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In an effort to cut wait times for referrals, dermatologists in Quebec have developed a new web-based app called 'DermaGO', that allows doctors to consult with patients online, CBC News is reporting. The app's co-founder Emilie Bourgeault said she got the idea for DermaGO after seeing a rapid increase in patients.
Bourgeault, who attributed the increased number of patients to growing awareness around skin cancer in the past few years, revealed that many patients wait months for an in-person appointment through government health insurance.
DermaGo allows users to upload photos of their skin condition and receive a response from one of six dermatologists on the roster with a diagnosis. The user pays a fee for a consult, and the price depends on how quickly they require a response.
"We're trying to increase access and give choice to patients," said Bourgeault.
She also stresses the importance of being innovative in health care, and to keep up with technology, all while sticking to the same guidelines as when a patient gets an in-person consult.
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On Thursday, Shares of Venator Materials (NYSE: VNTR) expressed a change of -3.10% and closed its trade at $13.11. The stock exchanged hands with 1,004,568 numbers of shares compared to its average daily volume of 748.10K shares. When trading is lighter than usual, it is said to be "thin." When there's more trading than usual, it is called "heavy trading." Volume is the basic fuel of the market since stocks move up or down in price only when shares are trading hands.
The market capitalization (Stock Price Multiply by Total Number of Outstanding Shares) for the company is reported at $1.34B. The company has its outstanding shares of 102.31M. Outstanding shares refer to a company's stock presently held by all its shareholders, counting share blocks held by institutional shareholders and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders. After a recent check, it is observed that the insiders for the firm currently own 0.10% shares. There has been an observed change of N/A in the ownership of the shares in the past six months. However, the institutional investors are observed to own 45.50% of the total shares. During last 3 month period, 2.85% of total institutional ownership has changed in the company shares.
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Looking into last 5 trades, the stock observed a return of almost -14.59%. However, -18.37% over the last one month, -24.91% for the last quarter and year to date performance stands at -40.73%.
ATR value of the company was 0.73 and Relative Strength Index (RSI) was 22.02. The stock volatility for the week was 5.34% while for the month was 4.64%. The stock was trading at a distance of -51.26% from its 52-week highs and stands 2.82% away from its 52-week lows. VNTR's latest closing price was -34.24% away from the average price of 200 days while it maintained a distance of -21.59% from the 50 Day Moving Average and -16.78% away compared to its SMA 20.
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Alison Hernandez explains why the 2015 General Election expenses investigate does not impact on how she carries out PCC duties
I imagine that many of you saw that I was referred to the Crown Prosecution Service recently regarding the investigation into the 2015 General Election expenses in Torbay.
I have not spoken publicly about the detail of the case because I felt that it would be appropriate that I only did so to the investigating police officers from West Mercia Police. Obviously, I believe that I am innocent of any crime but the lengthy processes must be concluded before that becomes a matter of record.
Whilst that continues I thought it might be more useful to explain why I am continuing in the role as your Police and Crime Commissioner whilst this investigation takes place.
When PCCs were created, Parliament set out in detail how any PCC under police investigation should be treated. It is clear that no PCC can be investigated by their own force which is why West Mercia Police was chosen to investigate my case, being entirely independent of me and Devon and Cornwall Police.
The parliamentary statute is very clear on when a PCC may be suspended. Any suspension decision is taken by the Police and Crime Panel but they can only consider suspension if a criminal charge has been made and that the maximum offence for that charge carries a two year prison sentence. Neither of those requirements apply in my case.
I know that some readers may still feel that I should stand down because I am under investigation, but we live in a system where you are innocent until proven guilty. I was elected to serve as your Commissioner and that is what I have done, and will continue to do.
I maintain that I have done nothing wrong and I acted honestly and properly throughout the election campaign 2 years ago. I have co-operated fully with the police investigation and I look forward to getting a decision on whether this will go any further in the next few weeks.
I obviously wish that I was not under investigation but I can honestly say that it has not affected me in my role. Whilst the media have liked to report this on a regular basis I am rarely asked about it when I am out and about meeting members of the public. They, like me, are more interested in policing and safety matters that directly affect them.
The police officers that I work with on a daily basis understand the clear distinction between being investigated and being guilty. All of their training and experience ensures that they respect the process of the law. A good example of this is that when people are held in custody they are always referred to as "detainees" and not "prisoners". This is because a prisoner is someone who has been convicted of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime. Until that happens a neutral term like detainee is always used.
It hasn't been a pleasant experience being the subject of an investigation. This is a complicated investigation with the same issues being looked at in a number of parliamentary constituencies. This means that for most of the year I have just been waiting for something for happen and a decision to be made by the appropriate authorities. To give you some idea about the timescales, the issues that are being investigated took place in April and May 2015. The first complaint about these matters was received in May 2016. I provided the police with all relevant documents in the weeks following and was first interviewed by the police in December 2016. We are now almost two years past the issues being investigated. I don't expect your sympathy but it has been a strong personal lesson about how slowly the criminal justice system can work at times. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about what I am trying to do quicken this process for vulnerable victims of sexual assault because they, of all people, should not have to bear such long delays.
As I finish this article I am just about to attend the Devon and Cornwall Criminal Justice Board. This board brings together senior people from all the criminal justice agencies. A really important group that can bring change to justice processes in the south west. In a future article, I will spend some time explaining what we are trying to do together.
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The mission of the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) is to train and provide experiential learning to early career professionals who contribute to the public health workforce. Managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, PHAP enables entry-level public health professionals to gain hands-on, real-life experience in the day-to-day operations of public health programs. After completing the two-year, CDC-funded PHAP training program, associates are qualified to apply for public health positions at CDC and other health organizations.
PHAP is geared toward recent baccalaureate and master's level graduates who are interested in a career in public health.
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Justia Patents Lawrence F. Becker Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications
Patents by Inventor Lawrence F. Becker
Lawrence F. Becker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Medical tubing with water-activated lubricating coating
Abstract: Medical tubing carries on at least a portion of its length a water-activated lubricating coating of a hydrophilic thermoplastic resin which is adhesively compatible with the material of the medical tubing and polyvinyl pyrrolidone having a molecular weight of at least 200,000, in the form of a dispersed separate phase in the thermoplastic resin upon hydration. The polyvinyl pyrrolidone provides long-lasting lubrication when wet.
Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
Inventors: Lawrence F. Becker, Dean G. Laurin, Joseph A. Palomo
Ozone oxidation of deposits in cooling systems of nuclear reactors
Abstract: Disclosed is an improved process for oxidizing chromium in deposits in the cooling system of a nuclear reactor using a solution of ozone. The improvement consists of adding to the solution about 0.01 to about 0.5% of a water-soluble cerium IV compound, about 0.1 to about 0.5% of a water-soluble aromatic compound having at least one ketone group on an aromatic ring, or adding both. Also disclosed is the composition of water, ozone, the cerium IV compound and the aromatic compound. Also disclosed is a process for decontaminating the cooling system of nuclear reactors by adding a decontamination composition to the coolant, circulating the coolant between the cooling system and a cation exchange resin, removing the decontamination composition by passing it through an anion exchange resin, adjusting the temperature to 40.degree. to about 100.degree. C., adding the ozone oxidation composition, circulating the coolant through the cooling system, raising the temperature to at least about 100.degree. C.
Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Inventors: Alexander P. Murray, Lawrence F. Becker, Jr., Clifton G. Slater, Michael C. Skriba
Decontamination of metal surfaces in nuclear power reactors
Abstract: A method for decontaminating metal surfaces having radioactive oxide deposits thereon is disclosed which comprises preparing a decontamination solution having a pH of about 1.5 to about 4 comprising water, about 0.02 to about 0.5% of a water soluble organic acid which has an equilibrium constant in a complex with ferric ion of at least about 10.sup.9 and which is capable of producing a pH of about 2 to about 3 in water, and about 0.01 to about 0.4% of a chelate in free acid form which has an equilibrium constant in a complex with ferric ion of about 10.sup.15 to about 10.sup.19 and which is at least 0.4% soluble at 40.degree. C. in water having a pH of about 2 to about 3. An apparatus for performing the above method is disclosed.
Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
Inventors: Alexander P. Murray, Sharon L. Weisberg, Lawrence F. Becker, Jr.
Radiopaque catheter
Abstract: A silicone rubber catheter carries radiopaque stripes comprising a mixture of silicone rubber and the finely divided radiopaque material, the stripes being spaced from each other by transparent, longitudinal segments. The radiopaque stripes are preferably positioned in diametrically opposed, spaced relation to each other about the circumference of the catheter and occupy a total of 50.degree. to 270.degree. of the catheter circumference. The elongation of the catheter portion defining the stripes is preferably at least as great as the elongation of the catheter portion defining the transparent, longitudinal segments, and the tensile and tear strengths of the transparent segments are preferably higher, so that upon stretching of the catheter most of the stress can be diverted to the transparent segments of the catheter.
Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
Inventors: Lawrence F. Becker, Christine Pham
Apparatus for radiant heat sealing of balloon onto catheter shaft
Abstract: A thermoplastic member such as a length of tubing for forming a catheter balloon is sealed by radiant heat to a thermoplastic shaft of a medical device such as a Foley catheter. Radiant heat is supplied as a narrow annular band by an apparatus which also automatically locates portions of the shaft at the narrow annular band. A length of shrink tubing is placed over the balloon tubing and adjoining portions of the shaft, is then preshrunk while at that location, and is further shrunk therearound and is subjected to radiant heat by the apparatus in order to seal the balloon tubing onto the shaft and complete assembly of a balloon catheter. It is especially preferred that the shrink tubing be tinted so as to enhance the seal formed beneath the shrink tubing.
Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
Inventors: Lawrence F. Becker, Richard W. Cobean
Venous pressure isolator
Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a pressure-sensitive transducer in an extracorporeal blood system and for providing a sterile barrier while the apparatus transmits the blood pressure to the pressure-sensitive transducer. The apparatus (34) comprises a housing (40, 42) having first (40) and second (42) generally hemispherical members which symmetrically enclose a generally planar silicone membrane diaphragm (44). The membrane diaphragm (44) has a thickness that is less than 0.040 inch and a diameter that is at least twice as great as the intended total deflection distance. The membrane (44) is centered within the housing (40, 42) and greater pressure on either side of the membrane (44) will cause the membrane (44) to deflect to the other side by stretching.
Inventor: Lawrence F. Becker
EVA Formulation having improved properties
Abstract: A thermoplastic composition is disclosed which consists essentially of a major portion of a first poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) copolymer which contains from 22 to 30 percent by weight of vinyl acetate units and exhibits a melt index as defined herein of 0.5 to 10. A minor portion of a second poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) copolymer is included which contains from 25 to 40 percent by weight of vinyl acetate units, the second copolymer exhibiting a melt index of 20 to 1000. The resulting formulation exhibits numerous good properties for use in medical devices, coupled with the capacity for radiation sterilization.
Inventors: Lawrence F. Becker, Leonard F. Czuba, Dean G. Laurin
Method of radiant heat sealing of a balloon onto a catheter employing tinted shrink tubing
Abstract: A thermoplastic member such as a length of tubing for forming a catheter balloon is positioned on the thermoplastic shaft of a medical device. A length of shrink tubing is placed over each end of the balloon tubing and adjoins a portion of the shaft. Each length of shrink tubing may then be preshrunk to maintain its position. The shaft, balloon tubing, and shrink tubing are then inserted in an apparatus capable of supplying radiant heat in a narrow annular band. The apparatus automatically positions each portion of the shaft and balloon tubing covered by shrink tubing at a location at which it will intercept the narrow annular band of radiant heat. Radiant heat is supplied by the apparatus to cause further shrinkage of the shrink tubing and to seal the balloon tubing onto the shaft. The shrink tubing may be removed to complete the assembly of a balloon catheter. It is preferred that the shrink tubing be tinted so as to enhance the seal formed between the balloon tubing and the shaft.
Catheter made of a thermoplastic material having improved softness and low friction
Abstract: A catheter, preferably a balloon-type catheter, is disclosed in which the catheter shaft is made of a thermoplastic material and thus may be extrudable, the shaft consisting essentially of (a) from 40 to 70 percent by weight of an elastic composition which comprises: from 50 to 99.5 percent by weight of a block copolymer having thermoplastic rubber characteristics with a central, rubbery polyolefin block and terminal blocks of polystyrene, and optionally including up to about 45 percent by weight of polypropylene, plus from 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of a cross-linked organic silicone elastomer; and (b) from 30 to 60 percent by weight of a hydrophobic oil-type plasticizer to provide the desired degree of softness to said elastic composition.
Inventors: Lawrence F. Becker, Henry M. Gajewski
Silicone-containing thermoplastic polymers for medical uses
Abstract: A flexible composition which is preferably radiopaque comprises a plastic material which may be mixed with from 10 to 50 percent by weight of a radiopaque filler. The plastic material comprises the product of (a) a block copolymer having thermoplastic, rubbery characteristics, having a central rubbery olefin block and terminal blocks of a polystyrene; (b) low crystallinity ethylene polymers such as poly (ethylene-vinyl acetate); and (c) a silicone gum containing a small amount of a silicon-bonded olefin group such as vinyl. Optionally, the addition of 5 to 40 percent by weight polypropylene may be included in these materials to improve their heat resistance and strength without affecting their transparency, when transparent materials are formulated.
Inventors: Dean G. Laurin, Leonard F. Czuba, Lawrence F. Becker
Balloon-type catheter
Abstract: A balloon-type catheter is disclosed having a catheter shank made of a block copolymer having thermoplastic rubber characteristics with a central block of ethylene-butylene copolymer and terminal blocks of polystyrene. The inflatable balloon member, and preferably the distal Y-member, of the catheter are made of an elastic composition which includes the same or a similar block copolymer, in the presence of polystyrene or equivalent material as a tackifying agent, polypropylene, and an oil-type plasticizer.
Filed: November 21, 1977
Inventors: Lawrence F. Becker, John J. Donohue, Dean G. Laurin, Henry M. Gajewski


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Humphrey Nabimanya, founder of Reach A Hand Uganda. Courtesy Photo.
Reach A Hand Uganda launched its livelihood programme, the 2017 edition of the Young Achievers Awards at a media engagement in Kampala last week.
The event was graced by the Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda.
The initiative seeks to reward young people's excellence and innovation to inspire them to be the next generation of leaders.
Briefly tell us about this livelihood programme you have just launched.
Since its inception, the Young Achievers Awards which is now being run by Reach A Hand Uganda as one of it's youth livelihood programmes, has established itself as arguably the most prestigious awards' event of its kind in the region.
Ever since the awards were last held in 2013, the nation has been missing out on the opportunity and platform that the awards presented to celebrate young people who have been at the centre of socio-economic and political transformation of Uganda.
The awards were last held in 2013. Is it true you mismanaged the Awards?
