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A CAM-based tae kwon do instructor has won a national award – after being secretly nominated by his students.
Master Richard Olpin of the Ilyokwan Black Belt Academy, based at Cam Everlands School, was named Instructor of the Year by the Guild of Martial Arts at their national awards dinner in Nottingham.
This came as a complete surprise as he was unaware that he had been nominated for this by a group of his students, who had compiled a presentation with many glowing testimonials from themselves and their parents.
Master Olpin was also promoted to sixth degree black belt, making him one of the highest ranked instructors in the UK.
He said: "It means a great deal to me to know that my students appreciate what I do, and that my peers and fellow instructors felt I was deserving of both the Instructor of the Year award and the promotion.
"I'm truly humbled to receive them and really inspired to raise my game, to continue to further my own knowledge of the martial arts, and to share that with as many others as I can.
"After 30 years in the martial arts one tends to stop worrying about the number of stripes on your own belt.
"As an instructor my real rewards are earned by the progress and support of my students.
"I've now had over 30 of my own students promoted to black belt and higher ranks and that's something I'm really proud of."
Three of Master Olpin's young martial arts students have been celebrating after achieving their coveted black belt grades.
Two of the youngsters, Dillon Callinan, 10, from Dursley and Harvey Smith, 11, from Cam were both promoted to junior black belt.
Robbie Hirst, 14, from Wotton was promoted to his second degree black belt grade.
Master Olpin said: "To earn your black belt is a major goal for any student in the martial arts.
"It takes several years of dedicated training to reach the required standard so it's a fantastic achievement which could be likened to a student graduating from university.
"All three boys have shown tremendous dedication to their training and each has faced their own personal challenges and achieved many goals along the way. "They have all set a great example to their friends and fellow students and we're all really proud of them.
"I would especially like to thank Robbie, as in addition to his own training he's been really supportive of the other students and is always willing to help with their training and preparation for their exams."

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hey guys. its been a while since i've posted in my own thread yes i know XD. lol so just filing through some stuff and decided to increase hype whilst also debunking and creating more discussion here =)
1st off for any those of you not accustomed be ready for MASSIVE exploration. the term "open world" or "free roam" get thrown around alot pretty much to inspire replay value for a game but there are only 3 types of games that have EVER been truthful to such a title.
bethesda games
and coming up witcher 3
for those unaware.. watch this 14 min. long video of this guy exploring a mere 1/3rd of the xenoblade world! (1/2 if were just looking at bionis)
this game to me is arguably as big if not more so than skyrim. it had TONS more exploration than any other game of its genre and any int he western genre compared do to a very simple.. very lovely thing..
take for instance skyrim
wide and vast filled with mountains and valleys ranging from the lush and tree lined to the frigid and barren. but the leveling aspects here are very limited. most of the design is pretty straightforward sans black reach barrows and any castle. to put it simply.. you go up the hill..you go down the hill. the most interesting of designs and level experiences don't come from roaming skyrim but rather int he dungeons you find all separate from the main world by a loading screen. this is where xenoblade succeeded this concept. any loading times in xenoblade are brief to non existent. and while the world isn't without seam there's a good reason as to why... most free roam games take place on a flat playing field where the horizon is as high as you can go. xenoblade however is a VERY vertical game essentially think of the map you are traveling not as north south east west but also on a y axis positive and negative in axis. you are traveling up-down-side-to-side a giant robot. THIS is your map
so naturally certain areas are cut off and/or blanket warped because you can't travel ACROSS from bionis' lung to his right leg..you have to travel TO-ACROSS-and DOWN to his leg. this is also likely why dolls weren't mentioned or used in this game. it was essentially a freeroam/platformer mix. now we have X. at this point it should be obvious that there is still ALOT of leveling to this game made possible by a fantasy environment with interesting geological structures such as overhanging terra and floating structures.
but here's where things get a little muddled (open for discussion here). some say it almost certainly is a direct sequel.. others believe its a spiritual successor. one thing is for sure.. this is no longer the same map..AT ALL. this game just from what weve seen appears to be more horizontal like typical open world games are HOWEVER seem to have structures reminiscent to the giant robots from xenoblade seen here
a very mechonis looking piece embedded in the ground and here..
obviously mechonis looking structures from places like agniratha but of course all of these structures on a level playing field could possibly be from SPOILER ALERT
the collapse of these two giants over time/all at once what have you from shulk recreating the world. this would also mean this game would have to take place YEARS..maybe even centuries to come about which would also explain the vastly different creatures running about.. new Terra-form...new (haha) XENO-forms lol. i am however more excited by in all of this we have heard that this game is being developed as a "seamless" world. and if this by any extension is as vast as xenoblade and just as explorable. it'll be nice to fly over seas and travel through this world uninterrupted. i believe this may also be why the dynamic weather icon is so fickle.. the weather is different in different areas. i think it would be cool for it to be raining on the mainland only for it to be nice and sunny past the mountains or foggy on some nearby island. ok massive purge done.. LETS DISCUSS! XD
Will buy this day one and as many copies as I can:
Have you guys seen Xenoblade prices? Over $100 used because of it being a Gamestop exclusive. Despite my never being able to play Xenoblade now, I hope they do this deal again; I will literally spend thousands and sell my copies at an absurdly BS price
First off, I agree that it is SO important that people consider that this game has probably the closest thing to an up down, back forth, side to side, all around open HD world that gamers have ever experienced so far. But the other thing I wanted to bring up is that while it may indeed be hundreds of years later after Xenoblade, I think it may be possible that Shulk's wish may have just changed the world in unforseen ways that were somehow necessary in order to accommodate it.
But yeah, some people look at this game and they say, 'Sure it looks pretty good, but what's the big deal?'
It looks good, and you can literally go ANYWHERE. How interactive and destructible the environments themselves will be I'm kind of pessimistic so far, but we can only expect so much, and we're getting so much already.
Holy crap this game looks awesome.
I'm actually a bit worried that the game might be too open. One of the greatest, if not the greatest, aspects of Xenoblade was progressing to the next area and discover the wonders it held. If X is as open as Skyrim you can simply walk all over the world from the beginning, and hence you'll lose that incentive to keep playing.
ive stopped looking at this thread I cant play any RPG anymore because of it, between this and Xenoblade they have killed any desire i have to play video games.
I hope this game doesn't flop in terms of sales, but if it does it's Nintendo's loss. Someone should tell Nintendo to advertise the crap out of this game via Twitter once it releases near launch.
