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Lets begin at the beginning and look at John 1:1-18 under three headings.
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No where in the NT is the nature and meaning of Jesus' divine sonship so clearly explained as here. Notice how carefully and conclusively John expounds this theme. He does not bring the term "Son" into his opening sentences at all.
The phrase "Son of God" was tainted with misleading connotations in the minds of his first Century readers. Jewish theology used it as a title for the expected human Messiah. Greek mythology told of many "sons of gods" supermen born of a union between a god and a human mother. In neither of these cultures did the phrase convey the thought of a personal deity; indeed both excluded it.
John wanted to make sure that when he wrote of Jesus as the Son of God he would not be misunderstood. Instead John describes the Lord Jesus Christ as the Word or "logos". Old Testament readers would pick up the reference at once. God's Word in the OT is His creative utterance, His power in action fulfilling His purpose. Genesis 1 tells us, for example, how at creation "God said, let there be... and there was..." (Gen 1:3). Again in Psalm 33:6,9, it says "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made... He spoke and it came to be." The Word of God is thus no less than God at work. John takes up this figure and proceeds to tell us seven things about the divine Word.
"In the beginning was the Word". That is not a very accurate translation. In the original Greek, John says "in beginning", not "in the beginning"
There is no article. John is therefore saying that before space-time-history began Jesus has always existed. He had no beginning of His own. His eternity.
"And the Word was with God". Here is the Word's personality.
"And the Word was God". Here is the Word's deity. Though personally distinct from the Father, he is not a creature; He is divine in Himself, as is the Father.
Godhead and Manhood", were at the incarnation, "joined together in one person, never to be divided... very God and very man." JW's desecrate this verse by adding one single vowel "a" Their corrupted New World Translation reads "The word was a god" As I have already said, there are no definite articles here.
There is neither an "a" nor "the". The word order in the Greek is so clear "And God was Word" (John 1:1) Not only was the Word with God, he was and is God.
In eternity past the Father and Son dwelt in perfect communion.
Many people down the centuries have choked on this truth, and have been unable, or rather unwilling to accept it. JWs are a good example.
Listen to how Calvin demolished the critics of his own day.
"Servetus, that most arrogant Spaniard imagines that the eternal word came into being only when he was exercised in the creation of the world. As if he was not, before his power was made known by his outward operation! The evangelist teaches quite differently, and destroys every loophole for such drivelling nonsense when he affirms unconditionally that the word was with God, and was God."
Fully God, equal with the Father, His eternity, His personality, His divinity.
"Through Him all things were made." Here is the eternal Word creating.
He was the Father's agent in every act of making that the Father has ever performed. It is no accident that there is such a strong parallel here between John 1:1 and Genesis 1:1. Jesus was not created, He is the uncreated creator.
"In Him was life". Here is the Word animating, breathing life into creation.
Here is the Bible's answer to the problem of the origin and continuance of life in all its forms. Life is given and sustained by Jesus Christ.
Created things do not have life in themselves, independent from their creator.
"And that life was the light of men." (John 1:4). Here is the Word revealing.
In giving life, He gives light too. That is to say, all people receive intimations of God from the very fact of being alive in God's world. We are made in His image. There is an awareness of God the creator all around us in the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of creation. There is a sense of God in our intellect that seeks after Him, in our conscience that so often runs away from Him. This illumination, however marred by depravity, blinded by self-centredness, hardened by sin, still shines through the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out. That is why people are without excuse if they deny Him.
"The Word became flesh" (John 1:14). The word became flesh.
The sentence literally means this took place at a point in space time.
As the eternal Word He therefore existed before he became man.
The word for "lived" means tabernacled" or "camped". In modern English we would say he "council housed", or he "bungalowed" among us. 1:18. The mystery of the incarnation is unfathomable. We cannot explain it, we can only formulate it. The Athanasian Creed probably expresses the truth John speaks of here, better than any other. "Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man.... perfect God, and perfect man:... who although He be God and man; yet is He not two, but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh; but by taking of the manhood into God."
Our minds cannot go beyond this.
What we see in the manger is, in Charles Wesley's words, "Our God contracted to a span, Incomprehensibly made man." Jim Packer adds, "Incomprehensibly.... we shall be wise to remember this, to shun speculation, and contentedly to adore." The Word Revealed. Seven truths about the Lord Jesus Christ. John has established the point at which he has been aiming throughout. He has made it very clear what it means to call Jesus the Son of God.
Christmas is all about family gatherings. We usually spend Christmas visiting our relatives in East Anglia. Imagine travelling half way across the country, on foot, to spend Christmas with your family, only to be disowned on the doorstep on Christmas eve. Being homeless at Christmas is no joke. Becoming a refugee fleeing persecution from your own people is unthinkable. But that's what happened to Jesus. The Son of God came to Gods chosen people, the Jews.
And most rejected Him. Why? Against the good purposes of God a contrary principle emerged on earth. A darkness, an arrogance, a defiant independence, a rebellion which opposes Gods rule, and has infected our world. We find it in the playground, we experience it on the motorways, we observe it on the floor of the House of Commons, we see it at the United Nations. It is manifest in things like selfishness, greed, evil and death. It is personified and intensified in men like Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussain, Ivan Karagich. But before we point the finger, we realise that this infection is present in us all too. This is the reason the Word born divine was the Word born to die.
Jesus came to die, to give His life a ransom for many. To break through the wall of separation between a Holy God and sinful world. To satisfy God's righteous wrath and take away our sin. A question I often ask people is, "If you could know God personally would you be interested? According to surveys, between 70-80% of people in Britain would say yes. But will they RSVP? For some it depends on whether we deliver the invitation personally. For most it will depend on whether they accept God's diagnosis of their condition, whether they accept his remedy. For our rescue must be on God's terms. Bertrum Russell once said, "Most people would rather die than think.... and most people do." Many reject their Creator, preferring to remain in darkness. But the power of the Word could not and cannot be understood by that darkness, it cannot be swamped, overwhelmed or eclipsed by it. Recently I was invited to return to the Czech Republic to teach at a student Bible conference. One person I would like to meet is a Catholic priest, Father Vaclav Maly. The last time I visited Prague it was the winter of 1988, and I had to do so covertly. We had to meet with the students in secret, in a remote hideaway, out in the hills. After the conference, back in Prague for a few days rest I stood in St Vitas, the Cathedral, and prayed for the those young Christians we had met.
The building was virtually empty, a sleeping giant. It was hard praying, praying against the evil powers that still gripped that countries political system, military and government, hard to imagine it ever being different. The Czech Baptist pastor I had worked with had already been questioned about my visit, since our movements had been monitored. I didn't realise it at the time but as I was walking the streets of Prague, Father Vaclav Maly was probably cleaning the toilets of the subways.
A week or so after my visit, a demonstration of students peacefully made their way to St Wenceslas Square to commemorate an anniversary. The twenty year anniversary of Jan Palach's suicidal protest of the Soviet invasion of their country. Before the students could reach their destination, a group of policemen dispersed them with tear gas and water cannon.
The Berlin Wall may be down for good. But the way the Russian economy is going at the moment I would not be surprised if another wall is erected nearer to Moscow. There are many others in our world if you look hard enough. The great Wall of China, the bamboo curtain has lasted much longer and is soon to embrace Hong Kong. There is another through the middle of Korea, several criss-crossing what was once Yugoslavia, still another in the Sudan, there's one in Sri Lanka, another in Cyprus. But the greatest barrier is an invisible one. As Alexander Solzenitsyn once said, "the dividing line between good and evil...." Isaiah describes this work of God as nothing less than a heart transplant, the replacing of a heart of stone with a living heart. Jesus has done what no one else could do, he has revealed what God is like. Jesus born divine. Jesus born to die. Jesus born to save. Through Jesus we can be brought into a personal relationship with God. Repeat verse 12.
He not only had the power to reveal what God is like, he also has the power to bring us into God's family, as adopted children. The word "Christian" has been rather abused in recent years. Its a nonsense to describe Britain or any other nation as a "Christian" nation, or even "post Christian". Only Jesus has the right to say who is a child of God, and in these verses he tells us how. The shops are beginning to gear up to Christmas which is only 90 days away. You may have celebrated Jesus birthday for many years but have you received Jesus into your life? If not the wall of separation between you and God which may have been up for decades, can come down. As Stephen Hawking on the BT advert puts it "It doesn't have to be like this for ever." You can be reconciled with God.
If you prayed that prayer with me for the first time, you can know for sure that you are a child of God. God is your father, every Christian is your brother and sister, heaven is your home and every day is one day nearer. Tell someone today what you have done, and let me know sometime today too. The cold war is over. Welcome home.


