Both the 49th Battalion and the 101st Regiment were equipped with the Ross Rifle. The Ross Rifle was an excellent sporting and target rifle but it proved to be a highly ineffectual and unreliable weapon during the First World War.
These slightly comic-opera incidents emphasize how remote the idea of war was in 1913. The training of the militia in Edmonton reflected the same assumptions. Both cavalry and infantry paraded weekly on a more or less regular basis. Winter parades were less frequent and less well attended because of the lack of indoor facilities that could accommodate drill and instruction during the cold weather. Prince of Wales Armoury was not completed until the war was underway, and, until then, various makeshifts were employed. Schools were used for lectures and courses of instruction. The 101st used Edmonton's largest indoor venue, the Thistle Rink, until it burned down early in 1914, destroying all the regiment's uniforms and equipment. Most of the training that took place involved musketry. Rifle shooting was a high-profile sport at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the militia participated enthusiastically in the competitions that led to the annual Bisley matches in England. Both the 19th and the 101st were equipped with the Ross Rifle, which, whatever its shortcomings as a combat weapon, was an excellent target rifle.
Military Training Camp, Calgary, AB, ca. 1914.
Edmonton's soldiers had few chances to train before the war. The best opportunity came during the annual Calgary camps, which took place every year in late June. Although this training was productive, it was hardly enough to prepare the Edmonton regiments for active service.
Except for the occasional ceremonial parade, the only time the militia trained at anything beyond the platoon level was during the annual Calgary camps in late June. Here, units from across the military district would gather, usually 2,000 to 2,500 strong. They lived under canvas and the infantry got a taste of working not just with the cavalry but also with signallers, engineers, and artillerymen. This training, however, provided no more than a taste: the cavalry spent only two weeks in camp and the infantry just a week. The militia camps were fun for all; beyond the allure of living outdoors in the shadow of the Rockies in high summer, the men enjoyed the camaraderie and the entertainment, such as bands, that was provided for them. Even the food was all right. In terms of getting ready for the coming war, however, militia training was rather like preparing to run a marathon by doing a few sprints once a year.
Canadian Highlanders Regiment Detraining at Mobilization Camp, Valcartier, QC, 1914.
Lord Strathcona's Horse, Valcartier, QC, ca. 1914.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Valcartier, QC, ca. 1914.
Royal Canadian Dragoons, Valcartier, QC, ca. 1914.
On the Ranges, 90th Rifles (8th Battalion), Valcartier, QC, ca. 1914.
Thomas H. Russell, Europe's Greatest World-War (Toronto: J.L. Nichols, 1914); Mary Plummer, With the First Canadian Contingent (Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915).
The mobilization and initial training of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was a shambles. This situation was largely due to the arrogance and erratic tendencies of Sir Sam Hughes, the Minister of Militia and Defence. Hughes ordered that training would take place at a new facility, Valcartier, instead of at the pre-existing facility at Petawawa, Ontario. Valcartier was miraculously made ready in time for training, no thanks to the impulsive Hughes.
Gas Gushing from a Well, Turner Valley, AB, June 1914.
In 1914, the discovery of oil at Turner Valley, south of Calgary, was one of the many news stories that diverted Albertans' attention away from increasing political tensions in Europe.
Of course, as late as June of 1914, nobody really expected a major European war. In the House of Commons that month, the Liberals criticized the Prime Minister Robert Borden's government for overspending on the militia. (13) War news appeared on the front pages of the newspapers in the spring of 1914, but it came from Mexico where civil conflict was raging and American marines were intervening. Many other dramatic stories served to distract readers from the ominous rumblings in central Europe that spring. Irish Home Rule and the possibility of a mutiny in the British Army vied with the "outrages" (the editors' favourite term) of the suffragettes for public attention. The sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River in May was second only to the Titanic tragedy in lives lost in a passenger ship accident, and June saw the Hillcrest Mine explosion in southern Alberta, the worst disaster in Canadian mining history. A sensational investigation of corruption in the Edmonton's police force dominated the local news. On a happier note, the first significant oil discoveries at Turner Valley filled the newspapers with share offerings and the prospects of easy wealth. The baseball exploits of American Ty Cobb, the star second baseman of the Detroit Tigers, filled the sport pages.
On 28 June, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The press reported the event the next day, but coverage was quite low key and the story disappeared from the newspapers after a few days. The public was generally uninterested. The reaction of Sholto Douglas, an Oxford student finishing his first year of university, serves as an interesting example. Douglas, soon to be an artillery officer, fighter pilot, and eventually Marshall of the Royal Air Force, noted that "there appeared in the newspapers a report of yet another incident in the tiresome Balkans." (14) His reaction was absolutely typical, even among European diplomats and professional military men. The Balkans had been in a state of constant turmoil for over a decade without producing a wider conflict. Why should this incident be any different?
13. Ibid., 2 June 1914.
14. Sholto Douglas, Years of Combat: The First Volume of the Autobiography of Sholto Douglas, Marshall of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside (London: Collins, 1963), p. 39.


Salem, OR - Senator Tim Knopp (R-Bend) has been appointed to Deputy Caucus Leader of the Senate Republican caucus. The caucus Deputy Leader assists in caucus tactics, strategy and administration and works to advance the principles, campaigns and legislative priorities of the Senate Republicans.
Knopp joins Senator Larry George (R-Sherwood) and Senator Brian Boquist (R-Dallas) in the position of Deputy Caucus Leader. Senator Alan Olsen (R-Canby) and Senator Jackie Winters (R-Salem) are also on the caucus leadership team.
"Tim has brought a depth of perspective and experience to the caucus and is stepping in to an expanded leadership opportunity in our campaign for the majority," said Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day). "He adds to an already strong team of Senate Republican Leadership. He is bold and decisive and will be a tremendous asset to the caucus and the people of Oregon as we seek to bring change to our state's legislature."
Knopp comes into the leadership position with previous caucus leadership experience, having served as the House Republican Majority Leader during the 2003 legislative session. Knopp founded the Oregon Reagan PAC, a grass roots organization dedicated to common sense in government that has raised nearly $200,000 for conservative causes. Knopp has strong relationships with conservative groups and coalitions across the state.
"I am honored to serve Oregon and my Republican Senate colleagues in this role," said Knopp. "We have a tremendous opportunity this election to bring the change that Oregon desperately needs. I look forward to working hard for Oregon families over the next few months to bring new leaders to Salem that can help make our state a more prosperous place to live."
Knopp is a native Oregonian who has lived in Central Oregon for nearly 35 years. He and his wife, Melissa, have been married over 26 years and have 4 children: Reagan (19), Emilie (17), Daniel (15), and Grace (6).
His background includes over 20 years as a small business owner and community service as a former little league coach and board member of the Bend Chamber of Commerce as well as serving as a current board member of affordable housing non-profit, First Story. Knopp is the Executive Vice President of the Central Oregon Builders Association and the Executive Director of Building Partners for Affordable Knopp served in the Legislature from 1999 to 2005 for three terms and helped pass legislation protecting the kicker by putting it in the Constitution, where in 2007 it ultimately returned $1 billion belonging to the taxpayers.


