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JANUARY 2024 UPDATE:
The Government of Alberta has released draft updated Flood Hazard Area maps for communities across the province, including Calgary, that reflect the latest understanding of flood risk.
The maps include a new approach for flood hazard area mapping, dividing the flood hazard area into four categories that reflect the level of risk.
Now through February 12, 2024, the province is seeking public input on the updated Flood Hazard Area maps. Visit Bow and Elbow River flood study for more information about the draft map for Calgary and the province’s public engagement process.
Until the Flood Hazard Area maps are finalized by the Government of Alberta and City of Calgary policies and bylaws have been updated, development applications will continue to be assessed according to existing flood maps and regulations. The City will continue to share the best available flood risk information with development applicants and others, as we have since 2013.
To learn more about how the updated provincial mapping will impact our community, visit the Calgary River Valleys Project.
We can’t prevent flooding entirely, but we can be prepared for when it happens. One of the best ways to be flood-ready is to know your flood risk.
Find out if you are at risk for flooding
Learn more about how flooding happens in Calgary, including types of flooding, highest risk seasons, causes and impacts to our city.
Calgary Flood Maps and River Flows
View our flood maps and river flow data to see if your property is at risk of flooding.
Our maps portal also includes access to other flood data including:
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- Inundation maps for various sized floods
- Hydraulic models and hydrology assessments


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When Innes saw the work of Lucio Fontana in Amsterdam in 1988, he was particularly struck by the Italian artist’s technique of cutting into his canvases. Innes developed this idea in his own work in the early 1990s through removing paint from the surface. Innes’s technique of brushing turpentine onto the painted surface of the canvas is in itself a form of painting and the result is an extraordinarily rich surface. Callum Innes won the Jerwood Painting Prize in 2002.
Where to see this painting?
Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England, TN34 3DW
If you are planning a visit to see this painting, check with the collection first. Paintings can be moved at short notice.

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This paper discusses to integrate existing industrial message protocol to real-time IoT platform with minor changes. MMS (Manufacturing Message Specification) is a message protocol for communication between heterogeneous devices in the industrial network. However, there is a disadvantage that a single message cannot control multiple devices and does not support devices using private IP. It is unsuitable for environments that currently use IoT of interest in industrial fields. In this paper, a method to use MMS in real-time IoT platform is discussed and proposed method is compared with MMS by implementing motor system.


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Last Friday I wrote that the hryvnia to zloty for refugees program was in the making by the National Bank of Poland and now more details have been revealed.
The exchange of hryvnia into zlotys for refugees from Ukraine will start in selected banks in Poland on Friday, March 25. Narodowy Bank Polski will buy hryvnia from commercial banks participating in the program.
The limit is 10000 hryvnia per person
Adult citizens of Ukraine will be able to exchange hryvnia for zloty. The limit is 10000 hryvnia per person. The purchase is possible thanks to the agreement concluded by the NBP with the National Bank of Ukraine.
Banks will accept banknotes in denominations from 100 to 1000 hryvnia for exchange. The exchange rate will be as close as possible to the official hryvnia-zloty rate, the NBP said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Many representatives of the brave Ukrainian nation escaped from the criminal aggression to Poland. Often, they only have hryvnia with them (taken in a hurry), which so far they could not exchange for zloty.
From the first day of the war, we worked at the National Bank of Poland together with our friends from the National Bank of Ukraine to solve this problem.
It is important that the heroic defenders of Ukraine know that we care for their families. I am very happy that this issue, important for refugees, has been settled” said the President of the National Bank of Poland Adam Glapiński, President of the National Bank of Poland, quoted in the press release.
National Bank of Ukraine will buy up to 10 billion UAH
The hryvnia, which commercial banks will accept from Ukrainians, will be bought by the National Bank of Poland and then exchanged in the NBU at the same rate.
Pursuant to the agreement, the National Bank of Ukraine will buy up to UAH 10 billion in cash from the National Bank of Poland .
Source: The National Bank of Poland

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The 26th edition of Autopromotec, the most specialized international exhibition of automotive equipment and aftermarket products, took place at the Bologna Trade Fair Center from Wednesday May 20 to Sunday 24 May, 2015.
The "Autopromotec¨ is one of its kinds with the presence of automotive equipments, automotive accessories, automotive services and products, automotive technologies and solutions, parts and tools, auxiliary accessories and equipments, heavy and light machineries and all automotive devices and components.
The event has emerged to be a great platform that has given birth to several business connections and networking opportunities. With the latest products and technologies of the automotive industry, the event has succeeded in attracting visitors, in large numbers.
HB Body participated in Autopromotec 2015 with stand A18 in Hall 30, which was specialized in equipment and products for body shops.
Thank you all for visiting our stand in Autopromotec-Bologna 2015.


