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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in: Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, and highlights the upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC's EEO Rule.
April 1, 2010 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in the States/Territories referenced above to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their public inspection files and post the report on their website, if they have one. In addition, certain of these stations, as detailed below, must electronically file their EEO Mid-term Report on FCC Form 397 by April 1, 2010.
Under the FCC's EEO rule, all radio and television station employment units ("SEUs"), regardless of staff size, must afford equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and practice nondiscrimination in employment.
In addition, those SEUs with five or more full-time employees ("Nonexempt SEUs") must also comply with the FCC's three-prong outreach requirements. Specifically, all Nonexempt SEUs must (i) broadly and inclusively disseminate information about every full-time job opening except in exigent circumstances, (ii) send notifications of full-time job vacancies to referral organizations that have requested such notification, and (iii) earn a certain minimum number of EEO credits, based on participation in various non-vacancy-specific outreach initiatives ("Menu Options") suggested by the FCC, during each of the two-year segments (four segments total) that comprise a station's eight-year license term. These Menu Option initiatives include, for example, sponsoring job fairs, attending job fairs, and having an internship program.
Nonexempt SEUs must prepare and place their Annual EEO Public File Report in the public inspection files and on the websites of all stations comprising the SEU (if they have a website), by the anniversary date of the filing deadline for that station's FCC license renewal application. The Annual EEO Public File Report summarizes the SEU's EEO activities during the previous 12 months, and the licensee must maintain adequate records to document that information. Stations must submit the most recent two Annual EEO Public File Reports at the midpoint of their license terms and with their license renewal applications.
For a detailed description of the EEO rule and practical assistance in preparing a compliance plan, broadcasters should consult "EEO in 2009 and Forward: A Legal Guide to the FCC's EEO Rule and Policies for Broadcasters," published by the Communications Practice Group. This publication is available on the firm's website, www.pillsburylaw.com.
Exempt SEUs, that is, those with fewer than 5 full time employees, do not have to prepare or file Annual or Mid-term EEO Reports.
Deadline for the Annual EEO Public File Report for all Nonexempt Radio and Television SEUs Whose Stations Are Licensed to Communities in the States and Territories Identified Above
Consistent with the above, April 1, 2010 is the date on which Nonexempt SEUs of radio and television stations, licensed to communities in the States/Territories identified above, including Class A television stations, must (i) place their Annual EEO Public File Report in the public inspection files of all stations comprising the SEU and (ii) post the Report on the websites, if any, of those stations. Be aware that LPTV stations are also subject to the broadcast EEO rules even though LPTV stations are not required to maintain a public inspection file. Therefore, if an LPTV station has five or more full-time employees, or is part of a Nonexempt SEU, it must prepare and maintain an internal copy of its Annual EEO Public File Report.
It is contemplated that these Reports will cover the period from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010. However, Nonexempt SEUs may "cut off" the reporting period up to ten (10) days before April 1 so long as they begin the next annual reporting period as of the day right after the cut-off day used in the immediately prior Report. For example, if the Nonexempt SEU uses the period March 31, 2009 through March 22, 2010 for this year's report (cutting off up to 10 days prior to April 1, 2010), then next year, the Nonexempt SEU must use a period beginning March 23, 2010 for its 2011 report.
Deadlines for Performing Menu Option Initiatives
The Annual EEO Public File Report must contain a discussion of the Menu Option initiatives undertaken during the preceding year. The FCC's EEO rules require each Nonexempt SEU to perform between two and four menu options during the two-year segment. As detailed below, the requisite number of Menu Options initiative-related credits for each Nonexempt SEU is determined by its number of full-time employees and market location.
Nonexempt SEUs with between 5 and 10 full-time employees, regardless of market size, must earn at least 2 Menu Option initiative-related credits over each two-year segment.
Nonexempt SEUs with 11 or more full-time employees, located in "smaller markets", must earn at least 2 Menu Option initiative-related credits over each two-year segment.
Nonexempt SEUs with 11 or more full-time employees, not located in "smaller markets", must earn at least 4 Menu Option initiative-related credits over each two-year segment.
If the communities of license of the stations comprising the SEU are in a county outside of all metropolitan areas or in a county which is itself in a metropolitan area with a population of less than 250,000 persons, the SEU is deemed to be located in a "smaller market" for these purposes.
Because the filing date for license renewal applications varies depending on the state in which a station is licensed, the time period in which Menu Option initiatives must be completed also varies. Radio and television stations licensed to communities in the states identified above should review the following to determine what current two-year segment applies to them:
Nonexempt radio station SEUs licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, must have earned at least the requisite minimum number of menu option initiative-related credits during the two-year "segment" between April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2010.
For Nonexempt radio station SEUs licensed to communities in Texas, the applicable period is April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2011.
For Nonexempt television station SEUs licensed to communities in Texas, the applicable period is April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2010.
For Nonexempt television station SEUs licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, the applicable period is April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2011.
Deadline for Filing EEO Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397) for Radio Stations Licensed to Communities in Delaware and Pennsylvania and Television Stations Licensed to Communities in Texas
April 1, 2010 is the mid-point in the license renewal term of radio stations licensed to communities in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and television stations licensed to communities in Texas.
Nonexempt radio station SEUs with eleven or more full-time employees in those States/Territories must electronically file the FCC Form 397 Broadcast Mid-Term Report ("397 Report") by April 1, 2010. Copies of the SEU's two most recent Annual EEO Public File Reports should be attached to the 397 Report.
All television station SEUs licensed to communities in Texas must electronically file the 397 Report by April 1, 2010. Television SEUs with five or more full-time employees are required to attach copies of the SEU's two most recent Annual EEO Public File Reports to their 397 Report.
Note that SEUs that have been the subject of a prior FCC EEO audit are not exempt and must still file FCC Form 397 by the deadline. Electronic filing of FCC Form 397 is mandatory. A paper version will not be accepted for filing unless accompanied by an appropriate request for waiver of the electronic filing requirement.
It is critical that every SEU maintain adequate records of its performance under the EEO Rule and that it practice overachieving when it comes to earning the requisite number of Menu Option credits. The FCC will not give credit for Menu Option initiatives that are not duly reported in an SEU's Annual EEO Public File Report and that are not adequately documented. Accordingly, before an Annual EEO Public File Report is finalized and placed in the public domain by posting it on a station's website or placing it in the public inspection file, the draft document, including supporting material, should be reviewed by communications counsel. Finally, we note that the Commission is continuing its program of EEO audits. These random audits check for compliance under the FCC's EEO Rule, and are expected to continue indefinitely. In short, any station may become the subject of an FCC audit at any time. For more information on the FCC's EEO Rule and its requirements, as well as practical advice for compliance, please contact any of the attorneys in the Communications Practice Section.
