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i am a young and energetic guy, keen on seeing the world and doing new things. i'm currently in a fairly enjoyable 'traveling around and doing cool stuff' phase of my life and am keen to hold onto it as long as possible.
i consider myself fairly laid back, i love getting out and about but chilling out with a few beverages is just as good.
make the most out of your opportunities, relax and try to stay positive.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Only just moved into a house that can accommodate surfers so am happy to host to return the love.
Have surfed a couple of times and had really good experiences. The house I am currently in is big into CS and its always awesome to have new people around!
art and music are probably my main interests at the moment although put me back in melbourne and its all about the footy.
anything involving good food, good company or cheap drinks is also excellent.
- arts
- dining
- drinking
- traveling
- music
- sports
Music, Movies, and Books
love watching movies, will watch anything that is either good or makes you think.
i listen to lots of music and am always keen to hear local stuff wherever i am. i mainly listen to indie, rock, hip-hop and electro and love going to live music whenever i get a chance. at the moment im listening to a fair bit of LCD soundsystem, foals and the new radiohead album
enjoy my reading when I have some spare time, just finished the ecstacy club which is a fantastic read.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
have been fortunate enough to see/do a lot of amazing things around the world. the best moments always revolve around people though.
also, met this swiss guy who could smell the suit and number of playing cards through the back of them, that shit was amazing.
Teach, Learn, Share
love to talk about just about anything. i guess my main "expertise" is in the areas of travel, art, sport, drinking/related antics and anything about melbourne.
Countries I've Visited
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I've Lived In
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European drug regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson's new prostate-cancer treatment Zytiga for men whose disease has progressed after chemotherapy.
European drug regulators have approved Johnson & Johnson's new prostate-cancer treatment Zytiga for men whose disease has progressed after chemotherapy.
Medivation Inc. (MDVN) and ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.'s (ALPMY) jointly developed drug, Xtandi, is likely to make a dent in the sales of Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) drug Zytiga given its more favorable safety profile in treating pre-chemotherapy prostate cancer patients.
Medivation Inc. (MDVN) and ASTELLAS PHARMA INC (ALPMY) announced on Wednesday, that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label expansion for their prostate cancer drug Xtandi.
Adding Johnson & Johnson's Zytiga to standard hormone therapy reduced by nearly 40 percent the chance of death for men newly diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer that had spread to other parts of the body, according to new trial results.
By The Burrill Report:
By Vinay Singh
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) released interim data from a late-stage study that showed its prostate cancer drug, Zytiga, improved survival of men with less advanced forms of the disease. The newly released data may help expand the indication of the already approved drug to treat a larger patient pool.
Roche Holding Ltd. (ADR) (OTCMKTS:RHHBY) announced that its drug Avastin had been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating women suffering from ovarian cancer, which is resistant to platinum-containing chemotherapy.
European health regulators had previously approved the drug as a treatment for advanced stages of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, kidney cancer, and ovarian cancer.
By John Eastman:As Prostate cancer cases continue to be diagnosed in the U.S. in abundance (estimated 238,590 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed with nearly 30,000 deaths) drug makers are also intensifying their effort to confront this late stage of life disease in men. The average age at the time of diagnostics is 67.
The EU Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recently recommended Roche Holding Ltd.'s (RHHBY) experimental therapy drug Avastin – which, used in combination with chemotherapy, is a treatment for women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer – for approval by the European Commission. The drug has already been approved for use as a first-stage treatment option for patients suffering from late-stage ovarian cancer.
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In its first full year on the market, in 2012, Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer medicine Zytiga generated $961 million in revenues which make it a "near blockbuster". (A drug is considered blockbuster above $1 billion in sales).Zytiga is the most successful oral oncology drug launch in history. It is now approved in 65 countries and helped a huge number of men everywhere.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY) has reported another triumph for nivolumab, its high profile PD-1 cancer drug. Topline late-stage trial results for the drug were presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2014 Congress in Madrid today. The study demonstrated a higher response rate in advanced melanoma patients treated with the drug, compared to the control arm which was treated with chemotherapy. All patients in the study had been previously treated with the company's cancer drug Yervoy.
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"Jimmy Paulette" is one of a trio of Nan Goldin's gender-bending muses.
Along with "Joey" and "Misty" she appears in several of Nan Goldin's most iconic images from the early 1990's.
If you're familiar with Goldin's oeuvre than you know these two characters: Misty - the glamorous and haughty party girl, Joey - the pensive beauty.
This work is part of three works taken during the Gay Pride Parade in New York City; including "Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a Taxi" and "Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike"
This image shows Jimmy Paulette at the end of a day of partying; sweaty, slightly disheveled, a bit vulnerable, maybe high.
It is one of Goldin's most direct and memorable portraits. A paradigm of her practice.
Questions about this artwork? Contact us or call +1.416.704.1720
"Jimmy Paulette After the Parade, 1991"
C print photograph.
Signed by the artist.
From an edition of 100.
Mounted to dibond
20"H 24"W (photograph)
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Summer 2014
Polesden Lacey House, gardens and countryside
Find a place... you can enjoy together.
"Lovely house, beautiful gardens, friendly people!" Surrounded by breathtaking views of the Surrey Hills, Polesden Lacey, only 4 miles from Dorking and junction 9 of the M25, is the perfect place for relaxing with friends and family.
Explore again and again As a National Trust member, you'll be able to enjoy 500 special places as often as you like. What's more,
your membership will be helping us to protect Polesden Lacey and other special places for future generations to enjoy.
To join, simply speak to one of our team during your visit, call 0844 800 1895 or visit our website www.nationaltrust.org.uk
The perfect setting 'This is a delicious house...' remarked Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on her honeymoon at Polesden Lacey. This country retreat was designed by Edwardian hostess Mrs Greville as the ideal place for entertaining and relaxing. Explore the gardens with climbing roses which are at their best in June, and one of the longest herbaceous borders in the country. Free garden tours run daily.
Enjoy a walk through the surrounding countryside or try a spot of geocaching. The house is open daily, from 11am, although entry on weekday mornings is limited
to guided tours. Marvel at the glittering golden Saloon, designed to impress kings and maharajahs, or the extensive art collection including Dutch old masters and sparkling Fabergé. A new display in Mrs Greville's private apartment opened this spring. We serve a variety of fresh, homemade food and our shop, one of the largest in the National Trust, sells a wide range of gifts, home accessories and more.
We look forward to welcoming you soon.
What's on this summer NAA Normal admission applies B
Booking essential
April Wed 23 April, 28 May, 25 June, 30 July, 27 Aug, 24 Sept, 22 Oct 9.30-11am
Pad Around Polesden Bring your dog and join us for a longer walk (1.5 hours) around the Polesden estate. Free. Meet by the Cowshed Coffee Shop
May Selected Sundays Big Tree Climbing and Mondays Highly skilled and friendly instructors can help all ages reach new heights! Must be booked in advance. B at www.polesdentreeclimbing.eventbrite.co.uk £15.50 pp Sat 10 May, 14 Jun, 12 Jul, 9 Aug, 13 Sep 11am-1pm or 2pm-4pm
Croquet Coaching Expert tuition for you and your friends. B 01372 452048. £12pp
Sun 11, 18 and 1–22 Jun 10am–12 noon
Off Road Cycling Course A 6 week course to develop strength & fitness, and improve technique. Bike hire available, please bring your own helmet. B with Melanie on 07799 416444 or email@example.com. £72 pp
Tue 13 May, 10 June, 8 July, 12 Aug, 9 Sept, 14 Oct 9.30–10.30am
Dog Walking Club Free. Meet by the Cowshed Coffee Shop
Tue and Wed 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28
Artist in Residence See local artists painting the beauty of Polesden, with an opportunity to buy some of their work. NAA
Wed 14 May, 11 June, 9 July, 13 Aug, 10 Sept, 8 Oct, 9.15am
Nordic Walking Led by a qualified instructor. Taster sessions and beginner courses available on request. B email@example.com. £10pp
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Sat 24–Sun 1 Jun 11am–3.30pm
50 Things May-hem Kick start your 2014 outdoor adventure at our 50 Things Camp! NAA plus £1 per child
Tue 27 and Wed 28 May; plus Mon–Thu, 28– 31 Jul 10am–3pm
Children's Photography Workshop Suitable for children from 10yrs and up, covering portraiture, shutter speed and more. B http://eddiehydephotography.zenfolio.com or tel: 07850 086355. £60 for the day.
