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Our Journey Through the Gospels series continues with our upcoming study of the Book of Mark. Join us as we study what scholars consider to be the first Gospel account written. Come enjoy great food, build friendships, and explore these stories filled with details and action. Both…
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At 3:00pm on the first and third Fridays of each month, FACETS volunteers from FUMC prepare and deliver hot meals for families and individuals who are homeless in our community. Please contact Jim Conklin to assist with this critical ministry. Volunteers to cook and deliver…
Women's Bible Study Meet and Greet
Ladies, 2023 is a great chance to start something new and meet for fellowship with other women outside of the Sunday services. If you are interested in a monthly Women's Bible Study, please reach out to Leslie Carter by phone at 703-587-4575 or by email…
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After a long pandemic hiatus, FUMC is pleased to announce that, starting December 4, we are bringing back Fellowship Time once a month after worship. On the first Sunday of every month, the same day we gather for the Lord's Supper, we will provide coffee…
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On the fourth Thursday of every month at 9:00am, you are invited to come together for an hour in the Fellowship Hall to pack lunches for the homeless guests of the Lamb Center. The church needs your help to make these lunches. If you can…
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Friends, we are gathered here today to celebrate the short, but eventful, life of the Liberal balanced budget promise. Tragically, the promise passed away peacefully last Tuesday surrounded by the national press gallery, following a prolonged battle with deficit spending, at the tender age of just three years and six months.
It's difficult to come to terms with the fact the promise is no longer with us. Born in August 2015 to Justin Pierre James Trudeau, it began its life just as a promise should: surrounded by a loving political family and with every hope of fulfilling its potential. In its early days, its destiny seemed very cast in stone. On the campaign trail, proud papa Justin never missed an opportunity to showcase the promise, bragging about it prominently in stump speeches and even including it in the Liberal campaign platform. Even in its infancy, its impact was undeniable, helping cement a majority government for the Trudeau Liberals in the federal election later that year.
Alas, the euphoria of the election win was not to last, and fiscal health issues soon followed. Some time around the spring 2016 federal budget, the promise contracted a case of severe deficit spending, which was later diagnosed as acute spendicitis, and which would ultimately plague it for the rest of its short life. By the 2017 budget, many of those closest to the promise feared that, without more aggressive treatment, its fiscal condition could become dire and by the 2018 budget, there were open whispers that it might not even survive to see the next election campaign.
As recently as last week, there had been reason for hope: an unexpected, last-minute transfusion of revenue had become available which could have potentially led to a full recovery. Sadly, complications with the procedure ended up aggravating the promise's already frail fiscal condition and the promise could not cope with the weight of so much additional spending. The budget would not, ultimately, balance itself.
Mourned by millions of voters, the promise is predeceased by its promise siblings, electoral reform and ending omnibus legislation, and survived by its father Justin, guardian William Morneau of Toronto, and the promise to legalize cannabis.
The balanced budget promise might be gone but it is not forgotten. And if any good can come from the heartbreaking passing of such a young promise, it is knowing that there are actions we can take to prevent similar tragedies in the future. We can raise awareness about the dangers of deficit spending, and ensure that governments are screened regularly for spendicitis at election time. We can speak up when governments spend taxpayer dollars recklessly, and ensure that future balanced budget promises will have a chance to survive and flourish.
Document recycling has taken place. Friends of the promise would ask that in lieu of flowers, you consider making a contribution towards an organization committed to raising awareness about deficit spending. Notes of condolence (complaint) to the family can be sent to justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca.


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package org.obsidianbox.obsidian.gui.builtin;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Random;

import net.minecraft.client.gui.Gui;
import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
import org.lwjgl.opengl.*;

import org.obsidianbox.magma.Game;
import org.obsidianbox.magma.util.RenderUtil;

public class ObsidianBackground extends Gui {
    private static final Random RANDOM = new Random();
    private final ResourceLocation backgroundLocation = getResourceByTimeOfDay();

    private ResourceLocation getResourceByTimeOfDay() {
        final int hour = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
        final String symbolicName;

        if (hour < 12) {
            symbolicName = "day";
        } else if (hour < 20) {
            symbolicName = "evening";
        } else {
            symbolicName = "night";
        }
        return new ResourceLocation(Game.MOD_ID.toLowerCase(), "textures/gui/background/" + symbolicName + "/background_" + (RANDOM.nextInt(5 - 1) + 1) + ".jpg");
    }

    public void drawBackground(int x, int y, int width, int height) {
        RenderUtil.MINECRAFT.getTextureManager().bindTexture(backgroundLocation);
        GL11.glColor4f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
        RenderUtil.create2DRectangleModal(x, y, width, height, 0);
        RenderUtil.TESSELLATOR.draw();
    }
}

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Q: Windows Remote Desktop display on local monitor as well? I use Windows Remote Desktop (win10) to log on a PC from a remote PC over local network. The monitor switches to lock screen then on the original PC. However, I like to display on the original (physically connected) monitor the same image as on the remote PC (that is logged on and working on the original PC).
After reading a lot of posts here I learned that RD allows control by a single user only. Suggestions range from patching some dll (not an option) over using remote assistance (no internet, only local network) to third party software like team viewer (sometimes mentioned to be slower).
However, I don't want to log on the same PC with multiple users. I only want to display on the original monitor what is streamed to the remote operator. The guy in front of the original monitor does not need to do any input, but likes to see the display.
Is that possible with remote desktop?

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class ToE::Porter::TextGridPorter

  include ::ToE::Model

  def initialize

  end

  # try to read the Praat document at input_file into a ToE document.
  # options:
  #   :include_empty_annotations => (true|false)

  def self.read(input_file, pPorter=nil, options = {})

    # todo try and rescue all possible encodings
    begin
      ToE::Porter::TextGridPorter.read_with_encoding(input_file, "UTF-16BE", pPorter, options)
    rescue => err
      puts "ERROR! #{err}"
    end

  end

  # Reads the given input file with a specified encoding.
  # @param input_file the name of the file to read
  # @param encoding the (external) encoding to use for reading
  # @param porter if not nil, this porter object will be used
  # @param options a hash of settings for the import
  def self.read_with_encoding(input_file, encoding, porter=nil, options = {})
    include ToE::Model

      # now do some work with the data.
      # document looks as follows:
      # ----------------
      # File type = ""
      # Object class = ""
      #
      # double : min_time
      # double : max_time
      # <exists>
      # int : number of tiers
      # - string : type of tier
      #   string : id of tier
      #   double : min_time
      #   double : max_time
      #   int : number of annotations
      #   - double : min_time
      #   - double : max_time
      #   - string : value

    puts "rb:#{encoding}"
    f = File.open(input_file, "rb:#{encoding}:UTF-8")

    document = ToEDocument.new
    document.id = "toedocument"
    scale = Scale.new(document)
    scale.id = "timeline"
    scale.name = "timeline"
    scale.mode = :Ratio
    scale.continuous = true
    scale.unit = "s"
    document.scale_set << scale

    # now: start to read the file.

    fileType = f.gets.strip
    objectClass = f.gets.strip
    f.gets # blank line
    global_min = f.gets.to_f
    global_max = f.gets.to_f
    f.gets # <exists>

    size_spec = f.gets.strip

    size_match = size_spec.match(/\d+/)
    size_spec = size_match[0].to_i if size_match

    puts size_spec

    # next line: item []: - skip
    f.gets

    for tier_num in (1..size_spec)

      # read tier item line, drop it
      f.gets

      puts "class"
      tierClass = f.gets.match(/"(.*)"/)[1]
      puts "name"
      tierName  = f.gets.match(/"(.*)"/)[1]
      puts "xmin"
      tierXmin = f.gets.match(/(\d+(\.\d+)?)/)[1].to_f
      puts "xmax"
      tierXmax = f.gets.match(/(\d+(\.\d+)?)/)[1].to_f
      puts "size"
      tierSize = f.gets.match(/size\s*=\s*(\d+)/)[1].to_i

