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The Trinity -- By: H. B. Smith
Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 004:13 (Feb 1847)
Article: The Trinity
Author: H. B. Smith
BSac 4:13 (Feb 1847) p. 25
The Trinity
[Translated from the Theological Lectures of Dr. A. D. C. Twesten, Professor of Theology in the University of Berlin, West Amesbury, Mass. Concluded from No. XII. p. 774.]
§ 6. Character Hypostatics. (I) Notae Internae
Now that we have considered the doctrine of the Trinity as a whole, and have become acquainted with the doctrinal formulas of the church upon the relation of the divine essence to the three Persons of the Godhead, it still remains for us to examine more closely the relations of the Persons to one another, and the peculiar attributes or characteristics belonging to them individually, the sum of which we call their hypostatic or personal character. These are, as we have already signified,1 of two kinds: they have reference, partly, to the internal relations of the Persons in their mode of subsistence (τρόπος ὑπάρξεως) and, partly, to the mode in which the Father, the Son and the Spirit are revealed in the world (τρόπος ἀποκαλύψεως). Accordingly, we distinguish the internal and external characteristics (notae internae et externae), or the internal and external character (character ad intra et ad extra), of the three Persons. The first of these, the internal characteristics, we will consider in this section; and the external characteristics, in the following.
Under internal characteristics we comprise both the order and the manner of subsistence (ordo subsistendi, ratio subsistendi). By the former is meant that the Father is unchangeably the first, the Son the second, and the Holy Spirit the third Person in the Godhead: by the manner of subsistence, which is the necessary condition of the order, is meant that the second Person has the ground of its subsistence in the first, and the third in the first and second. This last rests upon two acts immanent in the divine essence (opera ad intra, actus personales), from which we derive, on the one hand, those three peculiar properties which constitute the notion of the three Persons (proprietates personales); and, on the other handsome other characteristics (called notiones personales), which also serve to distinguish them. We will then proceed to consider the internal characteristics of the Persons of
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the Trinity under these four heads: personal acts, personal attributes, personal conceptions, and order of subsistence. Since our later divines are not wholly agreed in their application of this terminology, we will hold fast to the older and stricter usage, from which it will be easier to...
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I thought the war would never end. And perhaps it never did, either. George Grosz
George Grosz, The Wanderer, 1934
George Grosz was born Georg Groß in Berlin (1893), but changed his name in 1916 out of his hatred of Prussian militarism and a romantic enthusiasm for America. (His artist friend and collaborator Helmut Herzfeld changed his name to John Heartfield at the same time and for the same reasons). Next to Otto Dix and Max Beckmann, Grosz was to become one of the most prominent artists of the Weimar Republic. I have illustrated this post with some of Grosz' later works.
George Grosz, Retreat (Rückzug), 1946
By 1933 Grosz's reputation as a political activist and deflator of German greatness was no secret. Menacing portents and premonitions of disaster began to haunt him. A studio assistant appeared in a brown shirt one day and warned him to be careful; a threatening note calling him a Jew was found beside his easel. A nightmare he recounted in his autobiography ended with a friend shouting at him "Why don't you go to America?" When in the spring of 1932 a cable arrived from the Art Students League in New York, inviting him to teach there during the summer, he accepted immediately.
George Grosz, The Painter of the Hole II, 1950
After a short return to Germany, where he was advised that his apartment and studio had been searched by the Gestapo, who were looking for him, Grosz emigrated to New York in January 1933. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1938, and made his home in Bayside, New York. Meanwhile, Grosz was among the defamed artists whose works had been included in two Schandausstellungen (abomination exhibitions) in Mannheim and Stuttgart in 1933.
George Grosz, Remembering (Self-Portrait), 1936
The polemical articles about modern art, "art on the edge of insanity" as the official Nazi newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter called it, also regularly included Grosz. A portrait of the poet Max Hermann-Neisse, later to appear in the exhibition Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art), was singled out for the "degenerate loathsomeness of the subject". A total of 285 of Grosz's works were removed from German museums and either burnt or sold abroad.
George Grosz, God of War, 1940
The heirs of George Grosz filed suit in New York in 2009 against the Museum of Modern Art for refusing to return three artworks created by Grosz and left behind by him when he fled Germany in 1933. The artworks, including a portrait of the poet Max Herrmann-Neisse were left behind with his Galerist Alfred Flechtheim. Flechtheim died 1937 in London, having also been exiled from Germany. Flechtheim's wife, Betty, stayed on in Germany not having raised the necessary funds to pay Jewish taxes in order to obtain permission to leave.
Georg Grosz, The Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse, 1927
Betty Flechtheim eventually committed suicide in 1941 after having been given notice that she would be sent to a concentration camp. Shortly after Flechtheim's death, Charlotte Weidler, an art dealer and curator for the Carnegie Institute, claimed she had "inherited" paintings from him including the Max Herrmann-Neisse painting. However, the latter belonged to George Grosz who had never given up its ownership. After WWII, in 1949 Weidler brought the painting to New York where she sold it to MoMA in 1952.
George Grosz, Myself and the Barroom Mirrror, 1937
At the time, George Grosz was living in New York but was not informed of the sale. He continued to exhibit regularly, opened a private art school at his home and taught at the Art Students League intermittently until 1955. In 1946 Grosz had published his autobiography, A Little Yes and a Big No. There he wrote: "A great deal that had become frozen within me in Germany melted here in America and I rediscovered my old yearning for painting. I carefully and deliberately destroyed a part of my past."
George Grosz, Female Nude in the Dunes of Cape Cod, 1938
In a letter sent to John Heartfield in 1946, Grosz was notably low key, writing that his European fame now ultimately boiled down to "a card-box container full of newspaper clippings - nothing more". Grosz talked of his having given art lectures at Columbia University and at other institutions, and of doing some illustrations which had brought him "a little fame." But this was, he observed sadly, "not enough to make a living from."
Anom., George Grosz painting "Cain or Hitler in Hell", New York, 1944
Grosz returned to Germany permanently in 1958, somewhat disillusioned with his American interlude. He was appreciated in America primarily as a satirist, and the work from the period after the First World War was perceived as his best. Grosz was unable to understand the American psyche to the degree that he had the German, and he returned to Berlin in an attempt to regain the momentum he had lost. Six weeks later, at Savigny Platz 5, Grosz died toppling down a flight of stairs after a boozy night out drinking.

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With GDPR and Brexit on the near horizon, employees are being kept in the dark with only a third being given insight into their business' digital roadmap for the next two years
Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 22nd March 2018 – Sungard Availability Services ® (Sungard AS), a leading provider of information availability through managed IT, cloud and recovery services, today reveals that the skills shortage is having a detrimental impact on Irish businesses and could pose serious risks in the years ahead. Both IT Decision Makers (57%), and Line of Business Decision Makers (60%) have labelled it as their biggest issue impacting digital initiatives, with just under half of employees claiming they're not getting the training or tools they need to add value back to the business.
