All living things are programmed to react to sudden changes. If you live in sub-zero temperatures like I do, walking outside after having been in warm home produces instant, uncontrollable shivers. When you're cooking, that sudden splatter of boiling hot greases prompts you to jump back immediately from the stove. A sudden yank on your dog's leash, (as opposed to a subtle "reeling in" prompts him to instantly obey).
We are programmed to react to sudden changes.
There's an oft-used illustration to this end involving a frog, a pot of water, and rising temperatures. If you place the frog in a pot of boiling water, its reaction is immediate—it would jump out. If you place the frog in a pot of cool-to-tepid water, and slowly raise the temperature little by little, the frog's body wouldn't notice the subtle changes as much until it's too late.
My husband and I are currently in the process of buying our first home. We're getting closer and closer each day to that glorious moment where the key is passed from owner to realtor to us, and we'll walk over the threshold of our very first, "this is the real deal," brand spankin' new (well, to us, anyway!) home.
But what happens when that key opens far less for us, than it would have for our parents, or their parents before them?
In preparing for home ownership, we have been working with financial professionals whose job it is to take our heads out of the clouds and plant our feet in "Realville", where reality reigns supreme. In other words, we've had to go through our budget line by line, and decide just how much we can really spend on Home Sweet Home. As we always are when we go through our monthly budget, we've been intrigued at just how much less our money buys us today than it did just 5 years ago when we first got married, and how much less we truly have to spend on a home than we always imagined. One of those times, we decided to do the math. We decided to compare just how much the two of us spend now on expenditures like gas, groceries, health insurance, taxes, and so on, as compared to 2008—when we first said "I do!" That time, incidentally, just happens to coincide with the election of a president who remains in office to this day.
It was pretty painful to look at it. In sum—we'd be able to do quite a bit more had we not be saddled with an economy which now requires so much more of us.
We're not alone– we are among millions who are living with less, living with a LOT less, or worse. If is really the case, where is the outcry from the public? Where was the rejection of a president who didn't keep his word to turn the economy around?
Recall, human beings (as are all living things) are programmed to react to sudden change.
Remember our unfortunate friend the frog? He didn't shift from his surroundings until it was too late, because the deathly changes to the water were so slight and subtle that it didn't cause him to be alarmed.
For just a moment, replace the frog with the citizens of America; the pot with our country; and the water's rising temperature with our economic predicament. If someone from the state and federal governments walked up to your door each year and demanded the annual difference in rising costs in one lump sum, would you notice? Of course. In fact, your reaction would be tantamount to that of the frog's in boiling water. BUT, distribute those rising costs across a plethora of expenditures and suddenly the pain doesn't seem as bad. To be certain, you're left with less money at the end of the month, but it doesn't seem hurt as much as you'd think it would. This is like the frog swimming comfortably in what started out as tepid water, noticing only slightly when the temperature rises . . . until it's too late.
America's young people didn't have a Great Depression "Black Tuesday" moment per se. That is, unlike older Americans, we aren't really old enough to watch our 401ks disappear or to experience the value of our homes as they took a sky dive. In other words, rising commodity costs—because they are spread out—didn't exact a reaction from America's younger generation because it hasn't been shocking . . . at least, it hasn't always felt as shocking as losing $15,000 of your retirement savings in one week.
So, just how much have costs really risen? Let's just look at three things: gas, food, and health care, among many other commodities.
In the first two years of his presidency, Barack Obama oversaw a gas price increase of over 55%. To date, gas prices have risen 100% since he took office in 2008. For us, this means that a fill-up that used to cost roughly $29 now costs us nearly $60. Thankfully, the car isn't a gas guzzler, and its commute is short. Regardless, this represents a yearly gas expenditure increase of $720. Did I mention we have 2 cars of approximately the same size? So, make that an increase of roughly $1,440 a year.
In the fall of 2008, we went to the store every other week, and spent (on average) $150 for the both of us. Today, we maintain the same routine and we're quite lucky to get out of the store for under $250. That's a monthly increase of $200, or roughly $2,400 a year. (Image a family of four–$4,800 more a year!!) Interestingly, one of the reasons for the gas price increase—environmental mandates—also stands resolute behind the rising cost in food staples like meat, wheat, and dairy. Because so much of our nation's corn supply no longer goes to feeding animals that produce meat and dairy products, and because so many farmers would rather take the ethanol subsidy to plant corn instead of other products, voila— the availability of those commodities drops, while their prices rise. Big time. And, because gas prices are so choking, this puts a dent in the profit margin of the farmers, suppliers, and stores (think- your local grocer) . . . therefore they must raise the price of the food they sell.
In the midst of the debate over what is now colloquially known as Obamacare, we were all told that rather than rise, our yearly health care costs would plummet. In fact, he promised they'd plummet by an average of $2,500 a year. Instead, they rose over $3,000 year. Now, we don't have children . . . but I can tell you, that's just about exactly what they rose for us. Imagine a family of four or more!
But salaries went up correspondingly, right?
Sadly, while prices rise, salaries have fallen. In fact, the New York Times recently put out an article entitled, "Median Household Income Down 7.3% Since Start of Recession," which means median income is sitting at roughly $51,404 a year. And, as a Human Events piece notes, 5.6 % of that drop occurred under Barack Obama.
Let's add up the yearly increase in just those 3 categories. That's approximately $6,840 a year that we'd still have . . . if commodities weren't so pricey. Spread out over 360 days a year, it comes to around $19 a day. That's less than the average American tends to spend on their morning coffee and lunch out with coworkers. Broken out over 12 months though, it comes to around $570 a month of expenditure increases . . . which in the world of home prices and mortgage payments, is a massive difference in quality, location, and size of a home. Consider also that in this discussion we haven't even talked about the rise in taxes, utility costs, education costs, etc. This is, in fact, only a fraction of the increases we've seen. If we were to look at this figure in conjunction with some of the tax increases that hit Americans this year alone, the amount of unnecessary extra expenditures is closer to $800 a month. Add in the medical device tax (which affects all of us—even our pets—regardless of whether or not we've got insurance!), utility increases, and so on, and we're forfeiting well over $10,000 a year; money that we could otherwise use to build our lives and to help others.
So, as the president pivots to the economy once again, ready to outline yet another plan, pull out your family budget and ask IT if anything has changed. Chances are if your ledger could talk, it'd say it has . . . for the worse.
Keep a thorough budget. Not only will your bank account thank you, but you will be far more in tune to the realities of an economy we're told daily to believe is improving. Train yourself out of reacting only to sudden changes. Hold yourself accountable to your financial priorities so that in doing so, you'll be able to hold Washington accountable to theirs.
Thanks again, Mary. Many great points. My devotion today has some similar thoughts. Our national economy is on the brink of disaster, just like it was before the Great Depression, but our complacent government seems oblivious to it. We have a president that spends more time on the campaign trail and golf course than he does governing; a congress and senate that seems to be constantly at odds; and special interest groups actually controlling what is happening in our country. We can't sit in that slowly boiling pot forever or we will surely die. Thanks be to God for giving us the eternal victory.
I love that last part– Thanks be to God for giving us the eternal victory! 🙂 It's so true– we're to face many troubles here on earth (John 16:33) but whatever the outcome, we know our salvation is secure! 🙂 thank you for your thoughtful comments as always!
The whole point of QE1, QE2, QE3, and the billions the Federal Reserve is putting into the Stock Market is to prevent another Depression. Depression would be the shock to the frog that the Socialists are trying to avoid. Gradual inflation is no problem to the super wealthy elites that always first buy into socialism. The wealthy Republican elites also would rather have the gradual inflation, so they also would not give the economy the shock needed to wake up the frog. The real shock coming eventually is taking a wheelbarrow full of money to Wal-Mart for one loaf of bread. The only way a depression would happen is if China and the world would decide to change the world currency to the yen and devalue the dollar. But because the U.S. is the keystone to the world economy, they are afraid that then the whole world will go down with that option. How much is a load of bread in other socialist world countries? There we go.
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School (DS9)
The School was a learning institution for the children living on Deep Space 9. The school was started by Keiko O'Brien shortly after the Federation took control of the station in 2369, and was open until 2371.
When O'Brien first arrived on the station, she was struck by the lack of organized activity for the children living there, and how easy it was for children to get in serious trouble. When she saw Jake Sisko and Nog were taken away by security after a pulling a prank on people eating on the promenade, O'Brien approached Commander Benjamin Sisko about the lack of structured activity for the children. Sisko supported her, and gave her the space and equipment she needed to open a school. Initially, Jake and several other Bajoran children attended the school. (DS9 episode: "A Man Alone" and DS9 novel: Emissary)
Nog also attended the school from time to time, even though his father would object to a human run school at times. (DS9 episodes: "A Man Alone", "The Nagus")
A few weeks after opening the school, Keiko left for Earth to visit family still living there. During this time her husband Miles O'Brien served as the substitute teacher. (DS9 episode: "The Nagus")
A short time later, Vedek Winn Adami began to protest against the school when learning that O'Brien was presenting the wormhole scientifically rather than as the Celestial Temple. This culminated in the bombing of the school, but as school was not in session no one was hurt. The bombing drew Vedek Bareil Antos to the station to deliver a message of healing, and giving Winn the opening she needed to have an associate assassinate Bareil. Fortunately the assassination was averted by the crew of the station. Meanwhile the school was reopened in the cargo bay, and Commander Sisko made a point of having his son there on time in the morning. (DS9 episode: "In the Hands of the Prophets")
The school was rebuilt in its original location. When Talis Cedara - whose younger sister was believed to have been the Nekor promised by Opaka Sulan - was brought to the station in 2370, Cedara attended the school. While on the station Cedara sabotaged the holographic projectors, causing a hologram of Gul Dukat to dance through the classroom declaring that he was a kata-bunny in the sunshine. Later, while school was in session, when another Bajoran boy attempted to reach for Cedara's pad without asking first, Cedara punched the boy. (DS9 novel: Warchild)
When a bombing at the Okana shipyards nearly took the lives of Commander Sisko and Major Kira Nerys, Sisko had an investigation launched as soon as he returned from the station, which was led by Miles and Keiko O'Brien. Keiko canceled school for one afternoon so she could travel to Bajor to investigate the bombing site. (DS9 novel: Antimatter)
Later that year the school was one of the first places on the Promenade a Horta burrowed into when a number of Horta eggs hatched on the station. The students at the time included a Bajoran girl named Yelsi, a Tellarite named Gann, a Wollowan boy and O'Brien's daughter Molly O'Brien. All of which, with the exception of Molly, fled the school in panic as the Horta appeared. Molly meanwhile began to feed the Horta the schools computer equipment which kept it occupied for a short while. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
O'Brien operated the school for another year, until shortly after the Federation made first contact with the Dominion. Because the station would be the first target in a Dominion attack, the families of the Bajoran children attending the school moved back to Bajor. This left Jake and Nog as her last two students. Keiko decided to close the school, and offered to tutor both Jake and Nog individually from that point on. (DS9 episode: "The House of Quark")
Deep Space 9 sections, facilities and establishments (original station)
central core (upper core • mid-core • lower core - fusion core) • habitat ring • docking ring • docking pylon • crossover bridge • defense sail
amphitheatre (01-005) • assay office • Bajoran Consulate (01-501) • Bajoran Customs Office (01-484) • Bajoran temple • Cargo Loading and Transfer (01-106) • chief engineer's office (01-409) • dockmaster's office (01-843) • Federation Consulate (02-375) • geological assay office (02-487) • Klingon Consulate (02-620) • Import Protocol Office (02-583) • infirmary (02-682) • lodging and accommodations (02-294) • Medical D • operations center • promenade • runabout pads (A • B • C • D • E • F) • schoolroom (03-855) • spacecraft resupply (02-992) • security office • station commander's office • station operations (03-658) • station security (03-582) • subspace communications (03-584) • Tourism Office • Vulcan Embassy (03-589) • wardroom
Andorian Fast Food (01-754) • Bal Cabarin • Banzai Institute (01-088) • Berman's Dilithium Supply (01-034) • bowling alley (01-854) • Cavor's Gravity Devices (01-332) • Curry's Martial Arts Training (01-112) • Del Floria's Tailor Shop (01-383) • Diet Smith Corporation (01-892) • Diva Droid Corporation (01-874) • Forbin Project (02-874) • Fredrickson's Squid Vendor (02-587) • Garak's Clothiers (02-485) • Gocke's House of Mirrors (02-875) • Jacobson's Used Photons (02-754) • Jupiter Mining Corporation (02-842) • Milliways (02-984) • Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club (02-111) • Quark's (02-854) • Replimat • Replimat Cafe (02-395) • Richarz' Accessories (02-734) • Rush Dilithium Crystals (02-742) • Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (02-643) • Spacely Sprockets (02-023) • Tom Servo's Used Robots (03-585) • Vince's Gym • Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems (03-853) • Chez Zimmerman (03-841) • Celestial Café • Galactic Adventures • Galactic Pets Unlimited • Games Bazaar • Garak's Clothiers • Greengrocers • Kalaw's Klingon Kitchen • Klingon restaurant • Multiplex • Spican Jewelers • Starlight Lounge • T'Pril's • Waverly's Wonderful World of Duotronics • Unnamed Promenade Establishments
Deep Space 9 facilities and establishments (second station)
Hub • Memorial Deck • Nanietta Bacco Park • Observation Gallery • Plaza • Sector General • Stockade complex
Alidosa's Fine Art • Bella's Confections • Café Parisienne • Quark's • Replimat • Sports & Recreation Reservation Office • Starlight Gems & Jewelry • Vestel's Deep Space Night Club • Worlds Apart
School (DS9) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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The training programme enables to get an idea of the education system in the Republic of Belarus as an example of the interaction between Minsk educational institutions; includes workshops on management, exchange of experiences, visits to educational institutions of various types.
Accommodation in double room - 60 euros per person.
Author's course by Mikhail Kudeyko "The development of creative abilities of preschool and primary school children by means of expressive activity"
Author's course by Tatsiana Mitroshkina "Preparing school-leavers for the exam in English"
Teachers of a workshop are highly-qualified specialists in the field of defectology, the authors of manuals for teachers, speech therapists, practicing teachers.
Wide range of students, the representatives of professions such as "human-human."
Svetlana Radkov, assistant professor of psychology, certified specialist in coaching education, a member of the art therapy association in Russia.
It is possible to develop an individual training program, the appropriate goals and objectives of customers.


