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Human Nature and the Purpose of Existence
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Human beings are seen in the Baha'i scriptures as having two aspects to their nature: a spiritual aspect, which will survive death and is thus eternal, and a physical aspect, which human beings share with animals and which ends with death. The spiritual is the true reality of human beings and what distinguishes them from animals, but while on earth, this is concealed from humans by the fact that the demands of the human body seem more pressing and divert their attention from the spiritual. Thus if left to their natural tendencies, human beings are inclined to concentrate on the physical, becoming full of greed, lust, arrogance, and other vices. The Manifestations of God, the founders of the world's religions, are sent to guide humanity away from this concentration on their animal nature and to educate human beings on how to develop their spiritual aspect.
While everything in creation manifests some aspect of God, the human being is the only entity to have the potential to manifest all of the attributes of God. In one writing, it is stated that God brought the creation into being in order that He might be known and it is only human beings who can come to know God. Thus, according to Baha'i scriptures, human beings are the apex of God's creation and indeed are the cause of God's act of creation.
The purpose of human life is to realize the potential within each human being, to manifest as many of the divine attributes as possible and to try to perfect these. These attributes include such qualities as love, justice, patience, and wisdom. The Baha'i scriptures state that this potential of human beings to manifest these divine attributes is the true meaning of the statements in scripture that God made human beings in His own image. The more fully humans manifest these divine attributes, the more they become like God and draw near to God. However, human beings can never achieve a perfect manifestation of these divine attributes; that is reserved for the Manifestations of God (the founders of the world religions).
The path toward realizing the divine attributes is one that takes up the whole of human life. According to the Baha'i scriptures, there are certain conditions for making progress on this path. The first is volition; each human being must want to make progress upon the path. The second is the recognition of the Manifestations of God, for they are the guides on this path and without them, humans are prone to error. The purpose of human life is to know the attributes of God and, since the Manifestations of God are the perfect expression of these, then recognizing them is coming to know the attributes of God and thus fulfilling the purpose of human life. The third condition is that we should make our own independent investigation of reality and not rely on others (our parents, teachers, or religious leaders). The fourth condition is to follow the laws and teachings given by these figures because they are all calculated to advance human beings on this path.


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I made it through my first few week of school and I am so tired. Those concrete floors are doing a number on my legs and feet. My week went really well. I have a sweet class and we are working really hard. I'm still trying to get used to my schedule. It's really different than last year.
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Hooray! Free fishing days are almost here. Below are the dates for New England.
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Hooray! Free fishing days are almost here. Below are the dates for New England.
Mass: June 2nd and 3rd.
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I came across this cool link. It's a webcam of Mt. Monadnock. It has current photo and time lapses of the full day or last 4 hours.
As everyone who reads this should know, I got married last week. Since I spend a lot of time in the woods and I love New England I decided to custom make my wedding ring to suite my tastes. What I ended up with is a New England inspired ring that is made up of a Sugar Maple burl outer with a Moose shed inner. I had it custom made for me by a fantastic craftsman out of Ohio named Chris Peterson. He knows his stuff and helped me pick something just perfect. He does more then rings and if you're in need of anything wood related then ask him, he's very talented. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
After my canoe trip on Saturday I planned a few easy to access fishing spots for Sunday morning for a friend and I. Since I was getting married at 3pm I chose a few spots I knew of, then chose a few spots on the Mill River on Routes 5 and 10. They were simple spots with a pull off by a bridge and walk a few hundred yards in either direction. My alarm clock went off at 4:40am, but I was already awake. I woke up at 3:45am excited to hit the rivers. I jumped out of bed and made sure I had everything. I keep all my fishing gear in my truck anyway so I just needed the camera and a canteen of water. We took off at 5am for northern Mass. My buddy isn't a trout fisherman at all. He's a bass fisherman through and through. I gave him a bare 1/8oz Mepps Aglia, which is the "money maker" lure for me. Within minutes he hooked into a good sized trout. Unfortunately (on purpose) I left my camera in my truck so that photo was never taken.....oops. I got the camera and was just in time for another fish. I moved around the brook and missed half a dozen fish on short strikes. At about 8am we decided the fish are no longer fooled by our presentations and we moved on. We traveled to a few spots but the water was to low so we eventually made our way to the Mill River in Whately and Hatfield. I planned 3 stops to fish there. The first stop was promising, I had a few follows but no strikes on the upstream side of the bridge. I walked to the downstream side and that's where the action was. I had a few follows and finally hooked into a fallfish. A fallfish is the largest fish in the minnow family that can grow up to 3lbs and 20in. Mine was no where near that but he put up a good fight. I walked the banks a bit and saw a submerged tree and knew that was the ticket. I threw the cast and instantly a rainbow was on the line. Very feisty and light colored. Generally light colored rainbows mean they are wild, that's my guess with this one. Down the bank I caught another fallfish and that was the end of the fishing for us. The second stop proved uneventful for us and the third stop I couldn't find a place close to park. In total we got 5 fish and had many laughs.
I've been trying to get out to the Quinebaug Canoe Trail for a few weeks but haven't had any luck. The Canoe Trail starts at Holland Pond and travels the Quinebaug River all the way to East Brimfield Lake. The website states that the trail is 5.5 miles from the start to the boat launch at East Brimfield Lake. We traveled about three miles then turned around. I had quite a difficult time locating the area's to park. The sign at Holland pond reads "East Brimfield Lake", which is where the problem was. I was trying to get to that parking lot but at a different location. Now that I know we can plan a chase car at the finish of the trail. We paddled about 6 miles total, we essentially went to the East Brimfield Holland Rd bridge and turned around. That was another source of problems. The map on the website doesn't have the full street names. Outside of bad info, the trail is great. It's a flat section of water with very little current. The wind direction effects you more than the current. The wind wasn't to bad today, it was around 12mph but we did get to a couple areas where it was gusty in our face. That's when the canoe really doesn't move well. We saw around 50 painted turtles on the trail and we even saw two Sandhill Crane's. There isn't much of a fishing opportunity on the trail because the water is very shallow. There are maybe a half dozen spots where it gets deeper, I only saw two fish of any size. I did happen to see thousands of small young bass and panfish. On the trail there are three spots to stop and rest. They are located at 1 mile, 2 miles, and 2.4 miles in. Each area is very well maintained with benches to sit and a fire pit. If you do canoe or kayak the trail make sure you get there by noon on the weekends. The parking lot was full when we got back to the trucks. The Canoe Trail is maintained by the US Army Corp of Engineers.
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I only had an hour to get out today so I went to a local river. I fished a pool below a dam and ended up with a little Brown Trout on a Wooly Bugger attached to an inline spinner. I waded up river a bit but didn't catch anything of any size. The sun was shining and the air temps made for a perfect day of fishing.
After my Northfield Mountain hike I scouted a couple fishing areas. Since I always keep an ultra light rod in my truck I quickly grabbed it to see how the action was on this new spot. The action was on fire. For small streams and brooks I'm partial to throwing a Joe's Fly or the inline spinner flies that I built myself, which are around 1/12oz. I used a black and red wooly bugger with a gold blade. I caught 3 brook trout in the short time I was there to scout. I certainly will be back sometime soon.
I wanted to scout out a few fishing area's in Franklin County so we decided to hike Northfield Mountain. Northfield Mountain is a pumped storage hydroelectric facility owned and operated by FirstLight Power Resources. It's a four season recreation area with a 10 mile stretch of the Connecticut River and over 25 miles of trails. The trail system is broken up into four colors, three of which follow the skiing difficulty rating. Green is easy, blue is moderate, and black is the most difficult. There is also a red trail which is designated as a hiking and snowshoe trail. I was a bit confused at the trail ratings because green, blue, and black look to be no more than dirt and paved roads that lead all around the property. Red is a hiking trail through the woods, I would think it would be the hardest. There are three scenic area's on the trail system. Two of them are on the Rose Ledge Trail and the other is an 1100ft summit that overlooks the Northfield Mountain Reservoir. Just past the Reservoir to the East is the Erving State Forest and Hermit Mountain and southeast of the Reservoir is the Wendell State Forest and the Farley Ledges and Boulder field. We'll get into those Forests on a future post. From the look at the summit of Northfield Mountain you can see Hermit Mountain off in the distance. You could also see the Green Mountain Range, Haystack Mountain, Mt. Snow, Stratton Mountain, the Pisgah Mountain Range, Beers Mountain (may or may not be a mountain of beer), and Crag Mountain.
We started our journey taking the Tooleybush trail to the 10th Mountain trail. The 10th Mountain trail is a power line trail that leads all the way around to the summit. We quickly took the Hemlock Trail to the Rose Ledge Trail which we followed to the top. The Rose Ledge trail breaks off to an upper and lower trail. We chose the upper so we could see the views it had to offer. The views weren't spectacular but they were a good place to stop for some water and a quick break. As you exit the woods at the top you are greeted by a paved road that makes you wonder why you just didn't drive up like everyone else. You will quickly realize that driving a paved road up isn't fun and continue to walk around the "rotary" and come to a bench and a sign that points you to the overlook. The overlook area has a couple picnic tables which would make a good place for a lunch. Today was windy so the lunch would have ended up everywhere except my stomach, so we waited until we got back down to eat our packed lunch. On the way down we switched it up a little and took the Summit Trail down to the West Slope Trail. The West Slop Trail essentially leads us to the Rose Ledge Trail and our way back to the parking lot. In total we hiked 4.23 miles.
I recently picked up a book about covered bridges in New England and decided to go take a look at a local one. I visited the Gilbertville/Ware Bridge. It was built in 1886 and was recently restored to working order again. It's 137' long and 19'10" wide. It's over the Ware River and has been a National Registered Historic Place since 1986.


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This response to the International Financial Reporting Standards for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) was prepared by the IFAC Small and Medium Practices (SMP) Committee in collaboration with IFAC public policy and regulation staff. IFAC encourages the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which publishes the standard, to carefully consider further ways in which the standard might be simplified further so as to reduce compliance costs, especially for micro-sized entities, and how it might be changed so as to increase the benefits of the information it provides users. IFAC welcomes the announcement that the staff of the IASB will develop guidance to help micro-sized entities apply the IFRS for SMEs.
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The U.S. agency that oversees derivatives, criticized for poor oversight of MF Global Holdings Ltd. and Peregrine Financial Group Inc., proposed new rules to improve segregation and protection of customer funds.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's five members unanimously approved the proposals yesterday without a public meeting, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler said in a speech prepared for delivery at a Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association conference in New York.
"This proposal is about ensuring customers have confidence that the funds they post as margin or collateral are fully segregated and protected," Gensler said of the measures, which will be open to public comment before it is completed.
The CFTC and National Futures Association, a self- regulatory group, are bolstering industry oversight after Peregrine, a commodities brokerage, collapsed in July with at least $200 million in client funds missing. MF Global, which filed the eighth-largest U.S. bankruptcy Oct. 31, is being liquidated to pay customers facing a $1.6 billion shortfall.
"These are a series of strong reforms," Gensler said in an interview at the Sifma conference. "We're taking all that which we worked with the NFA this summer on and putting it in federal rules."
Those changes include additional protections for excess customer money held at futures brokerages and accounting enhancements, he said.
