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Shinedown Release The "Planet Zero Music Video
Releases The "Planet Zero" Music Video
PRESS HERE To Watch
"Planet Zero" Becomes Shinedown's 17th #1 This Week on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart
Breaking A New Record For Most #1s In The History Of The Chart
New Album Planet Zero Out April 22 on Atlantic Records
(Photo Credit: Jimmy Fontaine)
"The stomping heavy rock track ('Planet Zero') gives context and focus for the entire album – a high-concept treatise on societal affairs during the past 22 months, including the travails of living through a pandemic, the pitfalls of social media, mental health issues, political divisiveness, partisan media and cancel culture." – Billboard
"['Planet Zero'] is a hard-hitting, full-on rock experience…with a blatant warning—lose connection and lose humanity." – Parade
"The music grabs and shakes as much as it provokes the brain." – American Songwriter
"Shinedown's songs are always socially relevant and 'Planet Zero' is no exception…they are back with more powerful messaging about humanity…" – Spectrum News
New York, NY – [March 3, 2022] – Multi-platinum, record-breaking band Shinedown have released the thought-provoking and cinematic music video for lead single "Planet Zero" – PRESS HERE to watch. The video arrives as "Planet Zero" hits #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart this week. The explosive single, the title track from the band's seventh studio album out April 22 on Atlantic Records, is Shinedown's 17th #1 and sixth consecutive chart-topper, breaking a new record for the most #1s in the 40-year history of the chart.
"We wanted the first visual of 'Planet Zero' to be unlike anything we have done previously. We chose to work with visionary director Charles De Meyer. We did not want a traditional music video feel – we wanted avant-garde, thought-provoking and surreal. Make no mistake, there is a message in the visual, a warning of what is to come, if society does not wake up, and demand the truth be told. Welcome to PLANET ZERO…" – Brent Smith
Directed by Charles De Meyer, the video brings to life a glimpse of a dystopian future (complete with a menacing A.I. character named Cyren from the album's interludes who we hear at the end of the music video) that warns of the dangerous dehumanizing consequences of cancel culture run rampant.
On Planet Zero, Shinedown is serving up an incisive look at some of society's most critical issues, including the increasingly toxic division among those of differing ideologies, the need for honesty in our public discourse, and the corrosive effects of social media and cancel culture on mental health and humanity. The "Planet Zero" single rings the alarm with a cautionary warning that if we shut each other down, we risk losing empathy, respect for one another, and our ability to communicate and unify in a way that leads to actual progress and understanding.
Pre-order Planet Zero HERE. Each pre-order includes an instant download of "Planet Zero."
Over the last two decades, Shinedown have cemented their status as one of the most vital and forward-thinking powerhouses in modern rock. Their most ambitious and masterfully realized work to date, Planet Zero is a high-concept, ultra-vivid, viscerally charged saga. A critical yet optimistic look at the fractures and frays of a society that has undergone many challenges in the last few years, the album is part social commentary and part in-depth exploration of the human psyche. Produced by Shinedown's Eric Bass (who also produced the band's 2018 acclaimed album ATTENTION ATTENTION,) and recorded at Bass' newly built Big Animal Studio in South Carolina, Planet Zero matches its immersive world-building and takedown of authoritarianism with a deliberately unvarnished sound, and the album is spliced with interludes featuring Cyren, an insidious and unsettling robot character that appears throughout the Planet Zero journey. While a raw ferocity fuels much of Planet Zero on tracks like "The Saints of Violence and Innuendo," "No Sleep Tonight," and "America Burning," there is also hope, triumph, and reminders that we all need one another on songs like "Daylight," "Dysfunctional You," and "A Symptom of Being Human." After all, it is the band's impassioned striving for unity that has long been at the heart of their creative output and deeply informed the making of Planet Zero. Not only a driving force for their songwriting, their humanitarian outlook led Shinedown to be one of the first artists to fundraise for non-profit humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising more than $400,000 with their "Atlas Falls" relief effort. Full Planet Zero tracklist is below.
Shinedown will kick off The Revolution's Live Tour beginning April 1, propelled by the undeniable power of front man Brent Smith's voice and their biggest stage production yet. Following this April and May run with special guests The Pretty Reckless and DIAMANTE, Shinedown will head to Daytona Beach for Welcome To Rockville 2022 where they'll headline Saturday, May 21 alongside Guns N' Roses and Rise Against. In June, Shinedown will head overseas for a UK and European run featuring festival appearances at Rock im Park and Rock am Ring in Germany, Download Festival in the UK, and HellFest in France along with select shows with Iron Maiden. The band will then embark on a run of Canadian dates beginning in July with support from Pop Evil and Ayron Jones. Full routing below and stay tuned for more touring announcements. For tickets and all show details, please visit www.shinedown.com.
Planet Zero follows Shinedown's 2018 acclaimed album ATTENTION ATTENTION, which was certified RIAA Gold. The band recently brought the LP to life in a riveting feature film. A visual counterpart to the album's narrative about a mental health journey and the resolve of the human spirit, the ATTENTION ATTENTION film weaves together the album's 14 songs into a provocative and thought-provoking cinematic story that illuminates yet another dimension of Shinedown's limitless creativity. PRESS HERE to watch the trailer. The film, directed by Bill Yukich (Beyoncé, Metallica, Wiz Khalifa) is available for viewing on digital and cable VOD in the U.S. and Canada via iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu, Comcast, Dish Network, Verizon Fios, and Mediacom, and is also available for purchase on Blu-ray and DVD – PRESS HERE to purchase and watch. It will soon be available in other international territories.
ABOUT SHINEDOWN
Multi-platinum, record-breaking band Shinedown – Brent Smith [vocals], Zach Myers [guitar], Eric Bass [bass, production], and Barry Kerch [drums] – have achieved astronomical success with their combustible yet artfully crafted sound and penetrating lyrics while embodying the kind of creative dynamism that defies expectation and transcends boundaries. They were recently named #1 on Billboard's Greatest Of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists Chart, after notching the most ever #1s (17) in the 40-year history of the Mainstream Rock Songs Chart with a string of consecutive #1 hit singles "Atlas Falls," "ATTENTION ATTENTION," "GET UP," "MONSTERS," "DEVIL," and now "Planet Zero." With 10 million albums sold worldwide, 14 platinum and gold singles, over 4.5 billion global streams, platinum or gold certification for all their albums, all 28 career singles reaching the Top 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs Chart, and countless sold-out arena tours, Shinedown have also become an essential cultural force as evidenced by their major media acclaim and participation in the prestigious 92Y Talks series. The band's last studio album, 2018's acclaimed ATTENTION ATTENTION , debuted in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 and simultaneously hit #1 on Billboard's Alternative, Top Rock and Hard Rock Albums Charts. Shinedown continues to engender diehard love from millions of global fans with their high-octane live shows and has racked up countless sold-out arena tours and festival headlining sets.
PLANET ZERO TRACKLIST:
No Sleep Tonight
Dysfunctional You
Dead Don't Die
Standardized Experiences
America Burning
Do Not Panic
A Symptom Of Being Human
A More Utopian Future
Clueless And Dramatic
Sure Is Fun
This Is A Warning
The Saints Of Violence And Innuendo
Army Of The Underappreciated
What You Wanted
SHINEDOWN TOUR DATES 2022
April 1 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena #
April 2 – Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena #
April 4 – Billings, MT @ First Interstate Arena #
April 6 – Fargo, ND @ FARGODOME #
April 8 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center #
April 9 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center #
April 11 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center #
April 12 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena #
April 14 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center #
April 15 – Hershey, PA @ GIANT Center #
April 16 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun #
April 18 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena #
April 20 – Baltimore, MD @ Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena #
April 22 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Coliseum #
April 23 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center #
April 24 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena #
April 26 – Evansville, IN @ Ford Center #
April 28 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena #
April 29 – Little Rock, AR @ Simmons Bank Arena #
April 30 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena #
May 3 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum #
May 4 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena #
May 6 – Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena #
May 7 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena #
May 21 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome To Rockville
June 3 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock im Park
June 5 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock am Ring
June 7 – Budapest, Hungary @ Groupama Aréna +
June 9 – Hamburg, Germany @ edel-optics.de Arena
June 11 – Donington, UK @ Download Festival
June 13 – Belfast, UK @ Ormeau Park +
June 16 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
June 17 – Clisson, France @ Hellfest
June 18 – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting
July 14 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee ^
July 16 – Cadott, WI @ Rock Fest
July 19 – Quebec, QC @ Centre Videotron *^
July 20 – Montreal, QC @ L'Olympia *^
July 22 – Toronto, ON @ History *^
July 23 – Windsor, ON @ The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor *^
July 26 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre *^
July 27 – Moose Jaw, SK @ Mosaic Place *^
July 29 – Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place *^
July 30 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Resort & Casino *^
July 31 – Edmonton, AB @ Convention Centre *^
August 2 – Penticton, BC @ South Okanagan Event Centre *^
August 3 – Abbotsford, BC @ Abbotsford Centre *^
October 9 – Sacramento CA @ Discovery Park – Monster Energy Aftershock 2022
* with Pop Evil
^ with Ayron Jones
# with The Pretty Reckless and DIAMANTE
+ with Iron Maiden
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Cú Chulainn August 23, 2020 at 11:23 pm
Where would the world be without the Star and those psycho seagulls..!!
Daisy Chainsaw August 24, 2020 at 1:10 am
If only they could link Phil Hogan to them. That would be numberwang!
They might need to bring the crazy rat trope back for that one..
f_lawless August 23, 2020 at 11:25 pm
One of France's leading medical professors, Dr Jean-François Toussaint, speaks out recently on French TV against what he believes to be unwarranted fearmongering by the French authorities over a second wave. He questions the ongoing restrictions imposed and accuses those authorities of not believing in (or following) their own rules that they set out for the French public. Sounds familiar!
He says that by obsessing over suppressing Covid, the French authorities no longer see the reality of the of the present risk. Asserts it is essential to judge a pandemic by the number of deaths and severe cases not a rise by in positive test cases, largely asymptomatic.
In France deaths and hospitalisations have been at near zero levels since the end of June. He describes the current situation as "the end stage of a pandemic".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ulA8u05Z-Q&feature=youtu.be
(subtitles)
Cian August 23, 2020 at 11:28 pm
France have reported about 100 cCOVID deaths in the last week.
100 is not "near zero".
f_lawless August 24, 2020 at 12:02 am
If you're having trouble grasping that that is near zero relative to a population of 70 million, this graph is a helpful way of getting a handle on it. You can see how the number of new deaths begins in March, rises steeply, then tapers off steeply in April, and since the end of June has been close to zero
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&country=~FRA&deathsMetric=true&interval=smoothed&perCapita=true&smoothing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc
Lush August 24, 2020 at 6:32 am
I think they're hoping to avoid renewed pressure on the hospitals too.
There is alot more testing, true, but also an increase in positive tests overall, especially amongst younger people and I presume they want to avoid community contamination to the more vulnerable.
I don't get the impression though that they are scaremongering, I live in a very tourist-orientated part of France and while it has been incredibly busy these last couple of months, and mask wearing is obligatory at all times, there is no panic, no drama; just weary resignation.
There are alot of new clusters in the Bordeaux region, due to the increased tourist activity and they are very aware also that everyone will be coming home from their holidays this week and therefore free testing is very widely available, at autoroute stops, the airports, the train stations.
Above all, the government is due to announce its big plan to 'relance' the economy next week, so they are probably teeing us up for that.
Janet, dreams of big guns August 24, 2020 at 9:37 am
when I think of masks in that heat, best of luck for the rentré !
Lush August 24, 2020 at 10:11 am
It really is no fun.
It's the thought of the chilled rose that keeps me going.
Janet, dreams of big guns August 24, 2020 at 10:24 am
perfectly reasonable
AKA Frilly Keane August 24, 2020 at 10:17 am
always a reliable motivator Lush
SOQ August 24, 2020 at 7:02 am
Get on with your lives! Professor says as coronavirus 'not as deadly as first thought'
Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence-based medicine at Oxford University, called for the government to intervene and "proactively reassure the population".
"Where they have broken the social distancing rules, this should be made clear. But we should not be punishing over 47,000 businesses just because of a handful of outbreaks.
"Nor should we be talking about trading off schools against opening pubs unless we have a better evidence to understand the policies that make a difference."
"Right now, we are seeing below average excess deaths for all causes for the eighth week in a row. The messaging stay at home save lives throughout the pandemic led people to be more fearful than they have ever been, one can say it worked too well, but the current data shows it is currently safer to go out than it has ever been."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1326293/coronavirus-death-rate-UK-fatality-rate/amp
Otis Blue August 23, 2020 at 11:47 pm
Politico dismisses Martin's and Varadkar's calls on Pig Fill to consider his position as "political theatre". As if we didn't know.
https://www.politico.eu/article/defiant-eu-trade-chief-hogan-brushes-off-calls-to-quit/
Still, there's a sense that this is still a developing story. I wonder what today holds?
V aka Frilly Keane August 23, 2020 at 11:55 pm
Pig Fill •́ ‿ ,•̀
V aka Frilly Keane August 24, 2020 at 8:43 am
But keep going to the end for a previous episode of Oireachtas Golf Chronicles
https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/you-knackers-well-put-manners-on-you-phil-hogans-threat-to-our-journalists-29105543.html?__twitter_impression=true
Gerry August 24, 2020 at 4:34 am
Well I think he should resign and I'm usually a FG voter, so do 3/4 of people surveyed yesterday (I don't know details of the survey but I think it's fair to say a substantial majority feel he should resign).
Every detail of the news is a problem for Hogan: the specifics of the golf outing, the mobile phone use warning, the mealy-mouthed spokesman apology at first, the need for a second apology, the earlier Belgian golf trip, the deleted appointments calendar, not to mention the house bought at the K club with cash, etc. etc.
It all paints a picture of an EU princeling swanning around, living a life of luxury, so self-important that he feels laws don't apply to him.
Political theatre? One man's political theatre is another's genuine reflection of the anger of the citizenry IMO. My feeling is that even as a commissioner he won't last long without the support of his home country.
It's a pity he's behaved like such an ass, the trade portfolio is an important one and he's done quite well for us on Brexit, but he has to go.
delacaravanio August 24, 2020 at 7:57 am
Has he done quite well for us, though? Remember, commissioners have to act in the interests of the whole EU, not their country. Yes, he's the Irish voice in the room when the college of commissioners meets, but it meets in private, so we don't know what he's actually done for us. Based upon his past performance I'd say the langer spends all day on the Paddy Power app or starting out the window.
Barnier "gets it", thankfully.
Charlie August 24, 2020 at 8:47 am
I'd rather have him in the room for us than not. Yes, he's supposed to act in the best interests of the EU but blood is thicker than water.
delacaravanio August 24, 2020 at 1:57 pm
But we'll still have someone in the room should (or, as looks at this stage, when) he go(es).
Charlie August 24, 2020 at 10:59 pm
Not necessarily. It doesn't work like that. There's a good chance they'd opt for a non-Irish replacement.
GiggidyGoo August 24, 2020 at 8:55 am
He sold out our farmers while agricultural hob knob – and it was a FG pre-election vote-gaining stunt to boot at the time. Mercosur.
Let's see what Ursula is made of. If he isn't gone, then he will have no credibility when at a table discussing trade deals. They won't put up with part-stories, withheld stories etc. If he stays he will leave a clusterf.. of problems.
He high-tailed it back to Brussels very quick. Checking his drawers maybe?
Not a bit of it
He's after closing the door on his penthouse
Spoofing around in his jammies, snuffling swiss and fig roll sangwiches with buckets of 2 bag Barrys Tea, and watching Home & Away in-between Big Mac meal deliveries
And maybe the odd Trump Presser (that's porno to him)
Any talk of last week's two day golf trip will be Whatapp calls with the lads to postmortem everyone's game and review the course
and find out who got off with who
And replace him with who Gerry?
The eFFers won't be getting a look in here
They need FGs poll numbers
TheIrishGuy August 24, 2020 at 9:25 am
