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Apparently Apple is in negotiations with HBO to provide their HBO Go mobile app which
allows on-demand streaming of their shows to the AppleTV platform without having to pay for the HBO channel from a traditional cable or IPTV provider like Comcast or AT&T.
The service presumably will not be for free and one will have to pay a 'micro subscription' using the Apple iTunes store for the service. This would be just fine with me – the start of the ala carte model I've been craving for years.
Hey media provider: Quit subsidizing crazy small channels with ridiculous reality-tv programming and let the content stand on its own! If you provide me with quality programming that I'm interested in I'll buy it! I might even end up spending just as much with you as I already do, as long as I feel I'm getting value for my money.
Someone is going to finally do this and when they do it will be a revelation – I want to be able to buy a subscription to a certain channel perhaps but even more I want the ability to have access to certain individual PROGRAMS that I can watch on demand immediately as soon as they are available in traditional broadcast. This includes sporting events and special events like the Grammy's.
I want the ability as well to 1) own the content forever and redownload/stream on demand or 2) to have the content cost less but expire after a certain time or 3) be able to subscribe to older content made available in bulk on demand (the Netflix model).
Please let HBO finally give Apple an opportunity to break into this model and provide me with the programming that works best for us as individuals!
I was speaking at MobileCON 2012 in San Diego a week ago and it was amazing how many people were talking about BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and how prevalent smartphones have become.
My first wireless device was the Palm VII in 2001 and while it was very cutting edge for the time, using it to perform more than basic functions like reading e-mail or news updates was arduous. I did it because it was 'cool' and I didn't mind spending three times as long to do something like order movie tickets than it would take through traditional methods. My wife, however, would never think of paying a premium for technology just for the sake of being cool in a nerdy sort of way and that's what 'smartphones' were up until 2007.
When Apple released the original iPhone all that changed. All of the sudden the use of a 'smartphone' was so easy and so intuitive that it's use no longer slowed us but now made us more efficient. The massive adoption of iOS, Android and Windows Mobile devices has finally given rise to the possibility of real-time personalized, location-based marketing and commerce experiences because we have become fully committed to our mobile phones.
Today we are so intrinsically tied to our mobile devices and we are loathe to part with them. There are over a billion smartphones in use today and 84% of us say we couldn't go a single day without our smartphone. 65% of us would rather leave our lunch at home versus our smartphone and half of us would rather leave our (real) wallet at home instead of our smartphone.
Mobiles have truly become a part of us and retailers and marketers needs to take advantage of that in new and innovative ways. New approaches to making the shopping experience easier and providing more suitable offers for the consumer; ways that increase their efficiency and make their lives simpler.
Ideas like geo-fencing like BestBuy to provide real-time contextual offers to customers who are in the proximity of a location at a certain time. Or providing the ability to create shopping lists online at the desktop or mobile and then being directed through in-store mapping to efficiently pick up those items. Or going beyond bar code scanning to ARISTO (augmented reality for in-store offers) like Wal-Mart providing real-time product updates and pricing in a visual manner within the store.
How about gathering sentiment and consumer data directly from your customers, their tendencies and habits as well as their opinions and choices? A plan for big data and real-time analytics to gather insight about the customer helps deliver more precise offers that have more meaning and are more likely to be accepted.
How is your company using the mobile devices of your customers as the 'tip of the spear' for your personalized commerce initiatives?
Ok, so we've talked about what it takes to synchronize the supply chain and bring back or retain the 'value' components of the supply chain within the communication service provider instead of giving it to fulfillment partners. In this final installment we'll talk about what it takes to go the last mile and take ALL the value out of the extended supply chain.
Extending Supply Chain Synchronization Even Further
Even after the CSP's fulfillment partner(s) are integrated into the synchronized supply chain and are interacting directly with order management system, receiving fulfillment direction, providing enterprise-wide inventory visibility and managing returns they still retain some 'valuable' pieces of the supply chain. They still own and control the software used to manage the pick, pack and ship operations within the outsourced warehouse facilities used to fulfill the CSPs orders.
By taking the next step and deploying a supply collaboration capability and a centralized network warehouse management system (nWMS) with associated operating procedures and facility processes that are streamlined to the business needs, the CSP becomes empowered to finally commoditize the entire last mile of the supply chain. By pushing inventory visibility out to the manufacturers and distributors (instead of relying on the 3PL to purchase on behalf of the CSP) and pushing the radio frequency (RF), RFID or light web client nWMS interfaces out into the 3PL partners, true multi-sourcing can take place and the same service level can be measured and expected across all supply chain network partners using the same methodologies and systems mandated by the communications provider.
A centralized supply collaboration solution helps organizations effectively manage the extended purchase order lifecycle, including all interactions with external parties.
It provides both internal and external users with immediate access to purchase/planned orders, allowing them to negotiate changes over the Internet; redirect orders and inventory; and resolve unexpected problems or delays. It further provides real-time visibility into all aspects of the inbound supply chain, resulting in improved communication with suppliers; lower processing costs, faster response rates on exceptions and ultimately, increased performance of their supply chain. Supply collaboration even offers the ability to promise goods that are inbound or still residing at the manufacturer's facility. Since the complete CPE inventory life-cycle is visible selling against that inventory can happen anywhere in the supply chain based on business rules and conditions.
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Business Benefits:
A networked WMS provides a central point of control over complex warehouse operations, across multiple facilities of varying types. With its service-oriented architecture and process-centric modeling capabilities, nWMS can be leveraged across all types of situations, from the largest facilities to the smallest stocking locations. It includes robust planning, execution and measurement tools for distribution managers, bringing operational discipline to the complex warehouse operations. The networked warehouse management system is process centric, notifying other systems or locations of critical events that occur within the network and make fulfillment decisions based on real-time information received from customers, partners and suppliers. Built to handle the most complex fulfillment requirements, it improves internal efficiencies through business rules-driven warehouse management.
Key Capabilities
Business Benefits
Regardless of how far an organization decides to go with it's supply chain synchronization, it's critical that they begin the process of taking back the 'value' of their supply chain if they expect to be able to provider exceptional service to today's empowered customer.
In the last blog we talked about the evolution many organizations take as they approach the physical supply chain of their organization and identified the benefit of bringing the 'value' components of the supply chain back into the organization. This time we'll look at how to begin that process and some of the benefits we might expect.
How Is The Hybrid Phase Achieved?
By bringing ALL the valuable business logic, sourcing, fallout, and billing event information back within the four walls of the organization, Any CSP can maximize the value of outsourcing partners by rendering them a commodity service provider measured on price and SLA criteria. Since all of the 'value' has been removed from the outsourced end of the supply chain, a multitude of 3PL or other supply chain providers can be measured equally on their ability to deliver goods accurately and on time for the lowest price possible.
Supply Chain Synchronization
Execution of the final phase in supply chain evolution involves 'synchronizing the supply chain' and bringing value back inside the four walls of the organization by controlling the software solutions directing and ultimately being utilized by the commodity components of the supply chain. By allowing 3PLs to retain order and warehouse management components they are also allowed to retain 'value' and increase the dependency upon them.
In order to completely own the supply chain value, the CSP should begin 'synchronizing' its technology solutions into the supply chain environments. By deploying a net-centric distributed order and eventually, warehouse management solution, a service provider is empowered with complete inventory visibility across multiple 3PL partners, resellers, vendors, distributors and partners anywhere on the globe and reduction of the huge on-hand inventory quantities with just-in-time inventory planning (many CSPs still currently 'rent' up to $20MM in capital from a 3PL partner to purchase inventory that the CSP is ultimately responsible for – there is no risk to the partner. The CSP also pays good interest rates to the 3PL for this service) that allows drastic reductions in capital held hostage with 3PL partners because actual inventory numbers are not known, the 3PL partners are not efficient enough and therefore accurate forecasting cannot be planned.
The ability to multi-source fulfillment that this model provides has many other benefits as well:
Own the Value, Own the Customer, Control Your Destiny
Many communications providers have become dependent on a single CPE outsource solution provider by allowing the control of their customer data and billing events; value components, to be located within their partner's systems.
Most eventually come to realize that they have essentially become a multi-channel retailer and part of that delivery is dynamically managing visibility and fulfillment of CPE goods across multiple fulfillment partners and organizations that are geographically and systemically diverse.
Inventory synchronization solutions captures, aggregates, and provides visibility to inventory quantities at all locations in a supply network- internal and external.
They provides visibility to and control over all inventories in the network, including in-transit inventory. They increase inventory turnover and supply chain flexibility through global visibility and synchronization of supply. With both overall and granular inventory visibility, an order hub strategy with inventory synchronization powers real-time global ATP, and facilitates accurate, rules-based order fulfillment while synchronizing, and monitoring all inventory levels and movements to ensure identification and resolution of exceptions and anticipation of potential problems. It enables companies to accurately fulfill customer orders while optimizing inventory levels across their business.
Key Capabilities
Business Benefits
An order hub strategy with distributed order management helps to drive profitable sales growth by successfully managing order fulfillment across the extended supply chain — providing synchronization and control of all internal and external processes tied to order fulfillment. It provides the capability to manage orders from multiple channels and coordinate fulfillment across multiple inventory locations, suppliers, partners and business units. With distributed order management, you can dramatically improve supply chain efficiency, present a single face to customers and adapt to ongoing business evolutions. It makes the increasingly complex fulfillment process transparent and enables your company to harness its full growth potential while driving down supply chain costs.
A flexible, easily configurable process model system for order management and fulfillment automates the manual processes often associated with managing orders in an extended supply chain. Order management addresses the entire order process from order capture to settlement. Each order line easily follows a unique process based upon any order-related attribute or business rule. It automatically creates and tracks any processes that result from, or depend upon, the original customer order. Order management also dramatically reduces order fulfillment costs and significantly improves the quality of customer service.
It resolves the challenges of complex, distributed fulfillment of discrete customer demand, such as quotes, orders, replenish requests, etc. It encompasses all demand-triggered processes across the extended supply chain, such as drop shipping, procure-to-order, delivery and services. Order management enables flexible execution of the customer fulfillment life-cycle from quote and capture to source and fulfill to returns and settlement.
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CSPs should look to an order hub software platform to allow then bring the 'value' components of routing logic, carrier/service selection, event and fall-out management, enterprise-wide inventory visibility and billing event control. Additionally order management should maintain the dependencies, state and resolution of all lines of a customer order, from services to delivery to CPE product.
Next time we'll look at taking value back in the last mile – by owning the software used within the third-party fulfillment provider's warehouse itself.
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I first wrote a version of the following way back in 2005 for a very large telecommunications company in the US. If someone would have asked me then if CSPs would still be struggling with this issue in 2012 I would have flippantly dismissed the idea as absurd. I would have been wrong.
Supply Chain Evolution
The evolution of fulfillment and the supply chain is similar in most industries and telecom is no exception. When originally pressed to provide product fulfillment services, organizations usually attempt to handle it internally first. After some time they decide the hassle and effort isn't worth it and they turn it over to an outside specialist. Finally, hopefully, they realize that certain parts of that service are highly valuable and they move to re-acquire those pieces of the supply chain. Certainly there are some situations where 100% outsourcing may make sense but for the majority of CSPs owning the value components of the supply chain is critical to success.
The first pass at handling fulfillment of any equipment, including customer premise equipment (CPE), is usually to attempt to handle it completely within the four walls of the organization. There is usually a grass-roots effort to pull some capability together and over time many of these organizations evolve into groups with a considerably amount of efficiency. At some point though, the internal cost of managing custom software, owning or leasing facilities and managing part-time help get to be a burden on an organization that is focused on selling primarily, not shipping products.
The second evolutionary phase introduces the idea of outsourcing, taking certain pieces of an organizations business and turning those over to an outside 'expert' who specializes in that piece of the business. In the case of fulfillment and shipping services these 'experts' are many times called Third Party Logistics providers (3PL). In the telecom industry the outsourcing of CPE began to permeate in the early 1990's about the same time that Caller ID boxes were coming into vogue. Sales of CPE equipment skyrocketed once invoicing for the equipment could be placed directly on the consumer telephone bill (this type of capability is a very strong 'value' component of many CSP supply chain partners).
The final phase tends to be re-examining the fulfillment end of the supply chain and looking for opportunities to bring the 'value' components of the supply chain back within the organization's four walls without having to deal with the overhead and management issues that were encountered in the first phase. Technology is the ultimate enabler of this phase.
Commoditize the Supply Chain
The ability to commoditize the last miles of the supply chain is critical to driving out cost and driving up efficiency when working the external providers of fulfillment services in any industry, including telecommunications. By allowing outside integration partners and 3PL providers to control too much of the supply chain and its logical decision points they become 'required' components of the corporate supply chain.
Inevitably this is exactly what 3PLs and other supply chain 'partners' strive to do; their primary goal is to become so intrinsically embedded within the organizational supply chain that they cannot be extricated without much financial pain and business risk. This allows the 3PL to keep from becoming a price-based commodity partner and adds 'value' to their offering allowing them to many times maintain single sourcing and higher rates / margins on fulfillment services. In some cases external 3PLs are embedded in the CSP billing process, a highly valuable piece of the supply chain. The capability to interact with provider billing systems and drive billing events ties them explicitly to the CSP supply chain.
All of the value in the supply chain is within the supply collaboration, fulfillment routing, business logic, billing and fall-out or issue management. The box shipping out the back door is regulated to becoming a commodity offering measured by a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for on-time shipping / delivery, shipping accuracy and cost.
By allowing partners to control the 'value' components of the organizational supply chain they take on a role larger than a 'commodity partner'. Traditionally the three key components necessary for success are people, process and technology. By giving one or more away to a partner we limit our capability for supply chain success.
Inefficient Partners
Compounding the problem with the scenario listed above is that once control of the 'value' components of the supply chain is given away, the external partner(s) no longer has any incentive to continue to drive cost out of the supply chain. They are also now in control of the fulfillment end of the supply chain and will look to take margin wherever and whenever they can do so.
Partners often don't possess the domain knowledge required to deftly handle the kinds of decision logic that a CSP has to manage. They also have sometimes hundreds of other clients that they are trying to become embedded with as well which sometimes divert their focus from the things a provider needs to accomplish.
Partners many times also need to add a large number of 'client services' personnel to work with clients like service providers in order to overcome their antiquated and stretched IT system capabilities. Bringing the 'value' back into the four walls of the CSP almost guarantees the ability to reduce headcount needed at the 3PL partner at the same time increasing order efficiency and accuracy.
In the next blog we'll look at how communications providers can begin taking steps to bring the value of the supply chain back into their organization.
Over the past year or two the term 'catalog-driven' has been getting a lot of buzz in the telecommunications industry ordering space. The concept is pretty simple – that relationships and dependencies established in a centralized product catalog should be used by the downstream systems to adapt and adjust behavior pertaining to fulfillment. The premise is that once achieved, a provider would see faster time-to-market and lower operational costs because fewer changes need to be made to the downstream systems when adding or modifying products and services.
The idea of a central catalog determining behavior in fulfillment systems is not a new one – in fact it's been done for well over 10 years in some form or fashion by the large monolithic providers whose preference is to replace every single system within a service provider's ordering stack. While there are numerous concerns and issues with that approach, the primary one is the transformation cost and lack of ability to leverage any legacy investments. What is a more recent trend though and more easily digested by most CSPs is the focus of having individual best of breed solutions from potentially different vendors also able to take advantage of this same concept of 'catalog-driven' order management through adoption of industry standards such as those proposed by the TMForum along with flexible and open architectures.
A successfully complete implementation of a catalog-driven solution should benefit the CSP in a few ways – operationally their costs should be less due to the smaller number of changes that are needed when introducing new products or services and second, time to market, a key performance indicator today should also be reduced for the same reasons. But in the end the capability of 'catalog-driven' order management simplifies the same linear process for change that's been in place for 30+ years in telecommunications. It is still a static procedure made with numerous methodical steps and gates – it does not provide the ability to dynamically respond to real-time events affecting the ordering systems.
What if our ordering systems could react in real time to changing environments? What if they had the ability to change their behavior to adapt to positive or negative influences on the system in real time? With today's advanced analytics capabilities that is exactly what is becoming possible. There are three key areas we look to when we consider how having an analytical data-mart built into an ordering platform benefits a provider: intelligence 'on' the process, intelligence 'in' the process and intelligence 'driving' the process.
The ability to provide this level of insight and adaptation to the ordering process means the use of an embedded data-mart within the ordering platform – which is not the same as a business intelligence reporting solution pulling from a snapshot of the active selling database – because that process introduces lags and delays in understand what's really happening at that very moment. This analytical engine allows providers to become proactive instead of reactive.
Intelligence 'on' the process is an evolutionary step from the standard dashboard reporting from BI environments that moves it's source data from delayed reference to something that already happened to real-time access to what is happening now. It enables users to respond to key trends by viewing dashboards and key performance indicators in real-time. This might provide visibility into views of sales by channel, margin, sales team, sales person, store, region, etc. or it might show backorders and CPE fulfillment issues. Real-time access to this information is critical when supporting large scale roll-outs of the latest super smartphone.
This week as CES in Las Vegas AT&T unveiled a new, HTML5 driven app development environment to encourage developers to write 'apps' that really aren't.
"It's essentially a rich set of APIs and tools aimed at furthering the HTML5 appeal as an app development choice," said David Christopher, chief marketing officer at AT&T. "Why are we focusing on HTML5? We think it has the potential to address fragmentation."
Most current iOS and Android (and others) apps are written in proprietary code and require recompiling and tweaking to switch platforms. Programs written in HTML5 circumvent this because they run in code delivered via the web. Most people don't remember that these 'web apps' if you will were the original offerings on the iPhone.
The bigger question is 'why'? With millions of apps available across the iOS and Android platforms why would anyone now start developing in the AT&T 'app' center as well?
The answer is going to lie in the real value that AT&T can provide – which is not an HTML5 development environment. Cross-platform solutions like PhoneGap have been around for a while now so AT&T is bringing nothing really new to the development front.
What they are bringing new is access to their vast network and the other devices and content participating on it. This could be huge for them and it's using the model that Apple developed and Google copied, both of which have been wildly successful.
Give access to registered developers ($99 – just like Apple) and turn them loose to come up with creative and profitable ways to extend the value of the AT&T network to it's customers. Simple.
With the new API offerings, developers will be able to take in-app payments charged directly to a user's AT&T bill, will be able to control SMS and MMS, find device location, integrate with AT&T's U-Verse TV, and access unique mobile device capabilities, said David Christopher, AT&T's chief marketing officer.
This is not a new concept and the idea of telco APIs have been bandied about for years – most often with the discussion of how to make money with them – but this a big deal. It will be interesting to see whether or not other CSPs in North America, Europe and Asia begin offering this as well.
A lot has been said about Apple and Steve Jobs over the past few months and frankly for the past 10 years on their meteoric rise together to stardom. A lot has also been said about Apple's meticulous adherence to design quality and simplicity over features and hardware specs.
However, until I was reading Michael Degusta's excellent analysis of the orphaned Android phone users I never thought that much about how profound Apple's approach to the consumer was. Apple has been derided for years with the Mac platform and more recently with the iPhone/iPad platform about not having the latest and greatest whiz-bang hardware features like SD card slots, more memory, larger resolution cameras, etc. In fact, most manufacturers using the Android operating system today actually lead with that line of thinking – a line of thinking that is left over from our brainwashing during the rise of the personal computer at home.
For years in the late 80's through the late 90's the primary driver to buy a new PC was to get the latest processor, more memory, better video card, etc. because it made the computer 'faster' – and in fact it did. The operating systems were exploding in size and complexity every release and they needed more processing power to keep up and make the experience of using the PC more enjoyable. However, somewhere during that wild ride we were duped into believing that simply having the faster, more powerful features meant we would have a better experience. And this thinking has carried over to the smartphone world as well.
Take the differences between ads for Apple's iPhone 4 and now the 4s and Google's recent acquisition Motorola and their Droid series of phones. Motorola is getting better, but they still lead with the physical features of the phone and it's tech specs (they are a manufacturer of course) where as while Apple does mention dual processor and camera MP size they completely focus their commercials on the user experience and how the consumer benefits from the experience of using the phone. But we can't really blame Motorola, we showed them how we like to buy PCs and we didn't require anything different from them.
This inherently is where Steve Jobs and Apple got it right – against all conventional wisdom. Jobs and team essentially decided to give us what we wanted – not what we asked for. What does that mean? It means we asked for features and specs, but what we really wanted was a fantastic experience using our phones – do I really care what speed my processor is or how much memory I have if I can do what I want to do as fast as I want to do it? Really?
Apple has been demonized by Google indirectly through the Android community along with most of the same user base that would have demonized Microsoft and Windows while using various flavors of UNIX for a lack of open-ness in the past but in reality the walled garden ecosystem they have created between software and hardware for the iPhone has yielded an amazing user experience – one that has been difficult to replicate for Android manufacturers and surely led Google to recognize that as well – hence the acquisition of Motorola. It made iOS5 available to nearly every active iPhone on the plant available on the initial release date. And this kind of thinking has propelled Apple from being on the brink of extinction in 1997 to the most valuable company in the world in mid-2011.
Do you really want to grow your business? If you do then put your customers at the center of everything you do and give them what they want, not what they ask for.