Technology priorities
Despite extensive media hype and scare-mongering around technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) impacting or replacing human jobs, research undertaken on behalf of Sungard AS reveals that only 12% of ITDMs have listed AI as a technology that will help them meet their business challenges in the immediate future. The highest percentage of ITDMs and LOB DMs ranked public (ITDM 39%, LOB 45%) and private cloud (ITDM 64%, LOB 54%) as the top technologies that they will be looking to invest in, in the next two years, to meet their challenges. AI isn't even in the top five.
Employee disconnect
At least in the immediate future, many jobs and processes that are mooted to be automated or taken over by robots will stay firmly within the remit of the human workforce; yet three quarters of employees are underprepared for the digital journey ahead. Businesses need to invest in their staff - not just in strategic technologies. This will ensure that employees feel supported by and committed to their organisations, and be confident they can do their jobs now and in the future. For business leaders, it means their companies have the skills in place to optimise all technology investments.
Despite the benefits in doing so, the extent to which the majority of Irish businesses are not prioritising investment in people makes for grim reading. Nearly a third of Irish workers stated that a lack of training has stopped them from adopting digital working practices, with a further 31% claiming their company has not provided them with the tools to overcome the challenges they are facing.
Meanwhile, increasing employee satisfaction, staff mobility and staff retention levels were revealed to be the three lowest priorities for business decision makers over the next two years, at only 32%, 20% and 17% respectively.
Communication is key
The research also found that businesses need to be more transparent about how they intend to navigate future challenges. Only 24% Irish employees polled say they are kept fully up to speed with their employer's digital roadmap. This is in stark contrast to the 93% of ITDMs who reported that they are kept well informed of strategic direction. Ireland is rapidly growing as a centre of technology R&D, but there is a danger of this creating a chasm within the workplace.
This lack of business-wide communication could have serious ramifications for business leaders and commercial success, especially considering the disruption and potential advantages expected from Brexit, and with the European GDPR directive looming on the near horizon. For example, when asked about their understanding of the changes that will come into force as a result of GDPR, the vast majority of Irish IT 83% and business decision makers (82%) understand the impact, compared to only 6% of employees who say they understand completely, contrasting with the 29% who report they do not understand at all. (This lack of understanding is not as high as results from the same survey carried out in the UK, to 50% of employees claimed no understanding of the impacts of GDPR). This greater awareness amongst Irish employees is no doubt caused by Ireland's long-standing position as a home to international technology companies. That said, considering that employees are often the weak link in an organisation's security chain, any level of misunderstanding about their roles and responsibilities when it comes to compliance should serve as a warning.
Commenting on the findings, Kathy Schneider, CMO, Sungard Availability Services said:
"In addition to Brexit and GDPR, the lack of digital skills is yet another challenge facing Irish organisations over the next couple of years. To remain competitive, businesses will need to prioritise digital skills development and training to help navigate the new technology trends. This means investing not only in technologies and systems, but also in training around the required skills. Communication of the challenges and the digital journey ahead will be vital to ensuring business resiliency. Failure to do so could open businesses up to unnecessary – and avoidable – risks."
Commenting on the research, Mary Rose Burke, CEO of Dublin Chamber of Commerce adds:
"The modern worker is demanding and typically wants a high quality of life, both in and out of work. Technological advances are making the world smaller. Companies and employers are having to react to this changing environment to ensure that they remain attractive and relevant to the best talent. This is becoming a big challenge for many firms as competition for staff intensifies. Any firm that fails to keep pace with the changing employment world, risks being left behind."
Notes for Editors:
*About the research
The Digital Compass: Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) commissioned independent technology market research Opinium to conduct interviews with 100 IT decision makers, 100 Line of Business decision makers and 301 employees (middle management and below) in companies of 100+ employees in Ireland, across multiple sectors, ranging from medium to large enterprises. The research took place during October 2017.
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To those that knew him, Roger Miller was a genius, whether referring to his unbelievable wit, or to his impressive songwriting. However, with the genius came a dark side. In the 1960s and 1970s he was known for walking off stage halfway through a show, getting into fights and going days without sleep. He struggled with depression and had a serious addiction to drugs which cost him two marriages. Miller died at the age of 56 in 1992.
Ain't Got No Cigarettes is Roger Miller's extraordinary life as told in taped interviews by those that knew him best: more than sixty well-known musicians and entertainers including Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. A man who influenced some of the entertainment industry's biggest stars, he was respected and loved by his peers.
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Boston, MA, USA (February 8, 2018) — Grandstream Networks, Inc., connecting the world since 2002 with award-winning SIP unified communication solutions, today announced the addition of a new long-range HD DECT repeater. The DP760 is a powerful wideband HD DECT repeater that auto associates with Grandstream's DP750 DECT Base Station to offer extended mobility to business and residential users. Ideal for the business, warehouse, medical, retail, hospitality and residential markets, this DECT repeater doubles the range of the DP750 by extending an additional 300 meters outdoor and 50 meters indoor, allowing the paired solution to achieve up to 600 meters outdoors and 100 meters indoors.
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By His grace, you have been saved
Ephesians 2:4-5: Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved.
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Heavenly Father, grace and mercy of all. We thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for being God like you are God. Thank you for extending grace when we have not deserved it. Thank you for giving mercy when we most needed it. Thank you for giving life when we thought our life was doomed and hopeless. May our wealth be in mercy and grace much more than money and gold and worldly things. Help us to be more like you. In the name of Infant Jesus, we pray. Amen.
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If now, in the full light of this knowledge, we still consider how many colleagues apply their turbines day by day without hesitation on millions of patients, you are now able to understand why I used the " time bomb"! by means of this machinery we are sinning knowingly or unknowingly to a punishable degree against the health of our respective peoples!!
At the present time, the results are unforeseeable. Is it not possible to say that a connection already exists between the turbine era and the precipitous rise in chronic illness?
For about 20 years now, turbines have been in use for grinding at least in 99% of all dental practices. It is a known fact that a chronic disease requires a longer time to develop. If one considers that pulp tissues die at a relatively slow rate and do not always immediately constitute a secondary source to the patient, they must, however, finally result in a breakdown of the local defense mechanism: this fact must at least be given some consideration.
In my opinion, the high speed turbines as presently used in dental practices must be withdrawn from circulation at least in order to avoid damage of the kind described being inflated in the future.
Our physical / physiological and histological examinations have shown that the upper rotary speed limit is a 20,000 rpm.
Bacterial toxins, capsular antigens and proteolytically broken down protein matter from the dental tubules act as antigens and result in permanent, auto-aggressive processes and finally in chronic irritation of the pulp. It thus becomes clear that the pulp tissues with damaged odontoblasts then have no chance of survival. They then become the potential foci of tomorrow.
In answer to assertions by colleagues to the effect that they only grind the enamel with their turbines, I would like to reply that they are in no position to differentiate macroscopically whether they are still working in the enamel or already in the dentine. Even if the bur only contacts the dentine at one single point, the suction effect on the dentinal tubules has then already produced, causing irreversible damage to the pulp. A partial statistic for ground or milled teeth speaks for itself: the application of conventional methods of pulp testing on teeth treated with turbines in this way merely produce changed sensitivity values. Not until measuring with electro accupuncture stimulation current test can the damage be established in an exact manner.
