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Latham-John Charles Carvill, 93 of Latham, beloved husband of the late Ann Regina Dougherty, died Saturday January 19, 2019 at Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center, in Troy.
He was the father of John W. (Nanci) Carvill and the late Ann Blodgett. He was the best grandfather to his only grandson Kelly Christopher "KC" Carvill and later to KC's fiancée Sarah Minguela and her daughter Mabel Blodgett. He was also the dearest Uncle Jack to Elaine St. Pierre, Suzanne Cobb, Marielle Labonte, and Katherine Turcotte as well as lifelong friend to Jackie Tweedie and his family.
Born in Albany, on August 21, 1925 in Colonie and he never left the area. He was the son of the late William and late Catherine (Webster) Carvill. He was the Purchasing Agent with Albany Felt Company in Menands for over 38 years. John served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1942 until 1944. He was an active member of the Latham Masonic Temple serving as Worshipful Master and District Deputy. After retirement John became the President of the International Lilac Society for 2 years and was a passionate gardener growing vegetables and flowers alike. John was active in Calvary United Methodist Church and he and Ann were active in both the Prime Time Players Club and the Young at Heart Social Club. He always looked out for his fellow neighbors, helping numerous people in his life in many ways. John was a great leader and seemed to be chosen to lead whatever club he joined, too numerous to count. He looked after his family very well and was loved by all.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday January 30, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in Calvary United Methodist Church Belle Avenue and Ridge Place in Latham with Rev. Gordon Drake officiating. Relatives and friends are invited and may call Wednesday at the church from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. prior to the service.
Interment will be at the convenience of the family with his beloved wife in Memory Gardens in Colonie.
The family requests no flowers and donations in memory of John to the charity of one's choice.


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Physical Sciences Division alumni and friends receive copies of the Magazine with a bonus cover spotlighting Inquiry—a special section of stories from the PSD.
The Fall/18 issue of the University of Chicago Magazine features photographer Henry Horenstein, EX’69, whose diverse portfolio includes shots of honky-tonk musicians, horse races, and wildlife. A close-up of a giraffe, part of a series called Animalia, graces the cover.
Art director Guido Mendez spotted this photo as he flipped through one of Horenstein’s photography books. Its choice as the cover wasn’t immediate, but then an interesting thing happened: the editorial staff started seeing giraffes everywhere.
Editor Laura Demanski, AM’94, drove by a towering giraffe-shaped lawn ornament while on safari in Leelanau County, Michigan. A stock photo company sent a promotional email with a contest: find a specific photograph in its image library of two giraffes on an airport tarmac and be entered into a drawing for an Amazon voucher. A cosmologist mentioned giraffes to me during an interview about dark matter.
It was a sign! Or a case of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Or synchronicity, if you believe Carl Jung.
Why would there be so many giraffes in the training set? Well, in 2016 Microsoft partnered with the Wild Nature Institute, a conservation organization that conducts field research, including a project studying giraffe populations by photographing thousands of giraffes and identifying them by their unique spot patterns. The process is time consuming, so Microsoft used Azure’s machine learning technology and an object detection algorithm to train a model to recognize these giraffes.
As Nord explains in his essay, the way AI learns is a bit of a black box. Does Azure really see giraffes everywhere, and if so, why? As anecdotal evidence (or pure coincidence), Mendez came across an image of orange cranes—tagged as giraffes. The resulting design for the Inquiry cover, inspired by those misidentified machines, plays on the abilities—and limitations—of AI image recognition.
For the record, Computer Vision did not see giraffes in this particular image of port cranes in Gothenburg Harbor, Sweden. So perhaps it is just a tall tale.

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Straight Talk: Straight Talk (same as T-Mobile).
United States of America wireless service provider brands shown above belong to their respective owners. Use of their brand name here does not imply any relationship between the cellular service provider and CellPhoneSignalBooster.us.

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In North America the term recreational vehicle and its acronym, RV, are generally used to refer to a vehicle equipped with living space and amenities found in a home. A recreational vehicle normally includes a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom and a living room. In other countries the terms caravan or camper van are more common, and the vehicles themselves vary, typically being smaller than in North America.
RVs are intended for everything from brief leisure activities such as vacations and camping, to full-time living, for which they are often parked in special trailer parks. (However, many trailer parks are reserved just for mobile homes, not to be confused with RVs and motorhomes.) RVs can also be rented in most major cities and tourist areas.
Furthermore, they are occasionally used as mobile offices for business travelers and often include customizations such as extra desk space, an upgraded electrical system, a generator, and satellite Internet.
Elkhart, Indiana, USA is known as the "RV Capital of the World" because it is home to many RV manufacturers, including Berkshire Hathaway's Forest River, Dynamax Corporation, Heartland RV, the Damon Corporation, Four Winds International, Hy-Line, Keystone, Monaco, Sun Valley, and Travel Supreme.
The Maryland Recreational Vehicle Dealer's Association was founded as a group of RV Dealers selling motor homes, travel trailers, and conversion vehicles.
The newest Motorhomes and Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheels, Toy Haulers and tent campers in every price range will be on display, along with outdoor sporting and camping equipment.
The MRVDA also holds 2 major RV Shows each year at the Timonium Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road in Timonium, Maryland. The first show takes place the last 2 full weekends of Feb, with the second being held on one weekend in Sept.
Freedom, flexibility and fun: that's the RV difference.
There's taking a trip from Point A to Point B. And then there's Rving. Recreation vehicles give you more control,convenience and comfort than other forms of travel. With an RV, you can hit the road more often for longer periods, for less money.
>City(s) = Timonium; State(s) = MD; Country = USA.
>Title = Annual RV Show, Timonium, MD, US - Video.

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Boston memorials honoring veterans and fallen police officers were vandalized in separate instances this week.
CBS News reports that several memorials at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan and the WWII Memorial in Castle Island were doused with some type of oily liquid.
The Boston Police Department said that at Mount Hope Cemetery, The Boston Police Relief Association Memorial was vandalized, as well as Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI & WWII, Knights of Columbus and Free Masons memorials.
The WWII Memorial near Castle Island, South Boston, which "commemorates the 216 soldiers from South Boston and Dorchester killed during World War II," was also vandalized separately.
Speaking about the WWII Memorial in Castle Island, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch told the American Military News on Monday: “It’s disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful."
“It’s a sign of the times. The world has just gone crazy,” Lynch added.
We are grateful for those responsible for their support in working to undo the defacement of our beloved WWII Memorial.. to our local elected leaders, DCR, Massport, & others: we cannot thank you enough.
These acts of vandalism will not be tolerated in our city. Together with the @bostonpolice, we will make sure anyone involved will be held responsible.
“Together with the Boston police, we will make sure anyone involved will be held responsible," Mayor Walsh added.
The Boston Police Department, who has launched an investigation into the matter, is asking the public to come forward with any tips about who may be responsible.
On Tuesday, Boston police officer James Kenneally said there had been no discovery of a connection between the Mattapan and Castle Island vandalism.

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The seven-piece Wry Toast Band got things started at the Knowlton Riverfest at 1 p.m. Saturday with a down-home jangle and knee-bending, foot-stomping rockabilly.
Female vocalists Kate Mc-Ardle and Nanette Beatty-McArdle sang about Dixie at center stage, keeping the energy high.
An appreciative audience prompted the band to play encores.
What a great listening experience. From the opening emotional "Steady As She Goes" to the haunting final track "Carved In Stone," this album won't let you down. Brian's vocals are sensitive and compelling and have the same sweet smoothness that Vince Gill possesses. Brian's gift for intelligent lyrics, great vocals and solid songwriting meld the perfect balance of country roots music to contemporary country pop. "Slow Ride" is a personal favorite and a great example of Brian and his family singing together. "Heartbeat Away," "Light In The Window," and "She's Gone To Arizona" are destined to be hit singles. Great stuff.
I’ve enjoyed listening to your great music and beautiful songs and I will give your disc regular airplay because you’re damn good.
One of your songs was tested to our own chart and you went to place # 9 on the chart the first week.

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The impending Liberal defeat is not Christy Clark’s fault.
Well, not primarily. She certainly hasn’t helped. “Ethnicgate” does not reflect well on the Clark government, but this present ordeal is not particularly different from the “very ethnic” mini-scandal that failed to put a dent in the Harper Conservatives during the last federal election. People are outraged at the BC Liberals now because we were already predisposed to feel outraged. “Ethnicgate” provided a focus for what was always there.
So why don’t we like the Liberals? All arrows point to Gordon Campbell, that ghostly spectre whose past misdeeds will no doubt haunt the upcoming campaign. Clark is simply paying for her predecessor’s mistakes, and while she has committed her own fair share of blunders along the way, not even the charismatic lovechild of Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama could have prevented the SS Gordo from sinking. The Liberal Party’s fate was permanently sealed one summer day in 2009 — only two months after the last election — when the Campbell government announced its plan to introduce the dreaded HST.
So what is wrong with the HST? I can’t speak for all British Columbians. Surely, the sneaky, underhanded way in which the government introduced the tax plays a big part in explaining why people don’t like it, and understandably so.
As for me personally, the main reason I signed the anti-HST initiative and voted against the new tax in the subsequent referendum is that I am not a fan of broad-based consumption taxes in general — be they HST, PST, or GST. Such taxes are notorious for taking a bigger bite out of the incomes of the poor than the rich. And while I realize that it is unrealistic to eliminate both the HST and the PST all at once, I came to the conclusion during the HST debate that the only proposal I could support would be a conscious effort to shift taxes incrementally away from consumption and towards more sensible tax bases. In other words, lower the sales tax — whatever form it takes — and recoup lost revenue by raising income taxes, corporate taxes, or carbon taxes (a more targeted consumption tax).
Of course, neither the Campbell nor the Clark Liberals gave any indication that they were willing to engage in a profound conversation of this nature. All I can do is hope that the incoming NDP government will be more open to such an exercise. In the meantime, I happily count down to election day and await the long overdue demise of the Campbell era — more than two years after he stepped down as Premier.
In principle, I happen to agree with the NDP position on this issue — it is simply a matter of respecting voters — but it is also a bit rich for Mulcair to be pontificating about Patry’s obligation to live up to his clearly expressed principles. Are we supposed to ignore the fact that the NDP floor crossing vote in question was whipped? That as a matter of course, party leaders every day deprive their caucuses of the freedom to decide for themselves how to vote?
For me, this episode serves to highlight the suffocating spectre of party discipline that blights Canadian democracy. Such a rigidly authoritarian phenomenon subverts the very logic of Parliamentary sovereignty and responsible government, according to which cabinet must maintain the support of the House of Commons. Not a particularly tough sell when cabinet is permitted to crush all dissent and coerce its MPs into supporting the party line. The result of this tradition in Canada and other Westminster democracies is the absurd spectacle of unthinking parliamentarians saying what they’re told to say, voting how they’re told to vote, and displaying lockstep unanimity of a kind that would earn envy from election rigging dictatorships the world over.
Democracy would be better served by reversing the current practice and making whipped votes the exception rather than the rule. I can understand if party leaders might choose to tighten the leash a little when basic rights are at stake (and here I am inclined to include certain environmental questions too), but most Parliamentary votes do not fall into this category. Even budget bills and other confidence measures do not really need to be whipped. After all, what is so perverse about the idea of forcing a government to negotiate with its backbenchers and earn their support?
Admittedly, reasonable arguments do exist in favour of party discipline. Deprived of the stern authority of party elites, individual MPs might be emboldened to make all sorts of frivolous demands of the government, to place their constituents’ local interests ahead of the national interest, or to sell their souls to nefarious, deep-pocketed lobbyists. Our increasingly dysfunctional neighbours to the south, where party discipline is far more relaxed, serve as a cautionary tale on all counts.
There are no easy answers to these objections. At the very least, legislation limiting the mixture of money and politics must be vigilantly protected — indeed, expanded — and this is true with or without any reduction in party discipline. Aside from that, the freer and more deliberative system that I envision simply demands a lot more of voters. If the authority of parties is diminished, it must be a principled and engaged citizenry, not big money or narrow parochialism, that steps in to fill the vacuum. There is no way around it; we have to be the ones to hold our representatives to account.
And what about the issue of floor crossing that prompted all the above reflections? How can I wish to loosen the iron grip of party discipline while at the same time making it more difficult for parliamentarians to switch parties? The answer is that increasing the autonomy of MPs is not a good in itself, but only a vehicle for raising the influence of the electorate. While rank-and-file members of party caucuses must become more powerful on average, this power should come at the expense of their leaders, not their constituents. Voters deserve the opportunity to determine both which individuals and which parties represent them in Parliament.
So, Mr. Mulcair, demand that Mr. Patry step down from his seat if you must. Frankly, I agree with you. But insisting that your caucus members demonstrate the “courage of their convictions” rings hollow unless you allow them freely to form and express those convictions in the first place.


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Sunday School is a place of nurture; a place where children and adults are taught that God loves them more than they can ever imagine and that Christ is always with them. It's a place where relationships grow, positive friendships develop, and an understanding of how all scripture points to Christ deepens while learning God’s Word together. Our Sunday School teachers are dedicated, caring, and committed Christians. They consistently pray for the children’s faith to grow. Please consider joining us for Sunday School!
What should my kids do during Sunday School at 9 AM?
Sunday School classes are for all ages! Park in visitor parking and follow signs for the Nursery, which will lead you to the entrance for Wellspring Kids.
At 9:45, parents can pick up their child from their class or children can walk with their class and teacher to the church building. Babies and toddlers can stay in the nursery and be picked up at the end of the worship service.
Sunday School Jubilee - All children ages 4K - 6th grade will meet together the final Sunday of each month at 9 AM in the church house basement (use the door labeled Church Office).


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SYDNEY (Reuters): US stock futures firmed and oil fell on Monday as investors wagered the latest US-led strike on Syria would not escalate into a wider conflict, though Asian markets turned mixed as selling in bank shares slugged Chinese indexes.
EMini futures for the S&P 500 rose right from the start and were last up 0.4 percent, while Eurostoxx 50 futures added 0.27 percent.
President Donald Trump declaring mission accomplished, investors assumed the worst had been avoided.
Safe-haven assets eased slightly in response, with yields on US 10-year Treasury debt up two basis points at 2.84 percent.
The dollar failed to hold its early gains on the yen and eased to 107.20, though that was still up on last week’s low around 106.62.
The euro was steady at $1.2330, while the dollar index eased a touch to 89.781.
In commodity markets, gold was steady around $1,345.60 an ounce, still well short of last week’s peak at $1,365.23.
Oil prices slipped with Brent crude futures off 69 cents at $71.89 a barrel, while US crude fell 54 cents to $66.85.
In Asia, China reports its gross domestic product for the first quarter on Tuesday, with market forecasts clustered around growth of 6.7 percent to 6.8 percent.
That pace would suggest China has largely sustained its growth momentum from late last year despite crackdowns on riskier financing and industrial pollution, even as investors fret over the risk of a trade war with the United States.

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Dr. Simon is a physical medicine doctor practicing in Overland Park, KS. He is a top match for back pain and 3 other conditions. He was educated at Universidad Federico Henriquez y Carvajal (UFHEC) Facultad de Medicina in 1983.
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Dr. Gupta is a pain medicine doctor practicing in Overland Park, KS.
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How to measure the success of Strawberry Jam?
I uploaded it, blogged about it, tweeted it, sent a few e-mails. Now what? How can I really measure its impact? How can I know if it is any good?
Even the quantitative measurement is hard but let's try that for now.
I can look at the download counter.
For the previous package that was called "strawberry-plus-padre-0.63.msi" we had an average of 50 downloads/day through the past 11 months.
The official Strawberry Perl had about 800 downloads/day since the latest release on 19 May. It came out in 3 flavors, the division is approximately 55 - 670 - 75 for 5.12.3.0-64bit - 5.12.3.0-32bit - 5.10.1.4-32bit respectively.
v3 of Padre on Strawberry was uploaded 4 days ago and there were 340 downloads since then. An average of 85 / day. It is certainly some increase compared to the historical numbers but it will flatten out. A month from now we will see clearer.
Unfortunately "download" does not mean "keeps using" but I think this is the best we can get today.
We might offer some server side service for this package that will encourage people to register. That might provide us with better numbers.
How else could I measure the success than a larger number of downloads? And what could be described as success?
Let's say I'd be happy to see an overall increase of "plain" Strawberry + Padre-on-Strawberry.
Last time I suggested to call it Strawberry with cream but several people pointed out that there is a vim package which is called Cream. So that's not good.
Then someone on Reddit suggested Strawberry Jam. That sound like a good idea. Both as the food and as in Jam Session.
Where all the CPAN modules play together.
Sounds OK but maybe I need something totally unrelated to Strawberries and Perl.


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Uncompromising quality, beauty, and functionality make up this Premier 33" Hammered Copper Kitchen Single Basin Sink with Space for Faucet Mounting. This Premier Copper Sink is optimized to allow for an easy replacement of your existing kitchen sink and is a perfect solution for an effortless upgrade. Simply take out your old sink and drop in/surface mount your new one-of-a-kind hand made copper kitchen sink.
Replaces a 33" x 22" (outer dimension) standard size kitchen sink.
* Inner Dimension: 31" x 20" x 9"
Uncompromising quality, beauty, and functionality make up this Premier 25" Copper Hammered Kitchen Single Basin Sink. Each Premier Copper Sink is optimized to allow ample room to deck mount your faucet in a standard 25" countertop.
* Inner Dimension: 23" x 17" x 9"
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The VPS server package is a fantastic solution for designing and having an array of multimedia–rich web sites, including media sites. It provides you with a selection of Control Panel tools, full SSH access, a 99.9% network uptime guarantee and a lot of free bonuses.
Our KVM VPS servers are dependent upon a professional virtualization technology that offers you more autonomy from the other end users on the server. The certification fee for this technology brings up the price of a VPS offer as opposed to that of a standard cloud website hosting plan. To compensate for the higher cost, we will not ask you for any installation and system upkeep charges.


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Any e-commerce business owner knows the importance of reliable in-stock shipping supplies that take exceptional care of their products. Morgan Chaney provides business owners a wide variety of in-stock shipping supplies to choose from with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Our website features a large collection of top performing shipping supplies from varied manufacturers to create a one-stop-shop for all business owners! Finding reliable shipping supplies that best fit your business’ needs can be a time-consuming trial and error process. Trust us when we say we have found solution for your in-stock shipping supplies to save you time and money!
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text: In which should be a standup battle unless Desmond Green decides to mix some takedowns, Two lightweights with their careers going in opposite directions meet. Pearson is and has always been a striker, but he is awfully shot by now. He has been stopped a lot of times and he was badly beaten in his last fight against Makdessi and rocked multiple times. Even though Green is no big finisher, his striking improves every fight under the expert eye of Henry Hooft in Forida and I think a bet on Green by knockout here has a ton of value around (+500). The pick here is Green to win fairly easily, piecing up Pearson on the feet.

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Beautiful, delicate shade of mint – my perfect shade of mint.
You have a date after work and want to look good, but don’t have time to do makeup just befor. You think that your makeup should add you beauty and splendor, but do not want it to out to the fore.
Metallic nail polishes, which, depending on the lighting and angle of the light changes the color from the sea to grenish-gold. Perfect for gray winter days, a party or a walk on a summer sunny day.

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Hi folks my name is Ant..some of you may know me through my other thread on retro rides [email protected] 1970 citroen azu van ex 4x4.
Readers of that thread will already know that I am not one to shy away from a challenge!
Making friends is always easier when you can share some common interests.
To cut a very long story short he sorted me out with what I needed and indeed very quickly became someone I have an immense amount of love and respect for!
And I have finally bought this!..ie today sunday 3rd of February 2019.
My intention is to fully restore this beutifull car with the help of these two.
I truly believe that we as parents all have a responsibility to at least try to ignite a passion in our children for the things we have learnt to love!
They wont always share our passion but they will learn more about what makes us tick!
Excellent - that'll be a great adventure with your girls - best of luck.
Will it really be a like for like restoration, or are you tempted to do something a bit wilder - such as drop a Fiat twin cam in there?
We all like a good project! its always good to see the kids involved, much better than being glued to the play station or faceache!
Brilliant. Some people have trouble seeing the potential in things that are rusty and knackered, they just cant see or imagine what a bit of hard work can do. Those girls look pleased as punch at the thought of being involved in the restoration of that Lada, so I guess they are able to see the potential in it, thats half the battle sorted. It'll be good for them. Good luck with it and keep us posted.
brave brave man you are !
Ja mar ik bin net benaud!
Nice Lada! My dad has a 2106. We always buy parts at LadaPower.com or Russian4x4.
My wife’s uncle used to have one. Was one of the first cars I got to drive when I first went to Hungary.
Also I found out today that it was parked up in that spot about ten years ago.
Anyway we had to call it a day as that little tractor whilst being more than powerful enough to drag the car up the garden was now amusing itself by digging four very deep holes in the soft ground.
Bigger wheels and more power!
We’ve done the most difficult bit though..so its all good..rome wasn’t built in a day!
That looks astonishingly rust free compared to anything we'd find over here in the UK!
Looks like that could clean up nicely with some elbow grease. Parts availability shouldn't be a problem at least.
Now I'm just about to head over to continue the rescue....and its started snowing .....wish me luck!
In for updates - looks perfect.
Just get it running and low and sorted.
I also have a Lada that sat for 10 years.
Needed just a new battery and cleaning of the distributor to fire up.
Oh my word what a project! Hats off to you!
battery...fuel....drive. i wouldn't even wash it , let alone polish it. after all its taken years to look like that!!


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You must arrive to your wedding in a car with style and elegance, of course with your own personal chauffeur. & how about driving away from the church in a Classic 1960 Bentley S3 Soft Top?
Travel in style and comfort & make a memorable impression. Your wedding day is a highly personal and important event so you can rely on Blue Sky Super Car Hire to ensure your day stays special by arriving and departing on time and in style.
Our service and attention to detail ensure that you get the fairy tale wedding of your dreams. Our cars come with all the ribbons & wedding car bouquets needed , and if using our professional chauffeur service we will ensure that everything runs smoothly and to your personal satisfaction and we can stay with you for as long as you need us.
Please note that these cars do not have air conditions as they are classic cars, but have folding back roof which lets plenty of fresh air in when needed.
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The Garmin GTN 650 / 750 Trainer allows you to experience the pilot interface and provides an on-the-ground environment to learn the basic operation of the avionics. Train Like It's the Real Thing! The GTN 650 / 750 Trainer includes: • Simulated multi-touch and drag interface – allows you to interact with the system, graphically edit flight plans and much more • Garmin SafeTaxi – allows you to view detailed airport information on the moving map • Garmin FliteCharts – allows you to view published approach charts • High resolution worldwide terrain maps and aviation databases • High resolution obstacle databases including powerline alerting • Simulated interfaces and data including: Garmin GDL 88 ADS-B and TCAS Traffic with TargetTrend™ Relative Motion Garmin GDL 88 FIS-B Weather Garmin GDL 69 with SiriusXM Weather Garmin GWX 70 Weather Radar L-3 Avionics WX-500 Stormscope Lightning Detection Garmin GMA Series Audio Panel Control Garmin GTX Series Mode S Transponder Simulation * Notes: The GTN 650 / 750 Trainer runs on Apple iPad 2 and newer. Supports 32 and 64-Bit Devices. * This app contains simulated data and does not receive data from or interact with real Garmin avionics. This app should not be used for actual navigation purposes.
I use it all the time for recurrence training, you ca even practice the approach procedure on this app to get familiar with the local areas that you will fly the next day. Highly recommending it fo pilots that will fly aircraft equipped with gtn750.
It would be so nice if we could get the app updated to the actual version that is currently be used. The current version is over a year old.
Good for what it's intended for.
I like this app, as it allows me to explore all the different buttons and sub menus of my GTN 650, from the comfort of my easy chair. I am particularly glad this new version lets you choose a GTN 650 interface, whereas the old version you were stuck with just the 750.
As an emulation of a GTN navigator, this app is great. But as an actual training tool, it is extremely limited because the flight simulation is incomplete to the point of being basically useless. What this app needs is an interface to a flight simulator like X-Plane so that you can fly a simulated aircraft and learn how to use the GTN at the same time. What’s especially frustrating about this missing feature is that Garmin definitely knows how to do this. The Garmin Pilot app has this exact mode and it is an indispensable tool for learning how the app responds when you’re in a real cockpit. It simply and easily interfaces over wifi with X-Plane and receives position updates from X-Plane. The same implementation here would improve this app dramatically. If this is an issue about pricing, I’m sure most pilots would be glad to pay for an in-app purchase to add this capability. I certainly would be. Come on, Garmin. You’ve got the know-how and you clearly see the benefit of using flight simulators with your apps to improve the training experience. I’m sure you’ll even sell a few more GTN units if pilots have the ability to try them out on their home simulators first.
I'm hoping Garmin is working on an update that will allow two iPads connected somehow over or Bluetooth...so we can run GTN trainer on one iPad and TXi trainer on the other and have them work together like in the airplane. Now that would be awesome training!
Crashes when opening app. Will start after several attempts. Hope they update to current features.
Works exactly like the real box. Great trainer for those new to the GTN boxes.

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Need to get a tasty dinner on the table sometime between carpooling, soccer practice and piano lessons? Here's a quick, hearty and delicious dish that takes the stress out of mealtime.
Cook the sausage in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until it's well browned, stirring often to separate meat. Pour off any fat.
Stir the mushrooms and peas in the skillet. Cook for 5 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender, stirring often.
Stir the sauce in the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook until the mixture is hot and bubbling, stirring occasionally.
Place the pasta into a large serving bowl. Pour the sausage mixture over the pasta and toss to coat. Top with the cheese.

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Although it is a bit unusual to find people looking for wedding venues Scotland, this is absolutely out of lack of knowledge, or out of choice. The reason behind this observation is because there are very many venues where you can hold auspicious wedding ceremonies and receptions thereafter.
A good example of these areas is the city of Edinburgh. This vast modern city which also serves as the capital city of Scotland is popular for its historic sites, a beautiful cityscape, and that is the main reason why it is undoubtedly a major venue for state-of-the-art wedding ceremonies. This city has continued to serve as the heart of Wedding Venues Scotland since its inception.
Among the best Wedding Venues Scotland that is located in Edinburgh is the Royal College of Physicians. This venue which is located in the center of the city offers a serene environment for garden weddings.
With its beautiful Georgian and Victorian rooms, it has continued to offer romantic and gorgeous settings for a wedding reception as well as a honeymoon experience.
Better still, the Victorian New Library has the official license to host civil weddings and is also available for religious ceremonies. This great Wedding Venues Scotland can hold a capacity of one hundred and eighty guests for the wedding reception.
The other historic Wedding Venues Scotland is the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. This natural venue offers great and beautiful backgrounds for a modern wedding and photo-shooting session.
The botanic garden leads to facilities that make indoor ceremonies a success as well.
The other upcoming Wedding Venues Scotland include; Turmeau Grand Hall- Edinburgh Napier University, The Edinburgh Corn Exchange, and Edinburgh Castle.
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The new year brings new beginnings. It is a great time to reflect on all that you've achieved and what more you want out of LIFE!!! I know there are mixed feelings on resolutions...but I think you can look at them as goals. Sometimes you reach them, other times you don't--but the journey can still be fun.
I have several resolutions, some new (fearlessness, adventure) and some are ongoing (exercise, no more black blazers or unnecessary shoes yada yada). Here is one that I thought was appropriate as I work through this new transition. Do you have any great New Year resolutions to share?


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Bauke could dance before she could walk and has danced as long as she can remember. As a toddler, she attended ballet and gymnastics classes. When she was older, she also took modern dance and hip hop lessons. She trained six to eight hours a week. Bauke is all about dancing and she beams when she talks about her passion: "I have danced at Polydans in Kortrijk since 2004 (contemporary dance, classical ballet and hip hop) and have been giving my own dancing classes there on Friday evening for five years now. On Monday evening I teach dance at Ariadne-Eureka in Anzegem."
"Titeca feels like coming home to me; the atmosphere is really great. Titeca has a flat structure with a focus on knowledge exchange."
Bauke has also been a semi-professional dancer in the productions of 'Passerelle', an association that bridges the gap between the amateur dancing network and the professional dancing network. She has danced in projects with choreographers such as Bérengère Bodin (Les Ballets C de la B) and Alexander Vantournhout.
Bauke is a sporty, busy person. The daughter of 2 physical therapists, she pays close attention to her body. Even when studying Commercial Sciences, she gave priority to her dancing lessons on Fridays; fortunately, she could rely on the notes of fellow students to keep up with her studies.
Once a year, her schedule gets even more hectic as she comes up with her own choreographies for the family performances of Polydans and Ariadne-Eureka in the Kortrijk Theatre.
Bauke is also creative in other fields; for example, she took drawing classes in Harelbeke for 12 years. She no longer practises it, but still has the skills at her fingertips.
"Studying Commercial Sciences at Ghent University was a deliberate choice. It is a broad course of studies that offers you some freedom of career choice. You improve both your linguistic and your mathematical skills... a programme for decathletes," she smiles.
She became acquainted with Titeca during a seminar and had an instant click with Sylvie, Fabian and Charlotte. Charlotte is nowadays her team leader and mentor at Titeca. Her ambition? She hopes to follow in Charlotte's footsteps. She likes to share her expertise with new colleagues at work; she is really fond of coaching and teaching. And she walks the talk; she has obtained a degree in 'Applied Taxation' and will shortly participate in an entrance exam for a three-year traineeship with the IAB in order to become an IAB certified tax consultant.
"People never stop to think about it, but this is a profession with a lot of deadlines: quarterly returns, financial statements etc." The team spirit is great and we can count on each other when we need an extra helping hand. As an entrepreneurial partner, Titeca is increasingly evolving towards advising entrepreneurs through intensive digitisation of the accounts.


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Accomplished astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell has won a $US3 million ($4.1 million) Special Breakthrough Prize for her discovery of pulsars 50 years ago and continued leadership in science.
Bell Burnell has lived an accomplished life. Though best known for her discovery, she has become a leader in the field, serving in many top positions at well-known scientific organisations. She will use the prize money to begin a fund for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Bell Burnell was a graduate student at the University of Cambridge reviewing observations from the Interplanetary Scintillation Array at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory when she noticed a strange radio signal. She calculated that it varied regularly with a 1.34-second period. Though first chalked up to “little green men,” scientists have since determined that Bell Burnell had discovered the pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star sending out a beam of radiation like a lighthouse.
Today, her discovery is widely considered one of the most important and exceptional in the history of astronomy. Pulsars now serve as vital astronomical tools for timekeeping, determining distances to map the universe, and measuring gravity. They were used to indirectly discover gravitational waves in 1974. We write about them all of the time.
The Special Breakthrough award mentions not only her pulsar discovery but her lifetime of leadership. Bell Burnell served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society, president of the Institute of Physics, and the first female president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s national academy of the sciences.
The Breakthrough Prize, whose sponsors include Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and billionaire Yuri Milner, is a $US3 million ($4.1 million) prize awarded annually in December to scientists in the Life Sciences, Physics and Mathematics. However, the selection committee can award a Special Breakthrough prize whenever they’d like. These special prizes need not be awarded for recent discoveries, as in Bell Burnell’s case.
Bell Burnell told the BBC said she did not need the prize money, and hoped that the scholarship fund would counter “unconscious bias” in physics research. People of colour are largely underrepresented in the physics community. Women make up a fifth of the undergraduate physics majors, and have less than 5 per cent of the professor positions.
So, congratulations to Jocelyn Bell Burnell—she deserves it.

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Douchy-Montcorbon is a commune in the Loiret department of central France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Douchy and Montcorbon.
Alain Delon, French actor and businessman, lives in Douchy a large part of the year, since 1971.
Mireille Darc, French model and actress, lives also in Douchy when she was Alain Delon's longtime companion.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Douchy-Montcorbon.
This page was last edited on 18 January 2018, at 17:53 (UTC).


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Not to be confused with Syria.
For the mukim, see Seria, Belait.
Seria is a coastal town on the north-east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Bruneian district of Belait. Officially known in Malay as Pekan Seria (literally 'Seria Town'), it is governed as a municipality (Malay: bandaran), as well as two village-level subdivisions under the mukim of the same name. Seria was the original place where oil was found in Brunei, and has since become a centre for oil and gas industry, the primary industry of the country. The postcodes of Seria include KB1133 and KB4733.
According to the Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam, the name 'Seria' was given by the British authorities, an acronym for the South East Reserved Industrial Area. The Industrial Area is located near the place where oil was first discovered in the area in 1929.
The first commercial oil well  was spudded in 1929 in Padang Berawa on the west bank of the Seria river (Sungai Seria).
Seria area was gazetted as a municipal area in 1936. The town came under the authority of the Kuala Belait Sanitary Board which also had responsibility for the municipal area of Kuala Belait.
The first landing of the Japanese invasion force during World War II in Borneo was at Seria where the Left Flank of the Kawaguchi Detachment came ashore about 04:40 on 16 December 1941, nine days after Pearl Harbor. They were faced with a scene of devastation of the oilfields due to "Operation Denial" carried out by employees of the British Malayan Petroleum Company (now Brunei Shell Petroleum) and the 2nd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, and British Army Royal Engineers. The invasion force continued oil drilling units and restoration of the oilfields began immediately under Sato, Chief Engineer. Over the next three years, the Japanese restored production to nearly pre-war levels, the activity being hectic as other sources of supply to the Japanese war machine were closed off, so much so that most of the oil fueling the Japanese in the last six months of the war came from Seria. Operation "Ha-Go 2", the Japanese denial exercise commenced on 10 June 1945, the day of the Australian liberation forces landing at Muara. The fires could be seen 100 km out to sea. When the Australian 9th Division as part of Operation Oboe Six eventually entered Seria on 29 June 1945, the situation was chaotic, with 38 oil well fires, demolished buildings and wrecked installations. By 17 August 1945, when American fire fighting teams (Patton and son) arrived, 26 of the fires had been put out by oilfield staff assisted by a detachment of the Australian Royal Engineers. By November, production was restored, albeit stored in temporary tanks, and oil export to Lutong recommenced on 11 December 1945.
Seria was also one of the centres of a small rebellion against the monarchy on 8 December 1962, which was suppressed by the British Army. This event became known as the Brunei Revolt.
Under the rule of His Majesty the late Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin, the town blossomed as commercial buildings such as the current shophouses along Jalan Sultan Omar Ali.
The suburbs of Panaga are located to the west of the town while Kampong Baru is located to the east of the town.
The administrative capital of the Belait district, Kuala Belait is located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the west and is linked to Seria by both road. Mukim Labi, also in the Belait district is located to the east of Seria and the national capital of Bandar Seri Begawan is about 100 km to the north-east.
Unlike the other municipal areas in the country, Pekan Seria is not divided into Kampung. However the neighboring kampung serve as suburbs to Seria.
Jalan Utara. This is home to a large number of expatriates due to a large concentration of Brunei Shell housing and facilities located in the area. The head offices of Brunei Shell Petroleum is found in this area as well as the well-known clubs Panaga Club and BSRC.
The Canadian Houses area along Jalan Tengah. This area consist of Shell housing facilities built in the style of Canadian log houses. The timber used to construct these houses were imported from Canada.
The area around the Panaga Police Station and Sekolah Rendah Panaga (Panaga Primary School). This area is predominately Malay and more commonly associated with the term "Kampung Panaga".
The military area immediately to the west of the town area.
North and West of Seria. These are the areas between Panaga proper and the municipality of Seria. It contains a number of British Army and Brunei Shell facilities and housing for both the British Army and Brunei Shell employees.
Kampung Baru is located to the east of Seria on the left banks of Sungai Bera. This is a mainly Chinese and Iban area. The old wooden railway, built by the Japanese to Badas, runs through Kampung Baru.
Kampung Lorong Tiga Selatan is a new village constructed by the government as part of the Landless housing scheme. It is located south of the Seria municipal area towards the Seria Bypass.
Sungai Bera is an industrial area to the north of Kampong Baru and the north-east of Seria municipal area. It contains the only oil refinery in Brunei.
Kampung Jabang is also known as Kampong Setinggan and is located immediately to the south of the municipal area.
Anduki is a sparsely populated area between Seria and Lumut. It contains the Anduki airfield and the Anduki recreation area.
Seria is the heart of the oil industry in Brunei, and also the site of the first commercial onshore oilfield discovered in Brunei. The town sits atop the Seria Field, which was discovered in 1929 and has been continuously in production since then with the exception of short periods after the Japanese invasion and Allied liberation of Brunei in the Second World War. There are numerous nodding donkeys in and around the town and this has become the unofficial symbol of the town.
Reports circulate of a major oil well blowout in 1953, which resulted in well liquids flowing out of fissures in the ground. (Cited in Tingay 'et al.', "Present-day Stress orientation in Brunei...", Jnl.Geol.Soc.Lond. vol. 162 pp39–49, 2005) This has led to inevitable comparisons with the LUSI mud volcano in Java, which has been flowing from 2006 to the time of writing.
The Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) Company Limited is headquartered in Panaga and has various facilities related to the oil and gas industry in Seria. The Seria Refinery is the only refinery in Brunei and is located in the Sungai Bera area together with the Seria Crude Oil Terminal(SCOT), the New Gas Compression Plant(NGCP) and the New Industrial Area(NIA). The open-air oil water treatment facility at the Sungai Bera Holding Basin has since been discontinued due to environmental reasons.
The Billionth Barrel Monument - commemorating the billionth barrel of crude oil produced from the Seria Field.
The roundabout at the intersection of Jalan Maulana and Jalan Tengah.
The roundabout at the intersection of Jalan Maulana and Jalan Utara. A statue representing Freedom is located at the centre of this roundabout.
The Sungei Seria estuary is one of the finest areas in Brunei for observing migrating birds.
Public recreational activities in Seria are mostly limited to the country clubs (Panaga Club and the Brunei Shell Recreation Club). There is an 18-hole golf course in Panaga Club and an Equestrian area in the Brunei Shell Recreation Club.
The British Army maintains its own recreational activities within the British Garrison. This area is not open to the public.
Fishing and windsurfing is carried out at Jubilee Recreation Park (Taman Rekreasi Jubli in Malay) in Anduki. It was opened by His Majesty, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam, in 1992, a contribution from Brunei Shell Petroleum to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the Sultan to the throne of Brunei.
Craig Adams of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins was born in Seria, though raised in Calgary, Alberta. Adams won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, and with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009.
Electricity used to be locally generated with a natural gas fired power plant. This has since been demolished and replaced with a solar plant, with a generation capacity of 1.344 MWh. Local demand is higher than the generation capacity and electricity from the Lumut Power Plant is sent to Seria.
The solar installation is the only functioning clean energy source in Brunei to date (November 2013).
Most of the roads within the municipality are surfaced. However, not all the roads are level to encourage effective drainage during a downpour. The main commercial street in the municipality is Jalan Sultan Omar Ali and shops and other commercial buildings can also be found in the vicinity.
Seria is connected by roads west through Panaga towards Mumong and Kuala Belait, east through Sungai Bera and Anduki to Lumut, Labi and Bandar Seri Begawan and south besides the Housing Scheme area towards the Seria Bypass.
The main highway from the Malaysian border west of Kuala Belait to Muara Town passes south of the municipality. This section is known as the Seria Bypass.
a regular shuttle towards Kuala Belait (B$1-one way) - thrice hourly except lunch and at night. There are three routes, Laluan 1, Laluan 2 and Laluan Keliling Kuala Belait.
There are no working railways or light rail in Seria. The route and remnants of a wooden railway from Seria to Badas that was built by the British Malayan Oil Company (now Brunei Shell Petroleum) before the war to service the water supply to Seria from the Badas pumping station on the Sungai Belait are still visible. BMP staff hid essential components of the railway from the Japanese during World War II who therefore were unable to restore it so it fell into disrepair. When the liberation forces of the Australian 9th Division arrived, these components miraculously re-appeared and the railway was quickly restored to action to carry two 25 pounder guns and ammunition to Badas, to harry a Japanese contingent that was still in the area. George William Percival Clark ran the pump station before, during and after the war. He was also president of the Shell Recreation Club in Seria in 1951. Two of his daughters, Patsy and Gracie, were drowned in the Badas river in 1951 as a result of a boating accident.
There are no ferry services, river services or port services in Seria. The nearest port is in Kuala Belait, and the nearest deepwater port in Brunei is Muara Port.
There are no airports in Seria. However, there is an airfield in Anduki that caters mainly for flights to offshore Brunei Shell Facilities. Commercial travellers would have to travel to either Bandar Seri Begawan or Miri to catch a commercial flight. There are also a number of helipads around Seria town, including one at Panaga Health Centre and at the Brunei Shell Petroleum Headquarters.
St. Michael's Mission School was the first English school in the country. It was a Private Catholic All-Boys School. Due to declining numbers, it was closed down in late 2006 and its student body was merged with the formerly all-girls catholic school St Angela's.
The Anduki area also houses the AnNaem Islamic cemetery site. The An-Naem Islamic cemetery site occupies an estimated 8 acres (32,000 m2) and has 25 blocks. Opened in 1993, four blocks with 220 burial plots have been occupied.
Craig Adams, National Hockey League player for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was born in Seria and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The former Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Education, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr Haji Sulaiman Haji Daud, who hailed from Sarawak, used to work as a dentist in the Government clinic in Seria, before entering the political scene in his own country.
^ "Belait District" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Brunei in Brief" (PDF). www.information.gov.bn. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Brunei Postal Services - postcodes". post.gov.bn. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Seria Power Station gets solar panels". Brunei Times. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Seria, Brunei". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

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Volkova A., Latosov E., Andrijaskin M., Siirde A., 2018, Feasibility of Thermal Energy Storage Integration into Biomass CHP-Based District Heating System , Chemical Engineering Transactions, 70, 499-504.
Despite the advancements in thermal energy storage (TES) systems for combined heat and power plants (CHP) operation, these technologies are not implemented in CHP-based district heating (DH) systems in some of the countries where DH systems are still in development. An analysis of economic and environmental benefits that can be reaped as a result of the TES integration within the DH system is required to successfully promote TES as a technology for the DH system improvement. An actual large-scale biomass CHP-based DH system is explored as a case study. Scenarios for two types of support policies (feed-in premium electricity produced by biomass CHP and high-efficiency biomass CHP) were examined by varying the size of TES. The aim of the research was to evaluate the impact of the biomass CHP support policy on TES integration feasibility. Calculations show that TES installation combined with biomass CHP is less feasible when all of the electricity produced by biomass CHP is subsidised.

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The offline reader is now part of the script itself: http://rebolforum.com/index.cgi?f=downloadreader . Any changes I make to it will be updated there. I added a couple tiny tweaks to make messages wrap, and to fit the screen better, and to download archived messages.


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Are you currently on a health kick, looking to lose weight or just realise that your chocolate obsession has gone way out of hand?
Especially tricky at times such as Christmas, Easter and birthdays, having chocolate at home is always going to be a huge temptation. And whilst it may seem easy enough to say just don’t have any chocolate in the home at all, for those with ravenous children and greedy husbands, it simply isn’t fair to deny them this most wondrous of confectionery items.
So, just where can you hide your favourite chocolate treat in order to keep it as far away from your consciousness as possible?
For those who are on a diet, as stupid as it may seem, attaching it to healthy food item serves as a reminder of the food choices that you are needing to make. Whether it be a bag of lettuce, calorie counted ready meal or box of seeds, facing temptation is a great visual prompt to keep on track.
Think where is the least likely place you are going to visit and place your chocolate craving there. There is an art to this, so the idea is not to put it somewhere where you will never ever find it again. But if, for example, there is a cupboard where you place Christmas decorations, winter coat pocket when it’s summer, or place it underneath that pile of worn towels that you keep purely for emergency, it’s all about not having to revisit your temptation on a ridiculously regular basis.
Of course, a far better way to control your chocolate consumption is to control how much of it you actually eat.
Consider buying treat size versions of your favourite chocolate bar that gives you all that taste yet without the resultant guilt. Ideal for those on a diet, most major weight loss companies advocate the idea that a little bit of what you fancy keeps your diet sanity and educates you in balancing your long-term food intake and cravings.
Buying your chocolate from an artisan chocolatier where chocolates are handmade with tender loving care also often means that smaller quantities are required to satisfy that craving due to the ratio of cocoa bean used. So, you get the same chocolatey satisfaction from a less amount – ker-ching!
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In most liberal communities, and most Ashkenazic communities, the haftarah used for parashat Vayishlakh is from Hosea. In the Sephardic tradition, and in some Ashkenazic communities, the haftarh for parashat Vayishlakh is taken from Ovadiyah (Obadiah) 1:1-21.
As I’ve written before about the haftarah from Hosea (always an interesting prophet on which to to riff) I thought I might turn to the reading from Ovadiyah.
Ovadiyah is a mystery. There is no direct evidence in the text that tells us when he lived, or even where he lived. Some (mostly Christian) scholars date him to the early part of the 6th century BCE, around 586 BCE. The rabbis of the Talmud associate him with King Ahab, who ruled in the early to middle 9th century BCE. That would make Ovadiyah a contemporary of Eliyahu (Elijah.) That’s quite a difference of opinion in terms of centuries.
Those who place Ovadiyah in 6th century do so on the basis of his focus on Edom as the enemy of Israel (and G”d.) The Edomites, it is believed, assisted the Babylonians in ravaging Jerusalem and with the destruction of the first Temple in 586 BCE. They note parallels between Ovadiyah and Jeremiah (who started prophesying in 622, during the reign of Josiah, and continued to do so through the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the first Temple in 586 BCE) though Jeremiah railed against several enemies of Israel, whereas Ovadiyah spoke only against the Edomites.
The rabbis, on the other hand, link Ovadiyah to an official or servant in the book of Kings, in the court of King Ahab, who, when his queen Jezebel sought to kill many prophets, protected them, at his own expense. A wealthy man, he expended his own fortune feeding these prophets, as many as 100 of them, whom he kept hidden in two separate caves, so all might not perish if one hiding place was discovered. For this, he was given the gift of prophecy. The rabbis also note that he was a convert to Judaism and was born an Edomite, so who better to prophecy against Edom.
Ovadiyah tells Edom that G”d has said that they will surely fall, and fall as low as is possible. Their crime? Because they, Esau, acted against their kin, their brother, Yaakov/Israel. They gloated over the triumph over their kin, they participated in the ransacking, and their took from the wealth of their kin. They prevented their kin from escaping, and in this, they acted as spuriously as Amalek.
A phrase that doesn’t feel ancient to us at all. Yet here is evidence that it has been around for a very long time (and probably long predates this usage.) You shouldn’t have opened your big mouth. It sounds like a scolding an admonition, we have all encountered at some point in our lives.
Schadenfreude is just not a nice thing. It says so, right here in the Tanakh, in the words of the shortest prophetical book. In fact, Ovadiyah seems to suggest that happiness at the misfortune of others is about one of the biggest sins you can commit, bringing down upon you the full wrath of G”d.
One has to wonder, at what level of sin might G”d still have forgiven the Edomites for assisting the Babylonians against the Kingdom of Judah. G”d certainly seems to forgive people who have acted against their kin. In biblical terms, acting in a dishonorable way like Amalek seems to be the surefire path to damnation, so it’s not likely G”d would forgive the Edomites for the actions that Ovadiyah claims were similar in nature. That, to me, would be the big non-no, the thing that dooms the Edomites, as it doomed Amalek. Yet hold on a minute here: Amalek was an Edomite! So here we are, centuries after the encounter with and supposed destruction of the Amalekites by Moses and his troops, after Amalek’s heinous acts, and Edom persists! Seems G”d did not insure they were totally blotted out. Why does Ovadiyah then invoke the kinship between Israel and Edom to bolster the charges against Edom? Had they not been enemies for centuries? How did the descendants of Esav grow up to be the Amalekites of the time of the Exodus, to be kin who would so betray their kinfolk? How did the Edomites continue to flourish after the time of the Exodus and their being blotted out under heaven? They are the bad guys that just keep coming back. They troubled Israel during the time when Ehud was a judge. King Saul sought to destroy them, but for failing to do so utterly as commanded by G”d, was stripped of his Kingship. King David sought to destroy them, and supposedly did. Whereas Saul could not commit the complete destruction of men, women, children, animals and property (for which G”d deposes him) David fulfill’s G”d’s (frankly heinous and genocidal) request. Yet centuries after David, here they are again, aiding the Babylonians.
After all this bad blood between Israel and Edom, did the family tie between Yaakov and Esav still matter? According to Ovadiyah it did.
As a sidebar, I am forced to ask: in that case, what about the relationship between Isaac and Ishmael, even to this day? Would “Israel” be chastised by G”d for siding with the enemies of Ishmael’s descendants, for gloating over their death and destruction. (Sadly, I see far too many examples of such gloating among the children of Israel, and the children of Ishmael, these days.
Actually, I think Ovadiyah may have a point here. Schadenfreude is not a nice emotion, but it’s one thing to feel in, and another to express it openly, because that causes additional hurt. The song from “Avenue Q” uses illustrations like a waiter dropping a tray of glasses, figure skaters falling on their asses. Yes, we all indulge in a little schadenfreude. Yet how does that waiter or skater feel when people break out in applause and laughter? Is the way the character Nelson on The Simpsons always runs around gloating and saying “haha” in a very schadenfreude-like way something to which we should aspire? Hardly.
Gloating is an awful thing. It is sticking in the knife and twisting it. Public sharing of our inner schadenfreude is a great sin. Yet it is becoming so prevalent in our society. Gloating over others’ misfortunes seems to be de rigeur, and acceptable. Republicans gloat, Democrats gloat. We read of public rejoicing over 9/11 in some places. We surely gloated over the capture of Sadam, and the death of Bin Laden. In amusement and theme parks, we can see and hear the gloating of people who can afford the amenities upgrades that put them in the front of the line. (Worse yet, than the gloating, are those privileged who are oblivious to the apparent and obvious inequity, but that’s a musing for another day.) I mention this because I don’t want gloating to be seen as the province of any one class of society. Rich folks gloat, poor folks gloat, we all gloat. Well, I think we need an Azazel gloat! We need some way to get rid of this desire, sparked by our inner feelings of schadenfreude, to go public and embarrass.
I suppose I could go on a tirade against the very idea of schadenfreude. It is an ethically a troubling idea. We would, perhaps, be better people if we could learn to not find or feel any happiness at the misfortune of others. Consider, however, this could cause great damage to our concept of comedy.


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That’s what gentrification does – it pushes. Pushes old buildings and homes into piles of rubble. Pushes new homes onto the market. Pushes property values up. Pushes white people closer to the city’s core. And, at least in some cases, it pushes poor minority families out.


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My kids are trying to kill me.
Yesterday my son took me out on the trail walk for a gazillion miles and then today Haley takes me on every possible mountain hill in the area.
Is it possible for 6.75 miles to be ALL UPHILL?!
I can’t begin to thank them enough for caring that I am motivated to get out there every day and do it. I am truly blessed.
Haley and I took some absolutely killer hills today that registered as 28 floors climbed in the Fitbit. I may die.
I saw you busting a move getting up those hills! You rock!
Looks like it is early days but you are making a great start. Often we continue to look at the road ahead, and see endless mountains which can overwhelm us. It can be wise in those times to glance over our shoulder at the mountains we’ve already traversed and remember “they didn’t defeat me”. At the end of every month I’ve begun writing DONE lists, to signal the achievements I’ve made. To-do lists might get us moving, but once we’ve achieved something we cross it off and forget about it. So the “done” list is used to remind us of what we’ve achieved, it shouldn’t be forgotten by being crossed out, it should be celebrated because we got it done!
You 2 are doing such an amazing job..I’m proud of both of you..Congrats!
There is no motivation quite like seeing someone else out there just doing it. You rock, Cricket.


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Rapper Kanye West unveiled his new collection of clothes and music on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Dubbed "Yeezy Season 3" after his line for Adidas, the event saw the polarizing artist coupling his twin passions.
Always one for a grand gesture, West also announced that he is at work on a video game called "Only One" and that it's about his late mother "traveling through the gates of heaven."
Broadcast live on the Tidal music streaming service — at least when the feed wasn't crashing — the presentation delivered pomp and beats in equal measure. West worked the room to play, track by track, his new album, "The Life of Pablo." He delivered the tracks as models stood virtually motionless onstage wearing items from his new line.
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Before deciding on calling it "The Life of Pablo" — presumably in reference to his stated admiration of Pablo Picasso, but other theories, as always, are swirling — West had floated a few titles, including "Wave" and "Swish." He announced its final name only this week.


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Today I was trying to decide. Who am I? Am I mom? Am I teacher? Am I principal? Am I the motivator, encourager, educator, or am I the one who trains, disciples, disciplines, and hands out hugs. I’m both. I think I’m both. I’m really not sure what I am.
Actually, yes I am sure of one thing. I am tired. Beyond that I don’t even know where to begin. Where does one job begin and the other end? How do I mesh my roles? How do I make sure I’m enough of one and not too much of the other?
Some days I feel like I’m more stuck in school mode. We gets lots of learning accomplished, we make projects, we do art, we listen to music, we have a nature walk, we do math, we get out our magnifying glasses, we read endless books, we try out new computer programs, and we question and find answers. My kids love to satisfy their curiosity and to have the satisfaction of learning. My boxes are all checked off. I feel so successful.
But then some seeds of doubt creep in. Did I hug them enough? Did we address character issues well enough? Did I discipline with enough firmness, compassion, and love? Did I spend more time teaching or nurturing?
Now, I know that some would say that when you homeschool everything you do is part of learning and all those moments spent with your children are opportunities to parent and disciple them. Yes, I realize that. But at the end of the day, I sit down and wonder who I am. I can’t seem to flow seamlessly from one role to the other and I worry that one role will take over completely. Will I become the constant teacher who can’t miss an opportunity to slide in learning at the expense of fun and live in a condemned disaster area because I neglect chores? Or will I become mom and spend more time nurturing at the expense of my kids’ education letting them have unlimited play, and they’ll graduate knowing little more than basic addition?
Ok, I know both of those are extremes. But I worry, ok? When you’re in charge of the parenting and the teaching it’s a big job and a huge responsibility. I feel the weight of it and I question what I’m doing. I look back on my days and wonder if I did the job I was called to do that day.
When my kids get with the program and realize that I’m in teacher mode, they hurry up and get into learning mode. “Teacher Me” is ready to teach and I don’t welcome any of the whining, bickering, arguing, and complaining. I have my list of things to get done and we start right in.
However, if my kids need me and I’m stuck in teacher mode then I worry about what’s not getting done. I try to turn things into a learning opportunity. When the “Teacher Me” is in charge my kids are absolutely terrible about picking up because we’re just too busy learning. The house gets woefully neglected and my kids have learned that if they ask me to read to them, all chores are banished and we find ourselves in the bean bag chairs.
When my kids see I’m in mom mode they are less likely to be productive in school and more likely to try to get away with questioning me or arguing with my decisions. If I’m trying to teach and I’m stuck in mom me then my kids catch on and school is ridiculous failure. They feel more able to push my buttons and try to get away with every little thing.
Yet, “Mom Me” is the one to bake and cook and clean and relax. So, those times are desperately needed. When I can no longer see the floor, the mom comes out and we have to pick up. In mom mode chores get done, discipleship is more of a focus, discipline is more consistent, games are more frequent, and clothes get washed, and there is food on the table, in the pantry, and in the fridge. The “Mom Me” is more spontaneous, more nurturing, and much less organized.
In homeschooling is it ok to be two-faced? I have my “mom face” and my “teacher face” and I hope my kids can tell them apart. How can they get in rhythm with me? How can I find some balance? I need both versions of me to be successful.
And I do worry that somewhere along the way as I try to discover if “Teacher Me” or “Mom Me” showed up that day, I’ll lose the real me – you know, the one who loves to play piano, can read books for hours, loves to have a movie date night, loves to bake, paints her toes, wears eye shadow, wears grown-up clothes (no, yoga pants don’t count), loves horses, and listens to country music. Yes, I think I’m having an identity crisis. Will the real me please stand up?
Who knew that balance was this hard to achieve? How do you find balance in your multiple roles?
In my opinion, balance is a myth. I am more of a juggler – and I let go of some of my realistic expecations a while ago. For instance, I won't have the Better Homes and Gardens look, but we can try to control the clutter. I just wing it most of the time when it comes to cleaning because every timeI try to make a schedule, I can't keep it and end up feeling like a failure. I don't like that.
I am right there with you, plus I'm a single mom and an innkeeper, so throw in a few more roles and a lot more identity crises.
And I have to just have faith… I am enough. My house is ok. My kids will learn enough. They'll be who they'll be.
But of course, I can't stop the worry. Will they really learn enough? Will this very difficult and unpopular-with-my-sister-and-others-who-matter decision be justified in the end when it produces educated, well balanced kids? Or am I working this hard to be a flop?
Thank you for sharing your struggle…it's very encouraging as I struggle, but cannot express my frustration without someone saying, well, you should put them in school. Argh!
Hugs to both of us.
I always worry. We just moved so it is hard to get back into teacher mode. Garden season is coming up and I need to be in mom mode it get it going and such but I know it can be a learning experience too to teach them how to garden and I hope I can balance the two.
But I think Mary touched on something above…I have found that the mother/teacher role is not either-or, but a combination of both. Both of those roles are loving, require obedience, and can be fun. It just depends on the setting and if we are doing a math lesson or playing a card game together. And it is a mental thing too…how my attitude is and how I am thinking totally sets the mood for the day.
I worried a lot more when my kids were younger. I think Mary's idea of the roles being a combo rather than a choice is right on the money. Mom is very much a teacher role – but as homeschoolers, we've chosen to be the teacher of the academics as well as just life in general. 😉 We have always tried to make it a priority for me to have at least one regular activity I can do simply because I enjoy it – where I am just "Kym" and not somebody's mom or wife. Looking back, I think that has helped the kids understand that there's more to me than just chief cook and bottle-washer. And schoolteacher.
Thanks! Some days it's just so overwhelming!!

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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's Supreme Court has rejected a former CIA operative's appeal against extradition to Italy to serve a six-year sentence for her part in the U.S. extraordinary renditions program, a court official said Monday.
The official told The Associated Press that Sabrina De Sousa's only remaining recourse to avoid being sent to Italy would be to appeal to Portugal's Constitutional Court, arguing her extradition order is unconstitutional. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in accordance with court rules.
De Sousa's Portuguese lawyer, Manuel Magalhaes e Silva, did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
De Sousa, who was working in Italy under diplomatic cover, faces prison for her role in the 2003 kidnapping in Milan of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, a terror suspect who was under surveillance by Italian law enforcement at the time. De Sousa was among 26 Americans convicted in absentia in the case, which also implicated Italy's secret services and has proven embarrassing to successive Italian governments.
The extraordinary rendition program was part of the anti-terrorism strategy of the U.S. administration following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Years later, U.S. President Barack Obama ended the program.
A lower Lisbon court ruled in January that De Sousa should be turned over to Italy following her arrest at Lisbon Airport in October on a European warrant. Authorities seized her passport while awaiting the court decision on her extradition.
De Sousa, who was born in India and holds both U.S. and Portuguese passports, has said that she had been living in Portugal and intended to settle there. She was on her way to visit her elderly mother in India with a round-trip ticket when she was detained.
De Sousa has requested a pardon from Italy, according to her Italian lawyer. Italy has granted only one pardon in the case — for the lone military member among the defendants.


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The State of Florida, along with 33 other states, has declared September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The month has been set aside by presidential proclamation as a time to honor the young patients, their loved ones, and all who support them, and focus efforts on the need to combat this devastating disease. Thus, for the month of September, advocates are encouraging everyone to wear gold as a sign of support and to raise awareness of childhood cancer--the leading fatal disease in children.
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Chemotherapy drugs are powerful medicines that can cause serious side effects, including pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anemia, decreased resistance to germs and infections, as well as other uncomfortable physical and mental issues. Delayed, erroneous, or missed cancer diagnosis of pediatric cancers can impact the length of treatment that is ultimately required and the amount of chemotherapy drugs a child must receive.
The early diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancers is important in order to give kids the greatest chance for the best possible recovery. If you have received the devastating news that your child has been diagnosed with pediatric cancer and if that diagnosis was delayed or missed, you may have questions about receiving help for your child's medical costs as well as receiving justice for your child's needless suffering.
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