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Urgent Support Needed: One in Five Reptile Species Face Extinction
TOPICS:ExtinctionReptilesThe Conversation
By Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University July 3, 2022
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Reptiles, the majority of which are predators, are cold-blooded and scaly animals. Their ranks include some of the most deadly and venomous creatures on Earth, including the saltwater crocodile and spitting cobra.
Many of these fascinating creatures are feared by humans and live in difficult-to-access areas such as swamps. Compared with birds, amphibians, and mammals, very little data is available on the distribution, population size, and extinction risk of reptiles. As a result, wildlife conservationists have largely helped reptiles indirectly in the past by meeting the needs of other animals (for food and habitat for example) living in similar places.
Now, a first-of-its-kind global assessment of more than 10,000 species of reptiles (around 90% of the known total) has revealed that 21% need urgent support to prevent them from becoming extinct. But since reptiles are so diverse, ranging from lizards and snakes to turtles and crocodiles, the threats to the survival of each species are likely to be equally varied.
Here are five important findings the new study has revealed.
Crocodiles and turtles among most threatened
Well over half (58%) of all crocodile species and 50% of all turtles are at risk of extinction, making them the most threatened among reptiles. This is comparable to the most threatened groups of amphibians and mammals, so reptiles are not faring any better than other animals.
The biggest threats to crocodiles and turtles are hunting and the illegal wildlife trade. This trade, often to supply distant customers with pets (or luxury handbags), threatens 31% of turtles. They are also the groups of reptiles most frequently associated with wetlands, habitats that are under siege globally by the development of urban space and farmland, as well as climate change.
The tuatara is the only survivor of an ancient order of reptiles called the Rhynchocephalia, which roamed the Earth alongside dinosaurs around 200 million years ago.
To help you understand how isolated this species is in evolutionary terms, rodents belong to a single order which makes up 40% of mammals. Thankfully, populations of this species have stabilized, largely due to the protection they have received by law since 1895, which makes it an offense to kill individuals or their eggs or to take them from the wild.
Tuataras, which are greenish brown and grey, measure up to 80 cm (32 inches) from head to tail and have a spiny crest along their backs, were once widespread across New Zealand but became extinct on the main islands around 200 years ago – the same time that invasive rats, brought there by European colonizers, became established. Conservation efforts, such as captive breeding and targeted reintroductions, have meant that tuataras are once again breeding in the wild on New Zealand's North Island.
Interestingly, this species has one of the longest lifespans of any reptile (more than 100 years) and a body temperature of around 10 °C (50 °F) – more than 10 °C (18 °F) lower than most reptiles.
Tuataras can continue breeding well past their 100th birthday.
Habitat destruction the biggest threat overall
Habitat loss, caused by expanding farmlands, urbanization, and logging, contributes more to the extinction risk of most reptiles than any other factor. Other major threats include the displacement of native reptiles by invasive species and hunting. These threats are all human-induced and pose a problem for all other groups of animals.
Most threatened in the tropics
South-east Asia, west Africa, Madagascar, and the Caribbean are hotspots for reptiles at risk of extinction. According to the new assessment, some of these areas contain twice as many threatened reptiles as those from other groups of animals.
More than half of threatened reptile species live in forests, where habitat destruction is a looming threat. The picture is similar for birds and mammals, so conserving forested areas for one group of species will help to protect them all.
Cold-blooded reptiles must warm up in the sun to function properly. But if they are heated above their optimum temperature, their metabolism is less efficient and they need to move into the shade to cool down.
Increasing global temperatures reduce the windows available to reptiles for daily foraging – when it is not too cold but not too hot either – and shrink their habitable range overall. For some reptile species, ambient temperature influences the sex of offspring. Cooler temperatures cause many turtle eggs to develop into males, so climate change may see male turtles die out.
A male-female imbalance could prevent populations reproducing.
What's good for other animals…
Where reptiles are restricted to a particular range – endemic to a single small island, for example – the species is generally so specialized that a conservation effort focused on the needs of that species is prudent.
But on the whole, birds and mammals are good surrogates for the conservation of reptiles, despite being so different. This is because the threats imposed on all groups of animals are broadly the same. Conservation efforts employed for one species can benefit all.
While this new assessment casts more light than has ever been shed before on the plight of the world's scaly masses, it nevertheless shares universal lessons for what's needed to preserve Earth's biodiversity: space and freedom from persecution in a stable climate.
Written by Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University.
This article was first published in The Conversation.
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2 Comments on "Urgent Support Needed: One in Five Reptile Species Face Extinction"
Clyde Spencer | July 4, 2022 at 9:45 am | Reply
"… to prevent them from GOING extinct."
It is grammatically correct to say that someone is "going hiking." However, "Extinct" is a state of (non)being. Therefore, the correct grammatical construction is "becoming extinct," not "going extinct." I rarely see anyone using the correct grammatical construction. Even scientists, who are supposedly well-educated, make the mistake. It speaks poorly of the state of our educational system.
Colin Collins | July 4, 2022 at 3:38 pm | Reply
Thanks for pointing this out, the article has been corrected.


