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I am a scientist/engineer living in Phoenix, Arizona. I do research into Complexity Theory (my personal website is kurtrichardson.com), and I also run ISCE Publishing, formerly the non-profit publishing division of the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (ISCE). ISCE-P specializes in mainly academic books concerning the Science of Complexity. The current website is iscepublishing.com. The connection to ISCE is being severed and we are also wanting to launch a number of book series that repurposes our mainly academic content for a broader audience. Keywords for complexity are: emergence, collective intelligence (hence the Emergent Publications company name), self-organization, chaos, bottom-up, top-down, cooperation, process over content, coopetition, co-evolution, nonlinearity, pluralism. Examples of complexity in action are ant colonies, bee hives, crowd behavior, eco-systems, weather systems, teamwork, etc...
Our current target audience is mainly academics, but with our relaunch we're looking to also reach professionals, and readers interested in furthering their intellectual horizons.
We need a new logo for Emergent Publications that may or may not share some of the features of the old (to be found at iscepublishing.com), like color scheme for example. Despite our focus on complexity we'd like something relatively uncomplicated (like any good logo I suppose). Some of the covers of our books are in color, but some are cloth, and so the logo will have to look good in color, but also as a goldleaf outline. The color version can have shading and color of course, but with color and shading effects removed, the remaining outline must still look OK as it will appear on the front cover of many books (hopefully!). 'Emergent' leads to some obvious images such as a bee hive, but we'd like to see some less obvious designs as well as the more obvious... the logo needs to somehow capture the balance between collectivism and individualism in shaping the world around us.
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We've been driving, shooting and bludgeoning prostitutes to death in Rockstar's fictional take on American cities for 13 years now. It's time for a change. With GTA 5 likely to be unveiled later this month at E3, we thought it was time to put forward an argument for the series heading to farther shores. Below, we'll tell you why we don't want the series to go back to the US, while also fighting cases for a return to London and even a GTA set in the future (obviously you can now watch the trailer here).
We don't want to play in Vice City or San Andreas again
Been there. Done that. Got the blood-stained t-shirt. It's time for a change. If GTA is set in the States again, it's a good bet either of these locations would feature. As much as we loved exploring the fictional Miami and state of California, the appeal of both were massively tied to their time period.
Above: Keep dreaming, Tommy. Keep dreaming.
Vice City worked so well because of the strength of that 80s environment. The music. The fashion. The mullets! It was as much experiencing the hedonistic excesses of the decade that taste forgot as it was about driving around Miami. Ditto with San Andreas and its Boyz n the Hood-style LA ghetto setting.
The appeal of each new GTA is the thrill of exploring the unknown. While Liberty City had technically been visited in GTA and GTA III before Niko's amoral adventure, we'd never truly seen it depicted as New York City before. That's why, as we weaved through Algonquin's skyscrapers in a chopper, it felt like an entirely new place. Vice City, Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas have already been rendered pretty close to the cities that inspired them, meaning there'd be litle point in returning.
Above: Alright, so CJ's gone wrong. But a change of scenery would be nice
We want to see Rockstar's scathing satire focused on another culture
The coolest developer in the world ™ has been successfully extracting the urine from the Home of Brave for 13 years now. And as much as we love Little Lacy Surprise banners mocking America's crass advertising culture or Cluckin' Bell highlighting everything wrong with its fast food industry, we think Rockstar needs to move on.
Above: Shhiiiiitttttt
One thing any setting for GTA V needs is a multicultural setting that included most of the major races, religions and professions. Not only does this let the player experience a variety of different missions because of the character variation, it also means folk can't get (quite so) upset if the gameis taking the piss out of everyone. And for a multicultural city ripe for the GTA treatment look no further than…
GTA London (t'would be amazing)
Seriously: WANT. Alright, it's already been visited in GTA: London, 1969. But that was top-down, so can't quite count as a realistic representation of one the busiest, most varied metropolises on the planet. Aside from being culturally rich and diverse enough to provide loads ofdifferent missions, it would also give Rockstar the chance to shove in a shit load of film references. Vice City had Scarface. San Andreas had Ocean's Eleven. GTA IV had its sloppy wet kiss to Michael Mann's Heat. We can smell those Notting Hill Julia Roberts side missions already.
Above: An American Brucie in London. A man can dream...
But a GTA in the future would be, eh, awesomer
C'mon, GTA: Blade Runner? Say you wouldn't kill an entire family of adorable orphaned porcupines to play that right the hell now. Just think of how creative Rockstar could get with the almost limitless creative canvas the setting could provide.
And we're not just talking Mass Effect with hookers here. A sci-fi GTA delivered with Rockstar's usual tongue-in-cheek style would not only give the genre a kick up the ass, it would also give us weapons, locations and baddies unlike anything we'd seen before.
Red Dead Redemption shows that Rockstar is the master of creating believable, ambient environments. Red Dead's take on the Old West encapsulates a sense of time and place we've never seen before. With a level of passion and dedication for creating worlds this vibrant and rich, we'd bet the farm a futuristic GTA would be the most compelling take on the concept since Back to the Future Part II.
Above: Oh yes, a man can dream
But what about you? Where do you think the next GTA will be set? And, more importantly, where do you want it to be set? Agree with our London idea? Give us a shout in the comments below.
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Last year Apple held a Black Friday promotion in the UK in which the company discounted various products in its online store.
The one-day sale is a tradition in the US where it falls the day after Thanksgiving. The day is known as Black Friday and traditionally kicks off the Christmas shopping season.
No deals have been revealed yet for this year, however, you can expect discounts on iPads, iPods and Macs if you purchase products online that day.
Apple has run the promotion here in the UK for some years. In 2009 Apple's discounts included £71 off a iMac, while last year Apple offered £81 of an iMac. This year Apple may not even have an iMac on sale on Black Friday as new iMacs have been delayed, and delivery before Christmas is unlikely.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crackberry is no joke.
American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Maryland who asked 200 students to give up all media for one full day found that after 24 hours many showed signs of withdrawal, craving and anxiety along with an inability to function well without their media and social links.
Susan Moeller, the study's project director and a journalism professor at the university, said many students wrote about how they hated losing their media connections, which some equated to going without friends and family.
"I clearly am addicted and the dependency is sickening," said one student. "Between having a Blackberry, a laptop, a television, and an iPod, people have become unable to shed their media skin."
Moeller said students complained most about their need to use text messages, instant messages, e-mail and Facebook.
"Texting and IM-ing my friends gives me a constant feeling of comfort," wrote one of the students, who blogged about their reactions. "When I did not have those two luxuries, I felt quite alone and secluded from my life."
Few students reported watching TV news or reading a newspaper.
The American Psychiatric Association does not recognize so-called Internet addiction as a disorder.
But it seems to be an affliction of modern life. In one extreme example in South Korea reported by the media, a couple allegedly neglected their three-month-old daughter, who died of malnutrition, because they were on the computer for up to 12 hours a day raising a virtual child.
In the United States a small private U.S. center called ReSTART, located near Redmond, Washington, opened last year in the shadow of computer giant Microsoft to treat excessive use of the Internet, video gaming and texting.
The center's website cites various examples of students who ran up large debts or dropped out of college due to their obsession.
Students in the Maryland study also showed no loyalty to news programs, a news personality or news platform. They maintained a casual relationship to news brands, and rarely distinguished between news and general information.