Responses to cold or heat stimuli or to electric currents, (i. e., via the usual clinical "vitality tests"), provide no evidence for the functionality of the pulp's resistance as an organ. I have been able to provide supporting evidence with test results involving histological examinations on extracted teeth which had previously been "treated" with turbines high-speed drilling is one of the main reasons teeth become sensitive to hot and cold, and can cause the death of teeth.
Teeth, sensitive after high-speed drilling, can have pain that lasts from days to months. Sensitive teeth should be watched carefully if symptoms of discomfort increase, the teeth could be dying.
Below is an example of teeth loss due to high-speed drilling.
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Low-speed drilling results in less loss of teeth and greater patient comfort after preparing the teeth for a filling, crown, inlay, or bridge. "Low-speed drilling" should be done at 20,000 rpm or less.
Protection is needed while mercury silver amalgams are being replaced. Drilling out mercury silver amalgams creates toxic mercury fumes. Your dentist can use two vacuum systems to remove nearly 100 percent of toxic mercury fumes.
1) One vacuum system, called Clean-Up-Tip is used in the mouth over the tooth being drilled to capture the grindings and fumes.
2) A second vacuum system held at the chin creates airflow over the face pulling any remaining mercury fumes away from the dentist, assistant and patient.
Click on image below to view enlarged picture of an infected tooth from high speed drilling.
Many dentists believe the rubber dam should be placed over any tooth, while removing this metal. Tests have shown mercury fumes from the mercury silver amalgam pass through the rubber dam as well as through the dentist and assistant's rubber gloves.


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The primary focus of my research career is the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD). Acute GVHD occurs in 35-55% of patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation and is one of the most important causes of mortality early after transplantation. Over the past few years, I have developed several new strategies to prevent acute GVHD using the novel compound, sirolimus. This compound has now been tested in several clinical scenarios, such matched, related donor transplantation, unrelated donor transplantation and umbilical cord blood transplantation. As a result of phase II investigations I have previously performed, this strategy is now the subject of a randomized, phase III trial being conducted by the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN), and I am serving as the principal investigator. In addition to the prevention of acute GVHD, I also focus on the prevention and treatment of chronic GHVD. Chronic GVHD is the most important cause of late morbidity and mortality after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and occurs in up to 60% of transplant survivors. As a result of studies I performed demonstrating the role of B cells in the pathophysiology of chronic GVHD and that B cells can be targeted for treatment of chronic GVHD, I have begun a clinical trial using the monoclonal B cell antibody, rituximab, in the prevention of chronic GVHD. Currently, there are no proven pharmacologic methods for preventing chronic GVHD, and it is hoped that this multicenter clinical trial is successful in demonstrating a role for this approach. In addition, I am investigating several other novel compounds and approaches for the treatment of established and steroid resistant chronic GVHD.
A secondary focus of my work is outcomes analysis and decision making in stem cell transplantation. Despite the rapid advancement of the science of transplantation, the manner in which physicians makes choices with their patients regarding the type of stem cell transplant and the timing of stem cell transplantation is still lacking. To this end, I have embarked on projects in decision theory related to the timing of reduced-intensity transplantation for myelodysplastic syndrome in the elderly and the role of transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission, in collaboration with colleagues at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and in the national transplantation committee. In addition, I remain involved in outcome studies being performed at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplantation Research as well.


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On 13 August 1973 Richard Greenwood, former captain of England's rugby union team and father of a 10 month-old son, Will, who would be part of the World Cup winning team in Sydney in 2003, arrived in Rome to become player-coach of Algida Roma. He stayed for five years, leading his fellow-players to undreamt-of levels of fitness and skill while becoming the person described by his Italian friends as a unique blend of English humour, genio napoletano and spirito romanesco. What follows is his story of his move between two different rugby worlds which nonetheless appear to play the game according to the same rules ….
'I am in the Osteria dell'Orso on the Friday evening before the 2016 Six Nations rugby match between Italy and England at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. I am happily involved with a party of 20 or so of my son Will's clients and sponsors, but, happier still, I am surrounded by Roman friends and team mates from my time in the 1970s when I was playing for Rugby Roma….


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A few words about us
Mission Statement
To Proclaim God's Word
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As a community of the people of God in Winfield,
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to give God's love away. We believe in Jesus,
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Welcome to Ebenezer United Methodist Church! As you visit our church, it is our prayer that you will feel the warmth of our church family spirit and that you will experience God's presence in a mighty way as you worship with us on Sunday morning. We offer a nursery during worship for infants through kindergarten. The nursery is located in our education wing. Our staff will certainly come and get you if your child needs you. Please feel free to utilize this ministry of our church. When worshipping with us, it would be helpful if you would sign the attendance roster at the end of the pew. We would like to keep in touch and help you learn more about Ebenezer UMC.
Worship services include prayers, hymns, Scripture readings, the sermon, an opportunity
for the congregation to ask for prayers for joys and concerns and collection of gifts. Holy Communion is offered the first Sunday of every month. The Chancel Choir sings at the 11:00 AM service the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of each month and at the 8:30 AM service the 2nd Sunday of the month. The choir does not sing during the summer months, though soloists, duets, trios and instrumentalists often provide special music to enhance the worship experience. The Children's Choirs, which include a Handbell Choir, normally perform the 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month, at 11:00 AM and 8:30 AM respectively. Special worship services are held throughout the year including Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday worship services. A Thanksgiving Eve worship is offered each year. For Christmas, the choir performs a cantata, the children's Sunday School presents a Christmas pageant and two Christmas Eve worship services are held at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
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We have had the pleasure of decorating several properties in the Metrotown area over the past few years, the most notable being Station Square. This new development opened in 2015 just before the busy Christmas shopping season, and they wanted to announce that they were open for business. After demonstrating several colours, our client chose pure-white as the primary colour (as opposed to warm-white), which is a great option that provides a wintery and lively feel. There is no "blue-ish" shade in our "pure-white", so it is very pleasant to look at. To compliment Station Square's brand, FestiLight added red accent colours, which also contributed to the Christmassy look.
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Our client was concerned with damaging the new flashing on the roofline and glass awnings, so we used a combination of non-invasive plastic clips and magnetic clips that quickly and easily attach to the surface. These clips also keep the bulbs straight and provide a clean and professional look. With numerous small awnings of various sizes, we cut the lengths of socket wire so the strings fit the awnings perfectly.
Station Square's budget was limited in the first year due to the new construction, so we created a 2-year plan to grow the display each season. The first year saw rooflines, awnings, and some trees tastefully decorated. In the second year, we decorated additional trees, added more lights to existing trees (the trees grew very quickly!) and installed stunning snowfall lights overhead the parking lot. This captivating look not only impressed shoppers, but residents in neighbouring apartment buildings loved them too!
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Get to Know Our Atlanta Host – Krissy
Hosts are the heart of our team. They create experiences for our clients onsite by styling food + telling the story of our menu. Our hosts know our eaters' habits so that everyone feels like an individual when they come to the lunch table.
Being friendly, inclusive + hardworking seems to come naturally to Krissy, one of our Atlanta hosts. She's been with Sifted since June, and it's no accident that she's the resident host for some of our largest teams – Qgenda, Yik Yak + Salesloft. Krissy is at home in a fast-moving environment, where food + people are central.
World – it's time you met Krissy.
She can make a mean Old Fashioned
When Krissy isn't hosting with Sifted, she's still crafting killer experiences as a bartender at Southbound, a farm-to-table restaurant in an old factory in Chamblee. Grab a seat at a bar, and ask her for an Old Fashioned or a Negorini.
Sifted's veggie lunches are her jam
Krissy is a pescatarian – so she's often grabbing a vegetarian option for lunch (Sifted makes dietary accommodations for all – like vegan, dairy free, gluten free, etc.!). Her favorite lunch to date has been the citrus falafel w/ Mediterranean salad.
She's flowed in India
Downward dog. Child's pose. Cobra. On a SOLO backpacking trip all over India, Krissy practiced yoga in an ashram temple, journeyed to the Himalayas and Taj Mahal — making friends all along the way.
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CEO Art Mesher says we need some "Entrust" in our Supply Chains.
Business News Network's Business Day: Descartes CEO Art Mesher explains the company's outlook for 2013 and describes its corporate culture win based on the creation of a culture of serving.
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Read Chris Jones' best practice blog post on "Home Delivery Success Starts at the Order" in the January 2013 edition of DC Velocity.
Leading US Footwear Retailer Realizes Benefits with DC Bypass Solution from Descartes.
Hong Kong's CityBus launches Cityflyer "Next Bus" arrival time application powered by the Descartes Routing, Mobile and Telematics suite.
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Descartes' Global Logistics Network is listed as an example of a cloud-based commercial transportation solution that has helped break down barriers by allowing messaging integration at no charge.
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Descartes was featured in the National Post on Thursday, November 29th including special featured pages in the Montreal Gazette and Calgary Herald. View the PDF
Art Mesher speaks with Business News Network about the state of the global shipping market and Descartes' Q3 earnings. Watch now on bnn.ca.
Waterstone Human Capital, one of Canada's leading retained executive search firms specializing in recruiting for fit, recently recognized Descartes as one of Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2012 in the Mid-Market category. Read the press release issued by Waterstone Human Capital.
BNN's Business Day: September 27, 2012 - Descartes CEO interview from Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Growth Technology Conference
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With the current surge in U.S. exports to China emerging as a bright spot in today's turbulent economic climate, savvy Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) are taking advantage of game changing technology innovations that support a new wave of collaboration that is reshaping old ways of doing business. Continue reading a PDF of this article from the October edition of the American Journal of Transportation.
Business News Network (BNN) speaks to Art Mesher, Chairman and CEO of Descartes Systems Group, as a part of the "The Next Big Thing in Tech" special to find out how Descartes is vying to take the top seat. – June 26, 2012
Steve Banker profiles John Lewis' retail fulfillment solution enabled by Descartes in the June 4th issue of Logistics Viewpoints. Click here to read full story.
Descartes Systems, the leading number one service provider, has visited JIFFA. Read full article here.
Furniture Today, May 17, 2012 - SECAUCUS, N.J. — Logistics technology source Descartes Systems Group has presented Cory Home Delivery's management information systems team with its Excellence in Innovation Award. Read full article...
Today's Trucking profiles Descartes' new cloud-based release of the Transportation Management suite and highlighting key features and capabilities.
Chris Jones is featured in this I.T. Thought Leaders Interview in the April 2012 edition of Inbound Logistics.
Read this article that covers Descartes' transformation since 2004. Highlighting Art Mesher's leadership and strong corporate culture as key elements of success.
This article was originally published in the May 2012 edition of American Shipper.
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Grundriss Der Vergleichenden Grammatik Der Indogermanischen Sprachen: Volume 2, Part 1
The monumental, multi-volume comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages by Karl Brugmann (18491919) provided a synthesis of the first 70 years of research in a rapidly-developing academic subject, and identified areas for future investigation. Volume 2, split into three parts, covers morphology, roots and inflection, beginning with nouns and continuing with pronouns and verbs. It begins with a substantial introduction that includes bibliographic information, and then focuses in turn on each Proto-Indo-European feature and its reflexes in the earliest attested languages of each language family (Sanskrit, Avestan, Armenian, Greek, Italic, Germanic, Old Irish, Balto-Slavic). Comparisons are also made within families, for example between Gothic and Old English. Owing to its length, the original publisher bound this volume in two parts, paginated as a single sequence in this reissue, it is divided into three parts, maintaining the same pagination.


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Are there any plans to develop pre-1805 NCP scenarios, e.g., the Italian Campaigns, Egyptian Expedition, Napoleon's earliest battles on the periphery of Revolutionary France, etc.?
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Soooo fun to watch!!! Come on out people and "waste" an afternoon watching baby goats play!!!
This is Willow, the one girl, about one week old. Thanks to Kerry, Terry and Shania for this wonderful experience of having kittens. We will be keeping all of them and they have taken over the barn loft! So much so that they haven't come out yet to meet Tootles! We got little males so that Tootles wouldn't be put out in his old age... they better come out soon while he's still spry! Pretty soon now they will be old enough to spay and neuter!
These are Bella, Benjamina, Betsy and Benjamin. Their buddies this year are Beatrice, Blaine, Banjo, Bongo and Bassoon.
Soooo fun to watch!!! Come on out people and "waste" an afternoon watching baby goats play!!!
Vicky's New Calf... Today!!! July 6 "Bonny"
And our faithful momma duck, who sat on eggs for over a month!!, was finally rewarded with ONE duckling! Picture coming soon, if they make it....long story, but the ducks don't want to come in at night and the coyotes are getting them when they sit beside the pond all night long. Rigel has built a raft (Thanks Sam and Duncan for helping him!) and they are now using it and the two remaining females we have (the male only lasted long enough to fertilize on egg apparently!!) have been coming into the barn more frequently, so it is hoped they are the "smart" ones!
Woodstove Dehydrator
Well, the sun is coming in at an angle so I should have taken a picture last night, when I first put this jerky on the racks. But I hope you get the idea! they are still a bit moist after 5 hours drying at 80-90 degrees. The reflecting circle is the thermometer. The air is being gently blown off by the induction fan behind the racks. I'm very pleased! In the words of permaculurists: "Stacking Functions"!
Homesteading for Homeschoolers
This is the basic plan so far and it is quite open to manipulation and flexible, so any who wish to provide input may do so. We would love to see children aged 5 to adult join us. Children under 10 will need to have an adult along to help them with the more fidgety activities.
Arrive at Good Note at 9:15 and day ends when we're feeling done or around 3!
There will be ten weeks of Fridays working out to about 2 or 3 per month. (I have kept the First Friday free as I will be preparing those days for the monthly fiddle jams). It is my hope that participants come every time so that they get a good idea of what is involved in making their own food, and develop a true do-it-yourself, from scratch, attitude.
The cost is $200 for all 10 sessions or $25 as a drop in fee. Those wishing to drop in will have to give me two days notice so that I can get any needed supplies. The price would be $5 for siblings and parents that are accompanying, likely watching more than participating, but who knows !
Each day will begin with animal chores including milking Vicky, feeding chickens, goats and buck kids and general clean up of stalls and lounging areas. The cow will still be in milk until the end of April, so most cheese making activities will happen before that. The cob oven may need firing on warmer days as well, early in the day, as it may be needed for lunch! Gardening activities are still slow this time of year but there may be tomatoes to transplant, onions to trim, and beds to prepare. We will then go to a potluck lunch, either in or out depending on the weather. The afternoons will include the following activities on these days:
Mar. 14. Sourdough Bread and soft cheese
Mar. 21. Candles and Soap Felting
Mar. 28. Willow Tray
Apr. 11. Willow Basket with wood base (possible extra costs here)
Apr. 25. Wool carding and Spinning
May 9. Wool knitting and/or weaving
May 16. Cattail Mats and Mozzarella stretching
June 13. Cattail baskets
June 20. Soap making with herbs
June 27. Chicken feast - preparing chicken from scratch!
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January, time to make cheese and blog!
We have a bit of extra time these days to sit by the fire and read all the good books we got for Christmas, and because the girls are all either newly pregnant or not quite yet, they are making us lots of milk and we no longer have to share it with the kids and calves. So I am back to experimenting and making my title of "best dirty dish maker" stick to me forever! So far they all taste pretty good too. we'll let some age (in the fridge, as the cold storage isn't quite cold enough) and try them again in a few months.
This is the most awesome picture ever painted of our place, painted by Valerian, a wwoofer extraordinaire!!! while he sat on the hill beside the pond with the electric fence all around him and goats coming up for a nibble every now and then:
This year's Kids
Well, this phone-camera-app combo sure makes bragging about our babies easy! Here are some photos I took today in prep for putting some of them onto Kijiji.
testing new technology!
Well here goes. I'm updating this blog using my phone. I feel so .... so.... hmmm 'up to date'! That's a new feeling! Well its probably something others have been capable of for years but its new to me!!!
Speaking of new things: Murree had two boys yesterday. Andreas and Ashley.
Its hard to put it all down without just making a list of our current craziness. So far there are four kids; two each from the two newest does, so I guess they accepted the buck before the old girls did. I'm hoping for at least two more (Xindy and Xanadu) but the winter's worm load was too much for the others and the addition of an unproven buck seems to have aggravated the kid crop this year. Kinda sad, but glad we have a few anyways. Its pretty cool that both first time mommas had twins and that three of them are girls!
All 300 chicks are still doing great. Whey from Brano again this year and all eight families are contributing wonderfully.
The barn poles are going in the holes (drilled Sunday by Dave Ducherer) on Thursday. They were towed in backwards off the road by Kevin (<3) with his tractor. They sure are big and the process of getting them vertical still escapes me. I am hoping that I will have Marten's old phone working for me soon and I can update this blog with pictures off the phone. Yaaay for Travis.
We still have about 40 trees left to plant. Pin Cherries and Manitoba Maples. I've "heeled in" the leftover Choke Cherries on the south end of the raspberry patch, along with a couple of oaks. I also acquired some of Karen's Evan's Cherry suckers and have added them to the food forest north of the playground.
The Strawberry thinning has resulted in about one third of the patch weeded, but we basically scratched at the quack grass and its not going to look pretty for long.... I need some pigs in there! Same goes for the asparagus patch.
I have started the Willow Spiral to the North of the Solar panels, in the wet patch, and there are five species so far, but I would love more of the red barked variety we used this past winter ... must get out to those railroad right of ways and cut some more. Thanks to Rae Hunter for giving me the beautiful ones from Salt Spring Island and the Golden willows too!
I hope I get a couple hours to take in the New Sarepta Fair this weekend! You should all come!
Basket crazy!
Here's the basic Melon Basket, also known as a ribbed basket. I tried to make it flat on one side to sit against the pole.... it sorta works!
Here's a Round Basket with a 3 by 3 base. In the end I got tired of the simple alternating weave (can't remember the name of that one) so I did a French Rand for the upper part. I love that one... so even and beautiful. Finished with a 5 by 2 rod border. We'll be making a version of this with the homeschoolers this Friday. Maybe a little shorter, as this one took me 3 hours to make and they may take longer, it being their first.
New Bull in the pen
With the help of Dakota and his most excellent patient skills we managed to get the little bull of our eastern neighbour loaded, despite the snowy access, icy gate and straight fence line with no corners. Its all in the grain I guess... I suppose that could be the only reason to have animals addicted to the stuff... they come like babies to candy. He (bull, not Dakota) is settled in nicely and even comes right up to the gate when I let the girls in for milking. The sad thing is that we will now be milking Xixi every evening (as well as morning) throughout the summer. I sure hope we get a better barn set up before she calves... but if all goes well, she should at least have her calf before it gets too cold. I'll miss the summer calf sharing, but maybe that means less milking next winter.... hmmm that might be OK after all! ah ha "on a good note" we will be milking only one cow at night next winter!!!! LOL
We had a wonderful weekend of basketry here, cutting on Saturday and weaving on Sunday. I'm so happy to be learning from Rae Hunter. I would love to go to the weaving retreat she is going to ... must plan ahead for that and go next year for sure. In the meantime I'm joining facebook groups (disregard my last blog... I'm hopeless...) that she has recommended and finishing off great new basket ideas. I think I'm finally ready to teach a few more basketry classes here. I'm starting with our Homeschooling group (with their parents!) Its going to be great! This summer I will definitly be planting bullrushes.
Drying up Vicky this coming weekend and goats should start to show soon.... I'm slowly getting spring fever!
social media time wasting
I heard on CBC tonight how we humans are losing our connectedness to others with our increasing dependance on technology and how we have been slowly conditioned to accept this. Well, I can say that I thought I was connecting using Facebook, but now I'm not so sure. What I am thinking now is that I will perhaps change my focus, stop all the time-wasting I do checking Facebook every night, perhaps update this blog more often, with pictures, and keep a list in my email account to send out announcements regarding farmy things in the future. That way no one has to have an account with Google, yahoo or Facebook, etc.
I might miss out on activities, but if I'm meant to go I'm sure I'll hear about it. In the meantime, maybe the dishes will get done, or more cheese will be made, or books read or research and development!
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We have enough kids and adults to march in the B.I. parade! We will be promoting the Dr. Seuss program and the RE program…and our UU values. Please let me know if you have not already, if you would like to join us. A sign making party is scheduled for Saturday, June 29th and Wednesday,Read More


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Is this??????? (Potatoes)
Anyone recognise this??? Is it the start of blight??
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The first year I grew potatoes I had this and was terrified it was blight. It turned out to be a magnesium defficiency. The area of the leaf between the veins was turning yellow with some black spots. Magnesium is essential in the production of chlorophyl hence the loss of green colour if there is a defficiency.
The quick solution was to add 4 tbspn of epsom salts to a litre of water and spray onto the leaves once per week (don't do this during the heat of the day or you'll scorch the leaves). If the leaves start to return to their usual green colour then you have a magnesium defficiency and need to treat the soil too.
The soil could be too acidic to allow the potatoes to uptake the magnesium already in your soil or you could just not have enough. You would need to do a soil test to be absolutely sure.
With blight the spots usually have a yellowing "halo" around them and the leaves tend to curl and wilt. If it is blight you need to cut all of the foliage off and burn or bin it. Leave the potatoes in the ground for few days so that any spores on the ground will die off. Lift them and do not store them. Blight fungus only lives on living plant material - potatoes, tomatoes, deadly night shade etc.
Blight usually overwinters on those tiny potatoes people often leave in the ground. This is why I now grow all of my potatoes in pots. It's much easier to remove all of them from the soil.0
Dovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 58,440
Absolutely agree - magnesium deficiency - possibly caused by all the wet weather last year washing nutrients out of the ground. Epsom salt spray as described by Farmergeddun will sort it out"I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost." Winnie the Pooh0
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No, it's not blight. I'm not so sure about magnesium deficiency either. More likely lack of water and/or the plants starting to die back naturally as the tubers become ready to harvest.0


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I made these pendants when I needed to remind myself that I was indeed, braver than I believed, stronger than I seemed and smarter than I felt. My art almost always arises from what my soul needs. I mix colours that made me think of strength, wisdom and courage and then cut discs and textured them by hand. Each phrase was stamped letter by letter with the hope in my heart that the wearer of each pendant would know bravery, strength and wisdom.
After curing the discs were rubbed with black acrylic paint which was then partially removed to highlight the textures and words. The largest disc is approx 6cm in diameter, the middle sized disc is approx. 4cm and the smallest disc is 2.5cm. The discs are held together with a specially modified screw and extra discs can be purchased to alter the colours. Custom phrases can also be ordered.
The necklaces can be worn at various lengths as they are secured with hand twisted cords using twine purchased in Chetrapati Kathmandu!
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By any standard you want to use, it has been an awful time for South Florida sports fans.
The Dolphins and Heat are in miserable shape. The Marlins, with their Dollar Store roster and injuries, aren't expected to create much excitement.
But South Florida sports fans do have at least one reason to smile, as the University of Miami basketball team is in the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time since the 2001-2002 season, and only the sixth time in school history. Coach Frank Haith's club went 22-10, and had some big victories, including one over powerhouse Duke.
The seventh-seeded Hurricane's first tournament game will be 12:30 p.m. this afternoon against Saint Mary's (Calif.). Good luck to the 'Canes!


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The number of new cases of cancer is expected to continue to rise for
the foreseeable future, largely due to our growing and aging population.
The figure below shows the growth of new cases of cancer over the 20
years between 1984 and 2014.
Report date: January 2014
Data source: Cancer Care Ontario (Ontario Cancer Registry, 2013)
Prepared by: Cancer Care Ontario, Prevention and Cancer Control (Prevention and Surveillance)
40% to 50% of cancers are associated with preventable risk factors.
See our report,
Cancer Risk Factors in Ontario
, for more information about preventable cancer risk factors.
Five-year relative survival ratios vary from cancer to cancer, but most are improving. Better survival rates mean that the number of people living with cancer is rising. Patients, families, caregivers and the health system will face new challenges as more and more people move from active treatment to survivorship.
The graph below shows the 5-year relative survival ratio for 14 common cancers in Ontario.


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text: Windsurfing and Kitesurfing is one of the most impressive extreme sports in recent times, that every day has more fans and practitioners in Playa El Yaque. El Yaque has all the conditions for the practice of Kite. The sun, the wind, the hotel facilities and lodges, are some of the things that make this place suitable for this sport. The shallow left sideshore wind, water the first 300 meters, sandy bottom,very warm water without currents, make this beach is wonderful and perfect for beginners or practice this sport, so fashionable in Europe and America. To avoid collisions or accidents among athletes has been established in El Yaque a specific time to practice kite and windsurfing. Kitesurfing can practice before 9.30 am or after 5.30 pm. But for those who already dominate, are allowed to practice at both ends of the beach,where is unlikely encounter Windsurfers. Wind conditions are unmatched. Constant and strong winds prevail during the months of December to July. This advantage has placed Playa El Yaque in third place worldwide. Between August and November have milder but steady winds,ideal for learning or for more experienced Kites.


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Certificates of Real Estate Receivables – CRER
1. What is it?
Certificates of real estate receivables (or CRI, in Portuguese) are a fixed income bond based on real estate credits. They are duly registered with the CVM (the Brazilian SEC) and only real estate securitization companies are allowed issue such bonds. Real estate securitization companies are those that acquire receivables with real estate guarantees and use them to back real estate bonds to be traded in the financial market.
Credits aren't guaranteed by the bond issuing institution. However, this institution is responsible for setting up the operation, following up on it and for liquidating credits and guarantees. When buying such bonds, choose an issuing company with market experience and rapport.
Investment on CRIs is a long term one. Redemption is usually on the due date, by means of installments. Some CRIs, however, allow for early redemption and, should that be the choice, the can also be traded on the secondary market (stock exchange). These bonds, however, have low liquidity.
To acquire a CRI the investor needs to be registered with a broker or bank. This type of bond is not burdened by income tax and represents a good diversification option. This was a qualified investor bond (focused on injections over R$ 1 million). Lately, with the market evolution, lower minimums have already been found.
Investment funds are one of the alternatives for investors searching for this type of bond. A more diversified backing strategy on this type of fund makes it a better alternative, in fact, depending on the amount to be invested. As a practical example, one could imagine a cohort of investors choosing CRIs as their main focus. This group can offer quotas at lower prices for less experienced investors. They also help mitigate risks, considering the variety of bonds acquired.
2. Profitability
CRIs may be prefixed or post-fixed. That implies on fixed interest payment or fluctuating interest payment according to the type chosen. Redemption payment can be on the due date or in advanced, and payment can be made monthly, quarterly, annually or on every other quarter.
Post-fixed CRIs can be linked to the General Market Price Index (or IGP-M, in Portuguese), the Interbank Deposit Rate, the Broad Consumer Price Index (or IPCA, in Portuguese) or the Benchmark Rate (in Brazil, specifically the TR rate).
As for the prefixed options, earnings tend to supersede the common savings account, the Bank Deposit Certificate and, sometimes, even the public bonds. One can only calculate the actual profitability after analyzing all CRI particularities. Some examples are:
- 9.0% p.a. + IGP-M – Monthly Payment
- 9.0% p.a. + IPCA – Payable in 13 consecutive annual installments
- 107% on the DI over – Payable every other quarter, in 24 installments
9.9522% p.a. + TR – Payable in 35 monthly installments
3. Risks
The main risk for CRI investors lays with the possibility of noncompliance on the underlying or referenced asset – in this case, installment payments on real estate financing, leasing or rent payments. Usually, sales contracts have a repossession clause in case of noncompliance, which tends to reduce risks for the CRI holder. In most cases, repossessed property is put to action. When dealing with rent-backed CRIs the guarantee may be a pledge stipulated in the contract. To mitigate risks, residential CRIs are usually tied to multiple contracts – unlike corporate CRIs. Market ratings are used to qualify these bonds – higher rates represent safer bonds.
