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How Important is Dental Care for Older People?
We spoke to Dr. Kamal in our Mirdif branch about the importance of dental care for older people. He explained that when people reach their older years they often neglect their dental health which can have an adverse effect on them. Oral health is just as important as general health, however, oral health becomes more affected with age.
We are all provided with only one set of permanent teeth and hence it becomes vital to maintain them throughout our lives. Unfortunately, due to negligence and unhealthy lifestyle habits, a substantial percentage of us fail to maintain oral hygiene and thereby lose our natural teeth.
Loss of teeth in old age can affect the chewing and cause digestive problems leading to general health problems. Moreover, it should be borne in mind that poor oral hygiene can pave way for heart problems, pneumonia, diabetes, and other life-threatening illness.
The first step towards keeping gums and teeth healthy is by brushing twice a day with a fluoridated toothpaste and flossing at least once in a day. Remember, fluorides are a good choice for fighting against cavities and contribute to maintaining good oral hygiene.
It is vital for every older person to visit a dentist for a routine check-up and professional cleaning as additional dental issues emerge in senior years. It is well known that general health conditions and medications take their toll on oral health and the only possible way to address these issues is through regular visits to the dentist.
Sensitivity is another crucial issue that affects us as we get older. As the gum line recedes, teeth that are not protected by the enamel surface become prone to sensitivity to both hot or cold food and beverages. Although it is quite possible to address this complication through anti- sensitive toothpaste, it is advised to visit a dentist as sensitivity may be a symptom of a complicated problem such as a cavity or other defects in the tooth.
The probability of dry mouth condition is much higher for older people, the reason being the side effect of medications. It is important there is the correct amount of pH controlled saliva as this is essential to inhibit the growth of bacteria in the mouth. Dry mouth is the end result of the absence or limited production of saliva and it requires immediate attention.
If in the initial stages a proper gum disease treatment in Dubai is availed, the chances of reversing the effects are quite high.
Dentures should be cleaned properly, using only the prescribed cleaners and never wash with ordinary toothpaste or any other household cleaners.
To maintain the health of the dental lining, it is advised to remove dentures for at least four hours a day or as prescribed by your dentist.
Good food habits: A good diet plays a huge role in maintaining flawless dental care. Fresh fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products are good choices to maintain good oral care. In general, it is better to avoid processed foods that are full of sugar as it can contribute to cavity formation.
If you would like to visit one of our clinics for a dental check-up please call one of our branches today.


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Tobacco Industry Fights Efforts to Quit
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As the November 16 date of the American Cancer Society's annual Great American Smokeout approaches, new evidence indicates that the nation's tobacco companies are adding nicotine to their cigarettes, an "enhancement" that is likely to make quitting far more difficult.
"The effort to quit tobacco is never easy," says LIUNA General President Terence M. O'Sullivan. "Pumping up nicotine levels is deplorable and just adds to the struggle."
"The reports are stunning," said Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, speaking to a Washington Post reporter. "What's critical is the consistency of the increase, which leads to the conclusion that it has to have been conscious and deliberate."
Out of 116 brands tested by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 92 had higher nicotine levels in 2004 than in 1998. More than half (52) had increases greater than ten percent. The biggest increase – 36 percent – was Doral Lights, made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. The most popular brand among high school students, Marlboro, increased 12 percent. Kool Lights – a menthol brand – increased 30 percent. In all, 93 percent of all brands tested fell into the highest range for nicotine.
"We know nicotine is addictive," said the Centers for Disease Control's acting director of the Office on Smoking and Health, Corinne Husten, "so if the amount of nicotine in cigarettes is increasing, it could make it even harder for the 70 percent of smokers who want to quit and the more than 40 percent who try to quit every year."
When asked by the Post and other national media, none of the nation's big three tobacco companies was willing to comment on the latest data, which was published at the end of August. Some companies justified their unwillingness by citing a recent U.S. District Court ruling that enjoins them from misinforming the public about tobacco hazards.
In that ruling, based on industry documents secured during the landmark anti-tobacco litigation of the 1990s, Judge Gladys Kessler wrote, "Using the knowledge produced by [their] research, [the tobacco companies] have designed their cigarettes to precisely control nicotine delivery levels and provide doses of nicotine sufficient to create and sustain addiction."
While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has collected data on nicotine levels since the early 1970s, it stopped publishing the results in 1999. The FTC's results were frequently controversial because its test methods were not designed to simulate real smoking. Massachusetts, a national leader among states in spending on tobacco control, began its more realistic monitoring program in 1998.
"The increase in nicotine levels makes the efforts of smokers who want to quit more difficult," says O'Sullivan. "Smoking is a serious problem among Laborers, not only because they smoke at a rate higher than the nation as a whole, but also because many work around caustic substances that combine with tobacco to intensify lung damage when they are inhaled."
Fortunately, nicotine patches and other nicotine replacement therapies can make quitting easier for some smokers. Many are available over-the-counter and others can be acquired with a doctor's prescription.
The Great American Smokeout, begun nationwide by the American Cancer Society in 1977, is designed to draw attention to the tobacco problem by encouraging smokers to quit for one day. The Society provides long-term help through its Quit Line Center.
The LHSFNA also has a wide range of publications in English and Spanish that expose the dangers of smoking, especially for Laborers, and provide guidance to those who want to quit. The newest of these are the Tools for Health tip sheets, developed in partnership with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard.
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Wangoo is a village in the Kakching district of the Indian state of Manipur. It is situated approximately 64 km south of the state capital, Imphal. It has an area of 13.05 km2 with a population of 6134.

Geography
Wangoo is located at .
The geographical area of the village is 13.05 km2, thus is the biggest village by area in the district. The Imphal River passes through Wangoo.

Demographics
 India census, Wangoo had a population of 6134, of which 3095 are males while 3039 are females. The population of children ages 0–6 is 734, thus being 11.96% of the total population of Wangoo. The average sex ratio of the village is 982, lower than Manipur state average of 985. The child sex ratio for the village, as per census, is 1022, higher than the Manipur average of 930. Wangoo has a lower literacy rate compared to the Manipur average. In 2011, the literacy rate of Wangoo was 67.09%, compared to the 76.94% average of Manipur. In Wangoo, male literacy stands at 76.43% while female literacy rate is 57.53%.

Economy
Agriculture is the main source of income for the majority of the population. Of the total population, 2862 were engaged in work activities. Of those, 1692 are cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were agricultural labourers.

Education
The literacy rate is low compared to other villages in Manipur. There are no colleges in Wangoo.

