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Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Stored-Product Insects
Table 2.1 Abbreviations used in the tables and text
Table 2.2 Insect species associated with stored-products
Table 2.3 Numbers of stored-product insect species reported for each country and region
Table 2.4 Comparison of species list for nine countries that have reported large numbers of species
Table 2.5 Insect species reported from other countries
Chapter 3. Classification of Commodities
Table 3.1 Overall percentages of the 1010 commodities in each of 28 categories
Table 3.2 Commodities in each of 28 categories
Table 3.3 Scientific names of plants
Table 3.4 Species associated with more than 75% of the commodity categories
Table 3.5 Percentage of the commodity infestation records for bruchids that are legume seed
Chapter 4. Commodity Suitability
Table 4.1 Suitability of commodities as food for stored-product insect
Table 4.2 Number of commodities per species for which suitability has been studied
Table 4.3 Species of stored-product insects feeding on fungi
Chapter 5. Infestation Records
Table 5.1 Commodities reported to be infested by each insect species and literature sources for records
Table 5.2 Species-commodity combinations with 10 or more literature records
Table 5.3 Numbers of records per source, percent unique records and geographical region or type of record
Chapter 6. Stored-product Mites
Table 6.1 Mites species associated with stored products
Table 6.2 Ranking of stored-product mite species by number of commodities per species
Table 6.3 Families of mites associated with stored products
Table 6.4 Mite genus name changes
Chapter 7. Pest Management
Table 7.1 Topics in books with broad coverage of stored-product insect pest management
Table 7.2 Books covering fewer stored-product insect pest management topics in greater depth
Table 7.3 Books that are very specialized covering only a few topics
Table 7.4 Strengths and limitations of aeration
Table 7.5 Strengths and limitations of biological control
Table 7.6 Strengths and limitations of extreme temperature
Table 7.7 Strengths and limitations of fumigation
Table 7.8 Strengths and limitations of impact and pest removal
Table 7.9 Strengths and limitations of ionizing radiation
Table 7.10 Strengths and limitations of residual insecticides
Table 7.11 Strengths and limitations of sanitation and pest exclusion
Table 7.12 Combinations of pest management methods that have been evaluated
No other reference offers such an extensive hands-on guide to the most common stored-product pests. Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites includes photographs and summary information for each of the 235 stored product insect species. Summary information includes common names, synonyms for scientific names, records of geographic distribution, suitability of commodities as insect food and commodity infestation, literature citations for life history studies and a list of natural enemies. Similar summary information is provided for 280 species of mites (Acari) reported to be associated with stored products.
The high quality photographs and summary information make this reference essential to the fast and accurate specific identification needed for effective pest management. The authors also cover the tools and information that should be considered when developing a pest management program and provide reference sources for additional information on pest management.
Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites will make solving stored-product pest problems faster and easier making this an essential desk reference for anyone working with stored-product insects or mites.
Special features
- High quality color photographs for 235 species of stored product insects
- Common names and synonyms for 235 insect and 280 mite species
- Suitability of 537 commodities as food for 84 stored product insect species
- Summarizes 15,611 infestation records for 1010 commodities reported in the literature
- References for life history studies of insect and mite species
- Geographic distribution of each species
- List of natural enemies
- Discussion of tools and information needed for pest management
An essential reference for:
- Extension personnel
- Food industry sanitarians
- Food industry managers
- Legislators
- Pest management professionals
- Pest management consultants
- Plant quarantine inspectors
- Regulators
- Seed technologists
- Stored-product entomologist
- Stored-product acarologists
- Students
- Urban entomologists
- Language:
- English
- Published:
- 1st January 2013
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780128104316
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"This Exists—Not Here, but Now"
An urban installation by Amnesty International, brilliantly done.
Thanks to Jilal.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 21 Nov 2006 at 21:13 under Culture, Politics.
Comments: 4
Comment from Kenza
Time: November 21, 2006, 22:12
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Time: November 22, 2006, 05:54
Great Idea ..
I've already seen a work like that … it was in a graphics forum .. and they made it with Trucks ..
As you see trucks … you have that impression to see what 's inside …
Thanx for sharing !
Comment from Maryam in Marrakesh
Time: November 26, 2006, 17:59
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing it.
PS Are you actually in Morocco now?
Comment from eatbees
Time: November 26, 2006, 18:04
Hello Maryam. Sadly, no, I left in August to attend a writers' workshop in the U.S. I started the blog a month later as a way to preserve and extend my contacts there. Now I'm trying to market my first novel, apply to grad school, and keep the blog going all at once! I hope to be back in Morocco very soon, inch'allah. There are many things I've left undone. By "very soon" I mean less than a year….

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Today Apple announced a major addition to their iPod line called iPod touch. It bears significant similarities to the iPhone with touch screen capabilities, wide screen display, and more.
There are two major new features included in the new iPod touch that have never been included in a previous iPod. Multi-touch interface and Wi-Fi access.
Multi-touch Interface
With functionality practically identical to the iPhone, the multi-touch interface really brings a new dimension to Apple's iPod lineup.
The iPhone's finger-flickin' goodness is now officially on an iPod via the same Coverflow feature that exists on the iPhone and in iTunes.
Another first for the iPod lineup, Wi-Fi is now built in to the iPod touch. What would you need Wi-Fi for? Well I'm glad you asked.
The Safari browser that exists on the iPhone is now integrated in to the iPod touch and using any public Wi-Fi network you can now browse the internet, watch YouTube videos or purchase music from the brand spankin' new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.
There is an 8GB model that will set you back almost $300 and a 16GB model that will set you back almost $400. My initial thoughts are that the pricing is a bit steep, especially for the 16GB model. As with other Apple products, there is a good chance the price will drop after 6-12 months.
Wrapping Up
Overall I feel like this is a pretty solid new product. The fact that it looks almost identical to the iPhone does irk me a bit. It just seems like a bit of a copout. Though it could be argued that there is no need to fix what isn't broken. Touché.
There is also the new Starbucks partnership that reeks of burnt coffee to me. Sure, the fact that you could be in a Starbucks, here a song you like, and purchase it on the spot is a cool feature but it just seems to be an extra layer of fluff that is unnecessary and just overcrowds Apple's brand.


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BEIJING — Once or twice a week, a dozen amateur musicians meet under a highway overpass on the outskirts of Beijing, carting with them drums, cymbals and the collective memory of their destroyed village. They set up quickly, then play music that is almost never heard anymore, not even here, where the steady drone of cars muffles the lyrics of love and betrayal, heroic deeds and kingdoms lost.
The musicians used to live in Lei Family Bridge, a village of about 300 households near the overpass. In 2009, the village was torn down to build a golf course and residents were scattered among several housing projects, some a dozen miles away.
Now, the musicians meet once a week under the bridge. But the distances mean the number of participants is dwindling. Young people, especially, do not have the time.
"I want to keep this going," said Lei Peng, 27, who inherited leadership of the group from his grandfather. "When we play our music, I think of my grandfather. When we play, he lives."
