust Kucinich, Paul, and Gravel from the debates. (I believe at the time he was NBC NEWS Director of Programming and Development ? I don't remember his exact title, but I've made up one or two that I find fitting.)
For that abysmal showing on behalf of the voters and for shuttering open debate, and dare I say, perhaps altering the course of our history, he has since been rewarded many times over by NBC with promotions and a daily national platform for his Poondog, pandering-as-punditry routine. The Obama administration rewarded him with inside access-in-exchange-for-who-next-time? Dancing like a twiggy pinocchio boy at Gippet-O-bama's request, he openly demurs on Rule of Law with such raw stupidity - beginning his sentences with ways to justify shitting on the Constitution. I guess even that's easier "from thirty thousand feet."
His great, moral wrong-i-tudes like: "torture investigations are so much cable cat-nip" are like verbal Escher - he's the very kitty-nip he's professing to analyze. A critical, independent Smitty, he ain't. To me, he is the one who shall not be named. Nickle-prick with ass-poor taste in facial hair.
Sure, Glenn Beck is freakier, but far less credible (or WAS, until last week when Obama started to let him drive the Country, promting TIME to give him even more TIME.
Martini Mandatory Times We're Havin', eh?
... Soul Rebel	said on 9/18/2009 @ 6:29 am PT...
Chuck Todd is a completely useless dipshit. I don't think I've ever heard him say anything substantially analytical, he's just a regurgitator of schlock.
Now, about the phrase "bong-wrong" I must take issue...
... sick of the right said on 9/18/2009 @ 9:39 am PT...
I doubt anyone, short of Bill Moyers, will be interested in bringing this to the public. He was responsible for stopping the onslaught of media conglomeration and it cost him his position on "Public Broadcasting Corp." The major thing to remember that the Right is like your parents and we are their children: they are wiser and more mature(why else would they bring guns to public meetings and believe G Bush had a direct line to God) than us so we need to be guided. Also they fight "with God on thier side."
... BlueHawk said on 9/18/2009 @ 2:35 pm PT...
Jeanie Dean...Comment #25
That was a good read....entertaining and spot on.
... Dave Werth	said on 9/18/2009 @ 7:40 pm PT...
italics off (I hope).


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*Firstly, when you call glBufferData with a NULL pointer, is new memory allocated and as such does it matter if the size of the buffer changes?

*Secondly, do you need to call glMap/glUnmap every time you update the buffer or does a single glMap work? And does GL_INVALIDATE_BUFFER do the same than just setting data to NULL?

*Finally, Am I missing anything in the following implementation?
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Firstly, when you call glBufferData with a NULL pointer, is new memory allocated

Possibly. It depends on whether the current storage is still in use on the GPU and how well optimized the OpenGL implementation is.

and as such does it matter if the size of the buffer changes?

Yes, due to the above. Do not change the length of the buffer if you're going to orphan it.

Secondly, do you need to call glMap/glUnmap every time you update the buffer or does a single glMap work?

Given your code, you shouldn't bother mapping it at all. Mapping is for when you're going to generate data directly into the buffer's memory (or wherever the mapped pointer comes from). You're generating data into your own memory and just copying it. So it's probably better for you to use glBufferSubData.

And does GL_INVALIDATE_BUFFER do the same than just setting data to NULL?

It preserves the length of the buffer, thus making it impossible for you to accidentally change the length, per the above.

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Thanks to all the stalls that participated.
· Re-Store, one of the flagship Whitefield Rising ventures, sells gently used items donated by many of you.
· Cayal.in to rent clothes, costumes, even musical instruments!
· Wild Ideas, a women's self help group based out of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu makes organic soaps, clothes & dish detergents, bathroom & floor cleaners that help reduce the amount of chemicals going into the environment. They also make food items!
· The plant nursery by the Association of People with Disabilities (APD) had a good collection of herbs, medicinal, indoor & outdoor plants. The low prices helped this stall be a real hit with shoppers.
· Reimagined gives a new life to things. Cement bags, plastics, old clothes, jeans, carpets are all transformed into trendy and contemporary items.
· Joy@Work, a women's self help group right here in the heart of Whitefield sold bags made of upcycled juice boxes! They also sold jewellery, pouches, key chains and more.
· Green Utsav/ Rent-A Cutlery Zero waste event planners stall showcased how decorations can be reused and events can be celebrated in an eco- friendly way.
· Ensyde-Saahas stall had eWaste drop off and fun innovative games on recycling.
· Ladies from the villages in Whitefield brought in the eats – sundal, puliyogare lemon rice, vadai etc – truly yummy mouth watering food.
· `Carrots' from Koramangala sold delicious vegan desserts and snacks- cakes, brownies, jowar jaggery cookies, biscuits and more.
· Women of Canasu sold homemade spices.
· The lady doing `Mehndi' attracted a lot of kids.
All the stalls did good sales as well. The vendors went home happy with their wares almost sold out.
The 4 workshops 1. Upcycling Bottles and Bags by Ritu George, 2. Healthy eating through plant based diet by Saee Bapat, 3. Medicinal plants, herbs and home remedies by APD and 4. BYOC Challenge refuse disposables by Rishita Sharma, Seema Sharma and Priyanka Nishikant Kamath were very informative and well arranged .
People were truly appreciative of this green event. Here's to more Eco-Friendly events this year!


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Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH. Stewart-Treves Syndrome. Medscape Reference. June 22, 2016; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1102114-overview.
Sharma A, Schwartz RA. Stewart-Treves syndrome: pathogenesis and management. J Am Acad Dermatol. December 2012; 67(6):1342-1348.
Cui L, Zhang J, Zhang X, Chang H, Qu C, Zhang J, Zhong D. Angiosarcoma (Stewart-Treves syndrome) in postmastectomy patients: report of 10 cases and review of literature. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. September 2015; 8(9):11108-11115.