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Kalsakau brothers resign from Constitutional Review CommitteePosted: December 2, 2016 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Constitution, parliament, politics, Vanuatu Comments Off on Kalsakau brothers resign from Constitutional Review Committee
Dummy spit? Yesterday, Opposition Leader Ishmael Kalsakau was reliably reported by national radio as saying that the Government is seeking to avoid the the full advisory consultation the people deserve on the constitutional changes which the bipartisan Constitutional Review Committee is working on. He also complained that the Government is forcing income tax on people (which is not really true, since all that has happened so far is that it has started a discussion on the topic.) And PACER Plus got a swipe when we have been debating it for over a decade, along with every other Pacific island country.
Today we learn that both brothers Kalsakau in the Constitutional Review Committee have resigned. They see the main objections within the CRC as being the limits to motions of censure against the government: not within 12 months of a general election, not within 12 months of a new PM appointment, and not within a period of 12 months before another election. Fair enough, most people would say, and a lot of Westminster-style constitutions include these protections. But the resigning brothers Kalsakau are anxious to leave the Committee alleging that it is rushing and insufficiently meticulous in its work. They, one feels, should be left to run the anti-Constitutional change ticket when the referendum draws near. They have invited other CRC members to join them. It will be interesting to see how many do. Perhaps this is what the dummy spit is all about.
Daily Post has much of the story given above today, and also announces that the former French Residency area is to become Vanuatu's one-stop-shop for Finance and Tourism, VIPA and related services, and that the Directors-General whose contracts are not being renewed are demanding a different termination package to the the one being offered.