Wild Learning Thu 29–Fri 30 May, plus Wed 23 Den building, wild art, woodland games, tracking and more. Ages 5+. Jul–Fri 1 Aug B www.wild-learning.net £38 per child. 10.15am–4pm Thu 29 2–4pm
The Handlebards Travelling Theatre Company present: Comedy of Errors Four Shakespearian actors on bikes! B 0844 2491895. £8 (£6 concessions)
June From 1 Jun– 31 Aug (plus BH Mon 25 Aug) 2-4pm
Lazy Jazz Sundays While away the hours listening to live music.
Sun 1 and Sat 19 July 9.30am–4pm
Photography Workshop Learn how to get the best from your camera. B http://eddiehydephotography.zenfolio.com or tel: 07850 086355. £65 for the day.
Sun 15 9.30am
Run to Live 10K plus special 2K Fun Run. B www.eventstolive.co.uk £14 for 10K and £5 for 2K
Sun 15 10am–5pm
Fathers Day Local brewers' beer tent, lazy jazz and classic cars to make dad's day special. NAA
Sat 21 & 28 From 2pm
Pop Up Shakespeare Memorable scenes performed in various settings around the grounds. NAA
se visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/polesdenlacey
July Sat & Sun 12, 13 and 19, 20 3–5.30pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream Polesden Lacey Shakespeare perform this magical play. B 01306 881717 £10 (under 16 free).
Sat 26 3pm
Guinness Hill Rolling Record attempt Help us get the record for the most people ever rolling down a hill!
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Registration from 8am
Evans Cycling Event Head for the North Downs – steep climbs, but amazing views and fantastic descents! Three routes from 15–30 miles. B www.evanscycles.com/ride-it. £17.50 per adult (£20 on the day) / child entry free
Mon 28– Fri 29 Aug (excluding Mon 25 Aug) 11am–3pm
Summer Holiday Activities A different activity for each week in the school holidays. NAA plus £2 per child.
August Saturdays (excluding Sat 9) 11am-3pm
Croquet Drop in Sessions Drop in for some expert tips.
September Sun 7 11am–5pm
Donkey Derby Community day with traditional games and activities. See separate advert. Free entry
Sat 13 10am–5pm
Heritage Open Day Free entry all day.
Sun 28 Registration from 6.30am
Surrey Hills Challenge Take on the full 23 mile walk climbing Ranmore, Box Hill and Leith Hill, or pick one of the shorter loops. Everyone who completes their challenge receives a medal. B Advance booking 0844 249 1895 (+5% booking fee). Adult £10 in advance, or £15 on the day. Short loop: family £5 in advance, or £10 on the day.
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Polesden Lacey house, gardens and countryside Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey RH5 6BD Telephone 01372 452048 Email email@example.com
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Adult Child Family £12.50 £6.25 £31.25 £7.75 £3.90 £19.40
*Including a voluntary donation of at least 10%; visitors can, however, choose to pay the standard admission prices which are displayed at the property and at www.nationaltrust.org.uk. £1 café voucher if arriving by public transport (present valid ticket). Parking £2.50 (non-members), redeemable against purchases over £10 in shops and café or membership taken out at Polesden Lacey.
Opening times 2014 House 1 Mar–2 Nov* 11–5 Gardens, café, shop and coffee shop Open all year 10–5
*House can only be visited by guided tour weekdays from 11 to 12:30. Facilities close at 4 in January, November and December. Car park open all year, 7:30 to 7:30.
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On this week's show Sean and I both announced that we are indeed addicted to bacon. I also shared an interview I did with the Baconnator Combo Bros. We then moved on to bacon turkey recipes and J&D's Bacon Ranch Dip.
If you saw my review yesterday of the Bacon Ranch Dip you will know that Sean and I both fell in love with it. Now you can watch us eat and enjoy the dip I this episode. It's riveting TV folks.
Bacon LIVE 056:
MP3 Audio of the show is coming soon!
Watch us on uStream.tv!
Since next week is Thanksgiving week Sean and I deiced to take a little break from Bacon LIVE. Our next show will be December 2, 2009 at 7pm ET. In the mean time you can always watch the past shows and pick out your favorite parts.
Show notes by Aaron Tucker:
- Mr. Baconpants' announcement that he'll be selling @SweetSoaps Maple Bacon soap that
looks like bacon but smells like delicious maple.
- He also announced SweetSoap's maple-bacon candle with a wooden wick so it sizzles as it burns! It will be for sale soon in the MBp Merch Store.
- Jason and Sean both made it public that they are bacoholics.
- Sean, the smart one here, brought up some great uses for bacon this Thanksgiving. He said it'd be great to toss some bacon bits in mashed potatoes and corn, but I must disagree, use Bacon Salt.
- Sean also ran thorugh a quick Thanksgiving turkey recipe. You'll need to watch the show to get the whole thing.
- Mr. Baconpants and Sean brought up the Turducken which would be made 500X more awesome if it was wrapped in bacon. Personally, I think they should stuff a Bacon Explosion inside a turkey, and then wrap it in bacon! I can't think of a catchy name for it though.
- At 30 minutes in, you can hear the quick 30-second version of the Baconator Combo song that they shortened for a Wendy's 30-second video contest on Youtube.
- Mr. Baconpants called them up on Skype and interviewed them about their awesome bacon songs and the possibility of doing more bacon songs in the future!
- During the taped interview, Mr. Baconpants ran downstairs and grabbed the J&D's Bacon Ranch Dip and a bag of Ruffles which are the best chip for dipping into a sour-cream based dip! You can buy Bacon Ranch Dip from the BaconSalt web site for $2.99 a pack!
- Sean did a great segment on non-bacon bacon related news, always a winner, but you'll need to watch the show for the details of his report! Sodomy was involved.
- At the end of the show, Mr. Baconpants brought up the whistle tip to make cars extremely loud. Guys, this has been a problem for many years in California! They say it is so loud it drowns out emergency vehicle sirens and it drives the people crazy. You can get the DIY exhaust kit at Amazon. What's up with that?
Watch LIVE Wednesdays at 7 pm EST, go to our show page for details!


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Dec 16, 2013 Gerald Hampton Issue 20, Technology & Data Security 0
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, over 222 million records were compromised in 2009. So far in 2010, there have been over 500 reported breaches. This breach escalation has proven that the threat is real and the list of victims is getting longer. No organization large or small is immune to the effects of database intruders and thieves. In fact, several companies long respected for their forward-thinking approach to IT security are among the breach victims.
The experience and knowledge of our technical experts as well as the lessons learned from over 2,500 installations has led us to identify the 10 "Best Practices" for Database Security. By proactively implementing the following these 10 steps, an organization can reduce their risk exposure and ensure that they are on the fast track to database security success.
1. Establish a Baseline
Assess the current level of database security and establish a baseline for future comparison. This simple effort will pay large dividends by allowing an organization to benchmark and demonstrate progress moving forward.
2. Recognize Vulnerabilities and Exploitation Methodologies
Vulnerabilities fall into many classes – some simple and some complex. The following list describes some of the more common vulnerability examples:
a. Vendor bugs. Vendor bugs, including programming errors such as buffer overflows, can lead to users having the ability to execute improper and dangerous commands on the database. As these critical bugs are discovered, vendors release patches to eliminate the associated vulnerabilities.
b. Poor architecture. If security is not properly factored into the design of how an application works, the resulting vulnerabilities are typically very difficult to fix. Examples of poor architecture include weak forms of encryption or improper key storage.
c. Misconfigurations. Many database configuration options can be set in a manner that compromise security. In fact, in some cases, by default, parameters are set insecurely. In other cases, these issues are not problematic unless the default configuration is changed.
