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P Money announces debut album 'Live And Direct'
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P Money teams up with Deeco on ingenious grime release Panasonic to announce his debut album 'Live & Direct' out 25th November
Panasonic has many purposes. It's the first track and video released to the public from P Money's debut album 'Live & Direct' on Rinse. It's the announcement of theNovember 25th release date, album launch party and it's an explosive statement of intent from south London's most seasoned veteran MC.
Premiering last night on BBC Radio 1Xtra would usually see MistaJam interview P Money before pressing play on the world premiere of Panasonic. Naturally, P Money went against the grain, showing the world just how charged up he is with an exclusive 15 minute freestyle to accompany the track.
After sending shockwaves across the airwaves, P Money announced the release of his debut album, which is available to pre-order now with Panasonic being made available instantly.
As grime approaches its twentieth year many MC's have come and gone, but P Money has staying power. His rise has been quiet but inexorable since releasing his first grime mixtape 'Coins 2 Notes' in 2006.
P's love for dubstep saw him become a household name in 2010 as tracks 'Slang Like This' and 'Anthemic' with Magnetic Man catapulted him into the mainstream. With numerous mixtapes, singles and EP's on Rinse, Butterz, RAM Records, Black Butter and more over the past few years, he's toured extensively and not only hit UK festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival and Wireless but impacted worldwide with shows in New Zealand, Croatia and the US.
His debut album 'Live & Direct' taps into his entire musical history – reaching from his roots in garage and grime into the dubstep that helped establish his name – it's set to draw together the disparate strands of his career so far, as well as reaching forward to suggest a wider future for his sound.
A first class mic controller with clarity, witty lyrics, endless flow and punchlines P has touched on everything from love to loss to police brutality, and while 'Panasonic' is an eruptive and authoritative entry into album mode it's not all the album has to offer. The substance and purpose in his music throughout his career is something he continues throughout the album.
"Music has never been about money or charting for me. It was always about expression and being able to speak for my community. I've always imagined my debut album will sound garage, dubstep and grime, be released on Rinse and be a body of work that inspires young people, the first two are happening, I guess we'll have to wait till it's out to see if it really resonates… I think it will".
Featuring beats from a number of Rinse's best known producers and associates, alongside a range of guest vocalists, 'Live & Direct' will give fans a deeper insight into P Money's personality than ever before.
LIVE & DIRECT WILL BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 25TH