A PDF version of this article can be found at Broadcast Station EEO Advisory.
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Updated: October 24, 2016 11:56 am


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3 (17%) lower lobe. The median drop in FEV1 posttreatment was 0.15. While 8 (44%) patients had grade I/II dyspnea prior to treatment, 14 (78%) patients had the same after treatment. Only 1 patient who received both SBRT to LUL and Conventional XRT to the mediastinum developed grade II dyspnea. His FEV1 dropped 37% or 0.37 from baseline. Symptomatically 11 (61%) had no increased dyspnea with a median FEV1 drop of 3% or 0.06 from baseline; while 7 (39%) patients had worsening of dyspnea after treatment with a median drop of 0.23 (11%) from baseline in FEV1. Patients treated in the middle and lower lobes had a median FEV1 drop of 0.43 from baseline There was no significant median change (+0.04) when treating the upper lobe. 38% of patients who had an upper lobe treated complained of worsening dyspnea, while 66% of patients with lower lobe treated reported worsening dyspnea. Conclusions: After definitive XRT, 39% of patients had worsening in symptoms with a median drop of 11% in the FEV1, compared to only a 3% drop in FEV1 in patients who did not report a worsening of symptoms. Patients with lower lobe tumors had greater PFT changes with worsening dyspnea.
Background: Radiographic imaging is important for the diagnosis and management of cancer. Radiology reports contain a wealth of information, but are typically formatted as unstructured text, making large scale information extraction challenging. We validated a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm to identify the presence of metastatic disease in radiographic imaging reports. Methods: Using VA Clinical Cancer Registry and Corporate Data Warehouse, we identified approximately 3 million radiology reports for 120,374 patients receiving care for prostate cancer in the VA from 2006-2015. We focused on the impression section of CT, PET/CT, X-ray, bone scan, and MRI reports. We expanded on Chapman et al. "Con Text" algorithm to identify the presence of metastatic disease: (1) Using UMLS, we identified terms compatible with "metastasis"; (2) Report impressions were preprocessed and tokenized at the sentence level and as part of the sentence; (3) Positive and negative trigger phrases were implemented as a series of regular expressions, which were refined over a number of iterations using training data from 2 batches of 600 reports, allowing us to extend trigger identification to a larger set of phrases. The final algorithm was validated using an independent sample of 2,000 reports annotated by a domain expert.
sis, and 74% mentions of metastasis without negation.
Conclusions: Detecting presence of metastatic disease from radiographic notes is feasible with NLP. References: (1) Sarkar S, Das S. A review of imaging methods for prostate cancer detection. Biomed Eng Com-put Biol. 2016;7(Suppl 1):1-15. (2) Chapman WW, Bridewell W, Hanbury P, Cooper GF, Buchanan BG. A simple algorithm for identifying negated findings and diseases in discharge summaries. J Biomed Inform. 2001;34(5):301- 310. (3) Harkema H, Dowling JN, Thornblade T. ConText: An algorithm for determining negation, experiencer, and temporal status from clinical reports. J Biomed Inform. 2009;42(5):839-851.
Purpose: To evaluate data extraction methods for identifying cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) testing among chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL) patients in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Background: Cytogenetic/FISH testing are increasingly important for assessing risk and guiding therapy in patients with CLL. Administrative health data are frequently used to study testing practices; however, they are limited in their sensitivity and reliability. Increasing adoption of electronic health records (EHR) presents an opportunity to describe clinical practices in large patient populations. We compare three different EHR extraction methods to identify cytogenetic/FISH testing in a cohort of CLL patients treated within the VHA.
Methods: CLL patients were identified using the VA Clinical Cancer Registry. Testing information was extracted from time of diagnosis to time of first treatment using three methods: (1) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes; (2) Text mining of healthcare provider orders (HPO); (3) Clinical Lab Information Retrieval (CLIR), a previously validated conceptual framework that incorporates LOINC codes and test names that are then validated using test result information.


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Office of rail regulation
Title: Office of rail regulation
Welsh: Swyddfa Rheoleiddio'r Rheilffyrdd
Non-ministerial government department overview
July 5, 2004 (2004-07-05)
Preceding Non-ministerial government department
Rail Regulator
1 Kemble Street, London, WC2B 4AN
£29.6 million (2009-2010) [1]
Non-ministerial government department executives
Anna Walker, Chair
Richard Price, Chief Executive
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is a statutory board which is the combined economic and safety regulatory authority for Great Britain's railway network. It was established on 5 July 2004 by the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, replacing the Rail Regulator. As a non-ministerial government department it is operationally independent of central government.
1 Primary functions
2 Statutory duties
3 Public law obligations
Primary functions
The ORR's main functions are:
Regulation of Network Rail's stewardship of Britain's rail infrastructure.
Reviewing and revising the financial framework for the railway industry through periodic access charges reviews in which the structure and level of the allowed revenues of Network Rail are set.
Granting, modifying, compliance monitoring and enforcement of licences held by operators of railway assets.
Controlling the fair and efficient allocation of capacity of railway assets through the approval or direction of contracts for the use of track, stations, and light maintenance depots.
Acting as the appellate authority for certain classes of appeal of a regulatory or legal nature arising under the industry-wide network code.
Enforcement of railway competition law.
Independent health and safety regulation for the railway industry as parent body (since 2006) of HM Railway Inspectorate and for Personal Track Safety.
Approval of changes made to the National Routeing Guide and National Rail Conditions of Carriage.
ORR produces what is known as "the Blue Book", officially titled Railway Safety Principles and Guidance, to ensure those operating the rail network, or designing products related to it, comply with health and safety law.
In carrying out its functions, ORR must discharge its statutory duties, which are its formal objectives. These are laid down in section 4 of the Railways Act 1993, and include the protection of the interests of users and the promotion of competition, efficiency and economy in the provision of railway services.
Public law obligations
Like other public authorities, ORR must comply with the rules of administrative law, and is amenable to judicial review, so it must act lawfully, rationally, proportionately and in accordance with the relevant rules of procedure. Although operationally independent of central government as a non-ministerial government department, it is still covered by legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The ORR is managed by a thirteen-member board which is appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport. Anna Walker succeeded Chris Bolt as chair of the Office of Rail Regulation on 5 July 2009 when Bolt's five-year term of office ended.[2] The chief executive officer is Richard Price, appointed in 2011.
