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Here are the Protein Powders You Should be Using according to Your Fitness GoalsAugust 27, 2018 15:20
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Protein supplements have turn out to be so representative in the health and fitness industry that we lean towards adding protein in front of the word supplements unavoidably, ever so often. That is since high-quality protein, whether it be in the form of real food or a supplement, has been labeled as 'quintessential' when you are working out and even when if you are particularly a vegan.
Though you want to get a majority of your protein consumption for the day from whole foods, a mix of plant and animal sources (in view of your body always engrosses natural sources better), protein supplements offer that kick of protein you may not be able to get from natural sources.
Here is the thing though, protein supplements can do far more than just aid you build muscle. These facts about using protein can help you make healthier picks in the future:
Whey protein for a generic dose of protein
There are numerous sorts of proteins out there; from whey concentrate to hydrosylate. But then if you are looking for a basic protein bump look for one that says a 100 percent whey or whey isolate.
"Whey protein is a mixture of proteins isolated from whey, which is the liquid part of milk that separates during cheese production," Kris Gunnars, BSc said in an article for Healthline.
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Pea, hemp or brown rice protein if on a plant-based diet
The plant-based sources of protein powders, which comprise rice, peas and sunflower seeds can give you the quantity protein and amino acids that you would or else get with meat and dairy, as long you combine them with one more variety of plant-based protein.
Not only are proteins, for instance, Amazing grass protein superfood a hot favorite for vegans/vegetarians, they are delicious, chastely based on plant-based protein, perfect for lactose bigoted individuals, makes very fewer bloating and are touted to be a healthier choice.
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Casein protein for weight loss
"It is digested more slowly than most other animal proteins, resulting in a more prolonged release of amino acids into the bloodstream," according to the University of Michigan.
Franziska Spritzler, RD, certified diabetes educator says, "although not everyone needs protein powder supplements, they can benefit people who strength train or find it difficult to meet protein needs with food alone."
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Collagen protein for strong bones, better hair, and improved skin
Collagen, a vital protein delivers elasticity to the skin, helping it to appear more youthful and fit. "Collagen is in the gut's connective tissue and can help support and strengthen the protective lining of your digestive tract, according to Dr. Josh Axe, doctor of natural medicine, doctor of chiropractic, a clinical nutritionist at Healthline.
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Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings has been having fun with Wordle creating his own word cloud – and here's mine
You can choose colours, shapes, how many words to include and even download from your blog content. I think it's rather pretty. I used my Scottish Genealogist blog to produce my cloud so I'm not surprised at the huge "Scotland" although there is a little "Fox" in there, and even a bit of Census Cake, which appeared in the same post as CASUALTIES 🙂
I had a bit of difficulty using Wordle's HTML (the cloud came out too small) so pasted a screenshot into Microsoft Paint, cropped it and uploaded the image.
Nip over to Genea-Musings to find out how it's done and leave a comment so we can see your word cloud 🙂

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LEGO Movie 70814 Emmet's Construct-o-Mech
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LEGO Movie 70814 Emmet's Construct-o-Mech
Swing the twin wrecking balls of the massive Construct-o-Mech!
Prepare for the ultimate battle with evil Lord Business! Join creative forces with Master Builder Emmet to make this massive Mech. Open up the cockpit and place Emmet in the driver's seat. Knock over anything that gets in your way with the swinging wrecking balls. Grab a Skeletron in the Mech's excavator bucket or rotate the roller to iron out the opposition. But hurry before Lord Business glues the whole world together! Includes 3 minifigures with accessories: Emmet and 2 Skeletrons, plus an Angry Kitty figure.
Includes 3 minifigures with accessories: Emmet and 2 Skeletrons, plus an Angry Kitty figure
Features opening cockpit, 2 cranes with twin wrecking balls, posable arms and legs, arm with rotating roller, arm with opening excavator bucket, 2 cement mixers and rubber tread tires
Also includes the Piece of Resistance
Open the cockpit and place Emmet inside
Pose the arms and legs of Emmet's mighty Construct-o-Mech
Rotate the roller
Scoop up Skeletrons in the excavator bucket!
Swing the wrecking balls
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Excerpt taken from Thudfactor.com with permission. Read the whole article here. Thud said my thoughts better than I could. So dig it and get where I am coming from.
Obama recently said something about autism and vaccinations:
We've seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it's connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. [ Washington Post ]
According to the Obama campaign, "this person†refers to someone in the crowd who asked a question about autism, not Obama himself. But regardless, we've had to endure another round of "people who doubt vaccines are irresponsible superstitious nutjobs†posts from people who ought to know better.
I say they ought to know better because they are liberal bloggers who have often written about the gross failures of this administration, particularly in health care and regulatory roles. Let's go over the narrative again:
- The FDA is underfunded, understaffed, mismanaged, and rushed.
- The CDC is underfunded and rushed
- The Bush administration often pressures government researchers to give the answers it wants
- The Bush administration often suppresses research it deems damaging to its own interests and those of corporate friends.
- Health care is primarily run for profit in this country.
- Medical pregnancy care is rife with dangerous advice, contradictory advice, and procedures done for legal cover and physician convenience, not the best interests of the patient.
- We've found lead and date-rape drugs in children's toys, thanks to failing regulatory infrastructure.
- There's recently been a number of high profile, safe drugs pulled from the market which were approved, again, thanks to failing regulatory infrastructure and government pressure.


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Nancy Lanza is being described by a family member as a "survivalist," and someone who owned a collection of guns. Nancy Lanza is the mother of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza. NBC's Chris Jansing reports.
A private funeral was held Thursday for the mother of the gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., a New Hampshire police source told NBC News.
The service for Nancy Lanza, who was shot by her son Adam just before the school rampage last Friday, was attended by about two dozen family members in New Hampshire, her previous home state, the source said. It wasn't revealed exactly where the service was held.
Her brother is a retired police captain in Kingston, N.H.
The service was held as more children and teachers killed at the school were buried on Thursday.
Nancy Lanza and then-husband Peter Lanza moved to the central Connecticut community in 1998 from southern New Hampshire. Nancy Lanza had worked as a stock broker at John Hancock in Boston and her husband was a successful executive. They divorced in 2009.
Around the country, efforts to memorialize the victims of Newtown have excluded the Lanzas. For instance, there's a national effort to have churches ring their bells 26 times, once in honor of each child and teacher.
But in Georgia, the Stockbridge First United Methodist Church will ring its bell 27 times to include Nancy Lanza.
"I think for us, she's a victim, too," said the Rev. Jody Ray, the pastor. "We probably should have included the young man who committed the crime.
"It's a tragedy. At the end of the day, people are dead and in response to tragedy, we want to remember all those who were involved …We're not going to stand in judgment."
This article includes reporting by NBC News' Kip Whitlock and Tracy Connor and Reuters.
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So I am here checking out new and inventive ways to turn the overpriced stuff I have and don't necessarily use into some fast cash.
I investigated nearby pawn shops to offload a watch or two, but I never followed through on that because well… just because. At any rate, I had really been finding it difficult to part with my possessions since I spent so much time and effort (and money) acquiring each of those items and I hold them all so dear. Not QUITE materialistic, let's call it sentimental. Given the difficulty, I decided to hold off hawking my belongings since I had nothing I was willing to part with.
Fast forward to me sitting down watching clips from the Isle of Wight Festival and seeing an ad with an overly made up blonde girl standing up in front of a ticket station using her cell phone, then attempting to use her phone to pay for the ticket. Here booms the announcer's voice informing all of us wondering what's going on that only Envirofone.com gives you money to recycle your old cell phone. Being ever so curious I decided to check it out, since I had another phone with me that I really don't use and I'd simply transfer the contacts to my SIM card and readily part with it for the right amount of cheddar.
Imagine my surprise when I found the sister phone to my model which I paid roughly £123.00 for, they had the GALL to value it at £9.02 (the 2 pence really was the slap in the face)! Well I said to myself, this does not even include wear and tear or anything, just the flat fee! It was like being robbed at gunpoint! I was tempted to fall to my knees, toss my possessions on the floor and plead for my life! Then I decided to be cheeky and see what they would give me for the BlackBerry Curve 8520- £52.05 I'm like "Now they're really having a laugh!"
I refuse to even hyperlink them in this post because they're criminals! There are several other sites that purchase the same second hand phones for sometimes £30 more than Envirofone does and up! Think about that, just hit the internet and do a proper search. Don't let their hefty advertising budget fool you, each new customer pays for an old ad.


