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JPD: Officer, truck thief exchange fire
Jackson police searching for 2 people, stolen truck
Updated: 12:18 PM CDT Mar 28, 2014
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The Jackson Police Department said Friday that an officer exchanged fire with at least one truck thief at a local apartment complex.Click here for videoThe incident began about 5 a.m. Friday at Northside Terrace Apartments on East Northside Drive in Jackson, police said.A resident of the apartment complex, who didn't want to be identified, said the men were trying to steal a truck and the officer blocked them in. The driver of the truck rammed at least five vehicles to get away, which led the officer to open fire, the resident said. "I heard a big crash, a shooting and a boom, boom," she said. "They got in the truck, hit the police car, came through and hit everything in its path."The pickup truck was able to speed away, the resident said. Caprice Tanner's work van was one of the vehicles that were damaged. "I've been out here probably about a year. There's been a few things -- not much -- but nothing like this," Tanner said. Police said they are searching for the two men, who were last seen in a stolen 2012 silver F-250 pickup truck.Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.
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The Jackson Police Department said Friday that an officer exchanged fire with at least one truck thief at a local apartment complex.
Click here for video
The incident began about 5 a.m. Friday at Northside Terrace Apartments on East Northside Drive in Jackson, police said.
A resident of the apartment complex, who didn't want to be identified, said the men were trying to steal a truck and the officer blocked them in. The driver of the truck rammed at least five vehicles to get away, which led the officer to open fire, the resident said.
"I heard a big crash, a shooting and a boom, boom," she said. "They got in the truck, hit the police car, came through and hit everything in its path."
The pickup truck was able to speed away, the resident said.
Caprice Tanner's work van was one of the vehicles that were damaged.
"I've been out here probably about a year. There's been a few things -- not much -- but nothing like this," Tanner said.
Police said they are searching for the two men, who were last seen in a stolen 2012 silver F-250 pickup truck.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.


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Health systems may be warming to offshoring, a mainstay practice for insurers
Feds probe Taro, executives over generic-drug pricing
Erica Teichert
Israeli drug manufacturer Taro Pharmaceutical Industries revealed Friday that the U.S. Justice Department subpoenaed it and two of its senior officers as part of an investigation into generic-drug pricing.
In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission posted late Friday, Taro said the Justice Department's Antitrust Division wants documents on generic pharmaceutical products and pricing as well as communications between the company and its competitors about generic-drug sales.
The Haifa, Israel-based company says it plans to cooperate with the federal investigation, but did not name the two senior officers who are involved in the grand jury subpoena. The two individuals are part of Taro's commercial team, the filing said.
Taro has approximately 180 pharmaceutical products it manufactures and sells around the world, including skin creams for pain relief, eczema and psoriasis. The company raked in approximately $863 million in revenue in 2015.
Pharmaceutical companies have faced increased scrutiny in past weeks over generic-drug pricing, with Mylan in particular facing the hot seat over its skyrocketing EpiPen prices. The epinephrine auto-injector, which can save the lives of people with severe allergies, has jumped more than 500% since 2007 to $608 for a two-pack, and federal lawmakers are investigating the trends.
Taro's U.S. stock dropped more than 3% during morning trading on Monday.

