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Iranians waking up to end 'nightmare'
Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
Iran remains a country of concern because of its harsh persecution of Christians, especially Christian women.
During the Islamic Revolution in Iran a little over 40 years ago, foreign Christians were forced to leave the country. Now the country is clamping down on the Church's steady growth, even as it survives underground.
Claire Evans of International Christian Concern (ICC) tells OneNewsNow the growth comes from Muslims converting to Christianity.
"They realize that that dream they had 40 years ago is terrible; it's a nightmare, and they want to get rid of it," Evans relays. "The regime feels this pressure, and because their identity is so wrapped up in Islam, they feel incredibly threatened by the growth of the Christian Church."
And that is why nine Christians, including the pastor of an underground church, were recently given five-year prison sentences a piece.
Women are also oppressed, especially if they are Christian.
"The suicide rate for women, generally speaking in Iran, is one of the highest in the world," Evans explains. "So to be a Christian and suddenly find yourself persecuted doubly so is incredibly challenging."
The thrust of Islam is to control the country's population and force the faith on everyone, but the people do not want it any longer. So Christians are praying for freedom from the grip of the religion police.
President Donald Trump declared Friday that a "reign of terror is over" as he marked the death of Qassem Soleimani, a key Iranian general killed in a U.S. strike. In his calls with a top officials from a number of countries, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed that Trump acted to counter an imminent threat to U.S. lives in the region but also that the U.S. is committed to "de-escalation" of tensions, according to the department's summaries of the conversations.
Evans points out that Iran was the first country in the Middle East to recognize freedom of religion 2,000 years ago.
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Tethering aerodynamic components of the Dallara chassis is among safety enhancements announced by INDYCAR that will be implemented for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season.
The high-tensile Zylon tethers minimize the possibility of components becoming detached from the race cars during accidents.
– Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway.
Since 1999, Verizon IndyCar Series cars have employed wheel restraints attached to the chassis and suspension. The Suspension Wheel/Wing Energy Management System (SWEMS) also includes one or two restraints attached from the rear wing main plane to a secure location on the transmission.
*A domed skid plate on the underside of the chassis, which improves its yaw/spin characteristics, will complement rear wing flaps that deploy at 90 degrees if a car spins and travels backward on a superspeedway. The package will minimize the incidence of the car becoming airborne.
The rear wing flaps have been tested in wind tunnels at General Motors and Texas A&M University. Components are scheduled to be available for the April 6 test on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.
*An update to the Engine Control Unit (ECU) prevents a car from moving forward during a pit stop if the gearbox is not in neutral while the fuel hose is attached. Through the ECU, the fuel probe activation sensor can stop the car from moving forward by returning the engine to idle and engaging the clutch if the car is not in neutral when the fuel probe is plugged in.
*Another ECU update puts the engine in idle faster if too much pressure is applied to the throttle or brake pedal. The throttle pedal failsafe will engage and idle the engine when pressure applied to either the throttle or brake pedal exceeds a calibrated threshold.


If you aim to visit a destination that is religious, historical, cultural and entertainment clubbed in one, Kanchipuram is the place for you. Considered the religious capital of South India, the city of thousand temples, has a lot to offer. If you set aside whatever faith you may follow, you are sure to be impressed by the sheer architectural skills exhibited in the temples in Kanchipuram. The temples stand proof for the dominance of Dravidian heritage and the city's glorious past, when it was ruled by kings who were not only powerful but loved and patronized arts. Kanchipuram, which is one of the tourist cities in Tamilnadu is also famous for silk saris. Given below are 6 important places to visit in Kanchipuram.
Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the temple has been spoken about by Tamil poets who lived in the 2nd century. The temple had undergone many changes since then. During the rule of Pallavas, the original structure was pulled down and new temple was built. During Chola dynasty, the temple was improvised. The temple in its present form was the work of Krishnadevaraya, the most famous Vijayanagar King in the year 1509. The temple is huge and the doors are nearly 40 feet tall. The temple is a proof of the architectural splendor of the bygone era. The temple has a mango tree, which is 3500 years old.
Kanchi Kudil represents the life of the people of the city with a view to attract tourists and let them feel the essence of life as lived here. Kudil means house. The house is over 90 year old and its architecture resembles the olden style. You will get a clear picture of the entire town and its specialties. The present heritage inn was originally an ancestral house. You could gain a deep knowledge on the city, its cultural richness and heritage. Be it the food that is served here or the furniture in the inn, everything speaks of the city's glorious past. In spite of it being built in ancestral style, you can expect to have all modern facilities that you may need. Cultural programs are organized in the evenings through which you can learn about the arts of the city. For your information, the city flourished in arts in the ancient period and you can see the influences even today.
The city of temples has a lot more historically famous and architecturally rich temples for you to visit. If you have the time to stretch a bit out of tour, you can find various tourist places in Kanchipuram including the famous Mammalapuram, Muttukkadu, Covelong Beach and Dutch Fort. You can have a perfect holiday and have a great time enjoying the wealth of architectural expertise the ancestors possessed and if you love, you could buy a few silk saris Kanchipuram is famous for.


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Q: Async Await call sending partial object I am new to React and following a tutorial on Youtube.  I am attempting to make an API call to return a cart object, after receiving that object I would like that object to be passed to a child component where an ID property will be pulled from the cart to generate a checkout token.  The issue is that when the API call is made to get the cart it will not consistently wait before passing the object to the child component through props.  Sometimes it's the object, sometimes just the name of the object, sometimes an empty object.  I'll write out some partial code here to demonstrate
App Component
const [cart, setCart] = useState();

const fetchCart = async() => {
  setCart(await commerce.cart.retrieve();
}

useEffect(() => {
fetchCart();
},[]);

<routerstuff...>
  <Route Path="/checkout" element={<Checkout cart={cart} />}>

Checkout component
const Checkout = { cart } => {

const generateToken = async () => {
  commerce.checkout.generateToken(cart.id, { type = 'cart'});

useEffect(() => {
  generateToken();
}, [cart]);

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I have no idea about the forms I filled out to open a bank account, but I have a debit/credit card. I am used to passing money over to deposit when opening a new account, but here you have to wait for 7 days to be approved and then you are officially good to go. When my security device arrived (for Internet banking) I could not remember the password I had set up. So, I did the usual password request email, completed the process and then got a message telling me that I had to print the confirmation off and bring it into the branch for verification!!!!