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Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy Making
On 16-19 October 2012, the OECD organised, jointly with the Government of India, the 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy under the theme "Measuring Well-Being for Development and Policy Making". Building on the Better Life Initiative, the main objectives of the Forum were to further the discussions on the different aspects that make for a good life today and in the future in different countries of the world and to promote the development and use of new measures of well-being for effective and accountable policy-making.
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After watching two political conclaves the last two weeks, it would be easy to be confused about which was really the gathering of the opposition. As Senator John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president, he and his supporters sounded the call of insurgents seeking to topple the establishment, even though their party heads the establishment.
This was, of course, part Mr. McCain's nature and part political calculation. It was also part history. For the first time since 1952, the party holding the White House has nominated someone other than the sitting president or vice president, someone without a vested interest in running on continuity, and at a moment when the party finds it difficult to defend its record from the last eight years.
The effort to position Mr. McCain and the Republicans as the true agents of change benefited this week from his selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. Known for taking on her own state party over corruption and wasteful spending, Ms. Palin projects the image of the ultimate Washington outsider, literally from more than 2,800 miles outside the Capital Beltway. And she would be the first woman to serve as vice president.
But as a matter of history, it is easier to run as the opposition party if you actually are the opposition party.
"When the president of the United States is from your own party, to present yourself as a change agent is not the easiest thing to pull off," said Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist. Referring to Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, Mr. Trippi added, "All Obama has to do is say, 'Bush-McCain, Bush-McCain.' "
That was certainly a chant never heard in the Xcel Energy Center over the last four days. President Bush canceled his trip here to supervise the response to Hurricane Gustav and addressed delegates only by video Tuesday, before the broadcast networks began their coverage for the night.
Once his image faded from the screen, none of the marquee speakers for the rest of the convention mentioned his name during the nightly prime hour. Indeed, a computer count showed that Democrats mentioned the name Bush 12 times as often at their convention. And delegates on Thursday were shown a video about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that included a picture of Rudolph W. Giuliani and Donald H. Rumsfeld but none of Mr. Bush, whose presidency was singularly shaped by that day.
In his acceptance speech shortly afterward, Mr. McCain thanked "the president," without naming him, for leading the country "in those dark days" and for "keeping us safe from another attack." But he made no further reference to Mr. Bush, and when it came to the improved security in Iraq over the last year, he credited "the leadership of a brilliant general, David Petraeus."
Republicans said Mr. McCain had little choice.
For "every candidate, regardless of whether they're an incumbent or a challenger," said Sara Taylor, a former White House political director under Mr. Bush, "one of the fundamental missions is how to set themselves up as the change agent, and John McCain is well equipped based on a long record as a maverick to do that."
And it is true that even vice presidents running as popular presidents leave office have labored to establish their own identities. "Conventions are always about the next four years, not the last four or eight years," said Ron Kaufman, who was a top aide to President George Bush. "In the end, whether your party is in power or not, it's about, 'What are you going to do for me for the next four years?' "
Still, even though the elder Mr. Bush wanted to slip out of Ronald Reagan's shadow in 1988 and Al Gore tried to distance himself from the scandals of Bill Clinton in 2000, they both used their acceptance speeches to boast of their administrations' records. And neither ran an advertisement like the one Mr. McCain did last month declaring, "We're worse off than we were four years ago."
By the time the convention here was about to get under way, Mr. McCain almost sounded like a speaker at an Obama rally. "I promise you, if you're sick and tired of the way Washington operates, you only need to be patient for a couple of more months," he told supporters in O'Fallon, Mo., on Sunday. "Change is coming! Change is coming! Change is coming!"
He continued the mantra Thursday. "Let me just offer an advance warning to the old big-spending, do-nothing, me-first, country-second crowd," Mr. McCain said. "Change is coming."
Boasting that he had fought corruption even among Republicans, he said the party had lost its way. And he offered a sweeping promise of reform: "We need to change the way government does almost everything."
Mr. McCain has been a strong supporter of Mr. Bush on the Iraq war and other issues, providing ammunition for Democrats arguing that his election would amount to a third Bush term. And the Obama campaign signaled it would not cede the change argument, airing another advertisement showing him with Mr. Bush and concluding: "We can't afford four more years of the same."
Still, Mr. McCain might be better positioned to make the case than any other Republican, given his reputation for independence and periodic scraps with Mr. Bush. What he needs to change first is the course of a campaign fighting the tide of history. He has 60 days to do it.
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Apple received a patent for a hovering sensor on a smartphone, according to a report.
The patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,614,693, creates a way for a person to interact with a touchscreen by hovering above it, so users can interact with the device without even touching it, according to AppleInsider. The technology isn't as innovative as it sounds, especially since Samsung introduced similar technology in its Galaxy Note 2 smartphone, according to VentureBeat.
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But Apple's hove sensor patent is much more exacting, including improving accuracy for users with shaking hands, and deciding between what is a "legitimate" touch/hover and what's accidental, AppleInsider reported.
Apple was also awarded a patent for a heart rate monitor embedded in its smartphones. The patent will allow the device to ascertain the identity of the user based on "cardiac signals" (creepy!) as well as judge mood. We're not sure about the smartphone as an electronic mood ring, but the heart rate monitor does sound like a great feature for the much-rumored Apple iWatch.


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Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 5: A Day of In-Class Simulation: MD of Carbon Nanostructures
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Well, release day came and release day went. And I'm pooped. Seriously, stick a fork in me, guys, I'm done.
Yesterday, after my launch party at Katy Budget Books, aka one of the best bookstores in the entire world, I was feeling pretty tuckered out. When I looked over my shoulder, I saw my cat, Skitter, and I think he was toying with me by imitating me.
Anyway, I grabbed my camera and caught his antics in action because I knew nobody would believe me unless the could see it for themselves.
So here is what my cat says I look like after a release day.
Pretty accurate, huh?
And below are some reviews that are flowing in on Don't Mess With Texas:
Don't Mess With Texas was a fabulously great read. I absolutely loved the characters. If you are looking for a fun romance that keeps you guessing this is it. There's a happy ending and I can't wait for the next one in the series.
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Don't Mess With Texas is whole lot of book for a great price!!! DMWT has a cast of characters to keep you laughing and chompin' at the bit for the next two books.
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Don't Mess with Texas is a delightful suspense-filled mystery with a sparkling cast of characters. The romance is spicy, the dialogue entertaining and there are some hilarious moments.
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Craig kicks off another series set in Texas, revolving around three ex-cops framed for murder and now running their own PI agency. Christie Craig always delivers enjoyable light romantic mysteries - add Don't Mess With Texas to the list.
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Christie Craig seems to have a real knack for writing fun little romantic romps with a bit of steam to them. If you are looking for a fun romp, Texas style, be sure to check out Don't Mess with Texas.
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Christie Craig blends humor, romance, and homicide to create an intriguing and off-the-wall-type of mystery for her readers. This is a fast paced story that brings together an eccentric cast of characters, each with his own set of quirks, to the party. The result is unmitigated chaos that succeeded in capturing my attention quickly and holding it tightly until the very end. I loved every minute that I spent with my nose stuck in the book and I am looking forward to the next PI's story.
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This is a fun Texas investigative romance that in some ways feels like a throwback to the madcap comedies of the 1930s. The story line is fast-paced from the moment the heroine vomits and never slows down as her knight in shining armor tries to prove her innocence while falling in love with "Leon's leftover". Fans will appreciate this terrific Texas two-step.
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This is laugh out loud humorous fun! A heroine who pukes on the hero, a no-nonsense Nana (loved her! Nana needs her own story, she's just that funny), a strong defend-and-protect type hero--mix it all together and you've got a novel jammed pack with Christie's humor, romance, mystery, suspense and everything else she could think of including an English Bulldog sleeping in a coffin.