Abstract : Recently, researchers have proposed various intersection management techniques that enable autonomous vehicles to cross the intersection without traffic lights or stop signs. In particular, a priority-based coordination system with provable collision-free and deadlock-free features has been presented. In this paper, we extend the priority-based approach to support legacy vehicles without compromising above-mentioned features. We make the hypothesis that legacy vehicles are able to keep a safe distance from their leading vehicles. Then we explore some special configurations of system that ensures the safe crossing of legacy vehicles. We implement the extended system in a realistic traffic simulator SUMO. Simulations are performed to demonstrate the safety of the system.


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Thinking Writing hold regular writing retreats where PhD students can get away for a whole day or two and spend time focusing on their writing or reading in a quiet, supportive environment. For more information about the structure of our retreats read our retreats pages or get in touch with Kelly Peake; to book a place on our next retreats follow the links below.
Next PhD writing retreat for PhD and MA students will be on 25 April 2014, 10.00 - 5.00, Charterhouse Square - spaces left - click here to book.
Next PhD reading retreat: 5 June 2014, 9.30 - 4.30, St Margaret's House, Bethnal Green. Click here to book.
We are running a two day PhD writing retreat with a reflective aspect on 7-8 May 2014; participation will enable participants to run retreats in their own schools. We are encouraging participants to come in pairs and to get the support of their school before they commit to coming along. Places on this retreat are by application. Please contact Kelly Peake to express your interest or with any questions.
This is a series of lively early evening events which centre on a specific topic or concept that students of different disciplines are likely to encounter in their studies. The setting is an informal 'cafe-style' arrangement to facilitate lively, frank discussion. Some events will have guest speakers, who are successful writers - journalists, novelists, biographers - or film-makers. They will talk about their work in person and about the research and career path leading up to its creation.
A typical evening will start with reading some extracts from the writer's work or watching a piece of film, then listening to the writer or producer talk about it, with time for questions, comments and discussion. It is very much a student-oriented forum - and we love controversy. Light refreshments are provided and the event is free of charge.
Previous events have revolved around taking a fresh look at social class and identity - who decides which social class you belong to and why. The first event (November, 2013) featured a documentary showing the controversial cross-dressing artist, Grayson Perry. At the second event (February, 2014), the investigative journalist, Gavn Weightman, talked about how he conducted his research for his latest book, 'The £5 Virgin', which uncovered a Victorian scandal that provided the model for Shaw's heroine, Eliza Doolittle.
Topics are chosen to appeal to students across the disciplines so that they can look at the same topic from different angles. The Forum can really help students to see what they are studying in context - to 'read around' a topic. For further details contact Stacie Withers.
The Advice and Counselling Service is running regular one-off workshops throughout the year to help students to manage stress and overcome procrastination. The format is 90 minute interactive, psycho-educational workshops in small groups of no more than 12 students. They are facilitated by QM's Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, James Oliver.
Workshops run every two weeks until May 2014, and booking for each workshop is open approximately two weeks prior to the event.


