Check this article out on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_stop
- It should help you understand it a little better.
F Stops, numbers, aperture, are all the same thing; the size of the space in which light can enter the lens, and are measured in F-Stops/Numbers. The larger the Aperture, the smaller the F-Stop Number.
F/1.8 is a LARGE or FAST Aperture as it allows a lot of light in to the lens, but 1.8 (in numerical terms) is a small number compared to an Aperture of F/22 which is a SMALL or SLOW Aperture, and 22 is a larger number than 1.8.
So Small (F-Stop) Number = Large/Fast Aperture & Large (F-Stop) number = Small/Slow Aperture.
A Larger Aperture gives a smaller depth of field than a Smaller Aperture does. A better explanation than I can give of this effect can be found on Wikipedia and over at [url="http://www.dslrtips.com"]DSLR Tips[/url]
Quality of the Glass:
Better quality lenses are usually bigger, heavier and more well built on the outside than their lesser counterparts, but this is not always true. Reviews are always a good thing to check. Obviously Cameralabs and DSLR Tips do reviews on lenses but any that they don't have, I believe Thomas recommends [url="http://www.photozone.de"]PhotoZone[/url] for reviews.
Different Lens or One Lens:
Generally it is better to get different lenses, this usually minimizes distortion across the focal lengths, but there are exceptions such as the Nikkor 18-200mm which does a pretty good job across its focal length, but of course nothing can beat 2 or 3 good quality zooms or primes.
G Lens Vs. Carl Zeiss Lens:
I'm afraid I don't know enough about these lenses to pass a verdict, but like above, look for reviews of the lenses.
I'm not 100% but I think Sigma and Tamron offer lenses for the Sony mount, but you would have to double check that. (or hopefully someone else here can confirm/deny that) But you won't be able to use Canon or Nikkor lenses. (at least without a converter, but those are best avoided)
A Tele-converter is a "lens" which goes between the camera and the lens you are using and multiplies its focal length by usually 1.4x or 2.0x at the expensive of image quality and maximum aperture.
Macro & Fixed Focal Length:
Macro lenses are lenses that can focus to a distance which makes an object 1:1 - Life size or larger. Life size as in Life size on the cameras sensor, and when on a print or viewed on a computer screen, it becomes much larger than life size!
Fixed Focal Length lenses, also referred to as Primes, are lenses which can not zoom. They are generally much shaper and produce more accurate colours etc. than zoom lenses, but nowadays zoom lenses, especially good quality ones, aren't far behind in the sharpness and colour reproduction departments!
The Lens you are thinking about:
If you only want one lens, then from the face of it, should fit your needs. Depending on the lens you have just now, the 75-300 might be a better choice if you are willing to lug a second lens about.
Hope that helped
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Dubai: Sanad Village, the region's largest rehabilitation center dedicated to understanding autism and other related disorders, was recognized among the region's best developments at Arabian Property Awards 2022, held Thursday at Habtoor Grand Resort, Dubai.
As a recognition of the state-of-the-art development and facilities that ensures a comprehensive world-leading approach to rehabilitation, Sanad Village won the award for best 'Public Service Development' in Dubai.
Situated in the heart of Dubai at The Sustainable City (TSC) and spread across an area of thirty thousand square meters with a variety of amenities to build life skills within a safe space, Sanad Village is known for setting up new standards for inclusion and empowerment of People of Determination.
Receiving the award news, Faris Saeed, Chairman and CEO of SEE Holding, said:“We are incredibly proud that Sanad Village was chosen in this category as the best public service development. It is a perfect testament to the center's commitment to empowering People of Determination and their families. At SEE Holding, we have extended our wellness and social responsibility commitment to the wider community, with companies and services contributing and leading in creating a healthy, happy, and inclusive society in Dubai and beyond.”
SEE Holding handles an expanded and diversified portfolio of subsidiaries under the three pillars of sustainability: social, environmental, and economic. Sanad Village operates as a subsidiary and primary component of 'SEE Wellness' one of the companies under the holding.
Judged by an independent panel of international experts, including architects, developers, and interior designers, The Arabian Property Awards is considered the largest and most respected annual awards program dedicated to the Middle East's booming commercial property development sector.
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The Indonesian Constitutional Court vetoed the legalization of medical marijuana on Wednesday, ruling that the existing narcotics law is constitutional.
The Indonesian Constitutional Court rejected the petition to review the existing narcotics law to allow the medical use of marijuana.
Members of the civil society advocating for the medical use of marijuana filed a petition in 2020 to review Indonesia’s narcotics law. The petitioners asked the court to annul Article 8, paragraph 1 of the narcotics law, stating that the drug could not be used for health services.
According to the Indonesian Constitutional Court, the petitioners’ claim that marijuana could treat certain diseases has no valid scientific basis.
Amid its decision, the Indonesian Constitutional Court has urged the government to conduct scientific research on the use of marijuana in the medical field.
“A very comprehensive and in-depth policy is necessary by going through important stages that must begin with scientific research and assessment,” the court said.
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By Kay Whatley, Editor
This issue, a new feature begins with movie reviews. One of the hot movies out right now is The Hunger Games, which we went to see this week. Thank you to Carmike 10 on Ward Blvd. in Wilson NC for welcoming us in for our review.
First off, The Hunger Games is based on a novel written for young adults; however, the movie is rated PG-13 and seemed to be for all ages. My husband and I took our teenager and pre-teen to the movie. Both had positive things to say about the overall movie “theme” as well as the actors and effects.
Without giving much away, the movie is set in a post-apocalyptic America and shown from the viewpoint of a teenage girl, Katniss. The movie starts with her experiences with family living a tough life, and moves into the drama of her participation in the “Hunger Games”, a fight-to-the-death annually held for entertainment. Much of the movie shows their skewed society — very poor, hungry masses versus very comfortable, well-fed aristocrats — and the use of teen death-matches as “entertainment”. The movie also shows the time of training the Game’s participants go through, including mentors teaching them to play-act as a way of gaining sympathy. This leads to wealthy benefactors sending them equipment and medicines to improve their chances of survival.
Overall, the movie was enjoyable and held our interest to the end. It had action, suspense, emotional scenes, strong characters, and an unpredictable ending — at least it seemed unpredictable to those of us who had not read the book and were new to this story.
My husband liked the premise of the movie. The one drawback he mentioned is the amount of camera-shake technique used for some action scenes. Maybe it’s just our “older eyes”, but both of us had a little trouble following the action during “shaky cam” shots. The kids both had positive comments about the movie’s story and action, again confirming that the movie can appeal to all ages.
If you’d like to check out The Hunger Games, showtimes are available on www.carmike.com and by calling 252.265.5528. It is showing in the beginning of May, and possibly longer due to the attention it is drawing.

