Silicone Hydrogel contact lenses were a breath of fresh air for eye care patients when they were brought onto the market in 1999. They are made of high oxygen-permeable plastic that allows up to seven times more oxygen to flow into the cornea than conventional contacts, and they are described as 100 percent more comfortable. Half of all contacts today are made of silicone hydrogel, and many eye care practitioners believe that within the next few years, more patients will be wearing silicone hydrogel lenses than any other lens material.
There are three types of silicone hydrogel lenses available. They are spherical, toric, and bifocal. The difference among these contact lenses is how long they are meant to be worn. Patients can choose among daily disposals, six-day extended wear, two-week daily wear, or thirty-day continuous and daily wear lenses. To determine which lens would benefit you, talk to your doctor about your options, taking into account the sensitivity of your eyes.
Ciba Focus Night & Day; approved for up to thirty day continuous wear.
Ciba 02 Optic and Airoptix Aqua; approved for two week daily wear or up to six nights of extended wear.
Acuvue Oasys; approved for two week daily wear use or six night extended wear and designed to be wetter than the others.
Coopervision Avaira; at this time approved only for daily wear and two week replacement.
Ciba Airoptix for astigmatism: approved for two to four week replacement and up to six nights of extended wear.
Acuvue Oasys for astigmatism: approved for two weeks of daily wear or up to six nights of extended wear.
There is one silicone hydrogel multifocal, the Purevision Multifocal: approved for daily wear or up to thirty days of continuous wear.
What's In Silicone Hydrogel Contacts?
There are different materials in different brands of silicone hydrogel contact lenses. All of them contain silicone hydrogel and oxygen, but some of them include unique materials like Balafilcon A in PureVision, Lotrafilcon A in Night & Day, Lotrafilcon B in O2-OPTIX, and Senofilcon A in Acuvue Oasys. Silicone-based lens materials usually have low surface energy, and as a result have decreased surface wetting.
The biggest difference patients can perceive is that they are more comfortable than conventional contacts. Also, silicone hydrogel contacts help minimize problems like redness, dryness, swelling of the cornea, and corneal infections. And any infections that do appear tend to be less aggressive and more treatable. Silicone hydrogel lenses allow more oxygen to reach the cornea, which improves eye health.
Other advantages of silicone hydrogel lenses over conventional lenses include more resistance to protein deposits, less drying of the lenses, lower risk of eye infection, easier handling due to the greater rigidity of the material, and high dk levels which remove the risk of conditions like hypoxia to the cornea.
Silicone hydrogel lenses may not be the choice for all patients. These lenses are generally more expensive than non-silicone lenses, so a more price-conscious consumer may not prefer this option. Also, in some patients, the silicone material tends to attract more lipid deposits, which may cause blurry vision and discomfort. Other patients are just not able to adapt well to the more rigid silicone material. So what is beneficial to one patient can have a negative effect on another. It is very important to consult your eye care practitioner before choosing to use silicone hydrogel lenses.
Who Can Wear Silicone Hydrogel Contacts?
Rub your lenses when you clean them; soaking alone does not remove debris.
Clean your lens case daily with hot water. Let it air-dry, rinse with multipurpose solution, and fill the case with a fresh supply. Never top off old solution with new.
Keep your eyes moist. Use rewetting drops or artificial tears several times a day.
Before you purchase this type of lens, it is important to know you will be spending more money regardless of where you buy them. They are new to the market, and like any new product, they are expensive. There are different places to buy Silicone Hydrogel Lenses: you can get them from your eye care practitioner, optical chains like LensCrafters, warehouses like Costco, or any of various online retailers.
Before you purchase Silicone Hydrogel Lenses, there are a few things you have to take into consideration such as your vision insurance, availability of the product, the bundled deals and rebates. Different places have different deals at different times. It really depends on you and how quickly you need your lenses. Besides the price of the lenses, you have to consider shipping costs as well as the value of your time.
Evidence of silicone allergies during contact lens wear is pretty much non-existent. Doctors use silicone medically for many different purposes, and they say patients usually only encounter problems when they switch lenses. Other eye care practitioners say there are too many other possible culprits like bacteria, tear film proteins, dust, pollen, and chemicals to put the blame solely on the silicone. If you have severe allergies and are concerned about switching to silicone hydrogel lenses, bring the matter up with your doctor.
Are silicone hydrogel contact lenses suitable for me?
Do you have any concerns about this type of contact lens?
Have you ever come across anyone who was allergic to the material?
How much should I expect to pay for these lenses?
Am I a good candidate for these lenses, or is there a better alternative?
Which silicone hydrogel lens do you recommend for me?


