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This morning's light filtering through the white sky over Aurora creates a calm beauty on the banks of The Fox. But I can't seem to be calm right now. We began principal music rehearsals yesterday for TOMMY! David Schlumpf and Hillary Marren are playing Captain and Mrs. Walker, and to see them together for the first time since their audition makes my heart race and my voice cry! What is this emotion all about?! It must be how much I've been thinking of them in this play as Tommy's parents; I know the passion and violence ahead…how these two young actors will experience for us (how our audience will experience through them), the pain of despair and loss and eventual recovery and redemption…and knowing how The Walkers never stop loving Tommy and each other.
We have a tough play ahead. It's a rock 'n roll world of contrived twists and turns of hallucinatory proportions. And yet somehow all the more human for it. At least that is the challenge before us. I'm nervous, excited, carrying around every part knowing it's going to take everything we've got to give to it to be real and alive. The heartbreak they will play. How every attempt to cure Tommy is countered by abusive episodes and how those are countered by the glories of this music, the pure fun and joy of performance, the quirks of the characters in this rock 'n roll universe! Healing is a big theme here. How Tommy has the path to healing within himself. How we all do.
After this first rehearsal attending a beaming Tom Vendafreddo musically directing these beautiful actors so expertly, I know we have got this much right! Oh, I know we've got it all right! It's just that there is a long way to go before we deliver this baby! It is much like a metaphorical pregnancy. Carrying all this around inside! But I'm not alone. Assistant Trent Stork is a most comprehensive and organized support. As are Production Manager Beth Spencer and Technical Director Jason Pikscher in producing Linda Buchanan's spectacular set with Greg Hofmann's lights and Adam Rosenthal's sound and Theresa Ham's costumes and Mike Tutaj's projections and Sarah Ross's props and Brock Clawson's choreography and Penny Lane Studios' wig designs and Claudia Anderson's dialect coaching and R & D Choregraphy's violence design! Ya name one, ya gotta name 'em all: they are irreplaceable, skillful and dedicated. See, and with Stage Manager Rose Packer and Assistant Stage Manager Jinni Pike, I'm not alone by a long shot. "Calm down, Corti!"
Emails, messages, texts and comments full of praise for MARY POPPINS are pouring in and instill so much pride and gratitude for the success our Paramount team has made of this production, our biggest yet! I am ever thankful for our audience response! Your writing about your time here is everything to me and all of us at Paramount. We are blessed to have your enthusiasm and support and look forward to continuing to share these holidays with you at MARY POPPINS until Jan. 4th!
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Students and their families attended the district's first Literacy Night at Winthrop Avenue School, with fun-filled activities and a book fair for the district's avid readers. The event coincided with the school's annual Parents as Reading Partners Week, which was full of literacy activities and encouragement for students to read an additional 15 minutes each evening.
"We wanted the students to see that reading is required in everything they do," Winthrop Avenue Principal Sally Curto said. "We also wanted to make the students more excited about reading and give them the opportunity to purchase more books."
During Literacy Night, there were read-alouds by members of the Board of Education, administrators and local community residents. Bellmore-Merrick School District's JFK High School students led younger students in a science literacy activity, which required them to read a story and then make a light-up Halloween bulb. In addition, there were book bingo games, a Math Literacy Center activity, a writing center and a "Stop, Drop and Read" section. Students also donated to the Book Fairy Donation Center and placed their names in their school's raffle box for prizes.
Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services Dr. Joanne C. Dacek said Literacy Night was a welcomed event that is sure to grow each year. "Not only did Literacy Night promote reading, it brought a community of learners together," she said.


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It seems lots of people, especially kids, aren't thankful for the things they have. I have personally heard from my own kids how we don't ever give them what they ask for. Of course, Jacinda and I often point out how much more our kids have than we ever imagined. That got me thinking about … More Then & Now


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All teaching is carried out in English and applicants are expected to be fluent in spoken and written English. However, students who show high academic potential but who lack fluency may also apply and, if admitted, they will receive additional tuition in English from English language specialists on the staff.
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
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Release Date: 2004-07-23
- Country: DE, US
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- Runtime: 108
- Budget: $75,000,000
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Need Cheap Motorcycle Insurance – Prepare Your Motorcycle Correctly
One of the significant contributors to obtaining cheap motorcycle insurance is your driving and claims record. That means getting some smart driving and preparation habits, like what to do when you initially get your motorcycle out of its winter season storage. Getting your bike appropriately prepared for its first trip back on the highway will certainly not just add years to your bike's life but will probably also help make for a less hazardous ride. Use the following guidelines to prepare yourself properly.
Oil/fluids – check all fluids and lubricants and top-up any that are low, but right before you top-up, make sure that what you have has not yet degraded. If it has, empty and replace with a superior product. Visually check to make sure there are no leakages especially if you see low levels. You really should have inspected levels when ever you put the motorcycle away for its winter season storage therefore any low fluids or oil is an indicator that something is amiss.
Lights and controls – look at all the lamps to make certain they are working but also inspect the lenses to make sure there are no breaks and that they are actually attached properly. Never forget to examine if your high and low beams are working. Next turn to the controls and lubricate all pedals as well as levers plus assure they are not damaged. Inspect all cables and hoses hunting for any damage and make certain that they do not get in the way of steering. Finally, check the throttle to ensure smooth operation.
Wheels and tires – examine your tires to ensure there are actually no flat areas, fractures, dents or any other irregularities. Verify your spokes to make sure there are no free ones. Finally, check the tire pressure and regulate as needed to satisfy your bike's specifications.
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Professors of the Chemnitz University of Technology are called on to participate in the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative
Discrimination, violence, and persecution prevent researchers on freely pursuing their research worldwide. The Foreign Office and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation award scholarships to researchers in danger for a stay at a German university through the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative. "The Chemnitz University of Technology wants to set an example for the freedom of science and economy and calls upon its professors to participate in the initiative, to affiliate the researchers at risk and to integrate them into research activities and university life", says Prof. Maximilian Eibl, Vice President for International and Economic Affairs at the Chemnitz University.
Researchers of every discipline and country of origin with a doctorate or a comparable academic level are eligible. Further selection criteria are scientific qualifications such as publications and the potential for the integration on the German job market. The researcher's verification of endangerment is either recognized with a residence legislation status (asylum procedure) or a certificate of the Scholars at Risk Network, the Scholar Rescue Fund or the Council for At-Risk Academics.
