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View of Helsinki's historic center foreground, Uspenski Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe; upper left, the Esplanade, the capital's spacious promenade
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The other state church was the Orthodox Church of Finland. Although it had a much smaller membership than the Lutheran Church of Finland, only 56,000 in 1987, it enjoyed the same legal status and rights as the larger church. The state paid it the church tax it had collected from its parishioners, and the Orthodox Church kept parishioners' official demographic records. Although the state had some control over its activity, the Orthodox Church was largely independent. It also was a distinctly Finnish church, for although it rites and practices were Slavic, in accordance with Orthodox doctrine, it had been using the Finnish language in its services since the second half of the nineteenth century. After Finland became independent, the Orthodox Church of Finland broke with the Russian Orthodox Church, and after 1923, it belonged to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the leader of which was its nominal head.
Before World War II, most members of the Orthodox Church lived in the province of Karelia. After much of the province was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944, most Finns living in the annexed areas fled westward. Some 70 percent of the members of the Orthodox Church were therefore dispersed throughout Finland, and many settled in regions where before there had been only Lutherans. By the 1980s, there were twenty-five parishes in the country. In 1980 a third diocese was created in northern Finland to minister better to Orthodox Christians living in that region and to make the Orthodox Church eligible to become fully autonomous, or in Orthodox terminology, autocephalous.
The highest official of the Finnish church was the archbishop of the diocese of Karelia, with its seat at Kuopio. Two other bishops, or metropolitans, headed the other two dioceses, those of Helsinki and Oulu. The church's highest governing body was the Church Assembly, which met every third year unless more frequent meetings were necessary. It consisted of thirty-four voting members, seventeen of whom were laymen. Routine administration was managed by the Church Council. The Bishops' Synod approved the doctrinal decisions of the assembly. Local administrative practices were democratized, and mirrored the power and influence of the laity seen in the Lutheran Church.


