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Deep trouble: Parasite, Us and the movies' subterranean blues The GuardianMon, 20th January 2020
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US Box Office Analysis 17 - 19 January 2020: Smith and Lawrence return to the top of the box office with sequel movie Bad Boys For Life
Returning 17 years after their last teaming Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up as Bad Boys again in Bad Boys For Life and hit the top with a far better than expected debut while Robert Downey Jr. limps into number 2 with Dolittle.
With a change of director from Micheal Bay to Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence sequel vehicle hits the top of the US box office with ease taking a surprising $59.1 Million.
The last time we had a Bad Boys movie was 17 years ago in July 2003 when Bad Boys II made its debut at the top with $46.5 Million, so the love for this franchise has not demished at all.
Robert Downey Jr. first movie since the mega smash hit Avengers: Endgame which went on to be the highest grossing movie of all time limps into the box offie with a debut gross of $22.5 Million.
This will be worrying for the studio and it could end up as one of the stars lowest grossing movies.
To put this into perspective the debut gross is even lower that the $29 Million debut of the 1998 Eddie Murphy Doctor Dolittle, without adjusting for inflation.
Sam Mendes much praised war movie drop to number 2 this weekend with a $22.1 Million weekend gross putting the film total at $76.7 Million after 4 weeks of release, 2 weeks on wide release.
The Dwayne Johnson starring sequel movie falls to 4 this weekend with $9.5 Million for a US total gross of $270.4 Million after 6 weeks of release.
J.J. Abrams final star wars movie falls to 5 this week with $8.3 Million on its 5th weekend of release.
The film has without doubt been a success with a total US gross of $492 Million and is the highest total grossing movie on the box offie this week, but in terms of film in the Star Wars franchise, and the marketing hype the film was given, it is perhaps a failure and wont reach the $620 Million of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Some good news this week for the film, it has passed the $474.5 Million of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The much praised South Korea movie is the longest running film on the US box office this week with 15 weeks and a total gross of $27.7 Million.
US Box Office Analysis 3 - 5 January 2020: The Rise Of Skywalker remains at the top while The Grudge remake is the top new film at 4
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker remains at the top for another weekend while the highest new film of the weekend is the 2020 remake of The Grudge at number 4.
Remaining at the top of the US box office is the JJ Abrams saga film Star Wars movie which takes $33.7 Million on its 3rd weekend of release.
This pushes the films total US box office take to $450.7 Million, an excellent take but the lowest of the sequel trilogy movies to date.
The Jake Kasdan directed trilogy movie is at number 2 this weekend with a take of $26.5 Million.
The film total US take of $236.2 Million after 4 weeks of release, this is far lower than the previous film and the film will most likely not reach the heights of that film.
The Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson starring retelling of the classic novel is at number 3 this weekend with $13.5 Million pushing its total to $60 Million after 2 weeks.
A new year and a new remake as the Japanese horror classic gets its second Hollywood treatment.
The film makes its US debut with $11.3 Million and sites at number 4 on its debut.
The smash hit sequel movie is at number 5 this week with a weekend gross of $11.2 Million and a total gross of $449.8 Million after 7 weeks of release.
The Chinese award winning movie is the longest running film on the US box office this week with 13 weeks in total, it has a US gross of $23.9 Million.
US Box Office Analysis 20 - 22 December 2019: The Rise Of Skywalker debuts at the top with lower than expected gross while Cats hardly registers on the top 5
With the release of a new Star Wars film we get a new number 1 film, but The Rise Of Skywalker disappoints a bit on its debut weekend while Cats is a major disappointment at 4.
The last of the sequel trilogy and the last of the Skywalker saga for arguably the best series of films ever created makes its way to the top of the US box office with ease, but its $175.5 Million debut of far lower than expected.
The film is the 12th highest opening film ever in the US, but its lower than Star Wars: The Last Jedi which has a bad reception from fans and far lower than Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is loved by fans.
The road ahead could be good for the movie though as films released around Christmas tend to have good legs, but critical reviews and fans alike have given the movie a mixed reception, in truth are we fed up with Star Wars movies?
The sequel to the 2017 mega smash falls to number 2 this weekend from its debut last week at the top with a gross of $26.1 Million which brings its total to $101.9 Million after 2 weeks.
Disney continue to push their sequel movie which can not officially be called a smash hit, the film falls to number 3 this week with $12.3 Million but ots total gross os $385.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.
There were high expectations for this big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webbers hit stage musical but the film nearly died the moment the first trailer hit.
The movie ends up at number 4 this week with a total debut gross of $6.5 Million, and with critics panning the film as well as the movie going public the future looks grim for the Tom Hooper directed feature.
Rian Johnsons star studded murder mystery has done well on the box office, it falls to 5 this weekend with $6.1 Million for a 4 week total of $89.5 Million.
Notching up 11 weeks on the box office now the Chinese hit movie is the longest running film on the US box office, while Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker instantly becomes the highest grossing movie on its debut.
Joon-ho Bong film Parasite has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, language, sex, sex references
Parasite the new film from director Joon-ho Bong who also directed the 2013 film Snowpiercer starring Chris Evans, is given a 15 age rating in the UK.
The film has already been a big hit in many parts of the world and it has grossed nearly $100 Million globally already.
The film has been given a 15 age rating by the BBFC for strong bloody violence, language, sex, sex references, it was passed uncut and has a runtime of 132 minutes (2 hours 13 minutes) and a release date of 7th February 2020.
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World Box Office Analysis 31st May - 2nd June 2019: Godzilla roars to the top knocking Aladdin to number 2
Entering at the top of the global box office this week Monster movie Godzilla: King Of The Monsters which leaves Aladdin to have a single week at number 1 (so far) as it falls to number 2 in its second weekend.
The big monster battle movie starring the Japanese superhero Godzilla fights its way to the top of the global box office this week, and does it with some ease.
Taking $179 million from 76 countries on its debut it may be at the top of the global box office but compared to the previous Godzilla movie released in 2014 it way below.
Godzilla is having a battle with King Kong early next year so in comparison this film is also lower than 2017's Kong: Skull Island.
The Disney live action blockbuster flew to the top of the box office last weekend but sinks to number 2 this week with $120.6 million from 55 countries.
This pushes the film total global gross to $445.9 million after 2 weeks of release.
With the films release across more of the globe the Elton John fantasy bio-pic goes to number 3 with a weekend global take of $44.2 million having expanded to 41 countries.
The film now has a global total gross of $56.2 million, in comparison this is far below the second weekend gross of Bohemian Rhapsody.
At number 4 this week is Chinese film Parasite which makes its global debut with $24.5 million from just 2 countries.
The third John Wick movie falls to number 4 this week with a gross of $23.8 million from 78 countries, this pushes the films total global gross to $221.6 million.
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Home » A new real-time and precision capnography for human respiration carbon dioxide concentration
A new real-time and precision capnography for human respiration carbon dioxide concentration
Jiachen Yang; Bin Wang; Ran Xu; Lei Wang
Perfusion;Nov2010, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p399
This paper is a description of the designing of a new mainstream device to measure human respiration carbon dioxide concentration, based on non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) absorption technology. The device can be used to accurately monitor the cardiopulmonary status during anaesthesia and mechanical ventilation in real time. This new device can not only make up the error of real-time gas measurement of the side-stream device, but also make up the accuracy of the main-stream device. In the paper, four issues which can affect the measurement accuracy were considered: respiration gas flow, turbulence of the light source with all ranges of wavelength, temperature drift and signal noise. The experimental results showed that the device could produce a stable output signal and deviation of measurement accuracy could be achieved to within 4%.
Patients and Health Care Providers Breathe Easier with Capnography. Page, Christina Orlovsky // NurseZone Newsletter;6/17/2013, p1
The article focuses on the use of capnography tool in the operating room to monitor patient respiration while under anesthesia. It lists the innovative and proprietary technological benefits provided by Oridion Microstream Capnography from Covidien. The American Heart Association (AHA) adapted...
Capnography monitors. // RN;Oct2002, Vol. 65 Issue 10, p65
Presents information on various brands of capnography monitors. Capnocheck Plus Capnograph from BCI; Microcap Portable Canograph from Oridion; NPB-70 Handheld Capnograph from Nellcor.
Efficient Ventilation Utilizing Noninvasive Capnography. Waugh, Jonathan B.; Epps, Chad A. // AARC Times;Mar2009, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p12
The article discusses the advantages of using noninvasive capnography in monitoring the ventilatory status of patients. Compared to a transcutaneous carbon dioxide (tcCO2) monitor, which approximates arterial CO2 detected through the skin, capnography approximates arterial CO2 by directly...
Adjustable Monitor Can Be Tailored To Patients' Needs. // RN;Feb2004, Vol. 67 Issue 2, p72
Features the sidestream capnography option in BCI Inc.'s Advisor portable vital signs monitor. Application in the measurement and analysis of inspired and end-tidal carbon dioxide; Other parameters measured by the device.
Spacelabs Healthcare Receives 510(k) Clearance for Sidestream Capnography Module. // Biomedical Market Newsletter;8/28/2012, Vol. 21, p1
The article informs that Spacelabs Healthcare Inc. has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its Capnography Pod. It informs that the Capnography Pod provides a non-invasive method ofmeasuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a gas mixture and helps in the...
Evaluation of an Oxygen Mask-Based Capnometry Device in Subjects Extubated After Abdominal Surgery. Shunsuke Takaki; Takahiro Mihara; Kenji Mizutani; Osamu Yamaguchi; Takahisa Goto // Respiratory Care;May2015, Vol. 60 Issue 5, p705
BACKGROUND: For early detection of respiratory and hemodynamic changes during anesthesia, continuous end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration (PETCO2) is monitored by capnometry. However, the accuracy of CO2 monitoring during spontaneous breathing in extubated patients remains undetermined....
Update 2003. // Critical Care Nurse;Aug2003, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p88
Presents an update on the techniques of carbon dioxide measurement in critical care. Use of exhaled carbon dioxide measurement during placement of feeding tubes; Use of resuscitation bags in carbon dioxide measurement.
Volumetric capnography as a bedside monitoring of thrombolysis in major pulmonary embolism. Verschuren, Franck; Heinonen, Erkki; Clause, Didier; Roeseler, Jean; Thys, Frédéric; Meert, Philippe; Marion, Eric; El Gariani, Abduiwahed; Col, Jacques; Reynaert, Marc; Liistro, Giuseppe; Thys, Frédéric; El Gariani, Abdulwahed // Intensive Care Medicine;Nov2004, Vol. 30 Issue 11, p2129
Objective: To describe the use of volumetric capnography, a plot of expired CO(2) concentration against expired volume, in monitoring fibrinolytic treatment of major pulmonary embolism.Design and Setting: Two case reports in the emergency department of a teaching...
QUANTIFYING ORGANICS THROUGH OXIDATION, DETECTION. DePalma, Angelo // Lab Manager Magazine;Jan2011, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p38
The article focuses on the use of total organic carbon (TOC) analyzers in detecting organics through oxidation and detection. It notes that TOC analysis provides information on impurities and becomes mandatory for several laboratories, specifically in semiconductors. It involves the...

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Die Römisch-katholische Kirche in Libyen vertritt eine christliche, religiöse Minderheit.

Geschichte
Die katholische Kirche hat eine lange Tradition in Libyen. Bereits im Neuen Testament wird Simon von Cyrene namentlich genannt und Synesios (370–414), Bischof von Tripolis, wird als Kirchenlehrer verehrt. Nach der Eroberung durch muslimische Araber zwischen 642 und 666 war das Christentum nicht mehr existent. Erst mit der Ansiedlung von Franziskanern um 1630 gab es einen Neuanfang. 1912 begann mit der italienische Kolonialisierung eine Besiedlung und Zunahme der Katholiken sowie die Errichtung von Kirchen und Friedhöfen. Nach 1945 wurden viele Kirchen abgerissen oder zu Moscheen umgebaut.

Gegenwart
Die Christliche Gemeinschaft besteht überwiegend aus Ausländern, darunter die größte Gruppe der Flüchtlinge aus Afrika, ausländische Arbeitskräfte aus Asien, Europa und Nordamerika sowie Indien. Die Zahl der Christen wird geschätzt 2,7 % der Gesamtbevölkerung, mithin circa 70.000 bis 170.000 Personen. Die Katholiken bilden die größte Gruppe mit geschätzten 50.000 bis 75.000 Personen.

Bereits mit der italienischen Kolonialzeit wurden die drei Apostolischen Vikariate von Tripolis, Benghazi und Derna sowie die Apostolische Präfektur von Misurata eingerichtet. 1970 erfolgte ein Abkommen des Heilige Stuhls mit dem libyschen Staat zur Regelung der materielle und rechtliche Situation der katholischen Kirche in Libyen; 1985 folgte die Aufnahme diplomatischer Beziehungen. 1973 wurde es möglich, dass Ordensschwestern für den Krankendienst aufnahmen. 2013 erfolgte der Rückzug zweier Ordensgemeinschaften wegen islamistischen Repressalien, darunter auch ein Bombenattentat in einer katholischen Kirche.

Seit 2011 befindet sich Libyen in einem bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustand und unstablien politischen Verhältnissen. Katholische Mission unter Muslimen ist ebenso untersagt wie die Mission anderer Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften. Die Katholische Kirche ist in verschiedenen Teilen Libyens mit drei Apostolischen Administraturen und einer Apostolischen Präfektur präsent.

Der Heilige Stuhl und Libyen unterhalten diplomatische Beziehungen. Apostolischer Nuntius war zuletzt bis 30. April 2022 Erzbischof Alessandro D'Errico.

Diözesen
 Das Apostolische Vikariat Bengasi wurde 1913 gegründet. Apostolischer Administrator ist seit 2019 Sandro Overend Rigillo OFM. Das Vikariat zählt nach starkem Rückgang etwa 500 Seelen (Stand 2017; 2014: 6.000 Seelen).
 Das Apostolische Vikariat Derna wurde 1939 gegründet, sein Bischofssitz ist vakant und zählt 500 Seelen (1966).
 Die Apostolische Präfektur Misurata wurde 1939 gegründet, ihr Bischofssitz ist vakant und zählt 1.100 Seelen (1969).
 Das Apostolische Vikariat Tripolis wurde 1913 gegründet, wird seit 2017 von George Bugeja OFM geleitet und zählt 15.000 Seelen (2017).

Siehe auch
 Christentum in Libyen
 Kopten
 Teilkirche
 Liste der römisch-katholischen Diözesen

Weblinks

 Catholic Church in Libya (Franciscan Province "Saint Paul the Apostle", Malta)