The support comprises of a full scholarship including ancillary services of a total of 3,500 euros per month for a period of two years. The President's Office is responsible for the application of proposals of Chemnitz University researchers. In order to apply, interested researchers submit their ideas on the integration of the researcher in danger as well as the contact details of the respective researcher until March 31, 2017 to the Assistant for Academic and International Affairs, Annett Müller, phone +49 531 37922, email email@example.com.
The Philipp Schwartz-Initiative tender is available at https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/philipp-schwartz-initiative.html
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Korean marque Kia has made a huge splash in the United States where, for the 2020 model year, they've given the poor Yanks the same Sportage that the rest of the world has had for some time. But before you chuckle heartily, they do get one pretty big thing that we still can't have. More on that in a sec.
Visually, the 2020 Sportage for the US-market is now aligned with what global markets get, as seen by the front and rear bumpers. The only small change is the 'skid plate' on the front bumper, which is set at a bit of an angle on US cars to provide for a better approach angle. Just in case, you know.
Further, the 2020 Sportage gains advanced driver assistance smarts, like intelligent cruise control, lane-keep assist, driver drowsiness alert, automatic high-beams, and AEB with pedestrian detection. The new Sportage also gets a new 8.0-inch standard touchscreen infotainment system, incorporating sat-nav and smartphone mirroring. There's also wireless smartphone charging, 'Sorfino' faux-leather upholstery, and a new 'Steel Grey' paint finish for the exterior.
They also get a new Sportage S, which we know as the Sportage GT-Line.
The US market continues to get the same 2.4-litre atmo petrol mill on base models (135kW/237Nm), and a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol on higher-spec models (179kW/352Nm). Power goes to a 6-speed auto either way, though the choice between front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive depends on trim.
Unfortunately, while the US-market continues to benefit from that torquey turbo-4, we're still stuck with our turbodiesel. According to Kia Australia, the turbocharged 2.0-litre remains out of consideration for our market. Though to this writer that's not necessarily a bad thing, because the turbodiesel Sportage GT continues to be quite the pairing.
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I've been an accidental leader for most of my life. Perhaps this is why once I decided to return to college for my undergraduate degree, Organizational Leadership caught my eye. This seemed like a degree that would help me be more intentional about the next phase of my future.
What You'll Learn in an Organizational Leadership Degree
Organizational leadership prepares students for work in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. It examines theories of leadership, management, organizational behavior, and change. It also lays the groundwork for managing complexity in domestic and international environments. This may seem abstract, but I've grasped practical skills, too.
For example, one of the most important capabilities of leaders is self-management and continuous personal growth. Especially in light of emerging business and financial scandals in the last decades, leaders need strong, ethical spines; and this requires periodic, honest self-examination and improvement.
Thriving organizations grow and adapt. Leaders must be on the leading edge of this change. I've studied this topic from a leadership perspective, a management perspective, an organizational perspective, and an individual point-of-view in my organizational leadership degree. I've learned about managing human and intellectual capital, organizing, and leading teams and planning projects. I've enjoyed and found immediate application for everything I've learned, but there were a few things that surprised me:
How Organizations Level-Up
One of the things this degree covers is the structural requirements for scaling an organization. I was part of a church that grew from about 250 members to over 7,000 while it planted dozens of thriving churches domestically and worldwide. How the pastor and his staff accomplished this began to make more sense after going through the coursework associated with this degree. Organizational leadership provided understanding for not only those experiences, but also explained the decisions the pastor and his leadership team made while expanding the church's vision and mission over the years.
As organizations grow, they tend toward hierarchical management structures in order to remain efficient and consistent in their products and services. However, there's a threshold for this kind of structure, a point at which the structure will no longer support or sustain growth (typically when an organization becomes global). When this happens, leadership is decentralized. In other words, power is no longer only at the top of the organization; leadership is redistributed throughout the organization. When this happens, the average employee is charged with a substantial amount of responsibility and trust. So how can leaders empower others while being confident that individual goals and organizational goals will be aligned?
Coursework in organizational leadership explores the answers to this question and many others.
Good Leaders Have Self-Management Routines
As mentioned previously, leaders must pursue continuous personal and character growth. This is part of a portfolio of self-care. Some of the leaders in my life have been prone to burnout, exhaustion, and illness in the name of "serving the cause." However, effective leaders practice healthy personal care: spiritual, relational, physical, emotional, etc.
This should have been self-evident to me, but for some reason, I had never heard this explained by any of the great leaders in my life. After experiencing some burnout and illness myself due to an imbalance of work and rest, I organically began to recognize when I needed to take some time to recharge. Now, though, I do this much more intentionally (and without guilt). I also build times into my days, weeks, months, and year to evaluate personal growth and develop strategies for improvement.
Leadership is Different Than Management
Good leaders know how to manage, but not all good managers know how to lead. Warren Bennis, professor and founder of leadership schools at USC and Harvard, was fond of saying, "Managers do the right thing, but leaders do things right." He also noted that while a manager focuses on systems and structure, a leader focuses on people.
During my organizational leadership degree, I also took a series of classes on leadership taught by Jeff Myers, PhD., consisting of three courses. The final class included a week-long Capstone event with fellow students and was taught live by Dr. Myers, Jonathan Brush, and others. At this Capstone leadership summit, I practiced coaching, feedback exercises, and other leadership skills with fellow students that, now, I use almost daily.
Even if you're not considering a degree in Organizational Leadership, I'd encourage everyone to take these accredited, online classes. You'll interact with great people both online and in person, and you'll find the principles and skills taught in the courses applicable to nearly any area of study and vocation.
Bennis also noted, "Good leaders make people feel that they're at the heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization…" The practices and skills learned in the Leadership Series elevate everyone around you and give others a stake in decision making, helping them grow and stretch rather than becoming bored and stagnant.
What Can You Do with an Organizational Leadership Degree?
This is a management degree, and depending on which leadership electives you choose, it can prepare you to work in businesses, government, and philanthropic organizations. It is particularly useful for human resources management, as an organizational change management consultant, training and development manager/consultant, nonprofit manager, and in public management.
No matter the target for employment, if you're considering a degree in Organizational Leadership, use the opportunity to immerse yourself in the learning by applying what you learn to organizations in which you're already involved. Use the knowledge and skills you learn along the way to add value in your church, in your relationships, and even your current job.
I've heard from managers and nonprofit leaders that their organizations suffer from a leadership vacuum. Mostly, I think, because people are more concerned with "doing things right" instead of asking "What's the right thing to do here, and how can I participate?" Leadership in its simplest form is beneficial, proactive influence. Even if you're an entry-level employee at a coffee shop, movie theater, or fast casual restaurant, you can take the initiative and show leadership. In doing so, you'll add value to the organizations and the lives around you.