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La Fracción de izquierda del PCd'I (en italiano: Frazione di sinistra del PCd'I) fue una organización política constituida a Pantin (suburbio de París) en el abril de 1928, por iniciativa de algunos comunistas de izquierda italianos, exiliados en Francia y en Bélgica.

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La Fracción nació después de más de cinco años de enfrentamientos al interior del Partido Comunista de Italia, que vieron la creciente contraposición entre el originario liderazgo de izquierda y la tendencia de "centro" de Gramsci y Togliatti, sostenida por el Internacional Comunista (IC). El contraste, surgido al tercer Congreso del IC (junio 1921), concernía la táctica del "frente único" con la socialdemocracia, que habría frustrado los fundamentos políticos y teóricos, que eran a la base del PCd'I.

La afirmación de la corriente de "centro" en el tercer Congreso del partido (Lyon, 20-26 de enero de 1926) redujo al mínimo los espacios políticos de la izquierda, provocando en los ambientes de la emigración comunista presiones escisionistas, como aquella de Michelangelo Pappalardi que, en el julio 1927, rompió con el Partido y constituyó los Grupos de Vanguardia Comunista (GAC). La tendencia de Ottorino Perrone, por mucho que intentó permanecer en el partido - según la indicación de Amadeo Bordiga – maduró la decisión de constituir la Fracción, cuando el IX Ejecutivo Ampliado (15 de febrero de 1928) del IC impuso a los militantes de los partidos comunistas el aut aut de la condena de León Trotski.

A la Fracción, adhirieron aproximadamente doscientos militantes, que formaron cuatro Federaciones (París, Lyon, Bruselas y Nueva York), según una estructura organizativa centralizada y a base territorial; Aldo Lecci asumió un rol significativo al interior de su comité central. Del 1928 al 1937, la Fracción publicó el quincenal en lengua italiana "Prometeo" y, desde el 1933, la revista teórica "Bilan" que, en el 1938, fue sustituida por "Octobre". La Fracción se puso el objetivo de constituir una tendencia de izquierda internacional, sobre la base de los principios establecidos de los primeros dos Congresos del IC y en oposición a la "construcción del socialismo en un solo País", sostenida por Stalin. Con este objetivo, forjó relaciones con otras formaciones de oposición de izquierda, especialmente trotskistas, sin lograr resultados apreciables, como León Trotski, defensor de la táctica del "frente único", privilegiado las relaciones con la Nueva Oposición Italiana.

Para dar voz al debate internacional, al finales del 1933, la Fracción fundó la revista "Bilan" (Bulletin théorique de la Fraction de gauche du PCI), que publicó escritos de exponentes de otras tendencias, entre los cuales Adhémar Hennaut, de la Ligue des Communistes Internationalistes de Bélgica. En el verano del 1935, tras la entrada de la URSS en la Sociedad de las Naciones (16 de septiembre de 1934) y a la táctica del Frente poblar, lanzada por el VII Congreso del IC (julio de 1935), la Fracción rompió definitivamente con los partidos comunistas y asumió el nombre de Fracción Italiana de la Izquierda Comunista.

La Guerra civil española (julio 1936) provocó una escisión vertical: la tendencia representada por Ottorino Perrone y Virgilio Verdaro vio en el conflicto español el primer paso hacia el choque interimperialista, en el que el proletariado debía asumir su propia independencia política; La tendencia de Mario De Leone y Enrico Russo en cambio argumentó que se podía abrir un espacio en España para una salida revolucionaria y decidió intervenir, política y militarmente, una decisión que provocó la separación formal entre las dos tendencias. La evolución de la situación española llevó algunas minorías (en Bélgica, una parte de la Ligue des Communistes Internationalistes y, en México, el Grupo de Trabajadores marxistas - GTM) a adherirse a las posiciones de la Fracción que, al inicio del 1938, constituyó el Bureau internacional de las fracciones de izquierda. Fue suprimido entonces "Bilan" y sustituido con "Octobre".

