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Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority with a role to co-ordinate investment to improve the region's transport infrastructure and create a fully integrated, safe and secure network. It is also responsible for assessing and planning the region's future transport needs so the network can meet the demands of businesses and a growing population.
There has been a multi million pound investment programme into the city of Wolverhampton in the UK. A major part of this development has been the new railway station, bus station and metro interchange. There was a need to make sure the opportunity was fully maximised to create a world class public transport interchange at Wolverhampton.
Transport for West Midlands wanted to bring together stakeholders from the various projects to ensure that there were some clear objectives and that they were working together to ensure there was a great interchange at Wolverhampton. They wanted to:
– agree some objectives for delivering world class public transport interchange
– identify opportunities to deliver outstanding interchange
– determine a plan to work together to delivering great customer experience
We facilitated a Customer/ Stakeholder Engagement Event bringing all of the stakeholders together to identify a plan to deliver fantastic interchange. On the day we:
– ran an activity for the project leader to set out their vision for the project
– ran a creative session to determine what great interchange looks like
– we identified all off the opportunities to deliver great interchange
This was able to help inform a partnership between all of the various projects to work together to deliver great interchange in Wolverhampton.
The result of our workshop was that we were able to bring together all of the stakeholders to agree a plan to work together to deliver great passenger experience at Wolverhampton. This was important to realise all of the benefits from the investment that was going into Wolverhampton.
BusinessAdapts allowed us to effectively run a workshop with all of our stakeholders to understand how we can create a world class bus/ rail interchange. This helped informed our work and got the project started in an great way.Stephen Holloway - Transport for West Midlands


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Publication highlights oil-bearing formations - 11/07/2000
A new publication on the geology and oil and gas prospectivity the Great South Basin – a large offshore area southeast of New Zealand – is expected to raise the level of interest in this area by exploration companies.
It is the most comprehensive study available on this large sedimentary basin – the least explored of New Zealand's near-shore oil and gas areas.
Though some of the information has been released independently over the past 10 years, the publication marks the first time all the information has been presented in a single bound volume. The Great South Basin contains many large untested geological structures, some potentially larger than Taranaki's Maui natural gas field, that have all the right components for oil and gas.
" Four of the eight exploration wells that have been drilled since the 1970s have produced sub-commercial quantities of gas condensate. There is ample evidence that this basin contains significant volumes of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons," lead author and petroleum geologist Richard Cook said.
Oil seeps on Stewart Island provide on-land evidence of the basin's worth.
The Great South Basin covers 100,000sqkm, or about 66 percent of the area of the South Island. It extends from offshore Otago to sub-Antarctic waters 300km south of Stewart Island. There are currently no exploration permits in what geologists describe as a moderately high risk area with the potential for high returns.
Water depth in the Great South Basin ranges between 100m and 1250m with an average of about 700m. However, Dr Cook said even the deepest parts of the basin were well within the capabilities of today's drilling and production technology.
Titled Cretaceous-Cenozoic geology and petroleum systems of the Great South Basin, the publication represents a mammoth effort by scientists at the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS). Up to 25 scientists, including world renowned specialists, have contributed to the publication.
Dr Cook said the publication would be invaluable for exploration companies wanting to understand the geology of the area and find out the most likely areas to drill for oil and gas.
" It has drawn on a variety of sources including petroleum exploration company records and many unpublished studies. This has been synthesised with our own extensive research and interpretation. The result is an unprecedented reference for oil exploration companies."
The publication extended the understanding of the oil and gas prospectivity through improved interpretation of offshore seismic reflection survey data, which provides images of rock formations up to 10km below the seabed.
Using source rock geochemistry and subsurface mapping, GNS scientists had produced computer models of where oil and gas is likely to have accumulated.
Dr Cook said the publication was likely to remain an important platform for exploration for many years. It was funded through the government's Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
It is the eighth publication GNS has produced on New Zealand's main sedimentary basins. Earlier publications cover Northland, Taranaki, East Coast North Island, West Coast South Island, Canterbury, Western Southland, and the Chatham Rise.
The Taranaki publication has played a role in helping oil exploration companies find and successfully extract billions of dollars worth of oil and gas.
The Great South Basin publication is available from GNS for $120.
For more information contact:
Dr Richard Cook,
Petroleum Geologist Richard Cook
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For the purposes of this calculation we have automatically entered 60% of the purchase price as the loan amount at an interest rate of 3.5% payable over 15 years, but please feel free to change any of the figures according to your needs.
The premises measure approximately 50m2 with a further terrace to the front of 40m2 with seating for approximately 40 people in total. Reasonably equipped with a good size kitchen to the rear. Refurbished not too long ago and partly re-wired in recent years.
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Terrace offers a corner location, highly visible with frontal signage. Awnings and roll down clear wind shields all around (close in for winter) Note some exterior furniture will be required.
Known to serve a typically British menu with popular homemade pies, soups, roasts, curries and breakfasts. They also offered a takeaway service for people going to the beach and to the airport. They showed all the major sporting events which attract a strong crowd.
Option to continue or run as any type of café or bistro / pub etc..
Plenty of supplier information, menus to get started in a matter of days.
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A previously British owned 'Bar / Café' located on the main road through this popular holiday and residential resort. Plenty of passing trade and an expected following of residents make sure this business would be popular throughout the whole year.
Santa Ponça is a tourist resort on the west coast of Mallorca and it falls within the municipal area of Calvià .
It has grown around a bay. Santa Ponça offers visitors water sports and few Golf curses for those passionate of this game.
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The FINANCIAL -- What makes a person satisfied with their life? This question is obviously too big to be answered by any one study, or even the whole field of opinion research, for that matter. If we look closely, though, the most recent European Values Survey may give us some hints.
The EVS is a decennial survey that asks questions on a wide variety of social topics, and is carried out in the Caucasus by the Georgian member of Gallup International - GORBI. Its questions include several different measures of happiness, or "satisfaction," as well as self-assessed behavioral tendencies that we can analyze to find out what attitudes and behaviors are connected to an overall feeling of satisfaction. For this analysis, we will discuss how answers to the question "All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?" relate to some other attitudes and behaviors.
Respondents were asked to place themselves on a 1-10 "life satisfaction scale," where 1 was dissatisfied and 10 was satisfied. Georgians were much less satisfied than average, but perhaps learning the secrets of the Northern Irish and Luxembourgers can help us to be more satisfied. The first step, it seems, is to avoid politics at all costs.
Politics, Politics
Simply observing the average political argument might give you the hint that people who involve themselves in political discussion frequently become more frustrated or unsatisfied on the whole. These data pretty clearly support the idea: those who said they discuss politics with friends "frequently" were .12 points below the mean life satisfaction rate, whereas those who said they "never" engaged in political discussion were .12 more satisfied.
We also gave our respondents, politically inclined and not, the opportunity to weigh in on the reasons for neediness. We asked "Why are there people in this country who live in need?" and gave them four options: "because they are unlucky," "because of laziness and lack of willpower," "because of injustice in our society," and "it's an inevitable part of modern progress." It's somewhat surprising to find that those who said the problems of the needy were the result of their own laziness were actually more satisfied with life on the whole.
Respondents who felt that modern economic advancement unavoidably has victims were also more satisfied, .31 points above the mean. Those who felt luck plays the primary role were slightly less happy than the mean, but those who found fault in society's injustice were the least happy.
Howdy Neighbor
We asked respondents who they would not like to have as neighbors, as well. As it turns out, this can be pretty well connected to your overall life satisfaction. Those who mentioned that they prefer distance from homosexuals were the most unsatisfied relative to the mean (-.50), along with those who mentioned AIDS patients (-.44) or other races (-.41). In fact, with one interesting exception, mentioning any particular group of people as undesirable correlates to a drop in mean satisfaction. Either "loving thy neighbor" leads to happiness, or those who are happy are accepting of a wider variety of company.
