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Few Queensland architects have risked their livelihood by opposing the government. Geoffrey Pie was an exception, bravely taking a stand over the threatened and subsequent demolition of Brisbane's Bellevue Hotel. But above all, he was one of Queensland's leading architects, maintaining his practice for fifty years.
The son of prominent businessman and politician Bruce Pie and graphic artist Jean Wright, Geoffrey decided at an early age to become an architect, drawing inspiration from Ravenscraig (1942), the family's house at Aspley, designed by Brisbane architect Mervyn Rylance. While boarding at Toowoomba Prep and the Southport School, he spent holidays at the family's house at Southport, also designed by Rylance in 1937, where he developed a full understanding of beach-front living. While enrolled in the six-year part-time Diploma of Architecture course at the Central Technical College, his lecturers included CWT Fulton and Athol Bretnall. At the University of Queensland, he was taught by Austrian émigré Karl Langer and recently arrived English architects Maurice Hurst and John Morton. During the course, Pie was employed by HS Macdonald (designer of his father's factory at Lutwyche), Collin and Fulton and, from 1960, Robin Gibson. At Gibson's recently-established office, he joined Gabriel Poole to work on houses and shop fit-outs which attracted national attention. This trio were to dominate late twentieth-century architecture in Queensland.
After graduating in 1962, Geoffrey Pie travelled overland to Britain, visiting sites ranging from the old Mughal capital of Fatehpur Sikri to Le Corbusier's Chandigarh. At Gollins Melvin and Ward in London he worked on offices for P&O and Commercial Union that were innovative for their urban design and structure. At night he studied graphics at Saint Martin's School of Art. He returned to Australia to design Ravenscraig II (1965), a house at Surfers Paradise for his mother. Its cruciform columns and articulated wall and roof planes reflected his fondness for early Mies, while its suspended concrete roof was a seldom-copied innovation. Ravenscraig II was deservedly a favourite, though with good reason he liked all his houses.
Pie settled at Ellerslie (1892), a colonial residence in New Farm, where he opposed the construction of a freeway through the suburb until plans for urban freeways were abandoned. Later he lost a fight to prevent a library being built in New Farm Park. Soon after the library was built, it was flooded. He studied town planning, writing a thesis on Fortitude Valley. After working from home, he moved his office to downtown New Farm before establishing branches in the Valley and at the University of Queensland where Rex Addison and Robert Riddel staffed a demonstration practice office within the Department of Architecture. To deal with rapidly rising building prices he also established a contracting division. In addition to houses, units and shop-fitting, his work included headquarters for the TAB at Albion (1972-75), in association with Hall Phillips and Wilson Architects (now Phillips Smith Conwell). His concept for the building was typically simple, with freestanding circulation cores to the east and west of a multi-storey stack of open-planned offices.
From early in his education, Pie was concerned with heritage, an interest partly stimulated by a gift of Richard Garrison and George Rustay's Early Mexican Houses. As a councillor of Queensland's National Trust, he documented buildings scheduled for demolition or at risk with measured drawings and photogrammetry. When the Bellevue Hotel was defaced by removing its cast-iron verandahs, he led community protests, supported by the then-Dean of St John's Cathedral, Ian George,. Pie's scheme showing how proposed government offices could be built while retaining both the Bellevue and adjoining mansions received wide publicity. It led to a revised low-rise master plan by UDPA Planners with John Morton (Lund Hutton Newell Black and Paulsen) and Walter Netsch (Skidmore Ownings and Merrill) appointed as consultant architects. Disagreements between the planners and architects over the feasibility of reusing the Bellevue left the government in a quandary and eventually it was demolished overnight. The resultant outrage ultimately played a large part in the passing of Queensland's heritage legislation. In 1980 Pie co-authored Held in Trust; Brisbane in the Eighties: A Sketchbook of Brisbane's Heritage, and returning Ian George's favour, chaired the Cathedral's tapestry project.
Pie's role in the Bellevue debacle cost him government work for many years but he later collaborated with Kerry Hill Architects on the redevelopment of the former Port Office as Pie Marrs Clare. Another collaboration was with Romaldo Giurgola on the University of the Sunshine Coast masterplan (1994).
Pie's architecture evolved from international modernism to a distinctive regional style based on the climate, landscape, construction techniques and lifestyle of south-east Queensland.
After typically devising a simple solution to the brief, orientation and microclimate, Pie was primarily concerned with the comfortable and communal occupation of his houses and less interested in formal invention, structural expression or expensive finishes. His many houses on the Sunshine Coast included his own beach house at Peregian Beach which won the national Robin Boyd Award in 1986. Further afield he designed El Questro (1991), an early outback resort in the Kimberley, taking advantage of constructional innovations which he pioneered.
As awards director for the Queensland chapter, he instigated in 1993 a long-running regional awards program. He served as a mentor to his employees, encouraging them to "go for it" when they embarked on new challenges. His staff included Phillip Follent, Geoffrey Cook, Stephen de Jersey, Helen Smith and Tania Coward. In 1997 at Brisbane's Fig Tree Pocket, Geoffrey Pie established a compound for his extended family with whom he collaborated on restaurant fit-outs, landscaping and interior design. In 2014 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to architecture and heritage preservation. A genial and generous host and keen sportsman, he retained his sense of fun until the end. He is survived by his wife Sharon and six children. Records relating to his practice are held at the University of Queensland and the Queensland State Library.

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Spec URL: http://helena.bawue.de/~ixs/perl-NetAddr-IP/perl-NetAddr-IP.spec
SRPM URL: http://helena.bawue.de/~ixs/perl-NetAddr-IP/perl-NetAddr-IP-4.004-1.src.rpm
This module provides an object-oriented abstraction on top of IP addresses
or IP subnets, that allows for easy manipulations. Version 4.xx of
NetAdder::IP will will work older versions of Perl and does not use
Math::BigInt as in previous versions.
Missing br's on:
There's an rfc included under docs/... Why not add it to %doc?
