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Look here.
There's something you need to see.
They say hindsight is 20/20, so let's begin at the end.
Israel is about to enter the land promised so long before to our father Abraham. Our teacher Moses is one-hundred and twenty years old, and it is time to die. The Scriptural text gives us the information that the Spirit felt we needed to see. In Deuteronomy 34:1-7, just a few sentences from the close of the Torah, we read:
1 And Mosheh ascended from the plains of Moav to Mount N'vo, the head of the Pis'gah, which is facing Y'reykho. And YHWH showed him all the land of the Gil'ad, unto Dan,
2 and all Naf'tali, and the land of Ef'rayim, and M'nashsheh, and all the land of Y'hudah until the sea behind,
3 and the Negev, and the circle of the valley of Y'reykho, the city of the palm trees, until Tzoar.
4 And YHWH said unto him, "This is the land which I swore to Avraham, to Yitzkhaq, and to Yaaqov, saying, 'To your seed I shall give it.' I have made you see it with your eyes, but there you do not cross over."
5 And Mosheh died there – the servant of YHWH – in the land Moav, according [to the] mouth of YHWH.
6 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moav, opposite Beyt-P'-or, and no man knows his grave until this day.
7 And Mosheh was a son of one hundred and twenty years at his death; the eyes of him had not weakened, and neither was vigor lessened.
The end of the ministry and amazing life of Moses is such. Standing on the precipice of the Promised Land, he passed from life, gazing at the panoramic focus of his entire ministry, but Divinely denied entrance. It is easy to place our perspective on the fact that he could not enter, which holds an important lesson for us all, but perhaps we can examine some details in this and find something more, something of inspiration in this otherwise unfortunate fact.
Look at it like this: Moses is told to climb a mountain at the very end of his life, and to look out over the expanse of the land that was to be the inheritance of the twelve tribes. That is a little odd to ask, don't you think? This simple command is significant, however, for it is found in three other places in the Torah, as well, in: Numbers 27:12-13; Deuteronomy 3:25-27, and 32:48-52. These passages all tell us the same thing: Moses must ascend this mountain, view the entire land, and then he will die. The reason for his prevention from going into the land is an account preserved for us in the Torah's book of Numbers 20:7-13, where Moses was told to speak to the rock to give water to all who thirsted, and he instead struck the rock with his staff, resulting in a judgment barring him from entrance into the land promised to Israel.
This call laid out in the above section of Torah to ascend to Nebo and see the land is at the beginning of the book of Deuteronomy, in 3:25-27, where Moses pleaded with the Holy One to at least be able to enter.
25 "Let me cross over, please, and see the good land which is at the crossing of the Yar'deyn, that good mountain, and the L'vanon."
26 And YHWH crossed over me, on your account, and would not hear me. And YHWH said to me, "For you – enough! Speak to Me no further with this matter!
27 Ascend to the head of the Pis'gah, and raise your eyes seaward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Yar'deyn!"
The Holy One would not allow His servant this one last request, but instead, made it an important matter to make sure that Moses was to look at the entirety of the land of our inheritance: from all directions, from the sea to the crossing of the Jordan, he was to cast his eyes. The humility of Moses was such that he did not question further the decision of the Holy One. He accepted his fate to see the land from afar.
Hopefully we can perceive in this command the grace of the Most High in the detail provided in the initial passage quoted that ended in Deuteronomy 34:7 – the eyes of Moses were not weakened. This detail should be of great interest to us. The nature of the eyesight problems of our forefathers is mentioned first with Isaac (Genesis 27:1), where we are told that his eyes were "weak" (the same exact Hebrew term used of Moses in the verse quoted above, saying that his were not), and then again with Jacob (Genesis 48:10), where we are told his eyes were "heavy" and he could not see. There seemed a proclivity towards vision troubles among the patriarchs. However, with Moses, this was not the case. At the age of one-hundred and twenty, his eyes had not even begun to weaken, providing him the ability to see as sharp as he had in his youth.
This detail provided in Scripture needs to be appreciated. Moses is blatantly said to have possessed both the sight and the strength to make the mountain climb and to perform the command given to him to look out over the land of promise. So, understanding all this, what is the significance that he should perform such a deed? Why the need to climb this mountain of all mountains and see the land that he was forbidden to enter?
It is my belief that the Holy One commanded this of him – to climb and to see – so that his great faith could be rewarded. He looked with the eyes of the flesh, but do not think for a moment that through them alone he saw the land. No, he stood atop Nebo, at the grand summit, looking over into a land that had been promised to his forefathers, and in that parting gaze, in that final obedience to a command from the Most High, he saw with the eyes of faith the land of inheritance, the land that would be home to his people. He looked at the now, but he could see also what would be. It was yet a land empty of any Israelite, yet would one day be filled with every son of the seed of Abraham. He could see through time with faith that the people would enter, would conquer, and would establish a nation to be a light to the world.
Granted, Scripture does tell us that our walk is by faith, and not by sight, or as the Aramaic of the Peshitta of 2nd Corinthians 5:7 so eloquently words Paul's declaration:
For it is by trust we are walking, and not by sight.
Even so, we are physical beings, and this walk of faith must find that trust established in what we know first – our sight. The Holy One thus preserved the sight of Moses so that he could use the physical to see the scope of what trust would bring. It was a call to Moses to trust the Most High, really, one last time. A man of such astounding trust was given the opportunity just moments before His death to entrust the entire nation of Israel and our future into the hands of the most competent One of all – the Holy One of Israel!
Moses looked at the now to see with the spirit the future of Israel. With eyes of faith, he was able to look and know He could trust they would be all that the Holy One had said they would become.
This could only be accomplished by going up to Pisgah, to Nebo, and seeing with prophetic eyes while looking first at the physical. Moses had to obey this command. But why? Why look from here? Why climb and climb on this mountain?
The answer, I propose, is found in the book of Numbers, where we read of another prophet who climbed the same mountain as Moses, and saw the physical and the spiritual, and made an astounding observation. I refer, of course, to Balaam, the prophet of the nations who was called by king Balak of Moab to curse Israel, yet who declared he could only speak the words given to him by the Holy One Himself. Although he attempted to bring cursing due to his greed of a reward, he was still viewed as a true prophet in Scripture – albeit a prophet to the worshippers of idols, or as this statement from the ancient Jewish text of B'midbar Rabbah 20:1 explains "the servants of stars":
Balaam desired the immediate physical reward, even though he knew his prophecies came from beyond his control. Thus, we see first in Numbers 23:14 that Balaam was taken by Balak to a particular mountain area:
And he took him [to] the field of Tzofim, unto the head of the Pis'gah, and built seven altars, and burnt a bullock and a ram on the altar.
The curse that was to go forth from here on Pis'gah turned instead to a blessing, and so Balaam was taken to yet another area in that mountain range. We see in Numbers 23:28 that Balak brought him to none other than the top of Peor, again, where Moses was told to go:
And Balaq took Bil'am [to] the head of the P'or, that looks upon the face of the Y'shimon.
