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Jul. 30, 2020
Komatsu Ltd. today announced its consolidated business results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 (U.S. GAAP). The highlights are described below.
1. Results for Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
For the first three-month period (April 1- June 30, 2020) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, the second year of the mid-term management plan, consolidated net sales totaled JPY 458.7 billion, down 24.8% from the corresponding period a year ago. In the construction, mining and utility equipment business, demand fell, centering on North America, Europe and Asia, as particularly affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As a result, sales declined from the corresponding period a year ago. In the industrial machinery and others business, demand for presses, sheet-metal machines, and machine tools fell against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As a result, sales fell from the corresponding period a year ago.
With respect to profits for the first three-month period under review, operating income dropped by 64.0% from the corresponding period a year ago, to JPY 26.9 billion. This was mainly due to reduced sales volume, a change in the geographic composition of sales, and the Japanese yen's appreciation in the construction, mining and utility equipment business. The operating income ratio decreased by 6.4 percentage points to 5.9%. Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliated companies fell by 57.4% to JPY 28.4 billion. Net income attributable to Komatsu Ltd. totaled JPY 16.2 billion, down 65.8%.
2. Projections for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021(FY2020)
Concerning the projection for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, which was undecided in the “Consolidated Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020 (U.S. GAAP)”, which Komatsu announced on May 18, 2020, Komatsu has calculated the projections based on information and predictions which are available as of today, and is projecting a decline in both sales and profits as follows.
In the construction, mining and utility equipment business, Komatsu anticipates a decline in sales, reflecting reduced demand as affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Komatsu expects demand will enter a recovery phase in the third quarter in the Traditional Markets*, and in the fourth quarter in the Strategic Markets*. With respect to China, Komatsu anticipates steady demand, as the post-Chinese New Year sales season was pushed back from February this year and the Chinese government has implemented measures to support the economy, such as infrastructure investment. Komatsu also anticipates that demand for parts and service will recover before equipment, based on KOMTRAX data which shows a recovery trend of machine operations on worksites. Concerning profits, Komatsu estimates a decline, mainly due to reduced sales volume, a change in the geographic composition of sales, and the Japanese yen’s appreciation.
In the retail finance business, Komatsu anticipates a decline in revenues mainly affected by a decrease in new contracts. Segment profit will fall mainly due to adverse effects of extension of payments and revaluation of vehicles after lease use.
In the industrial machinery and others business, Komatsu anticipates that challenging conditions will continue, such as a delay or curtailment of new capital investments in the automobile manufacturing industry. On the semiconductor market, however, Komatsu expects that demand will remain steady. As a result, Komatsu anticipates both sales and profits will increase.
As preconditions for its projection, Komatsu anticipates the foreign exchange rates will be USD1=JPY105, EUR1=JPY116, and RMB1=JPY15.0 in the second quarter through the fourth quarter, and assumes the average exchange rates for the full year will be as follows: USD1=JPY105.6, EUR1=JPY116.7 and RMB1=JPY15.0
Notes*: Markets as Positioned by Komatsu
Traditional Markets: Japan, North America and Europe.
Strategic Markets: China, Latin America, Asia, Oceania, Africa, Middle East and CIS.
3. Cash Dividends
Komatsu is building a sound financial position and is enhancing its competitiveness in order to increase its sustainable corporate value. Concerning cash dividends, Komatsu has the policy of continuing stable payment of dividends after comprehensively considering consolidated business results and reviewing future investment plans, cash flows and the like. Specifically, Komatsu has the policy of maintaining a consolidated payout ratio of 40% or higher.
As described earlier in this report, Komatsu anticipates that demand will decline in all regions, except for China, mainly in the construction, mining and utility equipment business, as affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Accordingly, Komatsu projects a decline in both consolidated sales and profits. Concerning the projection of cash dividends for the year, which was undecided in the “Consolidated Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020 (U.S. GAAP)”, that Komatsu announced on May 18, 2020, Komatsu plans to pay JPY 18 per share for the interim dividend and JPY 18 for the year-end dividend. This was based on the above-mentioned basic policy after considering consolidated business results, and reviewing future business prospects. Therefore, the annual dividends will total JPY 36 per share, a decline from JPY 58 for the previous fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, and the consolidated payout ratio will become 50.8%.
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Published 7:05 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The Taste of Suffolk is back this year with more restaurants, more contests and new features to delight the thousands of people who will come downtown to visit.
The annual event on Sept. 12 features local restaurants serving up their fare in sample-sized portions for guests to carry around as they amble down Main Street. About 16 restaurants will participate this year — but that’s not all.
This year’s event also will feature an expanded children’s area, a Lipton tea-tasting contest, and a plant sale hosted by the Suffolk Master Gardeners.
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Regular features include entertainment, 35 merchant vendors, the Buffalo Wild Wings contest and the new car show presented by local dealerships.
“It should be a great way to get out and meet your neighbors on Main Street,” said Emily Upton, special events coordinator with Suffolk Parks and Recreation. “It’s a great way to try out a bunch of local Suffolk eateries all in one place.”
Restaurants from all over Suffolk will participate. They include:
- Al Forno Pizzeria
- Baron’s Pub/Amici’s
- The Catering Place
- East Coast Taco
- The Egg Bistro
- Harper’s Table
- Jeff’s Sir Cakes-A-Lot
- Plaid Turnip
- Planter’s Peanut Store
- Rajput Indian Cuisine
- Ricky & Roy’s
- Suffolk BBQ
- Tammy’s Kitchen
Children can enjoy the children’s area, with a petting zoo, rock wall, bounce houses, arts and crafts and a g-force ride, Upton said. The children’s area has been expanded to extend from Commerce Street all the way to Saratoga Street.
The Fuzz Band will perform beginning at 11 a.m., with the Michael Clark Band beginning at 2:30 p.m. The entire event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free parking is available in the Godwin Courthouse lot, the Cherry Street lot off South Saratoga Street, the Prentis Street lot and the First Baptist Church lot.
The event is free, but most food samples are not. Those hoping to try the offerings should bring cash.
For more information on the event, call 514-7267 or visit www.suffolkva.us/TasteofSuffolk.

