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I call her my Resplendent Bride because I have eyes and ears and for a time she even let me hold her hand.
Yet although her time among us was cut short by cancer, I still feel the afterglow of her resplendence. We were married less than three years. I buried my heart and my wedding ring in St. Louis.
We walked through the shadowlands hand-in-hand until she drew her final breath. She suffered gracefully in a world that does not know what to do with pain.
The Christian faith has always been about death and resurrection, for those twin truths were the reason the Lord Jesus sojourned among us. We have forgotten the old way—we have forgotten how to suffer and die well.
Danielle was my Resplendent Bride, and the church is Christ's. I invite you to walk through this broken house so that you may know our small part in the divine love story.
As King David said in Psalm 27:13, ". . . I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!" and if not, I know the resurrection fast approaches.
Come, won't you sit amongst the graves with me, and dream of Resurrection Day?
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Pages: 336
Size: 6" x 9"
Format: Hardcover
Full Case = 24 copies
90 Devotionals on the Life of Christ
Whether in the classroom at Emmaus Bible College or behind a pulpit, David Glock has a proven ability to teach Scripture and make it practical. Walking with Jesus: 90 Devotionals on the Life of Christ is the result of over forty years of his teaching on the life of our Savior.
Follow this 90-day journey as Dave takes us from the announcement of Christ's birth, through His life, to His death and resurrection, and finally, to His bodily ascension into heaven. Dave's unique writing style is as refreshingly real and warm as are his classroom lectures. This book will help you ponder anew the life of Christ.
Pages: 448
Size: 5" x 8"
Format: Paperback
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At 448 pages and thoroughly updated, the 2016 Assembly Address Book is a great resource for you and your church.
The Address Book section lists many assemblies of Christians throughout the United States and Canada. It is a helpful resource for Christians who travel or relocate, enabling them to conveniently find others who share these beliefs and church practices. This useful resource contains a wealth of information, including addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, websites, meeting times, and persons to contact for further information.
For the Commended Workers section, in addition to address, phone, and email information, this section provides commendation listings and ministry details. The list of commended Christian workers is published to encourage prayer and personal contact. Entries are organized by state and alphabetized by last name within each state. An index is also provided for ease of use.
In the newer Camp section, you can find Assembly camp information for each State or Province, along with contact details. The Service Organization section has also been extensively expanded and categorized by ministry activity.
**Update your church's entry in the Assembly Address Book by using this link: Online & Printable Update FormsView full product details
Format: Cloth Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" x 8.5"
Full Case = 32 copies
Hymns of Worship and Remembrance, affectionately know as the "Black Book", features 350 hymns selected specifically for worship. The print edition contains full words and musical score. The musical score is a perfect resource for both pianists and musically-inclined singers.
Every week, thousands of Christians across the United States and around the world worship the Lord with a Truth and Praise hymnal. Now these hymnbooks are available in eBook format, for convenient use on your smart phone, tablet, or computer. You can also use the Table of Contents and search feature to quickly find hymns.
Classic Score Edition – features full words and musical score. The musical score is a perfect resource for both pianists and musically-inclined singers. Use the below links to download.
The Kindle edition does not work on iPhone (download on iBooks)
Lyrics Edition – features reflowable text, meaning you can increase or decrease the size of the text and the text will naturally reflow based on the size of your electronic device. Use the below links to download.
This edition beautifully displays all the words of each hymn.
Score with Audio Music Edition – features the inclusion of audio files for each of the hymns. This instrumental music is helpful in case you want to sing along or perhaps learn a hymn that you are unfamiliar with. This edition also includes full words and musical score. Use the below links to download.
Audio works on all Apple devices
Audio works only on Kindle Fire Devices (3rd generation onwards)
The hymns, chosen for their focus on Christ, are excellent for communion services. Gospel hymns are not included to help people concentrate specifically on worship of Christ.
Most hymns with three or four sharp keys have been changed to flats for ease of playing. Many have also been lowered in key for the vocal range of an average singer. Include are alternate tune suggestions for acapella services. Additionally, a variety of indexes (Topical, General, Authors, Composers, Meters, Tunes, First Line, Chorus, etc.) are included to help you easily locate a specific hymn.
The hymns, chosen for their focus on Christ, are excellent for communion services. Gospel hymns are not included to help people concentrate specifically on worship of Christ. Included are alternate tune suggestions for accapella services.
Over and over again, this collection of timeless classics has proven a useful resource as believers seek to honor the Lord in song.View full product details
Units: 1
Edition: AK '15
Pages: 104
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Format: Paperback
Full Case = 130 copies
An ancient inquirer asked the question, "How then can man be right with God?"What the Bible Teaches, written especially for those with no previous Bible knowledge, simply and distinctly explains the answer to this all-important question.
As you study this course, you will discover what the God of the Bible is like, what separates men and women from God, the value of Christ's death and resurrection, and how you can have a personal relationship with God.
Units: 1
Edition: AK '15
Pages: 80
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Format: Paperback
Full Case = 180 copies
The Bible pictures losers in many ways—as lost sheep, mug victims, lower class citizens, frauds, and runaway kids, to mention just a few. But the Bible also contains the good news that God has provided a way to have a fresh start in life. Do you feel like you're a "born loser"? This Bible course will help you learn how you can be born (again) to win!View full product details
Pages: 160
Edition: AK '16
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Format: Paperback
Full Case = 100 copies
Preaching is both an art and a science. The good preacher has not only mastered the rules of hermeneutics and homiletics but has imagination, flair, and personality enough to make his sermons live.
This course will help you with the techniques of opening up a passage of Scripture. You will learn the basic principles of Bible interpretation. You will study ways of gathering message material, putting it together in a logical way, and presenting it well.
This course is designed primarily for those who feel called to preach. However, it can profitably be studied by all who have a desire to open up the Bible for the benefit of others. Most of the material in this course applies just as much to the teacher as to the preacher.
Unidades: 1
Edición: CL 2015
Páginas: 80
Tamaño: 5.5" x 8.5"
Formato: libro de bolsillo
Caja completa = 180 copias Full Case = 180 copies
Ganando Almas Bíblicamente
Uno de los más grandes privilegios del creyente cristiano es el ser asociado con Dios en la gran obra de ganar almas para el Señor Jesucristo. Este curso te preparará para ello proveyéndote consejo sobre la responsabilidad personal, el cómo usar la Palabra de Dios, el papel del Espíritu Santo, el cómo presentar el Evangelio, los desafios y las dificultades, el seguimiento y otros temas importantes. Después de estudiar el curso estarás preparado para ganar almas bíblicamente.View full product details


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A member of the inaugural men's basketball team, Sherard Robbins '11 transferred to Wheelock to pursue his interest in the College's Juvenile Justice and Youth Advocacy program and his goal of becoming a lawyer. "I come from a family full of arguers and debaters, so I gained a love for proving points and choosing words wisely at an early age."
As a transfer student, Sherard was a bit nervous about breaking into the social scene on campus. "Luckily for me, it was not an issue at all. I was blessed with a great roommate who knew almost everyone on campus, so that gave me a foot in the door. " Also, he quickly bonded with his teammates. "I haven't come across many guys who share the passion about the game like the guys on the Wildcat basketball team."
Sherard has found more than career direction at Wheelock; he has found a greater sense of self. "Since coming to Wheelock I have matured a lot. I handle things differently now. I find myself speaking up in class, and I feel strong in my field."
The most valuable part of Sherard's Wheelock experience has been his professors. "They are so accessible. They are very helpful, so there is really no reason to fail."
"The best reason to come to Wheelock is for the education. Also, the location is great-right in the heart of the city."
