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Over the summer of 2012, Microsoft announced support for SQLite on both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
This is exciting news because it allows developers to build enterprise and consumer apps that utilize the world's most widely used embedded database engine. We all know that there's no such thing as ubiquitous wireless connectivity and therefore mobile apps must have an offline data store so users can keep working in the absence of a wireless network. While apps with limited data requirements can serialize data offline as JSON or XML, certain enterprise line of business apps need a true mobile database to meet their larger data requirements.
For those of you who have worked with SQL Server Compact, you'll find SQLite's characteristics to be very familiar. It's an embedded database that runs in-process with your mobile app instead of running as a separate process like a server-based database. It stores data in a single disk file, supports transactions, and doesn't require any type of configuration to get started. I can't emphasize enough the importance of SQLite's full ACID support. Transactions will fully succeed or be safely rolled back in the face of your app crashing, your devices' battery running out, or a full operating system crash.
The size of the database engine is a small as 350kb, and supports all our new platforms whether they're x86, x64, or ARM. SQLite supports most of the SQL92 standard so most database developers should feel right at home. Most of the DDL and DML features you expect are supported.
To get started, go to http://www.sqlite.org/download.html and click sqlite-winrt-3071401.vsix to download the latest Precompiled Binaries for Windows Runtime from SQLite.org as shown below.
Once your download is complete, right-click on sqlite-winrt-3071401.zip and select Open with… as shown below.
In the How do you want to open this file? dialog, uncheck Use this app for all .zip files, scroll down and select Look for another app on this PC.
In the Open with… dialog, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\VSIXInstaller.exe and click Open. This will launch the VSIX Installer as shown below. Click Install.
Of course, there's another way to do this from within Visual Studio by selecting Tools | Extensions and Updates. Expand Online and then search for SQLite. The same SQLite for Windows Runtime that you installed manually will show up with the ability to download and install from within the tool as shown below. You may be asked to restart Visual Studio.
With the SQLite for Window Runtime installed, launch Visual Studio 2012 on your Windows 8 computer and create a new Windows Store app. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on References, and select Add Reference. In the Reference Manager, expand Windows and select Extensions on the left side of the dialog. Check both Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Package and SQLite for Windows Runtime and click OK as shown below.
In order to create an app using SQLite, you won't be able to utilize Any CPU compilation. Therefore, from the Debug combo box, select Configuration Manager. For both Debug and Release Active solution configurations, you must select either x86, x64, or ARM for your Active solution platform. Make sure you switch to Release before submitting your app to the store.
In order to more easily work with SQLite, I suggest you get some wrapper code to help you out so you don't have to PInvoke unmanaged SQLite functions yourself. Your best bet is to right-click on References and select Manage NuGet Packages. In the Manage NuGet Packages dialog, expand Online and then search for SQLite. Your search results will include a lot wrappers, but I need to steer you in the direction of libraries that support x86, x64, and ARM while not depending on ADO.NET. Select the LINQ-friendly sqlite-net library created by Frank Krueger, click Install and then close the dialog to add it to your solution.
We all know that serious mobile enterprise line of business apps require a mobile database to store data downloaded from on-premise and cloud-based servers, data captured in the field, and business transactions that occur on the device. With SQLite we have a robust mobile database solution that spans Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone 8.
Assuming you still don't want to create your own SQLite wrapper, I'll show you how get started with some DDL using sqlite-net in the next article.
– Rob
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A bill that would change the way Louisville's Waste Management district is structured is scheduled to go before a Senate committee Wednesday.
House Bill 246 — which the House approved last month — deals with a low-profile board called the 109 Board, which oversees waste in the city. The 109 Board is made up of five representatives, all appointed by the mayor.
The bill's opponents — which include Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer — say its point is to overturn the city's ban on plastic bags for yard waste. But supporters — among them the Jefferson County League of Cities — say the bag ban isn't the force behind the legislation, and the measure is simply meant to increase transparency.
"What has taken up a lot of ink, unfortunately, has been a fixation among some people who think that this is all designed to throw out the plastic bag ban," said bill sponsor Rep. Jerry Miller of Louisville. "That couldn't be farther from the truth. The leader of the Jefferson County League of Cities is [Jeffersontown] Mayor [Bill] Dieruf. J-town was the first one to ban plastic bags."
So, which is it? What does House Bill 246 actually do?
More Transparency
One thing everyone agrees on — the fact, not necessarily the merit of the action — is that HB 246 will change the makeup of the 109 Board.
The board currently has five members, all appointed by the Louisville mayor. If this bill is signed into law, it would abolish the current board and create a new seven-member board. That board would include a representative from the Jefferson County League of Cities and the waste haulers' association.
The bill also sets term limits for the board. Attorney Schuyler Olt, who represents four small cities, said it is meant to increase transparency.
"I don't understand why the 109 Board has so long operated in the dark to where you can't easily find out even who is on that board. And given the amount of power that it has, it's not a good situation," he said. "I think for what the 109 Board is charged to do, which is obviously very important to our well-being, our public health, we just have to have a more transparent, more involved, more engaged solid waste management board."
'The Politicians Want Power'
But longtime 109 Board member Joyce St. Clair had a different take.
"What it's about is power," she said. "It's simple. You can write paragraph after paragraph, but basically, the politicians want power."
Even after remaking the 109 Board to include greater representation from small cities and waste haulers, the bill gives small cities another way out from following any of the board's regulations.
It says the board has the power to adopt rules and regulations, but then adds: "These rules and regulations shall not be enforceable within the boundaries of the city until approved by the legislative body of the city or, if outside of an incorporated municipality, the legislative body of the consolidated local government, where the rule or regulation is intended to apply."
Which would mean a regulation like the oft-mentioned plastic leaf bag ban, for example, couldn't be enforced in Beuchel or Shively or Jeffersontown unless their city councils signed off on it, too.
Haulers' Fee
There's another part of the bill that has the potential to wreck havoc in the way Jefferson County handles its waste, according to Sarah Lynn Cunningham. She serves on the county's solid waste advisory board and is campaigning against the bill.
A provision would block Metro government and the 109 Board from charging a small city "any fee that is based, directly or indirectly, on the composition of the solid waste stream of that city if the solid waste stream is in conformity with state and federal law for the use of the solid waste management facility receiving the waste."
Cunningham said this could throw a wrench in a 5 percent fee landfills charge for waste — a charge that's not levied on yard waste in paper bags, which is compostable. That money helps fund other waste programs, like the Haz Bin, where residents can dispose of hazardous materials for free.
If HB 246 becomes law, her worry is the small cities will argue they don't have to pay that fee.
"I would say my biggest concern is they would get services for which they haven't contributed any funding, and that's just wrong," she said.
And that could inflict another hit on that plastic bag ban bill: If landfill operators can't charge haulers more for garbage than compostable material, there's no financial incentive to keep yard waste out of the landfill. And that could end up having ramifications for the lifespan of Louisville's landfill, which right now is only projected to last for another 50 years.
HB 246 is scheduled to go before the Senate State and Local Government committee on Wednesday.