Kay, new package at http://helena.bawue.de/~ixs/perl-NetAddr-IP/
Oddly enough, the module itself is (as near as I can determine) definitely
under the Artistic license, though it includes a copy of the GPL at
Lite/Util/GPL. Weird. --along the same lines, Makefile.PL complains if
Test::Pod isn't installed, but no test actually uses it.
The non-versioned requires on perl(NetAddr::IP::Util) would normally need to
be filtered, but as this package also provides perl(NetAddr::IP::Util), it's
really not worth the effort :)
Missing BR on Test::More -- approval is contingent on this being added (which
can be done post-import).
+ source files match upstream:
4f0ef938abf0b1e43ca96fb0068381df NetAddr-IP-4.004.tar.gz
4f0ef938abf0b1e43ca96fb0068381df ../NetAddr-IP-4.004.tar.gz
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+ specfile is properly named, is cleanly written and uses macros consistently.
+ dist tag is present.
+ build root is correct.
+ license field matches the actual license.
+ license is open source-compatible. (Artistic) License text not included upstream.
+ latest version is being packaged.
X BuildRequires are proper.
+ compiler flags are appropriate.
+ %clean is present.
+ package installs properly
+ debuginfo package looks complete.
+ rpmlint is silent.
+ final provides and requires are sane:
** perl-NetAddr-IP-4.004-0.2.fc6.x86_64.rpm
== rpmlint
== provides
perl(NetAddr::IP) = 4.4
perl(NetAddr::IP::Lite) = 1.5
perl(NetAddr::IP::Util) = 1.3
perl(NetAddr::IP::UtilPP) = 1.2
perl(NetAddr::IP::Util_IS) = 1.00
perl-NetAddr-IP = 4.004-0.2.fc6
== requires
perl(NetAddr::IP::Lite) >= 1.02
O perl(NetAddr::IP::Util)
O perl(NetAddr::IP::Util) >= 0.17
** perl-NetAddr-IP-debuginfo-4.004-0.2.fc6.x86_64.rpm
== rpmlint
== provides
perl-NetAddr-IP-debuginfo = 4.004-0.2.fc6
== requires
+ %check is present and all tests pass
+ no shared libraries are added to the regular linker search paths.
+ owns the directories it creates.
+ doesn't own any directories it shouldn't.
+ no duplicates in %files.
+ file permissions are appropriate.
+ no scriptlets present.
+ code, not content.
+ documentation is small, so no -docs subpackage is necessary.
+ %docs are not necessary for the proper functioning of the package.
+ no headers.
+ no pkgconfig files.
+ no libtool .la droppings.
+ not a GUI app.
Sorry, must have missed this being approved.
New Package CVS Request
Package Name: perl-NetAddr-IP
Short Description: Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
Owners: firstname.lastname@example.com
Branches: FC-5, FC-6, devel
InitialCC: email@example.com
*** Bug 247625 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Is there some reason why this hasn't been built yet?
Package Change Request
Package Name: perl-NetAddr-IP
New Branches: F-7
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WNMU nursing simulation lab run by military veteran
SILVER CITY - Nursing students at Western New Mexico University learn through scenarios former combat medic and military contractor Lorenzo Saenz creates using high fidelity mannequins he can program to breathe, bleed, wheeze and sweat.
The technology Saenz implements ensures WNMU is poised to integrate the big changes in nurse training methods that he believes are just around the corner.
"It's an exciting time to be in the field," he said.
A native of southwest New Mexico, Lorenzo's military career took him around the world — from as nearby as El Paso to as far as Afghanistan. The Army veteran was a contractor working for the Australian Defense Force in Dubai when he decided to move back to the Land of Enchantment.
"I missed green chile and the open blue skies and juniper," he said.
Saenz graduated from the WNMU nursing program in 2018 and worked in the Gila Regional Medical Center emergency room for a year before being recruited to work at his alma mater.
"You always hope you get these full circle moments. Now I get to influence the training of these nurses who are treating people in my community," he said.
Saenz is also working toward a bachelor's of interdisciplinary studies focused on, yes, nursing but also music.
"When I was here the first time around, I was a music major. I play guitar, saxophone, piano, and sing a little bit," he said.
After Saenz graduates this spring, he'll apply to the new Master of Science in Nursing program at WNMU.
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Emergency departments preparing for concealed carry
ALTON — Illinois' new conceal and carry law is prompting emergency medical services providers to consider what to do when a patient is carrying a handgun, which is likely to include buying locking storage boxes.
Chief Bernie Sebold, of the Alton Fire Department, though, does not foresee firefighters having to handle guns on a regular basis.
"We just need to have a procedure in place so our personnel is prepared if they have to handle a firearm," Sebold said. "You can't take a firearm into a hospital. Since Illinois is going to have conceal and carry, our chances for interacting with people legally carrying firearms will increase, but I don't expect our number of incidents to increase dramatically."
Sebold said he talked with fire officials in Missouri and other states that earlier enacted conceal and carry laws to come to that conclusion.
Police show up at traffic crashes and other emergencies and can take possession of any firearms, but may not go to a heart attack call, where rescuers discover a patient with a gun.
As preparation, Sebold plans to buy five lock boxes soon in which handguns could be stored until firefighters can turn them over to police.
"I am looking for something to purchase locally," within a few days, he said. If he cannot find the lock boxes he wants in the Alton area, Sebold said he would have to order them, which means they may not arrive until mid-April.
The boxes would go into four frontline trucks, including the vehicle used by the battalion chief on duty, with the fifth box installed in a reserve apparatus.
At the same time, Alton Memorial Ambulance Service is studying various aspects of the issue — from possibility of buying gun boxes for ambulances, to legality of a paramedic handling a gun who does not have a firearm owner's identification card — among others.
"We are trying to be proactive so everyone stays safe," said Rusty Ingram, manager of marketing and communications at Alton Memorial Hospital. "We are doing due diligence, such as what to do if we are responding to a traffic accident patient and there is no police officer," and a gun.
AFD and ambulances may or may not both respond to any given emergency call, depending on numerous circumstances. AFD does not transport patients.