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Even though it doesn’t sound like much today, for the early ’90s it was a good number. In fact, it translated to a lively performance. And they gave the Z/28 package updated brakes and a six-speed manual transmission. So, for $3,000 you probably won’t find a nice Z/28. However, you can find a decent V6 Camaro.


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Conservation is more than just understanding and protecting a certain area or species. It should also emphasize the people living in and alongside it. Fishers are the main character in our aim to better manage giant guitarfish and wedgefish in Karimunjawa National Park (KJNP), and their interactions with both critically endangered species matter most.
The Elasmobranch Project Indonesia (EPI)’s team understood that most fishers in KJNP use mostly handline, speargun, gillnet, or fish trap (bubu). Out of the four gears, only bubu cannot catch giant guitarfish and wedgefish as bycatch. Although according to the fishers, sometimes demersal small stingray and bamboo shark species can enter the trap. On the other hand, despite still being considered rare, both giant guitarfish and wedgefish are possible bycatch for handlines and gillnets. It is considered so as all fishers said that even being able to catch one in a calendar year is already lucky enough!
However, there is a different story for spearguns. Speargun fishers (with or without the use of a compressor for diving) possess the capability to choose what fish they want to catch and take, therefore, the EPI team considered giant guitarfish and wedgefish as a valuable secondary catch to them instead of bycatch. There is an indication that these fishers highly expect to catch both species, with some fishers possessing a custom-made big-sized steel hook specialized for catching both species when encountered (read our first blog about how this gear is operated).
Between the end of 2022 and early 2023, the EPI team approached and invited some of the fishers across five islands in the national park that were previously interviewed to provide them with a workshop. It consists of a sharing session about the basic knowledge of shark and ray biology and conservation, along with information on present regulations and how fishers can contribute to their conservation through citizen science. The workshop also provided the fishers with the best practice to live-release a shark/ray and how to report the information to the EPI team. After the workshop, the fishers were given a voluntary pledge containing options for citizen science contributions to giant guitarfish and wedgefish conservation. The options included are: a. report information of any caught shark and ray to the EPI team and b, c, or d, which include option ‘a’ and to live-release giant guitarfish catch below 1 m, 1.8m, and all sizes, respectively. They were asked to pick one option that suited them best voluntarily.
All fishers were willing to sign the pledge! Surprisingly, over one-third of them chose the b option. It means they are willing to report any shark voluntarily, and ray catches and live-release both giant guitarfish and wedgefish under 1 m long. Despite understanding that both species are threatened, and most fishers stated that both species contribute little to their income, catching the big individuals of both species feels like a jackpot to them. This is due to the adult of both species can weigh over 75 kg and have a considerably high market price. However, their willingness to support the conservation of both species on their own should be a bright start for giant guitarfish and wedgefish in the national park, right?


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LONDON (Reuters) - The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) cut its growth forecasts for this and next year on Monday, pointing to the impact of the government’s tough fiscal policy and high inflation on consumers’ ability to spend.
The BCC reduced its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2011 to 1.3 percent from a previous prediction in March of 1.4 percent. It reduced its forecast for 2012 to 2.2 percent from 2.3 percent.
That would argue for the Bank of England continuing to keep interest rates very low to support growth, but the BCC also raised its forecasts for inflation and said that would lead the Bank to raise rates for the first time in August.
The business lobby said the government’s tough austerity measures to cut a record budget deficit, combined with higher than expected inflation, would squeeze disposable incomes, meaning economic recovery would be slow over the next 18-24 months.
“This forecast suggests that the economy is still facing difficult challenges in the years ahead,” said David Frost, director general of the body, which represents companies employing one in six UK workers.
“Although growth will be slow, the government is right to persevere with its plans to cut the deficit.”
The government’s Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast growth of 1.7 percent for this year and 2.5 percent for 2012.
Last week, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) also revised down its growth forecast in a twice-yearly report, projecting a 1.4 percent expansion for this year and 1.8 percent in 2012.
The economy’s sluggish growth has reinforced expectations that interest rates will stay at record lows for some months to come, despite inflation climbing to more than double the Bank of England’s 2 percent target.
The BCC saw the annual headline CPI inflation rate at 4.5 percent in 2011 and 2.7 percent in 2012, up from 4.2 percent and 2.3 percent respectively.
However, it predicted that unemployment would peak at 2.6 million, down from the 2.65 million it predicted in March.
The BCC said it expected interest rates to rise in August and to reach 1 percent by the end of the year, climbing to 2.75 percent by the end of 2012.
“Although we would prefer to see interest rates held until the fourth quarter, we believe British businesses will be able to absorb small increases,” said David Kern, the BCC’s chief economist.
“But the MPC (monetary policy committee) must act with great caution and must not be too aggressive in its tightening.”
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Sports Island 3D from Hudson Soft will be released for Nintendo 3DS this June, Konami has announced.
The game marks the debut of Hudson's mini-game series on the 3DS, and allows up to four players to participate in ten events designed to show off the 3D capabilities of the handheld.
The ten sports on offer are Football, Tennis, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Snowball Fighting, Sumo Wrestling, Bowling, Snowmobile Racing, Sport Blowgun and Trampoline.
Sports Island 3D also introduces special power-ups that can give each player an advantage during a specific event. These 'Super Play' actions give the player a chance to hit their opponent with a seemingly unstoppable move, and take the form of over-sized rackets or a heavier ball in Tennis, Cannon Dunk and huge jump moves in Basketball, and an unstoppable Rainbow shot in Football.
The four-player modes will be available either via wireless play or download.
The Sports Island franchise has carved out enough of an audience to warrant numerous editions of Wii, DS and Xbox 360 despite unfavourable reviews. We're not expecting much from the 3DS version, but coming fairly early in the life of the handheld means it should attract gamers who would otherwise have passed.

