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Wildlife activists and animal lovers alike are up in arms in the wake of last month's tragic poaching incident, in which an entire family of twelve elephants was slaughtered and their tusks carted off at Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. As the single worst recorded ivory poach in Kenya's history, the world has been forced to take a sobering look at the ongoing battle with the illegal wildlife trade.
Every year the illegal wildlife trade brings in an estimated $10 billion (USD) which has resulted in the drastic reduction of many wildlife populations around the world. Despite the implementation of international bans and the committed efforts of law enforcement, there has not been a resolve to the problem. Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent protecting animals in the wild, but the massacre of these endangered creatures still continues.
In response to the slow progress, an innovative nonprofit was formed to address the fundamental root of the problem. Run by Peter Knights, WildAid is dedicated to reducing the demand for these products, with the strong and simple message: when the buying stops, the killing can too.
Empowered by an unrivaled portfolio of celebrity ambassadors and a global network of media partners, WildAid strives to reduce demand of these products through public awareness campaigns and by providing comprehensive marine protection.
Assisting WildAid in its mission to protect the world's most vulnerable animals is founder and chairman of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson. In addition to being one of the most successful businessmen on the planet, Richard is also a distinguished humanitarian with his own non-profit foundation, Virgin Unite, which mobilises the talent and resources from across the Virgin Group and beyond, to tackle tough social and environmental problems in an entrepreneurial way. It was through his work with Virgin Unite that he was first introduced to the efforts of WildAid.
Over the last few years Richard has devoted his time to supporting WildAid with their tiger, shark fin, and polar bear campaigns; however, most recently Richard has turned his attention to the war against ivory poaching.
Weighing up to 13,000 pounds, the African elephant is the largest land mammal in the world. While most notable for their long trunk and beautiful tusks, elephants are also notorious for being extremely intelligent. Showing common signs of humour, grief, compassion and selfawareness; elephants have become a universal symbol for luck, strength, honour, stability and patience.
For millions of years these giant creatures have roamed the earth, surviving when many other species have perished, however today, the African and Indian elephants are the only living descendants from this long line of giant mammals. Despite their ancient history, the future for these majestic creatures does not look promising.
While in nature the elephant has no significant predators, the numbers of elephants are dwindling due to ivory poaching and pressures on their natural habitats. In 1979, there were 1.2 million elephants in Africa, in 2012; however, there are as few as 500,000 African elephants in the wild.
If poaching continues at this rate, some elephant populations will be lost in the next decade.
Last year, Sir Richard Branson filmed a public service announcement with WildAid, urging consumers to never buy products made from ivory. In the PSA he is quoted as saying, "Every year, thousands of people travel abroad and purchase illegal wildlife products as souvenirs. These products may look nothing like the creature it came from, but rare animals are dying for this trade. Please never buy endangered species products, and support wildlife conservation. Because when the buying stops, the killing can too." Richard's WildAid "Souvenir" PSA is currently airing on all Virgin America and Virgin Atlantic inflight entertainment systems, informing millions of passengers, travelers, and businessmen daily of the crisis.
Reaching this elite group of professionals is crucial to WildAid's awareness campaigns. As people travel, they may encounter products made from illegal wildlife products, if they are aware of the impact that buying or consuming these products have on endangered animals, people will be less likely to do so.
WildAid is one of the few organizations that has the proven track record and the capacity to mount a multi-million dollar national media campaign in China, to sufficiently raise awareness and effect legislation to ultimately reduce demand for ivory. WildAid has successfully developed a highly leveraged mass media campaign model in China, initially on Shark fin with Sir Richard Branson's help, which has led to dramatic changes in awareness, legislative change and demand reduction Additionally, in the summer of 2012, WildAid took Yao Ming, professional basketball player and WildAid Ambassador, on his first ever trip to Africa to film a documentary and help bring light to the elephant and rhino poaching crises. Virgin Atlantic helped make the trip possible by sponsoring flights for Yao and the documentary team and also raised awareness to the issues and the film. The documentary is scheduled for release summer of 2013 Join WildAid in their mission to reduce the human threat to endangered species like the African and Indian elephants. Stay tuned for the official launch of WildAid's Ivory campaign.
For more information, or to find out how you can help please visit www.wildaid.org.


text: Newly updated for Final Cut Pro 7, this Visual QuickPro Guide is hands-down one of the most sought out books on Apple's non-linear editing system. An undisputed master of the digital video medium, Lisa Brenneis once again demystifies the complexities of the program with her straightforward approach that uses tasked-based, step-by-step instructions and loads of visuals and time-saving tips. Busy professionals and newcomers alike will appreciate that they can quickly find and learn tasks specific to their needs, benefiting from the award-winning Visual QuickPro style. Topics covered include essential editing tasks and media-management strategies, transitions, effects and filters, rendering options, and much more. It includes coverage of new features such as the new speed tools, iChat theater support, and additional export options via the new Share menu, for delivering content to multiple devices including iPhone, iPod, and MobileMe. This is a must-have reference for anyone wanting to learn to use Final Cut Pro, whether they are new to the program or are upgrading.

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Good Morning,
Futures are up this morning with the DOW up about 30 points.
The Treasury is using our future tax dollars (won't be there) to give GMAC a "lifeline." Not exactly the apple pie and Chevrolet I remember, and it's definitely not what I would call any semblance of free enterprise anymore either. For they were singing, "BUY, BUY, Miss American pie, I drove my Chevy to the Congress, but the Congressman lied… the day America dieeeeeddddd!"
And more "good" news… home prices plunged another record amount in the month of October, and retail sales plunged more than expected last week as well.
Tensions continue to mount between Israel and Hamas, while tensions also mount between Pakistan and India. Gold, however, is actually down a little this morning.
Yesterday was a turn day and COULD have been a bottom. I'm not betting on that one yet, though. It's clear to me that the technicals can be read both ways at this juncture, but I'm sorry, the fundamentals cannot be, despite the media's best attempts. Therefore, I remain steadfast in my call that lower equity prices remain in our future. In the short term, it may be that we just began wave 'c' up of the larger correction within wave 'B'. If so, I would expect that over the next week or two that we would work our way higher to fulfill the inverted H&S pattern up around the 1,000 S&P level. I don't like that pattern, it's out of proportion time wise, and my heart and mind just isn't in this whole rally thing. I don't see the market behaving in that manner, I see a drowning man who is desperately trying to keep his head above water, that's what I see. Now I know that makes me a "glass half empty" kind of guy, but hey, that's what I see while I know that others see a remarkably resilient market that despite horrendous news is doing well, a good sign right? Right? Don't worry, Alice, the Cheshire cat will be over to visit soon!
So, once again, I'm neutral for today. I have crossed indications on the short term stochastic, we're caught in a range and I'm not going to get too excited in this low volume environment until we break free one way or the other.
I will be paying very much attention to the bond market in the next few days. TLT and the long bond are having difficulty making further headway and could retrench here. That's the one play that I am still monitoring right now, oh, and also REITS.
Below is a 3 month chart of TLT (20 yr bond)… am watching for a potential breakdown, note the stochastic sell signal and gap below the 119 level:
Consumer confidence numbers come out in at 10:00 eastern.
Monday: New Home Sales
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Leo Tolstoy? Edwin H. Stuart? Elinor Glyn? Henry Traphagen? Art Buchwald? Anonymous?
Dear Quote Investigator: While I am working hard on a complex project my desk usually becomes messy, but I take comfort in the following sayings:
- A cluttered desk is the mark of a genius.
- A messy desk is the sign of a creative mind.
- An untidy desk is a sign of brilliance.
Would you please explore the history of this modern adage?
Quote Investigator: A strong match appeared in the journal "Typo Graphic" in 1947. The editor Edwin H. Stuart sent a questionnaire to his readers, and he was disappointed with the low response rate. Emphasis added to excerpts by QI: 1
When you did not reply we assumed that you may have: Moved to another city. …
Or, that you're one of those geniuses who have a piled-up desk and you threw the card in the pile and it got lost.
Tolstoi said that a disordered desk was a sign of genius and we see lots of littered desks in our rambles around Pittsburgh.
Stuart used the alternative spelling "Tolstoi" while crediting Leo Tolstoy. QI has not yet found support for this ascription; however, QI has not attempted the difficult task of searching for a Russian instance.
This website also has articles about two related expressions: "A disordered desk is an evidence of a disordered brain" and "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, we can't help wondering what an empty desk indicates".
Below are additional selected citations in chronological order.
In 1850 "The Science of Practical Penmanship" referred with incredulity to a proverb about another type of sloppiness and its connection to genius: 2
… the proverbial absurdity, that "a bad hand writing indicates genius." If so, geniuses must be more numerous than is generally supposed. How ridiculously absurd is the idea that a wretched scrawl has any connexion with genius.
In 1926 the novelist and screenwriter Elinor Glyn stated that a messy desk evinced efficiency in some professions: 3
"A business man's desk," she says, "is an index to his mind. A cluttered desk means work undone very often, and forgotten odds and ends.
"There is an exception. Newspapermen have untidy desks and are still generally efficient. I know a famous editor who does his work on the corner of a desk piled high with newspapers."
In 1938 columnist Edwin C. Hill suggested that a cluttered desk sometimes facilitated work: 4
A man with a cluttered desk, flouting all the laws of business efficiency, kicks out an amazing lot of work. Great literature and deathless names have come out of dirt, disorder and insolvency.
In 1940 an editorial in "The Hartford Courant" of Connecticut pointed out that a messy desk did not impede Charles Dickens: 5
Yet there are those who ascribe special virtue to the owner of a cluttered desk. Any man who is able to produce gems of work from a topsy-turvy counter is accorded inordinate powers of concentration. Dickens was like that: The more messy the writing table, the clearer his expression.
By 1947 the modern proverb had emerged from the pen of Edwin H. Stuart although he credited Leo Tolstoy as noted previously in this article:
Tolstoi said that a disordered desk was a sign of genius and we see lots of littered desks in our rambles around Pittsburgh.
In 1950 Stuart wrote a short item in "Typo Graphic" titled "Genius!" in which he shared the adage with readers again: 6
An artist associated with the design and drafting staff of the U.S. Steel group located in the Chamber of Commerce Building, had a sign over his desk saying, "Don't clutter up the exhibit."
And his desk really is an exhibit—everything on it except the kitchen sink. Oh well, Tolstoi said, "A disordered desk is a sign of genius."
In 1955 a journalist in Dixon, Illinois mentioned the saying: 7
Mrs. Shaw had often chided her newsroom reporters and editors for their untidiness . . . I once wrote a column in tongue-in-cheek rebuttal. I had pointed out quite discreetly, that some psychologists regarded a messy desk as a sign of genius. I knew she had read it but she never mentioned it.
In 1961 "The Cincinnati Enquirer" of Ohio printed a remark from a reader: 8
We didn't intend to stomp this subject to death, but we have received conflicting viewpoints.. Henry Traphagen of Hyde Park Avenue goes along with the theory that a cluttered desk is a sign of genius . . .
In 1971 the humorist Art Buchwald received credit for an instance: 9
Recently Art Buchwald had a column on cleaning desks and he stated that it was his belief that a messy desk was a sign of intelligence and dedication. Naturally after observing the desks in my office I have to agree.
In 1972 the adage was displayed on a sign that featured in a department store advertisement printed in a Baltimore, Maryland newspaper: 10
Humorous desk markers . . . "I said, maybe and that's final", "Danger! Human being at work", "A cluttered desk is the mark of genius"
In conclusion, this adage was popularized by Edwin H. Stuart by 1947. He credited Leo Tolstoy, but that linkage is currently uncertain.
Image Notes: Pictures of an ordered and disordered desk from stokpic at Pixabay.
(Great thanks to Missy Helwig, John Knecht, and Simon Koppel who inquired about a humorous quotation concerning cluttered desks attributed to Albert Einstein. QI formulated this question and performed this investigation to serve as the third part of a multipart exploration. Special thanks to Dennis Lien who obtained photocopies of the crucial 1947 and 1950 citations in "Typo Graphic". Much thanks to Donna Halper who pointed to precursors about bad handwriting such as the 1850 citation. Many thanks to researcher Peter Reitan who shared with QI interesting precursors dated 1926, 1938, and 1940. Also, thanks to the "The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs" for an entry on this expression and other related expressions. Additional thanks to Barry Popik for his research on a related expression.)
- 1947 December, Typo Graphic, Page Title: Well Thanks, Brother, Article: Don't Blame Us, Quote Page 36, Column 2, Publisher Edwin H. Stuart, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Verified with scans; thanks to the Library of University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) ↩
- 1850, The Science of Practical Penmanship: Or The Analysis of Taste and Freedom by Thomas P. Dolbear, Seventh Edition, Section: Introduction, Quote Page xi, Published by Thomas P. Dolbear, New York. (Google Books Full View) link ↩
- 1926 December 21, The News-Herald, Amusements: Love's Blindness, Quote Page 9, Column 4, Franklin, Pennsylvania. (Newspapers_com) ↩
- 1938 September 24, The Morning Herald, Human Side of the News by Edwin C. Hill, Quote Page 6, Column 3, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. (Newspapers_com) ↩
- 1940 February 1, The Hartford Courant, Desk-Strewers, Quote Page 12, Column 3, Hartford, Connecticut. (ProQuest) ↩
- 1950 May, Typo Graphic, Odds and Ends: Flotsam and Jetsam from the Activities of the Cognoscenti, Quote Page 19, Column 1, Publisher Edwin H. Stuart, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Verified with scans; thanks to the Library of University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) ↩
- 1955 March 8, Dixon Evening Telegraph, Take It From Here by C. J. C., Quote Page 1, Column 1, Dixon, Illinois. (Newspapers_com) ↩
- 1961 December 27, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Innocent Bystander by Ollie M. James, Quote Page 4, Column 6, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Newspapers_com) ↩
- 1971 July 21, The Sedalia Democrat, Ginger Snaps by Ginger Moore, Quote Page 4B, Column 4, Sedalia, Missouri. (Newspapers_com) ↩
- 1972 November 19, The Baltimore Sun, Section: Advertisements, (Hutzler's Advertisement) Pick a present from our new and novel gift selection, Quote Page 5, Column 3, Baltimore, Maryland. (Newspapers_com) ↩


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The importance of 2016, Part 2
Apr 08, 2016
2016 seems to be a Jubilee year in many ways. A Jubilee year is also an extra Sabbath year, so it is not surprising that the Hebrew word for Sabbath is Strong's number 7676. We just concluded two conferences in Branson during this Hebrew year, where Highway 76 is the main highway running through the town. That is a double 76.
Jonathan Cahn has been saying that this is also a Shemitah year (that is, a Jubilee). Though he has no actual evidence that this is the chronological Jubilee from Adam, nonetheless, there are many Jubilees, depending on the date of one's starting point.
Likewise, Pope Francis has also declared 2016 to be a Jubilee Year of Mercy. In his way of reckoning, this Year of Mercy began on December 8, 2015 (the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception) and ends on November 20, 2016 (the Catholic Feast of Christ).
It appears, then, that 2016 is a Sabbath or Jubilee on some level. Even the occultists consider this to be an extremely important year. They see it as their year to complete their preparations for the coming of Apollo, through whom they hope to consolidate their control over the earth and set up their kingdom.
They will fail, however, not only because Apollo is not Jesus Christ, but also because the decree has gone forth from the Heavenly Court to cast out the bondwoman and her son. The children of the flesh have been rejected as rulers in the age to come. The children of promise are the Isaac company, who have been chosen to rule under Christ. The first set of decrees were made April 3 and 12 of 1998, and the decrees 18 years later in 2016 are now being made as a double witness.
A Confirming Dream
Even this morning I received a telephone call from a man who told me of a dream that confirms this. In the dream he looked at the sky while praying, and suddenly purple petals began to rain down upon them out of the clouds. With this came a Scripture verse from Isaiah—something about "hasten." He could not figure out what verse this was. I told him it was Isaiah 8:1, 3, 4 KJV, where the prophet was to have a son and name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The name means "Hasten, spoil, speed, prey." The NASB translates it in Isaiah 8:1, "Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey."
This is a reference to Israel's captivity to Assyria (Isaiah 8:4), where Israel in the flesh was cast out for being spiritual Ishmaelites. Recall from Jeremiah 2:24 that their rejection of God's law had made them "a wild donkey," which is the same term describing Ishmael in Genesis 16:12. Because Israel's "mother" was Egypt, they were Ishmaelites and donkeys from a prophetic standpoint, and this is why they had to be redeemed with the Passover lamb according to the law in Exodus 13:13.
Many of those Israelites remained genuine believers ("sheep"), but over the years, most of them returned to their fleshly ways and became spiritual Ishmaelites. In other words, they took after their mother (Egypt), rather than their Heavenly Father. For this reason, God cast them out, for they were no different from Ishmael in His eyes.
The positive side of the prophecy is in the fact that Isaiah had another son named Shear-Jashub, "The Remnant Shall Return" (Isaiah 7:3). His name prophesied a "return" from captivity, as seen in Isaiah 10:20, 21, 22). Note, however, that it was not the whole nation of Israel who would return, but only a "remnant." Most were to remain as spiritual Ishmaelites, children of the flesh, not qualified to rule in the Kingdom.
God is no respecter of persons. The "Ishmael" metaphor applies equally to all children of the flesh. This is the Law of Impartial Justice, which is the second "stone" placed in the wall of the New Jerusalem on November 29, 2012. (The first was the Law of Victims Rights, placed on September 12, 2012.)
In 2012 God raised up opposition to the Law of Impartial Justice. Children of the flesh do not like this law, because they think that their genealogical descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob qualifies them as "sheep," and they do not think of themselves as "donkeys" or "Ishmaelites." But the fact is that flesh must die in order to be raised as a new creation. Ishmael must be cast out in order to recognize the authority and calling of Isaac.
The New Creation
Resurrection takes one fully out of the flesh realm and into the spiritual realm as a new creation. Look at the transformation that occurred even in Jesus. The change in Him also demanded a change in our relationship to Him, for Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:16, 17,
16 Therefore from now on we recognize no man according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
It really comes down to our two identities, the first from Adam or Israel, the second from the Holy Spirit who has begotten Christ in us. We may identify with either the child of the flesh or the holy seed that has been begotten in us by faith. Interestingly enough, BOTH of these children have God as their Father. The difference is their mother. Paul says that our mother is the New Covenant, or Sarah—that is, "the Jerusalem above" (Galatians 4:26). The children of the flesh are of the Old Covenant, or Hagar—that is, "the present Jerusalem" (Galatians 4:25).
So let us identify with the New Creation Man within us, who has been begotten by God through the incorruptible, imperishable "seed" of the word (1 Peter 1:23, 24, 25). Children of the flesh need a change of identity, which can only be done in the divine court. One cannot make such a claim without giving up all confidence in the flesh, as Paul did in Philippians 3:7, 8, 9.
It is not that flesh has no value at all. Israel in the flesh was given the first opportunity to hear the gospel. They were given the oracles of God at Sinai, while other nations languished in darkness (Acts 7:38; Romans 3:2). In this way, God was unequal in choosing just one nation to bless the rest of the world. This inequality, of course, is rectified in the Restoration of All Things, for only in this way can God fulfill His own standard of righteousness and be justified in such inequality. And this is also why He made provision for the lambs to redeem the donkeys. To be "chosen," one must be willing to die for donkeys, for that reflects the love of God and the character of Jesus Christ.
In the past 18 years since 1998, we have had time to prepare our hearts and to learn how to change our identity from the old man (Adam) to the new man (the last Adam). From a prophetic standpoint, we are now at a critical time, perhaps even some sort of a deadline that could determine our calling as the sons of Sarah. It is time to cast out the bondwoman and her son in a more enlightened way, not only the external Ishmaels but more importantly, the Ishmael within.
It appears that this will take the form of a decree or prayer on April 12. The revelation is still developing, so I will say more in the next few days. But even if you are late, you can always make your decree retroactive.
Merle Haggard Dies
The singer, Merle Haggard, died April 6, 2016 on his 79th birthday.
We have often seen signs of what is going on in the spiritual realm, and this is no different. This has no negative reflection on Haggard himself, but is a sign to us of what is happening. Haggard is a form of Hagar, and Merle means "raven." One site says it means falcon or blackbird.
The Hebrew word for "raven" is oreb, which comes from the word arab. Ishmael was the progenitor of the Arab people today, as they themselves bear witness.
Recall that the ravens fed Elijah while he was at the brook Cherith, or Kerith. The Ferrar Fenton Bible renders 1 Kings 17:2-4,
2 Then the message of the Everliving came to him to say: 3 "Go from here, and proceed to the East, and hide yourself near the brook Kerith, which runs into the Jordan, 4 and the brook will give you drink, and I will instruct the Arabs to supply you with food there."
Fenton has a footnote which reads:
"The word צרבים Arabim, was erroneously translated 'ravens' by the Greek versioners, and the blunder, as usual, has been repeated since. It means Arabs, as I have translated it in my text."
Arabim is the Hebrew plural for Arab. All of this identifies Merle Haggard as a sign of Ishmael-Hagar, and it is no coincidence that God would have chosen this particular time to put him in the news. His death also suggests that the river Kerith has dried up, and God is preparing a new source of provision represented by the vessel of oil held by the widow in Zarephath.
1 Kings 17:14 says,
14 For thus says the Lord God of Israel, "The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth."
Zarephath means "refinery." It appears that we are coming into the time where God will refine us as gold and silver, which is part of the Elijah ministry that is prophesied in Malachi 3:2, 3. The fire is provided by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11,12). This is good news, for I take it as a sign of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which apparently could not take place until the bondwoman and her son were cast out.
All of this points to 2016 as being a pivotal year in the course of Kingdom history. Apparently, our competition among the occultists know this as well, for they have been preparing to set up their Kingdom of Apollo for a long time. They had a head start on us, but they are way behind God, Who seems to have it all under control.
Things are about to get interesting.


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control appwiz.cpl,,2 at the command prompt), it is still very much installed. The icons and shortcuts pointing to it are gone but you can still easily launch Outlook Express by typing msimn at the command line.
More info here: OLEXP: Command Line Options for Outlook Express
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Nettle Root and Women's Hormonal Health
Many women are already familiar with the benefits of the above ground parts of the common stinging nettle ( Urtica dioica ) plant. The leaves are known to be deeply nutritive as a food and as a tea, able to improve skin, hair, and nail health. Some might also know the seeds to contain tonifying qualities both of the Yang energy and also building deep Kidney Jing. Few, however, know of the benefits that the root, harvested when Fall starts to turn blustery with Winter, gift to women's hormonal health.
For women, the actions of Nettle Root on the body are similar to those of men: optimizing and regulating the hormonal (endocrine) system. Nettle Root has the unique ability to add sex hormones where they are needed and delete them where they are doing damage. I like to think of Nettle Root as more of an ally or a best friend, supporting you to become the best version of yourself. Nettle Root doesn't supplement with phyto-hormones, Nettle Root doesn't do the work for you, but what it does it is assists your own body in finding a healthy harmony. In this way, Nettle Root is a premiere first line of defense, but also an important and powerful medicine for the long haul. Sticking with the best friend analogy, Nettle Root is both the friend you can sit with and BS over coffee or a beer, and Nettle Root is also the friend who stands by you through thick and thin, when you need them the most and when others are nowhere to be found.
For women, Nettle Root is able to minimize harmful estrogen metabolites in the body. Some sex hormones undergo a process called aromatization where the end products are implicated as primary causative factors in several types of cancer, including hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer and uterine cancer. Decreasing levels of these estrogen metabolites have shown beneficial both in assisting prevention of cancer as well as an adjunct therapy. Conventional medicine has identified the importance of blocking this process, and three common breast cancer drugs are Arimidex (anastrozole), Aromasin (exemestane), and Femara (letrozole). These medications all work simillarty to Nettle Root, in blocking the aromatization process. Nettle Root, unlike these medications, is a safe, natural medicine, with no known side effects or toxicity. Unlike pharmaceutical drugs, natural plant medicines are far reaching, providing a host of benefits, not a singular action.
Clinically, and for a broader audience, more and more herbalists are using Nettle Root to treat polycystic ovarian syndrome/disorder, known as PCOS or PCOD.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most common endocrine disorders plaguing women, and it seems that more and more women are suffering from PCOS. The effects of PCOS are severe, and affect many areas of a woman's life and do so in a multitude of ways. Polycystic ovarian syndrome causes a lack of ovulation, known as anovulation (the prefix of a or an = without). Anovulation results in irregular and absent menstration (amenorrhea). PCOS also causes ovulation-related infertility, and polycystic ovaries. PCOS leads to an excess of androgenic hormones (the male sex hormones), which often results in acne and excessive hairiness (hirsutism). PCOS also contributes to insulin resistance leading to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high cholesterol.
PCOS is a serious disorder, affecting many women, and Nettle Root has show promising abilities to correct the syndrome and reverse the associated side effects.
Linda Crockett, author of Healing Our Hormones, Healing Our Lives , includes Nettle Root in her formulas for treating PCOS, and many Naturopathic doctors and herbalists are currently working with Nettle Root in treating PCOS. Susan Weed, the popular women's herbalist, writes of Nettle Root: "Use nettle root as a hair and scalp tonic, a urinary strengthener and stimulant, an immune system/lymphatic strengthener and a bit of first aid.


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Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors trapped under concrete and metal beams Thursday after a snow-laden roof collapsed on one of Moscow's biggest markets, killing at least 56 people.
Officials said they were investigating three possible causes for the collapse: a buildup of wet snow that fell overnight, improper maintenance of the Basmanny market, which was built in 1974, and design flaws.
At least 32 other people were injured when the roof fell, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Natalya Lukash said.
Witnesses said there could have been more than 100 people inside when the roof fell between 5 and 6 a.m.
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said the market was built in 1974 and its roof was designed to handle snow.
"There was a special gutter pipe that was always left open so the melted snow could run down, so there was no special need to have the roof cleared of snow," the mayor said.
Two to three inches of wet snow had fallen overnight in Moscow, on top of nearly 19 inches earlier, the Russian Weather Service said.
The market was designed by Nodar Kancheli, the architect behind Moscow's Transvaal water park. That building's snow-laden roof collapsed in 2004, killing 28 people, and prosecutors have blamed design flaws. The Basmanny market was among a number of buildings that were inspected after the water park accident.
Kancheli, who specializes in creating large interior spaces without supporting pillars, went to the market and was questioned by investigators, Russian news agencies reported.
"I think one possibility is a big buildup of snow," Kancheli told Ekho Moskvy radio. "And they set up kiosks on the mezzanine, which was not originally planned."
Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation on charges of negligence leading to deaths, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
The market, where produce, meat and dairy products are sold along with household goods, was closed for retail sales, but wholesalers were getting an early start. Some market workers also reportedly were sleeping in the building.
Officials expressed relief the roof hadn't collapsed later Thursday, when shoppers would have filled it for the first day of a holiday honoring Russia's armed forces.
Most of the victims were believed to be from Azerbaijan and other former Soviet republics.
Information from the New York Times and Washington Post was used in this report.
Feb. 23: The snow-covered roof of a Moscow market, shown at right, collapses, killing at least 56 people.
Jan. 28: The roof over an exhibition hall in Katowice, Poland, falls, killing 65 people.
Jan. 2: The roof collapses over a skating rink in the German town of Bad Reichenhall, killing 15, most children.
Dec. 4, 2005: The roof over a swimming pool in Russian town of Chusavoi collapses, killing 14 people.
Feb. 14, 2004: The roof of a Moscow water park collapses, killing 28 people.
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The Rust Belt Battle of the Bikes between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in the National Bike Challenge has been raging since May. The battle ends at the stroke of midnight on September 30th at which point both cities will tally their points (not miles) and the first-ever Rust Cup Champion will be declared. http://bikepgh.org/2013/09/17/pgh-v-cle-who-will-be-the-first-city-to-hold-the-rust-cup/
On the 18th of October some BikePGH staff is going to meet BikeCLE in Youngstown (halfway between PGH & CLE) at the Box Car Lounge & Cafe for a handoff of the Rust Cup to the first-time-ever Rust Cup Champion city. If any of yinz want to join for the pomp of the ceremony, we're going to rendezvous in Youngstown at 4pm.
We're planning to bike out on this route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3374113
Anyone interested?
(…and if you're not signed up for the challenge, PLZ join the Pittsburgh effort at http://www.nationalbikechallenge.org – you can go back and log every day/mile you've ridden since May 1st and it will help PGH's total. We're 10 shy of 1500 riders, so if you know any bikers who aren't signed up, nows the time to get persuasive – the free beer at OTB usually helps)
Could be fun…I'll see if I can take the day off.
I'd love to do this but I'm not sure I'm up for a two way ride. Is anyone planning on a return via car option?
Link to the FB event. – https://www.facebook.com/events/184562025064673/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Looks like there's a crew coming from Cleveland.
Will anyone be making "Pgh Rust Cup Champions 2013" t-shirts, I could wear one riding around the October Cleveland Crit Mass? (Just kidding I would never do that those people are nuts.) I think guys could sell these on the highway ramps.
Anyone want to ride with us on Friday? We have 2 empty seats in the van returning to PGH.
Leaving from BikePGH office at 7:30am and pedaling this route to Youngstown, OH > http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3374113
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Seeing as I'm still in Chicago, I'll either be riding in with the CLE group or just driving and trying to hit Youngstown at the right time… I hope to make it!
I work till 1:00PM. I think I would be late. I wish I could do this ride. It would be fun to meet a few people here even though I am not in the "in" crowd and…. well not the norm here. Tempting to try and make real time up that way. Hmmmm. Even at an average of 18mph on my fixie, I ain't going to pull it off.
gg wrote:I work till 1:00PM. I think I would be late. I wish I could do this ride. It would be fun to meet a few people here even though I am not in the "in" crowd and…. well not the norm here. Tempting to try and make real time up that way. Hmmmm. Even at an average of 18mph on my fixie, I ain't going to pull it off.
There is no in-crowd. You're just a jerk. I'm a jerk too, let's hang out sometime!
Dan – I am in for that van ride back if there's still room. Course that means I need to bicycle to Youngstown, so deal me in please.
can anybody provide a trip report? photographs?
This was certainly the highlight of the day. You can see more pictures on the Rust Cup's facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/RustCrown
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The 2012 Masters Tournament is under way, and in keeping with The Study's longstanding interest in sports economics, it's time to ask: Besides controversy, what does the PGA's annual trip to Augusta produce?
According to a 2003 analysis, the Masters represents a substantial payday for the state of Georgia. But the Masters is just part of the golf industry in Georgia, which includes over 400 courses and clubs as well as a substantial manufacturing component (the vast majority of all golf carts are produced in the state). The biggest findings: Golf in Georgia supports an estimated 17,000 full-time jobs and 11,000 part-time jobs, and has an overall annual impact of about $1.84 billion. The estimated impact of major golf tournaments in Georgia was $217 million—the bulk of which (nearly 60 percent!) came from the Masters.


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The best way to cover gray hair: You can't stop gray hair but … from using highlights to cover gray hair to full gray hair coverage with just a touch of gray, to gray blending you too can find your personal best way to cover gray hair.
The best way to cover gray hair is really asking "What is the best way to fool the eye of the person looking at me so I look better?" Knowing this we have several choices that depend on how much gray, where it is located, how often you are willing to visit your hair salon and how natural you want you hair to look. This brings us to the "cover gray stick" or explanation that follows. To fool the eye there are several choices and considerations to make gray hair cover natural looking before "jumping in".
Use highlights to cover gray hair: this lightens some gray and some NOT gray hair so the gray blends in with the highlights — "I needed to brighten up my look anyway." Is frequently heard because gray hair has an "ash" tone that changes the complexion.
Using LOW lights to cover gray hair are like highlights only "backwards". Here we use the same procedures as we do for highlighting but instead of making the hair lighter we match your hair color or even use a darker color so your hair color becomes the highlight!
Cover all of your gray hair using fashion colors. Fashion colors are just that – colors added because they are in fashion and because you like the look that you get with the color! They can be temporary or permanent.
Hair color, that matches your natural color, is used to cover your gray hair because you just want to look like the younger you, without the gray.


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I'm a big fan of a long weekend away and, for the last couple of years, cities in Eastern Europe have found their way to the top of the list. My latest adventure was a return trip to Prague this October for five days.
I find the best way to get under a city's skin in a short space of time is to simply get lost. I can walk for hours without a particular destination in mind completely distracted by the sights and smells of a new place. Nowhere is this easier to do than in Prague. With its cobbled streets, baroque architecture and gothic churches there is something different around every corner and, best of all, if you need a rest stop, there's the best beer in the world just waiting to be drunk.
The first time I visited Prague, we spent far too long trying to cross every tourist attraction off our list rather than immersing ourselves in the local culture. The tourist attractions certainly have to be visited but this time we were a lot more selective and I had a better idea of what photographs I wanted to take.
My personal highlight of the whole trip was watching the sunrise over the Vltava River from Letna Park at the northern edge of the city. Whilst the sunrise was probably the most disappointing I've ever seen with the sky gradually changing of black to grey, the views were perfect. Bridge upon bridge spanning the river connecting the Old Town with the Lesser Town. Red roofs and hundreds of spires as far as the eye can see. I knew there and then, watching the city come to life before me, why so many people hold Prague so close to their heart.
Whilst Jamie spends most of his days working in an office, it is photography and travel where his passion lies. Jamie tries to spend as much of his free time as possible outdoors and visiting new places, all with a six year old camera in hand. He has started to take photography much more seriously as a way to 'escape' the nine to five working lifestyle and shares his experiences on Instagram as often as possible.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon was officially named on Monday to take Conan O'Brien's place on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."
The announcement, which had been expected for weeks, was made during a press event from NBC headquarters in New York where O'Brien's "Late Night" show is taped.
The appointment of Fallon, long considered a leading contender for NBC's 12:35 a.m. time slot, completes a talent shuffle set in motion when the General Electric Co-owned network announced in 2004 that Leno would retire from "Tonight" in 2009 and that O'Brien would replace him.
"It's going to be a grind, it's going to be hard, but I'm going to go at it full force," the boyish-looking Fallon told reporters on a conference call. "The fact that I'm stepping into David Letterman and Conan O'Brien's shoes is very exciting."
Fallon said he also was excited to go back to work for Lorne Michaels, who was his boss as producer of "Saturday Night Live" and whose company co-produces "Late Night."
Asked how much his new job would pay, Fallon joked, "I keep asking Lorne and he's telling me not to worry about.
"They're paying me enough," he said. "I just want to live comfortably in Dubai."
Fallon, 33, appeared on "SNL" for six seasons and was co-host of its "Weekend Update" segment. He left the program to focus on making feature films, although such efforts as "Fever Pitch" and "Taxi" fell flat at box offices.
His impending move to "Late Night" stems from a development deal he signed with NBC in early 2007.
Many details of the transition among nighttime TV hosts remain to be worked out, including exactly when the changes will take place.
Like Fallon, O'Brien, 45, cut his comedy-writing teeth on "Saturday Night Live" before landing the "Late Night" job, but he had far less on-screen time than Fallon.
O'Brien made his "Late Night" debut in 1993 after the original host of the franchise, David Letterman, jumped to CBS to go head-to-head against Leno, following Johnny Carson's retirement from "The Tonight Show" a year earlier.
Leno, 58, is said to be privately unhappy about his planned departure and rival networks are unofficially courting him.
NBC executives say they are still looking at various options for keeping Leno in the network fold, including a possible move to prime-time television.
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Valpolicella, located in the hills on the eastern side of the Adige, has a cooler continental environment. So cool in fact that grapes sometimes had difficulty ripening and winegrowers developed a practice of drying them before vinification, creating an intensely concentrated, highly alcoholic, decidedly sweet wine now known as Recioto.While the Romans appreciated the prodigiousness of the eastern area which they dubbed the "Valley of Many Cellars," and loved the sweet wine that was made there (though in very small quantities and only for the super elite), the super-elite themselves chose to live on the other side of the river on the shore of Lake Garda where the climate was much more Mediterranean, and built impressive villas and planted lemon trees and olive orchards in addition to vines.
Drying grapes was not possible, but it wasn't necessary: the fully-ripened grapes and the mixed morainic soil produced lighter-bodied, more elegant wines that were crisp and refreshing and perfectly suited the sparkling lake, its fresh fish, and the aromatic lemons and delicate olives that grew nearby.
Fast forward two millennia.
Both winegrowing areas were badly hit by events in the first half of the 20th century, but Valpolicella launched a comeback. In the 1950s some producers began to introduce a dry version of Recioto called Amarone followed by a ripasso version of Valpolicella. They developed international export markets in the US, at a time when the checkered-table Italian restaurant craze was taking off. And in 1968 the Valpolicalla production area was enlarged, drastically increasing production while significantly lowering overall quality. Valpolicella (like Chianti and Bardolino) developed a reputation for being cheap commercial plonk, and much of it was. But a real focus on quality has taken place over the past decades. Today the base level of Valpolicella is higher than it ever was and Amarone has finally received the recognition it deserves as one of Italy's greatest wines.
Now it's Bardolino's turn to make a comeback — or maybe more of a makeover. And the timing might be just right.
The game plan, I learned on a recent trip to the area, has several basic components and play number one could be coded Think Pink.
The Bardolino area has traditionally made a paler version of the red Corvina-based wine called "Chiaretto" ("Little Clear One"), but it was still fairly dark, resembling more a transparent red wine than a rosé.
"Chiaretto is the New Wave of Bardolino," proclaimed Angelo Peretti, architect of the makeover strategy, and the first step was getting producers to lighten the hue of the wine to something along the lines of a Provence rosé. Most did, and the "Rosé Revolution" took place with the 2014 vintage.
Another important step was creating a separate sub-appellation for Chiaretto, stipulating tighter regulations and thus a higher level of quality and consistency. It also involves growers declaring in advance which vineyards they plan to use for Chiaretto and which for Bardolino. "In the past," said Peretti, "winemakers used the same vineyards and grapes for both wines. This is a mistake. Vines for Chiaretto should be pruned longer, which gives a greater volume of grapes with higher acidity. For rosé it's acidity you really need, not ripeness. You can make good Chiaretto from grapes grown in the flat southern part of the Bardolino area and in cooler areas with less favorable exposition. These are the same areas that typically made the most mediocre Bardolino. We want to make more Chiaretto by making less Bardolino"
Which brings us to play number two.
The new plan seeks to revise the production ratios of Bardolino and Chiaretto and introduce an entirely new category of Bardolino, all of which is based on a close look and the inherent capabilities of the winegrowing area.
Historically, Bardolino produces about 26 million bottles per year. Until not too long ago, basic Bardolino accounted for almost all of this. In 1968 only 4 million bottles of Chiaretto were produced. Today, with the big boom in rosé, Chiaretto is up to about 10-12 million while Bardolino has slipped to 14-16 million. The goal is to capitalize on the rosé craze, increasing Chiaretto production to 15-19 million bottles, while reducing Bardolino to about 6-7 million, about half of which would fall into an entirely new category of super Bardolino.
The Bardolino area has been divided into three historical subzones: La Rocca (corresponding to the classic Bardolino area), Montebaldo and Sommacampagna.
While the new regulations for Bardolino and Chiaretto already reduce the maximum yield of grapes per hectare from 13 tons per hectare to 12, the maximum yield for the new sub-zone category is even lower, 10 tons per hectare, in order to produce a more complex terroir-driven wine that is capable of improving over 5-8 years or more. The initial target of 'superior' Bardolino from the new subzones will be about 2-3 million bottles.
All of this makes a lot of sense. Chiaretto is a perfectly pleasant rosé — fresh fruit, crisp acidity, with its own unique character from the Corvina grape. There doesn't appear to be tremendous diversity within the category, but one could say the same thing about rosé in general. Given the current popularity of pink, it shouldn't be too hard to sell 20 million bottles of rosé and it might even bring a whole new generation to Bardolino.
There is a market for simple, drinkable, relatively inexpensive wines like basic Bardolino, but there is also plenty of competition in that category, so it is wise to lower the amount produced as much as possible. And the basic Bardolino will only get better with the lower yield.
The big questions have to do with the new subzones.
Will the wines from these new subzones be perceptibly better than the regular ones? The lower yields are bound to make them beefier (as well as a bit more expensive) but will it give them more character, complexity and age-worthiness? What's more, will there be a perceptible difference between the wines of one subzone and another?
"These are geographical boundaries, not terroir ones," says Peretti.
That's fine. But unless there is some distinguishable common thread that distinguishes the wines of one subzone from another, and Bardolino cru from the regular Bardolino, the additional names might add an additional layer of confusion and complication that could work to its disadvantage.
Bardolino clearly has the potential to regain its past glory and even exceed it. While I was in the area I had an opportunity to taste Bardolinos from 1968 and 1959 which, while not made with the intention of ageing and obviously a bit past their prime, were still well-knit and totally drinkable. I also came across a few extraordinary wines from recent vintages that seemed to express their specific place of origin and varietal character and could stand tall next to a great Barolo or Burgundy.
It may take a while for producers to get their footing, explore their particular terroir and figure out how to best express it in the wine. But it will fun to follow and taste as they do so.
The new appellation guidelines are currently awaiting approval from the Italian Minister of Agriculture. If all goes well, the new plan will go into effect for the 2019 vintage and Bardolinos bearing the subzone designations should begin arriving in the US in 2020. In the meantime, think pink and have some Chiaretto.


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No rating, I'm biased, only a hint for people who just discover this module because it is prominently named in books on the market:
If you are looking for how to do OO in Perl then please have a look at more modern approaches, in particular "Moose". That will provide you with a much more concise, more natural and very modern interface.
Very elegant option for doing OO in perl. Makes the easy stuff easy and the hard stuff possible.
One of the preferred modules for creating standard getter/setter methods, among other things. There are a number of modules for doing that, this one works well.
A lot of folks dislike Perl's OO symantics: "Bless?!?!? What's up with this bless?!?! In Python or Java I can blah blah ..." claiming that it's either too ugly or too much of a hack. Class::MethodMaker shuts them up real quick.
This module allows you to provide accessor methods - easily - to your
object. Clients that use your object will no longer have to peek and poke directly with $self to get and set 'attributes', and all you have to do is provide a list of attributes to be created by Class::MethodMaker. Also, you can subclass your Class::MethodMaker generated object without having to redefine the constructor.
My only gripe is that there are not enough examples in the documentation, but Damian Conway's 'Object Oriented Perl' (isbn: 1884777791) has a chapter (number 8) devoted to this module which has more than enough examples.
A splendid module for getting classes quickly written. Neat syntax allows accessor, mutators, constructors and such to be built rapidly. Automatically creates convenience methods for list and hash instance data. Handles delegation. Does lots of good stuff. Worth a good look.
Only drawback is that some of the more complicated bits of behaviour aren't documented that well, but that's ok because those are the complicated bits =)


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"The Strunk & White of academic writing." '"Richard Bullock, Wright State UniversityAs employers, politicians, parents, and other citizens lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, this little book comes to the rescue. An instant bestseller when it first appeared as a college textbook, "They Say/I Say" gives writers precisely what they need to know in the all-important domain of persuasive writing. Cutting through the clutter of educational diagnoses and nostrums, it goes right to the heart of what writers most need to do, and that is to listen to what others are saying (they say), summarize it, and then offer their own argument (I say) as a response. Offering user-friendly templates to help writers make these key moves in their own writing, "They Say/I Say" is already being called the Strunk & White of persuasive writing.


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When God has a great work to be done, He raises up great men to do it. Western Asia needed the Bible in the languages of the people; Arabic, Turkish, Armenian, Modern Greek, Bulgarian, Persian and Kurdish, and the Lord raised up and thrust forth into the field those brilliant scholars and remarkable linguists - Eli Smith, Elias Riggs, William Goodell, Justin Perkins, W. T. Schauffler and Cornelius Van Dyck, who have prepared the Scriptures for more than 100,000,000 of men. One of these belonged to Persia, two to Syria, two to Constantinople, and one, Dr. Goodell, to both.
I remember well my first interview with Dr. Eli Smith in the Susa house in Beirut, It was in February, 1856, the day after my arrival. As I passed up the narrow stone staircase I saw in a niche in the wall a box of waste paper, which I learned consisted of proof-sheets of the Arabic Genesis. These were a curiosity to me, and he told me to take all I wanted. I did so, and sent them to my friends in America. He had just begun to print Genesis, after labouring eight years on Bible translation, he spoke very modestly about his work, and gave me some excellent advice about Studying Arabic. He inquired warmly about his old classmate and fellow explorer of Palestine, and my seminary professor, Dr. Edward Robinson, and was much amused when I told him that on account of Dr. Robinson's frequent allusions to the valleys of Sinai and Palestine as wadys, the seminary students called him Dr. Waddy! He asked me if I had seen in the papers Dr. Prime's account of his (Dr. P.'s) ride to the Dog River on a white, blooded Arab steed with curved neck, flowing mane, flashing eye and distended nostrils! "And would you believe it, that was my old Whitey?"
A few days after my arrival Mrs. Smith invited me to lunch, and at 2 P. M. Dr. Smith asked me if I would not like to take a walk. I gladly accepted, and we went out, I on foot and he on horseback. We soon entered on the great sand-dunes west of Beirut and I went wading and struggling through the light, deep, drifting sands about a mile to the Raushi or Pigeon Islands overlooking the sea, and then south another mile through still deeper sands to the sea beach, then up again over sand-hills and sandstone quarries, in the hot sun, and I reached borne, after nearly two hours, drenched with perspiration and ready to give up exhausted. As we neared home, Dr. Smith told me that I could see that walking in Syria is not so easy as it seems. He then explained that some years ago Dr. Anderson, of the A. B. C. F. M., visited Syria, He told the brethren one day that good Christians in New England disapproved of missionaries keeping horses, and, said he, "I think you had better make your tours on foot." They acquiesced, and the next day proposed a visit to a mountain village some nine miles away. They all set off boldly on foot, but after climbing stone ledges, and along dizzy precipices, the Syrian sun pouring down upon their heads, they sat down to rest. They then set out again, over even a harder part of the road. Dr. Anderson was about exhausted, and at length said, "Brethren, I should say on the whole, for such a journey as this, you would be justified in riding horses." They said, "Exactly so, and we thought of it before we started, and we shall find horses awaiting our whole party just around the next turn in the road." The result was that the American Board after that time enjoined the Syrian missionaries to own horses and use them. The missionary had to buy his own horse, but the Board Supplied the barley to feed him.
Dr. Smith put me through that pedestrian ordeal in order to prevent my attempting to repeat it on a large scale in the future. And I have many times thanked him for it, I have known several stalwart evangelists come to Syria, full of enthusiasm and desire to "endure hardness," and by exposure to the blazing sun in walking over mountains induce brain fever, and die after a few days in delirium.
Dr. Smith had a delicate physical frame, was pale and highly intellectual in appearance, courteous and hospitable. It was evident that he was struggling with some occult form of disease. The following summer he visited Trebizond, on the Black Sea, with his old companion of 1829, Dr. Dwight, but fatal disease had fastened upon him and he died of cancer of the pylorus, after much suffering, on January if, 1857.
Eli Smith was born in Northford, Connecticut, September 13, 1801, graduated at Yale College in 1821 and after teaching two years in Georgia, graduated at Andover in 1826. He was ordained and sailed for Malta to take charge of the mission press May 23, 1826. In 1827 he came to Beirut to study Arabic, and in 1828, during the terrors of the Greco-Turkish War, left with Messrs. Bird, Goodell and their families for Malta. March, 1829, he traveled through Greece with Rev. Dr. Anderson, and then with Rev. G. O. Dwight explored Armenia, Persia and Georgia, thus opening the way for the establishment of the Nestorian Mission at Oroomiah. Returning to America in 1832, he published, "Missionary Researches in Armenia " (2 vols. Boston, 1833) and a small volume of "Missionary Sermons and Addresses." In December, 1833, he embarked for Beirut with Mrs. Smith (nee' Sarah Lanman Huntington), whose bright missionary career was terminated by her death at Smyrna, September 30, 1836. Mrs. Smith commenced, in 1834, soon after her arrival, a school for girls in Beirut, which was the first regular girls' school in Syria, and under her auspices was erected the first edifice ever built in the Turkish Empire for the education of girls. A memorial column in the churchyard in Beirut marks the site of that edifice, which was removed when the church was built in 1869. Dr. Smith visited Constantinople, in quest of the best models of Arabic calligraphy in preparation for his new font of Arabic type. He then proceeded to Egypt by authority of the Board of Missions, and accompanied Dr. Edward Robinson in his celebrated tour of research to Sinai, Palestine and Syria. By his experience as an Oriental traveler, and his intimate knowledge of Arabic, he contributed largely to the accuracy, variety and value of the discoveries of Biblical geography, recorded in "Robinson's Biblical Researches." Dr. Robinson fully recognizes this in his volumes. Dr. Smith was worth more to him than a score of Oriental dragomen, many of whom are only too ready to show travelers what the travelers want to see. A famous savant of Europe, when at the Dead Sea, asked his dragoman, "Is this place Sodom?" "Certainly," said the dragoman, anxious to please, and the discovery was recorded in the savant's note-book. But Dr. Smith, who was eyes, ears and tongue to Dr. Robinson, on reaching a supposed Scripture site, called the village sheikhs and shepherds, and said, "Will you please give me the names of all the hills, valleys, ruins, streams and rocks in this region?" They then began, and Dr. Smith wrote them down in Arabic, and in this way many lost sites were discovered. One day north of Nazareth, a shepherd, in reply to a question as to the name of a low hill covered with pottery, came out with the word "Kana el Jalil" or Cana of Galilee, which satisfied both Dr. Robinson, Dr. Smith and afterwards Dr. Thomson, that Kefr Kenna is not the site of Cana of Galilee.
After this tour be went to Europe, and in Leipsic superintended tended the casting by Tauchnitz of the most beautiful font of Arabic type the world had ever seen. In the mechanical preparations for this noble achievement, he was greatly indebted to Mr. Homan Hallock, the missionary printer in Sniyrna, whose ingenuity and inventive genius enabled him to cut the punches and matrices for the new, so-called, "American Arabic Type." The original written models of Arabic calligraphy, gathered from the best Moslem penmen in Cairo, Damascus and Aleppo, were lost in his shipwreck, but he afterwards replaced them at Constantinople to the number of two hundred: so varied, that the punches formed from them would make not far from a thousand matrices.
An ordinary font of English type contains not more than one hundred separate types. A font of Arabic vowelled Arabic type contains about 1,800 separate types. Each letter has three forms, initial, medial and final, and each letter may have several different vowel points above or below it, and the types of the letters are grooved on the sides to admit of the insertion of the fine needlelike types of the minute vowels.
After a visit to America, Dr. Smith returned to Beirut in June, 1841, having married Miss Maria W. Chapin, of Rochester, New York, who died in about one year, July 27, 1842, leaving a son, Charles, now (1907) professor in Yale College, the alma mater of his father. After five years spent in preaching, traveling and close study of the Semitic languages, he revisited the United States and returned January 12, 1847, having married Miss Henrietta S. Butler, sister of Dr. Butler, of Hartford, Connecticut. In his new reconstituted home in Beirut he now devoted his energies to the preparation of a new translation of the Bible into the Arabic language. He collected a library of the best critical books on the Semitic languages, and on the text of the Scriptures, in English, French and German, and laboured for eight years incessantly, aided by the famous Arabic scholar and poet, Sheikh Nasif el Yazigy, and Mr. Butrus el Bistany, a learned convert from the Maronite faith. He obtained from Dr. Mashaka, of Damascus, a treatise on Arab music, which he translated into English. It was published by the American Oriental Society in 1850.
Dr. Smith was a man of great business capacity, giving attention to the minutest details. For many years he read the proofsheets of nearly every work that was printed at the mission press, and he bestowed much thought and labour upon the mechanical apparatus of that establishment. To him every pursuit was subsidiary to a faithful translation of the Word of God into the Arabic language. Yet he did not neglect the regular preaching of the Gospel, which he regarded as the first duty of every missionary, and having early become a fluent speaker in the Arabic, this was ever his delight. It was said of him when I came to Syria, February, 1856, that Dr. Smith could not only read Arabic poetry, but could preach in such "buseet" or simple Arabic that the women of the Lebanon villages could understand him. Yet he was disposed to question the practicability of translating children's hymns into simple and yet classical Arabic. We have, however, proved by experience that our most beautiful children's hymns have been put into beautiful and simple Arabic, quite intelligible to the children in the common schools. Dr. Smith published in Arabic a book on the, "Office and Work of the Holy Spirit," "El Babel Maftuah," which was a revelation to all speaking the Arabic language.
In 1850, he had received the merited degree of D. D. from Williams College.
Dr. Smith was familiar with the ancient classics, and with French, Italian, German, Turkish and Arabic. His ideal of perfection was so high that it was difficult for him ever to be satisfied with his work.
In April, 1890, I took my old Yale friend, Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, through our mission premises, and as we entered that little upper room in the female seminary building, formerly the mission house, or "Burj Bird," where the Bible was translated into Arabic by Drs. Eli Smith and Van Dyck, he said, "Dr. Smith was a Yale man and we are Yale men. Why not put up a memorial tablet on the wall of this room commemorative of the great work of Bible translation done here?" I replied, "The only objection is the want of funds to do it." "I will pay the expense," was the ready reply, and this tablet was prepared and set in the wall.
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'Today, I have not refused a single fare'
On day 14 of MiD DAY's Meter Down campaign; commuters were in for a surprise as the otherwise arrogant rickshaw drivers, keeping in mind the festive spirit, readily plied travellers to their respective destinations
On day 14 of MiD DAY's Meter Down campaign; commuters were in for a surprise as the otherwise arrogant rickshaw drivers, keeping in mind the festive spirit, readily plied travellers to their respective destinations
Place: Nirmal Lifestyle Mall, Mulund (W)
Time: 9.30am-11.30am and 5pm to 7pm
Offenders caught: 1
Commuter speaks: Anjali Khanna said, "I am happy that for a change, today, the rickshaw drivers are behaving well and appear to be in a festive mood. Hopefully, this change isn't a temporary change."
Auto driver speaks:
Prakash Yadav: "With the festive season on, people are eager to be with their families. So I have not refused a single fare today."
Spot of bother:
It was observed that the auto drivers in Mulund were well behaved and cooperative. They were happily plying commuters to their respective destinations. Moreover, it even took traffic cops by surprise, as they were expecting more refusals.
Text: Maleeva Rebello
Place: Near Kalanagar Bridge, Bandra (East)
Time: 9am-1pm
Why did you refuse? Traffic constables reprimanding an errant
autorickshaw driver for refusing to ply. Pic/Sayed sameer Abedi
Offenders caught: 3
Commuters speak: Manish Lanjewal said, "Refusals by the rickshaw drivers is common everywhere, be it Bandra or Virar. Today, I'm travelling with my family to meet our relatives. What aggravates us more than their refusal, are the silly excuses that they offer."
'Lie'-Ability: Traffic Constable Sachin Kamble fining Appa Margude.
Pic /Bipin Kokate
Auto drivers speak:
"Since I didn't want to ply, I lied to the passenger," said Appa Margude, who was caught for lying that his vehicle had run out of gas.
Dheeraj Kumar: "Today being Bhai Dooj, I have to go to my sister's place. Hence I thought i'll earn some cash on my way, so that I can buy her a gift. Now that I'm being fined, I'm out of cash and can't buy her anything."
Text: Dazy Verma
Place: Ghatkopar (East)
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm, 5pm-7pm
Offenders Caught: 8
It was him: A commuter takes a traffic cop's help to teach a rogue auto
driver a lesson. Pic/Sated Sameer Abedi
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Darshana Patil, an accountant by profession, said, "Refusals are common in Ghatkopar East and West. Most of the time when I return from my second shift, no rickshaw driver is ready to ply me to the Ghatkopar bus depot. Since I travel alone, their refusals create a lot of problems for me."
Bhavin Pandya, who was travelling with his parents, said, "Every rickshaw driver has some or the other issue. They don't even respect senior citizens, and bluntly refuse if the destination is not convenient for them."
Auto drivers speak:
Pramod Roy: "I never refuse anyone. It was the passenger who asked the other one to wait, as he was getting out. My rickshaw is from Chembur. Why would I refuse a fare in the nearby area?"
Maruti Yadav: "I took a fare from Andheri to Ghatkopar, and have to return the rickshaw in Andheri. I was looking out for a fare back to Andheri, but the passenger who approached me wanted to go to the central side, so I refused."
Spot of bother:
At Ghatkopar (East), traffic cops had to step in and ask the errant auto drivers to pick up only those passengers, who were standing in the queue. This brought smiles to faces of lady commuters, who otherwise, find it difficult to get a rickshaw.
Text: Faisal G Tandel
Place: Andheri Station (East)
Time: 9.30am-11.30am, 5.30pm-7.30pm
Offenders caught: 19
Commuters speak:
Prema Shanbaug said, "I am a senior citizen and have difficulty in walking. However, the errant auto drivers don't even sympathise with people like me and bluntly refuse to ply even to nearby destinations."
Anant Yesne said, "Recently, the rickshaw drivers had called for a strike demanding a hike in the fare and they got one. However, they still refuse to ply. That's utter arrogance."
Auto drivers speak:
Pradeep Gupta: "I have very high temperature and therefore refused to ply." However, when constable Motiram More checked Gupta's health, it exposed his lie and his licence was confiscated.
Satar Ahmed: "Due to constant running, the tyres have become too hot." To verify Ahmed's claim, when a traffic constable checked the tyres, he found them in prefect shape.
Spot of bother:
Drivers Shafiq Khan and Santosh Upadhyaya were caught twice in a span of 10 days for refusing to ply passengers. While Om Prakash Singh, who in his bid to flee away, almost knocked down traffic cop Motiram More. However, he was caught later and his license was confiscated.
Text: Nivedita Dargalkar
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In September 2006, some local cineastes were terrified to learn that Michael Cain was shuttering his mom-and-pop Deep Ellum Film Festival and spending a little less than $1 million to license the Los Angeles-based American Film Institute's name and consultants. Sell out, they whispered, especially when it was announced that Target was ponying up around $1 million for above-the-title sponsorship. But that was before the AFI Dallas International Film Festival became a hot ticket for filmmakers and film fans alike -- before bold-faced names strode red-carpet premieres, and before selling out turned into sold-out screenings over the last three smartly scheduled springs.
But the AFI Dallas International Film Festival is no more. As of today, that name is dead. Gone forever.
It will be replaced by the Dallas International Film Festival -- which, Cain tells Unfair Park today, is precisely what he'd hoped would happen back in September 2006, when he signed a three-year licensing and consulting deal with AFI that was allowed to expire without a renewal. Says Cain, the new festival will operate under the auspices of the Dallas Film Society.
"The board, the sponsors, the film fanatics, they don't care what we're called, so long as we're good," Cain says. "The team will remain untouched, and there may even be additions down the road. It's control of our own brand, the ability to develop what we want to do and what we want to be in the future at an amazing time to be doing it, given what's going on with things like the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. We can take advantage of those things without checking in, which is exciting, and it opens up sponsorship opportunities as well."
For the past three years, the Dallas Film Society has been listed as one of the sponsors as AFI Dallas, but Cain says the goal all along was to develop the film society as a separate entity that would eventually create year-round programming as well as have control of the festival. Says Cain, "We want to do more than an 11-day event" in the spring, referring to the current Friday Night Film Series at the Nasher Sculpture Center and the James Bond film series at the Museum of Nature & Science as the examples of programming the DFS will sponsor.
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Practically speaking, severing its relationship with AFI will allow the DFS to save money -- no more million-dollar contracts to pay out. But Cain insists the economy -- which forced the fest to trim an 11-day schedule to eight this year, and found NorthPark Center replacing Target as the title sponsor -- has nothing to do with ending the relationship.
"At the end of the day, we were in some ways so successful with the collaboration it allowed us the opportunity to brand ourseclves as Dallas," he says. "We respond to the economy when it's up and when it's down, but most people who came to the festival this year have said it was our biggest and best one, even though we brought it in for less. And we have money in the bank, because who knows what next year will look like. Our box office went up this year, our attendance went up, our sold-out screenings went up."
But now, the hard part -- lining up sponsors and putting together next year's fest, all while Cain takes some time off this summer to work on his Stark Club projects. He does say that the AFI and Dallas Film Society do share some board members, which means there won't be a total severing of the umbilical cord: "There will always be a dialogue going back and forth," he says. But just like the good ol' days of the Deep Ellum Film Festival and the Boyd Hotel, Cain and his folks are on their own again.
"This allows us to reinvest in Dallas," he says. "Part of the sustainability model for the festival was to grow more organically. Each year we brought fewer and fewer people from out of state to work the festival, and we programmed 95 percent of the festival on our own. AFI gave us an amazing base of knowledge to lift ourselves up, [but] we're confident we can continue on our own."


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SMSF is known as Self Managed Super Fund. What does that exactly mean? It is an annuity trust or a structure that provides its members with remuneration at their retirement. What is the difference between SMSF and other super funds? The members of SMSF are also the trustees of the funds.Involvement of money even here might require us to take automated investment advice which is a new buzz today. There are even options of traditional financial advisors to manage it.Automated advice, which is known as robo advisors, works with xplan configuration software, which is effective in giving accurate results. People can go with either of the advisors, but automated advisors are nailing their roots these days.
Working of SMSFSMSF has been established to provide financial benefits for its member and their beneficiary after their retirement. Members of this trust have their own Tax File Number, Australian Business Number and transactional bank account which allow them to make investments and pay out pensions and obtain contributions. There are two types of trustee:
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Today is a great feast in the Church, the birth of Mary, Mother of God. For Churches observing the Byzantine rite, today's feast is a big deal. Formally, the Nativity of Mary is the first major feast of the liturgical year, which commenced on September 1. It seems appropriate for a Marian feast to begin the liturgical year: the Church begins with Mary's birth, and concludes the year with her Dormition on August 15. Mary's feast also precedes another major feast; the Exaltation of the Cross on September 14. So for the faithful who observe the liturgical year, the joy accompanying the announcement of Mary's birth leads straight to the heart of Christianity, Jesus' Pascha, commemorated in a special way on September 14 (more on this feast in a few days).
There is no record of Mary's birth in the New Testament, of course, so the readings appointed for this day do not narrate the story of her birth. In the Byzantine tradition, one learns the narrative of Mary's birth through the hymns appointed to the feast. The hymnographers who told the story of Mary's birth relied on the story told in the Protoevangelion of James. an apocryphal work dating from the second half of the second century, probably of Egyptian provenance. The text of the Protoevangelion tells about Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna (known as the "holy ancestors of God" in Byzantine liturgy). Joachim is poorly regarded in Israel because he has no children, despite his good reputation for generosity. Anna barrenness amounts to a curse; she is cast out of the temple and regarded as less than matter, since even the earth bears fruit. After Joachim goes into the wilderness to fast for forty days, angels visit them, and report that God has heard their prayer. Mary is born of Anna, and Mary is presented as the fruit of righteousness.
St. Romanos the Melodist, perhaps the most famous hymnographer of the Great Church in Constantinople, reflected on Mary's birth with reference to the story of the Protoevangelion:
By your holy birth, o Pure one, Joachim and Anna were freed from the curse of barrenness, and Adam and Eve from the corruption of death; your people also, who have been freed from the guilt of their sins, celebrate the feast of your birth by crying unto you: 'the barren woman gives birth to the Theotokos, who nursed Christ, our life.'
Mary's birth ushers in the good news of divine forgiveness granted by God to all of humanity. Joachim and Anna are important figures in this story: their righteousness and steadfastness, manifest by piety, results in God producing fruit from death. The theological genius of the story prefigures the promise of resurrection: we are all Adam and Eve, called to faithfulness, and promised life after death. Mary is the sign of the fruit of a life lived in holiness: not only was her birth wondrous and remarkable, but she becomes the one who says "yes" to God's invitation to raise God's only son, despite the sword piercing her own heart.
As I have meditated on the significance of this feast throughout the years, I wonder about its connection to the everyday piety of Christians. The speed of technological advance and modernization does not curtail or prevent the preponderance of Marian piety in the world. People kneel before images of Mary every day, asking her to intercede before God's throne on their behalf. Christians ask everything of Mary: healing of sickness, hope in times of despair, deliverance from danger, comfort of fear, and courage in times of battle. These prayers reflect the lives of real people: they invest their hope in the one whose courage and longsuffering surpassed everyone else's. Mary is an eternal figure of hope to whom Christians of East, West, North, and South have turned and will always turn.
Of the dozens of lessons one could glean from today's feast, three in particular come to mind for me. First, I hope that primary message of this feast would permeate the minds and hearts of Christians everywhere. God is the one who creates life from nothingness, and there is no limit to the possibilities of God's creative energy. The one whose mercy grants life from barrenness can grant life to those who wish to conceive children, but cannot. The same God can also renew the spirits of those afflicted by the aridity of dead souls, revealing the vibrancy of joyful life when everything appears to be bleak. Second, Mary ultimately points to Christ. The proximity of the feast of Mary's birth to the Exaltation of the Cross might be accidental, but the transition of the narrative is sensible. As people thank God for the gift of Mary, they have an opportunity to enter into the Paschal mystery once again with the feast of the Exaltation to ponder their own "yes" to God's invitation to carry one's cross. And finally, I hope that people will discover – or perhaps re-discover – Mary as the mother who wishes to gather her children and lead them to her son, Jesus. For some reason this morning, I wandered from my usual walking path to my office and found myself standing before a statue of Mary titled "fiat," right next to Sacred Heart Chapel at Loyola Marymount University. I hope others might find her there as well, and wonder at the joy surrounding the mystery of her birth.


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The traditional child custody scheme arose when two adults married, entered into a divorce, and then had to decide the type of custody (e.g. joint physical custody) and visitation schedule. However, in the 2000s, a shift away from the traditional nuclear family began. Today, nuclear families account for only 24.1% of American families. Other family structures are now more prevalent. These include single-parent households, unmarried parents with children, and multi-parent households. A new form of family arrangement that has recently begun gaining traction involves same-sex couples.
The state of Mississippi does not permit adoption by same-sex couples, though single LGBT parents are permitted to adopt. To get around this law, many same-sex couples have begun experimenting with some highly unusual and often problematic parenting arrangements.
One new method of child custody occurs when a same-sex couple desires to have a biologically related child. In order to do so, they must seek an outside individual to act as either a surrogate or sperm donor. Previously, many same-sex couples used third party donation clinics to facilitate this process, essentially compensating an individual who agreed to help in the conception and/or pregnancy. However, many same-sex couples have now entered into arrangements with individuals they know regarding sharing custody of the child. For instance, a male couple sought the assistance of a close sister, who was also interested in raising a child. One of the males provided the sperm for artificial insemination, the sister carried the child to term, and then the male couple and sister shared joint custody of the child. A schedule was agreed upon in advance in which the baby was to spend half of each week with each respective parent. However, after a falling out regarding different parenting styles, the sister sought sole custody as the biological mother of the child. The young toddler was then forced to endure a lengthy and emotionally traumatic custody dispute.
Another method pairs two same-sex couples in pursuit of the same thing – a child. A male same-sex couple and a female same-sex couple pair together to conceive and raise a child. These couples generally know each other quite well and agree on custody, visitation schedules, medical care, education, and all other aspects of custody prior to conceiving. In one case, the two couples bought side-by-side condos. They decorated the condos identically with the same paint, wallpaper, decorations, furniture, toys, and more to help the baby feel more at home. The couples split the year into quarters and agreed to swap custody at the end of each quarter. Because they lived next door, the other couple was never far away and could visit if permitted by the couple with visitation rights for that quarter. However, the agreement became problematic for the couples. First, the parenting styles widely differed, resulting in frequent clashes. Second, the quarterly schedule caused the couples to miss important milestones in the child's life. Third, the quarterly schedule also took away from crucial developmental time with each parent. The arrangement therefore created problems for both the couples and the child.
Devising a child custody arrangement as a same-sex couple can be difficult. To avoid future problems, the easiest route to take is to find someone who is willing to relinquish all parental rights. However, if you wish to enter into an alternative custody agreement like the ones mentioned above, it is best to work alongside a skilled Mississippi child custody attorney to discuss your options and draft a legally sound contract.
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