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Dr. Hans Boersma
This week we'll meet Dr. Hans Boersma - J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College.
Before coming to Regent in 2005, Hans Boersma taught for six years at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC (1999–2005). He has also served as a pastor for several years (1994–1998). He is the author of several books, including Violence, Hospitality and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition (Baker Academic, 2004), Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (Oxford, 2009), and Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Eerdmans 2011). In February 2013, he published his latest book, Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford Early Christian Studies). Among Hans Boersma's main theological interests are Catholic thought, the church fathers, and spiritual interpretation of Scripture. Hans Boersma and his wife Linda live in Langley, BC, where they attend the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church.
We're delighted to have Dr. Boersma sharing a "view from the academy" in his lecture "Reconnecting the Threads: Theology as Sacramental Tapestry".
Check out this video to learn why Dr. Boersma is excited about his job and loves doing theology:
Quotes from Dr. Boersma
Participation in heaven changes life on earth: paradoxically, only otherworldliness guarantees proper engagement in this world.
The full reality of heavenly participation far transcends the categories of the earthly city. Heaven—the places of Christ's eternal dwelling place—is the place where the church finds both her origin and her destination.
"Sacramental tapestry" . . . speaks of a carefully woven unity of nature and the supernatural, according to which created objects are sacraments that participate in the mystery of the heavenly reality of Jesus Christ.
Created matter is meant to serve eucharistically.
The purpose of all matter . . . is to lead us into God's heavenly presence, to bring about communion with God, participation in the divine life.
The call for a purely "biblical" theology seems to me terribly naïve. Whether consciously or subconsciously, we all work with a particular ontology; unfortunately, usually the ontology of those who plead for the abolition of ontology turns out to be the nominalist ontology of modernity.
The insistence on a sacramental link between God and the world goes well beyond the mere insistence that God has created the world and by creating it has declared it to be good. It also goes beyond positing an agreed-on (covenantal) relationship between two completely separate beings. A sacramental ontology insists that not only does the created world point to God as its source and "point of reference," but that it also subsists or participates in God.
Platonic philosophy allowed the church fathers (as well as the subsequent medieval tradition) to argue for a christological anchor that is not caught up in the narrative flow of history and in the vicissitudes of human life. The Platonic connection allowed Christians to say that the eternal Logos—infinitely transcending the created order—provides the foundation and stability of the created order and of human history. The fragmentation of postmodernity witnesses to the fact that once we lose this christological foundation, natural realities end up drifting anchorless in the raging waves of history.
If the church fathers and medieval theologians sometimes sound otherworldly to us, it is because that is exactly what they were: the source and grounding of the value of the created order was otherworldly, shrouded in mystery. And if they sometimes seem to us unable to acknowledge the goodness of the created order, we should probably first ask ourselves whether the problem might lie with ourselves: our (post-)modern point of view disposes us to insist on the value of creation in and of itself rather than to recognize that its goodness stems from its sacramental sharing in the mystery of Christ.
Christ himself, we could say, is the great sacrament, the mystery par excellence. In him, the eternal Word enters into the temporal succession of events, thus allowing time to participate sacramentally in eternity.
Interview with Dr. Boersma
1. How do you define "sacrament"?
Something created that points to God and renders him present to us.
2. How would you explain our sub-theme, "The World as Gift", i.e. how is the world a gift?
Traditionally, the Holy Spirit is called God's "Gift." And it is through the mission of the Holy Spirit ad extra (to the outside) that God creates life as the generous outflow of his love, in order that we might gift it back to him.
3. What is your favorite food and drink?
Dutch "stampot": sausage, potatoes, and kale.
4. What is your favorite novel and why?
Flannery O'Connor, The Violent Bear It Away: a remarkable and in some way gruesome story of the life of a young "prophet" who "baptizes" an "idiot child" by drowning him. It raises profound questions of the relationship between nature and the supernatural, between drowning and baptism, between human violence and divine grace. Plus, the story is just gripping as a story.
5. Who is your favorite musician and why?
Bach because his music is truly sacramental: it draws us into the divine presence. I believe the Neoplatonists were right that music is as objective as mathematics, and Bach must have been pretty good at detecting cosmic harmony.
6. Do you have any hobbies, or what kind of things do you do in your free time?
I have no real hobbies. I used to do dog training, but I have allergies, so, sadly, I had to give away our golden retriever. Last year I got into beer brewing, but I'm away from home now for two years, and so I don't do that anymore either. My wife and I love to go for long walks