The ORR employs approximately 280 people, with offices in Glasgow, York, Manchester, London, Birmingham and Bristol.
Rail transport in Great Britain
Strategic Rail Authority
Non-ministerial

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Our prayers this morning go out to the victims and survivors after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border yesterday, killing more than 300 and injuring thousands.
O merciful Father, you have taught us in your holy Word that you do not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men: Look with pity upon the sorrows of the victims and survivors of yesterday's earthquake along the Iran-Iraq border for whom our prayers are offered. Remember them, O Lord, in mercy, nourish their souls with patience, comfort them with a sense of your goodness, lift up your countenance upon them, and give them peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads. Then those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. They stood up in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth part of the day, and for another fourth they made confession and worshiped the LORD their God. Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the stairs of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God. Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise." And Ezra said: "You are the LORD, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you. You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham; and you found his heart faithful before you, and made with him a covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite; and you have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous. "And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea. You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that they acted insolently against our ancestors. You made a name for yourself, which remains to this day. And you divided the sea before them, so that they passed through the sea on dry land, but you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters. Moreover, you led them by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way in which they should go. You came down also upon Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, and you made known your holy sabbath to them and gave them commandments and statutes and a law through your servant Moses. For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water for them out of the rock, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you swore to give them. "But they and our ancestors acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks and did not obey your commandments; they refused to obey, and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them; but they stiffened their necks and determined to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and you did not forsake them. Even when they had cast an image of a calf for themselves and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed great blasphemies, you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud that led them in the way did not leave them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night that gave them light on the way by which they should go. You gave your good spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and gave them water for their thirst. Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and allotted to them every corner, so they took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan. You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land that you had told their ancestors to enter and possess. So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they pleased. And they captured fortress cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses filled with all sorts of goods, hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance; so they ate, and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor. He called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast. For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxury." Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her sins, and so that you do not share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed. As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in her heart she says, 'I rule as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never see grief,' therefore her plagues will come in a single day-- pestilence and mourning and famine-- and she will be burned with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judges her."
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat." He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.' But you say that whoever tells father or mother, 'Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,' then that person need not honor the father. So, for the sake of your tradition, you make void the word of God. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.'" Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles." Then the disciples approached and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit." But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us." Then he said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile."
Romans 8:18 (NIV)[Present Suffering and Future Glory] I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
What is the most difficult aspect of life to accept, for Christians? In my experience, it is the death of a close family member: a child, a beloved spouse, a parent. The death of someone we have loved so much, for so long, that their passing rips apart the very fabric of our earthly existence.
We know, at least in theory, that we should love Christ more than we love anybody else. He told us this in no uncertain terms: "Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me." Yet, one hardly has the heart to preach this to a mother distraught over the death of a child, or a young man whose wife has died in a car accident. It would be churlish and ineffective.
The only suggestion I have for this horrendous problem is to be forewarned and forearmed. Just as we must prepare ourselves for our own death, we must prepare ourselves (and others, where possible) for the possibility that those we love best in life might die before we do. (In fact, in the case of our parents, it is a probability.) And no matter what our age, the death of close family members is disorienting and irreducibly painful.
How am I going to react when X dies? Am I going to be able to find some consolation in Christ, or is my faith going to be shattered beyond repair? Or like many, am I going to go through a period of questioning at the worst possible time? Is Satan going to find me unprepared when I am most vulnerable?
For surely, every person we know and love will die, whether before us or after us. We cannot force them to accept salvation; we can only accept it for ourselves and be assured, even in our darkest moments, that what God has in store for us is more wonderful than the pain we suffer during our lives. Our suffering as human beings can surely be terrible; but God promises us, in Romans 8:18, that our joy will be incomparably greater than even our worst moments on earth.
But to take consolation and comfort from God's promises, and the presence of the Holy Spirit with us, we must be prepared. It isn't easy to take comfort when all we want to do is mourn! We must get ready, by prayer, meditation, and study, to accept the measure of relief that He affords us while we are still alive, and strength from the certainty that, one day, the sun will certainly rise on our darkness, forever.
Lord God, steel me to turn to you during the painful periods of my life. Amen.
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What is the most difficult aspect of life to accept, for Christians?
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Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.
Though I long to see my family, I cannot go home. I haven't been home in three years, ever since my family poured hot water on me to show their hostility. They were extremely upset when I accepted Christ as my Saviour as a teenager. I stopped worshipping idols and other gods that my family worshipped. I began to pray and read the Bible every day. My family, who kept food from me, even poured hot meals on me. They tore Bibles from my hand and burned them, six of them.
I was beaten severely for attending church services. One time so badly that I was half dead. While I was still on my sick bed I heard the voice of God saying, "Leave your family whom you love and follow me." It was a very difficult decision for me, but I agreed to do His word. So I told my father that I would be leaving for Bible College to study and learn about Jesus. On hearing my words he was furious and said that if I was to do my own will then I could leave for good. He demanded money that he had spent for my upbringing. It broke my heart.
Learning of the terrible condition I was in, an evangelist reached out to me with help and brought me to a Bible College supported by Open Doors. After a year I went home expecting my family to accept me. But they remained unchanged.
Two years later, my father attended my Bible College graduation in secret, coming in late to the back and leaving early. He did not want to speak to me. My family has only given me pain and sorrow and I think about it and weep.
But I believe in God's promise, "Let your heart not be troubled, believe in God and also in me, there are many rooms in my father's house…I will come back and take you with me" (John 14: 1-3). So one day I will be with Him in His heavenly home where there will be no more sorrow, crying or pain.
RESPONSE: Today I will be encouraged that no matter what happens; following Jesus gives me hope.
PRAYER: Pray for many believers, like the young lady above, who endure the pain of rejection.
David used positive self-speak to transform his downcast heart to an uplifted face. The next time you are faced with an unsettling emotion, name it, and then place your hope firmly in Christ and offer Him words of praise. Declare His authority over your life and your circumstances. Finally, remind yourself of His steadfast love and provision in your past, which will bring you full circle, right back to hope!
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LHM Daily Devotion - November 13, 2017 "Evangelism"
He (Andrew) first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).
You know that Jesus gave Simon the nickname of Peter for his bold confession of faith, but I'm giving an A for the day to anyone who can share what moniker the early church bestowed upon his brother Andrew.
Wow, that's right! I didn't think you'd all get it. The early church called Andrew, "protokletos," which means "first-called." As you know, Andrew was first on the list of Jesus' disciples.
