text: Working with the latest in wideband VoIP technology, the Plantronics SupraPlus wideband headset delivers the highest level of audio performance even in noisy environments. The SupraPlus wideband helps overcome the challenges posed by traditional technology, delivering heightened speech clarity and life-like fidelity. Users will experience greater satisfaction through enhanced intelligibility and reduced miscommunication. A noise-canceling microphone filters out excessive background sound to further heighten call clarity. Designed for over-the-head comfort, the SupraPlus wideband lets users choose between experiencing total-focus sound reduction or conversing easily with coworkers without removing the headset.

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Today's stock price of China Mobile Limited is 48.22 $. CHL stock price changed by -0.933% or -0.45 USD since last trading day. You can buy 100 CHL stocks for 4 822 US dollar or sell 50 CHL stocks for 2 411 US dollar.


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Decking oil preserves, nourishes and protects garden decking from weathering, water, dirt, foot traffic and other surface contaminates. With so many oils available, it can be difficult to decide on which one is right for your garden decking.
Choosing the right oil and the one that best meets your requirements can depend on the type of decking you have, the desired finish, budget, performance and maintenance expectation.
Applying an oil to new deck boards is usually straight forward as there is no need to take into account any previous decking treatments or coatings.
Whilst softwood decking can be oiled from new, new hardwood decking boards often need to be allowed to weather for a time before applying a decking treatment. Dense exotic hardwoods are naturally oily and have a tight grain. If an oil is applied too soon, it may not penetrate into the decking boards. Allowing hardwood decking to weather for a time to allow some of the natural wood oils to dissipate and for the grain to open is recommended.
Always read the instructions from the decking supplier as the ‘weathering’ period can vary depending on the type of decking and species of wood used for the decking boards. Once the grain opens up the boards will more readily accept the oil. Some types of exotic hardwood timber such as Ipe, Yellow Balau, Massaranduba Cumaru, Iroko and of course Teak may require a highly refined or extra thin oil such as Osmo Decking Oil for the best results.
Clear decking treatments are designed to nourish and protect garden decking whilst retaining the natural character of the timber. Clear products tend to darken the wood slightly, giving an almost damp like appearance, whilst enhancing the natural grain and character of the timber. To get an indication of how decking will look when oiled, simply wipe over a section of the untreated decking with a slightly damp sponge.
Although many clear deck oils contain UV filters to help protect the deck from the greying effects of UV exposure, not all do. UV filters work much like suntan creams by filtering out and protecting the wood from harmful UV rays. Although they help to filter UV rays, they don’t stop them. This means that decked areas will naturally grey over time, albeit at a much slower rate than decking treated with a non UV resistant decking treatment.
Using a coloured decking oil is a great way of changing the appearance and character of wooden decking. Available in a wide range of brands and colours, coloured oils are a great way to restore the appearance of old, tired and grey looking decking. Coloured decking treatments tend to offer a higher UV resistance to sun damage because of the colour pigments suspended in the oil. As a general rule, the darker the colour, the more UV resistance the oil provides. As an example, an Oak or Cedar coloured oil will provide better UV protection than a clear or natural oil.
The following oil-based decking treatments are available in both clear and coloured formulations and are suitable for both softwood and hardwood decking.
Ideal for decking steps and other outdoor wooden steps, slip-resistant or anti-slip decking oil products contain small particles within the oil that bond with the surface of the wood to create a microscopic textured layer. These oils are perfect for raised decks with steps and especially ideal for commercial premises such as pubs, restaurants and clubs where safety is a top priority.
Anti slip oils work because they contain fine particles within the oil that when dry, form a slightly textured surface. Although too small to see, the dried oil provides improved friction and grip between feet, shoes and the surface of the deck.
Although Anti-slip treatments tend to only be available in ‘clear’ formulations, they can be applied over a coloured deck oil once it has dried to provide a coloured finish with slip resistance properties.
Deciding on which is the best decking oil largely depends on the individual project, the desired look and performance. Some factors are straight forward such as whether to buy a clear product to retain the natural colour of the deck or a colour tinted oil to add character or to achieve a specific look. Other factors to take in to consideration are do you require UV resistance, protection against mould and algae or a product that offers slip resistance, especially useful on decking steps or decked areas at commercial properties such as pubs and garden centers.
Applying an oil to new, bare wood decking is quick and easy. Simply follow a few simple rules and your new garden decking will look amazing in no time.
Most oil-based decking treatments only require two coats. Although there may be a temptation to apply three, four or more coats, this can actually cause a number of issues such as.
If wooden decking hasn’t been treated for a number of years and is exceptionally dry, it may absorb 3 coats of oil. After applying the recommended amount stipulated on the tin, wait a couple of days and try a thin third coat on a small test patch. If the third coat is absorbed by the deck and dries normally, it’s probably OK to apply a thin third coat. If the oil on the test area beads or sits on the surface, does not dry or remains sticky after 24 hours, it’s an indication that the timber has taken as much oil as it can and is not ready for more.
Ideally, oil treatments should only be applied when air temperatures are 10 degrees centigrade or above. It’s also best to wait until it is forecast to stay mild and dry for at least 24 to 48 hours. Although most deck oils are touch dry in just a couple of hours, they usually need 24 to 48 hours to oxidise and harden before they provide full protection against foot traffic, dirt and water. Spring, Summer and early Autumn are the ideal times to treat decking.
In addition to applying a fresh coat of oil in spring, it is also recommended to apply a maintenance coat or 2 before winter sets in. Oiling a decking in Autumn will help to protect decking boards through the cold, wet, winter months when snow, ice and freezing rain can damage the wood.
When is a deck oil not suitable?
Wood oils work by penetrating in to the surface of the decking boards where it oxidizes, dries and hardens. This cannot happen if the decking has been treated with a decking paint or varnish like decking stain. These types of decking treatments seal the surface of the timber with a film-like coating therefore preventing the oil from penetrating into the timber.
Once oiled, decking should be routinely cleaned with a dedicated decking cleaner. These products are designed to clean the surface of the deck whilst preserving the decking finish. Household detergents and cleaners, including washing-up liquids should never be used on wooden decking as they are designed to break down and remove oil, stains and grease from surfaces. household cleaners will degrade and eventually strip the oil from the decking boards leaving the wood unprotected and exposed to water and dirt ingress.
For decking where the oil-based finish has degraded to such an extent where it no longer repels or beads water, it is recommended that the decking boards are thoroughly cleaned with a decking cleaner or restorer and then re treated with a suitable decking oil treatment.
For information on decking preservation, maintenance and cleaning, see our decking cleaners, restorers and decking preserver pages.
In addition to decking, garden sheds, fences and garden furniture also require care and maintenance to keep them mould and algae free, looking good and protected from weathering. Find out more about garden shed treatments, garden fence treatments and garden furniture treatments, including preservers, cleaners, varnishes, paints and oils at home gardener.

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1.Some people have such bad nerves that they cannot sleep in church.
2. If people sleep during the sermon, the pastor needs to wake up.
3. Sometimes how well you sleep depends on how little you lie.
4. If you cannot sleep at night, don’t count sheep, talk to the Shepherd.
5, Even back in Grandpas time there was something to make you sleep, they called it work.


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Cranbrook Part of the BC Adventure Network. Over a million web site visitors annually !
Majestic Mount Baker towers over Cranbrook's picturesque parks, forested campgrounds and verdant golf courses. It looms as sentinel to a city positioned on the threshold of five of Canada's most outstanding provincial parks.
Called the Serengeti of the Americas the Cranbrook environ is renowned for its abundant wildlife, classic mountain scenery, crystal-clear lakes and rivers, and limitless outdoor possibilities.
Access: Cranbrook is serviced by commercial air and buslines. Highway 3/95, both well maintained routes, can take you east to Fernie or west to Creston.
Accommodations: Travellers can choose from a number of hotel/motels and camgrounds/RV parks in town as well as bed & breakfasts. In the surrounding area, there are provincial and commercial campgrounds, guest ranch and bed & breakfast.