The exception that I mentioned, if you could guess from the first half of this article, is one of an anti-political mindset. Respondents who said they'd rather not live near right or left wing extremists were actually slightly more satisfied than their peers.
So it seems that one small secret of happiness is simple: avoid politics and political extremists. At least on a population level, it makes life a little comfortable.
For this analysis, Georgian Opinion Research Business International had direct access to data from 12 countries in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, making the sample size just under 19,000. Visit our website at gorbi.com


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Malta's Children Commissioner Offers Cautious Reply When Asked Whether Kids Should Be On Social Media
The Commissioner for Children refused to give a straight answer when asked whether children younger than 13 should be allowed allowed to have social media accounts.
"Practically all children have access to technology and this is a good thing as it has many benefits," Pauline Miceli told Lovin Malta. "However, like everything else there are certain risks that children may be exposed to online. Many of the young children we meet are already making use of social media even though, according to the terms and conditions, children should be 13 and over to use most social media platforms. This is very often done without the consent of the parents."
Miceli also called on parents to teach their children to use the internet safely so as to "build resilience" in order to recognise online risks and to balance their time spent online with time engaged in offline activities.
Lovin Malta sought a reaction from Miceli a month ago after Kristina Chetcuti, the partner of former PN leader Simon Busuttil, penned an opinion piece which called out Prime Minister Joseph Muscat for allowing his 11 year-old daughters to have Instagram accounts when the social media giant requires users to be at least 13.
The opinion piece proved controversial due to Chetcuti's statement that Muscat and his wife should be raising their twin children to form a thick skin against school bullies rather than complain about it in public. As several people, including high-ranking government officials, accused Chetcuti of justifying or playing down incidents of bullying, Miceli issued a veil rebuke against the columnist.
"The Office of the Commissioner for Children firmly believes that bullying and harassment is never justified," she said back then. "It is the role of parents/guardians, educators and educational institutions and all other significant adults to ensure that all children, including children of politicians, are protected from all forms of bullying, harassment and/or discrimination. It is only through responsible adult example the children learn to respect their peers even when they do not agree with them."


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Ask the Mayor: When Will Rice Park Road Be Repaved?December 10, 2017, 2:30 PM HST · Updated December 10, 2:30 PM 0 Comments
Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the questions submitted to his staff.
Submit your own questions about County of Maui programs, services, operations or policies to Mayor Alan Arakawa at [email protected], 270-7855 or mail them to 200 S. High St., 9th Floor, Wailuku, HI 96793.
Questions submitted will be considered for inclusion in the "Ask the Mayor" column.
Hello Mayor:
Q: The road near Rice Park is very bumpy. Any chance it will be repaved anytime in the near future?
A: Our Public Works Department says the project to resurface Lower Kula Road was bid out recently, with construction anticipated to begin in Spring 2018. The resurfacing will run from the intersection of Naalae Road past the park to Kula Highway.


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Arroios Solidário is a volunteer pool open to all people who want to participate in the projects, initiatives and activities promoted by this Parish Council. Support for the homeless population and collaboration in logistics or organization of an event such as the World Children's Day are just a few examples of what a volunteer can do, and the volunteer can choose the task for which he or she feels the most comfortable.
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Unleashed Tour September 29th, 2016- Chicago, IL
Thank you for your patienceOctober 1, 2016 - 3:42pm
Thank you for your patience as we worked out some technical difficulties. All photos from the Chicago VIP have been posted.
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Pics look great!! Thanks soOctober 1, 2016 - 5:56pm
Pics look great!! Thanks so much!!
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Hey guys, I k now technologyOctober 1, 2016 - 1:08pm
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Please post pictures fromSeptember 30, 2016 - 8:31pm
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I can't see them pictures I can't wait! Please post them! :)
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Still no pics....
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Skillet, you guys wereSeptember 30, 2016 - 12:13pm
Skillet, you guys were awesome, but some of your fans"including me", want to know when the pics will be downloaded from the Sept 29th show in Chicago. Your PR guy said they would be available 1/2hour after the pics were took. Can you guys look into this, I am one of your VIP fans that have been with you for a long time, God BleSs, Theo
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Agreed- the M&G Host saidSeptember 30, 2016 - 12:09pm
Agreed- the M&G Host said that the pictures would be posted about 45-hour after the event. So, I am also curious
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When will the pics be on hereSeptember 30, 2016 - 4:07am
When will the pics be on here? I met you guys aT the chicago show earlier tonight and got my pic with you but im waiting to see it. Am i doing something wrong?
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Where's the pics?September 30, 2016 - 2:02am
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I was reminded of Kipling's words when just a few minutes after this sighting of rubbish in the street we were seated in the place you can see in the second photograph, gazing on a scene of serenity and beauty.
Every time I come to Sicily there is a period of adaptation when for a while everything seems foreign, I don't know the rules/conventions and it seems very hard to find beauty and grace here.
Always, just 48 hours later people have come forward to make it clear to us what is going on and how things are organised – from getting your washing done to finding the best places to visit or eat.
And there always are such sights and places, it's just that often they don't hove into view without an effort. You could not accuse this country of being manicured in the way I sometimes experience France or subject to the same degree of dominance by big stores as I see in the UK.
The place in the lower photograph is not more than 400 metres from the first but is up a vine-lined alley, next to a lemon grove with only the sign Baia dei Fenici (Bay of the Phoenicians) to indicate its presence. There we sat and gazed over the bay watching the boats go to and fro and eating lovely pasta and seafood for 12 Euros a head, sinking as Pirandello says, 'up to our elbows in comfort'.
This is simply acknowledgment of the light and dark sides of the same place or idea. It is now up to me to find empathy and engagement with both sides in the vote that has so divided our country.
Why was I content to remain? Well, the trickle-down theory worked OK for me and my like because many of us are linked through our work to the success of large companies. We profit from these same companies from our fees and project work. So I am relatively financially comfortable.
And I favour the idea of belonging to something bigger than myself. I cherish the idea of being part of a union of the ideals of peace, social justice and helping each other out. But to my shame I have done nothing to reach out to the less fortunate in other parts of my own country, other than our Talk For Health work in Islington.
If I did not have these connections, nor a job in public service, how could i make ends meet & build a sense of my value and belonging? It might be tempting to run away, to bury my problems.


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On To Port Hedland and Cue
Continuing on in Western Australia, the vastness of the land really hits you. It reminds me of Eastern Montana Hwy 2. Here you are dealing lots of mining and ranching. It is a lonely life out there and you are completely at the mercy of the weather. Still, there is this incredible beauty, a palette of colours done in rocks and earth and dried bush and grass. You share a space but feel like an ant in significance to the breadth and width of it all.
Derek and I were rogue ants. I was the Queen of course. He does not look that good in a dress.
We did not see many caravans in this portion of the trip. The towns were not big and often miles apart. We seldom saw any of the houses that belonged to the land, or even the animals. We did see plenty of trucks traveling to and from the mines . . . and eagles eating road kill.
Port Hedland was one of the bigger towns we ran across, a port that appears in the middle of nowhere and had all kinds of interesting art. Derek had to drag me out of some of the museum/art/stores.
Caravan parks were few and those that existed were pretty basic – a few designated spots out back of a roadhouse where the owners did their best to make some money with gas, food, showers, a few rooms and some space for a couple of caravans. There was no attempt to make it a park or plant any trees for shade. They knew people would not be hanging round, just pulling in for the night. I have to admit they got creative with what they had – just check out the skill in that table they provided us to "picnic" on. The next morning we were treated to skilled dirt fighting by a group of boys still in their 'jammies. Their parents were taking a long quiet walk.
It seemed appropriate to just pull off the road and make our own place. You look for the truck stops and then those that have "pathways" behind the stopping space that lead into the bush. You pray that the Wolf Creek Dude picked another path to travel down that night.
