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April/May Newsletter
Grade Reminders:
As we close the year, I would like to remind you that students are responsible for their grades. If they need to make up work, per the Classroom expectations signed at the beginning of the year, they have 3 days within the absence to get that work completed. If you need to view the Classroom Expectations again, you can find them on this website. If students choose to wait until the last minute or do not make up their work, they are responsible for their grades on those assignments.
Last Six Weeks Reminders:
We will be closing out the year with this six weeks. It is an exciting and busy time of year. We will have spring shows, concerts, athletic events, and many fun things to attend. Please also be reminded that STAAR testing is an important component of this season as well as semester exams in the final week of school. Below is a list of important dates to be reminded of:
April 17 - End of 4th Six Weeks
May 4 - Biology EOC
May 6 - Algebra 1 EOC
May 15 - Human Geography AP Exam
May 25 - Student/Teacher Holiday
June 1st - 4th - Semester Exams
June 4 - Last day of school
The World at Your Fingertips
This newsletter will be updated monthly on or around the 1st of each month. It should give you a small insight into our studies, goals, and achievements inside the classroom.
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The Des Moines Register published the findings of its latest Iowa Poll this weekend. The poll showed that Governor Terry Branstad is highly regarded by Iowans and is in strong position to be re-elected to an unprecedented sixth term.
Branstad's only opposition to speak of at the moment is State Senator Jack Hatch, who Branstad trounces 55 percent to 27 percent. The poll also showed that a majority of Iowans, 58 percent, approved of the job Branstad has done as governor, and 56 percent think that the state is headed in the right direction.
For months, the Des Moines Register has kept alive the notion that former Iowa Governor and current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack would take on Branstad in 2014 to get his old job back. Vilsack finally put an end to the speculation last week when he said wouldn't run for governor in 2014.
What the folks at the Register don't seem realize is that the decision to mount a political comeback is based on odds and opportunity, not ambition and a sense of duty. Governor Chet Culver was a wounded animal in 2009 and 2010, and while a strong argument could be made about how beatable he was, it wasn't until the polls showed Branstad actually leading Culver that his political comeback gained steam.
The July 2009 TIR poll showed Branstad leading then-Governor Chet Culver 53 percent to 37 percent.
The Register's Iowa poll also gave Branstad higher favorability marks than Vilsack. Fifty-four percent of Iowans said that they had a very favorable or mostly favorable opinion of Branstad, while only 48 percent of had a similar view of Vilsack. For as much as it seemed that the Register wanted Vilsack to challenge Branstad, there was little basis for challenging Branstad, and the polls bear that out.
Even armed with their own polling data, the Register still contends that there is time for a Democrat candidate to make it a race. The Register points to Vilsack's 2008 campaign as an example of how a little-known legislator won the primary and the general election. The only problem is that the 1998 race and the 2014 race are different in one major way – in 1998 there was no incumbent governor running for re-election.
The Register also believes that Branstad's strength in the polls is a result of the recently concluded legislative session that they and other media outlets deemed as a "historic" success. I'm not too sure about that. Democrats beat up on Branstad throughout the legislative session, but especially on the Medicaid issue. I suspect that Branstad's numbers would only increase as the news from the legislative session dissipates.
If there is any time that Hatch's name ID should be good, it's right after the legislative session, but his poll numbers are dismal. As many Iowans, nine percent, have a favorable opinion of him as they do an unfavorable opinion. Worse yet, 82 percent of Iowans don't know enough about him to even have an opinion.
It would be one thing if Hatch could raise enough money to mount a serious campaign against Branstad, but the odds of that happening are slim. The compromise on the health reform bill, which ended up expanding Medicaid spending, might give some Republicans an upset stomach, but it took the best argument that Hatch could make against Branstad away from him.
In many ways, the 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Iowa looks like it's over before it ever really began. That's bad news for Iowa Democrats, but especially Congressman Bruce Braley. Braley needs a strong Democrat ticket for his U.S. Senate campaign, and left unchallenged, Branstad is likely to spend his time and campaign money on helping elect other Iowa Republicans. That could be a major boost to whomever the Republicans nominate for the open U.S. Senate seat.
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text: In case the NCAA continues to be run by a bunch of idiots and denies the appeal, I think that all of us on this board need to contribute a small amount of money (somewhere between $10-15 each), do a search for the hottest girl on campus, and pay her the aforementioned amount of money to be Lucca's girlfriend in order to persuade him to stay on campus instead of going back to Europe. We could even find a set of hot twin sisters (there have to be at least a few on a campus the size of Iowa State's). What do you all think?:biggrin:


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Zayn Malik, member of the musical group One Direction, has deleted his Twitter account after he posted two messages explaining why he would be leaving the Twittersphere.
In his official tweet, he said: "The reason I don't tweet as much as I use to is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter."
He did give fans a way to contact him through Twitter. He said that fans can tweet him through the official One Direction account.
Malik, who hails from Bradford in West Yorkshire, is not the first pop celebrity to bid the micro-blogging website goodbye. In April, singer Nicki Minaj also left the site after having a row with a fan; Minaj, however, returned to the site over a week later.
Helen Skelton, host of Blue Peter, also deleted her account just earlier this month. According to her, she could not cope with the negative comments she receives on the website.
Actress Demi Lovato has also refrained from tweeting since 2009 although her account remains active. Miley Cyrus also deleted her account once in 2009 but has since returned to the site.
Users who delete their accounts have 30 days to reactivate them. This means there's still a chance for Zayn Malik to recover his connection with his more than 5 million Twitter followers.
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Silver Star Families is truly a mission that is all about giving our combat wounded, ill, injured and dying the recognition and honor they deserve. SSFOA is very careful and protective of how these wonderful heroes are treated, both those still serving and as Veterans. The org and its members hold its mission in highest esteem and work together to see it accomplished for our "kids."
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History allows us to journey to the far off, the unfamiliar, the umapped, and unexplored. Each of this issue's essays examines a place that may be nearby and well known to some readers, but to those inside these narratives—to those about whom they are written—the landscapes were new and, depending on perspective, full of promise or peril. For us, the readers, these essays may introduce novel environments or places, or they may reintroduce familiar landscapes through unique lenses, methodologies, or sources. In either case, they offer original insight into the ways in which human societies interact with and perceive the non-human world.