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My name is Samantha Keller and this summer I am working as an Education Assistant at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology. I just finished my undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Specialization in Archaeological Anthropology and a Minor in History. I am very excited to be working at the Museum this summer with the excellent summer staff!
In June, my job mostly consisted of running programs for the visiting school groups who came to see the Museum. Once school was over at the end of July, I began working on developing a new program. The program I am working on is called “Context in Archaeology”. This program has to do with looking at the artifacts we find at a dig site as “clues” to understand what a room or area was used for. It also has to do with understanding how the different layers in the soil can give us some idea about how old an artifact or a site is.
I also run the Dig It Archaeology Day Camp with the other Education Assistant, Jonathan. This past week we had a lot of fun learning about Ontario Archaeology and Archaeology around the world.
This job provides me with a very unique opportunity to share the knowledge and experience I’ve gained while also learning about local history and culture. I can’t wait to see what the summer brings!

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I hope you all are well! I know I need to spend more time blogging, and I will. I am making space in my life to do so, but that is still taking some time. For now, I am working on myself physically by working out, but also realizing that I need to take more time to meditate.
It’s dangerous to push meditation to the back burner, because it’s the energy that feeds everything. It is vital. Your soul needs it. And guess what is creating your miracles? Guess what is creating your reality? The energy that your soul and that your thoughts put out. Your thoughts become reality – positive or negative. So make it positive!
Easier said than done, right? haha I KNOW!!
But if you can concentrate on aligning your thoughts and feelings into a pure, ecstatic, positive vibe, you CAN make what you want happen. I’ve done it before in the past… time to clear my space, clear my thoughts, and make it happen again, for me.
Tell me how your progress is going in creating your reality and the Law of Attraction in your life?!


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Besure to check out the Book Date blog!
Basically for this post I tell you what I just read, what I’m reading now, and what’s up next. Easy Peasy.
This is the second or third book I’ve read by Anthony Eglin in the Lawrence Kingston Mystery Series. Lawrence is a retired Botanist (I think?) who solves crimes on the side. This one surrounds a young mother who disappeared 10 years ago and the recent discovery of an extinct English rose on the grounds of Alcatraz.
It’s a short book and an enjoyable read. There were plenty of red herrings and a tangled web of gardening fanatics and criminals. Not to mention a decades old truck robbery that was never solved. Lovely cover as well.
“A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa.” “Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation, Soon her client’s survival becomes more important to her than her own career – or safety. In pursuit of Issa’s mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous Tommy Brue, the sixty-year-old scion of Brue Freres, a failing British bank based in Hamburg.” Annabel, Issa and Brue form an unlikely alliance and a triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the “War on Terror,” the rival spies of Germany. England and America converge upon the innocents.
Next, I will read a book by a local author.
This small volume has been on my shelf for far too long. I believe it’s a YA romance. Joyce is a wonderful author and if you haven’t read one of hers, pick one up.
There you go. These are just a few of the books sitting on my TBR chair.

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If you want to reduce your fuel bills and also make your home look great, window replacement may be the next step for you. If you want to reduce your utility bills, add to your home’s value and be more comfortable, new windows can do all of this for you. There’s also no better way to brighten and modernize all the rooms of your house. Below are some of the main considerations to remember before embarking on your replacement window project.
Upgrading your windows can become more costly, when you choose argon filled glass, or energy-efficient glass with triple pane. Changing the glass only, is dependent on good frames, but if the frames are falling apart then you should spend the extra money and replace the whole window, frame and all.
Sometimes you can receive tax credits for using specific energy efficient windows. You have to check current tax laws where you live, and which brands are eligible for this benefit, but it can be an additional advantage to upgrading to windows that have a higher rating in terms of energy efficiency. The Energy Star program sanctions windows here in the U.S. As long as you are enhancing your home in this way, you may as well check into tax credits for other things like insulation and more efficient doors. This may facilitate saving on your taxes plus on your monthly electric bills.
Don’t overlook the basement when you are thinking about changing your windows. It doesn’t matter whether you have a finished basement that functions as another room in your house or a basement that’s only used for storage or perhaps doing laundry. Having secure, attractive and energy-efficient windows in the basement is just as important as anywhere else in the house. When the windows in the basement are inferior, they will let cold air in, which could cool down the whole house. Basement windows give easy access to a house, especially if they are of inferior quality. The final reason for replacing your windows with high quality, efficient windows, is that it raises the value of your house. Window replacement involves a number of factors, all of which you should think about before starting the process. By doing this plan of action ahead of time, you will be able to stay within your budget and not be surprised as you begin to purchase everything you need to get it done. By knowing precisely what you are going to do, you won’t have to make any unnecessary changes to the window replacement project.


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TMJD, or temporomandibular joint disorders, also sometimes known as TMJ or TMD, is the set of diseases and disorders characterized by inflammation of the jaw joint.
An individual with TMJD may experience any or all of the following symptoms: discomfort when opening or closing the mouth; inability to close or open the mouth; pain in the neck, shoulder, back or head; clicking or popping sound in the jaw; feeling of an irregular bite; swelling of the face; and difficulty eating, speaking, swallowing, chewing or breathing.
TMJ disorders may fall under the following categories: inflammatory joint disease, such as arthritis, capsulitis, or synovitis; myofascial pain where trigger points are present in muscles around or near the jaw; and internal derangement of the joint, where the disc that acts as a cushion between the mandible and skull is displaced or deteriorated.
Another means of categorizing the set of conditions known as TMJ disorders is myogenous, which refers to affected muscles of the jaw and mouth, and arthrogenous, which refers to the hard and soft tissues or the temporomandibular joint.
Possible known contributing factors of TMJD include: injury to the jaw; teeth grinding or jaw clenching; arthritis; infection; hormones; auto-immune diseases and genetics.
More than 10 million Americans suffer from TMJD at any given time. Of those who seek healthcare treatment, 90 percent are women between 30 and 50 years old.
High-risk groups include those with a structural deformity of the jaw or teeth, those who experienced an injury to the jaw, face or neck, highly stressed individuals and those with diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain and sleep disorders.
As the causes and symptoms of TMJD are not fully understood, and because the symptoms of TMJD are also present in a number of conditions including toothache, ear infection and headaches, TMJD is often difficult to diagnose.
Treatment options for TMJD include: cold and hot compress; stretching and exercise; eating soft, small-bite-sized foods; relaxation techniques; over-the-counter and prescription pain management medications; and nightime dental appliances. Surgery and other irreversible solutions meant to alter the bite should be carefully considered, as they have not been shown to be effective in the treatment of TMJD.
TMJD symptoms may vary from mild to severe, and mild cases frequently become better in a matter of weeks or months with common-sense care such as applying ice and preventing additional strain on the jaw and surrounding muscles.
When cases of TMJD are severe and persistent, there may be no cure for the condition. Instead, ongoing management of symptoms is required. In these cases, becoming educated about the condition, seeking advice from healthcare professionals from a number of relevant specialties, and participating in support groups such as the TMJ Association may be of help to an individual.


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With a turnover rate of 30% and over 110,000 vacancies at any one time, there is no doubt that we need to attract more people into adult social care. Skills for Care estimates that we’ll need another 650,000 people by 2035.
To help achieve this, the Department of Health and Social Care has piloted a recruitment campaign to help raise the profile of the sector. This campaign will talk about what it means to work in adult social care and to encourage people from all walks of life who have the right values, to consider a career in social care.
The new campaign – Every Day Is Different also comes as the Health Foundation published its own report on the NHS workforce, expressing concerns about the growing number of staff shortages across the board.
We offer staff a clear progression route from Personal Support Assistant Level 1 up to Level 3 Specialist Support Assistant.
Our rates of pay have been enhanced to recognise both the national minimum wage and the extra responsibilities you hold as a community carer or specialist carer. We are an Investor in People and believe in continuous personal development and talent management.
We’re recruiting now for roles in both Newcastle and North Tyneside and would welcome you along to our next Jobs Fair in Newcastle on February 22nd .
Why not join a team who makes that difference every day to the lives of others and can offer you so much more too?


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I am not an attorney and any comments I post are not intended, nor should they be construed, as legal advice. If you need legal advice, please consult a legal expert.
While I agree with most of the items in the bag, I disagree with at least one – aluminum foil. While it may not be as destructive as using bleach or cornstarch, it can damage an older headstone just as easily.
Here’s my Rule #1 for doing things in a cemetery: Ask the cemetery staff which is and isn’t allowed. Oftentimes, doing anything to a headstone or plot is NOT allowed. FYI, you don’t own the cemetery plot (you or your family member owns burial rights in the plot), and once a headstone goes into a cemetery, the cemetery’s rules cover what you can and can’t do to it. Plus, if you damage a headstone, you may be held civilly or criminally liable for the damage. It won’t matter that you didn’t intend to damage it. Another reason to ask is because some cemeteries have a No Photographing policy: https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2012/10/22/cemetery-photos-permission-required/. You can thank a small number of people who think they can ignore cemetery rules for some cemeteries adopting pretty harsh rules.
Be aware of the neighborhood the cemetery is in. An uncle is buried in New Orleans, Louisiana in a cemetery that’s in a bad part of the city. As much as I would love to find his grave and visit it as well as photograph it, I would need somebody in the area to let me know the safest way to get into and out of the cemetery with minimal risk. Also, being in a safer neighborhood doesn’t mean you are safe as a local cemetery has the occasional drug deal going down and having a cell phone with a camera is a good way to get on their bad side. Ideally, going with one or more teammates is a good thing.
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Last Minute Tax Considerations to Save Donors Money in April!
Editor’s Note: JB+A is pleased to feature our friend and colleague William McMorran, Senior Partner and Planned Giving Consultant with Green Oak Consulting Group, which provides tailored planned giving solutions for nonprofit organizations, individuals and retirement communities. Bill believes donors, and the charities that they believe in, deserve a committed and trusted partner to create and support meaningful planned gifts. For more than two decades, Bill has provided fund development, endowment, planned giving and management services, including investment and administrative support, to charitable organizations. He is widely published expert and a featured speaker in planned giving and tax and health policy. Bill believes a donor’s goals and objectives are the most important part of the planned giving process. We’re happy to share some sage advice from Bill about end-of-year planned giving and tax strategies.
As we head into the final month of the calendar year, fundraisers know it’s not just a time to focus on holiday celebrations and gift lists: it’s a great time to look at recent revisions to the tax law and make sure donors are aware of what’s taking place, so they can make educated decisions.
Lower Tax Rates – Consider Your Withholding/Estimated Tax. The new tax law reduced the tax rates in each income tax bracket. This could be good or bad depending on your current bracket. You may actually find yourself in a higher bracket this year. The new law also increased the standard deduction, it may make a difference in whether you itemize or not.
It’s important to look at your withholding or your final quarterly payment now. With the changes and the uncertain withholding patterns this year, make sure that you are still on target to pay your potential liability. The IRS already is worried that taxpayers will under withhold and has issued an alert on this.
IRA Charitable Transfers Unchanged – A Great Strategy. If you are over 70.5 and have an IRA, you can avoid paying taxes on your required minimum distribution (RMD) by having your IRA Custodian transfer that amount (it can also be higher or lower) to the charity(ies) of your choice, using a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). This not only saves you from paying taxes on your RMD but lowers your overall income, potentially saving you even more tax dollars.
Look for Savings – Harvest Gains and Losses. Take a look at your investment portfolio, are there gains or losses you can realize? Ideally, you can reduce your tax exposure by taking advantage of any investment losses this year, losses that could offset gains.
Summary: There’s a lot going on for your 2018 income tax return. Look at your withholding/quarterly payments, talk to your advisors and plan while you still can make a difference!

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Uniquely designed with the tropical spirit of adventure of Costa Rica. Our handcrafted bags are perfect for Wanderers, Travelers & Gypsies exploring the World one destination at a time... Pura Vida!
Our story is about two women’s synergy and their passion for design, art and Costa Rica. Gitingas was born when owners Lisa & Rhonda came up with the idea of combining their artistic talents and skills. They sought to design the “Ultimate Beach Bag”, and together have created handcrafted one of a kind bags that are a perfect marriage of function & aesthetics.
Gitingas bags utilize natural imagery and local Costa Rican elements to help you to carry the things you need to the places you love... where ever that may be!
Gitingas... a bag full of hope!
Gitingas handbags are manufactured by Prisoner Hope; a program created by a veteran of the leather handbag industry as his way of giving back to society. Prisoner Hope’s main objective is to drastically reduce the recidivism rate and diminish the percentage of repeat offenders.
With the purchase of this bag, you are contributing to the rehabilitation of a Costa Rican inmate and financially supporting his family. The Prisoner Hope Program provides job skills and support to qualifying inmates. The intention is to show them that there IS an alternative to a life of crime.
Each & every Gitingas Handbag is manufactured by Prisoner Hope!
Subscribers receive updates and information on new product releases, upcoming Gitingas events and discount codes for online shopping!
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In 2015, Alex Pole, was propositioned to write an article in the popular compliance industry magazine, ACAMS TODAY, on his perspective of what it takes to successfully seek, interview and transition into a new position in compliance.
Alex mentions in the article, “External movement has become increasingly commonplace in the compliance field in recent years. As banks and financial services firms suffer the ramifications of insufficient compliance investment, many are spending heavily in recruiting the strongest talent, often reaching outside of their institution.


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Dr. Brian Mattson has posted a pdf corresponding to a lecture titled, "Cultural Amnesia: What Makes Pietism Possible?" The lecture makes an interesting comparison between Van Drunen-style two kingdoms views and those who argue that vaccinations are unnecessary.
Very few American travelers to certain African countries come down with yellow fever. So, it may seem unjust to require American travellers to get a yellow fever vaccination before entering those countries. On the other hand, the reason for the low incidence of yellow fever may be precisely because American travelers are required to get vaccinated against yellow fever before entering.
The point of the analogy is that sometimes a given state of affairs has an underlying cause. Ignoring that underlying cause can lead to drawing wrong conclusions from the state of affairs.
Look at it again: (A) "There is nothing distinctively 'Christian" about cultural pursuits because (B) there is widespread cultural homogeneity." But what if I argue the other way around: (B) there is widespread homogeneity precisely because (A) Christians have historically been effective in transforming cultural norms and expectations? This is precisely the conclusion VanDrunen does not want readers to draw. So it is not enough for him to simply point to the fact of cultural homogeneity. He has to account for it.
Think about it for a moment. What is the covenant with Noah all about? At its core, it is about stability and regularity. Never again will God destroy all living creatures with a flood. God promises that "as long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease" (Gen. 8:22). The refrain, "never again" is repeated three times (8:21; 9:11, 15). The sign of the rainbow will be an enduring sign of an "everlasting covenant" between God and all living creatures. In other words, the commitments God makes in this covenant are inalterable. God's promises simply cannot fail. God commits to never destroy the earth by a flood? Sure enough, he has made good on this promise. God commits to uphold the regularity and uniformity of nature? Sure enough, God has made good on this promise. The sun still rises and winter still follows autumn. Now let us ask: what if God promised that there will be widespread homogeneity of cultural norms and expectations among the human race? Given God's nature and the nature of the Noahic covenant, then there has been, in fact, widespread cultural homogeneity since the time of Noah!
Few suggestions can be more historically ignorant and empirically false. To state the blindingly obvious: the history of the human race is not a history of cultural homogeneity.
One of the problems of VanDrunen's view on the two kingdoms is that it suffers from the same kind of ontological problem as atheistic morality. Atheists refuse to acknowledge that their standards of morality are borrowed property. The VanDrunen-style two kingdoms view makes the same kind of mistake, to a lesser degree, in terms of committing the cultural amnesia Mattson describes.