In the meantime, Sebold is composing standard operating procedures detailing how firefighters would address the issue of armed patients, and safekeeping their weapons if police are not onsite.
"This is very quickly going into place, by the first of April," he said. "The scenario would be for a 'load and go,' if the patient was very critical and we can't wait for police to get there."
He had been awaiting outcome of state legislation that might affect the procedures before finalizing the SOP.
Sebold said the procedure would have a captain or battalion chief lock the gun in one of the boxes and keep the key in his possession. "They then would notify the police dispatcher that they need an officer to meet them at the hospital to retrieve the weapon" from the AFD truck, Sebold said.
Sebold said the situation, albeit rare, already has arisen before concealed carry laws went into effect in Illinois.
"It has not been uncommon for us to come across a patient with a firearm, whether it was illegal, legal or conceal and carry from another state," Sebold said. "It happens very irregularly. As soon as it's been discovered, we've called the Alton Police Department to come to the scene."
While many firefighters are gun owners, Sebold and Alton Police Chief Jason "Jake" Simmons both said police would be providing basic firearm handling instruction to city firefighters.
"They are not trained professionally to handle firearms," Sebold said. "A lot of firefighters enjoy shooting, including myself, but they may not have the same type of gun" as a patient.
Alton Memorial ambulance personnel already has had firearm-handling instruction from Mark Maggos, state-certified conceal-carry instructor from Godfrey.
"They were trained on where to look for concealed weapons on a patient and how they (guns) might be impeding healthcare," Ingram said.
Linda N. Weller may be reached at 618-463-2559 or on Twitter @Linda_Weller.


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Journalists for Diversity has opened up registration for the coalition's first regional media summit May 2.
"Empower Your Lakota Story" will bring journalists from around the country for a conference centered on media literacy, multimedia training, entrepreneurial journalism and a special town hall.
The event at American Horse School in Allen, South Dakota, is free and will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kevin Abourezk, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux and a higher education reporter with the Lincoln Journal Star, is the event's keynote speaker. Nationally syndicated cartoonists Ricardo Caté and Lalo Alcaraz, also will attend and hold cartoon workshops for Lakota children.Caté's syndicated cartoons appear in the Santa Fe New Mexican. He is an enrolled member of the Santo Domingo Pueblo. His art appears above courtesy: Indianz.
Attendees can register here.
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My high school physics teacher stole this from one of his professors. To this day, I recall him saying, "I'm sure one of you will steal this from me." I vowed to be the student that stole it from him. They used to be Paquet's Laws[1]. I've made some updates and slapped my own name on them. My students have always found them useful. I hope you will too!
How to Solve Any Physics Problem
Honestly, this works for pretty much every physics problem. I got through graduate course work using this approach.
- Read the problem. I mean really dig in and read it.
- Record all given information, including units… Units!! Units!!
- Draw a picture representing the physics.
- Identify what the problem is asking for
- Link what you have to what you need. This is usually an equation.
- Put your information into the link
- Plug and Chugalug
- Inspect your answer. Does it make sense? Do your units work out?
- If 8 checks out you're finished. If it doesn't, go back to 1.
How to solve a Vector Addition Problem
Vector addition problems are a sub-set of physics problems. Most everything we deal with (forces, angular momentum, etc) are vectors. Understanding how to break them up and combine them will be critical.
- Make an array of all vectors listing the vector, magnitude, and angle.
- Using trigonometry, find all of the x and y components of each vector.
- Calculate: $x_r = \Sigma x$ and $y_r = \Sigma y$. This gives you the x and y components of the resultant vector.
- Use $c = \sqrt{x_r^2 + y_r^2}$ to find the magnitude of the resultant vector.
- Use $\theta = arctan(y_r/x_r)$ to find the angle of the resultant vector.
Important notes:
- All angles are measured from the +x-axis as being zero degrees.
- Since there are two tangents that have the exact same value, inspect your final direction. Ensure that you have it
going the correct way.
Creating Study Guides
When studying physics you need a study guide. They keep you organized while codifying new information. A good study guide gives you a high level idea of what's in the chapter. It provides a list of important equations and definitions. Writing out concepts in your own words ensures you understand them.
- Record the title of the Chapter
- Record the section heading
- While reading the section, record any bold face terms and equations. Don't forget the meanings of variables!
- Note anything that confused you. Look it up in a different book, or speak with your professor to clear up these issues.
- Continue to repeat this process until you reach the end of the chapter.
- When you are finished make a crib sheet of all the important equations. Use the crib sheet to work on your homework.
- [1]J. Paquet, Paquet's Laws, Private Communication. (2002).


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The propagation and bifurcation of fractures in fluid-filled porous media depends on the likewise inter-related flow in the pore space and on the mechanical displacement field in the solid matrix. Assuming that fractures cannot be homogenised but persist on a continuum-mechanical scale as sharp time-dependent interfaces, a discrete fracture-network approach is developed. The final task of the project is the construction of a multi-scale model that serves as the basis for numerical simu-lations by a moving mesh ansatz. In particular, the new approach accounts for the dynamical evolution of fractures and allows to integrate arbitrary flow processes within the fractures.
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detect all objects in real-time with Android
after I made the examples such as face detection, is that I have the possibility to detect all objects of any type without giving a characterization ? otherwise all objects in a closed contour? then identify these objects (given their id)
I think you will have to be more specific about what it is you want to do. Perhaps give an example :)
@ubehagelig Hi, from a video scene (Android) I detect an object and saves it in my database, which amounts to saying using "get the touch begin position (x, y)" and then use methods 'OpenCV to collect this object or its contour.
@Marwen-Z, @Mathieu-Barnachon : This is not a forum, but a Q&A site. That means, one question and some answers. Discutions are not allowed in the Answer. Comments should clarify the question, and any changes to question should be made by editing it. If you have a new, subsequent question, you MUST open a new question.