No. The co-founders of the awards, Mr Awel Uwihanganye and Mr Ivan Kyambadde Serwano, wanted to pass on this baton to young people to spearhead the awards. They had played their part but during the break, they hadn't yet felt that young person or youth led organisation had convinced them that they had both the passion and capacity to celebrate their peers.
We convinced them about a year ago and since then they have been courting us; 2017 has had the stars align and we believe it is the right time to make them confident that Reach A Hand Uganda, a youth-led and youth serving organisation, can organise the awards going forward.
Reach A Hand Uganda is mostly known as a youth led organisation focused on sexual reproductive health and rights. Aren't you diverting focus to something completely different?
Reach A Hand Uganda is all things youth empowerment. We have grown from a weekend outreach programme to a fully-fledged organisation.
Our 2016-2020 Strategic plan also has seen us incorporate youth livelihood programmes where the Young Achievers Awards fits in. Besides, Young Achievers Awards is not the only youth livelihood programme we have.
We also have Katereza Community Alliance based in Mbarara District where we give out education grants, micro-grants for women led initiatives and we are fundraising to build a health facility in the village.
How is this year's edition of the awards different from the past awards?
We have moved away from having the awards as a one day event to a full year programme. We have already hit the ground running.
In February we will kick off with regional tours in the central, east, northern and western Uganda to create awareness about the awards but to also fish out young innovators, entrepreneurs and change agents who are not being celebrated and we will showcase them to the world. We will also have networking events where prospective nominees will get a chance to meet some of the celebrated business persons and entrepreneurs.
Past the award ceremony night, the finalists and winners will be engaged in vigorous themed summits, for example, legal, branding and marketing, funders and leadership.
The 2017 edition will celebrate 10 most outstanding young people in the categories of social entrepreneurship, business, ICT and innovation, outstanding sports personality, media and journalism, farming and agro-processing, music, fashion, film & photography, young achiever of year, young hero/heroine of the year and the lifetime achievement award.
That is good. Have the nominations kicked off yet?
Oh Yes! All nomination procedures have been listed on the website, and we have started. Any young person between the ages of 18 and 35 who thinks he/she is contributing to the development of Uganda can visit www.youngachieversawards.ug and download the nomination form. Nominations will close on May 2.
What do you seek to achieve with the Young Achievers Awards?
We want to change the narrative that young people have nothing useful to add to the positive development of this country.
Many young people are silently transforming Uganda but unfortunately they are not being recognised. This is the right time to tell the world that young people, if given the right platforms, and recognised for their efforts, they can effectively contribute to the development of Uganda to achieve all her long term goals.
Many people have come up with all sorts of awards in the name of youth empowerment. But they end up exploiting the unsuspecting youth. What makes your award different?
It is the platforms we have created that make Young Achievers Awards different. First of all, the awards celebrate the youth by awarding them in areas contributing to the development of this country.
We have built more activities and platforms around the awards to make them not a one-day event. For example there will be a Leadership Summit where we are going to bring in leadership experts to train the youth to be effective leaders while running their businesses.
We have also set up the Legal Summit to help the finalists and winners be equipped with knowledge on intellectual property rights so as to have their ideas protected. This definately addresses some of the issues you raise such as exploitation.
We will also have the Funders Summit where they will get an opportunity to pitch their ideas before philanthropists, venture capitalists, funders and even local financial institutions such as banks that are willing to invest in their excellent ideas. This is not exploiting unsuspecting youth. It is actually creating a supporting network to empower suspecting youth not to be exploited.
Lastly, how do initiatives such as Young Achievers Awards help solve some of the challenges affecting youth in Uganda today?
Youth need inspiration. Most unemployed youth in Uganda are not unemployed because there are no jobs but because they are not seeing how their peers are using opportunities around them to overcome some of these challenges.
With initiatives such as Young Achievers Awards, young people transforming themselves and our country, are being given an opportunity to inspire their peers to also defy the odds and never give up on the drive to achieve success. That is how initiatives like this are helping solve some of the challenges affecting youth in Uganda.


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Is the Bible Any More Accurate than Other Religious Texts?
February 20, 2014 by Steve Diseb
QUESTION: Is the Bible any more accurate than other religious texts?
Though I've done some research on Islam, Mormonism, Buddhism, and Jehovah's Witnesses, and I have a basic understanding of other religions, I wouldn't want to disrespect the people of these faiths by portraying their beliefs in shallow ways with my limited knowledge. Since I'm constantly reading attacks on Christianity by people with strong opinions but poor understanding of my faith, I wouldn't want to do the same.
That being said, let me point out some things I've found to be unique about Christianity and the New Testament (NT). I'm not going to comment specifically about other faiths or their scriptures, but encourage you to research these things and compare and contrast them to other religions. (Also, since I wrote on the reliability of the transmission of the NT record elsewhere, I won't go into that again here, but click here to read it).
Many other religions' scriptures are simply sayings or teachings said or written by their founder, but the NT is unique in that it's made up of histories and letters. The letters in the NT are written primarily to young churches to address certain issues or questions about their faith. Of course, within these letters we're given Christian theology and application, but it wasn't the case that the writers of the letters, the apostles of Jesus, sat down and said, "OK, I think I'll write some religious doctrine today."
These men were chosen by Jesus to be his apostles and inspired by the Holy Spirit to write the Word of God. Though they were certainly aware of the authority given to them by God and their writings were recognized by the first Christians as divinely inspired, these letters have a much different feel than if someone decided to sit down and simply draw up a religion's manifesto.
The first Christians had experienced something incredible and were trying to live according to what they experienced, and just like Christians today, sometimes more mature Christians need to give guidance and advice to their brothers and sisters in Christ.
Furthermore, the narrative histories contain the words of Jesus, but they're also deeply concerned with reporting not just what he said but what he did. Jesus' miracles – called "signs" in John's Gospel and elsewhere in the Bible – are important because they confirm he's of God. Anyone can claim to be from God, but true miracles explicitly prove this. Frankly, Jesus' execution and resurrection were more important than anything he said. Likewise, the book of Acts reports the apostles, empowered by Jesus and the Holy Spirit, also performed miracles to confirm the truth of their message. As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words.
Moreover, the historical narratives of Jesus' life and the apostles — the Gospels and Acts — are rooted in history. The NT doesn't have the "other-worldliness" of mythology.
C.S. Lewis, Oxford professor, expert of ancient mythology, and former atheist, wrote, "As a literary historian, I am perfectly convinced that whatever else the Gospels are, they are not legends. I have read a great deal of legend, and I am quite clear that they are not the same sort of thing."
Ancient historians Josephus (a non-Christian Jew, writing about 90-95 AD), Pliny (a Roman senator, writing about 111 AD), and Cornelius Tacitus (a Roman proconsul, writing in 115 AD) all confirm the existence of Jesus, his crucifixion, and the belief of his followers that Jesus had resurrected from the dead, and about 7 other ancient non-Christian sources confirm information about Jesus and early Christians.
Furthermore, 84 facts in the last 16 chapters of Acts alone have been confirmed by historical and archaeological research, and in the Gospel of Luke, 11 historically proven leaders appear in the first 3 chapters alone, according to the authors of the book I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. New archeological discoveries have continually supported the reliability of the biblical record, including the discovery of Jacob's Well, a building inscription of the name Pontius Pilate, and an ossuary containing the bones of Caiaphas, the high priest who helped orchestrate the crucifixion of Jesus.
