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Excess land of MLA: HC directive to file a report
KOCHI, December 08, 2021 18:51 IST
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the State government to file a report on the status of the proceedings initiated to implement the order of the State Land Board to recover the excess land in the possession of Nilambur MLA P.V. Anwar.
Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan passed the order on a petition filed by K.V. Shaji of Malappuram seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against P. Anwar Sadath, chairman, Taluk Land Board, Thamarassery, and Additional Tahasildar (LR) for not complying with the High Court directive.
The High Court had directed the Thamassery Taluk Land Board and the Additional Tahasildar to expedite the proceedings and take the matter to its logical conclusion within six months. They were bound to comply with the directive of the court. However, they had wilfully disobeyed and, thus, committed contempt of court. The deadline for compliance with the directive ended on September 25. Their conduct was punishable under the provisions of the contempt of court Act, the petitioner said.
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Dallas engineering giant Jacobs gives $8 million to Klyde Warren Park's second phase
The Jacobs Lawn will provide event space and a winter ice rink about the size of the one in Rockefeller Center.
The Jacobs Lawn as viewed conceptually from Akard Street looking west toward the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The 37,000-square-foot multi-use venue will provide space for a variety of events, including festivals and markets.(Courtesy of Klyde Warren Park)
By Cheryl Hall
10:30 PM on Oct 13, 2020 CDT
Jacobs wants to put its corporate signature on its new hometown.
The technology and engineering giant is paying $8 million for the naming rights to a key portion of Klyde Warren Park's second phase being built over Woodall Rodgers Freeway.
The western edge of the 1.65-acre expansion will be named The Jacobs Lawn. This 36,000-square-foot multiuse green space will host markets, festivals and other recreational community events. In the winter, it will be converted into an ice rink being designed in conjunction with the Dallas Stars.
"We moved our global headquarters to Dallas in 2016, after 70-plus years in California," said Steve Demetriou, chair and CEO of Jacobs, which had $13 billion in revenue last year. "We've made other commitments to the community, but this is going to become our hallmark.
"Everything that Klyde Warren Park represents — especially around inclusion and diversity — perfectly aligns with our culture at Jacobs."
During the winter, The Jacobs Lawn will be transformed into a community ice skating rink that park operators hope will become a tradition along the lines of the Rockefeller Center ice rink in New York City.(Courtesy Klyde Warren Park)
The gift is the single largest donation to the $100 million expansion project by a corporation and the largest corporate gift in downtown Dallas since the AT&T Performing Arts Center opened in 2009.
The donation will be announced Wednesday morning, exactly eight years after the deck park made its debut in 2012 and two years since the expansion plan was announced.
Construction is scheduled to begin late 2021, with completion in 2024.
The timing of the gift is crucial, said Jody Grant, chairman of the board of Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. The foundation was in the middle of its capital campaign when the pandemic hit, so the board had put its fundraising on pause.
"This gift will get us back in the game," he said.
It will also help qualify the park if the federal government decides to fund infrastructure projects in a future stimulus package, Grant said. "This will get us to shovel-ready in quick order."
Jacobs has been a key partner of Klyde Warren Park since the idea of the deck park first gained traction in 2005.
"Building a 5-acre park over a major highway is a remarkable, innovative architectural and engineering feat," Grant said. "The brilliant minds at Jacobs made it possible. The success of the park has inspired similar efforts in major cities around the globe."
Klyde Warren Park has had more than 10 million visitors and has had a broad economic impact on Dallas, Grant said.
"Dallas is Big D. We're big. We're bold. And we're audacious," the retired banker said. "Jacobs is making a huge bet on Dallas and its future with this investment at a time when there isn't a lot going on except for raising funds to meet basic needs. They're stepping in and making a very important investment for Dallas' future."
Demetriou said the company is happy to help. "We were intimately involved in the arrival in Klyde Warren Park as the designer of what we see today. To be able to make a major contribution to take it to the next level is just totally consistent with what we do at Jacobs."
Energy billionaire Kelcy Warren, who gave $10 million to name the park after his son in 2012, remains Klyde Warren's largest benefactor with total giving of $30 million. He and his wife, Amy, along with Oncor and Miyama USA Texas, have also donated to the expansion project.
The Jacobs donation gives the park foundation the $50 million in private donations it needed to start construction of the deck. "There's nothing between us and progress except building it," Grant said.
The park's expansion also includes a three-story, enclosed special events pavilion across Akard Street from Jacobs Lawn. It will provide special event space that can be used during inclement weather.
Klyde Warren offers more than 1,300 free programs and events each year.
An artist's rendering offers a bird's-eye view of the Klyde Warren Park extension.(Courtesy of Klyde Warren Park)
Kit Sawers, president of Klyde Warren, said the past seven months have been rough. The park had to reduce its operating budget by about 40% while spending $75,000 on enhanced cleaning protocols. Sponsored events were canceled. Meanwhile, the park has remained open seven days a week.
"The exciting thing is that the demand for outdoor recreational activities has been enormous, because there haven't been events in the community and families have wanted to be outside," she said.
"While we weren't able to play an immediate role in the city's emergency response to COVID by providing food or medicine, we've definitely been playing a role in our recovery."
Klyde Warren Park put on the only city-sanctioned fireworks celebration for the 4th of July and recently held a socially distanced movie night where 750 people sat on the lawn to watch The Wizard of Oz.
"We've been highly focused on providing free opportunities for people to be with their loved ones in a safe outdoor space," Sawers said.
She sees the ice skating rink, which will be about the size of the one in New York City's Rockefeller Center, as a huge game changer that she hopes will become a holiday tradition.
"After all of the hardships with the coronavirus, this is something exciting to look forward to. It's happiness," she said. "It's going to help the physical, the mental and the social well-being of our community.
"This is an inspirational announcement that provides a little light at the end of a long, long tunnel."
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Having done Many, Many fifty shades of grey schemes in the last eighteen months, the last two schemes at Bromley Curtains and Blinds have been from the Sanderson Vintage 2 collection. The latest job was completed in Shortlands, a suburb of Bromley just last night. Full length curtains, lined and interlined with a softly upholstered pelmet. The job went smoothly thanks to the excellent job done by our expert curtain fitter. Not only was the pelmet beautifully made it was skilfully fitted around the bay window and up to the fitted wardrobes. The curtains looked amazing, the finishing touches , beautiful co-ordinating bespoke lampshades in Sanderson Washi fabric in mineral blue and yes GREY!
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Cabinet has approved plans to embark on a second phase of the Lesotho Highlands water project, which will involve building a second hydroelectric dam to augment the Vaal river system.
Lindiwe Hendricks, minister of water affairs and forestry, made the announcement at a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday.
She said her departmental proposals have been approved by her colleagues, although first she must ensure that the illegal water use on the Vaal is curbed, and conservation and demand management are improved to stop other water losses.
Thirdly she will have to ensure that effluent - largely discharged into the river from the mines - is treated to improve water quality.
She said she expects that these measures will prevent the region from running out of water by 2013, and that once they are in place, the building of the dam can go ahead with the aim of completing it by 2019.
The project, including the construction of the Polihali Dam in Lesotho, will cost R7,3-billion, which is to be raised off-budget through borrowings from the capital markets.
The minister explained that her department's investigations indicated two possible ways of augmenting the Vaal system - the Lesotho project or another phase of the Tukhela project, which involves lifting water from KwaZulu-Natal over the Drakensburg.
The Lesotho alternative got the nod, she said, because it was more energy-efficient.
Water from the Lesotho highlands would be led into the Vaal by gravity. The Tukhela scheme would require the expenditure of energy for pumps.
In addition, the carbon footprint of both countries would be improved because the dam would also generate clean electricity.
"We have been in discussions with the government of Lesotho which is strongly in favour of the project," Hendricks said.
She added that when she told her ministerial counterpart there about the Cabinet decision "he was very excited".
The Vaal system is considered the most important water source in South Africa, Hendricks said, because it supplies water to 60% of the economy, 45% of the population, the whole of Gauteng and the Northern Cape, which includes Kimberley and Upington.