Ellen Pao's gender was not a "substantial reason" why she wasn't promoted at the storied venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a California jury said Friday, according to reports. The high profile gender-discrimination lawsuit brought by Pao, a former Kleiner junior partner, has sparked a broad debate about sexism and gender discrimination in Silicon Valley. Pao sued Kleiner for gender discrimination and retaliation, saying she was asked to sit in the back of the room and take notes, passed over for promotion, and eventually dismissed because she spoke out about unfair treatment at the firm due to her gender. Kleiner stressed its leadership in promoting women in venture capital, and sought to paint Pao as not a good fit for her job.


Greenbrook Design is proud to be an authorized dealer for Wellborn cabinets. As leading cabinet manufacturers for over 50 years, the Wellborn family has the perfect cabinet for you. Whether you are looking for semi-custom cabinetry, Simple Shaker cabinets or elaborately embellished formal cabinetry we have it all. Wellborn is committed to helping you create your dream room.
Additionally, Wellborn cabinets offers a variety of cabinet accessories designed to help eliminate clutter, optimize the use of space within your cabinets and improve the functionality of your room. Please feel free to visit our showroom located in Shelby, NC for an opportunity to browse our kitchens. We also invite you to browse our gallery below to see several projects that have been completed using Wellborn cabinets.


Fish Tales 1 by David Sheskin is one of a series of fun fish. Pretty colors adorns this 14" x 14" mono deluxe needlepoint canvas. We are partial to silk threads to stitch this with, and will be happy to select and add all appropriate colors of wool, cotton or silk threads to help complete. Available on 14, 16 or 18 count. Please indicate your mesh preference in the note section at checkout. Please contact us if you would like for us to add your choice of fiber. Make an interesting wall display or toss on a comfy sweating area as a few pillows to bring some outdoors in!


I realize how much our world is craving silence, meditation and the ability to unplug and enter into a stream of consciousness going deep within ourselves and our sense of God within. We are driving ourselves crazy trying to keep up, keep busy, keep connected, keep plugged in electronically and keep up appearances that we are happy and fulfilled. We are spinning ourselves into an abyss of sadness, isolation and depression.
I am so thankful for this community at First Friends that holds the paradox of contemplation, relationship, and action.
One of my favorite verses in the Bible for my whole life - Psalm 46:10 – "Be still and know that I am God." I keep working on that!
Congratulations to Chrissy and Trent S! On September 5th at 8:59am they welcomed Foster Lee to their family. 7lbs 2 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. He shares a birthday with his dad Trent. What a blessing!
Thank you to all who helped with the food pantry last week. We were very busy...113 families served! Volunteers: Dan H, Ray G, Kathy R, Bill and Kathy F, Beth F, Rik and Linda L, Ben, Jill, Verna and Nolan F, Carol and Jim D. Thank you for your service!
What a great Sunday School Kickoff! This past Sunday we kicked off Sunday School for all ages! We had a great time at breakfast and it was so fun to see everybody show up in their PJs! Thank you to everyone who made this year's kickoff a success! (Photos by Bob Henry and Kathy Rhyne.) See more photos for this and many other events on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Indyfriends!
Participate in our "Sponsor a College Student" project! Just select a college student off the board set up in the meetinghouse and send them notes, cards, treats, etc throughout the school year so they hear from someone at the Meeting and feel connected. We still have three students who need to be sponsored! Please make sure these students aren't left out! Please take a student off the board or contact the office if you're interested.
Mark your Calendars! Quaker Affirmation is coming up. This affirmation program for our junior and senior high school youth will run 11:00am – 1:00pm, starting this Sunday September 16, then run every second Sunday through April before wrapping up on May 5.
Slow Church Sermon Series ~ Each Sunday we are going to explore together what a "slow movement" looks like for First Friends. As we kick off Sunday School on September 9th, Bob Henry will lay a foundation for the roots of this slow movement and why it is especially important in our fast-paced society. This invitation to explore outside of what is labeled "franchise faith" and back into the Kingdom of God – where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church – is instrumental in developing an ongoing vision for First Friends. We hope you will plan to join us for this exploration during the Fall months.
Buddy Bags ~ The Shalom Zone is continuing its support of Allisonville Elementary School and the food insecurity issue by providing Buddy Bags to some of its more vulnerable students during school breaks. First Friends plans to provide Buddy Bags prior to Fall break. You can help by taking a tag which will have certain food items listed, purchasing such items in the quantity noted, and putting them into the box on the stage in Fellowship Hall. The Buddy Bags will be delivered the first week of October so we will need the items no later than September 28. Together, we can work to make life in our community a little bit better. Thanks for your help.
Full Circle Festival ~ Again this year our own Ben W will be holding Full Circle Festival downtown. Full Circle Fest is an open-air dining experience, an interactive art fair, a zero-waste event, a fundraiser for sustainable community projects, and much more! There will also be local bands, performers, and DJs, engaging games and activities. Every year we focus on a timely community issue to guide the day's events. This year's focus is "Everyone should have access to fresh, healthy food." Indianapolis ranks among the worst cities in the country for food deserts (urban areas in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food). Full Circle Fest is in need of your support to help bring this event to life. To donate, please drop your contributions in the offering plate or in the meeting office with the notation "Full Circle Fest". An anonymous donor will match donations up to $500, so please consider supporting this important cause. For more information please visit https://fullcirclefest.com/.
RSWR Stamp Newsletter – Volume 1! As you may know, in December 2017, Indy First Friends assumed the role of stamp processor for Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR). Amy P, who currently heads the program in conjunction with Brad J, and other volunteers have been busy working since then. If you'd like to see what they've been up to, you can read their first newsletter here: https://goo.gl/KkETHa. As of August 14, we've taken in $1,012 for RSWR! Thank you to everyone who is making this program possible and supporting RSWR!
Threshing at the Tap: (def.) a gathering of men who mull over current issues or topics, where all points of view are heard, no decisions are made, and beverages and food are enjoyed. This month we will be returning to Blind Owl Brewery—where we kicked it all off last year! It will be Thursday, September 20th at 7pm. The address is 5014 E 62nd St, Indianapolis, 46220. We hope to see you there!
Animal pests can be a challenge to the gardener.It is better to exclude and deter them before they habitually consume the garden goodies you grow. In past issues we have discussed countermeasures against insects.In this issue we address ideas to contain damage caused by raccoons, rabbits, deer, moles, woodchucks, voles and chipmunks. Introducing dogs and cats as garden predators would do more harm than good (contamination and trampling); wolves and coyotes are impractical. The Community Garden has its "guard hawks" but Mother Nature arranged that scenario. This article outlines non-lethal animal damage management options. Most of this information is gleaned from the Purdue Extension-Marion County City Gardener Program course.It is a great way to develop a greener thumb!
Scarecrows, owl or snake predator figurines, flags, pinwheels, audio distress calls, aluminum pans, Mylar tape and strobe lights. Sections of a hose may be made to resemble a snake.
Repellants can affect taste, odor or an animal's tactile sense. Use repellants sparingly and only on plants you particularly want to protect. Otherwise everything may taste and smell the same. Then a hungry creature may eat everything in your garden. Few pesticides are labeled to kill animal species. Most are repellants that do not kill. Using pesticides against animals not listed on labels violates federal and state laws. Tactile: Chicken wire covering ground around plants like corn will repel raccoons because they do not like to walk over it. Prickly pumpkin and winter squash vines can serve the same purpose. To deter rabbits, surrounding row crops with spiny holly trimmings or sweet gum balls can be effective. Odor-based: Blood meal, predator urine, garlic, human or animal hair, rotten eggs, strong-smelling soap, and synthetic chemicals are examples. Well-worn clothing and old leather shoes can scare away rabbits. Taste-based: capsaicin (substance that makes hot peppers hot), essential oils, garlic oil and synthetic substances are included. Be sure to protect yourself when applying repellants. Wash yourself and your clothing after using. Check the shelf life of commercial products and try out small amounts before buying larger quantities. Check for duplicate ingredients in products when you are intending to deter multiple species. Similar products may work for more than one species.
Mesh fences can be curved like a tunnel over plants to keep deer from them. The two tunnel ends can be covered with chicken wire. Cloches may keep small animals away from crops.
Destroy burrows and modify roosting sites.
Laws do impact what action one takes against wildlife. Some practices are decidedly illegal. If a gardener uses chemicals, labels should be scrutinized and directions followed carefully. Home remedies (bleach, pesticides and antifreeze) should never be used on vertebrate animals because of dangers to people and pets. Such poisons are against the law! Ultrasonic methods are not sanctioned by the State Chemical Office. Such methods do not work according to the Extension Cooperative, even though they are still sold.
May you practice the Quaker testimony of stewardship wisely, seeking harmony with all of creation.
Community Garden Work Day & Harvest Picnic ~ Everyone is invited to the next Community Garden Work Day on Saturday, September 22 at 9:00am. We will also hold a special pitch-in harvest picnic! This will be held outside, unless in the case of inclement weather, in which case it will be held in the Parlor. We hope you will join us!