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Broad sectors of the working class in the UK will take to the streets in cities across the country on February 12 against the rise in the cost of living. The protests are organized under the banner of the People’s Assembly Against Austerity and have been endorsed by organizations such as the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), Young Communist League (YCL), Unite Trade Union, Socialist Appeal, Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Fuel Poverty Action, and others. Around 30 cities are expected to mobilize on this day of action.
Prior to the protests, the People’s Assembly Against Austerity demanded that the Tory government freeze the energy prices in the country and increase wages and benefits in order to tackle the cost of living crisis experienced by the common people across the country.
Earlier in this month, Britain’s energy sector regulator, Ofgem, announced that its cap on the energy prices would rise by over 50% in April this year. According to a Morning Star report, the UK has already been bearing a high inflation with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) already at 7.5%, while workers are seeing increases in their bills and National Insurance payments as of April 1. Approximately 22 million people are likely to see an annual increase of £693 (939.15 USD) on their energy bills due to the price cap rise.
Protesting against this unprecedented rise in energy prices, the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) has released a pamphlet titled ‘The Great Energy Rip-off’, in which CPB has called out that “a progressive nationalization and a democratic paradigm of public ownership, which would encompass the production of oil and gas, as well as transmission and distribution is the need of the hour”.
Towards the protest, in its appeal, the People’s Assembly Against Austerity has accused that real term cuts in wages and pensions has seen millions in the UK unable to afford basic necessities. The proposed hike in energy prices will further push them to a breaking point, while oil and gas companies post record profits and boast paying rich dividends to their shareholders.
In her statement, extending solidarity to the protest, Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said that “why should workers pay for the energy crisis and why should they pay for shambolic Government policies? Demonstrations are springing up because people are fed up with rich men telling them that they have to pay for boardroom greed and colossal market failure.”
The Socialist Appeal has stated that “we call for an end to the anarchic, crisis-ridden capitalist system. Only by placing the economy in the hands of workers can we secure a high standard of living for all.”
The People’s Assembly Against Austerity has also announced organizing major protests on March 5 and April 2 of this year, unless the government takes concrete actions to mitigate the crisis.

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Expression of the Wnt target gene phospholipase D1 (PLD1) is up-regulated in various carcinomas, including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the mechanistic significance of its elevated expression in intestinal tumorigenesis remains unknown. In this study, we show that genetic and pharmacological targeting of PLD1 disrupts spontaneous and colitis-associated intestinal tumorigenesis in ApcMin/+ and azoxymethane/dextran sodium sulfate mice models. Intestinal epithelial cell-specific PLD1 overexpression in ApcMin/+ mice accelerated tumorigenesis with increased proliferation and nuclear β-catenin levels compared with ApcMin/+ mice. Moreover, PLD1 inactivation suppressed the self-renewal capacity of colon cancer-initiating cells (CC-ICs) by decreasing expression of β-catenin via E2F1-induced microRNA (miR)-4496 up-regulation. Ultimately, low expression of PLD1 coupled with a low level of CC-IC markers was predictive of a good prognosis in CRC patients, suggesting in vivo relevance. Collectively, our data reveal that PLD1 has a crucial role in intestinal tumorigenesis via its modulation of the E2F1-miR-4496-β-catenin signaling pathway. Modulation of PLD1 expression and activity represents a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of intestinal tumorigenesis.
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This study was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (MEST; 2012002009), a Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control grant (National Science Foundation 2009-0083522), and a National R&D Program for Cancer Control grant from the Ministry for Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs (Republic of Korea; 0920050). The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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There’s a new scandalous revelation involving Herschel Walker. I’m certain there are more to come. But first, some perspective.
A lot of terrible candidates will be running for powerful positions across the country in November. Neither party has a monopoly on them, or the shame the parties deserve for inflicting them on the nation. Naturally, the unqualified, dishonest and otherwise awful candidates offered by the Republicans have received and will continue to receive the vast majority of criticism from the news media, which, after all, has its mission. That imbalance is unfair, but only in the sense that embarrassments like Maxine Waters, Ted Lieu, Adam Schiff, “The Squad,” Cori Bush and so many indisputably unethical Democrats are allowed to continue to soil the democracy. But in cases like Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, no amount of negative news media exposure is too much. In his case, the news media is doing its job.
Good heavens, what a disgrace! The former college and pro football star has lied about his record as a businessman, his role in a for-profit program alleged to have exploited veterans while defrauding the government, his academic record and more. What Walker has admitted to is also pretty disturbing: in his autobiography, he described playing Russian Roulette, engaging in domestic abuse, and stalking more than one individual with the intent of doing them harm. These are framed as part of a redemption saga, which would be more convincing if Walker wasn’t continuing to lie, obfuscate and generally behave like a con artist on the campaign trail.
Depending on one’s priorities, it is arguably even more disturbing that he emits gibberish like his answer to a reporter’s question about the Uvalde shooting (I know I already groaned at this, but the thought of anyone with such evident cognitive deficiencies being involved in lawmaking gives me the willies):
Cain killed Abel and that’s a problem that we have. What we need to do is look into how we can stop those things. You know, you talked about doing a disinformation — what about getting a department that can look at young men that’s looking at women that’s looking at their social media. What about doing that? Looking into things like that and we can stop that that way. But yet they want to just continue to talk about taking away your constitutional rights. And I think there’s more things we need to look into. This has been happening for years and the way we stop it is putting money into the mental health field, by putting money into other departments rather than departments that want to take away your rights.”
With that excessively long introduction, I’ll finally get to the immediate issue: The Daily Beast reported that Walker has two sons and a daughter fathered without the inconvenience of a marriage or a stable relationship whose existence he had not previously acknowledged publicly. This is despite his theme of criticizing absentee fathers and after exhorting back men like him to be active in their children’s lives. Walker has used his relationship with his older son, Christian Walker as a model. He left the impression, however, that Christian was his only offspring. Walker’s hypocrisy gives off the acrid stench of Bill Cosby.
Explaining this deception by omission before an audience at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual “Road to Majority” conference, Walker said that he’s “never denied” any of the kids. Like most of his Adventures in Speaking, that statement is ambiguous. Does it mean that Walker’s never denied them love and support, which is a dubious assertion since he’s kept their existence secret and they have not lived with him, or does he mean that he’s never denied that he had four kids rather than just one? Come to think of it, he’s never denied having 20 children, or for that matter, being a Chinese spy. Or from Mars.
Then Walker played victim, adding, “And they didn’t do anything, which just makes me want to fight harder because I’m tired of people misleading the American people. I’m tired of people misleading my family.”
Wait—Isn’t it Herschel Walker who is misleading the American people, or trying to?
It is nothing less than a betrayal of trust and gross dishonesty for Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the Republican Party to endorse such a manifestly unqualified and unethical candidate for the Senate. If the news media manages to wreck his chances of being elected, at least they will have done something right.