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A Thrift Store Find Yields an Astronomical Mystery
A good mystery is often where you find it. Photographer Meagan Abell recently made a discovery during a thrift store expedition that not only set the internet abuzz, but also contains an interesting astronomical dimension as well. This is an instance where observational astronomy may play a key role in pinning down a date, and we'd like to put this story before the Universe Today community for further insight and consideration.
Meagan first discovered the set of four medium format negatives at a thrift store on Hull Street in Richmond, Virginia. Beyond that, they have no provenance. Meagan was amazed at what see saw when she scanned in the negatives: the images of a woman walking into the surf have an ethereal beauty all their own. Obviously the work of a skilled photographer, the photos appear to date from the late 1940s or 1950s.
Meagan turned to social media for help, and cyber-sleuths responded in a big way. #FindTheGirlsOnTheNegatives became a viral hit, but thus far, who the women in the images are and the story behind them remains a mystery.
We do know one tantalizing bit of information: several Facebook users have pinned down the location as Dockweiler Beach, California near Los Angeles International Airport. Keen-eyed observers noted the similarity of the outline of the distant hills seen to the north in one of the images.
The silhouette of the distant hills above helped readers cinch the location as Dockweiler Beach. Image courtesy of Meagan Abell
A few things caught our eye upon reading the mystery of the girls in the negatives this past weekend. One shot clearly shows the notch of the Sun just below the twilight horizon. A second, even more intriguing image shows a tiny sliver of Moon just to the subject's upper left.
Note the orientation and phase of the waxing crescent Moon… Image courtesy of Meagan Abell
Could a date, or set of dates, be estimated based on these factors alone?
Let's slip into astro-detective mode now. A few things are obvious right off the bat. First, the Moon is a waxing crescent, meaning the shots would have to be set in the evening. This also lends credence to the ocean being the Pacific, because the sunset is occurring over water. The similarity in cloud formations across all of the images seen also strongly suggests the photographer took all of the pictures on the same evening, during one session.
Can that crescent Moon tell us anything? It's tiny and indistinct, but we have a few things to go on. The Moon looks to be a 5-6 day old waxing crescent about 30-40% illuminated. Not all waxing crescent Moons are created equal, as the 'horns of the Moon' can point in various directions based on the angle of the ecliptic to the local horizon at different times of the year.
A typical sampling of the orientation of the horns of the waxing crescent Moon throughout the year as seen from latitude 34 degrees north. Image credit: Dave Dickinson
The horns of the Moon appear to be oriented about 35 degrees from horizontal. Assuming the subject in the red dress is elevated slightly and about 20 feet from the observer, the Moon would be about 25-30 degrees above the horizon in the shot.
Now, Dockweiler Beach is located at latitude 33 degrees 55' 20" north, longitude 118 degrees 26' 3" west. The beach itself faces a perpendicular azimuth of 240 degrees out to sea, or roughly WSW.
Already, we can rule out winter and spring, because of the unfavorable angle of the dusk ecliptic. We want a time of year with A) a shallow southward ecliptic and B) a sunset roughly due west.
The disk of the Moon is deceptively tiny in an average 35mm frame. Image credit: Dave Dickinson
Turns out, late July through early October fit these ideal conditions for the location.
Can we narrow this even further? Well, here's one possibility. Remember, this next step is what gumshoe PIs call a 'hunch'…
The motion of the Moon is a wonderfully complicated affair. The path of the Moon is inclined about five degrees relative to the ecliptic, meaning that the Moon can ride anywhere from declination 28 degrees south, to 28 degrees north. From latitude 34 degrees north, this puts the mid-July ecliptic at about 33 degrees elevation across the meridian at sunset.
The nodal points where the path of the Moon crosses the ecliptic also precess slowly around the celestial sphere. This motion completes one revolution every 18.6 years, meaning that the Moon reaches those maximum declination values (sometimes referred to as a 'long nights' or the Major Lunar Standstill of the Moon) just under once every 19 years.
This occurred last in 2006, and will occur next in 2025. Incidentally, we're at a shallow mid-point (known as a Minor Lunar Standstill) between the two dates this coming Fall.
A good fit? A comparison of the Moon in the image (left) with a simulated view in Stellarium from August 19th, 1950 (click to enlarge). Image credit: Dave Dickinson/Meagan Abell
This also puts the late summer 1st quarter Moon as far south 'in the weeds' as possible. Extrapolating back in time, this sort of wide-ranging Moon occurred around 1949. Looking at the celestial scene in Stellarium, three dates nail the horn angle and elevation of the Moon seen in the photograph pretty closely around this time:
-August 11th, 1948
Of course, this is just a hunch. Perhaps the subject was standing on a westward facing spit of rocks. Or maybe the photographer was closer or farther away than estimated. Or maybe the negative was inverted left to right along the way… that's why I'd like to invite, you, the astute sky watcher, to weigh in.
And even if we pinned down the date, the mystery remains. Who are the girls in the negatives? What became of the photo shoot? And how did the negatives end up in a thrift store in Virginia?
Read another astronomical mystery sleuthed out by Dave Dickinson, with The Downing of Spirit '03: Did the Moon Play a Role?
Update: an sharp-eyed reader noticed that if you boost the contrast, you can see an additional 'speck' in the Moon image (see comment discussion below):
Update: Meagan responds: "The object along the horizon in the crescent Moon image is actually just a transparency defect." A second image from the same strip does not show the white speck (arrowed above) near the horizon.
Spectacular Earth Timelapse Video: Christmas Gift from Alexander Gerst's 2014 ISS Voyage
Video Caption: Watch the Earth roll by through the perspective of German astronaut Alexander Gerst in this 4K six-minute timelapse video of images taken from on board the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014. Credit: Alexander Gerst/ESA
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from Germany who recently returned from a six month voyage to the International Space Station (ISS) has a special Christmas gift for all – a stunning six-minute timelapse compilation of his favorite images of Earth taken during his "Blue Dot" mission in 2014.
"A 4K timelapse showing our planet in motion, from my favourite Earth images taken during the Blue Dot mission," wrote Gerst in connection with his spectacular timelapse video released to coincide with Christmastime.
"I wish all of you a merry Christmas! It was a wild year for me, thanks for joining me on this fascinating journey!" said Gerst in English.
"Wünsche euch allen fröhliche Weihnachten! War ein wildes Jahr für mich, vielen Dank, dass ihr mit dabei wart!" said Gerst in German.
You can watch the Earth roll by through Gerst's perspective in this six-minute timelapse video combining over 12,500 images taken during his six-month mission aboard the ISS that shows the best our beautiful planet has to offer.
"Marvel at the auroras, sunrises, clouds, stars, oceans, the Milky Way, the International Space Station, lightning, cities at night, spacecraft and the thin band of atmosphere that protects us from space," according to the video's description.
Gerst would often would set cameras to automatically take pictures at regular intervals while doing his science research or preparing for the docking of other spacecraft at the ISS in order to get the timelapse effect shown in the video.
"Scary. The sunlight is far from reaching down the abyss of Neoguri's 65 km-wide eye." Taken from the ISS on 8 July 2014. Credit: ESA/NASA/Alexander Gerst
The robotic arm capture and berthing of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship and the release of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo freighter are particularly magnificent in a rarely seen timelapse glimpse of visiting vehicles that are absolutely essential to keeping the station afloat, stocked, and humming with research activities.
Gerst served aboard the ISS between May and November this year as a member of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews.
Gerst launched to the ISS on his rookie space flight on May 28, 2014, aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-13M capsule along with Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman.
They joined the three station flyers already aboard – cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov & Oleg Artemyev, and astronaut Steve Swanson – to restore the station crew complement to six.
Gerst and Wiseman became well known and regarded for their prolific and expertly crafted photography skills.
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Russian commander Maxim Suraev, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman returned to Earth on 10 November 2014, landing in the Kazakh steppe. Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja
They returned to Earth safely on Nov. 10, 2014, with a soft landing on the Kazakh steppes.
Alex is Germany's third astronaut to visit the ISS. He conducted a spacewalk with Wiseman on Oct. 7 while aboard. He is trained as a geophysicist and a volcanologist.
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst spent six hours and 13 minutes outside the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman on Tuesday, 7 October 2014. This was the first spacewalk for both astronauts but they performed well in the weightlessness of orbit. Credit: NASA/ESA
Read my story detailing Christmas 2014 festivities with the new crews at the ISS – here.
Astrophoto: A 'Mistakenly' Beautiful View of the Crescent Moon and Leaning Tower of Pisa
A mistake led to this stunning image of the crescent Moon and the Tower of Pisa this week.
Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca from Italy had in mind a certain shot he wanted to take of the crescent Moon on June 29. "So I went out during the evening to do so," he told Universe Today via email. "Unfortunately, I totally miscalculated the time! But, luckily, in the end, I managed to get an even more captivating shot."
The Moon has a bit of Earthshine and a reddish glow from its low elevation in the sky, snuggling up to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. "Truly a beautiful combination and an awesome scenery. Impossible to not take a picture of it!" Giuseppe said.
This photograph was taken with a Nikon Coolpix P90 Bridge Camera on tripod, ISO 100, f4.5, 2.5″ exposure.
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Posted on May 21, 2014 December 23, 2015
Pink Floyd and Coldplay Go to Space
Two great music videos published this week feature incredible imagery from space. Above, Pink Floyd released an 20th anniversary video version of their instrumental "Marooned" which uses timelapse video photography taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (which we've featured many times, like here and here). For you Pink Floyd-aphiles, the anniversary edition of 'The Division Bell' will be released on June 30th — including a double vinyl edition!
Below, a new video from Coldplay and their song "Sky Full of Stars" uses aurora imagery taken by Swedish astrophotopher Göran Strand, whose work we post frequently:
This version of a "A Sky Full of Stars" was used in the NBC special Coldplay: Ghost Stories. Göran recorded the aurora over Östersund on March 17, 2013. He photographed the aurora for 4 hours and then put all the images together to a movie showing the development of the aurora across the entire sky. See his original aurora video below.