"Unable to contact DSP Concepts Server"
"Error connecting to the Audio Weaver Server"
To add those exceptions, bring up your Windows firewall settings (Control Panel, or Start Menu then type "firewall"). Then click "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall"
Note that this process may be different if you are running a non-windows firewall manager.
I had that same error and have fixed it and now it comes up with "Login failure" - "User xxxxxxxxx not found at dspconcepts", Do I use the same login details that I use for the website because I have tried a few combinations and I just can't logon ?
What version of Audio Weaver Designer are you using? Also, could you please try logging in using your account's email address.
I tried the email login but says user not found.
The version of Audio Weaver Server is 4.1 Nov 2016.
The version of AWD is 5.16.A13 Standard according to the windows menu otherwise I cannot get in to see it from the About menu.
After recently updating our licensing process, we found that the older 5.16.A13 version of Audio Weaver was still trying to use the old licensing. We will apply a fix to this by the end of the day and you should be able to log in.
We also encourage you to update your Audio Weaver to the newest available version (5.16.B04), which has the updated licensing in addition to a number of other improvements. You can download the new version from your 'My Account' page on our website.
I'm encountering this problem. Only recently though. (Line on .m references to 101). I have tried adding paths on Firewall however unsuccessfully. I have tried both 32 and 64 bit binaries. I was able to open AudioWeaver Designer AWD only once when I added the "32bit" binary. However I am unsuccessful once again.
To better help you out, please share which version number and edition of Audio Weaver Designer you are running. Also, if possible please include an image of the error you receive, and your Windows version.
Version: 5.16.B04. OS version and error attached.
Last Friday I reset Firewall settings and launched Google Chrome. Enabled Firewall for private network (currently using) and launched AudioWeaver. Messages appeared to enable Firewall on server, gui.exe and license manager. Surprisingly, it did work after this. I have tried the same steps today however with no success.
Please try running just the Bin\AWE_Server.exe and report if you get any errors.
Any further steps I could follow?
Hi Joe, Do you have other installations of Designer installed in your C:\DSP Concepts\ directory? If so, could you please delete the other installations and try again?
I think we found the issue(at least to get it working). Designer.exe might be waiting for the server to respond and by not getting any, spits the error. However if we launch Designer.exe once again, launches correctly.
Thanks Joe, we're glad you found a work around.
That said, we'd still like find the root cause to your problem. Could you please share more details of what the exact sequence is?
edit: Also - for clarity - do you have other installations in your "c:\DSP Concepts" directory?
I use the version is Audio Waver 5.16B04 Pro. The computer system is Win 10.I have sent awe_designer to MATLAB command line.I have tried about more than 10 times but the Audio Waver Designer starts normally only once.I don't know how to do .
Win7/32bit, it seams that MCR installer dont install mclmcrrt8_4.dll because AW asks for this file to be able to run AW!? Do i have to go to matlab and download the entire R2014b (8.4)?
If you downloaded the STMicro Designer installer, then MCR 32-bit version 8.4 should have been installed on your machine. It is possible that you have to manually add the MCR install directory to your PATH environmental variable.
When i ran the ST version install it places a matlab folder inside Audio Weaver 6.17.B01 STMicro folder! Perhaps there are some issues with your installer since matlab runtime dll's are not installed (among other files) unless AVAST is blocking your installation procedure, solution was to download R2014b then then runtime dll's are installed and AW designer boots up after AVAST asks for confirmation that some of matlab files are to be run (asking only once). Unfortunately now AW client dont connect with your AW server?! AVAST/Windowsfirewall? Dont get any warnings from either one thought, tried turning off AVAST, still no connection. Also if clicking exit on that AW confirmation box freezes computer for 20-30 sec!
The matlab folder included in the Audio Weaver Designer folder contains MATLAB files that are necessary for Designer to run. This folder is entirely separate from the MCR that is also included as part of the installation.
I would recommend installing Designer into the default C:\DSP Concepts\ folder, and making sure that the 32-bit, version 8.4 MCR is installed and on your PATH variable.
As far as firewalls, please see the top of this chain for instructions on how to allow Audio Weaver executables through Windows firewall.
If you continue to have problems, please try running '.\awe_designer.exe' from a PowerShell and report any errors.
Sorry, was a bit unclear prior posts.
1: STMicro Designer always had installed into default C:\DSP Concepts\ but not the mclmcrrt8_4.dll file.
2:Running AW designer from icon, AW designer complains about lack of mclmcrrt8_4.dll file.
3:After install of R2014b, mclmcrrt8_4.dll are located in C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime\v84\runtime\win32 and AW designer/server dont complain.
"Unable to connect to DSP Consepts server" (AW have been by default install enabled trough windows firewall.
5: Powershell complains about the spaces in the path names such as: DSP Concepts.
Can you take a picture of the error that you receive when you launch Audio Weaver and embed it in a response?
cd "C:\DSP Concepts\Audio Weaver 6.17.B03 Standard"
boots AW, still when trying to register/connect to server same old grey box say: Unable to contact DSP Concepts server.
This sometimes show up after the PC freeze and AW have closed.
You are now getting the error that is covered at the top of this thread, related to firewalls. If you turn off both the Avast and Windows firewalls, are you able to connect?
Do you get any errors if you launch just <AudioWeaverDirectory>\Bin\win32-vc100-rel\awe_server.exe?
As mentioned earlier at first was the missing mclmcrrt8_4.dll, both Avast and Win firewalls have been off / AW enabled during this process.
computer un-freeze, this surely is not a normal exit procedure for a software?! Im out of ideas!
So i am getting this error along with that the designer cannot connect to the server. Which is very wierd because i had no such problems when i ran the software yesterday.
I tried the solution mentioned above with the firewall setting, it didn't help.
I downloaded the audio weaver two days back so i think i have the most recent version of it.
This error happens when your previous instance of Audio Weaver Server was connected to a target through USB, and you relaunch Audio Weaver with no target attached. The server is trying to find the previous target, but it is not there so it fails.
This is an annoying error, and it has been fixed in the newest version of Designer, 6.17.05, available at www.dspconcepts.com/downloads. In the newer version, if the previous target connection is not found then the Server will default to Native connection and Designer will open.
The workaround on older versions of Designer is to go to Target-> Change Connection on your AWE Server, and choose Native then click Change. Relaunching Designer should now work.
Hi AWE Support , I have done all of the recommended privacy changes and still I have issues with the Login and Password section.
perhaps I am missing something but I am still looking for answers.
Thanks for posting your question. Can you provide some more detail so we can help you out?
Do you see an error when you try to log in, or is your authentication rejected? Make sure that you are using the email associated with your account as your username.
What version of Audio Weaver and Windows are you using?
Server creation failed. Invalid ProgID 'AWETalkToGUI.IAWEControl'.
I wonder what's wrong with it? Is it something about the network? I used to use AW Pro well in other Internet circumstances.
It seems like one of your Audio Weaver components isn't registered correctly. Please try opening a Windows command prompt as Administrator and navigating to <Audio Weaver Install Directory>\Bin\win32-vc100-rel. Then type the command 'regsvr32 AWETalkToGUI.dll' to register the component.
This should fix your problem, but if it doesn't let us know and we'll work to get you sorted out.
Thanks a lot for your help. I've done as what you suggested but there were other mistakes similar. I believe there's still something wrong with registration. However I unloaded AWE and loaded it once again, it works now.
I'm new and I have the same problem like others AWE's users.
I use the last version of the STMicro Edition of AWE : 6.17.06 (Audio_Weaver_Designer_6.17.06_STMicro.exe).
I have also installed the update file present on your website (Audio_Weaver_Designer_6.17.06_STMicro_Update.exe).
I have included an exception in my windows firewall for AWE Server.
I have desactivated my antivirus (AVAST, the last free version : 17.7.2314).
The problem is the same : impossible for your software to connect to your server.
I think the problem is the the license ID include in your last email : wrong, or maybe not activated in your database.
To finish, when I use my email and your licence ID to "request offline license" in AWE, your software give me another error message : "invalid licence key".
I wait your answer with many impatience.
To log into Designer, you should be using the same email and password combination that you use to access the website. The license ID (a 6 digit #) that you mention is only for internal bookkeeping purposes and will not help you log in.
If you continue to fail to contact our license server, make sure that you also have a firewall exception for the LicenseHelper.exe and DesignerGUI.exe applications. If you are using a proxy to connect to the internet, you can also fill in that information in the login screen once you have failed to connect to the server.
To request an offline license key, which can be used without accessing the DSPConcepts License server, click on the 'request offline license' button when it is displayed, and follow the instructions there (ie, send email to licensing@dspconcepts.com with your email and 8 character hard drive serial number).
I have tested with my login and my password (the same I use on your website) and the problem is always the same : impossible to connect to your server.
But the error message is different : "Error connecting to to Audio Weaver Server. Verify that the server is connected to the target. Error in => awe_designer.m at line 122".
I have contacted your licensing department and now I have my license key. I haven't the server error, but I can't launch your program.
This afternoon, I have read all your documentation (in the AWE directory), view all your videos in your Youtube Channel, and I don't find your "ST Board Support Package (BSP) for the appropriate target" (extract from your PDF file) in your website (only the message "coming soon" in your pages) or in the BIN directory in the AWE installation (like in your videos).
Currently, impossible to program my STM32F4xx/STM32F7xx Discovery Board with your firmware (because no firmware is included in the STMicro Edition of your AWE or in your website) and, off course, impossible to launch your program.
In advance, many thanks for your next answer.
The 'Can't connect to server error' that you are seeing is identical to the error described at the top of this post. You'll need to add the listed executables to your firewall exception manager. Note that if you are using Avast, then you will need to add the relevant executables to your Avast firewall, or you need to disable Avast firewall and let Windows manage your exceptions. From your questions, it is likely that the issue is with your Avast configuration and not with Audio Weaver.
As for the ST BSPs, there was a critical bug that forced us to take the BSPs down for a few days. But I just reposted the new 's1.4' editions on our downloads page a few minutes ago, so they are again available.
Now, I have checked your webpage and the BSP files for the STMicro Edition of your AWE software are here.
I'm struggling to get Pro 6.17.06 working. I'm running a Win10 x64 VM on a macbook pro with Matlab R2017b. Paths are correct, firewall is disabled. awe_server_launch command in Matlab results in "Failed to connect to local Native Server." When I launch it, it shows that it's using the win32-vc100-rel binary. I would have expected the 64bit version. I cannot run any of the EXEs from outside of Matlab either. They all seem to fail with "Unable to start correctly (0xC000007b).
Are you able to use the command 'awe_init' in MATLAB to launch the Server normally? The command 'awe_designer' will attempt to launch the Designer GUI as well as the AWE Server.
Let me know if those commands work for you.
awe_init gave the same response..Unable to connect to Native Server.
Please try launching <AWE Designer Pro>\Bin\win32-vc100-rel\AWE_Server.exe on its own from a CMD prompt, and report any errors you see.
If this fails to launch an AWE Server, you may need to re-register some .dll's in your install folder.
Open a CMD prompt as administrator and navigate to <AWE Designer Pro>\Bin\win32-vc100-rel and type 'regsvr32 AWETalkToGUI.dll'. You should get a message saying that the operation was successful. Do the same for the AWETalkToGUI.dll in the x64-vc100-rel folder, and then try running awe_init again in MATLAB.
Re-registered the DLLs with no change in behavior. Still reports "Failed to connect to local native server."
When I run the AWE_Server.exe from the cmd prompt, I still get the error I reported above...""Unable to start correctly (0xC000007b). "
It's possible that you're having issues because you are running a Windows VM on a Mac. We have not tested this configuration so it is possible that Designer can't open correctly.
I would recommend installing Audio Weaver Designer on a Windows machine, or dual booting into Windows on your Mac.
Low and behold as of today Jan 25 2019 I am experiencing the same issues as the others here over two years ago.
However this error is related to the Graphic Eq (float)component addition.
The difference in my case occurs when I add a Graphic(Float) EQ then it looses server connections and target usb. Below are the two configurations . Once a Hard Reset of the target board is performed the Successful configuration can be opened and RAN. Now stop the program and try adding the Graphic Eq anywhere before or after the Mixer. FYI: The Mixer is configured 6:1 with values top to bottom 001100 using line in and mixing to mono out. Therefore you would use only one Graphic Eq positioned after the mixer output. In my example shown I tried using two after the de-interlace on the LINE R and LINE LFT outputs. Either placements generate a fault with the server . Could be a component based bug?
Also I cannot use the flash utility because of this hard coded garbage dummy file name that does not exit and cannot be removed.
For the Flash File system issue, please try the following steps in the ST Link Utility with your STM32F746 board plugged in. Note these pictures are for the F769I board, but it should look nearly the same for the F746.
These steps will clear out the QSPI flash where we host our Flash File system, and you should no longer see any invalid files in the Flash Manager.
We will try to reproduce your issue with the Graphic EQ next, but just wanted to get you going with the Flash File system first.