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This picture was taken when we visited Legoland in 2007, and when you were really into face-painting. By now, you've already outgrown face-painting... and it got me thinking, how fast you've grown. Well, not that fast, really. But in my mind, I seem to only remember holding you UPRIGHT in our arms, walking around and around in the living room, sometimes for hours it seems, until the tiny little you stop crying and fall asleep.
And we never seem to have told you enough how much we love you. We want to tell you for each 'issue' we have with you, there is a blessing that you bring to us. And really, as many flaws as you or anyone has, you have as many wonderful good qualities. But it really doesn't matter, because really, deep in our hearts, we love you just for who you are: a gift to us from God. We need to tell you that.
And I probably could also tell you that I really love the new Konnichiwa line from Basic Grey! And I'm taking up on the challenge to use some other shapes than rectangle and square... so I used quite a few circles, taken from the blossom motif in the background paper. And while we're on the Asian theme here, I also break out some K&Co Mira embellishments. And that reminds me, we have to scrap those Shanghai pictures soon... before we make 3 more trips there....
(I'm very honored to have this layout featured in Basic Grey's Eye Spy on 5/19/12).
Basic Grey Konnichiwa patterned paper and stickers
Basic Grey Gypsy patterned paper
K&Co Serendipity stickers
K&Co BW Mira stickers and rub-ons
Prima flowers
Queen & Co and Recollections crystal flourish stickers


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By DON AINES
Staff Writer, Martinsburg
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The Clock Building is being sold to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston for $1.8 million for expansion of St. Joseph's Catholic School.
Moncure Chatfield-Taylor, the general partner for Stephen Street Associates, and the Rev. John DiBacco, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, announced the pending sale Friday.
DiBacco said Sunday the building will be used to expand the school, which has approximately 290 students from kindergarten through eighth grade.


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Hey! Sam & Cat fans, there's TWO Episode of Sam & Cat to Premiere on Nickelodeon, the first one on July 12 at 8.00PM
#WeStealARockStar Synopsis:
Sam and Cat try to avoid getting in trouble when they accidentally knock out musician Del DeVille.
the second one is scheduled on July 17 and its named as the Series Finale of the Show, plot below
Cat takes Dice to a hair modeling job in Arizona; Sam is stuck at home with Nona for a roommate.
THIS LAST ONE AIRS AT 7.30PM on Nickelodeon!
Don't miss it!
Does have any request tweet us at @SamandCatNEWS!!


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Just thought I would share this awesome video with everyone. This is my sons class he attends on Sunday mornings, Klubhouse Kids. We go to Christ The Rock in Memphis. We did not go this Sunday, so he missed out. I bet the kids had a blast doing this. I love my church, but have not been able to go as much. The Dr told me I needed to stay off my feet as much as possible. It is really hard to get out and go to church sometimes, especially with my toddler. When it is raining I don't go, it can be very hard to carry everything we need and keep us dry in the rain. I want to go back, maybe this coming Sunday will be pretty outside and I will feel better. Finger Crossed.


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My oldest, Wing Nut is 11, and is constantly trying to wrap his head around things like traveling close enough to the speed of light to travel in time, how big the universe actually is, wondering why it would take so long to terraform Mars, or how come we don't feel the earth moving if we are moving so fast. He also wonders about atoms, molecules, and why we can't see everything on our skin. If given the chance to watch anything on Netflix, he will most likely choose a documentary on space, and then ask me a million questions about everything he just learned.
I wish there was a way to embed the Interactive Scale of the Universe, but I didn't see anything. This is a screenshot of the first image that shows up.
Every time we visit this site, we see and learn something new. When you go to the website, and start the interactive universe, there is a sliding scale at the bottom. Pretty simple, scroll left to go smaller, right to head out into the universe. The images are clickable and include a snippet of information about each image. They all have fun facts, and some have fun quirky comments by the authors of this site.
I have spent countless hours trying to {successfully} explain the both the microscopic world unseen to us, as well as the enormous unbelievably vast expansive space that the universe holds. It is so very hard to tell if my kids actually understand it, but when they come to me with questions, I don't always have the ability to explain it to them. When the kids ask how big would a dinosaur be if we were standing next to it, or is Asia really bigger than the Moon, I have a simple and fun visual to pull up on my laptop and show them. The Scale of the Universe is one of my favorite random Homeschool tools, and Wing Nut has this website pinned to his start screen on his computer so he can find it quickly. I would love to hear what you think of it.


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Two wanted for theft from Cincinnati Horseshoe Casino
By Jane Morice, cleveland.comThe Plain Dealer
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on May 04, 2016 at 3:36 PM
The Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky branch of CrimeStoppers released this surveillance image of the two men suspected of stealing from Horseshoe Casino.CrimeStoppers
CINCINNATI, Ohio Two men are wanted after they were accused of stealing from Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino.
The Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky branch of CrimeStoppers released a surveillance image Wednesday of the men. They are believed to have stolen a tip box from a casino wall and placed it in a backpack before walking out of the building.
The men are not wanted for any incidents of gambling or cheating at the casino, WKRC reports.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call Ohio Gaming Commission Agent J. Gilker at 513-646-8509.


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Friday, 29 May 2015
Boxers On A Thursday Night
The Foreigners set up based on a hill - Russians and Japanese on their left, with Americans and Italians defending their artillery.
The Boxers charged. Despite the depth of the bases, their army is mostly Warband. When the attack hit the Russians and Japanese held off charge after charge.
The Peking Boxers and the Red Lantern attacked the Foreigners' right, which was covered by a Royal Navy landing party and the Bengal lancers.
The Foreign Devil himself, Bishop Favier, went into the attack against the Peking Boxers, supported by the lancers
Destroying them, he turned his attention to the Red Lantern, killing her and giving the Foreign Devils the victory.
In the second game I took the Foreign Devils.
The battle centered around a hill. Unfortunately despite the uphill advantage the Devils found the Boxer charge hard to resist, and having their lancers shot down by the Chinese regular army contingent didn't help either.
Only a group of magic-resisting naked women resisted the Chinese attack (how often do you get to write that, eh?)
The Italians and Americans seemed unable to make an impression on the Peking Boxers on the other flank. The game ended in a victory for the Boxers, and another defeat for me.
I'm not sure I've won a game of HOTT this year.
On another table Gary and Caesar played the Game Which Cannot Be Named. It's ancients - that's all I'll say.
There was also a 24 element per side DBA game I didn't get any pictures of. And by the time Peter and Caesar pitted Burgundians and Tudor Rebel English against each other in a basic 12 element game, my phone was out of power, so I couldn't take any pictures.
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Some of the Chinese figures were quite a bit larger than others. Were they spirits or monsters of some kind?ReplyDelete
Nice looking game! Must....resist....following....suit......
Yes, the Peking Boxers are 25mm figures as compared to the 15mm figures in the rest of the army - Peking Boxers were apparently 10' tall.ReplyDelete
The other big figure is the white-robed, red-faced Bishop Favier of Peking, who was, according to Chinese sources, a 200 year-old devil-prince.
Other size discrepancies are due to different manufacturers (and there's figures by Irregular, Tabletop and Peter Pig in there) having different ideas as to what the height and build of a 15mm figure should be :)
- Caesar29 May 2015 at 20:43
Varied and colourful troops to such an original theme - love the Boxers! Oh, and congratulations to Peter for soundly defeating my Tudor Rebel English in the final DBA game that was forgivingly missed on camera. His artillery proved surprisingly lethal. An enjoyable defeat, nonetheless!ReplyDelete