Surprise! IBEX Finds No Bow 'Shock' Outside our Solar System
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For years, scientists have thought a bow "shock" formed ahead of our solar system's heliosphere as it moved through interstellar space – similar to the sonic boom made by a jet breaking the sound barrier. But new data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) shows that our system and its heliosphere move through space too slowly to form a bow shock, and therefore does not exist. Instead there is a more gentle 'wave.'
"While bow shocks certainly exist ahead of many other stars, we're finding that our Sun's interaction doesn't reach the critical threshold to form a shock," said Dr. David McComas, principal investigator of the IBEX mission, "so a wave is a more accurate depiction of what's happening ahead of our heliosphere — much like the wave made by the bow of a boat as it glides through the water."
From IBEX data, McComas and his team were able to make refinements in relative speed of our system, as well as finding more information about the local interstellar magnetic field strength. IBEX data have shown that the heliosphere actually moves through the local interstellar cloud at about 52,000 miles per hour, roughly 7,000 miles per hour slower than previously thought. That is slow enough to create more of a bow "wave" than a shock.
Bow shocks exist around other astrospheres, as seen in these images taken by multiple telescopes. New IBEX data show that our heliosphere moves through interstellar space too slowly to produce a bow shock, creating more of a "wake" as it travels through space. Image courtesy of Southwest Research Institute
Another influence is the magnetic pressure in the interstellar medium. IBEX data, as well as earlier Voyager observations, show that the magnetic field is stronger in the interstellar medium requiring even faster speeds to produce a bow shock. Combined, both factors now point to the conclusion that a bow shock is highly unlikely.
This new finding perhaps correlates with earlier investigations by the CLUSTER mission, which found the bow shock was remarkably thin.
The IBEX team combined its data with analytical calculations and modeling and simulations to determine the conditions necessary for creating a bow shock. Two independent global models — one from a group in Huntsville, Ala., and another from Moscow — correlated with the analytical findings.
Their paper was published today in the journal Science.
How does this new finding change our understanding of our heliosphere?
"It's too early to say exactly what this new data means for our heliosphere," McComas said. "Decades of research have explored scenarios that included a bow shock. That research now has to be redone using the latest data. Already, we know there are likely implications for how galactic cosmic rays propagate around and enter the solar system, which is relevant for human space travel."
Source: SwRI
Photo: The Space Station Turns on its Afterburners…Or Not?
Astronaut Don Pettit posted this beautiful image on his Google+ page showing a view from the space station reminiscent of science-fiction. Of course, that's the constellation Orion off in the distance, but there's a bit of a debate going on at Pettit's post whether the diffusion of light seen emanating from the ISS is just light from inside the space station windows (it appears to be the Cupola) spreading out into total darkness, or if the effect is actually from a reboost of the ISS for a Debris Avoidance Maneuver that was performed around the time this image was taken.
The only clue Pettit provided is the title he gave the image, "Orion in the headlights," which would point to the effect coming from the light shining from the Cupola windows. But the The DAM took place at 10.12 GMT (5:12 a.m. EST) on February 29, 2012 and as commenter Peter Caltner points out, "the scenic lighting effect ends exactly in [the series of images that Pettit took] at the end of the 76 seconds of the burn duration."
The original can be found here on the NASA Gateway to Astronaut Photography website, and here's another image in the sequence.
OK, all you imaging experts out there: until Pettit gives us the real scoop, what are your thoughts?
Thanks to Elyse David for the heads up!
Posted on May 2, 2010 January 22, 2016
News Across the Universe
Apologies for the lack of posts the past few days, but here's a round-up across the Universe (and the world wide web) of some of the latest and best space news. Above, watch a video about the site being chosen for the E-ELT.
Dr. Paul Spudis writes in the Air & Space Blog about the "Four Flavors of Lunar Water."
Todd Halvorson of Florida interviews Elon Musk of SpaceX about the upcoming launch of the Dragon spacecraft, schedule for May 11.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Charlie Bolden is taking flack for proposing a generous retirement plan for astronauts.
The SciGuy, Eric Berger of the Houston Chronicle interviews Jeffrey Manber, CEO of MirCorp who says NASA must go commercial or it will perish.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory wows again with more spectacular video and [email protected] describes it as SDO seeing "scorching rain."
Posted on June 10, 2008 December 24, 2015
Unique Telescope Facility Opens In Swiss Biosphere
In the easternmost part of Switzerland near the Italian border, lies a pristine area of land ranging from 1,400 to 3,173 meters above sea level. It encompasses 172,400 hectares of forests, alpine grasslands and bare rocks or screes that are strictly protected and not inhabited. Each year, around 50 researchers from Switzerland and abroad carry out scientific studies in the area. A research committee is responsible for the coordination of the various projects, such as hydrology, meteorology, biodiversity, ecology. Now, another specialty is arriving in this area in form of a private endeavor – astronomy.
AAV Lue-Stailas is a new center for amateur astrophotography in the eastern Alps of Switzerland. Built on a sunny terrace at 1935 m (6300 ft) and facing south into the beautiful valley of Muestair, the center's prime geographical location benefits from excellent sky conditions with about 250 clear nights a year. Thanks to its rigorous protection policy, Val Muestair was able to keep much of its original rural and natural habitat. This will soon be honored by the regions participation in a new high-alpine UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the European Alps, the Val Muestair/Swiss National Park Reserve. AAV Lue-Stailas will collaborate with this unique "Biosfera"-Project in order to bring its pristine skies to the public. The center will open in March of 2009, the International Year of Astronomy.
AAV Lue-Stailas is the brainchild of Václav and Jitka Ourednik who hold both a PhD in neuroscience and have been studying the regenerative capacity of the central nervous system for over 20 years. While pursuing competitive research and publishing in foremost scientific journals, they present their scientific results at international symposia and organize professional meetings and seminars. But what's happening in Switzerland has been born of the unique love of both the micro and macro cosmos. Says Jitka, "The views through a microscope can be remarkably similar to vistas in the universe imaged through a telescope such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) or simulated with computers according to current cosmological theories."
–caption: Filamentous clusters of galaxies as pictured by the HST (left) or in a computer simulation (right). Neuronal cell culture as seen in a fluorescent microscope.
In order to promote public awareness for the need to protect the natural habitat and dark skies, Václav and Jitka have decided to make their life-long hobby a profession and create a center for amateur astrophotography in Europe. Their search for the best possible location for hosting a unique telescope facility lasted several years. Finally, being both fond of the Swiss Alps, they chose a sunny terrace at an altitude of 2000 m in the county of Lue in eastern Switzerland for the creation of the Alpine Astrovillage Lue-Stailas. Says Vaclav, "Recent statistics show that the global interest in astronomy increases every year dramatically. Moreover, people are not only interested in astronomy and astrophotography but they also realize how important their contribution is in the preservation of our global natural habitat, which also includes the protection of dark night skies by a strict control of light pollution."
At Alpine Astro Village, each living quarters/studio will have its own automated dome, telescope and imaging equipment, which can be, if needed, operated from the studios. Another treat of the center are its two robotic telescopes in Australia for remote imaging of the southern skies.. Yet, although the main purpose of the site is astrophotography, and there will also be telescopes set up for visual exploration for public activities like star parties and AAV club activities, there's just a little more to this sphere than the astronomy angle:
"One of the unique aspects of AAV Lue-Stailas is that we strive to maintain and profit from the contrast of embedding our center of modern life style and high-tech equipment within the historical heritage of the region . This allows the visitors to fully enjoy and capture the beauty of the local night sky while having the opportunity to enjoy all the treasures of the valley and its vicinity during the day" say the Ouredniks, "The region provides limitless opportunities for daytime nature walks, biking tours, or demanding hiking expeditions. In winter, downhill skiing is less than one car-hour away (famous resorts such as Davos, Pontresina, St-Moritz…)and cross-country ski tracks are right at our center's door step. We also strongly suggest visiting of the neighboring villages in the valley and beyond. You will find beautiful, traditional, and historic architecture, led by the Monastery of Saint John in Muestair, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Center dating from the 8th century and famous for its frescos from the times of Charlemagne. A visit to Val Muestair and AAV Lue-Stailas will stay forever in your memory."
And so will meeting the lovely, giving Vaclav and Jitka Ourednik.
Here's an article about another project like this: remember Biosphere 2?
Posted on April 15, 2008 January 24, 2021
Astrosphere for April 15, 2008
Don't just look inward, look outward. There's a whole astrosphere out there. Your picture for the day is Saturn (of course), captured by Stargazer 7000.
Astronomy Picture of the Day has a beautiful shot of the night sky over Sweden.
PZ Myers has spoken and I must obey. Here's all you need to know about expelled.
And here's a review for another movie, Dark Matter.
Speaking of dark matter, Ethan Siegel explains the practical uses for his research.
Astroprof recalls famed astronomer John Archibald Wheeler; the man who coined the term "black hole" passed away this week.
Bad Astronomer Phil Plait celebrated Yuri's night, in style.
Posted on February 19, 2008 January 24, 2021
Astrosphere for February 19, 2008
It might not look like it, but this photograph is mind-bendingly cool. The bright streak is the path of the International Space Station, and the dimmer one is the US military satellite that's going to crash back to Earth – both seen passing through the heart of Orion. Good job Autoclub!
Centauri Dreams talks about using the Sun's gravity as a natural telescope lens. Problem is, you have to get out to 550 AU to make it work.
The Space Review has a great article about people preparing for space tourism. So far, 93% have passed the physical tests.
In the future, solar power will rule!
APOD has a great picture of a recent spacewalk outside Columbus.
NY Times is reporting that NASA thinks it can fix a serious flaw in its Ares rocket design.
Astropixie wants to be Stephen Colbert's astrophysicist.
And finally, one of the best posts of read in a long time. Phil perfectly explains why science isn't faith.