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Stephen Halliwell, Between Ecstasy and Truth. Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to Longinus.. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xii, 419. ISBN 9780199570560. $150.00.
Reviewed by Casper C. de Jonge, Leiden University (c.c.de.jonge@hum.leidenuniv.nl)
Stephen Halliwell is one of the world's leading specialists in ancient literary criticism. In this book he offers a series of detailed studies examining Greek views on poetry. Reconsidering a number of familiar passages from Homer, Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, Gorgias, Isocrates, Philodemus and Longinus, Halliwell argues that the tradition of Greek poetics is informed by a continuous dialogue between two competing perspectives, which he summarizes by the notions of "ecstasy" and "truth". "Ecstasy" stands for various ancient ideas that understand the value of poetry in terms of emotional impact, enchantment and psychological transformation. "Truth", on the other hand, covers all those approaches that underline the cognitive benefits of poetry to the audience. While the contrast between truth and ecstasy is relevant to all Greek texts discussed in this book, the relationship between the two notions is presented in many different forms. Some ancient critics develop poetic theories that bridge the gap between ecstasy and truth, whereas other authors perceive an unsolvable conflict between these values.
Chapter 1 ("Setting the Scene: Questions of Poetic Value in Greek Culture") introduces the notions of poetic ecstasy and truth. In his discussion of the latter term Halliwell draws attention to a wide variety of Greek ideas about poetic truth, falsehood and fiction. These ideas are further illuminated through a close reading of well-known passages from Hesiod (Theogony 26-28) and Thucydides (2.41.4), which raise important questions concerning the status of poetry and its relationship to truth and history.
The following six chapters focus on eight Greek authors from Homer to Longinus. Although the chapters deal with a wide variety of texts that span a period of at least eight centuries, they are closely connected, not only by the thematic focus on truth and ecstasy, but also by Halliwell's consistent method. Each chapter sets out to demonstrate that the Greek texts discussed are more "complex" and "ambiguous" than scholars have recognized.
"Is there a Poetics in Homer?" That question is raised in chapter 2. Halliwell emphasizes that it is impossible to reduce all Homeric passages on song and poetry to one coherent list of values. Two passages are discussed in detail: Achilles' song about the "glorious deeds of men" in Iliad 9 and Odysseus' request for Demodocus' third song in Odyssey 8. Halliwell argues that both Achilles and Odysseus are attracted by the emotional experience of song, which is capable of transforming their human suffering into something beautiful. For a good understanding of Homeric song this ecstatic experience is at least as important, he claims, as the notion of truth that many interpreters have emphasized. The role of the Muses in Homer is explained in similar terms: they do not just inform the poet about historical and accurate truth, but they rather "transmute" the distress of human life into enthralling beauty.
Chapter 3 ("Aristophanes' Frogs and the Failure of Criticism") challenges the common interpretation of Aristophanes' Frogs as a work of literary theory. Where many scholars have tried to distil from Frogs a coherent set of poetic theories, Halliwell emphasizes the ambiguous, comical and elusive aspects of the play, arguing that it is impossible to reduce the comedy to anything like a poetics or literary theory. A large part of this instructive chapter concentrates on the figure of Dionysus. The god's unstable and quickly changing attitude towards the poets Aeschylus and Euripides is interpreted as a dramatic staging of the enormous difficulty of judging the quality of poetry. If Aristophanes teaches us anything about tragedy, it is the fact that poetic criticism and evaluation is extremely complex, in many respects absurd, and perhaps even impossible.
Like Aristophanes' comedies, Plato's polyphonic dialogues do not allow themselves to be reduced to a straightforward account or theory. In chapter 4 ("To Banish or Not to Banish? Plato's Unanswered Question about Poetry") Halliwell again contests the interpretations of scholars who have drawn simplified conclusions from passages that on closer inspection turn out to be rather complex. While rejecting the common portrait of Plato as an enemy of poetry, Halliwell argues that Plato's dialogues reveal an ambiguous attitude towards poetry. On the one hand Plato distrusts the ecstatic experience of poetry, which is not open to rational analysis. On the other hand his works show a deep awareness that poetic imagination can be both valuable and attractive. We are reminded that "the most Homeric" of all Greek writers (Longinus 13.3 on Plato) was in many respects a poet himself. Careful readings of the Apology and Ion prepare for a subtle interpretation of Republic book 10. In Halliwell's interpretation, the banishment of mimetic poets is not Plato's definitive solution for the tension between poetic ecstasy and rational truth. Several formulations in book 10 suggest that lovers of poetry might entertain the hope that it may in the end be possible to rescue poetry from its banishment. Far from giving a final verdict, therefore, Plato stimulates his readers to continue thinking about the complex relationship between poetry and philosophy.
Chapter 5 ("Aristotle and the Experience of Tragic Emotion") focuses on the Poetics, to the understanding of which Halliwell has already made several groundbreaking contributions. In this chapter he argues that in Aristotle's model of poetic experience there is a close collaboration between cognition and emotion, which together bring forth a certain "emotional understanding". The first part of Halliwell's analysis involves a helpful interpretation of Poetics chapter 25 as well as an interesting examination of the term ψυχαγωγία. The second part of the chapter focuses on the most notorious problem of the Poetics, i.e. the concept of catharsis. Reconsidering the evidence from Aristotle's Politics book 8, and rejecting the traditional interpretation of catharsis as a "purgation" of emotions, Halliwell defines tragic catharsis as the benefit that results from "the conversion and integration of otherwise painful emotions into the pleasurable experience of mimetic art" (p. 253). A useful appendix to this chapter presents a response to two scholars who have recently argued that the catharsis clause in the Poetics is an interpolation, a claim that Halliwell rejects after careful examination.
Chapter 6 ("Poetry in the Light of Prose: Gorgias, Isocrates, Philodemus") discusses the views of three authors who in different ways explore the boundaries between prose and poetry. Gorgias' Helen is a "prose-poem" that makes statements about poetry while presenting itself as a new kind of poetry. Halliwell observes a paradox in Gorgias' thinking about poetry: the sophist appears to regard both deception and truth as desirable features of poetry, without explaining how the tension between these values could be resolved. The second author in this chapter is Isocrates, who is critical of poets and poetry in various passages of his speeches, although he does acknowledge that poetry can provide exemplary models of moral behavior. It is argued that Isocrates' "failure" (p. 298) to appreciate other values of poetry results from his consistently pragmatic perspective, which prioritizes the usefulness and instructiveness of discourse. For Isocrates, truth does not go hand in hand with ecstasy. The third author discussed in this chapter is Philodemus. His work On Poems is extremely difficult to interpret, and not only because of its fragmentary status. In the extant fragments, Philodemus presents himself as a negative critic who refutes the theories of other critics, but it is hard for us to reconstruct his own positive theory of poetry. Philodemus participates in a debate on poetic value which focuses on two questions. First, is form or content responsible for poetic excellence? Second, should poetry carry some external benefit? While illuminating Philodemus' complex position in this debate, Halliwell emphasizes the difficulties and problems in the critic's claims about poetry. Having criticized other critics who define the value of poetry in terms of either its form or its external benefit, Philodemus himself seems to be unable to offer a satisfactory definition of poetic value. The uncertainties and (seeming) contradictions in his discussions expose a "weakness" in Philodemus' poetics (p. 326).
The final chapter focuses on the author of the work On the Sublime ("The Mind's Infinity: Longinus and the Psychology of the Sublime"). Ecstasy (ἔκστασις) is the term that Longinus (1.4) uses when describing the overwhelming effect of the sublime. But his emphasis on the dislocating effect of the sublime should not overshadow the relevance of "truth": Halliwell argues that the Longinian sublime results from a cooperation of thought and emotion. Far from being a purely irrational experience, sublime ecstasy increases our mental abilities. This interpretation exposes an important difference between Longinus and his modern successors (e.g. Burke, Kant), which is sometimes overlooked: in modern theory, the sublime is supposed to make human beings aware of the limits of their mind, whereas Longinus' sublime reveals the mind's infinity. In the remaining part of the chapter Halliwell examines the complex relationship between sublimity and truth, which plays a crucial role on several levels of Longinus' treatise.
Characteristic of this book is its uncompromising refusal to present simple answers to difficult questions. A few citations can illustrate the level of nuance, cautiousness and intellectual honesty that Halliwell adopts in this book. "Even much of what a majority of scholars suppose to be fundamental components of Homeric poetics (...) is less secure and more complex (...) than appears at first sight" (p. 42). "Eumaeus' case (...) is more complex than is sometimes appreciated" (p. 53). The comical nature of Aristophanes' Frogs "resists confident interpretation" (p. 96). A passage from Plato's Apology "is more enigmatic than often supposed" (p. 159). The dialogue Ion "is more perplexing and aporetic than most scholars suppose" (p. 167). Plato's discussion of mimesis in Republic book 10 "is more provisional, rhetorically edged, and philosophically provocative than most scholars are willing to admit" (p. 181). One aim of the discussion of Philodemus is to demonstrate that "we need to be alert to difficulties in his position which may not be susceptible to definitive solution" (p. 307), for "there is no easy answer" (p. 322) to the questions that Philodemus' fragments raise. The relationship between truth and the sublime in Longinus' treatise is "irreducibly complex" (p. 343).
This consistent refusal to reduce complex theory to simple oppositions or blunt summaries results in a book that is not always easy to read. Halliwell demands his reader to work as hard as he himself does when reading and rereading his Greek authors. We must be grateful, however, that such an astute reader as Halliwell opens our eyes for under-appreciated nuances and ambiguities in the ancient texts, some of which have indeed far-reaching implications. In drawing attention to the continuous interaction between the values of ecstasy and truth, his detailed discussions cast new light on many familiar passages of Greek criticism.
One of the most important achievements of this book is the fact that it corrects the oversimplified interpretations of earlier scholars, replacing them with innovative readings that respect the complexity and richness of the Greek texts. In recent years one can observe a certain tendency in classical scholarship to limit the number of references to earlier publications in the same field. Fortunately, Halliwell does not follow this questionable fashion. One of the merits of this book is that each chapter reviews and discusses the interpretations of many scholars, so that the reader is always able to follow the debate and to form his own opinion. This book is therefore not only an excellent study of Greek poetics, but also an admirable model of uncompromising scholarship.


