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"What is wrong with most science fiction," Harlan Ellison said in a 1979 interview with Frederik Pohl, "is that there are no people in the stories. We are very strong on gadget, we are very strong on theory and concept, but we have yet to create our Gatsby, our Ahab, Emma Bovary, Huckleberry Finn." It's through film and TV, and anime, that science fiction has provided us with some of its most memorable and recognizable characters: Kirk and Spock, HAL 9000, Sarah Connor and the T-1000, Neo and Morpheus. The grand triumph of the Ghost In The Shell franchise is not in the details of its increasingly credible cyberpunk setting — those are cheap enough at the price — but how it provides us with one of the finest characters in both anime and SF generally, Major Motoko Kusanagi.
Post-human, trans-human, not inhuman
I've written before how Ghost In The Shell is large and contains multitudes, and how Motoko Kusanagi herself has as many embodiments as there have been versions of her containing story. But the one version I come most back to as the pinnacle of all that GITS aimed for is the TV series, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It's not an accident, then, that I'm fondest and most admiring of Kusanagi as she appeared in that show. She is not the only incarnation of the character worth noting, but I'd argue her version is the one to beat.
I keep saying "she" and "her". That's by default, even if Motoko is only nominally a "she" both because of her purported biological origins and her current choice of cybernetic body. She may be the only female member of Section 9 — well, the only one we know about, anyway — but this fact has never been used to give her odd-person-out status in the group. Comfortable with both physical and digital weaponry, Motoko is also comfortable with her hybrid self and the power she exerts over her cohorts. The fact she identifies as biologically female and doesn't owe them any token "femininity" is their problem, not hers.
What vulnerabilities Motoko chooses to share with her teammates are are adult and complex ones, not things borne out of immaturity or narcissism, either hers or her creators'. The one teammate she opens up to most completely, in most every incarnation of the character but in SAC in particular, is Batou, the grizzled, hulking ex-Ranger with the artificial eyes. They start as peers and they operate as peers, although there's plenty of moments throughout when it's clear they are far more to each other than just that.
It's worth noting how this never comes at the expense of either of them. There are no moments where either of them behave like idiots because they're in love with each other, thank goodness. More importantly, there's never a moment where Motoko is commanded by the story to behave stupidly or impulsively just because she's a woman. She gets plenty of opportunities to be compassionate (chiefly with Batou, but others as well), but not in ways that make her look foolish or softheaded.
One of the very few times she loses control of her emotions is via a situation that would also have enraged any of her (male) comrades. It's the end of episode 21 in the first season, when her body has been badly damaged by an opponent in an armored exoskeleton. She takes out her rage on the other guy by blasting the chestplate of his armor point-blank with a high-powered rifle until it collapses and he begins to suffocate. You'd take it personally, too, if your arm had been torn off and you'd been thrown around like a doll on a string.
That's why the lady is a champ
I've long felt that a truly feminist heroine in anime needed to be someone that could satisfy two criteria. The first is the character needs to be someone the story can celebrate in ways that didn't involve making her into a fetish object. Ghost In The Shell dialed way back on this for Stand Alone Complex, if only for the sake of TV broadcast standards, and one of the side effects of doing so — if maybe not even an intended one — is how it makes all the non-eroticized aspects of her more interesting. The more we realize Motoko's body is essentially a prosthetic, a utility, the less of a charge there is from seeing her in a low-cut outfit.
There is that moment in the second season of the show where a young man she's protecting wonders what it's like to sleep with someone who has a cyberbody, and her point-blank answer is to lift the covers from the bed she's lying in and say: "Wanna find out?" But it's a character moment rather than a fetish moment — she's calling a bluff, calling it her way, on her terms, and for her own ends. She's not being herded by the show into objectification.
VyceVictus of Birth.Movies.Death. touched on this in a discussion of the live-action film: "... there are several different sources that this film seems to be picking from that are wildly different in their treatment of the themes. Shirow Masamune's original manga leaned into the titillation, even going so far as to have a spread of full on porno in one scene. [This sequence was deleted from later editions of the manga at Shirow's request. --sy] In the SAC series, Kusanagi uses her sexuality as part of her formidable tactical skill set, much like a traditional Femme Fatale while still affecting that psychological schism between mind and body. There's more than one way to skin a character, it would seem."
