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Over seven centuries the artillery piece has evolved from a status symbol to one of the most deadly weapons wielded by man. Using gunpowder weapons was initially something of a black art, but over the centuries gunnery became a science, a dependable method of breaching fortifications, or overcoming an enemy on the battlefield.
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As the first quarter grinds to an end, we don't have much to show for it. Year to date, the market is flat.
But, that doesn't mean it's been boring. It's been a choppy, volatile year as investors have tried to digest plunging crude oil prices, mixed economic data, and the never-ending speculation over when — or if — the Fed will ever raise rates.
Adding to all of this, the U.S. market is very expensive, by historical norms. The S&P 500 is trading at a cyclically-adjusted P/E ratio ("CAPE") of 27.1 — roughly the valuation at the market tops in 1929 and 2007. The only time in history the market has been more expensive was during the 1990s dot-com bubble. Looking forward, this implies annual returns over the next decade of less than 0.5%, or roughly what you might earn on a CD.
Yet, overseas — and particularly in Europe — the picture is a lot brighter. CAPE ratios are lower, implying better expected returns, but this only tells half the story. Earnings have been depressed for years by the economic malaise and policy uncertainty following the 2010-2012 eurozone crisis. European stocks are even cheaper than they look, thanks to the double whammy of investors awarding a lower price multiple to already-depressed earnings.
Europe is cheap. But, within a cheap continent, Spain, as represented by the iShares MSCI Spain ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP) is a particularly cheap country. And, while Spain is certainly not without its problems (Catalonia is still threatening to secede…), its economy is finally on the mend. Spain's economy is expected to grow at a 2.5% clip this quarter, and the unemployment rate has been steadily ticking down for the past 12 months. The country is still a mess, but it's quietly getting its house in order.
Take a look at the country chart, produced by Research Affiliates, which lists the CAPE (also called the "Shiller P/E") and the expected returns over the next decade. Research Affiliates expects the Spanish market to return 7% per year. I would be thrilled with a decade of 7% annual returns in Spanish equities, but I think these figures could actually prove to be a little too conservative. Let's dig into the specifics.
Research Affiliates builds its return estimates from four pieces: dividend yield, real economic growth, valuation and currency movement. The Spanish stock market currently yields 5%, and Research Affiliates estimates a rather conservative 1.3% real-growth rate. Despite the low CAPE valuation at just 11.6, earnings multiple expansion only accounts for 0.1%. The remaining 0.7% comes from expected appreciation in the euro.
The high dividend yield speaks for itself, though I expect Spanish companies to boost their dividends at a healthy clip going forward. Some of Spain's biggest companies by market cap — including Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) and Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) — have had to slash their dividends over the past few years. But, the pain has now already been taken, and as the Spanish economy improves, I expect to see decent dividend growth.
The estimate of 1.3% annual growth seems a little on the low side, but I'll be generous and give Research Affiliates a pass on this one. And, after the massive run the dollar has had, 0.7% attributed to euro appreciation doesn't seem completely unreasonable.
It's the valuation that I think is grossly undervalued here. With eurozone bond yields at record lows, European stocks should be trading at premiums to their long-term averages. But, in Spain's case, the CAPE of 11.6 is significantly below its long-term average of 15.6. Rather than add 0.1% to annual returns, I believe 0.5%-1.0% seems more reasonable. That would put us closer to 8% annual returns.
Does any of this guarantee that Spain will outperform over the next quarter? No, of course not. But, I would use any selloffs in the Spanish market as buying opportunities. At current prices, Spain is a developed market offering the potential for emerging-market returns.
As of this writing, Charles Sizemore is long EWP, SAN, and TEF.
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For many years, killing off the Mercedes-Benz G-class was a recurring topic at Daimler board meetings. The boxy off-roader, an offspring of a vehicle developed for military applications, simply came from another era. Weren't there better, modern SUVs in the lineup?
More recently, the topic has disappeared from agendas. As luxury customers seek vehicles that are both distinctive and which exhibit some actual authenticity, G-wagen sales are better than ever. Indeed, with 14,000 units sold last year and some hefty profit margins built in, Daimler has started having fun with the G—so much fun, in fact, that it has authorized a considerable budget for low-volume derivatives.
Two years ago, the world was flabbergasted by the G63 AMG 6x6, a non-U.S.-market variation based on a project for the Australian armed forces. There was one problem: Impressing folks with the 6x6 may be a breeze in the deserts of the Middle East, but not so much in European inner cities. It takes considerable skill to direct that three-axle behemoth with anything resembling grace.
It will be far easier to pose and maneuver in the G500 4x4², a prototype of which we just drove. Daimler won't yet officially confirm series production, but with more than 100 units of the hyper-expensive 6x6 having been sold—far beyond expectations—before production ended, the potential for this similar new model is considerable.
The exclusive, common denominator between the G63 AMG 6x6 and the G500 4x4² is the portal axles, which use gears in the hubs to allow the axle to sit higher than the wheel centers in the name of increased ground clearance. The result is a vehicle that can clear 17.7-inch-high obstacles, versus the 8.3 inches of a stock G, as well as ford water up to 39.4 inches deep. The front and rear tracks are also wider by 11.8 inches, and while the standard G-wagen is relatively narrow, this variant comes in at 82.7 inches wide—still not so much that urban driving becomes a chore. On the other hand, its height of 88.6 inches will render many parking structures forbidden territory.
The regular G-wagen seems hard to beat off the road, but thanks to the portal axles, the 4x4² pushes the boundaries of capability to new extremes. We tested the prototype in a half-dry riverbed and on steep, rocky slopes that forced the regular model to throw in the towel—the mega ground clearance and the massively superior approach, departure, and breakover angles of the 4x4² allow for scrambling over even the gnarliest terrain. And thanks to the wide track, it feels stable and planted, with a tip-over point virtually unchanged from the basic G. Helpfully, you can opt for off-road-sized 37-by-12.5-inch mud-terrain tires on 18-inch beadlock wheels; these can be swapped out for 325/55 rubber on 22-inch wheels for on-road pursuits.
On pavement, of course, the G500 4x4² can't perform miracles. Its electronically controlled dampers can be switched between Comfort and Sport settings, and doing so makes a discernible difference in ride and handling, but the steering remains as vague and imprecise as in any other G-wagen. In a straight line, however, the thing moves out with alacrity, thanks in large part to the brand-new, twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, which is derived from AMG's M178 engine. It will show up in many Mercedes-Benz cars in the future, and launching it in a G-class prototype speaks volumes to the importance of this SUV model. Rated here at 416 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque, the new V-8 is likely to yank the 4x4² to 60 mph in less than six seconds, while top speed is rated at 130 mph (Daimler advises that you keep it under 100 mph with the off-road tires fitted). The near-explosive power is underscored by a soundtrack worthy of an AMG, which is trumpeted by dual side pipes that exit ahead of the rear wheels on both flanks.
These side pipes merely accentuate the ultra-aggressive styling, which comes as a welcome result of the jacked-up, wide-track suspension. The wheel arches are made of carbon-fiber composite, and the front fascia is taken directly from the G63 AMG and the G65 AMG. Pricing, by the way, will be somewhere between these two models—if the board decides to move forward on building the thing. We would be very surprised if they don't—it's too impressive and bad-ass not to.


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By David Ould, Stand Firm
Hugh Palmer painted a picture of difficult times ahead, but great confidence in God that they would strive to remain faithful, no matter what the outcome. What came across clearly was a continuing sense of Anglican identity and a great sadness that it was being more and more eroded by those in the Church of England who pursued increasingly unBiblical and therefore ungodly ends. In the face of all this was a gentle and humble reliance on the God "who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy" (Jude 24). These faithful men and women need our consistent prayer and public support.
[…] The second issue was the far more well-known one of women bishops. There was a lot of concern amongst conservatives of various stripes – if General Synod could so readily agree to sweep away guaranteed legal provision (from the 92/93 Acts for the ordination of women to the priesthood), then they could hardly be surprised if a proposed voluntary Code of Practice was not really trusted by conservatives! And yet this was the current position.
More than this, how could the issue move forward and not be one that was considered "non-primary"? This conundrum was likely to be worked out in the issue of ordination. Would new ordinands be required to accept the principle of women bishops or would they be allowed to openly believe and teach the "old orthodoxy"? Even now evangelicals were encouraging their prospective ordinands to make clear to their bishops where they stood and ask that no action would be taken against them for holding a view that currently was (at least officially) regarded as having legitimacy in the Church.