Throughout the Gospels and Acts, supernatural events, such as miracles, are recorded in the same plain, unembellished language as the parts that record everyday details — the same straightforward language other ancient histories use. According to the authors of the book I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, 35 miracles appear side-by-side 84 proven facts in the book of Acts.
This lack of embellishment is not seen in later false "gospels," written in the 2nd Century after the New Testament, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary. The introduction of mythological elements is clearly seen in these later false, mostly gnostic, gospels. For example, the Gospel of Peter reports the following about Jesus' resurrection:
"…again they saw three men come forth from the tomb, and two of them supporting one, and a cross following them. And the heads of the two reached to heaven, but the head of him who was led by them overpassed the heavens. And they heard a voice from the heavens, saying, 'You have preached to them that sleep.' And a response was heard from the cross, 'Yes.'" [emphasis mine]
Yes, you read that right: a walking, talking cross. Not to mention 3 guys with really big heads.
Moreover, all 4 Gospels and Acts show a firsthand understanding of 1st-Century Jewish culture, 1st-Century Judean events, and Judean geography, which are not found in later false gospels.
Good introduction to Christian apologetics, including philosophical, historical, & scientific arguments.
3. Eyewitnesses
The Gospels, the histories of Jesus' ministry, and Acts, the history of the apostles and the early church, mention the names of specific people, rulers, and places. Not only were many of the writers of the NT eyewitnesses, but they constantly point the reader to other eyewitnesses to confirm what they are writing. All of the NT was written within the lifetime of those who lived during the events reported. The NT wasn't written generations after the events when no one was around to refute any inaccuracies, legend, or mythology added into them. The writers of the NT are essentially telling their readers, "Here are the facts – the people, the places. Go look into it yourself."
"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also." (1Cor. 15:3-8)
"Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught." (Luke 1:1-4)
"King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus… While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, 'Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.' But Paul said, 'I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth. For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.'" (Acts Ch.25-26)
Moreover, read Luke 3:1-3:
"Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins…"
Can you imagine how easily someone could refute the gospel of Luke at the time it was written if it weren't accurate?
Christianity began in Jerusalem, as any historian will tell you. If the first Christians invented stories about Jesus in the exact location and exact time period of the events recorded in the NT, what would skeptics do? They would say, "Where are your witnesses?" and "I was here and didn't see any of that happen!" And, even more likely, they would've gotten Jesus' dead body out of the tomb and dragged it into the street to prove he hadn't been raised.
In 1993, the FBI killed David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians cult. If the cult members claimed Koresh had risen from the dead three days later, the FBI would've produced the body for all to see. On the other hand, if Koresh did, in fact, rise from the dead, I'm sure we'd be living next door to some Branch Davidians today. Modern cults grow by isolating their members. Yet, the Christian church grew shortly after Jesus' crucifixion in Jerusalem, the exact location where the events occurred — and even within a hostile environment, where their beliefs were seen as blasphemy and even treason by the Romans and their fellow Jews.
4. "Public-ness"
It's important to understand that Christianity is a "very public" religion. What I mean by this is that Jesus preached in public for all to hear, and his miracles were performed in public for all to see. If God were to reveal his Word to the world, would he do so in secret? If God were going to break into the world with a new revelation, would he only perform a miracle for one person to witness? This "public-ness" is not the case with other religions. With many, the founder of the religion was the only one to experience any encounter with God or witness any miracle from God.
Before we move on to the final unique feature of Christianity and the New Testament, I want to encourage you again to look into all that I'm writing here and then do the same for other faiths.
5. Salvation is Not Earned
Lastly, Christianity is the only faith that teaches that salvation is through God's mercy alone. In all other religions salvation must be earned. Christianity is not a faith where favor with God is earned through "works." We all have sin, and sin separates us eternally from a perfectly good, holy God. God became a man called Jesus of Nazareth, lived the perfect life that we cannot, and willingly died, taking the punishment we deserve, so we can benefit through a repaired relationship with him. We can't earn this; it's a free gift from God that we can only accept. Once we understand this gift and accept it, yes, it changes us, and we do "works." But the works are the result of salvation, not the means of salvation. We love others out of obedience and love for the God who loved us first. No other religion that I have come across teaches this.
***One of the reasons I started this blog is to address the questions of my friends, whether they be atheists, agnostics, Christians, or of other faiths. I don't propose to have all the answers, but by addressing these questions I hope it will benefit everyone involved, including myself and those who take the time to read this blog.***
This question was asked by my friend Ian J. Keeney, a former Satanist/atheist, and director of the documentary The Meaning.
Read my response to: Did God Make the Entire Universe for Humans? here.
Read my interview with Ian & learn more about The Meaning: Part 1 & Part 2*
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Matt says:	 March 24, 2014 at 7:39 pm
Steve, I'm not familiar with the pathway to heaven in Islam. Is their way to heaven based on works? Do you have any details or sources to check out? Thanks!
Steve Diseb says:	 March 24, 2014 at 8:01 pm
Hey Matt, yes, Muslims must follow the Five Pillars of Islam. Islam: A Primer by John Sabini is a short book (about 100 pages) that gives a basic, neutral overview of Islam. http://www.whyislam.org is a good site by Muslims. For information of a much more apologetic nature see: The 10 Things You Need to Know About Islam by Ron Rhodes (another short book) & http://www.answeringmuslims.com/
What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an
by James R. White has been recommended to me and I've heard good things about it, but I haven't read it yet.
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Eric Adams says:	 February 21, 2014 at 9:11 am
Reblogged this on Christian Reasons and commented:
Christianity is rooted in history, and had survived falsifiability by relying on eye witness accounts. This is a powerful argument not shared by any other religion. This is a great post.
This is a great post! Thank you for it. Many Christians fail to make the point that Christianity is rooted in history. This is a powerful argument, and should be in one's apologetic quiver.
Steve Diseb says:	 February 21, 2014 at 1:58 pm
Thanks for the encouraging words, Eric! I hope this will help others in sharing Christ with nonbelievers.
Thanks for the reblog too!
Michael Snow says:	 February 21, 2014 at 12:53 am
Steve Diseb says:	 February 21, 2014 at 6:18 am
Amen, brother


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A liver disease drug could be repurposed to protect against COVID – new research
Almost three years into the pandemic, we're still regularly seeing hundreds of thousands of new COVID cases recorded each day worldwide. In a new study, involving a combination of miniature organ models, donor organs, animals and humans, we've shown that a drug used to treat liver disease could be repurposed to protect against COVID-19.
Vaccines are one of the most potent weapons in our pandemic response, but not everyone can benefit from them. COVID vaccines work by training our immune system to recognise and destroy SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. As such, they're not effective for people with a poorly functioning immune system, for example patients taking medications to suppress immune function after an organ transplant.
The virus can also disguise itself to avoid the immune system recognising it, by mutating into new variants and thereby lowering vaccine effectiveness.
Finally, vaccines are not equally accessible, with only one in four people in low income countries having received at least one dose.
In light of these challenges, we wanted to develop a strategy to protect from COVID-19 which could complement vaccination. We decided to target the "doorway" that SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect cells, a receptor called ACE2.
The 'doorway' to SARS-CoV-2 infection
There are a couple of key reasons we targeted ACE2 receptors. First, blocking this viral entry doorway doesn't require an optimally functioning immune system, so this method should be effective even in people who are immunocompromised.
And second, ACE2 receptors are produced by our own cells, so are not affected by changes in the virus (that is, new variants), hopefully making this method more resilient as SARS-CoV-2 evolves.