The other aspect of a feminist heroine is that they can function as more than just a substitute guy. Motoko freely fills that role; right in the first episode of the second season, she suggests to Batou they can "drown our sorrows at a nudie bar" if the mission they're on goes south. But her personality and needs are not constructed around that kind of party-hearty acceptance; she does those kinds of things because she can, not because her validity with the rest of the group hinges on it. (Maybe that's just part of her general strategy of building team loyalty.) She impresses us not just because she's badass — and she is — but because that toughness is part of a larger, heartier whole that's appealing and fascinating. It's not the only thing, and it's far from being everything. (GITS: SAC series director Kenji Kamiyama would later bring us yet another self-assured, headstrong anime heroine for the ages, Balsa, of Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.)
Most every GITS has centered in some form around the dualism of the mind and the body, with Motoko as a pioneer and explorer in the realm of transcending the two. That makes her both a feminist and a transhumanist icon, although I'd argue it's the former that makes her all the more effective at being the latter. We are still creatures of biology and flesh and gender, and not yet beings of pure spirit and intelligence. Many of us yearn to become that much more the latter over the former, but we're going to have a hard time transcending our humanity without first coming to the best possible terms with it.
Motoko has seen that life from both sides now — as a ghost in its shell, and as one entirely apart from it — and in both cases she serves as an inspiration. All signs point to the life we're going to live twenty minutes into the future strongly resembling the one we've seen in Ghost In The Shell. The more role models we have for how to navigate our weird new world, the better.


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Mind control experiments on human subjects at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute were investigated by The Fifth Estate.
Mind control experiments on human subjects at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute were investigated by The Fifth Estate.
"Canadians are ignorant and brainwashed". That is eventually what comes out, after a conversation with some Canadians. And not because of deliberate mind control. The reason is that Canada is only 150 years old (and already a Third World Nation!). So the only roots and pride Canadians had was their largely British background. But Britain as we know now, threw out it's own heritage and Canada followed suit. Would like to see articles here on Trudope (Trudeau), his groping a female reporter and the press constantly putting him on a pedestal. I believe Renegade Tribune already mentioned… Read more »
I live in Canada and i can tell you that we're still a 1st world country, no where near the horror that now grips Sweden; although that's the plan of Soros, international )ewry, and all of its governments of course…
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Civic Nationalism is Globalism: https://youtu.be/7TFKRivoZgw
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(bapt. Haarlem, 1 Oct. 1620; d Amsterdam, 18 Feb. 1683). Dutch painter, active mainly in Haarlem but also in Amsterdam. Berchem was the son of the still-life painter Pieter Claesz., and it is not known why he adopted a different surname. Claesz. was his first teacher, but although Berchem tried his hand at most subjects, no still lifes by him are known. His speciality was the Italianate pastoral landscape, and among his contemporaries only Jan Both rivalled his fame in this field.
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The Maccabi Hunter Haifa Israeli professional basketball team today announced that they have signed forward Samme Givens to a two-year contract through the 2019-20 season. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Givens, 28, spent the past three seasons playing for Maccabi Ra'anana in Israel's second division under current Maccabi Hunter Haifa head coach Barak Peleg. He appeared in 29 games for Ra'anana last season and averaged 18.3 points per game while shooting 34.8 percent from three-point range to go along with 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 32.8 minutes per game. Over his three-year career in Ra'anana, Givens compiled averages of 18.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 34.4 minutes.
The 6-foot-6, 228-pound forward was named to the 2018 Eurobasket.com Israeli National All-Imports Team. During his tenure with Ra'anana, Givens helped guide the team to the 2015-16 Israel National League Semifinals as well as a regular season title during the 2016-17 season. Prior to Ra'anana, Givens played in Germany's first division for s.Oliver Würzburg where he registered 8.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 38 games during the 2014-15 season. He has also played professionally in France's second division and the Dutch Basketball League where he was named 2013 Eurobasket.com All-Dutch Eredivisie Player of the Year in his professional rookie season.
"We are excited to bring to Haifa a proven impact player like Samme Givens who has been a dominant force for coach Peleg the past several seasons," said Jeff Rosen, Team Owner, Maccabi Hunter Haifa.
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South Africa's Public service and administration minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi has announced that Llewellyn Jones will assume the top spot at the State IT Agency (SITA). She also confirmed that COO Noedine Isaacs-Mpulo's resignation had been accepted by the board and announced Cabinet's confirmation of the appointment of two new members to SITA's board. Michelle Williams, the newly-appointed government CIO, and Rose Seseke, deputy DG at the Department of Communications, will join the board on 15 October.
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19 Apr 2018
In what's thought to be an Australian first, a new school on the Gold Coast has been built exclusively for children with autism, with attention to every minor detail - including the architecture, furniture, positioning of the land, colours and even the movement of fans.
Josiah College has been set up by Emmanuel College and is partly funded by the Federal Government. Even though the land is adjacent to, and owned by Emanuel College, Josiah will be run as a completely independent school.