"They care about what is going on among their friends and families and even in the world at large," said Ph.D. student Raymond McCaffrey who worked on the study. Loyalty "does not seemed tied to any single device or application or news outlet."
(Reporting by Walden Siew; Editing by Patricia Reaney)
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From The New York Times, published: November 27, 2009:
EARLIER this month at the Jacksonville Jaguars' Military Appreciation game, Brandon Becar, 11, and relatives proudly stood on the football field in front of 45,000 people. The stadium's giant video screen flashed a prerecorded greeting from his father, stationed in Iraq. Brandon grinned and flexed his muscle.
Suddenly the crowd roared. Brandon turned, bewildered. Dashing across the field toward him came a figure in fatigues: Maj. Kevin Becar, surprising his son with an early two-week leave. "We both totally zoned out where we were," Major Becar recalled. "He was just bawling, and we melted into each others' arms."
Read this and weep. Go ahead. It's that season. And these surprise military homecoming tales are the definition of heartwarming.
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The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 150,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.
WASHINGTON—A 16-year-old might be quite capable of making an informed decision about whether to end a pregnancy – a decision likely to be made after due consideration and consultation with an adult – but this same adolescent may not possess the maturity to be held to adult levels of responsibility if she commits a violent crime, according to new research into adolescent psychological development.
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The turkey vulture is one of the easiest birds to spot in Florida. All you really have to do is look up. The only time you will not see it soaring above the mainland is in the early morning before the rising thermals form.
It is one of the most ubiquitous birds in the sky, and in agricultural areas such as Glades and Hendry counties it is not uncommon to see dozens of these large birds across the horizon.
A carrion feeder, the turkey vulture thrives on roadkill, red tide incidents (feeding on washed-up fish carcasses) and other dead animals. When there is a shortage of carrion, it feeds on garbage, vegetables, and even pumpkins, so it is actually an omnivore.
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A turkey vulture.
Even though the vulture-with its unsavory eating habits, bald head, and black body-is considered unattractive by most birders, it plays an important role in the ecosystem. It quickly removes dead chicks from rookeries and feeds on stillborn livestock and other large carcasses such as deer and bear. This niche behavior greatly reduces the risk of diseases spreading from the decaying flesh. The vulture makes up the biological cleaning crew of the wilderness.
Whereas the black vulture feeds by sight, the turkey vulture feeds by both sight and smell. It has the most sophisticated olfactory sense of any bird in the world, able to spot and smell carrion from heights of up to 200 feet.
The turkey vulture tends to be less social than its close cousin, the black vulture. Although the turkey vulture is easily and frequently spotted soaring overhead, almost no one ever sees its nests. This is in large part because it nests either on the ground in dense cover such as Brazilian pepper or white mangrove thickets, where it builds a minimal nest of raked stones, dried leaves, and wood chips, or in hollowed-out tree stumps with narrow entrances.
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Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)
Other names: turkey buzzard
Status: FL=stable, IUCN=LC
Life span: to 16 years
Length: 25-32 in. (64-81cm)
Wingspan: 67-70 in. (170-178 cm)
Weight: 3.2 lb (1.45 kg)
Nests: on the ground throughout Southwest Florida
Found: All Counties, coastal, near coast, mainland / Months found: (lower case indicated breeding season) JFmamjjASOND.
It has several other unique behaviors. One of the weirdest of these is its propensity to defecate on its own legs, using the evaporation of the water to cool itself down. When alarmed, the turkey vulture has been known to throw up on its attackers.
Because of its tendency to feed on roadkill, the turkey vulture is often hit by automobiles. It is also sometimes killed by predators such as panthers in an effort to keep the vulture off of fresh kills. Because it is a ground nester, its eggs and chicks are subject to predation by mammals and snakes.
This article is an excerpt from "The Living Gulf Coast - A Nature Guide to Southwest Florida" by Charles Sobczak. The book is available at all of the bookstores on Sanibel Island, at Baileys, at Jerry's and online at a number of shopping sites.


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A former standout for the Lady Bisons volleyball program, Pease was named a graduate assistant coach in August 2011.
"We're excited to have Jake join the staff," remarked Rosenthal. "Obviously, (it's a great thing) anytime you can add a former All-American to your staff who knows our program inside and out."
Pease joins the Lipscomb coaching staff after a stellar career in purple and gold in which she was named a two-time honorable mention All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Along with her All-America honors, Pease also earned 2010 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year honors for her play on the court.
"There's no doubt she's going to bring an extra level," noted Rosenthal. "We've had some great work over the years and then adding one more coach to that is going to add to our ability to not only coach, but also recruit. Jakes brings this enthusiasm, this energy, this passion. Everyone that knows Jake or knows of her knows what kind of energy she brings.
A four-year starter for the Lady Bisons, Pease is no stranger to the coaching front having been the co-head coach for the Nashville One 14U team where she led the club to the 2011 Nationals and a fifth-place finish in the event held in Atlanta. As a head coach in 2009, Pease also led the Head Impact 15U team to nationals along with a 2008 nationals appearance with the Impact 14U squad as an assistant coach. Pease has also worked extensively in the Nashville area teaching local youth setters in private lessons as well as helping with the Lipscomb camps every summer.


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We watched it several times, discussing why we're seeing what we're seeing as the camera moves. We then made our phases of the moon foldable shown here.
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text: Another year, another Art Basel bacchanal. Over five days last week, a number of the world's most high-octane collectors, dealers, artists, brands and pop stars converged on Miami Beach for some spirited trophy hunting. Pharrell hit Design Miami, Kanye talked architecture with starchitect Jacques Herzog and uber curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Leo DiCaprio powered through the main art fair, keeping his capped head down. ("No photos please.") Of course, you can't do everything, but after navigating a number of the fairs, exhibitions, museum openings and parties around town, we bring you fifteen of our favorite things from Miami's 2013 edition.


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African Religion and Healing in the Atlantic Diaspora
John M. Janzen
Religion and healing are useful scholarly constructs in summarizing, consolidating, and interpreting a myriad of details from the historic African-Atlantic experience. For heuristic purposes, religion is understood as the worldviews, rituals, and supernatural beings that represent ultimate reality; healing is the understanding of, and responses to, affliction and misfortune, and the struggle to achieve wholeness. Combining religion and healing in an overview of the African diaspora experience will consider the following: original African worlds in four regional contexts in Western and Western Central Africa (e.g., Senegambia, Upper Guinea, Southern Guinea, Kongo-Angola); the traumatic middle passage refracted in the "broken mirrors" of memory; how this memory is mixed and reinterpreted with the New World experience of slave markets, plantations, maroon settlements, and during post-slavery, post-empire times; scholarly models of continuity and transformation; and modern constructions of religion and healing.
Christian Missions and the State in 19th and 20th Century Angola and Mozambique
Teresa Cruz e Silva
Christian missionary work in Angola and Mozambique during the colonial and postcolonial eras was shaped by a complex of factors related to religion, education, and politics. Missionaries' networks of local support played an outstanding role in their humanitarian work, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.
By the end of the 19th century, Catholic and Protestant missions had established themselves in Angola and Mozambique. Until 1974, Protestants had a tense relationship with the Portuguese authorities, as they were suspected of serving the political interests of some European countries against Portugal, and later of supporting African opposition to colonial domination. Unlike the Protestants, the Catholic Church enjoyed a close collaboration with the ruling regime. Under the Concordat and the Missionary Accord of 1940 and the Missionary Statute of 1941, which were agreed between the Vatican and Portugal, Catholic missions enjoyed a privileged position to the detriment of Protestants, whose activities were severely restricted.
