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Development and case studies: Risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels
Jane Chambers
Gaia Nugent
Bea Sommer
Peter Speldewinde
Simon Neville
Stephen Beatty
Stacey Chilcott
Stefan Eberhard
et. al.
Ecotones and Associates
Subterranean Ecology
Development and case studies: Risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems - 6.76 MB
This research developed and validated a risk assessment and decision-making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels due to climate change and other causes.
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The objective of this research was to develop and test a risk assessment and decision-making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) with declining water levels due to climate change, anthropogenic extraction, land use and land management. The framework was developed by a multidisciplinary team of ecologists, modellers and hydrogeologists in south-western Australia, a biodiversity hotspot that has already suffered three decades of below average rainfall and consequently declining groundwater levels due to increased groundwater abstraction and land use change. This has provided a 'living experiment' providing validation of the framework against observed changes (not just modelled projections). The combination of this research together with input from a suite of end-users, other scientists and experts from across Australia has provided a robust and adaptable framework.
The report outlines how the framework was developed and tested on three different types of GDEs: surface expression of groundwater in 1) wetlands on the Gnangara Groundwater System in Perth and 2) the Blackwood River, and 3) the subterranean expression of groundwater in the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge Cave System. However, the framework could be adapted to any type of GDE or surface water system.
The framework integrates a standard risk assessment protocol enabling the approach to be easily transferred to sites within Australia and internationally. The framework is based around the construction of a conceptual model which identifies the interrelationships between climate, hydrology, water quality and/or biotic resources and the biota in an ecosystem. Before the framework is undertaken, management issues are identified and the site is characterised in terms of the type of GDE, its spatial extent, hydrogeology and assets within the site location. The framework then proceeds through five steps: identify the hazard, determine the exposure and vulnerability of the GDE, assess the effects of the hazard, characterise risk and then manage the risk. A suite of tools are provided by this framework for managing risk and climate change adaptation including: the identification of hazards and their cause(s), exposure and vulnerability of GDEs to hydrological stress, key drivers that cause ecosystem change, thresholds of tolerance of the biota for these key drivers, conceptual models, and risk assessment and decision-making tools in the form of Bayesian Belief networks and spatial models of risk.
Chambers, J, Nugent, G, Sommer, B, Speldewinde, P, Neville, S, Beatty, S, Chilcott, S, Eberhard, S, Mitchell, N, D'Souza, F, Barron, O, McFarlane, D, Braimbridge, M, Robson, B, Close, P, Morgan, D, Pinder, A, Froend, R, Horwitz, P, Cook, B & Davies, P 2013, Adapting to climate change: A risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. Development and case studies, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, 100 pp.
View the supporting documents in this report suite:
Assessing risks to groundwater dependent wetland ecosystems in a drying climate
Identifying thresholds for responses of amphibians to groundwater and rainfall decline
Environmental variables in the habitats of south-western Australian freshwater fishes
The impacts of declining water levels on stygofauna communities
Development of Bayesian Belief Networks for modelling the impacts of falling groundwater
Spatially representing the impacts of falling groundwater
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This photo is copyright © Vasse Wonnerup Estuary, Western Australia (Krysztof Wienczugow, Marine and Freshwater Research Laboratory, Murdoch University).
Identifying climate refuges for freshwater biodiversity across Australia
Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia. Supporting Document 1: Evaluating the utility of cold-water releases ("shandying") for enhancing the resilience of riverine species
Novel methods for managing freshwater refuges against climate change in southern Australia
Literature review: Risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels


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Devaluation and Despair: Breaking Down China's Currency Dilemma
August 16, 2015 Topic: Economics Region: Asia Tags: ChinaChinese CurrencyChinese Devaluation
Is the world's second largest economy in for a rough ride? We might just find out.
by Gordon G. Chang Follow @GordonGChang on Twitter L
On Friday, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the Chinese central bank, reversed course and set the renminbi on an upward path. That followed three straight days of devaluation that shook global stock, currency, and commodity markets, sending them downward.
Friday's reversal looks responsible. Nonetheless, the PBOC's actions last week show policy disarray in the Chinese capital. The net result is that Beijing rattled the world, ruined its reputation for stable management, and did almost nothing to help China's faltering economy.
The daily devaluations follow months of government statements that the central bank would keep the currency stable.
Every trading morning, 15 minutes before the 9:30 opening bell, central bank officials announce the day's reference rate against the U.S. dollar. The renminbi, informally known as the yuan, is then allowed to rise or fall 2% from that rate.
On Tuesday, the central bank set the currency's reference rate 1.86% lower than the previous fix, causing the biggest one-day drop since January 1994. The move, a devaluation, sent the currency into a tailspin. On Friday, after two more devaluations on Wednesday and Thursday, the bank set the reference rate 0.05% higher. For the week, the currency lost 2.8% against the dollar.
On Tuesday, the PBOC also announced a new policy. The central bank said it would henceforth "refer" to the previous day's close when determining the succeeding day's reference midpoint rate. It then noted it would also consider the supply of and demand for foreign exchange and the rates of major currencies.
China's new system was a major reform, a promise to allow the market to set the daily reference rate. "The new mechanism for determining the central parity of the renminbi," said an IMF statement on Tuesday, "appears a welcome step as it should allow market forces to have a greater role in determining the exchange rate."
We should hold the praise, however. Crucially, the central bank did not say how it will weigh the factors it enumerated, thereby keeping complete flexibility in rate setting. Events during the week showed how little in reality the central bank had conceded to the market.
On Thursday, Zhang Xiaohui, an assistant governor of the bank, signaled Beijing wanted its currency to rise. "Currently, there is no basis for the renminbi exchange rate to continue to depreciate," she said.
Not surprisingly, the following day the central bank forced up the value of the renminbi with its high fixing. And to make sure it got what it wanted, in the final 20 minutes of the trading day at least two state banks sold dollars to support the "redback." The tactic resulted in a 0.2% increase during those moments.
The central bank orchestrated similar state bank dollar-selling on Tuesday through Thursday as well. When it counts, Chinese leaders do not trust the market and find some way to interfere with it.
Clearly, China's currency wants to fall more than Beijing thinks advisable. The country is growing not at the 7.0% that Beijing claims for each of the first two calendar quarters of this year. It's more like the 2.2% that people in Beijing are privately talking about, and even that figure looks high when one considers underlying indicators.
In the first half of this year, rail freight was down 10.1%, trade volume was down 6.9%, and construction starts by area were down 15.8%. Electricity consumption? That rose, but only by 1.3%, and that figure was undoubtedly inflated upward. The New York Times has written about the false reporting of this number, and statistic mavens can talk about difficult-to-explain abnormalities in the power figures.
Sector-by-sector, output statistics for the first half were either off or up by only small percentages. Most tellingly, steel production fell 1.3%, the first such drop in almost 20 years.
Foreign companies blamed China for hurting latest-quarter earnings, and Alibaba's and Lenovo's disappointing results, both announced Wednesday, are signs of hard times to come.
China, in short, is fast approaching a contraction. And currency movements are anticipating it.
In fact, the deteriorating economy is thought to be the trigger for Tuesday's devaluation. After all, the central bank cheapened the currency only a day after the Ministry of Commerce announced that China's exports fell 8.3% in July from the same month last year. The drop was far larger than consensus estimates indicated.
Beijing denies that the currency move had anything to do with boosting exports—a Xinhua commentary unconvincingly implied that trade benefits are just a "byproduct" and not a "goal" of the devaluation—but the deval seems senseless if that was not the purpose.
The problem with the adjustment in the exchange rate is that a 2.8% decline will not have a positive appreciable effect on exports—or anything else for that matter.
Moreover, small changes like this one are the worst way to depreciate a currency. They signal that a currency will lose value and then give market participants time to dump it. The dumping of the currency, of course, just adds to the downward pressure. The result? More devaluations, usually in rapid succession.
Better to follow the consensus advice on devaluation: do it just once, do it big, take everyone by surprise, and leave no incentive to attack your economy. That is what Beijing did in 1994, implementing a one-time 33% devaluation.
The 1994 devaluation worked. Today, Beijing cannot make a big one-time adjustment as it would trigger a wave of defaults. Chinese companies have gorged themselves on cheap dollar and euro loans and converted proceeds into renminbi. Then they refused to hedge their currency exposure. Last week's devaluations, therefore, will make repayment more expensive. So far, Beijing, with its devaluations of the renminbi, has added about 92 billion yuan to companies' repayment obligations.
The corporate debt load, consequently, limits Beijing's options to stimulate the economy. That's alarming because monetary stimulus is no longer effective, fiscal spending creates too much debt, and fundamental economic reform is politically impossible. The stock market boom—supposed to trigger increased consumption—has turned into a bust, now a dead end for Beijing.
Analysts are fond of saying China's technocrats have the tools to get the economy going again, but that assessment is obviously optimistic. What we do know is that Beijing, by devaluing its currency, is now doing what it has insisted for months it would not do and what it insisted for months would not work.
That reeks of panic and desperation.
Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China. Follow him on Twitter: @GordonGChang.
Image: Creative Commons/Flickr.

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February 2014 | La Petite Noob | A Toronto-Based Fashion and Lifestyle Blog.
As a part of my 30 Before 30 venture is to take better care in how I dress myself, I've been trying to develop a remix able wardrobe - a wardrobe full of interchangeable pieces that can carry me from one season to the next effortlessly. The process has forced me to change my way of thinking while shopping - looking at each piece critically, thinking of how it will fit with the rest of my wardrobe and imagining its functionality in every seasons. Read on for outfit details, photos and explanations on how I styled this skirt to accommodate three different looks for the whole range of seasons.
I have never been one to shy away from a work week cocktail - my creativity, however, is lacking. My idea of a fancy beverage is to periodically toss a few cucumber slices into my nightly gin and tonic and call it a day. Lately the never ending winter that we're experiencing in Toronto has had me longing for summer, and subsequently has spiked my interest in summer cocktails. A margarita is the quintessential summer beverage, and my beloved blood orange recipe offers a tangy twist on an old favourite. Read on to find out how I make my perfect Blood Orange Margaritas, and then drink up - we're going to need it to get through the rest of this winter!
On my quest to take more pride in how I dress myself, I've been finding inspiration in the strangest places. It's funny how clothing can really transform you into whichever character that you want to play that day. This big furry coat is not only Polar Vortex approved, it makes me feel like a mob wife - like a character off one of my favourite shows 'The Sopranos.' Coupled with a dark palate and a leopard clutch, and I'm ready to turn a blind eye to my mobster husband's shady behaviour!
Read on for more photos and details.
Bonjour à tous! For those of you living in Toronto (or another frozen winter wonderland), I'm sure you're just as anxious for spring to arrive as I am. I always feel like January is the hardest month to get though, weather wise as well as matters relating to budget. My credit cards are just starting to cool off from the holiday season, as well as from the damage all the post-Christmas sales have done (but on the plus side, I did manage to pick up a Clare Vivier leopard print, calf hair clutch that I've been eyeing for awhile - score!) Couple that with a few expensive costs that just popped up, and I'm about ready for a budget overhaul.
Inspired by one of my favourite bloggers, Jen from Skirt the Rules, I've decided to take control of my lackadaisical shopping habits and devote no more than $350 every month towards clothing purchases. I think this is just what I need to take that extra few minutes to really think about what I'm purchasing, to decide if it is really worth the money and if it will work within my pre existing wardrobe. This also ties into one of my 30 before 30 goals to take better care how how I dress, and develop more of a remix able wardrobe, instead of having all separates. I think it's a great idea all around, and am excited to report as to how February develops.
Hope you all had a amazing January and a great start to February.