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Consumer capitalism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Consumer capitalism describes a theoretical economic and cultural condition in which consumer demand is manipulated, in a deliberate and coordinated way, on a very large scale, through mass-marketing techniques, to the advantage of sellers.
The phrase is controversial. It suggests manipulation of consumer demand so potent that it has a coercive effect, amounts to a departure from free-market capitalism, and has an adverse effect on society in general. Some use the phrase as shorthand for the broader idea that the interests of other entities (governments, religions, the military, educational institutions) are intertwined with corporate interests, and that those entities also participate in the management of social expectations through mass media.
The origins of consumer capitalism[1] are found in the development of American department stores in the 1850s, notably the advertising and marketing innovations at Wanamaker's in Philadelphia. Leach argues there was indeed a deliberate and coordinated effort among American 'captains of industry' to detach consumer demand from 'necessity' (which can be satisfied) to 'desire' (which can never be satisfied).
In 1919 Edward Bernays began his career as the 'father of public relations' and successfully applied the developing principles of psychology, sociology and motivational research to manipulate public opinion in favor of products like cigarettes, soap, and Calvin Coolidge. (Bernays was later dismayed to find his work Crystallizing Public Opinion was a direct inspiration for Joseph Goebbels' propaganda campaigns.) New techniques of mechanical reproduction developed in these decades improved the channels of mass-market communication and its manipulative power. This development was described as early as the 1920s by Walter Benjamin and related members of the Frankfurt School, who foresaw the commercial, societal and political implications.
In business history, the mid-1920s saw Alfred P. Sloan stimulating increased demand for General Motors products by instituting the annual model year change and planned obsolescence, a move that changed the dynamics of the largest industrial enterprise in the world, away from technological innovation and towards satisfying market expectations.
Critics of the theory of consumer capitalism hold that advertising is neither coersive nor probably effective, that the 1958 Edsel catastrophe is proof that even the powerful automobile industry cannot successfully manipulate public opinion, and that allegations of a coordinated effort to manipulate public opinion are nothing more than a conspiracy theory.
An important contribution to the critique of consumer capitalism has been made by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, but very little of this has been translated into English. Stiegler argues that capitalism today is governed not by production but by consumption, and that the techniques used to create consumer behavior amount to the destruction of psychic and collective individuation. The diversion of libidinal energy toward the consumption of consumer products, he argues, results in an addictive cycle, leading to hyperconsumption, the exhaustion of desire, and the reign of symbolic misery. [2]
See also
- Geoffrey Miller (evolutionary psychologist)
- No Logo, a book exploring the anti-globalisation movement and product branding
- The Century of the Self, a documentary series directed by Adam Curtis
- ^ William Leach Land of Desire
- ^ Stiegler discusses consumer capitalism in his article The Disaffected Individual. His response to the situation can be discerned by reading the manifesto of his political group, Ars Industrialis.


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Musos helping keep rescue helicopter in the air
RACQ'S Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service has welcomed a donation from some enthusiastic musicians.
Country Music Group based in Yeppoon donated $10,000 on Sunday, with money raised from performances held throughout the year.
Group co-organiser Ken Jones said they played twice a month at the Yeppoon and Emu Park town halls and hoped to raise another $10,000 next year.
RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service media and liaison officer Gabrielle Holmes said the helicopter carried out free missions across Central Queensland as far north as St Lawrence, and was tasked within the Gladstone region "a significant number of times" each year.
She said primary missions in the Gladstone region and off the coast were tasked two or three times a week.
"The support received from locals within the Gladstone region is always substantial. Being tasked to Gladstone so frequently, it's always great to receive support from a community that understands how invaluable the rescue helicopter is," Ms Holmes said.
"Without the continued support of community groups, individuals and local businesses, we wouldn't be able to continue to run our rescue chopper."
Operating the 24-hour service costs more than $600,000 monthly and about $7.2million annually.


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Head of House: Grand Emperor Malleville Leonard Andreas of All Geib
The house colours are yellow and blue. However, for some reason lost in the mists of time, it has two different heraldic symbols – some members of the House use a yellow unicorn on blue, while others substitute a bee for the unicorn.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA21) — Fort Wayne is adding another professional sports team.
Mayor Tom Henry gathered with several business leaders in the community Monday to introduce Fort Wayne FC. The football club will feature men's and women's professional soccer.
Erik Magner, a representative for the team, said the business leaders all have one thing in common. They love soccer.
"The owners believe the city of Fort Wayne has the passion and enthusiasm to support a soccer team at this high level of play. The team will build on a strong connection to Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana to become a point of pride in this community."
Magner says there is an incredible number of young talented soccer players in Northeast Indiana that need a pathway to grow and develop. The team will compete in the Great Lakes conference in the fourth tier of the US soccer league system.
Mayor Henry says he welcomes the team to Fort Wayne's professional sports portfolio. The inclusion brings four professional sports teams to the city.
"Historically, the city of Fort Wayne has embraced professional sports as an offering not only to enhance our city's reputation as a sports-friendly community but also to try to recognize Fort Wayne as a point of destination," Mayor Tom Henry said.
The men's team will begin competitive play in May 2020. A women's league is set to begin in 2022. The owners say the team will generate a positive economic impact to the city and bring in soccer enthusiasts to the area.


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Wash ,wipe dry , peel and grate mango.
Put the grated mango , salt, sugar, and haldi in a thick bottomed vessel. Mix well and keep aside for 15 -20 min or till the sugar dissolves and the mixture looks syrupy.
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Astros take Clemson slugger Seth Beer with first-round pick
Seth Beer was all of 12 years old when it began.
His pal Grayson had a pretty famous dad — Paul Byrd, the 14-year major league pitcher who readied himself for a final few seasons with the Red Sox.
Seth accompanied Grayson to the baseball fields. Paul stood on the mound and didn't let up.
"He would throw us live pitching all the time," Beer said. "At 12 years old, I was seeing changeups, split-fingers, different arm slots, all that kind of stuff. When I step into the box, I would just watch the pitches. And every pitch he threw, he would tell me if it was a ball or a strike.
