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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.— May 22, 2020 — The Virginia National Guard today jumpstarted its upcoming weekend of caring by loading two light medium tactical vehicles with 50,000 face masks to be distributed to those in need near Richmond.
The Guardsmen pulled out of HanesBrands' distribution center near Winston-Salem carrying more than 1,280 pounds of face masks on their six-hour journey of care to Henrico County.
Hundreds of volunteers are assisting the county and the Virginia National Guard to assemble care packages containing washable and reusable 3-ply all-cotton Hanes face masks to assist in the community's efforts to quell the spread of COVID-19. The care packages are being distributed throughout the Memorial Day weekend.
"We are proud to be the supplier of face masks needed by Henrico County and transported by the Guard for the care-package program," said Ray Randazzo, business development director at HanesBrands. "Just two months ago in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, our company pivoted our production capabilities to start making face masks for the first time. We are now quickly helping businesses and organizations meet their needs to reopen safely by supplying millions of masks."
Legacy Medical Sales and JuMP Medical Supply Co., procurement partners for the Virginia National Guard, worked with HanesBrands to expedite the face mask shipment in a matter of days to assure availability for the Henrico Country event.
The Virginia National Guard is a major contributor to the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Guard has collected nearly 12,600 samples for COVID-19 testing, performed nearly 1,700 mask fit tests, distributed nearly 60,700 pounds of food and has driven more than 49,000 miles delivering supplies and testing kits to multiple locations across the state.
HanesBrands expects to launch sales of Hanes face masks to consumers online and in leading retail stores within the next several weeks. In addition, the company is supplying the U.S. government with more than 320 million reusable cloth face coverings and more than 20 million reusable long-sleeve medical gowns.
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1 And Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. And behold, he that had the right of redemption, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. And he said, Thou, such a one, turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said to him that had the right of redemption: Naomi, who is come back out of the country of Moab, sells the allotment that was our brother Elimelech's.
4 And I thought I would apprise thee of it and say, Buy [it] in the presence of the inhabitants, and in the presence of the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem [it], redeem; but if thou wilt not redeem, tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].
5 And Boaz said, On the day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 And he that had the right of redemption said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance. Redeem thou for thyself what I should redeem, for I cannot redeem [it].
7 Now this [was the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redemption and concerning exchange, to confirm the whole matter: a man drew off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbour, and this was the [mode of] attestation in Israel.
8 And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz, Buy for thyself; and he drew off his sandal.
10 moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
12 and let thy house become like the house of Pherez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.
13 And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah who hath not left thee this day without one that has the right of redemption, and may his name be famous in Israel!
15 And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has borne him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
17 And the women [her] neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
22 and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.