From this place Balaam proceeded to again bless the people he looked out upon in the land they are inheriting, which finally brought Balak to give up on his attempt to curse the people of Israel. However, it did not stop Balaam from continuing to share what he saw with eyes of faith when he looked out over the land and the people. From this place on Peor, Balaam stated in Numbers 24:15-17 this astounding prophetic truth:
15 And he raised his proverb, and said, "Bil'am the son of V'or has said, and the man of the unclosed eye has said –
16 he has said who heard the words of El, and knew the knowledge of Elyon, [who] saw the vision of Shaddai, falling, yet [with] unveiled eyes:
17 'I see him, and not yet; I observe him, and not near: a star treads out from Yaaqov, and a staff arises from Yisra'El, and shall strike the corners of Moav, and undermine all the sons of tumult!'"
From atop Peor he made his final statement to Balak concerning what he saw with prophetic eyes: a future where Israel would be more of a force to be reckoned with than they were even at that moment. Yes, it took Balaam a bit to finally get to the meat of his futuristic testimony, but it revealed something very intriguing that helps us appreciate more how looking with the eyes of faith can make us see more than what the eyes of the flesh can behold. The actual content of his prophetic statement, the astounding vision he saw as he looked out from the mountaintop and beheld Israel, was that of a star that would signal the final destruction of all in the kingdom of darkness. This is obviously a symbol for a descendent to come from the people of Israel – a star as the code for someone who would put an end to everyone like Balak – the Messiah. He did not see this in the now as he looked over the tents of the children of Abraham, but in the future. He saw star and scepter – symbols of a king, of a rule – of a nation established in the earth! He had to look not by sight, but by faith to see more than what lay before him down below in the scattered tents of Israel. Just like Moses had to extend his vision to something beyond the physical features of the land, to see the fulfillment of the promise of a land filled with all the souls of Israel, so too did Balaam's vision atop the mountain reveal what was to come.
Even though Balaam was given special sight to see down the halls of time to the coming of a kingdom and a king who would be a light and a leader in the world, the vision did not mean that Balaam was a prophet who would be a part of that people. No, he did not curse, but bless, but this did not make him kin to the men and women he saw from afar. Rather, there is a mention of who are the followers of Balaam, and who are the followers of his opposite. In ancient Judaism, the teachers were able to draw a connection between the nature of the disciples of Balaam and the nature of the disciples of Avraham. More precisely, they saw a distinction between the two, and stated it in the last few sentences of the Mishnah, in Avot 5:22 [5:19 in Jacob Neusner's popular translation] (using an 11th century manuscript in the accompanying photo and fresh translation here).
Of all the prophets that could have been compared to Balaam, the teachers of old found intriguingly the perfect opposite in Abraham our father. What did they see as comparative between the two? The link they saw was sure, as we will find all the way back in the book of Genesis 15:1-6, where we read of our father Abraham and a most interesting event in his life.
1 After these matters, the word of YHWH was unto Avram in a vision, to say: "You shall not fear, Avram; I am a shield for you; your reward is very great!"
2 And Avram said, "Master YHWH, what shall You give to me? And I go childless? And the son of possession of my house – he is Eli'ezer of Dameseq."
3 And Avram said, "See! To me You have not given a seed! And see! A son of my house shall be my inheritor."
4 And see! the word of YHWH was upon him, to say, "This [one] shall not be your inheritor, for he who comes from your loins shall be your inheritor."
5 And He brought him outside, and said, "Do behold, please, the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall be your seed!"
6 And he trusted in YHWH, and He reckoned righteousness to him!
And thus it is that we can see the true link between the two: Balaam looked out over the land and saw the people of Israel in their grand formation. He saw them at their weakest and yet in that, saw their glory. Balaam spoke also in the prophetic eye of seeing a star come forth from them as he looked at the multitude of the people of Israel. He saw that star making a difference in the world.
In like manner, with this account of Abraham in the above-cited passage, we find that he was told to look up at the stars and take note of them: each one of them shone decisively for a future descendant, those who would be a blessing in the world. He looked at those stars with the eyes of flesh up into that night sky, seeing the twinkling lights so brilliant in the heavens, and he knew each one stood for a descendant, and heir, not yet born. He saw with eyes of flesh and of faith the future for his family. Interestingly, the Torah speaks of the descendants of Abraham as stars in nine places! See: Genesis 15:5, 22:17, 26:4, 37:9; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 24:17; Deut. 1:10, 10:22, 28:62.
The light of the stars streamed across untold distance through the depths of space, photons journeying since well-before the birth of Abraham to reach his eyes at just that moment. In this was the promise of the Holy One contained: Abraham could look into the past of the starlight trails and see that the Holy One had planned a grand future for him: a people would come from him somehow, and the promise was thus as good as a sure thing. If the Most High could make a promise, then He could keep it. Descendants would come from Abraham – children who would grow up being taught the truth of what it meant to follow the Holy One Himself – disciples of Abraham through flesh and through faith!
There is no difference for us. We walk in a world of sight, but as Paul wrote in the previously-quoted passage from 2nd Corinthians, we are walking by trust, and not just by sight. We see the world as it is now, the situations we have before us, but we are disciples of the one who saw the now and could trust the future to be so much more – full of the fulfilled plan of the Most High. We thus use our eyes of flesh and faith to see beyond the what-is and to the what-shall-be. We have seen the manifestation of what Moses saw as he looked out from Pisgah – a land reclaimed and restored by the living presence of His people Israel. We have seen the star and the scepter tread forth – we know the descendant of Abraham whom Balaam saw, the King who shall reign from Zion! We who are Abraham's descendants, whether by flesh or by faith, if we look with eyes utilizing both functioning in unity, we can see the hope for a bright shining future for all of us in His land of promise!
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DESMONDMYERS
Based in Atlanta, GA
Genre: #Pop #R&B # Electronic
"A fabulous and heady mixture of musical progressivism and nostalgia...
Desmond earned his stripes making music on both sides of the Atlantic, and it shows; he wears those two schools of thought on his sleeve and builds his own musical landscape..." - BETC POP (GENERAL POP)
"Desmond's powerful, emotive voice and inspired piano playing, sit effortlessly next to surgical pop sensibilities." - TSUGI
While growing up on small farm in rural North Carolina, Desmond learned to appreciate blues and rock music from his late father.
As a teenager he became fascinated with southern hip hop, R&B, and electronic dance music. His sound today is an amalgamation of these sounds.
After high school Desmond spent his early adult years in Paris, France where he worked as a ghostwriter for many artists, most notably the band Her.
In 2017 he released the EP Brothers and Fathers whose breakout single "Vinyl Collection" was included on a number of Spotify playlists, including "Discover Weekly."
In 2018 he settled in Atlanta, Georgia to focus on his solo career and started his #singleofthemonth campaign which he sees him releasing new music to his fans every month.
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Q: XML exception on loading I have an XML file. When I try to load it using .LOAD methods, I get this exception:

