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By Jonah McLeod, Silicon Valley Blogger
Jauher Zaidi, Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer of Palmchip Corp. based in Temecula, Calif. is bullish on the 8-bit 8051 CPU core for applications in the smart home Internet of Things (IoT). This is a market that Park Associates predicts will grow from 25 million units this year to nearly 36 million units in 3017. Zaidi makes the case for why the 8051 is the odd-on favorite to win seats in this lucrative, growing market. He also explains why security is an integral part of the final solution and how his company is contributing to making the solution more secure.
Park Associates details the IoT elements in the smart home that are seeing growth. "Units of smart home devices include smart thermostats, networked cameras, smart door locks, smart water leak detectors, smart smoke detectors, smart carbon monoxide detectors, and smart light bulbs, smart light switches, smart plugs and outlets, and smart power strips," declared the Park Associates white paper "Smart Home Ecosystem: IoT and Consumers." The white paper stated that smart home devices have processing intelligence and Internet connectivity through a home network for remote access, monitoring, and control capabilities.
Zaidi stated that the simple, well-understood, and long-serving 8-bit 8051 provides the processing intelligence and connectedness for many IoT devices. He cited the smart LED light bulb as an example. It performs the bulb's straightforward on-off or dim function. The bulb's other requirement is to run the communications protocol for Wireline, Zigbee, and Bluetooth. In operation, the homeowner on installing the light bulb(s) connects them to the network just as he would attach any wireline or wireless device by pairing the device to the router. Thereafter, the homeowner controls the devices through the cloud or WiFi using a smart phone, tablet, and/or PC.
Back in mid-2011, Greenvity Communications Inc., a Milpitas, Calif.-based startup, licensed Palmchip's AcurX51 Smart Grid Platform. The platform included an 8051 CPU core and PalmSecure Engine that provides secure data communication between gate way and device with AES secure key encryption. Any commands coming to the 8051 presents a key that is validated against a stored key within the 8051. The random key is changed at intervals to provide an extra layer of security by the cloud providing the smart home service. Zaidi said the 8051 is still the preferred choice in half of the designs going into smart home IoT applications, like thermostats, door-locks, garage door openers, washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and microwaves. The low price of the CPU core, its ability to operate on low power, and its small silicon footprint makes it a compelling choice, he asserted.
Greenvity is typical of the new breed of company building chip solutions for the new smart home IoT market. Begun in 2011, to focus on smart LED lighting, controlled street lighting, home and building automation, IoT sensors, smart meters and automotive. In 2012, the company rolled out its Hybrii-XL GV7011 containing the Palmchip CPU core and security IP, a chip that is no bigger than a U.S. dime and about the same thickness. In January this year, Greenvity Communications and Mitsumi Electric partnered to develop and manufacture a complete IoT solution, "…modules, software, mobile apps and IoT cloud, that enable customers to significantly reduce time-to-market and development costs for energy-efficient, smart lighting applications," said Greenvity CEO Hung Nguyen.
Greenvity faces stiff competition from giants Qualcomm Atheros and Broadcom. However, as a measure of how lucrative this market is, Greenvity attracted venture financing from Viet Nam-based DFJ VinaCapital as well as corporate partners including Mitsumi Electric. With chips available to ship, a corporate partner able to help provide a total cloud based solution, all that remains is for OEMs to build home based products to proliferate the technology in homes.


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As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. II Kings 2:11
This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing. John 1:28.
There's a small hill in the Jordan valley just north of the Dead Sea, on the eastern side of the river. What it lacks in size, however, it makes up for in biblical importance. For this is the place where, tradition tells us, Elijah was taken up into heaven — and where John lived in a small cave while he was carrying out his ministry of repentance and baptism.
Nearby is the site where many authorities believe that Jesus was baptized by John.
This area, called "Bethany beyond Jordan" in John's gospel, was rediscovered within the last 15 years after a peace treaty between Jordan and Israel demilitarized the area. Following years of mine clearing, excavations have revealed remains of churches and monasteries built by Christians over the centuries as sites of pilgrimage.
Today, thanks to the good graces of Jordanian authorities and the hard work of archaeologists, this area has again been opened to visitors who wish to experience this important site in much the same state it might have been encountered two thousand years ago by crowds crossing the Jordan River from Judea: a desert expanse punctuated by a small, green valley that begins near Elijah's hill and ends at the Jordan.
As Rustom Mkhjian, Assistant Director of the Baptism Site Commission, described the commission's perspective to a touring group of American religion writers, "We don't want this place to be a tourist site — we want it to be a place of pilgrimage."
Even the drier parts of this area include shrubs that provide an excellent habitat for bees, recalling half of the "locusts and wild honey" diet ascribed to John. (Unfortunately, at least for authenticity's sake, the other half of the diet was absent on the day of the tour.)
As a result, one can easily imagine the area as it might have appeared when John lived there.
True, the excavated remnants of structures built on these holy sites by Christians in the Byzantine era keep the sites from looking "pure," but the Baptism Site Commission has limited its restoration work to keep the sites as uncluttered as possible.
At the same time, the ruins of buildings built in the distant past, some more than 1,500 years ago, lend their own power to the authenticity of the site. One can not only imagine John and Jesus in this location, but also the many monks, pilgrims, and other Christians who have visited and worshiped in this spot over the centuries.
The historical context is further enhanced by hermit caves that dot the vertical faces of nearby bluffs. These caves were used by monks from nearby monasteries as dwellings and as places of prayer and worship.
The baptism site itself, a few miles from Elijah's hill, is, at first glance, unimpressive. It is a dry depression, located amidst some short, ancient pillars, a distance away from the current flow of the Jordan River. Yet this is where pilgrim accounts and archaeological excavations point.
The pillars are square and, when viewed from above, form the four corners of a slightly larger square; the space among them forms a cross, the shape of early baptisteries. Accounts from the 6th Century describe a small church with a square footprint sitting on the four pillars.
Nearby are the remains of four other churches that had been built at different times, also pointing to the importance of this site to Christians historically.
As simple and rustic as the site may be, Mkhjian, the assistant director of the site commission, made clear its significance for Christians: "This is the place where the triune God was first proclaimed ― Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."
A short walk away from the baptism site is the Jordan River. The river is narrow at this section, in part because so much water is siphoned from its watershed upstream. (The baptism site is only a few miles from where the Jordan empties into the Dead Sea.)
Visitors in Jordan view the greenish-beige water from under a simple, open-roof structure, which contrasts with the modern structure on the Israeli side, built on the low bluff above the river, from which extensive concrete terracing leads to the water's edge. On the tour for American writers, the view included individuals being baptized in an enclosed area of the river on the Israeli side, where the water is only around three feet deep.
Given the stillness of the narrow river, the fencing is probably more to preserve the international boundary than to prevent unwary pilgrims from stepping into water over their heads.
There are also modern structures near the baptism site in Jordan, though most are a mile or more from the excavations. These include a large, concrete baptistery. Modern pilgrims can, through prior arrangement, be (re-)baptized in the baptistery, into which officials pump water from the Jordan River, or in the river itself.
The Baptism Site Commission hopes one day to allow baptisms in the traditional site of Jesus' baptism, when they are able to do so without damaging the stone pillars surrounding it.
Other modern structures include numerous churches built by various denominations in the past 15 years, most a mile or two from the baptism site itself. The denominations represented include many from Eastern traditions, including Armenian, Coptic, and Melkite Catholic. But other, larger bodies from the West have also built churches, including Roman Catholics and Anglicans.
An impressive Greek Orthodox church sits by itself, a mile or more from the other churches, and much closer to the baptism site.
Several denominations, including Russian Orthodox, have guest houses for pilgrims.
Visitors to the site since its rediscovery include Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.
More secular visitors have included several European heads of state, most notably, at different times, three presidents of Russia: Boris Yeltsin, Dmitri Medvedev and Vladimir Putin.
Oddly, there is no visitor center to orient sightseers and pilgrims. The most impressive structure besides the churches is a state-of-the-art conference center opened in 2010 that seats up to 350 people. This facility seems misplaced until one considers the number of visitors to the baptism site. In fact, it is much too small for the thousands who come every year for Epiphany, when the baptism of Jesus is celebrated in many traditions.