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This airport is one of the smaller ones I've been to. However, it has a good amount of shops in it. We decided to eat at one of the little Mexican restaurants down there. Better food in that restaurant than I have been able to find in a number of regular Mexican restaurants at home. San Antonio definitely knows how to do Mexican food well.
I appreciate the little visitor's center in the conference center. Hopefully all the visitor's to the convention center were able to utilize some of the services that the visitor's center provided. The fellow manning the desk was the most polite person I heard when he was working with one of the patrons. If you happen to be attending a convention, I definitely recommend picking his brain for things to do in the area. Even if you don't have a lot of time to get out and about, he seemed like he would be able to assist you in making the most of San Antonio and the time you have. I only wish I had realized it earlier in my trip!
I was able to spend my Saturday evening in the way I prefer most: enjoying some time exploring a new city/town/area. I picked up an ice cream at a local place and sat eating it, listening to a mariachi band serenade restaurant patrons across the river. The temperature was just right and was an awesome way to cap a short jaunt to Texas.
I had a wonderful dinner right around the corner from here at Zinc. One of my friends recommended it as well as one of my colleagues. If you're looking for an inexpensive, yet delicious, meal in the area, I would definitely recommend it. I think I am most impressed with the amount of outdoor restaurant seating that San Antonio boasts. Definitely something we don't get as much of where I live.
This hotel has a pass-through pathway from the touristy non-Riverwalk items, to the Riverwalk itself. It definitely had a lovely little sitting area to read in, feeling like you are outside when you're really inside. It also was very close to a nice little bar where a fellow was playing jazz music. Definitely a really good location if you are trying to be in the thick of things.
Although it certainly doesn't resemble the HB in Munich, Germany, it certainly was an interesting place with live music along an alley off the Riverwalk. As a tourist I thought the Riverwalk to be quite endearing. I know the local folk must tire easily of it and curse the tourists for flooding the area. As we tend to avoid the beach during the summer, I imagine the locals probably avoid the Riverwalk. But it is just so adorable with it's live music and open air seating for restaurants. The sounds of water lapping at the banks and the chatter of all sorts of people rising up from it's below street level location. I would be supremely happy if all big cities had Riverwalk's of their own. But I know that would pull from the charm of the Riverwalk in San Antonio. So perhaps we'll let San Antonio have this one.
Another thing I was amazed by when I was a kid was Ripley's Believe It Or Not. I first visited one when I was... I must've been 12 or so. If I had visited one sooner, I've since forgotten. I begged my parents to go when we were on vacation. I was so interested in all the oddities of the world. They had a 2 headed kitten (of which I am now well aware was not the actual kitten, thankfully.) They showed tribes from where I cannot now recall in their native gear, stuff I had never seen before. I lapped it up. I actually have now placed the book about Mr. Ripley himself on my list of books I'd like to read. I should think it'll be an entertaining read to say the least.
I used to have one of the Guinness World Records books when I was younger. I would pour over it and see all the weird and wonderful sorts of "records" that people held. I had no idea that there was an actual museum for that here. The information on the tallest man was right at the front area. He stood up and we were all impressed. We meaning me and the several family groups that had congregated around the entrance. I guess when a fellow is over 7 feet tall, he seems like quite the large guy no matter how old you are!
The Alamo is one the places that I would have loved to have seen had I been able to visit during normal business hours. I am in love with historical sites. I love to visit and imagine the people who stood in the same spots in years past. There's just something really interesting to me when it comes to thinking about how people lived and what went on in their lives years before I was born.
During one of my free evenings, I decided to do some exploring. Since I wasn't able to get out much during the day, I popped into one of the guest services places to determine if there was anything open late that would be worth checking out. Most of the things I was interested in kept normal business hours, so having a poke around was definitely my best course of action. But there did look like there were lots of neat things to do and see in San Antonio and the surrounding area.
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One of the interesting things I learned when I took a little river boat cruise along the Riverwalk was that there is only one apartment building that overlooks the Riverwalk. Most of the other buildings are stores, restaurants, or hotels. I was pretty impressed by the sheer number of older buildings that had been turned into hotels. It seemed like you were never more than a stones throw away from one!
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I was very excited to get to use my new paper from the Japan Pavilion in Epcot that I bought back in March. It's such fun paper to work with and very pretty! I did a lot of folding on my flight over from New Jersey as I sort of ran out of time to do so prior to my trip. It's hard to believe I've folded over 650 cranes since I started this project! I'm excited to use up the rest of this nice paper before I start using some of my old paper again. And, in true paper addict fashion, I have a ton of paper that I've bought but not yet cut up. I definitely have WAY more sheet than I need to finish off this project. That just means I have to think of something else to do when this is over!
I think one of the coolest things about the Riverwalk area, was that, from above, you basically couldn't tell it was there. It was a level lower than street level. Essentially it just looked like trees from above. Even walking on the street level, aside from signs and staircases, you wouldn't even know it was there. It feels like a whole different world when you're walking along it.
I decided to take a full walk around the Riverwalk and do some exploring on one of the free evening periods I had. I headed over toward the Rivercenter Mall area. The Marriott was along the way. Although I can't say much about the rooms, the lobby itself was nice with a Starbucks located there. Definitely nice and close to the mall and many of the shops they had available. If I had more time, I would've did a bit more poking around of the mall which was attached to it.
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The second leg of my trip was taken on one of the smaller planes I've been on. I definitely prefer flying on larger planes as it tends to be less bumpy. By the time your plane gets up to cruising altitude on the shorter flights, it's ready to go right back down again! I was sitting on the window of this flight, so it was nice to see some of the scenery. I had the same type of plane on the way home, but I was able to pass the time quicker as I knew my seatmate on the way back.
I am sort of obsessed with the "You Are Here" mugs that Starbucks has put out. I first saw them while I was in San Fransisco. That was my first purchase. Ever since then, when I am traveling, I try to see if Starbucks has one of those mugs. If I like the picture, I get it. I now have San Fransisco, New York City, San Antonio and Austin (as the Houston Airport had that one and I liked it.) I realized recently that Disney also has their own versions! I didn't even think to look in the Starbucks when I was releasing cranes down there. Now I am checking on eBay to see if they have any for sale. They are quite cute!
I visited Texas for the first time this past week. I was traveling down to San Antonio for business and had a layover in Houston. The airport was surprisingly big and easy to travel between all the different terminals. I did a lot of exploring during my 2 hour layover as I had not even been in this airport before. I also picked up some breakfast as I knew I wasn't going to get anything else to eat that morning. Aside from having to change terminals for my connecting flight, I definitely wouldn't mind having to layover here again!
I decided to take a foray into the city to see a show at Symphony Space, which I had never been to. It's a really intimate venue where the stage can easily be seen from any seat. I was a bit later than I had hoped to be as I was coming straight from work and had to catch the train and subway in order to get up to the City. It ended up being a good show and I left a bit early to catch the train back home. I'm looking forward to seeing what other shows they have available as it was not too difficult to get to.