      [tierClass, tierName, tierXmin, tierXmax, tierSize].each do |k|
        puts " - %s" % k
      end

      layer = Layer.new(document)
      #puts "strip quotes"
      layer.name = tierName
      #puts "to xml id"
      layer.id = ToE::Util::to_xml_id(tierName)

      for anno_num in (1..tierSize)

        # read :

        # intervals [n]:
        # xmin = \dd
        # xmax  = \dd
        # text = "s"

        f.gets

        annoMin = f.gets.match(/(\d+(\.\d+)?)/)[1].to_f

        annoMax = f.gets.match(/(\d+(\.\d+)?)/)[1].to_f

        annoVal = f.gets.match(/"(.*)"/)[1]

        puts "%f, %f, %s" % [annoMin, annoMax, annoVal]

        if annoVal.strip != ""
          event = Event.new #(document)
          interval = IntervalLink.new
          interval.min = annoMin
          interval.max = annoMax
          interval.target = scale
          event.links << interval
          layerlink = LayerLink.new
          layerlink.target = layer
          event.links << layerlink
          event.data = annoVal

          document.event_set.add(event)
        end

      end

      document.layer_structure << layer
      # return

    end

    while line = f.gets
      puts "LINE THAT WE MISSED!"
      # puts "#{line.encoding.name} -- #{line.force_encoding('US-ASCII')}"
      line = line.force_encoding("UTF-8")
      if line.index("\"")!=nil
        #puts line
      end
    end

    return document

  end

end


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Etuhu banned from football for five years
by Dan | Apr 19, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Former Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu has been handed a five-year football ban for match-fixing.
Etuhu, 37, cannot play in Sweden for the next half-decade having been found guilty of attempting to fix a match between IFK Gothenburg and AIK in 2017. The Nigerian international avoided a prison sentence when he was found guilty last November, but he was hit with a fine and also ordered to serve probation.
His lawyers intend to take the case to Sweden's supreme court after the ruling.
Etuhu, along with former IFK Rossjoholm player Alban Jusufi, is claimed to have met with AIK goalkeeper Kyriakos Stamatopoulos in May 2017 and offered him a £160,000 bribe to under-perform against Gothenburg.
Stamatopoulos reported the approach, however, and the upcoming fixture was postponed.
The Swedish football federation have now made the decision to ban both Etuhu and Jusufi for 'deliberately trying to persuade an Allsvenskan player to underperform in one of their team's matches'.
Etuhu came through Manchester City's academy and played 13 times for the Citizens before joining Preston in 2002, with whom he spent the next four years.
After going on to represent Norwich and Sunderland, he joined Fulham for four years and starred as Roy Hodgson's side first finished a club record seventh in the Premier League and then reached the Europa League final in 2010, losing to Atletico Madrid after extra-time.
A spell with Blackburn followed before Etuhu headed over to Swedish football with AIK in 2015.

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Carr Funeral Home
Helen M. Bundonis
Helen Bundonis, age 88, of Media, PA, formerly a longtime resident of Swarthmore, PA passed away peacefully at Riddle Memorial Hospital on March 6th, 2018.
Helen was born on April 7, 1929 in Philadelphia PA, married the love of her life Algird P. Bundonis in 1956 and settled in Swarthmore where they raised their 4 children. She moved to the Residence at Glen Riddle in Media, PA in early 2016.
Helen truly loved engaging with people- from her family and friends to those she may have only known for a single conversation. She worked for the Bell Telephone company for 30 years before joining her husband Algird "Al" in establishing Algird's Cafe in East Lansdowne. Helen and Al were founding parishioners of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Swarthmore PA.
Helen was a devoted and loving mother and "grammy" and will be missed by all that knew and loved her.
Helen was the beloved wife of the late Algird P Bundonis, devoted mother to the late Teri Wise, survived by her sons Paul, John and Algird T Bundonis, son in law Chris Wise, grandchildren Matthew Romanowski, Lukas, Alek and Tessa Bundonis, Noah and Jordan Bundonis, Steven Wise and best friend and sister in law Ruth "Birut" Robinson.
Family and friends are invited to Carr Funeral Home 935 S Providence Rd. (Route 320) Wallingford, PA 19086 on Tuesday, March 13 for visitation from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Wednesday from 9:30 am to 10:15 am at the Church. Funeral Mass at 10:30 AM at Notre Dame De Lourdes Church at 990 Fairview Rd. Swarthmore, PA. Internment Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon.
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Born in Baltimore in 1961, John attended American University. For 32 years, John led a successful career as a senior healthcare executive. In 1998 John founded Southwind Health Partners, a start-up healthcare business focused on providing management services for hospital and health system sponsored physician practices out of his home in Nashville and over 20 years grew the business into one of the nation's pre-eminent healthcare consulting practices. Following the acquisition of Southwind by Advisory Board John led the development of an expansive, full-service consulting and management division serving over 250 health system clients in 50 states with approximately 400 consultants and staff. John is sought for his advice and counsel on health care by health system leaders across the country and is a national spokesperson in his field. He is also frequently called upon for advice and counsel by other start-up entrepreneurs regarding best practices for growing businesses. In addition, throughout his career, he has served in a number of leadership roles in his church and for not-for-profit organizations in the community including the Family Foundation Fund, the Faith Family Medical Center, Music City Baroque, and Nashville Health Care Council.