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Prolegomena to a philosophy of religion.
God's light : the prophets of the world's greatest religions.
New York : Marlowe & Co., 2003.
Gitlitz, David M. (David Martin).
Westport, Conn : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
The Blackwell guide to theology and popular culture.
A brief history of Christianity.
Acquainted with grief : Wang Mingdao's stand for the persecuted church in China.
Millennialism in the Korean Protestant Church.
Ultimate things : an introduction to Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature.
L'apport de la Septante aux etudes sur l'antiquite : actes du colloque de Strasbourg, 8-9 novembre 2002.
Der "Tag YHWHs" im Dodekapropheton : Studien im Spannungsfeld von Traditions- und Redaktionsgeschichte.
Testaments of the twelve patriarchs. English.
The testaments of the twelve patriarchs.
Eugene, OR : Wipf & Stock, 2005, 1917.
Transcending boundaries : contemporary readings of the New Testament : essays in honor of Francis J. Moloney.
Servant leadership : Jesus and Paul.
The crux of election : Paul's critique of the Jewish confidence in the election of Israel.
The new gospel of Christian Atheism.
Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group, 2002.
Is Jesus the only Savior?.
Transforming care : a Christian vision of nursing practice.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William E. Eerdmans Pub., 2005.
The new Westminster dictionary of Christian spirituality.
Werte und Symbole im fruhneuzeitlichen Rom.
Ejercicios en la tradicion de occidente. English.
The exercises of St Ignatius Loyola in the western tradition.
Centre d'etudes et de recherches premontrees. Colloque (25th : 1999 : Tongerlo, Belgium).
Abbatiat et abbes dans l'ordre de Premontre.
My future in America : autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.
The origins of freemasonry : facts & fictions.
New York : Pearson/Longman, 2005.
Finding St. Paul in film.
New York ; London : T & T Clark, 2005.
D'Aubigne's meditations sur les Pseaumes.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Theological Seminary, 2002.


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Gwyneth Paltrow Hilariously Admits She's Never Heard of New Marvel Series Hawkeye: 'What Is That?'
The actress previously confessed she forgot she appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming, despite being in several Marvel films
By Natasha Dado December 06, 2021 12:39 PM
Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty
Gwyneth Paltrow apparently still has some catching up to do on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In an Instagram Q&A over the weekend, the 49-year-old actress was asked about whether she had ever watched the new Marvel series Hawkeye and responded, "No, what is that?"
Hawkeye premiered Nov. 24, on Disney+ and stars Hailee Steinfeld, who plays the adventurous and quirky Kate Bishop, opposite Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton.
In the show, Renner's character takes on a sinister force from his past during the holiday season.
The comment from Paltrow took fans by surprise since she appeared as Pepper Potts in Avengers: Endgame with Renner's character, as well as several Marvel films including Iron Man.
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This is not the first instance where Paltrow has made headlines for her lack of knowledge about Marvel projects.
She previously famously forgot that she was in Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The hilarious revelation came in the first episode of Jon Favreau's Netflix The Chef Show, where Paltrow appeared as the first guest. Favreau directed her in Iron Man and its sequel.
When Paltrow asked Favreau what the inspiration for the show is, the Iron Man director and actor mentioned that he first filmed for it while they were in Atlanta making Spider-Man: Homecoming.
"Spider-Man?" Paltrow responded as she continued zesting an orange.
"Yeah, we were in Spider-Man together," Favreau said. "Remember we were on Spider-Man?"
"We weren't in Spider-Man," Paltrow replied, very confused.
RELATED: Gwyneth Paltrow Says Her Kids Knew the Avengers: Endgame Plot Before the Film's Release
"Yes we were. You were in Spider-Man," Favreau repeated.
"No, I was in Avengers…" Paltrow continued.
"No, you were in Spider-Man also," he inisted. "Remember, Spider-Man at the end and Tom Holland's there and you're gonna walk out and do a press conference? And I give you the ring?"
"Oh, yes. That was Spider-Man?! Oh my God!" Paltrow said, giddily laughing once she realized she appeared in another major Marvel movie and didn't even know.
Hawkeye is now streaming on Disney+.

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1. You must have a good solid savings plan in place.
2. It is important to consider a solid investment plan for long term (retirement).
3. Your 401K investments are not enough to fund your retirement.
4. Making large annual contributions may not be enough to reach your retirement goals.
5. When you consider retirement savings and investing, there are things that you need to determine.
6. Without making regular contributions and with just a single lump-sum investment, the account will have minimum growth.
7. Never consider or settle with the idea that you are trying or doing something.
8. Mindset, behavior, action, consciousness, thought and influence all affect your money and your future.
9. Dollar cost averaging is buying a fixed dollar amount of a particular investment on a regular schedule, regardless of the share price.
10. Dollar-cost averaging lessens the risk of investing a large amount in a single investment at the wrong time.
When you consider retirement saving and investing, there are things that you need to determine.
1. How much can you expect from Social Security?
2. What other sources of income can you count on in retirement?
3. How much does your employer contribute to your 401k plan?
4. How much are you contributing to your 401k plan?
5. What kind of lifestyle do you want in retirement?
1. To manage your spending and increase savings in tandem without incurring additional liabilities.
2. Knowing your ability to save money will be the cornerstone of building wealth.
3. Your needs, lifestyle preferences, and income, the amount of money you are able to save will be different from your friends, family, and neighbors.
4. A $1 saved or invested today is more valuable than $1 a year from now.
5. For every small luxury items you think nothing of can cost you millions of dollars in future wealth.
6. A key to financial prosperity is realizing the potential value of every dollar that comes into your hands.
7. Never settle with the idea that you will make or earn more money.
8. Every single dollar will give you a chance to create wealth.
9. Never sacrifice the opportunity to save money in order to pay off debt.
10. Learn to understand the true power of compound interest and appreciated the true value of time.
1. We are talking about your financial future, your retirement and being is a position to provide wealth to the next generation.
2. You must move financial independence to the top of your financial priority list. You should make it number one in your financial life, and make everything else secondary.
3. Please commit to your retirement future when using your 401k as an investment.
4. Your 401K is not where you go for money to make a down payment on a home, for college expenses for yourselves or your kids, for wedding expenses or whatever else may seem desirable.
a. Never use 401k to pay off credit cards.
b. Never use 401K or Credit Card for down payment on house.
c. Never use 401k money to get on your feet.
d. Never use 401k loan to pay off auto.
5. Whenever there is not a paradigm shift (Action Influence) that poverty mentality kicks in and every emergency takes precedence over building wealth.
6. Two forms of money management (Poverty Mentality vs. Wealth Mentality).
7.Your 401k retirement account will have terrific built-in tax advantages that your regular money account won't have.
8. Your money goes into your 401k on a pre-tax basis, which gives you a tax advantage right from the start.
9. Your money will grow tax-deferred until you actually take it out.
10. You will not be able to access this money easily until you're 59 1/2 years old or more.
11. Many companies 401k plan, may also "match" all or part of your investment, which also goes in pre-tax and provides you with even more tax-free appreciation.
12. Because of your age you are allowed to contribute an extra $6500 to your 401(k) plans currently. Not all employers provide matching contributions.
13. Consider the rules and guidelines as your first step of making a commitment.
14. When deciding to make contributions, always be committed to a minimum of what the employer will match to capture the maximum.
15. There are two main factors that you should be focusing on with your 401K, the company's match and the tax advantages.
16. Your own contribution, the company match, the dividends, interest, and capital gains distributions—everything grows tax deferred for however long you leave it in.
17. You will be charged taxes only on money that you take out of the account.
18. Any withdrawal that is permitted before the age of 59½ is subject to an excise tax equal to ten percent of the amount distributed (on top of the ordinary income tax that has to be paid).
19. Never instruct your employer to make out a check directly payable to you.
20. There are 401(k) plans that charge fees for administrative services, investment management services, and sometime outside consulting services.