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Anisacanthus brasiliensis é uma planta nativa da vegetação de Caatinga do Brasil.

Ver também

 Lista de plantas da vegetação da Caatinga do Brasil

Ligações externas

  Anisacanthus brasiliensis
  Anisacanthus brasiliensis
   Lista de táxons na Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: Anisacanthus brasiliensis

Acanthaceae
Caatinga
Flora endêmica do Brasil

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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. —G.K. Chesterton.
Su•per•fi•cial: adj., 1. concerned only with what is obvious or apparent. 2. not thorough or complete.3. presenting only an appearance without substance or significance. (Merriam-Webster online dictionary).
But if this is really true, if so many are truly committed to an active, evangelical faith in Jesus Christ, why are we seeing such decay and deterioration in our society? If all these Jesus-namers were actually Jesus-followers, shouldn't things be getting profoundly better?
According to Gallup many Christians have a superficial understanding of their faith. "Americans revere the Bible—but, by and large, they don't read it." For example, 61% believed that the Holy Spirit is a symbol of God's presence and power, and not a living entity. Four out of ten believed that there is no such thing as absolute truth.
This superficiality has been devastating. Contrary to raw numbers that would place Christian Believers in a strong and influential majority, the downward spiral of both culture and morality testify to core beliefs that are indeed lightly held, if they are understood at all.
Over the past 25 years the Barna Group (www.barna.org) has conducted a series of studies of the relational impact Christians and the Church are having in the culture and society. According to Barna, of the one-third of adults who self-identify as both "Christian" and "born again", fewer than one in five has any specific and measurable goals related to his or her own spiritual development. Only one out of six adults who attend Christian worship are involved in some type of group or relational process that is designed to help them mature and grow spiritually. Less than one out of ten have shared their faith with a non-Christian, or practice traditional Christian disciplines such as solitude, prayer, sacrifice, acts of service, silence, and scriptural meditation. (Barna, Growing True Disciples, 2000).
Whatever else we do in church, it seems we are not making disciples of Jesus Christ.
The Scriptures portray the original Disciples as people who were engaged in a disciplined way of life led by, and patterned after, Jesus of Nazareth. They followed Him. They listened to Him. They asked Him questions and did what He did. It wasn't always an easy path to walk—in fact it could be quite dangerous. But it was a path of great honor, of miraculous good, a path that changed lives. Using the disciplines they had been taught, these Disciples set in motion a viral movement that changed the world and made history.
The Apostle Paul compared the Christian life to the discipline of an athlete. "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training" (1 Cor. 9:24–25). How many Christians are actually living out a disciplined life like that?
Prayer catapults us onto the frontier of the spiritual life…of all the Spiritual Disciplines, prayer is the most central. Meditation introduces us to the inner life, fasting is an accompanying means, [Bible] study transforms our minds, but it is the Discipline of Prayer that brings us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. Real prayer is life creating and life changing. (Foster, p. 33).
Barna notes that most churches encourage people to engage in an increasing amount of religious activity, pouring themselves into worship, evangelism, discipleship, stewardship, service, and community. While growth in those areas is important, Barna also points out that people often fail to realize that the end game of spiritual development is godly character, not worldly accomplishments. In other words, sometimes people get so wrapped up in church programs that they lose sight of the purpose of their faith, which is to have a life-giving, life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.
That relationship begins with a conversation we know as prayer. We recommend it!
Jesus did not leave His Disciples alone then, and He does not leave us alone now. He still calls his followers closer, and ever closer, to Himself through the same faith-building process that is DISCIPLESHIP.
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Titelverteidiger war Nick Matthew, der in diesem Jahr im Viertelfinale gegen Amr Shabana ausschied. Das Finale gewann Grégory Gaultier gegen seinen Landsmann Thierry Lincou mit 11:4, 10:12, 11:6 und 11:3. Dies war Gaultiers erster Titel bei diesem Turnier. Bei den Damen kam es zur Neuauflage des Vorjahresfinals zwischen Nicol David und Rachael Grinham, das diesmal Grinham mit 7:9, 4:9, 9:3, 10:8 und 9:1 für sich entschied.

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In three hours, parish donated 4,000 pounds of food to local pantry
by Josee Meehan
On a sunny Saturday morning, Holy Infant parishioners donated nearly 4,000 pounds of food and $700 in three hours to support the Durham Community Food Pantry.
Eight volunteers - parishioners who volunteer at the Pantry and members of the Knights of Columbus – spent Saturday morning collecting 3,944 pounds of food for the Catholic Charities pantry.
Father Robert expressed gratitude for the tremendous outpouring of love from our parish family.
There were not enough corrals, or large boxes, to hold all the food Holy Infant parishioners donated on Saturday, May 16. Organizer Mary O'Rourke said she had not anticipated the "tremendous outpouring of support."
"It was a wonderful problem to have had," she said.
Check out the photos from Saturday's food drive here.
Donors were greeted by Knights who directed their vehicles in the lot and unloaded donations. As planned, donors did not leave their vehicles, making the process easy and safe. O'Rourke said that it was fun to see and greet parishioners, after weeks of separation, as they drove through.
After three hours, the truck was full. Five corrals were brimming with donations, along with crates and boxes. Here's what you donated:
About 250 boxes of cereal and 50 boxes of oatmeal/breakfast bars totaling 527 pounds.
All boxed or canned food other than breakfast items totaled 3,347 pounds.
Glass jars of food totaled 70 pounds.
Two checks totaling $700.
Cameron Morgan, assistant director at the pantry, expressed gratitude for the donations. The Pantry could not afford to have purchased all that was received and is needed to help feed those in the community, he said.


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Q: Python 3.x get odd columns on matrix I am working with python 3.7 and I would like to get all the odd columns of a matrix.
To give a example, I have a 4x4 matrix of this style right now.
[[0, 9, 1, 6], [0, 3, 1, 5], [0, 2, 1, 7], [0, 6, 1, 2]]

That is...
0 9 1 6
0 3 1 5
0 2 1 7
0 6 1 2

And I would like to get:
9 6
3 5
2 7
6 2

The numbers and the size of the matrix will change but the structure will always be
[[0, (int), 1, (int), 2...], [0, (int), 1, (int), 2 ...], [0, (int), 1, (int), 2...], [0, (int), 1, (int), 2...], ...]

To get the rows I can do [:: 2], but that wonderful solution does not work for me right now. I try to access the matrix with:
for i in matrix:
    for j in matrix:

But none of this doesn't work either.
How can I solve it?
Thank you.

A: Without using numpy, you can use something similar to your indexing scheme ([1::2]) in a list comprehension:
>>> [i[1::2] for i in mat]
[[9, 6], [3, 5], [2, 7], [6, 2]]

Using numpy, you can do something similar:
>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.array(mat)[:,1::2]
array([[9, 6],
       [3, 5],
       [2, 7],
       [6, 2]])

A: If you can't use NumPy for whatever reason, write a custom implementation:
def getColumns(matrix, columns):
    return {c: [matrix[r][c] for r in range(len(matrix))] for c in columns}

It takes a 2D array and a list of columns, and it returns a dictionary where the column indexes are keys and the actual columns are values. Note that if you passed all indices you would get a transposed matrix.
In your case,
M = [[0, 9, 1, 6],
    [0, 3, 1, 5],
    [0, 2, 1, 7],
    [0, 6, 1, 2]]

All odd columns are even indices (because the index of the first one is 0), Therefore:
L = list(range(0, len(M[0]), 2))

And then you would do:
myColumns = getColumns(M, L)
print(list(myColumns.values()))
#result: [[0, 0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1]]

But since you showed the values as if they were in rows:
def f(matrix, columns):
    return [[matrix[row][i] for i in columns] for row in range(len(matrix))]
print(f(M, L))
#result: [[0, 1], [0, 1], [0, 1], [0, 1]]

And I believe that the latter is what you wanted.