Frente a la inminente guerra mundial, la Fracción tuvo una orientación contradictoria. La mayoría se alineó con la tesis de Ottorino Perrone, según la cual el capitalismo había entrado en una nueva fase en la que los tradicionales contrastes imperialistas por la división de los mercados se veían ensombrecidos, ya que prevalecía la "solidaridad intercapitalista" contra la clase obrera. En consecuencia, las potencias capitalistas, para evitar generalizaciones peligrosas, intentaron localizar las guerras, con la ventaja de "volcar sus conflictos en áreas donde no se enfrentan directamente" y apoyar sus economías, gracias a la producción de armas. El corolario de la tesis de Perrone fue la "desaparición del proletariado como clase durante la guerra" que, con la invasión alemana de Polonia, condujo a la disolución de la Izquierda Comunista internacional, a pesar de la fuerte oposición de una consistente minoría. Esta última argumentó que la conflagración mundial conduciría a la derrota de los estados fascistas y, en consecuencia, propuso "Crear el partido del proletariado para la revolución (...) y, en el nuevo entusiasmo, construir un frente sindical unido con las organizaciones proletarias ".

Con la ocupación alemana de Bélgica y de Francia (mayo-junio de 1940), los militantes se vieron obligados a esconderse y, solo a fines de 1940, algunos de ellos lograron reconstituir, en Marsella, un primer embrión organizativo de la Izquierda italiana, alrededor del cual también se reunieron militantes franceses que, en diciembre de 1944, se formaron en París la Fraction Française de la Gauche Communiste (FFGC). Al final de la guerra, parte de los militantes de la FFGC se adhirieron al Partido Comunista Internacionalista, una minoría disidente constituyó la Gauche Communiste de France (GCF - Izquierda Comunista de Francia).

Véase también
 Izquierda comunista italiana

Fuentes y documentos

 La vita delle frazioni della Sinistra comunista internazionale (en «Octobre», órgano mensual del Bureau International des Fractions de la Gauche Communiste, n.1, febrero 1938).

 Bourrinet Philippe, La Izquierda Comunista Internacional, Corriente comunista internacional, Nápoles, 1984.
 La Fracción de izquierda del PC de Italia y la Oposición internacional de izquierda, 1929-1933, ed. Corriente Comunista Internacional, Nápoles 2003.

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Partidos comunistas de Italia
Partidos políticos desaparecidos de Italia
Izquierda comunista

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Joshi A, Watts CR (2018). A Comparison of Indirect and Direct Methods for Estimating Transglottal Airflow Rate. Journal of Voice. 32(6):655-659
Watts CR, Dumican MJ (2018). The Effect of Transcutaneous Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Laryngeal Vestibule Closure Timing in Swallowing. BMC Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders, 18(5): 1-7.
Watts CR, Awan SN, Maryn Y (2017). A Comparison of Cepstral Peak Prominence Measures from Two Acoustic Analysis Programs. Journal of Voice. 31(3): 387.e1-387
Gaskill C, Awan JA, Awan SN, Watts CR (2017). Acoustic and perceptual classification of within-sample normal, intermittently dysphonic, and consistently dysphonic voice types. Journal of Voice, 31(2): 218-228.
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Watts CR, Kelly B (2015). The Effect of Bolus Consistency and Sex on Electrophysiological Measures of Hyolaryngeal Muscle Activity During Swallowing. Dysphagia, 30(5): 551-557.
Watts CR, Ronshaugen R, Saenz D (2015). The Effect of Age and Vocal Task on Cepstral/Spectral Measures of Vocal Function in Adult Males. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 29(6): 415-423.
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Democracy in Classical Athens
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by Carey, Christopher (Classicist)
Politics and government,
Statement Christopher Carey
Series Classical world series, Classical world series
LC Classifications JC75.D36 C344 2017
Pagination x, 181 pages
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Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer
Caldric Randall has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer for the Isle of Man Government.
Mr Randall is a Fellow of the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), qualifying in 2000, and has been at the Isle of Man Government since 2008. He started as the Chief Internal Auditor, before progressing onto the role of Financial Controller, a post he held for four years.
Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan MHK said:
"I am delighted that Caldric has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, following a robust recruitment process. I know that he is committed to ensuring financial sustainability and credibility for the long term future of the Island.
"I would like to thank Sheila Lowe for her outstanding contribution to Government and the Treasury."
Caldric Randall said:
"I am delighted and proud to have been appointed. I look forward to continuing to build on the firm financial foundations that are in place which have allowed the Island to prosper and grow.
There are currently many economic uncertainties in play across the globe which may impact on the Isle of Man. It is vital that we continue to ensure that our fiscal planning and strategies are robust so that we are able to deal with whatever outcomes prevail.
The immediate priority for me will be the presentation of the 2019 Budget to Tynwald in February and I look forward to supporting the Minister with its delivery."
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Q: Ui mask and datepicker in angular here is the same question : Angular UI Bootstrap date-picker Combined With UI.Mask
and i can't find any soloution for that .
here is my plunk : http://plnkr.co/edit/i8TBYPonHd1ZxZc9Sac2?p=preview