So we were optimistic when we identified an existing drug that could modify ACE2 receptors. It's possible this drug could be rapidly repurposed against COVID-19.
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This research began from a serendipitous finding. In the Sampaziotis lab at the University of Cambridge we focus on liver regeneration and bile duct diseases, which are the leading cause of liver transplantation in children.
Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver and drained into the intestine through tubes called bile ducts. At the beginning of the pandemic, we were studying the effects of bile on bile ducts using miniature versions grown in a dish, known as organoids.
UDCA is taken orally by many patients with liver disease.
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We found that a bile-sensing molecule called FXR, which is abundant in the liver, controls the expression of many molecules in bile duct cells, including ACE2. When ACE2 was identified as the viral entry doorway for SARS-CoV-2 we decided to explore whether drugs targeting FXR could reduce ACE2 receptors and therefore viral infection.
We identified that ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a clinically approved drug currently used for liver disease, had this effect on the mini bile ducts. We successfully repeated our experiments using miniature lungs and miniature guts in the lab, as these organs are commonly affected by COVID-19.
We then validated these findings in hamsters to make sure our lab results held true in a living organism. To test if these findings could be translated to humans, we used a pair of donated human lungs which were not suitable for transplantation. We infected both lungs with SARS-CoV-2, but only one lung was treated with UDCA. We found that the lung that received the drug did not become infected, while the other lung did.
We kept the lungs alive outside the body using warm blood-like fluid.
Teresa Brevini, Author provided
The next step was to test UDCA's efficacy in reducing ACE2 receptors in humans. We recruited eight healthy volunteers, gave them UDCA, and then swabbed their noses. We observed a reduction of ACE2 in their nasal cells, the main point of entry for the virus into the body, suggesting SARS-CoV-2 would have fewer opportunities to infect these cells.
Finally, since UDCA is widely used in clinical practice, we examined existing data to compare COVID outcomes among people taking UDCA for their liver conditions with outcomes among people not taking UDCA. We found that people taking UDCA were less likely to develop moderate, severe or critical COVID than those who did not receive the drug.
What could this all mean?
UDCA has been on the market for 30 years, and is very safe, with few side effects. In addition, the drug is off-patent, inexpensive, and easy to manufacture, store and administer (it's taken in tablet form), rendering it convenient to deploy during an outbreak.
Although our results suggest that UDCA could protect against COVID, this study is not a clinical trial and only offers data supporting this hypothesis. The next step will be to confirm our findings in a large randomised clinical trial. We don't support the use of UDCA for COVID until appropriate policy based on robust clinical evidence is available.
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In the future, UDCA would not replace current COVID treatments or highly effective vaccinations, but may be able to expand our arsenal of weapons against the virus. It could offer an alternative strategy which is not dependent on the immune system or subject to immune escape because of viral mutations.
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USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Announces National Partners
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Expo 2020 Dubai - the next "World's Fair" – may be two years away but plans and preparation are well under way for the USA Pavilion. Recently, the U.S. Department of State announced that Big Things Group, leading the consortium Pavilion USA 2020, was appointed to oversee the fundraising, project management, design, construction, operation, and disassembly and removal of the USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Following a nation-wide request for proposal led by the Department of State, Pavilion USA 2020 will now begin a multi-year partnership to bring the USA Pavilion to life, a huge undertaking that will require the collaboration of its creative, commercial, and cultural partners from across the 50 United States.
Pavilion USA 2020's winning design plans for the USA Pavilion were based on the theme "What Moves You" and will feature highlights of American culture, leading technological revolutions in mobility, and much more. The team behind the new concept is a consortium of top individuals and agencies who will work together to make the USA Pavilion a showcase of the innovation, creativity and diversity that defines the United States. Key areas of focus include:
● Leadership and Fundraising will be led by Big Things Group (BTG) and its principals Frederick M. Bush who served as Commissioner General of the 1992 World's Fair in Seville, Spain; and Gregory D. Houston, a leading figure in international public diplomacy and public-private partnership development. Combined, Mr. Bush and Mr. Houston have raised more than $1 billion in funding and sponsorship for domestic and international projects, with a focus on major events that develop stronger ties between the U.S. and the world. BTG's network of associates include leading fundraisers and philanthropic consultants in nearly all major donor markets throughout the United States as well as numerous funding centers abroad.
● Pavilion Architecture will be developed by Colorado-based Curtis Fentress, one of the premier U.S. architects of our day. Mr. Fentress is the founder of Fentress Architects and winner of numerous international awards, including the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. He is internationally known as an innovative, award-winning designer of public architecture including airports, museums, convention centers, laboratories, higher education, civic, and government buildings. Fentress Architects is internationally recognized for the design of Denver International Airport and Incheon International Airport in South Korea.
● Exhibit and Experience Design will be created by Michigan-based George P. Johnson Experience Marketing (GPJ), the largest experiential and event marketing agency in the world. Founded more than 100 years ago in Detroit, GPJ's large-scale installation work includes a six-acre multifaceted Chrysler experience at the 1964 World's Fair New York, pavilions at the Shanghai and Aichi World Expos, and award-winning exhibitions at the Beijing, Salt Lake City, London, and Rio de Janeiro Olympic games. They will work in collaboration with Action Impact, their Dubai-based strategic partner that created the Expo 2020 Dubai exhibition within the UAE pavilion at Expo 2015 . They will also collaborate with fellow Project Worldwide sister agency Spinifex Group for the production of interactive experiences that bring mobility innovation stories to life. GPJ's work will be led by Senior Vice President of Pavilion Activations, David Rich, and Vice President and Executive Creative Director, Paul Hemsworth.
● Design Management will be provided by Virginia-based Giuliani Associates Architects. Giuliani Associates is an architecture, engineering, and technology firm with experience in the public and private sectors. Joining Giuliani Associates, Fentress Architects, and George P. Johnson Experience Marketing as key partners in the design team are Onuma, Inc., Thornton Tomasetti, and Syska Hennessy Group.
● Cultural Programming will be led by Global Ties U.S. which has a 60-year partnership with the U.S. Department of State to coordinate international exchange programs that attract over 5,000 current and future leaders to the United States annually. With chapters of citizen diplomats in over 80 U.S. cities, their reach will ensure the USA Pavilion reflects the creativity, diversity, and nuance of every part of the United States. Global Ties U.S. will also be supported by G7 Entertainment Marketing in the areas of celebrity talent coordination and on-site production of all performances.
● Pavilion Design Strategy & Monitoring and Evaluation will be supported via consultation by Dr. Jay Wang, Director of the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California (CPD). Dr. Wang is considered the leading academic expert in the design of Expo pavilions for country promotion purposes and has written extensively on strategy and implementation within past Expos. As a strategic partner and a recognized leader in the field of public diplomacy, CPD will contribute to the project by providing research and evaluation tools to the designers, and public diplomacy training to all staff, volunteers, and ambassador-guides.
● Student and Alumni Ambassador Programs will be managed through the combined efforts of Global Ties U.S., the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and local partners in the United Arab Emirates. These flagship programs of the USA Pavilion will recruit, train, and manage young leaders from across the United States, as well as alumni from U.S. Government exchange programs, who will help tell America's story at the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
● Financial Management will be overseen by BTG CFO Thomas Downing, a leading expert in U.S. Government financial compliance and management. Working with Maryland-based accounting firm Gelman Rosenberg & Freedman, pre-eminent in advising and auditing organizations that implement programs for USAID and Department of State, Pavilion USA 2020 will operate under the most comprehensive set of financial controls ever implemented for a U.S. expo pavilion.