A piece of advice Sherard would give to incoming students is: "Just don't be afraid to ask questions. Everyone is so helpful here, from peers to staff. Someone will give you a hand, that's a definite."


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According to data of Circle.am Armenian ranking system, website visitors, who are registered on Circle.am, mostly use Firefox (41.05%) browser, as well as Chrome (27.36%). Safari rounds out the top five browsers in Armenia – 0.29%, while the share of other browsers makes - 0.25%.
Internet in Armenia report prepared for fall of 2010 by Circle.am and Business 24 project brings StatCounter research company's data for Armenia: Firefox – 41.21%, Chrome – 26.75%, Internet Explorer – 19.11%, Opera – 11.42%, Safari – 1.27%.
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Beautify Your KDE Plasma 5 Desktop Environment with Freshly Ported Adapta Theme
Good morning! It's time to beautify your KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment, and we have just the perfect theme for that as it looks like the popular Adapta GTK theme was recently ported to Plasma 5.
Roughing it, with Linux
I have been traveling for about two weeks now, spending 10 days camping in Iceland and now a few days on the ferry to get back. For this trip I brought along my Samsung N150 Plus (a very old netbook), loaded with openSUSE Linux 42.3.
Red Hat: Ansible Tower, Patent Promise, and Shares Declining
Add-on board expands i.MX6 UL SBC
MYIR released an add-on board for its Linux-driven, i.MX6 UL-based MYS-6ULX SBC that adds a second LAN port, plus CAN, RS485, camera, audio, and RTC. In April, MYIR released a Linux-powered MYS-6ULX SBC, which was notable for being available in two different versions using NXP's low power, Cortex-A7 i.MX6 UltraLite (UL) or the more affordable, and almost identical i.MX6 ULL SoC. Now, MYIR has released an "MYB-6ULX Expansion Board" designed to stack onto either model. The $21.20 accessory adds a second 10/100 Ethernet port to the MYS-6ULX, as well as new CAN, RS485, audio, micro-USB, RTC, and camera functions.


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AT&T's David S. Huntley to be Honored as a Dallas Business Journal 2014 Minority Business Leader
Honorees to be featured in the Feb. 7 issue of the Dallas Business Journal
Dallas, Texas, February 06, 2014
David S. Huntley, AT&T* senior vice president and assistant general counsel, has been recognized as a Dallas Business Journal 2014 Minority Business Leader. The designation serves to recognize individuals providing both outstanding leadership within local corporations and noteworthy community contributions.
Huntley oversees a staff of 45 AT&T attorneys and managers throughout the United States. He was selected by a panel of judges, 22 business owners and corporate executives. He will be among the honorees at a Feb. 6 Omni Dallas hotel awards luncheon and his story will be featured in the Feb. 7 issue of the Dallas Business Journal.
"We are extremely proud that David has been selected for this award – a recognition of his work inside AT&T and within the many organizations for which he volunteers," said Wayne Watts, senior executive vice president and general counsel, AT&T. "We certainly concur that he richly deserves to be singled out not just as an attorney, but as a business leader and a caring person."
The journal started its Minority Business Leader awards program in 2008 to highlight ethnic minorities who are corporate executives with high levels of responsibility at their companies. Winners must also play a strong leadership role outside their jobs in their communities. Huntley was nominated by lawyers at Haynes and Boone, LLP, who work with AT&T as a client.
Past honorees have included college presidents, retail executives, lawyers, IT company founders, health care executives and educators.
Huntley has served on the executive committee of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and at the Greater Houston Partnership, where he chaired the Government Relations Advisory Committee. In addition, he was a board member of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and served on the 2004 Houston Super Bowl Host Committee, a not-for-profit group dedicated to bringing acclaim to Houston and the NFL. Huntley was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Bar Foundation, the San Antonio Zoological Society and the San Antonio YMCA as well as the SMU Alumni Board and the Baylor Health Care System Foundation Board.
Huntley leads a mentor circle for the Dallas Chapter Community Network. Community Network is an AT&T employee resource group that serves African-American employees.


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Charges filed against club owner after birthday party shooting
Charges have been filed against the operator of an Indianapolis social club after four people were shot at the club early Sunday morning.
Nobody was seriously injured in the early Sunday morning shooting that took place at a Sweet 16 birthday party at the Soft Spot Lounge at 1913 North 46th Street.
Detectives arrested James Walker, 60, for maintaining a common nuisance, a felony. He is accused of operating the club without a proper license or permit.
According to our partners at the Indianapolis Star, police have visited the building eight times since February 2012. Those incidents include: unlicensed alcohol sales, fights, and Molotov cocktails.
Those living near the social club say they are used to seeing problems around there.
"We were walking down the street and we seen a lot of activity like sirens, colors, police cars and the works and I thought to myself, 'That's typical.' So I just ignored it," Janalya Collins said.
The court has issued a temporary restraining order, which prevents Walker from operating an unlicensed business at the above location.


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Blogs HNN IRANIANS CONTINUE TO PROTESTMar 31, 2010 8:40 pm
Iran: Wife of late dissident cleric, Ayatollah Montazeri, passes away
Their (she stood at his side) supporters used the funeral to raise their voices -
The result?
30 Iranian mourners arrested in Qom
MSM will not tell you but Iran emerged as the top journalist jailer in the world and her journalist deserve that name unlike Western ones that tow the administration line.
Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held — making Iran the top jailer of journalists in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The wave of arrests, which has only accelerated recently, has sent a chill through journalists in Iran at a time when the opposition is struggling to maintain its challenge against the government in the face of a heavy crackdown on pro-reform figures.
In response, a sort of"underground" journalism has emerged, said Reza Valizadeh, 32, who used to work for the state-run radio and television but who fled the country amid the postelection crackdown.
"We have a kind of guerrilla journalists, who wear masks, have no names, write under pseudonyms and send e-mails without mentioning their real names to news outlets outside Iran, or publish in weblogs with pseudonyms," said Valizadeh, who now lives in Paris."A very, very bitter and black period awaits journalists," he told The Associated Press.
The at least 52 journalists now in Iranian jails range from freelance reporters to writers for opposition blogs and newspapers and even several for government-owned media, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists wrote in a report released Tuesday. Seven of them were imprisoned before the June election.
Eleven of those in prison were arrested in February, according to CPJ — and the total number does not include 50 other journalists who were arrested since the election and were since released on bail.
At least a hundred journalists have fled the country, at least 80 of them are in neighboring Turkey.
Charges against the detainees have been vague in most cases, CPJ said, such as"propagation against the regime," insulting authorities, and disrupting public order, while many other cases are shrouded in secrecy, without even formal charges being disclosed.
Some have received prison sentences of up to six years, lashes, internal exile and lifetime bans on writing and other social and political activities. At least two face heresy charges that, upon conviction, would bring the death penalty.
"I understand the price I have to pay," one of the journalists on the CPJ list, Kouhyar Goodarzi, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press shortly before he was picked up by Iranian security forces in December.
He said in the e-mail that he was willing to risk"imprisonment, torture, pressures of interrogation and solitary confinement ... in pursuit of my precious goals."
Although no formal charges have been laid against Goodarzi, he has since told his family that interrogators have mentioned"moharebeh," a vague charge that literally means"waging war" against God and normally carries a death sentence under Iranian law, as well as propaganda against the system through interviews with foreign media and participation in illegal gatherings.
"Iran is entering a state of permanent media repression, a situation that is not only appalling but also untenable," said a statement by CPJ quoting its Executive Director Joel Simon."The Iranian government will eventually lose the war against information, but we are saddened every day that our colleagues are paying such a terrible price."