You or I could do a better job V. And about 1 million other people. There is nothing special about big Phil. His decision to attend, his failure to follow the law and his response to questions demonstrates his lack of judgement. He is not a fit and proper person to be conducting serious negotiations
bisted August 24, 2020 at 9:27 am
…who replaces Hogan will probably indicate how seriously the role of EU Commissioner is taken…my guess is not seriously at all…would suit Doherty down to the ground…she must know where some skeletons are buried if they made her a senator…
Doherty has the claws into Hogan big time. I wonder why.
Any idea who Mairead McGuinness' nominated sub is?
Suppose knowing who Frances Fitz' is too wouldn't be time wasted either, I'm guessing its Mark Durkan
Here, this should wake ye up before ye gogo Monday
What if Séamus Woulfe suddenly becomes available ( ̄_, ̄ )( ̄、 ̄)
Its not like they haven't parachuted in SC'd ex AGs before
(Peter Sutherland and David Byrne btw)
Like, Michéal is going to agree to anything to keep this Government stitched together, so are the Greens
latest polls (yeah I know, me neither, but they do) have eFFs 11% Greens 3%
With the Blueshirts & Shinners neck and neck ish in the 30s
There may be one or two folk sitting back watching the goings on with some glee. http://www.charleybrady.com/images-from-the-budget-they-really-are-fat-cats/
I know, I am.
Whose car was he driving while in Ireland? Insured?
Dead right Gerry. He is the 2020 version of Pee Flynn. Although that may be harsh on Flynn. How could a man with this judgement be trusted to negotiate anything?
Kerry August 24, 2020 at 7:34 am
Has anyone ever received "a caution" for using a mobile phone while driving? No. It's a fine and penalty points. Always. One rule for arrogant members of the golden circle, and another for the rest of us.
Maybe Garda Harris will come out and explain that one. Maybe anyone that has had points / fines for driving while on the phone can reclaim them. Or anyone that has recently been caught can argue 'Hogan'
Additionally, there's shades of Callinan passing information to Shatter about Mick Wallace being stopped.
Gerry August 24, 2020 at 10:08 am
I've never heard of it.
A fine and 3 points is in no way a draconian punishment
Jack Of Ireland August 24, 2020 at 9:03 am
Foolishness by BBC will only undermine their credibility to GB public And Tories
BTW that must be a different Kylie to the one I remember, or exceptional surgery
So, once again we see the 'one law for them, and another for us' as he gets off with a warning for using a phone while driving.
There should be 3 penalty points and a fine of €60.
There's more to this fable than Varadkar or Martin are telling us.
It has also emerged Fianna Fail sponsored a prize for the Oireachtas Golf Tournament.
Fianna Fáil donated a piece of crystal worth around €80. (Wasn't a Crystal ball though).
A Fianna Fàil spokesperson said: "The Fianna Fáil Party was asked to donate one of the spot prizes for the golf society competition. We can confirm that we donated one.
The Irish Times has a scoop – Hayes' tee shot on the 4th was heading for a hole-in-one, but it hit a tree and ended up in the rough. Informed sources say that IRA planted it.
I think that's exactly the part of the story that will run — "one law for them and one for us" — entirely correct GG.
With Calleary resigning his ministry, and Buttimer his seanad leas cean comhairleship (?) it leaves Hogan in a very tough position.
The bottom line: commissioner Hogan must be held accountable for his bad judgement, just like the minister and the senator, or do different standards apply to our exalted EU overlords?
Irish and EU citizens have been adhering to difficult restrictions on work and socialising for 7 months, our leaders must lead by example. Hogan failed to do that, now he must resign.
Murtles August 24, 2020 at 9:47 am
Phil Hogan has been a lying, self centered, pompous narcissist from the first day he bought his way into politics. Now everyone is shocked?
* He didn't stay the requires 2 weeks in quarantine after coming from abroad
* He admits he had to have "medical treatment the week before the golf event"
* He travelled into and out of a locked down county on his way to golfgate
* He was caught using his phone while driving (only got a caution, if it was me I'd be ticketed)
* He tried to blame the hotel for the event as if his arm was twisted to go
* He went to the event regardless of restrictions which ever man woman and child knows about
* He fecked off back to Brussels giving the two fingers at the airport on the way out
* Lest not forget the we'll turn off you water if you don't pay the tax jibes years ago
goldenbrown August 24, 2020 at 10:11 am
However Murtles as much as I think the man's a prize [ladypart beginning with "C" rhymes with stunt]…
– he's an un-obtainable head, will never happen, effectively has dipl. immunity
– he knows it and the two tools at the controls also know it
– he's providing cover for the other 100-odd souls who attended the pissup
– he's a honeypot, the distraction play
forgive my cynicism
this Govt and the layer of society that underpins it will be protected at all costs
:-Joe August 24, 2020 at 12:56 pm
Yep, unless something else bigger breaks in the news cycle, e.g. hypothetically he was once on an international golf trip with clinton and epstein then, that about sums it all up…
Taking the hit, absorbing the flak just makes him a tougher bag of shy-te to deal with in future.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model
:-J
spud August 24, 2020 at 10:05 am
Hogan is a perfect scapegoat.
The attendance of Woulfe there is worse in my opinion, and this all is a perfect cover for many more who attended.
Hogan doesn't report to Leo or Martin, so why chase him?
If there's such a division between the judiciary and the Oireachtas , what was he doing at the event in the first place?
They're trying to minimise damage.
hello fellow cynic :)
Seamus Woulfe is now a member of the Judicary
and even when you push aside the grace & favour appointment
and that he didn't recognise his own handy work
you are still left with a Judge who assumed the law didn't apply to him
That the Judiciary – of all people, view that we are all not equal under the law is a catastrophe for our Democracy
I fully expect to see that last sentence spread into a few thousand words over the next day or so btw
Happy to help lads
The Old Boy August 24, 2020 at 12:15 pm
In other professions in which men engage
(Said I to myself — said I),
The Army, the Navy, the Church, and the Stage
Professional licence, if carried too far,
Your chance of promotion will certainly mar —
And I fancy the rule might apply to the Bar
(Said I to myself — said I!).
GiggidyGoo August 24, 2020 at 10:09 am
Hogan is subject to the laws of this country. He has broken them – knowingly. His position as Trade Commissioner is untenable. He cannot be trusted even by his own side. Woulfe – I'm surprised he's still a Judge.
Johnnythree August 24, 2020 at 10:47 am
They can't and wont get him to leave. Leo has no ability to get him to leave.
Johnny Green August 24, 2020 at 11:01 am
America waking up this.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/23/cops-shoot-black-wisconsin-man-as-he-gets-into-car/
RNC opens tonight against this backdrop.
"Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathy and I join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he will not succumb to his injuries. While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country," Evers said in his statement."
Otis Blue August 24, 2020 at 11:06 am
For old times sake, here's the curious tale of Pig Fill and the Irish Nationwide mortgage. His apartment buying is strictly a cash business these days.
https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/nationwides-soft-loan-to-hogan-26873373.html
Leopards, spots, etc…
I wonder why Noonan limited any investigations into IRBC to amounts in excess of €10m then.There may be a long row of well-known pigs below that amount.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-06-09/29/
AKA Frilly Keane August 24, 2020 at 12:17 pm
well any debt forgiveness would have to be declared in SIPO
its a form of Benefit in Kind for Revenue purposes
And for Ethics, Probity and Standards in Public Life, it is still a gift
especially if the Debtor got to keep ownership of the Asset
at the very least its a Conflict of Interest and requires them to declare and abstain from debate and voting on any decision that the Creditor has an interest in
Now ye get the gist of why I want to know who Brian Hayes brought with him
and what support(s) his organisation donated to the Society's Summer Shindig, over an above Green Fees, Annual Membership, and Dinner / Lunch tickets
there was a while there were a number of well supported Broadsheeters were using Journalist in their profiles here onetime
Any chance they'd check who Noel Dempsey is repping with his Lobbying Business?
Mr and Mrs were at the Captain's table last week
No worries lads
tis easily got as it happens
https://www.lobbying.ie/organisation/291/noel-dempsey-consulting?currentPage=2&pageSize=10&queryText=&subjectMatters=&subjectMatterAreas=&period=&returnDateFrom=&returnDateTo=&lobbyistId=291&dpo=&publicBodys=&jobTitles=&client=
his most recent 2020 logs
:-Joe August 24, 2020 at 1:25 pm
Apropos of nothing related to the proverbial black hole that is Irish politics…
..Here's some fun and educational astrophysics banter about gravity and the fascinating mysterious behaviour of our wider universe..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUey-DVYjk
– If you can get to the end without being left feeling at least a little strange then fair play to you…