I kinda get you... I still like western RPGs like fallout but between this and xenoblade other jrpgs just look so small and limited =/
I've said it earlier, but I think there's a chance Nintendo might be giving this game the attention it deserves. I think they got really surprised at how good the reception was for Xenoblade, and they've teased this game already twice now with insanely good trailers.
Though partly this is just hoping.
Nintendo held back things like Zelda U from this year's E3 to avoid taking attention away from this year's games, but they still prominently featured X. It's gotten a lot of attention around the internet for how little we actually know about the game, so I think they must have noticed. They also most definitely noticed how Xenoblade sold out in the US and is going for huge sums of money.
Plus, it seems every major 1st or 2nd party game will be given its own Nintendo direct now, since there was already a Japanese one for Pikmin 3 and we know a W101 direct is coming. They're probably going to be careful about not taking focus off them by talking about 2014 games, but I can't wait for X's direct, or Iwata Asks, or really any new info or speculation whatsoever.
I wonder when the next time Nintendo will reveal details about this game although I think major additional details on X before January 2014 might be unlikely (given Nintendo not wanting to take focus away from the holiday 2013 lineup).
perhaps.. remember after all they've been doing pikmin 3 directs almost a full year before its release. this game is slated for 2014.. they could possibly drop us a line end of 2013 in anticipation for it mid 2014 and even if it gets delayed or pushed back they'll publicly apologize and give us more directs, Japanese and western, as it comes along.
You're probably right. Though I'm hoping for maybe some tidbits around the TGS later in the year. They seem to be doing a good job of trickling out the info and building hype at a steady pace.
did monolith attend tgs with xenoblade? if they did this might be a good indicator for a tgs tease even if its not playable but whens the last times anything at tgs WASN'T playable lol? i think nintendo should just marry the nintendo studio to monolith so they can give them a better budget already i mean common man! i don't think anyone here knows/realizes this but A.monolith is a renounced sister developer from enix. and B. they are WAYYYYY under budgeted for this kind of stuff. not to say thier poor. obviously xenoblade has had TREMENDOUS success. they gave us localized copies now they're rare to find, but for a team that A. is more 2nd party than tried and true 1st party, B.is working with a lower budget than nintendo and C. does NOT have full access to the latest devkits as they've been developing this since launch this is game is pretty goddamned impressive and this only furthers the wiiu's deposition as a next gen system even if it isn't as strong as the other 2 in raw terms.
Yeah, some of the Monolith guys are from back in the day when SquareEnix, and FF existed in the way Nintendo fans remember, and I for one enjoyed better than I do today.
lol oddly enough the original creator of FF stepped down some many years ago i think after ffIX and made his own team called mistwalker studio bought by nintendo which as you may remember he started a new franchise dare i say even more ambitious than FF was XD.
ok ok off topic BUT if we all see how awesome X is despite all the limitations i put fourth imagine how balls to the wall the next last story will be on wiiu >.> dare i say.. this?
Yeah, I hold out hope that something along those lines are one of the 'unannounced major titles' that Iwata is teasing. The Last Story seems to have been created as an attempt to have a series that the FF series creator would like to have seen FF be today as opposed to what it's been lately.
More importantly though, if Nintendo is committed to periodic, but regular major JRPG releases such as X and the Last Story then I will be a very pleased and pleasantly surprised gamer.
This. I cannot wait for The Last Story 2. The first one was great for customizing the characters, I used to waste loads of time playing around with it. The gamepad is perfect to greatly improve this battle system.
I knew this game was big, but the pull away shot at the end of trailer gave me scale. Who'd ever have thought that Nintendo would field the system capable of surfacing a planet in a realtime open world.
This was a very niche following, become a reality now for the mainstream, purely because no one over the years thought we'd be bang-onto this for at least another generation of hardware. There is a hell of alot of work going into this.
There's no planet.
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean? I was talking about the surfacing of a planet to make up a world. Is the entire surface not that of a planet?
Well, Xenoblade Chronicles took place on the body of a giant Unicron-sized robot rather than a planet, but that doesn't mean this game doesn't. We don't even know for sure if it takes place in the same universe, and even if so, it could be on a planet.
Oh, ok my apologies I didn't mean to chalenge canon.
I haven't really followed this game in awhile...so do we have more or less confirmation of it being an online game? Im really hoping for a single player RPG a la Xenoblade.
Xenoblade takes place on a planet (else the titans would just be floating in space)but it is nameless and unexplored, though Dunban hints of lands beyond the ocean.
I see. So theoretically its a planet? In any event it looks immense, like old-school dream game immense, and beautiful.
Its looking like more and more coop
Yeah sorry, wasn't very clear. But that's what I meant, surfacing of a planet to make up a world. That shot in the end of the video shows that it's a big area, but it doesn't tell anymore than that. Big areas like that have been seen before in games. Even Xenoblade had big areas like that.
I just rewatched the new trailer and it looks to be singleplayer, so what indicates this?
Yah, but usually in fmv, can't say that apart from Skyrim many games gave of that kinda vista and I'm probably wrong but that draw is easily twice that of Skyrim to me, I'm not kidding either. Thats a whopping big area just for one area.
Something that has been concerning me for a while, shortly after the e3 trailer Soraya Saga was bombarded with tweets asking about the game and from everything I saw she seemed she coulodnt wait to give details but she alluded to the fact that Nintendo wont let Monolithsoft say anything. What are they hiding why is this one of the few games that has a almost complete gag order, Im wondering f this could be that rumored free mmo made by a group of about 100 people as Monolithsoft has 108 employees. Im pretty sure it will probably just have co op elements but whatever just some thoughts. Another thing is the timing of the teasers in the directs. At e3 it was second to last with Smash, a highly anticipated came, coming last, but in the january direct they talked in length about Wind waker, but before they did iwata stated and i quote "finally the last topic for today". I was prepared for that to be the end of the direct but it wasnt, why would they end the direct with X unless it is something truly outstanding and they have complete confidence in it.
Which free MMO rumor? Can you find the source?
I doubt it though. It's just typical Nintendo being Nintendo, i.e. not giving the information until they see fit. But I would agree that Nintendo does seem to be quite confident on the game's potential.
If it does end up being an MMO, I don't really care as long as there's still heavy focus on story and it can be played alone.
They were talking about experimenting with a free to play game, but that turned out to be a Wii U version of Steel Diver. I don't know about a separate free MMO. People have been wondering about Dragon Quest X, but it sounds like that will be coming to the US as a PC game.
@the_wire30 The biggest reason people are pretty sure it has online coop of some kind is because in some shots you can see players chatting (in Japanese). Obviously it makes little sense to be typing to chat if you're all in the same room. There are also scenes where you pass other characters who appear to be players.