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Dr. William M. Jaremko, MD
Providing Dermatology to the Greater Olean Area
2646 West State Street - Olean NY 14760
William M Jaremko, M.D. , FAAD
Dr. Jaremko grew up in Buffalo, NY and went to Canisius College where he earned a BA in Biology. He went to medical school at Georgetown University in Washington, DC , graduating in 1983, and was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his residency in Dermatology at Wilford Hall, in San Antonio, Texas in 1989. He was board certified in Dermatology that same year.
Dr. Jaremko was an active duty member of the Air Force from 1983-1991. He served as a flight surgeon and later was Chief of Dermatology, United Kingdom from 1989-1991. He is fluent in Ukrainian and Italian and has a good working knowledge of German. Since 1997, he is a trained volunteer ski patroller at Holiday Valley Ski Resort, and also serves as their medical director.
He is a fellow in the American Academy of Dermatology, a member of the New York State Society for Dermatology, and the Buffalo/Rochester Dermatological Society.
Ashley Bartz, RPA-C
Ms. Bartz joined our practice in July 2008 and has been with us ever since. Her skills in Dermatology were honed through classroom training, self-instruction, one on one instruction with Dr. Jaremko and by attending CME conferences offered by the American Academy of Dermatology. Over the years, she has seen the full spectrum of what Dermatology has to offer. She also is a guest lecturer in Dermatology at the Physician Assistant Program at Daemen College in Buffalo, NY.
Dr. Jaremko provides dermatology services to the Southern Tier, Wellsville, Jamestown, Olean New York, and Bradford Pennsylvania.


Fremont Unified School District has adopted the Merit System, and, as such, has a Personnel Commission that oversees the Classified Service according to the rules and regulations set forth in the Education Code sections 45240 et seq. The essential function of a Merit System is to insure that hiring into Classified positions is based on individual merit rather than favoritism. As such, all permanent Classified positions are filled through a competitive examination process leading up to an eligibility list, from which selections are allowed from the highest three ranks containing interested applicants.
Applications for employment are accepted when the District has posted the vacancy for recruitment (as opposed to internal transfer).
Applications are screened to be sure candidates meet minimum eligibility requirements.
Testing may be required and may include written, performance, physical or drug/alcohol tests.
Qualifying oral interviews are arranged after testing has been completed to establish an Eligibility list. This is done by a panel that consists of District and Non-District administrators and technical staff with subject matter expertise.
The top three ranks from the Eligibility List interview with the supervisor for placement in the vacant positions. The supervisor may select any one of those candidates without further justification.
Eligibility lists remain in effect for one year or until there are less than three ranks remaining on the list.
Generally speaking recruitments are both open competitive and promotional, in which internal applicants receive employee points.
A criminal background check and Tuberculosis clearance is required before an offer of employment is finalized.
If you are interested in becoming a Noon Duty Supervisor please inquire with the principal or secretary at your school of interest. This process begins at the school site, and will include a criminal background check and Tuberculosis clearance.
Some Classified Positions have specific education documentation requirements. Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees and other relevant documents prior to applying to those particular positions. For information on how to obtain a foreign transcript evaluation, please refer to the Foreign Transcript Evaluation.
Some positions require certification of a minimum typing speed. Certification may be obtained from an approved source, such as a government agency, an accredited education institution, Fremont Adult School, or an employment agency. Certifications obtained from an online source will not be accepted. Typing certifications must be dated within the last three years.
Fremont Unified School District is now conducting the NCLB (No Child Left Behind) educational examination.


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The Dossiers are a collection of notes on the various different creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. You can find them scattered around the landscape of The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction as collectables among other Explorer Notes. The dossiers tell you about the behavior and habits of all creatures present in ARK, written by the survivor Helena, who is mostly correct with her observations. Almost every creature can be tamed, but it differs what and how much the certain creature needs to eat in order to be domesticated.
Earlier in the game-development you used to earn the dossiers when you killed or tamed the local wildlife.
Note: There is no correlation between the release date of the dossier and the release date of the creature itself. There is no way to predict how long it will take for a creature to be released by looking at the release date for their dossier. For example, the Sabertooth Salmon released within two months of its dossier publication, while it has taken over half a year for others to be released.
Currently, there are 104 Creature Dossiers on The Island.
Currently, there are 11 Creature Dossiers on Scorched Earth.
Currently, there is 1 unobtainable Creature Dossier on Ragnarok.
Currently, there are 14 Creature Dossiers on Aberration.
Currently, there are 6 Creature Dossiers on Extinction.
Currently, there are 4 Manuals on Extinction.
Currently, there are 4 Guardian Holograms obtainable on The Island.
Currently, there is 1 Guardian Hologram obtainable on Scorched Earth.
Currently, there is 1 Guardian Hologram obtainable on Aberration.
Currently, there are 5 Guardian Holograms obtainable on Extinction.
Currently, 7 Torn Dossiers have been released for Scorched Earth by Studio Wildcard.
Currently, 11 Torn Dossiers have been released for Aberration by Studio Wildcard.
Currently, 6 Torn Dossiers have been released for Extinction by Studio Wildcard.
Currently, there are 3 unobtainable Event Dossiers released for The Island.
Currently, there is 1 unobtainable Event Dossier released for Scorched Earth.
Each Torn Dossier is co-related to their respective DLC. Scorched Earth torn dossier appears on desert sand background, Aberration dossier appears on mutated ground background, and Extinction dossier on corrupted element background.
Extinction is the first DLC to feature Manuals of Mechanical Creatures and holds the highest number of Guardian Holograms.
Despite the fact that the Scout, Ice Titan and Forest Titan had a paper Torn Dossier, their official Dossiers were instead found to be holograms.
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Lady Toppers spread the wealth in exhibition win
WKU freshman Micah Jones attempts to make a shot as two Harding defenders attempt to block her shot. Jones contributed 12 points to the Lady Toppers 96-64 win in Diddle Arena on Friday, Nov. 2.
Elliott Pratt
WKU made the most of its lone exhibition game, notching a decisive 96-64 win over Harding University Friday night in Diddle Arena.
It was the first time the Lady Toppers had scored 96 points or more in a game since January of 2010.
New coach Michelle Clark-Heard was pleased with the team's first outing of to start the season.
"I thought the girls did an awesome job of showing the things that we have been working on and what we are trying to do," Heard said. "We really try to emphasize defense. We did a great job in our press defensively, and they were very unselfish with the ball on offense tonight."
Unselfishness is exactly what the Lady Toppers showed on the night. Six players earned double-digit numbers, but it was Alexis Govan's game-high 28 points and six steals that led the way for a WKU victory.
Govan said it was a relief to play against someone other than themselves tonight and echoed her coach's thoughts on defense
"We're tired of beating up on each other. We don't have many people to beat up on any more," Govan said. "Defense is what we pretty much were working on the whole time. We had our slip-ups and moments, but we just have to work that out."
While Harding scored the game's first basket with a three from Tabitha Haney, preseason all-Sun Belt Conference players Govan and Chastity Gooch helped lead a Lady Topper 13-0 surge after being tied at seven early in the first half.
Midway through the first half, Govan had more points than the entire Harding team. WKU continued to shine with a 29-4 run before Harding would put together seven consecutive points to pull the WKU lead down to 49-28 just before the half.
WKU's largest lead came at the 12:25 mark when the team stretched the lead by 34 points. That cushion is what the Lady Toppers felt for much of the second half until the Lady Bison scored a 13-4 run late in the half to cut the deficit only a little before WKU cruised to a 96-64 win.
The Lady Toppers shot 55 percent from the floor and were 13-18 from the free throw line. Following Govan's game high 28 points, Gooch earned a double-double, putting up 17 points and hauling in 15 rebounds in the win.
Danay Fothergill knocked down three out of four shots from behind the three-point arc to help notch 17 points. Junior Chaney Means put up 16 and Micah Jones scored 14 points and dished seven assists.
Jones has earned the point guard job and said her teammate's support has helped her take on the new role.
"My teammates have really helped to step up in that position because it needed to be filled," Jones said. "They've helped me when I needed it and I think it's coming along well."
Heard credited Jones' versatility to her early success at point guard.
"Micah has done an unbelievable job of stepping in at the point," Heard said. "She does a lot of great things and she is able to score too when people leave her open."
The team will head west next Friday to start regular season play at Murray State. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:15 pm.
Noble misses exhibition
The Lady Toppers were plagued with another player loss as freshman guard Kendall Noble supported her team on crutches during the game after suffering a leg injury late this week.
That left WKU with just eight players dressed in the exhibition.
WKU didn't announce details of Noble's injury or a possible time frame for her return.