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Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer reads 170°F (77°C).
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Two Handed Norman Sword
The Two-handed Norman Sword, Known for its crucifix form, is the quintessential medieval sword. Presented in the Bayeux Tapestry: an embroidery that depicts the Norman Conquest, the Norman Sword, classified as type XI with elements of type XIIa, is elegant in its simplicity. The Normans (also called Northmen or Norsemen) were the descendants of the Scandinavian Vikings who raided the European coastal settlements at the outset of the 8th century. Under the leadership of Rollo, a Viking raider, the Norsemen established control over an area of what would one day be known as France. Their control over this area was so absolute that they were granted ownership by Frankish King Charles III, called Charles the Simple, in 911 CE. The Scandinavian Vikings who raided the European coastal settlements at the outset of the 8th century had become not only landed immigrants but title-holding nobility.
Working on the Two-Handed Norman Sword was a Challenging endeavor. Given the historical significance and popularity of Norman swords, we opted to recreate a Two-handed version of the traditional single handed Norman swords depicted in the Bayeux tapestry. The Guard, being very symbolic, served not only as a cross for praying prior to battles and ceremonies but also as a counter block in combat. The Guard, individually crafted from mild steel and finely shaped with smooth octagonal lines, is further accentuated by the decorated leather wrapped Oak handle. The two-handed Norman sword is not only one of our best sellers, but it is also one of the top "Staff picks" in our collection. Handcrafted and properly engineered for durability in combat, the Two-Handed Norman sword, is a very solid, responsive, and perfectly balanced weapon. The blade, hand forged with 5160 High Carbon Steel, is skillfully Dual Hardened for precise cutting while remaining flexible for enduring combat. In a nutshell, the Two-handed Norman Sword is a finely crafted sword that is built to last!
Blade: 5160 High Carbon Steel.
Dual Tempered HRc 60 48-50 at the core
Total length: 45.5″
Blade length: 35.5″
Blade Width : 2″
Blade Thickness: 2.02mm
Weight: 3lbs 2 oz
POB: 6.5″
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Wannabe or Lost Native American Indian?
My heritage is as follows - my great grandmother was full blood Cherokee ( Tsalagi ), and down to my mother they are all on the roles in Tahlequah. I was raised not knowing any of this until I was 48 when my mother gave me the paperwork to apply for membership into the Cherokee Nation. "Wannabe" - Is it my fault that I was ignorant of my heratige?
I grew up in western Oklahoma hunting with a bow by choice, respecting my elders and the animals I hunted for food. I gave thanks to the Great Sprit (GOD) for what I was given. I raised my children to respect their mother earth and all who live upon her be it man or animal. I thought my sons to only take an animal for food and not for sport. All this I did being ignorant of my heritage.
I do not make anything, I do not sell anything, nor do I try to pass myself off as an Indian but I am proud to be even part Indian. For they are the true first American's and have suffered the most for this country. The white history tells stories of how hard it was for them in the early days, the blacks have their stories of salvery, and even the asians have their stories. But if your not an Indian you don't have much to complain about.
My questions is: Am I a wannabe "injun" ( oooo hate that word ) or a lost Native American Indian who has a desire to learn more about why he believes the way he believes naturally. Is it a question of blood only or a complex question of how one my believe and live his life?
I hope I did not upset anyone with my comments but I is a real puzzle to me why the only thing most can agree on is to disagree.
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3 Stocks that Are Fool's Gold
By Brian Feroldi, Selena Maranjian, and Dan CaplingerFool.com
Investing in stocks is one of the best ways to build wealth over time, as the returns that are available from the market's best high-growth companies are simply extraordinary. If you can find and invest in the next great growth stock, it's possible to become a millionaire from a modest initial investment.
While there are plenty of great growth companies to choose from, they are not all created equally, and many of them are destined to to disapoint their long-term investors. We asked a group of Motley Fool contributors to each give us a stock idea that could become a huge winner, but more than likely simply won't work out. Read below to understand why our contributors think that Fitbit , MannKind Corporation , and Blue Buffalo Pet Products are stocks you should probably avoid.
Selena Maranjian:Shares of Fitbitmay certainly seem as if they will make you a millionaire. They debuted on the market only in June via their initial public offering (IPO) and within a month surged more than 50% above their opening price. The company's narrative is compelling, too, as it sells wearable fitness technology to a market that is embracing fitness and wearable technology. Those inspiring numbers are only part of the story, however.
For starters, IPOs generally don't make the best investments in their first few years. Business professor Jay Ritter studied thousands of IPOs from 1970 to 2010 and found that, "IPOs have underperformed other firms of the same size (market cap) by an average of 3.3% per year during the five years after issuing, not including the first-day return" (as of December 31, 2011).
It's not crazy to buy shares of Fitbit. Unlike many young companies, it's actually profitable, with sales growing briskly, and it now has a lot of cash with which to further its growth. But it's already sporting a market value that tops $9 billion, and its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is rather lofty, near 100.
Instead of making you a millionaire, the shares may fall back to a more reasonable level, or they may grow some more. It's possible that the company will be bought out by a bigger enterprise interested in adding Fitbit's wearable health technology to its offerings. That would likely give the stock a pop in price, but after that, shareholders may just enjoy the slower growth of the acquirer. Another scenario is that Fitbit's offerings will be eclipsed by other companies' offerings, such as the Apple Watch or smartphones that track fitness activity. Think, after all, ofGarmin's revolutionary GPS products, which are now suffering as more people use their smartphones for navigation.
: Biotech company's with game-changing medications are certainly capable of producing extraordinary returns, and many millionaires have been made on the backs of industry giants like Gilead Sciences or Celgene. Some investors think that MannKindcould be the next great biotech stock as the company recently launched Afrezza, an inhaled insulin used to treat diabetes. Afrezza offers many compelling advantages over traditional insulins that have to be injected and the company may be able to use its proprietary technology to create other inhaled drugs as well. If the company can ramp up sales of Afrezza and successfully commercialize other drugs in the future, it certainly may have millionaire maker potential.
However, I think there are lots of reason to be cautious with MannKind's stock. During its first few weeks on the market, Afrezza only rang up a meager $1.1 million in sales. The company offered plenty of reasons why sales were so modest and is working actively to address them, but seeing sales volume so low was quite deflating to investors.
Pfizer attempted to launch an inhaled insulin 9 years ago, which failed miserably, and sales for the drug were so disappointing that Pfizer pulled it from market after less than a year. While I think Afrezza has several advantages over Exubera, it too could be a market dud if physicians and patients show that they just aren't ready for an inhaled insulin.
MannKind's stock has put investors on a roller-coaster ride for years, and has been a massive loser thus far, down more than 65% since coming public. While its still possible for MannKind to become a huge winner, on a risk-adjusted basis I think there are plenty of better stocks to own with less risk and more upside. Investors could still win big with MannKind's stock, but I'd advise looking for better opportunities elsewhere.
Dan Caplinger: I have pets, so I understand the bullish argument forBlue Buffalo Pet Products. The newly public healthy pet-food specialist made its IPO debut in mid-July, offering shares at $20 and seeing them soar by more than 35% on their first day of trading. The company's supporters believe that by tapping into the premium pet-food market by building up its emphasis on natural ingredients, Blue Buffalo has found a potential gold mine of profits. Already, it nearly tripled its sales between 2011 and 2014 and almost quadrupled its net income over that period.
Nevertheless, the question for investors at this point is whether Blue Buffalo can justify its new price on the open market. A stock between $25 and $30 might not look expensive, but with earnings of just $0.52 per share in 2014, Blue Buffalo fetches an earnings multiple in excess of 50 based on recent share price.
If sales and profits continue to grow at their past pace, then Blue Buffalo could grow into a pricey multiple. Yet the company faces legal challenges concerning its advertising, and although it blames a supplier for having sent ingredients with byproducts that weren't indicated on its labels, Blue Buffalo still faces potential backlash if its customers don't remain loyal to the brand. That's a risk that Blue Buffalo investors should think twice about before taking.
The article 3 Stocks that Are Fool's Gold originally appeared on Fool.com.
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Best Tech of 2022
Sony's New CEO Sees a Tough Road Ahead
Kazuo Hirai, who takes over as President and CEO of Sony Corp. in April, believes the company needs to set aside previous tradition and focus on the new "user experience" in order to succeed.
As reported earlier this week, Sony's current Executive Deputy President and Chairman of its Computer Entertainment (SCE) arm, 51-year-old Kazuo Hirai, will serve as President and CEO of Sony Corporation starting April 1. He now admits that taking the reigns of Sony is a much tougher, bigger challenge than when he took the reigns of SCE back in 2006.
"I thought turning around the PlayStation business was going to be the toughest challenge of my career, but I guess not," he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. "It's one issue after another. I feel like 'Holy s—, now what?'"
He said the company will be in serious trouble if it doesn't make adjustments, if it doesn't set aside past successes in manufacturing and focus on the user experience itself. That means shaking up the corporate structure which he blames as the reason behind the lack of product innovation and for keeping with prior tradition. That also means cutting costs like he did with the PlayStation business four years after Sony reported a horrid multi-billion loss.
"Sony cannot continue walking on the same path," Hirai said on Thursday. "Sony needs to find new business areas, such as medical. We also need to select and narrow our business portfolio." He added that the key questions for hardware in production at Sony should be "What can you do with the product? What are your services? What kind of content do you have?"
"It's not just about the hardware product, it's about the user experience," he said.
Hirai joined the company back in 1984 by signing on with Sony Music. In 1995, he was assigned to run SCE America (or SCEA) where he played a vital role in the original PlayStation console's success. Then in 2006 he replaced Ken Kutaragi as SCE President with orders to restore profits after Kutaragi revealed that the PlayStation 3 would lose more than $2 billion in its first year.
One of the changes Hirai plans to make will be the way Sony itself develops products. Previously different business groups mapped out products independently -- a method Hirai said lead to a bloated and disjointed portfolio. "We're going to tell you what you are going to make—not the other way around," Hirai said. "This is a complete sea change."
On Thursday Sony said it expects to make a loss of $2.9 billion in the year ending March 31. That's more than double its previous estimate. Yet Sony shares rose as much as 8.9-percent in Tokyo trading, the biggest daily gain since 2009.
To read the full interview, head here.
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alidan
damn... i can see why there wont be a ps4 if that rumor was even true to begin with... they if they put something out, it would need to make profit, and that kind of a console wouldn't much more powerful than the ps3...
i can now see them seriously sticking to a 10 year plan now.
o and how about this for a focus...
pc monitors and small tvs, all made in oled
the monitors would be 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 they would be 24in and 30in respectively. and sell them at break even prices, as in they cover operation costs, and all that crap, but dont add to the profit.
make them high quality, and become known for having the (pronounced theeeee) monitor to have... you than take the success from those, and introduce a new model, better picture and such, but marked up a bit for profit, and more the same manufacturing process over to the 40in+ line of tv.
gain a reputation for immaculate hardware now, because most people who got a big tv when they got cheap (50in for less than 1500$) are now looking into getting a new one, and you will have a built in user base ready to buy.
hard to say where you go from there though.
TheFoxyBox
alidandamn... i can see why there wont be a ps4 if that rumor was even true to begin with... they if they put something out, it would need to make profit, and that kind of a console wouldn't much more powerful than the ps3...i can now see them seriously sticking to a 10 year plan now.
Of course there will be a PS4 and what's all this shenanigans about it only being profitable with limited hardware? If I'm not mistaken putting Blu-Ray in the PS3 is what made Sony lose a money since it was fairly new and expensive. Now look you can getting a GPU that's way better than one when the PS3 was released for the same cost. So of course the PS4 will be a lot more powerful than PS3 and still make Sony money.
Now I really like that Sony is making this move and I'm interested to see what comes from them in the future.
applegetsmelaid
Sir Howard Stringer has some big shoes to fill.... Kaz just doesn't seem to have that CEO persona.
pedro_mann
"It's one issue after another. I feel like 'Holy s—, now what?'"
I have a little bit more respect for the new CEO after reading this quote. Makes me feel like he is more of a real person than a stuffy big wig corporate type. We'll see. As for Sony, they have a very good brand image, so that will help with their situation, if execution can be streamlined. Unfortunately, this looks like layoffs in order to reduce redundancy, etc.
shloader
It wasn't just the Blu-Ray drive but the Cell processor that went with it along with the RamBus licensed tech. It all combined to make the unit too damn expensive. Certainly not knocking Blu-Ray as it seems necessary with some games now (like any title that's cross-platform but multi-disc on 360) but looking back they could have pushed a design out two years earlier with more conventional hardware... possibly. The Wii has proven you don't need the ultimate in latest tech, but staying power comes from avoiding being a gimmick.
choujij
I guess spending tens of thousands of dollars in lawyer fees trying to sue the pants off of a couple of teenagers, wasn't the best way for the company to earn profit after all.
robochump
How times change. No wonder Apple decided not to buy Sony. PS3 was a disaster which is very sad since it is one of the only innovative products to come out of Sony for some time.
SmileyTPB1
It's been pretty obvious for years that Sony has lost sight of what the consumer wants. I wonder why it wasn't obvious to Sony.
The PS3 blunders alone were very obvious. They were that last one out by a year, they most expensive console on the market and the hardware cost so much they were still loosing their ass on every unit.
At least he doesn't blame piracy for Sony's problems.
p05esto
Sony made a dire mistake of going after the hacker community. They didn't realize how closely aligned the "hackers" are with gamers and tech users in general. Most knowledgable computer users and hard core gamers also consider themselves hackers to some extent. Hacking isn't illegal, it isn't a bad thing most of the time, hacking is tinkering, changing, exploring and creatively making things better. Sony shot itself in the foot by going after the hackers, shooting one of them was like shooting their entire audience. Idiots.
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Started 2017. We are developing a peer-to-peer resource for people living with dementia who find that their sense of taste and/or smell is changing. This work is supported with funding from the Life Changes Trust. The Trust is funded by the Big Lottery.
Started 2017. Money Owls is a project about increasing older people's confidence to deal with their own money matters. We want to do this by building a team of volunteers to raise awareness amongst older people around money and money issues. Older people have told us they would like better and clearer information about money, managing money and where to get help and advice.
Started 2015. A pilot project to help people in care homes have more fun and get more exercise through belly dancing. Being physically active is a challenge for many people as they get older. People who live in care homes face even higher risks of falls and significant health problems and even fewer connections with their communities as a result.
Started 2015. This project develops peer support for people with dementia and for carers, with a focus on aspects of food and keeping well. This work is supported with funding from the Life Changes Trust. The Trust is funded by the Big Lottery.