Games Hub crashing/closing everytime I try to open it.
The title says it all. While it's been a while since I tried to access the games hub, I'm guessing the issue is related to the 8.1 update. Everytime I press the tile, it will "open" for a few seconds, I'll see "uploading" and the dots across the top, and then it will crash and close. Every single time. Any thoughts/tips/advice?!?! I haven't tried all of them, but games (all of which I moved to the SD card) seem to be working fine when accessed through the app list, but aside from the fact that I hate that new feature, I want a working Games Hub. Help?
UPDATE: It seems to be working fine now. I have my phone set to automatically download and install updates, so perhaps one has gone through since I first posted my original post.
How long did it take to get your sp3?


Amritsar: Balwinder Kaur, the prime accused in a case pertaining to the desecration of Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Babe De Ber Gurdwara in November last year, was murdered late last night.
The injury marks on the legs revealed she was attacked with sharp-edged weapons, police officials said, adding she had bled to death.
A resident of Vairoke village in Chogawan block, Balwinder, who was arrested by the Lapoke police under Sections 295-A, 506 and 511 of the IPC, was out on bail because of her poor mental health.
Amritsar (Rural) SSP Harkamalpreet Singh said three unidentified persons dragged Balwinder out of her house and attacked her with sharp-edged weapons even as her husband Labh Singh, an alcoholic, slept inside.


Of the 1 in 8 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, 30% of those will have a recurrence of what is known as metastatic breast cancer, for which there is currently no cure. MBC is when the cancer spreads outside of the breast – usually to the brain, lungs, liver or bones.
The runway is getting more inclusive thanks to AnaOno, a lingerie line designed for breast cancer patients. In its third year at NYFW, in partnership with non-profit Project #Cancerland benefiting Metavivor, all runway models are currently living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC).
"I founded AnaOno after my own diagnosis at 27. My body changed, my life changed, I thought cancer would be a blimp on the radar. But it isn't. Many of our models in years past, since the launch of AO in 2014, have lost their lives to metastatic breast cancer. They were living loudly and fully till their last days. This runway will change the way we see breast cancer, we will shine a light on those living with metastatic disease, and that our beauty, identity and sexuality will not be defined by our diagnosis. We are proud to dress these strong and empowered people once again at NYFW.
Of the 1 in 8 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, 30% of those will have a recurrence of what is known as metastatic breast cancer, for which there is currently no cure. MBC is when the cancer spreads outside of the breast – usually to the brain, lungs, liver or bones. While the breast cancer spotlight typically highlights pink ribbons and products, MBC research and education is largely underfunded. In the US, only 2-5% of all cancer research funds are dedicated to metastatic research.
With recent advances in MBC research from non-profits like Metavivor, the median survival is now 18-33 months – but we must do better. The goal is for research is to render metastatic breast cancer a chronic disease instead of a life-threatening one.
The inspiration for this year's show came from the #ThisIsMBC Elements Project with runway sponsor Eisai. Please join us on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation event venue at 127 Norfolk Street in Manhattan. Tickets on sale now! New this year, please consider a $50 donation to Metavivor that will sponsor a ticket for a breast cancer patient to attend the show in New York. Follow along on social media #NotJustOne.


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Symrise Acquiring Sensient's Fragrance Business Unit
The deal is expected to bolster Symrise's portfolio of natural, renewable fragrance ingredients and further expand its geographic reach.
By Jennifer Weil on November 23, 2020
Symrise headquarters in Holzminden, Germany.
Courtesy of Symrise
PARIS — Symrise AG has inked a deal to purchase Sensient Technologies Corp.'s fragrance and aroma chemicals activities to help expand the German supplier's natural scent and care activities.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sensient's fragrance and aroma chemicals business unit, based in Milwaukee, Wisc., manufactures aroma molecules and scents coming from natural and renewable sources. In 2019, it registered sales of about 77 million euros.
Demand for naturals has been mounting steeply from beauty consumers and brands, especially nowadays in the fragrance, hygiene and other functional products spaces.
"With this acquisition, Symrise will strengthen its backward integration and broaden its leadership position as a supplier of fragrance ingredients, which are increasingly in demand for use, especially in personal and home-care products," the Holzminden, Germany-based fragrance and flavors supplier said in a statement Monday.
"Symrise will furthermore gain access to additional customers and strengthen its presence particularly in EAME and Latin America," the group continued. "Going forward, Symrise plans to also strengthen its manufacturing footprint in Spain with targeted investments in the manufacturing site in Granada that will be acquired."
"With the Sensient activities, Symrise is expanding its range of fragrance ingredients and will thus boost its competitiveness in the creation of fragrance compositions," Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, chief executive officer of Symrise, said in the statement.
"In view of the increasing importance of natural and renewable raw materials for the fragrance industry, the new product range ideally complements our current portfolio," he said.
The Sensient unit supplies out of manufacturing sites in Spain and Mexico. Its aroma molecules and fragrance solutions are mostly culled from renewable raw materials, such as citrus byproducts and pine oil.
Sensient's palette will be used in products such as fragrance, shampoo, soap, detergent and antiperspirants.
"Through this acquisition, Symrise will not only be able to significantly expand its renewable ingredients portfolio, but to also increase its green chemistry value chain, which includes various downstream products coming from sustainable cultivated sources," Symrise said.
The group said it plans to combine Sensient's fragrance and aroma chemicals research and development know-how and manufacturing capabilities with portions of its own at the site in Granada, Spain.
"Over a period of three years, targeted investments will be made to grow the Granada site and make it the second-largest compounding facility in EAME for fragrance ingredients and compounds," Symrise said.
Other recent deals in the natural ingredient space include Eurazeo last week revealing that it is selling its stake in Iberchem, a Spanish natural fragrance and flavors ingredient-maker, to Croda International, a U.K.-based specialty chemicals concern. Under terms of the deal, Iberchem was valued at 820 million euros.
For more, see:
Eurazeo Sells Iberchem to Croda
Firmenich Launches Biotech and Naturals Pilot Plant
fragrance	Symrise AG