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When her only daughter started college, Elah did something unusual: she decided that she would too. "My motto is everything can be improved." A free spirit and trailblazer, Elah takes those words to heart, bringing growth to everything in her life—be it her family, her community, or herself. She graduated through Unbound in 2019, and is looking forward to the next adventure.Read more by Elah


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UFC 170 fails to deliver
The UFC holds a lot of events every year now. Often the best ones aren't the ones we expected to shine. Sometimes free TV events and not the highly-promoted PPVs are stellar, and preliminary bouts can be the best fights of the night in fan's eyes. Not every hockey game, football game, or UFC event can be a good one, and UFC 170 sure wasn't.
The headliner with Ronda Rousey was hardly deserved. I'm as big a fan of women's mixed martial arts as anyone, but I'm honest enough to admit the talent pool is shallow. Rousey fought just two months ago, has no other competition yet (except perhaps Cris Cyborg, and maybe Cat Zingano, who is injured), and having her as a five round headliner---against relatively unknown Sara McMann in only her second UFC fight---is indicative of the predicament and is ballsy to say the least.
The co-main event had a serious talent---and hype train---Daniel Cormier fighting a replacement for Rashad Evans, another relative unknown, a man who supposedly schooled Cormier on the wrestling mat at the US Olympic training centre. His name is Patrick Cummins. Now you know.
So the main and co-main fights featured wrestlers as opponents to seasoned UFC veterans, and the outcomes could not have been more predictable: first round TKO finishes in about a minute. This is good for Rousey and Cormier fans, not good for the scads of fans surrounding me at the pub, where I watched because I was completely unwilling to pay fifty clams for this.
Canadian Rory MacDonald was impressive in that he beat Damian Maia, who has been a monster since moving to 170, but not in how he beat the Brazilian. On the ground MacDonald held off the BJJ wizard, but something is lacking in MacDonald's overall fight personae. He's like the figure skater who has all the moves and lands all the jumps, but afterwards fans can only shrug and say, "Meh." He's been point fighting rather than fighting, and is rather unapologetic about it as long as he gets the win.
MacDonald had to fight tonight when on the ground, but has forgotten that MMA is entertainment first. A notch in the win column is no good if UFC president Dana White and/or fans hate watching you point fight. Perhaps this win will begin to steer the Canadian on a better track.
Mike Pyle's TKO over TJ Waldburger was fun to watch. Pyle was on a bit of a rise when he was seriously derailed by Matt Brown, who knocked out Pyle in 29 seconds last August. Win or lose, Pyle brings his fight into the cage, along with his goofy mullet. So there's a positive note.
A lot of UFC fans hate any criticism at all of the events or Dana White. That's unrealistic and simplistic. Fact is, if you're in sports promotion, competition, or any other type of entertainment, you'd better not expect everyone to like your choices or performances. Sincere criticism is good for the sport. And Dana White gets to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants, to all the media. Why can't fans pipe up?
Anyway, if you want everyone to like you, don't do sports, don't create art, in fact, don't leave home.
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|Joseph Beuys was born in Kleve, Germany on May 12, 1921. His first one-person exhibition was held in 1953 in Kranenburg. In 1961 he was appointed Professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where he had earlier been a student, and he continued teaching there until 1972 when he was dismissed amidst great controversy, a dismissal that finally, in 1978, was deemed unlawful. From the beginning of the 1970s he exhibited widely throughout Europe and the United States, representing Germany at the Venice Biennale in 1976. Beuys died January 23, 1986, in Düsseldorf, where he had lived for most of his career. Notable among the many retrospectives of his work are those held in New York in 1979, in Berlin in 1988, and in Zürich, Madrid, and Paris in 1993-94.
He attempted in his work to harness his creative energy as a means of redressing the decline of spirituality. He tried to change the world, not unlike William Morris or John Ruskin, he believed in the power of art to mitigate the dehumanising effects of the Industrial Revolution that in the end drew him into political activism.
"Moenie my skiet nie! Moenie my skiet nie!" cry the African-Europeans who cannot stand the march of this new beat. Beuys attempted to use myth and magic to turn us all into artists through symbolic performances. These ideas gained rather than diminished in poetic resonance with the passage of time because they exist for us today only in the realms of memory and imagination.
The change from then till now is equal to an upheaval of self – a moving of house so to speak. One has gathered the baggage from the past and scatters it into the present. What was ordered and appeared logical (Beuys's works have a strong narrative dimension) has now changed, the matrix of control is now de-matrixised. The gallery is in a de-matrixised space, especially for the 'babies' who never questioned if they would be around in 2002 but still are.
Beuys absorbed formal influences both from the Old Masters and from his contemporaries loosing, stealing or destroying important items alone the way. In 1963, when Beuys became an international celebrity, and when he began to concentrate on making monumental artworks, installations, performances and multiples he was attempting "to make people free … art for me is the science of freedom." What fitted well then now has no place. After the TLC the new space has become a yearning for new castes where the old castes yearn for a familiar place.
Evidence of his fundamental idea of bringing art and life closer together is found in Beuys's multifarious use of materials. He incorporated materials from the "outside" world rather than just paint and canvas. This led him to venture through many different styles, including multiples, sketches, and performances. Whether it is felt, fat, food, honey, or iron, these materials symbolised his past. Cornelia Lauf points out that through the fusion of rituals and their fetishes, Beuys believed that art and artefacts could not always be distinguished from one another. Matthew Drutt noted that he developed this further in the larger environmental installations dating from the last years of his career. They are enormous in scope, magnificent in their intention, and involved hundreds of participants. They centre on a single theme, a call for a change in thinking that developed out of his personal understanding rather than from any technological advances. Beuys said of his 'Nine Oaks' work: "I believe that planting these oaks is necessary not only in biospheric terms, that is to say, in the context of matter and ecology, but in that it will raise ecological consciousness — raise it increasingly in the course of the years to come, because we shall never stop planting." — Joseph Beuys, 1982.
What is evident is that Beuys in a search for place attempts to interact with the author, the text and the reader. He creates a place where the viewer has to use a process of interpreting and imagination to interpret the text in various ways. Beuys points out that without the reader, there really would be no text, for it is the reader who brings the text to life, through his realization of the ranging interpretations. As Alexandra Reese explains, "for Beuys the value of the written text is to provide the core knowledge, while the unwritten text is greatly needed to fuel the imagination and spark the viewer's creative ideas". It is what the text implies in so many different ways that allows the reader to develop a picture image of the story.
According to Hans Dieter Huber, Beuys's work is especially adaptive to systems theory. Not only because of the basic system operative in Beuys' works, the elements and objects and their relational links, but also because it accounts for the environment as an entity equal to that of the system itself – the environment allows for the artwork's "aesthetic effectiveness." The perception of an artwork by a viewer plays a role in such a system and can be seen as a variant of literary theory known as "reader response" theory.
Space and place in today's galleries is an arrangement that talks back to the 1980s offering us a concept of culture. So the new space may require us to rise up, but this time there is no alternative, there is no symbolic overtone of comfort and healing anymore.
In the new space we look at walls that are too close, that cry "leave us alone, let us determine our own future". The future is in it seizing itself, which can only come from a tool (within the de-matrixised structure). We live in this time where the disordered boxes of the past litter our reality creating a dis-structure that makes us seek for meaning where meaning may not exist. We search through a chaotic structure left by mad men and see meaning at every turn. "Why this box here, why this order? Where is the other related content? There must be meaning…"
In other words, we are still operating in a metaphoric place where we are being played backwards.
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Warmest greetings in the month of May!
Happy Mother's Day! (belated)
I hope all of you had a lovely mother's day. If you are a mother, I hope you were spoiled silly, and if you were fortunate to spend some time with your mother, I hope you have spoiled her silly. 🙂
Today I wanted to write about my experience about 'having grace under pressure'. I've been feeling quite a bit of pressure lately…I'm sure everyone has been through a period in their lives, whether it is self-imposed or coming from the people around us.
Grace Under Pressure
My Personal Experience
In times like these, it seems a lot easier to lose control and flare up, snap or even break down, for me at least. Today was a typical long day where I was running from one place to another with a big schedule book and a long checklist in my bag. I was looking forward to the last thing of the day, which is a pamper session at this spa, a deal with I found on Groupon a few days ago.
So finally, I made it there, even gave my car to the valet so I could get there quicker. Then to my huge disappointment, they rejected my voucher. You see, years ago, one of my friends had a manicure package there and she gave me the last session because she couldn't make it. All I had to do was to show up. So I did, and I didn't register or pay or anything. Somehow, I must have signed the liability form or something. While I was happily registering, they tracked my records down and voided my voucher.
It all starts nicely….at first
At first I was nice, and I tried to explain that I assumed I wouldn't be considered as a 'first time customer' because I had never signed or bought anything from them.
"Nothing we can do"
Of course, they will always say that there is nothing they can do. So I asked nicely if they would make an exception. But my patience didn't last very long because the lady who spoke to me cut me off, switched to Mandarin and started speaking really fast.
Rudeness begets rudeness
I don't mind being spoken to in Mandarin but not when I first used English. Or at least ask nicely if I understood Mandarin. I'll admit that I have not much patience for people who just cut me off and switch to the language they are more comfortable with.
Secondly, they tried to sell me another package. I wanted to scream, "are you listening?" Why are you allowing me to have another package but not this one?
Thirdly, I almost lost it when I was on the phone with Groupon and the spa consultant just spoke to me as though I wasn't on the phone.
Calming myself down
I started to speak with harsher tones and began to show signs of impatience.
In Asia, many parents will tell you that the way to get things down is to be rude, loud and be really angry to the point of embarrassing the shop/restaurant/spa etc. to finally get your way. Of course, I'm not going to do that. I was a shop owner myself and I knew how that was like.
So I had to step back, swallow the lump in my throat, remain fairly gracious, say thank you and leave.
I guess it is hard to draw the line sometimes especially when you're quite annoyed. Then again, we shouldn't be push overs but speak up, stand our ground and do something when it's unfair.
I'll admit that I wasn't the most gracious and left with lots of negative energy. I started to have dramatic thoughts until I calmed down later, I realized it was the pressure affecting me.
All about Character
At the end of the day, it is a show of character if one can remain in control, despite unpleasantness. I didn't have to stoop to anyone's level. It is just so easy to react.
If you fall, don't worry, it's always a brand new day tomorrow.
I hope you have handled a similar situation better. No worries, tomorrow is always as brand new day for elegance!
That's all for now, I just wanted to check in and say hi!
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When washing your face, can you see your true self?
When urinating, can you remember true purity?
When eating, can you remember the cycles of all things?
When walking, can you feel the rotation of heaven?
When working, are you happy with what you do?
When speaking, are your words without guile?
When you shop, are you aware of your needs?
When you meet the suffering, do you help?
When confronted with death, are you unafraid and lucid?
When you meet conflict, do you work toward harmony?
When with your family, do you express benevolence?
When raising children, are you tender but firm?
When facing problems, are you far-seeing and tenacious?
When you are finished with work, do you take time to rest?
When preparing for rest, do you know how to settle your mind?
When sleeping, do you slip into absolute void?
365 Tao
Daily Meditations
Deng Ming-Dao (author)
Stanford Studies on Daoism
• The Laozi Story
• Date and Authorship of the Laozi
• Textual Traditions
• Commentaries
• Approaches to the Laozi
The transcendence of Dao must not be compromised. To do justice to the Laozi, it is also important to show how the function of Dao translates into basic "principles" (li) governing the universe. The regularity of the seasons, the plenitude of nature, and other expressions of "heaven and earth" all attest to the presence of Dao. Human beings also conform to these principles, and so are "modeled" ultimately after Dao.
Wang Bi is often praised in later sources for having given the concept of "principle" its first extended philosophical treatment. In the realm of Dao, principles are characterized by "naturalness" (ziran) and "nonaction" (wuwei). Wang Bi defines ziran as "an expression of the ultimate." In this regard, attention has been drawn to Yan Zun's influence. Nonaction helps explain the practical meaning of naturalness. In ethical terms, Wang Bi takes nonaction to mean freedom from the dictates of desire. This defines not only the goal of self-cultivation but also that of government. Wang Bi's Laozi commentary has exerted a strong influence on modern interpretations of the Laozi in both Asia and the West. There are three English translations available (Lin 1977, Rump 1979, and Lynn 1999).
Among these four commentaries, Heshanggong's Laozi zhangju occupied the position of preeminence in traditional China, at least until the Song dynasty. For a long period, Wang Bi's work was relatively neglected. The authority of the Heshanggong commentary can be traced to its place in the Daoist religion, where it ranks second only to the Daodejing itself. Besides Heshanggong's work and the Xiang'er, there are two other commentaries entitled the Laozi jiejie (Sectional Explanation) and the Laozi neijie (Inner Explanation) closely associated with religious Daoism. Both have been ascribed to Yin Xi, the keeper of the pass who "persuaded" Laozi to write the Daodejing and who, according to Daoist hagiographic records, later studied under the divine Laozi and became an "immortal." These texts, however, only survive in citations (see Kusuyama 1979).
From the Tang period, one begins to find serious attempts to collect and classify the growing number of Laozi commentaries. An early pioneer is the eighth-century Daoist master Zhang Junxiang, who cited some thirty commentaries in his study of the Daodejing (Wang 1981). Du Guangting (850-933) provided a larger collection, involving some sixty commentaries (Daode zhenjing guangshengyi, Daozang 725). According to Du, there were those who saw the Laozi as a political text, while others focused on spiritual self-cultivation. There were Buddhist interpreters (e.g., Kumārajīva and Sengzhao), and there were those who explained the "Twofold Mystery" (chongxuan). This latter represents an important development in the history of interpretation of the Daodejing.
daodejing translated by current scholars
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The world calls me great great but useless
because I am great I am useless
If I were of use I would have stayed small
But I possess three treasures
I treasure and uphold
First is compassion
Second is austerity
Third is reluctance to excel
Because I am compassionate I can be valiant
because I am austere I can be extravagant
because I am reluctant to excel
I can be chief of all tools
If I renounced compassion for valour
austerity for extravagance
reluctance for supremacy
I would die
Compassion wins every battle
and outlasts every attack
What Heaven creates
let compassion protect.
Everyone under heaven says
that my Tao is great, but inconceivable.
It is its very greatness that makes it inconceivable!
If it could be conceived of, how small it would be!
I have three treasures to hold and protect:
The first is motherly love.
The second is economy.
The third is daring not to be first in the world.
With motherly love one can be courageous.
With economy one can be expansive.
With humility one can lead.
To be courageous without motherly love,
To be expansive without practicing economy,
To go to the front without humility - this is courting death.
Venture with love and you win the battle.
Defend with love and you are invulnerable.
Heaven's secret is motherly love.
Some say that my teaching is nonsense.
Others call it lofty but impractical.
But to those who have looked inside themselves,
this nonsense makes perfect sense.
And to those who put it into practice,
this loftiness has roots that go deep.
I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you all beings in the world.
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Since returning to England we have heard several explanations of "yelli", that it enchants the animals or that it makes them weak and easy prey for the hunters' spears. Mokoloba was the leading hunter in the family group where we were staying. He was being prepared for the hunt one night by Dhaweh, the eldest of the sisters who formed the core of the family group. He had been given some kind of plant drug and that night "yelli" was sung. He told us that the singing would draw the animals back to our camp and that in two days time there would be meat to eat.
Sure enough the next morning the children were catching lots of fish in the river and later in the day a family of monkeys (the first we had seen in that part of the forest) moved into a tall tree right next to the camp. The next day Mokoloba arrived with a large deer, enough meat for everyone to eat well. So whatever the explanation the singing of the "yelli" resulted in the success of the hunt just as we had been told it would. The women are held in a certain amount of awe by the men who understand that the singing of "yelli" is just as important a part of the hunt as the setting of snares and the throwing of spears.
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1: You whore!!
2: Get the fuck out!
3: Owwww!! That hurts!!
4: That's a cheap price to pay for playing along
5: with your perverted games all night!!
p1: whew...
1: Hey, Ruby...you're lookin' good.
2: You're all a mess.
3: What, did you fight with a customer again?
p2: Awww, what a waste...
4: Hmph!
5: His time was up but he was still moving his hips,
6: so I just said "hurry up and get that ear pick out of me," that's all!
7: Why'd he have to get so mad?
8: Hey!! I heard that!
9: I'm not small!
10: You're just too loose!
1: You're a waste of a man.
2: Don't put the blame on me.
3: She's greedy, she's mean...I've never seen a worse whore in my life!
4: She's caused problems at every whorehouse in town, so she just cruises for customers now.
1: What are you looking at?
1: Ruby, is your body free now?
2: Shut up.
3: Shop's closed for today.
p3: There's a man who always watches me, with eyes colder than a winter's sky. His nickname's Hawk. He came down here from the north.
4: Shit...what a pain in the ass.
p4: bam
5: Pops!! Gimme a beer.
6: We don't have any drinks to serve YOU!
1: How many times do we need to tell you?!
2: Hey...it's Dorie from Madame's.
3: You think you can do whatever you want on our turf, you little maggot?!
4: What's so funny?!
5: Nothing...it's just, you're so ugly.
6: Must be hard for your customers... (to, you know, cum.)
7: Youuuu...
1: I'm gonna fucking kill you!
p1: clatter
2: Get her!!
3: Ahahaha! Yeah right!
4: You pigs think you can catch ME?!
1: Fuuuck...
2: Hack! Oww...
3: Bitches brought their fucking men with them...
4: Haaaa...
5: ...this is it...
p4: Night will fall, and I'll die...?
6: No...
7: I don't want to get eaten by coyotes...
1: I'm gonna fucking survive...
p1: If I die here, he'll get exactly what he wants.
2: Why does this hurt so bad?
3: Uuuuu...
4: Cough
p2: That weakling who died cursing me...
1: I got some magic powder.
2: Ruby! Now we'll be millionaires!
3: Magic powder...?
4: That's right. The stuff everyone wants.
5: We can buy anything with it.
p3: But I don't need anything. As long as you'll just keep holding me like this every day, I don't need any more dresses or perfume.
p1: I'm fine just being naked all day...naked...
1: Ruby!! Come quick! It's Ed!
2: He knew the dangers, but he still went for her.
3: They found his corpse on the edge of down!
p3 right: But I told him I didn't need any money.
4-5: Aaaahhh!
p3 left: Don't leave me alone here just so you can go satisfy yourself.
6: That girl's high maintenance, so she probably drove him over the edge.
7: Aaaaaaahhh!
1: It's alright. It's alright now.
2: What...
3: Haah.
4: Calm down. Breathe out slowly...
5: Owww...
6: Haah.
1: My head...and my body feel like they're about to fall apart...
2: I dunno what you fucked up, but
3: Who are these people?
4: Seems like someone really did a number on you.
5: After this we'll go search for some painkillers for you.
6: Are you conscious again now? Do you know what your name is?
p3: poke
7: Ruby...
p1: I'm saved...I'm still alive.
1: I'm glad I noticed.
2: cough
3: You don't need to force yourself to speak.
4: It's probably better if you don't sit up.
5: Uuuuuu...
p3: That's right. I need to run. He's going to come...for revenge...
6-7: haaah
p1: Ed's...little brother...
1: Those eyes...they're always on me.
2: He's waiting...for me to weaken.
3: Ruby.
4: What are you so scared of?
1: ...everything about the world that surrounds me.
2: "Everything about the world" can't hurt you.
3: Come here.
1: Who are...you people?
2: Good question.
3: Fugitives, right?
4: Only you two, not me.
1: Do they even realize...
2: they're being followed?
3: They're practically asking us to go catch them.
4: Don't let you guard down, Keith.
1: A while back...
p1: I heard a story once from a man in the same line of work...
2: I chased a woman into the desert. Thought she as just another whore.
3: Every few days I'd find her, only to have her get away.
4: The more this went on, the stronger and faster she got.
5: Let's just catch 'em and go home.
6: The really strange thing was...
1: I was sure that I had critically wounded her.
2: But then, when I caught her, the wound that should have been there was completely healed up.
3: Fuckin' bizarre.
1: Owww!
2: Owowowowowwww...
3: Be sure to scrub well, or you'll get a mark.
4: What are you, immortal? You were on death's door yesterday.
5: I decided that I'm never going to die.
6: The fuck is she talking about?
7: Don't ask me...
8: Ha-HAAAAAH! 4 women bathing!
9: That's what I'm talkin' about!!
p1: smack
1: Suzy!!
p2: splash
2: This little game of hide-and-seek ends here.
3: Hurry up and get dressed.
4: I'm the only one you want, right?
5: Promise me you won't touch the other three.
1: Are you delirious? Suzy's got a bounty on her head too.
2: And I want this woman.
3: I missed you, Dahlia...
4: I can't wait to fill you up.
5: Just wait. This'll be over in a jiffy.
p4: whisper whisper whisper
6: Kuku...
7: Wipe that grin off your face, Keith.
8: whisper
9: Whooo...
p1: lick
1: Ahhh...
p3: What's with them?! Are they going to fight with these men?! You've gotta be kidding me...
2: It's plain to see that they know what they're doing.
3: I could get mixed-up in this and die too.
4: Hey, buddy.
1: That woman isn't dead. She's planning to fight back.
p1: splash
2: And you, over there. You look pretty calm for someone who's about to get stabbed in the throat.
3: Ruby!!
4: What the fuck is wrong with you?!
1: You've got bounties on your heads, right?
2: Now I can collect some of the cash too.
3: Kyahahaha! Now I can play around for the rest of my life!
4: You're terrible, Ruby!!
5: I told you we shouldn't have saved her!
1: I hope you die a dog's death.
2: Wow, now even Dahlia's cursing you.
3: And stronger than either of us have!
4: Thanks. here's your reward,
5: you crafty little minx.
6: Watch out, Ruby!!
p2: blam blam blam
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2: Close, but no cigar.
3: Die!!
4: Why?!
5: Why are you saving me?!
1: You came to kill me, didn't you?!
2: What is with you two?!
1: All you care about is acting cool by yourself...you never think about the women you leave behind.
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We're being targeted with fraudulent purchases. Payment made through PayPal Pro on our site. Customer address is not verified by PayPal. Product shipped with tracking (no signature my mistake). After shipping, customers filed a chargeback and was successful. They then received the product and accepted it. So we are out $350.
A different person with an address on the other side of the country bought same product a few days later. I canceled the order. I realized this morning that the IP address is the same.
I'll take a look. I thought I saw something like that when the software was first installed, just couldn't remember. Getting older each day.... Thanks zanart.
We have this issue too I found it easier to block the IP address in our new merchant account which is authorize.net. That way it covers all of our websites at once. Fraud is growing. We had paypal payflow gateway and pp merchant account but it seemed they were more interested in collecting the fee's when we lost all the charge backs they sent us. 3 times our fraud settings were turned off during a pp update on their end so we got orders with no address, no zip match no cvn match and didnt catch it until we had fraudulant orders and they made us pay for all of them. Hope that does not happen to you but if you have a PP merchant account watch your fraud filters. They never even said sorry!
Thanks for making this question. This resolved my issue!


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Breakfast as a paleo can get repetitive. Eggs. Eggs with bacon. Eggs with spinach. But there's still lots of options out there to feed your brekky fix! Swap out your basic eggs for these 7 Paleo Breakfasts this week:
1. Smoked Salmon Egg Bake Recipe
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I LOVE smoked salmon. I know this picture might look intimidating, but the recipe is STUPID EASY (it's actually from Stupid Easy Paleo). Salmon, dill, and eggs – you cannot go wrong.
2. Cinnamon and Coconut Pancakes
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PANCAKES ARE PALEO? Yes. The answer is yes yes yes. This recipe uses coconut flour as a base, and uses cinnamon to add some sweetness. Top with honey or almond butter, and you're set.
3. Eggs Benedict Burgers
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I've recently developed a whole new love for burgers. And burgers with a fried egg on top are BOMB. So why not do it for breakfast? Answer: No reason. DO IT. And avocado is a great add-on.
4. Mango and Coconut Chia Pudding
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Chia pudding is magical. Goes in the refrigerator liquid and comes out a pudding. #Bless. This is a great breakfast for people in a rush, and mango and coconut give a yummy tropical flavor.
5. Paleo Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
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Banana bread is basically dessert for me, but since there's bananas we'll count it as a breakfast. Even if there's chocolate chips. This recipe uses coconut flour and almond butter.
6. Paleo English Muffins
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Yes. The photo you are looking at it in fact PALEO. You can make these in 2 minutes in a MICROWAVE. A MICROWAVE, PEOPLE. All I can say is that I wish I had discovered these sooner. You can pair with eggs, or just with jam and almond butter.
7. 3-Ingredient Paleo Sweet Potato Waffles
Photo from YurielKaim
Savory-sweet breakfasts are my jam. The idea of a sweet potato waffle has got me drooling, and it's 3 INGREDIENTS. This means it's pretty hard to mess up. Great by themselves, with eggs, with guac (as pictured) – GET CREATIVE, AND GET THIS IN YOUR BELLY.
There you have it! A little Paleo break-from-the-traditional-eggs-and-bacon-breakfast list. Get your brekky on!


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Melbourne, Australia, Monday 28th October 2019: Australian digital manufacturing solutions company, Titomic (ASX: TTT), is pleased to advise of the outstanding test results which have been achieved from the $2.6M co-funded IMCRC, CSIRO & RMIT Research Project, designed to develop Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) certification standards announced to the ASX on 26th October 20181. The research findings show that Titomic's TKF process to additive manufacture titanium parts using CP Titanium Grade two powder (2) achieved ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 634Mpa being 83.8% higher than 345Mpa3 set by ASTM International, and an increased elongation of up to 27.7% being 38.5% higher than 20%3 set by ASTM International. This provides evidence that Titomic Kinetic Fusion has the fatigue resistance and strength requirements for aerospace and other industry applications, plus far exceeds the minimum ASTM International standard requirements.
The primary objectives of the 2-year research program is to develop new industry standards for fatigue, crack growth, and fracture toughness of Titanium complex-shaped structures produced using the TKF manufacturing process as further validation for additive manufactured parts for Aerospace. With the current focus by ASTM International world standards on the lack of metal 3D printing industry standards, design principles, as well as qualification and certification challenges for additively manufactured metal parts, Titomic is the transformational leader in commercially viable Titanium additive manufacturing with a secure supply chain of Titanium powders.
Mr. Jeff Lang, Titomic Managing Director, said:
"These test results not only provide validation to industry of titanium parts produced using our TKF process, but more importantly the research conducted across multiple Titanium powder supply chains secured by Titomic outlines why we placed so much emphasis on securing feedstock powders with industry leading companies to capture the entire value chain surrounding our technology whilst meeting ASTM International standards"
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1 ASX Announcement - 26th October 2018: Joint $2.6 million Research Project to develop Titomic Kinetic FusionTM (TKF) Standards https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20181026/pdf/43zn7xpchst5fx.pdf
2 Commercially Pure (CP) Titanium Grade 2 is the most widely available of the commercial titanium grades and as such is probably used in the most diverse range of applications that require a high resistance to corrosion, such as aircraft construction or chemical and industrial applications.
3 ASTM International Standard B348 for Commercially Pure Titanium http://www.astm.org/Standards/B348.htm Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) Properties (Minimums)*
UTS Tensile: ASTM 345Mpa Elongation: ASTM 20%
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The Old MacDonald's Camping Season runs from Easter to end of October.
We are an ideal base for touring this magnificent area of outstanding natural beauty. Situated in a beautiful rural setting but only half a mile from the beach Old MacDonald's Farm is the perfect choice for families, walkers or anyone just wanting a quiet relaxing break.
Padstow is just five miles from us with numerous stunning bays along the coastline. And there are many interesting places to visit within a short drive, for example the Eden project is only 15 miles away. Walkers can pick up the South West Coastal Path at the beach for lovely walks along the headland and there is even a regular bus service that runs between Padstow and Newquay and stops right outside our site so there's no need to walk both ways unless you want to!
The nearest beach, Porthcothan, is a delightful little bay, perfect for families, great for bathing and surfing. It is a narrow inlet with cliffs, sand dunes, rock pools, even a little stream running down to the sea all combine to make it an idyllic place for children. The camp site which is divided into 4 small bays has 51 generously sized pitches, measuring from approximately 9m x 12m to 10m x 15m, 30 with electric hook-up. The main amenity block has 6 shower rooms with toilets, plus 2 additional toilets and 2 sets of washing up facilities. There is an extra facilities block, which has 2 ladies showers, wash basins and separate toilets, plus 2 gents showers, wash basins and separate toilets, and 2 urinals.
If you would like a low cost self-catering alternative to camping, we have a static caravan available on our booking system for hire on a weekly basis, please click here for further details: Static Caravan.
Families camping with us have free use of the Old MacDonald's Farm Park facilities and can help feed the animals in the morning and evening too.
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By: Jason"Big J" Allen
Follow me and tell me why and how the Read option is a Fluke @UnsportsmenBigJ
A lot has been made of this new NFL, the "Passing/QB" league. Now the most important person to a franchise is the Quarterback. Gone are the days of the high paid, highly essential Running Backs, now running backs are as good as the Quarterback throwing the ball. Look at the recent trade of Trent Richardson, this trade would have never been made in the 90's or even the early '00's. With these new rule changes and extra attention/protection to the Quarterback and Wide Receiver position, a lot of college "gimmicky" offenses are popping up more and more. From the Fun 'n' Gun, Spread HD, Wildcat, and the Read Option, some of these college concepts have staying power and others don't, but I'm here to tell or convince you that the Read Option is here to stay!
First thing is my deciding what is considered successful or having staying power. If a team running the Read Option doesn't win a Super Bowl doesn't mean that the Offense is not successful. If the Read Option never breaks offensive records and numbers doesn't make it a failure. My idea of success and staying power is know if you can run this offense in majority of situations, or create a culture of this offense that can win a good number of games. The Fun 'n' Gun is/was successful, it won a lot with Warren Moon at the helm. The Wildcat didn't win anything, but Ronnie Brown running over the Patriots. When I see the read Option I see a staying power for many reasons and here are some:
1. Biggest reason I see the continued use and success of the Read Option is because of the evolution of the Athletic Quarterback. This is not going away and with the Read Option it gives the athletic QB the opportunity to utilize another part of their skill set. Imagine Terrell Pryor without the read option. You thought about? Yes you are correct he wouldn't be in the league (holla at Tebow… who should be in the league with this offense). The Read Option makes game planning against a QB with an average arm harder because of the ability to create with their legs. This also eliminates the keep them in the pocket and make them pass, because now your not putting pressure on the QB which allows him to pick you apart on the back end.
2. The Read Option gives running backs a rejuvenated career, especially average or over the hill running backs. It helps take mileage off of running backs, because backside hits or being slowed by DEs and OLBs staying home. Also you can run this offense with unspectacular running backs and make them look good. Which means you can use committee style backfields and still have a dynamic running game. The Read Option creates running lanes, look at Shady McCoy in Philly, regardless of Vick's issues McCoy has had huge holes to make plays. It helps running backs with a good ability to cut back (Gore, Lynch, and even Mcgahee), because the DE again have to stay home and can't over pursue which creates a hole on the back cut.
3. The Read Option is here to stay because you can do EVERYTHING you normally do in a typical offense with it. If you want to power run attack, just move to the pistol. If you want to get the ball deep, you can run play action out of the Read Option. Almost every type of Offensive scheme you run can be accomplished with a Read Option twist. This is what makes this offense so dynamic, unlike other "gimmick" offenses, it just doesn't have one way to run it. Some run it from the Pistol (San Fran), some run it from the Shotgun (Seattle), some have run it under center (Washington, Oakland). The Read Option is an organic offense that an wear many faces. Making it hard to know exactly what a team is trying to execute.
A lot of people are comparing this offense to the Wildcat. It is not the Wildcat that used non-QBs (Ronnie Brown) or QBs with huge flaws in their game (Pat White). Some say once QBs get injured teams will stop running the offense. As for that argument; we see QBs getting injured while in the pocket, and most QBs in the Read Option type offense are told to get down, out of bounds, or don't take on defenders. Ask defenders how much/often they hit Russell Wilson. Yet QBs like Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler, and Ben Rothlisberger don't use the Read Option, but are some of the most hit and sacked QBs in the league. While Wilson, Kaepernick, and RG III (for the record RG III didn't get injured running the Read Option got injured running out of the pocket on a broken play) are not being sacked as often. Look at RG III recently with him not running the Read Option, he has been getting pummeled. Lastly the thought that once defenses catch up they will neutralize it. Well defenses have caught up to the West Coast offense, but when ran properly with the right personnel, it is still extremely dangerous and effective. So all the doubters relax, this offense is here to stay as long as QBs are running and athletic.
Follow me and tell me why and how the Read option is a Fluke @UnsportsmenBigJ


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Grey's Anatomy fans, we've got more bad news for you. Justin Chambers' exit was a major shock but this news is going to break your heart altogether.
Apparently, Karev's final episode has already aired and we didn't even know. The actor's final scene aired during the middle of season 16.
Fans expressed their disappointment when they realised that episode 8 of season 16 was his final episode.
They stressed that it was extremely unfair not to give Karev a proper send-off after being on the show for 15 years.
Plus, his quiet exit leaves a lot of loose ends behind. What will happen with his wife Jo? How will the show explain his absence? How will Meredith cope when she loses another friend? What will happen to Pacific Northwest General Hospital?
Justin announced his exit over the weekend. He stated that there's never a good time to say goodbye but he wanted to "diversify my acting roles and career choices."
He shared: "And, as I turn 50 and am blessed with my remarkable, supportive wife and five wonderful children, now is that time."
he has my whole heart, i can't believe we're saying bye to alex karev pic.twitter.com/glA4zRCSKe— savannah (@smilekarev) January 10, 2020
The actor added, "As I move on from Grey's Anatomy, I want to thank the ABC family, Shonda Rimes, original cast members Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens, and the rest of the amazing cast and crew, both past and present, and, of course, the fans for an extraordinary ride."
Grey's Anatomy certainly won't be the same without Alex Karev.


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In the last few years, the rapid growth in display manufacture for mobile devices has ushered in a considerable renaissance for excimer lasers. Operating in the UV range, they allow precise modification of silicon as well as ablation of ultra-thin polymer layers using the laser lift-off process. However, the potential applications of this laser technology are far from exhausted.
In a collaborative project spanning several years, Coherent and Fraunhofer ILT plan to develop novel procedures with the excimer laser. To this end, Coherent has provided an ILT research team with a line beam system.
The system's laser line is 155 mm long, 0.3 mm wide, and its stabilized UV output is more than 150 W at 248 nm. A masked imaging system can also be connected, if required. Each laser pulse can reach an energy of more than 1 J, allowing both removal of various materials at a micrometer resolution and rapid, selective processing of layer systems in the micro- and nanometer range. "No other system can match this combination of precision and processing speed," says Ralph Delmdahl, product marketing manager for Coherent.
"Our goal is to qualify new applications and new materials that can be subsequently scaled up for industrial production," explains Arnold Gillner, head of ablation and joining at Fraunhofer ILT. One of the first areas of focus is processing of fiber composites. The excimer laser, for instance, can be employed for carefully controlled and precise preparation of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) adhesive surfaces. Another application is large-surface removal of release layers in the production of CFRP components. This might have as much potential in aviation as it has in shipbuilding. Targeted modification of surfaces is a further goal of the cooperation. Such modification provides technical components with additional functionalities, which could otherwise be manufactured only with the aid of expensive coatings.
Crucially, the low penetration depth of the UV radiation enables the surface to be functionalized at the same time as maintaining a very low heat input. This makes the excimer laser, due to its very short wavelength, superior even to new ultrashort pulse lasers. The potential applications are extremely diverse. In addition to evaluating procedures for processing strategies, the laser can also be used to investigate novel materials for their machinability. One possible application is the efficient production and modification of nanoscale graphene layers, in which the short wavelength of 248 nm – and the associated high photon energy – plays a decisive role.
Research projects like these indicate that Coherent and Fraunhofer ILT are looking to the long-term in their collaboration. Both partners can use the system jointly with their customers for projects. This provides small and medium-sized companies with a potential technological basis to develop new products with innovative functionalities. (Source: Fh. ILT)
Links: Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Aachen, Germany • Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, California, USA
Further reading: R. Delmdahl & V. Pfeufer: UV Lasers Enable Smart Phones and Other Microelectronics, Laser Technik Journal, online 30. December 2010; DOI: 10.1002/latj.201090107 • R. Delmdahl: Fabricating the Flexible Future, Optik & Photonik, online 16. December 2016; DOI 10.1002/opph.201600039 • Interview: Flexible Display Manufacturing by the Meter, photonicsvies.com, 17 June 2016


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The Smith–Waterman algorithm is a computer algorithm that finds regions of local similarity between DNA or protein sequences.
Keywords: DNA; protein; sequence alignment
Richard Mott, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: September 2005
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005263
The Smith–Waterman algorithm is a computer algorithm that finds regions of local similarity between DNA or protein sequences.
Keywords: DNA; protein; sequence alignment
Arslan AN, Egecioglu O and Pevzner PA (2001) A new approach to sequence comparison: normalized sequence alignment. Bioinformatics 17: 327–337.
Batzoglou S, Pachter L, Mesirov JP, Berger B and Lander ES (2000) Human and mouse gene structure: comparative analysis and application to exon prediction. Genome Research 10: 950–958.
Durbin R, Krogh A, Michison G and Eddy S (1999) Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Gotoh O (1982) An improved algorithm for matching biological sequences. Journal of Molecular Biology 162: 705–708.
Mott R (1997) EST_GENOME: a program to align spliced DNA sequences to unspliced genomic DNA. Computer Applications in the Biosciences: CABIOS 13: 477–478.
Mott R (1999) Local sequence alignments with monotonic gap penalties. Bioinformatics 15: 455–462.
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Sellers P (1974) An algorithm for the distance between two finite sequences. Combinatorial Theory 16: 253–258.
Smith TF and Waterman MSW (1981) Identification of common molecular subsequences. Journal of Molecular Biology 147: 195–197.
Further Reading
Waterman MS (1995) Introduction to Computational Biology Maps, Sequences and Genomes. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Web Links
Pfam (protein families database of alignments and HMMs). Updated May 2002 http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Pfam
SMART (simple modular architecture research tool). Updated May 2002 http://smart.embl‐heidelberg.de