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Charles N. Flagg E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Robert E. Wilson E-mail: email@example.com
E-mail: email@example.com
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
The Great South Bay Project
The goal of
the Great South Bay program is to gain a thorough understanding
of the biogeochemistry of the Bay and its effect on pelagic and
benthic communities. Currently this effort is supported by
the NY Department of State in which observations and models are
combined in support of the development of an ecosystem based
management approach to address the ecological problems besetting
the Bay. This webpage shows some of the hydrodynamic model
results to date and presents physical observational data
collected over the past several years. Currently,
the hydrodynamic model is undergoing a major upgrade so as to
deal more effectively with the complex topography of the western
portions of the Bay. The model results presented below
deal with one aspect of the Bay, that is the potential impact of
a large breach in Fire Island. The model is also being
used to study the impact of tides and winds on the distribution
and dispersal of passive tracers and plankton. This
page also presents much of the observational data from
temperature and salinity sensors that have been deployed around
the eastern portion of the Bay since 2004. Since 2010 some
of these instruments have been enhanced to measure sea level,
chlorophyll and turbidity. And since the middle of 2010
real-time data from the Smith Point bridge and a telemetering
buoy south of Sayville have also become available. All the
observational data are available below.
Hurricane Sandy and breaches at Old Inlet, Coast Guard Cut, and Moriches Inlet
Real time data from the Bellport dock is presented below in the Great South Bay Observatory section.
|Hurricane Sandy caused significant over washes and
three breaches in Fire Island in the area between the
historic Old Inlet area and Moriches Inlet. Aerial
video and photos were obtained Saturday, November 3rd, 5
days after the storm's passage. A short description
and photos of the breaches is available here while youtube videos are
listed below.
Another weekly
aerial survey of the inlet was carried out on Sunday November
18th which showed that the sand island connecting Pelican Island
to Fire Island had been cut by a new channel to the west.
A series of photos showing the evolution of the inlet is given here.
On Saturday
December 1, 2012 there was a meeting at Bellport's community
center to discuss the breach in the Old Inlet area. A power point presentation
given at that meeting shows how the dynamics of the Great South
Bay and the ocean resulted in the formation of the breach and
how the breach has affected the tides, wind driven storm surge
and the salinity of the eastern end of the Bay.
A follow-up
meeting on the developments of the breach, now referred to as
New Inlet, took place on March 23, 2013 at the Bellport Middle
School. Charles Flagg gave a power point presentation to the meeting
attended by about 500 people to hear position reports from the
FINS and the NYDEC, and presentations by Charles Flagg, Kevin
McAlaster and Joe Gagliano.
Presentations by
Charles Flagg, Christopher Gobler, Chris Soler, Jim Gilmore,
Tony Graves and Joe Gagliano took place at the Bellport Middle
School on December 21, 2013 to outline the current status of the
New Inlet and initiation of the NPS's Environmental Impact
Statement project. Flagg's power point presentation is
available here.
A series of reports on the breach development are listed below.
December 14, 2012 report on the new
inlet through November is available here.
On January 5, 2013 another aerial over flight took place and a photo summary of the evolving breach at Old Inlet to the present is available here.
January 14, 2013 report on the inlet that goes through December is available here.
The January 30th report on the status of the inlet is available here.
The February 27th report on the bay and inlet with new bathymetry of the inlet is here.
The March 15th report on the inlet and the impact of east-coast wide water level fluctuations is here.
The June 28th report on the inlet's evolution. the cross-sectional area and changes in the Bay-wide salinity is here.
The 10th report on the inlet's condition, issued Dec 12, 2013 is here.
The 11th report on the inlet's condition, issued Oct 20, 2014 is here.
The 12th report on the inlet's condition, issued Jan 9, 2015 is here.
The 14th report on the inlet's condition, issued Aug 7, 2015 is here.
The 15th report on the inlet's condition, issued March 16, 2016 is here.
The 16th report on the inlet's condition, issued Sept 14, 2016 is here.
The 17th report on the inlet/breach's condition, issued July 12, 2017 is here.
The 18th report on the inlet/breach's condition, issued Oct 28, 2017 is here.
The 19th report on the inlet/breach's condition, issued Oct 29, 2018 is here.
Nov 3, 2012 (CF&RG)
Nov 11, 2012 (CF&RG)
|Nov 20,
|Dec 20,
|Jan 6,
|Jan 27,
|Feb 2,
|Feb 14,
|Mar 10,
|Mar 29,
|Apr 4,
|Apr 17,
|Apr 18,
|May 12,
|May 31,
|June 16,
|July 7, 2013
|Aug 5, 2013
|Sept 15, 2013
|Oct 19, 2013 (CF)
|Nov 6, 2013 (CF)
|Dec 8, 2013 (CF)
|Dec 19, 2013 (JF&CF)
Jan 8, 2013 (AL)
|Jan 21, 2014 (CF)
|Feb 20, 2014 (CF)
|Mar 24, 2014 (CF)
Apr 22, 2014 (CF)
|May 18, 2014 (CF)
|June 8, 2014 (CF&RG)
|July 31, 2014 (CF&RG)
|Aug 28, 2014 (CF)
|Sept 8, 2014 (JV)
|Sept 26, 2014 (CF)
|Oct 30, 2014 (CF)
|Nov 30, 2014 (ASF&CF)
|Dec 14, 2014 (CF)
|Dec 29,2014 (RS&CF)
|Jan 17, 2015 (JV&SCPD)
|Jan 29, 2015 (RG)
|Feb 28, 2015
|Mar 29. 2015 (CF)
|Apr 6, 2015 (JV)
|Apr 12, 2015 (JV)
|Apr 26, 2015 (CF)
|May 26, 2015 (CF)
|June 30, 2015 (RG&CF)
|July 23, 2015 (RG&CF)
|Aug 12, 2015 (CF&SG)
|Aug 28, 2015 (CF&CH)
|Sept 25, 2015 (CF)
|Oct 6, 2015 (RG)
|Oct 7, 2015 (CF)
|Oct 21, 2015 (RG)
|Oct 26, 2015 (CF)
|Nov 25, 2015 (RG&CF)
|Dec 5, 2015 (RG&CF)
|Jan 6, 2016 (RG&CF)
|Jan 31, 2016 (RG&CF)
|Mar 1, 2016 (JV)
|Mar 8, 2016 (RG&CF)
|Apr 13, 2016 (CF)
|May 11, 2016 (CF)
|June 1, 2016 (CF)
|June 30, 2016 (CF)
|July 20, 2016 (CF)
|Aug 5, 2016 (RG&CF)
|Sept 8, 2016 (RG&CF)
|Oct 6, 2016 (CF)
|Oct 7, 2016 (JV)
|Nov 8, 2016 (CF)
|Dec 8, 2016 (CF)
|Jan 15, 2017 (CF&JF)
|Feb 4, 2017 (CF)
|Mar 13, 2017 (CF)
|Mar 24, 2017 (JV)
|Apr 9, 2017 (CF)
|May 10, 2017 (CF)
|June 4, 2017 (CF)
|June 11, 2017 (CF&JF)
|June 22, 2017 (CF)
|July 16, 2017 (CF)
|July 30, 2017 (CF)
|Aug 8, 2017 (AB)
|Aug 14, 2017 (CF)
|Sept 8, 2017 (CF)
|Sept 20, 2017 (CF)
|Sept 24, 2017 (CF)
|Sept 24, 2017 (CF)
|Oct 20, 2017 (CF)
|Nov 20, 2017 (CF)
|Nov 28, 2017 (CF)
|Jan 27, 2018 (CF)
|Feb 27, 2018 (CF)
|Mar 26, 2018 (CF)
|Apr 21-22, 2018 (CF)
|Apr 25, 2018 (CF&YH)
|May 22, 2018 (JV)
|May 25, 2018 (CF)
|July 13, 2018 (CF)
|Aug 5, 2018 (CF)
|Aug 7, 2018 (CF)
|Aug 10, 2018 (CF)
|Sept 16, 2018 (CF&DS)
|Oct 19, 2018 (CF)
|Nov 17, 2018
|Dec 19, 2018 (CF&YH)
|Jan 17, 2019
|With Mark Lang's help
the series of overflights
of the breach have
produced detailed photo
mosaics of the inlet and
back bay area.
27, 2013
2, 2013
14, 2013
|March 10,
|Mar 29,
|Apr 17,
|May 12,
|May 31,
|June 16, 2013
|July 7, 2013
|Aug 5, 2013
|Sept 15, 2013
|Oct 19, 2013
|Nov 6, 2013
|Dec 8, 2013
|Dec 19, 2013
|Jan 21, 2014
|Feb 20, 2014
|Mar 24, 2014
|Apr 22, 2014
|May 18, 2014
|June 24, 2014
|July 31, 2014
|Aug 28, 2014
|Sept 26, 2014
|Oct 30, 2014
|Nov 30, 2014
|Dec 14, 2014
|Dec 29, 2014
|Feb 28, 2015
|Mar 29, 2015
|Apr 26, 2015
|May 26, 2015
|June 30, 2015
|July 23, 2015
|Aug 12, 2015
|Aug 28,2015
|Oct 7, 2015
|Oct 26, 2015
|Dec 5, 2015
|Jan 6, 2016
|Jan 31, 2016
|Mar 8, 2016
|Apr 13, 2016
|May 11, 2016
|June 1, 2016
|June 30, 2016
|Aug 5, 2016
|Sept 8, 2016
|Oct 6, 2016
|Nov 8, 2016
|Dec 8, 2016
|Jan 15, 2017
|Feb 4, 2017
|Mar 13, 2017
|Apr 9, 2017
|May 10, 2017
|June 11, 2017
|July 16, 2017
|Aug 14, 2017
|Sept 8, 2017
|Sept 24, 2017
|Oct 20, 2017
|Nov 28, 2017
|Jan 27, 2018
|Feb 27, 2018
|Mar 26, 2018
|Apr 26, 2018
|May 25, 2018
|July 13, 2018
|Aug 10, 2018
|Sept 16, 2018
|Oct 19, 2018
|Nov 17, 2018
|Dec 19, 2018
|Jan 17, 2019
Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By clicking between images and using the fade in-out button you can clearly see how the inlet is changing with time. The URL for the kml file is: http://wx.somassbu.org/products/kml/OldInletBreach.kml
Hydrodynamic Modeling
Great South Bay Observatory Data Collection
Location of Observatory Components
| Data are being collected
from eight stations on the Great South Bay using SeaCat
instruments measuring temperature and salinity.
The stations include, from east to west on the
north shore: Smith Point, Bellport, Blue Point, Islip and Tanner Park, and
the US Coast Guard Station and Barrett Beach on Fire
Island. The instruments are deployed for as much
as three months at a time, less in the summer due to
heavy biofouling.
| SBE 16 SeaCat SBE 16 Plus
SeaCat with WetLabs FLNTUS
|Real-Time Data
In addition to the delayed-mode SeaCat data, meteorological data are being collected from the south tower of the Smith Point bridge and these data are available in real time below. That data includes temperature and salinity from the Smith Point SeaCat, short and long wave radiation from Eppley pyronometers, and wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and rainfall rate from a Vaisala WXT520.
On October 6th, 2010 we deployed GSB #1 buoy south of Sayville at 40o 41.6'N, 73o 05.1'W. This buoy reports wind speed and direction, air temperature and humidity, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), water temperature and salinity, chlorophyll-a fluorescence and turbidity. On December 29, 2010 ice forming in the Bay carried the buoy quite a ways as the ice sheets broke up and started to move around. The ice finally released the buoy south of Islip in mid-February at which time we towed the buoy to the West Sayville Marina on February 17th. After checking on the systems and repainting, the buoy was towed out and re-anchored near its original location, 40 41.552 N, 73 5.144 W, on March 23, 2011. The winter of 2011-2012 was particularly mild and we did not have any trouble with ice flows but significant ice build up in January 2013 captured the buoy again and dragged it first south and then some two miles west. It will be returned to its proper location as soon as possible.
|Smith Point Bridge
|GSB Buoy #1 south of Sayville
|Bellport Marina
Buoy #1 data:
Wind, Air Temp, Humidity, PAR,
Water Temp, Salinity, Chlorophyll-a
and Turbidity
Hour-Averaged Data Files:
|Plot of Bellport
data for
the past 60 days
Recent averaged data file
BPRT_2013 data
BPRT_2014 data
BPRT_2015 data
BPRT_2016 data
The plot and data file include NAVD88 water level, detided water level, temperature, salinity, fluorescence and turbidity. The real time sensor is located at the end of the marina dock.
Delayed-Mode SeaCat Data
from sites around Great South Bay
Blue Point
Islip Hatch/Fish Pier
Tanner Park
|Smith Point
|USCG Fire Island Inlet
|Barrett Beach
| Carmans River
Old Inlet
|Right-click to download any of the data files
|Matlab Data Files
|ASCII Data files
Beach on Fire Island
Beach matfile
Beach dat file
|Bellport matfile
dat file
|Blue Point
Hatchery Marina
|Blue Point matfile
Point dat file
|Carmans River
|Carmans River matfile
|Carmans River dat file
|Islip Hatchery matfile
Hatchery dat file
|Tanner Park matfile
Park dat file
|USCG Fire
Island Base
Fire Island Inlet matfile
Fire Island dat file
Point Bridge
|Smith Point matfile
Useful Websites
Precipitation Map
A map of the United States showing precipitation.
NDBO Buoy 44025
Shows a 3-meter discus buoy South of Long Island.
Islip Airport Weather
Brookhaven Airport Weather
Local Towns Weather
Gives basic weather information for seven towns around Long Island.
Click on the Current Marine Data and the corresponding area to see wave height and wind data over the oceans.