       <input type="text" class="form-control" ui-mask="9999/99/99" datepicker-popup="{{format}}" ng-model="dt" is-open="opened" min-date="minDate" max-date="'2015-06-22'" datepicker-options="dateOptions" date-disabled="disabled(date, mode)" ng-required="true" close-text="Close" />

         <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-click="open($event)"></button>

the problem is these two directive don't work perfectly together .
Any idea ?
Many thanks

A: This worked for me:
angular.module('app', [])
    .config(function ($provide) {

      $provide.decorator('datepickerPopupDirective', function ($delegate) {
        var directive = $delegate[0];
        var link = directive.link;

        directive.compile = function () {
          return function (scope, element, attrs) {
            link.apply(this, arguments);
            element.mask("99/99/9999");
          };
        };

        return $delegate;
      });
    });

I found this answer here:
Angular UI Bootstrap date-picker Combined With UI.Mask

A: Just add the jquery.maskedinput.js script.

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Biden Administration Aims to Reverse Business Immigration Roadblocks
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The Biden administration has committed to dissolve certain business immigration roadblocks implemented under the Trump administration. Restrictive executive orders, policy memorandums and agency rules have been used over the past four years to make business immigration more difficult.
Specifically, in April 2017, the tone was set through the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order, which directs the federal government to prioritize the interests of U.S. workers in the administration of our business immigration system. Some BAHA rules have been litigated and their implementation enjoined through court order. Still, persistent restriction has caused serious challenges for foreign national workers, their families and employers in all sectors that seek to hire and retain foreign national talent.
In stark contrast to the current approach, President-elect Joe Biden believes that employing foreign nationals is good for the U.S. economy. In Biden's immigration plan, he cites research that indicates, "the total annual contribution of foreign-born workers to the U.S. is roughly $2 trillion." The Biden administration should be able to easily reverse current rules and policies because they were done through executive order rather than legislation.
Specifically, the Biden administration plans to restore Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs, granting continued work authorization and protection against removal for qualifying individuals. Moreover, the president-elect is expected to reverse the recent public charge rule, which expanded the meaning of the "public charge" ground of inadmissibility and granted immigration officers heightened discretion to determine whether a person is likely to become dependent on certain government benefits in the future.
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Biden also plans to: rescind the proposed "duration of status" rule that negatively affects foreign students and exchange visitors; reaffirm the rule allowing employment authorization for certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants; and rescind the proposed rule on the collection and use of biometric data in the enforcement and administration of immigration laws.
Regarding international travel restrictions, in addition to rescinding the often referred to "Muslim ban," the Biden administration intends to evaluate and possibly rescind other existing travel bans and visa moratoriums, which have caused significant restraints on global mobility for multinational companies.
The travel restrictions in place due to the pandemic may take time to overturn as the global health situation evolves.
Importantly, the president-elect plans to rescind (or not defend) the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's rule on Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program and the accompanying Department of Labor wage rule, which have already been invalidated by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The first rule would have changed the definition of an H-1B "specialty occupation" to make the visa classification more restrictive. The DOL rule increased prevailing wages exponentially, which severely limited employers' ability to hire individuals in H-1B, E-3 or H-1B1 status or pursue employment-based green cards.
CERIDWEN KOSKI
After taking urgent action to undo intensive immigration restrictions, the president-elect proposes new measures aimed to reform and expand our employment-based immigration system. He vows to work with Congress to improve temporary visas, aiming to establish a wage-based allocation process and fair mechanisms to ensure wages align with the labor market and do not undermine U.S. worker wages. Biden supports expanding the number of high-skilled visas and eliminating the limits on employment-based immigrant visas (green cards) by country, which currently create unacceptably long backlogs for certain foreign-born workers. Some of the president-elect's creative policy proposals include making it easier for foreign nationals who graduate from U.S. Ph.D. programs in STEM fields to be eligible for permanent residency and also creating a new visa category for cities and counties to hire foreign-born workers to help support the region's economic development strategy and growth. Implementation of new legislation and comprehensive immigration reform will require an agreement from Congress.