Schools in Wangoo
 Wangoo Laipham High School
 Wangoo Laipham Primary School
 Wangoo Awang Leikai Primary School
 The Great Academy
 Wangoo Sandakhong Primary School
 Wangoo Mamang Sabal Primary School
 Green Ground Academy
 Wangoo Higher secondary school

Culture

Wangoo celebrated 10-day long Tampha Lairembi Haraoba in the summer season. Many people from other places came here to participate Mukna on the last day of Lai Haraoba. And also celebrated Wangoo Baji Haraoba for one day in the spring season. Wangoo Baji was a maichou, a learned man well versed in the Meitei traditional knowledge. It is said that he disappeared into thin air one fine day. Before his disappearance, he had said to the people around that he would come back and when he did come back, the dried up leihao Magnolia champaca tree standing there would spring back to life. When the tree started budding again after many many years later, it was widely believed that he had come back to life, possibly reborn.

Napachik, a small hillock in Wangoo village was excavated by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Manipur in 1983. Some tools used by the Neolithic  people were discovered at the site. Microliths were also collected from the excavation.

Transportation
It is connected to other parts of the state by the Imphal-Sugnu state highway and the Imphal-Churachandpur highway, through NH-150.

Health care services
Wangoo has a government run Primary Health Centre at Wangoo Laipham Chuthek Leikai.

Politics
Wagoo is under the constituency of Sugnu and is part of the Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

References

Villages in Kakching district

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Beryl is a mineral.

Beryl may also refer to:

People
 Beryl (given name), and persons with the name
 Beryl (surname)

Fictional characters
 Beryl the Peril, in UK comics
 Beryl (dragon) or Beryllinthranox, in Dragonlance series
 Queen Beryl, in the Sailor Moon franchise

Places
 Beryl, Utah, US
 Beryl Junction, Utah, Iron County, US
 Beryl, West Virginia, Mineral County, West Virginia, US
 1729 Beryl, an asteroid named for Beryl H. Potter

Ships and aircraft
 HMAS Beryl II, a WWII Australian minesweeper
 Beryl-class container ship
 Piel Beryl, a French 2-seater aircraft

Music and television
 "Beryl", a song by Mark Knopfler from the Tracker album
 Beryl, a 2014 play by Maxine Peake about cyclist Beryl Burton
 "Beryl" (The Crown), a TV episode

Technology
 FB Beryl, a Polish rifle
 FB Mini-Beryl, a Polish rifle
 Metropolitan-Vickers Beryl, a jet engine
 Beryl (window manager), part of Compiz software

Other uses
 Beryl (company), a UK cycle light manufacturer
 Béryl incident, a 1962 French nuclear test
 Tropical Storm Beryl, several cyclones

See also
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Mayor Rogero declared October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Knoxville on Oct. 8.
Knoxville's mayor issued a proclamation Monday, declaring the month of October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Knoxville.
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The number of victims in Tennessee remains high with nearly 78,000 offenses reported across the state in 2017, but the state saw a decline from 2016 to 2017. According to the TBI, 71.5 percent of domestic violence victims were female, and men accounted for 28.4 percent.
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A novel basic helix-loop-helix protein is expressed in muscle attachment sites of the Drosophila epidermis
Philippe Armand, Anita C. Knapp, Alec J. Hirsch, Eric F. Wieschaus, Michael D. Cole
We have found that a novel basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein is expressed almost exclusively in the epidermal attachment sites for the somatic muscles of Drosophila melanogaster. A Drosophila cDNA library was screened with radioactively labeled E12 protein, which can dimerize with many HLH proteins. One clone that emerged from this screen encoded a previously unknown protein of 360 amino acids, named delilah, that contains both basic and HLH domains, similar to a group of cellular transcription factors implicated in cell type determination. Delilah protein formed heterodimers with E12 that bind to the muscle creatine kinase promoter. In situ hybridization with the delilah cDNA localized the expression of the gene to a subset of cells in the epidermis which form a distinct pattern involving both the segmental boundaries and intrasegmental clusters. This pattern was coincident with the known sites of attachment of the somatic muscles to tendon cells in the epidermis. delilah expression persists in snail mutant embryos which lack mesoderm, indicating that expression of the gene was not induced by attachment of the underlying muscles. The similarity of this gene to other bHLH genes suggests that it plays an important role in the differentiation of epidermal cells into muscle attachment sites.
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Armand, P., Knapp, A. C., Hirsch, A. J., Wieschaus, E. F., & Cole, M. D. (1994). A novel basic helix-loop-helix protein is expressed in muscle attachment sites of the Drosophila epidermis. Molecular and cellular biology, 14(6), 4145-4154. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.14.6.4145
A novel basic helix-loop-helix protein is expressed in muscle attachment sites of the Drosophila epidermis. / Armand, Philippe; Knapp, Anita C.; Hirsch, Alec J. et al.
In: Molecular and cellular biology, Vol. 14, No. 6, 06.1994, p. 4145-4154.
Armand, P, Knapp, AC, Hirsch, AJ, Wieschaus, EF & Cole, MD 1994, 'A novel basic helix-loop-helix protein is expressed in muscle attachment sites of the Drosophila epidermis', Molecular and cellular biology, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 4145-4154. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.14.6.4145
Armand P, Knapp AC, Hirsch AJ, Wieschaus EF, Cole MD. A novel basic helix-loop-helix protein is expressed in muscle attachment sites of the Drosophila epidermis. Molecular and cellular biology. 1994 Jun;14(6):4145-4154. doi: 10.1128/MCB.14.6.4145
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Faith & Society Two Visions: The Nativity vs. the Occupiers
Two Visions: The Nativity vs. the Occupiers
December 22, 2011 - by Paul G. Kengor
December 22, 2011 Paul G. Kengor
Editor's note: A version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
I recently strolled down Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh and was struck by two images.
First, there was the stirring life-sized Nativity that each year is displayed on the property of the giant U.S. Steel building. It is an inspiring sight.
As I walked along, however, my eyes were distracted by something I was not prepared to see: an assembling of tents with an entrance sign declaring not "Hark!" or "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" but "Abolish Capitalism."
The tents constituted Pittsburgh's mini-version of Occupy Wall Street. It was "Occupy Pittsburgh." Yes, right there at the core of the Steel City that literally won world wars and built America through capitalism.
The two images—the Nativity vs. Occupy Pittsburgh—are a stark contrast. They were separated by maybe 100 feet of space, but by light years in worldview. The Nativity is the true symbol of Christmas, of course—an attempt to recapture the real meaning of the secularized season. The Occupy movement, on the other hand, is intensely secular, despite its small presence of "social justice" Christians. Both symbols, however, share one thing in common: they are testimonies to the excesses of the extreme Left.
Consider first the Occupy movement: The Occupiers define themselves as against Wall Street specifically and big business and big banks and "corporate greed" generally. I don't want emails from people telling me the Occupiers have a point here and there. Let's not be fools. This is a self-professed, staunchly far-left movement rooted in anti-capitalism. Read their blogs, watch their interviews, look at their manifestos, stop by one of their outposts, read about their crimes and destruction of property—including (speaking of the Nativity) their smashing of a statue of Mary. Their message is unmistakable.
I'm most troubled by certain elements of the Religious Left hooking up with the Occupiers. For 100 years, far-left atheists who despise religion, who have relentlessly mocked and persecuted Christians and people of all faiths, have successfully recruited the Religious Left to their rallies under the rubric of economic and social justice—like sheep led to the slaughter. Believe me, I research it, I write books about it. The Occupy movement's ability to attract the Religious Left is just the latest example of a century of cynical and remarkable political exploitation.
The folks at the Occupy protests in cities nationwide are the same who for decades have busily filed lawsuits to have Ten Commandments and crèche displays removed from courthouses. And that brings me back to that giant Nativity scene.
The Pittsburgh Nativity is a powerful response to what happened in the city some 20 years ago. In 1989, the Supreme Court took the case of the County of Allegheny v. the ACLU, where it considered the constitutionality of a Nativity scene and Menorah that for years happily resided on public property at two adjacent county buildings. Pittsburghers embraced both symbols; after all, it was Christmas and Hanukkah. The ACLU, however, recoiled at the sight, and rushed ahead with a law suit.
The court ruled on July 3, 1989, the day before Independence Day, when Americans commemorate the inalienable rights endowed to them and their nation by their Creator. It ruled that the Nativity violated the Constitution's Establishment Clause.
The court case is historic, if not infamous. Not as familiar is the corrective now sitting aside the U.S. Steel building.
In 1999, 10 years after the court ruling, a group of inspired Christian leaders got together and erected the Pittsburgh Crèche, the world's only authorized replica of the crèche in St. Peter's Square in Rome, constructed from plans by Vatican architect Umberto Mezzana. It features truly larger-than-life renderings of the Holy Family. It sits gloriously at 600 Grant Street, a few hundred yards down the road from the county buildings where the ACLU fought a tiny little crèche. Baby Jesus rests on private property, where secularists can't evict him.
Ironically, the bad economy that has spurred Occupy Pittsburgh has taken a toll on the Pittsburgh Crèche. The endowment funding the crèche is dwindling fast, leaving the Pittsburgh Diocese with the task of raising a pile of money—money that, like the property protecting the crèche, must be provided by the private sector, not the government.
Alas, there are two symbols positioned side-by-side in Pittsburgh, perhaps providentially. They represent two visions. One demands the abolition of capitalism; it is a sign of anger and despair. The other brings us goodness and light. If the Occupiers want hope, the answer isn't in Washington or Wall Street but in the humble manger within their reach. They have a lot of time on their hands. I suggest a stroll down the street.
About Paul G. Kengor
Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science and chief academic fellow of the Institute for Faith and Freedom at Grove City College. His latest book (April 2017) is A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century. He is also the author of 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative. His other books include The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mentor and Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century.
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In Qatar, if we discuss about shopping then few years ago online shopping was not in trend as it is now. People was only believing to the supermarkets on nearby shops. But with time Qatar's style of shopping is changing now. People is not looking to waste their time for going markets, malls and supermarkets. Everyone want to save time and buy all things easily.
So that online shopping is taking its place widely. The best is that people is not only doing online shopping for their needs, but also enjoying this way to shop. So, in the continuation, I will let you know the benefits of online shopping in Qatar.
The internet revolution has changed the way completely we shop. There are numerous advantages/ benefits of shopping online. So that more and more people is loving the way to buy thing online instead of going stores.
First benefit of online shopping is the it is time saver. If you go for market or store, may be some products you can buy easily near to you but most of the time you go to supermarkets to buy things. In Supermarkets, there is a long ques. After taking thing, you need, you wait for hours for billing.
But in Online shopping it is simple. No long que no waiting! You can shop online 24x7 whenever you want.
You can check all deals and offers on your mobiles or laptops, computer…...no need to go for supermarket and check the price and deals list.
In Online shopping, no need to go here and there to check different-different collections, stalls for more varieties. Just open website or open and search for product you want and that product with all available brands will be there.
If you are online shopping lover then you must know that here it is how easy to compare one product to another along with all details, variant and price. Everything will be front of you.
While we are on shop, we feel too embarrassing to ask the shopkeeper for any product. Because of thinking about your embarrassment, you leaves that thing!
But in online shopping you don't have to ask anything for any product. What product you want just search and check all available brands with complete details.
As it is online shopping so you just need to place your order and your order will be delivered at your doorstep anywhere in Qatar.
There are lots of benefits of online shopping! So, online shopping is best way to save our time, money and getting all things at doorstep.