Yiannis Ghikas Design came up with an idea for a simple lamp that began with a bulb, the symbol of a genius thought. Along with the bulb, they added a base that resembled a bicycle grip, and the result is a minimalist lamp for Creaid's Designer Lights, a project that's raising money to create a playground for the Athens General Children's Hospital.
The Grip lamp has a brass base that features a diagonal, crosshatch pattern, like a textured bicycle grip and a textile cord. The lamp will be up for auction in April.
reblog from pedal works and in the know cycling ….
I like this, and couldn't have said it any better!
Road cycling enthusiasts are serious, committed and regular riders who rack up between 2,000 to 5,000 miles (3,000-7,000 kilometers) a year. We ride on flat, rolling and mountainous terrain and do interval, strength and endurance training. We will generally be on our bikes 4-6 days a week outdoors in decent weather. In lousy weather, about half of us will ride on a trainer. Some will still ride outside and the rest will sleep in. We ride on our own, with regular partners, and in group rides.


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Students use spring break to serve needy
3/4/2003 News media contact: Linda Green · (615) 742-5470 · Nashville, Tenn
NOTE: A map is available with this story.
A UMNS Feature By Linda Green* By Linda Green*
Spring break is normally a time when college students head to beaches and resorts for a week of revelry, often fueled by an overabundance of alcohol. But students involved in United Methodist Wesley Foundations and campus ministry groups will be rolling up their sleeves for service work instead.
Campus ministry groups from across the country will spend their spring break working side by side with people in need. Instead of fun in the sun, the students will be working up a sweat swinging hammers, laying bricks, digging ditches and performing other service work.
"What draws our students into mission-related work during spring break is their desire to make some tangible difference in the world," says the Rev. Mark Forrester, director of the Wesley Foundation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. "This desire, rooted in faith, relates belief with purpose in practical ways that can be accomplished, valued and shared."
Throughout March, students are building and repairing homes in economically depressed areas from Appalachia to Guatemala, participating in Habitat for Humanity projects throughout the United States and in other countries, teaching children in Mexico and Haiti, performing environmental preservation in Northern Ireland, ministering at an AIDS hospice in Puerto Rico, holding seminars in Berlin and working with Methodists in the Bahamas.
The United Methodist campus ministry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is sending 50 students to work in four Southern communities - Atlanta, Clarksville, Miss., Birmingham, Ala., and Cherokee, N.C.; and in two closer to home - Holyoke and Mashpee, Mass.
Since 1997, University of Massachusetts students from different faith traditions have been engaging in the service projects. "Rather than worship without sacrifice, what appeals to most of our students is self-giving and sacrifice as the context for spiritual development and devotion," says Kent Wiggins of the school's United Christian Foundation.
For the second time, the campus ministry of King Avenue United Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio, will depart for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to partner with International Child Care, a medical mission organization, to visit urban community health sites in slum areas. The 11 participants, students at Ohio State University, will spend time at Grace Children's Hospital, a United Methodist Advance Project operated by International Child Care, as well as St. Joseph's Home for Boys.
"Many students do wonderful things on spring break, such as Habitat for Humanity, Appalachian Service Projects and many others, but there is a tendency to disengage from the systemic issues of poverty and race that those sorts of trips are working to combat," says the Rev. Don Wallick, campus minister and associate pastor at King Avenue Church. "A trip like this, which lifts students completely out of middle and upper-middle class, sheltered American life, immerses them in the deep material poverty of Haiti." The trip will allow the students to engage the people there and to "re-evaluate their entire life and faith, laying the groundwork for deep personal transformation," he says.
For the past four years, the chaplain's office at United Methodist-related Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont., has taken students on mission trips to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, where they have helped construct a church and led Bible school. This year, the students will build homes and help with rebuilding as a result of damage caused by Hurricane Isidore last fall.
The chaplain's office at Wesley College in Dover, Del., is sponsoring a service trip to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Conn. The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp serves children with life-threatening illnesses (cancer and blood diseases such as HIV, sickle-cell anemia and hemophilia) by giving them a free "normal" summer camp experience. The spring break group from the United Methodist-related school will help prepare the camp for the children by doing work projects on the site. At the end of the week, the students will serve as camp counselors for a campout for brothers and sisters of the critically ill children.
Collegiate Challenge
Numerous United Methodist campus ministry groups will join ecumenical delegations in the Collegiate Challenge, Habitat for Humanity's national spring break program, in which thousands of U.S. students will visit 200 locations through April 19. The participants will hammer nails and raise walls as they build simple, decent and affordable houses in partnership with families in need. The students will travel to rural and inner-city areas of the United States to build new houses or refurbish existing residences. Other students will travel overseas to help families in Third World countries achieve the dream of homeownership.
Twelve students from United Methodist-related Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., will journey to Columbus, Ga., as part of Collegiate Challenge, to give a "hand up instead of a hand out" to families in need," says the Rev. Tim Kobler, chaplain at the school.
Students at State University College in New Paltz, N.Y., will answer the Collegiate Challenge by building houses in Horry County, S.C.
For the first time since the early 1990s, the students involved in the Tidewater Wesley Foundation and the Wesley Westminster House at Norfolk (Va.) State College are traveling with students from the Baptist Student Union of Old Dominion University in Norfolk to Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Ky., for a week of service and fellowship.
The chaplain and nine students from United Methodist-related University of Evansville (Ind.) are headed to Gray, W.Va., to make repairs in areas devastated by floods during summer 2001 and spring 2002. Last year, five inches of rain fell in less than an hour on six counties in West Virginia and Virginia, damaging or destroying 3,000 homes.
A six-student team from the Wesley Foundation at Texas Tech is going to Louisiana to assist the United Methodist Committee on Relief in helping victims of the 2002 hurricanes that hit the coast. Another team heads to Memphis to work for SOS, an inner-city ministry started by Christ United Methodist Church.
Several Wesley Foundations and ecumenical campus groups will participate in "Alternative Spring Break," a substance-free break that exposes students to the diversity of cultures, lifestyles, and living environments in the United States and South America. Students from across the country will journey to parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia to work with the Appalachian Service Project, primarily on home repair.
The Wesley Foundation students at Radford (Va.) College and Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, Tenn., are going to Marion, Va., to work with Project Crossroads, an ecumenical building and rebuilding project in rural southwest Virginia. The students also will speak in local United Methodist churches to share the Wesley Foundation story and thank congregations for their financial and moral support.
McCurdy School in Espanola, N.M., is the destination for 18 college students involved in the United Campus Ministry of the Tri-College in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D. They will help with service projects - painting, landscaping, cement work, repairs, spring cleaning - to benefit the children attending the preparatory school, which is a project of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. The group also will dig out ancient irrigation ditches for "subsistence farmers" in the area and make repairs at a retreat center, a community health clinic and hiking trails.
Mission trips abroad
The denomination's Volunteer in Mission Program has enabled students and others from United Methodist-related Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., to participate in a mission trip to Caribbean and Latin American countries for the past seven years. This year, 21 students will continue the construction of a parsonage and preschool for the church in San Isidro, Costa Rica.
Guatemala is the destination for students of the Wesley Foundations at Tennessee State and Middle Tennessee State universities. The foundations at both schools are uniting to take students to complete work on a church at Chuisamayac. The group will construct pews, paint, install computers and conduct a Bible school.
"The challenges of language differences, cultural difference, relationship building with our hosts and each other, and experiencing a spiritual reason for what we do make for a powerful week of sweat, inconvenience and love," says the Rev. Barry Foster, chaplain and director of church relations at Shenandoah University. "Students are thrust into an environment where they are asked to look deep into their Christian faith to see if they are truly following the Christian path to open blind eyes, bring good news to the poor and to set oppressed people free."
The Protestant campus ministry at Pennsylvania State in Erie is going to Northern Ireland to perform service work, including planting trees, pruning shrubs, and cleaning trails and underbrush at Castle Ward near Downpatrick.
Others traveling abroad include a group from Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, and the Indiana Institute of Technology, also in Fort Wayne. The United Methodist representative campus minister is taking the six-member team to Berlin to lead seminars on youth ministry, creation vs. evolution, marriage relations, and teens and children. The students will interact with German Christians and non-Christians, and meet with the one-time American warden of the prison where Rudolf Hess and other Nazi criminals were held.
"We always take a cross-cultural trip so that the students can be stretched out of their comfort zone and learn that the world is a much bigger place than Fort Wayne, Ind.," says Benton Gates, the United Methodist campus ministry representative to the three Indiana academic institutions. "We expect the trip to be a life changer."
Students from the Duke Wesley Fellowship at Duke University, Durham, N.C. will be joining others organized through Duke Chapel on a mission team to Honduras. Another student will travel to Uruguay with the Duke Freeman Center for Jewish Life. The Duke Wesley
Domestic Work Team will stay at Lake Junaluska, N.C., and work in Haywood County.
Wesley's maxim
Learning and teaching is also on the agenda for 10 students from the San Antonio United Methodist campus ministry. The students, all interested in exploring the call to ministry, will tour three United Methodist seminaries: Candler School of Theology, Atlanta; Duke Divinity, Durham, N.C.; and Perkins School of Theology, Dallas.
The Wesley Foundation Campus Ministry at the University of Oregon in Eugene is joining forces with Oregon State University's Westminster House Campus Ministry in Corvallis, and heading to San Francisco to volunteer in the dining room of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church for Project Open Hand, preparing and delivering meals to HIV-positive patients in the community, and at Cameron House, a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown.
Oregon State University's campus ministry is an ecumenical effort of United Methodists, Presbyterians, United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ. Nine students chose San Francisco as their destination "because they wanted to have an urban experience, to learn more about the issues that the poor face in the city, and to see how churches and social service agencies are attempting to meet the needs of those who are living on the margins," says the Rev. Jeremy Hajdu-Paulen, campus pastor at the Wesley Foundation at the University of Oregon. "Reflection will be an important part of our experience as we integrate what we see and do with our own Christian journeys of faith."
Pearisburg, Va., is the spring break site for nine students of the Ecumenical Center at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The group will help build a Habitat for Humanity house; build a deck for an Adult Day Care facility; install a merry-go-round at a playground; and help judge a school science fair.
Thirty students from United Methodist-related Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Ala., will travel by train to Washington to work with homeless programs. They also will meet with their congressional representatives to discuss homelessness and poverty.
For Forrester at Vanderbilt, the words of Methodism's founder, John Wesley, relate directly to the students' service projects. Says Forrester: "Wesley's maxim, 'the world is my parish,' becomes more immediate and real when today's young people on campus venture out, with faith, and local support in hand, to share in the transformation of people's lives."
*Green is United Methodist News Service's Nashville, Tenn., news director.
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Narendra Modi: It is very rare that an Indian police officer shows courage to take an action against a minister, however there are exceptions too and one of them was IPS Kiran Bedi. Kiran towed the car of Indira Gandhi, who was the Prime Minister of India at that time, with a crane. After this incident, Kiran Bedi was nicknamed as Crane Bedi.
And today we are going to tell you about one more such traffic constable who stopped the car of PM Narendra Modi and refused to let him go even when he was told that Narendra Modi is in the car.
The incident dates back to the year 1998 when the Prime Minister of India was Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi was the incharge (Prabhari) of BJP.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was going to address a rally in Jagdalpur as a part of their election campaign in Madhya Pradesh and Narendra Modi also attended the rally.
After the rally, Narendra Modi took a plane to Bhopal from Raipur and from Bhopal airport, he got seated in an ambassador car which came from BJP Office.
Suddenly, near the Hamidia hospital, the car was stopped as the caravan of Digvijay Singh, the CM of the state at that time, was scheduled to pass by.
The constable was told that BJP incharge NarendraModi is seated in the car but still he didn't let them go. After the caravan passed, Modi came out of the car and appreciated the constable for following his duty properly.
This incident makes us realize that Modi is not like many other leaders who want VIP treatment, no matter whatever the situation is. At the same time, it's creditable on the part of that constable that he did not ignore his duties and stood still on the orders he received.