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This is not allowed to be talked to on the public forums.
I am talking to my engineer to see if he can remove it for $89. I'll email you shortly when I have an answer!


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First of all we want you to know that we are here to help you and your family. There is no other job greater than being a parent and no pastor, mentor, or friend could ever replace you in your child's life! Teenage years are crazy hard on both student and parent, so please know we are praying for your family and are here to help. We have an amazing group of volunteers who love God and love working with youth. We will strive to give you the resources and support you need and walk beside you as you lead your family to Christ.


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About Hatteras
Hatteras Island – History, Nature and What Brings Us Here
What is it about an island that is so intriguing, so special, so alluring? Why is it that an island is so altogether different from the mainland? That the mere mention of the word makes our faces soften and our breath slow down? Why does a piece of land surrounded by water call out to us, creating an intense longing to visit its banks and shores?
Hatteras is like any other island in this respect. Its Atlantic Ocean beaches, Pamlico Sound marshes and undeveloped sandscapes call to all of us, promising breathtaking sunrises as a respite for strained eyes, healing salt air to purify stale lungs and warm sand to soften hardened soles. The island calls out to the adventurer in all of us, enticing us with tales of surfing a storm-induced swell, riding the wind with a kite and a board and battling a blue marlin the size of a small bus. Hatteras calls to the naturalist in all of us, luring us in to see brown pelicans belly-skimming the ocean surface, sea turtle tracks etched into the beach and dolphins arcing their pointed fins in the sea.
Hatteras Island is the perfect combination of natural world and vacation world. Sixty-three percent of the island is in its natural barrier island state, thanks to the protection of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. More than half of the island is open land or cultural sites waiting to be explored. The rest of the island caters to visitors with hotels and motels, rental homes from the luxurious to the simple, restaurants from family style to upscale contemporary, locally owned shops offering just about everything you could need and recreation opportunities for everyone.
Thanks to bridges and a well-run ferry system, Hatteras Island is not the remote place it once was. Still, the island is out-of-the-way enough to make coming here feel like a veritable getaway. Even northern Outer Bankers, who live less than an hour away, like to escape to Hatteras Island. This is because, for the most part, Hatteras Island has been able to retain its own unique culture and attitude. For its residents and visitors, Hatteras offers a simple lifestyle (when contrasted with the typical urban life) in tune with nature and connected to the roots of its history. So far, the only superstore on the island is a grocery store, and chain restaurants and cookie-cutter consumerism haven't crossed the waters that surround Hatteras Island. This is not to say that the modern world isn't seeping in. This is best exemplified in a bumper sticker that used to be seen around the island: "Slow down, this ain't the mainland." This may be a reference to driving habits, but it applies to much more.
If Hatteras Island is intriguing for what it offers today, it is even more so because of its past. Hatteras's history speaks of the sea, of lighthouses, shipwrecks on the island's infamous shoals, the lifesaving efforts of courageous locals and the island's vulnerability in times of war. It speaks of islanders living in what sounds like an idyllic setting with gardens and livestock and the bounty of the sea, but what was really a struggle in the face of hurricanes and the hardships of isolation.
It would be impossible to visit Hatteras Island and not feel the pull of the past. The island's history is palpable and immediately visible in such structures as the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, the skeleton of an old bridge that leads to nowhere and historical markers by the roadside. But there's much more to the history of the island than you see at first glance. Look a little closer: family cemeteries tucked into crevices all over the island, wooden boats forgotten in creeks and harbors, old homes fixed up or falling down, the old-timers' unusual and charming brogue and the hard-to-pronounce Native-American names for the island locations. Here are clues that there is more than meets the modern eye on Hatteras Island.
Hatteras's history is somewhat overshadowed by the island's new role as a vacation hotspot. Times are changing, and the island will never be the same. But all is not lost. Those who seek out the past and are willing to delve a little deeper into it are rewarded with rich stories and fascinating tales.
While you're on Hatteras Island, try for a little while to forget the modern world. Try to imagine this island before it was "discovered" by vacationers and recreational fishermen. Stretch your imagination to the time when the oceanfront was barren for the entire 50 miles, save a fishing shack or two. Try to fathom the time when the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was the only light seen on the entire island. Wrap your mind around the isolation of this island, separated from the rest of the world by miles of open water. Imagine driving in sandy ruts on the beach instead of the pavement of NC 12.
But don't get completely lost in the past. Ask questions if you have them. Notice the care with which old buildings and landmarks have been preserved. Visit the businesses and talk to the people. Explore the present as well as the past.
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Irish manufacturing company Entekra has said it is creating 100 high-skilled jobs at its Co Monaghan base as part of a $55m (€46m) investment.
Entekra CEO Gerry McCaughey said: "The home construction market is the largest and most inefficient industry in the US.
"Entekra's technology allows us to manufacture energy efficient homes at speed and scale. It will reduce waste and improve quality of the home construction process."


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Pursuing Justice for Russia's War Crimes in Ukraine: Recent Developments on the Legal Front
Announcement published by Molly Gosewich on Thursday, November 10, 2022
European History / Studies, Human Rights, Law and Legal History, Political Science, Russian or Soviet History / Studies
How are those who commit war crimes held accountable?
Ron Levi is Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Department of Sociology, and is Distinguished Professor of Global Justice. He holds a courtesy cross-appointment to the Faculty of Law, and is a Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Copenhagen.Ron has served as Secretary of the Law and Society Association, and as an elected Council Member for the Sociology of Law section of the American Sociological Association. He was made Chevalier in l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government, is a recipient of the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize, and has served as Scholar-in-Residence for Holocaust Education Week. In 2022, he received the Global Educator Award from the University of Toronto.
Gabriele Chlevickaite is an Assistant Professor in Empirical and Normative Studies at the VU Amsterdam (Faculty of Law, Criminology and Criminal Law Department), where she conducts research into fact-finding in international criminal investigations. She is a board member of the Center for International Criminal Justice (www.cicj.org), an interdisciplinary research centre at the VU Amsterdam and a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) in Amsterdam, where she conducted my NWO Research Talent-funded PhD research in 2017-2021. In 2013-2017, she was an analysis assistant at the International Criminal Court, and in 2020-2021 she was a research assistant with the Independent Expert Review of the International Criminal Court.
Monica Eppinger, Associate Professor; Co-Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Center for International and Comparative Law. Eppinger has published ten articles or peer-reviewed essays in journals including the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, the George Washington International Law Review, and Catholic University Law Review. She has been a featured expert on the law of war, Russia, and Ukraine on CNN, public radio, and in local print and broadcast news media.In 2011, the American Society of Comparative Law selected the working draft of her article on the institution of private property in Ukraine, "Unraveling the Illiberal Commons," as one of six papers discussed at its annual works-in-progress workshop held at Yale Law School. Her work on property was also selected for the 2011 Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Forum. Her work in international law, on the law of war, was selected for the 2011 Childress Symposium, the 2013 Ewha Comfort Women Conference (Seoul, Korea), and the 2014 Cornell Law School Comfort Women Conference.Before entering academia, Eppinger served in the United States diplomatic corps as a tenured Foreign Service Officer for nine years, with tours of duty or policy-making experience in Nigeria, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Caspian energy, and West African security. She was awarded an individual Superior Honor Award, the State Department's highest civilian honor, in 1999.
Ilona Khmeleva holds a PhD in Law specializing in International Law (Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). Since 2021 she coordinates the project "Ukraine in Europe: Parliamentary Dimension" (implemented by LibMod in partnership with the East Europe Foundation) and is an expert in the field of international law and international relations. Ilona Khmeleva is a member of the Ukrainian Association of International Law, author of numerous scientific publications.
Oleksandr Merezhko, Professor and Doctor of Law in International Law, namely in such areas as international public law, international diplomatic law, international treaties law, EU law, international environmental law, law of international organizations, etc. He is a specialist in international treaties and international economic law. Doctor of Legal Sciences, thesis: "Theory and Principles of Transnational Trade Law (Lex Mercatoria)" (Ukraine, 2002). Candidate of Legal Sciences (PhD), thesis: "Humanitarian Intervention and International Law" (Ukraine, 1996). People`s Deputy, Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Interparliamentary Ties of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vice-President of Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Afonso Seixas-Nunes obtained a PhD from the University of Essex in 2019, with a thesis entitled 'The legitimacy and accountability for the development of autonomous weapon systems under international humanitarian law'. Between 2018-2020, Afonso worked as a visiting scholar at the Blavatnik School of Government under the supervision of Professor Dapo Akande.He taught various legal subjects at the Porto Law School and at Essex Law School and currently also lectures at the Universidad de Deusto in Spain. His areas of interests are international law and the use of force; international humanitarian law and the challenges of new technologies of warfare for international law; and state responsibility for violations of international humanitarian law caused by artificial devices.Afonso Seixas-Nunes is a Jesuit Priest, having been ordained in 2010. He is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford University.
Sponsored by Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and The Centre for International and Comparative Law, Saint Louis Unviersity School of Law.
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E-Commerce / March 9, 2020
Off-price retailers aren't investing in e-commerce, but competition is growing
It seems like every retailer is relying on its e-commerce business to fuel double-digit sales growth. But there's still one group of brick-and-mortar chains that have largely resisted selling their products online: off-price retailers.
Last week, Burlington Stores, Inc. announced that it would shutter its e-commerce business altogether, as it only accounted for 0.5% of its total sales.
"We intend to focus our energy and resources on driving profitable sales growth in our bricks and mortar stores," CEO Michael O'Sullivan said on the company's fourth-quarter earnings call with analysts.
Burlington's decision to completely shutter its e-commerce operations is still unusual, but its competitors have also been slow to build out an online business. TJX Companies Inc. just launched an e-commerce site for its Marshalls chain in September, while another one of its chains, Home Goods, still doesn't sell its products online. Its most well-known chain, TJ Maxx, has had an e-commerce site since 2013.
One of the reasons why off-price retailers have been able to pay little to no attention to their e-commerce operations is because their store sales are growing faster than those of many other retailers. Burlington Stores reported that total sales grew 10% year-over-year to $2.2 billion during the fourth quarter of 2019, while TJX's sales also grew 10% to $12.2 billion over the same time period.
So instead of building out an e-commerce site, off-price retailers spend that money instead remodeling the stores where customers are already continuing to visit at a healthy pace, or open up new stores elsewhere. O'Sullivan said that's what Burlington Stores intends to do in the coming year — the company has just 727 stores compared to TJX's 4,529, so he said the company's focus would be to "drive increased sales through our existing bricks and mortar stores and through our new store opening program and our store relocation program."
'To administer a good e-commerce experience, it requires a certain amount of investment and upkeep and advertising," said Andrew Lispman, e-commerce analyst at eMarketer. "If it is half a percent of your sales, I think having the courage to walk away is probably smart."
Off-price retailers also often justify their minuscule e-commerce investments by arguing that their customers like the experience of digging through their products in-store to find the best deal, something that's not easily recreated online. But it can be more complicated than that: E-commerce isn't, after all, only about sales.
Looking only through the lens of sales, if a retailer only generates a few percentage points of its sales online, it's easy to see why they would decide it's not worth it to have an e-commerce site. But, if off-price retailers are only looking at how many sales their website is directly responsible for, they are missing a bigger point: that many customers often decide which stores to visit based on their websites.
"Online is kind of becoming like that first interaction that shoppers have with a retailer or brand," Tiffany Hogan, analyst for Kantar Consulting said. "Looking at, 'here's the styles you can get from Burlington,' that is how a lot of shoppers are actually interacting with brands….and having a digital presence is important to gain that share of mind and awareness."
Off-price retailers face two big challenges in building an e-commerce site. First, because they obtain their products by buying excess inventory from other retailers, it is hard for them to predict what is going to be in-stock and to advertise online. And they may only end up getting five or ten units of an item, that may sell out within days.
Second, because their products are often heavily discounted, it can be harder to get a profitable online transaction. O'Sullivan said last week that one of the reasons why Burlington decided to shutter its e-commerce site is because the average price per unit in its stores about $12.
"E-commerce when you fully account for the cost of merchandising, processing, shipping, accepting returns — it's very difficult, impossible to make at those price points in the businesses that we compete in," he said.
Competition for off-price goods online is growing
While Burlington's online business is going dark, other companies are getting into the discount e-commerce space. In October for example, Simon Property Group joined forces with Gilt Groupe to launch an online outlet website called "Shop Premium Outlets."
Simon Property Group CEO David Simon told Fortune at the time that, "we know our outlets are going to continue to thrive, but the reality is that some element of that will go online." If off-price retailers shutter their online business entirely, they risk losing sales to other competitors who are willing to invest in e-commerce.
Additionally, resale businesses like ThredUp and TheRealReal are also training customers to come to their apps to find the "treasure hunt" experience online, argues Jason Goldberg, chief commerce officer at Publicis. Like off-price retailers, resale platforms also carry heavily discounted goods, with a product assortment that changes daily.
"I would argue that [the off-price retailers] are all getting disrupted right now, they're just not noticing it," said Goldberg. "Every category thinks they are unique until they are disrupted," he added.