The crackdown is an extension of the wave of arrests that Iran has carried out in a bid to crush the opposition movement, which carried out widespread protests claiming that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in the June election was fraudulent. Hundreds have been detained
Part of the aim appears to be to shut down information about the opposition movement. A number of protesters and activists have been jailed in part for talking to foreign press. Several pro-reform newspapers have been shut down — including the Etemaad daily and Irandokht weekly in March, as well as a business journal critical of government policies.
Currently, China is the world's second largest jailer of journalists, with 24 in prison, followed by Cuba, with 22. The number of jailed journalists is the highest CPJ has recorded in a single country since December 1996, when it documented 78 imprisonments in Turkey.
Another of those on the CPJ list is Shiva Nazar Ahari, who has been jailed twice in the last nine months. The second time, she and Goodarzi were detained as they were on their way to the holy city of Qom on a bus to attend the funeral of dissident cleric Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri in late December.
"We don't know what the charges against her are," her mother, Shahrzad Kariman, said in a telephone interview from Tehran."I haven't been able to speak to anyone, not to the judge. We don't know anything right now. Her lawyer hasn't had access to her files either."
She said when she last saw her daughter in a prison visit two weeks ago, she told her interrogators had said she faces 19 charges but did not say what they were. Ahari spent the first 60 days of her detention in solitary confinement but was moved to another ward about two weeks ago where she shares a cell with another prisoner, Kariman said.
With the coming of the Iranian New Year on March 20,"the family will be together. We would like to celebrate with her," Kariman said.
Fariborz Soroush, 37, who worked for the U.S.-sponsored Radio Farda and was jailed twice for his work, said reporters who write on sports, the economy, social and cultural issues are not spared either these days. They are being summoned to the Intelligence Ministry, interrogated and even jailed.
He left Iran in September, six days after being released. He's now in France.
Valizadeh, the former state TV journalist in exile as well, says the increase in arrests likely indicates interrogators are trying to get information on reporters now working anonymously and underground.
"The detainees may give away information about friends and colleagues under torture," said Valizadeh."This is what the authorities are looking for."
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Sir Alex pays tribute to Wenger
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Arsenal owe a huge debt of gratitude to old foe Arsene Wenger.
Wenger this week became the longest-serving boss in Arsenal's history and most of his 13 years in north London have been spent going head to head with Ferguson for the game's major prizes.
While there have been plenty of confrontations between the pair down the years, a thaw in relations has taken place in recent times to the extent that they appeared together at a lavish question-and-answer session at Wembley last season.
Although he avoided discussion over whether Wenger had brought the best out of him, Ferguson feels the statement is particularly true of Arsenal.
"Arsene has brought the best out of Arsenal,'' the United manager said. "Since he has gone there, the success of the club has been fantastic. He sticks to what he believes in - and so do his players.
"That is why he has been there so long. I read some quotes from his players the other day that sum up the situation pretty well. They owe everything to him. That is nice to read.''
Red Devils boss for 23 years himself, Ferguson feels Wenger's success at Arsenal proves his own theory that if clubs stand by their own decisions and give managers time, they will eventually be rewarded.
"If you look at Brian Clough, myself and Arsene, it proves longevity brings rewards,'' said Ferguson. "His team play the right way and he has a stadium that is full every week.
"He has been an incredible manager for that football club. There is no question about that.''
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20 Games Like Stories: The Path of Destinies()
Earthlock: Festival of Magic
An original turn-based role-playing game set in a world of machines and magic, a world that stopped spinning thousands of years ago.
Rich, non-linear story
Turn-based combat (No Active Time Battle)
Combat pairs (Allows more variations to your battle team)
Grow your own ammunition (Organic crafting)
Build and improve your home base
Environmental Puzzles
Gorgeous overworld with a retro feel
No random encounters (Monsters visible at all times)
Play as Male or Female protagonist (You can switch at any time)
Absolver is an online multiplayer combat RPG where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who have placed you here to determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.
Citadel: Forged With Fire
"Citadel: Forged With Fire is a massive online sandbox RPG with elements of magic, spellcasting and inter-kingdom conflict. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to investigate the dangerous world of Ignus. Your goal: create a name for yourself and achieve notoriety and power among the land's ruling Houses.
You have complete freedom to pursue your own destiny; hatch plots of trickery and deceit to ascend the ranks among allies and enemies, become an infamous hunter of other players, build massive and unique castles, tame mighty beasts to do your bidding, and visit uncharted territories to unravel their rich and intriguing history. The path to ultimate power and influence is yours to choose."
Wild Terra
It is action-RPG and sandbox hybrid with building, crafting, gathering, farming and land claiming elements. There is no NPCs in game so the only way to get something is to create it by yourself or trade from other players... or take it with brutal force. However we understand that not every one have enough time to "live" in game doing everything by their selves that is why all game processes are boosted to make game a little bit casual.
We can say this about your character development as well. It is very boring to level up your character to XX-level just to take a good sword in hands and start to fight. There would be leveling anyway however it would grant you small additional benefits in combats but not major domination.
Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home. There is no sun and the natural light that exists comes from eruptions that cover the land in ash. This is a world where nothing lasts, no matter how tightly you cling to it.
At its core, Ashen is about forging relationships.
Players can choose to guide those they trust to their camp, encouraging them to rest at the fire and perhaps remain. People you meet out in the world will have unique skills and crafting abilities to bolster your chances of survival.
Together, you might just stand a chance.
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a single- and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen & paper RPG-like levels of freedom.It features turn-based combat, a strong focus on systematic gameplay and a well-grounded narrative.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Divinity: Original Sin, winner of over 150 Game of the Year awards and nominations.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Go behind enemy lines to forge your army, conquer Fortresses and dominate Mordor from within. Experience how the award winning Nemesis System creates unique personal stories with every enemy and follower, and confront the full power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraiths in this epic new story of Middle-earth.
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
From the award-winning developers at Arkane Studios comes Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, the next standalone adventure in the critically-acclaimed Dishonored series. Be a badass supernatural assassin and take on the role of notorious Billie Lurk as she reunites with her mentor Daud in order to pull off the greatest assassination ever conceived.
Building upon Dishonored 2's signature gameplay and art style, Death of the Outsider features all the series hallmarks, including brutal combat systems, unique level design, and immersive storytelling that responds to your every choice. With compelling characters and exhilarating action, Death of the Outsider is the perfect entry point for those new to the Dishonored series, while delivering a significant expansion of the gameplay and world for longtime fans.
Super Mario Odyssey
The game has Mario leaving the Mushroom Kingdom to reach an unknown open world-like setting, like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
Rise & Shine
Rise is a small kid of Gamearth, the world where the classic videogame characters live. He finds himself lost in the middle of a war against the Space Grunts, the bald muscular soldiers with big guns that just invaded his world. Only with the help of the legendary gun, Shine, he'll be able to stay alive and just maybe, incredibly, save his planet from the invaders.
The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path. Think of a more arcadey Another World, also with a very tight relationship between gameplay and story.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher: Wild Hunt is a story-driven, next-generation open world role-playing game set in a visually stunning fantasy universe full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. In The Witcher you play as the professional monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, tasked with finding a child of prophecy in a vast open world rich with merchant cities, viking pirate islands, dangerous mountain passes, and forgotten caverns to explore.
99 / 1007374.95
An action, role-playing open world game for PC and Consoles, Elex was developed by Piranha Bytes, creators of the award winning Gothic series and is set in a brand new, post-apocalyptic, Science-Fantasy universe where magic meets mechs.
"Advanced in technology, civilized and with a population of billions, Magalan was a planet looking to the future. Then the meteor hit.
Those who survived are now trapped in a battle to survive, a struggle to decide the fate of a planet. At the center of this fight is the element "Elex". A precious, limited resource that arrived with the meteor, Elex can power machines, open the door to magic, or re-sculpt life into new, different forms.