I thought the fact both Derek and I were still alive at that point was cause for celebration. Not only had we survived the snakes and spiders, we outran that Wolf Creek Dude. We had been locked in several confined spaces with both each other and others and there were no dead bodies. Zero. (except for the road kill and I am pretty sure none of those were human beings but take that with a grain of salt as I did not study "comparative mashed body parts" in school) But then Derek pointed out we did not have to invent excuses to celebrate and drink wine. I carried a bottle with me at all times after that. Life is a celebration!
We followed one of the "paths" leading from the truck stops into the brush one night and were sure we were braving a new discovery but there, in the middle of nowhere, someone had preceded us and had thoughtfully left a nice pile of chopped wood. We were grateful. We were so cold that night there was frost on the window in the morning. The wind was freezing cold but we still enjoyed the fire and looking up into that beautiful star lit sky. A rental car with a young couple, another young person and an older woman pulled up. They put up tents and climbed in. We felt so bad for them during the night when it was freezing. Not bad enough to invite them into our heated caravan but I did look out at them a couple of times, through the window, and cluck in concern. I was sure they had to have some Canadian blood in them. We were happy to be their "protection" during the night. I am sure, as late as they pulled in, they had no idea where to stay until they saw our lights. (those are paddy melons … they grow everywhere)
The little towns along the way stood as testaments to another time. The buildings were old, but often in good shape, and always interesting. Dry, hard desert began to morph into lush green farmland with more houses . Again the trees were different and these huge giants that appeared out of nowhere stood as silent sentinels over the land. A storm rolled in and it began to pour.
Cue was a pretty town, deserted at that time of year but we were grateful for a safe, clean place to stop and hook up to. We had the town park to ourselves and hunkered in as the storm howled around us. It was such a peaceful, beautiful spot, I would have liked to stay longer. In the morning the storm had passed, the birds were out and off we set again.
The long road meandered out through beautiful green lush farmland and so much history. It was a small road and pretty much deserted making for a nice casual Sunday morning type of drive.


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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Public Records Show ... College Labor Center Audit Findings
Jason Mercier at the Washington Policy Center posts this about a public records he made to the Evergreen State College for the results of an internal audit of that school's Labor Center. Rather interesting to see what the internal audit found.
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Ghatti Gum Market: Overview
Gum Ghatti is obtained from the dried exudates of a tree found mainly in India and Srilanka called as Anogeissus Latifola. The exudates from the tree are processed in a way that the gums with barks are fed to processing machines where barks are detached from gum. The finer crushed particles are then screened and removed . Then gum is now hand-sorted into various grades according to color and amount of impurity. During the process of particle breakdown, impurities are removed from gum while working on spray so as to dry the soluble friction to obtain powdered gum Ghatti.
Ghatti Gum Market: Drivers & Restraints
The major factors driving the growth of the Ghatti Gum Market is its usage as a flavoring fixative in specific applicants. The major factor driving the market is its use as an emulsifier and stabilizer in beverages and butter containing table syrups. The market also attracts the consumers by the product's capability to improve resistance to water damage. The product is high in demand due to its ability to make a colloidal solution in hot and cold water.
The limitation of the market is the seasonal production capacity of gum ghatti.
The market is expected to grow during the forecasted years due to its usage in a large number of applications and improved technology used for the production process. There are basically three grades of Ghatti gum available which are exported to various countries. The No. 1 grade is light in color with the content of ash and comparatively high viscosity. Number 2 grade is light amber to brown and the third grade i.e. unassorted grade is dark brown to nearly black in color.
Ghatti Gum Market: Market Segmentation
The Ghatti Gum Market is segmented into four parts based on the grade type, application type, function type, and geography. Among Grade type segment, the No. 1 grade is the leading segment in the Ghatti Gum Market due to its use of flavoring fixative in powdered beverages.
Among application type, the food & beverage segment is the leading segment for its major usage in functional processes of emulsifying and stabilizing food ingredients.
Based on the grade type, the Ghatti Gum market is segmented into:
- Grade No. 1
- Grade No. 2
- Unassorted Grade
Based on the application type the Ghatti Gum market is segmented into:
- Beverages
- Paper manufacturing
- Dairy & Frozen Dessert
- Confectionery
Based on the function type the Ghatti Gum market is segmented into:
- Thickening
- Binding
- Gelling
Ghatti Gum Market: Regional Outlook
Regarding geography, Ghatti Gum Market has been categorized into six regions including North America, Latin America, Europe, APEJ, Japan and Middle East Africa. Ghatti Gum market is expected to register healthy growth in the forecast period due to growing demand for flavored products in various applications. Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness promising growth rate for gums, owing to the popularity of western food trends in the forecasted years. Europe is expected to dominate the market for gums of all kinds, in terms of revenue during the forecast period. This is due to the high rate of production and consumption of gums in the region, which also allows for export of Ghatti Gum throughout the world.
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Some of the key players identified in the Ghatti Gum market are:-
- Gum Technology Corporation
- Herbal World
- Krystal Colloids Pvt Ltd.
- Nutriroma
- Penta Manufacturing Company
- Sigma-Aldrich
- Panjiva
- HPI Gums
- ISC Europe
- Kapadia Gum Industries Pvt. Ltd.
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A select group of Higher Colleges of Technology students participated in the most recent edition of the Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy (HFEA), held at the HCT-Sharjah Women's campus (SJW) from November 14-16, 2017.
Aimed at enhancing the business-oriented education of prospective business people, HFEA, HCT, and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have joined forces to promote the belief that entrepreneurship education has the power to become one of the most important economic forces in the world.
Participants received cutting-edge training offered by VCU faculty and insights from local entrepreneurs on the steps and activities for creating and sustaining new ventures.
Aspiring entrepreneurs in the Middle East could be considered to be some of the most connected thinkers in the world, but sometimes an initiative – such as hands-on classes that familiarize the next generation of CEOs with the business world, and teach practical skills in entrepreneurship is needed to encourage creativity and imagination.
Forty students from the HCT- Sharjah Women's, Sharjah Men's, Dubai Women's and Dubai Men's campuses participated in the intensive training workshop. The final day saw over 22 business ideas presented to a group of highly esteemed judges.
The HFEA seed-funded $1,000 to the participant who best demonstrated entrepreneurial capacity. A second place and third place were also chosen by the judges and received $500 seed funding. The winners were:
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Jay Watson has shared a music video for 'Gemini', the first single taken from his new album as GUM.
Watson, who is also a touring band member of Tame Impala, released 'Flash in the Pan' last month, this was his third solo project. The lo-fi video for album track 'Gemini' is filled with astrological signs and was inspired by 80s fantasy films, according to director Sam Kristofski.
"The clip was roughly styled around old children's fantasy shows, like The Neverending Story," explains Kristofski. "I love the idea of people blaming their behavior on their star sign too, so I think that was the whole section around someone crying, and in deep thought then cutting to the symbol. Also Jay fighting his star sign was based around that whole Gemini double personality thing, in combat with your other half, I just did the '80s Karate Kid thing as it mixed in with the theme and tone of the clip."
"We shot the whole thing in L.A. on left over 35mm and 16mm film stock from "CSI: Las Vegas," which was a risk as the film was so old," he added.
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After 728 days of anticipation, the midterm elections have finally come and gone, and it was an election like we have never seen before.
The total voter turn is still being counted but the 2018 midterms started breaking records before anyone set foot into a booth.
Along with the highest early-voter turnout in a non-presidential election, the midterms broke records for fundraising for congressional elections, total number of candidates, number of female candidates, and the number of LGBTQ candidates.
Despite long lines, bad weather, and voting machine errors, millions went to the polls to exercise their right to vote. Voters in Rochester, New York, honored the woman responsible for so many having that right, Susan B. Anthony.
✅oters are showing up today in the rain @ Mount Hope Cemetery on #ElectionDay. #SusanBAnthony illegally cast her vote in the 1872 election and was arrested. #thisisroc #roc #rochesterny #visitroc ????: Nina pic.twitter.com/0StztcnIei
— ThisIsROC (@rochester) November 6, 2018
A champion of the women's suffrage movement, Anthony was arrested for two weeks in 1872 after illegally voting in her hometown of Rochester.
Anthony was fined but told the judge she would "never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." Though she wouldn't live to see women finally win their right to vote in 1920, Anthony was instrumental in making it happen.
It has become a tradition for voters in her hometown to adorn her grave with "I voted" stickers on election day.
The first people arrive at 7:05am here at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY to place their "I Voted" stickers at the grave of Susan B. Anthony. It was November 5, 1872 when Anthony illegally voted in the presidential election, resulting in her arrest. #ElectionDay @News_8 pic.twitter.com/4yklblxbqY
— John Kucko (@john_kucko) November 6, 2018
Many were touched by the memorial for Anthony.
— Snack (@LizSnackHere) November 6, 2018
I have a photo (on my other computer) of that headstone the evening of the 2016 NYS Primary. Covered the same way. It can make me cry to look at it.
— Marti Reed (@homegypsy) November 6, 2018
Ah shit this has literally brought a tear to my eye and I'm not even American.
— oscarfranklin #PutItToThePeople (@OscarNMFranklin) November 6, 2018
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— Shirley (@shirley_demarco) November 6, 2018
And those who couldn't make it to Rochester honored her in other ways.
"Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it." ~Susan B. Anthony #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/mahQaapgUk
— Elizabeth Drescher (@edrescherphd) November 6, 2018
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— mac daddy (@weadickk) November 6, 2018
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— RainDanceMaggie❄???? (@Aurora4D) November 6, 2018
On this day 146 years ago, Susan B. Anthony cast an illegal presidential vote that led to her arrest. Now, women visit her grave on election days to honor her fight for women's suffrage pic.twitter.com/55lM22IRh1
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 6, 2018
Some questioned if marking Anthony's gravestone was disrespectful but many felt that it was exactly what she would have wanted.
Susan B Anthony would have loved it! She would love that women who are voting are honoring her.
— Gary Renshaw (@Renshaw1921) November 7, 2018
She would be proud of the progress women have made in politics and none of it could have happened with her. ❤ A vote she was never able to cast, but fought long and hard for all women to have a voice.
— Heather Wilson (@HDWilson) November 6, 2018
I imagine she'd be honored as millions of us are thankful for all she has done for us!
— Jen (@asoiaf_ftw2) November 6, 2018
As Anthony said: "Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it." Her memorial reminds many that it is not just a right, but a responsibility.
I never take my right to vote for granted. Those women fought hard for us.
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I come to this table as a well-seasoned warrior with battle scars and memories of the many fights I have fought and overcome. I was blessed with a stubborn refusal to give in and succumb when challenges present themselves. Some may call this resilience or a survival personality type. I've also read that it can be considered a growth versus fixed mindset. Regardless of the title, the point is that I don't give in or give up. There have been many times where I was crawling on my hands and knees, or clutching my gut from an unexpected life sucker-punch, but I've kept going. I knew there was something better, something more than the environment I had grown up in. I chose to thrive.
Then I started hurting. The pain started off quietly, happening only during my monthly cycle and manageable with a heating pad and some rest. I chalked it up to being in my very late 30's/early 40's and bringing four children into the world. I figured the parts were simply starting to get rusty. Then the pain started to happen more often, catching me off guard. It was still mostly manageable with over-the-counter pain medicine and moving a little slower.
I can pinpoint when the game changed enough for me to realize I was no longer in control of the ball. It was when my oldest child came home from college, and I was in the process of trying to move away from chemical-laden feminine products on the market. The first two months were challenging as I tried a few different alternative natural methods. Things went south in the beginning of the third month, during an evening out with my daughter. We went to the movies and little did I know that a war was starting to rage in my uterus. By the end of the evening, my daughter had to drive us back home while I was hyperventilating in pain and trying my best to convince her that no, I didn't need to go to the hospital and yes, please drive a little faster so I could lay down.
This was just the beginning of my personal battle with Endometriosis.
Fast forward to my now – the pain is daily and I never know what to expect. Often times, I will wake up feeling decent with a discomfort level of a 2-3 which then rapidly escalates if I get too sassy and try to do normal things like grocery shopping or being out and about for more than 3-4 hours. The pain gets unbearable and my energy downshifts like the main power breaker with a big handle and bolded words, "ON" and "OFF". The strong sensation of being pulled to the ground overwhelms as I can feel my features on my face reflect pure exhaustion, which for the record I found out recently also can look like I'm drugged. It takes everything I have to move.
This is the norm when you are in constant pain, it is exhausting. Your body is working so hard to deal with all of the pain signals that are being transmitted on your neural pathways that it drains your energy faster than a cheap dollar store battery.
Between always being in pain or discomfort and drained, it has become very difficult to adult as well as be a mother and try to earn a living. It's been like this for almost 3 years now, and here's where I'm going to do the big, scary thing and be authentic – I fell into the rabbit hole. I struggle to this day with frustration, shock, anger, rage, depression, and impatience. Some days, any or all of these could eat me alive if I allowed them to. This puts me a dark and negative place, which in turn escalates the pain in my physical body.
I recently learned to practice focusing on the good things in my daily present. To look for the blessings, big, small and even the micro ones that we may take for granted as "normal". Doing this gives me a boost of strength to keep going, to keep fighting to get better. I learned all of this by accident, it was not a blast of enlightenment heralded in with the requiem of angels singing and blinding white light. One day, I got really mad. I mean the really ugly, this shit is going to scare someone, kind of mad. The negativity of the whole situation, the frustration and anger of not being able to live how I want to live, and the helplessness and weakness caused by the pain itself proved to be too much, and I broke. I raged, I cried, I swore at everything, and threw a downright absolute fit. Then as I was huffing and puffing and blowing all of the houses in, a thought very quietly crept in and made itself known – "Do I accept this as my reality, or do I reject this?"
It stunned me with its simplicity, and admittedly at first I told the thought to bugger off, in no uncertain terms. I was allowed to feel crappy damn it, let me feel what I want. Then another thought came through, as quiet yet firm as before, "Does this serve me? Is this helping me in any way?" Now, my inner child is a strong little lady who is made of fire, and the flames burn anything that comes in its path that it doesn't agree with. However, when that second thought came through, it caused the little one in my unconscious to pause and consider. After a short while, the conclusion was easy – no, it did not serve me to focus on any of this, it only made it worse.
The natural evolution moved forward in asking and seeking out what DID, in fact, help me to feel better. Day by day, I started looking for the blessings. It started off in the micro-blessings range, such as being grateful for a hot cup of coffee in the morning or being able to walk around my house that day. This groundwork of recognizing the micro blessings paved the way into opening my eyes to the bigger blessings and good things that I was surrounded with, and had been all along if I had the proper eyes to see them. I have a loving and supportive husband who understands and helps me without question or resentment, I am blessed with my two younger children (the older two have grown and flown the nest) who give me hugs and unconditional love every day, I have everything I need and a lot of what I want, and I am surrounded by people who live their lives in examples of being positive. Those are only a few to mention, which is an even greater blessing to me in itself. I am surrounded and uplifted by a plentiful amount, enabling me to select a few as examples. It wasn't always this way, it took a lot of work to get to this place.
It takes practice, and the willingness to try when we are adjusting how we perceive things in our immediate environment.
It always feels slightly painful at first when we begin seeing things in the light, versus in the shadows of negativity. The most important part that I'm learning out of all of this is that I'm worth doing all of this inner work for. The immediate benefit is that I'm able to balance out the pain in my physical body with the strength and the love that I have in my soul. It no longer crushes me, instead, it gives me hope.
I think hope is the beautiful cape that our inner-hero wears which then lifts us up and gives us the power to fly.
Blessings to you,
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Jaime "Karma" Bickford was commentating a Rocket League matchup when suddenly she was shocked.
During her broadcast, viewers could hear the sound of thunder followed immediately by a scream. What followed after was clearly sound of pain, leaving her viewers concerned as to what just happened. She went on to explain later that lightning struck in her neighborhood, and somehow went through her controller, burning her hands.
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Later on in the stream, Karma explained what happened.
"There are major thunderstorms going on right now in my area," Karma said. "And the house next door to me got struck by lightning, it's not on fire, I don't know what happened. But lightning must have hit there and gone through, there's like a metal thing that goes down the house, it must have gone down the house and somehow hit me. Not hit me, but it went into my controller. And my controller went, like, spark, really big spark and just burned my hand."
In updates on Twitter, Karma says she went to see a doctor afterwards and is fine following some precautions.
In another update, Karma said she couldn't compete in an upcoming tournament because her "hands are still a little sore."
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Tsukiji used to be the largest wholesale market in Tokyo when it comes to fish and fresh seafood. Even so, there are still plenty of seafood delicacies that you can enjoy in the many stalls located in the outer market.
Savor the popular delicacies like sushi, sashimi, mixed seafood bowls, and other local seafood cuisines that you will surely love. You can also try the sweet and fluffy tamagoyaki that has been the talk of the town for years.
What are you waiting for? Visit Tsukiji and try the 9 best food finds in Tsukiji that you will love!
1. Tsukiji Itadori Bekkan (築地虎杖 別館)
Tsukiji Itadori Bekkan can be found in a little alley inside the Tsukiji Outer Market. It is one of the best restaurants in Tsukiji that serve high-quality sushi and sashimi at a very reasonable price. The chefs prepare the sushi in front of you, and you can tell that they are highly skilled. If you love sushi, then this restaurant is a place you can't afford to miss!
Address: Tsukiji Chokai Bldg. 1F, 4-10-16 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://itadori.co.jp/shop/shop_03.html (Japanese Only)
2. Tsukiji Nisshin Tasuke (にっしん太助)
Nisshin Tasuke Tsukiji is known for their grilled seafood skewers. They have grilled scallops, yellowtail, and other seafood delicacies. The highlight of their menu is the grilled unagi. You can choose plain unagi, or unagi slathered with soy sauce. It is a very delicious treat especially when eaten with rice.
Address: 4-13-18 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://www.nisshintasuke.co.jp (Japanese Only)
3. Tsukiji Saito Fisheries (築地 斉藤水産)
Saito Fisheries Tsukiji is arguably one of the best fish stores to enjoy fresh oysters in the Tsukiji Market. The fat and meaty oysters from Hokkaido are absolutely fantastic that you'll be coming back for more. The prices may vary depending on the size of the oysters, so keep that in mind.
Address: 4-10-5 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
4. Tsukiji Itadori Uogashi Senryo (築地虎杖 魚河岸千両)
Tsukiji Itadori Uogashi Senryo is one of the popular restaurants in Tsukiji known for their "Ganso Kaisen Hitsumabushi." It is a mixed seafood bowl with all your favorite seafood combined to form a delightful treat that you will definitely enjoy. The ingredients are tuna, salmon, uni, and other fresh seafood that will leave behind a good impression.
Address: 4-10-14 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://itadori.co.jp/shop/shop_07.html (Japanese Only)
5. Tsukiji Sushi Dai Honkan (築地すし大 本館)
Tsukiji Sushi Dai Honkan stocks freshest ingredients to offer delicious sushi. They prepare them into each piece carefully to provide authentic Edomae sushi. Sushi Dai Honkan has many different seafood dishes other than sushi, so having those with sake would give you a satisfying dinner. Note that this is a different Sushi Dai which moved to Toyosu Market with Tsukiji Fish Market in October 2018.
Address: 6-chome-21-2 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo
Website: http://www.tsukiji-sushidai.com/shop/honkan.html (Japanese Only)
6. Shouro (松露)
Shouro has taken the Japanese Tamagoyaki (egg omelet) to a whole new level. Their sweet egg roll has a good texture, and the flavor will tickle your taste buds. They have cold and hot omelets, so it would be best if you try both. Trying both will give you a better understanding of their differences. It will also help you decide which one you'll be eating in the future.
Address: 4-13-13 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://www.shouro.co.jp/index.html (Japanese Only)
7. Tsukiji Kibun-Ten (築地 紀文店)
Tsukiji Kibun-Ten is a long-established shop in the Tsukiji market that sells high-quality oden ingredients, fish cakes. Some of their best-sellers are the Tsukiji Fry and the Tuna Katsu Burger. Both are good as snacks while you stroll around the Tsukiji Fish Market.
Address: 4-13-18 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://www.tsukiji.or.jp/search/shoplist/cat-c/cat-6/224.html (Japanese Only)
8. Marutoyo (丸豊)
Marutoyo brings you the number one comfort food in Japan, and that is none other than onigiri! These rice balls stuffed with different fillings are the perfect snack that you can carry anywhere. You can also buy them here and bring them home as souvenirs for your family and friends.
Address: 4-9-9 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://www.tsukiji.or.jp/search/shoplist/cat-d/cat-14/389.html (Japanese Only)
9. Tsukiji Sanokiya (築地 さのきや)
Tsukiji Sanokiya gave a twist to the popular "Taiyaki" and made it "Maguroyaki." The tuna shaped pancake is filled with sweet bean jam or aromatic citron. These delicious snacks are well-loved by those who love sweets. This snack is best accompanied by tea.
Address: 4-11-9 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Website: http://www.tsukiji.or.jp/search/shoplist/cat-d/cat-15/463.html (Japanese Only)
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Release Date: Aug 16, 2011
Record label: So
Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock
Although the Duke & the King is an American band hailing from the Catskills Mountains, this self-titled disc is their first domestic release, a compilation culled from the contents of two previous albums released in Europe. That a U.S. group can only get a record out in the U.S. through the American subsidiary of a British label (Silva Screen's newly formed So imprint) may be explained, at least somewhat, by the music.
When an album begins with the line "If you ever get famous, don't forget about me/I hope it's everything that you thought it would be," it's easy to imagine that most people might be a little dubious. After all, hasn't the message been written or sung a hundred times before? Could it ever be sung in a way that was interesting and fresh, ever again? And isn't the person singing it probably already at least a little famous? The Duke and The King, who already have a bit of a following in Britain, have collected tracks from their previous two albums for this self-titled U.S release. And indeed, while musically decent, lyrical brilliance is not their forte, at least if this collection is anything to go by.


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What is discord.js?
Discord.js is a node module that you can use to easily access discord API There are over 1 million downloads of discord.js There are over 100 contributions to discord.js And there are over 2 thousand stars on discord.js
An example of what discord.js is would be the following
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const client = new Discord.Client();
client.on('ready', () => {
console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
client.on('message', msg => {
if (msg.content === 'ping') {
The above code does the following When the bot logs on successfully it will send a message to the console saying "Logged in as {bot name}" furthermore, if someone says the message ping in a channel the bot will reply with "Pong!"
How to install discord.js
Firstly make sure you have Node js installed. You can install it (Here)[https://nodejs.org/en/download/]
Your next step is to create a new folder and type the following
If you want to install discord.js without voice support
npm install discord.js
If you want to install discord.js with voice support
npm install discord.js node-opus
Then you have successfully installed discord.js
Coding bots
Alongside with discord.js, you are able to code discord bots using programming languages. some of the programming languages I have seen people use to make discord bots is below Javascript, This is the most common programming language I have seen people use to make discord bots Python, This in my opinion is the second popular programming language that people use to make discord bots Ruby, This is probably the most uncommon programming language I have seen people use to code discord bots. But I have seen a few people use it
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Pride in ourselves. Pride in the freedom to love who we choose. Pride in our friendships. Pride in our jobs. Pride in our contributions to our society. Pride in our society. Pride in our diversity. Pride in our similarities. Our annual PRIDE series is filled with songs that help us celebrate our pride ... and there are 19 albums in the series!
The songs all feature a fun energy and great uplifting lyrics. These albums are filled with classics, dance remakes of your favorite songs (especially from the 80s and 90s), current popular favorites, and hard-to-find treasures.
The PRIDE series includes so many world premiere tracks, but a few of the most notable are:
The PRIDE series features spin masters like DJ Grind, Corey Craig, Julian Marsh and Max Rodrguez (Splash Bar NYC and Fire Island Tea Dance).
Whether you celebrate at the parade, at the club or at home, these tracks will go with you anywhere. Enjoy all 19 albums in the series!


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D6 Family Conference
D6 Family Conference
Fri 28 and Sat 29 Jul 2017 @ 9am-5:30pm
Paya Lebar Methodist Church
5 Boundary Road
Singapore 549954
"It's all about the future. The goal of the D6 movement is to pass on a spiritual legacy for future generations. We meet to understand how we can best apply the principles of Deuteronomy 6 in our ministries ... in our context ... in our homes. Change takes time. A change in approach and strategy takes even longer. We hold this annual gathering of church thought leaders to be encouraged and equipped to reach this generation and the next for Christ." — Ron Hunter, Executive Director & CEO, Randall House
Who should attend?
- Senior Pastors and Church leaders
- Family, Youth and Children's ministry leaders
- Parents, teachers, volunteers and missionaries
Register before July 14 to enjoy early bird fee. Be equipped to reach future generations for Christ!
Organised by Sower Institute for Biblical Discipleship, this conference is supported by TRAC Board of Children's Ministry.
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Jonah 4:9-11 - Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death." Then the Lord said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work, and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. And should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?" If possible, read the whole book of Jonah before proceeding.
The little book of Jonah in the Old Testament is more than just the historical record of a Jewish prophet who was swallowed by a big fish. It is the Word of God! Because it is Scripture it is packed full of lessons for the growing Christian. As God worked with His servant Jonah many years ago, so He works with His servants today. All growing Christians are servants of the Lord. In the first three chapters of the book we find that Jonah disobeyed the Lord by running away from a job that the Lord wanted him to do. Instead of preaching to the wicked city of Nineveh as God commanded, Jonah sailed away towards Tarshish, a city at least 2500 miles in the opposite direction. But God in His disciplining love brought Jonah back. We know that the return trip was quite traumatic for Jonah, but that's usually the way it is. When God's servants disobey, the return to obedience is often through discipline. Jonah was recommissioned (3:1) and preached boldly at Nineveh, that great capital city of the ancient Assyrian Empire. The result was one of the greatest "revivals" in history. From the king on down (3:5), the people of Nineveh repented of their evil ways, and God withheld His judgment. Nineveh was spared for approximately another 150 years until overthrown by Babylon in 612 B.C. By the way, what we learn of God in the book of Jonah is a far cry from the misinformed idea that the God of the Old Testament was a cruel, vindictive God who limited His grace to the Jewish people. No way! The story of Jonah is just one example of the fact that the love of God extended well beyond the borders of Israel to the pagan nations of the ancient world. As we come to chapter 4 we are surprised to find that Jonah is really uptight! Instead of being elated over the results of his ministry, Jonah is very angry (4:1). Why? Because Jonah doesn't really want the mercy of the Lord extended to Nineveh (4:2). After all, these Assyrians are the arch-enemies of Israel. (The Assyrians are known to have been one of the most cruel of the ancient peoples in warfare.) Jonah would rather see his warning and pronouncing of judgment realized. Let those Assyrians get what's coming to them! They deserve to go to Hell without any mercy! Is it possible that we feel this way about some people whom God loves? What about the thousands who are in prison in this country--even murderers? Jonah is so upset with God that he wants to die (4:3). Have you ever been so frustrated and angry with the circumstances in your life that you felt the same way? God wants us to be mature servants, but many times we act like children--selfish, spoiled, and shortsighted. Jonah pouts all the way out of the city and sets up some kind of makeshift observation post (4:5) in hopes that maybe, just maybe, God will still destroy Nineveh--maybe even send fire from heaven. "Burn, baby burn!" expresses Jonah's attitude quite well at this point! Because of Jonah's bad attitude, God has to reprove his servant, and that's what the rest of chapter 4 is all about. Jonah's problem here is not his problem in chapter 1. There is no willful and blatant disobedience--just a poor attitude and lack of maturity. Jonah doesn't have to go through the storm and fish experience again, but he does need to be reproved. God wants Jonah to grow up and get the big picture--God's view of the whole situation. Many times the Lord must reprove His servants today because of our bad attitude and immaturity. In verses 6-8 we see the Lord giving Jonah an object lesson in order to help His servant visualize his own problem and see how selfish his attitude really is. First a shade plant grows up, under which Jonah can sit in comfort while he waits for the "fireworks." "This is really great," Jonah says to himself (4:6). But then the Lord has a worm come along the next day and destroy the very plant that God Himself had given for Jonah's comfort. When the hot eastern sun comes up, Jonah is ready to throw in the towel again (4:8). He is so depressed he even "begged the Lord with all his soul" to take his life. How easy it is to see ourselves in Jonah through all this. When we are not right with the Lord our feelings run like a roller coaster. One day we're way up and "extremely happy" (4:6), but the next day we're down in the depths, feeling sorry for ourselves and wishing we were dead (4:8). Such very small things (a little worm) can ruin our whole day--a B+ instead of an A-; a scratch on our car or furniture; an empty mailbox; a small tear in our new sweater; a rainy day! God wants His servants to grow up and get the big picture--His viewpoint! As in the case of Jonah, the Lord often gives us things that we don't deserve for our own comfort--perhaps He even lets us have something we had our hearts set on. We become really happy and even take this blessing as a sign of God's approval on our lives and actions. But it may not be a sign of God's approval at all. It may be part of a lesson that God wants to teach us, or it may be just the goodness of God to undeserving servants. Everything we have is only by the goodness of God anyway. But, like Jonah, how often we get upset if the Lord takes away any of our little comforts! We act like spoiled and selfish children. We can't seem to see that "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away," and He has a very good reason for doing so which we may never fully understand in this lifetime. (See Job 1:21.) God may take away a comfortable job or an easy schedule or even a person we like to have near us. When the Lord takes something from us let us patiently look for the lesson He may have for us instead of getting angry and resentful with God who has the big picture. The Lord drives home the point of His object lesson to Jonah in verses 9-11 and it goes something like this: "Jonah, why are you so uptight about that plant? Can you give me one good reason? Can't you see that you're being selfish and short-sighted? You're so concerned about that one plant, Jonah, but I'm concerned about 120,000 people. Don't you see that these people are mine, Jonah? I made them. I love them. I don't want them to perish! Jonah, you're not even concerned about the many animals that would be destroyed, never mind the people! My dear servant Jonah, I love you, but please grow up and get the big picture!" What a lesson for us growing Christians! So often we get hung up on the incidentals while the world around us is perishing. We're more interested in our room than our roommate; our bonus than our boss; our touchdown than our teammate; our fun than our family. How it must hurt God to see His children so interested in the "toys" He has given them that they are insensitive to the needs of others. Let us grow up and see things from the perspective of our Heavenly Father. Did Jonah learn the lesson? He must have, because he wrote the book! It takes a big man to write about his own obstinacy and immaturity. In fact, our Lord refers to Jonah as a great prophet (Luke 11:32). Yes, Jonah learned the lesson which God is constantly trying to teach us: Grow up and get the big picture.