From 2015-2018, Kosmos took advantage of the industry's downturn to build its exploration portfolio. Kosmos' acquisition of acreage offshore Sao Tome marked a strategic re-entry into the Gulf of Guinea, an area we know very well and which provides an opportunity to pursue the core Cretaceous theme that was successful for us in Ghana. Our exploration team has extensive experience working in the basin.


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Quick 5 – Questions answered on Solar with Lead Solar Technician
Aug 2, 2021 in Energy, Solarby admin
Kyle Frerichs, Lead Solar Technician & Solar Department Manager at Solar Array Farm Work Site
When CommTech Global opened its' doors in 2017, our small but mighty operations primarily serviced the natural gas sector. As our company has grown (in size and services), it was a simple progression to expand into the solar sector as well. Kyle Frerichs, Lead Engineering Technician and Solar Engineer discusses and answers questions about this ever-expanding sector.
What services do we provide within the solar sector?
We currently provide start-up and commissioning services. That entails, flash programming, electrical and mechanical function checks, voltage readings, installation, and verification of operability on system specific sensors, and network configuration.
Solar has no intentions of slowing down, in fact, even with a global pandemic, the solar industry is noted for having record breaking growth in 2020. What changes have you noticed in this field over the last 12 months?
The last 12 months have been very fast paced in the Solar world for many reasons. One being the "green" energy that solar fields produce, and the affordability of solar power. The biggest change that I have seen, would have to be the number of sites being constructed. It is hard to drive down pretty much any road and not see some form of solar energy. Whether it be residential, industrial, or commercial.
You have been on numerous jobsites, solar array farms on both coasts. What- if any- differences are their based on where in the country the solar farms are located?
A lot of the differences are based on the city, county, or state codes and requirements for solar sites. For instance, in both sites in Illinois and the Oklahoma site, the power cables to the control panels and motors had to be installed underground. Another difference is the size requirements. Some localities will not allow a certain size site to be constructed due to zoning laws.
In states that are not known for their sun exposure, i.e., Oregon, how do panels obtain energy when it is primarily cloudy? Will panels still be efficient in cold weather?
Contrary to popular belief, solar panels do in fact produce power on cloudy days, it is just limited to 25-50% of their normal output. To counter this issue, most sites use the solar fields to power/charge a battery. Not the typical AA battery you have at home, but an industrial sized battery capable of outputting up to and sometimes beyond 1 Megawatts. That battery will store the energy from the solar panels and then use it as needed to make up the difference. The same is true for cold weather. The panels are again limited to about 40% of their normal output but functionality remains the same.
I once read that solar power can fuel airplanes. Are there any solar facts that sound completely made up but are true?
That does sound far-fetched, but it is true! Solar cells can power an airplane, and that airplane is called the Solar Impulse 2 and it circumnavigated the Earth! Solar energy does not yet have the capacity of commercial flying, but I think it will be one day. One fact that I have heard, and thought was very interesting, was Elon Musk's comment about covering the entire state of Utah to power the U.S. I thought to myself "there is no way that would work". But after doing the math, it is accurate. It would equal out to just above the average yearly U.S. electricity consumption of 425 Gigawatts (3725 Terawatt-hours).
Energy Field Support Panel Assembly Solar solar alignment
CommTech Global Recognized with 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award


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Issa Laye Thiaw, né en 1943 à Sangué (région de Thiès, décès , Sénégal), est un historien, théologien et essayiste sénégalais, ancien chercheur au Centre d'études des civilisations (CEC) de Dakar.

Né dans une famille sérère, lui-même fils d'un prêtre sérère (Saltigué), c'est un spécialiste de la religion sérère, de la tradition et de l'histoire des Sérères.

Sélection de travaux
 La femme Seereer (Sénégal), L'Harmattan, Paris, , 282 p.
 La religiosité des Seereer, avant et pendant leur islamisation, in Éthiopiques, 54, volume 7,  1991
 Religions et arbres à travers les âges, colloque à la Fondation Konrad Adenauer, Dakar, 2009

Voir aussi
Sérères
Religion sérère
Liste d'écrivains sénégalais

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Religieux sénégalais
Écrivain sénégalais
Théologien sénégalais
Naissance en 1943
Naissance au Sénégal
Chercheur sur l'histoire sérère
Chercheur sur la religion sérère
Historien sérère
Décès en septembre 2017
Sérères

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Every day, I strive to be the best I can be for my family and customers. My customer relationships are built on trust and not taken for granted. They are earned by listening to their challenges and needs, and providing them with excellent customer service.
My focus is to provide my customer what they need whether that is laptops, security or opening a new data center.
TVAR provides value by listening to the customer first and providing solutions that are custom fit to challenges they may be facing.
My playlists are as eclectic as they come! It just depends on my mood.
I'm a total foodie. I love anything from sushi to a good burger to fine dining.
Spending time with my family, dogs and working on a house we purchased and are remodeling.
I was in healthcare for years and made the transition to working in sales with the government 8 years ago.


Have you ever wanted to use crayons in craft project but thought the project might look kidish? Well, today I'm going to show how to give those kid crayons a sophisticated look.
Step 1: Take the crayon wrapper off your crayon. The best way I found to remove the wrapper, is to take your craft knife and run it along the back of your crayon. When you do this, your crayon wrapper will come off your crayon in one piece.
Step 2: Once you have remove the wrappers from your crayons, break them up in varies pieces.
Step 3: Then take your E-6000 and glue your crayon pieces down. When your done you should have something that looks like picture 2.
Step 4: Once all your crayons are glued down, take out your paint pen and begin painting each crayon. Also don't worry about your paint being ''even'', this project is suppose to look a little abstract.
Let your paint dry, then your done!
Thanks really cute!! doesn't even look like crayons.