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Influenza is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus which infects many parts of the body, including the lungs. Someone who has the flu spreads the virus by sneezing, coughing, or even talking. Flu may be transmitted by direct hand contact.
Influenza is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus which infects many parts of the body, including the lungs. Someone who has the flu spreads the virus by sneezing, coughing, or even talking. Flu may be transmitted by direct hand contact.
What happens when you get the flu?
The whole body suffers from it. Typical symptoms include:
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Why should people get the vaccinated against the flu?
Influenza is a serious disease, and people of any age can get it. In an average year, the flu causes 36,000 deaths (mostly among those aged 65 years or older) and more than 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States. The "flu season" in the United States is usually from November through April each year. During this time, flu viruses are circulating in the population. An annual flu vaccine (either the flu shot or the nasal-spray flu vaccine) is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get the flu.
If I can't get a flu shot, what can I do to protect myself?
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A vaccination encourages the body's immune system to develop and immunity to the influenza virus types in the vaccine.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Italian carmaker Fiat SpA FIA.MI fully intends to acquire the 41.5 percent of Chrysler Group shares that it does not now own, but wrangling over the price could continue for a while, Fiat-Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne said on Friday.
Fiat is in arbitration proceedings with the owner of the shares, a United Auto Workers trust fund that pays medical benefits to retired workers. The trust fund acquired the shares during the U.S. government-sponsored bankruptcy and bailout of Chrysler in 2009, when Fiat gained an ownership stake and management control of the U.S. automaker.
"We've always taken the position that we would have to pay them, but the question is price," said Marchionne, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of the Council for the United States and Italy, an international-relations group. The current arbitration proceedings, he added, are "part of the dance".
If, as industry experts predict, the two sides cannot agree on a price by year-end, the trust fund can begin the process that would lead to an initial public offering of its shares, potentially depriving Fiat of its goal of gaining full ownership of Chrysler.
However, the IPO process would take months to meet regulatory and other requirements, and a settlement could be reached during that time.
UBS estimates the fair value of Chrysler at between $9 billion and $13.4 billion, meaning the trust fund's 41.5 percent stake is worth between $4.1 billion and $5.5 billion.
Fiat and the health care trust are battling in a Delaware court over a 3.32 percent piece of Chrysler. Fiat is able to purchase up to 16.4 percent of Chrysler in this piecemeal fashion over the next three-and-a-half years. Chrysler has offered about half of what the health care trust believes the 3.32 percent stake is worth.
When Chrysler exited its 2009 bankruptcy, Fiat took a 20-percent ownership and has increased that since to the current 58.5 percent of the No. 3 U.S. automaker.
The system for Fiat to buy tranches of Chrysler for a total of 16.4 percent of the U.S. automaker was also part of that bankruptcy agreement. Fiat says it has used a formula for setting its price for the first tranche of those shares, and the trust wants more than double that figure. The full 16.4 percent of Chrysler to be purchased in this manner would total, Fiat says, $754 million, while the trust wants $1.7 billion.
Fiat earlier rebutted a report that it was set to raise money to finance its purchase of a further stake in Chrysler, saying it had no need for extra funds.
Its comment came after an unsourced report in Il Messaggero said Fiat was sounding out UniCredit (CRDI.MI), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Bank of America (BAC.N) and Goldman Sachs (GS.N) about the possibility of raising between 1 and 2 billion euros ($1.3-$2.6 billion).
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[Note added by the moderator - this is a research, not commercial endeavor.] Announcing HinCyc, an Encyclopedia of the H. influenzae Genome and Metabolic Pathways HinCyc is a reconstruction of the metabolism of Haemophilus influenzae Rd, the first bacterium whose genome was completely sequenced. The HinCyc knowledge base and associated WWW-based graphical user interface describe the following aspects of H. influenzae: o All H. influenzae genes o The H. influenzae genomic map o The predicted metabolic pathways of H. influenzae -- more specifically, those E. coli metabolic pathways that are predicted to occur in H. influenzae o The predicted enzymes of H. influenzae o The bioreactions catalyzed by those enzymes o The chemical compounds involved in those bioreactions For more information on HinCyc, see WWW URL http://www.ai.sri.com/ecocyc/hincyc.html Peter Karp, Christos Ouzounis, Suzanne Paley SRI International


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I begin this column with a confession of sorts. I am not a science fiction (SF) reader. And yet, I am intrigued by the recent commentary of renowned SF writer Neal Stephenson in World Policy Journal. Stephenson laments the loss today of the "techno-optimism" of science fiction's Golden Age—from Tom Swift's photo telephone, to radiotransporters and robots in the works of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov, to James Bond's inventive gadgetry.
Where are those sources of imaginative innovation today? Where is the counterbalance to the apocalyptic tones of so many writers (and game designers) and the scientific skepticism and innovation risk aversion emerging in the general public?
Stephenson makes a call to his fellow SF writers for a more exciting, inspirational "Big Stuff Gets Done" approach to science literature. I see clear parallels in the work of our science centers and museums. Our ability to present the facts of science is not in question, and our desire to inspire generations of interest in science is understood. But are we featuring the risk-reward ratio of science as it applies to innovation or that unpredictable journey (complete with occasional dead-ends) from research to new exciting technologies?
ASTC is taking on this challenge with the formation of a new thought group specifically designed to promote more innovation-related themes in our science centers and museums—not just the advent of new gadgets, but the inspirational pathways that make this innovation possible. There is a changemaker in all of us, and society has come to count on this quality to meet our basic needs, enliven our lives, and confront our greatest global challenges.
Innovation starts with "tinkering," and this is frequently well featured in many of our institutions. And yet, somehow, resistance to and trepidation about change can creep into our collective mindset. Let's find ways to quell that notion and give our youth a future of "techno-optimism" not "techno-phobia." To learn more about the new innovation thought group, contact Kate Crawford.


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Experts developed functionally graded Mo/Mo silicide composites based on refractory steel skeleton embedded in a refractory silicide matrix especially directed for high-temperature (HT) corrosive environments. Material properties change from area to core due to responses occurring as the material is created. The area, automotive and energy sectors demand ever-more functional and high-performance materials capable of withstanding harsh environments. In addition, they want them at reasonable cost. A European consortium of research institutes, universities and commercial partners from five nations features met that demand. Scientists developed novel in-situ formed HT composites comprising the concept of functionally graded materials (FGMs). Porous skeletons of refractory metal (molybdenum or niobium) have actually been embedded in a silicide matrix via stress assisted reactive infiltration. Grading is achieved because silicide forming reactions between Si melt and refractory steel happen predominantly at the area, creating an oxidation-resistant skin. The innovative reactive infiltration technique for preparing complex, near-net shaped parts with a self-forming oxide coating is a novel proprietary process. The novel FGM revealed significantly enhanced oxidation resistance at HT contrasted to a traditional molybdenum alloy and much greater fracture toughness at low temperatures compared to traditional silicides. The desired synergy provides the brand new HT composites enhanced properties whenever compared with currently most widely utilized nickel based superalloys. Technology was shown effectively on three different components, among which was a room framework for mounting thermal protection sheets. The composite survived thermal surprise resistance testing, simulating spacecraft re-entry conditions. Aside from the materials and manufacturing technologies, models describing effect kinetics in the molybdenum-silicide system represent a major contribution to manufacturers. They effectively simulate both fluid and solid state responses and the effects of barrier coatings on kinetics. FGMs are functionally superior to currently used superalloys and are created with an industrially legitimate manufacturing strategy. They promise crucial benefits for both atmosphere and ground transportation. Lighter and more durable elements capable of withstanding harsher conditions will facilitate reduced gas consumption and less emissions.
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By now everyone knows that Michael Jackson heard and fell in love with the song, "Butterflies," Ambrosius elegant love song which he included on his Invincible CD (what an ironic name.) Well, I had no idea that the song is also on Floetic, Floetry's debut album. Ambrosius sings it with authority and passion. A live performance of her perfoming "Butterflies" is breathtaking and is featured on Youtube.
"Floetic" starts out with a number called "Big Ben," which must have been Floetry's signature sound (the group has since unfortunately broken up). It's contagious, quick, clever, funky and smooth. I'm glad cousin D introduced me to this recording that's so obviously along my taste lines. Thanks cuz.
Big Ben Lyrics
[Big Ben Chimes (x4)]Check out Floetry's Mr. Messedup (Video), a good one to dance to.
I'm gonna take you on a ride to a lyrical expedition
Invision, imagine this, I be wishin that everybody would listen
Kissin' a-- until I was able to step into the arena
Make an impression and lesson and discovering
I out-smarted mathmaticans, blazed through expeditions
Through conditions not envisioned by those who pass predictions
In addition got a mission, a vision, if you would listen
Produce collaboration increasing complications
You understand how my Floetry got you bubblin'
I see you wonderin why you hear my name again
Never the same again, yes we came to win again
And if we fail again then love will conquer pain again
Just take a breath and continue the explanation
Turn off the playstation, still in my attention
Did I mention poetic extention - my redemption
Soul is in suspension at the realization
With poor libation for ethnic formation
Empower this position... more come to listen
Floetry is like a master of chemistry turn your negativity into kinetic energy
You can't test we
No no you can't test we...see?
Subtracting abstract messages from within, that's what i'm givin' That's what i'm givin'
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A total of 32 venues will be used for the 2012 Olympics. There are 26 sports that will be played at the games. Depending on the sport, there may be one or more venues that will be used throughout the competition. The venues are located in the Olympic Park, across London, and outside of London. Some were existing facilities, and others were built or are still under construction for the 2012 Games.
List of venuesEdit
- Aquatics Centre
- Athletes' Village
- Basketball Arena
- BMX Circuit
- City of Coventry Stadium
- Earls Court
- Eton Dorney
- Eton Manor
- ExCeL
- Greenwich Park
- Hadleigh Farm, Essex
- Hampden Park
- Handball Arena
- Hockey Centre
- Horse Guards Parade
- Hyde Park
- Lee Valley White Water Centre
- Lord's Cricket Ground
- The Mall
- Millennium Stadium
- North Greenwich Arena
- Old Trafford
- Olympic Stadium
- The Royal Artillery Barracks
- St James' Park
- Velodrome
- Water Polo Arena
- Wembley Arena
- Wembley Stadium
- Weymouth and Portland
- Wimbledon
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Aishwarya Rai stars in Kuch Na Kaho on RTM2, tomorrow, 12.30pm.
Want to know how to become Malaysia's favourite dancer? Watch Alam's Story, writes SHARMILA BILLOT.
Julia Roberts stars in The Mona Lisa Smile on RTM2, Sunday, 3pm
WHAT does it take to be Malaysia's favourite dancer? Tune in to Alam's Story on 8TV this Sunday at 10pm.
Winner of the first season of So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia, Muhammad Haslam a.k.a. Alam from Johor, will share his experiences in the reality dance show with viewers.
Corporate reality show The Firm 2 is premiering tomorrow on ntv7 at 8.30pm.
The show follows the struggles of 14 contestants in their exhilarating journey to the top of the corporate ladder.
Each episode depicts a discipline in business that is imperative to the success of a corporate high-flier.
These include branding, promotions, positioning and catering.
For movie buffs, 8TV is airing The Making Of… 21 tomorrow at 10.30am.
Directed by Robert Luketic, this action drama is about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting. They subsequently took millions in winnings at Vegas casinos.
The movie stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira and Jacob Pitts.
On Sunday, 8TV is also airing The Making Of… Dark Knight (10.30am).
Directed by Christopher Nolan, this action/crime movie is a sequel to Batman Begins.
It follows the caped crusader's mission as he joins forces with Gotham City's police Commissioner James Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker.
The movie stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart.
Panggung Sabtu (Hindi movie) (TV3, 2pm) – Hadh Kardi Aapne
Anjali suspects that her husband, Sanjay, is cheating on her. She asks her friend and namesake Anjali to go abroad and spy on her husband. Starring Govinda and Rani Mukherjee.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (English movie) (TV3, 12.30am)
Joel Barish is heartbroken after finding out that his girlfriend Clementine underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory and decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and that it may be too late to correct his mistake. Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byme, Elijah Wood and Thomas Jay Ryan.
Bollygood Time On 2 – Kuch Na Kaho (Hindi movie) (RTM2, 12.30pm)
Raj is not interested in marriage. However, his uncle, Rakesh, has other plans for him. Rakesh enlists the help of his secretary, Namrata, to find a suitable bride for Raj. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Satish Shah and Suhasini Mulay.
I Do I Do (Chinese movie) (8TV, 8.30pm)
Driver Ah Peng falls in love with Wen, who works as a manager in the same company. However, Wen does not feel the same about him. She meets a handsome stranger and is attracted to him. Starring Adrian Pang, Sharon Au, Marcus Chin, Allen Wu and Margaret Lee.
Secret Window (English movie) (RTM2, 9pm)
Famed mystery writer Mort Rainey is confronted by a stranger outside his house. The man, who calls himself John Shooter, claims that Mort stole an idea for a story from him. Mort declares his innocence but Shooter starts to become violent. Starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello and Timothy Hutton.
Raden Mas (Malay movie) (TV3, 3pm)
Prince Pengiran falls in love with dancer Mas Ayu and marries her against his parents' wishes. One day, the queen commands her son to go on a hunting trip. Upon his return, Pangiran finds his home ablaze and his wife killed. He escapes to another village with his baby daughter. Starring Nordin Ahmad, Latifah Omar, M.Amin and Siput Sarawak.
The Mona Lisa Smile (English movie) (RTM2, 3pm)
Katherine Watson is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women's-only school where the students are torn between their repressive culture and their longing for intellectual freedom. Starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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By David B. McLennan – These ads matter — but not in the ways that the candidates and their campaign consultants hope they do. When the negative barrage of ads is over, the winner will likely emerge with an approval rating well under 50 percent.
Majority of winning candidates take office without the majority support of the citizens they represent. They can no longer legitimately cite the "will of the people" in proposing legislation — because they are not in a position of strength when it comes to public support. Elected officials now often have little or no honeymoon period – even with the voters who supported them. more> http://tinyurl.com/l6vox44


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Drivers Manual
Network (UDP) - Seapath Binary Format 26 R-P-H (UTC) - 03
Driver to be used to decode roll-pitch-heave, heading and/or lat-lon-height, velocity, and rate of turn observations from a Kongsberg Seatex Seapath MRU, outputting the Seapath Binary messages, in Format 23 or Format 26.
Driver Information
Decoding Notes
The Seapath MRU driver will reverse the sign of the heave so that +ve heave is up, as is standard in Qinsy. All units are converted to meters and degrees, respectively.
The protocol contains status flags for some observations.
Based on these flags, the observations can have the following quality indicators:
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|None (OK)
All drivers have a "NOCS" version. If this version of the driver is selected, the driver will not verify the checksum in the message. If it is enabled, the checksum will be verified and the data will be discarded if the checksum is incorrect.
Database Setup
Position navigation systems
To decode the position (Lat/Lon/Height), add a system of type "Position Navigation System", select the same driver name and the same I/O parameters as for the other systems and define the antenna node and reference datum.
Gyro compass system
To decode the heading, add a system of type "Gyro and Compasses", select the appropriate driver, and define the heading parameters.
Pitch roll heave system
To decode the pitch, roll and heave, add a system of type "Pitch, Roll and Heave sensor" to the Qinsy database and make sure to select the same driver name and the same I/O parameters as for the Gyro system.
|Positive when
|Port up
|Bow up
Notice that the driver will reverse the heave sign, see Decoding Notes for more about this.
Velocity & rate of turn
To decode velocity and/or rate of turn, add an "Acceleration, Velocity & Rotation rate" system to the setup and add the appropriate observations.
Add an observation of type "ROV Depth". The driver will automatically reverse the sign of the decoded height, in order to make it a 'depth'.
extra info
The binary 26 protocol contains delayed heave. If this protocol is used, the delayed heave data will be stored in your project folder under the "Import" subfolder.


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Finally Lulu earned her keep. I think she can stay.
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The temperature reading says 83°F on the fan. But it's now after 7pm. It was up to 88°F here in the nook earlier today when the sun was beating down on the house. Needless to say, it's hot with out turning on the A/C. So yeah, Lulu really likes laying under the fan.
There is nothing more than I hate when people whine. Ok, maybe people sighing. It's ok if I whine, but when other people, or rather, when cats do it, it slowly eats away at my soul.
The irony is that I married the love of my life who happens to have 2 cats. Lucky me. And because Em is pregnant, I have taken over a lot of the pussy duties. I clean the litter and feed the cats now. I kinda had been doing this for a while, but it's official now. This has equated to them sadly thinking I am their new care giver. Again, lucky me.
Now the problem comes in when they *think* they are hungry. Which seems to be every 32 seconds. If you are even in a 10 foot radius of the container that holds their food you get a "MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROAR!!!" If you start walking down the stairs to get water or to turn on the heat. Either staircase, too. You'll get a "MEEEEEEEEEEEOWWWWWW(ROAR!)" from Lulu- With an emphasis on the "ow." And as of late when you get up from the couch in the living room, Mulligan assumes it's time for her feeding and I am headed to the "feeding place" simply to feed her alleged empty stomach.
I've tried training them, but they can't learn. Since the whining gets on my nerves so severely, I started squirting them with water when they start whining when I am in the "dead zone." I gave that 7 days and it didn't curb their appetite for whining. I added a table spoon or 6 of apple cider vinegar. It's been about 14 days of that with no sign of let up. I think I've come to the conclusion that I expect too much from pussies. I've sort of given up on the vinegar solution because in the end I have to touch Mulligan after I feed her because of her insulin shots and nothing is worse than vinegar hand.
Now I am writing this, declaring my frustrations with these animals. But at the same time I am trying to understand these foreign creatures. I've seriously tired to learn the way of the pussy. But I've come to the conclusion I will never understand these beings. And quite honestly, I don't care.
But to prove to you their horrific yet soaring whining abilities, I recorded their whining today, just about 4 hours after they were fed this morning. Clearly they needed a feeding. (Lulu is mainly in the left channel and Mulligan in the right)
And what's cool is in reverse it sounds like a helpless crying baby. Coincidence?


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THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- End rankism: Work where you get some respect
Here's a new word: Rankism. File it in your brain next to racism and sexism. And brace yourself for a big change at the office, because rankism is another kind of discrimination we should not tolerate.
What's rankism, or rankist behavior? It is hiring an intern and ignoring her all summer. It's pointlessly yelling at the receptionist about a manager who's late. Or a professor taking credit for a graduate student's research.
All these are examples of people who think they can treat someone disrespectfully because of their lower rank. The Devil Wears Prada has tons of juicy examples (as well as snappy fashion and a happy ending to make the story acceptable).
But rankist behavior is never acceptable. And Robert Fuller, the man who came up with the word, is on a mission to end it. His big idea is that people have a right to be treated with dignity no matter where they stand in the pecking order. He's part of what's become known as the "dignitarian movement."
Having a word to identify the problem is half the battle. "Vocabulary changes things," says Fuller. "The Feminine Mystique referred to the 'problem without a name.' Sexism was not a word until five years after that book came out. Once the word sexism was available, women had a weapon to make demands."
Fuller wants you to take cues from the success of that movement. Say, "Hey, that's rankest," the same way you'd say, "That's sexist." Here are five more steps:
1. Get a good read on potential managers. Managers set the tone of respect or disrespect at work. So sniff out offenders before taking the job.
2. Let people know that rankism matters. Probably those behaving this way are not even conscious that they're doing it. In one study about harassment, most disrespectful people thought they were making jokes.
"They are misguided comedians," says study author Catherine Hill, director of research at American Association of University Women. She also found that people respond to what they perceive as cultural norms. So speak up when you see it, even if you're not on either side of the exchange.
3. Don't accept rationalizing for rankism. Common refrains: "This is the only way the business can work" (to justify long and unpredictable hours ); "I got through this so you can too" (to justify hazing).
4. Take a bad job. Working at a low-level job is not just a headache, it's an integral part of your personal development. A big barrier to fighting racism and sexism is that if you're white you don't know what it's like to be black, and if you're male you don't know what it's like to be female. But everyone can work in a low-level job– especially in the service industry where the exposure to rankest behavior from customers is huge.
5. Consider leaving. One of the scariest things about demanding change at the workplace is the prospect of getting fired. But young people today switch jobs often. So the risk of offending your current boss for speaking out against rankism does not seem that big a deal.
The workplace is ripe for eradicating rankism. The youngest workers are optimists about their ability to change the world and passionate about valuing diversity. Also, in poll after poll, young people report less interest in money and more interest in the quality of work and the quality of life work affords. So now is the time for the dignitarian movement, and we should all jump on board.


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Creative has long made soundcards, and therefore one would think that it knows what it is doing when it comes to making headphones too. So can the Creative Tactic 3D Sigma (a mouthful, but supposedly the last word when it comes to gaming headsets) be the answer? We got listening to music, playing games, and recording the Pocket-lint podcast to find out.
The Creative Tactic 3D Sigma headphones sit above the Creative Tactic 3D Alpha headphones and are the company's current flagship headphone model. Using the same tech as the special edition World of Warcraft headphones launched earlier in the year, the main difference here is that these have not only lost all clan and WoW association, but also been reduced in price presumably as there isn't a hefty licensing fee to go with it.
Instead you get a pair of traditional headphones with padded ear cups and a padded headband making them very comfortable indeed. The headphones themselves have 90-degree rotation, ideal for packing flat in your bag, and the cups are big enough to encase your entire ear (my ears are big) meaning there is little noise bleed for those to enjoy around you.
Out of the left earpiece is a flexible boom mic for talking, although rather handily this can be removed if you aren't planning on doing any talking. There is no noise-cancelling element to them.
Out of the left hand side is a flat ribbon cable that is immune to tangles and there is an independent volume dial and mute toggle so you don't have to find the right keys on your keyboard or device to turn it down or shut out your voice quickly.
At the end of said cable is a separate mic and audio jack (3.5mm) both of which plug into a USB dongle that also happens to be a THX certified soundcard. On the plus side it means that all the audio processing is done via the headphones, on the downside when you want to use them with your MP3 player you have the mic cable dangling around in your pocket getting caught up in your keys.
In order to allow you to make the most of the 50mm speaker drivers in the headphones, the Creative Tactic 3D Sigma headphones come bundled with dedicated software that allows you to turn on and off different audio support. It's here you'll find access to the THX TruStudio Pro features and this includes setting the surround sound capabilities (three dimensional), the bass, dialogue improvements, and equaliser settings like Vocal or Pop.
Beyond tuning your headphones to sound the best they can, there is a fun, but rather pointless feature called voice FX that allows you to change your voice to sound like a demon, an elf, an old women, an old man, and plenty more in between. Some of the voice effects are, it's rather sad to admit, very clever, while ones like the Robot will do little for you. Apart from messing with your mates on Skype, or Call of Duty for around 5 minutes before it gets boring, we can't see the point of it. Still it's a bit of fun.
Overall we found performance to be very good. From a voice perspective we've been using them to record the Pocket-lint podcast for a couple of weeks now (at the time of writing) and so check it out to hear what the author sounds like. The sound is well rounded and picks up plenty of detail without the need to shout.
As for listening rather than talking, we've tried the headphones with music and games and were pleased with both aspects, although more so for the gaming element. Music wise the sound is very rounded but a little soft and muddy. It's not awful, just not great for audiophiles with the headphones overly bassy.
However, when it comes to games, it's here where the Creative Tactic 3D Sigma headphones excel thanks to the 3D surround technology included. It basically lets you hear left and right stereo as well as up and down, giving you a spatial awareness of the gaming world you are in. It is very good. Why? Because it helps you pinpoint baddies more accurately.
At £90 the Creative Tactic 3D Sigma headphones aren't cheap, especially as they are a one trick pony - a pair of headphones that you'll only really use in front of your computer while playing games. We are impressed by the performance when it comes to speaking and gaming. If music is your main focus then there are plenty of other choices out there, but if gaming is your intention, then you won't be disappointed.