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Home Berkeley Law Library -- Reference & Research Services Ars Technica » Scientific Method Vice President may tell NASA to accelerate lunar landings
Vice President may tell NASA to accelerate lunar landings
Ars Technica » Scientific Method 2019-03-21
Enlarge / Vice President Mike Pence, center in Mission Control Houston, will oversee all space decisions made by the Trump administration. (credit: NASA)
One of the panelists who will appear at a National Space Council meeting next Tuesday said to expect "a few fireworks" during the discussion, which will focus on NASA's efforts to return humans to the Moon. The meeting of this council that oversees US spaceflight policy will be held in Hunstville, Ala., and led by Vice President Mike Pence.
University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns, one of six speakers scheduled for the meeting, said the current timeline for NASA to send humans to the Moon lacks urgency. NASA has talked about landing its astronauts on the Moon before the end of the 2020s, and the president's budget proposal for the coming fiscal year allows for this to happen as early as 2028.
"The timeline is too slow, and that's one of the things that I'm going to be talking about next Tuesday," Burns said. If pushed, how soon could NASA put humans back on the Moon? The year 2025, Burns replied. "And I know some in the administration would like to do it even faster than that," he added. "We're going to see a few fireworks."
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FIVE FLAGS CIVIC CENTER
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FIVE FLAGS CIVIC CENTER. The Five Flags Center is a multipurpose facility in downtown Dubuque. The complex is named for the five flags that have flown over Dubuque; the Fleur de Lis of France (1673–1763), the Royal Flag of Spain (1763–1803), the Union Jack of Great Britain (1780, during a brief interruption of Spanish rule), the French Republic Flag of Napoleon (1803) & America's Stars and Stripes (1803–Present).
Known as the MAJESTIC THEATRE, the existing theater was designed and built around 1911 by C.W. and George L. Rapp of Chicago, who went on to become America's premier theater architects. From 1929 to 1933 it was owned and operated by local prominent businessman Harker Brentnal SPENSLEY, Sr. Spensley, who was the president and manager, named the theater "The Spensley." Four years later, it became part of the RKO film theater circuit and was renamed the RKO Orpheum. By 1969 the building had fallen into disrepair and was scheduled for demolition during URBAN RENEWAL.
A committee of concerned citizens led by Wayne Andrew NORMAN, Sr. began a fund drive to save the theater, which was incorporated in the Five Flags Center project in 1972. Restoration was begun in 1975, and the theater was reopened in 1976 as the Five Flags Theater. It is currently the home of the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, high school musicals, and occasional concerts and ballet productions.
Five Flags Arena was conceived as part of a project to rehabilitate the Five Flags Theater. Construction began in 1976, and the facility had its grand opening on March 24, 1979. The $3.7 million complex wrapped around the theater and extended north between Locust and Main STREETS.
The arena can seat up to 5,200 for basketball, although in its primary use, ice hockey, actual seating capacity is only about 2,500. The creation of the floor began with a two-inch thick mat of styrofoam to insulate the floor above. Supported above the styrofoam were 9.1 miles of piping that carried 1,300 gallons of ethylene glycol solution cooled to 15 degrees F. That temperature seeped through the concrete to freeze the water into ice. Twenty tons of steel reinforcing bars stretching 11.3 miles crisscrossed above the piping. To make the actual floor, 1 million pounds of concrete was pumped through heavy hoses on top of the steel grates. Crews then worked the concrete between the grates and over the pipes. Smoothing the top to within one-eighth inch of perfection was made possible by a laser marker. Curing the concrete took two days which it submerged under a thin coat of water to slow the process and avoid cracking. (1)
The ice hockey rink was made in four layers. The bottom one-quarter-inch layer of ice was painted white after it froze to give the ice its color. Placed on a higher layer of ice were the hockey lines and other markers. A total of four layers of ice were created with 9,588 gallons of water. (2)
It features one side of permanent seating; the other three sides are bleachers, some for Loras College basketball, and most of Dubuque's major concerts.
High school graduation ceremonies for Hempstead High School and Senior High School have been held at the center.
The Five Flags Center was formerly the main convention center in Dubuque. The Center featured a large exhibition hall with seating capacity of 4,700. The hall could be converted for use as an ice hockey rink with the removal of an insulated floor laid over the ice. It was also the former home of the DUBUQUE FIGHTING SAINTS (1980-2001) of the United States Hockey League from 1980–2001 and the home of the Dubuque Thunderbirds hockey team of the Central States Hockey League from 2001–2010.
Construction of other venues have impacted the use of the Center. In 2003 the building of the Grand River Event Center moved many events away from Five Flags. The MYSTIQUE COMMUNITY ICE CENTER hosts the expansion Dubuque Fighting Saints.
SMG took over operations of the arena in 2004, which were formerly handled by the City of Dubuque.
In 2005, the arena was closed during the summer for concession, entrance, and concourse renovation.
Please refer to other articles used in the creation of this entry.
1. Freund, Bob. "The Ice Man Cometh to Five Flags, but First..." Telegraph Herald, Dec. 19, 1978, p. 1
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Edward Day
Based in Swindon, Edward has been an actor for over 10 years, touring nationally and internationally, mainly doing Shakespeare, physical theatre and children's theatre. Favourite roles include Hamlet, Bottom, Malvolio, Pinocchio and King Lear.
"Day adorned his character with a medieval smorgasbord of physical and vocal ticks which brilliantly accentuated the bedlam. Two years of physical theatre training at Paris' École Jacques Lecoq was two years exceptionally well spent by Day, whose Gollum-esque King Lear was captivating." - The Stage
He trained classically at ALRA and physically at Lecoq and in 2014 produced and toured his first self written play, In The Surface Of A Bubble:
"Day's language is a flower-bomb of rich, thought-provoking imagery, it is kaleidoscopic and constantly evolving, and it truly pushes the boundaries of the imagination." - A Younger Theatre ****
"Clever, intriguing but funny and dark in equal measure, this piece provides a detached appraisal of the conflicting rules we live by." - West End Wilma ****
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In the Here and Now: Sophia by Michael Bible
Simon Chandler
Arranger of Words in the Library of Babel.
If literature is the attempt to weave chaos into a semblance of meaning, then Michael Bible's debut novel is not literature. At least not at first glance, since the form Sophia quickly assumes is that of a disjunctive series of insular vignettes, of isolated paragraphs that shift through the life of degenerate pastor, Alvis T. Maloney. These paragraphs depicting his wanton existence are always separated by a double space, as if the young Mr. Bible is emphasizing the disconnection between the often-hilarious events they recount, as if defying the reader to tease out the significance that might unite their discontinuity. Yet gradually, it becomes apparent that even if they don't congeal into an obvious moral or message, they complement the pastor's inability to locate the sense in his life, his inability "to find a way to die with honor." As such, the novel's sense leaks out despite itself, and amid the sharp, laconic prose that its structure facilitates, Bible emerges as one of the most interesting and exciting new novelists in years.
This is no understatement, since the first thing that has to be said about Sophia is that it's superbly written. Initially, its atomistic style might have the tendency to disorient the reader, demanding that she read a handful of its disembodied paragraphs before she can glimmer that the novel is about a one Pastor Maloney and his various misadventures through intoxication, debauchery and outright criminality. However, once the bearings are gathered, the short, punchy nature of the book imbues each of its micro-episodes with greater weight and resonance than they would have had if they'd been threaded immediately together into one continuous yarn.
On the one hand, this pointillistic punchiness serves to emphasize the abject quality of Maloney's disaffection and depravity. One early paragraph abruptly ends with the observation, "The best thing for your health is to never have been born." Another refers to how a love interest by the name of Tuesday hit him with a damning observation: "In the confessional Tuesday says I am emotionally crippled." At many similar points, an impression of dejection, helplessness and powerless is strongly evoked, outlining the pastor as the passive victim of his life rather than its active master, as someone who has little control over its events and little power to stitch them together according to a particular vision of the good.
Indeed, his numerous references to the absence of such a vision provides Sophia with one of its main themes. In the latter half of the novel, he says to best-friend Eli, "Eli, there is nowhere to preach the gospel, no gospel left to preach. No sun I can see." Elsewhere, he frankly tells this same friend, "I have no answers," possibly admitting that he's a man of religion only because he's renounced all hope of improving his existence himself, in the here and now.
Yet if this nihilism and desolation threatens to become a tad wearing at times, and if the non-disclosure of why exactly he's so disenchanted with life arguably prevents a full sympathizing with him, the terse, concentrated format of the novel works to reinforce the dryness and darkness of Bible's caustic wit. For example, one memorable paragraph consists simply in the declaration, "Things are so bad and then I remember the secular saints: Beethoven, van Gogh, the drummer from Def Leppard."
Moreover, this example and its zen-like brevity introduces another major virtue of Sophia, which is that it often fudges the boundaries between prose and poetry. Almost every paragraph reads like a sample of free verse, with its cloistered fragmentation suggestively withholding just enough information so that several interpretations are possible of curt lines like, "Women apply lipstick in the reflection of the butcher shop window."
Sure, there have been many 'verse novels' and other works which have blurred poetry and prose (e.g. Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, Pale Fire by Nabokov), but what qualifies Sophia as a more attractive prospect for the rhyme-averse is that its cast of vibrant characters are eminently relatable in their failings, failures, and foibles. Maloney is a jaded priest who openly acknowledges his humanity, peppering the book with such unabashed confessions as, "I have a dream about Tuesday wearing nothing but a magician's hat." His closest friend Eli is an unlikely chess genius, as well as fellow drunkard-romantic who introduces himself to his Chinese sexagenarian sweetheart by telling her that he's in the mood for some strip chess (to which he receives the reply, "Set up the board, she says. Your move."). Meanwhile, their Mississippian hometown is populated with a chessboard of oddballs and outliers, people like the bullhorn-playing "Finger," the cosplaying Malchows, and the book-stealing "Darling."
As colorful as they all are, it's undoubtedly Maloney whose predicament proves the most universal. Unable to catch a break with the ladies, and terrorized by the "the fifth graders with their piss balloons," he's most of all plagued by a lack of direction in his life and by the failure to square it with great expectations. Aside from the fractured makeup of the novel, this lack is underscored by several resonant motifs and metaphors. For one, he lives on a "small filthy yacht," a boat on which he floats and drifts in much the same way that he seems to drift haphazardly through life, without any particular endpoint and without the ability to govern where precisely he's going. Added to this, there are the recurring visits a feminized Holy Ghost often pays to his dreams, where her performance of certain favors stand as a lewd promise of the divine favor he would obtain if only he knew how "to continue life in a noble way."
He has a faint idea of how he might attain such nobility, insofar as he suspects it involves some saintly act of self-sacrifice: "I want so bad to be a saint but I'm a coward and barely Christian, I say." Unfortunately for him, Sophia raises the demoralizing possibility that, because "the beer is still delivered and the cars are waxed and people still fall in and out of love," these same people aren't interested in pursuing any grand objectives, in making the world a better place, or in having anyone become a saint on their behalf. Hence, Maloney's quest for a noble, selfless life is fatally undermined from the very beginning. What's more, because of this, the novel abounds in professions of aimlessness, impotence and frustration, professions like, "Turn your hand off the wheel of time slowly."
Yet, for all its despondency, and even though it appears to take the stance that a person's life unfolds predominantly by chance, Sophia ultimately reveals itself as a life-affirming novel. Its schismatic passages gradually evolve into a decentralized narrative of love and new beginnings, and in fact this very same schismatic format paints Maloney as someone who just about has the ability to appreciate each divided moment as an end in itself, without always worrying too much about how to connect these moments together. Yes, its capsule-like segmentation may militate against a complete investment in its eccentric characters and scattered plotting, and yes, its blend of poetry and prose may edge its occasional surrealism to the point where the reader can't distinguish reality from unreality. Nonetheless, it has a sharp, snappy charm that somehow makes its characters and plotting more engaging than they would have been in a more conventional novel, and its sporadically absurdist tone is perfectly in line with an absurdist world that obstructs almost every attempt of its inhabitants to find meaning within it.
As for that meaning, it does eventually arrive, after 13 chapters of "rotten peaches," "playing chess" and "drinking gin." Without giving away the particular form it assumes, it can be teased that the novel's title has something to do with it, and that it, like pretty much everything else in Maloney's haphazard life, befalls the pastor more or less as an accident. However, what certainly isn't an accident is the remarkable literature that Michael Bible has put together for his first novel, a rich yet entirely unpretentious debut that, just as its conclusion marks a promising new start for its cast, marks a very promising start for its author.
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Men are more likely to receive bystander CPR in public locations compared to women, and they are more likely to survive after the life-saving measure, according to preliminary research presented in November at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.
Using data from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, a network of regional clinical centers in the United States and Canada studying out-of-hospital treatments of cardiac arrest and trauma, researchers analyzed 19,331 cardiac events in the home and in public.
Overall, bystanders administered CPR in 37 percent of cardiac events in varied locations.
35 percent of women and 36 percent of men received CPR in the home, showing no significant difference in the likelihood of one gender getting assistance over the other in this setting.
In public settings, 45 percent of men got assistance compared to 39 percent of women.
Men were 1.23 times more likely to receive bystander CPR in public settings, and they had 23 percent increased odds of survival compared to women.
"CPR involves pushing on the chest so that could make people less certain whether they can or should do CPR in public on women," said Audrey Blewer, M.P.H., the study's first author and assistant director for educational programs at the Center for Resuscitation Science at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
These findings identify a gap in bystander CPR delivery that can help improve future messaging and training to lay responders, health care providers and dispatchers.
The American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health funded the study.
According to the American Heart Association, over 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year. CPR, especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person's chance of survival. About 90 percent of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die.
Courtesy of American Heart Association News.