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October Construction Recedes 4 Percent
Nov 24, 2014, 09:30 ET
NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The value of new construction starts settled back 4% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $589.8 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics (formerly McGraw Hill Construction). The decline followed the 10% increase reported in September, which was the strongest month for total construction starts so far in 2014. Both nonresidential building and nonbuilding construction lost momentum in October, while residential building posted a moderate gain given further growth for multifamily housing. During the first ten months of 2014, total construction starts on an unadjusted basis were $475.8 billion, up 5% from the same period a year ago.
The October statistics lowered the Dodge Index to 125 (2000=100), compared to a revised 129 for September. October's reading for the Dodge Index was the same as the 125 average for the third quarter and above the 117 average for this year's January-September period. "Recent months have shown an up-and-down pattern for construction starts around what is still a rising trend," stated Robert A. Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. "Nonresidential building is making a more substantial contribution this year to the construction expansion, notwithstanding its October decline. Various factors affecting activity for this sector continue to be positive. Market fundamentals such as occupancies and rents are strengthening, the investment community is turning increasingly to real estate development, and more construction bond measures are getting passed, including several substantial school construction bond measures that achieved passage in Texas during the most recent election. This year's retreat by nonbuilding construction has stayed measured, helped in the near term by the recent $10.8 billion 'patch' to the Highway Trust Fund, although the month-to-month performance for nonbuilding construction still reflects the swings shown by the volatile electric utility category. The continued growth for residential building in 2014 is being led by multifamily housing, featuring groundbreaking for numerous multifamily high-rises in major cities, while single family housing remains stalled for now."
Nonresidential building in October fell 14% to $195.2 billion (annual rate), following its 13% jump in September. The institutional building group, after especially strong activity in September, pulled back 19%. The amusement and recreational category in September had been lifted by the start of such projects as the $948 million Atlanta Falcons stadium in Atlanta GA and a $717 million casino in the Washington DC area. While October did include the start of the $300 million arena for the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento CA, the comparison to the exceptional volume in September produced a 57% decline for the amusement and recreational category. Educational facilities in October slipped 5%, easing back from earlier gains, although the latest month did include groundbreaking for a $201 million University of Texas research center in Austin TX. Other educational facilities projects that reached groundbreaking in October included three large high schools, located respectively in Houston TX ($128 million), San Antonio TX ($111 million), and Casper WY ($102 million). October declines were also reported for transportation terminals, down 16%; and public buildings, down 23%. The healthcare facilities category in October was able to rise 11%, with support coming from the start of a $200 million hospital in Buffalo NY and a $172 million medical center in Austin TX. Church construction, while still at a very depressed level, improved 17% in October.
The commercial building group in October held steady with its September pace, reflecting a mixed pattern by project type. Store construction grew 12%, lifted by a $150 million mall expansion in King of Prussia PA, while warehouse construction advanced 31%. Office construction in October slipped 7%, although the latest month did include groundbreaking for several noteworthy projects – a $300 million Facebook data center in Altoona IA, a $250 million office tower in San Francisco CA, and the $132 million office portion of a $195 million office/hotel mixed-use tower in Seattle WA. Hotel construction in October experienced a similar decline, sliding 8%. The manufacturing plant category in October dropped 36%, retreating after its 104% surge in September that featured the start of a $1.3 billion methanol plant in Louisiana. Even with its October decline, the manufacturing plant category did include groundbreaking for several massive projects, including a $618 million wing assembly plant for Boeing in Everett WA and a $350 million solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing plant in Buffalo NY.
Nonbuilding construction, at $148.7 billion (annual rate), decreased 9% in October. Most of the decline was due to a 67% plunge for electric utilities after unusually strong activity in September. The latest month did include the start of one major electric utility project, an $850 million natural gas-fired power plant in Ohio, but this was in comparison to several projects of even larger scale that were entered as September starts. The public works group as a whole increased 8% in October, showing further progress after a 25% increase in September. Highway and bridge construction in October climbed 27%, supported by the $598 million Northwest Corridor project in Atlanta GA. Through the first ten months of 2014, the top five states for highway and bridge construction starts were Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio. States ranked six through ten were Florida, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, and New Jersey. Sewer and waste disposal projects soared 80% in October, boosted by the start of an $800 million carbon capture facility in Texas, while water supply projects improved 20%. Public works categories that declined in October were river/harbor development, down 22%; and miscellaneous public works, down 32%. The miscellaneous public works category had been lifted in September by a large light rail project in Los Angeles CA and a natural gas pipeline in Arizona. Although activity for this category was substantially lower in October, it did include $575 million for the start of renovation work on Wrigley Field in Chicago IL.
Residential building in October grew 11% to $245.9 billion (annual rate). After sliding 20% in September, multifamily housing had a particularly strong month in October, climbing 40%. There were 11 multifamily projects valued at $100 million or greater that reached groundbreaking in the latest month, with the top three as follows – a $433 million high-rise in New York NY, a $272 million high-rise in Brooklyn NY, and a $200 million high-rise in Miami FL. Through the first ten months of 2014, the top five metropolitan areas for multifamily construction starts (in dollars) were New York NY, Miami FL, Washington DC, Los Angeles CA, and San Francisco CA. Metropolitan areas ranked six through ten were Boston MA, Dallas-Ft. Worth TX, Philadelphia PA, Seattle WA, and Houston TX. Single family housing in October was unchanged from its September pace, further extending the essentially flat pattern of activity that's been present since the end of 2013. In October, weaker single family construction was reported in the Northeast, down 5%; and the South Central, down 2%; while gains were reported in the West and South Atlantic, each up 2%; and the Midwest, up 3%. Murray indicated, "Despite very low mortgage rates, with the 30-year fixed rate hovering around 4.0%, it still remains difficult for first-time homebuyers to get a mortgage. On a hopeful note, the latest survey of bank lending officers by the Federal Reserve did show some easing of mortgage lending standards during this year's third quarter, maintaining the trend towards slight easing that began in the spring."
The 5% increase for total construction starts on an unadjusted basis during the first ten months of 2014 was the result of mixed behavior by the three main construction sectors. Nonresidential building advanced 14% year-to-date, with each of its three components registering growth – commercial building, up 14%; manufacturing building, up 52%; and institutional building, up 5%. Residential building improved 7% year-to-date, with single family housing up only 2% while multifamily housing jumped 25%. Nonbuilding construction fell 8% year-to-date, with public works down 7% and electric utilities down 14%. By geography, total construction starts during the January-October period of 2014 showed growth in all five regions – the South Central, up 13%; the South Atlantic and the West, each up 4%; and the Northeast and the Midwest, each up 1%.
October 2014 Construction Starts
October 2014 Construction Starts
Monthly Summary of Construction Starts
Prepared by Dodge Data & Analytics
Monthly Construction Starts
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates, In Millions of Dollars
October 2014
September 2014
% Change
Nonresidential Building
Residential Building
Nonbuilding Construction
Total Construction
The Dodge Index
(Year 2000=100, Seasonally Adjusted)
October 2014……..125
September 2014......129
Year-to-Date Construction Starts
Unadjusted Totals, In Millions of Dollars
10 Mos. 2014
10 Mos. 2013
% Change
Nonresidential Building
Residential Building
Nonbuilding Construction
Total Construction
About Dodge Data & Analytics: Dodge Data & Analytics is the leading provider of data, analytics, news and intelligence serving the North American construction industry. The company's information enables building product manufacturers, general contractors and subcontractors, architects and engineers to size markets, prioritize prospects, target and build relationships, strengthen market positions, and optimize sales strategies. The company's brands include Dodge, Dodge MarketShare™, Dodge BuildShare®, Dodge SpecShare®, Sweets, Architectural Record, and Engineering News-Record. To learn more, visit www.construction.com.
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To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/october-construction-recedes-4-percent-300000159.html
SOURCE Dodge Data & Analytics


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Good points: low running costs, big space, big warranty
Not so good: a bit plastic, too costly in crowded market
Test car details:
Model tested: Mitsubishi Space Star 1.2 Intense
Pricing: €14,495 (Space Star range starts at €11,995)
Engine: 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol
Transmission: five-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Body style: five-door hatchback
Rivals: Hyundai i10, Nissan Micra, Skoda Citigo/SEAT Mii/Volkswagen up!
CO2 emissions: 100g/km (Band A2, €180 per annum)
Combined economy: 65.7mpg (4.3 litres/100km)
Top speed: 180km/h
0-100km/h: 11.7 seconds
Power: 80hp at 6,000rpm
Torque: 106Nm at 4,000rpm
Our view:
Now, we know from answering thousands of car buyers' questions that most people care more about reliability, low running costs, low tax, fuel economy and practicality than they do about how a car corners, sounds or looks, but we got into this job because we love cars and we'll always tell it like we see it. And to us, the Mitsubishi Space Star is a wasted opportunity, plus it's too expensive. Let me explain.
You see, Mitsubishi's new small car has a lot going for it; it's distinctly large inside the cabin (if not in the boot), well-equipped, cheap to tax, ostensibly fuel efficient and it comes with an eight-year warranty. Job done for a lot of people, even when compared with the likes of the Skoda Citigo, SEAT Mii and Volkswagen up! triumvirate.
However, the Space Star lacks the inherent feeling of quality found in those cars. Plus, we find them, even the most basic of which, quite desirable, and astoundingly good to drive. The same cannot be said of the Mitsubishi. Admittedly it's comfy enough in town, but there's a lot of lean through the corners and the steering is particularly long-winded. The engine is a surprise though; it pushes the Space Star along with real verve despite producing only 80hp. A glance at the specs confirms it's a light car, which no doubt helps its fuel economy and emissions figures.
Speaking of specifications, Mitsubishi offers the Space Star in two guises. The 1.0-litre Invite costs €11,995 and it comes with air conditioning, electric front windows, central locking, keyless entry, stability control, split rear seats, USB and aux-in connectivity and electric door mirrors. The €14,495 1.2-litre Intense (as tested) adds Bluetooth, alloy wheels, front fog lights and a leather trimmed steering wheel.
That's a decent amount of equipment, but even so we feel that the Mitsubishi needs to be a couple of thousand Euro cheaper than it is. No matter how attractive it is on paper, we suspect that many will be swayed by the power of some of the bigger brands.
Real alternatives:
Hyundai i10: one of the unsung heroes of the small car market; sensible, if unexciting
Kia Picanto: sister vehicle to the Hyundai and comes with a longer warranty...
Skoda Citigo/SEAT Mii/Volkswagen up!: alluring triplets and right on the same price point as the Mitsubishi