The airport is located 14 km from downtown Joinville.
Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) currently has only 1 runway.
The closest airport to Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) is Navegantes Airport (NVT), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SSE of JOI.
Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport handled 423,114 passengers last year.
The furthest airport from Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is nearly antipodal to Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (meaning Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kitadaito Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,982 kilometers) away in Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Because of Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
In addition to being known as "Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport", another name for JOI is "Aeroporto de Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola".


My name is Kasia, I have two children from my previous marriage. Emanuel was 17 and Gabriela was 15 at the time. I got married to Robert in 2008. Everything looked, from the outside looking in, like a normal and healthy family and a regular marriage. When I delivered Zuzanka in November of 2010, we were so happy to have a beautiful and healthy child. As she grew older, I had to go back to work to support my family. So, we found a babysitter who would babysit when I had to go to work. Otherwise, my daughter or my son would babysit. As the days passed, Robert decided to bring his 74 year old father from Poland to the States in 2013. He needed a lot of care and I tried to balance all of my duties with him and the house but also be a happy mom. After a while, Robert started to not let me talk to my parents and my siblings because of some previous fights between us and them. So they did not have a chance to properly meet Zuzanka.
It got to the point where we couldn't maintain a normal conversation without arguing. I started to reach out and complain to friends and customers, but everyone told me it'd be okay. But they didn't know him like I did, and they never saw this aggressive and possessive side of him. I decided it was time to tell him we needed to separate. He agreed to the idea and simply told me that if he was leaving, so was she. I took this comment as him implying that he was taking full custody.
After two hours of waiting, they showed up and told me that the paramedics took Zuzanna out of the house and told my sister to follow them to Edwards hospital. So we rushed there.
I started shaking and crying, punching the walls, walking in circles, kneeling up and down. My body was trembling with shock and my voice had abandoned me.
I was furious and crying. I started walking back and forth again and shaking uncontrollably. My mind was racing and I felt helpless, broken, disheartened and crazed.
After a while, I noticed my father and mother were there too.
He got there like 30 minutes later.
In the mean time, the priest arrived there too. I thought to myself angrily that he got to see Zuzanka but I wasn't able to.
It was hard to cope with and process what had happened. One plus one was not equaling two. It all felt very surreal.
Next thing I knew, I was going to a police department in Woodridge. They all started apologizing and asking a bunch of questions.
My father in law was there too, I asked officers to get ahold of his family and have them get him. My mind was racing, I wasn't allowed to go back home because no one would let me in. Police said it was taped off and closed for their investigation.
After like 3 hours of questioning, I was allowed to leave. I went to my parents' home, and everyone was waiting there for me. I found out that the police had questioned my kids and my whole family. No one had told them that Zuzanka was dead. I was exhausted and felt really helpless telling them what I had learned at the hospital. We all hugged and cried. It was unbelievable.
Out of sheer exhaustion, we collapsed on mattresses.
The next morning, Emanuel got ahold of the DuPage County Health Department and took me there to see a counselor.
At the same time, Emanuel agreed to go on channel 2 and 7 to give an interview.
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I am so sad for your loss and for anyone suffering as you have and no doubt always will.
This is Stephen. I met you this morning at Sugar Hair Salon. As I said then I won't be able to attend but please donate my ticket to someone with a kind heart and a need to be there with you. I would say that if I am able I would swing by late but we both know that is only a wish to be there. Much love to you and your family, I know this first event will be a success as will future events.


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As Golden Leaf Education Foundation nears its auction gala this Saturday, July 30, 2011, we reflect a year back when building a school was just a dream.
Thank you to GLEF's generous donors and volunteers. Without you, we would not be here, and the children and faculty of the Âng School would continue to endure a very worn, wooden building that is full of holes. Their school would continue to flood during monsoon seasons. With you, this new school building will have five furnished classrooms, two brand new, brick out-house type bathrooms and will much better sustain monsoons!


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LUXURY NOW / HAUT DE GAMME / THE RON MUECK METHOD FOR HYPER-REALISTIC SCULPTURES REVEALED
Reclusive artist Ron Mueck is exhibiting his latest work in a new exhibition of his startlingly lifelike sculptures of human figures on an unusual scale. We look up close at the hyper-realistic detail through an insightful 2003 documentary.
In the vast glass cube that is the main gallery space at Paris' Fondation Cartier, a giant elderly couple lie half-dressed underneath a parasol, the sweat on their brows seemingly about to drip onto the polished concrete floors. Nearby, a miniature woman carrying miniature Sainsbury's bags looks so tired you think she might fall over, while another small-scale couple stand close together with protective expressions that suggest they might spring to life if you come too close. Although sculpted in varying scales, the lifelike quality of these figures is startling and was evidently achieved through painstaking work. Indeed, this is the latest work of Ron Mueck, which has been three years in the making, and is being exhibited alongside an additional six of his recent sculptures.
Famously reclusive, the Australia-born, London-based Mueck is not only revealing new work in this exhibition, he also provides a glimpse into his working process. Though he didn't allow himself to be interviewed, Mueck did invite his friend and colleague Gautier Deblonde to film him working on his new sculptures in his small London studio. Made over two years, and detailing the sculptural process from the first clay maquettes that Mueck moulds by hand to applying eyelashes to the finished casts, the film captures the Mueck method in its entirety.
"What struck me was how quickly they come alive," Deblonde says of what he witnessed. "The first part is the clay, and this is almost like the negative of his work: all the details you need to have a human body alive. That's the first half of the film, and he's very slow – because he knows when he gets that right, then the sculpture will be good."
As the photographs that accompany our showcase of Mueck's new work attest, his method continues right up until they arrive in the gallery, where he will make finishing touches to the skin colour to account for the new lighting. Mueck's secret is out in this lesson in how to achieve new levels (and scale) of hyperrealism.
Ron Mueck at Fondation Cartier
Until September 29
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RON MUECK QUOTES:
"People are going to respond in a different way to a figurative sculpture than they would to something abstract. There might be a certain degree of identification or empathy. They might go with that impulse, or resist it and remain objective or analytical...or have an entirely different reaction...regardless of what anyone thinks they're 'supposed to experience'. I think that is as it should be."
"Sometimes I use a reference (photos, occasionally a friend or model), sometimes my imagination. I always use a mirror. The pieces evolve. I might see something that gets the ball rolling—an image, a scene in the street, a suggestive pose. I might start with a space and wonder what could work within it. But those are just the starting points that a piece will develop from."
"I certainly haven't worked out histories for them. I guess I get trapped in their moments with them. Sometimes, if I haven't seen them for a while, it's like seeing a relative you've been out of touch with—except they haven't gotten any older!"
"I never made life-size figures because it never seemed to be interesting. We meet life-size people every day."
The Making of Ron Mueck's Sculpture
Charlie Clarke, who has accompanied Ron Mueck for many years in the production of a number of his works, reveals some of the stages in the conception and production of the sculptures.
What changes now is that Mueck must sculpt the exact form he intends to cast, i.e. without the clothes, hair, or props that will be added later. A figure that will eventually be fully clothed and with a full head of hair might look rather ghostly at this stage, but Ron Mueck can see beyond this, sculpting the form that will be apparent from within a T-shirt or trousers, even if in the final work only flesh on display needs to be fully detailed down to the pores and wrinkles. Even at this stage there is room for adjustment. Fully detailed limbs may need to be sacrificed and remade.
Freed from the mold comes a hairless, eyeless, unclothed object that will require weeks or months of nurturing to become whole. Whether naked and requiring endless body hairs, each to be cut, sanded, painted, and inserted with the correct pattern and fall, or with clothes that must be made from cloth sourced to have the correct weight, weave, texture, and pattern for the scale, the work goes on and on. Eyeballs must be made; irises painted with the care of miniature portraits and encased within Perspex spheres. Shoes are sculpted so their character replicates tired hardened leather, worn softened canvas, or perished rubber. Wristwatches and sunglasses are conjured, and tarnished wedding rings dig into indentations made in the clay fingers weeks before.