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Ana Lúcia Frugis YU(1), Jane Margarete COSTA(2), Marcos AMAKU(1), Cláudio Sérgio PANNUTI(2), Vanda Akico Ueda Fick de SOUZA(2), Dirce Maria Trevisan ZANETTA(1), Marcelo Nascimento BURATTINI(1), Eduardo MASSAD(1) & Raymundo Soares AZEVEDO(1)
A serosurvey of varicella has been carried out in children attending the public school network of São Paulo city, Brazil, from 1992 to 1994. This study was performed in order to establish the age related prevalence of antibodies against varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and its age specific transmission dynamics pattern in these children. Among 2500 schools in the city of São Paulo public network, 304 were randomly selected; 7 children of a given age (ranging from 1 to 15 years) were randomly selected in each school, and blood samples were obtained by fingerprick into filter paper. Blood eluates were analyzed for the presence of antibodies to VZV by ELISA. Proportion of seropositivity were calculated for each age group. Samples consisted of 1768 individuals in 1992, 1758 in 1993, and 1817 in 1994, resulting in 5343 eluates. A high proportion of seropositive children from 1 to 3 years of age was observed, ascending until 10 years of age and reaching a plateau around 90% afterwards. VZV transmission in this community was similar along the three years of the study. In children attending public schools in the city of São Paulo, contact with VZV occurs in early childhood. If immunization against VZV is considered it should be introduced as soon as possible.
KEYWORDS: Varicella; Seroprevalence; Vaccination, São Paulo, Brazil.
Varicella, the primary varicella-zoster virus infection, has long been considered a benign, self-limited and inevitable disease of childhood. Every individual is virtually infected by adulthood1,11,15. However, varicella can cause mild and unconfortable symptoms, and it can be especially severe in neonates, adults and immunocompromised patients10. Varicella presents a social-economic related cost, including direct medical costs (care clinic visits, medications, hospitalization due to complications), and indirect costs, related to reduced productivity associated with caregivers who stay off to care for infected children8,11. The epidemiology of varicella may be measured from seroprevalence studies or from reported cases in general practice. Serologic surveys has the advantages of being more specific, sensitive and capable of defining viral circulation accurately9.
In temperate countries varicella is a pre-school and school aged children disease, and around 90% of people will contract varicella before 20 years old. There was evidence of an increased incidence of varicella in children under 5 years old during the last decade, associated with a significant increase of the number of children under 5 who attended nursery or day care centers over this period7,15.
In tropical countries, varicella infection is beloved to occur later, with mean age of infection over 20 years of age, reaching a seroprevalence peak in adults over 40 years of age. People from tropical climates are considered of high-risk group for acquisition of varicella when they emigrate to countries of high VZV endemicity, influencing its epidemiology15.
A safe and protective live attenuated virus varicella vaccine was developed in Japan in the 1970's, allowing varicella prevention in healthy children. The varicella vaccine is licensed in some countries for routine immunization14.
Varicella is not a notifiable disease in Brazil, which makes its prevalence difficult to be estimated. On this background, the aim of this study was to identify the age-related seroprofile of the VZV and the pattern of the varicella transmission dynamics in order to help designing future intervention strategies in São Paulo city, Brazil.
MATERIAL AND METHODS]]> Population
São Paulo city is the capital of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. It is crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, located in the southeast Brazil, with about 10 million inhabitants, 97% of them living in the urban area12. The Public Education network of São Paulo is comprised by 2500 schools, including nurseries, kindergartens and first grade schools, corresponding to a school population of about 2 million children. This study was carried out in the Public Education and Well Fare System of São Paulo by a random sampling selection of 304 schools. In each school, 7 children were chosen, age varying from 1 to 11 years old in 1992, and from 1 to 15 years old in 1993 and 1994, comprising a 3 year study in the same 304 sorted schools, but different children were selected each year. The sampling technique is described elsewhere9.
Blood was taken by finger prick with GlucoletTM disposable lancet and collected into two 2.5 cm diameter circles of Whatman® N°. 1 filter paper.
Blood elution was made using 500 mL of a phosphate buffered saline (PBS). Eluates were frozen and stored at ¾20 °C, for 5, 4 and 3 years according to the year of blood collection. The eluates were thawed for 12 hours in refrigerator before being tested.
The eluates were tested for specific IgG antibody against VZV using two different techniques, namely: an in-house ELISA technique as described elsewhere3 (2590 eluates) and a commercially available enzyme immunoassay of solid phase in microtiter strips (ELISA TEST-HRP, Hycor Biomedical GmbH, Kassel, Germany), (3145 eluates); 220 eluates were analysed by both methods.
Data Analysis
A database was created, recording identification and serological data of individuals. The agreement of the 2 different ELISA techniques was evaluated by Kappa analysis. Results were analyzed to determine the seropositive proportion by age, and the respective 95% confidence interval (exact binomial method) and c2 test. A p value < 0.05 was considered significant.
RESULTS]]> The Kappa coefficient ranged from 0.65 to 0.72 in the 3 years of study and the techniques were considered concordant. A total of 5343 eluates were analyzed from the three years of study: 1768 in 1992, 1758 in 1993 and 1817 in 1994. The age distribution of seropositivity was analyzed. At one year of age about 40% of this population was seropositive (33% for 1992, 48.5% for 1993, 35% for 1994). From 2 years of age onwards, there was an increase in seropositivity until 10 years of age. Afterwards, the seropositivity remained around 90%. An unexpected decrease in seropositivity was observed in children 4 and 5 years old (Table 1 and Figure 1). The age interval from 7 to 10 and over 14 years old were condensed to 8.5 and 14.5 years old respectively for better data analysis.
There was a significant difference in seroprevalence when proportions obtained for each year and the total sample in some age classes of the studied period were compared (5 years in 1992; 1, 5, 11 and 12 years in 1993, and the age interval of 7 to 10 years in 1994).]]>
A safe, immunogenic and efficaccious vaccine against varicella is currently available and approved for use in healthy children in some countries. The possibility of a widespread immunization with varicella vaccine is expected to change the epidemiology of the disease, causing a large reduction of primary cases. At the same time, it may lead to a shift to an older age distribution of the remaining cases7, where risk of complications is higher10, 15. Characterization of the varicella prevalence profile in a non-vaccinated children population allows the estimation of the varicella transmission pattern. The recognition of the pattern combined with mathematical models, allows the design of intervention strategies possible. It is important to ascertain accurately the age specific incidence rates of varicella before widespread administration of the vaccine. A valid baseline data would allow early detection of shifts in incidence towards older age groups or specific population at risk of undercoverage5.
In temperate climate countries, varicella has been considered a pre-school and school aged children disease with high incidence rates among children 5 to 9 years of age and 1 to 4 years of age15. With increasing number of young children gathering school, the average age incidence of the disease has decreased in the nineties. Seronegativity rates are higher in people raised in rural areas and in tropical zones2,13, where varicella occurs among older persons6,15. However, an increase in the number of susceptible adults in temperate countries has been observed probably related to the high number of immigrants coming from rural areas of developing countries4.
São Paulo city is located in a tropical area, tempered by the altitude. The occurrence of seropositivity was observed since 1 year of age with high proportions of seropositives close to 3 years of age, related to children attending all-day nurseries or day-care setting, providing great opportunity for close exposure and efficient transmission of VZV in the very young children. The observed decrease in seropositivity in children 4 and 5 years old may have occurred due to different degrees of sociability. This age-class represented children starting school at 4 years of age mixed with children coming from nurseries or day-cares. Also children from this age-class spend only one period of the day in school. These observations could be responsible for the decreased seropositivity at 4 years of age. The observed high seropositivity in 1993 could result from an increased number of cases in this period but we do not have informations about this possibility. The presence of low number of susceptibles in children over 10 years old was observed in the 3 years of the study.
These results will allow the development of a transmission model for varicella in São Paulo metropolitan area and the design of immunization strategies against varicella.
We observed a high proportion of seropositive children from 1 to 3 years of age among the school children enrolled in nurseries or day-care centers in São Paulo City. The seropositivity rose slowly until 10 years of age, when it reached a seroprevalence of 90%.
These findings demonstrated that contact with VZV occurred early in childhood in this sample of school children of São Paulo. We should consider to introduce immunization against VZV as soon as possible.]]>
Três anos de estudo soroepidemiológico do vírus varicela-zoster em São Paulo, Brasil
Um estudo sorológico para varicela foi realizado em crianças matriculadas na rede pública de ensino da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil, entre 1992 e 1994. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a soroprevalência idade-dependente de anticorpos contra o vírus varicela-zoster (VVZ) e definir sua dinâmica de transmissão nestas crianças.