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CPUC READY TO GRANT 44 PERCENT RATE HIKE TO TROUBLED LIVE OAK SPRINGS WATER CO.
April 4, 2016 (Boulevard) --Customers of tiny Live Oak Springs Water Co. in Boulevard are worried that a pending 44 percent increase to their water bills won’t provide them with better service, and is nothing more than a bailout to the water company that remains in bankruptcy.
When the California Public Utilities Commission convenes April 7 the commission will likely grant Live Oak its rate increase, which is on the consent calendar. That will send average water bills to $107 a month, from the current average $74, according to the proposed resolution). Yet some customers say instead of helping the company, the PUC should replace the woeful management of Live Oak Springs Water.
“If it’s in bankruptcy, why in God’s name are they allowing him to run the water district?,” says Paul Isham, a 27-year resident of the area at the eastern edge of San Diego County. Isham said Live Oak pumped water from a stream near his property several years ago that caused his well to dry up. The action forced Isham to greatly curtail a small ranch business.
Read more about CPUC READY TO GRANT 44 PERCENT RATE HIKE TO TROUBLED LIVE OAK SPRINGS WATER CO.
May 20, 2013 (Live Oak Springs) – Chief Administrative Law Judge Karen V. Clopton with the California Public Utilites Commission has issued a decision recommending that owners of Live Oak Springs Water Company be fined $1 million for violations that have put public health at risk. The CPUC proposal would ask the Superior Court to appoint a receiver to take possession of the property , including the bankrupt Live Oak Springs resort, and operate the water system.
“Nazar Najor, the controversial owner, has been selling water to large construction projects without authorization from his small regulated water district that is meant to serve Live Oak Springs ratepayers,” said Donna Tisdale, chair of the Boulevard Planning Group.
June 19, 2012 (San Diego's East County)--The Old Fire is now 75% contained at 907 acres, with full containment expected tonight, and full control expected tomorrow at 6 p.m., Cal Fire predicts.
Cost to battle the blaze is $1.5 million. The fire began Sunday in the Campo/Live Oak Springs area and has destroyed at least on structure.
July 25, 2010 (Live Oak Spring) – Crystal Lopez, 15, has been identified as the victim in a fatality rollover accident that occurred shortly after 10 a.m. July 24 on I-8 east near Crestwood Road. Lopez died and her mother was also injured.
According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office, the mother was driving when she heard a “pop” and lost control of the vehicle.

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This is a beautiful cleared lot with a gorgeous tree at the back of the lot that most would want to keep. It does back up to a canal. Beautiful to build your dream home on . A lot of new homes are being built on this street. Not much to do with this lot. Stop by and see how beautiful it really is.
Corner Lot Centrally located. City Water & Sewer available. Minutes from Shopping, Restaurants. 20 mins to the beautiful Brevard County Beaches. 1 hr to Disney World, Universal & Orlando Area. 2.5 hrs to Miami.


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Astute buyers are always on the lookout for opportunities such as this! In a prime location a stone's throw from Hilton Reserve and across the road from Christ the King School, this duplex pair offers you potential plus.
Combined land size is approx 950sqm, with both duplex houses on offer for the first time in decades. The corner location and northern orientation is ideal.
2A Jeffery St is a 73sqm home on a 550sqm block on the corner of York and Jeffery Streets, with two bedrooms, one bathroom, one carport and additional off street parking.
These homes are situated in the heart of ever popular Beaconsfield, offering family friendly neighbourhood amenities and lifestyle benefits in abundance. Surrounded by popular parks, in close proximity to local shopping facilities and in walking distance to Christ the King School, Winterfold Primary School, and the new Fremantle College. With easy public transport links to nearby beaches, City of Fremantle, and the train station, you'll be living the Freo lifestyle in no time at all.
For sale by Set Date, all offers will be presented on 26th June 2018, while the seller reserves the right to accept offers prior.


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Anthem key offers a world that is a constant living and breathing challenge for anyone daring to explore its vast territories. To face the unknown threats, you must be well prepared, and luckily — you are. Choose one out of four battle-suits: Ranger, Colossus, Storm, or Interceptor, and fight with all your might!
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I`m very happy with the service from Billy and his team. They were professional, friendly and polite. Made a excellent job in laying and levelling a concrete patio base.
Benfleet concrete did a first class job on my drive !
Called benfleet concrete in to lay a base for our summerhouse in westcliff. Billy and his team tured up on time, narrowed in and levelled the base without leaving any mess. And it cost not much more than doing it myself !
The Guys turned up on Time, mixed cement at the kerbside and then barrowed it to the back garden where I wanted the patio base. Did an excellent job of levelling / floating the cement base. Great job done for not much more than what it would have cost me to buy the cement and ballast, hire a mixer and do it myself.
Very pleasant & reliable company to deal with. We placed order on Monday delivered and laid on Thursday without any problems. Good value for money 5* service all round. Very happy to recommend.


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2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 revealed in Dubai. It is the most powerful Corvette production in history. The new ZR1 get new color package, impressive power and torque out put & many more specs.
2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 powered by supercharged LT5, 6.2-litre V8 engine that generate 755PS power & 969 Nm torque plus it’s certified by SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). Also, new LT5 more-efficient intercooled supercharger system that offers 52 percent more displacement than LT4.
It is the GM’s first dual-fuel injection system which support the LT5 achieve it’s record output. 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 engine matted with seven speed manual / eight-speed paddle-shift automatic transmissions are available with the LT5 & top speed is 338km/h.
The 2019 ZR1 has all-new front fascia is designed to channel air for propulsion-system & drivetrain cooling with four new radiators bringing the heat-exchanger total to 13. 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 included Aero package with stanchion-mounted wings that push the ZR1 harder on track.
2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 got Sebring Orange Design Package with Sebring Orange Tintcoat exterior color, the package also includes orange brake calipers, orange rocker, splitter accent stripes, orange seat belts, orange interior stitching & unique, bronze aluminum interior trim.
Interior of the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is driver-focused, cockpit has standard leather-trimmed seats with sueded microfiber inserts offered, heated and vented Napa leather-trimmed seating is also available, as well as a carbon fiber-rimmed steering wheel, competition sport seats, Performance Data Recorder, Bose premium audio system and many more.
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But now, OMG!, the governments of the western world are running out of freebies. They can no longer sustain the promise of “vote for me and I’ll give you something for nothing”. Instead, these governments must now either 1) raise taxes; or 2) cut benefits; or 3) both.
The public, long addicted to their “right” to something for nothing (“entitlements”), are having none of it. They want their free benefits, and they want ’em NOW! And, by God, you damn politicians better find a way to cough up more freebies, or the people will burn your damn cities to the ground!
The stuff is beginning to hit the fan.
The public, addicted to decades or political lies and monetary illusions, want nothing to do with reality (no free lunch; you must pay for what you get). But reality (a/k/a truth) is nevertheless rearing it’s ugly head and probably can’t be suppressed much longer. Our politicians can no longer protect us from the sad truth: no free lunch.
In short, western governments are running out of their most important product: credible lies. People aren’t buying what governments are selling. Western nations (addicted to lies) are therefore starting to riot.
You can bet that videos (like the following) that show European riots must strike real fear into the hearts of every western politician and globalist. I can guarantee that Prince Charles and Camilla–after their recent limo-rocking confrontation with rioters–are terrified by these kinds of videos.
We can only wonder how long before similar riots begin in the USA.
It’s possible that so long as the Federal Reserve can continue to inject hundreds of billions of unearned fiat dollars (something for nothing) into the economy, we may not see US riots. But–if the Fed loses it’s magical ability to seemingly “spin money out of thin air”–or–if the fiat currency’s value falls to hyper-inflation–the American people will turn on the government like a pack of entitlement-starved dogs.
Watch to see if the European riots persist and grow, or if they tend to peter out. If the riots diminish, the system might be able to survive. If the riots continue, they are almost certain to grow, governments will become openly oppressive, and one or more shooting revolutions may occur.
1. I wonder if any of these people are also just pissed off at their governments and using this as an excuse to vent.
2. Americans are rapidly losing their freedoms due to the FAKE war on terror. While I would NOT be one to encourage such a thing, I wonder why Americans are NOT behaving like this at American airports. Instead, Americans are allowing themselves to be gate raped at American airports and NOT coming to the aid of those who refuse to be gate raped by citing the Fourth Amendment.
3. Excellent sound track. “Requiem for A Dream” is one of my favorite songs.
look as if the rioters are as unprincipled as their leaders.

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Day 11 of IPAs - Squall IPA from Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales. It is an unfiltered, bottle conditioned version of their 90 Minute IPA. This comes in a 25.4 ounce bottle, listing 9% ABV.
It pours with a fairly small head. The color is an amber honey, and somewhat cloudy. The aroma has a sweetness that reminds me of honey, and the honey is also there in the taste. It is very smooth, with light hops and a little bitterness. I would rate it a medium in strength of flavor. With the smoothness and higher alcohol content, this is reminiscent of an after dinner drink that is to be sipped slowly. There is very little bitterness in the aftertaste, and a little spice.


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I know the auction could have gone either way but I got it for a bargain price- it needs grinding .
I feel that I should offer the guy a bit more so what's reasonable ?
If you place an eBay add using a 99p start or no reserve to minimise fees etc. you have to abide by the winning bid. That's the position I would take having previously sold items for less than I thought they should make.
You were the only bidder and you got it for 99p didn't you .
take him a bottle of wine instead. he will probably appreciate it more.
johnr wrote: take him a bottle of wine instead. he will probably appreciate it more.
Unless he's not a drinker like me. If you list stuff at a low start you usually take the consequences. I'll as kit I did once round something up to a tenner for someone though as I felt sorry for them. I'd not do that these days mind you.


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Parents/Guardians are requested to contact the principal at least once a term to scrutinize the attendance and performance of their children and to take necessary corrective measure to ensure smooth and steady academic progress of their children.
Any loss or damage to college property by any student will have to be made good by his/her parents/guardians.
Academic progress, good behavior and regularity shall be pre-requisites for the sanction of free ships and scholarships. The students should be accompanied by their parents/guardians at the time of receiving scholarship cheques.
Regular assignments, tests and examinations are conducted. Parents are welcome to enquire about their wards, conduct and performance.
As per the instructions of the Dept.& collegiate Education, Govt.& Karnataka, Students are informed to open an S.B. a/c in any nationalized Bank to receive their scholarship or financial assistance.


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On March 14, 2016, the American Board of Medical Specialties approved certification for yet another new subspecialty: addiction medicine. The novel specialty aims to prevent, screen, intervene, and treat substance use and the corresponding physical and psychological complications coming from addiction. However, following its creation, several have questioned its use. Only 10% of the American population requires attention for drug abuse, and there is already certification for addiction psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology . Additionally, critics feel that general practitioners have the knowledge and tools to treat such cases and feel that a separate physician focused on these cases is not required .
The above example highlights the general trend within medicine of increased specialization and subspecialization that many are worried will fragment our already fractured system of patient care. By adding so many different types of specialties and subspecialties to our healthcare system without a reliable system of organization and communication between physicians, patient care will become uncoordinated, with an excess number of physicians dedicated to each clinical case and a surfeit of procedures performed by these different specialists. From the physician’s perspective, this trend will force doctors to have a much more narrow and limited focus within their fields, and it will also influence how the next generation of doctors will be evaluated and labeled. And the hospitals and healthcare networks housing the physicians will be forced to dedicate more funds towards hiring these various specialists, which can be financially challenging with the large salaries some specialists command. Hospitals which cannot afford large numbers of specialists will lose their ability to provide comprehensive care.
The increased specialization of our healthcare providers has led to an increased level of disorder and incoordination within the healthcare system. Currently, there are over 120 medical specialties and subspecialties reported by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), and it continues to receive requests for several new subspecialties, including medical informatics, clinical pharmacology, vascular medicine, and obesity medicine . With so many different specialists available, physicians increasingly rely on referrals, with referral rates in the past decade doubling from 5% to 9%, and the care of each patient has become increasingly distributed over too many physicians . Communication among these several doctors for a single clinical case is difficult to maintain and thus has not always been executed adequately. This slew of specialists with little coordination has led to an excess of medical procedures, diagnostic tests, and medical expenses. In fact, from 1940, when there was little specialization, to 1975, when various medical boards for Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, and others began to be founded, medical expenses increased from $3 billion to $75 billion . Unfortunately, this excess has not always benefitted patients.
Already, there have been a number of observations by several noted physicians on the negative consequences of such a trend. In “One Patient, Too Many Doctors: The Terrible Expense of Overspecialization,” Dr. Sandeep Jauhar describes how his 50-year-old patient had a month long stay at the hospital for shortness of breath. During this time, he was treated by a hematologist, an endocrinologist, a kidney specialist, two cardiologists, a cardiac electrophysiologist, an infectious-disease specialist, a pulmonologist, an otolaryngologist, a urologist, a gastroenterologist, a neurologist, a general surgeon, a thoracic surgeon, and a pain specialist. He left the hospital having undergone 12 procedures. The net result was only minimal improvement in his condition, a bill to his insurance company for upwards of $100,000, and scheduled follow-up visit from seven specialists . Needless to say, the system failed the patient in this case.
The trend has also had a significant impact on the medical profession itself. Physicians within broad specialties such as gastroenterology and radiology are being forced to limit their focus even further to one specific organ or clinical technology, becoming what are called “subspecialists.” For instance, radiologists are increasingly pressured to become further specialized into interventional radiology, endovascular surgical neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, etc .
The rise of subspecialists have caused many to question how we should evaluate and label the upcoming generation of physicians . If a radiologists chooses only to focus on musculoskeletal cases and does not maintain his knowledge and skill in other areas of radiology, can he still be considered a radiologist? If required, such as in an emergency situation, will he still be able to perform echocardiograms or embolizations?
Increased specialization is also making it increasingly difficult for hospitals and healthcare facilities to maintain their ability to provide comprehensive care. Hospitals will be stressed to allocate more funds towards hiring a variety of different physicians, which can prove to be an expensive endeavor. A endovascular neuroradiologist alone can make up to around $336,000 . Even with funding for their salaries, many specialists or subspecialists may not be readily available for hire considering limited fellowship or training positions available, significant investments in time and money to train the physicians, and the fact that most subspecialists currently decide to stay near an academic center or large referral center in big cities to maintain a sufficient number of patients for their niche skills. The hospitals unable to hire specific specialists or subspecialists will lose their expertise in those fields and will not be able to provide complete care to their patients. Rural healthcare facilities, which already have a shortage of primary care physicians (typically only 68 internists per 100,000 residents) , will have a significant challenge in acquiring the services of various specialists and subspecialists, and this unequal distribution of advanced, modern medical expertise favoring big cities will only worsen rural healthcare inequalities .
The environment of modern healthcare is changing and doctors are becoming more trained and specialized than any other time in history. Unfortunately, this is leading to a lack of coordination within our healthcare system, doctors too limited in their expertise, and hospitals unable to provide inclusive service to patients. How can we rectify the situation? One possible measure, proposed by the Affordable Care Act, includes developing “accountable care organizations,” where teams of physicians would be paid according to their patients’ clinical outcomes. This would force teams of specialists and subspecialists with specific expertise to coordinate and formulate a general health care plan to improve the overall outcome of the patient . As for the inability of hospitals to provide comprehensive care, there have been plans proposed to have several local hospitals organized under a local healthcare network. This network would then include a central hospital nearby housing all the various specialists and subspecialists. The local hospitals would refer all complex clinical cases requiring further expertise to this select, nearby hospital for further care . Both solutions offer a potential solution to exploit the fact modern day doctors are more highly trained and focused while solving the associated waste, disorganization, and overload associated with overspecialization.
Smith, D. E. (2011, December). The Evolution of Addiction Medicine as a Medical Specialty. AMA Journal of Ethics, 13(12), 900-905.
5. Cassel CK, Reuben DB. Specialization, subspecialization, and subsubspecialization in internal medicine. N. Engl. J. Med. 2011; 364: 1169–73.


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• Use tags to identify and search for key frames or clips, then create user-defined bins based on tagged media.
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The above links provide instant access to the Bible Scriptures of particular Bible study interest from 1 Samuel. We hope that these references prove helpful to readers of specific Bible verses and those of the Christian faith who are taking an on line Bible Study course or undertaking Bible study at home.
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However, things don't always go as planned. When an older parent remarries, you may feel relief that they have companionship. You may also worry about the motives of your new stepparent, particularly if there is a significant age gap. When your parent dies, if the will differs substantially from their long-stated intended legacy, you may have to explore how much influence your stepparent exerted on the creation of the new will.
Did your stepparent serve as caregiver or gatekeeper?
A younger spouse can be a great comfort when your health begins to fail. They can provide you with the care and companionship that you may not have received otherwise. However, some people leverage their position as caregiver to manipulate and influence the decisions of their spouse. Everything from talking badly about other family members to pontificating on previous hardships could influence your parent to change their intended legacy.
Sometimes, people aren't even that subtle. They may overtly abuse and isolate their spouse until they secure the changes to the will they desire. They may go so far as to obfuscate the truth by denying family members access and then claiming that no one has come to visit.
If you have any documentation that your stepparent was attempting to negatively impact your relationship with your parent or influence their estate planning, that could be grounds for claims of undue influence.
What happens if the courts agree that your stepparents influenced the will?
You may find yourself wondering what will happen in the event that you can demonstrate to the courts that your stepparent influenced your parents into altering their will for personal benefit. The truth is that the final outcome will largely be at the discretion of the probate courts.
In some scenarios, the judge may choose to revert back to an older version of the last will. Other times, they may dismiss the estate plan in its entirety and handle the estate in probate as though your loved one had died intestate or without a will.
There are many variables at play here, so it would be a wise decision to sit down with an attorney who has experience in Illinois probate litigation to determine if you have grounds for challenging the will of a parent.


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‘Silence Between Waves’ is a site specific contemporary dance work performed by a cast of professional Singaporean dancers and a mass community cast of local people from Torbay. Taking inspiration from the views of Berry Head in Brixham, the work frames a conversation through movement and sound, connecting two places across the sea by reflecting on home and far away. Comparing the South West coastline with that of urban Singapore, the work explores how the sounds of the coast are an escape from noise pollution.
The creation will feature dramaturgy by Neus Gil Cortes and a soundscape by composer Samuel Hall of recordings of people from Torbay describing their memories of Berry Head, their relationship with the sea and communication over long distances.
Alongside site specific performances, Silence Between Waves will be created into a film by Daniel Martin, and will be performed alongside Still Touch for RCDs June 2019 tour dates.
Silence Between Waves was commissioned by Torbay's Great Place Scheme and funded by Arts Council England and the National Arts Council of Singapore. The project has been supported by EyeView, Exeter Phoenix, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore), Dance in Devon, ROC Creative and Sound Communities.

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This project consisted of two new buildings located in San Francisco’s historic Chinatown/North Beach neighborhood. The 14-story and 5-story structures contain classrooms, culinary space, a library, teaching laboratories, an auditorium, a child development center, lounge, meeting spaces, and offices for students, teachers, and administrators.
The systems covered included telecommunications infrastructure design, horizontal cabling, IT room design, a CATV distribution system, access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection system and integrated audiovisual systems.
Any college campus construction project focuses on facilitating learning with a consciousness for cost. This project incorporated technology and systems to facilitate an interactive learning experience for students and staff, including audio visual systems in key learning spaces.


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Recently I had the opportunity to attend a training session about IBM’s Big Insights, in November 2013. Below are my notes about this product.
What is Big Insights in a nutshell?
Big Insights is IBM’s Big Data platform. It is comprised of an all-in-one Big Data infrastructure, with IBM’s flavor of Hadoop and its ecosystem, as well as proprietary tools to query the data like JAQL and AQL, and out-of-the-box connectors and interfaces called accelerators. We’ll review these components in details in the below section.
- Adaptive Map Reduce, an enhanced version of MR that attempts to optimize task executions, by way of using automatic job tuning of speculative execution and Task JVM reuses. Map Reduce tasks become aware of the global state of the job they are working in. This helps balance the workload across Map tasks.
Of note is the fact that Big Insights is not bundled with Cloudera’s CDH anymore; IBM has its own version of Hadoop.
Big Insights offers a language called JAQL, a functional language that can interface will of all the Big Insights tools. It provides API's (or modules) for reaching out to external IBM and 3rd party tools, such as relational databases, indexing services, text analytics, machine learning etc. JAQL stands for Json Query Language, because it is represented via Json. Similar to Pig, Jaql is automatically taking care managing the complexities of the MapReduce world to optimally perform the work. However it also manages deep level nested semi-structured data.
Jaql can be executed either from its own shell, or from within Eclipse.
Big Insights provides an environment for developing and executing applications. A business user can launch existing applications from the Web console, supply any input parameters and view results. These applications may be developed using Big Insights’ development tooling which enables programmers to publish completed applications through the Web console.
The BigInsights Eclipse tools include wizards, code generators, context-sensitive help, and a test environment to simplify your development efforts.
Workflow applications are run by Oozie as a workflow job.
Big Insights also comes with a spreadsheet-like interface to interact with Big data in a manner business users would use Excel. To do so, it presents a familiar interface (e.g. Pivot, Union, Intersection functions) that allows users to gather, filter, combine, explore, and visualize data from various sources. Big Sheets has been designed to be used by non-technical professionals to rapidly gather insight (BigSheets executes work on a simulated environment of sample data first) and analysis from huge amounts of data, and to be able to act on those insights in a timely manner. No need to understand database schemas, no need to understand a query language. And Big Sheets conveniently has a built-in visualization module to chart and publish the results.
Also, the nice thing about it is that Big Sheets is integrated natively with the other Big Insights components, so it’s easy to navigate between the different tools that Big Insights provides; e.g. create an ETL job in Jaql and export the results to Big Sheets..
Big Insights bundles in some pre-built components for specific solutions to accelerate development on certain specific use cases. The accelerators generally provide business logic, data processing and visualization. An example of this is the Social Data Analytics accelerator, providing a set of predefined elements as workbooks and dashboards to analyse social data.
The IBM Big Data platform is comprised of Big Sheets, but also other tools like Infosphere Streams for low latency data, and an MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) database. The IBM ecosystem also seems to support Big Data: R is supported in Big Insights, Cognos supports Hive, Netezza integrates with Streams. These systems offer complementary analytical approaches.
IBM offers a free downloadable virtual machine to play with Big Insights.
Overall a good experience, although one can get easily lost by the sea of products IBM offers. On the other hand tools like Big Sheets and the Accelerators seem very valuable.
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For generations, the Italian maestro was the most electrifying figure in classical music. Why did critics turn against him?
RCA issued dozens of recordings made by Toscanini and the orchestra (most of them from broadcasts), as well as selected performances made with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Toscanini’s white face and hands emerging from solid black in Robert Hupka’s mystically glamorous album photographs. Toscanini’s way with music by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Verdi, Wagner, and Debussy could make the work of other conductors seem dawdling, nerveless. He famously stuck to the score, ending arbitrary practices and interpretive excesses. He drove to the climax; lyrical details were suavely caressed but pressed into the onward rush. The sound he produced with any orchestra was lean, transparent, surging, radiant. “Architecture with passion” was what the young pianist Rudolf Serkin heard in a performance of the Brahms Second Symphony. Other celebrated conductors, including Bruno Walter, Pierre Monteux, and, at times, Wilhelm Furtwängler, acknowledged that he was the greatest of conductors—some said “incomparable.” Having played the cello in the first performance of Verdi’s “Otello,” in 1887, Toscanini is also the invaluable link between the nineteenth century, when so much of the operatic repertory was written, and the modern opera house.
In recent decades, however, Toscanini’s musical reputation has faded badly. Some of his old fans have shifted their loyalty to the work of other conductors—to Furtwängler, say, whose soulful expressiveness and spontaneity have been held up as musically and emotionally superior to Toscanini’s fiery propulsiveness. In the revisionist view, Toscanini rushed through passages that other conductors would turn into contemplation or mystery or sheer loveliness. He offered a maximum of line, a minimum of texture; he was all athlete, no philosopher. Beethoven and Verdi formed his aesthetic, and he never moved into the twentieth century, ignoring the dazzling rhythmic and harmonic explorations of Stravinsky, Bartók, Schoenberg, Berg.
The critic and composer Virgil Thomson complained of a lack of personal culture in Toscanini, which allegedly resulted in a “streamlining” of the classics. Theodor W. Adorno, the Marxist philosopher and theorist of twelve-tone music, appalled by Toscanini’s radio concerts and his employment by corporate America, tagged him as a proponent and victim of commodity-fetish capitalism. In effect, Adorno said, Toscanini turned every piece into a chestnut. Picking up from Adorno, the music historian Joseph Horowitz, while acknowledging Toscanini’s greatness in “Understanding Toscanini” (1987), ridiculed his temperament and public persona, casting him as the false messiah of the middlebrow music-appreciation racket. Both Adorno and Horowitz indulged in scathing contempt for radio listeners in the Toscanini era. It incensed them that classical music—for a brief period—became part of mass culture.
Why does all this matter? Why does one tempo or another, one way or another of balancing an orchestra or molding a phrase arouse worship or condemnation? Toscanini’s historical importance is beyond debate, but can we still experience the excitement and more, the sense of exaltation that he once produced? The rejection of him after his death represents a shift in musical taste. The question is whether that shift is also a retreat from public art.
In celebration of Toscanini’s hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, the music historian Harvey Sachs has brought out an enormous new biography, “Toscanini: Musician of Conscience” (Liveright). It’s a days-and-nights book, a detailed, sobersided, but very engaging and at times gripping chronicle of music and society, all of it devoted to the unending drive and conscientiousness that made Toscanini’s performances so riveting—and, to some, so repellent. Some of that drive can be heard in a new twenty-CD set, “Toscanini: The Essential Recordings,” issued by Sony Classical, which has taken over the old RCA catalogue. The collection, also timed for the hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, includes symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms; orchestral pieces by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, and Strauss; complete operas by Verdi and Puccini; and the Wagner opera excerpts that Toscanini conducted to such hair-raising effect. Listening again to many of Toscanini’s recordings (including those not in the new collection but easily available from music sites or on YouTube) has been, for me, both a thrilling and an alarming experience. Enthusiasms from decades ago, long folded into the back drawer of memory, came roaring back. Some of the performances, bursting from speakers and headphones, stagger belief.
Consider one of the most familiar yet daunting of all monuments, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Before rehearsing the work in London, in 1939, Toscanini wrote to Ada Mainardi, his longtime mistress and musical-political confidante, “That first movement of the ninth always makes me despair,” and he quoted some lines of Dante’s about the damned passing through the gates of Hell. “Dante and Beethoven! It’s enough to make you quake!” At the beginning of that movement’s recapitulation, Beethoven, returning to the blunt opening bars, splits open the heavens in waves of convulsive sound. In any conductor’s performance, this should be an apocalyptic moment; Toscanini does better. In his 1952 rendering with the NBC Symphony, he uncharacteristically departs from the score. Rather than instructing the kettledrums to play through the passage with continuous rolling thunder, as other conductors do (including Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan), he had the timpani peak at each of the three crescendos in the passage—releasing, all three times, an almost frightening charge of energy, as if the atom were being split again and again. And throughout the passage Toscanini holds to his rapid tempo for the entire movement. Playing with this kind of speed and force, the musicians of the NBC Symphony reach the limits of what human beings are capable of. But what is conveyed by this assault on possibility? Toscanini’s “despair”? Rage? Defiance of what has to be? Defiance of death, then?
He was born in 1867, in Parma, a small city midway between Bologna and Milan that in the late nineteenth century had five opera houses of one sort or another, and he attended, at the state’s expense, a local conservatory. In 1886, he was serving as chorus master for an Italian opera company on tour in Rio de Janeiro. A Brazilian conductor flopped, and Toscanini, at the age of nineteen, took over a performance of “Aida,” leading the opera from memory. That season, he conducted seventeen other operas with the same company. In his early twenties, he rushed from one small city to another—Brescia, Verona, Turin, Novara, and so on—pulling together ragtag companies with their mixture of amateur and professional musicians, and producing performances the likes of which had never been heard in such places. In 1898, he became the principal conductor at Italy’s premier opera house, La Scala, in Milan, a company that he left (sometimes in disgust) and returned to again and again.
“Falstaff” was Toscanini’s favorite opera, but he also revealed the structural integrity and dramatic distinction of the mid-period Verdi works—“Rigoletto,” “Il Trovatore,” “La Traviata”—that were considered tired and old hat when he was young. After Toscanini, people stopped condescending to Verdi. One of the more remarkable reissues in the “Essential Recordings” collection is a 1944 performance of the final act of “Rigoletto,” recorded at a Red Cross fund-raiser held at Madison Square Garden with the combined forces of the NBC Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, and a star cast surrounded by eighteen thousand people. On paper, it sounds like a circus. It wasn’t. The strictly disciplined but buoyant and expressive performance culminates in a “storm” scene that must have torn through the roof of the old Garden.
Producing performances like this could be tough on orchestras, and on Toscanini himself. Sachs recounts in great detail Toscanini’s rehearsal methods, which were notorious. He was usually gentle with singers, particularly singers learning a new role, but with orchestras he could be a terror, singling out individuals and sections, breaking batons, ripping his handkerchief, destroying his watch, throwing things, and shouting in his hoarse voice, “Pezzi di somari che siete perdio! Vergogna, matti! Vergogna!” (“What a bunch of dunces you are, by God! Shame on you, you crazy idiots! Shame!”) During a performance at La Scala in 1902, he was so upset by the audience’s shenanigans that he stormed off the podium and bashed his head through a glass door. There is something both comical and impressive about a time in which performance was a life-and-death matter. Sachs reports that the insulted musicians almost always forgave him—they knew he suffered—and many are on record as saying that playing with him was the greatest experience of their lives.
What comes through in Sachs’s long chronicle is the extent of Toscanini’s role, witting and unwitting, in transforming the way that classical music was produced and consumed in the twentieth century. In his seventy years as a performer, he moved opera, as Sachs says, from entertainment to culture. The nineteenth-century conductor—a necessary time beater, presiding over a mixed lot of players—by degrees metamorphosed, in the most talented examples, into a spiritual mentor and charismatic culture god. The mechanical reproduction of music, which became popular with such novelties as a foggy four-minute recording of Caruso singing “Celeste Aida,” from 1902, gave way to complete recordings of symphonies and operas transmitted through every available medium. We are now immersed: the entire recorded history of music lies open, much of it free, to any listener who has the curiosity to discover it. But if Adorno and Horowitz are descriptively correct in asserting that Toscanini became part of advanced consumer patterns in the monopoly phase of late capitalism, and the rest of that Marxist bad news, Toscanini never saw himself in world-historical terms. As a nineteenth-century man charging through the twentieth century, he certainly welcomed stardom and wanted his concerts broadcast in America and Europe. The quintessential performer, he seized on every opportunity to make music under the best conditions.
This kind of hero worship goes beyond irony. The NBC Symphony Orchestra, with its ninety-two players, never had the weight of the New York Philharmonic or the rounded, dark, burnished sound of, say, the Berlin Philharmonic. What it had was phenomenal accuracy, drive, and brilliance. It was the ideal instrument for Toscanini’s temperament.
There was a serious problem, however, with the way the orchestra sounded in its early recordings. RCA, asserting pride of place, staged the concerts in 30 Rockefeller Plaza, its corporate headquarters, transforming Studio 8-H—the same 8-H that later became the home of “Saturday Night Live”—into a notional concert hall. Seats were set up for fourteen hundred people, and tickets were given away on a first-come, first-served basis. It was a lovely arrangement, but 8-H, built to produce clarity, rather than resonance and warmth, was never the right venue for classical music. The orchestra performed some concerts in Carnegie Hall, but the early recordings made in 8-H often sound boxy, dry, and flat, even a little coarse, with blaring trumpets and insufficient solidity in the lower strings. This isn’t always a bad thing—the recordings are markedly intimate. The sound doesn’t bloom, but you hear everything (which Toscanini apparently liked). The complete Verdi “Otello,” starring Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, and Giuseppe Valdengo, recorded at two 8-H concerts in December, 1947, has been proposed by Levine as “an outstanding candidate for the title of Greatest Opera Recording Ever Made.” Tender and angry, in close-miked, unresonant sound, the performance is shockingly candid, the ultimate musical portrait of betrayal and marital turmoil. But the experience of listening to it, I have found, can’t be repeated more than once in a decade. It’s just too much.
Back in 1931, in Bologna, Toscanini had been set upon by Fascist thugs on his way to a performance. “They are capable of anything,” he later said on the telephone to Ada Mainardi. (The secret police recorded his calls.) “Promises no longer exist. They don’t remember today what they said yesterday. It’s shameful!” Toscanini’s ultimate choice—exile in the New World—was shared by many others. Reading of such anti-Fascist or Jewish friends as Stefan Zweig, one gets a glimpse of the anguished, hesitant, but finally precipitate abandonment of Europe in the thirties by many people of spirit. In 1939, Toscanini was briefly back in Europe to conduct at the Lucerne Festival. In September, after war broke out, he and his wife scrambled to get out of France on the ocean liner Manhattan, quadrupling up in the staterooms. Hollywood couldn’t have staged it any better. His heart was in Italy, but he was comfortable living in the Riverdale section of New York City, conducting the NBC Symphony until he lost concentration at a concert in April, 1954. He died three years later, just short of his ninetieth birthday.


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August was spent watching waaaay too much Olympic coverage and also following the goings-on of Walter White: the most masterful character ever written and acted on television. Hands down. No question. OMG. Bryan Cranston should just take his Emmy right now. Just... Damn. And Aaron Paul is nuthin' to sneeze at, making me ADORE Jesse Pinkman: drug dealer. Consider that my mini review of Breaking Bad and if you haven't been sucked in, well, you should.
It was fun to read a totally different style of book from Jodi Picoult, well, I suppose it was written by her daughter. I can't help think that in doing so, she was indulging her a wee bit... It was on the cheesy and predictable side. It's not a 'crossover' kind of novel, I'd put it firmly in the YA category. Good for 12 year olds, truly, and not really for adults that love YA fiction.
I always enjoy a good coming of age story and Julia's awkward junior high narrative was heartbreaking and identifiable to me. And the setting of the book, during a time when the earth literally begins to stop spinning, was really intriguing. I like a good sci-fi yarn, but I feel like she was just setting a scene (with some really creative and beautiful details of the most mundane, yet fascinating things that might happen if the world would cease to spin) and never brought any plot points to a conclusion. I don't enjoy that.
OK, so everyone has already been told to read this book, yes? If not, I will tell you now: READ THIS BOOK. Definitely on my best of the year list. Wow. Just, wow. I haven't been riveted by a book like this in awhile. I'm not really a fan of thrillers, but this is not like any I've ever read before. It reminded me of when I was reading Room, by Emma Donoghue. It gave me that same 'oh my God, I have to know what happens next' syndrome. I love when an author uses more than one character's voice to tell the story, and the way this unfolded was jaw dropping, literally, for me. The suspense just builds and builds. Gillian Flynn is a genius at crafting a thriller and I've added Dark Places to my reading list.
Yes, I like to read a LOT of YA dystopian literature. This was on a lot of 'best of' lists and I enjoyed the story and the question of whether love could be considered a disease. Although, maybe I've read too much of this genre, because I saw a LOT of Matched, Divergent, Across the Universe, and of course The Giver in the themes of the book. But, she gave it a different spin and I hate not know how something ends (OF COURSE it ends on a cliffhanger), so I've put the second book on hold in what is probably going to be a trilogy. Sigh.
I've heard so many good things about gone girl - will have to read asap!


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Five and six year olds from the YMCA visit the Conroe Fire Department with the Conroe Chief of Police Larry Evans Sr., center.
The family of one of Conroe's first police chiefs is certain his name will live long within the community.
Larry Evans Sr. is considered the second chief of the Conroe Police Department and started his career in the community as a patrol officer in 1957.
In his early life, Evans Sr. served in the military police in 1945 when he was stationed in occupied Japan at age 17.
After the military, he returned to Bryan, Texas and attended Texas A&M University.
In 1956, he joined the Bryan Police Department and in 1957 moved his family, including his wife, Sally Murphy Evans, and their children to Conroe.
After working his way up the ranks in the Conroe Police Department, even becoming the department's first lieutenant in the early 1960s, he was promoted to police chief in 1964 where he stayed for nearly a decade.
After graduating from Sam Houston State University with a criminal justice degree in 1969, Evans delved into the private security business. He was back on the streets as a law enforcement officer under Montgomery County Sheriff Joe Corley in 1981 until his death in 1995.
Evans Sr. was best known for his time as police chief in Conroe where he worked as a "boots on the ground" leader.
"It was different back then, because the chief did the same thing everybody else did," the chief's son, Larry "Bubba" Evans Jr., said. "He was the boots on the ground. He worked traffic, arrested people, made family violence calls."
Larry Evans Sr. is also credited with hiring the first black law enforcement officer in the county. Ted Morgan, who died as a retired icon in law enforcement, worked as an officer side-by-side with Larry Evans when he was hired in the 1950s.
Larry Evans' grandson and lead Montgomery County Hospital District radio technician, Justin Evans said that was one of the reasons he was proud to call him his grandfather.
"I am extremely proud of the important role my granddad played in the history of Conroe Police Department," Justin Evans said. "He truly loved Conroe and dedicated his life to make it a better place. I am very honored he had the privilege of hiring the first African American in law enforcement in Conroe and Montgomery County. I always enjoyed spending time with my granddad and Ted Morgan getting to hear all the stories of the early days. They continued to be great friends after their time at Conroe Police Department."
Larry Evans ran an "old-school ship" with the Conroe Police Department, although that old style was considered everyday policing when he was at the helm.
Without the help of modern technology found on every officer now, including pepper spray or a stun gun, Larry Evans was molded by a more personable style of crime fighting.
Bubba Evans recalled stories about seeing his father tussle with a suspect in the middle of Davis Street in downtown Conroe. He also remembered the various shootouts his father would get in – sometimes even when Bubba Evans was riding along with his dad as a young child.
Most famously, perhaps, is when Larry Evans was involved in a deadly shootout with two murder suspects holed up in a home near downtown Conroe. A brave Conroe Courier photographer captured the moments Larry Evans fired tear gas from the safety of behind his patrol car into the home, allowing him and Morgan to rush into the building. In the hail of exchanged gunfire, Larry Evans Sr. fatally shot one of the suspects.
While with the Conroe Police Department, he was presented the Silver Star for bravery from the American Police Hall of Fame and a Meritorious Service Medal for his bravery in a shootout with a man who committed murder.
Larry Evans Sr. was also heavily involved in the community, Bubba Evans said. He would often coordinate bringing Christmas presents to those in his community who were less fortunate. He was a member of the Conroe Noon Lions Club and a Scoutmaster for a local Boy Scout Troop as well.
He would also help straighten out troubled youths caught in bad acts during school.
Rather than haul them to the jail for booking, he took them to their parents' houses for discipline and then instilled the hard labor of washing the city's firetrucks and police cars as corporal punishment.
It's the fine balance of being a stern police officer and caring community leader that makes Bubba Evans proud to carry his father's name.
"It's important that the legacy of Evans can keep going on," Bubba Evans said. "For my kids, the name Evans is recognizable for my kids and grandkids."
Evans Sr. planned to retire from the Sheriff's Office on Jan. 31, 1995, but he died Jan. 15, 1995 at the age of 66 and is buried in the Bryan City Cemetery.


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