"That taught me at a young age what the strike zone is."
Time has only refined the lesson. The Astros drafted Beer with the No. 28 overall pick in the MLB draft on Monday, selecting a slugging, patient lefthanded hitter who enjoyed a prolific college career at Clemson and profiles as either a first baseman or corner outfielder in the major leagues.
Beer was ranked No. 45 in MLB.com's Draft Pipeline rankings and No. 46 among Baseball America's Top 500 draft prospects. He hit 56 home runs in his three-year Clemson career, during which he produced a 1.137 OPS.
Beer struck out only 98 times in 647 at-bats while coaxing 180 walks. He also had 177 RBIs in 188 career games with the Tigers.
"For a hitter with as much power as he has — and he has a lot — to not swing and miss the way he does is very rare to find," Astros assistant general manager Mike Elias said. "We feel like it's a swing that will work on the major league level in terms of the connection and the rotation and the body and his bat control. To find those things in a power hitter is pretty special."
A 6-3, 195 pound junior from Suwanee, Ga., Beer enrolled early at Clemson in 2016. Essentially, he forewent his senior high school baseball season to play early with the Tigers.
His freshman exploits were almost otherworldly. He slashed .369/.535/.700 in 203 at-bats with 70 RBIs and 18 home runs and was the first freshman to win the Dick Howser Trophy, as well as being a Golden Spikes Award finalist.
"(He's) been one of the best run producers in college baseball," Elias said. "In addition to his accomplishments statistically, we've looked at his swing very carefully. We like what we see mechanically from him. We like the power that he shows. We like the future projection in terms of the production translating to the pro game."
Beer grew up idolizing Chipper Jones — of little surprise considering his Georgia roots. He chuckled during a seven-minute teleconference with reporters on Monday night, recalling how "obnoxiously" high he used to hold his elbow in his batting stance as an ode to the Braves Hall of Famer.
"I wanted to play like him," Beer said. "Hard-nosed, true grit kind of guy."
Beer played right field and left field in college, he said, and added he's open to first base exposure, too.
"He's used to moving around," Elias said. "It may be that we decide to focus on one initially for the time being, but in today's game, there's a lot of value being placed on positional versatility. And certainly, the ability to play some outfield and first base is something he wants to maintain in his skill set."
Beer was the Astros' lowest first selection since 2002, when they selected pitcher Derick Grigsby with the No. 29 pick.
Slot value for the No. 28 pick is $2,399,400. The Astros have a $5,492,900 bonus pool for all their draft picks. Only the Dodgers have a smaller allotment.
"It means everything," said Beer, who was congratulated by Astros owner Jim Crane at the end of his teleconference. "Houston in the past couple years has been on the come-up, and to get the call from the World Series champs is just incredible. An incredible opportunity, and I'm so excited that I just can't put it into words."
With their second pick and the 66th overall selection Monday night, the Astros drafted Juanita (Wash.) High School pitcher Jayson Schroeder. The 6-2 righthander, who is verbally committed to Washington, was ranked No. 72 in Baseball America's Top 500 and No. 93 in MLB.com's Draft Pipeline.
According to a scouting report in Baseball America, Schroeder is "regularly sitting 92-93 mph with a fastball that includes both power and sink. He has also shown a second breaking ball this spring in a slider, and while both of his secondary offerings are currently fringe-average, many scouts think both could turn into plus pitches down the line thanks to his arm speed and feel for spin."


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The School began in 2001 as a nursery school with 14 children. 8 children were from a single parent families who could not afford school fees. 6 were orphans who stayed with their guardians.
The place was a murshy dumpsite. it was a long struggle to clean the place. The school is in Mombasa town at a place called Magongo.
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The Mets have gone into a swoon of late, posting a 12-18 record in their last 30 games while falling under .500 earlier in the month. Injuries have played a major part in this skid, as Yoenis Cespedes, Asdrubal Cabrera and Jose Reyes all hit the DL during the last month. However, all three have returned and Cespedes and been launching home runs left and right. But just as it seemed the Mets turned a corner, Steven Matz was diagnosed with a shoulder strain and hit the DL. Now two-fifths of the Mets' original rotation is on the shelf, with Zack Wheeler still nowhere in sight. The burning question is: can the Mets get back into the playoff chase or have they dug the hole too deep?
Oddsmakers have noticed the Mets' misfortunes, and have adjusted their lines accordingly since the start of the season. The Mets are now 60-1 longshots to win the World Series; a far cry from their 10-1 odds when the line opened up. They're also 30-1 just to win the NL pennant, while that line opened up at 9-2.
The Nationals are currently running away with the NL East with just six weeks of games remaining. The Mets were essentially co-favored to win their division when the campaign began, but now they're not even ahead of the Miami Marlins for second place. Oddsmakers regard Miami as contenders even without Giancarlo Stanton, as they're currently 16-1 to win the pennant. With the NL East all but lost, the Mets will have to try and earn a spot in the sudden-death Wild Card game.
The Giants and Cardinals currently lay claim to the two NL Wild Card spots, with San Francisco holding a slim lead over St. Louis for home field advantage. The Giants have considerably lower odds in the NL pennant futures compared to the Cardinals (5-1 vs. 16-1), mainly because they're also in the hunt for the NL West against the Dodgers (11-2 to win the pennant), whereas the Cardinals are over 10 games back of the Cubs (7-5 to win the pennant) in the NL Central.
The Mets also have to go through Miami if they want to get into the Wild Card game, as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates (a surprising 35-1 to win the pennant), both of whom are ahead of the Mets in the standings as August nears its end.
Mets fans will have to hope that the roster as presently assembled can do the job, as GM Sandy Alderson told reporters last week, "there are no present plans to make any changes."
That includes manager Terry Collins, whose name has come up in the "hot seat" rumor mill, but whose firing would probably not do anything of consequence in terms of improving this club's chances to win.
However, Alderson is sympathetic to his irritated fanbase.
"We all have an expectation of winning," he told ESPN. "None of us uses injuries as an excuse. That's true inside the organization. That's true for our fans, as well. That's why I understand the frustration."


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Experts warn that arterial cardiovascular disease (coronary heart disease) after the pose you can come close to death within 10 years if they live in constant depression.
According to a new study conducted by experts to be a victim of depression and heart disease if they would take to heart everything I can to defeat death. In this study, says an expert on that despair in the heart arteries of patients, must be constantly reviewed to stress and depression, or depression that for a short period or spread over several years, to stay away from the heart patients should, in case of any depression treatment and follow-up is necessary.
The experts have been considering for a long time on the relationship between depression and heart disease. The patient's heart that had gone into the clutches of depression within a few months.
Experts took a closer look at 25 of heart patients for 10 years for this. 3646 of these patients were found to be suffering from depression that affected died during their half of the study, but more than 20 thousand people stayed away from depression and live. The experts believe may prove fatal depression life in the heart arteries of patients. Experts say that heart patients should be happy, walk in the morning and eat proper food.


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St. Francis finishes unbeaten in MSC Blue
St. Francis senior Ryan French found a different way to the end zone Friday.
Filling in for senior Michael Baffa on special teams for the first time, French returned the opening kickoff against Aurora Central Catholic 83 yards for a touchdown.
"Once I passed that last guy and I took off, it was awesome," French said. "It's been a goal of mine to have a special teams touchdown. That was really fun."
The Spartans also scored a TD the first time the offense touched the ball, and they posted a 45-0 victory at Wheaton College to secure an outright Metro Suburban Blue championship.
St. Francis (8-1, 6-0) returns to the playoffs with plenty of momentum but a bit of adversity, personnel-wise. Last year's 8-3 team reached the Class 5A second round before losing at Rockford Boylan.
"It's obviously really great feeling this," said French, who has 8 TDs. "Winning conference was obviously a main goal of ours, but now it's moving on to our goal of winning state. It's a been a lot of fun, especially as my last season as a senior."
Baffa, filling in for injured starter Tommy Rittenhouse at quarterback, had a 3-yard TD run and threw TD passes to Jake Tangorra, French and Ben Bettag for 19, 80 and 37 yards, respectively. With help from Jackson Gerard's 17-yard end-around TD run and 8-yard TD pass to Amari Head as backup quarterback in the third quarter, St. Francis scored at least 40 points for the eighth time this season.
Defensively, Luke Meyer had two fumble recoveries on the first two possessions by ACC (1-8, 0-6) as the Spartans posted their fourth shutout.
"Just a great season," St. Francis coach Bob McMillen said. "A lot of this goes to the boys, the way they worked in the off-season, how they came in prepared, focused, determined to be a team to be reckoned with. They went out and did it this year."
The Spartans earned their first conference championship since 2014, when they shared the Chicago Catholic League Green Division title with Montini. That team lost to Class 6A champion Nazareth Academy, their furthest playoff run other than their 2008 Class 5A championship.
The sweetest victory was last week's 20-19 nail-biter over three-time defending state champion IC Catholic Prep that also snapped the Knights' 33-game winning streak.
In that victory, however, Rittenhouse, suffered a broken left arm. McMillen said Rittenhouse already has undergone surgery and could be ready for the first round of playoffs. The starting offensive line also lost left guard Ryan Holleman for the season to a left knee injury. T.J. McMillen moved from center to replace Holleman Friday.
"I thought a lot of guys stepped up. We're moving some pieces around, seeing what's going to be the best fit for us in the playoffs," Bob McMillen said.
In the first half ACC reached the 14 before Eric Welch's second interception of the season in the end zone on third-and-4. On the next play Baffa found French wide open at the ACC 45 and he did the rest for an 80-yard TD reception and 26-0 halftime advantage.
ACC also reached the 2 in the fourth quarter but could not convert on fourth-and-goal.
The Chargers hung tough in a challenging season under third-year coach Luke Brauweiler, a 2005 ACC graduate. They only competed varsity after beginning the season with 27 players in the entire program. The number rose to 31 and 26 dressed Friday, six of them seniors.
"It was a long season for us, outmanned every week. I think all 26 were out here and they fought," Brauweiler said.
"We learned a lot of things about ourselves and what kind of people we can be and what we have inside of us that we can carry forward to next year. At the end of the year, whether that scoreboard says 45-0 or 700-0, if these guys come out of here as good people then I think we did our job. We'll come back year ready to fight a little bit harder, hopefully."


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Wow...I have really neglected my blog!! I didn't forget, I just haven't had anything to say. To be honest, I have been so tied up with work that I just have not had time to participate in my photography or my geocaching. Actually, I have been taking some photos, but I haven't uploaded anything lately. I will take care of that this weekend.
I have to admit, I did sell my Lowrance H2O GPSr. My intent was to pick up a color unit as soon as it cooled off and I could start caching again. To make a long story short, cash has been short and I never got to where I could pick up my H2OC. However, I did get on eBay this last week and did some hard shopping. I hate to brag, but I ended up getting one hell of a deal. I walked away with an iFinder Pro for only $72. It is like brand new to boot. Additionally, it came with the software, card reader, and a CF card. I'm pretty proud of my purchase. It is not a color unit like I wanted, but I can at least start caching again. Team ARC rides again on Saturday. Look for a narrative.
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Dato' Azizan Abdul Rahman
18th March 2010
Grand Dorsett Labuan
Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim
Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin
Deputy Finance Minister II of Malaysia
Yang Berhormat Brig. Jen Prof Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Kamaruzzaman bin Haji Ampon
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Yang Berusaha Prof Dr Rosit Chong Abdullah
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Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahiwabarakatuh and a very good morning.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome esteemed guests and participants to the International Islamic Finance Conference 2010. Labuan FSA is proud to be associated with this conference as part of our firm commitment and continuous efforts to the development of Islamic finance. This conference brings together industry experts, scholars and academicians from various parts of the world with the objective of engaging in intellectual discussions on new and innovative ways of developing a sustainable Islamic financial system.