3. Prioritize Vulnerability Remediation
Once an organization has established a baseline of its security posture and understands the severity of the identified vulnerabilities, it can begin the process of prioritizing fixes and mitigating risk.
4. Continuously Monitor & Maintain Systems
Database security is an ongoing process. Security professionals must continually monitor systems to ensure compliance while they evaluate and respond to the changing threat environment.
5. Automate Activities
Where much of security involves regular assessments and validation, the day-to-day work can quickly decline into tedium and get overlooked. Through automation of security processes, security professionals can schedule routine tasks and reports.
6. Stay Patched
Intruders seek out known vulnerabilities and will exploit them whenever possible. A crucial element of securing the database is to ensure that patches are implemented in a timely manner and known vulnerabilities are monitored in real-time.
7. Audit Systems Regularly and Address Issues as They Arise
Conducting regular audits will ensure that security policies are on track and will help to identify irregularities or potential breaches before it's too late. Utilizing security auditing tools will assist in monitoring and recording what is happening within the database as well as provide alerts when suspicious or abnormal activity occurs.
8. Apply Real-Time Intrusion Detection to Critical Systems
Audits and vulnerability assessments serve as excellent starting points to address security risks. This baseline information should be augmented with real-time detection policies. Implementing an alert system that delivers intrusion detection warnings in real-time ensures up-to-the-minute security awareness.
9. Avoid Relying Exclusively on Perimeter Security to Protect Your Systems
Protecting data at its source, the database, is essential to preventing breaches and data loss. Even with traditional perimeter security measures in place, the best way to defend against data harvesting is to rely on a layered defense model that necessarily includes the database.
10. Trust but Verify
Whether malicious or not, increased database access raises the potential of "insider threats". An organization is best served by trusting those parties with database access while verifying, via permissions, their access control and defined roles as well as monitoring in real time that their behavior falls within authorized activity.
Maintaining security best-practices is not an easy task, but a well thought out security plan can keep an organization's sensitive data out of harm's way.
About AppSec
Founded in 2001, Application Security, Inc. (AppSec) has pioneered database security, risk, and compliance solutions for the enterprise. AppSec empowers organizations to assess, monitor and protect their most critical database assets in real time, while simplifying audits, monitoring risk, and automating compliance requirements.
As the leading provider of cross platform solutions for the enterprise, AppSec's products – AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise – deliver the industry's most comprehensive database security solution. With over 2,500 customers in 130 countries, AppSec is headquartered in New York City and has offices throughout North America and the United Kingdom.
Address: 350 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 www.appsecinc.com 212.912.4100
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Radiosurgery for Drug Resistant Invalidating Tremor (DB-SRS)
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Stereotactic lesioning of thalamus and basal ganglia for treatment of tremor is a well-known procedure which, prior to the introduction of deep brain stimulation, or DBS, was usually achieved using stereotactic surgical procedures.
Radiosurgery of invisible targets to treat movement disorders and intractable pain are still the domain of frame-based procedures, due to the need of a solid reference system registered to the anterior commissure-posterior commissure (AC-PC) line, which allows the use of stereotactic atlases.
In this study we want to utilize a mathematical method that uses atlas-derived stereotactic coordinates to perform frameless images-guided radiosurgery of such functional targets Particularly the aim of the present study is to investigate both the efficacy and the safety of the methodology to treat upper limb and hand tremor in elderly or in patients which are not ot susceptible of surgical procedures. For these reasons a dose escalation prospective trial have been designed.
|Severe Upper Limb Tremor Refractory to Medical Therapy
|Radiation: Radiosurgical thalamotomy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Deep Brain Stimulation and Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Drug Resistant Invalidating Tremor
- Tremor control (improvement in FTMTRS and/or UPDRS motor) [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Tremor control (improvement in Fahn Tolosa Marin Tremor Rating Scale, FTMTRS, and/or Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, UPDRS, motor)
- Targeting methodology validation (the lesions position, if present, will be compared to the treatment plan target position, deviations will be registered). [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- The treatment safety will be evaluated. Toxicity will be registered according to NCI-CTCAE v3. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]The treatment safety will be evaluated. Toxicity will be registered according to National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 3,NCI-CTCAE v3.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Radiosurgical thalamotomy
|Radiation: Radiosurgical thalamotomy
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients affected by severe upper limb tremor refractory to medical therapy and who are candidate for a deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure.
- Age: ≥ 18 years old
- Refusal of DBS procedure
- Written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Allergy to contrast medium
- DBS procedure susceptibility, if not refused
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02095600
|Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Unit of Radiotherapy
|Milan, Italy, 20133
|Responsible Party:
|Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT02095600 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 21, 2014
|Last Updated:
|August 3, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
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Mokhiber: MSNBC reported this week that Israel's nuclear weapons arsenal rivals that of France and Britain. Given that arsenal, does the President support Syria's call to make the Middle East a region free of weapons of mass destruction?
Ari Fleischer: The United States has always supported the Middle East as a region free of weapons of mass destruction. Lester.
Mokhiber: If I could follow up. Does Israel have nuclear weapons?
Ari Fleischer: That's a question you need to ask to Israel. Lester.
-Thanks to Russell Mokhiber
White House reporter Russell Mokhiber is the editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime Reporter - www.corporatecrimereporter.com. He co-authors the weekly Focus on the Corporation column with Robert Weissman which Common Dreams publishes. He can be reached at: email@example.com
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About us
Brothers And Sisters In Christ Serving (B.A.S.I.C.S International) is a faith based charity organization located in Ghana, West Africa. USA. B.A.S.I.C.S is a registered 501(C)(3) in the USA and recognized as a NGO in Ghana, with its headquarters in New York.
Children around the world suffer due to the lack of political will and incorrect choices made by adults. Many children do not have access to adequate food, shelter, healthcare or basic education. They face the most difficult economic conditions, and their survival is a daily challenge. Limited access to education is driven by economic, social and cultural factors.
This is an unfortunate reality in Ghana, West Africa where many youth live in abject poverty. As a consequence, parents often make tough decisions, one of which is the decision to remove a child from school. In many cases, children are simply never enrolled in school. Needlessly, youth are committed to a lifetime of suffering, exploitation and poor health. Limited educational opportunities perpetuate an already bleak outlook for youth around the world.
Based in the poor fishing village of Chorkor, just outside Ghana's capital, Accra, B.A.S.I.C.S International works within this developing community to achieve our mission of ending cycles of illiteracy, poverty, hunger and child labor in Ghana.
B.A.S.I.C.S has over 200 students at our Main facility Nana's House, which acts as a multipurpose centre to teach, mentor and sponsor children to go to school. Without B.A.S.I.C.S many would be left with no other option than to leave school, and work, or sell at the markets.
These children face the issues of illiteracy, hunger, malnutrition, malaria and other illnesses, prostitution, rape, slavery, domestic violence, and neglect. Here at B.A.S.I.C.S we strive to address these issues, and seek to provide the best education, support and help possible to deal with their unique situation.
Our main facility, Nana's House II, implements the following programs:
- On My Way
- The Stars are the Limit
- Plastic Trash Bank
- Break the Cycle
- Nana's Home
- Community Feeding Program
In addition to these programs, BASICS has also implemented a Community Outreach program; which helps to educate the community on large issues such as, family planing, environmental hazards and health, HIV/Aids and Malaria.
BASICS is determined to see our children succeed from the ground up, whether it be right from preschool, primary school, high school or university. WE ARE IN FOR THE LONG HAUL!


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profitable investment opportunity for an individual or company.
5.5m/plot – Lekki Southern Villa Phase 2
- It's a serene environment ideal for a contemporary family
- Accessibility of the estate to the major road
- It's situated in a secure environment
- It's a profitable investment for any individual or organization
- It's well positioned in the Lekki-Epe axis
- Closeness to similar estates and other social amenities like the market, malls etc.
