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Now, one year removed, the program aims to avenge the disappointing performance. Emery enters the 2014 2A girls state tournament as the favorite.
Behind its high-powered offense, which topped the classification in points per game, Emery's quest for redemption begins against Rockwell, the No. 4 seed from Region 14, on Friday at Orem High.
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In total, Orem will host eight games, starting with South Sevier (Region 15, No. 2) and Waterford (Region 14, No. 3) at 8:30 a.m. before wrapping up with North Summit (Region 16, No. 2) and Enterprise (Region 13, No. 3) in the nightcap at 8:10 p.m.
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Delta, which was reclassified down into 2A this season, already proved it can handle Emery in an earlier nonregion match. The Rabbits (Region 13, No. 1) limited Emery to 11 first-half points and ultimately held on for a three-point win on the road behind Sidney Springer, who finished with 10 points and 16 rebounds.
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The Afterlife that I believe in is by no means the afterlife that I want... If life is like a movie, then Cessation of Existence claims that when the movie's over, there's nothing else, ever. Resurrection is seeing another movie. Hell is exiting the theater to find yourself in an unspeakable apocalypse. Heaven is being forced to watch the credits. FOREVER. And you'll be Mind Raped to like it and be unable to think about anything else. Now, I'm a Christian, so I only believe in Hell and Heaven (though I think it's possible that Hell is actually Cessation of Existence). Of all the options listed, Heaven is either the scariest one or tied with Hell for the scariest one. So I present this question to tropers. Of all the afterlifes that various philosophies claim the existence of, which one sounds best to you, and which one do you believe in? Are they the same?
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2 Ramus10th Dec 2011 05:57:40 PM from some computer somwhere.
Eh, honestly can't be bothered to think about it. I've got this life to live and I might as well not waste it thinking about the stuff after my death.
The emotions of others can seem like such well guarded mysteries, people 8egin to 8elieve that's how their own emotions should 8e treated.
3 USAF71310th Dec 2011 06:00:26 PM from the United States
I changed accounts.
I don't believe in an afterlife, and I have yet to encounter an afterlife in any religious mythology that was particularly appealing in any fashion. Honestly? I wouldn't mind an afterlife like Inception where I could create my own world to live in for an eternity. I don't know that I'd ever be bored, that way, which is my biggest beef with most "eternal happiness" heavens: they're boring.
I am now known as Flyboy.
I believe that there's a Heaven and Hell, and that only those who believe in Jesus (or have possibly found some unknown-to-me exception) go to Heaven, but that hopefully not everyone else goes to Hell and there's a middle ground. I'd WANT, at the very least, for there to be no Hell. Perhaps an afterlife more like a peaceful, huge, wonderful version of earth.
"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
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and that only those who believe in Jesus (or have possibly found some unknown-to-me exception) go to HeavenThat's a pretty arbitrary criterion. You realise that under that system, billions of innocent people get sentenced to eternal damnation, while Hitler gets to relax up in the sky with Jesus? Basically, you are arguing that your God, an all-powerful being and supposed source of morality, is willing to let billions of wonderful people from non-Christian nations who do the right thing and are all around good blokes be tortured for all time, whereas murderers, despots and serial killers get off the hook provided they stroke his son's ego.
All I do, is sit down at the computer, and start hittin' the keys. Getting them in the right order, that's the trick.
Yes, which is why I'm really fucking HOPING for some wide swaths of goddamn exceptions, because I dislike the idea of ANYONE going to Hell. But thanks for telling me what I already know, Bro! It's been fun!
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"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
"I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse." ~Isaac Asimov
8 USAF71310th Dec 2011 06:16:07 PM from the United States
I changed accounts.
As the religion teacher at my (Catholic) high school explained, the current Catholic Church's position is that the Commandment about "you shall have no other gods..." need not necessarily be the Christian God, so much as it means that one must be true to whatever faith one holds. I don't think it helps atheists though. It appears to have been designed as a way to answer the "if somebody never hears about Christianity (somehow), do they go to hell for ignorance?" question. It opens its own cans of worms, but it's at least slightly better...
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9 Octo10th Dec 2011 06:16:48 PM from Germany
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I take boredom over cessation of existence. Without doubt, in a heartbeat. But as it happens, I'm atheist. I think that is what will happen - and yet at the same time it's also my greatest fear. So yes, what I believe about the afterlife is definitely not what I want.
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10 ekuseruekuseru10th Dec 2011 06:26:42 PM from Australia
You seem to be pretty easily wound-up over religion. If you don't like it when people talk about your beliefs, perhaps you should stop posting them. I'm not telling you what to do, but it might save you some stress.
What I Want: What I believe. What I Believe: Nothing at all. What Might Be Awesome: Personal, subjective, potentially ever-changing paradise-of-the-moment, for eternity. The afterlife that you get is automatically the afterlife that you would most enjoy.
What I Want: What I believe. What I Believe: Nothing at all. What Might Be Awesome: Personal, subjective, potentially ever-changing paradise-of-the-moment, for eternity. The afterlife that you get is automatically the afterlife that you would most enjoy.
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11 LMage10th Dec 2011 06:26:48 PM from Miss Robichaux's Academy , Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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Personally I've never put much stock into the "Believe in Jesus or be denied salvation" idea that most Christianity is predicated on. It seems more than a little illogical for a all power omnipotent being to create a complete paradise out love for the race of humans then deny the means to enter into that paradise to the overwhelming majority people he created. It seems even more illogical that a omnipotent being would demand worship in exchange for salvation while still claiming everlasting love for them. It seems....vain. I would LIKE to believe in reincarnation or something similar, it offers the security of assurance in a life after this one that will be neither agonizing nor stagnant, but rather again what you make of it. But there are large issues with this theory that I recognize.