But which of these choices should be the future of Magalan? Can technology or magic save this world? Or will this new power destroy all those left alive amongst the ruins?"
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
This is the story of an unexpected encounter between Mario and the irreverent Rabbids. The Mushroom Kingdom has been torn apart by a mysterious vortex, transporting the Rabbids into the once-peaceful area, splintering this beloved land. To bring order back to the Kingdom, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi team up with Rabbids heroes in a journey through four different worlds.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the new name for the base Shovel Knight game. It will get all future updates and content for free just like before.
It will launch first on the Switch, during the systems launch window, and on all other platforms in April 2017. All owners of the previous version, across all platforms, will be upgraded to the new version of the game for free.
Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter is a 2D Action RPG in the vein of the best 8-bit and 16-bit classics, and is considered a combination of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Diablo.
85 / 100304.25
ARK: Survival Evolved
ARK: Survival Evolved takes on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players awake naked and starving on the beach of a mysterious island among a herd of other confused humans. On ARK, they must then hunt, harvest, craft, research technology, and build shelters to protect against scorching days, freezing nights, volatile weather systems, dangerous wildlife, and potential enemies.
Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame and ride the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground. Build your character's strengths and gain items, skills, and pet creatures using in-depth role-playing systems. Start a tribe with hundreds of other players to survive and dominate competing tribes...and ultimately discover the ARK's true purpose.
59 / 100302.95
Osiris: New Dawn
After crash-landing on an unknown planet you must survive hostile alien conditions through ingenuity and technology. Craft a modest outpost then expand systematically to grow food, build vehicles, and craft helpful droids and powerful mechs. Form a colony with your friends and battle others or explore the system alone prospecting for immeasurable riches. Discover, fight, and tame indigenous alien creatures and search for lost human expeditions.


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So news is imminent on who Floyd Mayweather Jr. will face on May 4th in what is already shaping up to be a colossal PPV that will feature the golden ginger that is Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Austin Trout in a junior middleweight unification bout. The card is also rumored to have Abner Mares take on Daniel Ponce De Leon which in our eyes would make it a top quality card. The missing piece that remains is who will Mayweather face?
Rumors have been going on for months that it would be Robert Guerrero after his impressive showing against Andre Berto. Mayweather threw everyone in for a surprise as he went to twitter and announced that a fight between himself and Devon Alexander was close to becoming a reality. Fans reaction upon hearing this was fierce as they shot it down when compared to a Guerrero bout.
We had a chance to catch up with Zab Judah last week, as he spoke on who he feels Mayweather should fight next as well as laying some wisdom to those who feel Manny Pacquiao should retire after suffering a KO loss to Juan Manuel Marquez.
Make sure to come back to the site as we will release a in-depth interview with Judah as he talks the postponement of his match with Danny Garcia and his thoughts on ether Garcia is legitimately injured.


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NEW YORK (AP) Anthony Mason's 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left gave St. John's a 65-62 victory over Seton Hall on Saturday and stopped the Red Storm's five-game losing streak.
Mason finished with 24 points and went 5-for-7 from 3-point range for the Red Storm (11-17, 5-11 Big East).
Justin Burrell and Larry Wright each added 12 points and D.J. Kennedy had 10 for St. John's.
Jamar Nutter made a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to tie the game for Seton Hall before Mason's 3 from the top of the circle put St. John's ahead for good. Seton Hall's final possession ended with the Red Storm knocking away a long inbounds pass.
Nutter and John Garcia scored 14 points each to lead the Pirates (7-12, 7-9), while Brian Laing added 12 points.
Two free throws by Jeremy Hazell gave Seton Hall a 55-45 lead with 4:51 left in the second half. The Red Storm then closed with a 20-7 run, with Mason scoring 11 points and hitting three 3-pointers.
Wright made two 3s in the run, the second putting St. John's ahead 60-59 with 59 second remaining. Burrell made two free throws to make it 62-59 with 20 seconds to go before Nutter tied it.
The win came one day after St. John's announced that coach Norm Roberts will return next season to finish his current contract. He and athletic director Chris Monasch will meet after the season to pursue an extension.


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Sinai kidnapping: Egyptian police seal border with Gaza
Egyptian police have sealed off the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in protest at the abduction of seven security personnel in Sinai.
Reports say police locked the gates and placed barbed wire at the entrance.
Rafah is the only regular exit from Gaza for 1.6m Palestinians living there. Other crossings into Israel are allowed only in exceptional cases.
The three policemen and four soldiers were captured while travelling in the peninsula, east of El Arish.
Four of the men worked at the Rafah crossing, reports said.
An Egyptian security official said the Rafah crossing will remain closed until the group is released, the Associated Press news agency reported.
The Palestinian Maan news agency said Gaza's Interior Ministry declared a state of alert along its border with Egypt and large numbers of Egyptian soldiers have been in the area.
The BBC's Rushdie Abu Alouf, who is among some 150 Palestinians stuck on the Egyptian side, says people including the sick and elderly have been sitting on the ground under the heat of the sun since early morning waiting to cross.
He says there is a long queue of people in front of an Egyptian tank which has closed the road outside the Egyptian gate of the crossing.
One of them, 72-year-old Abu Mohammed, called for the captives' release, saying: "We have to pay the price of an internal Egyptian problem. We did not kidnap the solders."
The kidnappers are said to be demanding the release from prison of jailed relatives.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi summoned his defence and interior ministers on Thursday to discuss the situation.
Sinai has become increasingly lawless since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011.
Islamist militants in northern Sinai have used the lack of central authority to carry out attacks across the border into Israel.
Egyptian Bedouins have also used hostage-taking to press for the release of jailed tribesmen they say have been sentenced unfairly on charges ranging from terrorism to drug dealing.


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"Two And A Half Men Star" Trashes Show (VIDEO)
Angus T. Jones of "Two and a Half Men" is telling viewers to stop watching the show.
In a video interview with religious website Forerunner Chronicles, Jones blasted the show, calling it "filth", and saying that he wants off the show.
"If you watch 'Two and a Half Men,' please stop watching 'Two and a Half Men,'" Jones says in the interview, which is billed on the website as "The Testimony of the Awakening of [a] star." "I'm on "Two and a Half Men," and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it, please stop filling your head with filth," he added.
This comes almost two years after former "Men" star Charlie Sheen's public meltdown where he went on numerous tirades against the show and creator Chuck Lorre. Sheen was subsequently fired from the show and replaced with Ashton Kutcher.
Warner Bros., the studio that produces the show, had no comment.
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Strong job and inventory tracking. New transaction tracking. Excellent in-program help. Lets you easily view journal. Allows up to 40 simultaneous users.
Depth can make learning all the features difficult. No one-window option.
Bottom Line
If you're using a junior Peachtree product and need multiple simultaneous users, greater capacity, and expanded workflow tracking and inventory capabilities, Quantum is your logical next step.
Peachtree Payroll and Reporting
Peachtree also handles payroll well, with three levels that vary in the amount of assistance they give you and how much automation they offer. Whereas the basic version calculates payroll and taxes, and provides print-and-sign tax forms, Select Payroll adds W-2 form delivery and e-filed tax forms. Managed Payroll does it all for you. BusinessWorks provides two options, and QuickBooks Enterprise offers four payroll options, making it the most flexible and best among its peers in this regard.
Besides roughly 140 customizable built-in reports, Peachtree Quantum includes Crystal Report Designer, which lets you configure reports based on any of the information contained in your database. QuickBooks Enterprise fared about the same in our evaluation; BusinessWorks offers a greater number of customizable reports than either, but they're more difficult to use.