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Real Madrid vs Apoel Nicosia: TV channel, live stream, team news and kick-off time for the Champions League clash
Everything you need to know ahead of the start of Madrid's defence
REAL MADRID kick off their Champions League title defence at home against Cypriot side Apoel Nicosia.
The Spanish giants are aiming for a third successive title and a 12th title overall.
When is Real Madrid vs Apoel Nicosia?
Real face the Cypriot side on Wednesday, September 13.
Kick-off is at 7:45pm.
The European clash will take place at the Bernabeu.
🏆Latest Champions League odds🏆
- Liverpool to beat Sevilla: 8/11
- Man City to beat Feyenoord: 2/5
- Spurs to beat Borussia Dortmund :11/8
What TV channel is showing Real Madrid vs Apoel Nicosia?
The game will be shown live on BT Sports Extra 2.
Alternatively, you can keep up to date on SunsSport's live blog.
What is the latest team news for Real Madrid vs Apoel Nicosia?
Real Madrid welcome back their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo for the game against the Cypriots, Ronaldo has been banned domestically after receiving a five match ban for pushing a referee. However Raphael Varane is still out with a muscular problem.
Other than Varane Zinedine Zidane has the rest of his star studded squad to choose from.
Fact me
- Real Madrid and APOEL Nicosia's only previous encounter was in the quarter finals of the 2011/12 Champions League. The Madrid side won 8-2 on aggregate (3-0 in Cyprus, 5-2 in Spain).
- Last season, Real Madrid became the first team since AC Milan to win back-to- back European Cup/Champions League titles. The Rossoneri did it in 1989 and 1990.
🏆Best bets: Champions League Wednesday🏆
- Real Madrid have won the European Cup/Champions League on 12 occasions – including three of the last four – more than any other team in history. In fact, they've won each of their last six finals in the competition.
- Last season, Real Madrid became the first team since Inter Milan in 2010 to win the Champions League after having finished second in their group.
- Real Madrid are playing in the Champions League for the 21 st consecutive season, the longest run in the history of the competition. They have always made it out of the group stages.
- Real Madrid have reached the semi-finals in each of the last seven Champions League campaigns, also a record run in the history of the competition.
- Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last 27 Champions League group games (W20 D7), their last defeat dating back to October 2012 away against Dortmund. At home, Real have won 20 of their last 22 group games (D2), last tasting defeat nearly eight years ago against AC Milan, in October 2009 (2-3).
- Real Madrid have failed to score only once in their last 50 Champions League group games (Paris SG 0-0 Real Madrid, October 2015).
- APOEL Nicosia are making their fourth appearance in the Champions League, and their first since 2014/15. It's by far the most of any Cypriot team, the only other side involved being Anorthosis Famagusta in 2008/09.
- APOEL have progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League only once in their three previous appearances. They were knocked out by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the 2011/12 campaign.
- APOEL have lost nine of their last 11 Champions League games (W1 D1). They have also failed to score in nine of their last 12 outings, remaining goalless in each of their last four games.
- No Cypriot side has ever won an away game in the Champions League (D6 L8).
- APOEL knocked out Dudelange, Viitorul Constanta and Slavia Prague to reach the group stages of this season's Champions League.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the history of the Champions League (105 goals in 140 games). With Real Madrid, he has found the net 90 times in 88 games.
- Despite having only managed 20 games in the Champions League, Zinedine Zidane has already won the title twice (2016, 2017). No manager has ever won the European Cup/Champions League in three consecutive seasons.


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SBN Hackathon
This event have been postponed to the autumn of 2018.
You can still sign up to register your interest and we will keep you informed.
Background: the rise of Digital Twins
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twins are on the rise. Gartner has named Digital Twins as one of the top ten strategic technology trends. Gartner expects 21 billion IoT endpoints by 2020, and a 35% annual growth rate in years to come. Industry and society at large are eager to adopt new innovative solutions that will deliver insight and understanding providing real and tangible value to end users.
The real challenge, how to embrace the new opportunities - this lies ahead of us.
Join in to this Hackathon!
- Compete against teams from Nordic universities in 5 locations
- During 24h, your team will design, build and launch ideas that enable new insight, understanding and decision support related to the operations of large-scale industrial assets and your intellectual property belongs to you.
- You will learn and gain experience of a state-of-the-art cloud-based development platform from SAP
The Case - A data set from the wind power industry
- Description and 3D model data for a specific wind turbine installation including data from a running instance of a digital twin.
SAP Cloud Platform
- You will receive a package containing easily accessible educational material, including tutorials and videos. The SAP products and technologies to be used are: https://www.build.me, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit.
- Outlines, Mock-ups and re-use of Existing components are accepted as end result.
Business idea's on usage of a Digital Twin technology is central for the judgment of the result.
The Award
- A Diploma for your CV signed by:
Adam Dudits, Director University Engagements SAP,
EM Fahrer, CEO SBN-Adfahrer and your University contact and Mentor. Will be given to all participating students.
- --> The Prize Money for the best overall Hackathon solution is 10.000SEK/NOK/DKK (Local Currency)
--> In addition, the team with the Hackathon idea which has the best:
- Originality and creativity will be rewarded with 1000SEK/NOK/DKK
- Potential business value, both short term and long term 1000SEK/NOK/DKK
- Technological quality, with focus on new and emerging developments 1000SEK/NOK/DKK
The judges from SAP, academia and professional industry experts will be listening to the presentations and vote for their favorit.
Full Hackathon description on this link.
Who can participate?
- BSc or MSc students, typically in engineering/ICT subjects, but also other study tracks are relevant as team members. Teams can have 3-6 members.
Judges from Statoil, Siemens, Vattenfall, Ørsted
Read about the judges on this link
Sponsors from Accenture, SAP
Become visible at this "hot" event attracting the best students!
We offer Hackathon Roles and Nordic and Local Sponsor Offers.
Download the Sponsor options on this link.
Contact persons
Organizer: EM Fahrer | +46 70 5697808, em[at]adfahrer.com
Aalborg University
Contact: Charles Møller, M.Sc.EE., Ph.D. | Charles[at]mp.aau.dk | +45 9940 7101
Aalborg University
Att: Charles Møller, +45 9940 7101
Fibigerstræde 16, Room: 2.119
9220 Aalborg
Chalmers University of Technology
Contact: Elad Schiller, Docent | elad.schiller[at]chalmers.se | +46-31-772 1052
Chalmers University of Technology
Att: Elad Schiller, +46 31 772 10 52
Rännvägen 6 (Room No 5110A)
S-412 96 Göteborg
KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Contact: Björn Thuresson, Senior Researcher | thure[at]kth.se | +46 704-460164
Kungliga Tekniska högskolan
Visualiseringsstudion VIC
Att: Björn Thuresson, + 46 704-460164
Lindstedtsvägen 5, plan 4, rum 4450.
114 28 Stockholm
NTNU (University Trondheim)
Contact: Terje Rølvåg, Professor | terje.rolvag[at]ntnu.no | +47 40065114
Att: Terje Rølvåg, +47 40065114
Richard Birkelands veg 2B
7491 Trondheim
University of Oslo, SIRIUS organisation,
Contact: Dr. David B. Cameron, Centre Coordinator | davidbc[at]ifi.uio.no | + 47 48084637
University of Oslo
Institutt for informatikk
Att: Dr. David B. Cameron, + 47 48084637
Gaustadalleen 23B
0373 Oslo
SAP University Engagements, Adam Dudits | adam.dudits[at]sap.com
SAP Cloud Software, Dietmar Steinbichler | dietmar.steinbichler[at]sap.com
SAP Oil&Gas, Joseph Rouhana | joseph.rouhana[at]sap.com
Oslo, Martin Brownsword, IT/CIO customer contacts | mb[at]sbn.no | +47 91711593
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Tony Derten wrote:
I do work on networking, but it's really not that easy when you're a postdoc doing tons of lab work and by and large only meet other postdocs or students at local events. ... I'm at a fairly small place, so I accept this may be very different around big industry hubs.
I've generally found that when an activity is important to you, you will find time for it. It may require you to make some uncomfortable choices and to sacrifice some things, but you will have the time if you want to.
The only difference being in a "fairly small place" - as far as networking is concerned - is in the techniques you use to network. If you're in a hub, you can often get away with "face-to-face" networking (unless you're looking to move out of the area). If you're not in a hub, you need to pro-actively seek out contacts and use the phone (not email!) to talk to them.
Being in research actually gives you a bit of an advantage in finding potential contacts, because research is all about publications. Papers and patents are going to list the author's affiliations, so use that as a way to target your initial contacts.


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I will treat you so that thyroid hormone is not made too much. There are 3 ways of internal medicine treatment (antithyroid drug, occasionally iodine), radioactive iodine treatment (isotope), surgery. Which method you choose depends on the person's condition, age, social situation, etc.
Medication treatment
It is a method of regularly taking medicine (antithyroid drug) that suppresses the synthesis of thyroid hormone. Depending on the condition of each patient, if you take the right amount of medicine, the concentration of thyroid hormone in the blood will be normal in 1 to 3 months. If you do so, you will be able to take symptoms of symptoms and you will be able to live a life that is no different from ordinary people.
The most important thing in medicine treatment is to take an appropriate amount of medicine while periodically measuring the amount of thyroid hormone. If patients with Graves' disease are mildly ill, the required amount of antithyroid drugs will decrease. If the thyroid function is kept normally for more than half a year from 1 tablet a day to 2 days a day, we will consider stopping the antithyroid drug. In our hospital grades, about 40% was able to stop medicine in about 3 years.
[Side effects of antithyroid drug (mercazole, thiurazir (propargyl))]
(1) itching, eruption
It takes 2 to 3 weeks after taking medicine. If it happens after months, it is due to other causes. Frequency is about 1 in 10 people.
If itching only, it may disappear if it is taken lightly with the itching stop if it is light.
If you have a red rash, it seems better to stop the medication. In severe cases, inflammation may occur even to the esophageal mucosa or heat of about 39 ° C may be accompanied.
(2) abnormal liver function
Even with hyperthyroidism alone, abnormalities may be seen in liver examination, but in this case it will fit as long as thyroid function is normal by taking medicine.
In the case of side effects of medicine, it will occur from about 2 weeks to about 3 months after starting drinking. It is divided into two types, AST, ALT type only and type with jaundice. It seems that it is often found in thiurazir (propargyl) rather than mercazole. If type of jaundice occurs or AST, ALT becomes considerably high, discontinuation is necessary, but if mild liver dysfunction is temporarily observed, continuation of antithyroid drugs is sometimes possible.
(3) agranulocytosis
It is a side effect that cells that kill bacteria called leukocytes are lost. Frequency is one in 1000 people. It is rare that it happens within 2 to 3 months since I started taking medicine, but please be careful as it may happen after that. This is a very dangerous side effect, sometimes it is life-threatening if left unattended. Because symptoms are strong sore throat and high fever, it is necessary not to leave it merely as a cold. In order to diagnose, it is necessary to examine the number of granulocytes by urgent blood test.
(4) Other rare side effects
Arthralgia may occur with fever within 2 to 3 weeks after taking medicine. This joint pain changes in mobility and pain, but it is mainly found in the joints of the upper and lower limbs.
In addition, it can be seen in patients taking thiurazir (Propargil), but inflammation may occur in blood vessels of kidneys and lungs. This side effect may require bleeding from the lungs in severe cases or cause renal failure and dialysis. With this side effect, the antibody called P – ANCA will be positive by blood test. Also, this side effect may occur several years after taking the medicine, so always be careful while taking medicine.
■ Isotope (radioactive iodine) treatment
Taking radioactive iodine and reducing the number of thyroid cells by the action of radioactive iodine gathered in the thyroid gland. As the number of thyroid cells decreases, the amount of secreted thyroid hormone decreases as well. Thyroid hormone secretion decreases approximately 2 to 6 months after taking radioactive iodine capsule. It is a good thing about this method to heal swelling faster than medicine as the swelling of the neck shrinks as it does not have scratches like surgery.
The disadvantage, however, is that even if treated in the same way, the cells are too reduced and conversely the thyroid function may be reduced. In the treatment method at our hospital, in 5 years after treatment, about 30% of people suffer a decrease in function. Unfortunately, it is hard to prevent this completely.
But thyroid function decline can be easily controlled if thyroid hormone medication is taken. The thyroid hormone drug itself has no side effects, it is much easier and more secure than suffering from hyperthyroidism.
[Side effects due to isotope treatment]
It seems that there are many people who worry about side effects such as cancer only by giving a name of radioactive. However, it is statistically proven that there is no such worry with the amount used for treatment. Moreover, it is said that there is no influence on descendants, and in the United States, 70% of Graves' disease patients excluding special circumstances such as pregnancy / nursing are treated with isotope It is being done.
[Isotope treatment and eye symptoms]
It is reported that the symptoms of the eye deteriorate by about 1% caused by isotope treatment. It is necessary to evaluate whether it is possible to treat isotope by ophthalmologic examination (examination, MRI examination) before treatment.
It is a picture to introduce about isotope treatment of Graves' disease in Ito Hospital.
■ Surgical Therapy
It is a method of surgically resecting the thyroid gland secretion hormone excessively.
In order to rectify overproduction of hormones by resecting the thyroid gland which is the secretion source of the hormone.
Basically it is done with general anesthesia.
The ideal goal of surgical therapy is "normalization of thyroid function without requiring internal medicine".
In order to pursue this ideal, once used "standard thyroidectomy" as a standard method. Subtexectomy is the method of leaving the proper amount of thyroid gland and resecting the remaining thyroid glands.
However, if the amount of thyroid to be left is large, hyperfunctionis recurs, and if it is low, it becomes hypofunction. Moreover, since the appropriate amount of thyroid gland differs for each patient, it is difficult to predict the proper amount to remain before surgery. To some extent, we have been studying and studying for a long time at our hospital to explore the proper amount of thyroid gland, but unfortunately we are not yet able to realize it. Therefore, only about 30% of patients who have thyroid function completely normal after this subtotomy are normal.
On the other hand, recurrence of hyperactivity was observed in about 20% of patients. Since recurrence may occur after many years of surgery, examination is necessary throughout the lifetime. We were concerned that there are few recurrences. If it recurs at the milestone of life such as examination, employment, pregnancy, childbirth, it may cause undesirable results.
Currently, our hospital recommends resecting all or nearly all of the thyroid to patients who require surgical therapy. This surgical procedure will not cause recurrence after surgery, but on the other hand all patients suffer from hypothyroidism, so it is necessary to take thyroid hormone medication orally.
There may be resistance to continuing to drink thyroid hormone medicine, but there is less burden to the mind and body than hyperfunction, and if the amount to be administered is decided thyroid function becomes constant and physical condition also It will stabilize. There is no need to worry about side effects, prescription of long term (6 months at our hospital) is also possible, so the number of hospital visits will be reduced.
In addition, it can be expected to reduce "anti – TSH receptor antibody" which is the cause of Graves' disease of neonates as soon as possible, compared with subtotal cystectomy, and childbirth is also safe.
According to this policy, the attending physician would recommend patients to resect all or nearly all thyroid glands, but some patients still desire traditional subtotal surgery. It is important to know the advantages and disadvantages of each surgical method well and think about it taking into consideration the patient itself.
It is best to select a method that suits each patient, after consulting with your doctor.
How to choose a treatment method
As mentioned above, there are advantages and disadvantages to each of the three cures. In addition to its characteristics, how to throw the thyroid gland, the thyroid stimulating antibody in the blood, etc., the treatment method will be selected considering the patient's life, desires, age and so on. Therefore, patients themselves also think about the strengths and weaknesses of treatment, and I think that we should think about which method is most appropriate for ourselves together with us.


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The Angle Road Drive-In was one of two drive-ins located in Fort Pierce. Opening in 1956, it featured a large cement screen, which stood until 2005. The theater itself closed in 1980. The property is somewhat overgrown, but at least part of it is used by an auto salvage company of some sort. The address given is an approximation from Google Maps.
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CRANFORD, NJ – Hartz Mountain Industries is accusing the Township of Cranford of attempting to stall their application for redevelopment of 750 Walnut Avenue.
Last month, the township filed a motion asking the state court to find that Cranford is still in compliance with its affordable housing obligations. Included in that application is a list of potential development sites for affordable housing, which includes 750 Walnut Avenue.
"I think a lot of people aren't aware that the town's own motion papers acknowledge that our site is suitable for multi-family development," Jay Rhatican, Director of Land Use and Development for Hartz Mountain Industries, said.
In its motion, the township finds 750 Walnut Avenue suitable for development at 10 units per acre. Hartz Mountain applied to build 30 units per acre.
"Seemingly, the town is trying to set the potential development at our site for multi-family use and did it without letting anyone know," Rhatican said. "They didn't announce it [the motion] to the community until the August 15 township committee meeting and didn't say anything to us. Because that motion implicates our property, we felt we had no need but to be involved. We'd like to be at the table. It's certainly encouraging to see the town take that position in court papers to start."
According to township attorney Ryan J. Cooper, the inclusion of 750 Walnut Avenue simply means the site can be used for affordable housing, not that it must be. Once the number for affordable housing is set by the state, the township must meet that number somehow.
"The township recognizes its affordable housing obligations under the law," the township committee wrote in a public statement. "But that legal obligation also gives the township the right to choose how it complies. The township does not believe that it needs residential development on the 750 Walnut site to meet its affordable housing obligation."
Following the township's motion, Hartz Mountain filed a motion to intervene. According to Rhatican, Hartz wants to ensure that their request is considered by the state when making a ruling for Cranford's affordable housing.
"We'd like a seat at the table," he said.
The Cranford Township Committee heard Hartz's presentation at its July 18 meeting. The committee has not yet announced a decision regarding the site's redevelopment, which Rhatican feels is intentional.
"We attended the August 15 meeting at which a public statement was read," Rhatican said. "At that time, the public was told that the township committee would reach out to us to ask for additional information. We have not heard a word from anyone. In the meantime, the township has asked to adjourn the motion it filed out to September 19. The town's strategy clearly is to try to prolong our request for redevelopment until they can work out a settlement or reach a different court order with respect to its affordable housing."
According to Cooper, that belief is false.
"It is simply untrue that the township has caused any delay," Cooper said. "Hartz has repeatedly requested in writing that the planning board adjourn Hartz's application. Since May 30, when Hartz first made the request to also pursue a redevelopment designation, the township has moved with all deliberate speed to allow Hartz to present the relevant information. The Township Committee will make a decision on Hartz's request only after responsibly considering all of the information."
Rhatican believes the township is making the process more complicated than necessary.
"Hartz is disappointed that the town has used the litigation process to influence the development of our site rather than just sitting down and having a dialogue about what it feels is appropriate for the site," Rhatican said. "We think it'll be a much smarter strategy to just talk to us rather than go the litigation route."
According to Rhatican, the amount of resistance from Cranford residents is unprecedented compared to other projects.
"There's more pushback here than any other project I'm aware of," he said.
The pushback is obvious throughout Cranford and neighboring towns, with "Say no to 750 Walnut" signs standing proudly in front of homes and businesses. Additionally, the Cranford Board of Education recently passed a resolution against the redevelopment.
According to the resolution, the board believes 905 apartment units on Walnut Avenue would "adversely impact the school district and create a hardship in which the district is not equipped to support."
Rhatican said that Hartz is still trying to determine the student demographics and school capacities for the district.
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Rhatican also thinks residents have false beliefs about the tenants that the project would bring in.
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"We own one piece of property," Rhatican said. "We're not trying to shape the entire community. While I understand the concern, I don't think that's a real concern. The community is not going to change. The overall atmosphere and environment of Cranford is not going to change."
The Township of Cranford's motion is scheduled to be heard on September 19, 2017. To read the motion, click here.


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You can safe the page your browser displays when you enter the URL, or you can use wget or another utility to download the feed.
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The Texas A&M University Singing Cadets will spread the spirit of Aggieland to the Northeastern United States during a four-day tour, with performances for a former U.S. president and British prime minister, and a televised appearance on "Fox and Friends."
Tomorrow (May 19), 62 Singing Cadets will perform on the set of "Fox and Friends" in New York City between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. EST.
The following day, they will be a part of a special concert in Kennebunkport, Maine, for former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara, and former British Prime Minister John Major.
The group will complete its tour in Boston May 21-22 with performances in the Old North Church and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library—part of a commemorative event to honor the 100th anniversary of Kennedy's birth.
"It is a privilege to represent our prestigious university with such an exceptional group of young men," said David Kipp, longtime director of the Singing Cadets. "Having the opportunity to showcase Texas A&M and its strong choral program on a national stage is a great honor."
Part of the Department of Music Activities within the Division of Student Affairs, the Singing Cadets is Texas A&M's premier student chorus for men. Through choral performances and activities, it aims to develop disciplined leaders of character and enhance the public understanding of Texas A&M. During the past 20 years, the group has performed on six continents, with more than 100 appearances during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Visit singingcadets.tamu.edu to hear recordings of the Singing Cadets, order CDs, or learn more about the group. Donate online at give.am/SupportSingingCadets, or contact Torii Kapavik, director of development for the Division of Student Affairs, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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