We are very fortunate to have the Honorable Deputy Finance Minister II, Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin, who has availed himself despite his very busy schedule to be with us today to share his thoughts on developing a vibrant, dynamic and competitive international Islamic financial system. Clearly, his keynote speech will provide a vital backdrop and a starting point for further deliberations during this conference.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Islamic finance has steered through the global financial turmoil relatively unscathed. This is largely due to the unique features of Islamic finance which contributed to its resilience and depth in the global financial system. The Shariah principles governing Islamic
finance necessitates strict lending requirements, insistence on transparency, requirements that physical assets underpin transactions, good business ethics and the avoidance of leveraging and speculation. It is the presence of these attributes that have shielded Islamic finance from the brunt of the worldwide credit crunch crisis emanating from the western economies.
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As a regulatory and supervisory authority, Labuan FSA is no stranger to these intense international pressures to meet global standards and best practices advocated by international bodies and international standard setting bodies such as the G20 and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), to name a few. Labuan FSA has always and will continue to ensure that Labuan IBFC remains a transparent, well-regulated international business and financial centre with robust regulatory systems and practices.
In light of this, a comprehensive review of the legal framework in Labuan IBFC was conducted as part of the modernization of its laws to be at par with international best practices and at the same time ensures that the jurisdiction remains competitive in the international arena. The outcome of the holistic review was the enactment of 8 Acts consisting of 4 amended acts and 4 new laws.
In regard to the new laws, a landmark piece of the legislation is the Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act which streamlines procedures and requirements of all Shariah-related activities conducted in and via Labuan IBFC. The enactment of this Islamic act makes Labuan IBFC the first common law international financial centre to have a specific legislation governing Islamic financial services. This is indeed a significant contribution of Labuan FSA in supporting the Malaysian government's agenda towards promoting Malaysia as a major hub for international Islamic finance.
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As the global financial architecture undergoes structural and regulatory reforms in response to the financial crisis, there is a need to review the Islamic financial architecture in light of recent challenges confronting the international financial system.
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I haven't verified the sources but this flyer is neatly done and some points here really seem noteworthy: Switzerland, for instance, is apparently fourth when it comes to the number of guns per capita. People (especially in Switzerland) should be made aware of this. We are in fact one the most heavily armed societies on earth and yet, when it comes to peaceful (and sometime boring) countries, people are quite quick to think of Switzerland as a typical example. Pure coincidence? Or is it just because, as a people, we are still relatively free and self-determined and not merely ruled by redistributing and corrupt elites?
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Shri Varghese Pamplani, the writer, graduated in economics with politics and world history, the last being the favourite subject, from St. Thomas College Pala in 1961. Worked as a high school teacher of English and history on leave vacancies at St. Joseph High School Thiruvambady near Calicut. Got appointed in the Controller of Defence Accounts, Mumbai at the end December 1962. In 1963 joined RBI Central Office Mumbai, Public Debt Manage Management‐ giving procedural instructions to RBI Public Debt Offices for 15 years. Did post‐ graduate course in the Bombay School of Economics. For carrier prospects, shifted to Central Office, Department of Personnel Management. Transferred to Trivandrum in 1981, worked mostly in the departments dealing with banking and non‐banking supervision and urban cooperative banks such as Meenachil East Urban Bank, Pala Urban Bank etc. was Principal Inspecting Officer of erstwhile Lord Krishna Bank, South Indian Bank and Catholic Syrian Bank. Was part of the team which conducted the last inspection of Bank of Cochin prior to its liquidation. Worked in Chennai mainly dealing with above areas. Retired in October 2000.
From the moment, a child is born to Catholic parents,the Church tries its best to entrap the new born too in its intricate web of meaningless rituals. The nefarious game starts with "water dunking", otherwise known as baptism purported to be for washing away the stain of "Original Sin". The ceremony now in vogue in the Catholic dispensation in Kerala is tedious, atrocious and insensitive to the dignity of the human person. A seven day or so old child is made to wait near the entranceof the church, often in hot and humid conditions, on the ground it is contaminated by "original sin" from the sixth week of its conception. According to the twisted view of the Church, the newborn is afflicted the sin because its birth is the result of fornication between its parents. It is only after the mumbo jumbo of intonations by a priest, the infant is allowed inside the church. Baptism's main ingredient is dipping the protesting and incessantly crying child in cold water. This inhuman ritual, is accompanied by a long winding mass along with the insufferable blah blah of the priest. The whole exercise normally prolong up to an hour and a half. It is ensured that the programme's end should converge to the lunch time of the officiating priest. In addition to a generous tip, he is provided with a free lunch by the infant's close relatives which he consumes in privacy. The tragedy is that the hapless baby is denied of any nourishment for hours together.
