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Between 2010 and 2019, the number of new drugs approved for sale increased by 60 percent compared with the previous decade, with a peak of 59 new drugs approved in 2018. In a growing, competitive industry, effectively training new members of staff is essential. More pharmaceutical products require more scientific writing and CRO services.
According to a report by Grand View Research, the global market value for medical writing in 2021 was $3.5 billion. North America dominated the market with a share of 35.6%. With global revenue forecasts for medical writing in 2030 projected to reach $8.4 billion, the need for writers and CRO services isn't going away – it's growing.
Ovid® helps solve the challenge of growing, disparate scientific information by bringing together multiple sources of scientific and medical data – including Embase®, Ovid MEDLINE® Advantage, Northern Light™, and EconLit – on just one industry-leading platform. Ovid gives both new and experienced researchers the tools to find exactly what they need, and to share that knowledge with their colleagues, streamlining the research process, increasing accuracy, and saving teams valuable time.
Streamlined research search strategies
Methodologically sound and reproducible search strategies are the indispensable backbone of documentation whose purpose is to determine and verify drug and device effectiveness and safety. The Ovid® platform provides a comprehensive set of features and functionality so single users and teams of searchers and reviewers can effectively manage such searches.
For example, searches can be constructed on an individual line-by-line basis or as complete paragraphs. A comprehensive range of Boolean operators and truncation options for use with inline editing is also available to easily facilitate quick scoping searches as well as assumption testing.
Similarly, inline sharing options enable searches to be shared swiftly with colleagues for collaborative review purposes, irrespective of their length or type of construction (line- or paragraph-based). Search strategies can also be easily copied into Ovid's Search History Launcher or rendered as a single History Jumpstart link, facilitating peer group consideration and reproducibility.
Run, reference, reuse: a comprehensive collection of search filters
Nevertheless, sound, solid, and reproducible search strategies take time to build and test. The increasing diversity of systematic review types and their respective methodologies has prompted a corresponding need for assistance in the construction of subject-specific, as well as publication-specific, search strategies. When time and need are pressing, it helps to be able to draw upon the work of others.
Ovid provides easy access to a comprehensive collection of tried and tested search filters that can be called up for inspection or run directly. Where available, the filters are referenced so it's possible to cite them.
Easy to use and reuse, the search histories can be stored offline in your word processor of choice or online on Ovid where they can be easily integrated into your own search histories, appended to your search statements, or even used for learning and teaching purposes.
Transforming support and training for new research hires
Hiring new staff is a positive indicator of growth and success. Yet, before your new colleagues can become truly effective at contributing to systematic literature search projects, they need to get up to speed on the resources and be comfortable and confident in their use.
Ovid provides a comprehensive range of tailored training services for all levels of user experience. Be it Ovid platform or database specific, we take time to work with you to tailor our training for your specific requirements. Delivered using various formats, the training sessions can be arranged for individuals as well as groups, and as occasional or regular as needed.
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Life may not always be a comfortable journey once you become old and find it hard to carry things forward. While you may be yet to reach there, your parents or grandparents are already in that place. For that purpose, you need to help and provide the necessary support that they require. As a result, hiring a cleaning service will be ideal, and we are here to tell you why. Hence, go ahead and read the following to know more about the same.
1. Safe and Easy
Hiring a cleaning service for your parents makes matters safe and easy for them. They can go about doing what they like, while their home is also being cleaned in the right manner. As senior citizens, they will have nothing to worry about, and as their kids, you will have nothing to worry about. By all means, they will be living in a home that is clean, hygienic, and far from problems. Due to all that, hiring a good cleaning service tends to make a lot of sense.
2. Flexible Schedule
Cleaning services are meant to keep you satisfied and happy. As a result, their work schedule will always be formed after considering your timings and knowing more about the right time. Thanks to that, your parents will be able to lead a comfortable life without having to pick up a broom and do all the cleaning. Apart from that schedule, certain home cleaning services will also adjust to your requirements and follow special requests.
For example, if you want them to use a specific cleaning product or want them to clean in a particular manner, they will be willing to do it. Their idea of expertise comes from experience, suggestions and all that makes the job effective. As a result, they are quite flexible.
3. Professional Help and Support
When you sum up their services and look into the long-term benefits, you will clearly understand that a professional form of help and support is being received. Having such quality-oriented service be a part of your life will only turn out to create an impact for the best. Apart from your parents, you will also be glad about the outcome and the manner in which things seem to be progressing. While their costs differ, it may not be a considerable amount.
Moreover, you will also get time to spend with your parents, instead of coming home from work and cleaning the entire house. As your problems are far away, you can look towards stability and achieve comfort. Hence, those were the top reasons why you need to hire a cleaning service for the elderly.

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Two researchers of Neurospin have just revealed that the brain possesses a network of cerebral areas involved in the high-level mathematical as in the simplest arithmetic operations.
The origins of human abilities for mathematics are debated: Some theories suggest that they are founded upon evolutionarily ancient brain circuits for number and space and others that they are grounded in language competence. To evaluate what brain systems underlie higher mathematics, they scanned professional mathematicians and mathematically naive subjects of equal academic standing as they evaluated the truth of advanced mathematical and nonmathematical statements. In professional mathematicians only, mathematical statements, whether in algebra, analysis, topology or geometry, activated a reproducible set of bilateral frontal, Intraparietal, and ventrolateral temporal regions. Crucially, these activations spared areas related to language and to general-knowledge semantics. Rather, mathematical judgments were related to an amplification of brain activity at sites that are activated by numbers and formulas in nonmathematicians, with a corresponding reduction in nearby face responses. The evidence suggests that high-level mathematical expertise and basic number sense share common roots in a nonlinguistic brain circuit.
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Hitting 10 Million Subs, Apple-Beats Deal, IPO
On Wednesday Spotify revealed it now has ten million paying subscribers and 40 million active users. CEO and founder Daniel Ek spoke to Billboard about what the numbers say about where the industry and his own business is right now.
Billboard: What do these growth numbers say about the current state of the industry?
Daniel Ek: Not only have we proved that the more people play, the more likely they are to pay, but we've really become truly global now. Our two biggest markets now are the US and UK. Now this reflects actually what the global music market looks like — we're not in Japan yet of course – (the third largest music market most years). This isn't just a Nordic phenomenon anymore.
So what's your fastest growing market?
As a region, Latin America is really growing fast. Brazil is coming in the last week of May. The US, UK and Germany are also growing really well.
What's your most competitive market?
Of course the US. We don't really think there is a service that's "just like" Spotify – but of course it's everything from YouTube and Pandora to Rdio.
What is driving the growth for Spotify right now?
We've seen a huge uptake in growth since we launched our mobile free service in December. We're seeing a good chunk of those users wanting to pay for the service once they start to use it. So people are coming in on mobile and then turning into paid subscribers. I can tell you that about 80% of all people who sign up to Spotify, sign up on mobile first. The business has gone from being Europe-centric – to now being global where big music markets are also our big markets. Now we're in Europe, US, Latin America and Asia and we've really become mobile-first. Users are spending more time using mobile devices – but there's a lot of people who still have multiple devices depending on what they're doing. If you look at a market like Latin America, it's all mobile and tablet – no PCs.
Have you reached a tipping point now in terms of awareness? Is there a number that is "the benchmark" for making a difference?
I feel now that with ten million subscribers, we're at the place where – if you look at similar services – this was the point where they started really taking off compared to the competition. Last year, there was a lot of talk about competing services being close to us. Now, no one is even close to where we are on the subscriber side.
How do you work out what is a reasonable amount of music for people to listen to and still be profitable?
We really don't care much about that. We just think usage is good. If we focus on building the best possible product to get you to listen to even more music, we're certain that people will pay. This isn't like a gym membership where people are expected to sign up and never use the service! We want it, the labels want it, the artists want it.
What does the Apple acquisition of Beats mean to Spotify?
There has been a lot of people speculating on the news and what it means. I don't know. I don't like speculating about things that haven't happened.
If Apple did buy a streaming service, do you generally think it makes the pie bigger or just more competitive?
The one thing I can say – we know streaming is the better model in music and we've said that for over 5 years — when everyone else said it wasn't the case. I've always assumed Apple would offer a streaming service at some point – but we're focusing on building the best possible product and feel pretty good about that. Users know the difference between something that really is the best product and not something that's just bundled in – and 10 million subs is a good indication of that. We're not fighting over market share here. The music industry is still smaller than it should be. And in the UK, we're seeing that streaming (and we) are already growing the overall pie.
Is there a timeframe for how much longer you can use the freemium model to give away music?
Long term, we think that music has always been freemium. Music was free on radio and then you went and bought it. Streaming is the equivalent of that. We think that if you care about music, the more likely you are to pay – and the more we can get people into music (by listening more), the more will become a paying customer.
Given the never-ending reports about you going public, is this the year in which you feel you have to make a decision one way or the other?
No, not at all. There's so much speculation but really that's all it is. We're not focusing on an IPO and I've said that publicly many times. It's not something I'm spending a lot of time thinking about. Of course at some point our investors want to get their money back – and we'll figure that out. But there's no rush in that and no one is forcing us. The focus right now is building the company and growing faster. We're still in the early days. I feel we're running a lot faster than ever before and 10 million is not a bad number if you look at other comparables, so we're on a great path.