A well organized and with wide spread net work, guidance and placement cell has been functioning to organize campus and off placements. Our team of professionally qualified career advisors are on hand dedicated to assist and inform students about placement opportunities , as offers come every year from various industries to recruit students on campus.
Students receive personal advices for their career plan. Job openings received from various agencies are addressed to past students, unemployed alumni besides the on-campus batch of outgoing final year students.
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Chili pepper heat is blazing as two high school "friends" are reunited when Emma Taylor comes back home fifteen years after her greatest humiliation and heartbreak at the hands of Brazos Huntswell.
Emma is now a teacher and has come home to be with her father, who is caught up in the soul-deep grief of losing his wife and best friend. She didn't realize that one of the students at her school was actually Brazos' troubled teen daughter, a girl with secrets of her own.
Divorced, the single father is in way over his head with his headstrong teen daughter, her newfound sexually provocative dress style and the unknown danger that lurks in the shadows. Will Emma be a help or a hindrance to his parental problems?
ALWAYS BEEN YOU by Sadie Allen is intense, the budding romance between Emma and Braz is pure, raw and primal. A young teen being played for a pawn is heartbreaking. Clearly, Braz is not prepared for those teen years, for the raging hormones he once had as a teen, as he goes all caveman about anyone looking at his daughter as a sexual being. Meanwhile, he is also going all caveman on Emma at times when I couldn't imagine. To be honest, I did have a problem with his double standards.
Kind of like a sandwich cookie, this tale has two main plots with the sweet spot in between meant to hold them together, and Sadie Allen has done a great job with both sides of the cookie, just wasn't crazy about how they fit together. It sure isn't Sadie's talent, I love her writing, this one is all on me and my overly starched shorts, or something! Sooooo 5 Stars on the romance - 3 stars on the parenting by do what I say, not what I do.
I received a complimentary ARC edition from Sadie Allen!