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Who is Favored to Win Each Power 5 Conference?
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College football season is less than a month away, and the buzz is starting to build. For bettors, that means looking at the odds and evaluating some of the best teams to place your cold hard cash on.
With a major shake-up coming to the conference structure of NCAA football, this might be one of the last seasons where we have a true Power 5 conference structure, so there should be plenty of interest in who will take home the titles.
We've put together this piece with the favorites for each conference, as compiled by the oddsmakers of many of the top sports betting apps in the country.
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook
ACC – Clemson (-120)
No surprise here. Dabo Swinney's squad won 6 of the previous 7 ACC titles before their streak was snapped last season.
But there's plenty of reason to believe they'll be back on top. Defending champion Pitt is expected to take a step back following QB Kenny Pickett's departure for the NFL. The Tigers will no doubt be entering this season with a renewed vigor, looking to reclaim their top spot.
Runner-up: Miami (+550)
Big Ten – Ohio State (-215)
Similar to Clemson, Ohio State is looking to reclaim its spot atop the Big Ten following a shocking loss to rival Michigan in last season's Big Ten Championship.
Previous to that, the Buckeyes had been Big Ten champions for 4 straight seasons. Behind the arm of projected Heisman contender and the top prospect in next year's NFL Draft, C.J. Stroud, THE Ohio State is bookmakers' favorite to get the top spot back and the heaviest favorite of all conference winners.
Runner-up: Michigan (+600)
Big 12 – Oklahoma (+200)
Despite the departure of Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma is still looking like the favorite to win the Big 12, albeit by a narrow margin.
With a new head coach and quarterback to bring in, it's actually a bit surprising to see them favored here. They finished third last season and are working with a new system that they will have to integrate.
At this point in the preseason, reputation means a lot, so this might be a good pick to fade if you think other contenders like Oklahoma State, Texas, or defending champion Baylor can knock off the Sooners
Runner-up: Texas (+280)
Pac-12 – USC (+220)
The Pac-12 narrowest race on the books, with no clear favorite. USC is favored here, despite finishing a paltry 4-8 last season.
But, this USC team will look a whole helluva lot different than last year's. With the hiring of Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley, along with his OU QB Caleb Williams, the Trojans are looking to bounce back in a major way and return to their winning ways.
Runner-up: Utah (+250)
SEC – Alabama (-145)
The Power 5's strongest conference plays host to last season's two National Championship finalists.
Last season Alabama won the conference last season, but the victory felt hollow after losing to the Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. This year, the Crimson Tide are looking to win their 8th SEC Championship in 11 seasons under Nick Saban. However, the ultimate prize remains the National Championship game.
Runner-up: Georgia (+155)
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Ghana:criminals parading themselves as innocents in the banking industry
About two years ago, the Bank of Ghana financial autogpsy report catalogued various roles of some players in banking industry which eventually led to the collapse of some banks. We were told about GHC14 billion of the taxpayers' money was spent to save these banks but actions and inactions of these players in the financial sector contributed largely to the closure.
Months after the closure of these banks, the owners had been mute as though they were not living in this country. Even those who mounted defence to tell their side of the story did so without touching on the main substance of the central bank's report.
We, therefore, find it very sickening to hear and watch personalities who allegedly caused the collapse of the banks, putting monies of depositors at risk, now talking nonsense on TV, radio and other media platforms. These same individuals have now found their voices and parading themselves as having unparalleled integrity and presenting themselves as gems.
After Government spending billions of cedis of taxpayers monies to safeguard funds of depositors, the real "culprits" who caused the collapse of the banks due to bad corporate governance, greediness, selfishness and conflict of interest are walking freely with the audacity to grant interviews aimed at playing innocent and blaming Government. God save this country!
So we ask why were these "financial experts" mute when their "well managed" banks were being close down and merged? They knew what they have done!
CVM appreciate the Government efforts to make sure that sanity prevail in the financial sector. We also appreciate that some legal works have been done on these banking issues. But we boldly hold the view that they are woefully inadequate.
We, therefore, blame the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice who has failed to rise to the occasion to prosecute these banking "criminals" quickly. The Bank of Ghana and Ministry of Finance are equally to share the blame for the lack of urgency on their part to deal with these "criminals" in accordance with the law.
We ask how would Government justify its position when those labelled criminals are not facing speedy prosecution today?
Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome was prosecuted and his assets were confiscated and sold to defray a nearly five-year-old debt to the state. His was GHC51 million which was a major political campaign issue. The banking rot is costing the nation GHC14 billion and we are doing nothing about it?
CVM believe that the inability of Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance and Bank of Ghana to deliver on such sensitive issues could create very serious threat to the electoral fortunes for President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party come 2020. Act now!
The taxpayers need their GHC 14 billion back for socio-economic development.
… Signed…
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January 23, 2022, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
QAHN's 1st annual "Scandal Makers" Online Film Fest!
Join QAHN's "Scandal Makers" team as they travel the cemeteries of the Eastern Townships in search of long-dead Townshippers, the notorious and the infamous, who lie in rest in the burial grounds of Stanstead and Compton counties. An all-star cast takes viewers on a tour into the past as they introduce us to individuals who made their mark on history in a not-so-positive way. The worldwide premiere of "Scandal Makers II" is coming to your screens on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Don't miss it!
You can join us live from QAHN's Facebook page or on Zoom for more interaction.
If you would like to join by Zoom, you must register by clicking on this link.
February 3, 2022, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
QAHN's Heritage Talks Online presents: "Welcome to Cantley, down the road less-travelled...," with Margaret Phillips.
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Cantley1889's historical tour will re-live the triumphs and challenges of convincing Cantley of its long, fascinating history – no easy feat since Cantley's birth year is officially recognized as being 1989! Cantley1889 was founded in 2010 by volunteers interested in discovering Cantley's roots - its Gatineau River logging, mining its rocky Canadian Shield, farming its rolling hills. The organization's mandate is to discover, catalogue, protect and promote local heritage. Cantley is one of Quebec's fastest growing municipalities. Its 133 sq km (33, 000 acres) of farmland and forests stretch along the rocky eastern shoreline of the Gatineau River, on the opposite shore from Chelsea, south of Wakefield and a 20-minute drive north from Ottawa.
Margaret Phillips is president of Cantley1889, a former board member of the Gatineau Valley Historical Society and a retired teacher. Her passion for local history is inherited from her parents Bob Phillips (the founder of the Heritage Canada Foundation) and Mary Anne Cochrane Phillips; both of whom were founders of Heritage Ottawa. She spent childhood summers in Cantley, then moved there permanently in 1982 into her restored 1867 log house.
This talk may be viewed on Facebook Livestream, or on Zoom.
For Zoom attendees, registration is required via this link.
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QAHN's Heritage Talks Online presents: "Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute: a central place for protecting 'the ways,'" with Robert Imrie and Trifona Simard.
Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute
Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute is the 30,000 square-foot cultural centre of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee, mandated with heritage maintenance including culture, language and traditional knowledge. It is the Crees' primary location for the preservation of documents, media, and physical objects, and was designed for preservation, conservation, research, and knowledge transfer. Since opening in 2012, ACCI has accomplished much in a short time, from developing permanent and travelling exhibitions, to producing and touring theatrical productions, to transferring ownership (repatriation) efforts of historical objects from the area, to name a few. We aim to share our experiences and the successes we have managed to achieve over this short time.
Robert Imrie is the Director of Programs at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute. Born in Manitoba, and raised in the Northwest Territories and Ottawa area, Robert has worked extensively in Northern Quebec, first as a teacher and now at the Cultural Institute.
Trifona Simard is from the Cree Nation of Ouje-Bougoumou. Born in Chibougamau, Quebec, Trifona is grounded in her cultural traditions and is an artist, expressing her artistic expressions through beading. Through ongoing educational workshops at Aanischaaukamikw, Trifona has been able to share her cultural practices with others.
February 13, 2022, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
QAHN's Heritage Talks Online presents: "The Heritage of the Pettes Memorial Library: past, present and future," with Jana Valasek and Annmarie Adams.
Pettes Memorial Library.
This is the story of a building and the library that has operated
within its walls, from its conception in the 1890s, through its use in the 20th century and looking forward to the plans for its future. It was imagined by Mrs. Narcissa Farrand Pettes as a memorial to her husband Nathaniel Pettes, and from there, both the building and the institution have continued to evolve.
This presentation will explore the beginnings of the Pettes Memorial Library, the unique story of its foundation, the architectural history of the building, and the history of the library that it houses, as well as look at the plans for an expansion to the building to allow the library to serve the needs of the community in the coming decades.
Jana Valasek has been the Executive Director of the Pettes Memorial Library since 2004. She did both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at McGill University. She holds a B.A. in History, with a second major in Canadian Studies, as well as a Master of Library and Information Studies. She lives in Sutton with her family and many, many animals.
Annmarie Adams is an architectural historian specializing in the intersections of medicine, gender, and the built environment. She is the Stevenson Professor of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine and former Director of the School of Architecture, McGill University. Her books include Architecture in the Family Way (1996); Designing Women (2000); and Medicine by Design (2007).
For Zoom attendees, registration is required.
QAHN's Heritage Talks Online presents: "The Château Ramezay: a historic site and museum powered by volunteers," with Bruno Paul Stenson.
Château Ramezay
In 1705, Montréal's Governor, Claude de Ramezay, built the imposing stone residence that is now known as "the Château." Over the years, the Château served a variety of functions and bore witness to key events in history. In the mid-19th century, a community-based, non-profit association known as the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal was established as a "learned society" and, later on, intervened to save the Château Ramezay from demolition. The Society created a museum which opened to the public in 1895.
Today, the Society still owns the Château and its collection of over 30,000 objects. It also oversees the museum's operations including its team of 100 volunteers, partially comprised of the "English-speaking Guides Association." Volunteers have formed the heart of the Château Ramezay since its establishment and today they serve as guides, administrators, trustees or supporters of museum activities.
The volunteer program at the Château Ramezay is a first-class dynamic and vibrant program that keeps the museum connected to its past, anchored solidly in the present and ready to jump forward to stay relevant for its community. This presentation will look at the Château's volunteering history and present what makes its volunteering program unique.
Bruno Paul Stenson is a social historian who has been giving entertaining lectures since 1984. A fluently bilingual graduate of McGill and Concordia universities, he has earned Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and in History, a Master's degree in History, and a diploma in Public Relations Management. His public education efforts earned him the Museum Volunteer Award from the Canadian Museums Association in 2015, the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers from the Governor General of Canada in 2016, and the Château Ramezay Centennial Medal from the Château Ramezay Museum, also in 2016. His many lecture topics include social history, sciences, and music (he owns and plays some 250 different musical instruments).
QAHN & Partners present "Belonging & Identity"
HERITAGE SHOW & TELL ONLINE
11 communities, 11 great projects, from podcasts and online exhibits to live performances: Here's your chance to meet heritage leaders from across Quebec who are celebrating local history and culture despite pandemic challenges.
Join QAHN as we welcome member groups taking part in this year's edition of the Belonging and Identity project, a QAHN initiative undertaken in partnership with the Secretariat for relations with English-speaking Quebecers (SRQEA).
Our program includes presentations from: Greenwood Centre for Living History; Colby-Curtis-Museum; KlezKanada; Canadian Centre for the Great War; Eastern Townships Resource Centre; Société d'histoire du Canton d'Orford; Gaspé-Percé Vision Now; Morin Heights Historical Association; Mile End Memories; Richmond County Historical Society; and Quebec Genealogical eSociety.
Watch this live event via QAHN's Facebook page.
QAHN's Heritage Talks Online presents: "Searching for the Black Archive of the Eastern Townships." with Sunita Nigam
Eastern Townships Resource Centre
Dr. Sunita Nigam will discuss her experiences searching for archives of Black histories in the Eastern Townships and curating an exhibit (supported by funding from QAHN) on these histories for the Eastern Townships Resource Centre during her time as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council postdoctoral fellow at York University. This talk will cover some of the complexities of assembling and engaging with Black archives in the Americas broadly and in the Eastern Townships in particular.
Sunita Nigam holds a Ph.D. in English from McGill University, where she published on the relationship between urban placemaking and cultural performance forms – like blackface minstrelsy, stand-up comedy, burlesque, disco, and Olympic design – in Mexico City, New York, and Montreal. She is also conducting a Black histories project with the Eastern Townships Research Centre that is uncovering important Black histories of the region. Beyond her academic work, Sunita works as a research consultant in the community sector in Quebec.
March 1, 2022, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
QAHN's Heritage Talks Online presents: "From Ship to Shoebox: exploring Quebec Jewish history through the Canadian Jewish Archives," with Janice Rosen.
Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives
From personal diaries to community-building proclamations, from circumcision certificates to obituaries, from comic books to heartrending testimonies: all manner of documentation about the Jews of Quebec and Canada can be found at the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives, a community institution founded in 1934 by the Canadian Jewish Congress. How did this treasure-trove come into being, why is it still here, and what can it offer you? We will explore these topics and more during this illustrated lecture.
Janice Rosen has been the Archives Director since 1989 of the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives, formerly known as the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives. She is also a co-creator of the Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (http://cjhn.ca), a database-driven website showcasing the holdings of several partner archives and museums.