Advising Pavilion USA 2020 are a diverse and talented set of leaders from across the United States and the UAE. They include former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe; former Secretary of Commerce Barbara Hackman Franklin, President of the Aldrin Space Foundation Dr. Andrew Aldrin, Executive Director of the Middle East Council of Gulf Chambers of Commerce Mike Jones, former USAID Administrator (acting) Alonzo Fulgham; Director of TechStars Dubai Ramzi Ismail; former U.S. Ambassador J. Steven Rhodes; CPD's Dr. Jay Wang; Director of NYU-Abu Dhabi Media Lab Matt Karau; Founder of Applied Minds Bran Ferren; Celebrity Manager and television producer Ken Kragen; and former Chairman of Columbia Pictures (Television) Herman Rush.
According to Frederick Bush: "Few events in human history have had the scale and size of Expo 2020 Dubai. Our groups take the opportunity to represent the United States and all its nuance, diversity, and talent as an awe-inspiring challenge. We are proud of the teams we have assembled for this important cause and look forward to raising the funds and creating the experiences that will make all 325 million Americans proud."
Working with Colorado-based communications firm Human Design and the consortium's numerous communications partners throughout the U.S. and UAE, Pavilion USA 2020 will begin an international outreach campaign that engages citizens of the U.S. and the world in an awareness journey over the next 33 months. By using the road to Expo to engage the world with U.S. companies, cultures, and technologies; and to engage the citizens of the U.S. with the same from abroad, Pavilion USA 2020 will reach and excite millions beyond those who walk through the Expo gates.
The U.S. Department of State is responsible for U.S. participation in international exhibitions sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE). The Department's Expo Unit in the Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs manages U.S. engagement with the BIE, organizes U.S. participation at overseas Expos (also known as World's Fairs), and mobilizes international support for U.S. candidacies to host Expos.
For more information about Pavilion USA 2020 or to register interest in participating as a vendor, please visit http://www.pavilion2020.org. For further details about U.S. participation in World's Fairs, including Expo 2020 Dubai, visit https://www.state.gov/r/expo/. For more information on Expo 2020 Dubai visit https://expo2020dubai.ae/.
CONCEPTUAL IMAGES courtesy Pavilion USA 2020


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Anthony DeVito Wins Carolines Comedy Madness 2015
3:53 PM - Mar 26, 2015
Congratulations to Anthony DeVito, who was crowned champion of the 2015 Carolines Comedy Madness Stand-Up Tournament.
The five-round competition, modeled after the NCAA college basketball "March Madness" tournament, tipped off on February 25 with 64 of New York's best and brightest young comedians going head-to-head. The field was narrowed down to 32, then The Sweet Sixteen, the Elite Eight, and then down to The Final Four — Anthony DeVito, Ryan Beck, Joe Larson and Doug Smith.
DeVito bested Larson, and Smith ousted Beck before squaring off against DeVito in the final round. As a prize for winning, the New Jersey native receives a cash prize, a chance to open for a headliner at Carolines on Broadway and a spot to perform at the New York Comedy Festival in November.
DeVito joins the class of Carolines Comedy Madness winners which includes Nate Bargatze, Dan Soder, Michael Che, Adam Newman, Mark Normand and Gary Vider.
Among the many highlights of this year's competition was The Elite Eight Round drop in by Kevin Hart, who dropped by the club at the end of the show and surprised the packed house by performing a hilarious 45-minute set.
Congratulations to all of the 64 talented comedians who participated in this year's Carolines Comedy Madness!
Want to know more about how we do stand up comedy here at Carolines? Make sure to follow our Instagram for hilarious clips from our shows, and check out our upcoming shows so you don't miss out!


Bank credit grew 14.46 percent to Rs 95.53 trillion, while deposits growth touched double- digits at 10.03 percent to Rs 122.26 trillion in the fortnight to March 15, show the RBI data.
In the year-ago fortnight, advances were at Rs 83.46 trillion and deposits at Rs 111.11 trillion.
In the previous fortnight ending March 1, deposits grew 9.81 percent to Rs 122.30 trillion and credit rose 14.55 percent to Rs 95.29 trillion.


The historic town of Zory in Poland has an interesting relationship with fire – its name is associated with the Polish words for flames and burning (after an older settlement and forest on the site was cleared in this way) and the city has suffered the devastating effects of numerous conflagrations over the centuries. Thus when the town's development and tourism body "Nowe Miasto Sp. z o.o." decided to create a new cultural and educational facility, the concept for a pavilion inspired by fire took hold, and OVO Grabczewscy Architects from Katowice were commissioned to realise this idea.
Naturally the construction of a new public building demanded the highest standards of both safety and sustainability and as part of the more traditional specifications of reinforced concrete and steel, the flame-retardant advanced breather membrane DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ was installed behind the structure's gleaming, flame-like copper façade.
The strikingly angular building has levels both below and above ground: the lower level houses an interactive exhibition facility covering an area of 394 square metres, while at ground level there is a range of conferencing, seminar and theatre facilities over an area of 250 square meters.
On the plus side, the required excavation resulted in an increased potential volume for the project, at which point the investors and developers, Nowe Miasto, decided to create the 'Museum of Fire' exhibit in the basement – a multimedia space dedicated to both the city of Zory, and this fascinating element in all its aspects.
Construction of Museum of Fire in Zory, Poland, with installation of DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ membranes. Project: OVO Grabczewscy Architekci. Contractor: Voyage Sp. z o.o. Photo: Voyage Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.
The issue of meeting local and EU fire regulations (clearly, both a legal and thematic imperative!) were solved with the consultation of fire safety experts. Thus a waterproof plywood panel system was coated with a flame retardant lacquer and then fitted with 1250 square metres of the pioneering flame-retardant breather membrane, DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™. For an institution dedicated to educating the public about fire, while also exploring new technologies for fire safety, it is particularly fitting that such an innovative product has played a significant role in its construction.
Rather than use halogens, the technology to produce DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ employs a phosphorous-based agent that forms a 'char' layer at the surface when it is in contact with an ignition source. This thin layer of carbonized polymer is highly flame retardant and forms a barrier, slowing the release of flammable materials. Starved of fuel, the flame spreads over the membrane more slowly or not at all – and if the membrane does ultimately catch fire, it produces less smoke. Rigorously tested, DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ Housewrap has a fire rating of class B-s1,d0 according to EN13501-1.
The design of the building posed considerable challenges, its irregular shape and lack of right angles in particular. The interior therefore features many custom made solutions, including broken stretch ceilings, a solid copper reception desk and a geometrically articulated main staircase. The biggest challenge, however, was the installation of the buildings' crowning feature, the shining copper façade – behind which DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ is set to perform and protect for the long term, something upon which the team of architects, developers, contractors and the city of Zory itself can confidently rely.
About the Museum of Fire – The Museum of Fire in Zory, Poland is a unique facility in which an interactive exhibition allows visitors to learn about fire, from prehistory to the present and expectations of the future, via direct engagement. The exhibition consists of scenographic design elements, such as prehistoric caves, and includes presentation texts, photography and diagrams, plus multimedia installations such as large-scale video projections and interactive touch-screen applications. The main functions of the Museum of Fire are both entertainment and education, while also offering meeting and workshop facilities to businesses and institutions.
The Museum of Fire in Zory. Project: OVO Grabczewscy Architekci.Rendering: OVO Grąbczewscy Architekci. All rights reserved on image.