- Competitive prices in comparison to similar plots in the area
- Huge discount available
- Flexible Payment options also available
Note: Discounts are on 3 plots and above
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CosplayFU Customer Myriam(Luxembourg)
"I have to say that i wasnt satisfied with the yellow of the folded arm and neck parts.
The yellow you picked is really neon yellow…
you don't see it on the photos because i helped out with photoshop. I think the yellow you picked for the rest of the dress would've been good for them. Since the original one is a little more dark yellow than the one you made.
But still i love it and i gonna wear it again and again :D"


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Last night, radio host Mark Levin said tax increases, spending increases, and debt increases are the "religion" of the Democrat Party.
Discussing yesterday's 51-48 Senate vote to increase taxes on those earning above $250,000, Levin unleashed on a scathing criticism of Democrat Congress members:
"Tax increases, spending increases, debt increases, for the Democrat Party today- the modern Democrat Party- this is their religion.
"There is nothing we can say, nothing we can say. There's no amount of evidence, there's no amount of economic history or reality that will dissuade them.
"This was a very, very important vote today. Because now they're on record- every single Democrat, but two of who are retiring. Every single Democrat in the Senate voted for a massive increase on small business. Just a week or ten days after their great president announced his own war on successful people.
"What do you think they say behind closed doors when we're not around? About those of us who actually work, and make a living, and pay taxes. What do you think they say about us? You think they laugh at us? You think they think we're a bunch of punks? I think they do.
"And who are these people? What makes them so smart? What makes them so competent? Nothing. Nothing. They've managed to claw their way to the top of the political ladder, and somehow they think that makes them the wise men and women of the world- of all time.
"I've never seen so many incompetent, stupid, political hacks in my life in such powerful positions, imposing the most outrageous policies on we, a free people.
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Will the pros gained overweigh the loss of OC rights?
I like the "professional" claiming the wild west will happen. It has never happened yet. All emotion, no facts. The same old argument based on emotion. The media loves their parrots.


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Mockup Review Logistics
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Before the review
All presentations will be pre-loaded onto a single presentation computer: a representative of each section must show up in the Pappalardo lab at your section's scheduled time between 2:40 and 5:10 to load your section's presentation onto the computer, and to check that media are working correctly. You will not be able to make changes to your slides after this time.
You may use either powerpoint, keynote, or pdf files for your presentations. If you are using powerpoint be sure that linked videos are exported as a package to the presentation computer. Keynote embeds all media files automatically.
Work in the Pappalardo will stop at the usual 4:45 PM, but you will be able to have access to setup your team area until 6:45 PM.
Presenters should test AV in the presentation room (34-101) between 6:00 and 6:45. It is important that the actual presenters check the materials in the room. Please ensure that all AV testing is finished before 6:45. Remember that the presentation in 34-101 is slides only. Mockups remain in Pappalardo lab for the second phase of the review (see below).
Make sure that your team area in Pappalardo lab is clean and your mockups are ready for demonstration and testing. If you need to demonstrate in an area other than your team space, please discuss with the course instructor before the end of Tuesday. Your will also be asked to do a single take, two minute video demonstration/explanation using your mockups (2 minutes per concept). Please plan and practice for the video in advance.
Review details
Part 2: Informal testing and discussion:
Instructors and mentors will be divided into 8 review teams and assigned to different sections. Every 10 minutes the instructors will switch to a different section according to the rotation schedule below. Spend 5 minutes on each of your section's concepts. The rotation is structured to that you will have 10 minutes on, then 10 minutes off. In total, you will have four 10 minute question and answer sessions.
All students in your section do not need to participate in the Pappalardo lab portion of the review but high participation will help get the most out of the feedback. There should be section members to demonstrate and discuss the mockups, and at least two persons to record notes during the feedback session. The notes should be distributed to your team.
Photographs and a two minute video explanation of each concept mockup will be taken during one of your breaks, as noted in the rotation schedule.
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After the review
You may also arrange to view the presentation video with your team communication instructors for additional feedback about your presentation.


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This is a discussion on How come ? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; How come you never hear of mass shootings at a police station,a gunshow,a gun range,a gun store ? you only hear of them where the ...
How come you never hear of mass shootings at a police station,a gunshow,a gun range,a gun store ?
you only hear of them where the law abiding people are barred from having any protection ? sj
"Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must." - The Duke of Wellington
There ARE numerous examples of shootings in police stations, and I remember reading about ONE shooting at a range in Florida within the last year or so.
Nothing at gun shows yet, as far as I know.
I CONSTANTLY raise this question in debates with antis (leaving out the police station part, of course).
I would think it is a SUICIDE by police action... It is not easy to take a life, especially your own. Psychology majors speak up... it is easy to go into a situation that will guarantee you get DEAD... The mass shooters that enter a NO GUN ZONE are looking to be sensationalized on the news, gotta love our media.
Just my thoughts...
If your not packin' your slackin'
Its better to have and not need than to need and not have, keep it safe but keep it loaded!
USN : Desert Storm
I work in the Mental Health field. Suicide by cop is a known issue, but of the suicide cases I have been involved in (well more than a dozen) I have never seen it.
Most people who are truly suicidal do it in a manner where they cannot be caught at it, and therefore cant be stopped.
Suicide by cop puts the suicidal person in a position where their suicide may not be successfully, which raises questions as to their true motive.
Join the NRA!
The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting. It is about keeping the government in check. This requires that the citizenry is well armed and at all times has immediate access to arms.
Sergeant Mac, I believe the key word was"MASS" shootings. Oh there are a few shooting at a police station each year, but I have never heard of a outside shooter shooting more that two officers that I can remember.
Yes, the world has gotten smaller, but it will always be too big to be ruled by unelected bureaucrats.
D.C. police headquarters about ten years ago. Fairfax County Va. police Suddley station about two years ago.
D.C. was inside the building Fairfax they were able to kill the shooter in the parking lot after he fatally wounded two officers. Those are the only ones I remember off the top of my head.
Infowars- Proving David Hannum right on a daily basis
Bay]baynews9.com - Breaking News: Hostage situation over at Gun Range News 9
Not a mass shooting, but.......
Being 'heck-bent' on suicide, a police station is a place to "get the help" because "your" too chicken to do it yourself.
No, if some idiot-animal was planning a 'mass shooting' chances are an NRA convention, gun range, or police station wouldn't be high on his list of places to consider.
I dislike even thinking about those O2 thieves.
While not MASS, and an accident. 2 yrs ago somebody shot another guy with a shotgun at a gun show here in OK.....I know I know, not what you were asking.
God Bless America!!


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O'Neill's donation denial ignored more Republican money
During his appearance on FOX News Channel on August 17, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth [1] co-founder John E. O'Neill [2] neglected to mention another contribution to a Republican -- this time to a candidate for state office. As Media Matters for America first noted [3] on August 12, O'Neill, co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry [4], claimed that $7,000 of the nearly $15,000 in contributions that Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show he made to federal Republican candidates were actually made by his law partner.
O'Neill has repeatedly declared himself nonpartisan. Yet during an August 17 appearance on FOX News Channel's Special Report with Brit Hume [5], he claimed that the "actual records" show that he has contributed "more money to Democratic candidates than to Republican candidates," including to Democratic Houston mayoral candidate Bill White. O'Neill said that he had "given in excess of $25,000 to Democrats over the same 15-year period. About three times as much [as he admitted having given to Republicans]."
MMFA's review of White's campaign finance filings (filed with the City of Houston) confirmed [6] (pdf) that, as O'Neill claimed, "John O'Neill" contributed $5,000 to White in 2003; but MMFA's review of the Texas Ethics Commission's (TEC) searchable database [7] of campaign finance reports also found record of a Republican contribution beyond those previously noted [3] by MMFA and beyond those previously acknowledged by O'Neill.