I 100% admit that I don't know any programming language 100%. I have to look at a cheat sheet every single time I program.
Especially for students in high school like me, I don't really see the point in memorizing all the functions and syntax structures for all the languages you learn.
Every programming language looks pretty much the same anyway. For examble, between Python and Ruby, the function name to call in order to substitute a character in the string is "replace" and "gsub" in the other. Unless you program Python and Ruby a lot, trying to guess the correct function name is really annoying. All it takes is a simple google search "replace character string ruby" and an answer pop ups.
Now of course, that example above is just a small task that Google helps solve. The 2 BIG time savers are open-sourced projects (and the errors that come with it). There simply is no need to reinvent the wheel, and a lot of tasks can easily be encompassed with a open-sourced extension. Although it might be hard to get them working if there is poor documentation, once you find the perfect project, it makes developing things a lot easier. I've found reverse zip-code finders, a cool table style sheet, and pop up boxes source code. Creating those features myself would've taken a lot of time, and the result would've definitely less than perfect. By just copying and pasting those files from the Internet, I was able to make professional looking websites without spending all that time actually coding it.
To be honest, there needs to be a test in Computer Science where the goal is to use resources online to make a program that solves a specific task. This way, students will learn how important the online community is for learning and speeding up development in coding. Especially in my school, where many people in Computer Science Independent Study (a project based class) in our school still lack the basic ability to search online for solutions to their problems, and rather spend their time working on small simple projects.


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Q: Picasso's .fit() is off by some pixels I have an ImageView with fixed layout_height and layout_width and a frame which is in it's background (code below).
I want to load an image into it using picasso and make the image fit the ImageView bounds.
My ImageView:
<ImageView
            android:id="@+id/upload_photo_row_image"
            android:layout_width="99dp"
            android:layout_height="72dp"
            android:background="@drawable/background_photo_frame"
            android:padding="4dp"/>

background_photo_frame :
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <stroke
        android:width="4 dp"
        android:color="@color/pure_white"/>
</shape>

Picasso loading code:
Picasso.with(getContext()).load(uri).fit().centerCrop().into(imageView)

Picasso version:
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.0'

With this code the image is a bit smaller in width than it should be and as visible in the image below (The background_color of the containing ViewGroup has been set to red to illustrate the bug):

I can fix this bu adding the attribute android:scaleType="fitXY" to my ImageView. Is there something I am doing wrong or is this a bug in Picasso?

A: What version are you using? This should be fixed in the latest version (2.5.0 as of 2015 Feb 28)