Beyond these business-immigration initiatives, the president-elect intends to take the following urgent immigration actions within the first 100 days of his presidency:
• reverse family separation policies at the border;
• restore the ability for asylum-seekers who are victims of gang violence and domestic violence to qualify for asylum on the basis of membership in a "particular social group"; and
• end the policy of limiting the number of asylum applications accepted each day; and streamline and improve the nationalization process, making citizenship more accessible to green card holders.
ANNA ANGEL
Biden aims to direct immigration enforcement efforts toward threats to national security and public safety. Importantly, he plans to end workplace raids, ensuring that "threats based on workers' status do not interfere with their ability to organize and improve wages and working conditions." The Biden administration need not pass large-scale bipartisan legislation to make meaningful changes in the business immigration world. By turning back the aforementioned policies, in addition to easing restrictive adjudication policies at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, employers and employees could see harsh roadblocks dissolve quickly.
— Ceridwen Koski is a shareholder in Ogletree Deakins' Denver office, who partners with clients to create and implement strategic and innovative workforce immigration solutions; Ann Lee is an of counsel in Ogletree Deakins' Denver office and provides strategic counseling on employment-based non-immigrant, immigrant, and compliance matters to major multinational corporate clients; and Anna Angel is an associate in Ogletree Deakins' Denver office, and her practice focuses on business immigration matters.
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BP: Oil Demand to Peak by 2040, With 5x Growth in Renewables
Lorraine Chow
Feb. 21, 2018 12:50PM EST Energy
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BP predicted that global oil consumption is likely to peak by the late 2030s partly due to the rise in renewable energy, electric vehicles and increasing regulations on single-use plastics.
The British oil giant released its "Energy Outlook" on Tuesday forecasting that demand for oil will peak at about 110 million barrels per day between 2035 and 2040 before gradually slowing and plateauing. Consumption is currently around 97 million barrels per day.
BP's annual Energy Outlook is based on predictions from its "Evolving Transition" scenario, which reflects government policies, technological and societal trends.
For one, BP predicts consumers will start shifting to electric vehicles, from 2 million EVs on the road in 2016 to more than 300 million by 2040.
Still, that 300 million figure only represents a 15 percent chunk of the predicted 2 billion passengers cars that will be on the road by 2040, meaning there's still a long way to go before the death of crude, BP execs say.
"The suggestion that rapid growth in electric cars will cause oil demand to collapse just isn't supported by the basic numbers—even with really rapid growth," BP's chief economist Spencer Dale noted to the Telegraph.
"Even in the scenario where we see an ICE [internal combustion engines] ban and very high efficiency standards, oil demand is still higher in 2040 than it is today."
Furthermore, the report's Evolving Transition scenario does predict that carbon emissions will continue to rise, as seen in the graph below:
"ET" = Evolving Transition
Bob Dudley, BP's CEO, noted that while there has been political and technological progress in slowing the growth of carbon emissions, "this slowing falls well short of the sharp drop in carbon emissions thought necessary to achieve the Paris climate goals."
As the BBC pointed out from the outlook, BP expects carbon emissions to rise 10 percent by 2040—which would fail the emissions pledges made in Paris. The company suggests that reducing oil output of 85 million barrels per day would satisfy the goals of the global climate accord.
On a positive note, BP recognizes that renewable energy is the fastest-growing fuel source and will increase five-fold by 2040 to meet about 14 percent of the world's primary energy consumption. That would explain why BP is betting some of its chips in this sector. Bloomberg reported that BP recently bought a $200 million stake in British solar developer Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd. and is considering a bid for Terra Firma's Rete Rinnovabile Srl, a solar company based in Italy.
Other measures are also putting a dent in oil demand. Dale told the Guardian that increasing regulations on plastics, such as bans on plastic bags, could mean 2 million barrels per day lower oil demand growth by 2040.
"Just around the world you see increasing awareness of the environmental damage associated with plastics and different types of packaging of one form of another," he told the Guardian.
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Friedrich Conrad Krüger (* 18. Juli 1765 in Stettin; † 27. März 1807 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Zeichner, Kupferstecher und Maler.