The years that followed the independences of Angola and Mozambique in 1975 were characterized by open hostility to religion, aggravated by the nationalization of missions' assets and properties in both countries. Mission activities related to education and health became hard to carry out. With the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, warfare and dislocation gave a new social role to the churches. Between the mid-1980s and 1990 the first signs of new policies emerged. While in Angola the relationship between church and state was marked by ambiguity and mistrust, cooperation and collaboration prevailed in Mozambique, where the 1980s saw a rapprochement and constructive dialogue between the two institutions. This was sealed by the roles both Protestants and Catholics played in the peace and democratization processes.
The political opening that characterized the 1990s and 2000s brought significant changes for both countries including the presence in the public space of new churches, especially those of Pentecostal denominations. The new sociopolitical contexts in Angola and Mozambique between the late 20th and early 21st centuries shaped the new roles of the missions, which remain more focused on social, rather than political, activities.


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CCFA held a three-day research colloquium in Atlanta. The colloquium involved a panel of six IBD research leaders from across the country and touched on topics such as therapies, genetics, nutrition, and much more. This five-part series is a "must view" for anyone interested in the future of IBD research.
For further information, call Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's IBD Help Center: 888.MY.GUT.PAIN (888.694.8872).
The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation provides information for educational purposes only. We encourage you to review this educational material with your health care professional. The Foundation does not provide medical or other health care opinions or services. The inclusion of another organization's resources or referral to another organization does not represent an endorsement of a particular individual, group, company or product.
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"I think right now we're going to see him play," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "That's why I'm giving him the opportunity now to see how he'll do with it. Maybe I'll start him two or three more times, that's what I would like to do. Unless [GM] Kenny [Williams] comes down and says, 'Listen, I need to see this kid.' In the meanwhile, I have A.J. to finish up the season and I have [Ramon] Castro to finish up the season. If Kenny comes to me and says he wants to see [Flowers] more, well then I will do that."
"I cannot say he is ready to play in the big leagues or he's not because it's not fair for me or him to say what I think," Guillen said. "Spring training is a different scenario, a different ballgame. There are so many people to look at. He will get some opportunity and hopefully he will open some eyes. In the meanwhile, is he going to play here every day? That's not my call. We'll give him an opportunity and see what happens."
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Tourism bureau debates paying bill and how to use grant funds
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[January 08, 2014]
Thursday evening, the Abraham
Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County board met for a brief session
to authorize the payment of bills for the month.
At the beginning
of December, the tourism bureau began operating as a program
administered by the city of Lincoln. Early in the month they had a
special meeting to establish officers and assign check signers for
the payment of bills.
At that meeting, the board determined that they would need one
more special meeting, in early January, solely to authorize the
payment of bills, and then they would have their first regular
meeting of the new year on Jan. 28.
However, at the recent meeting, interim director Nancy Saul also
brought to their attention the status of a state grant, and the
group discussed for a while how to best use those dollars according
to the grant stipulations.
Board discusses bill from Muck & Muck, Attorneys at Law
At the beginning of the meeting, the first topic was the payment
of bills. The board reviewed the list of invoices and quickly
questioned one in particular: a bill from Muck & Muck, Attorneys at
Law in the amount of $835.11.
Andy Anderson, newly appointed board president, offered an
explanation as best as he knew about how the bill had come to be.
According to the invoice, the services performed by Muck & Muck
took place between Sept. 23 and Oct. 2. The list of services
included an office meeting with the board president at the time,
Charlie Ott, and "board members." There were also calls to an
unnamed board member, Leslie Hoefle, who was at the time the interim
executive director of the bureau, and to State's Attorney Jonathan
There were charges for reviewing files pertaining to a
"directorship issue," a review of bylaws and statutes, a written
reply to a memo from a Logan County Board member, and the writing of
a letter to Bob Farmer, county board chairman.
Anderson told the board Thursday night that he was not aware that
any of this was happening until he learned of the letter written to
Farmer. He said he quickly put a stop to the legal representation,
but he was not aware that the bill for services rendered would come
to this amount.
It was noted that the invoice said there was a meeting with the
bureau president and board members. Anderson said he had not been
made aware of such a meeting, even though he was on the board at
that time. He said he believed that for the most part, the ones who
attended the meeting were probably no longer board members.
He also noted that he had no knowledge of who initiated the
meeting with Muck & Muck, but he suspected it was Ott. Darlene
Begolka confirmed that. She told the group that Ott had contacted
her to attend the meeting, but she did not go, so she couldn't say
who in fact did attend.
Anderson also noted that Muck & Muck had conversations with
Hoefle. Anderson said he went to her and asked about the meeting,
but she was not forthcoming with much information.
Anderson said that judging by the dates on which all this
occurred, he believed this was at the time when Ott was hoping to
find a way to keep the city of Lincoln from taking over the
hotel-motel tax and thus becoming the governing body overseeing
tourism. But he qualified this assumption by saying he really had no
knowledge of the conversations.
During discussion of the bill, the question arose as to whether
Ott had the right to hire an attorney without the consent of the
full board. At the moment, no one had a copy of the old bylaws in
front of them, but Tom O'Donohue, who has reviewed the document and
rewritten portions of it for the new board, felt there was probably
nothing in the bylaws to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
This led to a discussion as to whether the bylaws needed to be
amended. The group will be looking at that in the future.
In the meantime, O'Donohue said that if the tourism bureau
created the bill, they were probably going to have to pay it. But he
wanted to know more about the services rendered before writing the
O'Donohue also said that the services of the attorney were
obtained without full board approval. He noted: "If we wanted to
make an argument that they (former bureau board members) did this
without board authority, so the bill is on them personally, but I
don't think it is worth it. And if they did it on behalf of the
board, we will be hard-pressed not to pay it."
In the end the board decided that they were going to withhold
payment of the bill for this month and seek more information about
the services rendered before making the payment.
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Discussion of grant fund use and website development
Before the meeting adjourned, Saul told the board there was
another issue that they needed to be aware of.
The bureau has a grant through the Local Tourism and Convention
Bureau program. The grant is a 50-50 match between state funds and
local funds. In total the bureau received $27,493 from the state and
matched that dollar to dollar. Therefore, for the year beginning
July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, they must spend a total of
$54,986 or return the unused portion of the grant funds to the
To date the bureau has spent only $7,393, leaving $47,593 that
must be spent in the next six months.
The dollars remaining and their designations would be for meeting
and convention market, $4,000; motorcoach and group tour market,
$10,787; sports marketing, $12,400; consumer and leisure market,
$13,876.87; and festivals and special events, $6,528.89.
Inside the grant agreement, seven objectives were set: Increase
sports tourism, increase website use, increase group tours, increase
Route 66 tourism, research and evaluate new advertising methods,
increase community partnerships, and increase overnight stays in
Logan County by 7 percent.
As the board reviewed the documents Saul had presented, one of
the first questions was addressed to bureau director Jean Bruner-Jachino
of the Hampton Inn. She was asked if a 7 percent increase in
overnight stays was a reasonable number.
