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I came across an article in the on-line magazine Far Out about this song, with which I had not been previously familiar, characterizing it as a shot against Bowie. Bowie wrote Mott the Hoople's biggest hit, "All the Young Dudes," produced the album of the same name and generally helped resuscitate the band at a point it might have otherwise broken up and faded into rock and roll oblivion. I have read elsewhere, however, that Bowie became overwhelming and manipulative and that Ian Hunter and the band came to resent him. Things eventually seem to have smoothed over, as Ian Hunter wrote a tribute song to Bowie, "Dandy," after Bowie's death.
Anyway, Far Out writes of, "Hymm for the Dudes," as if it were a song like, "How Do You Sleep At Night," which was John Lennon's very overt assault on Paul McCartney, or "Sweet Home Alabama," which was at least in part Lynyrd Skynrd's broadside against Neil Young. Having never previously heard "Hymm for the Dudes," I tried to find out more about the song.
I own many biographies of David Bowie and more books about his music. A quick review of them revealed no mention of this song. Next up was an internet search, and sure enough there are scattered references to the song, some of which mention the interpretation that it contains shots at Bowie. One such analysis was on someone else's blog, called Rock and Roll Ramblings, which goes further and contemplates that the song actually critiques several rock stars of the day including Elvis Presley (note the references to "the King"). Unlike Far Out, this blogger makes the somewhat obvious observation that the song is "entirely pro-Christian." It's possible that the point of the lyrics is to depict rock stars as false gods. If you go back to the video I posted three days ago and listen to what Bowie said about rock stars standing in for gods, it's entirely plausible that Ian Hunter was reacting to that kind of talk.
But there are some seeming direct references to Bowie, and particularly to songs that appeared on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Consider these lyrical references:
– "Go tell the superstar" —-> "I'd come on like a regular superstar" ("Star")
– "You ain't the nazz" —> "He was the nazz, with god given ass" ("Ziggy Stardust")
– " … you are not alone, you are not alone" —> "You're not alone" ("Rock N Roll Suicide")
There are other possibly more subtle references, or maybe I should say other, subtle possible references, such as use of the word, 'jive," in the opening line, which also appears in "All the Young Dudes," "dove," which appears in, "Soul Love" ("Just touch the flaming dove"), "if you think you are a star" (which is essentially the whole subject of the song, "Star"). And then, of course, there's the title, which like Mott's Bowie-written hit, contains the word, "Dudes."
But the case is far from open and shut. I cannot find a definitive reference to when the song was originally written, with some sources pegging it to 1970, two years before Ziggy (and also before, "All the Young Dudes"). It was apparently included on a live album that was based on performances recorded in 1971 and 1972, so it is possible that the song was written and recorded, or perhaps even adjusted in 1972 after Ziggy, but obviously the whole thing would be a strange coincidence of "Hymm" came first.
Then there's the word, "Nazz." As the Rock and Roll Rambling blog points out, Ian Hunter might have been referring to Todd Rundgren, who fronted the band, Nazz. In the you-learn-something-new-everyday category, the band's name was taken from a Yardbirds song (does all of rock trace back to the Yardbirds?), titled, "The Nazz Are Blue" (written by the late Jeff Beck). The meaning of the word, "Nazz" (which is capitalized), is not abundantly clear from the Yardbirds song, however I have read both that it is taken from the slang used in A Clockwork Orange (which makes some amount of sense in terms of its use in Ziggy, which also borrows other slang from the book), but also that its short for "Nazarene," meaning Jesus, which could make sense in the context of "Hymm" being a Christian song.
Despite writing about Bowie on a daily basis, I am not actually an expert, and the true story behind this song is probably known by someone, but for me it's a fun mystery to contemplate.
And if you want to solve the puzzle for yourself, here are the lyrics:
God ain't jive
For I can see his love
As it runs alive
'N one by one
Through fields of rusted wire
The war has just begun
Oh, cross over shame like the wise dove
Who cares not for fame just for shy love
'N rejoice for the king ain't lost his throne, oh no
He's still here, you are not alone
Correct your heads
For there's a new song rising
High above the waves
Go write your time
Go sing it on the streets
Go tell the world, but you go brave
Oh my sweet instant Christian you are such a sly clown
Too many questions, no replies now
I got an idea
Go tell the superstar
All his hairs are turning grey
Star-spangled fear
As all the people disappear
The limelight fades away
'Cause if you think you are a star
For so long they'll come from near and far
But you'll forget just who you are (yes you will)
You ain't the nazz
You're just a buzz
Some kinda temporary
Cross over shame like the wise dove
Oh-oh, my sweet instant Christian you are such a sly clown
'N rejoice for the king ain't lost his throne. Oh no.
He's still here, you are not alone, you are not alone.
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EZ Electric Bikes & Scooters celebrates 10 years
Exeter, NH - June 4, 2019 - Recently, EZ Electric Bikes & Scooters celebrated its 10 year anniversary, an occasion that has left Co-owner Teresa Hemenway not only happy, but grateful.
"We wouldn't be here after 10 years without our scooter and electric bike buddies," she said. "They've given us great Google and Facebook reviews over the years and have sent their friends and family in to purchase scooters and bikes."
She said she and husband Tommy, who co owns the business, are also grateful for "a wonderful staff" that consists of Sean Beauman, Derek Thompson, Steve Phillips and Steve Lambert.
"They make coming to work something to look forward to each day," she said.
Despite success through the years, Hemenway acknowledged there have been some missteps along the way, too.
"When we first got into scooters, we took on cheap Chinese ones and learned the hard way through trial and error, a valuable lesson on quality," she said.
Shortly thereafter, Hemenway said they picked up Lance/SYM brand and Genuine Scooters a year later.
"Both are excellent quality scooters made in Taiwan and backed by a 2-year warranty," she said. "It's been a win-win for us and for our customers."
In further explaining their success, Hemenway cited positive industry trends, noting scooters have "definitely increased in popularity," particularly in the Seacoast.
"They're a blast to ride," she said. "You can park them most anywhere and they get 100+ miles per gallon. We are also seeing more interest in electric scooters and electric bikes, which are so popular in other countries, Europe and Asia. We also believe we will benefit from new electric bike ride-sharing."
Along the way, EZ Electric Bikes & Scooters has partnered with area nonprofits to help meet community needs through scooter and electric bike raffles. Nonprofits with whom they have worked include My Breast Cancer Support Group, NHSPCA, Annie's Angels Exeter Area Lions Club, and Veterans Count.
"It's important we give back to a community that has given us so much," added Hemenway.
In looking ahead, Hemenway expressed excitement at providing their storefront a facelift with new paint, signs and awning. She said the improvements will help separate EZ Electric Bikes & Scooters from Autosounds of NH, which Tommy opened in 1979 and is located in the same building.
"We're also looking forward to offering electric scooters this year and have a new line of electric bikes," she said. "We are excited for our future and grateful for our past."