System.Xml.XmlException: data at root level invalid at position 1 line 1.

What I have at the beginning of the XML file is this:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>

A: I think that string that is used for LoadXml is constructed wrong by either

*

*ignoring BOM and forcing wrong encoding

*reading BOM as first character

*constructed by hand altogether and first character is not <
Based on last comment I bet that code looks like (or some variation of it) instead of loading XML directly from Stream object (which will handle encoding properly):
    // My guess of how wrong code looks like! Not a solution!!!!
    StreamReader r = new StreamReader(path, System.Text.Encoding.Unicode);
    string xml = r.ReadToEnd();
    XmlDocument d = new XmlDocument();
    d.LoadXml(xml);

You should review your code that constructs the string you are using in XmlDocument.LoadXml and check if it is indeed valid XML. I'd recommend to create small program that models code that is failing and investigate the behavior.

A: Position 1 line 1 suggests a problem with the very first char it encounters.
I would suggest firstly confirming that no leading whitespace/other char is in there (sounds silly, but they can creep in easily).
It could also be a char encoding issue, causing that first char to not be read as a '<'.

A: I bet it's not there. I've found that when I've gotten this error the file or path is missing/incorrect.

A: Thanks for pouring in your suggestions. The problem was on the build server, the XML file was being pulled from a field called contents in a table called File. I am accessing the XML using the FileID. But the FileID is not the same as FileID on my local database. So, On the build server, I was pulling the XML from a test record which had dummy data. Hence the error. Hope I have made sense. I have fixed the issue by dynamically finding the FileID and querying the contents.

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In reply to B.A. Bearacus • 5:47p, 7/12/18
It is kind of scary how intelligent the author must be to put something together like this:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/14/the-death-of-truth-how-we-gave-up-on-facts-and-ended-up-with-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
BearDevil
Pence is pathetic and incredibly dumb. Went out of his way to praise Trump's European vacation. Sasse, Haley, and even Mitt are positioning themselves for 2020 or 2024 by distancing themselves from Trump, but Pence appears to believe that he'll ride Trump's popularity in 2024z
In reply to BearDevil • 9:24a, 7/17/18
BearDevil said:
Pence has little choice but to be publicly all-in. A member of Congress can safely distance himself, but the VP?
Aaaaaaaand . . . Trump retreats again.
What a damn clown show.
In reply to BearDevil • 7:12p, 7/17/18
I don't know if Pence is even up to the task of wanting to run. He was deeply unpopular in Indiana -- friggin Indiana! -- when Trump gave him a lifeline. He'll always be grateful to Trump. But he -- unlike Trump -- is smart enough to look good when he screws up and does evil things. That's why I fear him more than Trump.
Trump his supporters to deeper and deeper depths.
--The same Trump supporters who will call you un-American because you don't support the president are the same people who didn't consider Obama American.*
--The same people who are ready to get up in arms for Sarah Palin (falsely) saying that Sacha Baron Cohen dressed up as a disabled veteran are the same people who support a president who has dissed a wide swath of veterans and who has made fun of the disable.d
--The same people who will called Obama a traitor and a Manchurian candidate have no problem with Trump licking Putin's testicles.
With Pence, it would be the same, but more nuanced. He would be like Bush, a more personable face to all this hypocrisy.
I keep posting this, but these positions are not logical or even thought through. It's just tribalism. Trump could say broccoli is cancer causing tomorrow and his base would start bashing broccoli...and worse they would act like they had always hated broccoli...and then go back to eating it a week later if Trump changes his position. They are literally behaving as if in a cult. I don't understand it at all. But these people are obedient uneducated followers of religion, sports, pop culture, etc. this is their way in the world.
Lackoff's conservative moral model, the hierarchy of authority and the strict father explains these clearly contradictory positions. They do not care about content, truth, or meanings of things. They only care about context. Meaning, who is telling them to think this thing. Patriotism only means what a member of their tribe says it means. Policy is only what Trump tells them it is. Faith is only what their church says it is. There is no ability to think for themselves or have words like freedom mean actual liberty for all people, or justice for all people, or fairness, or compassion. None of these many anything outside a leader telling them what it means in a given situation.
sonofabear51
So I agree,
And totally. In my mind, there has never been any question. But how do we get out of this? I get it, as do so many others, but if there is a path, please enlighten.
In reply to sonofabear51 • 9:52p, 7/17/18
Rachel Maddow: Congress begins to shape plan for protecting US from Trump crisis
Summary: president is usually the one who calls the shots during a national security crisis. However because the president IS the national security crisis personified, the burden shifts to anther branch, who can make a decision. Congress is trying to figure that out. Two committees are looking at it.
Congress is doing its job here. If POTUS is incapable of doing his sworn duties, someone has to step in to protect the interests of the country.
Also Dan Coats says the red lights are blinking, like 9/11. We're still under cyber-attack. If this is true, they must be hacking the positive polls for Trump. Someone figured how to hack to polls. Those polls never seem right but if you keep showing them, they some how become fact. If you can hack an election, you can hack polls.
In reply to Another Bear • 10:16p, 7/17/18
Rachel's to do list for Congress was so shrewd. Called attention to many obvious and logical actions Congress should take. But won't. How many GOP took Russian money or have been co-conspirators? How deep does this go? Trump not the only one with unexplainable behavior in the face of election assault and attack on our country. Pence seems obviously dirty. Nunes. Ryan? Will we see 10 members or more swept up by this investigation? Are the resignations secret deals cut to not prosecute?
I wish Rachel's list was typed up and became a viral petition. These would be the actions of a non corrupted government.
concordtom
No doubt, what a pathetic speech that was!
Pence wants the password to the Cayman's bank account.
The USA is very proud of our peaceful transition of power.
There is also a code by ex-Presidents to not speak about stuff and hamper the next president.
Anyone believe Trump will go quietly, on either account?
I think he'll rob the White House of famous artifacts, too!
Liar, thief, scoundrel.
I'm thinking the next President won't even be able to go into the White House until it is thoroughly debugged. Maria Butiina, the Russian spy who was just arrested, was in the Oval Office with Trump.
In reply to dajo9 • 10:14a, 7/18/18
I would start by replacing the toilet in the master bedroom. Prior occupant was too full of something.
This is going to fuel the mid-terms. Trump and the GOP will try and force his nomination through...and it could be trouble given Helsinki and Trump being identified as a national security risk to his own country. Also just a guess but Helsinki will slow down any government business.
538: Brett Kavanaugh Is Polling Like Robert Bork And Harriet Miers
You may be sensing a pattern. It's not a huge sample size, but in the last few decades at least, Supreme Court nominees as unpopular as Kavanaugh have never been successfully confirmed.
Every action tRump takes should be revoked, cancelled and made null and void by his successor. His portrait should be used as fuel for a weenie roast. A HazMat team should cleanse the White House. And last, but not least, other than in footnotes, he should be removed from all history books, much like Keef had Mick Taylor removed from any history of the Rolling Stones he could control.
This party over country schlick the GOP are into is going to sink them. At a certain point meddling will be proven, and it's going to serverly wound the GOP.
Poll: 60 percent of Americans say Russia meddled in 2016 election
A majority of Americans believe Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new Ipsos Poll, though there's a sharp disparity along party lines.
Eighty-five percent of Democrats and 53 percent of independents say that Russia meddled in the election, while less than half of Republicans 46 percent share this same belief.
"Hi honey. I want you to know I did finally have sex with my secretary today. She is so hot. I've wanted her for years. They way she walks around in my office in those tight dresses. She looks so much better than you do. You've gained weight and I'm not as attracted to you anymore. It was the best sex of my life and I'm going to do it again soon...what's that? Oh, I think there's been a misunderstanding. I meant to say 'I did NOT finally have sex with my secretary'. I think that clarifies everything."
Pirro: "I know a con when I see it." The audience digests what she said and the ensuing laughter sounds like a laugh track right out of Happy Days. This woman is a serious freak with evil vibes.
tRump has to make it easier for Uday and Qusay to pursue their favorite hobby: slaughtering endangered exotic beasts. It is hard enough hunting bald eagles in a jet helicopter with an AR-15. No need for them pesky environmental regs.
https://dailym.ai/2O4wyY7
What Putin wanted was the most intellectually challenged person he could get into position to be POTUS. I think Putin going into the venture saw long odds. Much to his surprise he underestimated the number of stupid voters as well as the level of corruption of the Republicans.
You miss the great likelihood that Trump's financial situation may be hopelessly compromised to Russian interests - maybe even to the point of possible instant ruination should he step out of line. For me, the reason I am willing to believe in this possibility is the overwhelming aura of submissiveness surrounding every Trump expression and attitude relating to Putin - almost like an actual marionette or dominated personality - especially when Putin is present, but expressive of fear when Putin is not there. To me, anyway, it's remarkably palpable.
What Putin wanted was someone he had leverage on and who he can play like a fiddle, and it seems he got both if looking at Helsinki and Russian money/money laundering.
To support the idea it's about Russian money, there's the really funny change the Trump org went from maxing out loans to paying cash like his Scottish golf course.
I think it was a long shot, long term set up...that just happened to pay off, with some hacking help.
You are blind.
You think when the Russians first started corrupting Trump years ago they thought he'd be President? No, they found a celebrity buffoon they could manipulate and launder money with. Then dude ran for President and the Electoral College elected him, with lots of help from people like you. You think the Russians are going to throw him out now?
if Putin controls Trump he stands up on stage in Helsinki waves his finger in Putin's face and dresses him down- that makes sense as cover and politically. This is just an ongoing fantasy. Chomsky is right- distraction is the key motive here not conspiracy.
I think it's both distraction and something rotten like Putin controlling Trump.
No. Putin doesn't particularly want or need cover. Much more useful to signal to the rest of the world that he controls the levers of power in the US. Trump was one of many irons in the fire Putin has likely got - the longshot that came through after a long period of just being a low-level financially-controlled money-laundering asset.
And even with the Helsinki doormat impersonation, 35-40% of the US population has been captured and will fanatically follow their Dear Leader no matter what. That's enough to make any Republican who opposes Trump lose in the Republican primary. As for the general election, once Trump is the Republican presidential candidate and Team Republican closes ranks again, Trump may win in 2020 regardless. And if somehow Trump does lose, Putin can still control the vocal minority and put a more intelligent stooge in place in 2024.
So no Putin isn't worried. He's got a lot more than Trump in his bag of tricks. Helsinki was just fine for him.
Nice gymnastics. No he hasn't stolen the 2020 election in advance. He'll certainly deploy his assets (people, social media, hacking) to put a thumb on the scales. But the main point is that it won't matter to him too much if it doesn't work. He has no problem burning Trump as an asset. He's got other better ones and the point is to sow division and weaken the US as a possible obstacle to his own goals. E.g. US becomes an uncertain, unreliable ally for NATO, making NATO less likely to confidently oppose Russian expansionism.
So in that sense, yes it is a distraction. Trump isn't a Manchurian candidate because that implies more agency and trust from Putin. Trump is a known, utterly corrupt and financially-controlled stooge to be used and discarded when necessary.