Foram selecionadas, ao acaso, 304 escolas entre os 2500 equipamentos da Rede Pública de Educação e Bem Estar Social na cidade de São Paulo; foram sorteadas em cada escola 7 crianças de determinada idade (de 1 a 15 anos), e o sangue colhido em papel de filtro. Os eluatos foram avaliados para anticorpos contra o vírus varicela zoster através de técnica de ELISA. A proporção de soropositivos para cada faixa etária foi calculada.
Foram obtidas 1768 amostras em 1992, 1758 em 1993 e 1817 em 1994, resultando em 5343 eluatos. Observou-se alta proporção de soropositivos no intervalo etário de 1 a 3 anos de idade, ascendendo até os 10 anos, mantendo-se ao redor de 90% a partir desta idade.
O padrão de transmissão do VVZ nesta comunidade é semelhante ao longo dos 3 anos estudados. Nas crianças frequentadoras das escolas públicas da cidade de São Paulo, o contacto com o VVZ ocorre no início da infância. Considerando-se a possibilidade de introdução da imunização contra a varicela, ela deve ocorrer o mais cedo possível.
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2. ARBETER, A.M. - Clinical trials of varicella vaccine in healthy adolescents and adults. Infect. Dis. Clin. N. Amer., 10: 609-615, 1996. [ Links ]
3. CRISTÓFANI, L.M.; WEINBERG, A.; PEIXOTO, V. et al - Administration of live attenuated varicella vaccine to children with cancer before starting chemotherapy. Vaccine, 9: 873-876, 1991. [ Links ]
4. FAIRLEY, C. K. & Miller, E. - Varicella-zoster virus epidemiology. A changing scene? J. infect. Dis., 174(suppl. 3): S314-S319, 1996. [ Links ]
5. FINGER, R.; HUGHES, J.P.; MEADE, B.J.; PELLETIER, A.R. & PALMER, C.T. - Age-specific incidence of chickenpox. Publ. Hlth. Rep., 109: 750-755, 1994. [ Links ]
6. GARNETT, G.P.; COX, M.J.; BUNDY, D.A.P.; DIDIER, J.M. & ST. CATHARINE, J. - The age of infection with varicella-zoster virus in St. Lucia, West-Indies. Epidem. Infect., 110: 361-372, 1993. [ Links ]
7. HALLORAN, M.E. - Epidemiologic effects of varicella vaccination. Infect. Dis. Clin. N. Amer., 10: 631-655, 1996. [ Links ]
8. LIEU, T.; BLACK, S.B.; RIESER, N. et al. - The cost of childhood chickenpox: parents' perspective. Pediat. infect. Dis. J., 13: 173-177, 1994. [ Links ]
9. MASSAD, E.; AZEVEDO-NETO, R.S.; BURATTINI, M.N. et al. - Assessing the efficacy of a mixed vaccination strategy against rubella in São Paulo, Brazil. Int. J. Epidem., 24: 842-850, 1995. [ Links ]
10. PREBLUD, S.R. - Age-specific risks of varicella complications. Pediatrics, 68: 14-17, 1981. [ Links ]
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13. STRUEWING, J.P.; KENNETH, C.H.; TUELLER, J.E. & GRAY, G.C. - The risk of measles, mumps, and varicella among young adults: a serosurvey of US Navy and Marine Corps Recruits. Amer. J. publ. Hlth., 83: 1717-1720, 1993. [ Links ]
14. TAKAHASHI, M. ¾ The varicella vaccine. Vaccine development. Infect. Dis. Clin. N. Amer., 10: 469-488, 1996. [ Links ]
15. WHARTON, M. - The epidemiology of varicella-zoster virus infections. Infect. Dis. Clin. N. Amer., 10: 571-581, 1996. [ Links ]
Received: 09 November 1999
Accepted: 21 December 1999
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Following on from the success of the past edition, BI-MU will combine its exhibition with a thematic, in-depth cultural analysis, developed through a programme of conferences on specific topics and through side events that will host discussions with opinion leaders and presentations of technologies related to the sector.
The protagonists of the events, mainly addressed to visitors, will also be the exhibitors, who can be involved on the stage through special initiatives, insight opportunities focused on issues linked to the world of the manufacturing industry and through ad hoc meetings to encourage the sharing of know-how. This and much more will be the content performed within the arena of BI-MUpiù and BIMUpiùAdditive, which will offer the international public many more reasons to take part in this biennial exhibition.
In anticipation of 32.BI-MU, the organisers have planned a calendar of approaching events taking place in some of the major industrial areas in Italy, which will partially anticipate the main technological themes analysed during BI-MUpiù in the exhibition days.
Promoted by Fondazione UCIMU in cooperation with MindSphere World Italia, BI-MUpiùDigital is the great novelty of 32.BI-MU. As a demonstration area set-up within one of the exhibition halls, BIMUpiùDigital will show the potential of a digital factory, by connecting several machines displayed at the stands, where it will be possible to observe their operation and processing.


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Gecko-[GER] replied to Raphael van Lierop's topic in Milton MailbagYes, i am pretty sure. I have put the world map and the sun movement in a picture in my Travel Guide where you can see the different directions of the sun's movement.
Do we ever get correct sun movements in all regions. So that the current world map is coherent. Currently the sun is wrong in ML, BR, WR (west to east) and PV (northwest to southeast).
Map for Hushed River Valley
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What is the 1 thing you enjoy most about The Long Dark?
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Gecko-[GER] replied to FireCraft78's topic in Survival ModeYes, the *ing sun movement. I don't know why Hinterland doesn't fix this. As of now PV and WR are also wrong. I am to tired to fix the description of this after every update.
I don't know if you want to answer statistical questions, but I'll try: I am co-author of a comprehensive guide (English and German). Some things you just can't grasp by playing. So I need information about the following things: - Are there still 9 bunker positions in ML and PV? - Is a container still unusable (higher levels of difficulty) if the tool breaks during the action. - What happens to the arrows in an animal if I enter another zone before it dies? Can they be found anywhere, or are they going? - Does an animal die safely when I hit it with a Flaregun? - Is there a chance that the meat bags will finally be usable (reduce weight by at least 30%!) - Will the animals avoid the player at some point during time-accelerated activities? (because otherwise as at the moment: almost insta death) With thanks in advance I understand why you didn't answer my last questions, but maybe this will work.
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There are some pretty annoying bugs that are several years old and have been reported gazillion of times, but were never fixed. It was also never communicated why these problems were not solved. Do you think this is a sensible way to deal with the player base? (as small examples here the underground bear spawn at the nameless pond or the wolf attacks through solid structures)


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The Kurdish-led SDF has been on the offensive since November, aiming to surround ISIS self-proclaimed capital city of Raqqa in Syria.
According to State-run Sputnik news agency, the Russian military in Syria have received several confirmed reports that ISIS terrorists made a deal with the units of SDF operating near Raqqa, allowing them to escape the embattled city without obstacles.
"Upon receiving this information, the command of the Russian contingent in Syria has taken measures to prevent the exodus of ISIS terrorists in the southern direction," the source said.
The Russian news agency cited a source in the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that Russian air force on 25 May has targeted a convoy of 39 pick-up trucks armed with large-caliber machine-guns that was leaving Raqqa for Palmyra.
The airstrikes have reportedly killed 120 ISIS terrorists.
"As a result of these strikes, 32 pick-up trucks were destroyed and some 120 terrorists were killed," the unnamed military source told sputnik.
He went on by saying that Russian drones have been deployed around the clock to track the possible routes that the terrorists could use to escape the city and move toward Palmyra. Russian combat aircraft and special forces units were also engaged in the operation to prevent the terrorists from fleeing Raqqa.
"Any attempts by ISIS militants to move toward Palmyra and to build up their forces there will be squashed," the source stressed.
Source: The Russian news agency