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In fact, the food bank in Fort MacMurray has seen a 70% increase in usage.
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In him we have redemption though his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
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A Christmas Story: Chapter Four
By mytreasuredfaith on December 15, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )
"Joseph!" greeted Mary's Father. "It is good to see you."
Joseph and his father-in-law exchanged a light embrace and a back-pat to one another. They stepped back and in the shadows of the setting sun. Mary's father studied Joseph's face before his eyes dropped to his clothes.
"What's this? Have you been hurt Joseph?" Mary's Father questioned, noticing the blood on Joseph's clothing.
"No, I'm fine. The blood is not mine. It's from this poor foal that I rescued on my way," replied Joseph.
The two men removed the beaten animal from the back of Joseph's donkey. A servant was summoned and given instructions to feed, house and care for both animals. Mary's father gave the servant instructions to ask Gad to look in on the poor colt. Gad has shown great veterinary skill helping with the sheep during his stay. It was a good thing Gad and his daughter Susanna had traveled back with Mary from Judea, thought Mary's father.
"Come in Joseph. I have a guest room prepared for you. I was hoping you would not delay when you received my message," said his father-in-law.
Unspoken questions etched Joseph's eyes. His father-in-law sighed and turned to go into the house. "You can clean up and change before dinner. After we eat, we'll talk."
Mary was just rounding the corner of the house, her arms wrapped around a cistern of water, when she heard his voice. It was Joseph. Her heart skipped a beat and her stomach fluttered. She stepped back to the corner of the house, hidden from Joseph and her father. She leaned against the stone wall and closed her eyes. "God in heaven," she prayed, "I know you are with me, for who is like the Most High?"
She stood quiet in the evening shadows and could not be seen by either man but could hear their conversation. She listened intently to every word spoken. Her father denied her to contact or to talk with Joseph in any way. She would respect the authority of her father knowing ultimately God has all authority and His will would be done. For even though, her father did not believe that Mary remained a virgin with the child she carried, he was a godly man and surely God would reveal all in His time.
When her father picked Joseph as her husband, she could not have been more overjoyed. Joseph had been hired to do several large carpentry projects that required on-site building in her village. She learned he was a Godly man, a very talented carpenter and handsome besides. She had fallen in love with him even before her father had asked her if she would be pledged to him.
Now, her father forbade her to see him. "Will Joseph believe me, God, even though my own father cannot?" Mary's heart grieved at the thought of what her father might say to Joseph. What would Joseph do? There was danger for sure, but she trusted that whatever road God Almighty would take her down, He would be with her. "Help me, Lord." Mary trembled.
The servant carried the foal and led Joseph's donkey to the barn. He passed close to where Mary was listening and watching the men. The servant had heard the gossip and wondered what Mary would do. He had known her since she was born, and felt brotherly love for her. She was always a humble, sweet spirited girl. He had never known her to lie. And somewhere within him, even though her story was strange, he didn't disbelieve her. But to believe in the story, he wasn't sure either. He had befriended Gad and Susanna since their stay, and decided to inquire their thoughts about Mary. But first he must see to this beaten colt. The poor thing looked as if it might take its last breathe any moment.
Mary was so engrossed in seeing Joseph, she hadn't even noticed the servant pass so close by her. When Joseph and her father went into the house, Mary turned to go as well. She would be having dinner alone tonight as she had every night since telling her parents she was pregnant. Mary's parents did not even believe Grandfather. Her poor grandfather's health started to decline before their trip home. Had Gad and Susanna not been with them, Mary was not sure what she would have done. Grandfather tried to speak up for her. He told them what he could, but his cough had gotten increasingly worse. He was so ill, he could hardly speak at all.
Mary stared at her plate of food. She couldn't eat knowing her family sat with her betrothed in the other room. She wanted to see his face, hear his deep voice and hold his rough hand. Silent tears rolled over her face as she envisioned her father telling Joseph his version of her pregnancy. Her mind rolled back to just two weeks ago: She revealed to her parents what had happened on the day she was visited by the angel. She told them exactly what she saw and what Gabriel said. She told them, this happened before she left to see Elizabeth.
Grandfather tried his best to explain all of Elizabeth's story as well as Elizabeth's prophecy when she saw Mary. But her parents said he was always to partial to Mary. He would believe anything she told him. And this proved it! How convenient for Mary to make up a story that went along with Elizabeth's, they thought.
Elizabeth's miracle, they could believe, but not this. They accused Mary of adultery and trying to cover up the adulterous act with an outlandish story. They surmised she made up the story after hearing about Elizabeth's pregnancy.
"At least Elizabeth didn't claim a virgin pregnancy!" they exclaimed. "And Zachariah was the one, a priest, who saw the angel. Who are you, Mary? Who are you that God should send His angel to you? How could you do this to us? How could you do this evil to Joseph?"
All Mary could do was proclaim her innocence, and weep. She believed every word from God spoken through the Angel Gabriel. And it came to pass just as the angel had spoken. She was with child though she was a virgin. She would never relent. No matter the cost, she had always spoken the truth and now the truth was hard for others to believe.
"You will tell no-one about this, especially not Joseph," demanded her father. "I will let Joseph do whatever he sees fit." Those were the dreadful words of her father after she returned home. Her mother reacted in disbelief that any of this was happening. She would not speak to Mary and has cried and wept for the last two weeks as if Mary had died.
Now, here she was, carrying the babe of the Most High. She understood the disbelief. It was even hard for her to fathom sometimes. Her parents were right. Who was she that God would choose her? But He did. If only I could talk with Joseph and tell him the truth, she thought.
After dinner, Joseph and Mary's father went out in cool night air for a walk. Small talk ensued, but Joseph could take it no longer.
"Tell me what is going on," he demanded of Mary's father. "Why was Mary not present at dinner? What is so urgent that I must come right away, but when I arrive, is so unimportant that you delay in telling me? Stop with the trivial talk."
A long silence followed. Mary's father looked at Joseph with furrowed brow as if trying to find the words. He had rehearsed in his mind just how he might tell Joseph that his betrothed was pregnant, but now he couldn't find the words. He loved his daughter and he was afraid for her. He was horrified and angry when Mary told him her preposterous story. Now he could only feel sorrow for her future. He had a long presentation for Joseph that he planned, but, at this moment, he decided to just be forthright.
"Mary is….," he could hardly say it out loud, "with child."
The words hit Joseph like a thousand rams, wild and unrestrained that trampled and crushed his heart. He let out a grown from deep within,"no! this can't be."
"Joseph," said Mary's father, let me tell you…."
"Leave me," Joseph shouted, his voice hard and harsh.
Mary's father turned and left Joseph to his grief. He had not walked far when he heard Joseph's unrestrained weeping break though the still cool night. He stopped. He would wait, then go and see if he could comfort Joseph in some way. He cared for him deeply, as a son.
Oh Mary, what have you brought upon me? were the thoughts of both father and betrothed.
The sun rose upon Joseph's grief as if nothing had happened. He spent the morning in prayer refusing breakfast. At mid-morning he thanked Mary's mother for her hospitality and told her that he would speak to both her and her husband at the evening meal. The rest of the day was spent in fasting and prayer in the seclusion of a grouping of trees he discovered on his walk.
So many emotions washed over Joseph, he didn't know what to do with them. One moment he was angry the next he just wanted to see his bride. Ahh, his bride, what would he do? The day was hastening away. He sat under a tree and threw rocks at nothing. He could hear the rocks pounce when they hit ground. He sat there in silence thinking. And hurting.
"It's a g-g-good place to th-think," a voice from behind Joseph said.
Joseph turned to see Gad who had cared for the rescued foal. "Gad, isn't it?" Joseph asked.
"Yes," replied Gad.
"Come and sit. I could use some company in my misery."
Gad sat down next to Joseph. Neither man saying anything for a while.
Then Gad turned to Joseph and said, "G-G-G-Grandf-f-father said he's ne ne never known M-M-Mary to lie. If sheee said she h-h-heard from God through an-n-n angel, he b-b-believes her."
"What" Joseph questioned. "are you talking about?"
"You haven't t-t-talked to Mary or heard all of th-the facts," Gad replied. He hated his stutter, but he had to speak with Joseph.
"What other facts do I need to know? My betrothed is pregnant. There's only one way that happens."
"N-Not according to Mary, or the angel, or the pr-pr-prophets for that matter," Gad responded.
"And what do you know of angels, or prophets? Or maybe I should be asking, what do you know of Mary?" Joseph accused.
"Of angels, I know l-little. Of the prophetic scripture, I know quite well. F-F-From what-t-t I have s-s-s-seen, and h-h-heard, I believe M-M-Mary.
"What are you talking about? You believe what about Mary? That she is pregnant? Yes, I've been told," fumed Joseph.
"Are you aware of what she has not done?" Gad pushed back.
Gad did not wait for a reply. He forged ahead and became a voice for Mary. He told Joseph all that Mary had said about the angelic visit and her virgin pregnancy.
"Why should I believe such a story?" Joseph questioned
"You are a man of belief in the one true God, you must have faith just as your very own ancestors had faith," said Gad.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command so that what was seen was not made out of what was visible.
By faith, Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is keeping with faith.
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
Joseph stood to his feet. He needed to get back to the house and clean up before dinner. He was deep in thought and hadn't noticed something miraculous just took place. But Gad noticed and praised God. Somewhere in the conversation about Mary and faith, Gad no longer stuttered. Now he wanted to talk to someone, anyone. Joseph had already walked away. Where were people when you needed them!
Joseph's legs felt heavy as he walked to Mary's home in silent depressed thought. Gad was right about faith. Joseph was finding it easier to believe God's miracles and intervention in his ancestors he heard and read about rather than his own life. Surely, God would choose someone greater than him and Mary for bringing about His plans. I am only a carpenter, he thought. He would question Mary's father about her claims tonight. But he had made his decision already. He would divorce her.
Gad found his daughter Susanna and had never talked so much in his life. In the past, his stutter kept him from most all conversations. Usually, he only spoke when absolutely necessary. Now, his daughter Susanna couldn't get a word in edgewise.
"I have studied the Torah and the prophets as diligent as the priests. Many times, I could not ask questions. My stutter kept me from entering so many conversations, but it also enabled me to listen. I learned a great deal from listening," Gad said.
"Father! Yes, you have told me," Susanna exclaimed smiling. "And what have you learned today from listening?"
"Listening to men, or to God?" Gad questioned.
Susanna gave her father a look. One that reminded him of Susanna's mother. "To men, but if God has spoken to you, by all means enlighten me."
"God speaks to me every day, Susanna. He affirms His majesty when I gaze at the sparkle of the stars. He whispers His love in the river's gentle flow of cool water on a hot day. He provides rest under the mighty oak tree. He gives laughter at the bellar of a baby goat."
"You can find God's voice in everything He has created. You just have to be listening."
Later that night at dinner, Mary's father confirmed the unbelievable story of an angel speaking about the Holy Spirit and delivering God's Word to Mary. Joseph wanted to believe it, but he just could not. He informed Mary's father that he would divorce her quietly. He wouldn't say more than that to her father, but he still loved her so very much.
Dear Reader, thanks again for following this Christmas story. My prayer is always that Jesus would be made alive in your hearts and minds, and that you would know Him and love Him as He loves you. The next chapter will be published very soon. Stay tuned! It seems the angel Gabriel will be sent by God for another mission.
Be sure to click or touch on the "follow me" icon on the website so you don't miss any upcoming chapters.
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Mile Squared on the Burbank Construction website.
The condos from this project are brokered through John Riscia (ReMax) at WeLoveLofts.com.
Named after the idea that Central Falls is one square mile, Mile Squared is a circa 2004 project that took about 4 years to be completed. Some units are still available for sale. The process of converting the former American Broadloom mill into 15 condominium units started in 2004. Three friends from Providence invested in the mill and started plans to convert it, setting aside some spaces as their own.
In 2006, a partial collapse of the building nearly brought the project to a halt. A portion of the mill did not have a concrete footing when the sand moved from underneath, the floors began to sag and a concrete block wall fell away. Todd J. Olbrych, the Central Fall's director of Code Enforcement, said it was a hard problem to have noticed. Concrete footings are underneath the ground and cannot be readily seen. Ronald F. Travers, the director of zoning and code enforcement for the City of Pawtucket, agreed, saying it would have been difficult to discern the condition of the building.
The newly shored up wall (seen in photos as a section of dark gray panels) was finished in late 2006, and the rest of the construction continued. The spaces are generally large and finished enough for someone to move into. The idea was to keep costs low and let the owners make any "luxury" upgrades themselves.
Roland Lavallee Sep 18 2009 OMG! I never thought I'd see a story about American Broadloom. When I was a kid during the 60s, I'd work my grandfather's rubbish removal business located in Central Falls. We would take out the trash from American Broadloom and I'll never forget those giant tables holding the rugs being sewn by the ladies. There would be cardboard barrels with the weave and these ladies would sit behind the very industrial sewing machines and spinning the rug while the edge the weave together. Oh, how I can see the movie in my mind playing that clip!


