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大卫王对会众说：“我儿子所罗门是 神特选的，还年幼娇嫩。这工程甚大，因这殿不是为人，乃是为耶和华 神建造的。 Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God.
我为我 神的殿已经尽力，预备金子作金器，银子作银器，铜作铜器，铁作铁器，木作木器，还有红玛瑙可镶嵌的宝石，彩石和一切的宝石，并许多汉白玉。 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God--gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble--all of these in large quantities.
金子作金器，银子作银器，并藉匠人的手制造一切。今日有谁乐意将自己献给耶和华呢？” for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate himself today to the LORD?"
于是，众族长和以色列各支派的首领、千夫长、百夫长，并监管王工的官长，都乐意献上。 Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king's work gave willingly.
他们为 神神殿的使用，献上金子五千他连得零一万达利克，银子一万他连得，铜一万八千他连得，铁十万他连得。 They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
凡有宝石的都交给革顺人耶歇，送入耶和华殿的府库。 Any who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the temple of the LORD in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.
因这些人诚心乐意献给耶和华，百姓就欢喜，大卫王也大大欢喜。 The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.
所以，大卫在会众面前称颂耶和华，说：“耶和华我们的父，以色列的 神，是应当称颂，直到永永远远的。 David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, "Praise be to you, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
耶和华啊，尊大、能力、荣耀、强胜、威严都是你的；凡天上地下的都是你的；国度也是你的；并且你为至高，为万有之首。 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
丰富尊荣都从你而来，你也治理万物。在你手里有大能大力，使人尊大强盛都出于你。 Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.
我们的 神啊，现在我们称谢你，赞美你荣耀之名。 Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.
我算什么，我的民算什么，竟能如此乐意奉献？因为万物都从你而来，我们把从你而得的献给你！ "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
我们在你面前是客旅、是寄居的，与我们列祖一样。我们在世的日子如影儿，不能长存（或作“没有长存的指望”）。 We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
耶和华我们的 神啊，我们预备这许多材料，要为你的圣名建造殿宇，都是从你而来，都是属你的。 O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.
我的 神啊，我知道你察验人心，喜悦正直。我以正直的心乐意献上这一切物。现在我喜欢见你的民在这里都乐意奉献与你。 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.
耶和华我们列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的 神啊，求你使你的民，常存这样的心思意念，坚定他们的心归向你。 O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep this desire in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.
又求你赐我儿子所罗门诚实的心，遵守你的命令、法度、律例，成就这一切的事，用我所预备的建造殿宇。” And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, requirements and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided."
大卫对全会众说：“你们应当称颂耶和华你们的 神。”于是会众称颂耶和华他们列祖的 神，低头拜耶和华与王。 Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell prostrate before the LORD and the king.
次日，他们向耶和华献平安祭和燔祭，就是献公牛一千只，公绵羊一千只，羊羔一千只，并同献的奠祭，又为以色列众人献许多的祭。那日，他们在耶和华面前吃喝，大大欢乐。 The next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
他们奉耶和华的命，再膏大卫的儿子所罗门作王，又膏撒督作祭司。 They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the LORD to be ruler and Zadok to be priest.
于是所罗门坐在耶和华所赐的位上，接续他父亲大卫作王，万事亨通；以色列众人也都听从他。 So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.
众首领和勇士，并大卫王的众子，都顺服所罗门王。 All the officers and mighty men, as well as all of King David's sons, pledged their submission to King Solomon.
耶和华使所罗门在以色列众人眼前甚为尊大，极其威严，胜过在他以前的以色列王。 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor such as no king over Israel ever had before.
耶西的儿子大卫作以色列众人的王。 David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.
作王共四十年：在希伯仑作王七年，在耶路撒冷作王三十三年。 He ruled over Israel forty years--seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
他年纪老迈，日子满足，享受丰富、尊荣，就死了。他儿子所罗门接续他作王。 He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.
他的国事和他的勇力，以及他和以色列并列国所经过的事，都写在这书上。 together with the details of his reign and power, and the circumstances that surrounded him and Israel and the kingdoms of all the other lands.

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The average consumer had completed only 52% of their shopping as of last Wednesday, Dec. 10. And despite one more shopping day this year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, fewer consumers have checked everything off of their shopping lists. Last year at this time, 15% of consumers had completed their shopping, while this year only 10% of consumers are finished.
These are the findings in third weekly installment of the NRF 2003 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch for NRF.
“We are a nation of procrastinators,” said NRF President and CEO Tracy Mullin. “With many consumers completing their holiday shopping—and some of them just starting—retailers are expecting crowded parking lots and heavy traffic this weekend.” The Saturday before Christmas is the busiest shopping day of the year.
As expected, apparel has been one of the most popular gifts this holiday season, with 44.6% of consumers already having purchased clothing or clothing accessories. Books, CDs, DVDs, videos and video games are also high on gift lists—44.6% of consumers have purchased those gifts as well. Also, 36.5% of consumers have purchased toys and 22.8% have bought gift cards.
A variety of retailers should benefit from increased traffic this weekend. According to the survey, 49.8% of consumers plan to conduct the remainder of their holiday shopping at discount stores, while 43.6% plan to shop at department stores. Nearly a third of consumers will be completing their shopping at specialty stores (32.1%) and online (30.2%).
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Really? 'cause ya know John Key is such a nice man and if our Richie likes him then he must be good.
I'm sorry to rag on those who vote National, I'm certain there are those who genuinely believe that making the rich richer is ultimately better for the country. There are those for whom the ideology makes so much sense that they cannot believe the bad things that happen are related to National's actions.
But there is a portion of the voters who look at the rich getting richer and think "that'll be me soon", there is a portion who think that $10 a week will make all the difference. And they are simply too stupid to realise that to pay for that $10 a week the social welfare system, the education system, the health system are being systemically gutted and sold off for scrap.
There are a few genuine believers, there are a few genuinely good National MPs, but they support a group of corrupt, venal scum who only care about the power they get to wield and if a few more people from Christchurch commit suicide to support that power then they are comfortable with that.
Press editorial doesn't mince words.
Roughan being an arse again, I'm guessing?
Meanwhile, the Herald's radio arm has interviewed a CDHB board member and the Minister (who frankly does not seem to know what his ministry have been up to).
What struck me most about the editorial and the whole efficiency argument is that it make the presumption that health workers would naturally skive off and waste money if they could.
It's the idea that given the chance they would take their salary and just go home and watch cricket instead of doing their job.
The thing is, most health workers really wouldn't walk away and let someone suffer in pain or bleed over the pavement, they CARE about the work they do.
What is abundantly clear is that the folks in parliament and the plonker who wrote the editorial can't conceive of anyone doing their job without having a big stick waved over them. Which leads me to the conclusion that far from targeting health workers we should be targeting Herald opinion writers and politicians because they clearly would skive off home to watch cricket.
The Herald editorial is here if anyone wants to read it. And it's a truly pissweak effort at editorial-writing.
The point, economists will say, is to put public hospitals under the sort of financial discipline that works in the private sector. The so-called "required savings" should really be called a return on operating capital. In theory, managers of a public service should not need that obligation in order to ensure their operations are not wasting money.
But in real life, human nature does need this sort of demand. We tend not to worry about waste and inefficiencies unless we have to find savings.
Could we get a citation up in here? If "economists will say" that, could we perhaps name one who does say that? And if we're declaring what happens "in real life", might it be an idea to note a real-life example?
It really is the most awful example of faux reasoning. It tries to invoke evidence without the bother of actually canvassing any evidence.
Labour's health spokeswoman, Annette King, says boards are taking the easiest option by not filling vacancies. She is probably right.
It is easier to make do with fewer people than to negotiate more efficient rosters to make maximum use of equipment or maintain a culture in which all professional staff are accountable for the resources they use.
But these are the sort of disciplines that perhaps can extract better value for the taxpayers' outlay. It has to come from the top where the demand will never be popular.
It all seems so easy when you put it that way, doesn't it? The author might have, you know, done some work on how DHBs actually do manage resources. He might have told us something. Instead it looks like nothing so much as someone carrying water for Jonathan Coleman.
can extract better value for the taxpayers' outlay. It has to come from the top where the demand will never be popular.
I wholeheartedly agree with that. We should start at the top, by demanding that the prime minister produce 10% more prime ministering on 10% less money, every year. And ditto for all the other skivers and slackers in parliament. I'm sure that if we cut the parliamentary services budget 10% nothing bad would happen. We could also sell off that extremely valuable site in central Wellington and promote regionalisation at the same time by relocating it to some much cheaper offices in somewhere like Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Couldn't agree more. I worked in the public system for about 12 years and the only waste I saw was the endless restructures, and name changes, forced on us by central government.
Fundamentally this government seems to consider all public servants as lazy and docile, and that crunching everyone to do more for less won't effect outcomes.
Fact is everyone I know who works in health, education and welfare is already doing a lot with next to nothing. (And in some cases nothing).
I wholeheartedly agree with that. We should start at the top, by demanding that the prime minister produce 10% more prime ministering on 10% less money, every year.
I believe you've got to the nub of it, Moz.
I'd be happy for a cost neutral solution that involved 100% less prime ministering, tbh.
for love of fellow humans.
It really is the most awful example of faux reasoning.
CDHB member and former Ecan councillor Jo Kane yesterday broke the board members' silence on the machete being taken to mental health - and the rest of the health sector - and what it means for the Canterbury health system.
Rearranging the deckchairs...Are we on a sinking ship?
We need to talk about Cbristchurch.
If you’d asked me a fortnight ago what the mood of Christchurch folk was, asked for a precis of our psychological landscape I would have said that we were doing okay. That we were finally moving on from our quake traumas, at least those of us not in the seemingly unending embrace of an unresolved claim (EQC will tell you that most are now resolved and it’s only the most complicated claims that remain open but everyone knows someone who is in this situation). These people excepted though, my sense was that we were doing pretty well.
And I would have been dead wrong.
Read the rest, Moata lays it out so well.
Give Chchch a fair shake!