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(MENAFN) On Friday, Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova convened with her Libyan counterpart, Mabruka Togi Osman, during the United Cultures Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, to explore avenues for enhanced collaboration.
Lyubimova expressed optimism about the substantial potential for cultural cooperation between Russia and Libya.
“We will always be glad to see the participation of creative teams from Libya in major projects, competitions and festivals supported by the Ministry of Culture of Russia. In turn, we would be happy to send Russian collectives, cultural figures, and craftsmen to Libya to demonstrate all the richness and diversity of Russian culture,” she stated.
Lyubimova proposed “intensifying student exchange,” specifically in creative aspects among the nations. She suggested to establish expert groups “to exchange experience in the development of institutions… [for example] specialists in museum and library studies.”
Both Russia and Libya have mutually agreed to initiate concerted efforts in this direction starting in 2024. The objective is for the two nations to collaboratively devise cultural initiatives commemorating the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2025.
Simultaneously, agreements for cooperation within the forum framework were also signed with Guinea, Djibouti, and Eritrea.
“We will have more tours, exhibitions, participation in film festivals, guests from different countries at international festivals in Russia,” the Russian minister said.
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Big pharma has failed to warn people of side effects of many medications that are causing medical complications in people throughout the world. And billions of dollars are set aside in”class action” lawsuit settlements for people hurt by those specific medications due to greed and negligence.
Taxotere Lawyer: Product Liability Lawsuits
Medical drugs and device lawsuits involve a special type of law known as product liability.
A court is not required to approve a settlement or certify a class. Even if the plaintiffs and defendants agree, the court can turn down a class action settlement if it doesn’t resolve the class members’ injury claims.
If the parties reach a settlement, their attorneys will come up with a plan for notifying potential class members and settling claims. Once the court approves the settlement, lawyers notify potential class members of their chances to submit a claim for a percentage of the settlement if they meet eligibility requirements.
Even if they meet all of the requirements plaintiffs are not required to participate. Those who do participate lose their right to file an individual lawsuit about the tort in the future, regardless of the outcome of the accident lawsuit against Taxotere. Those who choose not to participate can keep their right to file injury lawsuit and may have more input into a possible settlement.
Taxotere lawyers don’t recommend “Class Actions” because severely injured plaintiffs won’t have access to bigger settlements because plaintiffs get the same compensation regardless of personal damages.
Drug and device manufacturers, distributors and sellers have a civic responsibility to protect people from potential health risks and give products that are safe. Plaintiffs can file injury lawsuits caused by product defects.
Dangerous pharma drugs and faulty medical devices account for many product liability claims.
Taxotere Class Action Lawsuit: Understand What You’re Up Against?
Product liability is a big legal category, there are lawyers that specialize in drug and device lawsuits. Product liability lawyers can help with your case in a lot of ways. They can explain your legal rights and possible decisions I would have to make in case of a drug recall.
They can evaluate the legal strength of liability lawsuit and file the claim on behalf of the plaintiff. After filing a injury lawsuit, the Taxotere lawyer can help negotiate a out of court in the injury lawsuit or go to court.
Tip: Hurt by a Medicine? You may be able to file a Taxotere lawsuit.
Product liability laws may vary depending on Alberta laws and the device or medicine, and there is a limited time to file called a “statute of limitations” (SOL). This all depends Alberta laws where the person lives the SOL may vary. The statute of limitations may start from the date of surgery, injury or when the plaintiff realized the product caused their injury.
What to Ask a Taxotere lawyer in Calgary (Douglas Glen / McKenzie Lake / Copperfield / East Shepard).
Medications and device litigation, there is typically “No FEE” for a consultation. These types of injury lawsuits are on a “If we don’t win your case…you pay nothing!” basis. This means not a red cent will be charged unless they court ordered a settlement or jury verdict.
Class Action lawsuits for Taxotere involves similar claims of illness by a group of people injured by one or more common defendants. Rather than go it alone, the plaintiffs choose to join others in class action lawsuit.
An individual or small group of plaintiffs acts as a leader for a larger group of people involved in the lawsuit. After filing a injury claim in Alberta or federal court, the lead plaintiffs — also called class representatives request from the court to certify the lawsuit as a class action.
The courts take into consideration whether it is a “class action” based on these factors
- Having enough claims warranting putting them in a single lawsuit.
- Common facts between plaintiffs.
- The lead plaintiffs’ claims are typical for the class.
- The named plaintiffs fairly represent the interests of the class.
Drug and Device Liability Injury Lawsuits Falls into 3 Main Categories:
False Advertising – These type of cases where the drug maker give poor instructions or warnings or simply fail to warn citizens about a drugs foreseeable hazards.
Design Defects – These are cases where the manufacturer knew of the liability prior to making it. The manufacturer could have avoided any harm if they would have changed the product.
Manufacturing Defects – These are cases where design and marketing were done properly, but went wrong during the manufacturing process that leads to a defective product.
Compensation Against Taxotere includes:
Drug and device liability claims may fall under any of these cases. If a product has any of these defects, its manufacturer, seller or distributor could and should liable for any injuries or illnesses that you might get.
Hire an experienced Taxotere Lawyer to represent your case. They are the legal pros that can get you the compensation that you deserve.
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Whang named Civil Air Patrol’s 2018 Historian of the Year
August 28, 2018 — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Capt. Patrick Whang, Maryland Wing historian, was named 2018 Civil Air Patrol Historian of the Year during the national conference held in Anaheim, Calif., for his outstanding efforts as wing historian in Maryland.
Whang has revitalized the wing’s historical program in his first year as wing historian. A new member to CAP, he dove him immediately to write the 2016 Maryland Wing history, a task he accomplished on time while learning about the organization, its history, and its members. For this project, he worked with several wing staff officers who helped him locate the resources necessary to capture the important details of our wing’s history. Preparing for 2017 history, Whang put procedures in place to capture the history on a regular basis, streamlining the process for future years.
A large initiative for 2017 was Capt. Whang’s reaching out to the local community. Maryland Wing Headquarters is located on a former Nike missile base. Whang, in an effort to restore this historic site, researched potential grant opportunities. After learning that the wing campus was just barely outside the Patapsco Area Greenway Heritage area, he began a campaign to have the heritage area boundaries moved to include the wing. If successful, this would open large grant opportunities for restoration. As part of his efforts, he contacted local officials, hosting a meeting and tour of the facility, and reaching out to the community. In the process, he learned of two other local historical sites that have partnered with the wing to be included in the heritage area. This is an ongoing process that has allowed the community to learn more about the wing headquarters and the missions of CAP.
Capt. Whang also began taking oral histories of CAP members who are military veterans, submitting completed histories to the Library of Congress as part of the Veterans History Project.
Due to the lack of wing historian for several years, Capt. Whang began to organize the wing historical archives. This required many hours of work going through countless boxes as well as dealing with new artifacts from current events and activities.
He has networked with local members of the national historical team to learn more about how the wing and national can work together, especially as the possible historical archives becomes a reality.
Capt. Whang, a former Naval officer who has a masters degree in economic history, shares his love of history with both senior members and cadets. He has initiated a history writing contest, one for cadets and one for seniors, hoping to attract interest to CAP history. He is conducting research to provide articles for CAP’s National Historical Journal.
Capt. Patrick Whang has proven himself to be an enthusiastic wing historian, determined to go above and beyond the duty assignment, help the wing progress, support and educate CAP members as well as the community, and offer help to national staff. He is determined to help Maryland Wing progress and to educate members and his community about CAP’s rich legacy.
Prior to this award, Whang was named Maryland Wing’s 2017 Historian of the Year and the 2017 Middle East Region Historian of the Year.
Nearly 1,500 CAP members serve in Maryland. Last year wing members flew 13 search and rescue missions. The wing was credited with four finds. Maryland Wing flew 32 missions for the State of Maryland. Members flew 2,245 hours in all mission categories. Volunteers contributed services estimated at $4.6 million. For more information, contact the Maryland Wing at mdwg.cap.gov or follow the wing on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MarylandWingCivilAirPatrol.
Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force, which consists of regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees. CAP, in its Total Force role, operates a fleet of 550 aircraft and performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 78 lives annually. Civil Air Patrol’s 56,000 members nationwide also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. Its members additionally play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 24,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet program. Performing missions for America for the past 75 years, CAP received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014 in honor of the heroic efforts of its World War II veterans. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit http://gocivilairpatrol.com for more information.

