Aluminum: A silvery metal, remarkable for its light weight and malleability and resistance to oxidation. It is found abundantly in clay.
Antimony: A silvery white brittle metal used in alloys with other metals to harden them and increase their resistance to chemical action.
Bismuth: A greyish-white, red tinted, brittle metal that is often found in a crystalized state in other metals, particularly cobalt. Chiefly used in making alloys of low melting points.
Brass: A yellowish metal that is an alloy of copper and zinc. Known for its hardness and durability.
Bronze: A moderately hard metal because of the combined metals used. An alloy of 50% copper and 50% tin for increased hardness. Tarnishing is common, with verdigris apparent when oxidation of the metal occurs. Value c. 70% pure copper when used in equal proportions. Bronze had a copper-brown, or sometimes golden-brown hue when more copper is used (c.60%).
Copper: A moderately soft metal that is the least valuable of the group. It is worth around 9% to 12% its weight in silver. Copper tarnishes (corrodes) when exposed to air, but polishing restores its shine.
Electrum: A fairly hard alloy when compared to gold. An alloy of 24 carat gold and .999 fine silver, usually in equal proportions. It has a value of about 55% pure gold when alloyed in equal proportions. It tarnishes somewhat because of the silver content of the alloy. Electrum looks much like pale white gold.
Yellow gold (18 carat): 75% gold, 15% silver, 10% copper. Value c. 77% pure gold.
Red gold (18 carat): 75% gold, 20% copper, 5% silver. Value c. 76% pure gold.
White gold (18 carat): 75% gold, 25% silver. Value c. 78% pure gold.
Iron: A white metal that is malleable and ductile. It is the most common and useful of all the metals.
Iron, Cast: A hard, rigid and strong, nonmalleable ironcarbon alloy made by casting.
Iron, Magnetic (Lodestone): A strong magnetic variety of the mineral magnetite.
Iron, Meteoric: Iron usually alloyed with nickel and cobalt. Found in meteorites.
Iron, Wrought: A soft, ductile, malleable iron containing some slag and some carbon. It cannot be tempered or easily fused.
Latten: Brass or a brass-like alloy hammered into thin sheets.
Lead: A heavy, soft malleable bluish-gray metal used in piping an in numerous alloys.
Magnesium: A light silver white metal, that is malleable and ductile used in making several alloys.
Mercury: A heavy silver, white metal liquid at ordinary temperatures, quick silver.
Nickel: A moderately hard metal that is the next to the least valuable of the pure ores of the group. It is worth around 20% its weight in .999 fine silver. Nickel tarnishes only slowly and to little extent, and polishing restores its shine. It has a soft silver-gray luster.
Nickel Silver (Nickel and Copper): A moderately hard metal because of the combined metals used. An alloy of 50% copper and 50% nickel for increased hardness and little tarnishing. Value c. 17% .999 fine silver.
Nickel Steel: A steel alloy made harder than ordinary steel by adding small amounts of nickel.
Pewter (Lead and Zinc): An alloy of tin with lead, brass or copper that takes on a grayish luster when polished.
Platinum: The hardest of precious metals. It is worth c. 125% to 250% its weight in gold, even more if the smelting process employed in the fantasy milieu demands magical heat. It does not tarnish. It is a silvery metal with a soft and lustrous sheen. Platinum is very seldom alloyed with other metals.
Silver: A moderately soft metal worth about 1/60 to 1/100th its weight in gold. Silver tarnishes from exposure to air and other substances.
Steel: A hard metal composed of iron alloy with carbon added. Steel made be alloyed with other metals to make specific properties such as resistance to rust.
Tin: A soft silver white metallic element, malleable at room temperatures. Capable of a high polish and used as an alloy.
Titanium: A dark gray lustrous metal found in rutile and other minerals, used as cleaning agent in molten steel.
Zinc: Bluish white in color it is used as a protective coating for iron and as a constituent for various alloys.


text:
Community comes together to celebrate 5-year-old girl's birthday with car parade
By Blanca Rios
ELGIN, Ill. -- Normally Olivia Grace Williamson of Elgin, Illinois celebrates her birthday in her preschool classroom. She gets to wear a crown and her older brother comes in and reads a book to her class.
However this year - on her fifth birthday - Olivia got her own personal parade.
Her mother, Jennifer Williamson, is a fifth-grade teacher. She said she decided to put out a message on her neighborhood Facebook group to see if anyone was available to drive by their house to wish Olivia Grace a happy birthday.
Williamson said she was shocked to count about 64 jam-packed vehicles drive by that day.
She said everyone participated, since both moms and dads are working from home right now.
"It was a constant flow of traffic for 30 minutes, it never stopped," said Williamson. "It was so cute."
Olivia Grace has two older brothers, so even members of their baseball and football teams came out to support too.
"People opened their doors so that way we could see them, they would sing happy birthday, and they would keep going," said Williamson.
Williamson said Olivia Grace doesn't fully understand the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic but she was clearly delighted to have a parade in her honor.
"It was great feeling to see people come together, and to know as a family we can do this together," Williamson said. "It's not easy."
community & eventsillinoiselginbirthdaycoronaviruscoronavirus illinoisfamilycovid 19 pandemicfeel goodcovid 19 outbreakcovid 19

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
A termékelhelyezés (angolul product placement) egy olyan reklámtevékenység, amelyben egy cég áruja vagy szolgáltatása képben, hangban vagy egyéb észlelhető módon a műsorszámban nem reklámszerű módon jelenik meg. A termékelhelyezés jelen lehet a filmekben, a zenei klipekben és a televíziós műsorokban. A product placement az 1980-as években vált általánossá.

Története

A termékelhelyezés a 19. századra vezethető vissza.

Verne Gyulánál például lobbiztak a hajózási és a közlekedési társaságok, hogy említse meg őket a regényeiben.

Termékelhelyezés Magyarországon
A 90-es években a termékelhelyezést már alkalmazták Magyarországon, például a Szomszédokban vagy a Família Kft.-ben. 1996-ban a rádiózásról és a televíziózásról szóló törvény a termékelhelyezést megtiltotta a rádiós és a televíziós produkciókban. 2010 decemberében az Országgyűlés elfogadta a médiaszolgáltatásokról és a tömegkommunikációról szóló törvényt, mely lehetővé teszi a rádióknak és a televízióknak bizonyos keretek között a termékelhelyezést. Az új médiatörvényben a termékelhelyezés adta lehetőséget a Való Világ 4-ben alkalmazták először.

Fordítás

Jegyzetek

Marketing

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


If you want to have an easy way to know which patterns you have, you can view them in your PSP, but you can also create a catalog too.
This script will ask you to select ONE pattern, and will find all the other patterns in the same folder and will display them in individual boxes. You can see 42 or 20 patterns in a single page, and if the folder includes more than that, it will automatically generate more pages. In the end, you will get as many pages as needed to display all the patterns.
Each sample will also have the name of the pattern and the folder name.
You can then either save those pages as jpg images or even print them to keep in a binder.


text:
Max Tshuma (Mashonalandia Central, 1 de enero de 1952 - Bulawayo, 16 de mayo de 2014) fue un futbolista zimbabuense que jugaba en la demarcación de extremo derecho.

Biografía
Debutó como futbolista en 1973 con el Zimbabwe Saints tras haberse formado en el equipo filial. Jugó durante cuatro años en el equipo, llegando a ganar su primera Liga Premier de Zimbabue y Copa de Zimbabue, ambas, en 1977. Justo al acabar esa temporada fichó por el Moroka Swallows FC de Sudáfrica, con el que alzó la MTN 8 dos años después. En 1980 volvió a Zimbabue para fichar por el Dynamos FC. Fue el club donde consiguió más éxitos, hasta cuatro Liga Premier de Zimbabue y un Trofeo de la Independencia. Finalmente en 1984 fue traspasado al Eagles FC, equipo en el que se retiró un año después.

Falleció en el Hospital central Mpilo de Bulawayo a los 62 años de edad tras una larga enfermedad.

Clubes

Palmarés

Campeonatos nacionales

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Ficha del jugador en footballdatabase

Futbolistas del Zimbabwe Saints
Futbolistas del Moroka Swallows
Futbolistas del Dynamos Football Club
Futbolistas del Eagles FC (Zimbabue)
Futbolistas de Zimbabue


text:
To Live Is To Die - Bass Tabs
G|-----------------------
D|--14-14-12-10-10h12-9--
G|--------------------------
D|--------------9--10-10-9--
A|--12----10-12-------------
G|--------------------------------
D|-----10-10h9--------------------
A|--10----------10-10h12----10h12-
E|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------
D|---9h10-10-10h12-12-12h14-14-14h15h14-
A|--------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------
D|--14h15-15h14-12-10-10-9-----
A|--------------------------10-
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---9h10h9--------------------------------9--10-9-----9--10-9--9--10-12-12-14-12-
A|-----------10----10-12-10----12----12-12----------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------16-17-16----16-17-16----16-17-16----17-16-------19-17-16----------h
D|--14-14-15-14-12-9--10-9--------9-----19----19-19-------------------------------------------17-17----------19-19b19-
A|--------------------------12-10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About ...And Justice for All (album) : Metallica's fourth studio album was released on September 7, 1988 . This was the last album to feature songwriting contributions from Cliff Burton . Jason Newsted was the first to feature contributions from his replacement . Metallica recorded the album with producer Flemming Rasmussen over four months in early 1988 . It features aggressive complexity, fast tempos, and few verse-chorus structures . The lyrical themes of political and legal injustice project through the prisms of censorship, war, and The single "One" earned Metallica its first Grammy Award in 1990 . It was included in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the year's best albums . It had a contribution from notable artists like Cliff Burton,Jason Newsted. It had an affiliation to bands - ...And Justice for All,Metallica. Its music is influenced by genres - thrash metal progressive metal.


text:
JACLPolitics
JACL Issues Statement in Response to Fox News Discussion on Profiling
By P.C. EditorOctober 27, 2014No Comments
Fox News commentator Jonathan Hoenig also apologizes for comments he made concerning the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
By JACL National Staff
A Fox News Channel commentator issued an apology following statements he made Sept. 20 on a broadcast episode of "Cashin' In," moderated by Eric Bolling, during a discussion on whether there is a need to profile Muslims as a means to combat terrorism in the United States.
Jonathan Hoenig, a regular contributor and panelist on Fox News who also is a founding member of the Capitalist Pig hedge fund, issued the apology Sept. 27 following protests from Asian American leaders and organizations, including the JACL, Congressional Asian American Caucus and National Council of Asian Pacific Americans.
On the Sept. 20 show, Bolling said, "While the administration buries its head in the sand, we know how to find terrorists among us: profile, profile, profile."
The panel, which included Wayne Rogers, Michelle Fields and Hoenig, tended to agree with Bolling.
"We should have been profiling on Sept. 12, 2001," Hoenig said. "Let's take a trip down memory lane here: The last war this country won, we put Japanese Americans in internment camps. We dropped nuclear bombs on residential city centers. So, yes, profiling would be at least a good start."
The JACL, in a statement issued on Sept. 23, said: "The JACL rejects the absurd extreme of profiling that would lead to mass incarceration as suggested by Hoenig's statement. The policy adopted by the Bush Administration to avoid the use of profiling as anathema to our civil liberties values continues today. It is a policy that must be maintained despite temptations to give in to the fear and hysteria that some would create about Muslims in America.
"During World War II, our country was led to believe that Japanese Americans were to be feared and thereby posed a security risk," the statement continued. "This belief led to the dire consequences of establishing and operating American concentration camps based on the racial profiling of a group of people. Our system of government was established with important guiding principles that do not allow for the selective treatment of individual groups of Americans. It is a lesson we learned in the aftermath of World War II that must be repeated whenever the suggestion of disparate treatment of vulnerable groups arise."
In his apology, Hoenig said, "I want to issue a sincere apology for my remarks on last week's 'Cashin' In,' which I believe were unfortunately misinterpreted. The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was completely immoral. I've never defended it. In the context of our discussion on profiling, my point was to illustrate that profiling potential threats based on ideology could be a needed safeguard, and in the context of wartime, I believe being able to identify an enemy's ideology, and be on the alert for it, is the first step to actually achieving peace."
In his blog on Sept. 25 entitled "When Subtlety Is Lost," Hoenig wrote, "My comments regarding profiling on last week's 'Cashin' In' did not praise the internment of Japanese Americans — quite the contrary. The point was to illustrate the brutal lengths this county went to win that war. I did not believe nor did I ever suggest internment was moral or even effective, only that, historically, profiling potential threats based on ideology during a time of war could have never been questioned, let alone objected to."
Originally published on October 3, 2014


text:
The Pair of Pilcrows (始终)
Nestled Ellipsis
Black / With border - Sold Out Red / With border - Sold Out Quantity
This is a pair of pilcrows:
The pilcrow is an old mark, rarely used today, representing the beginning of a paragraph or section. In the past, the pilcrow is a decorated character in a text. When manuscripts were copied, a space was left for rubricators* to later embellish the work. The pilcrow was usually coloured in contrasting red ink as a decorative flourish but it also served a functional purpose — to guide the eye to important text divisions.
As time went on, printing processes developed, the indented space remained. However, the rubricators could not keep up with the significant work. Over time, the pilcrow's place was usurped by the indented space.
(Indented space) is now used to represent the start of a new paragraph. These days the pilcrow is used as an invisible character in word processing applications to represent the beginning and end of a paragraph.
We like to think a pair of pilcrows is one which signifies a new beginning (开始) and an ending (终止) as with the opening of and closure of a paragraph. But with every end, there is always another beginning and another ending...a continuous cycle of new beginnings and endings. A new beginning, a new end, a new experience over and over again.
开始 + 终止
An end…
All endings end with a new beginning.
始终
*Rubricator - One who embellishes the written work with elaborate initial letters, headings and other section marks. Rubricators usually worked with red ink as it stands out from the sea of black text.
Note: Each notebook comes with a book mark summarising the concept and idea behind the product, so that you can enjoy the product even more!
Measurements & Specifications
Size Approximately 15cm x 21cm
Weight Approximately 350g
Binding Exposed coptic stitch binding (hand bound)
Front and back cover Brown kraft cardstock board - 750gsm
Inside Paper Blank bulky off-white paper - 100gsm
Mr & Ms Note (mini)
A Ruler of Time (尺寸)
Interrobang (mini)


Please join us for the Annual Charities Golf Tournament on Monday, June 24th 2019 at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake, MN.
COST: $125.00* per person ($500.00/Foursome) includes lunch, range balls, golfing, cart, beverages on the course, and dinner after golf. There will be excellent door prizes and a gift to each golfer. Registration forms must be turned in by Wednesday, June 19, 2019. * $25 is tax deductible & will go directly to the Minneapolis Police Federation Charities, Inc.
DETAILS: The tournament is a fundraiser for the Federation's charitable arm, the Minneapolis Police Federation Charities, Inc., a 501(c)3. Money generated from this tournament will go towards this charitable organization, which supports various charities.
FORMAT: FOUR person scramble, two carts per foursome. We will award prizes for first and second place on the courses. Prizes will also be awarded for the Men's and Women's Long Drive, closest to the pin, and longest putts on each course.
Lunch and Registration 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Shot-Gun Starts at 1:00 P.M.
Add one name per line.


text:
Stop Scalewashing
Dinosaurs: Our feathered friends?
Luke Adelhoch, Entertainment Editor
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
A lot of dinosaurs had feathers. That isn't a theory anymore, it's a hard scientific fact. All the raptors, the ostrich-like gallimimus and its relatives, archaeopteryx (it's no longer considered the first bird–or even a bird at all)… there are plenty of confirmed feathered dinosaurs to list, even if all of them are not household names. Most people haven't heard of Sinosauropteryx or Citipati There's also a good chance Tyrannosaurus Rex had them too since the discovery of its close relative Yutyrannus (Pictured above) was discovered in China and found to have a full feathery coat. Even Triceratops has what could have possibly been quill knobs for a set of spiny feathers along its lower back and tail.
And for someone who deliberately keeps up to date on paleontology, absolutely none of this should be a surprise. It's all old news. But to the general public who knows their dinosaurs from movies, television, and video games? I've received a large amount of surprised reactions from these people when I mention just how many dinosaurs had feathers. And that's because popular culture seems to be rejecting the modern notion of feathered dinosaurs in favor of the old, scaly image they've grown used to. The only piece of entertainment I can think of that uses fully accurate dinosaurs is an early access game titled Saurian, which is deliberately constructed as the most accurate dinosaur-themed video game and as an indie game, isn't designed to follow mass market trends. But why are accurately depicted dinosaurs so rare despite how long we've known about the feathers so many of them had?
Quite simply, nobody wants to break the mold. Change is scary and most people grew up on the image of giant lizards roaming the Earth. Everyone wants to follow what Jurassic Park did since that's still the most iconic dinosaur movie. They're worried that feathers aren't "cool" enough for mainstream audiences.
However, this really is rather misguided. At the time of its release, Jurassic Park followed the latest scientific discoveries, not market trends. They didn't portray dinosaurs as tail-dragging Godzilla lookalikes, they were built like actual animals, even if there was more than a little artistic license. Not to mention that in the context of the film (And even highlighted in the book it was based on), the dinosaurs aren't meant to be accurate. They were made in a lab using all different kinds of DNA. Of course they'd look different! They aren't real dinosaurs, they're lab-engineered Frankenstein's Monsters of genetics. There isn't any excuse to follow deliberately inaccurate dinosaurs when there's been so many new discoveries. Plus, feathers don't exactly inspire the image of weakness- eagles, hawks, and vultures aren't any less respectable animals for having them. And at the end of the day, raptors are basically flightless hawks with hooks on their feet. That's pretty cool in my book. And if that doesn't cut it, much of the time the feathers look like fur anyway. Lions have fur. Bears have fur. Wolves have fur. And that doesn't stop them from being intimidating- and yes, MARKETABLE- predatory animals.
But at the end of the day, does "Scalewashing" even matter? It's not a deep injustice or anything. People aren't being hurt. But it does spread misinformation. Many people are still denying real science in favor of outdated myths. Movies are a lot of people's introduction to dinosaurs. While it's not necessarily a pressing issue, it would be nice to see more accuracy. I want to see the next generation growing up seeing these animals as they actually existed. And since Jurassic Park isn't a reality, we won't be exactly be able to show anyone the real things.
Tags: adelhoch, Entertainment, Movies


text:
Video- Happy 88th Birthday To Gordie Howe
03/31/2016 at 8:19am EDT
Here is Gordie Howe's last goal in the NHL. called by Danny Gallivan and Mickey Redmond.
added 8:53pm, from Dave Stubbs of NHL.com,
The queue toward Canada customs at Montréal-Trudeau Airport on a March afternoon four years ago was dozens of passengers long. And there, shuffling patiently along with them, was Mr. Hockey, having arrived from Detroit.
It was then that an agent recognized Gordie Howe, who turns 88 Thursday; he plucked the legend and his son, Marty Howe, out of the line and breezed them into the country.
Soon we were on an escalator, up to a quiet area for a half-hour visit, when I broke the news:
"The Canadiens are not having a good season, Gordie," I began. "No playoffs. Chaos, pretty much. Total disarray."
With a twinkling eye and not a heartbeat of hesitation came the reply:
"Good!"
And then Gordie Howe burst into laughter.
Going Out On Top For Mario Lemieux
Video- Jason Chimera With With A Butt-End On…


Allergies | Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in Chapel Hill and Raleigh.
Most people suffer from two main types of allergies: Seasonal and Perennial. Seasonal allergies, commonly called "hay fever," result from exposure to airborne substances such as pollens that appear only during certain times of the year. These are the allergies you experience when the flowers bloom in spring, for instance. Perennial allergies result from exposure to substances such as house dust or house pets. Perennial allergies may occur during any season and may last year-round. Both seasonal and perennial allergies can cause symptoms of itching of the nose, roof of the mouth, back of the throat, and eyes. The nose runs, producing a clear watery discharge, and may become stuffed up. Other symptoms include sneezing, headache, coughing, wheezing, and irritability.
The immune system includes antibodies, white blood cells, mast cells, complement proteins, and other substances. It is our body's defense against foreign substances called antigens. The immune system can overreact to certain antigens, called allergens, which are harmless in most people. The result is an allergic reaction. In other words, it isn't the allergy itself that is the problem, but the person's reaction to the allergen.
How Can Acupuncture Help Allergies?
Stabilize the immune system to moderate its response to invading allergens.
Acupuncture points are selected based on your individual constellation of signs and symptoms. The focus of each treatment will be on relieving the troubling symptoms while simultaneously helping your body stop the allergic cascade. It is also very important to use acupuncture and herbs preventatively, when you are not having allergy problems. Certain acupuncture points have been shown to enhance the immune system's performance. In addition, it is important to address any other lifestyle habits that may be detrimental to the immune system such as diet, lack of exercise and poor sleep. The frequency and severity of your allergic symptoms can be drastically reduced if the immune system is allowed to fully repair in the off-season.
Much like when you go to the doctor for a prescription, herbal medicine can be used to alleviate your allergy symptoms. Your acupuncturist will compile an herbal formula based on your individual symptoms—this means that each patient receives different herbs for their varying complaints. For instance, a person with allergies that cause a runny nose and watery eyes will receive a different formula than someone who primarily complains of a headache and stuffy nose.
More often than not, a person with allergies will benefit greatly from combined acupuncture and herbal therapy which should not cause any side effects if they are administered properly. Herbs are medicine that you can use daily, between acupuncture treatments, to sustain the effects of treatment and continually combat symptoms. Herbs can also be used safely in conjunction with western medicine treatment such as allergy shots or OTC meds.
The severity and nature of the allergic condition will determine the length and type of treatment. Typically a person will spend 6 months treating their allergies as it is important to treat between acute attacks in order to address the underlying immune system imbalance. After an initial consultation during which you will discuss your health history and current symptoms, your acupuncturist will prepare a treatment plan with you. Allergies are becoming more prevalent each year and it is important to take care of our immune systems so that we as a species continue to thrive in this world.


Greater customer demand, rising energy costs, and increased government support are helping to fuel the rise in the solar industry. Certified Energy Technology is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the solar market as it is steeped in the 20 + year experience and history of Certified Roofing Specialists. Certified's heritage as a roofing company means that we stand behind our guarantees plus we have the have ability to warranty both the solar and roof installations. We offer our customers the opportunity for single point of contact and single solution.
The decision to host a solar installation is complex. We'll work with you to be sure you have the optimal solar solution based on your unique goals and specific situation.
Assess Site Economics for Solar Viability - We review and analyze each opportunity to assess long-term value. We will review your facility's power usage, tax and non-tax incentives, and environmental attributes.
Monetizing Incentives - We will review options for renewable energy credits and available grants.
Permits - We will apply for and obtain all necessary permits to install your solar PV system.
Production or Capacity Based Incentives - Some states or utilities have production or capacity based incentives available for customers who install solar photovoltaic systems.
SREC Contracts - Within states that have tradable Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs), Certified will help secure a long-term contract to make this a stable and predictable subsidy for your system.
The roof under the solar installation is paramount. In that a solar installation has a 20-25 year expected lifespan then so must the underlying roof. We install systems ensuring that there will be no compromise of your roof's integrity and its warranty.
The viability of a solar project is determined by a variety of factors including local incentives, facility and site conditions, and specific electric usage. We will work with you to help determine your best options and help you understand all of the considerations.
Many industries benefit from solar installations; however, the strongest candidates are Commercial Real Estate, Government and Industrial.
Interior lighting comprises approximately one-third of a company's energy costs. A daylighting system with energy efficient skylights can decrease or even eliminate the need for electric lights during the day saving significant energy costs and earning LEED points.
Certified Energy Technologies has the experience to ensure that the roof penetrations will be properly sealed. It is vital that your roof remain watertight and/or its warranty could be voided.
Certified Energy Technologies partners with leading daylighting equipment manufacturers. Certified will make certain that your system is as efficient as possible. Additionally, with our support from consultation, to system design, to installation, to ongoing maintenance, we'll help you get the most out of your investment.


text:
National Catholic Register News https://www.ncregister.com/features/is-marriage-catechumenate-the-church-s-missing-antidote-for-the-marriage-crisis?fbclid=IwAR3C5IUmDoypsaH6WjBiIK_isgzW9yeOgMoGQAUVmF1yNJwsmHxt8i3kO3g
Is Marriage Catechumenate the Church's Missing 'Antidote' for the Marriage Crisis?
Talked about by two synods on the family, a new form of marriage formation is finally making headway in the Church, with a boost from Pope Francis.
Peter Jesserer Smith Culture of Life February 14, 2017
ROME — Pope Francis has signaled his support for the Church to reform its marriage-preparation process in favor of a new "catechumenate for marriage" — an idea more than 35 years in the making — that would build healthy, holy unions and provide an "antidote" to the contemporary crisis in Catholic marriage.
Two different synods on the family have seen the Catholic Church's bishops propose a new model of marriage formation based on the catechumenate conception, where couples would be formed for marriage within the context of the parish community, with their pastor and mentor couples working together, guiding them before the wedding and after, when they take their first steps as a new family.
And Pope Francis made explicit in his Jan. 21 address to the Roman Rota, the Church's top jurists, that it was "urgent" for the Church to "implement practically" St. John Paul II's plan for modeling marriage preparation on the catechumenate in Familiaris Consortio (66).
"I must repeat the need for a 'new catechumenate' in preparation for marriage," he said, emphasizing that the synod fathers hoped for this change. He said the Church needed to "find valid remedies" for the crisis in marriage that would help future spouses "grasp and savor the grace, beauty and joy of true love, saved and redeemed by Jesus."
Francis explained, "Just as for the baptism of adults the catechumenate is part of the sacramental process, also the preparation for marriage should become an integral part of all the sacramental procedure of marriage as an antidote that prevents the proliferation of null or inconsistent marriage celebrations."
He said the Christian community "is called to announce cordially the Gospel to [engaged couples], so that their experience of love may become a sacrament," and then help newlyweds "follow the path of faith and in the Church also after the celebration of marriage."
Marriage Catechumenate in Action
The Catholic Church has been coming to grips with the fact that Catholic marriage and family outcomes have fared only marginally better compared to the rest of the culture.
In the U.S., Catholic marriages end in divorce at a lower rate than the general population. Still, close to one out of three (28%) of Catholic marriages end in divorce, according to Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA).
CARA's surveys also show that weekly Mass attendance and church involvement correlate strongly with better family life. But only one out of five Catholic parents with children at home go to Mass weekly, and just under half of Catholic parents go to Mass once a month or more. The other half of parents go rarely or not at all.
A number of bishops at the 2015 Synod on the Family voiced their support for moving to a marriage catechumenate model as the way to form couples (and their families) in the Church's teaching.
Some U.S. dioceses have begun, on their own, to move away from having centralized pre-Cana programs at diocesan-based sites toward a parish-based marriage-ministry model, so couples can get a catechumenal formation at the parish with the diocese providing support.
Steve Patton, associate director of Family and Respect Life Ministries at the Diocese of Sacramento, California, told the Register in an email that the diocese shut down its pre-Cana program in 2012 and embraced the catechumenal approach by shifting entirely to having parishes as the locus of marriage preparation.
"Our rationale for this move was that optimal marriage prep needs to be 'local, relational and gradual' — and the one-day, pack 'em in, large class at the chancery was accomplishing none of the above," he said. "Now the principal diocesan role is forming and supporting the parish marriage-prep teams so they can do the best job at both evangelization and catechesis."
The Archdiocese of Chicago, which is known as the birthplace of pre-Cana and still has centralized marriage ministry, is exploring with parishes and pastors how they can together reinvigorate marriage formation.
Clarissa Aljentera, senior coordinator of family ministries for the Archdiocese of Chicago, told the Register she was encouraged by Pope Francis' remarks.
"We are looking to Pope Francis as our guide to better accompany engaged couples and newlyweds in their faith journeys," she said. Marriage catechumenate, she added, captures the "theology of accompaniment" that Pope Francis calls for. The archdiocese, she said, wants parishes and pastors to be "really involved with the engaged and newlyweds."
Part of the challenge, she explained, is taking all of the excellent programming and tools the archdiocese has developed over the years and training parish facilitators, pastors and communities to unpack that in a practical way. Archdiocesan officials are also looking to integrate Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) into their marriage materials and for guidance on how to build the marriage catechumenate, particularly where the Pope calls for "couples walking with other couples." They also intend to gather parish best practices to share with other parishes.
Parish Relationships Are Key
Marriage catechumenate, by its nature, has to involve the whole parish community, explained Mary-Rose Verret, who with her husband, Ryan, founded the "Witness to Love: Marriage Prep Renewal Ministry," which trains parishes in their catechumenal model for marriage formation. She told the Register that they started working on developing a framework for "marriage catechumenate" with Witness to Love approximately six years ago.
Verret said the key to Witness to Love, and the marriage catechumenate, is personal relationships and integrating the couple into the life of the parish, so that newlyweds (marriage neophytes) have a trusted mentor couple (marriage sponsors) and a supportive community (their parish) they can turn to as they take those first steps living together the Church's vision for marriage.
Otherwise, Verret said, the best diocesan conferences, mandatory natural family planning courses and parish workshops will not achieve the evangelization couples need and can become one more "hoop" for a couple that may likely disappear after the wedding.
"If books and programs alone did the trick, everyone would be amazing Catholics living out their faith," she said. "We need relationships" to support the Church's plan for love and marriage.
Essential for Convalidating Couples
Marriage catechumenate is also vital for civilly married couples seeking to obtain the sacrament of matrimony through a process called "convalidation," where both spouses exchange their consent to marry each other in the presence of an authorized priest or deacon and two witnesses.
Verret said too often convalidating couples are not given marriage preparation. They are given a "quick fix" to rectify their irregular status in the Church, but this sends the message to such couples that they have a "second-class sacrament" and they do "not feel more invited into the parish."
Such an approach also means the Church is not evangelizing a vast number of Catholics, or assisting these couples in having the best opportunity for a happy marriage by resolving any serious issues before they attempt the sacrament.
Patrick and Courtney Pourciau, who told the Register their civil marriage was convalidated in 2004, agreed.
"We really didn't have any marriage prep," Patrick said, noting that it was not required at the time. Both Pourciaus are Witness to Love coordinators at St. Bernard's parish in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and they say they would have appreciated marriage catechumenate with mentor couples, which they believe could have helped them deal with some emotional wounds and better understand the "intimacy and vulnerability required for marriage."
However, they both have benefited from their involvement in their parish's Witness to Love ministry, where they serve as liaisons, helping couples choose mentor couples and arranging the pre-wedding retreats and the post-wedding dinners between classes of newlyweds and mentor couples. Patrick said honestly sharing their own marriage with a couple seeking the sacrament of matrimony taught them a lot about themselves and their own marriage.
"The mentor couples really get to see the growth," said Courtney, who said she has seen "a lot of grace" at work through this sacramental process for marriage. And they are looking at the possibility of making Witness to Love a form of marriage enrichment for sacramentally married couples who never went through a catechumenal process for marriage.
A Catechumenal Rite for Marriage?
The discussion on "marriage catechumenate" has its origins in the first synod on the family held by St. John Paul II in 1980, according to Father Paul Holmes, a moral and sacramental theologian at Seton Hall University. Father Holmes told the Register that he switched his doctoral focus to dedicate his scholarship to exploring the marriage catechumenate upon reading about the idea in the reports coming out of that synod.
"The synod fathers actually looked at each phase of preparation, and when they got to the immediate preparation, they said what is needed is not just a lot of words spoken like pre-Cana — they didn't actually condemn pre-Cana in any way — but they said what is really needed is what we have for the sacrament of baptism," he said, "that we need to prepare couples for the sacrament of marriage in a ritual way, the way we do for baptism."
Father Holmes said matrimony as a sacrament is rooted in a Christian's baptism, so having a marriage catechumenate would highlight the connection between those two sacraments. The engaged could be brought to the parish church, surrounded by the ecclesial community, a number of times during the period of their engagement, to receive anointing, a blessing over them or other ritual actions that would signify their catechetical journey toward receiving the sacrament on their wedding day. And then, as newlyweds, they would have the parish helping them to deepen their growth in the sacrament.
"It lets the couple know that they are surrounded by the Church, that they are upheld by the Church and supported by the Church, rather than going for three evenings where people talk about marriage and then they have a rehearsal, and then they have a wedding, and that's it," Father Holmes said. In a new catechumenate for marriage, "we would have preparation for the sacrament in a ritual way, then we have the sacrament itself, and then we would have a mystagogial period, the post-sacramental period," where the couple would have sustained guidance and support from the Christian community.
He suggested that the Latin Church should look at reviving the "Rite of Betrothal," which went by the wayside after the Council of Trent, and try to examine also how it used to ritualize the various stages of engagement leading to the wedding. He said that the Latin Church could draw ideas from the Eastern Churches about how to revive the imagery needed for these rituals. One Eastern practice, he said, involves bringing the couple to church to have their wedding garments blessed in a ritual before the community.
Father Holmes said if Pope Francis wants marriage catechumenate to become a reality, he should direct the Congregation for Divine Worship, currently led by Cardinal Robert Sarah, to begin the process of developing a ritual for marriage catechumenate, which will take both hard work and imagination.
As a priest who marries 10-15 couples a year, he said he would greatly appreciate having the intended bride and groom go through a marriage catechumenate, rather than leaving all of the catechesis in the sacrament up to him.
"I do my best, but I send them off to pre-Cana, they come back, we fill out forms, and I can only hope and pray that they're going to become the living symbols of Christ's love for his Church and Christ's unity with his Church," Father Holmes said. "I can only pray that that's going to happen. I would feel a lot stronger about that if there were a marriage catechumenate."
Peter Jesserer Smith is a Register staff reporter.
church teaching on marriage
peter jesserer smith
Peter Jesserer Smith Peter Jesserer Smith is a staff reporter for the National Catholic Register. He covered Pope Francis's historic visit to the United States in 2015, and to Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 2014. He has reported on the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crisis, including from Jordan and Lebanon on an Egan Fellowship from Catholic Relief Services. Before coming on board the Register in 2013, he was a freelance writer, reporting for Catholic media outlets as the Register and Our Sunday Visitor. He is a graduate of the National Journalism Center and earned a B.A. in Philosophy at Christendom College, where he co-founded the student newspaper, The Rambler, and served as its editor. He comes originally from the Finger Lakes region of New York State.
Encouraging Men Along the 'Road to Purity'
Recovering addict Dann Aungst helps people overcome sex addiction and live chastely.
Jim Graves Interviews
US Bishops Say Religious-Freedom Protections in 'Same-Sex Marriage' Bill Are 'Insufficient'
The USCCB had urged senators in July to oppose the Respect for Marriage Act, citing the importance of stable marriages for the well-being of children and society and expressing concerns about the bill's effect on the religious freedom of those who hold to a traditional definition of marriage.
Jonah McKeown/CNA Nation
Happily Ever After … All the Way to Heaven
BOOK PICK: '30 Days With Married Saints'
Patti Maguire Armstrong Books
Boris Johnson's Marriage: An Explainer on Catholic Marriage and Church Law
By all accounts, Mr. Johnson was treated in the same way as any other Catholic would have been in his situation.
Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP Commentaries


text:
Omnicliq
Request a Quote Review Us
Services & Industries(5)
Key People(2)
Award & Certification(4)
Having gained experience over numerous years in top performance digital agencies, we decided to setup our own agency to provide a more personal touch to our clients and doing what we love most - helping our clients grow their online sales. We are a team of highly skilled and trained digital marketers and developers with more than 10 years of digital experience, who work together to deliver a personal service to each and every client. Our promise to our clients is that we will work their project as if it were our own, and that they will always remain as important as they were on day one.
https://www.omnicliq.com Company Website
[email protected] Company Email
(+30) 231-231-5258 Contact Number
Fulltime Employees
Our Services (4)
Philippos Business Center
https://www.facebook.com/omnicliq
https://www.linkedin.com/company/omnicliq/
Key People Of Our Company (2)
Dimitris Bachtsevanis Head of Digital & Partner
Fanis Vacharis Head of Digital Automations & Partner
Award & Certification (4)
Google Export Guru Winner 2017 April 2017
Peak Performance Awards 2018 (Best International Campaign) June 2018
Peak Perfomance Awards 2018 (Best Performance Attribution Solution) June 2018
Books Published by Us (1)
1. A Practical Guide To Facebook Advertising: Including The Methods, Tricks & Processes We Use Every Day
Back in 2013, my team and I created a new business in just several weeks. Fast forward to 2017 and that company has generated tens of thousands of sales around the globe. Over 90% of these sales have come directly from our efforts building and optimising advertising campaigns on Facebook. We made our fair share of mistakes along the way, but learned a huge amount about the processes required to be successful and drive people to click and convert. Dimitris and I have put these processes, methods, and pitfalls to avoid, into this book. We provide a step by step guide to Facebook advertising that covers everything we think you need to know to be able to build successful Facebook advertising campaigns that produce results, including: - Which features are most important. - How to create targeted audiences, whether you're starting out or already have a substantial company. - How to position your product or service and produce effective adverts that people want to click. - How to optimise effectively. - And lots more. In each section, we focus on the principal features, processes and best practices that will enable you to go out and hit your advertising goals. Though our context for the book is advertising on Facebook, we fully expect that you'll be able to apply what you learn here to other platforms, such as Google Adwords. Having said that, bear in mind that Facebook is a rapidly evolving advertising platform and we don't aim to cover every single feature. Our aim is to equip you with the knowledge, confidence and determination to easily understand and make use of any new advertising feature or concept you encounter. We've kept things straight forward, sticking to the simplest formats possible: bullet points, lists, walkthroughs and, of course, plenty of examples.
Tell us what you think about us
This Company able to rank your website as per the commitment?*
How was the communication?*
Country Code Country Code Afghanistan (+93) Albania (+355) Algeria (+213) American Samoa (+1684) Andorra (+376) Angola (+244) Anguilla (+1264) Antarctica (+0) Antigua and Barbuda (+1268) Argentina (+54) Armenia (+374) Aruba (+297) Australia (+61) Austria (+43) Azerbaijan (+994) Bahamas (+1242) Bahrain (+973) Bangladesh (+880) Barbados (+1246) Belarus (+375) Belgium (+32) Belize (+501) Benin (+229) Bermuda (+1441) Bhutan (+975) Bolivia (+591) Bosnia and Herzegovina (+387) Botswana (+267) Bouvet Island (+0) Brazil (+55) British Indian Ocean Territory (+246) Brunei Darussalam (+673) Bulgaria (+359) Burkina Faso (+226) Burundi (+257) Cambodia (+855) Cameroon (+237) Canada (+1) Cape Verde (+238) Cayman Islands (+1345) Central African Republic (+236) Chad (+235) Chile (+56) China (+86) Christmas Island (+61) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (+672) Colombia (+57) Comoros (+269) Congo (+242) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (+242) Cook Islands (+682) Costa Rica (+506) Cote D'Ivoire (+225) Croatia (+385) Cuba (+53) Cyprus (+357) Czech Republic (+420) Denmark (+45) Djibouti (+253) Dominica (+1767) Dominican Republic (+1809) Ecuador (+593) Egypt (+20) El Salvador (+503) Equatorial Guinea (+240) Eritrea (+291) Estonia (+372) Ethiopia (+251) Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (+500) Faroe Islands (+298) Fiji (+679) Finland (+358) France (+33) French Guiana (+594) French Polynesia (+689) French Southern Territories (+0) Gabon (+241) Gambia (+220) Georgia (+995) Germany (+49) Ghana (+233) Gibraltar (+350) Greece (+30) Greenland (+299) Grenada (+1473) Guadeloupe (+590) Guam (+1671) Guatemala (+502) Guinea (+224) Guinea-Bissau (+245) Guyana (+592) Haiti (+509) Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands (+0) Holy See (Vatican City State) (+39) Honduras (+504) Hong Kong (+852) Hungary (+36) Iceland (+354) India (+91) Indonesia (+62) Iran, Islamic Republic of (+98) Iraq (+964) Ireland (+353) Israel (+972) Italy (+39) Jamaica (+1876) Japan (+81) Jordan (+962) Kazakhstan (+7) Kenya (+254) Kiribati (+686) Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (+850) Korea, Republic of (+82) Kuwait (+965) Kyrgyzstan (+996) Lao People's Democratic Republic (+856) Latvia (+371) Lebanon (+961) Lesotho (+266) Liberia (+231) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (+218) Liechtenstein (+423) Lithuania (+370) Luxembourg (+352) Macao (+853) Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of (+389) Madagascar (+261) Malawi (+265) Malaysia (+60) Maldives (+960) Mali (+223) Malta (+356) Marshall Islands (+692) Martinique (+596) Mauritania (+222) Mauritius (+230) Mayotte (+269) Mexico (+52) Micronesia, Federated States of (+691) Moldova, Republic of (+373) Monaco (+377) Mongolia (+976) Montserrat (+1664) Morocco (+212) Mozambique (+258) Myanmar (+95) Namibia (+264) Nauru (+674) Nepal (+977) Netherland (+31) Netherlands Antilles (+599) New Caledonia (+687) New Zealand (+64) Nicaragua (+505) Niger (+227) Nigeria (+234) Niue (+683) Norfolk Island (+672) Northern Mariana Islands (+1670) Norway (+47) Oman (+968) Pakistan (+92) Palau (+680) Palestinian Territory, Occupied (+970) Panama (+507) Papua New Guinea (+675) Paraguay (+595) Peru (+51) Philippines (+63) Pitcairn (+0) Poland (+48) Portugal (+351) Puerto Rico (+1787) Qatar (+974) Reunion (+262) Romania (+40) Russian Federation (+70) Rwanda (+250) Saint Helena (+290) Saint Kitts and Nevis (+1869) Saint Lucia (+1758) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (+508) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (+1784) Samoa (+684) San Marino (+378) Sao Tome and Principe (+239) Saudi Arabia (+966) Senegal (+221) Serbia and Montenegro (+381) Seychelles (+248) Sierra Leone (+232) Singapore (+65) Slovakia (+421) Slovenia (+386) Solomon Islands (+677) Somalia (+252) South Africa (+27) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (+0) Spain (+34) Sri Lanka (+94) Sudan (+249) Suriname (+597) Svalbard and Jan Mayen (+47) Swaziland (+268) Sweden (+46) Switzerland (+41) Syrian Arab Republic (+963) Taiwan, Province of China (+886) Tajikistan (+992) Tanzania, United Republic of (+255) Thailand (+66) Timor-Leste (+670) Togo (+228) Tokelau (+690) Tonga (+676) Trinidad and Tobago (+1868) Tunisia (+216) Turkey (+90) Turkmenistan (+7370) Turks and Caicos Islands (+1649) Tuvalu (+688) Uganda (+256) Ukraine (+380) UAE (+971) UK (+44) USA (+1) United States Minor Outlying Islands (+1) Uruguay (+598) Uzbekistan (+998) Vanuatu (+678) Venezuela (+58) Viet Nam (+84) Virgin Islands, British (+1284) Virgin Islands, U.s. (+1340) Wallis and Futuna (+681) Western Sahara (+212) Yemen (+967) Zambia (+260) Zimbabwe (+263)
How would you like to rate Omnicliq
Skip >
Top Ranking Companies
Ranked #1
Ranked #10
Browse other cities in Greece
Browse Worldwide


Listen to your music in style when you wear these Star Wars Rebels Chopper Ear Bud Headphones. It's a known fact that droids will deliver quality sound when it comes to music.
The Star Wars Rebels Chopper Ear Bud Headphones is just what any Star Wars fan needs to enjoy music. It has an awesome design featuring Chopper from the Star Wars Rebels series. It makes a great gift.
These are $12.99 from Entertainment Earth and $9.99 at Toys R Us.


AUSTIN— The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved $3.46 million dollars in grants to help enhance 22 motorized and non-motorized recreational trail-related projects across the state.
The National Recreational Trails Fund (NRTF) funds recreational trail construction, renovation and acquisition. The grants are funded from a portion of the federal gas tax generated by gasoline purchases for off-road motorcycles and four-wheelers. Thirty percent of the total NRTF grants must be earmarked for motorized recreational trails, while another 30 percent must be spent on non-motorized trail projects. The remaining 40 percent is discretionary.
The Texas Motorized Trails Coalition in Crockett County received $394,991 to fund improvements to the Escondido Draw Recreation Area. The grant will fund the renovation of 88 miles of off highway vehicle trails with erosion controls, signage, trail maintenance equipment, picnic tables, benches, trash receptacles, a pavilion, parking area, entrance kiosk and fencing.
The Austin Ridge Riders in Travis County received $15,000 for improvements to city park trails. The funds will go toward the renovation of 7.56 miles of motorized, multi-use trails, signs and hand tools.
The Texas Motorized Trails Coalition in Upshur County received $198,000 to fund improvements to the Barnwell Mountain Recreation Center. The grant will fund the renovation of 10 miles of off highway vehicle trails, the construction of 5 new miles of off highway vehicle trails with erosion controls, the installation of vault toilets and helipads.
The city of Bryan in Brazos County received $104,500 toward the Bryan Camelot Park project. The grant will fund a new concrete trail, ADA accessible ramps and parking, a bridge, stairs and a retaining wall.
The city of Los Fresnos in Cameron County received $200,000 to go toward the Los Fresnos Hike and Bike Trail project. The grant will fund a 1.09 mile long concrete trail, pedestrian signals and a bridge.
The Greenbelt Alliance of Denton County in Denton County received $106,408.26 toward the Lake Ray Roberts Equestrian Trail and Trailhead Improvements Project. The grant will go toward the renovation of 9.5 miles of existing trail, horse corrals, hitching rails, two utility task vehicles (UTV), a UTV trailer, two chainsaws, two pole saws and training.
The city of San Elizario in El Paso County received $184,395 toward the San Elizario Circuit Trail Phase 1 project. The grant will go towards a new .66 mile aggregate surface hike and bike trail, road crossings, benches, trash receptacles, bollards, signage, interpretation kiosks and fencing.
The Fort Bend County MUD No.23 in Fort Bend County received $200,000 to fund the FBCMUD 23 Hike and Bike Trails project. The grant will go towards a 1.1 mile concrete trail, benches and bike racks.
The Houston Audubon Society in Galveston County received $63,850 to fund improvements to the Horseshoe Marsh Nature Trail project. The grant will fund a one mile pedestrian trail that will include a boardwalk, observation decks, fencing and a parking lot expansion.
The city of Hale Center in Hale County received $84,091 to fund the Caudle Lake Nature Trail project. The grant will go towards the creation of a .57 mile asphalt trail, culverts, bridges, benches, trees and signage.
The Exploration Green Conservancy in Harris County received $200,000 to go toward the Exploration Green Trail project. The grant will fund a 1.1 mile long, ten foot wide concrete multi-use trail.
The Houston Arboretum and Nature Center in Harris County received $200,000 toward the Houston Arboretum Boardwalk and Trail Enhancement project. The grant will go toward the creation of new boardwalk and the renovation of existing boardwalk.
The Chaparral Rails to Trails, Inc. in Hunt County received $200,000 to fund improvements to the Chaparral Rails to Trails Merit to Celeste project. The grant will go toward an eight mile rail trail, bollards, culverts and handrails. The trails are proposed to be multi-use and will include areas for equestrians.
The city of Carthage in Panola County received $200,000 to fund its Carthage City Trail project. The grant will toward a new .75 mile concrete and decomposed granite trail, shade shelter, water fountain, signs, bridges and culverts.
The Bureau of Land Management in Potter County received $42,860 toward the Cross Bar Management Area Multi Use Trails project. The grant will fund 7.55 miles of new trail, as well as the purchase of mini skid steer equipment, hand tools, signs and a trailhead kiosk.
The Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge in Tarrant County received $200,000 to fund the Greer Island Hub project. The grant will go toward a .19 mile crushed limestone trail, a new parking lot, composting toilet, trailhead kiosk, signage and levee stabilization.
Tom Green County received $199,119 to fund improvements to the Pugh Park-Christoval Trail project. The grant will fund the renovation of an existing 2.6 miles of trails, as well as the construction of a new .4 mile stabilized decomposed granite trail with picnic tables, drinking fountains, benches and signage.
The Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference (TTAT) in Travis County received $20,000 to fund the TTAT Conference sponsored by Bike Texas. The grant will provide partial funding of the Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference in March 2018.
Travis County received $200,000 to fund improvements to the Arkansas Bend Recreational Trail project. The grant will fund a new three mile crushed aggregate trail with interpretive and directional signage.
The Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center in Travis County received $47,001 toward the expansion of the Uplands Trail System. The grant will fund a new .10 mile accessible stabilized decomposed granite trail with signage, benches and fencing.
The Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust in Tyler County received $200,000 for improvements to the Dogwood Trail Preserve Acquisition project. The grant will go toward the purchase of 35 acres of land and the renovation of .80 miles of a natural surface trail.
The city of Georgetown in Williamson County received $200,000 toward the San Gabriel Trail project. The grant will fund a .44 mile concrete trail, bridges, fencing, signage and a drinking fountain.


What does Amazon have in store for Australia? Why is Telstra putting its customers at risk of telephone scams? Should we worry about the death of net neutrality? Special guest finder.com.au editor Angus Kidman. Vertical Hold is brought to you by Linksys.


I Am Gambian refugee. I came to Senegal to seek asylum. I had to flee the Gambia due to anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
I had a problem with my family. They found out that I am gay and they were about to form together and beat me up to death. My father was to call the neighborhood to come together and beat us to death because being a homosexual is punishable by death and am a disgrace to our family. That's why I don't deserve to live.
Senegal is not much safer. LGBTQ people face discrimination , unemployment and housing difficulties . 2 months I shared an apartment where I could sleep and cook. Our land lord evicted me when he became aware of my LGBTQ status. Senegalese law sides with landlords. I became homeless.
The first donations I would get i will wanna try to get a new place. It's really difficult here in Senegal. I have been facing discrimination, homeless and lack of food as I have been in the street for 2 weeks and am getting sick because of the cold and also i need medical attention and i didn't get.
I really need an immediate help because I don't eat for 2 days. The ones who supposed to help me failed to understand that I can't go back home because they think that it's only those who have problem with the government really can't go back home. I explain to them that I have been banned by my family and community and been threatened to get killed.
In the meantime we were chatting, I was facing so much difficulties in terms of feeding and health issues that I told him that I was gonna sell my phone to buy food and do some check for my health. Because the situation was getting worse and very stressful. He couldn't support that but send me €100 which I am using for feeding at the moment.
I couldn't receive the money on my name because I was attacked one night while I was sleeping in the street and the attackers took my bag where I kept all my documents. But luckily I had my phone under my pillow so it wasn't stolen that night. When I met my old friend online and explained my situation, he asked for a name to send the money.


text:
Hamilton Anderson Associates (HAA) is a Detroit-based, multi-disciplinary design firm founded in 1994 dedicated to improving the built environment through creative, contemporary design. HAA was founded by Rainy Hamilton Jr. and Kent Anderson, who developed the business of integrating architecture and site design as the basis of producing urban design solutions, including architecture, landscape architecture, planning, interiors and urban design. Located in Paradise Valley in downtown Detroit, HAA is one of the largest African-American owned architectural firms in the United States.

Projects

 DTE Energy Co. Navitas House: HAA was selected as the Architecture Firm of Record for the redesign of the Navitas House, which is an old Salvation Army building in Detroit that now holds 140 DTE Energy information technology employees.
 Ronald McDonald House: This $4.3 million dollar project, which was completed in 2015, relocated and redesigned the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southeastern Michigan. The renovation is 10,000 square-feet larger than the previous location and includes décor supplied by the Detroit Red Wings.
 Orleans Landing: First housing on the East Riverfront in downtown Detroit. HAA served as Architect of Record.
 Brush Park: This $70 million dollar project preserved four historic homes and created new, contemporary housing in Detroit's Brush Park district. HAA served as Master Planner, Site Designer and Architect on three of the buildings for the development. HAA took an approach of having north and south streets feature apartments and retail while the east and west streets consist of townhomes and mansions, totaling 400 new units.
 Wayne State University Anthony Wayne Apartments: HAA announced in 2017 that it will be aiding in design and building of the Anthony Wayne Apartments – Wayne State University's on-campus housing. The structure will include one-, two- and four-bedroom units, event and study rooms and commercial businesses on its first floor for a total unit count over 800.
 MGM National Harbor: MGM International Resorts selected HAA to serve as the Associate Architect of Record for its casino resort, located at National Harbor in the Washington, D.C. area. HAA was responsible for the casino floor, back-of-house spaces, as well as assisting in the early stage planning of the resort's Conservatory and overall unique, linear layout.
 Paradise Valley Cultural & Entertainment District (PVCED): Paradise Valley, once known as Black Bottom in Detroit, is getting redeveloped with an investment of $52.4 million. This construction includes establishing the Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment Conservancy to honor the tradition of jazz and African American culture. HAA will own and renovate its headquarters in the district and construct a 16,000 square-feet contemporary addition that will be home to Hamilton Anderson Associates.
 Little Caesar's Arena: Associate Architect
 Motown Historical Museum: Major addition to house the Motown collection with interactive displays and renovation and preservation of historic homes that Motown executives and artists used to produce the original Motown Sound. HAA serves as the Architect of Record.
 Hudson Building Site Redevelopment: HAA teamed up with New York-based architecture firm SHoP to work on designing the new building for the former Hudson's Department Store site. The previous structure was demolished in 1997 and the site was not in use until Dan Gilbert, through Bedrock, purchased the property in 2016 with plans to build a mixed-use retail and residential complex.
 Detroit Works Project: In 2012, HAA was selected to help lead a long-term urban planning initiative for the city of Detroit.

References

Companies based in Detroit
American companies established in 1994


Take advantage of the late winter window to get your garden ready for an even more glorious spring.
It's best to wait until spring has made its full arrival before plunking tender seedlings in the ground, but there's still plenty of prep to start now.
You may soon find yourself in a similar boat, itching to get outside and start planting. But it's best to wait until spring has made its full arrival before plunking tender seedlings in the ground. That doesn't mean there's not plenty of prep to start now, though. Here's how to take advantage of the late winter window to get your garden in order for a glorious spring.
When the ground's still frozen or too soggy to mess with, take stock of your tools and equipment, and take care of any needed maintenance.
Repair and restore digging tools:Break the handle on a shovel or digging fork last year? If it's a good quality tool, it's worth buying a new handle and replacing it rather than tossing the whole thing in the landfill. Some gardeners go so far as to sharpen the digging blade of their shovels with a coarse file each year, but at the very least it's nice to wash off any accumulated dirt, dry down the blade, and spray it with penetrating oil to ward off rust.
Winter has a way of leaving the yard looking more than a little disheveled – sticks and debris scattered about and tattered, half-dead vegetation everywhere – so it's high time for a bit of grooming. Give those spring flowers the backdrop they deserve!
Rake and restore:Collect leaf litter and add it to your compost pile or stash to use as mulch when the summer heat hits. Bag up sticks and run them through a chipper (if you have access to one) to make mulch, or put them on the curb for municipal pick up. Rake up your beds and add the old mulch to the compost pile. Spread a ½-inch layer of finished compost over the bare soil to replace lost nutrients.
Primp and prune:Pull out fall annuals that died over the winter and toss them in the compost pile. Unwrap burlap coverings from evergreen shrubs and trim off and winter dieback (i.e. leaves and branches that have turned brown). Any perennials and ornamental grasses that weren't cut back in fall should be chopped down to about 4-inches tall to prepare for new growth. Saw off broken branches back to the larger branch they're attached to, leaving a smooth cut rather than a little stub. Prune ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines to remove dead wood, control their size and to enhance flowering and overall appearance. If you didn't get to it over the winter, now is the last chance to prune fruit trees, grapevines and other food plants.
Extra touches: Sculpt your flower beds with an edging tool to maintain clean, crisp lines and keep lawn grass from invading. Divide clumping perennials (things that grow from bulbs, tubers, corms, and rhizomes – dahlias, hostas, lilies, and comfrey are but a few examples) to give the roots more space to grow and use the divisions to fill in bare areas in the yard. Cut branches of early spring blooms (forsythia, redbud, magnolia, etc) and "force" them in a vase indoors for a late winter flower arrangement.
Once the soil in your vegetable garden is dry enough to not squish when you step on it, it's time to start laying the groundwork for spring planting.
Clean out:Remove any leftover veggies that didn't survive the winter and toss them into the compost pile. Pull out drip irrigation tubes to make way for tilling and planting. If you planted cover crops in the fall, mow them to the ground and then let the stems dry out for a couple weeks before tilling in the debris. If you mulched your beds in fall, rake off the mulch and add it to the compost pile.
Top up the fertility: Spread 1-2 inches of fresh compost on your beds. Add supplementary nutrients like lime (for acidic soils), sulfur (for basic soils), bone meal (for phosphorus), greensand (for potassium), and kelp meal (for micronutrients). Till in the compost and amendments, but only once the soil is dry enough to crumble when you grab a handful – then rake the beds into smooth, ready-to-plant mounds. Consider getting a soil testto fine-tune your fertility management strategy.
Sort your seeds: If you haven't picked out seeds and gotten some started indoors, now is the time!


text:
Q: ANGULAR - Mapping nested JSON data from API so I've been struggling for the past day or so with mapping the response from a mock API - I think I'm mapping it correctly but when I try to access the data it doesn't return anything in the HTML.
Please find my code below:
data.service.ts
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { ConsentData, Prompt } from '@app/models/consent-data';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root',
})
export class ConsentWebviewDataService {
  constructor(private httpClient: HttpClient) {}

  getConsentData(): Observable<ConsentData<Prompt>> {
    return this.httpClient.get<ConsentData<Prompt>>(
      'MY_API_URL',
    );
  }
}

data.ts (interface)
export interface ConsentData<Prompt> {
  prompts: Prompt[];
}

export interface Prompt {
  promptId: number;
  headline: string;
  body: string;
  imageUrl: string;
  consents: string[];
  type: string;
}

app.component.ts
export class PromptComponent implements OnInit {
  consentData: any;

  constructor(private consentWebviewDataService: ConsentWebviewDataService) {}

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.consentWebviewDataService.getConsentData().subscribe(data => {
      this.consentData = data.prompts.map(consents => {
        return {
          promptId: consents.promptId,
          headline: consents.headline,
          body: consents.body,
          imageUrl: consents.imageUrl,
          consents: consents.consents,
          type: consents.type,
        };
      });
    });
  }
}

Lastly here is the API JSON response:
{"prompts":[{"promptId":100,"headline":"Headline","body":"Body text.","imageUrl":"https://picsum.photos/200","consents":["Consent 1","Consent 2","Consent 3"],"type":"ConsentCampaign"}]}

From what I understand so far, after countless tutorials and resources, the getCosentData() function sends request to API, then in the component I subscribe to it, get the response, assign the response to the consentData variable, then map the contents of the response based on the interface / how the JSON response looks.
However, the problem is that I cannot access the mapped data in the HTML. I don't need it in a table, just need to get the mapped data.
I tried all variations such as {{ consentData.promptId }} which I mapped, and it returns ERROR TypeError: ctx.consentData is undefined. Tried {{ consents.promptId }} as well, etc. but nothing works.
What am I missing here? And apologies for the long question && thanks in advance for any help!

A: You mapped the response into a new array and trying to access it as an object
Try {{ consentData[0].promptId }} to get the id of first element

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


untersucht von Dr. Theodor Eimer.
Tübingen : H. Laupp, 1878.
Physical description: viii, 277 p., 13 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Hide notes ... Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
Die acraspeden Medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899 : Die craspedoten Medusen ... I. Trachy-medusen ; Mit 12 Tafel.
By: Romanes, George John, 1848-1894.


text:
Global Affairs Canada
Media Relations Office
Subscribe to Email Notices
News - Main page
Canadian sanctions
Response to humanitarian crises
Foreign Policy - Main page
Opening New Markets
Promoting Trade
Investing in Canada
Trade - Main page
Development challenges and priorities
Funding guidance
Stories and results
Aid transparency
Development - Main page
Assistance to Travellers
News and Warnings
Returning to Canada
Travelling to Canada
Assistance to Travellers - Main page
The North American relationship
Canada and Latin America and the Caribbean
Canada and the Arctic
Canada and Asia-Pacific
Canada and Europe
Canada and the Middle East & North Africa
Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries and regions - Main page
The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service
Funding for international initiatives
Office of Protocol
Jules Léger Library
Canadian Foreign Service Institute
Services - Main page
Reports and Accountability
About - Main page
Export and Import Controls
Notice to Exporters No. 196 - Exports of items listed on the Export Control List to Iran
Notice to Exporters
Exports of items listed on the Export Control List to Iran
Export and Import Permits Act
Serial No. 196
On February 5, 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Trade announced changes to Canada's economic sanctions against Iran.
Canada will continue to maintain tight controls on exports to Iran of goods and technologies which are considered sensitive from a national and international security perspective.
Applications for export permits for all items listed on the Export Control List pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
In addition, applications for export permits to export to Iran any goods or technologies covered under any of the following items on the Export Control List, (i.e., those items which are considered the most sensitive from a national and international security perspective, including nuclear goods and technologies, as well as those goods and technologies which could assist the development of Iran's ballistic missiles program), will normally be denied:
Group 1 (Dual-Use List)
Test, inspection, and production equipment for special materials and related equipment as outlined in item 1.1.B, and its associated software and technology
Materials as outlined in item 1-1.C, and its associated software and technology
Test, inspection, and production equipment for materials processing as outlined in item 1-2.B and its associated software and technology
Intrusion equipment, systems and components as outlined in 1-4.A.5, and its associated software and technology
Telecommunications intercept, surveillance and jamming equipment, systems and components as outlined in 1-5.A.1.f, 1-5.A.1.j, and its associated software and technology
Optical sensors, high-speed instrumentation cameras, image intensifier cameras, focal plane array imaging cameras, lasers as outlined in 1-6.A.2, 1-6.A.3.a, 1-6.A.3.b.3, 1-6.A.3.b.4, 1-6.A.5, and its associated software and technology
All items on Category 9 of Group 1, with the exception of those parts and components intended for civil aircraft as outlined in 1-9.A.1, 1-9.A.3, 1-9.A.12, as well as software and technology related to 1-9.A.1, 1-9.A.3, 1-9.A.12
Group 2 (Munitions List)
All items on Group 2
Group 3 (Nuclear Non-Proliferation List)
Group 4 (Nuclear-Related Dual-Use List)
Group 5 (Miscellaneous Goods and Technology)
Item 5501 Blinding laser weapons
Item 5502 Nuclear fusion reactors
Item 5503 Antipersonnel mines
All items in 5504 (Strategic goods and technology), with the exception of 5504.2.a.1, 5504.2.b as they relate to the use of 5504.2.a.i only
Item 5505 Goods and technology for certain uses (Catch-all)
Group 6 (Missile Technology Control Regime List)
All items on Group 6, with the exception of those parts and components intended for civil aircraft as outlined in 6-3.A.1, 6-3.E.1, 6-9.A.3, 6-9.A.4, 6-9.A.5, 6-9.A.8, as well as software and technology related to 6-3.A.1, 6-3.E.1, 6-9.A.3, 6-9.A.4, 6-9.A.5, 6-9.A.8
Group 7 (Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation List)
Chemical Weapons Convention Materials as outlined in 7-3, and its corresponding technology
P3 and P4 containment facilities as outlined in 7-12.1, and its corresponding technology
Human toxins as outlined in 7-13.1.d, and its corresponding technology
For further information, please contact the Export Controls Division at Global Affairs Canada by phone or email: 613-996-2387 / tie.reception@international.gc.ca.
Note that the Government of Canada has made changes to its economic sanctions against Iran under the Special Economic Measures Act and the United Nations Act. For further information, please consult Canadian Sanctions Related to Iran.
Brokering Controls
Import Controls
Controlled Products
Supply managed tariff rate quotas
Trade Commissioner Service
Responsible Business Conduct Abroad
CSR Counsellor
Trade Portfolio Partners
Business Women in International Trade (BWIT)
CanExport
Embassies and Consulates
Canadian Representatives Abroad
Trade Offices Abroad
Find a Trade Commissioner


Re: Who in Debian is working on a certificate handling framework?
Subject: Re: Who in Debian is working on a certificate handling framework?
>> into the problems surrounding digital certificates.
> <alexander@schmehl.info> would be someone who may help.
Who in Debian is working on a certificate handling framework?
Previous by thread: Re: Who in Debian is working on a certificate handling framework?


U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, held his 2017 Conservation Tour to learn more about conservation efforts across the state on Thursday, September 21st. This year's annual tour, based in the Manhattan area and the Flint Hills, focused on water and soil conservation, grassland prairie preservation, and river sustainability.
Kansas Farmers Union members Donn Teske, Mary Howell, and Jim French participated in the annual tour.
Stops on the tour included discussion about conservation practices important to the Kansas agriculture industry, including the Sustainable Rivers Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), conservation easements, and prescribed burning.
The tour started at Colbert Hills Golf Course in Manhattan with opening remarks & a tour that looked at the conservation efforts for landscape maintenance and preservation. The group traveled to Tuttle Creek Reservoir to discuss the efforts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and The Nature Conservancy in Kansas to better understand reservoir management through the Sustainable Rivers Program.
The third stop was Dibbon Farms, featuring their sub-surface drip irrigation system to conserve water and increase yields, utilizing cost share funding from the EQIP Program.
A classic BBQ lunch was enjoyed by everyone in the hayloft of the barn at the Moyer Ranch, Alma. A discussion followed explaining on the Agriculture Easements utilized for long term preservation of the prairie. Senator Moran and Chief Jordan moderated a discussion and took questions. Following lunch, the tour continued in a pasture on the Moyer Ranch.
The last stop of the day at the Downey Ranch focused on Late-Season Burning to preserve the prairie ecosystem and for invasive weed control of sericea lespedeza.


text:
Rascal Flatts Donate $150,000 for Music Education
Rebekah Bell
Courtesy of Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts presented a CMA Foundation grant of $150,000 to the non-profit Little Kids Rock during a recent trip to Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles.
During the band's visit, members Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney also played music with the children and surprised them with new musical instruments. It was an unforgettable day for the students at Miramonte Elementary School, who were excited about the opportunity to play with and learn from the talented musicians.
Little Kids Rock is a national music education non-profit group that provides free music lessons and instruments to children in under-served or underprivileged schools. Since 2002, the non-profit has served more than 325,000 children in over 1,3000 public schools across the country. Little Kids Rock provides educational resources, instruments and lessons to school districts that might otherwise not be able to afford a music program.
Rascal Flatts are prime supporters of the nationwide charity. Their hope is that Little Kids Rock will enable underprivileged children to have greater access to musical instruments and education.
"With all three of us having children ourselves, organizations like Little Kids Rock really resonate with us," Joe Don Rooney says in a press release. "To be able to give back to young music makers and to do it with our friends at the CMA Foundation is really humbling and the best part of what we do." Rascal Flatt's newest single, "Riot," is now available for download.
Visit Rascal Flatts' website to learn more about their upcoming tour dates.
Watch Rascal Flatts Perform Their Favorite Cover
Next: Top 10 Rascal Flatts Songs
Filed Under: Rascal Flatts


text:
ANOTHER ONE: COVID Issues Cause Georgetown to Cancel Game at Creighton
The game on December 28th is canceled
By whipple Dec 24, 2021, 11:00am EST
Share All sharing options for: ANOTHER ONE: COVID Issues Cause Georgetown to Cancel Game at Creighton
Photo by Porter Binks/Getty Images
Tuesday's Georgetown Hoyas game, at Creighton (12/28), is OFF due to COVID issues within the Georgetown program. The BIG EAST will attempt to reschedule the game per their revised policy. After the cancelation of the Providence game on Wednesday, this is the second game needing to be rescheduled for Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas.
Georgetown's next opponent - St. John's - had to their game canceled yesterday with Butler b/c of covid issues with the Red Storm.
— Bobby Bancroft (@BobbyBancroft) December 24, 2021
As of early Thursday, this cancelation would have resulted in a forfeit, and Georgetown would have been 0-2 in conference play. Now, if the game can't be rescheduled, it will not count as a loss.
The BIG EAST's new policy now states:
Under the modified policy, a Conference game will be canceled in the event a school has fewer than seven scholarship players and one countable coach available for a game. The BIG EAST Conference Office will attempt to reschedule any such game(s) in accordance with parameters approved by BIG EAST Directors of Athletics. In the event the rescheduling parameters cannot be fulfilled, the canceled game(s) will be designated as a no contest.
Georgetown played 16 conference games - out of 20 - last season and that looks like it might be more than this season given the start.
The Hoyas were unable to make up any of the four BE games they had canceled in 20-21, finishing 7-9.
Here is the press release from GU Hoyas:
BIG EAST Announces Cancellation of Georgetown at Creighton Game
WASHINGTON – The BIG EAST Conference has announced that the Georgetown at Creighton game, which was scheduled for Tuesday, December 28, has been canceled due to COVID issues within the Georgetown program. Per the revised BIG EAST game cancellation policy announced yesterday, the Conference office will attempt to reschedule the game in accordance with the parameters of the policy.


A key focus for the Government's Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review was around barrier busting – alleviating the cost to network deployment. As part of this thinking, DCMS has published a toolkit outlining good practice and recommendations for the street works process of deploying fiber across the UK. The framework is intended to guide local authorities and operators and contractors towards working more collaboratively and ultimately enabling a more efficient roll out.
The toolkit responds to some of the barriers that were highlighted in the BSG published report by Analysys Mason around the varying nature of permit and notices schemes across the UK and the importance of street works in achieving a digitally connected Britain.
The toolkit suggests an "early engagement" approach with points of contact, objectives and expectations set out at a pre-planning stage. The suggested steps within this pre-build stage of the project would include: a LA-operator meeting; information exchange under a Non-Disclosure Agreement; LA-operator information/ issues to cover (the framework suggests a pre-build template agenda and suggestions for areas to cover off include Capital Works plans/ information on restrictions/ commitment to premises connected and new coverage/ evidence of past performance in Street Works). It is then suggested that a final deployment plan be drawn up and agreed to by all participants.
As operators will not always know beforehand which streets they might need until they are in the midst of the planning process issues can arise with the 3-month notice periods. A lack of consistency between permitting and noticing schemes can cause further headaches and so the toolkit suggests that LAs work together to standardize rules and criteria for permit and traffic management processes and be flexible and understanding around start dates and finish times.
Again, differences exist between LAs in their approach to non-compliance in street works with some being more aggressive. Operators therefore will favor those areas with a more reasonable attitude to enforcement. The toolkit highlights common issues and suggests possible courses of action covering areas such as existing condition of the road and overcoming parking difficulties. A warning system is approached rather than automatically applying fines.
The unique challenges that operators face in street works results in deployment works that are high volume (with the logistical difficulties in moving between sites and greater potential for fines and penalties for improper execution), short duration (with the contracting industry preferring the more profitable gas, electricity and water utilities work) and predominantly footway based (where inflexible permits and reactive works beyond the control of operators means jobs cannot proceed as planned. The DCMS toolkit sets out the contractor concerns around these challenges, how deployment is affected and proposes a series of solutions and measures.
The toolkit provides actual templates for both the pre-build meeting and the monthly meeting during the build, in a bid to ensure that the issues and challenges highlighted above are met and dealt with in a collaborative and informed manner.