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‘Bleaching’ the gospel
I sincerely believe that the desire to bring about justice and wellbeing for others is intimately motivated and sustained by God. That is what faith in action means to me. Not an overt mission for conversion and redemption. Nor an organised strategy to demonstrate how caring the church can be.
I also believe that we need to be realistic about the place of Catholic social services in the broader theatre of Australia’s welfare and community services sector. Where once it was the foundation of the evolving safety net, it now occupies a somewhat niche contribution within a wider and more comprehensive government and other non-government services network.
So, there is likely to be debates over the essential, if not crucial, contribution Catholic based services provide the community and the necessity or otherwise for their continued support from governments, policy makers and funders of all descriptions.
In the financial world a margin call occurs when the value of an account has fallen below agreed levels. At that point additional capital is required to restore the value of the account and in turn the confidence of investors. If the trader doesn’t deposit funds into the account, then assets are sold regardless of their previous market value. The trader remains active for as long as it has assets and can find willing buyers. The upshot is a depleted company, with its reputation damaged, its product on the slide and its management under notice.
I put it to you that this is not too far from the situation we currently find ourselves facing in the Catholic Church. Through gross mismanagement and blatant deception, the institutional church has squandered the good will of the overwhelming majority of its members. It has debased the value of the church in the broader community. It has added fuel to the fire over the relevancy of the Church to modern day life.
Just as depressing is when some in positions of authority and influence in the institution remain on a course that holds little hope for any correction in the near term. You can still hear senior church personnel deluding themselves that the crimes, cover ups, and obfuscations are things of the past; that the good works of the church, in schools, welfare and health, will restore its public standing and that the public critics and cynical media are part of a broader ‘anti-church’ agenda in a post Christian world.
Throughout the royal commission years some would lament there was little attention paid to the extent of good works undertaken by the church across our community. Works of social service, health care, pastoral support and education. Some now fear those works will be tainted by the loss of trust the community holds for the institution in general. Others despair at the ‘brand damage’ the revelations of the scandal have brought.
Have we the capacity to let our broken hearts speak? Can we dare to be different? Are we too captive to an arrogance born of certainty and institutional longevity? Have we stopped hearing the cries of the poor, the oppressed, the misunderstood and the strange ones?
These questions are the type of self-analysis that comes with spiritual discernment, supposedly a mainstay for any ministry. They are also prompted by the prophets of our times. Those who have courageously unsettled our comforts, questioned our intentions and stretched our imaginations.
They are the brave hearts who dared to speak truth to power, who wore the rejection and the scapegoating of an institution in denial. They are the free spirits who have stood proudly in the face of prejudice and discrimination knowing all too well that ‘fitting in’ was the price for acceptance and harmony. A price no longer able to meet the margin call.
First and foremost, we need consensus on what a church, and in turn, church run social services, are on about. In a society that regards religion as just another lifestyle choice at best, we need to resist trying to pump air into old tyres that have run their course. We need to dream of an engaged, vibrant and relevant church that is reflected not just in its outreach but more importantly in its manner, disposition and basic humanity.
The sex abuse scandal made it abundantly plain that when the institution is threatened it closes ranks, manages its risks and does not act and speak out of its heart but strategises out of its head. Only a heart driven church will have any chance of relating beyond its increasingly narrowing base.
Secondly, the scandal revealed just how ‘victim friendly’ the institution really is. It was rare to hear of occasions where victims were believed rather than tolerated. To hear where victims were assisted to make their case rather than interrogated in order to be found wanting. To hear where the church authorities were transparent and pastoral rather than cautious and reliant solely on legal and insurance advice.
Only a church that walks along with victims and risks becoming a victim with them can resonate the spirit of Jesus and the dream of the gospel.
Thirdly, the glaring lack of moral leadership during the scandal not only speaks volumes about the potential to be disconnected from our basic reason for being, it also warrants major surgery as to who gets to participate in the governance of the church. Unless we break the shackles of entitlement and cronyism, become inclusive and more representative in our decision making we risk losing any claim to renewal and reform.
Yet, maybe not unsurprisingly, we still find the same model of administration and the same culture of clerical entitlement controlling the management of the institution. Doing more of the same should not be the answer, but there is every indication that the fear of loss of control will continue to ward off sensible power sharing between clergy and laity, the promotion of women into governance roles and the democratising of administrative functions such that local parishes and communities are trusted to design and oversight ministries to meet very local needs.
That challenge lays very much before us and we should not let it fall to those inside the church bubble. Instead we need to agitate for the change we identify, to speak confidently of its benefits and to insist on a seat at the tables that matter.
We are very much a part of the socially conservative infrastructure of society – upholders of traditional values, lifestyles and conventions. Our asset holdings across dioceses, hospitals, education and welfare settings implants a Catholic footprint the envy of any land and capital speculator. It also engenders a conservative, cautious instinct that makes responsiveness and flexibility difficult to deliver.
We bleach the gospel of its radical nature and we tame its spirit to fit our narrow vista.
This is a conditioned response, a confected culture of self-protection and self-promulgation. I think we are called to be so much more. Not mere subjects to an institution or the expectations of an organised religion, but rather active participants in stretching our sense of church and ministry into frontiers where others stay disengaged from difference or even worse fight against it.
We need to adopt a spirituality that is non dualistic, person centered and humble. One that readily holds what may first appear as opposites in a creative tension. From this disposition I put it to you that there is a call to go to the existential margins as much as there is the imperative to be at the economic and socially impoverished places. Poverty does have a postcode, but not just spatially. The dignity and wellbeing of people is coming under significant threat particularly in the areas of gender identification.
The despair and despondency some people experience as they seek to literally be themselves in communities where prejudice and religious fundamentalism make them outcasts or worse must be eradicated. It is not enough for churches to spruik platitudes and empty rhetoric over the challenges confronting people of same sex attraction, gender dysphoria or trans sexual orientation. Respect and loving embrace should come with no strings attached.
To be truly Catholic is to find unity across differences. It is to acknowledge that everyone is being made in the image of God.
The signs of our times are calling the church to rediscover within its tradition this more pastoral approach. For too long we have adopted a ‘one size fits all’ approach to human sexuality and intimacy. The upshot has seen alienation and despair.
These days we are blessed by prophets of honesty and hope. Victims for sure but advocates for life indeed. Whether they have visited us from the scandal or whether they tentatively live amongst us eager for our awakening and embrace, they deserve our heartfelt respect and we their forgiveness.
This is an edited version of a speech titled, Margin Call – The Risk of Integrity, presented by Francis Sullivan at a Catholic Social Services Australia conference in Melbourne. Mr Sullivan is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council.
Adelaide will host the Plenary Council from October 4 to 11. The final report of the Listening and Dialogue stage, Listen to what the Spirit is saying, can be accessed at: www.plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au/resources/reports

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Detroit is a sports town. Some years are good, some not so much.
The 1930s were great years—Athletes from Detroit and around the State could not be stopped. During the 1935-36 season the Tigers, Red Wings, and the Lions (yes, THOSE Lions) all won their respective Championships.
Joe Louis was dominating the ring, Gar Wood was the king of power boating, and Eddie “The Midnight Express” Nolan was setting Olympic sprinting records. Michigan athletes were unstoppable.
“The City of Champions” trophy was presented to Detroit by President Roosevelt, and resides in the Detroit Historical Museum to this day.
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The Live American Idol shows started last night. And while the men took the stage to try and impress America, Steven Tyler might have stole the show by poking fun of co-judge Jennifer Lopez’s Academy […]
Steven Tyler is not your normal rocker. And he certainly is not your normal American Idol judge. At the end of the announcmemnts of the final 24 for this season of the show Tyler decided […]
Yet another “American Idol” contestant is upset with producers, and how she was portrayed on the show. Show reject and police officer, Alisha Bernhardt wants to let America know she isn’t really a she-devil.
We’ll never forget [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Christina Aguilera[/lastfm] flubbing the “Star-Spangled Banner” at last year’s Super Bowl, and no one will soon forget [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Steven Tyler[/lastfm]’s recent offering to the worst “Star-Spangled” preformances. With the Super Bowl coming […]
TMZ is reporting, that Jennifer Diley, the American Idol contestant who wore booty shorts and a skimpy top to her audition is upset with [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Steven Tyler[/lastfm]. She claims that the [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Aerosmith [/lastfm]front-man promised […]
We’ll never forget Christina Aguilera’s epic failure during the National Anthem at last year’s Super Bowl. Some are saying Steven Tyler came pretty close yesterday, giving a performance that wouldn’t get a golden ticket to […]
American Idol returned to our televisions for the 11th season. This season’s 16 year-old contestants can’t remember life before Idol, and they most likely grew up singing in front of the television with past Idol […]
TMZ has pictures of [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Aerosmith[/lastfm] lead singer and American Idol judge Steven Tyler enjoying time on the beach in Maui with his fiance, Erin Brady. The speedo-sporting singer was snorkling not far from his intended.
Steven Tyler, frontman for the band [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Aerosmith [/lastfm], took a spill in the shower the other day while on tour with his band in Paraguay. the fall led many to wonder if Tyler had […]
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The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his wife Virginia's black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories. From Re-Animator To From Beyond to Dagon he is widely recognized as a master of H. That film was a delirious mix of Poe's narrative with the Spanish Inquisition.
Strangely enough he has only done one Poe film to date 1991's unjustly forgotten Pit & The Pendulum.
His pencils were virtually flawless, and his inking, although lacking some of the sophistication and techniques that the next twenty-plus years would bring to him, was perfectly suited to his pencils.
He knew how and when to use a thick line and when to use a thin one.
At the time I had no idea that a drabble was 100 words (though I think the definition may have shifted now? Anyway, these are the drabbles I wrote for other people.
Not including LJ names because many of them have been deleted/become defunct.
It had been a gift to him by Al Williamson for Gray's having helped out by inking one page of Flash #1 and modelling for one of the characters -- Dr. A great plus to Williamson's work in the middle 1960's through the seventies was that in my opinion, he achieved his greatest balance as penciler and inker. His layouts, always lovely, reached a pinnacle that would be difficult to top.Nineteen drabbles about conspiracies, aliens, monsters, illness, alternate universes, love affairs, and the occasional good guy.Oh, and you might recognize the last one as a parody of Snoopy's bestselling novel.Once again, Gordon returns to Poe for his second outing on Masters Of Horror.This time out it is The Black Cat being adapted and he and screenwriter Dennis Paoli deliver a doozy.