In his compelling 2015 ASEH Presidential Address, Gregg Mitman takes us to Liberia, where we follow the trail of the Harvard African Expedition of 1926, one of America's "forgotten paths of empire." That expedition sought to understand the ecological and medical implications of the recently introduced rubber plantations that connected Liberia with Central and North America through the flows of capital, commodities, and disease. Mitman argues that the introduction of industrial plantation agriculture—primarily to support the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company—transformed Liberia's physical and cultural landscapes and contributed to new ecological and evolutionary understandings of disease. Mitman also suggests that the expedition was one of the critical imperial routes the United States blazed, one that left behind material evidence of its history not only in the plantations' plants, diseases, and landscapes, but also in the form of a rich archive of images, both still and moving. This "imperial debris" has new purpose in Mitman's larger project, the public history initiative A Liberian Journey: History, Memory, and the Making of a Nation, which makes these images, as well as oral histories, documents, and other materials freely available through the website. In telling the history of these material artifacts as well as the context within which they were created, Mitman provides an important map for how to connect academic and public scholarship, a path many of us may wish to travel but feel ill prepared to navigate.
In "'A catastrophe happening in front of our very eyes'," Dagomar Degroot also focuses on images, pictures he argues transformed our perceptions of and relationship to the universe. Degroot suggests that the photos taken of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) comet, fragments of which collided with Jupiter in mid-1994, had a powerful effect on how scientists and the general public understood the solar system as well as Earth's environment. Degroot persuasively argues that the SL9 images, both as scientific data and as cultural artifacts, raised questions about the Earth in relation to other cosmic bodies, highlighting the planet's vulnerability and inspiring "the mental and imminent material colonization of diverse environments across the solar system." A major reason for the images' influence was their ready availability through the new technology of the Internet. Professional and amateur astronomers around the world could both access and share data collected during what came to be called "Impact Week." Beyond documenting changes in Jupiter's environment, the events of 1994 reinvigorated interest in learning about the cosmos, a development Degroot urges environmental historians to take seriously. Degroot avers that environmental historians "are uniquely qualified to disentangle complex connections between human histories and environmental changes beyond Earth" and urges us to forge new paths in our research. "By examining human responses to environmental changes in outer space," Degroot concludes, "environmental historians can fruitfully test both the conceptual boundaries and methodological distinctiveness of their discipline."
Like Degroot, Gretchen Heefner explores transformations in environmental perception. In her article, "'A fighter pilot's heaven'," Heefner analyzes the process through which the United States appropriated the Libyan desert for its own strategic uses by characterizing it as a wasteland, an environment suited for nothing other than military purposes. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, US military and diplomatic advisers in the region rejected earlier colonial depictions of the desert as a degraded environment created by local mismanagement, ripe for redemption through Western innovation; instead, they suggested that it was naturally deficient and "argued that given its grim agricultural and industrial potential, Libya's best option was to sell off its location and sections of territory for strategic installations." This new utilitarian view persuaded the cash-strapped Libyan government and its desert thus became one of the most important training grounds for the US Air Force during the Cold War. Heefner artfully narrates these shifts in both depictions and uses of the Libyan desert, revealing that ideas and material realities work together to manifest environmental change. "The sand and the environment were factors in how people made decisions; it shaped their perceptions about Libya and served to explain and justify decisions made about the region's future," she argued. "People did not act despite the desert; they acted because of it."
Although a vastly different environment from Libya's desert, Antarctica, too, has undergone a number of definitional changes, all of which have affected the ways humans have related to it. In "Engaging and Narrating the Antarctic Ice Sheet," Alessandro Antonello traces the various paths explorers and scientists have taken physically and intellectually to understand the polar continent and its vast ice sheet. Merging spatial and temporal analyses, Antonello contends that although "manifestly objective and present in the world," the Antarctic ice sheet has also been "conceptualized and made." Over the course of a century of exploration and investigation, simplistic descriptions of Antarctica as an empty continent have given way to characterizations of the ice sheet as diverse and changing. Essential to this process are the panoply of technologies—from sledges to satellites—that have mediated the researchers' interactions with the ice. By juxtaposing the material and the conceptual, Antonello makes a convincing argument for rigorous investigation into both how and by whom environmental knowledge is generated as well as into the implications of allowing narratives to be dominated by a small subset of society, scientists in the case of Antarctica. If we understand the processes behind the creation of these narratives, then we can more clearly see the complexity of the ice, one that embodies a "fullness … of materiality and physicality, scale and volume, and of time, history, and futures."
Our final essay, by Timothy Cooper and Anna Green, tracks locals' responses to the wreck of the Torrey Canyon oil tanker off the coast of Cornwall in March 1967 and their path toward an "everyday environmentalism". Using oral histories, which Cooper and Green contend play too small a role in environmental history research, they reveal complex and contradictory reactions by residents of the towns affected by the oil spill and the toxic detergents used to clean up the disaster. These communities relied heavily on tourism and the spill threatened to undermine their economic foundations. Thus, while the spill's harmful effects on wildlife and the coastal ecosystem dismayed residents, many were more concerned by the potential consequences the disaster would have to their livelihoods and thereby supported the use of the detergents to save the upcoming tourist season. These competing anxieties illustrate the importance of place and circumstance to the evolution of environmental consciousness. Indeed, Cooper and Green suggest "everyday environmental discourse should be seen as more geographically specific, ambiguous, and self-aware than that which is traditionally associated with the conservation movement" and persuasively argue that "oral history can be a vital tool in developing a more sophisticated understanding of the complex social nature of modern environmentalism."


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Genre: Epic Fantasy
(Amazon UK/Amazon US/Goodreads)
As Naithin said, The Hero of Ages started out much better than The Well of Ascension did, and it was generally a more well-written novel. The thing that really bothered me, in both novels, was how much repetition Sanderson seemed to use. He really likes to hammer certain points home, to the point that by about halfway through the novel I was sat alone on the sofa shouting at the book in my hand saying, "Yes! I bloody know all of this you tell us every damn time we meet that character. Get to the sodding point already!" ((Luckily, nobody was around to witness my outbursts.)) Thankfully, in the last 200-300 pages, the repetition becomes much less of an issue and I once again found myself as gripped as I was with The Final Empire, which is what eventually led me to give this one a 4.5 star rating. If it wasn't for the repetition, and the whiny, droning throughout the novel from just about every character, it would easily have been a 5. I know the whining was appropriate to the story, all things considered, but a novel needs at least a little hope, else it becomes a struggle to read. This is actually something I considered – why books 2 and 3 weren't as good as book 1. They didn't have Kelsier. He gave the story a little bit of light, some humour. Without him, the characters just didn't seem driven, which I suppose was the point, but the narrative wandered off.