Friday • April 29 • 7:30 p.m.
"What Coalfield Development is all about is tking something that is viewed as a liability, seeing the opportunity in that and converting that liability into an asset," said Brandon Dennison, the group's founder and executive director. "We do that with places and we do that with people."
Informal sunrise service at Rumsey Monument at 6:45 a.m.
Bring a reading, poem or song to share. (Dress warmly and bring something to sit on). Following service a light breakfast will be provided at the nearby home of Becky Phipps.
Easter Services 8:15 and 10:45 a.m.
Liturgy of Word & Table.
Three SPC members saw the eye-opening movie "In Plain Sight", about the pervasive and rapidly-growing problem, not just in other areas of the world, but in our own country!
The Refugee Volunteer Training that was scheduled for Monday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m. has been postponed. A new date will be posted when available.
The few. The proud. The Presbyterians. These hardy souls weren't flustered by a few flurries. Rosemarie Coy, Suellen Myers, Rie Wilson and Bob Proudman made their way to the church on Sunday, January 24 and held an informal 10:45 service.
Read more about Presbyterian "Marines"!


"Way to the East, at the source of four rivers" it says in the Bible. But this description doesn't really help. The Tigris and the Euphrates are two locator rivers for Eden, but they have different sources, and there is no confluence of four rivers nearby. Medieval cartographers placed Eden on the far edge of their maps, beyond Asia, as if in unexplored territory. They often drew a walled garden and a naked little man and woman to mark the location.
For centuries, Eden was considered a real place and it belonged on any map of the world, but no one quite knew exactly where to locate it. When coordinate mapping began in the 15th century, Eden was placed at 0 degrees latitude and 180 degrees longitude — until it became apparent that the coordinates pointed to an area in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Today, we don't try to put Eden on the map — but that doesn't mean we don't try to find it.
What is Eden, after all, but getting what we want, when we want it? That's what the Buddha understood 2500 years and built the foundation of his teaching from his understanding that we all suffer because of our desires. When things go our way, we are happy, and when they don't, we suffer. Eden is that lovely place where every desire is satisfied: the world is our oyster. The Buddha taught that the way out from this suffering was to understand that satisfying our cravings will never bring happiness, because all of life is impermanent. When we think we have it — whatever it is — something shifts — and once again we are looking for the next rosy apple.
Eden and Paradise are often used synonymously. To the Persians, Paradise meant a walled garden, while to the Hebrews it was an orchard. Indeed, I would agree that an orchard is as close as it comes to Eden. Trees that grow and produce sweet fruit year after year are really quite miraculous. There is so much about fruit trees that is astonishing — even simple apple branches — those irregular shaped, pruned and grafted, sculpted limbs, bewitching with their freedom and artistry.
Thus we have the genesis of the exhibit, After Apple Pruning. Using apple branches pruned from dormant trees and a few grafted roots from young trees that died, and with the help of good friends, Lynn Horsky and Gabrielle White, and my daughter, Ariel Matisse, we have created an Eden of apple orchard related sculpture for The Gallery at Villageworks in Acton, Massachusetts. We populated many of the branches with bronze figures that I first sculpted in wax — Adam and Eve, serpents, people sitting, bending, kneeling, reading, mediating, resting, as well as hanging from trees, tempting a snake, or embracing.
A few days ago, in anticipation of the installation, I became almost hysterical with worry. Two large wall panels took most of one day to figure out how to hang, including three trips to the hardware store and two consultations with my neighbor, a retired engineer (No nails in the walls was a gallery restriction). I didn't want to rent and drive a 15' truck and the forecast was solid rain for installation day. Moving so many very delicate branches was frightening, because one never knows when reassembling a piece if it will come together the way it did before. I watched as my mind went into a tail spin. I was struggling outside the garden walls.
The installation was smoother than expected; though one small, but important branch broke and caused a small panic. Blase, my partner, helped enormously. Clearly my prior distress was for naught. Today, we no longer look for Eden on a map, but I would place it for the next three months, a little to the east, in Acton. I simply love to be in the gallery space among all of the art. My Eden has been the pleasure of working with Lynn and Gabi, and seeing my daughter fully engage a challenging project. Eden is inside the mind, always nearby, no farther than our next thought.
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Roch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Non-Gaelic elements made their first appearance in Irish nomenclature after the Strongbow settlers began to arrive on Irish shores. Although the Irish already had an established a system of hereditary surnames, the Anglo-Normans also brought their own traditions with them when they arrived. The two systems were not extremely conflicting, and eventually drew upon one another. Although local surnames, such as Roch, were not entirely unknown to the Irish, this form of surname was much more popular with the Strongbownians. Local names were taken from the names of a place or a geographical feature where the person lived, held land, or was born. Originally, these place names were prefixed by de, which means from in French. This type of prefix was eventually either made a part of the surname, if the place name began with a vowel, or was eliminated entirely. The local names of these Anglo-Norman invaders first referred to places in Normandy, or more typically England, but eventually for those Strongbownians or their descendents that remained in Ireland, the local names really did begin to refer to local places or geographical features of the island. The Roch family appears to have originally lived in a rocky area or near some notable rock. The surname Roch is derived from the Old French word roche, which means rock. The surname Roch belongs to the class of topographic surnames, which were given to people who resided near physical features such as hills, streams, churches, or types of trees. The Gaelic form of the surname Roch is de Róiste.
Early Origins of the Roch family
The surname Roch was first found in County Limerick (Irish: Luimneach) located in Southwestern Ireland, in the province of Munster, where they were granted lands by Strongbow whom they accompanied into Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1172.
This was about the time that "the manor of Tregarrick or Tregorrick alias Treroche, belonged, prior to the Norman Conquest, to an ancient British family thence denominated Treroche, and afterwards De Rupe, or De la Roche. Of this family, Ralph de Rupe held in Cornwall by the tenure of knight service, three knight's fees of land in 1189. Another of this family according to tradition, was an officer in the Irish war under John John, Earl of Moreton and Cornwall; and when the latter became king of England, the former was again employed on a similar expedition, in which he acquitted himself so much to the satisfaction of his royal master, that he was rewarded with the forfeited lands of various rebels. This enabled him to build the castle of Roche in that country in 1220, and to become the head of the distinguished family of De Roche in Ireland." [1]