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Dec 18 Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance
Originally published on Medical Xpress
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. appears more closely linked with their occasional use by many people than by their repeated use among smaller numbers of people, according to a large new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The study also found that antibiotic use varies across the nation, and that in areas where particular antibiotics are used more frequently, resistance to those antibiotics is higher.
"We know that efforts to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics are critical to addressing the problem of antibiotic resistance. We wondered whether every antibiotic prescription contributes equally to resistance, and whether, as some previous research has suggested, the most effective way to minimize antibiotic resistance would be to focus on the small fraction of people who use most of the antibiotics," said Yonatan Grad, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases and senior author of the study. "Our results show that most antibiotic use is occasional—by people taking just one antibiotic course in a year—and that this occasional use is more closely linked with antibiotic resistance than intense, repeated use."
The study was published online December 18, 2018 in eLife. It is the first to take a population-wide look at the link between distribution of antibiotic use and resistance to those antibiotics.
Antibiotic resistance has risen to dangerously high levels in recent years, spurred by over-prescription and overuse. Infections such as gonorrhea, tuberculosis, and foodborne diseases are becoming harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat as antibiotics become less effective, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In the new study, researchers sought to home in on how the distribution of antibiotic use impacts antibiotic resistance. They used data sources that allowed them to simultaneously analyze antibiotic use and resistance for an unprecedented number of antibiotics and pathogens. They used two nationwide pharmacy prescription claims databases, Truven Health MarketScan Research Database and Medicare, to determine antibiotic use among 60 million Americans—roughly 20% of the U.S. population—from 2011 to 2014. They then compared that data with information from 2012 to 2015 from ResistanceOpen, which tracks antibiotic resistance across the U.S. To determine if rates of antibiotic use for a particular drug correlate with rates of antibiotic resistance against that drug, the researchers looked at 72 pairs of antibiotics and bacteria across the U.S.
The study showed that, in 2011, 34% of people received antibiotics, that 10% of the population used 57% of the antibiotics, and that this distribution was similar for each year of the study. The researchers found that the more a particular antibiotic was used, the greater the resistance. For instance, in U.S. states that use more quinolones, more E. coli-caused infections tend to be resistant to quinolones.
However, when breaking down total use of antibiotic into occasional, low-intensity use by many people versus intense use by a few people, they found that the occasional, low-intensity use was more closely associated with rates of resistance.
"Our findings suggest that combatting inappropriate antibiotic use among people who don't take many antibiotics may be just as important, or more important, to fighting resistance than focusing on high-intensity users," said lead author Scott Olesen, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. "More antibiotic use generally means more antibiotic resistance, but it seems like the number of people taking antibiotics might matter more than the amount they're taking."
Dec 18 New study found almost half of parents re-use antibiotics
Dec 17 Large rotting swabs left in woman during C-section birth
Aug 19 Wasted antibiotics causing resistance
Oct 10 The misuse of antibiotics in acute pancreatitis appears widespread
Apr 8 Excessive hygiene promotes resistance to antibiotics


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Q: manipulating UIScrollView height to add another UIView above it I have a UIScrollView in which I am adding a subview which is a TimeLineView(a UIView).For the purpose of displaying; initially I just did the same and the TimeLineView got displayed without any problem. But now I want to have a UIView just above the UIScrollView where I can display some information about the the timeline.
Do I need to decrease the height of the UIScrollView so that the UIView gets fit on the space above it? If yes, How would I do that?
If there's another way...then please let me know.
All my initial implementations are as follows :
in .h
@property (nonatomic, readonly) UIScrollView *scrollView;
@property (nonatomic, readonly) TimeLineView *timelineView;

in .m
@synthesize scrollView = scrollView;
@synthesize timelineView = timelineView;

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        [self prepareCustomView];
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:decoder];
    if (self) {
        [self prepareCustomView];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)prepareCustomView {
    // Initialization code

    // Add main scroll view
[self addSubview:self.scrollView];

    // Add timeline view inside scrollview
[self.scrollView addSubview:self.timelineView];

}

- (UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
    if (!scrollView) {
        scrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, TOP_BAR_HEIGHT, self.bounds.size.width, self.bounds.size.height-TOP_BAR_HEIGHT-FOOTER_HEIGHT)];
        scrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(self.bounds.size.width,TIMELINE_HEIGHT);
        scrollView.scrollEnabled = TRUE;
        scrollView.backgroundColor =[UIColor whiteColor];
        scrollView.alwaysBounceVertical = TRUE;
    }
    return scrollView;
}

Thanks in advance for the help.

A: Yes you have to change y-axis and decrease the height of scrollview by the height of your UIView.You have to change the frame of your scrollview as follows if the scrollview is just below UIView:
scrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, UIViewFrame.size.height+UIViewFrame.origin.y, self.bounds.size.width, self.bounds.size.height-TOP_BAR_HEIGHT-FOOTER_HEIGHT-UIViewFrame.size.height)];
where UIViewFrame is the frame of your UIView.