Local farmers wanting to learn more about regenerative agriculture will have the opportunity to learn from one of America's most influential farmers Joel Salatin later this month.
Regenerative agriculture is designed to build or regenerate soil health through maintaining soil organic matter, minimum tillage, crop rotation, cover crops, green manures, composting, mulching and biodiversity.
Natural Resources Kangaroo Island (NRKI) Sustainable Production manager, Grant Flanagan, said Joel Salatin is a farmer, author and lecturer who draws on experiences from his family-owned, multigenerational, pasture-based "Polyface" farm.
Mr Salatin will be visiting KI on February 27 and 28 and will present on succession planning, direct marketing as well as regenerative farming.
The Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board invites local farmers to join Joel Salatin on a farm tour to learn about regenerative agriculture, and to hear from local farmers who are successfully implementing this system.
The presentation is supported by Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board through funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Programme. To register contact the Natural Resource Centre on 8553 4440 or email grant.flanagan@sa.gov.au.


WARSAW – Posting its best nine-hole round of the season, the Warsaw Tigers were able to slip past Fort Wayne Carroll by five strokes.
Softball results for Wednesday, April 24.
NAPPANEE – Warsaw claimed a pair of NLC girls track wins while NorthWood fended off Wawasee in the triangular Tuesday night.
NAPPANEE – A quick start and a lot of Alec Holcomb strikeouts lifted NorthWood to a 10-2 win over Warsaw Monday afternoon.


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The latest episode of Brothers Conflict turns tension into jealousy as Chi's presence in the Asahina household is definitely having an impact on all the brothers.
This anime is actually moving a bit faster than I'd anticipated. I hadn't expected jealousy to begin building between the brothers for at least a few more episodes. What I was expecting was for each of the brothers to quietly confess feelings for Chi in private and then, maybe in the last four episodes or so, for the building tension to explode in jealousy and conflict. But there have already been confrontations between two sets of brothers (Azusa and Tsubaki, and Natsume and Subaru), which is a lot more than I was expecting at this point.
Even though the pacing in that respect is quicker than I anticipated, I have to say the pacing with everything else is still at a good level. More and more about the siblings is gradually introduced: hints at why Natsume and Subaru have such a strained relationship (hopefully we learn specifics on that later), the relationship between the twins, the feelings of the older brothers like Masaomi and Ukyo, and things about the brothers' childhood years. While some of the brothers still don't really have a ton of characterization yet (Masaomi, Kaname, Hikaru, Iori), we are learning more things about them steadily (except for maybe Kaname, whose characterization so far is "I'm a monk who really wants my little sister").
While I understand that Chi doesn't want to shake things up with her new family for various reasons (continuing harmony, the fact that she finally has a family that she didn't have before, etc.), it's getting to a point where she's going to have to start standing up for herself a bit. Constantly letting various brothers make moves on her and never saying anything about it, either to them or to other siblings, definitely won't lead to a happy ending. Tsubaki seems to be under the impression that Chi belongs to him, and Subaru likely thinks the same thing, as well. Azusa has confessed having feelings for her, Kaname is constantly saying intimate things to her, Natsume seems to be enamored with her even if he won't say so out loud…soon, her attempts at maintaining harmony are going to backfire and harmony will be completely trampled by jealousy and conflict.
I couldn't agree better with you about Chi, it is getting to a point where the more she tries to reduce/avoid "conflicts" and misunderstanding, the more embroiled she becomes in all of these. I think that in the novels Chi is a bit more assertive (it's been a while since I last read them). I wish that Chi would confine in one of the brothers but I think that she has always being used to carrying her worries and troubles on her own and dealing with them too. With this been said, it may take awhile for to even reach it to one of the brothers for help because at the moment Chi just wants to be the one that solves all these plethora of problems herself.


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FCC Proposal Tucks Head Up Butt and Kisses Your Net Neutrality Goodbye
Warner Crocker
Capitulation. Surrender. Submission. Pick your synonym for cowardly action and pin it on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Today came word that new draft Open Internet Rules will be submitted for review and a vote by the FCC commissioners. Coming after its last feeble and ill conceived attempt was shot down unceremoniously in Federal Court several months ago, the FCC has turned tail, battened down the hatches, and is seeking refuge in places the sun never shines. Cutting to the chase, the essence of the new rules proposal will allow for certain companies to purchase preferential broadband or "fast lane" access to customers. In other words, if you are flush enough to pay the piper, you can have a broader pipe. Say goodbye to Net Neutrality in any shape or form if these new rules pass.
The new rules proposal draft was reported today by the Wall St. Journal. Understand that nothing has been voted on yet as the proposal will be distributed to the FCC commissioners on Thursday prior to discussion and a vote. That said, what the WSJ is reporting about the draft proposal is that it contains language highly skewed towards big Internet interests rather than the consumer.
According to the Wall St. Journal:
The proposed rules would prevent the service providers from blocking or discriminating against specific websites, but would allow broadband providers to give some traffic preferential treatment, so long as such arrangements are available on "commercially reasonable" terms for all interested content companies. Whether the terms are commercially reasonable would be decided by the FCC on a case-by-case basis.
This breaks down to several key points that relate to your continued use of the Internet.
If an ISP like Comcast or AT&T can indeed exact payment from large providers like Netflix for better flow through that ISP to your home, it will mean that smaller and perhaps newer companies, wishing to have that same treatment, will be at a disadvantage. In the end that decreases the potential for competition.
This type of Internet toll payment will eventually filter down to consumers in the form of higher costs. Strike that. It's actually a richer irony than that.
Currently you pay for your broadband connections over which you receive all sorts of Internet services. Some are free. Some you pay for, like Netflix. Remember you already pay your ISP to receive a service you pay Netflix for. So, Netflix decides it has to pay the ISPs for preferred service to keep you happy. Netflix has to cover the costs of those payments. To do so it raises its subscription rates for consumers. Oh, wait, that just happened, didn't it? If these rules are voted on as presented, there is your preamble.
Some are describing these proposed FCC rules changes as creating a "fast lane" for broadband hungry services like video streaming. Consumers who want to be in that "fast lane," will certainly see a higher cost for packages that deliver that service. And that will be on top of the rate that the high bandwidth content providers already pay. Double-dipping has never sounded so good.
Read: Mobile Broadband Connectivity Expectations or Why Broadband Should be a Public Utility
For political reasons the FCC does not wish to pull the trigger on defining the delivery of broadband as a public utility. There is fear of doing so, because those arrayed against such a move can buy the klout they need in Washington DC where money talks and voters get left out of the bargain. Those who don't see the Internet as essential enough to be declared a public utility not only miss the point, but are denying the history of business, commerce, and the politics of money. Which is what this battle is all about.
The FCC's new draft rules proposal is a 180 degree flip from its previous positions on these issues. In January FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler expressed dismay when a US Appeals Court struck down the Open Internet Order on the grounds that the FCC did not have the standing to regulate this type of commerce. (It would have if the Internet was a public utility.) Verizon had contested the order on first amendment free speech claims. Wheeler's statement is below:
"I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment. We will consider all available options, including those for appeal, to ensure that these networks on which the Internet depends continue to provide a free and open platform for innovation and expression, and operate in the interest of all Americans."
The FCC's political timidity led to a lousy defense and the lousy ruling. This follow up to that court loss is akin to a basketball team deciding not to shoot the ball anymore after having bad shots constantly blocked by its opponent. Apparently some sort of new backbone has developed that led to this spineless decision to essentially cast the FCCs lot with more moneyed interests.
Here's another Wheeler quote after AT&T's Sponsored Data initiative was made public in January 2014.
"My attitude is: let's take a look at what this is, let's take a look at how it operates. And be sure be sure that if it interferes with the operation of the Internet; that if it develops into an anticompetitive practice; that if it does have some kind of preferential treatment given somewhere, then that is cause for us to intervene."
All is not lost yet as the FCC still has to debate and then vote on these new rule changes. A vote is scheduled for May 15. Typically there is public comment allowed prior to that vote. That said, the four FCC commissioners are split along political lines (two vs two for those keeping score), with Wheeler being the deciding vote.
The bottom line is this. You'll eventually be paying more for the Internet content you currently enjoy. Save your pennies to pay the piper. So the piper in turn can turn those pennies into lobbying fees to help extract more.
UPDATE: Responding to a furor that erupted on the Internet today over the reports chronicled in this post the FCC has issued the following statement:
"There are reports that the FCC is gutting the Open Internet rule. They are flat out wrong. Tomorrow we will circulate to the Commission a new Open Internet proposal that will restore the concepts of net neutrality consistent with the court's ruling in January. There is no 'turnaround in policy.' The same rules will apply to all Internet content. As with the original Open Internet rules, and consistent with the court's decision, behavior that harms consumers or competition will not be permitted."
Tomorrow should be an interesting day.
Related Topics:Broadband Fast LaneComcastFCCNet NeutralityNetFlixOpen Internet RulesTom Wheeler
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Alliances and Discord Channels
Looking for non anime alliance
xSQUIDWILLISx
I know this is a weird request but I'm a long time fan of the PSO franchise I'm just not an anime fan so I'm looking for other players in my age range that aren't obsessed with anime. I'm 29, I'm laid back, and easy to talk to.
By the way if you like anime that's totally cool I'm not mad at you I used to watch Dragonball Z when I was a kid I just kind of grew out of it, not really my thing anymore. PSO is way better when you have a close group of friends to play with so hit me up if you're looking for more players.
Nyles Locke
What ship do you play on friend?
@Nyles-Locke I'm on ship 1, I just started playing though so I could easily switch.
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Well if you want, our family known as Midnight Lotus are always looking for people to join us and we play on ship 1. Granted I should say that a lot of us do like anime enough to warrant its own channel on our discord. At the same time, however, it's never talked about in game aside from a few magical girl jokes, since a bunch of us use qunas outfit, and Is rarely discussed on the discord channel dedicated to it. If this turns you off from us though, then don't worry. I just wanted to let you know ahead of time and not hide anything from you.
@Nyles-Locke What's the age range of your group? Honestly I'm not a big hater or anything people like what they like. I just want to be able to understand the references lol I'm also looking for a group that uses voice chat.
I know there's quite a few of us that are in our late 20's, me included, and some in their early 30's but I'm not sure on most of the members I'm afraid. As for voice chats, we usually stay up at night doing calls on discord. However, we recently merged with an alliance that did a lot of calls over Xbox and still do from time to time if that's more your preference.
Blackjack Andy
@xSQUIDWILLISx my bro and I are looking to grow our alliance GT Blackjack Andy & Night Eagle037 we're in our early 30s and really chill. The alliance is really for the perks line stat boost we're aren't about that crazy change your name and you have to be active and stuff. If you're interested we'd like to have you join in.
Yeah sure, if you guys want add me on discord: Squidwillis#6965 just looking for a non anime centered group of people to play with hopefully old people like me haha late 20s +