The baptism site is but one of many historical places of the holy land now located in the modern nation of Jordan. This region was the location of such biblical kingdoms as Edom (south), Moab (center), and Ammon (north, from which the city of Amman derives its name).
Other important biblical sites in Jordan include:
- Gadara, in the north near the Sea of Galilee, the "country of the Gadarenes" where Jesus freed a man of demons that then went into a herd of pigs;
- Petra, a traditional site of Aaron's tomb and the spring created when Moses struck a rock during the wilderness wandering (and better known for the elaborate rock sculptures of its later residents, the Nabataeans);
- the Dead Sea; and
- Mt. Nebo, where Moses died after glimpsing the promised land that God would not allow him to enter.
The view of Israel/Palestine to the west from Mt. Nebo is impressive, revealing a line of hills rising from the Jordan River valley. On clear days, cities such as Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus, and Jerusalem (the Mount of Olives) are visible, along with Jericho near the river itself.
One wonders what Moses might have been thinking as he took in the sight before him. It seems unlikely that he could begin to imagine the drama that would unfold in this area over the coming centuries.
And yet, as he gazed at the valley before him, his eyes undoubtedly crossed over the area where one day pilgrims, including this writer, would come to Elijah's hill, John the Baptist spring, and the baptism site of Jesus to see where the triune God would first be proclaimed.
Jack Marcum is coordinator of Research Services for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He traveled to Jordan on behalf of Presbyterian News Service as part of a religious journalists tour of Jordan sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Bureau and organized by the Associated Church Press.

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Talk about the best of both worlds; this warm and welcoming, recently updated, executive split level family home provides the perfect escape from city life while keeping all the convenience of being just 5 minutes away from Adelaide's eastern suburbs schools, dining and shopping.With outlooks to Cleland National Park, you can sit back in front of the fire, enjoying an Adelaide Hills wine (the vineyards aren't that far away) and soak in that rural setting through the large windows that expand the living, dining and family rooms.A large deck is accessed from both the dining and family rooms and is perfect for entertaining. Whether it be around a fire pit in the cooler months, under the summer sun, or just sitting watching the stunning hills sunsets at any time of the year, there is plenty of room for everyone. You may even spot a koala or two in the surrounding trees.The modern kitchen has an abundance of storage and bench space, and offers a new dishwasher, built in microwave and views to the family and dining rooms, so no-one feels alone in the kitchen.There are 3 bedrooms, all with either walk in wardrobes, or large built in robes. The private master suite is large with access to a small courtyard, and its ensuite comes complete with a corner spa; perfect for relaxing in after a hard day at work. There is a second bathroom too for the rest of the family and guests with ample storage.Working from home is not a chore with a dedicated office area overlooking the centrepiece floor to ceiling glass atrium that is certainly a show stopping feature of this property. A loft area overlooking the living room is currently being used for wine storage, but could be a great craft space, second office, children's play area or reading nook; the possibilities are endless.Greenhill offers residents a fantastic community spirit, and this property with its close proximity to many walking trails means those with an adventurous streak will be in their element.On a practical side, the property also offers reverse cycle split system air-conditioning, security system, a new hot water service (only 6 months old), additional combustion stove in the family room on top of the one in the living room, parking for 6 cars and a stunning location that is only 1 minute to the bus stop, a five minute drive to Burnside and 10kms from the city centre.If you love the style and decoration of this home, then note that the vendors are downsizing, and would be willing to negotiate including much of the furniture shown including items such as the living room lounge suite and dining setting. A new home, with furniture too makes this property worth a second look.
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Consular Identification Card
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We would like to inform all members of the Brazilian community in Connecticut that as of January 1, 2015, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will accept the Consular ID card as a valid form of identification to obtain the Drive-Only license, to be presented together with proof of residency, among other documents.
The Consular ID card can be used for the following purposes:
– In case of an emergency, the ID card helps the Consulate General contact the ID-card holder and his or her family members in Brazil or any country abroad
– It facilitates the replacement of Brazilian documents in case they have been stolen or lost
– It allows the Consulate to have better knowledge of the community it serves
– The ID card is accepted at the Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain a Connecticut Drive-Only license
– It is accepted by authorities as a form of identification of a Brazilian citizen in replacement for his or her passport (not for traveling reasons).
Where can I use my ID card?
The Consular ID can be used as an identification document in libraries, schools, banks, hospitals, at the DMV and public departments in many towns and cities.
How do I obtain a Consular ID card?
The Consulate General requires electronic scheduling in order to apply for the Consular ID. An appointment can be made by visiting http://hartford.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-br/agendamento eletronico.xml.
When coming to the Consulate on the date scheduled, please bring two non-expired Brazilian documents. One of the documents must have a photo (e.g. passport, ID card, driver's license or military enrollment card), and the second document does not need to have a photo (birth certificate, marriage certificate, voter's card or CPF (The Brazilian Individual Taxpayer Registry).
Applicants should also bring proof of residency with their name and address proving residency in Connecticut or Rhode Island (e.g.: utility bill, phone, Internet, cable, driver's license or income tax return) and the form to obtain the Consular ID card filled out and signed. The form can be downloaded from the Consulate's website at hartford.itamaraty.gov.br .
The consular ID is free of charge.


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PORTLAND — Several neighborhood organizations are pooling their expertise and resources to throw a block party on Oct. 17 for the city's Parkside residents.
Saturday's party will take place from noon to 2:30 p.m. at Sherman and Mellen streets, next to the Sacred Heart/St. Dominic's Parish church. There will be live music, a bounce house for children, face-painting, games and food ranging from hot dogs and pizza to seasonal favorites like apple cider and pumpkin and apple pies.
Spiral Arts, a community arts program based in Parkside, will be spearheading a community painting project that will be assembled as a public exhibit called "The Many Faces of Parkside."
Neighborhood organizers hope the event will not only provide the neighborhood with free entertainment, but enroll more residents in a neighborhood watch program that is gathering momentum after a slow start.
Parkside Neighborhood Association President Robert Giovannini said the association will have a table where residents can get a neighborhood watch packet, which includes a window decal, a whistle key chain that lists the non-emergency phone number of the Portland police, and information about what type of details to give police when reporting suspicious activity.
The neighborhood watch was supposed to be rolled out in July, but Giovannini said there was a delay in getting the printed materials, including a coupon for 20 percent off dinner at the Top of the East at the Eastland Hotel on High Street, as well as a green and gray tote bag with a Parkside logo.
Parkside is the neighborhood defined by Forest Avenue, St. John Street, Deering Oaks Park and Congress Street. It is one of the most ethnically and socioeconomically diverse and densely populated areas in the state.
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Parkside has a population 4,676, the fifth-largest in the city, but has grown over the years. Half of the residents are under 34 years old and rent their homes.
Regardless of the late start, neighborhood organizers have ambitious goals for the neighborhood watch program. Over the next year, the group wants to enroll 2,000 residents and reduce crime by 30 percent from January to August, 2010.
Giovannini said the reduction in crime would likely be achievable simply if people locked their doors and windows.
"It's a very aggressive goal," he said. "But there's some low-hanging fruit we can tackle."
Giovannini said that by word of mouth and setting up a stand at the farmer's market in Deering Oaks Park, the PNA has registered more than 100 people for the neighborhood watch.
Crime in Parkside has dropped by 20 percent this year, Giovannini said, a trend the neighborhood association would like to continue. He said neighborhood watch, along with a new community policing program unveiled by Portland police this week, are two steps in the right direction.
Saturday's block party will be the second party in as many months. Giovannini said an August block party, which was both well-attended (about 200 people) and well-received by the residents, was a success both in terms of turnout and the range of community organizations that participated and continue to show interest in the neighborhood.
Those organizations include the United Methodist communities of Hope.Gate.Way., Immanuel Baptist Church, Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Catholic Church, PROP's Parkside Neighborhood Center, Parkside Community Policing, Spiral Arts, La Bodega Latina, Wayside Soup Kitchen, Community Partnerships for Protecting Children and the Mellen Street Market.
"We're anticipating 300 to 400 people this time." Giovannini said. "It's great. We're crossing religious, cultural and cultural boundaries and involving businesses and residents."