text:
"""
Visualize olfactory model output.
"""

import re

import numpy as np
import matplotlib as mpl
mpl.use('agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
import h5py

import networkx as nx

import neurokernel.tools.graph

g = nx.read_gexf('./data/antennallobe.gexf.gz')
df_node, df_edge = neurokernel.tools.graph.graph_to_df(g)
glom_name = 'DA1'
osn_ind = sorted(list(set([ind[0] for ind in \
                           df_edge[df_edge.name.str.contains('.*-%s_.*' % glom_name)].index])))
pn_ind = sorted(list(set([ind[1] for ind in \
                          df_edge[df_edge.name.str.contains('.*-%s_.*' % glom_name)].index])))

# Get OSN and PN label indices:
osn_ind_labels = [int(re.search('osn_.*_(\d+)', name).group(1)) \
                  for name in df_node.ix[osn_ind].name]
pn_ind_labels = [int(re.search('.*_pn_(\d+)', name).group(1)) \
                 for name in df_node.ix[pn_ind].name]

fmt = lambda x, pos: '%2.2f' % (float(x)/1e4)
with h5py.File('./data/olfactory_input.h5', 'r') as fi, \
    h5py.File('olfactory_output_spike.h5', 'r') as fo:
    data_i = fi['array'].value
    data_o = fo['array'].value
mpl.rcParams['figure.dpi'] = 120
mpl.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (12,9)

raster = lambda data: plt.eventplot([np.nonzero(data[i, :])[0] for i in xrange(data.shape[0])],
                                    colors = [(0, 0, 0)],
                                    lineoffsets = np.arange(data.shape[0]),
                                    linelengths = np.ones(data.shape[0])/2.0)
f = plt.figure()
plt.subplot(311)
ax = plt.gca()
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FuncFormatter(fmt))
plt.plot(data_i[:10000,0])
ax.set_ylim(np.min(data_i)-1, np.max(data_i)+1)
ax.set_xlim(0, 10000)
plt.title('Input Stimulus'); plt.ylabel('Concentration')

plt.subplot(312)
raster(data_o.T[osn_ind, :])
plt.title('Spikes Generated by OSNs'); plt.ylabel('OSN #');
ax = plt.gca()
ax.set_ylim(np.min(osn_ind_labels), np.max(osn_ind_labels))
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FuncFormatter(fmt))
ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(base=5.0))

plt.subplot(313)
raster(data_o.T[pn_ind, :])
plt.title('Spikes Generated by PNs'); plt.ylabel('PN #');
ax = plt.gca()
ax.set_ylim(np.min(pn_ind_labels)-0.5, np.max(pn_ind_labels)+0.5)
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FuncFormatter(fmt))
ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(base=1.0))

plt.xlabel('time (s)')

plt.subplots_adjust()
f.savefig('olfactory_output.png')

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


La Vie de la Grande Soeur: Welcome to the 21st Century, Andrea. Nice to have you with us.
Snipits of daily life and travel with me, the Big Sister.
I read too much. I watch too many movies. I see too many plays. I travel to too many places. I observe too many people. And I have too much to say about it all.
Welcome to the 21st Century, Andrea. Nice to have you with us.
First, I should explain about my televisions. They are old. Both of them. Yep, I still live in the world of analog when it comes to my television sets. They are both more square than rectangular. They both have a curved surface screen. Without Directv, neither would pick up a signal of any kind, let alone a digital one. And as much as I love television, watching television, watching movies, my DVR, and the look of the Planet Earth series on a 60" plasma screen, I flat out (no pun intended) refuse to pay more than $200 for a television. So, my TVs are old.
And they are small. I have high hopes for bigger screens, but I have to wait until Heinz gets a new TV. You see, how it works is Heinz gets a new TV. The old one moves into Mother's living room. The TV in the living room moves up to the den. The TV in the den then moves into the back of my truck and on to my living room. The one in my living room moves into my bedroom. And the one in my bedroom goes to the highest bidder. Okay, so the only way to even get charities to take it is to leave it at their back door, knock and run before they make me take it back! So, until Heinz gets a new TV, I'm stuck with analog.
"What does that mean to the average viewer?" you ask. Here is where my story gets its meat.
Now days, television shows are shot in an HD format, or what you might call a wide screen. They are shot to fit within the space of the new televisions. The digital receiving, HD ready, flat screens. Most times the action of the shot occurs in what we call "TV", the smaller screen, and those who have the wider will get more background or more of the shoulder of an actor in the corner of the screen. Every now and then, much to my chagrin, the action will take place in "HD" - a.k.a. the space that is outside the scope of my TV screen.
The first time this phenomena happened, I was watching my favorite show, Glee. It's a fantastic show. I encourage everyone to watch. Anyway, coming out of a commercial, the screen fills with what I think is an establishing shot, that first shot of the scene that introduces the setting before the actors appear and start talking. But the establishing shot is going on for a long time. It's just a shot of a football field. Nobody is there yet. But I can hear them talking. Sometimes they do this. You see an empty set and hear the actors talk right before they appear in the scene. But the actors never appear. They keep talking. Then a football flies across the screen. Then it flies back. This goes on for the better part of the scene. I am dumfounded. What's going on?! What is wrong with the picture?
That is when it hit me. There is nothing wrong with the picture. It's my old TV. If only I had a wider screen I would see clearly the actors, throwing the football back and forth to each other from opposite sides, in "HD". Once I realize what is going on, I just laugh. I work in television production. I watch the monitors, so I see what goes on in "HD" verses "TV". I also know that for the most part, directors try to keep the action in "TV". It is a bold director who puts both actors in "HD", successfully hiding them from the analog watching viewer. We don't all have the new TVs yet. I guess if that scene was any indication of what is to come, I will have to either break down and buy a new tv, or get really good at recognizing voices!
It has been a while since that scene. I have watched a lot of television since, but haven't had a recurrence. Until tonight. Supernatural. Another great show I highly recommend. End of the show. Poignant and touching scene. Dean sits to address his long time friend in a wheelchair and tell him how much he means to him. Except, all I see is Dean talking to the wall. The friend completely gone, hidden from my sight line, in "HD".
Heinz! I think there is a big TV sale going on down at the Best Buy this weekend! You should definitely check it out.