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Eastern Catholics explain tradition, value of married priests
November 14, 2012 1:51 pm / Leave a comment
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
ROME (CNS) — In Eastern Christianity — among both Catholics and Orthodox — a dual vocation to marriage and priesthood are seen as a call "to love more" and to broaden the boundaries of what a priest considers to be his family, said Russian Catholic Father Lawrence Cross.
Father Cross, a professor at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, was one of the speakers at the Chrysostom Seminar in Rome Nov. 13, a seminar focused on the history and present practice of married priests in the Eastern churches.
The Code of Canons of the Eastern (Catholic) Churches insist that "in the way they lead their family life and educate their children, married clergy are to show an outstanding example to other Christian faithful."
Speakers at the Rome conference — sponsored by the Australian Catholic University and the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa — insisted the vocation of married priests in the Eastern churches cannot be understood apart from an understanding of the sacramental vocation of married couples.
"Those who are called to the married priesthood are, in reality, called to a spiritual path that in the first place is characterized by a conjugal, family form of life," he said, and priestly ordination builds on the vocation they have as married men.
Father Cross and other speakers at the conference urged participants to understand the dignity of the vocation of marriage in the way Blessed John Paul II did: as a sacramental expression of God's love and as a path to holiness made up of daily acts of self-giving and sacrifices made for the good of the other.
"Married life and family life are not in contradiction with the priestly ministry," Father Cross said. A married man who is ordained is called "to love more, to widen his capacity to love, and the boundaries of his family are widened, his paternity is widened as he acquires more sons and daughters; the community becomes his family."
Father Basilio Petra, an expert in Eastern Christianity and professor of theology in Florence, told the conference, "God does not give one person two competing calls."
If the church teaches — as it does — that marriage is more than a natural institution aimed at procreation because it is "a sign and continuation of God's love in the world," then the vocations of marriage and priesthood "have an internal harmony," he said.
Father Petra, who is a celibate priest, told the conference that in the last 30 or 40 years some theologians and researchers have been making a big push to "elaborate the idea that celibacy is the only way to fully configure oneself to Christ," but such a position denies the tradition of married priests, configured to Christ, who have served the church since the time of the apostles.
Father Thomas J. Loya, a Byzantine Catholic priest and member of the Tabor Life Institute in Chicago, told the conference it would be a betrayal of Eastern tradition and spirituality to support the married priesthood simply as a practical solution to a priest shortage or to try to expand the married priesthood without, at the same time, trying to strengthen Eastern monasticism, which traditionally was the source of the celibate clergy.
He called for a renewed look at what the creation of human beings as male and female and their vocations says about God to the world.
Father Peter Galadza of the Sheptytsky Institute told conference participants that the problem of "cafeteria Catholics" who pick and choose which church teachings they accept is found not just among Catholics who reject the authority of the church's leaders; "those who believe they are faithful to the magisterium" also seem to pick and choose when it comes to the church's official recognition of and respect for the Eastern tradition of married priests.
"We know we are only 1 percent of the world's Catholics, but Eastern Catholics have a right to be themselves," he said.
"As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, we hope the same Holy Spirit who guided the authors of its decrees would guide us in implementing them," he said, referring specifically to Vatican II's affirmation of the equality of the Latin and Eastern churches and its call that Eastern churches recover their traditions.
"There has been a long history of confusing 'Latin' and 'Catholic,'" he said, and that confusion has extended to an assumption that the Latin church's general discipline of having celibate priests is better or holier than the Eastern tradition of having both married and celibate priests.
The speakers unanimously called for the universal revocation of a 1929 Vatican directive that banned the ordination and ministry of married Eastern Catholic priests outside the traditional territories of their churches. The directive, still technically in force, generally is upheld only when requested by local Latin-rite bishops.
Copyright (c) 2012 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Vocations and Ministries
August 31, 2012 10:18 am / Leave a comment
Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears My voice, and opens the door,
I will come unto him and dine with him and him with me.
Pulled from the archives, i found this file on vocations, created for one of scouting's religious emblems programs. I cannot for the life of me find the original attribution, if there was one, but we made several adaptations anyway. This version was prepared by me, for the Archdiocesan Committee on Catholic Scouting in Seattle, several years ago. Still worth a reminder: there's more to vocation than priests and nuns.
There was a time when, if somebody said the word "vocation", people would think mainly of "priests and nuns". However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines vocation as "The calling or destiny we have in this life and hereafter." Today the church clearly uses the term to refer to the calling each of us has to use our God-given gifts to participate in the mission and ministry of the Church: All Christians have a vocation.
Each person's vocation has three components: The first part is the call to faith. The second is the call to relationship. The third is the call to ministry.
The call to faith is sometimes referred to as the 'universal call to holiness': "All Christians in any state or walk of life are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity." (Lumen Gentium 40 §2). We are all called to be the best Christians we can be, with the help of the gifts God has given us. We are called to love one another, to practice justice and charity, to help those most in need, and to transform ourselves and the world around us to be more like Christ. This is more than asking ourselves, "What would Jesus do?" It involves asking "Who does Jesus want me to be?"
The call to relationship is sometimes referred to as your 'state of life'. Each of us is called to love everyone around us. But, we obviously do not love everyone in the same way. The call to relationship is about how we love the people around us, how we are in relationship with other people. Some people are called to marry and raise a family. Some are called to take vows and live in a religious community with other people who make the same vows. Some are called to remain single for life and not get married (this is called celibacy). Most people spend several years as single persons before committing to marriage, religious life, or celibacy.
The call to ministry is probably what most people mean when they talk about vocations. This is about what you do as a member of the church, and how you participate in the mission of the Church. The Church's mission is to carry on the mission of Christ: Proclaim the good news of God's saving love for all people; to establish a prayerful community of believers; and to serve the needs others, especially the poor and marginalized. Through our initiation by Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist, each member of the church takes responsibility to carry out this mission of Christ in partnership with other church members.While everyone is called to contribute to the common mission of the church, not everyone is called in the same way. After all, we each have different gifts and talents.
Within the call to ministry there are two essential groups:Lay ministries and ecclesial ministries.
Lay ministries are sometimes called 'the lay vocation' or 'the lay apostolate'. The word "lay" comes from the Greek term laos theon (People of God). The people whose calling is to lay ministry are called "the laity" or "lay people". They are the people chiefly responsible for the mission of the Church in the world. This includes evangelizing (bringing non-believers into relationship with Jesus), doing works of charity for the poor, advocating for justice to eradicate poverty, and transforming the world so it is more like Christ. With such a big job, it's a good thing that 99.7% of all Catholic Christians are called to lay ministry!
Ecclesial ministries get their name from the Greek word ekklesia which means 'assembly' or 'church'. It basically means official church ministries. Ecclesial ministers serve the pastoral and spiritual needs of the Church members by preaching, teaching, and sanctifying (inspiring others to holiness). They are often, but not always, the most visible leaders within the church and most are employed full-time by the church. Some are ordained (Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons) but others are not (Theologians and Lay Ecclesial Ministers). They make up the remaining 0.3% of the Church's members.
It is always important to remember that "there is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are many types of service to be done, but always the same Lord, working in many different kinds of people; it is the same God who is working in all of them." (1 Corinthians 12.4-6) In other words, each vocation is different, but they are all equal.
This section lists a variety of currently recognized ministries in the Catholic Church in Western Washington. It is not complete: New ways of serving God's people are constantly developing as needs are identified and awareness is sharpened. Traditional church roles can take on new characteristics as the culture and social climate changes.
Ecclesial Ministries (ordained)
Archbishop; Auxiliary Bishop; Retired Archbishop
Presbyter (Priest)
Vicar General; Episcopal Vicar; Dean; Pastor; Priest Moderator; Priest Administrator; Parochial Vicar; Chaplain
Archdeacon, Protodeacon, Pastoral Coordinator; Pastoral Associate; Pastoral Assistant
Ecclesial Ministries (non-ordained)
University/College Theology Professor; Archdiocesan Theological Consultant; Author (of theological books/articles)
Lay Ecclesial Minister
Archbishop's Delegate; Chancellor, Ecumenical Officer, Pastoral Life Director; Pastoral Coordinator; Pastoral Associate; Pastoral Assistant; Catholic School Principal; Youth Ministry Coordinator; Campus Minister; Prison Minister; Hospital Minister; Missionary; High School Religion Teacher; Catholic Elementary School Teacher; Lay Presider; Lay Preacher
Lay Ministries (Instituted)
Lay Ministries
Liturgy ministers
Altar Server; Cantor; Choir; Eucharistic Minister (Extraordinary Minister of Communion; Lector; Master of Ceremonies; Musician; Sacristan;
Baptism preparation; Bible Study leader; Catholic media (journalists, bloggers, etc); Faith Formation/CCD teacher; Confirmation preparation; CYO camp staff; Engaged Encounter team; Evangelization team; First Communion preparation; First Reconciliation preparation; Religious emblems facilitator; RCIA team; SALT; Scout leader; Young adult ministry; youth ministry
Consultative Leadership
Diocesan Synod, Pastoral Council, Finance Council, Liturgy Commission, Ecumenical Commission, Faith Formation Commission, Social Justice/Outreach Commission, Parish School Board/Commission
Social Justice and Pastoral Care ministries
Annulment Advocate; Cabrini Ministry; Catholic Community Services worker; Catholic Relief Services worker; Catholic Worker member; Food Bank volunteer; Grief minister; Hospice minister; Hospitality minister; Jesuit Volunteer Corps; Just-Faith/Justice Walking; L'Arch Community; Mission trip; Parish Nurse; Parish Counselor; Peer Minister; Pro-Life advocate; Sant'Egidio, St. Joseph's Helpers; St. Vincent de Paul; Visitor to sick and elderly;
Spirituality and Devotions
Communion and Liberation; Cursillo; Faith Sharing group leader; Focolare, Marriage Encounter; Retreat leader; Returning Catholics team; Spiritual Director; Spiritual Coach; Stephen's Ministry
States of Life/Call to Relationship
Vowed Life
Religious vows (monastics [monks, nuns], mendicants)
Consecrated Virgin, Hermit, Opus Dei Numerary, "Brothers", "Sisters", members of some lay movements
Promised Life
Engaged/Betrothed persons
Dear Father Facebook: You are not married
July 10, 2011 1:09 pm / 2 Comments on Dear Father Facebook: You are not married
Dear Father Facebook,
We have been friends for a while, possibly in real life, but certainly on this social networking site, which is far more important at the moment.
You are a priest of the Catholic Church. I am pretty good at ecclesiology, and having studied and discerned ordained and non-ordained ecclesial ministry my whole life, and I am quite sure that the norm of celibacy is still in force for the Latin Church. I have a deep respect and love of Eastern Catholic Churches, which generally allow their diocesan clergy to wed, but I happen to know that you are thoroughly Latin.
That being the case, unless you are an Anglican priest or Lutheran pastor who has come into full communion since your ordination, you are not married.
Please change your relationship status.
Yes, I know you are not alone, and it is not a clear cut choice. There is no "celibate" option on the relationship status list, last time I checked, so you and your brother presbyters have to choose between "single", "in a relationship", or "it's complicated", etc. Several of you have opted to present yourself as "married", but I suggest this is not a good idea. Primarily because, well, you are not married.
You could say you are single, which is the most obvious true choice. The problem is that it might imply that you are available, and if you are chaste in your celibacy, as I am sure you are, then you are not available and I can understand that you do not want to give that impression.
You could say you are in a relationship, or that it is complicated, indicating you are not available, but neither are you engaged or married. These might be better, because, again, they are honest descriptions, though hopefully your commitment to your orders is not really that complicated. And it never says what kind of relationship you are in, so this could work.
But the one thing you are not is "married" (nor "engaged", for you seminarians reading this). These very clearly indicate a vowed, committed lifelong relationship between two people that is a sign of love and union, and open to children. If you are religious you are in a vowed relationship as well, but it is not marriage. If you are diocesan (secular, for you old-school types), you are not even in vows, but an oath of fealty to your bishop.
Sure, back in the day when local churches elected their own bishops for life, it was spoken of as "being married to the church" – but when princes and popes took the power of placement away from the people, and when bishops began to move from see to shining see with impunity, the analogy began to break down.
And, sure, we can joke about people being "married to the job" because of their commitment and dedication, but these parallels and analogies are not the real thing. As Catholic Christians we view holy marriage as a sacrament – Pope John Paul II called it the "primordial sacrament" – and we should not treat it lightly.
For that reason too, as well as respecting the human person, it is probably not a good idea to refer to your breviary, your calendar, or your bishop even jokingly as your "wife".
While we are on the topic of mixed messages – please do not wear a wedding band. You are not married.
Symbols are powerful. Consider if all the baptized and confirmed began wearing a stole as a symbol of their priesthood. Even though based on a true doctrinal reality – that by Christian Initiation all share in the priesthood of Christ – we reserve that particular symbol for a particular participation in His priesthood: that of the ordained bishop, presbyter or deacon. Similarly, the wedding band is reserved for those who actually participate in the sacrament of marriage, not a parallel image, no matter how sincere the intent or worthy the service.
If you want to begin a petition for Facebook to offer a "celibate" or "vowed religious" or even "consecrated virgin" relationship status, I will "like" it. I hope you can post an honest descriptor on your page, showing to the socially networked world the sacrifice you have made "for the sake of the kingdom".
Until that time, however, please help me in supporting the traditional definition of marriage… by removing it from your profile.
your (unmarried) brother in Christ.
A Tridentine wedding and "How not to" homiletics
July 3, 2011 2:40 pm / 2 Comments on A Tridentine wedding and "How not to" homiletics
Two friends of mine were recently married, according to the "extraordinary form" of the Roman Rite, better known as the Tridentine Rite. It was the first nuptial mass of its kind in Rome since Pope Benedict XVI published Summorum Pontificum and established a personal parish in the Eternal City for the followers of the pre-Vatican II liturgies.
This is one of the unanticipated gifts of being in Rome, being able to time travel and see what the various sacraments and rites were like for the four centuries before Vatican II went digging around the scriptural and patristic sources to bring back the older traditions while simultaneously brining everything "up to date".
It was a beautiful day. The weather was perfect, the liturgical chant was beautifully sung, the bride was radiant, the bridesmaids beautiful, and the reception was a masterpiece of hospitality and conviviality. The liturgy was observed at church of Santissima Trinita dei Peligrini, and the reception was hosted in the gardens of the Passionist Retreat of John and Paul, home of the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas. About 70 guests were present, some from as far as Vancouver, BC or Johannesburg, South Africa.
The people I met were wonderful, and though I did not get as much time to get to know the wedding party – between their hard work preparing for the wedding, and their deserved socializing afterwards – I had some great conversations and met some fascinating people.
It was, overall, one of the most beautiful wedding weekends to which I have been invited.
It is therefore all the more to the credit of the bride and groom, and their assembled guests, that they did not let the one black mark on the day ruin the rest: It was the worst wedding homily I have ever heard. I can honestly say it nearly had me in tears.
(I debated whether to write about this or not – hopefully my choice to do so is not interpreted as disrespect to my friends who were married, but serves as a lesson for those of us in preaching ministries!)
The priest began by comparing marriage to investing in the stock market – risks and rewards. I do not find financial analogies to personal relationships generally helpful, but he might have been able to move on to something meaningful. Instead, the meandering sermon – decidedly not a genuine homily – stumbled from one faux pas to another.
The proper epistle for the nuptial mass in the Tridentine form is the passage from Ephesians that admonishes "wives be submissive to your husbands, husband love your wife." This was the starting point for an anecdote that seemed to be titled "how not to preach on this passage". He made his point, but probably not the way he intended:
"Let me tell you about the wrong way to read this passage. I was at a parish in the diocese of Rochester [New York] when this was the reading of the day. Now for those of you not from the U.S., or not in the ecclesiastical scene, Rochester is one of the five worst dioceses in the country. …"
Anybody want to bet he was thinking of Seattle among the other four? Rochester's bishop usually gets critiqued for, among other 'liberal tendencies', his support of lay people in ministry. Hmm… strike one against a crowd of lay students at pontifical universities preparing for ministry.
"… the priest could have talked about the proper attitude of husbands and wives, but instead started talking about the 'context' and 'historical criticism' of the text! As if what scripture said then and what it says now are 'historically conditioned' and must be understood differently! Of course, this priest was a Jesuit, and you cannot expect anything orthodox from them!"
So… actual scripture study and the Jesuits in one blow. Poor Biblicum students.
"… Now, I am not saying that wives should be slaves to their husbands, like the Muslims believe…."
And our resident imam, friend and housemate of the bride, sitting right in front of me. Ouch.
"… there is something the Muslims get right. Their women wear a veil. Here too, we see a veil. It marks what is set aside, what is restricted. The tabernacle is veiled, to show that only the priest can enter it, just like the bride is veiled …"
Thankfully, he did not explicitly complete that thought, but the parallel was not lost. A little uncomfortable, but not quite offensive like the previous statements.
Then the meandering somehow landed on Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, on which it stayed for a while. I honestly cannot remember what the point of that was, I was trying too hard to keep a straight face by focusing on the image of the Holy Trinity above the altar. The whole thing went on for about 20 minutes, though i felt like an eternity.
As someone intimately connected with the wedding mentioned afterwards, "there was nothing about love, nothing really about marriage… what the hell was he thinking!?"
At least the pastor, during the "admonishment on the responsibilities of the married state" at the exchange of vows before the mass, spoke of "procreation and the upbringing of offspring". Maybe not how I would have put it, but more apropos than purely partisan preaching!