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As part of Aequitas' initiative of approaching farmers to the market, during one week in August, a series of lectures and coffee brewing workshops was held for 4 distinct groups of coffee producers in the region of São Gotardo.
During three and half hours, a brief outlook about the US market was presented – as result of my research field trip to the US in April for SCA coffee expo and impressions from the specialty coffee scene around Seattle, Portland, Bend, and San Francisco. Afterwards, throughout 3 hours Maria Antonia Mion, barista and partner at Supernova Coffee Roasters located in Curitiba – 1.100 km from São Gotardo – presented filtered coffee brewing techniques, perceptions about Curitiba's specialty coffee consumers and her everyday experience behind the counter making lots of espressos, macchiatos, cappuccinos and drip coffee to Supernova clients.
Maria's workshop is quite interesting, she teaches not only about extraction techniques but also curiosities and the history of each method. She divides the methods in timelines: classic, modern, and post-modern and focused on teaching the most popular methods in specialty cafés.
At this edition, she taught in minute-details the importance of coffee and water qualities, storage, different coffee infusions and extractions due to different types of grinding and lastly a step by step for making a delicious coffee with a French press, Hario V60 and Aeropress. We used the producers' coffee from the 2017 harvest. The workshop got more stimulating for everyone, especially the sensorial perceptions in body, sweetness and acidity when tasting the same coffee in different methods.
At Coopacer, a co-op located in São Gotardo, the first group had producers, agronomists, co-op employees and local roasters participating. They were quite curious and lots of questions arose about the specialty coffee market.
The second group were formed by small producers, from 2,5 to 30 hectares, who are assisted by EMATER (Minas Gerais State Company for Rural Technical Assistance and Extension) and the activities happened at Mr. Rafael's house in Agrovila – thanks a lot Mr. Rafael for your hospitality! They were quite curious about Maria's teachings and it's interesting noticing that each audience has different doubts, behavior and needs, even though dealing with the same thing that is coffee. This is the beauty of human nature.
The third class was at Coopadap where most of the participants were coffee producers. The class were quite advanced about concepts of specialty market and delighted themselves at the workshop.
At last, the 4th group was my darling one. I was there not just representing Aequitas but it was my contribution to IWCA, as an IWCA Cerrado Mineiro member and advocate for women empowerment, especially in the coffee chain. The women producers belong to the rural community of Chaves and to the co-op Carpec in Carmo do Paranaíba, 50 km from São Gotardo. Maria and I were quite surprised and pleased for seeing Maisa, a curious 16-year-old girl who were attending the workshop among adults. Her mother couldn't participate so she was there to represent her. This is such a significant participation that express the importance of family succession in farming, whereas sometimes we see the younger generations that don't want to continue in rural activity.
At the end, after an intense week sharing and learning through talks, workshops and visits to farms, the feeling was of fulfillment for the opportunity of impacting 40 people's lives and a reinforcement to myself: I simply enjoy establishing connections with people and even more when those new links are created through coffee.
Brewing workshop at Mr. Rafael's (second on the right) in Agrovila.