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The Edge of Paradise (which has previously been titled Taylor Camp and Paradise Found) is Robert C. Stone’s documentary on the “Taylor Camp” hippie living community, which existed on Kaua‘i from 1969-1974. It encapsulates a lost time and recreates a you-had-to-be-there-to-really-get-it living community. Imagine, if you can, a seven-acre stretch of land on the Garden Isle, removed from everything else, in which families, transients, and dedicated hippies came to live together. Kids grew up there, multi-level homes were built, and years full of noteworthy incidents, good and bad, created a near-mythic, idyllic, and controversial living space.
Stone’s film (which was produced by John Wehrheim) celebrates the remarkable living conditions and mindset of those who were a part of the Taylor Camp family but, even better, probes deeply into its infrastructure and how outsiders viewed the establishment. In the early stretch – with generous footage and photos illustrating how it was a place of inventively created homes, with free love, rampant nudity, and carefree sex and drug use – questions pile up. What did the locals make of all this? What were the experiences like for the children involved? Was there anyone policing any of this? What was it like within those homes and did everyone have a good experience? All of these questions are addressed.
While the interview subjects don’t have their names on screen until the end credits (in a great then-and-now reveal), all of the speakers are lucid, colorful, and open about their recollections. The four music montages carefully reflect a theme: those who have passed, the local community outside the camp, the family dynamic inside Taylor Camp, and the sad aftermath. A standout portion is a re-creation of the amazing workout routine performed by a camp member who goes by “Bobo” (and is occasionally interviewed while nude). We see her morning preparation, hear the items both practical and quirky she’d take with her, and marvel at the length and challenge of the journey she’d undergo. It’s a transfixing sequence.
The technical credits are superb, as Stone neatly compartmentalizes the talking points, skillfully blends engaging talking head interviews with footage and photos, and adds appropriate uses of period music. Possibly the most outstanding achievement of The Edge of Paradise is that it makes Taylor Camp such a vivid, multi-faceted place. Whether you’re down with the Flower Power mentality or view hippies with a cautious curiosity, the faces and homes within Taylor Camp will burn into your memory. My parents were not a part of the counter-cultural movement and I was very much a 1980s kid, but the concluding scenes of The Edge of Paradise, with its painful scenes of what is gone forever and how those who were there have moved on, carry a tremendous impact.
Although set during the latter part of the 20th century, it all resonates clearly with life in America today. As the opening montage recalls turmoil at Berkeley University, riots, police brutality, a counter-cultural uprising, and a highly controversial U.S. President, none of it seems at all dated. In fact, The Edge of Paradise makes the clear observation that we’ve come full circle. The late-in-the-documentary observation that Taylor Camp is now a state of mind to escape to (rather than a physical place) makes me consider just what the equivalent would be for me.
Anyone can relate to the bittersweet words of a former resident, who recalls that her father told her the camp is “still there,” even when it’s not. When a location and community of friends changes our lives for the better, memories are the bridge to the places that are long gone but ever-present in the heart and soul. The Edge of Paradise is about such a place and it is a complex look at a truly unique hale that many still recall as their home.
The Edge of Paradise plays at 7:30pm, Saturday, April 6, for ONE NIGHT ONLY, at the Castle Theater. A Celebration of Life and Tribute to the late Bob Stone is at 5:30-7pm in the Youkouchi Courtyard.