Falconry is a natural bird deterrent, and widespread amongst human environments.
The presence of a bird of prey is a natural deterrent which will instil instinctive fear into a range of bird species. At BPUK Environment we use highly trained Hawks and Falcons to carry out our falconry deterrence work. These birds have been trained by our experienced team of technicians and recognise the technician as their primary food source, meaning they are not trained to kill for food. The aim of a falconry deterrence programme is not to kill the problem species but to instil the fear that a predator is active in the area.
Falconry can be used in a huge variety of locations to help our clients with a range of bird species including Gulls, Pigeons, Starlings, Swallows among others. Falconry can also be used as part of a range of bespoke solutions tailored to individual clients needs working well alongside visual or acoustic deterrents as well as seasonal egg and nest management visits.
We often recommend carrying out a seasonal egg and nest management programme along side falconry deterrence work. Our experienced technicians carry out egg and nest removal during the breeding season under licence to prevent successful nesting. Gulls are habitual creatures returning to nest where they were born, in curbing breeding success we are preventing future increases in population nesting on your property.
These intelligent birds are ideal for flying in an urban environment including within warehouses and hangers. Harris Hawk are flown from the glove around the site before being called back to the glove which they recognise as their food source.
We use a range of falcons or hybrids including Peregrine, Gyr and Saker. Falcons are ideal for covering larger sites as they can be flown at height/range and brought in to fly tighter to the falconer through use of a lure and much like the Harris Hawk recognises the glove as its primary food source the Falcons associate the lure as their primary food source.