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Photo – Ben Gilby with Jeannette Preston of Falmouth-based testicular cancer charity 'Pants', raising money at Cornish Pirates on Saturday
Falmouth-based Cancer Charity 'Pants' was one recipient of a testicular cancer fundraiser held at Cornish Pirates' ground the Mennaye, Penzance, on 8 August 2015, as Pirates supporter Ben Gilby raised money for two cancer charities.
Ben, who is on the committee of the Cornish Pirates Supporters Club, and also volunteers as press officer at London Cornish RFC, is presently recovering from testicular cancer, and was keen to give a bit back to two charities that are continuing to give him great support: The Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital; and the Falmouth based testicular cancer charity 'Pants'.
The event took place in superb West Cornwall sunshine, as summer arrived (albeit for one day!) in Penzance. The afternoon saw Cornish Pirates host ten-a-side rugby union tournament as part of their preparations for the new Greene King IPA Championship season. The tournament involved two Pirates sides ('Team Paver' and 'Team Cattle'), plus Redruth and Launceston. A brilliant afternoon of high-paced rugby was interspersed with a bucket collection for 'Pants' which raised over £200. The rugby community and Cornish businesses also donated some quite amazing auction lots, which, when all the proceeds come in, looks set to raise well over £1,500.
Reflecting on the day, Ben Gilby said: "I can't thank Cornish Pirates enough for their support in my fundraising, they have been absolutely brilliant. The Pirates players took time out for photos on the day, and I would also like to thank the supporters of Redruth and Launceston for all their donations as well. It was great that the Cornish rugby community came together to support us on the day."
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Lake Wilderness Triathlon is celebrating our 14th year!! Lake Wilderness Triathlon is scenic in all aspects of the race and has something for every level of participation. This is a excellent venue for a first time triathlete and the triathlete that's looking for some great competition. We have many first time triathletes and those that compete in Ironman. Everyone is welcome to join us on this great event.
Lake Wilderness Park will open for competitors at 5:15am. If you are picking up your packet the day of the event you can pick it up from 5:15-6:30am. The parking lot will close at 6:55am to insure the safety of our competitors and all vehiciles coming or going into the parking lot. There is parking all around the park if you chose to leave before the main parking lot re-opens. The main parking lot will re-open around 10:00am.
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Continuing Resolutions Impose Considerable Cost on Military
COMMENTARY Budget and Spending
Feb 8th, 2018 2 min read
Frederico Bartels
Senior Policy Analyst, Defense Budgeting
Frederico Bartels is a senior policy analyst for defense budgeting at The Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute.
The House-passed continuing resolution would fund the Department of Defense at a level in line with the National Defense Authorization Act. erick4x4/Getty Images
The continuing resolution recently passed by the House of Representatives includes a full fiscal year of appropriations for the Department of Defense.
The language contained in the House-passed continuing resolution would fund the Department of Defense at a level commensurate with the plans laid out by Congress.
Congress can act on the elements it already agrees on while leaving more contentious issues to a day when the debate won't cost our military its readiness.
That's good news for anyone that cares about our nation's defense.
Assuming the Senate passes the bill, it will be the fifth continuing resolution for fiscal year 2018, which began on Oct. 1.
Continuing resolutions are a funding mechanism designed to fill the gap between the time yearly appropriations end and when Congress is able to craft a new budget for the fiscal year.
Continuing resolutions impose a considerable cost on the military's readiness levels through loss of training time, delayed maintenance, and delayed availability of new ships.
If lawmakers want to avoid those negative impacts, they need to make special provisions in the legislation called "anomalies," which provide exceptions to ongoing funding rules that allow the military to start up new programs or modify existing ones.
Unfortunately, in the previous four continuing resolutions, lawmakers included almost no defense anomalies, which compounded the problems already created by the use of continuing resolutions. Lawmakers did very little to relieve the military from these problems.
This is why this fifth continuing resolution, as proposed, would be a substantial departure from this year's norm.
The language contained in the House-passed continuing resolution would fund the Department of Defense at a level commensurate with the plans laid out by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act—a little above $659 billion for fiscal year 2018, which includes war funding.
This would be a considerable increase over President Donald Trump's budget request and would be aligned with the well-considered plans first outlined by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in his proposal to rebuild the nation's defenses.
Since the 2018 budget discussions started, there has been broad bipartisan agreement on the need to increase the defense budget as well as to increase end strength and investments in modernization. The National Defense Authorization Act, which includes those aspects, passed both the House and the Senate with strong bipartisan support.
The disagreement came when lawmakers attempted to address domestic spending priorities. This has led Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to state that the military is being held hostage to unrelated political issues.
Now, in its fifth continuing resolution, Congress has wisely separated defense spending from the broader discussion, demonstrating its willingness to stop holding our military and our defense hostage to political whims.
We as a nation can continue to debate important domestic issues that shape our society without the threat of a government shutdown hanging over our collective heads. Congress can act on the elements it already agrees on while leaving more contentious issues to a day when the debate won't cost our military its readiness.
The Senate should embrace the House-passed continuing resolution, which demonstrates the substantial bipartisan consensus that exists around the defense budget and the need to rebuild our military. Doing so would be a positive step forward that would show our commitment to rebuilding our military.
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Sierra Leone civil society condemns land grabbing
0 Published: 07 Nov 2020
Short URL: https://farmlandgrab.org/29939
Posted in: Sierra Leone
Politico SL | 7 November 2020
FAO country Representative, Mrs Tipo, flanked by parliamentarians
A group of civil society organisations called the Sierra Leone Land Alliance (SLLA) has released a report critical of the situation land ownership and acquisition in the country, with particular emphasis on the Western area.
The report titled: "Land grabbing in a time of Covid-19 in Sierra Leone", notes that since the outbreak of the pandemic in March this year, the issue of land has become what it described as a "currency of political patronage among Sierra Leone politicians'', with large tracts of public land illegally or irregularly allocated, creating tension. The report lamented the poor surveying methods, which it attributed to lack of modern equipment and poor mapping and electronic surveying techniques.
The Alliance pointed out that action would have been taken on land grabbing, had the late Justice Edmond Cowan Constitutional Review Committee recommendation bordering on the National Land Policy of 2015 given the political endorsement, which would have also led to the setting up of the National Land Commission. The process of rectifying public land allocation has been very slow and the damage caused by land grabbing was also considered to be very slow, SLLA said.
The Alliance argued that illegal and irregular allocation of land has impacted negatively on public finances, land availability and pricing as well as on public finances and development opportunities. It was observed that the disparities in land ownership and wealth are the primary causes of tension between the government and citizens in the country.
The report also described the current process of land registration in Freetown as ''ineffective and disorganised'', and the Registrar General's limited physical presence in the parts of the city contributing to only minimal due diligence in registering land transactions.
Village headmen in rural areas were identified in the SLLA report for conniving with other individuals to sell land, thereby betraying the trust of the people in their communities who look upon them as custodians of the land. Surveyors at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning were also accused of negligence by sitting in their offices instead of visiting land sites, leading to the issuance of multiple titles in the end.
According to the report, many schools and other public infrastructure have lost their playgrounds and forest reserves to land grabbing and that state actors have used the security forces to create an atmosphere of intimidation on issues to do with land possession.
The Alliance, in the report, made a number of recommendations including for a thorough updating of the country's land administration and registration system that will also involve large-scale resurvey of public land, provision of an updated land inventory, legitimization of title deeds, and digitization of records.
The Anti-Corruption Commission was also urged to expedite cases of illegal land acquisition and punish those defaulters, including seizure of their certificates and for government to revisit the 2016 Constitutional Review Committee report recommendations on Lands and harmonizing of all laws on land related issues. It was also recommended that awareness be raised and training conducted to help communities understand and protect their land rights and to represent their interests in dealing with governments.
Government should also establish a National Lands Commission and put in place policies for the operationalization of the commission at chiefdom, district and national level and for devolving the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning to the local councils, according to the group of Civil Society Organisations.
SLLA also recommended that the leadership of the Police and Military put a ban on all politicians using armed body guards to grab or protect land in the Western Area and for efforts to be made to accelerate the establishment of Chiefdom Land Registries that would serve as local repository for customary land records.
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Mbappe downplays transfer talk, targets trophies with PSG instead
Earlier this year, PSG turned down multiple bids from Real Madrid for the 23-year-old, who can leave as a free agent at the end of the season when his contract expires.
29 December, 2021 09:52 IST
Mbappe is free to negotiate with Real and other clubs next month but said he was focused on beating the Spanish side when they face off in the Champions League last 16 in February. (File Photo) - REUTERS
Kylian Mbappe said he does not plan to leave Paris St Germain in January despite mounting speculation about his future and that he hoped to add to his trophy haul at the end of the season.
Mbappe is free to negotiate with Real and other clubs next month but said he was focused on beating the Spanish side when they face off in the Champions League last 16 in February.
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Andreas Vinciguerra, född 19 februari 1981 i Malmö, är en svensk tennisspelare som fostrades i Malmö Tennisklubb som han också representerade under sina glansår. Han är vänsterhänt och har dubbelfattad backhand. Han bor och tränar i Malmö. Vinciguerra har spelat sju Davis cup-matcher och vunnit tre av dem; den viktigaste var 2003 när han slog Flavio Saretta i den femte och avgörande matchen. Sedan dess har han haft stora skadebesvär. Han har vunnit ATP-titeln i singel i Köpenhamn (2000) och varit i final i Swedish Open två gånger.