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently blew away analyst crude draw predictions. In November, the API reported a draw of U.S. crude oil inventories, triple what was predicted by S&P Global Platts analysts. This has been great for oil prices generally, as North American oil producers rush to keep oil and gas fields pumping despite lagging prices.
Despite OPEC Cuts, North American Crude Production is Up
OPEC cut production by 1.8 million barrels per day back in January, and the cartel will be meeting in the coming days to discuss possible further cuts. Reactions to current and expected OPEC production cuts have pushed prices higher in North American oil markets as companies are encouraged to increase output.
U.S. crude is currently floating on a two-year high on the prospect of higher supply after rising 15 percent in just over a year. According to the Energy Information Administration, America now produces 9.66 million barrels per day, treading directly on the heels of top OPEC producers like Russia and Saudi Arabia. This trend shows no sign of reversing, as increased drilling activity in the U.S. indicates ongoing output growth. According to energy market analyst World Oil, U.S. drilling is expected to increase over 26% as America builds new wells to pump crude. Offshore oil rig count is increasing as well. Despite recent infrastructural challenges – including the highly-publicized leak in the Keystone XL Pipeline connecting the United States and Canadian oil suppliers – investors are positive on U.S. oil futures in the short term.
Canada’s oil markets are also quite bullish. Canadian oil production is expected to grow to over 5 million barrels per day in 2030, mostly due to robust oil sands production. While conventional oil production remains relatively stable, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers expects a 53 percent increase in oil sands production between 2016 and 2030. Increased Canadian oil supply will require a 39 percent increase in the nation’s pipeline infrastructure, so the robust growth projected in Canadian oil may depend on the success of proposed pipeline projects. However, with major pipelines like the Keystone XL the Trans Mountain Expansion Project already receiving regulatory approval, outlook is positive for Canadian oil supply.
OPEC Likely to Extend Production Cuts
The world’s attention is fixed on OPEC in anticipation of is meeting in Vienna later this week. However, OPEC’s attention may be on crude oil inventories in North America. OPEC members are concerned that world markets might actually be oversupplied, especially following the recent IEA report showing weak global crude demand. Increasing crude oil and gasoline inventories might encourage the cartel to take extreme measures to cut oversupply and push up the market price.
Industry analysts generally expect OPEC to keep the limits it imposed back in January, and perhaps even extending them for the next six to nine months. Led by oil heavyweight Saudi Arabia, OPEC has successfully cut supply over the past ten months. This success was largely driven by smaller member nations, like Angola and Qatar, as well as cooperation with several non-OPEC nations wishing to cut global crude supply. Collectively, 21 OPEC and non-OPEC are trying to cut crude supply by nearly 1.8 million barrels per day, and they have recently been relatively successful in meeting their targets.
It remains to be seen what OPEC will decide in its coming meeting and, perhaps more importantly, whether OPEC members will comply. OPEC has reported a high degree of confidence in member compliance with production cuts. Regardless, however, strong North American oil sands and shale production is set to give the cartel a run for its money. Political instability in OPEC member nations like Venezuela and Iraq causing potentially serious problems, might seriously undermine OPEC’s market power. Iraq has failed to meet OPEC production restrictions since they were passed at the beginning of the year. While Venezuela was able to cut production according to OPEC goals this year, it is taking heavy hits to its economy. As political and economic turmoil in these nations continues to worsen, one of OPEC’s largest members may find itself in a position where it lacks the degree of political and economic control necessary to enact oil production policies.
North American Oil Companies Can Offer Value in Volatile Markets
Taken altogether, a boom in North American supply and an inability to limit production in less politically and economically stable OPEC nations may undermine any production cuts the cartel seeks to enforce.
Canadian and American oil companies have been riding the rollercoaster of oil demand and production like the rest of the oil producing world. However, as reported by the Financial Post, some companies have come out ahead in the volatile crude markets. Analysts are predicting sluggish performance among Canadian energy stocks generally, but some energy companies are bucking the market trend. For example, financial analysts have picked Calgary-based Obsidian Energy as a potential winner for the informed investor. Obsidian has quickly bounced back from past regulatory compliance and management issues, and the stock is quickly rising as new leadership demonstrates the company’s potential value.
The news isn’t all good for Obsidian. National Bank Financial analyst Brian Milne has stated the company faces ongoing challenges “related to historical market perception,” but recent regulatory settlements have been “net positive in the sense that [a] resolution removes a black cloud from over the recently transformed, Obsidian Energy.” As a result, National has maintained Obsidian’s sector perform rating and $1.50 target price. Obsidian’s recent announcement of strong Q3 earnings and good financial projections for 2018 has gone even further to boost investor confidence.
Many analysts are speculating that OPEC may extend production cuts to maintain its market control, but the increasing activity in North America’s oil and gas markets has attracted investor’s attention. Crude oil prices react to geopolitical and economic events, making a reliable estimate nearly impossible to nail down in the mid- to long-term. However, non-OPEC nations are better isolated from the political and economic uncertainty that can undermine the cartel’s production restrictions. As a result, many investors are turning towards bullish North American energy companies to cope with risk in today’s volatile oil markets.


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The joy of art during the Long Night of Museums was greatly enhanced in Munich by vintage cars, which took guests that night between the German Museum and the traffic center. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Rollenden Museum in Munich, around 90 vehicles with a minimum age of 30 took a total of around 3,500 passengers on a journey through time, bringing them closer to their own automotive heritage.
In 2018, the 10th Rollende Museum Munich was inaugurated by Prof. Heckl, Director General of the German Museum, who was driving the first round of the BMW 326 of BMW Classic. A very special experience was the tour in one of the pre-war vehicles such as a very rare AUDI 920 Cabriolet built in 1939. The oldest vehicle in the field was the beautiful Alvis TJ 12/60 Fourseater Open Tourer from 1928 followed by an elegant Ford Model A, as well from 1928.
Before the classic cars swarmed out into the night, some of the vehicles were still to be judged by the jury of the “Children’s Choice Award”. Children between the ages of 4 and 13 were allowed to apply for this promotion of young talent launched by Classics For Charity e.V. and selected their best of show from some selected classics. The owners of the vintage cars had a lot of fun explaining the vehicles to the children down to the smallest detail. The choice of the young jury fell on the DMC DeLorean. Second place went to the Bentley Mark IV and third place to the red MG TD Roadster.
The owners of the historic automobiles had a lot to tell, while driving from the largest technical museum in the world to the new traffic center on the Theresienhöhe. The legendary comic-book Hudson Hornet did not have to be dreamed that night, you could even get in and sit down. Even the very small vintage cars such as the Goggomobil, from the times of the economic miracle could be tested. In the Messerschmitt cabin scooter, you can experience Munich from a completely new perspective.
The wide range of classic car scene also showed the huge fire departments, led by the original lead vehicle Florian 12, an impressively beautiful BMW Baroque Angel. The crowd at the Rolling Museum was great. The queue was not demolished until the end of the event.
For many of the guests, who were allowed to ride in oldtimers, it was the first contact with a historic vehicle. This event is supported by the commitment of each individual vintage owner, who volunteered here for the start. It supports the endeavor to include historic vehicles in the UNESCO


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The Barbarian and the Geisha was filmed in 1958. We can attribute this movie to the genre:
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Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.


