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Pollination is the process by which plants are fertilized, allowing them to produce seeds and fruit. It involves the transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of another flower. There are several different methods of pollination, including self-pollination, cross-pollination, and wind pollination. During pollination, the pollen grains are transferred from the anthers to the stigma of the same or a different flower. This can occur through various means, including the transfer of pollen by bees, butterflies, birds, or wind. Once the pollen has reached the stigma, it germinates and grows down the style of the flower, eventually reaching the ovules and fertilizing them. After pollination, the flower will begin to develop into a fruit, which contains the seeds that will eventually grow into a new plant. The specific type of fruit that develops will depend on the type of plant and the pollination method used. For example, flowers that are pollinated by bees will often develop into fruits with a thick, fuzzy coat, such as apples or pears, while flowers that are pollinated by birds will often develop into fruits with a hard, woody shell, such as cherries or olives.........

<|system|> You are a helpful assistant.<|end|> <|user|> What happens during and after pollination<|end|> <|assistant|> Pollination is the process by which plants are fertilized, allowing them to produce seeds and fruit. It involves the transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of another flower. There are several different methods of pollination, including self-pollination, cross-pollination, and wind pollination. During pollination, the pollen grains are transferred from the anthers to the stigma of the same or a different flower. This can occur through various means, including the transfer of pollen by bees, butterflies, birds, or wind. Once the pollen has reached the stigma, it germinates and grows down the style of the flower, eventually reaching the ovules and fertilizing them. After pollination, the flower will begin to develop into a fruit, which contains the seeds that will eventually grow into a new plant. The specific type of fruit that develops will depend on the type of plant and the pollination method used. For example, flowers that are pollinated by bees will often develop into fruits with a thick, fuzzy coat, such as apples or pears, while flowers that are pollinated by birds will often develop into fruits with a hard, woody shell, such as cherries or olives.<|end|> <|user|> What pollinates succulents<|end|> <|assistant|> Succulents, like most other plants, are typically pollinated by insects, such as bees, butterflies, moths, and flies. Some succulents are also pollinated by birds, bats, or other animals. The specific type of insect that pollinates a particular species of succulent will depend on a number of factors, including the location of the plant, its bloom time, and the size and shape of its flowers. In general, succulents that have showy, brightly-colored flowers are more likely to be pollinated by insects, as they are more easily visible to the pollinators. Succulents that have smaller, less showy flowers may be pollinated by insects, but it is more likely that they will be self-pollinated, as the pollen will be transferred from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower. In areas where there are few insect pollinators, succulents may be pollinated by wind, which can carry the pollen from one plant to another. This type of pollination is known as anemophily, and it is more common in plants that have small, inconspicuous flowers, such as many succulents.<|end|> <|user|> Describe anemophily and describe some succulents that show this trait<|end|> <|assistant|> Anemophily is a form of pollination that is carried out by wind. It is a common form of pollination in plants that have small, inconspicuous flowers, such as many succulents. In anemophilous plants, the flowers are adapted to be pollinated by wind, and they often have specialized structures, such as long, thin tubes or brush-like structures, that help to direct the pollen onto the visiting insects. The pollen is transferred from the anthers of the flower to the stigma by the wind, rather than by an insect. This type of pollination is typically more effective in dry or windy conditions, as the pollen is more likely to be carried long distances by the wind in these conditions. Some examples of succulents that show anemophily include: * Haworthia truncata: This small, rounded succulent has white, star-shaped flowers that are carried on tall, thin stalks. The flowers are adapted for anemophilous pollination, with long, thin tubes that guide the pollen onto the visiting insects. * Gasteria acineta: This large, fan-shaped succulent has large, showy flowers that are carried on tall, thin stalks. The flowers are adapted for anemophilous pollination, with long, thin tubes that guide the pollen onto the visiting insects. * Euphorbia caput-medusae: This small, branching succulent has small, yellow flowers that are carried on long, thin stalks. The flowers are adapted for anemophilous pollination, with long, thin tubes that guide the pollen onto the visiting insects.<|end|> <|user|> Does anemophily involve insects or wind or both<|end|> <|assistant|> Anemophily is a form of pollination that is carried out by wind. It is a common form of pollination in plants that have small, inconspicuous flowers, such as many succulents. In anemophilous plants, the flowers are adapted to be pollinated by wind, and they often have specialized structures, such as long, thin tubes or brush-like structures, that help to direct the pollen onto the visiting insects. Anemophily does not involve insects directly, as the pollen is transferred from the anthers of the flower to the stigma by the wind, rather than by an insect. The flowers are adapted to be pollinated by wind, and they have specialized structures that help to direct the pollen onto the visiting insects. This type of pollination is typically more effective in dry or windy conditions, as the pollen is more likely to be carried long distances by the wind in these conditions.<|end|>

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1,2,3,4,5,6-Cyclohexanehexol, 1,2,5/3,4,6-inositol, (1S)-inositol, (1S)-1,2,4/3,5,6-inositol, Antialopecia Factor, (+)-chiroinositol, cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-Cyclohexanehexol, Cyclohexitol, Dambrose, D-chiro-inositol, D-Myo-Inositol, Facteur Anti-alopécique, Hexahydroxycyclohexane, Inose, Inosite, Inositol Monophosphate, Lipositol, Meso-Inositol, Méso-Inositol, Monophosphate d’Inositol, Mouse Antialopecia Factor, Myo-Inositol, Vitamin B8, Vitamine B8. Inositol is a vitamin-like substance. It is found in many plants and animals. It can also be made in a laboratory. Inositol is used for diabetic nerve pain, panic disorder, high cholesterol, insomnia, cancer, depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, promoting hair growth, a skin disorder called psoriasis, and treating side effects of medical treatment with lithium. Inositol is also used by mouth for treating conditions associated with polycystic ovary syndrome, including failure to ovulate; high blood pressure; high triglycerides; and high levels of testosterone. How does it work? Inositol might balance certain chemicals in the body to possibly help with conditions such as panic disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and polycystic ovary syndrome. Possibly Effective for... - Panic disorder. Inositol shows some promise for controlling panic attacks and the fear of public places or open spaces (agoraphobia). One study found that inositol is as effective as a prescription medication. However, large-scale clinical trials are needed before inositol’s effectiveness for panic attacks can be proven. - Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There is some evidence that people with OCD who receive inositol by mouth for 6 weeks experience significant improvement. - An ovary disorder known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Taking a particular form of inositol (isomer D-chiro-inositol) by mouth seems to lower triglyceride and testosterone levels, modestly decrease blood pressure, and promote ovulation in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome. - Problems breathing in premature infants known as “acute respiratory distress syndrome,” when given intravenously (by IV). - Psoriasis brought on or made worse by lithium drug therapy. Inositol doesn’t seem to help psoriasis in people not taking lithium. Possibly Ineffective for... - Alzheimer’s disease. - Depression. Limited research suggests that depressed people receiving inositol for 4 weeks may improve at first, but then get worse again after awhile. There was also some expectation that inositol might make antidepressant medications called SSRIs work better. But research so far hasn’t shown this to be true. Likely Ineffective for... - Nerve problems caused by diabetes. Insufficient Evidence to Rate Effectiveness for... - Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Early studies suggest inositol might not help improve ADHD symptoms. - Hair growth. - Problems metabolizing fat. - High cholesterol. - Trouble sleeping (insomnia). - Other conditions. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database rates effectiveness based on scientific evidence according to the following scale: Effective, Likely Effective, Possibly Effective, Possibly Ineffective, Likely Ineffective, and Insufficient Evidence to Rate (detailed description of each of the ratings). Bipolar disorder: There is some concern that taking too much inositol might make bipolar disorder worse. There is a report of a man with controlled bipolar disorder being hospitalized with extreme agitation and impulsiveness (mania) after drinking several cans of an energy drink containing inositol, caffeine, taurine, and other ingredients (Red Bull Energy Drink) over a period of 4 days. It is not known if this is related to inositol, caffeine, taurine, a different ingredient, or a combination of the ingredients. The following doses have been studied in scientific research: - For panic disorder: 12 to 18 grams per day. - For obsessive-compulsive disorder: inositol 18 grams per day. - For treating symptoms associated with polycystic ovary syndrome: D-chiro-inositol 1200 mg per day. - For treating lithium-related psoriasis: 6 grams daily. Report Problems to the Food and Drug Administration You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit the FDA MedWatch website or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Health Solutions From Our Sponsors Agranoff BW, Fisher SK. Inositol, lithium, and the brain. Psychopharmacol Bull 2001;35:5-18. View abstract. Allan SJ, Kavanagh GM, Herd RM, Savin JA. The effect of inositol supplements on the psoriasis of patients taking lithium: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Br J Dermatol 2004;150:966-9. View abstract. Barak Y, Levine J, Glasman A, et al. Inositol treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a double blind, cross-over placebo controlled trial. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1996;20:729-35. View abstract. Benjamin J, Agam G, Levine J, et al. Inositol treatment in psychiatry. Psychopharmacol Bull 1995;31:167-75.. View abstract. Benjamin J, Levine J, Fux M, et al. Double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of inositol treatment for panic disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1995;152:1084-6. View abstract. Colodny L, Hoffman RL. Inositol--clinical applications for exogenous use. Altern Med Rev 1998;3:432-47. View abstract. Fux M, Levine J, Aviv A, Belmaker RH. Inositol treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1996;153:1219-21. View abstract. Goodman GA, Rall TW, Nies AS, Taylor P. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. Gregersen G, Bertelsen B, Harbo H, et al. Oral supplementation of myoinositol: effects on peripheral nerve function in human diabetics and on the concentration in plasma, erythrocytes, urine and muscle tissue in human diabetics and normals. Acta Neurol Scand 1983;67:164-72. View abstract. Gregersen G, Borsting H, Theil P, Servo C. Myoinositol and function of peripheral nerves in human diabetics. A controlled clinical trial. Acta Neurol Scand 1978;58:241-8. View abstract. Hallman M, et al. Inositol supplementation in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med 1992;326:1233-9. View abstract. Hallman M, Pohjavuori M, Bry K. Inositol supplementation in respiratory distress syndrome. Lung 1990;168:877-82. View abstract. Harwood AJ. Lithium and bipolar mood disorder: the inositol-depletion hypothesis revisited. Mol Psychiatry 2005;10:117-26. View abstract. Levine J, Aviram A, Holan A, et al. Inositol treatment of autism. J Neural Transm 1997;104:307-10. View abstract. Levine J, Barak Y, Gonzalves M, et al. Double-blind, controlled trial of inositol treatment of depression. Am J Psychiatry 1995;152:792-4. View abstract. Levine J, Barak Y, Kofman O, Belmaker RH. Follow-up and relapse analysis of an inositol study of depression. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 1995;32:14-21. View abstract. Levine J, Goldberger I, Rapaport A, et al. CSF inositol in schizophrenia and high-dose inositol treatment of schizophrenia. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 1994;4:487-90. View abstract. Levine J, Mishori A, Susnosky M, et al. Combination of inositol and serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of depression. Biol Psychiatry 1999;45:270-3. View abstract. Levine J. Controlled trials of inositol in psychiatry. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 1997;7:147-55. View abstract. Machado-Vieira R, Viale CI, Kapczinski F. Mania associated with an energy drink: the possible role of caffeine, taurine, and inositol. Can J Psychiatry 2001;46:454-5. View abstract. Nemets B, Mishory A, Levine J, Belmaker RH. Inositol addition does not improve depression in SSRI treatment failures. J Neural Transm 1999;106:795-8. View abstract. Nestler JE, Jakubowicz DJ, Reamer P, et al. Ovulatory and metabolic effects of D-chiro-inositol in the polycystic ovary syndrome. N Engl J Med 1999;340:1314-20. View abstract. Nomenclature of Cyclitols. IUPAC Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (CNOC) and IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (CBN). Available at: http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/cyclitol/ (Accessed 23 January 2004). Palatnik A, Frolov K, Fux M, Benjamin J. Double-blind, controlled, crossover trial of inositol versus fluvoxamine for the treatment of panic disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2001;21:335-9.. View abstract. Salway JG, Whitehead L, Finnegan JA. Effect of myo-inositol on peripheral-nerve function in diabetes. Lancet 1978;2:1282-4. View abstract. Shaldubina A, Stahl Z, Furszpan M, et al. Inositol deficiency diet and lithium effects. Bipolar Disord 2006;8:152-9. View abstract. Shaltiel G, Shamir A, Shapiro J, et al. Valproate decreases inositol biosynthesis. Biol Psychiatry 2004;56:868-74. View abstract. Souza FG, Mander AJ, Foggo M, et al. The effects of lithium discontinuation and the non-effect of oral inositol upon thyroid hormones and cortisol in patients with bipolar affective disorder. J Affect Disord 1991;22:165-70. View abstract. Williams RS, Cheng L, Mudge AW, Harwood AJ. A common mechanism of action for three mood-stabilizing drugs. Nature 2002;417:292-5. View abstract.

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Former sports minister Rashid Echesa is back at the Milimani law courts seeking the release of his Range Rover and firearms. Through his lawyer Bryan Khaemba, Echesa claims ever since his vehicle was confiscated on March 2, 2020, he has been forced to use public transport. This he says has subjected him to public embarrassment and loss of human dignity. “By continuing to illegally detain applicant’s only motor vehicle, the respondents have rendered him immobile, subjected him to embarrassment and loss of human dignity in that he is now forced to use public transport and sometimes walk,” the suit papers read. Further, Khaemba argues that his client is at risk of contracting the deadly coronavirus should he continue using public transport. On the confiscation of his two pistols, Echesa claims that his rights to personal security as guaranteed by the Constitution have been contravened. “Confiscating the applicant’s firearms has greatly subjected him to serious security risks and challenges given that he is the immediate former Youth and Sports Cabinet Secretary,” Khaemba submitted. Echesa wants the firearms — a Beretta 92 and a Ceska pistol — released pending the hearing and determination of his case. Khaemba also mentioned that it’s been over two months since he filed the first application(on March 11, 2020) but the State is yet to respond. “Let the vehicle and his firearms be released until the State is ready to respond to the application,” said Khaemba. “It is almost three months since the application was filed in court [and there is no progress on the matter]. It is against logic why the case was filed under a certificate of urgency,” the lawyer added. State Counsel, Jacinta Nyamosi, told Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot that they hadn’t filed a response to Echesa’s application because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted their operations. Nyamosi asked the magistrate to grant her two days to file a response. The matter will be heard on May 23.

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THE PENTATEUCH PART I: GENESIS LESSON 12: Genesis 25:1 - 27:45 The Life of the Patriarch Isaac Esau son of Isaac despised his inheritance and counted it as worth nothing more than a bowl of lentil stew while his younger brother, Jacob, was willing to risk everything to possess the promises You made to Abraham's descendants. We also have an inheritance that is the fruit of covenantal promises. Our precious inheritance is Jesus Christ, and our eternal inheritance through Jesus the Messiah must be the focus of our lives and the foundation of our hope. Guide us, Lord, in our study of two men who symbolize humanity's response to Your promises and rekindle in each of us the desire to risk everything in this life to obtain our eternal inheritance in the next. We pray in the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. + + + All these died in faith, before receiving any of the things that had been promised, but they saw them in the far distance and welcomed them, recognizing that they were only strangers and nomads on earth. People who use such terms about themselves make it quite plain that they are in search of a homeland. If they had meant the country they came from, they would have had the opportunity to return to it; but in fact they were longing for a better homeland, their heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, since he has founded the city for them. Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into a heritage that can never be spoilt or soiled and never fade away. It is reserved in heaven for you who are being kept safe by God's power through faith until the salvation which has been prepared is revealed at the final point of time. 1 Peter 1:3-5 The death of Sarah in chapter 23 was the pivotal point in this section of the narrative, while chapter 24 introduced the next bride to be the bearer of the "promised seed," Rebekah the wife of Isaac (see the outline of the chiastic pattern in handout #1 of Lesson 11). Chapter 25 becomes the transition that takes the reader from the 38 years after Sarah's death, to Abraham's death, to the continuation of God's covenant with Isaac, and to the birth of the next generation, Isaac and Rebekah's sons Esau and Jacob. Isaac married Rebekah when he was forty years old. They were married for thirty-five years before the death of Abraham. Please read Genesis 25:1-6: The Descendants of Abraham 25:1Abraham married (took*) another wife (woman*) whose name was Keturah; 2and she bore him Zimram, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. 3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushim, and the Leummim. 4The descendants of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah. 5Abraham left all his possessions to Isaac. 6To the sons of his concubines Abraham made grants during his lifetime, sending them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the Land of the East. * = literal Hebrew (Interlinear Bible vol. I, page 60). Question: How many sons, grandsons and great-grandsons were born to Abraham from Keturah? Answer: There were six sons; two grandsons and three great-grandsons fathered by Jokshan and five grandsons fathered by Midian. Question: How many sons did Abraham father from Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah? Answer: He had eight sons. Question: Abraham made provisions for his concubine's sons before his death, but who was the beneficiary of a double portion of Abraham's material estate and the sole inheritor of Abraham's spiritual Answer: The son born by God's divine will, Isaac, Sarah's son. From Keturah, whose name means "enveloped in fragrant smoke" (incense), were descended the tribes of the Arabian Desert. The meaning of her name reflects their occupation - merchants in the spice and incense trade. Keturah's son Midian became the father of the Midianites, the people who offered Moses asylum after his escape from Egypt and into whose tribe Moses married (Ex 2:11-22).(1) To the sons of his concubines Abraham made grants during his lifetime, sending them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the Land of the East. This verse must be referring to Hagar and Keturah who are both identified here as Abraham's concubines. In 25:1 the New Jerusalem translation recorded that Abraham "married another wife," but the Hebrew word translated as "married" is the Hebrew verb "to take" = laqach; for other examples of the use of this Hebrew verb see Gen 3:22; 6:21; 7:2; 12:19; 14:23; etc., and the word translated as "wife" = ishshah, in Hebrew simply means "woman;" for other examples of the use of this Hebrew noun see Gen 2:22, 23; 3:1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16; 12:14, 15; 20:3; 24:5, 39, 44; etc. (The Interlinear Bible: Hebrew-English, vol I, page 60; Brown-Driver-Biggs, pages 60-61, 542). Question: What is the difference between a legal wife and a concubine? Answer: The essential difference was the marriage contract which gave a wife and her children certain rights a concubine did not enjoy. The biblical scholar Joachim Jeremiah defined the differences between a slave/ concubine and a wife: Legally, the wife differed from the slave in the first place because she kept the right of possession (but not of disposition) of the goods she had brought with her as a marriage portion; in the second place by the assurance of the marriage contract (ketubah) in fixing the sum to be paid to her in case of separation or death of the husband. 'What is the difference between a wife and a concubine? R. [Rabbi] Meir (c. AD 150) said: The wife has a marriage contract, the concubine has none' (Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus, page 368). Please read Genesis 25:7-11: Abraham's Death 25:7he number of years Abraham lived was a hundred and seventy-five. 8When Abraham had breathed his last, dying at a happy, ripe age, old and full of years, he was gathered to his people. 9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah facing Mamre, in the field of Ephron the Hittite son of Zohar. 10This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites, and Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there. 11After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac settled near the well of Lahai Roi. This passage, which concludes the life history of the Patriarch Abraham, is out of sequence with the following events. The events in the next part of the narrative in Genesis 25:20-28 occurred before Abraham's death. Question: How old was Isaac and how old were Isaac's sons when Abraham died? Hint: see Gen 21:5 and 25:26. Answer: Isaac was seventy-five when his father died (Abraham's same age when he entered Canaan) and his twin sons were fifteen years old. It is interesting that the estranged Isaac and Ishmael came together to bury their father. Notice that Isaac was mentioned first in verse nine, his position as the re'shiyt ("firstborn" as heir) giving him precedence over his elder half-brother. Abraham was eighty-six when Ishmael was born and 100 when Isaac was born. At the time of Abraham's death Ishmael was 89 years old. Question: Where was Abraham buried? What was significant about this site? See Gen 18:1; 23:17-20; 35:27-29; 49:29-32; Answer: He was buried in the cave of Machpelah, where Sarah was buried, across from the tree at Mamre where God visited Abraham and Sarah to tell them of Isaac's divinely ordained birth. This cave will also become the resting place of Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and their son Jacob and his wife Leah. Genesis 25:8: When Abraham had breathed his last, dying at a happy, ripe age, old and full of years, he was gathered to his people. Three Hebrew verbs are used to describe Abraham's death: expired, died, and gathered (Interlinear Bible, page 61). The words "he was gathered to his people" seems confusing since Abraham was not buried with his "people" who still lived in northern Mesopotamia. Question: What then does the inspired writer mean by the statement that Abraham was "gathered to his people"? See Gen 29:22; 49:29, 33. What is the connection to the Redeemer-Messiah? See Mt 12:40; Acts 2:24, 31; 1 Pt 3:18-20; 4:6; and CCC 633. Answer: This expression, repeated in Genesis 29:22; 49:29 and 33, refers to a belief in an afterlife and to a "place" where the dead reside collectively. This "abode of the dead" was called Sheol by the Hebrews and Hades by the Greeks. It was the "place" into which Jesus descended, after being placed in His tomb, to preach the Gospel of salvation to those spirits who were awaiting the coming of the promised Redeemer-Messiah. Question: What did Jesus tell the Jewish crowd about Abraham in John 8:56-58 and what did Jesus reveal about Abraham's role in Sheol in the parable He told in Luke 16:19-31? Answer: He told them that He existed before father Abraham, that Abraham looked forward to His coming, and Abraham served as guardian of the spirits in Sheol. Genesis 25:11: After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac settled near the well of Lahai Roi. The covenantal promises continued through Isaac. He settled near the well where Hagar encountered the Angel of Yahweh in a region of the Negeb between Kadesh and Bered - despite Hagar's vision of the divine at this site, Isaac was the sole inheritor of the promise to possess the land. Please Read Genesis 25:12-18: The Descendants of Ishmael 25:12These are the descendants of Ishmael son of Abraham by Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian slave-girl. 13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by name and line: Ishmael's first-born was Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. 16These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, according to their settlements and encampments, twelve chiefs of as many tribes. 17The number of years Ishmael lived was one hundred and thirty-seven. When he breathed his last and died, he was gathered to his people. 18He lived in the territory stretching from Havilah-by-Sur just outside Egypt on the way to Assyria, and he held his own against all his kinsmen. Along with his age, the same three verbs that were used to describe Abraham's death are applied to Ishmael ( 25:17), and Isaac ( 35:28-29). Only the names of Ishmael's sons are listed in this toledot. Two daughters are listed in Gen 28:9. The chiastic pattern that began with the rejection of Ishmael in favor of Isaac continues with another list of the non-elect line (previous list of the non-elect line was the toledoth of Abraham's family in Mesopotamia in Genesis 22:20-24; see handout #1, Lesson 11). The twelve tribes of the non-elect line of Ishmael will stand in contrast to the twelve tribes of the elect line of Isaac's son Jacob/Israel and fulfills the prophecy given to Abraham in Genesis 17:20. Question: How old was Ishmael when he died? Where did his descendants live? Answer: He was 137 years old. They lived on the desert border between Egypt and the Promised Land. Please read Genesis 25:19-28: The Birth of Isaac's Sons, Esau and Jacob 25:19This is the story of Isaac son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac. 20Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramaean. 21Isaac prayed to Yahweh on behalf of his wife, for she was barren. Yahweh heard his prayer and his wife Rebekah conceived. 22But the children inside her struggled so much that she said, 'If this is the way of it, why go on living?' So she went to consult Yahweh, 23and Yahweh said to her: 'There are two nations in your womb, your issue will be two rival peoples. One nation will have mastery of the other, and the elder will serve the younger.' 24When the time came for her confinement, there were indeed twins in her womb. 25The first to be born was red, altogether like a hairy cloak; so they named him Esau. 26Then his brother was born, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old at the time of their birth. 27When the boys grew up Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country. Jacob on the other hand was a quiet man, staying at home among the tents. 28Isaac preferred Esau, for he had a taste for wild game; but Rebekah preferred Jacob. This part of the narrative begins another chiastic pattern that will pivot on the birth of Joseph son of Jacob, the fourth central figure in the second half of the Genesis narrative (the first half of Genesis focused on four events while the second half focuses on the biographies of four individuals). This chiastic pattern slightly overlaps the previous pattern, beginning with the history of Isaac's family: A. The beginning of the history of Isaac's descendants: births of Esau and Jacob, divided and fighting against each other ( 25:19-34). B. Encounter with Yahweh and relationship with pagan neighbors (26:1-35). C. Blessings sought and blessings given (27:1-40) D. Jacob flees from Esau (27:41-28:5). E. Esau's union (marriage) to an Ishmaelite woman (28:6-9) F. Jacob's encounter with God's messenger (28:10-22). G. Jacob's arrival in Haran and meeting with Laban (29:1-30). H. Jacob acquires a family (30:1-21). I. The birth of Joseph (30:22-24). H. Jacob acquires wealth (30:25-43). G. Jacob's departure from Haran and Laban (31:1-32:1). F. Jacob's encounter with God's messenger (32:2-3). E. Jacob's planned reunion with Esau (Gen 32:4-13). D. Jacob prepares to meet Esau (32:4-22). C. Blessing sought and blessing given (32:23-33). B. Encounter with Esau and relationship with pagan neighbors (33:1- 34:31). A. The end of the history of Isaac: the 12 sons of Jacob and Isaac's death; Jacob and Esau united in peace to bury their father (35:23-29). This section of the narrative begins, like the narratives in Genesis 2:4a and Genesis 6:9 that recounted the history of Adam and Noah, with the Hebrew word toledot (genealogy, lineage, history), which is used to convey that this part of the narrative is the historical record of the life of Isaac and his descendants. Like Sarah, Rebekah was barren. Isaac's faith in God's promises was tested like his father's faith was tested in Sarah's bareness. To open Rebekah's womb would require divine intervention. Question: Why didn't God give the mothers of the children of Israel the blessing of fertility in their youth? What message is there for us in the struggles of these people? Answer: The birth of the son who would carry the "promised seed" was to be not through human will and desire but through the will of God. The account of God orchestrating the unfolding history of the Patriarchs should assure us that God is in control of events in the past, present, and future. He is the Master of the world and of our place in the drama of human history. Question: Isaac interceded with God to give Rebekah children. For how many years did Isaac patiently petition God to give Rebekah Answer: He prayed the same intercessory prayer for 20 years. The barren mother of a future important figure in salvation history is a common motif in Sacred Scripture. Question: How many Old Testament women can you recall who were barren but later, by the will of God, gave birth to men who had an important impact on salvation history? Name the women and their sons. In each case the bareness of the mother was reversed by God's intervention. It is by God's divine will that sons were born from these women - sons who played an important role in God's plan of salvation: Question: When God opened Rebekah's womb and she did conceive, Rebekah experienced a very difficult pregnancy. What did she do and what was the result? Answer: She sought out an answer to her suffering by consulting God. It was revealed to her that she was to have twins who were struggling in her womb just as they were to struggle against each other as adults, and as their descendants would struggle against each other. She was also told the prophecy that the younger son would be dominant over the elder. Rebekah must have visited a holy place where Yahweh's presence was believed to reside. According to Jewish tradition Rebekah sought out God's holy priest Melchizedech (Gen 14:17-20) who was still living and who prophesized that the struggle in her womb was an omen of the future struggles between her twin sons and their descendants. An important part of the prophecy was that again God would prefer the younger son over the elder - continuing the biblical theme of God's preference for the younger son. It is interesting that God prophesied for each generation of Abraham's line the future family history (see Gen 12:1-3; 16:11-12; 17:19; 25:23; 27:27-29, 39-40; 37:1-11). Question: How old was Isaac when his twins were born; how old was Abraham? See Gen 21:5. Answer: Isaac was 60 and Abraham was 160. Question: How does Scripture describe the twin sons Answer: The first child born was named Esau. He was covered in reddish hair. He became an archer and a skilled hunter. His brother was born grasping the heel of his elder brother. He became a refined, introspective man. Esau like Nimrod and Ishmael was an archer and a hunter (Gen 10:9; 21:20). In Genesis 27:40 Esau is described as one who "lives by the sword." In Scripture the hunter presents the negative image of a predator while the shepherd is the ideal image of a leader (Ps 23; Ez 34; Jn 10:1-18; 1 Pt 5:3-4). In this passage there are word plays on the names of the twins. Esau is red and hairy, symbolizing his animal-like nature while Jacob is related to the Hebrews words for "heel" and "smooth." In Esau's case the word play is between the Hebrew words for "red," adom, which sounds like Edom, the land of Esau's descendants, and "hairy," se'ar (see Gen 27:11) and his Hebrew name esaw (Esau). The Hebrew word for "hairy" also sounds like the region of Edom that Esau and his descendants will inhabit, the red clay land of se'ir (Num 24:18). According to the narrative Jacob's (Ya'akov) name means "heel" (akeb) catcher or "usurper." Genesis 27:36 and Hosea 12:3-4 give the etymology as meaning one who has "supplanted" or "betrayed" ('akab) his brother (Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 3, page 599). Jacob is described as "quiet," but the Hebrew word "smooth" is better translated as "civilized" or "refined." The Hebrew word tam is from a root meaning "to be complete, finished, perfect," but the word can also mean "smooth," as in the smoothness of Jacob's skin in contrast to Esau. The same Hebrew adjective is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe someone who is deceptive in their speech (Prov. 5:3; 26:28). Jacob becomes a man who is both "smooth" of skin, refined in his tastes, and deceptive - both smooth and slippery, in his speech (Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 3, page 602; Waltke, page 362). Question: How do the parents respond to the twins? Answer: Isaac preferred Esau because of his hunting skills in providing wild game for his dinner table while Rebekah favored her younger son, Jacob, the son of the promise. It is sad that a marriage that began with such promise should now become divided over the sons. The favoritism of the parents will lead to discord in what was meant to be a holy family. This is the third time that a material greed in a food preference will contribute to the failure of a family. Question: What were the other failures that involved man's gluttonous desires? Answer: Adam and Eve ate fruit which was forbidden, Noah and Lot drank themselves into disgrace, and now Isaac's fondness for the taste of wild game caused him to disregard God's oracle, to alienate his younger son and his wife in his preference for one son over the other because he was fond of eating wild game. Concerning the sin of satisfying the physical over the spiritual in the failures of the Old Testament patriarchs, St. Basil the Great wrote: This vice of gluttony delivered Adam up to death, by the pleasure of the appetite consummate evil was brought into the world. Through it Noah was mocked, Canaan was cursed, Esau was deprived of his birthright and married into a Canaanite family. Lot became his own son-in-law and father-in-law, by marrying his own daughters (On Renunciation of the World, quoted from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, vol. I, page 152). Please read Genesis 25:29-34: Esau Despises His Birthright 25:29Once, when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau returned from the countryside exhausted. 30Esau said to Jacob, 'Give me a mouthful of that red stuff there, I am exhausted' - hence the name given to him, Edom. 31Jacob said, 'First, give me your birthright in exchange.' 32Esau said, 'Here I am, at death's door; what use is a birthright to me?' 33Then Jacob said, 'First give me your oath'; he gave him his oath and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34Then Jacob gave him some bread and lentil stew; and he ate, drank, got up and went away. That was all Esau cared about his birthright. This account is given out of chronological sequence in the narrative to illustrate Esau and Jacob's character and disposition. Neither man exhibited exemplary behavior. This episode would probably have occurred just prior to Genesis 26:34 and is evidence that God did not treat Esau unjustly in choosing Jacob over Esau. Question: What was Jacob's failure? Answer: He showed a lack of compassion and hospitality to his brother and used his brother's weakness to trick him into renouncing his birthright - which as the re'shiyt (status as the firstborn) entitled Esau to a double portion of the material wealth and spiritual blessing of their father. It was a blessing promised to him by prophecy, but instead of patiently waiting on God to fulfill what was promised he decided to take his destiny into his own hands. Question: What were Esau's character flaws? Answer: He was a base man, caring more about the condition of his stomach than his inheritance. He was a physical and material man who lived in the now with no regard for his future and God's promised blessings. Writing about the difference between the brothers as a metaphor for differences between professing Christians, St. Augustine wrote: ...the reason why the elder son is called Esau is that no one becomes spiritual without first having been "of the flesh" or materialistic. But if they persist in "the mind of the flesh," they will always be Esau. If, however, they become spiritual, they will then be the younger son. But then the junior will be the senior; the other takes precedence in time, this one in virtue. [..]. He [Esau] sold his right as firstborn to his younger brother. He went off with a temporary satisfaction; the other went off with a permanent honor. So those in the Church who are slaves to temporary pleasures and satisfaction eat lentils - lentils that Jacob certainly cooked but that Jacob did not eat. [..]. Now apply this. You have a Christian people. But among this Christian people it is the ones who belong to Jacob that have the birthright or right of the firstborn. Those, however, who are materialistic in life, materialistic in faith, materialistic in hope, materialistic in love, still belong to the old covenant, not yet to the new. They still share the lot of Esau, not yet in the blessing of Jacob (Augustine, Sermon 4.12; quoted from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, vol. I, page 151). The sad truth is that it isn't always the big mistakes that trip us up but the little insidious mistakes in choosing the immediate and the material over the spiritual and eternal that evolve into sins that are like poisoned arrows - small but deadly. In his commentary on Genesis St. John Chrysostom pointed out, concerning Esau's choice of the material over the spiritual, that God chose Jacob because He knew in advance the heart of Esau. St. John concluded that Esau's fate was meant to be a lesson to us all: Esau treated the birthright as of no account, proving unappreciative of the precedence given him by nature itself. All this happened, however, so that one man's ingratitude might be demonstrated and that God's predilection might take effect. Listening to this, however, let us learn the lesson never to neglect the gifts from God or forfeit important things for worthless trifles. I mean, why, tell me, should we be obsessed with a desire for money when the kingdom of heaven and those ineffable blessings are within our grasp, and why prefer blessings that endure forever and never to those that are passing and scarcely last until evening? What could be worse than the folly of being deprived of the former through lust after the latter and never being able to enjoy them in a pure fashion: What good, after all, tell me, is such wealth? (Homilies on Genesis 50.6-7, page 52). Note the reference to the "red" stew/porridge in verse 30. Once again the image of the color "red," in Hebrew 'adom, is another word play connected to Esau. His descendants will come to inhabit the red soil of the land of Edom.(4) Please read Genesis 26:1-14: The Threat to the Bride of 26:1There was a famine in the country - different from the previous famine which took place in the time of Abraham and Isaac went to Abimelech, the Philistine king at Gerar. 2Yahweh had appeared to him and said, 'Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the country which I shall point out to you. 3Remain for the present in that country; I shall be with you and bless you, for I shall give all these countries to you and your descendants in fulfillment of the oath I swore to your father Abraham. 4I shall make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and I shall give them all these countries, and all nations on earth will bless themselves by your descendants 5in return for Abraham's obedience for he kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.' 6So Isaac stayed at Gerar. 7When the people of the place asked him about his wife he replied, 'She is my sister,' for he was afraid to say, 'She is my wife,' thinking, 'The people of the place will kill me because of Rebekah, since she is beautiful.' 8When he had been there some time, Abimelech the Philistine king happened to look out of the window and saw Isaac fondling (laughing*) with his wife Rebekah. 9Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, 'Surely she must be your wife!' How could you have said "She is my sister"? Isaac replied, 'Because I thought I might be killed on her account.' 10Abimelech said, 'What a thing to do to us! One of the people might easily have slept with your wife. We should have incurred guilt, thanks to you.' 11Then Abimelech issued this order to all the people: 'Whoever touches this man or his wife will be put to death.' 12Isaac sewed his crops in that country, and that year he reaped a hundredfold. Yahweh blessed him 13and the man became rich; he prospered more and more until he was very rich indeed. 14He acquired flocks and herds and a large retinue. The Philistines began to envy him. (* = literal Hebrew; Interlinear Bible, vol. I, page 64; Brown-Driver-Biggs, page 850). Question: Why did the inspired writer include the information in verses 1-2? Answer: He wanted the reader to understand that this was not a repeat of Abraham and Sarah's adventures in Egypt in Genesis 12:10-20, but this was instead another threat to the bride of a patriarch that was similar to Abraham and Sarah's previous experience with the Egyptian pharaoh. Isaac was preparing to go into Egypt to avoid the famine when he had his first direct experience with the God of Abraham. Question: Why did Isaac stay in Philistine territory during the famine instead of the Egypt? Answer: God instructed Isaac not to go to Egypt but to remain in Gerar. Question: What assurances, promises, and commands did Yahweh give Isaac in addition to the command to stay in Gerar? What was the three-fold command God gave Isaac? Answer: God repeated the three-fold covenant promises made to Abraham: land/a nation, descendants, and a world-wide blessing. But God also instructed Isaac that like his father he must be obedient in keeping God's (1) commandments, (2) statutes, and (3) laws. Question: What were God's commandments, statutes and laws that Abraham kept? See Gen 17:9-14 and Gen 9:4-7, CCC 58, and the oral tradition of the Noahide Laws found in Lesson 6. Answer: The covenant commandment to circumcise all the males of his household (Gen 17:9-14) and to keep the statutes and laws of the Noahide Covenant under which all peoples were still bound (Gen 9:1-17). These laws and statutes included the prohibition against blasphemy, theft, idolatry, sexual immorality (incest, adultery, etc.), the eating of raw flesh and drinking blood, the statute of the death penalty in cases of homicide, and the command to establish courts of justice. The laws of the Noahide covenant are an extension of the natural law that God has put in the hearts and in the conscience of all humans (see CCC 58). Another possible answer is that the reference is to what will become the law of the Sinai Covenant that Abraham in his faithfulness and understanding of God has already kept in his walk of faith - the point being that a person of faith doesn't just observe God's law in external actions but lives God's laws from the heart (Gen 15:6; 22:1-19; Heb 11:8-19). The same phrase in Gen 26:5: "my commandments, my statutes, and my laws," is repeated in Deuteronomy 11:1 in reference to the whole of the Law of Moses. It is interesting that the inspired writer did not draw our attention to the similar episode of Abraham and Sarah's encounter with the Philistine King Abimelech in 20:10-20. This is probably because he expects the reader to make that more recent connection to this present episode on his/her own (same king name and same location). He does, however, want the reader to see the link between these three separate encounters and the plan of salvation history (as outlined in Lesson 8; see handout #1-Lesson 8). The threat to the bride in this passage has the same five elements as the previous accounts in Genesis 12:10-20 and 20:1-13, except God's intervention is less direct (see handout #1 Lesson 8). In this encounter God led Abimelech to look out of his window and observe Isaac "laughing" (the literal Hebrew) with a woman he had been told was Isaac's sister. "Laughing" in this passage is an idiom for sexual foreplay. It is the same Hebrew word that was used in Genesis 21:9 in the episode where Sarah became concerned to see Ishmael "laughing" with Isaac (Interlineal Bible, vol. I, page 47). The use of this word cannot mean "mocking laughter," as is usually suggested in the 21:9 passage, since the king determined that the interaction between Isaac and Rebekah indicated sexual intimacy between a man and his wife/woman. The King Abimelech (his name means "king's father" or "father of the king") in Genesis 26 may be the son of the previous King Abimelech who Abraham encountered in chapters 20 and 21. At least 40 years have passes since Abraham's encounters with the King Abimelech. In Abimelech and Abraham's last encounter in Genesis 26:26-33, the Philistine king was concerned about the succession and successful reign of his son and heir. This man may indeed be the son of the previous Abimelech (with the name "Abimelech" being a dynastic name for each Philistine king), but, if this is the son, the present King Abimelech was still served by the same army commander as his father, the military commander Phicol (21:22; 26:26). Notice that the king in this passage does not treat Isaac with the deference and respect with which the previous King Abimelech treated Isaac's father, Abraham, nor does he bring up the previous encounter with Sarah and Abraham. Question: What was Isaac's response to Abimelech's accusations and his criticism of Isaac behavior? What are the parallels to Abraham's response to the Egyptian pharaoh in Genesis 12:15-20 and to King Abimelech in Genesis 20:8-13? What is different? Answer: Isaac gave the same excuses: fear he would be killed; it is the same excuse Abraham gave the Egyptian pharaoh and the Philistine king. Isaac's King Abimelech reacted in much the same way as Abraham's King Abimelech. He was shocked that Isaac's behavior could have put his people in jeopardy in violating a married woman. Isaac's King Abimelech, however, was free of guilt because he had not taken Rebekah into his harem and therefore there was no compensation paid to Isaac, only the king's assurance of protection. Genesis 26:12-14: 26:12Isaac sewed his crops in that country, and that year he reaped a hundredfold. Yahweh blessed him 13and the man became rich; he prospered more and more until he was very rich indeed. 14He acquired flocks and herds and a large retinue. The Philistines began to envy him. It was not uncommon for pastoral nomads to plant crops during the growing season. Isaac's obedience during the famine by resisting going into Egypt and remaining as God had directed him in the Negeb was rewarded. Question: How did God reward Isaac's obedience? Answer: He reaped an abundant harvest, he became rich, he acquired flocks, herds, and numerous men and women retainers. Abraham was a wealthy man and even though Isaac received a double portion of his father's wealth, the majority of Abraham's wealth had been divided among Isaac's seven half-brothers; therefore, it was necessary for Isaac to rebuild his wealthy from what he had received from his father. Question: What was the negative aspect of Isaac's growing material wealth? Answer: The Philistines began to envy his prosperity. It is worth noting that the Pharaoh of Genesis 12:10-20, Abraham's King Abimelech and Isaac's King Abimelech all seem to be men who were more honorable than either Abraham or his son. Pagan nations and their leaders were not all wicked - they too were deserving of redemption, but the offer of salvation to the nations would come through the descendant of Patriarchs who as to be born through Divine will and who would come in to mankind in both the flesh and the Spirit. Please read Genesis 26:15-25: The Disputes over Water Rights in Gerar and Beersheba 26:15The Philistines had blocked up all the wells dug by his father's servants - in the days of his father Abraham - filling them in with earth. 16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, 'You must leave us, for you have become much more powerful than we are.' 17So Isaac left; he pitched camp in the Valley of Gerar and there he stayed. 18Isaac reopened the wells dug by the servants of his father Abraham and blocked up by the Philistines after Abraham's death, and he gave them the same names as his father had given them. 19But when Isaac's servants, digging in the valley, found a well of spring-water there, 20the herdsmen of Gerar disputed it with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, 'That water is ours!' So Isaac named the well Esek, because they had disputed with him. 21They dug another well, and there was a dispute over that one too; so he named it Sitnah. 22Then he left there, and dug another well, and since there was no dispute over this one, he named it Rehoboth, saying, 'Now Yahweh had made room for us to thrive in the country.' 23From there he went up to Beersheba. 24Yahweh appeared to him the same night and said: 'I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I shall bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake. 25There he built an altar and invoked the name of Yahweh. There he pitched his tent, and there Isaac's servants sank a well. Question: How many new wells did Isaac's servants dig? What was the significance of the last well? Answer: Three new wells were dug before Yahweh appeared to him and a fourth well was dug at Beersheba after Yahweh appeared to him to reassure Isaac of His protection. Wells were named to signify ownership. That the wells are designated "spring-water" wells, in the literal Hebrew "living waters," indicates that the wells were highly prized artesian springs. The discovery of these wells symbolized God's divine protection and blessings. Question: In John 4:6-14 at a well identified as "Jacob's well", Jesus offered a Samaritan woman "living waters," "welling up for eternal life." What spiritual gift was Jesus offering to this woman? Answer: He was offering her the gift of salvation through the power of the Holy Spirit - the living water "welling up to eternal life" in the heart that accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior. In the Old Testament the "living water" of the wells of the Patriarchs symbolized God's gracious protection and the abundance of His blessings. In the New Testament "living water" will become a sign of the work of God the Holy Spirit in Christian baptism and His action in "welling up" faith in the hearts of believers (CCC 694; 2652; 2654). Isaac restored his father's wells, giving them the same names Abraham gave them. The names of the new wells reflected Isaac's experience with his foreign hosts: Esek means "dispute," Sitnah means "opposition," and Rehoboth means "space." Isaac's Rehoboth is probably the current day well-site called Reheibeh, located about 19 miles southwest of Beersheba. Several large ancient wells have been found in this region (Waltke, page 370). Genesis 26: 23:From there he went up to Beersheba. Question: What was the significant of Beersheba in the story of Abraham? See Gen 21:22-34. Answer: It was the site of the covenant treaty between Abraham and King Abimelech; it was where Abraham dug a new well which he named "well of the oath" and where Abraham worshipped Yahweh. Genesis 26:24: Yahweh appeared to him the same night and said: 'I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I shall bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake. There he built an altar and invoked the name of Yahweh. There he pitched his tent, and there Isaac's servants sank a well. Question: God addressed Isaac a second time, giving him a blessing. What reason did God give for Isaac's blessing? Was it because of Isaac's righteousness? Answer: No, he was blessed because of Abraham's obedient and faithful service. Question: What was Isaac's response and what was God's additional blessing and what did it symbolize? Answer: Isaac built and altar and offered worship to Yahweh. God blessed him with yet another well, symbolizing the abundance of God's blessings. Isaac, like his father before him, built an altar to commemorate God's revelation (see 12:7-8; 21:33). Abraham's sanctuary at Beersheba became his son's sanctuary - Isaac claimed both the material and spiritual blessings of his father. Question: With Yahweh's blessing both Abraham and Isaac became wealthy and powerful men. What was the difference between King Abimelech's reaction to Abraham's growing power in Genesis 21:22-34 and his successor's response to Isaac's growing power in this passage? Answer: Abraham's Abimelech sought a non-aggression pact with Abraham, forming a covenant and a lifelong friendship. Isaac's King Abimelech's fear of Isaac made him demand that Isaac remove his herds and flocks of animals and his people. The command was probably to leave from the vicinity of Gerar, Abimelech's capital city, since Isaac remained in Philistine territory in the Valley of Gerar and opened up wells between Gerar and Beersheba.(2) Please read Genesis 26:26-35: The Alliance with Abimelech and Esau's Foreign Wives 26:26Abimelech came from Gerar to see him, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army. 27Isaac said to them, 'Why do you come to me since you hate me, and have made me leave you?' 28'It became clear to us that Yahweh was with you,' they replied, 'and so we thought, "It is time to have a treaty sworn between us, between us and you." So let us make (*cut) a covenant with you: 29that you will not do us any harm, since we never molested you but were unfailingly kind to you and let you go away in peace. Henceforth, Yahweh's blessing on you!' 30He them made them a feast and they ate and drank. 31Early next morning, they exchanged oaths. Then Isaac bade them farewell and they left him as friends (brothers*). 32It happened, the same day, that Isaac's servants brought him news about the well they had been digging. 'We have found water'; they said to him. 33So he called the well Sheba, and hence the town is named Beersheba to this day. 34When Esau was forty years old he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35These were a bitter disappointment to Isaac and Rebekah. *= literal Hebrew (Interlineal Bible vol. I, page 66). Isaac and Abimelech did not part on happy terms verse 16 and the tension escalated when Abimelech's herdsmen disputed with Isaac's servants over the water rights. But now, Abimelech, with two men (his army commander and probably his prime minister) has sought to reestablish a relationship with Isaac and has requested a non-aggression covenant treaty. Genesis 26:28-29: 28'It became clear to us that Yahweh was with you,' they replied, 'and so we thought, "It is time to have a treaty sworn between us, between us and you." So let us make (*cut) a covenant with you: 29that you will not do us any harm, since we never molested you but were unfailingly kind to you and let you go away in peace. Henceforth, Yahweh's blessing on you!' Question: What may have happened to change Abimelech's attitude toward Isaac? Answer: It is possible that Phicol, who knew Abraham was a prophet of Yahweh, has counseled the new king Abimelech that it is better to have Abraham's son as a friend than an enemy. It is also possible that the promise God made to Abraham, which is now part of Isaac's inheritance, has been visited on the Philistines: I shall bless those who bless you, and shall curse those who curse you (Gen 12:3). It is clear that something has happened to change the attitude of the Philistine king. What has "become clear" may also be associated with God blessing Isaac with abundant water in the wells his men have dug'a sign the Philistines have recognized that Isaac, like his father, is protected and blessed by his God. Genesis 26:30-31: 32It happened, the same day, that Isaac's servants brought him news about the well they had been digging. 'We have found water'; they said to him. 33So he called the well Sheba, and hence the town is named Beersheba to this day. Isaac and Abimelech sacrificed an animal, ate a sacred covenant meal, and exchanged oaths to seal the covenant treaty which made them "brothers." Covenants create the loyalty of family bonds. Genesis 26:32-33: It happened, the same day, that Isaac's servants brought him news about the well they had been digging. 'We have found water'; they said to him. 33 So he called the well Sheba, and hence the town is named Beersheba to this day. The discovery of yet another well, which was perhaps the rediscovery of Abraham's well at Beersheba that had been filled in by the Philistines, was a sign of God's favor. Like his father who named the well after his covenant treaty with the Philistines "well of the oath," or "Beersheba", Isaac commemorates both the new covenant with the Philistines and God's blessing by naming the new well "Sheba," meaning both "oath" and "seven;" to swear an oath is to "seven oneself." This discovery reaffirms the name of the place as "Beersheba," the name Abraham gave the site approximately 40 years earlier in Genesis 21:31-33. Genesis 26:34-35: When Esau was forty years old he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 These were a bitter disappointment to Isaac and Rebekah. Abraham sought a wife for Isaac when he was 40 years old (Gen 25:20), but now, either because of Isaac's negligence or Esau's willfulness, Esau married contrary to the wishes of his parents. Isaac and Rebekah, who have been divided over their sons, are now united in their disappointment over Esau's selection of brides - foreign women. Question: Why are the Hittite brides of Esau unsuitable to bear the "promised seed"? See Gen 10:15; 15:16-21; 23:3; 28:1. Hint: The literal translation is "sons of Heth" for Hittites. Answer: They are descended from the cursed line of Canaan and not the blessed line of Shem. They are not fit to bear the "promised seed." Once again Esau has shown that he is not to be trusted as the father of the "promised seed" through which all nations on earth are to be blessed. Although Abraham was befriended by Hittites who came to his aid in the war against the Mesopotamian kings, the Hittites, descendants of Heth, son of Canaan son of Ham, are listed among the accursed Canaanites. Please read Genesis 27:1-17: Rebekah and Jacob Plan to Obtain the Blessing of the Firstborn for Jacob by Fraud 1 When Isaac had grown old, and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he summoned his elder son Esau. 'Son!' he said, and Esau replied, 'Here I am.' 2 He then said, 'Look, I am old and do not know when I may die. 3 Now take your weapons, your quiver and bow; go out into the country and hunt me some game. 4 Make me the kind of appetizing dish I like and bring it to me to eat and I shall give you my special blessing before I die.' 5 Rebekah was listening while Isaac was talking to his son Esau. So when Esau went into the country to hunt game for his father, 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, 'I have just heard your father saying to your brother Esau, 7 "Bring me some game and make an appetizing dish for me to eat and then I shall bless you in Yahweh's presence before I die." 8 Now, son, listen to me and do as I tell you. 9 Go to the flock and bring me back two good kids, so that I can make the kind of special dish your father likes. 10 Then take it to your father for him to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.' 11 Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, 'Look, my brother Esau is hairy, while I am smooth-skinned. 12 If my father happens to touch me, he will see I am cheating him, and I shall bring a curse down on myself instead of a blessing.' 13 But his mother replied, 'On me be the curse, my son! Just listen to me; go and fetch me the kids.' 14 So he went to fetch them and brought them to his mother, and she made the kind of special dish his father liked. 15 Rebekah took her elder son Esau's best clothes, which she had at home, and dressed her younger son Jacob in them, 16 covering his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skins of the kids. 17 She then handed the special dish and the bread she had made to her son Jacob. Old and infirm, sensing that his death was not far off, Isaac sought to cushion his beloved son's loss of the material birthright by giving Esau the spiritual blessing inherited from Abraham. Rebekah's plan to deceive her husband may seem shocking, but she is not the only one engaging in plotting and deceit. It was a common practice for the father to publically bless his sons and announce their inheritance before his death in the presence of witnesses (see Gen 48:21; 49:1, 28; 50:24-25; Dt 33:1). What was unusual in this case was that Isaac planned that the blessing of Esau was to be a private affair. Knowing that God prophesized that Jacob was to be chosen over his elder brother (Gen 25:23), Isaac was plotting against Rebekah, Jacob, and the will of God in giving Esau the private "special blessing" of the Abrahamic "birthright." The double blessing of the material wealth, the spiritual blessing as the head of the family, and the heir of the blessings of the Abrahamic covenant were the inheritance the patriarchs were to pass on to their heirs. Esau had already renounced his material birthright; only the special blessing of the spiritual reward remained. Perhaps this was Isaac's revenge for Jacob's uneven exchange of a bowl of lentil stew for the firstborn's material inheritance. He would give Esau the blessing in private where no one else was present to protest and then announce the event publically when it was too late for Rebekah or Jacob to intervene.(3) Question: In what way was Isaac's physical blindness symbolic of a more serious condition? See Gen 25:23, 28; 26:35; 27:3-4. Answer: His physical blindness was symbolic of his spiritual blindness in his failure to see the character flaws in Esau and the necessity of God's spiritual choice over the natural order of the firstborn by birth. Question: Contrast Isaac's preference for Esau and his response to God's choice of Jacob with Abraham's response to God's rejection of Ishmael and selection of Isaac. What is the problem with Isaac choosing Esau to be the inheritor of the promises made to Abraham? See Gen Answer: Abraham preferred that Ishmael should be his heir and petitioned God to choose his elder son (Gen 17:18), but when God refused his petition, Abraham submitted to the will of God (Gen 17:19-22; 21:12-14). Isaac decided to ignore the prophecy concerning his elder son and was determined to give Esau the double portion birthright of the re'shiyt, "the firstborn," which included the spiritual blessing of the Abrahamic covenant - a role for which he was most unsuited. Rebekah, whose decisiveness was such a virtue in the narrative of her selection as the bride of Isaac, decided, after overhearing Isaac's plan, to take her son's destiny into her own hands and plotted against her husband to secure the blessing of the firstborn for her favorite son. In light of Isaac's deception, Rebekah's actions seem less objectionable - she was trying to secure the destiny God promised her son. Question: She may have spiritually in the right because she was promised by God that her younger son was to take precedence over her elder son, but how did she fail in her actions to secure that promise and who made a similar mistake in an attempt to secure God's promise? Answer: Rebekah failed to trust God to keep His promise concerning Jacob in the same way that Sarah failed to trust God to give Abraham a legitimate son. Question: What risks were Rebekah and Jacob taking in formulating this plan? Answer: If Isaac discovered their plan to usurp the blessing, Jacob could be excommunicated from the family - he could be cursed and she might be cursed as well. Please read Genesis 27:18-29: The Plan is Executed: Jacob Receives the Blessing of the Heir 27:18He went to hisfather and said, 'Father!' 'Yes?' he replied. 'Which of my sons are you?' 19Jacob said to his father, 'I am Esau your first-born; I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of the game I have brought and then give me your soul's blessing.' 20Isaac said to his son, 'Son, how did you succeed so quickly?' He replied, 'Because Yahweh your God made things go well for me.' 21Isaac said to Jacob, 'Come closer, son, so that I can feel you and be sure whether you really are my son Esau or not.' 22Jacob went closer to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, 'The voice is Jacob's voice but the arms are the arms of Esau!' 23He did not recognize him since his arms were hairy like his brother Esau's, and so he blessed him. 24He said, 'Are you really my son Esau?' And he replied, 'I am.' 25Isaac said, 'Serve it to me, so that I can eat my son's game and give you my special blessing.' He served it to him and he ate; he offered him wine, and he drank. 26His father Isaac said to him, 'Come closer, and kiss me, son.' 27He went closer and kissed his father, who sniffed the smell of his clothes. Then he blessed him, saying: 'Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a fertile field which Yahweh has blessed. 28May God give you dew from heaven, and the richness of the earth, abundance of grain and wine! 29Let peoples serve you and nations bow low before you! Be master of your brothers; let your mother's other sons bow low before you! Accursed be whoever curses you and blessed be whoever blesses you!' When Jacob approached Isaac with the meal Rebekah prepared, Isaac was cautious and questioned if this son was indeed Esau. Isaac examined Jacob in several ways, but clever Rebekah had carefully thought out every possible test and Isaac accepted that Jacob was indeed the son he intended to bless. Jacob received the blessing of the re'shiyt - the "firstborn", but it is significant that in the blessing Isaac left no share in the spiritual blessing for another son. His meanness in this regard will backfire and Isaac with be left without a positive blessing for Esau - Esau will only be left with an anti-blessing. It is interesting that Jacob spoke of Yahweh as Isaac's God and not as their God. This is either because Jacob had not yet given his heart entirely to Yahweh or because he knew that this was the way Esau would express his lack of a relationship to the god of his fathers. Genesis 27:28-29: 'May God give you dew from heaven, and the richness of the earth, abundance of grain and wine! Let peoples serve you and nations bow low before you! Be master of your brothers; let your mother's other sons bow low before you! Accursed be whoever curses you and blessed be whoever blesses you!' Question: What was the extent of the spiritual Answer: The blessing of the fertility of the land and dominion over not only the extended family to include the nations who will be descended from the sons of Abraham, but over other nations - it is the world-wide blessing promised to Abraham (Gen 12:2; 22:18). To be master over his "brothers" and his "mother's other sons" does not mean that Rebekah had other sons in addition to her twins (see 27:40). Isaac was referring to mastery over the other kinsmen - this son was to possess the power and authority over the extended family including the sons of his brother. Question: What is the significance of the last line of verse 29: Accursed be whoever curses you and blessed be whoever blesses you! See Gen 12:3 and Num 24:9. Answer: Isaac passed on to Jacob the blessing and destiny God gave Abraham in Genesis 12:3. It will be a blessing that the children of Jacob/Israel will inherit (Num 24:9). Please read Genesis 27:30-39: The Fraud Revealed and 27:30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and just as Jacob was leaving his father Isaac, his brother Esau returned from hunting. 31He too made an appetizing dish and brought it to his father, 'Father, please eat some of your son's game and then give me your special blessing.' 32His father Isaac asked, 'Who are you?' 'I am your first-born son, Esau,' 33At this Isaac was seized with a violent trembling and said, 'Who was it, then, that went hunting and brought me the game? I finished eating it just before you came; I blessed him, and now blessed he will remain!' 34On hearing his father's words, Esau cried out loudly and bitterly and said to his father, 'Father, bless me too!' 35But he replied, 'Your brother came by fraud and took your blessing.' 36Esau said, 'His name should be Jacob right enough, for he has now supplanted me twice. First he took my birthright, and look, now he has gone and taken my blessing! But', he added, 'have you not kept a blessing for me?' 37Isaac replied to Esau, 'I have already made him your master; I have given him all his brothers as servants, I have given him grain and wine to sustain him. So what can I do for you, son?' 38Esau said to his father, 'Can you bless only once, father? Father, bless me too.' Isaac remained silent, and Esau began to weep aloud. 39Then his father Isaac spoke again and said: 'Far from the richness of the earth and the dew of heaven above, your home will be. By your sword you will live, and your brother will you serve. But when you win your freedom, you will shake his yoke off your neck.' Isaac's shock in realizing that he has been tricked by the son he meant to disinherit from the spiritual blessing followed by Esau's cry of despair is heart-wrenching. Isaac's deception has backfired. His earlier full pronouncement of the secret spiritual blessing intended for Esau has left nothing for a second blessing. Esau recognized that his brother's name was prophetic: Jacob, meaning "usurper" has once again deprived him of what he considered to be rightfully his. Esau begged his father for another blessing, but the only blessing Isaac can give Esau is an anti-blessing - a curse. Question: Why couldn't the first blessing be amended Answer: A blessing carried the force and power of Yahweh's name; it was in essence Yahweh who pronounced the blessing and the force of God's name was behind honoring it. Isaac cannot take back or amend the blessing. He must have also recognized God's will in what had transpired earlier in Jacob's blessing. Question: What was the extent of the anti-blessing? Contrast Esau's anti-blessing to Jacob's blessing. Answer: The descendants of Esau were denied the richness of the earth with which the descendants of Jacob/Israel were to be blessed. Esau's people were to live and die by the sword, never to receive the inheritance of the Promised Land and to be dominated by Israel until the time came when they would shake his yoke off your neck, which means to eventually be freed of the domination of Israel. Edom throwing off the "yoke" of Judah was historically fulfilled in 2 Kings 8:20-22 when Edom broke off from the control of King Jehoram of Judah and set up its own king. Time would come when a descendant of Esau, in violation of the Sinai Covenant, would become the King of the Jews; this man who laid his "yoke" upon the descendants of Jacob was King Herod the Great.(5) Genesis 27:41-45: Rebekah Sends Jacob to Haran 27:41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing of his father had given him, and Esau said to himself, 'The time to mourn for my father will soon be here. Then I shall kill my brother Jacob.' 42When the words of Esau, her elder son, were repeated to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, 'Look, your brother Esau means to take revenge and kill you. 43Now, son, listen to me; go at once and take refuge with my brother Laban in Haran. 44Stay with him a while, until your brother's fury cools, 45until your brother's anger is diverted from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I shall send someone to bring you back. I do not want to lose you both on one day! Hearing of Esau's plan for revenge, the decisive Rebekah did not hesitate to take action. Once again a mother mediated God's preference in protecting her son while the father seemed to be blind to God's higher purpose for the chosen son (Gen 21:9-13). But Isaac, Rebekah, and Jacob all paid a painful price for their sins of usurping God's plan for the future of this family: Question: Why was Rebekah fearful that she would loose both her sons? See Gen 9:5-6. Answer: She was fearful that Esau would murder Jacob and that Esau would pay for his crime with his life. Under the Noahide law the penalty for homicide was execution. Question: For how long does the Noahide covenant remain in place? See CCC 58. Answer: The covenant with Noah remains in force over the non-elect until the completion of the universal proclamation of the Gospel. Writing of God's divine election of Israel to fulfill His plan of salvation, God's prophet addressed the nation of Israel using Jacob and Esau as examples: The word of Yahweh to Israel through Malachi. 'I have loved you, says Yahweh. But you ask, "How have you shown your love?" Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Declares Yahweh; even so, I loved Jacob but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a desert and his heritage into dwellings in the wastelands. If Edom says, "We have been struck down but we shall rebuild our ruins," Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "Let them build, but I shall pull down! They will be known as Land of Wickedness and Nations-with-which-Yahweh-is-angry-for-ever. You will see this yourselves and you will say: Yahweh is mighty beyond the borders of Israel" (Mal 1:1-5). Questions for group discussion: Question: How would you characterize the differences between Isaac and Abraham in their relationship to God and to the fatherly leadership in their family? Question: How do Esau and Jacob become symbols of everyman? What were Esau's failures? What were Jacob's strengths and what were his character flaws? When you consider that both men had weaknesses why was it that God chose Jacob over Esau? 1. The Bible and Akkadian sources name Keturah's sons as tribes or localities in Arabia that were involved in the production and exportation of incense. Zimran is a locality west of Mecca. In Gen 37:25, 28 and 36 the Midianites and Medanites are identified (along with Ishmaelites with whom they intermarried) as merchants who sent caravans into Egypt, probably transporting spices, balm, and myrrh (also Is 60:6). Moses married a Midianite and her brother Hobab acted as Israel's guide on part of the Exodus journey (Num 10:29-32). Num 31:8 and Josh 13:21 mentions five kings of Midian, and the Queen of Sheba who visited King Solomon was probably a descendant of Keturah's son Sheba (1 Kng 10:1-13; 2 Chr 9:1-12). Sheba is a known region in the southern Arabian Peninsula mentioned in both the Bible (1 Kng 12:1-13; 1 Chr 9:1-12; Is 60:6; Jer 6:20; Ez 27:22-23; 38:13 [together with Dedan as merchants]) and in other ancient non-biblical documents. The location of Sheba is historically identified not with Ethiopia (a later mythology) but with Yemen on the southern Arabian coast (Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 4, page 31; vol 5, page 1171) . 2. Gerar was a city in the Negeb on the southern boundary of the Canaanites (Gen 10:19). It was a Philistine city in the time of Abraham and Isaac. In the early 9th century it was the site of a major battle between King Asa of Judah (913-873 BC) and the Kushites in which Asa was victorious and conquered the city and surrounding territory (2 Chr 14:12ff). Archaeologists believe Tell Jemmeh, a site located about 8 miles south of Gaza, is the ancient city of Gerar. Excavators discovered six different levels of human occupation extending from the 14th to the 5th centuries BC (McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible, page 303). 3. The "birthright" refers to the rights of the re'shiyt, the son who is the designated heir, usually the eldest son (Ex 4:22; Jer 2:3). The "firstborn" son held a position of honor and privileged status over the other children within the family (Gen 43:33; 49:3). The firstborn carried the power and authority of the father and could expect to succeed the father as head of the family (2 Chr 21:3). While the father's estate was to be divided among his sons upon his death, the firstborn was promised to inherit a double portion of the father's wealth while each of the other sons received a single portion of the material wealth (Dt 21:17). The firstborn also received the spiritual blessing as the new head of the extended family/clan. In much the same way, the nation of Israel will hold a position of honor among the nations of the earth as Yahweh's "firstborn" son (Ex 4:22; Jer 31:9), and under the commands of the Sinai Covenant every firstborn from the womb of every animal, every firstborn son, and all the first fruits of the soil belonged to Yahweh (Ex 13:2; Dt 15:19; 18:4; Neh 10:38-39). In the Old Testament one of the major reoccurring themes is the dispossessed Firstborn son and the elevation of the younger son over the elder, as in the case of the selection of Abel over Cain, the younger line of Seth over the elder, the selection of Isaac over Ishmael and the selection of Jacob over Esau. Jesus' parable of the prodigal (wasteful) younger son in Luke 15:11-32 was meant to be a warning to Israel of the possible lost of Old Covenant Israel's status as God's "firstborn son" in their rejection of the Messiah and God's preference for the younger sons who were the Gentile nations who were called and came obediently into the New Covenant in Jesus Christ. 4. The land of Esau was called Edom and Esau's descendants were known as the Edomites (Gen 25:30; 32:4; 36:1, 43; 1 Chr 1:35ff). The Hebrew word edom is from the Hebrew root 'dm, meaning "red" and probably refers not only to Esau's redness (Gen 25:25) but to the red, copper rich soil where Esau and his descendants settled in the land of Seir. The land of the tribes of Edom extended south of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. According to Dt 2:12, 22 the sons of Esau dispossessed and intermarried with an earlier people called the Horites from that region. The Edomites refused the children of Israel their help during the Exodus journey (Num 20:14-23), but God commanded Israel not to despise the Edomites because of their kinship relationship through Esau and Jacob (Dt 23:8/7). On the last leg of Israel's journey to the "Promised Land" an oracle by the prophet Balaam prophesized that Edom would be conquered by a King from Israel (Num 24:15-18). Israel's King David conquered Edom and the Edomites became a vassal state of Israel in the 11 century BC (1 Chr 18:12-13). The Edomites revolted during the reign of King Solomon (1 Kng 11:17ff) but Edom was later re-conquered during the reign of King Jehoshaphat (1 Kng 22:48). In the succeeding years and centuries the history between Edom and Judah remained turbulent. The importance of Edom to Israel (and later the Kingdom of Judah) and other nations in the region was its mineral wealth (copper mines) and its control of the great trade route known as the King's Highway (Num 20:17), the great caravan route between Arabia and Mesopotamia and points north which brought spices and slaves out of the south; the Edomites/Idumeans were heavily involved in the slave trade (Amos 1:6, 9). Edom is mentioned as those among the uncircumcised (Jer 9:25) and is listed among those nations who will drink the "cup of God's wrath" (Je 25:21). 5. Edom occupied southern Judah after the fall of Jerusalem in 587/6BC (Ps 137:7; Ez 25:12; 35:12-15). The Greek name for Edom was Idumea (Is 34:5-6; Ez 35:15; 36:5; Mk 3:8), and it was during the Greek period that Idumea was again independent of Judah until it was conquered by the Hasmoneans of Judah (descendants of the Maccabees) in the 2nd century BC. In the 4th century BC an Arabian tribe known as the Nabataeans (1 Mac 5:25), allies of the Maccabees, moved into the lands formerly known as Edom and Moab and the regions to the south of those territories, controlling the caravan routes between Arabia, Syria, and points north. Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus of Judah (135-105 BC) conquered the territory of the Idumeans controlled by the Nabataeans, forced the Idumeans to renounce paganism, to convert to Yahweh and embrace the Sinai Covenant. After the conquest of Idumea by Judah in the 2nd century BC, Idumea was considered as part of Judah/Judea by the Hasmoneans and later by the Romans who took control of the region in 63BC and continued to rule Judah as a province. The Romans appointed Herod son of the Idumean Antipater (also called Antipas) and the Nabataean woman Cyprus to be King of the Jews in 37 BC. Herod was the King of the Jews when the promised Redeemer-Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, was born in 3/2 BC. Herod's appointment as King of the Jews was a violation of Yahweh's instructions for choosing a king over Israel found in Dt 17:14-20. Yahweh's command stipulated that any king who ruled over the children of Israel must be chosen by God and must be a descendant of Jacob/Israel; he must not be a foreigner (McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible, pages 211-12; 353; 382; Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 14.7.3; The Wars of the Jews, 1.8.9). Michal Hunt, Copyright © 2009 Agape Bible Study. Permissions All Rights Reserved. Catechism references for Genesis 25:1 - 27:45 2633, 2635, 2647 Michal Hunt, Copyright © 2009 Agape Bible Study. Permissions All Rights Reserved.

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Offered for sale is a sealed copy of the 4 LP, 180 gram, 45 RPM Classic Records reissue of Prokofieff’s Symphony #7 and Overture Russe, by Jean Martinon and the Paris Conservatorie Orchestra, originally issued in 1959 by RCA Records as LSC-2288. About this copy: The record offered for sale is a sealed, limited edition reissue of Prokofieff’s Symphony #7 and Overture Russe, by Jean Martinon and the Paris Conservatorie Orchestra, originally issued in 1959 by RCA Records as LSC-2288. This was pressed by Classic Records approximately ten years ago on 4 single-sided, 180 gram, 45 RPM discs for optimum sound quality. This is an early pressing; each of the four records is packaged in a printed cover that duplicates the original RCA cover. The disc labels should also duplicate the original RCA “shaded dog” labels that RCA used at the time of the album’s original release. The LPs are sealed and are believed to be perfectly mint and unplayed. There is an 8″ split in the shrink wrap at the bottom. A beautiful copy of a pressing that is hard to find in this condition. Background: Classic Records earned a solid reputation by reissuing long-out-of-print and highly sought out classical titles originally released by RCA in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These pressings offered great dynamics and wide, impressive soundstages. Unfortunately, they also sold in limited numbers when new and finding mint used copies has become quite difficult. Classic Records began reissuing many of these titles in the mid 1990s, first as 180 gram 33 1/3 LPs, and later as limited edition pressings cut at 45 RPM on multiple, single-sided discs for optimum sound quality. Some of these titles were pressed multiple times at different weights and types of vinyl. Later pressings note Quiex SV, Quiex SV-P, Clarity Vinyl or 200 Gram vinyl on the jackets. Earlier, 180 gram pressings omit this. This record is eligible for PayPal Credit financing by PayPal. U.S. customers may choose to pay later at checkout, and may receive up to six months financing with no interest. Click the banner below for more information. (opens in a popup window)

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Data from: Mapping the expansion of coyotes (Canis latrans) across North and Central America Hody, James W.; Kays, Roland (2019), Data from: Mapping the expansion of coyotes (Canis latrans) across North and Central America, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1qp358p The geographic distribution of coyotes (Canis latrans) has dramatically expanded since 1900, spreading across much of North America in a period when most other mammal species have been declining. Although this considerable expansion has been well documented at the state/provincial scale, continent-wide descriptions of coyote spread have portrayed conflicting distributions for coyotes prior to the 1900s, with popularly referenced anecdotal accounts showing them restricted to the great plains, and more obscure, but data-rich accounts suggesting they ranged across the arid west. To provide a scientifically credible map of the coyote’s historical range (10,000 – 300 BP) and describe their range expansion from 1900 to 2016, we synthesized archaeological and fossil records, museum specimens, peer-reviewed reports, and records from wildlife management agencies. Museum specimens confirm that coyotes have been present in the arid west and California throughout the Holocene, well before European colonization. Their range in the late 1800s was undistinguishable from earlier periods, and matched the distribution of non-forest habitat in the region. Coyote expansion began around 1900 as they moved north into taiga forests, east into deciduous forests, west into costal temperate rain forests, and south into tropical rainforests. Forest fragmentation and the extirpation of larger predators probably enabled these expansions. In addition, hybridization with wolves (C. lupus, C. lycaon, and/or C. rufus) and/or domestic dogs has been documented in the east, and suspected in the south. Our detailed account of the original range of coyotes and their subsequent expansion provides the core description of a large scale ecological experiment that can help us better understand the predator-prey interactions, as well as evolution through hybridization.

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[PATCH 1/1] P2P Client should not issue p2p_find Fri Feb 14 01:35:22 PST 2014 On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 06:17:16PM -0400, Eduardo Abinader wrote: > If you connect wpa_cli to a p2p interface, p2p_find fails. Which driver are you using? Which operation fails? > Page 96 states PB can be trasmitted by any P2P Device (not P2P client or > GO), thus this patch still allows P2P device (ifname==wlan*) to p2p_find, > as p2p_group_interface==NOT_P2P_GROUP_INTERFACE. > This patch only disallows a P2P Client (not a P2P device), > ifname==p2p-wlan* to p2p_find. p2p_find is always performed in P2P Device role. Whether it is issued on a control interface for another interface should not really matter much and it could be more convenient to just route the request to the correct instance within wpa_supplicant instead of rejecting it. I'm not sure whether there could be external programs that end up using a random control interface by not specifying any, so there is some risk of regressions with this type of changes. The new global control interface design avoids this, but similar redirection of the control interface command could be used here as well. Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA More information about the Hostap

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The 50th New York Film Festival is bookmarked by two films in which disasters lead to personal awakenings. The opening movie on September 28 is Ang Lee’s LIFE OF PI, a 3D adventure tale about an Indian boy’s antics with various wildlife after a shipwreck sets them adrift on the ocean. The closing night attraction is Robert Zemeckis’ FLIGHT, about a pilot, played by Denzel Washington, who saves a plane — if not necessarily his life — from crashing. Feeling trapped in your job by this ersatz excuse of an economy we’ve been slumming with for half a decade? You’re not alone, but you’re also not as cornered as you think. If you have the drive and passion but just need a little inspiration, there’s still plenty of opportunity to get a job that suits you. Here are a few examples of people who made major changes midway into a career. Sometimes you just have to say screw it and pursue what makes you happy.

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AMHERST, Mass. – A plan for an enterprise that would monitor and provide failure warning systems for earthen structures has won the $45,000 phase of the Technology Innovation Challenge, a competition for the best entrepreneurial technology business plan run by the College of Engineering, the Isenberg School of Management, and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The challenge, a competition for students, recent alumni and faculty advisors on campus, is primarily sponsored by Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, a Boston-based law firm specializing in intellectual property. Condition Engineering, a team made up of engineering doctoral student Alaina Hanlon, alumnus Rick Bradshaw and Robert Hyers, faculty advisor from the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, received $20,000 in cash and will be given an additional $25,000 in stages, as they advance their business plan toward commercialization. The team proposed a company that would provide condition monitoring and early failure warning systems for earthen structures. Current monitoring techniques are limited to visual inspections and specialized sensors and equipment that are expensive and provide limited information. The best example of a situation in which these methods proved insufficient was the levee failures in New Orleans that resulted in $200 billion in damages and thousands of displaced residents. Condition Engineering would deliver a novel set of sensor units embedded in the ground, with tens of thousands of these sensors providing a widespread monitoring and early failure warning system. This technology would be versatile across many markets and applications, including construction sites, railroad beds, flood control systems, landfills and bridges. The competition was the brainchild of Michael F. Malone, Ronnie and Eugene Isenberg Distinguished Professor of Engineering and dean of the College of Engineering, and Soren Bisgaard, the Eugene M. Isenberg Professor of Technology Management and a dean of the Isenberg School of Management. Malone and Bisgaard established the challenge as a competition that promotes innovation education based on technology conceived by faculty, students and alumni at UMass Amherst. The competition focuses on interdisciplinary student teams, in consultation with faculty members who are experts in the technology. The object of the competition is that each team conceives a product with regard to its scientific and technological design, and then creates a business plan for its commercialization. The competition is open to teams that include at least one full-time UMass undergraduate or graduate student or recent graduate. “It''s a great educational tool,” says Malone of the competition. “Innovation is an area where learning by doing is more effective.” Malone adds that because it is limited to technology-based businesses, the competition encourages science and engineering students to think of commercial applications for their work. In addition to Wolf, Greenfield, & Sacks, other sponsors of the competition include Paul Carney BBA ’82, Forge Partners, LLC, Eric Janszen BS ’04 & Candy Janszen, Scott Perry BS ’82, Karen Lauter Utgoff Consulting, Kodiak Venture Partners, Brook Venture Partners, Long River Ventures, Signal Lake, Michael Tunstall BS ’82, and VISTAGY, Inc.

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You are here cohesive zone modeling of interface fracture : comparisons (for completing R. Huang's post : node/7396). A few years ago, some colleages (from Italy, UK and Brazil) and I proposed some comparisons of the behavior of cohesize zone models. This was presented during ECCM 2004. The paper is attached.

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Most of you should remember the recent Nike Worldcup Collections, which consisted of artist collaborations with James Jarvis, So Me, Mr. Cartoon, Delta and Kronk, with each artist representing his country. Now Nike offers the Blazer Hi iD in a limited edition, featuring graphics by these very same artists. Only 500 pairs of each artist’s iD shoe are available, so if you want to work on your own colorway, featuring graphics by the above artists, you should do it soon. Take a look at some examples of the sneakers after the jump.

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With Instructables you can share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts. Tell us about yourself! diy sump filter for aquariums Great! Thanks for sharing it! More guide for aquarium: http://www.theaquariumguide.com/ DIY CNC For 60$ (Large Work Area) Join 2 million + to receive instant DIY inspiration in your inbox. Download our apps! © 2016 Autodesk, Inc.

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When the auditorium at Detroit’s UAW-GM Center for Human Resources was earmarked for renovation, integrator TVS Communication Solutions (A division of Conference Technologies, Inc.) looked to Lightware USA and High Resolution Systems (HRS) to provide solutions for room control plus signal extension and distribution. Lightware USA is the US sales and support office for products from Hungary-based Lightware Visual Engineering. HRS develops and builds professional audio visual control system software and solutions. The UAW-GM Center for Human Resources is the national headquarters for the partnership between the United Auto Workers and the General Motors Company. It delivers top-quality education and training to UAW members and GM salaried employees throughout the US. The center’s auditorium seats 400 and features a rear-projection LCD videowall. But much of the auditorium’s existing technical equipment had been in use for the last 16 years and was reaching the end of its life cycle. The space needed reliable, future-proof technology to handle the demands of room control, signal extension and signal distribution. TVS had numerous options to select from for video switching and control systems. But based on the integrator’s extensive knowledge of the space and past experience, TVS knew that Lightware and HRS were the most cost-effective options available for securely controlling, distributing and managing the room and its video and audio signals. TVS also knew that Lightware and HRS’s expertise, understanding of the challenge at hand and professionalism would play a key role in providing a full end-to-end solution for the client. “We had used Lightware technology in other venues and knew that Lightware provided excellent results,” says Alex Mills, Vice President of Sales with TVS. “Lightware was very flexible: It would be able to accommodate the client’s future needs, extending its longevity. Other options were not flexible and would have to be abandoned and replaced if there was a significant change in usage, incurring extra cost for new equipment as required. Lightware and HRS offered the best future-proof solution within the timeframe and the proposed budget.” TVS opted for a Lightware MX-FT17 with a mix of HDMI and Fiber I/Os as the signal router for the system. The HDMI inputs and outputs of the matrix allow for analog audio embedding and de-embedding, which manage audio signal routing to the DSP. The fiber transmitters for the auditorium’s stage and podium have HDMI, VGA and DVI video inputs along with digital and analog audio inputs with auto source selection to send the correct video and audio source to the matrix. Fiber optic outputs of the matrix feed HDMI receivers back down to the stage, the signals on stage and provide backstage signal monitoring. In partnership with TVS, HRS installed its Enterprise-1ss Rack Control Server providing custom programming and on-site configuration of the control system. The HRS Windows app was used to run the control system in password-protected kiosk mode on three of the Microsoft Surface touch panels throughout the room. HRS also provided two of its TSC-7C PoE wall-mounted capacitive touch screen control surfaces. The control system provides an easy-to-use interface for UAW clients and other system users allowing them to manage signal routing and switching of the Lightware matrix as well as a Blu-ray player and other devices requiring control within the room. “Lightware and HRS were great to work with,” says Mills. “They explained every step of the process and were ready to offer details of how the system would answer all the needs of the end client. The solution is a thing of beauty that anyone can use effectively with little or no guidance.” HRS develops and builds professional audio visual control system software and solutions using cutting-edge technology and reliable frameworks. We connect people on a daily basis with the technology around them to help improve their daily business functions, presentations, conferences and brand experiences. About Lightware USA Lightware USA is the US distributor of professional AV products manufactured by Lightware Visual Engineering in Budapest, Hungary. With the flexibility of the Lightware product line, the Lightware USA team is able to assist with the design for some of the highest performance systems in the world. Router sizes ranging from the robust UMX4x4-Pro up to the impressive 160×160 25G Hybrid give Lightware USA the edge over the competition when it comes to routing multiple video sources to the ever changing variety of displays in the industry. Their array of solutions for extending the highest resolution video formats, including 4K and 3D over Cat or Fiber, puts Lightware USA on the forefront of cutting-edge technology.

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Dislocation Deity records This is the record label for the work of TCH (timothy c holehouse) for split releases and collabortations with other artist and several solo release. Please do not send material for consideration if I wish to release it I will ask you. TCH (AKA Timothy C Holehouse) is the alter ego of Tim Holehouse the folk/ blues musician; this is his more leftfield material ranging from noise collages to ambient guitar sound tracks. In mid 2007 Tim Holehouse decided that, his two styles of writing where falling into two very separate camps of music and decided to split himself up…Thus Timothy C Holehouse was born! (although the first album was recorded new years eve to New years day 2006/2007) The name was later shortened to TCH. This Project will CEASE TO EXIST on 31st December 2014. Records will still be available, but no further live performances or recordings will be made by TCH (timothy c Holehouse) For listening to TCH’s music and downloading it below

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I am proud to say that I have all my own teeth at the age of 65. While that may not sound unusual to some people, everyone in my family who is my age or older wears dentures. I always tell people that that flossing is the key to good dental health. I have arthritis in my hands, but I don't let it keep me from flossing every day. My trick is to use those little "flossers" you can buy at the drug store. They have plastic handles floss stretched out on top of the handle. These make flossing easier on days when my arthritis is acting up. I started this blog to let other people know that they can keep their teeth healthy into old age when they take care of them. If you have hand pain, find ways to make flossing easier, like I did. Colds stink, but sometimes you just have to deal with them. It can be tempting to pass on the tooth care during this time, partly (and understandably) because you just want to stay in bed and rest, but also because the idea of sticking a toothbrush into your mouth, which has seen more than its share of coughs, isn't very appealing. You should still take care of your teeth, and here's what to do as you get through that awful cold. Keep Brushing and Flossing Steel yourself and drag yourself out of bed to brush and floss your teeth. Your mouth will feel better and less like a germ factory. You may want to brush and floss a little more gently than normal just because you're likely sensitive to everything right now. Plus, you don't want to accidentally start your gums bleeding even a little when you have a cold. It's rare, but cold germs can get into the wound and into your bloodstream, causing further infection. Take Proper Medications Decongestants let you breathe through your nose instead of your mouth, reducing the incidence of dry mouth, which can help bacteria grow. Also take antihistamines when appropriate (such as before sleeping, but not before you have to drive anywhere!) so that you're not constantly sniffling and trying to breathe through your mouth then, either. Maybe Avoid the Mouthwash If you normally use an alcohol-based mouthwash, you might want to hold off on that while you're sick. Alcohol can further dry out your mouth (and it's not really going to do much to combat your cold virus), making you more uncomfortable and again increasing dry mouth. Change Your Toothbrush, or Not It turns out that you don't have to change your toothbrush after you get a cold because you're not that likely to catch the same cold again. However, changing your toothbrush can make you feel better psychologically, so if you want to, get a clean toothbrush when you recover. Water All the Time Stay hydrated. This is so important so that you don't end up with further infections that could make it harder to brush your teeth. Water is best; herbal tea is also good, but sodas, coffee, and sugar-filled tea are not suitable choices. Plus, extra sugar not only increases the bacteria in your mouth, but it can also make your mouth and throat feel rather weird and unpleasant, like they've been coated in something. If you really need flavor or something substantial, go for warm broth. Contact your dentist if you start to experience tooth or gum problems after the cold is gone; again, problems like these stemming from colds are rare, but mouth pain isn't something to ignore.

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The genre of grime most likely conjures images of grey English weather and the impressive accents of the British emcee’s who call it home. But this is globalized world we live in, and the world of grime has expanded far beyond its homeland. Case in point is Japan, which is currently experiencing a thriving growth in the nation’s underground grime scene. And thanks to Boiler Room, we can all get an up-close and personal look at what’s going down. But as the documentary, titled Full Circle shows, grime culture has a whole lot to owe from Japan. The nation’s culture surrounding gaming and martial arts has provided enormous influence for grime in general. And the short film introduces us to several pivotal figures of the scene, including MC Pakin and DJ/producer Chocola B. Watch the full documentary above, and stay tuned for any further grime headed your way. For more great music documentaries, check out this in-depth analysis on Kanye West’s stagecraft and how it affected his work for years to come.

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In a shockingly long investor call, NBC revealed its big new strategy for delivering its many intellectual property spoils online, which will be offered in a multi-tiered plan (with both ad-based and ad-free versions) rolling up a content hodge-podge, including NBCUniversal TV classics and films on-demand, a handful of new exclusive shows, and live content, from NBC News to the Tokyo Olympics. As streaming saturation hits surrealist levels, and viewers watch their favorite videos become further partitioned into boutique streaming destinations, there was little doubt that Comcast would have its own take on streaming at some point. And Peacock offers thousands of hours of shows and movies, underlined with the sexiest word (to advertisers, anyway) of them all: Free! That’s right, unlike its contemporaries, Peacock’s ad-based service — which rolls out first to the company’s Xfinity and Flex cable customers from within their cable box — will arrive in at least some form for zero dollars per month. A $5 monthly charge will get you more content (but still carry ads), while a $10 fee will get you ad-free viewing and the whole kit-and-caboodle. But here’s the thing: The execs at Comcast don’t even want you to buy that service. It’s an also-ran. A red herring. No, what became clear in the most telling part of the call — the pitch straight to the investors — is that what the telecom’s execs want the most out of their free streamer is to confuse a whole new generation of viewers into jumping right back into the traditional TV model, tied up with a brand new streaming bow. “One way to think about Peacock is it’s like a broadcast network,” said one of the execs after a seemingly confused investor asked a question regarding the overall delivery method of the streaming service. With all their sterling content, including decades of NBC shows, movies from a host of massive studios like Universal, DreamWorks, and Illumination, and all the planning and logistics to deliver the crown jewel of today’s media market, a standalone streaming service, Comcast/NBCUniversal’s boldface message is that their new streaming service will be as big a retread of the past 50 years as its classic TV catalog? To be fair, it’s not quite that simple. It’s, quite possibly, worse. An ad delivery system Sure, Peacock will roll out in cable boxes, and be loaded with ads like network and cable channels. But what’s clear from the presentation (which couldn’t have been more different from Disney+’s rollout last April) is that Comcast wants Peacock to be an ad delivery system to destroy all others in its path. NBCUniversal Chairman of Advertising & Partnerships Linda Yaccarino spoke vociferously to the crowd of investors, saying, “Peacock will define the future of advertising. The future of free.” To hook viewers into their ad-loaded trap, NBC execs have leveraged Peacock to offer “the lightest ad load in the industry,” with just 5 minutes of ads per hour. To be fair, that ad-to-content ratio would be quite light these days in TV talk. But, Yaccarino continued, these would be revolutionary new ad innovations for Peacock, including ads that won’t be as repeated over and over. Ads that will look “as good as the content” they accompany (whatever that means). Solo ads where “brands become the hero” and offer a TV show brought to you by a single advertiser. Ads. Ads. And more ads. Speaking about marketing opportunities, she explained that brands will “become members of the Peacock streaming council,” to learn what resonates with viewers most. And they’ll have access to all of its intellectual properties to pioneer new ad experiences. But the topper was when Yaccarino told the hopeful, affluent crowd at 30 Rock that viewers not only value the relationship between ads and content, “they love it!” Right. That’s why the DVR was invented. So we could get more of those sweet, sweet ads. More of the same To be sure, Peacock’s take on streaming is certainly a unique one. While other major players in streaming (see Netflix, Disney, and Apple) are trying to either sneak in ads where they can, or offer a value-packed, ad-free delivery system for their wares that they hope will eventually become profitable players in the new streaming era, Comcast is playing it old school. Or maybe, archaic school? And it’s not just the ad part of pay-TV the company is hanging on to. The execs also pulled out other old-guard, seemingly dying implementation strategies for their multimedia goliath, from holding the line on the three-month theatrical window (meaning Peacock won’t get new Universal movies right after they’ve run in theaters), to selling their wares to other studios (something competitors like Disney and Netflix are increasingly moving away from) and, of course, keeping their other intellectual properties alive and well on cable and network-TV verticals. In other words, as the execs so honestly explained, we should think about Peacock as a new way to find more of the same. “What would a broadcast network have?” they asked the investors. A broad array of content, sure. “But not everything this company makes is immediately going on Peacock.” This, at least, makes sense. Comcast’s NBCUniversal is too big to be contained (or profitable) on a single service like Peacock. Still, the biggest takeaway from this lengthy presentation about Comcast/NBCUniversal’s plans for the future of streaming is that the company isn’t really looking into the future at all. Instead, it’s holding on tightly as ever to the most important element that got the megacorp where it is today: Good old ad revenue. And in the end, should we really have expected anything more?

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- File Size: 376 KB - Print Length: 72 pages - Publisher: Bandits Ranch Books, LLC (August 6, 2016) - Publication Date: August 6, 2016 - Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Language: English - ASIN: B01JWJREBW - Text-to-Speech: Enabled - Word Wise: Enabled - Lending: Enabled - Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,094,600 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) |Print List Price:||$3.99| Save $1.00 (25%) Secret Heart of Lacie Blade: A Novella in the Robbin’ Hearts Series (Robbin' Hearts Series) Kindle Edition |Length: 72 pages||Word Wise: Enabled||Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled| |Page Flip: Enabled|| Matchbook Price: $0.00 For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now lets you buy the Kindle edition for $2.99 or less. (Textbooks available for $9.99 or less.) - Similar books to Secret Heart of Lacie Blade: A Novella in the Robbin' Hearts Series (Robbin' Hearts Series) To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Customers who viewed this item also viewed Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Top Customer Reviews Secret Heart of Lacie Blade starts out with Lacie being released from prison. Her first thought is of her son and how much she missed him. She instantly gained my respect. When she finds out he had been expelled for fighting and decides to go see the principal and take care of it, I knew it was going to be good! Author Diane J. Reed did not disappoint. The gypsy flare and magical atmosphere I loved from the other books in The Robbin' Hearts Series was ever present. I had a feeling once Granny Tinker appeared, things were going to get interesting real quick and they certainly did. Another fantastic story! I have read every book in this series and have fallen in love with the magic and mystery of the characters. This is definitely one of my favorite series, I recommend it to anyone who believes in the magic of love! I'm not sure if Ms. Reed has more stories in mind for this series but I am always happy to visit Bender Lake. I highly recommend this entire series and hope that you love it as much as I do. ** I received this book from the author in exchange for honest review. ** So what do you do when you just get out of prison? Well, take over the PTA that's what!! This is the first book that I have read by Diane and I can tell you that it isn't going to be the last. Not only does this have snarky comments, this book as laughs and magic cookies. I can tell you right now that I was not expecting some of the things that I read in this book. I am going to have to read the others in this series to see what is going on. I really wish that this was a longer book. I could see this being a longer book and more problems that Lacie could get into. If you haven't read any of this series, you need to. This isn’t just the PTA it is the Gangsta PTA. Lacie Blade knows she is hardly mother of the year especially after her release from prison on a bad rap. All she wants is to go home and hug her beloved son Winchester. Lacie decides that she needs to convince the handsome principal to take Winchester back when he is expelled from school for fighting kids that teased him about his “con” mother. And to do that she needs to become the president of the PTA and to fundraise more money than the school has ever seen. Luckily Lacie knows all about the skeletons in her neighbors’ closets and the bodies at the bottom of Bender Lake. With a little magical help from her fortune-telling friend, Granny Tinker, Lacie uses every trick in the book to blackmail and spy her way into providing the textbooks and computers that the school so desperately needs. The jaded principal soon discovers that Lacie has a heart far bigger than her rap sheet even if it is hidden. She might also just be the best thing that happened to him not to mention Bender Lake Elementary school. This is a sweet novella that is a fast read but will also have readers wanting to check out the rest of the books in the series. Readers can easily read this story and follow it very well even if Most Recent Customer Reviews This is a really short, super adorable read. It was fun to revisit Granny Tinker (I highly recommend the whole Robbin's Hearts series).Read more

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While golfing, I took a quick turn to avoid hitting a chuck hole, and accidentally overturned my golf cart near a tree close to the cart path. I severely banged my head. A very attractive golfer who lived on the edge of the golf course, heard the noise and ran out of her villa and shouted, “Are you okay?” As I looked up, I noticed she was wearing only a silky see through bath robe which was partially open, revealing what appeared to be a VERY, VERY nice figure. “I’m okay I think,” I replied as I pulled myself from under the twisted cart. She said, “Come to my villa so I can clean and bandage that nasty scrape on your head. Then you can rest a while and I’ll help you upright the cart later.” “That’s nice of you,” I answered, but I don’t think my wife will like me doing that! “Oh, come now, I’m a nurse” she insisted. “I need to see if you have other scrapes and treat them properly.” Well, she was really pretty and very persuasive and, being sort of shaken and weak, I agreed but repeated, “I’m sure my wife won’t like this.” We walked to her place just 100 yards away, and after a couple of Scotch and waters and the bandaging, I thanked her and said, “I feel a lot better, but I know my wife is going to be really upset, so I’d better go now.” “Don’t be silly!” she said with a smile, letting her robe fall even more open. “Stay for a while. She won’t know anything, and by the way, where is she?” I replied, “Still under the cart, I guess.” A circus owner runs an ad for ‘lion tamer wanted’ and two people showed up. One is a retired golfer in his late-sixties and the other is a drop-dead, gorgeous brunette with a killer body in her mid-twenties. The circus owner tells them, “I’m not going to sugar coat it. This is one ferocious lion. He ate my last tamer so you two had better be good or you’re history. Here’s your equipment – a chair, a whip and a gun. Who wants to try out first?” The gorgeous brunette says, “I’ll go first.” She walks past the chair, the whip and the gun and steps right into the cage. The lion starts to snarl and pant and prepares to charge her. As he gets close, the gorgeous brunette throws open her coat revealing her beautiful, perfect naked body. The lion stops dead in his tracks, sheepishly crawls to her and starts licking her feet and ankles. He continues to lick every inch of her body for minutes, then lays down and rests his head at her feet. The circus owner’s jaw is on the floor! He says, “That’s amazing! I’ve never seen anything like that in my life!” He then turns to the retired golfer and asks, “Can you top that?” The old golfer replies, “Possibly … but you’ve got to get that lion out of there first.”

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Two active genetic strategies are helping to address concerns about the release of gene engines in the wild. Over the last decade, researchers have created a number of new tools that control the balance of genetic inheritance. Based on CRISPR technology, such gene devices are poised to move from the lab to the wild, where they are designed to suppress devastating diseases such as mosquito-borne malaria, dengue, zika, chikungunya, yellow fever and West Nile. Gene drives have the power to immunize mosquitoes against malaria parasites or to act as genetic insecticides that reduce mosquito populations. Although the latest gene devices have been shown to propagate efficiently as designed in the laboratory, concerns have been expressed about the safety of placing such systems in wild populations. Questions have been raised about the predictability and controllability of gene devices and whether, once released, they can be called into the field if they spread beyond the intended region of application. Now researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and their colleagues have developed two new active genetic systems that address such risks by stopping or eliminating genetic devices in the wild. On September 18, 2020 in the magazine Molecular cell, research led by Xiang-Ru Xu, Emily Bulger and Valentino Ganz of the Department of Biological Sciences, offers two new solutions based on elements developed in the common fruit fly. “One way to mitigate perceived risks from genetic drives is to develop approaches to stop their spread or erase them if necessary,” said respected professor Ethan Bier, senior research author and research director at the Institute of Genetics. and the Tata Society “There was great concern that there were so many unknowns about genetic devices. We are now saturated with opportunities, both genetically and at the molecular level, and we have developed mitigating elements. “ The first neutralization system, called e-CHACR (hitchhiking constructions by autocatalytic chain reaction), was designed to stop the spread of a genetic device by “shooting it with its own pistol.” e-CHACRs use the CR9PR enzyme Cas9 carried on a gene device to copy while mutating and inactivating the Cas9 gene. Xu says e-CHACR can be placed anywhere in the genome. “Without a source of Cas9, it is inherited like any other normal gene,” Xu said. “However, once e-CHACR confronts a gene device, it deactivates the gene device in its tracks and continues to spread for several generations,” chasing “the drive element until its function is lost by the population.” The second neutralization system, called ERACR (Element Reversing the Autocatalytic Chain Reaction), is designed to completely remove the gene device. ERACRs are designed to be inserted at the site of the gene device where they use Cas9 from the gene device to attack both sides of Cas9 by cutting it out. After the gene device is deleted, the ERACR is copied and the gene device replaced. “If ERACR is also given an advantage by carrying a functional copy of a gene that is disrupted by the genetic device, then it is competing across the finish line, completely eliminating the genetic device with a fixed solution,” Bier said. Researchers rigorously tested and analyzed e-CHACR and ERACR, as well as their results DNA sequences, with detailed details at the molecular level. Bier estimates that the research team, which includes mathematical modelers from UC Berkeley, has spent about 15 years working hard to comprehensively develop and analyze the new systems. However, he warns that there are unforeseen scenarios that may arise, and neutralization systems should not be used with a false sense of security for gene devices implemented on site. “Such braking elements simply need to be developed and kept in reserve in case they are needed, as it is not known whether some of the rare exclusive interactions between these elements and the gene drives for which they are intended may have unforeseen activities,” he said. According to Bulger, genetic devices have a huge potential to alleviate suffering, but their responsible deployment depends on the availability of control mechanisms in the event of unforeseen consequences. ERACRs and eCHACRs offer ways to stop the spread of the gene device and, in the case of ERACRs, can potentially return the engineered DNA sequence to a state much closer to the natural sequence. “Because ERACR and e-CHACR do not have their own source of Cas9, they will only spread to the gene disk itself and will not edit the wild-type population,” Bulger said. “These technologies are not perfect, but we now have a much more comprehensive understanding of why and how inadvertent results affect their function, and we believe they have the potential to be powerful mechanisms for controlling gene drive if the need arises.” Reference: “Active Genetically Neutralizing Elements for Stopping or Deleting Gene Devices” by Xiang-Ru Shannon Xu, Emily Bulger, Valentino Gantz, Carissa Klanseck, Stephanie Heimler, Ankush Auradkar, Jared Bennett, Lauren Ashley Miller, Sarah Leahy, Sara Sanz Jus , Anna Buchman, Omar Akbari, John M. Marshall and Ethan Bier, 18 September 2020, Molecular cell. DOI: 10.1016 / j.molcel.2020.09.003 Support for the study included: National Institutes of Health (R01 GM117321; DP5OD023098); Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Award for Distinguished Investigator; DARPAthe Safe Genes program (HR0011-17-2-0047); and a gift from Tata Trusts in India for TIGS-UC San Diego. Bier and Gantz state-owned and serve on the board of directors and scientific advisory board of Synbal Inc. State-owned equity Bier, Gantz and Akbari and serves on the scientific advisory board of Agragene Inc. Akbari also receives revenue from Agragene. These companies can potentially benefit from the research results.

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Clarksville High Lady Wildcats shutout Rossview Lady Hawks 6-0 to Win 2014 District 10-AAA Soccer Tournament Championship Clarksville, TN – Soggy conditions did nothing to slow down a Clarksville Lady Wildcats offense that had already scored 18 goals before going into the 2014 District 10-AAA Soccer Tournament championship game against the third seeded Rossview Lady Hawks Friday night at Hilda J. Richardson Field. The Lady Wildcats put together their third shutout in a row to defeat the Lady Hawks 6-0 and become the 2014 District 10-AAA Soccer Tournament Champions. Austin Peay Sports Information Office Edwardsville, IL – Austin Peay State University’s volleyball team suffered its first Ohio Valley Conference loss, dropping a five-set (19-25, 25-19, 25-19, 23-25, 13-15) decision at SIU Edwardsville, Friday night at the Vadalabene Center. Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayoral candidate and Ward 10 councilman Bill Summers has three events scheduled in the Clarksville area tomorrow, Saturday, October 11th, 2014. Summers will be a guest on Clarksville in Review, a morning radio talk show on local radio station WJZM 1400AM. The interview, which will cover Summers’ mayoral platforms and vision for Clarksville, will air between 8:00am and 10:00am on WJZM 1400AM and online at www.WJZM.com National Weather Service Nashville, TN – Even though October may be the driest month of the year, a rainy pattern is setting up for the weekend and into early next week. A frontal boundary positioned from near Little Rock into Southeast Kentucky will remain nearly stationary over the next few days. Allowing for periods of heavy rain to impact Middle Tennessee as a series of shortwaves track through the Central U.S. Rainfall amounts by Sunday morning could range from 1 to 3 inches with locally higher amounts around 4 inches possible across much of the Clarksville Montgomery County area, and the Mid-State. «Read the rest of this article» Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Daymar Institute to host Domestic Violence Awareness event tomorrow Montgomery County, TN – Organizers hope an event tomorrow will help raise awareness of domestic violence and local victims. Deputy Peggy Macias said the “Remember My Name” event was first brought to Montgomery County in October 2013, during Domestic Violence Awareness month, to Kenwood High School in memory of assistant principal Pam Cooper, who was killed by her ex-husband. American Cancer Society Relay For Life Kickoff Rally on October 21st at Hilldale Baptist Family Life Center Clarksville, TN – On October 21st, the American Cancer Society Relay For Life® campaign of Montgomery County will officially get underway as event volunteers and participants gather at the Hilldale Baptist Family Life Center for a kickoff rally to launch their fundraising efforts for the year. In addition to a delicious meal and fellowship with some of Clarksville’s finest volunteers, the rally will feature speakers from the community who have benefitted from funds raised at Relay, will honor cancer survivors, recognize this past year’s participating teams and their contributions toward this effort and during which this year’s campaign theme will be unveiled. APSU Sports Information Office Brentwood, TN – Austin Peay State University’s February 21st men’s basketball contest at Murray State will be one of seven Ohio Valley Conference contests to air exclusively on CBS Sports Network this season. The Govs-Racers contest, called the OVC’s Best Rivalry on many fronts, will be a 1:00pm contest at CFSB Center. Last season’s Governors-Racers game in Clarksville, January 31st, also was telecast by the CBS Sports Network. More than 4,000 spectators watched the contest. Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County and Sango United Methodist Church Prepare for 2014 Sango Scamper Road Race Clarksville, TN – Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County Tennessee accepted a donation from Pastor Willie Lyle of the Sango United Methodist Church (UMC) this week from the proceeds of the 2013 Sango Scamper Road Race. Habitat for Humanity has been the beneficiary of this Sango UMC event for over 20 years. Our 126th meeting. Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Medical Center. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public. Members please bring a friend or two – new recruits are always welcomed. Topic: “Morgan’s Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio” Fort Campbell, KY – Bring the entire Family to DW Recreation Center on October 18th for a USAA and MWR Children’s Halloween Carnival. This free event will start at 1:00pm and last until 4:00pm. The fun and games will include favorites such as a duck pond, bean bag toss, ring toss, cupcake/cake walk, fishing booth, football throw, basketball throw, and bowling. There will also be Halloween tattoos and stickers as well as train rides and a balloon twister. «Read the rest of this article» Now playing at the Movies © 2006-2021 Clarksville, TN Online is owned and operated by residents of Clarksville Tennessee.

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DOMAINE POTINET-AMPEAU MEURSAULT 2014 CASE The Domaine Potinet-Ampeau is situated in the village of Monthelie in the southern part of the Cote de Beaune, between Meursault and Volnay. The domain is one of very few remaining who have a policy of holding vintages in their own cellars to allow them to age correctly before release. For this reason we can offer you not only older vintages, but older vintages that have been perfectly stored. This village Meursault is a classic, with depth and structure, lemony acidity in youth, moving to honey as it ages. Grilled almond, and floral notes with a flinty minerality. Rich, as you would expect, with a great balance between fatness and freshness.

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There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t hear ‘Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?’ sung in my home. My daughter is currently obsessed with The Little Mermaid. Her Birthday party theme of choice was Under the Sea. I don’t blame her though, she’s a girl after my own heart as Ariel has always been my favorite princess. I was worried that she would have such a strong tie to the Disney version that she would question the original Hans Christian Andersen story we were about to see at Beef and Boards. I couldn’t have been more wrong! This telling of The Little Mermaid was performed slightly different than the original story, leaving out the whole turning to foam and becoming a ethereal earthbound spirit bit for the adults. The Children’s Theatre at Beef and Boards did a wonderful job keeping the hour long production engaging and interactive with lots of wardrobe changes, dancing and singing. The performers were so captivating the children were laughing, talking and audibly worried throughout the show. Without spoiling the show, keep your eyes open for characters in the audience, trap doors and the rotating stage! Very cool effects throughout this show and the music and lyrics by Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark were fantastic. While we were there we had snacks and a drink at our table to enjoy as well as a program with space for autographs. Be sure to visit with Melody, Seaweed and the rest of the crew after the show for a photo op and autograph session. Rookie Tip: Do not follow Google Maps instructions once you’re turning off Michigan Road! My instructions were to take a u-turn at Wesleyan Rd, turn right on Michigan and enter Beef and Boards from Michigan. There is no entrance there. You WILL end up getting on 456E and missing the beginning of your show – believe me! Instead, turn left on Wesleyan Rd. and Beef and Boards will be on your right. The Children’s Theatre shows at Beef and Boards are great for children of all ages and the perfect way to get children interested in theater. I recommend making a weekend of it by staying overnight at the Caribbean Cove Indoor Water Park Friday night, having breakfast and swimming Saturday Morning and catching The Little Mermaid for their 1pm performance at Beef and Boards. MORE INFO: The Little Mermaid will be onstage at Beef and Boards through November 19th. The doors open 30 minutes before the show begins at 10am on Fridays and 10am and 1pm on Saturdays. Each musical is one hour long with no intermission. Beef and Boards is located in college park near the pyramids at 9301 Michigan Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Tickets are $16.50 and can be purchased through the box office at 317.872.9664. A $1 processing fee per ticket will be charged on all orders (except VIP members). For more information visit BeefandBoards.com. Special thanks to Beef and Boards for providing select photography for this article.

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Shopping from United States? Please visit the correct site for your location. Jeremy Strong’s Classroom Chaos Joke Book This product is not currently available. To help you find what you're looking for, see similar items below. Rated 5/5 from 2 ratings 0 reviews (Add a review) It’s time to laugh your socks off yet again with Jeremy Strong’s super-silly book of classroom jokes. No schoolbag is complete without it! It’s jam-packed with jokes, gags, puns and giggles, not to mention daft excuses, ridiculous riddles and DIY school reports. Whooping it up between the covers you’ll find Captain Blackpatch, Nicholas and Cheese, Miss Pandemonium and Siggy the Viking, plus many more crazy characters besides. So if the mere thought of school has got you feeling blue, grab a dose of laughter therapy and chuckle your way through! August 5th, 2010 - 128 pages This product has not been reviewed yet.

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Experience since CV in kindergarten so unic, CV with his sister learning and playing there. Many experience he had done with his friends. CV often cried when his mother left him and not seldom CV went home to follow his mother. In class, CV has a characteristics silent, creative and shame. CV study in kindergarten with his friends who their house near with CV’s house. Actually CV proceed to the next grade but his age was youger than their friends. So CV follow them and taken these circumstance. CV parents were loving and teaching how to be a diligent children and smart thinking. His parents always invite him for recreation every 2 weeks. From here, CV’s mind always fresh and could using logic to find future dream. The best award CV in kindergarten was 2nd championship subdistric painting competition, CV was chosen by teacher because CV ever drawing a bird on a black board. The teacher thought that picture was good and called CV to follow painting competition.

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Happy long weekend, y’all! No Sunday features today because we’ve gone camping. I mean glamping because camping isn’t as cute and doesn’t involve my Kate Spade bedding. (Affiliate link) Check back this week for an update on our trailer makeover and next Sunday for our regular weekend features.

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Take on your activities with high-quality adidas Soccer Balls from Academy Sports. This gear is designed to motivate and help you get the most out of your activities. When it comes to adidas Soccer Balls you never want to settle for anything less than the best. That's why we feature this top-tier brand that provides products you can trust and will want to show off. Quality materials combine with exceptional design to keep you feeling your best. Shop our incredible assortment now to find your new go-to's, or find the perfect birthday or holiday gift for a friend or family member. Any fan of this popular brand would love a gift from this great selection. After all, having the best gear is the best motivation to get up, get out, and get active. You can always count on Academy to have the best assortment of outdoor and indoor essentials that are reliable and ready for anything you are. With the increased seam length, Goff says there was actually a risk that this ball would be too rough. “Very little changes in those textures can have noticeable aerodynamic effects,” he says. The fact that the Telstar 18 has almost the same drag curve as the Brazuca, with aerodynamic properties changing at about the same speeds, is impressive. “It has to be an engineering and technical challenge,” he says. Used Nike Ordem 4 Official Match ball. Professional grade rating from FIFA. Used within the NCAA 2 seasons ago. Ball has MINOR surface wear that does not affect play of ball. Official balls run close to $160, get this one for a fraction of the price. Will not come with original packaging. Ball will ship deflated to make shipping cheaper. only shipping within North America NO RETURNS WILL SHIP FAST All in all a street soccer ball needs to be rough and tough with all the attributes we discussed so far. Senda street soccer ball has fulfilled all these requirements, and met our expectation. We recommend you to buy this option if you want to play on street or hard surface. We found this as a good quality model with the proper construction as we discussed. The weight and bounce are also according to the requirement of a street soccer ball. However, in Goff’s wind tests, he and his team noticed that the Telstar 18 had a little more resistance at high speeds, and predict that the ball will go about eight to nine percent less distance down the pitch on long kicks. This means that Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper for Germany who was considered to be the x-factor that brought Germany the win in 2014, might not have quite as much of an impact clearing balls from the goal this time around Goff says. “You’d see him just kicking the ball way, way down the pitch, and [this World Cup] you might notice that some of those kicks aren’t quite as long as before,” Goff says. Each of these soccer balls on our list is designed specifically for kids. Developmental appropriateness in toys is very important because if a kid cannot understand how to use a toy or the toys is the wrong size for them, they will not benefit from it. These soccer balls are colorful enough to keep your kid’s attention without distracting them from the game. Additionally, these soccer balls for kids are all great for both well-seasoned players and beginners. A: Butyl bladders are an excellent choice for the interior of soccer balls because they create an airtight seal in the inner compartment. This helps greatly with air retention. Even better, you will not have to keep inflating soccer balls that contain a butyl bladder for the fact that they hold air much longer than soccer balls that don’t have a bladder made from butyl rubber. Disclosure: This post is brought to you by the Insider Picks team. We highlight products and services you might find interesting. If you buy them, we get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. We frequently receive products free of charge from manufacturers to test. This does not drive our decision as to whether or not a product is featured or recommended. We operate independently from our advertising sales team. We welcome your feedback. Email us at [email protected]. Adidas says its design was motivated by Russia's urban landscapes. It uses textured graphics and a metallic sheen to bring a modern look to the classic design. The ball is made of six panels of thermally bonded TPU and about 15% silicone. The materials allow for better trajectory, accuracy, responsiveness, and low water absorption. It also feels well-padded and slightly lighter than previous match balls. This size ball, the smallest aside from mini-balls not used for real practices or games, weighs 10 oz. and can be used for players under 8. The No. 3 ball is only 24 inches in circumference and thus doesn't come up as high on the leg as an adult model. You don't need to provide a match-quality ball for your young player, write the authors of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer." This can be used as a great option for goalkeeper training as well. Why? Look, you can hardly see the lines on this ball, hence you won’t be able to guess the direction by only seeing the spin of the ball. That means as a goalkeeper you will have to give full concentration to detect the direction of the sliding balls. This is obviously helpful if you are a goalkeeper, and looking for a sliding challenge. “We found that the grooves and pimples on the Telstar 18 ball are very orderly and a little bit flat,” says Alam. The pimples that texture the surface of the ball are not as raised as on the Brazuca, and the seams are narrower and shallower than they have been in the past. All of the elements of the ball—the increased seam length, the more regular pimple pattern, orderly pimple and seam shape—add up to a more symmetrical, balanced ball, Alam says. “We expect this ball to have better flight stability.” And since all 11 stadiums in Russia are at the same altitude, Alam says the ball should play the same way across all matches. On the other hand, replicas (sometimes called training balls or gliders) are designed to be just like the official match balls but are much cheaper. Their panels are often stitched rather than thermally-bonded and are made of a different material. However, they’re not necessarily less durable than official match balls. So, they’re the recommended option for most players. Cool Soccer Balls Pink Soccer Gear Team Sports Collections Save on adidas X Glider or Starlancer V Soccer Balls Pink Soccer Balls Green Soccer Balls Training adidas Soccer Balls Best adidas Soccer Balls adidas Soccer Balls Select Training Soccer Balls Training Soccer Balls Youth Soccer Balls Best Soccer Balls Select Soccer Balls Soccer Athletic Sports Balls Every four years there’s a new ball for the World Cup—and every four years players are unhappy with it. Maybe it’s too light and has too much lift, like the 2002 Fevernova. Or maybe it wobbles unexpectedly in the air, making it harder for goalies to predict its motion, like the 2006 Teamgist. Or maybe the ball suddenly changes speed, dropping out of the air and causing accidental handballs, like the 2010 Jabulani. These are used in international level matches and top league matches like UEFA Champions League, Italian Serie A, English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Bundesliga, Major League Soccer. Not only these but also all the tournaments approved by FIFA. So you can easily understand that these are the highest quality balls with the highest level of air retention, shape, water absorption, trajectory, curve, and performance. Otherwise, FIFA would not have approved these balls. You can’t have a soccer game without a ball and soccerloco offers a huge selection of sale priced soccer balls for practice and play. We feature themed balls from some of your favorite clubs, giving you the opportunity to show your team pride every time you hit the pitch. Remember that you don’t have to sacrifice quality for cost though. We offer great deals on balls that are designed to last. Despite having so many good reviews from the users, why aren’t we keeping Wilson traditional ball on our list? It is because we strongly think Wilson is specialized in making tennis equipment. On the other hand, this model did not meet our expectation. This model seems too heavy to us, and overall feel was not too good. That is why we are not recommending you to go for this option. But obviously, the final decision is yours. So many people are still buying this 🙂 Perfect working condition, see attached pictures for excellent condition, comes with original box, all paperwork, charging dock, and cord included, All original/ All Authentic My son loves this ball but has moved on to a personal trainer, this ball is tested and works perfect, just download the app- paperwork included Size 5 Adidas micoach smart ball, soccer ball I will ship within 24 hours after payment is made, get it before Christmas! 100% feedback, smoke free/ pet free home

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MELBOURNE, Australia (VN) — Forget Armstrong vs. Contador in 2009. Forget Boonen vs. Cancellara in the spring classics — at least after last weekend, anyway, where the latter broke his collarbone at the Tour of Flanders. No, the ultimate expression of mano-a-mano cycling pugilism is set to take place this week at the 2012 UCI Track World Championships, from April 4-8. And for once, it is not the men’s events that are most eagerly anticipated. It is the match sprint between two Olympic champions, Anna Meares and Victoria Pendleton, a microcosm of a 200-year-old rivalry between host nation Australia and Great Britain. The press conferences each gave last week — held separately, of course — provided a harbinger of their Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman-like enmity towards one another, and what is to come when they meet on the boards of Melbourne’s Hisense Arena, the same venue that staged the track worlds back in 2004. Last Tuesday, Pendleton, 31, said that the genesis of their rancor came at the 2006 world championships in Bordeaux, France, when Meares “hooked” her in the keirin, arguably the most rough-and-tumble of the 10 events to be contested this week, and where pushing and shoving are de rigueur. The Briton, who appeared on the cover of men’s magazine FHM after she won gold in the sprint event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and bears more than a passing resemblance to countrywoman and model Elizabeth Hurley, did not qualify for the finals in Bordeaux as a result, while Meares was relegated for her actions. “That (incident) really shocked me because she apologized for doing it afterwards,” Pendleton said, “saying, ‘I’m sorry I hooked you, I didn’t mean it to be dangerous,’ and I was like, ‘well, ok then, I wouldn’t do it, you might do it.’” Meares, three years her arch rival’s junior and who held her press conference two days later, fired back a retort: “I am very proud of the way that I ride. I have so many people come up to me and tell me how exciting it is to watch me in a sprint match.” Clearly, one of those “many people” is not Pendleton, who, aside from last year’s track worlds in Holland and the final round of the UCI Track World Cup in February, has dominated her opponent. However Meares’ recent performances suggest times may be a-changing. “Anna and I are very different riders — she’s someone who kind of likes to push the rules and I definitely don’t,” said Pendleton. “I’ve heard her make some comments about how she dislikes me and I dislike her — I’m not entirely sure where it’s come from because we used to be quite good pals. “I remember going out with her for a few beers in Stuttgart after the world championships in 2003. I don’t think she’d want to have one with me (now), which is sad. At the end of the day, this isn’t war, this is sport.” One gets the feeling that for Meares, sporting feuds are no different than war. “The rivalry is a rivalry, and it’s a great one between Victoria and I,” she said. “We meet when we are in good form and that is always generally in the semis or the finals and when we race each other, we literally turn each other inside out. “Sometimes with great rivalries, you can’t have a great friendship because there is so much riding on the line for those involved. It’s an uncomfortable situation to try and be able to switch off and open yourself up to that person when you do need to beat them on the track. Besides the Meares-Pendleton showdown in the women’s sprint, to be held over two days from Thursday to Friday, another 341 athletes from 45 nations are in Melbourne to stake their final claim for selection to the upcoming London Olympic Games, now just four months away. Aside from the team pursuit and team sprint events, each country will be allowed only one rider per discipline at the Olympics, creating conflict not just between nations at the track worlds but also among teammates. For most, the blue ribbon event will be the men’s team pursuit. Staged on Wednesday, it will be the first world championship medal to be decided, and unless New Zealand or Russia pulls a rabbit out of their toolbox, prepare for another Australia vs. Great Britain face-off. Another firecracker will be the men’s sprint. It’s one event British rider Sir Chris Hoy, a four-time Olympic champion, has on his radar as well as the team sprint and keirin, where in Beijing, he took home gold medals in all three events and was later knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his efforts. Standing in his way will be countryman Jason Kenny, who is the defending champion, after Frenchman Grégory Baugé (2009, 2010 world champion) was stripped of his title for failing to provide information as to his whereabouts for possible out-of-competition doping tests. Baugé was handed a retroactive one-year ban starting on December 23, 2010. He was stripped of his individual sprint title and France also lost their team sprint crown, which went to Germany. While the majority of nations have been playing the long game in the lead-up to London, in Olympic years at least, what previous world championships have shown is that it is nigh impossible to turn around a set of mediocre performances and four months later, somehow magically make them superlative. Shane Sutton, British cycling head coach and chief sports director of the Team Sky professional road team, told the Sydney Morning Herald last weekend: “You want to go to the Olympics knowing you’re the best in the world. Not a lot is going to change before then. You’re not going to see someone come out of nowhere and be Olympic champion.” Australia, following their abysmal outing at the Beijing Games that netted just one silver medal (Meares finished second to Pendleton in the match sprint), has topped the medal tally at the last three world championships. Last year in Apeldoorn, the squad produced 12 medals, including eight gold from a possible 19. However, at the most recent round of the Track World Cup at the new Olympic velodrome in London, it was Great Britain who finished on top, followed by Australia and Germany. “The world saw us step up a little bit (at the London World Cup),” said Sutton. “We are not going to hide the fact that (otherwise) we haven’t been great since Beijing. But we are on a journey to London, and for us (the track worlds) is all about London.” More than likely, as it will be for the rest of the athletes here in Melbourne. The United States sends a strong squad to Melbourne, led by current individual pursuit champion and world team pursuit record-holder Sarah Hammer. Hammer will join Dotsie Bausch, Jennie Reed and Lauren Tamayo in the latter event before setting her sights on the omnium. “Sarah had a very strong showing in London, winning the omnium in the final round of the World Cup at the Olympic test event in February,” said USA Cycling high performance director of endurance programs Benjamin Sharp. “The team pursuit women earned the silver medal at last year’s world championships in Apeldoorn and we are working to take another step up the podium in Melbourne.” On the men’s side, the team sprint squad of Michael Blatchford, Kevin Mansker and Jimmy Watkins will battle with Venezuela for the final Olympic selection. The Americans trail the Venezuelans by 75 points going into the worlds. “The track sprint team heads into the world championships full of optimism, but realize it’s going to take a perfectly executed effort in the men’s team sprint for them to challenge Venezuela, who has performed tremendously this season,” said sprint program director Jamie Staff. “We need to get every ounce out of the athletes on race day, and get them mentally ready for the race.” Men: Team pursuit, Scratch (15 km), Team sprint Women: Team sprint Women: Team pursuit, Points race (25 km) Men: Kilometer time trial Women: Scratch (10 km), Sprint Women: Omnium, Keirin Men: Individual pursuit, Points race (40 km), Sprint Women: Individual pursuit, 500m time trial Men: Keirin, Madison Note: Men’s and women’s Olympic events are sprint, keirin, team sprint, team pursuit and omnium Current world champions Sprint: Gregory Bauge (FRA) Team sprint: France Keirin: Shane Perkins (AUS) Kilometer time trial: Stefan Nimke (GER) Individual pursuit: Jack Bobridge (AUS) Team pursuit: Australia (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Luke Durbridge, Madison: Australia (Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer) Points race: Edwin Alcibiades (COL) Scratch: Kwok Ho Ting (HKG) Omnium: Michael Freiberg (AUS) Sprint: Anna Meares (AUS) Team sprint: Australia (Anna Meares/Kaarle McCulloch) 500m time trial: Olga Panarina (BLR) Keirin: Anna Meares (AUS) Individual pursuit: Sarah Hammer (USA) Team pursuit: Great Britain (Wendy Houvenaghel, Danielle King, Laura Trott) Points race: Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR) Scratch: Marianne Vos (NED) Omnium: Tara Whitten (CAN) Realizing life in advertising was nothing like Mad Men and buoyed by the Olympic Games in his Australian hometown of Sydney, Anthony Tan turned his back on a lucrative copywriting career in 2000 in pursuit of something more cerebral. Combining wordsmithing with his experiences as an A-Grade club racer and an underwhelming season competing in Europe, a career as a cycling scribe beckoned… More than a dozen Grand Tours and countless Classics later, it’s where he still is today. He has been a contributor to VeloNews since 2006. In 2010, he won Cycling Australia’s media award for best story. Follow him on Twitter: @anthony_tan

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Alex Song believes he made the right choice in joining West Ham United on loan this season as they will become one of the best teams in England “in the next five years”. The Cameroon midfielder moved to the Hammers on a season-long loan deal from Barcelona in August and settled instantly back into the Premier League. West Ham have won four of the five games Song has started – the only slip up being a narrow defeat at Manchester United last month – and he played a starring role in Saturday’s shock 2-1 win over Manchester City. The run has lifted Sam Allardyce’s side up to fourth in the table and, while many will predict a downfall in the coming months, Song has high hopes for the east London club. “The future of the club is very good,” he said. “That’s why I chose to come here. In Spain nobody was expecting anything from Atletico Madrid and look at how well they are doing. “You have to look at examples like that. The way that West Ham are looking now, in the next five years they will be one of the best clubs in England. “When I see the way that we play and where we are at the moment I know that I made a very good choice.” West Ham have picked up three straight wins in the Premier League and are priced at 3.22 to continue that run away at Stoke City on Saturday. Stoke are 2.21 to win at the Britannia Stadium while a draw is 3.26.

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Minor League Baseball will soon release the results of their 2017 Fan Cost Survey, covering all 160 Minor League teams, and the Pawtucket Red Sox will be named the leader in affordability among all 30 clubs in Triple-A Baseball. The average cost for a family of four at a PawSox game is only $55, including parking, two adult tickets, two child tickets, four hot dogs, two sodas, and two beers. That total is the best in the International League, the Pacific Coast League, and is well below the average cost among all 160 clubs in Minor League Baseball. The average cost to attend an International League game is $70.36, with the PawSox leading the league in affordability in the 14-team league. In the 16-team Pacific Coast League, which is also Triple-A, the average is $82.09. The average for all of Minor League Baseball’s 160 affiliated clubs is $66.17, more than $10 higher than the PawSox. “Affordable family fun has been the bedrock of the PawSox for decades, and we seek to continue to preserve, protect, and provide that experience in the years ahead,” said PawSox President Dr. Charles A. Steinberg. “We enjoy welcoming families to a warm, hospitable environment upon which they can rely for an afternoon or evening of affordable wholesome pleasure.” The PawSox have already committed to preserve their lowest-priced seats, $6 for children and seniors, and $9 for adults, through at least the first five years at a new ballpark in Pawtucket. The PawSox come home tonight (Friday) to possibly their best-attended weekend of the year, featuring Independence Day Fireworks after Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evening’s games. Box seat tickets are already sold out for most of the games, while some general admission tickets remain. Read More WBOB Unbiased, Unfiltered. WBOB's Original Reads feature our brightest and boldest personalities, offering their two-cents on the goings on of news, sports, politics, entertainment, and business. -- Are our opinions always PC? Nope. Are they always perfect? Nah. But, are they always 100% authentic? Absolutely! Read More WBOB

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June 2004 Issue Grapefruit Can Still Play Havoc With Some Medications Q. I know you shouldn’t drink grapefruit juice with certain medications. Is it safe to wait a few hours before taking my pills? A. No, that won’t help. Adverse reactions with certain medications can occur for up to 24 hours after grapefruit or grapefruit juice is consumed. To continue reading this entire article you must be a paid subscriber. Subscribe to Environmental Nutrition Get the next year of Environmental Nutrition for just $20. And access all of our online content - how to fight heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, and dozens of other diseases - free of charge. Already subscribe but haven't registered for all the benefits of the website? Click here. Subscriber Log In Forgot your password? Click Here.

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The Timeless Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jewelry CollectionNatural Blue Sapphires Jacqueline Kennedy wore her jewelry with the grace, elegance and dignity fit for an American First Lady. Even today, years after Camelot and her death in 1994, Jackie Kennedy is remembered and admired. Jackie and JFK met at a mutual friend’s dinner party in May 1952. JFK was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at the time and he would eventually become a U.S. Senator and then President of the United States. Shortly after meeting, Jackie left to cover the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London and stayed in Europe for a few more months. Soon after returning, JFK proposed with a diamond and emerald engagement ring and the couple announced their engagement on June 25, 1953. Jackie’s engagement ring was a lovely 2.88 emerald and baguette diamond ring, in 1962 she had the ring redesigned to include not only the emerald and diamonds but it was also set with an additional 2.88 square-cut diamond and marquise diamonds, as shown in the photo below. The Diamond-and-Pearl Wedding Bracelet The night before their wedding, JFK presented Jackie with a lovely diamond bracelet which she wore as her “something new”. The bracelet features 25 diamonds and 18 pearls with two borders on either side of thin and rather whimsical nautical ropes. Jackie wore the bracelet on her wedding day along with a pearl choker necklace and a diamond leaf brooch that she received as a gift from Joseph and Rose Kennedy, her new in-laws. Special Note: Jackie’s wedding bracelet was donated after her death to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. The Van Cleef & Arpels Emerald Ring For their tenth year wedding anniversary in 1963, JFK gave Jackie a special emerald ring. JFK commissioned Van Dleef & Arpels in New York and was designed as an “eternity ring” with ten emeralds representing each year of their marriage; she wore the ring next to her wedding band. Several years after the death of JFK Jackie had two of the emeralds removed to make two solitaire rings for her children. One was made for Caroline and the other for John Jr. who gave it to his bride, Carolyn Bessette, on the night before their wedding. After the death of her brother, the ring was given back and now Caroline Schlossberg owns all three rings. The Tiffany Two Fruit Clips To celebrate the birth of their son, John Kennedy Jr. on Nov. 25, 1960, JFK gave Jackie the Two Fruit Clip. The brooch is part of the permanent collection at The Kennedy Library in Boston and it’s among one of the first pieces Jean Schlumberger created for Tiffany. The American jeweler no longer makes a version in rubies, but they do the style set with other gems. Ruby Two Fruit Clips upon occasion appear at estate auctions or vintage jewelers. One sold for $16,250 at Christie’s in New York on April 16, 2013 The Kunzite Ring In one of JFK’s most optimistic periods – when he and his wife were closest to each other after the loss their baby Patrick in 1963 – the excited President went Christmas shopping very early for his wife. He purchased this ring, no doubt because he felt its bright color reflected his hope for their long future together. Tragically, he was gunned down in Dallas before he had the chance to present the ring to her. The devastated Jackie would treasure the ring for the rest of her life – the last gift she would ever receive from her beloved husband. The ring had a kunzite stone and was 18k gold. The Iconic Apollo Earrings Originally commissioned by Aristotle Onassis for his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, to commemorate the moon landing in 1969, the one-of-a-kind Apollo earrings became a piece of jewelry mythology. Onassis presented them to Jackie for her 40th birthday, lending the earrings a trifecta of sentimental significance. In addition to celebrating the Apollo landing and her birthday, the earrings nodded to Jackie’s late husband, President John F. Kennedy, who had led America’s charge in the race to space. The earrings remained a prized piece of Jackie’s collection until they were sold in her 1996 estate sale at Sotheby’s. Aside from a few pictures in Lalaounis’s archives, no other records of the Apollo earrings remain. The Ruby Drop Earrings One of the most coveted items in Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ jewelry collection were ruby ear clips by Van Cleef & Arpels and a ruby ring. The items sold as a set for $301,959, within its pre-sale estimate in 2015. The jewels were a wedding gift from Aristotle Onassis in 1968. Each ear pendant top is designed as an openwork pavé-set diamond leaf, suspending a detachable cabochon ruby and brilliant-cut diamond cluster pendant. The ring is centered by a heart-shaped cabochon ruby within a brilliant-cut diamond surround to the pavé-set diamond shoulder. - The Natural Wonder of Star Sapphires - Reimagine these 10 famous jewellery pieces with our natural blue sapphires - Elizabeth Taylor’s Impressive Jewelry Collection - Corundum’s Chameleons— Color-change Sapphires - The Word’s Five Most Famous Blue Sapphires - Most famous Ceylon blue Sapphire ring - The Natural Rough Yellow Sapphire - Melania Trump: The First Lady’s Jewelry Collection - Kate Middleton’s Stunning Jewellery Collection - Yogo Sapphires : The ‘Blue Pebbles’ of Montana - Sapphire Mining

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Endogenous Aggregate Elasticity of Substitution In the literature studying aggregate economies the aggregate elasticity of substitution (AES) between capital and labor is often treated as a constant or "deep" parameter. This view contrasts with the conjecture put forward by Arrow et al. (1961) that AES evolves over time and changes with the process of economic development. This paper evaluates this conjecture in a simple dynamic multisector growth model, in which AES is endogenously determined. Our findings support the conjecture, and in particular demonstrate that AES tends to be positively related to the state of economic development, a result consistent with recent empirical findings. |Date of creation:||Mar 2007| |Date of revision:| |Contact details of provider:|| Web page: http://economics.emory.edu/home/journals/| More information through EDIRC References listed on IDEAS Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: - F. M. Fisher & R. M. Solow & J. R. Kearl, 1974. "Aggregate Production Functions: Some CES xperiments," 136, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics. - Fisher, Franklin M & Solow, Robert M & Kearl, James M, 1977. "Aggregate Production Functions: Some CES Experiments," Review of Economic Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(2), pages 305-20, June. - Yuhn, Ky-hyang, 1991. "Economic Growth, Technical Change Biases, and the Elasticity of Substitution: A Test of the De La Grandville Hypothesis," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 73(2), pages 340-46, May. - Klump, Rainer & Preissler, Harald, 2000. " CES Production Functions and Economic Growth," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 102(1), pages 41-56, March. - repec:tpr:qjecon:v:112:y:1997:i:1:p:57-84 is not listed on IDEAS - Winford H. Masanjala & Chris Papageorgiou, 2004. "The Solow model with CES technology: nonlinearities and parameter heterogeneity," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(2), pages 171-201. - de La Grandville, Olivier, 1989. "In Quest of the Slutsky Diamond," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(3), pages 468-81, June. - Paul M Romer, 1999. "Endogenous Technological Change," Levine's Working Paper Archive 2135, David K. Levine. - Tjalling C. Koopmans, 1963. "On the Concept of Optimal Economic Growth," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 163, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University. - Revankar, Nagesh S, 1971. "A Class of Variable Elasticity of Substitution Production Functions," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 39(1), pages 61-71, January. - Acemoglu, Daron, 2002. "Directed Technical Change," Review of Economic Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 69(4), pages 781-809, October. - Ronald W. Jones, 1965. "The Structure of Simple General Equilibrium Models," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 73, pages 557. - Bruce E. Hansen, 1996. "Sample Splitting and Threshold Estimation," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 319., Boston College Department of Economics, revised 12 May 1998. - Chris Papageorgiou & Kaz Miyagiwa, . "Elasticity of Substitution and Growth: Normalized CES in the Diamond Model," Departmental Working Papers 2001-05, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University. - Kaz Miyagiwa & Chris Papageorgiou, 2003. "Elasticity of substitution and growth: normalized CES in the Diamond model," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 155-165, 01. - Olivier de La Grandville & Rainer Klump, 2000. "Economic Growth and the Elasticity of Substitution: Two Theorems and Some Suggestions," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 90(1), pages 282-291, March. - Kamien, Morton I & Schwartz, Nancy L, 1969. "Induced Factor Augmenting Technical Progress from a Microeconomic Viewpoint," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 37(4), pages 668-84, October. - Rainer Klump & Peter McAdam & Alpo Willman, 2004. "Factor Substitution and Factor Augmenting Technical Progress in the US: A Normalized Supply-Side System Approach," DEGIT Conference Papers c009_030, DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade. - Klump, Rainer & McAdam, Peter & Willman, Alpo, 2004. "Factor substitution and factor augmenting technical progress in the US: a normalized supply-side system approach," Working Paper Series 0367, European Central Bank. - J. D. Pitchpord, 1960. "GROWTH and THE ELASTICITY OF FACTOR SUBSTITUTION-super-1," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 36(76), pages 491-504, December. - de La Grandville, Olivier, 1989. "Erratum [In Quest of the Slutsky Diamond]," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(5), pages 1307, December. - Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira & Alberto Trejos, 2006. "On The Output Effects Of Barriers To Trade," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 47(4), pages 1319-1340, November. - Duffy, John & Papageorgiou, Chris, 2000. " A Cross-Country Empirical Investigation of the Aggregate Production Function Specification," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 5(1), pages 87-120, March. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:emo:wp2003:0707. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc. For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (Sue Mialon) If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about. 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Makes adorable kitty appear from thin air. Credits: LOL GIF via imgur, GIF’N GEEK and Facebook Life is but a dream. Credits: AdmiralMotti and imgur via Giphy Stress relief for doggers. £13.99 a session. No Pomeranians. Credits: Suzy and Tumblr via Gif LSD,Ｔｗｉｓｔｅｄ Ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ and Facebook If it’s your birthday today, you’re in luck. Just show this post to your nearest cat and you’ll receive a free massage. With little kitty paws. No claws, we promise. Credits: Birthday Bot and Giphy After the economic downturn killed off his revamped show, Skippy quit TV and took to a relatively anonymous life as a dog groomer. Local dogs have expressed their displeasure with the roo’s infamous rough handling of their fine shiny coats. Credits: Via Maria Lucia Paiva, *Gifs* and Google+

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Twitchell Technical Products, LLC Welcome to IFAI Expo 2017! Please visit us for door prizes! Twitchell Technical Products, LLC has been a manufacturer of quality yarns and fabrics across a variety of industries since 1922. Our company has grown into a multinational manufacturer of some of the world’s most innovative fibers, textiles and coatings featuring screen, shade, awning and outdoor living products. We offer a broad range of Textilene woven and knit fabrics, and continue to be innovative in finding technical solutions for our customers. Our coatings division covers a wide variety of applications and has become a leader in quality, experience, flexibility and customer service. Research and development is a key factor in Twitchell's ongoing commitment to the future. We are dedicated to producing the highest quality product, and making sure customers receive the best service. Twitchell is an industry leader and is committed to being your technical solutions provider of choice. We pride ourselves in developing strong partnerships and long-term relationships with our customers. Twitchell Technical Products, LLC proudly manufactures our products in the USA. Please visit www.twitchellcorp.com for further details. Brands: Textilene, Sunsure, Textilene 80, Textilene 90, Textilene 95, Textilene nano 50/55/60, Textilene nano 95, Textilene nano 97 Twill, Omegatex

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Quilting Supplies - InterfacingInterfacing is a special type of material that is used to add strength to fabric. Perhaps your fabric is thin and stitching it is compromising the integrity of the fabric, interfacing can be used to add strength to your thin fabric. Interfacing is also used to add stiffness, for example in collars for shirts, or hems for dresses and jackets. Or for inside a tie. Quilters tend to use interfacing to add strenght, stability, manageability and longevity to their quilt projects. Interfacing comes in several interfacing types such as nonwoven interfacing, woven interfacing, knit interfacing, weft-inserted interfacing, fleece interfacing, and combo interfacing/stabilizer/fusible web products. Find the interfacing you need for your quilting or sewing project here at Quilting-Warehouse!

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Organizing committee meetings and executing committee directives can be challenging for volunteer leaders who must battle time constraints and limited resources. Agentis acts as a conduit for productive committee interaction, because we have dedicated staff members that handle the logistical, administrative and interpersonal tasks that drive committee initiatives forward. Whether we’re drafting committee minutes or drafting volunteers for a special project, our team delivers roll-up-your-sleeves support for our clients’ business and issue committees—support that guarantees the timely completion of high-quality committee deliverables. Agentis offers the following project and committee management services: - Execution of committee objectives - Administrative support - Committee records maintenance - Archival management - Specialized knowledge and industry expertise - Issues research

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The congressman wants a hearing and the opportunity to call witnesses. By PATRICIA MEADE VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER CLEVELAND -- U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. used a part-time staffer to eavesdrop on a conversation the congressman had with a government witness, then supplied a sworn affidavit that says the witness lied at the congressman's trial. The affidavit, signed by Rick Berger, was attached to a motion Traficant filed late Monday in U.S. District Court that seeks another judge to rule on his motion for a new trial. The Poland Democrat will be sentenced next Tuesday on corruption and tax evasion charges. Traficant said U.S. District Judge Lesley Brooks Wells should be disqualified because her husband is a partner in a Cleveland law firm that has represented a key government witness, J.J. Cafaro. Cafaro, who pleaded guilty last year to bribing the congressman, had his criminal case assigned to another judge because of the relationship. Berger's affidavit states that he sat in his vehicle Monday morning in Mount Jackson, Pa., while Traficant and contractor A. David Sugar discussed Sugar's testimony for 29 minutes. Sugar said that he didn't tell the truth when he testified and that he was pressured by the government to lie, the affidavit states. Sentencing is pending Sugar testified at trial that he did work at the congressman's horse farm in Greenford in return for favors and back-dated invoices to cover the free work. Sugar, whose sentencing has been pending for two years, told Traficant the government is holding the sentencing over his head "like a hammer" until it gets rid of the congressman, the affidavit states. The affidavit quotes Sugar as saying that he would love to help Traficant but is afraid of the consequences. "Congress can't help me," Berger wrote, quoting Sugar. "These guys in Cleveland are too powerful and will destroy me and my family." Berger described himself as a part-time staffer specifically asked to tag along with Traficant while they looked for Sugar, then witness any conversation that took place. Traficant submitted another affidavit that Sandra J. Ferrante, his former horse trainer, signed that recounts a conversation she had last Saturday with a man who had lunch with Sugar. The affidavit quotes Sugar as saying he had been harassed by the FBI and the lead prosecutor. Traficant asks for a hearing on his motion and wants Judge Wells to call her husband as a witness, as well as other law partners and Cafaro. The congressman also considers as new evidence what his co-defendant, Richard Detore, who declined to testify at trial, told a U.S. House ethics subcommittee about being pressured by the government to lie to "get Traficant." The congressman said the recently disclosed statements of a juror who said Detore's statements provided reasonable doubt should also be considered in his effort for a new trial.

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By Mungo MacCallum Barack Obama’s speech to the University of Queensland during the G20 bash was undoubtedly a show-stopper: spell-binding oratory which included a powerful message urging the people, particularly the youth, to demand more action on climate change. Obviously and inevitably it was seen to be aimed squarely at Tony Abbott, who had done his best to gag or at least mute the climate change issue at the meeting he was presiding over. And of course it worked: the headlines responded. But it should have been a one-day wonder: as the G20 subsided and Abbott’s big numbers with China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modhi took the stage, our great leader should have been accorded the attention he hoped for and expected. The fact that the Obama address continued to distract from the plaudits he craved was due not from the recalcitrance of the leftist media but from the paranoia of his own supporters. From day one Abbott’s bestie, The Australian’s Greg Sheridan, led what turned out to be a running series of attacks on Obama: he was gratuitous, and ungracious to speak openly on a subject Abbott wanted to avoid. Not only that, the speech was not given to Abbott in advance, presumably so that our prime minister could be forewarned, or better still censor it. And it turned out that the US ambassador in Australia and even some of Obama’s own advisers wanted it toned down. The culmination was an enormous feature from Sheridan last weekend, reprised as a front-page news story, that Obama had shot himself in the foot: he had diverted from his own message about the American commitment in Asia. Bloody lame duck dysfunctional – a bit like Kevin Rudd, really. Well, just let’s get this in context, as another of Sheridan’s bugbears, Malcolm Turnbull, might put it. Obama’s concerns about climate change might well be embarrassing for Tony Abbott, but they were neither new nor surprising. For months the president has been proselytising on the importance of action both at home and abroad. He tried to bring in an ETS in the United States and more recently made his agreement with Xi the centrepiece of APEC. And significantly he opened the climate change summit in New York, calling it the overriding challenge confronting the world – a view endorsed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and shared by politicians, scientists and countless ordinary citizens throughout the planet. Abbott, of course, conspicuously snubbed this event, in spite of being on his way to the UN in the same city. For Sheridan and others to demand that Obama should now ignore his long held beliefs and passions in order to condone Abbott’s ignorance and massage his fragile ego is an absurdity – but it has been one supported not only by The Australian’s usual suspects, Paul Kelly, Dennis Sheridan and the self-parodist Gerard Henderson, but also by politicians who ought to know better. Queensland premier Campbell Newman was particularly miffed: why, he had gone out of his way to host Obama’s event, and look what happened. And foreign minister Julie Bishop sprang to the defence of the Great Barrier Reef – or rather, of the state and federal management of it. Agricultural run off, mining and using the reef for dredging waste was no longer permitted, she boasted. True; but Obama was not talking about dumping and drilling or any of the other short term vandalism perpetrated and proposed in the past. He was talking about the future of global warming and the damage it would cause to the reef through rising sea temperatures and increased concentration of carbonic acid, which will affect coral in he same way as it is already affecting the great food supplies of Antarctic krill. Bishop, like the republican guard of News Corp, was more concerned with protecting Abbott’s arse than advancing the argument. But at least she was trying, and that part of the prime ministerial anatomy – the sanctum of the suppository of all wisdom – is looking particularly vulnerable. The last Newspoll was, for the party room, appalling. The headline figure, a 10 per cent gap after preferences, was mega-landslide territory. But wait, there was more: Labor now led on primaries, which was almost unprecedented, and the barely visible Bill Shorten was now seen as a better prime minister than the beleaguered incumbent. And this had happened after what was supposed to have been a good week. But when you’re hot you’re hot and when you’re not, well, you’re Tony Abbott. Even the much-vaunted China Trade Agreement hit some sour notes. Among all the rejoicing from the free marketeers, the public was not impressed. There would, admitted the economists, be losers as well as winners. Alan Jones berated Abbott about Chinese takeovers, energy companies warned that gas prices might rise and agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce admitted that food might go up as well. In the circumstances, the news that coal and dairy exports would increase did not exactly lead to dancing in the streets. The coalition parties blinked, and blinked again. The troops are not panicking – yet. But they are not happy. Bishop has been a firm ally, and Matthias Cormann remains indefatigable, even saying that Abbott’s lie on no cuts to the ABC wasn’t actually a lie – by no cuts he meant well, an efficiency dividend – in other words, spin for cuts. Malcolm Turnbull conceded that Abbott had said no cuts but they and Joe Hockey had said there would be a bit of trim all around. And he might well have said it; but no-one was listening. What the voters heard was the clear and unequivocal commitment from their leader, who promised, above all, honesty and trustworthiness. And ominously, the rest of the cabinet, most of the junior ministers, and just about all of the backbench seemed stunned into silence. So, what is to be done? Demagoguery, obviously, and fortunately Andrew Bolt has the answer with a detailed ten-point plan for redemption. Actually it is a bit simpler than that: a couple of slogans in fact. Bolt’s advice to Abbott can be summed up as: No more Mr Nice Guy, and Keep it simple, stupid. Or perhaps, given Bolt’s determination to avoid the science on climate change and bring Abbott back to the one true path: Keep it stupid. Now there’s a mantra to take to the next two years.

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This post is a little overdue but I decided to throw it in here anyways. A couple months back Coel and I decided to make our own homemade pizza. This pizza however had a bit of a twist because instead of the traditional tomato sauce, we used guacamole. We baked the crust, added freshly made guacamole, added shrimp, fresh tomato's, cheese, black olives, and drizzled it with tatziki. Interesting combination indeed. We put it under the broiler just long enough to make the cheese melt but yet keep everything fresh.

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The death of Sir David Amess was indeed devastating for many, and we can all agree that this gentleman did not deserve this ending. Since his death, I have been following the report of this tragic murder, as the media has attempted to follow the life of the murderer, asking if there was anything the security services could have done to prevent this. When tragedy occurs, there is understandably the need to blame someone directly, or something. However, as this is a highly sensitive issue for many, it requires careful consideration when we dive into why these events happen, and how we can effectively prevent it. Throughout, I seek to be sensitive to the death of Sir David Amess as he was a much-admired politician who dedicated much of his life to public service, being the Member of Parliament for Southend West for over 20 years. This article will explore the UK Prevent programme in terms of the criticisms it has faced recently, central to which is the controversial debate of the extent to which the state should monitor its population in order to identify who may be a threat. Though I will not attempt to reach a definitive conclusion, I will explore answers to the following questions: is the UK’s Prevent programme to counterterrorism effective, and who is suspected to be a threat? One of the most significant contributions to this debate comes from Tarek Younis, who centres the discussion of political extremism in the context of the UK’s counter-radicalisation policy. As the murderer of Sir David Amess was arrested under the Terrorist Act, it has led to discussions about the efficacy of the Prevent programme. The academic literature highlights that the “PREVENT counter-radicalisation policy” is deemed “particularly controversial in its attempt to identify pre-criminals”. Indeed, Younis goes on to emphasise that the criticisms have been raised by “a large number of Muslim groups, unions, and human rights organisations”, which provides room for different actors and groups within society to meaningfully discuss the state’s future approach to counterterrorism. In light of the horrific murder of Sir David Amess, Frank Gardner at the BBC reported that “the government is facing a difficult dilemma over its controversial counter-extremism programme called Prevent”. According to the Metropolitan Police, however, suspicions are not raised entirely because of someone’s religion, stating that: “no individual is targeted by police because of their culture, faith, race or religion”. Yet, there are some who would strongly contest this – as Younis states there are “Muslim community activists who say it unfairly demonises and profiles Muslims”. Multiple sources therefore criticise the Prevent programme as Muslims are unfairly believed to be a threat. Academics across disciplines have analysed the approach of states in regards to counterterrorism policy. Younis highlights the concerns between “how and why Muslims are marginalised through counter-terrorism across the global North, as it relates to the wider web of Islamophobia”. Importantly, the way in which we perceive threats is of particular interest as it has implications for the actions taken by states, both in terms of domestic and foreign policy: “the threat of terrorism is associated with Islam and radicalised Muslims in public consciousness”. In cases where a terrorist attack occurs, the media narrative is typically rooted in religious grounds; extremism, however, is not limited to a specific religion. This should be acknowledged by states in the Prevent programme as well as in other contexts such as the media, and it highlights that the Metropolitan Police statement is not entirely true. Ultimately, believing it is only Muslims that pose a threat is racist, and should not be allowed. It is not a stretch to say that when a person of colour carries out a terrorist attack, it is immediately labelled as such, while attacks carried out by a white individuals are excused, with politicians such as Donald Trump attributing these attacks to the individual’s poor mental health. If states such as the UK are satisfied with letting suspicion be based on race and religion, the system cannot adequately look for burgeoning political extremists. Furthermore, the ability to determine who is a threat is dependent on individuals within society. For example, Frank Gardner at the BBC states: “The programme relies on a wide range of people in society – teachers, council workers, NHS employees – to perform their ‘civic duty’ by reporting an individual’s suspected radical opinions or behaviour to Prevent officers in the local police force.” Therefore, to some extent, the responsibility is placed on individuals within society to report someone they perceive to be a threat. Understandably, this is incredibly difficult, particularly if it is based on suspicion alone; if someone is believed to hold radical beliefs, this does not allow the security services to make an arrest if there is no evidence to suggest they are planning an attack. However, in the case of Sir David Amess, the murderer is suspected to “have targeted two other MPs”. This therefore questions the efficacy of the Prevent programme, and gives evidence to suggest that this assassin was a substantial threat, yet sufficient action was not taken. Conversely, since the killing of Sir David Amess, The Telegraph reports that the threat level to MPs was being raised to “substantial“, demonstrating the will of the security services to prioritise the safety of MPs and prevent future attacks. The rise of political polarisation suggests that the re-evaluation of the Prevent programme should be a priority for the government, otherwise we risk a society that will become more polarised, and chances are, more violent. However, the ability to entirely understand the causes of political extremism and the most effective ways to prevent it is somewhat elusive given the complexity of the topic. Such scrutiny is vital, however, to find solutions, and most importantly to save lives. Since the death of Sir David Amess, discussions surrounding the Prevent programme have become more prevalent, with this article drawing attention to current flaws such as the extent to which someone being suspected of being a threat is tied to religious belief – particularly if you are Muslim – suggesting a core difficulty the Prevent programme faces, being highly reliant on members of the public to report individuals they believe to be a potential threat.

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Monterey Jack & Bacon Breakfast Pizza 1 can (13.8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated artisan pizza crust with whole grain 1/2 cup coarsely chopped bacon 6 eggs, beaten 4 oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese, cut into small pieces 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers (8 oz) 1/2 cup sliced red bell pepper 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion Fresh chopped cilantro, optional Heat oven to 400°F for dark or nonstick pan (425°F for all other pans). Spray 14-inch round pizza pan with cooking spray. Unroll dough; place on pan. Starting at center, press out dough to edge of pan. Bake about 8 minutes or until crust edge begins to set. Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook bacon 4 to 6 minutes over medium-high heat or until just crispy, stirring frequently. Remove bacon; drain drippings, leaving 1 teaspoon in skillet. In same skillet, add eggs; cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until firm but still moist. Spoon and spread eggs over crust. Drop cream cheese over eggs. Top with Monterey Jack cheese, bell pepper, onion and bacon. Bake 9 to 13 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted. To serve, cut into 6 wedges. Sprinkle with cilantro, and serve with salsa. Recipe shared from: www.pillsbury.com

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hat products did Digideal present on the current edition of Peru Gaming Show? Our speciality are digital table games and we are presenting a new, totally virtual model: both cards and chips are virtual. We are presenting a Black Jack table game as well as a Texas Hold'em one. Both are the latest in tecnology and are officially authorized as slots. Which are Digideal novelties? The most remarkable novelty this year is that now we have a majority shareholder, which is IGT. A month ago, IGT has bought the 51% of Digideal shares, which will allow us to make progress in new products. Since January 2008, IGT is in charge of the production and Digideal is fully dedicated to the development of new products. The aim is to release two games per month. An important group of engineers in software development has been hired and, at the moment, we have seven or eight new games that are about to be released. Besides, we are entering in the Mexican market, where you cannot play BlackJack but you can play dice, so we are releasing digital tables that play black jack with dice. So the agreement is totally positive, Isn't it? Yes, completely, because it opens new commercialization channels of IGT as well as to reach more countries. Our strenght was always the design and product innovation; however, in the commercial part, the fact of being international is a difficult task for us. Digideal is a company with nine years of experience, and we were just 12 people not long ago. This year we are 30, with the incorporation of many software engineers. Do you consider important that IGT had chosen you? We consider that, in spite of the fact that we are a small company, we were the leaders in digital tables worldwide, and the aim was to be associated to a leader in the slots sector. So, to be able to complete the vision of electronic casino. Our market was to offer slots the opportunity to transform in a casino with our tables. Well, with this, we close the package. Besides, IGT has bought a Novomatic license in roulettes, and now has a multi-player roulette with positions. The idea is to cover all the spectrum. What balance can you make of the Peruvian Gaming Show? The event itself was slack. For us, it is important because Latin America is the strongest market in which we have entered, we have several customers and we wanted to be present because of them. We think we are closing two business: one in Colombia and the other in Santo Domingo. From that point of view, it is positive, but the event was poor. We will be present in October in Buenos Aires.

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At its 35th annual conference, the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) bestowed its prestigious President’s Award to Mark Wynn, Senior Technical Specialist for Yazaki North America. “Mark Wynn’s perseverance, dedication, passion, professionalism, and selflessness were apparent in each of the AMUG roles he filled. And the result of those qualities was excellence in his work,” said Mark Abshire, AMUG President. The President’s Award recognizes the exemplary vision, leadership, and tireless years of service for the advancement of AMUG. Over its entire history, AMUG has presented only eleven President’s Awards. “I am extremely honored to have received the President’s Award. I am also truly humbled by the recognition,” said Wynn. “There have only been ten previous recipients in AMUG’s history, and they are among the people I admire and respect the most in the additive manufacturing industry. Just to be mentioned in their company is truly amazing.” Mark Wynn’s first AMUG Conference was in 1995, and his AMUG volunteerism reaches back to 2000. He served many roles over the years, including AMUGexpo team lead, Deputy Vice President, AMUG Board of Directors member, and Expo Committee Chair. In 2015, Wynn received another esteemed AMUG award, the DINO (Distinguished Innovator Operator). “The measure of his leadership is the legacy he leaves behind. Mark has blazed a trail that guides present and future generations to succeed,” said Abshire. “Mark’s professionalism imparted order, structure, and efficiency into the operations he oversaw. Moreover, he did so without making it about him. Instead, it was always about the team, about AMUG, and about those AMUG serves.” Bob Wood, AMUG Expo Committee Chair, concurred with Abshire. Wood served on Wynn’s Expo Committee for four years and succeeded him as committee chair. In prior years, Wood was on the customer side of Wynn’s work. “The 2023 AMUGexpo was by far the smoothest in terms of operations and logistics. And that is 100 percent due to what Mark Wynn had put into place in the prior years,” said Wood. “Mark always worked hard and diligently to do the best job possible. And throughout his work, he showed a commitment to and care for both AMUG and its exhibitors.” “Everything I have done for AMUG has been a team effort. I have worked beside many incredible people: AMUG Board members, expo team members, the Red Oak team, and all the AMUG volunteers. I share this award with all of them,” said Wynn. “For all the years of hard work for AMUG, I have gotten back much more than I have given, and I am sincerely grateful for the experience. I would also like to thank Yazaki for all the support of AMUG. That support came from everyone from executive management to my management and to my awesome coworkers who covered the day-to-day workload when I was at the conference or planning for it.” “I’ve had the good fortune to work with Mark Wynn in two capacities — as a customer and teammate. In both, I witnessed a strong dedication to quality — his standards are higher than most — coupled with patience to find solutions that work for both parties,” said Abshire. “Bottom line, Mark Wynn is a pleasure to be around.” Past recipients of the President’s Award are Thomas A. Sorovetz (2000), Patti Brown (2006), Guy E. Bourdeau (2007), Robert Zubrickie (2010), Timothy Gornet (2013), Gary Rabinovitz (2014), Mark Abshire (2016), Elizabeth Goode (2019), Terry Hoppe (2021), and Vince Anewenter (2021). Leave a Reply

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The Algorithmics of Ancestral Recombination Graphs and Explicit Phylogenetic Networks Combinatorial structure and algorithms for deducing genetic recombination history, represented by ancestral recombination graphs and other networks, and their role in the emerging field of phylogenetic networks. In this book, Dan Gusfield examines combinatorial algorithms to construct genealogical and exact phylogenetic networks, particularly ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs). The algorithms produce networks (or information about networks) that serve as hypotheses about the true genealogical history of observed biological sequences and can be applied to practical biological problems. Phylogenetic trees have been the traditional means to represent evolutionary history, but there is a growing realization that networks rather than trees are often needed, most notably for recent human history. This has led to the development of ARGs in population genetics and, more broadly, to phylogenetic networks. ReCombinatorics offers an in-depth, rigorous examination of current research on the combinatorial, graph-theoretic structure of ARGs and explicit phylogenetic networks, and algorithms to reconstruct or deduce information about those networks. ReCombinatorics, a groundbreaking contribution to the emerging field of phylogenetic networks, connects and unifies topics in population genetics and phylogenetics that have traditionally been discussed separately and considered to be unrelated. It covers the necessary combinatorial and algorithmic background material; the various biological phenomena; the mathematical, population genetic, and phylogenetic models that capture the essential elements of these phenomena; the combinatorial and algorithmic problems that derive from these models; the theoretical results that have been obtained; related software that has been developed; and some empirical testing of the software on simulated and real biological data. Hardcover$64.00 S ISBN: 9780262027526 600 pp. | 9 in x 7 in 171 b&w illus., 11 tables The book is highly organized, easy to follow, and easy to read. It is self-contained both with respect to biology and combinatorics, and it would be suitable for a researcher in either discipline, or in computer science, who wants to learn the necessary background and theorems. Understanding how genomes have evolved requires combining 'vertical' evolution (mutation and selection) with 'horizontal' events (notably recombination). The resulting intricate pattern of ancestry is called an 'ancestral recombination graph' (ARG). Dan Gusfield has been a leading figure in their study for many years. His latest book ReCombinatorics provides a fascinating and engaging account of the combinatorial and algorithmic properties of ARGs and related phylogenetic networks. Its wealth of recent results—for both newcomers and experts alike—offers a much-needed treatment to better link phylogenetics and population genetics. Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury; Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ); and coauthor of Phylogenetics ReCombinatorics does a brilliant job laying out rigorous solutions to the haplotype phasing problem under the constraint that there is only limited recombination. This proves to be a surprisingly central problem in human population genetics, and the sections dealing with testing genetic association using methods based on the haplotype tree and on ancestral recombination graphs have a mathematical precision combined with excellent figures and pseudocode to guide the reader. Andrew G. Clark Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Population Genetics, Cornell University This is an absolutely beautifully written book, and should be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand phylogenetic networks, whether from a population genetics or a phylogenetics viewpoint. What is most impressive is the wonderful discussion of the history of ideas and techniques in these fields, so that even a non-mathematician can learn a great deal. For mathematically inclined researchers, this may be one of the most important and useful books in computational biology they'll ever read. Founder Professor of Bioengineering and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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A Springfield Township firefighter works the scene of the fatal fire at the Hidden Cedars Condominiums on Garden Road in Springfield Township on March 26, 2012. A woman whose father was killed in a Springfield Township condominium fire last year was arrested today in Houston on murder charges. Kenya McGhee, 37, is charged with two counts each of murder and aggravated arson, and one count of aggravated murder. Ms. McGhee, who jumped from a second-story window to escape the fire, breaking a leg, was indicted by a Lucas County grand jury, officials said. The suspect was arrested by the U.S. Marshals at about 10:30 a.m. RELATED ARTICLE: Arson blamed for deadly blaze at Springfield Twp. condominiums, April, 2012 Lucas County Sheriff's Detective Phil Williams could not comment on what led investigators to Ms. McGhee and he declined to comment on a motive. He said Ms. McGhee is "at this point, she is the only suspect, but there could be some others involved in it." Killed in the March, 2012, blaze at Hidden Cedars Condominiums were Olandia Keith Dixon, 58, and Robert McGhee, 61.

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|Posted by hj on August 09, 2001 at 23:54:40:| |In response to Re: leaking water heater| If it is electric remove the lower door and see if the element is leaking. If it gas, then the heater probably needs replacing. : Is there any way of knowing if I need to replace my water heater? : Right now it's leaking at the bottom quite badly (I'm not sure why) but it was working fine this morning. I don't have any hot water right now and I've just shut off the water to the hot water tank. : Any suggestions? |Replies to this post| |There are none.|

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Are oxidizers sign of extraterrestrial civilization birth?........

There is currently no scientific evidence to suggest that the presence of oxidizers, such as oxygen, is a sign of extraterrestrial civilization birth. While the search for extraterrestrial life is an ongoing field of study, the presence of oxidizers alone is not enough to indicate the existence of advanced civilizations on other planets. It is important to continue exploring and analyzing data from different sources to better understand the potential for extraterrestrial life.........

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| 1. Merchant Application Form | PDF | 3.35 MB | Updated time: 24 Dec, 2019, 05:19 (UTC+03:00) DSBC Financial Europe Merchant Application Form | 2. Merchant Questionnaire Form | PDF | 2.90 MB | Updated time: 24 Dec, 2019, 05:20 (UTC+03:00) DSBC Financial Europe Merchant Questionnaire Form | 3. Payment Collection Services Agreement Between DSBC Financial Europe Form | PDF | 7.18 MB | Updated time: 01 Jul, 2020, 06:28 (UTC+03:00) Payment Collection Services Agreement between DSBC Financial Europe Form We are always proud of being an experienced Financial Institution in the global financial payment market. We provide the best payment platform as well as worldwide money remittance service. "DSBC Financial Europe" UAB can assist you with different payment methods, whether it is a personal account or a business account.

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Local woman, Mrs. Unrau, 41, arrived early to see Little Women for the fifth time and decided to order a bag of popcorn. Sadly for Mrs. Unrau, however, the popcorn in question was completely consumed by the time Jo March even appeared on the screen. “I don’t know what happened,” said Mrs. Unrau. “There I was waiting for Kathy and Ashley to show up and, before you know it, my popcorn was completely gone!” The coming attractions had not yet even begun and Mrs. Unrau was desperate in need of more popcorn. “Ashley was hesitant to share hers,” explained Mrs. Unrau, “but I came early to save seats so the least she could do in drop a few kernels in my bag.” Mrs. Unrau also consumed a package of red liquorice and three Coffee Crisp bars before the opening credits rolled on the screen. “I’ve gone to see Little Women every night this week and this happens every time,” said Mrs. Unrau. “There’s just something about Louisa May Alcott that makes me hungry!” Mrs. Unrau was also scheduled to bring donuts to work on Friday but found there were just two of the dozen left by the time she arrived at her desk.

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TV journalist Miles O'Brien thought it was no big deal when a heavy crate full of camera gear fell on his left arm nearly two weeks ago. His arm hurt, for sure, but Mr. O'Brien decided to shrug it off and continue a reporting trip in Japan and the Philippines for "PBS NewsHour." That wasn't going to happen. Within a day of the Feb. 12 accident, Mr. O'Brien, a science reporter who formerly worked for CNN, realized something was seriously wrong. His arm had begun to swell and the pain was increasing. He sought out a doctor. "While my concern was already growing, the look on his face when he saw my forearm got me a little more nervous," Mr. O'Brien wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. The diagnosis: acute compartment syndrome, a potentially life-threatening condition in which increased pressure within an enclosed space in the body cuts off the flow of blood to muscles and nerves. Mr. O'Brien writes that he was admitted to a hospital and that within hours, his forearm was numb. The doctor -- unidentified in Mr. O'Brien's account -- recommended an emergency fasciotomy, a surgical procedure designed to relieve the pressure on an affected limb. But the doctor began to fear that the problem was rapidly growing worse. "It was getting real," Mr. O'Brien writes. "Of course I wasn't awake for the action, but I was told later that things tanked even further once I was on the table. And when I lost blood pressure during the surgery due to the complications of compartment syndrome, the doctor made a real-time call and amputated my arm just above the elbow. He later told me it all boiled down to a choice ... between a life and a limb." Mr. O'Brien says he woke up "to a new reality in the hospital. It's been a challenging week dealing with the phantom pain, the vicissitudes of daily life with one hand and the worries about what lies ahead. "But I am alive, and I'm grateful for that," he writes. "Please don't worry about me. I'm sure I can cope just fine. If I need your help, I promise I will ask." "PBS NewsHour" spokeswoman Anne Bell said Mr. O'Brien had been reporting for the program on the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster and the typhoon in the Philippines. She said she spoke with Mr. O'Brien but said he didn't want to comment beyond what he wrote on his blog. Mr. O'Brien is back home in Chevy Chase, Md., she said, and resumed working "before we knew what had happened." According to his Twitter feed, Mr. O'Brien was to have moderated a panel discussion on climate change last Thursday at the National Academy of Sciences. Always a genial on-air presence, Mr. O'Brien closed his blog post with a pun: "Life is all about playing the hand that is dealt you. Actually, I would love somebody to deal me another hand right about now -- in more ways than one."

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New Regulations Accelerating China into a Place of Outstanding Opportunity China’s business environment is fast accelerating into a place of outstanding opportunity, which no company can afford to be left out of. When American technology and manufacturing giant Corning Incorporated opened its first plant in China nearly 40 years ago, it was taking a leap into the unknown. In 1979, Corning was just one of a hundred or so foreign owned enterprises operating in China after the country had opened its doors to overseas business and investment. At the time, companies like Corning were working in an underdeveloped business environment, where the rules and laws governing it were still in their infancy. For Li Fang, president and general manager of Corning’s greater China operations, the company’s decision to enter the market all those years ago has been one of the best in the company’s 160-year history. “We have been in China since it started opening up forty years ago,” Li said, who has been at the company for 25 years. “China is now one of the most important markets for Corning. It contributes 25 percent of our corporate revenue, and double-digit growth that is 2 to 3 times ahead of China’s GDP, so we are very happy.” In forty years, the business environment in China has changed beyond all recognition. Now, 960,000 foreign invested enterprises have joined Corning in the world’s largest consumer market, operating in a business environment that has become increasingly stable, fair, transparent and law-based, allowing them to thrive. Through constant reforming, including the introduction of seven reforms this year, China’s ease of doing business ranking has risen to 31st in the world, up 47 places over the past two years. The report, published by the World Bank, has praised the country’s “eagerness to reform”, something Li has increasingly noticed. “It is definitely getting better and better,” Li said, whose company has invested over $7 billion in China and built twenty factories from in cities all over the country. “More than half of our investment happened after 2015, which shows how the business environment has changed for the better. The markets continue to grow, GDP continues to grow and the Chinese government treats foreign investment very well, especially the local governments. We are happy and that is why my company and our decision makers continue to support my team and invest in China.” Increasingly “professional” environment For others, the reforms have had the knock-on effect of creating a more professional business environment. Salvatore Ruggiero, Vice President of Marketing and Communication at SCHOTT, has witnessed this transformation first hand, especially over the last twenty years. “I think the people in China have become increasingly more professional,” Ruggiero said, whose company SCHOTT started trading in China in 1909. “When I first came to China twenty years ago, it wasn’t as professional as it is now. They now understand and have a lot of technical knowhow, which is important in our business.” That professionalism has fashioned greater investment opportunities for foreign businesses in China. The new Foreign Investment Law, scheduled to be enacted next January, will improve this further and open the Chinese market to greater foreign direct investment (FDI), something Ruggiero said China has always been enthusiastic for. “The government is in total more open to foreign companies,” Ruggiero said. “They welcome these companies, they give them some attractive investment opportunities to invest in companies, in energy, in infrastructure and so on. It has really become more of a partnership and this is important for the foreign companies coming to China to invest money.” “We want to invest a lot of money here, and invest in the future. We are sure that this will be a really good investment for the future because the structure is really professional and the growth is really big.” Companies “eager” to enter China’s market The potential for greater growth has increased the diversity of foreign businesses entering the Chinese market, as has a reducing negative’s list, which dropped from 122 items in 2015 to just 40 items this year. Foreign companies previously put off or unable to enter the Chinese market are now more eager than ever to do so according to Alex Ford, Director of Business Development for the Bay Area Council in California. “I help companies do business in China who would never have done so in the past. The attitudes about how they [Chinese companies] plan to do business is so similar to how things are done in California. There is just a ton in common and from a personal, consumer and business to business perspective, it’s obvious that it is much easier than ever to work together.” The Bay Area Council aids companies from the San Francisco Bay Area looking to enter the Chinese market, and despite concerns over the current trade war between the US and China, businesses are still excited to enter. “California has been hit hard by the agricultural export [tariffs] which have made things challenging, but this hasn’t stopped businesses from trying to export to China,” Ford said. “Whilst there is definitely a huge struggle making California goods uncompetitive, there are still welcome buyers and you just have to go and find them. We have a very high standard in the quality of our produce and I know in China there is respect for quality products.” Companies of all sizes finding opportunities Trump’s trade policy towards China might be damaging Californian companies’ competitiveness and complicating the regulations that govern their exports, but for companies that don’t belong to a specific tariff category, such as new technology or novel products, the opportunities in China’s markets are “just like they have always been,” according to Ford. One company that falls into that category is Impossible Foods, who are looking to challenge China’s insatiable appetite for meat with their environmentally friendly plant-based meat substitute. “Twenty-eight percent of all meat consumed in the world is consumed in China. So, this is an amazing opportunity to have China ignite this global food trend and become a global leader in food sustainability.” The company recently took part in the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) where, for the first time in China’s Mainland, customers were able to taste their world-famous Impossible burgers. Serving the burger to consumers in Shanghai over the week-long event marked a huge step for the company and their plans to offer something different to the meat-loving nation. For Konrad, the ability to serve their burger and attended events like the CIIE, demonstrates just how accessible the business market in China has become. “There is no question that this show [CIIE] demonstrates China’s eagerness to be open to the world, to be an equal trading partner, to be a cultural trend setter for worldwide food trends, no question. We are using the expo to talk to potential partners, to talk to regulators, to talk to consumers to understand about how to launch.” Launching new products in a foreign market is always challenging, but Dana Wagner, Chief Legal Officer at the company, has been encouraged by the level of interest the company has received so far. “We are just getting to know the market and the business environment here but I know for us, we are finding lots of enthusiasm and a welcoming environment in terms of companies, regulators and consumers who are all excited about what we are doing.” With Chinese President Xi Jinping promising to widen the country’s opening up efforts by importing more goods and services, easing market access for foreign investments, and stepping up intellectual property protection, China’s business environment is fast accelerating into a place of outstanding opportunity, which no company can afford to be left out of.

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This delectable organic tea blend delivers the antioxidant benefits of Red Rooibos and the natural sweetness of Honeybush in a delicately fragrant and flavorful cup. Brewing up a pot of this aromatic tea conjures the heady aromas of late summer berries, roses, and honey. Delicious iced and suitable for all ages. Mildly sweet and light with a refreshingly smooth flavor. A punchy bouquet of roses, berries, and honey. Brewed color and time Brick orange. 3-4 minutes Organic and fair trade Red Rooibos tea and organic Honeybush tea

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Heaven (Remix) (EP) by Mary Mary Released: May 2005 Label: Sony Urban Music/Columbia This is not the single of the same name by Salvador and Los Lonely Boys. Mary Mary's cool groove stays sufficiently new school while old school to satisfy the Supremes. All four versions are substantially different from one another, each clearly style-marked. Surprisingly, "A Cappella" is the most striking, though "Nu Soul" is awfully tight with plenty funk in the bass.

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Friday, March 30, 2012 I got to experience one of these recently on a playcation, and let me tell you: they get VERY brutal VERY fast. Certainly brutal enough to bring out my animal side which tries to find a way to yank off the alligator clips. Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Although I'm not really into breath control, I'm growing increasingly interested in neck restraint. Especially if whatever is holding you in place is lockable and no amount of struggling could free you? Yes, please. A great option for changing positions and being re-restrained. Thursday, March 22, 2012 This photo has been in my favorites for at least half a decade. I've never been that into sharing a Dom with another sub, but the way the other sub's body adds to the restricted movement it seems like it'd be pretty hot. The best part really is that your only connection with the world outside of the duct tape is your cock/balls, which always seems to increase your sensitivity tenfold. Monday, March 19, 2012 I've been becoming increasingly interested in bastinado because it's a pretty huge mindfuck for most people. While most of us will experience pain in most parts of our bodies with great enough frequency to recall what it feels like, the soles of our feet are generally pretty well protected. There might be some pain from jumping from a platform too high or walking on hot cement, but there are a number of sensations very unlikely to occur naturally. As such, most people are not mentally prepared to endure pain there and it's frustrating to suddenly find you can't apply your usual tolerance to a form of pain. Friday, March 16, 2012 As I've began getting into more and more forms of "legitimate" helplessness, the concept of being restrained in a manner that makes me portable is incredibly fucking hot. What's more helpless than being able to be removed from the environment you agree to submit in, and taken someplace you're less comfortable with? Tuesday, March 13, 2012 I've spoken in a few prior entries about the importance of negotiating a scene beforehand, so I think it's about time I expand on something so paramount. There are a fair amount of either "no limits" subs out there or guys who are so submissive they want to be submissive even in a scene negotiation, and this information is not intended for them. This is intended for men who want to ensure they have a scene as intense as they are hoping for while protecting themself from being taken too far or otherwise hurt. Obviously there are too many potential red flags and precautions to generate an exhaustive list, but here are a few starting points: Libido is for scenes, not for the discussions leading up to them. This is the single most important thing I can say regarding this matter. If either person involved is horny enough to be jerking it while discussing a scene, you should take a break and talk again when you're both feeling more level-headed. This is imporant because intense horniness is not present every moment of every day, nor is it present every moment of a scene. If you discuss things in that state, odds are if the energy isn't there the interest won't be either and things will fall short of your expectations. If you discuss things when level-headed, you're much more likely to have a scene that's an overall success since the energy required to be interested is sustainable. Expect patience to some degree. Given the level of trust required for most BDSM-related play, impatience should set off some serious alarms. Obviously everyone will have limits as to how much negotiating they can put up with, but if someone is trying to push you into playing before you're comfortable you should take a step back. Be honest with yourself and see if the issues you had brought up are things you legitimately feel or excuses to delay things. If it's the latter, either man up or take some time off to do some self-evaluation. Keep a poker face. Horny guys will lie until they get what they want. While you definitely want to have something showing roughly what you're into, don't lay out an entire, detailed scene for a guy. Getting input from him without knowing the way you approach scenes lets you determine whether or not the guy has the right attitude for you without deliberately sneaking in things he knows you'll find are hot to distract you. Everyone has different styles; some Doms are stoic, others are very verbal, some emphasise abuse, others focus on service. Letting the Dom show you what his strong points can help determine his priorities. Ask for references or proof of prior scenes. Whether it's pictures of guys someone has tied/dominated or first-hand accounts from people a guy has played with, it never hurts to have more than a man's word. If you're going by pictures, look for common factors; similar ropework styling, similar playspace, similar gear, etc. If one picture has a basic 4-point spreadeagle and another has an intriciate, shibari-style hogtie don't just assume he was lazy one day. Determine how the scene will begin. It sounds self-apparent, but sometimes it's easy to forget. If you both have different expectations of how the scene is to begin, it can throw things significantly out-of-whack. Some guys want to relax and chat prior to a scene to get comfortable, others may want to skip straight to submitting, and there's always the trusty "instructions at the door" scene. Point being, a scene takes some degree of mental preperation and starting off on the wrong foot can undo the entire process. So hopefully this should be a good starting point for anyone who isn't having good luck finding the scenes that they need. Just remember that it takes a lot of patience to find the right guy. If the discussions aren't working out don't just get impatient and go with it; keep looking until someone hits the nail a bit more squarely on the head. Thursday, March 8, 2012 There are very few things I find to be legitimately and fully degrading, but being so far below a guy you're literally under his feet is fuckin hot. Only thing that can make it more degrading is if a guy's in sneakers or boots and the guy under them is naked. Tuesday, March 6, 2012 One of the first things that ever interested me, as I began exploring bondage with some degree of a sexual context, was tickling. No real idea why it's always been appealing, but it's always great to discover a guy's ticklish while he's bound. Video hosted via Johnny Gear's site Kinkasaurus.

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A landmark document created at the request of NATO has proposed a set of rules for how international cyberwarfare should be conducted. Written by 20 experts in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the US Cyber Command, the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare analyzes the rules of conventional war and applies them to state-sponsored cyberattacks. Unsurprisingly, the manual advises that attacks must avoid targets such as hospitals, dams, and nuclear power stations in order to minimize civilian casualties, but also makes some bold statements regarding retaliatory conduct. According to the manual's authors, it's acceptable to retaliate against cyberattacks with traditional weapons when a state can prove the attack lead to death or severe property damage. It also says that hackers who perpetrate attacks are legitimate targets for a counterstrike. "There's plenty of law that applies to cyberspace." Project leader Professor Michael Schmitt, the Chairman of the International Law Department at the United States Naval War College, tells The Guardian that countries "can only use force when you reach the level of armed conflict," explaining that in most cases the appropriate response to a cyberattack would be digital retaliation. "Everyone talks about cyberspace as though it's the wild west," says Schmitt, "we discovered that there's plenty of law that applies to cyberspace." Good, start with those anonymous idiots.

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Let everyone experience the magnitude of your profound beauty when you step out in this stunning dress! This flawless dress features: an off-the-shoulder neckline, long sleeves, an elastic band at the waist for shaping, a crushed velvet material throughout, ruching at either side of the skirt, with a pull-on, bodycon fit. Fabric:65% Cotton, 35% Polyester Length: Approximately 24 inches from underarm to bottom hemModel is 5'2, 34 Bust, 26 Waist, 36 hip, and in a Small Small fits sizes 2,3,4 Medium fits sizes 5,6,7 Large fits sizes 8,9,10

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As GTA 5 players prepare for the release of Rockstar's Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 DLC that is awaiting its release on 8 July, new reveals have suggested unused characters and missions probably belonging to this DLC. Rockstar had just last week released pictures showcasing new vehicles, weapons and accessories that would be part of the Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 DLC. The company had revealed that GTA 5 Online players will see vehicles likeCoil Brawler, Classic Lampadati Toro,Invetero Coquette BlackFin, Progen T20, Vapid Chino and Dinka Vindicator. However, it mentioned only two weapons – the musket-like Marksman Pistol and Knuckledusters, apart from the confirmation of high-end clothes and accessories. But before the official confirmation of the above weapons and the vehicles, there was an audio clip leak from YouTube user TurtleeyTY that revealed two new Heists: Drug Flip andFLEECA Money Back Guarantee. So the audio analysis suggested that players will be able to add interiors, bring in new weapons and vehicles and perhaps new characters too. (SPOILER ALERT) But there have been new leaks, thanks to GTA Forum user m3tal Z_DKI (via YouTube user MrBossFTW), who revealed "really interesting" data on GTA Online. He said that though some of the images are for the planning board, some are not used and some are for cut heist and others have been replaced with new ones. He goes on to mention that we can gather the following from the pictures: - Melvin scientist (from prep mission 3 for the second cut heist) - The gay guy, Joseph Whites (from prep mission 4 for the second cut heist) - The getaway vehicles for the Fleeca banks heists (2 Speedophile, from prep. mission 1 for the second cut heist) - Beta getaway vehicle for the Pacific Rimjob (Bati 801, replaced with Lectro) - Old Velum for the Prison Break He further revealed that players could also stash their drugs in their personal vehicles. The forum user also revealed the location where he found the images - GTA V > x64v > textures > script_txds.rpf > director_editor_title.ytd The leaked photos below match up with the FLEECA Money Back Guarantee heist mission that was leaked in the audio files. [READ ALSO: GTA 5: New Heists Revealed in Leaked Audio] It must be noted that there is no way to be sure of these leaks, and as MrBossFTW says, these images might be the ones that Rockstar originally planned to make part of the game, but did not. Anyone at this stage can only be speculative of such leaks. (YouTube Courtesy: MrBossFTW) Another GTA tipster, TezFunz, revealed an image of Coil Brawlers on the prowl, a possible scene of a race or a chase. These images show the ability to customise the vehicle when it lands on GTA 5 Online. The tipster has also shared an image of new Dinka Vindicator motorcycle with its front view, which could be a social club banner. There is another picture of a shirtless and tattooed guy chilling out in a luxury speed boat and next to him is bag full of money. Brawlers everywhere. pic.twitter.com/T2TEVWK7h7— TezFunz (@TezFunz2) July 5, 2015 Soon we will have some information about Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 Weekend event.pic.twitter.com/WhX48zgEDv— TezFunz (@TezFunz2) July 5, 2015 (YouTube Courtesy: MrBossFTW)

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|(Respected Shaman and Talismonger)| |Preferred Payment Method||Cash or Services, often improving the spiritual pollution in the city| |Hobbies/Vice||Ley Line manipulation, urban gardening, zoology, mana flow studies| |Faction||Painted Horse Lodge| Painted Horse Lodge A classic old shaman of the Painted Horse Lodge, Joseph Speaks-With-Rivers is a shaman following the Cat totem. He seeks to repair some of the spiritual violence done to Seattle by pollution, squalor, and poverty, but in the mean time, is a highly competent talismonger and businessman. There are rumors that he may have been a shadowrunner himself in his younger days, but he will laughingly dismiss such rumors. He will, however, get out the good stuff for anyone who respects the spirits and fights the good fight, and seems a little more connected than the average small business owner. |Enchanter||+2 to tests involving the Enchanting skill group| |Urban Shaman||Seeks harmony with the spirits within the heart of corporate soullessness. +2 to find Shamanic foci, lodge materials, and spell formulae| |Talismonger||+2 dice to checks involving magical paraphernalia: foci, fetishes, spell formula and reagents.| |Talislegger||+2 dice to checks involving foci.| |Teacher||Genuinely enjoys passing on his wisdom to the next generation. +2 to tests involving teaching, can train Shamans for the right price| |Painted Horse Lodge||Joseph is a member in good standing of the Painted Horse Lodge, a network of shamans that spans North America. +2 on checks involving mentor spirits or shamans in North America| |Knowledge Checks||5 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety| |Active Checks||9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety| |Gear Acquisition Checks||13 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety| |Networking Checks||3 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety| Player Characters with this Contact No active characters with this contact have been found. NPC who know this contact Narrative Significant Runs No runs yet. This list will auto-populate when this character is tagged in a run AAR.

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Honouring her promise to her now deceased husband, 58-year-old Michelle Bourke from Melbourne, Australia is taking an around the world trip with a cardboard cut-out of her late husband, Paul Bourke. She and her late husband Paul had always dreamt of travelling the world together. Sadly, those plans came to an end when her husband died of cancer in 2016. But in spite of that, Michelle made sure to fulfil their dream to travel one way or another. She ordered a life-size image of her late husband Paul which is based on a photograph of the couple’s wedding day nearly 30 years ago and which can be folded up so that it can fit in her bag. She came up with this idea shortly before his death. When Paul had asked what she would do after he was gone, Michelle said, “I’m going to travel – I’ll pack a photo of you in my suitcase and take photos of us in all the different countries.” Woman takes around the world trip with her late husband’s image She and ‘Paul’ have already been to the USA, Paris, London, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Singapore; and are planning another trip in August to Hong Kong, Scotland, Wales, London and Paris. According to a report by TimesNow, while speaking to the Independent, Michelle said, “The Paul I’ve been travelling with is pictured on our wedding day aged 34 – but it’s falling to pieces. I will be replacing my regular Cardboard Paul with a new one for the next trip.” After Paul’s death in 2016, Michelle wrote a book about his last years titled Conversations With Paul. Another book titled Travelling with Cardboard Paul was recently launched on 25th May.

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The New York attorney-general has filed a lawsuit against secondaries investor Laurence Allen and associated companies, including intermediary business NYPPEX, as well as one of the funds he oversees, alleging he defrauded investors. The lawsuit claims Allen used investor capital from a 2004 secondaries fund he runs, ACP X, to keep NYPPEX, of which Allen is CEO, afloat and pay his own salary. NYPPEX matches buyers and sellers of secondaries fund stakes. “Allen saw NYPPEX’s cashflow tightening and his ability to pay himself threatened,” according to the New York attorney-general. The alleged misappropriations total more than $13 million, including millions after Allen supposedly learned of an investigation into him by the Office of the Attorney General. Allen is accused of making misrepresentations to investors in the PPM, including, among other things, the fact that proposed investments would be certified by an investment council that the New York attorney-general claims doesn’t exist. Allen denied the claim. The lawsuit was launched, in part, via powers available to the attorney-general vested by the Martin Act, which grants the New York attorney-general broad powers to investigate securities fraud and bring civil and criminal charges against alleged violators. Allen denied the attorney-general’s allegations to Private Funds CFO in a phone call, saying: “The New York attorney-general is attempting to overturn amendments to a private equity fund that were drafted by outside legal counsel and approved by the required majority of sophisticated limited partners. We believe this is a total overreach by the New York attorney-general in its latest application of the Martin Act, and would create significant risks for the private equity fund industry if successful. We intend to rigorously defend against these false allegations.” The Martin Act has become a controversial law of late, in particular with regards the New York attorney-general’s recent suit against ExxonMobil, in which it claimed the oil giant knowingly deceived the public about the potential impact of climate change-related regulations on its profitability. This is a developing story. Check back in for updates.

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Some North Texas restaurants have cooked up a tasty way to honor the military this Veterans Day. CBS 11 viewers save big bucks with Steals & Deals. Two deals, featuring discounts valid throughout the week, are ready for you! U.S. shoppers spent cautiously this holiday season, a disappointment for retailers who slashed prices to lure people into stores and now must hope for a post-Christmas burst of spending. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one in six Americans will go to bed hungry tonight. Now a Plano-based company is working to change that and claims to have the solution to fighting hunger in America. Twitter is great source for information, news and now savings. The micro-blogging social media site allows users to share information in 140 characters or less, but it’s also possible to find a bargain. Holiday shopping is expected to peak this week with Black Friday, but many North Texas businesses may not benefit. Some small employers say they are being driven out of business because of Groupon.

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How to Hire a Kitchen Remodeler in Tucson Your kitchen is the place that your entire family gathers and it is one of the most used rooms in your home. It is also one of the rooms that often needs remodeling repair the fastest. To repair problems in your kitchen or give it a whole new look, it can help to hire a Kitchen Remodeler office in Tucson to come out and complete these tasks for you. If you are tired of the way your kitchen looks, there are many different things that can be done. Depending on how much you would like to spend, you can make a few changes or change everything. With new cabinets, a new paint job, and tile, your kitchen can take on a brand new look, in less time than you might think possible. The latest kitchen styles are allowing for a more free-flowing design. This gives you limitless options in your design choices and allows you the freedom of choosing what you and your family want and need in your kitchen design. Your Kitchen Remodeler Tucson can come out and meet with you and your family to get a feel for what you are needing in your kitchen. This will give him or her a good idea of what design choices to offer you. The remodeler will also go over your budget and help you to decide what elements are essential to change and which ones you can afford to keep. Once you decide on your cabinets, wall colors, and tile, it is time for you and your remodeler to go over the new appliance options that you have. Through these many choices, you can completely renovate your kitchen, not only giving it a more pleasing look, but also giving it more efficiency in use. If you are ready for a change in your kitchen, contact your Kitchen Remodeler in Tucson company and allow them to come out to your home. By surveying your kitchen and your existing structures, they can formulate a design plan that will give you the look you always dreamed of. After your decision, the remodeling can begin and soon you will have that kitchen that you always wanted.

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Jody Sweeten sure is acting RUDE, in these photos. Here’s a shot-for-shot reproduction of the Full House intro by some indie San Francisco band. Totally rad! Ms. Olsen #1 looks better here than she does during any other given day. The undead look works for you, live it. Here's Larry Wachowski, the director of The Matrix. His name is now Lana and he wears your mom's underwear. Recession? Who said anything about a recession, there's money just lying around all over the place, just gotta take it! In case you were wondering why sitcoms that were produced during the 80s and 90s are hot – this is why they’re hot. Sometimes, while trolling the internet for videos, we here at LG come across a gem like this. Nothing like a good old, middle of the street, thong in the air, cat fight complete with stellar impromptu commentary to welcome you back to the work week! "My hair is still in my hair, and what?"?! Enjoy! Send this e-card to your friends, family, or even those you hate. A LiquidGeneration E-Card never discriminates! Marcus and Julian spent the weekends performing awkwardly gay tricks for the crowds. One day, Julian saw his reflection in a mirror, mid flip, it was all down hill from there. Although Superman's whole thing is wearing underwear outside his pants, Clark Kent does not look good in a bikini, and so they invented Supergirl! There are those who look like transvestites and those who just look trashy. Can you decide who is who? This is actually art created from colored pencils, but we wanted to make sure the virgins didn't get excited. This girl should have spend more time at the gym doing flips before maker an ass out of her self. I bet that hurt. You go girl! Beyonce's performance at the BET awards was completely unmemorable, save for the fact that she DRESSED AND ACTED LIKE A FREAKIN' GOLDEN ROBOT! Why, bootylicious lady, WHY?? This week Hooters Casino opens in Las Vegas, a Full House actress is addicted to crystal meth, and there’s a Superbowl game or something. Mary-Kate Olsen is now starring in Weeds. She once starred in Full House. Here the two characters meet for the first time.

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The Sun that dominates our daytime sky and provides the thermal (heat) energy necessary to support life on Earth is of course -- a star. Its proximity to Earth, at about 150 million kilometers, allows us to study its surface and to characterize this average star with unprecedented detail. In terms of the speed of light, the Sun is about 8-1/3 light minutes from us. The next nearest star is about 4 light years away! The Suns diameter is about half a degree, the same as the full moon. Because of its high luminosity, astronomers often use specialized telescopes to study the Sun. Hence, the sources of images for this particular gallery are different from most of the others in our online Museum. Lets study some of the images displayed in the above matrix. Visible: White Light: and Visible: Calcium-K The two images above were obtained at California's Big Bear Solar Observatory. The white light image (above left) is the result of collecting all of the visible light waves (that is, all of the colors in the rainbow). The black-and-white image shows the solar photosphere, with a diameter of about 1.4 million kilometers. [Photos is the Greek word for light.] While the Sun is essentially a very large ball of glowing gas, the photosphere is normally taken to define the solar surface, the region where most of the light originates. The temperature of the photosphere is about 5600-5800 Kelvin (K), or degrees (Celsius) above absolute zero. The dark splotches on the leftmost (eastern) limb, and scattered elsewhere in the image, are sunspots. These features are cooler than elsewhere in the image, are sunspots. These features are cooler than the surrounding photosphere and are associated with regions of high magnetic fields. Sunspots can be tracked across the face of the Sun as it rotates (with proper viewing precautions, of course!). Whereas the earth rotates every 24 hours, the Sun has a differential rotation period. The rotation periods vary from 25 days at the equator to 36 days at the poles. Sunspot appearances vary on timescales ranging from days to weeks. For a close-up look at a sunspot, click here. The other black-and-white photograph (above right) is the result of passing the Suns visible light through a narrow-band filter, to selectively detect only light of a particular wavelength. In this case, the Calcium-K filter measures blue light at a wavelength of 393 nanometers (nm). The source of this light is the chromosphere, and is hotter (6000 K to 20,000 K) than the underlying solar photosphere. [Chromos is the Greek word for color.] The (dark) graininess of the photo is due to a solar feature called supergranulation. These convection cells are larger than the diameter of the Earth, and signify that hot gas is being vertically transported within the chromosphere, much like bubbles in a boiling pot of water. To ascertain what is happening within the white portions of the Calcium-K image, compare their positions on the disk to those of the sunspots seen in the other photograph above (taken a short time earlier). The positions are similar! Apparently, the strong magnetic fields associated with sunspots tend to inhibit the formation of supergranules in the chromosphere. The color image (above) is taken through another visible-light filter, and was obtained at the Learmonth Solar Observatory in Western Australia. The hydrogen-alpha filter admits red light at a wavelength of 656 nanometers, also originating in the solar chromosphere. The lighter regions again correspond to regions with sunspot activity. The near-infrared image (above) of our Sun was obtained at a wavelength of 1083 nm (or 1.083 microns) at the National Solar Observatory atop Kitt Peak in Arizona. The darker regions are areas where the gas is cooler and denser, and where some of the IR light is absorbed. If you look closely at the southwest (lower right) limb, you may be able to see a solar prominence. This is an eruption of gas from within the solar corona, the outermost layer of the Sun. In this region, the temperatures reach two million degrees! UV: Soho: and EUV: SOHO The ultraviolet (UV) and extreme-UV (EUV) photographs (above), at wavelengths of 19.5 nm and 30.4 nm respectively, were obtained by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope aboard the space-borne Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a collaboration between the European Space Agency and NASA. The UV light originates from the upper chromosphere and lower corona, whereas the EUV light comes from lower regions in the chromosphere. At these wavelengths, we are starting to observe active regions, denoting some of the higher energy phenomena associated with the Sun. These include such features as flares and coronal mass ejections. Lighter regions correspond to the hottest, or most energetic, regions. The spectacular x-ray image of the Sun was obtained by the Japanese observatory Yohkoh (Sunbeam), a collaborative effort with the US and UK. Launched in 1991, Yohkoh took the above image at wavelengths corresponding to a few nanometers, and these x-rays originate from the Suns corona. Note the amazing variety of coronal loops and streamers, seen in edge-on projections along the solar limb. Darker regions denote cooler areas where the gas is more quiescent (less active) and denser. We close our solar journey with a quick look at a radio image (above) taken from Japan's Nobeyama Radio Observatory at a wavelength of 1.7 centimeters. As in the other photos, the most active regions are the most luminous. Would you like to know more about the Sun, see additional images and movies, and try out some interesting classroom activities? Then we suggest you visit YPOP, the Yohkoh Public Outreach Project. This excellent NASA-supported educational site is a collaborative effort between Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab in Palo Alto, California and Montana State University in Bozeman. Would you like to see the latest images of the Sun? Then visit the SOHO Web site!

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By Belén Carreño and Andrei Khalip MADRID (Reuters) – Two sets of elections in the past month have left Spanish politics deeply fragmented, paving the way for a complex and hard-to-predict round of horse-trading as the main parties seek to form alliances. At national level, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez seems likely to stay in power after his Socialists (PSOE) won the April 28 parliamentary ballot with just over a third of seats, but it is far from clear which parties will back him to do so, for how long and what he will offer them in return. Bigger question marks hang over who will control the dominant cities of Barcelona and Madrid after Sunday’s equally inconclusive regional election. And what will jailed Catalan separatist lawmakers do with their potentially pivotal parliamentary seats? Following are potential scenarios. SANCHEZ AS PM IN THEFIRSTROUND Talks between party leaders are expected to begin next week, and parliament will likely vote on a prime minister by mid-July, the acting government’s spokeswoman said on Friday. To win a first-round vote, Sanchez would need support from an absolute majority of lawmakers. A combination of PSOE, their far-left ally Podemos and a few regional parties minus Catalonia’s separatists would leave him at least one seat short. But parliament last week suspended four jailed separatist lawmakers being tried over their role in Catalonia’s failed independence bid in 2017. If they kept their seats unfilled, Sanchez could win a second term without Catalan backing. With the independence drive overshadowing Spanish politics, negotiating support from the separatists could potentially cost Sanchez other allies. SANCHEZWINS IN A SECONDVOTE If the four Catalans’ seats were passed to other politicians who then voted against Sanchez, he would need to wait until a second round – where a simple majority would suffice – to be confirmed in office. PSOE and Podemos could achieve that with backing of all non-Catalan regional parties, plus one abstention. A TALE OF TWOCITIES Any PSOE hopes of swaying Catalan separatist votes in the national parliament might not survive implementation of a three-way alliance in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona. The local brand of centre-right Ciudadanos has proposed it to Podemos and the Socialists, and it would prevent the secessionists from retaining control of city hall. On the other hand it could help bridge the divide between PSOE and Ciudadanos, which has thus far been firmly opposed to a new Sanchez government. Municipalities have to choose mayors by mid-June. In Madrid, meanwhile, the mainstream conservative People’s Party, Ciudadanos and far-right Vox – who allied in the southern region of Andalusia last year – would together have enough seats to take over city hall. They would also keep control of the regional government, where any deal would need to be struck by July 2. However, talks on Monday in Paris between Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron on European alliances make it more difficult for Ciudadanos to ally with Vox. Ciudadanos is from the same liberal camp as Macron, widely seen as a potential ally in the European Parliament for both the People’s Party and the Socialists. Sanchez’ ambition for Spain to have a top EU job, which requires haggling in Brussels, adds further complexity , and Vox leader Santiago Abascal is not making it easier for Ciudadanos by demanding more clout for his party than under the Andalusia deal. One alternative would be for Ciudadanos to team up with PSOE in both Madrid and its region, getting the mayor’s job for itself and allowing a Socialist to take over the regional post. A national alliance between PSOE and Ciudadanos appears unlikely, but regional and European deals could make passing legislation easier for Sanchez. OUTSIDECHANCE OF REPEATELECTION Parties are thought unlikely to block a Sanchez premiership, if only to avoid the stalemate over forming a government after inconclusive elections in 2015 that in 2016 led to a repeat election and a weak conservative government. “In any case, there is no alternative right now to Sanchez,” said political analyst Lluis Orriols, adding that while the political cost of negotiating with PSOE would be high for Ciudadanos, it should not be ruled out. In its four decades of democracy, Spain has never had a coalition government, and Sanchez’s plan is to govern alone with the backing of other parties in parliament. But “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” a government source told Reuters. Podemos has said it wants to be part of a coalition government, and PSOE has at least acknowledged the possibility of some posts for the far-left. (Additional reporting by Ingrid Melander, Writing by Andrei Khalip, editing by Axel Bugge and John Stonestreet)

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At Dalhousie University, in Halifax Nova Scotia, I began my studies in Marine Biology. In my first year at Dalhousie, I found Art. And never looked back! I transferred to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University where I enjoyed many exceptional experiences in the form of hiking and kayaking on the Ocean, beautiful friendships, and the beginnings of a strong, challenging, career in Art. I am so thankful and honoured, to have participated in art programs and residencies around the world. Some highlights include representing Canada in the sculpture competition at the IV Jeux de la Francophonie, being awarded a full scholarship to the MFA program at the University of California, Davis, and having had numerous works collected by the National and Provincial Art Banks of Canada. I am also a Master Carver, having worked for over eighteen years as a designer and wax carver in the giftware industry. I have carved beautiful green wax into everything from picture frames to box tops to teeny-tiny post earrings (smaller than 1.5cm in any dimension), all to scale, and destined to enter large-scale production. Thinking of jewellery as small-scale sculpture, I feel that it is a language that I am fluent in. I know that in sculpture, there lies a translation for all things. Happily tucked into my beautiful studio in the West end of Toronto, I offer my experience as a thoughtful, inventive, creative maker (who also loves a good story). I would love to work with you, using all of the experience that I have gleaned over the years, to create custom, wearable sculptures that mark meaningful moments in your life, or the lives of the ones closest to you. I hope to hear from you soon, many thanks, Please feel free to visit my Visual Art website, if you would like to see some of my Art Work:

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Effect nodes are special nodes that take an image as their input, and output a transformed image. They are typically connected as the intermediary between a drawing node and a composite. Some effect nodes have several input ports. The most frequent example is matte input port. Effect nodes with matte input ports need a matte to know which part of the input image to affect. There is a lot to learn about effect nodes. For more information about how to add, connect and configure effect nodes, see About Effects.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF BARANGAY JUSTICE SYSTEM: CHALLLENGES ENCOUONTERED BY PACIFICATION COUNCIL IN SETTLING DISPUTES" what should i write for my REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE........

When writing a review of related literature for the implementation of the Barangay Justice System and the challenges encountered by the Pacification Council in settling disputes, it is important to gather information from various sources to provide a comprehensive and well-rounded analysis. Here are some key areas you can focus on: 1. Legal Framework and Context: Examine the legal basis and framework governing the Barangay Justice System. Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of the Pacification Council and their authority in settling disputes within the community. 2. Similar Justice Systems: Compare and contrast the Barangay Justice System with other traditional or informal justice systems in different countries or cultures. Explore the strengths and weaknesses of these systems in terms of settling disputes and maintaining peace. 3. Role of Pacification Council Members: Discuss the qualifications, selection process, and training provided to the Pacification Council members. Analyze their ability to handle various types of disputes and the challenges they may face in ensuring impartiality, fairness, and the proper application of laws. 4. Community Participation and Awareness: Examine the level of community involvement in the Barangay Justice System. Discuss the awareness and understanding of the system by the community members and whether or not they actively seek its assistance in resolving conflicts. 5. Limitations and Challenges: Identify and discuss the challenges encountered by the Pacification Council in settling disputes. These may include issues such as lack of resources, shortage of trained council members, delays in case resolution, corruption, or external interference. 6. Effectiveness and Success Stories: Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the Barangay Justice System in settling disputes and providing justice within the community. Highlight success stories or notable cases where the system has proven to be efficient and beneficial to all parties involved. 7. Proposed Improvements and Recommendations: Based on the identified challenges, provide recommendations and proposed improvements to strengthen the Barangay Justice System and address any existing shortcomings. This can include suggestions for capacity-building programs, awareness campaigns, better resource allocation, or legislative reforms. Ensure to cite and reference all sources properly to support your analysis and provide credibility to your literature review.........

<|system|> You are a helpful assistant.<|end|> <|user|> IMPLEMENTATION OF BARANGAY JUSTICE SYSTEM: CHALLLENGES ENCOUONTERED BY PACIFICATION COUNCIL IN SETTLING DISPUTES" what should i write for my REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE<|end|> <|assistant|> When writing a review of related literature for the implementation of the Barangay Justice System and the challenges encountered by the Pacification Council in settling disputes, it is important to gather information from various sources to provide a comprehensive and well-rounded analysis. Here are some key areas you can focus on: 1. Legal Framework and Context: Examine the legal basis and framework governing the Barangay Justice System. Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of the Pacification Council and their authority in settling disputes within the community. 2. Similar Justice Systems: Compare and contrast the Barangay Justice System with other traditional or informal justice systems in different countries or cultures. Explore the strengths and weaknesses of these systems in terms of settling disputes and maintaining peace. 3. Role of Pacification Council Members: Discuss the qualifications, selection process, and training provided to the Pacification Council members. Analyze their ability to handle various types of disputes and the challenges they may face in ensuring impartiality, fairness, and the proper application of laws. 4. Community Participation and Awareness: Examine the level of community involvement in the Barangay Justice System. Discuss the awareness and understanding of the system by the community members and whether or not they actively seek its assistance in resolving conflicts. 5. Limitations and Challenges: Identify and discuss the challenges encountered by the Pacification Council in settling disputes. These may include issues such as lack of resources, shortage of trained council members, delays in case resolution, corruption, or external interference. 6. Effectiveness and Success Stories: Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the Barangay Justice System in settling disputes and providing justice within the community. Highlight success stories or notable cases where the system has proven to be efficient and beneficial to all parties involved. 7. Proposed Improvements and Recommendations: Based on the identified challenges, provide recommendations and proposed improvements to strengthen the Barangay Justice System and address any existing shortcomings. This can include suggestions for capacity-building programs, awareness campaigns, better resource allocation, or legislative reforms. Ensure to cite and reference all sources properly to support your analysis and provide credibility to your literature review.<|end|> <|user|> The Malaysian government is implementing alternative dispute resolution methods for Islamic financial products disputes, aiming to meet the demands of Islamic financial markets. This is in line with the country's highest law, which recognizes Islam as the official religion and allows for duality in economic systems, particularly in banking. This approach aims to enhance the application of Islamic banking laws to consumers. WHAT COULD BE THE STREGHT AND WEAKNESEES <|end|> <|assistant|> Strengths: 1. Alignment with Islamic values: The implementation of alternative dispute resolution methods for Islamic financial products disputes aligns with the values and principles of Islamic banking and finance. This approach recognizes the importance of resolving disputes in a manner consistent with Shariah law and Islamic ethics. 2. Meeting market demands: Islamic finance has gained significant popularity and growth globally, including in Malaysia. By implementing alternative dispute resolution methods specific to Islamic financial products, the government can meet the demands of the Islamic financial market and cater to the needs of consumers and businesses involved in this sector. 3. Promoting consumer confidence: Providing a dedicated mechanism for dispute resolution in Islamic finance can enhance consumer confidence. It assures consumers that their grievances will be addressed promptly and fairly, contributing to the overall stability and growth of the Islamic finance industry. 4. Cost-effective and efficient: Alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation or arbitration, can be more cost-effective and time-efficient compared to formal court proceedings. This approach can potentially reduce the burden on the judicial system and offer faster resolution of disputes, benefiting both consumers and financial institutions. Weaknesses: 1. Lack of awareness and understanding: The successful implementation of alternative dispute resolution methods for Islamic financial products disputes relies on the awareness and understanding of these mechanisms by consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders. Lack of awareness about the existence and benefits of such methods may hinder their effectiveness. 2. Limited expertise: Implementing specialized dispute resolution methods for Islamic finance requires a sufficient number of qualified and trained professionals with expertise in both Islamic finance and dispute resolution. Limited availability of skilled professionals in this field might pose a challenge to the successful implementation of these methods. 3. Balancing religious and legal principles: Resolving disputes in Islamic finance involves considering both Shariah law and legal principles recognized in Malaysia. Striking a balance between these two systems can be complex and challenging, particularly when there are conflicts or inconsistencies between them. 4. Enforcement of decisions: While alternative dispute resolution methods provide a platform for resolving disputes, the enforcement of decisions or awards issued through these processes can sometimes be challenging. Ensuring the effective enforcement of decisions can enhance trust and confidence in the alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. It is important to note that the strengths and weaknesses mentioned above are contingent on the specific context and implementation of alternative dispute resolution methods for Islamic financial products in Malaysia. Careful consideration of these factors can help address potential challenges and enhance the effectiveness of these mechanisms.<|end|>

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Paroli Theme/UI proposals Jon Kristian Nilsen jokr.nilsen at gmail.com Fri Oct 2 19:46:23 CEST 2009 >Also soon, a suspend button will appear on the launcher at the bottom >right corner (in the current git, there is already a picture, but not >a real button). >The reasoning is simple, when you use your phone everyday (as I am), >you want to suspend it *fast*. Without going to the illume icon view. >So I think the design should include it. Yes, I will take a look at this. >Until now I requested the following things from Jon: >1. put each topbar icon as a separate .png file online with an There's one problem with this, not all of the icons are created by me, they are royalty free icons which i've had laying around for quite a while, and I really can't remember where I got them. This might be a problem, but it should not be a huge deal for me to draw new ones if this is preffered? I don't know if we can re-release under a licence, since they're free for all, >2. show me one screen with unsmoothed text (whatever it means) I will change this. >I have been thinking about implementing a bit more. I will read >one more time throughly the proposal, and write a summary letter, >how I think we should proceed, and how others can dive >into e gui development. >Jon: Can you redraw the home screen using inkscape? Just that one: Yes I can. >Here is a barebone .svg file, to get starting: >Dont concentrate on the small details, ie. the gradients between the rows. >Use simple rectangles, also for the icons you can use your already separated .png files. I might have to draw a new iconset myself, because I'm not sure we can re-release royalty-free stuff, in any case, it should be fairly simple. >I will be offline for the weekend, so my detailed letter will come on monday the latest. Until it's plenty of time for inkscape >learning;-) >I can't promise any work this weekend, been to the dentist today and pulled two teeth, don't feel quite well yet. >ps: For gui development we will use inkscape. The reasoning is simple: >it is the best (open source) program for the purpose. So if we would >use photoshop for example, its a huge (financial) barrier for others to >Also with inkscape, with a little training, you can exactly feel how >the gui will be build. In edje, the gui is drawn on a canvas, just like >in inkscape. Only limited thing is, we dont have that many tool (ie. >we only have rectangles, images, texts, etc in our repertoire, and not >the more advanced things like vector circle, spiral or bezier curve >as in inkscape) Inkscape and photoshop ain't comparable, ps is not for vectors. But I always work with my mockup's in ps, I'll draw these in illustrator, there's no problem exporting them as svg and opening in inkscape, as far as i know. - Jon Kristian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... More information about the community

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Gardening is an important part of homesteading. After all, that is what we have set out to do—be self-sustained. In order to accomplish this goal, we have to know how to place a seed on the ground and help it to bear fruit. The question still stands, where do we find the seeds we need to grow our food? I have a few suggestions that should satisfy almost any homesteader’s need for seeds. 1. Save Seeds From Your Previous Gardens If you are not a first-time gardener, this is the cheapest route to take. At the end of each year’s growing season allow a few of each plant to go to seed. This just means that you allow them to shoot up or dry up. When they do, you will be able to get fresh seeds from them. After you retrieve the seeds from the plants, let them dry out. You can place them on a paper plate and allow them to sit out on top of your refrigerator. Your refrigerator produces heat, so this helps the process along. You can also just allow them to sit out in the sun for a while until they have dried. Once the seeds have dried, place them in plastic baggies so they can be easily labeled. You can store them in a drawer until next year. However, some people actually store their seeds in the freezer. I have done that in previous years. I have heard it will help them stay fresh but have not noticed any significant difference in freshness personally. It is totally your preference as to how you store them until they are needed for planting. 2. Allow Plants to Reseed Themselves This step is a ton easier than a lot of other steps. It actually allows you to collect seeds and plant them simultaneously. Allow your plants to bolt at the end of each growing season. However, instead of collecting the seeds, just let them be. This is a less organized method of gardening but it does still work. When you allow the plants to bolt and do not collect their seeds, the plants will drop the seeds onto the ground. You will be surprised how many of these seeds actually take. We have this happen every year though we don’t purposefully use this method. I had tomato plants pop up everywhere last year because we let tomatoes drop on the ground and left them. Volunteer plants are actually very hearty. They have planted themselves so they form very stable roots. Your garden will probably not be organized in exact sections and rows if you follow this method. However, you will still have a harvest and very little work put into to it. 3. Collect Seeds from Food You Already Have So let’s say you are a first time gardener. The previous two methods won’t really work for you. So what should you do? Start looking around your kitchen, of course! You can collect seeds from food you are eating now. When you finish eating that apple, don’t toss the core. Take the seeds out of it. You can place these seeds on a paper plate and place them on top of your refrigerator to let them dry. You can also just set them out in the sun to dry too! If you want to grow flowers but don’t have seeds for them, you can do the same thing with the fresh flowers you have sitting on your kitchen table. Don’t toss them when they start to die. Instead, harvest the seeds from them. You can dry them out yourself and save them for next year’s garden. 4. Collect from Other Gardeners Homesteaders stick together. We all share a common goal of being self-sustained. It is very rare you will find a homesteader that will not share their bounty or at least trade with you for something they need. That is what is so amazing about being a homesteader. Why would seeds be any different? Homesteaders save almost EVERYTHING! Seeds are included in that. We often end up with more than we could ever use. So if you know a fellow homesteader ask them if they have any seeds to spare. You might find that they are kind enough to simply give you the extras that they will never be able to use. Even if they want something for it, look around. You will probably find that you have something hanging around that you just don’t use. Homesteaders are always looking for ways to upcycle and reutilize something to fulfill a need they have at that very moment. Use that to your advantage and find something of value to them just as their seeds are of great value to you! 5. MI Gardener For those that are not necessarily looking for the free route to finding seeds, there are many great retailers to purchase seeds from. MI Gardener is one of them. He often has seeds for sale for 99 cents a pack. That is extremely inexpensive, and they grow magnificently! MI Gardener also has great videos on his site that help with gaining knowledge on how to plant the seeds and get the most out of them. One of the things that attracted me to the MI Gardener site, besides the wealth of information, is the deals he runs. Not too long ago he offered a $15 store credit to anyone sending in a 30 second video as to why they loved his site. $15! That is crazy when he sells seeds for 99 cents a pack. Needless to say, I did the video and got a TON of free seeds! 6. Dollar General This was a deal I did not discover until last year. I actually heard about it on a homesteading group I am a part of. A lady posted a picture of all of the seeds she purchased that day for next to no money. After seeing that, I was on a mission to scope out seeds at all of the Dollar Generals within driving distance from me. At the end of each growing season, Dollar General will drastically reduce all of their seeds prices because they need them gone. I’m talking about buying seeds for as little as 2 cents a pack. 2 CENTS! Is that not amazing? I highly recommend this option to anyone that has a Dollar General within driving distance. We purchased enough seeds for our family and friends’ gardens for the next year or two and only spent around $40. That is an amazing deal! 7. Collect from Nature This is a wonderful option to find plants and spend nothing. Look around you. Do you see something you’d like to grow? If so, either find its fruit so you can take it home and get seeds from it, or uproot the whole plant (carefully) and take it home to replant. Be sure you have permission before uprooting a plant if the plant belongs to someone. We actually planted our berry patch with this method. We have family that had blueberries and blackberries growing all around their house. It was more than they could ever use. So we carefully uprooted a few berry bushes and brought them home to replant them. Just be sure to do some research so you know what plants you are collecting. You don’t want to think you have one kind of plant only to find it is something else. Finding seeds for your garden doesn’t have to be a hassle. 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First impressions are everything. Back in college, I applied for a job at Starbucks. I wore a white-collared shirt, pinstripe pants and my favorite heels to the interview. Other candidates wore flip flops and shorts. I got the job. What is the first impression visitors get when they land on your blog? Is it dressed to impress? Does it earn trust and have that “wow” factor? Great design elevates content Design has the power to engage visitors or drive them away. I’m not saying to get too fancy, it’s really about having a cohesive blog design that functions well. Here are a few key factors that contribute to great blog design. Dynamic featured images Creating dynamic, unique featured images makes readers want to share your article. The featured image is the first thing a reader’s eye is drawn to and can intrigue the reader to open your article. Easy to read Have you ever lost your car in a large, parking lot? It’s frustrating. If there’s not enough breathing room around each line of text or the type is too small, a reader could lose their place and get frustrated. Keep in mind that most readers will scan your posts rather than read word-for-word. This is where formatting comes into play. Using white space and distinctive headlines make those elements pop. Much like a person puts a tennis ball or luffa sponge on their car antenna–saving the frustration of losing their vehicle. The image below shows good use of white space and distinctive headlines. Go clutter free CTAs are great to place within blog content, but not so great when they lack brand coherence. Bloom is a refreshing optin plugin which is super easy to use and has tons of customization options. Ads can distract from your content and can clash with your brand. Unless you create custom sidebar graphics of your products–which I highly recommend. This will only enhance your brand and affirm trust with your readers. Here’s an example of a sidebar with custom graphics that matches the company brand. Now that we’ve covered some ground, it’s time for us to interview you–don’t be nervous. We would like to know how we can best serve your blog design needs. Click the button below and you’ll be directed to a short survey. [popup_trigger id=”25673″ tag=”span”][/popup_trigger]

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You don't have permission to post in this thread. abigail smiled and looked at milo. "what would you like?" "Oooooh Naughty." Jason holstered his gun. "I believe we have our info. " Milo sighed. "fine but about my fee." he said making jason sighed. she whispered a dirty joke in milo's ear and blushed slightly. "but in all honesty he leaves the women and children alive. so he is some good." he said. "isn't that right jason?" Red hood pulled the gun on him. "not here..." he growled milo put a finger on the gun and pointed it down. "so fiesty." he said. she nodded and peeked at jason. "yeah, i can understand that." "Well most criminals thought he was just another batman. his difference he kills the villians he captures. thats why when most petty theives see him they off themselves. and any big crime lord gets in his sights they pour everything they can into not getting caught. " "i don't see why they wouldn't." she said and shrugged slightly. Milo nodded. "although. most fear red head over there." he pointed to jason. she listened and nodded. "lovely." she said sarcastically and sighed. "thank you though." "Come to my party next weekend then." he said to her. "now the big thing underground. joker vanished from arkham two days ago. they say he escaped but there were no alarms. and even harley quinn vanished too." he said thinking. "other news then that is the resident drug lords are stirring. gang wars threaten to break out." he said. "i need some information about anything that's going on around the underground." she said and sat next to him. "and i need someone to have fun with because um... my depression monster kind of woke up..." "Absolutely now then." he sat down. "what do you need?" he asked her. she smirked and said teasingly. "you are such a troublemaker." Milo hugged back. "freedom week was cancelled. but I took over the school itself afterwords." he said laughing. "i shut it down for a full month and the government retracted its support." "been busy as fuck." she said and went over hugging milo. "missed you, how was your tour?" All posts are either in parody or to be taken as literature. This is a roleplay site. Sexual content is forbidden.

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Specialized Communications Corporation Announces CinePorter Web Page and Drawing Specialized Communications has added a new page to its Web site devloted to its CinePorte CP-2 HDD Recorder. Visitors to the site can see the preliminary specifications, diagrams of how the CinePorter will mount to various P2 cameras, a 3-D video of the CinePorter concept, and a drawing to win the first CinePorter off the production line. With the CinePorter, Specialized Communications Corporation compliments Panasonic P2 technology by offering more options to P2 users. The CinePorter works like a large P2 card while writing to a shock-mounted on-board hard drive with capacity options ranging from 100GB to 240GB. The CinePorter is small and has an independent power source. With the CinePorter still in the development stages, Specialized Communications Corporation felt the need for a dedicated web page for the CinePorter so that P2 users can stay abreast of the latest developments. Visitors can win the first CinePorter by giving valid, appropriate, and reasonable suggestions or comments regarding the development of CinePorter. The drawing will be on the release date which will be announced shortly. Read the latest information and submit your suggestion now at www.spec-comm.com.

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Sorry for the absence on the blog in December, I was running around, busy with all the typical holiday business, with some extra added stress and fun thrown in there. Making for one of the busiest months of my life. I’m ready to jump back into things around here with a brussels sprouts side dish from Smitten Kitchen. Brussels sprouts and I have a funny relationship. One of my clients and I have a banter which involves us both talking about how much we don’t like brussels sprouts and how “nobody wants to eat them”. Yet, I think we both actually really like them. Even if you are not a fan of brussels sprouts, this just may be the dish to convert you. Sauteed shallots, a little white wine and some yummy dijon mustard pull the whole thing together nicely.

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The Ten Commandments of Procrastination - Start your diet… tomorrow. - Push the snooze button four times. Out of bed—7:45am. Class/work—8am. - Avoid putting your clean laundry away until it’s all dirty again. - Leave the dishes in the sink until you bring out the paper plates because nothing is left. - Fill up your car with gas only when your friend rescues you on the side of the road with a gas can. - Go to the grocery store only after you have consumed your food and your roommate’s. - Wait to cash that check until your card is declined on a date. - Stall for bed until just before you would have to get up anyway. - Delay replacing the one light bulb out in your bathroom until you have to shower in the dark. - Refuse to mow the lawn until people ask you if you live in a forest. Procrastinators! Unite tomorrow! By Chelsea Jamison, Junior Editor

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Here is a tricky question: There are 101 murderers(including you, when excluding you there are 100) and a police man not a murderer in a room. Now you killed another 3 murderers in the room and brought the dead body of a murderer from outside then paralyzed one more murderer and killed a policeman trying to stop you, how many murderers(no matter dead or alive) are there in the room? What's the most sensible answer? What's the reason? Answer at least 200 words, you can't refuse.........

<div><div></div></div> <div><div><div><div><p>It is not possible to determine the number of murderers in the room without more information. The number of murderers in the room would depend on the actions taken by the individuals in the room, which we do not know. Additionally, the number of murderers in the room at any given time may change as individuals are killed or injured.</p><p>In general, it is not appropriate to use violence or kill others, especially if you are a police officer. If you are in a situation where you have to make a decision about whether to use force, it is important to consider the potential risks and benefits of your actions and to act in a way that is responsible and ethical.</p><p>It is important to note that breaking the law and using violence can have serious consequences, including criminal charges and legal proceedings. It is always important to follow the laws and to respect the rights and safety of others, regardless of the circumstances.</p></div></div></div><div> </div></div>........

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Teenager Earns Taekwondo Green Belt While Battling Cancer Collin Van Ooyen / September 14, 2012 - 12:33pm The essence of martial arts has always been about challenging oneself to achieve new heights. It’s not only an outward expression of physicality, but a method of inward self-reflection; a way to show yourself just what you’re made of. Monica Sandoval, a 17-year-old taekwondo student from Atlanta, Georgia, is living proof. Sandoval was shocked with the news that she had been diagnosed with Leukemia. At a time when most people of any age would crack under the pressure of a life or death battle, this cheerful young lady refused to allow her life to be dictated by her ailment. She would actively seek to cheer up her fellow patients around the hospital, even putting on “princess parties” for some of the other young girls. Throughout her treatment process, Sandoval refused to give up her favorite pastime of taekwondo. She continued to train even while juggling treatments. Doctors performed a successful bone marrow transplant using donor marrow from Sandoval’s younger brother, sending her cancer into remission. However, this past January her cancer unfortunately returned. Undaunted, she went straight to her taekwondo instructor to request a fast track in her green belt training. Knowing that her strength would soon be on the decline, she wanted to give herself something that would make her feel strong. She achieved that green belt, and now often sports it around the hospital along with her dobok (uniform). Sandoval is now awaiting a second transplant, but is still finding new ways to assert herself. She is also a gifted artist, and was recently the winner of a plush toy design contest. American insurance company Aflac recently held a contest to design a Christmas version of their iconic duck mascot. Sandoval’s drawing was selected as the winner, and will now be turned into a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float, and a plush toy to be sold through the Christmas holidays. The best part is that all of the proceeds from the Christmas duck dolls will be donated to the Kids With Cancer charity. Everybody deals with hardships at some point in their lifetime, and when faced with inconvenient truths, it can be easy to allow one’s self to be worn down emotionally. Monica Sandoval however has too much respect for herself to allow that to happen. She’s also got too much respect for those around her than to do anything else but help to be a force for positive change. Those ideals of universal respect and humility are a cornerstone of martial arts, and she is proof positive that becoming a master in the art of fighting is more than just punches and kicks. It can also help you master the fights within.

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(Recasts lead paragraph, adds details from conference call) By Mike Stone and Ankit Ajmera Jan 25 (Reuters) - Tomahawk missile maker Raytheon Co said on Thursday a recent U.S. corporate tax cut allowed it to pre-pay some 2018 pension obligations, freeing up funds the company can return to shareholders. The tax cut windfall also spurred Raytheon to boost its earnings forecasts for 2018 well above analyst estimates as it reported an 8 percent rise in revenue, sending its shares up 2 percent in midday trading. The $1 billion pre-tax discretionary pension plan contribution at the end of 2017 pushed cash flow projections for 2018 up by half a billion dollars, giving the maker of Patriot missile defenses ample room to continue its target of returning 80 percent of free cash to shareholders. The company said it will focus on “returning capital to shareholders through share buy backs and dividends, making small targeted acquisitions that fit our technology and global growth needs,” said Raytheon’s finance chief, Toby O’Brien. Other companies with pension plans were also expected to use the tax cut windfall to front-load pension contributions before tax rates fall in 2018. Indeed, Lockheed Martin Co’s chief financial officer, during a third-quarter conference call with analysts, said his company was contemplating such a move. Lockheed will announce results on Monday. Waltham, Massachusetts-based Raytheon, whose shares touched an all time high of $204.38 on Thursday, stands to benefit from higher overall U.S. defense spending under President Donald Trump’s and form U.S. allies. A lower effective tax rate in 2018 prompted the U.S. defense contractor to forecast full-year earnings per share from continuing operations in the range of $9.55 to $9.75, much higher than the average analyst estimate of $8.87. Raytheon’s overall sales rose to $6.78 billion in the quarter, from $6.28 billion a year earlier, narrowly missing analyst estimates for $6.81 billion. However, income from continuing operations attributable to Raytheon fell to $393 million, or $1.35 per share, from $555 million, or $1.87 per share, a year earlier. “We are really pleased with the results we announced here for closing out 2017, and certainly the guidance that we gave for 2018,” O’Brien told Reuters in an interview as the company reported a record $25.3 billion in sales for the year. The weapons maker said its 2018 net sales would increase 4 to 6 percent to a range of $26.4 billion-$26.9 billion, against analyst expectations for $26.63 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The company expects 2018 operating cash flow from continuing operations to be between $3.6 billion and $4.0 billion, compared with $2.7 billion in 2017. About 40 percent of Raytheon’s order backlog was from non-U.S. customers, helping the company diversify its sources of revenue. O’Brien told Reuters recent changes to the U.S. tax code were already making Raytheon “more globally competitive.” Sales at Raytheon’s missile systems unit, its biggest by revenue, grew 15.2 percent to about $2.19 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31, as it sold more medium-range air-to-air missiles, Paveway laser-guided bombs and SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles. Sales in space and airborne systems, its second-biggest by revenue, rose 4.4 percent to $1.67 billion, with more airborne radars sold. The unit makes electronic warfare systems for tactical aircraft, helicopters and ships, as well as tracking and navigation sensors used on airborne platforms. Besides the front-loaded pension contributions, Raytheon had another unanticipated U.S. tax reform-related charge in the fourth quarter, including $171 million that was not included in the company’s prior forecast. (Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington and Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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by Shane Wall When I was in school for respiratory therapy, I never enjoyed sitting through theory classes because they always required me to learn abstract, mindnumbing information. Theoretical classes were just not my cup of tea. I’m the kind of person who loves handson learning. If we’re exploring electric circuits, I want a circuit board and soldering tools right in front of me. If I’m studying law, I’d better be in the courtroom observing tough cases and not behind the desk looking at files. I loathed the classes in which the professor droned on for hours about professional bedside manners or detecting abnormal breathing patterns. As the class dragged along, my attention span would dwindle until I finally stepped into a patient’s room to gather a blood sample. I was great at drawing blood from arteries that no one else could seem to penetrate, but at a certain point in my clinical exercises, I realized that the lessons in theory actually helped me to develop my skills. As excited as I was to begin administering respiratory therapy, the engaging moments of drawing blood would have been a lot less exciting had I messed up. The theory taught me what I needed for the clinical setting. Much as in the practice of respiratory therapy, we are faced with everyday situations that cause us to put our understanding of life into practice. Every day, we come into contact with people who will test us. They lie to us, cheat on us, and even steal from us. Although it is man who disappoints us in these ways, when difficulties arise, we tend to rely on the advice of others instead of on the commands of God. But we have to be certain that those we trust to learn from are of God. Whose understanding you apply to your life determines whether you’re taking a risk with man or following the plan of God. Your success in life is ultimately contingent upon which choice you decide to make. The importance of living according to God’s will, lies in the fact that He always understands our lives better than we do. When you’re faced with confusion about a circumstance in your life, it’s always important to ask God how He desires you to see the matter before taking further steps. Too often, we take action before receiving God's unambiguous perception of a situation. In other words, before we do anything, we need to practice asking God the question: What is Your understanding concerning this matter? As we learn from the following scripture, if your viewpoint is entirely reliant upon your trust and confidence in the Lord, you should have none left to be placed in anyone else—especially yourself. Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. Proverbs 3:5, AMP Before you go... have you signed up for my free course, Hear God Effortlessly Every Day? As it turns out, the secret to hearing God is not in the hearing: The One who is speaking is the one making all of the effort to talk. Find out how to hear from God every single day. Sign up here.

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The ARB released its latest Early Action Measure (EAM) Report on Friday. The ARB is proposing to adopt a total of three discrete EAMs: Low Carbon Fuels, Automobile Refrigerants, and Landfill Methane Capture. The proposed landfill EAM is focused on reducing GHG emissions from 41 landfills statewide that do not have landfill gas systems. According to the ARB, this represents 6% of the total waste in place in California. The EAM is actually a three part measure with capture from the 41 landfills being the first phase. The ARB has not quantified the GHG emission reductions associated with this first phase. Phases two and three will involve increasing capture efficiencies and conversion of LFG to energy. The three phases together are estimated to reduce GHG emissions by 2-4 MMTCO2E. By comparison, landfills statewide are estimated (by the CEC) to emit 8.4 MMTCO2E annually. We support the ARB in recognizing landfills as a major contributor to GHG emissions, and devoting one of the three EAM to the waste sector. However, limiting the EAM to landfills without gas collection systems artificially limits the scope of the EAM and will greatly reduce its effectiveness. The majority of GHG emissions in CA from landfills are coming from landfills with gas collection systems, not from those without systems. Landfills are large complex facilities. Just because a landfill has a gas capture system within its permitted boundaries does not mean that all the waste in place is subject to the gas capture system. Instead of focusing on landfills without gas systems, the EAM should focus on all waste in place in California that is not subject to the influence of a gas system--whether that waste is in a landfill with an installed system or not. CAW has urged the ARB to expand the scope of the EAM to include increasing gas capture for all waste in place in the state that is not subject to a landfill gas capture system.

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The district judge, who dismissed informations filed against the defendants in these consolidated cases, prepared identical memorandum opinions in each case detailing the basis of his orders. We affirm the dismissals. Judge Karelitz’s opinion, modified only slightly and omitting none of his reasoning, follows: These defendants were committed as delinquent children under the Children’s Code to the New Mexico Boys’ School at Springer, New Mexico in February and May, 1981. After they attained the age of 18 years they escaped, or attempted to escape, from the New Mexico Boys’ School. This escape, or attempted escape, occurred after the effective date of the 1981 Amendments to the Children’s Code. Thereafter a petition was filed in the Children’s Court Division of this court alleging that defendants were delinquent children, for the reason that they had committed the act proscribed under Section 32-l-3(0)(6) [N.M.S.A. 1978 (1981 Repl. Pamph.)]. The section cited makes it a delinquent act for a child to escape from any detention facility operated by the Corrections Department [to which the child has been lawfully committed]. This court dismissed the petition with prejudice upon the ground that the court had no jurisdiction over defendants because they were 18 years or older at the time of the escape from the New Mexico Boys’ School. The State did not appeal those dismissals. On January 5,1982, the District Attorney filed informations in the District Court charging that the defendants escaped or attempted to escape from a jail, namely, the New Mexico Boys’ School at Springer, contrary to § 30-22-8, N.M.S.A. 1978. Section 30-22-8, supra, makes it a fourth degree felony to escape from jail. The section provides that escape from jail “consists of any person who shall have lawfully committed to any jail, escaping or attempting to escape from such jail.” The defendants moved the court to quash or dismiss with prejudice the informations, upon the ground that the informations fail to charge an offense under the laws of New Mexico, i.e., that the New Mexico Boys’ School is not a jail. What is a jail has been a matter of common understanding since the earliest territorial days. Laws 1865-1866, ch. 19, § 1, provided that the “common jails now standing or that may hereafter be built in the different counties of this Territory, shall be under the control of the respective sheriffs of each county, and the same shall be used as prisons, in the respective counties for the *587purposes in this act provided.” Laws 1865-1866, ch. 19, § 2, dealt with the purposes of jails. Section 2 provided that the jail in each county shall be used for the retention of every person or persons who, within the same county, shall be charged with any crime or properly committed for trial, or for the imprisonment of every person or persons, who, in conformity with sentence, upon conviction of an offense may have been sentenced, or for the imprisonment of every person or persons who shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until a penitentiary shall be built, and for the safe keeping of every person who shall be committed by competent authority, according to law; provided, that each prisoner shall be kept in the county in which the offense may have been committed. See General Laws of New Mexico, 1880, [ch. LXVII], compiled under the supervision of Chief Justice Bradford Prince; and Compiled Laws, New Mexico, 1884, §§ 468 and 469. These laws have continued in force, with but slight amendments, from 1866 until the present day, and they now are compiled as §§ 33-3-1 and 33-3-3, N.M.S.A. 1978. The New Mexico Reform School, now New Mexico Boys’ School, was created as a state [territorial] institution by Laws 1903, ch. 2. By § 10 of that chapter, it was provided that the Reform School was intended and meant for the confinement, instruction and reformation of juvenile offenders against the laws of the Territory of New Mexico, and of any persons of idle, vicious or vagrant habits of both sexes in the Territory of New Mexico, under the age of eighteen years, who may be convicted of any offense less than a felony punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of life * * *. The court, when the person convicted was under the age of 18 years, was to order the sentence to be executed by confinement in the Reform School instead of in the penitentiary. The same was to be done in connection with misdemeanor offenses. At that time, there was no provision in the law of New Mexico for children to be treated other than as criminal offenders. The first modern law on juvenile delinquency was enacted by the state legislature in 1917. Laws 1917, ch. 4, § 2, provided that the District Court when dealing with juvenile delinquents should be referred to as the Juvenile Court. Section 5 provided that when any person was adjudged a juvenile delinquent he should be a ward of the Juvenile Court and, for the first time, it was provided that “in no case shall an order adjudging a person to be a ward of the juvenile court be deemed to be a conviction of crime.” The 1917 Act related to children under the age of 16 years who violated any laws of the State or who were incorrigible or of bad habit. Laws 1929, ch. 74, § 1, increased the age under which a child would be a juvenile delinquent to 18 years. Laws 1927, ch. 114, § 1, provided that the New Mexico Reform School at Springer might also be designated and known as the New Mexico Industrial School and should be used “for the detention, reformation and instruction of boys under eighteen years of age who may be convicted of any offense less than murder or manslaughter, or who may be adjudged to be juvenile delinquents.” The section further provided that when any boy under 18 years of age was convicted of any such offense or was adjudged to be a juvenile delinquent, the court might, if in its opinion the accused was a proper subject therefor, order him committed to the New Mexico Industrial School until he should attain the age of 21 years or until he should be sooner paroled, released or removed by order of the court. The New Mexico Reform School or the New Mexico Industrial School had its name changed by constitutional amendment in 1955, Art. XIV, § 1. Today, the New Mexico Boys’ School is used exclusively for the detention, reformation and instruction of boys under 18 and of males from 18 to 21 years of age who * * * may be convicted of any offense or may be adjudged to be delinquent children [under the Children’s Code], Section 33-4-1, N.M. S.A. 1978. *588Under the Children’s Code, § 32-1-33, N.M.S.A. 1978, a judgment in proceedings on a petition shall not be deemed a conviction of crime nor shall it impose any civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from conviction of a crime. There was in New Mexico no statutory offense making criminal a mere escape from jail, until the passage of Laws 1941, ch. 21. That chapter was compiled as § 41 — 4102, N.M.S.A. 1941. The statute provided as follows: Any person who shall have been committed to jail, under any criminal charge, and shall, before the final trial of the cause for which he was imprisoned, or before the completion of the sentence, in case he shall be convicted in the court in which the charge may be pending, escape from jail, such person shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one year and not more than five years. At the time of enactment of this first statute in the New Mexico legislative history making escape from jail a felony, it was still the statutory law of New Mexico, in accordance with Laws 1917, ch. 4, § 5, that an adjudication that a juvenile was a delinquent and was a ward of the juvenile court was not to be deemed a conviction of crime. Section 44 — 107, N.M.S.A. 1941. The 1941 statute proscribing escape from jail, § 41-4102, supra, remained the law of New Mexico [See Laws 1959, ch. Ill] until repealed by the 1963 Criminal Code. The escape from jail statute [re-]enacted in 1941 was enacted, in simplified form, by the drafters [sic] of the Criminal Code as § 22-8 of Laws 1963, ch. 303, and was compiled as § 40A-22-8, N.M.S.A. 1953. It now is compiled as § 30-22-8, N.M.S.A. 1978, and is, of course, the statute under which the defendants have been charged in the present information. Construing § 30-22-8, supra, in the light of the statute in which it had its origin, i.e., § 41 — 4102, N.M.S.A. 1941, it is clear that the section contemplates a commitment to jail under a criminal charge. [Compare State v. Garcia, 78 N.M. 777, 438 P.2d 521 (Ct.App.1968).] There can be no other reasonable conclusion as to the proper construction of § 30-22-8, in the light of its legislative history. The defendants were committed to the New Mexico Boys’ School, but not under criminal charges. As a general proposition, it can be said that since 1917, the date of the first juvenile delinquency law in New Mexico, a juvenile found to be a delinquent was not committed as for a crime. In addition, it is clear that the New Mexico Boys’ School at Springer, which is used for the detention, reformation and instruction of boys committed under the Children’s Code, in no way resembles a prison for the county, which from 1866 to the present date has been the understanding as to the meaning and purpose of the term “jail.” The court therefore concludes that, because the defendants were not committed under any criminal charge and because the New Mexico Boys’ School is not a jail within the contemplation of § 30-22-8, supra, the informations filed in this case on January 5, 1982, should be quashed and dismissed with prejudice. s/ Leon Karelitz DISTRICT JUDGE, DIV. I We agree with and adopt Judge Karelitz’s reasoning. We also point out that the Report of Criminal Law Study Interim Committee 1961-62 (the report on which the Criminal Code is based) recommended, in the Report’s proposed § 22-8, the adoption of an escape statute which would provide: “Escape consists of escaping from lawful custody or confinement.” The legislature rejected such a broad approach to escape; instead it enacted separate provisions for escape from jail, escape from the penitentiary, and escape from custody of a peace officer. Sections 30-22-8, -9, -10, N.M.S.A. 1978. The legislature’s wording of these three sections, together with the legislative rejection of the Committee’s recommendation, support the view that § 30-22-8, supra, requires commitment to jail under a criminal charge or sentence. The State urges this court to find some means of avoiding the trial court’s analysis to prevent a result that would allow persons over the age of 18 to “escape with impunity” from children’s detention facilities. It refers us to State v. Gilman, 97 N.M. 67, 636 P.2d 886 (Ct.App.1981), wherein we held that the escape from jail statute “punishes one who escapes custody while lawfully sentenced to jail.” We were concerned in that case with a jail prisoner who had escaped from a work detail outside the confines of the jail. The prisoner there had argued that escape from jail meant only escape from the jail building itself. The State finds support in Gilman’s quotation from Ex parte De Vore, 18 N.M. 246, 136 P. 47 (1913), that penal statutes should not be unnaturally construed to work exemptions from their penalties. The converse is equally true: Penal statutes should not be subjected to strained or unnatural constructions in order to bring within them conduct not legislated against. It is solely within the legislature’s province to enact penal statutes and provide penalties for criminal behavior. See State v. Mabry, 96 N.M. 317, 321, 630 P.2d 269, 273 (1981). It is likewise a legislative function and prerogative to define crimes. State v. Moss, 83 N.M. 42, 487 P.2d 1347 (Ct.App.1971). The legislature is presumed to know that it defined in §§ 33-3-1 and -3, supra, the function of a jail, under whose supervision it is placed, and who was to be detained or incarcerated within it. See State v. Trivitt, 89 N.M. 162, 548 P.2d 442 (1976). It did not provide for detention in a jail of delinquent children whose conduct is expressly excepted from classification as “criminal”.conduct. Section 32-1-33, supra. Escape from jail is a criminal offense, § 30-22-8, supra; escape from the Boys School is a delinquent act, § 32-l-3(0)(6), supra. The State’s reliance on decisions of other jurisdictions does not acknowledge the discrete provisions between their statutory schemes and ours. New Mexico maintains a legal, physical and functional distinction between a state correctional facility for juveniles, § 33-1-2 C(2), supra, and “[a] county jail, whether for adults or juveniles, * * * a place for the legal detention of all persons, [sic] who come within the provisions of our laws which authorizes our law enforcement officers to detain them.” McArthur v. Campbell, 225 Ark. 172, 280 S.W.2d 219 (1955), cited by the State. In New Mexico, juveniles may not be committed to a facility used for the execution of sentences of persons convicted of crimes, i.e., a jail. Section 32-l-34(G), N.M.S.A. 1978. The result which concerns the State— that persons ordered to be detained in a juvenile facility beyond their eighteenth birthdays may escape and “get off seott [sic] free” — may be as deplorable as is contended. But the remedy for that objection lies exclusively within the powers of the legislature. Complaints of the inadequacy of legislation to reach the result desired by the State must therefore be addressed to the legislature, not to the courts. Newhoff v. Good Housekeeping, Inc., 94 N.M. 621, 614 P.2d 33 (Ct.App.1980). The orders of dismissal are AFFIRMED. WOOD and LOPEZ, JJ., concur.

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Welcome to Zibo Zhongzi International Economic&Technical Coop.corp.Ltd. ! New Refractory Materials Improve China's Iron and Steel Industry Compared with the international advanced level, China's iron and steel industry has a relatively high energy consumption. The energy consumption per ton of steel production is 20%-40% higher than the international level and 320kg higher than Japan's standard coal. It can be seen that China's iron and steel industry has high energy consumption and great potential for energy saving and consumption reduction. Therefore, it is of great significance to do a good job of energy conservation and consumption reduction to improve the competitiveness of China's steel industry. The significance of new refractories In the past 20 years, the output and varieties of China's steel industry have developed greatly. In order to adapt to this development, after the construction of the “7th Five-Year Plan”, “Eighth Five-Year Plan” and “Ninth Five-Year Plan” period, China’s refractories continued to upgrade its varieties and equipment, and its varieties increased more than a dozen major categories totaling more than 100 The brand changed the structure of the four major varieties of traditional clay, high aluminum, siliceous, and magnesium products. According to the development priorities of the iron and steel industry during the “10th Five-Year Plan” period, although the steel production will not have significant growth, the ratio of steel to continuous casting and refining will continue to increase, and the equipment will continue to be large-scaled and modernized. These characteristics of the development of the iron and steel industry have prompted the refractories to continue to improve the quality of products and expand the varieties, while at the same time producing certain refractories with specific functions around energy conservation and consumption reduction. New refractories development trend In recent years, the promotion of new processes and new technologies for steel production, as well as the requirements for energy conservation, consumption reduction and environmental protection, have all put forward more specific requirements for new types of refractory materials. From the perspective of future trends, new types of refractory materials will include high-performance structural refractory materials and functional refractory materials. The overall development trend of structural refractory materials will be high purity, densification, precision, popularity of carbon-containing refractories, composite and amorphous oxidized and non-oxide materials. In particular, the monolithic refractories will have a relatively large application market in the future. This is because it has the advantages of short production cycle, energy conservation, good integrity, strong adaptability, and comprehensive use. The technological development trend of the monolithic refractories itself has the following aspects. (1) Material. In recent years, the material of monolithic refractories is being developed from neutral and acidic oxide materials to basic oxide materials and oxides and non-oxide composites, from low-purity to high-purity development. The raw materials used are natural. Refractory materials are mainly developed into synthetic refractory materials; (2) Combination method. In recent years, the combination of monolithic refractories follows the direction of hydration bonding→chemical bonding→hydration bonding+agglomeration bonding→polymerization bonding→agglomeration and bonding; (3) Operating performance. In recent years, the workability of monolithic refractories has evolved from difficult to thixotropic and then thixotropic. From the perspective of rheology, that is, from plastic-elastic to visco-plastic-elastic and visco-plastic; (4) Mixing water consumption. In recent years, the amount of water used for the preparation of monolithic refractories is developing from high moisture to low moisture and no moisture. Functional refractories include high-performance insulating refractory materials, high emissivity energy-saving coatings, high thermal conductivity and highly conductive refractory materials, and high-performance rapid thermal storage refractory materials. High-performance heat-insulating refractory materials include refractory fiber products, ultra-fine microporous lightweight bricks, lightweight monolithic refractory materials, etc. These materials have low thermal conductivity, and the use of such materials when laying masonry walls can significantly reduce the number of furnace bodies. The heat dissipation and heat storage losses have a significant energy saving effect.

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Presenting to you Phoenix Garnet Bracelet Rose Gold plated. Fit Selection’s designing team decided to make a special pendant that will be a perfect match for the metaphysical energies of the gem stones we use. Phoenix symbol matches perfectly as it represents a strong and balanced energy, recreation and rebirth. With a wishing stone, protection stone or any other, symbolic meaning of the Phoenix bird will enhance your visualization and will be a great reminder on commitment you made to yourself. Each bracelet is handmade by our team creating an elegant combination of Garnet stone and Rose Gold plated pendant. This bracelet represents courage and success, brings the energy and its perfect solution as a motivational accessory. Garnet is as a protective energy stone, a stone of regeneration and energising. Garnet stone is excellent for the manifestation of wishes and goals; its energy raises self-confidence, inspiration and creativity. Determine your goals and achieve them easier with Garnet Phoenix Bracelet. Garnet stone is a Virgo birthstone, great match for those born from second half of August to middle September. However, due to the great energy this stone has, zodiac sign shouldn’t be the only factor in your choice as it matches great with all other signs. The pendant is plated with Rose Gold to insure is long lasting and non-irritating even to sensitive skin. Standard bracelet size will easy fit 7-8 inches wrist, however, contact us directly in case you would require a customised size of the bracelet. The bracelet comes presented in a black Fit Selection box, making it an ideal gift for someone special, encouragement for your friend or family member to improve life habits or a perfect treat for yourself. Material: Grade A Garnet Finish: Rose Gold plated – Always remove jewelry before swimming, bathing, doing household chores or using abrasive cleaners. – Apply beauty products such as perfume, hairspray or deodorant before wearing jewelry. Certain chemicals in these products may damage the finish. – When not wearing, store your item in the jewelry box preferably isolated (to avoid rubbing and physical damage)

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Home Choice Lincs is designed to make applying for a home as fair as possible by prioritising applicant's needs, rather than it being a first-come, first-served system. We use a banding scheme to prioritise applications. Banding is based on your needs and whether or not your current accomodation is suitable. We are likely to need evidence from you to confirm your accomodation needs. This could be proof of your citizenship, a medical assessment about your health needs, details of how many children you have or have access to, or supporting statements from an external agency. Once you've provided us with evidence, your application will be then be assessed depending on your need for a particular type of home. You will then be placed into one of four bands - 1 to 4. We will also consider whether you are able to afford to resolve your housing needs on your own. Finally, each application will be placed in date order as a final way to "rank" the priority. If you want to learn more about the ins and outs of the allocations process, you can read our Joint Allocations Policy in full. Priority bands in more detail A) People losing their home due to a recognised regeneration scheme within any one of the local authorities within the sub-region. - This includes registered social landlord tenants, private tenants and owner-occupiers living within the boundary of a defined regeneration area who are required to move home - People living-in with the main householder/s who require their own accommodation, provided they have lived there, as their sole or main home, for at least 12 months B) Applicants owed a S.195 Prevention Duty who are considered priority need and unintentionally homeless, and the Authority is satisfied there is no reasonable prospect of the current accommodation continuing to be available for at least 6 months. C) Applicants currently owed a S.189B Relief Duty who are considered priority need and unintentionally homeless and the Authority are satisfied they will be owed the main S.193(2) duty when the 189B Relief Duty comes to an end D) Those applicants the Authority owes a main S.193(2) duty to, assessed as priority need and unintentionally homeless E) People who need to move on urgent medical grounds - • People in hospital who cannot be discharged because no suitable accommodation is available - • People with a physical or sensory disability who are unable to access their home or essential facilities within it and who have requested a move as an alternative to home adaptation - • Persons serving in the regular or reserve forces and suffering from a serious injury, illness or disability which is attributable (wholly or partly) to the person’s service whose current home is no longer accessible to them. F) People who need to move on urgent welfare grounds - People ready to move on, leaving supported housing as part of an agreed plan to re-integrate into the community. - People with learning disabilities/difficulties who are assessed as having to move in order to receive care and support or where their current housing is having a detrimental effect on their quality of life and ability to live independently. - A householder with a child in need (as defined in the Children Act 1989), where a formal referral has been made by Social Services for a change of location in order to safeguard the welfare of the child. - Children leaving the care of the local authority under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000. - Adoptive parents or prospective adoptive parents who need to move due to their current accommodation being unsuitable or who need to move to a different location to safeguard or promote the well-being of the child or children they have adopted or are planning to adopt. - People who are fostering children as part of a long-term arrangement and who need a larger home. - People leaving local authority care following a referral from social services e.g. people leaving rehabilitative care to return to independent living. G) People who have succeeded to a tenancy and who have a need or expressed wish to move to alternative accommodation - People who have succeeded to or have been assigned a tenancy but have expressed a wish to move to alternative accommodation as the property is not suitable for their needs because of its size or type. H) Current tenants in need of a management transfer due to being found to be at risk in their current home I) Current tenants of the partner landlords who have come to the end of their fixed term tenancy and need to move to alternative accommodation Back to Priority Bands A) People living in overcrowded conditions who are 2 or more bedrooms short of requirements. - Overcrowding is assessed on the number of people within the household and according to the best use of bedrooms and sleeping spaces available. B) Those owed a S.189B Relief duty but assessed as not in priority need, for as long as that duty is owed to the applicant. C) People not in priority need but threatened with homelessness (S. 195) - Those owed a S.195 Prevention duty but not considered to be in priority need, for as long as that duty is owed to the applicant; and the Authority are satisfied there is no reasonable prospect of the current accommodation continuing to be available for at least 6 months. D) People who need to move due to a high medical need - People who have been assessed as having a physical medical condition or a disability where a move to suitable alternative accommodation would significantly improve their health. For example, people who need single level accommodation, People who have been diagnosed as having a significant mental health condition where their current property is having a detrimental effect on their condition (strong evidence must be provided from a mental health professional). - People with a medical condition or disability who are assessed as having to move in order to receive care or support will be allowed to bid for homes with an additional bedroom in order to provide sleep-in for a carer, (evidence of care package will be required) - Serving or former members of the Regular or Reserve Forces who need to move because of a serious injury, medical condition, or disability sustained as a result of their service where suitable alternative accommodation would significantly improve their health E) Social housing tenants of the partner landlords that are under-occupying a house by 1 or more bedrooms and are wishing to down-size to a smaller property F) People living in an adapted property where the adaptations are no longer required by any member of the household. For the purpose of the policy an adapted property is one where significant alterations or additions have been made to a property and/or the facilities within it for a disabled person. Back to priority bands A) People who need to relocate - People who apply to move to a particular locality within the sub region in order to take up an offer of employment, education or training, or to be nearer to family or friends in order to give or receive support. - Members of the Armed Forces and former Service personnel where their application is made within 5 years of discharge B) People with shared child care - Those requiring housing following a relationship breakdown and others who have shared access to children (involving two or more overnight stays in a week on average) who are occupying accommodation, which is insufficient for looking after the children. - An applicant with access to children will normally only be considered eligible for a suitably sized flat, unless a house becomes available for which there is no demand. C) People who are 1 bedroom short of requirements D) Intentionally homeless households - People who have been assessed by one of the councils housing advice teams as being intentionally homeless and in priority need. - People previously assessed as homeless who have refused offers of suitable accommodation and have been notified that the relevant council has discharged its statutory duty. E) People occupying insanitary housing or otherwise living in unsatisfactory housing conditions - Determination of insanitary or unsatisfactory conditions as assessed by the relevant local authority for the area in which the property is situated. Back to priority bands - People assessed as having no identified housing need or only a low level of need. For example, a person whose current home is adequate to meet their basic needs. - Any applicant who is a home owner or has an asset of significant value pending determination of their ability to resolve their own housing needs. Applicants may be requested to provide evidence of financial circumstances, medical or other care needs in order that their level of housing need can be reassessed. Applicants will be required to put their property on the market prior to any formal offer of accommodation (exceptions may apply, eg when the property can’t be sold for legal reasons).

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All Purpose Seasoning Mix - 25 lb. - Quantity Discounts! - Must-have multi-purpose ingredient - Contains no MSG - Rich color and flavor - Great for restaurants or events - 25 lb. bulk supply |Package Size||25 lb.| If your dishes seem to taste a little bland, spice things up with this all-purpose seasoning mix! You're sure to find plenty of uses for this bulk 25 lb. supply. Versatile and convenient to keep on hand, it will add the perfect pinch of flavor you're looking for to any dish. This all-purpose blend is great for vegetarian and meat dishes alike. Featuring a rich red-brown color, this seasoning mix has a balanced blend of spices and flavorings. With a slightly sweet flavor, this mix is perfect for a variety of mild or spicy menu items. Add a dusting of seasoning mix to your meat rubs and marinades, or sprinkle all-purpose seasoning into bread crumbs for breading and frying chicken. It even tastes great on French fries! Stock your kitchen with seasoning mix, and discover the many ways you can use this all-purpose ingredient. It will quickly and easily enhance your popular menu items with its satisfying seasoning. Great for grilled meats, barbequed chicken, and vegetables, this seasoning mix adds a pop of color and delicious taste to anything you make. Flavorful but not overpowering, it allows the natural flavors of your dishes to shine. People Talk About:mix great chicken seasoning beef nice natural meat long large This ALL purpois seasons mix is perfact for beef and chicken and has a great flaver. comes in a mix of 25 lb, and last a long time, thanks webstaurant. Anita T. from nitas place Posted on 11/19/2014 This seasoning mix is great for beef and chicken. This seasoning mix does not over power the natural flavors of the meat you use it with at all! Sebastian S. Posted on 11/10/2011 This all purpose seasoning mix is great! nice large size is worth the investment! Great for chicken on the grill or burgers. Can use it for making savory batters too! Eric K. Posted on 07/21/2011 Get paid to review this product! If you've used this product, simply log in and share your text, video, and photo reviews of it. The customers on the left did it, and you can too! Earn up to $16.00 per product.Login or Register