Now you know Andrew wasn't the kind of guy who stole the limelight. He was not the sort of fellow who stood out in a crowd. Scripture paints him as a modest sort of man, always blending in to the background. On Pentecost his words aren't recorded for history, and the New Testament doesn't have any books named First or Second Andrew.
Andrew was never elected to be the chairman of the disciples' board. When we think of the great personages who have flashed across the pages of human history, when we remember some of the Bible's heroes of faith, somehow Andrew is almost always left out.
That's a shame, because Andrew had a friend.
Moreover, wherever you see Andrew in the pages of the New Testament, you will find him introducing people to Jesus, his friend, and the world's only Savior.
Andrew's story begins in Bethsaida -- a word that means "house of the fisherman." He was employed at the family business, and he might have stayed there forever if it hadn't been for the friend he met on the shores of the Jordan River. The first thing Andrew did after he got to know Jesus was hurry home to find his brother Simon and say, "Simon, come and meet my friend, the Messiah!"
Have you ever noticed that when people come to know Jesus, they're filled with an urge to tell others about their newfound friend? True, sometimes we do so in an obnoxious way, and end up turning off our listeners. Sometimes we can be like our pal who buys a new car or computer and talks and talks and talks. Sometimes we can be like the grandmother who searches for victims to whom she can show her suitcase of grandchildren photographs.
But the fact is, Andrew knew, Christians need to share their friend with others.
In the rest of the New Testament, you will see Andrew bringing a boy to Jesus with some loaves and fishes. Or he, along with Philip, is introducing some Greeks to the Savior, after they had come and requested: "Sir, we would see Jesus."
Although the New Testament authors seem to neglect Andrew, Jesus knew -- as should we -- that without people like Andrew, there would never be people like Peter! That's because the real work of the church, any church, is not done just by people like Peter who get their names in the newspapers. It is also done by the millions of Andrews: the humble men and women who aren't afraid to say to a friend or family member "Come with me. I've found the Lord."
THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, I must confess doing evangelism can scare me. Help me see, and emulate Andrew who simply said to those around him, "Come, I've found the Lord." This I ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Por lo tanto, sométanse a Dios; opongan resistencia al diablo, y él huirá de ustedes. Acérquense a Dios, y él se acercará a ustedes. ¡Límpiense las manos, pecadores! Y ustedes, los pusilánimes, ¡purifiquen su corazón!
A lo largo de mi vida he tenido el privilegio de conocer a personas que merecerían ocupar un lugar especial en el cielo.
Una de esas personas fue una señora que nunca hubiera sido capaz de decir nada malo de nadie, por más mala que una persona pudiera ser.
Un día, sólo para ver desafiarla, le dije: "Estoy seguro que hasta podría decir algo bueno acerca del diablo". La señora pensó un momento, luego sonrió, y dijo: 'Si queremos ser justos, debemos admirar su perseverancia'".
Y tiene razón. El diablo ha sido lo suficientemente perseverante como para traer problemas al mundo y a cada generación que ha existido. Es lo suficientemente perseverante como para tentarnos a usted y a mí a hacer cosas que Dios no aprueba. Es suficientemente perseverante como para causar enojo, odio y celos. Si Satanás tiene alguna cualidad admirable, ciertamente es la perseverancia.
Es una pena que los cristianos no siempre poseamos el mismo atributo.
Demasiado a menudo preferimos dejar que los demás se encarguen de compartir el mensaje del amor de Dios, y nos quedamos como simples espectadores. Se me ocurre que ha llegado la hora de ser perseverantes y ponernos a compartir al Salvador que dio su vida para que nosotros no perdamos la nuestra.
El aliento que le quiero dar a través de esta devoción, es que hoy sea perseverante en compartir al Salvador que tanto le ama.
ORACIÓN: Querido Dios, no siempre soy tan perseverante como debiera en compartir el mensaje de tu amor y de la salvación que Jesús ha ganado para nosotros. Ayúdame a ser más perseverante en mi vida, en mi testimonio y en mi fe. En el nombre de Jesús. Amén.


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3128. And told her mother's house according to these words. That this signifies toward natural good of every kind whithersoever enlightenment could reach, is evident from the signification of the "mother's house," as being the good of the external man, that is, natural good. (That a "house" denotes good may be seen above, n. 2233, 2234, 2559; also that man's external or natural...
3162. Verses 52-54. And it came to pass that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah. And the servant brought forth vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave to Rebekah; he gave also precious things to her brother and to her mother. And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him; and they passed the night; and the...
3171. And they rose up in the morning. That this signifies a degree of elevation, appears from the signification of "rising up," as involving elevation (see n. 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927); and from the signification of "morning," as being the Lord, also His kingdom, and likewise a state of peace thence derived (see n. 2405, 2780). The natural is said to be "elevated" when...
3209. The servant told Isaac all the words that he had done. That this signifies perception from the Divine natural as to how the case was, appears from the signification of "telling" as being to perceive; for perception is a kind of internal telling; wherefore perceiving, in the historicals of the Word, is expressed by "telling," and also by "saying" (n. 1791, 1815,...
3267. In their names, according to their births. That this signifies interior qualities according to the derivations of faith, is evident from the signification of "name," as being quality, or from the signification of "names," as being qualities (n. 3266), in this case interior qualities, because it is said, "these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, in their names,&quo...
3325. Sell me as this day thy birthright. That this signifies that as to time the doctrine of truth was apparently prior, is evident from the signification of "selling," as being to claim for one's self; and from the signification of "as this day," meaning as to time, for in the internal sense of the Word "this day" signifies that which is perpetual and eternal (n. 28...
3358. In verses 1 to 6 are described the appearances of truth of a higher degree which are in the internal sense of the Word, in which appearances are the angels, and in which there is Divine truth and good. And that Divine good and truth cannot be comprehended, thus cannot be received, unless they are in appearances (verses 7-13). ...
3359. Appearances of truth of a lower degree, which are in the interior sense of the Word-in which appearances those men may be who are of the internal church-are then treated of (verses 14-17). ...
3360. Afterwards, appearances of truth are described of a still lower degree, which are of the literal sense of the Word, in which appearances those men may be who are of the external church (verses 18-25); and that through these there may still be conjunction with the Lord (verses 26-33). ...
3362. THE INTERNAL SENSE. In the twenty-first chapter Abimelech was treated of, in that he made a covenant with Abraham, and that then Abraham reproved him concerning a well of waters which his servants had seized. In the present chapter a nearly similar occurrence is repeated between Abimelech and Isaac, resembling it also in this respect, that just as Abraham had said that his wife was his...