Er war der Sohn des Kupferstechers Johann Conrad Krüger. Er studierte an der Berliner Akademie der Künste und besuchte 1882 auch Kurse für Geometrie und Anatomie. Von 1786 bis 1802 beteiligte er sich an den Ausstellungen der Akademie. Er schuf vorrangig Porträts und Genrebilder.

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THINK: This is such a powerful passage of Scripture. It is hard not to be overwhelmed by God's love and faithfulness when you read it. Chapter 13 lays bare the rebellion of God's people and the way that their affluence and peace caused them to pridefully believe that they did not need him. Continually God provided. Continually God protected. Continually God loved. Continually God blessed. And how did they respond? They turned their backs on him, ignored him, rejected him, and chased after the world.
It is almost incomprehensible to think that the nation of Israel would do that. How stupid could they be, right? I have a difficult time wrapping my mind around it until I think about my own life. I think about how God has never forsaken me, not for one single moment. I think about the countless ways in which he has shown faithfulness, love, protection, and provision to me. And then I consider my sin. The times, even today, when I have turned my back, when I have chased after worthless things, when I have swelled up with pride and believed that I don't need God at all. I am Israel. They are me. And we are both so pitiful!
And then I read Hosea 14 and it completely overwhelms me. I can barely get through that chapter on an emotional level every time I come to it. Because God doesn't just leave Israel – or me or you – in that pitiful spot. He doesn't just abandon us to the brokenness we've chosen. He doesn't give up on us even when everything about us indicates we're worth giving up on. Instead, he loves.
And in Hosea 14:4-5 he makes 3 powerful "I will" statements that form an incredible foundation of hope for sinners like us. He says, "I will heal their waywardness, I will love them freely, and I will be like the dew to them." It is no mistake that these promises are arranged in this order. Instead, it is a very intentional way of God communicate hope to his people.
Mercy. Love. Refreshment. The past is wiped out, the present is love, and the future is glory. His mercy covers us, his love defines us, and his sovereignty guarantees that all things will be made new! That is a hope for wayward sinners that cannot be found anywhere else. It is only in the Creator God who loves us so passionately that he never stops pursuing us, even to the point of death.
If that doesn't shake you up and break you down and totally overwhelm you, nothing will.
PRAY: Just sit in awe of God's love for you and faithfulness to you. Let is wash over you right now. Drown yourself in it. Let his mercy engulf you. Let his love define you. Worship him for being the one who makes all things new.
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While you are on your adventurous yet dangerous journey in Far Cry 5, always be on the look for more than just the usual cultists. A bundle of secret references to some other games, previous references in the Far Cry series and mentions of some other books and movies have been dispersed all over the game's map. Easter Eggs are not new to Far Cry and have been a part of the game for quite some time. However the Easter Eggs in Far Cry 5 are much harder to locate compared to those in the previous versions of the game. A number of these Easter Eggs will help you find hidden destinations.
The Blood Dragon reference was a humorous par of the Far Cry series. You will find the Blood Dragon reference in the game when you go right of the Hope County in Herbane river. There you will see the director Guy Marvel shouting at a couple of his employees. Helping him out will earn you a nice attire as well as start a series of exciting missions.
The late author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury is also given a tribute in the game in the form of Bradbury farms which can by reached if you decide complete some missions in Holland Valley.
Another Easter Egg is in the form of the secret ending of the game. This can be unfolded by not deciding to cuff Joseph seed altogether and the game will end there.
A reference or flashback to Far Cry 2 comes forward in the shape of a book that is found somewhere on the floor of a detainment center in Herbane river reigon. Everyone who might have played Far Cry 2 remembers how much Malaria was a nuisance back then.
You can Find Hurk, a Gun For Hire, from Far Cry 3 in the Whiteall mountains. At the back of Hurk's house in the Whiteall Mountains you can come across some boxes that have things which he has collected from all of his journeys.


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John Marshall LL.D.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Stone, William L. (William Leete) (1792-1844)
Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David) (1769-1834)
Durand, Asher Brown (1796-1886)
Inman, Henry (1801-1846)
Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common council of the city of New York, and presented to the mayor of the city, at the celebration of the completion of the New York canals
Stone, William L. (William Leete) (1792-1844) (Author)
Colden, Cadwallader D. (Cadwallader David) (1769-1834) (Author)
Durand, Asher Brown (1796-1886) (Engraver)
Inman, Henry (1801-1846) (Artist)
Place: New York
Publisher: Printed by order of the corporation of New York
Shelf locator: MEZO (Colden, C. D. Memoir)
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Content: Print inserted as extra-illustration.
Content: Print bears facsimile signature.
Citation/reference: Deák 339.011
Extent: 1 print ; 11.9 x 19.5 cm.
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2fb7f3b0-c645-012f-5642-58d385a7bc34
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "John Marshall LL.D." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1825. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-7f2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "John Marshall LL.D." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 18, 2022. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-7f2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1825). John Marshall LL.D. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-7f2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Leonard Nimoy tells Trekkies how much he appreciates their support over the many years at a "Star Trek" convention in Rosemont on Sunday, October 2nd.
Bob Kolbe of Chicago takes a photo of friends at the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Gary Barclay prepares to show his fire suit to trekkies in the vending area of the Star Trek convention in Rosemont.
Leonard Nimoy shows a photograph of him as a child before speaking about his photography work over the last 15-years at the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Lou Sadlon of Chicago takes a last minute photo before leaving his camera behind to go into an autograph session with Leonard Nimoy at the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Gary Barclay prepares to show his fire suit to trekkies in the vending area of the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Leonard Nimoy tells Trekkies this will be his last appearance in the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont on Sunday, October 2nd.
Leonard Nimoy tells Trekkies this will be his last appearance at the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Leonard Nimoy tells Trekkies this will be his last appearance in the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Dawna Demster traveled from Atlanta, Georgia to see Leonard Nimoy speak at the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Leonard Nimoy takes a final bow after telling Trekkies this will be his last appearance in the Star Trek convention show in Rosemont.
Jim Domiano of Chicago, and Astrid Dees, center, who traveled from Tennessee, in line to get an autographed photo with Leonard Nimoy at the Star Trek convention in Rosemont. At the right is Damien Siegle of Indiana.