Early History of the Roch family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Roch research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1588, 1929, 1573, 1635, 1600, 1595, 1660, 1624, 1640, 1643, 1576, 1629 and 1594 are included under the topic Early Roch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Roch Spelling Variations
Since church officials and medieval scribes spelt each name as it sounded to them; as a result, a single person could accumulate many different versions of his name within official records. A close examination of the origins of the name Roch revealed the following spelling variations: Roche, Roach, Roache, LaRoche, LaRoach, DeLaRoach, Roack, Roch, Roiche, St.Roche, Rocheland, Rochellan and many more.
Early Notables of the Roch family (pre 1700)
Notable amongst the family up to this time was Blessed John Roche (also known as John Neele or Neale), an Irish Catholic martyr, who died in London, England in 1588, he is the patron of sailors, mariners and boatmen, beatified in 1929. David Roche (1573-1635), Viscount Fermoy, was son and heir of Maurice, Viscount Fermoy. David succeeded to the title on his father's death in June 1600. During the rebellion of Hugh O'Neill, second earl of Tyrone [q. v.], Roche signalised himself by his loyalty, and...
Another 84 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Roch Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Roch Ranking
In Quebec, Canada, the name Roch is the 637th most popular surname. [2] However, in France, the name Roch is ranked the 1,495th most popular surname with an estimated 3,910 people with that name. [3]
Roch migration to the United States +
During the middle of the 19th century, Irish families often experienced extreme poverty and racial discrimination in their own homeland under English rule. Record numbers died of disease and starvation and many others, deciding against such a fate, boarded ships bound for North America. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Unfortunately, many of those Irish that arrived in Canada or the United States still experienced economic and racial discrimination. Although often maligned, these Irish people were essential to the rapid development of these countries because they provided the cheap labor required for the many canals, roads, railways, and other projects required for strong national infrastructures. Eventually the Irish went on to make contributions in the less backbreaking and more intellectual arenas of commerce, education, and the arts. Research early immigration and passenger lists revealed many early immigrants bearing the name Roch:
Roch Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
John Roch, who landed in Virginia in 1643 [4]
Symon Roch, who landed in Virginia in 1654 [4]
Morris Roch, who arrived in Virginia in 1656 [4]
David Roch, who arrived in Virginia in 1661 [4]
Cath Roch, who landed in Virginia in 1715 [4]
Elizabeth Roch, who landed in Virginia in 1725 [4]
Mary Roch, who landed in Virginia in 1725 [4]
Henrey Roch, aged 20, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 [4]
Jurick Mich Roch, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 [4]
Jacob Roch, aged 23, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 [4]
Roch migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Roch Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
Paul Moritz Roch, who landed in Quebec in 1850
Roch migration to New Zealand +
Roch Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
Hungerford Roch, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Ida Zeigler" in 1863
Contemporary Notables of the name Roch (post 1700) +
Emelien Roch (1864-1925), American Democratic Party politician, Physician; Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Thompson, 1918, 1920
Sir John Ormond Roch PC (1934-2021), British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal from 1993 to 2000
René Roch (1929-2018), French fencing sport official, President of Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (1992-2008)
Gustav Roch (1839-1866), German mathematician who made significant contributions to the theory of Riemann surfaces; he died at the age 26 from tuberculosis
Gilles Roch (b. 1952), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 1990
Walter Francis Roch (1880-1965), Welsh politician, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire (1908–1918)
André Roch (1906-2002), Swiss mountaineer, avalanche expert, skier and resort developer
François Roch Ledru des Essarts, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 [5]
Roch Pedneault (1927-2018), Canadian prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (1974–2002)
Roch La Salle PC (1928-2007), Canadian politician who represented the riding of Joliette in the Canadian House of Commons
Historic Events for the Roch family +
Herbert Roch (1918-1941), German Bootsmaat who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking [6]
Hereditary surnames
Norman invasion
Norman Conquest
Great Potato Famine
Irish families
The Roch Motto +
Motto: Mon Dieu est ma roche
Motto Translation: My God is my rock.
^ Hutchins, Fortescue, The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time. London: William Penaluna, 1824. Print
^ https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/document/noms-de-famille-au-quebec/tableau/les-1-000-premiers-noms-de-famille-selon-le-rang-quebec
^ http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
^ Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 8) François Ledru. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
^ Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details
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directed by Gordon Wiles
The gangster grew up tough, got tougher with the years. But now slicker, smarter criminals are moving in on his rackets. The man who prided himself on his control of any situation realizes he may not be tough enough. And what once was self-confidence becomes the unfamiliar but overwhelming emotion of fear. The treacherous world of film noir combines with psychological suspense in a probing, surprising tale rumored to be an uncredited work by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. Barry Sullivan stars, powerfully capturing the flailing crimelord's passage from defiance to craven desperation. And the cast – including Sheldon Leonard, Akim Tamiroff, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Charles McGraw – is a noir fan's dark dream.
Theatrical Release: 25 November 1947 (USA)
DVD Review: Warner Home Video (Warner Archive Collection) - Region 0 - NTSC
Audio Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (English)
DVD Release Date: September 7th, 2010
After moderate success of Monogram's first A picture, a skating noir Suspense, the studio established Allied Artists to distribute its higher quality A pictures to distinguish from poverty row releases of Monogram. One of Allied Artists' first movies was The Gangster which re-teamed stars of Suspense - former skating star Belita and Barry Sullivan. They are joined by Joan Lorring and a number of memorable supporting actors, including Akim Tamiroff, Harry Morgan, John Ireland, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles McGraw, Shelley Winters, etc.
This is another top-notch release by Warner Archive Collection. Progressive transfer doesn't compromise a beautiful cinematography by and there is very little damage on the print. The mono audio is very good as well. The disc is bare-bones with no subtitles, per usual, and no trailer. We still highly recommend this unjustly forgotten film noir to any fan of the genre. Hopefully, Belita's last noir for Monogram/Allied Artists, The Hunted, will be released soon by Warner Archive.
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Q: Common used class library release method I have a class library project, it releases Common.dll file. I use this dll in my another projects. I wonder that which release method is the best?
Compile class library project in release mode

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*and add Common.dll as reference to another projects from dlls Release folder.