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Discussion in 'Earlier Versions of Windows' started by MrFishy, Feb 9, 2005.
Salutations to all. I was doing my monthly "look around and see what's up" journey thru this pc and came upon an issue with my "A" floppy drive. Out of nowhere, in my system properties/performance (device mgr) I'm reading "Drive A is using MS-DOS compatability mode file system"???
Can someone please advise me as to what this is/means and if it needs fixing.
I had noticed that the last couple of times I tried to use that drive, on discs I had copied prior to my recent discovery, I just kept getting "device not ready" messages. I think everything WAS Fat 32 the last time I looked. Thanks for any info on this matter.


Eddy Cue, the 24-year Apple veteran, is known for his vital roles in Apple's behind-the-scenes negotiations. The Financial Times voices music label executives and Eddy's role in striking a deal for Apple's music streaming service. He is the person who recently took the stage during the WWDC 2013 keynote to unveil iTunes Radio and other new services Apple has prepared with iOS 7.
Eddy Cue's understanding of music and cars has been critical to Apple's past and recent industry relations. He was instrumental in the creation and launch of the iTunes Music Store in 2003, and now he is responsible for the iTunes Store, the App Store, the iBookstore, iCloud, Siri and Maps.
Cue is "someone who is sensitive to music and musicians," Sony ATV's CEO Marty Bandier said to the FT. "What makes Eddy and his team so special is that they not only understand the powerful intersection of technology and content, but they're able to make content like music central to the full Apple ecosystem," said Rob Wells, head of digital at Universal Music.
"He's someone who's sensitive to music and musicians," says Marty Bandier, chief executive of Sony ATV, the music publisher. Mr Cue did not "roll over" in negotiations over the iTunes Radio, he says, but "he did it with grace".
"He's the focal point through which all discussions relating to music in Apple pass," says Roger Ames, the former Warner Music chief executive.
He has become Apple's master dealmaker, driving iTunes to success — he is the one who has helped Apple to negotiate the Beatles launch on iTunes. Since he presented the App Store, it has surpassed the 50 billion downloads milestone, and Apple has paid out more than $10 billion to developers.
Besides music, Eddy has a passion for fast cars. He joined Ferrari's board of directors last year, and has already marked the launch of the most recent La Ferrari, as it has several iPads on board.
This is the man who will take the stand tomorrow to defend Apple's position in the eBook antitrust case. He is the same person who, as a "newcomer" to the book industry, has contacted the publishers with a deal that "wasn't a very good idea", according to Apple's lawyer Orin Snyder.


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After this log appears, the application becomes very slow. (UI FPS < 40 )
may I know what is the reason?
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Fuoco pallido (titolo originale Pale Fire) è un romanzo di Vladimir Nabokov, pubblicato per la prima volta in lingua inglese nel 1962 da Putnam's Sons. È tradotto in italiano da Bruno Oddera (1965) e da Franca Pece e Anna Raffetto (2002).

Il romanzo si presenta come un poema di 999 righe intitolato "Fuoco pallido", scritto dal poeta immaginario John Shade, con una prefazione, un lungo commento e un indice scritti dal vicino e collega accademico di Shade, Charles Kinbote. L'insieme di questi elementi forma una narrazione in cui entrambi gli autori fittizi sono personaggi centrali. Nabokov scrisse Fuoco pallido nel 1960-61, dopo che il successo di Lolita lo aveva reso finanziariamente indipendente, permettendogli di ritirarsi dall'insegnamento e di tornare in Europa. Il romanzo fu iniziato a Nizza e completato a Montreux, in Svizzera.

Fuoco pallido ha dato origine a un'ampia varietà di interpretazioni e a un gran numero di saggi di critica, che lo studioso letterario finlandese Pekka Tammi ha calcolato in oltre 80 studi nel 1995. L'esperto critico letterario dell'opera di Nabokov Brian Boyd l'ha definito "il romanzo più perfetto di Nabokov", e il critico Harold Bloom l'ha definito "la più sicura dimostrazione del suo genio ... quel notevole tour de force". Il titolo è tratto dal Timone d'Atene di William Shakespeare.

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Edizioni italiane
Fuoco pallido, trad. di Bruno Oddera, Mondadori ("Quaderni della Medusa" n. 64), 1965
stessa trad. ivi (coll. "Oscar" n. 97), 1977
stessa trad., Parma: Guanda, 1983 ISBN 887746271X
stessa trad., Milano: Longanesi (coll. "La gaja scienza" n. 70), 1985 ISBN 8830405353
Fuoco pallido, trad. di Franca Pece e Anna Raffetto, a cura di Anna Raffetto, Milano: Adelphi (coll. "Biblioteca Adelphi" n. 436), 2002 ISBN 9788845917325

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Collegamenti esterni

Romanzi di autori statunitensi
Romanzi di Vladimir Nabokov


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Student Success Story - Sasha Hamilton
Sasha Hamilton
17 years old with .5 credit towards graduation
"Communities in Schools® (CIS™) saved my entire life."
Sasha Hamilton arrived in Greensboro as a 17 year old with her family and with everything they owned in their car. She had .5 credit towards graduation due to excessive transience caused by mom's migrant work. Other factors that affected her school standing included: a family member lost to crime; her previous home destroyed by fire; living between shelters and hotels. She carried the emotional burden of feeling like events had conspired against her.
A serious conversation with Dr. Fredricca Stokes, her guidance counselor, revealed that the situation did not look promising, and that she was headed towards " aging out" of the system without a high school diploma. Dr. Stokes promised to develop a plan. The plan led to an introduction to Angie Carter, former director of school to career activities for Communities in Schools® (CIS™) Ms. Carter warned Sasha that it was going to be extremely hard, but that she would work with her to implement the plan developed by Dr Stokes. In addition to regular class attendance, the plan would require Sasha to take classes during her lunch period, after school and throughout the summer. Online classes figured prominently in the strategy.
During this time, Ms. Carter provided a pillar of moral and material support, motivation, guidance, and structure. In addition, considering the extremely limited transportation, Ms. Carter would provide the necessary transport for Sasha to meet her responsibilities.
After a year of catching up on her course credits at Dudley, Hamilton still didn't have enough credits to graduate, Mrs. Stokes got Hamilton into the Middle College at Bennett. Ms. Carter continued to support Hamilton while she was a student at the Middle College at Bennett. Sasha completed two years at the Middle College including more summer classes and finished her high school curriculum! She graduated in the top 5% of her class!
CIS continued to help Sasha after her high school graduation! She determined that she wanted to go to college and in her statement of her college application she demonstrated how CIS helped her. She said, "it only takes one person to care about what's happening in someone's life, to listen and help…"
Currently, Hamilton is working towards her full Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LLC SW) credential after graduating with a degree in Psychology and a Masters in Social Work in 2017 from Fayetteville State University.
Many children face challenges both inside and outside the classroom. Through a school-based site coordinator, CIS strategically aligns and delivers needed resources so that students can focus on learning. It is the only nonprofit proven to keep kids in school and to help them graduate on time. CIS uses a coordinated, individualized approach. That's what makes us effective, along with robust support from a network of individuals, businesses and organizations!

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Adapted from Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter Songbook recording, this chart is laid back, relaxed and easy to play. It would make a good "change-of-pace chart" for a concert setting or live gig. The arrangement is scored for Miller voiced reeds (CAATT) and the brass is muted throughout. Brass ranges are very moderate, with lead Trumpet only to an A and lead Trombone to G. The vocal is in Ella's original key of Bb throughout.


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Traditional language service with a sermon, organ music, and hymns.
(Childcare available for children 4 and under)
This service is offered in a rich panoply of ancient and contemporary language, ritual and song. The Sermon, rooted in biblical scholarship, addresses relevant issues for day-to-day living.
한국어 The Holy Eucharist, Korean Language, Rite II
Holy Eucharist from the Korean language version of The Book of Common Prayer is celebrated in the main church with music and preaching followed by fellowship in the Parish Hall.
TUESDAY / July 2
8:00 AM (Street Level)
Food Pantry Prep Volunteers Welcome
THURSDAY / July 4
Parish offices closed for Independence Day
Food Pantry Distribution (volunteers welcome)
Centering Prayer Chapel
FRIDAY / July 5
Soup Kitchen Volunteers Are Always Welcome!
Soup Kitchen Prep
Soup Kitchen Meal
Soup Kitchen Chapel
The Feast of St. James' and Picnic
Bishop Bruce Visitation (new date)
Choir of St. James Ireland Tour
On July 19, Mother Kate and 38 members of our choir will arrive in Dublin, Ireland, for a 10-day singing pilgrimage. With its sacred sites pre-existing Egypt's pyramids, Ireland's religious history spans the centuries from before the Druids of the Celts through the foundations of Christianity laid by St. Patrick and evolving to the present…
Way of Love
Dear friends, Life here at St. James' is filled with blessings: beautiful music and worship, fantastic diversity, important outreach through our food ministries, and the delight of life alongside the hustle and bustle of St. James' School. Stewardship is how we express gratitude for the gifts in our lives. Your vestry and I have been…
If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
St. James' Rector, The Rev. Dr. Kate Cress was recently invited as guest homilist for Solemn Evensong at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John's, Los Angeles. Below is the transcript. January 19, 2019 Psychologists are known to say, "If it's not one thing, it's your mother." And it's true, isn't it, that we can trace some of the most complicated moments…


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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAG) today announced that it has redeemed $475 million of its outstanding 7.875% senior notes, using the proceeds from the sale of Cord Blood Registry®, which closed on August 6, 2018.
AMAG is a pharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative products to patients with unmet medical needs. The company does this by leveraging its development and commercial expertise to invest in and grow its pharmaceutical products across a range of therapeutic areas, including women's health. In addition, AMAG seeks to collaborate on and acquire promising therapies at various stages of development, and advance them through the clinical and regulatory process to deliver new treatment options to patients. For additional company information, please visit www.amagpharma.com.
This press release contains forward-looking information about AMAG within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Any statements contained herein which do not describe historical facts, including, among others, AMAG's beliefs about its financial profile and its ability to invest in and grow its current products and product portfolio, are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include those risks identified in AMAG's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 and subsequent filings with the SEC, which are available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Any such risks and uncertainties could materially and adversely affect AMAG's results of operations, its profitability and its cash flows, which would, in turn, have a significant and adverse impact on AMAG's stock price. AMAG cautions you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.
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DeSantis Backed by Adelson, Racetracks in Florida Governor Race as Gambling Industry Weighs Into Amendment 3
Posted on: October 2, 2018, 09:30h.
Last updated on: October 2, 2018, 09:59h.
Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis has received generous campaign donations from the gambling industry but remains tight-lipped about his stance on gambling expansion in the state, the Naples Daily News reports.
Polarizing GOP candidate Ron DeSantis initially refused to be drawn on gambling and Amendment 3, although later he appeared to proffer his opposition to the ballot measure, while simultaneously coming out against gambling expansion. (Phelan M. Ebenhack / Associated press)
Most of those donations come from sections of the gambling industry that specifically oppose Amendment 3, a ballot measure that would give voters the ultimate say on any future gambling expansion in the state.
At a campaign stop last week, Trump acolyte DeSantis declined to answer questions from the press on the expansion of gambling in Florida and whether or not he supported Amendment 3.
But just hours later, he released an official statement, declaring he believed that "basic policy matters should be resolved via the normal legislative process and not be placed in the constitution."
But he qualified this by stating that "Florida must remain a family-friendly state," adding that he did not "advocate for the expansion of gambling."
Nervous Lawmakers
Lawmakers have warned that Amendment 3, if passed, would nullify the legislature's bargaining power in negotiations with the Seminole tribe in future revenue-share negotiations, effectively handing the tribe a monopoly on casino gambling in the state.
Amendment 3 would be a disaster for Florida's parimutuel operators, who have long been pushing for the right to offer slots and to "decouple" their gaming interests from mandatory dog-races that many consider to be unprofitable.
Various parimutuel tracks have contributed to the DeSantis campaign, but the lion's share of some $800,000 donated by gaming interests comes from powerful out-of-state operators with designs on Florida.
These include Phil Ruffin, who owns Treasure Island in Las Vegas, Lorenzo Ferttita of Station Casinos, and Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO LVS Corp.
Adelson Eyes Still on Florida
Republican mega-donor Adelson has contributed more than $250,00 to the DeSantis juggernaut. The casino mogul has for long eyed Florida as a possible location for one of his destination resorts. Eight years ago, he offered similar patronage to the election campaign of outgoing governor Rick Scott, to no avail.
But Amendment 3 has heavyweight supporters too. As well as the powerful Seminole tribe, which owns and operates the Hard Rock brand of casinos, the Disney Corporation has plowed millions into the measure.
Disney wants to remain the biggest entertainment draw Florida has to offer and has long been opposed to gambling expansion in the Sunshine State. The company believes the best way to maintain the status quo is to take the power out of the hands of politicians.
A poll published this week by the Florida Chamber of Commerce shows that a majority of 54 percent favor voting yes to Amendment 3, with 28 against and 18 percent undecided.
Poll Shows Florida Voters Want Gaming Control, Gubernatorial Candidates Mixed on Casino Amendment
FanDuel Urges Florida Players to Vote 'No' on Amendment 3, Claims Ballot Measure Threatens DFS, Sports Betting
Genting Gambles in Florida with Uncertain Results
Miami Dolphins Secretly Battling Florida's Amendment 3
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Today's COVID-19 In Lebanon Report: August 28th, 2021
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Lebanon registered 1,124 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, the Health Ministry revealed in its daily report on the outbreak.
In the past 24 hours, 4 COVID-19 patients passed away, while 1,124 others recovered, raising the total number of virus-related deaths and recoveries in Lebanon to 8,035 and 550,334, respectively.
The cumulative number of infections confirmed in the country so far has reached 597,978, of which 39,609 are active cases.
As of the time of writing, 39,609 COVID-19 patients in Lebanon are in hospital beds.
Between Friday and Saturday, 2,510,134 people received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Lebanon, while 1,065,545 others received the second dose in the same period.
In total, the first and second shots have been administered to 1,444,589 and 1,065,545 people in the country, respectively, according to the Health Ministry's data.
The Ministry had confirmed 1332 infections and 7 deaths related to the disease on Friday.
Lebanon detected its first case of COVID-19 on February 21st, 2020.
Schools and universities were ordered to close a week later, with restaurants and touristic institutions following a week after.
The first COVID-19-related death was confirmed on March 10th, and the first recovery followed on March 11th.
Lebanon enforced a general mobilization on March 15th, imposing its first pandemic-induced curfew on the 26th of the same month.
The country has since gone into and out of lockdowns several times, and introduced various travel bans and local restrictions, as the authorities work to keep the outbreak under control.
We have a dedicated coronavirus section where you can find the latest news/updates about the pandemic in Lebanon, inform yourself with WHO-verified resources, and track the number of cases in Lebanon in real-time. Click here .


I'm sitting here in the Pittsburgh airport anxiously awaiting a couple flights which will land me in Mexico. Me and 12 other young adults are on our way to do some missions work in San Luis.
Why is it that missions trips create a spiritual urgency in us? We pray harder. We prepare. We go with expectation believing for miracles and transformed lives.
But when it comes to the every day, we coast. We're comfortable. We have our ministry down to a science. We don't even have to pray that much. We just do it.
You know what stands out to me here? In the face of pain and difficulty, Paul was compelled to go. He wasn't concerned for his own well-being – he was sold out to the cause.
Every day was a new adventure because He was following the Holy Spirit.
When you're following the Holy Spirit, you feel compelled. There's a burning in your heart to do what He calls you to do – go where He calls you to go – and be who He's called you to be.
What if you approached your worship leading this Sunday like you would a missions trip? What if you were "on your toes" – prayed up, expectant, focused, and believing for the miraculous?
Because God is always up to miraculous work – saving the lost, healing the sick, awakening lifeless hearts. And He wants to do that through you.
Praying for you and your ministry, Christy.
I send a special email newsletter to people who opted in at my website davidsantistevan.com. Thanks for joining!
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David wholeheartedly gave me permission to use this email that he sent out. I wanted to share this because I too have felt this way about our mission field being wherever we are right now….and not saving that urgency for when we get on that plane. I've done missionary work here in the U.S. and in South America….as well as everyday serving where I am. There shouldn't be a difference in our "spiritual urgency". There is a battle going on all over this planet, and people needing the Savior everywhere. Stand up soldier, and rise to your call. Let's be on our faces praying for our fellow brothers and sisters who are serving all over this world, and in our own churches and neighborhoods. If you've ever asked Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, you are a missionary right now and have received the call, see Matthew 28:19-20.