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InSight lander pauses drilling operations after hitting a snag on Mars
By Nick Lavars
Things have run pretty smoothly for NASA's Mars Insight lander up until this point
Render of the InSight lander touching down on Mars
After deploying its HP3 instrument onto the surface of Mars midway through February, scientists prepared themselves for the hammering phase
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The first image sent back to Earth from the Mars InSight lander
The InSight lander's first selfie on Mars
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Things have run pretty smoothly for NASA's Mars Insight lander so far, safely touching down on the Red Planet, setting a power record, relaying weather reports and deploying its deep-digging drill on the surface. But mission control has now brought drilling operations ground to a halt, with the probe seemingly snagged on some hardened material beneath the surface.
Our understanding of Mars has improved greatly over the past decade thanks to the work of rovers like Spirit, Opportunity and more lately, Curiosity. But there is always more to learn, and by digging into its surface further than any scientific instrument before it, the InSight lander promises to reveal fascinating new facts about our dusty neighbor.
Key to this is one of the Insight lander's instrument packs called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3). Spearheading the effort, quite literally, is a spiky 40-cm-long (15-inch) probe called "the mole." This is designed to hammer itself into the surface to a depth of 16 ft (5 m) and measure thermal conductivity in the dirt, while a tether tailing behind it takes the subsurface temperature of the surrounding soil.
It is hoped that by measuring the interior temperatures of the planet and better understanding how heat flows through the subsurface, scientists can improve our knowledge of how rocky planets like Mars form.
After deploying HP3 onto the surface midway through February, scientists prepared themselves for the hammering phase. This kicked off on February 28 but hit a roadblock soon after, with the probe only making it around three quarters of the way out of its housing structure before stopping altogether. Hammering was resumed a couple of days later, but to no avail, with data indicating the mole is currently at a 15-degree tilt.
Though the team was hopeful of encountering few rocks beneath the surface, they built the mole to either push smaller ones aside of snake its way between them, a skill it demonstrated successfully in testing prior to launch. But the scientists suspect that it is indeed some rock or gravel that has brought the mole to a halt.
With hammering now paused, investigations will be carried out in search of solutions. Meanwhile, the lander has confirmed that it is measuring thermal conductivity as it should be, and will conduct further tests this week to measure heat emanating from the upper surface.
"The mole is healthy and performed a round of hammering on the weekend," HP3 Principal Investigator Tilman Spohn writes in a blog post. "It has, thus far, continued to work against some resistance without clear evidence for progress. The team has therefore decided to pause the hammering for about two weeks to allow the situation to be analyzed more closely and jointly come up with strategies for overcoming the obstacle."
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Nick has been writing and editing at New Atlas for over six years, where he has covered everything from distant space probes to self-driving cars to oddball animal science. He previously spent time at The Conversation, Mashable and The Santiago Times, earning a Masters degree in communications from Melbourne's RMIT University along the way.
Nik March 6, 2019 01:08 PM
Perhaps the instrument that should also have been carried would be one that was capable of scanning the strata below the surface, before trying to drill, rather than drilling on a wish and a prayer.
BrianK56 March 6, 2019 03:24 PM
Probably just some alien formation that was covered with martian dirt over the years.
Rocky Stefano March 7, 2019 05:49 PM
How hard to have some passive radar unit that can scan for materials and depth of each layer before wasting time with even confirming a drill area to start?