2008, 2011 och 2012 vann Vinciguerra den svenska Elitserien i tennis med sin klubb Fair Play, Malmö. Han spelade Davis Cup 2009 för Sverige i den omdiskuterade Israelmatchen, och nådde i april finalen i en challengerturnering i Rom. I juli 2009 fick Vinciguerra, rankad som nummer 460 i världen, ett Wild card till Swedish Open i Båstad. I semifinalen förlorade han mot andraseedade Robin Söderling i tre set.
Vinciguerra gifte sig med Eleonor Gunnarsson den 14 maj 2011.
Fick en son 1 september 2012 som heter Dion. Hösten 2012 påbörjades en comeback som har resulterat i en seger i en futureturnering och en kvartsfinal i en challenger. I juli 2013 fick Vinc ett wildcard till Swedish Open men det blev förlust med 4-6,6-7 i den första omgången mot Wimbledon-kvartsfinalisten Fernando Verdasco.

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    user_settings_template = os.path.join(HERE, 'templates', 'twofactor_user_settings.mako')

    # FOLDER_SELECTED = 'dropbox_folder_selected'
    # NODE_AUTHORIZED = 'dropbox_node_authorized'
    # NODE_DEAUTHORIZED = 'dropbox_node_deauthorized'

    actions = tuple()
    # actions = (FOLDER_SELECTED, NODE_AUTHORIZED, NODE_DEAUTHORIZED, )

    @property
    def routes(self):
        from .routes import settings_routes
        return [settings_routes]

    @property
    def user_settings(self):
        return self.get_model('UserSettings')

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Many years ago—in the early 90s—we "globalized" our curriculum. Our required "Civ" series (which combined Biblical studies, Church history and religious experience with the history of civilizations—fun to teach, and lots to grapple with) became a world civilizations course which included both Western and world civilizations. In English we included world readings along with tradition English, and even in theology courses readings from non-western theologians were included.
At the same time we began increasing availability of international experiences for students, primarily through cooperative agreements or with other universities. The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and Brethren Colleges Abroad were our primary sources. More recently our professors have developed our own international trips and programs. We have increasingly sent students on short term trips to India, Israel, Viet Nam, while continuing trips to Europe and Latin America. We have built on faculty experience and expertise.
For instance Dr. Brian Schultz lived and studied for years in Israel. He takes students on archeological trips to the Holy Lands. Dr. Ken Friesen with his wife, Fran, led the efforts of Mennonite Central Committee in Viet Nam. And Dr. Darren Duerksen traveled and worked with churches in India. Dr. Karen Cianci, Dean of Natural Sciences, and Dr. Ruth Dahlquist have teamed up to take students for medical mission trips in Honduras. Students travel and experience another culture, and they serve and experience needs and solutions to pressing problems that they would not experience in the US. Each has developed educational travels for students that build on their own deep experience in these countries and cultures.
These are experiences that shape or reshape students' lives and outlooks. They add a dimension to their understanding that is difficult to quantify and describe. They open and expand imaginations. To illustrate I asked students who traveled this year to send me something on what they experienced on these trips. Here are some examples of the way they have felt their immediate impact.
Andrew bought several fried tarantulas (he seems determined to try everything new) and he willingly shared with any willing taker. We tried them. That's not the royal we — I really did try one leg of tarantula.
The following day, our group went to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21). This museum preserves the acts of torture committed by the Khmer Rouge regime during their rise to power. It was yet another reminder of the atrocities humans are capable of committing. The name means "poisonous trees" and over the course of its operation, over 20,000 people were killed. There were only seven survivors, two of which we got to meet today while at the museum. It is incredible that these two men have been able to overcome the bitter memories of this place so that they can meet the people who come and share their testimony (through their books). Following the museum, we went on another 5.5 hour bus ride to the city of Siem Reap, our final destination. Here we will spend our last two days visiting the Ankor Wat, the largest temple ever built.
From the trip to Honduras, participating as medical missionaries.
I learned so many things medically and spiritually. My knowledge for how to treat people, and how to care for their problems has grown tremendously. Doing something as simple as taking blood pressure, or giving people medication to make the parasites leave their bodies was very impacting. I gained a confidence from this trip, that taught me that I am capable of helping others in the medical field if I can continue to study hard and maintain a personality that is open to learning. Having a hands-on experience with the doctor was incredible. I was able to visibly gain an understanding of the difference between an infected ear and a regular ear. I was able to listen to the sound of a healthy heart beat, and the sound of a heart murmur. I was able to learn how to immediately treat people with respiratory issues. Being able to help the many kids with asthma was a huge blessing to experience. I was able to participate in taking a cyst off of an individual's eye, as well as an overgrown skin tag off of another individual's lower back region. It seemed painless to remove those objects from the two people in the process, yet it resulted in removing so much pain and irritation once the procedure was done. Being able to interact with each patient in Spanish was an awesome opportunity. I was enlightened to interact with others, and being able to do it in a culture that I am not used to. I loved getting to hear the people's comments on their thankfulness for what we were doing. I loved that I had opportunities to hear people's problems and issues with their bodies that they had, when those people do not get a chance to do that very often. I loved being a part of a solution to a problem that the people of Honduras continually have to deal with, which is a lack of good medical care. Even though we only got to help them for 2 weeks of their lives, it was amazing to be able to show the people a taste of what good health care actually is.
Once we arrived at our first brigade, the people in Honduras coming to the brigade were filled with joy when they saw the medicine coming. It amazed me and made me feel good that the people were so thankful for over the counter medicine that we sometimes take for granted. It was also a blessing to interact with the kids and put smiles on their faces. The communities were very poor which made me reflect on my early childhood when I was in Mexico for a couple months. When I saw the kids without shoes, it made me remember of the time when I didn't have any. I just wanted to help those kids out so much but in order to that and be able to make a huge impact on poor communities I have to achieve my goals (become a doctor).
I would really like to return to Honduras, but I also feel called to do more acts of service just here in Fresno. I'm so thankful for the opportunity that Fresno Pacific gave me to gain this experience because my perspective on my life and other countries has been immensely widened.
There were many more, but you have a feel for it. These are the enriching experiences we hope for our students. And we plan, arrange, schedule and find funds to that it can happen. Our professors are particularly gifted, I think, and committed to this kind of work, which takes energy when an academic year has just ended. But is rewarding and enriching for students far beyond what we can predict.


I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Oh My Floyd: Floyd Pop-Up In LA and is located at https://www.californiahomedesign.com/destinations/2018/06/29/oh-my-floyd-floyd-pop-la/.
If you think about furniture in the abstract, a table, a bed, a desk or a nightstand are more similar than they are different: a handful of legs support a flat surface. That's the ethos behind Floyd, a Detroit-based furnture company, founded by Kyle Hoff and Alex O'Dell in 2014, that aims to rethink the idea of inexpensive, easy-to-assemble furniture, morphing it from disposable to indispensible.
It all began with a leg. The Floyd leg is a simple concept that reimagines a furniture leg by combining it with a clamp.
Then came the Floyd Bed. Still simple. Still sturdy. Still easy to put together and disassemble.
Made with steel legs and Grade-A birch plywood that is CARB-2 certified and that don't emit any VOC's. Still modern yet classic in design. Still au courant but timeless. Still easy to mix and match with the other things in your home, whether that's your uncle's Thonet chairs or your grandmother's overstuffed club chair. And, like them, designed and built to last.
Round tables and rectangular table, side tables and dining tables and desks. Covered in linoleum, an all-natural surface made from pressed linseeds in the Netherlands. Silky-smooth, durable & easy to clean, it brushes the surface with soft colors — fog, blush, olive and smoky blue.
Check out the pieces in person at their pop-up store. Open in Los Angeles through Sunday, at The Blackbirds Complex, 1708 Brewer Trail, Echo Park, they'll be showcasing their signature Floyd Table in a limited-edition Sand colorway, and their new Round Table, which launched on June 14th, in Blush.


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package org.apereo.cas.config;

import org.apereo.cas.CipherExecutor;
import org.apereo.cas.configuration.CasConfigurationProperties;
import org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.jpa.JpaConfigDataHolder;
import org.apereo.cas.configuration.support.JpaBeans;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.idp.metadata.JpaSamlIdPMetadataCipherExecutor;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.idp.metadata.JpaSamlIdPMetadataGenerator;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.idp.metadata.JpaSamlIdPMetadataLocator;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.idp.metadata.generator.SamlIdPMetadataGenerator;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.idp.metadata.locator.SamlIdPMetadataLocator;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.idp.metadata.writer.SamlIdPCertificateAndKeyWriter;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.services.idp.metadata.SamlIdPMetadataDocument;
import org.apereo.cas.util.CollectionUtils;

import lombok.SneakyThrows;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import lombok.val;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.cloud.context.config.annotation.RefreshScope;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate;

import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This is {@link SamlIdPJpaIdPMetadataConfiguration}.
 *
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @since 6.0.0
 */
@Configuration("samlIdPJpaIdPMetadataConfiguration")
@EnableConfigurationProperties(CasConfigurationProperties.class)
@EnableTransactionManagement(proxyTargetClass = true)
@Slf4j
@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "cas.authn.samlIdp.metadata.jpa", name = "idpMetadataEnabled", havingValue = "true")
public class SamlIdPJpaIdPMetadataConfiguration {

    @Autowired
    @Qualifier("samlSelfSignedCertificateWriter")
    private ObjectProvider<SamlIdPCertificateAndKeyWriter> samlSelfSignedCertificateWriter;

    @Autowired
    private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;

    @Autowired
    private CasConfigurationProperties casProperties;

    @RefreshScope
    @Bean
    public HibernateJpaVendorAdapter jpaSamlMetadataIdPVendorAdapter() {
        return JpaBeans.newHibernateJpaVendorAdapter(casProperties.getJdbc());
    }

    @RefreshScope
    @Bean
    public DataSource dataSourceSamlMetadataIdP() {
        val idp = casProperties.getAuthn().getSamlIdp().getMetadata();
        return JpaBeans.newDataSource(idp.getJpa());
    }

    @Bean
    public List<String> jpaSamlMetadataIdPPackagesToScan() {
        return CollectionUtils.wrapList(SamlIdPMetadataDocument.class.getPackage().getName());
    }

    @Lazy
    @Bean
    public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean samlMetadataIdPEntityManagerFactory() {
        val idp = casProperties.getAuthn().getSamlIdp().getMetadata();
        return JpaBeans.newHibernateEntityManagerFactoryBean(
            new JpaConfigDataHolder(
                jpaSamlMetadataIdPVendorAdapter(),
                "jpaSamlMetadataIdPContext",
                jpaSamlMetadataIdPPackagesToScan(),
                dataSourceSamlMetadataIdP()), idp.getJpa());
    }

    @Autowired
    @Bean
    public PlatformTransactionManager transactionManagerSamlMetadataIdP(
        @Qualifier("samlMetadataIdPEntityManagerFactory") final EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        val mgmr = new JpaTransactionManager();
        mgmr.setEntityManagerFactory(emf);
        return mgmr;
    }

    @RefreshScope
    @Bean
    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "jpaSamlIdPMetadataCipherExecutor")
    public CipherExecutor jpaSamlIdPMetadataCipherExecutor() {
        val idp = casProperties.getAuthn().getSamlIdp();
        val crypto = idp.getMetadata().getJpa().getCrypto();

        if (crypto.isEnabled()) {
            return new JpaSamlIdPMetadataCipherExecutor(
                crypto.getEncryption().getKey(),
                crypto.getSigning().getKey(),
                crypto.getAlg(),
                crypto.getSigning().getKeySize(),
                crypto.getEncryption().getKeySize());
        }
        LOGGER.info("JPA SAML IdP metadata encryption/signing is turned off and "
            + "MAY NOT be safe in a production environment. "
            + "Consider using other choices to handle encryption, signing and verification of metadata artifacts");
        return CipherExecutor.noOp();
    }