John Samson is the pastor-teacher of King's Church in Peoria, Arizona, as well as an author and conference speaker. He has a passion for the local Church and for the free offer of the gospel to be proclaimed far and wide. June, 2017 marked 30 years of Christian ministry for John. In that time he has pastored churches in both England and the USA, and has included ministry trips to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India and Mongolia, in Churches, Camps, Conferences and Gospel outreach. John's passion is to proclaim God as He really is, and the Gospel as it really is, believing that it is impossible to have one without the other. In light of this, he is happy to affirm the historic creeds and Confessions of the Church as well as the five solas of the Reformation and the Doctrines of Grace. Inspired by a deep desire to proclaim the truth of God's word without compromise, John is known for his simple, down to earth and clear Bible teaching ministry, which is often blended with humor. John is the author of two books published by Solid Ground Christian Books: "Twelve What Abouts – Answering Common Objections Concerning God's Sovereignty in Election" and "The Five Solas – Standing Together, Alone". He also maintains his own internet blog at www.effectualgrace.com.
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After 20 years of service with the Department of Corrections, Tauranga man Nick Powell felt an overwhelming need to do more to help the prisoners he worked with. Alarmed by the rates of offenders being released only to reoffend and return to prison time and time again, Nick wanted to be a catalyst for change and break the offending cycle within the prison system and in the community.
Wanting to effect change at a higher level within the justice system, Nick decided to pursue postgraduate study. With no prior educational background, he initially undertook a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies and a Diploma of Adult Teaching and Education at the University of Waikato and recently completed a Master of Education (MEd), specialising in Restorative Practice.
While working on his dissertation, Nick discovered that change occurred in around 90 per cent of cases when an offender took ownership of their offending and participated in restorative justice conferencing with the victim.
Nick had previously experienced the positive outcomes of restorative justice first-hand while working at Auckland Prison (Paremoremo), where the minimum-security unit provided opportunities for low-risk prisoners to work in industrial and farming jobs. "It was a great initiative, but if a prisoner got into trouble, they lost their job and we lost good workers. Ultimately, I realised the 'one-strike, you're out' policy was counterproductive to the programme, so I devised a system based on restorative justice practices, without even realising what it was at the time," says Nick.
This 'system' involved prisoners and their employers being invited into a 'restorative circle', which consisted of an open forum for discussion about what had gone wrong, why, and what could be done to fix it. In most cases, a compromise could be reached where prisoners took ownership for their wrongdoing and kept their jobs. Nick says this collaborative approach served to build rapport and respect amongst prisoners and their employers, where each felt acknowledged and trust could be rebuilt.
Nick wants restorative practice used in conjunction with the current internal misconduct system operating within prisons for minor offenders. He believes that restorative justice principles should also be utilised in either post-sentencing or pre-release conditions for eligible offenders.
Originally from Hawke's Bay, Nick has worked in prisons across New Zealand and has experienced his share of highs and lows. Now armed with his master's qualification and a renewed vision, he feels better equipped to influence change and reverse the rates of recidivism.
The 57-year-old says that returning to study was something he never thought he'd do, but he's been bitten by the study bug and is now learning te reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He believes it will help to break down barriers of communication and allow him to connect with more members of the community he serves.
Many teacher education providers are pushing for a master's level qualification to become the minimum requirement to become a teacher, while others think this approach will deter aspiring teachers. With the initial teacher education (ITE) postgraduate pilot now in its third year, the Ministry of Education is getting closer to making a decision on the future shape of ITE. Which way will it go and what impact will it have? asks JUDE BARBACK.


The End of All Things series is due to be released in a one-volume set this October, and we're looking for bloggers to join in on the celebration! Just fill in the form below if you'd like to participate.
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David Carson, a lawyer with special interests in developing practical approaches to the prevention of legal problems, and Ray Bull, a psychologist specialising in legal applications of psychology, have ensured that each chapter is relevant to, and easily readable by, both professions.
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Team presentations and team-run workshops help students develop teamwork skills through group research activities, and the entire class gets involved.
Presentations are a team (or a person) giving the results of completed work to a specific audience, usually followed by a Q & A session. This form helps students develop skills they will need for conferences and interviews.
Workshops are presentations that, along with a team (or a person) giving the results of completed work, also involve the audience in several short activities to demonstrate applications of the topic under discussion. Those activities might involve testing, trying, building, brainstorming, etc.
The advantage of workshops over simple presentations is that the audience is more involved. The disadvantage of workshops is that they usually take more time than plain presentations.
This workshop assignment presents a model as do the workshop rubrics and evaluation measures used by the audience to evaluate the team's effort. The instructor also completes the Workshop / Presentation Feedback Form—of course instructor feedback is usually more detailed than that provided by students.
The first method works well with larger classes. The second is for small classes.


Here at Kizi, we've got a great collection of free dot io games for you play. Dot io games are browser-based, real-time multiplayer games with simple graphics and competitive gameplay. You can connect to a room with one click of your mouse and challenge players from all over the world to a variety of games. You can play solo, or team up with other players to form strategic alliances. Since there are more than 100 different .io games available online, the options can be a little overwhelming. That's why we've made this .io games list featuring a selection of the best dot io games on offer.
The genre of .io games started with the success of the game Agario, which was created by the 19-year-old Brazilian developer Matheus Valadares. In this game, players control a cell floating around in a large Petri dish full of other cells. You can eat agar pellets or gobble up other players' cells to grow. You can also split your cell, either to evade or rush other players, or in order to feed an ally and launch an attack together. Agar.io inspired a whole series of other multiplayer games that use similar gameplay applied to other game genres. Early successors include, for instance, the multiplayer snake game Slitherio, and the chomp game Paperio.
In our list of dot io games, you'll find many more games spanning a variety of genres, such as tank shooter games, space shooter games, rpg-style adventures, ball games, and multiplayer snow fight games. Have fun with these easy-to-play, cross-platform browser games and enjoy the quick rounds of play and fierce competition. Make your way over to the battle arena and get ready to join the competition! We've got everything from the 2D Paper Snakes.io to the crazy 3D mayhem of Black Hole.io here at Kizi. Have fun playing!


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ISL Issued US Patent for New Image Recognition Technology!
ISL was recently issued US Patent US 9547884 "Image Registration Using A Modified Log Polar Transformation".
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This technology is able to transform uncalibrated full motion video (FMV) from a variety of low cost UAV sensors into fully geo-rectified data–thus greatly enhancing its utility. This new technology is the basis for a number of product offerings that provide unprecedented sensor data exploitation capabilities. One of the co-inventors is David Kirk, ISL Vice President and Principal Engineer. Mr. Kirk has been with ISL for over 18 years and is a key member of ISL's technical staff that is developing a broad range of signal and video exploitation technologies.
A system and method for registering a test image with a reference image requires decimation of both images to create corresponding image pyramids. A Log-Polar Transformation (LPT) is then applied to corresponding pixels from the same highest levels of the respective pyramids. Next, these pixels are manipulated to establish a Normalized Correlation Coefficient (NCC) for their respective correlations. Approximately the highest 10% of correlated pixels are then retained to identify related pixels in the next lower level of their respective pyramids. Again, LPT is applied to these related pixels and they, in turn, are manipulated to establish NCC correlations for identifying pixels to be retained. This process is successively accomplished for each lower level of the pyramid until the lowest levels (i.e. the test image and the reference image) are correlated and used for registration of the test image.
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RTEMES featured in the demo pavilion at NIWeek 2019!
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The Great Circle (2018)
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Commissioned by the New West Symphony in Honor of their Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
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Composer Jeff Beal
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1. Earth
3. Fire
5. (re)Birth
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I was given this commission by the New West Symphony in honor of their 25th anniversary. At the time, we decided on a piece which would address the cataclysmic natural events which had just effected Ventura County — the Thomas Fire, which was quickly followed by the Montecito mudslides of 2017/18. This theme of natural forces, in all of their destructive power, set against the human cost of these recent events felt like a compelling starting point. By the time I was completing the work in November of 2018, California had also faced many more natural disasters, including the Santa Rosa (Tubbs) & Mendocino Complex fires, the Camp Fire in Paradise, and again our our own backyard; the Woolsey Fire — which destroyed many homes in Ventura County, Malibu, and my home town of Agoura Hills.
It was clear the scope of the piece needed to broaden to address the larger themes, which had luckily been part of my thinking from the start. On its own terms, nature simply does what nature does — we are partners in a fragile dance with its rhythms of destruction and regeneration. In the case of southern California fires, their seeds lie in several conditions: an arid, dry western landscape, more frequent and longer periods of drought, and fierce high desert winds — these fuel the fire's destructive path. The resultant scorched landscape, followed by heavy rains, provide the perfect conditions for an avalanche of mud, dirt and rock.
Earth, Air, Fire, Water. These very elements, which can wield such destructive power, also bring about re(Birth) and enable the beautiful flowering we enjoy on Earth. It's no mystery to me these elements often find themselves at the center of religious and mythic traditions — they can be transformative, vehicles of change — a primal connection to the life giving powers of nature itself.
I recall evacuating our home with my family just a few weeks ago from the Woolsey Fire. We grabbed a few key valuables, said a prayer and drove far from the fire's destructive path. Fire has a way of refocusing us on the most sacred, irreplaceable: life itself, our loved ones, children, and our shared sense of community. This beautiful poem by Wendell Berry (which also inspired the title) seems to celebrate this sentiment of the preciousness life, and our delicate mandala of being which encircles it.
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Press release regarding the Slovenian Press Agency
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Today, the Government Communication Office (UKOM) sent the second draft of the contract to the Slovenian Press Agency that provides for the financing of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA), a public service, as defined by the Slovenian Press Agency Act. Numerous details were coordinated at yesterday's coordination meeting. Currently, there are two elements that have yet to be coordinated. In the Slovenian Press Agency Act, it is stated that all content created as part of a public service must be freely accessible to all under equal conditions. Irrespective of this legal provision, the STA's director Bojan Veselinović insists on continuing to sell certain services on the free market that are part of a public service and, in doing so, is in clear violation of the law, because those paying for the service would have different access to these services than those not paying for it.
It is UKOM's opinion that such disregard of the law is unacceptable, because this clearly constitutes discrimination of those without the means to afford these additional costs. The photography services have been highlighted as the most problematic, because the head of the STA expects this service to be paid for twice. First, it is paid for in full by the state, and then he would like to sell it on the market as well. In addition to the photography services, the radio services, the key elements of which (the audio statements) are only accessible to those who pay for it, are partially problematic, because the law clearly states that these services must be adapted to the radio medium as well (it is not permitted to publish only the text).
In that respect, we welcome the adaptations to services and the fulfilment of legal obligations in regards to publishing content in its entirety, in Slovenian as well as English, which, among other things, also covers minority issues. UKOM was the one who insisted on this news being freely available to everyone in accordance with the relevant Act.
In terms of charging for all the services provided for by the Act, UKOM addressed a request to the STA on 18 June 2021 for Mr Veselinović to provide a price list for its market services. The price list serves as the basis for the monthly statement of services. It was UKOM's expectations that he would provide this information immediately. Unfortunately, he did not, so UKOM reiterated the request for the information required on 7 July 2021, because it is not possible to draw up nor to conclude the contract without it. Mr Veselinović only provided this information on Friday, 9 July 2021. Why he required no less than three weeks and provided the information only after an additional request from UKOM is not known. In any case, this does not demonstrate a desire for the financing of the STA to be regulated as soon as possible.
Regardless of this complication, UKOM accepted three cost headings sent by the STA's director right away, namely the cost of photographs, the radio service and the publication of content in its entirety for national minorities and Slovenians living abroad. Unfortunately, UKOM was not able to accept the alleged cost estimate of the STA in preparing and publishing summaries in Slovenian and English in all other areas. It is entirely illogical that Mr Veselinović expects the state to pay the same amount for the summary as for the entire article. Therefore, we have called on the STA's director to provide realistic cost estimates for the two legally prescribed categories at market value and his own valuation in the past as well.
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Great night! The Ellaways Music Weekend Warriors program got underway last Tuesday, 5th August! at Elephant Studios at Geebung. Great reports coming back with 45 starters having a big night jamming and getting to know their coach and mentor Kerry Jacobson. It looks like a big gig coming up with 5 bands strutting their stuff.
Coach and mentor Kerry Jacobson (ex-Dragon and many others) and Chelsea and the crew from Ellaways are planning the Gig and venue and dates to be announced real soon. In the meantime its down to some serious rehearsal.


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In our collection of 29 types of eclairs with a unique design and taste. Every day we cook more than 350 eclairs and serve 15 different types of this classic dessert in the Vspyshka shop.
The eclair shop Vspyshka was opened in heart of Vladivostok in December 2015. Here you can buy unique eclairs, sweets and drink delicious italian coffee and special beverages.
Since then, more than 150,000 eclairs have been made. Our team has increased several times, but the quality remains at the same, excellent level!
Our chef patissier Aleksandr Donskov led more than 20 pastry workshops all over Russia and another countries.


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Xiaomi sales of more than 12 million devices in India
November 1, 2019 , Shreyas Tanna
Recently xiaomi claims to have sold over 12 million devices during the festive sales, which were in Diwali between September 28 and October 29, according to Economic Times. By seeing the latest facts and figures, xiaomi translates to a 40% growth over the last years in festive sales, and the festive season has always been the biggest shopping season for xiaomi. People work hard to celebrate it with all the MI fans. During the period, the company sold over 8.5 million smartphones with the other model, such as redmi Note 7 series being the best-selling series and the company of source over 600000 MI televisions during the period. The festive season has sold on expectation, and people have sold an industry with the most hardworking leaders and the staff of xiaomi. Now they are leading with 12 million-plus devices across all the platforms. If we compare the sales of xiaomi from the previous year, the company sold over 8.5 million devices. This marks the highest growth of the company in the festive season as the strategy adopted by xiaomi of pricing and marketing strategy as compared to the other companies it gives it a lot of scope of people to prefer for xiaomi over other brands. From the figure of 8.5 million devices to marketing 12 million devices the company has won a lot of growth in the Indian economy with like Apple and Samsung this company has been an underdog for ages and now people are preparing these smartphones over premium price smartphones as the quality and the strategy adopted by xiaomi is much better and attractive to people.
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The winner of the title Mr. Pune 2009, Mr. Shreyas Tanna is currently the young, dashing, and dynamic CEO of a market research company called ResearchNReports in Pune. Fondly known as RNR, the company specializes in market research as well as industry analysis, and is closely associated with its parent company Absolute Market Insights (AMI). Mr. Shreyas Tanna began his corporate journey as the Head of Corporate sales & PR at RED Entertainment while pursuing his degree for MMS (Marketing) from the MGM College of Management, Mumbai. After accomplishing the tedious task of balancing his work and education, he further polished his skills in Corporate Sales, Public Relations, Channel Development, Global Client Engagement, Strategic Consulting, and Brand Development by working with HDFC Life and Researchmoz Global Pvt. Ltd. His dedication towards his work has even won him accolades such as the National Level Performer 2013 – HDFC Life and Mr. Research Moz 2015. A disciplined individual with a loving heart, he is often seen taking crisp walks with an engrossed look and a gentle smile within the premises of his company to interact with the various departments. And he will be usually followed by an adorable trail of his beloved trio of Shih Tzu babies proudly known as Gucci, Drake, and Paris. The most enticing thing that you will notice about this content and proud pet parent is his infectious positivity and the firm belief in his eyes, a reflection of his favorite quote, "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!"


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Penhaligon's Perfumes Launches at Escentials KLCC
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With a history that has been deeply woven into the quilt of British perfumery, Penhaligon's embodies classic, theatrical and timeless fragrances. A barber by trade, founder William Penhaligon established the perfume house in the 1870s.
Experimenting with creating his own lotions, and alluring scents for his clients back at his barber, it wasn't long till his luxurious elixirs caught the attention of London's elite and the Royal Family. Having appointed William Penhaligon as Royal Barber and Perfumer to the Royal Court during Queen Victoria's reign, his perfumes have continued to impress over the century and are still as timeless and transcendent even in the modern perfumery era. Imbued with classic British heritage, it is one of the only brands to hold two prestigious Royal Warrants—granted by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1956 and The Prince of Wales in 1988.
His first creation drew inspiration from the Turkish Baths he previously was a resident barber at—named the Hammam Bouquet; it was exotic and alluring and immediately sparked a movement. From there, Penhaligon's continued to add to their fabulous closet of fragrances and cultivated a perfumery legacy like no other.
He explained that "our fragrant adventures begin in the Victorian era of decadence and carry us into the future as we strive to create original scents for the discerning eccentrics of today".
The Portraits Collection
Luxurious, regal and attributing to the evergreen English spirit, their Portraits collection is our highlight and is quite unique from the more traditional Penhaligon's fragrances. At first glance, you already notice the intricate and bold detailing of the hand polished animal heads adorned as the caps of the fragrance bottle—each animal embodying the spirit and notes of the perfume.
The exuberant family of scents houses ten different fragrances, all with quizzical names that add cheeky British charm to the character of the scents. Scroll through the entire collection below!
The Tragedy Of Lord George
Noble, masculine elegance intertwines as Lord George welcomes with a scent of shaving soap and warming rum.
Other noteworthy collections include the Penhaligon's British Tales and Trade Routes. Adored by many and serendipitously named The Favourite, this scent is mischievous, playful and daring and sits at the heart of the British Tales family. The majestic scent is a bouquet of iris and musk that then greets you with an inviting blanket of sandalwood.
For a more spicier affair, we turn to Cairo—a star of the Trade Routes collection. Encapsulating the essence of a sublime sun rise in the city of Cairo, it envelops you with a wave of warm saffron spice. Damascena rose and labdanum bloom join the fold, with sensual patchouli following soon after.
Intimate, intrinsic and everlasting, the Penhaligon's legacy will continue to stand the test of time. Whether you prefer more modern flairs or deep-rooted traditional scents, Penhaligon intertwines and honours the spirit of the perfume house that William Penhaligon established all those years ago.
For a more intimate introduction to Penhaligon, they will now be available at Escentials KLCC, where you'll be able to experience their entire collection first hand. Let its tantalising magic envelop you as you explore their full banquet of discerning notes and tales. If you already have a favourite, and would like the more convenient option, Penhaligon will also be available through the Escentials website as well.
If you'd like to shop Penhaligon's and learn more about their wondrous collection, click here! And for more visual inspiration, head over to their Instagram, here!
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