The final issue was that of sexuality. The decade-old "Some Issues in Human Sexuality" was regularly (and perhaps deliberately) misunderstood – particularly by the media – as approving of homosexual relationships among the laity, despite the clear statements otherwise of the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey [wiki]. More than this, there was now a growing regular tide of clergy (and even bishops) who were at best turning a blind eye to blessings and, at times, possibly acting with deceit in their "ignorance". Despite some public showdowns it was the case that teaching in stark contrast to the official and Biblical position was continuing to rise without any discipline.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they will force a vote later this year on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's reversal of landmark Obama administration net neutrality rules and will try to make it a key issue in the 2018 congressional elections.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the issue will be a major motivating factor for young voters the party is courting. "We're going to let everyone know where we stand and they stand," Schumer said at a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington.
Democrats picked up a key vote when Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Tuesday she would back the effort to overturn the FCC's recent move. "She believes that a careful, deliberative process involving experts and the public is warranted to ensure that consumers have strong protections that guarantee consumer choice, free markets, and continued growth," a spokeswoman for Collins said.
The FCC voted in December along party lines to reverse rules introduced in 2015 that barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic, or offering paid fast lanes. A group of state attorneys general immediately vowed to sue.
A trade group representing major tech companies including Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Amazon.com Inc said last week it will support legal challenges to the reversal.
The vote in December marked a victory for AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc and hands them power over what content consumers can access over the internet. It was the biggest win for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in his sweeping effort to undo many telecommunications regulations.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday called the FCC decision "un-American" and an "all-out assault on consumers."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, backs the FCC repeal. A reversal of the FCC vote would need the approval of the Senate, U.S. House and President Donald Trump. Trump also backed the FCC action, the White House said last month.
The FCC order grants internet providers sweeping new powers to block, throttle or discriminate among internet content, but requires public disclosure of those practices. Internet providers have vowed not to change how consumers obtain online content.
Democrats say net neutrality is essential to protect consumers, while Republicans say the rules hindered investment by providers and were not needed.
Democratic Senator Ed Markey said on Tuesday he had 39 co-sponsors to force a vote, but it is not clear when the vote will occur since the new rules will not take effect for at least another three months. "There will be a political price to pay for those who are on the wrong side of history," Markey said.
Republicans control the Senate with 51 votes out of the 100-member body, so Democrats would need at least one more Republican to back overturning the FCC action.
Senator Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat, said the issue was resonating with teenagers and college students. "People are mobilizing across the country to save the free and open internet," he said.
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There are many ladies found in Edinburgh, who manifest a deep interest in the welfare of the Medical Mission, and who aid its operations as only true womanly natures can aid such endeavours. These visitors devote much of their time and substance to the interest of the poor, and one or another of their number may frequently be seen among the congregation at the Cowgate dispensary. While that little table bell is ringing the patients into the consulting room, one of these effective pleaders will sometimes remain in the inner chamber, " to place before them a Triune Jehovah—a Heavenly Father who cannot look upon sin." Is not this a thankless oflice ? No; but it is work requiring the tact and patience of cultured womanliness. How should the Irish be treated ? As Romanists, the Irish would be glad to dispense with gospel teaching. The best things one can say to them, they call Protestantism; and Protestantism they account defiling heresy. Talk to them about Christ, and they will answer, "Oh, the Virgin will intercede for us !". Thus the speaker must preserve her own self-respect, and must do this without awakening the superstitious bigotry of her rude constituents. Besides the Irish, however, other characters are present, whom we can regard more lovingly. Rags, dirt, and vice, have not quite destroyed hope regarding them. They begin to see, or think they do, something attractive in the cross. On hearing the name of Christ, they will look up and say, "Ay, he is the one to save us." To kindle any interest in the minds of such people, is at least encouraging, but while pleased at one symptom of success, perhaps the lady has her ardour damped when one shows peevishness at having time occupied by prayer. "I've got no time for prayer !" "No time for prayer? No time for prayer ?" cries the visitor ; "One day you will have to find time for death !" Some too, manifest an impatience common to rude natures, and so provoke a reprimand from the more peaceably inclined; 6.9., " Can't you be quiet. If you don't want to listen to the lady, we do." A few choice spirits who sometimes.appear, and evince a genuine interest in what is said, probably find their way into one of the Cowgate mission churches. "A friend of mine," said one of this class, "heard you the other day talking about these things here, and when she came home, she told the whole of it to us." "Go and do likewise," replies the lady. Then there is a little girl sitting on the bench, whose love of Bible stories appears to inspire her relatives with excusable pride; for the mother whispers confidentially to her instructor, "She will tell it all over again to-night !" There are many winning traits also found in some of the people here congregated ; traits showing that even the Cowgate cannot totally destroy the heart's susceptibility of good impressions. How do we know this? Because more than once, when the little table bell of the adjoining room has uttered its quick summons, unbidden tears have dimmed the eyes of patients little accustomed to weep. Wives, in whose hearts one might have supposed the last flicker of feminine generosity had died out long ago, have shown their appreciation of the word spoken in season. Gaunt, powerful men, too, in whose hard, vice-marred features you might look in vain for what you would take to be sympathy, have uttered such words as "Good-bye, Ma'am, I won't forget what you have been telling us."
We hope that our readers will now perceive the value in general of
medical missions in crowded towns; and we hope they will learn to regard with favour the parent society at Edinburgh, which so admirably serres as a training institution. Into the innermost dens of sin-stricken districts the agents penetrate, and with the Bible and their healing art for passports, find welcome everywhere. Many, ignorant of the gospel or of morality, are brought into light and liberty, and frequently succour is carried to the destitute or the reduced by misfortune during the most trying season of life. We give an instance of every-day work from the diary of a Manchester visitor :
"I had a patient lately, whose education and intelligence were very much beyond the common run of workiug people. Whenever I essayed to speak to him of Jesus, he was dissatisfied. He often used to say, * Well, I don't think the same as you, we shall not agree upon that point.' His principles were evidently sceptical, and, at times, he would hardly listen to me. The end was approaching. I asked the Lord, many times, how to reach his heart. God answered in a way I did not expect. The patient was confined to his bed, and could hardly breathe, not having strength to expectorate. One very bitter day, he looked blue with the cold. On leaving him, I said, 'You look cold. Yes, he replied, 'I am. I turned down the bed-quilt, and found only a very thin covering beneath. On passing down stairs, the children's bed-room door was open, and evidently the bed-clothing on the cots was very poor. On questioning the wife, I ascertained, that some had been taken from the children's bed to cover the patient. A pair of blankets were sent in. At my next visit, there was a decided change in his manner of speech. After a few words I left him, telling him to look at the fourth chapter of John's Gospel, a few verses of which I quoted. 'The next time I called, to my great joy, I found he had asked his wife to read to him out of the blessed Book. We had now, for the first time after four months' intercourse, prayer together. This poor sinner, at last, saw the wondrous and mysterious love of God in Christ. On referring to his previous state of mind, he said, "The way the Gospel has Been presented to me, is very different to what I have experienced in times gone by. You see, I now understand what the Saviour meant in that passage of Matthew's Gospel, 'I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in : naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me.' Having to be out of town for a day, I went to see him before leaving, I told him it was probably the last time we should meet on earth. "Well, doctor,' he replied, 'we shall meet in heaven, before Him who died for us. The next day I received a hurried message that he was dying, and that he wished me to pray with him, and bid him farewell. On entering the room, he held out his thin hand, grasped mine, and with difficulty I released it. His wife raised him up, and we bowed in prayer, and, again, did this afflicted one strive to pray. His hand was held out again, and he expressed his hope to meet me in the presence of his Saviour. Less than ten minutes after leaving his bedside, his soul passed away. I asked his wife what seemed to have impressed him so suddenly. Well, doctor,' she replied, I think it was the
' blankets. He was completely broken down after that.""
Another affecting instance of good done comes froin Glasgow:
" About the end of July, a poor woman came to the Hall for advice. I found she was labouring under a painful and deadly disease. At her own urgent request, I revealed to her her malady, spoke to, and prayed with her ere she went away. Being utterly unfit for exertion, I got her laid up in bed, and attended her at her own house. About a week after her visit, she thus spoke to me,— When you told me what was the matter with me, I thought I would have sunk through the floor, it was just as if the judge had put on the black cap, and passed sentence of death on me: I am not afraid to die now though. Are you not?' No, for if I die now my soul is saved.''But how do you know that?' * Because I believe in Jesus.' "And Jesus has delivered you from the fear of death ?' 'Yes.' •What led you to this state of mind ?' "The words I heard at the Hall, and especially the prayer you prayed over me, after I heard my sentence passed, took hold of me. I was in a terrible state of mind for some days, but I'm at peace now, for I'm trusting in Jesus, and my soul is safe. It is upwards of four months since this took place, and iho hope of glory is her portion still. One of the last days she was visited, it was observed to her, "You are getting very low down now. Yes,' she answered, "but I'm getting up, too. Truly, indeed had she drunk of the new wine of the kingdom. Early in December, she died in peace."