Bruner-Jachino told the board that in her business that number
was very low. She said at the Hampton, when they are looking to
increase overnight stays, they set a goal of at least a 20 percent
Saul had also provided information about advertising
opportunities the bureau could use to expend the grant. The board
talked about the value of promoting Logan County with the United
Motorcoach Association.
According to the memo Saul provided, an advertisement in the
publication would draw attention to Logan County as a destination
for motorcoach tours. The memo stated that on average, one overnight
motorcoach trip can generate over $11,000 in local economic impact.
Again, it was Bruner-Jachino who said these tours were of great
value, but she also noted that by now tour packages for 2014 are
completed. She said she felt advertising with the association would
have great value, but it would be a year or more before the bureau
might see any results.
The board reviewed other opportunities to spend the grant funds
as presented by Saul, but then moved on to discussion of how to use
the money to create a better tourism website. Improving the current
website was one of the objectives of the grant.
First, Saul reported that while the staff had not had access to
the website since the departure of former director Geoff Ladd, the
bureau does own the website and can make changes to it.
She said the website is currently out of date and she wanted to
get it updated with new information.
It was soon noted that the website in general was lacking and
could be greatly improved upon.
Discussions followed about if the bureau improved the website or
created a new one. Could they, for example, use a portion of the
$12,400 in the grant designated for sports tourism to help pay for
the sections on the website that addressed local sports?
Saul said they could.
The group decided to explore this further. Mayor Keith Snyder
suggested that Saul spend some time looking at other tourism
websites, and if she saw something she liked, to contact that bureau
and ask who they had do their site. It was discussed that the board
should send out "Request for proposal" letters to website designers
or take bids for the project.
Finally, the group acknowledged the need to move sooner rather
than later on spending the grant funding. With the fiscal year for
the grant ending June 30, if the money is not all spent, the unused
portion will have to be returned to the state. In addition, not
using the money could possibly result in a reduction in grant
funding in the future.
The board ended their evening shortly after this discussion.
The plan is to get the schedule back on track with another
regular business meeting on Jan. 28, the fourth Tuesday of the
month. Once that is achieved, the board will go back to meeting only
once a month, on the fourth Tuesday. Meeting times have been changed
to start at 5 p.m. instead of 4:30 p.m. as they have been in the
past. The meeting location has also been changed to the Hampton Inn
for the foreseeable future.
[By NILA SMITH]
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2011 is Almost in the Books, but What a Season to Remember.
Usually around this time of the year Tampa Bay Rays blogs begin to countdown their top moments of the season. It was a historic season by many aspects. The team posted their third trip in four seasons to the October party, but also we saw so many of the Rays post their own moments of wonder and amazement it has to have all of us giddy with emotion knowing there are less than 100 days before the fun all begins again for 2012.
We saw the emergence of "the Legend"( Sam Fuld), the formulation of the "Magic of Kotch" (Casey Kotchman) movement, and also saw the further maturation of the Rays top tier players David Price and Evan Longoria. We saw Sean Rodriguez move across the diamond to the 6-hole and show why he has always been a prized reward of the Scott Kazmir trade. Desmond Jennings came up and proved once and for all he is not a "Crawford"-clone, but has his own power, style and base-stealing magic.
Matt Joyce proved he had the stuff to hit left-handers, and Ben Zobrist again show the "Zorilla" style traits we all fell in love with during the 2008-2009 campaigns. From starters to Bullpen the Rays hurlers showed promise, unexpected magical moments and the durability of the staff graybeard as James Shields merited Cy Young consideration.
2011 was suppose to be a rebuilding season, but the only rebuilding the Rays did was on their reputation and solidarity to fixate on that post-season goal and drive towards it with vigor and vitality. This season will not go down in Rays history as the most productive on paper, but the 91 wins posted by this squad were 1 better than their rivals the Boston Red Sox and produced another champagne moment within Tropicana Field.
Rays Manager Joe Maddon instilled a "Find Another Way" mantra on his troops early this Spring and several players in the Rays fold responded by showing their abilities are on par with this league even if their MLB service clocks show minimal numbers. Jennings might have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt in 2011 he should be the heir apparent to the Rays lead-off hitter the Rays for 2012. Joyce finally got the at bats to prove he can be the Rays everyday right-fielder and run producer.
All five members of the Rays 2011 posted over 10+ victories with Shields leading the field with a 16-12 record. Not only did Shields lead his young Rays comrades in "W's", he also topped the squad in innings pitched (249.1 innings), strikeouts (225) and ERA (2.82 ). Filling in gaps within the season the Rays saw the promise of brilliance of Matt Moore, Alex Cobb and the late season relief pitching of Alex Torres.
Pitching definitely defined so many of these great Rays moments, but the bats did not remain silent during the carnage. We saw new closer Kyle Farnsworth struggle but post a career high with 25 saves, but we also saw the season toll takes it effect on one of the most intimidating players in the game. But the Rays Bullpen which featured 3 lefties for most of the season closed down offenses with RP Joel Peralta providing his own brand of set-up brilliance as well as posting 6 saves. From inning 1 to 9 this Rays team's pitching tried to set the tone and bring home a win on a nightly basis.
Who will forget that Home Run hit by Longo to seal the Rays post-season against the Yankees on the season's last day in extra frames about the same time ex-Rays LF Carl Crawford missed a dying quail in Baltimore to propel the Rays into the October party.
With that singled out win on the last day of the 2011 campaign, the Rays ended up posting their only winning September ever with a 16-10 record. It also secured the squad's third straight 90+ win season, How pale does that starting 1-8 record look now in retrospect as corks exploded within the Trop's confines and players and fans celebrated together.
Rookies earned their Rays letters this season at an alarming rate as Moore, Brandon Gomes,Torres, Jake McGee and Jeremy Hellickson combined to bring home 8 of those 16 September victories among them, further showing the promise and prosperity that should bring about more moments of celebration and excitement in 2012 for this talented 5-some. Each of these 5 hurlers definitely earned their Rays letterman's sweaters complete with a shaving cream pie.
But even with the emergence of the rookies, some of the Rays players saw their season as constant reminders of the ever-changing MLB environment. Pitchers J P Howell and Andy Sonnanstine began the 2012 Spring Training with high expectations and a want to show their abilities for this team. Sonny ended up in Triple-A Durham for most of the season, and Howell who came on later in the season never seemed to find the right groove or positive upward momentum. But that is the joy of the New Year, resolutions can be made, and the past is just that…past.
The 2011 season has long been put into the record books, but 2011 is slowing winding down towards it's last tick of the clock and should be remembered as a season of true fortitude, ever-present resilience and a combined team-wide confidence stemming from the veterans to rookies that this team could win on any given night.
But still if I had to pick a moment of clarity for the Rays, a scene that showed the drive, commitment and determination of this squad it was on the 180th day of the season, in the 12th inning Longoria proved once and for all he is the man to follow on this squad even before his 31st Home Run made human contact in the right field stands. So as we begin to enter the 15th season for the Rays, Sonny has found a new home with the Cubs, Maddon has darkened his hair a few shades.
Changes are still in store for this team before they cross the Port Charlotte, Florida threshold this Spring. Some players have solidified their spots on the roster while others have the Rays scouting and Coaching staff wearing out the erasers on their pencils trying to mesh and mold this squad to take that next step. Can't wait for that crystal ball to fall in NYC soon because that will symbolize that 2012 is squarely upon us, and the memories of 2011 are just that…fond and precious memories.


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A former Army officer, and an active duty Sergeant were arrested with another man after plotting to carry out a raid on a Zeta drug house and kill its occupants as part of the new drug ring and arms business they tried to set up.
Jakob Rodgers at the Colorado Springs Gazette reports 1st Lt. Kevin Corley, 29, was discharged earlier this month and arrested Saturday in Laredo, Texas while finalizing details of the contract killing.
Sgt. Samuel Walker was also arrested and the third man, Corley's cousin, was shot and killed by federal agents.
Corley immediately confessed to putting together a four man kill team to raid a Texas ranch, steal 20 kilograms of cocaine and kill four people.
Corley first caught agents attention after they connected him to a picture of a stolen grenade in September. After establishing contact with Corley, agents say the Lieutenant offered to train cartel members on "room clearing, security and convoy security."
He also told them he could get them an array of military weapons that "could easily be stolen from military posts."
Corley was offering a whole array of services including putting together two teams, one to train 40 cartel members to carry out contract killings and another to hit the Texas ranch, grab the 20 kilos of coke, and eliminate the rival gang members.
In return for the ranch job, Corley wanted $50,000 and five kilos of cocaine worth about $100,000.
Reuters reports Corley also sold two AR-15 assault rifles, and five stolen ballistic vests, along with other equipment to DEA agents in Colorado Springs. It was then he told agents he'd purchased a new Ka-Bar knife to carve a 'Z' in the ranch victims chests and a hatchet to dismember the bodies.
Corley was assigned to the same active duty unit Walker was in at the time of his arrest: the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson.


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At my house I noticed some RF buzz, which is actually typical because my house is an RF nightmare. I decided to ping the designer, Rick Wilkinson, and ask his advice. Rick responded almost immediately with a comprehensive and detailed troubleshooting list that was incredibly helpful. The problem ended up being a faulty cable, but I learned that the brass grille was part of the faraday cage from the exchange.
I took the mic to work the next day and ran it through the John Hardy M1, but wasn't very impressed with the sound. It actually had sounded louder and clearer at the house through the RF buzz. I then plugged into a sound devices pre similar to the one I used at home and was much happier with the output. I also began looking into getting a cloudlifter to help with impedance loading and output gain from the mic. My research was showing that ribbons in general tend to want pretty loud sources, but I have designs on using in more delicate situations and needed get it up to par there.
I emailed Rick again, and again he was again super responsive and detailed. here's a quick excerpt of what he said to me regarding my experiences to this point:
High end response is determined by the input impedance of the preamp.
Generally, a higher input impedance delivers better high-end response in ribbon mics. A REALLY high impedance preamp (10k ohms or higher) like the AEA TRP, or my DIY Preamp Kit made especially for my mics (available in another month or so) will really help the top end.
"loading" is the term for the interaction between the output impedance of a microphone and the input impedance of the preamp. The correct description of this interaction is something like: "The microphone has to work harder, if the input impedance of the preamp is lower." This makes sense if the microphone is overly-simplified to a current source: It takes more current to drive a low-impedance load.
A simplified version of this is:
A lower input impedance requires the mic to work harder to deliver a signal. Thus, low-energy, high frequency soundwaves do not get transferred to a low impedance preamp as efficiently as to a high-impedance preamp.
You can see this interaction in my own design, by looking at the impedance curve on the specification PDF on my website. As the measured frequency goes past 10kHz, the impedance soars - literally off the chart - lowering the effective output of the mic in those frequencies.
That's probably why an Austin Mic through your Hardy sounds like it does... I just looked at the specs, and their Jensen input transformer is 150 Ohms. The current flowing through the ribbon is trying to keep the foil inside the gap, not allowing it to move with low-energy, high-frequency soundwaves.Supporting that theory, the Sound Devices input shows an input impedance of 2000 ohms - 13x higher than the Hardy. Better high-end, right?
And of course, he was correct. The thing that the cloudlifter provided me was a good impedance load (3000 Ohms) in addition to the extra 20db of gain. Here's a quickie listening test of the mic through the three different configurations. All of this audio is 100% as recorded - no gain or eq adjustments of any kind. Note that the gain settings are described in the recordings, and in the first two examples its all the way open, and in the last clip its around 12 o'clock.
So, the impedance loading clearly makes a huge difference with regards to the tonality and the output level of the mic. IMO it's not very usable straight into the John Hardy M1 unless you're talking about very loud and bright sources, but the sound devices pre and the cloudlifter/M1 combo make the mic much more versatile.
So, given an input chain that I liked (cloudlifter/John Hardy M1) I did a few more little tests with bright, transient things and the mic performed extremely well.
To my ears the mic is certainly mellower on the top end than my usual LDC, the Audio Technica 4050, and its certainly got its own personality. It handles transients like a dynamic, which is to say that its a little jumpy on the loud stuff and it drops off on the low level stuff more quickly than a condenser. To me that generally means that its not going to catch as much detail on a highly transient source, and will be happier with something relatively consistent. It's also got low end for days.
With all of that said, that little strip of aluminum leaf I bought at hobby lobby, cut, corrugated and mounted into that chassis is clearly capable of capturing frequencies well above 20k, which is impressive. I only ran the instrument tests at 44kHz, but check out how easily it handles all of the frequencies up to the top of that 22k spectrum.
This is the spectrogram of the instrument file linked above:
And here's the zoom in on my voice slate and the tambourine.
This mic is clearly capable of capturing ultrasonic frequencies.
I'll run another test soon where I use it as the S in an MS config on some thick metal movements and see how she does.


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|At Dubai Airport
"O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." - Hamlet Act II scene ii
11 April 2012
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I am typing this, tearful and sobbing in the police holding cell of the airport!ReplyDelete
apparently my chicken feed has been mistaken for grade II cocaine and 4 buffs have been taken off me to have their crops stomach pumped for illegal drugs....
a security guard has strangled Boris and is in the process of plucking him and someone has stollen all of my matt cardle cds!!!!
I'm afraid I have been bound and gagged by Keith, YP. He just couldn't accept that we had to leave for Blogland without his beloved NASA... :( I'm trying to persuade Paddy and Jake to chew through the ropes but they are so stupid, they just dance around me barking with laughter.ReplyDelete
EARL GRAY Oh dear John! Please accept my apologies for assuming that you'd just not appeared at the airport and may I advise that you don't look while Boris is being plucked!ReplyDelete
JENNY (Countess of Wrexham) When Knuckles and Beefy come to your door, may I suggest that you send Keith out to deal with them. He would have had his own new and bigger Super-NASA in Blogland.