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I re-melt mine too but for what I cannot salvage, I pour into a coffee can and then invert a broken crescent wrench in it and use it as a boat anchor. Did that for years until a guy I was fishing with threw it overboard without it being tied to the boat. I have another broken wrench I'm waiting on to use once I get enough to fill another coffee can.
I am cheap. I re-melt my dross. Not that I get a huge amount back but it is the principle to me.
I cast for enjoyment, so I understand that my time is a freebie..
I have found that have to use sawdust AND wax in the smelting process to separate ALL the lead from the dross especially with range scrap.
To keep from picking up good alloy when you skim, use a large perforated cooking spoon , the holes let the alloy flow out but keep the dross in the spoon. I got mine at a place that sells outdoor cooking supplies, turkey fryers and bar-b-que pits . Stainless steel , with lots of holes and came in different handle lengths....Works like a charm.
3 processes going on with what we call fluxing.
1)burn off all the combustible 'junk'. stuff that causes flame - wood, paper, etc.
3) reduce the tin back into the alloy just heat and NO oxygen above the melt.
I save real 'dross' - metal and add to next batch. Some of it is Sb.
That's exactly what I used; a stainless slotted spoon from the Salvation Army store for a buck or two, as well as a large stainless ladle for pouring lead into the ingot moulds.
There's fluxing and fluxing. Here is one article I've found informative.
I'm like some others here. I take the 'skim', which I know is heavy, and dump it in a coffee can.
When I get a couple cans, I re-render it, taking care to use wax and sawdust 2-3 times each.
I cast these into ingots that I keep separated, when I get 50 pounds or so I'll get it tested.
Normally back when I would smelt my own COWW I would get some at the end that with some work, fluxing, stirring, and maybe some candle wax would get "Most" of the lead out of it.
Do it right and what you have at the end is a fine grayish brown dust that is pretty light.
If it feels heavy or you can see beads or strings of lead in it, it needs more work.
Behind my my magnum melter is an old 9 inch fry pan, steel, might have been teflon 30 years back. When I skim my pot, it goes into that pan. When I go to smelt up a new batch that is what I will start my pot with.
I ladle pour and don't fuss with skimming my pot a lot. But I will get a forkfull or two every so often.
If it starts looking like it is skinning over I clean it and go back to casting. I suspect that often it is oxidised tin. Because when you get the conditions right, ie an oxygen free zone above the melt. A lot of it disappears. And the boolits get shiny.
Weather is cooling outside, probably a good time to think about doing a smelt one of these days.
Make up a batch or 2 of 50% COWW + 50% soft lead and maybe 1& pewter added. Pour it into ingots stack it up for this winters casting. If I cast this winter. I may be out roaming around with my little trailer. Who knows.
I started processing range scrap a while back and have found the same as you with unrecovered lead remaining in the dross and jackets. I have a large re-melter and when I accumulate a 5 gal bucket of dross and jackets I toss all of it into the melter, put the lid on, and let it go for a half hour or more. When everything is hot I stir the mostly empty jackets and dross a few times with a piece of light angle iron just to reposition everything in the pot and allow the lead to drain to the bottom. Not sure from the viewpoint of economy, if it is worth the time or effort but I usually recover an additional 20 pounds or so from the previously processed range scrap and dross.
I have 2 large kitchen spoons that I use for smelting, a solid one and a perforated one. The perforated one is used before fluxing to remove the larger pieces of junk like bullet jackets and wheel weight clips. The solid one is used after I flux for scooping up the ash and such. My smelting pot will hold 400# of molten lead and I bought a larger skimmer for the last big score that I smelted. I wish I had bought it sooner! I'll scoop up a load of clips and give it a little shake. This usually gets any remaining lead to fall out. If you use kitchen spoons make sure that they are either one piece or that the handle is riveted on. Some are soldered and will turn loose at the temps that lead melts at.
It takes a little while to develop an efficient process that works for you. It also takes a little time and investment to get set up. Way back at the beginning of my entry to the casting world I built a nice homemade burner and acquired a nice heavy pot. I slowly collected ingot molds, ladles and skimmers.
Well, after work on Friday I stopped at a Salvation Army store and picked up a few candles. On Saturday my boy and I spent all afternoon/evening working in the shop on an unrelated task, so I fired up the burner and started reprocessing the dross. This time each batch was allowed to cook longer and the skimmable brass was removed with the slotted spoon. Both sawdust and wax was employed for fluxing. By the end of the evening I made it through about 2/3 of the tall turkey-fryer pot and had reclaimed several lbs of brass jackets and close to 30 lbs of lead ingots! The remaining dross seems to be much more "ash-like" than before and of course there is MUCH less of it. Hopefully I can finish up the rest of it at some point before this coming weekend.
It would seem like it. Honestly, there was SO MUCH to melt down that after bringing it home I obviously rushed through it somewhat in an attempt to get it into ingot form to make it less of a problem to store. Now I just need to find a large non-slotted stainless steel spoon to compliment my slotted one.
I understand that part of the dross comes from oxides forming on the surface of the melt, I've also read that the hotter the melt, the easier it is for the oxides to form.
Is the converse true, then? If I want to get the maximum amount of recovered alloy out of the considerable amount of dross I've accumulated over the past three years, I should use wax and sawdust, yes, but also heat the dross to at least the same temperature range that I think it formed at?


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by Herman Melville (Author)
Fiction Classics 19th century
Moby-Dick is considered a great American novel of the Romantic Period.
The British edition first appeared in October 1851 as The Whale, while the American edition appeared in November under its definitive title Moby-Dick.
The novel, dedicated to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne and his genius, is based on Melville's experience on a whaler and narrates the quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the white wale Moby-Dick.
Herman Melville was born in New York in 1819.
He was a novelist and a poet from the American Renaissance.
His first book Typee (1846) immediately became a bestseller and so there was a sequel Omoo (1847); in 1851 he wrote Moby-Dick but the novel did not became a success. After 1857 he turned to poetry, but his popularity declined dramatically. He died in 1891.
Only in the 1920s started the so-called "Melville Revival".
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In 2015 we launched a major campaign to raise funds for a new Art and Design Technology Centre as part of the next phase of the School's strategic development plan. Boosted by a significant contribution from Old Pocklingtonian Brian Fenwick-Smith, the Campaign quickly gathered momentum and Governors gave the go-ahead for building work to start on the project in August 2016.
Phase One of the new building was ready to move into after the summer exams finished the following June, and teaching began in the new Centre at the start of the 2017 Michaelmas Term. Phase Two of the new building then followed, ready for the second half of term.
Thanks to the tremendous generosity of our community of donors which includes Old Pocklingtonians, current and former parents, staff, Governors, Life Patrons, charitable trusts and friends of the School, in April 2018 we announced that the Campaign target of £2 million had been reached.
The new Centre has been designed to inspire the pursuit of traditional arts and crafts, as well as providing cutting-edge facilities for digital imaging, editing, animation, computer-aided design and manufacturing technology. The Centre is now being fully utilised by staff and students across all year groups, as they pursue their studies in art, DT, photography, sculpture and ceramics.
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Steve MacNaull did a nice little feature on me in the Business section of the Kelowna Daily Courier.
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Kelowna BC's local newspaper, The Capital News featured me in March 2016.
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Edward ("Ed") Hawkins (MBE) ist ein britischer Klimaforscher und Hochschullehrer. Er ist Professor für Klimawissenschaft an der University of Reading und einer der Leitautoren des Sechsten Sachstandsbericht des IPCC. Einer größeren Öffentlichkeit wurde er bekannt für seine Klimakommunikation, für die er mehrfach ausgezeichnet wurde. Unter anderem ist er Erfinder der Klimaspirale und der sog. Wärmestreifen ("warming stripes"), die die globale Erwärmung visualisieren.