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Taiwan Impact of AI on Healthcare
News / By Valerie Hsu / 02/03/2021 19/08/2021
Time: 8:00-10:00 CET (15:00-17:00 TW) (followed by 1-1 Session)
Link to the plenary session and smart sessions: https://lsh010-virtual.nl/
Program: https://www.aanmelder.nl/123812/wiki/614938/programma
Smart Session: Taiwan Impact of AI on Healthcare
Time: 9:15-10:00 CET (16:15-17:00 TW)
The Taiwan Impact of AI on Healthcare webinar session is a part of the Life Science and Health 010 (LSH010) Digital Breakfast event. During the session, experts and innovators in the AI-Healthcare sector in Taiwan will share their experiences and insights on the subject.
To learn more about the LSH101 Digital Breakfast, see:
https://www.lifesciencesandhealth010.nl/nieuws/meld-je-nu-aan-voor-het-lsh010-ontbijt-op-donderdag-18-maart-2021/
Registration link (in Dutch): https://www.aanmelder.nl/123812/https-lsh010-virtual-nl
9:15 – 9:25 | Introduction to TAcc+ International Program and Innovex 2021, by Mr. David Wang, Director, Taiwan Representative Office (TRO) Economic Division
Taiwan has established a very complete startup ecosystem and supply chains. Taiwan is focusing many supports and programs on AI, IoT, Healthcare, soft-landing program for international startups to connect to the Taiwan startups ecosystem
9:25-9:45 | Key Note Presentation: Taiwan AI Roadmap, The impact of AI on Taiwan's healthcare, by Prof. Dr. Hsin-Chien Lee, Department of Psychiatry, Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Artificial Intelligence; an overview of policies and developments in Taiwan & The impact of AI onTaiwan's healthcare
Reference: https://www.rvo.nl/sites/default/files/2020/04/AI-Developments-in-Taiwan.pdf
Prof. Dr. Hsin-Chien Lee
9:45-9:55 | Taiwan can help! Taiwan AI on pandemic control: by Dr. Jerry Chen, CEO, Brain Navi, Taiwan
Taiwan's precision epidemic prevention measures are justified by its low COVID-19 virus affection ratio and low interruption of civil lives and economic activities. Instead of lockdown, utilizing the Brain Navi "Zero-Contact COVID Medical Station", you can perform large-scale testing with minimal healthcare staff using AI and robotics technologies. Zero-Contact COVID Medical Station apply robotics technology to not only protect the medical staff from a highly infectious environment but also provide a high standard medical-grade testing station for testers, resulting to less chance of cross-infection. This solution generate a RT-PCR results 5 times faster (in 30 minutes) than the existing PCR wait time (6 hours) allowing large-scale testing at crowded venues such as airport, stadium, university, shopping mall and giving us a glimpse to resume to normal life.
Dr. Jerry Chen
9:55-10:00 | Q&A and matchmaking
**As a part of the Pitch Event of the Digital Breakfast (before the Taiwan Impact of AI on Healthcare session), Dr. Honda Hsiao, CEO of Soteria (Taiwan), will present the company's AI pitch at 08:30. Tune in earlier to catch Dr. Hsiao's presentation!
Soteria intergrates software and hardware, combined with AI, big data and other technologies to create an integrated platform and provide a series of sleep related quick screening and treatment evaluation services. In addition to sleep apnea diagnosis and evaluation, it provides higher added value, a set of long-term post-sales service solutions, solves customer's sleep breathing problems, and establishes a complete sleep apnea management industry value chain.
Dr. Honda Hsiao
Dr. Valerie Hsu, Director, TGN, Tiger Accelerator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-hsu-33578b172/?originalSubdomain=nl
Speakers Contacts:
Mr. David Wang
jpwang@moea.gov.tw
ellalee@tmu.edu.tw
jerrychen@brainnavi.com
Dr. Hung Ta Hsiao
honda@soteriabio.com
Co-organized by:
Taiwan Globalization Network-TGN
Tiger Accelerator
TAcc+
Taiwan Business Association – Innovation Committee
Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce in the Netherlands Junior Chapter