Is it just me or is the archive corrupt for anyone else?
I just checked and it's corrupt for me too. I had the same problem on aussiex a while back and had to upload it to somewhere else.
Has this been updated or is it just a reupload?
Just updated the pack to version 1.5.0. Includes 86 new objects and 17 new splines.
Ah yes, I was waiting for this even though I didn't know it was coming.


Around the world, aviation regulators are being asked to push aviation safety to even higher levels, all while easing burdens on regulated firms. Yet the budgets for doing this are often static or even shrinking. That means being very careful about regulatory priorities. At the recent symposium of the U.S.'s Aeronautical Repair Station Association, regulators from Brazil, Canada, Europe and the U.S. described the priorities they were setting under budget pressures.
One way to safely reduce regulatory burdens is to minimize redundant inspections by collaborating with other regulators. Helio Tarquino from Brazil's Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil says his agency is now working on its Maintenance Implementation Procedures (MIP) with FAA and expects these to be completed in 2018. ANAC and FAA began developing their Maintenance Agreement Guidance, or MAG, in October 2017. And Brazil's regulators are also working on similar MIPs and MAGs with Canada and Europe.
This year and in 2019, ANAC is setting specific goals. It will be working on Design Organization Approvals, Safety Management Systems for design and manufacturing organizations, preventive maintenance by pilots, requirements for managers at airlines and MROs and qualifications of aircraft mechanics.
Robert Sincennes, director of Civil Aviation Standards at Transport Canada, says his agency is investing in strategic risk assessments based on accidents, oversight, industry evolution, international developments and emerging technologies. TC wants to continue driving down accident rates, which have been declining steadily in the past decade. And TC is also undergoing an internal transformation designed to make it more efficient.
TC's current regulatory priorities include standards for approved training organizations, due in 2019. It also wants to increase maintenance intervals from one to two years for emergency location transmitters operating at 406 MegaHerz. And it plans to publish an advisory circular on undocumented parts in late 2018 and establish new credentials for mechanic licenses sometime in 2018.
Thomas Mickler, EASA's Washington representative, says his agency is working on requirements for Safety Management Systems for maintenance organizations, with a decision expected in the fourth quarter of 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2019, EASA expects to have new rules governing production of instructions for continued airworthiness. Also by that period, the agency would like to have a new rule allowing for easier release of non-critical aircraft parts without a Form 1. A new rule on importing aircraft from other regulatory jurisdictions should follow in the second quarter of 2020. And EASA is considering upgrading requirements of class D cargo compartments to match those of Class C or E compartments.
Internationally, EASA and FAA are revising their TIP, and the European agency is moving toward aviation agreements with China and Japan. Mickler says new working arrangements have been concluded with the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and other nations.
John Duncan, executive director of Flight Standards at FAA, said his office is concentrating on continuous improvement and wants to respond better to feedback from regulated firms. Dorenda Baker, his counterpart in Aircraft Certification, said her office is making progress on reducing duplicate design approvals by different regulatory agencies. FAA recently completed its China Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness (IPA), and the Singapore IPA took effect Feb. 6.
Several members of the ARSA audience were intensely interested in progress on bilateral collaboration to eliminate duplicate regulatory reviews. Panel members agreed on benefits, but argued these collaborations require substantial time and effort to execute, if only due to political factors.


The FBL Cape Coral Gun Show currently has no upcoming dates scheduled in Cape Coral, FL. This Cape Coral gun show is held at Kiwanis Hall and hosted by FBL Venues. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed.
Buy, Sell and Trade at the Cape Coral Gun & Knife show! There will be both new and used guns from licensed dealers and private sellers. You can also get your gun appraised at the Cape Coral Gun Show.
Refreshments will be available. An ATM will be on the premises for your convenience.
Classes will be held at 11am and 1pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Must claim tables by 8am Saturday or deposit will be forfeited.


Take a quick tour of the Philippines with six hometown love stories.
Visit Jimenez, Misamis Occidental where a priest might just set you up with a man whose dimples are to die for.
Visit Silay, Negros Occidental and get on a horse alongside hunky, hazel-eyed Negrense royalty.
Visit Kalibo, Aklan and find yourself in the arms of a cute drummer boy who just happens to be your kuya's BFF.
Visit Hagonoy, Bulacan and spend All Saint's Day next to a distracting boy who promises to write you a song.
Visit Vigan, Ilocos Sur and meet the hot man you used to bully when he was a shy, chubby boy.
Take a quick tour of the Philippines with six hometown love stories. Visit Jimenez, Misamis Occidental where a priest might just set you up with a man whose dimples are to die for. Visit Silay, Negros Occidental and get on a horse alongside hunky, hazel-eyed Negrense royalty. Visit Kalibo, Aklan and find yourself in the arms of a cute drummer boy who just happens to be your kuya's BFF. Visit Hagonoy, Bulacan and spend All Saint's Day next to a distracting boy who promises to write you a song. Visit Vigan, Ilocos Sur and meet the hot man you used to bully when he was a shy, chubby boy. Visit Pundaquit, Zambales and find love in a bronzed fisherman whose eyes hold depths you'll want to explore."


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We've moved the Hymns Series to a much better platform!
Just click the button below to access it!
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You'll Never Believe What They Found in Oregon!!!
The Brown Widow spider has been spotted in Oregon City! Now, you may be thinking, "what's the big deal?" Well, we will tell you what the big flippin' deal is, the spider is from South Africa! That's halfway across the world and It. Traveled. Here!
Think about this… the hardest part of this venomous spider's journey is over. It made it to the United States from another continent and then it migrated up here to the Pacific Northwest. Now, all it has to do is hop in an Uber and get to Seattle.
So, you probably want to know what this highly venomous arachnid looks like, right!?!?
Well, here you go. CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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A message to the Unst community
This is an update on what the project team has been up to during the Covid-19 lockdown with regards to community consultation. Work has been continuing at pace, although inevitably not as rapidly as it might have during normal times. Unfortunately, much of the work has to be done remotely.
Most significantly from a community point of view, we have been preparing for the exhibition, in just over a week's time, that is a requirement of our having submitted a pre-planning application notification (PAN) to Shetland Islands Council. Every household in Unst has been sent details of this in two separate leaflets. Ideally, we would have loved for this to have been a series of face-to-face sessions, but unfortunately due the lockdown it is impossible to hold public events. There can be no substitute for physical interaction, but the Scottish Government has put in place temporary measures that allow us and other projects around the country to engage virtually.
To avoid any misunderstanding, this is not our full planning application, which among other things will require a range of studies, including but not limited to natural heritage (including birds), noise and vibration, transport and access and health and safety. When the lockdown has been eased, we will be able to complete all of this work, which will then feed into an Environmental Impact Assessment that will be submitted as part of the full planning application, hopefully in September. We are bound by statutory process in how we approach this and to deviate would be a clear breach of the planning guidelines, therefore we must adhere to the protocols which we are sure you will all appreciate.
The PAN provides a general description or outline of what Shetland Space Centre is proposing, and during the exhibition we will be able to answer any questions that you might have.
Far from trying to impose any kind of control or limit, we will welcome all and any questions during the three sessions that will form the exhibition. Naturally, some of you will have concerns, and we will address those in an open and transparent way. If you are unable to participate in the exhibition, the leaflets contain details of alternative means of contacting the team.
Our message on this could not be clearer.
We will also welcome any ideas or suggestions that you feel may be appropriate that would enable us to do things better.
It is important that these questions/suggestions are posed as part of the exhibition or via the alternative means referred to above because they will then become a formal element of the planning process and be taken account of as we move to the next stage.
The PAN exhibition is only the beginning of the community engagement – we will continue to liaise with you in the weeks and months ahead. Over the next month or so we will be appointing an education and community engagement officer to ensure that we are contactable and engaged as much as possible.
Apart from our PAN preparations, we are in daily contact with our industry partners throughout the world as well as the UK Space Agency, the Scottish Government and the Ministry of Defence among others building up the case for a sustainable space economy in Shetland. We are also engaged with SIC on a joint approach to elicit support for Unst from the Scottish Government's Islands Deal, which if successful could benefit both Unst and Uist.
We look forward to welcoming you – and your questions – at the exhibition next week. Please log on, or contact us via the email or phone number provided in the leaflet.