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July 8, 2019 | 9:35AM ET
BY Dennis Bernstein, The Fourth Period
DO GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT?
LOS ANGELES, CA – It's been a month since we last checked in on the Los Angeles Kings' progression along the road back to respectability. A positive development occurred as the franchise attempts to distance itself from its worst season in a decade, specifically a draft class whose depth and potential, if realized, could be the best in franchise history. The consolation prize for a 71-point season provided the luxury of drafting three times in the top 33 selections and the profile of the players they selected has reinforced the mindset change and further separation from the ways of the Dean Lombardi regime.
Alex Turcotte was a no-brainer at No.5, the best on the board when their group strode to the podium at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. While their second first-round pick continued the trend of selecting and trading for young blueline talent with Tobias Bjornfot, it's pick 33 that had me say, "Finally, this organization took a risk.'
Whether Arthur Kaliyev ultimately fills the net in the NHL is not the point, it's the fact that a player who possesses first-round talent but has questions about his work ethic was selected by Los Angeles.
For almost a decade, a prospect needed to have the buzz words "good soldier" or "quality character" attached to them to get on the Kings draft board. While General Manager Rob Blake's first two drafts have been more talented-laden than his former boss, it's this one selection that signals to me the potential of legitimately entertaining hockey at Staples Center. The possibility of a skill-laden future Los Angeles forward depth chart is a positive development for fans patiently waiting for a turn towards winning and even possibly, fun hockey.
But Kings fans are going to have to wait... perhaps longer than they like.
Los Angeles had a weak July 1 and while they will tell you it's part of The Plan, the prospect that they have not moved a core player off this roster as the league heads towards summer leaves their transition vehicle in first gear.
There have been small moves, not qualifying fan favorite Brendan Leipsic, allowing Jonny Brodzinski to walk to Group 6 Free Agency and the necessary buyout of Dion Phaneuf (the last two TFP first reported), but a bold move similar to the signing of Ilya Kovalchuk a year ago has not materialized.
Maybe Blake feels burned from the results of the Kovalchuk free agency move, but the same names that have been rumored since last season's trade deadline still remain – Jeff Carter, Jonathan Quick and to a lesser extent Tyler Toffoli (but the absence of contract extension talk entering his walk year speaks volumes). While the expectation is all three will be at training camp, I've learned there were two trades discussed around the time of the Draft in Vancouver that would have significantly impacted the roster:
An American holiday doesn't prevent us from having inside stuff for you....
LA have recently kicked tires on Edmonton RW Jesse Puljujarvi.
But apparently cost of doing business is taking on Milan Lucic contract, something LA not inclined to do at this time
— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) July 4, 2019
Edmonton: Another weak July 1 performer engaged regarding Oilers enigmatic RW Jesse Puljujarvi. Though Kings head coach Todd McLellan had his differences with the Finnish winger during his Oilers tenure, the former fourth-overall pick fits the profile of what Los Angeles is looking to import, youth and skill, and you have to assume a conversation was had about a possible reunion with McLellan.
But there's always a catch on a bargain and this tax was onerous – the inclusion of former Kings LW Milan Lucic and the $24 million owed over four seasons on his deal. As Puljujarvi aligns with the strategy, Lucic is 180, or maybe 270 degrees from what is needed to transition this team. Since departing for Alberta, Lucic's production has gone in a straight line down from 50 to 20 points in his third season in Copper and Blue. While Lucic posted near career-high numbers during his rental season in LA and played well with Anze Kopitar, he's four seasons removed from that success with little sign he can return to that level.
Oilers GM Ken Holland rightfully dangled the carrot of untapped potential combined with the stick of an ugly contract behind it which Blake chose not to chew on. As for the return, I've heard that winger Matt Luff is a favorite of new head coach Dave Tippett, who identified the winger as a target for the expansion draft had Tippett chose to exercise more patience in Seattle. It's likely Los Angeles would have anted up a pick as well, but keep an eye out for Luff if a deal is culminated down the line.
From the "there's no such thing as an untradeable contract" department, it's believed that during the time when the Arizona Coyotes were discussing the acquisition of Phil Kessel, they presented an offer for Jeff Carter.
Unlike the prospective Edmonton deal, this one was for the over-30 set, a trade that featured one of the Coyotes veteran defenseman, with my guess being Alex Goligoski (the eldest at 33) as the return. It would have been a give and get scenario – Los Angeles shortens up a contract commitment and salary cap hit with two seasons remaining on Goligoski's deal (Carter has three) while the Coyotes stood to save cash ($9.8 million v. $7 million owed on the deals), but with the Kings right defense depth chart at capacity, the Move Carter program continues.
As this chapter is about to close, and we're all better for getting some distance from it, some external forces may make it more difficult to stay on the slower path to contention via drafting and developing talent.
I advocated Los Angeles jumping in the Artemi Panarin pool as he would have been a great jewel at the top of their crown which contains solid B and C level prospects. Choosing not to enter the high stakes poker game that wound up with the biggest free agent market catch playing in another major American market, the organization presented a cogent explanation as to why it is going that route but moves made by another Staples Center tenant (and having nothing to do with hockey) this past week shows why Los Angeles is a very different sports animal.
For those keeping score at home, here is an update on the downtown LA off-season talent acquisition scoreboard:
Lakers – Anthony Davis, Danny Green, Jared Dudley
Clippers – Kawhi Leonard, Paul George
Kings – Joakim Ryan, Martin Frk, Mario Kempe
Yes, the NBA is an entirely different animal and Stanley Cups have been celebrated more recently here than the Larry O'Brien Trophy, but as those memories of 2012 and 2014 fade further, the ability to grab attention in a very crowded sports marketplace (Dodgers - MLB's best record, Rams and Chargers - short money choices to reach the Super Bowl) with the "r" word (your choice – rebuild/retool/recreate) is a very risky strategy.
We just don't do rebuilds here, the celebs don't show up when you're under .500 and the days of Kings merchandise being the it-gear is gone. The danger of this strategy in this market is that the casual/ancillary fan engagement evaporates, and the interest is reduced to the hardcore fan, the one who cares about Sean Durzi and Kale Clague. In a market like Calgary or Nashville, where you're either the only game in town or limited sports entertainment options exist, the ability to maintain the fan base is greater during down times than a city that has more successful and entertaining options. It's not only limited to the fans but the media as well, ask yourself how much play a Carl Grundstrom goal in a 4-1 loss to Vegas in November will get on the local television news when King James and The Claw are dressing just down the hall.
If you're reading about hockey in July, you're in the hardcore fan category and wondering why this matters to you. Who cares if the Dodgers actually win a World Series, you probably don't care about the Clippers and the Rams scored three points in the Super Bowl.
I know you'll show up next season and the ones thereafter that, but it's the scores of empty seats around you that accompanies multiple losing seasons that could alter the future of the franchise. The dual banners that hang from the Staples Center rafters were crafted from the ashes of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons when there were 12,000 people in the house and Ladislav Nagy was a roster player. If the next two seasons are as painful as Blake has suggested they will be, will the lack of ticket sales affect the commitment by ownership to spend money when the talent drafted over the past three years is NHL ready? Even if these kids blossom, the core of this team, specifically Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty, will be in their early 30s and while they still may be among the best the league has to offer they will clearly need help, the type of help that is not present in the organization.
If it takes two additional seasons (2021-22 season) to return to contender status, the franchise will have recorded one playoff game victory in seven seasons. From a business standpoint, would you be willing to invest in an entity that failed to have success for that long a stretch?
There's no doubt Steve Ballmer and his Clippers have. He sits courtside every night and lives and dies with every success and failure, he just mortgaged the future when he had the chance to (five first round picks and two pick swaps, oy) because he is replicating his formula that got him to the owner's suite – taking risk, going all in and dealing with the consequences thereafter if the plan doesn't work. This is his second version of trying to build a championship team (Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan) and if this one doesn't work, guaranteed there will be a third and fourth permutation.
The Kings' ownership group headed by the reclusive Philip Anschutz is at the other end of the spectrum. They quietly make decisions and avoid public comments preferring team management to speak for them, not a criticism but a fact of life by an owner whose wealth rivals Ballmer's. You don't stay at billionaire level status without savvy business instincts and strong advisors, but the one differentiator is the lack of aggressiveness Los Angeles management/ownership has demonstrated. But to single this franchise out is wrong as it's a malaise that infects virtually every NHL team's executive suite. Marc Bergevin shouldn't be a man on an island when it comes to an offer sheet and Jarmo Kekalainen shouldn't be the only one to empty the tank in search of his franchise's first playoff series victory, but until league management as a group adds a higher level of risk and creativity to its franchise-building portfolio, we will continue to see hesitancy by GMs to engage in high-leverage scenarios.
That's why I've muted my criticism of this strategy. Blake and Luc Robitaille will be judged over the results of this design and like every other corporate business plan it's nothing more than educated guess as to the outcome. If it ultimately fails, point at ownership who set the stage for a lengthy absence from the NHL post-season, a playoff tournament that includes almost half of its member teams.
None of us know if The Plan will execute – the only full rebuilds that have worked over the past decade were the ones where the teams were really bad and really lucky (Chicago – Toews and Kane, Pittsburgh – Sid and Geno). For one season the Kings were really bad and unlucky, when they could have been celebrating Jack Hughes or Kaapo Kakko in Vancouver they were discussing how Alex Turcotte can help them two seasons from now.
And that's the rub -- the downside in having a central part of a rebuild relying on the unknown - the bounce of ping pong balls. There's zero guarantee that if McLellan can't lift this team much higher than last season's 71-point season, that they won't be lottery runners-up again. And further, what if McLellan fulfills his promise to reenergize the roster and rebuild the missing culture that won Cups but only to the extent that results in a marginal standings points improvement because they haven't added talent?
On the face of it, an 11-point improvement to 82 points would appear to have this team trending in the right direction, but in the reality in this league is that mediocrity is a path that if walked down, is very difficult to escape and usually leaves fans apathetic. The one guarantee I can make is that consistently drafting 10th overall will not get this franchise back to the Promised Land. Both scenarios impair the ability to acquire the established talent this franchise needs for multiple reasons I've outlined. There are too many "what-ifs" and not enough sure things at present and why I would not be surprised if a pursuit of proven talent comes much sooner than expected.
In support of my strategy, look no further than the newly crowned Stanley Cup champions, the St. Louis Blues.
Blues GM Doug Armstrong TRADED for the Conn Smythe winner, Ryan O'Reilly, just over a year ago by surrendering three bottom-six forwards (one who retired before the season ended, another who was an underachieving first round pick – Tage Thompson), a 1st round pick (that wound up to be 31st overall) and a 2021 2nd round pick. He elevated the man who immediately got the locker room's respect and attention in Craig Berube and found his goaltender in Jordan Binnington (who is one year older than Cal Petersen) when he determined his high-priced one could not do the job.
A perfect storm? Maybe. A miracle run we may never see again? Perhaps. But if you looked at the final NHL standings one year ago from today, it reads Los Angeles 98, St. Louis 94.
The Blues had one 30-goal scorer (Vladimir Tarasenko), three defensemen over 30 years old, a player making over $5 million per season on its fourth line (Alexander Steen) and its best defenseman, Alex Pietrangelo, who is 29 years old. They weren't overly skilled, didn't blind anyone with their speed and weren't served with youth. The one trait they possessed in greater quantity than all the others throughout in their championship run was resiliency.
If ownership had just granted me until 2021 to make a contender of my team, I'd be taking more, not less risks given the Western Conference lacks an overwhelming favorite next season. I'd happily pay the price for established talent now that fits your future vision and worry about my 2022 first-round pick when those players are draft eligible.
See you in September.
Dennis Bernstein is the Senior Writer for The Fourth Period.
Follow him on Twitter.
Past Columns:
Jun. 05, 2019 - The Problem with The Plan
Apr. 03, 2019 - Before he bids us adieu, much ado about Drew
Mar. 21, 2019 - 72 and Cloudy in Los Angeles


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Black Lives Matter protesters set up camp in New York
By Jorge Fuentelsaz
New York City firefighters and police confront autistic squatter Matthew Mishefksi (C) after he was found lying naked the public fountain in Washington Square Park in New York City on 29 June 2020. EFE/EPA/JASON SZENES
Members of the NYFD (New York Fire Department) take autistic squatter Matthew Mishefksi (C) to an ambulance after he was arrested by New York police for lying naked the public fountain in Washington Square Park in New York City on 29 June 2020. EFE/EPA/JASON SZENES
New York, Jun 29 (efe-epa).- The protests against police brutality and racism that erupted after the murder of African American George Floyd by a white Minneapolis cop have resulted in demonstrators setting up a huge camp before the New York City Hall, where for a week they have been demanding sharp cuts in funding for the city's police department and a change in municipal priorities.
"We're asking this year that they withdraw at least, and at a minimum, a billion dollars from funding for the (New York) police," the annual budget for which amounts to some $6 billion, Celina Trowell, one of the organizers of the protest, which coincided with the official announcement by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio that he will support those cuts, told EFE.
In front of a book kiosk set up by several volunteers offering books related to civil rights for the African American community and indigenous peoples, Trowell said that they want to ensure "that that money is taken from the police because that money allows them to keep perpetuating the system of structural racism on which the police is based."
In a communique, Vocal - the non-governmental organization to which Trowell belongs and which on Tuesday headed the initiative to stage a sit-in in front of the City Hall - rejected the proposal the mayor was making and called it a "betrayal" of the movement.
In a brief communique, the organization said that its members were "serious" about their demands for upcoming budgets and the agreement in question was "not even close" to what they were seeking.
The request to take funds from the police, which materialized during the protests held all over the city, was backed by part of the City Council - with the head of the local Assembly, Corey Johnson, and the spokeswoman for the majority Democratic Party, Laurie Cumbo, in the lead - but until Monday morning De Blasio, also a Democrat, had eyed it hesitantly.
On Monday, however, De Blasio said that his office had presented to the City Hall a plan to "save" a billion dollars by transferring it from the police budget to help deal with a number of issues that "we know" are the causes of many problems in the city.
Nevertheless, Vocal said that De Blasio's plan preserves the resources and the power of the police without laying off any of the department's personnel and continues with the mayor's initial proposal to starve the communities devastated by the coronavirus.
A diverse conglomeration of people, signs, slogans and political demands, campaign tents, sleeping bags, about a dozen information and other service booths are jamming the square in front of City Hall, which the current occupants have dubbed "Abolition Square."
"Although here we have a multiracial crowd, this is a direct act of black leadership, which has been headed by black organizers like me, and we don't want that to be lost sight of," Trowell said.
There are so many people and so much activity on the site that it is difficult to fixate on anything in particular there. Several booths are offering free food and non-alcoholic beverages, another table is providing information to people who have just arrived there and at yet another facemasks, hand sanitizer and assorted medications are being distributed to the demonstrators.
Also established on the square is a laundry service and a list of local businesses that have opened their restrooms to the demonstrators.
A young American of Peruvian descent identifying himself only as Javier told EFE that Latin Americans and/or Hispanics in general are also suffering in the US but not as much as the blacks.
"Until the blacks are free, we will not be free," he said, before insisting that the lives of black people are important and adding that he was participating in the protests because he wants to see things change.
Many of those present are determined to continue with the protest despite the fact that their main demand has been met.
A sample of that is that at a "Popular Assembly" meeting here, which kicked off just after noon on Monday, it was noted that the Occupy Wall Street protest sit-in in 2011 lasted for three months with an eye toward eliminating corruption from the system, and a safety committee was set up to resolve assorted problems at the campsite and to teach people various techniques to protect themselves from the police during a police operation against them or if they are arrested.
The head of the group, who identified herself as Line, told EFE that several people like her, with experience at similar protests, had joined forces to help in organizing the sit-in with an eye toward ensuring that it can keep going.
"There are many things you have to know when you occupy a site. It implies various risks and I want to help people know how to behave in those situations," said Line, adding that during the nights between 500-600 people are sleeping on the site.
At the Popular Assembly, with a microphone in one hand, one organizer shares with those present the short-term demands of the protesters, the long-term demands and the "ambitious demands" on which the protesters are trying to find consensus.
Some of the demands can be read on many of the signs distributed around the square, including a big one saying "Black Lives Matter" next to which about a dozen empty mattresses have been placed.
Besides withdrawing a certain amount of funding from the police, the protesters are demanding that those funds be invested in health care, housing and education and for certain prisoners to be released, among other things.
"This is just the beginning. ... We're going to continue asking for more," Trowell said.
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Miguna is circulating on the Internet and elsewhere a statement dated Saturday, August 25 in which he attempts to spin what's thus far happening in his book tour which is more of a Raila trashing tour than a book tour.
Are you heartbroken because your efforts to bring down Raila have failed as others by others have before or are you heartbroken because the book itself has has flopped and nothing in your so-called book tour is going as planned?
These rights are already guaranteed in the constitution and are being enjoyed by all Kenyans without any inhibitions or impediments even by you and the incidences involving or appear to be hooliganism cannot be ruled out not to be stage managed in efforts to sully or otherwise maliciously try to drag and link Raila with the hooliganism he has nothing to do with.
Much as your book has flopped, these efforts, too shall fail for Kenyans are smarter and know better.
By "Kenyans" I here mean those objective and not prone to fall to antics designed to appeal to divisive tribalistic instincts driven by blind hatred.
What evidence do you have that these "marauding and organized gang" is Raila's or was sent by him?
Is this not continued defamation of Raila that, if he were not the statesman he is, he would otherwise take you to court and hold you accountable?
Or do you think as there is no doubt you have yourself convinced fully that if it falls from your lips or emanates from your fingers typing into a keypad then it must be unchallengeable truth?
News flash: Only Raila haters buy hook, line and sinker what you say.
The rest either reject it outright or take it with a grain of salt as they should.
In your continued rage and blind pursuit of a goal that clearly you cannot meet, namely, bringing down Raila, you have failed to notice Raila has long since dismissed you as a madman and would have nothing to do or say about you and that includes caring whether your book tour is a success or not.
Your desperate effort to link Raila to your troubles is just that: desperate efforts to link Raila to your efforts, which shall fail much as your "volcanic" book has proven to be anything but.
In fact, the book has revealed more about you and exposed you for who you are to those who did not know you but not in the manner you anticipated and tells us nothing about anything else with even remote explosiveness as you falsely claimed in hyping its content pre-publication.
This comment I find comical but not surprising coming from you because a victim does not condemn what happens to them; others do in their behalf when the victimization is obvious.
Again, this is smearing and defamation of Raila for (a) you have not an iota of evidence that Raila has had anything to do with your troubles and (b) Raila himself has dismissed you as a madman better ignored it's preposterous and very like you to continue insisting you're that important for Raila or anyone to stoop to the level of sending hooligans to interrupt your peddling of a book that has obviously flopped and will have no impact on Raila or anyone but you for that matter.
No one begrudges your speaking out against the Moi regime and paying a price for it, which many others did as well, including Raila himself.
Your life was spared and you managed to safely exit the country and remained out of the country and its affairs until returning in 2007 highly anticipating to work for the man you admired, loved and defended until you were unceremoniously shown the door last year.
That man remains the same man you admired, loved and defended until you were unceremoniously shown the door last year and this remains true no matter what you now say about him in your desperate and blind effort to exact revenge for what happened to you; even in revenge, there surely must be proportion.
You have over-revenged and the whole thing has blown up in your face which you cannot blame anyone but yourself.
But that's not a license to lie, besmirch, smear and defame others at will or without fear of consequences.
Again, true but if you are trying to put yourself and your antics as belonging in the same group of heroes, then we kindly urge you not to out of respect for those heroes.
You don't even come remotely close and you know it–well, let me take that back for you may actually believe you do.
FYI, nobody thinks or believes that we fought and passed the new constitution to elevate Raila to the presidency.
Again, you have no evidence and neither does anyone because its false that Raila has "obviously directed, organized and authorized his hooligans" to subject you to "inhumane treatment; to harass you and to deny" your rights of thought, movement, expression and association.
Sorry to burst your bubble but Raila doesn't think you're as important as you obviously think you are.
In fact, he thinks and has publicly said he believes you're unhinged and have become a madman he wishes and has, in fact, decided to ignore you much to your chagrin for you clearly and desperately wish he engages or responds to your antics.
He won't beyond what he has.
There is no such a thing as "Raila Odinga's thugs" and this is a lie you're obviously desperately trying to repeat as many times in the hopes of it being taken as true.
It won't except among those who like you hate or can't stand Raila where neither truth nor facts matter.
I know you dismiss everyone but you to be stupid or otherwise not intelligent but you'll be surprised when you come back to reality that most people are, in fact, intelligent and not stupid so they know your book is not about these issues you're claiming to be your concern but the book is nothing but a vengeful effort to get even with Raila for dropping you as one of his aides.
He actually thinks and has publicly said you're a madman.
You're no more threatening to him than a madman in any village.
In fact, most madmen are not that threatening at all.
There is nothing in your book for Raila to respond to and we know you'll be thrilled were he even to say anything about you and your book beyond what he has said but he shouldn't and am sure he won't.
If you think lying about others, issuing empty threats and challenges and defaming people is living according to the dictates of the new Constitution, then this is worse for you than I previously thought.
But there is the right and legal way to do this and the wrong-headed and illegal way of doing this.
Needless to say we must go with the former but you've opted to go the latter way and if we are to go your way, then we might as well do away with the law and strictly engage in judging and evaluating leaders based on lies, innuendo, conjecture and rumors. [/quote].
For the last time, stop this desperate attempt to link Raila with your troubles in your so-called book tour for he has nothing to do with it and it's condescending albeit not uncharacteristic of you to lecture Raila about respecting the Constitution he so gallantly fought for its passage and double so for telling him he is not above it or the law flowing from it.
Others may intimidate and try to muzzle you but leave Raila out of it as he is not interested.
He has more important things to do such as making sure he is reelected but this time sworn as president.
You're not anywhere on the list of things he has any concerns about or would spend even a moment to ponder.
Raila will ascend to the presidency by winning the hearts of Kenyans again as he did in 2007 and by meeting the constitutional threshold for being sworn as president.
And Raila is leading in the efforts to take on the merchants of impunity.
I'll be surprised if you're not given a red-carpet welcome in Nyeri.
You might as well declare your candidacy for Othaya MP while there.
I honestly feel that Miguna's theatrics are a real threat to the peace and the NSIS as well as Mzalendo Kibunjia's team should and must keep him in check. He is a lose cannon, hitting at imaginary enemies, and in the process sowing seeds of discord in an otherwise peaceful citizenry.
These antics and stage-managed "hooliganism by Raila's thugs" are meant to achieve a particular purpose. That of portraying the PM as one incapable of listening to a dissenting view. Miguna having elevated himself to the true liberator of the people of Kenya from the he only knows what, is in my view a rebel with a cause – a cause to justify his pay to his paymasters.
His intentions with the so called book tour go beyond his own desire to settle a score with the PM. Do not be surprised when, in the fullness of time, we realize that Miguna was simply fulfilling a contract.
The speed at which a well known blogger from central province and a gun for hire for the PM's enemies post these "updates" on Facebook under an account called "Miguna At Miguna" shows just how well these so called "attacks by Raila's goons" are choreographed and meant to elicit a particular response.
Now, the real question is "Who is the real goon here"? Is it the few young men, obviously acting on their own as a result of provocation by Miguna, or is it the man conducting un-needed and so far much ignored "book tour" with the purpose of fulfilling a contractual obligation on behalf and at the behest of the PM's political adversaries?
The real goon, the one who is a threat to the peace and a real threat to cohesion, is Miguna Miguna. We are in an election year, and following what happened in 2007, the least we need in an inciter.
Miguna has written the book, which is democratic right. Let him now supply it to bookshops and even markets. He needs to give Kenyans time to buy and read it, and respond!
Very well stated Oscar; there is nothing to add let those with eyes see and accept the truth as we are stating it.


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The generation that was liberated from slavery through that miraculous Exodus, the former slaves who (a) witnessed the Revelation at Sinai, (b) were fed Manna on a daily basis, and (c) witnessed many miracles, were very difficult to govern. They worshipped the Golden Calf, they murmured against G-d and Moses, and they even questioned the Exodus itself, regretting leaving Egypt and even considering returning to being slaves. In this week's Parasha, they commit the most serious and worse transgression of all.
Moses sends twelve men, each one of them a recognized leader of his respective tribe, to tour the Land of Israel and report back to the people as to the land and its inhabitants. At the end of forty days, they returned from touring the land. They went straight to Moses and to Aaron and to the entire Israelite community at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran, made their report and showed them the fruits they had brought back from the land.
Their conclusion was that there is no way we can win.
Caleb and Joshua, on the other hand, gave a positive report, praised the land and said that, with G-d's help, Israel can defeat the inhabitants.
The people believed the ten scouts rather than Caleb and Joshua. That night became a night of weeping and crying. They railed against Moses and Aaron and questioned the purpose of leaving Egypt.
G-d's punishment was severe. These former slaves will not get to see the Promised Land. They will wander in the wilderness for the next 39 years, until all the adults have died, and only their children, the new generation, will enter and possess the Promised Land.
The ten scouts represented the leadership of the tribes. They failed miserably. Fearing that they might lose their power and leadership authority in the new land, they misled the people by lying and caring only for their personal status. Caleb, Joshua, and even Moses and Aaron, were unable to save the day. The community was persuaded and became frightened by the words of the ten scouts.
An important lesson in this Parasha: It's easy to find what is bad in any situation. Spreading slander - known as Lashon Harah, evil speech - can cause immeasurable damage to others - even to an entire community.
There is much good in the world. We just have to look for it and appreciate it. With hard work and good intentions, we can build on the positive. Remember King David's words: "Who is the man that desires life, and loves days to see goodness? Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace and pursue it."
We could use some of that at every level of life and our society.


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Top 23 David Chipperfield Quotes
"The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it."
― David Chipperfield
"If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational."
"I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age."
"It's unfortunate that a certain type of stripped-down classicism became the in-house architectural language for 20th-century fascism. Can an architectural language recover from such an association? Yes, I think it can, because in the end what you're talking about is a column and beam."
"Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not sure if it's good or bad but at least it's interesting, or at the behest of forces of commerce."
"Often, architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It's like we're actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our parts at the same time in our own private languages without an audience."
"You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits – you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived."
"I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?"
"The quality of the Neues Museum's construction is extraordinary even by German standards, and people can smell that quality. The concept would not have been so convincing without it."
"Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap."
"In Britain, we've tended to replace the kind of architectural culture valued in much of Europe with an in-flight magazine lifestyle – all branding, marketing and 'accessibility', a word that usually means dumbing-down."
"Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant."
"I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books which are wasted on me, plus a lot of novels and books on art and architecture shared by us both. Evelyn used to edit an art magazine called 'FMR,' so we have a common interest in design."
"It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens."
"I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake."
"When the Americans are behind you, they're behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead a building project – to make the kind of big and costly decisions that, in Britain, have been handed over to project managers and cost-cutters."
"I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful."
"I'm suspicious of the idea of architects acting like business executives, brand managers, or purveyors of luxury goods."
"I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer."
"I have always worked a bit with fashion people. I worked with Issey Miyake for a while, then Dolce & Gabbana; now we're working with Valentino. It's fine. The fashion world is a fairly weird world, but there are good people in it. It's weird because their timetables are unbearable."
"It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities."
"A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture – that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels."
"Seeing architecture differently from the way you see the rest of life is a bit weird. I believe one should be consistent in all that one does, from the books you read to the way you bring up your children. Everything you do is connected."
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Johann "Hans" Zach (* 30. März 1949 in Bad Tölz) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Eishockeyspieler und -trainer. Der gelernte Metzgermeister und Diplom-Eishockeytrainer war von 1999 bis 2004 Trainer der deutschen Nationalmannschaft. Er ist einer der wenigen, die als Spieler sowie als Trainer deutscher Meister werden konnten. Sein Bruder Martin war ebenfalls Eishockeyspieler.