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Geography Markup Language provides the basis for domain- or community-specific "Application Schemas", which in turn support data interoperability within a community of interest. Application schemas are normally designed using ISO 19103 conformant UML, and then the GML Application created by following the rules given in Annex E of ISO 19136.
Following is a list of known, publicly accessible GML Application Schemas.
- AIXM Aeronautical Information eXchange Model ( see http://aixm.aero - Commercial Aviation Related Schema)
- CAAML - Canadian Avalanche Association Markup Language
- CityGML - a common information model and GML application schema for virtual 3D city / regional models. Direct link to the CityGML homepage.
- Coverages - an interoperable, encoding-neutral information model for the digital representation of spatio-temporally varying phenomena (such as sensor, image, model, and statistics data), based on the abstract model of ISO 19123
- Climate Science Modelling Language (CSML)
- DAFIF - defense aviation
- Darwin Core GML application schema. An implementation of the Darwin Core schema in GML for sharing biodiversity occurrence data.
- GeoSciML - from IUGS Commission for Geoscience Information
- GPML - the GPlates Markup Language, an information model and application schema for plate-tectonics, from a consortium led by the EarthByte e-research project at the University of Sydney, Australia
- INSPIRE application schemas, available on http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/schemas/
- IWXXM - Aviation weather GML application schema
- LandGML - a GML implementation equivalent to LandXML
- NcML/GML - NetCDF-GML
- Observations and Measurements schema for observation metadata and results
- OS MasterMap GML
- SensorML schema for describing instruments and processing chains
- SoTerML schema for describing Soil and Terrain data
- TigerGML - US Census
- VMAP - land defense data
- Water Quality Data Project from Dept. of Natural Resources, New South Wales
- WXXM - Weather Information Exchange Model


If you are looking for information about commonly and not so commonly kept reef fish species, you have come to the right place.
As always when it comes to fish keeping, it is important to research any species you wish to add to your setup. Not only do you need to find out if the environment is suitable for the new species – you also need to know how it will get along with other tank inhabitants. Some reef fish can for instance be highly aggressive towards other members of its own species, while having no problem at all cohabiting with fish from other species. Others will eat or bully any animal smaller than themselves, and need to be kept with sturdy tank mates capable of fending off any attacks.
It is also important to find out in advance what the fish wants to eat. Two species of reef fish from the same reef can have widely different nutritional requirements and even though they might accept the same food in captivity it can prove detrimental to their health in the long run.
Some reef fish species listed on Reef Aquarium are not recommended for beginners. The Fu Manchu Lionfish and the Volitan Lionfish are for instance equipped with venomous spines on the elongated dorsal fin and being stung can be a very painful experience. For people allergic to the venom, it can even be dangerous. As a beginner, you probably have enough to worry about when it comes to proper marine tank management without adding venomous fish to the mix. This is just one of the many reasons why obtaining comprehensive information about fish species in advance is such an important aspect of being an aquarist.