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Malaysia sends 'unusually strong' protest to China over maritime claims
Malaysia has sent an "unusually strong" rebuke against China's stake on the Malaysia-claimed portions of the South China Sea, according to a report.
South China Morning Post reported yesterday that Malaysia had submitted a note verbale to the UN on July 29.
The note reportedly said China's assertions were "contrary to (the UN Convention for the Law of the Sea [Unclos]) and without lawful effect to the extent that they exceed the geographic and substantive limits of China's maritime entitlements under the convention".
It said it rejects the entirety of an earlier note issued by China on Dec 12, which itself is a response to Malaysia's submissions to a Unclos body regarding overlapping claims in South China Sea and the delimitation of Malaysia-claimed waters.
"(Malaysia rejects) China's claims to historic rights, or other sovereign rights or jurisdiction, with respect to the maritime areas of the South China Sea encompassed by the relevant part of the 'nine-dash line'," the Malaysian note verbale reportedly added.
The Hong Kong-based newspaper quoted an unnamed source familiar with Malaysia's position on the maritime dispute saying that the wording of Malaysia's submission was surprising, although its contents reflected Malaysia long-standing rejection of China's "nine-dash line".
A note verbale is a form of diplomatic correspondence that is considered less formal than a diplomatic note.
However, the SCMP noted that Malaysia's note verbale followed similar diplomatic notes issued by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, the US, and Australia in recent months.
The 'nine-dash-line'
"These notes are not normal diplomatic notes between nations, but are submitted to the UN secretary-general with a request that they are circulated to other member states," the SCMP said.
China has staked a claim on large swathes of the South China Sea based on a "nine-dash line" drawn on maps that date back to late 1940s. The claim is not internationally recognised.
China had sought to assert its claim by maintaining patrols and military bases in the South China Sea despite protestations from neighbouring countries and the US.
According to the Malaysian National Audit Department, the China Coast Guard (CCG) and People's Liberation Army Navy had encroached Malaysian-claimed waters 89 times between 2016 and 2019 and had ignored Malaysia's protest notes on these incursions.
This is especially the case in Beting Patinggi Ali, the department said, which is also known as the Luconia Shoals. A further check by Malaysiakini has found that the CCG maintains a near-constant presence near the shoals.
The dispute is still being resolved through diplomatic channels, including negotiations to lay out the code of conduct for the South China Sea. - Mkini


It is now time to watch and listen to a very famous Southern Gospel song composed by the late Andrae Crouch in 1978. The video below is an instrumental rendition of 'Soon And Very Soon' by Greg Buchanan. The song 'Soon And Very soon is based on Revelation 21:3-4: "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.'" (KJV) . This is definitely the wish of all Christians that this should coming should really be soon and very soon as we are really tired of this world. Come Lord Jesus.
Below are the lyrics of the song, "Soon and Very Soon" by Andrae Crouch.
We are going to see the King.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ah.
Give us grace 'til we reach the other side.
God knows each of us by name.
And He washed them all away.


So there you are, seated in a room filled with strangers and a few friends, other students who like yourself have just finished the multiple choice section of their AP English Language and Literature exam, taken a short break, and now face a two hour exam in which they must compose three essays. The proctor passes out the exams and your composition booklets, gives some last minute instructions, orders you to begin, and writes the starting and ending times for the exam on the board. You've spent the past eight months preparing for this moment, reading literature and writing dozens of essays, but you open the test sick with fear that you will fail.
Here are some suggestions to help you boost your score on this exam, any other AP written exam, and indeed on any in-class essay.
Read the prompt or the question three times. Be sure that you understand what you are being asked to address in your writing. You may write like an angel, but your style will count for nothing if you can't answer the question. Watch, too, for hints in the prompt. If the prompt advises "You may wish to look at the author's tone, point of view, and use of metaphor," these are more than mere suggestions. The prompt is telling you to consider these literary devices and to examine them in your essay.
Come up with a strong thesis. It's great if you can think of a "hook," an opening that will attract the reader's attention, but that is secondary to the thesis. When you write a thesis, you need to be absolutely clear as to your position. Don't be wishy-washy. Don't sit on a fence. Pick a side, put down a clean, well-honed thesis statement, and defend it in your essay with evidence taken from whatever source you are given.
Use topic sentences that point the reader back to the thesis. Use transition words—although, nevertheless, in addition, and so on—to cruise from one paragraph to the next.
Use solid evidence. Don't write in the abstract. If you are asked to write about a poem, take brief snatches of that poem and incorporate them into your essay. If you are writing an essay about a history prompt, provide people and events as your evidence. You are showing the reader why you took the stand you did.
The AP exams, and most in-class tests, require students to write their essay by hand. Unfortunately, we live in an era that no longer stresses the importance of a good hand. Occasionally, I had students whose writings were illegible, and we had to work on that until their words could be read. (My own handwriting, by the way, often borders on unreadable.) If you can't write cursive, then print. Have friends or parents critique your writing. And by the way, don't space your words too far apart. That sort of writing gives the impression you are still in elementary school.
Exaggerate your indentation a little. You want to be sure that the grader knows when a new paragraph begins.
Watch the clock. If you are taking the AP exams, then you have two hours for three essays, which gives you forty minutes per essay. If you spend sixty minutes on one essay, the other two will necessarily be shorter.
Practice writing forty-minute essays and take a word count. Once I had a student who could write 700 to 800 words in that time. His writing was at times repetitive, but it was still an impressive feat. But most students will write between 350 and 500 words during that time. If you are writing less than 350 words, odds are that you are going to come up short on the test.
Remember: You aren't just taking a test. You are in a race. Go back and read #7 and #8 here, and know that you are in a race. Your competitors are the clock and yourself.
Don't put your personal problems into an essay. The graders don't care whether you broke up with a girlfriend, are having a bad hair day, or are suffering a religious crisis. Stick to the prompt.
Let's say that during your revision in #10 you find that you want to add more evidence. You clearly can't write it into the paper, but you can put a large asterisk where you wish to insert your addition, put another asterisk at the bottom of the paper, and make your point there.
Your conclusion ideally should in some way both sum up your arguments and lead the reader just one step ahead. There is no more boring conclusion than say, "Thus, we see blah…blah…blah." If, however, you are out of time and you feel the need to resort to that ho-hum ending, then do so. Often, however, your final point of your argument may make a better ending statement than this sort of conclusion.
Expect the unexpected. Once, during some entrance exam to a British school, the examiner wrote the color "Red" on the board and gave the students two hours to write on that subject. I tried the same in my class once, gave the students 45 minutes, and collected some decent essays. How could you write an essay on "Red?" Well, what does it bring to mind? For me, red immediately brings to mind passion, blood, revolution, a Porgy and Bess song about redheaded women, sangria, Red Bull, and a dozen other things. Be prepared to stretch your mind in this race.
If your handwriting is mediocre or poor, don't use a heavy gel pen. This sort of pen generally makes your writing look even worse. Use a fine point or medium point pen. Experiment before the test with the pen that works best for you. Keep in mind, too, that you'll be writing for a long time. Find a pen that comfortably fits your fingers.
Keep tests in perspective. Few tests truly determine your future. You are not a test. If you prepared as best you could for the test, then what else is there? Take a Stoic attitude to test taking. Do what you can to the best of your ability and walk away with a sense of equanimity. It's done. On to the next challenge.