Records [8] (pdf) show that "John E. O'Neil" [sic] of Houston contributed $5,000 to the campaign of Republican [9] "Judge Elizabeth Ray for Texas Supreme Court." While the filing spells O'Neill's last name incorrectly, it lists his employer as the law firm "Clements, O'Neil, Pierce, Nickens & Wilson"; O'Neill is currently a partner [10] in the Houston-based Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Wilson & Fulkerson, L.L.P.
These are the state and local contributions MMFA was able to document. Records on local contributions in Texas are available through local filing authorities but must be searched by candidate rather than by contributor. The TEC database, which keeps records of all contributions to candidates for statewide office, dates back only to July 2000. Thus far, through federal, state, and local records, MMFA has documented $19,650 in contributions O'Neill has made to Republicans and $5,000 to a Democrat.
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Short Explanation of the Everlasting Covenant
The Everlasting Covenant Includes More Than We Once Thought
The Everlasting Covenant:
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. (Ps 89:28)
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. (Ps 105:8)
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. (Ps 111:9)
"The salvation of the human race has ever been the object of the councils of heaven. The covenant of mercy was made before the foundation of the world. It has existed from all eternity, and is called the everlasting covenant. So surely as there never was a time when God was not, so surely there never was a moment when it was not the delight of the eternal mind to manifest His grace to humanity." (ST, June 12, 1901)
Covenant made to Adam:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Gen 3:15)
Covenant renewed to Noah:
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. (Gen 9:16)
Covenant renewed to Abraham:
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. (Gen 17:7)
Abraham obeyed the terms of the Covenant:
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (Gen 26:5) (Compare to Deut. 11:1)
God's charge, His Commandments, statutes, and laws = The terms and conditions of the covenant.
Covenant renewed to Isaac:
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. (Gen 17:19)
Covenant renewed to Jacob:
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; (1Chr 16:15)
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; (1Chr 16:16)
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, (1Chr 16:17)
Covenant renewed to Israel:
He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. (Ps 105:7)
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. (Ps 105:8)
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; (Ps 105:9)
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: (Ps 105:10)
Children of Israel reminded of the terms and conditions of the Covenant:
God's Covenant has always had the same terms and conditions. The law of God was given to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. It was preserved by Noah. And taught by Abraham to his descendants (Gen. 26:5).
But during the long years of slavery in Egypt, the descendants of Israel forgot the terms and conditions of the Covenant. So, after He had led them out of Egypt, God brought them to Mt. Sinai to once again renew His everlasting covenant with them. Here He again reminded them of the terms and conditions of the covenant – contained in His commandments, statutes, and laws.
The laws given at Sinai were not new. They were the same laws that had existed since the time of Adam – the same laws that had been lived out by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But because they had been forgotten by later generations God had to bring the people to Mt. Sinai to remind them of His commandments, statutes, and laws; and again renew His everlasting covenant with them.
God's part of the covenant:
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. (Exod 19:4)
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: (Exod 19:5)
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Exod 19:6)
The people's part of the covenant:
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: (Exod 19:5)
The people promised to obey their part of the Covenant:
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. (Exod 19:8)
Now the terms and conditions of the covenant were given:
God gave the people the terms and conditions of the covenant in Exodus 20-23. The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 are the summary of the requirements of the covenant; and the commandments, statutes, and judgments, contained in the book of the law in Exodus 21-23, are the detailed explanations of the requirements of the covenant.
The Ten Commandments are called the "Tables of the Covenant":
And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. (Deut 9:11)
(The Tables of the Covenant contained a summary of the Covenant.)
The other commandments, statutes, and judgments, are called the "Book of the Covenant":
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. (Exod 24:7)
(The Book of the Covenant contained the details of the Covenant.)
The Terms of the Covenant are:
The Covenant was then ratified with blood, representing the blood of Christ:
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. (Exod 24:8)
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? (Heb 10:29)
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, (Heb 13:20)
Please note that once a covenant was ratified nothing could be added to it or taken away from it, although the terms and conditions could be further explained or expanded if necessary.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (Ps 89:34)
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. (Gal 3:15)
But the people broke the Covenant!
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (Exod 32:8)
It only took the people about a month to break their covenant with God.
After the people repented, God renewed His covenant with them:
In Exodus 34 God again renews His covenant with the children of Israel.
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. (Exod 34:10)
[Between verses 10 and 27 God summarizes the laws of the covenant which He had given back in Exodus 20-23.]
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. (Exod 34:27)
In Exodus 34 God just gives a summary of the requirements of the covenant. He repeated 3 of the Ten Commandments, and about 11 of other laws, which were in the Book of the Covenant. This shows that when the covenant was renewed, the conditions were still the same. They had not changed.
But the people rebelled again:
Right on the borders of the promised land the people rebelled again and refused to enter the promised land. So God told them they would have to wander in the wilderness for 40 years. During these 40 years they were not allowed to celebrate the passover of circumcise their children. (Circumcision had been given to Abraham as a sign of the everlasting covenant - Gen. 17:7-10). This was a constant reminder that they had been unfaithful to God's covenant.
"Since they had proved unfaithful to His covenant, they were not to receive the sign of the covenant, the rite of circumcision." (PP, 406)
After the 40 years were over God renewed His covenant with them again:
The book of Deuteronomy contains the story of how God once again renewed His covenant with His people on the borders of the Promised Land, after the generation who had rebelled had all died. Once again Moses repeats to them the terms and conditions of the covenant – the commandments, statutes, and judgments.
"Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:" (Deut 7:12)
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. (Deut 29:9)
Once again, the covenant is the same as it was when given in Exodus, and the terms and conditions of the covenant are the same – except this time they are much expanded and more detailed in Deuteronomy.
Three times we have seen the requirements of the covenant specified, and each time they are the same. God doesn't change. His covenant doesn't change. And His commandments, statutes, and judgments, don't change. The requirements have always been the same.
Following is a chart of the three times that the covenant is repeated to the children of Israel:
* Please note that the conditions of the covenant are further explained and expounded upon all through the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy...and then throughout all the rest of the scriptures, all the way into the New Testament. Every requirement God specifies must be obeyed no matter what chapter of the Bible it is found in.
Is God's covenant still the same today?
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (Ps 89:34)
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. (Ps 105:8)
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. (Ps 111:9)
Important note: There is no other place in the Bible where God specifies a different covenant with different terms and conditions. The terms have always stayed the same. The everlasting covenant He made with Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Israel, is the same covenant that we must obey today – if we want to be part of His covenant-keeping people. God has not altered the requirements of the everlasting covenant.
"The covenant God made at Sinai is for the Israel of God for all time. Herein is revealed God's purpose for us, if we will only cooperate with Him....If we comply with the conditions God laid down for Israel, if we come before God in the beauty of holiness, and worship Him in Spirit and in truth, we shall receive the blessings that God promised to them." {1MR 108}
The covenant that God made with His people at Sinai is to be our refuge and defense. ...This covenant is of just as much force today as it was when the Lord made it with ancient Israel. (1BC, 1103)
"The principles set forth in Deuteronomy for the instruction of Israel, are to be followed by God's people to the end of time. Our prosperity is dependent on the continuance of our covenant relationship with God." (PK, 570)
Remember, the Terms of the Covenant are:
But men today are still breaking God's Covenant:
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. (Isa 24:5)
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. (Isa 24:6)
A restoration of the Covenant is promised:
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. ...ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God. ...and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. (Isa 61:4-8)
"In the last days of this earth's history, God's covenant with His commandment-keeping people is to be renewed." (PK, p. 299)
(See EW, 285-286 for more details)
This Covenant is being renewed:
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new (renewed) covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: ...this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer 31:31-33, brackets added)
Note: The word "new" in the above verse literally means "renewed" in Hebrew. So here again, God is promising to renew His Covenant with His Commandment-keeping people. It is the same Covenant that has always existed, and it's terms and conditions are still the same. But man keeps breaking it and God continues to renew it with those who will be obedient to it's terms.