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Worm saliva breaks down plastic in major pollution breakthrough | climate news
A worm could be the answer to solving the problem of what to do about one of the most common forms of plastic pollution.
Spanish researchers have discovered that chemicals in waxworm saliva can break down polyethylene, a particularly durable material.
Their research found that uncovering the plastic caused by the creature's saliva to decompose in a single hour as much as several years of normal exposure to the elements.
Waxworms, the larvae of the wax moth, normally feed on the tough wax that bees use to make comb, and are actually considered pests by beekeepers.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, discovered that two enzymes in the worm's saliva — which it uses to break down the wax — also break down the plastic.
In order for plastic to degrade, oxygen must penetrate plastic molecules known as polymers, a process known as oxidation.
Research found that the enzymes in saliva allowed this process to take place within a few hours, without the plastic having to be pre-treated by exposure to heat or radiation.
Polyethylene is the world's most widely used plastic and accounts for enormous amounts of environmental pollution.
First made in 1933, it's inexpensive, durable, and doesn't interact with food, making it widely available.
It is specially designed to be difficult to break and can remain intact for decades.
A coast in Guatemala is completely inundated with plastic waste.
Enzymes were made synthetically
This breakthrough could change that, however, according to Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) molecular biologist Federica Bertocchini, who led the study, saying it would "change the paradigm of plastic biodegradation".
She further explained that not only did they figure out which enzymes break down the plastic, but they also managed to produce them synthetically, avoiding the need to use billions of waxworms to do the work.
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Such an approach would have several practical disadvantages and would also generate a large amount of carbon dioxide as the worms metabolize the polyethylene.
Plastic consumption has skyrocketed over the past 30 years, with hundreds of millions of tons ending up as waste each year and less than 10% of that being recycled.
In March this year, following talks in Nairobi, the United Nations adopted a landmark deal to create the world's first global plastic pollution deal, aiming to complete a legally binding deal by 2024.
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Proteomic characterization of a natural host-pathogen interaction: repertoire of in vivo expressed bacterial and host surface-associated proteins
Megan A Rees, Oded Kleifeld, Paul K Crellin, Bosco Kwan-Chung Ho, Timothy P Stinear, Alexander Ian Smith, Ross L Coppel
Interactions between a host and a bacterial pathogen are mediated by cross-talk between molecules present on, or secreted by, pathogens and host binding-molecules. Identifying proteins involved at this interface would provide substantial insights into this interaction. While numerous studies have examined in vitro models of infection at the level of transcriptional change and proteomic profiling, there is virtually no information available on naturally occurring host-pathogen interactions in vivo. We employed membrane shaving to identify peptide fragments cleaved from surface-expressed bacterial proteins and also detected proteins originating from the infected host. We optimised this technique for media-cultured Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, a sheep pathogen, revealing a set of 247 surface proteins. We then studied a natural host-pathogen interaction, by performing membrane shaving on C. pseudotuberculosis harvested directly from naturally infected sheep lymph nodes. Thirty-one bacterial surface proteins were identified including thirteen not identified in culture media, suggesting a different surface protein repertoire is expressed in this hostile environment. Forty-nine host proteins were identified including immune mediators and antimicrobial peptides such as cathelicidin. This novel application of proteolytic shaving has documented sets of host and pathogen proteins present at the bacterial surface in an infection of the native host.
Rees, M. A., Kleifeld, O., Crellin, P. K., Ho, B. K-C., Stinear, T. P., Smith, A. I., & Coppel, R. L. (2015). Proteomic characterization of a natural host-pathogen interaction: repertoire of in vivo expressed bacterial and host surface-associated proteins. Journal of Proteome Research, 14(1), 120 - 132. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr5010086
Rees, Megan A ; Kleifeld, Oded ; Crellin, Paul K ; Ho, Bosco Kwan-Chung ; Stinear, Timothy P ; Smith, Alexander Ian ; Coppel, Ross L. / Proteomic characterization of a natural host-pathogen interaction: repertoire of in vivo expressed bacterial and host surface-associated proteins. In: Journal of Proteome Research. 2015 ; Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 120 - 132.
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Screen Time: THE WALKING DEAD: Season 3, Episode 1 'Seed'
THE WALKING DEAD: Season 3
Episode 1 - 'Seed'
Cast: Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Steven Yuen, Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira
Stewart R: It's crazy how quickly a year can pass. It only seems like yesterday that we were waiting for the second series of The Walking Dead to arrive, with just six episodes under our belts and a sense of adventure riding alongside the sheer terror of survival in a world populated with Walkers. Within a couple of minutes and a single scene of this latest and much awaited third series we can tell it's been a very long winter for the small group of survivors led by Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes. It's a brilliant sequence that shows how efficiently these people are working together and in the same stroke shows how close to desperation they truly are. The beards are longer, the eyes more tired, faces gaunter and the smiles non-existent. Added to that is the fact that the whole opening scene is acted out in near silence as everyone tries to go about their job and not bring it to the attention of any roaming Walkers.
It gives us a great idea of just how things are going under the 'Ricktatorship' (as I've seen it dubbed elsewhere) where nothing is open up for debate anymore and the group is following the hardening former cop with the slightest sense of fear in the air at any sign of failure. The usual problem of aging child cast members has been dealt with sensibly thanks to the jump of seasons and change in demeanour within the group to make Chandler Rigg's Carl progression into his early teenage years effortless and believable and as he jogs around in his father's hat, gun in hand it really does help to highlight the shift in attitude to surviving at nearly any cost. Everyone has a part to play and no-one gets to hang back or not participate.
It's no real spoiler to say that the crux of this season debut is to set up one of the major locations to be used through the 16 episodes that we're pretty certain to enjoy over the Winter of 2012 and into Spring 2013. The prison stay made up a large chunk of the comic's first few years and while the cast in the TV show is currently a bit different to the initial arrival as seen in Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's black and white panels it's clear to see that the source material is never truly in threat of being thrown to the wind - it's just too damn good for that! Indeed it becomes apparent to some extent that the creators may be trying to parallel certain smaller events and plot points in the comic series by moulding and shaping the current cast to fit and if this first instalment of the third year is anything to go by it should well work!
Importantly to the whole damn exciting rickety bridge that is The Walking Dead TV show, the constant threat of gruesome and painful death alongside undesirable resurrection is always present and looms over every conversation and interaction as you just don't know what could be lurking around the corner or in the shadows. Further into this episode that edge of the frighteners is sharpened and made keen as the screen is just a bewildering mash-up of darkened corners, twitchy torches and the silence that broods over the very best zombie and horror films. The middle of the previous season bottomed out slightly by keeping the threat far from arms length and seemingly controllable, only to bounce everything loudly upon it's head come the series finale and though this is the usual explosive debut that swift turning of the tide still lingers in the memory and should hopefully help to carry these 16 episodes through even those inevitable quieter moments.
Making it to your third term these days is almost a pipedream in the fickle world of televisual dramas and The Walking Dead has made it this far and is still on the up and up. The cast are all in fine form, the blood and guts quota appears to have been increased - there's a bit in this episode where I even winced and gave a questioning look the screen's way - and it looks to be a glorious year ahead for us as an audience. This is one of those starts that makes you feel like you're back in the (slightly grubby and decaying) arms of that good friend of yours who went travelling for the Summer - you missed them even more than you thought you would and it's so so good to have them back! (Just watch out for any unnecessary biting...) 9/10
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25 year old Alejandra Barillas from Zacapa was crowned once again as Miss Guatemala 2011. She was the original winner of Miss Guatemala 2010. She was crowned by last year's 2nd run-up, Jessica Scheel.
Barillas supposed to represent her country at Miss Universe 2010 pageant, but weeks prior to departure, she suffered a lesion in her ankle and couldn't participate in the pageant, she was then replaced by Scheel who ended up as a Top 10 Semi-Finalist.
This year, due to change in schedule of Miss Guatemala pageant, Alex Orellana, head of the Organization together with it's sponsors decided to give Alejandra Barillas to represent Guatemala in Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant to be held on September 12 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


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Q: Another term for "zero-sum game" Rock-paper-scissors is a zero-sum game, however I remember a different phrase that means essentially the same thing - when each member of a group of objects has exactly balanced strengths and weaknesses.
Edit: The phrase I'm looking for is not a synonym for zero-sum game, I'm looking for something that describes a scenario in which A trumps B, B trumps C, and C trumps A. Are there any words that describe non-linear ranking?