Super excited about this weekends Costume Exchange! Grab those outgrown or unused costumes and head over to Kid Frolic Austin's Studio & Shop this Saturday, September 9th. There will be masks to color, sensory sand play, storytime at 11:30, Usborne Books, and a free raffle.
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A new 12 gigawatts solar energy scheme, which has been deftly crafted to mandate local manufacturing without violating WTO's trade rules, is in the final stages of approval, and will help local industry withstand the onslaught of cheap imports, senior government officials said.
The Rs 8,000-crore scheme will be a significant boost for Indian manufacturers, who are also waiting for the imposition of a safeguards duty on solar gear. The local industry has suffered because WTO, acting on a US complaint, ruled that India had violated trade rules by mandating use of locally made cells and modules in its national solar mission.
Renewable energy is a hot area of trade tussles with many trying to dominate the sector that is expected to flourish as reliance on coal and oil dwindles. "The scheme is in final stages of consultation with various government departments and ministries, including finance, commerce, and the Prime Minister's Office," a government official said.
The scheme has already been cleared by the Expenditure Finance Committee, which is part of the department of expenditure in the finance ministry, another official said.
The scheme will have an implementation period of four years, and by 2022, it will ensure a minimum manufacturing capacity of 3 GW of solar cells per year, which is the current size of the domestic solar cell market in India.
If approved, it will bring relief to the domestic solar manufacturers who, on account of injury from imports of solar components from China, Malaysia and Taiwan, are lobbying for a safeguards duty on these imports.
In the latest development of the safeguards case, the directorate general of trade restrictions last week recommended up to 25% safeguard duty on imports from China and Malaysia for a period of two years. "Even if the safeguard duty is imposed, increased costs can be easily absorbed by developers as prices of Chinese solar cells are going to crash," the official said, referring to the recent Chinese government decision to scale down solar capacity addition. Chinese manufacturers, as a result, will try and sell existing capacity at cheaper prices on account of a lacklustre demand in their home country.


Yesterday morning I was suddenly woken up at 5:30 AM by a bug on my bed. I spent an hour keeping vigil in a corner of my room, a broom in one hand and Raid in the other, not daring to get anywhere near the bed. After I killed something with more legs than nature should allow on any creature, I still couldn't go back to sleep. I'm surprised I lasted all day and night without a nap.
Still, when I got home at 4 AM from the club I was ready for sleep. I got into bed and wrapped myself head to toe in my blanket (I'm crazy, not stupid) and passed out.
This morning, I was startled awake again at 9 AM. This time by Toby's rapid fire barking...and the building exterminator at the door on his routine rounds.
tooj, I KNEW you'd get a kick out of that. Hey, what can I say? Life's tough. But having a Monday off does make it a bit easier to handle. I'll be sure to e-mail you how it goes.
heidi, it was sooo much fun! De lo que te perdistes!
Hahaha, I do the same exact thing too (wrapping myself from head to toe)! You are too funny!
I hate bugs. Well, most bugs. Anything with more legs than nature allow on things and big flying ones that can hurt me...I really don't like those!
Ah ick to creepy crawlys! Good girl for managing to kill it. I usually freak out to a point where I don't function too well, lol.
oh no!! bugs are the worst... but especially when they are in your bed!!
Ha! Never there when you actually need them.
Well, at least now you will be able to sleep peacefully knowing all the bugs are dead. Just hope the fumes aren't too bad.
I am with you I hate bugs!!!!!
Someone has got to train Toby to eat, or at least kill, those bugs.
Did you know that there were around 10,000 species of Millipedes?


The Netherlands, and Rotterdam in particular, has a huge amount of museums. Living here, I consider myself very fortunate to be able to experience world culture, history or art at a whim. In fact, there are so many museums here it can be hard to choose which one to visit. But there's one museum in Rotterdam that stands out above the rest – the Boijmans van Beuningen.
Its amazing collection displays some of the finest paintings of the past five centuries, modern art and Dutch Design, and in the years I've been coming to Boijmans some of its artworks have become sort of friends to me. Pretty cool, right, being friends with Breugel, Dali and Magritte? I'm not jealous though, so you can visit my friends, too, anytime you like (well, between 11:00 and 17:00, unless it's Museum Night).
I have a Rotterdam Pas, which gives me free entrance for a whole year, so sometimes I come by just to walk around the building, which is a work of art in its own right. In fact, my favourite part of Boijmans is the wardrobe. When you go there, you'll know why.
In 2019 Boijmans will be closing its doors for renovations, that are scheduled to last for seven (!) years. Most of the museum is already being emptied, but until 26th of May 2019, a special exhibition titled 'When the Panels are Closed: Highlights from the Collection' is showing, well, the highlights.


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Julio Ponce, the billionaire owner of Sociedad Quimica & Minera de Chile (SQM), faces ten years in prison for insider trading. A beneficiary of former dictator General Augusto Pinochet, Ponce is charged with buying company shares at below market prices and selling them at a profit.
SQM – often referred to as Soquimich – is one of the world's biggest producers of potassium nitrate, iodine and lithium which it produces with raw materials sourced from its caliche ore and brine mines in the Atacama desert. Originally a state enterprise, SQM was privatized by Pinochet in 1988 at the bargain basement price of $120 million on the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The man in charge of privatization in Chile was Ponce, who trained as a forestry engineer, but had the good fortune of marrying Veronica Pinochet, the daughter of the president. Pinochet appointed Ponce to the board of SQM before it was privatized.
"Call it business savvy plus political connections on overdrive," writes Erin Carlyle at Forbes magazine.
Ponce became president of the privatized nitrate company in 1987. Several of his relatives became major stockholders and had positions on the board of directors of the company.
Today SQM is worth $9.2 billion. Ponce has 84.1 million shares in the company, according to SQM filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) making him worth $3.3 billion.
The Chilean taxpayer was not as fortunate, write Joseph Collins and John Lear in Multinational Monitor in 1991.
Today Ponce and his friends have continued to profit from the company, say Moneda Asset Management, a minority shareholder in SQM. They allege that Ponce and his friends conducted over 100 irregular purchases of shares between 2009 and 2011, which they used to make over $100 million in profits.
For example, Bloomberg writes that on March 29, 2011, Soc. de Inversiones Oro Blanco SA (a company controlled by Ponce) sold 163 million Soc. de Inversiones Pampa Calichera SA shares at 726 pesos, 10 percent below the previous day's price, to Norte Grande and SQ Inversiones. On November 7 of the same year, Potasios de Chile SA bought 151 million shares in Calichera for 1064.53 pesos while SQ Inversiones sold 137 million at 1065 pesos.
Ponce has until the end of this month to explain the trades. Also charged are Aldo Motta, chief executive of Norte Grande and Roberto Guzman, an advisor to Ponce.