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書評 | 自存檔 | Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion
Book Review: Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion, by Andrew Pettegree (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 237.)
If sixteenth-century Protestant reformers like Luther, Calvin and Zwingli could have overheard Victor Hugo’s theory of the Reformation as “ceci tuera cela”, i.e. as the victory of the Bible (or the printed book) over the old Church, would they possibly respond with an approving nod? In Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion, upon examining the various communicative media at work in the expression and dissemination of the Reformation message, leading Reformation historian Andrew Pettegree concludes that it can be both anachronistic and simplifying to view the book as the decisive novum organum of the Reformation. The dissemination of the idea of Reformation was an arduous process of persuasion and conversion that profoundly engaged the participation of both clergy and laity, and during this dynamic process, the printed book was not the only potent medium that had played a crucial part.
1. The Book in Context and the Culture of Persuasion and Belonging
Pettegree’s concern of testifying the impact of printing and the book during the Reformation is the “plot” underlying the book’s major chapters, as he states that this book germinated from his interest in the Lutheran Flugschriften, and that one of its principal objectives is to “relocate the role of the book as part of a broader range of modes of persuasion that used every medium and discourse of communication familiar to pre-industrial society (8)”. This attempt to contextualize Reformation printing and the book not only leads to an examination of the book/printing industry (Chapters 5-7), but also to a comprehensive study of the communicative function of various other media, like sermon, music, and drama (Chapters 2-4), each of them assisting in the delivery of the Reformation message and shaping the Reformation culture of persuasion and belonging in its unique manner.
Sermon-preaching, with its theatricality and its rhetoric of “lists, paired contrasts, repetition, summary and reiteration (39)” that can have a particularly potent communicative effect over “illiterate and semi-literate population (39)”, is an important medium that gained for Luther and Calvin their popularity (and a fundamental one too, since delivering sermons is also the preacher’s regular duty). Consequently, the emulation of Luther's and Zwingli's sermons by ministers across Central Europe is also an important way in which the Reformation truly became a movement in its first years (25).
Singing is also a medium that unifies. The Protestant congregational song (like the Lutheran hymns and the Calvinist psalms), with its compellingly clear articulation, its use of the vernacular languages and its adaptation of popular melodies, became an ideal medium held with great importance by the reformers for the expression of “a lively commitment to an active religion (41)” and a powerful gesture that determines to substitute the canon of the Catholic Mass for the Word of God that can be shared and responded to by everyone in the congregation. It is also a highly contagious medium. For instance, new polemical songs consciously and strategically adopted contrafacta, borrowing lyrics and melodies from traditional Catholic music or popular vernacular music, while subverting or enhancing the meaning of the original (51-52). This strategy makes the new songs easy to memorize and quick to spread within a community.
Drama was also regarded by the reformers as an effective pedagogic tool. For instance, the Lutheran reformers encompassed drama in their educational project. It was regarded as an important pedagogic tool and was, therefore, part of the school curriculum (81, 92). Furthermore, since “all the arts and the senses" can be bent to “the praise and promotion of a rational understanding of faith (88)”, it is easy for drama to conceal its pedagogic intent to persuade and convert the audience in secret. For instance, in the latter half of the century, although with the rate of literacy growing and the commercialization of the theatre (which is particularly prominent in England), the biblical mystery drama gradually lost favor, the protestant values were still preserved and reinforced through secular plays, and, Pettegree argues, this reinforcement under a secular context is particularly effective because “the proselytizing was largely unconscious (99)”.
It is in this nebula of different media that printing operates in the making and distribution of Reformation ideas, as Pettegree argues when discussing the clandestine publication-distribution system in Geneva and France:
Books, though they could inspire and motivate a limited number of determined autodidacts, still proved most effective when they played a supporting role among other media of evangelical agitation (176).
Specifically, Pettegree thinks that apart from the fact that the book shaped the Reformation, “it must also be acknowledged that the Reformation did much to reshape the book (128)” in that the demands of the Reformation book market shaped and changed the printing industry towards the mass production of small books and cheap prints. The book before the Reformation were heavily influenced by the manuscript tradition. It was only toward the end of the fifteenth century, with the gradual independence of the book industry from aristocratic patronage and the increasing need for commercialization, that small books and cheap print were produced in massive numbers. According to Pettegree, it is precisely the Reformation that accelerated this process of industrialization, which, as he also emphasizes, is not a uniform process in all regions of Europe (134). That the Reformation changed the outlook of the book industry can be best illustrated in the case of Wittenberg, where the booming of the printing industry during the sixteenth century was the direct result of the popularity of Luther's works. This industrial boom quite “defied the commercial logic of the city's rather isolated location (135)”, promoting the development of a series of ancillary trades as well. Calvin’s Geneva offered a similar example, where the book trade flourished despite the city's location which “made no clear economic sense (141)” and was almost solely the result of political and cultural factors: first of all, there is Calvin's renown as an author and preacher, which in turn attracted established printers such as Jean Crespin (Date) and Robert Estienne (Date) to Geneva to set up their printing press. Besides, the influx of political refugees to Geneva also considerably extended the book market. Different from Wittenberg, where political censorship on books was comparably more relaxed, Geneva developed a clandestine distribution network of books that would be “replicated everywhere when the trade in Protestant books was inhibited in the second half of the sixteenth-century (146)”. This harsh climate of censorship also turned the Reformation printers’ focus from large folio books to small quarto or octavo books and cheap prints when disseminating polemical views. Small books and cheap prints had better market value and were easier to produce in great quantity and to be distributed under cover. Subsequently, the Protestant communities took to the cheap prints, anonymous leafleting, and pamphlet making as important means of influencing public opinions.
One particular form of cheap print that characterizes the Reformation era is the pamphlet, for the communicative effect of which Pettegree devotes an entire chapter to discuss. Much like the role of the book, Pettegree thinks that the persuasive power of the pamphlets comes from, to a large extent, their symbolic connotations rather than the content of the text they actually bore. The fact that Reformation pamphlets were frequently collected (like the receuils of the Condéan pamphlets during the French Religious War) indicate that people cherished and valued pamphlets because it is the “crowd-made text”: collectively, the pamphlets created the impression of the overwhelming tide calling for change, and it is often this overall impression that the Reformation is an “irresistible force”, rather than the specific content of each individual pamphlet, that contributes to the process of persuasion (163). It is the act of purchasing and collecting the reformer's pamphlets, not necessarily the understanding of the text, that defines allegiance and commitment to the Reformation cause.
This also effectively called the persuasive effect of the act of “reading” into question. According to Pettegree, books were not only bought to be read, but on many occasions, they were only bought for their symbolic value as artifacts or badges of identity (157-158), therefore the purchase of books does not necessarily mean the adsorption of the text or the idea thereby conveyed. In fact, as Pettgree argues, the act of reading itself was still a cultural custom that was in the process of formation. Sixteenth-century culture was still communal and collective in nature, preserving its orality despite the rapid development of printing and the more private reading habit it gradually shaped into being. The process of opinion-forming, crucial to one’s being persuaded and converted, also “took place in a communal, rather than a private setting (53)”. From Pettegree’s assessment, the majority of the readers of the small books were still those who could afford the large, expensive ones (159), i.e. the literate elites or the literate bourgeois.
By relocating the book in the context of a range of aural-visual media that operated in a culture still featuring prominently in orality rather than literacy, Pettegree goes on to address the more general question of “why did people choose the Reformation” by viewing the usage of these media as essential components of the Reformation culture of persuasion and belonging. As badges of identities or belonging, both the reformers and the congregation use them to solidify their identification, dissociating themselves from old religious/political ties and forming new solidarities.
Pettegree defines this experience of conversion as a “layered and complex process (6)”. On the one hand, conversion can be an active choice, but it can also be passive or unconscious adherence with “little real choice (3)”. On the other hand, the process of persuasion and conversion involves not only the sudden revelation, like Luther’s Turmerlebnis, narrated and replicated by various reformers and converts, but it also involves the process of the “slow and painstaking creation of active Christian citizens (7)”, of the gradual reformation of Christian education to build new solidarities, and of the fierce ideological battles to reject new enemies.
The maintenance of these new religious solidarities was also a “protean, active process (187)” in which “many parishioners were active and willing participants (187).” For instance, the parishioners were actively learning new Protestant music while collecting catechisms and the Bible as badges of identity for the “godly home” (189-190). The reidentification of kins is another way of forming new solidarities. Protestant communities often compiled and rewrote their martyrology to create a “collective inferred heritage (202)” for their new religious community. In these activities of heritage claiming, as the case of the Dutch complication of Adriaen van Haemsted vividly demonstrated (206), recent Protestant martyrs are recorded in typographical unity with the early church martyrs, forming a strong sense of tradition, heritage, and identification. The separation of the Protestant calendar and annual festivities from the Catholic ones is of equal symbolic import (207-210). This creates two distinct cultural worlds within Europe, each celebrating its own pubic festivals and rituals. However, in parts of Europe where the victory of the Protestant churches was unfulfilled or indecisive, such as the case with the Huguenots in France, the self-identification of the parishioners could be more reserved and introverted, in that they tended to confine not only their religious relations, but also their social ones, to the members of their own (194), remaining in incessant tension with the Catholic communities but unable to become a completely autonomous solidarity, distinct from what they identify as their enemies.
Nevertheless, through the spreading of the Reformation message by various media and the crowd's social activism to form new identifications and new solidarities, “the laity had built their religious life round a culture of belonging: rich, complex and active (213)”, transforming a wide ranging of media of expressions (from the singing of new psalms to the collection of pamphlets, from the printer's device to the medals and emblems, from the new martyrologies to new calendars and festivals) into badges of belonging. Although as each section of the book has demonstrated, there is “an inevitable disjunction (213)” between this culture of belonging promoting church building and the reformers' original message and intention, the active, formative power of the crowd cannot be easily denied. In fact, all the major arguments in this book seem to be pointing to one direction: The Reformation did shape the crowd, but the crowd, with its activism and consciousness, also profoundly shaped the Reformation.
2. The Multi-media Reformation
Based on the above-mentioned arguments, Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion offered a more complicated picture of the cultural milieu of the Reformation. The book did play an important part in the dissemination of the Reformation message, and the printing was indeed a booming new industry that had considerable shaping functions over culture and economy, but the printed page was not the only medium that deserves to be characterized as the agent of the Reformation. The Reformation happened in a multi-media context, in which the visual media did not necessarily preside over the aural and oral ones. “Multi-media” also means the interactions and inter-dependence of these different media. For instance, Pettegree remarks that the prosperity of music and the demand for musical scores during and after the Renaissance led to “significant developments in print culture (43)”, promoting special types for printing musical notations. To prevent printing the notes off-key, which was very likely to happen with the method of double impression that printed the notes after printing the five-bar stave, the printers of the Calvinist psalms in Geneva devised specialized types for musical notes, each not accompanied by a small portion of the five-bar stave.
This view of the “multi-media Reformation” enriches the scholarship on the relationship between printing and early modern society. As Pettegree points out in the first chapter, since the publication of Elizabeth Eisenstein’s monumental work The Printing Press as an Agent of Change (1979), two premises have been dominant in Reformation studies: first, the book was an “optimistic progress-orientated agenda of change (7)”; second, “Protestanism was the religion of the book (7)”. Pettegree does not deny the social significance of printing or the book, but his emphasis on the communal nature of Reformation culture and the interplay of different communicative media shows that these two dominant scholarly premises may be anachronistic and simplifying. The modern prioritization of printing and reading may lead to the negligence of the effect of other communicative media, and the fact that many of these other sixteen-century media (like the spoken impromptu sermons and the songs) are not preserved in their intact forms could also add to this negligence. Pettegree’s book is a cautious reminder that the written word should go hand in hand with the spoken word in early modern culture, and the early modern prioritization of orality and literacy may also be very different from the modern primacy of literacy.
This observation is very insightful and persuasive since Pettegree also offers testaments from sixteenth-century people themselves on the impact of not only one medium, but a mélange of different media. For instance, Samuel Apiarus, the printer of the play Goliath (155) by the German playwright Hans von Rüte stated in the foreword of the play:
For truly, God speaks to us now in many ways, extending to us his holy word not only in sermons, but also in books, in writings, in psalms and religious songs, and in elegant plays, through which the more prominent stories are taken from Holy Scripture, repeated, refreshed, and portrayed as if they were alive before people’s eyes, so that we may well say that the wisdom of God shouts and cries in the street (88).
According to Apiarus, the meaning of the “word of God” is not confined to the written word. The spoken word, the melodies, and the sight, all have their part to play in disseminating the word of God. In fact, this perception is also an instinctive and rectifiable experience for us, if we could consider how modern political or social movements also heavily rely and depend on a combination of different media for the promotion of their ideological propaganda. In this sense, the study of Pettegree is also one that echoes the sociological methods of D. F. Mckenzie and the media studies of Marshall McLuhan, for as McLuhan puts it, “no medium has its meaning or existence alone, but only in constant interplay with other media (162).”
However, Pettegree’s argument does not cease with the fact that different media coexist and interact with each other. He also argues that the acquisition and consumption of the content delivered by a certain medium do not mean or guarantee “understanding”. For instance, People may go to a sermon, but they may or may not take in the message that the preacher intended to convey. In the case of the Reformation, the lay congregation's iconoclastic attacks on the old Church could go beyond the expectation and restraints of the preachers (31), and it is out of the preacher's power to decide how the congregation may interpret the new evangelical doctrine, as Luther’s “priesthood of all believers” has political and social import that goes beyond his theological and doctrinal intentions (32). The same thing happens to the consumption of the contents of visual media. People may acquire and collect books and pamphlets for their symbolic values rather than for their specific contents, and even if they do read the book from cover to cover, chances of misinterpretation and misunderstanding still loom large.
In the chapter “The Visual Image”, Pettegree further extends this argument to art and painting. Even in the case of the picture, which is generally supposed to be easier to comprehend than written words, misinterpretation can be common. Since the publication of Robert Scribner’s authoritative research on German Reformation woodcuts For the Sake of Simple Folk (1994), the notions that “prints are books of the unlearned (104)”, and that even if the images were complex, the accompanying texts were always read aloud and thus can be always explained to the less literate people (112), are widespread. Pettegree calls both notions into doubt. Aside from the fact that woodcuts/visual images were not the necessary media used by the reformers (for instance, the French Huguenot pamphlets were purposefully devoid of visuals adornments, but they remained effective), Pettegree also evokes a number of difficulties to Scribner’s conclusions. First, visual deficiencies, which may not be uncommon at the time (107-109) may distort one’s perception of the image, and thus their message may not be clear and indubitable in the first place. Besides, complex images containing intricate theological allusions and narrative strategies may also bring about difficulties in correctly “reading” the pictures (114, 116), and scant direct historical evidence exists as to the reformation motif of literate elite reading and explaining to the illiterate, and even if it does exist, “there is little evidence that such reading actually played any substantial part in the dissemination of text (119)”, especially concerning the dissemination of the political message of pamphlets and woodcuts. Therefore, according to Pettegree, the widespread view that Reformation culture features in public reading (reading aloud) by the literate to the illiterate with the aid of images, is not a precise reconstruction for its over-emphasis on the primacy of the medium of the visual image. According to Pettegree, in the sixteenth century, the woodcut tradition had been and was closely related to illustrations for the literate elites (121) and expensive religious books, even though the usage of traditional expensive religious books like the Book of Hours declined during and after the Protestant Reformation and artisans of woodcuts composed for secular publications, but woodcuts were still “largely confined to those who were partisans of the new movement, and who were educated enough to enjoy and appreciate their references and allusions (123)”. Therefore, much like the case of the book, Pettegree does not view art and painting as a primary instrument of conversion during the Reformation.
But it is also in this particularly illuminating chapter that some of the minor deficiencies of the book occurred. For instance, in order to question Scribner’s theory, Pettegree dedicates an entire section to the possibility that deficiencies in visual sight may not be uncommon in sixteenth-century Europe and thus may increase the difficulty of reading the image correctly. However, almost all the pages of the section were about how eye deficiencies could have happened in sixteenth-century Europe. In fact, it does not sufficiently respond to the question of how this might affect the reading and interpretation of Reformation broadsheets and pamphlets. Therefore, compared with the other more direct responses to the view and premises of Scribner, which Pettegree intends to discuss, this discussion on blunted sight seems to me to be a digressive point, even a potentially ineffectual one (if the majority of people cannot read the images due to, for instance, myopia, then why are the woodcuts on broadsheets still very intricate and full of intricate details?), even though it is a highly engaging and interesting section.
A seeming disproportion in arguments similar to this occurs in “Reformers on stage”. Unlike previous discussions of the sermon and the song that tackles both preacher/composer and their audience, the discussion of the Reformation drama only very occasionally mention the reaction from the audience and how the dramas impacted them. Since nuanced distinctions were made in the discussion of the communicative/pedagogic effect written and printed sermon and music, the reader of the book may expect to read a similar comparison in the section concerning drama, but the chapter only made a brief mention of how the pedagogic and informative potential of the drama can be enhanced when it was both performer and printed (84). However, the question seems to be of particular interest for the main objective of the book, since evidence has shown that drama at the time “offered a particularly effective synergy of different modes of communication (87)”.
Moreover, it seems to me that more observations could be made on how the counter-reformers convey their ideas and how these ideas were received in the sixteenth century multi-media environment. Since Pettegree emphasizes that the use of the book is not an exclusive Protestant phenomenon, and he also mentions that the Catholic Churches, “despite initial uncertainty, never wholly resigned their interest in vernacular Scripture (192)”, it would be reasonable (and perhaps more satisfying) to include discussions on the relationship between cultural media and non-Protestant religious/political camps.
But the innovative views and inspirations this book offers far outweighs, in my opinion, these minor deficiencies in chapter or argument arrangement. Not only does the book offer persuasive reconstructions of the cultural milieu of the Reformation, which would be of great interest and value for scholars on early modern history and book history, but its reflections on the complexities of the social impact of and the interactions between different cultural media is also illuminating for disciplines like media studies and cultural studies, or for anyone concerned with how the media can affect people and what role they could play in social movements that is life-changing for every individual within that society.
1. Pettegree, Andrew. Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
2. McLuhan, Marshall. Essential McLuhan. Edited by Eric McLuhan and Frank Zingrone. London: Routledge, 1995.
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Because Bà Nà Hills is so close to the tourist hotspot of Da Nang, just a 40-minute drive to be exact, it makes the mountainous terrain the perfect place for a day trip beyond the beaches of Da Nang.
But if you think “hills” and “mountains” only mean hiking and jungle, think again.
Perched nearly 5,000 feet above sea level on top of lush mountainscape is the SunWorld Bà Nà Hills theme park with adrenaline-inducing rides, arcades, and a massive French-style town.
The French-style buildings look so authentic, they’ve been known to fool visitors into believing the complex was a town built during the 20th-century occupation by the French.
But just a few knocks on each of the structures, which include a church, multiple chateaus and castles reveal that the town is made from a combination of plasterboard and fiberglass.
Yet the building materials don’t detract from the grandeur and Instagram-worthiness of the fake town.
One of the “castles” homes a plush Mercure hotel and spa which imports French wine and cheese for its guests. Others are used as quaint bakeries, bowling alleys, and restaurants.
Le Louvre Restaurant is highly recommended for its affordable all-you-can-eat buffet for around US$13 (VND300,000) per person.
However, the hot dog stands are a great option for those on a tighter budget, but realistically, no visitor needs to worry about penny-pinching at SunWorld Bà Nà Hills because all the amusements are included in the cost of the ticket.
That means every game and ride in the three-story Fantasy Park are completely free for visitors. From classic Pac-Man and futuristic Star Wars simulators to the House of Horrors train or the gravity-defying drop tower, is all free to enjoy.
When you’ve got your fix of the hundreds of iconic games in Fantasy Park, head outside to the Alpine Coasters which allow visitors to ride toboggans down a looping-track.
The easy-to-use toboggans operate on a brake lever and can pick up some serious speed.
The ride operators urge you to keep 25 meters behind the person in front, so it’s worth waiting a while after you get the green light, so that you can whizz down without the risk of collision.
SunWorld Bà Nà Hills also offers multiple daily live performances such as cultural dances, acrobatics, and scenes from Disney movies, with visitors regularly encouraged to get involved in.
And that’s not all.
Bà Nà Hills has one of the most impressive cable car network systems in the world holding several Guinness World Records, including the greatest change in elevation.
To access SunWorld Bà Nà Hills, visitors need to journey on one of the cable cars that leave from either Dream Spring Station or Toc Tien Station, both accessible from SunWorld Bà Nà Hills Gateway.
Here, you can purchase tickets for the cable cars and entry to the theme park at US$28 (VND650,000) per person.
The cable cars start at 7am and getting there early means missing the queues, especially during Vietnamese holiday times and on weekends.
While it’s pricier than other attractions in this part of Vietnam, it’s well worth it. You get to say you’ve ridden one of the world’s most celebrated cable cars, “visited” France, operated your own rollercoaster, and walked through the “hands of God”, all in one day.

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Just when we thought we'd have to take a brief hiatus after the finale of Dr. Pimple Popper's TV series on TLC (which we definitely recommend watching if you haven't caught up on all six episodes), Dr. Sandra Lee, MD, blessed us with the next best thing: a satisfying montage of back blackheads, plus one massive inner ear cyst extraction on her YouTube channel. The 10-minute video features the kind of extractions that spew long and stiff mounds of pus — and for all you fanatics, it's exactly what the doctor ordered on your hump day.
Whether you're a loyal Dr. Pimple Popper subscriber, with notifications and everything, or an extraction newbie, the newest addition to the channel is going to hit the spot for you. Because there's something about oozing blackheads that you just can't look away from. Yes, they're gross, but there's also something strangely soothing about watching an almost-undetectable, teensy black pore that's hiding in an oily crevice explode with a mountain of yellowish, stringy pus. Well, it really depends on your definition of soothing.
And unlike Dr. Lee's other videos, which showcase huge, bowling ball-sized neck cysts that she plops onto the operating table, you have no idea of what's going to come out of these teensy buggers. But if you can get friendly with a little innocent white pus, it's easy to enjoy the outpour without totally losing your lunch.

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Recovery High Schools Bill Heads to Haslam's Desk
A bill that would establish recovery high schools in each major region of Tennessee now heads to Gov. Bill Haslam's desk for his signature.
The bill is authored by state Rep. Eddie Smith, R-Knoxville, and passed both the House and Senate unanimously.
According to the bill, a recovery high school is a public school that provides treatment programs for students suffering substance abuse, mental health issues or both.
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Smith said he's worked on the bill for a year, and he knows there's a lot more to do next, including talking to school districts.
"What's our next steps of getting one set up in Knox County, because I believe Knox County can kind of help set the model for the rest of the state in the recovery high school realm," Smith said.
The bill aims to establish one recovery high school in West, Middle and East Tennessee with state and grant funding. Smith added the bill does not limit school districts from establishing their own recovery high schools if they have the money and resources.
"So I think everybody realizes we have a serious problem, and it's going to take all of us working together to solve it," Smith said.
According to the Tennessee Department of Health, there have been 1,186 opioid overdose deaths in 2016, and four kids under 18 died from opioid overdoses that year.
Mental health experts say they look forward to the bill's potential. They say it's important that students get treatment in an environment they're used to and also get an education.
"We know [it] can not only help them engage in the treatment services they need, but also maintain in those services, and we know those two things do impact recovery going forward," said Lindsay Stone, the assistant director of children and youth mental health programming with the Helen Ross McNabb Center.
She said recovery high schools offer forms of treatment that other mental health facilities may not.
"The impact or ability to increase or decrease frequency of services is much more flexible than coming to an outpatient provider," Stone said.

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[ A JOURNEY BACKWARDS ]
“What makes Button such a curious case is that when he is born in New Orleans just after World War I, he is already in his eighties, and proceeds to live his life aging in reverse. This sweeping film follows the character’s unusual life into the 21st century as he experiences joy and sadness, loves lost and found, and the meaning of timelessness.” ~ RT
All of us remembered the thought provoking yet touching movie of Brad Pitt’s - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. His character’s life aged in reversal, and he was practically growing up backwards. It made us all think that the impossible can be made possible; and adapting it into a beautiful movie made us all awe It stirs up our emotions gracefully.
Tools : Some privacy moment - undisturbed - make sure you are seated; lying down can turn this whole experience into a slumber-land and we do not want that. Some tissue papers if you are the sensitive type (mind you, it’s totally okay to be sensitive - that makes you more you - cherish it love!)
I brought up this movie in today’s practice because I want you to apply the same concept as Mr. Button’s life in yours -I want you to start living your life in reversal. Of course not literally but through visualization. Yes, you are going to spend an hour probably or even more, if you are willing, by re-living your entire life backwards starting from this moment. You do not have to go by hours but rather days or week or months or the pinnacle moments of your life each year. It’ll be like you watching your own life’s movie. You might want to dig the details too at each moment. Each time there’ll a moment that makes your heart beats faster, or cry over the heartbreaks, or even excited when you made that first move - stay a little longer there. Feel the feeling again even while being an onlooker watching your life’s movie.
[ MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE ]
It’ll truly be a remarkable movie - of yours. If you want, you can record them in your journal. If this works for you, you could actually talk to someone of these moments - the movie of your life - but be careful as we do not want to invite any criticisms here from both parties - so choose someone you can trust and someone who is willing to participate as a listener.
You will bring out a lot of emotions and memories during this practice, perhaps some hidden ones. And you would also bring out anger or regrets or resentments - during this time - the latter ones, (THIS IS IMPORTANT), I want you to NOT judge yourself - just be plain ole onlooker. Breathe in and out deeply to calm your senses and remind yourself of your intention here : “You are watching your movie of gratitude” , so try not to dwell more on some emotions you might find too intense and needed some more time for healing and forgiveness (this is entirely a separate process).
The process of reliving your life’s movie should start from your current moment (depending on your life stage) working out backwards to your marriage (or single) life, weddings, youth, friends, teenage years, school-er ending up to your childhood (make is as far and as wide as you can remember). The choice is totally up to you,. After all, you are the director of your movie.
Feel the gratitude of having those cherish-able moments in your life. Dip yourself with a yummy gratitude love each time it makes you smile. Without some of those moments, you wouldn’t be the person you are now. Thank for the life you have chosen and given ; and for everything that are aligned as it should be bringing you to where you are now.
A little trick - do some breathing meditations prior to this practice. Play some tunes. Calm your senses and your thoughts too. Work on it slowly - don’t stress yourself. Remember the beauty of every practice to be impact-ful to your life is when you are willing.

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Welcome to the ultimate guide to Discover Alo Yoga: the brand that has taken the yoga world by storm! With its unique blend of fashion-forward designs and functionality, Alo Yoga has become the go-to choice for yogis around the world. Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or just starting your practice, Alo Yoga offers a wide range of clothing and accessories to elevate your yoga experience to the next level.
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Described is a logic circuit for using data signals to control associated tri-state bus drivers. Tri-state drivers are commonly used to interconnect registers and ports in logic networks. When enabled, the tri-state driver transmits data onto a bus line for transfer to another part of the network. When disabled, the driver's output terminal exhibits a high impedance to eliminate undue loading of any enabled drivers on the bus line. The drivers usually include a transistor output stage without a load impedance. A pull-up resistor is supplied to keep the bus at a high voltage level - the "off" state - when no driver is enabled. A non-inverting driver 4 is shown in Fig. 1 and has an enable input whereby a low signal activates the driver, coupling the input signal to a bus line.


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Growing up with parents as eye health practitioners, I obtained to talk a great deal about optometrists for show and tell and guide reports. When I told people my parents were optometrists, the typical response was, "You mean attention medical practioners?" I'd nod my head. "That's correct." Persons needing an vision treatment in Jacksonville usually question why the eye medical practitioner is indeed important. "I don't really should get that always right?", "My eyes are healthy.", "Will they have to touch my visitors?" or "My kid freaks out." All of these are genuine issues and concerns. Therefore I will break all of it down and let you know what the eye medical practitioner is all about.
So what does an eye fixed doctor do? It centers round the medical technology behind the eye exam. A watch doctor can be an OD, or medical practitioner ofor an eye specialist. OD's are medical practioners that are also known as eye specialist. The phrase optometry comes from the greek phrases optos and metria meaning, virtually "perspective measurement."
And that's what the doctor does. Most doctors use sophisticated medical equipment to check our patients'attention health and vision. Optometrists, or vision specialists, are medical care experts focused on eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visible systems, and perspective data control in humans.
Exactly why is visiting an optometrist therefore crucial? Regular visits to vision doctors will identify any perspective problem in its early phases which will make simple and effective therapy far more likely. Every doctor gives a comprehensive and skilled eye exam every time.There will be a lot that continues in the eye examination process. In conclusion, a specialist should go over your medical history.
That is a good time to say any medical issues you are now coping with as well. The examination starts having an outside examination. Aesthetic acuity, pupil purpose, and eye movement checks are done. The visible field test checks the degree of a patient's peripheral vision. The stress within the eye is assessed as this could be a signal of the onset of glaucoma, a serious vision situation that may result in blindness.
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EghtesadOnline: Iran will open its second consecutive knowledge-based pavilion in Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC2017) slated to be held on Nov 13-16.
This year, according to IRNA, six Iranian knowledge-based companies will participate in the event in a 60 square meters pavilion sponsored by Iran's Innovation and Prosperity Fund.
'The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) is one of the world’s most influential events for the oil and gas industry. As a premium exhibition platform ADIPEC enables professionals from around the world to do business and grow,' according to ADIPEC website.
'Each year, ADIPEC provides one of the most important channels to do business and exchange information, attracting Energy Ministers, global CEO's and leading decision-makers during 4 days of business discussions and knowledge exchange.'
In 2016, two thousand firms from different countries attended the event and about 100,000 visitors from 120 countries visited the exhibition.

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We spend a week at the Outer Banks of North Carolina in late May with 14-18 members of my extended family. We go the week before rental rates go up to summer pricing. I like to get up early and walk on the beach when few people are around. There is no pier in this area to add interest to a sunrise photo, so I always hope for spectacular clouds. Unfortunately, there were few clouds this year and not many photos to be had. Two mornings before we left, I had given up hope for a great sunrise and not been in a hurry to get down to the beach. I happened to wake up a few minutes before sunrise, looked out the window and saw rays emanating from the horizon along with beautiful clouds. I grabbed my camera and ran down to the beach just in time for the sunrise.
As the light became too bright to photograph the sunrise, I began to check the sky in other directions. The clouds were making an interesting gesture 90 degrees to the sunrise.

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I have been to Sanctum many times and reviewed it once during their Special anniversary menu under Chef Joaquin Albarreal Arjona. a lot has changed over the time. I was very impressed with the menu and the taste then so lets see what was in store for me this time. Owner, Baba Chandk was open to suggestions for the review.
I had sweet corn soup, and then the starters came in. Veg pizza, Diced chicken in lemon grass, Paneer tikka lababdar, Schezwan chicken, Murgh malai tikka, Green peas tikki & Baby corn Manchurian. The starters was good and it tasted well, my favorites were Green peas tikki and Veg pizza. Chicken was a little cold else I would liked it too.
This was a dinner buffet clubbed with ladies night. The buffet is priced at Rs.800 with a drink. I enjoyed a watermelon mocktail and also tasted virgin pina colada, both needed improvement.
Then came the main course, Chicken biryani which was very tasty. Mutton masala where the meat was tender and it had extra tomatoes in it. Kadhai chicken gravy was tasty and it was enjoyed with roti and naan. Apart from these three, Mixed vegetables in hot garlic sauce, Subz Miloni, Paneer Subzi, Veg Pulao and Daal. These were enjoyed with roti/naan and rice.
They also had a live counter for Pasta.
For desserts, Malpua, Fruit cake with sauce and Chocolate mousse which had a combo of dark and white chocolate. I was surprised that ice-cream wasn't on the menu. The desserts can be changed as this was disappointing.
Overall, the crowd was less for ladies night, but one can enjoy the music with drink and food at Sanctum which has been nominated for the Times Food Awards 2017.

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A last minute boost to the new scholarship funding has seen 13 practices serving high need South Auckland communities take on new graduate nurses.
Health Minister Tony Ryall announced in September funding for 30 graduate nurses to be taken on by VCLA (very low cost access) general practices in 2014 but high interest saw the numbers boosted to 48 in the New Year and the scholarship fund to $2.4 million
Practices and their district health boards applied before Christmas to take up the $50,000 scholarship, which pays for the new grad’s salary and preceptor time for a year. The graduates also have to be signed up to their local DHB’s NETP (nursing entry to practice) programmes.
Ryall said many of the graduate nurses had been appointed and were working in communities including Kaikohe, Waitakere, Mangere, Murupara, Kawerau, Wairoa, Wanganui, and Aranui.
Karyn Sangster, chief nurse advisor primary and integrated care for Counties Manukau DHB, said the scholarship fund was a “fantastic initiative” and had boosted the number of primary care NETP places to 18 – with 13 of those VCLA scholars.
She said while all but one of the VCLA practices had taken on new graduates at some time before, it normally only had 20 primary health places over the whole year.
Sangster said the scholarships were particular exciting as the new graduates were additional staff, not just filling vacancies, so it was hoped that the increased workforce would help practices to meet government health targets and improve performance.
While the scholarships were only for 12 months one of the requirements for scholarship practices was to demonstrate how they could continue employing the new graduate after the year was up, said Sangster.
Auckland DHB expects to have four new graduates signed up to the NETP programme this year working in primary health with three of those under VCLA scholarships.
Waitemata has 12 graduates in its NETP programme working in either primary health or residential aged care and three of those are funded through the VCLA scholarship scheme.
Sangster said Counties Manukau also had two new graduates working in low decile secondary schools this year and they followed two graduates taken on by schools last year. She said some of the schools now had three nurses on the team so were in a position to take on a new graduate.


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How to reduce the diesel generator operating noise? Dingbo power senior maintenance master answered: this can be through the installation of silencer, shockproof, the diesel generator set with silent cabinet or added noise reduction and noise elimination materials to solve, can largely alleviate the diesel generator set operating noise problem. Here the Dingbo power provides five kinds of noise reduction schemes, then it is necessary to think about the internal planning of the generator set sound box, which includes reasonable air inlet and exhaust duct planning, regular oil and the selection of the right fan.
How does a static speaker help reduce noise in a diesel generator set?
There are several ways to reduce generator noise:
1. Generator placement: a key method to reduce the impact of generator noise is to cleverly place the generator. The farther away the generator is from those affected by its noise (employees, customers, etc.), the less noise it will make. Choosing a generator room in a remote but accessible location will significantly reduce noise levels. Similarly, rooftop generators further away from operation will be less noticeable.
2. Sound deflector: the more sound barrier, the sound wave reflected sound wave deflection. Examples of sound barriers include walls, screens, and still speakers.
Sound insulation: It is a fairly easy step to take sound insulation measures in a generator room or other room where you want to prevent generator noise. Insulation helps absorb sounds and prevents them from traveling to places where you need to be quiet. Sound insulation was considered when designing the generator room for maximum efficiency. Or equipped with sound box, dingbo series silent generator box adopts the whole closed structure, strong sealing, to ensure sufficient strength, can be divided into three parts: main body, air inlet chamber, exhaust chamber.
The door of the box adopts double anti-sound door design, the inside of the box carries on the noise-reducing processing, the noise-reducing and noise-reducing materials choose to use harmless environmental protection and flame retardant materials for a long time, the whole wall noise reduction and noise reduction, and the noise reduction material surface is covered with flame retardant cloth, the inner wall of the box is plated with plastic or paint metal plate; After the box is treated, the noise at 1m of the box is 75dB when the unit is working normally.
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Vibration proof bracket: do not install the generator on the floor, but choose the vibration proof bracket to help absorb vibration and minimize the transmission of vibration noise from the generator through the ground. To minimize motor noise, you need to use sound insulation and damping materials on the engine block. The screws usually already have rubber gaskets attached to reduce noise, but you can double that by adding another rubber gasket and longer bolts. If you look around the frame of the engine, you will see where the screws are fixed. Install rubber gaskets here to reduce vibration and noise.
Mufflers: Mufflers, also known as sound attenuators, are designed to reduce the amount of sound produced by different types of devices. Silencers can be installed in the intake or exhaust areas of the generator. They help to minimize sound output.
Soundproofing your diesel generator and taking steps to prevent sound transmission are good ways to reduce noise from your diesel generator. By adopting one or more of the noise reduction methods listed above, your diesel generator will not be affected by noisy noise for long!
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A 9 mm being the weakest but sharp recoil.
40 S&W will be bigger and "sharper recoil”
45ACP will be more of a push back not sharp at all
You can’t assume that a bigger handgun will soak up the recoil, because the recoil spring may be bigger/small. Also revolvers tend to have a little more recoil. Some guns are better, for the spring reason I stated above. Example the HK USP 45 will have a smaller recoil than the HK USP Compact 45 because of the recoil system in the full size version


IT’S been a difficult 12 months in many ways for the Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre (SRNC).
There are plans for the organisation to move to a new venue, with manager Lee Watts informing councillors that the sale of the building in September 2015 had piled pressure on the service.
“The first issue we struggle with is the amount of time being spent by staff fundraising to purchase a building to relocate to,” she said at the monthly meeting last Monday.
“The second is the reduction of space has made it difficult to offer programs and attract funds.”
The SNRC’s financial report, ending June 30, showed a loss of $52,314 compared to the same time last year.
One of the biggest reasons was the closure of the Aberdeen Information Centre, which cost the SRNC $25,904.
Equipment and facilities also came in at a loss of $23,609 during the period.
Mrs Watts told Upper Hunter Shire Council the organisation would need to create new services, bring back old ones, and create others in order to generate more income.
“The upcoming year will see many of the same services continue,” she said.
“However, as a need or issue arising, a new program may be created.”
Some of the events that will continue include Harmony Day, Mental Health Awareness, White Ribbon, Family Fun Day, Christmas in the Park, and Santa Photos.
To assist with other projects and services, the SRNC is now planning to host a skills auction fundraiser on February 18.
Mrs Watts said the centre was “hoping for a miracle”.
“This, we see, as a step towards our own venue and we hope to see each of you there,” she said.
“It has been a struggle to inform the community we are underfunded and that we are not a council organisation.
“After 12 months, there is finally an understanding that we are a community group that needs support like any other group.
“The committee, staff and community thank the council for their ongoing support and look forward to working together in the future.”
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MAN Energy Solutions will supply nine 51/60 gas engines for a new power plant in Oman.
The Oman Liquefied Natural Gas LLC (Oman LNG) power plant will be in Qalhat, southeast of Muscat on the Gulf of Oman, and will provide 120 MW of power to the existing LNG facility of Oman LNG. It will replace an existing gas-turbine plant.
“We are very proud to have been chosen for this exciting and technologically challenging project,” said Wayne Jones, chief sales officer for MAN Energy Solutions. “The new power plant needs to be capable of using a variety of differing gas compositions and methane numbers with limited gas conditioning or blending. To master this, we have developed control strategies to ensure that the engines adapt to the prevailing gas configuration in real time for optimum performance.”
The four-stroke 51/60 engine has a bore and stroke of 510 X 600 mm.
The new plant uses gases derived from the liquefaction process, which can contain high inert components in the fuel and, therefore, may have much lower calorific values, the company said. Because of their customized design, the engines will nevertheless be able to provide the required power, even at ambient temperatures of up to 48°C, MAN said.
“This market segment has been completely dominated by gas turbines in the past, so this is a pioneering installation,” said Hajo Hoops, senior sales manager at MAN Energy Solutions. “We are thankful to Oman LNG for giving us the opportunity to show our MAN 51/60 gas engine is the ideal fit for this application.
“Compared to the existing plant, our engines will significantly reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions of Oman LNG’s Power Plant, while our modular-design approach guarantees top-of-the-line overall availability,” Hoops said. “ The robust design of our 20MW engine platform, the 51/60, is proven over millions of hours of operations all over the world and we are confident it will also perform well in Qalhat.”


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The Jazz in the Gables concerts series offers free lunchtime jazz concerts at 12:15 p.m. every Wednesday through April 1 at the Coral Gables Museum Plaza, 285 Aragon Ave.
Jazz in the Gables showcases a different jazz performer or ensemble each week.
The schedule is still being finalized, but here are some upcoming performers:
- Jan. 14: Kevin Mahogany
- Jan. 21: Araya/Orta Latin Jazz Quartet
- Jan. 28: Lisanne Lyons
- Feb. 4: Brian Lynch
- Feb. 11: Miami Dade College ensembles
- Feb. 18: Dr. Hank Bredenberg’s South Beach Stompers Traditional Jazz
- Feb. 25: Kate Reid
Hungry concertgoers can purchase box lunches.
For more information, call 305-460-5311 or visit http://www.jazzinthegables.org/.


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I want to love it, but I can't quite love it yet. As much as I can see it being useful for me, I definitely couldn't recommend it without a few reservations - particularly if you hate Coredinations card (can it be? apparently there are some!?) and experimenting. So bottom line:
* It is fabulous to be able to customise the embossing areas yourself and the monograms are really fun to work with.
* I really like the designs and can see lots of ways to mix and match them.
* It works really well with Core-dinations type card (great for people like me!) BUT with other card and paper it can sometimes crease if you are embossing multiple elements spaced around a page. I've found that trying different sandwiches (using one B and some card as a shim for instance) the creases can be reduced considerably - but this also reduces the height/depth of the emboss/deboss.
[EDITED 10 August - after a bit of online research it seems I was unlucky and got a faulty Master Folder. I contacted C&C who got a replacement to me (quickly!) and it's an amazing difference. The sandwich feeds through easily - even with the regular B plates. Hurrah!!]
What you get:
Each set comes with a storage box (very useful - I can't imagine trying to manage all the pieces without it!), and a number of embossing 'coins' (or as I often call them 'elements').
Most sets contain a large 5x7 element, and 9 smaller elements of various size (which , if used altogether create a 5x7 embossing area). The alphabet sets contain the full alphabet an '&' and a few small design coins (flowers or birds). They do not have 5x7 elements.
How it Works:
Setting up the folder is pretty straightforward - the embossing pieces are attached to the Master Folder using a lego like mechanism (ie little sticky up bits that fit into little holes).
The green piece of the embossing element goes onto the green side of the folder.
Rather than trying to put the clear piece into the top half of the folder by counting and guessing you can simply place the clear element is placed on top of the green piece, and then close the folder which pops the clear piece on to the top half.
You place the paper you want to emboss into the folder (with right side up if you want it to emboss, right side down if you want it to deboss), close it and add the 2 'B' plates before running it through the Cuttlebug.
Based on my first few hours of playing with the folders I'd say it seems to work best with Coredinations (and I exepct other similar) card. That was the card I started with and overall I'm really pleased with the results it gives and expect this is how I'll use the folders most.
I had no creasing issues when I was embossing a single coin/element on a piece of card the same size. But when I started taking on embossing multiple coins, and spacing them around a page there were a few issues.
Embossing Coredinations Card
I started by taking a single piece of card, and then adding 4 embossed elements - one at a time! There was a teeny bit of creasing when the monogram was added - but the beauty of Coredinations/distressed card is that is pretty easily accommodated!
My next test was to use the monogram letters - and use a word with one repeated letter. My first couple of attempts were crooked - I could not line up the letters 'by eye' through the plastic.
Finally, a very simple solution occurred to me - putting a piece of tape along the bottom of the paper (low tack naturally). This way after the first pass I could flip the paper up - with the tape holding it in exactly the same place - put the required 'extra' letter down (an 'O' in my case) flip the paper back into place and then emboss again.
I hadn't cut the paper quite wide enough so the 'BLOOM' is a little off centre which is annoying me like you wouldn't believe but it demonstrates the point.
Embossing Mirror Card
Things got less impressive when I moved away from Coredinations. I next tried some mirror card. I don't know the weight - but it's a reasonably heavy card. This creased pretty badly, particularly with the first central element. And there is no place to hide with mirror card!!
I did the same process of embossing each element one at a time. (In fairness, the worst area is the most complicated bit - where I tried to emboss the monogram in the centre of a previously embossed medallion. I dropped this from future runs as I think it was just a step too far!) But you can see it's not very tidy and I wouldn't use it on a project.
At this stage I decided to try a few other 'sandwich' combinations to see if that helped - and it did. This gold sample was done using 1 B plate and 7 pieces of card. The result had no creasing - but the trade off is that the embossing isn't as deep.
I've seen a suggestion that if you place a thin piece of tissue paper in the folder when you are embossing it can help minimise the creases as well. I tried this but it had no effect for me.
My next experiment was with Vellum (112 GSM apparently) and I didn't really have any issues with creasing although I did a second sample with a thinner sandwich which I think I prefer. The embossing isn't as deep and somehow it just looks better to me.
Embossing with the Large 5x7 Element (or a Smaller Element at the bottom of the 5x7 Frame)
Edited 10th Aug: It turns out I had a faulty Master Folder which caused the problems below. C&C have replaced the Master Folder and it now feeds through (with regular B plates) smoothly and easily!
For no useful reason - here is a picture of a piece of blue card which has been embossed by all 6 5x7 elements!! It was a long crafting/play session and it is now a very tired piece of card.


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By Jon Herskovitz
(Reuters) – Eight Arkansas death row inmates who are scheduled to die over a 10-day period in April filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday to halt their executions, saying the state’s rush to the death chamber was reckless and unconstitutional.
Governor Asa Hutchinson has approved back-to-back executions for April 17, 20, 24 and 27 to make sure a difficult-to-acquire lethal injection chemicals do not expire before the state can implement the punishments.
Arkansas’ last execution was in 2005, and it has faced numerous legal challenges since then about its protocols and drug procurement secrecy.
Most U.S. death penalty states abandoned multiple executions on the same day about two decades ago because of factors including the additional strain put on the families of victims, inmates and prison staff, who needed time to review procedures and decompress.
“There is no justifiable rationale to hold multiple executions on the same day. Nor is there a justifiable rationale to hold eight executions within 10 days,” according to the lawsuit, filed in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The lawsuit said the state is planning its first execution in dozen years with a new prison systems head, new protocols and a new set of lethal injection drugs, including midazolam, a sedative that has been dropped by states after it was a part of a few troubled executions.
“Just one mistake at any point can have disastrous consequences,” the lawsuit said.
Hutchinson has said it would be irresponsible to tell the victims’ families that Arkansas had the lethal injection drugs and did not carry out the executions.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, double and triple executions on the same day have occurred 10 times, all between 1994 and 2000, according to the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center, which monitors U.S. capital punishment.
No state has executed eight prisoners in 10 days, and only one, Texas, has executed eight prisoners in a calendar month, it said.
“This is unprecedented and it is reckless,” said Robert Dunham, the center’s executive director.
Oklahoma was the last state to schedule a double execution, in April 2014. Its lethal injection protocol failed on the first execution, however, and the state postponed the second one.
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Additional reporting by Steve Barnes in Little Rock)

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This is the right pet plan and gear that can help you dodge the drama of the next airline blunder. From mishandling of pet carriers, misdirecting dogs to the wrong airport, to leaving animals for extended periods in extreme temperatures such as a hot tarmac, taking a few extra steps could make a difference on your journey.

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This is an Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine clinic located in Washington state. Annual gross revenues are consistently in excess $1,500,000+ and displays a robust net income stream. Primarily focused on serving the acute care needs of in the urgent care setting and also provides occupational medicine for the work-related industrial component. Excellent payor mix and contracts.
The center is situated in a professional medical building with five exam rooms, a doctors office and a procedure room. Good balance of private insurance, Medicare, and workers compensation. Professional trained staff, physicians, and extenders will stay with the practice. There are two employed doctor associates, two nurses, multiple medical assistants, and front and back office staff in place. The selling doctor will assist the new purchaser with transition assistance to acclimate them to the operations and MD coverage.
Medical practice financing is available. Questions about what an urgent care center is worth, or how to broker your practice? Call one of our medical practice brokers at 800-416-2055 for more details.