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Welcome to UCC Flag Football. We're based at the Mardyke Sports Grounds, Synthetic Pitch. We welcome beginners through to advanced.
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Flag Football has become increasingly popular and fast growing over the last few years. Flag Football is a non-contact variation of American football, played with 5 players on each team and replacing the tackle with the removal of a flag, similar to tag rugby. Both male and female members are encouraged to join, and no prior experience of any form is necessary as we will teach all the basics.
The club takes part in the much-expanded Emerald bowl competition, which includes teams from all over Ireland and runs from September to December. The club will also compete in many intervarsity and charity tournaments across the academic year. In recent years we have added a second team to compete in the Glas Bowl conference which is the second division of Irish Flag Football. We have enjoyed much success in these tournaments, and we are looking to build on that this year with a dedicated team.
Members who do not wish to play in competitive games are equally welcome to those who are looking to compete for a national title this year. If you are interested in being the Irish Tom Brady or Antonio Brown, please feel free to contact us by email or on any of our social media pages listed below and we would be more than happy to provide any further information on the club or answer any queries that you may have.
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BREAKING: NLC to begin indefinite warning strike over minimum wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the starting of an indefinite warning strike to press the Buhari administration to adopt a new minimum wage for workers.
The strike will start Wednesday morning.
Its sister labour group, the Trade Union Congress, had earlier on Tuesday announced it would begin strike from the early hours of Thursday, following the federal government's failure to honour its ultimatum on the new minimum wage.
Both unions had earlier said the organised labour's demand to reconvene a tripartite committee on the national minimum wage for workers was not met, and that the leaders have cautioned the federal government against foot-dragging on the new minimum wage.
Last Thursday, the NLC resolved to commence an indefinite nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum given to the federal government which will elapse Wednesday.
In a press statement Wednesday, signed by the NLC General Secretary, Peter Ozo-Eson, the congress resolved that the strike commence in the midnight of Wednesday.
"Representatives of organized labour, after due consultation and meetings, have therefore agreed that all unions and our Civil society allies should embark on a warning strike from midnight of Wednesday, 26th September, 2018," the statement said.
"All affiliates and state councils are therefore expected to mobilize their members nationwide to ensure total compliance."
"The nationwide warning strike will remain in force until further directives are conveyed," the release read.
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I am a very romantic, caring, tender, gentle, affectionate, passionate, loving man with great sense of humour, I live alone, no pets because of my work, I enjoy walks in parks, along riversides, through woodlands and into the hills, I like the outdoors when the sun shines especially.. I love holding hands with a loved one (when I find one) I have no problem kissing in public, who cares?. love has no boundaries right? so if we have the desire to kiss? then why not! I am kind and devoted, I don't like arguments and walk away from one if I feel it is better to, I have respect for a lady and will not hurt her, harm her in any way. I see no need to do any harm because she should be the most valuable gift in my life!..
You should like all or most of my likes? I will like yours if you have others too? a relationship is based on truth, loyalty, equality and respect, maybe other things too, when we are within a relationship we share our lives together as one, make everything good and special within it, never hide secrets from me, I won't with you, I am usually an open book anyway.
I hope for someone with nice features, long hair, slim to average body, hopefully shorter than myself? I am 5'9" so someone from 4 foot nothing to say 5'6" would be ideal for me?.. I hope those who are taller don't take offence?..
Being new here I don't know of my chances of finding someone who will be as I hope for?.. but over the time ahead I am hoping my final love is here, waiting for me to take her into a new life of love, affection, happiness and far more....write to me if you can't wait for me to find you?..
I am English although at birth it was questionable as I was born on the border of wales and England..the hospital was deemed to be more in England than wales at that time before borders were changed..
I am a haulage driver of the big trucks, I love driving and the job I do I also like so I get two in one.. I drive all around the U.K., used to do abroad but no more money in this so I stay in the U.K. with work here now.


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Engineering Design for Pedestrian Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings.
Subject Grade Crossing Pedestrian Safety, Signal and Train Control
Highway-rail grade crossing, pedestrian safety, trespass, railroad safety, grade crossing treatments
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A number of pedestrian treatments at railroad grade crossings have been developed and are used throughout the United States. The decision of when to use these treatments is generally a matter of best practices, using a decision tree, or conducting a site assessment. There has been little research on the efficacy of particular treatments. More important, because pedestrian treatments are seldom, if ever, used in isolation, there is no known research on what particular configurations of available pedestrian treatments provide the highest level of safety. A USDOT 2010 policy statement encourages transportation agencies to improve opportunities for pedestrian and bicyclists. The United States Access Board, in turn, has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish guidelines to address public right of way issues for people with disabilities. In anticipation of more non-motorized users of varying abilities making use of pedestrian grade-crossing facilities, it is important that the efficacy of pedestrian treatments at grade crossings be fully understood.
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EGYPT: Egypt says DaimlerChrysler resists Egyptian-made Mercedes sales to China – AFP
Egypt has met resistance to selling Egyptian-made Mercedes to China from the parent company DaimlerChrysler, External Trade Minister Yusuf Boutros-Ghali said on Wednesday, according to an AFP report.
"Last year, through the Egyptian Commercial Service, we managed to unhook a contract for 250 Mercedes cars manufactured in Egypt to China," Boutros-Ghali reportedly told a conference aimed at boosting investment in Arab countries.
"The Chinese were happy. We got the (Chinese) environmental and safety certification," he added.
"We have now contracted for another 1,000 cars into China," he said.
"The resistance comes from DaimlerChrysler," he said in the AFP report, adding that in Germany, people are saying "this is our market. What are you guys doing here?"
"We're getting difficulties from Germany not from China because the market is segmented into bits and pieces around the world," he said, according to AFP.
"We Egyptians are supposed to produce Mercedes for the locals and as soon as we put our nose outside, we're getting into playing with the territory of someone else," the minister added.
"It's very nice to say liberalize and open up etc, but when we do liberalize and open up, suddenly we start eating in somebody else's market share," he said.
Boutros-Ghali said the same type of export problem arises for trade not only between Egypt and China but between Egypt and other Arab countries, though he said the Arabs were putting up their own obstacles to trading among themselves.
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer during pregnancy. Once a patient is diagnosed, she should be approached in a similar way as young breast cancer patients, taking into consideration the gestational age at diagnosis. Patients with small locally-confined tumours should be considered for primary surgery. In general, surgery could be performed any time during pregnancy, but a careful monitoring of maternal and foetal conditions is advised, particularly after the 25th week of gestation. The choice of surgery is the same as in the non-pregnant setting. Patients subjected to conservative breast surgery should receive adjuvant radiation therapy, which in general should be postponed until after delivery. In patients requiring surgery early during the first trimester, the expected delay in receiving radiotherapy could favour performing mastectomy in some of these cases, particularly those who are at a high risk of developing local recurrence. No foetal defects secondary to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) have been observed, acknowledging the limited published data in this regard. Hence, it could be considered in centres in which SLNB is routine practice in the non-pregnant setting.
Chemotherapy should be considered in patients with (1) metastatic disease at presentation, (2) large tumours requiring neoadjuvant therapy and (3) adverse prognostic features at surgery necessitating adjuvant therapy. Anthracycline-based regimens remain the chemotherapy of choice during pregnancy. Both epirubicin and doxorubicin can be safely administered. As for taxanes, transplacental transfer is very low and emerging clinical data are rather reassuring regarding their safety. Weekly paclitaxel does not require high-dose steroid preparation and is less toxic compared to 3-weekly docetaxel , and hence is preferred in pregnant breast cancer patients. On the other hand, regimens such as cyclophosphamide , methotrexate and fluorouracil (5-FU) (CMF) should be completely avoided, given the high abortive properties of methotrexate and the lack of particular importance of such a regimen in current breast cancer management.
Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer are candidates for treatment with anti-HER2 targeted agents. Trastuzumab increases the risk of developing oligohydramnios, a condition that can lead to premature delivery, foetal morbidity and mortality. This is believed to be secondary to the effect of trastuzumab on the foetal kidney, which expresses HER2 and is responsible for the amniotic fluid production. Currently, we lack any data on the safety of other HER2-targeted agents. Hence, all anti-HER2 targeted agents should be avoided during pregnancy.
Occasionally, pregnant breast cancer patients are diagnosed with small (e.g. pT1), node-negative, low-grade endocrine-sensitive tumours (i.e. luminal-A breast cancer). Outside pregnancy, chemotherapy is often not offered to these patients. Given that hormonal agents are contraindicated during pregnancy, these patients could be offered only surgery during pregnancy, postponing hormonal therapy along with radiation therapy, if indicated, following delivery.
Pregnant patients diagnosed with acute leukaemias or aggressive lymphomas often require the prompt initiation of chemotherapy. Hence, in the majority of cases diagnosed during the first few weeks of pregnancy, abortion should be considered, as a delay in the initiation of therapy could significantly hamper the patient's prognosis.
In lymphomas, the standard ABVD (doxorubicin , bleomycin , vinblastine and dacarbazine ) and CHOP (cyclophosphamide , doxorubicin , vincristine and prednisone) regimens can be safely administered following the first trimester in patients with Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, respectively, with no obvious increase in foetal or pregnancy-related complications. The use of rituximab in pregnant patients with B-cell lymphomas has been shown to be associated with foetal B-cell depletion at delivery, which is generally reversible. Hence, in patients in whom the use of rituximab during pregnancy is deemed necessary, the drug could be administered, acknowledging that this might have a transient effect on foetal immunity at delivery.
Managing acute leukaemias during pregnancy is very challenging. The use of anthracycline analogues, such as daunorubicin and idarubicin , is preferably avoided during pregnancy, even following the first trimester. They are highly lipophilic, resulting in high placental crossing and serious foetal complications irrespective of the timing of exposure. An alternative could be doxorubicin , which is safer during pregnancy and has considerable activity in acute leukaemia as well. Patients with promyelocytic leukaemia require treatment with all-trans-retinoic acid as well, which can be safely administered starting from the second trimester.
The use of imatinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia has been shown to be safe following the first trimester. When treatment is required during the first trimester, interferon could be used as an alternative, as it is a large molecule and does not cross the placenta. In addition, clinical data clearly support its safety when administered during the first trimester.
Cervical cancer is the second most common tumour diagnosed during pregnancy. Radiation therapy is the standard of care in early stages but this would compromise the continuation of pregnancy and hence should be avoided. Otherwise, abortion should be considered. Lymphadenectomy should be considered in patients with positive lymph nodes and neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a cisplatin -based regimen could be considered until delivery.
Patients with epithelial ovarian cancer are often diagnosed at an advanced stage and require systemic chemotherapy. The combination of weekly paclitaxel and carboplatin is the preferred option until delivery. Radical surgery could be considered at the time of delivery. No clinical data are available on the safety of bevacizumab during pregnancy. However, preclinical data have shown developmental anomalies and interference with embryonic development. Hence, bevacizumab presently should not be used during pregnancy.
The use of standard BEP (bleomycin , etoposide and cisplatin ) or EP (etoposide and cisplatin ) regimens during gestation seems feasible, although the use of etoposide during pregnancy has been shown to be associated with relatively high risk of pregnancy and foetal complications. An alternative could be paclitaxel and cisplatin . No apparent increases in foetal toxicities have been reported using these regimens.