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Find Out If Your Doctor Has Been Sued for Medical Malpractice?
In this post, I will explain how to go about checking to see if a particular doctor has ever been sued for medical malpractice or had a malpractice claim filed against them.
A lot of prospective patients want to know about prior malpractice suits when they are shopping for a new doctor. Others become interested in a medical practitioner's prior malpractice history after they have a bad experience and are considering whether to pursue their own medical malpractice lawsuit.
Before we get into the nuts and bolts of checking out a doctor's malpractice history, I feel obligated to offer at least a little cautionary wisdom. Just because a doctor has previously been sued for medical malpractice does not mean that they are a bad doctor. The simple reason for this is that medical malpractice lawsuits are common.
Bowel Cancer Misdiagnosis
On this page, we will look at medical malpractice cases involving misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis of bowel cancer. We will examine the typical allegations of medical negligence in these cases and what their average settlement compensation value is.
About Bowel Cancer
Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that originates in the large bowel. The large bowel (large intestine) includes both the colon and rectum which together form the last part of the human digestive system. The bowel plays a key role in final waste removal from the body by turning liquified food waste from the small intestine into solid waste. It is basically like the body's trash compactor.
Billing v. Moulsdale | Justice Restored in Sexual Assault by Doctor Case
In Billing v. Moulsdale, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned a defense verdict and granted the plaintiff a new trial in malpractice lawsuit on damages only.
What the doctor was found to have done as a matter of law is pretty gross doctor are pretty gross. Essentially, and you can read the case if you want all the details, the doctor performed a breast and vaginal exam on a patient that was completely unrelated to the care he was providing.
Was this a onetime thing? It never is. Dr. Moulsdale surrendered his medical license after more women than just the plaintiff accused him of performing unwarranted and unnecessary breast, pelvic and rectal examinations on several female patients.
Adventist Healthcare Inc. v. Mattingly | Spoliation of a Body
In Adventist Healthcare Inc. v. Mattingly, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (COSA) was asked to consider whether a mother's decision to cremate her son's remains amounted to the destruction of evidence in a subsequent lawsuit for medical malpractice. The COSA ruled that having remains cremated does not constitute spoliation of evidence in a subsequent malpractice case. The Court held that family members have no duty to preserve evidence from the body or allow potential malpractice defendants to examine the body independently.
Facts of Adventist Healthcare Inc. v. Mattingly
The decedent (Mattingly) underwent surgery to reverse a colostomy at Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland. Five days after the surgery, Mr. Mattingly died while still in the hospital. Mattingly's mother was with him at the hospital when he died, and she immediately suspected that the doctors and staff had been negligent. She wanted an autopsy performed to learn the cause of her son's death, but she didn't trust anyone at the hospital to give her an honest opinion.
Updated: September 23, 2020 3:23 pm
American Radiology v. Reiss: The Empty Chair Defense
Defendants in medical malpractice cases will frequently defend themselves by pointing the finger of blame at another doctor who was involved in the plaintiff's treatment. Sort of. They talk about but rarely do they put on the case with expert testimony. They just make a lot of rumblings about it in discovery.
Usually, the doctor who gets blamed is not a defendant in the malpractice case. I call this defense strategy "blaming the empty chair." This defense strategy can be very effective in certain situations. Juries often feel sympathetic for injured plaintiffs, but may be reluctant to condemn the defendant doctors. The empty chair defense offers jurors a tempting "scapegoat" in this context. It is always so much easier to blame the guy who is not in the room. We do it all the time in our personal lives. (Clint Eastwood is a huge fan.)
American Radiology v. Reiss
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) Misdiagnosis
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an uncommon neurologic condition causing impairment of the arms and legs. CIDP is a condition that is frequently misdiagnosed leading to harmful delays in treatment or unnecessary treatments. If you have been harmed by a misdiagnosis of CIDP you may be entitled to bring a malpractice case and get compensation.
Updated: August 5, 2020 12:43 pm
Maryland Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations
I got a call Thursday night from a woman alleging medical malpractice. My first question is always when did this happen because I need to determine if she has either missed Maryland medical malpractice statute of limitations. I also need to know if she is so close to it that there is not time to marshal the evidence to bring a claim before the deadline.
In this case, this poor woman had surgery and continued to experience problems after the surgery. The doctor continued to treat her for two years for complications, telling her that they were expected risks of the procedure. After a second opinion earlier this year, she came to believe that the complication was not a known risk of the medical procedure and resulted from medical negligence.
How long do you have to file a medical malpractice injury or wrongful death lawsuit in Maryland?
I do not think this potential medical error client has a case on the merits. The complication is a known and common risk of the procedure that would not be caused by a medical mistake. You can't sue health care professionals for bad outcomes just because they are awful and tragic. But her case raises the legal question she could bring a malpractice action in Maryland.
What Is a Statute of Limitations?
Let's back up before we get ahead of ourselves. A statute of limitations is a legal deadline for filing lawsuits (or other legal proceeding). If the lawsuit is not filed before the statute of limitations expires, the prospective plaintiff will permanently lose their right to sue.
What the Deadline to File a Malpractice Lawsuit in 2021?
Under Maryland's statute of limitations that applies to most tort cases, a lawsuit suit must be filed within three years of the date on which the wrongful act occurs. It is a harsh rule that is even harsher in medical malpractice claims. Maryland created two rules to soften that effect.
Continuous Treatment Rule
Like most states, we have a "continuous treatment rule," under which, "if the treatment by the doctor is a continuing course and the patient's disease or condition is of such a nature as to impose on the doctor a duty of continuing treatment and care, the statute [of limitations] does not commence running until treatment by the medical man for the particular disease or condition involved has terminated, unless during the course of treatment the patient learns or should reasonably have learned of the harm, in which case the statute runs from the time of knowledge, actual or constructive."
Maryland also has a discovery rule which says that the time to file does not run until the harm is known or should have been known. The purpose of providing three-year limitations is to give people the time to investigate whether they have a claim. But plaintiffs' counsel often screws up what this really means.
Victims are charged under the law with the responsibility to perform a diligent investigation. That investigation should begin when the victim has knowledge of circumstances that ought to put a person of ordinary prudence on notice. So, as a matter of law, the victim has inquiry notice of an injury the moment she possesses the "knowledge of circumstances which ought to have put a person of ordinary prudence on inquiry" to investigate the cause of an injury.
Too many lawyers and unrepresented victims take liberties with this rule and assume it is when they knew. It is not. The rule is when they should have started investigating to figure it out.
The Five Year Leash (Maryland's Statute of Repose)
But the law puts a leash on how long these exceptions can be applied in Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-109, the Maryland statute that addresses limitations in medical malpractice cases. The limitations period in health care negligence claims is five years from the time the injury was committed or three years from the date the injury was discovered, whichever is shorter. This law imposes a sort of statute of repose on medical malpractice cases in Maryland. But what sort of claims can be brought that are over three years old but less than five?
Updated: March 9, 2022 10:15 pm
Maryland Malpractice Cap Increases in 2020
The cap on pain and suffering damages that can be recovered in Maryland medical malpractice cases increased on Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
What is the malpractice cap in Maryland in 2020? It is $830,000 for a living plaintiff or a wrongful death case where there is only one wrongful death beneficiary. If there are two or more wrongful death beneficiaries, the malpractice cap rises to what we call "a cap and a quarter" or $1,037,500. Keep in mind, this is the cap only for pain and suffering damages, not economic losses.
I explain the 2020 malpractice cap and other complexities of the cap in this video.
Choudhry v. Fowlkes: Recovery of Economic Damages for Loss of Household Services
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals decision last week, in Choudhry v. Fowlkes 2019 WL 5677904 (Md. App., Nov. 1, 2019) is probably the most significant new development in Maryland personal injury law in 2019. Choudhry articulates a new 3-part rule for when plaintiffs in wrongful death cases can recover economic damages for loss of "household services."
I love this case because it is a virtual treatise about how to put together a loss of household services case in Maryland. I don't love the case because I think it raises the bar higher for making such a claim than most Maryland Circuit Court judges have been applying.
Loss of Household Services
Updated: September 3, 2020 2:07 pm
Gallagher v Mercy Medical: Court of Appeals Applies "One Satisfaction Rule"
Gallagher v Mercy Medical, a new malpractice case handed down this week by the Maryland Court of Appeals, is the most recent decision from our high court in which a plaintiff's medical malpractice claims against Mercy Hospital were barred under the "one satisfaction" rule. This rule makes it tough to bring both an auto tort and a medical malpractice case related to the same accident. If you are handling car accident cases and there might be a malpractice element to it, you want to read this case (or at least this blog post). The law here his not intuitive because it leads to something the law should not — injustice.
In short, the malpractice claims against Mercy related to treatment for injuries the plaintiff sustained in an auto accident. The plaintiff had already sued the at-fault driver and received settlements from his insurer and a UIM settlement from her own insurance company.
The Court of Appeals held that the settlements from the auto tort action constituted "full satisfaction" for the plaintiff's alleged injuries and, therefore, her subsequent malpractice claims for those injuries were barred by the one satisfaction rule.
Updated: September 8, 2020 11:53 am