* And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick." Medical missionaries copy the example of those who received Christ's command, and therefore merit the countenance and sympathy of all who long for the conversion of the world. To such we commend the workers and the work. The Medical Mission of Edinburgh is an immense blessing to the poorest districts of the city. It is a blessing elsewhere also. A harvest of souls is being reaped in other towns of the empire ; while from heathen climes, tidings of suffering alleviated and of Christian conquests won, gladdeu the hearts of those who look on from afar. It was a privilege to have an opportunity of inspecting the powerful philanthropic agency we have described. It will be a reward if our readers, having their interest and sympathy awakened, put their hand to the great work.*
BRAHAM paid tithes to Melchizedek. What then ? well done of him ; it does not follow therefore that I must pay
; tithes, no more than I am bound to imitate any other action of Abraham's. 'Tis ridiculous to say the tithes are God's part, and therefore the clergy must have them; why, so they are if the layman has them. 'Tis as if one of my Lady Kent's maids should be sweeping this room, and another of them should come and take away the broom, and tell for a reason why she should part with it, 'tis my lady's broom ; as if it were not my lady's broom, which of them soever had it.— From "Selden's Table Talk."
Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society. President: W. Brown, Esq., F.R.C.S. Vice-Presidents : Professor Ballour and the Rev. G. D. Cullen, A.M. Treasurer : R. Ormond, Esq., M.D., 43, Charlotte Square. Secretary: B. Bell, Esq., F.R.C.S., 8, Shandwick Place. Superintendent: The Rev. John Lowe, F.R.C.S., at the Students' Home, 56, George Square.
A Political Dissenter.
URING the last month it has been our lot to be abused both in
public and by letter as few men have been, for having in a few sentences expressed our belief that Cæsar had better mind his own things, and let the things of God alone. Many of the letters we have received are of such a character that they would disgrace the cause of Beelzebub himself. Certainly, the alliance of Church and State will never come to an end from want of bullies to defend it. A few communications have been courteous, and even rational, but by far the larger proportion have been simply an amalgam of abusive epithets and foolish bombast. We are by no means fond of such things, and yet so far from being depressed by them they have even caused us a little extra mirth. Our experience as to the effect of furious attacks has been somewhat similar to that of Luther, of whom Michelet has the following note: " Being one day in very high spirits at table, 'Be not scandalised,' he said, 'to see me so merry. I have just read a letter violently abusing me. Our affairs must be going on well, since the devil is
, storming so.'"
From the remarks which follow we most emphatically exempt certain honourable clergymen who love a man none the less for being outspoken, and do not require silence as the price of their friendship. Some such we know and hononr. They are men of a noble stamp; fair antagonists when they must oppose, and brethren in Christ even then. Would God there were more such, and then the exasperations which now embitter discussion would give place to mutual concessions, or at worst to courteous arguments.
Among the charges hurled at us is one which our accusers evidently regard as a very serious one. They call us " a Political Dissenter," and seem as if they had delivered themselves of a terrible epithet, whose very sound would annihilate us. It is a curious fact that neither the sound nor the sense of those awful words has impressed us with fear, or moved us to repentance. Politics, if they are honest, are by no means sinful, or the office of a legislator would be fatal to the soul, and Dissenters, if they dissent from error, are commendable individuals: as, therefore, neither the "political" nor the " dissenter" is necessarily bad, the mixture of two good or indifferent things can scarcely be intolerably evil. One would imagine from the mouthing which our opponents give to the words, that a political Dissenter must be a peculiarly ferocious kind of tiger, a specially venomous viper, or perhaps a griffin, dragon, or "monster dire, of shape most horrible;' but as far as we can make out the meaning of the words, he is only a Dissenter who demands his natural civil rights, a Nonconformist who longs for that religious equality before the law which impartial justice should award to every citizen. A Dissenter who is godly and humble, and knows his duty to his betters, and walks in a lowly and reverential manner to them, is never political; he is styled pious, and held up to admiration at meetings of the Church
Defence Association, though at other places, seeing that with all his piety he is still a Dissenter, he is duly snubbed by the same parish priests who so much admire him. If a Dissenter would have a good report of those within the Established pale he must toady to all rectors, vicars, and curates-he must " bless God for raising up such a bulwark for our Protestant liberties as the Church of England as by law established," or at least he must be contentedly silent under his wrongs, and never open his mouth to obtain his rights. Cease to be a man, and you will be a pious Dissenter; but speak out and show the slightest independence of mind, and you will be an odious political Dissenter. Be thankful for the toleration which you enjoy, and eat your humble pie in a corner, and the rector will condescend to meet you at the Bible Society's meetings; but dare to call your soul your own and you shall be put into the black books, among those dreadful emissaries of Mr. Miall. Piety in the clerical mind is pretty generally synonymous with subservience to their reverences, but we hope that without being utterly impious we may question the correctness of their judgment. Some of the most prayerful, spiritual, and Christ-like men we have ever met with, were as fully convinced of the evils of the present establishment, and as earnest for separation between Church and State, as ever we can be. They were saints, and yet political Dissenters: they lived near to God, and enjoyed daily fellowship with heaven, and yet, like the apostle Paul, they valued their civil rights, and spoke out when they saw them invaded. As names and forms of departed worthies rise before us, men of whom the world was not worthy, who were the political Dissenters of their day, we feel reassured, and are by no means disposed to change our company. The men who judged the piety of our predecessors, as they now judge ours, must be little acquainted with what piety means if they separate it from courage and independence. Their endorsement of our piety we never asked, and if they gave it we should begin to suspect our own position before God. Far from us be the cringing, cowardly sycophancy which makes the poor dissenting minister the patronised minion of the aristocratic rector; equally far from us be the obsequious silence which gains custom for the Nonconformist tradesman who sells his conscience as well as his wares. If these be pious, may we be clear of such piety. To us let it happen to speak the truth and bow the knee to no man, if this be what is meant by being political.
It is easy to throw stones at others, but glass houses should whisper caution. if it be so terrible an evil for a Dissenter to be political, what must be the condition of a political Churchman? Yet every clergyman is just that, since he is the employée of a political church, or rather he is commissioned by the political authorities to attend to the national religion; he is therefore a political Churchman ex officio. Moreover, if it be a serious injury to the piety of a Dissenting minister to attend a meeting of the Liberation Society once in a year, is there no loss of grace in attending a Church Defence Association ? Mr. Spurgeon speaks about a score sentences in a sermon upon Cæsar and his proper sphere, and this is so detrimental to his soul's prosperity that he receives letters by the score from excessively gracious Churchmen who are in agonies over his spiritual declension. This is very kind, and


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Next up is a little something I whipped up for my co-worker. The image is St. Patrick's Day from Sassy Studio Designs. She is actually standing next to a large beer mug, but I fussy cut the mug away so I was left with only our Sassy lass here, colored in Copics.
Same green paper. Martha Stewart border punch. Fabulously funny Graphicat Designs sentiment. I added a bit of bling and some flowers to dress it up a little. The layout is last week's Sketch Saturday (#249). I wasn't in time to link up for it, but liked the sketch so much I used it anyway.
I am absolutely wiped out! I need to get a bit of rest before the work week starts tomorrow (and ANOTHER snowstorm hits us on Tuesday)! Sadly, I won't have a Graphicat Sketches card ready for the new sketch tomorrow, but be sure to head over to check out the new challenge and the amazingly talented Crafty Catz I work with on the design team! (Thanks, Cheri, for giving me a pass on this one!)
I'll leave you with a couple of St. Patty's Day photo ops of my little leprechaun!
|Kayne sporting his St. Patrick's Day hat and a bit o' attitude!
|Kayne and his Papa
|Wearing of the Green
|Happy "Half" Birthday!
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful week!
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Jeff Fisher had Rams scout team player don wig to look like Clay Matthews (photo)
In an interesting way to help his team prepare for its upcoming match-up with the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher had one of the members of the squad's scout team wear a long, blonde wig to mimic the flowing locks of Packers standout linebacker Clay Matthews.