IOTA is supporting an IoT seminar event to be held on Apr-19. Our Exco member will be speaking on IoT Smart City applications. Feel free to register following the RSVP link below.
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Michał Sulinowski came back from Senegal and shared his emotions about the judging experience in Africa! Check his interview and some photos from Pierre Célat below!
P.S. Why did you decide to go to Dakar?
Michal. I would never forgive myself if I missed such a great opportunity to visit a new continent! Obviously I did a small research about Dakar and I checked all things needed to go there, such as a vaccine for yellow fever… Finally, after coming back I think I've made a great decision to go there.
P.S. How did you like the trip?
Michal. It was absolutely amazing! I love to discover new places in the world so it was really exciting for me! I think that it's super cool that I can travel so much thanks to skating. I would never expect going to Africa.. That's incredible!
P.S. How did you find the skating level in Senegal?
Michal. Well I think it's very similar to other countries because there are a lot of skaters with different levels of skating. There are some guys who are just starting and some more advanced skaters who can do few sevens and wheeling shifts!
P.S. What impressed you the most?
Michal. I was definitely impressed how cool skaters move to the music! They really feel the beat and they are not afraid to show it on skates! I recorded some videos there so stay tuned for that!
P.S. Do you plan to judge more in the new season?
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Todd Gould's lab members couldn't replicate their experiments. As New Scientist reports, they got different results when testing the antidepressant effects of ketamine in mice depending on which members of the lab conducted the experiment, which involved measuring how long the mice would swim when placed in a tank. Gould, a psychiatry researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, had read a 2014 study that found the presence of men, but not women, dulls mice's pain, and according to a university news release, his team also heard anecdotes from other labs about experimental results that seemed to be influenced by researcher sex. So they decided to test whether this could explain the inconsistencies they saw.
The team reported in an August 30 Nature Neuroscience paper that the sex of researchers working with mice did indeed influence outcomes involving ketamine treatment, with the scent of human males triggering the release of a hormone in mice's brains that enabled the drug to work as an antidepressant. The findings suggest that researcher sex may confound animal research in a variety of experiments—but the team says the work could also point the way toward making antidepressant treatments more effective in humans.
"Our findings in mice suggests that activating a specific stress circuit in the brain may be a way to improve ketamine treatment," Gould says in the university announcement. "Our thought is that you may be able to provide a more robust antidepressant effect if you combine the ketamine with activation of this brain region, either a drug that spurs this process in the brain or even some sort of specific stressor."
The team confirmed the effect of sex by conducting experiments in which either male or female researchers injected ketamine into the mice, and by testing the animals' responses to T-shirts and cotton swabs infused with human male or female scent (they were drawn to the materials with female scent but avoided the male-scented items). The researchers also delved into the mechanisms behind that effect, and found that when men administered ketamine to the mice, a hormone called corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) was released in an area of the mouse hippocampus associated with depression, enabling the ketamine's antidepressant effect. This didn't happen when women administered the drug unless they accompanied the ketamine with a dose of CRF.
"We think that some people may have higher or lower levels of CRF, and we believe that people [who] do not respond well to ketamine antidepressant therapy might respond if we could administer the treatment with some CRF-related chemical that could induce ketamine's effects," study coauthor Polymnia Georgiou, a former postdoc in Gould's lab, says in the university announcement. "Alternatively, we typically see the antidepressant effects of ketamine lasting 1-3 days, but with CRF administration, it is possible that we may be able to extend the effects to last longer with CRF."
Beyond the effects of ketamine itself, "What it suggests is that every experiment that's ever been done with male experimenters has happened with the mice in a different state than experiments that have been done with female experimenters," Jeffrey Mogil of McGill University in Canada tells New Scientist. Mogil was not involved in the current study but was a coauthor on the 2014 study showing that researcher sex affected mouse pain.
Gerlinde Metz of the University of Lethbridge in Canada, who was also not involved in the new study, tells New Scientist that researcher sex is just one of many variables that can affect animal experiments; others include their shipment to the lab, diet, and even the season. She says researchers should try to control for the effects of these variables as best they can, although it may be impossible to do so completely.
The influence of researcher sex on experimental outcomes is "something that we've all been ignoring completely because no one thought it was even remotely possible that it could matter," Mogil tells New Scientist. "But it does."
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BACKGROUND: Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines recommend seizure prophylaxis for preventing early posttraumatic seizure (PTS). Phenytoin (PHE) is commonly used. Despite a paucity of data in traumatic brain injury, levetiracetam (LEV) has been introduced as a potential replacement, which is more costly but does not require serum monitoring. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of PHE with that of LEV for preventing early PTS.
METHODS: Consecutive blunt traumatic brain injury patients undergoing seizure prophylaxis were prospectively enrolled at two Level 1 trauma centers during a 33-month period. Seizure prophylaxis was administered according to local protocol. Patients were monitored prospectively throughout their hospital stay for clinical evidence of seizure activity. PHE was compared with LEV with clinical early PTS as the primary outcome measure, defined as a seizure diagnosed clinically, occurring within 7 days of admission.
RESULTS: A total of 1,191 patients were screened for enrollment, after excluding 378 (31.7%) who did not meet inclusion criteria; 813 (68.3%) were analyzed (406 LEV and 407 PHE). There were no significant differences between LEV and PHE in age (51.7 [21.3] vs. 53.6 [22.5], p = 0.205), male (73.9% vs. 68.8%, p = 0.108), Injury Severity Score (ISS) (20.0 [10.0] vs. 21.0 [10.6], p = 0.175), Marshall score of 3 or greater (18.5% vs. 14.7%, p = 0.153), or craniectomy (8.4% vs. 11.8%, p = 0.106). There was no difference in seizure rate (1.5% vs.1.5%, p = 0.997), adverse drug reactions (7.9% vs. 10.3%, p = 0.227), or mortality (5.4% vs. 3.7%, p = 0.236).
CONCLUSION: In this prospective evaluation of early PTS prophylaxis, LEV did not outperform PHE. Cost and need for serum monitoring should be considered in guiding the choice of prophylactic agent.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic study, level III.
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The U.S. Dollar retreats after U.S Treasury Bond Yields remain in the low zone after falling from 1.77% highs.
At least for the moment, the market seems to take it for granted that the Federal Reserve will achieve its goal of maintaining its zero-interest-rate policy for an extended period. The latest figures for retail sales and PMIs predict a rapid rebound in the economy that could return to normal with solid growth, earlier than was initially forecast. Some Fed members have stated that the 4% unemployment rate will be reached as soon as the end of this year, at the same time that the CPI figure will reach 2.5%.
But the markets must also keep in mind FED's asset purchase program is unlimited. Therefore, it can mark a stop to the fall of treasury bonds, as long as they are not forced to initiate a tapering process that could lead to a bearish movement of U.S. Treasury bond yields.
Meanwhile, the stock markets continue to rise, marking all-time highs each day. However, the U.S. Dollar is approaching levels of change of the uptrend caused by the rebound in bond yields that began at the end of last year.
The current scenario is characteristic of a market with a greater appetite for risk. The dollar ceases to act as a safe haven asset, weakened by outflows to other riskier assets.
EUR/USD has decidedly broken the 1.1988 resistance and is very close to the next resistance/pivot level of 1.2055, where the 100-day SMA line passes. Above this last level, the previous downtrend that started at the beginning of the year would be ended, and the pair could work its way towards the next resistance level between 1.2200-1.2210.
Today the European Central Bank meets, and no significant change in its monetary policy is expected. President Lagarde's statements will follow the previous trend of maintaining her ultra-expansive policy for as long as necessary until the European economy recovers. However, if the euro begins an upward momentum again, its policy can be threatened by the currency's strength that could act in the opposite direction.
GOLD benefits in this scenario from low-interest rates, a weaker USD, high growth expectations and rising inflation.
Technically, it would need to break through resistance between 1800 and 1810 to gain bullish momentum. Above these levels, the next major resistance zone would be 1869.
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It was another face in the crowd Wednesday, however, who perhaps best illustrated just how strong that foundation is – and will be going forward – for Stricker.
Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby was on hand for a jersey-exchange ceremony to represent the club, and he had never met Stricker. Yet, in early October after Crosby missed five kicks in a 31-23 loss to the Detroit Lions – one of the lowest points in his 12-year career – he received a text from Stricker.
"He hit me up and had a nice note. It was actually really awesome," Crosby said. "I was really pumped when he got the nod to be the captain here. Just a great, great human being and a guy that obviously is a motivator and can say the right things and just get people to listen.
"He obviously is a relational person and has these Wisconsin roots. He knows you have to be calm. In a leadership role you have to have that calm about you, and when things kind of go wrong you just kind of find a way to move forward and to help motivate in those tough times. It's easy to rah rah and get excited whenever things are going well, but to be able to stay calm and keep it moving forward when adversity hits, that's what the captainship and being a leader is all about."
Though the event is 19 months away, Whaley said American players will start earning points toward securing one of eight automatics bids on the team this week at the WGC-Mexico Championship. Players can earn points through the 2020 BMW Championship, which concludes Aug. 23, 2020. Stricker will then make his four captain's picks Sept. 1.
The entire U.S. team will then have three weeks to prepare for the matches against the European team, which will be captained by Padraig Harrington.
Since the turn of the century the European team is 7-2 in the event. Stricker was a part of those American victories, first as a player in 2008 at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky and then as a vice-captain when the U.S. won at Hazeltine National golf Club in Minnesota in 2016.
Stricker said he'll largely draw on those triumphs as he prepares to lead his team in 2020.
"I kind of always try to look at the positive side of things," he said. "Obviously you learn from your mistakes. Sometimes you learn more from your mistakes than anything, and I know what those are. There's been, you know, not a lot of mistakes I feel like over the last teams I've been a part of. So, I'll take from those and learn from the good things we've done and apply those.
"I'm not changing too much of this deal. It's all about keeping this continuity and consistency going and we just gotta play a little bit better, hole the putts. And it's competition. Somebody's got to win or lose."