3394. Surely behold she is thy woman, and how saidst thou, She is my sister? That this signifies that if Divine truth it was not also rational, is evident from the signification of "woman," here Rebekah, as being the Divine truth of the Lord's Divine rational (n. 3012, 3013, 3077); and from the signification of "sister," as being rational truth (n. 3386); thus "behold she...
3404. And Isaac sowed in that land. That this signifies interior truths which are from the Lord appearing to the rational, is evident from the signification of "sowing," as being in the supreme sense Divine truth which is from the Lord who is the sower (n. 3038); and in the internal sense the truth and good with man thence derived (n. 3373); and from the signification of "land,"...
3405. And found in that year a hundred measures. That this signifies abundance, is evident from the signification of "year," as being the entire state that is treated of (n. 487, 488, 493, 893); from the signification of a "hundred," as being much and full (n. 2636); and from the signification of "measure," as being the state of a thing as to truth (n. 3104). All thes...
3417. And encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. That this signifies that He betook Himself to lower rational things, that is, from interior appearances to exterior, is evident from the signification of "encamping," as being to dispose into order; and from the signification of the "valley of Gerar," as being lower rational things, or exterior appearances of truth, fo...
3429. And he called the name of it Sitnah. That this signifies their quality, is evident from the signification of "calling a name," as denoting the quality (n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421); and from the signification of "Sitnah," as being in the original tongue "antagonism," which is a further degree of denial. ...
3432. And digged another well, and for this they strove not. That this signifies the literal sense of the Word, is evident from the signification of a "well," as being the Word (n. 2702, 3096, 3424), here, the Word as to the literal sense, for it is said that he "removed from thence, and digged another well, and for this they strove not," by which is signified that sense of the...
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I would have a half hour drive each way and the days were consecutive. After being so exhausted the last time with only a 10 minute drive and a day between the two sessions, I was doubtful. However, I was able to come up with an alternate plan. My neighbor said she could drive me and pick me up if necessary. This took a lot of pressure off me. I also tried to limit my activities on the days so I would be more rested.
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I had one moment when I doubted myself but realized quickly that it was actually pain in my back talking, not my heart or head. That is one thing about chronic pain – since your mind is what needs to control it, you lose brain power when the pain is in full force.
By the end of the day, we were all health coaches and just have to wait for our first participants. We were left with the task of figuring out what areas we would like to focus on. While I still need to figure out what is all looks like, I am thinking that questions about nutrition, chronic pain, and mental illness would be my best fits.
Everyone at the dog park was waiting to hear how it went and were congratulating me on making it through. It felt good to have an accomplishment to talk about for a change than a medical condition.
Why is this such a big deal? I can use my experiences to help others. While we don't tell the participant our life story (the mandate is they talk 2/3's of the time and we talk 1/3), we can use it to guide them in making the right choices. I know people say that my blog helps them because they know they are not alone. However, with this program, I can actually work one-on-one and see the growth! I am sure that anyone with any chronic illness(es) would agree that even a little bit of purpose is huge!
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Thank you so much, Maureen. I am looking forward to it very much.
This is wonderful! I totally agree that finding purpose makes everything better. It gives us a reason to smile despite the pain. Hope your new participant comes to you soon!
Thank you so much. Yes, I am both excited and extremely nervous to get started. But once I do, I know it will go well.
Really interesting article! Your thoughts about purpose were spot on. Keep it up!
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Peracetic Acid (PAA) Testing
What is Peracetic acid (PAA)?
Peroxyacetic acid, Peracetic acid, or PAA as it is commonly known, is a strong oxidising agent with excellent disinfectant properties. PAA is an organic acid with an acrid odour, represented by the formula CH3CO3H.
What is Peracetic acid (PAA) used for?
Peracetic acid is a common disinfection widely used in the food and beverage market and in the healthcare industry. A more powerful oxidizing agent than its chlorine counterparts, PAA has become increasingly popular since it was first registered as an antimicrobial substance in 1985.
As with all disinfectants, monitoring of residuals and dosing is important to ensure that levels are not too high or low. However, unlike other common sanitizers, it is effective at weakly acidic pH levels and its efficacy is not greatly impacted by temperature.
Peracetic acid (PAA) is described as an efficient "broad spectrum biocidal agent". This means that it will effectively kill the majority of bacteria, including E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella which all cause food poisoning/gastrointestinal illnesses, and pseudomonas which can cause chest and blood infections.
Just like chlorine, PAA is an oxidizing agent, and works as a disinfectant by damaging the cell walls of microorganisms that are present in the water. Once the cell wall is damaged, the bacteria will die, and so no longer pose a threat to human/animal health.
Peracetic acid in food and beverage
PAA is widely used as a disinfectant across the food and beverage industry, including for dairy, meat, poultry, brewing and bottling applications.
A relatively expensive sanitizer, PAA is popular due to reduced levels of disinfection by-products (DBP) because it breaks down into food-safe and environmentally friendly residues. PAA is effective in reducing the microbial load of wash water and reducing cross-contamination in food and beverage products.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits concentrations in produce wash water, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates PAA as a general use pesticide.
Peracetic acid (PAA) in drinking water
PAA is a disinfectant used to kill harmful bacteria from drinking water streams. It produces fewer harmful DBPs than its chlorine counterpart.
Dosing control is critical in drinking water to ensure that the water has been effectively 'cleaned' but is not overdosed, posing potential danger, as well as affecting the taste of the final product.
Peracetic acid (PAA) in wastewater
PAA is used in a similar way to chlorine to help with debulking sludge in wastewater, as well as an effective disinfectant and odour control agent. For wastewater applications, dosing control is vital to protect aquatic life and the environment.
Peracetic acid (PAA) in laundry
PAA is used in some laundry detergents as a bleaching agent. As it is a more effective bleaching agent than hydrogen peroxide, the peroxide is converted to PAA using a catalyst to enhance the cleaning power of the detergent during the wash.
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Test methods for PAA include test strips, titration, photometers and offsite laboratory testing. Kemio is the next generation test kit from Palintest, using amperometry to deliver rapid, repeatable and reliable results. Suitable for all users and all sample types; Kemio helps improve traceability and safety. To find out more visit the Kemio product page.
Why would you use peracetic acid (PAA) as a sanitiser?
PAA is an effective and quick disinfectant. It targets a vast range of bacteria, fungi, and spores. It also does not cause harmful DBP.
What are the disinfection by products of PAA?
The by-products of PAA are acetic acid and water, neither of which are harmful to the environment or to health.