I really cannot believe how hot it is here still. No winter in site for me. But for the past 7 years I've experienced some moderate to harsh winters and it took a major toll on my skin.
I have dry skin with eczema basically every day of the year. Winter takes the dryness to a whole new level. My legs start to look like that of a lizard and I get red patches around my eyes. It has been a struggle, but I think I finally got a handle on it last year.
For those who are new, I spent last winter living in Indianapolis. I didn't know winter could last as long as it did. I'm pretty sure the freezing temperatures started on Halloween and lasted until Easter. A Midwesterner I am not. But the brutality helped me figure out what works for my skin and I thought I'd share with you. Whether you have dry skin year round or just suffer during the winter months these tips will help you out.
I realize this seems really obvious, but you cannot forget it. Grab your favorite knock-off yeti cup and carry it with you everywhere. You can't fix dehydration with moisturizer.
Yes, I understand that not everyone loves drinking water as much as I do. But you can do it. If you're a soda drinker, try switching to a carbonated, flavored water. Or try my mom's trick: she adds a few drops of Crystal Light or Powerade flavoring to get a few more ounces in per day. Really anything helps.
I have a few things I changed up in the shower that totally saved my skin. First is to let go of the scalding hot water. This was a recommendation from my dermatologist as a kid. It's bad for any kind of skin and terrible for eczema.
Second is to exfoliate after washing my body at least once per week. I used to believe that exfoliating would destroy my sensitive skin and leave me raw. I was so so wrong. Using a natural exfoliating scrub allows my skin to get the most of out my moisturizer. Not to mention how soft my skin is on my problem areas. My mom makes a scrub out of coconut oil, raw sugar, lemon essential oil, lavender essential oil, and frankincense. It smells divine and I know there's nothing that can mess with my skin. You can also use salt instead of sugar for a more gentle scrub, but if you have a cut of any kind it will hurt.
Third is to double moisturize after getting out of the shower. Maybe not the most popular idea if you tend to shower in the morning, but if you're headed to bed who cares if you're a bit greasy. I put my first layer of lotion on as soon as I step out of the shower. I'm still warm and damp. This is the best time for your skin to absorb all the goodness. After about 30 minutes, though, I start to feel a bit dry again. So a second coat really does the trick if I'm having any dry patches. My favorite every day body lotion is CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion. If you suffer from eczema or dry skin I highly recommend their whole line of products.
My eyes are always the most bothersome when it comes to my skin. Not only are they hypersensitive but if they get irritated there's no way to hide it. Once the skin around my eyes is dry and red it can takes weeks for them to heal. So I started searching for an eye cream that would block out any winter damage.
I use Clinique's Moisture Surge Intense fortifying hydrator every night during the winter. Really any day when the humidity was under 80%. I tend to save it for my eyes, but also dab it on any dry patches I may have and around the outside of my lips. My skin is so soft the next morning and just looks healthier. I will say it is rather thick so I wouldn't put it on under my makeup. Otherwise it is my favorite skin care product. Please don't ever change the formula.
And as a cost saving tip: Clinique usually includes a travel size portion in their Free Gift with Purchase! Currently available at Nordstrom while supplies last!!
I hope my dry skin struggles can help you get through whatever winter you're expecting. But while you moisturize, I'll be grabbing a Thanksgiving tan.


As a reminder from the 2007 comparison the move from Point F to the low in the highlighted red box was 15.3%. So far the 2011 move has been 14.5%. Something to consider as history does often repeat itself in emotional markets.
This market still appears very weak with internals about as weak as I have ever seen. At the same time markets tend to turn around when everyone is screaming sell. As a friendly reminder, don't be greedy and don't be a hero. Remember the FOMC meeting is tomorrow.
2007 Comparison Reminder- Macro Story.


The Grand at Fifth Avenue. The former Kaufmann's flagship store that even Macy's couldn't save is being converted into 300 apartments and a hotel with a restaurant, tennis court and pool on the roof, plus 600 new parking spaces. A mix of retail, restaurants and entertainment is planned for street level and the floor above, with expected opening by early 2018.
Pittsburgh Playhouse. By building a performance venue with a 560-seat main stage on Forbes Avenue, Point Park University will bring its theater and dance students to the Downtown campus from Oakland. Opening in fall 2018, the theater will decorate its outdoor courtyard with facades of three historic buildings that were razed to make way for it.
350 Oliver. In the footprint of the former Saks Fifth Avenue, builders are putting up a Brazilian steakhouse chain topped with a six-story parking garage slated to open early next year. Developers plan another seven or more floors of apartments atop the garage.
Eighth and Penn. The restored historic facades of the McNally and Bonn buildings on Penn Avenue will be incorporated into a 135-unit apartment complex with a rooftop garden terrace and a colorfully lit public passageway to Katz Plaza. Construction is expected to begin next spring, and more developments could be coming soon for the adjacent block between Eighth and Ninth streets, now mostly parking lots on Pittsburgh Cultural Trust-owned land.
Union Trust Building. Henry Clay Frick's shopping arcade and office complex (above), with its elaborate Flemish Gothic roofline, emerged this summer from major renovations that included putting a parking garage under it. New restaurants opening later this year include Union Standard and Eddie V's. Downtown's most dramatic interior may be this building's atrium, with the stained-glass dome high overhead.
Lower Hill District. City officials continue to push the Pittsburgh Penguins to develop the former Civic Arena site, which they agreed to do in 2008. Last year U.S. Steel scrapped plans to build a new headquarters to anchor a mixed-use development. A proposed park capping I-579 could make the site more attractive and accessible.