My life has changed so much in the last 2 years. I'm slowly or better yet reluctlantly realizing that I will soon be the sole breadwinner. I know through God's subtle hints that this fact is approaching me sooner that I want. Can I support my family simply be sewing? My grandmother did.
I tried to write down the pros and cons of having a sewing business, but when writing down the cons I ran out of paper.
The odds are against me . . .
Okay God you gave me this gift now give me the confidence to pursue it.


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After a short training you will ride a Segway through the narrow streets of medieval Tallinn. Visit the Upper-Town, which used to be the residential area for the nobility. The place was visited by Krusenshtern, Bellingshausen, Benkendorf, Wrangel and others. Our guide will tell you about Toompea palace that belonged to orders of knighthood. You will also see the magnificent cathedral of Alexander Nevski. You will also pass by the Dome Church, which is the oldest church of Tallinn. It dates back to the first half of the 13th century. Through the centuries it was the burial vault for the nobles. That is why in the church there is still an impressive collection of coats of arms and grave monuments which were created by great masters of Medieval Tallinn.
Our tourist guide will also take you to the viewing platforms, from where you will be able to enjoy a stunning view of the spires of the Lower Town.
The Lower Town used to be the place where craftsmen and merchants lived. Riding along the longest street of the Old Town, our tourist guide will tell you fascinating stories about everyday life in the Lower Town. Here, you will be able to see Marzipan Museum Room.
You will also see the Church of St. Olav, which is one of the highest medieval churches in Europe. Passing by the Church of the Holy Ghost, you will see the oldest street clock of Tallinn on the wall.
Medieval Tallinn was one of the best protected towns in Northern Europe. You will be able to see a part of the medieval town wall and Stout Margaret Tower.
Furthermore, you will see Niguliste church, which hosts a concert hall and a museum today. Among the exhibits there are numerous medieval wooden altars, wooden sculpture, coats of arms, tombstones and a world-famous painting "Dance of Death." That is also the place where a real mummy was found in the 19th century.
This tour continues to the Town Hall Square which is the heart of the Old Own. There you will see the building of the Town Hall, which is one of the best preserved Town Halls in Europe and the only original gothic Town Hall in Northern Europe.
Riding a Segway is a fast way to explore the medieval city and a very good mood is guaranteed.
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Bible > Psalms > Chapter 101 > Verse 8
◄ Psalm 101:8 ►
Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.
In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.
Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all who practice wickedness from the city of the LORD.
Psalm 101:8 Parallel
Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament
This is the "prince's Psalm,"
(Note: Eyring, in his Vita of Ernest the Pious Duke of Saxe-Gotha, v. 1601, d. 1675, relates that he sent an unfaithful minister a copy of the 101st Psalm, and that it became a proverb in the country, when an official had done anything wrong: He will certainty soon receive the prince's Psalm to read.)
or as it is inscribed in Luther's version, "David's mirror of a monarch." Can there be any more appropriate motto for it than what is said of Jahve's government in Psalm 99:4? In respect of this passage of Psalm 99:1-9, to which Psalm 100:1-5 is the finale, Psalm 101:1-8 seems to be appended as an echo out of the heart of David. The appropriateness of the words לדוד מזמור (the position of the words is as in Psalm 24:1-10; 40; 109:1-110:7; 139) is corroborated by the form and contents. Probably the great historical work from which the chronicler has taken excerpts furnished the post-exilic collector with a further gleaning of Davidic songs, or at least songs that were ascribed to David. The Psalm before us belongs to the time during which the Ark was in the house of Obed-Edom, where David had left it behind through terror at the misfortune of Uzzah. David said at that time: "How shall the Ark of Jahve come to me (the unholy one)?" 2 Samuel 6:8. He did not venture to bring the Ark of the Fearful and Holy One within the range of his own house. In our Psalm, however, he gives utterance to his determination as king to give earnest heed to the sanctity of his walk, of his rule, and of his house; and this resolve he brings before Jahve as a vow, to whom, in regard to the rich blessing which the Ark of God diffuses around it (2 Samuel 6:11.), he longingly sighs: "When wilt Thou come to me?!" This contemporaneous reference has been recognised by Hammond and Venema. From the fact that Jahve comes to David, Jerusalem becomes "the city of Jahve," Psalm 101:8; and to defend the holiness of this the city of His habitation in all faithfulness, and with all his might, is the thing to which David here pledges himself.
The contents of the first verse refer not merely to the Psalm that follows as an announcement of its theme, but to David's whole life: graciousness and right, the self-manifestations united ideally and, for the king who governs His people, typically in Jahve, shall be the subject of his song. Jahve, the primal source of graciousness and of right, it shall be, to whom he consecrates his poetic talent, as also his playing upon the harp. חסד is condescension which flows from the principle of free love, and משׁפּט legality which binds itself impartially and uncapriciously to the rule (norm) of that which is right and good. They are two modes of conduct, mutually tempering each other, which God requires of every man (Micah 6:8, cf. Matthew 23:23 : τὴν κρίσιν καὶ τὸν ἔλεον), and more especially of a king. Further, he has resolved to give heed, thoughtfully and with an endeavour to pursue it (השׂכּיל בּ as in Daniel 9:13), unto the way of that which is perfect, i.e., blameless. What is further said might now be rendered as a relative clause: when Thou comest to me. But not until then?! Hitzig renders it differently: I will take up the lot of the just when it comes to me, i.e., as often as it is brought to my knowledge. But if this had been the meaning, בּדבר would have been said instead of בּדרך (Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:19; 2 Samuel 19:12 [11]); for, according to both its parts, the expression דוך תמים is an ethical notion, and is therefore not used in a different sense from that in Psalm 101:6. Moreover, the relative use of the interrogative מתי in Hebrew cannot be supported, with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 23:35. Athanasius correctly interprets: ποθῶ σου τὴν παρουσίαν, ὦ δέσποτα, ἱμείρομαί σου τῆς ἐπιφανείας, ἀλλὰ δὸς τὸ ποθούμενον. It is a question of strong yearning: when wilt Thou come to me? is the time near at hand when Thou wilt erect Thy throne near to me? If his longing should be fulfilled, David is resolved to, and will then, behave himself as he further sets forth in the vows he makes. He pledges himself to walk within his house, i.e., his palace, in the innocence or simplicity of his heart (Psalm 78:72; Proverbs 20:7), without allowing himself to be led away from this frame of mind which has become his through grace. He will not set before his eyes, viz., as a proposition or purpose (Deuteronomy 15:9; Exodus 10:10; 1 Samuel 29:10, lxx), any morally worthless or vile matter whatsoever (Psalm 41:8, cf. concerning בליּעל, Psalm 18:5). The commission of excesses he hates: עשׂה is infin. constr. instead of עשׂות as in Genesis 31:28; Genesis 50:20; Proverbs 21:3, cf. ראה Genesis 48:11, שׁתו Proverbs 31:4. סטים (like שׂטים in Hosea 5:2), as the object of עשׂה, has not a personal (Kimchi, Ewald) signification (cf. on the other hand Psalm 40:5), but material signification: (facta) declinantia (like זדים, Psalm 19:13, insolentia; הבלים, Zechariah 11:7, vincientia); all temptations and incitements of this sort he shakes off from himself, so that nothing of the kind cleaves to him. The confessions in Psalm 101:4 refer to his own inward nature: לב עקּשׁ (not עקּשׁ־לב, Proverbs 17:20), a false heart that is not faithful in its intentions either to God or to men, shall remain far from him; wickedness (רע as in Psalm 36:5) he does not wish to know, i.e., does not wish to foster and nurture within him. Whoso secretly slanders his neighbour, him will he destroy; it will therefore be so little possible for any to curry favour with him by uncharitable perfidious tale-bearing, of the wiliness of which David himself had had abundant experience in his relation to Saul, that it will rather call forth his anger upon him (Proverbs 30:10). Instead of the regularly pointed מלושׁני the Ker reads מלשׁני, melŏshnı̂, a Poel (לשׁן linguâ petere, like עין oculo petere, elsewhere הלשׁין, Proverbs 30:10) with ŏ instead of ō (vid., on Psalm 109:10; Psalm 62:4) and with Chirek compaginis (vid., on Psalm 113:1-9). The "lofty of eyes," i.e., supercilious, haughty, and the "broad of heart," i.e., boastful, puffed up, self-conceited (Proverbs 28:25, cf. Psalm 21:4), him he cannot endure (אוּכל, properly fut. Hoph., I am incapable of, viz., לשׂאת, which is to be supplied as in Isaiah 1:13, after Proverbs 30:21; Jeremiah 44:22).
(Note: In both instances the Masora writes אותו (plene), but the Talmud, B. Erachin 15b, had אתו before it when it says: "Of the slanderer God says: I and he cannot dwell together in the world, I cannot bear it any longer with him (אתּו).")
On the other hand, his eyes rest upon the faithful of the land, with the view, viz., of drawing them into his vicinity. Whoso walks in the way of uprightness, he shall serve him (שׁרת, θεραπεύειν, akin to עבד, δουλεύειν). He who practises deceit shall not stay within his house; he who speaks lies shall have no continuance (יכּון is more than equivalent to נכון) before (under) his eyes. Every morning (לבּקרים as in Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 33:2; Lamentations 3:23, and לבקרים, Job 7:18), when Jahve shall have taken up His abode in Jerusalem, will he destroy all evil-doers (רשׁעי as in Psalm 119:119), i.e., incorrigibly wicked ones, wherever he may meet them upon the earth, in order that all workers of evil may be rooted out of the royal city, which is now become the city of Jahve.
Psalm 101:8 Parallel Commentaries
Psalm 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 20:8,26 A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes...
Jeremiah 21:12 O house of David, thus said the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor...
Micah 3:1-4,9 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment...
Psalm 48:2,8 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King...
Hosea 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Micah 2:8-10 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy...
Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatever works abomination, or makes a lie...
Revelation 22:14,15 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life...
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah
All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil deeds.'"
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Blokhin rockin' after Cup exit
Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin was in good spirits even after his side's 3-0 loss to Italy signalled the end of their debut World Cup Finals campaign.
Oleg Blokhin leaving Germany satisfied
Published On 1 Jul 20061 Jul 2006
Blokhin, 1975 European Footballer of the Year, conceded that his team may have been a little outclassed in their quarter final in Hamburg.
"I have to admit we were missing some of Italy's well known stars, perhaps they could have loaned as a couple – we could have done with a Ukrainian Totti or Toni!"
"The Italian team are one of the best and doesn't forgive childish mistakes and we made a few.
"We missed a chance to score but Italy were in a different class to us," Blokhin said.
The former USSR international praised his team and highlighted the fact that they made it through to the last 8 teams in their maiden World Cup Finals tournament.
"I'm disappointed at losing but completely satisfied with our performance considering it was our first World Cup," said Blokhin.
"We were among the best teams, we made it to the last eight, as a coach I have to be very happy with that. The sides which have made it to this stage are worthy of being world champions, and we almost made it.
"I've learned a lot from the coaching aspect, this has been a completely different experience to say the Champions League or the domestic championship," he added.
Blokhin is set to continue as Ukrainian coach but said that he would return home to Kiev for a well earned rest after what has been a three week rollercoaster ride which included a 0-4 loss to Spain, a 4-0 thrashing of Saudi Arabia, a controversial win against Tunisia, extra time and the penalty shoot-out against Switzerland and finally a 3-0 football lesson from the Italians.
"I dreamt of my family last night and will return to them to have a break and reflect and analyse and plan where to go from here.
"We have a bright future ahead of us as we've constructed a good young team. Some players are ending their careers, others are coming into the team."
The at times eccentric coach will be forever remembered for his opinion on overseas players playing in the local football league in Ukraine, as he was quoted earlier in the year as saying,
"The more Ukrainians that play in the national league, the more examples for the young generation. Let them learn from Shevchenko or Blokhin and not from some Zumba-Bumba whom they took off a tree, gave him two bananas and now he plays in the Ukrainian League.
"I remember when I played football, if we lost a game it was not easy to walk the Kiev streets – there were many friends out there who could beat you up for that. But is there any sense in beating up a foreigner? Okay, you beat him up – next thing he does is pack up and go."
Always one to have the last word, Blokhin ended his media commitments at Germany 2006 with a light-hearted parting shot at the press.
"I'd just like to thank everyone for what they've written about our team while in Germany, both the science fiction and the truth!"


It's cold outside…and inside might not be all it's cracked up to be either! – As temperatures drop, its not as much fun or comfortable to be outside for long periods of time. It's encouraged to bring pets indoors as the cold weather can cause frostbite, affect joints, and lead to breathing problems as the cold air constricts airways. Water bowls can also freeze, and the wind chill can cause skin damage. Warm coats and boots can help with extreme weather conditions, but if it's too miserable for you, the same goes for pets. Indoors creates a whole new set of problems with the drier air and lack of humidity causing mucous membranes such as eyes and airways to dry up if it's too warm. And believe it or not, cats won't know that wood stove is too hot until they jump on it.
Poisons everywhere! – Changing your antifreeze in your car may be a seasonal routine for you, but accumulation on your driveway, garage, or in a bucket can be fatal to your pet causing a rapid onset kidney failure. There are pet-friendly salts out there nowadays but other salts may cause burns on the feet for some sensitive pets or if they decide to eat it can cause some issues affecting the brains. Tree water additives might keep your tree green & fresh looking but can also cause an upset stomach. If you like to bake, keep the furry ones out of the kitchen. Raw dough can be eaten then ferment in the stomach leading to alcohol poisoning. Raisins or chocolate and some nuts (macadamias, pistachios, pecans, hickory) can lead to kidney failure, seizures, and gastrointestinal problems. And if you still use tinsel on your tree or ribbons for your gifts, just don't – your cats will be happier without a potential foreign body and so will you.
A time to come together – Whether you enjoy your family get-togethers or would rather avoid the in-laws, more people and activity in the house is a virtual guarantee at this time of year. Extra people in the house can be a stressful time for your pets. Unless your pet is extremely social, the extra bustle of activity can make them hide, soil in the house, vocalize, or become aggressive or destructive. The more people going in or out of the house can mean an increased chance for a pet to get loose (make sure their microchip info is up to date). We recommend having a safe space for your pet to get away from the pandemonium whether it be a separate closed off room, a crate, or even consider a boarding kennel.
The dreaded winter weight – Nobody and no pet thinks about a beach body in January…and back in the days when they were wild animals, it was natural for them to put on weight in preparation as they hibernated or struggled to find food over the winter. Fortunately, pets now don't have to face that struggle, but I do tend to see pets still put on weight over the winter. Those extra pounds do no favours for their joints or their grooming habits. If your pet is getting less activity (not going out as much or as long), a good idea is to cut back on the food about 10-20%, so they aren't taking in as many calories.
These tips can help you avoid some preventable problems and avoid some unnecessary pet emergency visits. Enjoy the next few months (if you love winter) or hope for an early spring!!


We did the Fantasmic package a few years ago. Since you have reserved VIP seating you don't need to worry about waiting in the long line of people that begin to form an hour before Fantasmic starts. I would recommend that you get there about about 15 minutes early so that you can get settled before the show. The walk from the restaurant should only take you about 5-10 minutes.
Hollywood and Vine is a buffet restaurant. I'm sure you will be out in plenty of time. You may even have time to jump on the Tower or Terror before the show.