"oh the plucking !!!!!!oh the plucking!!!"ReplyDelete
it's just like watching Deliverance
some guard has just painted a moustache on my russell crowe photo
I know! I know! But he's very attached to his own NASA and now, so am I. He's handcuffed me to it and is refusing to see reason!ReplyDelete
Here in the USA I had plans to greet you wearing a chicken suit but I see that plan has to be scrapped. How do you think airport security feels about the 2500 cotton balls that I glued onto my sheep costume?ReplyDelete
Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear !!! We are are a Mr Grumpy Grumpy, a wee bit crabby !!!. well I never expect that from such a man I held in high regarded, who I considered to be a person of high rank.ReplyDelete
I am accused of 'chickening out" nothing could be farther from the truth, the fault lies with the logistics and the arrangements for Airline ticket collection, reception had no knowledge of a ticket in my name after hour of arguing with them security was called and I was roughly manhandled from the airport. I am now camped out on the Airports grass lawn and using a internet cafe trying to find out what the hell went wrong. [Laptop, iPad and iPhone had been sold] - Mick
Yp, I am dropping you this sorrowful note to say that I will not be there in Phuket to greet you either. Ican't do it I'm afraid. My 90 year old parents need me here to look after them !ReplyDelete
I thought I could do it ( sob), I thought I could leave all my responsibilities behind and just have some ME time (sob)but when the time came ( right at the gates of the departure lounge )I just couldn't do it (sob).
I'll be thinking of you in Blogland Paradise. I think my travel insurance covers defaulting because of ill parents so at least the debt collectors will not be after me.
PS We took a photo of ourselves just before we left for the airport. I'll post it on my blog to to show you how excited we were and how disappointed we are now.ReplyDelete
Helen (sob)
OMG (which apparently means Oh My God), I should have known it wasn't such a good idea to spray paint pro-Catalan graffiti all over the airport loos, and keep the can in my hand luggage. But don't worry, if I can just persuade these nice Guardia Civils to give me back my passport, and remove their truncheonss from my ..... I'll still try my best to get there somehow - let's hope Ryanair are still open, they say that for a good tip they'll fly you anywhere ....ReplyDelete
KELLY BARTELS Your geographical radar seems to be malfunctioning! How do airport security feel about your cotton balls? I guess they feel about with their bare hands!ReplyDelete
MICK I am so sorry that I jumped to a wrong conclusion about your commitment. Unfortunately, if you do follow me to Blogland you will now have to pay for your own ticket. However, I have hacked into your bank account and I can see you'll easily be able to afford it.
HELEN You might have let us know before now! The sponsors were very generous and now your tickets are wasted. I was so looking forward to ogling your leopardskin print bikini and running with you into the surf.
BRIAN I had no idea that you are a trained Catalonian freedom fighter/terrorist. I hope the truncheon isn't causing you too much discomfort.
Hi the Yorkshire Pudding.ReplyDelete
No can do !!! the money you found in my bank account doesn't belong to me it belongs to the Inland Revenue therefore buying my own ticket is a no go. Oh well !!! blogland venture sounded good and I was looking forward to the Driftwood cottage. Daughter No 1 came and picked me up and I'm now staying with her house and dog sitting, perhaps its for the best.
I wish all the residents of blogland all the best for the future - Mick.
The government snoopers got wind of my diversionary post about Bessie Braddock and they must have a mole because a crypto-marxist group has been threatening a revenge attack. We're hoping to get our hands on a couple of false passports and will join you as soon as we can.ReplyDelete
May Day! May Day! May Day!ReplyDelete
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The future of 10 Patch local news sites south of Boston is uncertain after layoffs eliminate all but one editor.
All but one local editor for the region south of Boston remains employed after the online news company Patch notified staff nationwide of layoffs Wednesday.
Launched in 2007, Patch was bought by AOL in 2009 and quickly expanded to hundreds of local websites across the country.
The company's business model revolved around providing hyperlocal, web-only news coverage to individual towns and small regions, all supported by online advertising.
It operates 10 sites locally, including Milton, Easton, Braintree, Hingham and Plymouth, as well as town sites in Metro West, Cape Cod and areas north of Boston.
After carrying out two rounds of layoffs in the news division last year, AOL sold its majority stake in Patch to turnaround firm Hale Global two weeks ago.
"It was especially hard for those of us who had been with Patch pretty much from the beginning," said Bill Gilman, a regional community editor from Marlborough who worked for many Patch sites in the area.
On Wednesday, Gilman said he and other local editors were told through the conference call that "the company was being restructured," and that they would no longer have positions with Patch. They were given separation packages that included two months pay, two months of continued health benefits coverage, and a scheduled upcoming bonus, he said.
The Patch sites themselves are still up and running; a handful of regional editors, some from as far afield and Pennsylvania and Georgia, were posting updates throughout the day on Thursday.
Several requests for comment sent to AOL by regional news organizations were not returned. In an announcement of the partnership with Hale earlier this month, both companies said they would relaunch Patch as an "efficient platform that allows citizens and businesses to create and share locally-themed news and content."
Staff cuts were made in May 2013 and then again in August and October 2013 when roughly 500 employees were let go. At that time, a number of sites, including Hingham and Easton, lost local reporters and became "unmanned" sites using regional or general content written for all Patch sites.
Information from the Cape Cod Times and Metro West Daily News was used in this story.


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As you know most of Java interview not only contains questions from core Java but also from other Java framework e.g. questions from Spring Framework or Struts interview questions, based upon projects requirements. It's good to prepare both Spring and Hibernate questions quite well if you are going to work on a project which uses Hibernate as ORM. Check JD or Job description ,and if you see word Hibernate anywhere, get ready to face some Hibernate questions.
Interview Question on Hibernate Framework
If you are running short of time for your next interview and don't have enough time to prepare in deep, I suggest having a look at Java Programming Interview Exposed, one of the better books for preparing Java JEE interviews. It also covers Spring, Hibernate and other important topics from interview point of view.
You can reattach detached object to any other session by calling either update() or saveOrUpdate() method on that session. Transient objects have newly created an instance of persistence class, which is never associated with any Hibernate Session. Similarly, you can call persist() or save() methods to make a transient object persistent. Just remember, here transient doesn't represent transient keyword in Java, which is an altogether different thing.
Why it's important to provide no argument constructor in Hibernate Entities?
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Can we make a Hibernate Entity Class final?
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As the Giants worry about whether another team will swoop in with an offer sheet for restricted free agent receiver Victor Cruz, their quarterback has a solution.
Eli Manning will restructure his deal if need be.
"If the Giants want to work something out, I am always up for listening and figuring out what I can do to help the cause," Manning said Wednesday night, via ESPNNewYork.com. "That is kind of up to the Giants and what they want to do. I am always up for listening and doing whatever is best for the team to put us in a [situation] to win more championships."
It helps that Cruz is now represented by CAA, which also represents Manning. So if getting a new deal with Cruz requires Manning to do a new deal, CAA can make that happen.
Of course, a restructuring from Eli wouldn't cost him any money. Instead, current cap dollars (he's north of $20 million) would be pushed to future years, and Eli's take-home pay wouldn't change.
"I've been sending a few texts to him. 'Yeah, hey, get this done. Make sure he stays with us,'" Manning said. "Obviously I want Victor back with the Giants, and obviously right now he is [tendered].
"I check the papers every morning to make sure no one else has offered him a contract. It is nerve-racking though. He is anxious. I know he has been dealing with this contract issue for a long time. I know he wants it just settled and wants to get back to playing football and just worrying about that."
Here's what Manning should be worrying about. If the Giants keep low balling Cruz, Cruz or CAA may decide that the player is better off elsewhere. And at that point CAA could decide to work with a new team to craft an offer sheet that the Giants will have a hard time matching.
Which would then make CAA far less likely to sign off on a restructuring of Eli's deal.


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"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good..."