Emmanuel and Josiah College Executive Principal Patrick Innes-Hill says the college has been many years in the planning and that experts in the field of autism have played an important consultancy role.
"Some of the key challenges for children with autism are social and sensory in nature, and although many children with autism succeed in navigating the social and sensory demands of mainstream schooling, others require something different – Josiah is for these students. They may have the cognitive capacity to cope with the Australian curriculum, but struggle with other issues like social pressures or sensory overload where they just can't cope in mainstream schools.
These kids are often frequently suspended, home schooled or just out of schooling altogether. That's the group for whom Josiah has been specifically targeted. So, while Josiah College will follow the Australian curriculum with minor adjustments, because our classes are so much smaller we can help those children learn the skills to then either transition back into a mainstream school later in their school life or continue through to tertiary learning or an apprenticeship."
Architects have designed the new school taking into account recent research into the sensory sensitivity in children on the spectrum. Mr Innes-Hill explained that noise from outside, flickering lights, the hum of an air conditioner or the movement of a fan may have an impact on learning.
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The same report said that between 10 and 20 per cent of children with autism are outside of mainstream education, predominantly being home schooled or bouncing from school to school.
Patrick Innes-Hill says: "When we crunched the numbers on the Gold Coast population we realised that there's room for several Josiahs that could be built here. There are no other specifically autism friendly schools on the Gold Coast – there are those that deal specifically with intellectual disabilities, ASD challenges and cognitive issues, but not any that are approaching the issue in the same way that Josiah is.
Each classroom also has attached to it a soft fall area, a decked area and a grassed area and those areas are unique to each classroom. A child will never be in an unfamiliar group or one larger than 16 kids, which reduces the social pressures to some extent. Outside the classrooms we've included sensory gardens and specially adapted play equipment - the whole thing has been rethought and actually looks quite lovely."
Josiah College will eventually offer places to 64 children from years 2 to 10. The school opens on April 23.


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Christina M. Hull
Position title: Professor (also Medical Microbiology & Immunology)
Email: email@example.com
Phone: (608) 265-5441
5204B Biochemical Sciences Building
440 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706
The Hull Lab Website
• B.S. 1992, University of Utah
• Ph.D. 2000, University of California – San Francisco (A.D. Johnson)
• Postdoctoral 2000-2003, Duke University (J. Heitman)
Honors & Awards
• Honors Baccalaureate Award for Graduate Studies, University of Utah, 1992
• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fund Fellowship, 2001-2003
• Merton Bernfield Memorial Award, American Society for Cell Biology, 2002
• Bell Basic Science Research Award, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2002
• Armstrong Fellowship, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2003
• Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences, 2003-2008
• March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Research Award, 2005-2007
• MERC New Investigator Award, UW Madison, 2005-2007
• Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award, American Society for Microbiology, 2006
• Hartwell Foundation Biomedical Research Award, 2015-2018
Research Summary
Fungi are critical organisms in virtually all ecosystems on Earth, but as a group, they are very poorly understood. The mechanisms by which fungi reproduce and interact with their environments (including human hosts) are largely unknown. Nowhere are the consequences of this lack of understanding more apparent than in human disease. Fungi now represents the fourth most common cause of hospital-acquired infection, and therapeutic options for treating severe disease are extremely limited.
Research in my laboratory focuses on three broad areas: 1) understanding the molecular mechanisms that control fungal development and sporulation, 2) elucidating the basic properties of spores that allow them to be infectious particles, and 3) developing interventions to prevent and/or treat severe fungal diseases.
We use the meningitis-causing environmental fungus Cryptococcus as a model for our studies. Cryptococcus causes several hundred thousand deaths per year worldwide. Among the human fungal pathogens, Cryptococcus is the most amenable to laboratory analysis and represents a relatively facile system for the study of fungal development and virulence.
Using biochemical, genetic, molecular, cell biological, and bioengineering approaches we are determining the basic processes and mechanisms important for Cryptococcus to undergo sexual development (gene regulation, protein-DNA interactions, transcriptional networks), determining the resistance, growth, and molecular properties of spores (cell differentiation, developmental biology), and investigating how spores interact with mammalian hosts in vitro and in mice (infection, virulence).
Publications of Note
Complete List of Published Work for Dr. Hull in MyBibliography (click on link).
• Rank, L.A., F.Y. Lim, N.M. Walsh, N.P. Keller, S.H. Gellman, and C.M. Hull (2018) Peptide-like nylon-3 polymers with activity against phylogenetically diverse, intrinsically drug resistant pathogenic fungi. mSphere. 3(3): e00204-17.
