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TRI's advanced steam reforming technology transforms everyday garbage into drop-in transportation fuels. Using garbage, waste wood or energy crops, we can create gasoline, jet fuels, chemicals, and other renewable energy.
The hot syngas from the steam reformer is cleaned using a proprietary configuration of proven technologies which TRI has trademarked as KASyn™. Once cleaned of particular matter and contaminants, the syngas can then be used to create gasoline, jet fuels, chemicals, and other renewable energy products.
Pulsed combustion technology provides high efficiency heat transfer, resulting in a reduction in the size and cost of heat exchangers and gasification vessels.
Pyrolysis is a thermal conversion process that uses heat to break carbon-containing materials into liquids, solids, and some gases. These are known as pyrolysis products and they represent the basic chemical constituents of the starting material. Pyrolysis is a very promising way to generate liquids from biomass and waste that can be later refined into useful chemicals.
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Industry analysts believe the thermochemical process is the only currently available integrated biorefinery technology that can process multiple feedstocks, be built on varying scales, achieve high-conversion efficiencies and be rapidly replicated.
Gasification is a thermochemical process that converts any carbon-containing material into a synthesis gas ("syngas") that can be used as a feedstock:
to make value-added biofuels and biochemical,
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as a replacement for fossil fuels including coal, fuel oil and natural gas.
The biomass feedstock reacts in the TRI steam reforming with steam and heat in a reducing (oxygen-starved) atmosphere to produce syngas made up primarily of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and smaller quantities of methane and other hydrocarbons.
TRI's indirectly heated steam reforming process utilizes modular pulse combustion heaters (see PC Heater animation) in a steam-driven bubbling fluidized bed vessel (see TRI Steam Reformer animation). Heat required to achieve reformer operating temperature and for the endothermic steam-reforming reactions is supplied by pulse heaters which are immersed in the fluidized bed.
A portion of the syngas or tail gas generated by the biorefinery is burned in the pulsed heaters to supply the necessary endothermic heat, thereby making the steam reformer energy self-sufficient, operating on its own energy. Pulsations in the resonance tubes produce a gas-side heat transfer coefficient which is several times greater than a conventional fire-tube heater. This efficient heat transfer reduces the size and cost of the heat exchangers and reformer gasification vessel. The hot combustion gases leaving the pulsed heaters are sent to a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to generate steam.
The hot syngas from the reformer is cleaned using a proprietary configuration of proven technologies which TRI has trademarked as KASyn™. In this system, the raw syngas from the steam reformer is passed through cyclones to remove particulate matter, cooled in a second HRSG, and then quenched and cleaned in a series of gas clean-up stages. The clean syngas can then be used to produce green fuels and chemicals, produce combined cycle energy or replace fossil fuels.
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I'm a Southern girl who looks most forward to waking up each morning to drink my coffee, read my Bible and soak in the beauty that surrounds me. When I'm not taking pictures, you can typically find me watching movies with my husband, browsing Anthropologie, walking my great dane puppy, or finding the latest treasures at my local antique store.
This decision enhanced my life in so many ways, and it formed new habits in me that I pray will last for a lifetime. It simplified my life more than I could have ever imagined! I wasted less time, I did more activities with my husband and friends, I found more outfits in my closet that I already owned, I focused on all that I have. And it's a lot.
I hope these 6 picks will help you find simplicity and contentment in your own life!
6:00 am: Wake up and do not push snooze. (Still working on this one!) Let the dog out, get coffee. Light a candle, turn on the fireplace, say a prayer, read a chapter in the Bible.
6:30 am: Read Jesus Calling, then journal about what God is speaking to me for that day. Write 3 things I'm thankful for in my gratitude journal.
7:30 am: Get ready for the day.
8:00 am: Work out or begin my work day.
MY ENVELOPE SYSTEM: My husband and I believe that taking care of our household finances is an incredible way to honor God and make a difference in the world. When we tell our money where to go rather than asking where it went, we are able to do more and give more. Simplifying our finances with a budget takes time and diligence, but it is so worth it. Every month before the month begins, we have a budget meeting to determine how we will spend every single dollar we make. Then we put cash into Envelopes! We have a food envelope, a household envelope, a clothing envelope, a gifts envelope, etc. When the money runs out, it runs out! We don't go to the bank to get more. This keeps me accountable to NOT overspend, but to pace myself through the month – especially with groceries and household items. We are intentional with where we spend our money, because "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." I realized during the Contentment Challenge that I was putting my "treasure," my money, into clothes and material things. Scripture says that is a reflection of my heart, and I wanted to change that! After 5 years of sticking to a tight budget, we paid off our house. Now we have a bigger budget, the freedom to travel and the ability give more away!
MY LISTS: Whether it's my To-Do list for the day, my grocery list at the store, or my family gift list for Christmas, I stick to my lists. This has been a major way I've simplified my life. I check off things to do that are priority for that day, and don't get sidetracked with other menial tasks. I don't buy that extra box of cookies or sweater just because it's on sale if it's not on my list! This has allowed us to create the habit of only buying what we need, which allows us to live clutter-free and stick to our budget. To this day, at the end of the month when our grocery envelope is empty, we choose to eat the food in our pantry and fridge instead of buying "what we are in the mood for that night." I love beginning each month knowing that we've used what we've purchased, instead of buying too much that will just expire anyway. Yes, our pantry is pretty much empty at the end of each month, and we like it that way.
MY EXERCISE: Two years ago I was the most non-athletic person you have ever seen. It took me a solid 45 minutes and a lot of heaving and ho-ing to walk/jog 2 miles. But I made a decision to take care of my body, and I set a goal to run a half marathon. It was terrifying. I never played sports; I didn't have an athletic bone in my body. Fast forward 2 years, and I've run 2 half marathons since! I love my Pilates, hot yoga, walks with my dog, and long runs through my neighborhood. This has taught me the incredibly valuable lesson that doing physical activities brings me so much more joy than spending money or going out to eat. This was a major shift in how I spend my time, and I am so grateful for this part of my journey. Taking time to exercise allows me to focus on me, to clear my head, and to physically prepare myself for the tasks ahead.
MY GRATITUDE JOURNAL: Every morning I write down three things things I am thankful for. We have SO MUCH to be thankful for. Honestly, we've already won the lottery just by being born in America. (Read my husband's thoughts on this here.) Starting my day off with this perspective gives me strength to operate life from a place of contentment, fighting the voice of our culture that always says "you never have enough." Oh friends, we have more than enough. If we didn't buy 1 new outfit for a year, we still have more than enough! Some examples in my gratitude journal include: A long day at work, a full pantry, tears of understanding, a rainy day at home, life celebrations, ice, the right to worship freely, vision, God's timing, late night road trips, peanut butter pretzels, campfires, red nails on a summer day, the ability to read, clean dishes, a good night's sleep. Callie, one of my associate photographers, gifted me this journal last Christmas. You can get yours at CallMeCallie.
MY CHURCH: Every week I attend church with my husband on Sunday morning, and I volunteer at youth group on Wednesday nights. (He is the youth ministries director!) We teach a financial class one evening a week, 1 – 2 times a year. My husband is on staff at our church, but even so, we make this a priority for us. Nothing fills me up like singing my heart out in worship on Sunday mornings. When I get to talk with young girls about the challenges they face on a weekly basis, and then I see them making the right choices, I am overwhelmed by God's goodness. My walk with the Lord is THE most important thing to me. It keeps me grounded, it gives me purpose. The Lord renews me every day. While this is last on the list, it's certainly not the least. In fact, I don't believe you can achieve true contentment in life without Jesus. Simplicity and contentment begins and ends with getting your heart right before God, and living for Him. Nothing else brings truer joy!


Bubble Gum is a Hybrid marijuana strain. This easy to grow plant offers sweet pink bubblegum flavors, leaving marijuana consumers feeling happy, creative and focused.
Bubble Gum's genetics may be a bit of a mystery, but this award-winning hybrid is sure to put a smile on your face. Easy to grow, flavorful, and high in THC, there's no reason not to love Bubble Gum.
Classified as a hybrid, Bubble Gum is perhaps a bit on the sleepy and laid back side. Though, many consider this flower a fairly even split between indica and sativa cultivars. Perfect for those who would love some artistic motivation, Bubble Gum is thought to encourage creative thought and expression. This would be a great strain for a home project, or, for those who do creative work for a living.
Most consumers find that Bubble Gum provides a happy and upbeat vibe, thanks to a little Sativa in the mix, that isn't too over the top. Easygoing and light-hearted, consumers also say it encourages laughter, making it a peaceful flower all around.
This flower is known to produce effects that are fairly well balanced between the mind and body. Typically, it hits like an Indica. You're likely to feel a nice heavy-bodied sensation coupled with quite a bit of mental stimulation. It may encourage a mellow focus while simultaneously easing tight muscles and loosening joints. Expect decent pain relief as a smooth, easy sensation rolls through your body.
One of the only significant negative effects to watch out for is some paranoia with high doses of this bud. Some people may also feel a little dizzy. With that said, Bubble Gum is best used in the late afternoon or early evening. Since it is a sedative strain, it is not the best choice for daytime use.
The Bubble Gum strain has been around for a while. Though, the precise lineage of this flower is a bit mysterious. Rumor has it that it originated in Indiana back in the 1970s, only to later travel to Amsterdam for hybridization. Debuting in the early 1990s, the strain has taken home several awards in its day. The current Bubblegum rendition, bred by seed companies like TH Seeds, has gone on to win four High Times Cannabis Cups since 1993. Now, nearly 20 years after its birth, this strain is still wowing cannabis fans throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Netherlands.
Bubble Gum would be an excellent strain for moderate cannabis consumers. This flower is not as potent as some more contemporary buds, but it can certainly pack a punch. This herb is coated with a layer of golden trichomes, which gives the nugs a yellowish appearance. Underneath this crystal layer, deep orange pistils are hiding amongst forest green leaves. On average, expect between 15 and 17 percent THC. However, with expert cultivation, this indica can produce up to 20 percent of the psychoactive.
The most distinct thing about this strain is its aroma. There are no prizes for guessing that this herb is reminiscent of pink bubblegum on the inhale and exhale. Marijuana connoisseurs will detect a creaminess to the smoke, that also contains some elements of tropical fruit. Of course, all of these aromas are layered onto a deep herbal base.
Those interested in creating cannabis-infused desserts may appreciate the delicate flavors and fragrances in this delightful bud.
Depending on where you get your seeds, you may find more Sativa-dominant versions of this strain.
Those in need of appetite stimulation, stress, and pain relief will enjoy this herb in its Indica-dominant variety. While not the most powerful strain in the world, it may provide some relief for minor to moderate aches and inflammation.
Expect a more creative high from Sativa versions, with slightly better relief for anxiety and depression.
Some find that Bubble Gum is helpful for improving sleep while others might feel like this flower promotes wakefulness.


The SirenSeaSA variety fillet was sablefish this week. I was first thinking to use a recipe from the last time we received this wonderful fish but then decided to look for something a bit different. I found a few good recipes in my copy of Jay Harlow's West Coast Seafood and opted for the first one which was to simply broil it.
Although Jay's recipe was to just broil it without seasoning I couldn't resist placing the fillet on top of thinly sliced lemon and a drizzling of high-quality olive oil. It made for a fantastic meal.
The recipe is below but other than the pre-salting, I basically just laid it out already above.
30 minutes before cooking, lay the fillet out on a plate and apply the salt to both sides. Let it rest for no longer than 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly and pat dry with paper towel. Allow the fillet to air dry for another 15 minutes. Meanwhile preheat a broiler.
Line a flat pan with aluminum foil to broil the fish. Drizzle the oil where the fish will lie, then place the lemon slices on the oil. Place the fillet on the lemon and put under the broiler skin-side down.
Cook until the fish starts to flake, about 8-10 minutes.
Remove the pan from the broiler. Plate the fillet on a separate serving plate then cover with lemon slices and drippings from the pan. Serve.
This is an adaptation of a recipe in Paula Wolfert's Mediterranean Cooking which I'm revisiting this month while I search out the best recipes with dried beans, legumes, and pulses. A link to the method I used to prepare the dried cannellinis I used is included. If you don't have time to soak and prepare the beans, you can substitute a can of cannellinis and adjust the amounts of the other ingredients to adapt proportions.
Combine the beans, green onions, oil, and lemon juice in a large bowl, seasoned with salt and pepper.
Break the tuna into small pieces and stir gently into the beans. Top with the chopped herbs and serve at room temperature.


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Parchment Spotlight: Terry Reed, Vice President, Strategic Accounts
After 21 years at Credentials Solutions, Terry Reed is trading in constant travel and in-person campus visits for virtual member meetings while social distancing and working from home. It's important for Terry to connect, steer members toward the right resources at the new Parchment, and ensure folks are doing okay while working remotely.
Back in the day, Credentials Solutions, started with one idea, according to Terry – education verification. Everything else they did (transcript processing, diploma replacement, and parking permits) was at the recommendation of a client institution.
At that time, there were 7 employees, and Terry's responsibilities were plenty. So was his contribution. He was in charge of implementing schools, managing the customer service team, overseeing the client support teams, running print operations, and monitoring system availability and performance – at the same time. So, he talked with members all the time. "I got to hear about their family lives, and they got to hear about mine," says Terry. "It was interesting to work at a startup, and build meaningful relationships. Even now when I talk to them, they ask about my kids, and I ask about theirs. " Today, with the Credentials/Parchment merger, these partnerships continue, as Terry continues to place importance on what matters most – people.
Off the Road. Hunkering Down at Home.
"Last year, between campus visits and conferences, I visited 77 campuses and engaged with 93 members," Terry explains. "Today, it's different, and I'm really enjoying the experience. My wife says I'm more laid back, and it's true, because I'm not worried about system connectivity or managing people. It's all good!"
Terry and a colleague were on the road in Florida talking to members about the merger when President Trump announced shutting down travel to China because of COVID-19. "In case it got worse, we made the decision to cut the trip short and get home," he says. "Since then, I've turned one of my kid's former bedrooms into an office, and I'm really digging working from home."
A Trusted Contact
"I've lost count of the number of schools I implemented over the years," Terry says. "Even though they now have Parchment Client Success Managers, they still reach out to me when they have something pressing going on." He takes pleasure in lending an ear and providing comfort and support when things get hectic for them. His next step is connecting the member with their Client Success Manager/Account Executive, and assuring them their CSM/AE is going to take excellent care of them – just as well as he could have. He reminds them he's always available to chat and that they can reach out anytime.
According to Terry, some institutions were interested in implementing Parchment's print and mail services but were slow to advance. Once the pandemic hit and schools needed helped, they remembered our conversations regarding how Parchment can help. "I'm laying the groundwork by introducing all Parchment has to offer and then getting them over to the right people who can help them," he reports. "It's been really fulfilling and rewarding. And it just shows how much they appreciate us and think of us as a real partner and it feels good to contribute at that level."
Coping with COVID
At home, Terry and his wife are empty nesters. Today, they get to spend more time together after all his years of traveling for business. They walk their two dogs and have planted a garden. And they look forward to seeing their three grandchildren – both online and in person. Of course the real deal is always better because those visits include hugs and kisses!
Terry's also an avid hockey player and loves to get his stress out on the ice. "Since COVID, social distancing has put hockey on hold," explains Terry. "I'm really missing the game, the ice, my team – but it's not worth the risk." These days Terry and his wife have found themselves with a lot to be grateful for – health and family.
Message to Members
"Our members already know we are there for them because of our technology, service, support, communication, and history," explains Terry. "Even those who are just letting go of printing paper transcripts and diplomas, when they go live, they thank us. And once they've been up for a few days, they're ecstatic and say the service is incredible. If they had known they would have done it sooner. This tells us we're making a contribution and we're so happy to do it."
Terry understands that it pays to build relationships and gain trust right from the beginning. "Having that makes it so much easier during these times," Terry concludes. "Our members know that we will do everything to help them, regardless of the situation. That's exactly what I hear. For Parchment, to be able to come in and ease their burden, that's fantastic!"


If you're following the current affairs of the world, and in particular of a country called Pakistan in the South Asian geographic region. You must be aware that the country is preparing itself for its General Elections that are to take place on the 25th of July 2018. The time for elections is quickly approaching,… Continue reading Trying To Sum Up My Own Thoughts About The Elections.
The absence of noise is called silence, that's the most basic definition out there for this word. But over the past two months, the definition for me has changed. Silence has become the hallowing noise that one empty room makes in my house. It's the constant reminder of what has been lost. Silence, is not… Continue reading Silence.
What the Year 2017 took with it..
A lot can happen in a year, everyone knows that. But what I didn't realize was, as I sit in the early days of 2018 I would look back exactly a year and have my heart yearn for that day and those moments that were left behind in 2017. Oh, how I wish I could… Continue reading What the Year 2017 took with it..


In May of this year, I wrote a CIS Backgrounder on the First Step Act, a prison reform bill introduced simultaneously into the Senate and the House of Representatives.
My analysis, which focused on the House version, reflected some significant deficiencies in the bill as written, in that it did not appear to consider the adverse consequences some of its sweeping provisions would inflict on the sensitive issue of detaining and deporting alien criminals. I noted, though, that as of the time the Backgrounder was published, I was reviewing a version of the bill that had not yet gone to the floor of the House — meaning that it could, should the relevant committee members choose, be amended before sending it onward for full consideration.
The committee moved at what was, by congressional standards, light speed and, although a few changes were made, some of the most glaring flaws of the bill remained intact. Despite this, the full House passed the bill and moved it onward for Senate consideration and reconciliation with the original Senate version of the First Step Act that had been introduced earlier by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). The bill now being contemplated in the upper chamber of Congress can be seen here.
According to some media sources, although the attorney general is not enthusiastic about the contents of the bill, presidential advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner has thrown his support behind it and, if passed, it could very well be signed into law by the president.
Shortly after my analysis was published I experienced proof that there were White House pressures at work to move the bill forward: I myself received a phone call from a highly placed administration official who chided me for my irresponsible piece and assured me that some of what I perceived as flaws really only reflected the status quo (such as availability of prison reintegration programs for deportable illegal alien prisoners), and/or intimated that the other matters would be dealt with by amendments so I shouldn't worry. This official ended by suggesting that if I felt the need to write further on the bill, I should contact the official's office first.
I do feel the need to write further and, for the record, I have not contacted any government office first. That isn't my job — and most especially not when a bill proposes to embed an inappropriate status quo into a legal requirement, and when none of the other ameliorating "amendments" that this official assured me would obviate my concerns have come to pass.
The House of Representatives has chosen to sidestep taking a responsible approach by not rejecting the legislation or forcing floor amendments that would cure the flaws. It is a puzzle, although not a surprise, to me that they didn't. I am only disappointed that I allowed myself the foolish luxury of believing that Congress will do the right thing where immigration is concerned.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has gone on record as being deeply concerned about several of the provisions in the First Act, and they closely mirror the observations made in my first analysis. A copy of the DOJ letter, signed by Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd, can be seen here.
We write to advise that H.R. 5682, the "Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act" ("FIRST STEP Act") would adversely affect public safety and law enforcement efforts.
In recent years, drug traffickers, gang members, and other violent criminals have received significant sentencing breaks. ... The average sentence length for federal drug traffickers provisions currently in the First Step Act would exacerbate, rather than mitigate, these trends.
[T]he Department is concerned that the legislation as drafted will be interpreted to provide significant benefits to illegal aliens, including requiring that they be moved closer to their primary residences in the United States, and releasing them early (for the maximum amount of time allowable by law) to home confinement. Both of these benefits, which are intended to help inmates adjust to life outside of prison before release, are inapplicable to illegal aliens, who should be deported after serving their sentences. Even more concerning, the placement of many deportable aliens in home confinement would allow them to escape from custody and disappear before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be able to deport them.
I am left with the observation that drafting a good prison or sentencing reform bill is much akin to threading a needle: Aim wide, and you are sure to fail. With carefully re-crafted language, this bill could have been excised of those provisions that potentially will permit thousands of alien felon prisoners to sidestep the reach of federal immigration officials attempting to take them into custody from the Bureau of Prisons in order to deport them. And such amendments would have done no harm whatsoever to the aim of prison and sentencing reform for deserving American prisoners.
Such redrafting would, in fact, have helped establish the legitimacy of prison reform efforts through a carefully tailored approach. Instead, this abysmally wide, foolishly flawed bill will convince many Americans that all prison reform is a charade not to be taken seriously.
As for the administration: The president talks, even now, about the importance of ridding American society of alien felons and the foreign criminal organizations responsible for so many drugs and so much violence in our society, whether they are Mexican cartels or gangs like MS-13 that infest our metropolitan areas. I believe him when he speaks, but it is time for the action to meet the rhetoric. Passage of this bill into law with support from the White House is a serious strategic mistake. How long will the public continue to exhibit confidence in the president's utterances if the walk doesn't match the talk?


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"The more you do, the more comfortable you feel": The police hostage and crisis negotiator journey
Grubb, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2918-6534, Brown, S., Hall, P. and Bowen, Erica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8006-2364 (2021) "The more you do, the more comfortable you feel": The police hostage and crisis negotiator journey. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. ISSN 0882-0783 Online: 1936-6469
Grubb et al. (2021) The Negotiator Journey Model Accepted Manuscript Version.pdf - Accepted Version
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The Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiator Journey.pdf - Published Version
Hostage and crisis negotiators are specialist police officers utilised internationally by police forces to resolve hostage and crisis incidents. Whilst the role has been heavily documented in some parts of the world (namely the United States of America), there is a lack of literature relating to the organisational and operational processes and procedures in place for police negotiators in the United Kingdom. Equally, there is limited research that has explored the experiences of negotiators who perform an essential function within a variety of life-or-death situations with a view to understanding how officers transition from trainee to qualified negotiators. This paper outlines the development of a grounded theoretical model that depicts the "hostage and crisis negotiator journey", as represented by English negotiators. Interviews were conducted with 15 negotiators from nine police forces in England and a conceptual model was developed including five primary, 12 secondary, and 32 tertiary categories. The negotiator journey is chronologically recounted by means of the five main primary categories identified: 1) 'Why? Reasons for entering (and remaining within) the negotiator world'; 2) 'Who and how? The negotiator profile and selection'; 3) 'Negotiator training'; 4) 'Operational negotiator roles'; and 5) 'Negotiator welfare and support'. This paper demonstrates one of the first attempts to empirically map the processes and procedures in place for negotiators in England and the findings are discussed in line with their potential implications for police policy and practice.
Police hostage and crisis negotiator, Hostage and crisis negotiation policy, Negotiator training, Negotiator stress, Negotiator welfare
College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Psychology
© The Author(s) 2021
Amy Grubb
https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11505


Recently I saw a quiz on social media, "Which saint are you most like?" I have always identified with Peter. Overly enthusiastic and eager to please, at times fickle and unsure, not great at understanding or listening to instructions, and yet, he ultimately pulls it together and goes on to spur worldwide evangelization and become the first Pope. While I have the first few attributes nailed down, I am still hoping that one day I can pull it together with God's grace. For the extent of his significance in the Church, we often forget that before there was Peter, there was Andrew. Peter's brother was the first one to tell Peter, "We have found the Messiah!" Peter owes so much to Andrew for that introduction to the Lord. Like my role model, I owe many of the blessings in my life to a brother in Christ. Last week, CLI bid farewell to our long-time team member, Matt Manion, who has accepted a very exciting role leading Villanova University's Center for Church Management. Our apostolate's first full-time volunteer and our President and CEO for almost two decades, Matt had the vision that enabled us to serve the Church to the extent we do today. However, like St. Andrew, Matt's vision isn't focused on greatness, his vision is focused on Christ. He is a disciple "not deprived of something essential, but one who has found much more." Matt has shared that "more" with so many. Anyone who has ever been blessed or will ever be blessed to serve the mission of CLI owes him our deepest gratitude, especially this overly enthusiastic and, at times, fickle disciple-in- training. Do we realize and give thanks for those "Andrew's" in our life? More importantly, do we pay that gift forward? Are we "Andrew's" to others? If I ever hope to do that whole worldwide evangelization thing, I have a lot more than social media quizzes to do.


Understanding customer choice is critical for business growth. Yet strategic decisions based on customer insights can be complex, especially when many traditional marketing frameworks make them difficult to apply in practice.
The 3-Circles model provides a comprehensive understanding of your customers' choices to help create and execute a growth strategy. Enabled through the Vennli platform, the model lets you capture and depict customer insights, to facilitate comparisons between customers and competitors.
Visualisation of your market through the lens of your customer lets you focus on the most significant strategies to differentiate and deliver business growth.
With the rise of the digital evolution, today's customers are far more in charge of how they find, assess, select, purchase and have their product or service delivered. To stay ahead of the competition, savvy businesses must understand customer choices and adapt their strategies to suit the market.
It's a challenging time for executives who need to make decisions every day about their business in order to grow—decisions about their sales strategy, customer experience, products, competitors, resource allocation, marketing and more.
For most executives, the strategic frameworks and tools they rely on are based on a single dominant idea: to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. The problem with this is that such ideas and frameworks—think Porter's 5 Forces, McKinsey's 7-S framework, or other nifty number and letter combinations—were designed in and for another era (not to mention the creaking SWOT analysis). They were not designed for the fast-paced world of business today—for quickly exploiting and moving in and out of advantages.
The old concept of sustainable competitive advantage assumes that customers' needs remain relatively static. Under this premise, business executives made strategic decisions based on what they thought they knew—and they had a reasonable chance of being right. But not anymore!
Most companies' growth strategies are simply not fit-for-purpose in today's disruptive world, where the pace, vectors and integration of change are radically different from just 15 years ago.
Fortunately, some of the world's leading thinkers have been tackling the issue of 'What next?' for some time, and UniSA's Institute for Choice has been contributing knowledge, right up alongside them.
Professor Urbany, is a Professor of Marketing with the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. A world leader in building growth strategies, Urbany has been working with his colleagues to develop a set of new frameworks and tools to show executives where to focus and how to win. The result? A 3-Circles strategic framework, from which the critically acclaimed Vennli platform was born.
Vennli is a cloud-based software platform for creating and executing growth strategies. Its shining point of difference is its focus on customer choice and what you, and your competitors, are doing to fulfil their needs. At the core of the platform is the 3-Circles model, a dynamic Venn diagram that visualises your customers' needs.
The 3-Circles model was developed over 10 years at the University of Notre Dame, and refined by Executive MBAs and other graduates with over 800 growth strategy projects. UniSA's Institute for Choice has had a long-term relationship with Professor Urbany, and the 3-Circles model.
So what is the 3-Circles model?
At the heart of the model is the customer and Professor Urbany's relentless focus on how to help companies be different from their competitors in ways that are important to customers.
The model aims to understand the value customers seek and the value companies can create for them. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But the reality is that most executive decisions involving customers are made without any customer research.
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Filters let you flip between internal and market views, as well as between different segments or competitors, and visualise the results.
You use the diagram to develop growth ideas with your team. Create idea reports that compare ideas, costs, timings and ROI, to ultimately identify your optimal growth strategy.
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The 3-Circles model provides a platform to conduct customer research (with hundreds or thousands of current or potential customers), then presents the information through the 'vLens', a simple Venn diagram using a savvy mapping algorithm. It's also a process that helps company executives to simultaneously think about customers, competitors and the company, putting the company's existing beliefs to the test through facts.
Through clear visualisation of customer information, the 3-Circles model and process provides a powerful basis for the analysis of a company's current competitive position as well as substantial insight for prospective growth strategies, in real-time.
Businesses can segment data to uncover new insights, compare internal thinking to actual customer perceptions, and continuously collect data to drive daily decisions. This facilitates the speed of understanding of what customers truly value and what action is required by executives. It focuses attention on the most critical strategic concepts, and where limited resources should be allocated for the best outcome via the lens of your customer.
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UniSA's Institute for Choice has been part of the development of the 3-Circles model and worked closely with Professor Urbany and the Vennli development team. With the design and integration of the research into the Vennli platform now complete, UniSA's Institute for Choice is now able to share this new model for strategic business growth with companies, organisations and government agencies across the world.
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In late 2008 when I was putting the finishing touches on The Cook-a-Palooza Experience I was at a neighbor's house and met a friend of theirs who was a financial planner. She inquired about my book and I explained it was about matching song suggestions with recipes to make cooking more approachable and fun. After hearing my concept she mentioned that she also wanted to write a cookbook. Her idea was to include financial advice with every recipe.
This was all before the economy went down the crapper and we discovered that one of the biggest causes was the mismanagment of personal finances. Maybe she was onto something. Going out for dinner, take-out and prepared meals can add up quickly and be a real drain on your disposable income.
I think the tagline for her book should be "Increase your wealth by cooking your way to good health"...what do you think?


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Jasper and I looked at each other. He stood across the length of the entryway from me… being careful.
"You're wrong, you know," he said quietly.
"You're wrong," he repeated, smiling kindly at me.
Amazing, isn't it? Calm, cool reassuring Jasper says one of the most profound ideas of the entire saga, the whole basis for why they put themselves in danger, the reasoning behind Edward's love for her. That above all else SHE'S WORTH IT! And it was not in the movie! What were they thinking? They added in some totally necessary parts and left THIS gem out? I really can't quite understand that. Not only was this amazing scene cut from the movie we also never really learn fully about your abilities, Jasper. It's mentioned that you're "special" like Edward and Alice but they never explain how or why. Instead Jackson is forced to play Jasper as some sort of Edward Scissorhands caricature with crazy eyes and a serious need for Immodium AD. When really he's a much deeper character with very deep emotions.
I understand the limitations of film but I still think you got screwed and I can only hope that they get it right from here on out with not only your character Jasper but with a lot of other ones. And while we're at it can you tell Stephenie Meyer once she's through finishing Midnight Sun she can start on the Alice/Jasper story. I'm DYING simply DYING to know more! I need to read the diner scene and get all ooey gooey with some Jasper and Alice love.
Now don't jump the gun… this is volume ONE and we have plenty of other characters to talk about!
Don't let the good times end, head over to the forum and today's daily chat!


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· Work on their feet for up to 8-10 hours.
· Must have professional appearance and strong work ethic.
· Must be able to get information and act on it immediately and with a good attitude.
· Must be able to work well in a team environment and with different cultures.
· Employee must have a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
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Dominique Meyer has been chairman of the "Neue Stimmen" jury since 2010. In this interview, he speaks about his passion for music and discusses how young performers should make use of the competition to advance their careers.
Dominique Meyer, director of the Vienna State Opera and chairman of the "Neue Stimmen" jury, was born in Alsace, France, and grew up in France and Germany. He studied business administration and later worked as an advisor to the French minister of culture. He helped launch the French-German broadcasting station arte and was involved in preparations for the soccer World Cup in France. He became director of the Lausanne Opera in 1994, then joined the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 1999 as its manager and artistic director.
DOMINIQUE MEYER: Naturally I want to concentrate on the music and the voices as much as possible. Yet it's also important to look, since that's how you see if a singer has stage presence. But first you have to concentrate on the voice to hear if it's even, if the intonation is as it should be and if it is rhythmically correct.
There have been articles published describing how you went to the theater, the opera or a concert every day when you were at university. Did you really go every day?
It all started when I happened to hear some music by Bach. It was a recording of Bach sonatas. After that, music was my passion. I listened to and attended everything I could. I then soon discovered my love of opera.
The first opera I saw was Parsifal. Not necessarily and easy one.
Music has always been very meaningful for you. Did you ever dream of becoming a singer?
No, not at all! And I fully believe that opera-house managers should not dream of being artists as well. It's healthy to be at a certain remove when you hold such a position.
How are you introducing your son to music?
He was basically born into it. He loves music and comes with me to performances. He even travels with me. A theater is always interesting and a wonderful place for a child.
What should parents not do as they help their children develop an appreciation for music?
Forcing children to do something is the biggest mistake. That's because everything you do you should do with passion.
Many of the "Neue Stimmen" participants say they already knew at the age of five or six that they wanted to be singers and perform onstage when they grew up. What is the right way to get children involved in music?
By not thinking only of your own prestige. Let's say a well-known orchestra invites 300 teenagers to the final dress rehearsal of Bruckner's Ninth at 10 o'clock in the morning. It's bound to be a disaster. The whole event will end up being all about the orchestra and its purported efforts to reach out to young people.
It would be better to involve very young children in special programs – expose them to operas, yes, but make sure everything has been well prepared and is suitable for children. They have to be able to identify with it.
How do you make sure that happens?
By creating a connection between the young audience members and the people onstage. Here in Vienna, for example, we stage a children's version of The Magic Flute the day after the Vienna Opera Ball. We even give two performances. The Vienna Philharmonic plays and members of the Vienna State Opera ensemble sing – everything is first rate. And there are 3,000 children in the audience. All have been well prepared for this moment, since the instruments and the opera's story have been explained to them in a child-friendly manner. The result is that the youngsters are completely engaged – it's simply delightful.
You have been chairman of the "Neue Stimmen" jury since 2010. How should young talents make use of this competition to advance their careers?
They should see it as a huge opportunity. "Neue Stimmen" is extremely important, since if you are successful there, everyone working in the field of opera will immediately know it. It's not just that the jury is full of recognized professionals. The entire world watches what happens at the competition, since the audience includes many other important decision-makers who are also keeping their eyes open for young talent.
Have you discovered up-and-coming performers in this way?
Of course. I have a number of singers here in Vienna who have won in Gütersloh.
"Neue Stimmen" brings people of many different nationalities together.
Yes, and I think that's wonderful. The competition is a meeting point for talented individuals from countries all over the world. During the rehearsals you see them together – eating, taking walks, talking. It's very satisfying, since a competition should also be a way of bringing people together.
The contestants come from so many different nations. Do you notice a difference in their training?
To some extent, yes. But the differences are getting smaller since the world is becoming more international. There are few national schools, just voice teachers who are either good or bad.
Does it affect you when, as a member of the jury, you notice some contestants are extremely nervous?
Yes, of course! Sometimes it helps to make a small joke at the outset in order to defuse the situation a bit.


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[Fair Oaks, Va., vicinity. Brigade officers of the Horse Artillery commanded by Lt. Col. William Hays] Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Standing, left to right: Lt. Edmund Pendleton, PLt. Alex C. M. Pennington, Capt. Henry Benson, Capt, H. M. Gibson,...
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[Fair Oaks, Va. Frame house used as a hospital by Gen Joseph Hooker's division] Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
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Johnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia : showing also the ... Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by J. Knowles Hare in the clerk's office of the District Court of the...
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The Rebel works at Howard's Bridge Virginia April 4th 1862. Shows the fortifications of the Confederate forces at Howard's Bridge on the banks of the Poquoson River, which succeeded in slowing McClellan's advance up the Peninsula.


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Elite Shot Thrower New York... Who is He?
ben.toussaint
Hey everyone, Florian asked me to re-post a previous email I sent out to him, I copy-pasted it from his email to me:
Hi. I
wrote a comment earlier trying to find out the name of a shotput thrower in New
York: Hi. I have a question about a guy throwing in upstate New York, Ithaca. I
havn't seen him in these pages and I come here a lot and I'm not sure who he
is, hoping to find out. I also looked on USATF. I throw the high shool shotput
and I thought Id seen everything before two days ago. There was this Huge guy
with a beard after track practice let out filming himself in the shot circle.
He was just doing standing throws over the 55feet line. I walked up and tried
to talk to him but he didn't talk much. I asked him about his shotputs and the
ball was a 16pounder and a 20. He told me when I asked his name was Mike and he
graduated from Ithaca, but he said he was busy and had a lot of work to do, not
time to talk. He was chucking this big hard heavy medicine ball around like it
was a ragdoll and doing the spin drills but not throwing with the spin. I just
stood there and watched him for like an hour, he seemed really anoyed. I asked
my older brother Ted who went to my school like 12 years before me and he said
he remembered a guy who was good in the shot in highschool, threw at states a
few years, but then he changed his name or something and he never herd of him
again. Who is he? Where did he throw in college?I've been trying to find out
because this guy is really good and I was sure he competed in the big meets
with the pros. over 55feet is like 17metres, and most of these guys are
throwing like 20 or 21 in there meets, SO WHAT IF THIS GUY SPINS? We went to a
throwing clinic at Cornell there's a thrower up at Cornell named Mozai that
didn't throw neerly that far standing and he had one of the farthest shotputs
in the US. They said he was going to the Olympics.But I've got to find out who
he is, I really wanted to ask him some questions about throwing but he was like
shrugging me off. If anyone at throwholics knows can you please tell me or find
out. I hope I get to meet him again I want to learn from him, but he's not very
nice. Please Id apreciate any help. If he's throwing that far, someone got to
know who he is. Thank you Ben Toussaint
oh and like I told Florian, if he's not on the Olympic radar, he should be, his speed of his spin is really fast from what I saw of his practice. I asked my coach today about him bc he didn't see him, but he said there's only one guy that he ever coached that's capable of what this guy was doing, then he goes 'your sure said his name is Mike', I said yes then he smiled nodded and looked happy than i'd seen him before, but my coach wouldn't tell me WHO HE IS. What's the big secret? he's got to be a pro, right? but he's not on USATF website
Unfortunately, I cannot help you.
I hope that anyone else who might live close to that location know anything.
Update: Hi, Florian, so I spoke with my coach yesterday afternoon about the mystery shotputt thrower. He told me he IS trying to make the olympic team in 2016 for the US. He's the same guy my brother talked about. His name used to be Obelinger, Mike Obelinger. One reason he thinks he changed his name is bc he did several deployements w the military. My coach says he saw him in an unofficial meet this winter where he threw only 2 throws, both over 20m, best almost 21m! but it was some college open meet. He's not sponsored and coach said he competes unattached, not sire what that means(mental issue or something?), doesn't want anyone knowing who he is until he's ready for open competition and not to bother him while he's working out. I'll try to find out the name he's using now and get a picture when he's not looking, I knew it, this guys a beast and IS throwing olympic distances. I just want to ask him how he got so fast bc he has to weigh more than 300lb., it's like watching grizzly bear sprint lol how he does it I don know.
One question:are a lot of olympic athletes like that?dont want to be bothered by fans or kids who want to learn?
thanks florian
Sam Healy
I found it to be the complete opposite. I find throwers the most friendly and helpful people. People like julian wruck and Dane M. Miller' have answered my questions!
hi sam, no, this is a guy who' se using our field at my high school to train. I tried to ask him abou his training bc he's really goodprobably good enough for the Olympic team. But you cant just like walk up and talk to him he' s kinda mean, but coach said to just leave him be bc he's working. And I could tell he was concentrating pretty hard. Hopefully I'll see him next week and get a pic or two, maybe he'll answer a few training questions, I wish I could throw just close to that far, but I'm not nearly that big. I've never seen anyone in person throw that far, not even the guy from Cornell and he's throwing in the mid,high 60s.Just saying that if they said he was going to the Olympics in 2016 , this guy's definitely going.
Quote from Sam Healy
Same here, everyone we talked to is happy to assist. There is no one actually saying "go to hell" or anything similar.
The throwers are generally always there to help in any way.
See for example in this forum. There are many throwers who want to assist and answer questions.
@Julian Wruck @Tom Walsh are just the most recent examples.
Always happy to answer questions.
maybe you can just approach him again and talk to him. See what happens
Keep us noted
nekkari
Yeah i have to agree that throwers are pretty much the most friendly and helpful people you can find. But it might be a good idea to go ask your questions after hes done training. Some people really like to concentrate and not have any distractions.
Sure I didnt suggest to do that while trianing and interupting him.
At least it was not my intention behind my comment.
"Treat other as you want to be treated as well"
Yes i got that i was replying to ben.toussaint as he said in his first post that the first time he saw the "mystery shot putter" that he went to ask him questions during his training session.
Mar 23rd 2014
Hey guys, yeah I thought about that, I'm going to try not disturb him while he's throwing. Thanks for the comments. I hope to see him there next week, my brother said he might be training at the universities in the area too, but I hope he comes back down to our field, I'd like to learn to rotate with some handson coaching, when he's right there, I'm not that big, but I'm 15 and I've seen guys that spin throw crazy far that aren't big. I'm like 5'9 and 170lb. my best is only 37', a kid my size only a year older threw 53' last season spinning, I was amazed, and then I see the youtube videos of highschool kids that size throwing like 55,57feet. no ofence but our coach isn't that good, everythings the glide and standing. I asked but he said he doesn't know how to teach the spinning shot, but that my best bet would be to learn from Mike. I tried some drills I saw on youtube but I must be doing something wrong. I need coaching, but it looks like he's the only one around here that could help me, I just want to lern but Im afraid to ask bc coach said he probably doesn't want to be bothered and he seems like he's mean
Update: hey everyone, I was so syched yesterday, the 'mystery shottputer" was working out in our weight room at the high school yesterday and answered some questions of mine, his name is mike jamorsti, not sure about the spelling of his name. He said his PR in competition is 20.93metres, but he's thrown back to back 23practicing. I think that's like the world record. Anyway he agreed to start helping me on the spin, he said I could easily crack 50' by next season if I do exactly what he says, I'm so stoked. Oh and I told him I was on this website and there's other olympic and pro guys here, he said he'll log on sometime, but I promised him no pics or viral vids, he said that's between him and his coach in NJ... Oh he said his coach is a former olympic throwin coach in NJ, don't know who it is but he said when he starts competing for real he wants to "shock and aw when he hits the big meets' and doesn't want anyone to know who he is before. Lol this is going to be so awesome, oh he said his height weight is 6'3and325, I saw him move 5plates on the bench like it was a toy, like reps, I can't wait he's going to be at practice Wednesday
Oh my, all this for little old me....? Mein Got... ah, sheiz egal...
Ben, stop posting, I'll talk to you at practice Friday, direct all questions until then to coach Hunter. Work on what I showed you guys. And talk to your English teacher, your spelling and composition is about as good as my 10,000 time : ) Thank you, Benjamin.
Hi, people, well this is a bit awkward, but neat, this is like the old RING from like 20yrs ago, lol, only better. To the people who replied earlier to the kiddo, no offense guys, but right now due to personal reasons and some larger issues, I'm staying under the radar; but I'll be out to play later this year when conditions are more conducive and will, at that time, have no problem with letting 'Odysseus' out of the bag. Also, don't take offense if I'm a bit abrasive, the world's going to hell in a hand basket and all we have are bo-peep politicians preaching love and forgiveness. When an 'uberman' raises his head or someone with some real visceral fortitude speaks up and gives it to them straight, people try to slap him down. And everything, to include athletics, are going in that same direction. Sorry people, we need a little reform here.
As to what he said, 21m, check; 6' 3" 325lb, check; 8 reps flat bench with 495, check...but it's not a toy, that's a lot of weight, lol, my hands were actually numb after that set, have to see a hand specialist soon about my carpal tunnel, I've got 'old people problems' already : / yep arthritis is not fun, but I don't use NSAIDs...take away from the gains, no cartilage in either knee, 5 fused vertebrae in neck and back(survived blast concussion in '07), the list goes on... deal with it. I think that is what many athletes are missing these days, psycho-emotional toughness. Anyhow, ya'll found me (or I found you?), going to have some more fun reading and replying to some of these threads. Feel like a kid in a candy store...ohhh snap, how'd that get in my pocket?
Tchus, kinder.


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Review: Bad Times at the El Royale
Posted on October 13, 2018 by adamryen
Bad Times at the El Royale.
In this film written and directed by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, Marvel's Daredevil), we follow a small group of strangers who all convene at the El Royale, a hotel that straddles the line between California and Nevada, set in the late 1960s. We've got Jeff Bridges as a priest who seems desperate to find something, Cynthia Erivo as a backup singer trying to make her own way, Jon Hamm as an appliance salesman, and Dakota Johnson, whose impatience and lack of courtesy makes the others suspicious. The bellhop of the establishment (Lewis Pullman) is doing a horrible job, though his anxiety leads us to believe there's something he's hiding as well. Lastly, we meet an enigmatic cult leader (Chris Hemsworth) who intertwines with some of our characters' stories.
This is a small cast and they each have substantial moments to shine. Jeff Bridges has been hit or miss for me lately, but this role is a standout for him. There are a lot of layers to his character that he fully embraces. I was also pleasantly surprised by Dakota Johnson, who I've really only seen in the Fifty Shades series.
The real stars of the show though? Relative newcomers Lewis Pullman and Cynthia Erivo. Pullman stars as the bellhop who has seen and done some horrible things, drawn to the priest who visits (Bridges), in hope of absolution. Erivo stars a singer who is venturing out on her own and just happens to get caught up in the craziness of it all. She holds her own against heavyweights here, she's going to be a big star soon. She's already starring opposite Viola Davis and Michelle Rodriguez in the upcoming Widows.
In general, I want to applaud the movie's style. The soundtrack is incredible. The editing and stylistic cuts I found to be super engaging. The colors are vibrant and bold. It's a fresh looking movie.
The story, which echoes back to films like 10 Little Indians or Murder on the Orient Express, is a standard storytelling device, but its the characters that make this plot stand out. We are told via flashbacks about each of our guests and we slowly learn more and more about why they're there. It's a satisfying structure, classic in feeling but fresh in execution.
While most of the cast get to shine here, the letdown for me was Chris Hemsworth, who takes awhile to show up and when he does, he didn't carry the gravitas that I was expecting. I'm sure some folks will applaud Hemsworth's performance here, it is drastically different than anything he's done, but I didn't find his eccentricity to be that threatening. It was silly at points, getting the audience to laugh in moments that were meant to be terrifying.
Because of this, I felt the third act was a little underwhelming. Hemsworth becomes the major focus, somewhat taking the spotlight from other characters and their arcs that I found much more interesting.
Bad Times at the El Royale is an interesting film and many of you should have a good time but I wouldn't call it "great." The performances are mostly brilliant, including the best Jeff Bridges performance in years and surprising new actors Lewis Pullman and Cynthia Erivo. The plot is typical for a "people stranded at a certain location" movie but it works because the characters are so intriguing. The movie has style, a great soundtrack, and plenty of twists and turns, though the final act and an iffy performance by Chris Hemsworth kept this just under the bar for my highest accolades.
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The nine-foot, 400-pound Goliath challenged the children of Israel and blasphemed Almighty God. David, a seventeen-year-old fuzzy-cheeked lad who came to visit his brothers demanded to know why they were not accepting the challenge. The brothers explained that you could easily get hurt by fighting fellows like Goliath. They felt certain Goliath was just too big to hit. David knew that Goliath was too big to miss with God's help.
Next, David wanted to know where the king was, and his brothers explained that the king did not feel so well. When David told the brothers he would fight Goliath, they figured he was crazy. Obviously, the brothers were comparing their size to Goliath's, and that made nine-foot Goliath pretty big. David was comparing Goliath's size to God, and that quite obviously made Goliath pretty small.
Whatever your obstacle may be, the size is never larger than the ability of God and the petitions of His children.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened" (Matthew 7:7–8).
"For the love of Christ constraineth us" (2 Corinthians 5:14).
It constrains us to forsake sin.
It constrains us to accept Christ.
It constrains us to go on to perfection.
It constrains us to give liberally.
It constrains us to suffer patiently.
It constrains us to obey cheerfully.
Jesus knew what it meant to take up the cross. He was headed toward Jerusalem and knew what awaited Him there.
William Barclay tells us that when Jesus was about eleven, Judas the Galilean led a rebellion against Rome. He had raided the royal armory at Sepphoris, which was only four miles from Nazareth.
The Roman vengeance was swift and sudden. Sepphoris was burned to the ground; its inhabitants were sold into slavery, and two thousand rebels were crucified on crosses which were set in lines along the road as a warning to others tempted to rebel. Jesus likely saw these or at least heard of this.
Get on your knees and talk to God about men; now, get on your feet and talk to men about God (cf. 1 Peter 2:9–10).
Is it true? Each day, hyped-up fear-fed articles are posted about new applications, foods, vaccines, politics, local events, the family next door. Many of them are just not so. Simple common sense should tell us that one-half of these things are not so, and discretion should eliminate the rest. If it is really that important, take the time to do some fact checking.
Is it noble? Not every noteworthy event in life needs space in our heads. Mark your space with things worthy of real honor.
Is it just? Fanning the fire of rebellion toward things that are truly right tears down the very ones who need help most.
Is it of good report? Remember your reputation. When you share that page, your character goes with it, for good or ill, they will be latched together from that point on. Do you really think those two or three good things are worth the filth one needs to swim through.
Is there any virtue? Is this really what it seems to be, and does it provide the best you want those whom you care about and lead to follow. Does it raise the bar?


It is essential that histology professionals understand medical terminology in order to interpret information provided on specimen requisitions, review a surgical schedule and anticipate the specimens that will be submitted to the pathology laboratory, decipher a physician's handwriting, and communicate effectively with other professionals within the medical community. This course provides the definitions for a wide variety of medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots commonly encountered in the histology laboratory.
Recognize the importance of understanding medical terminology.
Define the meaning of commonly used prefixes, suffixes, and word roots.
Demonstrate appropriate use of medical terms.
Apply knowledge to identify terms encountered in the medical field.
Demonstrate effective communication with others in the medical community.
Why is it important for a histologist to know and understand medical terminology?
Put the following components of a medical term in the order in which they would appear.
When two stems are combined, it is often necessary to insert a vowel between them to aid in pronunciation.
Cardio is a stem that pertains to the (which organ) ________.
The stem word stoma pertains to the mouth.
Gastro pertains to the stomach.
Lingua and glossa are stems that pertain to the lip.
What is the stem that refers to the first part of the intestines called?
The following stems are associated with the endocrine system. Match each stem with the appropriate definition.
Below are some stems that pertain to either the kidney or urine. Drag the stems and drop into the appropriate box.
Which of the following stems pertain to a cell?
When a word ends in the suffix "ology" it means "the study of." What is hematology the study of?
When referring to the nail of a finger or toe, "onycho" is the stem that would be used.
Cerebro and encephalo mean brain.
Match the following stems with the organ they refer to.
Match the following stems words to the correct meaning.
Match each of the following miscellaneous stem words with the appropriate meaning.
Match the prefixes on the right with the correct meaning from the drop down on the left.
Megalocystis means abnormally ___________ bladder.
Match the following suffixes with the conditions they describe.
We know that "chondro" is a stem word meaning cartilage. So, chondromalacia means softening of the cartilage.
If a patient is diagnosed with a salpingocele, it means she has a herniation of a fallopian tube.
Using the list of suffixes provided, complete the following sentence: The medical term for the rupture of the liver is hepato________.
Match the following surgical procedures with the suffix that denotes the proper meaning.
Intended Audience: Clinical laboratory histotechnologists and technicians and other medical laboratory personnel who have an interest in this subject matter. This course is also appropriate for histology and clinical laboratory science students and pathology residents.
Reviewer information: Heather Spencer, HT(ASCP) graduated from Goodwin College with her histologic science certification. She currently works in the histology laboratory at New England Dermatology in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Course Description: It is essential that histology professionals understand medical terminology in order to interpret information provided on specimen requisitions, review a surgical schedule and anticipate the specimens that will be submitted to the pathology laboratory, decipher a physician's handwriting, and communicate effectively with other professionals within the medical community. This course provides the definitions for a wide variety of medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots commonly encountered in the histology laboratory.


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Globalist Banker Predicted Scamdemic & Genocide of The Useless
Posted on 21st April 2021 21st April 2021 by The Bernician
For those who still doubt that the fraudulent, genocidal, Communist-style tyranny of COVID-1984 was planned long ago by the self-appointed Riders of the Pale Horse, as the unnatural denouement of their reprehensible facilitation of Big Pharma Bolshevik Coups in almost every nation worldwide becomes all the more pervasively obvious, prepare to have any remaining illusions shattered.
The following statements, which were made in 1981 by powerful international banker and unapologetic eugenicist, Jacques Attali, are taken from Interviews with Michel Salomon – The Faces of the Future, Seghers edition, which was published in France by Emi Lit when Attali was a senior adviser to French President, Francoise Mitterand:
Euthanasia targeting these groups; euthanasia will have to be an essential instrument of our future societies, in all cases. We cannot of course execute people or set up camps. We will get rid of them by making them believe it is for their own good.
Too large a population, and for the most part unnecessary, is something economically too expensive. Socially, it is also much better for the human machine to come to an abrupt halt rather than gradually deteriorating. We won't be able to run intelligence tests on millions and millions of people, you can imagine!
We will have taken care to have planned the treatment, a treatment that will be the solution.
The selection of idiots will thus be done on its own: they will go to the slaughterhouse on their own."
The Weapons of Hyperconflict
Twenty five years later in 2006, Attali's best-selling book, A Brief History of the Future – A Brave and Controversial Look at the 21st Century, was published in France.
It was then released by Arcade Publishing in the US, with a review by the Rothschild Cartel's long-serving globalist henchman, Henry Kissinger, on the front cover, stating that the international banker's book was "brilliant and provocative".
As if the glowing endorsement of a man who has been charged with genocide on three continents isn't enough to set off the alarm bells that toll for crimes against humanity, here is what Attali wrote in a chapter of the book called The Weapons of Hyperconflict:
"In all ages, the outcome of wars has been decided by possession of new arms and by the price attached by each belligerent to the lives of its own soldiers. In their time, the archers at the battle of Crécy, the tanks of the First World War, and the atomic weapons of the Second World War decided the fate of battles.
In all ages, new weapons have appeared, at once the products and the midwives of civilian technologies: the propeller was born with the lever, rearms with mechanization, tanks with the automobile. Inversely, it was in the armed forces that the telegraph, the radio, energy, the nuclear weapon, and the Internet were born alongside many other technological innovations.
In the next fifty years, new technologies will be developed by armies before being used on the civilian market. For defense or police needs, governments will finance the research needed for perfection of the technologies of hypersurveillance and selfsurveillance. Inversely, these technologies will then have civil applications.
In fact, these future weapons will essentially be founded on the concept of surveillance. Armies will at once develop digital infrastructures of nomadic ubiquity, surveillance systems for suspect movements, the means of protecting strategic installations, and a network of economic intelligence. Robots (concealed in enemy territory) and drones (flying robots) will relay data, detect chemical or biological agents, and serve as scouts ahead of infantry detachments faced with mined areas or blind spots. Software simulating battle will be permanently updated as close as possible to the battlefields.
Furthermore, new combat units will be integrated with the means of simulation, surveillance, and striking. New networks and instruments of nomadic ubiquity will allow combatants to stay connected and simulate every kind of situation. Intelligent clothing will serve to manufacture new uniforms; new materials will make it possible to design new shields. Three-dimensional simulation technologies will help prepare and carry out combat missions, while robots will work as substitutes for real fighters.
Electronic systems (e-bombs) will be able to destroy communications grids and leave an opposing force blind and deaf.
Marines will play a new part in the fight against trackers, in emigration surveillance, and in the protection of strategic straits. Fighter aircraft will no longer be as useful as today, and will lose their influence over staff thinking and military budgets.
New, so-called conventional weapons will be all the more necessary as unconventional weapons (nuclear and other) become more and more widely disseminated.
[…] By 2040 or 2050, a total of more than fifteen countries will openly possess nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.
Shortage of oil will also impel the most diverse countries toward the production of civil nuclear power stations. This will lead them to use recycled wastes, known as MOX, for fuel — further multiplying the risks of proliferation and also of "disappearance" of wastes (during the transfer of these radioactive materials). Such wastes could then be used to manufacture radiological weapons mingling nuclear wastes and conventional explosives.
Other weapons — chemical, biological, bacteriological, electronic, and nanotechnological — will then appear. As with the new civil technologies they will prefigure, scientists will strive to increase their power, their miniaturization, and their accuracy. Chemical arms will be capable of seeking out and killing leaders without being detected; pandemics could be ready for unleashing at will; complex genetic arms may one day be directed specifically against certain ethnic groups.
Nanorobots as small as a mote of dust, known as gray jelly, could carry out stealth surveillance missions and attack the cells of enemy bodies. Then, once animal cloning techniques have progressed, cloned animals could well carry out missions — living animal bombs, monsters out of nightmare.
These weapons will not be developed solely in the military laboratories of powerful countries but also by big businesses, "circus businesses," which will find new markets for them. As always, armaments will remain at the heart of the industrial apparatus, and until super-empire is here, public markets will be essentially oriented toward the armaments sector. Big insurance firms and mercenary companies will then pick up the torch.
Most of these weapons will be accessible to small nations, to nonstates, to corsairs, to pirates, mercenaries, maquisards, mafias, terrorists, and every kind of tracker. In the not distant future, for example, it will be possible to make an e-bomb for $400 from a condenser, a reel of copper wire, and an explosive. Chemical, radiological, and biological weapons will thus be affordable to everyone. Killing more and more people with rudimentary means will become a sad possibility. In cities and on mass transport, crowding will multiply the effectiveness of the most primitive weapons.
Genocide Unleashed
Given that Attali's mind-blowingly amoral rhetoric echoes that of every other outspoken eugenicist over the past 150 years, the forgoing passages cannot be set aside as either conjecture or conspiracy theory.
However, on the basis that he predicted in 1981 that there would be genocidal culling of the over 60's, the weak and the stupid, the catalyst for which would be finding or manufacturing a viral pandemic, the following statement is all the more conspicuous: "pandemics could be ready for unleashing at will".
As is the final sentence quoted, which confirms that the chief weapons of the long-planned war against the People are "the instruments of propaganda, communication and intimidation." The parallels between Attali's predictions of such genocides being unleashed in the 21st century and the events of COVID-1984 are chillingly striking.
Nevertheless, without the majority of the public believing blatant government lies about a 'virus' which has never been isolated or purified, the censorship of opposing views and the erection of a police state would have proven impossible.
It naturally follows that when the majority rejects the fraudulent narrative, opposing views, censored or not, will become the norm and the police state can then be systematically deconstructed with totalitarian non-compliance to every tyrannical rogue government diktat and the criminal prosecution of all those charged with crimes against humanity.
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USAF conducts F-35 training with DiSTI's ASMT
15 June 2012	(Last Updated June 15th, 2012 03:45)
The US Air Force's (USAF) Academic Training Center (ATC) is using the DiSTI-built aircraft systems maintenance trainer (ASMT) to train 33rd Fighter Wing pilots on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, US.
The US Air Force's (USAF) Academic Training Center (ATC) is using the DiSTI-built aircraft systems maintenance trainer (ASMT) to train 33rd Fighter Wing pilots on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, US.
DiSTI was selected by AAI Services to jointly develop the ASMT under a contract awarded by the aircraft manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, to provide ATC with an innovative training method, besides enhancing student throughput prior to the aircraft being fielded.
Lockheed Martin weapons instructor, Brian Vohl, said: "The desktop trainers such as the aircraft systems maintenance trainer, requires each student to follow the procedures of checking out virtual tools, reading the maintenance checklist, and individually performing each task."
DiSTI president, Joe Swinsk, added: "It produces highly realistic virtual training, reduces development time and costs, and gives the students a way to become familiar with the aircraft before they lay their hands on one for the first time."
The ASMT offers highly-realistic simulated training for student maintainers on ground operation, maintenance, fault isolation, and testing procedures in an interactive three dimensional virtual aircraft environment.
The simulator features 12 student stations and one instructor operator station, which provides real-time status of all student activities, enabling instructors to effectively monitor a large number of students, increasing training throughput and quality.
As a subcontractor, the company accelerated the conversion of Lockheed-provided computer aided design data to produce a high-fidelity and interactive virtual maintenance environment for the ASMT.
33rd FW Commander Colonel, Andrew Toth, said: "This is hugely significant for all services because we are getting our maintainers prepped for when we are fully stood up for F-35 training in the near future."
Following delivery to the ATC, the trainer has helped maintenance students gain their first certificate of completion in the F-35's basic familiarisation courses for structures, avionics, weapons and crew chief career fields at Eglin AFB.
Image: USAF's first F-35 Lightning II JSF aircraft on its way to Eglin Air Force Base. Photo: courtesy of Staff Sgt Joely Santiago, US Air Force.
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Selina Jen returns to showbiz
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Selina Jen reunited with her bandmates from S.H.E. on the stage of the Golden Melody Awards for the first time in 19 months after she was injured in a horrific on-set fire incident. The trio's performance was the highlight of the show, which drew a record number of viewers. Selina was so overwhelmed by her emotions that she broke down after performing.
Richard Chang, Selina's husband, had stood by Selina throughout her ordeal. The lovebirds recently struck a couple endorsement deal.
When asked about her child-bearing plans, Selina expressed, "I'll leave it up to fate, but ideally, I hope to recover fully, go for my honeymoon and vacation in Europe before having children."
She further shared that she is currently working hard to lose weight and is in the process of choosing songs for her album, adding that she would like to meet her fans soon.
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