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Commonwealth v. Dellamano
393 Mass. 132 (1984)
469 N.E.2d 1254
COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM M. DELLAMANO.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.
Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.
Robert I. Warner for the defendant.
Robert S. Sinsheimer, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.
*133 ABRAMS, J.
The defendant was indicted for larceny or receiving a stolen motor vehicle, see G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), and for defacing a motor vehicle identification number, see G.L.c. 266, § 139.[1] The indictment on which this appeal focuses was returned by the grand jury under a statute criminalizing the conduct of "[w]hoever steals, buys, receives, possesses, conceals, or obtains control of a motor vehicle ... knowing or having reason to know the same to have been stolen...." G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), as amended by St. 1980, c. 463, § 4. The indictment paralleled the statutory language, differing only in that it charged the defendant with "knowing or having good reason to know the same to have been stolen" (emphasis supplied).
Prior to trial, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss this indictment because it permitted conviction of a felony and a possible ten-year maximum sentence to State prison without requiring criminal intent. At the hearing on the motion the Commonwealth's position as paraphrased by the judge was that the words "having good reason to know" did "no more than point out that the Commonwealth can, by circumstantial evidence ... bear its burden beyond a reasonable doubt as to what this defendant actually knew." The judge agreed with the Commonwealth and ruled that he would instruct the jurors that the Commonwealth had to prove actual knowledge.[2] The defendant was convicted. He appealed to the Appeals Court alleging that the judge erred in denying his motion and acted improperly in charging actual knowledge without the grand jury's first making the determination that he had actual knowledge. See Jones v. Robbins, 8 Gray 329, 344 (1857); Commonwealth v. Holley, 3 Gray 458 (1855).
The Appeals Court concluded that the judge acted properly in instructing the jurors, that the Commonwealth had to prove actual knowledge, and that the amendment of the indictment did not broaden the charges but merely "restricted the Commonwealth in its proof, to the advantage of the defendant." See *134 Commonwealth v. Dellamano, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 156, 159 (1983), quoting Commonwealth v. DiStasio, 294 Mass. 273, 278 (1936), cert. denied, 302 U.S. 683 (1937). We granted the defendant's request for further appellate review. We affirm because the record reveals that the defendant was convicted of larceny,[3] and therefore the two issues raised by the defendant are irrelevant to the validity of his convictions.
The indictment charged the defendant with either stealing the motor vehicle or receiving it, knowing or having good reason to know it was a stolen motor vehicle. The two crimes are distinct. "[I]n law the guilty receiver of stolen goods cannot himself be the thief; nor can the thief be guilty of a crime of receiving stolen goods which he himself had stolen." Commonwealth v. Haskins, 128 Mass. 60, 61 (1880). See Milanovich v. United States, 365 U.S. 551 (1961); Fuller v. United States, 407 F.2d 1199, 1223 (D.C. Cir.1968), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 1120 (1969).[4]
In a separate indictment, the defendant was charged with altering a motor vehicle identification number in violation of G.L.c. 266, § 139 (a). With respect to that indictment, the *135 judge charged the jury: "If you find [the defendant] guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of receiving the stolen property, not that he stole it but that he received it from someone else who stole it, then you still must find him not guilty in changing the vehicle identification number because I tell you on this evidence, if someone else stole it and he received it and he knew it was stolen, [there] is still not enough evidence from which you could decide, even if you believe all the Commonwealth's testimony, who changed the VIN. However, if you find beyond a reasonable doubt Mr. Dellamano stole it, the motor vehicle, then it would be open to you to find [him] guilty of the second indictment."[5] The jury returned verdicts of guilty on both indictments. Thus, the jury determined that the defendant was guilty of larceny.[6]
"[T]he law presumes, in the case of a general verdict, that the jury have understood and conformed to the directions of the judge in matters of law...." Commonwealth v. Anthes, 5 Gray 185, 200 (1855). The inescapable conclusion from the record is that the defendant was convicted of larceny, not receiving stolen goods.[7] Because the defendant was convicted *136 of larceny, we need not reach his argument that the judge improperly amended the indictment.
Because there is confusion as to the interpretation of G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), as amended by St. 1980, c. 463, § 4, we briefly express our views. Wellesley College v. Attorney Gen., 313 Mass. 722, 731 (1943). We agree with the position the Commonwealth took below, namely, that the 1980 amendment of G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), merely codified our prior decisional law which permits the trier of fact to infer knowledge from circumstantial evidence. We have held that where "knowledge ... is an essential element of the offence charged, proof of that knowledge is a prerequisite to conviction. The knowledge of the defendant is personal to him and the statute recognizes no substitute. Commonwealth v. Horsfall, 213 Mass. 232, 236-237 [1913]. Commonwealth v. Boris, 317 Mass. 309, 315-316 [1944], and cases cited. A person's knowledge, however, like his intent, is a matter of fact, which may not be susceptible of proof by direct evidence. In that event resort must be had, and frequently is had, to proof by inference from *137 all the facts and circumstances developed at the trial." Commonwealth v. Holiday, 349 Mass. 126, 128 (1965). See Commonwealth v. Buckley, 354 Mass. 508, 511-513 (1968).
On appeal, the Commonwealth asserts that actual knowledge is no longer required for conviction of receiving stolen goods and that a person may be convicted if he or she acts recklessly in acquiring stolen property. We do not agree. Recklessness as a standard of criminality is generally reserved for conduct that creates an unacceptable risk of severe harm to others. Recklessness may describe subjective culpability: "If the grave danger was in fact realized by the defendant, his subsequent voluntary act or omission which caused the harm amounts to wanton or reckless conduct, no matter whether the ordinary man would have realized the gravity of the danger or not." Commonwealth v. Welansky, 316 Mass. 383, 398 (1944). However, a recklessness standard also criminalizes conduct not subjectively culpable: "[E]ven if a particular defendant is so stupid [or] so heedless ... that in fact he did not realize the grave danger, he cannot escape the imputation of wanton or reckless conduct in his dangerous act or omission, if an ordinary normal man under the same circumstances would have realized the gravity of the danger. A man may be reckless within the meaning of the law although he himself thought he was careful." Id. at 398-399.
Statutes criminalizing the receipt of stolen goods do not proscribe objectively dangerous conduct, but are directed at eliminating "a market for stolen goods which the purchaser believes to have probably been stolen." United States v. Werner, 160 F.2d 438, 442 (2d Cir.1947) (L. Hand, J.). It makes little sense to construe the statute before us as criminalizing conduct, such as purchasing goods, that is innocuous in the absence of guilty knowledge. "[C]ircumstances which would create a strong suspicion in the mind of one man might have little significance for another, and one is not to be convicted of a crime because he is of a less suspicious nature than the ordinary man, and where, therefore, he may have acted in entire good faith in the face of conditions which might have put another upon his guard." Peterson v. United States, 213 F. 920, 922-923 (9th Cir.1914).
*138 We have recognized this principle in construing G.L.c. 266, § 60, the general statute applicable in cases involving the receipt of stolen goods. "The infraction of this statute is not proved by negligence nor by failure to exercise as much intelligence as the ordinarily prudent man. The statute does not punish one too dull to realize that the goods which he bought honestly and in good faith had been stolen. Guilty knowledge upon the part of a defendant ... is a prerequisite of a violation of the statute." Commonwealth v. Boris, 317 Mass. 309, 315 (1944).
The requirement that a defendant have guilty knowledge of the stolen status of acquired goods, does not mean, however, that direct evidence of actual knowledge is necessary. "The receivers of stolen goods almost never `know' that they have been stolen, in the sense that they could testify to it in a court room. The business could not be so conducted, for those who sell the goods the `fences' must keep up a more respectable front than is generally possible for the thieves. Nor are we to suppose that the thieves will ordinarily admit their theft to the receivers: that would much impair their bargaining power." United States v. Werner, supra at 441 (L. Hand, J.). For this reason "the attending circumstances known to a defendant are important as tending to show that he possessed knowledge that the goods had been stolen, or at least as inducing a belief that they had been stolen; but whatever the circumstances were, if the defendant did not in fact know or believe that the property had been stolen, he cannot be found guilty. The knowledge or belief of the defendant must be personal to him and our statute furnishes no substitute or equivalent" (emphasis supplied). Commonwealth v. Boris, supra.
Judicial constructions of similar statutes in other jurisdictions are instructive on this point. In construing Oregon's stolen goods statute, under which a person "commits theft by receiving if he receives, retains, conceals or disposes of property of another knowing or having good reason to know that the property was the subject of theft," Or. Rev. Stat. § 164.095 (1983), the Supreme Court of Oregon rejected an interpretation that "would allow the jury to apply an objective or reasonable man *139 standard of criminal culpability" and held that "[a] finding of either actual knowledge or a belief by the defendant that the property was stolen is essential to a conviction for theft by receiving." State v. Korelis, 273 Or. 427, 428, 429 (1975). The Arkansas stolen goods statute, which states that "[a] person commits the offense of theft by receiving if he receives, retains, or disposes of stolen property of another person, knowing that it was stolen, or having good reason to believe it was stolen," Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2206 (1983), has been construed as applicable to "conduct of one who has more than a suspicion that the property is stolen; it describes more than just carelessly receiving stolen property; it describes conduct which crosses those boundaries and becomes a wrongful act by a guilty mind." Newton v. State, 271 Ark. 427, 432 (1980), appeal dismissed, 454 U.S. 805 (1981). Similarly, State v. Ware, 27 Ariz. App. 645, 651 (1976), held that a statute penalizing a person who "buys, sells, possesses, conceals or receives personal property, knowing or having reason to believe that the property is stolen" requires "proof that the defendant himself possessed actual knowledge or belief that the goods he retained were stolen."
In light of precedent in this and other courts rejecting the objective measure of culpability inherent in a recklessness standard, there is little justification for incorporating such a standard into G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a). Legislative "silence as to mental elements in an Act merely adopting into ... statutory law a concept of crime already so well defined in common law and statutory interpretation by the states may warrant quite contrary inferences than the same silence in creating an offense new to general law, for whose definition the courts have no guidance except the Act." Morissette v. United States, 342 U.S. 246, 262 (1952).
While we need not decide whether an interpretation of G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), that would permit a defendant who purchased a vehicle in subjective good faith to be imprisoned for up to ten years because someone other than the defendant would have had "reason to know" the vehicle was stolen can withstand scrutiny under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 12 of the Massachusetts *140 Declaration of Rights, we note that "the requirement of due process places some limits on legislative power to penalize innocent conduct." Simon v. Solomon, 385 Mass. 91, 103 (1982). The boundaries of due process are transcended when, to effectuate a legislative desire to break up the market for stolen goods, "a person, wholly passive and unaware of any wrongdoing, is brought to the bar of justice for condemnation in a criminal case." Lambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225, 228 (1957).
Because "reason to know," as used in G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), can be read as referring exclusively to subjective knowledge or belief that a vehicle is stolen, the statute is constitutional. "In order for a statute such as this to be constitutional there must be knowledge or belief by the defendant that the goods were stolen." People v. Johnson, 193 Colo. 199, 200 (1977).
[1] The defendant does not argue any error in this conviction.
[2] Moreover, the judge did not send the indictment with the offending language to the jury.
[3] Larceny is the taking of personal property with intent to deprive the owner permanently of its use. Commonwealth v. Johnson, 379 Mass. 177, 181 (1979). See G.L.c. 266, § 30.