    @Autowired
    @Bean(initMethod = "generate")
    public SamlIdPMetadataGenerator samlIdPMetadataGenerator(@Qualifier("transactionManagerSamlMetadataIdP") final PlatformTransactionManager mgr) {
        val idp = casProperties.getAuthn().getSamlIdp();
        val transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(mgr);

        return new JpaSamlIdPMetadataGenerator(
            samlIdPMetadataLocator(),
            samlSelfSignedCertificateWriter.getIfAvailable(),
            idp.getEntityId(),
            resourceLoader,
            casProperties.getServer().getPrefix(),
            idp.getScope(),
            jpaSamlIdPMetadataCipherExecutor(),
            transactionTemplate);
    }

    @RefreshScope
    @Bean
    @SneakyThrows
    public SamlIdPMetadataLocator samlIdPMetadataLocator() {
        return new JpaSamlIdPMetadataLocator(jpaSamlIdPMetadataCipherExecutor());
    }
}


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The Metropolitan Area Projects Plan 3, or MAPS 3, is a $777 million public works and redevelopment project in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma funded by a temporary voter-approved sales tax increase. The one-cent sales tax initiative began in April 2010 and ended in December 2017. The structure of MAPS 3 is in the pay-as-you-go format of a Metropolitan Area Projects Plan including a temporary sales tax, multiple projects, and volunteer citizens oversight committee.

History
Following the passage of the original Metropolitan Area Projects Plan in December 1993 and the MAPS-for-Kids in 2001, and short term tax in 2008 for improvements at the Ford Center to secure the new NBA team, Oklahoma City Thunder the sales tax was set to expire. Mayor Mick Cornett solicited for public input on what projects should be included in a MAPS3 proposal.  Prior to that time, the City had conducted various planning studies that ultimately impacted projects that were included in MAPS 3.

Core to Shore

Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east-west transportation route, stretching from Wilmington, North Carolina to Barstow, California.  The Oklahoma City Crosstown Expressway was an elevated four mile (6 km) stretch of Interstate 40 that dissected downtown Oklahoma City.  Its original design in the 1960s was unique, but by the 1970s the design was recognized to be deficient.  In 1996 the first of many public meetings were held to determine a plan of action. By 2006 the Crosstown Expressway was being used by just under twice the number of vehicles as was originally designed, and the bridge was declared to be "deteriorating."  Plans were made to relocate the interstate and demolish the Crosstown Expressway.

In 2002 Federal funds were secured to relocate the interstate about five blocks south of the original location. The new route was through one of the city's original industrial areas, much of the land for the highway was subsequently found to have significant pollution from industrial waste.  The interstate realignment, which followed the north shore of the Oklahoma River, in effect, opened significant land south of downtown Oklahoma City to redevelopment.

In 2006, mayor Mick Cornett appointed to the 'Core to Shore' steering committee, a citizens advisory group tasked with developing a long term plan for redevelopment of the land between the original Crosstown Expressway route, which was the then southern border of the downtown core, to the shore of the Oklahoma River. The steering committee members and several ad hoc committees spent 13 months in a planning process that also included two public meetings to gather public input. The resulting Core to Shore Plan was a  redevelopment blueprint that included a new 40-acre park along with a new convention center.

Fixed Guideway Study
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is one of Oklahoma's seven regional planning organizations; it is a voluntary association of city, town and county governments in the counties of Oklahoma, Cleveland, Canadian and Logan. In 2005 the Central Oklahoma Fixed Guideway Study (FGS) was completed and recommended feasible corridors for further investigation of commuter rail transit, bus rapid transit, a downtown Oklahoma City streetcar system, and an improved bus system to enhance connections among all public transportation services.  Later, the City of Oklahoma City refined the study with its Greater Downtown Circulator Alternative Analysis, which was first planning step toward carrying out the metro area's Fixed Guideway Plan, and focused only on downtown and health center mobility. The Alternative Analysis recommended modern streetcar as the best overall transit technology and a 7.6 mile route.

Leading up to the MAPS 3 Election
The City conducted several public planning meetings when trying to determine the projects that might be contained in a third MAPS program.  The Fixed Guideway and Core to Shore studies figured prominently in deliberations. Public transportation was popular as well as upgrades in parks and trails. The final proposal also included a $280 million convention center which was not publicly popular. The MAPS3 proposal faced fiercer opposition than both the earlier MAPS and MAPS-for-Kids proposals. Both Police and Fire Unions publicly opposed the plan because they felt it would strain resources needed for public safety. On December 8, 2009 the MAPS3 proposal passed by a 54-46 margin, the same margin as the original MAPS election.

Citizens Advisory Board
The MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board is an arm of City Government, subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and Open Records Act.  The Board, with 11 volunteer members, generally holds televised public meetings on a monthly basis, and was created to review proposed MAPS 3 projects and submit recommendations to City Council.  The board is the primary interface with the Program Architect that is in charge of coordinating the various projects, assuring that funding is available before a project starts, etc.

Each of the eight projects of MAPS 3 has a citizen subcommittees, together consisting of more than 60 members that are appointed to provide additional input to the Citizens Advisory Board. Two members of the Advisory Board serve as the chair and vice-chair of each subcommittee. The subcommittees are the primary interface with a project's architect, and provide recommendations on site selections where necessary.

Projects
The projects all have a basic theme of enhancing the city's quality of life and include:

Convention Center – Based on the current budget($252 million), the facility will be approximately  square feet. This reflects approximately  sf of sellable space, including exhibition halls, meeting rooms and ballrooms, that were originally described in the city's Core to Shore redevelopment plan.
Public Park – current budget $132 million for a  downtown park similar to Houston's Discovery Green.  A previous design concept, developed for the City's Core to Shore  redevelopment plan, may influence the final design of the Downtown Public Park. The recently renovated Myriad Botanical Gardens could also influence the types of facilities and programs included in the Downtown Public Park. The park will be constructed in two phases, a  40 acre phase I north of I-40 and a 30 acres phase II between I-40 and the river, connected by the SkyDance pedestrian bridge.
Modern Streetcar/Transit – current budget $129 million.  Based on the Fixed Guideway Study, streetcars provide flexibility and relative low cost compared to other rail alternatives and the city's "Alternative Analysis" recommended a  route.  Based on available funds, the MAPS 3 Transportation subcommittee recommended a  route connects the St. Anthony Hospital Complex, the Downtown Bus Transit Center, Oklahoma City (Amtrak station), the future MAPS 3 Convention Center and Chesapeake Energy Arena, along with the Downtown Oklahoma City districts of Automobile Alley, Bricktown, Midtown, and runs a block from the future MAPS 3 Downtown Public Park. The construction would be in two phases; the second phase route has not been determined.  Additional federal matching funds were expected to be available. Significant high density housing will need to be developed along the route for stable ridership. The Oklahoma City Streetcar system opened in December 2018.
$57 million for improvements to the Oklahoma River Boathouse District, (headquarters for USA Canoe/Kayak and a training center for USRowing). There will be a new whitewater facility will offer rafting, kayaking and canoeing for all skill levels. Also included will be a Lighting and windscreens for the first 1,000 meters of the racecourse, and a starting system for the race facility, housed in the Chesapeake Finish Line Tower.
$58 million for improvements at the Oklahoma State Fair, including a new expo building. The projects funded were initially identified in the Oklahoma State Fair Master Plan
$39 million to extend about  of bicycle and running trails that would connect major city parks and other public spaces, to be constructed in three phases. The need for additional trails was initially established in the 1997 Oklahoma City Trails Master Plan and the 2008 Bicycle Transportation Plan
$9 million to build between  and  of sidewalks around the city, to be constructed in two phases. It has been known for several years that there is a need for additional sidewalks in Oklahoma City, both from the standpoint of Walkability and making the city more accessible.
$50 million for four health and wellness aquatic centers to be located throughout the city, with each center designed to meet the needs of the surrounding community.  The Wellness Centers would be operated by an independent contractor who would help design the facility. In many ways, the Health and Wellness, while one of the more popular projects, is also one of the more contentious of the projects.  There were no previous studies to lay the groundwork for defining the project. It is also the project that has the most direct involvement of the City Council because, according to Councilperson Meg Salyer, "Everybody seems to have a slightly different understanding of what Wellness means".  As of the middle of 2014, multiple Requests For Proposals had been issued to potential operators and locations, but only two of the proposed four had been selected.

Recognizing that the city's economy may fluctuate during the time of the sales tax collection, and that there may be unforeseen project contingencies, the program also has a significant Infrastructure/Contingency component. Included is a $47 million contingency, originally intended to be used to relocate a power station near the original convention center site next to the 'Core to Shore' neighborhood and the new 'Oklahoma Boulevard' to replace the old Crosstown Expressway space. However, since a new site was selected by the Maps III Convention Center committee that is closer to the central business district, the funds will remain in contingency to be used as needed for any of the main projects.

References

Oklahoma City metropolitan area
History of Oklahoma City
Government of Oklahoma City


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Sensibill Launches eReceipts in Partnership with Scotiabank for Receipt Management in Mobile Banking
If you dread being audited because you always forget to keep the right receipts, we've got news for you.
Sensibill, a white-labeled solution that allows banking customers to manage their receipts directly from desktop and mobile banking applications, has launched with Scotiabank. eReceipts, a mobile receipt management solution, is available to Scotiabank's iOS and Android users in Canada.
"We believe eReceipts is the next killer app for mobile banking," says Corey Gross, CEO and co-founder of Sensibill. "Receipts are cumbersome to deal with, but they're important to save for taxes, expense tracking, returns, warranty claims, and more."
The eReceipts add-on allows Scotiabank customers to match transactions, track expenses, capture details from paper and electronic receipts, enhance searchability, and export receipts as PDF, Excel, or CSV files.
"The launch demonstrates the willingness of financial institutions to bring the best possible experiences to their customers," says Gross. "We strive to be a fintech that helps put Toronto on the map as a leader in financial services." Large financial institutions seeking intuitive and simple solutions for their customers don't always have the resources to do so in-house. Therefore, organizations like Scotiabank are partnering with fintech companies to build new, innovative services for their customers.
Sensibill, a Ryerson Futures alumni company, leverages IBM Cloud for a secure infrastructure to meet the requirements of partner banks. The service is the first to offer customers automatic matches of receipts to transaction histories, as well as the first to use machine-learning AI to break down receipts for understandability. This solution is in-line with the "mobile first" trend in banking, meant to support the need for convenience and accessibility, and a full payment experience.
"Scotiabank came to the table early and really helped us validate our 'bank tough' service," says Gross. "The solution is incredibly lightweight to plug in, but packs a big punch for Scotiabank's customers."
And Scotiabank agrees. "Value-added services like eReceipts directly align with our commitment to provide mobile banking solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers," says Brian McCabe, VP of Day-to-Day Banking with Scotiabank. "We have worked to enhance Scotiabank's My Mobile Wallet, which runs on Android devices, and our mobile banking app on iOS devices, as it supports our customers' entire shopping experience."
Sensibill hopes to continue with this momentum, bringing similar solutions to more users.
"Receipts is our core service, but we're building powerful add-ons that bring additional value. We want to deliver unique solutions where item-level data can empower personal or business customers. Look forward to spending analysis tools, expense workflows, bill splitting, and more in the new year."
To learn more, check out getsensibill.com and Scotiabank's Mobile Wallet.


Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863) was an English architect, archaeologist, and writer.
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Capsule Compartments: Bed and luggage locker provided. Shared restroom and shower facilities.
First Class Compartments: Bed with private restroom and shower.
-All Ghost Express passengers have access to lounges in St. Paul and Chicago.
Light morning snacks and beverages available to order in compartment.
Smoking is prohibited entirely aboard all Ghost Express Trains and compartments.
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P Time symbol for P.M.
Early boarding available 30 minutes before departure at stations indicated.
Checked Baggage Service available at stations indicated.
Ticket office open all departures.
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1. Enabling members to network together as professionals; developing and supporting each other in their local areas. The importance of face to face meetings remains, but a growing number of members find this difficult or it does not meet their needs.
2. Enabling members to engage externally; raising the profile of pharmacy with a variety of stakeholders. Pharmacists as professions are the best advocates and they should be given the tools to help explain how pharmacy can help improve patient care in your areas.
3. Enabling members to feed back into the RPS. RPS needs to listen to members more and the local engagement activities are a key way of us doing this.