4. Taxation
This type of investment is not burdened by income tax or tax on financial transactions (IOF, in Portuguese). However, the investor may be subject to certain CBLC (Liquidation and Custody Brazilian Chamber, in loose translation – a Brazilian Custody Regulator) and broker house fees. As well, if the holder is investing through an investment fund, they may charge service fees. Other fees may be incurred upon due to specific operational fees and discounts, or to cover expenses and commissions on the operation or securitization. The securitization company may also charge service fees.
5. How it works
The work mechanism of a CRI is fairly simple: securitization companies "buy" a series of real estate receivables (such as installments on home financings, rent, non-financed installment plans and so on), out them together and sell them to investors as products. A CRI investor receives a bond backed by underlying or reference assets. Those assets have, themselves, other underlying guarantees, such as repossession clauses or other fiduciary pledges.
According to the chosen type of CRI, the investor is paid amortization installments periodically, with added interest, until the full return of the investment at the end of the contract.
6. Types
CRIs are subject to a series of premises that categorize them:
Per series:
Junior series
This is a secondary round, and therefore riskier. It may suffer the full burden of any noncompliance, having its funds destined for payment to the upper round. Should any noncompliance occur, the upper series will be repaid first, leaving this secondary round for last. As well, certain Junior Series CRIs have a grace period before actually starting payment both on the principal and the interest.
Senior Series
This is the preferred round and, consequently, the safest. It has no grace period – which means payment is made immediately. For this series, if any noncompliance occurs and the receivables guarantee is insufficient, this round is favored over any other.
All earnings registered in the grace period will be destined to a reserve fund. This fund will account for all operation and securitization commissions and expenses, as well as for the possible insufficiency of funds to repay earnings to the Senior Series.
Per financial backing:
Residential CRIs have the sale of real estate to normal persons through non-financed installment plan as financial backing (investment guarantee). They comprise loan portfolios with a pulverized risk profile. The risk here is further mitigated by the Junior Series round, set to bear the burden of noncompliance up to its subordination limit.
Corporate CRIs are usually tied to a single contract held by a company. There are, however, CRIs with multiple corporate contracts. For this type of bond there is usually no Junior Series – noncompliance here can only be null or complete.
7. Advantages
- No income tax burden;
- No tax on financial transactions burden;
- Periodic payments (monthly, annually, per semester);
- Good choice for portfolio diversification;
- High earning rates, superseding many fixed income investments.
8. Disadvantages
- Long term bonds;
- Low liquidity;
- High minimum investment level;
- Not guaranteed by the Credit Guarantee Fund.


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"The Trip to Crawfordsville," Ensign, Dec. 1990, 38
The Trip to Crawfordsville
In the summertime, Crawfordsville, Indiana, looks like any other town in the Midwest. Its roots reach back to the early nineteenth century, when bold frontiersmen pushed America's borders of civilization west. The early-American feel is still there—old buildings compete for attention with new, and friends and neighbors still greet one another as they pass on the sidewalk. In 1982 my wife, Julie, and I visited this, her hometown, as part of a two-day side trip to do family history research during our move from Florida to our new home in Utah.
Julie's Uncle Bob acted as our tour guide and chauffeur, taking us for a drive through the remote areas of Montgomery County surrounding Crawfordsville. We hung on every word Uncle Bob said about the ancestors he had known as a boy. The names he mentioned were practically legends to us. Many had lived through great historical events.
As we drove farther into the country, Uncle Bob told us that we were nearing the cemetery where "old" Uncle Charlie Stout was buried. "Charles Stout," we muttered, straining our memories for a clue to our relationship. Uncle Bob helped us. "Charlie is Julie's great-grandfather's brother," he said. "He was caretaker at the cemetery when I was a boy, and once I helped him dig a grave out there."
Uncle Bob's foot eased off the gas pedal as he scanned the scenery for a familiar landmark to help him locate the entrance to the old burial grounds.
I was filled with anticipation as we neared the cemetery. It had been only thirteen months since the missionaries had taught us the gospel in Florida. Now, as excited converts to the Church, we were eager to compile our family history so that our ancestors could receive the blessings of the temple. Perhaps today we would find a carving on some long-forgotten tombstone that would reveal more of our Stout family's past.
"Here it is!" shouted Uncle Bob as he maneuvered the car into the parking lot of an old church. Our eyes zeroed in on the open gates leading to the one-lane road that wound through the chapel's cemetery. We wondered what secrets awaited us there.
Uncle Bob eased the car through the rusty gates. We gawked at row upon row of crooked, weather-worn, and sometimes broken tombstones on both sides of the road. Others may have seen this cemetery as the dreary remains of a long forgotten, irrelevant time, but to us it was a historic gold mine just waiting for us to find its treasures.
What a marvelous place to be buried! I thought to myself. The leaves on the huge limbs of the trees throughout the cemetery provided welcome shelter from the hot Indiana sun and created a beautiful setting. And the view of the Indiana countryside there was spectacular from the small hill where the older section of the cemetery was located.
"I think Uncle Charlie is buried somewhere along the left side of this road," Uncle Bob said.
I was sitting in the backseat behind Uncle Bob. I immediately pressed my face to the window, speed-reading the names on each stone as we crept along, searching carefully for one that read "Stout."
We were running out of road. Our path branched out a few yards ahead, forming a giant Y. I searched faster, able to read all the tombstones before we passed them by. Suddenly, my attention focused on a small, rounded stone. Adrenaline began to pump in anticipation, but I didn't say anything until I was sure of what I saw. The pebbles beneath our tires popped as we crept closer.
"There's a Stout!" I shouted as soon as I confirmed my initial sighting.
"Is it Charlie?" asked Uncle Bob, applying the brakes.
"No, it's another one, but there are more on either side!"
We climbed out of the car and ran to the markers.
"Dan Y. Stout, Cora J. Stout," I read aloud, "and this must be a son."
"Don't know who they were," Bob muttered.
Julie went back to the car for paper and a pen. Even though we didn't know how these people were related to us, we thought perhaps one day we could piece the puzzle together.
As Julie began to write down the names and dates from the tombstones, I wandered farther down the road and off to the left branch of the Y. Surely, Charlie's grave couldn't be far off.
"Here's another Stout … and two more!" I shouted. We had struck it rich! But the questions remained: Who were these people, and how were we related to them?
Uncle Bob joined me. He was shocked. "I had no idea all these Stouts were here."
"Here's an interesting marker," I pointed out. It was a single stone which had the surface divided in half by a single carved line. To the right of the line was the name of the husband, "Harry T. Stout, 1879–1948." To the left of the line was the name of the wife, "Anna Beam Stout, 1884– ." A vase of flowers, long since dead, had been placed near the marker.
"Hey, I knew Anna Stout when I was a boy," said Uncle Bob. "We called her Aunt Anna, although she was really a cousin of some sort."
"Is it possible that Anna could still be alive, or do you think her death date was just never filled in?" I asked Bob.
"She could still be alive, I suppose, but I don't know."
By now, Julie had come over to see what was so interesting.
"If this lady is still alive," Julie said, "she'd be ninety-eight years old. If she's still sharp, perhaps she could tie all this together for us."
It certainly was an idealist's imagining. However, since we had only one day left in Crawfordsville, it didn't seem wise to try to find her. After all, she could be anywhere.
