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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korea's new president, Moon Jae In, agreed on Thursday (May 11) to work together closely in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile development, and to hold a bilateral summit meeting at an early date, a senior Japanese government spokesman said.
"The two leaders agreed on close cooperation on the North Korean problem, which is an urgent issue," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda told reporters following Abe's phone call with Moon.
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It is one thing to know the consciousness of the presence of the Lord, but the fact of it is certain: He is here - if only two of us were here in His name, He is here. What a fact that is!
I want you to turn in your Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter 18, and we have another two portions of Scripture to read - brief ones - but I want to speak to you this morning, because it is the beginning of our week of prayer, on the subject 'Prayer Meeting Practicalities', prayer meeting practicalities. I want to deal with, first and foremost, a challenge as to why you are at the prayer meeting, or perhaps, as the case may be, why you are not at the prayer meeting. Then moving on, I hope quite quickly, from the challenge; I want to come to not only the importance of the prayer meeting, but the practicalities of a prayer meeting - and some points, hopefully being as practical as I possibly can, and as biblical as I can, bringing some practical points that may help us this week even in our week of prayer, and right throughout the year in the prayer meetings that we have within the assembly.
The first portion is Matthew 18 verses 19 and 20 - and let me say that people often misunderstand and confuse the promises of Scripture with the facts of Scripture, and I believe there is a subtle - not a great, but a subtle - difference. A promise is something that God says He will do for you, and the inference is that you may have to claim it by faith. But there are certain things in the Scriptures which are fact, whether you believe it or not, or how much, to what extent you believe it is irrelevant - it is still a fact. Now this is not a promise, as we often hear in prayer, it is a fact: "Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven" - here's the fact - "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them".
It is one thing to know the consciousness of the presence of the Lord, but the fact of it is certain: He is here - if only two of us were here in His name, He is here. What a fact that is! Acts chapter 1, our second verse, just the one verse, telling us of the practice of the early church with regards to prayer meetings, Acts 1 and verse 14. Speaking of the early disciples and Christians: "These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren". Then in Hebrews chapter 10 and verse 25, telling us that this practice continued within the church, of meeting for prayer: "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is", or as some people do, "but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching".
There's a couple of things that we need to lay down as a foundation when we consider prayer meeting practicalities. The first is the prominent place that the prayer meeting had in the primitive church, the prominent place that the prayer meeting had in the primitive church, the early church that we find recorded for us in the Acts of the Apostles. If we were to turn back to the Acts and chapter 2 this time, we would see in verse 42 again the prominent place that prayer had: 'they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine', that's teaching, 'and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers'. We've broke bread this morning, we're fellowshipping now, we will be praying right throughout this week, and this is the practice right from the very beginning - the inception and birth - of the church. Whenever there were problems that arose in the early church, the first and foremost thing they did was to pray. They didn't have a committee meeting, they didn't even have an elder's meeting, they prayed.
In Acts chapter 12 and verse 5 we see that Peter was shut up in prison, and we read there that this is what the church resorted to: 'Peter therefore was kept in prison', verse 5 of chapter 12, 'but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him', and if you know the subsequent story, you will know that the Lord miraculously delivered Peter and he was let go from prison. In Acts chapter 2 we have the account of the Holy Spirit of God coming in pentecostal power on the church, as the Lord Jesus promised that He would come - and it is no coincidence, I believe, that it happened in a prayer meeting. Pentecost, the birthday of the church, happened during a prayer meeting in that upper room where the disciples were met together.
So I want you to see first and foremost, very clearly, that there is a prominent place given to the prayer meeting in the primitive church. Also, if you're familiar at all, no matter how casually, with church history and even secular history, you will know that there has been a prominent place for the prayer meeting in the histories of revival right throughout our world. When God moved in blessing, He moved his people to pray to bring down a blessing. I haven't got time to go into all the instances, but many of you will have heard me mention frequently the Moravians, who were a community in Herrnhutt in Germany and Saxony, and when the Spirit of God came powerfully upon them in August 1727, they evolved this prayer fellowship where adults covenanted to cover each of 24 hours of every day in prayer. They did it for a month, and then they held it on even more, until they held this prayer meeting for almost 100 years, 24 hours a day! Even the children prayed, they met in their own fashion in prayer meetings, the account is that there was praying, singing and weeping. In our own land of Ulster in 1859, that great revival we enjoyed, the fact of the matter is that the beginning of it all, the embryo seed, was found in four men that agreed in a country house in Kells to meet together and to pray for God's blessing. Prayer meetings are always found where revival is.
So we see that a prominent place is given to the prayer meeting in the primitive church, there is a prominent place for prayer meetings in periods of revival in this world, but what I want you to notice is the lack of prominence of prayer meetings in the present day church in our modern age. The prayer meeting is not seen as the most, or at least one of the most important works of the church of Jesus Christ today in our contemporary modern age. I want to bring an inference from that, which I believe is logical and reasonable, and I hope that you will agree with me, that the lack of prominence of prayer meetings in the present day church subsequently and directly is related to the demise of spiritual power and spiritual blessing experienced today in the church.
E.M. Bounds, whose writings I encourage you to read regarding prayer, said these words - very simple but very true: 'Much prayer, much blessing; little prayer, little blessing; no prayer, no blessing'. It is the same today as it has ever been - now we never want to oversimplify the matters of spiritual blessing or in the spiritual realm, because we believe that God is sovereign and God's ways are not always our ways, and at times God's ways are beyond understanding. But even the casual observer of Scripture, and of history, and of today's church will have to agree and witness that the health of the prayer meeting is directly related to the testimony of power and experience of blessing in the church in any age. C. H. Spurgeon, who enjoyed great blessing in the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London during the 1800s, was showing some guests around the Tabernacle. After taking them to the main part of the building, the sanctuary if you like, he said: 'Come with me, and I'll show you the heating apparatus'. Imagine the surprise of the people when he took them down to a room where there were 400 people gathered at that moment in prayer, praying to the Lord for God's blessing - and that was the secret of the ministry of the prince of preachers, not any gifts that he may have had, but the power of God that was upon him in his own prayer life and the prayer life of the believers in his church. We ignore this to our peril in this modern age, where we have everything at our fingertips in a time of technological foresight - we can almost do anything! But we need to pray, because the prayer meeting is in ill-repute today, it is the Cinderella of the church!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: look at the number in the morning service this morning, and you'll see how popular the church is; look at the evening service and you'll see how popular the preacher is; but look at the prayer meeting and you will see how popular the Lord is! People who really want to get down to business with God. There was once a preacher who laboriously read his sermons verbatim, word for word, he was tied to his manuscript. One night, as he was in full flight preaching, the lights went out - and he thought that somebody at the back, knowing his ailment of not being able to preach without words in front of him, thought that they were playing a joke on him. He said: 'Turn the lights on right away!', and the voice came back: 'No sir, the lights are really out!'. When he contemplated this, and couldn't preach extempore, he decided: 'Well, there's only one thing for it', and this is what he said, 'If the power is off, it's time to pray'. If the power is off it's time to pray!
It's time to pray! You can plan, you can have all the programmes you like, you can have the projects that you want and dream of - but if there's no prayer, there's nothing!
Now listen friends, if we lack spiritual power in our private personal worlds, and in the corporate existence of our local assembly, the witness of Jesus Christ in this area and in this land, in this particular nation and continent, we need to pray! It's time to pray! You can plan, you can have all the programmes you like, you can have the projects that you want and dream of - but if there's no prayer, there's nothing! We will go forward only on our knees! The question is: are you at the prayer meeting? It's not just your - excuse the expression - bum on the seat that we're looking for, it is your heart with you - a heart filled with passion and prayer! If you have a heart for prayer, at all costs, reasonable costs, you will be at the prayer meeting.
A crowded gathering of distinguished scientists on one occasion were listening spellbound to the masterly explanations of a scientist - many of you will have heard of him, Michael Faraday. They all were sitting in this theatre for an hour, and he held all these brilliant scientists in their own right enthralled as he demonstrated the nature and properties of the magnet. As he brought the lecture to a close with an experiment so novel, so bewildering, so triumphant, that some of the people just had to sit in awe and wonder, and there was a time of exuberant praise afterwards, clapping and standing upon their feet - he didn't realise that there was the Prince of Wales present, that is the Prince of Wales who afterward became King Edward VII. After the great applause, the Prince of Wales stood to his feet and proposed a motion of congratulations to Faraday - the resolution having been seconded, it was duly passed, and renewed with thunderous applause from the audience around. Suddenly the uproar ceased, and there was a deadly silence settled over the audience, and the assembly waited for Faraday's response to the Prince of Wales, but he wasn't there. He didn't appear. Now some may have thought that it was rude, but only his intimate friends knew what had become of him - because he was an elder in a Sandemanian church that had only 20 members, and the hour at which he concluded his presentation to all and sundry in the scientific world and the Prince of Wales was also the commencement of the hour of prayer in that assembly - he was gone.
Can I ask you: what's your excuse for not being at the prayer meeting? Let me go on further and say: lack of attendance is not the only problem with prayer meetings today, because many of you who will remember great days of blessing in our past can remember prayer meetings that were just electric - and I use that statement advisedly. You would have to admit that it is not just attendance that is our problem today, but the actual standards of prayer in our prayer meetings, it is greatly declined. Now that I've challenged you upon the subject of the importance of the prayer meeting, and I hope to see all of you this week, but apart from that let's consider some practicalities of the prayer meeting - and I want to be absolutely, maybe more practical than some would like in a Sunday morning service, but we have to be practical if there are problems within our prayer meeting and with some of our prayers. Hopefully this is going to benefit our week of prayer, and benefit our prayer meetings in the days that lie ahead.
I want to give these practicalities for the prayer meeting to you under four points: one, brevity; two, reality; three, clarity; and four, positivity. Now if you have a pen, write those down, and if you don't get the tape - because these are important. First of all: brevity. The briefness of your prayers, now let's think about that for a moment. I remember a few months ago, I think it was, maybe even after the week of prayer last year, I give out sheets of what C.H. Spurgeon had to say on how prayer meetings were and how prayer meetings had become in his day, and the way prayer meetings needed to be. One of the chief points, I'll be bringing out some of his points this morning, but one of the main ones was the need for briefness among those who were praying. We're not just talking about our normal prayer meeting, but even when the women meet to pray together, brevity is so important.
Some people who pray the same prayers all the time, are the very same people who would fault the liturgy of the Church of England and the prayer book!
Spurgeon speaks of what used to happen in his day, and I quote: 'A brother would fix himself against the table pew, and pray for 20 minutes or half an hour, and then conclude by asking forgiveness for his shortcomings, a petition', he says, 'which was heartily sanctioned by those who had undergone the penance of endeavouring to join in his long-winded discourse'. He goes on to say: 'Let us many as possible take part in the utterance of the church's desires, the change of voice will prevent weariness' - ever been wearied by long praying? 'The variety of subjects will excite attention, better to have six pleading earnestly than two drowsily. Far better for the whole meeting that the many wants should be represented experimentally by many intercessors, than formally by two or three'. In other words, six people that are praying short, but praying real and praying to God, and pouring out their heart and touching the throne of God experimentally; rather than two or three formally. I'll tell you, formal prayers are the bane of any prayer meeting.