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Supreme Court: Die from a medical device? Too bad sucker…
March 15, 2017 February 24, 2008 by Richard Moore
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/washington/21device.html
Justices Shield Medical Devices From Lawsuits
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
WASHINGTON ‹ Makers of medical devices like implantable defibrillators or breast
implants are immune from liability for personal injuries as long as the Food and
Drug Administration approved the device before it was marketed and it meets the
agency¹s specifications, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
The 8-to-1 decision was a victory for the Bush administration, which for years
has sought broad authority to pre-empt tougher state regulation.
In 2004, the administration reversed longstanding federal policy and began
arguing that ³premarket approval² of a new medical device by the F.D.A.
overrides most claims for damages under state law. Because federal law makes no
provision for damage suits against device makers, injured patients have turned
to state law and have won substantial awards.
The Bush administration will continue its push for pre-emption in another F.D.A.
case that the court has accepted for its next term, on whether the agency¹s
approval of a drug, as opposed to a device, pre-empts personal injury suits.
Drugs and medical devices are regulated under separate laws.
The case before the court concerned only medical devices that had gone through
the premarket approval process specified by the Medical Device Amendments of
1976. Most devices now available reached the market through a different process,
under which the F.D.A. found them to be ³substantially equivalent² to those
marketed before the 1976 law took effect.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1996 that this less rigorous approval process does
not pre-empt state damage suits against the manufacturers of ³grandfathered²
devices.
Devices subject to the premarket approval process, and thus affected by the
court¹s opinion, tend to be more technologically advanced, expensive and, in
some instances, risky.
Examples of devices that have been the subjects of recent lawsuits include an
implantable defibrillator, a heart pump, a spinal cord stimulator, a drug-coated
stent, an artificial heart valve, and prosthetic hips and knees.
It was not immediately clear how many of the thousands of lawsuits against
medical device manufacturers would be affected, though some pending cases will
almost certainly be nullified.
The decision, for example, does not foreclose lawsuits claiming that a device
was made improperly, in violation of F.D.A. specifications. Cases may also be
brought under state laws that mirror federal rules, as opposed to supplementing
Next Monday, the court will hear another F.D.A. pre-emption case, on whether a
state case can be based on the claim that a drug maker committed fraud by
misrepresenting or withholding information from the agency during the approval
process. The administration is supporting the manufacturer in that case,
Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent, No. 06-1498, which concerns the diabetes drug
Rezulin.
Writing for the majority in Wednesday¹s case, Riegel v. Medtronic Inc., No.
06-179, Justice Antonin Scalia said that permitting state juries to impose
liability on the maker of an approved device ³disrupts the federal scheme,²
under which the F.D.A. has the responsibility for evaluating the risks and
benefits of a new device and assuring that it is safe and effective for its
intended use.
A jury, looking only at the injured plaintiff, will tend to weigh only the
dangers of a device and ³is not concerned with its benefits,² Justice Scalia
said, adding, ³the patients who reaped those benefits are not represented in
court.²
The decision affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by a patient who was injured
during an angioplasty when a balloon catheter burst while being inserted to
dilate a coronary artery. The device won F.D.A. premarket approval in 1994, two
years before the incident. The patient, Charles R. Riegel, died after the
lawsuit was filed, and the case was carried on by his widow, Donna.
The medical device statute contains a pre-emption clause that bars states from
imposing ³any requirement² related to a medical device that is ³different from,
or in addition to² a federal requirement. The question of statutory
interpretation at the heart of the case turned on what Congress meant by ³any
requirement.²
Justice Scalia said that state tort law, by imposing duties of care on product
makers, amounted to such an additional requirement. He said the 1976 law ³speaks
clearly to the point at issue,² regardless of the federal government¹s previous
or current positions.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the solitary dissenter, said the court had
misconstrued Congress¹s intent in adding the pre-emption clause to the 1976 law.
The purpose, she said, was to prevent individual states from imposing their own
premarket approval process on new medical devices. Devices were not regulated
under federal law at the time, and California and other states had stepped in to
fill the vacuum by setting up their own regulatory systems.
That was all that Congress had in mind, Justice Ginsburg said, not ³a radical
curtailment of state common-law suits seeking compensation for injuries caused
by defectively designed or labeled medical devices.² She said that Congress had
passed the 1976 law ³to protect consumer safety,² not to oust the states from ³a
domain historically occupied by state law.² The decision was at odds with the
³central purpose² of the 1976 law, Justice Ginsburg added.
Crucial Democratic lawmakers appear to agree with Justice Ginsburg, including
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, who heads the Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and was the sole Senate sponsor of the
1976 legislation in question.
³In enacting legislation on medical devices, Congress never intended that F.D.A.
approval would give blanket immunity to manufacturers from liability for
injuries caused by faulty devices,² Mr. Kennedy said in a statement. He added:
³Congress obviously needs to correct the court¹s decision.²
Representative Henry Waxman, the California Democrat who is chairman of the
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and was on the House panel
that approved the 1976 bill, expressed a similar view.
³The Supreme Court¹s decision strips consumers of the rights they¹ve had for
decades,² Mr. Waxman said. ³This isn¹t what Congress intended, and we¹ll pass
legislation as quickly as possible to fix this nonsensical situation.²
The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, under which the F.D.A. regulates
pharmaceuticals, does not contain a pre-emption clause. Nonetheless, the
administration is arguing in the case the court has accepted for its next term,
Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249, that pre-emption is implicit in the structure of
the statute.
The Supreme Court¹s interest in pre-emption is not limited to the medical arena.
In a similar case decided on Wednesday, this one unanimously, the court ruled
that the federal law that deregulated the trucking industry in 1980 pre-empted
two recent laws adopted by the State of Maine to regulate the shipment of
tobacco products into the state.
The state laws were intended to prevent children who were not of legal age to
buy cigarettes from ordering them over the Internet. The laws placed
responsibility on shippers and delivery companies to verify the recipient¹s
identity and age.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, writing for the court in this case, Rowe v. New
Hampshire Motor Transport Association, No. 06-457, said the state law ³produces
the very effect that the federal law sought to avoid, namely, a state¹s direct
substitution of its own governmental commands for competitive market forces² in
a deregulated environment.
Barnaby Feder contributed reporting from New York and Gardiner Harris from
Washington.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
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