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New Jersey Senator Nicholas Scutari (D) has introduced new legislation to regulate "games of chance," notably cranes, through his state's Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission. The legislation is fallout from a recent TODAY show report (covered in a past Instant RePlay) that asserts too many operators unfairly set the machines to reduce winnings.
The proposed bill – S2487 – would require game operators comply with new commission-determined standards establishing reasonable odds for players to win at the game. The commission will determine what exactly those odds by consulting with amusement game licensees and operators, as well as by examining similar regulations and industry standards nationwide. Under the bill, amusement game licensees or operators of a game would only be issued a certification of permissibility if the machine was in compliance with standards. The bill will not affect winner-every-time cranes and other machines that guarantee prizes.
RePlay reminds operators that a crane that rarely gives a player the joy of winning a prize is one that won't have many players coming back. When analyzing your bottom line, don't forget the amusement that gives our industry its name.


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Kelly at Alterations Needed is hosting the second ever Petite Fashion Challenge and this time we are asked to pick an item (or a few items) from our closet and create two outfits (one Spring/Summer, the other Fall/Winter) from it.
I chose this F21 lace top and a white kid tutu skirt that I found at TJMaxx. This is the base outfit.
For the summer/spring outfit I added on this Will Smith lace jacket (similar here and here)
For the fall/winter outfit I came up with two different ones. In outfit#1, I threw on a long hoodie that I have had for years and added some bright-colored Patrizia Pepe pumps. In outfit #2 I wore over the lace top an Aqua blazer(still available here) and Miu Miu suede boots.
I would have added tights but it was literally 90 degrees in my closet and I was sweating like a pig.
My original idea for this challenge involved my favorite J. Crew purple gingham button-down (I have had this for years and it's held up incredibly well) and since I took the pictures I thought I'd post them here.
Fall/Winter Take I : Pippa blazer from Bloomingdales, BB Dakota skirt, Franco Sarto Napoli pumps
Fall/Winter Take II : Dollhouse faux leather jacket, Allison Izu Denim, and Charles by Charles David Pompadour pumps.
Spring/Summer : cardigan I got in Taiwan, BB Dakota skirt, Rebels sneaker heels (I want these Ash Thelma Wedge Sneakers too)
I can't wait to see what everyone else has come up with! 🙂
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Protect refugees from abortion exploitation
The struggle over religious freedom is oftentimes not straight-forward. Restrictions can come in tricky wording or bureaucratic regulations. If "freedom of religion" is changed to "freedom of worship" then, just like that, Christians would not be free to live their faith outside church walls and in their every-day lives.
One back-handed method is happening right now. And it's over the contentious issue of abortion.
The scheme is unfolding in U.S. courtrooms.
Last month a teenage refugee gave a handwritten statement to a judge. She wrote that the attorney who claimed to represent her in a lawsuit against the U.S. government had forced her to sign the documents.
She did not want an abortion, as the lawsuit claimed. And she does not want Rochelle Garza as her attorney.
"The people I saw yesterday were lawyers that made me sign," she wrote. "I do not need their help because I do not want an abortion."
She is identified only as Jane Doe. She is likely from Central America, where many people are professing Christians. Her name is withheld, just like in the infamous Roe v Wade case that overturned U.S. laws against abortion and has resulted in marginalizing – and sometimes punishing – Christians who try to help pregnant women.
In another case last November, Garza and ACLU attorneys were criticized for "misleading" the Justice Department. The morning that case was scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court it was discovered that, in the middle of the night, the girl had been whisked away for a secret abortion.
Refugees are vulnerable to being exploited. Even more so are teenage girls who are separated from their parents. Displaced from their homes and dependent on others to navigate a path forward, they can become prey to hucksters, abuse, trafficking and manipulation. In this case, lawyers are using refugees to promote a political agenda on abortion that is contrary to the religious beliefs of many refugees – and trying to keep Christians from helping.
The ACLU has filed several lawsuits against the Office of Resettled Refugees (ORR) to force the government to facilitate abortions for pregnant teens. The refugees are "unaccompanied minors" who entered the U.S. without their parents and are in the custody of the Office of Resettled Refugees in the Department of Health and Human Services. ORR provides grants to organizations to house and care for them.
The Obama administration restricted these grants. Only organizations that provide access to abortion would be eligible. That left Christian organizations, who believe God creates each human being, ineligible for grants to help refugees. This was a backhanded way to discriminate against Christians and faith-based organizations, and to isolate refugees from Christians.
Last year this changed. The current director has taken an active interest in protecting refugee children under the care of his office.
Scott Lloyd was appointed to the ORR by the Trump administration. Previously, he assisted Christian refugees who were persecuted by ISIS. One of his notable achievements was investigating ISIS' horrific abuses against Christians and other religious minorities. The reportlisted 1,131 Christians killed, 125 churches attacked, and nearly 200 attacks on property, sexual assaults, enslavement, torture and imprisonment, and led to the U.S. declaring that ISIS was committing genocide – a determination that politicians and diplomats wanted to avoid because it requires countries act, and help the victims.
Mr. Lloyd is now being attacked for meeting with pregnant refugee teens in his department's care and connecting them to resources for help and counseling. He has sought to protect them from lawyers like Garza and activists who use vulnerable people to advance their cause. These politically-motivated lawyers argue that they should have access to the refugees but Mr. Lloyd should have no contact with the teens – and they are running a smear campaign to damage his reputation and get him fired.
The ACLU and others are exploiting refugees and discriminating against Christians. They are now targeting a man for upholding his Christian and legal duty to care for others.
Please stand with Scott Lloyd against discrimination for Christian beliefs – the first step toward persecution.
Tell Vice President Mike Pence and HHS Secretary Azar to support Mr. Lloyd's efforts to help Christian and other refugees from being exploited. Sign the petition.


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The Zika Dilemma: Advice for Travelers
Travelers planning a tropical getaway may be wondering whether to change their plans because of Zika virus outbreaks in many warm weather destinations. You don't have to immediately cancel your trip unless a member of your group is among those with the highest risk of severe complications, says Mia Taormina, DO, FACOI, an osteopathic infectious disease and travel medicine specialist with DuPage Medical Group.
Making an informed decision can be tough when there's a limited amount of research available and we're bombarded with images of infants facing lifelong health consequences, Dr. Taormina notes.
"In my travel medicine practice, I partner with patients to help them evaluate their personal risk in situations like this. When there's no obvious reason to postpone travel, I offer strategies to lower their risk of infection while enjoying the trip," Dr. Taormina explains. "For some people, the benefits of a warm weather vacation that reconnects them with family or friends may outweigh the potential hazard and that's a completely valid consideration."
Focusing on preventive care, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, or DOs, consider how environmental and lifestyle factors impact your health. They also partner with their patients to help them get healthy and stay well.
Travel Guidelines
High Risk—Cancel Plans
- Pregnant women
- Women (and their partners) who are attempting to become pregnant
Medium Risk—Consider Postponing
- Anyone with a compromised immune system or chronic disease that makes them more susceptible to severe infection
- The very young and the elderly
For Everyone Else
It's important to do what you can to avoid being bitten by the Aedes mosquito, which carries the Zika virus. Fortunately, Aedes mosquitos are poor fliers and only tend to bite during the day, according to Dr. Taormina, who recommends scheduling activities around mosquitos' feeding hours.
Some activities to help prevent mosquitos bites include:
- Consider deep water activities, such as sailing or snorkeling, or an air-conditioned indoor cooking class, to limit contact with mosquitos.
- Hike and bike at dawn and dusk to avoid peak mosquito activity.
- Steer clear of wilderness and brush whenever possible and cover up when you're outside—long sleeves and pants double as sun protection.
- Liberally apply insect repellents—particularly those containing DEET—to enhance protection.
Your Reproductive Future
Only 20% of people infected with the Zika virus experience symptoms, which tend to be mild. But consequences for an unborn child can be severe. After travel to a Zika region, Dr. Taormina advises her patients to pause before attempting to conceive. That advice holds true with men as well, since the Zika virus can be sexually transmitted from an infected male to his partner.
Bottom line: If a trip to a Zika hot spot is part of your plans, don't attempt to conceive until you and your partner have consulted your physician, even if you exhibit no signs or symptoms of the virus.


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Just 16 years ago — right about the time I started working for AWAI — hardly anyone was talking about writing for the web…
But now can you think of any industry that doesn't have an online presence?
The truth is, if you want to be a Barefoot Writer, learning to write for the web really isn't an option anymore. It's a necessity.
Plus, there are three big shifts that really excite me about today's web-writing opportunities…
It's Like Offering Water to a Wealthy Parched Person
First, you don't have to convince companies of the value of web writing. Even just a few years ago, we had to spend a lot of time teaching companies how important their online copy and content was.
However, now most companies realize a good online writer is at the center of every successful online marketing effort. Forbes even reported, "If you want to be successful online, the only essential skill is being a good copywriter."
And, business owners are desperately looking for quality online writers. Not only because they don't have the time to learn and do it themselves, but also because so much of their success depends on it. Which brings me to the second big change that's happened in web writing…
Spending in this sector is skyrocketing!
In fact, Statista estimated that online advertising spending was $335 billion in 2020, and it will reach $389 billion in 2021. This upward trend will only continue as more and more companies increase their online presence.
And as if those first two reasons weren't enough to "sell you" on writing for the web, this last one is my favorite — and is guaranteed to push you over the edge…
A Revolving Door of Paid Options
Since companies must continually publish fresh, relevant content to maintain their online presence, there's plenty of ongoing work for web writers.
Here at Barefoot Writer, we create a digital magazine issue every month. That's a lot of writers to hire! Plus, the parent company of Barefoot Writer, American Writers & Artists Institute (AWAI), publishes dozens of pages of new content every week.
And get this: AWAI is considered a "small" company. Just imagine how much web content a mid-size company needs on a regular basis.
It's true, the demand for good web writers is bigger than ever before. And, as industry trends show, the demand will continue to grow.
For a Barefoot Writer, this is the perfect opportunity. With even just a few clients who understand the value of good web copy, you'll never worry about where your next project is coming from.
Four-Figure "Quick Wins"
Writing for the web has a ton of benefits:
Ongoing demand… great pay… projects suited for all types of writers… a wide variety of clients…
But — if I had to pick my favorite benefit — it's the number of short, high-paying projects that can be learned quickly.
With a little practice, you could complete each of these high-demand projects in as little as a day or two:
- Subscription pages ($450 – $4,500)
- Information pages ($150 – $750)
- Landing pages ($450 – $1,000)
- Promotional emails ($250 – $3,500)
- E-newsletters ($250 – $1,000)
- Blogs ($50 – $500 per post)
And, that's just a taste of the web-writing projects available. There are also social media updates… Pay-Per-Click ads… 1-2 minute video scripts… autoresponders… and tons of other short projects that pay really well.
All you need is a little specialized information to understand how to write for the web.
Gone are the Days of One-Touch-Connection
Imagine sitting at home reading an advertisement you received in the mail. This single ad is likely the only interaction you'll have with that company — unless you take time to do more research on them.
But it's different online for several reasons…
1. Don Draper can't hang here
Even though the internet is currently full of advertisements and promotions, it wasn't created to be that way. In fact, the largest and most successful websites are primarily social media sites. The internet belongs to the people, not commercial interests.
This means customers — or the people reading what you write — are continuously searching for information that answers a question they have, solves a problem, or helps them achieve a goal they've set for themselves.
2. "Researchers" come to you with gifts
In the past, marketers could more easily control their message. Now the internet gives the consumer part of that power. It can be positive — when customers praise a business — or negative.
Part of writing for the web is highlighting the positives and overcoming any objections related to a product or service. Luckily, because so many customers are vocal online, you can get information directly from your target market that will help you write better copy.
3. They want a hand to hold
The majority of web users know what they're looking for — whether it's information, a product, or a service. If they can't find it right away, they may leave the website — forever!
You can make a big impact as a web writer by giving visitors what they're looking for and capturing their attention immediately. You can also provide immediate results for your clients just by guiding visitors through the decision-making process.
4. You can hit the target within the target
You can find just about anything online in an instant. For this reason, website visitors are getting very picky about what they're looking for. They want very specialized and specific information.
For example, if they're searching for "beachfront condo rentals in Delray Beach" they likely won't care about results trying to sell "Orlando Disney Vacations."
Luckily, modern technology can tell you exactly what visitors want. That means you can tailor your copy to them for best results.
On Your Marks, Get Set…
Earlier I mentioned the number of short, high-paying projects a web writer can do, but you may be wondering, "Where do I start?"
My recommendation is online sales letters. Why?
Well, if you know the basics of persuasive writing, you're already on your way. An online sales letter is similar to a printed sales letter… but the results can be way better…
You see, when you're writing to an online audience, you'll reach a more specific group of people. Online technology now gives us the option to target people who are already looking for what we have to sell.
This means you're writing to an audience that's already interested — and likely to buy.
Maybe they found your client's website through a search engine, a friend, or a social media network. Regardless, they're far more interested than if they'd read a print ad in the mail.
This makes writing sales letters for the web really exciting — and profitable! How profitable?
Let's talk about that…
Quick Commissions Without Ringing Doorbells
The pay range for a short web sales letter is often $1,000 to $3,500. Plus, many online sales letter clients offer royalties. This means you get paid upfront AND you get a cut of the sales made with your letter!
How long does it take to write a sales letter?
When you're just getting started, it may take a week or two to write a great sales letter. However, once you have experience, you could knock one out in less than a week!
See how big this opportunity is?
Plus, the industry is huge and growing… the list of potential clients is virtually unlimited… there's very little competition… and, more business moves online every day.
Companies need — and will continue to need — skilled web writers… so why not be a Barefoot Web Writer?
The Easiest Way to Showcase Your Superpowers
The fastest way to get up and running as a web writer is to work with clients who are already hiring web writers. This way, you don't have to teach them about your value.
Approach potential clients with a few suggestions of how you'll make them more money and you'll have a paying project in no time. Here's how:
- First, locate the website and sales letter of a company you want to work with.
- Study their website, product, or service and come up with a new angle on their existing sales letter.
- Write a new headline and lead for the existing sales letter.
- Pitch it to them.
- If they like your idea, often they'll hire you to write another version of the sales letter. (If they're not sure or say no, offer to write the sales letter as a test. You'll get experience and they'll only pay if your sales letter performs better than theirs. It's a win-win for everyone!)
Every company with an online presence could make more money by optimizing their efforts. If you show them how to do this, you'll be their hero (and get paid really well for it).
Just remember — sales letters are only one way to get started. You can make a very good living writing all kinds of copy for the web.
If short and sweet content is your style, consider writing websites. If you're interested in engaging and growing an audience, get familiar with creating social media posts. Email newsletters and autoresponders can also be a lot of fun to put together.
The bottom line is this: No matter what type of writing you'd like to get into, you're bound to find something you like — that's also lucrative — by writing for the web.
Editor's Note: To learn more about writing for the web — including step-by-step instructions for sales letters — check out Nick Usborne's Copywriting 2.0, Your Complete Guide To Writing Web Copy that Converts.


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We Value Service
The Four Factors of Stewardship
1. God owns everything – you own nothing
2. God has entrusted you with everything you have
3. You can either increase or diminish what God has given – he wants you to increase it
4. God can call you into account at any time and it may be today
3 truths that can help us value service
I. Everyone Makes a Very Significant Contribution to the Whole
A. Fitted and held together indicating we are connected to one another
B. What every joint supplies indicating that we have different roles
1. Incorrect mindset 1: I am not a valuable part
1 Corinthians 12:12-19 - For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For aby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be?
2. Incorrect mindset 2: You are not important
1 Corinthians 12:20-26 - But now there are many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
II. Every One of Us Contributes According to the Stewardship Granted to Us
A. Continual emphasis on Christ
Although the church is at the forefront of Paul's thinking in this passage, Christology has not collapsed into ecclesiology, as some seem to suggest. The lordship of Christ is clearly evident throughout. (Peter T. O'Brien, The Letter to the Ephesians, Pillar NT Commentary, [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999], 317)
B. We always serve for God's glory
1 Peter 4:10-11 - As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1. Regular weekly service
2. Special events
III. When Everyone Properly Contributes the Whole Body Grows
Thank you Matt and Nadia for sharing with us. Haven't the testimonies been great? One of the things that we want to communicate in these testimonies is that stewardship is the responsibility and possibility for everyone. Everyone, as we will see in the passage this morning has a very significant part to play in the mission of the church.
Today concludes stewardship month.
- This morning is our last stewardship message and then this evening we will be together at the Northend Community Center to celebrate the various ways that God has blessed.
- I hope you will come tonight. If you are trying to decide … please come. You will find the time well worth it.
- We had a devotional guide that went with stewardship month and each pastor and intern had to contribute 3-4 days worth of daily devotions.
- Everyone, and I mean everyone, was asked to continue growing in stewardship.
- This also had a built in implication that it was possible to live life as a good steward or as a poor steward.
- In Matthew 25 and the parable of the talents only two servants heard "Well done. You are a faithful servant." The other one was called wicked because he did not wisely use what was available to him.
- I have found it particularly helpful to be reminded year after year that we seek, fully dependent on God's grace, to be a good steward. The testimonies like Matt and Nadia's remind us that this is a growing process … from nursery ewww … to leading CFE.
- This year our stewardship sermons focused on The Values of the body of Christ. It is an exposition of Ephesians 4:11-16. In other words, our stewardship is thinking and behaving in the church consistent with Christ's design.
- He describes us as "two groups into one" because he tore down the dividing wall (2:14), "one new man" as people who have been reconciled with God and each other so that we are essentially one person, as a "building" where Christ is the cornerstone, the apostles and prophets were the foundation, and we are the remaining portions of the structure, and as one body.
- We are truly better together.
- We do not take off our foot and put it with our shoes.
- Samuel was in his first year of high school wrestling and we love supporting our children in their various events. In the very first meet of the year, the one meet that I was going to miss because I was travelling he was injured.
- It was a blow to all of us. I could not believe that the only meet I was going to miss the whole year was the only one that he was not hurt.
- The pain was awful and he was unable to participate further.
- You might ask … here is a strong young man and of his 170 pounds less than 1 pound was injured.
- Why would that shut him down?
- If you had 169 out of 170 in almost everything else you would be a rock star.
- Yet, in the body that one pound of injury shut down his entire season and impacted every area of his existence.
- I get it. A night at home by yourself sounds wonderful. Make it in the country and it is even better.
- This is why you value doctrine. You are bent to see value in less contact with people not more. Doctrine helps you realize that your personality has issues … every personality has issues. Doctrine helps you realize that character must transcend personality. Doctrine helps you see that you are connected.
- Since the church at Corinth had so many divisions Paul chose to explain this idea in more vivid terms. Please turn to 1 Corinthians 12:12.
- The divisions were not just over who were the best preacher-teachers.
- It was also over who had the most prominent service positions and opportunities.
- If you could speak in tongues, from their perspective, you were a big deal. If you served, then who cares about that.
- There were a couple of dangerous mindsets that they established. The Lord rebuked them both.
- Tell that to the parent who is about to drop off a child at the nursery and there is one nursery worker for 12 children.
- Tell that to the single who is looking to make friends, but the others in their group decided to sleep in and they came by themselves.
- What we are saying is that your contribution is not very helpful or valuable.
- We have the preacher for the morning. That is important because the task is to deliver God's truth to God's people.
- We have the worship team. Worship teams might act like no one else should sing because they are awesome or they can lead us in worshipping Christ.
- Greeters and Ushers … they are part of what makes a church friendly or cold.
- In singing … there is a difference in how a service feels depending on the participation of the people in it. I value a loud auditorium because it makes my lousy singing less noticeable.
- Children's and Youth ministry … without it our service would have a very different environment. Who can forget the children's ministry videos that Pastor Trey put together where the children were telling us what would happen if there were no teachers.
- One weekend we were a little short in the cast so there was like one disciple in the boat and he was like 12. One of our boys relished the opportunity to join the boat so he was going from Bethlehem on team A and then the boat on team B. It was cool. HOWEVER, it was a little strange as a guest going through the LN to imagine Jesus rescuing two 12 year olds in boat in the middle of a fierce storm. Mind you … it was a service for those boys … but it was also a moment where all of us could ask whether EVERY joint was supplying its part.
- When one person suffers everyone suffers
- When one person is honored everyone is honored
- First Corinthians was clear; there are eyes and hands and eyes. All are important and all need to do what God gives them to contribute.
- He (v. 11)
- Body of Christ (v. 12)
- Unity and knowledge of the son of God (v. 13)
- The fullness of Christ (v. 13)
- Grow up into him … that is Christ (v. 15)
- We know that we cannot minimize one type of service and maximize a different type of service.
- We know that when we are honored, we all benefit and when one suffers we all suffer.
- Here is what happens when we are short. Everyone who serves has to do more.
- Here is what happens when we are fully staffed … everyone has just the right amount of work.
- Then, after the LN is over every one of us has the opportunity to talk to neighbors and co-workers and tell them that our church gives the LN as a gift to our community. It provides an opportunity for witness.
- When people are won to Christ then they become LN servants!
- There are some holes in that ministry as well, primarily with distribution day. The same things are true … full staff = right amount of work. Light staff = a lot of work for a few people.
- There are openings to serve, especially at the northend. But serving anywhere allows the leadership team to redeploy others to the right location.
- This ensures that everyone has a full plate, but not a plate that is too full.
- We every joint is supplying what it designed to contribute then every joint has the proper workload.
- Waiting for a lightening bolt revelation will result in more waiting and more importantly … missed opportunities to fulfill what your joint should supply.
- When the email comes from a key leader respond with yes.
- I received an email telling me I served in traffic during the LN and I was asked if I would do that again. Sure, right?
- Pastor Viars mentioned a book called Loving Your Community. The publication of that book will allow the story of Faith to reach a wider audience.
- As they learn about the ministry here they will send interns to Vision of Hope.
- They will tell men who are struggling that there is a Restoration program.
- They will desire additional training and consider what resources are available to help them in their ministries.
- Some may even decide to try a new ministry in their community as a result.
- One book produces greater ministry exposure which produces greater opportunities to serve Christ.
- As a side benefit that single intern who loves Jesus and wants to serve the Lord meets one of your daughters (like the Blakes … both girls married seminary students and are pastor's wives today). You get a son in law out of the deal.
- You are teaching him in your interactions and in the lessons and discussion and in hearing his Bible verses.
- Twenty years later Johnny stands up and gives a testimony in CFN saying that his children's ministry worker taught him about his need for Christ.
- But we all understand that our individual contribution, when combined with all the other individual contributions, produces growth in the body.
My first exposure to stewardship month was in 2001.
In my years of stewardship month there are two things that I have especially appreciated.
First, being a good steward was something to seek, with God's help, to attain. It was not something that we already were … it was not an area of life that we could check off our list.
Second, stewardship involves every area of life. There is a stewardship of our tongue, a stewardship of our work place, a stewardship of our marriage, a stewardship of our children, a stewardship of our abilities, a stewardship of our possessions, a stewardship of our parents, and a hundred other areas. In other words, we do not restrict stewardship to finances – it impacts every area of life.
With that in mind please turn in your Bibles to Ephesians 4:11. It is on page 152 of the back section of the Bible in the chair in front of you.
As you are getting there lets remind ourselves of the 4 principles of stewardship.
- God owns everything – you own nothing.
- God has entrusted you with everything you have.
- You can either increase or diminish what God has given – he wants you to increase it.
- God can call you into account at any time and it may be today.
This year we are applying those truths to the values of the body of Christ. Please follow along as I read Ephesians 4:11-16. This is the word of the Lord.
We learned that the first value was equipping (vv. 11-12). God gave specific people the task of equipping for ministry. The stewardship questions that flowed out of that idea were …
- If you are an equipper, are you actively equipping? Are you stewarding the equipping responsibility that God gave?
- If you are not an equipper, are you desiring to be equipped? Do you want to be trained so that you can be more fruitful and productive for Christ's church?
The second value was unity (v. 13). Unity takes work. Marriages split because at some point they no longer valued unity. People change workplaces because they no longer value unity in that location. God designed us, as a church, to be unified. The stewardship questions that naturally flow are:
- Do you think of yourself as part of the church? It impacts our terminology. When the Cubs won the World Series how did Cubs' fans talk about it? "We won." The fans did not play in the game. Most did not even attend a WS game to cheer on the team. But it is still "their team." Make fun of the Cubs and watch out … When you talk about Faith is it "my church" or "the church I go to"? There is a huge difference. If it is your church … (not that you own it … Jesus owns it … but you see it as a part of the stewardship he has given you) … then you value your church, you care about what is happening in your church, you contribute to your church accomplishing the mission. Those who keep the church in the 3d person watch to see what happens.
- Are you committed to unity in the church? Do you actively work to solve problems when they occur or do you sweep them under the rug?
- Do you seek to avoid complaining or being divisive because you know that it does not honor the Lord?
- Do you steward unity such that you are builder? You actively make Faith a more unified church.
The third value was doctrine (vv. 14-15). We are involved in community-based ministry. We are putting ourselves out there. One of the risks is that we compromise our very belief system. The same thing is possible in parenting or in relationships. Let's just sacrifice doctrine because if we do not it will jeopardize our relationship with our spouse or our children will not be happy.
- Are we committed to learning doctrine? We have several systematic theologies in the resource center. If we are going to steward doctrine then it will take a little work to know it well.
- Then we have the task of saying … when are we willing to give up our doctrine because it may make life a little more difficult?
The fourth and final value in our series and in this text is service. We value Service. In Ephesians 4:16 I would like us to consider three truths that can help us value service.
Truth #1: Everyone makes a very significant contribution to the whole
Ephesians addresses a very important division in the church. The Jews and the Gentiles who trusted Christ as Lord and Savior could not figure out how to get along in the same church. There were divisions and conflicts between them.
Earlier in Ephesians God gives us several metaphors to describe the church.
All of these metaphors demonstrate our common ground in Christ. But common ground in Christ does not mean that all of us are the same. Or that our differences are meaningless.
Two married people become one. In time, each one will influence the other in many ways, but each will also remain distinct. Their contributions will be distinct. Their skills will be distinct. Each contribution is an important part of the whole.
This unity with diversity in one body is the metaphor used to describe the church. In Eph 4:16 we see …
A. Fitted and Held together indicating we are connected to one another
These words are used in other NT epistles to demonstrate unity and the dependence we have on one another just like all the parts of our body are connected to one another.
When we get ready for bed we do not remove our arm and set it on the end table.
God decided that you and I were not allowed to function on our own. We were designed as one body.
I asked if I could share this story this morning. Last year was a challenging year for our family.
Despite the fact that he was about 5'10" and 170 pounds he had a very small portion of his shoulder that was not functioning properly.
Friends that is how it works in the church. The Lord Jesus told us that like it or not we are connected to one another. When one part hurts we all suffer and when one part rejoices we all rejoice.
All the extroverts are saying "amen" and all the introverts are saying "whatever." I want to speak for just a moment to you introverts.
If we are going to properly value service then we have to see how God designed us to function as a single body. The text continues …
B. What every joint supplies indicating that we have different roles
Every joint supplies something. Once Samuel's little joint was not causing problems any more everything changed. He was back to fully functioning.
From this one little statement we know that every joint supplies something very important to the function of the body.
- Incorrect mindset 1: I am not a valuable part
- Incorrect mindset 2: You are not important
1 Corinthians 12:12-19 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For aby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. 19 If they were all one member, where would the body be?
There are many versions of this like, "No one will miss me," or "No one will care if I am gone," or "I am not like _____." All of them adopt this same mentality prevalent in Corinth. It just does not matter.
Tell that to your spouse, child, or roommate the next time they are sick. Quit whining, there is just a little microscopic virus or bacteria that is causing your problem. Just deal with it.
If that does not work with respect to our physical body why would we think it would work with respect to our spiritual body?
When you think you don't matter, you are violating an important truth of Scripture.
1 Corinthians 12:20-26 But now there are many members, but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." 22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; 23 and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, 24 whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, 25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
In this case, the problem is the exact opposite. In the first case, you were saying that yourself. In the second case, someone else is saying it about you or you are saying it about someone else.
This is the heart of pride. This is the you can do everything yourself and watch everything crumble under your arrogance. Both mindsets do not honor the Lord.
I think we need to get specific at this point. I want us to think about what "every joint supplies" looks like in a various ministry settings.
AM service: Who are the players in the AM service?
I picked just one ministry. This same exercise could be conducted across the ministry spectrum. What about Living Nativity?
Notice that vv. 25-26 explain how a biblical mindset of the body works.
Some of you are not so sure this is really true. You are not sure that others suffer if you are not contributing. You are not sure that you gain benefit. Hang on to that thought. We will come back to it.
The fact that each person has a different role and that the roles are valuable is a key part of seeing that everyone makes a very significant contribution to the whole. Let us consider a second truth … back to Ephesians 4:16
Truth #2. Every one of us contributes according to the stewardship granted to us
This point comes from the language "according to the proper working of each individual part."
A. Continual emphasis on Christ
As we serve we are a blessing to the ones around us. More importantly, however, we are serving the person who owns the church. Let me read Ephesians 4:11-16 again highlighting the references to Christ.
I loved how Peter T. O'Brien put it, Although the church is at the forefront of Paul's thinking in this passage, Christology has not collapsed into ecclesiology, as some seem to suggest. The lordship of Christ is clearly evident throughout. (Peter T. O'Brien, The Letter to the Ephesians, Pillar NT Commentary, [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999], 317)
B. We always serve for God's glory
1 Peter 4:10-11 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Yet again, we see the value of serving according to the manifold grace of God. When we speak we speak the utterances of God and when we serve we serve with the strength God provides.
In this short verse we know that everyone contributes something very special and we know that God has given all of us a stewardship for his honor and glory.
Now we need to start making this super practical. I want to think about some types of service available and how we all benefit or how we are suffer as a result.
In other words, how do the parts work here at Faith?
Living Nativity is coming up … we present the story line of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation using life size sets. It takes a cast, it takes set up and tear down, it takes greeters and people with refreshments, it takes people caring for the animals, it takes parking attendants and people to give and collect the CDs. Everyone of us is dependent on everyone of us.
The LN leadership tells me that there are needs in the cast and for set up. The take away from this sermon for some of you is to sign up to do your contribution.
CFE is coming up. We have the opportunity to serve children in our community. Some of us are going shopping, some are setting up bins at local businesses, some are organizing names. Some will be greeting and hosting.
One more … Community Center serving. We now have 3 community centers … east, west, and north.
At our church we ask people to evaluate their stewardship in two basic categories.
Category #1: Regular weekly service
Regular weekly service includes things like ABF teachers and coordinators, teaching FCI classes, Children's ministry and Nursery including WNKoF, Youth ministry, volunteering at the community centers, and serving with the men at Restoration.
There are serving opportunities in counseling, in teaching, in mentoring, in caring for children, in greeting the community, in cleaning, and encouraging teens.
Category #2: Special events
These are things like the LN, CFE, BCTC, VBS, the stewardship celebration, the taste of Christmas, and the Northend community center cleaning and landscaping. There are many such opportunities as the year goes along.
I believe there are two additional questions that need to be answered.
Q#1: How do I know where to serve … what is my "proper working of each individual part"?
One of the blessings of being part of a ministry like this is that you have lots of options. The best way to see what God will do with your service is to begin serving. Pick something that is a need. The Lord will refine it as you go. You heard Matt and Nadia explain how their service attitude grew and became more refined as they served. Their start was where there was a need.
Sign up for LN today. Agree to host a family for the BCTC. Call your service pastor and ask to be involved in the community centers.
As you serve you will watch God work in your life.
Q#2: How do I suffer or benefit from the proper contribution of others?
I have said something to this effect several times this morning. What do I mean? I know that some hearing this message will be tempted to think differently about that.
When a person suffers from an illness or an injury or they just leave it does several things.
- It means that we miss out on their contribution. Whatever contribution they brought is now gone. In that we suffer.
- It means that we are missing a friend that we value and appreciate in that we suffer.
- It means that someone else must carry the mantle … in this they suffer.
What about the opposite? What happens when everyone is properly deployed and serving according to their contribution. How does that help all of us?
What about something smaller. Let's say a college student comes to Purdue and hears about PBF. He finds out that Stefan, our college pastor, went to FBS. He contacts Stefan and asks if he can meet because he wants to learn more about why Stefan decided to pursue ministry.
Two years later he is meeting with Pastor Aucoin to talk about becoming a seminary student and we have the chance to be blessed by an intern for three years.
Okay, that is still too crazy. You are a "lowly" children's ministry worker. But you get to know little Johnny. His parents do not teach him about the Lord. You are.
Friends, valueing serving and valueing your individual role in serving is all about seeing that everyone of us contributes a valuable service and that our contributions are different according to the Lord's work in our life.
When one suffers the whole body suffers and when one is honored the whole body is honored. We have one more truth to cover.
Truth #3: When everyone properly contributes the whole body grows
Just as in Christ was a part of this process so is "in love." We do not brow beat each other into service.
That growth may come in the form of additional people who want to be part of this local body. It may be the inner growth that we each experience as we are transformed to be more like Christ.
As stewardship month concludes there is one important logical question to answer … are you fully deployed as good stewards of whatever grace God supplied? If not, I encourage you to make a specific effort today to be at stewardship celebration and sign up to serve in the areas of need today


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A shallow dive into aquaponics
Any practice that combines aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic controlled environment can be termed as aquaponic.
One of the neatest things about Aquaponics is that it mimics a natural ecosystem.
If put simply, it utilizes the water filled with fish wastes to fertilize the plants, and then the filtered water is recirculated back to the fishes. one person's trash is another's treasure.
How it works:
Firstly, it uses no chemicals. Secondly, it uses much less water, typically about 90% less. The golden ingredient is bacteria. Fishes are reared in tanks. The fish excrete waste and respire carbon dioxide. They cannot live in this polluted water unless it is cleaned of these toxins. This polluted water is pumped into a bio-filter which sustains colonies of bacteria like Nitrobacter and Nitrosomonas.
Plants directly cannot use ammonia unless it is in the form of ions so these bacteria convert the ammonia present in the water into nitrates and nitrites. This nitrate-rich water is introduced to hydroponically grown plants where their bare roots absorb nitrates from it. The water gets cleared of nitrogenous wastes and before pumping it back into the tank, it is aerated which removes carbon dioxide and dissolves fresh oxygen into it.
- Fish-culture tank – Where fish are reared
- Biological and mechanical filter – To turn the ammonia into nitrates and nitrites.
- Hydroponic unit – To grow and supply the plants with the dissolved nutrients.
- Sump tank with pump – To collect the clean water.
- Aerator – For the aeration of water.
What can you grow?
It is mostly recommended to grow small greens and leafy vegetables because they have a low nutritional requirement. Also, keep in mind the temperature requirements of both plants and fishes. You can grow veggies like lettuce, swiss chard, kale, spinach, collards, coriander, oregano, parsley, thyme, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, radishes, carrots, spring onions, leeks, beans, peas, okra, kohlrabi, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and aloe.
Edible and decorative flowers are also easy to grow.
Many warm-water and cold-water fish species can be reared in aquaponics systems. The most commonly cultivated fish in aquaponics systems are tilapia, trout, cod, barramundi, bass, Arctic char, and perch. Tilapia thrives best because they are tolerant of fluctuating water conditions, such as fluctuations in temperature, pH, oxygen, and dissolved solids. Many species of shrimps and snails are also being grown.
Who doesn't know the benefits of hydroponic system? The benefits of aquaponics are same but with some extra plus.
- The biggest benefit is that you can grow your own fish and vegetable at the same time.
- No large space is required and output is maximum.
- There is no need to use fertilizers or chemicals (pesticides or herbicides) for that matter. The only input is fish feed and the outputs are totally organic.
- Aquaponics uses water more efficiently than any other modern cultivation system.
- Plant growth rate is accelerated.
- The effluents are utilized and reduced or eliminated.
- There is no soil borne diseases or weeds due to the controlled environment.
- Fast year-round production.
- Integrated system is sustainable and earth-friendly.
- Aquaponics is very cost effective all together.


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Data Intensive Computing is a class of parallel computing which uses data parallelism in order to process large volumes of data. The size of this data is typically in terabytes or petabytes. This large amount of data is generated each day and it is referred to Big Data.
In 2007, exactly a decade ago, An IDC white paper sponsored by EMC Corporation estimated the amount of information currently stored in a digital form in 2007 at 281 exabytes. One can only imagine how massive it would be today.
The figure revealed by IDC proves that the amount of data generated is beyond the capacity to analyze it. The same methods cannot be used to in this case, which are generally used to solve the usual traditional problems in computational science.
In order to tackle the problem, the companies are coming up with a tool or set of tools.
Data intensive computing has some characteristics which are different from other forms of computing. They are:
- In order to achieve high performance in data intensive computing, it is necessary to minimize the movement of data. This reduces system overhead and increases performance by allowing the algorithms to execute on the node where the data resides.
- The data intensive computing system utilizes a machine independent approach where the run time system controls the scheduling, execution, load balancing, communications and the movement of programs.
- Data intensive computing hugely focuses on reliability and availability of data. Traditional large scale systems may be susceptible to hardware failures, communication errors and software bugs, and data intensive computing is designed to overcome these challenges.
- Data intensive computing is designed for scalability so it can accommodate any amount of data and so it can meet the time critical requirements. Scalability of the hardware as well as the software architecture is one of the biggest advantages of data intensive computing.


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Whenever you make changes to AtoM's configuration files, remember to clear the cache and restart PHP-FPM to apply the changes. See:
Setting AtoM group membership from CAS user attributes¶
AtoM CAS support can be optionally configured to automatically set each user's AtoM user group membership based on the presence or absence of expected values in user attributes returned by a CAS server during authentication. When enabled, this entitlement check occurs on each login so that changes made to group membership on the CAS server are reflected in AtoM on the next login.
Use of this feature requires CAS version 3.0. Earlier versions of the CAS protocol do not support release of user attributes.
This feature is enabled via settings in the the arCasPlugin
's app.yml
config file.
First, enable the feature by setting set_groups_from_attributes
Next, set the CAS attribute whose values will be checked to determine group
membership in attribute_key
Finally, set the attribute_value
of each group in user_groups
to match
the expected value for that group in the CAS attributes.
Groups can be added or removed from user_groups
as desired. Only groups
that are properly configured with an attribute_value
and a valid
will be used to set AtoM group membership on login.
When this option is enabled, any changes that an administrator makes in AtoM to a user's group membership will not persist and be overwritten on the next CAS login.
Enabling LDAP authentication¶
AtoM can also be configured to authenticate users using LDAP, an "open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network" (Wikipedia). When this is enabled, users attempting to log in will use the credentials associated with their LDAP account, instead of local account credentials, when logging in to AtoM.
LDAP authentication in AtoM, by default, uses StartTLS for encryption. StartTLS starts an unencrypted plaintext connection to the LDAP server, on port 389, then upgrades the connection to begin Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. The use of StartTLS is on by default, but can be disabled via settings in the app.yml.
While StartTLS encryption on the LDAP server can be disabled, we strongly discourage doing so in a production environment.
To enable LDAP authentication in AtoM, manually installing the php-ldap
extension is required.
Enabling LDAP authentication in AtoM requires manually installing the LDAP extension and editing a few AtoM configuration files. For more general information on how to do this, see Manage AtoM configuration files.
First, we'll need to install the php LDAP extension:
sudo apt-get install php-ldap
Next, make a small change in the config/factories.yml
configuration file.
You can open this file with nano
or another text editor to make the changes.
Starting from AtoM's root installation directory, run:
sudo nano config/factories.yml
If you are making these changes on an AtoM installation after it has
already been installed and configured, then the file you should modify will be
found at apps/qubit/config/factories.yml
During the final configuration steps of the installation process, AtoM will
copy the default values from the original config/factories
version into
a new apps/qubit/config/factories.yml
version, which will take precedence
going forward. If your AtoM installation is already complete, this second one
will be the file you'll want to change.
If you're not sure, check for a file at apps/qubit/config/factories.yml
while making changes. If it exists, make the changes in this file. Note that
applying the changes in both files will work fine as well.
In the file you'll find the following section:
class: myUser
timeout: 1800 # Session timeout in seconds
Change the myUser
value to ldapUser
class: ldapUser
Exit and save your changes, then clear the application cache and restart PHP-FPM.
After doing so, a new configuration section will be available in Admin > Settings, where you can define your LDAP authentication settings:
The Host field expects the hostname or IP address of the LDAP server.
The Port field should be the port on which your LDAP server will listen for
connections. The industry standard default port for LDAP connections is 389
- by default, AtoM will populate this field with 389
. Try this if you're not
sure what port your LDAP server is using.
Base DN and Bind Lookup Attribute - overview¶
These two elements are what AtoM will use to determine which LDAP entry the authentication attempt should be compared against.
The Base DN will provide AtoM with the common parts of an LDAP entry on your server that won't change per user - basically, where to look in the LDAP directory tree to find general user information.
Every LDAP entry consists of a set of attributes. LDAP entries are stored in a tree-like directory structure, so the information provided in this field should give AtoM enough information to find the subdirectory that contains your unique users. Configuring this field in AtoM will require an understanding of how your LDAP server is configured.
Every LDAP entry will have a Distinguished Name (DN) that uniquely identifies that entry and its position in the directory information tree (DIT) hierarchy, similar to the path to a file on a filesystem.
Each LDAP DN is composed of zero or more elements called relative distinguished names (RDNs), and each RDN is composed of at least one attribute-value pairs. There are several commonly used attributes, such as:
- cn: Common name. For example, "John Doe"
- sn: Surname. For example, "Doe"
- uid: User ID. Because a DN indicates directory location, it's possible a
DN may change over the lifetime of the entry, for example if an entry is moved
within the directory's information tree hierarchy. Including a unique ID for
each entry means this can be used in a DN. For example,
. - dc: Domain component. For example, If the base domain name of the LDAP
server is found at
, then the domain components for an entry might bedc=ldap,dc=example,dc=com
with each part of the full domain being one domain component. - mail: Email address associated with the entry. For example, `` firstname.lastname@example.com``.
- ou: Organizational unit. Typically represents a directory used in your
LDAP directory hierarchy, such as
. - userPassword: the password associated with the particular user defined in the LDAP entry.
There are a number of other attribute key-value pairs often used as well for capturing additional information about the entry and its location in the directory tree, but those listed above include the elements we need to configure AtoM's Base DN.
Meanwhile, the Bind Lookup Attribute setting in AtoM will specify which attribute should be used to uniquely identify the user. This attribute value will tell AtoM which LDAP attribute to compare against the value entered into the "Email" field in AtoM's login panel. While the Base DN values will be common to all LDAP entries, the attribute selected for Lookup should be unique. An example:
dn: uid=jdoe01,ou=atomUsers,dc=example,dc=com
^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lookup Base DN
When authenticating a user, AtoM will use the Base DN and Bind Lookup Attribute values together to identify the relevant target LDAP entry that is used for validating the authentication attempt. This means:
- Whatever is set as the Bind Lookup Attribute in AtoM's settings should match what users logging in with LDAP will enter into the AtoM login panel's "Email" field.
- Whatever password a user enters into the AtoM login panel's "Password" field
should match the
value in their LDAP directory entry.
Configuring the Base DN and Bind Lookup Attribute settings¶
The Base DN setting in AtoM must include any ou
(organizational unit)
directory component that target users are contained in on the LDAP server, plus
any domain components (dc
) required to find the information. AtoM will use
this to be able to find where individual LDAP entries are stored within the
LDAP server's directory tree. each attribute key/value pair should be entered
separated by commas, with no spaces between them.
For example, if the target LDAP server has user accounts in an
Organizational Unit called "atomUsers" on a server with a domain of
, then the Base DN setting in AtoM would be entered as:
The Bind Lookup Attribute should be whatever attribute in your LDAP entries
will be globally unique, unlikely to change, and used to identify individual
users. If you want the login experience to match AtoM's current expectations
(using an email address in the username field) and your LDAP server is configured
to use mail attributes for every user, then you would enter mail
this field.
If mail
is not used in your LDAP server, uid
is a good option, as this
typically shouldn't change even if the entry moves in the LDAP directory tree.
Barring that, cn
could be used. Whatever is picked will define what type of
information end users attempting to authenticate in AtoM should enter into the
login panel's "Email" field.
In the above example, users would enter their LDAP username into AtoM's
"Email" field in the login menu. If cn
were used as the lookup attribute
instead, then users would need to enter their LDAP common name.
After configuring the LDAP settings¶
Once configured, users registered on the LDAP server should now be able to authenticate with their LDAP credentials to log into AtoM.
When a user authenticates for the first time, a new AtoM user is created in the database. However, by default, this user is not assigned to any user groups, and will therefore only have the base permissions of the Authenticated user group. An administrator can modify the user permissions after the new user has been created using AtoM's permissions module - for more information, see:
If switching to LDAP authentication after creating and configuring local user accounts in AtoM, the most secure method to transition will likely be to delete the local user accounts and let the LDAP authentication create new ones, so that no passwords are stored in AtoM and no duplicate accounts exist.
The following points summarize how AtoM will attempt to validate authentication attempts when there are existing user accounts:
- As a first step, AtoM will check if a local account matches the user credentials if no LDAP match is found. This can allow users with existing local accounts to bypass the LDAP authentication, and/or continue accessing AtoM even if the LDAP entry is removed.
- If a match IS found, AtoM will attempt to look for existing accounts by comparing the LDAP lookup attribute (user name, etc) against the emails stored in AtoM's user table (which are used for local authentication). This means that if the lookup attribute configured is not
- If no local account match is found, AtoM will create a new default user, whose only initial permissions in AtoM will be those of the Authenticated user group. No password will be stored in AtoM with this method, since the LDAP server handles authentication. This is the default behavior in AtoM when LDAP is enabled and no user accounts are present.


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Vietnam approves Petrovietnam'sUS$1.27 bn investment to build gas pipeline
The government of Vietnam has approved a US$1.27 billion investment by state-owned Petrovietnam and its foreign partners for the construction of a gas pipeline in southern Vietnam, according to the country's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).
The Block B-O Mon project pipeline will be built in Kien Giang province and is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2020. The pipeline will have a total length of 431km with design capacity of 20.3million cubic meters per day (7.4 billion cubic meters per year). It will supply gas to power plants in Kien Giang and Can Tho provinces.
The Vietnamese government granted the license on April 20 to a joint venture between PV Gas, a subsidiary of Petrovietnam, and "a Japanese investor", FIA said. Petrovietnam's website listed the pipeline project partners as itself, subsidiary PV Gas, Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration, and Thai PTTEP.
Block B-O Mon project consists of Block B, 48/95 & 52/97 field development project and the Block B–O Mon gas pipeline project. The project was kicked off in April 2016 by then prime minister Nguyen Tan Dzung.
Block B field development project has a total investment of US$6.8billion for 20 years. Partners in the project are PetroVietnam (42.896%), its upstream subsidiary PVEP (26.788%), Mitsui Oil Exploration (22.575%), and PTTEP (7.741%).


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The group of the 7 Summits Club went on the route of climbing Kilimanjaro
10 August 2021, 19:12.
Kilimanjaro, all programs »
Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club: The ascent of the 7 Summits Club group on Kilimanjaro continues. It is more correct to say that this is a high-altitude trekking along the Machame route, which should end with an ascent to Kilimanjaro. Yesterday, on August 9, the group climbed 3000m to the first camp, today - to the second camp at 3900. The weather is favorable, it is not cold and not hot.


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Term 4 Week 4
We celebrate World Teachers Day next Friday. It is timely that our teachers are celebrated as we come out of lockdown. At Tuesday nights Education Board meeting the members wanted it to be known and tabled the appreciation they had for the work and commitment our staff have had during these past eighteen months. Their praise of the staff was unsolicited and heartfelt. I have had many emails during this last lockdown, expressing this same sentiment. Happy World Teachers day to all the staff. So happy to be working with a fine group of people!
Next Wednesday we are elated to have ALL the children back onsite! While the transition has been staggered and at times confusing, it has allowed the children to gradually 'acclimatise' to school life. The school will continue to work in hubs and relegate parts of the playground to certain class groupings. Years 3-6 are asked to wear masks and sanitising and cleanliness is asked of everyone. Our cleaner will be deep cleaning and sanitising the school in preparation for the children's return. We are also waiting on air purifiers to be supplied by MACS. All children are to wear their full summer uniform on their return. A school hat is mandatory in term 4. If you need to replace any of these items please call Noone on 9379 5037 to ask about availability and store access. Remember to also follow Drop Off & Pick Up protocols. You have a window between 8.30am-8.45am in the morning and 3.15-3.30pm in the afternoon. Always wear a mask if waiting on the footpath, stay in your cars, move to the next available space, patience, patience, patience! Children will walk straight to their class when the gates open in the morning.
Our Building Project meetings and approvals have continued while in lockdown. It is a lengthy process to gain approval, apply for permits, review cost plans (we are up to Cost Plan D) and then call for tenders. We had hoped to start in January but with various delays it is looking more like March 2022. No doubt the hard work in our preparation will pay off with newly renovated classrooms and a new multipurpose area.
Our prep T-Shirts for our incoming children
Our prep 2022 orientation days begin on November 5th for 4 Fridays. We are looking forward to meeting our 2022 preps in small groups and hope that their initial experience at St Augustine's is a positive one.
A reminder to organise the costume pieces that your child/ren needs for the school production. We will be having a dress rehearsal on Monday 8th November where all the children will need to bring their costumes to school. Please have these in a separate bag so that when children change they can put their labeled school uniform in it. This will also apply for the filming/performance day on 17th November. Children are to wear sports uniform on both these days.
During all the challenges of lockdown, the school has transitioned to ICON. Leanne and Christine have spent hours trying to understand and use this new system. It is challenging but I have great faith in our admin team to forge ahead with this new system and make it their own.
Looking forward to having a full school next week,


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In this paper we explore the physical interpretation of statistical data collected from complex black-box systems. Given the output statistics of a black-box system, and considering a class of relevant Markov dynamics which are physically meaningful, we reverse-engineer the Markov dynamics to obtain an equilibrium distribution that coincides with the output statistics observed. This reverse-engineering scheme provides us with a conceptual physical interpretation of the black-box system investigated. Five specific reverse-engineering methodologies are developed, based on the following dynamics: Langevin, geometric Langevin, diffusion, growth-collapse, and decay-surge. In turn, these methodologies yield physical interpretations of the black-box system in terms of conceptual intrinsic forces, temperatures, and instabilities. The application of these methodologies is exemplified in the context of the distribution of wealth and income in human societies, which are outputs of the complex black-box system called "the economy".
Original language | English (US) |
Pages (from-to) | 2924-2939 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
Volume | 392 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Complex systems
- Decay-surge evolution
- Growth-collapse evolution
- Ito's stochastic differential equations
- Langevin's equation
- Reverse engineering


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Robert and Cortney worked alongside Amazon to curate a selection of their own home furnishing products—including rugs, art, lamps, couches, beds, and mattresses—along with some favorite items from partners and "interesting finds" from around the site. The shop includes about 150 products in total that reflect their modern yet laidback vibe at an affordable price point.
"We're big believers that everyone deserves the boutique experience — a home that feels bespoke, personalized, and well curated," says Robert. "As avid Amazon shoppers, we felt it was the perfect platform to provide just that, as Amazon is the quickest, easiest way to shop."
"It's always been our dream to design pieces at an affordable price point," Cortney adds. "As parents of seven, we're constantly mixing high and low. We've got many of these new pieces in our own home and can't wait for Amazon customers to show us how they decorate their homes using the same products."
Like Amazon's announcement of Spark earlier this month, partnering with designers and influencers for their own shops is another way for the retailer to add curation to their massive inventory.
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By Guest Blogger | January 30, 2021
Each person has their own struggles in life. You, too, maybe facing one right now. It might seem that rising from these struggles is hopeless. However, Laurie Bagley will prove you wrong. You may not realize this, but you have significant control over the life you create. In her book, Summit!, Laurie demonstrates that anything is possible, especially with careful planning, commitment, and the right tools. And in order for that to happen, you have to identify your true passions and set a goal. Summit! will make you reflect upon your situation to form a seed (goal) that you barely dare to imagine you can achieve.
Goals can be short-term or long-term ones. It doesn't have to be something really big and outstanding. Nonetheless, these are goals that anyone wants to achieve to reach one's highest potential. No one wants to stay stagnant in life. You, yourself, want to rise from where you are now. Everyone is setting goals to become a better version of themselves or level up life experiences. Goals drive you to become the person you want to be. Each day you are thinking about your goals. And each day, you are moving forward to get closer to success.
Moreover, achieving your goals does not happen overnight; it is a journey. Sticking to those goals proves to be very challenging because sometimes the road can be rough and brittle. Losing sight of your goal will encourage you to veer off course. And for that reason, this article will help you achieve your goals through the varied mindset shift.
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
Many people are afraid of change, which is why most do not succeed in achieving their goals. The comfort zone has a sense of familiarity and security. On the other hand, taking risks is going into the unknown. The unknown can be terrifying since you have no idea what the consequences will be. You have to change your "what's the worst that can happen" mindset to "what's the best that can happen. Switch your "what if's" into what can. Put yourself in a situation that will challenge you. Stepping out of the comfort zone is the catalyst for growth. This provides you another motivation to take action to reach your dreams.
Staying in your comfort zone will result in steady and consistent performance. Bear in mind that successful people were those who dove into the discomfort of uncertainty and were rewarded with great gifts in life. Challenging yourself helps you perform at your peak in everything. Embrace the risks to make changes in your life that can lead to your personal growth.
Think Positively
One of the greatest fears for people is failure, and due to this, they think negatively. They'll question their capability, drowning themselves in inner turmoil. As they say, life is too short to let fear make big decisions for you. Hence, to eliminate fear, you have to think positively and take action. Thinking positively can be identified as self-empowerment. Thinking that you can do great things will boost confidence allowing you to move towards achieving success. It's not easy to overcome fear, but building up your confidence overturns that fear. Your positive way of thinking will significantly affect how you make things possible. It can do many great wonders for your life and in achieving your goals.
Manifest Daily
Motivational speakers will continuously teach you the power of manifestation. Manifestation allows our thoughts to create energy flow to attract its likeness. Practicing manifestations is a mindset shift attracts success. You can manifest through speaking daily affirmations to motivate yourself. Create affirmations and repeat them. Consistency in doing these will remove all self-doubt and form wonders in your mindset instead. Also, speaking affirmations aloud will connect you with a tangible sense that your dreams and goals are possible. Daily manifestations allow your subconscious brain to start believing that these affirmations are true. However, manifesting will be pointless when you don't take proactive steps towards your desires. To begin manifesting, be clear of what you want and the universe, and you will coincide working together towards your goals.
In conclusion, the key to achieving your goals is down to your mindset. Your mindset is the determiner of the actions you will take. No matter what you want to attain in your life, adopting the right mindset will produce the results you want. Without the right mindset in place accomplishing your goals is that much harder.


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If you were to search the Internet for rules regarding the use of dialogue tags, you'd find a broad spectrum of opinions. Some people will tell you that you should NEVER use anything other than said. Some will say that you can use the occasional replied, asked, and inquired. And some will even say that you can go hog wild on the quipped, growled, and hissed.
Note: If you ever use hissed for dialogue that isn't soaking in "s" words, I'm calling your mother.
I fall a bit in the middle I suppose. My first aim is to use no dialogue tags if I can help it. If that is not possible, I use said for a regular sentence or possibly asked/replied when a question is involved. As much as I love the sound of tags like growled, I think there are two main issues with these:
1) Following the rules of show don't tell, it is better to show a character's emotion, rather than state it.
2) Any dialogue tag (or description for that matter) that implies a tone or feeling and comes AFTER the dialogue, forces the reader to rethink the sentence.
To illustrate, let's look at three examples.
a) "I said I would be there later," growled Robert.
b) Robert growled. "I said I would be there later."
c) Robert's eyes narrowed to two tiny slits. "I said I would be there later.'"
In the case of example a, we don't know that Robert is angry until after we finish the sentence so we almost have to re-read it once we see the growled. This is improved in b, except we still have the problem of telling his anger rather than showing it. In c, we have shown his anger in a descriptive tag and then given the dialogue afterwards. In this case, the reader has a picture of an angry Robert in his or her head BEFORE hearing his words.