Truecaller is the go-to phone directory for hundreds of millions of users across the world. It's a pretty helpful app for users who regularly deal with spam calls. In a country like India where spam calls are rampant, it's a godsend service. However, there is a pressing concern for privacy with the Truecaller app. Let me put it straight, Truecaller is excellent at what it does, but the service harvests too much data through contacts, call logs and messages. If you are comfortable this and see the value in its service, you should keep using it. However, if you are someone who is concerned about their privacy and want to remove their number and other contact information from Truecaller's database, this is the article for you. In this article, we are going to show you how you can delete your Truecaller account and remove your number from its database.
1. Open Truecaller app on your smartphone and navigate to Settings. At the bottom, you will find the Privacy Center, tap on it.
2. Now, tap on Deactivate. It will ask for a re-confirmation, tap on Yes.
Note: Now your Truecaller account is deactivated, but users can still search your number and find information about you. So you need to do one more step: unlist your phone number from Truecaller's database. To do so, follow the next step.
3. Open Truecaller's unlisting page on your web browser and select your country. Now, enter your phone number with country code and validate the captcha. Finally, click on "Unlist Phone Number" and you are done. Note that, it may take 24 hours to completely remove your phone number.
So, now you have deleted Truecaller and made your number private. However, you have also made yourself prone to spam calls. Well, if you want to stop spam calls and messages without sacrificing your privacy, you can do that to some extent. Most of the Android phones comes built-in with Google's Phone app, which has native support for filtering spam calls. You can use this to filter most prominent spam calls. It won't be as good as Truecaller's spam filtering, but it will stop most of the spam calls.
1. To activate spam call filterning, tap on the 3-dot menu on the top-right corner and open Settings.
2. Here, open Caller ID and Spam and enable "Caller ID & spam" and "Filter spam calls" options. You are done!
For text messages, you can try out the SMS Organizer app (Free) which automatically puts all the spam messages under a separate section. To make things even better, if you receive any spam message, you won't be notified. Also, the messages are stored locally on your device and are not shared with any server.
To identify unknown numbers, there is not a proper alternative at the moment which works as good as Truecaller without hampering your privacy. You can create a second user in your Android device with no access to contacts and messages. In the second space, you can use Truecaller's service to identify unknown numbers without giving your personal information. If you like to see how that's done, let us know and we will help you out.
This was our take on Truecaller's privacy nightmare and how you can completely delete your phone number from Truecaller's database. You can try out the alternative ways to have a more privacy-friendly experience. Google is also making Android pretty strict in terms of sharing user data with apps and services. So you should always keep your smartphone updated with the latest version of Android. Anyway, if you liked the article or have any questions for us, you can let us know in the comment section below.


WSU scientists developed a network model to study a tick‑borne pathogen that can cause a fatal blood disorder in cattle.
The susceptibilities were found in high‑performance computer chips that could lead to failures in modern electronics.
WSU researchers want to push open the door to multidimensional hard drives — the next generation, packing more data into less space.


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Protean comes from the name of the ancient god and shapeshifter. Pretty fitting for a quilt that seems to change before your eyes. Keep it scrappy or paly with a colorwash. How will you make your mythic quilt?


MPA is a Multi-Port Safe Parallel Module for safely interconnecting same-cell-count LiPo batteries in parallel; also supports RX/TX NiCds. This version supports LiPo batteries with JST XH compatible balance connectors and wiring. Interconnect cables available separately to support Cellpro PowerLab 6/PowerLab 8, Cellpro 10XP, and other charger brands compatible with JST XH balance connectors and wiring. Click here for full details on this amazing new adapter, only from Revolectrix. Unit includes: support for safe parallel charging of up to 6 same-cell-count packs at one time (2s-8s); supports 40A max charge/discharge rate; every port reverse polarity fuse protection of main battery wires; every cell/balance wire protected by self-resetting polyfuses with temperature warning indicators; supports non-balanced charge of up to two 1s LiPos used with "indoor models"; supports 1 RX and 1 TX NiCd/NiMH battery pack. Works with any Cellpro charger or battery workstation equipped with "XH MODE WIRING" option. Interconnect cables available separately to support Cellpro PowerLab 6/PowerLab 8, Cellpro 10XP, as well as other brand chargers which are compatible with XH balance plugs and wiring. Be sure to purchase the proper cable to plug the MPA into your Charger or Battery Workstation.


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I never watch anything, and I'm glued to this show. It has amazing casting. Terrific acting. Snappy, hilarious dialogue. And a super cool wardrobe. But forgetting all that, the real reason every female writer I know is addicted is the kickass dialectic about artistic risk-taking.
At the start of the show, it's Miriam's husband who's trying to become a comedian. We all know that's hard, right? As another character will eventually tell Miriam, "Everybody bombs. A lot."
Can't you just feel all the novelists nodding along?
Well. Miriam's husband bombs. Once. For like ten minutes. But Joel can't take it. He falls apart. He throws a grenade into his life, basically, because he's been told his whole life that he's special, and he just found out that he's a tiny bit less special than he thought. And that's it. He can't deal.
But Miriam can. She doesn't always make the right choices. She bombs, too. And it hurts! Badly. Those scenes are hard to watch. She has her moment of horror and freaks out. But then? She goes back. She tries again. Whoops! Another failure in front of people. Stand up comedy is a novelist's idea of a horror flick. Hot lights and too much attention. Most of us prefer to suffer our failures in quiet rooms behind our computer screens.
She bombs publicly. And often. Somehow she dusts herself off and does it all again. She succeeds where her husband failed because she just keeps showing up.
Pop Culture is full of success and failure stories. But this one is uniquely feminist, arriving at an odd moment in sexual politics.
It's fabulous. It's current. And it rings so true. Go forth and enjoy the wisdom as well as the fashion. And your neighborhood novelist will make you some popcorn and watch, too.


Looking to widen their advantage at the top of the Championship table, Middlesbrough will welcome relegation candidates Rotherham to the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, tipped by many as a leading contender in the race for automatic promotion, Middlesbrough have enjoyed another bright start to the new campaign. In their 13 opening games, the Reds have won seven, drawn four and lost two, scoring 16 and conceding seven in return, they comfortably hold the best defensive record in the division. With a points tally of 25, they currently sit top of the table courtesy of their goal difference. As for their recent form, Middlesbrough have now lost just one of their last seven matches across all competitions.
As for the visitors, while Rotherham may have returned to the Championship via the playoffs last season, it is tipped by many to be a tough year for the Millers. In their opening 13 games, they have secured three wins, three draws and seven defeats, scoring 10 and conceding 20 in return, they now hold the worst attacking record in the Championship. With a points tally of 12 out of a possible 39, the Reds find themselves just sat two points above slipping into the relegation zone.


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I. The Scriptures The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
II. God There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections.
III. Man Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God's creation.
V. God's Purpose of Grace Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end.
VI. The Church A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.
VII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.
IX. The Kingdom The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God's will be done on earth.
X. Last Things God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end.
XI. Evangelism and Missions It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.
XIV. Cooperation Christ's people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure cooperation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over one another or over the churches.
XVII. Religious Liberty God alone is Lord of the conscience, and He has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are contrary to His Word or not contained in it. Church and state should be separate.