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English Grammar / English Usage
"Used To" And "Would" For The Past
For Repeated Actions Or Habits
Today's lesson falls into both the categories of Grammar and Usage. The terms "Use To" and "Would" can both be used to talk about the past.
However — since there are some different (supposedly) variations on how to use these two bits of grammatical gobbledygook, the text-books & teachers have been confusing students with this topic for centuries…. maybe even longer. 😀
But You Are Smarter Than They Are, So Let's Tackle This Topic Once-And-For-All 😉
Here Are A Few Simple Ways To Remember Which To Use, And For What Situations…
For "States Of Being"…
This one is easy. To talk about states of being: Thoughts, Feelings, Opinions, Emotions, etc., and physical "States Of Being" — such-as: Hair-Color, Physical-Size, Gender, Place-Of-Residence — and a vast array of other such things…
…WE ONLY USE "USED TO"
"I used to live in Wisconsin."
– (However, now I don't)
"I used to be a hippy."
– (However, now I am not)
"I used to think that Nicki Minaj had talent."
– (However, now I can see that — since she has become a brainless puppet for the fake-Illuminati — she has become completely irrelevant and has nothing more, artistically, to offer to The World… [although the songs: "Your Love" and "Massive Attack" will always be awesome!!!])
We Would Never Say…
"I would be born in Milwaukee."
"I would have dreadlocks, almost down to my butt."
"I would think that Duran Duran was the best band in the world."
First of All: In some situations, it just doesn't make any sense*…. ("I would be born…")
Secondly: Using "Would" with "States Of Being" puts the sentence or clause into the future, and makes the situation hypothetical. Therefore, it would need to turn into a conditional phrase.
"I would have dreadlocks almost down to my butt, if I wanted people to think that I did nothing but smoke pot all day long."
– (but I don't… so I won't)
"I would still think Duran Duran was the best band in the world, if I was still in fourth grade."
– (but I'm not… so I don't) – [notice the addition of the time-phrase "still"]
*Special Case:
It Is Possible To Say:
"I would be born in Milwaukee to the parents of two young hippies, struggling to find a way in a world that would soon see all the idealistic hippies turn into superficial pretentious yuppies."
BUT — This only works in the situation where-in, someone is writing-about or speaking-about His or Her Life and wants to "put" The Listener or Reader "into" the time-line of the story — and is "speaking" from the time before he "…would be born…".
This is an example of how Creative Writing & Story-Telling "break the rules" of Grammar for the sake of Artistic Expression.
"Used To" And "Would" For Repeated Actions Or Habits In The Past
This is the situation where-in a lot of teachers (who suck at their jobs) may tell you that it is confusing. But, there is absolutely no reason to be confused. It is actually VERY simple.
If Any Teacher Tells You That Something Is "Tricky", "Difficult", or "Confusing"
DON'T BELIEVE THEM!!!
You Are Awesome And This Is REALLY EASY!!!! Don't Let Anyone Tell You What You Can & Can't Do!!!
Way to many text-books and teachers will state that you can use either "Would" or "Used To" to talk about repeated actions or habits in the past. Well… You can… But there is more to it than that.
YOU CAN ALWAYS USE "USED TO"
That's EASY!!! — Just remember that: Whether it is a "State Of Being" or A Past Action that doesn't happen anymore — You can ALWAYS use "Used To".
"I used to smoke pot from the time I woke up in the morning, until I passed-out early the next morning."
– (However, I don't anymore) — PAST ACTION
"I used to think that I was crazy."
– (However, now I know that it is actually the rest of the people in The World who are the crazy ones… Not Me) — "STATE OF BEING" (related to an idea or a feeling — a "Metal State Of Being")
"I used be really afraid of ghosts & evil creatures following me up the stairs when I was going to my bedroom at night."
– (However, I have made friends with the ghosts and the evil creatures are now scared of ME… So no problem!) — "STATE OF BEING"
Now, this is the part that has been left out of EVERY text-book that I have ever worked with. And (for some reason) is NEVER spoken-about in any of the on-line lessons or videos that I have ever seen on the subject…
YOU CAN ONLY USE "WOULD" IF THERE IS A TIME EXPRESSION
(otherwise the statement is hypothetical, and in the future)
"When I was in high-school, I wore combat boots and would actually march home as-if I was in The Military."
– ("When I was in high-school…" is the time expression) — PERIOD OF TIME
"When I was four years old, I would lie awake in My bed and watch The Sparkly Lights dance around My room"
– ("When I was four years old…" is the time-expression) — SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME
And To Use An Example From Before…
"I used to be really afraid of ghosts & evil creatures following Me up the stairs when I was going to My bedroom at night — so I would run-My-ass-off through the top-half of the stairs, so They would not be able to catch Me."
– ("When I was going to my bedroom at night…" is the time-expression.) — SITUATIONAL TIME
If I Said…
"I would actually march home…"
"I would watch the sparkly lights…"
"I would run my ass off…"
And I said those things without the time-expression* — then whoever I was speaking to would not know what-the-hell I was talking about (as there is no point of reference [time or situation] for the action.)
It is possible to use the phrases above without the time-expression IF — and ONLY if — it is in answer to a question. This is because the time expression is already known from previous statements or questions.
"What was one of the weirdest things that You used to do when You were a kid?"
"I would actually march home from school as if I was in The Military"
"What is one of Your favorite memories from Your childhood?"
"When I would lie awake in bed and watching The Sparkly Lights dance around My room"
In both of these examples, the time expression is in the question — so, therefore, it is not necessary to add it to the phrase using "would".
For "States Of Being" In The Past:
We can ONLY use "USED TO"
For Repeated Actions & Habits In The Past:
We can ALWAYS use "USED TO"
We can ONLY use "WOULD" IF there is a Time Expression
SEE?… THAT'S EASY!!!
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De Poel is een boezemgemaal aan de Waterlandse Zeedijk ten zuiden van de Noord-Hollandse plaats Monnickendam en gelegen aan De Poel, een voormalige molenkolk.

Geschiedenis
Het gemaal De Poel staat aan een vroegere molenkolk, waar een vijftal molens hebben gestaan, die zorgden voor de afwatering van het gebied. Omstreeks 1880 werd het werk van deze molens overgenomen door een stoomgemaal, dat westelijker aan De Poel lag, nabij de verbinding tussen de Ooster Ee en De Poel.

Het elektrische gemaal De Poel aan de Waterlandse Zeedijk werd in 1919 ontworpen door het Amsterdamse ingenieursbureau W.C. en K. de Wit in opdracht van het toenmalige Hoogheemraadschap Waterland (inmiddels opgegaan in het Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier). De bouw van het gemaal vond plaats in 1920. Op 22 januari 1921 werd het gemaal in werking gesteld. Het gemaal zorgt voor de afwatering van het oostelijk deel van Waterland en loost het overtollige water op de Gouwzee. In 1998 werden de elektromotoren van het gemaal vervangen door nieuwe. Het rechthoekige bouwwerk vormt een markant herkenningspunt aan de verder kilometerslange onbebouwde zeedijk.

Aan de noordelijke gevel van het gebouw is de tekst van het gedicht De Profundis van de dichteres Ida Gerhardt aangebracht.

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In 2020 is gestart met de planvormings, voorbereidings en aanbesteding voor de bouw van een nieuw gemaal dat geschikt is om in te spelen op de wensen van klimaatverandering, vismigratie en zoetwaterbeheer. Het nieuwe gemaal wordt 200 meter ten noorden van het bestaande gebouwd, krijgt een capaciteit van 600 m3 per minuut en zal in het tweede halfjaar van 2022 gereedkomen.  Het nieuwe gemaal is geschikt om bij droogte water vanuit de Gouwzee in de boezem in te laten.