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Prophet Elias
The large and imposing church of Prophet Elias is located in Ano Polis of Thessaloniki, in a natural hill at the intersection of Olympia, John Varvakis and Prophet Elias streets. The building dates back to the second half of the 14th century and belongs to an architectural style unique in Thessaloniki, known as agioreitiko or athoniko, which was used exclusively for catholics (i.e. centralized churches) of monasteries.
Panagia Lagoudiani - Laodigitria
The church of Panagia Lagoudianis or Lagoudiatou, also known as Laodigitria, is dedicated to Panagia Zoodochus Phgh and is located in Ano Poli of Thessaloniki at the junction of Olympiados and Ioulianou streets. The temple was reconstructed thoroughly and completely renovated in early 19th century at the expense of a wholesale merchant Ioannis Kaftantzoglou
Panagia Gorgoepikoos Panagouda
The church of Panagia Gorgoepikoos, known as Panagouda, is located at the junction of Egnatia street with Paleon Patron Germanou street and it is dedicated to the Birth of Panagia. It belongs to an architectural type widespread in Macedonia during the Turkish domination, particularly in the 19th century, the one of three-naved basilica with a zenana.
Old Houses
Panagia Chalkeon
The Church of Panagia Chalkeon, also known as "Red Church" possibly because of its wall construction mainly made of bricks, is situated in the southwest of the Roman Agora of Thessaloniki and in the north of Egnatia Street. It is the only surviving temple of the Middle Byzantine era. According to the found inscription of the marble lintel of its west entrance, it is estimated to have been built in 1028 A.D. by the protospatharios and governor of Loggovardia,
Nea Panagia
The church of Nea Panagia, formerly known as Megali or Trani Panagia, is dedicated to the Assumption of Panagia. It is located in the southeastern part of the center of Thessaloniki, near the sea, at the beginning of the road Dimitrios Gounaris and between Tsimiski and Metropolis streets. As evidenced by the marble inscription over the south entrance of the building, the temple was built in 1727
Monastery of Vlatadon
In the northeastern part of Ano Polis of Thessaloniki on Eptapyrgiou Street, in rocky and steep terrain, there is built the monastery of Vlatadon the only one of the numerous Byzantine monasteries of the city that has survived until today, still even in use. The foundation of the monastery - which is stavropegic, that means it belongs to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople -is placed immediately after the mid-14th century.
Metamorphosis tou Sotiros
At the junction of Egnatia street and Paleon Patron Germanos street, between the church of Panagia Gorgoepikoos and the Church of Ipapantis, is the small Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros, which belongs to a rare architectural style, the one of the registered tetra-niched: within the square in floor plan there are four semi-circular niches, one of which is the Holy Sanctuary's arch, which is externally semi-hexagonal. On the west side of the building, there is ...
Greek Flowers
Forest Mountain
Tree Forest
Latomou Monastery
Latomou Monastery (also known as Monastery of Osios David) is located in Ano Poli of Thessaloniki, in the south west of Vlatadon Monastery. Concerning the historical background of the church, though it has not survived until nowadays in its first form, we can find certain pieces of information in a 9th century text (VII "Naration" of Ignatius).
Ipapanti
The Church of Ipapanti is situated at the center of the town at the junction of Egnatia street with Agapinou street, across the Arch and the Church of Panagia Deksia. At the same area, there was the known by patriarchal documents Monastery of mr.Ioel, which was dedicated to Panagia. This monastery was declared in the early 16th century as a metohi of the Monastery of Agia Anastasia of Halkidiki. I
Galerius Palace
Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximilianus, simply known as Galerius, was born at around 250 A.D., near Serdika, today's Sofia of Bulgaria. His parents were peasants while he used to be a shepherd in his youth, being, however, brave and disposing wittiness, he managed to overcome his humble descent and gain a successful career in roman army where he quickly climbed to the highest ranks.
Textile Market
Bezesteni
Bezesteni is situated at the corner of Venizelou and Solomou Streets in Thessaloniki, at the heart of the market place, constituting one of the city's most significant ottoman monuments. Bezesteni (Bezesten) signifies "textile market" ( in turkish "bez" means "textile") and for this reason these buildings used to be commercial centres of luxurious textiles, silk and other precious objects. I
In The Heart
Archaia Agora
The complex of the ancient Agora was situated in the heart of Roman Thessaloniki, it occupied a surface of about twenty acres and constituted for three centuries – from the end of the 1st century A.D. till the end of 4th -early 5th century A.D- the city's administrative centre. The Agora's facilities had been developing around a large, rectangular, paved square of 146 meters length and 97 meters width.
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is located at the junction of Army and 3rd of September avenues with Manolis Andronikos street. It was inaugurated in 1962 and it is housed in a building designed by the architect Patroklos Karantinos, which is preached as a preserved monument of modern heritage,as it is one of the greatest examples of modern movement of architecture in Greece
Historic Architecture
Byzantine Icons
Agios Panteleimon
At the center of Thessaloniki, at the junction of Iasonidou avenue with Arrianou street, there is the church of Agios Panteleimon, the construction of which is placed in the late 13th-early 14th century.
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Agios Nicolaos Orphanos
The Church of Agios Nicolaos the Orphan (Orphanos) is situated in Ano Poli of Thessaloniki, at the end of Apostolou Pavlou Street, in the eastern side of Irodotou Street. It was founded in the second decade of the 14th century as a catholicon, from which only two columns and the entry porch still survive -apart from the catholicon. There are different versions concerning the identity of the founder of the
Agios Minas
The church of Agios Minas is located in the southwest part of the center of Thessaloniki, near the sea and the port, at the intersection of King Herakleiou and Ionos Dragoumis streets. The oldest written reference to the church is found in the Life of Agios Gregorios of Decapolitou (first half of 9th century), but there are ...
Agios Gregorios Palamas
The present cathedral of Thessaloniki is dedicated to Agios Gregorios the Palamas and it is situated at the centre of the town, at the intersection of Metropolitan and Agias Sophias streets. In the same place, existed a church in honor of Agios Dimitrios, which was the metropolis of Thessaloniki during the Ottoman occupation. T
Agios Dimitrios
The church of Agios Dimitrios in the center of Thessaloniki, in the homonymous street, is one of the greatest monuments of the city. Demetrius, son of an aristocratic family of Thessaloniki, a prominent Roman citizen and an officer of the Roman army had embraced Christianity and had developed strong catechetical activity. In 303 AD he was arrested, imprisoned in the basement apartment of a public bath and in the same place he was slaughtered.
The church of Agios Athanasios is located at the centre of the town, southeast of the church of Acheiropoihtos, at the junction of Egnatia with Socrates Street. As it is testified by the inscription above the southern entrance of the building, the temple was built in 1818. This is a three-naved wooden-roofed basiliva with azenana, an architectural type widespread in Macedonia during the Turkish occupation and particularly in the 19th century.
Early Christian
Agia Aikaterini
In the northwestern part of Ano Poli of Thessaloniki, at the junction of Sachini, Ious and Tsamadou streets, there is an elegant church of the late Byzantine period, that of Agia Aikaterini, the construction of which is placed by the late 13th century until the first decades of the 14th century . This is a complex four-columned registered cruciform church with a closed arcade to the western, southern and northern side, which in the east ends in two symmetrical chapels
Acheiropoiitos
History - Name origin: The Church of Acheiropoiitos is situated in the northern part of Egnatia, on Agia Sophia's Street. It dates back to the third quarter of the 5th century as well as its decorative mosaics according to an inscription found in the inside surface of the arches of the triple-arched (tribelon) opening of the narthex where there is also a reference to the priest Andreas, who is said to be the priest who represented the Episcope of Thessaloniki in the 4th ....
The well known Kamara, one of Thessaloniki's most famous monuments, constitutes a characteristic meeting spot for city's inhabitants and visitors, situated at the junction of Egnatia and Dimitriou Gounari Street. Kamara is a triumphal arch, built by the end of the 3rd century or the early 4th, in honor of Caesar Galerius, one of the four princes of the vast Roman Empire and more specifically the local governor of the Balkan Peninsula, who decided to settle in Thessaloniki in 299....
Environmental Print
The Church of Agia Sophia is located in the center of Thessaloniki, at the junction of Agia Sophia's street with Ermou street. It is dedicated to Jesus Christ, to the True Logos and the Holy Wisdom, having been built on the remains of an older five-naved paleochristian church, possibly of the 5th century, that had been destroyed between 620 and 630, perhaps after an earthquake.
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Bey Hamami
The Bey Hamamı is located in the center of Thessaloniki, east of the church of Panagia Chalkeon, at the junction of Egnatia, Aristotelous and Metropolitan Gennadius streets. This is a great Ottoman bath, which - as we learn from Arabic inscription - was built in 1444 by Sultan Murad B'. The building, the first of its kind built in the city, just a few years after its conquest by the Turks (1430), was double, which means it was intended for both men and women.


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Q: cannot upload or get any file using AWS S3 using react native I used AWS S3 as file storage and i cannot upload or get any files from  bucket. here is my code and can someone please help me to fix this issue. i am getting AWSS3Provider - error uploading AccessDenied: Access Denied
Here is my code:
import React from 'react';
import {SafeAreaView, Text, TouchableOpacity, View,} from 'react-native';
import Amplify, {Storage} from 'aws-amplify';
import {awsmobile} from "./aws-exports";

Amplify.configure(awsmobile);

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {};
    }

    async callerFn() {
        try {
            let file = 'My upload text';
            let name = 'myFile.txt';
            const access = {level: "public"}; // note the access path
            await Storage.put(name, file, access);
        } catch (e) {
            console.log(e.message)
        }
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <View>
                <SafeAreaView>
                    <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => this.callerFn()}>
                        <Text>Press to Upload</Text>
                    </TouchableOpacity>
                </SafeAreaView>
            </View>
        );
    }
}

export default App;

I have granted all permissions for user i have used.
and here is my bucket policy:
{
    "Id": "PolicyXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
      {
        "Sid": "StmtXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
        "Action": [
          "s3:*"
        ],
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::experimental/*",
        "Principal": {
          "AWS": [
            "arn:aws:iam::XXXXXXXXXXXX:user/amplify-XXXXX"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }

A: I never tried aws-amplify by myself.
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But I do use AWS S3 on my app to both uploads & download my files. Make sure you set correct IAM policy according to the readme.
Here is how I do it using react-native-aws3
import { RNS3 } from 'react-native-aws3';

const file = {
  // `uri` can also be a file system path (i.e. file://)
  uri: "assets-library://asset/asset.PNG?id=655DBE66-8008-459C-9358-914E1FB532DD&ext=PNG",
  name: "image.png",
  type: "image/png"
}

const options = {
  keyPrefix: "uploads/",
  bucket: "your-bucket",
  region: "us-east-1",
  accessKey: "your-access-key",
  secretKey: "your-secret-key",
  successActionStatus: 201
}

RNS3.put(file, options).then(response => {
  if (response.status !== 201)
    throw new Error("Failed to upload image to S3");
  console.log(response.body);
  /**
   * {
   *   postResponse: {
   *     bucket: "your-bucket",
   *     etag : "9f620878e06d28774406017480a59fd4",
   *     key: "uploads/image.png",
   *     location: "https://your-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads%2Fimage.png"
   *   }
   * }
   */
});


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At this age toilet training begins, we will work alongside parents to help your child master this art, as soon as they show signs of being ready.
All children who are ready will be encouraged to take an interest in the alphabet, counting and recognition of numbers, but the main emphasis will be on social development and activities, which are foundation-builders for education. The children enjoy performing songs and short plays for parents at Christmas time.
All of this may sound like hard work and indeed it is. However, young children do enjoy being challenged and to succeed and to show off their newly acquired skills. The children will be learning whilst having fun!
Being a toddler is great fun. By carefully planning activities to encourage development and new skills the toddler learns boundaries and social skills with ease.


Our own Reformed and Presbyterian tradition has often been downright negative about self-love. Within our tradition great emphasis has been placed on our brokenness and our sinfulness and our need of forgiveness – and great emphasis have been placed on the tremendous love of God toward us in Jesus. Our tradition has emphasized grace – everything we receive is through the grace of God – the undeserved love of God.
In the sixth chapter of my book, Becoming Two in Love, there are three first-person narrative/poetic pieces in which I attempt to give more personal voice to the argument I am making. Here is the piece on self-love in the relationship between man and woman in (their undefinable) difference.
To be alive in the world is, invariably, to find myself at a loss—to find myself displaced and exiled. And very often I have searched for a rescuer, for someone to palliate my experience of homelessness and exile. Too often, I have required her/woman to provide that sense of home and security and belonging.


This guide to dung beetle husbandry is the sixth in the complete guide to rearing beetles series. The text covers background, captive husbandry, trapping and collecting, food and bait, other dung beetle species, and behavior with concentration on the beautiful Phanaeus vindex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae).
40pp. +2 color plates. Paperback.


My dear friend Josh Thayer drove up to Portland last week to shoot my Fall 2009 catalogue. James, a young woman I worked with in San Francisco for the Spring 2008 catalogue, modeled again for this season. She is very interesting to me and I feel it is appropriate that she would respesent Filly, respresent me, at two very transistional times of my life. I have been sad for a long time- and suddenly, I´m really not anymore. I am here.


Yesterday, Year 1 performed for the first time in front of the whole school and their parents. They have all been learning the violin since September with teachers from London Music Masters, and it was great to see how confident they now are at playing. They also had a visit from a professional violinist, Marc Bouchkov, who inspired them with his incredible playing.
This entry was posted in Curriculum, Events, KS1, Music on March 23, 2017 by stmarys.


The Division of HIV /AIDS Prevention (DHAP) trainings on HIV prevention strategies, effective behavioral interventions, and other topics are available for HIV prevention providers and administrators. The Capacity Prevention Branch (CBB) within DHAP, provides a comprehensive array of training events, nationally and year round, conducted by CDC staff and/or Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) providers.
The Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project was designed to bring science-based, community-and group-level HIV prevention interventions to community-based service providers and state and local health departments.
The National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers is a CDC-funded group of regional centers created in partnership with local health departments and universities to increase the knowledge and skills of health care professionals in the area of sexual and reproductive health.
The Behavioral Social Science Volunteer Program has been established to increase the involvement of behavioral and social scientists in local HIV prevention activities.
The Public Health Training Network (PHTN) is a distance-learning system that uses a variety of instructional media to train public health professionals.
The CDC on-line "Rapid HIV Testing Training Course" will offer an opportunity for HIV Prevention Providers working in non-clinical settings to gain knowledge and skills on administering rapid HIV testing. Rapid HIV Testing will allow providers greater reach into places where HIV testing has not been available.


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Gyllsjö är en by i Vedby distrikt (motsvarande före detta Vedby församling) öster om Klippan i Klippans kommun i Skåne.

I Gyllsjö startades 1946 det snickeri som kom att bli AB Gyllsjö Träindustri av bröderna Ivar och Tore Svensson. Företaget tillverkar lastpallar och utvecklade europapallen på 1940- och 1950-talen i samarbete med SJ och trucktillverkaren BT. Verksamheten bedrivs numera i Stidsvig nordväst om Klippan.

Referenser

Externa länkar
 Gyllsjö på Sveriges hembygdsförbund: Bygdeband.

Orter i Klippans kommun

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His performances as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician have consistently won Francois the acclaim of notable musicians. A recipient of the Quebec Arts Council Grant, he began his career under the tutelage of concert violinist Daniel Heifetz and members of the Guarneri String Quartet. Francois concertized all over the U.S.A. and abroad with Heifetz as soloist, and as a member of his Classical Band. Ron has performed several major solo works with orchestras in Canada and throughout the United States. He recently performed Joseph Schwantner's Angelfire for violin and orchestra with the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein's Serenade for solo violin and orchestra in Guanajuato, Mexico and in Colorado.
As a chamber musician Francois' experience is far-reaching. As a former member of the internationally acclaimed chamber ensemble I Music de Montreal, he toured extensively and recorded two CD's with this ensemble on the Naxos Label. He is the former violinist of the Mendelssohn Trio. For six seasons he toured with this fine ensemble in the U.S. and abroad.
In the Duo Francois with pianist Silvana Santinelli, he has performed all over Mexico, Canada, the U.S., and China. The Duo Francois has commissioned three new works for violin and piano and will be recording works by Andrew Paul Mac Donald, James David, and Juan Trigos on the Centaur label in 2016.
In addition to his performance activities, Francois serves as head of the String Division at Colorado State University, where he has been on the faculty since 2002.


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import com.google.cloud.commerce.consumer.procurement.v1alpha1.ListOrdersRequest;
import com.google.cloud.commerce.consumer.procurement.v1alpha1.ListOrdersResponse;
import com.google.cloud.commerce.consumer.procurement.v1alpha1.Order;
import com.google.cloud.commerce.consumer.procurement.v1alpha1.PlaceOrderMetadata;
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Mark C. Riley is an experienced and successful former Bank Chief Executive Officer whose background includes leading the turnaround of two banks that had been operating under regulatory agreements upon arrival. Mr. Riley's relevant experience was overseeing all areas of his banks including the development, approval, and implementation of effective risk management programs, including lending from origination through approvals and administration.
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Financial Institutions Resources & Solutions Inc. is listed with ExpertPages in the following jurisdictions: All US Regions and States, Canada (all Provinces).
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Now Supplying Swansea,Cardiff & South Wales Composite Decking Which Composite Decking should i choose ? We have now started delivering Composite & PVC Decking products to Cardiff, Bridgend and all over South Wales. In the last 10 years we have noticed a number of changes in the Low maintenance Decking ranges that are available along with changes in their durability and..
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Composite Metal Flooring (CMF) - Severfield plc Formed in 2005, Composite Metal Flooring provides a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in South Wales with excellent transport links via the M4 to the Midlands, North of England and Scotland. The facility houses three dedicated roll forming production lines, developed solely for the manufacture of Metfloor metal decking..
Buying Dura Deck composite timber decking boards | Dura . . has 4 major UK depots in Stirlingshire, Manchester, Gloucestershire and Essex, and stocks a huge range of Dura Deck boards to suit every project need. To find your nearest depot consult the list below: Manchester (Northern Sales Centre) Parkend, (South West & Wales Sales Centre) Purfleet (London & South East Sales..
South Wales Composite Decking Project | UK Composite Decking in Dinas Powys, South Wales. When Mr Dean Stewart came to us looking for an inspired raised decking design, we were confident that we could give his whole outdoor living area a renaissance by constructing a deck that he would be proud to call his own. Mr Stewart selected our contemporary Silver..
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With a significant number jumping on the Microlearning bandwagon, many L&D professionals cut, trim, splice, and space the delivery of micro-content. However, many of them are just the same content - trimmed down. Instead of an entire 30-minute video, they now have 20 one-minute videos. This approach is symptomatic of a problem where application of Microlearning, proceeds without rethinking how it truly impacts performance results.
In this webinar, you will learn how to add depth, relevance, and impacts using your Microlearning.
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More Benefits: Only for those who actually attend the webinar.
The 5 Microlearning Videos are engaging and provocative "parodies" on "How to Deal with Uncertainties" intended for new talent. Each video is one minute or less and is accompanied by an exercise guide. Topics: What are my duties? How to say No, but be appreciated?, How do I say YES and not overcommit?, How and when to take on more duties? And When do I know I am done?


NILE KN Series - Commercial white water adventure rafting.
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Whilst the NILE is considered one of the world's best all-round rafts, we acknowledge that all rivers and river operations are unique and that many require customization adapted for this. Our production and design techniques allow us almost limitless versatility. Fully digital cutting and CAD design processes make this a reality. Customisable features such as tube shapes with higher and lower kick and rocker, through to D-ring placement and foot straps. In short, any raft is possible. Your dream raft has arrived.
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Braves Sweep Cubs In Home-Opening Series
VolsBy Logan Quinton April 5, 2019
It feels good to be home. At least, that's what the Atlanta Braves can say after a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs to open up their 2019 season at home. After getting swept by the Philadelphia Phillies on the road, the Braves looked like a totally different club reuniting with the home crowd at…
Reliving The Most Heartbreaking Tennessee Losses Of The Last 10 Years: Part II
VolsBy AJ Cook April 2, 2019
There is something weird going on within all Tennessee fans. An excitement and desire to commit to something that none of us have any control over in hopes that the jubilation of victory will be achieved in the end. As a fanbase, we share all of the highs and we share all of the lows.…
Reliving The Most Heartbreaking Tennessee Losses Of The Last 10 Years: Part I
As Tennessee fans, it isn't new to have our team rip our hearts out of our collective chests with a heartbreaking loss. Whether it is a comeback coming up short, blowing a late lead, losing to an inferior team, or not getting the benefit of the whistle, it sometimes seems like Tennessee just finds a…
Vols' Sweet Trip To Louisville Turns Sour
VolsBy Logan Quinton March 29, 2019
From Sister Jean to Gene Keady, the Tennessee Volunteers have seen their fair share of a certain pronoun the past 13 months. At least that's the way Vols fans feel. For the second year in a row, a Tennessee basketball squad loses to the same syllable in the NCAA Tournament. It was a slow…
Three Things Tennessee Must Do To Beat Purdue
VolsBy AJ Cook March 28, 2019
On Thursday, Tennessee takes on Purdue in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The last time Tennessee made it this far in the tournament was in 2014 against Michigan. A game that is still controversial for Tennessee fans. This time around, though, the Volunteers seem much better equipped to continue their tournament run against…
Vols Find Resolve To Get Past Hawkeyes
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery couldn't wait any longer. With a television timeout looming at the sound of the next whistle, the Hawkeyes opted to call a timeout with 14:29 left in the first half after Vols guard Jordan Bowden connected on a 3-point attempt. Bowden's basket punctuated a flurry by Tennessee where they extended a…
Vols Survive Burns, Advance To Play Hawkeyes
VolsBy Ric Butler March 22, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Tennessee Volunteers began the NCAA Tournament firing on all cylinders, until second half adjustments from the Colgate Raiders evened out the game to a back and forth affair late in the second half. With the help of Tennessee's ability to adjust to Colgate's zone defense, Admiral Schofield's late game heroics, and…
The Tennessee Vs. Colgate Preview/Drinking Game
At 2:45 p.m. today, Tennessee will take on Colgate in an exciting, thrilling match up of two traditional college basketball powers. Okay that might be an exaggeration. Colgate isn't good. If you would have told me a week ago, you knew where Colgate was on a map, I would absolutely call you a liar. But,…
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly From Tennessee's SEC Tournament
VolsBy Tanner Carson March 19, 2019
The Tennessee Volunteers went into Nashville last week as the No. 3 seed in the SEC Basketball Tournament, something they had not won since 1979. ***SPOILER*** Tennessee did NOT win the SEC Tournament once again, shockingly enough, falling to the Auburn Tigers, 84-64 in the championship game on Sunday. It was really bad, guys! However,…
Vols Put On For Their State, Shock Kentucky
VolsBy Trey Wallace March 16, 2019
It was a fight that the college basketball world was waiting for, and it definitely lived up to the hype. No. 8 Tennessee, down eight points with 2:58 remaining in the game, were able to pull off the comeback over No. 4 Kentucky and set themselves up for a championship game showdown with the Auburn…
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John Tyson may refer to:
 John J. Tyson (born 1947), professor in biological sciences at Virginia Tech
 John Baird Tyson (1928–2014), educator and explorer in the Himalayas
 John W. Tyson (died 1967), American businessman, founder of Tyson Foods
 John H. Tyson (born 1953), chairman and heir to Tyson Foods
 John M. Tyson (born 1953), North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge
 John R. Tyson (1856–1923), United States Representative from Alabama
 John Tyson Wigan (1872–1952), British politician and army officer
 John C. Tyson (librarian) (1951–1995), African-American State Librarian of Virginia
 John C. Tyson (judge) (1926–2012), American jurist
 John A. Tyson (1873–1971), judge of the United States Tax Court


Voters will decide major-party nominees across New Mexico.
LAS CRUCES - Voters across New Mexico, including in Doña Ana County, are making their way to the polls Tuesday in advance of the 7 p.m. close of voting in the state's 2018 primary election.
Through 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, more than 13,050 voters in Doña Ana County had cast ballots, according to the clerk's office. That's about 16 percent of the Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians eligible to vote countywide in the primary election. Other parties aren't able to vote until November.
Statewide, candidates pushed toward the finish line Tuesday in wide-open primary races for New Mexico governor and two congressional seats.
At 4 p.m. the Associated Press reported the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office has received calls from voters asking about their registration status and voting locations, but a spokesman says it hasn't received reports of major issues at the polling sites Tuesday.
The three-way Democratic primary for governor devolved into attacks about private business dealings and trustworthiness in the days before voters headed to the polls. The state's lagging economy, dissatisfaction with public education and concerns about urban crime took center stage in the campaign.
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a three-term congresswoman and former state Cabinet secretary, cast herself as the most energetic and seasoned candidate for the state's top job.
State Sen. Joseph Cervantes, from the southern city of Las Cruces, ran on his legislative record of holding government agencies accountable and his own experience running family businesses and a law practice.
Former media executive Jeff Apodaca, the son of a former governor, set his campaign apart with calls to legalize medical marijuana and divert more state trust funds toward in-state investments.
The winner of the Democratic primary will take on U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, the sole Republican candidate for governor. GOP Gov. Susana Martinez cannot run for a third consecutive term.
New Mexico, a largely rural state with the nation's highest concentration of Hispanics, has shifted between Republican and Democratic governors for decades — though registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 15 percentage points. Hillary Clinton won the state by 8 percentage points in 2016.
A switch to a Democratic governor in November likely would shut Republicans out of redistricting decisions in 2021 and consolidate Democrats' control for a decade to come.
At a Santa Fe voting precinct, former college professor Steve Van Luchene said President Donald Trump was on his mind. He wants the next governor to "get away from a highly polarized approach to politics" and concentrate on the fundamentals of government finances and basic services, he said.
Van Luchene, 70, voted for Lujan Grisham, citing her experience. "I think that Michelle came up from grass roots, worked through various positions and showed herself to be responsible," he said.
New Mexico is one of 33 governor's offices nationwide held by Republicans, and 26 of those are up for election this year.
Apodaca and Cervantes have called on Lujan Grisham to drop out because she profited from state contracts until mid-2017 as a partner in a business that runs New Mexico's high-risk insurance pool. It's an insurance plan of last resort for severely ill patients and immigrants who don't qualify for federally subsidized health care.
Lujan Grisham says her involvement in Delta Consulting enabled her to help the sick and vulnerable.
She, in turn, alleged that her primary competitors failed to provide health care coverage to campaign workers or withhold payroll taxes, indicating their workers are contractors.
Neither Pearce nor Lujan Grisham is running for re-election to Congress. Five Democrats were vying for Lujan Grisham's seat in a race rich with ethnic diversity.
Former state Democratic Party Chairwoman Debra Haaland, a tribal member of Laguna Pueblo, is vying to become the first Native American woman in Congress in New Mexico's 1st Congressional District.
She faces former U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez, former law school professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, immigration and family law attorney Damian Lara and business consultant Paul Moya.
Janice Arnold-Jones is the GOP candidate in the general election, and Lloyd Princeton is running as a Libertarian. A Republican hasn't represented the district encompassing the Albuquerque metro area since 2009.
In a vast southern congressional district now represented by Pearce, the Republican contenders are businessman and former state party chairman Monty Newman, state Rep. Yvette Herrell and former U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs official Gavin Clarkson.
The Democratic nomination is being pursued by Madeline Hildebrandt, a history teacher from Socorro, and Xochitl Torres Small, a water-rights attorney and former congressional staffer.
Voters also were choosing Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor, state auditor and public land commissioner — a post that controls oil and mineral development on state trust lands.
Democrats also are defending a 38-32 majority in the state House of Representatives.
Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Carl Trujillo of Nambe has been accused of sexual misconduct by a lobbyist for an animal welfare group as they worked on legislation in 2014.
Trujillo has denied the allegations, and four House colleagues and an outside attorney are investigating. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe is challenging Trujillo in the primary, in a district where no Republicans are running.
Sun-News reporter Diana Alba Soular contributed to this story.