There were a heck of a lot of moral messages paramount in these novels which really hit home in this book, as opposed to the others where they were present, they were just still getting to the point. There's a lot about religion, about having hope, which didn't really affect me so much as I'm not all that religious, but it was a very important part of the story, and the idea that it is the hope given from believing in something, not the belief itself, that helps people through tough times is a pretty good moral message to put in there, I think. There was also another one that I noticed, which I'm not even sure was intentional, but the more I read fantasy, the more my view on capital punishment changes. I used to believe that for really terrible crimes it was a good thing but lately my view is changing a little bit. This underlying message seems to say, "Who are we to choose when people should and shouldn't die, does that make us any better than murderers?" As I said, I'm not convinced it was intentional, but it's there.
All in all, Mistborn is a series well worth a read, and I look forward to the new one which is supposedly being released in November. I've heard that The Way of Kings is a lot better than these books, so I can't wait to eventually get my hands on a copy of that one.


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NTP Server - VCL-2156
Orion Telecom Offers Power Utility Solutions Oil & Gas Networks Solutions Railway & Metro Rail Solutions PTP IEEE-1588v2 GPS Primary Reference Clock Packet Optical Transport Multiplexers Teleprotection SCADA, FOTE, OLTE Digital Cross Connects Echo Cancellers IP/Ethernet over TDM 1+1 APS (Fail-Over) Solutions Monitoring Groomer Solutions
NTP Server - VCL-2156
Product Overview
Orion Telecom Networks Inc. offers VCL-2156 NTP SERVER is designed to provide NTP and ITU-T G.811 Primary Reference Clock that is locked to a GPS / GNSS reference to provide time synchronization to private networks such as Railways and Metro (ticketing and platform) networks, Airports and Air-Traffic Control facilities, Electric Sub-Stations, Power Distribution and Transmission companies, Oil and Gas Utilities, ISPs and Cable TV networks aswell as to Campus networks that are required to maintain a complete isolation from public networks for security reasons. It may be also used by 2G, 3G and LTE service providers which provide a time of day reference to their customers over their wireless networks.
- VCL-2156, NTP SERVER & IEEE-1588v2 PTP Grandmaster Data Sheet (PDF)
- VCL-2156, NTP SERVER Data Sheet (PDF)
- Comparison Chart - 2156 (PDF)
VCL-2156 establishes a highly accurate phase-synchronized frequency and time base by synchronizing to the SPS (GNSS) satellites' atomic clocks to distribute synchronized time over packet based networks including Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet, IP and IP/MPLS Networks.
The VCL-2156 provides a wide range of GPS (GNSS) referenced frequency and time sources that include 2.048MHz, 1/5/10MHz, 1PPS frequency as well as an NMEA and NTPv4 time reference.
Features such as maintaining a distinctly separate IP address for system management and control, password based access, SSH as well as MD5 authentication ensures operational reliability and security. Additional features include remote login and remote firmware upgrade (file transfer) capabilities. The simplicity of installation and ease of management and reliable operation of the VCL-2156 NTP Server decreases the cost of network administration.
VCL-2156 includes complete SNMP monitoring as well as support for enterprise directory services for user authentication, internal and external logging and monitoring of alarm and error messages through Syslog and e-mail alert notifications ensures a high level of system manageability. Other features include DHCP for installation convenience and support concurrent IPv4/IPv6 support for future network upgradation.
A new Graphical User Network Management Interface (NMS) allows for easy monitoring and configuration changes in a network that require multiple installations for be monitored and managed from a single or multiple management locations.
Features and Highlights
- High bandwidth NTP performance
- Upto 5000 NTP requests per second
- Multiple NTP Ports - 4 x independent 10/100 Mbit/s, RJ-45 Ethernet interfaces
- ITU-T G.811 / Stratum 1 compliant (PR) Primary Reference when locked to GPS
- ITU-T G.812 compliant holdover
- Synchronization of NTP and SNTP clients
- Battery backed RTC with up to one year of backup in power down mode
- Leap Second Support
- MD5 authentication for NTP clients
- 1 x IRIG-B Un-Modulated (BNC)
- 1 x IRIG-B Modulated (RJ45)
- Meets and comply with Power Contact and Lightening Protection as per Telcordia GR-1089-CORE and EN61000-4-5 Level 4 specifications.
- Alert notifications via SNMP Traps
- Concurrent IPv6 and IPv4 operation
- Supported networking protocols: IPv4,IPv6, SSH, TELNET, SCP, FTP, SYSLOG,SNMPv2 and TELNET
- Secure network management: enable or disable options
- Double Oven Quartz Oscillators (OCXO) hold-over
- Stratum 1 when synchronized to GPS/GNSS, or Stratum 2 hold-over
- DC, or AC, or 1+1 Redundant AC+DC Power Supply options.
VCL-2156 is designed to be deployed in concurrent IPv4 networks to provide NTP time and frequency synchronization.
The VCL-2156 has 4+1, 10/100 BaseT Industrial Ethernet Ports that meet and comply with "Power Contact and Lightening Protection" as per Telcordia GR-1089-CORE and EN61000-4-5 Level 4 specifications making it suitable for the equipment to be installed in harsh industrial environments which include Electric Sub-Stations, Railway andMetroNetworks.
VCL-2156 is powered by a high performance microprocessor and a highly precise GPS / GNSS receiver that provides a better than 30 nanosecond accuracy to assure high bandwidth NTP Performance of better than 5000NTPrequests per second.
Monitoring and Management
The configuration of the systemcan bemanaged by Graphical User Management Interface. Alternatively, a text based and menu driven setup utility can be started from the shell prompt after logging into the unit via Telnet or SSH. An optional Graphical User Network Management Interface (NMS) allows multiple systems installed on a networks to be monitored and configured from a single or multiple management locations.
Standards & Compliance
- IEC - EMC – Certified to EN 55022: 2005 / CISPR 22, EN 55024:2005, IEC 61000-4-2
- FCC – FCC Part 15 B Class A: Conducted Emission test on Power Line
- FCC Part 15 B Class A: Radiated Emission >1 GHz FCC, 6 GHz, on Power Line
Technical Specifications
GPS Receiver Specifications:
- 50 Channel GPS Receiver
- 72 Channel GNSS Receiver
- GPS L1 frequency, C/A Code Receiver
- Tracks up to 12 satellites simultaneously
- Synchronizing Time:
- Acquisition time - Hot Start: Less than 15 sec.
- Acquisition time - Warm Start: Less than 45 sec.
- Acquisition time - Cold Start: Less than 140 sec.
- GPS Signal
- Tracking and Navigation: -162 dBm
- Reacquisition -160 dBm
- Cold Start -148 dBm
- Antenna Connector: TNC
- Accuracy Of Time-Pulse Signal referenced to GPS: +/-30ns (raw)
- Accuracy Of Time-Pulse Signal referenced to GPS: +/-15ns (compensated)
(Note: with all satellites in view at -130db)
Local / Remote Management and Monitoring Ports:
- 10/100BaseT Ethernet – RJ45
- 2 x External Alarm Relay Contacts.