Across China, cultural traditions like the Lei family's music are under threat. Rapid urbanization means village life, the bedrock of Chinese culture, is rapidly disappearing, and with it, traditions and history.
"Chinese culture has traditionally been rural-based," says Feng Jicai, a well-known author and scholar. "Once the villages are gone, the culture is gone."
That is happening at a stunning rate. In 2000, China had 3.7 million villages, according to research by Tianjin University. By 2010, that figure had dropped to 2.6 million, a loss of about 300 villages a day.
For decades, leaving the land was voluntary, as people moved to the cities for jobs. In the past few years, the shift has accelerated as governments have pushed urbanization, often leaving villagers with no choice but to move.
China's top leadership has equated urbanization with modernization and economic growth. Local governments are also promoting it, seeing the sale of rural land rights as a way to compensate for a weak tax base. Evicting residents and selling long-term leases to developers has become a favored method for local governments to balance budgets and local officials to line their pockets. Numerous local officials are under investigation for corruption linked to rural land sales.
Destroying villages and their culture also reveals deeper biases. A common insult in China is to call someone a farmer, a word equated with backwardness and ignorance, while the most valued cultural traditions are elite practices like landscape painting, calligraphy and court music.
But in recent years, Chinese scholars have begun to recognize the countryside's vast cultural heritage. A mammoth government project has cataloged roughly 9,700 examples nationwide of "intangible cultural heritage," fragile traditions like songs, dances, rituals, martial arts, cuisines and theater. About 80 percent of them are rural.
In the past few years, for example, Mr. Feng has documented the destruction of 36 villages in Nanxian, a county on Tianjin's outskirts, home to a famous center of woodblock printing.
"You don't know if it will survive or not because when they're in their new homes they're scattered," he said. "The knowledge isn't concentrated anymore and isn't transmitted to a new generation."
That is the problem facing the musicians in Lei Family Bridge. The village lies on what used to be a great pilgrimage route from Beijing north to Mount Yaji and west to Mount Miaofeng, holy mountains that dominated religious life in the capital. Each year, temples on those mountains would have great feast days spread over two weeks. The faithful from Beijing would walk to the mountains, stopping at Lei Family Bridge for food, drink and entertainment.
Groups like Mr. Lei's, known as pilgrimage societies, performed free for the pilgrims. Their music is based on stories about court and religious life from roughly 800 years ago and features a call-and-response style, with Mr. Lei singing key plotlines of the story and the other performers, decked out in colorful costumes, chanting back. The music is found in other villages, too, but each one has its own repertoire and local variations that musicologists have only begun to examine.
When the Communists took over in 1949, these pilgrimages were mostly banned, but were revived starting in the 1980s when the leadership relaxed control over society. The temples, mostly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, were rebuilt.
The performers, however, are declining in numbers and increasingly old. The universal allures of modern life — computers, movies, television — have siphoned young people away from traditional pursuits. But the physical fabric of the performers' lives has also been destroyed.
One recent afternoon, Mr. Lei walked through the village, now reduced to rubble and overgrown with wild grass and bushes. He started singing with his grandfather when he was 2. He now has an office job in the city's public transportation company and spends all his vacation time working on the troupe.
"This was our house," he said, gesturing to a small rise of rubble and overgrown weeds. "They all lived in the streets around here. We performed at the temple."
The temple is one of the few buildings still standing. (The Communist Party headquarters is another.) Built in the 18th century, the temple is made of wooden beams and tiled roofs, surrounded by a seven-foot wall. Its brightly painted colors have faded. The weather-beaten wood is cracking in the dry, windy Beijing air. Part of the roof has caved in, and the wall is crumbling.
"It used to be on a list of historic preservation," Mr. Lei said. "The government says it will be rebuilt, but no one seems to know anything."
Government urban-planning officials could not be reached for comment on the village.
Evenings after work, the musicians would meet in the temple to practice. As recently as Mr. Lei's grandfather's generation, the performers could fill a day with songs without repeating themselves. Today, they can sing only a handful. Some middle-aged people have joined the troupe, so on paper they have a respectable 45 members. But meetings are so hard to arrange that the newcomers never learn much, he said, and performing under a highway overpass is unattractive.
"I guess for a lot of us it's a hobby," said Li Lan, 55, a cymbalist and singer. "It's just so inconvenient now to come out here and practice."
Over the past two years, the Ford Foundation underwrote music and performance classes for 23 children from migrant families from other parts of China. Mr. Lei taught them to sing, and to apply the bright makeup used during performances. Last May, they performed at the Mount Miaofeng temple fair, earning stares of admiration from other pilgrimage societies also facing aging and declining membership.
But the project's funding ended over the summer, and the children drifted away.
"I think it's pointless because you have to be from our village to understand how important this is," Mr. Lei said. "Anyway, those children will move somewhere else and won't learn long enough to become real members. It was nice but didn't fix the problem."
One of the oddities of the troupe's struggles is that some traditional artisans now get government support. The government lists them on a national register, organizes performances and offers modest subsidies to some.
Last month, Mr. Lei's group was featured on local television and invited to perform at Chinese New Year activities. Such performances raise about $200 and provide some recognition that what the group does matters.
Du Yang, director of the district office of intangible cultural heritage protection, said the group's music was among 69 protected practices in her district.
"The goal is to make sure these cultural heritages don't get lost," she said. "It would be a great pity if they are lost just as our country is on the road to prosperity."
Mr. Lei said that keeping their village life intact would have helped most.
"It was really comfortable in the old village," he said back in his new home, a small two-bedroom apartment high up in an apartment block a half-hour drive away. "We had a thousand square meters and rented out rooms to migrants from other provinces. Lots of buses stopped nearby, and we could get into the city easily."
Like all rural residents, the Leis and their neighbors never owned their land; all land in China belongs to the state. So when the plans were announced to build the golf course, they had little choice but to move. "No one protested," he said. "We knew we didn't have a choice. You have to just go with the flow."
Everyone got free apartments and $50,000 to $100,000 in compensation.
Strangely, however, the golf course has never been built, and the village still lies in ruins. No one here can figure out if this is because the development was illegal, or perhaps part of a corrupt land deal that is under investigation. Such information is not public, so villagers can only speculate. Mostly, they try to forget.
"I try not to think about these things too much," Mr. Lei said. "Instead, I try to focus on the music and keeping it alive."


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Table Talk
Tonight's Table Talk
....to create conversation
Q: If you could possess it, what superhero's super power would you want to have and why?
Q: How do you make one disappear?
A: Add a "g" to make it "gone" or add a "n" to make it "none".
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No is a Complete Sentence and I suggest you use it. All of us have done it and some of us need to do it more often.
While I do agree that there is an art of saying "no", I also believe that you don't need to wait until you master the art in order to say no. When dealing with other women, especially in business, I often find that saying "no" is one thing that causes them so much inner turmoil.
Some of us suffer from the "superhero" complex. Although we can do all things, all things are not profitable. There is a season for everything and, even if the request isn't harmful, there can be various reasons why you should say "no". Not only should you say no, but without any added emotion, inner struggle or conflict when you do.