*and copy Common.dll from dlls Release folder to another place and add as reference to another projects from new place.

*or another method?

All of these methods have positive and negative sides.
If I use 1st method, when I release Common.dll accidentally it overwrites the other projects referenced old version Common.dll.
If I use 2nd method, when I release Common.dll I have to copy it from Release folder and paste to another place. It will be manually and extra work.
Actually maybe all of these methods are wrong but I hope I could explain my problem. I have a Common.dll project which it is referenced another projects. How should I release this dll?

A: You have three options:

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*Add the Common project to your solution and add a project reference: This way you can always edit the Common project and do refactorings.

*Add the Common.dll as assembly reference from your repository: The problem is that you can only reference the newest version (latest) of your assembly (or you reference into another branch).

*Add the Common.dll as NuGet package: Each package is versioned and you can reference a specific version and only upgrade to a new version if you need to. You can publish the package publicly on nuget.org or you can create your own feed (also possible by using a file directory)


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Dorand biplane
Dorand - Do.1 - 1913 - Франция <– –> Dorand - AR.1/AR.2 - 1916 - Франция
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You are right, the Dorand affair is not clear at all. I am sure that things are confusing because Dorand was a military and not a company.
As the head of Chalais-Meudon technical services (STAe) , his job was testing new technics, ideas etc for the Army.
His first effort, pictured by Crimso, was more a kind of motorized kite than an airplane. No control surfaces, it was steered by the propeller
I don't know anything about the 1911 biplane
In 1913, General Bernard, chef des services aeronautiques militaires requested that all military aircrafts should be armoured, except trainers. There was 4 classes :
1- single seat, cavalry and short range reconnaissance
2- 2 seater for HQ reconnaissances
3- 2 seater with armament for fighting EAs and dirigibles
4- heavy multi-seater, long range, "missions speciales" (bombers? spyplanes? )
I suppose that the STAe designed prototypes for these categories : Do1 for class 2, the only type built in (small) quantity, and the ones pictured in Flight for classes 3 and 4. All these planes were built by Letord, located at Meudon.
There is no doubt that the Do1s were officially named Dorands : they were marked Do1 n° X on their tail and they served in escadrille DO22
The next STAe design, the AR, was not officially a Dorand, even if this name was widely used by front-line units. Actually it had no official name at all, just AR... Notice that the units using it where designated AR32, AR203... not DO32 etc...
According to Albert Eteve (in La victoire des cocardes, 1970), the AR acronym is for Avant (front) Renault : the new design was to have an engine in the front fuselage, as the Farman pushers could not be protected against rear attacks; and Renault because it would use the large stock of Renault V8 engines.
I tend to favor this explaination of AR origin because Eteve had a high rank in the STAe. Also the very fact that several theories were emitted about AR meaning proves that the signification of this acronym was never publicized, maybe it was just a STAe internal reference.
French companies were very bitter because this mediocre "official" aircraft was ordered in very large numbers even before its first flight. Eteve says that AR was produced because Farman was relucant to give up production of its obsolete F40 types. However, in the "french aircrafts" book, one can find half a dozen of Farman tractor prototypes...
The following STAe design, a replacement for twin engine Caudron R4s, was camouflaged as... Letord!
FRENCH ARMOURED BIPLANE BUILT AT CHALAIS-MEUDON. - This new product of the French military aircraft factory has a tractor type fuselage, but is a propeller biplane having two 160 h.p. Gnome engines mounted in streamline casings in the manner shown in the accompanying photograph, and each driving a separate propeller. The font portion of the fuselage is armoured with 3 mm. thick steel plates, and a Hotchkiss machine gun is mounted in the extreme nose of the fuselage, a position which provides a very wide angle of action.
Dorand biplane armoured interceptor (80 hp le rhone engines)
French military biplane designed and constructed at the military aircraft factory at Chalais-Meudon. - This machine is characterised by a very long and narrow fuselage, which carries at its rear end a biplane type elevator. The engine is a 200 h.p. horizontal Salmson (Canton-Unne system) driving through bevel reduction gearing a single tractor screw situated in front of the main planes and above the nose of the fuselage. Several seats are provided, and the machine is fitted with a complete set of instruments for wireless telegraphy.


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A Space for Dialogue 71, Agents of Change: Metamorphosis and the Feminine, Claire J. Hunter, Class of 2012, Mellon Special Project Curatorial Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 14-August 12,2012.
Claire J. Hunter, Class of 2012, A Space for Dialogue 71, Agents of Change: Metamorphosis and the Feminine, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2012, ill. p. 3.
Redback Art Gallery, Gordon Park, Queensland, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 13, 2002; given to present collection, 2009.