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In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
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In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
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Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy.
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Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want.
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For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed - The Nightstalkers.
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Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia.
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The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue.
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In the year 2035, where robots are common and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide.
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A man, Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend Clementine underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same.
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Mennonite Reporter (Periodical)
The Mennonite Reporter was launched on 3 August 1971, in Waterloo, Ontario, with the name Canadian Mennonite Reporter. Frank Epp was the editor and Dave Kroeker was managing editor. Billed as "An Anabaptist periodical of news and interpretation," the newspaper (in 11 x 17 inch tabloid format) began publication just months after the demise of The Canadian Mennonite, published in Manitoba from 16 October 1953-February 1971, also with Epp as its founding editor. Wanting to "fill the communications gap" left by the cessation of the Manitoba-based paper, a group of 65 Mennonite leaders in Ontario, led by Aaron Klassen, then chair of Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, pledged funds to begin a new paper. Major impetus was given to the venture when the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church bodies now part of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada) agreed to suspend their conference periodical, the Evangel, in favour of the new national periodical.
The introductory issue of the Canadian Mennonite Reporter noted that the first three issues would appear at monthly intervals, then "at least every two weeks." With the 18 October 1971 issue began the bi-weekly schedule that remained. Epp served one-third time as editor (while teaching at Conrad Grebel College), and Kroeker served one-half time. The masthead listed 30 "contributing editors," including Rudy Wiebe, Ernie Regier, Barbara Smucker, David Schroeder and Peter J. Dyck. A one-year subscription was $5.00 ($3.00 with a bulk mailing to congregations). The Mennonite Publishing Service was incorporated early in 1972 to guide the paper, with Milton R. Good as founding board chair. Other members of the executive were Aaron Klassen, John W. Snyder, Rudy H. Janzen and Harry Nigh, with Glenn Fretz as design consultant. (This publishing group also raised $3,500 to help The Canadian Mennonite liquidate its debt.) The initial budget was $40,000.
The 10 January 1972 issue saw the disappearance of "Canadian" from the name, along with a redesign by Glenn Fretz. "Canadian" was dropped, explained the publisher, "not to serve Canada less but to appeal to non-Canadian Mennonites, especially those in the USA, more." Like its predecessor, the Mennonite Reporter had an inter-Mennonite focus, seeking to inform Canadian Mennonites about what was happening in the Mennonite community and beyond. While the focus was on news, articles ranged from devotional material to features on the arts to analysis of social and political issues. Letters from readers provided lively debate.
In August 1973, Kroeker succeeded Epp as editor of the Mennonite Reporter, with Margaret Loewen Reimer as assistant editor. Contributing editorials and articles were eight "editorial associates": J. Lawrence Burkholder, Hugo Jantz, Ralph Lebold, Vernon Leis, Harry Loewen, Waldemar Regier, David Schroeder and Maynard Shelly. From the outset, the paper encouraged conferences and churches to buy every-home plans for their members. Mennonite Church congregations in Ontario had a conference-funded plan from the early 1970s. While the Conference of Mennonites in Canada was reluctant to take a similar approach, it did promote every-home circulation with subscription subsidies.
In September 1979, Ron Rempel became the editor, with Loewen Reimer as associate editor. (She took over as acting editor/manager in 1988-89 while Rempel was on leave.) In 1988, the move to computers and desktop publishing transformed production of the paper – no more cutting and pasting of typeset strips onto a layout sheet. The 25 July 1988 issue introduced a design change (again by Glenn Fretz), with contrasting fonts for heads, screened bars, and a smaller bar at the top for section heads. The mission statement now read: "An independent, inter-Mennonite paper of news and comment, circulated across Canada and beyond." A later version said that the Mennonite Reporter "aims to build community through open and fair reporting and an exchange of views on issues facing the church." The periodical was an active member of The Canadian Church Press (from which it received many awards over the years), Meetinghouse (an association of Mennonite editors), and, for a time, the U.S.-based Associated Church Press.
With the internet came a major change in staff organization. The full-time "western regional editor" position based in Winnipeg, held by Allan Siebert 1979-85 and Wilma Derksen 1985-95, was divided in 1995 among four "regional correspondents," one for each province west of Ontario. An employee who exemplified these changes was Aiden Schlichting Enns who served as interim western regional editor in 1992-93, marketing representative 1993-95, and Manitoba provincial rep 1995-97. (He was also the first "conference editor" with Canadian Mennonite from 1997-2000.)
The major change under Rempel’s leadership was the transition of the Mennonite Reporter from an independent, inter-Mennonite periodical to one linked specifically with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC). The process began in the mid-1990s, fueled by dormant subscription levels, CMC’s desire for a more effective communications vehicle, and the move toward integration between CMC and Mennonite Church bodies in Ontario. (Full integration occurred with the birth of Mennonite Church Canada in 2000.) Subscriptions stood at around 10,000 at this time, with over 90 percent coming from the groups that were integrating. A cross-Canada consultation called for a magazine format and more inspirational faith articles. A task force explored how the Mennonite Reporter might be transformed to make it more widely distributed in the groups where it already had the widest readership.
In 1997, CMC delegates approved a joint venture that would see the Mennonite Reporter replaced with a new periodical, Canadian Mennonite, supported by CMC and its five area conferences. The new periodical would be a magazine instead of a tabloid, and would include more articles on faith and congregational life, with announcements of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths. CMC agreed to enter into a cost-sharing formula that would fund subscriptions for every CMC household. The conference would have greater board representation but agreed to leave the publisher as a separately incorporated entity. The editors would continue in their roles.
A prototype of the new Canadian Mennonite magazine was included in the 6 January 1997 issue of the Mennonite Reporter. The final issue of the Mennonite Reporter appeared on 1 September 1997.
"50 years of church news." Canadian Mennonite 7 (6 October 2003).
"Defining moments." Editorials in Canadian Mennonite (30 June and 14 July 2003).
Bound volumes of The Canadian Mennonite, Canadian Mennonite Reporter, Mennonite Reporter and Canadian Mennonite are located Conrad Grebel College in Waterloo, Ontario, and the Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
A searchable pdf file of the annual Mennonite Reporter printed indexes (1971-1982 and 1984-1996) is available through the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Winnipeg).
Editors/Publishers of Mennonite Reporter
|Name||Years of Service|
|Frank H. Epp||August 1971- August 1973|
|David Kroeker||August 1973- August 1979|
|Ron Rempel||September 1979- September 1997|
|Margaret Loewen Reimer (Acting)||1988-1989|
|Author(s)||Margaret Loewen Reimer|
|Date Published||December 2011|
Cite This Article
Loewen Reimer, Margaret. "Mennonite Reporter (Periodical)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. December 2011. Web. 25 Jun 2021. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Reporter_(Periodical)&oldid=166493.
Loewen Reimer, Margaret. (December 2011). Mennonite Reporter (Periodical). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 June 2021, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Reporter_(Periodical)&oldid=166493.
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Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is joining Michigan in an effort to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.
She filed a legal brief supporting a Michigan lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately order Chicago-area government officials to take steps preventing the carp from entering Lake Michigan, from where they could spread to Lake Superior.
“Lake Superior is an important environmental and economic asset to the state of Minnesota," Swanson wrote. "Asian carp — which reproduce rapidly and consume huge amounts of food — threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem. Emergency action must be taken to prevent the introduction of Asian carp into the Great Lakes."
She also said: “Proper stewardship of the Great Lakes means preventing an environmental train wreck caused by the introduction of Asian carp into the Great Lakes ecosystem.”
Asian carp, which can weigh up to 100 pounds, are the ones made infamous by videos showing them flying through the air, and sometimes hitting anglers in boats.
Swanson said Minnesota’s 140 miles of Superior shoreline could be in danger if the carp take over the lake.
Superior is in danger, she said, because authorities are not taking proper precautions at some Chicago-area locks and other structures, allowing the carp to move from rivers to Lake Michigan. She joined Michigan officials in calling for new barriers and other actions to stop the carp.


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This year's Kankor, university entrance exam in Afghanistan, will be held starting from October 6 (the 14th of Mizan), authorities from the Taliban Ministry of Higher Education said.
According to the announcement made on Tuesday, October 4, students from 33 provinces across the country will take the Kankor exam simultaneously, two days after the announcement date.
However, the students from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan are set to take the exam on the 13th of October (Mizan 21).
The entrance exam in Afghanistan was held in late August last year instead of at the end of the winter season as in previous years because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The Kankor exam will be more transparent than in the past, according to the Taliban government's spokesman for the Ministry of Higher Education, who also said that there will not be any obstacle for anyone to take the exam.
The Taliban rule in Afghanistan, on the other hand, has precluded girls above the sixth grade from attending school since the group's installation of power.
However, for a variety of reasons, both male and female students who are currently enrolled in universities lack the zeal for learning and motivation to continue their studies.
The majority of students no longer feel motivated to continue their studies, according to a survey done by the Salam Afghanistan network this year.
The survey which included 275 students, both male, and female, from different private and public universities in Kabul, Heart, Nangarhar, Kandahar, and Balkh provinces, found that about 73% of the students are no longer motivated to further continue their studies.
The diminishing motivation has not only affected students but also professors as 63% of the included professors stated that they lack the motivation for conducting research and preparing lecture materials.
Since no girl graduated from high school this year, disqualifying them from taking the exam, the answer to the original question—whether girls can take the entrance exam and enroll in universities—remains unclear.
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I find my happiness in obeying your commands.
Contemporary English Version
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This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
Psalm 119:165 Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
Psalm 18:18-22 They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector. . . .
1 John 3:19-24 In this we know that we are of the truth and in his sight shall persuade our hearts. . . .
ContextYour Word is a Lamp to My Feet
…55In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law. 56This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.57O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law.…
Remove from me reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
Additional TranslationsThis is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.This I had, because I kept your precepts.
This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
This I have had, because I kept thy precepts.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
This is my way, that I keep your precepts. CHET
This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
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Bees - Honey Bee Colony Collapse
Honey bees pollinate an estimated 1/3 of the human diet and the importance of the honey bee population is reflected in the fact that more has been written about honey bees than any other insect in the world. The human fascination with bees began thousands of years ago when people found out just how good honey tastes.
Honey bees are social insects and even in the wild they create elaborate nests called hives containing up to 20,000 bees. They gather nectar in the appropriate months and during the winter they live off the honey in order to not freeze to death.
They see the world through compound eyes that are made up of hundreds of small simple eyes called ommatidia, so they see the world a bit differently. They protect themselves and the hives with a venom gland that creates a stinger at the end of the abdomen only found in females and it hurts!
NATURE | Silence of the Bees | Inside the Hive | PBS
One Queen Bee per Hive
Hives have only one queen bee and her main purpose is to produce more bees. The queen can lay over 1500 eggs daily and she will live from 2-8 years. The bee begins work the day it is born. The rest of the hive is made up of drones and workers. Drones are males and have no stingers. They live about 8 weeks and their sole purpose is to mate with the queen. Their eyes are larger to spot the queens in flight and any drones left at the end of the season are driven out of the hive to die.
The female worker bees make up the vast majority of the bees, and they do several different jobs as they grow from cleaning, keeping the temperature regulated, and they defend the hive. The older workers (after 3 weeks) are the ones that forage to gather nectar, pollen, water and certain sticky plant resins used for hive construction.
Honey has multiple medical benefits beyond satisfying the palate and I will discuss those in more detail in Honey Bees -Part II. There are also many different types of honey bees and their honey often has some unique characteristics depending of where they have gathered their pollen.
Queen Bee in Hive
Honeybees are extremely important as pollinators as I stated in the opening paragraphs. As they gather nectar, the pollen sticks to the fuzzy hair covering their bodies and some rubs off on the next flowers they visit. Honey farms will take a truckload of bees to a farm for pollination in the appropriate season, then load up the hives and take them to the next farm that needs pollination. These bees are extremely important to our agricultural community and to us as consumers.
The video is well worth watching. It shows how the bees communicate with each other.
Bumble Bee Queen
Colony Collapse Disorder
In late 2006, honeybee colonies started collapsing in the United States and after much scientific study it seems there are a whole set of problems causing what is now called “colony collapse disorder.” This phenomenon causes worker bees to suddenly disappear from a beehive. The number of managed honey bee hive colonies dropped an estimated 31.8% to 35.8% in the winters of 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. And, for 2008/2009 the expected drop is 28.6%. This problem is not limited to the US, as most European countries and even Taiwan have reported this problem.
Honey bees were imported from Australia about this time and they may possibly have had some impact on this collapse. Australian Officials insist their bees are not the problem, but they are facing an invasion of exotic Asian honeybees. Some scientists think the Asian bees might carry different viruses and mites than bees from Europe or the US. The causes are not yet fully understood and apparently very complex. Honey bees are the most valuable pollinators of agricultural crops worldwide.
The monetary value of the honey bee as commercial pollinators in the US is estimated to be $20-$25 billion annually. Loss of honey bees is not uncommon, but it is very unusual for worker bees to leave the hives and fail to return. Some have dubbed this crisis the “Mary Celeste syndrome” due to the absence of dead bees in the many empty hives. This is a very serious problem for farmers and consumers.
Looking for Answers
Washington State University completed a study that gives us some answers. First, they noted pesticide levels in older honey combs and found fairly high levels. Pennsylvania State University also found unprecedented high levels of 2 pesticides and lower levels of 70 others as well in an earlier study.
Washington State researchers found another probable cause which is the pathogen Nosema ceranae, which entered the US in 1997. It interacts with other chemicals contributing to colony collapse disorder. It has since spread to hives across the country.
The pathogen attacks the bee’s ability to process food and makes them more susceptible to other chemicals and infections.
Currently researchers are focusing of three major possibilities of colony collapse:
- Pesticides have an unexpected negative effect.
- New parasites (nosema ceranae), pathogens or viruses may be attacking the bees.
- A combination of these stressorsis thought to compromise the immune system of bees making them more susceptible to disease and infection. Stressors include infection by the Varroa mite. Poor nutrition due to apiary overcrowding, pollination of crops with low nutritional value, honey bee pollen or nectar scarcity, exposure to limited or contaminated water supplies and migratory stress may all be factors.
There is more money being poured into research to find and fix the cause of this collapse.
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The hot, magnetized, relativistic Vlasov Maxwell system
This master thesis is devoted to the kinetic description in phase space of strongly magnetized plasmas. It addresses the problem of stability near equilibria for magnetically confined plasmas modeled by the relativistic Vlasov Maxwell system. A small physically pertinent parameter ε, with 0 < ε << 1, related to the inverse of a gyrofrequency, governs the strength of a spatially inhomogeneous applied magnetic field given by the function x→ε−1Be(x). Local C1-solutions do exist. But these solutions may blow up in finite time. This phenomenon can only happen at high velocities  and, since ε−1is large, standard results predict that this may occur at a time Tε shrinking to zero when ε goes to 0. It has been proved recently in  that, in the case of neutral, cold, and dilute plasmas (like in the Earth’s magnetosphere), smooth solutions corresponding to perturbations of equilibria exist on a uniform time interval [0,T], with 0< T independent of ε. We investigate here the hot situation, which is more suitable for the description of fusion devices. A condition is derived for which perturbed W1,∞-solutions with large initial momentum also exist on a uniform time interval, they remain bounded in the sup norm for well-prepared initial data, and moreover they inherit some kind of stability.
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ESCONDIDO — Three merchants and one plaza owner are sprucing up their storefronts with paint, signs and other renovations as part of a city grant program that aims to bolster Escondido’s small businesses and create local jobs.
City Council members have devoted $500,000 to reviving the city’s facade improvement program, which provided $900,000 in grants to 155 businesses between 1988 and 2008 and spurred an additional $9.2 million in private investment.
The four projects — three on East Valley Parkway and one on South Escondido Boulevard — are the first since the city let the program die nearly four years ago when the Great Recession shrank tax revenue.
The East Valley Parkway projects involve a remodel of the city’s first Burger King between Rose Street and Midway Drive, upgrades to a small plaza in the same block and renovations at Apex Fuels one block to the west.
The South Escondido Boulevard project will add lights and planters to a chiropractic office near Sixth Avenue.
City officials have hailed the program as a way to create shinier, sleeker business districts that appeal to shoppers. They’ve also emphasized that businesses pay for about 90 percent of the upgrades, because the maximum grant for most projects is 10 percent of the total cost.
“This is a real partnership,” Mayor Sam Abed said last week. “And the timing is great. Small businesses need our support more than ever because bank loans are so hard to get.”
Abed said the $500,000 is expected to generate as much as $5 million in total investment. The mayor, who once owned a gas station in the East Valley area, also predicted the city would recoup much of its contribution with higher sales tax revenue from the upgraded businesses.
Fred Baranowski, chairman of the economic development subcommittee of the Escondido Chamber of Commerce, said he’s eager to see more businesses take advantage of the program.
“As the economy slowly improves, both the city and the chamber need to help implement programs like this to stimulate sales and traffic,” he said. “We need to help generate more momentum for this program.”
Mike Holly’s family has owned the East Valley Parkway Burger King since a few years after it opened in 1977. He said he decided to enhance some renovations he was already planning when he heard about the program.
“We would have been doing this project anyway, but we added a couple extra touches,” said Holly, who will receive a $14,000 grant for his roughly $150,000 project. “This program makes it easier for business owners to make the decision to do the work.”
Juan Coronado, who owns the recently renovated plaza in the same block, said the revival of the program prompted him to begin his project much sooner than planned.
“I knew I wanted to remodel when I bought the building this year, but I decided to do it right away instead of waiting,” said Coronado, adding that his tenants are pleased with the new pavement, paint and signs. “It’s night and day, and the tenants say there’s more traffic.”
Coronado will receive a $20,000 grant for the roughly $75,000 because plaza owners are eligible for reimbursements of larger than 10 percent.
Marsha Hetrick, who owns a chiropractic office on South Escondido Boulevard, said she wouldn’t be upgrading without the city grant.
“The things it pays for make a difference,” she said. “I’m replacing windows that had bars because they’re kind of ghetto-looking. And I’m adding exterior lights and planters.”
Hetrick said she had also hoped to stucco the building’s facade, but her presence in the city’s historical district prevented that.
When the council revived the program this spring, it also expanded it and loosened some regulations.
The maximum grant was doubled from $10,000 to $20,000; merchants who have received grants must wait seven years instead of 10 years to apply for another; and businesses in these areas will be eligible for $5,000 bonuses: downtown, the Mercado and the Escondido Creek Walk.
But no businesses in those targeted areas have applied so far, said Michelle Geller, who runs the program for the city, last week.
Downtown Escondido, primarily the Grand Avenue shopping and dining district, was the focus of the program in its early years. More than half of the $1 million in grants was spent on nearly 90 downtown upgrades, including O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub and Bellissima Day Spa.
The program slowly expanded to the rest of the city during the 1990s, city officials said.


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A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES VASOCONSTRICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels. The process is particularly important in staunching hemorrhage and acute blood loss. When blood vessels constrict, the flow of blood is restricted or decreased, thus retaining body heat or increasing vascular resistance. This makes the skin turn paler because less blood reaches the surface, reducing the radiation of heat. On a larger level, vasoconstriction is one mechanism by which the body regulates and maintains mean arterial pressure. Substances causing vasoconstriction are called vasoconstrictors, vasopressors, or simply "pressors". Generalized vasoconstriction usually results in an increase in systemic blood pressure, but it may also occur in specific tissues, causing a localized reduction in blood flow. The extent of vasoconstriction may be slight or severe depending on the substance or circumstance. Many vasoconstrictors also cause pupil dilation.
The translations of vasoconstriction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vasoconstriction» in English.
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Discover the use of vasoconstriction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vasoconstriction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction: Cellular and Molecular ...
State-of-the-art findings relevant to cellular and molecular processes of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction as well as knowledge regarding etiological mechanisms and experimental therapeutics are well covered and complete the overview this ...
Jason X.-J. Yuan, 2004
Critical Care Nephrology
Efferent arteriolar vasoconstriction decreases renal blood flow and increases
glomerular filtration pressure Afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction decreases both
renal blood flow and glomerular filtration FIGURE 21-1. Diagram showing the ...
Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, John A. Kellum, 2008
Advanced Therapy of Headache
The prolonged vasoconstriction associated with migraine causes brain infarction.
• Migraine and vasoconstriction activate platelets promoting thrombus formation. •
Vascular endothelial damage related to migrainous vasoconstriction activates ...
Alan M. Rapoport, Fred D. Sheftell, R. Allan Purdy, 1999
Pathophysiology of Heart Disease
worst elements of both disorders; namely, longstanding vasoconstriction with
resultant marked increases of systemic arterial blood pressure, will result in an
increased wall stress to the left ventricle. Over the course of years, this will result
Naranjan S. Dhalla, Pawan K. Singal, Robert E. Beamish, 1987
Chest Medicine: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care ...
Catecholatnines and Other Vasoactive Substances Release of substantial
amounts of epinephrine or norepineph- rine may elicit mild pulmonary
vasoconstriction because of the prevalence of a-receptors within the pulmonary
vascula- ture (53 ...
Ronald B. George, 2005
Exercise Physiology: Integrating Theory and Application
Norepinephrine is the primary neurotransmitter re- leased by sympathetic nerves
innervating peripheral blood vessels, and affects primarily receptors (alpha
receptors), causing vasoconstriction. On the other hand, epinephrine affects ...
William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck, Michael R. Deschenes, 2011
Drug-induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Systemic vasoconstriction can lead to hypertension and intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH), whereas cerebral vasoconstriction can lead to infarction.
Vasoconstriction may be transient or prolonged. Vasospasm with subsequent
cerebral infarction ...
James E. Tisdale, Douglas A. Miller, 2010
The triptans are considered to have three potential mechanisms of action that
could explain their acute migraine-relieving effects: cranial vasoconstriction (59),
peripheral neuronal inhibition (91) and inhibition of transmission through ...
Jes Olesen, 2006
The Effect of Acute Exercise on Femoral Artery ...
During a single bout of aerobic exercise, blood flow is shunted to exercising tissues while blood flow is maintained or reduced to less metabolically active areas (i.e. splanchnic area and non-working muscles).
Justin C. S. Chung, 2008
Caplan's Stroke: A Clinical Approach
Patients who die from SAH with vasoconstriction less than 3 weeks after the initial
hemorrhage show necrosis of the media, whereas pa- tients who live longer than
3 weeks show marked concentric intimal thickening, subendothelial fibrosis, ...
Louis Caplan, 2009
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Feeling the pressure
Astroctyes are thought to regulate cerebral vasoconstriction, but how astrocytes sense haemodynamic stimuli is not known. A new study found that, in rats and ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
Life for Harm Reduction
What if the blotter acid is actually 25I-NBOMe, which unlike LSD is known to have caused overdose deaths and vasoconstriction? What's the consumer, if still ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
Indoor Air Purification Can Benefit Heart, Study
Researchers then measured 14 biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation, and vasoconstriction including lung function; blood pressure (BP); and fractional ... «News Every day, May 15»
Vascular type 1A angiotensin II receptors regulate renal blood flow …
Angiotensin II (Ang II)-dependent renal vasoconstriction contributes to blood pressure control, sodium balance and the pathogenesis of hypertension, according ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
Professional Opinion: Why do women seem to be colder than men?
But barring an illness diagnosis, cold extremities just reflect the body's normal conservation -- they're typically the result of vasoconstriction, the constriction of ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Feb 15»
Everybody Into The Sauna?
The fall in blood pressure is prevented by an increase in cardiac output mediated mostly by an increase in heart rate and by visceral vasoconstriction. «Forbes, Feb 15»
Regulating blood pressure with ATP
... GPCRs and stimulate vasoconstriction—is specifically coupled to activation of the ATP (adenosine 5′-triphosphate)–releasing channel pannexin1 (Panx1). «Science Magazine, Feb 15»
Managing the Difficult Pain Case: Case 4
A visit to the headache clinic 3 weeks later to review her MRA and conventional angiogram revealed multifocal, segmental areas of vasoconstriction in the large ... «Pain Medicine News, Dec 14»
Use of Antihypotensive Medications in Shock Patients
The others are typically known as “vasopressors” or “pressors,” as they have at least a modest ability to press (cause vasoconstriction) the peripheral vasculature ... «JEMS.com, Sep 14»
Vasoconstriction: Pitting man against woman since the Garden of …
Essentially, female people-types always feel colder than men people-types due to a biological process called vasoconstriction. When a persons skin feels cold, ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 14»
« EDUCALINGO. Vasoconstriction [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vasoconstriction>. Dec 2020 ».