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(St. Luke vii. 11-17.)
THAT early spring-tide in Galilee was surely the truest realisation of the picture in the Song of Solomon, when earth clad herself in garments of beauty, and the air was melodious with songs of new life.26252625 Cant. ii. 11-13. It seemed as if each day marked a widening circle of deepest sympathy and largest power on the part of Jesus; as if each day also brought fresh surprise, new gladness; opened hitherto unthought-of possibilities, and pointed Israel far beyond the horizon of their narrow expectancy. Yesterday it was the sorrow of the heathen Centurion which woke an echo in the heart of the Supreme Commander of life and death; faith called out, owned, and placed on the high platform of Israel's worthies. To-day it is the same sorrow of a Jewish mother, which touches the heart of the Son of Mary, and appeals to where denial is unthinkable. In that Presence grief and death cannot continue. As the defilement of a heathen house could not attach to Him, Whose contact changed the Gentile stranger into a true Israelite, so could the touch of death not render unclean Him, Whose Presence vanquished and changed it into life. Jesus could not enter Nain, and its people pass Him to carry one dead to the burying.
For our present purpose it matters little, whether it was the very 'day after' the healing of the Centurion's servant, or 'shortly afterwards,'26262626 This depends on whether we adopt the reading ͺν τͺ or ͺν τͺ ͺξͺς. that Jesus left Capernaum for Nain. Probably it was the morrow of that miracle, and the fact that 'much people,' or rather 'a great multitude,' followed Him, seems confirmatory of it. The way was long - as we reckon, more than twenty-five miles; but, even if it was all taken on foot, there could be no difficulty in reaching Nain ere the evening, when so often funerals took place. Various roads lead to, and from Nain;26272627 I cannot understand what Dean Stanley means, when he says (Sinai and Palest. p. 352): 'One entrance alone it could have had.' I have counted not fewer than six roads leading to Nain. that which stretches to the Lake of Galilee and up to Capernaum is quite distinctly marked. It is difficult to understand, how most of those who have visited the spot could imagine the place, where Christ met the funeral procession, to have been the rock-hewn tombs to the west of Nain and towards Nazareth.26282628 So Dean Stanley, and even Captain Conder. Canon Farrar regards this as one of 'the certain sites.' But, even according to his own description of the route taken from Capernaum, it is difficult to understand how Jesus could have issued upon the rock-hewn tombs. For, from Capernaum the Lord would not have come that way, but approach it from the north-east by Endor. Hence there can be little doubt, that Canon Tristram correctly identifies the now unfenced burying-ground, about ten minutes' walk to the east of Nain, as that whither, on that spring afternoon, they were carrying the widow's son.26292629 'Land of Israel,' pp. 129, 130. On the path leading to it the Lord of Life for the first time burst open the gates of death.
It is all desolate now. A few houses of mud and stone with low doorways, scattered among heaps of stones and traces of walls, is all that remains of what even these ruins show to have been once a city, with walls and gates.26302630 Captain Conder (Tent-Work in Pal. i. pp. 121, 122) has failed to discover traces of a wall. But see the description of Canon Tristram (Land of Isr. p. 129) which I have followed in my account. The rich gardens are no more, the fruit trees cut down, 'and there is a painful sense of desolation' about the place, as if the breath of judgment had swept over it. And yet even so we can understand its ancient name of Nain, 'the pleasant,'26312631 I cannot accept the rendering of Nain by 'pascuum.' which the Rabbis regarded as fulfilling that part of the promise to Issachar: 'he saw the land that it was pleasant.'26322632 Ber. R. 98, ed. Warsh. p. 175 b: {hebrew}. From the elevation on which the city stood we look northwards, across the wide plain, to wooded Tabor, and in the far distance to snow-capped Hermon. On the left (in the west) rise the hills beyond which Nazareth lies embosomed; to the right is Endor; southwards Shunem, and beyond it the Plain of Jezreel. By this path, from Endor, comes Jesus with His disciples and the great following multitude. Here, near by the city gate, on the road that leads eastwards to the old burying-ground, has this procession of the 'great multitude,' which accompanied the Prince of Life, met that other 'great multitude' that followed the dead to his burying. Which of the two shall give way to the other? We know what ancient Jewish usage would have demanded. For, of all the duties enjoined, none more strictly enforced by every consideration of humanity and piety, even by the example of God Himself, than that of comforting the mourners and showing respect to the dead by accompanying him to the burying.26332633 Ber. 18 a. 26342634 For the sake of brevity I must here refer to 'Sketches of Jewish Social Life,' ch. x., and to the article in 'The Bible Educator,' vol. iv. pp. 330-333. The popular idea, that the spirit of the dead hovered about the unburied remains, must have given intensity to such feelings.
Putting aside later superstitions, so little has changed in the Jewish rites and observances about the dead,26352635 Haneberg (Relig. Alterth. pp. 502, 503) gives the apt reasons for this. that from Talmudic and even earlier sources,26362636 The Tractate Ebhel Rabbathi ('Great Mourning') euphemistically called Massekheth Semachoth, 'Tractate of Joys,' It is already quoted in the Talmud: comp Zunz, Gottesd. Vortr. p. 90, note d. It is inserted in vol. ix. of the Bab. Talmud, pp. 28 a to 31 b. we can form a vivid conception of what had taken place in Nain. The watchful anxiety; the vain use of such means as were known, or within reach of the widow; the deepening care, the passionate longing of the mother to retain her one treasure, her sole earthly hope and stay; then the gradual fading out of the light, the farewell, the terrible burst of sorrow: all these would be common features in any such picture. But here we have, besides, the Jewish thoughts of death and after death; knowledge just sufficient to make afraid, but not to give firm consolation, which would make even the most pious Rabbi uncertain of his future;26372637 Ber. 28 b. and then the desolate thoughts connected in the Jewish mind with childlessness. We can realise it all: how Jewish ingenuity and wisdom would resort to remedies real or magical; how the neighbours would come in with reverent step, feeling as if the very Shekhinah were unseen at the head of the pallet in that humble home;26382638 Nedar. 40 a, lines 6 and 7 from bottom. how they would whisper sayings about submission, which, when realisation of God's love is wanting, seem only to stir the heart to rebellion against absolute power; and how they would resort to the prayers of those who were deemed pious in Nain.26392639 Ber. v. 5.
But all was in vain. And now the well-known blast of the horn has carried tidings, that once more the Angel of Death has done his dire behest.26402640 Moed K. 27 b. In passionate grief the mother has rent her upper garment.26412641 Jer. Moed. K. 83 d. The last sad offices have been rendered to the dead. The body has been laid on the ground; hair and nails have been cut,26422642 Moed K. 8 b. and the body washed, anointed, and wrapped in the best the widow could procure; for, the ordinance which directed that the dead should be buried in 'wrappings' (Takhrikhin), or as they significantly called it, the 'provision for the journey' (Zevadatha),26432643 Rosh haSh 17 a and other wise. of the most inexpensive, linen, is of later date than our period. It is impossible to say, whether the later practice already prevailed, of covering the body with metal, glass, or salt, and laying it either upon earth or salt.26442644 Shabb. 151 b; Semach. I.
And now the mother was left Oneneth (moaning, lamenting) - a term which distinguished the mourning before from that after burial.26452645 The mourning up to the time of burial or during the first day was termed Aninah (widowed-mourning, moaning) Jer. Horay. 48 a. The following three, seven, or thirty days (as the case might be) were those of Ebhel, 'mourning.' Other forms of the same word need not be mentioned. She would sit on the floor, neither eat meat, nor drink wine. What scanty meal she would take, must be without prayer, in the house of a neighbour, or in another room, or at least with her back to the dead.26462646 Jer. Ber. 5 d. Pious friends would render neighbourly offices, or busy themselves about the near funeral. If it was deemed duty for the poorest Jew, on the death of his wife, to provide at least two flutes and one mourning woman,26472647 Kethub. iv. 4. we may feel sure that the widowed mother had not neglected what, however incongruous or difficult to procure, might be regarded as the last tokens of affection. In all likelihood the custom obtained even then, though in modified form, to have funeral orations at the grave. For, even if charity provided for an unknown wayfarer the simplest funeral, mourning-women would be hired to chaunt in weird strains the lament: 'Alas, the lion! alas. the hero!' or similar words,26482648 Mass. Semach. i. 9. while great Rabbis were 'wont to bespeak for themselves a warm funeral oration' (Hesped, or Hespeda).26492649 Of these a number of instances are given in the Talmud - though probably only of the prologue, or epilogue, or of the most striking thoughts. For, from the funeral oration a man's fate in the other world might be inferred;26502650 Shabb. 153 a. and, indeed, 'the honour of a sage was in his funeral oration.'26512651 Moed K. 25 a. and in this sense the Talmud answers the question, whether a funeral oration is intended to honour the survivors or the dead.26522652 Sanh. 46 b.
But in all this painful pageantry there was nothing for the heart of the widow, bereft of her only child. We can follow in spirit the mournful procession, as it started from the desolate home. As it issued, chairs and couches were reversed, and laid low. Outside, the funeral orator, if such was employed, preceded the bier, proclaiming the good deeds of the dead.26532653 Shabb. 153 a. Immediately before the dead came the women, this being peculiar to Galilee,26542654 Shabb. 153 a. the Midrash giving this reason of it, that woman had introduced death into the world.26552655 Ber. R. 17 end. The body was not, as afterwards in preference,26562656 Ber. 19 a. carried in an ordinary coffin of wood (Aron), if possible, cedarwood - on one occassion, at least, made with holes beneath;26572657 Jer. Kil 32 b; Ber. R. 100. but laid on a bier, or in an open coffin (Mittah). In former times a distinction had been made in these biers between rich and poor. The former were carried on the so-called Dargash - as it were, in state - while the poor were conveyed in a receptacle made of wickerwork (Kelibha or Kelikhah), having sometimes at the foot what was termed 'a horn,' to which the body was made fast.26582658 Par. xii. 9. But this distinction between rich and poor was abolished by Rabbinic ordinance, and both alike, if carried on a bier, were laid in that made of wickerwork.26592659 Moed K. 27 a and b. Commonly, though not in later practice, the face of the dead body was uncovered.26602660 Semach. c. 8. The body lay with its face turned up, and his hands folded on the breast. We may add, that when a person had died unmarried or childless, it was customary to put into the coffin something distinctive of them, such as pen and ink, or a key. Over the coffins of bride or bridegroom a baldachino was carried. Sometimes the coffin was garlanded with myrtle.26612661 Bez. 6 a Nidd. 37 a. In exceptional cases we read of the use of incense,26622662 Moed K. 27 b; Ber. 53 a. and even of a kind of libation.26632663 Jer. Sheq. ii. 7.
We cannot, then, be mistaken in supposing that the body of the widow's son was laid on the 'bed' (Mittah), or in the 'willow basket,' already described (Kelibha, from Kelubh).26642664 It is evident the young man could not have been 'coffined,' or it would have been impossible for him to sit up at Christ's bidding. I must differ from the learned Delitzsch, who uses the word {hebrew} in translating σορͺς. Very remarkable also it seems to me, that those who advocate wicker-basket interments are without knowing it, resorting to the old Jewish practice. Nor can we doubt that the ends of handles were borne by friends and neighbours, different parties of bearers, all of them unshod, at frequent intervals relieving each other, so that as many as possible might share in the good work.26652665 Ber. iii. 1. During these pauses there was loud lamentation; but this custom was not observed in the burial of women. Behind the bier walked the relatives, friends, and then the sympathising 'multitude.' For it was deemed like mocking one's Creator not to follow the dead to his last resting-place, and to all such want of reverence Prov. xvii. 5 was applied.26662666 Ber. 18 a. If one were absolutely prevented from joining the procession, although for its sake all work, even study, should be interrupted, reverence should at least be shown by rising up before the dead.26672667 Jer. Sot. 17 b, end. And so they would go on to what the Hebrews beautifully designated as the 'house of assembly' or 'meeting,' the 'hostelry,' the 'place of rest,' or 'of freedom,' the 'field of weepers,' the 'house of eternity,' or 'of life.'