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The Chief Minister claimed that despite making arrangements, citizens of the capital were confused
The Delhi government is working on developing an application that will inform the people in the city about the availability of the hospital beds and venitlators in the government hospitals around them. The new app, according to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will be launched on Monday.
During a press conference on Saturday, the chief minister claimed that despite strengthening the health care system, citizens of the capital were confused about where to take coronavirus patients for treatment. This app could act as a solution by showing the number of beds and ventilators that are available in hospitals.
"They are not sure about the beds and ventilators available in the hospitals. For the convenience of such people and to eliminate problems due to such issues, we are developing an app that will be launched on Monday," he said.
The state government has also made arrangements for people who don't own a smartphone or are unable to download the app for some reason. "People who do not use smartphones can access this information on website that will also be created or call on the 1031 helpline."
According to the chief minister, only 500 people out of the 8,500 new cases that were reported in the past 15 days have been admitted in hospitals. Rest of the patients are recovering at home.
"Most people infected by corona are either asymptomatic or show mild symptoms like mild cough, cold, and fever. They can be treated at home. So, there is no need to panic because most people are recovering from the disease in their homes," he added.
The app is expected to curb the spread of the disease, since infected people won't have to go around looking for hospitals. The time saved and availability of essential medical care is also expected to lower the death rate. "It will be worrisome if people have to search for beds, health infrastructure, and facilities, oxygen etc. If these facilities remain inadequate, it will lead to an increase in the death rate," he explained.
The chief minister also claimed that the government is taking over hotels and oxygen concentrators where beds will be arranged for Covid-19 patients.
"On May 14, Delhi had 8,500 cases. There has been a two-fold surge in the cases with 17,000 cases in Delhi today. There were 1,600 patients in the hospitals in Delhi, and today, there are 2,100 patients in the hospitals," he said.
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Quilt no 1, Christo's Gates in Spring was made by Wil in the Netherlands, and went to live with Virginia in Brazil.
Virginia made quilt no 29, Carpe Diem, whicih went to Margaret J in Australia.
Margaret's quilt, no 24, Woodland Night, went to Marei in the US.
The quilt that Marei made, which was no 32: Feeling Blue, went to Margaret G, in the UK.
Margaret G's quilt, Cornish Cottages (no 23) - which was the most requested quilt in this round of the swap - ended up with Joan E.
Joan (who is also in the UK) made quilt no 28, which ended up with Sarah (again in the UK - lots of UK quilts this time around).
Sarah made two quilts for this round of the swap. The first of these, no 7: Hexie's Rock, went to live with Vreni in Switzerland.
Vreni's quilt was no 19: A Blackbird's Delight. She sent it to Barbara C in Northern Ireland.
Barbara also made two different quilts for this round of the swap. Here is the first, no 8: Dancing in the Rain, which went off to Barbara S in the US.
The quilt which Barbara S made - no 2 "Endless Pawsibilities" - went to live with Lyndsey in the UK.
Lyndsey's quilt was called A Cat's Stairway to Heaven (no 35), and she sent it to Justine in the US.
while Lise's quilt (no 6, The Silk Road) went to Di in the US.
and Mary's quilt Bats at Twilight (no 18) flew off to Wil in the Netherlands. Which brings this little loop of revelations to a close.
Penny in Australia, a long-time player in my swaps, made this little quilt (no 4), which went to live with Sheila in the UK.
who made this piece - no 11 - which ended up flying off to Kathleen in the US.
Kathleen was another of the players who made two quilt this time around, and the first of hers, no 14: Pretty in Pink, went to live with Sabine in Germany.
Sabine made the quilt Chicken House (no 12), which came to live with Jayne in the UK.
and Pam's quilt Cottage on the Square (no 21) went flying off to Australia to live with Penny. And that brings another section of the reveal to a close.
Ramona in the US, who has played in all (I think) of my swaps, this time around made quilt no 5, Blue Windows, which was chosen by Barbara C in Northern Ireland.
The second of Barbara's quilts, no 13: Summer Days, went off to live with Mary S in the US.
Mary also made two quilts for the swap, one of which - no 16 Shape Up - she ended up keeping; the other, Autumn Chickadee (no 15) found a new home with Kjersti in Norway.
The quilt which Kjersti made - no 30, Blue Rose - went off to California to live with Julie.
Julie was another person to make two quilts for the swap and her first one, When Pigs Fly (no 20) went to Tish, also in the US.
Tish - also the maker of two quilts for this swap - made quilt no 38 (untitled), which ended up with Melody, in the US.
while Joan's quilt went to Sarah (also UK). That quilt was called New Life From Decay (no 27).
Sarah's quilt - her second in the swap - was no 31, Little Bird - and that went to Ramona. Which ties up that strand nicely.
Julie's second quilt, Wildflowers (no 22) went to Andrea in Australia (who just happens to be Julie's sister - but Andrea didn't know who had made the quilt when she put it on her list).
while my own quilt, Squaring the Circle (no 25), went back to California to live with Julie. Julie and I have been friends for many years and I actually have one of her quilts from a swap long ago, but this is the first one she has of mine, so that's fun.
while Marie's untitled quilt, no 34, went to Sue.
while Kathleen's second quilt, no 39: Friendship Flower, went to Tish.
And that, ladies (and gentlemen - though we didn't have any playing this time around), is that. ALQS10, revealed in all its glory. Tune in again in 2017 for another round - I hope you can play along!
I've now confirmed that all the little quilts have been received - yay! I hate worrying that people's work is lost in the post. I hope to have a Grand Reveal done sometime later this week - it will depend on how tired I am with my first week back at work - though it's a good week to catch up as most of our regular evening activities haven't yet started.
Hi everyone - sorry to be out of touch, I have been away for a couple of weeks. I think that everyone has now mailed their quilts to their new homes, and most of them have been received. I may need to check with a couple of people I haven't heard from, but very soon I expect to be able to do the Grand Reveal (also allowing for time to write the blog post, given that school (and thus my job) starts again tomorrow). Thanks for your patience - hope you are all enjoying your new little quilts!
Well, that wasn't TOO stressful. I have successfully matched up all but one of the quilts with new owners, and everyone who played will be getting at least one quilt swapped out. The unswapped quilt wasn't unloved, but the way the logistics of these things work, sometimes the same small group of people like the same small group of quilts, and swapping out can be very complicated. This time around, I elected to ask a person who made two quilts to keep one of them so that everyone else in the swap could have a quilt swapped out. She'll still going to get one quilt in the swap, which makes me as happy as I can be, when I can't swap all the quilts in the whole swap.
Find a new home for the greatest number of quilts possible.
Try to give people quilts as high on their lists as possible (in all cases, but particularly if someone has made a very popular quilt).
If a quilt is on someone's preference list, they did like it, so it's better to give someone one lower on their list than to leave a quilt unswapped.
If the above criteria have been met, try to give everyone quilts by people they haven't had quilts from before (so e.g. if Ann's quilt and Jane's quilt were both in your top tier of preferences, but you had a quilt from Ann last time around, I might give you Jane's this time).
Anyway, that's just a little insight into the process - it's a lot more complicated than that, and I do appreciate everyone's flexibility in listing loads of choices and being patient!
I'll be emailing people over the next few days with instructions for how and where to mail your quilts. Watch your email!


NORTHBRIDGE – Some 175 business, civic and elected leaders toured the latest innovation in work skills development Tuesday at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Blackstone Valley Education Hub, an advanced manufacturing training center located in the renovated Linwood Mill, 670 Linwood Ave.
The Education Hub, part of the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce's affiliated nonprofit organization, the Center for Business and Enterprise, is a partnership among the chamber, Quinsigamond Community College, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology and Worcester State University.
For manufacturing employers such as James Samsel, president of Wirefab Inc. in Worcester, the training young people will be able to get through the Education Hub will help fill a gap for in-demand manufacturing labor.
"We have invested millions of dollars over the years in equipment, but we can't find people to fill the tremendous vacancies," Mr. Samsel said. "What talent that's out there gets taken up by large corporations," which can afford to pay higher wages than smaller, family-owned businesses.
He said workers with an interest and aptitude for learning to work with computerized systems, even without a college degree, can be earning at his firm $70,000 to $80,000 a year within four years.
Mr. Samsel watched admiringly as students from Grafton Job Corps demonstrated in one of the Education Hub's labs a wire-bending machine that was an "exact replica," but on a smaller and slower scale, of the computerized manufacturing systems on his shop floor.
Wirefab makes wire products, including the baskets used in Dunkin' Donuts stores worldwide.
In another "fab lab," or fabrication laboratory, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito used a three-dimensional scanner to make an image of Mr. McGovern's head, the first step in manufacturing a bobblehead figure.
Uxbridge High School students Riley Tanner, a senior, and Thomas Lauze, a junior, spoke with the lieutenant governor about how they have worked at their own school and online in collaboration with students at Northbridge High School, in a computerized integrated manufacturing and innovation pathway. The students showed off LED lights with the two high schools' symbols, which they designed and produced using CAD software and a 3D printer.
Both students agreed the process was fun and an important foundation for their future work in computer science, business management or other areas.
Now, other students from high school to college, to adults, will be able to have state-of-the-art training in these types of systems at the Education Hub.
Mark Lyons, of AET Labs, gave a broader demonstration with the students of how 20 students at a time can work on CAD in the design classroom, and collaborate online with unlimited others, using OnShape and Stratasys software, to create new products.
With the students on site demonstrating a coffee grinder they were designing, and students from Northbridge High School collaborating online, visitors saw how a product was designed and manufactured in real time. The coffee grinder blade component, which couldn't be printed on the local 3D printer, was immediately produced from the online design at the Stratasys plant in Minnesota, and would be shipped overnight to Massachusetts.
"This is exactly workforce development, the definition of it," Ms. Polito said, pointing to the business community and schools working together.
"Which means that if I'm a manufacturer, I'll want to locate here," Mr. McGovern said.
In formal remarks before the official ribbon was cut, she said, "In classrooms, kids are now getting the skills they need …. We're now creating this pipeline of talent.
Mr. McGovern called the Education Hub an "excellent example of how targeted government investment can be a catalyst" for economic development.
The Education Hub is also seen as a boon to the hundreds of high school students interested in technology and manufacturing who aren't accepted at vocational-technical high schools.
Approximately 850 to 1,000 students apply for entry to Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School in Upton each year, but only 315 are accepted, according to Michael F. Fitzpatrick, superintendent-director.
Blackstone Valley Tech students, although they aren't the target users of the Education Hub, put their skills to use to build out the three-room complex in the lower level of the Linwood Mill.
The Education Hub was designed by Uxbridge architect Gary Moyer.
The chamber group received a $456,000 work skills capital grant from the state Executive Office of Education, through the Massachusetts Workforce Skills Cabinet, according to Jeannie Hebert, Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. They have been invited to apply for further grant funding.
Financial support for furniture and equipment came from Quinsigamond Community College, as part of a $300,000 earmark for higher education in the Blackstone Valley, put in the state budget several years ago.