Following the amazing reaction and enthusiasm for the all-new YZ65 and updated YZ85, Yamaha Motor Europe is excited to announce that the bLU cRU Cup program has expanded. In 2019 the bLU cRU Cup SuperFinale will expand to be made up of three classes, YZ65, YZ85 and YZ125 where one rider in each class will win a 'ride' with a Supported Yamaha team for the following year.
For young and ambitious off-road riders, the bLU cRU Cup provides the perfect entry into Yamaha's racing pyramid. Riders that race a YZ65, YZ85 or YZ125 in one of the seventeen approved National Championships across Europe can apply pre-season to be part of the program.
The program is made up of two phases. Once accepted, Phase 1 will see the rider provided with a bLU cRU package that includes Yamaha Racing Paddock Blue clothing and a bLU cRU sticker set for their YZ65, YZ85 or YZ125 machines, which they are required to use in one of the officially approved National Championships. Each rider will receive added support from their chosen Yamaha distributor that aims to assist them in the development of their riding skills and career.
The second phase will commence as each championship draws to a close. 40 YZ65 riders, 40 YZ85 riders & 40 YZ125 riders will be selected to attend the Yamaha bLU cRU Cup SuperFinale at the 2019 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Assen, The Netherlands. The riders that finish inside the top three, plus two wildcards in each class will be invited to attend the exclusive bLU cRU Masterclass.
The Masterclass has been created to inspire, educate and develop the next generation of motocross riders, providing an exclusive insight into building a championship career. It will be run by a highly acclaimed bLU cRU ambassadors, Jeremy Seewer, Kiara Fontanesi, Arnaud Tonus, Michael Van Der Mark, Alex Lowes, and Niccolò Canepa, and will take place over three days. The Yamaha jury will select and reward three lucky riders who have demonstrated their talent, motivation and desire to be something great, with Official Support in one of the three 2019 European Championship seasons in a Supported Yamaha Racing team.
The bLU cRU Cup is the foundation of Yamaha's racing pyramid, where local distributors support regional and national teams in motorcycle championships. Road racing and motocross communities grow and thrive, as young fans become active participants and ambassadors, enjoying a lifetime of Yamaha product support and promotion. Since the launch of the YZ65, and with the updated bLU cRU program, it has never been easier for a rider to join the 'victorYZone'.
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Guide to Literary Terms
(the) Absurd
Anaphora
Blank Verse
Bombast
Colloquialism
Denouement
Digression
Direct Characterization
Figure of Speech
Folk Tale
Flat and Round Characters
Literary Genre
Interior Monologue
Indirect Characterization
Malapropism
Morality Play
Palindrome
Pyrrhic
Rhetorical question
Static and Dynamic Characters
Spoonerism
Subplot
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Home › Social Issues › The War on Yemeni Borders
The War on Yemeni Borders
The internal war in Yemen has shifted the country's border as two opposing forces seek to take control of the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula. The current civil war escalated after the resignation of the president amid protests that arose in the Arab Spring. Despite the president peacefully handing over power to his deputy, insurgency reappeared as some groups developed interests to exploit the weaknesses in the new presidency. The various factions formed two rival groups that fight each other to date. Although the international community rebukes the civil war in Yemen, little has been done to curb the current state, which, as many experts believe, will bring more atrocities to the poor country. Besides famine, deaths, and displacement of a significant portion of the population, one of the most outstanding effects of the Yemeni War is the reshaping of the country's border as the fighting forces seek to control vital areas.
The current Yemen civil war is perpetrated by an insurgent group called Houthis together with some Yemeni forces loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Houthi fighters started in the early 1990s but were dormant until 2004, when they launched attacks on government forces in an attempt to pressure President Saleh to listen to their wishes (Laub, 2016). The group, which primarily consists of the Zaidi sect, says that it champions for Pan-Islamism and Arab Nationalism in the region. Nevertheless, earlier reports indicated that the group was keen to protect the Shiite Islam from the Sunni's influences. Laub (2016) also states that the Houthis have managed to convince a significant number of Yemeni forces into their camp. Their closer ties with the Shiite in Iran have helped them to acquire weapons and medical support. In addition to fueling the internal wars in Yemen, the insurgent group, together with a section of the Yemeni forces allied to them, has launched attacks on Saudi Arabia. This action has attracted the Saudis increased involvement in the war to help in the restoration of security within its border with Yemen. The Houthis have thus provoked the attack of both internal and external forces.
Shifting of the Border
Current Yemen is a product of the 1990 unification of North Yemen and South Yemen. Since then, the country retained its unity until the eruption of the civil war, which has torn the country into two major divisions. While the Houthis control the northern part of the country, the forces loyal to the exiled President Hadi control the larger, southern part of Yemen (Laub, 2016). Although both sides claim legitimacy over the country, Mr. Hadi's Yemen is recognized internationally by the United Nations and other Western countries. The map below shows Yemen which is split between forces loyal to President Hadi and the Houthis. As depicted in figure 1, Yemen remains far behind from attaining stability. Mr. Hadi's government has been pushed from the Sana'a capital to form a new temporary capital in Aden in the extreme southern part of Yemen. The map also informs that the Houthis controls the majority of northern Yemen (fig. 1).Thus, the presence of rebel militias and terror groups like the Islamic States and Al-Qaida makes it improbable for Yemen to regain its lost shape any time soon.
Figure 1. Territorial Control in Yemen's Ongoing Crisis (Martin-Vézian, Centanni, & Djukic, 2016).
Houthis Grip
As highlighted earlier, the internationally recognized Yemen has failed to retake northern Yemen from the Houthis. This failure has resulted in an increasing number of the Houthis who are determined to destabilize President Hadi's regime. The Houthi militia has utilized its time to organize itself and recruit more members into their side. The fact that the militia group has attracted a substantial number of military personnel in their camp is perplexing. According to Lackner (2014), current estimates indicate that their number could be more than one million. Perhaps, this recent increase in their population can be attributed to the public plea for a Pro-Arabian Nationalism. Houthi leaders have been quoted on numerous occasions tying the United States government and allies such as Israel in conspiring against Yemen and other states. Such arguments, which also demand political religion in the country, appeal to most Yemenis and easily persuade them into joining the side. This act poses serious security risks in the country as it has the potential to minify the current Yemen.
The Houthis are also tactical in the war as they capture strategic cities in the country. Their capture and control of Sana'a and other cities like Sa'dah meant that they target to gain an economic advantage as these cities were previously identified as economic zones in Yemen. Their current targets also highlight their desire to gain financial strength to acquire new artillery and other supplies. This movement should serve as a stern warning to the international community to gauge the militia's desire to grow and expand.
Many Arab countries joined the Yemeni forces to fight the rebels to defeat the Houthis' desire to take over entire Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been at the forefront of this battle in its effort to uphold President Hadi's government (Laub, 2016). Despite the collective union by the Arab allies, the insurgent groups have waged fierce war and taken more towns in their presence. The militia group together with a part of the armed forces has also fired numerous missiles into Saudi Arabia, thereby triggering a vicious battle along the Saudi-Yemeni border.
Impacts of War and Border Shift
Although the Saudi forces receive heavy funding, their lack of experience has cost hundreds of lives of their soldiers. The inefficiency of the deployed forces has made it possible for Houthis to seize more cities and push Yemen border inwards. The Houthis have equally endured significant losses due to the air raids by the United States alongside attacks by Saudi and opponent militia. Laub (2016) argues that Yemeni civilians, however, have suffered the greatest loss. It is estimated that thousands have been killed by either the Houthi or the joint militia loyal to president Hadi. The need for a stronger military action in Yemen is necessary to defeat the insurgents, who are growing in number.
Many people continue to flee their homes since the inception of the war as the Al-Qaeda and ISIS attack villages and towns. The demolition of houses across the Saudi-Yemeni border has changed the geographical appearance of Yemen. As a result, the country has witnessed an immense increase in the number of internal refugees. The United Nations has warned that Yemen faces the danger of experiencing the worst famine. The self-destruction that the war has caused to Yemen will take many years for ordinary citizens' life to return to normalcy. The UN has called for an increase of international intervention to avert further losses and deaths in the ongoing Yemeni war.
Saudi-Yemeni Border Conflict
The Houthi and the Yemeni forces allied to it have detested the involvement of the Saudi-led forces in Yemen. The militia group has openly criticized the Saudis as being used by the United States to distract other Arab countries at the expense of the Yemenis. In showing their disapproval for Saudi Arabia's unity pact with the foreign enemy, they have unsuccessfully tried to assassinate high ranking Saudi officials, for instance, Prince Muhammad.Laud (2016) argues that the Saudis are also against the Houthis because they are mostly Sunni as opposed to the Shiite Houthis. Following the attacks on its border with Yemen, the Saudi government was forced to destroy villages along its borders to boost security and deter further attacks on its soil.
The Role of United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is also a notable part of the military conflict. As one of the allies in the Arab coalition, Emirati forces have helped return most Yemeni coastal areas under the control of the official government. Their operations have facilitated the provision of humanitarian aid to the areas destroyed by war. Besides, the UAE agrees that the only way to end the war is to negotiate. (Al-Otaiba, 2018). Emirati troops are to participate in the massive operation aimed at taking control of Hodeidah, a port city overtaken by Houthis. However, their expanding military presence in Yemen may indicate an intention to gain control of most of the country. Also, UAE forces have carried out a number of attacks on civilians, just like Saudi Arabia (Laub, 2018). Thus, their role in the Yemen war is controversial.
As the Yemen war continues, Saudi Arabia and Iran have been criticized in their alleged role in the ongoing battle. While the Saudi government is criticized for killing innocent civilians in their missile attacks, Iran is blamed for backing the Houthis by providing them with weapons (Cormac, 2013). Many critics think that Iran's involvement in the war is primarily perpetuated by the Iran's desire to topple the existing regime, which is bending to the Western powers. Eritrea has also received some criticism for allegedly delivering Iranian weapons to the Houthis besides providing medical services to them. They have all, however, denied such criticism, blaming the war on internal chaos in Yemen.
As long as the international community remains silent, the Yemeni war is reducing the Yemen border at an alarming pace. The country, which was once a peaceful nation, is losing its shape and size as insurgents take control of vital cities. The intervention of Arab countries to curb the war and aid Hadi's government has proven inefficient. Many Yemenis are waiting for the international community to normalize the situation in the country. It would be wise if the United Nation were to prove its worth by restoring the original Yemen nation.
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Subject: Social Issues
Topics: Border Shift, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, War, War In Yemen, Yemeni Borders
War In Yemen
Border Shift
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MYKITA was founded in Germany in 2004 by two product design students Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling. They were first based in a nursery (Kita in German) which inspired the brand name. Their first models were created after they obtained old button manufacturing machines from flea markets. This is where they started bending sheets of metal into shape. In addition to this the design students decided to nickname their workshop the "African Machine Park".
This process was the basis of their success. As each MYKITA frame is now handmade from sheets of surgical stainless steel. The steel is bent into shape making the glasses incredibly lightweight but durable. This continues in the hinge design which consists of simple plug connections instead of screws. All of their products are hand-assembled in their modern manufactory that integrates craftsmanship and new technologies. The use of visionary materials and knowledge in eyewear are the defining factors behind their collections.
It was not until 2004 that they released its first metal frame, Collection No1. Collection No2. launched soon afterwards consisting of acetate frames. This comprised of three lines, The Lite, Decades and Luxe. The Lite are their lightest frames, having an ultra thin frame and made up of only three parts. The Decades line is based on glasses from different eras of the 20th century. Finally, the Luxe range uses naturally sourced materials. In 2010 they introduced a material that had never been used in the industry, polyamide to create the MYKITA MYLON. This range uses a selective laser sintering technique to make frames that have no waste. The MYLON has a wide range of design options thanks to its lightness and the materials thermal property which means the frames can be entirely altered. The very first MYLON collection was premiered at the Silmo eyewear fair in September 2011.