We moved on, stone after stone, Stout after Stout, until finally we had located the last of the Stout family markers on the left branch of the road. Julie continued to write down all the information from the markers. I crossed the narrow road to an area above the Y in the road.
"Perhaps there are more Stouts here," I thought, as I wandered through the aging monuments. But I did not find more—perhaps we had found them all. Then a thought struck me. I remembered seeing an older section of the cemetery directly in back of the church. Could Charlie Stout be buried there?
I shouted back across the street to Julie and Uncle Bob that I was going back to the area behind the church.
The markers in this section were more worn than the other stones. Many—long forgotten—had been broken in two by harsh winters. Some stones lay broken into large pieces, faceup but sunken into the ground. Others were in one piece but were twisted where they stood, and still others were sunken to the point that part of the markings were below the ground. I realized that reading information off these monuments would be very difficult. I wandered around as Julie and Uncle Bob finished their note-taking in the area below and went back to the car.
"Let's go," Uncle Bob shouted to me as he brought the car back up onto the main section of the one-lane road that led back to the rusty gates.
"Hold on just a minute," I yelled back. "I don't think we've got it all yet."
The family waited patiently as I continued to hunt. Within thirty seconds, I saw a weather-worn stone with "Stout 1798" carved across the top. Two more stones with the Stout name on them were right next to it. My shout brought Julie and Uncle Bob running, abandoning the car in the middle of the narrow road.
"This is really something," exclaimed Uncle Bob.
We ran our fingers across the faces of the old markers as we struggled to decipher the markings. Julie went back to work recording names and dates. When she had finished, we split up, all of us filled with an urgent sense of anticipation.
Near the rear wall of the church, Julie made the next discovery—a group of five Stout headstones. One was dated 1764 and read "Lydia, wife of J. M. Stout." Several other stones were in such bad shape that we had to pick them up off the ground and hold them up to the sun so that shadows would form in the depressions to make the worn letters legible.
Uncle Bob shook his head. "You know, Uncle Charlie always used to say, 'Nobody cares about this place.' I never knew what he meant until now. When Charlie died, he left all his money for the care of this cemetery. The family thought he was crazy, but now it finally all makes sense."
Uncle Bob paused for a moment and glanced down the hill. "Oh, I've got to move the car. I'm blocking somebody." Julie and I chatted for a moment as we took another look at an old stone.
A shout from below interrupted our conversation. "Come down here! There's someone I want you to meet!"
We went down the hillside. Uncle Bob introduced us to the passenger in the car that ours had been blocking. "This is Aunt Anna," he said. We stared in utter disbelief.
Aunt Anna was somewhat hard of hearing but obviously still sharp of mind. Her daughter, Margaret, had driven her to the cemetery to remove the vase of flowers she had placed on her husband's grave on Memorial Day—seven weeks earlier. I was convinced that the Lord's hand was involved in this meeting.
As we moved from the road to the shade of the nearby trees, Aunt Anna recited Julie's lineage from her Grandmother Mary back to the first Stout to enter the great frontier of the Midwest, Jacomiah Stout. We soon learned that Lydia Stout, whose grave we had discovered a few minutes earlier, was Julie's fourth great-grandmother. We never did locate Uncle Charlie's grave, but in those few minutes, Julie's lineage had been identified back three generations.
Aunt Anna, who had actively researched the Stout line until twenty-five years before, invited us to her home the following day to see photographs of the Stout family. However, before leaving this moment of moments behind forever, we all posed for a picture of us smiling before the picturesque background of the Indiana countryside, just yards from the two cars fatefully blocking each other on the one-lane road.
We wondered later if this wonderful lady (who died shortly afterward) had lived so long just to be there that incredible afternoon. Our testimonies grew immensely as a result of that marvelous experience—and so did our family history.


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Motorbike is now available on PlayStation 3, developer baKno Games has announced.
The motocross game challenges players to clear obstacles and large jumps without falling.
MotorbikeMotorbike features 80 original tracks, 40 tracks exclusive to the PS3, and a track editor for players to create their own.
Motorbike is already available on iOS, Android, Mac and PC.
The game allows players to choose from different riders, bikes and landscapes. It supports up to two-player multiplayer.
Motorbike is now available on PSN for $14.99.
The game bears similarities to Ubisoft's Trials franchise, another downloadable motocross series.
Watch a trailer for Trials Evolution below:


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Djibouti-Ethiopia: Djibouti is expected to construct 100 km in the railway project
(HornTrade) – The Ethiopian Railway Corporation and the China Engineering Construction (CCECC) signed an agreement for the construction of an electric railway line between Me'eso-Dire Dawa-Dewale, a region which lies in the eastern part of Ethiopia, on the 16th of December.
The Ethiopian Railway Corporation opted for electric railways because they are almost six times cheaper than the diesel powered variety according Doctor Engineer Getachew Betru General Manager of ERC.
CCECC has engaged in railway line projects in other African countries including the Tanzania-Zambia rail connection said Yuan Li President of CCECC. The company has similar projects in Algeria, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone and Turkey he said.
Each kilometer, of the 340 km single track rail line, is expected to cost an estimated 3.5 million US dollars. Total expenses for the project will cost an anticipated 1.2 billion birr. The Ethiopian government will cover 40% of the cost with the remainder being financed through a soft loan from China.
The railway project is divided into three with the first section of 137 km, Me'eso-Dire Dawa desgned by Transport and Construction Design Share Company, the second section of 102 km, Dire Dawa- Adi Gala designed by Metaferia Design and Consultancy Company and Spice Designing and Consultancy Company and the final section of 101 km Adi Gala- Dewale designed by Gondwana Engineering and Consultancy Company.
The project is one part of the AddisAbaba- Me'eso- Dire Dawa-Djibouti line. The government of Djibouti is expected to construct the 100 km stretch from Dewale-Doraleh Container Terminal.
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Adopting an Older Child
Are you considering adopting an older child? If so, be prepared for a lot of hard work, but also for the possibility of one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. You'll need a lot of patience, but you'll also have the benefit of almost immediate engagement and feedback from your child. Here are some tips to help maximize the chances of a healthy relationship with your child.
Engage a Therapist
As a general rule, therapy can only help. Don't assume, either, that it's just your child who needs counseling. You may want to give your adopted child the opportunity to have private time with a therapist, but you'll need it, too. Furthermore, there can be real benefit to spending some time together with a therapist.
Be Positive
Punishing negative behaviors is rarely effective with older children. Instead, find ways to reward your adopted child when he or she exercises good judgment or behaves in an appropriate manner.
Be Patient and Flexible
Everybody parents differently. If your child has been in foster care, he or she will have to adjust to a new system coming into your home. Don't expect full compliance any time soon (or ever, perhaps). Give your child time to adapt to new boundaries and guidelines. In addition, if your child is not responsive to a specific approach, have the flexibility to try something different.
A Support Group Can Help
Often, you can learn best from others in similar circumstances. There are plenty of support groups for parents of older adoptees. Don't wait until the child is in your home, though. Spend time with the support group before the adoption takes place, so that you can be proactive.
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