Local / Remote System Access, Control and Management Options:
- Telnet
- Firmware upgrade
- CLI Control Interface (HyperTerminal or VT100)
- SNMP V2 Traps (MIB File provided)
Security and Protection:
- Password Protection
Configuration and Monitoring Software:
- Telnet, SSH, CLI
- NMS - GUI (Graphical User Interface) - Runs on any PC operating on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 OS.
- LCD-display with backlight
Network Time Protocol:
- NTP v2, (RFC 1119), NTP v3 (RFC 1305), NTP v4, (RFC 5905), SNTP v3 (RFC 1769), SNTP v4 (RFP 2030), MD5 Authentication
- Internet Protocol: IP v4, IP v6
- Time Protocol: TIME (RFC 868)
- Daytime Protocol: DAYTIME (RFC 867)
Power Supply Options:
- Dual Redundant
- 1+1 AC power (100 to 240V AC, 50/60 Hz)
- 1+1 DC 24V power
- 1+1 DC -48V power
- 1+1 DC 110/125V DC power
- AC or DC
Antenna Specifications:
- Antenna Type: Active
- Amplifier Gain: Typically 27dB to 40dB (GPS L1 band)
- Operating temperature: -40°C to +85°C
- Reverse Polarity Protection
- Lightening Protection: According to EN61000-4-5 Level 4.
- Cable Type: LMR 400 or equivalent with N connector
- LMR400 Cable Length - 30, 50, 60 and 90 meters
Application Diagram
Application Diagram 1
Application Diagram 2
Assigning Multiple NTP Servers for high security applications and network segregation
VCL-2145 (this feature is also available with VCL-2156) provides 1 x Primary NTP Server in addition to 4 x user configurable Virtual NTP Servers. The NTP Servers may be configured to operate in up to 64 user configurable VLANs for security and network segregation.


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Your secret is out: You're a brand architect who knows how to tell and sell a story.
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The 2017 Media Relations Awards are here to celebrate your ability to remain calm in the face of a crisis, your willingness to think beyond the standard press release and your dedication to sharable storytelling. Gain recognition for the accomplishments that made a difference for your customers, your clients or your team.
This year's 20 categories, including Brand Messaging or Position, Integrated Marketing Communications, Product or Service Launch, Press Event or Media Tour, and Social Media Campaign will allow you to share your expertise in a specific discipline. Three new categories, Crisis or Reputation Management, Native Advertising, and Social Influencer Program will celebrate your most innovative strategies and campaigns.
Don't feel confined to one category; we encourage you to submit any campaign to as many categories as you'd like. Of course, don't forget the Grand Prize category, which will validate you as a true expert.
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See a full list of categories and eligibility requirements, and read how to enter below.
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Where the Heart Is Trailer (1990)
"Stewart McBain is showing his kids a new side of life. The Outside." 23 February 1990 Drama, Comedy 107 mins
Stewart McBain (Coleman) is a real-estate mogul who spends his living blowing up old buildings to make room to erect new buildings. All goes as planned for a new subdivision, until a group of protesters object to the destruction of one lonely, ugly building, called the Dutch House. Typically, the media is sent to the scene of the protest, and McBain appears on TV in a bad way. His children - Daphne (Thurman), Chloe (Amis), and Jimmy (Hewlett) - ridicule him for appearing on TV, and as a reward for their remarks, he drops them off at the Dutch House with $750 apiece, and tells them they're on their own. They must find jobs if they expect to make money to stay warm. McBain and his wife, Jean watch from afar as their children adapt to their new lifestyle, meeting new friends, and inviting others into their new home, including a decrepit bum.
Watch the official Where the Heart Is 1990 trailer in HD below or find more Where the Heart Is videos on Vidimovie.


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by Ann Marie Deer Owens | May. 4, 2017, 9:52 AM
Vanderbilt Divinity School will break ground on an $11.5 million renovation and 13,641-square-foot addition May 5.
The official groundbreaking will be at 11:30 a.m. on the 21st Avenue side of the Divinity School quadrangle.
"Vanderbilt Divinity School has long been a leader in theological education," Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente said. "However, the building's current design reflects the vision of past generations. As we look to the school's future, we must create new spaces that capitalize on its distinctive and welcoming culture and inspire innovative thinking about ministry and justice in the 21st century."
Vanderbilt Divinity School is one of a small number of university-based divinity schools in the United States. The current facility, located at 411 21st Ave. S., has not been updated since it opened in 1960.
"A renovated and larger building is a critical need for the school," said Emilie M. Townes, dean of the Divinity School and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society. With these improvements, we will not only have better teaching and gathering spaces, we will create a more collaborative environment, a place where our community can discover, question and create change."
Design highlights include:
The Divinity School was founded in 1875 as the Biblical Department of Vanderbilt University. It operated under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, until May 1914. Since that date, it has carried on its work as an ecumenical theological school under the leadership of the university's Board of Trust.
"The Divinity School is committed to advancing as a leader for a new kind of theological education that takes into account the global expansion of religion and the shifting demographics within the United States," Townes said.
She noted that the school is committed to growing responsibly in a way that respects the environment. Energy efficiency will be a high priority of the project, and the school will pursue LEED certification.
Gilbert, McLaughlin, Casella Architects designed the new space, while Orion Building Corporation will serve as construction manager. The renovation will begin in summer 2017.
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Shape molten glass into vases, sculptures, and beautiful works of art.
Tends continuous oxide mill and auxiliary equipment that converts pig lead into lead oxide used in manufacture of storage battery paste: Ignites furnace burner and loads pig lead into kettle that automatically melts lead and pours molten lead into machine that shapes lead into balls and discharges balls into storage bin. Rakes specified number of lead balls into mill that converts lead balls into lead oxide powder. Observes temperature and weight gauges, and turns valve to add coolant to mill as needed. Opens chute to release powder into barrel when milling is completed. Weighs and tests powder to determine percentage of oxidation, using reagents, gram scale, and other testing equipment. Reprocesses powder not meeting specifications. Records test results and amount of lead oxide powder milled.


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Leopard cub (pastels) by AngelaMaySmithWatch
©2010-2017 AngelaMaySmith
That is absolutely beautiful. You are so very talented <3 Keep up the amazing work!
So beautiful!^^
wow gorgouse
Wonderful work.
ThankYou, Beautiful!
What a beautiful drawing and so very realistic looking! You did a marvelous job on this deviation!
Wow. This is real. I mean it's not. Awesome talent and patience!