He said neighborhood parties are a way to build the bridges.
"The more events you can do, it builds greater pride and cohesion in the neighborhood," Giovannini said. "The more you get to know your neighbor, the more you will look out for them."


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Our CAFE strategy this week was focused on VISUALIZE, students practiced visualizing or imagining the story as we would read this week. The Visualize Strategy involves creating a vivid image in your mind based on what you read. Visualizations can include sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings—anything that makes the scene more real. Visualizing brings the text to life. Rather than just using words, you can engage your imagination and all of your senses. When you visualize, you gain insight into the experiences of the people you read about; placing yourself in someone else's perspective helps you empathize with his or her emotions. Also, visualizing important moments in the text helps you remember them later.
How can you help your child with this strategy at home?
- Stop at key points while you're reading and create a picture, movie, or sound clip in your mind about what you just read.
- You could visualize one moment in time, or you could visualize a sequence of events. Sometimes it's helpful to imagine that you're inside the scene described in the text.
- You might take the perspective of a character in a story or an historical figure in a nonfiction text. You might imagine the same scene from more than one perspective. Whichever perspective you choose, close your eyes and imagine the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings. The more vivid you make your visualization, the more real it will feel.
Our vocabulary words this week were:
- Shrink
- Hatch
- Bank
- Gills
- Stared
- Tadpole
For our Thursday review lesson we took three of our words and used the camera tool app on our iPads to record ourselves saying the word, the definition and acting out the word! We then put the videos together using iMovie as a class!
iPad Fun:
- Our iPad choices this week consisted of listening to videos about an insect of our choosing using Pebble Go and then saving a picture from the website to our camera roll and opening the picture up into another app called ChatterKid. We used this app to have our insect talk and share at least one fact we learned about the insect from watching the videos!
- We used another favorite app this week called Popplet! We created word family Popplets this week! So much fun!
- As always, we had Reading Eggs, QR listening books and Epic! as the other choices when we completed our first tasks!
- This week we continued our Math Journals with the vocabulary word "total" and completing one entry of Number of the Day.
- We also worked on scanning QR codes that gave us a subtraction problem and then opened up the app DoodleBuddy to complete the subtraction problem by writing the equation and using the stamp tool to help solve!
- We used QR codes that scanned to show a number and we filled that number in on a ten frame and then after all ten frames were completed, we checked the back of the paper to see if we filled them in correctly!
- We also had the choice from a previous week to complete tens/ones using the Number Pieces app and scanning QR codes to reveal the number
We started our final writing unit this week! This last unit is all about Opinion Writing! We started the week off by learning and reviewing the difference between a fact and an opinion and then we continued to practice telling our opinion to each other. We used an app called Decide Now and discussed with a partner which topic that was chosen on the spinner app that we would rather do this weekend. We discussed that even if we liked both ideas, we have to pick which one, in our opinion, would be the one we would rather do this weekend. We had so much fun!
We continued our learning about the steps to write an opinion piece by using the idea of an Oreo cookie. The top of the Oreo helps us to remember to write the "O" or the opinion, the "R" stands for reason, "E" for an example and "O" to restate our opinion at the end. Our first opinion writing task was to write an opinion piece as a class and try to convince me to bring them Oreos to eat in class the next day. Well, as you can see...it worked! They did such a great job giving me a reason and an example of why Oreos are oh so yummy I couldn't resist and I brought them Oreos!
The rest of the week we practiced as a group filling in the planning page and then transferring our writing to our official opinion writing page! Next week students will begin writing opinions on their own!
We reviewed addition stories this week and learned about subtraction stories too! We practiced them as a group and with partners before putting a choice into Math with Someone where we roll a dice to give us two numbers to either help in our story problem by adding or subtracting with those numbers!
Our vocabulary word this week was the word "total". We talked about how the answer to an addition or a subtraction sentence is the total or the final number you have. Total is a word that we can use when we are saying or story problems and even when we are doing other math problems.
This week was all about bugs and insects! We have had fun learning the difference between a bug and an insect!
- Monday we completed a Popplet to go share things we know and we learned about insects after watching a video that explained important facts about what makes an insect!
- Tuesday, we created our cover for our Butterfly Observation Journal using our iPad and the app Book Creator.
- Wednesday, we read a few bug vs. insect stories!
- Thursday, our classroom caterpillars arrived! We completed our very first observation of our caterpillars today. We found that there were five caterpillars in our jar and they were pretty tiny! Two of the caterpillars were at the very top of the jar trying to escape! We wrote the date and illustrated our first observation in our journals! We are excited to continue to watch them grow and change!
- Friday, we completed a chart reviewing the important facts about what makes an insect and then took those facts and built our own insects!
Go on an insect hunt! See if you can tell the difference if the creature you find is an insect or a bug!
Next Week:
- In reading we will focus on Cross Checking
- In writing we will continue our third unit Opinion Writing.
- In math we will continue to learn about ways to make the number 10.
- Our theme next week is all about INSECTS!
Important Dates/Information:
- 4/8 Spring Pictures
- 4/29 Spring Carnival
- 5/5 Muffins for Mom
- 5/10 Field Trip to Indy Zoo


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What is your current browser homepage?
A lot of people use MSN as default homepage, which is set by Microsoft when you install Internet Explorer. The users of other browsers might probably be using default homepages most of the time. Or the manufacturers' sites such as Dell, etc. Is that the most efficient way?
I personally believe there are many downsides with using default homepages. First of all, when you open your browser, your default homepage may not be the page you want to go. You will have to type the address (or choose from Favorites list) for your destination page. It takes time – at least a few seconds of your precious time.
Secondly, it takes a while to download and display your homepage especially if you're using slow connection or the destination sever is busy. There goes your precious time again every time you open a browser.
Some of you might choose 'Blank' homepage to work around. But in that case the "Home" button from your browsers becomes useless as you'll see only a blank page if you click it.
Why don't you create a HTML page for your own homepage? You can put a list of all the sites you visit daily there such as news, banks, schools, emails, blogs, etc. You can also categorise the links. All you need is a program like Front Page. You still can use Word if you don't have Front Page (just save it as Web Page instead of doc). Here are the steps.
- Create the list of all the sites you visit daily in Front Page with the links.
- Save it to somewhere safe. C:\ will do. Let's say the file name is myhomepage.html .
- Open myhomepage.html and choose Tools > Internet Options > General. Click "Use Current".
Now you'll have your own customised homepage that is faster to load and more useful than most of the default homepages.
Let me know how it is.
Note: You can put Wikipedia search box, etc too.


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A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly pouring gasoline around a Brockton home where his estranged wife was staying and lighting it on fire while she was inside with other residents, authorities said.
Matthew Eldredge, 35, was charged with domestic assault and battery, breaking and entering in the nighttime, arson, and three counts of attempted murder.
Pleas of not guilty were entered on his behalf at his arraignment Tuesday in Brockton District Court.
He was ordered held without bail, and a dangerousness hearing was scheduled for Feb. 20.
All of the occupants of the home made it out safely, including Eldredge's wife. But it could have been much worse, said the landlord, Kathryn Perry-Dougan.
"I was on oxygen," said Perry-Dougan, who is recovering from a recent illness. "He could have blown us all to kingdom come."
According to a police report filed in court, police responded to the multifamily home at 9 Highland St. at 1:45 a.m. for a report of breaking and entering.
The owners of the property, Perry-Dougan and her husband, Warren Dougan, told police they had rented a room to Eldredge and his wife, and the four of them resided together on the first floor of the home.
Approximately three days ago, Eldredge's wife ended her relationship with him and asked him to leave, which he did, the report states.
Early Tuesday morning, Perry-Dougan and her husband were awoken by Eldredge's wife screaming for help, and when they got to up to see what was wrong, they saw Eldredge punching her in the face, according to the police report.
Eldredge left when the couple called 911.
Police searched the area but were unable to locate Eldredge. After the officers left, dispatch received a second call from 9 Highland St., reporting that Eldredge had returned and had lit the house on fire, the report states.
Perry-Dougan and Eldredge's wife told police they were in the kitchen when they heard a commotion outside; when they looked outside they saw Eldredge with a red container, pouring gasoline on the exterior entrance and other doors.
"Moments later the front entrance of the house was engulfed in flames," the police report states.
In a telephone interview, Perry-Dougan said that when she first saw flames, she tried to dial 911 on the house phone, but the landline wasn't working. She used a cellphone to alert police and the Fire Department.
"He just flipped out," said Perry-Dougan, 62. "He didn't like the fact that she was staying here and he couldn't."
According to the police report, Perry-Dougan and the other occupants of the house exited through a back door.
Fire Captain Edward Williams said firefighters responded at 2:25 a.m. Tuesday, and all of the residents got out safely. Two people were treated for minor smoke inhalation, Williams said.
Williams said the damage to the home is estimated to be $40,000.
When officers searched the area again for Eldredge, this time with the help of a K-9 unit, they located him hiding on Ellsworth Street.
"As we approached Mr. Eldredge he reeked of gasoline, and his clothes were soaked with gasoline," the police report states.
Police placed Eldredge's clothing into evidence, along with an orange lighter he had been carrying, the report states.
The report says that during the booking, police found that Eldredge had three outstanding warrants.
Eldredge has been in trouble with the law several times over the past few months. Court documents show he pleaded guilty to shoplifting Nov. 20; on Dec. 2, he was accused of attacking his wife in a parking garage and charged with strangulation and domestic assault and battery. He faced another shoplifting charge on Jan. 3.
On Dec. 4, the court released Eldredge on personal recognizance and ordered him to have no contact with the alleged victim (his wife).
In court documents, Eldredge is listed as unemployed and living at a homeless shelter on North Main Street.
Six families were displaced by the fire and are being provided temporary housing assistance by the American Red Cross, said Jeff Hall, Red Cross spokesman.
Perry-Dougan said she received vouchers for a hotel but would prefer to be in her own home.
She said she got out of the hospital Thursday and was recovering from pneumonia.
She said Eldredge's wife was "one of my best tenants" and she was happy to give her a place to stay.
Eldredge, however, was another story.
"He was just trouble," she said in a telephone interview.
Perry-Dougan said she nearly died from her recent illness. Now she has to deal with this.
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Description of mission: Our team was sent in to investigate an Agency facility, consisting of labs and some offices. Four lead scientists ran the research there and were not reporting back. An investigator was previously sent in to uncover the situation and never reported back, and automated lockdown was never triggered. We were told to track down the four scientists and find out what was going on.
The team was taken to this facility via helicopter, and placed. Mercedes was sent in through the vents to see if the coast was clear on the top/third floor. Floor was vacant. The rest of the team used issued key cards to enter the facility.
Each floor had a similar structure; labs were centralized and offices were located on the outer part of the hallway. The labs were locked but the offices were open but on; that office had a combined keypad and card lock. The card cleared but the lock was still closed. I used my kit to determine what the passcode might be via fingerprints, but it was decided that Roy would open the lock. LeRoy and Freeman went to investigate the labs while Gadget and I sifted through some of the information left in the open offices. Mercedes went further down into the building.
Gadget and I discovered that the facility was dedicated to experimentation with magic, and had recently became more strictly focused on interaction between magic and machinery/robotics. There were complaints as to the changing of keycards for the labs. In the locked office, Roy had discovered the body of one of the four scientists, who had scratched "Hellstrom" on the underside of a desk.
Roy moved down to the first floor to check on Mercedes while the scientists worked on breaking into the labs; I went to the second floor to check out the multitude of papers discovered there.
There was a commotion below and Mercedes warned us of "something big" moving around on her floor. She had fallen through one of the vents and attracted some attention. Soon there was gunfire. I ran down to check on the situation and was witness to the sight of Roy being chased by three men with mechanical enhancements grafted to them. These three particular men were evidently soldiers, as they were large had a gun in one arm, a sword in the other (I mean "in" as in "within"). Roy ran outside just before I tried to shoot at a soldier and missed. The scientists came down and took down the soldiers, and later explained that the locks of the labs were encrusted and merged with magical crystals (hence the change to the lock system).
We discovered Roy was dead; the body was stripped of equipment and hidden away. A man merged with technology showed up; he was not unlike the soldiers but did not have much weaponry on him. We captured him and he and explained that he was a "worker" that moved around machinery for Hellstrom. I called home base and explained what we had learned so far. Our superiors explained that Hellstrom had been a scientist who was uncommonly persuasive and thought he was somehow saving humanity by merging them with magic-laced technology. We were not to speak with him if we found him.
We decided to check the basement floor for anything else and Mercedes again took to the vents; the rest of us took the stairs, sending Gadget down first. We found a pair of the worker people blocking our way. Freeman torched them and just as they were out of the way, a slew of spells and bullets flew at Gadget, incapacitating the robot. I called for backup immediately as the firefight began between our scientists and those under Hellstrom, all enhanced by some mechanical/magical parts. After a short amount of time, however, they surrendered to us.
Mercedes explained to us later that she had made it into one of the back rooms and sent an email containing data to someone who was presumably Hellstrom, since he was able to persuade her to do so. She also sent a copy to herself, though, and the sending of the email was evidently the reason we were being prevented from going to the basement; almost immediately after it was sent (after a brief phone call), Hellstrom's group surrendered.
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Iron ore mine developments in West Africa are closer to Asian markets but Canada's Labrador Trough has political stability, says says Phil Newman, CEO of CRU Strategies, who spoke with MINING.com at the PDAC 2013 at the start March. In the video below Newman weighed the benefits and drawbacks of both regions for mining iron ore.
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"If your name isn't on the list, you can't come in," says Newman jokingly.
The rich iron ore prices of the last few years are sliding, says Newman. He says the rest of this year is "reasonably good" with prices in the $135 to $150 range, but the long-term outlook is for a weakening with costs heading to $100 or dropping further. Newman expects production in Australia to expand significantly, which will push down price. The big three iron ore miners plan to add 900 million tonnes of new capacity over the next few years.
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In a blow to CBD, DEA beats back hemp in court—on a technicality (newhope.com)
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- "Given the pervasive confusion and irreconcilable conflicts of the law that have led to product seizures, arrests and criminal charges against those involved in the lawful hemp industry, the petitioners believe that the final rule must be invalidated, absent the court clarifying and further resolving these conflicts and their severe consequences," attorney Bob Hoban, managing partner of Hoban Law Group in Denver who represented the hemp industry in the lawsuit, said in a statement.
- The law authorized higher education institutions and state agricultural departments to cultivate the plant if "the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated for purposes of research conducted under an agricultural pilot program or other agricultural or academic research," and the latter activities are authorized under state law.
- In part, the law defined an "agricultural pilot program" as a "pilot program to study the growth, cultivation or marketing of industrial hemp." The scope of the "marketing" activities authorized by Section 7606—and whether DEA's marijuana extract rule conflicted with the 2014 Farm Bill—has been the subject of confusion and debate.
- According to the petitioners and nearly 30 members of Congress in an amicus brief filed in January 2018 with the Ninth Circuit, cannabinoids like CBD don't fall within the CSA—even if the compounds are sourced from the flowers of the hemp plant—so long as the activities are carried out under Section 7606 of the Farm Bill; and the plant contains no more than 0.3 percent THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.
- "While the DEA clearly believes that all extracts of the cannabis flower fall under the definition of controlled substances, such an assertion blatantly subverts the Farm Bill, which explicitly permits any part of the cannabis plant, including the flower, with 'not more than 0.3 percent' THC, from being deemed permissible industrial hemp under an approved pilot program," the bipartisan group of lawmakers wrote in their amicus brief.
CBD Oil Benefits: How To Heal Your Dog With Hemp (dogsnaturallymagazine.com)
Topics: angiogenesis, tumor growth, cancerous cells, animal model, neurological disorders, cell growth, endocannabinoid system, cardiovascular system
- New research has led to isolating the benefits of the hemp plant, which, unlike cannabis, is classified as a "legal registered food item" with the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) and has now become widely accepted in most countries.
- Supercritical CO2 extraction methods provide a refined high-quality hemp-derived CBD extract that has non-detectable levels of THC, meaning it can't get your dog (or you) high and is legal for consumption.
- When you look at all of the benefits cannabinoids bring to the body – from neurological to neuropathic and cardiovascular health aspects –it becomes clear that the main common denominator is cell health.
- CBD oil benefits and uses have been widely reported in published studies by the National Institutes of Health, including for its uses as an anti-cancer agent that helps promote the healthy proliferation of cells.
CBD craze shows no sign of slowing (jhnewsandguide.com)
Topics: cannabinoid, cannabinoid receptors, anandamide, cannabidiol, social anxiety, Increased levels, health benefits, clinical trials
- Garside, a believer in the powers of cannabidiol, a substance found in hemp and marijuana plants, suggested the product to him and gave him a sample bottle.
- "His foot pain has gone away, and his anxiety has gone away, and his insomnia had gone away.
- "Depending on where you live and what the laws are (they're about to become even more relaxed here in Los Angeles), it seems like just about everyone is experimenting with cannabidiol (also known as CBD) oils and tinctures," the article states.
- "If people come in and want to talk about it, the first thing I ask is, 'Why do you want to take it?'" she said.
After 13 years in the NFL, former Packers' player becomes part owner of CBD oil producer: 'It kept helping' (fox6now.com)
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- "I guess you think about, when you have days off for bye weeks or off-season and your body start to feel better, you thought, in that same aspect that when you finish playing, you know, you'd get the time off and your body would just heal and you'd feel a lot better and you realize that hasn't happened," said Jenkins.
- "At first I thought I wasn't too knowledgeable — hemp, cannabis, marijuana, all that stuff, so I just kind of put them all in the same basket and thought it was all the same, and when they brought it to me it sat for two weeks.
- First off, I was surprised that I didn't get high and it was different and it helped me sleep that night and so I was like, 'let me try it again — see if it's not a fluke,' so I tried it again and it kept helping and so at that point, you are like, 'what exactly is this?' So you start doing some research, start talking to the people and you start getting education on what it was," said Jenkins.


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Review: VOEZ (Nintendo Switch)
VOEZ: Official GBAtemp ReviewNintendo Switch 10 likes 43 comments
- Release Date (NA): March 9, 2017
- Release Date (EU): March 3, 2017
- Release Date (JP): March 3, 2017
- Publisher: Flyhigh Works
- Developer: Rayark Inc.
- Genres: Rhythm
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- PEGI Rating: Three years and older
- Also For: Android
Single playerLocal MultiplayerOnline MultiplayerCo-operative
The fundamentals of a rhythm game is to play along in sync to some music. There's not much room for deviating from that formula when it comes to this type of game, forcing the developers to use their creativity to make the game feel relevant. After releasing Cytus and Deemo, two well regarded rhythm games for mobile devices and the PlayStation Vita, Taiwanese developers Rayark Games released VOEZ (pronounced Voice) for iOS and Android in the summer of 2016. They went the free-to-play route together with addictive gameplay and a high quality soundtrack to hook many fans all over the world. Now it made its way to the Nintendo Switch.
The price?
VOEZ was ported for the Nintendo Switch at launch as a downloadable title for $25, £18.99, or €20.99. Is it worth the price? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that while the mobile app is free, you have to unlock the songs with keys. You do get some keys by playing the game, so I unlocked one extra song apart from the free starting song. I would need 113 keys to unlock the rest, and by buying the cheapest bundle of keys via micro-transactions (2 times 55 keys, 1 extra key, along with the 2 keys I earned by playing) that would end up in $95.
So is the $25 asking price for the Switch version fair? Yes, yes it is. It's worth noting that this is a touch screen only game, so it can only be played in portable mode. Another point worth bringing up is that the mobile version has an always online requirement, which the Switch version doesn't have.
So what about the story, gameplay and music?
Now that we've concluded that the price is fair for the content, what about the game? It starts out with an anime style intro video showcasing the story's characters in their everyday life, very calm and soothing together with the main theme of the game, Colorful Voice.
The story revolves around a group of high school students eventually starting a band. There are the usual high school tropes here: someone good at baking, someone quiet but warm, and of course there's love, exams and friendship.
Now you're thrown into the menu of the game with the previously mentioned main theme as the only available song to play. After you've played this song, every other song gets unlocked straight away - all 115 of them at the time of writing, even more will be added in the future. By now you'll also have your first diary entry unlocked, which is how the story is told through this game, and the first diary entry is a still image. A very pretty still image though. Further entries are unlocked by fulfilling goals; playing a certain number of songs, achieving a certain total score, and so on. The diary entries will all have pretty images, and some will feature chat logs between characters, blog posts and notes. This is what's pushing you forward when it comes to the story of the game. There's no career mode or story mode, it's all free play for better or for worse. I feel that it's very liberating to be able to play any song I like, on any difficulty level that I want - not being forced to play a number of songs that are too easy, or being stuck on any particularly difficult song, before I can move on. This comes at the cost of a well thought out progression through the tracks, or having the songs following the story. It's a matter of taste ultimately, and I find it sweet as candy.
Each song has three difficulty levels: Easy, Hard and Special. Easy is great for learning the songs, while I find Hard to be the perfect challenge for regular play, since it's a little bit more advanced but still manageable. Special adds a lot of challenge to the mix, playing advanced drum fills with one hand while playing the melody with the other for example. The songs also have a difficulty number from 1 to 16, describing the difficulty of the song itself. These two difficulty levels can overlap at times, where the most difficult Easy song is an 8, and the easiest Special song is a 9. There's something for everyone here.
But how is the actual gameplay then? As many other rhythm games, there's a horizontal line at the bottom of the screen, and notes fall from the top. The notes are the genre classics: tap, hold, swipe and slide. They follow so called "note lines" which are vertical bars guiding the notes and let's you know where to tap on the screen. What makes this game feel more unique is that these note lines are dancing to the songs, changing places and colors, growing and shrinking in size, and it's all very fun. Nothing is random, but very well planned to fit the beat of the music and style of the song. For me, that's evidence of a high quality game.
There is a wide variety of songs to play, all made by independent artists from Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Everything from slow piano ballads and soft pop-rock to heavy industrial hardcore techno, and a lot in between. Vocaloid style pop songs, high energy anime intro styled songs, 8-bit video game styled music, dubstep... There's something for everyone, with the exception of metal fans. The sound quality is good, I haven't noticed any apparent compression artifacts when playing. Every song comes with a unique splash screen made by different artists, which is blurred in the background throughout the song. Thanks to this there isn't anything distracting your gameplay, and it's positive if you aren't a fan of the anime aesthetics other rhythm games may have. No dancing anime chicks anywhere.
Anything else?
When completing a song you get a rank: S, A, B or C. You will at least get a C when you play a song as it is impossible to fail a song. I don't think this is a bad thing, as it always lets you try the whole songs, it will never force you to start over. Also, if you just want to listen to a song without playing - this makes it possible.
When unlocking the diary entries you also get keys, the same keys used for unlocking songs on mobile phones - but what's the use of them here? You can use them to unlock player icons. Pay one key, get three random icons from a set of 264, and they don't affect anything else in the game. A fun little extra for completionists I suppose.
Now, while the story is cute there is one huge flaw with it. Most of the story is actually only available on the developer's website. Every diary entry already unlocked there, but with a light novel text to each entry. The web version and the game version of the diary entries complement eachother. Also, the character biographies are available only on the website, so that's where you have to go if you want to know who's who. Why this isn't featured in the game is beyond me. While I'm at it with the negativity there are a few weird (but very minor) quality issues appearing here and there. The use apostrophes in "Don't" and "Don´ t" as part of diary titles just a few entries apart, someone should have noticed this.
Finally, I wish there were more ways to sort and organize your songs. As it is right now, you can sort them by difficulty number or alphabetically. It would be great to have more options here, sorting by BPM (beats per minute), sorting by songs you've played or not, sorting by achieved ranking, saving favorites or maybe even being able to rate the songs.
Given the huge amount content for the price, especially considering the lack of titles for the Nintendo Switch at this point, VOEZ is highly recommended purchase if you enjoy rhythm games. The flaws are relatively small and few, and hopefully might be patched one day in the future to streamline your gaming.
Here are some samples from Hard and Special difficulty songs, courtesy of Flyhigh Works' official YouTube channel
+ A lot of songs
+ Fun gameplay
+ Dancing note lines
- Most of the story not in the game
- Lacking song sorting
Great visuals complementing the gameplay. Sounds great and is overall very pretty. Lacking song sorting and story content shaves off a few points.
Amazing gameplay with a great variety of songs and styles to keep you on your toes. Rhythm games are repetitive by nature, but the variation in songs keeps things fresh.
Lasting Appeal
116 songs with more coming, three difficulty levels and achievement like story progression. There is a lot to keep you playing and playing for many hours to come. The nice soundtrack will certainly make me come back again.
out of 10
(not an average)
Apart from a few flaws, VOEZ is a solid rhythm game with pretty graphics, well thought out gameplay content and a huge selection of songs. Easily one of the Switch launch's hidden gems, if you like rhythm games.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Benard Keter of Wayland Baptist (Texas) has been named the NAIA National Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of The Week and Jacob Armbrust of Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of The Week, the National office announced Wednesday. Keter and Armbrust were selected based on their performances from March 23 – 29. This is the second award of the 2015 outdoor track & field season.
Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Benard Keter, Wayland Baptist (Texas)
So., Nakuru, Kenya
• Broke the longest-standing (1975) Wayland Baptist track & field record (men or women, indoor or outdoor) when he finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Texas Relays on March 26.
• Keter's time of 8:47.60 was the fastest in the NAIA this season.
• The sophomore also ran the anchor leg on distance medley relay against the likes of NCAA Division I schools Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Texas. His team finished in twelfth-place.
• The Nakuru, Kenya, native is the 2014 NAIA men's cross country national champion and the national champion in the indoor 5,000-meters.
Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
Jacob Armbrust, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Jr., Metamora, Ill.
• At the Viking Olympics on March 28, Armbrust broke the school record in the discus with a 56.10-meter (184-1) throw. His toss also set a new meet record that stood since 1976.
• In the shot put, the junior also set a meet record with a mark of 16.82 meters (55-2 ¼).
• Both wins were against 40-plus athletes, and both finishes were tops in the NAIA this season.
• Armbrust claims his first career National Field Athlete of the Week award.
For the complete Athlete of the Week calendar, click here.
Track Nominees: Teddy McCord, Park (Mo.); Reid Echelmeier, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Martinez Crespo, Missouri Baptist; Gabriel Dos Satnos, William Woods (Mo.); Ricky Claytor, Union (Ky.); James Richardson, Reinhardt (Ga.); Taylor Tafelsky, Milligan (Tenn.); Peter Seifert, Concordia (Ore.); Isaac Updike, Eastern Oregon; Omero Montalvo, St. Francis (Ill.); Leslie Romer, Taylor (Ind.); Josh Richardson, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Stephen Delaney, Carroll (Mont.); Tanner Boone, Great Falls (Mont.); Eddie Loughran , Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Robert Iron Shell, Briar Cliff (Iowa); Sean Robnett, Hastings (Neb.); Mark Abrams, Morningside (Iowa); Joseph Moses III, Xavier (La.); Alex McCormack, Central Methodist (Mo.); Phillip Cheruiyot, Missouri Valley; Will Wallace, Benedictine (Kan.); Justin Kent, British Columbia; Keith Francis, Tabor (Kan.); Dixon Cooney, McPherson (Kan.); Brock Nooney, Friends (Kan.); Josh Whittaker, Saint Mary (Kan.); Brock Nooney, Friends (Kan.); Clint Swanson, Indiana East; Demytreus Gipson, Campbellsville (Ky.); Dante Johnson, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Brandon Ford, Cumberlands (Ky.); Seth Harjes, Grand View (Iowa); Neiman Thompson, William Penn (Iowa); Xavier Smart, Viterbo (Wis.); Nicholas Anderson, Clarke (Iowa) ; Jose Chorro, Dickinson State (N.D.) ; Jonathan Yanez, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) ; Kenneth Combs, Oklahoma Baptist; Oraine Wint, Texas Wesleyan; James Faison, Mobile (Ala.); Emanuel Krieg, SCAD Savannah (Ga.); Vincent Bett, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Brandon Gourdine, USC Beaufort (S.C.); Andre Ernest, Northwood (Fla.).
Field Nominees: Steven Hill, Park (Mo.); Max Wingate, Missouri Baptist; Akintunde Akinyemi, Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.); Alonzo Findley, William Woods (Mo.); Tyson Yett, Union (Ky.); Travis Simpson, Eastern Oregon; Ryan Njegovan, St. Francis (Ill.); Kenny Higgins, Taylor (Ind.); Casey Evans, Westminster (Utah); Josh Seeberger, Carroll (Mont.); Chris Spain, Great Falls (Mont.); Raheem Cowan, Briar Cliff (Iowa); Cody Boellstorff, Concordia (Neb.); Levi Ettleman, Northwestern (Iowa); Austin Langston, Morningside (Iowa); Nick Homan, Central Methodist (Mo.); Connor Smith, British Columbia; Derek Racette, Friends (Kan.); Ben Hanson, Bethany (Kan.); Hunter Hope, Sterling (Kan.); Art Hop, McPherson (Kan.); Ben Hanson, Bethany (Kan.); Andrew Willcox, Indiana East; Shaun Berry, Point Park (Pa.) ; Josh Kles, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Cameron Smoak, Cumberlands (Ky.); Aaron Johnson, Campbellsville (Ky.); Derek Seddon, William Penn (Iowa) ; Keegan Bludworth, Viterbo (Wis.); Nate Johnston, Grand View (Iowa) ; Steven Tomlin, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Blaine Kilinic, Oklahoma Baptist; James Axle, Mobile (Ala.); John Hurley, Northwood (Fla.); James Bullock, Embry-Riddle (Fla.).
2015 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week (Field; Track)
Week 1 (March 25): Michael Moffitt, Indiana Wesleyan; Joseph Mullen, Tennessee Wesleyan
Week 2 (April 1): Jacob Armbrust, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Benard Keter, Wayland Baptist (Texas)


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"I don't want your kind of justice. What I want is to heal. I want to be whole. I want to find the treasures God has for me here." Brooklyn from Justice
Achingly-tender from the first chapter, this story captured my heart in a tangible way, stamping my memory with brilliant strokes of grace.
About the Story:
Jake thought he was meant to marry Brooklyn, but now she's pregnant, and he had nothing to do with it. As Brooklyn wrestles with questions about what her pregnancy means and how it will affect her relationship with Jake, she can't bring herself to tell him the truth. To make matters worse, if the man who owns the bookstore across from Jake's coffee shop, has anything to do with it, the baby will ruin them both. Can Jake and Brooklyn overcome the obstacles thrown in their path, and finally find the truth in God's love and in each other?
My thoughts:
Having previously read—and enjoyed—short stories written by this author, I've been anticipating Justice's release. Sensitive issues laced the pages, but with a poignant delicacy, the story skillfully addresses the layers of grief and bitterness which often arises from trauma, revealing that the beauty of forgiveness can bloom in even the most heartbreaking trial.
I was immediately drawn to Brooklyn. I found myself championing her healing from the tragic assault that left her soul broken and her life in shambles. I admired her convictions, hoping as the chapters progressed, that she'd find the wholeness she desired and discover the once-in-a-lifetime love given by Jake.
Out of the scores of heroes I've met through novels, Jake stands alone as far as loyalty is concerned. His devotion reminded me a lot of Christ—unconditional and fervent. The relationship Brooklyn and Jake shared is beautiful and inspiring.
So add these engaging characters to a vivid plot penned with a unique voice, and it equals an unforgettable story! I can't wait to see what this author brings us next!
Click here to purchase Justice!
*The author provided me with a copy of this story. All opinions are my own *
Guest Post By Emily Conrad
A couple of years ago, I asked my grandma to reteach me to crochet. The skill made its way into the manuscript I was working on, and now, when it starts to get colder out each fall, I tend to break out my bag of yarn (okay, there are several bags…) and start a new project. Though, come to think of it, I still haven't made an afghan.
I find it relaxing and the end products useful, but all that sitting around with a hook and a wad of yarn and nothing to do but count stitches has also given me a lot of time to reflect on what crochet can teach us about life.
One of these ideas is mentioned in Justice, but you'll have to read the book to find out which one!
Little routines make a big difference. Crochet has a few basic stitches, and different patterns are created by combining them. A little switch—sometimes just the difference between stitching into one thread instead of its neighbor—repeated row after row, create pretty texture.
Little routines in our lives do this, too. A routine of working with my dogs will result in better behaved dogs. A routine of helping a neighbor will result in a friendship. A routine of time with Jesus will sweeten life in so many ways.
Sometimes, you have to practice blind faith in the pattern, moving forward with it even when you seem to only be making a mess. Once, a pattern left me feeling like I was performing the crochet version of gymnastics. What a mess of yarn I had on my hands! But, I kept following the pattern, and wouldn't you know—it turned out in the end.
Living out our faith can be a messy process sometimes, too. It can put us at odds with others. It can mean changing our plans. It can mean years of waiting. When we stay faithful to the pattern (the Bible), we can be assured that life with Jesus will turn out in the end.
Generations need each other. My mother and paternal grandmother taught me to crochet. Another woman at church taught me to knit. Likewise, these women also teach me about faith.
I'd love to hear about what crafts you enjoy! Knitting, crochet, painting, something else? Use the comments to tell us about it!
Because most of this fabulous story takes place in a coffeeshop, Emily is offering a bag of coffee to one commenter! And because this story is SO enamoring, I'm going to include a copy of Justice! Sooooo one lucky winner will win both a bag of coffee AND an e-copy of Emily Conrad's Justice! Winner will be announced March 21st! *Due to crazy shipping costs, this giveaway is limited to the continental U.S.*


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I cannot switch branch inside bitbucket like it's mentioned in http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Branching+a+Repository#BranchingaRepository-HowtobranchinGit (step 9). Can you please explain the reason for this? It would be fancy to have this functionality working.
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Getting same issue, I can switch on my machine but not on the website.
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Actually, this issue I've originally reported is invalid because you can see the branch list from the UI itself. It's just you will not simply notice it the first time if you are new to bitbucket. I have faced this very same confusion so this original issue report.
To see the branch list, click the gray color horizontal line just below project name in the overview section. (This line is clickable). Then you will be able to see the place where you can view other branches.
This is a flaw in the UI design because that clickable section is not obvious at a first look. Regardless, hope this reply helps you.
Hi Roshan, thanks for getting back to me. I can see the 'branches' dropdown menu, however I can only see the master branch in the dropdown, and not the second one I created. I know this branch exists as I have tested it on my machine, I can switch between them and commit/push to them, but in the bitbucket UI it always show's i've commited to master. Not sure if this is something I am doing.
Sure no problem. :) Just out of curiosity, did you push the new branch to the remote github repo (in this case bitbucket repo)? Unless you explicitly push the new branch to the remote, remote will not see your new branch.
You have to run the command like below, where new_branch is the name of your new branch that needs to be pushed.
git push origin new_branch
p.s. I was not logged in when i replied :)
Hi Please fix that UI I was expending almost 3 hours looking for the way to see the branches in the UI until I found this issue,
Thank you,
Hugo Villero
I'm getting this issue as well. My branch lists don't show the other branches I've created aside from master.
Edit: It looks like you have to kill your session entirely to see the new branches. (close the tab)
We are seeing this issue as well on Safari. Closing the browser tab doesn't appear to fix it, you actually need to quit the browser entirely and restart. Have not been able to reproduce on Chrome or Firefox (We are logging in to Bitbucket via Google if that helps)
I am seeing this on the latest Chrome build form my account.
Same issue here, I had to log out and log back in as Arangarx suggested. Using the latest Chrome build (28.0.1500.72) as well.
Related to this - when you delete a branch in the repo, it continues to show up in the listing until you close the browser completely and restart
anyone know any news about this bug? I still don't see them.
I had the same issues, the branch was listed on the "Branches" page, and the overview showed 2 branches instead of just one (the master), but when I clicked on the dropdown on either the "Overview" or the "Source" page, it only showed the master.
For me, logout and login worked. Now both branches are shown. Hope it helps...
The list of branches is fetched via https://bitbucket.org/api/1.0/repositories/<repo-owner>/<repo>/branches-tags. It appears to me that this is a server issue. The branch list was current after a few minutes in my case.
Pushing the branch to the remote host worked for me. I had a new branch called autotrans, and after I switched to the branch I just ran this:
git push origin autotrans
And voila. It just worked.
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This Canadian import recounts a winter afternoon of an Inuit boy named Jake and his sled dog puppy, Kamik.
A companion to Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story, by Donald Uluadluak and illustrated by Leng (2013), this story is based on the recollections of Sulurayok, an Inuit elder from Nunavut. In the book, Jake and his puppy are staying with his grandmother in her house. She encourages Jake in his training of Kamik and sends the pair out onto the snowy tundra to practice with a simple sealskin sled. The fairly lengthy story describes their training session and their trip back home during a sudden blizzard. Soft-focus watercolor-and-pencil illustrations capture the antics of the dog and his young master as well as the drama of the ride through the swirling blizzard. The story places readers directly into the setting and the plot, with no concessions to non-Inuit audiences, such as a map, glossary, or pronunciation guide. A few words are not defined by context, such as bannock (a type of bread) and Inuktitut (an Inuit language), and other words are difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce without guidance, such as the grandmother's name, Anaanatsiaq, and Tuhaaji, the dog's Inuktitut name.
An exciting tale of boy-and-puppy bonding for Inuit children, this story is also accessible to non-Inuit readers willing to meet Kamik and Jake out on the tundra. (Picture book. 4-9)


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After sifting through countless small caps and mid-cap stocks to rule them all over the past 20 weeks, the time has finally come to tackle large-cap companies. Large caps will usually not offer the same torrid growth pace that can b e found with small caps, but their businesses are often well established globally, with a rich history of profitability. This global presence gives large caps a distinctiveness that small and mid-caps usually don't have -- namely, that many pay a dividend and can essentially run on autopilot in your portfolio.
For reference, here are the previous eight choices:
This week we're going to turn to the transportation sector and a company that continues to literally deliver on its promises -- FedEx
What it does
FedEx makes cookies. OK, I was just seeing if you're paying attention. Along with United Parcel Service
How it stacks up
There really is no comparison between FedEx and the highly dysfunctional United States Postal Service. Although both offer essentially similar services, the corporate image of reliability and the ability to deliver profitable results lies with FedEx. Therefore, the only real competition FedEx faces is from UPS and privately held DHL International. Since DHL is under no obligation to report its results to the public (and since we can't invest in it), the debate essentially comes down to FedEx versus UPS. I'm going to show you why FedEx is the better buy.
The first attraction investors will often have to UPS is its delectable dividend. Currently yielding 3.3%, UPS has grown its dividend with consistency since 2000. But another aspect of this dividend that investors should take note of is UPS's payout ratio, which currently sits at 49%. It's great that UPS is returning so much of its profits to shareholders, but doing so also ties the company's hands in relation to purchasing new equipment and increasing the size of its distribution network. Not to mention that the magnitude of future dividend increases is shrinking as its payout ratio moves higher.
FedEx has a yield of only 0.8%, but its payout ratio of 10% allows it the possibility to reinvest in its distribution network -- whether it's through equipment, technology, or more personnel -- while also giving it the potential for future dividend increases.
It may also surprise you that, from a financial perspective, FedEx makes for a far better value than UPS in almost every metric. Take a look for yourself.
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|Annual Revenue Growth (Past Decade):
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Source: Morningstar (as of 10/4/2011).
It's astounding how much of a premium UPS commands in relation to FedEx even though FedEx has grown consistently faster than UPS over the past decade. Is 800 basis points' worth of gross margin worth paying 3 times more for cash flow and more than 4 times more in book value? I don't think so.
How it could make you money
Clearly, one of the ways FedEx could put money back in your pocket is by continuing to do what it does best -- slowly chip away at the foundation of the U.S. Postal Service. As losses worsen for the USPS, it will have no options other than to close some of its locations, which will open the door for FedEx to gain customers.
Another thing to consider is FedEx's unique ability to control pricing. If trucking giant JB Hunt Transport Services
What's your take on FedEx? Share your thoughts in the comments section below, and consider adding FedEx to your free and personalized watchlist to keep up on the company's latest breaking news.
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Tip: Inexpensive Wallpaper Alternative
There are so many beautiful wallpapers out there, but when it comes right down to it, they aren't exactly inexpensive. Well, they might be if you're putting them in your closet, but for larger spaces, often times applying a bold print to your wall can cost more than you like. That is unless you...
... turn your eye to fabrics! Check out the photo above. Amanda Nisbet has designed a beautiful space, but what really caught our attention was the use of fabric behind the artwork on the wall. The same fabric is also trimming out the windows and with the oversized frames (that allow for a good amount of fabric to be seen) and the window trim, the wall could almost be mistaken for wallpaper at first glance.
There's tons of great fabric prints out there right now and many of us have basements, attics or craft rooms full of remnants that could be put to use! If not, chances are you know someone who does, or you can finally put to you those craft store coupons for 40% off a single cut of fabric!
It can be a great way to bring in an extra bit of pattern and print to a space when the fall back standard throw pillow isn't always an option.
(Image: Amanda Nisbet Design)


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Leading Interactive Flat Panel Manufacturer TouchIT Technologies Offers Alternative for Schools, Universities and Colleges to Expensive Annual Software Subscriptions.
Birmingham, MI USA, 29th November 2016. Leading Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) Manufacturer TouchIT Technologies has incorporated into its software offering the ability to import legacy content from other manufacturer's software through the Oktopus Software. This offers Schools and Districts a potential money saving offering versus an annual subscription which other manufacturers charge.
For the IT department of a School District, updating old Smart boards with new technology and software can be an absolute minefield. There are a lot of decisions to be made. What technology? What size LED? How much is it? What software does it come with? This question always leads to the even bigger question we guarantee will come from all the teachers "Can I keep my existing lessons?"
Teachers are renowned for building up a portfolio of lesson content that can be modified and used again and again. The prospect of losing this material or indeed having to recreate it from scratch can be a terrifying thought. Over the last 10+ years Smart Technologiesi have done a fantastic job of educating schools and universities around the world what an Interactive Whiteboard was and as such, there are a lot of their products in the marketplace. This also means that lots of the content that has been created by teachers is designed for use with SMART Notebook®; Smart's proprietary software.
"Building on the success of the Common File Format .IWB, Oktopus can now import directly .Notebook files" commented Andi Brabin, author of the eBook Bring Back My Whiteboard and CEO at TouchIT Technologies. "Oktopus Software comes with every TouchIT Interactive Flat Panel free of charge" he added. This can represent a significant software saving to the school or District over the life of the product.
In addition, the TouchIT Oktopus software is specifically designed for education. With over 70 tools and 3500 resources, TouchIT Octopus is the perfect accompaniment for the TouchIT LED. Organized into subject specific tool bars, you can display only those tools that are relevant for your class!
TouchIT Interactive Flat Panels are the latest in touch screen technology incorporating both Educational Content software and BYOD Collaboration software for the ultimate classroom experience.
For more information please visit www.touchittechnologies.com or contact email@example.com
About TouchIT Technologies
Founded in 2008, based in Birmingham, MI, USA, TouchIT Technologies designs and manufactures innovative touch-based interactive products for use in both Education and Corporate environments under the TouchIT Technologies brand name as well as under various OEM brands throughout the world.
TouchIT Technologies has offices in Europe, Middle East and manufactures its range of interactive products in Taiwan.
For more information please visit www.touchittechnologies.com
TouchIT Technologies Holdings Inc, 2051 Villa, Suite 104, Birmingham, MI 48009
Tel – +1 248 764 1084
i SMART Board® and SMART Notebook® are registered Trademarks of Smart Technologies in the USA and other countries around the world.


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Posted on January 6th, by Lougie in Company News, Job Search. Comments Off on Goldbeck Recruiting Launches Job Listings RSS Feed
Goldbeck Recruting Inc., a leading recruitment and executive search firm in Vancouver, BC, is happy to announce the launch of its new Job Listing RSS Feed. This new feature on Goldbeck's website is another effort to make the job search easier for applicants.


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Published by Cinnamon Press
Looking back at a dysfunctional childhood and a mother who lived a life always on the verge of destruction, the narrator of this sequence of prose poems wonders how, when there are so many reasons not to, love still exists even in the worst of circumstances.
By poet and writer Patricia Debney, Baby is a searing, deeply disturbing work, filled with pain and anger, and yet, ultimately, it affirms the old adage that blood is thicker than water.
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text: Warning this post talk about fan service, a lot of fan service. There is just so much. Any way, High School of the Dead, is based of the manga by the same name. The manga was written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō (who by the way is mainly a hentai artist, which explains a lot about this manga. I looked him up, you know for research reasons). The series first came out in 2006 and ran till 2013. It is currently on hiatus and does not have a date in which it wall be starting again. Along with this anime there is also an OVA that came out in 2011 a year after this anime finished.


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This short, enthusiastic explanation of why and how Catholics should come to know Mary the mother of Jesus through better acquaintance with her types in the Hebrew Scriptures obviously springs from true devotion. The author, Scott Hahn, formerly a Presbyterian minister and now a professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, is eager to share the joy and inspiration he has derived from his own journeyone that took him from tearing up his grandmother's rosary beads as a child to suggesting now that all evangelization must have a Marian component.
But his laudable aim to help us recover the early Church's sense of awe, astonishment and gratitude for the gift at the heart of our redemption is often jarringly undercut by the pop style Hahn favors. Chapter and section titles, for instance, include From Here to Maternity, Ark the Herald Angels Sing, Fetal Attraction, and Israel's Beast-Kept Secret. The book is more seriously handicapped by an underlying ahistorical, oversimplified approach to Mary's role. Looking back at the early church through the clear telescope of Catholic dogmatic hindsight, he tends to flatten the complex and contentious history of those devoted to her, while claiming Scripture as his primary source. His grasp of biblical exegesis is simply inadequate to the task, showing as well a distinct though apparently unconscious anti-ecumenical bias. His use of types from the Hebrew Scripture prophesying Jesus and Mary sometimes sounds as if he believes Christianity has replaced Judaism, a position that Pope John Paul II has gone a long way to discredit. And Hahn dismisses as ridiculous theories other than St. Jerome's about Jesus' brothers as cousins, though the highly respected Catholic exegetes Raymond Brown, S.S., and Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J., in the classic Lutheran-Catholic study Mary in the New Testament, agree that there is no biblical evidence for a decision on the matter.
And finally, his arguments are weakened by his theological assumption that the Holy Trinity is a male family that needs a mother, and so God gave us Mary. This premise obscures God's own compassionate motherhood, which contemporary theologians are recovering, and limits Mary's role to that of selfless, mediating mother, the very image that has made it so difficult for many contemporary Catholicsespecially womento see her as the sister and disciple Pope Paul VI claimed she is. Here she is only the virginal, spotless mother, if at times the powerful Queen Mother.
Scott Hahn never refers to the living woman of Luke's Gospel that makes Mary humanly credible. He never mentions the Magnificat, for instance, that powerful and remarkable canticle in which Mary sums up and praises the God of Israel and of Christianity and that has caused perceptive theologians from Irenaeus to Elizabeth Johnson to see her as a prophet. Nor does Hahn speak of her attempts to understand her son at every stage of their relationship, her struggles with other members of the family, her strength under the cross or her support of the frightened Apostles in the upper room after her son's death.
In his Foreword to the book, the Rev. Kilian Healy points to Hahn's attempt to honor and love Mary as a parallel to that of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Thérèse, however, insisted that for a sermon on the Blessed Virgin to please her, I must see her real life....They show her to us as unapproachable, but they should present her as imitable, bringing out her virtues, saying that she lived by faith just like ourselves, giving proofs of this from the Gospel. Had Hahn followed the lead of this inspired doctor of the church, his work would have been more balanced and persuasive.