Great news....the sun is out and it's about 73 degrees. We left Camp Baldwin on Monday and purposed to spend a day or two on the beach before heading north. It rained. It stayed cool and windy so north we went on into Alabama. We picked out three state parks to stay at as we headed toward Nashville to visit our daughter, Fiona, before heading home. Anyway Park # 1 Beach....rainy and cloudy: Park #2 Cheaha State Park, cloudy and a major storm with lots of rain. Now at Park #3, Lake Guntersville State Park, there is sun and promise of more sun. They say no storms until tomorrow evening so we're living it up.
We actually did a good bit of hiking yesterday and hope to do so today(we just got here). Lots of rolling hils covered with spring blooms in pinks, whites, yellows and reds. Glorious! I am sitting on the deck of the Lake Guntersville State Park lodge looking out across this beautiful lake, listening to birds happily singing to me.
Last April this park was hit by a major tornado with extensive damage. Trees broken and strewn everywhere. (See photo of campground). It's like life. Sometimes we find ourselves in a storm of major proportions, we hunker down (pray) and watch for it to pass over (God's provision), then once again the sun comes out and the birds are singing (we praise God for all that He has done and is going to do).
Today, another interesting adventure. We left Lake Guntersville State Park towards any one of three state parks before turning to Nashville area on Saturday morning. The radio was telling us of some major tornadic activity and high winds north of Huntsville, so we starting up US 72 following the Tennessee River in a NE direction, parallel, or so we thought, to the storm movement. By the time we got to Kimball near Chatanooga, the storm had shifted to a more easterly direction, and heading towards us. We stopped at a Shoney's restaurant for their breakfast buffet (still as good as always, and of course, when in doubt what to do, eat!) As the storm approached, the restaurant staff started shuffling us first to the back of the restaurant away from the windows, then into the kitchen, before they decided that there was an all clear. Then the sun came out!
We continued northwest for a while, and stopped at Tim's Ford State Park in Tennessee. The weather was fine until we started looking for a camp site after paying the regustration fee. Then it started pouring, with hail at times.
Later in the afternoon, the rain cleared, and we had an opportunity to take a long walk on the trails. Other than a motorhome, we were the only camers in the park. A trial led to a large picninc area with several nice pavilions and plenty of parking spaces. Looks lioke a nice place for company/church/school picnics/outings.
Slept well until the cold front came through in the middle of the night. In the 40's in the am.
Came into Mt Juliet about 10:30 to visit Fiona and Sandy for the weekend. Went to Franklin early afternoon with them for some shopping, followed by a great soup and sandwich bakery, then to attend a play called The Miracle Worker, the story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie. The part of Helen was played by a 10-yr old girl who gave an outstanding performance.
Went to Fiona's church in Smyrna, one which we enjoyed very much. Fiona is part of the praise dance team. The pastors are great people.
Left am towards home. About 3 pm, decided to stop in Arkadelphia, Arkansas at the Wal-Mart there for grocery shopping and parking overnight. Came home about 12:30 Tuesday.


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PITTSBURGH – More than one in 10 children hospitalized with sepsis die, but when a series of clinical treatments and tests is completed within an hour of its detection, the chances of survival increase considerably, according to a new analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
The results, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, support an initially controversial New York mandate established after 12-year-old Rory Staunton died from undiagnosed sepsis in 2012 following an infection from a scrape. These results will likely encourage the mandate's expansion to other states.
"No child should die from a treatable infection," said senior author Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor in Pitt's Department of Critical Care Medicine and member of Pitt's Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center. "This is the best evidence to date that prompt identification and treatment of suspected sepsis leads to better outcomes in children."
Sepsis is a condition that arises when the body's response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. Children with sepsis deteriorate particularly quickly – looking relatively healthy one moment and needing life support within hours.
Rory's Regulations require New York hospitals to follow protocols regarding sepsis treatment and submit data on compliance and outcomes. The hospitals can tailor how they implement the protocols, but must include a blood culture to test for infection, and administration of antibiotics and fluids within an hour to any child suspected of sepsis.
Seymour and his team analyzed the outcomes of 1,179 children with sepsis reported at 54 New York hospitals. The children had an average age of just over 7 years, and 44.5 percent were healthy before developing sepsis. A total of 139 patients died.
Completion of the sepsis protocol within one hour decreased the odds of death by 40 percent. When only parts of the protocol were completed within an hour – for example, giving fluids but not testing for infection or giving antibiotics – the patients did not fare better. The finding held only if the entire protocol was completed in an hour.
"It's clear that completing the entire sepsis protocol within an hour is associated with lower mortality," said lead author Idris V.R. Evans, M.D., assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Critical Care Medicine. "But the mechanism of benefit still requires more study. Does each element of the protocol contribute to specific biologic or physiologic changes that, when combined, improve outcomes? Or is it that completion within an hour may simply be an indication of greater awareness by doctors and nurses caring for the child? Or could it be something else entirely?"
The researchers note that testing the sepsis protocol in a future randomized clinical trial will be very difficult. Such work would require leaving off some protocol elements for some septic children but not others in a random fashion – a design which would not currently align with the standard of care. But if more states adopt rules and regulations similar to New York's, and also mandate data reporting, future work could expand on these results.
The findings support the current recommendations from the American College of Critical Care Medicine for care and treatment of pediatric sepsis.
Additional authors on this research are Gary S. Phillips, M.A.S., independent contractor of IPRO, a New York-based health care assessment agency; Elizabeth R. Alpern, M.D., of Northwestern University; Derek C. Angus, M.D., of Pitt; Scott L. Weiss, M.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Marcus S. Friedrich, M.D., of the New York State Department of Health; Niranjan Kissoon, M.D., of the University of British Columbia; Stanley Lemeshow, Ph.D., of The Ohio State University; Margaret M. Parker, M.D., of the Stony Brook Children's Hospital; R. Scott Watson, M.D., and Jerry Zimmerman, M.D., of the Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Institute.
This research was funded by National Institutes of Health grants R35GM119519, T32HL007820 and K23GM110496.
Credit: Nathan Langer/UPMC
Sepsis Kills; Prompt Care Saves Kids' Lives.

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Toby Douglas, director of the state's Department of Health Care Services, called the withdrawal of autism services "some bumps" in the transition of Healthy Families children to Medi-Cal managed care.
Autism advocates begged to differ, characterizing it as a disaster in the lives of many families with autistic children because kids who received applied behavior analysis -- known as ABA therapy -- under Healthy Families stopped receiving it in the Medi-Cal system.
At an Assembly oversight hearing last week, Douglas said this year's Healthy Families transition, which goes into its final transitional phase this Friday, has gone better than state health officials expected.
Quynh Kieu, a pediatrician practicing in Fountain Valley, said Douglas' assessment of the Healthy Families transition was accurate in some respects.
"Coverage has been fairly good and most children have been able to keep their primary care provider," Kieu said. But her agreement ended when it came to autism care.
"For children who need ABA therapy or speech therapy, it has been nearly impossible," she said. "It's been a real hurdle to obtain the care for them."
Although policies sold in Covered California must include autism coverage, employer-funded plans are not required to include it. Families can purchase coverage through the exchange for full price, but because autism treatment is often expensive, advocates point out that low-income families need subsidies, especially those receiving a specific kind of expensive, intensive treatment -- applied behavioral analysis, known as ABA therapy.
"Speech therapy and occupational therapy are the most common forms of treatment and they are often covered by insurance, but ABA is considered the gold standard of therapy for autism and it's very expensive," said Cecily Ruttenberg, communications director for Autism Health Insurance Project.
"It was a big deal when the ACA was being put together as to whether ABA was to be included as an essential benefit. Then when it was decided that each state would decide its own essential benefits, we were thrilled that California was one of 24 states that included it," Ruttenberg said.
"But there are still a significant number of families who are not going to be able to afford ABA in California because of some of the rules in place and because Medi-Cal does not cover it," Ruttenberg said.


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Q: Redefining the \printindex command and changing it to a desired form In book class, I want to redefine the \printindex command and change it to something like the following:
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A: You can save a macro away using \let\origmacro\macro, where \origmacro is a name you can pick. Then your redefine the macro and call its original version internally, mostly at the very end:
\let\origprintindex\printindex
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You might want to place all this into a group.

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Critical Thinking: Why Do Some People Believe In Conspiracy Theories?
Thanks to the internet, it is easier than ever before for people to not only get hold of information, but to also disseminate it. What this has meant is that no matter what someone wants to know, there is a strong chance that they will be able to find out about it online.
And, someone is free to share their views online; that is of course, unless their views go against the official narrative. There may be certain sites where they can share their thoughts, but due to the amount of control that is now in place, there is so much information that is now seen as being off limits.
Another Route
One way to counter this would be for someone to look towards books instead, no longer allowing search engines and social media sites to define what they can or can't see. The trouble with this route is that the big publishers can also avoid publishing certain books in order to protect their reputation and to make sure that they don't have the online mob on their back (the loud minority).
This information could still get out there through books that have been self-published; however, the online retailers could decide not to sell them. Taking all this into account, it is not as though this approach will always work.
A Curious Mind
Still, if someone wants to find out about something, there is the chance that they will keep going until they find what they are looking for. There could even be times when they want to find out more about something that has just taken place in their country, or took place a little while ago.
For some reason, they won't believe what the mainstream media, or the history books tell them, causing them to take an even deeper look into something. The official account of something is not going to makes sense to them.
For example, the mainstream media could make out that a lone gunman killed a group of people or that the reason that their country attacked another country in the past was because this country attacked their country. The people around them might accept what they hear, seeing it as the truth, but one could believe that there is a lot more to it.
If they were to talk openly about this, they could end up being labelled as being crazy or odd. It could then be as though one has lost touch with reality, taking away their ability to think rationally.
Someone like this could say that one is a conspiracy therapist and, unlike them, they don't believe in things like this. One could be seen as someone who has a life that lacks meaning, which is why they find meaning where it doeasnt exist.
In addition to this, they could be seen as someone who lacks inner stability and strength, with this being the reason why they need to form clear answers. Having clear answers about why something has happened will help to assuage their inner anxiety and sense of powerlessness.
Another Factor
They might also be perceived as someone who doesn't feel good about themselves, which is why they need to be into something like this. As a result of believing in conspiracy theories, it will be away for them to see themselves as a different and even special.
Therefore, the only reason they buy into all these crazy ideas is due to them not being a well adjusted human being. Based on this, once their inner world changes and they are able to settle down, they will no longer believe in any of this stuff.
The people who believe in conspiracy theories are then basically unhinged people, who need to work on their own issues. Whereas the people who believe what the mainstream media come out with are simply level headed human beings.
If someone doesn't think for themselves and goes along with the official narrative, it is going to be very appealing to their ego for them to believe that they are doing the right thing, while the people do don't have this approach are doing the wrong thing. Not only will it please their ego, it will also please the egos of people who want to control them.
It has been said that the CIA came up with the term 'conspiracy theory' in order to undermine anyone who didn't go along with what they were told. This is then similar to how one person can invalidate what another person says in a relationship to wear them down.
By gaslighting them, this person can start to doubt their own reality, making it easier to control them. Also, by calling people who question the official narrative conspiracy theorists, it will have caused plenty of people to believe that they would be seen as odd/crazy and would end up being ostracised if they didn't accept what they were told.
Nothing Is left to Chance
The people who pull the strings from behind the scenes rarely leave anything to chance, hence why they have been able to exert control for so long. Back then, the term conspiracy theory was used to keep people in line; nowadays, there are numerous others words and terms that serve the same purpose.
It would be easy to believe that the mainstream media is simply there to serve humanity nothing more, nothing less. People with bad intentions are then only going to be found in films and stories, for instance, and not in the real world.
It would be accurate to say that some people who don't accept what they are told are lacking meaning, inner stability, strength, and self-worth, there is no doubt about it. But to say that this applies to everyone, or that someone can't be aware of things that are true even if they are not in a good place, wouldn't be rational.


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I graduated in May of 2017 as an engineer in Biotechnology from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and am currently a Student of the Masters program of Systems and Synthetic Biology at the University of Edinburgh.
Previous to my masters I was doing Research at the Endy Lab at Stanford and the Cibrian Lab at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Mexico.I'm interested in the use of synthetic biology for conservation of biology and for this reason I formed part of the group Youth Biotech that participated in the 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in order to give our voice in favor of the use of responsible biotechnological solutions for the environment.
I am also interested in the democratization of Biotechnology and Biotechnology Education and for this reason I have been collaborating with the University of Guanajuato, as an advisor, in order to create a new Undergraduate program of Biological Engineering which will focus on teaching the new tools of synthetic biology and systems biology.


In April, we sent the Democratic candidates for an at-large position on the Montgomery County Council a short questionnaire that asked why they were running, their qualifications and why voters should choose them over other candidates, among other questions.
Nineteen candidates responded, and we published each questionnaire as they were returned to us.
After a period of time, we thought it would be interesting to look at the traffic generated by each post on the Source's website, and the number of people reached on our Facebook page.
These numbers should in no way be looked at as a measure of each candidate's relative strength going into the primary. There are too many variables affecting the traffic, such as length of time the post was on the site, the amount and type of paid or earned promotional efforts put in by each candidate and/or supporters to share the post, the relative level of social media use by each candidate's supporters and friends, and so forth.
The real test will start with early voting next week, June 14, and end on Election Day, June 26.


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Category: Past Meetings
Posted on November 3, 2020 by adminjaxgen
Speaker: Michael John Neill
Topic: What it Does Not Say
Brief Description: Many times, a record only scratches the surface of what was going on when that record was created. This lecture looks at why a record was created and how state statute, common practice, economic situations, family issues, and other factors may be the "real story" behind any document. Also discusses how to determine (when possible) what those "unwritten" issues were.
Speaker Bio: Michael John Neill has been researching his genealogy since the early 1980s. His roots lie in most US states east of the Mississippi, as well as the Midwest, and includes Mayflower immigrants and more recent arrivals. He has written on genealogical topics since the late 1980s and has lectured nationally at a wide variety of local, regional, and national conferences and workshops. He maintains five blogs including Genealogy Tip of the Day, Genealogy Search Tip, and Casefile Clues. Michael leads annual research trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He is a community college mathematics instructor with a master's degree in mathematics.
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Posted on August 6, 2020 by adminjaxgen
Speaker: Judy Fambrough-Billingsley
Topic: "Researching, Writing and Publishing Your Family Legacy"
Description: Judy shares her experience searching for her roots. She will share what she has learned about leveraging resources when researching your family tree, whether found on the Internet or offline, and how to verify the information you discover. Participants interested in writing their own biography or family history will receive plenty of ideas to help them create their own unique story in a way that they will be proud to share it. Judy will also offer helpful publishing and marketing tips when choosing to make it public. The discussion will also cover how to prepare yourself emotionally for what you might unexpectedly discover while doing your research.
Bio: Judy was born in Germany shortly after the end of World War II and is the daughter of an African-American soldier and a German woman. She was placed in an orphanage in Germany before being adopted by an American Couple. Judy is the author of the book "Too Brown to Keep: A search for Love, Forgiveness, and Healing."
Speaker: Thomas MacEntee
Topic: Internet Archive: A Gold Mine for Genealogists
Place: Online 1:30 p.m. (EDT)
Brief Description: The Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) is a free, on-line repository rich with genealogy source documents including census images and e-books. Learn how to navigate the Internet Archive and leverage the best search strategies to download a variety of materials including archived web pages, e-books, video, audio and more.
Speaker Bio:
What happens when a "tech guy" with a love for history gets laid off during The Great Recession of 2008? You get Thomas MacEntee, a genealogy professional based in the United States who is also a blogger, educator, author, social media connector, online community builder and more. Thomas has over 42 years of experience researching family history
Thomas was laid off after a 25-year career in the information technology field, so he started his own genealogy-related business called High Definition Genealogy. Currently Thomas shares many of his articles and videos for free at Genealogy Bargains.com!
Thomas describes himself as a lifelong learner with a background in a multitude of topics who has finally figured out what he does best: teach, inspire, instigate, and serve as a curator and go-to-guy for concept nurturing and inspiration. Thomas is a big believer in success, and that we all succeed when we help each other find success.
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The July meeting has been canceled. Stay tuned for information on our next meeting.
Posted on December 18, 2019 by adminjaxgen
Speaker: Daniel Horowitz
Topic: MyHeritage's Unique Technologies
Brief Description: An advance review of new features and technologies on MyHeritage, the online family history service. Take full advantage of MyHeritage's unmatched technologies to help you find long-lost relatives. The tree Consistency Checker, PedigreeMap, Theory of Family Relativity, Calendar and Events, Statistics, Pedigree Tree, Charts, Relationship Report, Surveys, and more.
Speaker Bio: Daniel Horowitz has over 30 years' experience in genealogy and is the Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage. He lectures at genealogy conferences and events around the world.
Place: Webb Wesconnett Library, 6887 103rd Street, Jacksonville, Florida
Speaker: Peter Mullen
Topic:History of the Spanish Flu in the American South
Brief Description: 100 Year Anniversary of the 1918 – 1920 Pandemic. The toll of history's worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined, and it may have begun in the USA. Where were you or your ancestors in 1918 – 1920? Did any family members die during that time frame? Learn about the origins of influenza as a zoonotic disease resulting from the domestication of wild animals throughout the history of human civilization. Learn how the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control strive to produce a yearly influenza vaccine to protect us from another pandemic.
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Brief Description: Most of us are passionate about understanding and preserving our family history. But what becomes of our research once we pass on? The importance of preserving our life's research for future generations cannot be overstated. Many people wish to write a book to preserve their family histories, but they don't know how or where to start. Others do not realize the impacts their family stories and personal histories will have on future generations. Writing a book about your family history is not the daunting project that it may seem. There are many ways to organize your research, write your manuscript, and get it ready to publish. The most difficult part is making the decision to start.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Tom Baine is a former airline manager turned college professor and a long-time history and genealogy buff. A native of Jacksonville, he has scoured libraries, churches, and archives all across the US and Europe in his ancestral research pursuits. His efforts to preserve his family history culminated in 2008 when he published his book, Our Ancestors: A Personal History. Tom has an undergraduate degree in history and graduate degrees in business administration and organizational leadership. He also served for 12 years as an operations resource manager in the Florida Air National Guard (USAF). He and his wife are both avid aviation enthusiasts, and both have volunteered for several years as search and rescue pilots in the Civil Air Patrol. They are the proud parents of two small children.
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Topic: NATHAN DOWD: A case study in determining kinship using indirect evidence
Brief Description: As researchers, we all hope for the "aha" moment when a document states a kinship explicitly. Often that is not the case, but it doesn't mean the finding is hopeless. Using Nathan Dowd's parentage as a case study, learn how to assemble pieces of information from various sources to discern a likely kinship.
Speaker Bio: Linda Vivian is a former president and long-standing publications director/webmaster for the Halifax Genealogical Society (HGS) in Ormond Beach. She holds a Master of Education from the University of Florida and completed certificate courses in "Advanced Research and Methodology" and "Writing and Publishing for Genealogists" from the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR). Linda is an experienced presenter and published family historian with five books in print. Her article, "Nathan W. Dowd of Ohio: Whose Child Was He?" was published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and is the basis for this month's program. In addition to HGS, she holds membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and National and Florida State Genealogical Societies.
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We are celebrating the World Tourism Day. Over the last years, the tourism industry has seen an enormous expansion and growth, so it's important to underline how openness and inclusion play a crucial role in improving social, cultural and economic relations. Now we would like to let others talk about their life in Portugal.
Meet Vitaly and Kiryl, a couple from Minsk, Belarus living in Almada.
Sitting on a terrace with an endless view over the Tagus River, a Lisbon that looks at us from a distance and a sun that won't stop shining. That's where we meet Vitaly and Kiryl. Imagine two serene people, curious looking and undeniably happy. That's them.
The meeting took place at Casa da Cerca, in Almada, a place that Vitaly and Kiryl visited on the first day of their life together in Portugal.
Coming from Belarus, they chose Almada as the place where they would start from scratch. They have been together for 11 years, almost half of them lived in Portugal. They got married in the beautiful town of Sintra and because of how much they travel throughout the country, one can say that Portugal is an honorable witness to this relationship.
"We visited Portugal for the first time in 2013 and spent two weeks on vacation in Cascais. We toured the entire Lisbon region and we had a blast. We came back on holidays yet another time. Portugal clearly had marked us in some way. In recent years, some difficulties have started to arise from a political and LGBT rights point of view in Belarus and we decided to look for another place to live. Portugal came to our minds because of its calm atmosphere, friendly spirit, feeling of comfort, safety, good climate and… "food", said Vitaly and Kiryl in unison.
In 2017, Vitaly and Kiryl settled down permanently in Almada. A few years after working in Portuguese companies, they launched their own business: organising weddings for same-sex couples from countries of the former Soviet Union. Portuguese law not only allows same-sex marriage, but also allows tourists to be married.
When asked about the difficulties, Vitaly kindly replies:
"We arrived here with a lot of love for the country. It was a heartfelt choice. All difficulties were seen by us as a natural part of life. Nothing scared us, we were always calm about our decision. We were prepared for everything, so our experience was pretty easy. We interpreted everything this way."
Here in Portugal, whether because of our work or the number of people we've met over the years, we believe that the Portuguese know how to welcome those who come from abroad. Our mission is effectively this: to welcome others in a kind manner. We asked Vitaly how his integration process was, especially coming from a country with a very different culture and language.
"It took me about two years to get that feeling of belonging. To feel at home. There was no 'click', it was a gradual process. After that "tourist filter" effect had passed, it came the natural ease of someone who's a local. I was relieved and happy for never feeling disappointed at any point."
Kiryl shares a slightly different experience:
"When I received the residence permit, I couldn't wait to visit my family. I returned to Minsk for a few days and loved this trip. But when I returned, I felt like I was coming home. That Portugal was home!"
In a natural and organic way, this friendly couple found their space in our country. They learned the Portuguese language [this entire interview happened in Portuguese], because they consider it a form of respect for the country, the people, culture and history.
"Our life is very laid-back and peaceful. We like to start the day at the neighborhood café, we like having an "abatanado". We don't care much for trendy restaurants, we like "tascas" and typical places. We love to walk along the riverside, by the river, and around the city."
In between, as they say, they have travelled a lot.
"We've lived here for 5 years and all the trips we made, except once to Seville, were in Portugal: Azores, Madeira, Amarante, Braga, Porto, Serra da Estrela, Coimbra, Zêzere, Costa Vicentina, Algarve. Each place is unique. It's amazing how such a small country can contain so much diversity. We don't feel the need to leave the country, that's the truth."
May Portugal continue to be a continuous source of inspiration and comfort. Everything seems to point in that direction.
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Dublin launches EU treaty 'yes' campaign
The Irish government has launched its campaign in favour of the EU treaty with the new Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD, calling for a 'yes' vote in next month's referendum.
"It would be a very backward step to resign from the strategic political positioning we have established in 35 years of (EU) membership" - Mr Cowen said on Monday (12 May). "It would have very serious implications."
The government push comes as the most recent poll, by the Sunday Business Post, put the 'yes' camp in front with 38 percent, the 'no' side on 28 percent and 'don't knows' at 34 percent. This represents a better showing for the 'yes' side than two weeks ago, when a poll by the same newspaper put the yes and 'no' vote at 35 and 31 percent, respectively. The undecided remained static.
"To tackle modern forces such as globalisation, climate change and cross-border crime, countries cannot stand alone - and for us, this means that we need an EU which has the structures, policies and procedures capable of having an impact" - added Mr Cowen.
The Taoiseach, who only came into office earlier this month, hit out at the 'no' side for what he said was its attempts to 'distort' the contents of the treaty. The referendum, now formally confirmed for 12 June, is set to be the first major challenge of his leadership.
The Referendum Commission, tasked with informing citizens about the EU treaty, has a budget of €5 million, while the slogan of Fianna Fáil is - 'Good for Ireland, Good for Europe'.
Ireland is the only EU member state to have a referendum on the new treaty and the government is coming under enormous pressure to secure a 'yes' vote - with all 27 countries required to ratify the document for it to come into force.
Analysts suggest that much will depend on voter turnout among the 3-million-strong electorate. A low turn-out could result in a 'no' vote, they say, while a higher turnout is set to work more in favour of the 'yes' camp.
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In Palisades Park, digital parking meters a chance at a camera windfall Digital parking meters give Bergen town a second chance for a camera windfall. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2t8yfLc
John Cichowski, NorthJersey.com Published 4:12 a.m. ET June 19, 2018 | Updated 9:48 a.m. ET June 19, 2018
You've heard of red-light cameras. This is the parking meter equivalent in North Jersey. John Cichowski
Pal Park's fully automated parking tickets could replace lost red-light camera revenue
A smart parking meter in Palisades Park.(Photo: John Cichowski/NorthJersey.com)
When New Jersey's controversial experiment with red-light camera enforcement was allowed to lapse in late 2014, few towns felt the financial pain more than Palisades Park.
"Suddenly, we had to make up $500,000 in lost revenue," recalled Borough Administrator David Lorenzo.
But cameras on new, digital parking meters may soon be generating a comparable windfall for the little Bergen County town. And if the governor and Legislature agree, windfalls might extend to any New Jersey municipality with a busy shopping district, limited parking and the political will to buck driver outrage over an unforgiving system that automatically mails summonses with time-stamped license-plate photos to motorists who fail — sometimes by seconds — to avoid overtime violations.
"A picture is worth a thousand words or a $31 ticket," Lorenzo said.
And those tickets, whose fines range from $18 to $31, might add up to more than a cool half-million or more for scores of towns beyond the borders of Palisades Park. The key to higher revenue is a bill now working its way through the state Legislature that would allow computerized mail-in ticketing to replace the requirement for enforcement officers to physically affix tickets to windshields. Currently, a light flashes on digitized meters to attract the attention of enforcement officers when overtime violations occur.
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Such financial speculation over the benefits of full automation isn't hyperbole, especially for fiscally strapped towns.
Under a pilot program run by the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, Palisades Park tripled its parking-ticket revenue in the first five months of operation after the borough hired a Minnesota vendor — Municipal Parking Services — to install 20 digitized meters in late 2016. In the first year, as shoppers became acclimated to the meters, revenue rose to about $200,000 — some $50,000 more than the year before the meter overhaul.
That figure is still way below the $500,000 in ticket revenue that four red-light cameras generated for the borough after public outrage led then-Gov. Chris Christie and the state Department of Transportation to let that mail-in pilot program lapse in December 2014. Nevertheless, the little Bergen borough foresees the day when cameras will deliver another big payday.
"We've installed a total of 500 digitized cameras," Lorenzo explained. "All we have to do is throw a switch" to activate them all.
Actually, the other 480 are already paying dividends beyond the capabilities of the borough's old, traditional meters. Like most modern vending machines, for example, digital meters accept credit cards. And once a car leaves a stall before time expires, these meters reset to zero, which requires the driver of a subsequent car to fork over more quarters, or credit-card information, to pay for all the time spent in the stall — after a three-minute grace period.
Not everybody in Palisades Park is happy, however. During interviews with shoppers and merchants along busy Broad Avenue last week, it was clear that full parking-meter automation has few fans.
Aera Kim, who sells women's clothing from her small shop, insisted that the new meters had scared away customers.
"It's not just me, it's all the businesses," Kim said.
"Really confusing," added Kevin Lee, whose shop sells dry goods and home-apparel products. "People haven't had the time to use [the meters] properly."
Yes, the meters are "really complicated," but "they're good for the town," said Michael Giannantonio of Anthony's Pharmacy, because they "make it fair for shoppers." They force motorists to move their cars and make room for new shoppers who might otherwise ignore Palisades Park, noted the pharmacist.
Demonstrating Palisade Park's camera-equipped parking meters on Broad Avenue on Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Photo: John Cichowski/NorthJersey.com)
Lorenzo agreed.
"The more we can turn those spots over, the better it is for business," said the administrator, "because If you can't get a parking spot, you're probably more apt to go to a different store or out to the mall. Research has shown that the average trip generation to a store is between 11 and 25 minutes, not two and three hours."
Complaints are simply the natural reaction to change, he said — both the good and the bad.
"Today, everything is digitized ... with apps on a phone, and everyone's struggling looking for quarters," Lorenzo said. On the other hand, "when someone hands you a ticket ... you have someone to argue with." So when you get a ticket in the mail, "you second-guess yourself and say you weren't there."
David Lorenzo, Palisades Park Borough Administrator (Photo: John Cichowski/NorthJersey.com)
But with presentation of a time-stamped photo of a driver's car and license plate, the anger and outrage are often postponed until a motorist confronts a shopkeeper.
"Naturally, the shopper is going to be angry," he said, but in the past year, much of the anger has subsided.
"It's a learning curve," Lorenzo added, a time to reflect on advantages that extend beyond finances and motorist anger, he added, suggesting that the greatest advantage might be an improved quality of enforcement provided by the borough's seven-member Traffic Bureau.
"Pedestrian crashes keep going up, so we're not laying off any of our law enforcement people because machines might be able to generate parking tickets," he said. "We need to focus on other violations, such as crosswalks, U-turn and the kinds of violations that tend to hurt people."
Yes, new systems can be complicated, he added, especially in a largely Korean community where English is often a second language.
"Between the administration and the Chamber of Commerce, maybe we can do a better job of explaining how the meters work," he said. "Maybe that requires more printed material and better signage. But it's a two-way process. People have to be willing to learn."
People do learn, said Brian Cassady, the top executive for Municipal Parking Services, the company that installed the Palisades Park meters. Compliance, Cassady said, typically improves 50 percent to 90 percent after digitized meters are introduced.
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When Pionic Pizza first opened up on 2643 N. Campbell Ave., for some reason a lot of my friends asked me if I was going to go. I guess it's the food writer thing, the 'new kid in the neighborhood' thing and, most importantly, the pizza thing. Of course I am always up to try something new, especially when it comes to pizza, but upon further investigation, Pionic really didn't seem like a place I would be into.
The first thing that got me was the fact that, at first, I thought it was a chain. It just had that look and feel of a plastic mold of yet another plastic mold, probably starting in Phoenix, making its way to Los Angeles, then perhaps settling on some college stretch in New Mexico before finally making a settlement here in Tucson. It had a logo, it had a concept, it had a mission statement...all the trappings of a corporate bore that thinks if you put sauce on dough, add some cheese and a cured meat on top, toss it into the oven for a few minutes and what you have as a product is technically considered "pizza".
The other factor in my hesitation, was the location it chose to wriggle its way into. The stretch of Campbell Ave in midtown Tucson, between Grant and Ft. Lowell, is more affectionately referred to as "Pizza Row", and I felt it did not need another mediocre pizza joint because the options were already too wide. You have your great pizzas from Upper Crust and Old Chicago, the artisan from Sauce, the standard stand-bys for late night munchies from Hungry Howie's and Blackjack and there's even a Pizza Hut right in the middle to round things off. Another pizza stand just seemed like white noise.
Here's the thing: Pionic Pizza knows that Subway and Chipotle are simple ideas turned into billion dollar businesses. You have a few options, a bunch of fresh ingredients, you let the customer pick out what they want, cook and prep time is minimal and, zing!, you are on your way with food that's not a Mc Creffin burger with plenty of time to pursue a life of religious fulfillment. Easy. And that's what Pionic is.
You have a pizza option, a pasta option and a salad, you pick out what you want on it, it takes less than two minutes to prepare the cooked items, you pay the nice kid at the register, you take the food, you eat the food and you still have time to make your kid's dance recital and grandma's funeral. It's a good concept and if the minds and wallets behind Pionic make the right decisions, this too can be a successful vocation.
But how is the food? That's the important thing here. If the grub is less than satisfactory then they're going to be treading on water until they can paddle their way out of mediocrity. If it's bad then you just have to write them off and call it a "nice try". But...but! if the food is great then, yes, they can clearly be on their way and I'd be proud to say that, yes, I knew them way back when, back when they were just a small store front on Campbell Avenue in lil old midtown Tucson.
So we ordered up a good variety of stuff: a veggie pizza, a basic peperoni pizza, a pesto pasta and a loaded salad. You know, one of each. It's...our job.
The veggie pizza consisted of red sauce, light cheese, mushrooms, red onion, tomatoes, artichoke hearts and finished with arugula.
You know what, it was actually alright. Cooked in a blisteringly hot oven for 90 seconds, the crust was crispy with a decent chew, the sauce was...fine; not too sweet with a good balance of flavors and the toppings were surprisingly fresh. So far so good. We were pleasantly pleased.
If you call yourself a pizza place, you better have a decent pepperoni option, otherwise to quote Pantera, better walk on home boy!
Pionic's pepperoni pizza was...fine (just like the sauce I rated earlier). It did its job. One step up from some Red Baron frozen crap, maybe a tad better than Papa Johns, but definitely not in the top 10 around town. Not even close. There just wasn't much to it. I'm sure the kids will like it and for those that don't know what actual "pizza" tastes like, this'll do I suppose.
It was thin crust, which I prefer, but the sauce this time around was bland, the cheese seemed a bit greasier and the actual pepperoni were just lil rounds of "whatever". Mind you it was like six bucks and was made in less than two minutes so, it has that going for it.
Otherwise (with a shrug), "eh".
Pionic also does salads. Basically you just point and say "that one!" and a kid behind the sneeze guard will put a grip of the greens into a bowl and before you know it, you've got yourself a pile of veggies ready to jam into your craw.
The salad I actually got into. With the poppyseed dressing lightly drizzled over the loaded plastic vessel this dish actually had some crisp and fresh flavor. We combined the field greens with some spinach and just, literally, got one each of the topping options and we were not disappointed.
I mean, what more can you say? It was a salad. It was a good salad. It was around five bucks. Done.
Now here is where some damage sets in.
We opted for the penne pasta tossed with pesto and topped with artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, garlic, tomatoes and basil. Seemed like a winning combo, yeah. It would have been if the pasta was cooked correctly and the pesto had any depth of flavor to it.
Now, doing al dente pasta is the way to go, any fan of the popular carb knows this. Thing is, the penne wasn't toothsome, it was just chewy. Not too sure how they got away with that but it wasn't soft and it wasn't crunchy; it was more like biting into little rubber tubes. This required lots of water (aka beer) to wash it down. And the pesto. Um, yeah..."pesto". I'm sure it was made with a kind of olive oil, possibly some salt and garlic, some "basil" maybe, Parmesan perhaps, but it was just feckled oily green stuff and did nothing to enhance the pasta or any of its components. In fact, gnawing down on the multitude of gummy penne greased with this mossy impostor just made us sad. That and the roll that came with it looked like Admiral Ackbar, which actually made us laugh.
So, in the end, we had run the gamut of emotions all based off of sub par pasta and some pizza. Thanks Pionic.
A pleasant surprise came in the form of dessert cannoli that we did not order. Did they know it was the Tucson Homeskillet ordering up a bunch of crud and to butter our bread they just threw in some chocolate chip fused dainty wafer pastry filled with creamy deliciousness, or did the zitty kid filling our order just thought with all the food we did order why not some dessert as well?
Don't know if they make this stuff on site or if it's imported from another source but (and this is coming from someone that usually skips dessert and just goes for thirds) I have to admit the cannoli was good. It was light and airy with a good vanilla punch that was accompanied by some real chocolate chips. I liked the cannoli. I did. After mediocre pizza, a good salad and that whatever that was penne pesto was, it was nice to round things off with a fun treat. So, cheers again Pionic.
You have options Pionic. You can either stay the way you are, sitting on Campbell Avenue surrounded by a plethora of pizza and pasta distilleries, selling your uninspired wares to folks that are taken with the fact that their hot food was made in less than a few minutes and that they get to choose their own toppings and be fine with that. Or you can step it up a notch or two, start your brand now, make your franchise reasonable for the first few that dare and become the next go to fast casual restaurant because there's not a lot of pizza and pasta places like that around town. Or anywhere really.
We can see Pionic Pizza either being a nice idea that goes bust because after a few takes you get bored with the same tolerable choices on acceptable food items day after day or we can see it take off into the stratosphere with a few tweaks and enhancements here and there. We liked Pionic enough not to hate it but it's gonna take some time and effort to really see this concept through.
With that we say good luck Pionic Pizza. The choice is yours.
I disagree with your post, as I love Pionic and their food is delicious. I especially love the pasta, and this comes from a person who orders pasta in every restaurant I visit- especially the pesto pasta.
I know that they use the best cheese on the market, and I think that it is better than any other cheese I have had at other pizza places.
Hopefully they stepped up their game since we were there. We'll try it again in the near future. Thanks for your comment!
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Janet Jackson just released another track from her upcoming album, Unbreakable — and it's the hotly anticipated collaboration with Missy Elliott.
The dance-y track, "Burn it Up," features Janet Jackson lyricizing how the very song you're listening to will "burn it up" in the club. It's inarguable that Jackson and Elliott could even effortlessly make fire singing (the newly public domain-ed) "Happy Birthday," but it just so happens that "Burn it Up" itself lives up to its claims of fiery catchiness. It's also great to hear the two collaborating, knowing that both are anticipating their respective comebacks — this is Jackson's first studio album in 7 years, and Elliott is currently at work on her first since 2005's The Cookbook. (It'll see Elliott working with Timbaland, who described the work they've done thus far as "something you ain't never heard Missy do. It sounds today, but the future.")
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THE SOUTHAM PRESS, LTD.
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1916 .. ..	..$ 749 09	$ 3,410.491917 .. ..	.. 5,213 26	12,626 931918	.. 7,289 50	10,780 201919 .. ..	.. 1,839 95	8,602 991920 .. ..	.. 5,738 75	3,623 33$20,830 55	$39,043 94Department	of Soldiers'	Civil Re-establishment: 1	Year 1919-20,	$113.30.
FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION PAPERS.
Mr. CLEMENTS:
1.	Is the Government aware of frauds being perpetrated in the past as well as the present in connection with naturalization papers issued in the past prior to the Act being amended requiring the photograph of the applicant?
2.	Is it the intention of the Government to require all old naturalization papers on which photographs are omitted to be returned, and new naturalization papers issued with the original photographs attached? The above pertains especially to British Columbia.
Subtopic: FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION PAPERS.
L LIB
Mr. SINCLAIR (Antigonish and Guys-borough):
Laurier Liberal
1.	How many of the'tormer employees of the closed lobster hatcheries in the Maritime Provinces were employed by the Department of Naval Affairs during the open seasons of 1918 and 1919, respectively, collecting berried lobsters?
2.	If any such were employed, wliat were their names and post office addresses?
3.	How many bays or coves on the Atlantic coast have been set aside and maintained as lobseter breeding ground since 1917?
4.	If any such have been set aside what are the names?
Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne (Minister of Marine and Fisheries; Minister of the Naval Service)
Hon. C. C. BALLANTYNE:
1 and 2. None.
INSPECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Mr. SAVARD:
1.	Is there any vacancy in the position of Inspector of Weights and Measures on the north coast of the St. Lawrence?
2.	If so, have any applications been filed in relation thereto, and what are the names of the applicants?
Subtopic: INSPECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Sir GEORGE FOSTER:
2.	Answered by No. 1.
QUESTION PASSED AS ORDER FOR RETURN.
Mr. CALDWELL:
United Farmers
1.	What is to be the total cost of the new Parliamentary restaurant when completed?
2.	What is the estimated cost of upkeep per year of said restaurant?
3.	What is the estimated cost of furnishing, including silverware and equipment, for said restaurant?
4.	What has been the cost of operating said restaurant in the present temporary quarters since the beginning of the present session?
5.	Does the item of $3,000 set forth in the Estimates for restaurant contingencies cover cost of operation for the current fiscal year, or is this intended to cover the year's deficit?
6.	Are persons employed in said restaurant directly in the emjploy of Parliament or the Government, and are they the persons referred to in the Civil Service classification as "waitresses"?
7.	If so, what is the total amount required to provide salaries for such persons during the current fiscal year?
PRIVILEGE-Mr. L. J. GAUTHIER.
Subtopic: QUESTION PASSED AS ORDER FOR RETURN.
APPOINTMENT OP TRUSTEES UNDER BANKRUPTCY ACT.
Louis Joseph Gauthier
Mr. L. J. GAUTHIER:
(St. Hyacinthe-
Rouville): Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of privilege, and I will be as brief as possible in putting the facts before the House.
In the course of last week, having received a request from some of my constitu-ehts for information in respect to appointments of trustees under the Bankruptcy \ct, I went to my hon. friend the Solicitor General (Mr. Guthrie). He informed me that he had been in charge of the Bill last session and of the amendments to the Act this session, hut that the matter rested with the Department of the Secretary of State, and that the Under-Secretary of State had the custody of the list of people who had made application to be appointed trustees under the Act, which list would be shown to me. This morning I went to the Under-Secretary of State. I do not want to Telate, nor do I want to characterize, the manner in which I was received. {Suffice it to say that I was unable to secure cognizance of that list, and I consider that my prerogative as a representative of the people was denied to me, and that my privilege as a member of this House was infringed upon by that official.
II would only add this: that civil servants should at least be civil in their dealings with the public.
Subtopic: APPOINTMENT OP TRUSTEES UNDER BANKRUPTCY ACT.


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EPA weighs in on Gillieston abattoir
By Geoff Adams
An independent, expert assessment should be carried out on emissions which could be produced by the proposed Gillieston abattoir, consultants say.
Consultants who convened a conference between objectors, the company proposing the development, the EPA and Greater Shepparton City Council, recommended the assessment on potential odour, dust, and pathogens and how they could be controlled.
The consultant has also suggested the applicant, Meatworks Australia, report on the total numbers of livestock which will occupy the property, and which types of stock will be processed.
The recommendations emerged following the conference at Shepparton on August 1, attended by 12 objectors.
Meatworks Australia is proposing a $30 million sheep processing abattoir employing up to 120 people on Lancaster-Mooroopna Rd at Gillieston.
Objectors have raised concerns about the appropriateness of the development on the former dairy farm, the risk of emissions from the site, the traffic management required, the prospect of disease being spread from the property and the potential to impact on drainage and waterways.
Reporting on the Shepparton meeting, the consultant suggested the development of an Odour and Air Quality Monitoring Plan including regular publication of data in a form that could be easily understood by the layperson.
The consultant said the EPA's Public Health Unit could investigate the potential health implications of the application.
The consultant also raised the issue of whether a Cultural Heritage Management Plan was required.
Echuca teen chops off hair for cancer charity
FOR SIX years Ella Goulding grew her lustrous locks until they reached her bellybutton. And in less than a minute last week, most of it was gone. In just seven snips, 35.5 cm of the teenager's hair was chopped off — leaving the rest in...
Ivy Jensen
$10K in cigarettes stolen in Lockington supermarket burglary
MORE than $10,000 worth of cigarettes was stolen in a smash and grab in Lockington early Thursday. Thieves smashed their way into Giddings Co in Lockington Rd about 3 am before jumping over the counter to steal two drawers of cigarettes and...
Mathoura teen and Moama club named in Australia Day awards
A MATHOURA teen with a bright future and a Moama club will be honoured at Murray River Council's Australia Day ceremony. Jemika Cooper will accept her second Young Sportsperson of the Year award from council, after winning the title in 2017...
CFA battle fire in Lancaster
EMERGENCY services are responding to a haystack fire at Mackenzie Rd, Lancaster. Firefighters from Kyabram, Merrigum and Tatura were called in to tend to the blaze at approximately 12.15pm on Monday. The fire is confirmed to be no threat to the...
Kyabram Free Press
Firefighters responding to grassfire on Curr Rd
EMERGENCY services are responding to a grassfire at Curr Rd near Kyabram-Rochester Rd. Firefighters were on the scene at approximately 6.20pm on Tuesday and had it under control by 6.40. Residents are urged to avoid the area if possible
Report of false Vinnies doorknocker in Kyabram
A KYABRAM resident has reported that a young man impersonating a St Vincent de Paul collection officer has been asking for donations towards bushfire relief.
James Arbuthnott


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Acts 2:1-4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:14-17 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15. Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17. Then laid they theirhands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Acts 10:44-46 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Acts 19:1-6 . . . Paul. . .finding certain disciples, 2. He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. . . 6. And when Paul had laid hishands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
He didn't say, stop speaking in tongues. You need spiritual encouragement. Don't quench the Spirit in your life. By grace, abiding in the fervent love of the Spirit, lets go on – vessels living the evidence of the Holy Ghost power. Without the Holy Ghost you can't be in the bride of Christ. Pray to desire to worship the Lord. Make a move. Don't be stuck in old glories. Lay down those trophies, there's more. Worshipping together is one of the greatest proofs that we love one another. Don't be selfish. Let the love of God be shed abroad in our hearts. Walk in the Spirit. Have the boldness to seek out brethren to pray. Desire to receive of the Lord, to have more love in your life. Gather with saints because when you don't, you grow cold. Yield to God.
Psalms 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Paul said, gather the much the more as we see that day approaching. Meetings have grown cold because hearts have grown cold. Make the move from the pew to the altar. Pray always. Being head strong never works. You say your life is about winning Christ. This is the proof. They rest not, they pray. When the Spirit moved, they moved.
Revelation 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him;and they werefull of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
You can be like queen Vashti who had it all but lacked the love to be with the people of God. Is this you? He's called you to be a worshipper.


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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested, accused of burning BLM banner
The leader of the Proud Boys was arrested by police on Monday, after being accused of burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in Washington, D.C., last month.
President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, was headed down a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to work with them to carry out the administration's ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation's infrastructure.
Calamos Investments Announces Five Closed-End Funds (NASDAQ: CHI, CHY, CCD, CSQ, and CPZ) to Raise Monthly Distributions Payable in February 2021
Calamos Investments®* announced today the raising of the monthly distribution rate of five of its closed-end funds. The table below identifies the Fund, the change in distribution payment, the percentage increase from the prior distribution, and the annualized distribution rate based on the market price as of January 20, 2021. Each Fund's payable date is February 19, 2021; their record dates are February 12, 2021; and their ex-dividend dates are February 11, 2021.
Winning $731 Million Powerball Ticket Was Sold in Maryland
One ticket sold in Maryland won the $731 million Powerball, the fourth-largest total in history. Meanwhile, 13 others have won at least $1 million.
How Covid turbocharged the QR revolution
As a cheap and reliable way to store information, the humble QR code is finding new uses.
Teenage global climate-change activist Greta Thunberg, who can boast over 4.6 million followers on Twitter and her own postage stamp, welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's return to the Paris Accord this week, and she didn't let a chance to rib Sen. Ted Cruz, who called resumption of U.S. membership anti-American, slip by.
The Iditarod, the world's most famous sled dog race, has lost another major sponsor as it prepares for a scaled back version of this year's race because of the pandemic, officials said Thursday. ExxonMobil confirmed to The Associated Press that the oil giant will drop its sponsorship of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The move came after ExxonMobil, which has been a race sponsor since 1978, received pressure from one its shareholders and the race's biggest critic, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Stream Ashanti and Keyshia Cole's 'Verzuz' Battle
The legendary R&B artists are squaring off in a battle of hits tonight, marking the fourth women-led 'Verzuz' event since the series' inception.


I'm done with Aetolia. I'm done playing. Can't delete my character since I've made IG purchases. If you send any messages to Sklax IG they wont get a response.
It's been fun. Good luck.
sorry to hear this, duderino. i'm not sure what happened - i know vyx and sklax had a falling-out, but i thought that was all RP stuff. i certainly didn't harbor any ill will.
@Vyxsis it has nothing to do with anything IG. I've played for a long time (years) and never once felt the need to file an issue or complaint against any other characters for any reason.
I have a lot going on in the real world right now. Aetolia is no longer the enjoyable distraction it used to be, and I've just lost 100% of any and all interest I have in the game.
sometimes that happens. I slip into that from time to time, was recently in your position. Best of luck and hope this means you have less reasons to want to escape life.


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Q: Save Parent Category Text and URL into Variables using Vanilla JavaScript I want to save the parent category text and URL into variables. In the example below, it is Batting Gloves.
Here is the HTML.

     Home

     Sports

     Baseball/Softball

     Batting Gloves

  Nike Hyperdiamond Edge Girls' Batting Gloves

In the example above the variables would be:
pc = 'batting gloves'
pcURL = '/store/browse/sports/baseballsoftball/_/N-apm'

Javascript:
I don't have any idea of how to write this.

A: You can check my solution. Hope this will help.
I've used
.getAttribute('href'); and .innerHTML to get those values

const crumbItems = document.querySelectorAll('li a.crumb');
const battingGlovesItem = crumbItems[crumbItems.length - 1];

const pc = battingGlovesItem.innerHTML;
const pcURL = battingGlovesItem.getAttribute('href');

console.log(`pc: ${pc},\npcURL: ${pcURL}`)
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>JS Bin</title>

     Home

     Sports

     Baseball/Softball

     Batting Gloves

  Nike Hyperdiamond Edge Girls' Batting Gloves

A: You can do it like this

var target = document.querySelector("li:nth-child(4) a");
console.log("pc: " + target.textContent + "\npcURL: " + target.href);

       Home

       Sports

       Baseball/Softball

       Batting Gloves

  Nike Hyperdiamond Edge Girls' Batting Gloves


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define(['exports'], function (exports) {
	'use strict';

	Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', {
		value: true
	});
	exports.configure = configure;

	function configure(aurelia) {
		aurelia.globalResources('./test/test');
	}
});

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The Parish Council are required to provide details of every payment that they make over £500 as part of the Transparency Code.
The first Financial Year completed on 31 March 2018. The accounts have been audited by the Internal Auditor and have been submitted to the External Audit. The accounts are now available for the public to inspect. More details are available below.
The budget is an essential tool for controlling the Council's finances. The budget provides us with the confidence to ensure sufficient income is available throughout the year to pay for any services and expenditure for any planned projects. By checking our spending against the budget plan, the council controls its finances during the course of the financial year and makes progress towards what we wish to achieve.
The Parish Council has to apply to Swindon Borough Council each year for its Precept.
The Precept is the money which is given to the Parish Council to run all Council business. A percentage of the council tax which is paid by residents is based upon the amount of Precept requested by the Parish Council.
What other income is received?
The other income received by the Parish Council is from Redhouse Community Centre takings, any grants received for specific projects, and bank interest.
What does the Council spend its money on?
From all income received, the Parish Council then has to pay for things like insurance, utilities and maintenance, grass cutting for all open spaces, parish maintenance, play areas, emptying of the litter and dog bins, audit fees and staff salaries. With any money left over which the Parish Council can accrue, this will then be spent on costs associated with other projects being undertaken.
When is the budget approved?
The Parish Council approves the budget at its meeting in January of each year.
On 10th April 2019 the Parish Council made a Scheme of Members' Allowances which came into effect on 1st April 2019. Details to follow shortly.


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"""Define tests for the SimpliSafe config flow."""
from simplipy.errors import (
    InvalidCredentialsError,
    PendingAuthorizationError,
    SimplipyError,
)

from homeassistant import data_entry_flow
from homeassistant.components.simplisafe import DOMAIN
from homeassistant.config_entries import SOURCE_USER
from homeassistant.const import CONF_CODE, CONF_PASSWORD, CONF_TOKEN, CONF_USERNAME

from tests.async_mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, PropertyMock, patch
from tests.common import MockConfigEntry

def mock_api():
    """Mock SimpliSafe API class."""
    api = MagicMock()
    type(api).refresh_token = PropertyMock(return_value="12345abc")
    return api

async def test_duplicate_error(hass):
    """Test that errors are shown when duplicates are added."""
    conf = {
        CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com",
        CONF_PASSWORD: "password",
        CONF_CODE: "1234",
    }

    MockConfigEntry(
        domain=DOMAIN,
        unique_id="user@email.com",
        data={CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com", CONF_TOKEN: "12345", CONF_CODE: "1234"},
    ).add_to_hass(hass)

    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
        DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}, data=conf
    )

    assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT
    assert result["reason"] == "already_configured"

async def test_invalid_credentials(hass):
    """Test that invalid credentials throws an error."""
    conf = {CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com", CONF_PASSWORD: "password"}

    with patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials",
        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=InvalidCredentialsError),
    ):
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
            DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}, data=conf
        )
        assert result["errors"] == {"base": "invalid_auth"}

async def test_options_flow(hass):
    """Test config flow options."""
    conf = {CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com", CONF_PASSWORD: "password"}

    config_entry = MockConfigEntry(
        domain=DOMAIN,
        unique_id="abcde12345",
        data=conf,
        options={CONF_CODE: "1234"},
    )
    config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)

    with patch(
        "homeassistant.components.simplisafe.async_setup_entry", return_value=True
    ):
        await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
        result = await hass.config_entries.options.async_init(config_entry.entry_id)

        assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_FORM
        assert result["step_id"] == "init"

        result = await hass.config_entries.options.async_configure(
            result["flow_id"], user_input={CONF_CODE: "4321"}
        )

        assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_CREATE_ENTRY
        assert config_entry.options == {CONF_CODE: "4321"}

async def test_show_form(hass):
    """Test that the form is served with no input."""
    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
        DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}
    )

    assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_FORM
    assert result["step_id"] == "user"

async def test_step_reauth(hass):
    """Test that the reauth step works."""
    MockConfigEntry(
        domain=DOMAIN,
        unique_id="user@email.com",
        data={CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com", CONF_TOKEN: "12345", CONF_CODE: "1234"},
    ).add_to_hass(hass)

    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
        DOMAIN,
        context={"source": "reauth"},
        data={CONF_CODE: "1234", CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com"},
    )
    assert result["step_id"] == "reauth_confirm"

    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_configure(result["flow_id"])
    assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_FORM
    assert result["step_id"] == "reauth_confirm"

    with patch(
        "homeassistant.components.simplisafe.async_setup_entry", return_value=True
    ), patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials", new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_api())
    ):
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_configure(
            result["flow_id"], user_input={CONF_PASSWORD: "password"}
        )
        assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT
        assert result["reason"] == "reauth_successful"

    assert len(hass.config_entries.async_entries()) == 1

async def test_step_user(hass):
    """Test that the user step works (without MFA)."""
    conf = {
        CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com",
        CONF_PASSWORD: "password",
        CONF_CODE: "1234",
    }

    with patch(
        "homeassistant.components.simplisafe.async_setup_entry", return_value=True
    ), patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials", new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_api())
    ):
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
            DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}, data=conf
        )

        assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_CREATE_ENTRY
        assert result["title"] == "user@email.com"
        assert result["data"] == {
            CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com",
            CONF_TOKEN: "12345abc",
            CONF_CODE: "1234",
        }

async def test_step_user_mfa(hass):
    """Test that the user step works when MFA is in the middle."""
    conf = {
        CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com",
        CONF_PASSWORD: "password",
        CONF_CODE: "1234",
    }

    with patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials",
        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=PendingAuthorizationError),
    ):
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
            DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}, data=conf
        )
        assert result["step_id"] == "mfa"

    with patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials",
        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=PendingAuthorizationError),
    ):
        # Simulate the user pressing the MFA submit button without having clicked
        # the link in the MFA email:
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_configure(
            result["flow_id"], user_input={}
        )
        assert result["step_id"] == "mfa"

    with patch(
        "homeassistant.components.simplisafe.async_setup_entry", return_value=True
    ), patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials", new=AsyncMock(return_value=mock_api())
    ):
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_configure(
            result["flow_id"], user_input={}
        )

        assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_CREATE_ENTRY
        assert result["title"] == "user@email.com"
        assert result["data"] == {
            CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com",
            CONF_TOKEN: "12345abc",
            CONF_CODE: "1234",
        }

async def test_unknown_error(hass):
    """Test that an unknown error raises the correct error."""
    conf = {CONF_USERNAME: "user@email.com", CONF_PASSWORD: "password"}

    with patch(
        "simplipy.API.login_via_credentials",
        new=AsyncMock(side_effect=SimplipyError),
    ):
        result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
            DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}, data=conf
        )
        assert result["errors"] == {"base": "unknown"}


Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose/poly(acrylamide-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) hydrogels were prepared by using free radical polymerization technique. Silver nanoparticles were formed by reduction of silver nitrate in semi-IPN hydrogels with sodium borohydrate at room temperature. UV-visible spectroscopy, thermogravimetrical analysis, X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy techniques were used to characterize the formation of silver nanoparticles in hydrogels. SEM images indicated clearly the formation of group of silver nanoparticles with size range of 10–20 nm. The sizes of silver nanoparticles were also supported by transmission electron microscopy results. The semi-IPN silver nanocomposite hydrogels reported here might be a potentially smart material in the range of applications of antibacterial activity.


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The LawMate CM-BU19 is the upgrade to the existing BU18 button camera offering new ultra-low light sensitivity with minimum illumination of 0.005 lux!
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