Akademische Laufbahn
Hawkins absolvierte von 1999 bis 2003 ein Promotionsstudium an der School of Physics and Astronomy der University of Nottingham. Zwischen 2005 und 2013 war er ein NERC Advanced Research Fellow an der meteorologischen Abteilung der University of Reading tätig. Dort wurde er später zum Professor für Klimawissenschaft ernannt.

Als Forschungsschwerpunkte gibt er Klimavariabilität und Vorhersagbarkeit, Rettung von Klimadaten, Quellen der Unsicherheit in Klimaprojektionen, Dekadische Klimavorhersagen und Kommunikation der Klimawissenschaft sowie  die Geschichte der Klimaforschung an.

Hawkins war als Autor am Fünften Sachstandsbericht des IPCC beteiligt  und ist einer der Leitautor des Sechsten Sachstandsbericht des IPCC.

Klimakommunikation
Hawkins fand internationale Bekanntheit für seine Klimakommunikation, insbesondere seine Grafiken zur Veranschaulichungen der globalen Erwärmung.

Warming Stripes

2018 veröffentlichte er die im Deutschen oft als Wärmestreifen bzw. Klimastreifen bezeichneten Grafik der warming stripes, die mit Blau- und Rottönen die Temperaturentwicklung in der industriellen Epoche nachzeichnen und später in verschiedenen Varianten erschienen. Diese erhielten große mediale Aufmerksamkeit und wurden international viral verbreitet. Unter anderem wurden sie von den britischen Zeitungen The Economist und The Guardian auf der Titelseite abgedruckt.

Klimaspirale

2016 veröffentlichte Hawkins eine auf Spiralmustern basierende Klimagrafik, die die fortschreitende Erderwärmung seit 1850 darstellt. Die Grafik erhielt angesichts ihrer Klarheit großes mediales Lob. Beispielsweise schrieb der Wetter-Redakteur Jason Samenow in der Washington Post, er habe bisher noch keine Erwärmungsgrafik gesehen, die "optisch derart eindrücklich und wirkungsvoll" wie die von Hawkins publizierte Infografik sei und nannte sie die "eindrucksvollste Visualisierung der Globalen Erwärmung aller Zeiten".

Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)
 Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) 2019
 Kavli-Medaille und Kavli-Vorlesung der Royal Society 2018 für seine Klimaforschung und Klimakommunikation
 Climate Science Communication Prize der Royal Society 2017

Publikationen (Auswahl)

Weblinks

 Website, University of Reading
 Ed Hawkins, Profil bei Google Scholar
 Professionelles Blog von Hawkins

Einzelnachweise

Klimatologe
Verfasser eines IPCC-Berichts
Member des Order of the British Empire
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Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
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"Human society can be neither well-ordered nor prosperous unless it has some people invested with legitimate authority to preserve its institutions and to devote themselves as far as is necessary to work and care for the good of all."
The mission of St. Bernadette's Pastoral Council is to foster Christian community through worship of God and service to God's people by being Sowers of Christian Seed: Support, Enable, Encourage Develop Support the pastor, staff, parishioners, each other and various ministries of the parish. Enable ongoing communication between the pastor and the parishioners. Encourage and pray for the pastor, each other, parish ministries and greater community. Develop a sense of family community within the parish.
The Pastoral Council are faithful parish members, brought together in council, who listen, who pray, who converse and deliberate on current and future parish needs and who make recommendations to our pastor, Father Bob, regarding those needs. The Pastoral Council members represent, through their own faith, the Parish community. The Council members wear gold name badges while on church grounds and are available to receive comments, suggestions or parishioner concerns. The Council is made up of 17 members with a designated Chairperson, a Co-Chairperson and a designated Secretary.


Every component of your chimney and fireplace plays an important role in the safety, efficiency, and proper function of the system. But if not properly installed, built, or maintained, these components can fail. Two of the most important areas of the chimney system that are often improperly cared for or designed are the throat and smoke chamber.
What Do The Throat & Smoke Chamber Do?
The throat of the chimney is the area that leads from the firebox to the damper. The smoke chamber is the area just above the throat that leads up to the chimney flue. Both areas are responsible for ushering smoke and gases up into the chimney flue so they can exit the home, and both areas face extreme temperatures and corrosive byproducts every time you enjoy a fire. That's why they should be professionally parged smooth.
A deteriorated throat or smoke chamber or one that is missing a parge coat will allow heat transference to combustible materials. Likewise, the holes, cracks, and uneven surface of a deteriorated and unparged throat and smoke chamber will prevent smoke and byproducts of combustion from smoothly transitioning from the firebox to the flue. And when smoke and byproducts are slowed down in their journey out of the chimney, they can cool and settle in the chimney as highly flammable creosote.
There are two options for renovating your existing smoke chamber: Chamber Tech 2000 and HeatShield®. Chamber Tech is a trowel-on product, while HeatShield® is a spray-on application.
Depending on the access to your smoke chamber, you may be limited to one product or the other. Both products insulate and strengthen the surface, and do an excellent job of filling in missing mortar joints, leaving a nice, smooth finish — which is important to the way your fireplace drafts. These products also work to prevent heat transfer to nearby combustibles.
How Will I Know If It's Time To Parge Smooth Or Repair My Smoke Chamber?
The best way to know if it's time to have your smoke chamber and throat repaired or parged smooth is to schedule an annual inspection with a certified chimney sweep. The professionals here at Fireplace Solutions by the Chimney Sweeper use Chim-Scan video technology to get an up-close look at the smoke chamber and throat, and can let you know if the surface needs repair work or parging. To schedule your chimney inspection with a trusted and certified sweep from Fireplace Solutions by the Chimney Sweeper, call 800-760-6567 or click here!
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U-Lite, conosciuto precedentemente con il nome di Ubuntu Lite, era una distribuzione GNU/Linux derivata da Ubuntu non supportata ufficialmente da Canonical.