Peachtree's extensibility is good, with add-ons like merchant accounts and bill-pay (QuickBooks also has this), remote access and Web site creation (ditto), and a link to ACT! by Sage. But Quantum can't match QuickBooks Enterprise's Enterprise Suite, which adds powerful capabilities in areas including inventory and field service management. BusinessWorks can be extended with a variety of add-on solutions.
All three of the more advanced account apps I reviewed offer good in-program help and support plan options. But Peachtree's built-in help files are the most voluminous. It also offers a handy help feature that lets you see the journal entry behind a transaction. Just click Journal on the toolbar, and the behind-the-scenes accounting appears.
If you're already using a junior Peachtree program and need greater capacity, workflow controls, or more customizable reports, I'd recommend you move up to Peachtree Quantum 2010. It's always good to stay within a product family, but it's better to think in the long term and evaluate how well your current vendor accommodates growth. In this case, Sage offers solutions beyond Peachtree Quantum and BusinessWorksand data conversion services to help you move up. If you anticipate needing something beyond the Quantum and Enterprise Suite level, keep that in mind. But if you're planning to top out at not much larger than you are, QuickBooks Enterprise will serve you best.
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NASA Technology
Long-term human spaceflight means long-term menu planning. Since every pound of cargo comes with a steep price tag, NASA has long researched technologies and techniques to allow astronauts to grow their own food, both on the journey and in some cases at their destination. Sustainable food technologies designed for space have resulted in spinoffs that improve the nutrition, safety, and durability of food on Earth.
NASA Technology
If you visit Glenn Research Center, you might encounter a photovoltaic (PV) array that looks unlike anything you've ever seen. In fact, what one would normally identify as the panel is actually a series of curved mirrors called solar concentrators, engineered to reflect sunlight rather than absorb it.
NASA Technology
The next time you flip on a light switch, there's a chance that you could be benefitting from data originally acquired during the Space Shuttle Program. An effort spearheaded by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in 2000 put together the first near-global elevation map of the Earth ever assembled, which has found use in everything from 3D terrain maps to models that inform solar power production.
NASA Technology
Hazy smog over cities and smoke pouring from the stacks of factories and power plants are visible reminders of the threat posed by air pollution to the environment and personal health. But air quality is often an unseen influence on our lives. Even on clear days, the air can be rife with particulate matter and other irritants that can trigger everything from minor allergies to life-threatening asthma attacks and other respiratory ailments. Indoors—where we spend as much as 90 percent of our time—pollutant levels can be 2–50 times higher than outdoors. The World Health Organization estimates that urban outdoor air pollution causes 1.3 million deaths worldwide per year, while in developing countries, indoor air pollution causes an estimated 2 million premature deaths.
NASA Technology
"Right now, solar electric propulsion is being looked at very seriously," says Michael Piszczor, chief of the photovoltaic and power technologies branch at Glen Research Center. The reason, he explains, originates with a unique NASA mission from the late 1990s.
NASA Technology
NASA's Stennis Space Center is located on 13,500 acres in Hancock County, Mississippi, surrounded by another 125,000 acres that act as a buffer for the deafening roar of rocket engines. It has witnessed the flame and smoke spout from the Saturn V rockets that would carry astronauts to the Moon for the first time, and the space shuttle main engines that would carry them into space more often than any other. More recently, it has hosted the testing of the J-2X engine belonging to the upper stage of NASA's Space Launch System—technology that will power manned spaceflight during a new era of exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
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In the course of time, circumstance, and coincidence, life sometimes completes some ironic and unlikely circles. During NASA's early space exploration, a deceptively simple concept allowed scientists and engineers to manage thermal gain. They used highly reflective coated surfaces on ultra-light substrates to reflect infrared energy to effectively and reliably keep operating temperatures in the extremes of space at safe and manageable levels. That reflective insulation technology has kept thousands of satellites; all of NASA's manned spacecraft, the Hubble Telescope, and most importantly, astronauts, safe and functional. NASA engineers used this technology to reflect infrared energy the way a child learns to redirect a sunbeam with a hand-held mirror.
Fast forward to 2009, when a young marine biologist working among the waterways of Florida's East Coast, almost in the shadows of the iconic launch pad gantry sites at the Kennedy Space Center, employs that same NASA-developed principle that protects astronauts in space to manage the core temperature of one of nature's most primitive and endangered creatures: the gentle manatee. The chain of events that brought marine biologist Artie Wong and his colleagues to the ideal solution started almost four decades ago, adjacent to these same waterways.
On May 14, 1973, Skylab launched into orbit and became a stunning example of what was possible for the Space Program. As the name implies, Skylab served as a space-based laboratory as well as an Earth-observing facility and a home base for three crews of astronauts. While Skylab proved that humans could live and work in outer space for extended periods of time, it also proved that great achievements often come with great challenges.
During launch, one of the protective shields on the outside of the spacecraft loosened, causing one solar panel to fall off, and preventing another from deploying. To plan for the spacecraft's repair, Marshall Space Flight Center led a collaborative effort to start working around the clock.
Over the next 10 days, NASA engineers called upon National Metalizing, of Cranbury, New Jersey, to help create a reflective parasol-type sunshield to deploy on Skylab in place of the protective shield. National Metalizing was a manufacturer of reflective material utilizing a radiant barrier technology originally developed for NASA in the 1950s. In the public domain for the last 30 years, the radiant barrier technology consists of a thin plastic material coated with vaporized aluminum to either deflect or conserve infrared energy.
Eleven days after Skylab launched, astronauts launched from a second spacecraft, visited, and deployed a parasol sunshade made with the radiant barrier technology. As for the maker of the material that saved the spacecraft, National Metalizing's manufacturing capacity was used for industrial coating and lamination applications after the company was sold in the mid-1980s.
In 1980, a former director of sales and marketing for the company, David Deigan, founded a new company recently renamed Advanced Flexible Materials (AFM) Inc. Headquartered in Petaluma, California, the company employs the same reflective insulation technology to produce ultra-light, compact travel and stadium blankets; colorfully printed wraps to keep hundreds of thousands of marathon finishers safe from hypothermia each year; a successful line of Heatsheets outdoor products sold in retail stores around the world under the Adventure Medical Kits label; as well as reflective insulating lining fabrics for mittens, vests, and more. In 1996, the radiant barrier technology was inducted into the Space Foundation's prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame.
Product Outcome
Deigan began providing thin plastic blankets made with the radiant barrier technology to keep thousands of runners warm at the 1980 New York City Marathon. Depending on when and where a marathon takes place, temperatures can be cool, and when participants stop running, hypothermia can become a problem. Today, the Heatsheets for running events and triathlons are produced exclusively in an environmentally friendly, recyclable polyethylene form, and reflect up to 97 percent of a person's radiant heat, providing an envelope of warm air around the body to prevent hypothermia.
For nearly two decades, Alice and Bill Wong volunteered at the New York City Marathon, helping to distribute thousands of Heatsheets at the finish line. In 2009, Alice contacted Deigan to see if his company would be willing to donate some of its heat-reflective products for an unusual cause. Her son, Artie, a marine biologist with a non profit club called Save the Manatee Club was searching for a solution to a unique challenge. The club's members work with the State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute to track and document the migration routes of manatees through Florida's waterways, some of them not far from the Kennedy launch pad gantries on Florida's East Coast.
As a part of the tag-and-release program, the docile sea cows are lifted from the water, checked to record their vital signs, tagged, and then returned to the water. Because these sea mammals are unable to withstand temperatures below 60 °F without slipping into hypothermia, Artie was searching for a more effective way to cover the manatees and conserve their vital body heat. The NASA-derived technology that gave his parents a way to help warm up runners for so many years seemed like the ideal solution. AFM recommended a more suitable solution, and donated a composite material incorporating a soft, non-woven fabric laminated with an encapsulated reflective insulation layer that could withstand the corrosive effects of salt water and could be safely reused for extended periods of time.