A few things have happened since my last post, the most significant of which is that Andy and I purchased a new house, and we have been busy ever since. Along with the new house came a ton of new project ideas, but I'm just starting to find time to get started on them. In the meantime, I do have a few older projects that I haven't shared. The first is the birthday gift I made for our niece Clare, who turned 8 this past February. It was….
Clare had actually included a clock on her Christmas list, but Santa must not have been up to the challenge, so I decided I'd give it a shot. I actually had never realized you could make your own clock until I read about a project over on Young House Love. It seemed simple enough, and I have a habit of just jumping right in with both feet, so it seemed like the perfect project for me.
One night after work I stopped at Michaels and picked up some supplies. I knew I'd use purple and green because they're Clare's favorite colors, and I thought a little blue in there would be fun, too. And I grabbed some black for the numbers. I actually used satin finish for the blue, purple, and green, and a glossy finish for the black, just for a little extra contrast. I also picked up a wooden plaque in a fun shape, number stencils, and a clock mechanism.
You can sort of make out where I marked the center in the picture above. That was where we drilled a hole for the clock mechanism to stick through. Well, even though the mechanism was for a 3/4″ piece of wood, and I had checked as best I could in the store, without a tape measure, it was too thick for the mechanism to stick all the way through. Luckily, Andy owns some wood chisels and came to my rescue.
We traced the part of the mechanism that hangs on the wall and holds the battery and then Andy began chiseling. He was being very careful about not cutting his hands, and he was successful. His left arm, unfortunately, was not so lucky. The picture below is post-arm chiseling and the subsequent patching up. We thank you for your sacrifice, left arm.
Once we chiseled out enough of the back for the mechanism, I was able to start painting. I started by painting the whole thing green. I can't remember how many coats it took to get decent coverage, but I think it was about 3 or 4.
Then I used some painters tape to make some stripes.
It took a few coats of purple to get a nice, solid coverage over the green. After the last coat of purple, I removed the tape (while the paint was still wet) and let it dry for at least 24 hours. Then I taped out a couple of stripes for the blue lines. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of that step, but here is the after shot.
Then came the tricky part. The disadvantage of using an odd shaped piece of wood is that laying out the numbers isn't exactly simple. We ended up cutting out a 30/60/90 triangle out of cardstock to help. First I laid out the easy numbers, 12, 3, 6, and 9.
Then I laid the triangle on the clock to locate my stencil for the other numbers, making sure they were located at 30 degree angles around the face of the clock.
I had to let each number dry before moving onto the next to make sure my stencil didn't smudge them. After all the numbers were on and dry, I installed the mechanism, put in a battery, and I had a working clock!