There are exemptions to this rule, for instance, when someone is in dire need and your circumstances do not allow you to help in the way you would like. However, when someone asks you to do something that you know isn't the right fit for you, why should you feel guilty for saying "no"?
Yes, Sally or John might be disappointed because they really wanted your help. Yes, Sally or John might feel like you are selfish and not a true friend for not saying yes. Sally or John may even decide to never talk to you again because you said "no". But the reality is, more often than not:
1) You are just one person on a long list that Sally or John is making the request to.
2) Your "no" truly doesn't incite any type of negative reaction or response from him or her.
3) Once you said "no", Sally or John simply moved onto the next person on the list.
4) Sally or John really didn't expect you to say yes, but asked because there is no harm in asking.
5) You've wasted more time imagining all the bad things that Sally or John now thinks of you than the time he or she spent making the request.
The truth of the matter is you need to ask yourself why you have a problem with saying "no". "No" is ONE word that you can say a variety of different ways. Even though we are capable of doing "all things", we shouldn't do them all at the same time. The entire state of the nation does not rest on your shoulders and the world will run just fine, including Sally or John, the day you die or fall off the face of the earth.
There is no need for you to place such a heavy load on yourself. Aren't you responsible for enough without adding more burdens and weights on your shoulders? If not, I have someone wonderful opportunities that you can volunteer for. [Start by visiting CrusadingOuteach.org and sign up or drop your information below. (Hey, there's no harm in asking, remember?)]
But before I leave this conversation, I have not forgotten those of you who say "no" to EVERYTHING! You say "no" so much that you don't even know what you're saying "no" to anymore. You don't even take the time to hear what someone is requesting or to consider the value you can add. You simply say "no" and don't give it a second thought. Why, my friend, why?
Has the world really been that cruel to you that you have checked out? Has your heart grown so cold that you have no compassion? Are you so angry, bitter and or paranoid that you feel everyone is out to get you or use you? If so, the problem is not them but you. Just like our friends that have a problem with saying "no", you also are hurting yourself.
The Bottom Line: Everyone was created for a specific purpose and has value to add to any situation that they are a part of. Just as important as it is to decline opportunities that are not a good professional and or personal fit, it is also vital to recognize those opportunities that are. Even if you are in charge of creating that opportunity, eventually you are going to have to partner with someone to pull it off. You will never be able to avoid being asked to do something and "no" is not always the right answer.
I'll put it this way: it's simply a matter of knowing your value and discerning how others value you. Some may seek you for certain opportunities because they know what you can bring to the table and consider you an asset. Others might not value you at all and are just looking for someone to fill a space. Either can be used to your advantage and you must decide when you will participate, for how long and on what level.
Don't assume the worst but also don't wear blinders:
--Alesha Brown, The Joy Guru
Empowerment Coach, Motivational Speaker and Best Selling Author
CEO, Alesha Brown LLC
"It's never too late to edit your life and I can help!"
There are moments in life where we could all use a magic fairy wand:
Your Power and some of the Promises (there are 66 books):
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
And floods on the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit on your descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring;
4 They will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the watercourses.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
A lot of times we hear this last scripture preached with a negative connotation, but it is really an exhortation of the amount of authority that has been released unto us. Here are two other references and keys to accessing your power:
Deuteronomy 28:1 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
Malachi 3:10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,"
Says the Lord of hosts,
"If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,"
Says the Lord of hosts;
Well, there you have it: Look at all the power you have always had! Now make sure you use it and speak over your life. If you can speak what you want into existence, what are you declaring over your life today?
--Alesha Brown, The Joy Guru
Empowerment Coach, Motivational Speaker and Best Selling Author
CEO, Alesha Brown LLC
"It's never too late to edit your life and I can help!"
March 04th, 2017
If you're looking for a place to live, "in your feelings" IS NOT it. There are much better places and beautiful surroundings to choose from.
As a female, I see this error committed all the time. People end lifelong friendships and destroy amazing opportunities because they allow "their feelings" to guide them. Simple disagreements and breakdowns in communication can fracture what was meant for your good. (Being the victim of this more times than I care to count, I have learned how to discern this quickly and deal with it appropriately.)
One thing we must frequently remind ourselves is there is a difference between what we "feel" versus what is "true". We often encourage people to follow their heart, but the Word of God says:
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9, KJV)
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. (Proverbs 28:26, KJV)
Oops! Your feelings/emotions are comprised of a myriad of things, all starting with YOU. Your past experiences, upbringing, betrayals, defeat . . . all of which you use as a guide for each occurrence in the future. These factors can often skew or cripple us in how we perceive our version of the truth. Just because you believe or feel one way, does not make it so, regardless of how passionate you are.
Certainly you've heard stories of people who believed certain celebrities were going to marry them. I'm not talking about a crush or desire, I mean they truly believe that they have a relationship with a celebrity that will be their future spouse (whom they have never met before)! How many of us know people who are paranoid and believe someone is out to harm them, although all the evidence says otherwise. Although these are extreme examples, they prove the point that your feelings are not always the best guide.
5 Tips to Stop Living in "Your Feelings":
Life is too short. There are so many things we need to accomplish before we leave this earth. Don't be a victim to your feelings and let them deceive, rob or cheat you out of living a purpose and joy filled life.
--Alesha Brown, The Joy Guru
Empowerment Coach, Motivational Speaker and Best Selling Author
CEO, Alesha Brown LLC
"It's never too late to edit your life and I can help!"
Alesha Brown, The Joy Guru
Helping you to find a light at the end of the tunnel.
July 2020


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HEALTH and beauty staff at Boots in The Oracle could be axed following news of cuts from the Nottingham head office this week.
Boots Group plc announced on Thursday that the Wellbeing Services would be scrapped
from 12 stores across the country.
The new Boots store opened in The Oracle in May 2001 and was one of the earliest examples of the Wellbeing health and beauty service launched
the previous autumn.
The service was intended to introduce beauty treatments to high street shoppers, but the
new departure failed to attract enough customers.
Consultation with staff begins this week and is expected to take a few months, but will inevitably lead to job losses in the affected stores.
However, a spokesman for Boots said the two Reading stores are unlikely to close.
He said it was likely that the Wellbeing Service upstairs in The Oracle store would be converted
to retail space.
The Boots Dentalcare, Boots Footcare and Boots Opticians and LASIK services would not be hit
by the cuts.
The spokesman said: "This is bound to have some impact on jobs in the affected stores.
Consultation with staff begins next week and
it is likely to take months rather than weeks."
Axing the Wellbeing Services and the four Pure Beauty stores across the country is designed to improve the trading performance of the group in future.
Boots is also "rationalising" its retail organisations in Europe and Asia Pacific. This will include the end of a supply deal to 290
stores in The Netherlands.
Boots is expecting a growth rate of 5.9 per cent for the second half of the financial year.
The latest announcement follows a plan to cut 1,000 jobs at a factory in Scotland reported two months ago.