The finished version of the product has warmed more than 2 million Japanese consumers as an ultra-light, compact blanket; a futon cover; and a travel blanket. Over the past decade, AFM has exported to Japan through its trading partner, D. Nagata Co. Limited.
From helping to save Skylab to helping to save the manatees, the NASA-derived technology is sure to continue making a difference in the future, both on Earth and in space.
Heatsheets® is a registered trademark of Advanced Flexible Materials Inc.
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- Originating Technology/NASA Contribution
Kennedy Space Center's launch complexes have seen a lot. They have been the starting point for every manned NASA mission, from Mercury to Gemini, through Apollo, and are now seeing the space shuttle through its final launches. Kennedy, part of the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, is also home to over 1,500 different plant and animal species.
To help protect these living things, NASA works to keep the area as pristine as possible and that sometimes involves inventing new and innovative ways to clean up around the launch pads.
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Antitrust is one of the most labyrinthine fields of law, relying on nuanced readings of complex statutes and analogies to dusty cases about oil refineries and railroad gauges. But the Justice Department decided to make things simple on the first day of its sweeping antitrust suit against Microsoft: it dispensed with the case law and put Bill Gates front and center. A disembodied, larger-than-life Gates hovered over Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's courtroom on a 10-ft.-tall computerized video monitor during much of government lawyer David Boies' opening statement. The thrust of Boies' argument: the fidgety, spectral man-in-the-monitor was coolly dissembling about his...
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To keep his case against Microsoft simple, Justice's antitrust czar Joel Klein has painted chairman Bill Gates as the Big Brother of cyberspace
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I figured the sealed case would go for more. I just feel bad selling what I'm 99% sure there are no chases in. I was thinking of maybe selling 1 sealed case and maybe a set including the extra chase clone to try and make some money to get a Zam
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Everton Will Greet Returning Moyes Knowing That They Have Traded UpApril 18, 2014
Of all the many, many thousands of words written about David Moyes' first season as Manchester United manager, the most damning indictment of his tenure thus far comes from a simple glance at the league table.
One team, having lost a long-term manager whose personality had embodied the whole club and brought success after years of underachievement are one place and 10 points better off than at the same stage last season, while the other are six places and 24 points worse off.
It can all be boiled down to this very simple statement: Manchester United have got worse since David Moyes arrived, while Everton have got better since he left.
There were doubts about Roberto Martinez when he was hired to replace Moyes last summer; for all his reputation for playing good football and doing well with limited resources at Wigan, he had still taken them down with one of the most consistently leaky defences in the Premier League.
Of course, he has dispelled those doubts with some gusto, doing a superb job of building on the undoubtedly fine base set by Moyes at Goodison Park, integrating his wisely recruited new additions into his team to turn them into an altogether slicker outfit.
Much has been made of how much of Everton's improvement is down to their loan signings, bringing in players they would otherwise not be able to afford, but Martinez is simply exploiting the rules as they currently stand, with Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry forming key parts of his new team.
An interesting comparison to make is how Moyes and Martinez have handled their respective midfields this season. Moyes bought Marouane Fellaini at great expense from his old club, but the Belgian has struggled to make an impact thus far, and there is a clear sense that it really isn't clear what role he plays at Old Trafford and indeed what role he would be best deployed in.
The signing of Juan Mata has also yet to fully prove itself, as Moyes has not yet found the best place to fit the Spaniard, which is quite understandable given the other attacking talents in the United squad, and there is obviously still time to fit him in.
Martinez, on the other hand, has paired Barry with James McCarthy, who at £14 million looked like a very expensive signing for a club of Everton's means, but he has turned out to be one of the most consistent and efficient midfielders in the Premier League this season.
Add to that his sensible use of Ross Barkley, who has flourished into one of the best creative talents in the division this season, and it is easy to see why Everton are challenging for a Champions League place while United are not.
The two men will come face to face at Goodison Park on Sunday, one broadly happy with how this season has gone and the other not.
The Daily Mail reported this week that some at Everton, despite his 11 largely excellent years at the club, were not unhappy to see Moyes leave last summer.
One could argue that shows something of a lack of gratitude, but regardless of how the Everton fans greet their old manager, one thing is relatively clear—they will do so in the clear knowledge that they have traded up.


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Over forty complete routines are described in Bannon's easy-going readable style. Here are the tricks and the clever, innovative thinking behind them. Collected from Bannon's publications over the ten years since his internationally best-selling Dear Mister Fantasy, you'll find an impressive variety as well:
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I am very excited to have learned that Cosmos Cafe is opening another location in a new mixed use development at the corner of Rea Rd & Williams Pond Ln. This is right behind Matthews Catholic Church in the Ballantyne Area. I found this link:
I noticed the new development going up (The Village at Robinson Farm) and thought the one free standing building looked like a restaurant. I searched and was very pleased to learn it would be Cosmos Cafe. We need some diversity and out-of-the-box options down here in Vanilla-ville.
By the looks of things, it will likely open in a couple of months. Yea!
I also learned that a Manhattan Bagel is going in in front of the Best Buy at Rea Rd & Ardrey Kell, along with a Just Fresh, Winestore, Salsarita's, Asian Fusion, SAS Cupcakes and Omaha Steaks. More chains, more vanilla. Although, I'm somewhat interested in Winestore. Anyone familiar w/ this franchise? Here is a link to their website: http://www.winestore-online.com/story/. It'd be nice not to have to drive over to Total Wine on Independence.


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Dr. Pranali Bhatti
M.Sc., Ph.D., PGDCR
*. Name : DR. PRANALI M. BHATTI
2. Date of Birth : 21st February 1981
3. Gender : Female
4. Nationality : Indian
5. Contact Details
5.2. Email Id : firstname.lastname@example.com
: email@example.com
5.3. Mobile Number : +91 971*******
6. Profile A flexible, enthusiastic & hardworking professional with an excellent communication and time management skills. I have Good analytical skill and can work on own initiative as well as a part of the team. A proactive individual with a logical approach to challenges, I perform effectively even in pressurised working environment.
7. Professional objective
A challenging position that will capitalize on my extensive background within the information industry and that will provide an opportunity to contribute to the goals of the organization. My interest areas are Development, Research where I look for new challenges to surpass and established things to improve.
8. Current job:
8.1 Clinical Research Co-ordinator (CRC)
Oncology Services India Ltd., Ahmedabad (CRO) March 2010
Job Description
• Investigator meeting
• Reporting, coordinating and approval from IEC
• Training site staff and Pre trial Documentation
• Informed consent process
• Recruitment of patients by IVRS
• Scheduling visits and follow up
• Research pharmacy, IP accountability and lab responsibility
• Maintaining, completing CRF, data according to source file
• SAE reporting to IEC and Maintaining different logs and site files
8.2 List of Clinical Trials hendle as CRC in below mentioned study protocol:
August 2010 • A Prospective, Comparative, Randomized, Multicenteric, Open label Post Marketing Surveillance study to compare the Safety and efficacy of once-per-cycle of ABC to XYZ in support of AT chemotherapy in females patients with Advanced (Stage III and IV) breast cancer.
March 2010 • A Prospective, Comparative, Randomized Multicenteric Phase III study to compare the Safety and efficacy of ABC against XYZ in postmenopausal females with Osteoporosis.