About Nowe Miasto Sp. z o.o. – (http://www.nowemiasto.zory.pl/) The organisation was founded in August 2009 to stimulate development, entrepreneurship, tourism and recreation, thereby enhancing the town of Zory for both residents, commerce and new businesses. The company is fully owned by the city of Zory.
About DuPont™ Tyvek® (www.tyvek.pl) – Invented by the research and development laboratories of DuPont in the late '60s as a premium material for personal protection and packaging, DuPont™ Tyvek® is manufactured using a unique, proprietary technology, and has, over time been discovered and developed as ideally suited to a variety of further applications and markets. Around 1990, it was first adopted as a breather and water proof membrane for roofs and walls for building construction in certain countries in Europe.
About DuPont Building Innovations – DuPont™ Tyvek® is a product of DuPont Building Innovations. From innovative energy-saving systems to beautiful and long-lasting surfacing solutions, the extensive offering of DuPont Building Innovations delivers safety, durability, beauty and energy efficiency, providing a major contribution to the modern built environment – across the spectrum of building and architecture, roads, bridges and other infrastructure, and also for landscaping and gardens, as well as for the preservation or the renovation of contemporary and historical constructions.
March 27, 2015 in Products.


West Ham fans may have to get used to playing their early league matches away from home after it was revealed UK athletics chiefs want to use the Olympic Stadium for the forthcoming 2022 European Championships.
According to Chief Executive Niels de Vos, Athletics have the right to use the stadium to host a major event every five years due to a clause in their contract with the LLDC.
And, as a result, they are planning to use the venue, at which West Ham play their home matches, as the centrepiece of a new proposal to host the games five years from now.
Athletes from the UK and the US have already planned to attend a one-day event at the stadium on 21 July next summer entitled 'The Meet' - that's less than three weeks before the 2018/19 Premier League season begins.
Although that won't affect the start of West Ham's Premier League (or Championship) season, it would affect the club should, by some miracle, they manage to qualify for the early stages of either the Europa League or Champions League competitions.
In other news, Birmingham has been chosen ahead of Liverpool to provide England's bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has backed the country's second city, who will now decide whether to proceed.
Why is this relevant to West Ham? Because UK Athletics chief Ed Warner has previously proposed that the Games' athletics events should be staged at the Olympic Stadium.


All College Hill residents are eligible for membership in the Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit Union. This eligibility is extended to members of all neighborhood associations that belong to the Greensboro Neighborhood Congress.
The credit union has offices at 217 North Greene Street and 2200 Soabar Street. It has ATMs at the Elliott University Center at UNCG and 30 other locations in Greensboro. Members also can use surcharge-free CashPoints ATMs throughout North Carolina. There are more than 40 CashPoints locations in Greensboro, including the State Employees Credit Union office at Tate and Market streets.
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Acacia Adventure Playground
The Acacia Adventure Playground is for all children and young people aged 5-16. It is a stimulating and challenging play space where play workers are on site at all times when the playground is open. Facilities include a giant climbing frame, fire pit, trampoline, treehouses,…
Telephone 020 8274 5130 or 07960 618 470.
Email julie.moore@merton.gov.uk
Adult Education in Merton
Merton Council offers a wide range of courses. It is part of the South Thames Colleges Group. Merton College has specialist teaching, and a support team, to work with young people and adults with a wide range of disabilities, and learning difficulties. A section of the application…
Telephone 020 8545 3640 Merton Adult Learning team Telephone 020 8918 7777 Merton College
Email adultlearning@merton.gov.uk
Website Merton Council
Adult Learning Services at St Marks Family Centre
A range of adult learning programmes run throughout the year to meet the wide interests and needs of the local community. These are run by St Mark's or in partnership with other organisations. One of our most popular programmes is our Family Workshops. These are practical…
Email info@stmarkscentre.co.uk
Association for the Polish Family (Polish Family Association)
The Association provide advice and support in the fields of well-being, education, health, social and economic deprivation. They offer a full range of services including Polish after school clubs, playgroups and gardening programmes. They can sign-post and refer to other agencies, and their advice is…
Email info@polishfamily.org.uk
Website PYZA
BAME Voice
The Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Voice (BAME Voice) was established in 2016 in response to the need for an independent representative body to look at key local issues and their impact on minority ethnic communities within Merton. It works strategically to increase the influence, representation…
Email info@bamevoice.org
Bangladeshi Association of Merton
Undertakes welfare work; advises on housing, education, employment, immigration, health and social issues; helps with translation/interpreting; organises meetings, conferences, educational, social and cultural events, religious programmes and exhibitions. Works closely with other organisations and agencies locally and nationally.
Email beautifulpearl01@hotmail.com
British Muslim Association of Merton
Serving the Muslim community in all spheres in general, in education, careers and Islamic education in particular.
Email contact@bmam.org.uk
Website BMAM
Calibre Audio Library - for young people
Calibre Audio is a national charity lending free audiobooks to anyone who is print disabled. For younger members, our collection is crammed full of leading contemporary children's authors, including Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, J.K Rowling, Malorie Blackman, David Walliams, Phillip Pullman – as well as…
Email enquiries@calibre.org.uk
Website Calibre Audio Library
Christian CARE Association
Christian CARE is a charity working in the London Borough of Merton. They are a group of 35 volunteers from 15 different churches. They welcome and offer help to anyone whatever their race, colour or religion. Each year they support over 100 families whose lives are in…
Telephone 020 3302 0181 (office hours and answerphone) Telephone 07932 628840
Email christiancaremerton@gmail.com
Website Christian Care
Colliers Wood Community Centre
Colliers Wood Community Centre is for the use of the Community Association which was formed to promote the wellbeing of the inhabitants of Colliers Wood and the neighbourhood. Call to find out what activities are on offer.
Email cwca1960@outlook.com


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New to Inspiral ! We are delighted to be able to offer you training and qualification in Sports Massage !
Ideal, but not exclusively for, those indulging in regular physical exercise, Sports Massage is a workout for soft tissue - enabling you to support training and recovery, as well as preventing minor injuries from occurring.
We have researched the market for this course locally, and including Anatomy & Physiology, it is averaging out at around £1k.
This course will run from Romford, over the course of two days, plus you will require case studies to complete, and your A&P course booked and prior to issuing the qualification, completed prior to the first date, which is the 13th of April !


BRUSSELS — The European Central Bank stepped up pressure on Thursday for a joint guarantee for bank deposits across the euro zone, saying Europe needed new tools to fight bank runs as the bloc's debt crisis drives investors to flee risk.
The European Commission's top economic official, Olli Rehn, warned that the single currency area could disintegrate without stronger crisis-fighting mechanisms and tough fiscal discipline.
The twin warnings came as worries about Spain's banks and Greece's survival in the euro area pushed the euro to a two-year low against the dollar and hastened a rush into safe-haven assets such as Austrian and French bonds, whose 10-year yields hit a euro-era low.
Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks moved more money abroad in March faster than at any time since records began in 1990, official figures showed.
The 66.2 billion euros ($82.0 billion) net capital flight occurred before the nationalisation of Spain's fourth biggest lender, Bankia <B KIA.M>, in May due to massive losses from a burst property bubble.
MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks are squirreling money abroad at the fastest rate since records began, figures showed on Thursday, and the credit ratings of eight regions were cut.
Spain is the next country in the firing line of the euro zone's debt crisis, with spendthrift regions and shaky banks threatening to blow a hole in state finances and pushing funding costs towards levels that signal the need for a bailout.