On one occasion D. L. Moody, that great evangelist, felt so blessed of God and encouraged by the blessings that God had lavished upon him; he was walking down, I think it was a street in New York, one day, and he just was so overwhelmed by the great volume of God's blessings in his life that he had to cry out to the Lord after falling into a hotel room: 'Stop Lord!'. Stop Lord! Your blessings are too much! Can I ask you: when was the last time you heard a prayer like that in any prayer meeting? I'm talking about the brevity of it, but not just the length of it, the weight of it! That is spontaneous praying, isn't it? It's a beautiful change from: 'Our loving God and eternal heavenly Father...' - now don't think I'm poking fun for the sake of poking fun, I'm not. Some people who pray the same prayers all the time, are the very same people who would fault the liturgy of the Church of England and the prayer book. It would do us all good, and them good as well, if they took the prayer book of the Church of England - and I'm not agreeing with written prayers, but there's a lot more variety in it than there is in some of our prayers!
My friends, we need to realise, as Proverbs chapter 10 verse 19 says: 'In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin; but he that refraineth his lips is wise'. Do you ever walk away from a prayer meeting and ask the question: 'I really enjoyed that prayer meeting, I wonder what was so special or so different about it'? Can I tell you, it's not rocket science, you don't have to have the gift of prophecy or speak in tongues to understand what the reason is, it's as simple as this: as a general rule, if no one exceeds praying more than 10 minutes, and most of those prayers are under five minutes, and those prayers under five minutes exhibit fervour and life; in that hour of prayer if there have been ten men praying, and intermittently singing songs unto God and psalms and prayers, we will be in the Spirit's blessing - and it's so practical! Giving way - if you want a verse for it, 'forbearing', giving way to one another in love and allowing others to pray, and only praying things that are on your heart not in your head, and pouring out until the burden is discharged, and until you know that God has answered. That might be only a few words. Brevity in our prayers is needed.
I hope you're getting all this: reality is required. Reality from two perspectives, first of all from our perspective and also from God's perspective. Reality in prayer is important because there are some people who preach in their prayers. Praying is not preaching, but in a roundabout way they're telling others, maybe, how spiritual they are. This is how you can do it: you can recite your own spiritual experience. You can be saying: 'Lord, I was up this morning at half past two', or 'Lord, I've been fasting now for 120 days', or 'Lord, I spoke to five people this week, and this is what I told them, and this is what they said to me' - and really what you're doing is, let's be honest, you're telling other people how spiritual you think you are. That is not prayer, reciting your own experiences, neither is prayer preaching in order to expound or propound your particular basis of belief. I hear people almost debating in prayer meetings! Maybe you believe this particular truth about salvation, and another person believes the other, and it's almost as if they're in conversation with one another trying to get one over another. I'll tell you, there's nothing that will confound a prayer meeting and spoil it more than controversy - because one of the reasons why God's Holy Spirit has ordained us to meet together in prayer is for unity, and if you bring disunity into the prayer meeting the blessing will not come.
Do not preach in your prayers, even though some engage in an exposition of a Psalm or a passage from the Gospels, as if God didn't know why He inspired it in the first place - it's ridiculous, isn't it? The fact of the matter is, the only reason you could possibly be telling others of your spiritual experiences, or propounding your particular basis of belief or spiritual hobbyhorse, or in any way preaching upon the word of God in your prayers, is not for the ears of God but for the ears of men! It's the only reason.
Then there is the use in prayer of insincere religious cliches. Now we're talking about reality here from our perspective: insincere religious cliches. Now I'm not going to go through a list of them, but here is a principle for us all, and I believe this - and you can argue this with me if you like - but we shouldn't pray in any different language publicly than we pray to God privately, because if we are we're a bunch of hypocrites. That's what the Pharisees did - I'm not talking about over familiarity with God, I'm not talking about bringing God down to our level - I hope you don't do that in your private prayers - but what I am talking about is a different standard when you're before men than when you're alone with God! Are God's ears different in the prayer meeting than they are in the closet? I'll tell you, God's ears aren't different - but whose ears are different? The other people that are listening to you!
I hope that you don't preach in your prayers, I hope that you don't use insincere religious cliches - Spurgeon, in that article that I mentioned to you, said that in his day this, as well, was the bane of his prayer meetings. One of the favourite expressions in his day was this one: 'Thy poor unworthy dust, I am coming to Thee, Lord, as Thy poor unworthy dust', based on the words of Abraham in the Old Testament. This is what he said: 'We have heard of a good man who, in pleading for his children and grandchildren, was so completely beclouded in the blinding influence of this expression 'Thy poor unworthy dust', that he exclaimed in the prayer meeting 'Lord, save Thy dust, and Thy dust's dust, and Thy dust's dust's dust' - you're allowed to laugh you know! There are times in an attempt to be more holy and to make our prayers more special, and more special than the last prayer, do you know what happens to some of us? We get tongue tied! We forget what we've said, and we trip over our words. We end up offering up what is nothing but absolute - and I say this cautiously - absolute nonsense!
Exodus 33 verse 11 is a verse for our consideration: 'The LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend'. Now I know you'll all come and say, 'The Lord spoke to him as He speaks to a friend, he didn't speak to the Lord as a man speaks to his friend' - I know that, but the fact of the matter is that he was talking to God in an intimate fashion because he knew God as his friend. What did the Lord Jesus say? We are to come unto God as young children! Little children aren't engaged in this exercise of trying to impress other men, they're real, they pour out their hearts. From our perspective we need reality, but also from God's perspective we need reality - we need to realise the God that we're coming to. Now that will give reverence, but there's a few other things it will give as well. 'Daddy', said one boy on one occasion, 'does the Lord know everything?'. 'Yes son', replied the father, 'Why do you ask such a question?'. 'Because', replied the boy, 'our preacher, when he prays, is so long telling God everything that I thought he wasn't posted'. Telling God of things that He already knows! He is the all-knowing God!
If we're not brief, brethren, in our prayers, and if we're not real in our prayers, do you know what we could be doing? Discouraging others from praying, and the lambs among us starting to pray!
I heard a story a long time ago that a man was up praying in a particular fellowship that needed a new hall because the train kept going up and down outside the building, and he stood to his feet and said: 'Lord, we need another hall to meet in, the noise of the train is really disturbing our meetings - and Lord, if You just wait a minute, You'll be able to hear it Yourself'!
A good rule that Watchman Nee gives, and none of these people are modern, in fact all of them are probably dead, a good rule for prayer is this: 'Say only as much as is in your heart, and not to stretch what you do pray beyond reality'. Isn't that wonderful? Pray only as much as is in your heart, and do not stretch what you do pray beyond reality. Brevity, be short and to the point; secondly, reality from your perspective, don't preach, don't recite your own experiences, don't give your basis of belief, don't expound a passage, don't use all these insincere religious cliches, and from God's perspective realise that the One who you have come to knows what you're going to ask before you ask it!
Then thirdly, clarity. Now clarity in speech is important as some will tell us, but the fact of the matter is: clarity from the heart is what is really important. It's important that we are honest with God, and straightforward with God when we speak, and simple - not simplistic, but simple with God - because that will encourage other believers, particularly the lambs among us, to pray to God. One has said: 'The cries of the lambs must mingle with the bleating of the sheep, or the flock will lack much of its natural music'. Beecher said these words, listen carefully: 'Humble prayers, timid prayers, half inaudible prayers, the utterances of uncultured lips, may cut a poor figure as lecture room literature; but are they to be scornfully disdained? If a child may not talk at all, till it can speak fluent English, will it ever learn to speak well? There should be a process of education going on continually by which all the members of the church shall be able to contribute of their experiences and gifts, and in such a course of development the first hesitating stumbling ungrammatical prayer of a confused Christian may be worth more to the church than the best prayer of the most eloquent pastor' - because it's from the heart!
Now we need to speak up, there's no doubt about that, and we need to be clear in what we say - but the fact of the matter is this: if we're not brief, brethren, in our prayers, and if we're not real in our prayers, do you know what we could be doing? Discouraging others from praying, and the lambs among us starting to pray! We need clarity also in the specific nature of our requests. One of the reasons I arrange the week of prayer the way I do, taking a specific subject each night, is because you're better concentrating on fewer things than on many things, and then missing the mark completely. Spurgeon put it like this: 'It would be better for a petitioner to drive one nail home with repeated blows, than to deal one ineffectual tap to them one after another'. Driving the point home, driving the prayer home - in the old prayer meetings, do you know what they used to do? They used to take one thing, one specific thing, and drive it home until, as they put it, the burden had been discharged and they felt that God had answered prayer - and if it took 15 minutes they all went home, and if it took two hours they stayed.
We know nothing of this today: brevity, reality, clarity - but fourthly and finally: positivity. I love that Psalm, because sometimes I get downhearted and it speaks to yourself, in fact the Psalmist is speaking to himself in it. It goes like this: 'Why art thou downcast, O my soul? Hope thou in God, for thou shalt yet praise Him'. He's saying: 'Would you wise up? Why are you so downcast? You've so many blessings in God, hope in God, because there's going to come a day when you will praise Him'. I was thinking as I was reading this Psalm recently, 'Why art thou downcast, O my soul?', and I have to be honest with you - and I'm not being facetious, though I am being a bit mischievous - but I had to answer: 'Sometimes my soul is cast down from attending the prayer meeting'. Criticise me if you like, but I'm just being honest - because all we get at times are prayers that would depress you about the sick! We've got to pray about the sick, but we're praying about the sick to a God who can heal the sick, or a God who can give grace to those who are sick to bring them home to glory - and we all sound so depressed, so dejected! There's not a spirit nor an attitude of prayer or praise, and there's nothing that will pull down a prayer meeting like that! Negativity never gives way to faith, never!
Do you value the prayer meeting? Are you at the prayer meeting? If you're not, why are you not?
In wonder, love and praise'.
Thou canst never ask too much'.
I know that some of your hearts are breaking, and some of the burdens that you have weighing on you are massive at this moment, and I'm not underestimating them, and I'm not saying we shouldn't pray - we should pray for these things - but what I am saying is this: if you don't pray for them from a heart of praise and faith, you might as well not bother at all!
Prayer meeting practicalities: do you value the prayer meeting? Are you at the prayer meeting? If you're not, why are you not? Because there is little else more important in the life of the Christian and in the life of the church than prayer, but listen to these practicalities: brevity, reality, clarity, and positivity.
Can I finish with a little somewhat sarcastic allegory that illustrates for us the state of the health of the prayer meeting today in general? Maybe you've heard it before, but listen anyway: it's an obituary. 'Mrs. Prayer Meeting died recently at the First Neglected Church on Worldly Avenue. Born many years ago in the midst of great revivals, she was a strong, healthy child, fed largely on testimony and spiritual holiness, soon growing into world-wide prominence. She was one of the most influential members of the famous Church family. But for the past several years, Sister Prayer Meeting has been failing in health, gradually wasting away until rendered helpless by stiffness of knees, until her death was caused through lukewarmness and coldness of heart. Lack of spiritual food, coupled with the lack of faith, shameless desertion of her friends and non-support, were contributing causes of her death. Only a few were present at her funeral, sobbing over memories of her past beauty and power. Carefully selected pallbearers were asked to bear the remains tenderly away, but failed to appear. Her body rests in a beautiful cemetery of bygone memories and glories, awaiting the summer from above'.
Can I tell you, as I close this morning, we don't have anything that any other generation didn't have. We've got a Bible and we've got the Holy Spirit, but we need to pray. We can have all the mod cons and best facilities that you like and we can buy, but if we don't have prayer and the God of prayer we have nothing. I hope to see you at the prayer meeting this week.
Lord, we love Thy word and we love to preach it. Lord, we love music, and we love to sing the songs and the Psalms of Zion - but Lord, the disciples came to the Saviour and asked: 'Teach us to pray' - not 'teach us to preach', or 'teach us to study'. Lord we come to you today as an assembly embarking on a week of intercession, and we pray: 'Teach us to pray as the Saviour prayed', for His sake, Amen.
This sermon was delivered at The Iron Hall Assembly in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Pastor David Legge. It was transcribed from the tape, titled "Prayer Meeting Practicalities" - Transcribed by Andrew Watkins, Preach The Word.