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EditorDifferences
Good editors aren't better or worse, just different
It's common to compare text editors and say that one is better or worse than another. But after a certain point this is wrong. Editors are often not better or worse but different than each other, each better at specific things. Such differences mean that there is no absolute scale of better and worse, and indeed that the question of which is a better editor in general is meaningless.
Let me illustrate this using the differences between the three editors that I use most frequently:
vi is the best sysadmin editor, but it has distinct limits. For example, vi is somewhere between so-so and terrible at editing multiple files at once.
(I inexplicably skipped this vi limitation before, perhaps because it is so much a part of vi that I never think about it, much like a fish in water.)
Rob Pike's sam is the best graphical editor and the best editor for certain sorts of mass structured changes (within certain limits it has the best search and replace going, especially across multiple files). But it basically requires graphics and has nothing like smart indenting or the like.
GNU Emacs is the best code editor, due to things like its freakishly superintelligent smart indenting and other extensions, but it is not suitable as a sysadmin editor and it is not as good a graphical editor as sam.
Looking at this it is hopefully clear how absurd it would be for me to claim that any of these editors was better or worse than any other one. They are all good editors, and they are all different tools that fit different situations best.
Note that a lot of this involves personal taste issues. For example, how sam works is very much to my tastes, but probably inspires violent loathing in some people. Good editors have (for lack of a better description) an aesthetic, and either you like that aesthetic or you don't (although, like music, you may find that an aesthetic grows on you over time; vi's aesthetic certainly has grown on me).
Sidebar: on IDEs and my editor list
If I did anything with Java or other highly structured languages, I expect that I would add Eclipse or some similarly smart IDE to this list; as it is I work in Python and C, neither of which are very amenable to such things. (And in the brief time I tried Eclipse, it had a distressing tendency to want to run a 'project', not just edit files for me. As a sysadmin, I can't make an IDE 'project' out of every package that I need to modify a bit.)
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I always say children will do what they can. No child wants to upset their parents or their teachers and if they are struggling to complete tasks there is generally an underlying reason they are doing so. When a child comes to OT to work on fine motor skills I already know they are going to avoid these tasks at all costs. So you have to get creative.
I love this activity. All you have to do is buy large brown shipping paper and unroll it on the ground and you're set. The child isn't sitting at a desk so it doesn't feel like work and they are able to use any coloring tool that they want (I didn't put a pencil in here because that can have a negative association if they struggle with writing, however you can also add pens or pencils). If your child choses finger paint, they are focusing on finger isolation. If they want to color with dot markers, they get to work on wrist forearm rotation and fine motor manipulation to untwist the top. If they chose markers or crayons they can practice the "best way" to hold a marker (between the thumb and index finger web space). Your child can color independently at first, then you can challenge them to try different shapes or letters. You can create a town and write street names, you can trace their body and then they can color or draw in their face and clothes, there are so many options!


If you have not read about Mezze's Christmas set menu yet, check it here. 2017 is around the corner, so why not treat yourself to some really noms at Mezze Wine Bar & Bistro, Medan Damansara this New Year eve. The ambiance gives out that festive aura. It helps that the food is top notch as well! Check out their New Year Eve Set Menu which I've had the chance to sample recently.
The Mezze Wine Bar & Bistro New Year Eve Set Menu is priced at RM185++ per person where you can also top up RM140++ for 4 glasses of wines, an attractive offer specially for the wine lovers to celebrate your festive meal. From a choice of various delicious starters, the menu also includes a choice of mains and desserts to delight you this New Year eve.
The choice of starters for the New Year Eve Set Dinner 2016 @ Mezze, Medan Damansara consists of some healthy Roasted Vegetables with Chimichurri Dressing and a bowl of scrumptious Crab Chowder. What took really well to my tastebuds were the sweet corn foam which is in the Crab Chowder. The roasted vegetables really isn't for me though, as I'm more of a meat person.
For a touch of luxury, choose the Lobster Salad, which is part of the Starter choices for their New Year Eve Set Dinner. With persimmons inside, there were generous chunks of lobster flesh as well. Not bad at all.
Life's good when you're treated to a whole plate of Cod Fish with Macadamia Crunch & Spelt Risotto, Roasted Tomato in vine & Hazelnut Puree. The cod fish was done perfectly, literally falling off the fork when sliced into. Yummy dish indeed. The Roast Duck Fillet with Coffee & Peach Coulis is new to me though, as I did not know you could actually cook duck served this way. A tad tough, but it came out pretty good.
My favourite meat dish of the night, the Tournedo Rossini with Royale Sauce & Foie Gras came next. A huge serving of delicious, tender and juicy meat, served in Royale Sauce, topped with Foie Gras. What more can I ask?
We ended our meal at Mezze, Medan Damansara with some sweet dessert in the form of their Profiterole with Vanilla Ice Cream, Hot Chocolate Sauce & Bailey's Custard. For reservations this coming New Year Eve, please call Mezze at 6017-885 4205 (Magic) or email to magic@mezze.my.


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Titans' Henry out of finale, expected for playoffs
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HOUSTON — The Tennessee Titans have declined to activate running back Derrick Henry for the regular-season finale against the Houston Texans. Tennessee still expects Henry to be back in time for the playoffs, a team source told ESPN.
"We have some time to make that decision and we will evaluate where we are at," Titans coach Mike Vrabel said Friday. "But I think that he looked good. We continue to track his speed and his mileage and volume and see how he responds. I feel good about where he is at."
The Titans designated Henry for return to practice from injured reserve on Tuesday and took part in practice on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The designation opened a 21-day window for Henry to be added to the 53-man active roster.
Henry was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 1 because of a fractured foot he suffered in the team's 34-31 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 8. Despite missing eight games, Henry's 937 rushing yards ranks sixth among all running backs this season. He was the NFL's leading rusher when he was injured.
Tennessee went to a committee approach to replace Henry with D'Onta Foreman's (497 rushing yards) leading the way since Henry went down. The Titans have a 5-3 record in the eight games Henry has been out.
The Titans can clinch the top seed in the AFC with a win over the Texans on Sunday.
In other moves, the Titans released Jeremy McNichols from the active roster and elevated Jordan Wilkins from the practice squad.
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Authors Ed Sarafino and Timothy Smith draw from the research and theory of many disciplines in order to show how psychology and health affect each other. The 8th Edition of Health Psychology: Biopsychsocial Interactions has been updated to include a broader picture of health psychology by presenting cross-cultural data. Additionally, international examples are included to broaden the psychologist's view of health issues around the world and highlight what works in the field.
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The report presents some key observations about the segregation of high net worth (HNW) individuals in the country as per their occupations and places of origin. The report says that, though entrepreneurs account for 50% of the population of HNW individuals in the U.K, earned income and inheritance also account as important sources of wealth in this country. The majority of the HNW expats in the U.K. are from Germany, France, and the U.S.; the changes in tax statutes by the government will affect the financial status of this population here.
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The emergence of the World Wide Web has added to the woes of wealth managers, private bankers, and financial planners who were difficult to bypass at one time. Wealth management, which was once a cozy industry steered by wealth managers and a handful of big companies, was first jeopardized with the emergence of investment platforms ideally suited for investors with small investment portfolios. These investment platforms provide access to a wide range of funds with online research functionalities that do not need professional assistance.
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The report provides important data pertaining to HNW profiles and sources of wealth that wealth managers and wealth management firms can utilize for developing targeted strategies. Insights into whether HNW investors will be seeking investment advice or will be self-directed will also help wealth management firms.