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Name=code_299097_0;Target=R77_15554T0
Name=code_299097_0
Name=code_299097_0;Target=R77_14520T0

Name=code_010512_23;isoforms=1
Name=code_010512_23
Name=code_010512_23;Target=R77_14520T0

Name=code_550_30;isoforms=3
Name=code_550_29
Name=code_550_29;Target=R77_14520T0
Name=code_550_31
Name=code_550_31;Target=R77_13591T0
Name=code_550_31;Target=R77_13591T0
Name=code_550_32
Name=code_550_32;Target=R77_13771T0

Name=code_67379_19;isoforms=2
Name=code_67379_19
Name=code_67379_19;Target=R77_14095T0
Name=code_67379_19
Name=code_67379_19;Target=R77_00109T0

and I would like to sensitive replace the "code_xxxxxx_xxx" sections only in the first lines which are containing the word "isoforms" (lines 1, 5, 10, 16, 20, 27) with all the
"Target" values (R77_xxxxxT0) that are found in each of the 6 records, respectivelly and separate them by a "/" if there are up to 2 isoforms per record. I need also these replacements to take into account how many times each of the "Target" values are found in the text and accordingly to add a proper suffix when they would replace the "code_xxxxxx_xxx" section in the first lines. Finaly, I would prefer the series
 of the "Target" values in each replacement to follow the series that these Target values are displayed in each of the 6 records in the initial input file.
I would expect the following output:
Name=R77_09738T0;isoforms=1
Name=code_229633_138
Name=code_229633_138;Target=R77_09738T0

Name=R77_13591T0.a;isoforms=1
Name=code_230519_1
Name=code_230519_1;Target=R77_13591T0

Name=R77_15554T0/R77_14520T0.a;isoforms=2
Name=code_299097_0
Name=code_299097_0;Target=R77_15554T0
Name=code_299097_0
Name=code_299097_0;Target=R77_14520T0

Name=R77_14520T0.b;isoforms=1
Name=code_010512_23
Name=code_010512_23;Target=R77_14520T0

Name=R77_14520T0.c\R77_13591T0.b\R77_13771T0;isoforms=3
Name=code_550_29
Name=code_550_29;Target=R77_14520T0
Name=code_550_31
Name=code_550_31;Target=R77_13591T0
Name=code_550_31;Target=R77_13591T0
Name=code_550_32
Name=code_550_32;Target=R77_13771T0

Name=R77_14095T0\R77_00109T0;isoforms=2
Name=code_67379_19
Name=code_67379_19;Target=R77_14095T0
Name=code_67379_19
Name=code_67379_19;Target=R77_00109T0

The following script (case sensitive substitution; same target ids) was quite helpful to make simple replacements and add suffixes when it was needed. Any possible improvements?

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El papel autocopiativo, papel de copia sin carbón (en inglés, carbonless copy paper, CCP), o papel NCR (por no carbon required y tomado de las iniciales de su creador, National Cash Register) es un tipo de papel recubierto diseñado para transferir información escrita en la hoja frontal a hojas debajo, una o más. Fue desarrollado por los químicos Lowell Schleicher y Barry Green, como una alternativa al papel carbón y, a veces, se identifica erróneamente como tal.

En lugar de insertar una hoja especial entre el original y la copia deseada, el papel de copia sin carbón tiene un tinte o tinta microencapsulada en la parte posterior de la hoja superior y un revestimiento de arcilla en la parte frontal de la hoja inferior. Cuando se aplica presión (por escritura o impresión de impacto), las cápsulas de tinta se rompen y reaccionan con la arcilla para formar una marca permanente que duplica las marcas hechas en la hoja superior. Las hojas intermedias, con arcilla en el frente y cápsulas de tinta en el envés de la hoja superior, se pueden utilizar para crear múltiples copias, siendo llamado, en ese caso como papel multicopia.

El papel puede estar presentado en forma de bloc cuando es utilizado para escritura a mano o en forma de papel continuo cuando se utiliza con impresoras de impacto.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Papel recubierto
Impresión
Papel
Inventos de Estados Unidos del siglo XX