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The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair 2011 is one of the most popular events in United States dedicated completely to books.
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The 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair is one of the most exciting trade fairs for antiquarian and collectible books, in USA.
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About Aegium
Innovation In Care
Sponsorships And Partnerships
Redefining the delivery of care and improving the EXPERIENCE OF AGEING
The Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine
Practical, on-the-ground initiatives transform older lives. We support the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine in developing and introducing systems that rethink care and improve equality of access.
So much more is possible when we step outside the old care paradigm. Flagship Queensland projects are already showing the way and being adopted around the world.
The Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine is among the most successful geriatric medicine research organisations in Australia. It brings together researchers with diverse backgrounds to collaborate on innovative approaches. Disciplines include medicine, nursing, allied health, psychology, biomedical engineering, health economics and software development. It also collaborates with research organisations throughout Europe and North America.
One of the flagship projects of the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine, is its telehealth initiative which is connecting older patients in smaller regional hospitals and nursing homes with geriatricians in Brisbane – via online consultations and technological support.
Aegium provided seed funding for this successful telehealth project and will continue to support the Centre's most promising initiatives.
Meet Professor Len Gray
Professor Gray is in inspirational figure with a big-picture vision of both the challenges society faces with an ageing population and also the individual's constraints and potential in older age.
He was formally trained in both medicine and health administration and uses this dual perspective to rethink both the systems and medical care that often have to address more than one area of physical and cognitive decline in order to help older people maximise their potential and outcomes. Before taking on his current role at UQ, Professor Gray held senior management positions in the public health system in Victoria, in general management and aged care services.
Aegium Foundation support has been vital to these developments:
The assessment systems developed by the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine are increasingly being adopted around the world.
The telegeriatric services centre in Brisbane currently enables 10 rural hospitals and 9 residential aged care facilities to access specialists through video consultation – with many more planned.
Around 1000 remote consultations are undertaken each year and this is growing fast.
Adding new locations to the program requires funding. Philanthropy partners can sponsor new locations through Aegium Foundation or make general donations for the Centre's age-changing initiatives.
About the Telegeriatrics program
The program is based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and collaborates with the Centre for Online Health at Herston.
It was founded in 2002 and has worked with 15 regional areas in its pilot programs.
Its approaches include video-consultation, online systems and remote monitoring.
The system can be used to support home care, primary care practice, small rural hospitals and residential aged care facilities.
The program is run by Professor Len Gray who is also supported by Aegium Foundation in his role in the Masonic Chair in Geriatric Medicine at The University of Queensland.
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood se déroule dans un univers alternatif et monde parallèle en 1946 juste avant le prologue de Wolfenstein: The New Order, où l'agent du O.S.A. William Joseph "B.J." Blazkowicz et Richard Wesley (nom de code Agent Un) ont pour mission d'infiltrer le Château Wolfenstein et y obtenir un dossier top secret appartenant au commandant du château, l'archéologue nazie Helga Von Schabbs, indiquant l'emplacement de l'usine secrète du Général Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse (alias Le Boucher). Pénétrant dans le château déguisés en officiers S.S., B.J. et Agent Un échouent à trouver le dossier et sont capturés par le lieutenant d'Helga, Rudi Jäger, un soldat cynophile sadique qui nourrit ses chiens aussi bien de prisonniers que de soldats nazis ne donnant pas satisfaction. Pendant qu'Agent Un est emmené par Rudi pour l'interroger, B.J. parvient à s'échapper de sa cellule, luttant pour se frayer un chemin à travers le château. Finalement, B.J. localise Wesley ligoté à une chaise électrique, utilisée par les nazis comme instrument de torture. Avant que B.J. puisse le secourir, Rudi active la chaise et électrocute Agent Un à mort, puis attache B.J. à la chaise et commence à l'électrocuter. Alors qu'il subit un interrogatoire douloureux, B.J. se libère, blesse Rudi et tue son chien préféré, un berger allemand albinos nommé Greta.

S'échappant du château, B.J. voyage jusqu'au village voisin, Paderborn et prend contact avec le leader de la résistance allemande locale, Kessler, ainsi que sa jeune assistante juive Annette qu'il cache des nazis. La taverne de Kessler est attaquée par les forces nazies avec à leur tête Rudi Jäger portant une armure blindée expérimentale. B.J. le défera et le tuera. B.J., Kessler, et Annette fuient en barque vers le village de Wulfburg, où Helga dirige des fouilles archéologiques pour trouver un caveau caché contenant un savoir occulte précédemment détenu par le roi Otto .

Après avoir pris contact avec O.S.A. operative Pippa (nom de code Agent Deux), B.J. se déguise en serveur et infiltre la taverne où Helga séjourne. Elle ne se laisse pas berner par le déguisement et capture B.J., mais il parvient à s'échapper grâce à un tremblement de terre dû à l'ouverture du caveau par les nazis. De plus, l'ouverture relâche un gaz qui réanime tous ceux qui sont morts dans les environs de Wulfburg sous la forme de zombies hostiles. B.J. se fraie un chemin au travers des ruines enflammées de Wulfburg, tout en combattant les nazis et les civils zombifiés morts durant le séisme. L'agent Deux est tuée par un mort vivant et B.J. doit la tuer alors qu'elle se relève en tant que zombie. En allant retrouver Kessler et Annette, B.J. découvre qu'ils sont partis dans le village dans une tentative pour sauver l'amour d'Annette, Katrin.

B.J. trouve Annette et Kessler séparés par un pont effondré, et il faut alors faire un choix vers qui aller. Celui vers qui B.J. se dirigera sera sauvé, alors que l'autre sera tué par des non-morts. B.J. ira alors au site de fouille nazi à la poursuite d'Helga, qu'il finira par retrouver dans le caveau du roi Otto. Il y découvre la source du gaz créateur de zombie, un mort vivant géant connu sous le nom de La Monstruosité, créée par les alchimistes du roi en tant qu'arme de guerre, puis scellé par Otto après qu'il eut décidé que c'était une abomination. Dans un premier temps, Helga prend l'avantage en utilisant les formules occultes pour contrôler le monstre, mais lorsqu'elle tente de lui ordonner de dévorer B.J., à la place le monstre la blesse mortellement. B.J. combat et tue La Monstuosité, puis obtient finalement le dossier secret d'une Helga moribonde qui rend son dernier souffle. B.J. est exfiltré de Wulfburg par son ami Fergus, et ils embarquent pour RAF Kinloss afin d'assassiner Strasse et ainsi mettre fin à la guerre. B.J. repense à la nature des monstres et espère qu'il pourra enfin se reposer après cette dernière mission.

Personnages

Protagonistes
 Agent William "B.J." Blazkowicz
 Agent Un : Richard Wesley
 Agent Deux : Pippa Shepherd
 Annette Krause
 Ludwig Kessler
 Fergus Reid

Antagonistes
 Colonel Rudi Jäger
 Baronne Helga Von Schabbs
 Emmerich Schreiner
 La Monstuosité
 General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse (mentionné)

Système de jeu

Développement
Le jeu est annoncé officiellement le  en tant que standalone de Wolfenstein: The New Order. Il est commercialisé en distribution numérique le  sur Xbox One et Windows, le  sur PlayStation 4 puis en version physique le  sur Windows et PlayStation 4.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Le Maître du Haut Château

Lien externe

Jeu de tir à la première personne
Jeu vidéo sorti en 2015
Jeu PlayStation 4
Jeu Windows
Jeu Xbox One
Jeu vidéo développé en Suède
Jeu vidéo se déroulant en Allemagne
Jeu Bethesda Softworks
Jeu MachineGames
Jeu vidéo de science-fiction uchronique
Jeu vidéo se déroulant dans les années 1940
Uchronie sur le nazisme
Extension de jeu vidéo
Old Blood


During the last two decades, international trade has become one of the hottest industries to work in. While the concept of trade is hardly new, it has been around as long as we have. Prehistoric men used to trade salt and sea shell with remote tribes and our ancestors created some of the first trade route networks in order to connect the East with the West, aptly named the Silk Road. Put simply, trade was born out of the simple need to supply a specific demand and as our world progressed and became more technologically advanced, the international trade came to be significantly more rewarding, especially in the terms of financial and personal satisfaction.
These days, however, international trade is an enormous business that has generated around $1.2 trillion US dollars in various goods and more than $770 billion in exported merchandise in a single fiscal year, with goods being exported to no less than 150 counties from around the world. Australia is far from lagging behind, with its two-way goods and services trade generating more than $735 Australian dollars from 2016 to 2017 alone.
You would think that international trade is reserved only for the big guys and conglomerate corporate traders, but you would be wrong. In fact, they only comprise around 4% of exporters and the other 96% are mostly smaller, individually owned outfits. With so much potential revenue at stake, it's only natural to wonder, how can one establish their own import/export business in the land down under?
Although there are numerous variations in regards to individual importers and exporters, the three main types of trade businesses are EMCs or export management companies, ETCs or export trading companies, and free agents or import/export merchants. Export management companies handle the exporting operations for domestic companies who don't have the means of selling their products overseas. They hire dealers, send invoices to distributors, customers, and representatives, handle advertising, promotions, packaging and shipping overseas.
EMCs have their own merchandise and rely on their own means and resources in order to seek out potential buyers, but ETCs are doing it the other way around by trying to figure out the needs and wants of their foreign buyers first and then spend their resources looking for domestic sources who are willing to export. Lastly, import/export merchants are free agents who don't have a specific customer base, nor do they specialize in single industries or product lines. Unlike EMCs, import/export merchants assume almost all of the risk, as they purchase their goods straight from domestic and foreign manufacturers and package, ship and resell merchandise all on their own.
One of the most appealing aspects of starting your own import/export business is the relatively low startup costs. Being home-based means that you won't have to lease expensive office space and unless you plan on getting into the business as a distributor, you most likely won't have to deal with purchasing inventory. Some of the largest expenses you will face include getting the necessary office equipment, performing an adequate market research and sourcing a supplier for the goods you plan on transporting. Considering that most import/export business is started from scratch, it's not that uncommon to see nothing more than a simple laptop for handling all the data and a couple of cardboard boxes for stashing files.
Once you've figured out who your customers are, and established the terms of sale and means of getting paid, it's time to focus on transporting your products. Freight forwarders are ideal transport vehicles for moving cargo between factories and warehouses. For a small fee, they will handle all the shipping arrangements and the necessary documents, insurances, etc. On the other hand, you can always rely on a customs brokerage to alleviate the stress associated with handing customs officials and going through the countless shipping regulations. If you need any help with rules and regulations, or you want to streamline the shipping process, look for a customs agent in Sydney to help you manage your business effectively.
Whether you're importing or exporting, it's important to present your marketing plan to prospective clients. When dealing with local manufacturers, presenting them in person is always a good idea, but it also may be a smart business move to do the same with overseas clients and manufacturers. Once you have your marketing plan figured out and set into motion, all that is left do is start shipping your products and show gratitude to your customers by providing them with the best possible user experience.


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Heikki Theodor Suolahti (født 2. februar 1920 i Helsingfors, Finland - død 27. december 1936) var en finsk komponist.

Suolahti studerede komposition på Musikkonservatoriet i Helsinki hos Arvo Laitinen. Grundet hans alt for tidlige død som 16 årig, nåede han kun at skrive en symfoni, tre orkesterværker, kammermusik, en violinkoncert, en klaverkoncert, to strygekvartetter, klaverstykker. Suolahti efterlod sig en ufuldendt opera, en ufuldendt ballet og en ufuldendt 2. symfoni. Han var en stor beundrer af Jean Sibelius og  Richard Wagner, som han var inspireret af.

Udvalgte værker

 Symfoni nr. 1 "Sinfonia Piccola" i H-mol (1935)- for orkester
 Violinkoncert (1934) - for violin og orkester
 Klaverkoncert (1934) - for klaver og orkester
 2 strygekvartetter (1933-1936)

Eksterne henvisninger
 om Heikki Suolahti på www.musicweb-international.com

Komponister fra Finland


Her eyes focused on her bloodied hands. She looked down with horror in her eyes at the knife on the floor beside them. She took a few hesitant steps towards her son, who stumbled away. Her mouth whispered "Son…" before being cut off abruptly by a thudding sound. Johnny looked down at the folded figure of his mother and her sightless eyes and wondered if he'd finally finished her this time. The monster would never hurt them again, he thought, as he crept into bed and went to sleep beside his sister, whose mouth was open in a soundless scream.
A James Patterson in the making?


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Wed., February 12, 2020
Votes for judges are another way Ernst puts Iowans' health and safety at risk
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Elliott Mincberg and Matt Sinovic, Guest Columnists
Sen. Joni Ernst has been blunt about her hostility toward the Affordable Care Act and her vote to repeal it. But while Congressional Republicans, including Ernst, have yet to succeed in repealing the law, they are quietly undermining the future of accessible health care along with a raft of other health and safety provisions – simply by voting for Donald Trump's judicial nominees. And that connection often goes unnoticed.
It was a Trump judge in the Fifth Circuit, Kurt Engelhardt, who recently cast the deciding vote to rule that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional, threatening the ACA for millions of Americans. Ernst cast a vote to confirm Engelhardt, just as she has voted for virtually every Trump judicial nominee who has come her way in her Senate career.
And what a parade it has been. At least 19 other lifetime federal judges nominated by Trump already had anti-ACA records at the time of their nomination. This includes a dozen powerful Trump appellate court judges who have opposed the ACA or argued it is unconstitutional, and one who filed a Trump Administration anti-ACA brief in the pivotal Fifth Circuit case, United States v. Texas, itself.
So far, Engelhardt is the only judge to rule directly on the ACA since his appointment by Trump. But you don't have to look far to find other rulings by Trump appointees that strike at the heart of our ability to access the care we need, and to be treated with dignity when we do so.
Among them: a vote by Trump judge Joan Larsen in favor of upholding an insurance company's denial of disability benefits to a cancer patient; a vote by Trump judge Amy Coney Barrett to dismiss an injured patient's malpractice suit, apparently because she didn't have a lawyer; and a vote by Trump judge John Bush to uphold a law forcing women to undergo medically useless (and potentially harmful) procedures before an abortion.
In yet another alarming instance, a Trump judge supported by Ernst – Ralph Erickson – cast the deciding vote to dismiss a Medicare fraud case against an Iowa hospital. In that case, employees at Crawford County Memorial Hospital claimed the hospital was administering – and billing Medicare for – breathing treatments that patients did not need. They also documented other types of billing fraud. But Erickson cast the deciding vote to dismiss the employees' lawsuit, arguing that the 55 paragraphs of "specific and detailed allegations" of fraud in their complaint were not precise enough.
The list goes on, as does the list of cases in which Trump judges – virtually all supported by Ernst – have ruled against health and safety regulations affecting consumers and workers. In these cases, judges have shown their deep hostility to the entire social safety net.
Taken to its logical extreme, this is a way of thinking that includes eliminating not just the ACA and lifeline programs like Social Security and Medicare. It means scrapping federal and state laws and agencies that are designed to ensure that only safe and effective drugs are put on the market; that there is a minimum wage, a forty-hour work week, and an opportunity for workers to bargain with their employers; that factories do not dangerously pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink; that discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics does not cut off people's life opportunities; that health and safety on the job is protected; and much more.
It's a way of thinking that is deeply harmful to the most vulnerable people in our society. Ernst's votes to confirm Trump judges who embrace it make her wholly complicit in that harm.
So just because Ernst and fellow Republicans haven't succeeded in their much-trumpeted goal to repeal the ACA – we shouldn't underestimate the damage she's doing to Iowans' health and safety through judicial confirmations. It is a shameful legacy.
Elliott Mincberg, Senior Fellow, People for the American Way and Matt Sinovic, Executive Director, Progress Iowa.
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This is the last of a series of two articles, based on interviews with Regina Holliday, on patient access to health information. Patient access to their health information was a hot topic at HIMSS15 and an issue that will continue to evolve along with health IT.
Imagine having all of your private health information hacked into by cyber terrorists. With EHR and Health IT rising, cyber health hacking is a very real threat.
A U.S. patient safety think tank, the ECRI Institute, has released its 2015 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations, and data integrity makes the list.