What level of residual PAA do I have in my system?
This is dependent on the application for which you are using the PAA as a sanitizer. Factors to consider include the organic matter and the contact time. Levels can range from as low as 10 mg/L to over 2000 mg/L. Contact your local regulator for more information.
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2015 EXCEL Award Winner – Nicole Lamoureux
Q&A with Nicole Lamoureux
Executive Director, The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
Tell us about your leadership style and how this contributes to your organization's success.
My leadership style is defined by three characteristics: communication, confidence, and collaboration.
Communication– I believe that to be a great leader, you not only need to talk, but also listen. Effective communication requires both. In my leadership, I actively share the story of our organization- and the clinics and patients who benefit from our work, exposing new audiences to the immense value of our nation's free and charitable clinics. But I also listen- to the needs, desires, issues, and goals of our volunteers, donors, staff, and board- to gain a first-hand knowledge of our impact, and also of areas for improvement. Through this communications approach, I have been able to harness the great passion of our clinics and our army of dedicated volunteers for our goal of making affordable, quality health care accessible to all Americans.
Confidence- As a leader, I want to inspire confidence in my staff, the clinics in our network, their patients, and in partners and supporters. Inspiring confidence is an extension of being a good listener- allowing others to feel confident when they are empowered to share their ideas, opportunities, challenges, and passions freely, with no fear of repercussion. It also encourages my staff and my network to think creatively, create innovative programs, and form new and valuable relationships. Being a great listener also allows our nationwide network of stakeholders to have a sense of pride and ownership in the mission and vision of the organization.
Collaboration- Another important element of my leadership style is my role as a convener. By encouraging and building connections, we have been able to identify the commonalities that exist between our association and other organizations, partners, and individuals. When properly nurtured, these types of collaborations allow for teamwork, expansion of potential, idea sharing, and creative thinking – all of which can help further the mission and impact of our organization.
By implementing these "three c's" – communication, confidence, and collaboration- the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics has grown from a small, grassroots organization to one that now works with and for 1, 200 clinics and their staff, and for thousands of volunteers and patients nationwide. This would not have been possible without the voices, opinions, and ideas of our clinics, staff, volunteers, and donors, and without their belief that they are a vitally important part of our family of Free & Charitable Clinics.
What advice would you offer to other nonprofit leaders?
Be passionate about your work and let others share their passions with you. As a leader, you need to be willing to listen- truly listen. Recognize that being a leader does not just mean being the person who makes the hard decisions. To be a leader, you must constantly be learning from and accepting advice from others around you. The perspectives of my staff, board, partners, patients, and network of clinics are critically important because they are all different from mine. Even more critical to me are the perspectives of our patients. The NAFC hosts up to three C.A.R.E Clinics (Communities Are Responding Everyday) each year. We don't just plan the events: we're on the floor talking to the patients, listening to what they need, learning from their experiences- and striving to make our work and the work of the country's free and charitable clinics- meet each and every one of their needs. In our line of work, it's the patients who should be dictating the services they receive- not the event planners. As a leader, you must accept counsel and change when necessary.
At the same time, as a leader, you have to embrace a vision for how your organization will grow to have the greatest impact on those you serve. Have big dreams and goals, but remain approachable. Inspire your staff to come to you with ideas: You would be surprised with how much you can learn and how much potential you can tap into through those around you. If you show your passion and excitement for the growth of your organization in your daily work, others will follow and work hard alongside you to accomplish those goals.
What does this award mean for you and your organization?
To receive the EXCEL Award would be an honor and accomplishment not just for myself and the organization, but would be a testament to the hard work and innovation of my staff, our volunteers, partners, and clinics.
From 2001-2007 the NAFC was a small organization that was managed by a very dedicated volunteer board of directors who believed that access to health care should be a right and not a privilege. In 2007, I was humbled and touched that the free and charitable clinic community welcomed me as the first full time executive director of the NAFC and that they allowed me to help tell the story of the compassionate health care that our clinics provide on a daily basis.
In a very short amount of time the NAFC has grown from $75,000 organization to a $2.5 M organization and without clinics we have helped millions of our neighbors and friends who do not have access to care. I truly have the best job in Washington DC, I am lucky enough to work for and with the best and brightest who encourage growth, compassion, and dedication. People are our priority, and there is no greater commodity than being the voice for and serving those in America that needs help.
To be considered for this award is simultaneously humbling and a huge honor because it shows that through hard work, perseverance, dedication, compassion, and a lot of love- growth and opportunities are possible. This award shows recognition for years of hard work while challenging us to continue to strive to be the best we can be in the future.
Learn more about The National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics.


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Green Computing and Techno-Gandhian Philosophy
Posted by Balamurali Balaji on February 10, 2012 at 6:03
Green Computing refers to building up of energy-efficient and renewable-energy based computing devices to reduce cost and carbon-emissions in the environment. As more and more electrical components running in a computing environment, the emission of carbon-dioxide and other hazardous gases added to the atmosphere and heating up of air takes place causing disastrous environmental damage and global warming in the future. Hence, most of the IT companies are looking for setting up their infrastructure eco-friendly and invent devices that consume less energy and produce less carbon footprint.
The Techno-Gandhian Philosophy (TGP) suggests the use of minimal technology and maximizing of human-friendly operations in the industrial world. It comes as a measure to control the growing evolution of the IT world and its widespread applications in all walks of life. The continuous development of software and hardware and vigorous consumption of heavy-load processes and resources needs to be curtailed down in order to maintain eco-friendly computing environment. The TGP consistently motivates the IT wizards to go greener and utilize the inter-mediate technologies to realize their inventions.
While other industries are aiming for seeking alternate energy sources like sun, water, wind, sugar and bio-fuel etc, IT industry is left with a bleak option of using the low-voltage electrical energy with reduced metallic and gaseous emanations. The manufacturing process of chipsets, motherboards and other hardware components has been re-engineered to meet the growing demand for green computing. Companies like Dell, Microsoft, Intel and National Semiconductors have already been re-thinking on their strategies, designs and material usage for building their products in order to achieve energy efficiency and productivity.
Currently the world is working for global warming and climate change issues, and it has become imperative to materialize green computing in terms of Gandhian ideals which has also been increasingly getting attention in many parts of the world.
Controlling the carbon footprint
The onus of green computing is in the improvisation of processes and innovation of ideas that improves energy-conservation and environment friendly products. Every product manufactured has its own side-effects in the environment of its usage.