A: I would call that a symmetric opponent game or simply a symmetric game. I don't see it as a common phrase since most games are assumed symmetric unless stated otherwise.
I'm not sure BoardGameGeek.com is a valid citation, but...
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/636692/game-balance-symmetry-vs-asymmetry

A: A Nash Equilibrium is where nobody can benefit by changing their strategy. That might be what you are thinking of.

In game theory, the Nash equilibrium is a solution concept of a
  non-cooperative game involving two or more players, in which each
  player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other
  players, and no player has anything to gain by changing only their own
  strategy.

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Last night's meeting, held in the gym of Edna Brewer Middle School in Glenview, was the second of three town halls the city is holding on the budget, inviting residents to voice their savings ideas. The first was last week at the East Oakland Senior Center, and the final one will take place early next week. Oakland North is covering all three meetings in an examination of how people's priorities vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, and how those priorities will affect budget decisions.
About sixty people gathered for last night's meeting. The room was still sweltering after yesterday's heat, and many people used their handouts of pie charts and bar graphs to fan themselves.
Nowhere was the difference more apparent than in last night's brief discussion of stimulus money. "Stimulus money is not going to save us," said Brunner. It would be nice to have, she said, and Oakland has applied for everything it's qualified for, but the city might not get it. And even in a best-case scenario, she said, stimulus money will not fix the budget.
Her assessment of the situation was a far cry from last week, when Dellums assured the East Oakland crowd that he had "looked those folks in the eye," in Washington, and that they knew the city needed help. Brunner and her fellow councilmembers emphasized that the city was leveraging Dellums' national-level connections to secure money for Oakland. But unlike Dellums, they emphasized that the city couldn't count on those funds.
A number of other suggestions came out as the night went on, both from speakers and from written questions. Some people favored renegotiating the charter of the Port of Oakland to wring more revenue from it; others thought Oakland should do more to develop new revenue sources. One questioner suggested that the city consider bankruptcy. ("We're not there yet," said Lindheim.) Towards the end of the meeting, one woman made a plea for preserving libraries and Parks and Recreation as some of the only city services that have "an unalloyed positive relationship with the people of Oakland." Her statement was the only one to draw applause from the whole room.
The final community meeting on the budget will be held Monday, April 27 at the Lakeside Garden Center at 6:30 pm. More info is available on the Mayor's website.


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True Or False: Woman Claims Pastor John Gray Allegedly Sweet Chariot Clapped Her Cheeks To Second Samuel Smithereens
Posted on March 21, 2019	 - By Bossip Staff
Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty
Tell the motherboard to pass the peppermints…
Woman Claiming To Be Pastor John Gray's Alleged Mistress Comes Forward, Releases Reported Voicemails
Let's get this out the way; Pastor John Gray has vehemently denied any claims of an alleged sexual affair between him and a woman who's NOT his wife. John Gray and his wife Aventer Gray both appeared on "The Real" and reassured their followers that there was never a sexual affair that took place between the man of God and another woman. They instead said that the affair, while inappropriate, was only emotional.
"I did not sleep with anyone, there's no baby, there's none of that," said Pastor John Gray. "And so it's important for me to take "responsibility for the areas where I did come up short. Sharing things about my marriage outside of my wife and outside of trusted counselors is an emotional affair. It was wrong. I take responsibility for that."
Now, with that said—there's an anonymous woman who's come forward with what's she calling receipts and claims that John Gray "went up yonder" dress to Habakkuk hump her to Second Samuel smithereens.
YouTuber Larry Reid Live recently posted a lengthy video that included ALLEGED voicemails from Pastor John Gray to his alleged mistress. The woman who doesn't want to be identified told Reid that she'd known John Gray for twenty years before he allegedly pursued her. The woman claimed that the man of God came to her after she got a divorce and went to him for counsel.
From there the woman claimed that she and the parishioner carried on an alleged sexual affair. She also claimed that throughout their tryst he would give her money and say damning things about his wife.
"I ran into an issue financially and he was just like absolutely. and it was a big deal. It was a really big thing. From that moment on, it started from there. It snowballed into 'I just love you so much. I always loved you. I always thought about you. I always cared about you.' Then he was going through the stuff with his wife and he was saying how he didn't like her, didn't love her, that he was never attracted to her, that he only married her because she looked good on paper. His exact words were, 'She don't suck. She don't f*ck. She ain't never washed a pair of my drawers."
If you're giving the story the side eye because it's more salacious than Song of Solomon—trust us, it gets worse.
The woman also went into explicit detail about their alleged affair and said that the Pastor would speak in tongues (YES, TONGUES) during sex…
"No joke. When we slept together, he jumped up!"
and she gave Larry Reid alleged voice mails where Gray allegedly chastises her for not being available.
"Yo are you like ignoring me now?" a man on the phone says. I'm just trying to make sure. Let me get this straight. I'm being ignored by someone who I have sought to sow seed into, get resources to. I'm in your city and I can't get a call back. I just wanted to make sure I got my facts straight. Got it!"
In another, a man, the alleged mistress says is Gray, advises her to delete their messages after his wife allegedly became suspicious.
"When you get this message, delete it. My wife saw our text messages from Friday. She knows you were in the same hotel as me and she does not know that I went to your room. She doesn't remember me leaving. She's got your number."
You can listen to Gray's alleged voicemails and the interview with the alleged mistress in the video below. The voicemails and the interview with the reported mistress begin at 1:02:50.
Do YOU believe this story from Larry Reid Live? Hopefully, the Pastor clears this up soon.
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Texas House Speaker Joe Straus in an interview with the Texas Tribune in June 2015.
You've seen the traffic, the rising real estate costs, and the crowded grocery store lines. Texas seems to be getting more and more crowded. So much so, in fact, that Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says our state is growing twice as fast as the rest of the country.
A campaign video put out by House Speaker Joe Straus, the San Antonio Republican, shows him talking up his re-election hopes and throwing out a claim about huge Texas growth.
The video, posted Dec. 17, 2015, opens with Straus signing papers to run for re-election, where he'll face off in the March 2016 Republican primary for the District 121 seat against former schoolteacher Sheila Bean and Jeff Judson, a former San Antonio tea party director.
Hear how this claim scored in the player above.


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A hard Brexit could cost an average worker in Scotland £116 by 2020, new research has indicated.
The study claims income losses following a no deal Brexit could hit more than £1,010 by 2027 and forecasts a cumulative drop of more than £15,615 by 2034.
Campaign organisation Open Britain carried out the research for Labour MP Ian Murray, co-founder of the Scottish Labour for the Single Market group with former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale which wants to stay in the customs union and single market after leaving the EU.
The calculations are based on a no deal Brexit leading to an estimated drop in the UK's average annual economic growth by 1%, against 1.5% for staying in the EU and 1.1% for remaining in the single market and customs union.
The income loss is based on a median Scottish wage of £23,150.
Mr Murray said: "This reveals that any sort of Brexit will leave families across Scotland worse off and a 'no deal' Brexit could cost the average worker £116-a-year in 2020.
Papers leaked last month from the UK Government's Department for Exiting the EU forecast a 9% drop in economic growth in Scotland following a no deal Brexit, worse than Scottish Government predictions of an 8.5% drop by 2030.
The UK Government said the leaked papers were draft documents which do not represent the government's policy.
Earlier, Mr Murray said the Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn want to "have their cake and eat it" on Brexit.
He said Mr Corbyn was "further ahead" of Theresa May in his Brexit position and welcomed the recent announcement that Labour would seek to form a new UK-EU customs union to ensure tariff-free trade after Brexit, but stressed the EU has said it will not negotiate a bespoke deal for the customs union.
Scottish Labour Brexit spokesman Neil Findlay said: "Labour does not support a no deal Brexit.


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What does the process of getting dentures involve?
Getting dentures is many times a very lengthy process and can also require several different appointments over a long period of time that usually lasts several weeks at a time. The first thing that needs to happen is that very accurate molds are measured and taken so that the dentist can ensure that the custom denture will be precisely accurate. But of course it is sometimes hard to get dentures right on the first try, and that is why there are sometimes several 'try in' appointments in which the dentist and the patient will make sure that the dentures are perfect in terms of color, shape and fit. By the time of the final appointment the dentist will have completely adjusted and placed the dentures for a perfect fit.
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Called to Costa Rica
Interviews, Outreach
by Chris Nesbitt
What happens when you hear a clear call from God to start a worship ministry in Costa Rica? This worship leader from California shares his story to take a step of faith.
Chris Nesbitt
Worship and the Word
What happens when God asks you to launch an international worship and ministry school in Costa Rica?…
You obey!
Street Ministry
Three years ago the Lord began speaking very clearly to my wife and me about starting a school of worship.
I have to confess that I didn't receive this word with much enthusiasm; I was confident that the world didn't really need another worship school. In fact, there were already thousands of effective, fruitful training programs for worship leaders across the globe.
From the time I was 20, I had attended many of these schools myself, including programs led by YWAM, Bob Fitts, Chuck Girard, Calvary Chapel, Vineyard, Bethel, and others. Each had value and offered excellent tools, teaching and spiritual depth that helped me to grow as a worship leader.
And there were countless others! – incredible worship schools such as Hillsong, IHOP, Toronto, MorningStar, Christ for the Nations, DLA, New Life, World Revival, Thrive, River, Elevate, Living Light and hundreds more brand-name and independent schools in nearly every state of the US and virtually every nation.
Then there's also the problem with the vessel. I mean, who's Chris Nesbitt, anyway, and what business does he have starting a worship school? Seems like the minimum requirement should be at least one CCLI top 10, which means I don't qualify.
Local church ministry
While this sounds completely tongue-in-cheek, and while I fully recognize that the Lord weighs the heart, the practical truth is that we mere humans weigh everything else. Case in point, it was a familiar name that drew me to the worship schools I've attended. Why should it be any different for others?
Begging your pardon, Lord, but isn't this a bit superfluous?
So I responded with a somewhat obligatory, "let your will be done" which was code for: this sounds like a bad idea, and frankly, I'm not that interested.
Nevertheless, the Lord had spoken so clearly that I had to take His instruction seriously. My wife and I entered into a week of intentional prayer and fasting on the matter, concluding with us asking the Lord for a large and obvious confirmation.
About a month later, our church hosted a South African speaker with a very accurate prophetic gift. To our great surprise, she singled my wife and me out in front of our entire church with the words: "You are to start a school of worship."
Most of us understand what it's like to wait for the Lord to fulfill the words He has spoken. A missionary friend of mine who happens to be joining our team, Jeffrey Simons, put it like this: "God speaks a promise over us, then He grows us into it." I can relate well, having myself received promises from the Lord that have taken 8, 15, or even 25 years to be fulfilled.
But He is always faithful. If the promise is indeed born of His Spirit, it eventually comes to pass.
In this case, it only took 18 months—a mere blink of an eye in Kingdom time, but just enough delay to get comfortable with the idea that I may not ever have to deal with it. Maybe the Lord had forgotten once He realized that it was just not a priority?
During this time, I met with my pastor and elders and submitted the whole thing to them for direction, accountability, continued confirmation, and the outside chance of passing the buck. They were unanimously supportive and essentially released me to run with it.
Run with what? Where do I start?
It was beginning to feel like everybody knew what I was supposed to do but me.
Hertzogs in street ministry
The suddenly moment arrived on December 18, 2014. I received a call from a stranger—a brother in Christ named Steve Hertzog. He and his wife Judi wanted to meet with us to share a ministry idea, having heard of us by reputation through a mutual friend.
Over lunch, the Hertzogs related that after preparing for 25 years to retire in southwestern Costa Rica, they had heard the call of God and had done an about-face, donating their private land to serve as a campus for a new school of ministry.
It was just the two of them and a vision, and they were believing God to bring ministry partners with a passion for worship and skill sets to match. We then shared what the Lord had spoken to us about a worship school, and Kingdom fireworks ignited as the Costa Rica Supernatural School of Ministry (CRSSM) began taking shape.
Since then, there's been no looking back. Ten-day outreach trips launched in 2015 and have been met with unusual favor, as the Hertzogs, led by the Holy Spirit, have set a high standard and rapid pace for loving the lost, taking risks, and expecting the supernatural with every step.
The disparity between what I thought God wanted and what He actually wanted is massive. I've gone from being fearful and even dreading the idea to being fully in. Truth is, I've never been more excited about anything in my life. This is what I was made for.
Public school ministry
What is CRSSM?
The Costa Rica Supernatural School of Ministry is an on-location 10-week leadership training program where what you learn today will be put into practice tomorrow. We provide Christian leadership development, ministry equipping, and hands-on mission training for Spirit-filled students from around the globe.
Our mission is to produce passionate Kingdom builders while impacting the region for Christ. We're committed to the truth that God loves people, gave Himself for them, and has given His Church supernatural power to bring individuals and nations into wholeness. It is our goal to train students to continue in the ministry style of Jesus: to enjoy the presence of God, say what He is saying, and do what He is doing. We aim to create a "teach and do" culture where all of our students are expected to take risks to stretch their faith and grow in their understanding of God. The school is designed to equip students to live a supernatural lifestyle, bringing heaven to earth wherever they go.
The School of Worship is a specific discipline built into the 10-week ministry program. Those students who are skilled and called as worship leaders will receive intentional training in the form of mentoring and discipleship, one of the distinctives of this school. Musicianship is a prerequisite, as our imperative is to mentor the heart of the worship leader and activate their ability to host God's presence. This is done in practicum, with students receiving real-time guidance while they lead worship in small groups as well as in the larger, all-school worship sessions. As the students progress, they will also have opportunity to participate in the training of worship teams in local churches.
Academic instruction is taught by apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, giving the learning experience a living perspective with a five-fold distinction. Students receive lessons from high-profile international speakers who are anointed not just to teach but also to activate in others the anointing which they carry.
Our students are English-speaking, Spirit-filled believers from around the world. Whatever their God-given calling, they possess a common a hunger for a move of the Holy Spirit and a longing to see God's Kingdom come to earth. We are a multigenerational school where students of all ages learn to create a culture of honor, serving one another in love. Students must be responsible, teachable and fully committed and submitted to their local church body.
As I mentioned, CRSSM also hosts short-term ministry outreach trips. These 10-day trips are for Spirit-filled believers who are mature in their faith and are operating in their spiritual gifts with boldness and humility, ready in season to bring a word, testimony, song or prophecy as Holy Spirit directs.
In both the 10-day outreach trips and the 10-week school sessions, outreach emphasis is ministry to local churches, hospitals, schools, prisons and street corners, bringing salvation, healing, deliverance and prophetic ministry as the Lord leads.
Near the border of Panama on the Pacific side, CRSSM is located in the southeastern corner of Pavon Bay between Playa Zancudo and Pavones (a world-renown surf break). The campus is nestled on a hillside approximately one mile from the beach in Pilon de Pavones.
The Spirit of God is moving in this Central American nation, stoking the flames of revival and turning hearts towards Himself. We're watching miraculous events unfold as we invite Him to come and pour out His goodness! He is healing the sick, delivering the oppressed, restoring broken relationships and calling home the prodigals.
Introducing Worship Mob
We're convinced now is the time, so we're taking action. It's a ministry school where students aren't just taught to be revivalists, but every day they are sent out to practice it. They are bringing the Kingdom into public schools, hospitals, jails, churches and the streets, pouring out the love of Jesus in every corner of the nation.
All this is happening right now in the form of ten-day outreach trips, and the next step—ten-week long school sessions—begins in April 2016.
Man with guitar
To date, we're a very lean team, and we're laying down everything and leaving behind our careers to chase after this call. But it's not enough. We need your help, and we are asking you to consider getting involved.
Our first session begins this coming April. We still have facilities to build and student enrollment to develop, formidable tasks without a marketing department or budget.
But God has already opened door after amazing door:
He's brought high-profile, international speakers who've heard God's call and have committed to come and teach.
He's given us increasing favor with a myriad of local churches throughout the region – believers hungry for revival!
He's removed insurmountable obstacles for my family and others who've said yes to serve in this ministry.
He's allowed every 10-day outreach team to witness fantastic miracles of healing and deliverance.
And now, He's brought you!
You are His next miracle in this unfolding story, and we're ready to celebrate with you as you jump in!
View from building site
Spread the word – Tell your pastor, friends, family members and community groups about CRSSM. In addition to our website, you'll find us on most popular social media sites where you can like us, friend us, tweet us, follow us, plus us, or otherwise grassroots-grow us!
crssm.org/facebook
crssm.org/twitter
crssm.org/instagram
crssm.org/g+
Join us – Attend our 10-week school or a 10-day outreach. Apply at crssm.org/apply .
Donate – CRSSM is building facilities to train and disciple international students and bring workers into the heart of the harvest in Costa Rica. Visit our crowd-funding campaign at crssm.org/donate .
Pray – We're looking to build an alliance of prayer warriors who will covenant with us in intercession. To join the prayer team, send an email to prayer@crssm.org
Personal support – God has completely shifted our paradigms as a family, inviting us to be ALL IN. My wife and I are leaving behind our business and careers to chase after this calling wholeheartedly. Will you send us? Visit our personal crowd-funding site at youcaring.com/nesbitt .
Costa Rica Supernatural School of Ministry
A call to deeper waters
crssm.org
info@crssm.org
Chris Nesbitt is a business owner, worship leader and a writer of songs, many of which have been selected for Worship Leader magazine's Song Discovery. He has taught worship leaders all over the globe and, except for a few years in Franklin, TN, has called San Clemente his home for 25 years. He and his wife, Tiffany, have four children and are in the throes of preparations to relocate to Costa Rica as they launch CRSSM, where Chris serves as Director of Operations. Learn more about the Nesbitt family at nesbitt.ws.
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Reaching the Millennials
A Missional Worship Caveat


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ROBUST CALCULATIONS OF MAXIMUM RATIO COMBINING DIVERSITY GAINS BASED ON STOCHASTIC MEASUREMENTS
By X. Chen
Previous works on maximum ratio combining (MRC) diversity have derived a closed-form cumulative distribution function (CDF), referred to as Lee's formula, for spatially correlated Rayleigh fading channels. It is usually believed that (due to its singularity) Lee's formula will result in large numerical error when two eigenvalues of a diversity antenna's covariance matrix are close to each other. This letter shows that the limit of Lee's formula converges to the true CDF as eigenvalues converge to each other, which implies that Lee's formula is robust in determining diversity gains of arbitrary antennas based on stochastic measurements.
X. Chen, "Robust Calculations of Maximum Ratio Combining Diversity Gains Based on Stochastic Measurements," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 31, 107-112, 2012.
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Buying a property in the USA is an exciting event but with all of the planning, and daydreaming about your new life, it's easy to forget the important financial steps that you need to take along the way. One of the most vital is considering how you will transfer your sterling into dollars, as if this isn't managed effectively, fluctuating exchange rates could push the property out of your price range.
It's important to understand that the currency exchange market affects all international payments. Exchange rates are changing every second of every day, and can be seriously affected by economic or political events. Without a sensible currency strategy in place, you are at the mercy of the markets when the time comes to transfer the funds to secure your dream home. If you end up being one of the unlucky ones, you may well have to shell out far more than you budgeted for your deposit or for the final balance – and if it's changed significantly, you might not be able to afford the property at all!
If you haven't got a sensible currency strategy in place, and the time has come to make the transfer to secure your dream home – you are at the mercy of whatever the markets are doing that day.
You also need to manage all of your regular payments, to ensure you don't lose money every time the exchange rates dip.
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Exchange rates are changing every second of every day, and can be seriously affected by economic or political events.
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Mr Boyce decided to open his free account with Smart Currency Exchange just before his viewing trip out to Florida. To ensure the remaining cost of his property wouldn't change as a result of exchange rate fluctuations, Smart Currency Exchange secured $270,000 at an agreed exchange rate of £1/$1.457 for the future. This set the amount of the final payment at £185,312 in sterling. All Mr Boyce had to do to facilitate this was transfer a 10 percent deposit into his Smart Currency Exchange client account. When he completed on 30th June, Mr Boyce transferred the outstanding amount due on his Forward Contract from his own account in to Smart Currency Exchange's client account, leaving them to deliver the remaining £270,000 to the beneficiary in the USA.
Thanks to his forward planning, Mr Boyce made further savings on the original amount transferred because of his Forward Contract. The dollar strengthened towards the end of June, hitting a GBP/USD level of 1.34, so if he had waited until then to buy €270,000, his final payment on the property would have cost £201,492 – an additional £16,000. The exchange rate could have fluctuated either way, but securing the Forward Contract eradicated all risk and unnecessary worry.
It's important to have the right people on hand to help you from the very start of your buying journey. For that reason, we recommend opening an account with a currency specialist before you jet off to look at properties. Having an expert on hand to keep you updated on exchange rate movements, and to offer advice on all financial matters will guarantee you don't make any costly mistakes. Smart Currency Exchange can ensure you are informed, prepared, and in the best possible position to make an offer if you're lucky enough to find your dream property.
As the only currency specialist focused specifically on helping people to buy overseas, Smart Currency Exchange are perfectly placed to assist with your international transfers.
You need to establish your budget from day one, and then stick to it. Having this set in stone will help you plan all your other charges and payments. Knowing exactly where you stand financially every step of the way will mean you have one less thing to worry about. Fill in this short form for more information, and to be put in touch with Smart Currency Exchange.
Smart Currency Exchange was established in 2004. Their sole aim was to help clients send and receive international payments effectively and efficiently. They have since become experts in the overseas property market, and work closely with others specialists including Property Guides and Rightmove. Smart Currency Exchange are able to make international transfers of as little as £100 to many thousands, to and from anywhere in the world, in more than 20 currencies. Their aim to focus on customer service and to protect the interests of their clients is at the forefront of everything they do. The traders at Smart Currency Exchange aren't paid on a commission basis, which means their interest doesn't lie in making quick deals that line their individual pockets. Instead they offer impartial guidance on the best plan of attack for each individual client. Opening an account is fast, easy, and above all, safe. When a transfer is in progress, client funds are held in segregated client accounts with either the Bank of Ireland in the United Kingdom or Barclays Bank plc, who Smart have been working with since the very beginning.
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Help : What's an Unrentable Unit?
3. The unit needs repair due to a leak, broken door, etc.
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Giving any unit the status "Unrentable" prevents it from being listed as open and available to be rented. You'll still see it on your facility map and can make it available to rent at any time, but you won't inadvertently apply a lease to that unit in the system without changing its status to "Rentable".
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Liguori golf event benefits cancer research
(Westhampton, New York – June 6, 2018) The Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Golf Classic, raising money and awareness for cancer research and prevention, celebrated its 20th Anniversary with their most successful fundraiser ever. The popular charity tournament, hosted by renown sports talk show host and author Ann Liguori, was held at Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton, N.Y., on Monday, June 4.
"We work so hard throughout the year for this charity tournament and I'm pleased that our event was sold out for the 20th straight year," Liguori said. "I'm proud of the work the Foundation has done through the years to support so many worthwhile charities and causes! All who participate each year are in a position to help others and we take that mission very seriously."
"And we had some divine intervention for sure, weather-wise," Liguori added. "By the time we teed off at 1pm, the rains had left the area and our golfers, who remained festive and positive all morning, were able to enjoy a dry, full round of golf on the beautiful Atlantic Golf Club course!"
NHL Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr, winner of five Stanley Cups as the goalie for the Edmonton Oilers in the eighties, and avid golfer, was recognized with the Sports Honoree Award. Daniel Kindbergh of Brookfield Properties was named the Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Golf Classic Business Honoree recipient. Dennis Suskind, the President of Atlantic Golf Club, and ALF Charity Golf Classic committee member, Jerry Williams, were honored with the Volunteer Awards. TV/Hollywood Actor Gary Valentine, former NY Yankees catcher Rick Cerone, former NY Jets Running Back John Nitti, radio/tv/film personality Bo Dietl and former WNBC News anchor Jane Hanson joined in the festivities.
"This year's tournament was the best ever," says Suskind, who has been involved with Ann's charity golf tournament since it first began in 1998. "The Atlantic Golf Club was in mid-season shape despite all the rain we've had in the area. We enjoyed hosting a great group of people who all came together for an important cause and the enthusiasm for this event and their support of the Ann Liguori Foundation speaks volumes of Ann Liguori and her dedication and commitment to make a difference in this world."
Throughout the tournament's 20-year history, some of the most prestigious courses have served as its venue including Westhampton Country Club, Hampton Hills Golf & Country Club, Olde Vine, Sebonack Golf Club, Maidstone Golf Club, The Bridge, Friar's Head, and this year for the first time, Atlantic Golf Club.
Upon check-in, each golfer selected their own pair of PEAKVISION Sunglasses with patented Dual Zone Lens Technology and received a sterling silver Dune Jewelry custom and handcrafted ball marker featuring sand from Atlantic Golf Club on one side and the logo of the club on the other. They also received a Greg Norman Apparel golf shirt for the men; a Jofit golf shirt for the women golfers and volunteers; Imperial golf hats; Swing Lube ointment for aches and pains; NoNatz bug spray; a sleeve of TaylorMade golf balls; a golf bag beer mug; and a certificate to the Atlantic Golf Club pro shop.
After golf, participants got treated to a lively cocktail hour with music by Dan Liguori and delicious appetizers, followed by a lavish, sit-down dinner and awards program.
"Sponsors of the event included ABM, Brookfield Properties, PEAKVISION, Platinum Maintenance, StructureTone, TaylorMade and Tharanco Lifestyles/Greg Norman Collection.
Donors included Bo Dietl and RAOS Restaurant, Casa de Campo Resort & Villas in the Dominican Republic, COOLA, Dooney & Bourke, Dune Jewelry, Dennis Suskind and Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah; Dunning Shirts, Emerson Resort & Spa,Wiltwyck Golf Club, Hillside, N.Y., Woodstock Golf Club, Woodstock, NY, EyeKing, GiftAdvisor.com, Golf Pac Travel, Avis, Hotel Adeline, Sunridge Golf, Troon North Golf, We-Ko-Pa, Holiday Inn Express East End, Hotel Indigo, Imperial Headwear, Jofit, KellyBoat, Hunton, Knot Standard, NoNatz, Lyla Renai, Maui Jim, North & West Coast Links, OPTYX, Royal Albartross, Sagaponacka Vodka, Swing Lube, The Abaco Club on Winding Bay, The Inn at Warner Hall, Tour Edge and the USGA.
Prizes for winning teams included Dune Jewelry cufflinks from the Hamptons Rope Collection, Royal Albartross golf shoes, TaylorMade golf clubs, Tour Edge clubs, Maui Jim and EyeKing sunglasses, gift certificates from OPTYX, Lyla Renai sports apparel, Dunning Shirts, Dooney & Bourke, Sagaponacka Vodka, golf bags from Atlantic Golf Club and custom-solbiati linen shirt jackets by Knot Standard.
Auction items included opportunities to play some of the top courses on the East End of Long Island; golf trips to exclusive The Abaco Club on Winding Bay in the Bahamas; Casa di Campo in the Dominican Republic; Emerson Resort & Spa in the Catskills; Golf Pac Travel's Scottsdale golf package; a North & West Coast Links golf trip to Ireland; a weekend and golf in Virginia at the historic Inn at Warner Hall; a one-bedroom suite for three nights at Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah; a table for 8 at Rao's Restaurant, courtesy of Bo Dietl; and hospitality suite tickets to the 2018 U.S. Open Championships at Shinnecock.
And all golfers had the opportunity to pose with the official U.S. Open Championship trophy which was on-site at the Atlantic Golf Club and added to the excitement of the 20th Anniversary celebration.
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What stratum to use? I have 1200 MH/s hashing power.
Do I earn more using this or ethermine?
I have been doing much better here han I was on ethermine, just takes some getting used to not getting a minute by minute balance increase mining many blocks splitting with many miners. Here we get a block every day or 2, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but all averages out to better than ethermine.
I'd probably go by how much you have per rig, although the official recommendation on the main pool pages would put you on the 9B pool depending on which coin you're mining.
If you have 100 12MH rigs, for example, or even 12 100MH rigs, I'd go with a lower diff pool to even out the work. If you're running one or two rigs, go with the higher diff pool.
Over time you'll earn about the same, maybe a bit more here.
But if you want to see revenue roll in hourly/daily on a consistent basis, ethermine is going to be better for you. Since they're 3500x larger than us (70000GH vs 20GH at the moment on ETH), they find blocks more often and more consistently.
See Welcome to the Pool - An Introductory Message for some more details on how we're different from the much larger pools.


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Apple rumoured to launch updated systems tomorrow
Alongside new displays and other potential goodies
Jul 26, 2010 by Lars-Göran Nilsson
IF YOU'VE BEEN putting off buying a new shiny iMac or Mac Pro you might just have done yourself a favour, at least if the rumour that Apple is set to unleash a wealth of updated products tomorrow are true. So what are Apple's fanboys and fangirls hoping will be unveiled tomorrow? Well, a lot of new kit with shiny new features, that's what.
To add some meat on the bones to this rumour, there are another couple of rumours doing the rounds that suggests that there's a shortage of certain Mac Pro and iMac models in Apple stores, although the online Apple store doesn't seem to reflect this at the moment. The rumour with regards to tomorrows product updates comes courtesy of John Gruber at Daring Fireball and he's suggesting that not only will we see updated Mac Pro's and iMac's, but also potentially a new 27-inch cinema display and the much rumoured multi-touch trackpad.
So what to expect from the new Mac's? Well, again this is only speculation, but it's believed that we'll see USB 3.0 support as well as potential support for faster FireWire speeds, although the latter sounds unlikely. FireWire S1600 isn't quite as much of a stretch as S3200, as there should already be S1600 chipsets in the market, but S3200 is only said to be hitting the market by the end of this year. Both the iMac and Mac Pro lines are expected to get support for USB 3.0 and the supposedly faster FireWire interface.
New CPUs are also expected and the word is that Apple will finally be dropping Intel's Core 2 range of processors in favour for the Core i3 or possibly the Core i5 in the entry level iMac. One big question that remains to be answered is if Apple will decide to put discrete graphics in the entire iMac line-up or not, as the current entry level models features integrated graphics courtesy of the Nvidia chipset.
It will also be interesting to see if Apple will upgrade its graphics card offerings across the board, as the iMac's have what by now can only be considered as slightly antiquated Radeon HD 4000-series mobile graphics. The Mac Pro is in an even worse state when it comes to graphics, as the choice is between a GeForce GT 120 (or four) or a Radeon HD 4870, neither is exactly what we'd call cutting edge. We'd expect support for the Radeon HD 5000-series as Apple already has drivers working for these cards, but the word is mum with regards to Nvidia and Intel graphics support.
The rumoured 27-inch cinema display is expected to use the same LED backlit 16:9 as the one found in the iMac with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. If priced somewhere between the current 24 and 30-inch models at let's say $1,200, this could be a huge seller for Apple as there's no real competition in this market space at the moment with the exception of the Dell UltraSharp U2711 and a very expensive model from NEC. However, as always we'd expect Apple to charge a premium for its products, so the new 27-inch display is likely to have a price tag closer to $1,500. As with regards to the new touch pad, the speculation here is that it'll be a small touch screen based on some pictures of such a device leaking earlier this month.
With Apple it's always hard to guess what's next, but these are the most sensible rumours of the ones that are circulating. We might also see other features such as Bluetooth 3.0, as Apple has always been on the forefront of Bluetooth technology. Don't expect to see support for Blu-ray as it appears Apple has no interest in supporting this disc format. It's also too early for Intel's LightPeak technology to make its way into this generation of Macs.
In related news, Apple is working on a new build of OS X which should be release 10.6.5 when it becomes available to the public. It's currently being released to a few developers for testing, although it's unclear when Apple might be ready to release this update. However, the new Macs should come with special builds of OS X with support for all the new hardware as per usual with Apple and new models.S|A
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National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands (NDPD) var ett av blockpartierna i Östtyskland. Det grundades 1948 och stödde Tysklands socialistiska enhetspartis politik.

Den sovjetiska ockupationsmakten tillät 1945 bildandet av politiska partier i sin ockupationszon. Under de första månaderna efter nazismens fall återuppstod sålunda kommunistiska KPD och socialdemokratiska SPD (vilka senare skulle tvingas att slå sig samman under beteckningen SED). SED grundade i sin tur NDPD som en slags konstgjord opposition tillsammans med bland annat ett östtyskt CDU och ett liberalt parti motsvarande västs FDP i form av LDPD. Tillsammans kallades dessa blockpartierna. Det nationaldemokratiska partiet skulle ge de nationalkonservativa människorna ett politiskt hem och vägleda dem att identifiera sig med den socialistiska staten. Till skillnad från öst-CDU och öst-liberalerna som skulle ge sken av att vara östliga motsvarigheter till respektive parti i väst, hade NDPD dock inte ens på pappret något gemensamt med det i Västtyskland aktiva Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD), som bildades 1964 och är nazistiskt.

Partiet hade i slutet av 1980-talet över 110.000 medlemmar. Vid de första fria valen i Östtyskland 1990 fick National-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands endast 0,39 procent. I samband med den tyska återföreningen senare samma år, gick NDPD upp i det dittills västtyska liberala partiet FDP.

Politiska partier i Östtyskland
Politiska partier bildade 1948

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PESA Member Company W-Technology Link increased their investment in electrical connectivity technology with a recent acquisition of NEB Products, LLC, which designs and manufactures molded connectors for the oil and gas industry, commercial marine, municipalities and industrial markets.
Electrical connectors are a cornerstone of systems serving critical applications such as high-temperature wells, and W-Technology Link furthers its position in the market with their newly combined product line, which includes W-Technology Link's rotatable electrical connectors and precision-machined components for the downhole sector.
"NEB Products has built a great team with exceptional capabilities and possesses a customer-centric culture that is consistent with ours. The acquisition strengthens our position in severe service connectors with the addition of injection-molded technology and provides for a market position in other industrial markets, all key growth areas for W-Technology Link," said PESA Advisory Board Member Robert Funk, President & CEO, of W-Technology Link.
W-Technology Link will continue to use the NEB brand, and all NEB Products employees will be joining the company.


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I live in Maltby and have been a childminder for 14 years. I am a member of the NCMA and I am fully insured for child minding through them. This professional body also keeps me updated with any new... information and regular news letters. I am married to Darren and have four sons. I am a member of Maltby childminding group, who meet up every Tuesday at Stepping Stones Children's Centre. They provide exciting activities for the children inside and outside.


On February 25, 2017, We held an essay competition entitled: "As a Peace Loving Global Citizen" based on True Father's autobiography. A much expected activity, full of emotions, joy, love and in the same time worry.
The event took place in Devoll city, that always has been a welcoming city of Heavenly Parent providence, for fundraising, witnessing, also in different activities held from time to time. There is no exception for widely reading Autobiography activity, in which, many middle and high school students wrote essays.
After receiving the permission from the local Schooling Directory, we introduced the project in high schools and we met with the principles and literature teachers, whom we gave the proper instructions. Analyzing the development of the activity we could feel True Father's support and work from spiritual world, through our work in local level. After lots of difficulties we could make all high schools of the city to be involved in the activity.
More than 80 books were distributed for the chosen students and for their teachers and in total there were around 60 essays. We could see a wide range of how the book inspired their hearts.
Even though they did not know True Father, but this became a chance for them to get closer to True father. It was so nice seeing students with autobiography in their hands. As a closure of the activity we held a cultural show with different performances including: singing, traditional dance, reciting etc. The participants were high school students, teachers, local public figures and new Ambassadors for Peace who were appointed a week before.
It was indeed a very joyful and interesting event.


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Canopy Growth sues GW Pharma • Trinidad delays cannabis report • USVI awards first hemp license • & more…
Published on Jan 4, 2021 2:12PM EST Newsletter
Canopy Growth sues GW Pharmaceuticals.
In short, Canopy Growth's suit focuses on "patent infringement" with regard to GW Pharmaceuticals' CBD-based product Epidiolex, which is the first FDA-approved drug extracted directly from cannabis plants.
The patent, which was issued to Canopy on December 22, is called "Process For Producing An Extract Containing Tetrahydrocannabinol And Cannabidiol From Cannabis Plant Material, And Cannabis Extracts." That patent, in essence, belonged to a German company called C3, which Canopy acquired in 2019, and Canopy writes in its suit that the patent is "part of a patent family dating back more than twenty years to October 17, 2000, with the filing by named inventor Adam Mueller."
Canopy claims that GW "manufactures the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Epidiolex—CBD—using the CO2-based extraction process described and claimed" in the patent, to which GW in part owes the product's "success," and that GW has "been monitoring" that patent family "for over fourteen years."
Whether Canopy's suit will be successful, and the meaningful implications of such an outcome, remains up in the air. But we will certainly be tracking developments as two of the biggest companies in the cannabis world go head-to-head.
Trinidad delays cannabis report.
As Cannabis Wire reported last month, a legislative committee in Trinidad was due, by the end of December, to finalize a report on legislation that would legalize cannabis for medical and religious purposes.
That committee instead published an interim report that asks for a three-month extension due to "the complexity of the Bill."
Virgin Islands governor congratulates hemp commission on first license selection.
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. congratulated the Virgin Islands Hemp Commission after a December 23 meeting during which the Commission voted to issue its first hemp production license.
"This begins a new economic era in the U.S. Virgin Islands that will not only benefit the government through new revenue streams, but also will provide economic and growth opportunities for the Territory's farmers and local business entrepreneurs," Bryan said.
"I applaud the efforts of the Hemp Commission and note that they accomplished this in three months after streamlining the application process by using an online database that the commission opened to the public in September."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announces half a million expungements of low-level cannabis records.
"We will never be able to fully remedy the depth of the damage in communities of color, who have disproportionately shouldered this burden. But we can govern with the courage to admit the mistakes of our past — and the decency to set a better path forward," Pritzker continued.


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National Fuel Gas sees third-quarter impairment charge
By Michael Baron
Published: July 20, 2006 8:31 a.m. ET
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- National Fuel Gas Co. NFG, -1.19% Thursday said it expects to record an after-tax impairment charge of $35 million to $40 million, or 41 to 47 cents a share, in the third quarter related to the write-down of the value of its Canadian oil and natural gas producing properties. The Williamsville, N.Y., company said the charge, which is related to the company's Seneca Resources Corp. unit, stems from the decline in market prices for natural gas as of June 30. The stock closed Wednesday at $36.46, up 22 cents.
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Amazon pulls Apple TV, Chromecast product listings from stores
updated 08:57 am EDT, Fri October 30, 2015
Retailer follows through with warning for competing streaming devices
Amazon has followed through with its warning from earlier this month that it would be taking down store listings for devices that do not support Amazon Prime Video, by removing devices from Apple and Google. The Apple TV and Google Chromecast no longer appear in searches on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, with the first result coming up for each of the products searched being Amazon's own Fire TV Stick instead.
The removal applies to both third-party retailers operating through the store as well as used goods resellers, reports Variety. When pressed by the report shortly after the warning was issued to resellers, Amazon released a statement that advised "It's important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion." Other streaming devices, such as those from Roku and game consoles, are unaffected by the move.
Search results for 'Apple TV' on Amazon.com
Despite the lack of support, both the Apple TV and Chromecast could certainly work with the service, if Amazon created apps for the platform. Google has offered software development kits for developers to add the ability to cast video or other app items to a Chromecast or other compatible devices for some time, and Apple's latest generation of Apple TV includes its own App Store that would certainly accept an app submitted by the retailer.
It is suggested in the report the removal of the two devices may in fact be a protest by Amazon against app store policies for both companies, specifically those surrounding payment for content and revenue sharing agreements, though none of the companies involved have passed comment about this.
Do you think that Apple will pull the Fire TV Remote app?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-fire-tv-remote/id947984433?mt=8
People still buy the $40 stick because it's simple enough and the free app makes navigation faster and Prime members (of which there are many) get free movies. Any chance that Apple will pull it in response to this article?
Mike Wuerthele Managing Editor Joined: Jul 19, 2012
Possibly, but I doubt it. Nor the Kindle app.
prl99 Senior User Joined: Mar 24, 2009
What bothers me more is the way Amazon messes with the results of searches. 873 results for "Apple TV" and none of them having to do with the Apple TV. A legitimate result count would have been zero. This in itself shows what possibly could be considered biased or improper search results but I wonder if it even matters. This is one of the reasons why it's difficult to believe anything you search for on the web.
Grendelmon Senior User Joined: Dec 26, 2007
Roku is still there :-)
Amazon is probably thinking: "Hah, go read about Roku 4, at least our fans are quiet"
(Does Fire TV even use fans? Fire TV Stick doesn't even have one no?)
Honestly Amazon wants to pull the big competitors, which I still think is a selfish policy on their part. Given the throughout-the-board thumbing limitations and quality control corruption on (nearly) all the media streamers, the decision to figure out which to get, or if to upgrade, I feel has never been more confusing.
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Often cited as the first horror movie ever made, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a stylish and brash German expressionistic feat, only showing it's age in short stints. It's silent and almost 100 years old, but it still manages to convey a morbid tension and creative visual scheme. Its age is apparent (not its fault) but that doesn't hinder the film. Like the best, most memorable old movies of the early 1900's, Dr. Caligari manages to hold your interest with its story, acting, and the dream-like sets.
Werner Krauss in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Courtesy of Kanopy Streaming.
The sets are utterly absorbing and captivating. Caligari favors a bizarre dreamy style over natural realism and maintains character which goes so far as to inform the latter part of the story – and the ultimate twist.
All in all, Caligari is great. It's another one of those old movies that's still remembered today for good reason. Check it out.


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There is no one set way to measure the impact Mike Keiser has meant to golf course development since 1999 when the first 18-holes opened at Bandon Dunes along the Oregon coast. For the Chicago greeting card executive, the opening of Bandon Dunes demonstrated a massive game changer — resurrecting a clear need missing for many years and building a devoted following among core golfers.
Born and raised in East Aurora, NY, the 72-year-old visionary observed the numerous golf courses that opened during the peak times in the 1990's and saw much of what was opened as being poorly created — failing to highlight the core reasons associated with the game and its original foundations in Scotland.
Keiser's mission was not to bring golf back — but to resurrect what was missing. Reinvigorating classic architecture themes centered around golfers actually walking the property – rather than skipping around in a power cart and paying for non-essentials having little to do with the actual playing of the game.
Bandon Dunes achieved critical success – drawing serious golfers wanting to play courses emphasizing sound strategic elements and shotmaking – not simply an overdosing on the difficulty.
Since Bandon, Keiser has played a lead role in the creation of other facilities with the likes of the two 18-hole courses on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia – Cabot Links and Cliffs. His involvement has also taken him to remote corners of the world with the arrival of Barnbougle Dunes in Tasmania in Australia.
This week's US Open will be at Erin Hills in south central Wisconsin but there will also be much attention paid to a golf development project about 2 ½ hours northwest called Sand Valley. Located in the community of Nekoosa – the property is situated on 1,400 acres of land with clear heathland qualities – reminiscent of many of the world class layouts located just outside of London.
The first of the two planned courses is now open. Sand Valley is the handiwork of the design tandem – Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore. These two heavyweights have worked previously with Keiser and the results have been praised for their connection to the land and the brilliant elasticity of shotmaking for all levels of players.
Keiser's arrival changed the dialogue — there are no waterfalls at his courses — no forced entities — strangling creativity for golfers wanting to show their wherewithal to think carefully on all shot execution situations.
Fun golf — not the slog variety — is the central driving force.
MATT WARD: What prompted you to get into the golf business — specifically the development of facilities?
MIKE KEISER: Building The Dunes Club, a 9-hole course, in New Buffalo, Mich. was so much fun that I decided to do another, which turned out to beThe Dunes Club, which became a 5-course golf resort with two more to come. At that point, I decided to go all in.
MW: What type of golfer is attracted to the facilities you develop?
MK: Lovers of outdoor beauty and outside recreation.
MW: Golf organizations of all types are searching for ways to draw more people into the game — especially Millennials, women and minorities. What would you suggest be done to do just that.
MK: Promote match play – 4-ball as THE game – not stroke play. Build and use more par-3 courses. Promote caddy programs. Revise handicap system so you don't have to turn in scores after "say" June 30.
MW: What lessons were learned in the golf industry following The Great Recession in '09?
MW: Your most recent effort is Sand Valley in north / central Wisconsin. What brought you to the site and how it will add and differentiate from the other facilities you have been involved in creating?
MK: Craig Haltom of Oliphant Construction Company introduced me. It will add Midwest links golf to my two coastal resorts. It will add to Whistling Straits as fun to play, sand-based golf courses.
MW: If you could change one thing in golf — what would it be and why?
MK: I'd make all junior golf match play.
MK A lover of all things classical.