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Bass Society Pediatric Scholars
Sharon Rebecca Chinthrajah, MD
The Carell Family Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2015-2017)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Allergy and Immunology and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
BS, Lehigh University, 2000
MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2004
Residency, California Pacific Medical Center, 2008
Fellowship (Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine), Boston Medical Center, 2011
Fellowship (Allergy & Immunology), Boston Medical Center, 2013
MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2004
Research focus: Dr. Chinthrajah's research focuses on advancing the understanding of immune dysfunction and regulation in atopic diseases such as food allergy and asthma. As a co-investigator at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research, Dr. Chinthrajah conducts clinical trials to investigate novel therapeutic approaches in allergic individuals. By understanding the mechanisms of immune regulation in patients undergoing therapy, she can then apply these principles to understand pathogenesis of disease. With the hope of understanding organ specific mechanisms, Dr. Chinthrajah's team has active protocols to obtain samples from allergic patients in order to develop a comprehensive overview of immune networks.
Tushar Desai, MD, MPH
Woods Family Endowed Faculty Scholar in Translational Medicine (2016-2021)
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
BA, Amherst College, 1991
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1995
MPH, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1995
Internship & Residency (Internal Medicine), University of Michigan Hospitals, 1998
Fellowship (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Boston Medical Center, 2004
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Biochemistry), Stanford University School of Medicine, 2008
Research focus:
Dr. Desai investigates the underlying cause of serious lung diseases like bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema, and lung cancer. By identifying the "engine" that drives a particular lung disease, he aims to devise specific treatments that target the underlying problem and, therefore, have the potential to halt the entire disease process. His laboratory's approach is to first acquire a deep understanding of the normal cellular and molecular processes that regulate development and maintenance of a healthy lung and then to use this knowledge to infer which specific process has gone awry in a particular lung disease. Dr. Desai is particularly interested in determining if stem cell dysfunction contributes to lung diseases, since they represent a possible novel therapy that could easily be delivered into the lungs via the airways.
Sayantani (Tina) Sindher, MD
Gies Foundation Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
MD, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine (2010)
Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital at Montefiore (2013)
Allergy and Immunology Fellowship,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2016)
Research focus:
Dr. Sindher's research focuses on finding the underlying tissue, cellular, and molecular changes that occur in patients with allergic and immunological disorders, such as food allergies and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Dr. Sindher is involved in clinical research studies at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University and seeks to uncover potential new therapies for allergy patients.
Mentor: Kari C. Nadeau, MD, PhD
Maya Kumar, PhD
Bravo Family Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2015-2017)
Director of Lung Development at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford and Instructor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
BA, Williams College, 1996
Fulbright Fellowship, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1997
PhD, Harvard University, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, 2015
Research focus:
Dr. Kumar's research focuses on understanding the biology of airway remodeling in asthma, a respiratory disease in which dysregulation of the airway smooth muscle (ASM) narrows the bronchial tubes, affecting an estimated 14% of the world's children annually. Dr. Kumar's research explores the cell behaviors that underlie airway remodeling in asthma and other smooth muscle diseases of the lung. She then defines which cells and cell behaviors lead to ASM expansion in asthma and identifies potential regulators of those behaviors. Her long-term goals are to understand the formation, maintenance, and asthmatic dysregulation of the airway wall to find ways to halt or reverse airway remodeling as a treatment of asthma in children.
Mentors: Kari C. Nadeau, MD, PhD
A. Desiree LaBeaud, MD, MS
Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2020)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
BS, University of California, San Diego, 1996
MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2000
Residency, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, 2003
Fellowship, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, 2006
MS, Case Western Reserve University, 2009
Research focus:
Since the early 2000s, Dr. LaBeaud has devoted her efforts to better understanding the risk factors and long-term health consequences of arboviral infections, including Rift Valley fever, chikungunya, and dengue viruses. Currently, Dr. LaBeaud has two large field projects ongoing in Kenya. As a physician-scientist, she splits her time between research (75%) and clinical practice (25%), including travel clinic experience. Her research aims to improve diagnostics of arboviral infections, and her laboratory uses Luminex technology to build a new screening assay and to assess vaccine responses against multiple pathogens.
Norman Lacayo, MD
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2016-2019)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Hematology and Oncology
BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1985
MD, University of California, San Francisco, 1989
Internship (Pediatrics), University of California Hospitals, San Francisco, 1990
Residency (Pediatrics), University of California Hospitals, San Francisco, 1992
Fellowship (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology), Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1995
Research focus:
Dr. Lacayo's research focuses on the discovery and evaluation of new biomarkers in childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He was the first to describe gene expression signatures related to FLT3-ITD mutations in childhood AML and later pioneered the first studies of single cell network profiles (SCNP) in childhood AML and tested the use of SCNP and drug sensitivity in clinical AML samples to determine its feasibility as a real-time clinical test. Dr. Lacayo currently aims to develop a classifier to predict risk of relapse and develops SCNP studies at Stanford and in collaboration with a consortium study at St. Baldrick's. He maintains a biobank for serial acute leukemia specimens to offer samples from the same patient to allow detailed biomarker proof of principle studies at the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases. Since 2015, Dr. Lacayo has developed Phase 0 and Phase I projects in leukemia and sarcoma as institutional PI for the Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapies Investigational Consortium (POETIC) group. Finally, in collaboration with researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Dr. Lacayo will be the co-principal investigator in a Phase 2 national protocol for children with newly diagnosed acute myelogenous leukemia that will test the efficacy and safety of epigenetic priming in the treatment of childhood leukemia.
Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Faculty Scholar (2014-2018)
Associate Professor, Neurology and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery and of Pediatrics
MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2004
PhD, Stanford University, 2004
Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, 2008
Fellowship, Stanford University, 2010
Research focus: Much of brain development occurs after birth. Maturation of complex neural circuitry necessary for high-level cognitive and motor functions occurs throughout childhood and young adulthood.
The Monje Lab studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of postnatal neurodevelopment. Areas of emphasis include neuronal instruction of gliogenesis (the generation of the non-neuronal connective tissue cell populations, or glia, derived from multipotent neural stem cells) and cellular contributions to the neurogenic (related to the nervous system) and gliogenic signaling microenvironment. As a practicing neurologist and neuro-oncologist, Dr. Monje is particularly interested in the roles neural precursor cell function and dysfunction play in both the origins of pediatric brain tumors and the consequences of cancer treatment.
Manpreet Singh, MD, MS
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2013-2018)
Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Development of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
BS, University of Michigan, 1997
MD, Michigan State University, 2002
MS, University of Michigan, 2007
Residency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2007
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Stanford University
School of Medicine, 2009
Research Focus:
Dr. Singh's is the Director, Stanford Pediatric Mood Disorders Program. Her research focuses on investigating the origins and pathways for developing major affective disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder during childhood, as well as methods to protect and preserve function before and after the onset of early emotional and behavioral problems. Using an integration of clinical, neuroimaging, genetic, and neuroendocrine tools, Dr. Singh's research program aims to explore the complex risk factors associated with the development of emotional dysfunction and associated psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
Jo Wallace, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC
Sheri Sobrato Brisson Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Neuropsychology (2015)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
BA, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD
MA, Notre Dame de Namur University
PhD, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Research focus:
Dr. Wallace specializes in cognitive late effects from tumors as well as chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for patients with cancer, specifically brain tumors. Working on multiple ongoing studies through the Children's Oncology Group, Dr. Wallace examines the neurocognitive functioning of patients at the time of diagnosis, at various points during their treatment, and post-treatment. She is also an adjunct professor for the master and doctoral psychology programs at Notre Dame de Namur University where she teaches and mentors future clinicians. Additionally, Dr. Wallace specializes in utilizing art therapy with evidence based treatment modalities to therapeutically support the pediatric patients and families at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.
Mentor: Paul Graham Fisher, MD, MHS
Past Holders
- Cheryl Ambler, PhD
Sheri Sobrato Brisson Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Neuropsychology (2011-2014)
Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
- Kari Berquist, PhD
Autism Center Faculty Scholar (2010-2012)
Currently: Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Alan G. Cheng, MD
Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2016)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Chitra Dinakar, MD
Gies Foundation Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2016-2017)
Currently: Clinical Professor, Medicine – Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Brian Feldman, MD, PhD
Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2012-2017)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Endocrinology
- Wendy Froehlich, MD
Stanford Autism Center Postdoctoral Faculty Scholar (2011-2014)
Currently: Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Instructor (by courtesy), Pediatrics – General Pediatrics
- Raphael Guzman, MD
Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2011)
Currently: Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Jayakar V. Nayak, MD, PhD
The Gies Foundation Endowed Faculty Scholar for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2015-2016)
Currently: Associate Professor of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
- Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD
Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2016)
Currently: Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine


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Boston Beer Company, the second largest craft brewery in the United States, could soon lose its status as a craft brewer according to the rules of America's Brewers Association (BA). In order to qualify as "a small and independent craft brewer" at least half of a brewery's sales by volume must be composed of "traditional" beer.
But declining beer sales of its flagship brand Samuel Adams and additional offerings for alternative beverages such as Twisted Tea, Angry Orchard cider, and Truly Spiked & Sparkling seltzers is pushing Boston Beer Co.'s product mix close to the 50% threshold. Rumors about a possible change in status of Boston Beer already arose in April (inside.beer, 22.04.2017).
Still, the BA is backing Boston Beer and its founder Jim Koch, who also holds a seat on BA's board of directors. It is widely believed that the association could also adjust its rules like in 2010, when the volume limit for craft brewers was lifted from 2 to 6 million barrels. The new rule was also nicknamed "Lex Koch".
Critics argue that the BA should acknowledge the changes in the industry and totally drop the size limit and requirements for a product mix but should instead position itself as an organization for "independent brewers", regardless of the size.
In May, in a similar move the former Craft Beer Industry Association (CIBA) of Australia renamed itself to Independent Brewers Association (IBA) and expelled members breweries like Little Creatures, Malt Shovel and Mountain Goat, all of which are 100% owned by global brewing concerns (inside.beer, 18.5.2017). Chris McNamara, IBA's Executive Officer, explained at that time that the reason for the repositioning was that "craft has become such a nebulous term to be able to describe." The term independent seemed much better suited to define the distinctive nature of the members.
Similar organizations for independent brewers already exist in other countries like in the UK (Society of Independent Brewers/SIBA, inside.beer, 10.7.2017) and Germany, where actually three different organizations (Freie Brauer, Verband Private Brauereien, Brauring) represent the interests of independent brewers.

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Collision System Architect & Physics Programmer
We are no longer seeking applicants for this position.
We're looking for a enthusiastic physics programmer interested in developing a system for handling planetary collisions (and collisions at other scales of objects) for the upcoming sequel to Universe Sandbox. This is a contract position, but has the potential to become more permanent.
You'll be working with the creator of Universe Sandbox, our astronomer, the core game architect, the developer of our gravity integrator and smooth particle hydrodynamics tech, and aiding our graphics programmer. We are creating a robust, real time model for collisions of objects at all scales – asteroids, planets, moons, and stars (and smaller human sized objects) that works at wide range of time steps (including super slow motion). The collision system will need to work with variable numbers of spawned bodies and particles with smooth transitions between all states.
We want to create a system that will handle the Moon colliding with the Earth, the Earth colliding with Jupiter, Jupiter colliding with another gas giant, and something that works when a user decides to spawn a black hole inside of a moon.
You will oversee the integration of existing collision physics analytical and numerical solutions into one system that smoothly transitions between the handling of various cases, making sure that edge cases are accounted for.
Our continuing goal is to make the easiest and most captivating way to learn about the universe through real-time interaction, creation, and destruction… while keeping the simulation representative and true to our best understanding of reality.
Join a talented team and let's make something amazing that's never been created before.
In short: collisions must be amazing.
- Physics programming experience
- Love watching slow motion videos of collisions and explosions
- Interest in helping change the way the world perceives our universe and fragile planet
- Strong C# and Unity experience
- Experience with rigid body physics systems like: PhysX, Jitter, or Bullet
- Ability to meet in person at least once a week in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, WA
Company Overview
Giant Army is the company behind Universe Sandbox, a space simulator that's sold hundreds of thousands of copies on Steam. We're based in Seattle, Washington, USA, but the team has members in Montana, Germany, and Denmark.
Product Overview
Universe Sandbox is our core product that lets the user explore and learn about our amazing universe while creating and destroying on a scale they've never before imagined. It's more than a game; it's a way of experiencing and learning about reality in a way that's never been done before. The new version will be available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
We are no longer seeking applicants for this position.
If you're interested please email us at:
jobs at universesandbox.com
In the email please include a:
- Relevant email subject
- Answer to these two questions:
– What is the most appealing part of this opportunity?
– What aspect of physics simulations do you find most interesting?
- Link to where you originally heard about this job posting
- Link to or copy of your resume
Current State of Collisions and Development
We've been developing the sequel to Universe Sandbox in C# and Unity for 2 years. We have a great Open CL based gravity integrator and an analytical system in place for simple collisions that works fairly well. We have ideas for how to move forward with this, but there's too much else for everyone to do for this critical feature to get the attention it needs. We're open to new ideas and rebuilding the existing system to get the best end result.


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Zionism in Bible Prophecy - Part 5
The Cursed Fig Tree
Date: 07/01/2002
Issue No. 164
In discussing the spirit of Zionism, we saw in Part One and Part Two of this series that the Jews got tired of waiting for a messiah to end their dispersion and bring them "back to the Promised Land." Their dispersion did not end, because the Jews did not (as a people) repent of their "hostility" to Jesus Christ—which the divine law specified as a condition for the end of captivity (Lev. 26:40, NASB).
Certain Jews finally decided that the time had come for them to take matters into their own hands. They saw no reason to repent, for in their eyes Jesus was a false messiah that was worthy of death. Likewise, they persecuted the early Church, believing that they deserved to die for spreading the "heresy" of Jesus' teachings and of the "lie" that He rose from the dead.
They saw no connection between the beheading of John the Baptist at Passover of 30 A.D. and the beginning of the Roman siege of Jerusalem 40 years later at Passover of 70 A.D.
They saw no connection between Jesus' crucifixion at Passover of 33 A.D. and the fall of Masada that marked the end of the war 40 years later at Passover of 73 A.D.
They were willing to follow false messiahs, as long as they were military leaders eager to fight those that God had put over them. But they were not willing to repent in order to let God set them free—at least, not until the prophet Daniel did so in Dan. 9.
The Violent Take the Kingdom by Force
We have shown from the prophet Jeremiah that there were (and still are) two types of "figs" from the fig tree of Judah. There are good figs and evil figs. The good figs are those that peaceably submit to the judgment of God, and there are those who would rather fight and die (Jer. 24-30). This was true in Jeremiah's day, and it was again true in Jesus' day. Jesus said of these people in Matt. 11:12,
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.
Jesus denounced the Jewish belief that the Kingdom of God must be taken by violence and force. Forty years later, God brought judgment and captivity upon Judah, this time at the hand of Rome. It was all for the same reasons that we find in the writings of Jeremiah six centuries earlier. One would think that the people would have learned, since they claimed to believe the writings of Moses and the prophets.
Judaism and the Traditions (Precepts) of Men
The problem was that these people did not believe either Moses or the prophets. Jesus said in John 5:45-47,
45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
Jesus said that the Jews did not believe Moses, and that this was the reason they would not believe Jesus and accept Him as the Messiah. They believed only the traditions of men, which Jesus severely condemned (Matt. 15:1-8). Jesus concluded in verses 7-9,
7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 9 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
These precepts, or traditions, were written down from about 50 B.C. to about 500 A.D. in a body of Jewish literature called the "Talmud." This is the sacred literature of Judaism. It is NOT the Bible, not even the Old Testament. Dr. Israel Shahak writes on page 5 of his very scholarly book, Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel,
"Jewish fundamentalists believe that the Bible itself is not authoritative unless interpreted correctly by talmudic literature."
Dr. Shahak was an Israeli citizen in Jerusalem for over 40 years until his death on July 2, 2001. He was a professor emeritus of Organic Chemistry at Hebrew University as well as a human rights activist. Dr. Shahak further writes on page 25,
"The teachings of the biblical prophets, the books of Job and Ecclesiastes and numerous other parts of the Bible are studied neither in the heders [elementary schools] nor the yeshivot [talmudic schools of higher learning] and are therefore unknown to the Haredim [fundamentalists]."
Dr. Shahak is telling us that the religious rabbis do not normally study the Bible itself. They study the traditions of men, which is what men SAY the Bible teaches. The Talmud is often diametrically opposed to the teaching of the prophets themselves.
The Talmudic teachings seldom reflected the real teachings of the Bible. It is often assumed among Christian circles that Jews only need to add Jesus to their Judaism in order to get the perfect religion. This is not true. The Talmud plus Jesus does not equal Christianity.
We showed in Part Two of this series that Jesus Christ was the One who gave the law to Moses. He is the One called Yahweh in the Old Testament, as we see from Ex. 15:2,
2 The Lord [Yahweh] is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation [Yahshua].
The Hebrew name translated "Lord" is Yahweh, the name of God that was revealed to Moses in Ex. 6:3. The Hebrew word translated "salvation" is Yahshua, which is Jesus' Hebrew name. Thus, Moses prophetically writes of the incarnation of Jesus, saying that "Yahweh. . . has become my Yahshua." It proves that Jesus Christ is the God of the Old Testament and that He came to be born of a virgin in Bethlehem in the New Testament. This prophetic concept is repeated in Isaiah 12, saying,
2 Behold, God is my salvation [Yahshua], I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation [Yahshua]. 3 Therefore you will joyously draw water from the springs of salvation [Yahshua].
Jesus referred to this passage in John 7:37 and 38 when He said on the last day of the feast of Tabernacles,
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.
Jesus was telling the people that the true water of life comes only through Him. The outpouring of the Spirit would result in the people becoming springs of living water. Jesus told the Samaritan woman in John 4:14, He who drinks of this water will never thirst again.
Jesus came to manifest to the world the true meaning of the Scriptures. He did this by example and by teaching. His teaching contradicted the chauvinistic teaching of the religious leaders of the day. For this reason, instead of repenting, they crucified Him.
The Fig Tree Cut Down
John the Baptist admonished the people not to claim that their descent from Abraham would save them. He said in Luke 3:8 and 9,
8 Therefore bring forth fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 And also the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
In other words, the nation of Judah was not going to be spared just because they could claim descent from Abraham. God spared neither Israel nor Judah in the days of the Old Testament. Neither would He spare them in the first century A.D. except for those who would repent.
John was called to introduce Jesus to the world and present Him as the Messiah. After fulfilling that call, he was soon cast into prison and finally executed. Jesus then ministered three years, showing the mind of God by His character and explaining to them what He meant when He gave the law to Moses. Most of the people either did not understand or they disagreed with Him.
Finally, toward the end of His ministry, he told a parable of the fig tree, which completed what John had said in Luke 3 (above). We read in Luke 13:6-9,
6 And He began telling this parable: A certain man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, and did not find any. 7 And he said to the vineyard-keeper, Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground? 8 And he answered and said to him, Let it alone, sir, for this year, too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.
The fig tree was the symbol of the Judah nation. Jesus came looking for "fruits in keeping with repentance" (as John called it) on this national tree for three years and found nothing. But the vineyard-keeper interceded for the tree, asking for one more year to see if it would bear fruit. And so, in the middle of the fourth year of His ministry, He came to Jerusalem one final time to see if He might find fruit of this tree.
Instead of repenting, they crucified Him. This was not the "fruits in keeping with repentance" that John expected from this tree. Thus, the prophecy says in Luke 13:9, "if not, cut it down." This is what happened from 70-73 A.D. The Judah tree was cut down and the people scattered. It was the beginning of their "yoke of iron" (Deut. 28:48).
Many modern Christians listen to the Jews claiming descent from Abraham, and they think this nullifies their need to repent before God removes from them the iron yoke. Such people ought to believe John the Baptist.
The Fruitless Fig Tree Withers
Just before Jesus was crucified, He came upon a fig tree that was full of leaves. The story is told in Matt. 21:18-20,
18 Now in the morning, when He returned to the city, He became hungry. 19 And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it, and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you. And at once the fig tree withered. 20 And seeing this, the disciples marveled saying, How did the fig tree wither at once?
This is an event that illustrated Jesus' parable in Luke 13:6-9 (quoted earlier) about the fruitless fig tree. This tree had many leaves but no fruit. It put on a good show to the eyes, but it did not meet God's requirements. So Jesus prophesied that it would not bring forth fruit at all. At that, the fig tree withered and died.
Adam and Eve Used Fig Leaves
Fig leaves have been a problem from the beginning. When Adam and Eve sinned, they discovered that they were "naked." So the story says that they used fig leaves to cover themselves (Gen. 3:7). But fig leaves cannot cover one's nakedness (sin) before God. Fig leaves are a symbol of man's covering for sin, man's rationalizations, and man's excuses.
The true covering for sin is the blood of Jesus Christ, which cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7). There is no fig leaf big enough to cover sin or to substitute for the blood of Jesus Christ.
The Jews who reject Jesus Christ and His covering for sin have instead covered themselves with fig leaves in order to hide the fact that they have not brought forth the fruits of repentance that God requires. To this day they refuse to repent of their "hostility" against Jesus Christ (Lev. 26:40). They continue to rationalize their sin and claim to be innocent of His blood. And then in the past century they have formed a Zionist movement to try to take the Kingdom by force and throw off the iron yoke by violence, terrorism, theft of land, and bloodshed.
And if anyone dares to confront them with their hostility toward Jesus Christ, they feel insulted. They merely claim descent from Abraham, as if that is supposed to justify their terrorism. If anything, being a descendant of Abraham makes one more accountable before God. It can never be used to justify sin.
Jesus Prophesies of Modern Zionism
In Matt. 24:32 and 33, Jesus gave His interpretation of the fig tree near the time of His second appearance:
32 Now learn the parable from the fig tree; when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33 even so you, too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
This "fig tree" is recognized by many Bible teachers as referring to the modern Jewish State. Thus, even they believe that Jesus prophesied of this State being formed in the latter days when Jesus second coming is "near, right at the door." I fully agree with this interpretation.
But Jesus said nothing about this fig tree bringing forth FRUIT. He only says that it will bring forth more leaves. In other words, it will come to life, and the Jewish State will indeed be established—but it will not bear fruit that would save it from being cut down once again. If it bears no fruit, it is fit only to be cut down, Jesus said.
Modern evangelical and pentecostal teaching says that the Jews will soon repent, and God will save them at the last minute. Then their Jewish State will become the headquarters of Christ's Kingdom on the earth. They say Jesus Christ will rule from a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem (after the Antichrist has vacated it, of course).
Here I absolutely disagree. If the nation were to repent, it would bear the fruits of repentance that John and Jesus required from the beginning. But if it should bear fruit, then Jesus' prophecy would fail, for He said in Matt. 21:19, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you."
If we do not believe Jesus' words here, then why should we believe anything else that He said?
Jesus' Second Zionist Prophecy
In Luke 19 Jesus told one of His many parables about the nobleman (who represents Jesus Himself). Verse 12,
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.
The parable continues, telling us that this nobleman entrusted to his servants various amounts of money and told them to do business until He returned. The servants represent those who serve Him—Jesus. That is, they represent the Christian believers. Verse 14 then says,
14 But his CITIZENS hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.
The citizens who hate Jesus and rejected His Kingship are the Jews. This statement, "We do not want this man to reign over us," brings us back to what the people said in the days of the prophet Samuel. In 1 Samuel 8 the people rejected Yahweh's rule over them and demanded an earthly king like the nations around them. 1 Sam. 8:7 says,
7 And the Lord [Yahweh] said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.
In the New Testament, as we saw earlier, Yahweh became Yahshua, or Jesus Christ. In other words, the people in Samuel's day rejected Jesus Christ from ruling over them. The same situation occurred again after Yahweh was born in Bethlehem and named Yahshua (Greek: Iesus; English: Jesus).
In the parable Jesus said that the servants received various rewards according to what they did with the money they were given. This speaks of the rewards given to the believers at the Great White Throne, where every man is judged according to his works (Rev. 20:12).
Then at the end of the parable, Jesus gave His verdict for the "citizens" who hated Him. Verses 27, 28 say,
27 But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence. 28 And after He had said these things, He was going on ahead, ascending to Jerusalem.
In other words, Jesus prophesied that those who had rejected Him would be brought back "here" to "Jerusalem" for judgment. "Slay them in My presence," is the verdict.
The modern Zionist movement did not take Jesus Christ by surprise. Jesus prophesied that it would happen. Yet Jesus made it clear that the nation as a whole would NOT repent or bear the fruits of the Kingdom. Further, God's purpose in allowing them to return was to bring them to destruction for not wanting Jesus to reign over them.
Zionism is in the plan of God, but Zionism is not a godly movement. God's motive in allowing the Jewish immigration to Palestine and Jerusalem is to gather them for judgment at the place where they committed their offense. Of course, there are always individuals among them throughout the centuries and even in the present time who have accepted Jesus as King. But the nation itself, the Jewish State, will not bear fruit and will be cut down.
The Fate of Jerusalem
Jeremiah 18 and 19 tells us the fate of the northern ten tribes of the House of Israel and the southern two tribes of the House of Judah. In 18:1-1-6 the prophet speaks of the jar of wet clay that represents the House of Israel. God says that He will remake the House of Israel into a new vessel, even as a potter can do with wet clay. Verse 6 says,
6 Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
This is a prophecy of the northern "lost" ten tribes of the House of Israel, who had already been taken into Assyria a century before Jeremiah's time. These did not return to the old land—and never will—because they were given a completely different set of prophecies to fulfill.
In the rest of chapter 18 and all of 19 the prophet turns his attention to "the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem" (18:11). This was the southern Kingdom of the House of Judah. He tells their sin, and then in 19:1 God tells Jeremiah,
1 Thus says the Lord, Go and buy a potter's earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests. 2 Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate; and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you.
This jar, the Lord explained to the prophet, represented Judah and Jerusalem. Jer. 19:10, 11 then says,
10 Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you 11 and say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, Just so shall I break this people and this city even as one breaks a potter's vessel which cannot again be repaired.
It is clear from this that God was to "break" both the people and the city as a jar that could not be repaired. This stands in stark contrast to prophecy of the wet clay of the House of Israel in Jer. 18:1-6. The people and city were destroyed in 586 B.C.—but they were restored and the city repaired 70 years later. The city was again destroyed in 70 A.D.—but repaired later.
Hence, Jeremiah's prophecy has not been fulfilled yet. It is yet future. And this future is soon coming upon them. God has brought them back to the old land in order that His Word will not be broken. That is Zionism's purpose.


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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 12, 2018, /PRNewswire/ — Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AMPE) today announced a basic science manuscript entitled "The Anti-Inflammatory Effect of LMWF5A and N-Acetyl Kynurenine on Macrophages: Involvement of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Mechanism of Action" authored by Dr. Bar-Or and prominent clinicians has been published online in Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. The link to the full manuscript is:
Dr. David Bar-Or, Ampio's CSO explained: "This biochemical research uncovered an important part of the mechanism of action of Ampion™ or the low molecular weight fraction of 5% human serum albumin (LMWF5A). We had previously demonstrated that Ampion promotes the activation of anti-inflammatory macrophages while decreasing the activation of pro-inflammatory macrophages.
Here, we show that Ampion significantly decreases the release of pro-inflammatory biomarkers from LPS-stimulated macrophages and that one of the known components of Ampion (N-acetyl kynurenine or NAK) also decreased these biomarkers when an inhibitor of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was included, the anti-inflammatory effect of Ampion was partially blocked while the effect of NAK was completely prevented.
This is a significant finding since the activation of the AhR suppresses inflammation by limiting the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and promoting the overexpression of immuno-modulatory mediators. In the literature, it is well known that kynurenine is an agonist of AhR, but our study is the first to describe NAK as a potential AhR agonist. These findings suggest that Ampion and (through) one of its active components (NAK) promote the suppression of activated macrophages, partially via the AhR receptor. Therefore, Ampion, which contains NAK and other anti-inflammatory active moieties, is potentially a useful therapeutic in medical conditions where inflammation is prevalent such as trauma, osteoarthritis, sepsis, and wound healing."
Regulatory Exclusivity and IP protection:
The Company believes that Ampion™, a low molecular weight fraction of human serum albumin with anti-inflammatory properties, will be identified as a "reference product" upon FDA approval of their BLA. Reference products are granted twelve years of exclusivity under the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. § 262(k)(7). Specifically, FDA is not permitted to approve an application for a biosimilar or interchangeable product until 12 years after the date of the first licensure of the reference product. The existing Ampion™ portfolio has patent coverage in all major jurisdictions throughout the world (U.S., Europe, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Eurasia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa) for pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating a range of conditions. The portfolio includes 125 issued patents and 85 pending applications throughout seven primary patent families having expiration dates that extend to 2035.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is an incurable and progressive disorder of the joints involving degradation of the intra-articular cartilage, joint lining, ligaments, and bone. The incidence of developing osteoarthritis of the knee over a lifetime is approximately 45%. As this disease is associated with age, obesity, and diabetes, this number will continue to grow. Certain risk factors in conjunction with natural wear and tear lead to the breakdown of cartilage. Osteoarthritis is caused by inflammation of the soft tissue and bony structures of the joint, which worsens over time and leads to progressive thinning of articular cartilage. Other symptoms include narrowing of the joint space, synovial membrane thickening, osteophyte formation and increased density of subchondral bone.
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Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a development stage biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of therapies to treat prevalent inflammatory conditions for which there are limited treatment options. We are developing compounds that decrease inflammation by (i) inhibiting specific pro-inflammatory compounds by affecting specific pathways at the protein expression and at the transcription level; (ii) activating specific phosphatase or depletion of the available phosphate needed for the inflammation process; and (iii) decreasing vascular permeability.
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19 CFR § 10.66 - Articles exported for temporary exhibition and returned; horses exported for horse racing and returned; procedure on entry.
(a) In connection with the entry of articles, including livestock or other animals, exported for temporary exhibition and returned and claimed to be exempt from duty under subheading 9801.00.50 or 9801.00.60, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), there shall be filed:
(1) A certificate of exportation on Customs Form 3311, or its electronic equivalent;
(2) A declaration of the importer on Customs Form 4455, or its electronic equivalent, for articles of either domestic or foreign origin; and
(3) In the case of animals of foreign origin taken abroad for exhibition in connection with a circus or menagerie, a copy of an inventory of these animals filed prior to their leaving the country with the director of the port of their departure.
(b) If it is shown to be impracticable to produce the certificate of exportation required under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the port director may accept other satisfactory evidence of exportation, or may take a bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in § 113.62 of this chapter to secure the production of such certificate or other evidence.
(c) Articles claimed to be exempt from duty under subheading 9801.00.50 or 9801.00.60, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202), may be returned free of duty without formal entry and without regard to the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of this section if:
(1) Prior to the exportation of such articles, an application on Customs Form 4455, or its electronic equivalent, (accompanied by an appropriate inventory, when required by law or by the port director) is filed with a declaration thereon that:
(i) Any right to drawback of Customs duties with respect to that shipment was waived;
(ii) Any internal revenue tax due has been paid and no refund thereof will be sought; and
(iii) The merchandise was identified, registered, and exported in accordance with the regulations set forth in §§ 10.8(e), (g), (h), and (i), governing the exportation of articles sent abroad for repairs, and
(2) Upon return, a duplicate Customs Form 4455, or its electronic equivalent, (with accompanying inventory where one was required) is filed.


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Talking to your kids about sex can be pretty tricky and uncomfortable, but, especially in this current social climate, we can all agree that it's an extremely important conversation to have — discomfort or not.
What if your tight-lipped teen doesn't want to talk to *you* though?
Well, that's precisely why studio audience member — and mom of teenage twins — Sandra looked to sex educator, dating coach and relationship expert Shan Boodram for guidance.
Q: "I'm the mother of 19-year-old twins, a girl and a boy. My daughter talks to me about her love life, but my son never does. Should I be bringing it up and asking him about it? And especially in this day and age and this social climate, how can I make sure he's being safe and respectful to women?"
— Sandra, studio audience member
RELATED: When Should I Tell Dates I'm a Virgin?
A: "If social media has taught us anything, it's that people have the right to choose their influencer — who, for them, they feel like looking up to and listening to. Now, for your daughter, that's you, [but] for your son, maybe he wants somebody of the same sex [or] somebody in the same age group. What you can do as a parent is point them in the right direction. I think the greatest tool for youth today is discernment. Because you're given so much information in this easy-access culture, you've gotta know good from bad. And that's by having the basic resources. And you can provide that.
Also, there's some great resources out there. I'm a part of the National Coalition for Sexual Health. They have the five action steps, which is a great basis for sex education. You can point him to clinic locators, so you know his health is being taken care of. So I think you gotta do your research on your end, find those great resources and then just say, 'Take what you'd like.' And just make it very passive.
There's a book that I think all young men should read — everyone should read, period. It's by Dr. Ian Kerner. It's called She Comes First. It talks about what you think it talks about — prioritizing female pleasure — but also prioritizing respect for women, which obviously is so important, especially given the climate we're in."
"People should be people, and you should respect each other. Period," Rach adds. "Whether you're talking about the bedroom or your body or your brain."


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After giving the musician the violin from his parents' home, he tells you where to find the doctor and that you should say hi to him at his house. I visited his house, and found his dead body there. Then, when I returned to the silo where you can talk to him, he was still there also, despite having died. I was able to talk to him and everything, and he still asked me to visit him in his house.
I don't know if this really counts as a bug, but it did seem to be something that shouldn't be in the game.
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Tag Archives: veteran employment
Military veterans and other potential job seekers are invited to attend a free workshop that offers a wide range of services for individuals who want to work in lucrative technology fields. The one-day job readiness workshop at Richland College will be held Wed., Sept. 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room SH118 of Sabine Hall. Richland College is located at 12800 Abrams Rd. in Dallas.
The goal of the event, billed the "Veterans Employment Workshop," is designed to help participants uncover job opportunities, obtain interviews and interact with potential employers. Although the event is tagged for military veterans, the workshop is open to everyone, including Dallas County Community College District students and non-students alike, said Kimberly Archer, veteran affairs coordinator for Richland College.
"There's a need to help veterans transfer what they did in the service into what's available in the current workforce," Archer said.
Representatives from Texas Instruments, Cyxtera, Compass Data Centers, Bright Horizons, Evolve, Uptime Institute and other employers will be on hand to provide resume and job hunting tips.
Job search expert and radio personality Todd Bermont also will provide insider secrets to finding employment. Bermont is the former host of "Your Career" on Lone Star Radio FM104.5. He has been featured on Fox News, CNN and ABC News Now.
The event is free, but space is limited. Dress is business casual. Attendees are encouraged to bring copies of their resumes and arrive early for the 10:30 a.m. check-in. Participants will be treated to a free lunch and a one-year subscription to "The Careers College" online job search training program by TCC Learning LLC – a $297 value.
To register, click on this link: dcccd.edu/VEW
"G.I. Jobs 2017" listed Richland College as one of the country's top military-friendly schools. Richland was awarded a $3.25 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant to help veterans acquire new job skills for immediate employment.
For more information, call 972-238-3778 or send an email to email@example.com.
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DTC's Regular Custody Services free you from the cumbersome physical handling of those securities that are not traditionally eligible for DTC processing.
- Processing withdrawals from inventory, which can include mailing to your customers or branches
- Mailing of certificates as instructed
- Production of customized letters
- Systemic account number changes
- Coupon clipping and shell presentation
- Trailing document deposit
- Customer request for audits
DTC's Custody Service allows you to submit transfer instructions requesting re-registration into firm or customer name. It also allows for breakdown requests.
Restricted Transfers
Restricted deposits and their transfer instructions are hand delivered or sent by FedEx Priority Overnight service to the transfer agent.
Custody Reorganization
The Custody Reorganization Service allows for presentations on corporate events not eligible for regular DTC services and/or DTC eligible corporate events in restricted shares.
- Assistance with research into reorganization and redemption activities
- Follow-up until all proceeds have been collected
- Allocation of both cash and stock proceeds
- Option of designated custody boxes for reorg sweeps
Branch Deposit Service (BDS)
The Branch Deposit Service (BDS) allows you to have your customer deposits sent directly to DTC from their branches and/or correspondents. The BDS service performs a full examination of these securities prior to crediting into your free account.
- Less workspace and vault space required
- Reduce deposit cycle time
- Mitigate risk
New York Window/Physical Settlement
The New York Window (NYW) allows customers to effect both over-the-window and NSCC & ESS transactions. Customers can effect deliveries using inventory from their custody vault.


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BEXLEY, Ohio – The Wilmington College women's track & field team took second at the Rick Meindl Last Call Meet hosted by Capital University on Friday evening.
Wilmington finished with 99 points, beating Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) members Capital University, Muskingum University, Marietta College and Otterbein University. Ohio Dominican University won the meet with 131 team points.
Emma Burke led the Fightin' Quakers efforts in sprints with a pair of runner-up finishes in the 60-meter hurdles (9.61 seconds) and 200-meter dash (27.92 seconds). Sidney Field placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.13 seconds while Cheyenne Rhodes took sixth in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 29.15 seconds.
Burke and Cheyenne Rhodes also shined middle distance events. Burke finishes second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.97 while Rhodes also earned a runner-up finish (1:25.66) in her middle-distance event, the 500-meter dash. Miranda Gibson turned in a sixth-place time of 1:08.00 in the 400-meter dash while Kayci Johnson placed seventh (2:48.81) in the 800-meter run.
In distance events, Brooke Gibbons (3:25.58) and Kelly Rice (3:38.28) went one-two in the 1,000-meter run. Katie Hughes claimed a title in the 3,000-meter run with a mark of 11:45.90 while Savannah Rhodes (12:14.86) and Kendra Stahl (13:07.91) finished fourth and sixth respectively.
The Wilmington 4-x-400-meter relay squad of Gibbons, Hughes, Johnson and Abby Spirk took second with a time of 4:47.79.
In field events, Keva Cox finished third in the high jump with a mark of 4' 7 ¾" while Kayli Sullivan earned seventh-place finishes in both the shot put (35' 3") and the weight throw (43' 9 ½").
"We had a great team meet tonight and our team performed really well," Head Women's Track & Field Coach Ron Combs said. "Tonight was a great way to end our regular season as several people qualified for the OAC Indoor Championships next weekend."
Wilmington heads to the OAC Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Ohio Northern University next weekend.


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* TSX ends up 59.66 points, or 0.40 percent, at 15,110.47
* Most sectors broadly positive but energy weighs
TORONTO, May 27 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index bounced back on Wednesday, with gains for banks and industrial stocks leading the charge and overshadowing losses among energy names, which wilted along with underlying commodity prices.
Air Canada was a major winner, jumping 8 percent to C$13.59, after it said its pension funding gap had evaporated and more cash could be returned to investors or spent on new planes.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended up 59.66 points, or 0.40 percent, at 15,110.47.
Shares in banks were broadly higher as quarterly results from several major lenders helped ease concerns about the impact of an oil price slump and sluggish Canadian economy.
Bank of Montreal and National Bank of Canada each gained marginally after both reported higher-than-expected quarterly profits and raised dividends.
"The notion that the banks were going to have huge credit losses because of what's going on in Alberta is wrong, or certainly at least premature," said David Baskin, portfolio manager and president of Baskin Financial Services.
Peers such as Toronto-Dominion Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia, who will follow with earnings later this week, also rose.
The index's energy sector retreated 0.7 percent. It has struggled with a precipitous drop in oil prices, which recently leveled out far below the roughly $100 per barrel price of a year ago.
Joe Tatusko, chief investment officer at financial advisory firm Westport Resources in Connecticut, said he sees a dim future for Canadian oil stocks.
"We just see continued weakness ahead," he said. "You look out west, you've got a high cost of oil production, much less competitive today and that's not likely to change."
Among the most influential decliners on the index were Crescent Point Energy Corp, which fell 4.3 percent to C$28.32, and Encana Corp, which dropped 1.3 percent to C$15.75.
Crescent Point, Canada's No. 4 independent oil and gas producer, dropped after it said it would pay C$1.5 billion to buy Legacy Oil + Gas Inc.
After scaling back exposure to Canada's energy producers last year as oil prices plunged, Tatusko said he needs to see oil at $75 a barrel and natural gas near $4 before coming back in.
Brent, the global crude benchmark, lost 2.5 percent to $62.12 on Wednesday. U.S. natural gas futures were around $2.80.
($1=$1.25 Canadian)
Editing by Peter Galloway and Meredith Mazzilli
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Personal Computing on the fly
The cloud. It's the talk of the town and has been growing for awhile now.
I use desktop and laptop computers for everything from business tasks like creating spreadsheets, databases entry, document creation and so much more. On the personal side, the computer gets used for entertainment (or distraction) schoolwork, research, and communication. More than ever, the computers get used for communication.
The internet and world wide web have been dominant in terms of communication. E-mail, social networks, forums, instant messaging and more. It is no secret that communication and porn have probably been the two biggest drivers of the internet.
What does the cloud have to offer? Mostly it's providing traditionally local activities as an online service. Data storage, office apps, multimedia playback and more like that.
For me, the "pros" of the cloud boils down to one thing: portability. You can access your files and data anywhere you go as long as you can get a connection.
I admit, this can be a very nice thing. Having a lot of data and extremely useful files and documents at hand where ever you go without having to keep all of it on a laptop hard drive is very handy.
The "cons" for me though are brought down to only a few points, but very important ones. Security, accessibility and privacy.
Talking about security, I still see WAY too many websites that want to collect information when you sign up that are not secure. There are WAY too many content providers and data storage providers reporting being hacked with information being stolen.
Accessibility is another problem. I don't care what they say their projected uptime is, most companies offering data storage or information collecting apps, etc... will be down sometime. The question is, when it goes down, for whatever reasons, will it be at the time you need to get to that data? Third party providers are offering a lot of interesting data collection services available.
I can think of 2 big providers offering beekeeping data collection services. Great idea, if the stored data is available. What if when you collect that data out in the field using your laptop or smartphone, etc... it's all going well, but when you get to somewhere where you need to look at that information and show it to a customer or employee or just a buddy who is helping you and that service or website has crashed or is down for support or any other reason?
I've been in that situation with third party providers and I have to tell you, it really sucks to not be able to get your data when you need it.
Lastly, I mentioned privacy. How vigorously will you defend who has access to your data on your computers? Will a third party defend your information as vigorously as you? Not likely.
Third party providers just want to stay in business. They don't want to be in the middle of a headache. If the government wants access to you specific data, the third party provider might give token resistance, but only as far as the law will allow. Some won't even hold out that long.
Now even if the "if you have nothing to hide" crowd had a point, which they don't, you may have a hundred different reasons for keeping your information private and none of them being illegal. Only you can keep your data as private as you want it to be.
As for me, I like building "clouds" but I want control over my cloud. I have my own servers that run the cloud type apps I want access to in my own house. I set them up as secure (https) sites with my own certificates. I do scheduled downtime to best ensure they are up when I need them to be.
Now, not everyone has or wants the ability to set up their own local servers. I understand that. But if I must choose between private, local clouds or public, third party clouds, I tend to stick with the big boys like Google. No, it's not nearly as private as I really want it to be, they do have pretty good uptimes and availability and they will at least make the legal beagles get a warrant before they turn your information over.
I won't use it for anything other than things I don't care are made public though. The first rule of the internet still applies. "If you want it to be private, DON'T put it on the internet."
If you are willing and able to make private clouds, cloud computing is a very nice way to get things done on the run.
If not, you are taking your chances really should minimize what you put out there.
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Mann Tamarac Square
Denver, CO, USA
The exterior of Mann's Tamarac 6. The theater does so well that other merchants decided to build an entire mall around it to take advantage of the business that the mighty theater brings.
Inside the mall the doors open for business and the crowd rushes in!
This 6 plex is a staple trademark of decor and cleanliness.
One box office station is always over-sufficient to handle the masses that choose the Tamarac.
Just look how busy this theater is on a Saturday night! No wait, that's Tom the manager standing there.
Have you ever seen a more glorious hallway?
This is the large auditorium as viewed from the front.
And this is the large auditorium as viewed from the rear.
Cleanliness and maintenance is top priority at the Tamarac.
This set of seats offers a free shower to patrons whenever it rains.
The Tamarac's booth organization is a model for which all other booths are judged. Pictured here is the main buildup station, along with the backup sound system should the rack mounted ones ever die during a show.
And there's the sound system for the big house. WOW! Dolby has personally put their seal on this classic CP50. Nothing beats the awesome power of the BGW and QSC amps both painstakingly custom wired to create the finest sound system within a mile.
Because ambient lighting is important to Tamarac patrons, this theater has installed gigantic port windows, compete with real plate glass.
Nothing is too good for the Tamarac. In fact, the Kelmar film cleaning bracket just wasn't quite good enough. Pictured here is the "Tamarac special" film cleaning bracket, which always maintains perfect alignment on the floor between the projector and platter. Notice the masking tape "Film Cleaner" label. This helps avoid confusion amongst the projectionists.
Although not quite the monster of the large auditorium's sheer power, this is the other stereo sound rack at the Tamarac. Another genuine Dolby CP50 powered by block Kelmar amplifiers shake the chairs.
But enough of the close-up shots, how does the booth appear overall?
Just like this!
As film handling is of utmost importance to the Tamarac, only ORC platters with their "dished" platter decks meet the Tamarac's seal of approval.
We didn't want to leave this tour without a shot of a medium sized auditorium just after a jam packed feature presentation.
If you've enjoyed these pictures, check out the QuickTime of Tamarac Square below.
to download the QuickTime 360 degree shot of the auditorium above.
(Tip: use your mouse to turn the view of the camera around as well as control zoom.)
Important note: you must have Quicktime version 4 or better to view this file.
to download the program.
Download the QuickTime Tamarac commercial from the Video Warehouse!
Special thanks to Joe Redifer and Tom Barnes for the pictures and videos.