• McDermott A.J., T.A. Tumey, M. Huang, C.M. Hull, and B.S. Klein (2017) Inhaled Cryptococcus neoformans elicits allergic airway inflammation independent of Nuclear Factor Kappa B signaling in lung epithelial cells. Immunology 153(4):513-522.
• Rank, L.A., N.M. Walsh, R. Liu, F.Y. Lim, J.W. Bok, M. Huang, N.P. Keller, S.H. Gellman, and C.M. Hull (2017) A cationic polymer that shows high antifungal activity against diverse human pathogens. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 61(10):e00204-17.
• Huang, M. and C.M. Hull (2017) Sporulation: How to survive on planet Earth (and beyond). Current Genetics 63(5):831-838.
• Walsh, N.M., M. Wuthrich, H. Wang, B. Klein, and C.M. Hull (2017) Characterization of C-type lectins reveals an unexpectedly limited interaction between Cryptococcus neoformans spores and Dectin-1. PLoS ONE 12(3):e0173866.
• Davis, J.M., M. Huang, M.R. Botts, C.M. Hull, and A. Huttenlocher (2016) A zebrafish model of cryptococcal infection reveals roles for macrophages, endothelial cells, and neutrophils in the establishment and control of sustained fungemia. Infection and Immunity 84(10):3047-62.
• Mead, M.E. and C.M. Hull (2016) Transcriptional control of Cryptococcus development. Journal of Microbiology 54(5):339-46.
• Barkal, L., N.M. Walsh, D.J. Beebe, and C.M. Hull (2016) Leveraging a high resolution microfluidic assay reveals insights into pathogenic fungal spore germination. Integrative Biology 8(5): 603-15.
• Huang, M., A. S. Hebert, J. J. Coon, and C.M. Hull (2015) Protein composition of infectious spores reveals novel sexual development and germination factors in Cryptococcus. PLoS Genetics 11(8):e1005490.
• Mead ME, Stanton BC, Kruzel EK, Hull CM (2015) Targets of the Sex Inducer homeodomain proteins are required for fungal development and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. Molecular Microbiology 95(5):804-18.
• Botts MR, Huang M, Borchardt RK, Hull CM (2014) Developmental cell fate and virulence are linked to trehalose homeostasis in Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryotic Cell 13(9):1158-68.


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This morning, the infamous talk show host offered to donate as much aspirin as it takes to rid the women of Georgetown of their horrible knee pain.
No wait, that's not right. I just watched the video. Apparently, he was just being a great misogynistic turd once again.
On Wednesday, the almighty asshat called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" for advocating that all employers cover health insurance for birth control. Thursday, he doubled down, promising to provide Georgetown University females with "as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want," presumably with his hate filled jowls a-floppin' and a-sputterin'. The aspirin-based contraceptive, invented by old perverts with no imagination for sex positions, has been proven ineffective; however, it recently gained media attention when Rick Satorum's equally repressed money-fountain, Foster Freiss, suggested the technique as an alternative to the pill.
Rush went on to insist that if these students need taxpayers to fund their sex lives, they should at least post videos of themselves online "so we can all watch." I just threw up in my mouth.
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I want to emphasize that I am very skeptical that #CryptoMastodon will take off. But i'm willing to try, because:
1. We need to learn how to continue the conversation under censorship
2. We need alternatives to Twitter and Reddit
3. Help platforms like @mastodon improve
4. Figure out how to transport identity and reputation
5. Find more alternatives
6. Enjoy some #shitposting
@nvk 4. Is trivial. Just claim the handle of a big name on another platform, copypaste their buo & avatar and watch the follows flow in.
well, there is a twitter import tool.. one click apparently!
"Paul Troon @PaulTroon
One thing holding me back from using Mastodon was losing my audience on twitter. That problem is fixed by this one click forwarding applet.
Come join the decentralized rebellion! 💣
@nvk 7. I love getting Boosted🌟
@nvk i didn't understand #1.."under censorship"?... & would add let's use Open-Source everywhere!
ZeroMe on ZeroNet.
Have you seen?
@nvk it is nice to have a backup network with the same people because if Twitter fucks up nobody has to panic but just move on to Mastodon
@nvk hm... it's a little concerning for the admin of a popular instance to say this.
Therefore, I think it's safer to be on mastodon.social in case you call it quits?
Agree with all but maybe we should keep 6. (Shitposting) on Twitter and have more constructive discussion here and buidl.
1. If the creme de la creme of #Bitcoin is willing to shift to Mastodon we're a little step closer to become censorship resistant again.
2. Probably a time-out tweeting would help also to widen the movement/shift. So let's TooT!
3. Ppl are getting more and more hungry for becoming their self-regulated authorities besides managing their sound money/educational efforts/nutrition.