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The Patriot Post® · Democrats Beware — ObamaCare Survived
By Mark Alexander · March 29, 2017
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/48253-democrats-beware-obamacare-survived-2017-03-29
"Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other motives, not more laudable than these, are apt to operate as well upon those who support as upon those who oppose the right side of a question. Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit, which has, at all times, characterized political parties." —Alexander Hamilton (1787)
Despite all the hyperventilated ad-revenue-driven media shock banners and alerts, ad nauseam, about a lack of Republican agreement on how to defuse the Democrats' ObamaCare time-bomb last week, make no mistake: The Democrat Party's so-called "Affordable Care Act," which turned out to be anything but, remains locked in a death spiral. The lack of a Republican consensus may appear to be a "Democrat victory" for the moment, but their failed socialist health care charade is on life support.
That notwithstanding, so gleeful are Democrats that Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has stalled a Senate confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's outstanding Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. This maneuver is an attempt to derail another one of Trump's major campaign promises — appointing a conservative jurist to fill the vacant seat of the late Antonin Scalia. The delay allows Senate Democrats to bask a bit longer in the glow over House Republicans' unsuccessful first pass at cleaning up the train wreck known as ObamaCare.
Now, emboldened by the Trump/Ryan setback, Schumer is floating a filibuster to the vote on Judge Gorsuch, which will force Senate Republicans to either abandon the nomination (which has exactly zero chance of happening) or change the rules of the Senate to allow confirmation by a simple majority. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell re-affirmed his intent to see the Gorsuch confirmation through — noting it is up to Democrats to choose how that happens.
Altering the Senate rule is too often referred to as "the nuclear option," but it's really "the Reid Rule," as it was former Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who brazenly changed Senate rules in 2013 to abolish the filibuster on agency-level and judicial nominees. By wielding this rule against the party that created it, Republicans are providing an age-old Scriptural lesson for their irreligious Democratic brethren: "As you sow so shall you reap."
Regarding the sidelined health care reform bill, as long as "ObamaCare is the law of the land," as Speaker Paul Ryan laments, Americans who bought into the false promise of cheap health care coverage will continue to find themselves over-charged, under-insured and poorly served — at least until Republicans can agree on an alternative to restore and improve private-sector health care markets. Notably, while that agreement seeks to be a "repeal," there are few things on the planet more complex than summarily repealing an entitlement — especially one that so many citizens across the political spectrum have been forced to accept.
Of course, the media's coverage of Republican efforts on behalf of those Americans has been all fragrance and little substance. This is because fomenting dissent along topical lines of division sells advertising, while delving into the details of complicated legislation does not. "Breaking News Alert" would better read "Faking News Alert." Despite the MSM's contrary declarations about the demise of the Republican bill, to paraphrase that sage Mark Twain, reports of health care reform's death are greatly exaggerated.
Though Republican leaders pulled their American Health Care Act legislation because of insufficient support, despite Trump's "ultimatum" to pass it on an unrealistic timetable, the lack of consensus on the Republican side of the House (and the Senate) is having an unintended consequence. The conservative Republican brand has been deeply wounded. The failure of this bill was not about a lack of loyalty to the president but a lack of loyalty to the American people.
The fact is, the Trump/Ryan proposal had many strong merits (along with its flaws), including subjecting Medicaid to budget constraints for the first time since it was enacted in 1965. But as political analyst Dennis Prager argues, sometimes purists are determined to kill what they believe in by taking the "all or none" route.
"In terms of policy," notes Prager, "Donald Trump is a conservative dream. From appointing a conservative to the Supreme Court, to approving the Keystone XL pipeline, to weakening the fanatical, hysterical, and tyrannical EPA, to appointing an ambassador to the United Nations who has moral contempt for that immoral institution, to backing Israel, to seeking to reduce economy-choking regulations on business — indeed essentially everything conservatives would wish for in a president — Donald Trump is almost too good to be true."
Indeed, as I wrote in December, the conservative profile of Donald Trump's administration was shaping up to rival that of Ronald Reagan's first administration. And Trump has continued to surround himself with very capable conservatives.
The primary concern voiced by the Freedom Caucus was that the proposed plan left too much of the ObamaCare infrastructure in place, particularly the regulations that imposed government mandates on health insurance markets.
To that end, my friend Jim DeMint at Heritage Foundation had proposed a comprehensive health care reform bill, because, as Heritage health care policy analyst Edmund Haislmaier concluded, "While the [House] bill contained a number of provisions that were good conservative policies, a major reason it fell short was that [it] did not go far enough in dismantling ObamaCare's regulatory architecture."
I agree with their assessment, and similar analysis from other conservative colleagues, but I do not agree with their "all or none" tactics.
As Prager concludes, "Passing even a tepid first bill to begin the process of dismantling the crushing burden of ObamaCare would have been an important first step in weakening the Left — not only by beginning to repeal ObamaCare but also by strengthening the Trump presidency and the president's ability to go forward with tax reform and other parts of his conservative agenda."
The bottom line is that Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and the majority of Republicans (including some very conservative Republicans) concurred that their American Health Care Act was the best they could do under the circumstances, given that Republicans only hold a two-vote majority in the Senate. Recall that one of those votes is that of Susan Collins (R-ME), who voted against the 2015 ObamaCare repeal bill. So, despite the Freedom Caucus demands, if implemented, their revised bill would face certain defeat in the Senate.
If our Republican conference conservatives pursue this fracturing strategy, they should just give the majority keys to the Democrats now. No doubt Trump will soon dispense his conciliatory tone and take to twitter, enlarging the rift. Recall that similar fratricidal infighting by my Tea Party friends "all or none" opposition to Romney/Ryan in 2012, helped deliver a second-term victory to Barack Obama.
Endeavoring to put lipstick on a pig, Trump noted, "It's going to be an experience that leads to an even better health care plan. … I know some of the Democrats and they're good people. I honestly believe the Democrats will come to us and say, 'Look, let's get together and get a great health care bill or plan that is really great for the people of our country.'" Suggesting that he might cut a deal with Democrats was a loud shot across the bow of the Freedom Caucus. Heck, even Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders concedes, "ObamaCare has serious problems. Deductibles are too high. Premiums are too high. The cost of health care is going up at a much faster rate than it should."
However, allow me to reiterate that, despite the giddiness of Democrats and their mainstream media trucklings, the lack of a vote last week should not be construed to mean health care legislation is dead. According to Speaker Ryan: "We're not going to retrench into our corners or put up dividing lines. There's too much at stake to get bogged down in all of that. We saw good overtures from those members from different parts of our conference to get there because we all share these goals, and we're just going to have to figure out how to get it done."
Indeed, there are backroom deals being negotiated right now, and Ryan will call for another vote on an amended version of the current bill or Republicans will draft a new one.
As Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) made clear, "This is not the end of the debate," and Donald Trump "will deliver" on health care reform. "It's incumbent upon … conservatives and moderates to come together, hopefully in the coming days, to find some consensus, to present something to the president that certainly not only gets him [218] votes, but, hopefully, 235 votes," Meadows said. "To put a stake in it today would not be accurate, nor would be the narrative that this is a great failure for the president."
Founding Freedom Caucus member Jim Jordan (R-OH) called for unity around a better bill: "Let's stop doing the blame game and get back to work and do what we told the American people we were going to accomplish, which is repeal ObamaCare and replace it with a patient-centered health care program."
This bill should be passed and then left to the Senate for reconciliation. And on that note, recall that there are five senators on the ballot in 2018 from states won by Donald Trump in 2016. Need they be reminded that ObamaCare's oppressive mandates have driven up the cost of premiums between 44.5% and 68%?
So it's back to the boiler room, where (hopefully) Donald Trump can demonstrate his mastery of "The Art of the Deal."
Looking just ahead, the most damaging consequence of withdrawing the Trump/Ryan health care bill is its implication for upcoming Trump initiatives. His "repeal and replace ObamaCare" promise is at least temporarily on the rocks, his Supreme Court nominee is being held hostage, and his third major initiative, tax reform, is now at risk.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insists that Trump's huge tax cut bill will be "a lot simpler" to pass than the health care bill.
Indeed, it should be, given that the U.S. has the highest corporate tax rates of any industrialized nation on the planet. Small business owners now pay a top federal tax rate of 39.6% and another 3.8% surtax under ObamaCare, while larger corporations pay 35% on earnings.
Paul Ryan and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) are promoting a bill that's focused on job growth, but the key will be whether it's revenue neutral. Enter, once again, the Freedom Caucus…
The most immediate challenge for Republicans is the expiration of government funding on April 28, and failure to approve a debt solution would trigger a partial government shutdown. (Remember how that turned out last time around?) Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) concludes, "Shutting down the government when you are a Republican Congress and a Democrat is in the White House was one thing. You could chalk that up to a disagreement between the parties. But when you control the House and the Senate and the White House and shut down the government — there is no excuse for that at all."
If the Trump/Ryan tax reform plan faces as much discord as their health care plan, then the first victim is likely to be Trump's supplemental budget request for additional military spending, improved security along our southern border, and offsetting domestic spending cuts.
If my fellow conservatives obstruct passage of Trump's tax reform bill, then perhaps they should, as Dennis Prager suggests, remember this adage: "The Best Is the Enemy of the Better."
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Pro Deo et Libertas — 1776
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Job: Head, Metadata Management at Columbia University Libraries
Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:44:31 +0000
Columbia University Libraries invites innovative applicants for a Head of Metadata Management in the Collections Acquisitions & Description Department within the Collections Division.  This Librarian position explores all aspects of metadata creation and its application from various sources and coordinates its use across multiple departments, working in both print and digital formats.
Reporting to the Director, Collections Acquisitions & Description, the incumbent will discover opportunities to engage in creative experimentation with an aim to bring efficiencies and balance to the expanding metadata ecosystem.
·         Initiates & monitors automated vendor processes such as bibliographic record loads with embedded order data (EOD) and the loading of invoices data transmitted via EDI.
·         Develops detailed specifications for numerous record load profiles, coordinating, communicating and troubleshooting the processes with vendors, Libraries Information Technology (LIT) and the Collection Development and Electronic Resource Management (CDERM) departments as needed.
·         Assists in deployment, testing and configuration of Library system software, including the Library Management System (LMS), vendor clients and databases and third party applications and tools (Macro-Express, MarcEdit, WorldShare) used to automate workflows from acquisitions to cataloging. Consults with LIT regarding staff workstation configurations and provides system-wide support and training regarding Technical Services applications.
·         Develops automated solutions and efficiencies to enhance acquisitions and cataloging workflows including batch processed record enhancement, database maintenance and metadata creation. Identifies, using reporting mechanisms, appropriate categories for batch jobs and considers methods for applying new standards such as FAST or linked data enhancements.
·         Runs reports for ReCAP (Research Collections & Preservation Consortium) projects and develops efficiencies in transferring collections offsite.
·         Compiles, normalizes and analyzes divisional cataloging production statistics. Devises and considers additional assessment methods to support the needs of the department, the division and the libraries.
·         MLS degree or equivalent
·         Experience working with Library Data.
·         Working knowledge of metadata schema (e.g. MARC) and cataloging standards (RDA, AACR2, etc.)
·         Strong communication and writing skills.
·         Creativity in problem solving and considerable organizational and analytical skills
·         Experience with bibliographic tools and software such as MarEdit or OpenRefine
·         Experience with WorldShare, Voyager and Electronic Resource Management systems (ERMs)
·         Some coding experience and familiarity with Python, PERL, etc
·         Familiarity with linked data principles.
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Digital Dealmakers: Gary Baker
The player: Gary Baker, CEO of Los Angeles-based ClipBlast.com
The play: ClipBlast wants to operate at the core of the emerging video search marketplace, a vital area given the proliferation of video on the Internet. Late last month comScore reported that more than 106.5 million people, or about three out of every five U.S. Internet users, streamed or downloaded video during the month of July. That represents nearly 7.2 billion videos. The video search market is wide open since no one has yet cracked the code on how to easily search through the vast stores of video.
The pitch: Enter ClipBlast. "We have a solid way of finding the video that people want to be found and having access to the video people are searching for," Mr. Baker said. "We scour the Web all the time." The ClipBlast site is both a search engine and a snapshot of Internet video at any given moment with its list of featured videos and a real-time list of video clips being released online. The most-searched-for videos are usually top news stories, sports and popular TV shows such as ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," he said. Last week, ClipBlast announced it would index video for other Web sites, giving site owners a free downloadable search box that allows visitors to search within the site or across the Web. ClipBlast helps site owners make money with targeted ads.
In the mix: ClipBlast competitors include Truveo (bought by AOL), Blinkx, PureVideo and the big search engines Google and Yahoo.
The numbers: Mr. Baker founded the company in 2004 and rolled out the technology 18 months ago. The service emerged from beta testing in September. During the test phase the service attracted about 50,000 unique visitors per month, a number that has since doubled.
The money guys: The company is privately funded. Mr. Baker said he's exploring options including strategic investments, venture capital and technology licensing.
Backstory: Mr. Baker, 49, was born and raised in Los Angeles. He attended the UCLA film school and directed children's TV programs for Disney Channel. He also worked for America Online and went on to found Catalogsite.com, which he sold in 1997. He then joined IBM before starting ClipBlast. "Video search is really a necessary piece to this path I have been taking for the last 20 years," he said. "It's really how do we utilize technology to be entertained and informed and as producers how do we use the technology to get content seen by interested people," he said.
Pros: "The opportunities I think are enormous in terms of making sense of this all and making it easy and giving users fast, specific, relevant results to their needs and giving content providers, the producers and distributors the ability to monetize their content. To truly turn this into a real business," he said.
Cons: The biggest challenge is to ensure ClipBlast indexes all the video on the Web, he said.
Who knew? Mr. Baker is married with two children, ages 11 and 14. He's a committed Deadhead, having followed the Grateful Dead since 1972.
Check out Daisy Whitney's "Trial & Error" blog for more on ClipBlast.
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Summer is here and you need to take a vacation! Conversations about your time off from work with friends, family and colleagues are likely to come up during these hot months. Everyone relaxes and takes a break in a different way.
Perhaps you like to spend your vacation at home relaxing with friends and family or watching Netflix, in the mountains camping or backpacking, at the beach sipping a refreshing drink or in a large city visiting museums and going to night clubs. This is a fun topic that most people are very enthusiastic about, so let's make sure you have the words and phrases you need to describe your experience.
· When do you have vacation?
· How long are you on vacation?
· What are your plans for the summer?
· What are you going to do/see on vacation?
· Are you going somewhere for vacation?
· Who are you going on vacation with?
What kind of vacation do you like?
· Did you enjoy your vacation?
· What did you do for vacation?
· What was your favorite part about your vacation?
· Where did you go on vacation?
· How was your vacation?
· How long were you on vacation?
· Who did you go with?
· Did you go with your [family, friends, wife, boyfriend, etc.]?
o I'm going on vacation in two weeks.
o I took a vacation a month ago.
o I booked a vacation for the first week in December.
o I'm going to book a vacation in Dubai in September.
o We're going to relax and just stay in one place during our Europe trip.
o I stayed in one place when I was in Dubai.
o My friend and I went on a day trip to Valparaiso.
o We'll be taking a day trip to celebrate the New Year.
o It was so relaxing to take a long weekend last March.
o I'm going to take a long weekend in December.
o I'll do some sightseeing when I take my vacation in Paris.
Do you want more travel vocabulary and phrases? See our blog about air travel vocabulary and our blog about requesting and giving travel advice.


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The distinctive black-topped Egyptian pottery of the PreDynastic period associated with Flinders Petrie's Sequence Dating System, Petrie Museum
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS, FBA (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artefacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt in conjunction with his wife, Hilda Petrie.[3] Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele,[4] an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred.[5]
Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.[6]
Petrie was born on 3 June 1853 in Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent, England, the son of William Petrie (1821–1908) and Anne (née Flinders) (1812–1892). Anne was the daughter of Captain Matthew Flinders, who led the first circumnavigation of Australia. William Petrie was an electrical engineer who developed carbon arc lighting and later developed chemical processes for Johnson, Matthey & Co.[7]
Petrie was raised in a Christian household (his father being a member of the Plymouth Brethren), and was educated at home. He had no formal education. His father taught his son how to survey accurately, laying the foundation for his archaeological career. At the age of eight, he was tutored in French, Latin, and Greek, until he had a collapse and was taught at home. He also ventured his first archaeological opinion aged eight, when friends visiting the Petrie family were describing the unearthing of the Brading Roman Villa in the Isle of Wight. The boy was horrified to hear the rough shovelling out of the contents, and protested that the earth should be pared away, inch by inch, to see all that was in it and how it lay.[8] "All that I have done since," he wrote when he was in his late seventies, "was there to begin with, so true it is that we can only develop what is born in the mind. I was already in archaeology by nature."[9]
The chair of at University College London was set up and funded in 1892 following a bequest from Amelia Edwards, who died suddenly in that year. Petrie's supporter since 1880, Edwards had instructed that he should be its first incumbent. He continued to excavate in Egypt after taking up the professorship, training many of the best archaeologists of the day.
In 1913 Petrie sold his large collection of Egyptian antiquities to University College, London, where it is now housed in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. One of his trainees, Howard Carter, went on to discover the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
A photograph Petrie took of his view from the tomb he lived in in Giza 1881
In his teenage years, Petrie surveyed British prehistoric monuments[10] (commencing with the late Romano-British 'British Camp' that lay within yards of his family home in Charlton) in attempts to understand their geometry (at 19 producing the most accurate survey of Stonehenge). His father had corresponded with Piazzi Smyth about his theories of the Great Pyramid and Petrie travelled to Egypt in early 1880 to make an accurate survey of Giza, making him the first to properly investigate how they were constructed (many theories had been advanced on this, and Petrie read them all, but none were based on first hand observation or logic).[11]
Petrie's published reports of this triangulation survey, and his analysis of the architecture of Giza therein, was exemplary in its methodology and accuracy, disproved Smyth's theories and still provides much of the basic data regarding the pyramid plateau to this day. On that visit, he was appalled by the rate of destruction of monuments (some listed in guidebooks had been worn away completely since then) and mummies. He described Egypt as "a house on fire, so rapid was the destruction" and felt his duty to be that of a "salvage man, to get all I could, as quickly as possible and then, when I was 60, I would sit and write it all."
Returning to England at the end of 1880, Petrie wrote a number of articles and then met Amelia Edwards, journalist and patron of the Egypt Exploration Fund (now the Egypt Exploration Society), who became his strong supporter and later . Impressed by his scientific approach, they offered him work as the successor to Édouard Naville. Petrie accepted the position and was given the sum of £250 per month to cover the excavation's expenses. In November 1884, Petrie arrived in Egypt to begin his excavations.
He first went to a New Kingdom site at Tanis, with 170 workmen. He cut out the middle man role of foreman on this and all subsequent excavations, taking complete overall control himself and removing pressure on the workmen from the foreman to discover finds quickly but sloppily. Though he was regarded as an amateur and dilettante by more established Egyptologists, this made him popular with his workers, who found several small but significant finds that would have been lost under the old system.
In 1886, while working for the Egypt Exploration Fund, Petrie excavated at Tell Nebesheh in the Eastern Nile Delta. This site is located 8 miles southeast of Tanis and, among the remains of an ancient temple there, Petrie found a royal sphinx, now located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[12]
By the end of the Tanis dig, he ran out of funding but, reluctant to leave the country in case it was renewed, he spent 1887 cruising the Nile taking photographs as a less subjective record than sketches. During this time, he also climbed rope ladders at Sehel Island near Aswan to draw and photograph thousands of early Egyptian inscriptions on a cliff face, recording embassies to Nubia, famines and wars. By the time he reached Aswan, a telegram had reached there to confirm the renewal of his funding. He then went straight to the burial site at Fayum, particularly interested in post-30 BC burials, which had not previously been fully studied. He found intact tombs and 60 of the famous portraits, and discovered from inscriptions on the mummies that they were kept with their living families for generations before burial. Under Auguste Mariette's arrangements, he sent 50% of these portraits to the Egyptian department of antiquities.
However, when he later found that Gaston Maspero placed little value on them and left them open to the elements in a yard behind the museum to deteriorate, he angrily demanded that they all be returned, forcing Maspero to pick the 12 best examples for the museum to keep and return 48 to Petrie, who sent them to London for a special showing at the British Museum. Resuming work, he discovered the village of the Pharaonic tomb-workers.
In 1890, Petrie made the first of his many forays into Palestine, leading to much important archaeological work. His six-week excavation of Tell el-Hesi (which was mistakenly identified as Lachish) that year represents the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the Holy Land. Petrie surveyed a group of tombs in the Wadi al-Rababah (the biblical Hinnom) of Jerusalem, largely dating to the Iron Age and early Roman periods. Here, in these ancient monuments, Petrie discovered two different metrical systems.
From 1891, he worked on the temple of Aten at Tell-el-Amarna, discovering a 300-square-foot (28 m2) New Kingdom painted pavement of garden and animals and hunting scenes. This became a tourist attraction but, as there was no direct access to the site, tourists wrecked neighbouring fields on their way to it. This made local farmers deface the paintings, and it is only thanks to Petrie's copies that their original appearance is known.
In early 1896, Petrie and his archaeological team were conducting excavations on a temple in Petrie's area of concession at Luxor.[14] This temple complex was located just north of the original funerary temple of Amenhotep III which had been built on a flood plain.[15] They were initially surprised that this building which they were excavating:
During the field season of 1895/6, at the Ramesseum, Petrie and the young German Egyptologist Wilhelm Spiegelberg became friends. Spiegelberg was in charge of the edition of many texts discovered by his British colleague, and Petrie offered important collections of artefacts to the University of Strasbourg. In 1897, the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Straßburg gratefully conferred to Petrie the title of doctor honoris causa,[17] and in June 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[18]
In 1923, Petrie was knighted for services to British archaeology and Egyptology. The focus of his work shifted permanently to Palestine in 1926 (although he did become interested in early Egypt, in 1928 digging a cemetery at Luxor that proved so huge that he devised an entirely new excavation system, including comparison charts for finds, which is still used today). He began excavating several important sites in the south-west of Palestine, including Tell Jemmeh and Tell el-Ajjul.
In 1933, on retiring from his professorship, he moved permanently to Jerusalem, where he lived with Lady Petrie at the British School of Archaeology, then temporarily headquartered at the American School of Oriental Research (today the ).
Petrie died in Jerusalem on 28 July 1942. His body was interred in the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion, but he donated his head (and thus his brain) to the Royal College of Surgeons of London. World War II was then at its height, and the head was delayed in transit. After being stored in a jar in the college basement, its label fell off and no one knew who the head belonged to.[6] However, it was eventually identified, and is now stored, but not displayed, at the Royal College of Surgeons.
Petrie married Hilda Urlin (1871–1957) in London on 26 November 1896. The couple had two children, John (1907–1972) and Ann (1909–1989). The family originally lived in Hampstead, where an English Heritage blue plaque has been placed on the building they lived in at 5 Cannon Place.[19] John Flinders Petrie became a noted mathematician, who gave his name to the Petrie polygon.
Petrie's painstaking recording and study of artefacts set new standards in archaeology. He wrote: "I believe the true line of research lies in the noting and comparison of the smallest details." By linking styles of pottery with periods, he was the first to use seriation in Egyptology, a new method for establishing the chronology of a site. Flinders Petrie was also responsible for mentoring and training a whole generation of Egyptologists, including Howard Carter. After his death, his wife, Hilda Petrie created a student travel scholarship to Egypt on the Centennial of Petrie's birth in 1953.
Many thousands of artefacts recovered during excavations led by Petrie can be found in museums worldwide.[20]
Petrie remains a controversial figure for his pro-eugenics views and opinions on other social topics, which spilled over into his disputes with the British Museum's Egyptology expert, E. A. Wallis Budge. Budge's contention that the religion of the Egyptians was essentially identical to the religions of the people of northeastern and central Africa was regarded by his colleagues as impossible, since all but a few followed Petrie in his contention that the culture of Ancient Egypt was derived from an invading Caucasoid "Dynastic Race" which had conquered Egypt in late prehistory and introduced the Pharaonic culture.[21] Petrie was a dedicated follower of eugenics, believing that there was no such thing as cultural or social innovation in human society, but rather that all social change is the result of biological change, such as migration and foreign conquest resulting in interbreeding.[22] Petrie claimed that his "Dynastic Race", in which he never ceased to believe, was a "fine" Caucasoid race that entered Egypt from the south in late predynastic times, conquered the "inferior" and "exhausted" "mulatto" race then inhabiting Egypt, and slowly introduced the finer Dynastic civilisation as they interbred with the inferior indigenous people.[23] Petrie, who was also affiliated with a variety of far right-wing groups and anti-democratic thought in England and was a dedicated believer in the superiority of the Northern peoples over the Latinate and Southern peoples,[23] derided Budge's belief that the ancient Egyptians were an African people with roots in eastern Africa as impossible and "unscientific", as did his followers.
His involvement in Palestinian archaeology was examined in the exhibition "A Future for the Past: Petrie's Palestinian Collection".[24][25]
The Petrie Medal was created in celebration of Petrie's seventieth birthday, when funds were raised to commission and produce 20 medals to be awarded "once in every three years for distinguished work in Archaeology, preferably to a British subject".[26] The first medal was awarded to Petrie himself (1925), and the first few recipients included Sir Aurel Stein (1928), Sir Arthur Evans (1931), Abbé Henri Breuil (1934), Prof J.D. Beazley (1937), Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1950), Prof J.B. Wace (1953), Sir Leonard Woolley (1957).[27]
A number of Petrie's discoveries were presented to the Royal Archaeological Society and described in the society's Archaeological Journal by his good friend and fellow archaeologist Flaxman Charles John Spurrell. Petrie published a total of 97 books.


A woman has described seeing a Lowestoft man being stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife after he confronted an alleged thief.
Courtney Holder, 20, told a jury at Ipswich Crown Court that earlier in the day she had seen Jason Hamilton steal £160 from a homeless man sitting who was sitting on a bench in Lowestoft and asked him to give the money back.
Later in the day she had approached Hamilton with a man and saw Hamilton "swing out" at the other man, stabbing him in the neck with a kitchen knife.
Hamilton, 46, of Suffolk Road, Lowestoft, has denied stealing £160 cash, wounding the man with intent to do him grievous bodily harm and having an article with a blade in Station Square, Lowestoft.
The court heard that after the alleged attack, the man received hospital treatment for the injury to his neck under his left ear.
After his arrest Hamilton declined to answer questions put to him by police officers.


Now is your chance to nominate outstanding local people for the 2019 Hawkesbury Australia Day Awards as well as go into a draw to win one of five $100 Coles/Myer gift cards as their nominator.
The Committee is responsible for assessing all nominations received, with judging to take place in early December.
The winners will be announced on Friday, 25 January 2019 at Governor Phillip Park at a special awards presentation. Visit www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au for more information or to nominate someone - all nominations need to be completed online by 5pm Friday, 2 November 2018. Unsuccessful nominations may also be resubmitted in subsequent years. All nominees must be residents of the Hawkesbury or non-residents who have significantly contributed to the Hawkesbury community.


The end of July will mark my one year as an official Blogger! I thought that oughta' be cause for a celebration… so because I like all you fiber enthusiasts so much, I wanted to invite every last one of you to come to my Blogiversary Bash!
When? Next Sunday, July 27th! The festivities will officially begin at 12 Noon Pacific Standard Time.
Where? Right here at Gettin' It Pegged!
What? Come celebrate with me…we'll have comment games, prizes, a new freebie loom pattern, and a new video tutorial!
What are the prizes, you say??? Well… I guess I can show you that much!
Prize One: a Signed copy of the Loom Knitting Pattern Book!
Prize Two: Nine Skeins of Velvet Spun yarn by Lion Brand!
Prize Three: Too-cool, gadgety Pom-Pom Makers by Clover!
Are these tantalizing enough incentives? I sure hope you all can come!
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13 Responses to Will you come to my PARTY?
I will try to remember!
You know that I will be there with Jenny….party hat on and silly as usual. Ready to PAAAAARTAAAAAAY!
I'm ready to cel-a-brate!!!!!! Balloons are ready!!!
I'll be there if this internet behaves. I haven't been able to post or get on google or yahoo or any links all day. It has been so boring.Our cable provider is working on it but we still are having hiccups and slowwww downloads. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us. Yipee!!
I am counting down the hours until the party starts!
I'm trying to get there, but I can't find the door. Just got home a little bit ago.
Rereading my posts and I left out Robin's and Trudy's name. Heaven knows a group can't have the humor of anyone better than Robin and Trudy my helper all the time. If they ever left the groups I would cry.


Still watching from afar Steve. What a feat you are pulling off. Roll and tip that hull is a fun job, but very rewarding.
So many details, and every one of them must be right. I would kill myself with worry that I built in something I couldn't get access to later... Nice looking swim platform, very clean lines but solid looking. Great job as usual.!
Must be nice having a break from all the mechanicals for a while. Looking fantastic!
Oh Yeah! This is better watching than the current round of TV shows we have on over here!!!
Steve, I have been quiet but still watching you fantastic progress. Those cabin roof stringers alone are some piece of work.
Topic: Fair before another layer of glass?
Re: Fair before another layer of glass?
Sanding sometimes seems like a chore, but at this stage of the build I found it neat to smooth out the structure that you have built with your own two hands until she is beautifully finished. Looking fantastic!
I am jealous of your clean precise work!. Great job.
Looks fantastic. Don't forget it will darken over time as well.


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Sun City Homes For Sale - Georgetown, TX
Sun City homes for sale in the northwest area of Georgetown, TX opened in 1995 and is an active adult community for ages 50 and better. While it used to be considered "remote", the community is now flanked by an expanded Williams Drive on the south side, Hwy 195 on the north side, and Ronald Reagan Boulevard on the west side, which connects Williams Drive and Hwy 195. This makes Sun City, Texas very accessible to not only Georgetown and the surrounding area, but Austin, which is only 30 miles to the south and Killeen/Ft Hood that is about 30 miles to the north.
More on Sun City Real Estate
Sun City real estate is nestled in the Texas Hill Country, Sun City homes for sale reside on 4,100 acres. In total, there be 7,500 homes upon completion, with a lifestyle that is second to none. Prices in this community range from the $150s to the $500s, with some homes closer to the million-dollar mark. For the most part, the homes are very affordable and there are still many options for buyers looking for newly-built homes.
You'll have the choice of a great selection of hardwood flooring, a wide selection of tile, carpeting, and finish work. There are currently 11 models that are built in the new neighborhoods ranging in size from 1300 sq. ft. to around 2600 sq. ft.. Altogether since starting in 1995, there are over 60 models of homes available in the community…plenty of options to fit your specific needs!
Sun City Amenities
There are plenty of groups/activities at Sun City, Texas to keep you as active as you want to be. There are at least 400 groups and clubs that have been started over the years and the number keeps growing. No matter what hobbies you are interested in, there will be a group for you to join, or you can start one yourself! Also located within this amazing community are the following features that are sure to keep you busy all throughout the year:
3 golf courses
2 amenities centers with pools
Workout facilities
The 20,000 square foot fitness center has an additional 3 swimming pools, an aerobics studio and 6,000 square feet of cardio/weight equipment. With clubs, groups, and an amazing fitness center, you'll find something for your family and friends to enjoy. The community also has the following features to add to the already convincing argument to get a home in Sun City:
12 tennis courts
Arts and crafts center
A state-of-the-art woodworking shop
Fishing ponds
And a Scott & White Clinic is located near the main entrance of the Sun City community. The new assisted living facility Legacy at Georgetown is located right next to the Scott & White Clinic. This is a great option for anyone looking for some help in their later years of life. If you are curious as to what is included in housing options like this, then here are some amenities that can be found at the Legacy at Georgetown:
Movie Theater with Surround Sound
Full-Service Beauty and Barber Salon
Luxury Coach for outings
Landscaped Courtyards
Private Dining room for special family occasions
State-of-the-Art Call Systems
Sun City Schools
Since Sun City Texas is an age-restricted community, and no one below the age of 19 can actually live there, the schools are not an important factor for the community. But the residents still provide plenty of support to all levels of schools in the area.
Schools in Sun City
2211 North Austin Avenue, Georgetown, TX 78626
Chip Richarte High School
George Wagner Middle
507 East University Avenue, Georgetown, TX 78626
Pat Cooper Elementary School
1921 Northeast Inner Loop, Georgetown, TX 78626
Charles A Forbes Middle School
Annie Purl Elementary School
1953 Maple Street, Georgetown, TX 78626
James Tippit Middle School
1601 Leander Road, Georgetown, TX 78628
Dell Pickett Elementary School
1100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Georgetown, TX 78628
James E Mitchell Elementary School
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East View High School
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Caldwell Heights Elementary School
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Today I thought I would share my favourite scents at the minute, to be honest I feel like these are my favourite scents all year long. I went through a stage of buying loads of perfume but I didn't really find the ones I truely loved until I found these 3.
This is my pick me up perfume, when I feel like I need a little bit of summer in my life I spritz this on and instantly I smell like a summer. For years I hated the smell of coconut (because I didn't like the taste) but now I cant get enough of it. If anything smells like coconut and summer then I have to buy it. This is a really light weight perfume and it's not too over powering, it's a really fresh scent with fruitiness. I only have a quarter of the bottle left now so I am waiting for the true summer days to start covering myself in it.
This is actually my 3rd VS perfume, the other two have quite a musky smell where as this is much more fruity and fresh. This is a bit more stronger than Bronze Godess but I love to wear these together as they compliment each other so well.
This is my most recent perfume, I had bene eyeing it up for ages and had smelt a sample of it in a magazine and knew I wanted it. My mum bought it for me for Christmas (finally) knowing it had been on my wish list for ages! This is much stronger than the other two and I wear this on more special occasions when I want a more intense scent.
Let me know what your favourite perfumes are because I'm definitely in need of trying out a few more!


Emerson Process Management pH sensors have been implemented by Umicore Precious Metals Refining (UPMR), to monitor waste water at its Hoboken plant near Antwerp, Belgium. Emerson�s Rosemount Analytical PERpH-X 3400HTVP high performance pH sensor, together with the Model 1056 liquid analyser, are providing a highly accurate and reliable solution that enables the company to meet environmental regulations related to the pH of water being discharged.
Umicore Precious Metals Refining recycles and refines precious metals and other non-ferrous metals from a wide range of complex industrial intermediate materials. This includes precious metal bearing scrap from applications such as electronic, photographic and catalytic processes.
Umicore was experiencing problems with the existing equipment used to measure the pH levels of its waste water produced during the recycling process. The waste water contains traces of sulphuric acid and chlorides and metal compounds, which fouled the glass and attacked the reference electrode in the pH sensor, resulting in incorrect measurements.
Sensors were typically lasting only two or three days in these harsh operating conditions and the costs associated with purchasing, installing and calibrating replacement units were significant. It was also necessary to revert to manual checks during the downtime whilst sensors were replaced. Whereas the pH sensor would be continuously monitoring the water, the manual checks were only carried out every two hours - this meant that operators were much slower to react to any out of range measurements. This could result in lost revenue from precious metals which should have been recovered and added costs due to the need for water to be reprocessed.
Umicore had tried alternative pH sensors from many different suppliers but each produced similar results. Following a discussion with Emerson engineers, Umicore asked for a demonstration of the Rosemount Analytical PERpH-X 3400HTVP high performance pH sensor. This was supplied with a poisoning resistance kit, which is specifically designed to protect sensors in challenging poisoning applications.
The PERpH-X 3400HTVP high performance pH sensor features advanced technologies for superior performance in the most aggressive fouling applications. Most pH measurements fail due to fouled or poisoned electrolytes and clogged reference junctions. The PERpH-X sensor family features an enhanced double junction electrode that excels in harsh applications, and the specially designed porous Teflon� liquid junction has a large surface area to maintain a steady reference signal in dirty and fouling applications.
Custom solution kits further optimise the performance of the PERpH-X sensors by protecting the porous Teflon reference from coating and the electrolyte from fouling. These are available to address: high-temperatures; bio-film-resistance; poisoning-resistance; oil-resistance; scaling-resistance and metals-resistance. Each kit contains a treated porous Teflon reference junction and a specially formulated electrolyte to extend the life of the reference electrode in its targeted application.
The outer reference electrolyte can be recharged using a gel-filled syringe supplied in the various solution kits. Replacing a clogged junction or recharging the electrolyte will rejuvenate most failed sensors. Proper preventative maintenance can dramatically extend the life of the sensor by minimising the depletion or poisoning of the primary reference.
�Emerson�s pH sensors have been installed for over five weeks,� added Ludo De Vogelaer, Maintenance & Service Engineer, Umicore. �During this time we haven�t needed to refill the sensor�s electrolyte, further reducing maintenance requirements and costs."
Following the success of this installation, a further PERpH-X sensor has been added to the secondary section of the waste water treatment at the plant and Umicore is also considering using a PERpH-X sensor for a difficult application at its Heusden-Zolder plant.


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Sioux Falls Overview
Code of Ordinances of Sioux Falls, SD
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER PARALLEL REFERENCES
CODE OF ORDINANCES PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 154.035 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS; SCOPE.
(a) Subdivision regulations may include requirements as to the extent to which and the manner in which the streets of the subdivision shall be graded and improved, and water, sewer and other utility mains, piping, connections or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the subdivision. The regulations may provide for the tentative approval of the plat previous to the improvements and installation; but any tentative approval shall not be entered on the plat.
(b) The regulations may provide that, in lieu of the completion of the work and installations prior to the final approval of a plat, the city council may accept a bond, in an amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to it, providing for and securing to the city the actual construction and installation of the improvements and utilities within a period specified by the city council and expressed in the bond; and the city is hereby granted and has the power to enforce bonds by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.
(c) The regulations may provide, in lieu of the completion of the work and installations previous to the final approval of a plat, for an assessment or other method whereby the city is put in an assured position to do the work and make the installations at the cost of the owners of the property within the subdivision.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 2.919; 1992 Code, § 32-37) (Ord. 1992, passed 8-3-1959)
Cross-reference:
Subdivisions, see ch. 157


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Giants' embattled D gets visitor - Michael Strahan
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Coming off a deflating performance against the New Orleans Saints, the guys on the New York Giants' defensive line received an unexpected visit.
While they were sitting in their room Wednesday reviewing the 49-point debacle against quarterback Drew Brees, NFL single-single season sacks record-holder Michael Strahan paid them a visit, saying hello to some former teammates and introducing himself to the guys came on board since he retired before the 2008 season.
Strahan didn't deliver an emotional speech to urge his former mates to turn things around with the undefeated Green Bay Packers (11-0) coming to MetLife Stadium on Sunday. His visit was a pick-me-up to lift their spirits with the Giants (6-5) riding a three-game losing streak and in danger of missing the playoffs again.
There was nothing groundbreaking in what Strahan told the lineman. He was passionate about how they had to play, defensive end Dave Tollefson said.
"I would love to give you a story about how he came in and gave a we're going to rally around Michael Strahan speech, but it wasn't," Tollefson said. "He just had some good stuff to say that was great to hear, from a guy who you just have so much respect for. He could tell me how to iron clothes and I would probably iron them how he says it. Seriously, the guy commands respect and you always give that to him."
For the most part, Strahan talked football. He didn't scold the lineman for being part of a unit that gave up 577 yards to the Saints, the second-highest single game total the Giants surrendered in their 87-year history, or get on them for failing to register a sack..
"It was good to hear from him. Did we need it? I hope not," Tollefson said "We're all professionals. I hope we didn't need a guy to come in and lift us up. We're all pros and we need to do our job at the highest level, regardless of who has what to say. It was good to hear from him. Anytime you see Strahan, he is just such a positive guy. He always has something good to say, and he looks good for 40, I'll give him that."
Mathias Kiwanuka, who was drafted as lineman and was tutored by Strahan, was with the linebackers in the next room when Strahan visited the defensive linemen. He could hear "Stray" through the walls and he knew the players were responding to him.
The last time Strahan stopped by to talk to the defense was last season after the Giants dropped consecutive games to Indianapolis and Tennessee, giving up 38 and 29 points in the setbacks.
The following week, New York faced the then undefeated Chicago Bears and they recorded an NFL record nine sacks against Jay Culter in the first half, forcing him to leave the game. The Giants won 17-3, limiting Chicago to six first downs.
"You can put it on our backs," defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul said. "The D-line is the strong part of the defense so we just have to get it right."
Doing that against the Packers (11-0) and Aaron Rodgers on Sunday will be asking a lot, especially with two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora expected to miss the game with an ankle injury.
"We won without Osi before," Tollefson said.
To win again, the Giants are going to have to have a complete turnaround. The need to stop the run, find a way to cover the receivers a lot better than Monday night and get to Rodgers, which is something the line hasn't done in recent weeks, recording only three sacks.
"It just wasn't a good performance by us, by everybody," said safety Kenny Phillips, who has not heard from the NFL on whether he will be fined for a high hit on tight end Jimmy Graham. "I don't think we gave as good an effort as we should have. It was an overall bad effort by us."
Defensive tackle Rocky Bernard said the one thing that Strahan told the linemen that hit home was about finishing.
"He just told us to keep fighting," Bernard said.
NOTES: Rookie MLB Mark Herzlich also has an ankle injury and is wearing a boot. ...WR Victor Victor has a minor hip injury. ... WR Mario Manningham is dealing with a swollen knee that forced him to miss the Saints' game. ... S Antrel Rolle did not practice because of back issue and WR Hakeem Nicks was held out after reporting to work with a headache. He passed the concussion protocol. ... The Giants announced that running back Alex Webster, linebackers Carl Banks and the late Brad Van Pelt, tight end Mark Bavaro and punter Dave Jennings will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor at halftime of Sunday's game with the Packers. The team inducted 30 members into the ring when MetLife Stadium opened last season.


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Trending > Cell & Molecular Biology
MAY 13, 2020 3:50 PM PDT
Combined with Fasting-Mimicking Diet, Vitamin C May Have Anti-Cancer Effect
People have long been searching for ways to treat cancer that don't involve the usual approaches in an effort to avoid the harmful side effects that can come with typical cancer treatments. A new study reported in Nature Communications has suggested that one such cancer treatment that has been studied, high-dose vitamin C, may be effective when combined with a diet that mimics fasting.
It is worth noting that this work was conducted in a mouse model, a major caveat. Researchers have known for years that the vast majority of cancer therapeutics that are tested in mice end up being of no use to human patients. But since cancer treatments can be toxic and hard to tolerate, and they don't work for every patient, it's certainly worthwhile to explore the efficacy of natural options.
In a mouse model of colorectal cancer, vitamin C combined with a fasting-mimicking diet delayed tumor progression or even caused cancerous tumors to get smaller.
"For the first time, we have demonstrated how a completely non-toxic intervention can effectively treat an aggressive cancer," said Valter Longo, the study senior author and the director of the University of Southern California (USC) Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and professor of biological sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. "We have taken two treatments that are studied extensively as interventions to delay aging: a fasting-mimicking diet and vitamin C, and combined them as a powerful treatment for cancer."
The study authors acknowledged that it could be difficult for many cancer patients to fast, so a low-calorie vegetarian diet may be a useful alternative.
Previous studies investigating vitamin C as a cancer treatment have had mixed results. Some have indicated that when combined with chemotherapy, vitamin C has an anti-cancer effect. In this work, the researchers wanted to learn more about whether a diet mimicking fasting combined with vitamin C would create an environment that was hostile to cancer cells but safe for healthy cells. Fasting-mimicking diets have been shown to make cancer cells more sensitive to chemotherapy.
"Our first in vitro experiment showed remarkable effects," said Longo. "When used alone, fasting-mimicking diet or vitamin C alone reduced cancer cell growth and caused a minor increase in cancer cell death. But when used together, they had a dramatic effect, killing almost all cancerous cells."
This treatment was most effective against certain kinds of cancer cells that carry a mutation in a gene called KRAS. Cancer cells with mutations in this gene tend to be some of the most resistant to treatment and can also reduce the survival rate of a patient. These KRAS mutations are thought to occur in as many as half of colorectal cancers. Cancer cells with KRAS mutations appear to protect cancer from vitamin C by increasing the production of ferritin, a molecule that binds to iron. When ferritin levels were lowered in the cancer cells by fasting, they became more vulnerable to vitamin C.
"In this study, we observed how fasting-mimicking diet cycles are able to increase the effect of pharmacological doses of vitamin C against KRAS-mutated cancers," said study co-author Maira Di Tano, of the IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, Italy. "This occurs through the regulation of the levels of iron and of the molecular mechanisms involved in oxidative stress. The results particularly pointed to a gene that regulates iron levels: heme-oxygenase-1."
Sources: AAAS/Eurekalert! via University of Southern California, Nature Communications
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Deyverson Brum Silva Acosta (Santa Margarida, 8 mei 1991) - alias Deyverson - is een Braziliaans voetballer die doorgaans in de aanval speelt. Hij verruilde Levante in juli 2017 voor Palmeiras.

Carrière

Grêmio Mangaratibense
Deyverson begon op jonge leeftijd bij het lokale Grêmio Mangaratibense.

Benfica
In het seizoen 2012/13 maakte hij de overstap naar het tweede elftal van Benfica. Hij maakte op 19 september 2012 in de zesde speelronde zijn debuut voor het elftal in de Segunda Liga tegen Tondela (2–2). Zijn eerste doelpunt maakte hij in zijn tweede competitiewedstrijd, op 10 november 2012, uit tegen Oliveirense. Hij maakte de winnende 2–1. Uiteindelijk wist Devyerson tot acht doelpunten en een assist te komen in negenentwintig wedstrijden.

Belenenses en verhuur aan 1. FC Köln
In het seizoen 2013/14 maakte Devyerson de overstap naar Belenenses, dat op dat moment uitkwam in de Primeira Liga. Zijn debuut voor de club maakte hij op 18 augustus 2013 tijdens een 0–3 thuisnederlaag tegen Rio Ave. In zijn eerste seizoen wist hij in negen wedstrijden drie doelpunten te maken.

Op 2 februari 2015 tekende Deyverson op huurbasis een halfjarig contract bij 1. FC Köln. Hij scoorde zijn eerste doelpunt op 8 maart 2015 tegen Eintracht Frankfurt.

Levante en verhuur aan Deportivo Alavés
Op 27 juli 2015 tekende Deyverson een vierjarig contract bij Levante. Met de transfer was circa twee miljoen euro gemoeid. Hij maakte zijn competitiedebuut op 23 augustus 2015 tijdens een met 1–2 verloren uitwedstrijd tegen Celta de Vigo.

Deyverson scoorde zijn eerste doelpunt in de Primera División op 23 september 2015 inde met 2–2 gelijkgespeelde thuiswedstrijd tegen Eibar. Op 22 november 2015 droeg hij met een brace bij aan een 0–3 uitoverwinning tegen Sporting de Gijón, waarmee hij tot vier doelpunten in tien wedstrijden kwam.

Op 21 juli 2016, na de degradatie van Levante, tekende Deyverson op huurbasis een eenjarig contract bij Deportivo Alavés, uitkomend in de Primera División. Op 10 september 2016 scoorde hij zijn eerste doelpunt voor de club; er werd met 1–2 gewonnen van FC Barcelona in Camp Nou.

Palmeiras en verhuur aan Getafe en Deportivo Alavés
Op 11 juli 2017 keerde Deyverson terug naar Brazilië en tekende een vijfjarig contract bij Palmeiras. Hij won met de club de Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2018 en scoorde dat seizoen zelf negen doelpunten, maar zakte vervolgens in de pikorde na de komst van Luiz Adriano.

Op 21 januari 2020 keerde Deyverson terug naar Spanje en tekende op huurbasis een contract bij Getafe. Op 23 augustus keerde hij op huurbasis terug bij Deportivo Alavés.

Op 27 november 2021 scoorde Deyverson het winnende doelpunt in blessuretijd (vijfde minuut) tijdens de finale van de CONMEBOL Libertadores. Dit gebeurde na een verdedigende fout van Flamengo-middenvelder Andreas Pereira en werd hij verkozen tot Man of the Match.

Erelijst
 Palmeiras
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2018
CONMEBOL Libertadores: 2021
CONMEBOL Recopa: 2022
Campeonato Paulista: 2022

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Navajo Nation hires police chief after 8-year vacancy
Phillip Francisco is the new Navajo Nation Police chief. Submitted photo
Katherine Locke
Originally Published: July 12, 2016 9:58 a.m.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation has a new chief of police.
Phillip Francisco will start in early August after the Nation was hindered for years by a lack of qualified applicants who met the minimum qualifications and who questioned the low pay for the position.
Francisco was one of two applicants recommended for the position after completing interviews with a Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety (NNDPS) interview panel made up of county sheriffs and agency police commanders.
The Law and Order Committee June 22 approved legislation that directed Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Director Jesse Delmar to hire a new police chief no later than July 13.
Delmar said the position has been vacant for nearly eight years. Filling the position has been a top priority for the Begaye-Nez administration. Delmar said he was directed by Navajo Nation Begaye and Vice President Jonathan Nez to hire a chief of police when he was appointed as director of the Navajo Division of Public Safety.
Francisco, who is 40, is from Farmington, New Mexico. His clans are Bilaganna born for Ha'shtl'ishnii. His maternal grandfather is Bilaganna and his paternal grandfather is To'da'chii'nii.
He currently serves with the Farmington Police Department as a patrol and training officer. He has worked with the Aztec Police Department and the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, where he was a patrol corporal training officer. He has nearly 18 years of combined experience working as an officer.
Francisco said he wants to make positive changes in leadership for officers on the Nation who are working long hours, covering large areas and working with understaffed departments.
"The first thing I want to do is review policies to make sure they fit the needs of the citizens on the Navajo Nation," he said. "This way we can have our officers serve the citizens more effectively and efficiently.
Francisco is now responsible for 27,000 square miles of land and will be paid $80,000 a year. Other police chiefs in the United States are generally paid around $100,000 to take care of 1,000 square miles, according to the Office of the President and Vice President.
The Navajo Nation has high crime rates and the chief of police will provide assistance and recommendations to prevent and decrease crime, Delmar said in a previous press release.
Begaye said the search for a new chief of police had been long and extensive and that having Francisco in place will ensure that the Nation's communities will have proper protection and existing vacancies can now be filled with new officers.
He said that the Nation's public safety facilities are underutilized in proportion to high crime rates that exist.
"The Nation has gone for eight years without a chief of police ...," Begaye said. "Bringing on a new chief will provide stability to our police force while reinforcing to the public that we are serious about protecting them."
Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay Jr. also said that Francisco will need to address public safety concerns and advocating for additional federal funding, a better retirement package for police officers and salary increases for officers.
Navajo Nation Police Chief Phillip Francisco sworn in to office Aug. 22
Jesse Delmar wins National Native American Law Enforcement award
Navajo Nation narrowing down search for police chief
Nez speaks in support of public safety initiatives at summit
Nation establishes Navajo Public Safety System Fund Act