Planting of more trees around the computing environment is considered as the best way to control the carbon-dioxide pollution. Other suggestions like solar energy, creating wet lands etc. considerably reduces the atmospheric carbon-dioxide. Dell has come up with its product-recycling program and its "Plant a tree for me" campaign has made the customers feel the green effect and offset the carbon emissions. Its dual core processors are found to be energy efficient.
Technologically, many experts found that cloud computing and centralized data centers reduce the power consumption and related emissions. Solar powered cyber community center in South-Pacific region of the U.S.A is another innovative idea of promoting the 'green' campaign. Intel uses virtualization technique that uses a single, powerful base system combining the power of multiple physical systems thus reducing the overall power efficiency.
Environmental Protection Agency, USA has set the guidelines for companies to implement green computing plans and the production of energy-saving devices. It also issues an "Energy Star Logo" accreditation for those who successfully have achieved remarkable green computing efforts.
"Zonbu", a California based company is the first to introduce a completely eco-responsible computer, "Zonbox", a PC which emits zero percent carbon. It consumes only 15W of power compared to 75W consumed by normal desktops.
The TGP Initiatives
Many argue that hundred trees are planted for every tree uprooted or cut for human needs. Some others believe that the world has enough to advance to the future generations by sailing through technological advancements. But, very few realize that it is happening at the cost of many virtues like human values, environment and of course, our whole planet.
Top level strategic decisions and policies taken in organizations can be influenced by Gandhi's economic model and natural ways of sustaining environment. Some of the management practices need to be transformed to deliver the 'green' results which could be cost-effective solutions in the longer run. Some of the ways of achieving a measurable green house effect are:
Simplification of infrastructure and computing environment
Conditioning of air and room temperature by natural ways
Promotion of eco-friendly devices and intermediate technologies
Veto the fullest utilization of any technology which leads to moral degradation of human workforce
Periodical check-up of body health and psychological conditions of the workforce
Proper balance between man-machine contribution at work
In contrast to the popular belief that going green is turning to village, we must remember the words of Gandhiji, "Return to the villages means a definite, voluntary recognition of the duty of bread labour and not it connotes." If it is true that human intellect leads to innovation, it is much larger truth that it is the manual work which restores the morality behind every human. In His words, "...villages cannot retain the freedom they have enjoyed from time immemorial if they do not control the production of prime necessaries of life."
When companies are moving their production facilities to villages for many reasons like cost cuts, increased productivity, cheaper resources etc, people of the soil has every reason to concern about their habitat and its ecosystem. IT companies shifting their focus on remote places is a welcome trend but how many of them are doing it "Green" is still a larger question. Colleges, Universities, and other offices find uncultivable and unpopulated remote lands in sub-urban areas suitable for their establishments. But, it is sad that none of them give a thought on how much eco-damage it would cause in a long run in the form of global warming, depletion of ozone layer and carbon footprint.
It is a common sight in the office buildings, a separate room for the servers which inhibits no person except a lot of heat and carbonized atmosphere. It is another phenomenon going on in many BPOs where a huge hall full of hundreds of computers before the human operators with headsets liberally generating five times more of heat than the room temperature. In small and medium sized companies, the need for air-conditioning has been duly ignored and people are working at above normal room temperature environment which would cause severe health hazards and carbon footprints. Inefficient organizing of hardware spare parts result into cheaper purchasing of duplicates from local markets, which usually do not attach eco-friendly tags and are prone to increase the carbon emission. Studies reveal that heat and micro-waves caused due to excessive use of mobile causes brain damage and cancer.
What the world is achieving through constant science and technological innovations is nothing but the sudden sparkling of the brain activity in the form of ideas and thoughts. A layman would scarcely understand what the machine does and how it does. The role of human element in organizational processes is repeatedly emphasized by the Techno-Gandhian Philosophy just as what Gandhi believed about hand-spun clothing: "The art that is in the machine-made article, appeals only to the eye; the art in Khadi appeals first to the heart and then to the eye."
Green Computing must be seen as a revolutionary approach towards a clean environment and future of the IT industry. It is not just a cost-effective, high-productive methodology for manufacturing processes but also a morally viable humanistic approach that brings a new dimension in the corporate social responsibility.
http://thefutureofthings.com/articles/1003/green-computing.html
Comment by Dipak Dholakia on February 13, 2012 at 14:25
Please read this from The Hindu:
Speaking of science – E-mails not all that 'green'
(http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article261...


Season one was all about Ryan and Joe. After followers helped him escape, the pursuit was on. Joe's evoking of Poe created some truly horrific moments. Those moments (as I quickly referred to them as HOLY SH*T! moments) included a follower covered in Poe writing committing public suicide in graphic fashion.
The Following 2nd season saw Joe survive his explosive "death." I have a theory that actors will never leave a show until they have a new gig, so no one ever really dies. The main culprits of season 2 was the Gray Family led by matriarch Lily (Connie Nielsen) whose murderous twins Mark and Luke (Sam Underwood) commit Joe-like crimes, even wearing Joe-masks as a callback to Joe's followers who wore Poe masks. Lily was trying to bring Joe out of the shadows to join her family. There was also a cult trying to recruit Joe, but I'm sure you could predict how that went. Soon Joe and Lily were enemies and the conclusion had the unlikely tag team of Joe and Ryan teaming up to stop the Grays.
This season, unfortunately now the final one for Team Hardy, has been plagued by an overabundance of villains. First it was Mark Gray, the lone holdover from season 2… joined by Kyle and Daisy, a pair of star-crossed lovers who happen to be serial killers. With Joe on death row, his teacher Arthur Strauss (Gregg Henry) became the main villain… or so we thought, as he was dispatched by his "best student" Theo (Michael Ealy). Have you lost count yet? Theo is phenomenal, but even then there was too much reliance on the other lesser bad guys. Theo has a sister, Strauss, other followers, hell, even the FBI has an angry potentially evil agent (Max's disgruntled boyfriend).
While season 3 of The Following has provided some great moments, its parts have more than the whole, and I started asking each week, where the show could possibly go in seasons to come. Ryan has been through several important relationships, and ruined them all. He's been on and off the sobriety wagon too many times to count. Most of all, this season gave us my favorite episode, the one in which Joe escapes his execution (albeit temporarily). The problem was that Ryan confessed to Joe that he was the most important person in his life. Sure, I know Joe's ghost is stalking and helping Ryan, but the pursuit of Joe Carroll, the threat of Joe Carroll drove the show and characters forward. With Joe gone, the writing was on the wall.