8.3 Guest Faculty Member – Clinical Research
Department of Pharmacy (clinical research), Saurashtra University, Rajkot June 2010
Job Description
• Imparting Lectures in Clinical Research (PGDCR) Classes
• Guiding students in preparation of dissertations
• Assessing and evaluating students assignments
• Attain meeting for amendment in course pattern
• Guiding for campus interview
9. Work Experience:
9.1 Laboratory In-charge
Asia Pacific Laboratory, Ahmedabad October 2008 – December 2009
Job Description
• Ensuring Specified/stipulated quality
• Authentication and certification
• Communication with client
• Attain meeting with field staff and lab persons
• Leading the field and office teams
• Managing and supervising the overall housekeeping activities of the office
• Ensuring procedural and legal formalities
• Managing the office and field personnel
9.2 Instrumental Executive
SGS India Pvt Ltd., Ahmedabad June 2008 – September 2008
Job Description
• Handling instruments like HPLC, GC, centrifugation
• Calibration and validation
• Communication with client
• Attain meeting with lab in charge and client
• Leading the Team of agriculture department
• Coordination of the work of Agriculture Department with other Departments
• Administering and Managing the personnel of Agriculture Department
9.3 Research Scientist
UGC Meritorious Fellowship, Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot March 2008 – May 2008
Job Description
• Delivering lectures in MSc classes
• Guiding MSc students in research and dissertations
• Submitting PhD Research Reports to UGC periodically
• Assessing and evaluating students assignments
• Delivering lectures in M.Phil Classes
• Guiding M.Phil students in research project
• Attain meeting for periodic update in UGC projects
10. Educational Qualification:
Exam-ination Passed Board/ university Subjects Studied Class/ Division Year of Passing
Clinical Research ICRI, Ahmedabad Drug Development and Discovery, Designing CT, EC issues, ICH-GCP, IC process, Protocol designing, Patient recruitment/retention, Project management, Pharmacovigilance, Biostatistics, BA – BE studies, Data management, IP applications, CRF, Logs, SOP, Audits/Inspections, Communication skills, Schedule Y. 1stClass (3rd rank) April 2010
Ph.D Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University Subject – Science/ Botany.Thesis title – "Genotypic Differences in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum Glaucum L.) in relation to salt-tolerance" - June 2008
M.Sc Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University Cell biology, Molecular biology and Genetic Evaluation, Biodiversity and Biosystematics, Biostatistics and Informatics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Immunology, Environmental science, Analytical technology in biology, Diversity of plant life, Plant physiology and Metabolism, Plant ecology, plant technology and Genetic engineering. Specialization – Plant Science 2nd Class May 2004
B.Sc Virani Science College, Rajkot English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry,Botany. Specialization – Microbiology 2nd Class April 2002
HSC Gujarat Board, Gandhinagar English, Mathematics-1,2, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Sanskrit Pass July 1999
SSC Gujarat Board, Gandhinagar Gujarati, English, Social Science, Mathematics, Sanskrit, Typewriting 67.57% March 1996
11. Extra Curricular Activities:
11.1 Attended in 15th State level Seminar of Micro Study Circle on 21st Dec 2003 held at Yogidham Educational Campus, Rajkot.
11.2 Attended the workshop on 7th Jan 2003 organized by Science & Technical Vocabulary Commission, Human Resource Development Ministry Government of India.
11.3 Participated in State Level Seminar on Frontiers and Advancements in Biological Science in New Millennium on 11th Aug 2002 held at Yodidham Educational campus, Rajkot.
12. Special Achievements:
12.1 Presented a paper in XXII Gujarat Science Congress, on 9th Mar 2008 held at Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar.
12.2 Presented a paper with title "Screening of Some Medicinal Plants for Potential Antibacterial Activity" in the XVII Gujarat Science Congress held at Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 13th Mar 2004
12.3 Presented Seminar with title "Rational Use of Blood Components Therapy" on 2004 at Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot.
12.4 Participated in International Symposium on Molecular Medicine with Special Reference to the Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases held on 26th & 27th Dec 2003 at Baroda.
12.5 Participated in National Conference on Environment Biology on 17th & 18th Oct 2002 held at Department of Biosciences Saurashtra University, Rajkot.
13. Research Work:
13.1 PGDCR Dissertation
'Potentials of Traditional Systems of Medicines': A Project submitted to Institute of Clinical Research India (ICRI) Ahmedabad.
13.2 Doctorate Research (Ph. D)
Completed Ph.D research work on 'Genotypic Differences in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.)in relation to salt-tolerance' under supervision and guidance of Dr. A.N. Pandey Saurashtra University, Rajkot.
13.3 M.Sc. Research
Completed one year research work on 'Antimicrobial Potency of Selected Medicinal Plants of Saurashtra region' under the guideance of Dr. S.V. Chanda Saurashtra University, Rajkot.
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Ending the Empire
With the All-Star game upon us, it's a good time to take a look at the state of the game. So, on the pulse of things as always, that's exactly what commissioner Bud Selig did. He pontificated about a number of topics last week, but the one that stood out was his brief discussion of instant replay. Here's Commissioner Bud on the expansion of instant replay in baseball (via Paul Casella of MLB.com)
People in our sport don't want any more. Given our attendance and everything we're doing, we're in the right place with instant replay. Baseball is a game of pace. You have to be very sensitive and careful not to disturb that pace.
Let's parse this a bit. There are three points. Point the first:
People in our sport don't want any more [instant replay].
When Selig says "people" he's talking about the owners. They may not be keen on adding more replay if for no other reason than it's an additional expense that they will end up paying for. Whether front offices, players, and other assorted members of the baseball community want replay is likely off Selig's table. Clearly they're not actively fighting for it, but they likely aren't going to him and saying they don't want replay increased either. I wouldn't doubt that after particularly egregious missed calls, the kind that seem to pop up about once a week of late, Selig might hear a few voices in favor of increasing replay. Not that he would say so.
Of course it only matters what people in the sport want on the margins. Eventually, if there is enough call for replay from the paying customers, the ones who keep baseball in business, replay will come. It won't come as quickly as if support for more replay already existed inside the game, but eventually fans will demand that calls are made correctly. Heretical thought, I know.
Given our attendance and everything we're doing, we're in the right place with instant replay.
This is a justification for keeping the level of replay static. So according to Selig, people are watching and attending baseball games in record numbers so everything in the sport is perfect, or at least the amount of instant replay used in the game is. It won't take but a moment of thought to reveal this as a silly argument. What Selig is in effect saying is that improved umpiring would drive down attendance. People love baseball and people are watching baseball in record numbers, but that doesn't mean the product on the field can't be improved by, oh say, improving the frequency of correct calls.
Why would improving the level of umpiring drive down attendance? The only real way that would happen is if MLB adopted a replay system that was so time-consuming and ponderous that it serial-murdered the pace of the game.
Baseball is a game of pace. You have to be very sensitive and careful not to disturb that pace.
Every pro sport is a game of pace. Baseball isn't unique in that regard, though that hardly rules it out as a concern. What it does do is point out that, while MLB has resisted replay like a child who doesn't want to go to school, other sports have embraced replay with few if any repercussions.
The NHL has a central replay "war room" in Toronto where every goal scored (and goal almost scored) is reviewed to ensure the correct call is made. The system can slow down the game once in a while, true. Most goals are no-doubters, but infrequently, roughly once every three or four games, a goal is close enough that the review machines in Toronto are fired up and players have to stand around on the ice for a minute or so while officials figure out if the puck crossed the line. This can affect the pace of the game, but as soon as the puck is dropped the pace picks right back up and, this is the beauty part, nobody spends the rest of the game complaining about a missed call and how it inexorably altered the outcome of the game. Because, while pace is important, aren't we all more concerned about outcome?
How many times have you had this conversation?
Person 1: So, what happened at the game?