That's scout team player Sammy Brown sporting the wig in the above photo. Brown, a first-year player who was picked up by the Rams as an undrafted rookie free agent, is currently on the practice squad and has only appeared in one game this season, had the unenviable task of playing the role of Matthews to help the offense practice keeping tabs on the dominant linebacker.
Said Fisher, who stated it is a method he has used on previous occasions:
"That's a team-issued deal. I've done that in the past, particularly with Troy Polamalu. When you're playing great players like Polamalu and Matthews, you like to know where they are on the field, and that helps."
Brown claimed the wig was uncomfortable, saying, "I had to take it off," before adding, "That thing was burning my face." Brown also mentioned that a more effective way of mimicking Matthews' play is to "just try to run full speed every play, get off blocks and do crazy stuff."
Yep, that sounds about right. But anytime you can use a prop, in this case, a wig, you might as well take advantage of it. Helps complete the picture, as they say. And who wouldn't want to look like Clay Matthews? That hair is majestic, man. Epic, even.


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The answer is simple: because we provide exceptional service and delicious products to awesome people. Our bakery is so special because it's menu is derived from the top sellers at two five-star bakeries: La Patisserie & Sugar Butter Flour. Both bakeries have won several awards, including the Best Bakery in Silicon Valley 2013.
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A robbery takes place at the ATM on Campbell Avenue. A passerby who witnessed the robbery was shot. Unfortunately, the security cameras cannot pick up the face of the individual that committed the crime. The camera can identify that the robber left a cigarette butt on the keypad of the machine. There is no evidence of anyone else visiting the ATM between the time the theft occurred and the crime was reported. The camera clearly shows that the suspect left in a service van belonging to a company that provides emergency HVAC repairs. As soon as the crimes are reported and connected, the police collects evidence, including fingerprints on the lock of the machine and the cigarette butt. They also call the HVAC company to find out who was on call around the area where the theft and shooting occurred. The police learns that there were three individuals on call that night servicing the area within 10 miles of the ATM machine. The investigators proceed to obtain DNA from mouth swabs of the three suspects and subject it to short tandem repeat (STR) analysis by comparing it to the DNA isolated from the cigarette butt left at the scene. They use this evidence to determine who committed the crime.
You recall that each person carries two copies of 23 chromosomes (for a total of 46 chromosomes); one copy comes from the mother and the other copy from the father. Each of the 23 chromosomes contains a unique set of genes that code for protein (coding DNA), but a significant portion of DNA contains repetitive sequences that do not code for protein (non-coding DNA). Scientists have figured out that there are certain areas of the genome that contain repetitive sequences that occur in tandem, and the number of times these are repeated vary between individuals. This information can be used to create an individual's DNA profile or DNA fingerprint. Figure 1 (below) shows specific regions of human chromosomes where the FBI looks for these repetitive sequences (STRs). These regions are called CODIS sites (COmbined DNA Index System).
Figure 2 (below) shows an example of a CODIS region obtained from the DNA isolated from the cigarette's butt at the crime scene.
You will use this information and visual aids provided to answer the questions on the attached worksheet. When comparing the STRs on CODIS, take into account that as depicted above, the first column corresponds to the sequence of nucleotides on the chromosome inherited from the father and the second column corresponds to the STR sequence inherited from the mother. This extra credit assignment is worth 15 points.
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Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville plans North America's first carbon ion therapy center to fight cancer
The Mayo Clinic plans to build a carbon ion treatment facility to fight cancer at its Jacksonville campus, which Mayo says would be the first of its kind in North America.
Carbon ion therapy has the potential to destroy cancer cells and tumors that are resistant to more traditional radiation therapy methods, without damaging surrounding tissue, said Steven Buskirk, chairman of Mayo's radiation oncology department in Jacksonville.
Carbon ions are 12 times the weight and size of proton ions and may be more effective for certain types of tumors, Buskirk said. "It seems to be a much more destructive type of beam," he said.
The technology will be part of Mayo's integrated oncology facility, announced in June, which will include also include chemotherapy, standard radiation and proton beam therapy.
Kent Thielen, CEO of the Jacksonville campus, said construction of that center will begin within the next year. Proton beam therapy should be available there by 2025, with carbon ion treatment coming shortly after that, he said.
Proton therapy, a targeted treatment for cancer patients, has been available at UF Health Proton Therapy Institute since 2006 and the Ackerman Cancer Center in Jacksonville since 2015. It was introduced at Mayo campuses in Rochester, Minn., in 2015 and Phoenix in 2016.
A Mayo press release says that an outdated form of carbon ion therapy was developed in the U.S. in the 1970s and was used for research purposes. So far, though, the technology is available at just a few centers in Asia and Europe.
Thielen said Mayo has been assessing the therapy for 10 years and has partnered with Hitachi, a Japanese company, to bring it to the U.S. He called it a "very promising technology" that will be part of an arsenal of approaches to battling cancer.
Buskirk said more study is needed, which the Jacksonville center will able to provide. Some tumors seem to be more resistant to other radiotherapy techniques, he said, so exploring carbon ion treatment further could prove fruitful.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to appear at Mayo at 10 a.m. Tuesday to announce the carbon ion therapy project. He'll be the Kinne Auditorium in the Cannaday Building.
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Eurozone ponders best path to 'GEMU'
In the rich lexicon of Brussels acronyms, a new treasure has entered the vocabulary since June: GEMU.
It stands for Genuine Economic and Monetary Union, a term used in the conclusions of the last two European Union summits in a tacit acknowledgement that the single currency created by the 1992 Maastricht Treaty was flawed and woefully incomplete.
It also signals that Europe's leaders are starting to shift their focus from fingers-in-the-dike crisis management to save the euro to a longer-term process of building a more robust, storm-resistant architecture for the currency area.
The aim is to bolt onto the existing governance structures more binding fiscal discipline, common banking supervision and resolution, more effective economic policy coordination and greater democratic oversight of euro zone policymaking.
The battle over the nature of a revamped GEMU will be a long and incremental affair.
"We are not looking at a 'big bang' moment for the eurozone, a sudden mutation that would transform it into a completely different beast,» European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, who is leading the reform exercise, said last week.
At least three competing visions of the future are in play and the central battleground is the trade-off between more financial burden-sharing and more pooling of sovereignty.
For the sake of simplicity, let's call the alternatives NOMU, OLDMU and NEWMU, although in typical EU style, the outcome is likely to be a muddled combination of all the options.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe's most powerful leader, wants more central control over national budgets and economic reforms, with a small new eurozone «solidarity fund» to reward compliance and cushion the impact of painful changes.
Merkel has doggedly opposed any sharing of the debts and liabilities of eurozone governments or their banks, whether by a debt redemption fund, common eurozone bond issuance, a common bank deposit guarantee or retroactive direct recapitalization of bailed-out banks by the eurozone's rescue fund.
Her public position on the euro's future can best be described as NOMU – no mutualisation. It is shared by the Dutch and Finns, fellow AAA-rated north European creditor countries.
Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen sees it as a moral issue. «In Finland, people ask 'is it right that we have to pay the bill come from other countries' politicians' mistakes'. It's easy to understand that it isn't fair."
Merkel has not ruled out the possibility of common eurobonds in the distant future at the end of a long process of fiscal and economic integration. Many EU officials believe she will be more open to burden-sharing solutions after next September's German general election.
But for now she wants far stricter discipline up front, symbolized by Germany's proposal for a euro zone «Sparkommissar» – a super-commissioner with the power to veto national budgets.
Bundesbank board member Andreas Dombret couched the German stance in quasi-religious terms, telling an audience in Dublin that a eurozone banking union must not «cover past sins», for example by taking on some of the Irish government's bank debt.
"Anything else would amount to a fiscal transfer."
However, many analysts believe Merkel will have to take some bigger step towards fiscal transfers or debt mutualisation to win French acceptance of more intrusive EU supervision of national budgets and economic reforms.
"NOMU won't fly with France,» said Jean Pisani-Ferry, head of the Bruegel economic think-tank in Brussels. «I don't think the Germans will manage to impose a right of veto on budgets without a trade-off for euro bonds.
"This may be what Angela Merkel wants, but it's not what she will get."
Not all Germans take such a black-and-white view. The Berlin government's council of economic advisers has proposed creating a temporary redemption fund that would issue common euro zone bonds to help countries pay off their excessive debt stock beyond the EU treaty limit of 60 percent.
This could be dubbed OLDMU – mutualising legacy debts and liabilities.
It would help heavily indebted countries such as Greece, Italy and Ireland, but also potentially France and Germany, to get back to a sustainable debt level over 15 to 20 years, while each country would remain liable for its own new borrowing.
French President Francois Hollande embraced this version of common eurozone bonds, which some experts see as compatible with recent German constitutional court rulings because it does not create permanent transfers.
One EU official joked that this was a Catholic approach – granting sinners absolution – which would not work in mostly Protestant northern Europe.
Another form of OLDMU would involve allowing the eurozone's permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to inject capital directly into banks that have been rescued by bailed-out governments in Ireland and Spain.
That would permit Dublin and Madrid to remove the bank debt from their state balance sheets, making it easier for Ireland to return to capital markets next year, and for Spain to retain market access without requiring a sovereign bailout.
However, Merkel has so far ruled out either a debt redemption fund or retroactive direct recapitalization of banks.
An alternative approach favored by many economists and the more federalist politicians would be to focus on pooling new borrowing by creating a common eurozone debt agency that would issue bonds on behalf of member states up to a permitted quota.
Governments would either be banned from issuing debt above that limit, or would have to do so on a national guarantee, ensuring they would face market discipline.
This NEWMU option – mutualising new liabilities but not legacy debts – is favored by the executive European Commission but has been explicitly ruled out by the German constitutional court and would hence require Berlin to change its Basic Law.
It would also create a permanent handicap race, where some countries had lead in their running shorts due to the burden of old liabilities for sovereign and bank debt.
Cleaning up Spanish banks hit by a burst real-estate bubble is set to cost some 4 percent of gross domestic product – not a huge addition to the national debt unless liabilities spiral.
But Ireland's taxpayers have taken on liabilities equivalent to 40 percent of GDP, a massive burden that will weigh on the economy for a generation unless EU authorities provide some relief.
The EU official, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak in public, calls NEWMU a very Protestant road to salvation. Every country starts with its original sins.


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Joseph Duggar, 25, and Kendra Duggar, 22, are officially parents of three! The Counting On stars welcomed their third bundle of joy, a healthy baby girl named Brooklyn Praise Duggar, on Feb. 19, they confirmed to E! News. The little one weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. at the time of her birth and was 20.25 inches long.
The reality TV personalities first revealed they were expanding their family on August 19, just nine months after welcoming a baby girl. "We are so excited to announce that we have a tie-breaker coming in February. Baby #3 is on the way!" the couple sweetly told PEOPLE. The pair, who tied the knot in September 2017, are already parents to Garrett David, 2, and Addison Renee, 1.
"We are so excited to see Garrett and Addison's reaction when they meet the new baby," they said. "Garrett has already been such a loving big brother to Addison and we look forward to Addison's reaction to a life size baby doll." It came less than one year after the couple welcomed their adorable daughter into the world. The duo revealed the happy news of her birth in November 2019, accompanied by a snap of the newborn bundled up in a pink blanket which perfectly matched the big, pink bow on her tiny forehead.
Joe and Kendra tied the knot in Siloam Springs, Arkansas back in 2017, and welcomed Garrett in June of 2018! A number of other Duggar siblings have also welcomed children in 2020, and Joseph's sis Joy-Anna Duggar, 22, was pregnant with her second child with husband Austin Forsyth, 26, at the same time as Kendra. She gave fans a glimpse at her birthing experience, sharing a vlog from the day she gave birth to little Evelyn Mae Forsyth — and she paused while eight centimeters dilated to put on makeup! Fans were quick to comment on the clip saying she was a big mood. One thing's for sure: there certainly won't be shortage of cousins in the Duggar family!


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Course overview
Structural geology is the study of processes and products of rock deformation. The course will first cover the concepts of deformation, kinematics, force and stress. Then, faults geometry and growth will be analyzed with special emphasis to the brittle regime. The course will cover the techniques of structural geology through a survey of the features and geometries of faults and folds and the techniques of strain analysis. The course will also cover the mechanics of rock deformation, the frictional reactivation theory and the effect of pore fluid pressure in both fracturing and reactivation. In the last part, regional structural geology and tectonic regimes will be introduced.
The course will also deal with the concepts of balanced geological cross-sections construction and with the geometrical reconstruction of fault surfaces at depth. Class lectures will be supplemented by exercises and demonstrations. These will be focused on the usage of the stereographic projection to analyze folds, to perform beds rotations and to reconstruct the kinematics and paleo-stress of faults populations. The concepts of geological map reading and interpretation will be introduced. Throughout the course, all concepts are illustrated with both field and subsurface examples.
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Foliation, cleavage and lineations
Extensional, contractional and strike-slip tectonic regimes, salt tectonics
Cross-section balancing and restoration
The stereonet to solve geological problems
The reading and interpretation of geological maps
Structural geology and structural analysis
Deformation, stress and strain
Stress at lithospheric scale
Fractures brittle deformation and faults
Kinematics and paleostress in the brittle regime
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Unemployment Rises In 75 Of 77 Oklahoma Counties
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reports that unemployment has risen in 75 of the state's 77 counties.
The county-by-county data shows the lowest unemployment rates in the state in June were 2.9 percent in Rogers Mills County and 2.7 percent in Ellis County — both in northwestern Oklahoma.
The highest rates in the data released Tuesday are in southeastern Oklahoma with 9.2 percent unemployed in Latimer County and 8.9 percent in McCurtain County.
The jobless rates fell only in LeFlore and Sequoyah counties. The rate dropped from 8.5 percent to 7.9 percent in LeFlore County and from 9 percent to 7.9 percent in Sequoyah County.
The Oklahoma City metro unemployment rate was 5.4 percent, the Tulsa metro stood at 5.9 percent and the Lawton metro had 7.1 percent jobless.


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The nice folks at Toyota/Lexus/Scion offered a choice: I could spend a week doing a test drive of a 2015 Scion FR-S equipped with a manual transmission or an "Automatic with Paddle Shifters and Dynamic Rev Management." While APSDRM has a certain ring to it, the choice was easy: 6-speed manual, please.
So the car arrives, and it looks great with its Firestorm (brilliant shade of red) paint and its black (and red-trimmed) interior.
And when you climb in behind the steering wheel, it feels as good as it looks, what with aluminum sport pedals and cloth seats that feel as if someone crossed ultra suede with neoprene, and then stuffed a nice pillow between your head and the seat-integrated headrest (for you other old-timers out there, we used to call them high-back buckets).
(Seriously, this seat material is wonderful; my recliner should be so comfortable!)
Grab the leather-trimmed, tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel and your right hand drops (as it should) from the 3 o'clock position right atop the leather-wrapped shift knob.
Wow, you think, this is going to be a great week.
So you start the engine and notice the nice exhaust tone supplied by the cat-back exhaust system installed on this car by TRD, aka Toyota Racing Development. The Monroney pricing sheet also notes that this car has been equipped with a TRD (cold) air filter.
Wow, you think, with a cold air intake and a less restrictive exhaust, this thing must really scoot.
And then you start driving and wonder how miserable it must be to be stuck in the automatically shifted version of this car because you're using the manual to wring every bit of power you can find in the 2.0-liter, horizontally opposed Subaru four-cylinder engine that lies between that TRD intake and that TRD exhaust.
Figuring the cold-air system and less-restrictive exhaust system each might add as much as 5 horsepower to the engine's output, you wonder how the stock 200-hp tuning must feel because this car feels, well, sluggish. So you do some exploring and finally discover that the engine really doesn't even wake up until you have it spinning at more than 5,000 rpm.
A check of the specs sheet shows the engine achieves its maximum horsepower at a screaming 7,000 rpm, and it also shows that the engine can produce only 151 pound-feet of torque and gets to that figure at 6,400 rpm. So not only is there not much torque, it doesn't arrive nearly early enough.
The result, if you're a driving enthusiast, is having to work like crazy to make use of the power available, and at those rpm levels, you probably should forget about the 22 city/30 highway fuel economy figures you find on the Monroney. Those tests are done a normal engine loads, not those just a tick less than redline.
The FR-S is a joint-venture vehicle developed by Toyota and Subaru, with the later supplying the powertrain, even though it is badged as:
and assembling the FR-S and its nearly identical cousin, the BRZ, in its plant in Japan's Gunma Prefecture.
The FR-S is little changed from the 2014 version, though it does get a new shark-fin antenna and more rigid front suspension and new rear shock absorbers, both suspension modifications designed to enhance handling. Our test version also was equipped with a TRD rear anti-sway bar set to further enhance its dexterity when hustled around corners or pushed through curves.
And the handling is nice. The little coupe has its engine in front and its driven wheels in the back. The electric power steering system is both responsive and provides nice feedback. There are disc brakes at each corner, 11.6 inches in diameter up front and 11.4 at the rear. Between the OE changes and the TRD aftermarket bars, the thing is a hoot on cloverleaf-style freeway on ramps.
Our test vehicle rode on Michelin Primacy HP summer tires, 215/45R17 in size and W-rated in for speed.
W-rated tires are rated to168 mph and Tirerack.com notes that they are tires you'd put on an exotic sports car. We add that this FR-S is not such a car.
It is a nice, compact sports coupe that can be fun to drive if you're willing to push up the revs. Still, we think it falls well short of even the V6-equipped Chevrolet Camaro or Ford Mustang, and both of them offer rockin' V8s.
Base price on the 2015 Scion FR-S is $24,900 and includes keyless entry (including the trunk release), variable intermittent wipers, chrome-tipped dual exhaust, projector-beam halogen headlamps with automatic on/off LED taillamps. Inside, there is air conditioning, 6-way adjustable driver's and 4-way front passenger seats (and rear seats we cannot imagine anyone ever actually sitting on), power locks and windows, aluminum pedals, digital and analog speedometer, leather-trimmed steering wheel and cruise control. The standard audio includes a 300-watt (160-watt head unit and 140-watt amplifier) Pioneer system with 6.1-inch touch sceen, HD radio and Bluetooth wireless phone technology. Toyota's STAR safety system is standard, which means stability control, etc., as well as front, seat and curtain airbags.
Our test car sticker for $29,336 and was equipped with those three TRD systems — $1,100 for the exhaust, $550 for the rear bars and $75 for the air filter — as well as optional fog lamps ($495), a center armrest ($249) and what the Monroney calls a "BeSpoke audio featuring Aha" ($1,199).
But we're drivers, not autophiles, though we did learn that BeSpoke audio includes voice navigation and access to 100,000 audio stations including seven Scion "signature" music channels.
All we experienced really was that when the radio is turned off, that 6.1-inch touch screen displays "Audio off" letters across its face. And we'd have traded all that fancy Aha stuff for a rear-view camera display on that touch screen.
Actually, what we'd really want is for Subaru or TRD to equip the Boxer engine with a turbocharger so it had some real punch. After all, there's a 250-hp turbocharged version of the same 2.0-liter engine — and with 258 pound-feet of torque at just 2,000 rpm — available in the Subaru Forester 2.0XT.
2015 Scion FR-S
Vehicle type: 4-passenger coupe, rear-wheel drive
Base price: $24,900 Price as tested: $29,338
Engine: 2.0-liter four-cylinder, 200 horsepower @ 7,000, 151 pound-feet of torque at 6,400 Transmission: 6-speed manual
Wheelbase: 101.2 inches Overall length/width: 166.7 inches / 69.9 inches
Curb weight: 2,758 pounds
EPA mileage estimates: 22 city / 30 highway / 25 combined
Assembled in: Gunma Prefecture, Japan


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Rep. Westlake's House Joint Resolution 5 Passes the Alaska House and Senate with Bipartisan Support
February 22, 2017
Juneau – Today, the Alaska State Senate joined the Alaska House of Representatives in approving House Joint Resolution 5, urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development. The resolution, sponsored by Representative Dean Westlake (D-Kotzebue), underwent minor changes in the Senate and will be taken up again by the Alaska House on Friday. After concurrence, HJR 5 will be forwarded to Congress and President Donald Trump for consideration when developing policy regarding increased oil and gas exploration and development on federal lands in Alaska.
"ANWR holds tremendous untapped oil and gas resources that can be safely developed to the benefit of Alaska, the nation, and the world," said Rep. Westlake. "This resolution expresses the will of the people of Alaska and the Alaska Legislature that it's time to end the partisan gridlock in Washington D.C. by putting aside politics and listening to what the people want."
A United States Geological Survey (USGS) study of the 1002 area of ANWR conducted in 1998 estimated the oil reserves at over 10 billion barrels. That same study estimated that the central North Slope and the 1002 area could contain up to 46 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
"The oil industry in Alaska supports thousands of jobs and is a vital pillar of our economy. Imagine the new jobs that can be created if we can find a way to unlock the economic potential of ANWR by taking the shackles off the industry and letting them do what they do best, which is find and produce oil and gas," said Speaker of the House Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham).
In addition to asking for approval to open up the coastal plain of ANWR, HJR 5 recognizes the states long standing support for renewable and alternative energy resources.
Earlier this month, HJR 5 passed the Alaska House of Representatives by a vote of 31-4. Today, the Alaska Senate passed the resolution by a vote of 18-2.
The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1980 with the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which designated nearly 19.5 million acres as wildlife refuge. Section 1002 of ANILCA set aside 1.5 million acres for possible oil and gas development, but it would take an act of Congress for that development to move forward.
"The ability of the oil industry to safely operate in the Arctic is evidenced by the responsible development of Prudhoe Bay and other fields," said Rep. Westlake. "I have no doubt that legislation can be crafted in Congress that can allow for development in ANWR while protecting the natural environment and the subsistence resources that are vital to my region."
HJR 5 includes language specifically calling for any oil and gas exploration and development that occurs within ANWR to be conducted in a manner that protects the environment and the Central Arctic and Porcupine caribou that sustain the residents of the North Slope.
For more information, contact Jesse Logan in Rep. Westlake's office at (907) 465-5286.


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As a Communication Coach, an award-winning international speaker, and attorney, Zina educates people on the value of effective communication, primarily through conflict.
Zina's skill and experience in communication were borne from her personal experiences growing up in a high conflict environment, which included drugs, alcohol, and mental illness. She understands the destruction and demise people face when they can't communicate: lost relationships, unfulfilling careers, low self-esteem, and diminishing courage. And, she knows it's all avoidable.
In 2019, ten years after Zina opened her law firm, Redefining Divorce, a company designed to support families and their emotional needs through divorce, she noticed many of her couples were reconciling. When Zina asked why - they said, "Because you taught us how to communicate. We just didn't know how and after years of arguing, we had no hope left. Divorce was our only option. When we came to you and you opened our eyes to different styles of communication, we started enjoying each other again and realized we have so much in common, like we used to. We just couldn't see it because we couldn't get past the conflict resulting from our lack of communication skills."
Feeling compelled to impact more people through teaching effective communication skills, Zina created the ZBG Academy. Within this academy, Zina is a highly sought after Communication Coach for individuals, students and staff at universities, as well as individuals in the corporate structure. As a keynote and public speaker, she is inspiring to watch on a stage and is truly invested in sustainable, engaging, and cohesive relationships found only through effective communication.
She reinforces the idea that kindness and compassion are both real and powerful. She emphasizes the importance of being present in all interactions to understand who we are talking with and the proper subject matter. Too often, a single conversation gets interpreted in many different ways because we don't know our audience or how to speak with them. That's where Zina comes in. She provides clarity and practical techniques to quickly identify the audience and appropriate communication styles to get the messages conveyed. Her teachings improve lives, perspective, interactions, productivity, and overall success.
What is a Conflict Communication Coach (CCC)?
Conflict communication coaching uses a specific set of skills and strategies to help individuals and groups effectively manage issues arising from conflict and promotes mindful resolutions through open communication.
Featured Testimonial Didi Wong is an international recognized speaker, entrepreneur, author, educator, and mentor. Didi is the Founder and CEO of The Yes Academy, and was recently featured as a top entrepreneur in The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
This past January, I had the pleasure of speaking with Bernardo Moya during The Best You webinar to talk about how effective communication can change the world around you. Check out the link below for the replay!
#1: You have control over your outcome: you can achieve a work-life balance
Believe it or not, you dictate your outcome through your thoughts, ideas, words, and actions. Visualize your goals and then act on them.
Start your day showing gratitude and appreciation for the things you already have in your life and the things you want in your life. Write down gratitude statements about existing things you are grateful for and then write down gratitude statements about things you want as if you have already received them.
Pay attention during the day to signs that move you closer to attaining them. Before you go to bed, reflect on those things and say or write more gratitude statements about what you experienced.
#2: Prioritize your time
Part of staying intentional in your daily interactions includes managing your time. Instead of booking appointments or events within 15 minutes of each other, give yourself 30 minutes to digest and reflect on each engagement you have.
If we are rushed through everything we do, we can't stay intentional and end up missing valuable time because we aren't focused. Take a few extra minutes and a few extra breaths before moving away and into your next task.
#3: Prioritize your peace
Prioritizing our peace is often overlooked because, unfortunately, it's undervalued. Our emotional health is more important than our physical and mental health; emotional health controls physical and mental health.
Schedule time to turn your phone off, shut the computer down and spend time with yourself doing the things that bring you peace. We can always make more money but we can never make more time.
Manifestation is the ability to visualize a result and then stay engaged and intentional with the visualization until it becomes a reality.
The fastest and easiest way to manifest anything is through gratitude. Be grateful for what you already have, grateful for what is coming, and stay intentional through your journey!
The practice of manifestation requires constant attention to what you desire. It is not enough to say you want something and then sit back and wait for it. You must actively pursue it through your thoughts, intentions, actions and words until you realize the result you are seeking.
The process works through reflection. Manifest a desire, believe it is possible and then pay attention to what is going on around you. At the end of the day, reflect back on your desire and take note of the occurrences you experienced that align with your manifestation. It is also necessary to check your perspective- if you believe in your desire, you will see the occurrences. If you don't, you will miss them.
Be clear about what you desire. Clarity about what you are manifesting is necessary because it impacts the words you use when visualizing and speaking your desire. For example, saying "I want 2 million dollars in 2020," is a great goal except it requires additional words in order for it to manifest. The process of manifesting is centered around energy- what we put out there- this means it needs to be a clear message so the energy knows what to do. Try this: "I will earn 2 million dollars in 2020 by staying present with my goals and in my intentions. I will work to achieve this goal by showing up every day on time, staying focused and listening to my world when it gives me signals to act or not act."
Put faith into something greater than you. This can be different for everyone; some people share their goals with the Universe, others with their God/Gods, some with their Angels, or with your Chief Spiritual Officer (CSO). This requires understanding that you can't do it all- it's a form of delegating.
Visualize your goals and act on them. Start your day by reflecting on the awesome things already in your life and feel gratitude for them. Then, manifest things you want in your life by speaking about them as if they already exist. Pay attention during the day for signs that the energy you put out is working and at the end of your day reflect and take notes on what you experienced around your manifestation.
Be consistent. Continue to have a conversation about your goals and share them with your higher power. Manifestation does not generally operate after one round. It is a constant and intentional process.
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Inspirational Woman Interview: Joyce Ou (August 4, 2015)
Joyce Ou is a freshman at Yale University. An avid journalist and passionate advocate for education, she has been involved with initiatives including leading her school's paper and serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine of Givology, an online nonprofit that aims to address educational opportunities in the developing world. Joyce hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of molecular biology and global affairs, and aspires to improve healthcare systems and global health within and beyond the US.
Women LEAD: What is your background?
Joyce Ou: I immigrated to the U.S. when I was five. I grew up near inner city Los Angeles before moving to a much nicer suburb in the Los Angeles County. The move opened my eyes to economic disparity, and on a personal level, the difference an education – which my new classmates' parents definitely had more of than my own – can make. This, alongside with my experiences as a 3-year-member member of my high school's journalism staff, has driven me to adopt an attitude of global consciousness and empathy. I hope to do more work on a global scale in college, with a specific desire to work on global health.
Women LEAD: You are the Magazine Editor-in-Chief of Givology, a P2P nonprofit that leverages dollar donations to fund education projects in the developing world. Can you share with us some of your experience with Givology?
Joyce Ou: My friend introduced me to Givology because he thought it stood for a cause that I deeply care about: access to education. Givology's transparency and mission statement drew me in, and I decided to get involved so that I can finally convert my passions in actions. Givology is fantastic about allowing new members to head their own project. Knowing this, I pitched the idea of an online magazine to our CEO, Joyce Meng. I strongly believe in the power of writing and wanted to do more journalism work, so I figured overseeing an online magazine was perfectly in my wheelhouse and would be valuable to the organization. Joyce was immediately enthusiastic and supportive, and my primary contribution to Givology was launched. As editor-in-chief, I do the entire layout of the magazine and oversee the writing, which includes editing articles and assembling content. We've completed our first issue which is focused on women's education a few months ago, and I'm currently prepping for the second.
Women LEAD: What inspires you to keep fighting for global access to education?
Joyce Ou: Initially, my parents instilled in me a deep held belief in the value of education. It's not simply the fact that they constantly told me to focus on my schooling, but rather, I became increasingly aware of the transformative power of education as I grew up and saw the sharp differences between my life and my parents'. My parents face limited job opportunities because they lack a college degree. It didn't matter that my dad probably understands physics better than I ever will or my mom never really got a fair chance to properly complete schooling. Because getting an education was never in doubt for me, I will make more than they do because I'll have a college degree. The injustice of this astounds me, and this shock propels me to be invested in educational opportunities for everyone.
Moreover, I saw a change in myself as I advanced through my years of schooling. I grew aware of my privilege, and by extension, I simultaneously grew aware of my power in society as a result of my education. This empowerment should be freely available to all – it's essential for anyone's character growth – so I hope to use my power to make it so that education can continue to empower people like it did for me.
Women LEAD: Why do you think journalism is an important vehicle for instigating social change?
Joyce Ou: Well-written articles have moved me and compelled me to reexamine my viewpoints. This is exactly why I think journalism is an important tool in social activism. Social change may involve policy reform, but true social change ultimately comes from a shift in people's attitudes. Journalism is a driver in this, from courageous investigative pieces shining light on ignored issues to passionate opinion pieces encouraging a new point of view. It can get masses of people to listen, and then, hopefully, to care.
Women LEAD: On a personal level, why does women's empowerment matter to you?
Joyce Ou: I briefly touched upon this two questions ago, but to reiterate, I think empowerment is something that everyone should feel. Empowerment for me personally has encouraged me to challenge the limits of my potential, to do things that enrich my life with a purpose. In simplest terms, I believe empowerment correlates with happiness. Moreover, I believe more individual empowerment will lead to a greater fulfillment of societal potential, or essentially a better society. Women's empowerment is not merely an issue of feminism, but rather one of equality. Of course, men around the world still enjoy more privileges than women, so to achieve equality, women's empowerment needs to be at the forefront of people's minds.
Women LEAD: Can you talk about one woman who has impacted your life?
Joyce Ou: Perhaps this answer is obvious, but my mom has been a big influence. Both implicitly and explicitly, her lack of education has shown me how important education is, from her constant outcries wishing she was more educated to the restrictions she faces because she doesn't have a college degree. It's her example that motivates me to increase accessibility to education.
Women LEAD: Are there books, movies and websites that are inspiring you right now about gender equality, women's empowerment and education?
Joyce Ou: One of my favorite books is Half the Sky, which sparked a serious interest in women's empowerment for me. It opened my eyes to the many injustices women face, from sex trafficking to poor maternal healthcare. Suddenly, the oppression of women transformed from a vague horror story that I could distance myself from to a grim reality that I could no longer ignore. For example, I never even considered how dangerous pregnancy can be, considering how relatively safe it is in the U.S., but Half the Sky gave me an in depth understanding of the lack of maternal healthcare in developing countries as well as the obstacles facing the advancement of maternal healthcare. I can't begin to imagine dealing with the oppression the women in the book faced, and after reading the book, I would like to help make it so that such oppression is not a reality for more women.
Original Women LEAD post found here.


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Acetylsalicylic (pronounced uh-SEE-tuhl-sa-luh-si-lik) acid, commonly known as aspirin, is the most popular therapeutic drug in the world. Sold without a prescription as tablets, capsules, powders, or suppositories (a meltable form for insertion into a body cavity), it reduces pain, fever, and swelling, is believed to decrease the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and may protect against colon cancer and help prevent premature birth. Aspirin is often called the wonder drug, but it can have some serious side effects: its use results in more accidental poisoning deaths in children under five years of age than any other drug.
In the mid- to late 1700s, English clergyman Edward Stone chewed on a piece of willow bark and discovered its analgesic (pain-killing) property after hearing an "old wives' tale" that declared a brew from the bark was "good for pain and whatever else ails you." The bark's active ingredient was isolated in 1827 and named salicin from the Greek word salix, meaning "willow." Salicylic acid was first produced from salicin in 1838. It was first produced synthetically (meaning produced in a lab from chemicals) from phenol (an acidic compound) in 1860. This synthetic product was effective in treating rheumatic fever and gout but caused burning of the throat and stomach upset. In 1897, a chemist named Felix Hoffmann, working at Bayer Laboratories in Germany, synthesized acetylsalicylic acid in a successful attempt to eliminate the side effects of salicylic acid.
Soon the process for making large quantities of acetylsalicylic acid was patented (allowing only the person or company who developed the product to manufacture or sell the product for a set number of years). Aspirin—named for its ingredients, acetyl and spiralic (salicylic) acid—became available by prescription. Its popularity was immediate and worldwide. Huge demand in the United States brought manufacture of aspirin to that country in 1915, when it also became available without a prescription.
Analgesic/anti-inflammatory action. Aspirin is commonly used to relieve pain and reduce inflammation, the body's local response to any event causing tissue damage, which includes pain, redness, swelling, and hotness of the affected area. It works best against pain that is bearable; extreme pain is almost entirely unaffected, as is pain in internal organs. Aspirin blocks the production of hormones (chemical messengers formed by the body) called prostaglandins, which are often released by an injured cell. Prostaglandins in turn trigger the release of two other hormones that make nerves sensitive to pain. Aspirin's blocking action prevents this response and therefore is believed to prevent tissue inflammation. Remarkably, aspirin only acts on cells producing prostaglandins (for instance, injured cells). The effect of each dose lasts approximately four hours.
Analgesic: Compound that relieves pain without inducing loss of consciousness.
Antipyretic: Anything that reduces fever.
Hypothalamus: A small area near the base of the brain where release of hormones influence such involuntary bodily functions as temperature, sexual behavior, sweating, heart rate, and moods.
Platelets: Irregularly shaped disks found in the blood of mammals that aid in clotting the blood.
Inflammation: The body's response to tissue damage, which includes pain, redness, swelling, and hotness of the affected area.
Prostaglandins: Groups of hormones and active substances produced by body tissue that regulate important bodily functions, such as blood pressure.
Antipyretic action. Aspirin's antipyretic (fever-reducing) action is believed to occur at the anterior (frontal) hypothalamus, a portion of the brain that regulates such functions as heart rate and body temperature. The body naturally reduces its heat through perspiration and the dilation (expansion) of blood vessels. Prostaglandins released in the hypothalamus inhibit the body's natural heat-reducing mechanism. As aspirin blocks these prostaglandins, the hypothalamus is freed up to regulate body temperature.
Blood-thinning action. One prostaglandin, thromboxane A 2 , aids platelet accumulation. (Platelets are cells involved in the clotting of blood.) Aspirin inhibits thromboxane production, thus "thinning" the blood. It is frequently prescribed in low doses over long periods for at-risk patients to help prevent blood clots that can result in heart attacks and strokes.
Poisoning. Because aspirin is easily available and is present in many prescription and nonprescription medications, the risk of accidental overdose is relatively high. Children and the elderly are particularly susceptible, as their toxicity thresholds (the point at which the body reacts to a drug dosage as poison) are much lower than average adults. About 10 percent of all accidental or suicidal poisoning episodes reported by hospitals are related to aspirin.
Bleeding. As aspirin slows down platelet accumulation, its use increases risk of bleeding, a particular concern during surgery and childbirth. Aspirin's irritant effect on the stomach lining may cause internal bleeding, sometimes resulting in anemia (a condition in which blood does not have enough red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry a normal amount of oxygen).
Reye's syndrome. Reye's syndrome is an extremely rare disease, usually striking children and teenagers between the ages of three and fifteen who are recovering from a viral infection, such as influenza or chicken pox. Reye's syndrome is characterized by severe vomiting, seizures, and confusion as well as swelling of the brain and the collection of fatty deposits in the liver. If left untreated, the disease can result in coma, permanent brain damage, or death. The cause of Reye's is unknown, but the onset is strongly associated with the treatment of viral infections with aspirin. Incidents of Reye's in children on aspirin therapy for chronic arthritis is significant. In 1985, these observations were widely publicized, and warning labels were placed on all aspirin medications. This resulted in a decline in the number of children with viruses being treated with aspirin and a corresponding decline in cases of Reye's.
Other adverse effects. Aspirin can adversely affect breathing in people with nasal polyps or asthma, and its long-term use may cause kidney cancer or liver disease. There is some evidence that aspirin can delay the onset of labor in full-term pregnancies and, because it crosses the placenta (the organ that provides nourishment to the fetus), may be harmful to the fetus.


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When we are overweight, your belly is one of the critical areas, it is where the extra pounds are deposited and, worse, where more noticeable. Want to lose weight and get a flat stomach? Do not miss these tips to reduce your belly that will bring today.
1. Consume Fruits and Vegetables
If you want to reduce the belly, it is essential that you follow a healthy diet. The best foods for weight loss are fruits and vegetables. These foods are nutritious, low calorie and activity accelerate metabolism, which helps burn fat more quickly.
2. Eat Protein and Whole Grains
When the body handles proteins, burning a lot of energy. This allows eliminating belly fat. At the same time, whole (bread and whole wheat crackers, oatmeal, etc…) Grains are another healthy food. In fact, it was found that those who consume less whole grains regularly develop belly fat which does not.
3. Eat more often
It matters a lot what and how much you eat, but also when. It is shown that consuming snacks or healthy snacks every 3 hours-in addition to the four main foods it provides the body with the energy it needs to burn fat. Yes, you should complement it with exercise!
4. Control Food
One of the best tricks to lose weight is to control your food sizes. If you serve less food, you will get used to eating less and avoid the "empty plate" makes you lose control. Thus, how many times have you eaten not leaved anything on the plate? Keep in mind that the body takes 20 minutes to realize it is full. So, do not be fooled by the eyes!
5. Exercise
The abs is not the only option to strengthen the belly. Emphasize weightlifting. This exercise helps burn fat from all areas of the body, it accelerates the metabolism activity. Other great exercises are cardiovascular activities such as walking, running and biking.
6. Do not Drink Alcohol
Alcohol provides a lot of empty calories, i.e., that are useless. Thus, accelerating weight gain particularly in the belly. Therefore, if you want to get rid of the belly, you have to avoid as much as possible.
Follow these tricks and magic will soon happen. You begin to feel more comfortable with your body and strengthen your self-esteem. So what are you waiting for?


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This year we marked the International Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day with a webTV programme that took viewers on a virtual journey across continents in 90 minutes.
Listen to more than 40 diverse speakers who gave engaging testimonials, shared immediate responses to the crisis, discussed solutions to mitigate the effects of the crisis, and prepared for a 'new normal.'
We have interviewed business owners and entrepreneurs from Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu and Viet Nam.
Learn brand-new business impact data and unique analysis from our flagship SME Competitiveness Report: COVID-19: The Great Lockdown and its Impact on Small Business.
Support the call for action to help small businesses recover in the post-pandemic period from business leaders, chambers of commerce, sector associations, trade and investment support institutions, cooperatives, governments, and international organizations.
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Chris Wells
Phone: 202-580-9780
PMC President: ICER 'Has a Responsibility' to Provide Adequate Time for Public Comment
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2016)
The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) today commends the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) for providing an additional week for public comments on a document related to the scope of ICER's work in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
ICER announced the extension three days after PMC joined other stakeholders in expressing concern about the organization's comment timelines. After meeting with ICER Director of Health Economics Rick Chapman, Ph.D., during a PMC policy committee meeting last week, the Coalition suggested that ICER provide a 30 - 60 day window for public comments.
"Given the significant attention ICER's assessments receive and the recent proposal by CMS to rely on ICER's value standards in the Part B payment demonstration, we believe ICER has a responsibility to allow additional time for stakeholders to provide thorough, thoughtful feedback on the scoping document as well as the draft evidence report," PMC President Edward Abrahams wrote in a comment letter on ICER's draft scoping document for NSCLC.
Abrahams noted in PMC's letter to ICER that federal agencies like FDA and CMS typically provide 30 - 60 days for public comments on significant policy documents. ICER's doing so would give PMC and other organizations enough time to evaluate how its value assessments might impact personalized medicine, which is the focus of President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative and a key aspect of Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Task Force.
In a blog posted yesterday morning, PMC Executive Vice President Amy M. Miller, Ph.D., said PMC looks forward to continuing its engagement with ICER.
"Because ICER plays a unique role in health policy, with health plans being the primary audience for their work, PMC will suggest improvements to ICER's system to ensure that resulting work accounts for the challenges involved in assessing value of treatments that work for specific subgroups of patients," Miller wrote.
Christopher J. Wells
Phone: 202-589-1755
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