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Asia Pacific|China Punishes Nearly 200 Over 'Rumors' About Stocks, Blasts and Parade
China Punishes Nearly 200 Over 'Rumors' About Stocks, Blasts and Parade
By Edward Wong
BEIJING — The Chinese Ministry of Public Security has punished at least 197 people in recent days for "spreading rumors" online, it said. Its announcement did not give details, but the accused have presumably been detained.
The so-called rumors were related to China's continuing stock market uncertainty, the recent industrial explosions in Tianjin and the military parade scheduled for Thursday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the ministry said on Sunday. Xinhua, the state-run news agency, reported on Monday that the ministry's actions were the core of a "special campaign" by the police.
The moves are an indication of the political sensitivities that have been aggravated in recent weeks by several volatile issues, among which the most painful for Chinese leaders have been the slowing economy and the market collapse.
Months ago, President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese officials called for the military parade as a bravado display of nationalism, and scheduled Mr. Xi's first state visit to the United States for September, but now both occasions are expected to be shadowed by the various crises that have shaken China this summer.
One of the most prominent targets of the recent campaign has been a reporter for a respected business magazine, Caijing. The reporter, Wang Xiaolu, was compelled to make a confession on television in which he said he had written a "sensational" and "irresponsible" article on the stock market. Those remarks were broadcast on Monday on China Central Television, the main state network.
In recent years, the Chinese authorities have increasingly used confessions on the network to humiliate detainees and to hold up their cases as warnings for others, even before any criminal proceedings have taken place.
Human rights and press freedom advocates have denounced the detention of Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang wrote an article published on July 20 by Caijing reporting that the China Securities Regulatory Commission was seeking to withdraw funds from the stock market. The police detained Mr. Wang on Aug. 25, and Caijing issued a statement saying it did not know why he had been detained. On Friday, his article was still up on Caijing's website, but it has since been taken down.
Xinhua said that Mr. Wang's July report had caused "abnormal fluctuations" in the stock market.
In his videotaped statement, Mr. Wang asked for leniency. He appeared in a light-green polo shirt rather than the orange prison garb worn by others who have made recent televised confessions.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit based in New York, issued a statement last week criticizing China for detaining Mr. Wang for doing his job.
"Chinese authorities' hypersensitivity to fluctuations in the financial markets is no reason to intimidate and jail a journalist for covering the news," said Bob Dietz, the group's Asia program coordinator. "We call on Chinese authorities to immediately release Wang Xiaolu."
Calls made to a number for Caijing went unanswered on Monday.
Along with Mr. Wang, several financial officials and executives were detained last week for contributing to the stock market gyrations and have been dealt with by "criminal compulsory measures," according to Xinhua. Those individuals include Liu Shufan, an official with the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the agency on which Mr. Wang had written. Four executives from Citic Securities Company, the leading Chinese securities dealer, were also detained last week, the news agency reported.
In its Sunday announcement about the 197 people punished, the Ministry of Public Security, which oversees most domestic security matters in China, said it had shut down 165 "online accounts" for violations.
The Chinese authorities have tried various ways to clamp down on Internet speech, including broadening the definition of a charge called "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" to apply to Internet writings.
The Ministry of Public Security said that examples of recent offending online rumors included one that said 1,300 people had been killed by the Tianjin explosions and another that said a man had jumped to his death because of the plummeting stock market.
Mia Li contributed research.
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Он должен масштабироваться до его размеров, как происходит с растровым изображением.
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Covenant. So we can translate the word tukdam (thugs Dam) denoting the property of an ally called Yidam (Yi Dam/Yid dam). Otherwise we can understand this word tukdam as a spiritual bond (literally) and deification (meaning). This is the fundamental meaning of the Covenant.
It is the property of a person called an ally-the force of Spajająca a believer with God.
This fundamental meaning of tukdam means, therefore, the kind of promise, oath, agreement, consent.
And by us, believers and friends, brothers and sisters.
Another meaning of Tukdam is spiritual action, exercise, asceticism. It seems that it refers to the above meaning of the Covenant as a promise. When we fill the Covenant, it is acting, and in the footsteps of the same covenant, it can be understood as acting.
Tukdam is also a delight, thinking. In this sense, it is said about the rest of the Covenant or life in the Covenant (Thugs Dam La Bzhugs), which appears to be close to the Christian concept of being in the Holy Spirit. It is worth noting that the word Tukdam could also translate as the Holy Spirit, if we read the second element of it, not as a noun, but a dam adjective, meaningful as much as the Holy One. Tuk (thugs) is a spirit (from the UK (dbugs), breathing, breath), and Dam (dam) is a bond or a saint. The word Tukdam can mean in this case either a spiritual bond or the Holy Spirit.
The meaning of the Covenant as a delight or thought is also used for those who have died, but show signs of consciousness after death, such as sitting in an upright posture.
In addition, Tukdam is also understood as a divination, a study, an estimation, a test. It is possible that this meaning refers more to deification. It is known that the person in such a covenant – the person Przebóstwiona – is able to proclaim the truth outside the area of his own, acquired messages.
Others still mean Tukdam is hope, desire, desire. It is also present in the prayer given above, where it is asked to fill the Covenant. So fill the Covenant – Spełnijcie my dream. Obiecaliście help in my endeavors. Now I ask you for help-fill in the Covenant, as agreed.