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In 2014 Angostura Limited celebrated its 190th Anniversary. Part of the commemorative festivities was the public exhibition of Angostura's extensive art collection at the National Museum. For this occasion, we produced a beautiful hardcover book featuring a cross-section of artists. The book was distributed as a special keep-sake by the company.


Mark Avera delivers the closings at trial against Domino's Pizza over the crash that paralyzed and ultimately killed Richard Wiederhold. Jurors found the pizza company liable and awarded more than $10 million.
Orlando, FL—Jurors last week handed down a $10.1 million verdict against Domino's Pizza for the wreck that paralyzed and ultimately killed a former Brevard County fire chief. Wiederhold v. Domino's Pizza, 2011-CA-001589.
The jury took less than three hours Friday to find pizza delivery driver Jeffrey Kidd and Domino's liable for a January 2011 wreck that overturned a pickup truck driven by Richard Wiederhold. The accident occurred on Florida's State Road 50, when Kidd, a driver for a Domino's franchise owned by Fischler Enterprises, allegedly pulled in front of Wiederhold, who swerved into a median and back across the roadway before the truck overturned. The accident left Wiederhold, a Central Florida firefighter for more than 30 years, a quadriplegic.
A year later, Wiederhold, 62, died from complications stemming from his paralysis.
Wiederhold's wife, Yvonne, who was engaged to Wiederhold and traveling with him at the time of the accident, claims her husband swerved to avoid hitting Kidd, who she contends pulled dangerously into Wiederhold's path.
Friday's award includes $10 million to Yvonne Wiederhold and more than $100,000 in injury-related expenses. Jurors apportioned 90% of fault for the wreck to Kidd and 10% to Wiederhold, likely reducing the award to a little more than $9 million post-verdict.
The decision capped a four-day trial that focused largely on who caused the accident and whether Domino's was liable for Kidd's actions.
During Friday's closings, Rissman Barrett's Richard Womble, representing Domino's, argued evidence proved Wiederhold caused the accident by speeding and then swerving to avoid Kidd rather than braking.
Regardless of which driver was at fault, Womble argued evidence proved Domino's wasn't liable for the accident because the Fischler franchise that Kidd worked for was an independent business rather than an agent of the pizza chain. Womble walked jurors through the franchise agreement, claiming its language did not give Domino's enough control over the franchise to render it an agent. Key decisions, such as the hiring and firing of personnel, were left to the franchise, which was referred to as an independent contractor in the agreement, Womble noted. And while a company guide detailed various requirements the franchise must fulfill, Womble said, "It's 17 sections [long and]…, maybe four chapters are required."
The jury's $10.1 million award matched Avera's request during openings.
CVN recorded the trial and will offer gavel-to-gavel footage on demand as soon as it is available.


Posture at Work - What's Important?
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Posture at Work – What's Important?
It seems like most modern Americans spend the vast majority of their work weeks sitting at a desk, in front of a computer. As a result, we often see patients in our office that complain of headaches, neck pain, and lower back pain that we can usually trace directly to their at-work posture. In order to help alleviate these pains and to make sure that these issues don't return, here are some important things to remember when sitting at work.
First, we want to make sure that you have your weight evenly distributed when sitting. This means that you shouldn't be leaning to one side or the other, that your legs shouldn't be crossed, and that you shouldn't be sitting with one of your legs tucked underneath you.
If you have a chair that you can move up or down, raise your chair so that your hips are higher than your knees. This helps relax your lower back. Also, your feet should be placed flat on the ground, if your feet don't reach the ground, use a box to rest your feet on.
Next, you need to make sure that your monitor is set up properly. Most importantly, your monitor should be placed directly in front of you, and not off to one side. The top of your monitor should also be at eye level, that way you don't have to look up or down when at the computer.
If you are forced to look at a monitor that is offset, this will eventually lead to neck issues. If you use multiple monitors, you have two options. If you use one monitor more than the other, set yourself up to the one you use the most, and then use your chair to move back and forth when you need to switch monitors. If you use both monitors evenly, I recommend that you set up your desk so that you are directly between the two monitors, that way you can easily glance from one to the other.
I also recommend that you take mini breaks while at work. Our bodies are not meant to be stuck in one position for long periods of time. At least once an hour, take a minute to stand up, move around a bit and do some quick stretching. This is important to keep your joints moving and to improve blood flow and circulation.
These small changes to your work station, in addition to regular chiropractic care, can get you out of pain, and keep your feeling great. If you have any other questions about posture at work, feel free to leave them below and we will be sure to answer them.


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Names in the News | January 2022
Updates about people working in, or organizations serving, the transportation and road-related industries.
TAC welcomed the following organizations as members from October to December 2021:
Torrent Traffic Inc.
Town of Portugal Cove - St. Philips Public Works
Town of Wolfville
Momentum Transport Consultancy
Canadian Pilot Truck Training Ltd
Town of Bracebridge
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
Fireseeds North Infrastructure Corporation
Stinson ITS Inc.
City of St. Thomas
Aplin Martin
TAC also gained 6 new individual members in the student category. Learn about TAC memberships.
We are saddened to learn of the death of Ted Gill. Ted was an active member of TAC's Sustainable Transportation Standing Committee from 2002 until his retirement in 2015 (including two years as Chair), and for a shorter period on the Urban Transportation Council. His kind, soft-spoken bearing and his rock-solid belief in the importance of sustainable transportation as a tool to improve people's lives, made a deep impression on many. Ted was a truly remarkable person, and his contributions to the profession, his community, and the causes that were important to him are contained in his full obituary.
Dirk Nyland, former BC Chief Engineer, long-standing Chief Engineers Council member and past chair, and a TAC award recipient, has been recognized with a professional services award in BC. View video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJERHHWFC_c
Effective December 6, Rob Taylor was named Deputy Minister in New Brunswick, replacing John Logan. Rob heads to NB from an ADM position in Manitoba Infrastructure. Learn more: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2021.10.0739.html
The Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards were announced on October 28th. The top prize, the Schreyer Award, went to McElhanney for its Trans Canada Highway Avalanche Mitigation project at Rogers Pass in BC. A total of 20 awards of excellence were given (including the Schreyer), including two others related to transportation projects:
Morrison Hershfield won for the Mushkegowuk James Bay All-Season Road Feasibility Study.
ISL Engineering and Land Services won for their Mill Creek Ravine Pedestrian Bridge Rehabilitation project.
Sarah Wells, TAC Executive Director, served as a judge on the awards panel this year, and found the process quite interesting and engaging. Learn more: About Canadian Consulting Engineer Awards - Canadian Consulting Engineer
Taso Koutroulakis retired from Halifax Regional Municipality at the of 2021. Taso has represented Halifax as a key player on TAC committees and technical projects for more than a decade.


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The Superliner is a type of bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used by Amtrak, the national rail passenger carrier in the United States. Amtrak ordered the cars to replace older single-level cars on its long-distance trains in the Western United States. The design was based on the Budd Hi-Level vehicles, employed by the Santa Fe Railway on its El Capitan trains. Pullman-Standard built 284 cars, known as Superliner I, from 1975 to 1981; Bombardier Transportation built 195, known as Superliner II, from 1991 to 1996. The Superliner I cars were the last passenger cars built by Pullman.

Car types include coaches, dining cars, lounges, and sleeping cars. Most passenger spaces are on the upper level, which features a row of windows on both sides. The Sightseer Lounge observation cars have distinctive floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper level. Boarding is on the lower level; passengers climb up a center stairwell to reach the upper level.

The first Superliner I cars entered service in February 1979, with deliveries continuing through 1981. Amtrak assigned the cars to both long-distance and short-distance trains in the Western United States. The first permanent assignment, in October 1979, was to the Chicago–Seattle Empire Builder. Superliner II deliveries began in 1993; the additional cars enabled the retirement of the aging Hi-Level cars and the assignment of Superliners to trains in the Eastern United States. Tunnel clearances prevent their use on the Northeast Corridor.

History

Background

On May 1, 1971, Amtrak assumed control of almost all private-sector intercity passenger rail service in the United States, with a mandate to reverse decades of decline. It retained about 184 of the 440 trains which had run the day before. To operate these trains, Amtrak inherited a fleet of 300 locomotives and 1,190 passenger cars, most of which dated from the 1940s and 1950s. No new sleeping cars had been built for service in the United States since 1955.

Conventional single-level cars made up most of Amtrak's inherited fleet, but it also included 73 Hi-Level cars from the Santa Fe. The Budd Company built these between 1954 and 1964; the bilevel design, with its superior views and smooth riding characteristics, was well-suited to the long distances in the west. Michael R. Weinman, who worked at the design firm Louis T. Klauder & Associates, recalled that when Amtrak issued a request for proposal (RFP) in 1973 for a "totally new" passenger car, it "was assumed" that the design would be bilevel. Thirteen companies responded to the RFP; Amtrak selected the Klauder proposal. The design was finished by mid-1974 and Amtrak invited four companies to bid on its construction: Boeing, Budd, Pullman-Standard, and Rohr. Pullman-Standard won the contract.

Superliner I

Amtrak ordered 235 Superliner I cars from Pullman-Standard on April 2, 1975, with deliveries scheduled for between January 1977 and June 1978. The order then consisted of 120 coaches, 55 sleepers, 34 diners, and 26 lounges. Amtrak soon increased the order to 284 cars: it added 30 coaches, 15 sleepers, 5 diners, and deleted 1 lounge. The initial order cost $143.6 million; with the additional cars and other payments the cost rose to $250 million.

The railroad asked its employees to name the new cars, and announced the winning entry in its internal newsletter of June 1, 1977: "Vistaliner", harkening back to the Vista-Domes of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. But the newsletter went on to note that the name was already under copyright by another company, and so the cars would be dubbed "Superliners", a name created by Needham, Harper & Steers, then Amtrak's advertising agency.

As the cars arrived in 1978 and 1979, Amtrak put them into use on short-haul routes radiating from Chicago. The first coaches entered regular service on February 26, 1979, running from Chicago to Milwaukee. The coaches, led by an EMD F40PH locomotive, displaced the regular Turboliner equipment. The equipment continued to operate on the run for several weeks. The Illini and Shawnee trains received Superliner coaches soon after; the first Superliner dining car ran on the Shawnee as a lounge.

Equipping the fleet

A public unveiling took place at Union Station in Chicago on October 11, 1979, followed by a short trip over the Burlington Northern Railroad to Lisle. The following day, the Shawnee had the dubious distinction of the first Superliner accident, a collision with an Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train at Harvey, IL, which claimed the lives of 2 crew members of the freight train.

Amtrak's first choice for Superliner assignments had been the financially troubled Floridian, a Chicago–Florida long-distance train, but the two years' delay in delivery scuppered these plans. Amtrak turned next to the Empire Builder. This long-distance train ran between Chicago and Seattle through the plains of Montana and North Dakota. Winters in that part of the United States are harsh, featuring both blizzards and cold temperatures. Traditional steam-heated equipment often broke down, causing Amtrak to cancel service. The Superliners, with their electrical head-end power, were far better suited for the conditions. The Empire Builder became the first long-distance train to use Superliners, and the first train permanently assigned them, on October 28, 1979. Amtrak's new national timetable depicted a Superliner coach on the front cover, and the listing for the Empire Builder carried a heading which read "Amtrak's Superliner is  Special." At the same time, Superliners entered service on the short-haul Pacific International and Mount Rainier in the Pacific Northwest.

With the Empire Builder in operation, Amtrak began re-equipping the remaining long-distance trains in the west. The second permanent Superliner train was the Desert Wind, then a day train between Los Angeles and Ogden, Utah, which gained coaches on June 30, 1980. The San Francisco Zephyr, a long-distance train on the traditional Overland Route between Chicago and San Francisco, followed on July 7, 1980; it received the first of the Sightseer lounges on January 6, 1981. Amtrak assigned Superliners to another long-distance train, the Los Angeles–Chicago Southwest Limited, in October 1980. The Southwest Limited, formerly the Super Chief, traveled the same route as the El Capitan, whose Hi-Level cars had inspired the design. The management of the Santa Fe, impressed by the design, permitted Amtrak to restore the name Chief to the train, and Amtrak renamed it the Southwest Chief on October 28, 1984. The Chief was the first train to receive Superliner II sleeping cars in September 1993.

The Coast Starlight began operating with Superliners in January 1981. The Sunset Limited, a long-distance train running along the southern border of the United States between Los Angeles and New Orleans, gained them in February, resulting in a commendation from the Texas State Legislature. The Pioneer gained Superliner coaches on April 26. The Eagle, an overnight train between San Antonio and Chicago, began carrying Superliners in October on those days it connected with the Sunset Limited in San Antonio. Superliner assignments became permanent in the 1990s. Amtrak estimated that reequipping a train with Superliners boosted ridership on it by 25%. The last car of the order, a sleeper delivered in July 1981, was also the last car ever built by Pullman, and was named in honor of the company's founder, George Mortimer Pullman.

In the mid-1980s Canada's Via Rail contemplated replacing its aging Budd-built steam-heated cars with Superliners. The order would have consisted of 130 cars, valued at , to be built by a consortium of Bombardier Transportation and the Urban Transportation Development Corporation. Via tested several Amtrak Superliners in revenue service between Edmonton and Winnipeg in 1984–85. Ultimately Via chose to rebuild its Budd cars to use head end power (HEP) instead of ordering new equipment.

Superliner II

Amtrak ordered 140 Superliner II cars from Bombardier Transportation in 1991; Bombardier had acquired the Superliner patents after Pullman-Standard's closure. The order consisted of 55 sleeping cars, 38 coaches, 20 dining cars, 15 lounges, and 12 transition-dormitory cars. The initial order cost $340 million, and included an option for 39 additional cars. In late 1993 Amtrak exercised the option for 55 cars at a cost of $110 million, bringing the total order of Superliner II cars to 195. The option included ten dining cars, ten lounges, and 35 transdorms. Bombardier built the order in Barre, Vermont.

The new order allowed the displacement of the remaining Hi-Level cars as well as the employment of Superliners on trains running with single-level cars. Amtrak converted three eastern long-distance trains to Superliners: the Chicago–New Orleans City of New Orleans (March 1994); the Chicago–Washington, D.C. Capitol Limited (October); and the Virginia–Florida Auto Train (March 1, 1995). A project to enlarge the First Street Tunnel in Washington, D.C., enabled the Chicago–Washington  Cardinal to begin using Superliners in September 1995; these were withdrawn in 2002 because of equipment shortages. Superliners were used on the Chicago–Toronto International from November 1995 until early 2000. In 2017, Amtrak identified a need to replace the Superliners, noting that each car traveled the equivalent of "seven trips around the world" every year.

Future cars
In 2022, Amtrak announced that they would be replacing all of their current Superliner, Amfleet, and Viewliner I passenger cars by 2032. Amtrak issued a request for information from ten manufacturers in December 2022, with a request for proposals planned for 2023.

Design

The Superliners generally resembled the Hi-Level design, though at , they were  taller. The Superliners also used Amtrak's new 480-volt head-end power for heating and electricity. This was more reliable than the steam heat used by the Hi-Levels, whose own heaters and diesel generators would eventually be replaced by HEP equipment.

Initially, the cars could not be worked east of Chicago because of limited overhead clearances, but by the 1980s many eastern railroads had raised clearances on their tracks to permit tri-level auto carriers and double-stack container trains, which also permitted the operation of the Superliners. To this day, inadequate tunnel clearances in and around New York City prevent the use of Superliners on Amtrak's busiest line, the Northeast Corridor.

The Superliner I cars ride on Waggon Union MD-76 trucks, which require more frequent overhauls than comparable domestic designs and are "notorious for their rough riding characteristics". The Superliner IIs ride on GSI-G70 outboard bearing trucks, also found on the Horizon single-level cars. Both models have a maximum speed of .

The Superliner I cars originally stored waste in tanks, then macerated and dumped it along the tracks once the train had attained a preset speed. This was an improvement on the Hi-Levels, which dumped directly to the tracks. Growing public concern about such dumping led Amtrak to order its Superliner IIs with a full-retention system. The Superliner I cars were retrofitted with a full-retention system in the early 1990s.

The New York Times described the Superliner I interior color scheme as "soft hues of beige, rust, brown and green". For the Superliner IIs, Amtrak introduced a new scheme incorporating gray, aquamarine, and salmon.

Coaches

Pullman-Standard built 102 Superliner I coaches and 48 coach-baggage combine cars. Bombardier built 38 Superliner II coaches. As built, Superliner coaches could carry 62 passengers in the upper level and 15 passengers on the lower level. The lower level's capacity would later be reduced to 12. The coach-baggage cars had a baggage compartment in lieu of the lower-level seating area, and squeezed 78 seats into the upper level. The total capacity of 75 to 78 represented a small increase over the 68 to 72 seats on the Hi-Level coaches, which lacked seating on the lower level. The Superliner I coach weighs ; the Superliner II coach weighs .

Seating on the upper and lower levels is 2×2 with reclining seats. The seats are  wide with a pitch of . Included are adjustable footrests and retractable legrests, but no center armrest. There are overhead luggage racks on the upper level and a luggage storage area on the lower level across from the stairs. There are four unisex toilets per coach, all on the lower level. A shower was included in the original design, to be locked when the coaches were used in short-haul service, but deleted from the final design. After a grade crossing accident in 1999, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada faulted the layout on the lower level; the exterior door, when opened and locked in position, prevented egress from the wheelchair-accessible bathroom.

Two-piece windows are located at each seat row. Each window is . Integral blinds were rejected in favor of curtains on maintenance grounds, while an upper level of "skylight" windows, similar to those on the Sun Lounge cars, was rejected as too expensive. Full-height windows were incorporated into the lounge cars.

Eleven Superliner I coaches were rebuilt as "snack coaches". These retained the 62 seats on the upper level but removed the lower-level seating in favor of a snack bar and lounge seats.

Amtrak rebuilt 34 of the coach-baggage cars as "smoking coaches" in 1996 and 1997. The baggage room was converted to a self-contained specially ventilated smoking lounge. After Amtrak banned smoking on long-distance trains in 2004, the cars were reconverted.

Five Superliner II coaches were rebuilt in 1996 and 1997 as "family coaches" or "Kiddie Cars". These cars featured a children's play area on the lower level instead of seating and were assigned to the Coast Starlight, a long-distance train between Los Angeles and Seattle along the West Coast of the United States. Amtrak rebuilt these five cars again in 2008 and 2009 as "arcade cars" with video game machines in the lower level. The cars were converted once more in 2015 to provide business class service on the Coast Starlight. The service began in June 2015.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) paid to rebuild six Superliner I coaches and one baggage-coach, which had been wrecked in various accidents, for use in Amtrak California service. The seating capacity was increased to 76 on the upper level and 20 on the lower level.

Sleeping cars

Pullman-Standard built 70 Superliner I sleeping cars; Bombardier built 49 "standard" Superliner II sleepers and six "deluxe" sleepers. The standard Superliner sleeping car contains 14 roomettes, five bedrooms, a family bedroom, and an accessible bedroom. The deluxe sleeping car contains ten bedrooms, four roomettes, a family bedroom, and an accessible bedroom. As built, the standard sleeping car could hold a maximum of 44 passengers. The Superliner I sleeping car weighs ; the Superliner II sleeping car weighs . The Superliner II deluxe sleeper is slightly heavier at .

Roomettes measure  × . In daytime configuration each features two facing seats; these are combined to form a bed. A second bed is folded down from the ceiling. Bedrooms measure  × . Like the roomette, there are two berths; during the day the lower berth acts as a sofa. The room also contains a chair which faces the beds. Unlike the roomette, a bedroom includes a private combination toilet/shower, and a private sink.

The family bedroom is located at one end of the car's lower level and measures  × . It can hold up to two adults and two children in four berths. During the day the berths form a sofa and two seats. At the opposite end of the car from the family bedroom is the accessible bedroom, which measures  × . It sleeps two people in two berths and includes a wheelchair-accessible toilet, but no shower.

The standard sleeping car has five bedrooms and ten roomettes on the upper level. The bedrooms are set against one side of the car with a hallway along the edge, while the roomettes are located to each side with the hallway running down the centerline. At the center of the car are the stairs to the lower level and a bathroom. A hallway runs through the centerline of the lower level with the accessible bedroom at one end and the family bedroom at the other. To one side of the stairs are three bathrooms and one shower, and to the other are four more roomettes. Luggage racks are located opposite the stairs. The layout of the deluxe sleeping car is similar. There are ten bedrooms on the upper level with a continuous hallway along one edge. The lower level contains opposed family and accessible bedrooms, four toilets, four roomettes, and a luggage rack. Two bedrooms may be combined to form a "bedroom suite".

As delivered, the Superliner I sleeping cars had five bathrooms, all on the lower level, and no public shower. Roomettes were termed "economy bedrooms" and bedrooms "deluxe bedrooms". During the 1980s Amtrak retrofitted the cars to add a bathroom on the upper level and a public shower on the lower level, at the expense of one bathroom. The Superliner II cars incorporated these improvements into their design.

Lounges

Pullman-Standard and Bombardier each built 25 dedicated lounge cars, dubbed "Sightseer" lounges. Windows wrap upward into the ceiling, providing lateral views of scenery along the train's route. This design element was drawn from the Hi-Level lounges and the Seaboard Air Line's Sun Lounges. The Superliner I lounge weighs ; the Superliner II lounge weighs .

The upper level contains a mix of seating options. At one end are eight tables, four to each side, each seating four passengers. In the center is a lounge area with a wet bar and several groups of seats. The stairs to the lower level are located here as well. At the other end are swivel chairs. The lower level contains a bathroom, additional tables, and a café. As built, the lounges had seating for 73. The cars were built with an electric piano in the lower level, which has since been removed.

In addition to the Sightseer lounges, Amtrak converted five Superliner I dining cars to lounge cars in 1998 for use on the Auto Train, an automobile-carrying overnight train between Virginia and Florida. These cars may be distinguished from the Sightseer lounges by their conventional windows.

Dining cars

Pullman-Standard built 30 dining cars; Bombardier built another 39. The dining cars can seat a maximum of 72 people on the upper level in tables of four. The galley occupies the entire lower level. At the center of the car are stairs down to the kitchen. A dumbwaiter is used to bring food and drink to the dining level, as well as to return dishes, glasses, and cutlery for washing. A late 2010s overhaul added a refrigerator on the upper level for easy access and replaced incandescent lights with LED lighting. As built, the Superliner I dining car weighs ; the Superliner II dining car weighs .

Amtrak rebuilt 17 Superliner I dining cars as diner-lounges in the late 2000s. Dubbed the "Cross-Country Cafe", they were intended to reduce food service losses by replacing both a traditional dining car and the Sightseer lounge on long-distance trains. One end of the car was converted into a café area, with tables and a small serving area near the stairs to the kitchen. The other side remained dedicated to traditional diner seating, but the standard two-by-two tables were replaced by booths.

Transition sleepers

As part of the Superliner II order, Bombardier built 47 "transition sleeper" or dormitory cars. The car had two purposes: to provide sleeping accommodations for train personnel; and to provide access to single level equipment from bilevel Superliner and Hi-Level cars. Hi-Level "step-down" coaches previously performed the latter role. Most transition dormitory ("transdorm") cars have 16 roomettes on the upper level for crew accommodations, with an accessible bedroom and small crew lounge on the lower level. Bathrooms and showers are located on both levels. At one end of the car is a top level end-door; at the other end is a staircase and end door on the lower level. On some trains, Amtrak makes the roomettes closest to the upper level end door available for sale to passengers. The transition sleepers weigh .

Summary
Between them Pullman-Standard and Bombardier manufactured 479 cars:

Derivatives

The Superliners established a standard basic design for bilevel railcars, including the upper-floor height of  above the top of rail. Built primarily for long-distance services, the Superliners were not ideal for use on corridor routes. They were not equipped for the volumes of passenger loading and unloading found on corridor routes, nor did they have amenities designed for these shorter trips. The 1990 passage of California propositions 108, 111 and 116 authorized the sale of nearly $3 billion in bonds for the creation of rail services across the state. Proposition 116 required the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to create specifications for standardized railcars and locomotives that would be suitable for rail operations across the state.

The resulting California Car design, of which 66 were built by Morrison Knudsen from 1994 to 1997, offered a number of improvements on the Superliner design. The single vestibule and bent staircase of the Superliner design were replaced with two vestibules and two straight staircases to facilitate faster loading and unloading. The trainline-controlled power doors do not require a crew member at every door, thus reducing crew size requirements. The California Cars comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, with wheelchair lifts and accessible seating on the lower levels. Fourteen of the cars were built as cab cars, allowing push-pull operations rather than turning the whole train or moving the locomotive at terminals.

The success of the California Cars resulted in the procurement of the Surfliner cars by Amtrak and Caltrans in 1998. Alstom built 62 Surfliners from 2000 to 2002. The Surfliner is a modification of the California Car, with design changes including an improved accessible bathroom design and passenger amenities such as electric outlets. Surfliners and California Cars are mechanically and electrically compatible with each other and the Superliners, and they often are combined in trainsets on Amtrak California services.

Caltrans and Amtrak began drafting the specification for a third generation of the design in 2006. This specification, dubbed "Corridor Car for the 21st Century" or C21, became the basis for the design work undertaken by the Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee (NGCE) under the provisions of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 beginning in 2009. Caltrans and the Illinois Department of Transportation ordered 130 of these Next Generation Bi-Level Passenger Rail Cars from Sumitomo (with Nippon Sharyo as the builder) in 2012. In August 2015, a new car shell failed a buff strength compression test. Increasing the buff strength would require a complete redesign of the car, and would delay delivery beyond the expiration of a $220 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) grant that funded the order. In November 2017, Sumitomo cancelled their order of bilevel cars with Nippon Sharyo, and instead contracted with Siemens Mobility to build 137 single-level Siemens Venture cars based on the European Siemens Viaggio Comfort cars instead of the bilevel cars.

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References

External links

 Current roster
 3D tour of Superliner sleeping car

Amtrak rolling stock
Rail passenger cars of the United States
Bombardier Transportation rail vehicles
Double-decker rail vehicles
Pullman Company
Train-related introductions in 1979
1979 establishments in the United States

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Fortnite fans are consistently uploading suggestions for Epic including skin sets, emoticons, emotes, and more on Reddit.
Two Redditors had the same idea on a new limited time mode for Fortnite Battle Royale which are focused on planes.
WookieOnReddit submitted his concept which would be titled "Planes Only".
For their submission, Wookie suggested that all players spawn in planes and can not leave.
All players will have to fight in the skies, and the last plane alive claims the Victory Royale!
The other submission for an X4-Stormwing-focused mode came from FLcitizen.
FLcitizen's submission would be a 50v50 LTM mode where each team takes off from their own island.
Players taking off from their own island would have the option to loot and harvest on their spawn island, so they can begin to fight as soon as the match begins!
The 50v50 mode would not permanently leave players in their plane, as they can disembark and fight from the ground or from a teammate's plane.
Would you hop into any of these LTMs if Epic added them into Fortnite?


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General Assembly - Twentieth session
Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS TWENTIETH SESSION
List of participants (Revised 25/10)
List of documents, revision 1 (A/20/list doc. rev.1)
Guidelines for Participation in the General Debate
Background paper for the General Debate
1. Structure, Revision 2
1. Provisional agenda, rev.1 (A/20/1 prov. rev.1)
1. Annotated provisional agenda (A/20/1 prov.annot.)
4(a) New membership, Part I (A/20/4(a)(I))
4(a) New membership, Part II (A/20/4(a)(II))
4(b) Suspension of membership in accordance with Article 34 of the Statutes and requests for temporary exemption (A/20/4(b))
5(I)(a) The state of the global tourism sector and mainstreaming tourism in the global agenda (A/20/5(I)(a))
5(I)(b) Implementation of the general programme of work for 2012-2013 (A/20/5(I)(b))
5(I)(b) Implementation of the general programme of work for 2012-2013, Annex (A/20/5(I)(b) Annex)
5(I)(b) Implementation of the general programme of work for 2012-2013, Annex, Addendum (A/20/5(I)(b) Annex Add.)
5(I)(c) Draft programme and budget of the Organization for 2014-2015 (A/20/5(I)(c))
5(I)(c) Draft programme and budget of the Organization for 2014-2015, Addendum 1 (A/20/5(I)(c) Add.1)
5(I)(d) UNWTO in the United Nations system (A/20/5(I)(d))
5(I)(e) Report on the progress of the reform of the Organization (White Paper) (A/20/5(I)(e))
5(I)(f) Reform of the ST-EP Foundation (A/20/5(I)(f) Rev.1)
5(I)(f) Reform of the ST-EP Foundation (A/20/5(I)(f)) Doc.ref.)
5(II)(a) Closing of the audited administrative accounts of the eighteenth financial period 2010-2011 (A/20/5(II)(a))
5(II)(b) Financial situation of the Organization (A/20/5(II)(b))
5(II)(b) Financial situation of the Organization, Addendum 1 (A/20/5(II)(b) Add.1)
5(II)(c) Human resources situation of the Organization (A/20/5(II)(c))
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9. Appointment of the Secretary-General for the period 2014-2017 on the recommendation of the Executive Council (A/20/9)
10. Activities of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics, Part I (A/20/10(I))
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Windows;

using JetBrains.Annotations;

using MaterialDesignColors;

using MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using PropertyChanged;

using Utilities;

namespace Junctionizer.ViewModels
{
    [ImplementPropertyChanged]
    public class UISettings
    {
        [JsonIgnore]
        public bool IsModifyingFileSystem { get; set; }

        public bool IsCompactInterface { get; set; } = true;

        public bool AutomaticallySwitchInterfaces { get; set; } = true;

        [UsedImplicitly]
        private void OnAutomaticallySwitchInterfacesChanged() => CheckWindowSize();

        /// <summary>Performs any necessary settings modifications based on the current window size.</summary>
        internal void CheckWindowSize()
        {
            if (AutomaticallySwitchInterfaces)
            {
                IsCompactInterface = Application.Current.MainWindow.ActualWidth < 1200 &&
                                     Application.Current.MainWindow.WindowState != WindowState.Maximized;
            }
        }

        [JsonIgnore]
        public bool IsRightDrawerOpen { get; set; } = false;

        private ResourceDictionary ThemedColorsDictionary { get; }
            = Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries
                         .Where(rd => rd.Source != null)
                         .Single(rd => Regex.IsMatch(rd.Source.OriginalString, @".*Colors\.(Light|Dark)"));

        private void ReplaceThemedColorsDictionary()
        {
            var currentUri = ThemedColorsDictionary.Source.AbsoluteUri;
            ThemedColorsDictionary.Source = new Uri(_isDarkTheme
                                                        ? currentUri.Replace("Light.xaml", "Dark.xaml")
                                                        : currentUri.Replace("Dark.xaml", "Light.xaml"));
        }

        private bool _isDarkTheme;
        public bool IsDarkTheme
        {
            get => _isDarkTheme;
            set {
                _isDarkTheme = value;
                PaletteHelper.SetLightDark(_isDarkTheme);
                ReplaceThemedColorsDictionary();
            }
        }

        private Swatch _primarySwatch;
        public Swatch PrimarySwatch
        {
            [UsedImplicitly] get => _primarySwatch;
            set {
                _primarySwatch = value;
                PaletteHelper.ReplacePrimaryColor(value);
                ReplaceThemedColorsDictionary();
            }
        }

        private Swatch _accentSwatch;
        public Swatch AccentSwatch
        {
            [UsedImplicitly] get => _accentSwatch;
            set {
                _accentSwatch = value;
                PaletteHelper.ReplaceAccentColor(_accentSwatch);
                ReplaceThemedColorsDictionary();
            }
        }

        public IReadOnlyList<int> ColumnOrderingSourceGrid { get; set; }
        public IReadOnlyList<int> ColumnOrderingDestinationGrid { get; set; }
        public IReadOnlyList<int> ColumnOrderingCompactGrid { get; set; }

        private PaletteHelper PaletteHelper { get; } = new PaletteHelper();

        internal static PauseTokenSource PauseTokenSource { get; } = new PauseTokenSource();

        private UISettings()
        {
            // Set swatch values to default values (defined in App.xaml) in case there aren't any saved values available to load
            var palette = PaletteHelper.QueryPalette();
            AccentSwatch = palette.AccentSwatch;
            PrimarySwatch = palette.PrimarySwatch;

            PauseTokenSource.PropertyChanged += (sender, args) => {
                IsModifyingFileSystem = PauseTokenSource.IsPaused;
            };

            var propertyNames = GetType()
                .GetProperties(BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
                .Where(propertyInfo => propertyInfo.GetCustomAttribute<JsonIgnoreAttribute>() == null)
                .Select(propertyInfo => propertyInfo.Name)
                .ToArray();

            Settings.StateTracker
                    .Configure(this)
                    .AddProperties(propertyNames)
                    .Apply();
        }

        public static UISettings Instance { get; } = new UISettings();
    }
}


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Earth Coloring Pages
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Our earth is located on the third orbit in the entire solar system. In high school, I've learned that if the earth gets only slightly closer to the sun, then its fate is going to be a lot similar to Mars. The atmosphere won't be able to protect us from the scorching radiation of the sun. On the other hand, if it gets slightly further from the sun, our earth will be blanketed in thick ice as it's most likely that we'll get winter all year round. It is something precise like this that makes me even more believe that God does exist and he's continuously looking after us.
Anyway, I'm not going to argue with you about whether God really exists or not. In this post, I'm just going to share with you several earth coloring pages. Previously, I've also posted some world map coloring pages too. Perhaps, you want to complete your collection. As we all know too well, the earth is shown as a perfectly round ball in these coloring pages. On its surface, you can see the longest continent, America, and also the driest one, Africa. Speaking of Africa, there appears to be many new green oasis on African desserts. The indigenous people have learned a new and most effective way on how to make the dessert sand fertile and "plantable". I'm happy for them! Anyhow, I hope you enjoy these earth coloring pages.
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Fun Facts about Earth
The Earth is the only inner planet (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) to have one large satellite, the Moon. Mars has two very tiny moons. Mercury and Venus have none.
If you could separate the Earth out into piles of material, you'd get 32.1 % iron, 30.1% oxygen, 15.1% silicon, and 13.9% magnesium. Of course, most of this iron is actually located at the core of the Earth. If you could actually get down and sample the core, it would be 88% iron. And if you sampled the Earth's crust, you'd find that 47% of it is oxygen.
Earth has a powerful magnetic field. This phenomenon is caused by the nickel-iron core of the planet, coupled with its rapid rotation. This field protects the Earth from the effects of solar wind.
The gravity between the Earth and the Moon causes the tides on Earth. This effect on the Moon means it is tidally locked to Earth – its rotation period is the same as its orbit time so it always presents the same face to Earth.
Earth is the only planet that has an atmosphere containing 21 percent oxygen. It is the only planet that has liquid water on its surface. It is the only planet in the solar system that has life. Still, the Earth is fragile. Its surface is split into plates (tectonic plates) which float on a rocky mantle – the layer between the surface of the earth, its crust, and its hot liquid core. The inside of the Earth is active and earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain building takes place along the boundaries of the tectonic plates.
The Earth's rotation is gradually slowing. This deceleration is happening almost imperceptibly, at approximately 17 milliseconds per hundred years, although the rate at which it occurs is not perfectly uniform. This has the effect of lengthening our days, but it happens so slowly that it could be as much as 140 million years before the length of a day will have increased to 25 hours.
The Earth was once believed to be the center of the universe. For 2000 years ancient astronomers believed that the Earth was static and had other celestial bodies traveling in circular orbits around it. They believed this because of the apparent movement on the Sun and planets in relation to their viewpoint. This is almost repeated when Flat Earth theory was unveiled.
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I started raw feeding my cats in January 2011. There was no dramatic reason for the switch. It was just that the more I learned about raw feeding, the more it made sense.
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Looking into raw feeding, the same stories came up over and over again. Switching to raw had miraculously cured all manner of niggling health problems which conventional veterinary medicine could not alleviate. A good raw diet had even stabilised the health of cats with more serious conditions such as kidney failure, diabetes, and irritable bowel syndrome, obesity, bladder infections, allergies, and dental issues. On top of this, it was claimed, fur became softer, silkier, less matted; teeth cleaner; poop did not smell any more and there was less of it; cats had more energy and zest for life.
Well this just sounded amazing. But what really gave me the push to switch, the real eureka moment for me was this. The top two causes of death in the domestic cat are cancer and kidney failure. I knew this. Every cat owner knows that lots of cats die of kidney failure. Very common. And cancer. Look at my own past cats. Kibble-fed. Died relatively young of: cancer, and, uh, kidney failure. Hang on a minute! Had I been responsible for shortening their lives via their dry food diet? It was a devastating thought.
Of course, this was speculation. There is no way I can know for sure if long-term kibble feeding had caused their deaths. I had to conclude though, that it must have played a part. The idea that I might have given them a longer, better quality of life by simply feeding them a better diet was a terrible revelation to me.
So I set about making the transition to a raw diet. I found that there was a lot of useful information out there and friendly raw feeding groups for cats. An invaluable resource was (and still is) the Feline Nutrition and Education Society, founded by Margaret Gates. I wish I had found this site first. It is so comprehensive and well-written, and it answered all of my questions.
Fortunately, Larry and Monty didn't need much persuasion to switch to raw. In fact, Monty was wild about it. He thinks he is a wild animal, after all. It was hilarious seeing him with a chicken wing. Lots of melodramatic growling. He never growled over his kibble. As they are young, I didn't see a dramatic difference in their health or appearance. But their poop was easier to cope with: less of it, dry, and almost odourless. There is very little waste matter with raw.
Barney, however, was a different story. The change in him was unbelievable. As a kibble junkie with bad teeth, it took much longer to get him fully onto raw. But even before he was fully transitioned, he had more energy, softer, shinier fur, and cleaner teeth. He was up and about and in our faces just like when he was a young cat. He started to jump onto chairs and laps again. He looked and acted like a cat half his age. It was wonderful to see.
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