The proposal would enhance the protection of customers and customer funds by:
- Amending Part 30 of the regulations to require FCMs to hold sufficient funds in secured accounts to meet their total obligations to both U.S.-domiciled and foreign-domiciled customers trading on foreign contract markets, computed under the net liquidating equity method;
- Prohibiting FCMs from holding any positions in a Part 30 secured account other than customers' foreign futures and option positions and associated margin collateral;
- Requiring FCMs to hold sufficient proprietary funds in segregated accounts and Part 30 secured accounts to reasonably ensure that the firms are properly segregated and secured at all times, and to cover margin deficiencies in customers' trading accounts;
- Requiring FCMs to maintain written policies and procedures governing the maintenance of excess funds in customer segregated and Part 30 secured accounts, and requiring FCMs to obtain the pre-approval of management prior to the withdrawal of 25 percent or more of the excess funds held in segregated or secured accounts if the withdrawals were not for the benefit of the FCMs' customers;
- Requiring FCMs to provide the Commission and their respective designated self-regulatory organizations with daily reporting of the segregation and Part 30 secured amount computations, and semi-monthly reporting of the location of customer funds and how such funds are invested under Regulation 1.25;
- Requiring FCMs and DCOs to provide the Commission and designated self-regulatory organizations, as applicable, with read-only direct electronic access to bank and custodial accounts holding customer funds;
- Requiring FCMs to adopt policies and procedures on supervision and risk management of customer funds;
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It was such a beautiful day on Saturday but unfortunately I had to work all day! I managed to take some photos of my outfit before I went to work and this is what I wore. Again, yes I layered a top with a blouse underneath, I don't know why but I love that kind of combination. Something about layering a top with a blouse with a collar just makes the outfit look a lot more edgier, or in this case it really added a pop of color! I just recently purchased this sweater and am so in love with the color. The tights I bought a while ago and finally had the chance to wear them.
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Why are people so vague? And lazy? Ok seriously I am new but this is quite annoying. Any decent pet owner knows anything happening with a cat/dog/pet out of the norm or usual, just like you would for yourself... what would you do? GO SEE A DR! In this case it's called a VET! Or better call one and ask. Some will help you out over the phone and make sure it was not a hair ball, or you changing the food or worst they could guess if the pet ate something they shouldn't have. In which case you would need to go in because it could kill them.
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(October 2008) SIL field linguist Bill Jancewicz co-presented a paper 24–26 October in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the 40th Algonquian Conference, an international meeting for researchers working in Algonquian studies, from anthropology to language education, including linguistics. The paper, co-presented with Marie-Odile Junker (Carleton University), was titled "Cree syllabic fonts: Development, compatibility and usage in the digital world."
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I was there with my costume of jango with another friends celebrating the First Clone Wars dvd series
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I was there with my costume of jango with another friends celebrating the First Clone Wars dvd series
I forgot the Maul Car belong to a friend here in P.R.
:cry I didn't get to see that car. :(
Awesome! Congrats brother, looks like it was a blast!
that's sweet! wish my store would do stuff like this.
You're Jango costume is spot on! Looking great bro! Looks like you guys had a good time too!
very nice jango. COngrats!
Nice Job!....Looks like you all had a great time. :thumbsup:)
Thanks for sharing your event photos.
Thanks for all the coments.
That's me in the middle, the only female of the group! Once I have my Zam costume the trio will be complete!
Nice !!!
Furiafelina, you custom looks very nice, You did a great job.
Excellent pics Maul Fett! Good set of costumes. That car sumin, SMART!
Your Jango looks like it was pulled right off a SW exhibit!:thumbsup:thumbsup
Thanks Cruzer, a lot people and friends when they help me to put my suit and they see the gauntles (with the pin closure and everything else), they get crazy , and i always told them about you. Those gauntles are the best outthere.... not doubt
Very nice, wouldnt want to get into an argument with him in the store.
Wow, your Jango is just amazing my friend. I really like it, you did a really good job. :) That Darth Maul car is beautiful as well.
your jango is breath taking, its awesome!!!! i wish our best buy had stuff like this going on!!! looks like you all had a great time :)
I want that car!!!
Your Jango rocks!!
Thanks for the comments, Right now i'm making a few little upgrade to make the costume more look alike. On july 4 i will participate on parade in the Capital of Puerto Rico (San Juan) with others Costume Star Wars friends and for sure we'll be on the TV, so i want to look the best i can.
As soon i have photos for sure i will post them here.
Thanks again.
P.S. I'm looking foward to go Celebration 5. But right now i'm out job.:angry
Great Maul car. Imagine all the Vixens who sat in it! Thanks for sharing!
That is sweeeeeeeeeeeet!
i'm sure the ladies were flocking to that car!
Beautiful Jango dude - love the pic of him stalking the aisles!


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Wheat Kings prospect Colt Conrad of St. Alphonse was shut out for the first time in the tournament, picking up only a minor penalty for West, which finished the preliminary round at 1-3, while Quebec went 2-1-1. West, a team made up of players from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including goalie Tyson Verhelst of Brandon, defenceman Wyatt Kalynuk of Virden and forward Meyer Nell of Boissevain, will take on Germany (0-4) in the ninth-place game today in Port Hawkesbury. West beat Germany 7-1 in their tournament tune-up on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Team Pacific, made of players from Alberta and British Columbia, finished first in its pool by beating Sweden 3-1 Thursday in North Sydney to improve to 3-1 and earn a matchup with Russia (2-1-1) in today's semifinals. Wheat Kings forward Braylon Shmyr did not figure in Pacific's scoring.
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This fringing is the easiest thing to do but it looks so awesome and can make a plain jumper (Aussie for sweater) look a million dollars. It is good for both summer and winter weight sweaters. This fringing took more than an hour but not much longer. It was relaxing to do and we love the finished product. The jumper is a very inexpensive cotton jumper from Target. You can use the same technique to add a fringe around the bottom hem of a jumper or on a pillow, a cushion, a tablecloth. It is very versatile.
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Cotton or acrylic yarn for the fringe
Large upholstery needle
1. Cut about twenty pieces of yarn to begin with. Ours are about 20cm long to begin with.
2. Thread a piece of yarn onto the needle by doubling it over. Do it this way so you can remove the needle easily.
3. Starting right near the armpit of the jumper, push the needle through from the back to the front, just above the bottom seam of the jumper arm. Obviously this jumper is easy to do because of the large holes it has.
4. Once the needle is through, remove it.
5. Open the thread into a larger loop, then push the ends of the yarn through the it.
6. Pull the threads down and tight. This secures them onto the jumper.
7. Repeat these steps along the bottom of both jumper sleeves.
8. When the yarn has been attached down the both sleeves, you are ready to start knotting, To knot start with the second thread. Tie the second thread and the third thread with a knot, a few centimetres under the sleeve. Continue knotting down the whole sleeve, the threads which are side by side until you reach the end. Repeat this step for the next sleeve.
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Feb. 13, 2011
The third-ranked Tennessee Volunteers host 13th-ranked Louisville on Monday at the Goodfriend Tennis Center for one final match before the first national tournament of the spring.
The Valentine's Day match starts at 2 p.m. and is free to attend. Fans are encouraged to park in lot N-15. Parking in any other lot could result in a ticket.
A live interactive blog and live scoring of the match are available at UTSports.com.
In Review
The Vols (5-0) are coming off their second trip of the season, sweeping 14th-ranked Duke 7-0 on Saturday in Durham, N.C. Tennessee now has two road wins against top-20 opponents, having defeated Illinois the week before.
Tennessee took the doubles point and then clinched the dual match with three wins in the lower half of the lineup. Seniors Matteo Fago and Boris Conkic delivered straight-set wins on courts 4 and 5 before sophomore Edward Jones secured the Vols' victory in three sets on court 6.
New Rankings
The ITA releases its new national individual and team rankings Monday. As a team, the Vols have been ranked third all season. The singles and doubles rankings have not been released since Jan. 4. Going into the Louisville match, three Vols are ranked in singles: Rhyne Williams at No. 1, John-Patrick Smith at No. 21 and Fago at No. 38.
Smith and Conkic are likely to make their season debut in the doubles rankings Monday. The Vols' top pairing is 8-1 this spring with three wins against top-20 opponents. The two were ranked as high as fourth nationally last year though they played only five matches together.
Williams and sophomore Tennys Sandgren have been 5-0 at No. 2 doubles.
National Indoors Later This Week
The new national team rankings will determine seeding for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, which start Friday in Seattle. The Vols, who were finalists in the 16-team tournament last season, qualified for the event for the third year by winning two matches at home as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend last month.
Scouting Louisville
The Cardinals are off to a solid 8-0 start to 2011 and will join the Vols later in the week for the National Indoors. They are coming off a 4-3 home victory over 24th-ranked Oklahoma on Friday.
Louisville is led once again this season by Austen Childs, who is ranked eighth nationally in singles. Viktor Maksimcuk is ranked 75th and Simon Childs is ranked 98th.
The Series
Tennessee and Louisville have faced each other five times the last four seasons with the Vols winning all five matchups. UT leads the all-time series 7-1 and won the most recent meeting 4-0 in the round of 16 at the 2010 NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. Louisville's win in the series came in 2003 in Knoxville.
Good to Be Home
The Vols have won their last 26 matches in Knoxville dating to a non-conference match against Kentucky on Feb. 21, 2010. Since seniors Conkic, Fago and Smith joined the program, the Vols are 46-2 in home dual matches. Smith has won 25 consecutive matches in Knoxville, the longest active streak on the team.
Match 100
Tennessee head coach Sam Winterbotham, now in his fifth season, enters Monday with a 99-21 record as head coach of the Vols. With a win, he would become the fourth head coach in program history to reach the century milestone.
2 for 20
Williams recorded his 20th win of the season with a victory over fifth-ranked Reid Carleton of Duke on Saturday. The Knoxville native has an impressive six wins already against top-10 opponents and is 20-4 this season.
Williams joins Smith as the second Vol to reach the 20-win marker. Smith, who collected a hard-fought win against ninth-ranked Henrique Cunha of Duke, leads UT with a 23-7 record. Fago is third on the team with 18 wins and Sandgren has 17.
Conkic enters Monday with 97 career singles and 96 career doubles victories. The senior from Novi Sad, Serbia, is on track to soon become the fourth Vol in history to record 100 singles and 100 doubles wins.
Smith became the third member of that exclusive club last season as a junior and currently has 133 singles wins (4th all-time) and 125 doubles wins (3rd all-time). Byron Talbot and Shelby Cannon, doubles partners and highly ranked singles players from 1985-88, are the other two to accomplish the feat.
Eight and Counting
In addition to nearing career milestones, Conkic also has the Vols' best active winning streak at eight matches. He is 11-1 since returning to the UT lineup this spring.
Smith and Sandgren have both won five matches in a row.
The All-Time Doubles Record
Smith is just six wins away from tying Talbot for first on the Vols' career doubles wins list. Talbot won 131 doubles matches, 102 of them coming with Cannon.
Smith has played all but three of his career dual matches at the No. 1 doubles position and is a two-time finalist at the NCAA Doubles Championships with Davey Sandgren. Forty-five of Smith's 125 doubles victories have come against ranked opponents.
The Doubles Point
Tennessee has won the doubles point in the last 18 matches, including the postseason matches played on the Vols' way to the finals of the 2010 NCAA Championships. The Vols won the doubles point in 32 of 33 matches last season, losing the first point only to Mississippi State.
The Vols have not dropped a singles doubles match in team play this spring. They have won a combined 12 matches and three matches were unfinished.
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Previously, two different treatment management strategies were used: total rest or a "run through it" approach. The total rest was often an unacceptable option to the athlete. The run through it approach was even worse. It often led to worsening of the injury and of the symptoms.
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- Anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen (Advil/Motrin) or naproxen (Aleve/Naprosyn), are also a central part of rehabilitation.
- A 4-inch wide Ace bandage wrapped around the region or a Neoprene calf sleeve also helps to reduce discomfort.
- Calf and anterior (front of) leg stretching and strengthening address the biomechanical problems discussed above and reduce pain.
- Pay careful attention to selecting the correct running shoe based upon the foot type (flexible pronator vs. rigid supinator). This is extremely important. In selected cases, shoe inserts (orthotics) may be necessary.
- Stretching and strengthening exercises are done twice a day.
- Run only when symptoms have generally resolved (often about two weeks) and with several restrictions:
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10 Gallon Banoffee Pie
Carla wowed everyone with her 10 gallon apple pie and it proved so popular, she brought it back. But with a distinctly banana flavored twist.
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10 Gallon Banoffee Pie
- 6 14- oz cans Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 9 Bananas (sliced into 1/4-inch thick coins)
- 4 cups Chocolate Graham Crackers (ground)
- 2 sticks Butter (softened)
- 2 cups Mascarpone
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- Dark Chocolate (to shave as garnish)
- In a large sauce pot over medium heat, reduce the sweetened condensed milk until it has significantly thickened, stirring to prevent it from burning, for about 45 minutes over medium heat, until it turns a golden brown, becoming toffee. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a bowl, combine the chocolate graham cracker crumbs and the butter, and mix together. Press into your pie dish to make a crust. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes to set the crust.
- Once the crust has cooled slightly, begin to layer with a layer of the toffee. Arrange a fairly solid layer of banana coins over the toffee, and then add another layer of the toffee. Repeat until the pie has been filled, finishing with a top layer of banana coins.
- Combine the mascarpone and heavy cream in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat the mixture until whipped and peaks hold.
- Top the pie with the mascarpone whipped cream. Garnish the pie with dark chocolate shavings to serve.
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Re: Troubling Bug involving RandomReal, NestList, and Table
jwmerrill at gmail.com wrote:
> When making tables of 250 or more directions, Mathematica seems to
> forget how to do arithmetic. I realize these "random" directions are
> not properly uniform, but that's beside the point.
> $Version
>> "6.0 for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) (April 20, 2007)"
> randomDirection3[] :=
> NestList[Sqrt[1 - #^2] &, RandomReal[], 1]
> ListPlot[Table[randomDirection3[], {249}], AspectRatio -> Automatic]
> ListPlot[Table[randomDirection3[], {250}], AspectRatio -> Automatic]
>> [Graphs you'll need to generate for yourself]
> Variance[Table[Norm[randomDirection3[]], {249}]]
> Variance[Table[Norm[randomDirection3[]], {250}]]
>> 1.49104*10^-33
>> 0.0513843
> What!?!
Here's my guess about what's wrong:
Functions like Table compile their arguments when used with lists larger
than a certain size. This size is 250 by default for Table, but it can
be changed like this:
SetSystemOptions["CompileOptions" -> "TableCompileLength" -> 1000]
(Use SystemOptions[] and SystemOptions["CompileOptions"] to list
available options. Unfortunately these things are not very well
When randomDirection3[] is compiled, something goes wrong. We get the
same incorrect result if we explicitly compile the function:
cp = Compile[{}, NestList[Sqrt[1 - #^2] &, RandomReal[], 1]]
and use cp[] instead of randomDirection3[].
It seems that Compile inlines RandomReal[], disregarding the fact that
RandomReal[] may return different values on subsequent calls, and the
compiled function is equivalent to
{RandomReal[], Sqrt[1 - RandomReal[]^2]}
One workaround that you could use (without giving up compilation) is this:
cp = Compile[{}, With[{r = Random[]}, {r, Sqrt[1 - r^2]}]]
(But I am sure you already found many other ways around the problem.)


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The hottest new region in the county is, in fact, its coolest. What's hot is the recognition that a place so close to the Pacific, with more than twice the annual rainfall of its inland neighbors, can still be warm enough to ripen wine grapes to their fullest flavor potential. The answer, simply enough, is that these vineyards rise up above the fogline on slopes once given over to natural forestlands, punctuated by the occasional flock of sheep or herd of cows. On the coast, a thriving seafood industry provides the perfect accompaniment to the region's vinous offerings. Chardonnay with the crab? Oysters? It's so deliciously Sonoma County. Though at 750 square miles it's the county's largest Viticultural Area, it is at present the least planted. But that is changing rapidly as consumers discover the depth of flavors that can be generated when varieties like Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are planted where the end of the growing season is coincident with their fullest flavor maturity. That's how you come up with Chardonnays loaded with fresh dairy cream and toasted hazelnut character and Pinot Noirs sulky and silken with black cherry fruit and sandalwood spice.


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Qualcomm is announcing on Wednesday a faster version of its high-end Snapdragon chip and a separate effort to take on a more central role in powering networking gear. Asa Mathat | All Things Digital In its Snapdragon line, the company is debuting the Snapdragon 805, which it says packs up to 40 percent faster graphics performance and support for UltraHD (4K) video. That chip is sampling now and expected to show up in mobile devices by the first half of next eyar. The other big announcement–the new IPQ chip– is designed transform home Internet gear the way that the smartphones changed then shape of the cellular phone market. "We want to do the same for the home," said Amir Faintuch, a Qualcomm senior VP and head of the company's Qualcomm Atheros unit. The chipmaker is making the announcements at its yearly meeting with analysts being held on Wednesday. Faintuch argues that the time is right to put more powerful chips into home networking gear.
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Client versus consultant influence on client involvement in computer system selection projects: a two-actor model of the theory of planned behavior
Gable, Guy G. & Chin, Wynne W. (2001) Client versus consultant influence on client involvement in computer system selection projects: a two-actor model of the theory of planned behavior. In 22nd International Conference on Information Systems, 16-19 December 2001, New Orleans, LA.
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The engagement of external IS professionals to supplement in-house resources is a widespread and growing practice. Limited prior research on consultant engagement suggests client involvement is a key factor of success. With the objective of better understanding the antecedents of client involvement in computer system selection consultancies, several variations on Ajzen and Madden.s theory of planned behavior (TPB) are tested. Appreciating the potential power of the consultant to facilitate or block client involvement, a major variation on perceived behavioral control is the inclusion of the consultant's attitude toward involving the client. The resultant two-actor model is tested using partial least squares and survey data from firms that engaged external consultants to assist with computer system selection. Client attitude alone has relatively low explanatory power. The findings highlight the non-volitional nature of client involvement and the power of the consultant to block or facilitate that involvement.
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How to research a soldier of the "other ranks" 1914-1918
Be prepared to be disappointed ... and delighted if you find something ...
What do you mean by 'a soldier of the "other ranks"' ?
What this page is aboutThis page offers advice on how to trace details of a soldier of the British Army of the Great War - with the following exceptions:
- Men who were commissioned as officers: see our page of advice;
- Men who served in the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Air Force;
- Men who served in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or Royal Naval Division;
- Female members of the armed forces
Did he serve after 1921?
Yes, I know he didIf the man served after 1921, his record will not yet be public.
The records of these men are held by the Ministry of Defence and copies can be obtained.
It is necessary to provide evidence of kinship.
It currently costs £30 and turnround time can be lengthy.
It should be available on application from the Veteran's Agency.
Download the "Kinship Certificate" not the Subject Access Request unless you are that soldier.
I do not knowIn most cases a man who enlisted for the war and survived it were out of the army by this date, by by no means all. It can be very difficult to know if a man continued in service (and do not forget that many re-enlisted for short periods of service after the war). There is no central index or population census that will help you. Family records and stories are best for this, but unless you know - we'd suggest you assume he left and follow the advice given below.
No, he left the army before 1922 (or died in service)Then you can follow the advice given below.
The prime task: finding his army service record
The military career of every soldier was recorded in great detail. His enlistment, promotions, postings, movements, health, conduct and eventual discharge were all written down on official army forms. The forms used varied depending on the type of soldier Grandad was. An "army service record" is this collection of the forms and documents referring to the individual soldier. The record gives the single most comprehensive view of a soldier's army career. The records vary considerably in size and content.
There are a number of places where you might find the service record of a soldier.
Overall the chances of success are only about 1 in 3.
Most of the records were held at a War Office building at Arnside Street in London which was destroyed by fire resulting from a German air raid in 1940. Well over half of the records held there were lost, and many of those that survived are damaged by smoke and water.
1. The "burnt series".
The remains of records rescued from the burned building. These records are often damaged by smoke and water.
|Free access to these records
|Paid access to these records
|These records were transferred to the National Archives and are viewable by the public.
They are held in document series WO363.
The original documents are frail and access is only by microfilm.
This is free of charge but of course you need to visit the National Archives in person or hire help to do so.
|The records have also been scanned and can be accessed for a fee from Ancestry.
It is the microfilm images that have been scanned, not the originals.
Search British Army WWI "Burnt Series" Service Records now (opens in new window).
You may, if you will not be a frequent user of Ancestry's service, find it cheaper to hire help.
2. The "unburnt series" or "pension records".
It was later discovered that some of the records were not in the building when it was burned. They had been taken to the Ministry of Pensions for analysis. In most cases the records are only parts of the original service record and tend to be concentrated on medical and discharge documents. They are generally in good condition.
|Free access to these records
|Paid access to these records
|These records have also been transferred to the National Archives and are viewable by the public.
They are held in document series WO364.
The original documents are frail and access is only by microfilm.
This is free of charge but of course you need to visit the National Archives in person or hire help to do so.
|The records have also been scanned and can be accessed for a fee from Ancestry.
It is the microfilm images that have been scanned, not the originals.
Search British Army WWI "Unburnt Series" Service Records now (opens in new window).
You may, if you will not be a frequent user of Ancestry's service, find it cheaper to hire help.
The WO364 collection is often erroneously described as pension records: it is not - it is a collection of a sample of records that mostly happen to be of men who were awarded a pension.
The two collections are not exclusive: we have found some examples where a man's record (parts of it) are in both WO363 and WO364.
3. Other sets of service records
The Guards.
The Guards regiments maintained a separate set of records and these are accessible via the Archivists of those regiments, all of whom can be contacted at the respective regimental headquarters at
The Regimental Archivist of the [name] Guards
Wellington Barracks
Birdcage Walk
Some of the Guards regiments require payment for supplying a copy, others invite a donation.
In all cases you should at first write, asking for a copy of the form that the regimental archivist requires in order to carry out a search.
We have found plenty of Guards records in WO364; fewer in WO363.
The Household regiments.
If the man served in the Household regiments [Household Battalion, Life Guards or Royal Horse Guards] his records may be intact. Some (mainly of casualties, it seems) are held in collection WO400 at the National Archives. The Household Cavalry Museum, Combermere Barracks, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3DN, also has a set. Written enquiries are welcomed but enquirers are recommended to contact the museum for access conditions before visiting in person.
The little known pension records PIN26.
There is another collection of service records held at the National Archives, which is an even smaller sample of men discharged to pension. They are not available online and have not been microfilmed. Search the Catalogue at the National Archives website using the man's surname and the series number PIN26. But don't hold your hopes high - we are talking about very small numbers of records.
The Royal Naval Division.
If the man served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry or the Royal Naval units of the Royal Naval Division, his service record can be searched and downloaded from the Documents Online section of the National Archives website. There is a fee for downloading the documents. Further RND records are held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
What does a soldier's service record include?
The "standard" content of a service record
There is no standard content. The record consists of a number of different army forms, papers and correspondence and no two records are exactly alike in their content. Sadly what remains is generally only part of the man's original file. The records were thinned out in the 1930's and much was destroyed.
We have seen men's files of just a few pages, up to whoppers of 100 documents or more.
On the other hand, service records often provide very little information on what the soldier actually did, where he went and whether he had any kind of specialism. They can be hard to read and full of army abbreviations and jargon, which you might need help to interpret.
A typical page from an army service record: damaged, faded, hard to read and full of military jargon.
An army service record is likely to be the only military document you will find that gives any useful family detail.
What else can I find about a man's service?
There are a number of other sources which can be consulted and which can add detail to that found in his service record. If the man's record has been destroyed these other sources are invaluable in assisting you in reconstructing his career. They include:
- The documents relating to campaign medals that he was awarded: see our guide;
- The documents relating to mentions in despatches, gallantry and other special awards: our guide;
- The war diaries of his unit(s): our guide;
- The local press carried many articles, lists and letters from men who sere serving;
- The 1918 Absent Voters List often provides a valuable snippet of information: see our guide;
- There are excellent sources concerning men who died: see our guide;
- There are additional sources concerning Prisoners of War: see our guide;
- Published regimental or unit histories are unlikely to mention "other ranks" but can give useful background information;
- The Imperial War Museum, the National Army Museum, the Liddle Collection and the regimental archives all have extensive collections of documents, photographs, correspondence and other material in which a man may be mentioned. It's a very long shot in most cases and best left until all else has been exhausted.
You should find the Long, Long Trail sections on army abbreviations, unit definitions, types of soldier etc useful in putting his story together.
Did your soldier serve before 1914?
If you soldier was in the army before 1914, there are two or three more places you can search
- The army service record of men discharged up to and including 1913 are held in documents series WO96 (for part-time Militia) and WO97 (for full-time regulars) at the National Archives. The WO97 collection has been digitised and is now searchable at Findmypast. In theory if he re-enlisted for Great War service his papers should not be in WO97 but we have found many that are;
- The population census of 1911 is a most valuable toll, for whether they were in barracks at home or on garrison duty overseas, soldiers are recorded, giving their age, rank, place of birth, unit and location. Again, this census is at Findmypast.
- If a man served in the Boer War of 1899-1902, he is likely to have qualified for at least one campaign medal (the most common being the Queen's South Africa Medal). A medal roll exists, on microfilm, in series WO100 at the National Archives. There is no central index so it is necessary to know the man's regiment.
If you need more help to interpret what you have found, try our professional service fourteeneighteen|research.


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Apologies if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any information on this...
Is it possible to access the I2C bus in the XBOX from a Python script? I know XBMC supports it to control the fan/temperature for example, but I don' t think this has been exposed to the Python interface. Does anybody know where I could look for the "hooks" in the XBMC code to Python, to add this function myself?
Access to I2C bus?
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The Ballad of Connie and Clive – a Social Media Romance
Post by Ray 4 years ago - social media marketing - 6 Comments
(This post is an indulgent bit of fun. I had an idea that made me giggle so I went with it. Hope you enjoy. Disclaimer: Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental. No consultants or small business owners were harmed in the process of writing this post.)
This is the story of Connie, a Social Media Consultant and Clive, a Small Business client, who meet, interact and engage on their quest for ROI.
Clive makes the first move.
He needed someone to help him get his marketing house in order.
He reluctantly admitted he had to get on social media but it made him uncomfortable. He had intimacy issues and didn't go for all that touchy feely stuff.
So he called a friend who had a friend who knew someone that worked in social media.
He was skeptical.
He managed his company ok so far. It wasn't like he wasn't with the times, he forked over ten grand for a website only seven years ago.
But more and more people were bugging him to go "social" – whatever hell that meant.
Even his daughter told him he had to go "digital".
(Clive didn't like the word "digital". Something about doctors and cold gel.)
He knew he had to make the jump.
He put out a call.
Connie answered.
The seduction begins.
Armed with the latest social media posts from Mashable and her Zappos case study, she met Clive – in person, face to face.
Clive had no clue what Connie was going on about, strategy this and authenticity that.
But soon he found himself drawn in by her passion and all those buzzwords had a mesmerizing effect.
Her face glowed from the light of her iPad screen, her angular features softened by it's blue light.
Clive nodded in agreement to everything she said.
They scheduled a meeting for the following day to tie up details and sign the contract.
Connie practically danced her way to Clive's office the next morning.
With a Starbucks coffee in hand, she tosses her hat into the air, ready to start her day off with a smile.
When she entered, she noticed that Clive seemed distant, preoccupied.
Was he getting cold feet? Was there another consultant?
Had her Klout score dropped?
She was sure she had hit all the right notes.
She even pulled out social media quotes from the three B's: Brogan, Bullas and Baer.
Oh, my.
Is it possible that he wasn't going to convert?
Then she got an idea. An awful idea. Connie got a wonderful awful idea!
She would show up at the door with the Baby Huey of all social media platforms, Facebook.
It's cute, friendly and humongous.
Facebook would seal the deal.
Clive was impressed.
A billion fans couldn't be wrong. They put their commitment to pen.
Promises were thrown about like confetti and they went on a digital honeymoon of polka dots, moonbeams…and unicorns.
Like the sands in an hourglass, so were the days of their lives.
Connie had warned Clive that she was a long term relationship kind of girl.
If he wanted to see results, he had to be patient.
She spent longs days ironing out strategies and checking the latest insights.
"One like, two likes, three likes…"
The honeymoon is over
Meanwhile, Clive was busy doing the "real" work of running his business and putting food on the table.
Eager to contribute, Connie gathered her thousands of "likes" and made her way to the bank.
"Surely, they must be worth their clicks in gold!"
Sadly, Shirley, the bank teller, wouldn't accept them as legal tender.
But she did log on to her mobile and gave Connie another "like" to take home with her.
Lugging her bag of "fools gold" back home, Connie understood that a change had to come.
What was she going to tell Clive?
Opening the door, she saw him swiping her iPad.
Hearing her enter, he looked up and shouted..
"Show me the money!"
When she tried to explain that social media didn't work that way, he interrupted….
"You handle it. I'm busy putting a roof over my head.
Clive got quiet.
He stopped giving her the agreed upon daily allowance of content.
She had to beg for tidbits to post on her wall.
A new strategy was needed.
She needed to shake things up. She needed to get results.
Connie had to break free of the the walled garden.
She needed access to the whole internet and a networking platform that was mature; professional yet personable – more Don Draper than Baby Huey.
Someone comes ringing
Just then, the doorbell rang… and rang again.
She stopped in her tracks.
Could it be?
She peeked through the peephole.
It was him.
She should have known.
The Plus man always rings twice.
(to be continued?)
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- General Motors and alliance partner PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will build all three planned joint vehicle programs on the French automaker's platforms, the companies said today.
PSA CEO Philippe Varin and GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky presented more details of their cooperation plans at a press conference in Brussels. The automakers last year unveiled a broad-based partnership to share development costs and cut European losses.
A future generation of small cars such as the Opel Corsa and Citroen C3 will be based on a PSA vehicle platform, the companies said.
PSA will also develop a family of minivans/crossovers to replace its Peugeot 3008 and the Opel Zafira, while GM will draw up successors to the Opel Meriva, Citroen C3 Picasso minivans and Peugeot 2008 crossover. Both vehicle categories will use PSA platforms.
The first vehicles from the shared development programs are due in 2016.
Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/2013...#ixzz2ItkRvfDN


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Best Bee of the Month - October 2012- Ruth Siefert
Best Bee Award
Congratulations are in order for Ruth Siefert for being nominated and chosen for the October 2011 BEST BEE AWARD! Ruth has worked at RCTC since 1974 and is currently serving in the role of Business Office Manager. Here is what Ruth's nominator shared about her:
What stands out, time-after-time, with Ruth is how she quietly builds community on the campus; she is frequently recognizing others with direct comments and tokens of appreciation. She has been a long-term RCTC employee who is still open to new ideas, constant improvements and has sensitivity to what it takes to accomplish those changes in an inclusive manner.
Examples of how Ruth displays RCTC's values include the following:
Innovation: In the face of a tough budget crisis, Ruth has openly looked at her own team's organization for restructuring and innovative decisions with the leadership team on the budget.
Excellence: She leads by example and quietly puts in the time needed to accomplish all the duties expected of her.
Fun: She regularly builds community on her team with established activities for fellowship and she takes the time to recognize others.
Learner-Centered: Ruth always considers all sides of an issue and explores more knowledge with new policy changes or charges. Respect: She always treats everyone with the platinum rule of how they would want to be treated and its evident in her exchanges and her fairness to upholding policies.
Teamwork: A big YES in this department – she realizes how things work together on the macro and micro levels.
Congratulations Ruth! As Best Bee for the Month of October, Ruth is being recognized with a personalized certificate and the employee of the month parking space.
Are your colleagues or co-workers demonstrating extra effort, exemplary service, or demonstrated expertise in your department or on a committee? Are they working on a special project for their job/department/college or in the community? If so, please consider nominating them for "Best Bee of the Month."
The Employee Relations Committee (ERC) has implemented a process to recognize and reward employees for outstanding job performances. Recognitions can be awarded:
- Work Team Recognition. Recognition would include committee work, community service work, and department achievements and could also highlight something new the group has done or is working on. Work Teams who receive this award will be recognized through publicizing the award in the Crossings, on a "recognition" web site, possibly on our digital wall, their very own "pizza party" and gifts.
- Individual Recognition. This is a modified reinstatement of the "Bee Award" started by Bonnie Mercer. Recognition would include committee work, community service work, and individual achievements, extra effort, exemplary service or demonstrated expertise in their field. Individuals who receive this award will be recognized through publicizing the award in the Crossings, on the "recognition" web site, possibly on our digital wall, and gifts.
- Write Personal Notes. All employees are encouraged to write notes of recognition and appreciation to their colleagues and co-workers. This is a simple gesture which has a positive effect on the sender and receiver.
- Anyone can nominate an employee or work team. The nomination remains active indefinitely.
- The nomination form should include a narrative of why the nominee(s) merit being named Employee/Work Team {Best Bee(s)} of the Month based on criteria the nominator feels is relevant.
- The nominee(s) may be any employee of Rochester Community and Technical College.
- Nominations received by the 15th of the month are eligible for consideration of the following month's award.
Complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the envelope above.