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Why Purity Matters
by Dr. Alan Keyes • ChurchMilitant.com • August 15, 2018
Church leaders speak as if it doesn't
Dr. Alan Keyes
"The pattern and practice of priests in positions of responsibility for the training of men for the priesthood — rectors, confessors, spiritual directors, novice masters and other clergy — who have sexual relations with seminarians and other priests is rampant in the Catholic Church in the United States," he wrote in 2008.
"I have reviewed hundreds of documents that record just such behavior and interviewed scores of priests who have suffered from this activity," he added. "Priests, sexually active in the above manner have frequently been appointed by the Vatican to be ordained bishops or even created cardinals."
Things will not change, Sipe warned, until bishops are held to account. (Richard Sipes Dies)
By and large, in most times and places in the history of humankind, sexual purity was not treated as something that mattered very much. In some religions, times and places, fornication, harlotry and prostitution, in one form or another, were just a fact of life. Indeed, they were even crucial to certain rites of worship.
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So why does sexual purity matter so much to those who profess to follow Christ? Some purported leaders in the Catholic Church are starting to talk as if it doesn't. Aside from the interest some may secretly have in removing the stigma from homosexuality, is this nonchalance about hedonistic, non-procreational sexual activity just a product of the times? Or is it a sign that the vocation of some clergy was never a product of their love of God in Christ?
As it emerged and organized itself in the course of Rome's decline and fall, the Catholic Church did not escape the effects, for good and ill, of the social and political environment in and from which Christendom self-consciously emerged. This included, of course, the sexual behavior (and, perforce, misbehavior) of clergy and religious at every level. However, there was never much confusion about the standard they were all supposed to respect. Saint Paul alludes to this in his first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 7):
It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. But because of the temptation to secular immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. (7:1–2)
Taken out of context, the suggestion that celibacy is the preferable state must, in our day, seem questionable to many. But Paul introduces that norm after discussing how the relationship with God in Christ should affect the lives of those who profess to live in communion with Him:
Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor voluptuaries, nor homosexuals (literally: practitioners of male coitus), nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor vituperators, nor the rapacious shall share in the kingdom of God. And such were some of you.
But you are washed; you are sanctified: you are shown to be just in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. All things exist in me, but not all are appropriate: all things exist in me, but I will not be ruled by any. Meat for the belly and the belly for meats but God will nullify the one and the other. The body is not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Know you not that your bodies are members of Christ. Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot? Let it not come to pass. (1 Corinthians 6:9–15)
Pondering this implication of each believer's communion with Christ, Paul observes that one who joins with a harlot becomes, with her, one body; but that one who joins with Christ becomes, with him, one spirit. So he concludes, "Your members are the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God; and you are not your own."
The communion with Christ exists unto the Spirit of God, which is life in the Kingdom of God forever. The communion with the harlot exists unto the flesh, and a tremor of pleasure in the body, but for a moment. For one who says to God, with Christ, "Not my will but thine be done?" one exists in truth, the other only seems to exist, and then comes to naught. Why then does the latter have any tempting power at all?
Because we are descendants of Adam and Eve, our bodies live by the sufferance of God. They are part of His plan for our redemption. The sin that cut us off from the Spirit of God in truth left us with the semblance of God in our fleshly form, capable of reproducing itself for the time being, as His plan unfolds. Therefore, the law of God operates in our flesh, according to His will, so that humanity may be preserved until the day of our salvation, as individuals and as a whole. That day dawned with the Resurrection of Christ. In light of His triumph over death, we may now live again, in and through Christ, according to the Spirit of God, which is life, and that more abundantly.
Because we are descendants of Adam and Eve, our bodies live by the sufferance of God.
Given that prospect — which in Christ is the substance of hope and the trusted evidence of things unseen, but certain to come — our faith impels us to live according to the law of God's spirit, as subjects here and now abiding in the Kingdom of God. Yet, as Paul says in his epistle to the Romans, the spirit and the flesh contend in us still. The one is moved by the law of God's mercy, to preserve our fleshly life. The other is moved by the law of God's love. His mercy being fulfilled in Christ, His proof of love revives in us the taste for the life, once lost, that we in Christ regain. In mind and spirit, we know it to be our best and only good, fulfilling our hearts with joy now and henceforward, forever.
So Christ said: "I am the bread of life. He that comes to me shall not hunger and he that believes in me shall never thirst." People fallen in fleshly love with one another can forget to lust after anyone else. How much more will those truly in love with Christ hunger for no one and nothing more. If they do, even to the point of indulging or abetting infamous sin, is the only question about their sin? Or is it about the profession of love that is supposed to be the source of their avowed vocation?
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Fasting Helps Remove Sins of Impurity
A Meditation on Abortion, Homosexuality and the Sin Against the Holy Spirit
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Wednesday, February 22nd 2012 Cisco became a US Citizen!! There were lots of reasons he decided to become a citizen and it ended up being such a great day. We weren't expecting a lot with his ceremony and it ended up being super patriotic and we all were crying. My parents came with us (his parents were sick) and me, my mom, and my dad were all teary eyed through the whole thing. The funniest part was the two weeks before his ceremony happened he got the dreaded letter in the mail... jury duty. Ha so funny. The trial ended up getting cancelled so he was off the hook, for a whole 2 months when he got another letter in the mail summoning him yet again. This trial also got cancelled. Hopefully he doesn't keep getting called until he has to sit through a trial.
Alex Boye (he is in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) was in the same ceremony and the judge asked him if he wanted to sing the National Anthem. very cool.
Getting his official US Citizen certificate.
We celebrated by going to Moochies of course. Because a philly cheesesteak is a perfect American meal.
Here is a really fun video of Alex Boye singing the national anthem. I was so cool to see how emotional it was for him and brought tears to the eyes of almost everyone in the room. He said he has sung the national anthem over 100 times but was excited to sing it for the first time as a US Citizen.


The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) published an intricate list of species belonging to India's most fragile archipelago, the Sundarbans.
ZSI published a detailed compendium of animal species in the Indian Sundarbans, and the threats faced by them on the vulnerable island ecosystem.
The Indian segment of the Sundarbans is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage site. It is a part of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta spread across 9,630 square kilometer, and is distributed among 104 islands.
The sensitive regions house 2,487 species, which falls under the Zoological Kingdom of Animalia, and 140 species under the more primitive Protista, the category that cannot be classified in either animal, plant, or fungus.
The anthology of animal species released by the ZSI contains names of 2,626 species. The list includes a diverse range of biologically classified 25 phylum.
The publication titled 'Fauna Sundarban Biosphere Reserve' is an updated conglomeration of faunal diversity of the Sundarbans.
The researchers documented the tigers and their behavioral patterns. The book also contains fifty mammalian species, including Asian small-clawed otter, Gangetic dolphin, grey and marsh mongoose, and the wild rhesus monkey. The publication also elaborated on the species of birds, turtles, lizards, and snakes.
According to Biswajit Roy Chowdhury, Secretary of Nature Environment and Wildlife Society and a prominent contributor of the publication, feels that the compilation is equivalent to an encyclopedia.
Succumbing to the threats to their habitats from the people, researchers could not locate rhinos, swamp deer, barking deer, hog deer, and the Asiatic wild buffalo anymore.
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Over the last decade or two the European approach to cannabis has changed significantly. And that rate of change could be getting faster than ever, especially with so many positive changes happening in Canada, USA and elsewhere. The changes have largely been initiated and driven by the acceptance of medical cannabis. Experience from the USA shows that legal recreational cannabis usually follows a few years after medical use is approved.
Possession for personal use decriminalized in January 2016.
Illegal, but small quantities treated as a misdemeanour and fine.
Illegal, sometimes unenforced for small quantities.
Some cannabis derived medications allowed.
In recent years there has been a clear trend towards easier access to medical cannabis for European patients. However this varies from country to country. And in many cases the political opposition to cannabis has made access to medical cannabis slow for patients. The UK is a good example. Various UK governments have routinely ignored scientific evidence regarding medical cannabis until some recent paediatric epilepsy cases generated too much negative publicity for the Government. At this point they announced legal access to medical cannabis, starting on November 1st 2018. However, many patients are unable to get access to cannabis due to continued political obstruction and slowness to create a workable system to distribute cannabis.
Using cannabis in Europe for pleasure remains mostly illegal…but for how long?
In the future people will look back curiously at the nanny-state culture which frowns on anyone using cannabis for recreational pleasure. Probably many Europeans will do exactly what recreational USA cannabis users did and masquerade as a medical user to get cannabis and a legally clean conscience. That's an unnecessary burden to the European health systems, but it is an entirely predictable consequence of legalizing medical use and leaving recreational users with a criminal status. If the last 10 years in Europe were about the increased acceptance of medical cannabis, then perhaps the next 10 years will be about the increasing European tolerance to the use of cannabis for pleasure. Legal recreational cannabis may not be here yet for most Europeans, but many feel it can't be far away.
Spain to be as influential as The Netherlands in future?
Spain currently has some of Europe's most friendly and tolerant cannabis rules. Catalonia has led the way and Barcelona has a great reputation for a sophisticated network of cannabis social clubs. This makes Spain a great place to be for discerning cannabis users. And the climate is great for outdoor growing, which means very low cost cultivation. That could be important as Europe see's a growing demand for a cost-efficient producer of large quantities of medical cannabis. If Spain is able to capitalize and build on it's current position it could be come very influential in the future of the European cannabis industry.
Legal cannabis cultivation in Europe?
Whether it is legal or illegal, millions of cannabis seeds are bought sold and planted in Europe each year. These days that includes a lot of autoflower seeds, which are popular with both indoor and outdoor cannabis growers. Photoperiod feminized seeds are also grown in huge numbers by traditional self sufficient cannabis home growers as well as more organised larger scale growers. Many serious cannabis lovers prefer to grow their own cannabis, even in areas of the world where it can be bought legally in dispensaries, coffee shops or social clubs. Eventually Europe will need to create laws which allow for licensed large scale cultivation to meet demand, similar to the USA and Canadian model. Commercial scale cannabis growing in Europe would remove a lucrative revenue stream from the black market.
The first European country to fully legalize cannabis, like Canada did, will be in a strong position to dominate the important initial phase of European cannabis supply. It will attract a lot of investment, new companies and new jobs. The initial 'green rush' will be worth €Billions to the first European country to fully legalize cannabis as inward investment floods in. And once established, these companies would expand rapidly. Until then it is likely that the various European countries will edge slowly towards more complete medical legality. After that, possibly with some fiscal attractions adding urgency to the political process, we will see the first countries legalize recreational use of cannabis. The next decade should be fascinating to see unfold. Until then, the home growers of Europe will be busy planting their own cannabis seeds.


Looking for someone to climb with Tues Oct 2nd and 3rd. Im driving down from Detroit Monday afternoon and planning on staying at Miguel's. I've got sport gear and a trad rack and am willing to jump into a group if you've got space. Hit me up!
Hey dude, I'll climb with you if you pick me up from the Greyhound station on Monday!
Do you have room to pick me up from the greyhound station anyways? My bus missed a connection and my arranged ride won't work. So I'm kinda boned so I'd super appreciate it!
My greyhound makes it into Lexington at 750 am barring any more missed connections.
[email protected] Ill pick you up when I swing through.


What makes Dokos (or Dhookos) so popular among yachters is the picturesque Skintos bay which offers clear waters and shelter from all winds. Dokos is ideal for those who love wild landscpes, peace, tranquility and stunning sunset views! During the daytime, especially in the weekends, Dokos is usually full of yachts. In the evening it usually gets quiet.


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Proclamation 5345—National Medical Transcriptionist Week, 1985
Proclamation 5340—Modification of Import Quotas on Certain Sugar Containing Articles
Proclamation 5341—Senior Center Week, 1985
Proclamation 5342—National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week, 1985
Executive Order 12514—Prescribing the Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force
Proclamation 5339—National Science Week, 1985
Executive Order 12515—Generalized System of Preferences
Proclamation 5337—National Correctional Officers Week, 1985
Proclamation 5338—National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week, 1985
Proclamation 5336—Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day, 1985


The Mountain West's recovery from the Great Recession is spreading. Output is growing in every metropolitan area. Still, hiring remains elusive—a fact frustrating the entire nation, but perhaps more so in a region used to snapping, even roaring, back from recessions faster than the rest of the nation. Drawing on data covering the fourth quarter of 2009 (ending in December), this new Mountain Monitor—a companion product to Brookings' national MetroMonitor and a quarterly resource produced by Brookings Mountain West, a partnership between Brookings and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas—surveys a region that is at once recovering and still struggling. Previously, the Intermountain West has been almost impervious to national declines over the last 30 years. Construction growth looked automatic. Job growth seemed a given. And when there were recessions as in the 1980s and 1990s they were—in retrospect—mere blips in a steady upward trajectory. And yet now, the region's very strengths have become its greatest weaknesses as what was taken for granted now remains elusive. For example, the once unstoppable housing sector now represents one of the heaviest drags on the region's recovery, dampening the usual rapid snap-back of hiring. In sum, the region is having to consider what may fuel the next era of growth, job creation, and broadly shared prosperity. To this end, this edition of the Mountain Monitor examines data on employment, unemployment, output, home prices, and foreclosure rates for Intermountain West's 10 large metropolitan areas, the nation's 100 largest metros, and 17 smaller metros dispersed around the Mountain region through the fourth quarter of 2009.
Muro, M., Rothwell, J. (2010). Mountain Monitor-4th Quarter 2009.


Owning a storage lot is one of the best investments you can make. The storage industry is growing, to the point that it is become a nearly $40 billion industry.
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The type of cameras that you decide to purchase depends on what sort of storage lot business you're running. Each system is worthwhile, but they have different nuances and specifications that you'll need to know about.
The first major difference lies in the types of cameras that these systems use. NVR systems use IP based cameras, while DVR cameras use analog and coax based cameras. In terms of cables, NVR systems use Ethernet cables, while DVR systems use coax cables.
NVR cameras receive better recording quality. The quality of NVR cameras spans between 2 MP and 12 MP, reaching picture quality as high as 4K. With DVR cameras, the quality and resolution cap out at 2 MP.
This makes NVR cameras better if sharp resolution is an absolute must. With this level of picture quality, you're able to pick up details during an incident, such as license plate numbers, clothing, and characteristics of suspects and more.
With an NVR system, you're also able to get an easier setup and configuration as well.
Make sure that you determine what needs you have while shopping for a great surveillance system.
One of these systems will generally cost you about $2,000 or so, but they could easily reach more than $4,000. Talk to a number of different surveillance professionals so that they can give you some estimates for any equipment that you need.
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My first slide carved out of pine and had fewer nicks than my fingers. It took one night in front of the TV to complete. I would give you the link but that link doesn't seem to work anymore. One thing I do remember the web page saying was to use your own hand as a model. I remember stressing about getting the creases in my hand and finger nails right in this project. (Getting the slide perfect is something I no longer worry these days.) When I had finished sanding and mounting the back, it was off to the basement to shellac the slide. Why shellac? Well, I have used it in the past for some of Scout Staves (walking sticks) and have always like the finish. Another reason is it dries quickly and get another coat on before I go to bed.
I wore this slide at my Scoutmaster training with an old neckerchief from Camp Rotary. Oddly enough the neckerchief got more attention than the slide.