L'obiettivo di Ubuntu Lite era quello di consentire l'installazione del sistema operativo su macchine che dispongono di limitate risorse ed hardware obsoleto. Per portare avanti questo obiettivo, Ubuntu Lite proponeva come desktop IceWM, ma dalla versione 0.8 ha adottato LXDE, ancora più leggero, e disponeva di un ampio numero di applicazioni GTK+.

Questa distribuzione è frutto del lavoro dello sloveno Matic Ahacic che ha alleggerito il sistema operativo originale, adattandolo all'utilizzo su macchine datate.

Metodo d'installazione
Per installare Ubuntu Lite bisogna avere una connessione internet, infatti l'immagine disco contiene solo il minimo necessario per il sistema. Una volta avviata l'installazione del sistema completo esso provvederà a scaricare i file necessari. Per installare il sistema completo si può seguire la guida ufficiale..Quando il progetto era attivo, gli sviluppatori avevano in mente di creare un'immagine disco completa avviabile in live:caratteristica introdotta nella 0.8 RC1 in beta e migliorata nella 0.8 RC2.

Minimi requisiti di sistema
U-Lite richiede come minimo 64 MB di RAM,processore Pentium 200Mhz e 1,3Gb di disco.
Dalla versione 0.8 è stato annunciato che Ubuntu Lite avrebbe cambiato desktop environment, adottando LXDE, diminuendo i requisiti di sistema a 56 MB di RAM e 776MB di spazio sul disco.

Cronologia versioni
 0.6:pubblicata il 21/09/2007
 0.7:pubblicata il 29/11/2007
 0.8 RC1:pubblicato il 30/06/2008
 0.8 RC2:pubblicato il 27/08/2008
Era stata pensata una versione che era in sviluppo, la 0.9,era in stato dev e non è mai stata rilasciata.

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Distribuzioni derivate da Ubuntu


This section includes Durango links for items to improve your living space including furniture stores and remodeling.
Home Depot offers hardware, construction materials and items for the home. The local Home Depot is at 1301 S Camino Del Rio.
Animas Kitchen and Bath helps design and remodeling kitchens and baths including new countertops and cabinets.
Ashley Furniture and Home stores offers items for the home at 835 Main Ave in Durango.
Four Corner Stove and Spas carries items for the stove and spa.
There's No Place Like Home Inc. is your design store for the home and office, offering unique gifts and accent furniture with an Asian influence and a moderate price range.
The Tile and Carpet Store of Durango offers a complete selection of flooring as well as eco building products.
Rent a Man is a handyman service from Durango offering a variety of services from snow removal to home repair.
Site offers a variety of Mexican tile designs.
Artesanos Design Collection, in downtown Durango, is the source for one-of-a-kind fine furnishings and imaginative design ideas. The eclectic selection includes folk art, fine furniture and home decor.
Casa Décor carries a large selection of Mexican import, fallen aspen, reclaimed barn and hickory wood furniture, art and accessories.
The Home and Ranch Show displays the best decor and furnishings for your hacienda, be it in town or in the mountains.
Handcrafted House gives you a natural alternative for home finishing products, training on how to use them, and provides a resource center for inspiration on "going green."
Sarah Sumner of Fusion Interiors offers interior design services.
Eagle Block Company has a variety of products for masonry and landscaping projects such as blocks, brick, glass block, natural and cultured stone® veneer, masonry tools, fireplace materials and landscaping materials.
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ITT Fluid Technology Launches Global Building Services Initiative
Combines leading brands to become a single solution provider.
We believe by combining our engineering expertise and marketing efforts we can create more value for our customers
ITT Residential & Commercial...
Morton Grove, Illinois (Vocus) April 9, 2007
ITT Fluid Technology, a US$3 billion business of ITT Corporation, announced at a press conference on March 7, 2007 that a new global Building Services Market Initiative designed to provide residential and commercial customers with broader product selection and more innovative solutions to their water and wastewater pumping and treatment needs.
ITT Fluid Technology achieves this by combining the resources and expertise of its Residential & Commercial Water (R&CW) and its ITT Flygt businesses. These businesses are leaders in their respective markets and offer such well-known brands as Flygt, Lowara, Vogel, Goulds, Bell & Gossett, and many others.
This new initiative combines the strengths that each of those businesses has to offer, thereby creating a new approach to the building services market. ITT Fluid Technology customers now have the opportunity to source a wider range of products from one sales person.
"Our goal is to provide our customers with a trusted and convenient single source for all their water and wastewater needs," said Gretchen McClain, President of ITT R&CW. "We believe by combining our engineering expertise and marketing efforts we can create more value for our customers," added Per-Inge Birgersson, President of ITT Flygt.
About ITT
ITT Residential & Commercial Water is a leading, global manufacturer of water and wastewater pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and package solutions for homes, building and agriculture/irrigation. Headquartered in Morton Grove, Illinois USA, the group had sales exceeding US$1 billion in 2006 and is part of the ITT Fluid Technology business of ITT Corporation.
ITT Flygt supplies integrated solutions for waste water treatment and drainage. ITT Flygt operates in 130 countries all over the world, and its products are manufactured in Argentina, China, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Holland and the United States. With headquarters in Sundbyberg in Greater Stockholm, Sweden, ITT Flygt has 4,500 employees and 2006 sales of US$1.1 billion.
ITT Corporation (http://www.itt.com) supplies advanced technology products and services in several growth markets. ITT is a global leader in the transport, treatment and control of water, wastewater and other fluids. The company plays a vital role in international security through its defense communications and electronics products; space surveillance and intelligence systems; and advanced engineering and related services. It also serves the growing leisure marine and electronic components market with a wide range of products. Headquartered in White Plains, NY USA, the company had close to US$8 billion in 2006 sales. In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Corporation stock is traded on the NYSE Arca, Paris, London and Frankfurt exchanges.
For more information contact ITT R&CW at 8200 N. Austin Avenue, Morton Grove, IL 60053 USA; phone 847/966-3700; fax 847/966-9052.
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Residents evacuated as fire takes hold in block of flats in Redfield
They were asleep at 4.15am when fire took hold
The fire in St Patrick's View in Redfield (Image: Kingswood Fire/Twitter)
Eight people had to be evacuated in the middle of the night after fire ripped through the ground floor of their block of flats in Bristol.
The residents of five flats in a terraced complex of flats in Redfield fled from their beds at 4.15am in the early hours of Saturday morning by a fire, and firefighters said they all were left having to find alternative accommodation for the rest of the night.
The fire completely gutted the communal bin store which serves the development on St Patrick's View, a modern development between Blackswarth Road and Avonview Cemetery in Redfield.
One of several bin stores caught fire, prompting the people sleeping in the flats above to evacuate.
Man arrested for 'grooming' after 'major disturbance' in Easton as video circulates on Facebook
One fire engine from Kingswood and two from Temple fire stations attended the blaze.
"There was extensive heat and smoke damage to the ground, first and second floors, and heat damage to the front of a VW Golf that was on the scene," said a spokesperson for Avon Fire Brigade.
Dramatic pictures and videos from huge fire at Icescape at the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare
He added that the cause of the blaze was thought to have been accidental.
"Eight people were evacuated and had to find themselves alternative accommodation," he said.
Avon Fire and Rescue


TG106L 5564 Vloerlamp H164cm met Mackintosh kap 44x44cm "WIllow"
∙ Kap: 44 x 44 cm.
TG106L Hanglamp Mackintosh 44x44cm "Willow"
"Willow...een typisch roosontwerp van Charles Mackintosh, gestileerd in frisse pastelkleuren die bij ieder interieur passen".
∙ Hanglamp Mackintosh. "Willow" motief.
TG106L Kap Mackintosh 44x44cm "WIllow"
∙ Kap Mackintosh. "Willow" motief.
∙ 44 x 44 cm.
TG106L-5122 Tafellamp Mackintosh H95cm 44x44cm "Willow"
TG106L-80 Plafonniere Mackintosh 44x44cm "Willow"
∙ Plafonniere Mackintosh. "Willow" motief.
TG106L-98 Hanglamp Mackintosh 44x44cm "Willow"
TG106L-FB20 Vloerlamp H153cm met Mackintosh kap 44x44cm "WIllow"
∙ Vloerlamp Mackintosh ontwerp. "Willow" motief.
TG106M 80 Plafonniere Mackintosh 35x35cm "Willow"
∙ 35 x 35 cm.
∙ Deze plafonniere hangt strak tegen het plafond.
TG106M 97 Hanglamp Mackintosh 35x35cm "Willow"
∙ De lamp is inclusief een ketting van 130 cm die gemakkelijk in te korten is.
"Willow...een typisch roosontwerp van Charles Mackintosh, gestileerd in frisse pastelkleuren die bij ieder interieur passen"
TG106M Kap Mackintosh 35x35cm "Willow"
∙ "Willow...een typisch roosontwerp van Charles Mackintosh, gestileerd in frisse pastelkleuren die bij ieder interieur passen".
TG106M SF01 Plafonniere Mackintosh 35x35cm "Willow"
TG106M SFSQ Hanglamp Plafonniere Mackintosh 35x35cm "Willow"
∙ Hanglamp Plafonniere Mackintosh ontwerp.
∙ Ophanging met 4 kettingen.
TG106M-TB20M Tafellamp Mackintosh H54cm 35x35cm "Willow"
∙ Tafellamp Mackintosh. "Willow" motief.
TG106S 96 Plafonniere Mackintosh 25x25cm "WIllow"
∙ Plafonniere Mackintosh . "Willow" motief.
∙ Kap: 25 x 25 cm.
∙ Fitting: 2 x E14.
TG106S 97 Hanglamp Mackintosh 25x25cm "Willow"
∙ Hanglamp Mackintosh ontwerp. "Willow" motief.
∙ 25 x 25 cm.
TG106S Kap Mackintosh 25x25cm "Willow"
∙ Kap Mackintosh ontwerp. "Willow" motief.
TG106S TB20S Tafellamp Mackintosh H41cm 25x25cm "Willow"