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The following Prozac Suicidal Ideation side effect reports were submitted by healthcare professionals and consumers.
which developed after the beginning of treatment. The patient was hospitalized. This side effect report can indicate a possible existence of increased vulnerability to Prozac treatment in patients suffering from affective disorder, resulting in Suicidal Ideation.
. Concurrently used drugs: NA.The patient was hospitalized. This finding indicates that some patients can be more vulnerable to developing Prozac side effects, such as Suicidal Ideation.
A female patient from US was prescribed and started Prozac on Feb 25, 2013. Patient felt the following Prozac side effects: suicidal ideation, breast cancer Additional patient health information: Female , 65 years of age, The consumer reported the following symptoms: . Prozac dosage: NA. Concurrently used drugs: NA.
Drugs used concurrently:NA. Although Prozac demonstrated significant improvements in a number of clinically relevant cases, troublesome symptoms, such as Suicidal Ideation, may still occur.
The patient was hospitalized. Although all drugs are carefully tested before they are licensed for use, they carry potential side effect risks. Some side effects, such as Suicidal Ideation, may become evident only after a product is in use by the general population.
The patient was hospitalized. This opens a possibility that Prozac could cause Suicidal Ideation and that some female patients may be more susceptible.
and was treated with Prozac. Directly after treatment started, patient experienced the unwanted or unexpected Prozac side effects: cardiac disorder, suicidal ideation, traumatic arthropathy, nerve compression, asthenia, road traffic accident, chest pain, immune system disorder. Prozac dosage: 20 Mg, Unk.
. Prozac dosage: NA. Additional drugs used at the same time: NA. The patient was hospitalized and became disabled.
which developed after the beginning of treatment. This side effect report can indicate a possible existence of increased vulnerability to Prozac treatment in female patients suffering from depression, resulting in Suicidal Ideation.
This finding indicates that some patients can be more vulnerable to developing Prozac side effects, such as Suicidal Ideation.
and. Location: UNITED STATES , 15 years of age, weighting 183.0 lb, patient began experiencing various side effects, including: Patient felt the following Prozac side effects: mental disorder, suicidal ideation, aggression, hallucination, auditory, feeling abnormal. Additional medications/treatments: The patient was hospitalized.
The patient was hospitalized and became disabled. This opens a possibility that Prozac could cause Suicidal Ideation and that some female patients may be more susceptible.
This Suicidal Ideation side effect was reported by a consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Nov 09, 2011. A female patient from UNITED STATES , 67 years of age, was treated with Prozac. Patient felt the following Prozac side effects: adverse event, myocardial infarction, suicidal ideation, vomiting. Prozac dosage: NA.

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I’m unable to log into my website. I’m not sure if this is a WordPress issue, or something related to the theme. Since the theme is mentioned in the error message, I thought I should see if the problem is due to the theme.
I’m pasting my error info below. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
This is caused by update 1.1.3 which contains a single stray space in the very beginning of the funtions.php file. Simply update the theme to the latest version (1.1.3.1) and the issue should be resolved.
I’m actually not sure how to update via FTP. I plan on googling it (“how to update wordpress using ftp”), but do you happen to know of a link to a good set of directions for how to do it? Or, is it something you can explain to me?
1) I’ve found FTP information for my website on cPanel. Should I go ahead and configure Cyberduck for it (I have a Mac)?
2) Do you and I have to use the same FTP client/server?
No need to configure anything. Just send the FTP info to me and I’ll try accessing the server from my end. And nope, no need to use the same FTP client.
Great! Just sent you the info.

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Karuna Cayton, Pam Cayton, Nick Ribush, Thubten Tsering and Lama Lhundrup in the office at Kopan circa 1981. Photo courtesy of Karuna Cayton.
Karuna Cayton spent 1975-88 mostly living and working at Kopan Monastery. He wrote the following reflection on his experiences with Lama Lhundrup in early August 2011.
I first noticed Lama Lhundrup shortly after I arrived at Kopan in 1975. In the early mornings, as the young monks swept the courtyard and the gompa steps, I would see a short lama, zen covering his head, barely visible in the doorway leading upstairs, watching with a quiet and detached gaze.
Lama Lhundrup was a reluctant superior at first; he would often tell me that he would have preferred to study for his Geshe degree in Sera than supervise a small, struggling monastery. He would comment that he had no qualifications to be managing a monastery full of future geshes. And yet, as he put it, Lama Yeshe had asked him to come and so he had no choice.
For most of 14 years, from 1975 to 1988, I, along with my wife Pam, worked side by side with Lama Lhundrup. Of course there were many other important figures in the early developments of Kopan such as Lama Pasang, Gelek Gyatso, Tenpa Choden and a host of volunteers. But it was Lama Lhundrup who was always there. He was the glue that held Lama Yeshe’s vision together, both before and after Lama Yeshe passed away in 1984. Lama Lhundrup was both the mother and father to the Kopan monks as well as the Western visitors.
While we grieved during Lama Lhundrup’s recent illness, Lama Zopa Rinpoche stated, “You don’t need to worry about Lama Lhundrup because he spent his life fulfilling Lama Yeshe’s wishes.” I think this quality of Lama Lhundrup’s is just one of the qualities that make him so remarkable. Lama Thubten Yeshe was a visionary Lama, a rebel of sorts, a renaissance man. In traditional Tibetan society, particularly the society of monastics, innovation was viewed suspiciously. And yet, Lama Yeshe saw the writing on the wall for the exiled Tibetans and Himalayan Buddhists and while his ideas might have seemed radical, Lama Lhundrup, from my experience, never faltered in attempting to fulfill Lama Yeshe’s dreams. Lama Lhundrup knew Lama Yeshe’s extraordinary attributes and thus attempted to carry out Lama’s ideas, often upon faith alone.
Kopan in those days was not well off. It was quite poor and the food was pretty substandard for the monks. I remember when we would be nearing the end of monsoon season, essentially the end of the fiscal year, and running out of money. Lama Yeshe would usually be out of Nepal and lacking internet, telephones, wire transfers and credit cards, we were left to our own devices to have ample food before Lama returned in the autumn. Lama Yeshe insisted that if we did not have enough food then we should grow it. Like a skillful father, Lama Yeshe was helping us mature and stand on our own feet. And in Lama Lhundrup, Lama Yeshe had a trusting, dutiful “son.” After a while we had plenty of vegetables that Lama Lhundrup made sure were grown in order to avoid the shortages we experienced the previous year.
Lama Yeshe wanted Kopan to be self-sufficient and presented various money making or money saving ideas. Many of his ideas were unusual for a traditional monastery: producing ginger beer (non-alcoholic), flowers and ginseng, to sell in the local market. He was concerned about the monks’ health and he initiated an exercise regime. He felt English, math and social studies would be essential for the new monastic order to survive. All of these new ideas, and many more, he put on Lama Lhundrup’s shoulders and Lama Lhundrup never argued or got in the way of Lama Yeshe’s vision. In fact, Lama Lhundrup was the key to the fulfillment of Lama’s vision for Kopan.
Lama Lhundrup felt responsible for every wish Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche had for Kopan. When Lama Lhundrup felt he had let Lama Yeshe down he would have the same look on his face that a mother has when not being able to provide her child with safety and nurture. Sometimes Lama Yeshe was stern with us when we were falling short of his expectations. At those times, Lama Lhundrup would have a look on his face that seemed he was saddened by having failed his lama. But, at the same time, after being reprimanded by Lama Yeshe, while I would be upset, often stunned and speechless, when Lama Yeshe would walk away, Lama Lhundrup would turn to me and softly giggle. He knew Lama’s love. Lama Lhundrup knew he was doing his best. He knew we would get better and we would fulfill all of Lama Yeshe’s wishes. Lama Lhundrup understood Lama Yeshe’s extraordinary qualities and was never fooled by the mere manifestations Lama Yeshe would use to guide living beings.
You see, Lama Lhundrup has a quality of mind that comes from years of true practice. Another one of my tasks, given to me by Lama Yeshe, was to establish a Western studies program for the monks. As part of my responsibilities I was expected to maintain discipline of the monks at the same level as the other monastic teachers. If I was viewed as too soft or gentle I would be run over by the young monks who, I used to joke, “could eat rocks for breakfast and walk barefoot in snow.” So, Lama Yeshe advised me to look tough, carry a big stick, that sort of thing. Once when I confessed to Lama Lhundrup, whom I never saw lose his cool or get angry, that I was having a tough time with Lama Yeshe’s advice to me, Lama Lhundrup advised me: “First, you can never discipline any monk if you are angry. And second, you can only use force on them with your mind.” While the monks were truly intimidated by Lama Yeshe’s mere presence, they would giggle when Lama Lhundrup tried to put on a stern face and discipline them. They knew he was just acting to be tough and his vain attempts at being strict were seen as just a cover for the mother’s love he demonstrated for them all.
I refer to Lama Lhundrup as my “friend.” I do not mean this in an arrogant or derogatory way. He is my kalyanamitra, my spiritual friend. If you know Lama Lhundrup, then I believe you know what I mean and you see him as your friend also. It is amazing the impact Kopan has had on thousands of lives throughout the world. I believe it is accurate to say that without Kopan there would be no FPMT centers. And without centers, many may have never met Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe or the Dharma path. Without Lama Lhundrup, perhaps there would be no Kopan. We owe much to our old friend.
Karuna Cayton currently serves on the FPMT Board of Directors.