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Firefighters pulled a man from a burning sprint car Saturday at the Knoxville Raceway as thousands of fans watched.
The crash happened on turn three right in front of a group of firefighters. As the car exploded into flames, rescue crews rushed the track trying to get around other cars still cruising around the track.
The driver was trapped inside the car for 20 seconds as it burned around him. Just moments before he had been racing around the dirt track at 120 mph chasing 20 other cars and passing by other close calls.
"We can go the whole race season without having anything and then one night, have a bad one," said Shane Spaulding, a Knoxville Raceway firefighter.
Saturday night, in a 360-A Main race, the Y2 car wasn't far from the lead. Mike Houseman Jr. was behind the wheel as it crashed.
"I seen he wasn't going to clear it,"
Just out of shot of a TV camera, they said one car slid into another and both flipped.
"I turned around, picked up my extinguisher and had my hand on the button and get ready to go ahead and call it. And it happened," said Austin Kingrey, a Knoxville Raceway firefighter.
Houseman's sprint car was completely engulfed in flames.
"We immediately start running down the berm, then we have to stop and wait for all the cars to get by or stop," said Spaulding.
"He was on fire, of course, and I ran up to the cockpit, spraying my extinguisher," said Kingrey.
"The flames were completely engulfed in the cockpit. Well over the top of the wing," said Spaulding.
"I knelt down to help him out and the first thing he did was he handed me his steering wheel to get that out of the way and he's trying to climb out and he didn't have his belts undone, so I had to reach in and undo his belts. And by that time I had ahold of his chest and we were coming out," said Kingrey.
"We just did what we had to do," said Spaulding.
"You don't think about the... if you think about the danger, you'd hesitate more than what you need to. You just run in there, do what we've been trained to do and there are going to be people to back you up, so you have no fear," said Kingrey.
Both firefighters sustained minor burns.
The driver, Mike Houseman, was flown by helicopter to the University of Iowa Hospitals' burn unit. His face and legs are burned.
He told KCCI on Monday that he's doing so well, doctors released him and he was on his way home to Des Moines on Monday afternoon.


Still, a consulting firm tells South Florida Water Management District to evaluate a larger project proposed at public hearings.
The proposed design for a reservoir tol help cut Lake Okeechobee discharges and send clean water to the Everglades will work, according to an independent external peer review.
The project would "improve the quantity, quality, timing and distribution of water flows" to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers, Everglades National Park and Florida Bay, according to a report released this week by Battelle Memorial Institute.
However, the report also tells the South Florida Water Management District to "conduct and document an objective evaluation" of an alternative to the proposed design suggested by the public.
At several public hearings during the project's planning phase, environmental groups asked the district to conduct modeling studies to see if the project would perform significantly better if it was significantly bigger.
District officials declined, saying the project couldn't be any bigger because no property owners in the area were willing to sell their land or swap it for state-owned land elsewhere.
The project is to be built almost entirely on land already owned by the state. The legislation authorizing the project bars the district from taking land by eminent domain.
MORE: Could larger Lake O reservoir cut discharges more?
Several environmental groups that had called for a larger project have since endorsed the district's version.
"We know the project isn't perfect," Rae Ann Wessel, of the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, told TCPalm in early March, "but it's the only project coming down the pike that gets water out of Lake Okeechobee instead of sending it to the Caloosahatchee River and the St. Lucie River."
a 10,100-acre, 23-foot-deep reservoir to store excess Lake O water.
a 6,500-acre stormwater-treatment area to clean the water before it's sent south to the Everglades.
Cut the volume of Lake O discharges by about 56 percent and the number of discharge events by 63 percent, according to a district analysis.
Send an annual average of about 120.5 billion gallons of additional clean water south.
The district is scheduled to deliver the plan for the project to the head of the Army Corps of Engineers by the end of March. Under the state legislation approved last year, the state would pay half the estimated $1.4 billion cost and the Corps the other half — about $700 million each.
The legislation called for spending up to $1.6 billion.
In its report, Battelle says the district will send to the Corps is a "well-written document that provides excellent supporting documentation on economic, engineering, environmental and plan-formulation issues and decisions."
The district chose to contract with Battelle because the firm performed the independent review of the Central Everglades Planning Project in 2012 that was approved by Congress, and the reservoir project is a proposed change to that project.


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Il ponte Leopoldo II fu costruito nel 1833 da Alessandro Manetti a Poggio a Caiano sul fiume Ombrone Pistoiese.

Per meglio dire, la testata che insiste sulla sponda destra si trova nel comune di Poggio a Caiano, quella sulla sponda sinistra nel comune di Prato.

Si tratta di uno dei primi ponti sospesi costruiti in Italia, in un periodo pionieristico per l'affermazione di nuove tecnologie, materiali e linguaggi architettonici.

Il progettista
Alessandro Manetti, figlio dell'architetto neoclassico Giuseppe Manetti, fu una singolare figura di progettista che conciliò un'istruzione accademica nel campo dell'architettura, con una formazione tecnica ed ingegneristica presso una scuola che non poteva essere più prestigiosa: l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées a Parigi.
Impiegato nella pubblica amministrazione, l'anno dopo la realizzazione del ponte fu nominato direttore del Corpo degli ingegneri di Acque e Strade, divenendo quindi il principale responsabile degli interventi tecnici nell'ambito del Granducato e progettando e dirigendo le opere più importanti del Granducato di Toscana, soprattutto per quel che riguarda bonifiche, opere idrauliche e strade.

La storia del ponte
Il ponte rappresenta un episodio importante della storia della tecnica. Infatti, nel 1832, solo un anno prima della sua costruzione, era stato completato quello che oggi viene indicato come il primo ponte sospeso realizzato in Italia, ovvero il Ponte Real Ferdinando sul Garigliano, ideato dall'ingegnere Luigi Giura; di conseguenza, il ponte Leopoldo II può essere considerato il secondo ponte sospeso italiano e, come attestato dal Repetti, il primo ponte costruito in Toscana con la tecnica della sospensione. Dobbiamo tuttavia osservare che il ponte borbonico era costituito da "catene" di ferro, una sorta di aste o bielle di ferro forgiato collegate tra loro con occhielli. Il ponte di Poggio a Caiano era invece realizzato con l'innovativa tecnologia dei cavi o funi di fili di ferro avvolti, utilizzata per la prima volta in Francia pochi anni prima e destinata ad essere rapidamente impiegata in numerose altre opere d'ingegneria fino ai giorni nostri. Pertanto, il ponte Leopoldo II è il primo ponte sospeso a funi realizzato in Italia.

Il ponte
Il ponte collegava i possedimenti granducali sulla riva destra dominati dalla Villa medicea, con quelli sulla riva sinistra organizzati intorno all'edificio delle cascine, che oggi si trovano nel comune di Prato. Fino ad allora il collegamento avveniva attraverso i due ponti pubblici esistenti e l'esigenza della corte di avere un collegamento privato era vivo da tempo.

Manetti realizzò un ponte sospeso con impalcato ligneo sospeso con funi metalliche a 12 cavi di sospensione in ferro appoggiati su piloni di sospensione in pietra disegnati in forma di archi estradossati ed ancorati su massi di ritenuta (detti "pigne") anch'esse di pietra.
Il ponte era carrabile e la larghezza 4.75 m comprendeva anche due marciapiedi rialzati.
La luce era di circa 35 metri.

Nel 1944 il ponte, pur necessitando di essere riparato, era ancora in parte in piedi seppure chiuso al passaggio. Forse (la testimonianza è orale), l'esercito tedesco in ritirata fece saltare i resti del ponte - come del resto aveva fatto con tutte le infrastrutture sull'Arno ed i suoi affluenti - minando i massi di ritenuta sulla sponda destra che, infatti, non si sono conservati. Da allora e fino alla sua ricostruzione restarono i piloni in pietra e due delle "pigne". Sia i cavi di sospensione, sia il tavolato ligneo furono riutilizzati dall'Opera Nazionale Combattenti che dal 1920 ne era stata la proprietaria.

Nel corso del 2010 la Provincia di Prato, in collaborazione con i Comuni di Prato e Poggio a Caiano, ha indetto un concorso di progettazione per la ricostruzione del Ponte  dal titolo "Ponte del Manetti: ponte ciclo-pedonale nella sede del "Ponte Leopoldo II". Il concorso ha visto la presentazione di 128 progetti.

Il 23 maggio 2018 sono iniziati i lavori di ricostruzione non fedele, in quanto le mutate condizioni degli argini che sono stati rialzati hanno reso impossibile una ricostruzione più o meno filologica. Il cantiere si è ufficialmente chiuso il 26 luglio 2019, giorno dal quale il ponte è nuovamente percorribile da pedoni e ciclisti.

Note

Bibliografia
A. Manetti, Mio passatempo. Scritto postumo  del Comm.  A. Manetti, già Direttore generale delle Acque e Strade e delle  Fabbriche civili in Toscana, Tipografia Carnesecchi, Firenze, 1885.
S. Gioitta, Ponte sull'Ombrone, in "Opere" n. 2, giugno 2005.
C. Cresti, L. Zangheri, Architetti e ingegneri nella Toscana dell'Ottocento, Firenze 1978.

Voci correlate
Alessandro Manetti

Altri progetti

Poggio a Caiano
Leopoldo II


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On behalf of my humble self as the CEO of Pavi Fort construction company that is presently doing the roads within koinadugu District I'm saddened and therefore expressing my profound condolences to His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and the government and the entire people of our beloved country for the great loss of our brothers and sisters as a result of the disastrous mudslide tradegy that occurred on Monday morning 14th August 2017.
As a company we are very much aware and recognise the concerted efforts of government and its development partners in addressing this menace.
In this moment of great sorrow to our nation, Pavi Fort like many others who are deeply saddened by this national disaster have released and deployed three excavators at the tragic site and also donated the sum of Le 25 million plus 500 bags of rice.
In light of this, my company wishes to join voice with His Excellency the President to discourage citizens from residing at disaster prone areas.
Also, my company is calling on fellow citizens to observe the precautionary measures due to this recurrent downpour of rains.
Once again May the souls of our compatriots rest in blissful eternity.


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UNHCR pledges to continue to work with Sri Lanka
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filipo Grandi, has said the UNHCR "will continue to work on, the return of those Sri Lankans that wants to return, solutions for internally displaced people and commendable work that the Government is doing for the statelessness". The High Commissioner made this observation, in response to the national statement of Sri Lanka delivered by Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha, at the 67th Session of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR, held in Geneva this week.
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Pupils enjoy a classroom visit from TV star Dave Benson Phillips
The children's entertainer and 90s television presenter, Dave Benson Phillips dropped in to entertain young people at Keelman's Way school in Hebburn, on Friday 7 June.
By Sarah Sinclair
Children's entertainer Dave Benson Phillips vists Keelman's Way School
Mr Benson Phillips spent the day delivering Makaton signing and singing workshops to pupils aged between 2-19 years old.
The sign and symbol language, designed to help those who have trouble communicating through speech, is used at Keelman's Way school for children and young people with complex needs and learning difficulties.
Best-known for fronting the children's TV programme 'Playbus' and game show, 'Get Your Own Back', in recent years the star has become popular with a new generation, thanks to his 'Sign and Sing' Makaton videos on YouTube.
He now specialises in performing to children and young adults with learning difficulties and his Makaton DVD has been used widely in education.
Mr Benson Phillips kept pupils at Keelman's Way, in Hebburn, entertained with nursery rhymes, and sing-a-longs with his guitar, taking requests for everything from George Ezra's Shotgun, to Mama-Mia.
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"He's just got so much energy, he's not stopped all day," said Assistant Head Teacher, at Keelman's Way, Laura McGregor. "He's a fantastic role model for our children, they are absolutely hooked - and even a few of the older staff who remember him from Playbus."
She continued: "We've got children who really struggle with their communication, with their emotions and in terms of how he's engaged them he's just been wonderful."
And it seems that the school has left a good impression on Mr Benson Phillips, too.
"He's taken by the whole place, the atmosphere in school, the setting, the energy of the teachers and just how calm the children are, he's given us a lot of compliments," said Ms McGregor.
While for the pupils and staff at Keelman's Way, a day which celebrates Makaton in such a high profile way is invaluable.
"It's something that we aspire to use everyday, in every situation, so it's a blessing to have a day that recognises something that we value so much," Ms McGregor added.
"It's just been one of those wonderful days which will go down in the history of Keelman's Way school."
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Q: given budget and grant find the maximum cap value The awards committee had planned to give n research grants this year, out of a its total yearly budget. However, the budget was reduced to b dollars. The committee members has decided to affect the minimal number of highest grants, by applying a maximum cap c on all grants: every grant that was planned to be higher than c will now be c dollars. Help the committee to choose the right value of c that would make the total sum of grants equal to the new budget.
I am not able understand this problem it was asked in an interview.

A: When faced with a problem like that, you have to take it one step at a time. Also, if you are having trouble understanding what's required, ask the interviewer for clarification. Many times, the question will be purposely vague so that the interviewer can see how you go about defining a problem before trying to solve it. Part of your job as an application developer will be to gather clear and complete requirements before starting the task of building an application.
You have b dollars to work with, and you want to fund the highest value grants that were previously approved, but at no more than c dollars each. Apparently, grants less than c dollars are automatically approved, provided there is money left in the budget.
First, sort the previously approved grants by dollar amount, descending. That is, the highest value grant will be at the front of the list. This way, you approve as many of the highest value grants as possible.
Then, go through the list, starting at the front, and approve grants, capping the amount to no more than c dollars. If the adjusted amount is less than or equal to the remaining budget, approve that grant.
In pseudo code it looks like this:
grants = all grants sorted by amount, in descending order
remaining_budget = b

for each grant in grants
    amount = grant.amount

    // cap the grant amount to no more than c
    if amount > c then
        amount = c

    if amount > remaining_budget then
        // grant not approved
    else
        // approve grant
        remaining_budget = remaining_budget - amount
end for

A: import java.util.Arrays;

public class Solution {

static double findGrantsCap(double[] grantsArray, double newBudget) {
    int n = grantsArray.length;
    Arrays.sort(grantsArray); // sort array first
    double sum = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        sum += grantsArray[i]; // if sum is less than newBudget return
    }

    if (sum < newBudget)
        return grantsArray[n - 1]; // return max grant that is last array index value.

    double cap = newBudget / n; // gives avg cap = 38
    double budget = newBudget;
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
        if (cap < grantsArray[i - 1])
            return cap;
        budget = budget - grantsArray[i - 1]; // 190 = 190 - 2
        cap = budget / (n - i); // . cap = 188-4 = 47
    }
    return cap;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Solution s1 = new Solution();
    double arr[] = {2, 100, 50, 120, 1000};
    double budget = 190;
    double result = s1.findGrantsCap(arr, budget);
    System.out.println(" Cap is "+result);
  }
}

/*
Output
Cap is 47.0
*/


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"The bill does not create a single national program for regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs). Instead of fully pre-empting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of GHGs under the Clean Air Act, the bill preempts regulation only under specific sections, and only for 'covered' stationary sources. Moreover, EPA retains its authority to develop New Source Performance Standards for non-covered sources and to regulate GHGs under other federal statutes (e.g. Clean Water Act). In addition, the Department of Interior retains its authority to regulate GHGs under the Endangered Species Act. The bill falls short of the uniformity needed to prevent uncertainty and delay in investments that could help drive economic recovery, add U.S. jobs and expand energy efficiency and clean energy technology.
"Finally, while we believe the 15 percent allocation for EITEs represents a positive step, we will need to evaluate it against eligibility criteria to determine whether it will be adequate. A sufficient and stable pool of allowances is essential to our long-term competitiveness. We also believe the bill uses an inappropriate and ineffective distribution system, unchanged from the House-passed climate bill. This bill, like the House bill, may result in an arbitrary selection of beneficiaries and losers within covered sectors, does not create a level playing field for EITEs and may result in carbon leakage.
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I am 48 years of age and live in London with my partner and four children.
When I was a child I was sexually abused by my football coach over a three and a half year period between the ages of 11 and 14.
I did not disclose the abuse until I was approx. 26 years old when approached by the police who asked if I might have any information regarding my abuser.
Following this disclosure I chose to waive my anonymity and took part in a documentary on channel 4 – the 'Dispatches' programme 'Soccer's Foul Play' which was produced by Clarke Television and the wonderful Deborah Davies who investigated abuse in football. It looked at the notion that this was not an isolated incident and that there were adults who knew or suspected the abuse but chose not to report it. It also looked at the failings of organisations and the individuals within them.
It was an extremely difficult decision to make the documentary as it meant my immediate family, wider relations, friends and work colleagues would all know about my past and I knew there was a realistic chance that some people may judge me and make aspersions about my childhood. The wider general public would also be aware of my past and I risked being judged by those who didn't even know me.
Under advice I prepared myself for the 'media storm' to follow but for reasons unknown it did not happen. The suggestion that this could be a much wider issue in football was deemed as unhelpfully scaremongering!!
The impact this had on me was profound. My father tried in vain to write to politicians, the FA,PFA and journalists in an attempt to express his concern at the failings to protect me and others. He wanted to ensure that this could not possibly be allowed to happen to anyone else.
NO ONE LISTENED!! NO ONE.
I then lived with not only the trauma of my abuse but also the realisation that nobody thought that more could be done or was needed.
A darkness followed me over 20 years and has had an indescribable effect on my life.
It wasn't until recently when others chose to waive their anonymity that there was any interest or concern that children might be exposed to the risk of abuse in football.
Speaking from my own perspective and experiences I can understand the hesitancy and difficulties faced by those who want to disclose their abuse but are reluctant to do so due to the social stigma associated with child abuse, which is often reinforced by institutional failings.
The idea by the general public that this is something that wouldn't or couldn't happen to them or their children is the comfort blanket that people wrap around themselves to reinforce the social stereotypes and perpetuate the ignorance and misconceptions that continue to fail children, vulnerable adults and adult victims and survivors.
The injuries and scars abuse leaves are not visible or obvious, they aren't readily identifiable and nor are they easily explained. They lurk beneath the surface, festering away, unseen, untreated and malignant, and eventually they have considerable effect and often cause significant damage over an entire lifetime. Society's unseen boil of puss. Too horrible to look at, straight in the face, for fear of being infected ones' self. All contributing to the feelings of shame and isolation, creating a degree of separation from society that only the victims of abuse can understand. This cannot continue!
It is 33 years since the abuse that I suffered took place and even today I am far from any form of resolution or closure. In fact I doubt I will ever achieve this end and not even sure if it possible. However, I have found it within myself to disclose my abuse and openly discuss my experiences in an attempt to at least go some way to staying well so I can contribute to life and attempt to add value in whatever I do.
I would not say that it has been an easy journey and I'm not even sure how far along the road I am. But I AM on that journey and I AM on the road. I continue to put one foot in front of the other and I try to listen, learn and grow as I take each small step which invariably keeps me away from the edges of my path and prevents me from slipping into the ditch where I fear I could end up scratching around for a very long time, somewhere arguably I have spent much time.
By sharing my experiences and acknowledging that even though my life in parts has been derailed and that there has been collateral damage along the way, I have found that speaking out is a far better option than being trapped inside myself and feeling that the world just doesn't understand.
It is true that I often feel like 'the elephant in the room' and doing the 'normal' things like going to work or shopping can cause significant anxiety and distress but those things made me feel that way before. Now I can at least discuss these feelings with people who understand and help me through the difficulties I face. I can find strategies to deal with issues which in turn helps take away that feeling of confusion and isolation, self loathing, worthlessness and keep me a safe enough distance from depression's door. 'The strength to go on'.
It is for the reasons above as well as many more that I would urge anyone who has suffered any form of abuse either as a child or otherwise to take that 'leap of faith' and choose to speak about your experience. It is possible to begin to address any issues that arise from your experiences and you do not have to live in silence any more.
Having said this I urge all individuals and organizations to push government to make the changes in law to help protect children, vulnerable adults and reporters of suspected or known abuse so that when people do disclose there is the most robust framework to protect, support and understand the landscape before us. Which in turn should prevent an organization covering up abuse if it wishes to do so.
It is of paramount importance that if I/we are to encourage people to disclose that there are adequate resources to offer appropriate support of the highest standards ensuring that best practice is always achieved.
It is unacceptable to encourage disclosure only to fail a person again!!
Therefore it is essential that there is a coordinated and collaborative effort to ensure that funding and resources reach the places they need to be as quickly as possible and that assistance is given to those organisations who seek to expand their services whilst maintaining the highest of standards.
Considering that it was 33 years ago that my abuse finally ended we would be naïve to think there wasn't going to be a significant increase in demand for support services and that there is going to be a need to sustain that demand for the foreseeable future.
I believe that in order to reduce the impact on individuals and society there is a critical need to address all aspects of child abuse and through education, training and awareness we can significantly improve the landscape for the benefit of those affected by it.
I personally continue to deal with the impact my experiences have had and am currently battling with the effects not just on me but also on my family, my social life and my work life and see on a daily basis how a lack of understanding, awareness and education impact upon me.
The awkwardness associated with child abuse needs to be eradicated and only education and awareness can achieve this. Speaking out about abuse can only help in that process.
No matter how hard you believe it will be to speak out I know it is much harder to remain hidden and silent. The road to recovery may be long, it may be difficult and there may even need to be changes made to the sometimes destructive behaviour we can display and enforce upon ourselves but its a far better place to be than locked away imprisoned in our own minds, with the horrors of our pasts haunting us from within.
Seek support, seek help, speak out and be heard. Help others become aware and informed so individually and collectively there can be growth, empowerment and that momentum can gather so as to reach such a pace that it cannot be stopped.
This to me is a worthy philosophy and one by which I stand and hope that I can contribute to or have influence in changing the landscape for victims and survivors of child abuse for the better.
Refuse to be the 'elephant in the room'. Embrace who you are, speak out, speak up and walk tall as others will follow your lead and find their own light.