The BRAND NEW @cavinderelevatorcompanyinc Elevators at the Palace in Myrtle Beach that replaced the Dover Impulse Death Traps are now up on my channel!!! I know this is a pretty hyped video, so enjoy it guys!!!
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text:
from flask import abort
from flask_login import current_user

def get_framework_and_lot(framework_slug, lot_slug, data_api_client, status=None, must_allow_brief=False):
    framework = data_api_client.get_framework(framework_slug)['frameworks']
    try:
        lot = next(lot for lot in framework['lots'] if lot['slug'] == lot_slug)
    except StopIteration:
        abort(404)

    if status and framework['status'] != status:
        abort(404)
    if must_allow_brief and not lot['allowsBrief']:
        abort(404)

    return framework, lot

def is_brief_correct(brief, framework_slug, lot_slug, current_user_id, data_api_client=None):
    return brief['frameworkSlug'] == framework_slug \
        and brief['lotSlug'] == lot_slug \
        and is_brief_associated_with_user(brief, current_user_id, data_api_client) \
        and not brief_is_withdrawn(brief)

def is_brief_associated_with_user(brief, current_user_id, data_api_client=None):
    if current_user and current_user.role == 'admin':
        return True

    if data_api_client:
        has_permission_to_brief = data_api_client.req.briefs(brief.get('id')).user(current_user_id).get()
        return has_permission_to_brief
    else:
        user_ids = [user.get('id') for user in brief.get('users', [])]
        return current_user_id in user_ids

def brief_can_be_edited(brief):
    return brief.get('status') == 'draft'

def has_permission_to_edit_brief(brief=None):
    is_permitted = (
        current_user.has_permission('create_drafts') or
        current_user.has_permission('publish_opportunities')
    )

    if brief and brief_can_be_edited(brief):
        return is_permitted
    else:
        return is_permitted

def brief_is_withdrawn(brief):
    return brief.get('status') == 'withdrawn'

def section_has_at_least_one_required_question(section):
    required_questions = [q for q in section.questions if not q.get('optional')]
    return len(required_questions) > 0

def count_unanswered_questions(sections):
    unanswered_required, unanswered_optional = (0, 0)
    for section in sections:
        for question in section.questions:
            if question.answer_required:
                unanswered_required += 1
            elif question.value in ['', [], None]:
                unanswered_optional += 1

    return unanswered_required, unanswered_optional

def add_unanswered_counts_to_briefs(briefs, content_loader):
    for brief in briefs:
        content = content_loader.get_manifest(brief.get('frameworkSlug'), 'edit_brief').filter(
            {'lot': brief.get('lotSlug')}
        )
        sections = content.summary(brief)
        unanswered_required, unanswered_optional = count_unanswered_questions(sections)
        brief['unanswered_required'] = unanswered_required
        brief['unanswered_optional'] = unanswered_optional

    return briefs

def counts_for_failed_and_eligible_brief_responses(brief_id, data_api_client):
    brief_responses = data_api_client.find_brief_responses(brief_id)['briefResponses']
    failed_count = 0
    eligible_count = 0
    for brief_response in brief_responses:
        if all_essentials_are_true(brief_response):
            eligible_count += 1
        else:
            failed_count += 1
    return failed_count, eligible_count

def all_essentials_are_true(brief_response):
    return all(brief_response['essentialRequirements'])

def get_sorted_responses_for_brief(brief, data_api_client):
    brief_responses = data_api_client.find_brief_responses(brief['id'])['briefResponses']
    return brief_responses

def allowed_email_domain(current_user_id, brief, data_api_client=None):
    if not all([current_user_id, brief, data_api_client]):
        return False
    if not brief.get('users') or brief.get('users')[0] is None:
        return False
    current_user = data_api_client.get_user(current_user_id).get('users')
    email_domain = current_user.get('email_address').split('@')[-1]
    brief_user_email = brief.get('users')[0].get('emailAddress').split('@')[-1]
    return email_domain == brief_user_email

def remove_non_cascade_fields(brief, section, current_question_id, update_data=None):
    if not brief.get('lot') == 'training':
        return

    all_lds = {
        'Digital foundations': 'ldsDigitalFoundation',
        'Agile delivery': 'ldsAgileDelivery',
        'User research': 'ldsUserResearch',
        'Content design': 'ldsContentDesign',
        'Other': 'trainingDetail'
    }

    to_remove = []
    if (current_question_id == 'description-of-training' or
            current_question_id == 'whatTraining'):
        for k, v in all_lds.items():
            if update_data:
                what_training = update_data.get('whatTraining', [])
                if what_training and k not in what_training:
                    to_remove.append(v)
            elif k not in brief.get('whatTraining', []):
                to_remove.append(v)

            update_cascaded_optional_fields(brief, section, v)

    if current_question_id in all_lds.values():
        to_remove = []
        for k, v in all_lds.items():
            if k not in brief.get('whatTraining', []):
                to_remove.append(v)

            update_cascaded_optional_fields(brief, section, v)

    for tr in to_remove:
        if any(q for q in section.questions if q.id == tr):
            section.questions.remove(
                next(q for q in section.questions if q.id == tr))

def update_cascaded_optional_fields(brief, section, current_question_id):
    lds_sub_fields = {
        'ldsDigitalFoundation': [
            'ldsDigitalFoundationProposalOrLds',
            'ldsDigitalFoundationUnits',
            'ldsDigitalFoundationTrainingNeeds'
        ],
        'ldsAgileDelivery': [
            'ldsAgileDeliveryProposalOrLds',
            'ldsAgileDeliveryUnits',
            'ldsAgileDeliveryTrainingNeeds'
        ],
        'ldsUserResearch': [
            'ldsUserResearchProposalOrLds',
            'ldsUserResearchUnits',
            'ldsUserResearchTrainingNeeds'
        ],
        'ldsContentDesign': [
            'ldsContentDesignProposalOrLds',
            'ldsContentDesignUnits',
            'ldsContentDesignTrainingNeeds'
        ],
        'trainingDetail': [
            'trainingDetailType',
            'trainingDetailCover'
        ]
    }
    field_names = []
    lds_field = lds_sub_fields.get(current_question_id)
    if current_question_id == 'trainingDetail':
        field_names = lds_field
    elif lds_field:
        radio_name = lds_field[0]
        radio_value = brief.get(radio_name, None)

        if not radio_value:
            field_names.append(radio_name)
        elif radio_value == 'ldsUnits':
            field_names.append(lds_field[1])
        elif radio_value == 'specify':
            field_names.append(lds_field[2])

    for field_name in field_names:
        field = section.get_question(field_name)
        if field is not None:  # the question might be removed earlier
            field.optional = False

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Vision, Mission & Mandate
Housing Cooperatives and the Cooperative Identity
Sustainability Videos
About Housing Coops
Cooperative Housing Models
Housing Cooperatives Worldwide
Financing Cooperative Housing
Community-led Housing
Cooperative Housing > Resources > Suggested Readings – Professor Munkner, respected European co-operative expert
Suggested Readings – Professor Munkner, respected European co-operative expert
One of the most respected co-operative experts in Europe, Prof. Munkner has produced a glossary of co-operative terms which is available in German, English, Polish, Arabic, and Korean. If interested please contact: muenkner@wiwi.uni-marburg.de
Other works of interest by Prof. Munkner:
"Housing and Services for People with special needs", a manual for organisers and local leaders of housing co-operatives caring for people with special needs, edited by Claus J. Hachmann and Hans-H. Münkner (2003)
"Best Practice", a manual on innovative approaches to co-operative solutions of housing problems of the poor, edited by Hans-H. Münkner (2004)
"Organised Self-Help to solve Housing Problems", a manual for organisers and local leaders of housing co-operatives among the urban poor, edited by Hans-H. Münkner and Rolf Trodin (1999)
"Housing and special services for families, women and children", edited by Hans-H Munkner.
"Basic Structure of Housing Cooperatives" Grundriss der Wohnungsgenossenschaften Eduard Mändle, Hammonia-Verlag Hamburg 2005, 188 p. ISBN 3-87292-202-5 (in German)
Interesting Readings from CECODHAS:
"Safe as Houses", Preventing and dealinng with anti-social behaviour, a report for CECODHAS by Bill Randall.
"Breaking doen the Barriers", information about social housing for people with handicaps, a report for CECODHAS by Bill Randall.
The European Co-operative Society (Societé Cooperative Europeenne SCE) and European Cooperative Tradition (in German) hosted Prof. Dr. Münkner, University of Marburg who gave a remarkable speech on 21 November 2005 in Vienna, where he explained, why the status of a European Cooperative Society has been developed and how the cooperative development will emerge in the future. The publication is structured as follows:
Status of the development 1986
Changes 1986 – 1992
European cooperative traditions
The long road towards the status of SCE
The contents of SCE
SCE and the actual trends in cooperative movements of Europe
Financing and Development Germany
Equilibre Cooperative's Sustainable Features (Geneva, Switzerland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21-XruBPuPk
c/o Global Office: International Cooperative Alliance Avenue Milcamps 105,1030 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 (0) 2 743 10 30
Fax: +32 (0) 2 743 10 39
Co-operative Housing International (CHI) unites, represents, promotes and leads the international co-operative housing movement.
To find out more about the International Cooperative Alliance, the parent organization of Co-operative Housing International, click here.
Cooperative Housing Symposium Zurich
Growing the Movement: 2 Days of Talks and Inspiration September 22–23 2022 in Zürich
Copyright © 2023 Co-operative Housing International


In 1 Timothy, Paul often calls us to hold fast to "the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness" (6:3). He is referring to the gospel, which can be summarized in the five solas of the Reformation: sola fide, sola gratia, solus Christus, sola Scriptura, and soli Deo gloria. This week we will survey these truths using Dr. R.C. Sproul's teaching series God Alone.
Sola fide, that is, faith alone, is familiar to us from our study of Galatians and is a key difference between Roman Catholic and Protestant theology. Faith alone is tied to the doctrine of justification, which answers the question: How can a sinful human being be set right before the holy God? Our Creator is perfectly righteous and only those with clean hands and pure hearts may stand in His holy place (Ps. 24:3–4), but we are polluted by sin and something must change if we are to live in his presence forever, not under eternal condemnation.
Contrary to what many Protestants think, Roman Catholicism affirms that we are justified or accounted as right before the Lord by faith in Christ and that no one is saved apart from Him. However, Roman Catholic theologians deny that faith is sufficient for justification. Instead, good works of obedience must be added to faith in order for God to declare us righteous. Justification comes first through the sacraments — justifying grace is poured into the soul at baptism, lost through mortal sin, and restored through confession and works of penance. Rome argues works cooperate with grace to make us righteous, and we are justified only if we have actually become righteous through our faith and works.
The Protestant (and biblical) doctrine of justification also affirms the necessity of faith, grace, and Christ, but it adds the important term alone. No one keeps God's law perfectly and our good works are "filthy rags" (Isa. 64:6, KJV); therefore, our works can in no way be the ground of our acceptance before God. Only the merit of Christ can set us right with God, and we access this merit by trusting in Christ alone. God does not wait for us to become righteous before He justifies us, otherwise we would never be justified. While still sinners He counts us as righteous in His sight through faith apart from any good we do.
The imputation of Christ's righteousness is the ultimate basis for our justification, a teaching we will explore in a few days. Today what we must remember is that good works do not set us right before God, although they do prove that He has declared us righteous in Christ (James 2:14–26). If we have to trust in our works at all, even if only a little bit, we can never be assured of our justification. None of us can do enough good to stand in God's presence.


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I am Pilgrim
Terry Hayes
It is a textbook murder - and Pilgrim wrote the book. Pilgrim will have to make a journey from a public beheading in Mecca to a deserted ruins on the Turkish coast via a Nazi death camp in Alsace and the barren wilderness of the Hindu Kush in search of the faceless man who would commit an appalling act of mass murder in the name of his God.
From Auckland
OTHER FORMATS:
Can you commit the perfect crime?
Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation.
But that book will come back to haunt him. It will help NYPD detective Ben Bradley track him down. And it will take him to a rundown New York hotel room where the body of a woman is found facedown in a bath of acid, her features erased, her teeth missing, her fingerprints gone. It is a textbook murder - and Pilgrim wrote the book.
What begins as an unusual and challenging investigation will become a terrifying race-against-time to save America from oblivion. Pilgrim will have to make a journey from a public beheading in Mecca to a deserted ruins on the Turkish coast via a Nazi death camp in Alsace and the barren wilderness of the Hindu Kush in search of the faceless man who would commit an appalling act of mass murder in the name of his God.
Terry Hayes is a former journalist and screen-writer. Born in Sussex, England, he migrated to Australia as a child and trained as a journalist at the country's leading broadsheet. At twenty-one he was appointed North American correspondent, based in New York, and after two years returned to Sydney to become an investigative reporter, political correspondent and columnist.
He resigned to produce a prominent current affairs radio program and a short time later, with George Miller, wrote the screenplay for Road Warrior/Mad Max 2. He also co-produced and wrote Dead Calm, the film which launched Nicole Kidman's international movie career, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and a large number of TV movies and mini-series - including Bodyline and Bangkok Hilton - two of which received international Emmy nominations. In all, he has won over twenty film or television awards.
After moving to Los Angeles he worked as a screen-writer on major studio productions. His credits include Payback with Mel Gibson, From Hell, starring Johnny Depp, and Vertical Limit with Chris O'Donnell. He has also done un-credited writing on a host of other movies including Reign of Fire, Cliffhanger and Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster.
I Am Pilgrim is his first novel. He and his American wife - Kristen - have four children and live in Switzerland.
"The best thriller I've read in ten years... An astonishing piece of work" -- Linwood Barclay "THRILLER OF THE WEEK. Delivers thrills and spills...A full tilt mix of Homeland, The Wire and The Bourne Ultimatum" Mail on Sunday "I Am Pilgrim is a 21st century thriller: a high concept plot, but with finely drawn protagonists. The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack. The style is visceral, gritty and cinematic...A satisfying and ambitious book, written with skill and verve" -- Adam LeBor The Times "Rendition yourself into a pulsating thriller that never lets up as it carries the hero and the reader on an ever more desperate race between time and an all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. Great nail-biting stuff!" Robert Goddard "The narrative is thrilling: the tension tightens with action...It's a murder mystery, an illuminating account of contemporary international politics and a study of an unusual man......An excellent thriller which as a first novel is really remarkable" Literary Review
Winner of Specsavers National Book Awards: Crime/Thriller Book of the Year 2014
Short-listed for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2014
Great book. Thank you.
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