For 3 years, The Following has provided constantly compelling, often disturbing, and nightmarish television. It was a staple for my friends and I on Monday nights. The characters, and images will live on, especially Joe Carroll…quoth the Raven… Nevermore.


I ordered from hobbypartz and when filling out the order i put my name in the address instead of my dad's (paying with his paypal).
they sent me an email to update the shipping address, there is no way (that i know of) to change it in my account, so i emailed them with an updated billing and shipping address.
I am a little concerned that this is not actually hobbypartz emailing me but someone else, all of the items I ordered are still in my cart.
can someone confirm that "verification@hobbypartz.com" is actually theirs and they are not identity stealers?
i will call them/ live chat with them tomorrow but this is slightly concerning.
You seem to have issues with everything.
i haven't had a good day and you're not making it any better - thanks.
i understand but isn't it a little unsafe to send them access to your credit card and a piece of i.d. matching that credit card? in theory they could get a new card using your i.d. and go spend your money.
Just cancel whatever order you were trying to place and place another with all the correct information.
For a Pay Pal order why in the hell would they want a copy of a credit card front and back? And a drivers license?
Call Paypal, they will help. there excellent.
the suspicious thing about it is the items are still in my cart.
the main reason it happened is I put my name down for my fathers billing address.
Paypal will not cancel the order, you will have to deal with the vendor directly.
when I clicked the "same as shipping address" box, it must have not registered, they did not get a billing address (which from the comments makes me feel doesn't matter) but i should ship out tomorrow.
Sign your Dad up to paypal, it's the safest way to buy IMO.
OSE does the same thing, if the shipping address on the order forum doesnt match the shipping address paypal say it should be going to, the customer is emailed and the order canceled. Its to stop fraud.
steve - do you ask for a front and back copy of credit card and drivers licence?
There has been a few times on large purchases that I emailed the customer to prove identity.
the numbers i'm not worried about, it's the combination of ID and credit card that has me troubled.
it shipped today so there are no issues.


In this installment of Deluxe we indulge in the sweet decadence of gourmet food and other vices of the rich and famous. We celebrate the 502nd anniversary of the discovery of chocolate by visiting the Paris Chocolate Fair, and bargain for the diamond of the kitchen (truffles). We look at the finest gentlemen and lady's cigars; taste desserts fit for princes, and pizza fit for a king.


Home » Recipes » Drinks » Mint Lemonade – The Most Refreshing Drink Ever!
This Mint Lemonade is the most refreshing drink ever! Cheap to make and easy enough to mix up in just five minutes (active time), it'll become your go-to drink for hot summer days!
Did you ever buy mint for a recipe and have some left over afterward? What the heck do you do with leftover mint?
Or maybe you have a garden and once made the optimistic decision to plant a little slip of mint. But then the mint ran absolutely wild all over your yard and your neighbour's yard and it's taking over ditches and lawns and flower beds all around town. Mint is like that.
So you have some mint to work with.
What to make? Why, only the most refreshing, summery, brightest drink you've ever had. Fresh mint lemonade. An easy fresh lemonade drink complimented with the refreshing flavour of mint.
Serve it on ice, serve it with a splash of sparkling water (it's a delicious sparkling lemonade recipe), mix it with vodka and make a mint lemonade cocktail. Pack it up in a thermos to keep it cold and take it on a hike. Have it with a picnic. Take it to the beach.
In about five minutes of active time, and just some waiting time along with it, you can be drinking it too!
** Also, if you've been stocking your freezer with frozen lemon juice like we have, feel free to use it in this recipe! You won't even notice a difference!
Start with equal parts water and sugar. For 2 glasses of mint lemonade I used 1/2 cup of each. You can easily halve, double or triple this recipe though.
Tip: I used water filtered through our Brita instead of tap water, to avoid a chlorine taste.
Stir water and sugar together in a medium sized pot over medium-high heat. Right before it boils, the sugar should be completely dissolved in the water.
Tip: If you're not sure you can touch it and rub your finger and thumb together – there should be no graininess.
Remove it from the heat. That's how easy it is to make a simple syrup!
We're making mint-infused simple syrup. Give your mint a quick rinse, pull the leaves off (the stems can sometimes be bitter) and stir the leaves into the hot simple syrup. Cover with the lid of the pot and leave to steep for about 30 minutes – until the liquid has cooled off and absorbed the taste of the mint.
This recipe is flexible – you can work with a little bit of mint or a lot – just adjust steeping time for flavour.
In the meantime, juice your lemon (if you're using fresh lemons – you could also use frozen lemon juice!). I needed around 1/4 cup of lemon juice, which in my case was the juice of around 2 lemons. It might be more or less, depending on how juicy your lemons are, or how tart you want your lemonade to be.
Tip: Did you know that if you microwave a lemon for 15 seconds before you cut it and juice it will release more juice?
Once your syrup is cool, mix together 1/4 cup lemon juice, 3/4 cup mint simple syrup (or more, or less, to taste) and 1 cup of filtered water. This recipe doubles or triples easily. Chill, or if it's cool enough, serve over ice.
How long will this mint lemonade keep in the fridge?
If you strain out any solids (mint leaves and lemon), it should last around a week in the fridge.
Simple syrup is just water and sugar, heated up to dissolve the sugar. It makes a sweetened water. You can also flavour simple syrup with endless other things – like the mint in this recipe. Simple syrup is SUPER easy to make and very useful because it's hard to dissolve sugar in cold or room temperature liquid (and no one likes a grainy drink!).
Is lemonade good for you/bad for you?
Well, that's a relative question. It's not as good for you as drinking pure water (although lemons do contain a lot of vitamin C, which is great). But it's better for you than a lot of other drinks. If you want to make this recipe healthier you can use less simple syrup, which will result in a less sweet drink but will still be refreshing and delicious!
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Mint Lemonade - The Most Refreshing Drink Ever!
Whisk 1/2 cup water and sugar together, in a medium sized pot over medium-high heat. Just before it boils, the sugar should be completely dissolved in the water.** Remove it from the heat.
Rinse mint, pull the leaves off (stems can be bitter) and stir the leaves into the hot simple syrup. Cover with the lid of the pot and leave to steep for about 30 minutes - until the liquid has cooled off and absorbed the taste of the mint.
* Also, if you've been stocking your freezer with frozen lemon juice like we have, feel free to use it in this recipe! You won't even notice a difference!
**If you're not sure you can touch it and rub your finger and thumb together - there should be no graininess.
*** Did you know that if you microwave a lemon for 15 seconds before you cut it and juice it it (certainly seems to) release more juice?
This recipe was originally published on May 24, 2017.