When the ordeal is finally over, the poor thing would normally be withered and half dead unable even to cry. Towards the end of the fourth century CE, Augustine of Hippo, the African fornicator debauchee and penitent Manichean postulated the preposterous theory that all humans are contaminated with "Original Sin" on account of the sexual union between the mythical first man, Adam and his mate Eve, the first woman. According to Augustine, eating the God forbidden " Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge" was the carnal knowledge of the pair. As a result, according to him, the humankind inherited death and forfeited heaven. Augustine, a never satisfied sexual fiend, whose entire sex experience had been illicit and guilt ridden, first with his low cast concubine from the age of 15 for the next 15 years up to the age of 30; fathering a child with her; abandoning her for the proposed marriage with an heiress aged 10. He was forced to wait for two years for the bride to be tom reach the marriageable age of 12. During the interregnum, he satisfied his sexual cravings with other women. The marriage proposal fizzled out. At the age of 32, the rake Augustine became a Christian and a bishop in the prestigious diocese of Milan of the powerful Ambrose, all in quick succession. He was elevated to the status of a saint by the Church and adopted his strange notion of "Original sin" to justify infant baptism to keep the faithful in perpetual thraldom. Thus one man's acute sene of guilt arising out of his unbridled sexual indulgences resulted in expounding a dangerous proposition which was foisted by the Church on all Christians for all the time to come. The imposing of the burden of an illogical "sin" on an infant incapable of understanding a thing is a travesty of common sense and a negation of human dignity. The admittance of a rank minor not having any faculty of informed consent to the Church, does stand the test of legality. While the minor can enjoy all the advantages of any contract, it will not suffer any of its debilities. It is strange that even in these times, the members of the Catholic Church subscribe to the utter nonsense of "original sin", the perverted interpretation of a myth by a sick mind. How sex, the very basis of life on earth of humans and other life forms, can be stigmatised as sinful and dirty? The proposition that the engagement in a perfectly normal and natural biological necessity will lead sin is absurd, to say the least. Despite the disobedience shown by Adam to God's injunction in the Garden that " in the day in which thou shalt eat of the tree of knowledge thou shalt die ( Genesis2:17), Adam did not die. God pardoned him. " Why then should He not spare His race to the thousandth generation? Why should He consign to infinite and eternal torments, innocent infants whose father He received back into forgiveness and favour?" Adam is claimed to have lived 930 years after his criminal repast of the forbidden fruit, later twisted as the enjoyment of sex by Adam with Eve. Judging from the number of children he had, he would have indulged in sexual unions many a times; God tolerantly watching his sexual associations without lifting a finger. " If all men are born objects of the eternal wrath of that Being who confers on them life, if they can possibly be guilty before they can even think, it is then a fearful and execrable offence to give them being; and marriage is the most atrocious of crime. Marriage in this system is nothing more or less than an emanation from the Manichean principle of evil, that those who engage in it, instead of adoring God, adore the devil". Augustine pronounced his sentence of eternal hell upon all children born or to be born throughout the world. " The Catholic faith teaches that all men are born so guilty that even infants are certainly condemned when they die without being regenerated in Jesus" (Augustine) Jesus never said that the infant that is not baptised will be damned. It is the firm belief of the Christians that Jesus came down to expiate all sins, to redeem mankind by His blood. Then how can infants who could not and do not commit any sin can be charged and condemned?. The fact remains that there is no report in the Bible of Jesus ever baptising any body, nor did Paul who dwelled on the sin of Adam extensibly, did not refer to the "Original Sin", nor undertook any baptism, least of all infant baptism. During the first centuries of the Christian religion, baptism of infants was not customary; it was not believed that infants would be tainted with the sin of Adam. None of the "Fathers of the Church " had recommended this ritual. The concept of original sin was not developed in Clement's time. He does not say that the teeny weeny creature of a day would be damned if it dies without baptism. He felt that the passions which are capable of corrupting all mankind has not taken hold of an innocent infant. "What evil can a new‐born infant commit? How could it possibly prevaricate? How could such a being, which has, in fact, as yet done no one thing fall under the curse of Adam" (Clement). In Origen's view original sin consisted only in the misfortune of resembling the first man by being liable to sin like him. He says " what an abomination so atrociously to insult the Author of the Nature as to impute him that he may damn to all eternity the unhappy mankind, whom He introduces to the present life so short a span." Origen in his exposition of the Epistle of Paul to Romans maintains that the sin which entered in the world through Adam is the propensity to sin ; that it is very easy to commit evil, not that man will always commit evil and is guilty as soon he is born . To him baptism was only a seal of Christianity; it washed away all sins but no man has said that it washed away those which the subject had not committed; no man has asserted that an infant would be sentenced to be burned in everlasting flames as a result of its dying within two minutes of its birth without being baptised. Tertullian was averse to infants being baptised. According to him " the ' original sin' which these poor innocents could not possibly be guilty of, would not cause their reprobation and expose them to suffer boundless and endless torture for a deed which it was impossible for them to have the slightest knowledge or ability to do. The view that these innocents will be wilfully consigned to eternal damnation is the most execrable abomination." It is an incontestable fact for four hundred years, Christians did not baptise their children. Baptism was administered to grown up persons after imparting knowledge of Christian way of life for sufficiently long period. The ceremonial nude bath done in the wee hours of the morning prior to baptism was an elaborate affair. That is understandable. In arid regions with chronic water shortage, where people take bath once in a blue moon, a proper bath would clean their smelly bodies more than their souls and make them to be tolerable to others. Every ritual and religious observances are attuned to the time and place. A Catholic baby in Kerala, as in the case of infants of communities in the region, are meticulously cleaned often. Generally the population in these parts wash themselves with bath soaps frequently; some times even thrice a day. Hence a ceremonial immersion in water in a church is irrelevant, superfluous and unnecessary. Jill, Duchess of Hamilton writes in the Catholic Herald 17 July 2015. " In 'Antiquities XVII, Josephus describes John's baptism practices. "First people gathered to listen to his preaching, after which he asked them to lead righteous lives, both towards each other and towards God. This was followed by 'cleansing of souls and the purging of sins' – and finally the immersion in water". Can a week old infant be capable of understanding the import of its being dipped in a basin of water? Why not a child is allowed to be free to make its own considered decisions at an appropriate age as its preferred way of life. In the meanwhile, what parents can best do is to nurture it physically and mentally by becoming examples of the correct way of living without abdicating their bounden responsibilities to third parties. It may be easier said than done. The view that belief systems of alien places need not be followed blindly seems to have some merit. This is, all the more relevant in the case of a vibrant and ancient civilisation like India. In a world of acute religious strife what is pertinent is never to stand out as anachorism. Moral and ethical behaviour is much larger than the sum total of all sorts of rituals. Perhaps. Ultimately, what matters may be that humanity could strive to live best as humans It is surprising to observe that in this twenty first century, despite the un‐ preceded exponential knowledge explosion, the average believer is reluctant to revisit many of the unwanted meaningless ways of his religion and discard blind faith and its appurtenances. May be the time has come to stand‐up and prove that the non‐priestly members of the Catholic Church are not, after all brainless goats . Vargese Pamplanil Ph. 09447152533/ 04828204533 (India)/ 00447719580312 (UK) Emails: firstname.lastname@example.com/ email@example.com


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