The measures announced last week will cost Boots £55 million, most of which will involve asset write-off and prompted a six per cent fall in share prices on the day of the announcement.


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Windows Installer 4.5 versions
As you all may already know the final release of the Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable and SDK are now available.
The current version of Windows Installer is in the form; major.minor.build.update. We have received a few questions regarding the differences in the "build" and "update" fields of the version of Windows Installer 4.5 installed across different supported Windows Operating Systems . I will try to explain what these differences are and why they are expected.
The Windows Installer 4.5 redistributable can install on the following Windows Operating Systems:
Target Operating System
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Windows Vista RTM build number is 6000, while Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM are build number 6001. Hence, to comply with the different OS build numbers and applicability logic on Vista RTM and Vista SP1/Server 2008 operating systems, the Windows Installer binaries are built from the Vista RTM and Vista SP1 servicing branches respectively.
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A popular class of antibiotics will now carry a warning label after Health Canada completed a second review of reports that some patients using the drugs had suffered retinal detachment.
"Given that retinal detachment is a medical emergency, the recommendations of the Health Canada review were that the current labelling for oral fluoroquinolones be revised to highlight the urgency to consult a health care professional if patients experienced vision problems," a Health Canada announcement said.
The bulletin comes four years after researchers at the University of B.C. first reported that taking Fluoroquinolones — widely prescribed for respiratory and urinary infections — increases the chances that patients will be diagnosed with retinal detachment five-fold.
Retinal detachment is a separation of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye from its supporting structures, which can lead to vision loss.
Health Canada's first review of the link considered only three reports, but at the time of the second review 22 incidents of retinal detachment had been reported, said lead author Mahyar Etminan.
UBC researchers raised concerns about the link to retinal detachment in a 2012 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association that examined the medical records of nearly one million British Columbians who visited an ophthalmologist between 2000 and 2007.
Subsequent studies have revealed other disturbing outcomes. A 2014 study by Etminan published in the journal Neurology linked the drugs to cases of permanent nerve damage, while a Taiwanese study published late last year found a link to aortic aneurysm.
Fluoroquinolones — including ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin — are a greater risk to patients than other classes of antibiotics because of the severity of their side effects, said Etmanin.
"What makes this worrisome is when a drug is very prevalent — in the U.S. there are maybe 40 million prescriptions each year — even rare events can lead to tens of thousands of people developing retinal detachment or neuropathy," said Etmanin.


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In a nutshell: frozen chicken nuggets may contain pieces of plastic
From the company's press release
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2010 – Perdue Farms, Inc., a Perry, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 91,872 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include: 1-pound, 13-ounce bag of "GREAT VALUE Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets."
Each bag bears the establishment number "P-33944" as well as a case code of "89008 A0160" on the backside of the packaging. There is also a "BEST IF USED BY" date of June 9, 2011.Each case contains 8 bags and the frozen chicken nugget products were produced on June 9, 2010, and were shipped to a single retail store chain nationwide. (Update: The chain is Wal-Mart.)
The company discovered small pieces of blue plastic after receiving consumer complaints. FSIS has not received any reports of injury at this time. Anyone concerned about an injury from consumption of this product should contact a physician.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Perdue Consumer Relations at (877) 727-3447


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Zimbabwe has two new vice presidents, including the man many see as the likely successor to 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe.
Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as the country's first vice president during a ceremony at Zimbabwe's State House on Friday.
Mnangagwa, 68, was Mr. Mugabe's aide during Zimbabwe's war of liberation and has held several key positions, including state security minister, speaker of parliament, and the president's campaign manager during the disputed 2008 election.
Mnangagwa is known as "The Crocodile" for both his physical appearance and his political tactics. Critics say he was involved in the killing of some 20,000 civilians in the mid-1980s as the government tried to crush opposition in the Matabeleland region.
The director of the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute, Pedzisai Ruhanya, says there is no difference between the president and Mnangagwa in terms of character.
"People are saying that he was responsible for Mr. Mugabe's retention of power after he lost the first round in March 2008," Ruhanya said. "So what brought Mr. Mugabe's victory in the June 2008, the sham election, was coercion and Mr. Mnangagwa was controlling that coercion. But the other thing is that Mr. Mnangagwa also was the minister of the intelligence in the 1980s when there was Gukurahundi, so they associated it with him, with Mr. Mnangagwa. So they seem him as a hard man. As someone who uses violence."
Mnangagwa, like President Mugabe, is on a U.S. sanctions list that prohibits Americans from doing business with him or business entities he controls. The sanctions were imposed in response to alleged election rigging and human rights violations by the Zimbabwean government.
Zimbabwe's second vice president, Phelekezela Mphoko, was also sworn in Friday. Mphoko is also a veteran of the liberation war and has served as Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa.
The two men were appointed this week after Mr. Mugabe fired his longtime deputy Joice Mujuru. The president accused Mujuru of plotting to assassinate him -- an allegation Mujuru has denied.
President Mugabe has held onto power for 34 years since Zimbabwe won independence from Britain, defying analysts who predicted ill health or political turmoil would oust him from office.


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Sample Usage
const searchBar = await SearchBarPlugin.init()
searchBar.on('search:submitted', (params) => {
query: params.searchTerms
Inactive state
Active state
SearchBarPlugin.init() #
Creates and returns an instance of the search bar plugin that is used to make subsequent method calls.
blur() #
Removes focus from the search bar and hides the software keyboard. In iOS, this hides the "Cancel" button.
Note: This does not clear the search input. Use
setQuery('') to reset the search field.
focus() #
Gives focus to the search bar and shows the software keyboard. In iOS, this causes the "Cancel" button to appear.
setQuery(query) #
Replaces the query in the search input field with the provided text. An empty string may be used to clear the search field.
- query: the text to set
setPlaceholderText(text) #
Sets the placeholder text that displays when the search input is empty. The default is "Search".
setBackgroundColor(color) #
Sets the background color of the search bar's container.
- color: the color value to set (in hex format, eg.
submit() #
Programmatically submits the search bar with the current query. Equivalent to the user clicking "Submit". The search input is cleared and loses focus.
search:submitted → { params } #
Fires when search is submitted. On submit, the search input is cleared and loses focus.
- params.searchTerms: the submitted query
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search:changed → { params } #
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I'm thinking of selling my plott female she is 18 months. She is a ch on the bench with 2 wins toward gr ch. She isn't a finished dog she has treed coons I have videos for days to show that. She will tree a opossum if she comes along one in the woods and will bump an armadillo I'm in the process of breaking her on them though. She just has an average mouth. She hunts out about 400-600 yds by herself had up to a half mile. With company she will go as far as they do. She is dead silent on track if she opens she is treed. She is a hammer down tree dog when she wants to be sometimes she'll leave. She's pochohantaus on top millennium magic on bottom. I'm selling her as well started and I'm asking $600 obo. This female is full of gritt I'm sure a man could convert her to hog or bear easily. She is silent on track too which I know them bug game hunters like. I'm located in Dover AR at the moment for work but I live in Patton, MO. If interested shoot me a message at 5732080669 or on on here thanks a lot.
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LETTER- Outlaw cockfighting, too
Under news shorts in the November 29 issue of the Hook ["Dogfight: Locals enabled Vick indictments"], Delegate Rob Bell is quoted as saying, "You don't have to be an animal rights activist to find [dogfighting] absolutely repulsive" and "This kind of animal cruelty has to be stopped."
If that's truly how Bell feels, I don't understand why he didn't pass a law that made cock fighting illegal as well.
All animals feel pain, and it's just as wrong for people to attach razor blades to the legs of roosters to tear each other apart as it is for them to set dogs upon one another. Such blood sports are an abomination. A legislator who is sincerely compassionate would have passed a law to put an end to all of them– period.
Bell seems to quickly sponsor legislation being pushed by a large number of people, as if his true impetus is the thought of gaining votes for the next time around. The dogfighting legislation is a case in point. Plenty of folks were complaining about dogfighting, so Bell worked to get a bill passed for them.
Sadly, the outcry against cockfighting was not as loud, and, in fact, it was reported in the media that a group of folks made the trip to Richmond to persuade legislators that cockfighting should not be a part of this legislation. Not too surprisingly, our supposedly caring lawmakers bowed to their wishes.
I hope folks with a genuine compassion for animals will contact Bell to let him know how disgraceful it is for Virginia to allow cockfighting. He can be reached by mail at 2 Boar's Head Place #100, Charlottesville 22903 and by phone at 245-8900 (his local office) and 804-698-1058 (in Richmond). His e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I apploud Delegate Rob Bell. Cockfighting is hardly an abomination. People who rape babies/children, sell drugs to kids, and commit murders, are far worse than two chickens fighting. Cockfighting is a victimless event. These roosters get far better care than most animals for the most part. Before anyone comments on the cluelty involved with chickens, they should wipe the KFC grease from their face and take a long look are those birds are raised. They are have more growth hormones and steriods injected into them than any gamecock. Gamecocks are aggressive by nature, people don't have to train then. They already know how to do it. They are the way they are created. If you think you can make an animal fight, you are truely crazy. There is no way you can make animals fight if they don't already want to. Gamecocks don't care about anything but the will to fight. I doubt very much so that they feel pain when they fight. How do you know they feel pain? Did one of them tell you? There are much worse things and more important issues your state and this country should be worrying about other than roosters! How about insurance for children, employment rates, god forbid we worry about childrens education. But what chickens are so much more important.
Mrs. Condon, i can understand your compassion for animals and everyone wants a nice warm cozy feeling of a fair society when we go to bed at night, so here's alittle story for you. I was out to dinner one evening with a lady friend that was chairperson over an HSUS chapter, we happened to start noticing live chickens on the roadsides, she demanded i stop the car and gather these birds, which i did out of gentlemanly kindness, a couple dozen of them, then wanted me to find a home for them,,,which is impossible no chicken farmer will take birds in and nobody wants live chickens,, so i had to kill all of them and bury the things,,,,a chicken is not mans best friend like a dog society has a place for dog's and who are you to decide a birds extinction, which will happen if they are not allowed to fight, all chickens fight, that's how the term "pecking order" was established,,when dogs get into a fight their food consumption slows for awhile and they take a few days to get over it,,,chickens on the other hand increase appetite and act and crow more vigorously, they love it!!,,,,so tell all your friends to stay within the live birthing animal guidelines, becaquse these (reptiles) are birds of a differaqnt feather!!
I cant believe that today with all our worries we are worried about a chicken.Have we lost our minds? trust me a chicken is the last of my worries and funny thing is all these people who are worried have no problem munching down at the local KFC,Churches etc. Gamecocks get treated great or they could never win against 1 who had been treated right.This is a great sport brought here by our forefathers why disgrace theyre memories with this idiot thinking?
Are you guys members of a local cockfighting group or somethin?
Dan, good to hear from you! I was just looking over the editorials and figured something might be mentioned about our 10 trillion dollar US debt., instead i've found poultry politics and a talented quarterback put to waste over a mistake in his young adult life! The only animal crime that exists in my opinion is failure to give them ample sustence ( feed and water) animals were put here to serve mans needs, animals have no soul, Vick's needs are extreme to some but no animals life is worth that of a human being, read your bible, Holistic society is something Hitler got from the United States, it's wrong to put animals above any race, creed or color of human being. Yes, dog fighting is not right, they are mamals, however cockfighting (retiles) are cold blooded, if you left two roosters alone the winner will eat the losers remains, if roosters were 6 feet tall we'd all be on the food chain!
I'm a lover, not a fighter, breeding a-type socially acceptable gamefowl is my hobby (gamefowl that will not fight),,,we'll all be eat'n whatever we can get if this national debt. keeps climbing,,,,,,happy holidays
I Have A Daughter In Irag this is her secound time she is 28 years young shes figthing terrost and for irags democracy My Family have always had chickens and dogs and cats My girl is figthing for our freedom but here the politics are taking our freedoms to own gamecocks to own dogs next will be hunting and fishing


text: World / Egypt Hey, America, This Is Good News in Egypt Salon essayist: Don't let 'racism against Arabs' ruin the celebration By Mark Russell, Newser Staff Posted Jan 30, 2011 10:33 AM CST Copied Egyptian demonstrators protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square Saturday. (Getty Images) (Newser) – The protests in Egypt are threatening to transform and democratize the entire region. So why all the "grim faces" on American news channels? Because a free Egypt will mean less American power in the Middle East and expose American and Israel hypocrisy, writes Philip Weiss in Salon. "The danger to America and Israel is that the Egyptian revolution will destroy this false choice of secular dictator-or-crazy Islamists by showing that Arabs are smart articulate people who can handle real democracy if they get to make it themselves." story continues below "This is (Obama's) 9/11—the day Arabs blindsided a president," writes Weiss, calling the events in Egypt "electrifying to Arabs everywhere, a heroic mobilization." So when dour American commentators warn of Islamists and instability, "racism against Arabs is shutting down the American mind once again," he writes. "We are seeing a dictator dissolve before our eyes. These are the events we cherished in history books; let us embrace the Egyptian movement." Click for the full essay. (Read more Egypt stories.)


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The European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ETC/ICM) is an international consortium brought together to support the European Environment Agency (EEA) in its mission to deliver timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy-makers and the public for the development and implementation of sound environmental policies in the European Union and other EEA member countries.
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How to do Different Types of Grafts
Types of Grafts
Nurserymen can choose from a number of different types of grafts. This section describes only those basic types of grafts used on nursery crop plants.
Cleft Graft [click image to enlarge]
One of the simplest and most popular forms of grafting, cleft grafting (Figure 2), is a method for top working both flowering and fruiting trees (apples, cherries, pears, and peaches) in order to change varieties. Cleft grafting is also used to propagate varieties of camellias that are difficult to root. This type of grafting is usually done during the winter and early spring while both scion and rootstock are still dormant. Cleft grafting may be performed on main stems or on lateral or scaffold branches.
The rootstock used for cleft grafting should range from 1 to 4 inches in diameter and should be straight grained. The scion should be about 1/4 inch in diameter, straight, and long enough to have at least three buds. Scions that are between 6 and 8 inches long are usually the easiest to use.
Preparing the Rootstock. The stock should be sawed off with a clean, smooth cut perpendicular to the main axis of the stem to be grafted. Using a clefting tool wedge and a mallet, make a split or "cleft" through the center of the stock and down 2 to 3 inches. Remove the clefting tool wedge and drive the pick end of the tool into the center of the newly made cleft so that the stock can be held open while inserting the scion.
Preparing the Scion. In cleft grafting, one scion is usually inserted at each end of the cleft, so prepare two scions for each graft. Select scions that have three or four good buds. Using a sharp, clean grafting knife, start near the base of the lowest bud and make two opposing smooth-tapered cuts 1 to 2 inches long toward the basal end of the scion. Cut the side with the lowest bud slightly thicker than the opposite side. Be sure the basal end of the scion gradually tapers off along both sides.
Inserting the Scion. Insert a scion on each end of the cleft, with the wider side of the wedge facing outward. The cambium of each scion should contact the cambium of the rootstock.
Securing the Graft. Remove the clefting tool from the cleft so that the rootstock can close. Pressure from the rootstock will hold the scions in place. Thoroughly seal all cut surfaces with grafting wax or grafting paint to keep out water and prevent drying. If both scions in the cleft "take," one will usually grow more rapidly than the other. After the first growing season, choose the stronger scion and prune out the weaker.
NOTE: The temperature of grafting wax is critical. It must be hot enough to flow but not so hot as to kill plant tissue. Recently, paint-like sealants have replaced wax in many areas because they are easier to use and require no heating.
Bark Graft [click image to enlarge]
Bark grafting (Figure 3) is used primarily to top work flowering and fruiting trees. In contrast to cleft grafting, this technique can be applied to rootstock of larger diameter (4 to 12 inches) and is done during early spring when the bark slips easily from the wood but before major sap flow. The rootstock is severed with a sharp saw, leaving a clean cut as with cleft grafting.
Preparing the Stock. Start at the cut surface of the rootstock and make a vertical slit through the bark where each scion can be inserted (2 inches long and spaced 1 inch apart).
Preparing the Scion. Since multiple scions are usually inserted around the cut surface of the rootstock, prepare several scions for each graft. Cut the base of each scion to a 1 ½- to 2-inch tapered wedge on one side only.
Inserting the Scion. Loosen the bark slightly and insert the scion so that the wedge-shaped tapered surface of the scion is against the exposed wood under the flap of bark. Push the scion firmly down into place behind the flap of bark, replace the bark flap, and nail the scion in place by driving one or two wire brads through the bark and scion into the rootstock. Insert a scion every 3 to 4 inches around the cut perimeter of the rootstock.
Securing the Graft. Seal all exposed surfaces with grafting wax or grafting paint. Once the scions have begun to grow, leave only the most vigorous one on each stub; prune out all the others. Bark grafts tend to form weak unions and therefore usually require staking or support during the first few years.
Side-Veneer Graft [click image to enlarge]
At one time the side-veneer graft (Figure 4) was a popular technique for grafting varieties of camellias and rhododendrons that are difficult to root. Currently, it is the most popular way to graft conifers, especially those having a compact or dwarf form. Side-veneer grafting is usually done on potted rootstock.
Preparing the Stock. Rootstock is grown in pots the season before grafting, allowed to go dormant, and then stored as with other container nursery stock. After exposure to cold weather for at least six weeks, the rootstock is brought into a cool greenhouse for a few days before grafting takes place to encourage renewed root growth. The plant should not be watered at this time.
Make a shallow downward cut about 3/4 inch to 1 inch long at the base of the stem on the potted rootstock to expose a flap of bark with some wood still attached. Make an inward cut at the base so that the flap of bark and wood can be removed from the rootstock.
Preparing the Scion. Choose a scion with a diameter the same as or slightly smaller than the rootstock. Make a sloping cut 3/4 to 1 inch long at the base of the scion. (Use the bark grafting technique shown in Figure 3.)
Inserting the Scion. Insert the cut surface of the scion against the cut surface of the rootstock. Be certain that the cambia contact each other.
Securing the Graft. Hold the scion in place using a rubber grafting strip, tape, or grafting twine. Seal the entire graft area with warm grafting wax or grafting paint. Remove the rubber or twine shortly after the union has healed. Never allow the binding material to girdle the stem.
Splice Graft [click image to enlarge]
Splice grafting (Figure 5) is used to join a scion onto the stem of a rootstock or onto an intact rootpiece. This simple method is usually applied to herbaceous materials that callus or "knit" easily, or it is used on plants with a stem diameter of 1/2 inch or less. In splice grafting, both the stock and scion must be of the same diameter.
Preparing the Stock and Scion.Cut off the rootstock using a diagonal cut 3/4 to 1 inch long. Make the same type of cut at the base of the scion.
Inserting the Scion. Fit the scion to the stock. Wrap this junction securely with a rubber grafting strip or twine.
Securing the Graft. Seal the junction with grafting wax or grafting paint. Water rootstock sparingly until the graft knits. Over watering may cause sap to "drown" the scion. Be sure to remove the twine or strip as soon as the graft has healed.
Whip and Tongue Graft [click image to enlarge]
The whip and tongue technique (Figure 6) is most commonly used to graft nursery crops or woody ornamentals. Both the rootstock and scion should be of equal size and preferably no more than 1/2 inch in diameter. The technique is similar to splice grafting except that the whip on the rootstock holds the tongue of the scion in place (and vice versa). This leaves both hands free to wrap the joint.
For the whip and tongue graft, make similar cuts on both the stock and scion. These cuts should be made with a single draw of the knife and should have a smooth surface so that the two can develop a good graft union. Up to this point, rootstock and scion are cut the same as for a splice graft.
Preparing the Stock and Scion. Cut off the stock using a diagonal cut. The cut should be four to five times longer than the diameter of the stock to be grafted. Make the same kind of cut at the base of the scion.
Next, place the blade of the knife across the cut end of the stock, halfway between the bark and pith (on the upper part of the cut surface). Use a single knife stroke to draw the blade down at an angle through the wood and pith. Stop at the base of the initial diagonal cut. This second cut must not follow the grain of the wood but should run parallel to the first cut.
Inserting the Scion. Prepare the scion in the same way. Fit the scion into the rootstock so that they interlock whip and tongue. Be certain that the cambia are aligned.
Securing the Graft. Wrap the junction with a grafting strip or twine, and seal it with grafting wax or grafting paint. Never allow the binding material to girdle the stem.
Saddle Graft [click image to enlarge]
Saddle grafting (Figure 7) is a relatively easy technique to learn and once mastered can be performed quite rapidly. The stock may be either field-grown or potted. Both rootstock and scion should be the same diameter. For best results, use saddle grafting on dormant stock in mid- to late winter. Stock should not be more than 1 inch in diameter.
Preparing the Stock. Using two opposing upward strokes of the grafting knife, sever the top from the rootstock. The resulting cut should resemble an inverted V, with the surface of the cuts ranging from 1/2 to 1 inch long.
Preparing the Scion. Now reverse the technique to prepare the base of the scion. These cuts on the rootstock and scion must be the same length and have the same slope so that a maximum amount of cambial tissue will make contact when the two halves are joined.
Inserting the Scion. Place the V-notched scion onto the saddle of the rootstock. If rootstock and scion are the same diameter, cambial alignment is easier; otherwise adjust as needed.
Securing the Graft. Wrap the graft with a grafting twine, tape, or strip, then seal it with grafting wax or grafting paint.
All of the preceding techniques are used to top work horticultural crops for a particular purpose. Occasionally, however, grafting is used to repair injured or diseased plants. Two common techniques available for this purpose are bridge grafting and inarch grafting.
Bridge Graft [click image to enlarge]
Bridge grafting (Figure 8) is used to "bridge" a diseased or damaged area of a plant, usually at or near the base of the trunk. Such damage commonly results from contact with grading or lawn maintenance equipment, or it may be caused by rodents, cold temperatures, or disease organisms. The bridge graft provides support as well as a pipeline that allows water and nutrients to move across the damaged area.
Bridge grafts are usually done in early spring just before active plant growth begins. They may be performed any time the bark on the injured plant "slips."
Preparing the Scion. Select scions that are straight and about twice as long as the damaged area to be bridged. Make a 1 1/2- to 2-inch-long tapered cut on the same plane at each end of the scion.
Preparing the Stock. Remove any damaged tissue so the graft is on healthy stems. Cut a flap in the bark on the rootstock the same width as the scion and below the injury to be repaired. Gently fold the flap away from the stock, being careful not to tear the bark flap.
Inserting the Scion. First, insert and secure the scion below the injury; push the scion under the flap with the cut portion of the scion against the wood of the injured stem or trunk. Then go back and insert and secure the scion above the injury following these same steps. Push the scion firmly into place. Pull the flap over the scion and tack it into place as described for bark grafting (Figure 3).
When grafting with young stems that may waver in the wind, insert the scions so that they bow outward slightly. Bridge grafts should be spaced about 3 to 4 inches apart across the damaged area.
Securing the Graft. Secure all graft areas with warm grafting wax or grafting paint. During and after the healing period, remove any buds or shoots that develop on the scions.
Inarch Graft [click image to enlarge]
Inarching, like bridge grafting, is used to bypass or support a damaged or weakened area of a plant stem (Figure 9). Unlike bridge grafting, the scion can be an existing shoot, sucker, or watersprout that is already growing below and extending above the injury. The scion may also be a shoot of the same species as the injured plant growing on its own root system next to the main trunk of the damaged tree. With the inarching technique, the tip of the scion is grafted in above the injury using the same method as for bark or bridge grafting.
source: www.ces.ncsu.edu


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5 Reasons You Have No Choice But to Sing in Church on Sunday
Each week, upwards of 100 million people in America attend church, listen responsively to the sermons, and pray sincerely. But when it comes time to sing the hymns, the level of engagement drops dramatically.
There are many proposed reasons for this fall off, all of which hold validity. It could be the wider culture's waning interest in community singing, the diminishing levels of music education in the West, the role of choirs in schools, the unstable and increasingly narcissistic elements in church music, or even the spiritual state of our nation as a whole.
For millennia, music has been an integral part of corporate worship. The first hymns are as old as the early books of the Bible. The disciples and early church leaders sang those songs and added some of their own.
Notable thinkers throughout history (and into the current era) — everyone from Luther to Bach to John Newton — have so believed in the importance of corporate worship that they, too, contributed to the grand canon of hymns we know today.
As a contemporary hymn writer who travels to cities worldwide, I love to meet pastors and worship leaders and encourage them to lead their congregations in deeper, more passionate singing. Here are just five of the many reasons we should all sing passionately in church this Sunday:
1. We are commanded to sing.
We are called to sing — indeed, the Scriptures command us more than 250 times to sing. It's hardly one of those "controversial" issues that is hard to ascertain precisely what scripture is saying. It's not a choice. It's not dependent on "feeling like it." It's not our prerogative.
Throughout biblical history, in every place and circumstance — in victory and defeat, in celebrations and festivals, in death and mourning — singing was second nature for people of faith. Indeed, the largest book of the Bible — Psalms — is itself a songbook that explores the range of human experience and interaction with God through singing.
In the New Testament, Paul tells the early churches to get together and sing. In Ephesians 5, he reiterates the call of old to engage with each other in the singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, making music from the heart.
2. Singing together completes our joy.
Celebrating with each other is as natural as breathing. At our kid's soccer game or when we watch football or March Madness, it's not enough for our team to win. We want to revel in the moment and share it with others. Marking a birthday, winning a prize, or getting a raise are all incomplete until we get to share them with those we love.
Similarly, for the faithful, the joy of living, of praying, of studying Scripture cannot be complete until shared. Singing together reminds us — not just intellectually, but experientially — that we are not slaves to the rugged individualism promoted by society. We're actually responsible to one another.
Christian apologist CS Lewis believed that singing completes our faith. In his Reflections on the Psalms, he writes, "I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is appointed consumption."
3. Singing is an expression of brotherhood and unites generations.
Singing together is a picture here on earth of the hope of heaven where every tribe, tongue, and nation will sing to God. Throughout history, God's people have both discovered and affirmed their solidarity in times of celebration and in times of tragedy through singing.
Consider again those first churches Paul was leading. They often had little in common — they were culturally different, citizens of national enemies, sometimes with different religious traditions or no tradition at all, and sometimes even lacking common language or dialect. His admonition in Ephesians is not a simplistic instruction; it was a hard thing. But, all the more is the importance of their (and our) singing together as it was an undeniable expression of their brotherhood and unity.
It is a curious thing that stats may show the subject of congregational singing (or sadly, perhaps, the larger topic of church music) may have caused more splits within Christian communities than any movement since the Reformation.
The depth of brotherhood that could have been achieved by something as simple as singing together shines a harsh light on the insensitivity of church members and leadership who have broken congregations over so-called "worship wars."
4. We are what we sing.
Singing affects how we pray, think, and feel. It influences our memory banks and even the deepest parts of our subconscious.
My wife, Kristyn, and I have noticed when we sing children's hymns in the car with our girls they actually behave better than if, say, they were watching television.
At the other end of the scale, my grandfather arrived at church early on Sundays — very early. He sat in the pew, opened a hymnal, and rehearsed the songs to himself over and over. And though I was glad when we visited him, quiet reflection early on a Sunday morning was not my forte.
But, many years later, when he was in his nineties and unable to remember my name or how to accomplish even the most basic tasks of daily life, he still could recite or respond to the words of those hymns. They were songs he carried for life, and they brought him considerable peace, even at one of the most difficult stages of life, because they were so deeply engrained to his being.
In Deuteronomy 31, we read the instruction of the Lord to Moses to write down the words of the song he was given and to teach it to his children so that when many evils and trouble befell them, the song would be a reminder to them lest they turn away.
If the songs we sing to ourselves and to each other are just of the moment, detached from Scripture and lacking in history or perspective, we've little to keep us moored to Truth. But when we are intentional about singing and the songs we sing, we build up a testimony that will travel with us through life.
5. Singing bears testimony to our faith.
How we sing, if we sing, how passionately we sing — our singing itself — is a witness to those looking on. There is no choice in the matter. In the level of our engagement with the songs and participation in the singing, we testify to the joy of an excited believer or betray the chill of a disinterested spectator.
In the New Testament, we read of Christians gathered together who so passionately expressed their faith together in song that the people looking on thought them to be drunk because that was the only explanation for their uniformed experience.
Ultimately, those who may feel they are on the outside looking in will, from the deepest part of themselves, respond to authentic and passionate singing to discover the truth held in the God songs we sing.
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As we head to church on Sunday — as overworked dads, stressed out mums, grandparents struggling with health, and young people looking for wealth — we can, with integrity and relief, go with repentance and thanksgiving to the One who has created us, forgiven us and who lives within us. How can we not sing?
It was King David who, in the aftermath of the debacle of his adultery with Bathsheba, turned to God and said, " . . . my tongue will sing of your righteousness. Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise" (Psalm 51).
Born and raised in northern Ireland, Keith & Kristyn Getty have emerged as two of the most prolific and popular 21st century Christian hymn writers, penning the modern classic "In Christ Alone," which has been recorded over 100 times. The award-winning couple, who currently live in the United States (Nashville, TN) with their daughters Eliza and Charlotte, released their debut album (In Christ Alone) in 2006, followed by Hymn Makers: Speak O Lord in 2011. Highlights from both were captured in concert on the couple's 2013 effort Live at the Gospel Coalition.


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using excel - I need to create a if statement that will use a start date of 1/1/31 and an end date of 5/1/2013 but only report networkdays for Jan, feb, mar, etc...
If you want it to show partial months, try this one:
It's one very long formula, cut & paste from here so you get it all.
but only report networkdays for Jan, feb, mar, etc
The NETWORKDAYS() function will calculate the number of working days between two dates.
Which means it returns a number.
So, I'm not sure what it is your trying to do, please explain a bit more about what it is you want to accomplish.
Thank you for your reply... okay, let me see if i can explain a little better.
I have a start date of 1/1/13 and end date of 12/15/13. What I want is to calculate a rate of pay $80 times workdays for each month.
I wrote: =networkdays(date(2012,1,1)date(2013,1,31))*(M7*8)
M7 = $80 hourly rate
This helps me to see what the full pay for January will be $14,720. but it does not use the Start date of 1/1/2013 and end date of 12/15/13 for all of the months.
Am I making any sense??
what I want to see if the full pay for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.... using the Start date of 1/1/2013 and end date of 12/15/2013.
any ideas??
Or you have have another suggestion??
You seem to almost have it.
Try this, the formula looks like this:
By way of an explanation of what it does:
In Cell A1 enter your Start Date, IE: 01/01/2013
In Cell B1 enter the number of Months you want to calculate.
As you can see, we're using the =EOMONTH() function
which will show the last day of the month,
a specified number of months in the future.
So, for just JAN, enter a zero on cell B1
for Jan + Feb enter 1
for Jan + Feb + March enter 2
etc, etc
The =NETWORKDAYS() will determine the number
of days between your Start Date and the End of the month,
the number of months you have specified in cell B1
then multiply that by your number in cell M7
See how that works.
What you are saying makes sense excepted the "B1" see if you can read below.
A! B1 C1 Total YR JAN FEB MAR
Start End Rate Pay
1/1/13 4/15/13 $80 $34,880 $14,720 $12,800 $7,360
BTW!! Thank you so much to taking the time to help me...you are extremely kind!!
If you are manually entering the column headers as months if you enter them as dates i.e. 1/1/13, 2/1/13 3/1/13 and then format them as "MMM" you can then have this equation under each of the month headers
this assumes
Row 1 is for headers
A2= Start date
B2=End Date
C2=Rate ($80)
D2=Total year = SUM(F2:F14)
E2 - H2 (assuming Jan-Apr) is where you would place the long calculation aboveStart Date End Date Rate Total Year January February March April 1/01/2001 15/04/2013 $80 $48,000 $14,720 $12,800 $13,440 $7,040
@Mike - neat solution - I borrowed (stole) heavily from it and adapted.
Is this how your data is set up:A B C D E F G 1) Start End Rate Total Jan Feb Mar 2) 1/1/2013 4/15/2013 $80 $34,880 $14,720 $12,800 $7,360
You want each Month's total to be displayed separately?
You will need a formula for each month.
The simplist way I can think of is on Row 1 enter the Date
but only display the Month.
So in the above example
Cell E1 would contain 01/01/2013
Cell F1 would contain 02/01/2013
etc, etc.
You can then Custom Format the cells to display only the Month
with a Custom Format of:
MMM for the short version IE: Jan
MMMM for the complete month IE: January
Then in Cell E2 enter the formula:
You can then drag the formula right
as many columns as needed.
That should give you what your looking for.
Here is an improved version of the formula:
Does a bit more checking for which month to include.
I just noticed, do you want this to display a Daily figure?
If you want it to show partial months, try this one:
It's one very long formula, cut & paste from here so you get it all.
I am going to try it and will let you know soon....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
IT WORKED!! You are an angel!!!


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On Wednesday, I broke the story of the ominous involvement of the China Investment Corporation in a local development by Brenhill properties after acquiring the land from the City of Vancouver.
Well, both the City and Ernst and Young, who they hired to consult on the deal, have responded.
In a correction to the original engagement letter, Kevin Brennan, the Senior Vice President at Ernst and Young suggests the reference to the China Investment Corporation was a mistake.
That's an awfully big mistake for the senior VP of a Big Four accounting firm who charges $625/hr.
And what's more, the city's legal team and City council should have reviewed this document. According to NPA Councillor George Affleck, that did not happen.
But there is more to this deal than just the reference and possible involvement of the China Investment Corporation:
Thanks to the hard work of organizations like the South Vancouver Parks society and Glen Chernen, it was brought to my attention that the city signed off in a dramatic 83 per cent reduction in the land value, essentially wiping out $50 million from an original $59 million valuation in January 2015.
I met with Glen Chernen today to hear more about this deal.
WATCH my report to hear what he had to say.
Something fishy is going on at BC Assessment as well.
At each of my visits while investigating this story, despite speaking with multiple employees at multiple offices, I was denied access to public documents.
Between the secrecy of BC Assessment, and the revelation that Burgess, Cawley, Sullivan were working for both sides during the land value reduction, we are left today with more questions than answers.
But this story is far from over…


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