Karriere

Als Spieler
Zach begann seine Karriere in der Nachwuchsabteilung des EC Bad Tölz. Ab der Saison 1967/68 gehörte er der Profimannschaft an, mit der er in der damals höchsten deutschen Spielklasse, der Bundesliga, aktiv war. In seiner ersten Saison erzielte er in 26 Ligapartien bereits 21 Scorerpunkte. Der gelernte Stürmer blieb zwei weitere Jahre in seiner Heimatstadt Bad Tölz und wechselte im Sommer 1970 innerhalb der Liga zum SC Riessersee. Dort stand er vier Spielzeiten unter Vertrag. Zur Saison 1974/75 schloss er sich dem Berliner Schlittschuhclub an. Nach einem durchschnittlichen ersten Jahr in Berlin konnte er sich deutlich steigern und gewann 1976 seine erste deutsche Meisterschaft. In der Saison 1976/77 schaffte er den endgültigen Durchbruch und gehörte mit 54 erzielten Punkten zu den besten Scorern der Bundesliga.

Anschließend konnte ihn das Management des EV Landshut davon überzeugen, für den EVL auf das Eis zu gehen. Auch in Landshut gehörte Zach zu den Leistungsträgern und teamintern besten Scorern. Dabei war die Saison 1978/79 seine beste, als er in 42 Partien 60-mal punkten konnte. Nach dieser Spielzeit wechselte er zum Sportbund Rosenheim, der zu der Zeit einer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Klubs war. Mit den Rosenheimern konnte Zach im Jahr 1982 nach einem Finalsieg über den Mannheimer ERC seinen zweiten Meistertitel erringen. Zum Ende der Saison 1983/84 beendete er seine aktive Eishockeykarriere im Alter von 35 Jahren. Insgesamt absolvierte er über 600 Erstliga-Spiele und schoss dabei über 260 Tore.

In der Saison 1986/87 agierte er als Spielertrainer beim EC Ratingen in der Eishockey-Oberliga.

International
Als Nationalspieler erzielte er in 80 Länderspielen 16 Tore. Für die Nationalmannschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nahm er an den Weltmeisterschaften 1976, 1977, 1978 und 1979, an der B-Weltmeisterschaft 1969 und an den Olympischen Winterspielen 1980 teil.

Als Trainer

Zwischen 1983 und 1986 war Hans Zach Nachwuchstrainer und Co-Trainer der Bundesligamannschaft des SB Rosenheim sowie parallel dazu Assistenztrainer von Nachwuchsbundestrainer Rampf beim Deutschen Eishockey-Bund. Im Jahr 1987 absolvierte er in der Sporthochschule Köln den Lehrgang als Diplom-Eishockeytrainer und wurde 1988 Jahrgangsbester. Gleichzeitig trainierte er zwischen 1987 und 1988 den EC Ratingen in der Oberliga. Hier, wie auch beim folgenden Engagement 1988 bis 1990 beim SV Bayreuth in der 2. Bundesliga wurde er jeweils zum "Besten Trainer der Liga" gewählt, bevor er 1990 als Trainer zum Deutschen Meister Düsseldorfer EG wechselte.

Mit den Düsseldorfern gewann Zach in seiner ersten Saison die deutsche Meisterschaft. Die DEG besiegte im Play-off Finale mit 3:2 Siegen den rheinischen Rivalen aus Köln. Es folgten zwei weitere Meisterschaften in den anschließenden zwei Jahren. Dabei gewann Zach in der Saison 1991/92 im Finale gegen seinen Ex-Verein, den SB Rosenheim, und eine Spielzeit später erneut gegen den Kölner EC. Die Arbeit in Düsseldorf wurde 1995/96 unterbrochen durch ein Jahr bei den Kassel Huskies, 1996/97 stand Zach jedoch wieder an der Brehmstraße in Düsseldorf an der Bande.

1997 versuchte Zach sein Glück in der Schweiz, wurde jedoch bei den ZSC Lions bereits Anfang Februar 1998 entlassen und durch Kent Ruhnke ersetzt.

Im Juni 1998 wurde Hans Zach Bundestrainer der DEB-Auswahl. Er führte die deutsche Mannschaft aus der B-WM heraus und erreichte dreimal das WM-Viertelfinale sowie den achten Platz beim Olympischen Eishockey-Turnier 2002 in Salt Lake City. Parallel dazu trainierte Zach erfolgreich die Kassel Huskies, die er in vier Spielzeiten bis 2002 dreimal ins Playoff-Halbfinale brachte. Anschließend betreute er von 2002 bis 2006 die Kölner Haie als Cheftrainer.

Vor Beginn der Weltmeisterschaft 2004 gab Zach den Nichtabstieg als Ziel aus. Nach der gescheiterten Qualifikation für das Viertelfinale übte vor allem die Presse Kritik an der Spielerauswahl und seinem Trainingsstil. Diese Kritik veranlasste Zach, seinen Vertrag nicht mehr zu verlängern. Sein Nachfolger als Bundestrainer wurde nach der Betreuung des Teams in der Übergangszeit durch Ernst Höfner im Jahr 2004 der US-Amerikaner Greg Poss.

Im Sommer 2006 statteten ihn die Verantwortlichen der Hannover Scorpions mit einem Vertrag aus. Zach führte die Mannschaft der Scorpions in der Saison 2008/09 nach einem zweiten Tabellenrang nach der Hauptrunde ins Play-off Halbfinale. Dies war die bis dahin erfolgreichste Spielzeit der Klubgeschichte. Daraufhin wurde sein Kontrakt im Jahr 2009 bis zum Ende der Saison 2009/10 verlängert. In der Saison 2009/10 gewann er mit den Scorpions als erster deutscher Trainer in der DEL (und erster Deutscher seit 1993, ebenfalls Zach) die deutsche Meisterschaft.

Am 1. Januar 2014 kehrte Zach aus seinem 2010 angetretenen Ruhestand zurück und wurde übergangsweise als Headcoach Nachfolger des entlassenen Harold Kreis bei den Adler Mannheim. Zach führte die Mannschaft von Tabellenplatz sechs auf Tabellenplatz vier, traf im Play-off-Viertelfinale auf seinen ehemaligen Verein Kölner Haie und verlor die Serie mit 1:4 Spielen. Nach dem Ausscheiden der Adler im Viertelfinale der DEL-Playoffs 2014 erklärte Zach mit dem Auslaufen seines Vertrages in Mannheim seine endgültige Rückkehr in den Ruhestand.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen

 Als Spieler

 1968 Deutscher Vizemeister mit dem EC Bad Tölz
 1970 Deutscher Vizemeister mit dem EC Bad Tölz
 1976 Deutscher Meister mit dem Berliner Schlittschuhclub
 1982 Deutscher Meister mit dem Sportbund Rosenheim

 Als Trainer

 1991 Deutscher Meister mit der Düsseldorfer EG
 1992 Deutscher Meister mit der Düsseldorfer EG
 1993 Deutscher Meister mit der Düsseldorfer EG
 1994 Deutscher Vizemeister mit der Düsseldorfer EG
 2000 Aufstieg in die A-Weltmeisterschaft bei der B-Weltmeisterschaft
 2003 Deutscher Vizemeister mit den Kölner Haien
 2004 Deutscher Pokalsieger mit den Kölner Haien
 2010 Deutscher Meister mit den Hannover Scorpions

Karrierestatistik

International
Vertrat Deutschland bei:

 B-Weltmeisterschaft 1969
 A-Weltmeisterschaft 1976
 A-Weltmeisterschaft 1977
 A-Weltmeisterschaft 1978
 Olympischen Winterspielen 1980

Literarisches Werk
 Hans Zach: Ich, der Alpenvulkan. Die Autobiografie des Eishockey-Bundestrainers. Pfaffenweiler: WeroPress, 2003. ISBN 3-9808049-8-4.

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Einzelnachweise

Eishockeynationalspieler (Deutschland)
Eishockeyspieler (EC Bad Tölz)
Eishockeyspieler (EV Landshut)
Eishockeyspieler (Starbulls Rosenheim)
Eishockeyspieler (SC Riessersee)
Eishockeyspieler (Berliner Schlittschuhclub)
Eishockeynationaltrainer (Deutschland)
Eishockeytrainer (Hannover Scorpions)
Eishockeytrainer (Adler Mannheim)
Eishockeytrainer (Kölner Haie)
Eishockeytrainer (EC Ratingen)
Eishockeytrainer (Düsseldorfer EG)
Eishockeytrainer (ZSC Lions)
Mitglied der Hockey Hall of Fame Deutschland
Deutscher Meister (Eishockey)
Olympiateilnehmer (Deutschland)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 1980
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Geboren 1949
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