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(JTA) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited two yeshiva high schools in New York this week, amid allegations that such schools fail to provide an appropriate secular education.
“Secretary DeVos made these historic visits to better understand Jewish education, a unique and time-honored tradition, within the diversity of the American educational tapestry,” said Rabbi Abba Cohen of the ultra-Orthodox organization Agudath Israel of America, which pressed for the visits.
“In these schools, she saw commitment, innovation, inclusion, and values. Hopefully, also, the Secretary has gained a greater appreciation of why Jewish education means nothing less than ‘continuity and survival’ to us… and why we sacrifice so much to provide it to our children.” Cohen said Thursday in an email to JTA.
DeVos visited the Manhattan School for Girls on Tuesday and on Wednesday visited Yeshiva Darchei Torah, a preschool through high school yeshiva for boys.
The secretary’s visit comes as New York City’s Department of Edcuation investigates whether Hasidic schools provide an adequate secular education to their students. The investigation was launched in response to allegations by former students of such schools that the city and state failed them and that they were not prepared for life or employment in the outside world.
The two schools that DeVos visited do have tracks that prepare students for higher education. Their students also take the state Regents exam, which measures their readiness for higher education, but critics say they are not typical of many yeshivas.
The New York State budget approved last month included a provision that eases oversight of nonpublic schools, allowing haredi, or ultra-Orthodox yeshivas leeway in complying with state law requiring private schools to offer students instruction that is “at least substantially equivalent” to that offered in public schools. State Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who represents several haredi neighborhoods in Brooklyn, had threatened to withhold key support for the budget without the provision.
The New York Times reported that enrollment in Orthodox Jewish schools in New York is steadily rising. There were at least 52,000 children enrolled in Hasidic schools in New York City in 2013, the newspaper reported, citing figures from the Avi Chai Foundation, and 28,500 in other yeshiva day schools.
DeVos has not yet visited a New York public school, and was criticized by the city’s Department of Education for skipping public schools on this trip.


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In 1998 one of our members decided that the Guild needed to have a Quilt Retreat, this has since become the highlight of our year. The retreats were originally a three-day event – Friday to Sunday – packed with activities related to quilting. In recent years, we added optional days on Thursday, and then more recently Wednesday, for those who can make it. And in the last two years, a few members have even gone on Monday for a full week of sewing. For some, the retreat offers some much needed “me time” devoted to sewing. For others, it’s an opportunity to sew in a social setting. For all, it’s a wonderful time to get away, work on unfinished projects (or start new ones), seek help from others, and have a good time.
Our early retreats were at Massanetta Springs in Harrisonburg. When they built their new lodge, we quickly took the opportunity to use that, since it gave us the ability to have our sewing and lodging in the same building. In 2012 it became clear that we had outgrown the facility and that we would have to find a new venue. In 2013 we went to the Best Western Inn and Conference Center in Waynesboro, Virginia.


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It was my dream to shoot with Michael J. Ramos. Dreams really do come true. You will feel the same way when you read about our bridal collaboration at Park Chateau.
To this day, Audrey Hepburn influences fashion. When it came to designing for this beautiful, classic, motion picture star, Marie Hunt, knew exactly the direction she wanted to go.
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Westport likes to share resources that we think are relevant to our industry, natural gas. As the natural gas industry gathers momentum, more informational and educational resources are developing. CNGNow.com, is one such resource that aims to promote and inform about benefits of “clean, affordable, abundant… natural gas.”.
As the info-graphic explains, natural gas has become increasingly popular for both its economic and environmental benefits. This is encouraging new infrastructure to be created to support the growing demand for these vehicles, but it’s not at full capacity yet. While the development of CNG stations plays catch-up to the demand for CNG vehicles, CNGnow has created a “CNG fuel finder”smartphone application that allows the user to find the nearest CNG station, check prices, map routes to the stations, and receive the most up-to-date information about CNG fueling stations.
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Blue Planet Shield is an Australian made aquarium product. Aquarium conditioner. Eliminates ammonia, removes chlorine and chloramines. With added coloids and aloe vera to protect fish. Reduces stress and improves fish health. Fresh and saltwater aquariums. Blue Plant Shield is designed to eliminate harmful chemicals, including ammonia, from tap water. At the same time it provides a protective coating for fish scales, with both aloe vera and colloids. This ensures your fish remain vibrant, reducing their stress levels and improving their health.
Using Shield: Whenever tap water is added to the aquarium. Adding a new fish to the tank. Transporting fish. Removal of toxic ammonia. Netting, handling and poor water conditions damage the natural slime coating fish have to protect them from disease, infections and loss of electrolytes. The combined benefits of aloe vera and colloids effectively shield the fish allowing time for their natural mucous to regenerate.


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Does a Baroque bow need to be more tensioned than a modern bow?
Not really sure about boroque bow tension, but I would think you would need enough to make it playable like a modern bow and be able to adjust the tension with the screw, (if it has one), I'm unable to find the pic you posted of it.
As far as hair width, a hank of bow hair usuall contain's 150-200 hair's. If the hair is narrower at the frog, there is a possibility that the wooden shim/spreader has come out between the hair and the ferrule. This happened with my pernambuco bow I had rehaired last year. I noticed that the hair was very narrow at the frog, but normal width at the tip, I knew I hadn't lost any hair's, so when I took it to another luthier, he said it hadn't been rehaired properly and that the wood shim/spreader had fallen out letting the hair's clump together, they were only about 7 mm wide. After it was fixed, the hair's now measure 11mm at the frog.
Incidentally, you really don't realize how fine the hair's are untill you start counting them. One of my bow's with "Fiddlershop" hair counted 178 hair's. Definately not good on the eye's.
No, it's the same thickness all the way. It looks as if it's as it should be.
And yes, it does have a screw.
Its OK to use but I find that it handles better with a higher tension.
I can't find a great deal about them on the web except for their history.
They have quite an odd bow. They are also tuned in fifths like a violin. They look like a violin that has been in a bad car accident and when reassembled, they didn't have all the parts.
One great thing about the Erhu, is that the bow never get's seperated or lost from the instrument itself.
I hope you have a wonderfull time in China, I have a friend in, Taiyuan, city, Shanxi Province.
Be safe, John and good.
Not sure about the required tension either. The whole thing about bow tension in general is to find the tension that is not so loose that the bow stick touches and scrapes the strings too much when playing loudly and not so tight that the bow bounces uncontrollably.
In other words, you'll need to guess at first and experiment and find the best compromise.
hmm...since the cambering in the bow is the same as a modern bow, it should be the same as the tension of the modern bow, as long as it is not touching the stick and it's easy to do techniques, but it has a snakewood stick, so it's harder than the more flexible pernambuco........ erhus are awesome!!!!
They look like a violin that has been in a bad car accident and when reassembled, they didn't have all the parts.
yes, John, did not have all the parts so they substitute with something else handy beside the fact that somebody stole 2 strings and leaving only two strings left. Your future Erhu may have its "top plate" made with snake skin, python skin, perhaps, lol. Well, there were sheep guts and horse hairs for fiddles, and snake skin is also organic, right?
Have a safe trip and enjoy your time there, John.


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Some recent articles about a number of technical improvements in the logging and transport sectors show a familiar trend.
Technical improvements in the forest sector often means fewer jobs, usually in the blue collar tech sectors. For example, a new approach to dealing with the difficulty of getting skilled truck drivers is “Truck Platooning,” which is already legal in some U.S. states (Tennessee and Georgia) and is undergoing tests in Quebec.
Truck platooning is where the lead truck has a driver but the trucks following are driverless because they are linked by a computer system which maintains the required distance to the lead vehicle by controlling the speed and braking. The system also contains a dedicated radio communication system, GPS system as well as radar which according to the developers gives the following truck a faster and safer response than a driver could.
While I could see this working on the flat straight highways, I would have some concerns about a row of driverless loaded logging trucks coming down the switch backs on Highway 20.
Significant changes are also taking place in the logging industry as discussed in a number of articles in the recent December – January issue of the Logging and Sawmilling Journal. In one article Tony Kryzanowski describes how the “easy” wood has been disappearing from Canadian commercial forests which has left prime timber on steep slopes or muddy ground where it is unsafe and usually uneconomical to log.
A number of companies have been making greater use of winch-assisted systems on skidders and wood processors which results in less damage, an extended season and safer working conditions ending up with a win- win for both loggers and the environment.
A new mobile grapple yarder system has been replacing the old tower yarders.
A camera on the grapple allows the operator to pick up logs without choker setters on the steep dangerous ground. The claim is that these new systems which have been developed and tested in New Zealand allow work on steep slopes, even in wet and snow conditions with higher worker productivity and improved safety.
The mobile grapple yarder allows companies to deliver twice as many logs per day with fewer employees. The jobs lost were very demanding and dangerous, as choker setters were required to crawl over logs and stumps on steep slopes in adverse weather conditions along with the danger of logs suspended over head. As the author points out it is important to ensure rates are discussed and negotiated with company clients in advance of using these new more profitable systems so that financial benefits flow in both directions — to the forest companies and the loggers.
While most of the steep slope logging has been at the coast one article was about using a winch assisted system on steep slopes in the interior of the province.
While I can appreciate that companies have to make investments in technology to stay competitive, which often means the loss of some jobs, there was some encouragement from articles in the same journal about jobs being created through a new community forest, a value added investment, as well as jobs created through the use of roadside logging material.


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Former UCLA head coach Jim Mora, Jr. recruited Josh Rosen and had a hand in his development, but that doesn't mean he is suggesting that the Bruins quarterback should be the top overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Mora, in fact, said on NFL Network's "Path to the Draft" that he'd advise the Cleveland Browns to select USC's Sam Darnold with the top pick.
"Because of fit, I would take Sam Darnold if I were the Cleveland Browns," Mora said. "I think (he has) that blue-collar, gritty attitude. I think his teammates will love him. I think the city will love him. He'll say the right things. He'll come in and represent well. I think he kind of represents what Cleveland is. And then if I was one of the New York teams, I'd take Josh like that (snaps fingers). I think they're both going to be great pros."
The Browns hold the first and fourth overall picks and the New York Giants have the second selection in the 2018 NFL Draft, which will be held on April 26-28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The New York Jets, who could be eyeing a potential franchise quarterback, moved up three spots to No. 3 and sent the No. 6 pick, two second-round selections in this draft (Nos. 37 and 49) and a second-round pick in 2019 to the Colts in the trade on March 17.
Rob Rang of NFLDraftScout.com has Darnold as the top overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft in his most recent edition of The Big Board.
"I thought he had a really nice workout," Browns general manager John Dorsey said of Darnold's Pro Day last week in the rain in Los Angeles. "I thought he showed feet, he showed the ability to roll out, extend the play, he showed the quick release, he showed downfield accuracy. I mean it really was a really good workout."
Darnold was the only top quarterback prospect who did not throw at the NFL Scouting Cmbine last month.
Rosen is listed second by Rang, followed by Penn State running back Saquon Barkley, Notre Dame offensive guard Quenton Nelson and North Carolina State defensive end Bradley Chubb.
Although Rosen didn't get his top endorsement, Mora still thinks highly of him. In fact, Mora went so far as to link Darnold and Rosen with two other great quarterbacks.
"I think some day hopefully we're talking about the Peyton Manning-Tom Brady debate. Which one's better? I think both of those guys can be those types of guys," Mora said.

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Administration on Aging – The Older Americans Act of 1965 established the AOA, which is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to develop a comprehensive coordinated and cost-effective system of long-term care that helps elderly individuals to maintain their dignity in their homes and communities.
Advocate – A person who gives you support or protects your rights.
AEP or Annual Election Period – The annual period from November 15th until December 31 when a Medicare beneficiary can enroll into a Medicare Part D plan or re-enroll into their existing plan or change into another Medicare Part D plan.
Annual Notice of Change – This is a notice provided by the insurance company that explains which benefits have changed and how they have changed for the upcoming plan year. It is a notice required by the Centers for Medicare to make sure you know these changes to your coverage.
Appeal – An appeal is a special kind of complaint you can make if the plan declines to cover prescription drugs you want or refuses to pay for drugs you’ve already received. You can also appeal if your plan decides to stop covering drugs you’re currently receiving coverage on. There is a specific process you and your prescription drug plan must use when you appeal one of its decisions.
Assets – Property you own that the government may review when you apply for drug assistance. For help with the costs of a Medicare prescription drug plan, the government counts cash or any property that can be turned into cash within 20 days. This includes checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, IRAs and 401k plans, stocks, bonds and similar items. It does not include your primary home, or certain property related to burial expenses.
Authorized Representative – The person you designate to assist or handle affairs related to your health care services. This may be someone you designate as a Power of Attorney, a family member, friend, caregiver, or it may be an advocate you assign to assist with an exception or appeal or grievance.
Beneficiary – The person, person or entity designated to receive benefits from an insurance company.
Benefit – Another name for coverage, for example, in a Medicare Part D plan, prescription drug costs that are paid for by your insurance plan are your benefits, or coverage.
Benefit Period – A Benefit period begins the first day you stay in a hospital or skilled nursing facility and ends when you have been out of the hospital or skilled nursing facility for 60 days in a row. If you go into the facility after one benefit period has ended, a new benefit period begins. There is no limit to the number of benefit periods you can have.
Brand Name Drugs – Pharmaceutical companies hold patents on the drugs they develop for a certain amount of time, these drugs are sold under a trademarked brand name.
CMS or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – The federal agency overseeing both the Medicare and Medicaid programs. They were made responsible for carrying out the legislation that put the Part D Insurance plans into existence and overseeing how all of the plans conduct business.
Cancellation – Termination of a policy before its normal expiration date.
Caregiver – A person who helps care for someone who is ill, disabled or added. Some caregivers are relatives or friends who volunteer their help. Some people provide caregiving services for a fee.
Catastrophic Coverage – The Last portion of coverage in a Part d plan in which the plan pays almost the entire drug expense for the remainder of the calendar year. The portion that the beneficiary pays during this step is a very small amount of the drug expenses, approximately 5%.
Catastrophic Limit – The catastrophic limit is the highest amount of money you’ll have to pay out of your own pocket in a year for certain covered prescription drug charges.
Certificate of Insurance – The printed description of the benefits and coverage provisions forming the contract between the carrier and the customer.
Chronic Condition – Prolonged conditions or illness, such as heart disease, asthma, or diabetes.
Claim – A request by a beneficiary to the insurance company for the insurance company to pay for services obtained from a health care professional.
Coinsurance – The portion of cost belonging to the beneficiary after costs are split on a percentage basis. In a 20/80 plan, the beneficiary would pay 20%.
Copayment or copay – When the beneficiary pays a pre-determined flat amount for each service. A doctor’s visit copay is often 10 or 15 dollars.
COBRA – A Federal law that gives the right to pay for continued group health care coverage for a specified period if the person loses coverage because of reduced work hours or leaving or loss of a job.
Coordination of Benefits – This occurs when the insured is covered under more than one plan, for example, under a group plan at work, and as a family member on a spouse’s plan. The benefits from the plans are coordinated so as to limit the total benefits from all plans. Usually the benefits from all plans will not exceed 100% of the covered medical expenses.
Cost Sharing – The way in which insurance plans share their costs. Examples of cost sharing are coinsurance and co-payments.
Coverage – The benefits package received from an individual insurance plan. Under Part D, prescription drug costs paid by the insurer are the benefits package, also known as coverage.
Coverage Gap – The gap in your coverage that spans between ordinary drug coverage and catastrophic drug coverage is called the coverage gap. In this gap, the Medicare beneficiary pays 100% of their prescription costs. According to the federal government, about 88% of Medicare beneficiaries who enrolled in a Medicare Part D plan do not have Donut Hole coverage. The standard or model Part D coverage begins with a deductible of $275 followed by a co-pay of 25% on the next $2,235 (you pay $558.75). Upon reaching the total medication costs of $2,510 (with $833.75 out of pocket), coverage ceases and the beneficiary is 100% responsible for all costs during the “donut hole”, until a new spending tier, an additional $3,216.25 out of pocket is reached and coverage kicks in again at the Catastrophic level.
Creditable Coverage – A plan other than a Part D plan that offers Prescription drug coverage and which meets certain Medicare standards.
Deductible – The amount that the beneficiary must pay first, before coverage from the plan makes any of the payments. In Part D this is usually the first $275.00 of eligible drug expenses for the year.
Disability Benefit – A feature of some policies for the waiver of premium if the policyholder becomes permanently or totally disabled.
Disenrollment – When you disenroll, you stop your coverage. Your plan can choose to disenroll you under certain circumstances.
Dual Eligibles – People eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Effective Date – The date your insurance is to actually begin. You are not covered until the policies effective date.
Eligibility for Medicare Prescription Drug Program – You are eligible for the Part D program if you are eligible for Medicare benefits under Part A and/or Part B and live in the service area of the plan.
Enrollment Period – The period during which individuals may enroll for an insurance policy. For Medicare Part D, there are different enrollment periods, the IEP or initial enrollment period, the AEP or annual enrollment period and the OEP, open enrollment period and the SEP, or special enrollment period.
Exclusions – Items not covered by an insurance policy.
Food and Drug Administration – The FDA oversees approval and regulation of all prescription drugs, both brand name and generic. It oversees the safety, efficacy and quality of products.
Free Examination Period – This is also known as a “free-look”. It is the time period after an insurance policy is delivered during which you can decide to keep it or not keep it.
Formulary – A list of prescription drugs that are covered by a particular Part D Plan.
Generic Drugs – Prescription drugs that have the same active ingredient formula as a brand name drug. Generic drugs usually cost less than a fraction of the brand name counterpart. They are regulated by the FDA to be as safe and effective as the brand name drug.
Grievance – A grievance is a complaint about the way your drug plan is providing services.
Group Insurance – coverage through an employer or other entity that covers all individuals in the group.
Guaranteed Renewable – An agreement by an insurance company to insure a person for as long as the premiums are paid.
HMO – A Health Maintenance Organization that is contracted with CMS and provides access to a network of doctors and hospitals that coordinate your care.
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act – A law passed in 1996, HIPAA is also called the “Kassebaum-Kennedy” law. It expands your health care coverage if you have lost your job and protects you and your family from discrimination based on past or present health conditions.
Health Savings Account – An account held in trust for the account holder. The employer or employee makes annual tax-free contributions to the account that must be maintained in conjunction with a high deductible health insurance policy.
IEP or Initial Enrollment Period – For persons who are just turning 65 or just becoming eligible for Medicare, the IEP is a seven month period that extends 3 months before the month when a person reaches 65, plus the month where the person turns 65, plus the 3 months after the person turns 65.
In-Network – Providers or health care facilities which are part of a health plan’s network of providers with which it has negotiated a discount. Insured individuals usually pay less when using an in-network provider.
Lapsed Policy – A policy that has terminated because of failure to pay the premium.
Penalty or Late Enrollment Fee – In an attempt to encourage as many eligible people as possible to enroll in a Part D drug plan before the first enrollment period ended in May 2006, or to enroll as soon as they become eligible for Medicare, Congress created a late enrollment fee. This fee is equal to about one percent of the Medicare Part D premium for each month’s delay in enrolling. This is an unlimited percentage, lasting as long as you are enrolled in a Part D drug plan.
Long Term Care Policy – Insurance policies that cover specified services for a specific period of time. Covered services often include nursing care, home health care and custodial care.
Low Income Assistance – LIS or limited income subsidy helps people whose incomes are limited. For the Medicare Drug Program, if your income level is below 135% of the federal poverty level and your assets are also limited, you will pay no monthly premium, no deductible and have not gap in coverage.
MA or MAPD – Medicare Advantage Plans and MA’s with Prescription Drug Coverage are private plans that provide doctor and hospital service in place of Medicare and Medicare pays these private companies to manage the health care instead of paying for the beneficiary claims directly.
Mail Service Pharmacies – These are pharmacies used by many plans as a cost-saving measure and a convenient alternative to retail pharmacies. Members typically order their drugs by phone, fax or email. Most prescription orders are filled and received by members in 2 to 4 days.
Managed Care – A medical delivery system that attempts to manage the quality and cost of medical services that an individual receives. Most managed care systems offer HMOs and PPOs that they are encouraged to use for their health care services.
Medicaid – A federal medical assistance program that covers certain individuals and families meeting low income guidelines. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal and state governments to assist the states in providing long term care assistance to people who meet eligibility criteria.
Medicare Advantage Plans – health plans offered by private Insurance companies that contract with Medicare to provide health coverage. Depending on where the beneficiary lives, Medicare Advantage Plans may be available both with or without Part D plans.
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 – This is a federal law that brought the most dramatic changes to the Medicare program since it began in 1965. These changes include more affordable health care, drug coverage to all people with Medicare, expanded health plan options, improved health care access for rural Americans and preventative care services, such as flu shots and mammograms.
Medicare Supplements – Medicare Supplements or MediGap Plans provide additional coverage to your Original Medicare plans A and B. For instance, Medicare supplements will pay the 20% of doctor and hospital costs that is not covered by the 80% coverage with Original Medicare. You will need a stand alone Part D plan for prescriptions to accompany your Medicare Supplement.
Network – The doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies having contracts with an insurance plan to provide care to the plan’s members. It is necessary to use your Part D drug plan’s network of pharmacies to save money on your drugs.
Non-Formulary Drugs – Drugs that are not on a Part D drug plan’s list of covered medications.
Non Preferred Brand Name Drugs – A non-preferred brand name drug is a prescription medication that is covered by a drug plan, but will cost a member more than a preferred drug.
OEP or Open Enrollment Period – Running from January 1 until March 31, Medicare Beneficiaries can make additional choices regarding Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare beneficiaries who have both Medicare A and Medicare B and who have enrolled in a Part D plan can switch to a Medicare Advantage plan. Please note however, in the OEP you may not move to another stand alone PDP or drug plan. Beneficiaries who already have a MA-PD can switch to another MA-PD or they can switch back to Traditional Medicare and a stand alone PDP. If a Beneficiary is in a MA plan without PDP, they are not able to switch to a MA- PD.
Original Medicare – The term “Original Medicare” is often used to describe your normal Medicare A & B benefits. If you have Medicare Part A and/or Part B coverage you can purchase a Part D drug plan. You can also purchase a Medicare Supplement to cover a portion of the costs not covered by Original Medicare or you can enroll in a Medicare Advantage Plan with or without a drug plan included.
Out-Of-Pocket Costs – The amounts the beneficiary pays as their share of drug costs in a Part D plan. Deductibles, co-insurance, and the amounts paid during the donut hole make up the total out of pocket costs. When a beneficiary out of pocket costs exceeds $4,050, they are eligible for the catastrophic coverage step or 95% coverage for the rest of the calendar year.
Outpatient Services – Services that do not take place in an in-patient hospital. They may be provided in clinics or provider offices, ambulatory surgical centers, hospices, home health services and so forth.
PCP - A primary care physician you choose from a plan network to provide your routine and preventive care. HMOs require you to select a PCP, while PPOs don’t. However, if you select a PCP with your PPO plan, you’ll have lower co-pay for office visits.
PDP - Stand – alone Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) provide reduced-cost prescription drug coverage to Medicare recipients. Medicare Part D plans work together with Medicare Part A and Part B, as well as Medicare Supplements and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that do not provide prescription drug coverage. Annual Enrollment periods for PDPs run from Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, with January 1 as the plan starting date.
PPO - A Preferred Provider Organization that provides access to a network of doctors and hospitals that co-ordinate your care. This allows you to get more benefits than the Original Medicare Plan and many Medicare supplement plans. PPOs also allow you to use any doctor or hospital outside of the network for a higher co-pay or co-insurance.
Part D (Medicare Part D) - Part D is the new prescription drug program that became available to all Medicare beneficiaries on January 1, 2006. The Medicare Part D prescription drug program is insurance offered by the federal government and sold through private companies that helps pay for prescription drugs.
Penalties - Medicare beneficiaries without creditable coverage who were eligible but waited until after May 15, 2006, may pay the standard plus a one percent premium penalty of the base beneficiary premium per month – or twelve percent a year – and won’t be able to enroll until the next annual election period (November 15 through December 31). The higher premium will stay with them for as long as they are enrolled in the program. People who turn 65 between the annual enrollment periods can join a Medicare prescription drug plan as soon as they sign up for Medicare. They can enroll at any time three months before or three months after their Medicare eligibility date without penalty. The effective date of prescription drug coverage will begin on their Medicare eligibility date. If they don’t join a plan within three months after their Medicare eligibility, don’t have creditable coverage and decide to join later, they’ll pay the same one percent penalty.
Pharmacy network - This is the group of pharmacies who have contracted with the PDP to save you money on prescriptions.
Policyholder - The person or party who owns an individual policy. This person may be the insured, a relative, the beneficiary, a corporation, or another person.
Portability - requires that workers with pre-existing medical conditions must receive credit for time in a previous health plan if they join an employer plan.
Pre-Certification - A requirement to notify the insurance company for it’s approval before you check into a hospital, have elective surgery, visit specialists, have testing done. Pre-certification does not guarantee the insurance company will pay the medical bills, also called pre-admission.
Pre-existing Condition - Particular health conditions that occurred prior to applying for insurance and for which you received medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment. Policies can exclude coverage of any medical condition for a period of time.
Preferred Brand Drugs - Among brand drugs, these are the ones the plan prefers, so they are less costly. These brand drugs generally have lower co-pays than the non-preferred brand drugs.
Premium - The payment required annually, semi annually or monthly to be part of an insurance plan. In a Part D plan, this is usually a monthly fee.
Primary Care Provider - A health care professional (usually a physician) who is responsible for monitoring an individual’s overall health care needs. Typically, a PCP refers the individual to more specialized physicians for specialist care.
Prior Authorization or Prior Approval - Some benefit plans require you to receive authorization or approval before they will cover a particular prescription. The reasons vary and can include the medication itself, the quantity prescribed or the frequency of its administration. Prior authorization means that you or your doctor will need to get approval from the plan before you fill your prescriptions. If you don’t get approval, your drug may not be covered by the plan. Please note that prior authorizations can take up to 72 hours to process. Drugs with this condition are designated ‘PA’ in the formulary.
Provider - Doctors, hospitals radiation departments, pharmacies and others that provide medical health care service.
Quantity Limits - For some medications, the insurer may limit the number of tablets or units that you can receive per month. These guidelines are based on maximum dosages recommended by the FDA.
Reinstatement - Resumption of coverage under a policy that has lapsed because of nonpayment of the premium after the grace period has ended.
Risk - The chance of loss, the degree of probability of loss or the amount of possible loss to the insuring company. For an individual, risk represents such probabilities as the likelihood of surgical complications, medications’ side effects, exposure to infection, or the chance of suffering a medical problem because of a lifestyle or other choice.
RX - A symbol for “prescription drugs”.
SEP or “Special Election Period” - The time granted to Medicare beneficiaries who are allowed to change plans outside of normal AEP. Examples of people who are granted a SEP are: Medicaid recipients (dual-eligibles), Victims of Hurricane Katrina, or Medicare beneficiaries who are no longer part of a creditable prescription drug plan (such as when their individual plan no longer exists). When someone involuntary loses their existing benefits, they have a 60 day SEP during which they are able to enter into another Medicare Part D plan. Also, if someone moves out of the service area of their plan (for instance, moving to another state), they will have a 60 day SEP after the move during which they can enroll into a Medicare Part D plan. Related to this word are AEP, IEP, and OEP.
Short-term Disability - An injury or illness that keeps a person from working for a short time. The definition of short-term disability (and the time period over which coverage extends) differs among the insurance companies and employers. Short-term disability insurance coverage is designed to protect an individual’s full or partial wages during a time of injury or illness (that is not work related) that would prohibit the individual from working.
Short-term Medical - Temporary coverage for an individual for a short period of time, usually from 30 to 365 days.
Skilled Nursing Facility - A facility that provides inpatient care, rehabilitation services or other related health services. “Skilled nursing” does not include a convalescent home or custodial care.
State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAP) - State pharmaceutical assistance programs help cover the prescription drug costs of elderly people with disabilities who don’t qualify for Medicaid. Currently, 39 states offer some type of program to provide prescription drug coverage or assistance. Most programs use state funds to subsidize a portion of the cost for people who qualify.
Step Therapy (step edits) - In some cases, you’re required to first try certain drugs to treat your medical condition before the plan will cover another drug for that condition. You and your doctor must work with the plan to endure coverage. These drugs are designated ‘ST’ in the formulary.
Stop Loss - The dollar amount of claims for eligible expenses at which point you’ve paid 100 percent of your out-of-pocket and the insurance begins to pay at 100%. Stop-loss is reached when an insured individual has paid the deductible and reached the out-of-pocket maximum amount of co-insurance.
Tier - A formulary is often divided into tiers. Each tier represents a different level of cost-sharing for prescription drugs. As the tiers rise, members pay more for the listed drugs. For example, a tier-1 drug may cost you a $7.50 co-pay, and a tier-3 drug may cost you a $50.00 co-pay. United Health Rx plans have four tiers, and your cost-sharing amount depends on which tier your drug is listed under.
TrOOP-True-out-of-pocket – True out of pocket costs. Those costs that you pay for which you are not reimbursed.
Underwriting - The insurance company’s process for determining whom it will insure.
Usual, Customary & Reasonable - The dollar amount the insurance companies believe to be a fair price for the medical service/procedure in a specific geographic area. Companies have developed their own UCR, which often do not reflect the doctor’s actual bill. If the doctor’s charges are higher than the companies UCR, you generally have to pay the balance.
Waiting Period - This has two meanings: (1) the time period you must wait before you can get health insurance from a new employer, and (2) the time that must pass after becoming insured before the policy will begin to pay benefits for a pre-existing condition or specified illness.
Waiver - An amendment to a policy that excludes coverage for certain medical conditions.


text: We are beginning our retired lives. So far, we have gone to hiking in the southwest, spent the summer at Lake Medora in the Michigan UP, and spent a week with family at the beach in NC. We are currently in Louisville getting ready to spend three months in Budapest. In this blog, I will try to chronicle our travels, but also report on our day-to-day doings.

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Jessica Williams -Y105 FM Middays - Listen Live!
Join Jessica Williams middays on Y-105 FM!
When I’m not on the radio I stay busy with my 3 kiddos, hubby, chickens, and a 100 lb “puppy”. I would also like to shiplap my entire house and have been known to make a wall out of pallets. *thanks, Fixer Upper* My passion though is helping others and for years I did that by working with teen moms, teaching cycle classes, working with cancer survivors and punching a boxing bag.
Grab those twirly dresses and get ready for an amazing day that your little one will treasure forever!
Marshall, Chase, and Skye from Paw Patrol are coming to Stewartville, MN!
Great news for the City of Byron!
We surprised the latest (S)Hero Award Winner! Watch what happened when we showed up at Bamber Valley Elementary School in Rochester, MN.
It's the first one in the entire state of Minnesota...and it is a BIG one!
Dear parents, please tell your kids to actually put their phone away. Sincerely, a volunteer that is tired of competing with Snapchat and text messages.
It's not a secret that meth labs are in Minnesota but to find out where those are...well, that can be a guessing game sometimes. Not anymore.
Best tip ever for all those mommas who are in the time-consuming and messy stage called "potty training".
Now THAT is something you don't see every day.
Watch this hilarious video of moms singing a parody of "Havana"...about their vehicles.
Meat lovers...this is the best news you will hear all day!
I heard about this amazing opportunity that would be a dream for me and although I want to win it all for myself, I thought I would share.
Before you do a deep clean and throw all that meat out, read this!
My family is planning a few day trips around the area and I thought I'd share these with you...just in case you are having a Spring Break Staycation too.
The deals have started and I found out about a few of them...and even heard when the doors might be closing for good at the North store.
He will be out on the trail for 72 hours and will have some live updates available too.


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Does Genesis Senior Home offer the following services?
Does Care Of Heart For Elderly In Orange offer the following services?
Does Genesis Elderly Care offer the following services?
Does Rose Garden Board And Care offer the following services?
Does Oravilla Guest Home offer the following services?
Does Amethyst Care Home @ Berkeley offer the following services?
Orange assisted living communities provide those in the Orange, CA area a senior housing option that allows for independent living while also providing helpful assistance when needed in a senior community.
Seniors in Orange can move on from the responsibility of managing and maintaining one's own home and choose to live in one of the 36 Orange assisted living facilities that offer supervision and assistance with activities of daily living when needed.


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Facebook's massive security breach took a turn for the worse last week when the company confirmed attackers may have gained access to third-party applications and websites that allow users to authenticate via Facebook Login.
It's bad news on top of bad news for Facebook, which announced the massive incident on Sept. 28. At least 50 million users were affected when attackers exploited a series of bugs in the platform's "View As" privacy feature, which lets people view their own profiles as though they were someone else – a friend, a stranger, etc. The three bugs had been in place for 14 months.
In July 2017, Facebook introduced a new video uploader, which contained the vulnerabilities that made this attack possible. For one, the uploader was not supposed to appear in the "View As" feature, but for some users it was active. When active, the uploader created an access token, which it was not supposed to do. This token was designed for the person a user was trying to view his or her profile as (a friend or stranger, for example), not for the account holder.
The access token serves as a key to keep people logged into their accounts so they don't have to re-enter their credentials every time they use the app. An attacker could exploit the "View As" bugs to gain an access token, then pivot to other accounts and collect more.
There is "a real sort of irony here," says Jeff Pollard, principal analyst at Forrester, in that a set of features designed for privacy became part of this chain of vulnerabilities.
Facebook began to investigate the problem when it noticed an uptick in user logins on Sept. 16. When it detected the bugs, the company alerted law enforcement, fixed the bugs, and reset the access tokens for 90 million accounts – the 50 million compromised, plus 40 million that had used the "View As" feature during the year prior. It also temporarily disabled the "View As" feature.
But much of the damage may have already been done – and we're not even close to fully recognizing the full extent of how many users, and how much of their data, has been affected.
"This is the most severe security breach in the history of Facebook, affecting not just the company but the entire ecosystem around Facebook," says Prabath Siriwardena, vice president of identity management and security for WSO2. "Facebook has worked to address the breach quickly, but until it announces its findings, we won't know how deep the impact is."
Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president of product management, said in a conference call on Friday that attackers may have leveraged Facebook Login to gain access to user accounts for other websites and applications. Facebook Login lets people use their Facebook usernames and passwords to register for and access different sites and services.
The feature was designed for convenience, not security, as it uses a person's Facebook profile to verify his or her identity for accounts across the Web. If Facebook gets hacked, all the accounts that rely on Facebook for authentication are compromised as well.
"Facebook seems like it might be less affected than services that used Facebook for their logins," Pollard says. "If the access token was compromised, the companies using Facebook Login could have more things done to them than Facebook itself."
Account information could have been changed, he explains, or transactions could have been made without the user's knowledge. If Facebook Login is used for several services, the risk of an attacker compromising multiple accounts is higher. This also puts pressure on third-party apps and services to make sure nothing happened to users and to notify them if something did.
"It's a nightmare from a notification and third-party risk perspective," Pollard adds. Businesses should understand which accounts were engaged and ensure no financial fraud was committed.
What would the attackers' motivation be here?
"The only parties that would be interested in Facebook data are advertisers or nation-states trying to undermine or influence or change things in different countries," points out Avivah Litan, Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst. Financially motivated cybercriminals don't need to seek out information like birthdates or Social Security numbers, she continues. It's all available to them on the Dark Web, the result of several major security breaches.
To breach Facebook "would be overkill" for financially driven attackers. They won't find credit card numbers, financial records, or credit reports on Facebook.
For starters, steer clear of the Facebook Login feature. It can't be trusted, Litan says, and this breach is a perfect example of why. "[Attackers] can get everything ... they have your credentials, so they can log in as you," she says.
WSO2's Siriwardena recommends all confirmed or potentially affected users should check their privacy settings and credential recovery options both in Facebook and in other connected apps. There could be many, he adds, depending on how many apps logged into using Facebook Login.
Forrester's Pollard recommends businesses view the Facebook breach as a warning. "Any company has to look at Facebook and realize if someone is determined to get in, they often can," he says. Businesses should take a close look at their notification and incident-response practices.
There's also an application security component worth bearing in mind, Pollard adds.
"More and more companies are relying on software to make money, to engage with customers," he explains. "You have to prioritize application security and recognize all the code you use is a big part of your attack surface."
No matter how strong your engineering team is, a clearly defined process for pushing code changes into production is needed, Siriwardena says. Security reviews must be included throughout the process, from design to development to deployment, and the process must be refined frequently, he adds. One small detail that gets overlooked could result in global effects.


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A new study compares the effects of sitting meditation, body scan, and mindful yoga on health and well-being.
Let’s say you want to be more mindful—that is, cultivate intentional, non-judgmental attention to each moment. Meditation is the core of mindfulness, but there are many different forms of meditation. Which one is best for you?
The sitting meditation, which involves sitting in a relaxed but erect posture and cultivating awareness of each breath you take.
The body scan, which entails methodically paying attention to each part of your body, from top to bottom.
Mindful yoga, the practice of deliberate, intentional movement.


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Nov 6 / Joe Rapolla Jr.
I always knew that I wanted to pursue writing of some kind during my life, but I never thought I could do so as a career. I figured that one day, after saving up enough money, I would escape to the Colorado wilderness, where I could live in Denver Bronco country, let my beard grow and write my first novel.
But I discovered Bleacher Report over Thanksgiving break in 2010, my sophomore year of college, and after a month of being a daily reader, I realized I might be able to call myself a writer sooner than I had thought.
During Christmas break, while recovering from a candied ham hangover, I noticed that B/R was accepting applications for writers. After penning an “audition” slideshow on something related to the current state of the Broncos, I was accepted as a low-level writer and allowed to publish pieces. To say I was excited is an understatement, and while I had no idea at the time, this role would end up shaping my college and professional career.
Perhaps one reason I feel so attached to Bleacher Report is because we have grown together. When I started writing nearly three years ago, B/R was an independent site that few of my friends had heard of and I was a 19-year-old learning how to write a solid headline.
Bleacher Report is now a part of Turner Sports. It’s the sports outlet for CNN, and I rarely run into anyone who hasn’t at least heard of it. And while I’m not ready to declare myself Writer of the Year, my ability and confidence as a writer are also a long way from where they were three years ago.
I got more and more involved with Bleacher Report. During the summer of 2011, I participated in the B/R Writing Internship, which I cannot speak highly enough of. It’s undergone some changes and is now the Advanced Program in Sports Media.
What hasn’t changed is that in addition to helping you find your voice as a writer through vigorous and assorted assignments, the program gives aspiring writers the chance to form relationships with Bleacher Report writers and staff members from across the country. As these professional relationships turn to friendships, more opportunities come from them.
For me, one of these opportunities was being hired as a Moderator on the Community team, where I currently work, in addition to being a Denver Broncos Featured Columnist.
I sometimes miss the days when Bleacher Report was just an up-and-coming site and I was just a college sophomore, creating slideshows from the couch in my apartment.
As quickly as life moves, though, the world of sports journalism is moving just as quickly. Anyone who doesn’t want to keep up will be left behind, so it’s crucial for new writers to ask themselves where they want to be in the future, and more importantly, how they will get there.
Many of my friends questioned me in college when I would spend countless hours writing for an unknown website for no pay; many of those same friends now envy me for my occupation. Whether sports journalism turns out to be my career or a stopover en route to my final destination, I will always know that without it, my foundation as a writer would have been incomplete.
And as we all know, a building without a strong foundation never stands for very long.
Joe Rapolla Jr. is a Comment Moderator on the Bleacher Report Community team. He’s also a Denver Broncos Featured Columnist.

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Q: When we do weekly autoclave spore testing, are we required to run a "control" along with it?
A: Run controls according to the spore test package instructions. This usually involves incubating two tests: one spore strip or vial that was included in the autoclave cycle and one that wasn't (the control). After overnight incubation, the control vial/strip should contain live spores, usually visualized through cloudiness or a color change. The autoclaved vial will remain unchanged, indicating that spores were killed.


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I wrote this, in 2008. It's part of my 2nd lyric set, Illuminated Shadows.
Many, people, ignore, the ones, in, need.
Even, when, they, are dying, from, a disease.
This world, can’t survive, off, hope.
They, can’t continue, to cope, with, the situation, at, hand.
When, will the majority, finally, understand?
Most, people, must be, too, blind, to see.
That, the cure, for, this, isn't just, medication.
It's, when, you, give, it, everything, you've, got.
And, show, them, the power, of, love, and, dedication.
Many, people, are thrown, aside.
And, very, few, ask, why.
The forgotten, are left, as, they, are.
And, the dying, left, to starve.
Why, aren't we, taking, steps, in, directions, that, we, need to, take?
It, seems, many, people, ignore, the connections, we, try to, make.
In, this world, where, money, is, in, control.
The rich, survive, while, the poor, and unfortunate, die.
And, I, can hear, their faint, cries.
The remedies are, comfort, and, compassion.
The cure, is, in, our, hands.
This agony, needs, to be, lifted.
Every, person, is, gifted, with, a mind, and, heart.
The future, is, what, we, decide, to make, it.
We, could, heal, the broken, and mend, the wounded.
But, we, must, first, snap, out, of, this, hypnosis.
Bring, the forgotten, back, to life, it’s, their, time, to shine.
Comfort, and, compassion, love, and, dedication.


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Description: In this video a watermelon is covered with a polymer and survives a drop from a large tower. The polymer is formed when two reactants join to make a flexible and durable polymer known as a polyurea. The chemical reaction is exothermic, releasing heat as the reactants combine. This phenomenon could be used in a unit on chemical reactions, extended structures or chemical engineering. The company Line-X uses this polymer to make bed liners for pickup trucks.
Description: Aerogels are a group of synthetic materials that are incredibly light and also amazing insulators. They have numerous applications such as insulators in electronics. Aerogels were used as thermal insulators in the Mars Rover and also act to filter space dust. This phenomenon could be used as an application of chemical engineering or as an example of a thermal insulators.
Description: This video shows a chemical reaction of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), calcium chloride (road salt), and an indicator phenol red. The chemicals react to form calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and carbon dioxide gas. This changes the pH inside the bag resulting in a color change in the phenol red. As much air as possible should be removed from the bag as possible to show the production of the gas. This could be used as an example of chemical reaction that releases energy (exothermic). Since the bag is sealed it could be massed before and after to show the conservation of mass (atoms). This phenomenon was submitted by Brian Babulic.
Description: Conductivity is an excellent way to classify material by their observable properties. Conducting material (e.g. metal), non-conducting material (e.g. plastic), and semi-conducting material (e.g. graphite) should all be used. A simple circuit with a lightbulb is used to determine the conductivity of different materials. These properties can be used to determine if a chemical change has occurred by testing before and after substances have been mixed. These properties can also be used in the design of an engineering solution.


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It’s the quiet — and the open space — that 35-year-old Pablo Lancaster cherishes. For two months, Lancaster has gotten the chance to come out to the farm and work with six horses. It’s a nice change of pace for Lancaster, who has been incarcerated for more than a decade on burglary charges.
While caring for horses at Second Chances Horse Farm in Sykesville, prisoners from the Central Maryland Correctional Facility who are nearing release learn skills that will help them when they return to society.
Sarah Stein, the program director, said this program is about bringing horses who no longer have a racing career together with inmates who need to learn how to develop a skill. It’s been going on since around 2009 or 2010, she said, and is one of nine programs in the country that partners with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.
“The guys who get to come here are ... on good behavior in the prison and are looking for an outside detail,” she said.
They’re at the farm every day, for almost eight hours each day, starting around 7:30 a.m.
The men feed the horses, do field work, groom the horses and more. There’s also some classroom time, she said, to learn about how to take care of the animals.
“They are interacting with horses who are animals who — due to their nature of being prey animals — their main goal is to stay safe. And so the way they interact with other beings is to have a relationship that is always about feeling safe and feeling comfortable,” Stein said.
This helps the inmates learn about themselves because the horses act as a sort of mirror, she said — the animals can reflect the energy the men bring.
“So you really actually have to do some internal work to learn about yourself,” she said.
For Lancaster, who hopes to finish his bid in about eight months, the program has helped in more ways than one. He came to pick up some skills, he said. He’s learned about horsemanship. He’s learned how to use farm equipment and drive tractors and do fence work.
But it has also helped him emotionally. “I have more confidence. Especially working around a 1,200-pound animal and putting trust in them as they’ve put in me,” Lancaster said.
At the beginning of his term, Lancaster said his mindset was like he was still on the streets. He was noncompliant, and it wasn’t until about nine years ago that he started to change his ways.
He’s been creating and facilitating groups, he said — anything he can do to help.
“I’ve been doing everything that I can to give back what I’ve learned … to the young generation that’s coming in,” Lancaster added.
And he hopes to continue to work with horses once released. Lancaster said he’ll be going back to Montgomery County after released and, that if he can can get an opportunity to showcase what he has learned, he’ll want to use his new skills to pursue a career.
“I had a problem for a long time trusting people and stuff so it helped me — the horses helped me learn to trust again,” he said.
“I’m still learning things about myself because I haven’t been clean for … 20-some years I’ve been strung out,” he said, adding that he's experiencing some things for the first time, or the first time in a long time.
He’s been incarcerated for about 20 months now, and has about 17 left of his maximum mandatory sentence. But, Alger said, he hopes he can be paroled in October, and has a hearing in the fall.
Alger said he’ll probably go back to Hagerstown, where he grew up and has family, because it’s the “only place I’ve got to go.” But he wants to get away from the area, he said, because a lot of his drug use happened there.
He said he’s not sure if he’ll try to work with horses upon release. Alger said he always did mechanic work, but he isn’t picky about a job when he comes out.
Regardless of whether the horse-specific skills he’s learned will result in a job later, Alger said he has enjoyed his time in the program. He’s just finishing, recently having completed his six-month time at the farm.
Pablo Lancaster grooms Poppa, a 23-year-old retired racehorse, at Second Chances Horse Farm in Sykesville Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Inmates from the Central Maryland Correctional Facility who are nearing release work at the farm where they learn skills that will help them when they return to society.
NIies, a retired rachorse, nuzzles Pablo Lancaster as he sweeps in the barn at Second Chances Horse Farm in Sykesville Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Inmates from the Central Maryland Correctional Facility who are nearing release work with horses at the farm where they learn skills that will help them when they return to society.


text: Yeah, we’re shocked too. We haven’t heard anything from these two since their 2003 release, Big Money Heavyweight. Birdman teamed up with Apple Music to release the documentary Before Anythang: The Cash Money Story. Within the documentary a brand new song was heard from Birdman & Mannie Fresh called “Desiigner Caskets”.