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Technology and petroleum-linked shares were among the winners on Tuesday as US stocks shrugged off trade worries and finished higher.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4 percent to 25,971.06.
The broad-based S&P 500 also gained 0.4 percent to 2,887.91, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.6 percent to 7,972.47.
Stocks had opened the session in the red on continued anxiety over US trade fights with China and yawning trade negotiations with Canada and the European Union.
But sentiment shifted later in the day following strong data on small business confidence, said Karl Haeling of LBBW.
Large technology shares, under pressure in recent sessions, pushed higher, with Apple jumping 2.5 percent ahead of the expected launch Wednesday of new iPhones.
Petroleum-linked companies were another strong sector, with Dow member ExxonMobil rising 1.4 percent, Apache 1.8 percent and Halliburton 1.8 percent following a rise in oil prices due to a possible hit to oilfield infrastructure from Hurricane Florence.
Key data releases later in the week include reports on inflation and retail sales, as well as the Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" of economic conditions around the United States.

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text: In the market, the signboards are usually made from wood or plastic. If the signboard is made of wood, it would easily get insect pests or corrosion after long time; in addition, if it is made of plastic, it would cause environmental pollution due to hard recycle. However, if it is made of RBTCH’s aluminum honeycomb, it would not have these drawbacks but have good weather resistance.

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For the first time in Jakarta Selatan, Mookiland introduces the Bubble Gum !!!
Our MAXI ADVENTURE XXL, our JUNGLE and our coloring area are back to Kokas!!
From the 21st of February to the 7th of April !!
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More than 750sqm of fun activities with unlimited time access!!!!
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Enjoy various Indonesian food, entertainments, art & craft, and fashion.
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As experts begin their study of the long-term health effects of anti-malarial drugs on service members and others, retirees and other veterans are urging them to consider case studies and medical records.
And a long-time critic of the government’s response to concerns about the anti-malarial mefloquine told the committee of experts that he has questions about the validity of the study, because of the lack of data, and “a flawed and biased base” of scientific literature now available. More importantly, he said, the Department of Veterans Affairs should be screening veterans who took mefloquine and providing treatment.
The study will have particular emphasis on mefloquine and the new drug, tafenoquine, and will look closely at possible long-term neurologic and psychiatric effects, as well as the potential development of post traumatic stress disorder.
The work is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is being conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The National Academy formed a committee of 10 experts in fields such as epidemiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry, who held their first meeting Jan. 28.
They’re examining long-term health effects on adults, including effects on service members, Peace Corps volunteers and others. The committee is in the first stages of assessing the information available, and will evaluate scientific evidence, following their tasking from the VA. They won’t make recommendations, but will assess the evidence and consider possible approaches for identifying short-term, long-term and persistent adverse health effects of anti-malarials, said Dr. R. Loren Erickson, a retired Army colonel who is VA’s chief consultant for post-deployment health.
“The whole issue of how to deal with malaria in the year 2019 is an international issue, and how to deal with it safely,” Erickson said. He noted that there were a number of federal agencies represented at the meeting, including the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who presented briefings. “We all have an interest in seeking the truth,” he said.
It’s not clear whether they will review individual records of service members who have been given mefloquine, as the committee is in the very early stages of their 18-month task.
Asked if they will review records of veterans who have brought up issues and concerns related to mefloquine to the VA, a committee member responded that they will try to be receptive to all sources of information available that relate to their tasking from the VA, but have no specific plans yet for information sources and evidence sources that they will review. They’re in the process of assessing the information as they evaluate scientific evidence, he said.
Timothy Dunn, a retired Marine Corps colonel, was among those who told the committee they’d be willing to provide information.
Dunn said he still suffers from insomnia, anxiety, depression, ringing in the ears, and dizziness.
“I know what Tim Dunn was before taking mefloquine, and I know what happened to him after taking it," he said.
He was a hard-charging Marine officer who had deployed numerous times to many countries before he took mefloquine for the first time, from September to December, 2006, he said. After beginning his weekly mefloquine doses ― and two weeks before his deployment ― he started having a variety of symptoms, such as technicolor dreams, then anxiety, insomnia, depression and the inability to concentrate. The symptoms worsened when he returned from deployment.
“I plead with you to look at this very closely,” said Dunn.
In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration issued its most serious kind of warning about the possible neurologic and psychiatric side effects of mefloquine, such as dizziness, loss of balance, ringing in the ears, anxiety, depression and hallucinations.
A review petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16 alleges that prosecutors ignored key evidence that affected the life sentence of former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, convicted in 2013 of killing 16 Afghan villagers.
Officials from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control gave presentations to the committee about their processes for collecting and monitoring information about problems associated with drugs, and research related to anti-malarial drug use, including some of the limitations of the data.
Currently, mefloquine is used by the military only for those who can’t tolerate other drugs. DoD’s office of Health Affairs issues guidance for medicines used, but geographic combatant commanders set the requirements for entry into their area, said Army Col. Andrew Wiesen, director of preventive medicine, health readiness policy and oversight in DoD’s office of Health Affairs.
Wiesen told the committee that DoD is committed to providing the best protection available to service members and their families, and that DoD fully supports the FDA’s efforts to evaluate the risk and safety of approved and investigational medical products.
There are various challenges that make it difficult to do research on the link between anti-malarials and long-term effects in the military, Wiesen said. For example, some veterans and service members may say they know they took a particular drug, but it may not have been documented in their medical record. There may be incomplete information about when they took the drug, how much, and for how long; and there may be a long time delay between exposure and the effects.
A critical step the VA should take now is screening veterans, he said. That could be done by simply asking veterans whether they ever took mefloquine, and if they had any problems resulting from it. This would communicate to veterans that VA takes mefloquine exposure seriously, “something that for many years, it has not,” said Nevin, a former Army preventive medicine officer who is a physician epidemiologist.
The evidence the foundation has collected from hundreds of veterans and from government files “leads us to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the long-term adverse effects of anti-malarial drugs that you are investigating are in fact signs and symptoms of a disease, and this disease has a name, quinism,” Nevin said. Quinism describes a general family of medical disorders caused by poisoning by the quiniline class of drugs, which includes mefloquine, also known as lariam.
He said he was unable to share the empirical evidence his group has collected in the short amount of time allotted for his briefing to the committee.


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Goman+York Property Advisors arranges 100,000 SF lease renewal for ConnectiCare, Inc.
Farmington, Conn. (February 2019) – Principal Tom York provided long term strategic planning and transactional brokerage services for ConnectiCare’s administrative offices in Farmington, CT that resulted in a 100,000 sq. ft. lease renewal at 175 Scott Swamp Road. York has provided corporate real estate consulting and transaction management for ConnectiCare for over 16-years including the original 15-year build-to-suit transaction for the administrative offices and in 2008, a 60,000 SF build-to-suit for a second headquarters building at 175 Scott Swamp.
Known for their exemplary customer service, ConnectiCare is the leading Connecticut based health insurance company providing plans for business of all sizes, as well as individuals and retirees. The company provides the health insurance plan most frequently selected by individual buyers across Connecticut.
Goman+York Property Advisors, LLC provides advice and high-value services to landlords and tenants, owners and investors in the commercial real-estate industry. The East Hartford-based company delivers “real world,” customized real-estate solutions for its clients.
475 Alumni Rd, Newington, CT - "Newington Business Park"

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Academic Federal Credit Union is owned by its members. It is governed by a Board of Directors that you elect. You can be confident that your financial privacy is a top priority of this institution. This privacy notice describes our policy and practices about your personal information.
AFCU is committed to providing you with products and services to meet your financial needs.
Sometimes we enter into joint marketing agreements with other companies that provide financial and other services, through us, to you. We may share information that we collected (see below) with these companies.