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12 Excelion10th Dec 2011 06:33:44 PM from The Fatherland
I'm not too knowledgable about religions, not even Christianity. I don't even know what kind of place heaven is supposed to be, really... But if you reincarnate, you're actually a different being, right? I mean, you have a different body, a different mind, and no memories of your previous life, so how is it any different from simple death?
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13 DeMarquis10th Dec 2011 06:40:23 PM from Hell, USA , Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
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What I believe: That it's incomprehensible to us, and there is no point speculating on it... What I want: To go back and re-live this life again, remembering everything from the first time around...
I do not compromise—I synthesize.
That's a pretty arbitrary criterion. You realise that under that system, billions of innocent people get sentenced to eternal damnation, while Hitler gets to relax up in the sky with Jesus? Basically, you are arguing that your God, an all-powerful being and supposed source of morality, is willing to let billions of wonderful people from non-Christian nations who do the right thing and are all around good blokes be tortured for all time, whereas murderers, despots and serial killers get off the hook provided they stroke his son's ego.It's fine, dude. The rest of us don't want that Heaven in the first place. What I believe: no consciousness in death. What I'd like: if not happiness, at least serenity.
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15 Enzeru10th Dec 2011 07:57:58 PM from Orlando, FL ¬ôχಠ♥¯
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What I believe: I'm not sure if it counts as Cessation of Existence, but when we die, if we can preserve enough proper memories, we can be brought back to life in a functioning body. Otherwise, the memories stay in your mind 'til your body rots. No afterlife of a mystical/spiritual kind, semi-sadly. What I want: I'm not sure.
16 TheEarthSheep10th Dec 2011 08:07:41 PM from a Pasture hexagon
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I wouldn't mind an afterlife like Inception where I could create my own world to live in for an eternity. I don't know that I'd ever be bored, that way, which is my biggest beef with most "eternal happiness" heavens: they're boring. Mormonism's "Exaltation" is this. Anyway, as an Agnostic, I don't know what I believe in, but I think if any religion turns out to be true, I'd like to go to that conception of the Afterlife, I don't care whether it's Nirvana, Heaven or Paradise. (or countless others, but you get my point).
Still Sheepin'
Why so serious?
I believe in oblivion after death, which is well enough in and of itself. Still, if I could choose, I'd like an afterlife where every living thing gets a custom pocket-universe optimized for that organism's happiness, but with an opt-out clause.
18 FrodoGoofballCoTV10th Dec 2011 08:45:15 PM from Colorado, USA
Of all the afterlifes that various philosophies claim the existence of, and which one do you believe in?Unfortunately there's no way of knowing what awaits. We can only choose to believe what our own background teaches, reject it, or search for an alternative. As a Christian, I was brought up believing in Heaven and Hell. As a small child, I came to resent the fact that you can't Take a Third Option. However, I came to the conclusion that the reason there are only two choices is because in The Bible, God offers mankind, through Jesus Christ, a choice of rejecting or accepting his offer of salvation. To be in Hell is to have rejected God. An eternity of knowing that God exists, but he's given up on you. Heaven is to accept God. If God is the incorpeal embodiment of love, then (ideally) to be in Heaven is to be surrounded by God's love, believers who love god, and one's own loved ones. Hell is to be alone and empty, with no one to love you. While Christianity teaches that non-Christians go to Hell, to paraphrase Billy Graham, it is not up to Christians to decide who goes to heaven and who goes to Hell, it is up to God. And as someone else once said, there are going to be a lot of surprised people in both Heaven and Hell. Hell, because they are now in a place they believed did not exist; Heaven, because of who else got in. I do not know if it is our place to attempt to delve any further into what the afterlife might hold, but there are witnesses who say they've been allowed a glimse of the afterlife. While I question these accounts, I found Howard Storm's account to be fairly compelling. Also, a few hours before my grandmother's death, she told the nurse, who told my mother, that she had seen a boat coming for her in a dream. There was space for 20 people, and there was one empty seat left.
Which one sounds best to you?Not really sure, but perhaps a heaven that was more like reincarnation, so that to use the OP's analogy, Real Life is like watching an R - rated movie that has moments of being very dark, and moments of comedy; Hell is like watching the credits, and Heaven is like watching a G - rated movie, maybe. And it would be cool if Hell isn't necessarily forever, and maybe the people in Heaven could do something to help them. In fictional terms, I'm thinking something like What Dreams May Come.
Are they the same?Not necessarily. But not exclusive to each other either.
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19 ekuseruekuseru10th Dec 2011 09:25:14 PM from Australia
G-rated movies are often boring and made for little kids. However, I usually like watching the credits - and since there was some comedy, we might even get bloopers!
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20 FrodoGoofballCoTV10th Dec 2011 09:35:16 PM from Colorado, USA
On second thought, the heck with the analogy. Let's just go with What Dreams May Come, period.
21 BlackElephant10th Dec 2011 09:55:53 PM from In the Room
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I don't really like to think about the afterlife. I can't bring myself to really care about it, either. It would be nice if it were sort of like it was in Inception, though. Or maybe the Grim Reaper shows up with hula girls and takes you to Death Beach like in the Sims 2.
I'm an elephant. Rurr.
22 Balmung10th Dec 2011 10:05:57 PM from Omaha, NE, Free American Empire , Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Break the Chains
I'll admit that what I believe happens when you die (Cessation of Existence) is the opposite of what I want it to be (ie. not Cessation of Existence). My ideal afterlif would be something like post-liberation Hell, largely because I think any afterlife created by other beings would be less pleasant than what we could make for ourselves, but failing that, reincarnation or limbo would still be acceptable, though even Hell would be marginally preferable to Cessation of Existence, especially since I don't think that (using Word of Dante as a basis), I'd wind up in one of the really horrible parts. You may notice that I left some afterlives out (ie. Heaven and Valhalla). That's because I'm pretty damn sure I don't qualify (atheist and not a warrior, respectively.)
edited 10th Dec '11 10:08:10 PM by Balmung
23 ohsointocats10th Dec 2011 10:58:00 PM from The Sand Wastes , Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
You have to do all 613 mitzvot, and because you can't do all of them in a single lifetime because not all of them apply to all people, you keep living lives again and again until you do. I'm not sure what happens at the end, but at this rate I'll be recycled forever, so I'm sure it's a moot point.
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24 Beholderess11th Dec 2011 12:01:09 AM from Moscow
I'd like an afterlife similar to Planescape one. As for what I actually believe in... well, it is a difficult question. I tend to treat life as finite and afterlife as Cessation of Existence with Nothing After Death for all intents and purposes. However, I can't get myself rid of a vague belief that there is something other than that. I... can't come in terms with the thought that my uncle is gone, even though I can easily and without much worry envision final death for myself. And what I am afraid of is an afterlife Abrahamic religions promise. Not that I believe in it, of course, but were it true, it would be unpleasant for the one such as I.
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25 ohsointocats11th Dec 2011 12:14:09 AM from The Sand Wastes , Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Christian ideas of Heaven and Hell do not apply to all Abrahamic religions.
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Dwyane Wade rediscovers 3-point shot in Heat's Game 3 victory
MIAMI — There was a brief time, specifically three consecutive seasons during an 11-year career, when the 3-point shot was a part of Dwyane Wade's game.
The perennial All-Star guard averaged 73 made 3-pointers from 2008-11. But for the other eight seasons, his first five in the NBA and past three, he has averaged 15.
To Wade, the numbers mean little.
"I can shoot the 3-ball, I just decided not to," Wade said. "I'm not Ray Allen or these guys, but I can make it. I just decide not to.
"Guys always give me confidence … say, 'Shoot it' … I decide when I want to shoot it."
Wade decided to take three 3-pointers Saturday night, hitting two to help fuel the Miami Heat's second-half charge in a 99-87 victory against the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Allen, the NBA's greatest long-distance shooter ever, sank all four 3-point tries in the fourth quarter to help the Heat pull away. But Wade's two 3-pointers were just as pivotal.
He replaced LeBron James with 5.7 seconds left in the third quarter — James was dealing with a hamstring cramp — and immediately hit a 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds remaining to give Miami a 74-67 lead going into the fourth.
"I wasn't going to leave until I seen what he was going to do," said James, who made a brief trip to the locker room before returning. He finished with 26 points.
Wade then opened the fourth period with another 3-pointer to put the Heat up by 10.
"I don't know why people keep acting like he's 47 out there playing, you'd think he was (Heat assistant coach Bob) McAdoo out there playing," center Chris Bosh said. "He's 32 and in the prime of his career. We can rely on him. He's our guy."
Despite a scoreless first quarter, Wade finished with 23 points to equal his output in Game 2 of the series. He scored 27 points in Game 1.
Wade has been a fourth-quarter stud in this series. He has scored 28 points on 13-of-18 shooting (72.2 percent) in the three final periods.
In Game 3, Wade was at his best in the third quarter. He scored 10 points, hitting all four shots from the floor.
"We need our scorers to be aggressive and Dwyane Wade is sensing that now," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "He has been able to create some opportunities that not an average player can make. It is whatever is needed now."
Such as a 3-pointer to end the third period.
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"When he hit the first one, he was so excited and I never had seen him get that excited when he scored before," said Allen, who finished with 16 points.
"I don't know of I was giddy happy," Wade said. "It was a good way to close the quarter."
Wade's regular season pretty much was overshadowed by a maintenance plan on his knees. He missed 28 games, mostly to help assure healthy joints for the postseason.
Asked if he felt noticeabley better compared to the same time a year ago, Wade simply said: "Yes."
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March 24, 2014 – Toyin Aimakhu Joins Lagos Walk For Autism 2014 (Pictures)
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Jay Nash, East Coast native and rock troubadour, has been blessed with the kind of excruciatingly rustic voice so rarely heard on record. Coupled with that is his unnervingly candid approach to song-writing - the man is a burgeoning talent set for realisation with his latest studio release 'The Things You Think You Need'.
It's certainly refreshing to find an artist that refuses to simply dwell on the hard times, instead choosing to bask in the good and the great that life has to offer. At times almost jovial, Nash's charisma and buoyant attitude is infectious to the last with a sound capable of softening the sternest of hearts.
By breaking through heartache, David Ramirez has gone on a search for understanding. The Austin resident and frequent traveler to clubs, theaters and listening rooms all over the country, has come to a phase in his creative life where the tears have dried and moving on looks like the best option.
That change in perspective hasn't erased the weary searching that has characterized Ramirez's sparse Americana songwriting for more than a decade. It just means the questions he's asking on his new album Apologies have changed.
"There's less to do with heartache and a lot more to do with personal struggles, and hope. I see a lot of hope in these songs," Ramirez, 29, says.
"I've been working on these and many other songs for a couple years but I didn't know what I wanted this album to say until right before going into the studio. Once I finished 'An Introduction' I knew this was going to be a very personal album."
That song finds Ramirez standing in a Roman cathedral looking for God – singing atop a simple but driving shuffle – while the sparse acoustic guitar-and-voice number "Goodbye" shows him closing the book (and setting it ablaze) on a relationship that seems to have left him permanently unsettled.
Whether solo or with accompaniment, Ramirez and his characters make an impression, which is why Paste magazine called him, "The best damn songwriter you don't know yet" and folk stars The Civil Wars praised him as "Soulful, stirring, heartbreaking."
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I was encouraged to hear a recent report from JPMorgan strategist Thomas Lee that listed 10 solid reasons why we will see significant gains in the U.S. housing market over the next five years. After languishing between 450,000 and 550,000 between 2009 and 2011, U.S. housing starts could grow between 1.3 million and 1.8 million annually after 2012.
From a supply standpoint, Lee says, housing starts are unsustainably low at 750,000, well below the 1.5 million long-term average. He believes we are at the front end of a construction boom. Vacancy rates are also reaching equilibrium. Lee estimates fewer than 700,000 excess homes, down from a 1.7 million peak. With a scrappage rate of 250,000 homes per year, that modest surplus would whittle away relatively quickly.
From a demand standpoint, the U.S. population is forecast to increase by 15 million between now and 2017. This will require about 6 million incremental units of housing organically. Homeownership rates are likely to reach 67 percent by 2017 from 66 percent today as the over-55 population increases by 11 million. There is also pent-up formation of more than 2.3 million households, delayed due to economic conditions.
Lee also forecasts good news for home values. Home prices are currently low on an absolute basis, with the lowest price-to-rent ratio since 1987 and the largest discount ever versus 10-year Treasuries. Prices are beginning to rise, creating a $1.6 trillion "wealth effect" since the beginning of this year. Homeowners' household equity should rise between $4.2 trillion and $7.8 trillion over the next five years. There's also a bit of a "rental bubble" — renting is now 20 percent more expensive than buying a home.
Financing should also open up as bank lending begins to ease. Lee also notes that households have the capacity for leverage with total mortgages down $4 million since 2007 and debt service ratios the best since 1994.
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I wrote this article in a similar way that Derek C. wrote his article "Arnold Says". I came across an article in an issue of FLEX and was very moved by the article. Upon reading it, I knew that other kids my age would benefit from reading this article.
I also knew that more teenagers would read the article from teenbodybuilding.com than in FLEX magazine. This will be a better way of getting knowledge to teenagers.
Steps To Complete The Perfect Rep
In the September 2002 issue of FLEX, Chris Cormier wrote an article entitled, "Anatomy of a Rep," explaining the importance of all aspects of the building blocks of workout routines and sets, which is the rep. The following are Chris Cormier's steps to complete the perfect rep.
Always keep a controlled even pace. If you go too fast, momentum will take over and do the work your muscles should be doing. Also, you'll be more susceptible to injury. Go too slow and you may end up straining tendons and joints rather than working muscles. Overall, the pace of most of my reps are moderate, but it varies for different muscles.
Chris also goes on to talk about how he likes to work his hamstrings and calves at a faster than usual pace. While working his chest, he likes to go slower than usual to really work his pecs.
He focuses on the muscles, not the weight. The weight is just a tool; the muscles are what matter. Chris likes to watch his muscles while he's working them and likes to visualize how he wants them to look in the future.
When he does dumbbell curls, he not only squeezes this bicep throughout the rep, but he also tries to keep his pinkie higher than his thumb to put more stress and emphasis on his inner biceps head. Before each set, take an inventory of the factors you need to remind yourself of during each rep. Then you can focus your attention on the targeted area and the proper form.
Range Of Motion :
In most cases, Chris uses a full range of motion for each rep. Bench press is an exception to this. Chris stops the bar two inches from his chest and two inches before locking out. This helps him put constant stress on his chest and avoid putting more unneeded stress on his elbow and pec injuries. Chris always tries to keep the weight moving. He does this by keeping his lockouts short during exercises that he uses them.
While performing triceps pushdowns with a rope, he rotates his thumbs down and pinkies up at the contraction of each rep to put more pressure on his outer triceps heads. His upper back is another area where he focuses on getting as full a range of motion as possible, from stretch to contraction.
During rows and pulldowns, he pulls his elbows back farther than most people do. This emphasis has really boosted his back density in recent years.
The Negative Side:
There are two sides to every rep: the positive (when you raise the weight) and the negative (when you lower the weight). Always control the weight during the negative phase. In fact, Chris tends to go a little slower during the negative phase than during the positive phase.
For example, when doing seated barbell presses, it takes him about two seconds to press the bar up and three seconds to lower it. A slow descent is safer because it keep you in the groove, but also remember that you stress muscles during both phases, so if you let the weight fall too fast, you're missing out on the full potential of the rep.
Continuous Tension:
Chris often keeps continuous tension on the muscles that he is working by flexing them throughout a rep. When he does dumbbell shrugs, instead of letting his arms simply hand at his sides, he pulls his shoulders forward slightly before each rep begins, which helps him flex his trapezius.
He further contracts his traps by rotating his shoulders backward at the top of each rep. Chris explains that it is usually easier to keep continuous tension on isolation movements rather than compound movements.
The two most important factors in Chris's training are heavy weights and proper form. He doesn't believe in cheating. All of his reps are done with strict form. A while back, Chris tried cheating on curls and other lifts, but he just couldn't get with it.
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If you cheat too much, the chances of injury increase. Chris takes weight training seriously and doesn't train sloppily.
Forced Reps:
Chris isn't a big fan of forced reps, but he uses them occasionally. He warms not to overdo them because as with cheating, using forced reps too often become a crutch. You should push the set to failure on your own, then use a spotter to help you get one or two more reps. There's no reason to perform forced reps if you can still get another rep on your own.
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Heavy weights and forced reps are dangerous. That's one good reason to use forced reps sparingly. Chris says that even the best spotter will have trouble applying the right about of pressure under each of his elbow during incline dumbbell presses. The risk is too great that the spotter, Chris, or somebody next to him is going to get hurt.
There's a difference between a spotter helping you up on a final squat and a spotter giving you forced reps during an exercise such as incline dumbbell presses. The first should make things safer; the second often makes things more dangerous.
Chris sometimes does burns (short quick reps) at the end of a set when he has grown tired. This way, he can keep the pressure on the targeted muscle even after he can't complete a full rep. He does this for isolation lifts, such as leg extensions or triceps pushdowns. He never does burns for heavy compound lifts, such as squats or bent over rows.
Abdominals are a good area for burns. Ab work has a short range of motion to start with. You can shorten it ever more as you grow tired near the end of a set.
Chris loves pain. Pain tells him that his workouts are working, and he takes pride in knowing that he can withstand more pain than others can. Chris says that no one can keep up with his leg workout. He does 20-rep sets of leg presses with all the plates he can pile on, and after 10, every rep is like putting a blowtorch to his quads.
He explains that you should know the difference between good pain (lactic acid buildup in muscles) and bad pain (the start of an injury). The moment something doesn't feel right, stop the rep. Other than that, you have to be willing to ignore muscle aches to reach your potential as a bodybuilder. It's mind over muscle. Pain is something that gets easier to endure the more you experience it.
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Mind To Muscle:
Chris explains that probably the most important factor in the success of any rep is the connection between your mind and your muscles.
He thinks that the best way to boost the mind-to-muscle nexus is to practice posing. If you have a weak body part, flex it throughout the day and pose it when you can.
For example, if your back is a weakness and you don't feel as comfortable training it as you do other muscles, do lat spreads and double-biceps shots and flex your back muscles. Even if you have no aspirations to ever compete, posing and flexing will increase your connection to your muscle. This, in turn, will help you focus better on the targeted area during each rep.
I hope you learned many things from this article. The rep is to sets as protein is to muscle. It is the building block. Without the rep, there will be no sets or workout routines. Perfect the rep before going on to other aspects of your training routine.
September 2002 issue of FLEX; Article "Anatomy of a Rep" page 386
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint Policy Statement to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive advertising and marketing of long distance services, including dial-around services -- often called "10-10" numbers. The Policy Statement offers guidance to carriers to ensure their advertising is truthful, complete and non-misleading. Additionally, it describes the kind of factors the FCC will consider in determining whether to bring enforcement action against carriers for deceptive advertising practices. You may review the actual wording of the statement in Microsoft Word or Text formats.
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Sitting on the open landscape of Cape Sable Island, the Cape Sable Lighttower is an impressive thirty meter tall octagonal structure of reinforced concreted comprised of a pedimented base with an entry door, a tapered shaft with four small windows above the door, and a capital-like portion that is provided by the flared top of the shaft which provides a floor for the cast iron lantern above. It is among the tallest towers ever built with this design. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
The Lighttower is a Classified Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values Historical ValueThe Lighttower is a very good illustration of improvement to mapping of Canadian waters and an important aid to navigation around the tip of Nova Scotia and marks the entrance into the Bay of Fundy. Building the Cape Sable Island Lighttower was an early response to the needs of steamships passing closer to shore.
Architectural ValueThe Lighttower is an excellent example of a classically-designed octagonal lighttower with its aesthetic and functional design representing successful adaptation of new technology to the particular functional requirements of lighttower construction. The height of the structure was used to advantage to create a structure of elegant proportions and balance. The overall design, focus on symmetrical arrangement, new construction techniques and adaptation of materials characterize the structure.
Environmental ValueThe Lighttower reinforces the maritime character of the region of small villages and summer recreational properties on a mile-long crescent-shaped reef just offshore from Cape Sable Island. The strength of the tower design combined with the cluster of accessory structures provides a strong architectural presence on the open landscape of Cape Sable Island. The critical location of the Lighttower on one of the busiest inshore fishing grounds in the world and adjacent to some major shipping lanes makes it an important landmark. It marks the entrance to the Bay of Fundy of ships coming from the east, and is seen by many New England vessels charting courses to Europe.
Sources:Joan Mattie, Lighttower, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office Building Report 87-115.
Lighttower, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Heritage Character Statement 87-115.
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Its excellent classical and very good functional design, and adaptation of classicism to vernacular buildings as manifested in:
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A house fire has killed six adults and children in East Baltimore.
Firefighters got the call about the fire in the 2300 block of Homewood Avenue about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, said Baltimore Fire spokesman Kevin Cartwright. Crews arrived to see that flames had engulfed the two-story brick home, which was an end-unit rowhouse.
Initially, firefighters tried to extinguish the fire from inside the house, but increasing winds caused the flames to get more intense, and firefighters were forced to battle from the outside. Flames also spread to three nearby homes.
Once firefighters put out the fire, crews searched the home and found the six victims. Cartwright did not know the ages of the victims at this time or how the fire started.
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Wave Dragon is a clean power generation technology even compared to other renewables:
Below are listed construction, operating and decommissioning activities associated with the Wave Dragon technology. For each activity potential environmental impacts are stated as well as the associated mitigation measures.
Various studies and guides for offshore wind farms have been used in compiling this list for a Wave Dragon farm.
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Subsea cables
Temporarily affect the nature of sub tidal habitats in the cable duct. Comparable to effects known from e.g. offshore wind projects.
Identification of important habitats for fisheries, benthos etc. and avoiding laying cables in these areas.
Damage to archaeology sites.
Identify potential sites and avoid these.
Onshore cables
Temporarily affect the nature of shore habitats. Comparable to effects known from e.g. onshore wind.
Identification of important habitat or scenic places and avoid going onshore at these locations.
Installation ofmooring system
Temporarily affect the nature of sub tidal habitats. Effects are known from mooring of ships.
Identification of important habitats for fisheries, benthos etc. and avoiding deployment of mooring blocks in these areas.
Construction ofWave Dragon
Wave Dragon will not be constructed on site but towed to the site from the dry dock where it is constructed.
A separate EIA will be made if a purpose build dry-dock is established. Sensitive areas will be avoided and the area re-established after use.
Vessels trafficduring installation
Installation of the mooring arrangement and deployment of the Wave Dragon units will cause an increased amount of traffic. Can affect sea birds• Moulting• Breeding• RestingComparable to the effect known from existing vessel traffic.
Installation will be carried out with respect to the breeding, resting and moulting periods of sea birds species.
Physical presence ofmoored structuresat sea
Will have some impact on landscape and be visible.
The colour and design of the Wave Dragon structure will – to the extend possible with regard to marking requirements and to the operation of the Wave Dragon - be adjusted to minimise visual impact. Compared to wind turbines the visual impact will be low.
Effects on sea birds in periods of breeding, moulting and resting.
Due to the non-motional nature of the Wave Dragon negative effects are not likely. Impacts are studied in the present prototype project situated in a RAMSAR and EU bird protection area.
Positive effects on fish resources• Will create a fishery exclusion zones• Artificial reef effect will attract fish
No mitigating measures needed. See below.
Negative effect on fisheries.
Locations have to be chosen with respect to commercial and recreational fisheries.
Effects on mammals;both the back side of the arms, mooring buoys, the ramp and horizontal trash rag covering the reservoir will attract resting seals
Design will be adapted to the optimal solution for the seals.
Effect on navigation: Will affect the navigational use by commercial ships, fishing vessels and recreational boating.
Standard marking of the structures and the area: lights, colours, radar reflection. Wave Dragon farms will be located out of traffic zones.
Reduce marine debris and spill of oil from ships washed on shore. A substantial part of this debris will end in the reservoir.
No environmental mitigating measures needed.
Changes in the hydro physical regime due to extraction of energy from the waves may cause:• Impact on coastal processes as erosion and sediment transport.• Changes in the marine habitats• Reduced recreational value, i.e. regarding surfing due to smaller waves.
Wave Dragon farms will extract energy from waves and to some extend changes the hydrodynamics behind a farm. Wave heights are initially estimated to be between 37 % to 22 % lower 1 km behind a Wave Dragon farm. Effect will be subject to generic and site specific hydrodynamic studies and the results from these will act as guidance in the site selection process.
Presence ofsubsea cablesin seabed
The subsea cables will be buried in the sea bed.
Operation ofthe turbines
Fish and mammals will to some extend travel with the overtopping sea water into the reservoir. This may cause physical damages on fish and mammals from passage through hydro turbines.Impact level: Permanent – low.
Establishing of a trash rag covering the total reservoir preventing fish and mammal access to the reservoir and turbine system (as known from traditional hydro power stations). Fish smaller than the openings in the trash rag will pass through the operating turbines. A turbine with a slow turning (300 rpm) propeller has been chosen.
Increased level of noise and vibrations may affects mammals dependent on sound for navigation.
Noise and vibration impact level will be low. If necessary measures to dampen these effects will be taken.
Areas with abundance of cetaceans will be avoided.
Leaking of hydraulic fluids.
Water hydraulic has been chosen to eliminate any possibility for leaks of oil to sea water. No other potential polluting fluids etc. onboard.
Presence ofmooringarrangements
Mooring blocks on sea bed will locally affect the nature of sub tidal habitats
Mooring chains moving on the seabed may damage the nature of sub tidal habitats
Design mooring arrangement in a way that chains are kept free of the sea bed.
Mooring arrangement – blocks, chains and buoys – may have an artificial reef effect with locally increased wildlife in quantity and diversity.
No mitigating measures needed.
Overhead-linesand substationsonshore
Can reduce the aesthetic value of the landscape.
Landscape and visual assessment to identify route and location of infrastructure.
Offshore installations and machinery require regular maintenance. Wave Dragon is modularly built and components as turbines will be replaced on a regular basis for maintenance onshore. This will generate vessel traffic.
Maintenance will be carried out with highest possible respect to the breeding, resting and moulting period of sea birds species.
Maintenance on mooring arrangements, marking equipment and the Wave Dragon structure will be performed on site. This will generate vessel traffic.
Anti fouling
There will be emission from any toxic antifouling.
Toxic antifouling is not used, as the weight from fouling is not a problem. A non-toxic silicone based slippery coating is tested in the turbine system (turbine outlet) in the present prototype project.
Removal anddecommissioningof WEC from site
No impact near the deployment site.
The structure will be towed to an appropriate site for re-cycling and decommissioning. Wave Dragon is designed and constructed in a way to ease recycling.
Removal ofmooringarrangements
Will temporarily affect the nature of sub tidal habitats.
Available low impact techniques will be used.
Removal ofsubsea cables


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Karin Boye
Biography of Karin Boye
Boye was born in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden, and moved with her family to Stockholm in 1909. She studied at Uppsala University from 1921 to 1926 and debuted in 1922 with a collection of poems, "Clouds" (Sw. "Moln"). During her time in Uppsala and until 1930, Boye was a member of the socialist group Clarté.
In 1931 Boye, together with Erik Mesterton and Josef Riwkin, founded the poetry magazine Spektrum, introducing T. S. Eliot and the Surrealists to Swedish readers. Together with the critic Erik Mesterton, she translated Eliot's "The Waste Land". She was largely responsible for translating the work of T. S. Eliot into Swedish.
Karin Boye is perhaps most famous for her poems, of which the most well-known ought to be "Yes, of course it hurts" (Sw. "Ja visst gör det ont") and "In motion" (Sw. "I rörelse") from her collections of poems "The Hearths" (Sw. "Härdarna"), 1927, and "For the sake of the tree" (Sw. "För trädets skull"), 1935. She was also a member of the Swedish literary institution Samfundet De Nio (chair number 6) from 1931 until her death in 1941.
Boye's novel "Crisis" (Sw. "Kris") depicts her religious crisis and lesbianism. In her novels "Merit awakens" (Sw. "Merit vaknar") and "Too little" (Sw. "För lite") she explores male and female role-playing.
Outside Sweden, her best-known work is probably the novel "Kallocain". Inspired by her visit to the Soviet Union in 1928 and her visit to Germany during the rise of National Socialism it was a portrayal of a dystopian society in the vein of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World (though written almost a decade before Nineteen Eighty-Four). In the novel, an idealistic scientist named Leo Kall invents Kallocain, a kind of truth serum. The novel was filmed in Sweden 1981 and was the main influence for the movie Equilibrium.
Karin Boye's Works:
Karin Maria Boye (help·info) (October 26, 1900 – April 24, 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist.
* Astarte, 1931
* Merit vaknar, 1933
* Kris, 1934
* För lite, 1936
* Kallocain, 1940
Collections of poems:
* Moln, 1922
* Gömda land, 1924
* Härdarna, 1927
* För trädets skull, 1935
* De sju dödssynderna, 1941 (not completed, posthumously published)
* Complete Poems in English translation by David McDuff
Karin Boye Poems
Man's Multiplicity
We were born of mothers of heaven and earth and of powers with no end in view, nocturnal wills and wills of light with names that no one knew.
The Nightjar
Half awake the summer night broods quietly on dreams that no one knows. The tarns' glistening floods reflect a twilight sky's
Morning Song
This is life's silent hour, sunny and blessed, laughing white in power-conscious peace. The rejoicing and the songs fell silent,
Candles I saw burning, yes, holy candles on the eternal mountaintops. Blessed ones walked there in a trembling mystic light,
See the mighty clouds, whose distant lofty tops proud, shimmering rise, white as white snow! Calmly they glide on, at last in calm to die below,
A Buddhist Fantasy
Unlocked is the world's copper gate. High in its gate-vault here I stand, and what I see is infinitely great, and no sight is so without end.
The Best
The best that we possess, we cannot give away. we cannot write it either. and neither can we say.
To You
You my despair and my strength, you took all the life I owned, and because you demanded everything, you gave back a thousandfold.
To A Sphinx
You are like the mollusc in chilly ponds where sunbeams never get. She never creeps out from her shell, her prison she cannot forget,
Spring Song
In springtime, in sprouting time, the seed its shell destroys, and rye becomes rye and pine becomes pine in freedom without choice.
Here I go not. This is not I. This is a lying reflection alone, asking, wondering where I have gone, yearning one day to meet its reality.
Evening Prayer
No time is like this one, the evening's final, silent hour. No sorrows burn any longer, no voices crowd any more.
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Candles I saw burning, yes, holy candles on the eternal
Blessed ones walked there in a trembling mystic light,
radiant with God as with the sun the falling drops,
radiant with sleep in worlds where time was not.
Woe is me, my foot is too heavy for those giddying high paths,
woe is me, who was formed from clay and whose thought is steel and


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So artistic.Cool style.
that face looks so cool!
I'll give you 5 Hearts for depicting what it means to have someone "stare a hole through you" LOL! It looks like PMS may be a factor! I'm not faving it though cause I see this look way too often from family members! Hee Hee! :)
the eyes rlly capturing....good job 5/5
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text: Robert, I've never seen more than one ISBN number in the same book. If there is more than one edition of the book each edition will have its own ISBn, but that doesn't matter. Just use the one in the book you have. If there are other numbers they're probably Library of Congress catalog numbers etc. And if you find a book that's weird and confusing and appears to have ISBns, you don't actually have to enter one at all, they're optional for Bookshare submission. Kellie


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After his conversion to the Catholic Faith, Trent Horn earned a master's degree in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in philosophy from Holy Apostles College.
He serves as a staff apologist for Catholic Answers and specializes in teaching Catholics to graciously and persuasively engage those who disagree with them. Trent models that approach each week on the radio program Catholic Answers Live where he dialogues with atheists, pro-choice advocates, and other non-Catholic callers.
Trent is also a lecturer who travels throughout the world speaking on subjects related to the Catholic faith and the co-host of Hearts and Minds, a weekly radio program that discusses timely issues from an eternal perspective. In addition to being a public speaker, Trent is the author of three books: Answering Atheism, Persuasive Pro-life, and his latest book Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach to Answering Bible Difficulties.
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I am currently working on a college project which needs me to control an external program that I have downloaded, with a GUI program that I have written. I am not sure exactly how to approach this since my efforts to get this working seem to have been in vain.
All I need to do is send simple messages like button clicks to the external program's controls. This on it's own is not difficult, I was able to send messages between two test programs that I have written where I know all the control ID's. Where I get stuck is finding these ID's on the external program. I've tried spy++ programs but all they give is the thread and that changes every time the program is opened.
Is there a better way to accomplish this task or am I going in the right direction and just need a few pointers on how to get this job done?
Please, I want as many opionions as possible, this is costing me valuable project time being stuck at such a trivial problem.


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It's about time that I fess up. Years ago, long before I jumped on the healthy whole food bandwagon, I ate (*gulp*) chicken nuggets. More than once. Dipped in sugary sweet mustard and ketchup. And no, they were not homemade. I won't name restaurants, but I think you can guess where they came from. Much to my horror, I must shamefully admit that back then, I actually liked those nuggets, too. I would finish the entire cardboard plateful. (Cue the cringe.)
My, how things can change! I am so grateful that I turned a corner a long time ago and began eating real foods, leaving fast food in the dust. There are many things that I think we could live without these days, but if there's any one thing that I wish was never invented, it would be fast food restaurants. (And soda.)
Although I've made changes for the better over the years, I won't dismiss the fact that I've got some skeletons in my closet. Don't we all? As much as I liked chicken nuggets years ago (and chocolate peanut butter cups, packaged cookies, and store-bought donuts, too), I know that if I ate one now, I would probably want to spit it out after just one bite.
I used to think that a root beer float was a treat. Now, I feel like I'm splurging when I drink a bottle of coconut water. It's just proof that the more healthy foods we eat, the more our taste buds will adapt to appreciate the natural flavors and textures of those foods instead of craving sugar and salt.
If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that there's almost always a healthier alternative to traditional "junk foods." Even chicken nuggets!
These Coconut Lime Chicken Bites are the perfect healthy stand-in for the traditional breaded and fried nuggets you'll find at any fast food joint. I came up with the recipe one night when I was craving something crunchy and good for nibbling. The nuggets are delicious dipped in grainy mustard or salsa.
In anticipation of your question….if you can't eat eggs, I would try dipping the chicken pieces in olive oil or a flax egg instead of the beaten egg. I have not done this so I can't guarantee successful results, but I'm thinking it would work.
What are your "food skeletons?" How do you make traditional junk foods healthier at home?
Coconut Lime Chicken Bites
Serves 4
1 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 large egg
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a shallow bowl, combine the coconut, lime zest, cumin, and salt. Place the egg in a separate shallow bowl and beat lightly. Dip the chicken pieces in the beaten egg, shaking off the excess. Then roll them in the coconut mixture to coat. (I find it most efficient to work with a handful of chicken pieces at a time.)
Place the coconut-coated chicken pieces in an even layer on a rimmed baking dish or in a large glass baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes until cooked through. Serve immediately.
Heads up: Don't over-bake the nuggets or they'll be chewy and dry. Cut into one after 25 minutes and if it's nice and white throughout, it's ready!
Oh, one last thing I have to share with you…
Is this not the cutest watermelon ever??
I made it earlier this week and am so proud of how he turned out. I see a lot more fruit carving in my future this summer. It's so fun!


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Hello, I am trying to make a substitution cipher for class. I feel strongly about how I approached the code, but am new to arrays and am having trouble getting indexes to stick during my loop action.
I have been struggling to find out how I can successfully declare that an empty array be filled with pieces from another array that were matched during the loop.
The purpose of this code is to change a test name into an encoded name based on a substitution cipher using arrays and strings.
Whenever I run this code, printing the secret[] array which should house the encoded name results in odd symbols. I am clearly doing something wrong, but aside from how I am trying to jam values from the cipher array into the secret array I cant imagine why.
There is probably more writing than code in this, but I felt it important to state exactly what I thought I was doing. If anyone could point out if I am missing anything obvious, it would be greatly appreciated. I simply don't know how to crack this nut.Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> //Based on 4 1D Arrays; //alphabet[] is meant to store the regular alphabet. //cipher[] is meant to store the cipher. //name[] is meant to store the test name. //secret[] is meant to store the final encoded result int main() { char cipher[30], alphabet[30], name[30], secret[30]; int i=0, j=0, length; //Filling in the first three arrays //The Alphabet (26 letters) strcpy(alphabet, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"); //The Substituted Cipher for the Alphabet (26 letters). strcpy(cipher, "QAZWSXEDCRFVTGBYHNUJMIKOLP"); //The Test name. strcpy(name, "SARAH"); //Testing the strlen tool length = strlen(name); printf("\n The length of the name is %d\n", length); //The Main Loop should go on until every letter in the test name is covered. for(i=0; j=0; i < strlen(name)) { //If the current letter of name and the current letter of alphabet do match: if (name[i] = alphabet[j]) { //Copy the letter of cipher that represents the matching alphabetical letter into the current spot of secret, which holds the encoded name. strcpy(secret[i], cipher[j]); //Move on to the next letter of the name. i = i++ ; //Reset Alphabetical tracking. j = 0 ; } //Else if the current letter of name and the current letter of alphabet do not match: else //move on to the next letter of alphabet. j = j++; } //Once all letters of the name are covered: if (i = strlen(name)) { //Print the encoded name from the secret[] array. printf("\n Your encoded name is %s\n", secret); //Printing the other 3 rows to check for errors. printf("\n Alphabet is %s\n", alphabet); printf("\n Cipher is %s\n", cipher); printf("\n Real name is %s\n", name); } //Current Issue: secret does not come out as intended, wondering if the inputs are happening as they should. return 0; }


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HE Ahmed Butti Ahmed, Executive Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, and Director General of Dubai Customs has asserted UAE's commitment in controlling materials of dual use through the implementation of international agreements and conventions stating that Dubai Customs will continue improving its security to limit and prevent illegal transshipments.
HE said, in a speech delivered in the "18th Asian Export Control Seminar" which started last Tuesday 15 February 2011, that the United Arab Emirates, with its strategic location and international status, understands the need to control export, import and re-export operations and to improve techniques and tools to prevent illegal transshipments through adoption and correct interpretation of the international obligations and standards as well as the issuance of decrees and regulations, which is what the UAE is doing with diligence and transparency.
HE said, during his participation in the seminar as the UAE representative, that materials of dual use are very sensitive issues that threaten the international and global security. He also highlighted the significance of the state-of-the-art guide that was made by Dubai Customs exclusively on the materials of dual use to enlighten local, regional and international customs staffs with it.
HE said that Mirsal 2, the Dubai Customs IT solution, corresponds to the SAFE and Revised Kyoto Convention, and it contains an advanced risk engine component confirming that Dubai Customs will continue the development of its intelligence capabilities through the establishment of strong information sharing network and further developing safeguards into the logistic supply chain, and training Dubai Customs' officers and the cadres of other regional customs departments.
The "18th Asian Export Control Seminar" aims at raising awareness of the hazards associated with materials of dual use especially at a time where the line between the civil and military use of materials has become ambiguous. The UAE takes part in this seminar along with 25 other countries, on top of which are the USA, UK, Japan, China, India, France, Germany, South Korea, and Malaysia.
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