[4] Although a defendant may not be convicted both of stealing a motor vehicle and receiving that stolen vehicle, a grand jury is not necessarily precluded from finding probable cause to indict for both crimes. Because the crimes are distinct, however, and because "[a] grand jury finding of probable cause is necessary if indictments are to fulfil their traditional function as an effective protection `against unfounded criminal prosecutions,'" Commonwealth v. McCarthy, 385 Mass. 160, 163 (1982), quoting Lataille v. District Court of E. Hampden, 366 Mass. 525, 532 (1974), the Commonwealth should, if it seeks to prosecute a defendant on the theory that he either stole a vehicle or received a stolen vehicle, obtain a two-count indictment or two separate indictments under § 28 (a), thus establishing the grand jury's finding of probable cause to indict for both crimes. Further, such a practice, in the event of conviction after trial by jury, would provide an accurate reflection of the jury's verdict. Neither at trial nor on appeal has the defendant claimed that the grand jury lacked probable cause to indict for larceny. He did challenge the sufficiency of evidence of larceny at trial. His motion for a required finding of not guilty on the charge of larceny was denied. See note 7, infra.
[5] The defendant does not allege any error in these instructions.
[6] Our determination that the defendant was convicted of larceny comes as no surprise to the defendant. After the jury verdict, there was a jury-waived trial to determine whether a prior conviction for attempted larceny, pursuant to G.L.c. 274, § 6, would make his conviction under G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), a second offense as alleged by the Commonwealth. See G.L.c. 728, § 11A. The judge determined that the attempted larceny conviction was not a conviction "under this section," i.e., G.L.c. 266, § 28 (a), and concluded that the instant conviction was not a second offense.
[7] On appeal, the defendant does not argue the sufficiency of the evidence of larceny. At the close of the Commonwealth's case, he filed a motion for a required finding, see Commonwealth v. Kelley, 370 Mass. 147, 150 (1976), which was denied. On appeal, the defendant does not challenge the correctness of that ruling. Therefore the issue is deemed waived. Commonwealth v. Cundriff, 382 Mass. 137, 150-151 n. 22 (1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 973 (1981). Mass. R.A.P. 16 (a) (4), as amended, 367 Mass. 919 (1975). We add that the judge rejected the defendant's argument because it was open to the jury to conclude that the defendant was the thief since he was "in possession of the motor vehicle on the very day it was stolen." Additionally, there was evidence in the Commonwealth's case that the defendant told the police that he did not have a cancelled check for the purchase of the car, that he had paid for the car with cash, and that he did not have the telephone number of the alleged seller or any documents, telephone numbers, or witnesses to support his claim that he purchased the car from a person who placed a "card" on a bulletin board in a supermarket in Dorchester. The jury could have found these statements to be false. "It is undisputed that if the defendant intentionally made false statements as to material facts when interrogated by the police, `such statements could be considered by the jury as showing a consciousness of guilt....'" Commonwealth v. Watson, 377 Mass. 814, 831 (1979), quoting Commonwealth v. Barber, 261 Mass. 281, 288 (1927). At trial, but not on appeal, the defendant argued that since he offered an explanation of his possession, the jury could not draw any inference from his possession of recently stolen goods. We do not agree. If the jury rejected the explanation, as it apparently did, then the defendant's possession of recently stolen goods permits the inference that he is the thief. "The circumstances as a whole must be looked at. While a jury could believe such an explanation, a reasonable man could disbelieve it. In such circumstances, the explanation and proper inferences to be made from [the defendant's] possession of the motor vehicle... were properly for the jury." United States v. Canessa, 534 F.2d 402, 404 (1st Cir.1976). See United States v. Brown, 541 F.2d 858, 861 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1026 (1976).
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President Kibaki opens expanded Kisumu International Airport
By | February 3rd 2012 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
By Kepher Otieno and Anderson Ojwang
President Kibaki on Thursday officially opened the much-awaited Kisumu International Airport and announced a raft of development plans lined up for Nyanza.
The airport renovations and expansion, cost Sh3 billion, and started three years ago. It is among the top eight busiest regional airports in East Africa.
President Kibaki said he hoped the project would trigger massive investment in the region and stimulate the hitherto sleepy village economies round Kisumu County and its environs.
The new airport will handle up to 700 persons per hour, translating to two million traffic per annum up from the current traffic of 300,000.
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With international flights expected to fly in and out of the airport, lifting cargo and shipping import goods, the airport is bound to be busier than before.
Before its commissioning, the airport was receiving at least 500 tourists per day. This is now expected to triple ten-fold, according to Kenya Airports Authority Managing Director Stephen Gichuki.
Over the recent years, Nyanza has been receiving a steady stream of tourists. The election of Barack Obama, whose father hailed from Kogello in Nyanza, as first black President of US in 2008 put the region on the world map.
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It is expected that as he launches his re-election bid, more focus will be drawn to a region known to have nurtured his father — thus rallying more tourist traffic.
The airport is particularly a major boost to Western Tourism Circuit, which for long has remained unreachable and unexplored due to poor roads in the region.
"I am optimistic that this facility will open the western part of the country to the world, create more jobs and spur the region's economic development," Kibaki said.
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European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2010 December;46(4):481-7
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Effects of pilates exercises on functional capacity, flexibility, fatigue, depression and quality of life in female breast cancer patients: a randomized controlled study
Eyigor S. 1, 2, Karapolat H. 1, Yesil H. 1, Uslu R. 2, 3, Durmaz B. 1 ✉
1 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; 2 Supportive Care Unit, Tulay Aktas Oncology Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; 3 Medical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey;
BACKGROUND: There are very few randomized controlled studies on exercise in cancer patients. Consequently, there are no guidelines available with regard to the exercises that can be recommended and difficulties are encountered in the clinical practice as to which exercise is more suitable to the patients.
AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of pilates exercises on physical performance, flexibility, fatigue, depression and quality of life in women who had been treated for breast cancer. Design. Randomized controlled trial. Setting. Out patient group, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital.
Population. Fifty-two patients with breast cancer were divided into either pilates exercise (group 1) and control group (group 2).
Methods. Patients in Group 1 performed pilates and home exercises and patients in group 2 performed only home exercises. Pilates exercise sessions were performed three times a week for a period of eight weeks in the rehabilitation unit.
Main Outcome Measures. Subjects were assessed before and after rehabilitation program, with respect to, 6-min walk test (6MWT), modified sit and reach test, Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), Beck Depression Index (BDI) and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life C30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and EORTC QLQ BR23.
Results. After the exercise program, improvements were observed in Group 1 in 6-minute walk test, BDI, EORTC QLQ-C30 functional, and EORTC QLQ-C30 BR23 functional scores (P<0.05). In contrast, no significant improvement was observed in Group 2 after the exercise program in any of parameters in comparison to the pre-exercise period (P>0.05). When the two exercise groups were compared, there were significant differences in 6MWT in pilates-exercise group (P<0.05).
Conclusion. Pilates exercises are effective and safe in female breast cancer patients. There is a need for further studies so that its effect can be confirmed.
Clinical Rehabilitation Impact. This study addressed the effects of pilates exercise, as a new approach, on functional capacity, fatigue, depression and quality of life in breast cancer patients in whom there are doubts regarding the efficacy and usefulness of the exercise.
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Compared with patients receiving other biologic agents, RA patients with COPD receiving abatacept were not at greater risk for an acute exacerbation of COPD requiring hospitalization, with a hazard ratio of 0.60 (95% CI 0.32-1.11), according to Samy Suissa, MD, of McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues.
Nor did the abatacept patients have an elevated risk for a combined endpoint of hospitalized COPD exacerbation, bronchitis, or hospitalized pneumonia/influenza, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.87 (95% CI 0.68-1.12), the researchers reported online in Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism.
"This paper was reassuring," said Mark Genovese, MD, of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the study. With regard to pulmonary events in patients receiving abatacept versus other biologic agents, the investigators "didn't find any real difference in a real-world population," he told MedPage Today.
The rationale for the study was an observation in a previous randomized trial known as ASSURE that serious respiratory events were reported more commonly among patients with RA and COPD on abatacept compared with placebo. That analysis included 37 patients receiving abatacept and 17 given placebo -- the abatacept product label cautions that "COPD patients may develop more frequent respiratory adverse events."
"This safety concern is important because it is estimated that close to 10% of RA patients also have COPD ... [and] it is uncertain whether these respiratory adverse events are more frequent than for other biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs [DMARDs] in RA patients with COPD," Suissa and colleagues stated.
Accordingly, to explore these concerns in a larger, more representative population, the team analyzed outcomes from the Truven MarketScan and MarketScan Medicare databases in a study with a prevalent new-user design and matched time-conditional propensity scoring.
The cohort was selected from patients enrolled in those databases from 2007 through 2015, and included 1,807 patients with RA and COPD who initiated treatment with abatacept and 3,547 matched patients who started treatment with other biologics including etanercept (Enbrel), adalimumab (Humira), rituximab (Rituxan), and infliximab (Remicade). Mean follow-up was 235 days for abatacept and 171 days for other biologics.
Patients' mean age was 65, and almost three-quarters were women. Comorbidities such as hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and diabetes were common in both groups, as was the use of other medications such as oral and inhaled corticosteroids, antibiotics, DMARDs, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
The incidence rates of severe COPD exacerbations were 1.2 per 100 per year for abatacept and 2.1 per 100 per year for other biologics. For bronchitis, the incidence rates were 4.2 and 5.3 per 100 per year for abatacept and other biologics, respectively.
For hospitalized pneumonia/influenza, the rates were 3.6 and 2.6 per 100 per year, respectively, and for outpatient pneumonia/influenza, the rates were 14.7 and 14.4 per 100 per year. For the combined endpoint of all events, the incidence rates were 8.7 for abatacept and 9.9 per 100 per year for other biologics.
In discussing their findings, the authors noted that the ASSURE trial aimed to evaluate the safety of abatacept in RA in 959 patients on the active treatment and 482 on placebo. However, only 54 patients had concurrent COPD.
Serious respiratory events were reported in four patients in the abatacept group and none in the placebo group -- a difference of 11% versus 0%, which "is compatible with chance," Suissa and colleagues noted.
In contrast, "this large population-based comparative safety study in the real-world setting, which included over 1,800 patients with RA and COPD who initiated treatment with abatacept, showed that the risk of serious adverse respiratory events was not elevated compared with initiating treatment with other biologic DMARDs," the researchers concluded.
"I agree with the authors' conclusions," Genovese told MedPage Today.
Limitations of the study, the team said, included the observational design and the possibility of intrinsic biases and residual confounding.
The study was funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
The authors reported financial relationships with Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Novartis; two co-authors are employees of Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Source Reference: Suissa S, et al "Comparative safety of abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis with COPD: a real-world population-based observational study" Semin Arthritis Rheum 2019; doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.03.007.


Sustainable bamboo chaise lounge prototype, 2000s; Chromed steel, bamboo, plastic; Unmarked; 28" x 20 1/2" x 63"; Provenance: Made for the "Design for a Living World" exhibit hosted by The Nature Conservancy.
A prototype, nofunctional: bamboo has splits and is unstable. Some broken and unattached parts. As-found.


This poem made into Magnets and Ladders www.magnetsandladders.org a small online journal and won an honorable mention.
I've tried on three pairs of these boot styles only to be disappointed that the zipper stops just below my ginormous calf muscle. Maybe I should paint myself green and grunt like the Hulk. Hey, wasn't there a female hulk?
I had childhood flash backs to when Frye boots were in the height of fashion and I finally saved up the money to buy them, only to be brought to tears when I couldn't get them past my calves. I was 14, and just dying for a pair. So, there I was, 36 years later, hearing the sales woman say, "Nope, they don't fit," and taking them off. So, I placated myself by buying another pair of boots with a shorter shaft. They are very cute and will look terrific with skirts and trousers, but in my mind, they aren't the leather riding boots I've always wanted. I am now thinking about having a pair custom made. I know I am not, as my husband says, "Imelda DeMarco's" but, at this point in my life, if I can't have the boots of my dreams, then what do I have to look forward to? The retorics of this statement don't resonate with me, either. I guess all the toe raises and miles on the bike at the gym will add to my dilemma. I just must accept that I will always be a low boot kind of gal.


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Q: What does "ASP.NET 4.5 Async Pipeline" mean? Having look at current compatibility list for Mono (as for 3.2.3 version) it says:

C# 5.0 - [supported] async support

but

ASP.NET 4.5 Async Pipeline - [not supported] Needs an parallel processing pipeline with async support, not done.

What does Async Popeline here mean (as well as "parallel processing pipeline") and how is it related to C# 5.0 async support (i.e., rather, what's the difference)?
Thank you!

A: I think they're referring to supporting async/await in ASP.NET (WebForms, MVC, etc.), specifically that supporting it will require an HTTP pipeline that fully supports asynchronous operations.


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Q: C# - I try to connect my Database to DataGridView in form but there's an error i'm new to C# programming and have been following this tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ2QjRr3toM
I am using C# and SQL Server.
I'm trying to make my [User] table to show up on the datagridview.

Form Code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Software
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SQLFunctions.Refresh(this.dataGridView1);
        }
    }
}

SQLFunction Class code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Data.SqlServerCe;
using System.Data;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Configuration;

namespace Software
{
    static class SQLFunctions
    {
        static private SqlCeConnection connection = new SqlCeConnection("Software.Properties.Settings.DatabaseConnectionString");

        static public void Refresh(DataGridView _dataGridView)
        {
            try
            {
                connection.Open();
                SqlCeDataAdapter dataAdapter = new SqlCeDataAdapter("SELECCT * FROM [User]", connection);
                DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
                dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable);
                _dataGridView.DataSource = dataTable;
            }
            catch(SqlCeException exception)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(exception.ToString());
            }
            finally
            {
                connection.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

App.config
<connectionStrings>
        <add name="Software.Properties.Settings.DatabaseConnectionString"
            connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\Database.mdf;Integrated Security=True"
            providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

My problem is that when I try to run my program, I get an error saying my SQLFunctions class threw an exception.
System.TypeInitializationException was unhandled
    Message = "The type initializer for 'Software.SQLFunctions' threw an exception."
    Source = Software
    TypeName = Software.SQLFunctions
    StackTrace:
       at Software.SQLFunctions.Refresh(DataGridView _dataGridView)
       at Software.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Users\misaru02\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\Thesis\Software\frmUserMgmt.cs:line 22
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
    InnerException:
       Message = "Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0."
       Source = System.Data
       StackTrace:
          at System.Data.Common.DbConnectionOptions.GetKeyValuePair(String connectionString, Int32 currentPosition, StringBuilder buffer, Boolean useOdbcRules, String& keyname, String& keyvalue)
          at System.Data.Common.DbConnectionOptions.ParseInternal(Hashtable parsetable, String connectionString, Boolean buildChain, Hashtable synonyms, Boolean firstKey)
          at System.Data.Common.DbConnectionOptions..ctor(String connectionString, Hashtable synonyms, Boolean useOdbcRules)
          at System.Data.Common.DbConnectionStringBuilder.set_ConnectionString(String value)
          at System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnectionStringBuilder..ctor(String connectionString)
          at System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection.set_ConnectionString(String value)
          at System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection..ctor(String connectionString)
          at Software.SQLFunctions..cctor() in c:\Users\misaru02\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\Thesis\Software\SQLFunctions.cs:line 16

How can I solve this error? I have followed the steps in the tutorial. :(
Please help as this is my thesis and I only have limited time :'(

A: Double check your connection string.
You'll notice in the InnerException, there is a message stating

Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification
  starting at index 0.

The trace leading to this exception leads me to believe the connection string is at fault here.
There may be a typo or quotation issue at fault.

A: That is because you have a hardcoded string in your constructor in the very first line. You need to get the value from your config file, not pass in the string value of the config entry.
static private SqlCeConnection connection = new SqlCeConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Software.Properties.Settings.DatabaseConnectionString"].ConnectionString);

You might also look at your select statement, the keyword select is misspelled.

A: From the connection string it looks like you are not using SQL Server CE. That being said you should be using SqlConnection not SqlCeConnection .
static class SQLFunctions
{
    static private SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("Software.Properties.Settings.DatabaseConnectionString");

    static public void Refresh(DataGridView _dataGridView)
    {
        try
        {
            connection.Open();
            SqlDataAdapter dataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM [User]", connection);
            DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
            dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable);
            _dataGridView.DataSource = dataTable;
        }
        catch(SqlException exception)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(exception.ToString());
        }
        finally
        {
            connection.Close();
        }
    }
}

*Also 'SELECT` in your query was misspelled.
EDIT:
Don't hardcode your connectionstring.
static private SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Software.Properties.Settings.DatabaseConnectionString"].ToString()););


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Агриппа Фурий Фуз (; V век до н. э.) — древнеримский политический деятель из патрицианского рода Фуриев, консул 446 года до н. э.

Коллегой Агриппы Фурия по консульству был Тит Квинкций Капитолин Барбат. В начавшейся войне с вольсками и эквами Агриппа уступил верховное командование Титу Квинкцию. В решающем сражении он командовал левым крылом. Вернувшись в Рим с победой, консулы не стали требовать триумфа — по неизвестной Ливию причине.

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Livestock (Fraternity album)
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Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. Livestock are defined as being useful animals; which implies a commercial purpose, or being reared for financial gain. However, in recent years, livestock are also raised to promote the survival of rare breeds, leading to many charities being formed around this issue.
Livestock are raised for profit or conservation of rare breeds. Raising animals (animal husbandry) is a component of modern agriculture. It has been practiced in many cultures since the transition to farming from hunter-gather lifestyles.
Etymology and Legal Definition
Livestock as a word was first used between 1650 and 1660, as a merger between the word live and stock.
Older English sources, such as the King James Version of the Bible, refer to livestock in general as "cattle", as opposed to the word "deer", which then was used for wild animals which were not owned. The word cattle is derived from Old North French catel, which meant all kinds of movable personal property, including livestock, which was differentiated from non-movable real-estate ("real property"). In later English, sometimes smaller livestock was called "small cattle" in that sense of movable property on land, which was not automatically bought or sold with the land. Today, the modern meaning of "cattle", without a modifier, usually refers to domesticated bovines (see Cattle), however, in some cases livestock can mean cattle. The modern definition of livestock is useful animals kept on a farm.
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Livestock is the first album by Australian rock band Fraternity, released in 1971. Livestock is a largely progressive and psychedelic album, and was originally released on the Sweet Peach label, one of only ten albums ever released on it. Livestock was re-released for the first time on CD in 1998 with an alternative cover and three bonus tracks.
"Livestock" (Mick Jurd, John Bisset) – 3:40
"Summerville" (Bruce Howe, Sam See) – 4:22
"Raglan's Folly" (M. Jurd, Bon Scott) – 6:02
"Cool Spot" (M. Jurd, Bisset) – 4:54
"Grand Canyon Suites" (M. Jurd) – 4:54
"Jupiter's Landscape" (Howe, See) – 2:47
"You Have a God" (M. Jurd, Carol Jurd) – 2:26
"It" (Jimmy Stewart, Doug Ashdown) – 8:23
1998 CD reissue
"The Race Part One" (Stewart, Ashdown) – 2:57 (Non-album single) *
"Seasons of Change" (John Robinson, Neale Johns) – 3:37 (Single version) *
"Livestock" – 3:40
"Summerville" – 4:22
"Raglan's Folly" – 6:02
"Cool Spot" – 4:54
"Grand Canyon Suites" – 4:54
"Jupiter's Landscape" – 2:47
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Benjamin Reeve, better known by his stage name Livestock, is an underground hip hop artist from Guelph, Ontario. Livestock was a long-time member of the Plague Language collective founded by Noah23 and Orphan.
Livestock's first release was as a member of the group The Twin Sisters with Naval Aviator and Treevortex. The group released one EP, entitled Amulet, in 2002. In early 2004, Livestock compiled collaborative material by himself, Noah23 and Homesick under the group name The Train Rawbers. This material was mastered and released in the Fall of 2004. The album is credited to the three MCs equally, but is primarily "Livestock's brainchild, featuring [Noah23] and Homesick". Livestock features on eleven of the thirteen tracks (all except "Introduct" and "Indeed"), while Noah23 features on six (3, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 13), and Homesick features on only four (3, 5, 8 & 13). Only three of the tracks feature all three members ("Ninjah Pizza", "Eagle" & "Vacuum Oyster Surprise"). The album was initially released with the subtitle "Volume 1", though no further volumes of material were released. In November 2004, Livestock released his debut solo album, Spiral Like the 9.
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Guide magazine is a Seventh-day Adventist weekly periodical published by Review and Herald. It is a Christian story magazine that uses true stories to illustrate Bible passages and is targeted to 10- to 14-year-old youth.
Guide is often distributed to "Earliteen" and "Junior" Sabbath School students at the end of class and provides a Bible study guide for the week. Since its beginning, Guide has been popular reading during the church service for young people.
The magazine is published in a 32-page full-color 6x8" format.
In the years following World War II, the Adventist church had two magazines for children – Our Little Friend for children preschool to preteen and Youth's Instructor for older teenagers. A magazine for junior-age youth was originally proposed at the 1951 Autumn Council of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and voted in Spring Council on April 9, 1952 designating the Review and Herald as the publisher. A relatively young 27-year-old pastor from Northern California, Lawrence Maxwell became the first editor.
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A Guide to information sources (or a bibliographic guide, a literature guide, a guide to reference materials, a subject gateway, etc.) is a kind of metabibliography. Ideally it is not just a listing of bibliographies, reference works and other information sources, but more like a textbook introducing users to the information sources in a given field (in general).
Such guides may have many different forms: Comprehensive or highly selective, printed or electronic sources, annoteted listings or written chapters etc.
Often used as curriculum tools for bibliographic instruction, the guides help library users find materials or help those unfamiliar with a discipline understand the key sources.
Aby, Stephen H., Nalen, James & Fielding, Lori (2005). Sociology; a guide to reference and information sources. 3rd ed. Westport,Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.
Adams, Stephen R. (2005). Information Sources in Patents; 2nd ed. (Guides to Information Sources). München: K. G. Saur ISBN 3-598-24443-6
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Guide is a Miami, Florida based technology startup company developing a newsreader app that translates text from online news sources, blogs and social media streams into streaming audio and video. The company's apps include animal character readers.The company was founded in 2012 by chief executive officer Freddie Laker, and privately launched its mobile app in alpha in February 2013.
Guide app
Guide is a visual newsreader app for personal computers, mobile devices and Smart TV, which uses text-to-speech and avatar technologies to turn text-based online news, blogs and social media updates into video content. These technologies allow Guide to turn articles into news program-style episodes, incorporating video or images from the original source, while the text content of the article or blog post is read aloud by a virtual news anchor. The app creates a "channel" for each site or news source, within which individual blog posts or news articles are separate episodes.
Guide allows users to choose from three different virtual news anchors in the base application, and the company has stated it will offer additional avatars and newsroom backgrounds for purchase. An alpha version of the app, for iPad only, was privately released on February 8, 2013.
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