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New nursery school on former fire brigade site
In order to realise public building projects such as kindergartens, one thing is needed above all: a suitable building site. The unused site of fire station 11, which used to be home to a vehicle depot, came in handy. After a new fire station was completed, the old hall was no longer needed, so that the new kindergarten building could be constructed here. The architects Bolles + Wilson planned the new building, which today extends over two floors connected by a spacious air space. On the north side are the functional rooms and the circulation area. On the south side are the group rooms, which open up to the play area with generous awning elements. The toilets are also located here. Inside, a large skylight provides natural lighting and night cooling.
Even from the outside, the kindergarten has an inviting appearance. This is mainly due to the colourful façade, which perfectly matches the colourful everyday life of the kindergarten: Wooden panels in pastel colours in seemingly random alternation, large, alternating door and window formats, horizontally recessed façade mouldings and a sliding sunshade made of vertical aluminium slats are among the visual standouts.
Sliding shutters provide translucent sun protection
To provide windows and doors with reliable privacy and heat protection, 13 custom-made sliding shutters from Baier were installed on the façade. In this case, the Krakau sliding shutter model was used: extruded aluminium profiles were made to measure and fitted with a filling of vertical, rigid aluminium slats that visually match the wooden façade. The vertical slats match the upward orientation of the colourful façade strips; the grey of the sliding shutters and fascias is also repeated in the painted timber façade and even appears in the horizontal façade strips. In this way, a seemingly randomly designed building envelope is created in a mix of metal and wood that creates a modern and cheerful impression – and thus fits well with the ambience of a kindergarten.
Aluminium – lightweight heavyweight with a sustainable factor
Because the light metal aluminium offers the perfect mix of function, design and economy, it is becoming increasingly popular in modern construction. It is particularly popular for façade design. Aluminium is light and yet extremely stable, which makes it an interesting factor for the installation of large sliding shutters. It allows numerous designs, is corrosion-resistant and a sustainable material. As a recyclable material, it can be melted down again if necessary and used for new products.
In the Bergen-Enkheim kindergarten in Frankfurt, the wide and electrically operated aluminium sliding shutters were installed on the on-site wooden façade using the Baier Herakles CS/100 installation system. The system consists of a support and a cover panel with side cover, is available in 1-, 2- or 3-track versions and even offers space for laying electrical cables.
Plan with measurement and at eye level – preferably with Baier
Are you planning a building project and want privacy protection that contributes to the façade design and supports modern energy management in the building? Already during the planning phase, we advise and support building owners, public clients or architects in the implementation of privacy and sun protection systems. As soon as the plans have been drawn up, we manufacture the façade elements to measure, deliver them and install them on request.
Contact us. Together we will find an attractive and economical solution for your building project.


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Sacred fragments of Soul Edge, broken off from the original sword. These fragments are located across the globe, and some are in different realms.
A Soul Edge fragment can be used for several purposes;
- It can turn a normal weapon into a bakkuto.
- It can give Zanpakutos demonic powers. This increases the power, but disrupts the connection between the blade and user.
- If multiple fragments are assembled, then a small soul edge is able to be formed. It will have no eye, nor will it be alive. It will, however, be a bakkutou and will be equal in strength to a zanpakutou, if not stronger.
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Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
Lockheed Martin is led by Marillyn A. Hewson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.
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Re: Re: Zap the childrens shop – High Street
Probably the last photograph ever taken of our dear pram shop, snapped on the 9th of February.
The truncated remains of an end building of a Wide Streets Commission terrace that formerly fronted High Street, the building was declared dangerous a few weeks ago and was demolished over the past few days – apparently by the OPW.
A week later in the morning mist.
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The next day.


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No Fukushima contamination has been found in any of 12 fish sampled and tested by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in 2017. Sampled between March and July 2017, the Pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus), Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus), Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), Herring (Clupea pallasii), and salmon (Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), Chinook (O. tshawytscha), and Chum (O. keta)) were sampled from waters off the the Southeast panhandle to the Bering Sea.
Continue reading No Fukushima Contamination in Alaskan Fish – 2017 Update →
No Fukushima contamination was found in any of the 14 fish Alaskan fish samples that were collected between February and September 2016, according to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The results, released on the Alaksa DEC website, show that the sampled herring, cod, and pollock, halibut, and salmon did not have any detectable levels of 131I, 134Cs (the Fukushima fingerprint radionuclide with a half-life of ~2 years) or 137Cs in the tissues. These samples were from across Alaskan waters from Southeast to Bristol Bay and the Aleutian archipelago and the Bering Sea. Results from 2016 are similar to their results from 2015 and are part of the network of institutions monitoring for Fukushima radiation in marine waters and seafoods.
The average minimum detectable concentrations for these Alaskan samples on this gamma spectrometer were 63.7 Bq kg-1, 2.1 Bq kg-1, and 1.9 Bq kg-1 respectively for 131I 137Cs, and 134Cs. While InFORM does not analyze for 131I, those detection thresholds for cesium are 2-3 times higher than are typical for our biotic monitoring program. This may be due to either a smaller sample size or a shorter time in the gamma spectrometer for the Alaskan samples, but the result remains that levels are well below those where intervention is needed (intervention levels for 131I = 170 Bq kg-1 and 134Cs + 137Cs = 1200 Bq kg-1 according to the US Food and Drug Administration). InFORM monitoring in 2016 found 9 salmon (out of 123) from BC and Yukon rivers with detectable levels (where the minimum detectable concentrations were less than 1 Bq kg-1) of 137Cs after a six hour detector run. These nine samples are currently being freeze-dried for an extended, 2 week long, detection run. Results from this additional analysis are expected probably mid-late spring 2017.
An interesting aspect of these 2016 Alaskan samples is that this was the first time a field-deployable gamma spectrometer has been sent by the US Food and Drug Administration to a site for local analyses of samples. Data from the spectrometer were then electronically sent to FDA scientists for analysis. The thought is that this model could be used in the event of nuclear emergency to allow for more rapid analyses of environmental samples.
Alaska DEC will continue monitoring fish samples for Fukushima radiation for at least 2017 and possibly beyond.
No Fukushima contamination was found in any of the 7 fish Alaskan fish samples that were collected during February and March of 2016. The results, released on the Department of Environmental Conservation website, show that the herring, cod, and pollock sampled did not have any detectable levels of 131I, 134Cs (the Fukushima fingerprint radionuclide with a half-life of ~2 years) or 137Cs in the tissues. These samples follow on their similar results from 2015 and are part of the network of institutions monitoring for Fukushima radiation in marine waters and seafoods. Continue reading No Fukushima radiation found in 2016 Alaskan fish →
The Seattle Times is reporting no contamination in any of the 24 Alaskan salmon, halibut, pollock, cod, or sablefish that were sampled from 4 different regions in 2015 for the Alaskan Department of Environmental Conservation.
Read the full article.
See the results from the Department of Environmental Conservation.
Presently, InFORM members at Health Canada are running the ~160 salmon samples from over 15 different major BC fisheries collected in 2015 and we will report the results as soon as they become available.


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1. Reduce your speed
If your vehicle begins to hydroplane, you should reduce your speed.
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Hydroplaning occurs when pressure from the water in front of your tires presses the water under the tires, making your tires “float” in the water between your tires and the pavement.
While you may be tempted to hit your brakes when you lose control of your car, this is not something you should do. Instead, stay calm, and lower your foot to the gas base. This will cause the car to slow down on its own.

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By Snežana Filipova | University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje
The icon of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child from the Holy Virgin Peribleptos Church is now preserved in the Ohrid Gallery of Icons (inv. no. 81). Measuring 92 x 53 cm, and executed in tempera on plaster ground on canvas overlaid on board, it displays revetments made of gilded silver. It is among the three examples of a mixed Byzantine-Western style of icons preserved in the Ohrid collection. The second icon is that of St. Nicholas from St. Nikolas Gerakomia Church, and the third example is the Virgin Psychosostria, originally part of the Peribleptos Church iconostasis. The latter dates to the early 14th century, and displays two small angels flanking the Virgin’s head, painted in the same technique (tempera, plaster ground on canvas overlaid on board). Since the style of the angels is slightly different, and their colors lighter, Jelena Macan has proposed that the angels are either painted later by the same or another artist. It has been proposed that the painting could have come from Crete.
The silver gilded revetment is decorated with many repetitive casted curvilinear branches enclosing smaller leaves, large flowers, and circles enclosing a star or eight-sided geometric flowers. In the Mother of God's aureole, there are three symbols of the evangelists: Matthew (angel) and John (eagle), while instead of the symbols of Luke (calf) and Mark (lion), there is a two-headed eagle with the names of these two evangelists. On the left and right of the Virgin Mary’s head, the inscription reads: M(ΗΤΗ)Ρ Θ(ΕΟ)Υ, carried out in two medallions while Christ's inscription: Ι(ΕϹΟΥ)Ϲ Χ(ΡΙϹΤΟ)Ϲ is in his aureole. Besides the floral and geometric decorations on the frame of the icon, there are five standing figures of prophets, turned toward the central duo. On the revetment, the inscription reveals that the donor (possibly of the revetment?) was Archbishop Nicholas (r. 1342 or 1346–56). He attended the coronation of Tsar Dušan in Skopje and may have ordered the revetment.
I argue that the icon should be dated to 1343–44. The painting style is realistic and the colors used are fresh. The skin is modeled in ochre with greenish and yellowish shades, red on the cheeks, white on the prominent parts. The modeling of the faces is gradual, imitation of natural skin tones. The Virgin Mary is presented as a young woman, half-length, and with the infant Christ on her left arm. She is wearing a red maphorion, hemmed with a yellow stripe, and underneath, a blue kerchief. Christ’s hair is reddish-brown, he wears a western-inspired shirt, a grayish-white chiton with a red belt, and an orange cloak. He holds a scroll in his left hand and extends a blessing gesture with his right hand. There are no stars on the Virgin’s veil that drapes on her head, shoulders, and sleeves, nor golden lines throughout the cloths. The most unusual detail is Christ’s side glance, beyond the picture plane. The position of the Virgin Mary’s hands is typical of the work of Italian painters of the late 13th and 14th centuries. The Virgin’s right hand is half bent while holding Christ’s left foot. This is a very rare feature, found in only two other occurrences: in the fresco icon on the iconostasis of St. George at Staro Nagoričino (1313), and in the apse of the church of the Holy Mother of God in Zaum (1361). The position and form of the Virgin Mary’s left hand and the lower part of Christ’s body with the golden himation resemble closely the fresco icon from Nagoričino.
The oldest photo of the icon once standing on the iconostasis of the Peribleptos Church in Ohrid dates to 1909, and was taken by N. P. Kondakov. This is an exceptional work since there are no other icons that display Gothic elements and Italian painting techniques in the whole collection of medieval icons in Macedonia. Kondakov names it the Virgin of the Passion and compares it to a famous Moscovite monastic icon. Yet, there are no angels with the symbols of Christ's suffering flanking the Virgin and Child, so it is not an appropriate identification. Moreover, the analogies are not so striking, especially the colors and the drawing, apart from the technique.
By looking at comparative and contemporary paintings, it would be possible to hypothesize and put forth analogies between the holy duo and the young King Uroš (1355–71) and his mother Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia (c. 1315–74). This would not be a unique case, since it happened before in the Church of St. George at Kurbinovo, where we find Emperor Manuil Komenos and his wife portrayed in the guise of Sts. Constantine and Helena, while in the Church of St. Panteleimon at Nerezi and the Church of the Virgin Mary in Ferre, members of the Komnenian dynasty could be read in the holy warriors. The Christ Child from the Ohrid icon no. 81 and young king Uroš from the narthex at Dečani Monastery resemble each other, and may have been painted by the same artist or from similar models. Both figures display similar shadows under the eyes, lips, eyebrows, same angle of view, with the top of the nose rendered differently. The paintings in the narthex at Dečani were completed when Uroš was about 11 or 12 years old (1347/48).
The Ohrid icon of the Virgin and Child, I believe, was painted around 1343/44. There is no iconographical analogy and typology in Byzantine art to this type of Virgin with Christ child. There is only one black and white photo of the icon without the revetments, which shows only the Virgin’s head with a golden halo. The dossier of the icon has a helpful drawing made in 1999/2000 by Kavkaleski. It reveals that quite a lot of the Virgin Mary’s face, her upper part of the maphorion, Christ’s hair, and his left shoulder were repainted. Given visual analogies, it could be possible that the icon was gifted to Peribleptos Church to commemorate Dušan becoming a tsar, while his son became a king.
In Serbia, during the second quarter of the 14th century, appeared the so-called “pictores graeci” who were mostly Byzantine artists working along the Adriatic coast. An opinion has been expressed that the icon painter was a Byzantine artist working in the Adriatic region, either in Dubrovnik, Kotor, or Venice. But the artist could have also hailed from Italy, more precisely from Siena, as I suggest, due to the similarities between Duccio’s triptych (1280), today at the London National Gallery, and the Ohrid icon. The details of the Virgin with child, in their garments and in the Virgin's hold of Christ's foot, are also evident in other paintings by Duccio and Cimabue. The himation is represented fallen around the child waist, which is typical for the playing Christ Child in contemporary Italian icons. When comparing some of Duccio’s Madonnas with the Ohrid icon, there are similarities in the treatment of the eyes and the space between the eyebrows, as well as the cheeks. The cloak is usually geometrically modeled, but not as much of it as evident in the Ohrid icon. The garments of Christ display the most resemblance with Duccios’ Crevole Madonna now in the Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana del Duomo in Siena. The arch of Christ's eyebrows is similar in both icons.
There are also examples of icons and frescoes of the Virgin with Child with Christ looking to the side, but the neck is not as twisted. Usually, this appears in icons of the Virgin of Sorrow iconographic type, in which Christ turns to the angels. Several examples come from Crete, created between the 13th and 15th centuries. Yet, the Ohrid icon no. 81 has nothing in common with the Cretan examples. It finds more immediate visual parallels in Italian icons. The artist of the Ohrid icon was certainly familiar with Italian art of the late 13th and early 14th centuries. If this object was produced in the atelier of Dečani, it could mark an initial step in the stylistic formulation of the iconography that continued at the monastery.
Filipova, Snežana. "Examples of Icons with Western Influences in Iconography in the Art of Macedonia: Case Study of the Icon Virgin with Child (inv. no. 81) from the Ohrid Gallery of Icons." ICON 9: Ikone i ikonologija 9 (2016):187-196.
This is the first scholarly article on the icon, including many color photographs, and detailing its iconography, style, and offering suggestions about the painter and analogies to other works.
Georgievski, Milcho. Icon Gallery – Ohrid. Ohrid: Ohrid Institute for Protection of Monuments and Museum, 1999.
This volume contains a detailed description of the icon, but excludes specific details or analogies, and makes no attempt to define the iconographic type, the different styles of the object, nor identify aspects of the painter’s origin.
Kondakov, N. P. Македония: Археологическое путешествие. Moscow: Indrik, 2019 (1909).
This study is important because it includes the first photo of the icon prior to restoration and conservation alongside a short description.

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When I first became a Christian in the 70’s I was enamored with the writings of Watchman Nee. I am not anymore, but one thing he wrote about Mark 1:16 – 20 stuck with me as noteworthy. Here is the passage of Jesus calling His first four disciples:
“16. Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18. And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19. And going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20. And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.”
Simon (Peter) and Andrew were fishing with nets.
James and John were mending nets.
Jesus specifically addressed the first two, promising to make them fishers of men. Jesus did not speak this to the second two, the net menders.
It is possible that there are two overlapping callings here. Nee saw in this two different types of ministry, evangelism and discipling (and why does spell-check underline this word?). All the disciples – as well as all Christians – are equipped to do both. But we all maybe have our special strengths. We should play to our strengths if they are truly God-given. I have heard misfiring messages that cause more confusion than conviction. Evangelists trying to make all his hearers evangelists and counselor/teachers overemphasizing their own gift.
And, speaking of gifts, isn’t this the very point that Paul makes in Romans 12:6 – 8?
Don’t live in a “guilted” cage, Christian. Consider and carefully weigh what anyone and everyone says to you, but don’t let anyone imitate the voice of God to you. That voice is heard in a different way.


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Started in 1909 as a campaign device for political candidates, the Tulia Herald (TX) [LCCN: sn86088968] grew into an award-winning newspaper from this county-seat of Swisher County, in the panhandle region of Texas. The newspaper, owned by at least three different political candidates during the early years, has stood the test of time, publishing each Thursday for over a century. When the newspaper began, the population of this small agricultural town was around 1,250 and the circulation was about 400. Since that time the population has grown, now hovering around 5,100 people. It is still a "Democratic" newspaper in the only Democratic county of the Texas panhandle. Early editions contained local news and personal ads. During the depression, the high school could not afford a yearbook, so it was published bit-by-bit in a section called "The Hornet." In 1932, the paper was published an unprecedented five times in one week during the Herald's Cooking School. By the 1940s about one half of the paper contained advertising.
Early editors and publishers of the Tulia Herald included: A. A. Terrell, editor (1912-1914); Barnett O'Bryan, editor and J. S. Engleman, publisher (January 25, 1918 - December 24, 1920); and brothers J. S. Engleman and Frank P. Engleman, publishers for a substantial time period, from January 11, 1921 to March 2, 1939. Upon Frank's death in 1939, his wife became the publisher, hiring R. L. Spurlock to manage the paper. In May 1939, R. V. Miller replaced him as the manager with Jack Stamper as the editor. From 1940 to 1942 Sid Spear was editor, working with Engleman and Miller. By January 1944, Mrs. Engleman was gone, and editor Ed W. Sprowls joined publisher R. V. Miller along with Willis Reynolds and Mrs. Marie Harris, working as a team until January 17, 1946. Sprowls, Reynolds, and Miller continued publishing without Harris until August 1946 when they were joined by an editor who would thrust the newspaper into notoriety, H. M. Baggarly.
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Today the Tulia Herald has a circulation of approximately 2,000. It is a typical newspaper for a town of 5,100, not influenced much by the big city yet considering itself an educational publication, going beyond the boosterism of smaller-town newspapers. Hitting its century mark confirms that the Tulia Herald must be doing something right!