"In the last days of this earth's history, God's covenant with His commandment-keeping people is to be renewed." (PK, p. 299)
More promises of the renewing of the Covenant:
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. (Jer 50:4-5)
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jer 32:37-40)
What does this mean to you and me?
I once thought that the Ten Commandments were the only part of the covenant I had to obey. I thought that the rest of the commandments, statutes, and judgments, contained in the Book of the Law had all been nailed to the cross. But now I have discovered that this is false. The book of the law has NOT been nailed to the cross. Only the sacrificial law ended at the cross. We are still required to live by all the commandments, statutes, and judgments which are part of the terms of the covenant.
This means we had better go study Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy very earnestly, because there are many laws contained there which we must still obey – laws that are part of our covenant with God. We cannot afford to be breaking the requirements of the everlasting covenant. Those who break the least of these commandments will be called least in the kingdom of Heaven, and if you break one you are guilty of breaking them all (Matt. 5:19, James 2:10).
Do you want to be among the 144,000 – the Israel of God – with whom God renews His covenant at the end of time? (compare: 1T, 59 and 4SP, 458)
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt 5:19)
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (Jas 2:10)
A short summary of the laws given in Exodus 21-23 as part of the covenant:
Almost everybody is familiar with the Ten Commandments, but most people are not familiar with the commandments, statutes, and judgments in the Book of the Covenant, first spoken of in Exodus 21-23. So I want to give a summary of these laws below from the book, Patriarchs and Prophets, and then below that are some other comments from other books which I thought were very good.
"The minds of the people, blinded and debased by slavery and heathenism, were not prepared to appreciate fully the far-reaching principles of God's ten precepts. That the obligations of the Decalogue might be more fully understood and enforced, additional precepts were given, illustrating and applying the principles of the Ten Commandments. These laws were called judgments, both because they were framed in infinite wisdom and equity and because the magistrates were to give judgment according to them. Unlike the Ten Commandments, they were delivered privately to Moses, who was to communicate them to the people.
"The first of these laws related to servants. ...The rights of widows and orphans were especially guarded, and a tender regard for their helpless condition was enjoined. ...The taking of usury from the poor was forbidden. A poor man's raiment or blanket taken as a pledge, must be restored to him at nightfall. He who was guilty of theft was required to restore double. Respect for magistrates and rulers was enjoined, and judges were warned against perverting judgment, aiding a false cause, or receiving bribes. Calumny and slander were prohibited, and acts of kindness enjoined, even toward personal enemies.
"Again the people were reminded of the sacred obligation of the Sabbath. Yearly feasts were appointed, at which all the men of the nation were to assemble before the Lord, bringing to Him their offerings of gratitude and the first fruits of His bounties. The object of all these regulations was stated: they proceeded from no exercise of mere arbitrary sovereignty; all were given for the good of Israel. The Lord said, "Ye shall be holy men unto Me"--worthy to be acknowledged by a holy God. {PP 311.2}
"These laws were to be recorded by Moses, and carefully treasured as the foundation of the national law, and, with the ten precepts which they were given to illustrate, the condition of the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel." {PP 310-311}
"These statutes were explicitly given to guard the ten commandments. They were not shadowy types to pass away with the death of Christ. They were to be binding upon man in every age as long as time should last. These commands were enforced by the power of the moral law, and they clearly and definitely explained that law." {RH, May 6, 1875 par. 10}
"The light given me is that we are to study more than we do the instruction given to Moses by God after He had proclaimed the law from Sinai. The ten commandments were spoken by God Himself, and were then written on tables of stone, to be preserved till the judgment should take place. After the giving of the law [the Ten Commandments], God gave Moses specifications regarding the law [which are many times called Statutes and Judgments]. These specifications are plain and explicit. No one need make a mistake.
"In the day of judgment we shall be asked whether we have lived in harmony with these specifications [the statutes and judgments]. It is because we do not carry out these specifications in all our dealings, in our institutions, our families, and in our individual lives, at all times, and in all places, that we do not make greater advancement. It is by the directions that God has given that we shall be judged at the last day.
"Have we studied these specifications? I heard them one night some weeks ago. It seemed as if they were being given to Israel, and there was the same solemnity that there was when they were given. I thought, This is given to me that I may tell our people that we must study these specifications. When the directions that God has given are followed, our institutions will be pure and clean, free from all selfishness and covetousness. The tenderness of Christ will come in. His love will fill our hearts. A sense of God's goodness will make us weep, and sing, and praise God. Then we shall be living channels of light, prepared to do His will." {AUCR, March 25, 1907, brackets added}
"Where shall we find laws more noble, pure, and just, than are exhibited on the statute books wherein is recorded the instruction given to Moses for the children of Israel? Through all time these laws are to be perpetuated, that the character of God's people may be formed after the divine similitude. {FE 393.2}
What does this mean to you and me?
Dear Reader,
I'm sure this is new information to you. Will you consider and study it? Or will you set it aside because it is not what you have always believed?
Are you ready to learn new things, or will you say, "I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing"?
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Saunders' portfolio of past clients is high-profile. She stitched together innovative deals for Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One, Philip Green's Bhs and a £1.6bn refinancing at Imperial Tobacco.
But while WestLB says her Principal Finance team makes a significant profit contribution to the bank, there are no separate figures, and anyway it has yet to make a full exit from any of her investments. There have been disappointments too. Green's tilt at Marks & Spencer never came off, nor did a plan to buy Railtrack from the administrators.
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|Reichel, Paul
|Tunnel spoil: Tipping or the end of the definition as waste / Tunnelausbruch: Deponierung oder Abfallende
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Tunnel construction normally results in the production of large quantities of broken rock or soil. One essential question for the legal handling of this tunnel spoil is whether it is considered to be waste under the terms of European and national waste laws. The current paper therefore looks into the practically important question, under what preconditions tunnel spoil is legally considered to be waste and when the end of this property is reached. In this regard, it is first investigated whether and when tunnel spoil is waste under the terms of the Waste framework directive 2008/98/EC. Particular attention is paid to the applicable case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Then the question is asked, to what extent tunnel spoil can be regarded as material excavated in the course of construction works under the terms of Art. 2 Sec. 1 lit. c of the waste directive, and is thus excepted from the scope of application of the directive. Finally, it is explained how the possible property of tunnel spoil as waste can end, including details of both the EU requirements and also national law.
|Mlinar, Christian; Sempelmann, Franz; Koch, Gerhard; Steiner, Michael; Kubin, Florian
|Tunnel spoil as a source of raw materials for an autobahn - Sustainable reuse of resources through the example of the S 10 / Tunnelausbruch als Rohstoffquelle für eine Autobahn - Nachhaltige Ressourcenverwertung am Beispiel der S 10
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
The construction of autobahns and dual-carriageway roads is only possible with considerable use of resources and visible encroachment in the environment and landscape. The ASFINAG is aware of their responsibility for this, so modern and resource-saving construction materials and methods are being used for the new building of federal roads. This also includes the intention to balance masses on the overall project and the best quality management of tunnel spoil. A good collaboration of technical design and environmental design with clarification of the potential for material recycling and the necessary approvals are preconditions for sustainable materials management. Nevertheless, the implementation of major projects like the S 10 Mühlviertler Schnellstraße (S 10) is faced with challenging conditions, which complicate efficient and sustainable handling of materials.
|Posch, Helmut; Murr, Roland; Huber, Helmut; Kager, Matthias; Kolb, Erich
|Tunnel excavation - The conflict between waste and recycling through the example of the Koralm Tunnel, contract KAT2 / Tunnelausbruch - Das Spannungsfeld zwischen Abfall und Verwertung am Beispiel Koralmtunnel, Baulos KAT2
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Contract KAT2 of the approximately 33 km long, twin-bore Koralm Tunnel will produce about 8.6 mio. t of excavated material. For this reason, the maximum degree of recycling of the material was intended right from the start of the design process. This was planned including consideration of the optimal cost-effectiveness of overall materials management with minimal environmental impact through the minimisation of transport processes and land use as well as generally sparing use of resources. On contract KAT2, more than 50% of the material excavated from the tunnel can be recycled for technical use on site. The material is used as aggregates for concrete and as fill (anti-capillary layers, frost protection layers, filter gravel, sealing layers) for the earthworks in the open air.