4. Everyone's voice, contribution, effort to MMGA (Make MastodonGreatAgain) matters.
@nvk Agreed. Feels good to have a ready to go fallback in case twitter goes full censorship
@nvk indeed, notwithstanding importance of the other points, #3 and #4 are of great interest and a lot could be done! e.g. coming up with a method for
cross-instance auth?
@nvk the great thing about Bitcoiners is that skepticism is the prevailing attitude. You rarely find this elsewhere in crypto.
@nvk Reddit is a mess... Feels like a TV show drama...
@nvk looks like it's doing pretty well to me!
@nvk seems like alts are getting fashionable again 🚀
@nvk by which I mean twtr alternatives not altcoins ofc!
@nvk See https://scuttlebutt.nz
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November 18, 2016, 9:00 a.m. CDT
Contact Jason Hogue, Peru State College Marketing and Communications, 402.872.2429
Peru, Nebraska- Peru State College host four activities throughout the day on Veterans Day, November 11, 2016. All Veterans Day programs were open and free to the public.
At 8:00 a.m., the Cadence Run was held. A few runners, including the speaker for the Veteran's Day Program, Bill Hessler, and Peru State Cross Country Coach Katy Billings, met on the campus quad and ran to Casey's and back.
A Veterans Day Program was held with Bill Hessler, former Nemaha County Veterans Service Officer, as the keynote speaker. Hessler spoke on the importance of discipline and readiness – both physically and mentally.
Veterans from campus and surrounding communities were invited to attend and were recognized as part of the program. Veterans were recognized with carnations and cake was served at a following reception.
Phi Epsilon Kappa hosted a Veterans Day Workout Warrior. The workout was held in the Al Wheeler Activities Center (AWAC) Fitness Center. PEK completed a "mini-murph," "half-murph" and murph workout. Another workout featuring the "Deck of Cards Challenge" was also completed.
The workout was led by Dr. Kyle Ryan, associate professor of education. Ryan is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association; a certified Sports Performance Coach with USA Weightlifting; and a Certified Level-1 CrossFit Coach.
Peru State College has a long history of serving veterans and active members of the U.S. Military. In 2016, the College was named a "Military Friendly School" and a "Military Spouse Friendly School" by Victory Media.
For more information, visit www.peru.edu or call 1-800-742-4412.
About Peru State College: Peru State's "Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum, is nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's first college, Peru State offers a unique mix of innovative online and traditional classroom undergraduate and graduate programs, including online graduate degrees in education and organizational management. It is a college of choice fostering excellence and student achievement through engagement in a culture that promotes inquiry, discovery and innovation.


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Ruth Baggett Mathis, age 87 of Hendersonville and formally from Nashville, passed away on September 17, 2015.
Mrs. Mathis was born on February 9, 1928 to the late William Houston and Ruby Mae Baggett in Nashville, Tennessee. She worked for many years at the McQuiddy Printing until she retired.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mathis was preceded in death by her husband Alvin Lee Mathis; brothers William Baggett, Jr., James Baggett and Sam Riley Baggett.
She is survived by her children, Beverly (Michael) Mitchell, Ronnie Mathis, Larry (Janet) Mathis, Gloria Davidson and Randall (Roxann) Mathis; grandchildren, Chris (Alisha) Mitchell, Chuck (Ondie) Mitchell, Chad Mitchell, Jason Mathis, Jennifer (Jake) Henderson, Josh (Samantha) Barry, Deann (Greg) Claude, Steve Stevens, Lee (Sasha) Stevens, Andrea Anderson, April (Kevin) Smart, Julie (Gifford) Waters and Heather (Ryan) McClarty; great-grandchildren, Ashlee Mitchell, Cara Lee Mitchell, Cade Mitchell, Katie Diane Mathis, Mckenzie Mathis, Austin Barden, Shelby Barden, Jamason Lee Henderson, Brooklynn Barry, Skyler Barry, Ashlyn Barry, Kingston Barry, Lilly Barry, Paisly Barry, Rhylee Barry, Jeremy (Kelly) Booth, Amber Booth, Sarah Claude, Abby Claude, Emma Claude, Liam Claude, Bella Pace, Eli Stevens, Bailey Anderson, Skylar Waters; great-great grandchildren, Rylee Booth, Korbin Booth and Makenzie Booth; siblings Virginia (Charlie) Wrather, Patsy Hunt, Charlie Boy Baggett, Billy (Carol) Baggett and Diane Adams and numerous nieces and nephews.
A Life Celebration will be held on Saturday, September 19th at 12:00pm in the Cole and Garrett Funeral Home Chapel; burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Chris Mitchell, Chuck Mitchell, Chad Mitchell, Jason Mathis, Steve Stevens and Lee Stevens. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 18th from 4:00 -8:00pm then again on Saturday from 10:00am until the time of service.
Ruth Baggett Mathis
Born in Nashville, TN on February 9, 1928
Departed on September 17, 2015 and resided in Hendersonville, TN
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- Saturday September 19, 2015 12:00pm to 12:30pm
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Ruth Baggett Mathis, age 87 of Hendersonville and formally from Nashville, passed away on September 17, 2015.
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Diane Loftis
September 18, 2015 1:10 pm
I love you Andrea and am thinking of you and praying that God will provide you and Bailey with lots of comfort.
Jacki Elson Cook
September 18, 2015 9:10 pm
Deann, I am so very sorry for the loss of your precious grandmother. I understand how this loss feels, as I still sigh at the memory of the wonderful gift of God that my own grandma was…my prayers are with you and your beautiful family. May her soul be radiant in the light of Christ's glory.
December 14, 2015 12:16 am
Brother Geoff,6 months ago I would have asueccd you of living in an overly sensitive and panic stricken spirit of fear. I was so tired of hearing people link Obama to the antichrist or accuse him of being a covert Muslim terrorist. The emails that circulated during elections slandering him was certainly less than Christian. However, today I must admit we as followers of Jesus who are also American find ourselves in uncharted water. I would not claim to be afraid of the future, I would however affirm your feeling of disbelief. I find myself shocked as well and wondering what to do. His agenda, along with the leaders he surronds himself with speak extensivly about his direction and worldview.P.S. If the health care reform bill passes and tax dollars begin paying for abortions (as I understand in its current form will), do I continue to pay taxes or do I refuse to fund that agenda and submit to my punishment? I throw that it in as it has been my question to ponder for the last three days.Good post. I identify with it.Zach


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The growing demand for childcare centres is no longer just from parents jostling to get their kids on waiting lists. It's increasingly also coming from investors looking to get a slice of this burgeoning real estate market.
In the past year, more than $200 million worth of this type of property has changed hands across Australia. Almost $120 million of this was in New South Wales alone, with 80.22 per cent of these assets located in metropolitan Sydney.
And it's not showing any sign of slowing down – in the first four months of 2017 there were $25 million worth of sales for this asset class, according to research from Ray White Commercial.
There are a number of reasons for this increasing demand for childcare centres.
First of all societal trends are leading to a growing demand for this type of service and property.
Increased government funding, higher birth rates and a greater number of females returning to the workforce have created a demand for childcare services like never before. And this demand will only become greater with an estimated 500,000 children to be added to the zero-to-five-year-old population over the next 15 years, according to figures published in the 2016 Colliers International Whitepaper on childcare in Australia.
In addition, typical long-term leases make childcare centres an appealing option to investors, as do the strong yields for this type of property. According to Ray White Commercial NSW, yields average 4.85 per cent in Sydney metropolitan areas and 6.07 in regional areas.
It's also a relatively low maintenance asset for investors, as the tenant is responsible for the required health and safety standards as well as purchasing and maintaining indoor and outdoor assets.
Finally, investors are also becoming increasingly aware of the depreciation benefits they can claim from such properties. These deductions are often in the hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of the property and even into the millions for some larger centres.
In the last two years there has seen a notable increase in the number of childcare centres ordering a depreciation schedule. There was a 67 per cent increase in the 2015/16 financial year and a further 37 per cent increase in the year prior.
This increase is supported by findings from the Colliers International Whitepaper, which noted a 4.6 per cent annual growth rate for this industry.
It appears childcare centre operators are realising the value of claiming depreciation to improve cash flow and remain competitive in what is becoming a sought-after market.
Many childcare centre owners are able to claim hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in deductions over the life of the property.
Common items located in childcare centres, such as artificial grass, sandpits and play equipment, are unexpected yet valuable sources of additional income for operators and owners.
Other childcare centre items that can be claimed include food processors, bathroom accessories, refrigerators, ceiling fans, computer equipment, washing machines, partitioning, dishwashers and vinyl, among many other assets.
Both owners and tenants of childcare centres can claim depreciation deductions, as can those running child care services from their homes. Owners can claim capital works deductions while tenants can claim depreciation for plant and equipment assets, such as those listed above.
For operators who might be struggling with cash flow, depreciation deductions can provide additional income to help with day to day expenses and business operations, which should prove beneficial in what is becoming an increasingly competitive industry.


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It's great that Lenovo Vantage cares about the lifespan of our batteries and offers us a choice of charge threshold. But it offers no guidance what maximum level to set, except that it should be less than 100%. Lenovo must have studied the effect of maximum charge on battery lifespan, and I wish it would share that information with us. Higher maximum offers a convenience for most users, but they might be willing to trade some of that convenience for some increase in battery lifespan. We need data in order to decide.
For example, does even setting the maximum at 95% have significant livespan advantage vs. setting maximum at 100%? Without knowing such things we're just bumbling in setting battery charge threshold.
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I agree that "we're just bumbling in setting battery charge threshold" but I don't know how to be more precise than that because of all the variables involved.
A great reference for these sorts of topics is Battery University. In particular see BU-409: Charging Lithium-ion and How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University. These articles help to explain the issues and tradeoffs in recharging strategies.
In practice the thresholds you set not only affect battery life (number of cycles before the battery can no longer hold xx% of design charge) but also how long your particular system will run within those thresholds (which depends on the hardware, screen brightness, apps running, etc.)
I also find it useful to consider the battery as an expendible component. Generally it will last only a few years, typically 3 to 5 years. So I consider the price of a new battery divided by 3 to 5 as an approximate annual cost of owning a notebook computer.
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Thanks, Hausman for the excellent reference: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University. Its practical suggestion is:
A laptop battery could be prolonged by lowering the charge voltage
when connected to the AC grid. To make this feature user-friendly,
a device should feature a "Long Life" mode that keeps the battery at
4.05V/cell and offers a SoC of about 80 percent. One hour before
traveling, the user requests the "Full Capacity" mode to bring the
charge to 4.20V/cell.
I've had ThinkPads since the 600X and have "expended" very many li-ions. But battery technology has improved while laptop build quality hasn't, so I'm semi-expecting my T480s battery to last as long as the T480s. The battery is expensive and it's worth taking measures to prolong its life.
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I don't think there is one best answer for everyone and every situation. Some charging circuits keep charging as long as they are plugged in. Battery powered devices are used differently. I have lots of battery-powered things, but I have 3 big ones I use very frequently. I have a laptop and a cell phone that I charge, then unplug and use until the battery level gets very low. I then charge those to 100%. I have another laptop that I use like a workstation. It is plugged into a dock and connected to A/C most of the time I am using it. I start charging when it gets below 60% and I charge it to 85%. My strategy may or may not work for you.
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Based on what was in the battery university link:
Most Li-ions charge to 4.20V/cell, and every reduction in peak charge voltage of 0.10V/cell is said to double the cycle life. For example, a lithium-ion cell charged to 4.20V/cell typically delivers 300–500 cycles. If charged to only 4.10V/cell, the life can be prolonged to 600–1,000 cycles; 4.0V/cell should deliver 1,200–2,000 and 3.90V/cell should provide 2,400–4,000 cycles.On the negative side, a lower peak charge voltage reduces the capacity the battery stores. As a simple guideline, every 70mV reduction in charge voltage lowers the overall capacity by 10 percent. Applying the peak charge voltage on a subsequent charge will restore the full capacity.
I take that to mean that if you want to get twice the number of cycles (600-1000 instead of 300-500), holding everything else the same (big assumption!), then:
Each 70mV reduces capacity by 10%, which means each mV reduces capacity by 0.142% . So if you want to reduce the voltage to 4.1V, that's 100mV less, which means you need to reduce capacity by 14.2%. So if you set it to 86%, maybe you get twice the number of cycles.
Sounds like it's also very important not to let it stay too warm in general, so probably best to have your laptop some place with good airflow when plugged in.
These are just my interpretation of the articles above; I am not a battery scientist / chemist / etc. :)
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My heart is breaking,
Earthquakes rumbling,
Economies crumbling.
The public's distraught,
No more solutions in the pot.
Buildings need reconstruction.
You want someone to take action,
But watch TV for the main attraction.
America, here's what I'm saying,
Stop complaining and start praying…
Disclaimer: I'm TOTALLY guilty of this too and was convicted of it tonight. I just feel like we should ALL be lifting up our nation and the WORLD in prayer as often as we can. The end is coming sooner than we think. Look at this passage from Revelations 21:1-8!
Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
I believe we're all being called to prayer. To pray for the lost souls. To pray that we check our own hearts and motives. To pray for our families and their salvation, as well as the salvation of our enemies. Let's remember 1 Peter 4:8, "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." So let's show our love for others by lifting the nation, world, and our friends and families up in prayer!
Now the question is…will you answer the call to prayer?


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Macroinvertebrados aquáticos em riachos de cerrado : abordagens ecológicas teórica e aplicada
Saito, Victor Satoru
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The aquatic macroinvertebrates are widely used in ecological studies and recently applied for biomonitoring. The knowledge about composition and distribution patterns are essential to elaborate environmental biomonitoring programs. The Cerrado vegetation, considered hotspot of biodiversity, is one of the most threatened savanna in the world and due to this importance its biodiversity and natural resources needs their own methodology for monitoring. In view of the above this thesis was divided in two studies: 1) Study about the variation in faunal composition of the metacommunity and the importance of local variables and spatial variables. 2) Development of a regional multimetric index using metrics from the macroinvertebrates community. Both studies used the database of 21 streams from the central region of São Paulo State, being 14 impacted streams (seven of sugarcane monocultures and seven of pasture) and seven reference streams, inserted in conserved Cerrado areas. The results of the first paper showed a metacommunity influenced by local factors and little variation was explained by spatial factors. These results fits the studied metacommunity in the species sorting model, considered the ideal for bioindicator groups. In the second paper the filters tested the metrics for range, sensibility to anthropic impact, redundancy between metrics, correlation to natural variability of streams and simplicity. The following metrics passed all filters: of EPT richness to family level, Shannon s Diversity Index to family, percentage of Trichoptera, EPT/Chironomidae and Biological Monitoring Working Party adapted index. The 5 developed multimetric index use metrics of low taxonomic resolution and good response to environmental impact, showing a potential for application in biomonitoring programs in the studied region.


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A Home Depot (NYSE:HD) investment looks like a solid deal as investors head into the new year. Its sales, earnings, and profitability figures are all at record highs even as shares have gotten cheaper relative to its main rival, Lowe's (NYSE:LOW).
Before you pull the trigger on any stock purchase, though, it's important to familiarize yourself with the company you're considering buying. Not only does that knowledge inform your initial investing decision, but it also protects you from hasty selling moves based on short-term business dips. With that in mind, here are a few top trends that any shareholder should know about Home Depot.
Growth slowdown
Home Depot is growing faster than most retailers (including Lowe's) right now. It last posted 6% comparable-store sales gains, versus 3% for its smaller competitor. However, that growth isn't as robust as it used to be. The company enjoyed 4% higher customer traffic in each of the last two fiscal years but has seen that pace decelerate to 3% in 2016.
Home Depot is offsetting the shopper showdown by soaking up market share in the professional contractor segment of the industry. These customers tend to spend more per trip (upwards of $900), and so even a small boost in their visit frequency can go a long way. If overall traffic growth continues to decelerate, though, revenue gains over the next few years could disappoint.
Market risks
Home Depot's business is heavily dependent on the stability of the housing market. It doesn't need boom times to enjoy solid growth, but it certainly hasn't hurt that Americans are now spending $700 billion per year on home improvement projects -- up from $400 billion in 2010.
There's room for further gains ahead. In fact, Home Depot projects that an aging stock of homes and below-average rates of housing formation point to an expanding market at least through 2018. That should help the company pass $100 billion of revenue, and $15 billion of operating profit, by that time. There's always a risk that the market turns lower, though, as it did during the housing market crisis that sliced Home Depot's earnings in half from 2006 through 2009.
Unusual expansion plan
Unlike Lowe's, Home Depot isn't benefiting from a fast-growing store base. In hasn't opened a new location in the U.S. in the last three years, while Lowe's tacked on 40 warehouses in 2016. That stable physical footprint puts pressure on existing locations to deliver nearly all the sales gains.
On the positive side, it also leaves more cash available for major business initiatives like building up the e-commerce infrastructure and pushing into complementary markets like maintenance, repair, and operations.
Dividend quirks
A Home Depot stock purchase includes an attractive dividend income stream. The payout has surged higher by double digits in each of the last three years. For perspective, consider that Home Depot's 2016 dividend is roughly equal to what the retailer earned in total profit just five years before.
Home Depot allocates a larger portion of its earnings to dividend payments, at 50% compared to Lowe's annual target of 35%. While that aggressive capital return strategy supercharges growth, it also exposes the dividend to market shocks. Home Depot had to suspend annual increases during the worst of the housing crisis while Lowe's succeeded in keeping its long-term growth streak alive.
Getting a good deal
In part because of the factors outlined above, Home Depot's stock has trailed the broader market over the last year. The good news for prospective shareholders is that the underperformance has made shares cheaper even as the business's earning power has improved.
Home Depot's dominant position in its industry, coupled with market-leading capital allocation efficiency, make it a more attractive long-term buy at 22 times trailing earnings than at the 25 price-to-earnings ratio investors paid at the start of 2016. It's also a nice discount over the 26 times earnings that they're currently shelling out for Lowe's.


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