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The location: The Harbor School.
Q. What is it supposed to be on the show?
A. A private high school attended by Ryan, Marissa, Summer, Seth, Luke, and other characters from the show.
Q. Where is it supposed to be on the show?
A. In Newport Beach.
Q. When did we see it on the show?
A. Harbor school is seen in virtually every episode of "The O.C.", during the first two seasons, beginning with Episode 8 in Season one, when Ryan (fresh from Chino) enrolls in the private school. With the exception of The Pier, Harbor school has probably been seen more often than any other filming location on the show.
Even in the fourth season, after the main kids had graduated from Harbor, they continuted to show the school because Marissa's sister, Kaitlin, went there.
Q. What is it actually in real life?
A. The school scenes are shot at actual school, Mount Saint Mary's, a private Catholic college (where 97% of the students are young women.)
Q. Where can I find it in real life?
A. Most of the scenes from "The O.C." are shot along a stretch of South Bay coast running from Marina Del Rey on the north to Long Beach on the south.
The Harbor School is the one big exception.
Mount Saint Mary's is located at 12001 Chalon Road, high up in the hills of west Los Angeles (Brentwood), just above the Getty Center. That's a good 20 miles north of the show's other South Bay locations (and the last part of the trip there involves a two-mile drive up the winding Bundy Drive above Sunset Blvd.)
So, you won't be able to include it in a casual drive around Hermosa and Redondo - you'll need to make a special trip to see this location. (The nearest other "O.C." location would be Marina Del Rey, about 12 miles away.) And for what it's worth, it's also about 57 miles northwest of the real Newport Beach.
To the right, you'll see an actual aerial photo of the school.
Interestingly enough, the director tells us that they originally considered using Torrance High in the South Bay, the same school seen in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Beverly Hills 90210". That location would have been very close to the show's other regular spots. But he wanted something different.
When he saw Mount Saint Mary's, he knew he had found what he wanted.
Although Mount Saint Mary's is a private college, they welcome visitors to the campus. It is a gorgeous campus, located on top of a mountain with spectacular views. As you can see on the show, it offers wonderful architecture, and you'll immediately recognize the stone steps and circular quad seen in virtually every episode of the show.
(Don't worry. It's a Catholic college, but rest assured that no one will try to proselytize you while you're there. So unless you have an irrational fear of nuns, enjoy your visit. But do remember that it is a school, and classes may be in session - so keep it quiet.)
( The school soccer field, shown on The O.C., is not really at Mount St. Mary's - you'll find that here. And likewise, the school's water polo pool isn't really on the Mount - you'll find that pool here. )
Click here to see a .PDF map of the campus. As you will see, most of the filming takes place near the center of the campus, in the circular quad south of Mary Chapel. You park at the school's south end, so you'll have to walk (north) into the campus to find this familiar area. (the small parking lot off the main quad is for handicapped parking only.)
(Be careful not to confuse this hilltop Chalon Road campus of Mount Saint Mary's with their other campus, on the flatlands near downtown Los Angeles. If you accidentally go to that Doheny campus, you'll see nothing that there reminds you of the Harbor School.)
Here is a map link to the exact location.
And here is a link to the college's official website.
Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was?
A. A little personal history helped a lot. When I was a kid, my aunt Phyllis went to Mount Saint Mary's on a regular basis, and she once took me along and showed me the campus. It's a beautiful campus (with spectacular mountain views) that's hard to forget. I recognized it immediately when I saw it on "The O.C." - despite the fact that the producers did their best to hide the fact that it is actually a Catholic women's college.
For instance, you know that huge "Harbor School" emblem that you see now & then on the campus? That actually covers up a large, white statue of Mary (after whom the school is named) - see the photo below. The statue stands between those two familiar flights of stone steps. (In fact, those steps lead up to Mary Chapel...)
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When you want to drill into hard surfaces such as brick, concrete or stone, you can use a hammer drill. A hammer drill is a type of power tool that rotates much like a normal drill. In fact, it even looks like a regular drill. The main difference is that it has a forward action that can be likened to a hammer, making it much more effective in certain situations than a typical power drill.
Like with any other tool, doing the necessary research before purchasing a hammer drill can make all the difference. That's why we've created a list of hammer drill reviews to help you decide which product is best for you. What's more, we've even included a helpful buying guide so that you can learn even more about the hammer drill before you make your decision. We hope this helps makes the process much more enjoyable!
When you're choosing a hammer drill, you want that provides great performance while also being easy to use. This makes the DeWalt DWD520K the best choice. With a 10.0 Amp motor, this unit is powerful and just as crucially, robust. It is said to offer 50% more power as well as overload protection. The all-metal gear housing means that this is a durable hammer drill which is not prone to overheating during extended use, unlike others. A heavy duty box makes the DWD520K extra portable making it ideal for all kinds of tough environments such as construction sites.
One of the best things about this hammer drill is the dual-mode feature which allows you to switch between drilling and hammer drilling. This ability to tackle a variety of jobs makes the DWD520K extremely versatile and the one of the best corded hammer drill on the market. A two-speed range of 0-1,200/0-3,500 RPM adds to this versatility, allowing you increased control for a wide range of tasks. Finally, it is a comfortable hammer drill to use thanks to the soft grip handle. Greater control is added with a 360-degree locking side handle. This is not a lightweight hammer drill but the upside of this is that it is solid and durable.
With a powerful 7.0 Amp motor for tough applications, the SKIL 6445-04 is the best hammer drill for concrete. This hammer drill is ideal for homeowners carrying out repairs but is not suitable professionals in construction as it lacks the necessary power. A simple hammer drill with no torque or speed settings, it offers a maximum speed of 3,000 RPM. The variable speed trigger makes it easy to increase or decrease speed depending on the application which is useful when additional precision is required.
It's important to know that the SKIL 6445-04 has a 1/2 inch keyed chuck which accepts large diameter bits. It may be a simple hammer drill but it does have a side assist handle which allows for more controlled and accurate work. The best thing about this corded hammer drill is the price. While there are better hammer drills on the market, many of them cost a lot more. This unit is quite heavy and it's relatively simple and lacking in features. Despite this, it's the best hammer drill for the money and will get the job done, as long as it's for lighter use and not industrial use.
For a hammer drill that offers excellent power, the clue is in the name. The Bosch 11255VSR Bulldog Xtreme has a powerful 7.5 Amp motor capable of producing 0-1,300 RPM and 0-5,800 BPM and delivering 2.0 ft/lbs of impact energy. Needless to say, this is enough more than enough power for most applications from anchoring to large material breaking. Not only is this hammer drill model very powerful, it's versatile too with three modes of operation: rotary hammer, rotation only and hammer only. Furthermore, there's a variable-speed trigger for greater precision control.
One of the best features of the 11255VSR is actually something very simple; the D-handle. This makes it easy to use the hammer drill overhead or downwards. The power and versatility of this model make it ideal for both DIYers and contractors. It's not the fastest hammer drill on the market but this is a minor gripe. Also, this is not the best hammer drill for concrete so keep this in mind. The excellent build quality means that this is the best rotary hammer drill around with a number of great features that make it a reliable choice that should stand the test of time.
A hammer drill that is small in size and impressively lightweight (4lbs), the Makita XPH012 is not only very portable but also quite powerful. This is down to the 4 pole motor which delivers a max torque of 480 lbs. Variable speed comes in two-speed ranges (0-440 and 0-1,500 RPM) and allows you to complete a wide range of applications, big or small. Despite this, it lacks the necessary power to really work well on heavy-duty projects, as is the case with so many cordless hammer drills. We really like the compact and ergonomic design of this model which makes it so much easier to use.
Another reason to like the XPH012 is the fact that you can do both drilling and driving, meaning it's a versatile hammer drill. One of the features of this model is a nice, bright LED light so you can see what you're working on, even in darker working environments. Aside from all of these advantages, arguably the best feature of this particular tool is in its power supply. The 18V Lithium-Ion batteries last a long time and can charge in as little as 20 to 30 minutes. What's more, they're very light in weight. The main problem of the Makita XPH012 is that it's not quite as powerful as many dedicated, corded hammer drills and will struggle with certain materials such as concrete.
Sometimes you don't need a hammer drill with all of the bells and whistles. If you're looking for a simple tool that simply gets the job done, this model from Ryobi is available at a very affordable price. The unit has a 2-speed range for when you need to speed things up or simply require more torque. For occasions such as this, the soft grip handle is a welcome feature, as is the two-finger trigger which provides increased comfort as well as allowing for greater control.
A built-in LED light is a useful feature though some would argue that it could do with being a little brighter. Furthermore, there's no timer so the light goes out once the trigger is released which can be inconvenient. One of the main reasons to go with this model (aside from the very competitive price) is the fantastic battery life offered. This hammer drill runs on Lithium-Ion batteries which are known to have excellent life. Bear in mind that this unit does not come with a depth gauge. For a simple hammer drill at a great price, you can't go wrong with this Ryobi model.
Now that we've learned all about the very best hammer drills on the market, let's explore some of the things you need to know in order to make a decision. From the work you can do with a hammer drill to the very features to look for, we cover everything so that you can be in the know.
What's a hammer drill for?
The most obvious thing to cover first is what you would use a hammer drill for. As we mentioned earlier, a hammer drill has a rotating, hammer action. This is ideal for drilling harder surfaces than a regular drill such as masonry and rock. Hammer drills are powerful tools with some offering the option to use different drill bits, depending on the job. Like any good tool, a hammer drill can make hard work quicker and easier.
Whether you choose a corded or cordless hammer drill is really down to how much you're going to work the tool. If you've got a lot of tough materials to work through then you're best going with a corded hammer drill since these provide a high and constant source of power. Another factor to consider is location. You'll only really want to go cordless if you're only planning to use the hammer drill for small jobs or because you have limited to no access to power. Otherwise, it is better to go for more power to ensure that you can get the job done.
A hammer drill or rotary hammer?
As you're exploring the various hammer drill options available to you, you may well come across a tool known as the rotary hammer. This is a more powerful tool due to a piston mechanism that provides the action. Rotary tools tend to be bigger, heavier and more expensive than hammer drills. As such, you should only really opt for a rotary hammer if you have to drill larger holes that a hammer drill cannot.
Obviously linked to the power source, power defines how quickly you can get your work done. Standard hammer drill motors are around 7 Amps with larger motors around 10 Amps. It goes without saying that the larger the motor, the more power you will have in your hands. The hammer drill will also be bigger and heavier so keep this in mind if comfort is a priority for you.
Variable speed is a very useful feature to have in a hammer drill because it gives you greater control. This means that you can be much more accurate and precise in your work, leading to even better results. Having different speeds means the tool can carry out a wider range of tasks, making your hammer drill more useful than ever! Because many hammer drills accept a variety of drill bits, you can even go through softer woods and metals. All you have to do is select the appropriate drill bit and increase the RPM. However, you should do so with caution since hammer drills are designed to tackle hard materials. The last thing you want is to damage your drill bit or the material you're working on!
While not the most exciting of features, safety features are still of vital importance. This is especially the case when using a powerful tool such as a hammer drill. One of the most common safety (and comfort) features of a hammer drill is having two handles. This helps provide stability during operation. The best hammer drills will have handles that are not only ergonomic but also have a comfortable grip and shock absorption technology. This is especially important in corded hammer drills which are particularly powerful.
If you need to drill a lot of holes to a specific depth, a depth gauge can make your life a lot easier. This can help you work more consistently without errors.
When you're planning on purchasing a power tool, you don't want to be picking a completely unknown brand. Quite simply, it's too much of a risk. The best thing is to narrow it down to some of the top brands before shopping around. You can keep in mind some of the features you particularly want to make it easier. Some brands that produce hammer drills include Black & Decker, Bosch, DeWalt, Makita and Porter Cable. By exploring the options that each brand has to offer, you can find a great quality product with the features you want. Just as important, you should be able to find a hammer drill that is within your budget.
Having a wide range of drill bits provides you with more options (such as drilling different size holes) when using a hammer drill. When buying your hammer drill you should look online at the various accessories that can help you improve the overall performance of the tool. Most good drill bits have carbide-tipped bit heads which are very durable. Some kits come with chisels which you can use instead of the traditional bits.
If you're certain that a hammer drill is for you then you may well appreciate top hammer drill tips! These can help you get the most out of your new tool, whichever model you decide to opt for!
It might seem obvious but wearing eye protection is something that a surprising number of people just don't do. Eye protection can prevent materials from flying into your eyes and causing some serious discomfort. It's also not a bad idea to use a dust mask since masonry dust isn't exactly pleasant to breathe in!
Using a hammer drill is simple enough but it's important to strike a balance with how much pressure you apply during use. Using too much can damage the motor and damage the tip of the drill bit. It's best to err on the side of caution and also make sure that you're using good quality drill bits with carbide-tipped heads for the best strength and durability.
Before you get to the act of drilling, take a look at your environment. You want to make sure that there is nothing in the way of what you want to drill. For example, wires, cables, and pipes can be particularly problematic. If you don't want a surprise puncture then you should be sure that the only thing you're drilling is pure masonry!
The more powerful and expensive a tool, the more research is needed in order to make the right decision. Choosing a hammer drill isn't easy since there are so many factors to consider. From deciding between a corded and cordless drill to looking for a model with a depth gauge, there's plenty to keep you busy!
Hammer drills have really become very impressive in recent years with surprising power packed into such a small and portable machine. So many brands and models has resulted in a huge range of prices to suit all levels of use and importantly, all levels of budget. As such, there are a lot of high-quality options available on the market.
With our detailed reviews of hammer drills and our in-depth buying guide, we hope that you now have enough information to be able to make an informed decision. So take another look at those products and select the one that you feel fits you best. Good luck!
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