Genesis 50:20
Lori and I were out shopping....making our rounds,
Genesis 50:20
Lori and I were out shopping....making our rounds,
hitting all of our favorite primitive, antique, and second-hand stores,
when I stumbled upon this wonderful little gem hanging on a wall towards the back
I loved what it says so much, I couldn't just leave it hanging there!
I had to bring it home with me.
I'm glad I did.
It was one of those impulse buys that I didn't live to regret.
I hung it on the bathroom wall...
the one Kevin and Zach redid for me primitive-style.
Every time I read it, it gives me hope.
It reminds me that good comes out of bad.
That God has a plan....always...
and even if the beginning of a situation is sad, and not so beautiful,
it has within it the potential to produce the best and brightest flowers.
And, here's the thing....
sometimes we don't find out that the not-so-beautiful seed is in the process of producing the oh-so-beautiful flowers
until long after the seed has been planted.
We don't know it is even happening.
It is not an instantaneous revelation.
It doesn't go from ugly to beautiful overnight.
The seed has to go through a sometimes-lengthy germination process
before the flowers actually begin to break forth, blossom, and bloom.
Depending on what type of flower it is,
the length of this whole process varies.
Plants known as annuals sometimes don't produce their flowers until the end of the season.
It takes biennials two seasons, as they actually lie dormant during colder months.
Perennials, like roses and daisies, blossom repeatedly, at different times of the year.
The special thing about perennials is that they wither down in the winter,
but bloom again the next spring.
During the germination process, it is hard to believe that anything beautiful will ever be produced.
One could even give up hope and think their labors involved in planting the seed were all in vain.
They can look at the black soil, showing no sign of life, and walk away disappointed,
discouraged, frustrated, and disheartened...feeling like they have wasted their time.
Or they can take heart seeing a stem that has poked through the soil,
then become disappointed as it seems to be growing ever so slowly
or not growing at all.
We don't always see what is going on under the surface.
God allows a trial to start...a not-so-beautiful seed...
and all we see is the ugliness, the pain, the feelings of abandonment,
when all along, He is working all things together for our good.
After the trial is past, many times, we can look back and see how something
truly beautiful sprang forth from it.
Sometimes, it takes years.
In my quest to read the Bible through this year,
I just recently completed reading the book of Genesis again.
Oh, I enjoyed it!
I absolutely love the Old Testament.
There are so many precious gems and nuggets of spiritual good in its pages.
I feel I am barely skimming the surface.
Could one person ever hope to unearth it all in one lifetime?
I never tire of reading the story of Joseph.
I become so engrossed in it, and I always feel sad when I reach the 50th chapter
and read about his death.
This man understood true suffering.
He was thoroughly rejected by his own,
sold into slavery,
taken to live in a foreign land away from all that was familiar and dear,
falsely accused,
and thrown into prison, where he was cast aside and forgotten for years.
Talk about feeling abandoned by God.
Even after he had held fast to his integrity,
even though he always did what was right,
even though he had dreamed dreams of a blessed life,
even though he made wise choices,
he was led into the crucible of human suffering.
As I read the story through this time,
God opened my eyes to see things about Joseph's story that I had never noticed before.
Even though Joseph was what we would consider a "good" person,
he had some character flaws.
He was in need of refinement.
God had a plan.
Joseph was in it.
God had a Divine call upon his life.
But, in order to equip him to fulfill that call,
there were some rough edges that had to go.
For example, take a look at the 17 year old Joseph.
The Joseph who dreamed lofty, God-given dreams of being superior to his 11 brothers.
The one who couldn't wait to run and tell his brothers about the dreams.
The one who was dubbed by his father, Jacob, as the favorite son.
The one who didn't make the slightest attempt to hide it.
The one who proudly wore the coat of many colors made especially for him by his father,
flaunting it in his brothers' faces every time he put it on.
The one who, from outward appearances, possibly held a higher opinion of himself
than he should have had.
The plans God had made for Joseph were of the stateliest sort.
God planned to prosper him, and give him a future
that would include being the 2nd in command over the land of Egypt.
To be a good leader, one must be humble.
One must be teachable.
One cannot have such a high opinion of one's self.
There were lessons Joseph had to learn before God could exalt him
to the place of honor He envisioned for him.
There was a refining process that had to take place.
The only way to refine Joseph's dross was to place him in the fire.
It would take no less than 22 long, arduous years for Joseph
to see the fulfillment of his teenage dreams.
At the age of 39, he saw and realized the full fruition of those dreams.
He saw his 11 brothers bow down before him,
begging him for food,
pleading with him for mercy.
It was a different Joseph that stood before them, as they bowed.
No longer the proud, boastful 17 year old,
but a fully-mature, dross-removed, established-in-God, humble man....
so humble that when he saw the dreams fulfilled...right in front of his very eyes....
he did not gloat.
There were no "I told you so's".
No "You are getting what you deserved".
No "You did me wrong, now I am in a position to get even."
No "You should have listened when I told you that one day you would all bow down to me."
None of that.
No gloating.
Not even the slightest trace of enjoyment of their miserable plight.
When Joseph saw them, his reaction was not one of a hot-headed teenager,
but of a man who had walked through the fire with God.
A man who had learned anguish-filled lessons in the school of hard knocks.
A man whose God-like character had been forged and perfected in the crucible of pain.
A man who did not take delight in watching his traitors grovel.
Joseph's reaction to seeing his brothers bowed down to the ground at his feet?
Joseph wept.
With such anguish that the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard his cries.
This was a changed man.
A man fitted and equipped to carry out the life-work God intended for him to live.
His transformation did not happen overnight.
It was a process.
The beginning of his refining started with a not so beautiful seed
when his very brothers betrayed and sold him into the hands of foreigners.
Towards the end of Joseph's story,
he said this to his brothers,
"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good..."
There wasn't a trace of bitterness in his tone.
No regret.
No animosity.
No desire for vengeance.
No pride.
This was a purged-of-dross version of Joseph.
Photo by Angela Gellenbeck
Have you ever heard the story of the silver refiner?
I received it in an email from someone a long time ago.
I don't know where this originated and was unable to verify its validity or the author,
but I wanted to share it here.
"There was a group of women in a Bible study on the book of Malachi.
As they were studying chapter three they came across verse three which says,
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This verse puzzled the women, and they wondered what this statement meant
about the character and nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out about the process of refining silver
and get back to the group at their next Bible study.
That week the woman called up a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work.
She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest in silver beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up.
He explained that, in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest so as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot -
then she thought again about the verse, that He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.
She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire.
For if the silver was left even a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith,
"How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"
He smiled at her and answered,
"Oh, that's the easy part -- when I see my image reflected in it."
~Author Unknown~
As the refiner melts the silver in the crucible,
the impurities that float to the top are called dross.
Proverbs 25:4
Purify the silver and remove the dross,
and what remains is a vessel God can fill and use.
The definition of dross is....
the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal as a result of oxidation,
waste, impure, or foreign matter; impurity,
something that is base, worthless, trivial, or inferior
It is not beneficial to the silver.
It must be removed, and the only way to make that happen...
the only way to separate the dross from the true silver....
is to use extreme heat.
"And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver..."
Malachi 3:3
Only our Refiner knows how much heat is necessary to remove the dross from our character.
Only He knows how long we should be left in the heat.
Only He can see whether or not His Own image is yet reflected in us.
Only He knows how long the "germination" process from a not-so-beautiful seed
to a bright and beautiful flower will take.