My guess is that it's just too early, and they want to tease us and let us know that something potentially great is on the horizon, but want us to focus on the games that are releasing soon.
don't worry about it. the only indication of this being a sequel is that the only face shown in this game looks similar to the main character in Xenoblade. Besides that, there is little indication of this being a sequel.
Sure wish they would indicate if this is an online game or whether we can play off line. I don't like online rpgs. I see only a "Player" or "tester" and no names as yet and I'm wondering. Does anyone know anything yet?? Did see some shiny spots in the video (collectables) so it might be similar to Xenoblade.
Just finished Xenoblade a second play through and it has to be close to the top of the best rpgs I have played in the last decade. Maybe Nintendo will consider putting the game as a download from the shop channel (since there are so many scalpers trying to sell the game and ripping off gamers).
Also, only wish we would get a Tales rpg for the WiiU.
I seriously doubt it will be an MMO...
In fact I'll just go out and say it won't be
my thought Here is.. based on the info gathered that it won't be an mmo per say but more than likely an MOjrpg. Think monster hunter. Its coop and online but not and mmo.
I'm very weary about there even being online co-op, the names in the trailers could just as easily be just placeholders so they wouldn't spoil NPC/Party names
could be but the place holders for now, testers and stationary/ dynamic characters on screen seem to be pretty hard to see as typical in game AI unless wiiu is capable of much more advanced ai processes then we all realize.. for most games sych as skyrim and what not show npc interaction or A-typical npc movement. games like PSO show dynamic character movements amongst a group or just one to show player interaction.
Show me an example or tell me a time to look for examples of the AI for "X", I haven't paid much attention
well here is an example of a-typical AI in this particular game thats not only obvious but fitting.
but then you get out into the world and you have moments like this..
and while formations are typical for certain ai take a notice at leeroy jenkins their to the far left doin their own thing and a greed dot moving TOWARDS them on the horizon. xenoblade never had a moveable party past 3 main characters. and this is obviously 4 possibly 5 friendlies.. on top of that look at how far the distance is? most AI don't even stray that far from the parameters set and in case if they are stuck on a structure or improperly load they RELOAD near or into position. this has been the way its always been in rpg games. which as you can see in the next pic here a partner not only VERY far away from the main on screen but also fighting their own battle on the far left.
now heres another weird case. typical ai partners as approached if not already in place sort of magnetically fall into place especially as you travel near to them and as seen in many a game ai RARELY help themselves to vehicles or have a claimed right to them. in this case we see a character. completely motionless despite the movements of the other character and standing outside of a more personalized doll not matching the blue and white slim doll, the red and orange standard mech or khaki and blue heavy doll but as weve seen between the 1st and second trailer that the dolls seem to be somewhat customizable with weapons and such so why would an ai partner remain completely motionless despite your vicinity outside of a custom doll? its also worth noting that above gifs show enemies whether engaged or not diagrammed on where on this map NOTHING is diagrammed.. partners and enemies included.
the final talking point for any sort of co-op experience is this..
to the left there is well.. a dialogue box that seems odd for a game like this where subtitles and vocals are a constant thing. not only that but the dialogue box upon translation appears to have little simple things like "hi" and a few out of place japanese characters likely slang from another player.
of course i don't work at monolith and can't tell you if all of this adds up for sure but it isn't undeniable one way or the other.
All of those AI characteristics were in Xenoblade lol....even the weird movement in the second gif....
not all of them. they had moments of stopping to pivot but not walking away. they never could stray that far nor did they suddenly run at you from far unsealable distances. if they did stray to far they kind of just POPPED back into existence especially if you went to a separate part of the map. if they did stop for any reason and you were in vicinity the would head back to you not stay completely stationary and they never acted as self starters. even when an enemy attacks.. if you flea they flea with you not stay at a distance from you to fight FOR you and they attacked the same thing you were focused on. its not a typical ai if it is one and that makes me doubt they're ai to begin with.
oh and again the chat box lol
Yes..all of them were in Xenoblade lol....and they could stray far because they didn't have to fight the things you were...they could fight different monsters than you and you could get quite a far distance away from them as they fought
And the second gif just looks like the guy is moving back into formation of a party..
Really the only thing that could show for online Co-Op is the chat box
Keeping an eye on this thread since Neogaf also has some similar ideas and speculation for this game.
I dont mind if it has coop. I will mind if it dosnt have singleplayer. And when i mean singleplayer, i mean a story with an end.
There are parts where it appears you are in a party with other people with names appearing on the side and icons on the map. I think many are speculating that it will be some kind of mmo.
I was thinking if this is a sequel to xenoblade why have we not actually seen anything but humans/homs could the High Entia the Nopon and the Machina colonized the other planets/moons in the trailer. that is one of the things that make me think this could be something totally new even with the similar structures that appear in the trailers.


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Modern Nobility, Mitt Romney And King Louis XVIEvery time I hear Mitt Romney and other Republicans I can't help but think of King Louis XVI. Here's why.
King Louis XVI, under pressure from wealthy landowners deregulated price controls on flower. Landowners doubled the price of flower making bread, a staple food of French peasants, no longer accessible to a majority of the population. As the masses starved, the French economy worsened. Instead of reinstituting price controls on flower and asking nobles to contribute more (what today's Republicans would call socialism), King Louis XVI looked to replenish the Royal coffers by raising taxes on already starving peasants (1780's version of the Paul Rayn Plan). It was when the starving people protested "we want bread" that Marie Antoinette famously replied with "Let them eat cake". Although it is almost certain Marie Antoinette never uttered the famous phrase, it nonetheless embodied the nobility's indifference to the suffering and misery that was entirely created by their exploitation of the Kingdom's subjects to support the nobles wildly decadent lifestyles. In 1789 France's people had enough leading to the French Revolution and the beheadings of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1793.
Fast forward 223 years to 2012 and today's nobility, the supper wealthy upper-class, are utterly indifferent to the misery their Wall Street and Banking schemes created for commoners like us. While Wall Street and Bank deregulation by conservatives created the greatest economic depression in nearly 90 years, the wealthiest 1% reaped from their schemes what is believed to have been the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. Over the last 30 years, the top 1% increased their wealth by an astonishing 273% while middle-class earnings increased by little more than 1% a year. Like King Louis XVI, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's solution to the crisis they helped engineered is to further burden the working class by cutting assistance to the most vulnerable in society, poor children, the elderly, the disabled. If that wasn't galling enough, they also ask us to believe that we need to sacrifice social security (Medicare & MedicAid) and even student loans to fund even lower taxes for the rich.
Today's wealthy elite, unlike the French nobility, learned that in order to not find themselves dragged off before a cheering crowds to a beheading, the anger of the masses must be redirected away from the wealthy. Republicans accomplished this redirection of anger masterfully by pitting private employees against government employees and non-union workers against union workers. The Republicans also masterfully used not so subtle racism to leverage the uneasiness of white Americans increasingly finding themselves as the minority, to find support for cutting all forms of public assistance to people they portray as dark-skinned.
The Romney's sense of self-entitlement arises out of an ideology, that like nobility, believes that they posses qualities that make them the "job creators" or the "productive class" superior and entitled to much more than commoners like us. I hope my fellow Americans can see that although the powerful wealthy no longer sport the powdered wigs and fancy dress of centuries old nobility, just like the nobility of old, the profligacy of today's super rich is made possible by fleecing the rest of us and our labor. Despite their wealth and power, we have, at least for now, our vote - use it wisely.
Mitt was born into money, I doubt that he had ever delivered Newspapers in the rain or work Fast Food for Minimum just so he could have enough to attend Community College since the Universities are out of reach moneywise. I'm sure he drove an old oil-burner around as transportation, yeah right. Many people I knew just did that and paid rent to their folks as well plus in my era had the possibility of going to VietNam. So Ann Romney raised kids, My Mother and millions of others did the Same Thing and had to make do with much less, I'm sure she figured out the nightly meals. What about if your child needed special assitance, oh I'm sure They could have afforded it. He's says he in touch with the regular folk, yeah how many times has he Amtraked to the next city in hopes of finding a job there? Sorry I had to park my Gulfstream last week, I'm waiting for President Obama to make the oil price go down, yeah another loopy-loop. Like the President can do that. Oh well we can all gear up for yet Another Gulf War if he gets in, this time with Iran--Whoopee! I'm going to borrow money from my Mum (she's 88) so I can start a business and fire people or else outsource it and make gazillions and pay a 13% tax rate as well. I just wonder....If he was in the car and assuming he has a chauffer or maybe Ann drives the Caddy, would he stop and pick the young woman with a child stranded along side the road or just look oblivious to her and her situation and breeze on past? I'm sorry, but in my eyes the man lacks sincerity, the Presidency will just be another trophy pin. Do you honestly thinks he cares about all of us? minus Gays, Poor, Disenfranchised, People who lost homes and/or jobs, Women who were paid less for same work, Ederly, Disabled, Regular Folk who are trying to make ends meet, Single Parents, and others. He probably never had to deal with any of these groups so to him they are invisible. A suggestion, Mitt, Next time forsake the plane get on the train and really see how people are in Gallup, N.M., Kankakee, Il., Beaverton, OR,. Rugby, MT., Kalamazoo, MI., Newark, N.J., and other areas and don't pack it with like minded people because Mitt, We are not like you, we struggled and worked hard for our goals and families.
You can rest assured, if it were in any way possible for the Repugnicants to deprive you of your right to vote, they would most certainly do it. I have never seen such open disdain for Democracy or the will of the people - - they speak of President Obama as if he were Joseph Stalin, as if he came to power via a bloody coup. He was in fact duly elected, and it wasn't even close! Now if we could only get a Democratic majority in Congress for him to work with....but I am not hopeful, as it appears to me that 40% of the American people are so GD stupid, that they will vote against their own interests, and vote for the Republicans, absolutely no matter what they do. It is just incredible.
Good observation, although I think we're slowly getting better. Obama has been very aggressive (for a Democrat) lately on the core philosophical issues dividing the parties (and the country). And Joe Biden seems to be enthusiastically pounding away at Romney right now, so I'm cautiously optimistic. But I just don't get how any working person, with little or no net worth, could possibly think that voting for a party that has time and time again demonstrated that it's only concerns are for the mega rich and corporations is in their interest. Maybe the Democrats need a FOX News equivalent - - oh wait we have one, lol (MSNBC) - - just nobody watches it! (It makes them think to hard - - you don't have to have read anything to follow along with FOX News' propaganda!!)
Loved your analogy/story! What a great way to start the day :-)


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"Comparison of ``black box'' and ``gray box'' methods for lost data reconstruction in multichannel signals", Proceedings of the 14th International Conference ``Biomedical Engineering'', Kaunas, pp. 135-138, 2010.
"Wearable system concept for monitoring of maternal and fetal heart activity", Proceedings of the 17th International Conference ``Biomedical Engineering'', Kaunas, pp. 36-40, 11/2013.
"Noninvasive fetal QRS detection using an echo state network and dynamic programming", Physiological Measurement, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1685, 07/2014.
"Noninvasive Fetal QRS Detection using Echo State Network", Computing in Cardiology 2013, vol. 40, Zaragoza, Spain, pp. 205-208, 2013. Download: FQRS_ESN.pdf (252.39 KB)
"An Echo State Neural Network for QRST Cancellation During Atrial Fibrillation", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 59, no. 10: IEEE, pp. 2950–2957, 2012.


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Stocks Mixed on Weaker Spending and Sentiment Results
Stocks close mixed Friday following weaker-than-expected consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of overall economic activity. A consumer sentiment reading also is weaker. Yet markets are looking to close historically weak May on a high, with the S&P 500 popping nearly 2% over the month.
Final Hour: Spending Setback Worries Dow, Nasdaq as S&P Shrugs
Weak consumer spending and sentiment threw cold water on markets Friday, though the S&P held tentative gains while the Dow tried, but faied, to follow.
Stocks Rise Above Poor Q1 GDP on Stronger Anticipated Growth
Markets rose despite poor Q1 GDP as a raft of positive economic data suggests pent up demand for the second quarter. Home sales were disappointing though jobless claims fell more than expected.
Stocks Gain Despite Disappointing Home Sales and Poor GDP
U.S. stocks rise on Thursday despite disappointing home sales. Jobless claims fall more than expected, while investors overlook a poor result for first-quarter GDP.
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Twelve-year-old Margaret Ann has trouble getting along with her "perfect" English cousin, just arrived from war-torn London.
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Chevrolet Repair Questions? Ask a Chevy Mechanic for Answers ASAP
sorry for not mentioning that i had the tank dropped and the in tank pump replaced.
also replaced the inline filter. this plus all the other listed items have not made any difference. also had a muffler shop chek out the two cats. i am totally lost.
i also tried in tank fuel injector cleaner. iam thinking about replacing the maf or the throttle position sensor next. what do you think.
i keep getting a gateway timedout when i send my response to you
ill try again
fuel pressure was tested prior to the in tank pump replacement and no change occured.
the cats inlet pipe were cut open an a visual inspection was accomp. by the muffler shop. said they looked ok.
a snapon computer was connected to the system prior to there driving it an nothing registered
where are the injectors and fuel regulator located on this engine. under the intake manifold?
also changed the iginition control module.
thanks for your help
i will have the cats tested with a back pressure check and replace the maf. if i ever get it fixed i will let you know.


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If you'd like to work from home but your company doesn't currently allow it, why not become the prime mover and first member of a pilot program to see if working from home can't help boost productivity? It should be easier now than ever to make the argument to the decision makers in your organization.
Before going down this path, however, accept that there are some roles where web working won't be an option, at least not in the foreseeable future. Some roles cannot be done remotely, and keeping things together in a central office location ensures that workplaces where high security is at a premium can keep a closer eye on what's happening with their IP, for example. But if you don't do that kind of job, employers should have little reason not to consider allowing a remote working setup.
The obvious argument for allowing a web working arrangement is that an employer saves money on overheads when they allow employees to work from home. They don't have to furnish or maintain a physical office, and even if they pay workers a stipend for maintaining their own office space, it tends to be much cheaper.
But the less obvious argument, and one that should be much more convincing to many employers, is that your productivity will soar if you're able to start working remotely.
More Hours in the Day
Working from home obviously eliminates the need to commute. That provides extra time that can be spent doing actual work. Even if an employee wakes up later and calls it a day earlier working from home, there's less time spent getting settled in, and the reduced stress that comes along with not having to commute will pay off in greater focus.
In fact, a recent study of remote working by Cisco (s csco)found that 66 percent of employees would take a lower paying job if it meant they could work from home and avoid a commute. While it may seem a bit extreme to ask for a pay cut, you could keep that in your pocket if you think it'll turn the tide in your favor.
Lunch and the time spend it represents also tends to go down for those working at home. Even if you make your own lunch every day from scratch, it will take less time than it would to get something at work, and get settled back in once you return.
That same Cisco study also found that 45 percent of respondents who did work from home would work, on average, an extra two to three hours a day. A full quarter of those polled worked four additional hours compared to when they actually had to go into the office. All for the same salary they'd made before. It's hard for an employer to argue with potential gains like that.
Hours Are More Packed
Even if you don't work more hours than you would in an office, other studies have shown that the time remote workers spend doing work is much better spent than it would be otherwise. A U.K. study by the Cranfield School of Management found that employees working from home put in more and better quality work in the same time as their office-based counterparts.
What seems to happen is that people who are allowed to work from home feel a sense of gratitude towards their employer, and they then compensate for that benefit by working harder. It makes sense. Why give your company any excuse to put things back the way they were?
The IT Block
Your most difficult roadblock in convincing your employer to allow you to work remotely is probably going to be the IT spend. Chances are, you'll need devices to work from home, and also software and support. Those things aren't cheap.
The best way around the IT block isn't to try to say it won't be a problem. Instead, admit that remote working does require an IT investment, but point out that that is an investment in your company's future. The sooner a company can get on the borderless IT bandwagon, the better.
A recent study found that remote working increased 42 percent between 2009 and 2010. Some say that number is much higher. Regardless of what source you trust, it's impossible to deny that offsite employees are a permanent fixture, and businesses will have to move to that model to stay competitive. Framed in that context, building up an IT department's expertise in dealing with remote workers is a wise and well-justified spend.
It's not always an easy sell, but convincing your company to let you work from home can and has been done. Focusing on what it will mean for their bottom line, especially from a productivity perspective, is a great way to open minds.
If you're interested in learning more about the opportunities and challenges that a distributed workforce presents to businesses, check out our Net:Work conference, coming to San Francisco in December.
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The risk that financial markets, especially sharemarkets, could experience a bout of profit-taking after a very solid start to the year has become the major focus for most trading commentators.
David Hunt of Adest Profit Hunters says although the local and Asian equity markets traded in a mixed fashion on Monday, his technical signals suggest the possibility of a topping out. This raises the prospect of new traders being trapped by the enthusiasm that has accompanied the latest market rally.
Mr Hunt says he has been advising traders to take profits on S&P/ASX 200 Index contracts for difference (CFDs) as well as Commonwealth Bank of Australia CFDs, in which he has been long since the underlying shares were trading at $58.
Other market watchers like CMC Markets chief analyst Michael McCarthy suggested on Monday that while some investors may be attracted to current elevated prices they should probably wait for a pullback.
Ashley Jessen of derivatives broker LCG Markets said while there was still potential for more market upside in the short term based on momentum, prudent traders were keeping a close eye on profit-takers locking in recent healthy gains.
Mr Jensen said the markets had been incredibly bullish worldwide in the wake of the US avoiding the fiscal cliff.
This had resulted in the local share price index entering blue-sky territory with just over three-quarters of index stocks last week hitting equal or higher highs.
The local market is now facing the new challenge of S&P/ASX200 resistance levels of 4800 to 5000 that were last seen in early 2011. On Monday, the index made it halfway there to 4750 before retreating to the 4720 level.
Working against the local market's momentum is concern that the 15 per cent to 20 per cent surge since November in major resources stocks – like
This view is based on reports last week of significant shipments of iron ore from Port Hedland during December. Observers claimed the past few years had seen a seasonal trend where the iron ore price had risen at the start of the year, supporting the stockpiling view.
While commentators were cautious about further trading gains, one commodity which attracted bullish comments on Monday was gold, where Adest's Mr Hunt felt the price had reached the $US1628 target he had been waiting for, once again making it more interesting as a trading buy.
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Paine had several distractions Monday night.
The classes started back earlier in the day. The Lady Lions were playing their third game in five days. It added up to a slow start Paine soon overcame.
Ashley Watts scored 18 points as the Lady Lions broke off a big run late in the first half and pulled away from Miles, 55-44.
"They had a lot on their plate before they got to the gym," Lady Lions coach Willie Adams said. "Once they figured out it was a ball game, they woke up and played."
The Paine women (4-8, 2-1) are 2-0 in the new HEAL Complex. The Lady Lions now embark upon a three-game road trip Thursday, the start of a stretch which includes eight of their next 11 away from home.
"That's going to be a stretch," Adams said. "The thing about is whether we're going to have our legs."
Paine didn't have its legs early on against Miles (4-8, 0-3). Then four minutes into the game, Watts hobbled off the court with an injured left leg after a drive to the basket – Adams said she took a knee to the leg. She returned a few minutes later, but by then Paine started its run.
After getting off to a slow start, the Lady Lions took an 11-9 lead on a BreAsia Burns layup. One minute later, Watts dished an inbounds pass across the court to Burns for another layup. After swishing a 3-pointer, Watts took the ball in transition, bouncing a pass ahead to Burns for another layup.
Ariel Brown, who scored 12, kept the run alive with a 16-foot jumper. Then, Destani Burton capped the 17-0 spurt with a free throw. Paine led 26-9.
"When Watts went out, they kind of picked it up on defense," said. "BreAsia moved over to the four spot and it kind of opened her up to move around some."


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The permanent Exhibition
Dr. Diethardt Leopold, the curator of the permanent exhibition "Vienna 1900", is psychotherapist, Japanese bowman, son of the collector Prof. Rudolf Leopold and familiar with the art objects of his parents from his earliest years like hardly anyone else.
Besides paintings of the Viennese secessionist movement and the Austrian expressionist movement, he also presents design of the Wiener Werkstätte on the entire fourth floor of the museum, which encompasses furniture, silver, glass and also jewellery. But especially there are major works by Gustav Klimt, Richard Gerstl, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele exhibited. However, the presentation is not restricted to visual arts of this so fruitful and intensive period of the capital city of the k.u.k. monarchy, but puts the works in a further-sighted context: the influence of psychoanalyses, the history of the city and the openness to non-European and international currents.
As an exciting and inspiring searching game, Dr. Diethard Leopold confronted the highlights of Viennese "fin de siècle"-art with objects from other contexts. Although these objects do not appertain to them, they partially fit in so well that they cannot be distinguished. An exciting mystery tour through the world of "fin de siècle" Vienna is guaranteed.


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Lycos Sold to Ybrant Digital for $36 Million
On Monday, India's Ybrant Digital said it had agreed to buy one of the Web's superstars of yesteryear, Lycos, for $36 million in stock.
Lycos, which claims it is profitable, said it attracts between 12 million and 15 million visitors in the United States per month, and about 60 million worldwide.
As recently as 2007, Lycos was a top 25 property according to ComScore, attracting 22.4 million visitors in March of that year. Since then, however, the site has slowly faded from the U.S. public's interest, replaced largely by Google and Bing, among others. Daum Communications, a Korean portal provider, previously owned the company.
Ybrant, a digital marketer, said it plans to use Lycos to extend its Web presence and bring added value to its partner brands.
"Brand Lycos needs no introduction, we are excited to bring in the Lycos properties into our fold," said Suresh Reddy, chairman and chief executive of Ybrant Digital, in a press release. "The quality of content and tools offered by Lycos has always attracted the best of the consumers across the world. Our goal is to combine the benefits of Ybrant's global network with what Lycos has to offer in creating a compelling global destination for our advertising clients worldwide. Coupled with our offerings for advertisers, we do present new products to our local users worldwide."


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THORNBURY is gearing up for a day of fun at the town's annual carnival.
The event on Saturday is set to bring in huge crowds to watch a parade wind its way through the town and later enjoy an afternoon of events on the Mundy Playing Fields.
Families have been promised hours of entertainment, with music, dance, donkey rides and dog agility just some of the attractions.
The parade is due to set off from the Castle School in Park Road at 10.30am.
Local groups and organisations will be on carnival floats or in walking groups, while classic cars will also join the procession.
They will gradually make their way along Castle Street and High Street to the playing fields, where the gates open at noon.
Performers and local schoolchildren who will be in the parade will then get ready to entertain an estimated 10,000 visitors.
There will also be a funfair, a variety of stalls, stage entertainment and a zumba class.
A highlight will be a flypast by a Spitfire and Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, while budding pilots can have a go in a Red Arrows flight simulator.
Thornbury's own Panache steel band will get toes tapping - just one of the many musical treats promised. A total of ten bands are in the line-up, with pipes and drums up against the ukulele.
Visiting attractions from Yate include the King Edmund Acro gymnastics and the Celestine Dog Agility Group, while Olveston's Angus Macaskill will be artist-in-residence for the day and the clowning vicar, Roly Bain, is set to be a hit.
Donkeys from Weston beach will have an away day from the beach and children can also enjoy Punch and Judy shows.
A number of outlets in Thornbury will continue to sell advance tickets up to close of business tomorrow. On carnival day there will be a number of mobile sellers in the town while the parade takes place.
Families who want to ensure they get a family ticket at £8, for the admission of two adults and two primary age children, will only be able to get them in advance.
Otherwise admission on the gate is £3 for adults and £2 for children aged 11 and under. Pre-school youngsters will be allowed in free.


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We just got back from my niece's 6th birthday party. Here's the wee apron I knocked out to go with the cooking for kids book that we gave her. Don't look too closely: I was still working on it an hour before the party was due to begin, so it's not the best topstitching I've ever done...
It's reversible - cupcakes on one side, pink squares on the other. I'm going to make a similar one for another niece, although I'm thinking of making a couple of changes to my basic idea. It was a nice and easy project, though. Hm, I wonder for how much longer my son will be willing to model pink aprons for my blog?
The kids and I did sit down yesterday to make some ornaments (I'll show you next time) so hopefully things will start feeling more festive around here soon. I think I'll start decorating soon after Thanksgiving. I need some physical reminder that Christmas is fast approaching if I'm going to get started on Christmas present making...
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My sister-in-law's sister reminded me of this one today:
UK English: fag = cigarette in US English
UK English: faggot = a kind of meatball or a bundle of sticks in US English
US English: faggot (and the shortened form 'fag') = disparaging term for a homosexual man
British folk tend to know the American translation, so this is more for the benefit of the Americans amongst you, so that you don't get offended when Brits 'pop outside for a fag' or offer you faggots for dinner...
The bad news: one of the recent updates my friend posted on the site about 5 year old Diego: "Sorry I did not update yesterday. We needed to speak with family first. Diego may have some pneumonia but the main problem is the tumors in his chest have grown considerably. We have had some tough choices to make and for now we are going to continue fighting. He continues to have high fevers, heart rate and respiration. I will update when I can."
I've been wanting to do something for them, besides occasionally subjecting them to my awful cooking. I am considering making a fabric dollhouse and doing some sort of online raffle for it to raise some money to go in the non-profit fund, but when I have contacted paypal for more details on the fees and charges that would be made against (hopefully) lots of small online payments, they have only sent an impersonal reply requiring that I have a paypal account and link my question to that account. I was wondering if any of you have had much experience with using paypal - or other forms - to receive payments, especially low monetary value ones. My e-mail address is over there on the left, if you want to contact me directly. Would people even be interested in winning one?
Any other ideas would also be welcome. How any parent endures what they are going through, I don't know.
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• popinjay •
Pronunciation: pah-pin-jay • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A vain, conceited, pompous person, a coxcomb, a fop. 2. A loquacious, talkative person, a blabbermouth.
Notes: This Good and colorful Word originally referred to a parrot, which explains the two rather unrelated meanings "show-off" and "blabbermouth". You may use this word as an adjective meaning "vividly or garishly bright" when referring to colors, as popinjay blue or popinjay green.
In Play: Popinjay began as a metaphor for a brightly multicolored bird and referred to people who were dressed showily. It has since migrated to people who show off in any manner: "August March is such a strutting popinjay, I doubt he would deign even to speak to a general with fewer than four stars." As a result of the association with jays—not to mention the parrot's own talkativeness—the word's meaning today is slipping toward loquacity: "That smarmy popinjay in the front office won't let you get a word in edgewise."
Word History: Today's Good Word started out as Old French papegai "parrot" (perroquet today in French). The French could have gotten the word from any number of European languages: Russian popugai and Spanish papagayo are just two languages that still use it. It had reached Greek as papagas by the Middle Ages, a word which survives as papagalos today. The Europeans appropriated the word from Arabic babaga, probably during the Crusades. Arabic assumed the word from Persian babbagha. The Persian word is probably onomatopoetic, an imitation of parrot babbling. The last syllable changed to -jay in English under the influence of the word for jays, another chatty bird more familiar to our English ancestors.
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I was watching a classic movie one evening (I wish I could remember the name of it but right now the name escapes me) in which a member of one party of the English House of Commons accused the members of the opposing party of being popinjays. It was the first time I heard the word and I thought it was an interesting one. Just going by the context of the sentence he used, I thought he was accusing the members of the opposing party of being effeminate (or at least of being less than manly). Don't think I've ever heard it used here in my neck of the woods. I'm going to work it into one of my conversations here soon just to see what happens.Popinjay began as a metaphor for a brightly multicolored bird and referred to people who were dressed showily. It has since migrated to people who show off in any manner:
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Sherlock Holmes novels, Anne Perry novels and House of Commons movies? Definitely a word used primarily in English-type media. English as in media using people from England. Can't wait to use the word in a conversation.
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Philip Hudson wrote:If you haven't seen the two Downton Abby series on PBS you have really missed something great. It is like "Upstairs, Downstairs" with a mega budget. I understand series three will be coming soon.
I decided that if I am going to watch it I had better
get it from the beginning. Waiting for DVD of season
One now. Having heard so much, I am looking forward
to it. And I love Maggie Smith, especially from Harry
Potter movies.
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Sometimes for something to turn out extra cool, it needs to spend a little more time in the oven before being offered up for mass consumption. Get ready, dear reader! The time has come to sink your teeth into one tasty little monster-laden treat!
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We here at Haig HQ are thrilled to announce that the much anticipated animated web TV series "Chadam" is now available! Brought to you by Warner Brothers and HD Films and written by Alex Pardee ("Bunnywith"), Chadam lives as the chosen one in the metropolitan island of Vulture City. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his world and possibly save it from evil. The series will find Chadam in a place of refuge where he and others have retreated to plan their attack against a serial killer known as Viceroy. "Chadam" is created using Unreal Engine 3, the technology that was also used in the ground-breaking video games Gears of War and BioShock.
Sid lends his voice to Simkin, a mutated figure made so by the evil Viceroy's attempt to remove his imagination gland. Simkin was, however, able to escape and meet Chadam, who may just be the one person who could defeat Viceroy and rid the planet of him for good. Simkin becomes Chadam's mentor, in that he shows Chadam he has the strength to defeat Viceroy.
Haig notes, "Voicing Simkin was an exercise in trying to establish the power of a character with my voice only, as opposed to using facial expressions and body language as I do in live-action. Even though I didn't get to work with any of the other actors in person, I had a great time with Alex and the HD Films staff. It was a thoroughly wonderful experience, and I would do it all again in a second."
Starring John Lanz in the title role, with support from Sid, Jeffrey Combs as Viceroy, Katey Sagal, Carl Weathers and more, "Chadam" is sure to expand your mind and widen your senses.
"Chadam" runs in ten episodes, which are up now on the Warner Brothers website. Follow this link to watch. As of now, the show is only viewable by those in the United States and no DVD plans are in place, but if you love what you see (or just want to see it!), please let Warner Brothers know by contacting them on their site and telling them you want your "Chadam"! This labor of love has been a long time coming, and we hope you enjoy the results.
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A planetary geologist investigates the structure, processes and composition of planetary bodies in the solar system. He uses geological knowledge gathered on Earth to study and hypothesize about geological processes occurring elsewhere in space. He also uses knowledge gleaned from other planets to address geological issues on Earth. Primarily a laboratory-based position, a planetary geologist often uses data returned by spacecraft and compares it with terrestrial samples. His salary compares with other professionals in the geoscientific sphere.
Average Salary
In its occupational employment and wages handbook published in May 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics listed mean salary levels for professions in America. A planetary geologist, as a geoscientist, received an average pay packet of $92,710. This equates to a figure per hour of $44.57. The lowest-earning 10 percent of individuals in the field received $43,140 per year or $20.74 an hour, while those in the top bracket of earners gained $161,260 annually or $77.53 per hour.
Salary by Industry
A planetary geologist may find employment opportunities in both the public and private spheres. However, salary levels between and within these classifications are far from uniform. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, for example, that a planetary geologist working for the federal government earns more than an individual employed at state government level -- $94,560 compared to $62,550. Furthermore, those employed by companies whose primary focus is oil and gas extraction pay an average of $136,270 per year, while consulting firms, who advise industries and government agencies of management, scientific and technical matters paid an average of $73,920 as of May 2009.
Salary by Location
While a planetary geologist investigates celestial bodies, the location from which he performs his research on Earth can affect the salary he achieves. The May 2009 survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics lists Texas as the best-paying state for a geoscientist, averaging $127,250. The District of Columbia and Alaska fill the second and third places with average pay listed at $107,160 and $104,410, respectively. Wyoming was among the lower reaches of the pay scale, listed as offering geoscientists average salaries of $69,360.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that demand for geoscientists, such as planetary geologists, will increase by as much as 18 percent in the decade spanning 2008 to 2018. When compared to the expected national growth rate for all professions -- somewhere between 7 and 13 percent -- the situation looks very favorable for planetary geologists to continue achieving good remuneration levels in the immediate future, particularly because the BLS expects there to be more vacant positions in the field than there are qualified professionals to fill them.


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"This is what I am asking you -- be shepherds with the smell of sheep." -- Pope Francis, March 28, 2013, during his homily at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday
Kneeling in front of my husband in my wedding dress with my hands shaking, I remember wondering if I was taking too long to get his socks off. Then I worried even more when trying to put them back on his dampened feet as we laughed together, nervously offering encouragement. I remember thinking that perhaps this is something we should have rehearsed, but I am grateful now to look back on the memories of that fumbling as a great source of strength in the difficult decisions we made since then -- in choosing to move from the part of the country we were living in or in receiving exciting news that our family is expanding.
As a young girl, washing one another's feet was never something that I included in my fantasies about my wedding day. I remember one Holy Thursday my mom wore nylons to church so she would have a reason not to go up and get her feet washed. Even though we know it is coming so we can prepare our feet with pedicures or a good scrubbing prior to entering, we often still do not want our dirtiness to be seen in our faith or by God. But this was a service I loved as a child because there was no other time when you could walk up the aisle in your bare feet!
It was not something I thought much about or heard much preaching on in Sunday school. Yet washing my husband's feet is the moment that I have returned to over the last 11 years more than any other as I seek strength for the journey in marriage.
My husband is a Methodist pastor's son, and we knew that we wanted to be married in the Catholic church I grew up in with his father co-presiding with my pastor. They worked well together, hammering out the specifics of who would bless the rings (Fr. Tom) and who would preach (my father-in-law). When it came to the Eucharist, I was torn. I did not want to begin our union before all who loved us by offering Communion for only some gathered. However, this was the center of my faith, and I did not know how to reconcile this. I am grateful that the tension provided an opportunity for us to talk more extensively about our priorities, the meaning behind our experience of Communion, and our relationship with the church.
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The Gospel of John has a significant shift at the beginning of Chapter 13, when instead of focusing on Jesus' public ministry, it begins to concentrate on Jesus in an intimate setting with his disciples. Jesus invites all of us who desire to follow him to do so through acts of humility and great love. John's Gospel is unparalleled by the synoptic Gospels as he focuses on this profoundly simple act of love and not the meal shared. Jesus sits in an intensely humble place at the dirty feet of his friends, allowing for even our greatest places of shame and doubt to be held in his hands with tenderness and love. When a mentor suggested my husband and I wash one another's feet, it seemed quite fitting a resolution.
My husband and I chose to wash one another's feet during our wedding ceremony as a symbol of our love for each other and for our world. We wanted to honor that we were making a commitment that would require the support of our family and faith community as well as call us to live in love, looking beyond our own desires and understanding our gifts to be used to better the world.
The actual experience was one of awkward grace with "The Servant Song" playing in the background. I could not focus on the greater meaning, but rather on how strange I might look and how I felt. We sang, "Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too." The mutuality of this verse invites a level of vulnerability into our relationship with Jesus, how we are called to partnership and see it lived out so boldly in Pope Francis' invitation to "be shepherds with the smell of sheep."
As we move into the Triduum, we are intimately invited into the love and care of a Savior. Whether we held our Lenten promises or are still waiting to figure out what we might give up, the invitation is offered. May we walk boldly, offering grace, love and reconciliation to our world and our church this Easter season.
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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Watson, Brandy Centrell Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-0712102-112337 Title The Effects of Phytase in Nutritionally Adequate Diets,Diets Deficient in Calcium and Phosphorus, and the Interactive Effects of Phytase and Eimeria Acervulina Infection in Broiler Chicks Degree Master of Science (M.S.) Department Animal Science (Animal, Dairy, and Poultry Sciences) Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2002-07-10 Availability unrestricted AbstractSix experiments were conducted to determine the interactive effects of Eimeria acervulina (E. acervulina) infection and phytase, and the effects of phytase in nutritionally adequate diets and in diets deficient in Ca and available P (aP). Corn-soybean meal (C-SBM) diets were used. In Exp 1, treatments were: 1) C-SBM, 1.0% Ca and 0.45% aP; 2) C-SBM, 0.80% Ca and 0.25% aP; 3) Diet 1 + 600 FTU phytase/kg; 4) Diet 2 + 600 FTU phytase/kg; 5 to 8) Diets 1 to 4 but infected with coccidiosis. Weight gain (ADG), feed intake (ADFI), and gain:feed were reduced (P < 0.01) by the coccidial infection and the reduction in Ca and aP. Phytase increased (P < 0.02) ADG and ADFI, regardless of the Ca and aP content of the diet or the presence of coccidiosis. Gain:feed was increased by phytase but only in uninfected chicks (phytase x coccidiosis interaction, P < 0.02). Phytase increased (P < 0.02) bone ash percentage but only in diets deficient in Ca and aP (P < 0.01). Experiments 2 and 3 included only treatments 1 to 4 of Exp 1. The reduction in Ca and aP reduced (P < 0.01) ADG, ADFI, and gain:feed. Phytase addition increased (P < 0.02) ADG and ADFI in diets deficient in Ca and aP and in the nutritionally adequate diets. Experiments 4, 5, and 6 were conducted to determine the effects of phytase on intestinal transit time in broilers. Diets were: 1) C-SBM, 0.9% Ca and 0.35% aP; 2) C-SBM, 0.80% Ca and 0.25% aP + 600 FTU phytase/kg. Transit time on Day 1, but not on Day 7, was faster (P < 0.03) in chicks fed phytase. These data indicate that phytase is effective in the presence of a coccidial infection, but it may not be as effective as in uninfected chicks. Futhermore, phytase increases growth in diets deficient in Ca and aP and in diets formulated to be adequate in all nutrients. This increase in growth may be due to a faster transit time of feed through the digestive tract, resulting in a greater feed intake and gain. Files
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Biomedical engineer Kyle Quinn fends off a frenzied Internet mob after being wrongly identified as a Charlottesville protester.
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During development, the cells of an embryo change their pattern of gene expression, which allows them to detach from their original location and migrate to another part of the embryo, where the pattern changes again to allow formation of a new organ.
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Low-dose antibiotics in animal feed fuel drug-resistance in human infectious diseases.
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Once a promising cancer treatment, the failure of PARP inhibitors in the clinic may be due to flawed preclinical studies.
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The US Supreme Court ordered patents held by Myriad Genetics to be reviewed further by the Federal Circuit Court.
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Mice "avatars" grafted with patient tumor tissue help identify effective drug regimens.
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"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
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"Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise."
"Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States."
"INNOVATION is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation."
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