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Diamond Pacific is one of the major manufacturers of lapidary equipment for the rockhound hobbyist, professional gemcutter and jeweler, and for a variety of commercial uses, from deburring metal parts to testing geological specimens and concrete for highways.
The year 2018 is our forty sixth in business, and with a second generation of family taking over management, we expect Diamond Pacific to still be a major player in our industry for years to come.
If you have a question or problem relating to the lapidary field, give us a call. Our telephones are answered by our Customer Service Representatives. The only answering machines we have are for weekends when our office is closed. If we can't help you, we will try to refer you to someone who can.
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Archbold Reformed Mennonite Church (Archbold, Ohio, USA)
The Archbold Reformed Mennonite Church, located five miles (eight km) northeast of Archbold, Ohio, is also called the Lauber Hill Reformed Mennonite Church. Organized around 1855, its first church was erected in 1864. Another building was constructed in the early 1870s. For a time there was a second meetinghouse south of Archbold where services were held once a month for the benefit of those living at a distance from Lauber Hill. It was discontinued when automobiles came into general use. The first ministers in the congregation were Jacob Binder and Benedict Meister. In 1951 the approximate membership was 75. The origin of this congregation is obscure. The first families came from Wayne County, Ohio, about 1834. A few families came direct from Canton Bern, Switzerland, and some apparently from the Amish Mennonite Church near by.
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F, A. "Archbold Reformed Mennonite Church (Archbold, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 16 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Archbold_Reformed_Mennonite_Church_(Archbold,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113181.
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F, A. (1955). Archbold Reformed Mennonite Church (Archbold, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Archbold_Reformed_Mennonite_Church_(Archbold,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113181.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 146. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Jihad Watch
A Jihad Watch poster recently asked incredulously, "There's a mosque in The Hague?"
Yes, there is a mosque in The Hague. And all over Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, and in Paris and Marseilles and Lyons and Toulouse, in London and Manchester and Birmingham and Leeds, in Rome and in Milan, in Berlin and Hamburg and Frankfurt, and in thousands of other cities and even small towns all over Europe. The Saudis and other rich Arabs fund them, just as they pay for the land, and the construction, and the maintenance, of mosques all over this country, from Boston to sunny California. Most of the mosques in the Western world are not paid for by the locals, but by very rich foreign Muslims -- governments, institutions, individuals. After all, not all of that ten trillion dollars in oil revenues that Muslim states have received since 1973 alone goes for arms purchases, and palaces for the boys, and wages for those millions of non-Muslim wage-slaves who keep Saudi Arabia and the smaller sheikdoms going, and gambling in London and Monte Carlo, and call girls (the Arabs especially contemptuous of the West for allowing "their women" to be bought and used in such a way, by their sworn enemies, the Arab Muslims), and endless shopping in the funfair-cum-brothel of Europe.
Occasionally local opposition can stop the building of a mosque, but not because the mosque has been paid for by sinister foreigners, nor because mosques are far more than merely religious establishments but politico-religious outposts of the Army of Islam, and inevitably, unless subject to constant round-the-clock monitoring, will tend to have khutbas based on the almost-unavoidable subject with which the Qur'an and Hadith are full: to wit, the permanent state of war that exists between Believers and Infidels, and the need for Muslims to work to remove all obstacles to the spread, and dominance, of Islam.
Western governments simply will not stop to examine, will not dare even to discuss, the nature, the meaning, the menace of Islam and Jihad. Those whose duty it is to protect us will continue to pretend that what goes on in mosques is as "religious" in nature as what goes on in churches or synagogues. But it isn't. Visits to mosques, or tapes of what goes on, or the testimony of those who have jettisoned Islam but can still recall what they heard (or if their faces are not recognized, enter mosques still) confirm that what goes on is dangerous to Infidels, to their legal and political institutions, to their physical security.
The national governments of the Western world have failed those whom they are supposed to protect. They have failed to exhibit any intelligent curiosity about Islam as a Total Belief-System, and the role of the mosques as a basis for Jihad -- that is, the "struggle" to promote Islam and remove all obstacles to its spread, and dominance. Yet local governments, or local officials, have been forced to change or cancel permits by aroused citizens, who have made their cases against this or that mosque on the basis of size -- the proposed mega-mosque in London appears to have been stopped -- rather than on the basis of the bristling and aggressive nature of these huge structures, their minarets rising like missiles (as Erdogan once famously said).
If more non-Muslims came to understand the texts and tenets and attitudes of Islam, they would not be so uninterested in the mosque-building that goes on, sometimes even with the aid of local governments (e.g., Mayor Menino encouraging the building of the Boston Mosque, and even agreeing to sell land far below the market price), but would move heaven and earth to stop as many such projects as possible, and what's more, to make sure that existing mosques and madrasas are monitored for the contents of what they preach (and what Muslims practice, when they are in a position to do so). The word "religion" keeps getting in the way, but greater knowledge would give Infidels the confidence not to be bamboozled or impressed by such a word, and determined not to be deterred in their opposition to mosques and madrasas. For the first is not simply, or mainly, a house of individual worship, but a center where a collectivist and aggressive Total Belief-System can more easily maintain or reinforce its hold over local Believers.


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This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by RAINY E. BELL, AN UNMARRIED PERSON, as Trustor, to MC KINLEY TITLE & TRUST, as Trustee, in favor of ALASKA HOME MORTGAGE, INC., DBA ALASKA USA MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Beneficiary, dated 11/7/2001, recorded 11/8/2001, as Instrument No. 2001-024536-0, in the PALMER Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION and the record owner of the property is purported to be RAINY E. BELL. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: Lot Three (3), Block Four (4), DELTA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof , filed under Plat No. 78-152, located in the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. More Accurately Described As; Lot 3, Block 4, DELTA HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat Number 78-152, Records of the Palmer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Commonly referred to as: 1201 SOUTH BETTINA WAY, WASILLA, AK 99654 APN: 1565B04L003 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 11/1/2018 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 4/16/2019 is $66,931.50 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $62,536.70
Interest: $1,990.10
Late Charges: $435.60
Beneficiary Advances: $1,969.10
If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 "K" Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 7/25/2019, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same. DATED: 4/16/2019 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee


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New products introduced over the last week include an expansion of the FTSE Renaissance IPO Indexes; an Australia-based equity trust introduced by Neuberger Berman; Van Eck filed exchange offer documents on six HOLDRS; and Vanguard switched four funds to all-index and added admiral shares to six others.
In addition, First Trust prepared its Energy Infrastructure Fund for an IPO; Grandeur Peak Advisors will premier two new funds; and Castle Investment Management announced a cut in the expense ratio for its Castle Focus Fund.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) FTSE Renaissance IPO Indexes Expanded to Capture Performance of New Equity Issues Worldwide
Global index provider FTSE Group and IPO research and investment firm Renaissance Capital on Sept. 27 announced the expansion of the FTSE Renaissance IPO Index Series. The series is being renamed the FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index Series to reflect its new global nature, now providing investors the ability to capture the performance of IPOs listed in 53 new country and regional indices within developed and emerging EMEA, Asian, and American markets.
The series tracks early IPO returns, often missed by most major global IPO benchmarks; many IPOs wait three months or longer for inclusion. The series indices, suitable for creation of ETFs and other structured products, include qualified IPOs at the end of their first trading day. The IPOs are then removed after approximately two years.
2) Neuberger Berman Launches Emerging Markets Equity Trust in Australia
Neuberger Berman announced Sept. 28 that it has launched its first Australian-domiciled unit trust, the Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Equity Trust, aimed at institutional investors. Australian institutions Intrust Super and Energy Super are its initial investors, with a total of approximately A$100 million in assets. The trust was launched by Melbourne-based Neuberger Berman Australia because of the firm's emerging markets capability and Australian investors' interest in such opportunities.
Conrad Saldanha, managing director and New York-based head of emerging markets equities for Neuberger Berman, is the trust's portfolio manager. Saldanha and his colleagues currently manage approximately U.S.$1.5 billion in emerging markets equity assets for institutional and individual investors worldwide. The team employs a bottom-up, research-driven all-cap securities selection approach, seeking undervalued companies that display characteristics such as industry leadership, management track record and cash flow growth potential.
3) Van Eck Global Files Exchange Offer Documents for 6 Merrill Lynch HOLDRs
Van Eck Global announced Friday that it has filed with the SEC to commence exchange offers for six Merrill Lynch-sponsored HOLDRS: oil services (OIH), semiconductor (SMH), pharmaceutical (PPH), biotech (BBH), retail (RTH) and regional bank (RKH). Van Eck will then offer investors of these six HOLDRS the opportunity to exchange their receipts in these HOLDRS trusts for shares of new market vectors ETFs.
The new ETFs are expected to trade under the corresponding HOLDRS' ticker symbols. The firm expects the offers to be launched in Q4 of 2011 and consummated later that quarter. They will require proactive action on the part of individual HOLDRS investors. By participating, HOLDRS investors will authorize conversion of stocks in the HOLDRS trusts into a diversified basket of stocks that align with the indices underlying the new market vectors ETFs. The transaction is structured to be an equal-value exchange.
4) Vanguard Lifestrategy Funds Adopt All-Index Approach; 6 Index Funds Add Admiral Shares
The four funds in the Vanguard LifeStrategy series, which currently feature a mix of passively and actively managed funds, will adopt an all-index approach, it was announced Friday. The funds will invest solely in their three broad market component funds (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund, and Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund) and gradually eliminate exposure to their actively managed component funds (Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund and Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund). Once the transition to the lower-cost index funds is completed, the funds' expense ratios are expected to decline two to four basis points.
In other news, Vanguard has lowered costs of six index funds by adding admiral shares, which provide shareholders with expense savings of more than 50% over the corresponding investor shares in some cases.
5) First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund Seeks $345 Million in IPO
RIA First Trust Advisors L.P. announced Thursday the launch of the closed-end First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund (FIF). Its objective is to seek a high total return with an emphasis on current distributions paid to shareholders. It began trading Sept. 28 on the NYSE. Initially it will raise about $345 million in its common share offering; should underwriters exercise the overallotment option in full, it will raise about $395 million.
First Trust is the fund's investment adviser, responsible for supervising the fund's subadvisor, monitoring its investment portfolio, managing its business affairs and providing other administrative services. First Trust, in consultation with the subadvisor, will also be responsible for determining the Fund's overall investment strategy and overseeing its implementation. Energy Income Partners LLC is the fund's investment subadvisor, responsible for its day-to-day investment strategy.
6) Former Wasatch Team Launches Grandeur Peak Global and International Opportunities Funds
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, founded in July by former Wasatch portfolio managers Robert Gardiner and Blake Walker, announced Wednesday that it will launch two mutual funds on Monday, October 17: the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund.
The Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund will be a portfolio of global equities with a strong bias towards small- and micro-cap companies. Investments will include companies based in the U.S., developed foreign countries, and emerging/frontier markets. The portfolio has flexibility to adjust its mix by market cap, country, and sector.
The Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund will be an equities portfolio focused on small- and micro-cap companies outside of the U.S. The funds will each have two share classes, an investor share class requiring a minimum investment of $2000 and an institutional share class requiring a minimum investment of $100,000, with a 1.25% management fee for both.
7) Castle Investment Management Announces Castle Focus Fund Expense Ratio Reduction
Castle Investment Management, LLC, announced Sept. 26 that it is reducing the expenses of the Castle Focus Fund (MOATX). The expense ratio will be reduced to 1.42% from 1.58% on Nov. 1. The fund is available with no transaction fee on the major mutual fund supermarkets including Schwab, Fidelity and Pershing. As of Sept. 21, the fund was up 0.72% for the year, while its benchmark, the S&P 500, was down 5.8%.
The Castle Focus Fund is subadvised by St. James Investment Company with Robert Mark as portfolio manager, and generally holds 20 to 30 equity positions trading at a significant discount to the portfolio manager's determination of intrinsic value.
Read last week's Portfolio Products Roundup at AdvisorOne.com


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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The American College of Physicians no longer supports Internal Medicine as a specialty
Citing the subsections on contraception and uterine bleeding he asks "Does the American College of Physicians (ACP) believe and encourage that internists should be adequately expert and trained to go through the vagaries of abnormal uterine bleeding complete with ordering ultrasound and doing a endometrial biopsy? Some of the questions seem to imply just that." He notes that these items along with others promoted by ACP such as derm procedures and group sessions for smoking cessation counseling are not among the reasons he became an internist. Ditto to that.
He goes on: "A section on corneal abrasions implies internists need fluorescein strips and Wood's lights in their office as the expectation is that not only will such patients be evaluated by the internist but treated and the internists will have the patients come back for follow up observation to see if a referral to an opthalmologist is needed."
I've done just about every edition of MKSAP since completion of residency. I agree with Retired Doc. Each successive edition seems increasingly geared to teaching internists to be like family practitioners. Don't get me wrong about ACP. They have some wonderful educational resources. But I'm increasingly inclined to believe that they no longer promote Internal Medicine as a unique specialty, and Retired Doc's post only serves to confirm that.
Background: Internal Medicine has an identity crisis and the ACP is doing nothing about it.
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For all the talk in the previous post you linked about how internists deal with adult patients, it sounds from the complaint about having to deal with birth control that the doctor you're linking really wants to deal with male patients, or if s/he has to see a female, it sounds like s/he doesn't want to deal with her as a whole person.
Many people have a uterus, ovaries, a vagina. These are part of the complexity of women's health. If you can't handle that complexity, then don't claim to do adult medicine, claim to do men's health. Don't make women waste their time trying to see you for health care.
The same biases I'm reading in the complaint come into play when doctors mis-recognize women's heart conditions because they think the normative human body is always male.
As an FP who has worked alongside internists, I feel your pain . I have had contact with with several internists lately who are VERY discouraged with the state and role of general internal medicine today compared with 10 or so yrs ago..asked to see more pts, spend less time with each, do more things outside traditional internal medicine- Ortho, Gyn, etc..and I feel sorry for them in a sense. At least I was trained and feel more comfortable with some of these other areas but the internists that I know, have not. As fewer students choose primary care and the boomer population reaches their 60s and 70s, I'm afraid things will only get worse.
Putting nostalgia aside, perhaps it just does not make sense in 2007 to have multiple primary care "specialties". The office-based primary care physician should know things like basic Gyn care, basic dermatology, and corneal abrasions. The hospital-based primary care physician (i.e. hospitalist) will have a different knowledge base and skill set. There have been many articles and editorials alluding to the hospitalist as the internist of the 21'st century. Why doesn't it make sense for the current office-based internists and FP's to join forces for the common good of excellence in outpatient primary care.?


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The ten climbs listed to the left sample the best the Park has to offer and use all the techniques of modern mountaineering---some climb snow, some ice, some rock, and some all of the above. This is a tiny portion of the climbing available - only the Tetons in terms of the quality of alpine climbing rival Rocky Mountain National Park.
Climb descriptions on the linked pages list some of RMNP's more exceptional climbs, and include some of the qualities that make each climb unique in Colorado climbing.
Both Bernard Gillet's Rocky Mountain National Park:The Climber's Guide and Richard Rossiter's Rock Climbing Rocky Mountain National Park: The Crag Areas and Classic Rock Climbs No. 08 The Diamond of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park will include the details you need once you decide on a climb.
I've tried to include mostly moderate climbs. By the time you are ready to climb The Joker (5.12c) on the Diamond or Vanquished (M6, AI 5) on Powell, you probably do not need this list. If you have any questions about the routes or the present conditions, please feel free to call or drop in at the Colorado Mountain School 970-586-5758. We are the only service legally authorized to guide in Rocky Mountain National Park; we'd love to take you up any of these climbs.
... John Bicknell, Colorado Mountain School


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The aim of the Forward Tipping Dumper Course is to provide candidates with the basic knowledge and practical skills involved in operating a Forward Tipping Dumper to the NPORS (National Plant Operators Registration Scheme) / and or CPCS(Construction Plant Competence Scheme) standards.
All candidates will be trained, and or tested by one of CIPTs fully accredited expert instructors. Training and assessments can either take place at our Training and testing centre here at Newmains or on your preferred site.
The duration of the course will depend on the number of candidates for any given course and the experience of each individual candidate.
On successful completion of the NPORS assessments candidates will be issued with an NPORS operators card.
On successful completion of both the theory and the practical elements of the technical test, candidates will be issued with a CPCS Red Trained Operators Card, before these tests can take place the candidate must have passed the CSCS Operatives Health and Safety Test within a 2 year period prior to the CPCS test.
It is our recommendation that all candidates complete this training and testing.
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Chequer Mead offers a variety of ways to book, pay and receive your theatre tickets. To book your tickets you can call, email, write or visit us using the following contact details:
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Bala or 'country mallow' is a small hardy shrub renowned for its tough stem and root. It is native throughout India and Sri Lanka. The word Bala literally translates as 'strength'.
The roots of this plant are renowned in Ayurveda and are traditionally combined with milk and almonds to create nourishing and tasty medicines. We use it in our Active Oil.


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Google Ad Chief Susan Wojcicki Explains Why Google Gets Ads
There are many miraculous things on the Web today; advertising is not one of them.
So said Walt Mossberg, in conversation with Google's Susan Wojcicki and Sundar Pichai at the D: All Things Digital conference on Thursday. But with one caveat: Google seems to serve the right ads when people want them.
"One of the things that really matters is the moment," said Wojcicki, who is SVP of ads for the search giant. That's ingrained into Google's flagship product, search. Search brings intent, a focus on finding a specific thing at a specific time. "Ad information, and targeting to serve the right ad at right time, makes a difference."
From that moment, Google's machine-learning smart ad systems — known internally as "Smartass," says Wojcicki — kick in, playing a key part in the system's success at showing the most relevant ads, featured in the most prominent positions.
Google is obviously doing something right — the company raked in $8.1 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter, the lion's share of which was made from its ads business. Compare that to Facebook, whose ads are notoriously scattershot and still nascent in its online advertising strategy. So much so that General Motors pulled out of its ad deals with Facebook mere days before the company went public.


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Belief brings me closer to You, but only to the door.
It is only by disappearing into Your mystery that I will come in.
– Hakim Sanai
In the late summer of the following year, Professor Freeman completed his translation. Tonight he is to come to the khaniqah and present his work. The Master is also to return this evening. He has been traveling abroad nearly the entire year, recently accompanied by Aaron and Rebecca. Their return has thrown us into a frenzy of preparation and joy.
Glad Tidings! My brother and sister darvishes are to be married later this month, and a feast has been ordered to celebrate the return of the Master and the confluence of all our labors.
As happy as I am that the Master will soon be here, and that all the companions will be together once more, I am most curious about the final translation of the Jinn i Nama, the Book of the Jinn, in which I have had some small part.
I have not yet seen Professor Freeman's final draft, and from the beginning the difficulties of such a task thoroughly daunted us. The Jinn do not speak as humans do, but communicate directly to each others' minds. They know the full meaning and context of each others' thoughts as well as the full range of emotions behind them. It is as complete a philology as is possible of a language without words. They also cannot lie to one another, and thus have no concept of deception. And they are the second children of Allah; their thought encompasses past, present and future, though how far into the future they see is still a mystery.
Soon after we began the translation, Professor Freeman and I approached the Master with these concerns.
"How can I possibly do justice to such a work?" the Professor asked. "My mind is locked in the present."
"Remember that this book was given as a gift," the Master said. "And as such, since he knows your innate natures, he is also speaking to both of you through it."
"But how am I able to help with the translation?" I asked. "I do not know Canaanitish. Why could not the Jinni have used a language we both could understand?"
"You have listened, but you have not heard," the Master said. "You will know Canaanitish before the end. Did I not say that the tale would also translate you? It is the faqir who wrote the book, not Ornias the Jinni, and he meant it for both of you: One to decipher the words, the other to help bring forth the subtler meaning. Consider, O darvishes, that when he aided you by allowing your minds to see through his, he also read your minds and hearts, their distinctiveness and their similarities, but he already knew both of you. Do you still not understand? Time is not a veil to his kindred. The book was written before you both were born, but he wrote the book for you!
"Oh my God!" the Professor said.
So there is no need to fear, Shlomo! As you continue on the path, even the meaning of the words you thought you knew will reveal their hidden depth, and the tale will become the clearer still."
The tale will also translate you!
The thought emboldened us. Did we not survive fire and deep water, storm and demons? We resolved to begin without delay. Here, after all, was the real treasure of our journey. Within its pages we hoped to glimpse a measure of living history, witnessed by a being that lived it, unaltered by time and memory.
"Guide us then, Master!" the Professor implored. "How shall we begin?"
"Begin as a darvish would when undertaking any new task," the Master said. "Ask God's blessing, and commit your affairs to Him. Then clear your hearts of all motives related to yourselves, for no blessing arises from anything in which selfish interest has a part."
The Master departed on his travels the next day, and we were left without his further guidance. No doubt he meant for us to decipher the ancient tongue and its meaning by ourselves, but it was soon apparent that Ornias had written not only a history, but a cosmology.
Jinn-i-Nama I
And God, the One, made first the Angels, the Holy Ones, and they were born of His light, the first children of his thought, and they served the Lord and dwelt in the house of His mercy.
And the second offspring of His design were the Jinn, and they were created out of the fire of His will, and they dwelt in the Subtle Realm, near to Him, though farther than the Angels who served Him only. And the Jinn were given free will, both a blessing and a curse.
In the green beginnings of the earth we made our home, on a vast mountainous island in the midst of the sea. And the mountains burned.
Great fires spewed forth, and rivers of molten earth ran into the waters, so that the land was utterly surrounded by vast walls of steam. Here we thrived and grew strong, for God was ever with us, and we rejoiced in Him. Our fiery spirit was well suited to the land, and we dwelt in the great cave cities of the high mountains.
Yea, the memory of the Jinn spans the ages, and the Jinn do not forget!
Ya Haqq!
Note: These pages are from the sequel to Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, which will be forthcoming, inshAllah (God-willing), by the end of the year. To read excerpts, reviews and comments from Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, click Here!


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^^^Jinzang wrote:As you get better at practice thoughts get fewer and further apart. There are gaps between your thoughts. It's easy for someone who craves this to fall into a subtle dullness which is thought free but lacks the clarity that meditation is supposed to have. The remedy is to keep a balance between concentration and alertness, something which is learned through practice. This is explained in the standard texts on shamatha meditation. Which is the only reason I know this, as my own meditation practice is very poor.
Good advise.
The "increasing space between the thoughts" is a metaphor often used by the teachers - I also find useful the idea that the entire aggregate of mental thoughts as a whole, slowly subsides, until it is very, very difficult to discern at all, if it is even there. However I think some of you peeps are saying that as soon as awareness kicks back in the silence is lost. I am a mere beginner however I would really strongly suggest that this is incorrect - awareness is never lost. IMHO the whole trick is to maintain awareness very steadily, as Jinzang says, between dullness and agitation, as the whole thought aggregate calms down. It's totally, totally possible to do this. The result is a profound (and profoundly odd) experience of groundlessness. Good ol' emptiness. Nice tasty and delicious silence. And the more you can maintain this shamatha, the deeper and deeper into awareness and emptiness you can go.
There are two main obstacles to the tranquility of the mind. One is becoming too relaxed and the other is becoming too tense. When we become too relaxed, we start to follow our thoughts and become absorbed in them. When we are too tense, we make too much effort focusing on the idea of concentrating and being tranquil so that in the end our mind cannot remain tranquil and we become distracted. We have to constantly try to find the balance between being too tense and too relaxed by finding just the right amount of effort to put into our meditation. Saraha, a great mahasiddha, said that when we meditate, the mind should be like a thread of the Brahmin. In India the Brahmins used to spin a lot of thread. If one puts too much tension on it, the thread breaks. If the thread is too loose, then it won't be strong enough. In the same way, when we meditate, the mind should maintain the right amount of alertness; neither too tight, nor too loose.
Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche