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Its sad how greedy the entertainment Business is. Can you blame them? It's a multi trillion Dollar money maker. Apple is in the business of making money themselves and it seems The TV app is Apples answer to "Where is Apple's TV service"
The problem is that Apple has unfair business terms like 30% cut and another 30% or more for in app subscriptions . Apple wants studios to come running with their product, that they have been printing money with ,comfortably since the beginning of the century .
Apple did revolutionize the music business and i think it was because the digital format was new and they had a great product like the ipod and later an iPhone that is an ipod that you can make calls with.
Today, everyone has a TV box to sell you. Everyone has already made deals with streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu to deliver your entertainment needs.
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In beta 3 we got the "TV App" . This unremovable app essentially organizes the streaming apps you have installed into one place . Not all apps are included but its a good start.
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Amos 1 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
The Lion Roars at the Nations
1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds from Tekoa. He perceived these words concerning Israel during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2 He said:
Adonai roars from Zion,
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We are looking to hear from you of what our Parish should be working to achieve over the next 10 years. What will we celebrate on our 150th anniversary in 2025?
We know that the Church is the living body of Christ in which all share in various and diverse ways the responsibility for the mission given to the Church by the Lord to:
- Worship God in joyous celebration of the Mass and sacraments
- Proclaim the Word of God to all people
- Witness the love and redemptive healing of Christ
- Serve those in need in both Church and society
We also know that the Essential Elements of Parish Life are:
- Our celebration of the liturgy & the Eucharist
- Word
- Service
- Community
- Leadership
- Stewardship
- Sunday Eucharist
The essential elements of parish life relate to the basic mission of the parish and will become the foundation of the parish's dialogue and reflection when creating a pastoral plan for the future.
But what does this mean in spiritual, pastoral and practical terms for our parish here at St Thomas of Canterbury and us as members of that community?
We want to hear your views please. So what are we going to do? We will:
- issue a parish survey
- hold small discernment groups
- hold an open forum for further consultation & debate
This will lead to:
- a Parish Plan that clearly communicates our:
- vision for the next 10 years
- the values this embraces
- the spiritual growth we want our community to experience
- the practical steps needed to get there
- a Parish Council (if this is what is needed to make the Plan real)
- a Parish Community that willingly offers its skills and experience to make this all real AND is proud to own this responsibility
- Please read Discernment Process for the Parish Plan Final version 1 250815
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate shifts across BMI categories and associated changes in cardiometabolic risk factors over 2.5 years in an ethnically diverse middle school sample.
METHODS: As part of HEALTHY, a multisite school-based study designed to mitigate risk for type 2 diabetes, 3993 children participated in health screenings at the start of sixth and end of eighth grades. Assessments included anthropometric measures, blood pressure, and glucose, insulin, and lipids. Students were classified as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese, or severely obese. Mixed models controlling for school intervention status and covariates were used to evaluate shifts in BMI category over time and the relation between these shifts and changes in risk factors.
RESULTS: At baseline, students averaged 11.3 (±0.6) years; 47.6% were boys, 59.6% were Hispanic, and 49.8% were overweight or obese. Shifts in BMI category over time were common. For example, 35.7% of youth who were overweight moved to the healthy weight range, but 13% in the healthy weight range became overweight. BMI shifts were not associated with school intervention condition, household education, or youth gender, race/ethnicity, pubertal status, or changes in height. Increases in BMI category were associated with worsening of cardiometabolic risk factors, and decreases were associated with improvements. Boys who increased BMI category were more vulnerable to negative risk factor changes than girls.
CONCLUSIONS: There are substantial shifts across BMI categories during middle school that are associated with clinically meaningful changes in cardiometabolic risk factors. Programs to promote decreases in BMI and prevent increases are clearly warranted.
- Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
- diastolic blood pressure
- high-density lipoprotein
- low-density lipoprotein
- systolic blood pressure
What's Known on This Subject:
Changes in BMI category appear to be common in young children and are associated with cardiometabolic risk in cross-sectional studies. However, there are few longitudinal studies and little information from multiethnic samples of US middle school children.
What This Study Adds:
Findings demonstrate that shifts in BMI category are common in middle-school-aged children and associated with clinically meaningful changes in cardiometabolic risk factors. Programs to promote decreases in BMI, prevent increases, and moderate risk are indicated.
Childhood overweight and obesity have increased dramatically, with associated increases in morbidity, in particular, metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors. Thus, programs to prevent or moderate the development of obesity and minimize risk are a public health priority. HEALTHY1 was a 3-year school-based program designed to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in middle-school youth. Results indicated that there were no differences between intervention and control schools in the primary outcome, the combined prevalence of child overweight and obesity, with overall decreases in prevalence of ∼4%. Intervention schools, however, had larger reductions in the prevalence of obesity, BMI z score, waist circumference, and fasting insulin levels.
The HEALTHY cohort provides a unique opportunity to examine longitudinal patterns of changes in category of BMI in a multiethnic, high-risk sample of US children and to examine the health consequences of these shifts in youth reaching puberty when risk increases. Results from longitudinal studies conducted in other countries generally have suggested moderate2 to strong3,4 stability of BMI and obesity during childhood, but these studies have focused on elementary school children, and there are few prospective studies of US middle school samples. Data from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study of Black and White Girls5 documented an increase in the onset of overweight and obesity in girls from ages 9 to 12 years followed by stabilization. However, the data were collected in the 1990s, and boys were not included. In a more recent 2-year longitudinal study of 451 youth in the grades 4 through 6, children in the healthy weight range tended to gain weight, whereas obese youth tended to lose weight, although there were stable rates of overweight and obesity overall.6
With regard to changes in health risk, there are compelling cross-sectional data documenting an association between increased BMI and cardiometabolic risk factors,7–9 as well as findings that pediatric obesity intervention is associated with decreases in BMI and reductions in risk.10,11 Recent prospective findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) in the United Kingdom12 have shown that BMI assessed in 9- to 12-year-old children (N = 5235) was significantly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors at 15 to 16 years, but few minority children were included.13 There is little information from community samples in the United States about changes in BMI category and accompanying health risks over time. Thus, herein we examine patterns of change in BMI categories and their impact on cardiometabolic risk factors in a large, ethnically diverse cohort.
Study Design
HEALTHY was a 3-year cluster-randomized, controlled primary prevention trial. Details of the HEALTHY protocol have been described.14 In brief, 42 US middle schools with at least 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or belonging to a minority group were recruited by the 7 participating centers. The study was approved by the site institutional review boards, and parent consent and child assent were obtained. Schools were randomized by site to intervention or control conditions. All students were invited to participate in a health screening in fall 2006, and 57.6% of students agreed. Intervention schools were provided 2.5 years of a comprehensive program, which included changes to the school food environment and physical education classes and classroom-based education that incorporated behavior change activities. Activities were complemented by communication and social marketing strategies. Participation of control schools was limited to recruitment and data collection.
Data Collection
Methods for data collection were reported previously,14 and additional details are available as a supplement to the main outcome report.1 Students participated in standardized assessments at baseline (grade 6) and end of study (grade 8). Blood was drawn from fasted students to measure glucose, insulin, and lipids. Assays were conducted by the Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories, University of Washington, Seattle.14 Height and weight were measured by trained, certified study staff by using the Prospective Enterprises PE-AIM-101 stadiometer and the SECA Corporation α 882 electronic scale. A Gulick tape was used measure waist circumference just above the iliac crest. Blood pressure was recorded 3 times by using an automated blood pressure monitor (Omron HEM-907 or HEM-907Xl, Vernon Hills, IL), and the mean of the second and third recordings was used for analysis. Pubertal status was self-reported by using the Pubertal Development Scale15 and converted to the pubertal stage groups outlined by Tanner.16 The scale was administered to boys and girls separately by trained study staff in a private area, with oral instructions provided from a written script.
Ethnicity and race were self-reported by students. Because participants frequently misunderstood the distinction between ethnicity and race, the information from the separate items was combined: anyone checking "Hispanic or Latino" ethnicity was classified as Hispanic; non-Hispanics choosing only "black or African American" race were classified as black; non-Hispanics choosing only "white" race were white; all other response categories were combined into "other." A parent or guardian reported the highest level of household education and history of diabetes in first-degree blood relatives.
Statistical Methods
BMI percentile for age and gender was calculated by using Centers for Disease Control reference charts.17 Students with a BMI ≥5th percentile and <85th percentile were classified as healthy weight; the healthy weight range was then subdivided into 2 groups, BMI ≥5th percentile and <50th percentile and BMI ≥50th percentile and <85th percentile. Youth with BMI ≥85th but <95th percentile were classified as overweight, and those ≥95th but <99th percentile as obese. Students with BMI <5th percentile were classified as underweight, and those with BMI ≥99th percentile as severely obese.
We created 7 categories to examine BMI shifts from grades 6 through 8 (categories with small numbers were collapsed): (1) overweight to obese or severely obese; (2) healthy weight to overweight, obese, or severely obese; (3) stayed obese or severely obese; (4) stayed overweight; (5) stayed healthy weight; (6) overweight to healthy weight; and (7) obese or severely obese to overweight or healthy weight. Categories were collapsed further for modeling because of small cell sizes; specifically, the first 2 BMI categories collapsed into an "increased BMI" category, and the last 2 categories into a "decreased BMI" category. Finally, underweight students (n = 82; 2%) were excluded from modeling as shifting to the healthy weight range was not expected to be associated with increased risk.
Descriptive statistics including means, standard deviations, and percents were calculated for all variables. Next, we evaluated whether longitudinal shifts in BMI category differed by school intervention status, gender, race/ethnicity, sixth- and eighth-grade pubertal stage, and head-of-household education level by using separate generalized linear mixed models that took into account sources of variability within and between schools and controlled for baseline BMI percentiles. Change in height from grades 6 through 8 was evaluated as a potential confounder in all models that examined longitudinal changes in BMI category. Separate mixed models were also used to analyze associations between shifts in BMI and changes in cardiometabolic parameters. Baseline values of the risk factors of interest, school intervention status, gender, race/ethnicity, sixth- and eighth-grade pubertal stage, and head-of-household education level were included as covariates. All models tested for BMI shifts and covariates as main effects and for the interaction between BMI shifts and covariates when covariates were significant. Because gender was significant as a main effect across models, subgroup analysis was performed by gender. To evaluate the impact of specific shifts in BMI category, we conducted pairwise comparisons between each of the BMI shift categories. We considered P values ≤.001 to be statistically significant due to multiple comparisons. SAS 9.2 statistical software (SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC) was used for analyses.
Of the 4603 students in the HEALTHY cohort, 4363 (95%) completed assessments at baseline and end of study. Of these, 370 children from the heterogeneous "other" race/ethnicity category were excluded; they did not differ from those included on school any measured parameter (data not shown). Baseline characteristics for the study sample (n = 3993) are presented in Table 1. Students averaged 11.3 years, and 47.6% were boys. More than half the sample was Hispanic (59.6%), and head-of-household level of education was high school graduate or less in 53.6% of families. Nearly half of the youth (49.8%) were overweight or obese.
Longitudinal Shifts in BMI Category
Longitudinal changes in BMI categories are shown in Table 2. Of the 1.55% (n = 62) of sixth-graders who were underweight, only 0.6% (n = 23) remained underweight at the end of eighth grade. Most sixth-grade youth in the healthy range (n = 1943) remained there at the end of eighth grade (n = 1770; 91.1%). However, when the healthy range was divided into 2 groups, patterns of change emerged. Virtually none of the youth (n = 3; 0.0008%) who started with a BMI ≥5th to <50th percentile became overweight or obese during the study, but 27.8% shifted to the upper half of the healthy weight range. Of sixth graders with a BMI percentile in the upper range of healthy (≥50th to <85th), 13.0% (n = 150) became overweight or obese. There was a notable amount of shifting among students who were overweight or obese in sixth grade. Among overweight sixth-grade youth (n = 778), 35.7% (n = 278) moved to the healthy range, 12.7% (n = 99) became obese or severely obese, and 51.5% (n = 401) remained overweight. Among the 947 youth who were obese, 31.9% (n = 303) improved BMI category, whereas 61.9% (n = 586) remained obese and 6.1% (n = 58) became severely obese. Of the 263 sixth-grade youth who were severely obese, 76.1% (n = 200) stayed severely obese, but 23.9% (n = 63) moved to the obese or overweight category. BMI shifts were not associated with school intervention status or any of the included covariates (data not shown). Furthermore, BMI shifts were not explained by differential increases in height across categories (overall mean height change from sixth to eighth grade was +11.3 ± 5.8 cm).
Shifts in BMI and Changes in Risk Factors
Table 3 presents longitudinal changes in risk factors across BMI categories. Results of the mixed models that included school intervention status and all covariates documented an overall association between shift in BMI and changes in glucose, insulin, systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol, triglycerides, and waist circumference (all Ps < .001). Most pairwise comparisons documented that increasing BMI category was associated with increases in insulin, SBP, DBP, triglycerides and waist circumference; decreases in HDL; and smaller decreases in LDL and total cholesterol compared with staying in the same or decreasing BMI category. Conversely, most pairwise comparisons documented that decreasing BMI category was associated with improvements in risk factors in comparison with staying the same or increasing BMI category. Staying obese or severely obese was associated with unfavorable changes in virtually all health measures relative to staying in the healthy range or decreasing BMI category. Staying overweight was associated with unfavorable changes relative to staying healthy weight or decreasing BMI category for insulin, SBP, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, and waist circumference.
Change in BMI Category and Risk Factors by Gender
Changes in cardiometabolic parameters varied significantly by gender for all parameters except DBP (P = .0067); changes in insulin were borderline significant (P = .001). However, differences were small, and no meaningful patterns were identified except for changes in SBP, HDL, and triglycerides (Ps ≤ .0001), as shown in Fig 1. Boys had greater increases in SBP across BMI categories and greater decreases in HDL than girls, and there was an interaction between BMI shift and gender with triglyceride change (P < .0001). Gender differences in lipids over time were not explained by differential changes in waist circumference. Specifically, waist circumference increased by 4.59 cm (SD = 6.7) in boys and 5.13 cm (SD = 6.5) in girls, P = .0049.
There was a striking amount of shifting across BMI categories during the middle school years. Shifts in BMI category were not related to school intervention status, gender, race/ethnicity, baseline or end of study pubertal status, or head-of-household education. Furthermore, shifts in BMI were not explained by changes in height in this group of children studied during the pubertal transition. Of particular interest, more than one-third of overweight sixth-graders shifted to the healthy weight range, and nearly one-third of obese sixth-graders shifted to a lower BMI category by the end of eighth grade. Conversely, of youth who were in the lower end of the healthy range in sixth grade, more than one-quarter moved to the upper end of the healthy range. Similarly, of youth who were in the upper end of the healthy range or in the overweight category in the sixth grade, more than one-quarter increased BMI category.
Sizeable shifts in BMI category in children during childhood have been noted in studies of younger children and those outside the United States.2–4 The ALSPAC2 followed more than 6000 children in the United Kingdom from ages 7 to 11 years and documented shifts in this younger cohort that were similar to those observed in the current study. In a U.S. study of 451 African American and white rural children who were in the fourth through sixth grade at baseline and followed over 28 months,6 rates of overweight and obesity were stable, but rates of incidence and remission of obesity and overweight were approximately equal. Findings from the current investigation, however, significantly extend those of previous studies. Given the substantial racial/ethnic disparities in US rates of pediatric obesity,18 it is crucial to determine whether shifts in BMI are seen across ethnic minority groups. The HEALTHY sample includes large numbers of Hispanic as well as African American and white youth, and thus the current study provides evidence that shifts in BMI category occur across racial/ethnic groups.
The present investigation also documents that BMI shifts are associated with significant changes in cardiometabolic risk factors after adjustment for school intervention status, race/ethnicity, pubertal stage in sixth and eighth grade, and household education. The magnitude of observed changes is similar to those reported in pediatric weight management programs. For example, Savoye et al11 followed an ethnically diverse inner-city group of 209 obese children and adolescents who participated in a yearlong family-based weight control program or a usual care control group and were evaluated 1 year later. Intervention leading to modest weight decreases −2.8 kg/m2) was associated with decreases in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and fasting insulin of −8.0 mg/dL, −4.4 mg/DL, and −4.7 uIU/mL, respectively. Changes of comparable magnitude were observed as a function of decreasing BMI category in HEALTHY youth (−17.2 mg/dL, −14.2 mg/dL, and −2.3 uU/mL for total cholesterol, LDL, and fasting insulin, respectively).
Other research suggests that the observed changes are clinically meaningful. Cross-sectional studies in youth9,19 have documented a strong relation between BMI and cardiometabolic risk. For example, Weiss et al9 documented that each element of the metabolic syndrome is exacerbated with increasing obesity. Similarly, prospective studies have documented a strong linear relationship between BMI and metabolic risk factors in childhood and adverse adult outcomes, including metabolic syndrome20 and coronary heart disease.21,22 In summary, available research findings, although not directly comparable to current data, suggest that the observed shifts in cardiometabolic risk are clinically significant.
Consistent with previous findings,12 the current results also demonstrate convincingly that staying obese or severely obese is associated with significant risk. For example, youth who remained obese or severely obese had significant increases in fasting insulin, with eighth-grade levels of 29.7 uU/mL (insulin levels of ≥30 uU/mL have been used to define elevated risk23), whereas obese or severely obese youth who decreased BMI had significant decreases in fasting insulin in comparison with those who remained obese or severely obese (average eighth-grade fasting insulin was 14.0 uU/mL). Similarly, youth with stable obesity had increases in waist circumference of 5.5 cm compared with decreases of 4.2 cm for youth who were obese or severely obese in the sixth grade but decreased to the healthy weight range. Finally, staying in the healthy weight range over time was associated with the most favorable levels across risk factors.
Changes in risk factors varied as a function of gender such that boys had greater increases in SBP and greater decreases in HDL than girls. Furthermore, boys and girls had different patterns of triglyceride changes, with boys tending to have more unfavorable changes in response to increases in BMI and girls benefitting more from decreases in BMI. These findings echo those observed in ALSPAC,12 which also documented that BMI changes were associated with more adverse risk factor changes in boys than in girls. Thus, boys may be particularly vulnerable to the negative cardiometabolic consequences of obesity.
The current study has significant strengths including the large, multiethnic sample from across the United States and assessments collected by trained, certified staff by using standardized procedures. Nevertheless, there also are limitations. All children participated in a study designed to mitigate risk for type 2 diabetes. Thus, the schools and youth who participated may not be representative of all high-risk US schools or students. All youth participated in health screenings and parents were given reports about child health. Consequently, observed decreases in BMI category may reflect greater awareness of the importance of health behavior among overweight or obese participants and their family members. Next, we used BMI as a proxy for adiposity. However, other research has shown that the association between BMI and cardiovascular risk factors is similar to that between directly assessed fat mass and risk factors,12 indicating the validity of BMI as an index of body fat.
In summary, results document considerable mutability in BMI categories during the middle school years, with clinically meaningful changes in cardiometabolic risk. The shifts in BMI and associated changes in risk were not associated with school intervention status and were robust to adjustment for salient demographic parameters and potential confounders. Thus, there is compelling evidence for the relevance of universal obesity prevention efforts that target middle-school-aged children across all BMI categories to enhance downward shifts in BMI category for overweight and obese children and mitigate increases in BMI category among children in the healthy weight range.
The following individuals and institutions constitute the HEALTHY Study Group (* indicates principal investigator or director). Study Chair: Children's Hospital Los Angeles: F.R. Kaufman. Field Centers: Baylor College of Medicine: T. Baranowski,* L. Adams, J. Baranowski, A. Canada, K.T. Carter, K.W. Cullen, M.H. Dobbins, R. Jago, A. Oceguera, A.X. Rodriguez, C. Speich, L.T. Tatum, D. Thompson, M.A. White, C.G. Williams; Oregon Health & Science University: L. Goldberg,* D. Cusimano, L. DeBar, D. Elliot, H.M. Grund, S. McCormick, E. Moe, J.B. Roullet, D. Stadler; Temple University: G. Foster* (Steering Committee Chair), J. Brown, B. Creighton, M. Faith, E.G. Ford, H. Glick, S. Kumanyika, J. Nachmani, L. Rosen, S. Sherman, S. Solomon, A. Virus, S. Volpe, S. Willi; University of California at Irvine: D. Cooper,* S. Bassin, S. Bruecker, D. Ford, P. Galassetti, S. Greenfield, J. Hartstein, M. Krause, N. Opgrand, Y. Rodriguez, M. Schneider; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: J. Harrell,* A. Anderson, T. Blackshear, J. Buse, J. Caveness, A. Gerstel, C. Giles, W. Hall, A. Jessup, P. Kennel, R. McMurray, A-M. Siega-Riz, M. Smith, A. Steckler, A. Zeveloff; University of Pittsburgh: M.D. Marcus,* M. Carter, S. Clayton, B. Gillis, K. Hindes, J. Jakicic, R. Meehan, R. Noll, J. Vanucci, E. Venditti; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: R. Treviño,* A. Garcia, D. Hale, A. Hernandez, I. Hernandez, C. Mobley, T. Murray, J. Stavinoha, K. Surapiboonchai, Z. Yin. Coordinating Center: George Washington University: K. Hirst,* K. Drews, S. Edelstein, L. El ghormli, S. Firrell, M. Huang, P. Kolinjivadi, S. Mazzuto, T. Pham, A. Wheeler. Project Office: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: B. Linder,* C. Hunter, M. Staten. Central Biochemistry Laboratory: University of Washington Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories: S.M. Marcovina.*
HEALTHY intervention materials are available for download at http://www.healthystudy.org. We thank the administration, faculty, staff, students, and their families at the middle schools and school districts that participated in the HEALTHY study.
- Accepted December 12, 2011.
- Address correspondence to Marsha D. Marcus, PhD, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail: marcusmd{at}upmc.edu
All authors meet the 3 authorship criteria: all have contributed substantially to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; all have critically revised the article for important intellectual content; and all have approved the final version to be published.
This trial has been registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov (identifier NCT00458029).
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: Dr Marcus is on the Scientific Advisory Board for United Health Group; Dr Foster is on the Scientific Advisory Boards for United Health Group, NutriSystem, and Con Agra Foods; the other authors have indicated they have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
FUNDING: This work was completed with funding from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/National Institutes of Health grants U01-DK61230, U01-DK61249, U01-DK61231, and U01-DK61223, with additional support from the American Diabetes Association. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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¿Cómo puede encontrar un abogado que hable su idioma cuando su inglés es limitado? ¿Qué pasa cuando va a la corte? En éste episodio, que también está disponible en Español, conozca los recursos disponibles para ayudar a los que no hablan inglés a tener éxito en los tribunales de Massachusetts. La anfitriona, Iliana Burton, habla con la abogada Melissa A. Juárez sobre los recursos multilingües ofrecidos por el Servicio de Referencia de Abogados de la Asociación de Abogados de Massachusetts, y los servicios de traducción que ofrecen las cortes. También aprenderá sobre algunas ideas nuevas para aumentar el acceso a la justicia en Massachusetts, incluídos Las cortes de drogas en Español. (This podcast is also available in English.)
April 2018 will be remembered as the month when lawmakers introduced the most ambitious reform of Massachusetts' criminal justice system in decades. Signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker, the sweeping legislation was the result of a bipartisan compromise between Democrats and Republicans, with additional support from prosecutors, attorneys and advocacy organizations, including the MBA.
The second of a two-part series, attorney Thomas M. Bond, chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Judicial Administration Section, talks with host Jordan Rich about appearing as an attorney in state court (Superior Court, in particular) in Massachusetts. You'll learn about the benefits of having your case in state court, get an overview of some of the most important rules, and hear insights on courtroom etiquette. Massachusetts Bar Association members can also access related materials on the topic in the Judicial Administration library on My Bar Access: is.gd/MBA_CourtRules.
The first of a two-part series, attorney Thomas M. Bond, chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Judicial Administration Section, talks with host Jordan Rich about appearing as an attorney in federal court in Massachusetts. You'll learn about the benefits of having your case in federal court, get an overview of some of the most important rules, and hear insights on courtroom etiquette. Massachusetts Bar Association members can also access related materials on the topic in the Judicial Administration library on My Bar Access: is.gd/MBA_CourtRules.
Elder law is more than just estate planning. As the population ages and people live longer, many will encounter important legal issues that can affect their home, health and financial well-being. In this episode, host Jordan Rich and attorney Alex L. Moschella, the chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Elder Law Advisory Committee, answer some commonly asked questions and discuss the MBA's Elder Law Education Program (www.massbar.org/elderlaw). From wills and trusts to health care proxies, powers of attorney, reverse mortgages and long-term care options, learn which documents and strategies are available to help you take control of your future.
Each day people facing life-changing legal issues are going to court alone because they don't qualify for legal aid or cannot afford a lawyer. It's created a justice gap. But there are efforts under way to address these unmet legal needs. Host Jordan Rich talks with attorneys Len Zandrow of UMass School of Law's Justice Bridge Legal Center (www.justice-bridge.org) and Damian Turco of Lawyers for Affordable Justice (www.lawyers4aj.org) about how legal incubators like theirs are working to close the justice gap by pairing newer attorneys, or lawyers committed to representing clients at discount, with modest-means clients.
Ending a marriage is never an easy decision. But for those who have made the choice to divorce, there are several options available to work through the process. Host Jordan Rich talks with attorney Heidi R. Webb of Consilium Divorce Consultations about the lawyer-client relationship, the interplay between law and psychology, and the different paths available, from traditional divorce to mediation, arbitration, conciliation, collaborative law and limited assistance representation.
The holidays can be the most demanding time of year -- especially for those in the legal community. In this episode, host Jordan Rich talks with MBA Law Practice Management Chair Susan Letterman White (Law Office Management Assistance Program) and clinician Barbara Bowe, LICSW (Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers) about suggestions for lawyers and others in the legal community on how to handle holiday stress. This podcast discusses some of the topics covered at the Dec. 12, 2017, Massachusetts Bar Association CLE Program: "Holiday Game Strong -- Tools to Reclaim Joy this Season." www.massbar.org/events/cle-progra…d=6006&view=month
New Massachusetts Trial Court Administrator Jonathan S. Williams talks with host Jordan Rich about the latest court technology and infrastructure improvements, self-represented litigants, and how he's working with other court leaders and the bar to advance the Trial Court's strategic mission to deliver "justice with dignity and speed."
Mediation, Arbitration, Collaborative Law, Ombuds ... what kind of dispute resolution (DR) option is right for you? Guest host Jordan Rich talks with DR professionals Brian Jerome and Michael Zeytoonian about the benefits of DR and about the FREE programs offered throughout Massachusetts during Conflict Resolution Week, Oct. 16-20. Be a #peacemaker and join us.
From New York City cab driver to complex civil litigator, attorney Christopher P. Sullivan of Robins Kaplan LLP in Boston brings a variety of life experiences to his new role as president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. In this interview with guest host Jordan Rich, hear about Sullivan's initiatives for the coming year and why he believes attorneys are needed in the community more than ever.
The Massachusetts Trial Court issued new Child Support Guidelines for the Massachusetts, which became effective on Sept. 15, 2017. In this episode, Attorney Fern Frolin of Mirick O'Connell, a member of the Trial Court's 2016-2017 Child Support Guidelines Task Force, talks with MassBar Beat host Jordan Rich about some of the major revisions that attorneys and families should be familiar with.
The Massachusetts Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards honored seven attorneys and one law firm, recognizing their exemplary legal skills and service to the community. Hear the honorees' inspiring stories in their own words. Honorees include Rebecca Jacobstein, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Defender Award); Kevin J. Curtin, Middlesex District Attorney's Office (Prosecutor Award); Andrew Troop, Pillsbury Winthrop (Pro Bono Publico Award); Christopher Mirick, Harvest Power Inc. (Pro Bono Publico Award); Brian Flynn, Greater Boston Legal Services (Legal Services Award); K&L Gates, Boston (Pro Bono Award for Law Firms); Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, Community Legal Aid (Rising Star Award); and Claire Valentin, Children's Law Center of Massachusetts (Rising Star Award). (May 2017)
Learn about "Defamation," an interactive courtroom drama that encourages its audience to examine stereotypes and perceptions of bias in the play, the legal system and beyond. Hear from Boston-area high school students and lawyers who watched the play last fall during the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association's annual presentation of "Defamation." The Massachusetts Bar Association was a sponsor of the MBLA's program, and more recently has begun presenting a series of CLEs on eliminating bias in the legal system. Learn more about "Defamation" at www.defamationtheplay.com. (March 2017)
Homeless Court is a specialty court in Massachusetts that gives homeless individuals with minor infractions a chance to clear their records and get a new start. Leaders from the Massachusetts Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division had an opportunity to visit this "court of second chances" at the Pine Street Inn shelter in Boston. Listen in as they share observations, interviews and stories of hope from the presiding judge, the Pine Street Inn's Homeless Court coordinator, Homeless Court participants and the president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. (January 2017)
Trial lawyer Richard P. Campbell, one of the co-authors of the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal's Privilege to Practice ethics column, relates the tale of a once-prominent attorney's fall from grace as a cautionary reminder about lawyers' ethical obligations to their clients AND their law firm colleagues -- and how you do need to sweat the small stuff. (December 2016)
Listen to excerpts from the 2016 State of the Judiciary Address. This year's installment of this annual event featured remarks from Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants, Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey, Trial Court Administrator Harry Spence and MBA President Jeffrey Catalano. (November 2016)
MBA Treasurer Christopher A. Kenney addressed how a lawyer's attire, body language, tone of voice and other nonverbal cues can impact your chances in court. (October 2016)
MBA President Jeffrey N. Catalano shares a little-known story about his time in the theater, and how it informed his vision of leadership. (October 2016)


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With so many benefits to using clothing security tags, it amazes me how many shops still have no visible signs of Checkpoint tags. I think the most common reason against using security tags on clothes is the start up price.
When profits are down it is hard to even think about spending more money. So when you are trying to protect your dollars, a clothing alarm seems like a counter productive use of funds. How would you even know if they work?
You can look at other indicators on a daily basis, if you don't want to wait for something like a yearly inventory count to take place. You can look to see if you see more or less evidence of price tags being torn off of your merchandise. These loose tags are an indicator of theft in your store. A reduction would mean there are less attempts at theft due to your addition of clothing security tags.
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The day the music died: 1975's Miami Showband Massacre
This Friday marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most shocking atrocities of the Troubles, The Miami Showband Massacre. Belfast man Des Lee, who survived the attack that killed three of his friends, recalls the horror of that day
There's barely a day goes by that Belfast musician Des Lee doesn't recall the horrific events of July 31, 1975, when three of his closest friends were brutally murdered on a Co Down road in The Miami Showband Massacre.
Saxophonist Des, who was a 24-year-old father-of-one at the time, and bass player Stephen Travers, miraculously survived the UVF attack, but singer Fran O'Toole (29), trumpeter Brian McCoy (32) and guitarist Tony Geraghty (23) were all gunned down after their minibus was stopped at what appeared to be a routine, but was, in fact, a bogus, UDR checkpoint near Newry.
Forty years on, and Des is still haunted by flashbacks. In an attempt to try and overcome his post-traumatic stress, he relocated with his young family to South Africa, where he lived for 23 years. But his three band-mates were never far from his mind and now, settled back home in Belfast again, he finds himself thinking about them all the time.
"What happened that night affects me every single day of my life," he tells me. "When I drive past that spot at Buskhill, where the massacre took place, I get a lump in my throat. Every time. And I stop and say a prayer for the boys, even after all these years.
"I travel to Dublin quite a bit, so I have to pass that place and when I do, I immediately get flashbacks. I think about Fran, Brian and Tony all the time. Sometimes I'll be doing something, then suddenly I'll hear a song of Fran's on the radio or see a picture of them in a newspaper. They're with me every day of my life. I have a photograph of them in my apartment. It's what I wake up to every day."
On the night that changed the 64-year-old's life forever, the members of The Miami Showband - the most popular showband in Ireland at the time - were returning to Dublin after performing at a gig at the Castle Ballroom in Banbridge. The musicians were playing a game of cards when their minibus was stopped at a checkpoint and they were all asked to get out and line up by the roadside.
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Des says that at this stage, the band-mates suspected nothing. Regular cross-border jaunts at the height of the Troubles meant they were well used to being stopped at checkpoints.
Two soldiers boarded the bus and began rummaging around. Des asked if he could get his saxophone from the bus and, instead of going back to his original place in the line-up, he remained by the minibus.
Unbeknown to the band though, the soldiers were planting a bomb under the driver's seat. When it exploded prematurely, killing the two soldiers, Des was blown off his feet, into a nearby ditch. Above him, on the road, he could hear screaming and gunshots, as the other gunmen opened fire on the confused band members.
Lying face down in the ditch, Des played dead. He'd watched several Vietnam war movies where American soldiers had done the same, silent and unmoving as the flames from the explosion crept closer to him.
"It was mayhem," he says, quietly.
"I just lay there, holding my breath, praying that the gunmen would go. I'd heard enough gunshots to know that someone had been shot but I didn't know who. I then heard the soldiers running off and one of them said 'Are you sure all those b******* are dead?'. I was so frightened that they'd come back to check and then shoot me.
"I called out Fran's name, then Brian's and Tony's. There was no reply. I called out for Stephen and I heard him moaning. I told him I was going to go and get help.
"The fire was right up at me by now, so I climbed out off the ditch and onto the road. I tried to wave down a truck driver but he just drove on. But then a young guy and girl came along in their car and they took me to Newry police station."
Des hesitates for a moment. "You know, I genuinely believe that the saxophone saved my life. If I hadn't gone back for it and had stayed where I was in the line-up instead, I wouldn't be here now.
"And I'd love to meet that young fella and girl who brought me to the police station. They helped save me, too. I'd love to get the chance to say thank you to them."
The police in Newry brought Des to Daisy Hill Hospital, where he had a piece of shrapnel removed from his knee.
"I was screaming and shouting at the police to go back and check on the boys, but they said they couldn't, that they could be attacked and would have to send helicopters down to see what was going on.
"I later found out that Stephen had been taken to hospital for surgery and that he'd had to have nine inches of his bladder removed."
The devastating news of the deaths of his friends was later broken to a dazed Des, who, to this day, can't comprehend why they were targeted. It's been suggested that the UVF gang, comprising at least four serving soldiers from the UDR, had been planning for the bomb to explode en route, killing the band and having them branded as IRA bomb-smugglers.
Allegations of collusion between British military intelligence and the loyalist gunmen persist. Two serving UDR soldiers, Raymond Crozier and Roddy McDowell, and one former UDR soldier, John Somerville, received life sentences for the murders.
"The only reason I can think of as to why we were singled out was because we were the biggest showband in Ireland at the time. We were called the Irish Beatles," Des says. "Maybe it was maximum publicity they were after. But it was just madness.
"We were five young fellas going out to do something we loved and to bring pleasure to a lot of people in some very dark times."
Des continued to perform in a number of bands for a while afterwards, but it was never the same. Not even his beloved music could save him.
"I'd be on stage and these other fellas would come out to join me, great guys they were. But they weren't Fran, Tony or Brian."
The move to South Africa definitely helped him, he says, as did his family, his late wife Brenda, who sadly died from cancer 10 years ago, and his two sons Gary (34) and Daryl (32). But the psychological impact was severe.
"I had lots of counselling," he says. "But the effects on myself and my family were horrendous.
"I lost part of my family that night. I was close to all the boys, but Fran was like a brother to me. I co-wrote all the stuff on his album with him as well as his number one single Love Is. You know what's really heartbreaking - 12 weeks after Fran was murdered, he was due to go to a music convention in Las Vegas to launch his solo career.
"He was a great singer and musician, a really talented guy and very good looking. I've no doubt at all that if he'd lived on, he would have been a huge star."
This Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the atrocity. Des is determined to keep the names of his friends in the public domain and to give them the recognition they deserve. In 2007, a monument was unveiled at Parnell Square in Dublin, dedicated to the members of the showband who were murdered that night. Earlier this month, a blue plaque was erected outside Fran O'Toole's home in Bray, Co Wicklow and a bridge was renamed in his honour. Des wants to see a monument unveiled in Belfast, immortalising Fran, Tony and Brian in Northern Ireland as well.
Although semi-retired, Des and a new line-up of The Miami Showband will perform a special tribute concert - their last ever - next month in Banbridge, a poignant reminder of the final show they all played together before the terrible atrocity. The band's original drummer Ray Millar, who escaped with his life that night when he decided to drive to Dublin himself, will also be there.
The farewell gig at the Linenfields Festival on Friday, August 21, will be preceded by a wreath-laying ceremony at Buskhill this Sunday, August 2, at 2.30pm, for families, friends and members of the public.
At present Des, Stephen and the relatives of those killed on July 31, 1975, are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence and the PSNI in a bid to expose the extent of state collusion in the murders. Des says he hopes this will finally give them all closure.
"The massacre wrecked our lives," he says.
"Mentally, I went through a very bad time. When this case comes before the High Court, maybe then we'll get full closure."
I ask Des how he feels about the men who murdered his friends.
"There's no point in holding grudges for 40 years," he sighs. "What they did was despicable, appalling. What's important to me now is that people don't forget the names of Fran, Tony and Brian. Thank God this place is so different now. I came home eight years ago and I love Belfast, it's such a great city, so changed.
"What hurts the most is that we were just a bunch of innocent young musicians, doing our job. We weren't interested in politics. We played everywhere, north and south. We just wanted to make people smile for a few hours. And that's why Ireland should never be allowed to forget The Miami Showband."
- If anyone knows the young man and woman who drove Des to Newry police station that night or if the couple themselves wish to come forward, please contact email@example.com
The Miami Showband will perform their last ever gig at the Linenfields Festival, Banbridge on Friday, August 21. The concert, which will take place in the grounds of the Banville Hotel, Banbridge, will also feature Northern Ireland's leading tribute acts to Elvis, Dolly Parton, Neil Diamond, Jonny Cash and Garth Brooks. Limited tickets to the gig, priced £15, are available from Ticketmaster
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Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach See's Increasingly More Frequent And More Dire Crises Coming Up
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on May 10, 2010
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Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Keene earlier, pointing out the most troubling statistic about recent market activity, which has to do with both the frequency and amplitude of catastrophes: "The crises are coming with greater frequency. Over the last 25 years we have had an average of one crisis every 3 years. The gap this time is 18 months. The scale is bigger. This is a much more serious problem in the eurozone than the Asian financial crisis." So intercrisis half-life continues to decline as the severity jumps exponentially. In other words, in nine months we will need a combined Fed-ECB-BOE-PBoC-BOJ effort for about $10 trillion just to calm the markets. 4.5 months after that, $100 trillion more… And so forth.


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In 1776 South Carolina, widower and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he helplessly watches his family torn apart by the savage forces of the British Redcoats. Unable to remain silent, he recruits a band of reluctant volunteers, including his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), to take up arms against the British. Fighting to protect his family's freedom and his country's independence, Martin discovers the pain of betrayal, the redemption of revenge and the passion of love.
Actors:Heath Ledger,Jason Isaacs,Joely Richardson,Mel Gibson,Rene Auberjonois,Tom Wilkinson
Description:Mel Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a pacifist widower in South Carolina during the American Revolution. Son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) enlists in the Continental Army against his father's wishes, but not surprisingly, Benjamin eventually chooses to participate as well. An epic picture that delves into the classic war dilemmas of sacrifice, glory, honor, survival, and revenge.
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John Kluesener
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Born on June 5, 1953, in Cincinnati, Ohio, John Kluesener is rapidly emerging as one of America's most talented contemporary landscape artists.
At a very early age the cultural richness of the city of Cincinnati began to influence Kluesener's natural talent. A successful painter in her own rite, John's mother often took her large family to the prestigious Cincinnati Art Museum. Later, during his years of study at the Cincinnati Art Academy, John saw and was inspired by other great Cincinnati artists-Henry Farney, John Twachtman, and Frank Duveneck.
While a student, the lush farmlands and gently rolling hills of Ohio served as a backdrop and subject matter for his early works. The seeds of inspiration were beginning to germinate in the psyche of artist John Kluesener, "My work is, of course inspired by the great Impressionist painters. The play of light as it falls on the land is where I begin. My intense love and desire to "commune" with the physiography of the land that I see before me, continues the inspirational process. Finally, the physical action of "the stroke" of color applied to the surface becomes the intense culmination of my expression.
The strength of Kluesener's work includes his brilliant understanding and handling of the interactive properties of color and light. The radical brushwork of the impressionists is built upon by him in the strength and confidence of his own marks on the surface of the canvas and paper...Kluesener's articulation of color is bold and daring, and reflects his understanding of the work of Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Matisse. This blend of influences emphasizes the sophistication of Kluesener's work. Kluesener's colors are derived from nature as filtered through the Impressionists and Post Impressionists. The colors are significantly heightened and distorted, emphasizing the pristine quality of the landscape being rendered in the work.
This sense of pristine, open space in a Kluesener landscape is aptly contributed through his consummate understanding of the photo processes. His professional experience as a commercial and technical photographer has added to his complete understanding of "the scene." As the artist states, "I see essentially two different worlds: one world, through the eyes of the photographer, viewing the world in terms of tone, lights and darks. The other world I see comes from my inner spirit, and is vibrantly colored...the almost dream world of my art as landscapes."


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Family Getaways - Road Trip to Mornington/
The bustling beach side town of Mornington is only an hours drive from Melbourne's CBD. With plenty on offer for the family, it makes for a great destination for your next road trip.
The playground at Mornington Park is the star attraction for families, offering little ones the chance to be a pirate for the day on a big wooden pirate ship. The large reserve nearby is the perfect place for a game of lawn soccer or a nice picnic.
If picnics aren't your style then the Burgers at Thanks Albert hit the spot for lunch - especially the aptly titled 'No I Wasn't Vegan - and YOMG do a delicious salted caramel frozen yoghurt that makes for a special treat for dessert.
Mornington is a fun day out for the family filled with laughter, sunshine and fresh sea air.
Where is your top pick for a quick family road trip?


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Codemasters founders the Darling brothers have both been made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours. "For over 20 years David and Richard led Codemasters as it became one of the video game industry's great British success stories," said Rod Cousens, present head of the firm. "Their drive […]
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The curse of the renaissance manPosted: August 31st, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: | 4 Comments »
Most people go through life taking advantage of the next opportunity. You take a class or read a book or meet someone new and a few years later that's what you do for a living.
Heck there are a few of us that a children said I want to work on cars, paint, be a rock star and then at least end up as mechanics, art teachers, or work in a guitar shop, but how many of us are really doing what we set out to do. Did you dream of filing paperwork, dream of sitting at a desk, dream of answering email.
Why is this?
- We don't really stop and plan it out.
- The cool jobs are usually hard to get.
Guess who gets to be a professional race card driver; the guy who grew up racing go-carts as a child, worked on cars all his life, happened to get really good at it, made the right contacts, and worked his ass off on only becoming a race car driver his entire life.
Who didn't get to be a race car driver? The guy who loves racing, played football in high school, works on restoring his [insert cool car of your choice] in the evenings, goes to the local track occasionally to race his [insert cool car of your choice] on the weekends, reads books on racing in his free time, and works a day job doing something other than racing. Maybe this guy is extremely smart, works very hard, and even has a natural talent for racing, but he doesn't get to be in the Indy 500.
The difference between these two people is focus.
Many of us smarter than average people have a curse. Things come easy to us. We learn quickly and therefore have competence in almost anything we do. I can paint, play guitar, drums, saxaphone, build computers, change a tire, program in 5 languages, throw clay, cook, pick stocks, and play computer games all at an above average level. I'm sure there are a hundred or a thousand other things that you or I can do fairly well right now or with very little instruction.
But this is our curse, because with easy competence comes lack of motivation and lack of focus.
You could be a rock star, but I'm guessing your not. [rock stars don't have time for internets] If you play guitar the reason your not a rock star is simply because you also play basket ball, watch TV, follow Paris Hilton's life, go to the mall on the weekends, get laid. Yes even getting laid. Rocks stars get laid now, but do you think the guy playing guitar for 6 hour per night had time to chaise girls or had the motivation to live in a van for 3 years if he wasn't a total loser in high school? Don't believe me? Ask Henry Rollins.
Bill Gates, richest man in the world. Would Microsoft exist if he didn't spend every waking minute in the prime of his life playing with computers and eating pizza alone or with other nerds?
What does this mean for you and I. Well, if your a total dolt, that's great, your probably less easily distracted doing all the interesting things that come so easy to us geniuses. If your moderately intelligent to a genius, you must begin systematically quiting the things that do not lead to getting what you want.
But the first step is deciding what you want…


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Quartz is a durable element and can withstand higher temperatures than glass and ceramics and so it is a popular choice for heater elements.
Infrared space heaters use electromagnetic radiation to heat objects, materials and spaces. Using energy produced from the heating element and reflective surface, infrared waves are radiated in the direction of desired heat while losing minimal energy to conduction or convection. In a quartz heater, the element is either made of quartz, or commonly of tungsten wire or a thin coil of another alloy and enclosed in a quartz glass tube. As electrical energy is applied to the element, the heat created gives off infrared waves and energy which are reflected from the polished surface of the reflector. While forced air heaters use convection to heat the air, infrared heat is absorbed directly by an object's surface without the need for a transport medium.
Infrared heat can penetrate materials and gases more easily than heat from other types of heaters and more efficiently than UV lamps which require light waves to effectively heat an object. Due to its high energy efficiency, quartz infrared heating is considered an environmentally friendly alternative to other heating methods which use fuels or gases to create large amounts of heat.
Common uses of quartz heaters include: space and room heaters, food and chemical processing, medical uses such as easing arthritic pain, industrial uses such as coatings drying, glass processing or curing, heating for veterinary and zoo uses such as incubation etc. As varying materials react to and absorb infrared heat in different ways, this needs to be taken into consideration when determining the appropriate heater usage and location. There are a number of advantages to using quartz heaters, including the heating patterns which tend to be more uniform due to the nature of infrared heating. In convectional heating, pockets of cool and hot air are sometimes found which can prove costly in processes for industrial or commercial purposes.
Another advantage is that quartz infrared heaters pose less health risks than other types of heaters, for example radiant gas heaters, as there is not a flame or harmful emissions from burning fuels involved in the heating process. The quartz element or tube does reach high temperatures, but most heaters are manufactured with a protective shield or guard to prevent direct contact with the element. The reduced risk of fire and burning is a great advantage, especially in residential use as space heaters are a cause of many household fires each year in the US.


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As you know, I'm pretty excited that I've learned to knit socks. I'm working on my second pair right now and plan on starting a third pair as soon as I can.
I really enjoyed the challenge of learning something new. One thing though was a major frustration…
I just could not figure out how to hold the needles comfortably so that they didn't feel like they were working against each other.
Finally after much trial and error I realized that if I held the needle I was currently knitting off of so that it laid on top of the others I was able to knit without the needles running into each other.
In this picture the arrow is pointing to the needle that I am getting to ready to knit from. As you can see from the circles the needle is resting on top of the other two needles.
In this picture I've started to knit and you can see that even the needle that I'm using to knit with is on top of the other needles.
I hope these pictures are clear enough and can save someone else the frustration I went through figuring this out.
I'm thinking that next I want to work on hats which I think would be easier because they don't have a heel. ☺
Do you have a tip for making knitting easier?
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The loss of a baby during pregnancy or birth is a trauma that no parent should ever have to experience. And yet, stillbirth — defined as a pregnancy loss after the 20th week — is more common than you might think. According to the March of Dimes, stillbirth affects 23,600 babies per year, or 1 in 160 pregnancies.
Although doctors have come up with risk factors for stillbirth including genetic conditions or birth defects in babies and various health issues in the mother, there is no broad consensus about what causes it — or how it can be prevented. Many parents are told that "unknown factors" caused the loss of their baby. Not having answers at a time of such tremendous pain can be as traumatizing as the loss itself.
But one groundbreaking bit of research out of Australia may have the potential to change all that. Researchers at Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) in Australia have found that the cause of many stillbirths is actually a deteriorating placenta, and developing tests to detect this condition early on may be the key to saving these babies.
"It certainly is the most exciting project I've been involved in so far, with the potential to influence people's lives around the planet," Dr. Roger Smith, one of the researchers, tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Dr. Smith says that it has to do with the aging of the placenta. Apparently in certain rare cases, the placenta can age prematurely — slowly cutting off nutrients and oxygen to a gestating baby, resulting in devastating loss.
"As you look around at everybody you know, you'll notice that different people age at different rates," explains Dr. Smith. "And it's almost certainly the same with the placenta. Some placentas age more rapidly than others. If the placenta is not working, the levels of oxygen fall in the baby, and if they get low enough, the baby will die."
So how might researchers like Dr. Smith detect these tragic changes in the placenta? It all comes down to the enzyme aldehyde oxidase, which is emitted by organs as they age. The researchers' plan is to develop a test that would detect elevated levels of aldehyde oxidase in a mother's bloodstream. If it is determined that the placenta is rapidly aging and the baby isn't getting enough nutrients and oxygen, then the baby would be delivered early.
"It's possible that we'll be able to develop diagnostic tests to pick up in the mother's blood the signs of ageing of the placenta, and therefore predict this devastating event, so that the obstetricians can perform a caesarean section and get the baby out before the baby dies," said Dr. Smith. He goes on to say that the hope is to develop this test in the next 3 to 5 years.
Of course, early delivery would be a problem for certain babies — especially ones who need to be delivered before 27 weeks, when chances of survival are low.
But Dr. Smith and his team have a potential solution to that problem, as well:
"If a baby is too early in pregnancy to be delivered, we may be able to give drugs that inhibit that enzyme to slow the ageing of the placenta, and allow the baby to stay in the uterus until it is likely to survive when it's born."
Pretty incredible, huh?
Interestingly, aldehyde oxidase is an enzyme produced by all organs as they age. If scientists were able to inhibit it, the benefits to human life could be endless.
"It's possible that if we develop different ways of stopping this enzyme working to cause damage, it may lead to lower levels of aging in other tissues and perhaps even healthy life extension," he explains.
For now, Dr. Smith is focusing at what he considers the most important task at hand: preventing stillbirth. And he has a very important, heartfelt message for any parent out there who has experienced such an earth-shattering loss: It's not your fault.
"I think it's really important for mums of stillborn babies to understand that it's not their fault," he shares. "This is something that's happened to the placenta; they had very little or no control over it. There was nothing they could do to prevent it. So they shouldn't feel guilt about it."


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This Sunday, the teens were back with artist Sally Glass. Class began with a short lecture on artists Andy Goldsworthy and Richard Long. Goldsworthy uses nature as material to create temporary site-specific sculptures and installations, while Long uses his body to interact with nature in order to create a piece, such as walking back and forth across a field, which then creates a visible pattern on the ground. Sally connected Long's and Goldsworthy's work to our current exhibition FOCUS: Fred Tomaselli. In some of his work, Tomaselli uses images of subjects from nature to create abstract patterns that evoke a multitude of associations, such as rosary beads or sound waves, but that cannot be pinned down.
After the lecture, the teens headed to the studio, where they prepped pieces of paper for the project by painting them black.
Then it was off to the galleries where we viewed Tomaselli's Breathing Head, 2002, and Flipper, 2008. We discussed the vibrant patterning within the works and the ideas that they conjured. Sally explained that the students were going to create a large-scale collaborative work by combining individual modules of collage inspired by these two pieces.
The students' task for the day was to search for interesting imagery from a wide variety of printed source material and to cut out elements they found interesting.
Toward the end of class, the group convened and collectively decided what overall patterns would tie the individual collages together. Once the students were in agreement, they drew the patterns over a paper grid in preparation for next class.


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Welcome to the Kitchen team outreach guide. Before you begin reading about this outreach, we'd like to make sure you know what you need to about San Francisco's inner city by visiting the Backstory Page.
What is it?
The Kitchen in where the food for Our Meal Delivery, Building Party, and Street Cafe teams will be cooked. This is different from the Meal Prep team as Meal Prep does not cook the food but assembles it in to-go containers.
The Need
The Meal Delivery team is essentially supposed to deliver one thing to the community: the love of Christ. The ways in which they do it is through their conversations, their prayers, the food and also the way the food is prepared and delivered—with love. So much works together to witness to a hurting person—supplies, the planning, the food preparation, the people, the Spirit. The role of the Kitchen team is to make produce the cleanest and most presentable meals to support the meal delivery teams in their work.
The Method
As a part of the Kitchen team, you will report to our Kitchen at our main site after the morning session. As you arrive, your City Impact leader will assign you to a specific duty either for the morning or for a rotational session. These jobs include stove management, chopping vegetables and fruit, making mashed potatoes, washing dishes, and more.
The Impact
Food is a language used to speak through all of City Impact's ministries. If City Impact were in France or China, the languages, French, Mandarin or Cantonese would have to be learned and spoken. In the same way, food is spoken as a language in the inner city. Among the 7,000 people who are fed on Conference day, is a hurting heart ready to receive the greatest love through a small act that renders an eternal impact.


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Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
– Isaiah 59:1
Echoes is a simple song of devotion that I wrote in one sitting on January 18th, 2013 (I only remember the date because I originally posted the demo to soundcloud with the title "New Song 20130118" 🙂 ). I had observed that whenever I sit down to write a song, I'm generally drawn to more melancholy themes and lyrics – I blame all the emo and indie music I listened to in high school! This time though, I intentionally chose to write something a little more hopeful.
Sometimes life can feel like a steady progression of disillusionment, but I like to believe that innocence and youthful optimism are still locked away in our souls somewhere – and they're actually accessible. Echoes is a song about reclaiming that innocence. There are plenty of reasons to be cynical or jaded towards the world, but all of it is conquered by the blood of Jesus. In this world we will have trouble, but take heart, for Jesus has overcome the world! Where, o death, is your sting? With these themes in mind, Echoes acknowledges the pain and struggles of life, but like any good Psalm it ends by proclaiming hope and confidence in what God has promised.
Recording the song was a dream come true. Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay lent his talents by contributing a subtly tasteful Wurlitzer piano to the piece. Anyone who knows me knows that I've been a hardcore Jars fan for nearly 20 years, so I'll openly admit that I had tears in my eyes the first time I heard the keyboard track – before it was even added to the mix!
By the way, Charlie has a new project of musical collaborations called Hollow // Hum. If you like the work he did on Echoes, you'll love what he's doing now. Click here to check it out.
Somewhere in the corners of my wildest dreams
I hear your whispers and their lingerings
The echoes of your voice still calling me
Return to my first love
Remember what it was
Hope, she calls,
cutting through the noise
of every lie I once believed
Promising a reason
and a purpose for my days
And so I sing
There's such a loneliness that sticks around
So many things that could have brought me down
But I'm not giving up, I'm not far from
Your saving arm's reach
This broken heart still beats
(I still hear you; I still hear you, Lord)
You can stream and purchase Flight Metaphor via Bandcamp, iTunes, and Spotify.


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Coconut-Rum Banana Bread with Lime Glaze/
There must be a point at which quick breads cross the line into cake territory, but I'm not sure where that line is.So I will still call this a bread, even though I know it must be inching ever so close to cake-ness.
One thing is for certain though… this bread is dang good.The recipe comes from the good people at Cooking Light, so in addition to being ever so tasty, it's also a little lighter than your run of the mill banana bread.It does call for a whole cup of sugar, which I think you could dial back a bit if you so desired.But with only ¼ cup of butter, it's pretty low in the fat department.
But I didn't use butter.I substituted virgin coconut oil, which not only adds more health benefits than butter, it also ups the coconut ante, which seemed a no-brainer in this recipe.
Along with the bananas and coconut, the addition of rum and this incredible lime glaze, it all came together to create a tropical version of banana bread that's just fun and perhaps different enough to be worthy of a place on the dessert table.
So just in case there's room in your file for one more super delicious banana bread, you might want to give this one a try.Here's the recipe…
Click here for a printable recipe
This banana bread was ever so good. The only change I made was to substitute coconut oil for the butter. I softened it ever so slightly in the microwave for about 10 seconds and it worked great. And I must confess that I doubled the lime glaze and really soaked the bread with it. I have no regrets.
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened (I used virgin coconut oil)
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 medium bananas)
1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
3 tablespoons dark rum
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup flaked sweetened coconut
Cooking spray
1 tablespoon flaked sweetened coconut
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk to combine.
Place granulated sugar and butter (or coconut oil) in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, yogurt, rum, and vanilla; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in 1/2 cup coconut. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon coconut. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Combine powdered sugar and juice, stirring with a whisk; drizzle over warm bread. Cool bread completely on wire rack.


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<< Long Standing Tenants >>
According to Jill Cost's studio records, Long Standing Tenants was the first major oil painting of Curtis' professional career. In it you can see the foreshadowing of many works to come. The use of the foreground rock walls to lead the eye across the hill towards the center of interest is a compositional device used in Quiet Moment, another important painting to come decades later. Also of note is the subtle light dynamics shown in the shadow across the foreground. Looking ahead at more recent works, you can see how these early indications of a strong light source would emerge and become a prominent signature of the work. This and the more obvious elements, the sweeping vista, the cluster of plantation buildings, evolved into Cost's recognizable motif in Hawaiian fine art esthetics. This is a significant and important piece in a career that helped to shape an era in art both in Hawaii and on the mainland.
"I look back with great nostalgia on this piece. It takes me back quite a few years. It's interesting how an image can open up a doorway with all the attendant feelings from a place and time that I thought I'd long forgotten. They waft through like a fragrance on the breeze."
This painting is not available as a giclee. The original was sold in 1979 but has come back into our possession through an estate sale.
Giclee prices shown below are for the unframed print and include insured UPS shipping within the USA. Please call for foreign shipping prices.
Long Standing Tenants is available in the following sizes:
All images are available unframed, gallery wrapped, or in a 1, 3, 5, or 6 piece furniture grade solid Hawaiian Koa wood frame with either linen or silk liner. Liners come in off-white, gray, or blue. The outside framed dimensions can be calculated from the image dimensions as follows: a 1 piece frame adds 1 inch to the overall framed dimension, a 3 piece frame adds 8 inches, a 5 piece frame adds 10 inches, and a 6 piece frame adds 12 inches. Please call or email and we will be happy to provide images to help you get the perfect frame style.
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Hello everyone! I hope your week is off to a good start! I'm back to share another card with you. This card combines many RAH products, including the wildly popular Script Greetings Die Set (now back in stock!).
I started by die cutting the floral images from the Find the Beauty Die Set onto some bright and cheery colored cardstock. I then took the coordinating images from the Find the Beauty stamp set and white heat embossed them on each die cut.
I die cut the "celebrate" word, four times out of white cardstock and adhered them together using the Zig Two Way Glue Pen. My card panel was cut from white cardstock using the smallest frame die from the Find the Beauty Die set. I blended some Scattered Straw Distress Ink to the middle portion of the panel and did a few water flicks to create some bleaching effect. The flowers were adhered to the panel using a combination of foam adhesive and tape runner.
I placed the celebrate over top of the flowers, placing adhesive only where the sentiment touched (also, used the Zig pen). It really looks like the sentiment is floating. The rest of the sentiment was stamped onto the banner die from the Folded Gift Tag Die Set in grey ink. To make the banner a bit more dimensional, I cut one from grey cardstock as well, cut it in two and placed it behind the white banner.
To finish, I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the sentiment die cut and the flowers and added a few Radiant Pineapple Sequins.
Thank you for taking the time to visit today!! Have a great week!!
Laurie C.


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Brilliant! This takes a lot of skill!
this is brilliant! i love the voice with his sarcastic remarks and advices and stuff... 10000000/5 because it's fucking awesome :D
This game is so freaking hard, man. but i do love the voice acting. :3
why i dosen't get medal when i beated level 1?
there a problem with reporting the medals to the api. I'll trying to figure it out. sorry!
4.5 / 5
Wow this game is difficult to beat.
Maybe some other time though.
Nice voice acting by the way.
Although it would be easier to make the game easier to play if there are distinct noises in each walls.
Overall good game!
We could add a sound for each wall, but that might add even more confusing. maybe have the sound only come out left or right speaker, to indicate direction. maybe some action to prod the room. Thanks for playing though