The European Commission gave new help on Wednesday, offering direct aid from a euro zone rescue fund to recapitalize Spanish banks and more time for Madrid to reduce its budget deficit.
The euro fell to the lowest in almost two years against the dollar as Spain struggled to rescue its troubled banks, adding to signs the European debt crisis is spreading to the region's larger economies.
The 17-nation currency slid for a seventh day versus the yen, the longest losing streak in four months, after Italy sold less than its maximum target at a debt auction. The yen and dollar strengthened as investors sought safer assets after a European report showed economic confidence dropped more than economists estimated in May. Asian currencies weakened, pushing the Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index to the lowest level since September 2010.
Analysis by US based Greenwich Associates into foreign exchange data from the past 13 years leads it to conclude that FX markets will survive any Greek exit from the euro relatively unscathed.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/euro-hit-by-spain-woes-facebook-drops-20120530-1zhvo.html The euro neared a two-year low on Tuesday as investors fretted about Spain's troubled banking system.
Already down sharply by midday, the euro fell further below $US1.25 after Egan-Jones Ratings cut Spain's credit score for the third time in less than a month, saying the need to support Spanish banks was putting new strains on public finances.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18233033 The premium for Spain's 10-year bond over its German equivalent rose to 5.05 percentage points, the highest since the euro was formed..
...In plain terms, by mid-June, Greece could very well be controlled by an anti-austerity, anti-bailout party that wants to completely do away with the second Greek bailout (which means a potential disorderly default).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18074674 What could happen if Greece leaves the Euro?
http://www.economonitor.com/nouriel/2012/05/17/greece-must-exit/ The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: it is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default on its debt and exit the eurozone.
Postponing the exit after the June election with a new government committed to a variant of the same failed policies (recessionary austerity and structural reforms) will not restore growth and competitiveness. Greece is stuck in a vicious cycle of insolvency, lost competitiveness, external deficits, and ever-deepening depression. The only way to stop it is to begin an orderly default and exit, coordinated and financed by the European Central Bank, the European Union, and the International Monetary Fund (the "Troika"), that minimizes collateral damage to Greece and the rest of the eurozone.
Merkel confirmed that nothing will happen at today's EU summit in statements made to reporters.
According to German newspaper Die Zeit, the European Central Bank has already set up a crisis committee to prepare for a possible Greek exit from the eurozone.
A Eurogroup draft document seen by Reuters suggested that the European Union offer Greece €50 billion to leave the euro quietly (via ForexLive).
Clemens Fuest, a senior advisor to the German Finance Ministry, told us that the German government is not as resolute about Greece sticking to its current bailout plan as they'd like everyone to believe.
Investors are chattering about an unconfirmed report that Merkel is proposing some kind of bank deposit guarantee program.
Hollande told reporters that while he's not expecting EU leaders to endorse eurobonds today, they could make some progress on this issue in June (via @ItalianPolitics).
Citi Chief Economist said that his team now believes Greece will leave the EMU on January 1, 2013, or else early next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says a Greek exit from the euro would have a "very unpredictable knock on effect" on the global economy.
ROME/HELSINKI, May 24 (Reuters) - At least half of euro zone governments as well as banks and large companies are making contingency plans in case Greece decides to leave the single currency area, even though the preferred option is still for Athens to keep the euro.
Italy's Deputy Economy Minister Vittorio Grilli said his country was ready for such a possibility, if Greek voters on June 17 give power to parties that reject reforms agreed with the EU and IMF in exchange for emergency loans.
There are lots of ideas meant to help traders make money, but it is easy to see why expert advisor systems stand out among them as being so appealing for so many traders. Although this type of technology was first implemented in the futures market, the currency exchange market quickly saw the advantages to these programs and eagerly stepped up in implementing them. Their growing popularity on the forex market shows how useful the systems can be for traders who use them.
Depending on the system's available features and level of technological support for the software, expert advisor systems will support at least most of the indicators commonly used on the currency market: types of averages (exponential moving average, weighted moving average, simple moving average, triangular, variable and time series moving average), Wilder's average true range, standard deviation, mass index, trailing stops, vertical horizontal filter, fixed stops and limits, and many more. They can perform trading operations in real time. In other words, it only takes seconds, so the trader doesn't have to wait for the trade to go through. It also allows for greater diversification of trading and being capable of analyzing data over very short periods of time. That creates more investment opportunities and the potential for profit both in local markets and internationally. Expert advisor programs allow short term data analysis, which was not possible until the automated systems were produced and gives the trader an edge in that he can now easily predict market trends within a short period of time and react accordingly.
One of the greatest benefits of these systems is that they increase daily trades to a large degree. This is the logical result of transaction execution times dropping from seconds to a few fractions of a second. More trades to go through per trader in a twenty-four hour period. Correspondingly, the number of traders is going up all the time, which further allows the market to expand even more and move even more quickly.
Forex expert advisors instantly execute every transaction, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, where a human trader would have to sleep or spend time with his family instead of checking the market. The programs adhere to the usual trading rules and follow the same indicators as manual traders. They offer access to a number of different functions, including money management, automatic trailing stops, discretionary market orders and limit and/or stop orders, and provide various indicators for technical analysis to give the human trader the chance to study current trends and then develop strategies based on those trends for future trading.
Technology is constantly changing and improving. As more and more investors learn how to take advantage of its benefits, expert advisors will continue to help the market develop, making it even easier for people to profit from foreign currency trading.
(Reuters) - Banks are quietly readying themselves to start trading a new Greek currency. Some banks never erased the drachma from their systems afterGreece adopted the euro more than a decade ago and would be ready at the flick of a switch if its debt problems forced it to bring back national banknotes and coins.


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At Audiograft 2012, Felicity Ford and Stavroula Kounadea performed their new work, "Towards an Excellent Finish". This piece included a sewing machine, a handbuilt Atari Punk Console, and a Dictaphone containing a software cassette for creating "classic knitting patterns" made for the Spectrum 48k computer. A light-sensor attached to the sewing machine, 2 contact microphones, and an electronic coil were also fed into the mixing desk where Ford mixed the sounds, while Kounadea employed scissors, pins, fabric, and her sewing machine to make the piece.
A phono-cable from the main output on the mixing desk to the line-in on a FOSTEX FR-2LE allowed Ford to capture the sounds of the electronic signals of which the piece was ultimately comprised, but Valeria Merlini made some recordings from the point of view of the audience, using a Zoom H4, with an Audio Technica BP4029 stereo shotgun microphone. This set-up allowed Merlini to capture some of the ambience in the room, and also to focus in on specific sounds, such as the sewing machine pedal being put to use, the audience surrounding the performance, and the texture of the cheap amplifier which the duo used to amplify their sonic materials.
Comparing the desk recording with the field-recordings Merlini made during the performance is interesting; the desk sounds have an electronic purity about them and give a very detailed representation in particular of the electronically-generated sounds, such as those produced by the Atari Punk Console. However the desk recording also totally lacks any sense of space, air, or acoustics. Contrastingly, the field-recordings created by Merlini are full of atmosphere, and reveal many of the sounds heard during the performance which the desk recording failed to pick up. Examples include audience sounds; the sound of the sewing-machine pedal being operated; and the resonant sounds of the mechanisms inside the sewing machine reverberating as Kounadea used it. Both are useful for the future development of the work; the desk-recording gives an idea of how well the levels were mixed during the piece, while the field-recording is useful for showing how the performance sounded in a real place.
Roughly one minute of each recording is included here, for comparison and interest. What do you make of the difference?