|Raderbauer, Bernd; Wyss, Alexander
|Tunnel excavation material as resource for underground power plants and concrete dam constructions / Tunnelausbruch als Rohstoff für den unterirdischen Kraftwerks- sowie Staumauerbau im Hochgebirge
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
'Linthal 2015' in the canton Glarus is currently one of the largest construction projects being undertaken by the Swiss energy sector. The core of the project is an underground pumped-storage power plant that is under construction. This will pump water from Lake Limmern at 1,800 m ASL to the higher Lake Mutt at 2,500 m ASL from where, utilising a maximum head of 709 m, it will again be used for the generation of electricity as required. The new power plant will have a pump and turbine output of 1,000 MW; the construction period is scheduled to extend over six years.
|Lunardi, Pietro; Barla, Giovanni
|Full face excavation in difficult ground
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
This paper describes the evolution of full face excavation from the mid 1980s to the present. During this time, more than 1,000 km of tunnels have been designed, excavated and completed using full face excavation, with cross sections ranging in size from 120 to 220 m2, in different geological and geotechnical conditions, near the ground surface or at depth.
|Putz-Perrier, Martin Wilhelm; Gilleron, Nicolas; Bourgeois, Emmanuel; Saitta, Adrien
|Full-face versus sequential excavation - A case study of the Chamoise Tunnel (France) / Vollausbruch versus Teilausbruch - Eine Fallstudie vom Chamoisetunnel (Frankreich)
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Construction of the 3,300 m long Chamoise Tunnel in the French Jura Mountains had to overcome long sections of swelling marls beneath an overburden of 400 m. During the design phase, a reconnaissance gallery of 9 m2 was driven to investigate the geological conditions over the entire length of the tunnel. The findings of the gallery led the designer to choose the NATM. The North Tube was constructed between 1981 and 1984. The South Tube was constructed about ten years later. The main revolution in methodology was the change from sequential to full-face excavation in the marl sections. Applied for the first time for the Chamoise tunnel, the economic benefits of full-face excavation even in poor ground, largely due to the reduction of works cycles and the use of bigger machines, initiated a general trend from sequential towards full-face excavation in France.
|Gradnik, Richard; Kicherer, Manfred; Zwick, Markus
|Tunnelling for the third section of the Stadtbahn line U12 in Stuttgart / Der Vortrieb für den dritten Teilabschnitt der Stadtbahnline U12 in Stuttgart
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Under contract to SSB, the urban rail operator in Stuttgart, Alfred Kunz Untertagebau München has been working on the Waltraud Tunnel since February 2014, which is the key structure in the extension of the U12 in the third section from Hallschlag to the Aubrücke bridge. This tunnel, with a length of 200 m, is mostly being constructed in fill material. The greatest challenge will be to tunnel beneath a 150 year old railway embankment with less than one diameter cover under continued operation.
|Gamper, Christian
|Full face versus partial face in NATM tunnelling / Vollausbruch versus Teilausbruch bei der NÖT
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
In the planning of tunnels to be excavated according to NATM principles, the decision between full face or partial face excavation is of fundamental and decisive importance for the entire tunnel project. The current paper compares tunnel drives with full face and partial face excavation from various angles. In addition, the influential factors that have to be considered in the decision are explained. Also, an explanation as to how decisions are made in the course of the design, tendering and construction phases is presented. The paper is only concerned with NATM tunnelling; other methods like ADECCO or mechanised tunnelling methods are not considered.
|Schubert, Peter; Voringer, Jürgen; Hofmann, Bernd
|Geotechnical and construction operational criteria for the selection of full or partial-face excavation / Kriterien zur Wahl von Voll- oder Teilausbruch aus geotechnischer und baubetrieblicher Sicht
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
This paper deals with the boundary conditions regarding layout, geotechnics and economics required to make a full-face excavation of a tunnel. A flowchart for decision-making leads to four different excavation sequences. Unsuitable geometrical conditions and very unfavourable geotechnical conditions exclude full-face excavation. Under other boundary conditions, a full-face excavation may show economic advantages, which should be further exploited in our region.
|Galler, Robert; Handke, Dieter; Nolden, Mario
|The determination of performance- and payment-relevant parameters in TBM tunnelling - State of the technology and outlook / Ermittlung leistungs- und vergütungsrelevanter Parameter für TVM-Vortriebe - Stand der Technik und Ausblick
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
The success of mechanised tunnelling is greatly influenced by the interactive behaviour of machine and ground. A multitude of published research and practice reports documents the problem of a targeted forecast based on tests and forecasting models [19]. The paper describes the currently used methods of estimating performance-relevant parameters, including current research into the subject of crack propagation in solid rock and developments in disc force measurement on the tunnel boring machine and its forecasting from laboratory tests.
|Thewes, Markus; Hollmann, Fritz
|TBM-specific testing scheme to assess the clogging tendency of rock / TBM-spezifisches Untersuchungsschema zur Beurteilung der Verklebungsneigung von Fels
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Assessment of the clogging tendency of soils is mainly based on the consideration of soil mechanical parameters (plasticity index, liquidity index, grain size distribution). These parameters cannot be determined for solid rock, so the conventional assessment methods cannot be directly transferred to rock. A mechanised tunnel drive in solid rock can encounter critical clogging problems when water is present (groundwater, support slurry), the rock has a tendency to disintegrate (changeable solid rock) and the potential disintegration products are critical (grain size, mineralogical composition). The disintegration tendency of rock is normally determined in the slake durability test. The quantity-based assessment of this test permits few statements about the disintegration products, since they are not tested any further. This paper presents an extension of the slake durability test, which includes systematic soil mechanical tests on the disintegration products. These can be assessed together with the slake durability index to investigate the clogging tendency.
|Kogler, Kurt; Krenn, Harald
|Drilling processes to explore the rock mass and groundwater conditions in correlation with TBM-tunnelling / Bohrtechnische Verfahren zur Erkundung der Gebirgs- und Bergwasserverhältnisse im Zusammenhang mit TVM-Vortrieben
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Deep Alpine tunnels are characterised by great lengths and deep overburden and are mostly bored by TBMs. The exploration of rock mass conditions plays an essential role with regard to the technical feasibility, the estimation of advance rates and the safety and cost-effectiveness of a project. Investigation drilling from the surface is often not possible due to the topographical conditions and the very high cost considering the great depths involved. Most TBMs are therefore designed to permit the exploration of the ground in parallel to continued tunnelling.
|Radinger, Alexander; Fasching, Florian; Pack, Gudrun; Kreutzer, Ingrid; Kostial, Dieter
|Consistent exploration by probe drilling and TSWD through the example of the Koralm Tunnel / Konsequente Vorauserkundung mittels Bohrungen und TSWD am Beispiel des Koralmtunnels
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
On contract KAT2 at the 33 km long Koralm Tunnel, two hard rock double shield TBMs are currently boring a total distance of about 17 km each through the Koralm crystalline. Due to the forecast ground conditions, particularly localised fault zones and aquiferous areas, systematic exploration is being undertaken to provide continuous prediction of ground conditions. The intention is only ever to bore through already explored rock through the consistent application of the standardised method adapted to suit the tunnelling. The exploration system being used is mainly based on probe drilling (rotary hammer and core drilling) and the seismic method. With the assistance of the geophysical exploration system TSWD disturbed areas of the rock mass can be detected up to a distance of about 150 m ahead of the machine. Thereby the source of the seismic waves, which propagate into the rock mass, is the cutting process of the TBM cutterhead. The supplementary and targeted use of hammer and core drilling, which can be drilled up to about 100 m ahead, enables the direct exploration of any fault zones and aquiferous regions and the evaluation of their characteristics and the effect to be expected on tunnelling.
|Rehbock-Sander, Michael; Wieland, Gerd; Jesel, Thomas
|Advance probing measures on the TBM drives of the south contracts of the Gotthard Base Tunnel - experience and implications for other projects / Vorauserkundungsmaßnahmen bei den TBM-Vortrieben der Südlose des Gotthard-Basistunnels - Erfahrungen und Folgerungen für andere Projekte
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
The investigation measures carried out for the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel provide a demonstrative example for dealing with geological risk through appropriate investigation at each state of the project. Due to the length and deep overburden, it was impossible to completely investigate the entire length of the tunnel in advance. The concept in the southern sections intended the performance of probing ahead of the machine only in particularly critical locations, with the tunnelling and lining concept for the individual sections being designed to cope with possible hazard scenarios for the section and the provision of more intensive probing ahead of the continued drive in order to specify the necessary constructional measures. In addition, massive formation water ingress was to be expected in certain sections, which could reach a high quantity and high pressures (up to 200 bars).
|Radoncic, Nedim; Hein, Mario; Moritz, Bernd
|Determination of the system behaviour based on data analysis of a hard rock shield TBM / Analyse der Maschinenparameter zur Erfassung des Systemverhaltens beim Hartgesteins-Schildvortrieb
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Both the technical boundary conditions and the usual advance rates achieved during hard rock TBM shield drives severely limit the ability of the on-site-personnel to document the geological conditions and the system behaviour at appropriate intervals. A systematic and continuous short-term investigation of the rock mass conditions is performed on the construction lot KAT2 of the Koralm Tunnel (obtained by impact drillings and geophysical methods). The difference in scales and the fact that no continuous inspection of the ground conditions can be performed lead to a gap between the prognosis and the observed behaviour and a direct comparison is seldom possible.
|Maydl, Peter
|Sustainability in infrastructure construction - on the transferability of assessment concepts for buildings to civil engineering works / Nachhaltigkeit im Infrastrukturbau - Zur Übertragbarkeit von Bewertungskonzepten für Gebäude auf den Tiefbau
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
The trend to sustainable construction in the building sector has greatly increased in recent years. In certain segments of the market (e.g. office and retail properties), building certificates are essential marketing aids and are having an increasing effect on competition, with questions of energy efficiency and interior air quality being of particular significance. A comprehensive series of European standards is now available, which also include a harmonised assessment concept. In infrastructure construction, this development has mostly been reflected in the estimation of lifecycle costs, durability and maintenance costs in bridge building and the recycling of material excavated from tunnels.
|Engelhardt, Stephan; Schwarz, Jürgen; Thewes, Markus
|The lifecycle cost concept for implementation of economic sustainability in tunnel construction / Das Lebenszykluskostenkonzept zur Umsetzung der ökonomischen Nachhaltigkeit von Tunnelbauwerken
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Sustainability denotes careful stewarding of available resources, observing ecological, economic and social criteria over the entire lifecycle. From the economic point of view, it is not sufficient to base a design on construction costs alone. Rather all costs incurred over the lifecycle should be taken into consideration using lifecycle cost estimation.
|Eckbauer, Walter; Insam, Romed; Zierl, Dietmar
|Planning optimisation for the Brenner Base Tunnel considering both maintenance and sustainability / Planungsoptimierungen beim Brenner-Basistunnel aus Sicht der Instandhaltung und Nachhaltigkeit
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
On major infrastructure projects with a long period of operation, construction costs are only a fraction of the total lifetime costs. Transport infrastructure facilities can be considered sustainable when, in addition to safe operation, the availability is good with reasonable maintenance costs and correspondingly low operating costs. The precondition for the construction of sustainable transport infrastructure is the implementation of an interdisciplinary planning and design process with specialists in railway equipment and operation being involved in addition to the classic construction professionals in infrastructure design. The example of the Brenner Base Tunnel is used to demonstrate how the interdisciplinary design process can best be optimised. A systematic interdisciplinary design process, with the involvement of the specialists in all necessary fields of technology for the operation of transport infrastructure at an early stage, can reduce construction costs and permit the optimisation of the maintenance concept so that maintenance costs and the effects on operations (optimal closure times with low operational obstruction costs) are kept as small as possible. Particularly for longer rail tunnels, it is important to consider the overall picture in the design work and not just concentrate on the construction of the tunnel. On very large projects like the Brenner Base Tunnel, this demands that attention is paid to subjects, which lie in the distant future.
|Steiner, Helmut; Rodler, Johann
|Furnishing for long railway tunnels - interplay between construction and maintenance costs (example Koralm Tunnel) / Ausstattung langer Bahntunnel im Spannungsfeld zwischen Errichtungs- und Erhaltungskosten am Beispiel des Koralmtunnels
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
Major rail projects pose numerous challenges for design, construction, installation, commissioning and later operation. In order to be able to harmonise all these sometimes very varied subjects and activities, extensive consideration is necessary in advance. Increasing tunnel lengths, more stringent requirements for tunnel safety and also for the demands to exploit the available technology are reasons for the massive growth of technical equipment that has been observed. This trend must be followed very carefully and critically, particularly in order that it does not lead to any further increase of maintenance costs, reduction of the availability of the facilities or limitation of the capacity or quality of operations.
|Rattei, Günter; Lorber, Wilhelm
|Refurbishment of tunnels on the autobahn and main road network - Experience and requirements in the view of the road operator / Sanierung von Tunnelanlagen des Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßennetzes - Erfahrungen und Anforderungen aus der Sicht des Straßenbetreibers
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
The ASFINAG operates an extensive network of about 2,175 km of important roads in Austria. The oldest routes date from the 1940s, and the average age of the roads is about 30 years. The ASFINAG also operates about 150 tunnel systems with a total length of about 350 km of tunnel, with 17 single-bore tunnels still carrying 2-way traffic. The lifetime of the structures is indeed relatively high but changed requirements for road safety and new standards for the fitting out of tunnels can make refurbishment or upgrading of the tunnels necessary. Since the tragic events of the Tauern Tunnel fire in 1999, about 4 billion Euros have been invested in the safety of tunnels, with a further approx. 1.4 billion planned for the next few years. The safety technology in all tunnels on Trans-European (TEN) routes have to be upgraded by the end of 2019. From the point of view of operation, long lifetime and maintenance freedom are the most important factors, in order not to impair road safety and not to unnecessarily affect the availability for road users (customers). The road tunnel safety law (STSG) requires additional measures of constructional, electrical, ventilation and control technology for the upgrading of road safety.
|Wagner, Oliver K.; Koch, Daniel; Lemmerer, Johann; Druckfeuchter, Hubert; Petraschek, Thomas
|Maintenance-optimised drainage system for the New Semmering Base tunnel and Pummersdorf Tunnel / Instandhaltungsoptimiertes Entwässerungssystem für den Semmering-Basistunnel neu und Tunnel Pummersdorf
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
In order to reduce operational interruptions for the maintenance of the drainage system, the ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG has developed an innovative drainage flushing system, which has different features depending on tunnel system and overburden.
|Product informations: Geomechanics and Tunnelling 5/2014
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
|Product informations
Successful cooperation continued / Neuerliche Kooperation wird fortgesetzt
|Diary of Events: Geomechanics and Tunnelling 5/2014
|Geomechanics and Tunnelling
|Diary of Events
|Inhalt: Mauerwerk 5/2014
|Rast, Ronald
|Mauerwerksbau und Klimawandel


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||+521137|felt_tips said-|| I don't think there's a huge feature set or speed hike to require anyone to use 5.5 just yet.
It's not like the difference between CS4 and CS5 .
But I read somewhere the other day that Adobe is going over to a system of releasing a 0.5 and a full version in alternate years. I don't know how much there is to that, but if that is the case, then I think it's worthwhile looking at allowing X.5 projects 6 months or so after the app's released.Or maybe even straightaway after the application's released. Envato has always been pretty keen to let the market regulate itself and I don't see any reason to do it differently in this instance.
So..i think i must wait to make a new project using CS5 .5 until adobe release CS6 .