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BFI Comedy Genius Season
Comedy Genius is a nationwide season that celebrates the greatest onscreen comedy talent, led by the BFI, Independent Cinema Office and BFI Film Audience Network.
Read more about the films you can see below, listed in chronological order.
Mabel Normand was the irrepressible spirit of early Hollywood, and can be seen in a package of short films in The Marvellous Mabel Normand: The Leading Lady Of Film Comedy accompanied by a newly commissioned score from The Meg Morley Trio.
Modern classic Mean Girls stars Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron, a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, who makes the mistake of falling for the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina.
Arguably the Marx Brothers' funniest film, comedy masterpiece Duck Soup tells the story of a wealthy widow who offers financial aid to the bankrupt country of Freedonia on the condition that the bumbling Rufus T. Firefly be made leader.
Cary Grant is hard-charging newspaper editor Walter Burns in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday. When Burns discovers his ex-wife Hildy (Rosalind Russell) has gotten engaged, he tries to lure her away from tame domestic life.
Billy Wilder's hysterical classic Some Like It Hot stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as a pair of friends who hide from the mob by masquerading as woman in an all-female band featuring singer Sugar (Marilyn Monroe).
Mel Brooks directs Oscar-nominated satire Blazing Saddles in which a railroad worker becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge. He and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defence against a wave of thugs attempting to rid the town of its population.
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton star as three female office workers who attempt to get revenge against their sexist and egotistical boss in 9 To 5.
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The periodic tables of Mendeleev
By Michael Laing1 March 2007
In this second celebratory article on Mendeleev, we witness how he corrected the atomic weights of In, Ce and U, and thus constructed the remarkable Periodic Table of 1871.
Mendeleev's publications reveal several different forms of his Periodic Table
There are many ways of arranging the elements to give Tables of different appearance but they must all follow Mendeleev's System
Source: Gordon Woods
The giant Periodic Table on the Wall of the Bureau of Weights and Measures in St Petersburg
What is important is that the Periodic Tables of 1869 and of 1871 are totally different in appearance.1 Figure 1 shows his Table of 1869. The elements are ordered on atomic weight with 'Groups' running horizontally, eg Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs. H stands alone. The elements In, Ce and Ur are positioned according to their wrong atomic weights; and there are gaps for the yet-to-be discovered elements with atomic weights of 45, 68 and 70. Here Mendeleev is certain. But he has problems with the heavy metals. Hg and Au are wrongly placed, as are Tl and Pb. It is the robust +1 and +2 oxidation states of these latter two elements that prompted him to put them below Cs and Ba respectively.
A change in layout
By 1871, the layout had changed to vertical Groups, and the elements In, Ce, and U are in their corrected positions.2 (see Fig 2). There are gaps for elements of atomic weights 44, 68 and 72, and 100 (to become technetium in 1940). Now the vertical Groups contain two families linked by a common oxidation state, eg Group II - Be, Mg, Zn, Cd and Hg, and Ca, Sr and Ba. This is different from the arrangement of 1869 where the family Be to Cd is distant from Ca to Ba. We also notice that the elements Cu, Ag and Au are duplicated in Group I and Group VIII, bracketed in Group I. Hg is now correctly placed below Cd, and Au is below Ag. The atomic weights of Os and Ir are marked with '?'. Chemically they are correctly placed below Ru and Rh - it is their atomic weights that are in doubt.
Figure 1 - The 1869 Table
Similarly, Te (128?) bothers Mendeleev. He insists that 128 is too large, and that the atomic weight should be smaller and should be redetermined. In this case he was wrong. Hydrogen, H, is still alone, though at the top of Group I. This is the basic structure of the short form Periodic Table in common use until the 1940s when the medium/long form became popular.
By 1886 the three missing elements Sc, Ga and Ge had been found, and the inert gases were isolated in the 1890s. The Periodic System now showed its power and flexibility. It allowed the incorporation of these new mysterious gaseous elements as Group 0, after Group VII, the halogens, and before Group I. This is shown in Fig 3, a Table from the 1905 edition of Mendeleev's textbook, Osnovy ximii.3
The Group of inert gases is nicely separated to the left. There is a well-defined gap for an element of atomic weight 99, and a series of gaps for elements that will eventually become the lanthanides. (Mendeleev in a footnote to this Table comments on the difficulty that he has with placing those few which have been unequivocally identified.) The radioactive elements Rd, Th and U are correctly placed, with gaps for missing elements in horizontal row 12. Cu, Ag, and Au are still duplicated. There is a feeling of complete certainty all the way through to row 8, and again for the series Au to Bi in row 11. However, Mendeleev also offers a 'Groups horizontal' Table, shown as Fig 4.
We see here the Group 0 gases duplicated at top and bottom. The atomic weights in each vertical column increase down, and if the Table is rotated 90 degrees, it looks very much like a typical post-1950 Table, except that the atomic weights now increase from right to left, eg the series Ar, K, Ca to Se, Br and Kr. This arrangement with a continuous series in a column makes it obvious that the series Os to Bi is related to Ru to Sb and to Fe to As. Fe, Co, Ni head Group VIII (misprinted VII). He to Ne and Ne to Ar are labelled 'Typical Elements'. Here are two arrangements that seem to be totally different, both from the discoverer of the Periodic Law, but both follow the System.4
Mendeleev's dilemma
A closer look at the Table in Fig 4 shows that Ar = 38 has a superscript, as also does Ni = 59 and J (iodine) = 127. In the accompanying text Mendeleev says that these figures must be the correct atomic weights to fit into the System because these elements must obey the Periodic Law. He has a major philosophical problem and is in a scientific dilemma. In fact, the atomic weights (which he will not accept) had been accurately determined and showed that the orders Ar/K, Co/Ni, Te/J should be reversed (!) contrary to any chemical criteria. Only with the discovery of atomic number, the neutron and isotopes (many years after the death of Mendeleev) was this difficulty overcome.
The numbered rows in Fig 3 (and on the memorial Table in St Petersburg) are exactly that - rows, the Russian term ryadi. The numbering of Periods in our current Periodic Table is based upon the principal quantum number, n, and is accepted internationally. This did not exist when Mendeleev chose his labels. His rows (ryadi) 6 and 7 (in Fig 3 and the St Petersburg Table) correspond to today's Period 5, except for Kr included and Xe omitted. In 1871 (Fig 2) he used the term Typical Elements for the line Li to F, and Second Period (rows 3 and 4) for (Cu) to Br, Rb to Ag, with our Groups 7 and 1 in the middle of the series. This use of Period was gone from the 1905 and 1934 Tables.
Figure 3 - A 1905 version of the Table
The final Table of Mendeleev is that on the wall of the Bureau of Weights and Measures in St Petersburg, erected in 1934. It is little different from that of 1905 (Fig 3), but the new radioactive elements Po, Rn, Ac, Pa have been added, as have the lanthanides (they are still posing problems of where to put them).5H stands alone, and there is still much debate about where to place this element. The small detail is interesting: note how capital letter J is used in place of capital I for iodine, and Jn is indium and Jr is iridium. J is for illinium, later shown to be spurious. The capital J is being used rather that capital I. This is done because in the sans-serif font used for the letters in this Table, capital I and lower case l are almost indistinguishable. In German, the symbol for iodine is J; the name is jod. Also, the ideal formulae for oxides and hydrides have superscript numbers, eg R2O5 and RH3 for Group V. These were more correctly subscripts in the Table of 1905 (and also in that of 1871). Note too that there are neither atomic weights nor atomic numbers.
Many Tables but one System
One must not be blinkered and believe that there is only one perfect Periodic Table. This is not true. There are many ways of arranging the elements to give Tables of different appearance6-8 - but all arrangements must obey the System of chemically similar elements being adjacent, either vertically or horizontally. Mendeleev shows this quite clearly, see Fig 3 and Fig 4. He was quite satisfied with both of these two alternative arrangements, otherwise he would not have published them in his book.
Figure 4 - A 'Groups horizontal' version, 1905
In fact there exist two rough drafts of his first 'System of the Elements'.9 In one, the elements are ordered on atomic weight increasing upwards, while in the second they are ordered on atomic weight increasing down-
wards (Fig 5). This draft manuscript ultimately became in 1869 his first published Periodic Table.
Source: Gordon Woods/RSC
Figure 5 - Mendeleev's 1869 draft of the 'System of the elements' with atomic weights increasing downwards
Michael Laing is emeritus professor of inorganic chemistry, University of Natal, RSA. He can be contacted at 61 Baines Road, Durban 4001, Republic of South Africa (e-mail: laingm@eastcoast.co.za).
B. V. Nekrasov, Osnovy obshchei ximii, Vol 1, p 215-216. Moscow: Izdastyelstvo ximiya, 1969.
M. Laing, Educ. Chem., 2006, 43 (1), 22.
D. Mendeleev, Osnovy ximii, Vol 1, 10th edn, p XXXIV and XXXV. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Nauchno Izdastyelstvo, 1931.
M. Laing, Foundations of Chem., 2005, 7, 203.
E. Scerri, Educ. Chem., 2005, 42 (65), 135.
P. J. Stewart, Educ. Chem., 2004, 41 (6), 156.
P. G. Nelson, Educ. Chem., 1995, 32 (6), 149; ibid, 1987, 24 (6), 171.
V. A. Krotikov, J. Chem. Educ., 1960, 37, 625.


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Testimony of Healing May 9, 1931 ISSUE
About eighteen years ago Christian Science was first...
Bessie Ong
About eighteen years ago Christian Science was first brought to my attention. At that time I was healed of scarlet fever in about three days, at the expiration of which time I was able to be up and around the house at my regular duties. I have also been healed of constipation, bad colds, neuralgia, sorrow, and many other inharmonious conditions. Through the study and application of Christian Science, with the unselfish and loving assistance of practitioners, false traits of character have been eliminated; and each day I am able to gain a better understanding of God and His creation. Different members of my immediate family have been healed of many things, among which were pleural pneumonia, influenza in its worst form, asthma, and paralysis. In the last-mentioned case the patient awoke from a sleep one afternoon and did not seem able to move a muscle in her body. A Christian Science practitioner was called and treatment given. In four hours the patient was perfectly healed.
For all the guidance, protection, and unfoldment of this great truth I am indeed truly grateful; and it is with a heart full of love and gratitude that I am able to testify to all the blessings that Christian Science bestows on mankind, when properly applied and demonstrated.
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Correct Perception
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Our "Daily Prayer"
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What Is in Thine House?
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God's Day
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