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How to make homemade masks are most effective and how they bring the law
Five months after the root crown in the United States, it took masks are one of the most controversial and confusing parts of the pandemic. Changing public health messaging did not help. E 'was mentioned in March, when the personal protective equipment (PPE), the US top officials of Public Health, told Americans that the public does not need masks because they block breathing particles spread COVID-19, as used in a not completely sick person coughing or sneezing. the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that only sick people who wear masks most of them are the best to prevent particles in the air to get where others might inhale, that will initially recommended. But the progress of research studies have shown convincing evidence that asymptomatic people can not breathe with other crown that could infect meant someone could unknowingly be contagious, and everyone should try to be on other people. As science has developed and facilitated a shortage EPP-CDC has revised its guidance that each wear cloth mask to suggest to the public. President Donald Trump has also sent mixed messages on the masks. He called wear "patriotic" masks, but also decided not to wear it in public appearances or ask for his rallies. Other politicians have also sent to mask resisted bringing Georgia Governor Brian Kemp also sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms after they needed in public. (Later lawsuit fall.) As a result, many people are understandably confused about, as masks for the job and if they should be worn. Science is constantly evolving, but here are the latest expert recommendations on masks and crowns. How can I make masks made efficient home? "The more layers, the better," said Raina MacIntyre, an infectious diseases expert at the University of New South Wales, the mask has studied the effectiveness. In a recent study, MacIntyre and her colleagues recommend at least three layers of fabric. (That is, each face coverage is better than nothing. If all you have a bandana or t-shirt to wear that.) While the layers, something can be soft to your face the next, such as cotton, should the outer layer is It may reject such as polyester, which droplets of a water-resistant fabric. "There's an easy way to test all", says MacIntyre tissues. "Take a piece of cloth and a drop of water on it and see what happens." If absorbs, is not enough resistant to the outer layer. If beads on, you're set. Fit is also important. You can easily breathe in germs if there are gaps between the edges of the mask and face, says MacIntyre. For this reason, we recommend a mask on a face mask, which is open at the base of the rule. Finally, the nasal mask should be at all times, says Ben Abbott, professor of environmental sciences at Utah Brigham Young University, recently compiled a guide to the masks. "The droplets generated during expiration nose as easily as you breathe from your mouth," he says. But better not medical masks? N95 masks lead physicians installation fans take care of infectious patients are better than cloth masks masks come to block the viral particles. some protection cloth through a physical barrier that offer more effective but gets layers N95 offer a better filtration. However, the public is urged not to buy N95 masks to make enough for health care workers and those most at risk. Studies show that the multilayer fabric masks are about as good as surgical masks, the spray of particles containing breathing when the wearer sneezes, coughs, or talks. That is, if each mask a cloth to wear in public, there would be much less virus circulation and a lower probability of a patient. "My mask protects you, the mask protects me," says Abbott. I need a filter? You have probably seen advertisements for disposable filter to block the virus particles inserted between the layers of a mask. You can add a little 'more protection, but MacIntyre says they are probably not necessary, as long as you wear a multi-layer mask and keep your distance from others. (Using each day would add up to a lot of waste and cost, he adds.) If you decide to buy one, "you really need to make sure that the filter passes over the entire surface of the mask," says MacIntyre, "L 'air is the path of least resistance to the flow, "explains if you only use a small filter, the air will just move it. Experts recommend polypropylene filters, a plastic material derived that carries an electrostatic charge in the trap help incoming and outgoing particles. In a pinch a few layers of tissue or paper towel may also add a little 'filtering in addition, according to a recent study. When should I wear a mask? Research increasingly shows can spread through tiny respiratory hanging crown particles also exposed to direct contact with droplets in the air for minutes and even hours, of a sick person coughs or sneezes. Airborne spread is particularly likely in areas that are not well ventilated. "It "s pretty clear now that the internal risk [transmission] is much higher external risk" because the viral particles disperse better in the fresh air, says Abbott. This means you must wear a mask whenever you are in a situation with other people most likely as people in the school and the job back. Even if you are a common office in its section and can circulate respiratory particles throughout the room depending on how good is ventilated, so that each is safer to wear a mask all day, says Abbott. (For evidence that masks work inside, look at a hair salon in Missouri, where two designers who have passed crown with any of their clients through 140 face masks.) Even if outside, Abbott he says you should be in any production time can not get at least a distance of six feet from the other. And yes, you need a mask, even if you think they are not sick. "You really are more infectious to show in the days before the symptoms," says Abbott. "That's why it is so important for a large part of the population, the use of masks. If you wait until you have symptoms, it's too late." And if I exercise? If you are exercising in an indoor gym, you will necessarily have to wear a mask, says Abbott. If you're exercising outdoors (and only) in a crowded area, then it is probably safe to remove the mask. They are not likely to spread or catch the virus if someone else quickly in a walk, run or go by bicycle, he says. Should I take home? Realistically, most people are not wearing masks at home. But if you live with someone at high risk for serious get the crown (as an elderly or chronically ill) or working in a high-risk environment (such as a hospital), it might not be a bad idea, says MacIntyre. And since it spreads crown it thinks easily at home. Housemates were probably exposed to each of the other germs, but does not do much good if, for example, one partner wearing a mask in public and the other not, says Abbott. How should I wash my mask? You can lay the cloth masks in the washing machine with normal washing, says MacIntyre. So make sure you use the high heat and wash the mask after each use. MacIntyre recommends keeping at least two obvious one is always clean. Is not don a mask valid medical reasons? For the vast majority of people, wearing a cloth mask safe and beneficial. The worst side effects, most people can expect a little 'discomfort, acne and "a false sense of security", they subside caused social distancing and other precautions, says Abbott. can mask respiratory problems for those who exacerbate the problems with it, under normal circumstances, as have patients with advanced emphysema or severe asthma, says MacIntyre. But this is not a free pass to go to shameless. "If you have a condition that makes it difficult to wear a mask for you, you just need other techniques to be used to minimize the amount of time you have to wear a mask," such as food and accessories Online average down time spent on in public, says MacIntyre. And even if the face is like masks are not effective, MacIntyre says it's still a decent backup for people who wear really have no mask.
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WARWICK, N.Y. (September 4, 2018) – Schervier Pavilion, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), has received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which rates nursing homes nationwide that participate in Medicare or Medicaid.
Schervier Pavilion is located on the campus of St. Anthony Community Hospital, also a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network.
Members of the Schervier Pavilion staff celebrate the five-star rating from CMS.
Nursing Home Compare, a resource on the Medicare website, gives each facility a rating between one and five stars. The ratings come from a combination of health inspections, staffing and quality of resident care measures at each specific nursing facility. CMS calculates a star rating for each of these three categories, along with an overall facility rating, with a five-star rating indicating a facility's exemplary care and physical environment.
"We are proud to have been recognized as a five-star skilled nursing facility and credit this recognition to the professional, knowledgeable and compassionate staff of Schervier Pavilion," said Crystal R. Cummings, MS, LNHA, RRT-NPS, System Director of Long-term Care Services at Bon Secours Charity Health System.
Schervier Pavilion is a 120-bed, skilled nursing facility dedicated to helping each resident maintain the highest level of daily independence possible. Residents can participate in a broad range of therapeutic and social activities designed to enhance their physical and mental capabilities. Services such as physical therapy, occupational and speech therapy, and around-the-clock skilled nursing care are provided in a comfortable setting that residents can call home.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services developed Nursing Home Compare and the Star Rating System to provide consumers with an easy way to search for nursing homes that provide the quality of care they desire. All of the data found on Nursing Home Compare is provided as a service to the public.
To learn more about Schervier Pavilion and its offerings, please visit SchervierPavilion.org or call (845) 987-5717.