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Published: Mar 03 at 4:28 p.m.
Updated: Mar 03 at 4:31 p.m.
The Island Storm rode a blazing start to its third straight win while snapping the Halifax Hurricanes win streak at seven Sunday in Charlottetown.
Halifax Hurricanes guard Terry Thomas takes a shot over Island Storm guard Malik Story Sunday during National Basketball League of Canada play at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown.
The Storm held 40-25, 79-43 and 108-75 quarter leads en route to a 129-105 victory at the Eastlink Centre. The Storm improved to 8-22 while the Hurricanes dropped to 19-13 in National Basketball League of Canada play.
Tyree White led the way for the Storm with 21 points and 16 rebounds while Alex Campbell had a triple-double (10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists).
Robbie Robinson scored 17 points and Malik Story chipped in 15 for the Storm. Guillaume Boucard went for 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds while Terrell Carter II contributed 14 points and eight rebounds.
Former Storm guard Terry Thomas had 23 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Hurricanes while Joel Kindred chipped in 21 points, six rebounds and four assists and Malcolm Duvivier had 19 points and seven assists.
The teams play Monday at 7 p.m. in Halifax.

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This tutorial and supplementary video teach you about Manager accounts, managing Influencers, and their links, as well as advanced Search features.
As a Manager, you’re likely to spend most of your time at Influencer.co checking on progress, adding new Influencers, dropping others, and creating links for products on which you or your agency would like Influencers to focus.
Watch the Manager screencast for more information about Managing your Influencers.
1) You’ll start by logging in as yourself at https://influencer.co/login. Presumably, you’ve already done that.
2) Once you’ve logged in, you’ll find yourself on your Influencers page. Here you’ll find all of the Influencers currently attached to you under My Influencers, as well as those you’ve already invited but who have not yet been accepted. While they are in Account Pending status, you’ll have limited ability to manage their account. Once they’ve submitted the rest of their information, verified their account, and approved you as their Manager, you’ll have enhanced privileges, though what you’re able to do will depend on the level of permissions they’ve granted you over their account.
Note: You can also get back to your Influencers page by clicking on the Manager’s name (your name), in the upper right-hand corner of the site navigation, as you’ll see in the next step.
Logout – it, uh… logs you out!
By and large, these are pretty self-explanatory, but let’s go back to the Influencers’ page because that changes things a bit.
1) Log into Your Account or use your Manager’s Drop-down to get to your Influencer’s Page where you see your list of Active and Pending Influencers.
What’s particularly important is that you now have an additional drop-down in the upper right-hand corner of the page, which is that Influencer’s Name.
Logout – this time, this logs you out of their account, but not your own.
4a) Reporting takes you to that Influencer’s Performance Report, showing their Product Link activity.
4c) As you create Links for more and more items, you may want to Filter to see things differently, whether it’s your most recent links, or which Products generated how much revenue over a certain period of time for you.
1b) You’ll be taken to the Search Page.
2a) From there, you can click the All Categories dropdown to the right of the pink Search button to Browse by Category.
2b) …or type a product into the Search field for a General Search.
2c) …or click Advanced Search for more options, including Country, Merchant, Brand, and Cost.
That’s all there is to it! As we add new features, we will revise these tutorials to make it as easy as possible for you to take advantage of your social influence. Thank you for being a part of Influencer.co.


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text: "All babies contain a soul however they come to this earth and their families. There is nothing synthetic about a soul!! So how can we dismiss IVF and surrogacy? Every soul comes to us to teach us a lesson. God has his hand in everything even technology! We are arrogant to think Man does anything on his own. As above so below! Think before you speak.,,,,,,,,,,, #livingforlove"


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This year will be my 3rd Thanksgiving as a “runner” and while I’m pretty sure I’ve gone out for a “pre-stuff-my-face-run” the past 2 years, I’ve never officially “Turkey Trotted” or “Gobble Galloped” or taken part in an organized Thanksgiving Day race.
This year I’ll be joining 15,000 others at the Manchester Road Race in Manchester, Connecticut!
The 4.748 mile race starts at 10am and from what I hear it draws quite a crowd of spectators as well as some enthusiastic runners (there’s even a costume contest!). I’m sure you’re wondering why the heck it’s a 4.748 mile race. I HAVE NO IDEA. As much as I’ve tried I can not find any information on the random distance. My only guess is because it’s a loop course and that’s just the way it worked out!
The Manchester Road Race is in its 77th year and has an incredible history. (It began in 1927, but took an 11 year break during the Great Depression and World War II.) The race draws quite a group of elite runners and has been covered in Runner’s World magazine most notably as the race that Connecticut native Amby Burfoot completed 50 years in a row (this year will be his 51st!). Burfoot, who won the race 9 times, also won the Boston Marathon in 1968 and after his running career he became a journalist and editor-in-chief at Runner’s World.
I finally decided to run this year when I saw that someone I know through the runDisney races (Hi Pam!) is going to be running – with over 15,000 people I figured it would be fun to have a familiar face to hangout with before the start, so I went ahead and registered just last week!
I registered online, and check this out – just 3 days later my bib magically appeared in the mail! No expo, no lines. Love it! Registration was only $25/$30 depending on when you registered and you could purchase either a long or short sleeve shirt separately if you wanted. I ordered this one which should be arriving in the mail any day!
I’m really looking forward to checking out this race!
What are your Thanksgiving running plans?
Turkey Trot? Run on your own? Or take a day off?
You will have fun running a Thanksgiving Day Race. Christine and I are taking a year off from the annual Turkey Trot. Our first ever race was a race on Thanksgiving 4 years ago and we had been running less than 2 months. i got lost on the course and nearly cried! Sad but true. Have a great race and enjoy the turkey dinner afterwards! Hopefully you will catch a glimpse of Amby Burfoot!
I’m definitely looking forward to it! And how on earth did you get lost on the course?!? That’s a story I’d love to hear!
I love reasonably priced races. Soon I will be adding up my race fees for 2013 and it may not be a pretty number.
My club has a Turkey Day run. We meet at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, MA and do a 5 mile run. After the run we hang in the parking lot for an hour or so, drink coffee, stuff our selves with goodies and socialize.
That sounds like a run Thanksgiving outing!
And adding up my race registrations is a scary thought…but I should probably do it just to get an idea of what the heck I’m spending on all this running!
I did a 5k Turkey Trot last year when I was visiting my parents, and it was really fun. We wouldn’t have done anything that morning anyway, and it was fun to be back running in my hometown.
Exactly! Otherwise I’d just be sitting home watching the parade or something, it’ll be good to get out for a run before we eat!
Kool, wish Patti and I were going to be there to cheer you and the many others on. The race runs within a block of our apt. We were there for the race last year and watched some friends and others run buy. That was a real great day for a race. HOPE THE WEATHER WILL COOPERATE! Good luck to you and all your fellow runners.
I hear it’s a great race, looking forward to checking it out – it’ll be a quick trip to Manchester though so I can get back in time to eat!
Fun! I’m doing my first Turkey Trot this year too–except it’s on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Don’t know why! Awesome that they mail you your bib!
I can’t wait to run it Danielle! Even though we will freeze our butts off! It’s going to be a lot of fun! Glad we can hook up outside of a Disney race!
Just getting to this, but I agree, glad we were able to get together, I had a great time!
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About Us | İSBAK | İstanbul Bilişim ve Akıllı Kent Teknolojileri A.Ş.
ISBAK Istanbul IT and Smart City Technologies Inc. has been established by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in year 1986 with the purpose of providing project design and implementation services through traffic and system engineering. Our company, which also carried out the vehicle maintenance and repair services of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality along with traffic signalization works of Istanbul during the first years of its foundation, extended its area of operations with establishment of its Research and Development department in 1995 and started professional works in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems with traffic signalization being in the leading position.
ISBAK, having renewed its mission, vision and value in order to transfer its experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems into Smart City solutions, continues its works as the Architect of Smart Cities in Turkey and in the World. The planning carried out in the Intelligent Transportation Systems, Research and Development activities and implementations provide the means for the city to be safer, more comfortable and greener. ISBAK, presenting alternative solutions to the traffic problem with the help of the smart transportation systems it has developed; provides significant contributions to establishment of sustainable cities with enhanced quality of life in the world with its innovative solutions introduced to traffic management.
With the help of the licensed Research of Development Center that ISBAK has put into operation within its structure in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems of Turkey, it transforms its expertise in the field of traffic management systems into innovative and efficient solutions and represents the technology side of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
It produces new and domestic technologies in the above-mentioned areas and aims to solve the traffic problem not only Istanbul but also in other large domestic and foreign metropolises.

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Basic Skills: CATEGORY SEARCH is a basic skill that will serve you well when using other more advanced routines on the XS. With more than one thousand VOICES on-board being able to find them efficiently makes Category Search the first skill you should master. This article goes over this function and applies it to the PERFORMANCE CREATOR feature – which allows the user to assemble multiple Voices into a program for real time play.
Given the number of sounds (called VOICES) that are available in the S-series, among the first things to tackle are how to make sense of the front panel and how to find the sounds.
The screen is in the center, to the left of the screen are your real-time performing controls: Volumes, effects, knobs, sliders, transpose, microphone parameters, the illuminated Real-time Performance Mode Controls, the Mod Wheel, Pitch Bend Wheel, etc. To the right of the screen are your main Mode and sound selection functions.
Use the DATA WHEEL, [INC]/[DEC] buttons and/or the dedicated front panel buttons (shown below) to view them. If using the dedicated buttons: the first press selects the top function – the second the item listed under it.
Category Search will allow you to quickly find any sound that you might need by MAIN and SUB Category listings.
The 8 buttons allow you to reach the first 16 MAIN Categories in this fashion.
Example: press [B] the first time to select "KEYBOARD" MAIN category, the second press selects "PADS"
Press [ENTER] to view a list of your selections.
Select Piano as the main category.
This makes it possible, without being a programming guru, to make splits, layers and add drum accompaniment without ever having to push the [EDIT] button. The first key to understanding how to use this powerful tool is to begin in VOICE mode.
Starting from [VOICE] mode, select the Natural Grand S6 piano Voice.
The Performance Creator makes programming Performances a very intuitive process... building up from single sound to completed combination.
First, let's build a simple Performance Layer.
• Immediately, you are seeing the "STRING" Category in the window and you are layered with Piano and Strings across the keyboard.
• The Performance Creator takes you immediately to the Category Search function and now you can easily find the type of Voice that you would like to layer. Press [ENTER] and you will be taken to the NEW PERFORMANCE screen.
• Later you can tweak parameters, name and store your creation to the USER PERFORMANCE Bank #4 (USR4) where you will find 128 blank locations for your own combination programs.
• Immediately you are seeing the "Bass" CATEGORY SEARCH in the screen and you have created a Split Performance with a Bass on the left and Piano on the right. Play the keyboard. You can cursor down and select a KEY for the SPLIT POINT.
• To complete the process, select your bass sound, press [ENTER] you will be taken to the main NEW PERFORMANCE screen.
• The LO/UP (lower/upper) parameter allows to quickly swap the left hand (LO) Voice with the right hand (UP) Voice. If you had started with the Bass sound (the lower sound) when making this SPLIT, this would allow you to conveniently swap them.
The Voice that is automatically selected for the Layer process is customizable and so is the Voice that is automatically selected for the Split process. Yes, you can have the split point at any spot on the keyboard... the SPLIT POINT parameter is immediately in the screen and available for you to set.
And as we will see, it is just as easy to add a Drum kit w/arpeggio to a LAYER or to a SPLIT.
• After creating either a LAYER or SPLIT, or even directly from a single Voice, it is very simple to add a drum arpeggio pattern to your program.
• You will be taken to the Category Search for Drum Kits.
There are over 2000 Drum grooves among the 6779 arpeggios on-board.
When you recall different KITS, you will hear different arpeggio patterns. Later you can customize exactly what drum arpeggio you wish to use. As you call up different Drum Kits, the assigned arpeggios change. This is simply because different kits have different arpeggio patterns associated with them. This is quick and easy.
• Cursor to "Arp 1 Type" and press [ENTER]. Here you can see the MAIN Category is Drums and Percussion and you can cursor down to the SUB Category and TYPE options to select from individual Arpeggio Types.
Five different Arpeggio Types can be associated with each program and are accessible via the five dedicated ARP SELECT buttons just to the left of the screen.
Category Search also has a convenient Favorite Category that lets you collect your most often used and favorite Voices for easy selection. This is one mo re useful way you can quickly select the Voices you need from the huge number available on the instrument.
Over time you will develop favorite Voices, the FAVORITE CATEGORY is simply a place you can keep these Voices.
• To register the current Voice to the Favorite Category, simply hold the [SHIFT] button then press the [FAVORITE] button.
It will appear with an 'x' next to it when you are viewing the Category Search list. It will appear with a heart icon when viewing the main VOICE screen. And will be added to a list of your favorites accessible when you press the [FAVORITE] button.
The order in which the Favorites appear is not programmable – so do not attempt to make it a VOICE selection order list – it simply allows you to mark your particular favorite Voices and distinguish them from all others. The Voices will appear in order of their location PRE1:001 through PRE8:128 for normal Preset Voices; followed by USER1:001 through USER4:128, PDR (Preset Drums), UDR (User Drums), GM Normal, and finally GMDR (GM Drum).
• To remove the current Voice from the Favorite Category, simply hold the [SHIFT] button then press the [FAVORITE] button. This will de-select it, the 'x' will be removed and the heart icon will disappear. The Voice, however, will still be accessible by normal means.
A PERFORMANCE is a combination of up to four VOICES (each placed in a PART). Each PART can be under your real time control and/or responding to one of the four available arpeggiators. Performances can be complex splits/layers and can be used as writing tools when looking for interactive inspiration. When in PERFORMANCE mode you can search for Performance programs using the same skills outlined above. The search can be done in the screen or using the front panel buttons. The Categories will be divided into genres of music and/or their function, i.e, Rock, R&B, Electronica, Jazz, World, Splits/Layers, and FX. You can see these written under the buttons [A]~[G]. There are also associated Sub-Categories as well.
For example, the ROCK Category is sub-divided into "Top 40", "Classic", "Hard", "Country", "Blues", "Folk", "Ballad", and "Film".
These Categories and Sub-Categories are there simply to help you navigate through the 3 Banks of 128 Performances provided (384). There is a fourth bank of 128 USER PERFORMANCES that are blanks (Initialize Performances) – awaiting your creations. When you create your own VOICE or PERFORMANCE you can select from the provided Categories and Sub-Categories – you can select these in the COMMON EDIT parameters when you NAME the program. You can additionally mark any of them as your FAVORITE same as you did for VOICES.
These categories are provided simply to help you find your data in an efficient manner.


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The Lean model in R&D at Metso: Expect customer-centric results. Faster.
Video: Metso installed base audit and analysis: What is the availability of your field devices?
SIL 4 – am I safe now?
Going underground 2/5: To scalp or not to scalp?
What does urbanization have to do with rock crushing?
My passion is tax, have you found yours?
Back on track after holidays, how to ensure a smooth return to work?
Blog: Can an old plant learn new tricks?
Blog: What will the future of Finnish industry be made from?
Metso expert video: Lifecycle of an ESD valve – an install-and-forget device?
Blog: Non-lubricating mediums for valves? Not a problem!
GTL – the fuel of the future?
Guest blog: Shale gas – a curse or not?
Metso – At your service!
Fugitive emission standards – remedy or futility?
IR blog: Customer at the focus in Tampere: how to offer them the best productivity, efficiency and safety?
Metso Corporation: Managers' transactions - Ozey K. Horton Jr.
Pre-silent Q&A session with Metso's management will be held on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 15:00 p.m.

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Part of the reason I’ve been so quiet over the last few months is that I’ve been working on a comic called Nested Worlds.
You might notice that you can’t get into that site. That’s because I stopped.
I didn’t try for any publicity because I wasn’t sure to begin with whether I had the willpower to keep to an update schedule. Ironically, the fact that I didn’t have any… what’s the word… readers contributed to the fact that I lost interest in it. So maybe if I’d publicised it from the start I would have enjoyed it more and kept going. Now we’ll never know.
Or maybe we will, eventually.
I’m locking the site instead of keeping the six or so strips public ’cause I might want to take another swing at it one day, or start from scratch, or come up with a different concept or something. Also, I’m not sure that the existing strips were very good. I had big, big plans for the plot, but hadn’t really gotten into the swing of it yet.
Anyway, now we’ve got a time limit on my ability to stick with a project. It’s about six weeks.
Something else that happened during my blogging hiatus – mezzacotta. Really, really remiss – bordering on negligent – of me not to have mentioned this sooner.
I can’t really explain it any better here than it already is on the site. Go there.
Jar Jar, you’re a genius!
Darths and Droids recently became the first site on teh Intarwebs to use that phrase.
And it’s showing early signs of catching on as a meme. Which makes me very, very pleased indeed.
Just found this from a link from SMBC: the Science Jokes Wiki.
Teaching science can be a very dry matter – but it shouldn’t be. It is well-known that understanding something is easier when you can connect it with something memorable – such as a joke.
For this reason, this wiki attempts to gather links to jokes and cartoons where an understanding of science is required to get the punchline. These jokes are listed by scientific field and topic. Furthermore, the punchline is explained to aid teachers and those who wish to study these subjects by themselves.
I’m going to start prodding David Morgan-Mar until he agrees to be their patron saint.
Whooo! Today’s Darths & Droids is the first strip I did the graphics for.
Well, not the graphics. Some guy called George is responsible for them. But I did the dialogue and borders and such.
Darths & Droids, the spiritual successor to DM of the Rings, is well underway and updating three times a week.
I won’t recount the story of how it got started, ’cause it’s all there in the FAQ. Suffice to say that I’m excited.
Here it is. Comic Number One.
Not that anything I do could ever compete with Bomby.

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EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle speaking in a lively debate on digital growth and inclusion organised on 19 April 2017 by the Bertelsmann Foundation with the Financial Times.
The EIB Group is central to the European response to these challenges, particularly with regard to financing infrastructure, the digital economy and innovation. VP Fayolle also emphasised the importance of supporting education and digital skills as a bridge between technological change, growth and inclusion.
Between 2000 and 2016, the EIB lent more than EUR 38 billion for investment in educational facilities, vocational and teacher training.

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Viewport Size: GA already tracks screen resolutions, but many people size their browser to only take up part of their screen, which can impact how content displays. Trackomatic fires an event when the page loads with details of viewport size and ratio.
Viewport Resize: when a visitor resizes their browser, Trackomatic fires an event with additional details.
First Input Method: after filtering out inputs used for scrolling, what is the first input type used on a webpage?
Trackomatic is meant to provide baseline tracking across many different websites; however, it’s also useful to have some flexibility in the way it tracks events. For details about customizing these events for your website, see the “How do I configure it?” section below.
debounce - limits the number of events we send per second, so that we don’t fire unnecessary events.
For best performance, we recommend rehosting trackomatic.js from a CDN endpoint like Amazon’s S3.
files: takes a regex of file extensions to check against, and fires an event on click. If no files are specified, Trackomatic will check for .pdf files only.
redirectDelay: to make sure our tracking data reaches Google’s servers before a page reloads, Trackomatic adds in a small delay before loading the new page. By default, this delay is 100 milliseconds. You can make it longer or shorter if you prefer.
Although we’re releasing Trackomatic to the public today, we’re not done building it yet. We want to add tracking for events such as video interactions, Optimizely experiments, and on-page scrolling. If you think a feature would be useful to have in Trackomatic, add it to our list of issues on Github.


text: This book, the long-awaited final volume in the series, further describes and illustrates post-WW2 British armoured camouflage and markings as follows: 1 Paint & Camouflage post-WW2; 2 Arm of Service Markings; Formation Signs. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs, colour profiles, and detailed drawings. It describes in detail the official paint schemes, the variations often seen in practice, and the individual and unit markings applied to tanks, armoured cars, lorries and smaller vehicles, and towed guns. The series is invaluable for military enthusiasts and modellers, making sense of a very confusing topic!


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Shipley Energy is a leading wholesale fuel supplier for demanding customers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. With a focus on great service, fair and flexible pricing, and value-added options, we do more than just get you the fuel you need — we’re your valued partner for profitability and performance well into the future.
No wholesaler buys and delivers more fuel to the Mid-Atlantic region than Shipley Energy.
We've resold and safely transported fuels and asphalt since 1929. We've grown to help our customer’s reach key destinations on critical schedules, regardless of conditions or external factors.
A well-maintained, modern fleet of transport trucks allows us to provide wholesale fuel delivery to customers throughout a service area encompassing parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Virginia. Our extensive network of partners offers wholesale service even farther afield. Call or email to request a quote for service in your area.
Trust Shipley. We use real-time data, have informed decision-making and employ brilliant analytical skills to give our customer’s better buying and transport options. We know how to manage your inventory and help you protect your cash position. We support you to achieve anticipated returns.
Shipley Energy has been providing wholesale fuel services since 1929. As times have changed, we’ve adopted new technologies and broadened our product offerings to better serve our valued commercial customers. However, our core values have stayed consistent — to this day, we remain a family business with a focus on building great relationships with everyone we work with.
We can provide gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel, biodiesel, off road diesel, and #2 heating oil at affordable wholesale prices. We offer bulk delivery and fleet fueling, as well as a range of value-added services.
Fleet service for commercial, industrial, and government customers is a key component of our wholesale fuel business. We provide on-site delivery that works around your scheduled downtime to ensure you always have the fuel you need. In addition to benefitting from our wholesale fuel prices, you’ll also get access to advanced reporting tools that allow you to track fuel usage and costs over time.
Partner with Shipley Energy for superior pricing options in every market condition. Our huge buying power, real-time data and reliable delivery lets you make more profitable buying decisions. Get in touch with a Shipley Energy wholesale fuel representative directly to request a quote.
We are proud to let our customers know that we are a Certified Power Service Xtreme Diesel Distributor. Fuel suppliers that attain Power Service Xtreme Diesel certification represent the top tier of the industry. This means they use only the best fuel and most technologically advanced additives on the market.
As an Xtreme Diesel wholesale fuel distributor, we can treat your diesel for peak performance in any situation, whether it’s cold weather or heavy-duty use. We can also perform tank maintenance and other services that save you time and money by ensuring all components of your fuel storage system are in great condition, year-round.
Through these and other deep industry partnerships, Shipley Energy is well-positioned to meet all your wholesale fuel needs.
Shipley Energy manages your fuel supply requirements to meet your business needs.
Use sophisticated models to make day to day day changes.
Shipley Energy is not in the business of predicting what the price is going to be tomorrow. Our supply and logistics experts assess live pricing data to react to the price right now — saving you money.
We constantly monitor fuel prices to provide optimum strategies. Using a portfolio approach to purchasing fuel, our experts look at rack prices, fixed prices, and index pricing to provide you with the best available rates.
Fixed-Forward Contract: A locked-in flat price.
Maximum-Price Contract: A locked-in maximum price for an up-front premium.
Collar: A range of price protection, creating a floor and a ceiling.
Your fuel, on time and on budget.
Shipley Energy has a large fleet of delivery trucks and trailers, as well as dedicated owner-operators making deliveries 24/7/365.
We understand that fuel delivery is mission critical to your business — whether you’re reselling it or need it to keep production going. We have the resources to deliver what you need when you need it.
This company is one of the largest food wholesalers in the United States. At one of their major distribution centers in Central Pennsylvania, they needed a better way to manage fuel inventory, schedule deliveries and control costs with a more efficient delivery system and smart market management.
They also needed to cut down on the time drivers spent fueling trucks and refrigerator units and to increase safety in a congested terminal. A key player within this wholesale grocer organization remembers having big problems jockeying trucks around the yard in order to keep refrigerator units fueled and ready to roll.
Before Shipley Energy, this company was supplied by a major oil company that did not provide a high level of service—not only for on-site fleet fueling, but also for cost savings through market management.
Two Commercial Team Members at Shipley Energy worked closely with this customer to develop a comprehensive plan unique to their business. They began by matching historical data from the customer’s pricing strategy against what Shipley believed would be a better opportunity. They then calculated the savings of having Shipley personnel “wet hose” their trucks in place, compared to the time and labor of having personnel move trucks around the yard and to and from the fueling station. That analysis, along with references from other satisfied Shipley Energy customers, sealed the deal!
We ensure that our customers benefit from reliable, cost-saving pricing strategies. Shipley Transport Trucking means on-time and worry-free fuel deliveries to the customer’s own fueling station. Shipley On-Site Fleet Fueling has drastically reduced the number of trucks that need to move around the terminal, allowing this customer to focus on their core business and reclaim unproductive time.
Shipley Energy rolled out additional new programs without a hitch or any missed deliveries. Most importantly, the customer had zero downtime during implementation. With solutions from Shipley Energy, the customer benefits from lower prices, improved safety in their terminals, substantial time savings and peace of mind.
According to this customer, "Working with Shipley has been a terrific experience. They are very knowledgeable and deliveries are on-time and trouble free. It's one less thing I have to worry about every day."
If this opportunity sounds familiar to your business, or to learn more about the many other companies for which we've provided a customized solution, please contact us today.
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Into camping, hiking and the Great Outdoors? Try the Western Region for Deep Creek Lake, waterfalls and a portion of the Appalachian Trail. Maybe you'd prefer a more patriotic experience in the Capital Region, where you can explore Washington, D.C. and learn about space travel at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Maryland's Southern Region boasts historical sites dating back to prehistoric times. Take a whirl through the expansive Central Region with a mix of intimate vineyards, immaculate public gardens and the bustling nightlife of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. And don't forget the Eastern Shore, with its abundance of creek to bay fishing, quiet country roads and beach-bumming pleasures.
With a view overlooking the Nanticoke River and Tangier Sound, the natural beauty of Roaring Point Waterfront Campground makes it a quiet, peaceful retreat to camp and explore. Whether your site is a waterfront view or in our grassy area close to playgrounds, bathhouse and laundry facilities, you'll have everything you need!


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This bay is a bit deep for anchoring, but I did see some boats anchored with a long line ashore on the north side.
The submarine pen is an interesting site. We anchored in the next bay to the north and visited the submarine pen by dinghy.
On both of my visits, boats were docked at the entrance to the submarine pens.


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At Last a Single Family Home at a Great Value!
SOLD! Move-in Ready Home Single Family Home in Santa Teresa on an Oversized Lot!! 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 1,308 Square Feet of Living Space on a 7,194 Square Foot Lot. Laminate Floors and Dual Pane Windows throughout property. Brand New Coat of Paint Inside and Out. Updated Kitchen with Granite Countertops, Tiled Floors Coupled with Stainless Steel Appliances. Crown Molding throughout the common areas. Updated Bathrooms Tiled with Italian Mosaic Designs. Professionally Landscaped Backyard with a Track Quality Walking/Running Path (made with De-composed Granite) with Fruit Trees that bare fruits such as Peaches, 4 Variety of Apple Trees, Nectarines and also Juicy Tomatoes. Walkable to Santa Teresa Park, Santa Teresa Village Shopping Center, Schools, Costco, Safeway, Lucky's Lowe's and so much more! Quick Access to Highways 85 and 101. Don't wait this won't last!
Walkable to Santa Teresa Park, Santa Teresa Village Shopping Center, Schools, Costco, Safeway, Lucky's Lowe's and so much more!


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Absolute Return in its basic definition is the return that an asset achieves over a certain period of time. This measure looks at the appreciation or depreciation (expressed as a percentage). For example, a $50 stock drifts to $100 is a 100% absolute return. If that same stock drifts back from $100 to $50, its absolute return is -50%.
Absolute Return as an investment objective is one that does not try to beat an arbitrary benchmark index but instead seeks to generate real profits over a complete market cycle regardless of market conditions. Absolute return an objective of positive returns on investment over a full market cycle period of rising and falling trends irrespective of the direction of a stock, commodity, or bond markets.
Absolute return as a strategy: absolute return is sometimes used to define an investment strategy. An absolute return strategy is a plan, method, or series of tactical movements aiming to compound capital positively and to avoid big losses to capital in difficult market conditions. Whereas Relative Return strategies typically measure their success in terms of whether they track or outperform a market benchmark or index, alternative investment strategies aim to achieve positive returns irrespective of whether the prices of stocks, bonds, or commodities rise or fall over the market cycle. NOTE: a full market cycle is years, not days, weeks, or months.
Whether you think of absolute return as an objective or a strategy, it is a skill-based rather than market-based. That is, the absolute return manager creates his or her results through tactical decision-making as opposed to taking what the market is giving. One can employ a wide range of approaches toward an absolute return objective, from price based trend following to fundamental analysis. At Shell Capital, we believe price based methods are more robust and lead to a higher probability of a positive expectation. Through our historical precedence, testing, and experience, we find that any fundamental type method that is based on something other than price has the capability to stray far enough from price to put the odds against absolute returns. That is, a manager buying what he believes is undervalued and selling short what he believes is overvalued can go very wrong if he is. But price cannot deviate from itself. Price is the judge and the jury.
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The very first step to implementing an ANT+ profile is to become an ANT+ Adopter or annual ANT+ Member.
If you’re not already registered, you can learn more here. Once you have signed up, you will be able to download the device profile you are interested in from the documents tab of the downloads page. As well, having read the ANT+ Basics will be useful in understanding the profile that you want to implement. If you feel that you’re ready to start implementing a profile, then this page will help you navigate the ANT+ profile documents.
Before diving into the profile, it’s worth paying attention to the 'Related Documents' section in each profile. These are listed to remind you where to look for reference if some aspect of a profile is confusing or a specific concept needs more explanation.
Each profile will include a section about the profile’s use case. This is the heart and soul of your ANT+ device. This section is especially useful since it contains the lion’s share of the information you’ll need, but in an easy to digest package. Make sure that your specific plans align with this section; otherwise you may run into issues.
These requirements are simple, but being careful to follow them closely pays off. The channel configuration for ANT+ devices are standardized for each profile. These requirements ensure that devices pair together in a predictable manner. Be sure to understand what is meant by 'master' and 'slave' in the context of the profile that you’re implementing, as other wireless protocols may use different definitions.
One of the channel configuration parameters is the network key. This should be set to the ANT+ network key as specified in the ANT+ device profile to enable the device to operate on the ANT+ managed network; however please note that this network key may only be used by devices that are fully compliant with an ANT+ device profile. You can use these links to find more information about network keys, or view the network keys.
So you understand your use case thoroughly, and you know exactly how you’re going to configure your channels. Now how do you make everything actually communicate? Well, this is where the message payload format comes into play. Generally, ANT+ data is organized into 'pages' that define how data is to be structured in over the air messages. Pages are identified by page numbers, located in the first data byte of a message. Most profiles use the same format here, although there are some exceptions so be sure to understand how data is to be organized in the profile you’re working with.
As well, a profile may implement file sharing functionality known as ANT-FS. Pay attention to whether this is included in the profile or not as devices may not be compliant with the profile if ANT-FS functionality is omitted.
Most profiles keep information that is present in many profiles in what are called 'Common Data Pages'. These contain data such as serial numbers, manufacturer ID numbers, battery status, and other related information.
Device specific data is sent using 'Main Data Pages'. These are unique to each profile. Although pages may have the same name between profiles, they could still have uniquely structured data fields within them.
Some other pages are used for 'ANT+ Broadcast FIT Pages'. These have flexible data content formatted according to the FIT protocol.
There are also pages set aside for Manufacturer specific data. This range of pages does not insist on interoperability and will allow device manufacturers to transmit unpublished data formats.
As mentioned above, most device profiles include a requirement to send the manufacturer ID. The current list of manufacturer ID values can be found in the FIT.xls profile (see: how do I find out my manufacturer ID?). New manufacturers are required to be members of the ANT+ Alliance in order to be added to this list. The value 255 (0x00FF) has been reserved as a development ID and may be used by manufacturers that have not yet been assigned a value. More information is available in this Tech Bulletin.
The profile document conveniently defines for you what messaging period to use, in what order to transmit main data pages, and how often to include common data pages. This information may or may not be found in a dedicated section. These considerations are very important, so be sure to find them.
The ANT Windows Library Package contains a simple console C# demo (under the software tab of the downloads page) that demonstrates how to setup ANT channels and is the best point for getting started using the libraries. To connect to an ANT+ sensor, you will need to modify the channel parameters (including the network key) to match those in the device profile you are interested in.
Additionally, ANT+ embedded reference designs are available for some of the ANT+ device profiles. These can be used as examples to provide guidance on how to implement the various aspects of a given profile.
SimulANT+ (or the old ANT+ Simulators) can be used to simulate ANT+ transmitters and receivers for each device profile and is very useful in verifying that your design behaves as the profile describes.
Not all profiles are created equal. Even though the general data payload format is consistent between profiles (with the exception of some older ones), each profile introduces considerations that may not be found in other profiles. Just be sure that your implementation is an accurate reflection of what the profile document describes and you’ll be well on your way to succeeding in the ANT+ world.
If you would like to be sure that you have implemented a profile correctly, and would like to be able to market your product using the ANT+ logo, and device profile icon, then you will also need to go through certification.


text: February 4, 2014: Congrats to our beautiful model, Andresa, for her second magazine cover she has booked since she’s been signed with the Halo Agency. Our agency submitted Andresa and many of our other models’ photos to the Director at Savannah Weddings. After looking through many photos of our models, the Art Director selected Andresa for thespring wedding editorial. Not only is Andresa on the cover, but she is featured inside the magazine in a six page spread. Our office coordinated call times, locations, details and rate negotiation. Once the shoot was over, we submitted the invoice to Savannah Weddings. And, months later here are the results. We are grateful to add another magazine cover to our agency portfolio. We are also grateful to Savannah Magazine & Savannah Weddings for their continued partnership. Grab a copy of the Spring 2014 Savannah Weddings which hit stands February 1, 2014.


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Apparently “someone” (Terry Jones) in St. Tammany Parish has been filing for homestead exemption even though he does not really live in the Slidell home. Hmmmm……..make a spectacle of yourself while your i’s are not dotted and t’s not crossed is never a smart move!
This is the getting ready portion of the parade. Enjoy.
Here is my surprised look – not!

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Key selection criteria for the winners of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg's "100 Companies for Resource Efficiency" project were energy-efficient production processes and new materials. The award-winning, role-model enterprises include the Waldbrunn-based family company Mosca GmbH. The manufacturer of strapping machines and straps impressed the panel of leading trade association representatives in Baden-Württemberg with a new pallet strapping machine that uses less strapping material and consumes around 20% less energy.
CEO Timo Mosca and Chief Technical Officer Jürgen Beisel accepted the award from environment minister Franz Untersteller at the Baden-Württemberg Resource Efficiency and Recycling Economy Congress in Karlsruhe. "Sustainability is an integral part of our company philosophy," explains Mosca GmbH CEO Timo Mosca.
"As a technology leader for strapping solutions, our focus is on continuously optimizing our production processes and saving resources. We also feel deeply connected to the local region and state. So it's especially pleasing to see our efforts recognized with an award from the federal state of Baden-Württemberg."


text: Frederica Blouin-Comeau, 17, from Comox, BC is a newly chosen rider for the Ride Like a Girl Program of 2019. She has been paired this year with Tanya Allen, as a mentor. She has experienced races on the road side of cycling for a couple of years. Frederica developed a curiosity towards the other types of cycling styles out there. After trying out mountain biking in the fabulous local trails of Cumberland, BC, Frederica was instantly captivated and developed a passion for the sport. Last year, she participated in the Cumberland Enduro, part of the Island Cup Series, and obtained fourth position in her category. For the 2019 season, she would like to focus on the Island Cup Series, both in the disciplines of Enduro and Cross-Country. This, being her first year of racing, Frederica would like to gain confidence, technical skills and speed, to push herself up to her limits and to learn as much as she can about the sport. Her ultimate goal would be to make the podium at the provincials. During the previous year, she created a project that raised funds for the Cumberland Community Forest Society. Frederica is looking forward to involving herself as much as she can in the mountain biking community, by volunteering and helping organizing races and even spend days improving the local trails. But, to ride as much as she can!


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Asia has given us plenty of brilliant films many have given the Western world some of the most popular films in film history. We have Studio Ghibli which can battle Disney for stunning animated movies, we have also had horror films which have redefined the genre. There is also Bollywood which is easily just as profitable as Hollywood.
If you want to join the next round of Opinion Battles we will be take on Which Film Should Never Have Had a Sequel, to enter email your choice to moviereviews101@yahoo.co.ukby Saturday 27th May 2017.
Got to say Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It’s a gorgeously mounted movie of hypnotic beauty and craftsmanship.
Definitely Battle Royale and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon!
I went with ‘Old Boy’, and ‘Ran’. I couldn’t vote, but I do have ‘Battle Royale’ on DVD, and Takeshi Kitano is a great actor. ‘Train To Busan’ is an excellent zombie film too.


text: Combine logic and strategy to win at Travel Qwirkle. Match the tiles with the same symbol or color, create a line of six different shapes and you score a Qwirkle. Players work to complete lines of 6 with no duplicates until all the tiles are used, most games running 30-60 minutes. This travel version makes taking your favorite game along for the ride-easy! 2-4 players.

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I did not think about it before sitting down this evening (January 16, 2012), but to write about leadership on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is to feel one’s own limitations.
I am Canadian, and as such I am obliged to reflexively protest how different I am from the American cousins among whom I have chosen to live (and marry). But with King there is no protest. He is a sterling example of the inspiration the USA has periodically offered the world regarding the hope and change possible when citizens unite, and long has been one of my own inspirations. I took joy watching my six-year-old daughter study his legacy this month at school. She’s been enraptured, and I immersed in the power of his message all over again.
I flew today from San Francisco to Washington, DC – where I hope to visit this week the new MLK Memorial on the National Mall. I read en route the Time cover story Warren Buffett Is on a Radical Track. Buffett attributes most of the reason he’s become activist and engaged over time to his late wife, Susan Thompson Buffett. The article singles out the occasion she took him to hear Reverend King speak at Grinnell College, where King’s words ‘It may be true that the law can’t change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless’ galvanized Buffett to get more involved in issues of equity and justice.
My title plays with this notion of changing hearts, with the way in which Buffett came to believe things need to be different and has since set out to do what he can to make it so. He is a business leader who has had a change of heart so profound that his persona now seems to be about giving (like 99% of his billions already pledged to charity kind of giving) and demanding recognition of a different notion of fairness for capitalism. His recent and now near infamous prescription? Rich and powerful people and organizations should pay more (literally: and, yes, even in taxes) for the tremendous opportunities society allows them to enjoy.
The transition from accepting sustainability issues to addressing them is a tremendously difficult thing for business leaders to embrace. When issues (BIG issues: think ecosystem limits which mean commodity inputs for profitable products will spike in price and then dry up) demand changing or abandoning familiar, comfortable and successful business models, resistance is to be expected.
Even so, the change from resisting data likely to demand change to admitting its fundamental truth generally proves simpler than the subsequent shift to action. For even once new information and worldviews are embraced, leaders’ ability to evolve their organizations is limited by context e.g. available skillsets, historic mindsets, consumer preference, investor expectations and the regulatory environment.
This year, like its peers, is just another on the calendar. But not for sustainable development. Ecological systems are stressed in such that we almost can’t afford the luxury of worrying about the classic sustainability focus on intergenerational equity. Rather, individuals and brands that want to make a difference have to think in terms of how to deliver sustainability in this generation, else there might be no future equity to apportion. Sustainability demands leadership capable of accepting the enormity of the challenge that sustainable development entails and willing to explore and support the evolution of business models and markets to address it.
To plumb lessons of sustainability leadership past and catalyze greater scale and speed on this agenda in the near future, SustainAbility and GlobeScan set out in 2011 to interview a remarkable set of nearly two dozen sustainable development pioneers including: Lester Brown, Madame Gro Harlem Brundtland, Bill Ford, Israel Klabin, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart and Rajendra Pachauri. We will couple insights from these conversations with global public opinion research and use both as a platform to engage a wider public discussion on sustainability leadership in 2012 and beyond.
As much as we are excited about the intelligence we will gain from taking stock in this way, the key will be how we use it to ensure that new pioneers emerge, whether because of their own change of heart, or motivated by their ability to change the hearts of others. As individuals and organizations, our collective challenge for the year and years immediately ahead must be to increase our capacity to identify, nurture and then follow these trailblazers.
As with the pioneers who dared to transit west across the American frontier, this will mean embracing risk – but we are increasingly aware of great and growing risks in stasis, so must believe it will be possible to develop in leaders in business, civil society and government the will to create a sustainable economy in the near term. Inverting King, it’s an effort to change and then steel hearts to action where laws both natural and human have failed to do so.
This article originally appeared on Sustainablebrands.com.


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Discover The Steps You Need To Take To Start Blogging For Profit In Any Niche!
The difference between blogging and blogging for profit is monetization. Starting a blog today is as simple, easy and fast as setting up a social media profile.
Anyone can start a blog, either self-hosted or by using a web host. There are blogging platforms that allow you to have your segregated section, complete with your profile and exclusive posts.
There are free content management systems that allow you to host a blog on their parent domain. You could also purchase a domain, register it, host it and create a website essentially designed to be a blog.
Assess the costs of the different options, consider your technical skills such as website design and choose a platform that suits you.