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A woman has described her terror after she stepped out of her car and found a dead Royal Python on the road.
Claire Taylor said she was 'terrified' when she spotted the reptile in Ludbourne Road, in Sherborne.
But Mrs Taylor, from Bradford Abbas, admitted she was relieved when she realised the snake was not moving.
"I found it by the hedges half way up Ludbourne," she said.
"I was terrified! I don't like snakes.
"I'm sad it's dead, but I was kind of glad it wasn't moving when I was next to it!", added Claire, a 40-year-old salon owner.
Like most snakes, this python species is not native to the UK and is believed to be somebody's beloved pet.
Royal Python's are often considered harmless as they do not have a venomous bite or grow large enough to pose a threat of constriction.
We have contacted the RSPCA to ask if any missing python's have been reported in the area.


Description Ingredients 1 cup Dried beans 4 cup Boiling water 1 lb Beef stew meat—cut in 1" Cubes 2 tbl oil 1 lrg Onion -- chopped coarsely 2 lrg potatoes -- pared & cubed 3 x Ribs celery -- cut in 1" Slices 3 med carrots -- pared & sliced 1 cup corn -- fresh or frozen 1 tsp curry powder or...... In Kenya this nourishing stew is a popular way to cook kunde, the Swahili word for black-eyed peas, or cowpeas. Served over rice, it makes makes a full meal.
Kenya recipes offer a lot to choose from. Besides an abundance of delicious assortments of fruit, there are numerous vegetable dishes to ponder about. Besides an abundance of delicious assortments of fruit, there are numerous vegetable dishes to ponder about.
7 Add the steamed cow foot or meat etc to the stew and allow to cook for about 10 8 Add the seasons, magie tablets etc. 9 Allow to cook for about 10 more minutes or till the desired dark brown colour is reached.


Browse for unique items and souvenirs in the bustling bazaars and markets.
Sip coffee in a beautiful coffee house dating back to the time of the British Raj.
Watch artisans making clay idols of deities and demons in the potters' quarter.
Watch the city come to life during this early morning walking tour of Kolkata's bazaars. Follow your local guide through the eclectic stalls of open-air markets and shop for fabrics, handicrafts, souvenirs, spices and dried fruits.
The first stop will be at the Spice/Masala market where you can immerse yourself in the aromas and colours of Indian spices, and discover how they are used in mouth-watering Indian dishes.
At the wholesale fruit market at Machua, see the unusual exotic fruits on sale and witness the bartering and haggling that is part of daily life in the busy markets.
Visit Burra Bazaar and also College Street, famed for its books and believed to be Asia's largest book market. Then rest your feet for a while with a cup of coffee at a beautiful coffee house built during the British Raj.
Fully rejuvenated, continue to the winding lanes of Kumortuli, the historic potters' quarter. Watch skilled artisans crafting hundreds of lavish clay idols without using any modern day machinery. These idols are moulded into gods and goddesses and used in the temples for ceremonial rituals.
Wrap up your Kolkata experience with an authentic Bengali lunch before returning to your hotel.