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Literacy in the Eighteenth Century
Posted on February 7, 2016 by mnm53290
With the changes to print and the printing press during the eighteenth century, "a larger production of text" were produced," and therefore made texts more accessible to the general public and increased the literacy rates in England ("Short Overview of Influences and Changes in Print in 18th Century England"). With the increased rate of literacy, a new readership developed and the many authors began to appeal to the tastes of these audiences. These changes, according to Ian Watt, influenced the development of the novel. According to the University of Michigan's Student Project on "Illustrated 18th Century Editions of Pamela" based on the Samuel Richardson's novel, Pamela marked the progression from "literature as education to literature as entertainment." It was the first example of the "best seller" in the history of English Fiction ("Illustrated 18th Century Edition of Pamela"). This piece notes that "Richardson in writing Pamela, "incorporated aspects of the different literary predecessors into his work: the educational, the entertaining, and the utilitarian." The letters of love are addressed not to Pamela, but to her parents." This piece, acknowledged that format "redefined the genre of letter-writing and the novel." Pamela has interested many because it is a story about a female from a working class, as seen in her letters to her parents about her conversation with Mrs. Jervis about her master's "wicked devices" and "schemes" (excerpt from Pamela)
The changes in printing is mostly seen in John Baskerville's printing press, " his printing was remarkable, too—for a run of 1500, he would print 2000 copies so he could select 1500 sheets of even color; he also used his type only once" ("Short Overview of Influences and Changes in Print in 18th Century England").
Another well-read text was Shamela, a satirical text based on Pamela. Shamela was written by Henry Fielding, and Fielding sates, "Mrs. Shamela Andrews. In which, the many notorious Falsehoods and Misrepresentations of a book called Pamela, Are exposed and refuted; and all the matchless Arts of that young Politician, set in a true and just Light." This is also a story written in letter form.
According to Ian Watt in the Rise of the Novel and the chapter titled "The Reading Public and the Rise of the Novel," He argues that the break of the novel from literary tradition is the result of the "eighteenth century reading public" (35). Watt notes that many authors tailored their texts to include what was suitable to the general public, since the literacy rates increased. For example, he notes "In his English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century, for example, Leslie Stephen long ago suggested that the gradual extension of the reading class affected the development of literature addressed to them" (35).
Watts notes that the reading public totaled "80,000 in the nineties" (38). Watts also explains that in towns, such as London "shop names instead of signs began to appear, which struck a Swiss visitor, Carl Philipp Moritz, as unusual in 1782 surely implies that it was being increasingly assumed that written communication would be understood by a large enough proportion" (38).
I think that public readership influences many of the writings that were produced. Also, public readership probably influenced the subjects in which the authors wrote, and the influence of readership may have made an impact on the way the authors would describe their characters' experiences. In my opinion, I think many authors wrote and expressed the visions and dreams of many members of the general public, as a result of this new readership. Many of these visions and dreams probably included social mobility, town life, family, and marriage which were . at the heart of many individuals at this time these themes which were reoccurring in text such as Roxana, Pamela, Shamela in addition to other literary works.
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Researchers have found more than 300 chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies, rendering them pre-polluted even before birth.
At the start of Breast Cancer UK's Prevention Week ion 2018, a new report from Giki Social Enterprise showed that while chemicals connected to health issues are common in beauty and children's products, they are also avoidable.
Giki analysed more than 4900 products across 230 brands to assess whether or not their products contained chemicals of concern.
'What's hiding in your beauty products?' aims to help address concerns of many consumers, scientists and NGOs regarding exposure to chemicals in everyday products.
Almost half (44%) of Children's Bathing Products contain chemicals of concern.
Most of these products contain Sodium Laureth Sulphate which is a cleaning agent which can affect skin, eyes and lungs.
Cocamide DEA and Triethanolamine (both can cause allergic reactions, affect the immune system or may be toxic to organs) were also found.
Brands which performed well against the chemicals of concern list include Attitude Little Ones, Child's Farm and Good Bubble.
Overall, 40% of all women's make-up and haircare products contain some type of chemical of concern, with more chemicals found in haircare products and less in make-up.
Three in five (60%) haircare products contain chemicals of concern.
Just 8% of Dry Shampoos have chemicals of concern compared to 92% of '2in1 Shampoo and Conditioners'.
Sodium Laureth Sulphate, Cocamide MEA, DMDM Hydantoin, Parabens and Triethanolamine. Sodium Laureth Sulphate, DMDM Hydantoin and Triethanolamine can irritate skin, eyes and lungs, cause allergic (skin) reactions or be toxic.
Parabens may affect hormones and have been associated with cancer.
Urtekram, Roots & Wings and Organic Shop consistently performed well, with none of their products containing chemicals of concern.
Almost three quarters (71%) of women's make-up (Blushers, Lipsticks and Glosses, EyeØ Make-Up and Foundation) is free from chemicals of concern.
The most common types of chemicals of concern found in make-up products include BHT, Parabens and Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate. While BHT can irritate skin, eyes and lungs and may be toxic to organs, parabens andØ Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate are both associated with endocrine disruption.
Burts Bee's, La Roche-Posay, Miss Sporty, Bourjois, Rimmel London and George (Asda)Ø performed best.
Very few brands produce an entire range which is free from chemicals of concern.
What Are Chemicals Of Concern?
Understanding the ingredients list on most cosmetics is difficult for the vast majority of people. Not only are the terms often highly scientific but there are also a large number of terms to understand.
Whilst the amount of exposure, the length of exposure, other factors and uncertainty make it almost impossible to determine a direct link to issues from skin irritations and allergic reactions to links to cancer, hormone disruption and effects on the reproductive system, many consumers take the approach that they would rather not take the risk.
As a result Giki has compiled a list of commonly cited chemicals of concern using a number of sources. These are the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (a US based not-for profit), Breast Cancer UK (#ditchthejunk) and the David Suzuki Foundation (a Canadian charity).
This list can never be fully comprehensive or complete so consumers should always check the label if there is a particular ingredient they are concerned about. Giki's algorithms read the product label looking for the chemicals and, if none are found, a product is awarded a No Chemical of Concern badge.
Giki, a social enterprise, was founded in 2017 to encourage sustainable consumption by inspiring people to make small, regular changes in their supermarket shopping which are good for them, better for the environment and fairer to other.
In addition, Giki conducts research on key consumer issues to try and help people understand more about the products they buy and the companies they buy them from.


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Rakim – Live in Concert 12th December
Oct 31, 2013 DJ Eric B, Eric B. Is President, I Know You Got Soul, live, o2, Paid In Full, rakim
In 1986, Rakim started to work with New York-based producer-DJ Eric B. The duo—known as Eric B & Rakim—is widely regarded as among the most influential and groundbreaking of hip-hop groups, due in no small part to Rakim's technical abilities.
The duo's first single, "Eric B. Is President" was a success and got the duo a contract with the fledgling Island Records sub-label 4th & B'way. The duo's next single, the smash "I Know You Got Soul", sparked early debate on the legality of unauthorized, uncredited sampling when James Brown sued to prevent the duo's use of a fragment of his music.
Their first full album, "Paid In Full", was released in 1987. Causing a stir in the hip-hop music world due to its novel sound, approach, and subject matter. Rakim pioneered a practice previously unknown to hip-hop called internal rhyming. Already an important aspect of traditional poetry, where rhymes could be found throughout the bar of a lyric which added to the rhythmic complexity of the song: "I keep the mic at Fahrenheit, freeze MCs, make 'em colder/The listeners system is kicking like solar/As I memorize, advertise like a poet/Keep it goin', when I'm flowin' smooth enough, you know it's rough". Instead of two rhyming syllables within two lines at the end of the lines, as we would find in the older hip-hop style displayed above, we have 18 rhyming syllables in just four lines.
Rakim also introduced a lyrical technique known as cliffhanging and popularized the use of metaphors with multiple meanings. His songs were the first to really impart hip-hop music lyrics with a serious poetic device sensibility.
Eric B & Rakim went on to produce three more successful albums, all now considered hip hop standards.
AGMP presents RAKIM – Live in Concert "The Greatest MC of all time"
Venue: IndigO2, London
Date: Thursday, 12/12/2013
Doors: 19:00
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IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Centric, the Dutch IT total solution provider. The two companies are working together to develop service orientated architecture (SOA) based solutions to improve efficiency and flexibility within the retail industry.
Centric has a strong customer base across the central European market within warehousing, point-of-sale systems and logistics. Centric is well regarded in the retail sector and known for its best-of-breed solutions with customers such as Blokker, Hema, Kingfisher and Ahold. This expertise, combined with the agility provided by IFS' extended supply chain solution, creates the retail industry's most powerful and flexible extended ERP solution.
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The two companies have established a Center of Excellence that focuses solely on the success of the partnership.
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IFS customers in the retail area include Stadium, Systembolaget, ByggMax, Reporter, Marskramer and Intertoys. IFS customers in the Wholesale area include Jenssen, Cloetta Fazer, SMC Pneumatics, Bristan, Hama, Brightpoint, Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc. and Katun Corporation.
IFS (OMX STO: IFS), the global enterprise applications company, provides solutions which enable organizations to respond quickly to market changes—allowing resources to be used in a more agile way to achieve better business performance and competitive advantage.IFS was founded in 1983 and now has 2,600 employees worldwide. IFS has pioneered component-based ERP software with IFS Applications, now in its seventh generation. IFS' component architecture provides solutions that are easier to implement, run and upgrade. IFS Applications is available in 54 countries in 22 languages. IFS has over 600,000 users across seven key vertical sectors: aerospace & defense; automotive; high-tech; industrial manufacturing; process industries; construction, contracting & service management and utilities & telecom. IFS Applications provides extended ERP functionality including customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), product lifecycle management (PLM), corporate performance management (CPM), enterprise asset management (EAM) and maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities.