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It is quite often that businesses expand beyond its own nation, it is inevitable that it will branch out into offshore locations to extend its reach. This is success that only the most resilient organizations are able to enjoy. But more than just the sweetness of branching and franchising, there’s also the challenge of forming a team to handle an unfamiliar territory. Ottobock did exactly just that.

Ottobock is a highly successful German company who had earned great honors giving humanity the gift of prosthetic limbs throughout the century, so that our amputee brothers and sisters may be given the chance to be whole again. They are in the field of medical as well as in engineering technology, and if it is starting to sound like they’re making cyborgs…well, that’s not far from the truth; in fact, one of their latest inventions (that’s now on sale!) is the Bionic Arm. Sounds cool, yes? Definitely.

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But while Ottobock had enjoyed huge success in Makati, they have just recently operated in Cebu. This is when they called Cebu Teambuilding Facilitators Network, so we can participate in the forming of the team that will raise the Cebuano’s spirits.

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Ottobock taps Cebu Teambuilding Facilitators Network for their team building event in Cebu

When managers assign individuals to come together for a certain objective, something beautiful start to emerge; Organizational Psychologists call it, Team Dynamics. Team Dynamics, in definition, are unconscious psychological forces that influence a team’s
behavior and performance. Think of your as a sailboat. The waves thereunder that ebbs the boat toward a certain direction would therefore be the “team dynamics.” What happens if it is left unmanaged? Like the boat metaphor, it can stray the boat away from its compass; it would take longer to get across islands, or it might not get across at all and the worst that could happen is a dreaded shipwreck.

CTFN Affiliate Nathaniel Arong used the Helium Ring Activity to illustrate Team Dynamics at a closer perspective, and effectively point its manifestations. He suggests that the best way to manage team dynamics is to first have awareness of it.
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Ottobock employees doing the helium ring activity

The Awareness Path

“Awareness in itself is therapeutic,” according to Dr. Fritz Perls, and true enough, having knowledge and a direct experience of how your team reacts to challenges, and actively involve in your strengths and limitations will lead to greater understanding of your team dynamics. Understanding then leads to responsibility, which in turn leads to self-improvement.
And this is when Nathaniel timely introduces the Johari Window to the participants and uses it as a framework to help them get a better map of where new teams can move forward into becoming a greater and more established team.

Right by the Flow

From here it was easier for the participants of Ottobock to adjust to their colleagues in dealing with games and exercises that are thrust towards improving their coordination, their ability to strategize and creatively set goals to meet objectives as well as develop a sense of leadership and enhance their level of communication---all of which bring about the best outcome of teamwork among all members.

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It was a successful team building event for Ottobock in Cebu, Philippines

And all the rest was fun and unobstructed togetherness. A successful team building event indeed!

Note: This article was written by CTFN team development consultant Nathaniel John Arong who facilitated activities for Ottobock Philippines at the Pacific Cebu Resort in Lapulapu City, Cebu, Philippines last 9 June 2017.

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Double delight for speedster Leotlelo in Samoa

Team South Africa sprinter Tlotliso Leotlelo completed the ‘double’ when he added the 200m crown to the 100m gold he won earlier at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Apia, Samoa, on Wednesday.

As the athletics programme came to its conclusion, Team SA certainly delivered, ending with six medals, comprising three gold, one silver and two bronzes.

There were a few events of main interest to South Africa: the men’s shot put final, the girls’ 100m hurdles final, the boys’ 110m hurdfles final and the 200m final.

Werner Visser threw a heave of 19.78m to take silver in the shot put, while Burger Lambrecht claimed the bronze with 19.31m. Both had also excelled in the discus event on Monday, with the latter taking the gold and Visser winning bronze on that occasion.

Taylon Bieldt flew to a new South African youth record of 13.18 seconds in claiming the 100m hurdles gold medal, and Mpho Tladi ensured that bragging rights when it comes to hurdles remains in South Africa when he took gold in the 100m in 13.50 sec.

Leotlelo’s victory in the sprint double makes him a name to ink in for the future, while Kyle Appel – who carried the Team SA flag at the opening ceremony – also enjoyed a profitable championships, a bronze behind Leotlelo in the 200m in 21.11sec adding to his collection. Sadly, a shoulder injury sustained in that 200m final meant he had to withdraw from the 4x100m relay final, as did Team SA.

The pool events again saw Team SA cash in, as we have come to expect. They totalled six medals, with three silvers and three bronzes.

The silvers were collected by Kaylene Corbett (women’s 50m breaststroke), James Isemonger (men’s 50m breaststroke) and Nathania van Niekerk (women’s 200m backstroke), while the bronze trio were Brendon (men’s 100m butterfly), Neil Fair (men’s 200m backstroke) and the men’s 4x100m freestyle quartet of Isemonger, Waddell, Levy and Fair.

Athletics made way for the Sevens rugby on Apia Park and Team SA opened their campaign with a comfortable 61-0 win against Singapore. It was a strong start and Thursday they will face neighbours Namibia and England, who should provide a tougher test.

The Lawn Bowls team was another code in action on Wednesday and the mixed pairs had mixed fortunes. In their first match they lost to Australia 19 -11, then they beat Northfolk Island 19-9 and wound up their day with victory over hosts Samoa 18-12.

There was disappointment for tennis ace Damon Kesaris, who was due to play his semi-final on Wednesday, but he was forced to withdraw due to illness that sees him miss out on a potential medal.

Teammate Zani Barnard paired up with Seli Jacobs from Namibia to play in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles and they came throgh a tough encounter against Wales, beating them 7-6, 7-5.

Ironically, her doubles partner of Wednesday will be her singles opponent in the semi-finals on Thursday.

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General Dynamics has just released a new video demonstrating its Trophy Active Defense System, which is basically an invisible force field for military vehicles that disables incoming RPG rounds. Video after the jump.
The system can simultaneously engage several threats, arriving from different directions, is effective on stationary or moving platforms, and is effective against short and long range threats (such as RPGs and ATGM). Trophy was designed to be effective in open or closed terrain, including urban area and can be operated under all weather conditions

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Xiaomi's killer budget smartphone will be available for purchase tomorrow on Amazon India. The Redmi Y2 offers impressive hardware and features with price starting at Rs 10,000. The sale will commence at the stroke of 12 PM, so keep your browser ready.
The Redmi Y2 comes with a 6-inch HD+ screen. It has the aspect ratio of 18:9. Much like its more expensive siblings, the Y2 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 625 SoC (System on Chip).
On the photography front, the Y2 offers dual camera setup. It comprises of a 12 MP and 5 MP lens. For selfies, you get a 16 MP shooter.
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Gutenberg Technology provides instructional publishing and corporate coaching professionals the most effective edtech tools to design and deliver dynamic online studying environments with authoring instrument, MyEcontentFactory. ^ JH 2010 ~Kim JH, Lau C, Cheuk Okay-Okay, Kan P, Hui HL, Griffiths SM. Brief report:predictorsofheavyinternetuseandassociationswithhealthpromoting and health risk behaviors amongst Hong Kong university students. J Adolesc. 2010;33(1):215-20.

For people who use each the Internet and mobile gadgets in extreme quantities it’s probably for them to experience fatigue and over exhaustion on account of disruptions of their sleeping patterns. Continuous studies have shown that elevated BMI and weight gain are related to individuals who spend long hours online and not exercising often sixty nine Heavy Web use can be displayed within the faculty lower grades of those who use it in extreme amounts 70 It has additionally been noted that using mobile phones whilst driving has elevated the prevalence of street accidents â€” notably amongst teen drivers. Statistically, teenagers reportedly have fourfold the amount of street site visitors incidents as those that are 20 years or older, and a very high percentage of adolescents write (eighty one{76b9df4f9266a52cf92ed91a21d1b8a7f39a23ee5674bfd871785495d423afb8}) and browse (ninety two{76b9df4f9266a52cf92ed91a21d1b8a7f39a23ee5674bfd871785495d423afb8}) texts while driving. 71 In this context, mass media and technology have a unfavourable influence on individuals, on each their mental and physical health.

At this level in Andrew Niccol’s profession, audiences needs to be pretty clear on when they’re watching one in all his movies, even when they miss the opening credits. Niccol focuses on high-concept stories about the ways technology affects society â€” generally radically, like in his science fiction movies Gattaca, In Time, and S1m0ne, and generally extra subtly, as in his drone-warfare drama Good Kill or his arms dealer story Lord of Battle. He’s a author in addition to a director. He scripted Peter Weir’s The Truman Present, which stars Jim Carrey as a man raised in a bubble as a actuality-TV project, and he was a writer on Steven Spielberg’s Tom Hanks car The Terminal.

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March 8, 2010
By justbreathe.... BRONZE, N/a, South Carolina
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No matter how bad things get, there is always something that you don\'t know about just yet.

I laid on the blanket writing, just sprawling words across the page. I wasn’t even registering what I was writing. My thoughts were elsewhere. In my mind, I was back there at the house, the night my life became a living hell. I couldn‘t see the open field all around me, couldn‘t hear the horse grazing just a few yards away, couldn‘t feel the soft September breeze brushing my hair. All I could see was darkness, all I could hear was his voice screaming my name.
Suddenly I was aware of where I was again, what I was doing. I was back in the present, away from my memories of the night my life became a living hell. I looked down at my journal and read what was written there.
"On July 23,2009 I watched my father die because of a choice I made."

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The start of a great story hopefully. Comment if you have any ideas. Please!!

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You should continue! I really want to know what happened :)

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"And who knows what of our future? We can all try to change the past."
-Lee Brotherton

Evangeline Homer, age 17, lives in San Jose, California. Her life in the year 2040 is that of an average teenager and is centered around her boyfriend, Arad. This comfortable existence seems as though it will continue forever.

Suddenly, everything changes. Evangeline finds herself involved in a fatal accident and must explore a new self, complete with its own set of abilities and limitations. Join Evangeline as she probes the mysteries of human nature itself in The Humanity of Evangeline Homer.

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November 13, 2010
By Ethan Bevan BRONZE, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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met a girl who was broken,
she had a big dent in her life,

i met a girl who needed someone,
like i needed one in mine,

through my life i had some ups and downs,
and all i ever did was shrug it off and smile a frown,

two faced liars are all around,
i know this cause i used too idealize one of such sound,

i wanted to be like him someday,
till he became twofaced and lies to this day,

i swore from then on id be true,
i swore my love would stick like glue,

now i despize him and turn my back,
ill never be the liar who leaves a dent on the brim of his hat,

this girl is broken and so am i,
i met her and my heart came alive,

from this day i swear ill be her guardian,
from this day ill watch over her and show her the light,

she wrote me a poem about two men,
one who leaves and one who stays,

her poem ended in a question,
well mine comes with an answer,

i fell in love with a girl,
and shes everyhting shes my world,

shes all i ever think about,
her love brings rain to this draught,

ill be with her forever,
from this day i swear,

well here comes her answer,
of if he leaves or he stays,

I Love You Rose Way,
and the answer to your question is Ill stay?

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Close Up

November 28, 2010
By rachelchace DIAMOND, Stratford, Connecticut
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"If everyone were perfect, Individuality would be extinct." -Rachel Chace (me)

there's a tension between us

a line that separates the people around us

just a feeling that singles you out

at first glance their is a divine strength

of immediate attraction

step in

get closer

your smile is killer

your eyes can thrill her

there's something deeper within those ice blue eyes

a feeling that builds up the ongoing tension

is it love is it hate?

i have strong feelings jumbling inside me

for you

i just havent decided

whether thay are good

or bad.

i cant look into your eyes

without being immediatley

like every move i make when i'm around you

defines my future

like one thing could shatter the glass.

breaking through this tension

where is it from?

you have an edge

it's full of mystery.

i have a glow

it's easy to see.

the law of attraction?

every action has an equal

and opposite reaction.

when i open my eyes to see who you are

you close your eyes like you don't want to be seen

im adventurous and daring

i'm even curious and caring

complications that you endure

will never make you one bit pure.

what is good is also bad

and what is bad is also good.

your type doesn;t wish to be heard

my type will not go on unless it hears you.

so speak up

tell me more

and open up

let down your shield of tension.

show me,

close up

don't push me far away

i don;t wanna be in rearview.

to me ,

your simply something new.

give me the close up on

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deadly games

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don’t give me a present
Only to take it away
This isnt a game
So there will be a price to pay
Im not afraid of what has to be
But what will come
Gives me chills down my arms
Your words make me numb
Filled up but empty
And still I feel the pain
That gives me the urge to scream
Its making me insane
don’t give me a loving promise
The rules you’ll have to bend
This death tolling clock tells
What happens in the end…

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The Autotech Council opens its doors to non-members a few times each year to take a deep dive into a segment of the auto industry that is attracting large amounts of innovation and investment. These ½-day, executive-format agendas highlight a few larger vendors who are leading the segment forward and bring dozens of undiscovered companies to the stage as well. These agendas always include plenty of time for networking, business discussions, and an interactive format that promotes relationships between member and non-member companies.

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Telecom Exchange (TEX) NYC, presently in its sixth year, is taking place on June 21-22, 2016 at Cipriani Wall Street. TEX, 'where communications and technology meet' is an executive-level networking event where the decision makers of service providers, data center/colo operators and vendors join investors and tech company innovators to network and close business. The event is a neutral playing field designed to drive direct and ‘red-tape-free’ networking and C-level engagement. You can plan to meet with telecom and tech media analyst, data center operators, service providers, investment and research firms, software, hardware and app development tech firms and even more!
The 2-day event will feature its distinguished award-winning exhibit floor, four CEO Roundtables that will welcome esteemed executives from some of the most globally-renowned telecom and technology companies and the return of our highly successful Tech Boss contest.

In addition to features that are Telecom Exchange, there are many new developments for 2016, including a website, a more interactive Technology Showcase, a VIP Lounge, the Video Interview Zone for broadcasting news, a VIP Networking Dinner as a new one-on-one meeting initiative. Thats not all TEX has in store either, there will be more announced as we draw near the event.

The brand new website (www.thetelecomexchange.com) is packed with information on the event, including: the 2016 agenda; sponsor and exhibitor profiles; information on the CEO Roundtables; one-on-one meeting management; downloadable directories; latest news on attending companies; and more.

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Pillars for the digitization of economics are being put into place across Sub-Saharan Africa.  Still very much a mobile-first region, the continent is positioned as a potential leader in Digital Finance and Commerce (DFC) with several markets already leading the way in establishing use cases for mobile money and digital finance.  But failures in South Africa and Nigeria as well as difficulties in launching in new markets prove that the case for DFC is contingent on its value proposition and the market engagement.

Beyond Person-to-Person (P2P) transactions and airtime top-up, an array of viable use cases is developing across the region.  The proliferation of these use case innovations have spurred adoption, as well as altered the ecosystem and opened it up beyond telcos, banks and retailers. From Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) energy and agriculture to education and micro-credit, these new service offerings are re-ordering the DFC value chain across Sub-Saharan Africa and driving adoption.

These more efficient and targeted value propositions should help to drive a digital transformation of economies across Africa. And the resulting innovation in use cases could lead to an orders-of-magnitude increase in DFC addressable market.  But the questions still remain: how can stakeholders determine which use case will be most viable and valuable for their consumer base?  The partnership model for DFC is already complex; what will new alliances look like?  How can progress and impact of these services be measured?

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the lessons I keep learning

There are many lessons I keep learning. Most are more profound than this one but it seems this is a simple thing, something that should be easily remembered. So, why do I keep buying false eyelashes?

I bought the first ones during my cancer treatment when my eyelashes, eyebrows, and hair all fell out. I was comfortable with the bald head but there is something alarming about a totally bald head. I was in Walgreen's one day and boom, there they were. How hard could this be?

I came home and tried and tried. Nothing I did kept them from looking like a pair of hairy centipedes resting on my eyeballs. I watched a Youtube video and thought I had it. Nope. I couldn't get those suckers on straight.

I read about how they caused terrible eye infections so I threw those in the trash. Probably ten pair. In the trash.

But then I kept being intrigued by them on other people. I wanted those long fluttery eyelashes instead of the skimpy pale ones I have now but I have lost interest in make-up. I bought more false eyelashes.

On New Year's Day, we were invited to a soiree so I tried them again. Glued them to a finger. Glued them to an eyebrow. Had black glue all over my face. Finally got them stuck down in a reasonable position.

Twenty minutes into the party, I feel the familiar creep across my eyeball. I asked Regis to check it out. He gets that look of horror/amusement and tells me I better fix it. Sure enough, that damn thing is trying to escape again. I'm done. Lesson learned.

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“In so far as tomorrow is already contained in today, and all the threads of the future are already laid down, a deeper knowledge of the present might render possible a moderately far-sighted prognosis of the future.” – Carl Gustav Jung, Symbols of Transformation (trans. R.F.C. Hull)

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A night of Russian music will take place in Hanoi next month

A night of Russian melodies featuring the Strings of Vietnam National Academy of Music and Dancers from the Vietnam National College of Ballet will take place at the Hanoi Opera House at 8pm on Dec 12.

Senior conductor Ngo Van Thanh will lead the orchestra, as well as pianist Tran Thu Ha, to present Romance (from Gadfly) by D. Schostacovich; Valse from the Ballet "War and Peace" by S.Prokofiev; P.Tchaikovsky: Aria "Eugene Onegin"; and A.Khatchturian: "Sword Dance."

The concert and ballet is choreographed by artist Nguyen Van Quang.

Tickets from VND 250 000 to 500 000 are available at the Hanoi Opera House 1 Trang Tien or can be booked at

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Visitor get a tour of the dining room. Exterior of the Starr home. Interior parlor. Interior hallway and staircase.

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Nestled in the heart of Marshall’s museums and cultural activities, Starr Family Home State Historic Site is composed of several elegant structures that map the 150-year history of the Starr family in Texas. Period furnishings, clothing, and antiques trace the transition of the buildings through four generations of the Starr family in Texas history.

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The polygamist Warren S. Jeffs was convicted on Tuesday of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old church member.

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 25 — The polygamist Warren S. Jeffs, hailed by his followers as a prophet but denounced by critics as a tyrannical cult leader, was convicted here on Tuesday of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old church member.

Mr. Jeffs, 51, faces up to life in prison.

The verdict, by an eight-member state jury here in Washington County, was a vindication of the prosecution’s argument — which some experts had thought might be hard to accept — that orchestrating a marriage of a young girl under duress made Mr. Jeffs culpable even though he was not present when the rape occurred.

The girl at the center of the case, who is now 21, testified that she was pressed by Mr. Jeffs in early 2001 into a “celestial marriage” she did not want, to a cousin she did not like. The girl’s cousin has not been charged.

Prosecutors said Mr. Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon sect with an estimated 10,000 members, knew that the marriage would lead to nonconsensual sex.

The jurors, who began their deliberations on Friday after a week of testimony, announced in a note on Monday that they were deadlocked on one of two charges. The judge, James L. Shumate, pressed them to continue, and then early on Tuesday, for reasons the court did not explain, an alternate juror was substituted for one of the original panel members. A unanimous verdict came a few hours later.

When the verdict was read, about 2:30 p.m., Mr. Jeffs showed no emotion, and his followers who had filled the back rows of the courtroom remained silent.

In the deeply isolated polygamist communities of Hildale, Utah, and adjacent Colorado City, Ariz., about an hour southeast of St. George, residents said the verdict would probably just harden the lines of resistance.

“That just makes him all the more the prophet,” said Isaac Wyler of Colorado City. Mr. Wyler said Mr. Jeffs ordered him to leave the church in 2004 but gave no reason.

Benjamin Bistline, who left the church voluntarily, said he thought the verdict would shift the balance of church activities — especially marriages — away from the historic base here in southern Utah to more recently established compounds that the leadership tightly controls in Texas, South Dakota and elsewhere.

“They believe that polygamy is God’s word, and they will still do under-age marriages,” said Mr. Bistline, who has written a history of the sect.

Mr. Jeffs, whose sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 20, still faces state charges in Arizona related to performing under-age or incestuous marriages, and a federal indictment for flight to avoid prosecution. He was arrested in August 2006 near Las Vegas after four months on the F.B.I.’s Most Wanted List.

Mr. Jeffs’s trial was not about polygamy or religion — at least on the surface. But the decades of bitter relations between the state of Utah, dominated by mainstream Mormons from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Mr. Jeffs’s renegade sect was never far away.

The mainstream church renounced plural marriage in 1890. In response, some fundamentalist Mormons formed a sect, declaring that the teachings of Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith, had been forsaken. Mr. Jeffs’s lawyer told the jury the trial was really about that old conflict, and about the freedom of religion — a deeply resonant theme here.

The prosecutor, Brock Belnap, said religion was not only irrelevant, but also a deliberate distraction that he said the defense was trying to inject to cloud jurors’ judgment. He said after the verdict that he expected an appeal.

One of Mr. Jeffs’s lawyers, Walter F. Bugden, said they would appeal.

The girl in the case, who was identified by the court as Jane Doe, said in a statement read outside the courthouse that the case was not about vengeance.

“The trial has not been about religion nor a vendetta,” she said. “It is simply about child abuse and preventing further abuse.”

The eight jurors, who agreed to be interviewed by reporters inside the courtroom, said Mr. Belnap’s closing statement was crucial in giving them a roadmap of the law.

“It was the closing statement that did it,” said Rachel Karimi, the alternate juror who joined the panel Tuesday morning. Ms. Karimi, 28, and the other jurors, declined to discuss the dismissed juror except to say she had also favored conviction.

Some jurors said they were convinced that Mr. Jeffs had overwhelming power over the lives in his community — a conclusion crucial to reaching the verdict. One juror, Lynn Maxwell, 40, said, “He was not there to help her when things went wrong, and she was raped.”

The jurors said they also dismissed the defense argument that the focus on Mr. Jeffs was unfair because others in the church could have done something to help. The girl’s mother and her sister to whom she went for help would have faced repercussions, the jurors said.

“He was the only one who had the power,” said another juror, Diedre Shaw, 32.


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Whether you prefer cutting-edge medicine or time-tested practices, these books cover the gamut of health care advances past, present and future.

Sick or well, people belong to two different species when it comes to health care. Some instinctively reach for cutting-edge medicine: they embrace virtual colonoscopies and cardiac CT scans and all the newest pills. When the line forms for routine genome analysis, they’ll be pushing up front.

The others flee from all of the above and pretty much everything else: they can barely choke down an aspirin.

What psychic sorting hat is at work here? Who are nature’s true optimists, those who bank on the cumulative perfectibility of both medical science and the human body, as it is tweaked by vigilant owners into ever better versions of itself? Or those convinced that nothing can improve upon the inherent wisdom of a body left to its own devices?

Either way, if you have any doubts about where you belong, your reaction to two new books should make it clear.

For those who look to the future, Dr. William Hanson has written an enthusiastic travelogue, a guide to the universe of marvels coming soon to a hospital near you. Not surprisingly, Dr. Hanson hails from high-tech medicine: he is an anesthesiologist and critical care specialist at the University of Pennsylvania, where he watches over patients tethered to the reassuring precision of multiple digital displays. And if you agree that today’s machinery is spectacular — well, just stay tuned.

Dr. Hanson gives a quick tour of the marvels already at hand or in the offing: proton beam therapy that can vaporize tumors with no damage to nearby tissue; voice synthesizers; artificial ears; prosthetic limbs.

From there it is only a small leap to still imaginary but eagerly anticipated inventions. Bionic limbs will be wired directly into the brain; stem cells will patch ailing organs; engineered livers and kidneys will make transplants obsolete. Neural chip implants will be available for the healthy who want to be just a little sharper. (“And if you think doctors will act as ethical gatekeepers and balk at elective brain surgery,” Dr. Hanson writes, “I think you’re wrong.”)

In hospitals of the future “emancipated medical machines” will see problems and correct them expertly, with no need for human input. Doctors and nurses will supervise robots smart and dumb: the smart ones will perform surgery unerringly, while the dumb ones will do all the menial labor, cleaning floors, and lifting and turning patients, “freeing the warm hands of humans to better care for other humans in need.”

Those warm hands will be spending a lot of time tapping keyboards. Already, Webcams and wireless computer technology mean that a single critical-care doctor in a command center can make rounds on dozens of intensive-care patients in hospitals miles away. On the horizon is a worldwide network of health care “nodes,” with instant information on anyone anywhere and keyboard-driven care crisscrossing the globe.

Dr. Hanson is a good writer — especially when he writes about patients rather than bionic limbs. One short description of a young woman confronting the aftermath of Hodgkin’s disease is particularly striking. But elsewhere his editors appear to have had some trouble keeping up with him: the book refers to bone marrow transplants for breast cancer as if they are still performed, and asserts that fluctuations in blood sugar cause diabetes, while it is actually the other way around. Whether descriptions of future technology contain similar errors is anyone’s guess: there are no references to check. But if your enthusiasm for the great beyond in health care can survive this caveat — and what is possibly a world’s record for misspellings of “principal” in a single document — then this is the book for you.

If, on the other hand, the whole idea just makes you shudder, you should turn to “The Big Necessity,” a story of the past, present and future of the simplest, cheapest, most all-round magnificent health care innovation of our time.

That would be the toilet, which many experts credit with a greater impact on disease eradication in developed countries over the last two centuries than any other device or drug on record. In a narrative that spans the primitive privies of China and India and space-age toilet factories of Japan, the British journalist Rose George tells a story every bit as complicated and mind-blowingly high-tech as Dr. Hanson’s.

In the West, the great 19th-century sewage systems are beginning to show their age, even as competing methods of water and sludge purification vie for primacy in cost and ecological friendliness. Meanwhile, 2.6 billion people in developing countries get along without toilets, and it takes the most delicate psychology to persuade them that they need them.

They do, believe me, for without toilets any disease that they have risks becoming yours. Never forget that the first great 21st-century pandemic, SARS, can be traced directly to faulty plumbing in a seventh-floor bathroom in Hong Kong.

In the name of research, Ms. George waded through sewers and checked out latrines all over the globe. On paper, she glides with rueful and articulate poise through the biology, ecology, physiology, psychology and basic hydraulics of her subject, always articulate and persuasive. Even if you are inclined to think health-care dollars should be put into titanium rather than porcelain, you will be hard pressed to put this extraordinary book down.


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Barbara Pike Blackburn, 58, of Lexington passed away suddenly on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 4:00 pm on Friday, March 30, 2018 at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with Pastor Scott Slaughter officiating. Burial will follow at Psalm 91 Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 29 at Davidson Funeral Home.
Barbara was born in Forsyth County on April 23, 1959 to Bud Burke Pike and Helen Louise Collins Pike. She worked as a caregiver for ARC of Davidson County and was a member of Coggins Memorial Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Robert Willard, and a sister, Frances Hinze.
Surviving are her sons; Shawn Steven Johnson (Chrissy) of Lexington; Frisco William Blackburn (Erin) of Arizona; daughter, Rose Blackburn (DeLorea) of Arizona; brothers, Dalton Willard of Clayton, NC; Donald Willard of Lexington; sisters, Helen Hensley of Lexington; Glenda Hunt of Lexington; Debbie Joyner of King; Annabell Willard of Laurinburg, NC; and four grandchildren, Brian Johnson, Taylor Johnson, Kaitlyn Johnson and Violet R.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Davidson County Animal Shelter, 490 Glendale Road, Lexington, NC 27292.
Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.


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Textile Sculptures by Serena Garcia Dalla Venezia

Serena Garcia Dalla Venezia, one of the few visual artists who works as thorough and perfect the art of weaving way through an absolutely innovative technique that she invented but has not yet named a first name. It consists of creating gender balls made through the seam and function as modules that come together under this same technique to form different images, shapes and structures. With this technique has made installations and boxes of different sizes. Always addressing the issue of accumulation and organic growth.

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Saturday, August 27, 2011

White/Blue Scrimmage

Last one of camp. Time to shine.

Goalies: Hewitt for Blue and 33 (Oswald) White.

13:45 19 Blue scores on a rebound from a shot from 5 Blue. 1-0 Blue takes the lead.

1-0 Blue at the end of the first.

10:00 44 Blue scores from the point to give Blue the 2-0 lead.

Goalie change after the goal. Churchill in for White and #50 (Toth) for Blue.

13:00 Klimchuk scores a beauty beating the defender and putting a nice move on Churchill beating him with a backhand move. 3-0 Blue.

14:06 Martell gets White on the board. The Blue goalie can't handle the rebound and the puck is sitting on the goal line where Martell is able to put away the garbage. 3-1 Blue.

16:40 19 Blue snipes top cheddar to give Blue a 3 goal lead. 4-1 Blue.

The second period ends 4-1 with Blue leading.

11:15 #20 White scored a five hole goal cutting Blue's lead to two. 4-2 Blue.

12:32 #7 White takes the shot from the point. The puck changes direction a couple of times and finds the back of the net. Not sure what or who it went off. 4-3 Blue.

13:45 #5 Blue breaks in wide and fires a shot that beats the tender five hole restoring Blue's 2 goal lead.

5-3 Final for Blue.

Anonymous said...

I think you missed a goal in your posting. Right before the goalie change, white scored to make it 2-1 blue. The final score was 5-4 blue. Thought you'd want to know. Thanks for the updates.

Kevin Shaw said...

Thanks for the comment. I might have missed a goal (which is totally possible) but the Pats have it as 5-3 as well... taking pictures, taking notes and talking to people around me is at times difficult especially when there is no scorekeeper.

And like I said thanks for the comment.


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Hungry Hallowe'en

This year, probably due to The Boy being that much older, I'm really feeling Hallowe'en. Not the ghosts and ghoulies (steady on) you understand, but the whole party, dressing up malarky. It's helped by the planning that I'm doing for my toddler group's party this weekend, and so I've been going to town on costumes, decorations and food. As it's obviously a party for under-five year olds, the food we're preparing has to be quick and easy to cook, transfer and eat. However, there are some other meals that will be featuring on the menu at home this weekend.

Scary Soup

  1. Heat 1tbsp of olive oil in a large pan, add one chopped leek and a handful of sliced mushrooms. Sweat for a few minutes to soften.
  2. Add the chopped flesh of one butternut squash (or pumpkin), two diced carrots and two peeled and diced sweet potatoes and cook for a couple of minutes. Then add 1½ pints of stock. Season with salt and ground black pepper, cover and bring to the boil, then simmer for 25 mins until the squash, carrot and sweet potato are really tender.
  3. Stir 200ml of Alpro soya milk* into the soup, whiz everything together in blender or processor in batches until smooth. Return to the pan, gently warm through to serve. Pour into bowls and finish with a swirl of Alpro soya alternative to cream*.
  4. Serve with crusty, warmed baguette or tiger bread.

Alpro Soya is a tasty alternative to dairy for those who are lactose intolerant.

 Devil's Cakes

Who doesn't love a little bit of Gothic coloured sponge cake? Black oozing red, sticky substance anyone? The full recipe for these, can be found here.

I've always wanted to have a go at making my own jelly-type pudding but obviously being vegetarian, it's a bit tricky! I recently discovered a vegetarian gelatine and had a go at using the powder. I mixed one sachet with 1 pint of Alpro Soya 'milk'* and stirred it until it had dissolved. Bringing it to just under the boil, I stirred in one pot of Alpro Soya chocolate dessert* and mixed it through with a balloon whisk. To flavour even further, I added 40g of chocolate orange drinking chocolate (if this is intended as a dairy-free pudding, check the drinking chocolate is lactose-free) and whisked this in thoroughly. Pour the mixture into serving dishes and allow to cool. After half an hour, the pudding should be thick enough to allow a segment of satsuma (hoorah, Christmas is coming) to rest on the top, sprinkle with chocolate flakes.

Ghoulish Guzzlers

Vampire Broth: 3 parts diet cola* made using our new Sodastream* and 1 part vanilla ice-cream. Dust the rim of the glass with caster sugar, place the ice-cream inside and pour on the cola. Watch it froth up!

Magic Potion: 2 parts sparkling apple juice* and 2 parts cranberry and raspberry juice* (both sugar-free). Decorate the rim with red edible glitter for that extra touch of blood-curdling authenticity. If you've got any raspberries (we don't) crush them up and add them to the mix.

Chilling Chocolate: Dust the edge of a glass with cocoa powder (not drinking chocolate as it often contains dairy) and pour in some cool Alpro Soya chocolate milk*.

Can you come up with any more funky mocktails?

 I was sent the items marked with a * to review. However, all the cooking, images and text are my own, and honest.

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  1. Jenny Paulin says

    I am feeling a little envious of reading blogs whe people are having Halloweeen parties – not that I am n to Halloweeen especially but any excuse to make some party food and dress up!! Oh well maybe next year!
    These food ideas look tasty and I am sure your little spooky guests will enjoy them all x

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    This is a lovely idea for Halloween – using Showoff Showcase to share.

    Some really fabulous and original stuff here. It's good to see a vegetarian alternative as its sometimes really hard to find things to replace the commercialised sasonal stuff.

    I have a very good tip for you with the dirinking chocolate -it's not cheap, but you aren't going to need a lot for what you are using it for….

    Hotel Chocolat do a range of 'pure' chocolate in tubs to add to cooking and to make drinking chocolate. Two of my faves are the 10% macho chocolate and the chocolate orange, flavoured with valenica orange oil. It's pure cocoa, so absolutely no milk whatsoever.

    If you add just a smidgen of warm water to a couple of teaspoons of the stuff, you can add it to your alpro soya choc pots and make yummy choc deserts or the mudpots you have up there.

    Vege geletine has been around for a while now and it's great for puddings that need thickening – you can use aspic too! Another way is to use a small amount of ground rice – similar to that of baby food.

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    I thought the soup looked good till I saw the mud pots, cakes and mocktails. Yesss please!! I havent had any halloween goodies besides chocolate and all these recipes and pictures just makes chocolate look boring!

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The Al Jarreau Tribute At Winter's Jazz Club
Fiesta del Sol
 THE Color Purple, the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival, is on tour across North America, arriving in Chicago on July 17 and running through July 29 at the Auditorium Theatre. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Academy Award-nominated film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Margaret Avery, the stage production has been described as giving “an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer Prize-winning story” with superb acting and a moving musical score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues. The powerful and emotional musical focuses on women who love and support each other, their interactions with the men who disrespect and abuse them, and their captivating journey to triumph in the South. For more information and tickets, go to
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The Color Purple: The Musical
AT Winter’s Jazz Club, the Jo Ann Daugherty Trio performed a special tribute to legendary jazz artist Al Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy Award-winner who attracted fans in the jazz, pop and R& B worlds during a career that ended with his death in 2017. In the memorable performance that highlighted tunes from Jarreau’s extensive songbook, the trio was joined by vocalist Bruce Henry and popular guitarist Henry Johnson to showcase the musical range that Jarreau exhibited. During the show, both Henry and Johnson displayed their vocal abilities on favorite Jarreau tunes such as “Alonzo,” “Closer to Your Love,” “In My Mind,” “We Got By,” “After All,” We’re In This Love Together” and “Moonlighting,” the theme from the popular ’80s TV show "Moonlighting" that starred Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd. Jarreau, who died days after he retired, had been described as “the most technically gifted singer working in jazz-fusion today.”
THE Tempel Lipizzans’ internationally renowned breed of performing horses are showcasing their amazing abilities through September 2 as part of Tempel Lipizzans’ 60th anniversary at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek. In the show, the famous white stallions are enchanting through the beauty of synchronized movements while exhibiting the unity between horse and rider. Set to music, highlights include the “Airs Above the Ground” leaps in which few breeds other than the Lipizzan are able to perform and the "Quadrille: Ballet of the White Stallions," in which four highly trained adult horses perform difficult, dance-like movements in spectacular unison. As a special part of the anniversary celebration through July 25, Latin America’s only Lipizzan herd, the Chile-based Escuela Clásica Lipizzana, unite the Lipizzans of the Americas in a tribute to the Tempel Lipizzans’ leadership. For more information on Tempel Farms and its Tempel Lipizzans, go to
DESCRIBED as “the largest Latino festival in the Midwest” with more than a million attendees each year, the 46th annual Fiesta del Sol comes to Pilsen on July 26-29, showcasing activities for the entire family. Spanning an eight-block area along Cermak Road, the festival highlights live entertainment on two stages, carnival rides, a variety of food, art exhibits and workshops, a special area designed for children’s enjoyment, educational resources for parents and youths, a soccer tournament and more. The festival includes about 100 booths that feature a variety of Mexican food, including tacos, tamales and tostadas. Sponsored by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council (PNCC), the four-day event serves as the main fundraiser for PNCC’s annual scholarship program and the organization’s community organizing efforts.


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Treating Pain With Opioids

multicolor pillsKUOW, one of Seattle’s public radio stations, had a program yesterday on treating chronic pain with opioids with an expert panel weighing in. I only listened to the first half, but what I heard was informative and interesting.

They discussed a recent rise in overdoses among chronic pain sufferers. These are thought to be accidental, resulting from the need to increase dosages when the the patient develops tolerance.

Something I didn’t realize is that, according to the panel, most of the studies on opioids and pain focused on cancer pain, not chronic pain. There’s a significant distinction between medicating people with progressive, potentially fatal diseases and treating people with lifelong pain. Addiction and dependence are concerns, but tolerance — and the higher doses it requires — is a big risk too (not to mention potentially fatal).

Not covered in the program was that opioids appear to change the brain so that the patient actually becomes more sensitive to pain. Building tolerance is not only your body getting use to the drug (called desensitization), but you actually become more sensitive to pain overall (referred to as sensitization), not just the pain that you are specifically treating. It also increases allodynia, which is already a migraine symptom.

This is a summary of the clinical implications of these findings:

“The diminishing opioid analgesic efficacy during a course of opioid therapy is often considered as a sign of pharmacological opioid tolerance. As such, an opioid dose escalation has been a common approach to restoring opioid analgesic effects, assuming that there are no contraindications and no apparent disease progression. . . . [A]pparent opioid tolerance is not synonymous with pharmacological tolerance, which calls for opioid dose escalation, but may be the first sign of opioid-induced pain sensitivity suggesting a need for opioid dose reduction.”

While I firmly believe that pain sufferers should have access to opioids, the issue is much more complicated than DEA intervention. They’re an easy scapegoat and a problem for sure, but the body’s roadblocks may be a greater obstacle. Perhaps we should listen to our bodies and not rely so heavily on opioid pain relief.

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  1. katy says:

    I’m not going to get into a debate about whether or not opioid therapy is “good” or “bad” or even what I think about “opioid induced pain” etc., but you have to take into consideration that just because someone takes long-acting opioids on a long term basis, that doesn’t mean that they don’t still have pain from day one. That is to say that it’s the norm that your migraine pain would be at an 8 when you start opioid treatment, and within a month you get it down to a 5 and it stays there. Opioid treatment has never been about getting rid of all pain–only getting it under better control and learning to live with the lower pain level. If you have a baseline pain level already, and add in a fluctuating pain level because of ongoing acute migraines that are often severe enough to breakthrough your pain control, it’s extremely difficult to determine if that’s just the migraine or if it’s this opioid induced pain they suggest. It’s very complex. All I know is that I can manage much better now, and I’d have that pain level regardless.

    Recently I’ve been able to reduce my breakthrough opioid level because of a dose increase in a preventative med (Lamotrogine). Is that working on migraine pain or something else? dunno.

    Also, there is a lot of evidence that adding a small amt of methadone to your daily opioid can greatly reduce any chance of tolerance to that opioid. Since tolerance was discussed, thought I’d mention it.

    Thanks for the input. I don’t use opioids, so I really appreciate getting your point-of-view.

    I didn’t mean to imply that the person didn’t have pain from day one, but that, according to the article, being on opioids could cause more pain in the long run. I agree that it’s hard to sort out migraine pain from medication-induced pain.

    Interesting about methadone. I hadn’t heard that before.

    I hope you don’t feel like I’m judging you for being on opioid therapy. I vehemently support pain patients having access to prescription painkillers. I always look at the other side too (of anything; it can be a _huge_ problem!).

  2. katy says:

    I didn’t mean to imply that the person didn’t have pain from day one, but that, according to the article, being on opioids could cause more pain in the long run.

    No, I realize, but I think this is one of the factors that makes it so incredibly difficult to sort out and I do really wonder if it plays a critical role in whether or not the person will experience this negative effect of ‘more pain’. I guess I’m wondering if still experiencing a moderate level of pain on a daily basis gives the person any kind of “buffer” against this desensitization effect and maybe it’s more likely to affect the people who try to completely eradicate their pain? If the cause is more perception based, this would make sense to me at least. It’s just something I wondered when reading it yesterday.

    I did notice that one of the articles you linked did talk about the *correct* approach for chronic non-cancer pain management with opioids and that is to reduce pain to a manageable level, NOT to zero.

    Although patients go for treatment to be pain-free, I don’t know if any doctor has that same goal. And that’s for any kind of treatment, not just opioids. To a headache specialist, a treatment is successful if the severity and frequency are reduce by 50%. Obviously there’s a big disconnect there!

    Thanks for making the distinction.

  3. katy says:

    I hope you don’t feel like I’m judging you for being on opioid therapy. I vehemently support pain patients having access to prescription painkillers.

    Absolutely not Kerri 🙂

  4. Christina P says:

    Sorry for being awol, but sometimes, life intervenes!

    No–having a level of pain does not protect from tolerance, nor from allodynia, (meaning that a stimulus normally perceived as nonpainful now causes pain.) Tolerance is dose-related, and will eventually occur. Your brain adjusts to the dose you are taking, and makes more receptors.

    Lamotrigine can be an effective migraine preventative, and is most effective in migraine with aura. I am glad it is working for you.

    Thanks for the input!

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Day 103

After writing last night's post we were startled by a log cracking close by. It had to be something large, and something not afraid to be noisy. Within a few seconds we heard and felt giant footsteps approaching our tent. A huge huff exhaled from the beast- you could see its towering frame outlined by the moon on our vestibule.

We clapped and the giant thundered off. Thinking he was easily startled we went to sleep. About an hour later we both woke up- it was right next to our tent! I fumbled for my trekking poles, Ian tried to peek out to see what the hell was out there. What he saw was amazing...

A gigantic elk towering over our tent! Ian let out a yell. Startled, the elk galloped off, the dust cloud building in the ice blue light. After all the commotion we fell asleep, knowing we had a brush with the king of these woods.

Waking up slowly we hazily broke camp, ate breakfast and boogied. The day had a few snow hiccups early on, but otherwise it was just as scenic, green and quick moving as yesterday. Until the end... There was no sign for the spring we were banking on camping at and we overshot. It's amazing how little water resides in these relatively lush mountains.

Rushing forward, our water was dried up and so were we- the heat is taking it's toll on us. We hiked another two miles and came to a confusing intersection that was suppose to lead us to water. Frustrated because it was unclear where the spring lie, we split at the fork. Mine descended, but ians path kept shooting east. My dead ended, so I followed Ian along- hopeful we would find a spring and wouldn't have to keep going, dehydrated and exhausted. Then Ian gave a whistle and we hit h2o! We set up camp next to the path and small, but good water source. We were thankful, severe dehydration is never fun out here.

We tested our culinary skills and amped up our mashed potatoes with Backpacker pantry's salsa and spicy omelette sides. It was killer and filled the holes growing in our stomachs. With my trekking pole by my side I fall asleep in a very lively forest.


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Belgium’s ROA debuts EA mural

Sunday November 5 2017

ROA’s enormous mural, an Okapi, adorns the

ROA’s enormous mural, an Okapi, adorns the Hotel Okapi in Kigali, Rwanda. PHOTO | ANDREW KAZIBWE | NATION

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A mural by visiting Belgian artist ROA is the talk of town. It is the artist’s first artwork in East Africa. Murals are a growing art form in Rwanda.

The country holds a rich environmental history and this collaboration with ROA was seen as a unique, inspiring way of promoting conservation.

ROA is a private artist and he barely shows himself in public. He also likes to keep his personal life private when being interviewed and prefers his artwork to speak for itself.

The artist, who likes working with black and white paint, is inspired by nature. This is especially reflected in his realism art works that examine the relationship between man and the environment.

On his visit to Rwanda, the artist toured some parts of Kinigi village, Musanze district in the Northern Province and got to sightsee the wildlife.
“Nature is a great inspiration that drives my passion for what I do,” he told Rwanda Today.

ROA’s enormous mural, an Okapi, adorned Kigali’s Hotel Okapi, in the city centre from October 24- 29.

Largest mural artwork

Using a crane to hoist himself up, the artist created the piece using spray paints. He created what is being termed the largest mural artwork in Rwanda. The mural, which aims to promote environmental conservation through art-based activism and community engagement, attracted many Kigali residents.

ROA is considered one of the most influential muralists of our time. The Belgian artist is known for creating massive black and white paintings of animals that examine the relationship between humanity and the environment.

His art has been featured in major cities such as London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Sydney, Moscow, Mexico City, Cape Town and other prominent galleries and museums around the world.

ROA toured Kinigi village from October 19- 21, where he created smaller artworks at the Rwanda Development Board facilities. He also gave a private Artist Talk about art, activism, and conservation to local artists.
The artist’s visit was part of a project led by Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga, a local social-enterprise that focuses on the use of street-art to engage society in creating positive social change. Other partners of the project were the Rwanda Development Board, the Belgium Embassy, Kigali Goethe Institut and Rwanda Arts Initiative.

The project will also feature public exhibitions and screening events in November, according to the organisers.


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Saudi Aramco Seeks 70% Localisation of Content by 2021

Date : Dec 21, 2017

Saudi Aramco has called for increased efforts to reach 70 per cent locally supplied content by 2021 as it signed a raft of MoUs and contracts with local suppliers and international partners.

The call came during Aramco's annual flagship localisation event, the iktva SMEs Forum and Exhibition 2017.

Hosted by Amin H Nasser, Saudi Aramco President and CEO, this year’s In-Kingdom Total Value Addition (iktva) forum welcomed Prince Saud Bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor of the Eastern Province; Prince Ahmed bin Fahad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Governor of the Eastern Province; Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry & Resources, and a number of global executives.

Having in previous years worked closely with large corporations and suppliers the event this year targeted SMEs in an effort to nurture the critical role they will continue to play in the kingdom’s growth and specifically the work to reach its crucial 2030 strategic goals.

In his keynote remarks before an audience of over 2,300 delegates from 30 countries, Nasser highlighted the iktva program and the opportunities it offers to the local supply chain.

Nasser said that iktva aims to deliver a world-class, locally sourced supply chain in the kingdom with an overarching objective of achieving 70 per cent of locally supplied content by 2021.

He said: “iktva aims to promote the added value in the supply chain, to encourage local manufacturers to invest in R&D, and to develop the talent and human resources in the Kingdom. We are very pleased to support iktva plans and we believe that the increasing adoption of iktva principles is clear evidence that we are well positioned to achieve the 2021 objectives.”

Nasser also indicated that Saudi Aramco was on course to end the year with a local purchase rate of 50 per cent which translates to SR13 billion.

With the spotlight on SMEs, their essential contribution to the kingdom’s strategic Vision 2030 plan was a key discussion point at the two day event and in further efforts to embed iktva principles, a series of workshops and panel discussions examined the opportunities for investments in local supply chain businesses and activities.

In one of the highlights of the conference, a number of Excellence awards were presented by HRH Prince Saud Bin Nayef Al Saud, Governor of the Eastern Province. These awards recognized excellence in the application of iktva principles.  They were presented to Schlumberger for ‘Best Overall iktva Performance’, Azmeel Contracting for ‘Most Improved iktva Performance;’ Arabian Drilling Company for ‘Best in Training & Development;’ Halliburton for ‘Best in SME Development.’

Meanwhile, winners of the ‘Best SMEs’ award were Global Company for Downstream Industries (GDI), Innosoft, and AZR Technologies.

In further iktva inspired developments Saudi Aramco signed a suite of MoUs with companies seeking to enhance and develop their application of iktva principles with five-year plans.

• Saudi Aramco and Technicas Reunidas signed an MoU to execute a 5-year iktva plan;
• Saudi Aramco and SNC-Lavalin signed an MoU to initiate the execution of SNC–Lavalin’s 5-year iktva plan and to boost the localisation of critical “craft construction services”, support localization efforts and develop Saudi engineering talent;
• Saudi Aramco and Sinopec signed an MoU to initiate the execution of Sinopec’s 5-year iktva plan to work towards increasing the numbers of new job creating Saudi enterprises;
• Saudi Aramco and National Petroleum Technology (NPS) signed an MoU to initiate the execution of NPS 5- year iktva plan entailing two major projects in partnership with local and international world class manufacturers and the development of training opportunities for Saudi talent;
• Saudi Aramco and Taqa signed an MoU to initiate the execution of Taqa’s 5-year iktva plan and to enhance the security of supply and boost job creation among young Saudi talent;
• Saudi Aramco and Dalma Gulf Drilling signed an MoU to initiate the execution of Dalma’s 5-year iktva plan focusing on the hiring and development of Saudi talent;
• Saudi Aramco and Zamil Offshore signed an MoU to initiate the execution of a 5-year iktva plan and to expand and develop their assets and human capital within the kingdom;
• Saudi Aramco and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) signed a MoU to execute a 5-year iktva plan highlighting their intention to increase spend on local goods and services and increase Saudization.

Saudi Aramco also signed contracts with a total value of SR390 million with a number of local suppliers and also signed an additional SR6.3 million contract with oilfield services company Schlumberger.


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FALMOUTH — The town hired Lucas Tree to do an inventory this week of browntail moth nests on all public roads east of Interstate 295 and select public roads west of the highway.

Residents who are aware of browntail moth nests on their own property are encouraged to email the details to mtryon@falmouthme.org or call 699-5335.

Residents reporting such nests are asked to include their name, address, the number of nests and their specific location. Go to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry website for help in identifying browntail moth nests.


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General relativity
G_{\mu \nu} + \Lambda g_{\mu \nu}= {8\pi G\over c^4} T_{\mu \nu}
Einstein field equations
Mathematical formulation
Linearized Gravity
Post-Newtonian formalism
Einstein field equations
Friedmann equations
ADM formalism
BSSN formalism

Linearized gravity is an approximation scheme in general relativity in which the nonlinear contributions from the spacetime metric are ignored. This allows the study of many problems to be simplified.

The method

In linearized gravity, the metric tensor of spacetime g is treated as a sum of a solution of Einstein's equations (usually the Minkowski space) and a perturbation h.

g \, =\eta+h

where η is the nondynamical background metric that is perturbing about and h represents the deviation of the true metric (g) from flat spacetime.

The perturbation is treated using the methods of perturbation theory. The adjective "linearized" means that all terms of order higher than one (quadratic in h, cubic in h etc...) in the perturbation are ignored.

The Einstein field equations, being nonlinear in the metric, are difficult to solve exactly and the above perturbation scheme allows one to obtain linearised Einstein field equations. These equations are linear in the metric and the sum of two solutions of the linearized EFE is also a solution. The idea of 'ignoring the nonlinear part' is thus encapsulated in this linearization procedure.

The method is used to derive the Newtonian limit, including the first corrections, much like for a derivation of the existence of gravitational waves that led, after quantization, to gravitons. This is why the conceptual approach of linearized gravity is the canonical one in particle physics, string theory, and more generally quantum field theory where classical (bosonic) fields are expressed as coherent states of particles.

This approximation is also known as the weak-field approximation as it is only valid for tiny h's.

Weak-field approximation

In a weak-field approximation, the gauge symmetry is associated with diffeomorphisms with small "displacements" (diffeomorphisms with huge displacements obviously violate the weak field approximation), which has the exact form (for infinitesimal transformations)

\delta_{\vec{\xi}}h=\delta_{\vec{\xi}}g-\delta_{\vec{\xi}}\eta=\mathcal{L}_{\vec{\xi}}g=\mathcal{L}_{\vec{\xi}}\eta+\mathcal{L}_{\vec{\xi}}h= \left[\xi_{\nu;\mu} + \xi_{\mu;\nu} + \xi^\alpha h_{\mu\nu;\alpha} + \xi^\alpha_{;\mu} h_{\alpha\nu} + \xi^\alpha_{;\nu} h_{\mu\alpha}\right]dx^\mu \otimes dx^\nu

Where \mathcal{L} is the Lie derivative and we used the fact that η doesn't transform (by definition). Note that we are raising and lowering the indices with respect to η and not g and taking the covariant derivatives (Levi-Civita connection) with respect to η. This is the standard practice in linearized gravity. The way of thinking in linearized gravity is this: the background metric η IS the metric and h is a field propagating over the spacetime with this metric.

In the weak field limit, this gauge transformation simplifies to

\delta_{\vec{\xi}}h_{\mu\nu}\approx \left(\mathcal{L}_{\vec{\xi}}\eta\right)_{\mu\nu}=\xi_{\nu;\mu} + \xi_{\mu;\nu}

The weak-field approximation is useful in finding the values of certain constants, for example in the Einstein field equations and in the Schwarzschild metric.

Linearised Einstein field equations

The linearised Einstein field equations (linearised EFE) are an approximation to Einstein's field equations that is valid for a weak gravitational field and is used to simplify many problems in general relativity and to discuss the phenomena of gravitational radiation. It can also be used to derive Newtonian gravity as the weak-field approximation of Einsteinian gravity.

They are obtained by assuming the spacetime metric is only slightly different from some baseline metric (usually a Minkowski metric). Then the difference in the metrics can be considered as a field on the baseline metric, whose behaviour is approximated by a set of linear equations.

Derivation for the Minkowski metric

Starting with the metric for a spacetime in the form

gab = ηab + hab

where \, \eta_{ab} is the Minkowski metric and \, h_{ab} — sometimes written as \epsilon \, \gamma_{ab} — is the deviation of \, g_{ab} from it. h must be negligible compared to η: \left| h_{\mu \nu} \right| \ll 1 (and similarly for all derivatives of h). Then one ignores all products of h (or its derivatives) with h or its derivatives (equivalent to ignoring all terms of higher order than 1 in ε). It is further assumed in this approximation scheme that all indices of h and its derivatives are raised and lowered with η.

The metric h is clearly symmetric, since g and η are. The consistency condition gabg bc = δac shows that

g^{ab} \, = \eta^{ab} - h^{ab}

The Christoffel symbols can be calculated as

2 \Gamma ^a_{bc} = (h^a{}_{b,c}+h^a{}_{c,b}-h_{bc,}{}^a)

where h_{bc,}{}^a \ \stackrel{\mathrm{def}}{=}\ \eta^{ar} h_{bc,r}, and this is used to calculate the Riemann tensor:

2R^a{}_{bcd} = 2(\Gamma^a_{bd,c}-\Gamma^a_{bc,d}) = \eta^{ae} (h_{eb,dc}+h_{ed,bc}-h_{bd,ec} - h_{eb,cd}-h_{ec,bd}+h_{bc,ed}) =
 = \eta^{ae} (h_{ed,bc}-h_{bd,ec}-h_{ec,bd}+h_{bc,ed}) = h^a_{d,bc} - h_{bd,}{}^ a{}_c + h_{bc,}{}^a{}_d - h^a{}_{c,bd}

Using Rbd = δcaRa bcd gives

2R_{bd}= h^r_{d,br} + h^r_{b,dr} -h_{,bd} - h_{bd, rs} \eta ^{rs}

Then the linearized Einstein equations are

 8\pi T_{bd} \, = R_{bd} - R_{ac} \eta^{ac} \eta_{bd} / 2

 8\pi T_{bd} = (h^r_{d,br} + h^r_{b,dr} -h_{,bd} - h_{bd, r}{}^r - h^r_{s,r}{}^s \eta_{bd})/2 + ( h_{,a}{}^a \eta_{bd} + h_{ac, r}{}^r \eta^{ac} \eta_{bd}) /4

Or, equivalently:

 8\pi (T_{bd} - T_{ac} \eta^{ac} \eta_{bd}/2) \, = R_{bd}
 16\pi (T_{bd} - T_{ac} \eta^{ac} \eta_{bd}/2) \, = h^r_{d,br} + h^r_{b,dr} -h_{,bd} - h_{bd, rs} \eta ^{rs}

The linearised EFE are used primarily in the theory of gravitational radiation, where the gravitational field far from the source is approximated by these equations.

See also

  • Stephani, Hans (1990). General Relativity: An Introduction to the Theory of the Gravitational Field,. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-37941-5.
  • Adler, Ronald; Bazin, Maurice' & Schiffer, Menahem (1965). Introduction to General Relativity. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-000423-4.

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"My, Oh My"
Single by The Wreckers
from the album Stand Still, Look Pretty
Released September 2006
Genre Country
Length 3:31
Label Maverick
Writer(s) Michelle Branch, Jessica Harp, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and Josh Leo
Producer Paul Worley
The Wreckers singles chronology
"Leave the Pieces"
"My, Oh My"

"My, Oh My" is the title of a song written by Wayne Kirkpatrick, Josh Leo, and co-written and recorded by American country duo The Wreckers. It was released in September 2006 as the second single from their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty.

"My, Oh My" is a mid-tempo song with a traditional production featuring banjo, fiddle, and cowbell. The song speaks of a narrator who notices how everything changes so rapidly, and remembers when there was empty land where there are now parking lots and stores.

Not no more
Not no more
My, oh my
Look how the time flies
Look how the world changes
In the blink of an eye
My, oh my
Look how the years have flown
Turning around before you know it
Up and gone
Oh my, oh my, oh my

The song is performed completely in duet form by both members of The Wreckers (Branch and Harp), as oppose to other songs where they alternate between verses ("Leave the Pieces") or one member has lead vocals on a certain song (Harp on "Tennessee").

Music video

The music video is in the style of old westerns.

The music video, directed by Paul Boyd, features Jessica Harp and Michelle Branch riding in a horse drawn carriage. They pick up a banker with a briefcase full of cash. Then they stage a robbery of the cash with their gang/band. When the police show up they pretend to be innocents and slowly slip away with the cash. The video is done old western style.

Chart performance

"My, Oh My" debuted at #56 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 23, 2006. In January 2007, the song also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #94.[1]

Chart (2006-2007) Peak
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 87
Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles 6

  1. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Beyonce Begins Seventh Week As Hot 100 Leader",, January 18, 2007.

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Video for an old recording of When I Lay My Burden Down

Video for a recent recording of O! Superman!

Music video for Becoming Mark Kermode (A Love Song by The Gillroyd Parade)

Most of the first song from our set at Hyde Park Unity Day 2009. The performance reflects the general chaos of the day, but also (we hope) some of the fun too. We were in the Cloth Cat and Vision geodome. Recorded in wobble-cam for your enjoyment.

Videos from PARADEDAY! - Saturday 11th October 2008. Captured at Kev's house and posted to Youtube.

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Regarding recent letters to the editor:

Question for Barry Geng, did you forget President Barack Obama inherited two wars and a country on the verge of the worst depression since the 1930s? You may have also forgotten that the war in Iraq was based on the lies President George W. Bush told Congress.

I didn't realize Burlington's own Tom Green is privy to President Obama's conversation with the Russian president. I suppose he could have gotten his information from Fox News or maybe Rush Limbaugh.

Is anyone else wondering what negative message Richard Gates is attributing to President Obama's campaign? Could it be the truth that CEO Mitt Romney of Bain Capital closed plants and sent the jobs overseas? Is it possibly the fact that Romney won't release more than two years of his tax returns because his wife says it would only open a can of worms? As far as Mr. Gates letting us know who you are supporting, you didn't need to bother. Would you support Todd Akin if he lived in Iowa?

What can I say about Leland Graber's reference to the poor, the worthless and the illegal immigrant Democrats? So, who do you consider worthless? Just curious. Considering some of your past comments in letters to the editor, you may not be aware that the Iowa legislature passed a marriage law that violated the Iowa Constitution. All of the Supreme Court justices voted to uphold your state constitution and declared the law unconstitutional. It would be a good idea to bone up on the constitution for your state (or your country) before writing again.

It looks like Tom Greene thinks it's fair and appropriate for billionaire Warren Buffet to pay 14 percent tax on his millions of income, while his secretary pays 30 percent tax on her income (which is probably substantial, but no doubt substantially less than her boss). Not to mention GE paying no taxes on $10 billion income.

Last but not least, I see Dick Lord called another Hawk Eye columnist a liar. Not long ago it was Mike Sweet he was calling a liar for stating correctly that there were 45,000 American casualties from the Iraq War. Dick, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you were just misinformed when you said there were 5,000 American casualties. We know you would never lie about such a thing.

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the world headquarters of The Brewing Network™ live radio studio.

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Craft Series: Pelican Pub & Brewery

  • The Hop Grenade 2151 Salvio Street Concord, CA, 94520 United States (map)

Come hang with the crew of Oregon's Pelican Pub & Brewery as they join The Brewing Network's live broadcast of The Session! Of course, we will be pouring several of their awesome beers as well.

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Sole Hope

Shoes…we wear them every day. Most of us have multiple pairs of shoes and have the option to find the perfect pair to make our outfit look great. Not only do our shoes help show off our personal style, but they also protect our feet from getting wet, dirty, and from infections. Additionally, they allow us to run, jump, and play wherever we want! What if you didn’t have any shoes though and every day your feet were at risk of getting bit by fleas called jiggers? This is true for thousands of people in Eastern Africa, and while jiggers are little they create big problems. This month we are asking our Ambassadors to help make these problems as tiny as the fleas that cause them.

Jiggers are small sand fleas that bury into a person’s skin, often on their feet, and feeds off of their blood. In a matter of days, a jigger swells to over 1000 times its’ original size and lays hundreds of eggs. Once hatched, the eggs lead to painful itching and infection causing the affected person to have difficulty walking. Children are not able to attend school, adults cannot provide for their families, and the elderly are often immobilized in their homes. Once an infected person is no longer able to walk, the jiggers often will move to other areas of the body. While there is no cure, there are preventative steps that the people of Uganda can take to live life jigger free!

This month, we are partnering with an organization called Sole Hope to help people in Eastern Africa become one step closer to living life jigger free! Sole Hope’s mission is to build relationships, provide treatment, and educate people through the Sole Hope Outreach House located in Uganda. At the Sole Hope Outreach House, locals and volunteers from all over the world help remove jiggers, provide shoes, and educate people on how to remain jigger free. We will be helping them this month by putting together Care Kits! After assembled, Care Kits are sent to Uganda where nurses use the contents, along with soap and a wash basin, to remove jiggers, care for wounds, and help patients treat any future cases of jiggers themselves.

Items Needed for This Month’s Campaign:

(Makes one Care Kit)

    • Quart sized freezer bags
    • Snack-sized Ziploc bags
    • Ten bandaids – a variety of sizes, please
    • Five LARGE safety pins
    • Cotton balls
    • One tube of Triple Antibiotic Cream
    • Ten alcohol wipes
    • One page of children’s stickers
    • A box for shipping your Care Kit(s)
    • Optional – care or note for the recipient

How to do this Month’s Campaign:

Once you have gathered and counted out your supplies, you are ready to assemble your Care Kit(s)!

    1. Fill the snack-sized Ziploc bag with cotton balls
    2. Place all items in the quart-sized freezer bag
    3. Don’t forget to include your fun stickers!
    4. Pack your Care Kit(s) in the shipping box
    5. Include any extra supplies, please be sure to pack them separately in quart-sized Ziploc bags. Ex: all extra cotton balls in one quart-sized bag, all extra safety pins in another quart-sized bag, all extra alcohol wipes in another quart-sized bag, etc.
    6. Print out and include the Sole Hope Return Form – Care Kit Return Form
    7. Include an optional donation – please be sure to place cash or checks in an envelope. If writing a check please make it payable to Sole Hope and write FUN224151 in the memo
    8. Mail your Care Kit(s) to one of the addresses listed below

Feel free to check out the Care Kit instructional video provided by Sole Hope below!

You may choose to make more than one Care Kit, however, please note that Sole Hope requests if you make more than 10 Kits to please include $2 for every kit over 10 i.e. 11 Kits = $2, 12 Kits = $4. This covers the extra supplies needed to complete each kit – the wash basin, soap, and educational materials. If you choose to make more than 10 kits please place your cash or check in an envelope with the total number of Care Kits and the total amount of donations written on the outside of the envelope.

USPS: Sole Hope PO Box 3263 Salisbury, NC 28145

UPS/FedEx: Sole Hope 605 East Innes Street #3263 Salisbury, NC 28144

If you wish to learn more about Sole Hope you can check out their website here Sole Hope

Reflection Questions:

  • What did you learn from participating in this month’s campaign?
  • How would you feel if every day you were at risk of being infected by jiggers? How would your life change?
  • How do you think the patients will feel when they receive your Care Kit?


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Results for February 2010
Awards given out by JCP

Have you ever had a salad dressing try to attack you while you slept?
If not, have you ever been attacked by ANYTHING while you slept?

Good Answer AwardOne time, about two years ago a bottle of 1000 island dressing fell from my nightstand and hit me in the face. Since, I got a cat which also attacks me while I sleep.-Toast

Good Answer AwardYes i was attacked by a lap dancing sock monkey. It was traumatizing and now i have ptsd -Kandy gurl

I haven't been attacked by a salad dressing but my chemistry textbook tries to knaw on my feet sometimes.-Xifihas

Good Answer AwardI have always an addmittedly unfounded suspcious view of salad dressing. I had successfuly resisted it's zesty charms for well over a decade until my thirteenth birthday. "The day you finally become a man" they told me, "is the day you allow salad dressing into your heart". Never doing things half arsed I decided to embrace it, even with the little things that get stuck in your teeth. I drank a bottle of the Newman juice and immediatly vomited everywhere. I will never trust again.-Nelson

yes -Gino

Good Answer AwardYes, it was quite scary. The potato salad went bad, and convinced the dressing to be an accomplice. Luckily, the ketchup was strong enough to resist the temptations of a rewarding life of crime. Well, technically the ketchup was turned down. Honestly, who asks for health care benefits anymore?-Mysterious Okra

Yes. I hate you, Catalina!-PENGUINS EAT MAMMA JAMMAS!

I was attacked by a sloth. It took about 5 months to get to me, but once it finally did, it only took about 2 weeks for it to eat all my hair.-French Cheese

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