We can now transport ourselves into that scene. Up from the city close by came this 'great multitude' that followed the dead, with lamentations, wild chaunts of mourning women,26682668 Sometimes the lament was chaunted simply in chorus, at others one woman began and then the rest joined in chorus. The latter was distinctively termed the Qinah, see Moed K. iii. 9. accompanied by flutes and the melancholy tinkle of cymbals, perhaps by trumpets,26692669 Keth. 17 a; Moed K. 27 b. 26702670 Apparently sometimes torches were used at funerals (Ber. 53 a). amidst expressions of general sympathy. Along the road from Endor streamed the great multitude which followed the 'Prince of Life.' Here they met: Life and Death. The connecting link between them was the deep sorrow of the widowed mother. He recognised her as she went before the bier, leading him to the grave whom she had brought into life. He recognised her, but she recognised Him not, had not even seen Him. She was still weeping; even after He had hastened a step or two in advance of His followers, quite close to her, she did not heed Him, and was still weeping. But, 'beholding her,' the Lord26712671 The term κͺριος for 'the Lord' is peculiar to St. Luke and St. John - a significant conjunction. It occurs only once in St. Mark (xvi. 19). 'had compassion on her.' Those bitter, silent tears which blinded her eyes were strongest language of despair and utmost need, which never in vain appeals to His heart, Who has borne our sorrows. We remember, by way of contrast, the common formula used at funerals in Palestine, 'Weep with them, all ye who are bitter of heart!'26722672 Moed K. 8 a, lines 7 and 8 from bottom. It was not so that Jesus spoke to those around, nor to her, but characteristically: 'Be not weeping.'26732673 So literally. We here recall the unfeeling threats by R. Huna of further bereavements to a mother who wept very much, and their fulfilment (Moed. K. 27 b). And what He said, that He wrought. He touched the bier - perhaps the very wicker basket in which the dead youth lay. He dreaded not the greatest of all defilements - that of contact with the dead,26742674 Kei. i. which Rabbinism, in its elaboration of the letter of the Law, had surrounded with endless terrors. His was other separation than of the Pharisees: not that of submission to ordinances, but of conquest of what made them necessary.
And as He touched the bier, they who bore it stood still. They could not have anticipated what would follow. But the awe of the coming wonder - as it were, the shadow of the opening gates of life, had fallen on them. One word of sovereign command, 'and he that was dead sat up, and began to speak.' Not of that world of which he had had brief glimpse. For, as one who suddenly passes from dream-vision to waking, in the abruptness of the transition, loses what he had seen, so he, who from that dazzling brightness was hurried back to the dim light to which his vision had been accustomed. It must have seemed to him, as if he woke from long sleep. Where was he now? who those around him? what this strange assemblage? and Who He, Whose Light and Life seemed to fall upon him?
And still was Jesus the link between the mother and the son, who had again found each other. And so, in the truest sense, 'He gave him26752675 So literally - and very significantly. to his mother.' Can any one doubt that mother and son henceforth owned, loved, and trusted Him as the true Messiah? If there was no moral motive for this miracle, outside Christ's sympathy with intense suffering and the bereavement of death, was there no moral result as the outcome of it? If mother and son had not called upon Him before the miracle, would they not henceforth and for ever call upon Him? And if there was, so to speak, inward necessity, that Life Incarnate should conquer death - symbolic and typic necessity of it also - was not everything here congruous to the central fact in this history? The simplicity and absence of all extravagant details; the Divine calmness and majesty on the part of the Christ, so different from the manner in which legend would have coloured the scene, even from the intense agitation which characterised the conduct of an Elijah, an Elisha, or a Peter, in somewhat similar circumstances; and, lastly, the beauteous harmony where all is in accord, from the first touch of compassion till when, forgetful of the bystanders, heedless of 'effect,' He gives the son back to his mother - are not all these worthy of the event, and evidential of the truth of the narrative?
But, after all, may we regard this history as real - and, if so, what are its lessons?26762676 Minor difficulties may be readily dismissed. Such is the question, why this miracle has not been recorded by St. Matthew. Possibly St. Matthew may have remained a day behind in Capernaum. In any case, the omission cannot be of real importance as regards the question of the credibility of such a miracle, since similar miracles are related in all the four Gospels. On one point, at least, all serious critics are now agreed. It is impossible to ascribe it to exaggeration, or to explain it on natural grounds. The only alternative is to regard it either as true, or as designedly false. Be it, moreover, remembered, that not only one Gospel, but all, relate some story of raising the dead - whether that of this youth, of Jairus' daughter, or of Lazarus. They also all relate the Resurrection of the Christ, which really underlies those other miracles. But if this history of the raising of the young man is false, what motive can be suggested for its invention, for motive there must have been for it? Assuredly, it was no part of Jewish expectancy concerning the Messiah, that He would perform such a miracle. And negative criticism has admitted,26772677 So Keim, who finally arrives at the conclusion that the event is fictitious His account seems to me painfully unfair, as well as unsatisfactory in the extreme. that the differences between this history and the raising of the dead by Elijajh or Elisha are so numerous and great, that these narratives cannot be regarded as suggesting that of the raising of the young man of Nain. We ask again: Whence, then, this history, if it was not true? It is an ingenious historical suggestion - rather an admission by negative criticism26782678 This is the admission of Keim. - that so insignificant, and otherwise unknown, a place as Nain would not have been fixed upon as the site of this miracle, if some great event had not occurred there which made lasting impression on the mind of the Church. What was that event, and does not the reading of this record carry conviction of its truth? Legends have not been so written. Once more, the miracle is described as having taken place, not in the seclusion of a chamber, nor before a few interested witnesses, but in sight of the great multitude which had followed Jesus, and of that other great multitude which came from Cana. In this twofold great multitude was there none, from whom the enemies of Christianity could have wrung contradiction, if the narrative was false? Still further, the history is told with such circumstantiality of details, as to be inconsistent with the theory of a later invention. Lastly, no one will question, that belief in the reality of such 'raising from the dead' was a primal article in the faith of the primitive Church, for which - as a fact, not a possibility - all were ready to offer up their lives. Nor should we forget that, in one of the earliest apologies addressed to the Roman Emperor, Quadratus appealed to the fact, that, of those who had been healed or raised from the dead by Christ, some were still alive, and all were well known.26792679 Euseb. Hist. Eccl. iv. 3. On the other hand, the only real ground for rejecting this narrative is disbelief in the Miraculous, including, of course, rejection of the Christ as the Miracle of Miracles. But is it not vicious reasoning in a circle, as well as begging the question, to reject the Miraculous because we discredit the Miraculous? and does not such rejection involve much more of the incredible than faith itself?
And so, with all Christendom, we gladly take it, in simplicity of faith, as a true record by true men - all the more, that they who told it knew it to be so incredible, as not only to provoke scorn,26802680 Acts xvii. 32; xxvi. 8; 1 Cor. xv. 12-19. but to expose them to the charge of cunningly devising fables.26812681 2 Pet. i. 16. But they who believe, see in this history, how the Divine Conqueror, in His accidental meeting with Death, with mighty arm rolled back the tide, and how through the portals of heaven which He opened stole in upon our world the first beam of the new day. Yet another - in some sense lower, in another, practically higher - lesson do we learn. For, this meeting of the two processions outside the gate of Nain was accidental, yet not in the conventional sense. Neither the arrival of Jesus at that place and time, nor that of the funeral procession from Nain, nor their meeting, was either designed or else miraculous. Both happened in the natural course of natural events, but their concurrence26822682 The term ξ συγκυρͺα ξ rendered in the A.V. 'chance' (St. Luke x. 31), means literally, the coming together, the meeting, A.V. 'chance' (St. Luke x. 31), means literally, the coming together, the meeting, or concurrence of events. (συγκυρͺα) was designed, and directly God-caused. In this God-caused, designed concurrence of events, in themselves ordinary and natural, lies the mystery of special Providences, which, to whomsoever they happen, he may and should regard them as miracles and answer to prayer. And this principle extends much farther: to the prayer for, and provision of, daily bread, nay, to mostly all things, so that, to those who have ears to hear, all things around speak in parables of the kingdom of Heaven.
But on those who saw this miracle at Nain fell the fear26832683 Lit. 'fear took all.' of the felt Divine Presence, and over their souls swept the hymn of Divine praise: fear, because26842684 ͺτι. God had visited26852685 Significantly, the same expression as in St. Luke i. 68. His people. And further and wider spread the wave - over Judæa, and beyond it, until it washed, and broke in faint murmur against the prison-walls, within which the Baptist awaited his martyrdom. Was He then the 'Coming One?' and, if so, why did, or how could, those walls keep His messenger within grasp of the tyrant?26862686 The embassy of the Baptist will be described in connection with the account of his martyrdom.
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Teamwork can often fly under the radar but it's one of the most worthwhile traits you can possess in your career and in life generally. When you're able to work well with other people, you benefit in so many different ways. Realising the importance of teamwork will ultimately help you to advance your career, impress your employers and succeed in life, so what's not to like?
Read on to learn even more about the importance of working in a team in business and beyond.
Exposure to New Ideas
When you work well with other people, you will not only collaborate, you'll also learn from them and be exposed to new ideas that you might not have otherwise been exposed to. That's a pretty big deal because you can never learn and grow in life unless you're exposed to new ideas. This is something you should embrace and make the most of whenever the chance arises.
Mutual Support
None of us in life are completely independent and solo; we all need the support of others to help us out when we're struggling. That's something that can apply to any tough times you might experience in the workplace, as well as tough times in your personal life. It's not easy to get through those difficult things without support, but working with others provides you with a chance of mutual support.
Keeping Everyone On Your Side and On the Ball
If you're willing to work closely with other people, you'll also get to strengthen the bonds with the people around you at work and in life. You will then find it easier to keep people on your side and focus on what you need to be doing. In your place of work, this is particularly important because you don't want fractious problems detracting from the good work you and your team should be doing.
Making the Most of Other People's Talents for Your Own Ends
You can't do everything by yourself and if you want your career to progress, you're going to need the talents of other people in your team. Things like team building treasure hunts demonstrate the importance of using everyone's skills in order to achieve a common goal. And this can then be transferred to the workplace where everyone combines their talents and abilities to help the business grow.
Efficient Performance
Efficiency is a priority in many workplaces these days, and it's much easier to achieve optimum efficiency if you're good at working with the people around you. Any friction or problems between you and the other people in your workplace will simply cause your tasks and overall output to slow down. For a truly efficient performance, you need to have everyone working together and pulling in the same direction.
If you want to succeed at everything you do in life, you need to understand the role teamwork can play in that success. Working well with others benefits you and everyone around you, so work on getting better at it.


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i needed to *make* something yesterday so i made this simple tag using one of the images from the new {love, joleen} collage sheets (available in march *fingers crossed*). also used vintage wallpaper, glitter, ribbon, su! stamp, and blank tag.
lot's of stuff going on in this neck of the woods. lots of thinking and decisions to be made. lots of prospect and goodness, too. feeling positive + hopeful. hope you're having a beautiful sunday. xo.


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Dow Jones Newswires 06/11/2013 @ 7:15am Japan Tuesday restricted imports of feed wheat from the U.S., suspending shipments from the Pacific Northwest and allowing only Soft Red Winter grade to be offered in the next tender due to concerns over the recent discovery of an unapproved genetically modified strain at an Oregon farm. "We have imposed two conditions for U.S. wheat to be offered in the next [feed wheat] tender. The grade should be Soft Red Winter, and shipments must be made from the Gulf coast," an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries told Dow Jones Newswires. The U.S. is currently investigating the discovery of the unapproved genetically modified wheat in Oregon. The state is a major producer of Soft White grade wheat, which is shipped from the Pacific Northwest. The SRW grade of wheat is produced in the southeast and exported from the Gulf of Mexico. The suspension will continue until the U.S. completes its investigation of the genetically modified strain, the official said. Earlier, Soft White wheat was permitted in Japan's feed wheat import tenders. Japan is seeking 120,000 metric tons of feed wheat and 200,000 tons of feed barley in a simultaneous-buy-and-sell tender for bulk shipment by Aug. 31, the official said. The tender closes Friday. This will be the first SBS tender to be held for feed grain after the controversy over the genetically modified strain erupted in the U.S. around two weeks ago. Japan buys feed wheat only in small volumes. It has bought 443,790 tons of feed wheat and 631,480 tons of feed barley in 20 of the past 31 SBS tenders. The others were canceled over a lack of buyers and sellers. In SBS tenders, the government regulates imports of feed wheat and barley and is the intermediary, while trades are possible only if there are both buyers and sellers. End users can negotiate collectively on the price, quantity and origin before submitting bids to trading companies via the agriculture ministry. Japan buys wheat and barley mostly from Canada, Australia, the U.S. and France. Write to Sameer C. Mohindru at firstname.lastname@example.com Subscribe to WSJ: http://online.wsj.com?mod=djnwires (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 11, 2013 07:53 ET (11:53 GMT) Taylor Scott International
Japan Suspends U.S. Wheat Imports
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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Disha Patani who was last seen in the movie 'M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story', said that she will go bald if the character and the script of the movie demands so.
When asked by the media if she will ever shave her head if the character demands, the actress went on to say:"To think of it, my decision will be based on how passionate I am about the script. If I strongly feel it will benefit the narrative, I will go ahead with it."
Talking about why actresses are not so fond of experimenting with hair looks, the "M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story" actress said: "Most of the actresses have multiple commitments from films to endorsements that require us to maintain a particular look over a long period. Hence, there is never an opportunity to experiment with hair so we just settle for neutral look we can work with across projects."
Disha, ambassador of Garnier Color Naturals, also says that as an actor, her hair gets exposed to various chemicals and serums, so it is more important to take care of it on a regular basis.
"I think colouring your hair is the best way to get a new look," she said, adding that she oils her hair regularly as it not only makes them stronger but also nourishes them from within.
"Since childhood, my mother made sure I oiled my hair and conditioned them properly every week. I still follow that regimen. Plus, I have naturally good quality hair," added Disha.


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As I walk down the hallway,
I notice there is many things to see.
If I look into the eyes of others
I will see what they wish no one else to see…
As I think back on my life,
I have heard evil.
I have seen evil.
I have done evil.
Spoke it; dreamed it;
Wished it; even more!
It is all around me…
… It is in me…
Some people like to share…
Some like to care…
Some like to experiment…
Some don't even dare.
If you look at me, what do you see?
A shy smile; a modest form;
A soft voice; a pink blush…
Yet is it real?
Don't ask me.
I won't tell.
I can't tell,
For I don't know myself…
Am I so good at
Hiding my feelings that
No one will ever believe
That This is how I am?
Am I a sheep in
Wolf's clothing,
Or is it the other
Way around?
I know how I can be…
It is so easy…
To let it all out,
And ruin it all.
If I do snap
And not turn back…
…Will I change
I am tied…
I am bound…
I'm on the floor…
…To lure you in.
You see me,
Helpless and scared.
Your hand reaches to help,
Then I smirk and chain you there.
It's all a trick!
It's all a lie!
I am sick!
I am deprived…
You are shocked.
You ask why.
I bound you more.
"You are mine."
I have my way.
You have no choice.
You are my pet.
I am torn.
I don't want to hurt you!
But I love to see blood…
I don't want to hurt you!
But I love to see tears…
I am sick! I am sick!
How can I think that way?!
I will release you… but
… Will you stay?
I can be loving.
I can be caring.
I can be submissive.
Will you help me?
I have calmed.
I am at peace.
But I may snap again…
…Don't leave, please.
I can be controlling.
I can be obedient.
I can be sadistic.
I can be healing.
I am two.
Not one.
I love it both!
I can't choose at all.
If you like soft,
But not demanding.
If you like it rough,
But not sweet.
You are not for me.
You buy one
You get the other.
Like an Airheads Extreme.


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The much followed and anticipated game Project CARS has been awaited by the fans ever since fundraiser by the developers from the gamer community on a guarantee in share of profits of the game. Project CARS is a racing simulation game developed by the British video game developer Slightly Mad Studios. The game was canceled for release on the previous gen consoles namely the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 and will be hosting all platforms including Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Wii U and Steam OS/Linux versions will also feature the game but their release has been delayed to later in 2015.
Project CARS Delayed
Earlier, the release date is scheduled to be released on 17 March 2015 in the US and 20 March 2015 in Europe which has now been delayed. This is not the first time that the game has been delayed so it is not a new thing for the fans to hear but the good news is that it has been delayed just a couple of weeks and the new release date is set for the 2nd of April 2015. This due to the the developers commitment to provide the fane with the very 'best game (in-game) experience they deserve.' As the head of studio at Slightly Mad Studios said:
"Moving a release date was not an easy decision to make, as we know our fans are eager to get their hands-on on Project CARS, but we know that these extra days will allow us to provide the best game experience that our fans deserve. We assure you the wait will be worth it when the game does arrive early April".
That is quite a confident and positive statement which shows that the hopes for success of the game are high in the developer camp and will certainly encourage more and more people to buy the game. The game is popular is because of its one-of-a-kind simulation model that attracted not only just racing game enthusiasts but also the community at large. While the large scale community fundraiser paved way to make the popular even before the development had actually been started and hence keeping the enthusiasm of the gamers high. We will get to know more about the game when it finally releases on the 2nd of April as not much can be said because of the new idea. But what we can say is that it has already attracted too much attention to be marked right up there as an AAA title.


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SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster has revelead the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest dream team aka the core team!
Europe get ready as the preparations for the forthcoming 2016 Eurovision Song Contest are in full swing in Sweden. Martin Osterdahl, Tobias Aberg and Christer Bjorkman who were also part of the the 2013 ESC core team will be back in action next year as part of the core team. The 2016 Eurovision core team will consist of a total of 8 persons.
The Eurovision Song Contest Core Team
Martin Österdahl – Executive Producer
Johan Bernhagen – Executive Producer
Tobias Åberg – Head of Production
Christer Björkman – Contest Producer
Sven Stojanovic – Show Producer
Lotta Loosme – Head of Communications
Sofi Franzén – Head of Events, City and Partners
Josephine Görander – Executive Assistant and Office Manager
The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 10, 12 and 14 May at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.


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£15m investment plans include a superyacht hanger
Princess has given the clearest sign yet that it plans to focus its resources on building superyachts – not bad for a company that began building 20ft motorboats.
The Plymouth-based boatbuilder has outlined proposals for a £15m redevelopment of its Devonport site, which includes a production hanger to build vessels 100ft and over.
Managing director Chris Gates told BBC News that the development plans are, "a sign of real strength that, in the turmoil of this economic downturn, we are still able to look forward positively".
"This vast facility has already enabled us to move successfully into the 100ft and superyacht arena and we are now entering the next phase of our redevelopment of the South Yard site," he added.
The Devonport Regeneration Community Partnership (DRCP) will make the final decision on whether the plans are to go ahead after Princess submits a formal planning application later this year.
Princess Yachts International began making 20ft dayboats in 1966. It was the first company to embrace GRP mouldings with its debut model the Project 31.
In January 2009, Princess announced its entry into the superyacht industry and scale models of the 32M and 40M (pictured above) were presented at this year's London International Boat Show.
Scheduled for launch late in 2011, the 40M can accommodate 12 guests in six cabins with separate quarters for up to eight crewmembers.


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Creating a Better Real Estate Company
By John P. Wells, Broker, Century 21 Wellsco, Realtors
Traditional Realtor business models have been based on networking, with the source of business being who you know. It meant trying to be everyone's friend and constantly reminding them that you are a Realtor looking for them to send you business. It reminds me of the pyramid marketing companies, in which you are continuously trying to sell to your friends and family. Indeed, the national real estate companies still follow a similar pattern, where the focus is on having as many agents as possible who will do business with people they know, rather than having true professionals each doing a large volume of business. Salespeople at these agencies are recently averaging only a few transactions per year rather than gaining the experience and exposure of full time, dedicated Realtors.
With the advent of the internet followed by the decline in the real estate market, many things have changed. The national brands are struggling. Buyers and Sellers are now able to research agents online, and brand names have become increasingly irrelevant as they seek the right person to represent them. Less skilled full time Realtors became part time and took second jobs, or dropped out of the market completely. At the same time, the industry became increasingly regulated and complex, and the "buyer beware" attitude was replaced with strict consumer protection guidelines. Buyer Agency was created.
Following your heart and doing well what you love to do is the key to success, and that's the route I had to choose. Real Estate companies train their agents to "get the buyer off the fence". Make expansive gestures with their arms to suggest that someone should buy the home. I had to reject much of what I was being taught and recognize that, when representing buyers, my job was to look after their interests and not to sell them a home. When representing sellers, I had to focus on their objectives and at the same time adjust their expectations to reality, not focus on "getting the listing". A listing and open houses are sources of buyer clients, so agents will take overpriced listings with that in mind. Also, the more signs you have in front of houses, the more successful and thus better agent you are in the eyes of the public. None of that is key to doing your job, which is representing the interests of the seller.
What Makes Wellsco Realtors Better?
A key element in Wellsco's marketing strategy was the creation of a popular community website, "HappyInNewburyport.com", where we post ongoing articles of local interest, information about local businesses and non-profits free of charge, allow them to contribute articles, and post on the community calendar. We provide very useful information about real estate. It is key that homes ww list are featured on the front page of the website, giving home sellers the best exposure available.
We have built this company based on the following principles:
1) Client Needs Come First! It is extremely difficult for most to put aside the need to make a sale and get paid and work solely for the best interests of the client, but we seek out agents who are able and will serve their client's needs above all.
2) It is not a Buyer Agent's job to sell the client a home.
3) Listing Agent: Price the house according to the market and represent the house accurately online. A house that sounds and looks better than it is will result in unnecessary traffic and disappointed buyers. We will disclose the issues we are aware of with the property up front, to avoid home inspection renegotiations as much as possible. Accepting an offer that is not based on full knowledge will only hurt the sale.
4) Don't Pressure Customers! When contacted by potential clients, we will not harass them. They will be provided with as much information as we can give them to help their education in the process.
5) Better Service through Specialized Knowledge: Buying or selling a condo has very specific issues that need specialized knowledge. Antique homes are a focused market – why list your home with someone who does not understand how to present it? Buying a beach front home has issues of its own – use a Realtor who knows them! We assist our Realtors in becoming highly trained professionals in specialized fields to serve our clients better than anyone else can.
6) Marketing Your Home: We understand how buyers shop on the internet, and we understand how to attract attention to your home online better than anyone else. Our Newburyport Community website, HappyInNewburyport.com, has become increasingly popular and puts your home in the spotlight. Our specialized websites, both for specific towns and specific property types, reach the buyer who searches for your home more effectively than any other home marketing program.
7) Ethics and Professionalism: This is a serious transaction and we keep a small team of only the best professional Realtors to give you the best possible service.
About John P. Wells, Founder
The founder of Century 21 Wellsco in Newburyport MA, John P. Wells, has an interesting background and a refreshing approach to building a top-notch real estate company.
John grew up in Winchester MA and spent much as his youth as an actor, performing in multiple theaters around Boston. On graduating high school, he travelled to Europe with an American theater company on a European Tour for two years. He landed in Antwerp, Belgium, and decided to stay. Rather than taking advantage of the scholarship offered him by Tufts University, he chose to pay his way through school in Belgium, where he studied International Management. He likes to talk of the frustrations he experienced in learning enough Dutch and French to follow the courses, and had to take courses in Belgium Fiscal and Commercial law… in Dutch.
He graduated with honors with a Masters Degree and went on to work for the university for 8 years, first as lecturer and assistant to the President, and later as dean of the undergraduate program. He left that post to start an international school at the request of the local community, where he remained for 3 years as the headmaster. When he felt the school had reached financial stability, he appointed a professional educator to take it to the next level, and started a company focused on speech recognition technology. In a few years he had branch offices in Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Florence and the South of France. After selling that company in the early 90's he returned to the USA.
His lifelong interest in architecture and real estate led him into designing and building homes and communities in New England, until the recession in 2007 changed the market. He took the real estate exam and obtained his real estate license and started exploring that side of the business, and with the knowledge and experience gained founded Century 21 Wellsco in Newburyport at the beginning of 2012.


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Postcard that made it from Egypt...despite being in the middle of a revolution...
E-mails, instant messages, mobile phones and free calls on Skype and other services have made the art of communicating much easier and enjoyable for me. However, traditional letters are still relevant. I argue that they are even more relevant now than they have been in a long time.
The art of postcard writing has been almost lost, but thanks to a few thoughtful friends it is staying alive!
It used to be a treat to get hand-written letters in the mail, but it was not uncommon. Now, I usually only gets bills and junk-mail -- this is even dwindling because many of my bills come to me by email and advertising is becoming more directed (fewer "blanket" campaigns).
Those days that I do find a rare postcard from a friend in a distant land... it is such a treat!
This last postcard arrived this week in Madrid after a three-week long journey from Egypt. My friends who wrote the letter were on a Nile cruise when the revolution started. Thankfully they were able to leave Egypt a few days later without harm.
I will leave you with my friends' closing words..."Tanks are coming, demonstrators are here and we can't leave the ship!"
...it just wouldn't be the same in an email.
-The United Statesian
PS... Make a list of people you would like to get a postcard from, compile the postal info, take it with you next time you travel, and make someones day with a well writen card.


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With the other half of the dopehouse in attendance (as well as sitting down with Jay Rock for an upcoming Life + Times segment), TDE kicked off their nationwide tour last night in Las Vegas' Cosmopolitan. SHAKE UPDATE: Sadly Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q couldn't make it due to health issues and lame ass hotel security. The show was incredibly dope though, despite this crappy ass video haha.
PREVIOUS: Black Hippy – U.O.E.N.O. (rmx)


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'Westworld': HBO Responds to PETA's Criticism Over Elephant Use
On Monday, after Westworld premiered its third episode Sunday night, PETA blasted the show and HBO for featuring real elephants.
The animal rights organization claimed one of the elephants was from Have Trunk Will Travel, one of the last existing companies to provide the exotic animal for the entertainment industry. And supposedly, one of the elephants in the Westworld scene had been in a video in 2011 showing it being abused on the HTWT training compound.
PETA Manager of Animals in Film and Television Lauren Thomasson expressed her outrage to Casey Bloys, HBO president of programming, in a letter saying:
"All elephants used for TV and film are trained through domination and painful techniques, including the use of sharp metal bullhooks and electric prods. Many animals develop abnormal behavior and become unhealthy, depressed, or aggressive because of the mistreatment that they experience."
"Public opposition to the use of animals for entertainment is stronger than ever — evident from the closure of Ringling Bros. circus after 146 years of exploitation and the dozens of travel companies that have pulled elephant rides from their offerings."
She called for animals in the future to be computer-generated by the "cruelty-free CGI technology that exists today."
This 'Westworld' Theory About Bernard & Teddy Will Blow Your Mind
HBO responded to the criticism:
"All of the animals featured on HBO series are treated with the utmost care and respect for their health, safety and well-being. A certified animal safety representative from American Humane was present at all times during any animal action on the set of Westworld."
"The AHA has confirmed that the animals were well-treated, and the production received the designation of 'No Animals Were Harmed.' We are reviewing the circumstances related to archival training footage which included one of the elephants that appeared in the series. Of course, none of this video was shot during the production and does not in any way reflect practices on our sets."
Westworld, Sundays, 9/8c, HBO


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The best way to enjoy your property is to improve it by using a do-it-yourself project. However, you should know where to start to ensure everything is released the way you want. Using this method and making use of the ideas from this article, your home improvement project will definitely go smoothly.
Before making a property purchase, get a professional to examine it. This avoids you being forced to hear from a possible buyer what needs repairing or replacing, or needing to depend all on your own evaluations. Hiring an inspector is a great way to keep arguments regarding what needs to be fixed as low as possible.
A drill comes in handy for several projects. This tool can create different-sized holes by using screws, in addition to utilizing special attachments for driving the screws. Choose at least a nine-volt drill with a number of attachments.
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Install Minimal ADB and Fastboot drivers on Windows 10, 7, 8, 8.1, XP, and Vista OS. Download and set up Android USB drivers, Fastboot drivers, Universal ADB Interface drivers, and OEM Android Studio SDK for Windows.
Fix ADB not recognized, device not found error using this easy steps guide. Most important, Minimal ADB works on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows OS. Besides, if you ever come across modifying or customizing anything in Android, then you might have heard about ADB and Fastboot.
Besides, ADB is a tool that helps you in rooting, unrooting, accessing recovery, or bootloader mode on your phone. On the other hand, Fastboot helps you in modifying your phone's firmware, unlocking the bootloader, or flashing custom recovery.
Most important, you cannot install complete ROMs with it, but it's helpful for many things that ADB can't do. Installing and setting up ADB or Fastboot tools require you to download Android Studio SDK. Moreover, this is a whole package that you need to set up on your PC.
It is extremely large with 1 GB of size. Additionally, Google made it easy to get ADB and Fastboot without all the junk. However, just to use the usual platform tools, you don't need the whole 1 GB of the package.
Furthermore, this is where this small tool: Minimal ADB comes into the picture. Moreover, this tool lets you easily install ADB and Fastboot on your computer. All the credit goes to shimp208, a recognized developer from the XDA community.
Most importantly, this tool is updated regularly and is extremely lightweight. It allows you to send both Linux shell commands and developer commands to your Android device.
- Updated ADB and Fastboot to version 220.127.116.11
- Automated build tools initial version uploaded to Github
- Uploaded Zip file containing a portable version
- Prepared for eventual open sourcing of Minimal ADB
- Connect your Android device to the computer through a USB cable.
- Enable USB debugging mode on your phone.
- Install the latest USB drivers on your computer.
After implementing the steps mentioned above, let's begin the Minimal ADB installation process.
v1.0.0: Minimal ADB and Fastboot Tool v1.0.0
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v1.2.0: Minimal ADB and Fastboot Tool v1.2.0
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Steps to install Minimal ADB and Fastboot
- Download and extract the zip file on your PC.
- Right-click and Run it as Administrator.
- As you launch it, the ADB and Fastboot Setup wizard will pop up.
- Note: It is recommended to close all other applications before continuing.
- Furthermore, click Next to continue.
- Disclaimer mentioning that only you'll be responsible for any modifications or damage will appear.
- Read it out and click Next.
- Browse and select a destination folder for installing the ADB drivers. Then click on the Next option.
- Note: Only 3.4 MB of free disk space is required.
- Select a destination folder to place the program shortcuts.
- Then click on the Next option.
- Moreover, if you want, you can create a desktop icon to easily access the ADB drivers.
- Or skip it and click on Next.
- Finally, you can click on the Install option to start the installation process.
- Or you can go back to review or change the settings.
- As soon as you click on Install, the Minimal ADB installation process will start.
- Finally, Minimal ADB drivers will be successfully installed on your computer.
- Moreover, click on finish to launch the ADB and Fastboot window as given below.
- When you click finish, the command window (cmd) will open.
- Furthermore, to verify that ADB drivers are installed or not, type the following command and press the enter key:
adb devices
- As soon as you press the enter key, you'll see a message saying 'List of devices attached' along with some random numbers. This will confirm the successful connection of your Android device with a computer using ADB drivers.
Finally! This is how you can install ADB drivers using Minimal ADB and Fastboot tools on your Windows computer. It'll be installed in C:/Program Files/Minimal ADB. For any problems related to this guide, please comment below.
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After seven years, HBO is putting the final stake in True Blood (the final episode airs, Sunday, Aug. 24). The fantasy-horror series embraced camp, but it has always been grounded in the original score composed by Nathan Barr. While the series has introduced a number of new characters and storylines each season, the one constant has been its composer.
Barr has been able to construct distinct musical themes that have become as identifiable as the show's "Soooooookie" utterances. "It's just about finding that part of the character's internal journey that the music wants to help extenuate," Barr explains.
Having seen every single episode, Barr is certainly one of the series' most dedicated viewers. Watching it as a fan first, and a composer second, according to Barr, is the secret to writing music for each episode. "If I can react as a fan," he says, "Then it gives the music a chance to really be a part of the show in a way that's going to be of the best benefit and please the audience." Even when talking to Out, Barr had not yet seen the final episode of the series and had no idea where it was headed, just like every season before it. (Needless to say, there are no spoilers in this story.)
Barr has enjoyed watching the episodes of the seventh and final season because of "the leaps that they are taking in terms of preparing this story for its end," he explains. "This season is so interesting because it is the good-bye of the show to the world." One scene that was written as a farewell gift to gay fans was the steamy sex scene between Jason Stackhouse and Eric Northman. "It was a pretty sensual scene and with two incredibly good-looking guys," he says, saying that he joked that he needed to watch it repeatedly. "It was fun to finally see that happen."
The power of musical composition has personal resonances for Barr as well. It was after he wrote the theme for the 2000 indie film Red Dirt, about a young man coming to terms with his sexuality while living in a small town in Mississippi, that he came out as bisexual. "My mother was challenged by the news when I told her," he says. "Interestingly, it's that theme and that score that she absolutely loves and, somehow, that's a pure expression of that journey for me. It's funny that she was reacting in a very positive way to that emotional journey in that score, but it was much harder for her to come to grips with in real life."
Inspired by Anna Paquin's outspokenness, Barr defends her decision to be vocal about her bisexuality despite people's confusion and criticism. "She's so important to bisexuality because she is in a committed relationship with a man. But from that vantage point, she is still willing to come out and say 'I am a happy bisexual person in a committed relationship with a man.' She isn't all of a sudden straight; she's just made that choice in her life. So I think that's really, really, important. And the other thing that really, unfairly get a bad rap for is: 'Oh, you're just promiscuous! You just want everything.' And that just feels like a load of shit to me, too."
While the show has finally reached its conclusion, True Blood still lives on in Barr's world. The composer made headlines when he revealed that he wanted to bring the show to the stage; an idea that he admits he's had since season one when he wrote the song "Take Me Home" for a scene involving Sookie eating pie after her grandmother's death. Wanting the song to be heard, Barr pitched the idea to show creator Alan Ball, who liked the idea, according to Barr, and helped him pitch it to HBO. "There are no guarantees at this point," he admits, but he's pushing forward. And Barr promises that the musical won't follow the series into such territories as werepanthers. "It's more about finding the essence of what the story is about and if you look at it from that point of view, it actually becomes quite simple because a musical is two hours."
Before fans get a musical, however, they will have to make it through the finale. And like many longtime viewers of the show, Barr does know that the final scene will be a cathartic experience. "I haven't even seen yet… I know that the absolute last scene in the show is going to be really, really emotional."
Fans of Barr can hear his work on FX's The Americans or Hemlock Grove, which debuted its second season on Netflix last month.


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Display ads have become one of today's biggest trends in Internet advertising with huge potential for growth. MarketingLand.com recently reported on why it's suddenly the heyday of display.
A 2011 Forrester study on interactive marketing spending predicted that search dollars will steadily shift toward display through 2016. This is the result of the high PPC for paid search, which is increasingly driving marketers toward the more efficient and effective option of biddable display media. In fact, display advertising is expected to surpass search advertising over the next three years, according to eMarketer.
Another indication that display ads are gaining momentum is Google's surprising decision to start focusing on display ads and mobile search instead of relying so heavily on keyword search. Experts believe that display advertising and mobile search will play a predominant role in Google's future growth.
For marketers still entrenched in search, now is the time to time to start experimenting with display ads, as well as finding ways to integrate their current search strategies with display media. Both can happily co-exist, but marketers shouldn't miss this opportunity to discover where display ads can lead them.
To learn how efficient and effective display media can drive sales, contact MDG Advertising.
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The Colour of Luxe22.3.10
When it comes to infusing bold colour into a space, it's best to take a lesson or two from those who have mastered it. This apartment is located in the spa inspired Miraval Residence in NYC, and was decorated by architect and designer Campion Platt. The walls and wood furnishings in the main living area are light and natural, even zen like in their simplicity. When paired with the bold colour and textures of the sofa, club chairs, window bench and pillows, luxury and style are instantly injected into this space.
In the study, darker wood is used for a rich and warm feel, and is perfectly accented by layers of citrus orange. A velvety sofa, a glass lamp, and leather chair, create depth in varying shades and textures.
And naturally , whether you are starting the day or putting it to rest, a perfect peaceful retreat in luxurious white. Accented only by green in the artwork and in simple floral arrangements.. A wonderful use of space in this bedroom includes a work desk that over looks a city view, and full sized curved sofa to lounge on.
All photos taken from Campion Platt Portfolio, which includes and extensive gallery of many of there other projects.