It would really go more like this:
Person 1: So, what happened at the game?
The NFL uses a much more cumbersome process of "challenges" from head coaches which results in referees running from sideline to sideline to discuss things with each head coach while everyone waits (or enjoys hilarious light beer commercials: "Ha ha! I can't believe that dolphin just gave that guy the finger!") and then spending two minutes hidden under an 80's-era photo booth.
Football's system is a great example of how not to set up replay. It's overly time-consuming and it actually penalizes coaches for correcting inaccurate calls on the field. But, here's the thing: even with this awful replay system, people LOVE football. Love it! Crappy games between two non-playoff contenders routinely beat baseball in the ratings. This isn't meant as a comment about the viability of one sport versus the other, just that even with a garbage replay system (and the ridiculous refereeing in football in general) that completely destroys the flow, pace, and whatever else of the game, nobody really cares that much. Or at least not enough to stop watching.
Pacing is important, of course, but we all survive just fine with interminable commercials during playoff time that also kill the pace of the game. Nobody is seriously talking about slowing the spread of commercialism during playoff time, which, while not my favorite, is another fight entirely. Getting the calls right is, or should be, the central point. How to go about getting the calls right is a discussion that should follow. Pacing is an issue within that following discussion, as are expense, umpire dignity, umpire jobs, logistics, and the like.
Those are issues for later. They're not issues which should prevent improving an unacceptable umpiring situation that consents to incorrect calls and wrongly won games in the interest of… something, it's unclear what.
When MLB allows bad calls to be made, just as when players play outside the rules, the integrity of the game is compromised. When you think about it, there isn't much difference between actively allowing bad calls, as MLB does now, and letting players use corked bats, scuffed baseballs, or steroids. All impugn the integrity of the game.
Pacing matters, as the commissioner notes, but it's a minor point that can be accommodated by smart planning. The rest of the argument is nothing. The technology exists to get more calls right today. The technology will improve and allow us to get more calls right tomorrow. As soon as it exists, MLB should work to implement it. Because getting the calls right should be the whole point of umpiring, right? We fans deserve it and so do people in Selig's sport.
Matthew Kory is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @mattymatty2000
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Matthew Avery
Interesting that you criticize the NFL's replay system. I had always thought that would be an appropriate one for MLB. (Perhaps using Tennis's system of challenges would make it seem less silly?)
Jul 09, 2012 06:42 AM
I like that the NFL has replay. I just think their system is ridiculous. It takes an incredible amount of time and doesn't allow for challenges to much of the game (i.e. lots of calls are "unchallengeable"). They could do a much better job if their goal wasn't to make replay competitive.
Jul 09, 2012 11:05 AM
Mike W
Excellent. Selig is just defending the status quo like any good bureaucrat. The particular words he uses aren't really relevant - they're not about conveying meaning, they're just taking up space where an "answer" should be.
Jul 09, 2012 07:00 AM
If BeelzeBud is so worried about pace, how about instructing the umpires to enforce the rules already in place regarding batters stepping out and pitchers taking longer than the allotted time to make a pitch?
Jul 09, 2012 08:48 AM
Jul 09, 2012 08:53 AM
Let the computer call balls and strikes. How fast would the game go without all the staring, pointing and arguing? Tennis seems to be getting by fine by letting the computer call the serves and letting replay decide the close calls.
Jul 09, 2012 09:35 AM
I think if a system can be designed, tested, and implemented, then yes, I'm all for computers calling balls and strikes. I'm not sure we're there yet, I've heard some very real concerns about pitch f/x, but I've also witnessed some very real concerns with the current system of umpires.
Jul 09, 2012 11:06 AM
Jason Wojciechowski
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I'm fairly certain that humans make all the initial calls in tennis. Cyclops was used for a while, but I think it's gone now.
Jul 10, 2012 11:36 AM
The problem is that something akin to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle applies. If you measure the particle to a more precise location, you end up losing other information. On top of it, you probably change what you are measuring.
Jul 09, 2012 11:44 AM
Having a computer call balls and strikes would seem post-apocalyptic. Players staring up at a screen after every pitch essentially asking 'was that to your liking, master?'. In my head it's not even done by pitch/fx, but by looking up at a robot on a balcony and waiting for its reaction, colloseum style...
Jul 09, 2012 12:38 PM
It doesn't have to become completely computerized, all that is needed is to give the home plate umpire an earpiece that gets the ball / strike call immediately and can then do their regular humanized ball / strike call. Plus it would allow the umpire to manually adjust the call if they really felt strongly (although they should be strongly encouraged to stick with the automated result the vast majority of the time). I'm sure I'm just repeating the earpiece thing from something someone else wrote, but I can't remember who right now.
Jul 09, 2012 13:58 PM
Beyond my jesting, I'm inclined to agree to an eventual inclusion of computerised balls and strikes. Rather than the earpiece idea, though, I'd prefer the umpire to be able to choose when to hear the opinion of the computer. As in, if he wishes to use the opinion of a computer, he can simply signal for it, and then the computer's call stands. Or, alternatively, I wouldn't be totally against a manager or player-lead appeal system which included balls and strikes calls. Might cause some pacing problems, though.
Jul 10, 2012 13:54 PM
With all due respect, what game of baseball have you been watching? There has never been and never will be an umpire who would 'ask' for help on a ball/strike call, especially from any other entity than a colleague. Do not make suggestions in a vacuum, ignoring baseball culture.
Jul 11, 2012 07:15 AM
Actually, I'd divide the replay debate into two subjects: Balls and Strikes, and Everything Else.
Jul 09, 2012 14:16 PM
I overheard any interesting conversation between two baseball fans of a certain age. Went something like this:
Jul 09, 2012 15:54 PM
I'm not a "young folk" ... I'm 53 ... and I think a world where every call is right is better ... I think the game itself is better when there are no wrong calls ... I think players who know the truth and do something to "convince the umpire that something [untrue] happened" are sorta cheating (ie. that's not a skill I admire, nor want to promote).
Jul 09, 2012 18:57 PM
I am in agreement. I think technology has changed the experience of the game, and fans of the game have different expectations today than in yesteryear.
Jul 10, 2012 06:42 AM
Great article! Very perceptive, logical, pointed, and persuasive! How do we start a fan email blitz of Commish Selig to get him off his duff and moving in the right direction? Sign me up!
Jul 09, 2012 18:00 PM
Isn't replay in any sport--including baseball--all about the discrepancy between the viewer's experience and the umpire's/referees'? If an ump blows a call but no camera catches it, no one will ever know the harm. Sure the losing side will swear he got it wrong--and he may have--but it's just their opinion. But when the ump blows it and cameras in real time reveal the error, then there's a problem and the game loses credibility. Football replay is time-consuming and imperfect but it increases fan interest nonetheless because it re-enforces how the game is one of inches every time a player gets stopped at the goal line. The perfect example in baseball was in the 2006 NLCS, Spezio smacked what may have been a triple or HR in Game two at Shea. The umps deliberated like 3 blind mice, meanwhile TV replays showed the whole country it wasn't a HR. The only ones who couldn't use the replay were the ones whose decisions counted! It's too late to dial things back and eliminate the cameras that give the fans a better view, so now the decision makers on the field have no choice but play catchup. The NFL gets this. When will MLB?
Jul 09, 2012 20:37 PM
I know the tennis replay system has been mentioned a couple of times already, but I think it is what baseball needs to look at. Not only does the tennis challenge system take less than a minute each time, the crowd is always into it enough that they make audible sound effects to go along with the replay, also ending with an "OH!" when the final result is revealed. It actually seems to enhance the game. A similar replay of a ball/strike call would seem likely to accomplish the same thing.
Jul 10, 2012 05:52 AM
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