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Sometimes a married couple approaches their Dallas family law attorney to inquire about options for a legal separation.
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In other circumstances, a couple might be going through a difficult time. They may feel the need to live apart but may be unsure as to whether they are ready to commit to something as permanent as a divorce. In these types of cases, the couple is hoping for some kind of trial separation agreement that could then either be reversed or transformed into an actual agreement for dissolution of the marriage if it comes to that.
In each of these cases, what the couple is hoping for is a legal relationship sanctioned by law in Texas that is something less than marriage, but something more than divorce. While still married, they want to enter into a contract that spells out the issues that are usually specified in a divorce decree, such as child custody, housing, support and other matters.
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Big Papa and the Time Machine
Bernstrom, Daniel
Annotation: Discover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book from Daniel Bernstrom (One Day in the Eucalytus, Eucalyptus Tree) and Shane Evans (Chocolate Me!) that follows a grandfather and grandson who travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford.
Illustrator: Evans, Shane,
ISBN: Publisher: 0-06-246331-4 Perma-Bound: 0-7804-6946-1
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-06-246331-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-7804-6946-4
Dewey: E
African Americans. Juvenile fiction.
Courage. Juvenile fiction.
Time travel. Juvenile fiction.
African Americans. Fiction.
Courage. Fiction.
Time travel. Fiction.
This imaginative and inventive tale walks a child through African American history by way of his grandfather's past. When the nameless child expresses fear about going to school for the first time, his grandfather takes the opportunity to share the story of his own past, turning his classic car into a time machine and using instances of trial and struggle during his lifetime to demonstrate what true bravery looks like. Tying in his personal story of leaving the South as a teenager to find work in the North, meeting his wife at a jazz club, and raising his grandson, the grandfather tells such a moving story that the grandson eventually realizes that courage means being scared but carrying on with the business of growth and change regardless. Each page, illustrated using mixed media, alkyd paint, and digital media tools, glows with warm, translucent tones that nicely tie the eras together and cultivate an embracing, loving atmosphere throughout. An excellent choice for reading with grandparents or for a first-day-of-school storytime.
As Big Papa drives his (unnamed) grandson to school, he learns that the child would rather not go because he's scared. The solution? Big Papa's "time machine"--visually represented by a big-bodied classic car--which gives the child insights into his grandfather's own life and fears. Big Papa's stories take the two back to 1952, as he is leaving his Little Rock home to make his way in the world. To 1955, as he works the perilous job of brick mason on Chicago skyscrapers. To 1957, as he summons up the nerve to dance with the woman who will ultimately become the child's Nana. With each story he tells, his grandson asks about his fears ("Was you scared?"). In response, the older man dispenses down-home wisdom, empowering the youth with every word ("Sometimes you gotta lose the life you have if you ever gonna find the one you want") and with the refrain "That's called being brave." When Big Papa relates his last two memories/fears, it's up to his grandson to remind him about the definition of bravery. Bernstrom's colloquial text captures the warm relationship between Big Papa and his grandson. Punctuated by brilliant yellows and blues, Evans's illustrations of swirling stars and outlined memories evoke the ethereal quality of the journey through time.
Big Papa takes his grandchild back in time to see what bravery looks like in this tender story by Bernstrom (Gator, Gator, Gator!). School-shy, the baseball cap-wearing grandchild admits, -I-m scared I-ll miss you.- Big Papa-s majestic vintage auto takes them into the past-Chicago and Little Rock, Ark., to moments in the 1940s-1980s. In 1952, they see a lady holding a young man -tighter than tight.- -Big Papa? That you?- his grandchild says, -You left your mama!- -Yes,- Big Papa says. He was afraid, -but sometimes you gotta lose the life you have if you ever gonna find the one you want.- Evans (Hands Up!) draws Big Papa at the wheel, a large, reassuring presence, as his grandchild gazes out at the past. Wide angles give the spreads visual power, while soft pastels convey the journey-s otherworldly atmosphere and the stories- intimacy. When the grandchild sees a grown man snatch a paper out of young Big Papa-s hands in 1941--See this cotton, and see that field?- the man tells young Big Papa. -Look at it. This is your school--the grandchild understands why his grand-
K-Gr 3 Bernstrom's ( One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree ) latest book digs deep, with a story about a child facing fears by discovering a grandfather's difficult past. An unnamed, ungendered child is nervous about starting school, so they're taken for a ride with Big Papa in his old blue car. As they move through the grandfather's past, leaving the South in the 1950's as a young man and eventually becoming the caregiver of the child, it is revealed that Big Papa was never able to attend school. In the first-person narrative, written largely in dialogue that features African American Vernacular English, the child poses questions, and the knowing grandparent responds with sage, though not preachy, one-liners. "Sometimes you gotta walk with giants if you ever gonna find out what you made of." The big and bold mixed-media illustrations in Evans's signature style animate the story in a joyous way that uplifts the text. Big Papa is a bearded, brown-skinned man, wearing overalls and a bow tie, and the child resembles the character in Evans's Mixed Me . The notion of time-travel appears fluid; the events of the past occur outside of the car in muted colors. A powerful penultimate spread shows Big Papa's stoic face, a lone teardrop only visible through the rear view mirror. The underlying thread is an encouraging message of facing one's fear, and a constant presence of familial love. VERDICT A unique perspective in a beautifully executed book about starting school. A must-purchase. Clara Hendricks, Cambridge Public Library, MA
School Library Journal Starred Review (1/1/20)
ALA Booklist (12/1/19)
Horn Book (4/1/20)
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.5 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 509053 / grade: Lower Grades
Discover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book from Daniel Bernstrom ( One Day in the Eucalytus, Eucalyptus Tree ) and Shane Evans ( Chocolate Me ) that follows a grandfather and grandson who travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford. A little boy who lives with his grandpa isn't reprimanded for being afraid to go to school one day. Instead, Big Papa takes him away in his time machine--a 1952 Ford--back to all of the times when he, himself, was scared of something life was handing him. Full of heartfelt moments and thrilling magical realism, Big Papa and the Time Machine speaks to the African American experience in a touching dialogue between two family members from different generations, and emerges as a voice that shares history and asks questions about one family's experience in 20th-century black America. "Wasn't you scared?" "Oh, I was scared," Big Papa said. "Sometimes you gotta walk with giants if you ever gonna know what you made of. That's called being brave."