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Report of BWD activities
Bart Horeman
The main aim of the BWD is to make people aware that as taxpayers they co-operate and participate in the upkeep of the Netherlands army and therefore in the ongoing arms production and arms trade and the military violence all over the world.
The amount of Netherlands citizens who are conscientiously objecting and take a personal stand - in whatever way - against militarism, seems to decrease steadily. This decrease is not so strange, as the active stand against militarism seems to have little or no effect. Moreover, the army is doing its best - not without success - to gain the image of peacekeepers. The fact that the so called peacekeeping operations so far have been without much success and surely do not contribute to a situation in which people are done justice, does not seem to lead to one's conclusion that the road of militarism is a dead end street. It rather leads to question those who oppose militarism what they intend to do to stop the violence in a conflict area. This question even causes a division in the peace movement between those who think the use of violence is acceptable, sometimes even necessary, and those who keep rejecting the use of violence. We advise to leave this question as it is and to focus our energy on the realisation of the civil peace teams, and the ideas developed within the National Council of Peace Organisations (LBVO). This new aim, that will take years of intensive labour of many, offers a hopeful perspective for the peace movement.
Viewing the field of the peace movement - with its many small and bigger organisations - one can conclude that every year sees a multitude of campaigns, the result of which is mostly disappointing, even with the supporting members.
Our movement did not escape this trend in the last years. Despite all efforts to prepare them well and to give much publicity, campaigns had a very low response. Still there is a necessity for new campaigns, "as every pin-prick is one that shall in the end be felt". It was decided to concentrate our limited energy on two campaigns: the V-biljet (Peace Tax Form) and the new campaign "Een GoudGulden Vrede" (A GoldGulden Peace).
'V-biljet'
From the start the V-biljet campaign has been a yearly event, just like the yearly repetitive tax forms. We continued the campaign in 1995, but, due to a low response in last years, we only distributed the Peace Tax Forms to our own members. We asked other peace magazines to write about the campaign.
The V-biljet provides the taxpayer an easy and little time consuming way to point out to the tax collector one's objections to the assignment of the tax money to the army. It is frustrating to see so few using this possibility.
'Een GoudGulden Vrede'
On war tax resisting day 1993 the BWD offered the mint-master of the Royal Mint a design for a peace coin. The mint-master, being quite enthusiastic about Trix van Vugt's design, forwarded it to the Minister of Finance, who - unsurprisingly - was not prepared to consider to have the coin as an official means of payment. Finally, in 1995 the BWD decided to have 1000 peace coins, called 'GoudGulden Vrede' made by the Mint. A new campaign was developed and presented to our members in March. We only received positive replies. The GoudGulden Vrede Campaign offers participants three opportunities:
1. To write letters to the ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs to pressure them to financially support the formation of civil peace teams.
2. To contribute financially to the work of civil peace teams by either donate 9 guilders (or a multitude of it) to the Peace Fund or to buy the peace coin (9 guilders each, of which half is a donation to the civil peace teams).
3. To refuse to pay 9% of your taxes and direct them to the Peace Fund.
The GoldGulden Peace Campaign was launched by selling the peace coin at a civil peace teams conference of the National Council of Peace Organisations (LBVO) on November 11. The results are encouraging. All peace magazines presented the coin in an article. Halfway 1996 the first 1000 coins had been sold and a new 1000 were ordered. In September 1996 the coin was presented to all members of parliament, asking them to give support to the idea of the civil peace teams.
The BWD-Newsletter was distributed three times in 1995 and in 1996. In 1995 the layout was improved; in 1996 the Newsletter was turned into a Newspaper for financial reasons. The Newsletter covered many aspects, not only the defence budget, our campaigns and the work of the Peace Fund, but also the developments inside the peace movement. We feel that also the backgrounds of our fiscal objections should be covered. The co-operation in the National Council of Peace Organisations means that we also have to focus on questions other peace organisations deal with.
Also in 1995 we updated two of our brochures, 'How to refuse motor vehicle taxes' and 'How to refuse VAT on the energy-bill'. In 1996 we updated our principle brochure 'Voorschot op Vrede' (Advance Money on Peace).
In 1995 little was heard from the international movement. Only at the end of 1995 we received message that the Conscience and Peace Tax Association was formed, as was decided in Hondarribia, September 1994. Also we were invited to participate in organising the 6th International Conference in Hoddesdon.
BWD is represented in the National Council of Peace Organisations (LBVO) by Wijnand Thoomes, who runs the LBVO-secretariat. In 1996 Bart Horeman became treasurer of LBVO.
The main activity of the LBVO was the civil peace teams conference, November 1995. During 1995 LBVO discussions lead to a paper "Agenda for Peace Operations, the start of an alternative".
The representation of BWD in the Netherlands Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Arms (NKC) had ceased when Hans Horeman died in 1993. Wijnand Thoomes and Trix van Vugt offered to attend NKC-meetings. NKC strived after pressing Netherlands government to vote in favour of the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Trix van Vugt stayed as a representative in the Anti-Intervention Committee, organiser of the yearly Easter March for disarmament and other anti-war manifestations.
BWD organisation
In September 1995 Rene Rikkelman decided not to prolong his contract as second secretary. Instead, Bart Horeman was appointed in January 1996.
Henk Eisma had to end his board membership, as a representative of Kerk en Vrede, due to the decrease of his labour contract at Kerk en Vrede.
At the end of 1996 the board of BWD, being the support group (SG) and the smaller core group (KG) consisted of:
Wijnand Thoomes, chairperson (KG)
Hans Mulder, treasurer (KG)
Trix van Vugt, 1st secretary (KG)
Bart Horeman, 2nd secretary (KG)
Dies Heitmeijer, board member (KG)
Jan Maartens, board member (SG)
Maarten Schaafsma, board member (SG)


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SAMUEL AUER
Hamburg-based director
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Samuel Auer was born in Hamburg on August 1st, 1986. He discovered his love for films at an early age and since he was 11, he watched several movies a week. After his community service, he traveled a year through North America, before starting his studies in Communication Science and History in Erfurt. This also where he shot his first short films and his passion changed from only watching to directing itself. He went on to do various film-specific internships on sets, as well as at the Filmfest Hamburg, in the postproduction company Arri Schwarzfilm and for the online film magazine Filmstarts.de. Since 2012, he is studying at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), where he has produced several shorts that have gone to a variety of national and international festivals, namely Interfilmfest Berlin and Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Photo by Annika Klintmalm
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// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using osu.Framework.Graphics.OpenGL;
using osu.Framework.Graphics.OpenGL.Buffers;
using osu.Framework.Graphics.OpenGL.Vertices;
using osu.Framework.Statistics;

namespace osu.Framework.Graphics.Batches
{
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Akitoshi Seiyama1,2,
Junji Seki3,
Mari Iwamoto4 &
Toshio Yanagida1,2,5
Biological effects of magnetic field and their safety criteria, especially effects of gradient magnetic field on the cerebral and pulmonary circulation during functional brain mapping are still unclear. Here we estimated that magnetically induced artifacts for the blood oxygenation level- and flow- based functional magnetic resonance imaging are less than 0.1%, and disturbance in the pulmonary circulation is less than 1.3% even if the field strength of magnetic resonance system is risen up to 10 tesla. These paramagnetic effects are considered to be small and harmless during human brain mapping.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become a vital tool for human brain function studies and medical diagnosis. Magnetic field strengths are expected to rise from the current 1.5 to 7 tesla (T) or further to achieve higher spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio, although biological effects of magnetic fields and their safety criteria for human subjects are still unclear. Biological effects of magnetic fields depend mainly on 1) the field strength and its gradient, 2) area and duration time of exposure to the field, and 3) the static or dynamic properties of magnetic field [1]. The threshold of time-varying magnetic fields to human exposure is a frequent theme and examined experimentally and theoretically [1, 2], because they might produce cardiac and peripheral nerve stimulation, heating, and magneto-phosphene during exposure. Furthermore, movement of subjects or patients within a static magnetic field produces sensory effects such as vertigo, nausea, and a peculiar metallic taste [3].
On the other hand, the static magnetic field has a potential to affect the blood flow through the following three mechanisms: 1) magnetohydrodynamic action, which is theoretically predicted to decrease the aortic blood flow velocity by 10% under homogeneous magnetic fields at about 5 T [4], 2) diamagnetic anisotropic interaction, which modifies the orientation of sickled and normal erythrocytes at homogeneous magnetic field of 0.35 T[5] and 4 T [6], respectively, and 3) paramagnetic interaction under a strong spatial gradient of magnetic field, which was applied to separate paramagnetic erythrocyte from whole blood [7].
Paramagnetic interaction between gradient magnetic fields and flowing erythrocytes
To estimate maximal effects of the gradient magnetic field, which is applied to the human in MR measurements, on the cerebral and pulmonary microcirculation, we examined the effects of gradient magnetic fields on erythrocyte flow in a model of branched blood vessels with Reynold's number as small as that for blood flow in capillaries and venules (see 'Supplementary Method 1' in Additional file 1), which are major contributors to signal changes in fMRI. An inhomogeneous magnetic field (field strength and spatial gradient product: up to 60 T2/m) was transversally applied to the blood flow using an electromagnet whose direction of magnetic field is perpendicular to the vessel axis (see Fig. 1 of Ref. [8]), which covered the gradient field of 10-T MRI system (see Fig. 1A). We observed that the spatial distribution of 70% oxygenated erythrocytes flowing in the branched vessel deviated in proportion to the product of magnetic field strength and its gradient up to 20 T2/m, above which the deviation saturated. On the other hand, fully oxygenated erythrocytes flow showed no deviation. The deviation of spatial distribution of 70% oxygenated erythrocytes can be attributed to paramagnetic attraction by an inhomogeneous magnetic field [8, 9].
Paramagnetic effects of gradient magnetic fields on the pulmonary circulation during human brain mapping. (A) Magnetic field strength (Bz), and calculated field gradient (-dBz/dz) and force product (-Bz·dBz/dz) along the centerline of the magnet (see 'Supplementary Method 2' in Additional file 1). Maximal values of -dBz/dz at Bz = 1.5, 3.0, 4.0, 7.0 and 10 T were 1.03, 2.06, 2.75, 4.81 and 6.87 T/m, respectively (at z = 1.47 m). Maximal values of -Bz·dBz/dz at Bz = 1.5, 3.0, 4.0, 7.0 and 10 T were 1.21, 4.84, 8.60, 26.40 and 53.75 T2/m, respectively (at z = 1.14 m), which are well covered by the range of our experiment shown in Fig. 1B. The head and lung of a healthy volunteer, whose height is 1.75 m, head length is 0.25 m, length of epigastric fossa from top of head is 0.5 m, were positioned at the magnet's center (A: z = 0 m) and at maximal of -Bz·dBz/dz (B: z = 1.14 m), respectively. (B) Maximally estimated redistribution of erythrocytes estimated in the pulmonary circulation at position B (see 'Supplementary Method 3' in Additional file).
Effect of gradient magnetic fields on the pulmonary circulation
First, we estimated the maximal effects of the deviation of erythrocyte distribution on the pulmonary blood flow, which could cause a ventilation perfusion mismatch (Fig. 1B). When a volunteer was positioned under the maximal inhomogeneous magnetic field (position B in Fig. 1A), the deviation of erythrocyte distribution in the pulmonary blood flow increased with increases in the product of field strength and its gradient but it saturated above |Bz·dBz/dz| > 40 T2/m (Fig. 1B). However, the estimated value of deviation (maximally ca. 1.3%) was small and its effect on the ventilation perfusion mismatch is negligible even under the maximal inhomogeneous magnetic field generated by the 10-T system.
Effect of gradient magnetic fields on the cerebral microcirculation
Next, we estimated maximal effects of such deviation of erythrocyte distribution on signal changes in functional neuroimaging based on the commonly used blood oxygenation-level dependent (BOLD) (Fig. 2A) and flow sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) (Fig. 2B) techniques. The gradient magnetic fields produced underestimation of BOLD and overestimation of FAIR signals almost linearly with the increases in the magnetic field strength. However, the values (0.024% for BOLD and 0.07% for FAIR) were quite small and these artifacts are negligible even for the 10-T system.
Effects of magnetic field under gradient echo echo planar imaging (GE-EPI) on the cerebral microcirculation. (A) Maximal effects of magnetic field under GE-EPI on BOLD signal at position A during functional brain mapping at slice gradient = 40 mT/m for all MR systems (see 'Supplementary Method 4' in Additional file 1). (B) Maximal effects of magnetic field under GE-EPI on FAIR signal at position A during functional brain mapping at slice gradient = 40 mT/m for all MR systems (see 'Supplementary Method 5' in Additional file).
Our results suggest that paramagnetic artifacts in the functional neuroimaging and disturbance in the pulmonary microcirculation during magnetic resonance imaging are quite small using the MR system with field strength up to 10 T.
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Communications Research Laboratory, Brain Information Group, Kansai Advanced Research Center, 588-2 Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492, Japan
Akitoshi Seiyama
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Division of Physiology and Biosignaling, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan
Junji Seki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ehime University, School of Medicine, Shizukawa, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan
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AS conceived, designed and coordinated the study, carried out the experiments, and drafted the manuscript. JS participated in the design and coordination of the study. MI participated in the experiments. TY participated in the design and coordination of the study, and directed it. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Additional File 1: Supplementary Method 1: Experimental Setup. Supplementary Method 2: Estimation of magnetic fields. Supplementary Method 3: Estimation of redistribution of erythrocytes in the pulmonary circulation. Supplementary Method 4: Estimation of paramagnetic artifacts in BOLD signal. Supplementary Method 5: Estimation of paramagnetic artifacts in FAIR signal (DOC 30 KB)
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The Havre Church held its annual campout July 17–19 in beautiful Beaver Creek Park in the Bear Paw Mountains south of Havre. The unsettled weather Friday gave way to gorgeous sunshine and comfortable temperatures for the rest of the weekend.
Clarence and Reneé McKey, a retired pastoral couple from Great Falls, joined the group for the weekend. Clarence preached the sermon on Sabbath, and Leo Beardsley led the study of the Sabbath School lesson. Several visitors attended. The food was wonderful and abundant and the environment inspirational. Somehow God's second book of nature lends emphasis and meaning to His first Book like nothing else. The campout is a highlight of the year for this group and provides time for fellowship that is so strengthening. It is a blessing to live surrounded by the beauty of God's handiwork.


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Construction of a rooftop extension
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Vienna meets Mexico City
The nostalgic splendor of the Condesa neighborhood in the heart of Mexico City is palpable: Built almost a century ago upon a former racetrack, it is one of the largest continuous Art Deco districts in the world and one of Mexico City's architectural jewels. Upon visiting the property built in 1932, there was no doubt to breath fresh life into the building with a contemporary structure. At first, the local building authority was taken aback by the Viennese approach to planning – combining old ideas with new ones – but was quickly convinced. After the successful realization of the building and the addition of a penthouse, this intelligent renovation is now a model for future buildings in the district.
Origami experiment
Two terraces and a viewing platform at the top of the building form a dynamic structure created by experimenting with the Japanese technique of folding paper. Local materials were used sensibly throughout, such as pearl-grey Corian panels and dark gray Santo Tomas marble for the floors, as it is found in almost all the churches and subway stations in Mexico City. The end result is a confident structure that appears to hover above the top of the densely tree-lined neighborhood. The house is naturally ventilated through openings at the highest point of the "winged" roof. Spacious windows flood the inside spaces with light and the buzz of this exciting quarter in Mexico City.
The contemporary rooftop extension on the townhouse from the 1940s
"…this project is not only architecture, it is also archaeology."
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Strong materials and color accents structure the inside
La Condesa neighborhood in the heart of Mexico City
Pearl-grey Corian panels are set in opposition to dark gray Santo Tomas marble
"...it becomes a revelation of the different layers and facets of history and culture that conform the mosaic of the city, the neighborhood, the building and the owners, and unfolds these layers into three-dimensional space, bringing them back to life."
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Newly interpreted: The former bakery with the contemporary rooftop extension
A bird's eye view of the Condesa neighborhood
The shape of the rooftop extension evolved from experimenting with the Japanese technique of folding paper.
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BELARE 10 leader Alain Hubert recounts finishing the technical facilities and garage ahead of schedule, and thanks the team who has made everything possible.
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The Toyota Hiluxes go on their first field trip, the last of the containers are brought from the coast, and preparations are made for installing instruments in the geomagnetic observatory.


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[Schedule] Jang Keun Suk Zepp and Cri Show IV Schedule - 2017-09-16
Hang Keun Suk has a very busy autumn and winter coming up in Japan.
First, he has two Zepp shows which Universal Music Japan put together. One show in Tokyo on Sept 27 and another in Osaka on the 28th. These two shows are only for those who have bought Voyage. Inserted into some albums is a special ticket or notice with a number. Those with winning numbers can attend these two shows. Each show was announced as having a limited seating of 1200, but UMJ announced that they discovered the Tokyo venue had room for more seats and has chosen to hold a second lottery but only for those who buy the album anew. Any cancelled or unredeemed original numbers will be offered by lottery to first time buyers.
Anyway, in a deal among JKS, UMJ and Frau International (the owner of the JOFC website), JKS, as he mentioned during ROCKUMENTARY, he will tour Japan for Cri Show IV.
After Zepp, Jang Keun Suk will go on a tour of five Japanese cities with Cri Show IV.
A new web page site has already been uploaded to provide information on the tour.
As noted above, JKS will visit five Japanese cities during Cri Show IV. For those unfamiliar with Japan, the following graphic shows where he will be and when.
Maybe a little history on the origins of Cri Shows would be beneficial right about now. As most Eels know by now, "Cri" stands for critical. JKS has said he chose "cri" as critical to his to his future, to his ability to move forward, to his well-being. But the term has a deeper meaning which goes back to early days of creating a fan base. He said his fans were intelligent and critical thinkers. They didn't just blindly follow the latest fad or popular celebrity, but instead used their critical thinking skills to cut through all the clutter to find the best. Consequently, the term "cri" has a double meaning, both as critical to JKS' success and a description of his fan base.
Following the release of each full album, JKS chose to do a Cri Show. His first Cri Show followed the release of his first full album Just Crazy. JKS went on a major Japanese tour and around Asia in which he named Cri Show I. He chose the color purple for the album and again for the show.
Using the color green for his second album, Nature Boy, he went on another Cri Show tour following the release of the album. Cri Show II proved to be huge hit and again garnered fantastic reviews throughout Asia. While his Cri Shows were very expensive to produce, but JKS didn't care. He wanted to put on the best shows ever by any singer/entertainer.
It should be noted at this point that his dream of putting on the best show of any entertainer was not only met but exceeded. The media, throughout Asia, took note of his Cri Shows and praised him elaborately. Of course, all the venues at which he performed were sold out immediately...and in some cases he was forced to add extra dates because of the excessive demand.
With the release of his third full album, Monochorome, JKS scaled back everything. Gone were the elaborate stages indicative of previous Cri Shows. This time JKS chose Black and White for the color of his album. Monochrome.
He's said that the time during which he made this album was a dark time for him. And that's probably true since the selection of songs and making a new album can easily take a year or more. It was during this period that JKS endured perhaps his darkest days, having been personally accused of Tree J tax evasion. Although Tree J paid the fine and additional taxes due without dispute or any excuses, JKS personally apologized for his company's error as if he personally had made the mistake. Nevertheless, the Korean press and anti-fans went after him ruthlessly, regardless of the fact that several other Korean celebrities at the same time were being accused of tax evasion. Yet, JKS alone was singled out and ended up dropping out a TV show in the middle of production. To make a long story short, he spent a lot of time in seclusion and aside from some concerts in Japan, where he is always welcomed with open arms, and some Team H activities, he remained quite silent. Not defending himself against the unfair attacks; not defending Tree J for having made the tax error; nothing. He silently let the storm pass.
Yet, Monochrome is perhaps his greatest album until now, exhibiting a diversity of songs, tempos, and arrangements that can only come from a deeply emotional spirit seeking a way forward out the darkness we, too, sometimes face.
When JKS went on his Japanese tour for Monochrome in Cri Show III, his fans were more than delighted. Eels around the world flocked to Twitter to learn the every detail the audience tweeted. The Monologue Cri Show III was electrifying to say the least. He showed a true singer's expertise and an ability that outshone any of his previous shows, indicating that he'd spent a great deal of time during the previous year or so training his voice. To put it mildly, JKS himself, without any elaborate staging, outshone any of his previous performances and exceeded everyone's expectations. He proved himself to be a great singer.
Monochrome moved JKS from a popular Korean singer in the Japanese market to a maga-star in Japan. As a result, Universal Music Japan picked up JKS in 2015 as one of their artists.
So, that brings us to Cri Show IV. JKS said that coming out the low during the Monochrome stage of his life, he wants to Voyage and Cri Show IV to show his happiness again. What color he chooses for this Cri Show, however, is anyone's guess. Thus far, the images for album have concentrated on yellow and blue tones. Like a sunrise. But who knows what he will choose or how he will greet his audience with Cri Show IV.
Regardless, Cri Show IV marks the release of his latest full album, Voyage, in which JKS hopes to relate the progress he and his Eels have made together. For everyone, including JKS, the ride has been a journey…a never-ending Voyage…that they are all taking together. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if he chose Blue as the color of Cri Show IV. "Nothing but blue skies ahead." That's fitting for JKS at this point.
JKS will perform Cri Show IV in the halls listed below. Note, this is the first time, my knowledge, that he's gone to Kanazawa. Let's hope hie tries out some of the absolutely, melt-in-your-mouth, magnificent sushi Kanazawa offers.
Yokohama Great Hall
Osaka Festival Hall
Honda Forest Hall
Nitori Culture Hall
Fukuoka Sun Palace
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Cricc September 17, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Thanks for all the info behind the albums, very interesting!
Thank you for sharing with us, Cri!
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Government approves T-Mobile + MetroPCS merger, believes in LTE heaven	March 13, 2013 at 9:15 am
Yesterday, the FCC approved T-Mobile's bid to acquire MetroPCS. With this approval, the FCC specifically noted that the benefit of being able to launch an more powerful LTE network than its competitors was the main driver for approval.
How to enable the Nexus 4's dormant LTE support, while you still can	November 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Google's latest flagship smartphone, the Nexus 4, is a great upgrade over the Galaxy Nexus in all respects except for one. Officially, the Nexus 4 has no LTE support, whereas the Galaxy Nexus had LTE-enabled variants. Unofficially, that may not be the whole truth…
T-Mobile and MetroPCS: A match in LTE heaven	October 5, 2012 at 12:01 pm
This week, Deutsche Telekom and MetroPCS Communications agreed to combine T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS into a new, larger mobile network operator to that will offer low-cost 4G HSPA and 4G LTE services across the nation. But who wins and loses in this deal?