There is dross in each one of us,
and in order for our Refiner to have a vessel that is fit for Him to use,
He must first remove it from our character.
Having dross on board makes us inferior to what God desires us to be.
It hinders our progress and impedes our usability in His hand.
I am finding as I walk this Christian path that the dross-removal process requires
more than a one-time trip to the Refiner's crucible.
If we ever begin to feel that we are completely dross-free,
we are only fooling ourselves.
Looking back over my life, I can see that each time I have entered a fiery trial,
God has had a purpose.
There was dross on board....
dross that I often didn't even know was there.
Dross that was ugly and worthless and vile.
Dross that was holding me back from being all God wanted me to be.
Dross that hindered God from seeing His image in me.
Dross that I would never have even realized was present in me,
had I not watched it rise to the surface in the heat.
I have prayed much in this current furnace of trial.
I have sought God's face diligently...fervently...earnestly.
Begged Him to show me.
Today, it finally hit me that He has been showing me....already.
During this trial, dross has risen to the surface.
I hadn't identified it as being such....until today.
Who wants to claim their own dross?
Who enjoys watching such undesirables float to the surface,
realizing they spring forth from their own nature?
As the intensity of the fire causes the dross to rise, and it begins to make itself evident,
we may as well face the music and own it.
It is ours.
Whether we admit it or not.
It hit me like a ton of bricks...today...as I sat and typed the words to this devotional.
This trial is not without reason.
God, the Refiner knew all along...
there was hidden dross, buried deep, and I didn't know it.
He is using this present heat...to bring it all to the surface...
to my attention. To make me see.
He has brought me to this place...this valley....this affliction....
and He has not yet seen that it is in my best interest to remove me from here....
because the refining process is not yet finished.
He loves me too much to allow me to go a step further laden with dross.
Other people can see and falsely assume that we are purified.
They can see us as dross-free and holy, based on our demeanor and outward appearances.
God isn't interested in outward appearances,
no matter how showy or sanctimonious they be.
God cares about what is going on inside the heart.
We can look at ourselves and overlook the dross...
even pass it off as being a trait that "runs in our family".
We can blame it on Aunt Ruth's impatience,
Grand-Mama's proud spirit,
Mama's jealous bone,
or Grand-Daddy's fiery temper.
We can even be truly oblivious to it
and totally unaware that it is even there,
when all along...
under the surface, hidden within the elements,
undiscovered dross lurks.
Last night, I was feeling really bad, physically,
tired and beaten down from the length of this trial.
I really poured out my heart to God,
and I asked Him to search me.
To know me.
Just like David did in Psalm 139:23-24, when he prayed,
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
You know why?
Because I no longer trust myself.
I will not trust my own ability to search.
I overlook too many things.
I make excuses for shortcomings.
I, too often, am tempted to sweep problem areas under the rug,
pretend they aren't happening,
and sincerely intend to go back later and deal with them.
More often than not, later never comes.
So, the problem stays there...under the rug....out of sight and out of mind...to me...
but not to God.
"...all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do."
Hebrews 4:13
Perhaps David had come to the same conclusion I have when he prayed that prayer.
Maybe he didn't trust himself, either.
Maybe that is why He asked GOD to search him and know his heart
and try him and know his thoughts.
It is possible that he had a tendency to overlook his own dross,
or perhaps, he had learned, like me, that dross is often not visible to us...
that the only One Who can really see all of us is God...
and it would be wisest to allow Him to do the searching.
I prayed David's prayer, and I meant it with all my heart.
He pointed me back to some things He has already been dealing with me about.
It is so plain to me that this is the Divine purpose for this trial.
The other day, I stood at the kitchen sink, feeling very defeated,
and the Spirit of God spoke to me and said,
"I'm not finished with you yet."
He let me know that He still wants to use me...here on earth.
I could never put into words how much that comforted my heart!
This trial is to remove the dross from the silver,
so I will come forth as a more usable, better-equipped vessel.
When I began to listen to His voice and view this fiery furnace from this angle and through this lens,
it gave me courage.
It comforted me....knowing this is not the end of the journey.
It is merely a stopping point...
a period of time spent in the Refiner's crucible...being purged of inward dross.
How else would we know the dross is there?
If He didn't stop us and hold us in the midst of the fire until it floats to the top...
where we can see it, deal with it, and get rid of it out of our lives?
This trial started as a not so beautiful seed.
That's for sure.
But, this germination process....this stop on the fast-track of life....
this time of being dropped into the intense heat for dross-removal
is fulfilling God's mission.
He has a plan for me.
Just as He has for you, my friend.
Wherever you find yourself today,
He is absolutely in control.
He knows where you are.
He placed you there.
He hasn't forgotten you.
Nor will He leave you there too long.
His timing is perfect.
One day, the not so beautiful seed will produce the best and brightest flowers...
just like my little, stitched sign says....
you will see....and so will I.


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Influence of locally applied CYR61 on muscle strength recovery after acute compartment syndrome treated by limb shortening and distraction procedure in rabbits
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Objective: Recently, we showed a significant deteriorating effect of soft tissue trauma injury in rabbit tibia and muscle in an acute limb shortening-distraction model. The aim of our study was to examine the influence of the human cysteine rich protein 61 (CYR61, CCN1) as a mediator in angiogenesis on muscle strentgh recovery.
Methods: The study was performed with 22 skeletally mature male New Zealand White rabbits (NZW) with an average weight of 3.8 kg (drop-out rate of 9%). The NZW rabbits were divided into two equal groups. In both groups an acute compartment syndrome was generated by 90 min. ischemia and 30 min. of muscle contusion with 100 kPa (=10N/ 1cm2) and the limb was shortened by resection of a 10 mm bone segment simulating the fracture site debridement. The contralateral leg functioned as the non operated control. In the test group a collagen matrix coated with 2 5µg CYR61 was locally applied circumferent the fracture. In both groups an external fixator was applied and the limb was shortened through resection of a 10 mm segmental bone block. Distraction commenced 10 days postsurgery at a rate of 0.5 mm every 12 h using an external fixation device (Orthofix®). Compartment pressure was measured until 48h postoperatively, arterial blood pressure was documented continuously. Bilateral pressure measurements confirmed the onset of acute compartment syndrome (defined as pressure greater than 30 mmHg) on the traumatized side in both groups. Muscle strength was monitored bilaterally prae-trauma and every 5th days until 30 days posttrauma.
Results and conclusions: After trauma there was an increase of compartment pressure from 7.5±1.4 to 33.9±3 mmHG and a reduction to 11.26±43 mmHg post-operatively. The arterial blood pressure was uniform with MAP of 81.4 mmHG. In all animals osseous consolidation occured. Muscle strength showed a continuous regeneration after a sharp decrease postoperatively until 30 days posttrauma. The average muscle strengh recovery of the test group was 86.41±10.29% of the contralateral side and 58±28% in the control (p=0.05). Histomorphometric analysis of the tibialis anterior muscle demonstrated a significant difference in fibrous degeneration in the control of 14.9% compared to 6.3% in the test group (p<0.05) Acute soft tissue trauma influences callus formation, fracture healing, muscle strength and regeneration. In our study we could demonstrate that locally applied CYR61 influences the muscle regeneration not only histomorphometrically. Besides, application of CYR61 reduced scar tissue formation and showed an increase of muscle strength regneration compared to the control group.


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