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Medical malpractice discovered at Wisconsin VA | Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C.
On behalf of Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C. posted in Medical Malpractice on Wednesday, December 7, 2016.
The management and care at VA hospitals have increasingly been the center of many news stories and medical malpractice cases in the last several years. Despite scrutiny and regulations to ensure standard of care, hospital negligence still occurs at VA hospitals. A Wisconsin VA hospital has recently become the center of a negligence claim and possible medical malpractice by one of its employed dentists.
It has been discovered that for a period of a year a VA dentist did not adhere to policy regarding dental equipment. The VA requires its dentists to use sterile disposable equipment, but instead, per his preference, he used his own equipment, cleaned it and reused it. It has been reported that the dentist demonstrated his awareness of the policy by his proper use of the VA's disposable equipment during his orientation. A substitute dental assistant was the whistle blower of the dentist's disregard for the VA's regulations.
As a result of the dentist's negligence, 592 veterans are being notified that they may been exposed to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or HIV. The medical director is offering free screenings and treatment to all who were potentially exposed. The inspector general has received the case for consideration of criminal charges against the dentist. The dentist is still employed in an administrative roll but does not perform direct patient care.
Patients that receive an unfortunate diagnosis of a chronic illness due to a medical professional's negligence are entitled to seek compensation for damages. Proof will have to be made that the Wisconsin VA did not provide the accepted standard of care for successful litigation. There is a short time frame for the statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims, and personal injury attorneys are willing to review potential cases and advise patients accordingly.


It was my grandads funeral yesterday and a very long day- had to travel two hours each way with a 6m old who hates being in the car so screamed most of the time, and funerals are obviously extremely hard and emotional. I got home at 6pm. 7.30pm my dh was about to take ds 3yrs up to bed when suddenly fil stops his car outside. I was sat in just a tiny nightie and knickers so rushed into the kitchen to put some trousers on, then went back into the lounge to get the baby and change her. My frustration at him turning up without us knowing he was coming and while I was so emotional- the house was also a mess etc, really pissed me off and I didn't say a word to him for a few minutes, just sorted out the baby. I then snapped out of it and chatted, he mentioned the funeral so he had known it was that day. He stayed playing with ds until 9pm so when he left we were all tired and ds was worked up so found it hard to go to sleep. The reason he came over was to bring dh birthday card over- his birthday was last Tuesday but he had forgotten.
I would like to politely ask him not to come round unannounced but dh thinks I'm just over reacting because of the circumstances yesterday. WIBU to ask for some notice?
Unless it was a regular occurrence then I wouldn't say anything.
But then my dad pops over and I like that. He's my dad and is welcome anytime and can take us like he finds us, he has no expectations.
Is it a regular thing OP?
No, not unreasonable at all.
Also it would not have been unreasonable to say 'Now is not a good time FIL, we're all upset/tired after Grandad's funeral. Did you have a particular reason for the visit? Oh the card - Thanks. See you another time' and never let him over the doorstep.
Only someone very rude would behave like that AnnaMagnani, in fact I don't believe anyone would actually do that in RL, easy to say to a stranger on the internet to do it though.
My in laws are forever turning up unannounced. It's just one of their annoying little quirks. I feel your pain OP.
There's nothing wrong with putting your son to bed while there's a guest there - it's bedtime, say nighty night to grandad. Followed by " I'm sorry, I'm all eating out, it's been a tough day" then off you trot too. He's family. Don't stand on ceremony, it's ok and it's not rude, especially after a day like that.
I'm all wrung out, not eating.
I think this is just something that varies from family to family. Lots of families have an open door policy with family. They're always welcome and it doesn't matter if its messy or you're eating dinner - just pull up a chair. IN other families you always plan and come when expected. Neither is right or wrong just different.
He's family. You do not book apointments to see family. Sorry but yes your DH is right, you are over reacting. It is your DHs house too. You dont get to dictate all the rules to the exclusion of everyone else. No harm was done by Fil - who incidentally wanted to see his son, not you.
I think you are over reacting . When my kids were young my parents and in-laws lived too far away to just pop in. I'd have loved it if they had. Make the most of your parents and in laws...life is short.
Not at all. I think you are being totally reasonable. Many people aren't comfortable with people just showing up unannounced especially after a difficult time. It isn't hard to phone or text to see if someone is home.
My dad did this when I was growing up and it drove me crazy. I would be looking forward to visiting someone and there would be nobody in when we got there and I'd be disappointed. On the flip side, I would hate missing someone who wanted to see us because they didn't call beforehand or I didn't have time for them and would have to rush them out.
You might not book appointments to see family - but does that mean that the FIL that turns up gets the red carpet rolled out for him, kids' bed times ignored, wife, has to run round cleaning up even though she is shattered and grieving?
You can't have it both ways. If you are going for 'you don't book appointments to see family' then FIL needs to appreciate that he fits in, kids might be in bed when he turns up, he might turn up at a bad time, he might have to do the washing up or see the house in a mess - or just turn around and go because no-one can cope with his visit.
My PIL live 10 minutes away and they have the manners to first call and check before popping over.
Was he expecting a red carpet laid for him? Or did he just want a chat with his son?
I hate unannounced visitors. When my baby was 3.5 months and I was having a really tough day with him my in-laws turned up unannounced. They live a 1.5hr drive away, I was fuming that they didn't text me as they were leaving to check if it suited.
As it was a once off I didn't say anything, but that's because I'm a wimp! I feel your pain!
Do your family turn up 'unannounced'? The rules always seem to be different for 'her' family and the 'in-laws'. How much notice does your husband need from his parents before they can visit?
The OP didn't say she ran around cleaning up so stop making things up!
Given it was the day of her GDs funeral I'm sure her FIL would have understood if she'd gone up to bed shortly after he'd arrived, taking DS with her.
Unless this is a weekly occurrence I'd let it slide, if it's not ask him to ring/text beforehand.
Thank you for replies- I probably am over reacting, in the grand scheme of things it's no big deal and I know that, I think I am just very emotional at the moment which is making things seem a lot worse than they are. Me and my grandad were very close.
He's the only one who ever comes by without checking first, including my side. It's not a 'regular' occurrence as we only see him every now and again as it's a strained relationship- we are nc with his wife (not mil) and visits used to always be planned through her messaging me so since nc fil turns up with no or very little notice.
I remember feeling like this when my FIL or MIL would call unannounced but it was when my baby was very small...as is yours. I think it's something to do with that...when mine got older I didn't care.
Remember that your children will have very precious memories of their Grandparents...it will get better.
You don't have to let him in or answer the door. You can say it's not convenient, please text first, or you can just make yourself scarce, carry on with what you are doing. You don't have to drop everything cos he turned up. Let dp deal with him. But if you really don't like it tell him and invite him on a day when it is convenient.
You have to call in advance if you want to visit us. It's been like that from day one and everyone soon got used to it.
My dh is quite a private man and we also run a business from home.
I think living away from family for many years also meant they were never going to just pop in.
missing And if her H is happy to see his dad and doesn't mind him popping round? Why should he not see his dad in his own home?
Have the same issue with my mil since we moved nearby. Calling unnanounced every day. Recently called with others in tow. I am pregnant and was unwell with a messy house so said I wasn't up for a visit then followed up with a text asking to just check it suits in future.
I did cause offence but I just couldn't take it anymore. Used to let herself in and look in window but nipped that in the bud. Very welcome any time but surely a quick text or call is not a big deal.
LLOE7 so sorry for your loss.
I don't think you were over reacting. At all. And you don't have to apologise for how you feel on the day you bury a close relative.
You were tired and emotionally wrung out and just wanted peace, quiet and privacy. It would be different if he had asked and given you the option.
Maybe he thought he was helping, and was trying to be kind, he probably did.
But it was thoughtless to gee your DS up and disrupt bedtime when you clearly wanted some quiet. It is hard to speak up for yourself when you are overweighed with emotions and your DH should have been more helpful and spoken for you and not let the visit drag on and on.
I think you are well within your rights to ask FIL politely not to come over unannounced. You will shortly be dealing with school nights and you can't have people turning up and delaying bedtimes and routines.


world — ousted a dictator.
running against three opponents, 89.6 percent in 2009.
filtering of political and social internet sites, using U.S.-made software.
to the Ben Ali dictatorship.
consensus against Israel's oppression of Palestinians.
to Jordan to Saudi Arabia … to the United States.