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Q: URL amigável redireciona para index.php Estou tendo problema para direcionar minhas url amigáveis para as páginas específicas. Quando clico em revendas-autorizadas por exemplo, ele está me levando para index.php
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A listing of religious services for Sunday.
Religious services A listing of religious services for Sunday. Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://tnsne.ws/1rZXV81
Staff report Published 3:30 p.m. CT Sept. 12, 2014 | Updated 3:30 p.m. CT Sept. 12, 2014
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ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH
4201 Forsythe Ave., Monroe, www.allsaintsmonroe.org
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Holy
Communion.
ALTO BAPTIST CHURCH
2296 Louisiana 15, Alto
• Sept. 28: 10:30 a.m. Celebrate Homecoming 2014 with former Pastor David Shirley as guest pastor. Dinner at noon. All invited by Dr. Alan Miller.
ASBURY UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
2100 New Natchitoches Road, West Monroe
• Sunday: 11 a.m. with Rev. Stuart Sherman's message.
BRIGHT OAK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
3628 Cooper St., Monroe
• Sept. 28: 3 p.m. 93rd Church Anniversary. Rev. Edward Williams Jr., pastor.
1155 Louisiana 594, Monroe
• Sunday: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. with the Rev. David Willoughby. Wednesday 6 p.m.
CLAIBORNE UMC
5401 Cypress St., West Monroe
• Sunday: 9:30 a.m. with the Rev. Stuart Sherman.
CROSSPOINT CHURCH
418 Jackson St., Monroe
• Sunday: 10 a.m. worship, Bible study 9 a.m. Located in the old Anna Meyer Branch library building on the corner of Jackson and Calypso. Women's Bible study meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, crosspointinc.org.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MONROE
1201 Stubbs Ave., Monroe
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. with Rev. J. David Roberts' sermon.
FORSYTHE AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST
2101 Forsythe Ave., Monroe, www.facoc.org
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. with Rev. John Dobbs.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF NORTH MONROE
215 Laurel Grove Drive, Monroe
• Sunday: 11 a.m. with Rev. Paul Solice.
405 Glenmar Ave., Monroe
• Sunday: 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I; 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with the Rev. Richard H. Norman Jr. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. LifeShare Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. potluck.
LEA JOYNER MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH
4390 Old Sterlington Road, Monroe
• Sunday: 9 a.m. traditional worship, 11 a.m. contemporary worship with the Rev. Larry O'Dell's sermon on 18:21-35.
• Sept. 28: 3-6 p.m. Fall Festival.
LONGSTRAW BAPTIST
1799 Styles Ranch Road, Choudrant, 768-4298
• Sunday: 11 a.m. with Randall Chance Snow continuing the series on love, "Love Demonstrated." At 6 p.m., discussion on staying home.
LUNA METHODIST CHURCH
4525 Red Cut Road, West Monroe
• Sept. 28: 10 a.m. Special guests, The Southern Plainsmen Quartet.
MEMORIAL UMC
401 Sherrouse Ave., Monroe, 343-3033, memunited@att.net
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Richard Turnley's message.
MOUNT VERNON BAPTIST CHURCH
215 Mt Vernon Church Road, West Monroe
• Sept. 20: Women's Seminar "Pushing Back the Dark," contact me at 614-8671 or ablessedpenny@aol.com.
NEW GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH
3816 Carver St., Monroe
• Sept. 21: 3 p.m. Choir Anniversary. Rev. Ricky L. James, pastor.
NORTHMINSTER CHURCH
2701 Lamy Lane, Monroe, www.northmin.org
• Sunday: 10:45 a.m. with the Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy's sermon "Living at Home for 25 Years."
THE OUTPOURING WORSHIP CENTER
2509 U.S. 165 north, Monroe
• Sunday: 11 a.m. Teen Challenge from Winnfield. Call 581-6322. Guy Milazzo, senior pastor.
THE PENTECOSTALS
1255 Glenwood Drive, W.M. West Monroe, 322-1467, buildinggreatlives.com
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Revival services with Greg Godwin begin again.
REVEILLE UMC
3909 Nutland Road, Monroe
• Sunday: 10:45 a.m. with Rev. Marcelle Crow's message, "Just Hush Your Mouth!"
• Thursdays: 5:30 p.m. yoga with Shari Walker.
STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN
2011 Forsythe Ave., Monroe, www.constantine-helen.org
• Sunday: Celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; : 9:30 a.m. Orthros; 10:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy by Fr. Eudokimos Martin-Harding followed by coffee and refreshments at noon.
ST. JOSEPH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF WEST MONROE
206 New Natchitoches St., West Monroe
• Sunday: 11 a.m. Celebrate Homecoming with Rev. Mark C. Thomas, pastor.
ST. MARK'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
513 Lincoln Road, Monroe 343-0925
• Sunday: 10 a.m. worship with Rev. Ray Owens.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH — MISSOURI SYNOD
1301 Oliver Road, Monroe
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Paul McComack's sermon "Forgiving Those Who Hurt You."
TRIUMPH BAPTIST CHURCH
800 Girod St., Monroe
• Monday: 6 p.m. Healing Services with Rev. Jacquelyn Simmons. The key word is "cross" with Rev. Jacquelyn Simmons.
WOODLAWN UMC
6150 Jonesboro Road, W.M.
• Sunday: 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Nancy Owens, pastor.
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Utah group's Halloween protest party canceled
By: KSTU Staff
SALT LAKE CITY — A Halloween protest party scheduled for Saturday night near Salt Lake City has been canceled, with organizers claiming harassment and intimidation led to its downfall.
"The Protest on Halloween" party was promoted via social media by a group calling itself Utah Tonight. The party featured four DJs and a guarantee that attendees would not have their faces shown in photos.
As recent as last week, the group said the party's purpose was to promote "mental health and to raise a voice against those who are using fear and misleading information to gain power and control in our lives. Life must go on. COVID-19 is real, but it shouldn't be the end of normalcy!"
However, as COVID-19 cases continued to soar in Utah over recent weeks, the image of thousands partying up close no doubt became a Halloween nightmare to officials.
Monday afternoon, the Utah Tonight group posted to its Instagram page that the party has been called off. Saying "thousands" had purchased tickets to the event, the organizers acknowledged the rise in cases may have played a role in the decision while also attacking government officials and the media.
"The Utah Tonight team has fought tirelessly to provide individuals with an evening of normalcy and enjoyment during this year of uncertainty." the post read. "...we must acknowledge that even following every known guideline to combat COVID-19 would be insufficient to some."
"We find it both disheartening and concerning that some within our society have allowed fear to supplant basic rights of assembly, giving individuals within the media and some public servants the ability to control what we consider to be a 'pursuit of happiness.'"
The cancellation post claims the group was forced to call off the party while other well-attended events like the state fair, rodeos, gyms and haunted houses are able to remain open.
"What should be a fair and impartial application of guidelines for all people has become an exercise of political rhetoric and fear-mongering." the group states.
The group ends by accusing those in power, including the media, of harassing and intimidating people to shut down the event.
"It is our hope that you may not find your 'pursuit of happiness' on the unspoken list of restricted activities in the State of Utah."
This article was written by Sydney Glenn for KSTU.


T-shaped finned tube re-boiler is a new type of high efficient boiling heat transfer equipment. It adopts the T-shaped finned tube formed by one-step non-cutting rolling process instead of the ordinary tube, making the liquid boil inside the spiral passage of the T-shaped finned tube. During the course of boiling, high-efficient liquid film evaporation is formed due to the drastic circulation of the vapor-liquid inside and outside the spiral passage, making the heat transfer coefficient improve greatly. It can also prevent the scale formation in the course of high-speed circulation.
Compared with the ordinary tube re-boiler, T-shaped finned tube re-boiler not only has high heat transfer but also has such advantages as lower wall temperature needed by boiling, high critical heat load, steady operation and high elasticity. It has made remarkable economic benefits after being applied in the fields like petrochemical industry.
Applicable for the industrial fields such as petrochemical industry and energy, as well as the working condition of shell pass boiling heat transfer. Not applicable for the media which contain dust and are apt to form coking.


October 7, 2017 8 p.m.
The last Salastina event was standing room only; don't wait to purchase your tickets!
Explore a remarkable new work that reflects on the coming together of cultures in societies consisting of many generations of immigrants. Award-winning local composer Derrick Spiva wrote American Mirror specifically for Salastina to present in their Sounds Genius format.
Resident Host Brian Lauritzen interviews Spiva as the musicians demonstrate the cultural origins of different elements in the work and guide the audience in their musical role in the performance of this timely and outstanding piece.
Bridge to Everywhere, an organization that celebrates cultural diversity through interwoven musical traditions, partners with Salastina in this project with an art installation that embodies the spirit and intention of Spiva's piece.
For more information, please visit http://www.salastina.org.