Especially because of your background, you achieved the camera effect quite well. I can't say I'm a fan of the composition, whicih seems rather plain, but beautifuldetail and color
Wow.. simply wow. This looks very realistic! I love how detailed it is that you can see all the little hairs all over the cub's body. How long did it take you? I recently switched to pastels and LOVE them. But making all the little hairs must have been a PAIN.
Simply too realistic, it is.
oh my wow this is amazing. it looks like a photo!
wooooooooooooooow *stares as i add to faves*
wooooooooooooooow *stares as i add to faves*
You made it with pastels? O______O GREAT!!!!
Amazing , looks just like photo .
details r Unbelievable .
Amazing , looks just like photo .
details r Unbelievable .
This is with.. PASTEL? THIS IS AMAZING!! I thought it was a photograph and I was going to delete it from our group! (Pencil-Artists) I'll keep it cause it's so amazing!!
That is simply amazing! I remember a few years ago my art class had to draw an animal in pastel....damn it was hard! Major props to you!!
this is outstandingly awesome!
Just so amazing !
I have no idea how you do this with pastels, Angela! This is outstanding!
This is absolutely adorable!
The detail is amazing- so is everything!
It's very life like!
The detail is amazing- so is everything!
It's very life like!
awsome work, u have a great talent in colouring with pastels
OMG! This is perfect!
at first i was like
>_< *squint to make sure it was pastels*
then i was like
>_< *squint to make sure it was pastels*
then i was like
i thought, it's a photo ô.o good job...
oh, thats really cool, you did a good job with this, good work.
Wow, that is quite amazing!
Great drawing, wonderfully done.
Good lord - you should be happy with the outcome. I do a lot of drawings of big cats (lions, mostly - check out my page if you get time), and to do something of this detail and maturity - by which I do not mean that of the artist but that of the quality of art - is incredible, but to do it in pastel is unbelievable. My personal weapon of choice is colored pencil, but I tend to work fast and bring unexpected colors to a piece rather than the kind of detail you bring. Very, very nice piece of work.
This deserves a lot more attention, it's simply perfection. Which brand of pastels do you use?
Beautiful work!
This is absolutely amazing, beautiful work
Amazing seems to be the word for the day. Who am I to disagree? This is magnificent.
So cute! I love him (l)
whats the word i am looking for here ?
oh yes fucking amazing
oh yes fucking amazing
excellent work!
So real. Amazing!!!
amazing! I thought it was a photo..
This is great
This is amazing, I thought it was a photo.. You are a very talented individual.


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They'll Be Back
A decade ago regular gasoline sold for less than $1.30 a gallon in most states. Three Mile Island, a near nuclear meltdown at a utility plant outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, occurred in early 1979, now nearly 30 years ago.
Aging eyes aren't the only things that grow dimmer with time. Dividends, once all the favor with investors, fell out of favor during the TNT run-up, and are now back in favor. Same thing happened with platform shoes, the Volkswagen Beetle and leeches.
Thirty-one states have nuclear power plants. Of those with the heaviest nuclear concentration, six are blue or Democrat states and one is red or Republican. Most of those blue states are in the energy-hungry northeast. With the nation's hydrocarbon fix rapidly becoming an energy monkey too heavy to tote indefinitely, particularly given the geopolitical, increasing demand and diminishing supply risks, nuclear power may be the old, new kid on the block. And ditto coal, that dirty black stuff burned by power companies that emits a good portion of the CO2 environmentalists love to rail against.
Some of you may be old enough to remember the early 1970s when Medallion all-electric kitchens were all the rage. They were supposedly cheap, efficient and practically every new home sported one. Then those omniscient well-intentioned creatures called bureaucrats, politicians and environmentalists discovered natural gas was clean burning and abundant. Practically every new home built today uses natural gas.
According to a recent report, that's all about to change as power companies over the next decade switch from gas to coal as the fuel of choice for their new power plants. There are also some positive rumblings among backers of nuclear energy since prices for crude oil and natural gas soared the last couple years. To be sure, there will be opponents from the Green Peace crowd to the usual well-intentioned suspects. To date this winter has been somewhat mild. But as one well-known investment guru recently noted that something is out of whack when his energy bill goes up 50 percent in 45-degree winter weather. Despite conventional wisdom, higher energy costs don't go un-noticed by either the rich or the poor.
The point here is a basic one: idealism gets tossed to the back burner when the bell sounds for push and shove to get it on. Tempers flare and quite often riots happen. A bunch of folks, elderly or otherwise, freezing to death come some future winter coupled with long gas lines will stir the natives up pretty fast. Should that occur a lot of people won't care much if those politicians are in red states or blue states when they go looking for them. And look for them they could; it's happened elsewhere and it could just as easily happen here.
What all this has to do with investing is simply this: few meaningful changes ever occur without some catastrophic event that precedes them. Such things could be ingrained deep in the human genetic code. Humankind apparently has to touch the hot furnace to discover that it's indeed hot. Anyone who watched even a smidgeon of the recent Alioto confirmation hearings should get the point. Rational human behavior is an oxymoron, particularly in the nation's capitol. Proper respects to all those lumbering sociologists and psychologists, academic or otherwise, it's still near impossible to predict with any degree of accuracy human behavior.
Witness the guy at the corner bus stop sucking on a cigarette through the hole in his tracheosotomy. Some bureaucrats and politicos will doubtless want to blame it on addiction. Well, folks are pretty addicted to heating their homes in the dead of winter or cranking up that air conditioner during those hot, humid summers, not to mention having a little light to read and get around by. Too many people today, politicians and social do-gooders foremost, are too young to recall Blackout Wardens, officials who came around door-to-door during WWII and made folks turn off their lights.
If you believe the energy fix this country finds itself in is going to be fixed anytime soon, then skip this next point. On the other hand, if you think there is a possibility that this time around Nero will fiddle just to keep warm while the nation shivers, you might want to use weakness in the utility and energy sectors to load up, not so much for 2006 but for 2009 or 2010 or 2012. Label it investing for the future. Isn't that what investing is supposed to be all about?
Recall too General MacArthur and The Terminator informed us they'd be back. And so will higher energy prices.


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I've always had a thing for the character and temperament of a big city.
Personified – they're slick and glamorous, young and hungry financial consultants, the suits who party as hard as they work. They're committed to modernity and connectivity in many ways, yet fiercely conventional in others. Their new acquaintances wilfully rush into dead-end flings with them, throwing their money and hearts at the affair in a heady gamble, while their old friends introduce them with a disclaimer 'Have you met Bangkok? Sure, sometimes he's messy, crude, and unreliable, but if you knew him as well as I do, you'd know he's actually amazing…' There's also a counter-culture resting just below the surface, yet another facet of their appeal, waiting around the next corner, and ready to dance.
Hong Kong was no exception.
Part of the romance was undoubtedly the time I spent within The Island Shangri-La – a powerhouse of a hotel which has struck a pleasant balance between old-world glamour, indulgence, and experienced, yet effortless, hospitality.
Everything about the hotel was simply jaw-dropping. Rooms on either side of the building offer expansive views of Victoria Harbour or the Peak, and the building's purpose-built, oval-shaped floorplan means that there are no rooms at the end of a corridor on any level (relevant for feng shui, and the positive flow of chi). In the centre of the oval is a large open space, where a 51 metre handpainted silk scene of pastoral China runs down the length of the wall, to a picturesque synthetic garden at the bottom. Glass elevators are available so guests can view the beautiful painting in motion.
On the top floor are the Horizon Club facilities. Let me preface my gushing enthusiasm for the Horizon Club by saying that generally, I think that paying for swanky exclusivity is, more often than not, a scam. However, if you're in the price range for a hotel like this in the first place or happen to get some time there on business perhaps, then I can absolutely recommend paying the additional fee for an upgrade to a Horizon Club room. There's a difference between value and cost when it comes to travel expenses, and, sometimes, it's just worth it.
The included breakfast, for example, at the Michelin-starred French bistro Restaurant Petrus, is just fantastic. Nothing can really beat the feeling of reading a fancy international newspaper – Wellington's The Dominion Post wasn't readily available, but I supposed The New York Times would do – tucking into my favourite brunch, with my shiny silver tea set, overlooking world-class views of Victoria Harbour on a cloudless morning late in Hong Kong's summer. And then, there was, "The Honeycomb Buffet", capitalised as it will forever be remembered in my mind. Words cannot describe. Have a picture:
Then there's the included cocktails and canapes every evening in the lounge adjoining Restaurant Petrus (so same view, and naturally, absolutely stunning at night also) with unlimited savoury canapes, sweet desserts from the Island Shangri-la's beautiful patisserie, cheeseboards, and drinks!
And of course, the Horizon Club includes everything else that one would expect from a hotel of this calibre – the constant servicing of your room, gratis late checkout if required, patisserie chocolates (which were replenished) next to my jasmine tea on arrival, access to everything one could need business-wise, including snacks and drinks throughout the day in the Club lounge.
Even if you aren't eating courtesy of the Horizon Club, there are some extremely good foodie opportunities within the hotel – I didn't have time to eat at all of them, but I thoroughly enjoyed lunch with some Hong Kong locals at Summer Palace, the hotel's signature Cantonese restaurant. Styled traditionally with red chairs, dark wood and gold detailing I felt just as at home here as I do in my favourite dumpling spot back home, just a lot more splendid. The menu is extensive, particularly at lunchtime, which offers an array of dim sum options. The retention of two Michelin stars for yet another year in October 2014 just goes to show the craft, consistency and experience of Master Chef Ip Chi Cheung.
The lunchtime dim sum was mouth-wateringly good. So good, in fact, I suffered a mini-existential crisis I experienced eating Summer Palace's fresh steamed shrimp dumplings, a Cantonese classic. It was light and dense at the same time; moist and soft, textured yet cohesive, with some bite to it; perfectly sized down to the shrimp inside for a satisfying, but not ambitious, mouthful; the flavour was subtly intense, the high standard of ingredients singing quietly on my palate; it was steamed and served at exactly the right temperature for immediate consumption. Eating that particular dish – although there were so many others that were just as immaculately balanced – I had to accept, with bittersweet realisation, that I would probably never have dumplings this perfect again anytime soon (even just the thought of them makes me want to pack up and move immediately to Hong Kong!)
Right in the heart of the financial quarter in Hong Kong's Admiralty district, the Island Shangri-La caters mainly for business clientele, however the location was absolutely perfect for getting under the skin of the central city, or indeed a relaxing holiday making use of the health spa and picturesque pool facilities. It was a great vantage point to explore so many intriguing aspects of Hong Kong's character – most immediately, there's Pacific Place, which has direct access to the hotel, and is an incredibly beautiful modern mall – I could (and did) spend hours people/wardrobe-watching in that place!
Two stops on the MTR (less than $1USD, or a quick taxi ride in Hong Kong's incredibly cheap vintage cabs) you have the bar scene, quirky restaurants, and design-chic shopping precincts. One of my favourites was the historic Police Married Quarters' building which now hosts halls of pop-up stores. It was a great way to observe and support emerging Hong Kong designers and businesses as well as step away from the big-brand label bashing that can be prevalent throughout the rest of the city. There is plenty to find around the Hollywood Road precinct – for example, vintage collection shops selling everything from costume jewellery to couture gowns; hidden restaurants which appear, Harry Potter style, behind solid walls; cheap, busy eateries where friends meet to dim sum their hearts out over brunch every weekend; and little lane ways which shake off their day jobs, just like the ex-pats who populate them after hours, emerging as an off-beat bar scene in the streets surrounding Lan Kwai Fong from late evening until the early hours of the morning.
After my three nights there, I was head-over-heels for Hong Kong. Unquestionably, it was my experience at the Island Shangri-La that made all the difference – I'd recommend as a splash of splendour at the tail-end of a longer trip given Hong Kong's tendency to be a stopover city. At the very least, book a lunch at the Summer Palace while you're passing through – if you're disappointed with the dumplings, I'd be siding with Hong Kong when he tells me he won't be taking you on a second date.


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For those of us extremely concerned about the lack of environmental considerations that have been given to the monstrous plan to despoil 800 acres of green land north of the A264, which is protected in a Strategic Gap policy, it was interesting to read the submission to Horsham District Council's consultation by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
One of their responses (Pro Sub No 2945) to Policy SD1: Strategic Policy - Land North of Horsham (by Laura Brook, ID 59449) rejected the policy on the grounds that it would not work, was too negative and is not consistent with national policy.
I wonder if Sussex Wildlife Trust realises that they are recorded as 'supporting' this Policy. It really doesn't give us confidence in the ethical standards of HDC in analysing the data for transmission to the Inspector.
Those that share the environmental concerns might be interested in a couple of points the Sussex Wildlife Trust make, which I am in total sympathy with:
'An allocation of this size should, within the overarching policy, acknowledge that it will need to deliver biodiversity gains as well as contribute towards a coherent ecological network, in order to conform better to spatial objective 11 of the Framework: 'To safeguard and enhance the environmental quality of the District, ensuring that development maximises opportunities for biodiversity and minimises the impact on environmental quality including air, soil, water quality and the risk of flooding' (section 3.14, p.14).
In addition, NPPF Guidance states: 'The planning system should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by: Minimising impacts on biodiversity and providing net gains in biodiversity where possible, contributing to the Government's commitment to halt the overall decline in biodiversity, including by establishing coherent ecological networks that are more resilient to current and future pressures.' (Para 109) The Sussex Wildlife Trust is very concerned when allocations are made without any supporting ecological information to determine the suitability of a location. If for example a preliminary ecological appraisal had been carried out (sic: by HDC) for the allocation, then it would allow identification of key areas for protection, enhancement and management to be incorporated into the master plan and included in the policy. This would also ensure that the Horsham District Planning Framework had taken on board the NPPF Guidance.'
So, how on earth could leader Cllr Ray Dawe and his deputy leader Helena Croft (Roffey North) put forward a plan with such omissions relating to an issue they must have known would be of deep concern to Horsham District residents?
These environmental issues were documented in the Interim Sustainability Appraisal and indeed contributed to North Horsham being a non-preferred strategic option.
The history of this sorry saga for Cllr Vickers' Housing Plan has been to 'retrofit' consultants' reports to suit the political ambitions of southern Conservatives, i.e. to dump all the housing in the north; thus creating a massive urban extension to Horsham town, to ensure that all of the housing is kept well away from the 'untouched Deep South' (as Cllr Peter Burgess revealed in May).
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Children and young people need at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day – though this can be broken up into chunks of 10 minutes or more throughout the day.
It is recommended that at least twice a week this activity includes weight-bearing activities such as running and jumping to improve bone health, muscle strength and flexibility.
It is important to remember that children are not simply 'small adults' and so their physical activity needs are quite different to those of adults. Young children have an inbuilt desire to be active and love to explore their surroundings from a very early age. This desire to be active needs to be both allowed for and encouraged. For example, if we don't allow a child to be active (keeping them in a pushchair most of the time) and don't encourage them to be active (not providing them with appropriate space to play or allowing them to watch TV for hours on end) then invariably they will 'learn' to be inactive and not develop the necessary skills for an active life.
What does 'moderate to vigorous physical activity' mean?
Clearly there are different levels of activity, from low intensity activity such as a slow walk to high intensity activity such as running up a steep hill. Moderate physical activity is any activity that causes your heart to beat slightly faster and your breathing to noticeably deepen but not leave you feeling out of breath. Vigorous activity is of a higher intensity causing a big increase in heart rate (you really feel your heart pumping) and your breathing becomes much faster and deeper leaving you feeling out of breath and sweaty.
Examples of moderate and vigorous physical activities for children:
Type of physical activity
Activity example
Moderate, aerobic
Walking to school
Vigorous, aerobic
Active games involving running and chasing, such as tag
Muscle strengthening
Rope or tree climbing
Bone strengthening
Games such as hopscotch


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This summary table contains detailed information about research studies. Summary tables offer an informative look at the science behind many breast cancer guidelines and recommendations. However, they should be viewed with some caution. In order to read and interpret research tables successfully, it is important to understand some key concepts. Learn how to read a research table.
Introduction: Taking black cohosh (an herb) has been suggested as a way to relieve menopausal symptoms.
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Although studies have not shown any harmful side effects of black cohosh for breast cancer survivors, there are no long-term safety data.
Learn more about black cohosh.
Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of different types of studies.
Study selection criteria: Randomized controlled trials with at least 80 participants and meta-analyses.
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Treatment Duration
Menopausal Symptoms Studied
Black Cohosh Reduced Menopausal Symptoms More Than Placebo?
Randomized controlled trials
Herbal Alternatives for Menopause Study [1-2]
351women without cancer
1 year
Hot flashes
Vaginal dryness
Osmers et al. [3]
304women without cancer
12 weeks
Hot flashes and sleep problems
Uebelhack et al. [4]*
294 women without cancer
16 weeks
Pockaj et al. [5]
132breast cancer survivors and women at high risk
9 weeks
Frei-Kleiner et al. [6]
122women without cancer
van der Sluijs et al. [7]†
93 women without cancer
20 weeks
Jacobson et al. [8]
85breast cancer survivors
57-60 days
Franco et al. [9]
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text: Sheikh Hasina has once again alleged that the opposition in Bangladesh is not allowed to express their views in the parliament. She was speaking to journalists on Thursday on her way to a private visit to the USA. She said that although the government asks the opposition to join the parliament, when they do, they are not allowed to speak. She also complained of massive rigging, capturing of polling stations, preventing voters from going to centres and attacks on Awami League leaders and workers marked the elections which, she alleged, cannot be happened without government backing.


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KUANYIN » March 7th, 2014, .
Many times the body manifests real debilitating pain for which the doctors cannot find the cause - It most likely could be due to their looking for a "physical" cause and there is none .
You and others may find this strange and difficult to believe but much study has been done and I have tested it for the past 15+ years (smile) but emotional pain has a way of manifesting in certain ways and in certain places depending on the emotion.
Most folks will agree that they know people that are chronic worriers and either have or have had ulcers - so it stands to reason that grief, anger, fear - etc could also affect the systems of the body -
The top of the shoulders is where hurt feelings and empathy reside (heart)- just below that at the pointy part of the shoulder blade is grief & sadness (lungs)- mid back is guilt anger resentment bitterness - (liver & gall bladder) just below that is worry & anxiety (stomach & Lg intestines) and at the base of the shoulder blade is fear & intimidation (kidneys & bladder) Low back pain could be fear related -- fear of losing something - fear of physical danger - insecurity (financial - relationship)
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An emotional crisis tenses many muscles in the body - think of how your body feels when you are very scared or very angry - very tight & tensed, right? -
When the body goes into this flight or flight response mode the immune system shuts down important reproduction of immune cells so that all of the oxygenated vitamin rich blood can go straight to the muscles to "fight" or "flee" . Makes sense right?
This is a wonderful feature of our magnificent body but is meant for only a very very short time frame - maybe 15 minutes or 30 minutes NOT hours or days --
Sadly, many of us stay in a crisis frame of mind - sadly, many do have crisis circumstances to deal with on a daily basis which wears the physical body down
When there is a mental or emotional crisis and it is not resolved in due time the physical body begins to wear down quickly - the immune system has a depleted system and therefore the body is very vulnerable to viral & bacterial infections -
When the body becomes fatigued and weak of course the mind and emotions are going to feed on that and fear, worry, anxiety, and resulting depression will easily take over. Then there is a vicious circle wreaking havoc on the body, mind, and spirit
I know this not only from a personal level but also professional and again, sadly, not all doctors are trained or willing or have the time to approach healing of these type problems - They at best are only able to treat the symptoms with medications.
Keep your faith strong - your thoughts positive - and your heart kind
You ARE strong -- You ARE kind - You ARE Able - You ARE Valued - You ARE Important - You ARE Blessed - You ARE Loved {{HUGS}} .
3/7/2014 01:30:53 am
3/7/2014 01:33:12 am
Kuanyin has been around LRH and more. Your words and advise are well spoken. With kindness
3/7/2014 02:08:08 am
Kuanyin, I couldn't agree more! I have researched and studied this for 15+ years also, I am in the medical field, and I have personal experience with this unfortunately also. But beautiful things grow from adversity I have found. You touched my heart with everything you said. Thank you. Emotional pain is real and manifests into physical ailments, some never recover from it or learn how to effectively cope. I have found routine and enjoying the smallest blessings in my life has brought me up from the greatest depth of dispare and it has helped me to help others in a time of need. You are doing the same. We all need to remember pain is often maifested into anger. So to everyone out there--be kind and remember this before you lash out. Everything comes in its own time.
Consciousness vibrates and the body responds. The body vibrates and consciousness reponds.
3/7/2014 03:24:02 am
Thank You for bringing this information to this group. Our Emotions are the only thing we can control, and it has to be done on a conscious
3/7/2014 03:42:39 am
Sure enough, one must keep their faith strong (GOD) and think positive,such as (Prayer, thankfulness, service to your fellowman and truth in your dealing with your fellowman,). Sometimes truth sounds unkind, but the cruelest act is not to confront acts that violate ones worth, your value,your importance and ability or being able. When individuals rely on SOURCES who profoundly give out corrupt, misleading information an they promote it as if it is truth... then your basically being disrespected for all the elements that have been outlined in this article.
3/7/2014 04:01:06 am
This touched home for me, the pain of childhood the secret you have to keep .you can't tell anyone or you will be punished it is your fault,but why you are only three what did you do to make yourself this bad child? Than you start to feel worthless nobody will ever love you , then you start doing like the song say "looking for love in all the wrong places" you become a people pleaser .what ever you say , what ever you do , it's ok with me because that is all I know maybe than you will like me.now I am in so much pain and the doctor say words like fibromyalgia chronic fatigue depression anxiety emotional distress. Well doctor I guess you're right it comes from carrying the weight of an unhappy life upon your shoulders
3/7/2014 08:21:55 am
3/7/2014 04:19:15 am
You are absolutely right, assuming/knowing the connection between our emotional and physical state. There is a german doctor who has proven the scientific and biological background for the last thirty+ years. Check out www.learninggnm.com if you'd like to find out more about German New Medicine and the Biological Laws of Nature. Best thing you can ever do, for yourself and others...
3/7/2014 04:25:19 am
Thank you for this wonderful reminder! I release all worries, anxieties, and negative emotions and draw in the wonderful Light of Love and Healing. And so it is!
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Hi,on one of our servers (Debian Lenny) i found this strange lines in the syslog:
...Sep 13 06:31:01 samba2 /USR/SBIN/CRON[3455]: (tmp) CMD (/tmp/.h/update >/dev/null 2>&1) Sep 13 06:32:01 samba2 /USR/SBIN/CRON[3466]: (tmp) CMD (/tmp/.h/update >/dev/null 2>&1) Sep 13 06:33:01 samba2 /USR/SBIN/CRON[3476]: (tmp) CMD (/tmp/.h/update >/dev/null 2>&1)
... and so on. The cronjob is initiated from /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (cron.d installed on Tue Jul 14 10:33:55 2009) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) * * * * * /tmp/.h/update >/dev/null 2>&1/tmp/.h/update does not exist. User "tmp" is used for samba mapping only. It's home is in /home/tmp, which doesn't exist neither.
Any idea where this cronjob could be from? Could this be an indication of hack attempt / root kit?
Any help would be much appreciated! Regards, TW


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Windows 2000 Professional: Troubleshoot dial-up errors
If you use a dial-up connection to the Internet or your office and you travel frequently, Windows might occasionally fail to complete the dial-up connection and display "Error 678—There was no answer."
This is a general error that can appear in varying circumstances. For example, you might experience this error if you use the wrong driver for your modem, in which case the easy solution is to install the correct or updated driver.
The error can also be caused by PPTP filtering at the server for VPN connections. Turning off filtering at the server can cure the problem.
If the problem is intermittent, a simple dialing problem could be the cause. For example, if you're calling long distance, and the line from which you're dialing doesn't support long distance calls, you'll receive this error. You might also experience this error if you're dialing with a credit card and haven't entered all the necessary numbers in the dialing string.
To troubleshoot a dialing problem, make sure you're using a line that includes long distance service (if needed), and check the dialing string to make sure you're dialing the access number if needed, along with any other items such as a PIN. Also, turn on the modem's speaker so you can listen to the dialing string and any voice prompts that might indicate the cause of the problem.
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Remote Installation Services (RIS) enables users to install Windows 2000 across the network. If the client computer contains a Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) compliant network adapter, that adapter enables the computer to obtain a boot image from an RIS server and start the OS installation process. Users who don't have PXE-compliant network adapters can use a PXE emulation boot disk created from the RIS server.
RIS can serve as an important tool in disaster recovery. If a user's computer dies, you can provide a new system with a clean hard drive so all the user has to do to install the operating system is plug it into the network, turn it on, and answer a few prompts.
Installing the operating system with RIS is just one facet of disaster recovery. You should consider combining OS installation via RIS with folder redirection in order to simplify users' data restoration, as well as operating system restoration. You can redirect user folders and deploy applications through group policy.
By redirecting users' folders from their own computers to a network server, you effectively secure all of their data on the server. If a computer fails, RIS restores the operating system, group policy reinstalls the user's applications the first time the user logs on, and folder redirection points the user to his or her documents, still safe on the server. The result is a relatively painless recovery for the user and little effort on the administrator's part, beyond the initial setup of RIS and group policy definition.


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Photo: Klaus Dieregsweiler, operations manager at infra fürth verkehr gmbH (left) and Michael Göpfarth, manager of Mercedes-Benz Bus and Coach Unit at EvoBus GmbH
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text: I see that Exmark has quit using to 31 Hp Vanguard and went to a 35 Hp on the 60" XS and are offering a speed up kit to increase the speed to 15 mph. I have the 05 XS with the 31 Hp and I am drooling to get my hands on a 35 Hp. Do we ever get enough? Now I just have to figure how to get it and dirty it up before the old lady notices.......... On a more serious note I bet the 35 Hp will get me through the whole year with a mulch kit. With my old 27 Hp I had to remove it in May. This past year I made it till August with the 31 Hp and removed it for about 3 weeks during the rainy season. The Lazer Z buyers will now get the 31 Hp and they are going to Love It!