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The late John Hammond was one of Marine House at Beer’s long-established artists and will be sadly missed by a large group of enthusiasts for his work, both in the UK and further afield.
Trained at Wimbledon Art College before obtaining an honours degree at Bath Academy of Art in 1982, John built a reputation as one of Britain’s finest acrylic painters. His impressionistic style conveys an elusive sense of place. Travelling at home and abroad he made detailed sketches and notes; then returning to his studio he created the atmosphere of the various places he visited through a sensuous play on light and colour and visual clues.
From the rich landscape of southwest England, to the glowing Amalfi Coast and vivid scenes of London, John is a true master of his subject. He once commented: “I always know a painting is successful if it tugs at my heart strings and pulls me back to a time and a place, to that first-hand experience of the senses and emotions which call to be painted, to be captured and shared.”
John’s painting methods have been the subject of several books and a film. He has been elected a Fellow the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts (SWAc). Marine House has exhibited John’s work for over 20 years with many very successful solo shows to his credit.


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Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fatty acids
The levels of SATURATED FATS AND PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED FATS in the diet are far more important than the level of CHOLESTEROL in the diet for most people!
TRANS FATTY ACIDS are unnatural fatty acids, which are produced by the process of hydrogenation and partial hydrogenation of natural “cis” fatty acids. “Trans” and “cis” refer to whether the ends of the fatty acid molecule are on the same side of the double bond (cis) or on opposite sides of the double bond (trans). In nature, most double bonds are cis. Only a small percentage of fatty acids found in milk and meat products, occur as trans- fatty acids. Natural trans-fats have little or no effect on blood lipids. Some naturally occurring trans fatty acids, known as conjugated linoleic acids, have health benefits.
During food processing, the fat is most often partially hydrogenated and some of the double bonds that remain after processing change their configuration from cis to trans.
Hydrogenation offers two advantages: firstly, it protects the foods against oxidation (prolonging shelf life and reduces spoilage) by making the polyunsaturated fats more saturated; secondly, it alters and improves the texture of foods, by making a liquid vegetable oil more solid and making margarine spreadable.
Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fatty acids are in EVERY fat-containing food product on our grocery shelves. It is everywhere!. Processed foods have become the staple of the average North American and Australian diet and many other countries are following in their footsteps!. In Europe, many countries have restricted the amount of partially hydrogenated fats and oils in certain food products.
Trans- fats (hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated) block the delta-6 desaturase (D6D) enzyme, causing a deficiency of GLA for the eventual conversion to the PG1 series. With limited PG1 available, PG2 are unbalanced and all of the PG2 bad effects could become manifested. Further, the D6D enzyme is also necessary for the conversion of alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) to linoleic acid (LA), an essential step in the production of EPA and eventually PG3. Some of the good effects of the PG3 series help to balance out some of the harmful effects of the PG2 series. But EPA also has an inhibiting effect on the enzyme delta-5 desaturase, which is necessary for the conversion of DGLA to arachidonic acid (AA) and on into the PG2 series. Delta-5 desaturase is also necessary for the conversion of AA to EPA, a negative feedback system in which EPA limits it’s own overproduction.
If trans fats limit the availability of LA for eventual conversion to EPA there is:
- Not enough EPA to block the delta-5 desaturase for the production of AA.
- Restriction of the helpful effects of the PG3 in balancing the PG2.
- PLUS the blockage by trans fats of the PG1 production.
RESULT: PG2 overruns the body!
If this were not enough, EPA and DGLA also compete with AA for the use of an enzyme complex, cyclooxygenase, which converts AA to PG2, as well as converts the other essential fatty acids (EFA) to their PG1 and PG3 forms. Therefore, the consumption of unnatural trans fatty acids opens all the doors for PG2 production and closes all the doors for PG1 and PG3 production.
Delta-6 desaturase enzyme is inhibited, not only by trans fats and alcohol, but also blocked by saturated fats (natural or processed), sugars, smoking, heavy metal toxity and stress!

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