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Spangler Writes of the Bible's 'Wicked' Women in 15th Book
Written by Ann Byle on 20 January 2016 . Posted in Local
Ann Spangler and friend Jean Syswerda wrote "Women of the Bible: A One-Year Devotional Study of Women in Scripture" back in 2008. Since then Spangler has wanted to dig deeper into what Scripture says about some of those 52 women they featured.
The result of that desire is Spangler's new book "Wicked Women of the Bible" (Zondervan), which digs deep into the lives and times of 20 women from Eve to Mary Magdalene.
"I wanted to do something more in depth because I'm always looking for fresh ways for myself and others to engage with Scripture," she said. "The Bible can be intimidating, but it's also life giving and life changing."
Spangler uses the word "wicked" in the title ironically, because the Bible's women are a mixture of good and evil, like real people are. Some are truly wicked—she points to Jezebel, Delilah and Herodias—and some are wicked smart such as Abigail, wicked funny (Esther) and wicked old (Sarah).
Each chapter includes an in-depth retelling of the woman' story, a section called The Times, which offers additional background information, and a final section called The Takeaway.
This section offers questions for individual or group Bible study. Footnotes and lists of Scripture passages add even more depth.
"I'm hoping this book helps people into the Scripture in a fresh way," said Spangler. "Some people won't know the stories and others will be familiar with them, but all will think in a deeper way about Scripture."
She has her favorites, of course. Sarah in the Old Testament is much loved because she's so real, said Spangler, and because she had much faith but also shadows. Spangler loves the New Testament woman who washed the feet of Jesus with her tears at a banquet given in the home of a Pharisee.
"Jesus had been treated badly and could have left in a huff. But he doesn't leave and she understand why, and that's why the scene is so poignant," said Spangler.
She plans to follow this book with one on the bad men of the Bible because, she said, there are a lot more wicked men in the Bible because of the culture and the times.
"These stories of real people speak to me of the authenticity of the Bible," she said.
Spangler is quick to say that the book isn't just for women, but for men as well. "There is so much about God and how he works in every story of the Bible. These stories will benefit men and women equally."
The website www.wickedwomenofthebible.com offers additional information, as well as a link to a six-week study of the book through FaithGateway.com.
"I love getting in and grappling with Scripture," said Spangler. "Scripture speaks to us, but speaks to us best when we're asking questions."
Wicked Women of the Bible
Author: Ann Spangler
Website: www.wickedwomenofthebible.com
Available: Area bookstores including Baker Book House, Amazon, and via the "Wicked Women of the Bible" website
Author: Ann ByleWebsite: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ann-byle/7/55/529
Ann Byle is a freelance writer and owner of AB Writing Services. She writes for a number of publications including WMCN, Publishers Weekly, CBA Christian Market and Grand Rapids Magazine, and is author or coauthor of several books including The Baker Book House Story, The Call to Care: A Compassionate Response to Caring for Vulnerable Children (2018) and Christian Publishing 101 (2018). She and her husband Ray, a science teacher, have four young adult children.
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On and around Friday December 11 we received energies that assist us in getting out of stuck places and patterns.
Mars opposed Uranus and then there was New Moon in Sagittarius.
It is a signal that it is time to move forward. We can begin to move beyond having to concentrate on intensive processing of emotions and thoughts, digging deeper to face our demons and shadows, and feeling stuck and unable to move forward.
It is time to more fully enter a new chapter of our lives here on Planet Earth.
We have been in this new chapter for awhile already, but now we can begin to stop mulling over what we imagine we did wrong, stop feeling we are the victim to someone or something, and stop going over the same tapes in our minds that keep us trapped.
It is time to embrace the free spirit in us, and to allow the Universe and our Higher Selves to inspire our souls and help guide us.
It is time to let go of the excuses that have held us back, and to more fully take responsibility for our lives and the world we live in.
Indeed so many of us have been traumatized by our childhoods and earlier experiences, and challenged by the wounds we have endured and the karma we have received.
But there are times such as now when we can throw off the chains that have bound us and start to trust our deeper souls and the Universe.
Of course there will still be times when you will face your demons again, when you will need to feel your trauma again; but you can now begin to stop letting those issues Control your heart, mind and life.
What is running your show, so to speak? Is it love or fear?
Now is the time, as the Sagittarius New Moon has just been experienced, to let the fire of spirit lift you forward in your life.
It has felt like a long time since the Eclipses of September. We now are in a whole new realm of experience.
The global powers that be are trying to manage grave new terror threats, a weakening global economy, and a Middle East and world that is so susceptible now to some spark of miscalculation that would light a fire of world war.
President Obama, whatever you otherwise feel about the job he has done, has been holding back the tide of overwhelming forces of potential global disaster.
He opened up doorways to better relations with Iran and Cuba; he has resisted the temptation to demonize Islamic peoples; and he has tried to detach from his emotions in order to listen to his "better angels" inside.
Of course he is largely controlled by big Corporate interests and a decaying global paradigm, as all presidents would be now.
But he at least is walking a thin line that has opened some consciousness and light into the new world and age.
There is the light of Diversity in Unity beginning to shine through his making relationship with Cuba, Iran, and Islam. And his administration has helped open doors for greater rights for LGBT peoples.
And he has given credence to obvious abuse of African Americans as seen in Ferguson and elsewhere.
And he has taken part passionately in the recent global conference on Climate Change. That conference has just come up with a plan to deal with Climate Change, a most postive world development.
The Uranus/Pluto square has been aspecting the natal Sun/Saturn of the USA from its birth on July 4 1776. It has been doing so ever since the Cardinal Grand Cross in April 2014.
The Sun in a person's or any entity's of country's natal chart represents one's central self and identity, one's ego, but also one's higher purpose.
Pluto and Uranus are two powerful transformational planets. As they make aspect to the USA natal Sun they are trying to get the USA prepared for a Diversity in Unity Age of Aquarius.
As such the USA is needing to let go of its ego of Superpower. It is hopefully in the process letting go a paradigm that gives license to impose its way of being on others.
President Obama's time in office has shown some light as we have said before into a transformed USA ego and sense of purpose.
But at the same time there is a collective desire to cling to the old ego.
Is not Donald Trump a reflection of that narcissistic ego?
Can we as a nation rise beyond that ego, and reintegrate the better values from our founding principles.
All men are created equal with certain inalienable rights like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But now those principles need to be applied to all peoples all over the Earth.
All people are created equal; diverse peoples living together in unity; and freedom to pursue one's individual or country's destiny are principles of the Age of Aquarius.
BTW the USA natal chart shows a Moon in Aquarius. The Moon is one's inner soul and inner values.
If we can return to the core of our values we can be a benefit to humanity, not to dominate but to work in equality with all others.
The Earth and USA have also now more fully entered this new chapter of human life on Planet Earth, on the road to an Age of Aquarius in the 2020's.
For all of us it is now "ready or not here it comes".
There is no more turning back and no more sitting on fences, no more hand wringing with fear.
We have each chosen which fork in the road we are taking, even if that choice is buried within- beyond our conscious knowing.
This coming week has no really strong aspects pushing or pulling us in any direction.
Nevertheless, we are on an "upward slope' on the way to the Full Moon in Cancer on Christmas Day. And we are at the same time on a "downward slope" on the way toward the Winter Solstice on December 21/22 (depending on what time zone you are in).
Processing on our lives and emotions and spiritual path will continue even though we are now taking the ride through this new chapter of life.
But that processing will have strong intention now of finding solution, fostering positive transformation, and continuing to awaken or stay awake to the truth and love all around.
Even if you feel some depression with the darkening days, winter coming on, or the state of our world; it is wise to find a way to see the glass of life as half full now, so you do not slip back into old stories and get swallowed up in fear or rage.
We are inexorably moving into the Age of Aquarius, even if events may seem frightening and foreboding.